unhealthy at this season of the year. Being without ceiling overhead, during the day they are heated by the scorching rays of the sun upon the thin roof, and where no current of air can be obtained through them, the at- mosphere is most oppressive and intolerable. But the nights in these cabins are the most dreadful for these poor creatures. Then the door must be closed, and perhaps the window (if there be one) and the whole mass of hu- man, breathing, heated beings, in all their uncleanliness and filth lie there until morn- ing. Many of their huts are filled to over- flowing with men women and children. In addition to these causes of disease, there is that of an unwholsome and intemperate diet. This people have little or no judgment as to what they ought to eat and drink un- der different temperatures and circumstances. They eat and drink in summer just as they do in winter, only with this difference : they eat and drink in the hottest weather all that they do in the coldest, with the addition of all that the summer immediately supplies, such as un- ripened fruits and vegetables. Neither do they think they ought to eat less in one sea- son of the year than in another. What they want must be necessary at all times. They take little or no care of themselves. They expose themselves to the rain and wind while in a condition of perspiration, and so take colds, and with an unchanged diet go on until they can work no longer. Then they will send away to a drug store for "something powerful" in the shape of blue mass pills, laudanum, bilious bitters and a score of other preparations, got up to get money, and which create diseases, and help these poor creatures on to the grave. Every day I am sent for to cure people who are nearly dead from these causes. If when taken sick these poor people would diet and avoid these drugs, they would soon recover, as they are not constitutionally pre-disposed to disease. It is only by carelessness and a lack of a knowledge of themselves that many of them die. A woman brought her child to me to-day to be cured. The poor little thing was nearly dead with remittant fever and di- arrhoea. I asked her what she had given it to eat. Her reply was : "I have given it nothing lately but strong coffee ; that you know is good for the running off at the bow- els." The physicians and druggists are leagued together here against the poor peo- ple. The physicians administer no medicine themselves, neither will they come to a house and write a prescription unless paid five dol- lars in advance. The druggists charge ex- horbitant prices for all medicine ; conse- quently the poor are really deprived of med- ical treatment, and so take whatever they I have a notion will do them good. The condition of this people are in, is tru- ly a sad one. How they are to leave it, is a question not so easily answered as some might think. Those who have never made an effort personally to elevate them, and bring them up here from their present con- dition, know nothing of the amount of labor required, nor how varied it must be. Teach- ing them to read is the least part of the labor in their elevation to the desired con- dition. This alone will not raise them. Neither will their becoming praying men and women do it. They have been, and still are a praying people. They are inclined to the worship of God, but they have little or no idea that cleanliness and habits of in- dustry have anything to do with His service. They have no knowledge of themselves. They know nothing about their own sys- tems or the laws that govern them. They eat and drink whatever they can get that they like ; they live in filth, and expose themselves to all the changes of weather, and cannot tell why they are sick, nor how they are to get well. Thus they are sicken- ing, thus they are dying. And who cares ? Not even they themselves seem to care except it be the near relations. They have been driven so long like sheep to the slaughter, that death among them has ceased to be a stranger, and is looked upon as a constant guest. I have thus spoken of them as a whole, as a race in this part of our land. There are exceptions here, and these are increasing in number, although not so fast as we could desire. Nevertheless our hearts are cheered, and we are seeing daily that our labors are not in vain among this people. The friends of the Mission may feel as- sured that we shall do all we can to make this people what they should be, spiritually morally, intellectually, and physically. Our work embraces all those parts of their edu- cation ; and we feel that they are all em- braced in the Gospel of Christ add in a pre- paration for his appearing. I. I. LESLIE. Original. A NATION BORN AT ONCE. Bro. Litch : —Please indulge me the priv- ilege of a few remarks on the above Scrip- ture, as set forth by Bro. T. S. Scoville, in one of the last numbers of the Herald. I was much pleased with the article, both in its sentiment and spirit. However we may fail in conceiving the full import of that Scripture, it undoubtedly involves much that is important. It is a portion of Scripture that'I ,too have thought of with interest in its connection which I will name, Zachariah, IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, At 461-2 Kneeland Street, Up Stairs. BOSTON, MASS. J. LITCII, EDITOR. To whom remittances for the Association, and com- munications for the Herald, should be addressed. Letters on business, simply, marked on envelope "For Office," will receive prompt attention. ing away of the daily is the special point in- dicated as a starting-point, so it is likely and a fact that the 2300 begin at the same point. The question, ch. 12, "How long shall it be to the end of these wonders ?" could be ap- plied to all that Daniel saw here, with much more propriety than that of ch. 8, which def- initely limits it to an event under the little horn, "How long the vision concerning the daily sacrifice," &c. I close this long article by remarking that I was pleased and entertained by "Daniel's" style, but after weighing well his words, I think the same directions given in reference to the original Daniel, would not be out of place for him, "Make this man to understand the vision." SIGMA. [Original.] THE SUFFERER'S SOLILOQUY. TO MARTIN CIIEENY, 26 YEARS AN INVALID. BY MIRA. I'm very tired and worn ! So many years of torturing pain Have come and gone, and come again, The night brings ne'er a morn. The end I cannot see ; The wormwood draught—the bitter cup, As to my lips I take it up, Seems deep and full to me. In life's fair morn how bright My hopes, teeming with freshest life ; I did not dream that earth was rife With shadows, it seemed so light. On high my life-sun stood In its meridian power ; My heart exultant every hour, In some new earthly good. Ah me ! then came the storm, Surging my life in deep distress, Steeping my soul in bitterness, Leaving me sad, forlorn. Yet was it not the love And tenderness of God to me, That did appoint the cross ? Ah ! we Cannot see as they above. The suffering and loss— The darkness shrouding all in gloom, Has made me seek the heavenly home, And cling to Christ's dear cross. Yes, I am very tired and worn ! "But weakest ones have largest share Of the Shepherd's tender care," And in his arms I'm borne. A little while to stay, And then our sufferings will be done ; Be strong, my soul ! with patience run All the appointed way. So. Chatham, Jan., 1865. Original. THE LIGHT-BEARERS. IVYTi). R. The position of the Christian is one of pe culiar responsibility, Jesus thus speaks to his followers : "Ye are the light of the world," "ye are the salt of the earth." The world without revelation, is thus spoken of by a writer : "Where God has not revealed his will to mankind, they are ignorant on these two points ; they are ignorant of God, and they are ignorant of themselves. They have no just views of the nature and attributes of God. History gives no in- stance of any nation turning from atheism or idolatry, to the knowledge and adoration of the one true God, without the assistance of revelation. The Africans, the Tartars, and the ingenious Chinese have had time enough, one would think, to find out the true and right idea of God ; and yet, after four thou- sand years' improvements, and the full exer- cise of reason, they have at this clay proceed- ed no further in their progress towards true religion than to worship stocks, stone and devils All nations that have not been directly or indirectly taught by the Bi- ble, are idolatrous ; and in proportion as its circulation has been checked, men have shown a tendency to return to idolatry, as abundant- ly appears from the history of the Christian Church during the ninth and two following centuries, and from the present state of those Churches where the the circulation of the Scriptures is checked. Mankind, without the Bible, are also grossly ignorant of themselves. They have no just views of their own character and condition Facts everywhere illus- trate the truth, that in proportion to men's ignorance of the religion taught in the Bible, they "become vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts are darkened." Yet so far from being aware of their folly, they "profess themselves wise ; they are proud and boast- ers, while without understanding, and they glory in their shame." INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES. Satan and his hosts are termed "the rulers of the darkness of this world ;" his power, "the power of darkness." Yet amid all this moral darkness, God bath commanded his light to shine. Jesus is called "The true light." The word of God is compared to a lamp. "Thy word is a lamp to my feet." The prophetic word is a "light shining in a dark place." The children of God are also called lights. "Now are ye light in the Lord." "Let your light so shine before men." "Among whom ye shine as lights in the world." Theeman- ner in which they are to shine, is by "hold- ing forth the word of life." God has placed that word in the hands of his people. He gave it 1. To the Jews. "What advantage then hath the Jews ? Much every way ; chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of God." BOARD OF CONTRIBUTORS. DR. R. HUTCHINSON. REV. 0. R. FASSETT, Rev. J. M. ORROCK, REV. D, I. ROBINSON, REV. I. H. SHIPMAN, REV. H. MAIDEN. REV. JOHN PEARSON, REV. L. Osr.sa, Rev. S. S. GAuvre, REV. F. OUNNF,R, Rev. D. BOSWORTH, Rev. R. H. Comeme, COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. L. OSI.ER, J. PEARSON, R. R. KNOWLES. [For Terms, &a., see Fourth Page.] Gantinunicationo. [Original.] THE 2300 EVENING MORNING. It is refreshing to find a writer like "Dan- iel," who can reply to an article which dis- turbs his chronological traditions without using a stronger invective than "absurd." This is less than I bargained for, as I know the dogmatic assurance of long-standing no- tions. My article on these topics are not written with the hope that they will be gen- erally approved, but with the firm conviction that they will aid in directing minds to the great events just before us (erroneously put in the past,) and will be appreciated when the great tribulation begins. I did not say that "there were two visions in Dan. 8," but that it was either so or the vision is confined to the daily. Let the form- er be "absurd," then the latter is true. Still I did not "often"-nor otherwise "assert" that the vision begins with the daily, but that the period does. But 1 did and do argue that the vision proper does begin there. At "the time of the end shall be the vision," not a small bit of it, one end of it, but the vision proper. It is at the "last end of the indig- nation." "Daniel" would have it read, "The last end of the vision shall be at the last end of the indignation." His statement that one, text refers to the understanding of the vio_ other to one end of it, is not proof, "but needs it." I would prefer the statement of the original Daniel. It was impossible that Daniel should not understand what referred to Medo-Persia and Greece, not merely because explained, but because they are named, and the others are not., and as none understand the, vision, the ram and goat cannot be included in it. The little horn does not rise until the "transgressors are come to the fuN ;" the dai- ly is taken away by him and the sanctuary cast down, then the inquiry is made, "How long shall be the vision" concerning these transactions, and also how long the vision to give both the sanctuary and host to be trod- den under foot ? and the answer is 2300 evening morning. There is not a shadow of doubt that the question and answer refer solely to the events concerinng the daily, and no mortal would have dreamed of anything else but for the unaccountable power of a theory. I did not assert that the evening and morning are but. another mode of expressing daily sacrifices, but I asserted what I thought every Bible student knew in reference to the ancient typical sacrifices, that the • evening and morning sacrifices were the same as the daily sacrifices, or to that effect. It was in the sanctuary that the priests officiated daily at the evening and morning sacrifices. So in this vision the sanctuary, and daily, and evening and morning sacrifices are associated together. If "days" were intended, why was not the word used ? Why this peculiarity, and so much longer way to express it ? When days are meant, as in ch. 12, it reads so, but here "evening and morning" If there is never a mixture of sym- bol and the literal, then the time being liter- al,.the place and offering should be, but such mixtures occur everywhere. I suppose in Rev. 11 : 8, 9, Sodom and Egypt are not literal, but the people and kindreds are. In ch. 12 much of vs. .10 and 12 is, and much of vs. 13 and 14 not so. The "dogs," ch. 22 : 15 are not literal, while the murderers and idolaters are. I did not even hint that the taberna- cle was dedicated on the 10th of 7th month, but the temple was, and as "Daniel" cannot find it, I will show it to him, or at least, that the ceremony began then. "All the men of Israel assembled them- selves unto the king, in the feast which was in the seventh month." 2 Chron. 5: "They kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days," ("even four- teen days." 1 Kings 8 : 65.) "So the king and all the people dedicated the house of the Lord, . . . and on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away." 2 Chron. 7 : 9 ; 5,10. Now from the 10th to the 23d inclusive is just fourteen days. As to the slaughtered victims in the type .1:41U t v TV eicome • "33elioltl, I come critielay." "Occupy till I come." (11) CZATZ 'ag ARCEREGAN BEZTALIENNEATA ASS O. JIl le) VOL. XXVI. NO. 27. BOSTON, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1865. WHOLE NO. 1257. "He bath a light as he saw necessary ; saying, "Woe unto him that shall add or take away." The apostles realized the necessity, even in their day, to caution the Church. Jude declares that it was needful for him to write unto the saints and exhort them to "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered unto the saints." Paul solemnly charges Timothy to "preach the word," for the time would come, when they would not endure sound doctrine, and be turned from the truth unto fables. • They are to be careful that the present truth is specially urged upon the world. There are general truths, and there special truths in the word of God ; words for all dispensations, and words for special times. Great events were to occur during the pilgrimage of the Church, greatly affect- ing the condition both of the Church and of the world. The warning of those events be- longed specially to those living at the time of their occurrence. "Noah, Elijah, and John the Baptist, each had dispensational truths, designed particularly for the age in which they lived." The present truth for this generation will depend upon our position in this world's his- tory. We scan the great chart of prophecy, we behold the kingdoms that were to precede that of our Lord, receding into the gloom of the past ; the last one disappearing. The pointer on the great chronological clock, de- clares that it is almost time to hear the Bridegroom's voice. The speedy second corning of Jesus, then should be urged upon this generation. "This generation shall riot pass away, till all be fulfilled." They should be careful that the truth shines unobscured. The great motive should be, not mere denominational advancement, not to please and gratify the ear or fancy of any, but to awaken the conscience, arouse from lethargy, and win souls for Jesus. We behold our responsibility then, to study and understand the word of God ; and to aid those who devote their time to its study. We behold our duty to be ever in a situation to work for God ; alive unto God, and dead to the world. We behold our duty specially to hold forth the great, present truth ; "The kingdom of heaven is at hand." God will have this proclaimed ; if we do not, he will raise up those who will give it. Trenton, June 19, 1865. THE ADVENT HERALD 2. To the Christian Church. are committed unto us the word of reconcilia- tion." "The house of God is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." The Church of God has been pre- served through the vicissitudes of centuries ; through all the assaults of Satan. Her ad- versaries have not vanquished her ; the "word of life" has been preserved. Here then is the responsibility, and the work of the children of God. As the light-tower bears aloft the beacon, illuminating the face of the waters, directing the wandering mari- ner to the haven, so the Christian is to hold aloft the word of life, that is the power of salvation to every one that be- God unto lieveth. GOD CALLS UPON HIS PEOPLE TO HOLD FORTH. THAT TO ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD, AND TO SAVE SOULS. We, as the repositories of that light, are not to hide it in any way. The light of the glorious gospel of Christ, shining into our hearts, filling us with God's love, and joy, and peace, calls us forth also to let that light shine upon those around us. 1. God works by human instrumentality in saving souls. In days of old he "spake unto our fathers by the prophets." The number of those that received the word directly from God was very small: the number to whom that word was sent, was very large. He se- lected a few, and sent them forth to the mul- titudes in his name. Our Saviour called a few, and gave them their commission "Go ye into all the world and preach my gospel to every creature." Who are the saved ? "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." Who are lost ? "He that believeth not shall be damned." And since the apostles, we do riot read in the Bible of any saved, except through h‘uman instrumentality. God will work, and if one people are not such that God can use them, another will be found. doth not hear the voice, shall we If one individual "Who will go for us, and whom responding, send ?" another will be found, • Original. MISSION JOURNAL. June 12th. Six weeks ago I left the Mis- sion here to visit my home and family ; and after four weeks spent with them and other dear friends at the East, I started back to this great field of labor, where I have, through the care of God, arrived', and am again at work. And truly the field has not grown less, nor the wants of the people few- er. On every hand could our bounds be ex- tended, and had we the means and help, the amount of good that might be done could hardly be estimated. My return home was a necessity. I had become so worn down by constant and mire- mitting labor among the sick and in the school, that it was evident to all here as well as myself, I could ndt much longer go on. A change of place and rest was advised by Bro. and Sister Child and others. The ne- cessities of my family required my immediate and personal attention ; and, added to this my great desire to see them and they to see me, made it plainly my duty to spend what time I needed for relaxation arid rest with them. In my going the Mission will not lose anything. It cost the friends of the Mission at the east nothing for my transpor- tation on or back, and only the time of my being away from the Mission can be taken in- to the account as a loss. This I feel will be balanced by my being able to do much more in the next six months than I could have done without the relaxation and rest which I have, by leaving the Mission a few weeks, obtained. I arrived here yesterday about six o'clock, P. M., and was received with all the expres- sions of affection which any people could manifest. As the train approached the city and came into sight of the town where our Mission is located, groups of people could be seen on the hillside beyond the valley, evi- dently waiting to see the train pass by on to the city. As it came opposite the village and the waiting crowd, I stepped out upon the platform of the car and signaled that I was on board, when instantly hats and hand- kerchiefs were in tine air, and continued to wave until the train had passed into the city. At the depot I found Bro. Child and other friends waiting for me, with a team to carry me and my baggage back across the river home. It was a glad greeting with us all. I chose to walk home, as I was weary of rid- ing. All along the way I was greeted by children who came to meet me, and each claiming the exclusive privilege of walking nearest to me and taking my hand. A num- ber of my school boys were also at the depot, holding out their little dark hands for a grasp of my own. They accompanied me back, and by the time we had reached the village, a crowd of grown people and children had gathered and were following us to our home. During the evening many came in, and not until about twelve o'clock did they all take their leave. Before we had taken breakfast this morn- ing a poor woman came in telling us her husband was dead, saying she had no means with which to bury him, and desired us to assist her hr procuring a coffin. I recognized her as a woman who came to me last March to visit her husband who was sick. I found him lying in a stable in the rear of air Irish shanty. The stalks with which the stable was nearly filled had been thrown aside to admit the miserable bed on which he lay. There was no article of furniture in the place, and the wind came in around the poor man's head chill and dreary. His disease was pneumonia, that scourge during the cold weather among this people. For three weeks he lay here, but at length recovered and removed to another place, where his wife obtained work and a better shelter for them. About the time I left for home he was taken down again, and died yesterday about the time I arrived here. He was a Christian, and wanted to go to rest. According to his wife's account of his sickness and death he was fully prepared and ready. We prom- ised her that we would do what we could to- ward obtaining a coffin. After consulting in regard to the course to be pursued; we de- cided to apply to the Government for the coffin, and have the funeral take place from the Chapel in the afternoon. After break- fast Bro. Child started to find the govern- ment officials, and after much travel and effort obtained a coffin from them, to be de- livered to the friends of the poor deceased man. Our Sabbath School to-day was a very in- teresting one to me. Having been absent some weeks, I could better see the improve- ment the scholars had made ; and then too meeting them all again and speaking to them was a pleasure which could hardly be ex- .pressed. They were glad to see me, and I certainly was them. And no less glad was I to be with Bro. and Sister Child in this work, to which they are so devoted and at- tached. Their faithfulness in my absence, and the success which has attended their la- bors, both in the school and among the peo- ple, gives me the greatest happiness, and will also make glad the heart of every friend of this mission. God has truly preserved them in health in the midst of much sickness and exposure to disease. More and more is it evident to us all that tie has charge of us and this work. I did fear when I left that they would be obliged to discontinue the school on account of the great and constant labor required to carry it on, and especially as the warm season was advancing. I can say they have done what they could, and done well. God has continued to bless their labors among the people. Some having been hopefully converted each week since I left. Our social meeting to-day was a large, and very interesting one. Many testified to the gracious dealings of God with them, while a holy love and union prevailed throughout the entire assembly. At the close seven arose and came forward, seeking the forgiveness of their sins, and asking the prayers of the people of God. Truly it was a mingling, of hearts and voices, tears and sighs. In consequence of our Chapel not being sufficiently large to accommodate all who came this afternoon, and the weather being very warm, we held our public services in the open air, beneath the large trees near the chapel. The congregation was large and attentive. Quite a number of soldiers from camps near by were present and gave good attention. In the centre of the circle was placed the coffin containing the poor man who died yesterday. Near it sat the only relatives, his wife and little daughter, bowed down with grief and sorrow, just such as the rich and great feel when their friends are carried away to the grave. I spoke to the people as I was able, God giving his Spirit and help. Bro. Child also ad- dressed them, and closed with a prayer in behalf of the widow arid orphan ; and then the dead was carried away, and the living went to their homes and quarters. God pre- serve them to-night. Monday, 13th. We have no school this week. In expectation of my return, Bro. Child had appointed a vacation of one week. This was a wise provision, as we all needed the rest that it would give, and time to plan and re-organize for our future labors. And then too, many of the friends have decided that we must visit them and share their hos- pitality. Invitations are constantly coming in to this effect, and a negative answer will not do in any case. There is much sickness here now, more than there was last winter. Although the people are not suffering from the effects of the cold, and for want of warm clothing as then, yet they are in other respects quite as miserably and sadly off. Their unclean cab- ins and persons, which in cold weather might not induce disease, now in the heat of sum- mer are a prolific source of sickness among them. Nearly all these dwellings are without windows, and those that have any opening beside the door, have but one, and that in most cases is less than a foot and a half in diameter. Crowded as these huts are, (although they are not tight) without any way but the door through which light and air can enter freely, it will be seen at once that they must be most uncomfortable and "Here am I, send me"' The Apostle Paul felt, that having received the light himself, he was indebted to all the world to let that light shine for their benefit ; "I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians." I have read somewhere, that in a certain convention, it was suggested that the younger ministers should propose subjects for discus- sion. Wm. Cary suggested "The duty of the Church to send missionaries to the heathen." He was immediately reproved by Dr. Ryland, who said when it is the Lord's will to convert the heathen, he will do it without your aid or mine." But the whole history of the Church shows that God has used human instruments in ad- vancing his cause. God's people are called upon to hold forth the word of life, both individually and collectively. As individuals they are responsible ; each has a work, each has a place, and is called to hold forth, by example, precept arid indi- vidual exertion, the word of life to those around. They are found in every rank and condition of life, with every different qualifi- cation, but to each one the voice says ; "Let your light shine." Their connection with the Church does not release them from indi- vidual responsibility. But the people of God are also regarded' in their collective capacity ; the "house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth ;" a pecu- liar people ; an holy nation ; spoken of as being united together, being arranged in or- der, laboring together, and assembling to- gether. In this collective capacity the Church is to hold forth the word of life, by sustain- ing public preaching of the word, by assem- bling together, by publishing tracts, sustain- ing missionaries, gathering the children into Sabbath schools, and thus bearing aloft the standard of truth. It must be an abomina- tion in the sight of God, when so much wickedness abounds, so many rushing to ruin, to behold his people sink into carelessness, close their houses of worship, cease to sup- port the preaching of his word, discourage those who -wish to go forth as ambassadors of Christ. Are we as a people doing all we can for the salvation of souls ? Do we not every year behold some leaving the ministry ? Are there not Churches among us who have no stated meetings for worship, or public preaching of the word ? Ought this to be ? We are often met with the assertion, that we must expect such a state of things ; we must not expect to be popular ; we must be content to be a "little flock, our numbers few, and we despised." But is not this in many eases a mere cloak to hide indifference ? Ye are not so content, brethren, tti be poor, and despised in reference to this world's goods. Ye are not always so content to starve Your bodies, as ye seem to be to starve your souls. Should we not be as will- ing to toil arid sacrifice, to spend and be spent, for a heavenly and eternal reward, as for earthly gain? God's people are to be careful that the whole truth is held forth, Human wisdom may wish to omit or to add, to improve or discredit the word : but the world by wisdom knew not God, and he knowing the darkness, has provided just such representating the persons slain at the com- mencement of the antitype, it was but a pass- ing thought, but I did not intimate that their blood cleansed the sanctuary. The fact that the blood of beasts was poured at the foot of the altar, and that souls—which blood signi- fies—were seen under the altar, or at its foot, is significant, but with me not important. "9." There was a typographical error in what I wrote about the plagues. Not "the first four vials sores," but the plagues of the first vial was "sores," and that of the fifth was "pains," and as the same persons blas- pheme God for both, so all five vials must be felt at the same time. "Daniel seems to think that the Fibres might have run on through different generations. I suppose after the fashion of small-pox. But many things are possible, and not probable, and this is one, and is against him. If of long continuance of ages, the hand of God would hardly be so palpably recognized as to elicit blasphemies against him. Skeptics do not so readily recognize the supernatural. If so, when was it thus fulfilled ? If in the future, are we to have yet. "generations more than one," and yet two vials to be poured out af- terwards ? The editor thinks that something like my position is the true one, unless the sanctuary has already been justified, and "Daniel" is certain that the sanctuary is not cleansed, so that I am probably correct. "Daniel" admits that 2300 years are up, and that the only peg upon which a future fulfillment of this period in year-days hangs is in making it 2400. The reader will see with what propriety he lectures me about falsifying "All history, all chronology and all exposition." He repudiates all these based upon the 2300, which is nearly all, Steven- son, Thurman, Shimeall, Himes, Bliss, Mil- ler and all. All the history they have em- ployed amounts to just nothing with him, and he can find notliing better. All that haS been said about different points for the be- ginning of this period is certainly wrong, excepting one, and that one has no incre ev- idence than the rest. It is impossible that new light should be thrown upon the begin- ning of a period 20 odd hundred years ago, because no new ancient history can be made, and every item of the past has been sifted thoroughly. "Daniel'' complains that we must wait for a horn or antichrist to rise. Yes, "That day tivat MArt of sisi be re- vealed, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God; or that if wor- shiped," and as he is the same King of the North, and great leader of the nations men- tioned, Dan. 11 : 21-45, and as a mighty ru- ler has fulfilled much of that description, and is now near sixty years of age, he must do the rest soon, so that we can divine that we are very near the.iind. What use is there in talking about certain sound of the trumpet, when one year the pe- riods are trumpeted for one date, and all, in peril of at least orthodox damnation, are de- manded to believe; the next year the date is hitched along from one to seven years, and one trumpet 2300 years, and another 2400, only a small difference of a century ? Please, Brother Daniel, whose "history and chronol- ogy" should Sigma accept ? Nearly all Adventists say the 490 years of ch. 9, reach to about the crucifixion, and are cut off from the period of ch. 8. Of course, "Daniel" would not dream of over- turning "all exposition, all history and chro- nology" by repudiating this time-honored calculation ; and 490 from 2400, leaves 1910, to which add 33, we must wait till 1943 for deliverance. So we can divine, not how near the end we are, but how far off. In Matt. 24th, Christ gives us signs by which we can tell as certainly that the end is near, as we can know the approach of sum- mer by the leafing out of the trees, and yet gives no dates nor chronological calculations ; but "Daniel" would have us lay down our trumpet on prophecy without something more. Will he, however, please remember that when inspiration says "days," as in Dan. 12, Sigma accepts the word, while he would im- prove upon inspiration by multiplication, and then read me a lecture for not adopting his patent only 300 years old, instead of the di- vine original. • To conclude, the taking away of the daily sacrifices and • treading down of the sanctua- ry, &c., is the great epoch of this vision, ch. 8. The question of time and answer are in- troduced there, and in reference to that epoch, arid yet if the period begins with Me- do-Persia, and ends with time, the daily and treading down of the sanctuary occur near the middle of it, and are in no way connect- ed with it, indeed are not taken into account with the period at all. Now the vision chs. 10-12, is but a literal representation of that symbolized in ch. 8. The latter is "at the time of the end," "the last end of the indignation." The former is in the "latter days." The daily, and sanctu- ary and host, &c., are conspicuous in both 8 : 12-14 ; 11 : 31 ; 12 : 11, and the question in regard to time in ch 12, embraces the whole vision as much as it does ch. 8, and yet that period does not embrace all. the vis- ion, all "seen" back to Persia, but true to the proper announced epoch, (10 : 14,) "the lat- ter days," the period begins 1260, or at far- thest, 1335 days from the end, arid the tak- 1 106 T.II E IIERALD. Al) VENT THE ABOMINATION ABOMINATION or DESOLATION. conflict shall all be over, will be fonnd for, ever established, the abode of righteousness. We will not undertake to settle definitely, or dogmatically, the time at which this res- toration will be accomplished. But it will be, as 2 Peter, 3d chapter tells us, at the day of judgment arid perdition of ungodly men. In our next, we propose to proceed with other views. indicate the character and destiny.' They help to make the immortal man. It matters not so much where we are as what we are. It is seldom that acts of real moral heroism are called for. Rather, the real heroism of life is, to do all its duties promptly and faith- fully. -as -si THE CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL. THE FOURTH OF JULY! INDEPEN- DENCE DAY ! does not see that this "abomination of deso-1 lation" could in no manner refer to the Ro- man armies and the destruction of Jerusalem, for the daily sacrifice was not taken away until the Romans had besieged the pity. There were no two "thousand two hundred arid ninety" literal, spiritual, figurative, or any other kind of days, between the taking away of the daily sacrifice and the destruc- tion of the temple. The Romans surround- ed the city at the feast of the Passover, and after a siege of only six months, it was taken, the temple burnt, and its foundations ploughed up, so that literally not one stone was left upon another. (Remainder next week.) How the great American heart has thrilled for these 89 years at the sound of these familiar and American words. What wonders has God wrought for this people during those revolving cycles. Then our fa- thers proclaimed to the world the liberty and equality of the human race. They pledged lives, fortunes and sacred honors to the maintenance of those principles. Many years they had betrayed their profession and suffered one sixth of the population of these States to labor on in bonds and unrequited toil, with only here and there a solitary voice lifted up amid scorn, calling this people to duty, a duty to which before heaven and earth they stood pledged and to which the God to whom they appealed for the justice of their cause, held them. At length wea- ried with the importunity of the oppressed, whose cries entered his ears, he came down for their deliverance and has brought them forth from the hous-e of bondage. And to- day we may cclebraie as we never did before, INDEPENDENCE DAY. And could the old bell in Independence Hall reclaim her tongue and voice she would fill her great mission with which she stands charged, to "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants thereof." Let us rejoice and be glad in the great work our God has wrought for our country, arid especially that he has brought us out of this bloody and desolating- war. It is meet that we should remember and celebrate with joyful hearts so memorable a day in our na- tion's history. But while we rejoice in this we will not forget the great Jubilee, when the trump shall sound, and the ransomed re- turn to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads. Eke Ativnt *exalt!. We present our readers this kveek the ad- dress of Rev. Dr. Monod of Paris, as one of the most interesting from the foreign delegations: Rev. Mr. Monod having been called upon, in pursuance of an order of yesterday, said : "Mr. Moderator; Christian Fathers and Brethren : If I were in Paris to-day, I would wish I was in Boston ; and wherever I might be, in the Old World or the New to- day, I should wish I was in Boston. It is to me a pleasure I cannot express, and some- thing more than a pleasure, for there is a solemn feeling about it, to find myself be- fore such an assembly at such a time. It is well understood, here at least, that America now-a-days, is in the vanguard of the world. It is equally well understood that New En- gland is in the vanguard of America ; and I venture to say that such a body of ministers and laymen as this, is in the vanguard of New England. I therefore feel that I am now standing before the very first ranks in the great army of liberty and of progress and of Christ. When I think of this, I can hardly be- lieve that I myself, who am not old, was in this country at a time that seems now to be about as far behind us as the Crusades—it was in 1859—when the South was ready to claim anything, and when the North seemed to be ready to give up anything ; and when it appeared to be generally admitted that every white man had an equal right to the pursuit of happinness and of runaway ne- TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1865. 3 : 4-10, which it is more than likely refer seven WEEKS of years, that is to say, seven to the same time and place. How broad, or times seven, which together make forty-nine limited we are to consider those promises, years." time will determine. (They may embrace I would ask in much meekness if there is the first fruits of the harvest.) any other proper way to number seven Sab- I think the above Scripture is in accord- baths of years, than to begin with a Sab- ance with Deut. 8 : 14, viz., The sanctuary batical year ? If we number Sabbaths, will be cleansed (or justified) at the expira- should we not begin to number with a Sab- tion of 2400 days ; (as in the ancient Jew- bath ? If we were about to number seven ish copies,) and I am inclined to give that a weeks of Mondays, should we not commence starting-point with the commission of Cyrus numbering with a Monday ? would any one to build the temple, 535 B. C. Comment- in this case begin with Tuesday, or with any ing the time as they did by the moon, will day of the week except Monday ? Surely reckon 1865 from last March, not ! 1865 Then if we are to begin with a Sabbatical 535 year to number seven Sabbaths of years, 2400 there is no geting away from the fact that embracing the present year to next March ; the jubilee year comes on a Sabbatical year, and I believe these Scriptures will have as the foregoing table plainly proves. their fulfillment. I would say this with all "THEN shalt thou cause the trumpet of the modesty and submission; if it proves not so, jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the there is no doubt but that there will still be seventh month, in the day of atonement shall increased light on this all important subject, ye make the trumpet sound throughout all as it has been, and is continually increasing. your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth Yours in patient waiting for redemption. year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the Griggsville, Ill., June 6, 1865. z. W. H. land unto the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return NOTE. So far as we can see, the arrange- every man unto his possession, and ye shall ment of our correspondent is as plausible as return every man unto his family. A jubi- any system of calculation extant, if it is to lee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye be reckoned at all on the year-day theory. shall not sow, neither reap that which grow- But we should be pleased to have him exam- eth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it hie the views of SIGMA in reply to DANIEL of thy vine undressed. For it is the jubilee ; in the present number. It is a question we it shall be holy unto you ; ye shall eat the shall yet have to look fairly in the face. increase thereof out of the field. In the Does the question, "How long shall be the year of this jubilee ye shall return every vision concerning the daily sacrifice," &c., cover man unto his possession ?" Lev. 25 : 9-13. anything more than the reign of the little horn ? By the above quoted Scriptures, it seems to If it does not, then the year-day construction of me that we are plainly taught that after the 2300 or 2400 days falls to the ground. ED. numbering seven Sabbaths of years, which make forty and nine years, "THEN"—that to rigisatt. is to say in the next coming year, which is WHAT IS TRUTH CONCERNING THE the fiftieth year, on the tenth day of the JUBILEES? seventh month of that fiftieth year, the jubi- JOSIAH LITCH. EDITOR. THE IYIILLEN.NIUM--VARIOUS VIEWS. FOR ALL ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY* The Apostle Paul exhorts that prayers and supplications, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, for, kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives, &c. It is doubtful whether any people ever prayed more earnestly or perseveringly for their rulers than the American people for theirs for the past four years. They have been driven to it by a deep sense of their great need. As a nation we have been brought very near to God, and have been made to feel our own impotence and God's power and wisdom in an unusual degree. Now that the war is over and our pressing needs are not felt, the danger is that ..NW like Israel, forget God arid trust to our- selves, entering the arena of party politics, instead of looking to God for his guiding halal. The true policy is to make God first and uppermost in all our affairs. No nation can long prosper who shuts him and his law out On their wintIer how specious they may look, they will sure- ly bring us to ruin if we do not recognize him and his will. Our need of the divine guidance was never greater than at present. Let every Christian, therefore ask wisdom for our rulers, and Gods blessing on our country. But we are to do it with thanks- giving for all the past blessings of his hand. "Where are the nine ?" said Jesus of the ten cleansed lepers, only one of whom returned to give glory to God. The ten prayed and were blest, but nine forgot the thanksgiving. Consider how great things he has done for us, and let thanksgiving from the heart go up to him with every prayer, that we may lead quiet and peacable lives in all godli- ness and honesty. • CAN THEY LEARN ? Miss Harriet Murray, of St. Helena, S. C., one of the Sea Islands near Hilton Head, writes a friend : "Let Tennessee boast no more of her schools arid their- success. I have in my school a boy who came in with Sherman, who when he entered my school did not know his letters ; and in fourteen days learned iris alphabet, went through the first primer, and was reading in the first reader." Miss Ellen Murray has a class of sixteen scholars who are studying geography, histo- ry, grammar, arithmetic and composition, and are proficient in all these branches. CURE FOR GRAVEL. We have received from H. Pearson, New- buryport, a quantity of pills prepared by himself for the CURE of the gravel. They come highly recommended as an immediate relief for that distressing complaint, and by perseverance in their use, a permanent cure. We are authorized to send free, a box of these pills to the first six who apply for them, who are of with the disease, on the condition that they shall use them ac- cording to directions, and shall give us a faithful report of their effects. Price. $1,00 per box. THE JUBILEES. Beloved Bro. Litch :—May I be permitted lee trumpet was tobe sounded—and the groes. (Laughter and applause.) whole of that fiftieth year, which, being a All that is now behind us. You have through. the Herald to incsniresswhat, is truth Sabbatical year, was to be occupied and inn- now proved to the world that you are a concerning the time and order of the jubilees proved •as a jubilee year. Dear reader ! Is nation, and not a kind of town meeting. You spoken of in Lev. chap. 25 ? I know that not this the true meaning of the above Scrip- have proved to the world that you could get much has already been said and written on tures, and if so, does it not settle the ques- rid of slavery ; or rather, God has proved this subject, but hoping that the questions tion in dispute ? that He could sweep it out of the land ; and may be settled, and the truth' obtained and I have endeavored in this communication you have proved to the world that Demo- understood, I venture in meekness to pro- to show by the table pose a few questions for your consideration, , and otherwise, that the cratic government "is as good as another, forty and ninth year was not a Sabbatical and a great deal better, too." (Applause.) and for the consideration and communica- year ; but that the fiftieth year was really, I bring to you the congratulations of the tion of your correspondents. These are the and truly a Sabbatical year, as well as a Union Evangelical Churches in France. questions. May they be answered correctly jubileeyear. through the aid of the Divine spirit : That body was formed sixteen years ago. Is the forty-ninth year a Sabbatical T have also attempted to show, by the Before that, there were in France a few free table mostly, that the cycles of the jubilees churches, scattered here and there ; but there year ? Lev. 25 : 8. were cycles of forty-nine years only, and that was no bond of union between them. In Is the fiftieth .year both a Sabbatical, they were not cycles of fifty years each. If 1849, when Frederic Monod, my father, with and a jubilee year ? Lev. 25 : 10, 11. by the blessing of the Lord, I have been Court Ag6nor de Gasparin, pastor Armand Are the cycles.of the jubilees, cycles of enabled to do this, and if it is his truth, all Delille, and some others, left the Established forty-nine, or of fifty years ? praise be to his Holy Name forever. Church of France, they at once set to work For the sake of stating and starting these The foregoing table is not mine—that is, to organize, not exactly into one body, cer- three questions fairly and understandingly, I I am not the originator of it, it is the Lord's. Wilily not into one church, but into one will propose another fourth question, viz : If by his grace I have been enabled to write union, these scattered free churches. They Did the Spirit of the Lord intend that we it correctly, then it answers the foregoing invited them to send representatives to Paris, should begin to number the Sabbatical years question correctly; and brings out the fol- which they did ; and thus was formed what with the first one kept, or at least with lowing important and interesting truths : we called the Constituting Synod. That some one of them, or did he intend to have 1.. That the forty-ninth year was not a Synod voted for a Constitution, which was us begin to number with some other year Sabbatical year. sent to the churches ; and now most of the than a Sabbatical year ? If he did mean to That the fiftieth year was both a Sab- free churches in Prance have accepted that have us begin to number with the first batical and a jubilee year. Constitution, and belong to that Union. That Sabbatical year, or with any Sabbatical year, That the cycles of seven times seven body does not bear the name of Congrega- then the second Sabbatical year would be Sabbaths or weeks, *ere cycles of forty-nine tionalist ; neither does it bear the name of the eighth year, including the first one gum- years only, and not cycles of fifty years. Presbyterian. It is not strictly the one nor bored. And if we number forty-nine years, The right way to number seems to be this, the other : yet it is nearer Congregationalism including the first Sabbatical year numbered, This is the first article : viz., to number seven times seven weeks, or than aything else. we necessarily make the next, or following Sabbaths, always beginning with a Sabbati- "The Evangelical Churches in France, year, which is the fiftieth, both a Sabbatical, cal year to number. And then the eighth year composed of members who have explicitly and a jubilee year. It may be more clearly after the first one numbered, will be a Sab- and individually. professed their faith, and seen by the following table of weeks; and I batical year, and the fiftieth will be both a who recognize in religious matters no other hope no one will fail to study it until they Sabbatical, and a jubilee year. And if we authority than that of Christ, the only and fully understand it. should number a hundred cycles of jubilees, sovereign Head of the Church, associate EXPLANATIONS OF THE TABLE. we should only have a hundred times forty with one another to glorify God, by mani- The first, or upper line, are figures show- nixie years, and the next year following each testing the union of his children, to. labor in ing the number of years in each week of forty-hinth, would be a jubilee year common for the edification of the body of years. and also a Sabbatical year. If I have Christ, and to unite their efforts for the ex- The second, or middle line, are letters to not written the table right, the fault is tension of the kingdom of God." designate the years of each week, with the mine, not the Lord's. And I hope to be The distinctive feature of difference be- names attached•to the days of our common forgiven, and also to be corrected through tween them and your churches, is that they weeks—the Sabbatical year being represent- the instrumentality of some beloved brother have,, every other yeat, what they call a ed by a capital S, at the beginning of the in the Lord; so that the truth may shine Synod, composed of representatives from the line of each week. forth clearly and cheeringly on this glorious churches, whose decisions are accepted by The third, or lower line of each week, subject of our near coming jubilee, the great the churches. If a church does not accept gives the continuous number of years up to antitype of the foregoing typical jubilee. its decisions, then it ceases to belong to the the fiftieth, showing the number of each year But I presume some dear brethren will say body. I may say here that when we in on which the Sabbatical years fall, from the that we should begin to number with the France look back to the fathers to know first one to the fiftieth, showing that the year after the Sabbatical year, well dear what "old paths" were we receive for an an- first and fiftieth are Sabbatical years. brother if you think so, please give us a swer, "Presbyterianism ;" our history, our 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 table that will harmonize the jubilees with traditions point to that form of church polity. S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. the Sabbatical years, so that there will al- And as to the future, even if we could to- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ways be six successive years of sowing, day have the whole of the French Protes- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 reaping, and gathering in their harvest, and tants organized into separate churches, and S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. also one whole year of rest for the land in if you were there in France, I am per- 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 each seven. See Lev. 25 ; 3, 4. If you will suaded that, looking at the condition of the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 do this I shall be pleased to have the light, people, at their habits of mind and of action, S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. for I see no way that it can be done other you would come to the conclusion that they 15 16 17 18 19 '20 21 than as the above table gives it. Now please cannot have there and now, exactly the sys- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 remember and harmonize these three things tern you have here in New England. I S. Mo. Tn. W. Th. F. Sa. in your table, viz.: know that some people say that if a man 22 23 24 25 26 27 '28 1. That there were to be six full and wants to learn to swim, he must not be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 successive years, in which they were to sow, afraid to jump into the water, and that we S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. and reap, and gather in the their harvest. shall never learn self-government without 29, 30 31 32 33 34 35 [See Lev. 25 : 37,] and any central authority, unless we try it ; but 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2. That in one year, and only one, in each it takes some education to come to that point. S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 seven they should neither sow, nor reap, nor If you saw a man who did not know at all 1 2 3 4 5 .6 7 gather in their harvest, but the land should how to swim, and who besides had considers- S. Mo. Tu. W. Th. F. Sa. rest one whole year in seven and no more. ble stiffness in all his joints, you would not 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Lev. 25 : 4-7 and verses 20-22. 'throw him into the water before you had 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 3. That all these seven years were to taken time to get his limbs a little more S. This fiftieth year is here shown to begin and cud according to the command- supple. 50 be a Sabbatical year, making it both ment of the Lord, viz.: "This month shall From these churches, I bring you most a Sabbatical-year and ajubilee year. be unto you the beginning of months, it shall hearty congratulations. I bring them to By this table we have shown that the firsts be the first month of the year to you." Ex. every evangelical church in America. . I eighth, fifteenth, twenty-second, twenty-ninth, 12 : 2. have had the privilege of bearing them my- thirty-sixth, forty-third, and FIFTIETH years I know of no other year recognized by the self to the General Assembly in Pittsburg, are Sabbatical years ; therefore the fiftieth Lord for his former people, the Jews, but to that in Brooklyn, to the General Synod year is both a Sabbatical and a jubilee year. the year here named, which begins with the in New Brunswick, and now I bear them to And yet the cycles of forty-nine years remain month Abib. Ex. 12 : 2, and 13 : 4. you ; and I do so with special pleasure, be- shall prosper that love thee. Peace be with- unbroken. Consequently the jubilees are Our motive is to obtain light and truth, cause I know that you feel—and you deserve. . in thy walls, and prosperity within thy riot cycles of fifty years each, any more than our and we seek for it ,as. for hidden treasure. to feel—a special happiness in the great joy palaces. For my brethren and companion's common weeks are cycles of eight days each. 0 Lord give us the true light on this snls of the nation, because it is a consummation sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. The second Sabbatical year, including the ject, is our humble and hearty prayer. of the great work upon which you have set Because of the house of the Lord ono God first one numbered, is the eighth year, and STEPHEN. K. BALDWIN. your hearts from the beginning, and to 1 will seek thy good." the third is the fifteenth year, and so on to Laconia, June, 16 1865. which you have adhered, not only of late, fiftieth, which is the eighth Sabbatical year but when it was a work attended with great Goo IN NATURE.—Ask the world the after the first one numbered. And is also Little acts are the elements of true great- difficulty and with much obloquy ; and beauty of the heavens, the brilliancy and or- the jubilee year. In Lev. 25 : 8; we read ness. They raise life's value, like the little therefore we congratulate you first and dering of the stars, the sun that sidficeth for as follows, "And thou shalt number seven figure over the larger ones in arithmetic, to most of all. the day, the moon the solace of the night ; Sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times its highest power., They are tests of charac- And now, about our feeling toward you ask the earth, fruitful in herbs and trees, full seven years ; and the space of the st ven ter and disinterestedness; they are the during the war. I can only say of our of animals, adorned with men; ask the sea, Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty straws of lifs's deceitful current, that show churches what some of the brethren yester- with how great and what kind of fishes and nine years." the current's way. The heart comes all out day said of theirs—that whatever may have filled ; ask the air, stocked with what multi- Another translation gives this verse as in them. They move on the dial of charac- been the feeling of others, the feeling of tudes of birds ; ask all things, and see if they follows : "Thou shalt also number to' thee ter and responsibility, significantly. They Protestant France was with you, almost i do not, as it were by a language of their We invite attention to the article of Bro. Baldwin on this subject. He has presented his view in its strongest light, and it embod- ies about all that can be said on that side of the question. And as lie invites criticism, we venture to make a few suggestions. 1. That the:callender year of the Jews began with the first mouth, that is, with the new moon nearest the vernal equinox, is clear. So does our calendar year begin with January. But our civil year begins with July. The Jewish civil year from which all their titles dated, that is, the sounding of the jubilee trumpet, was the seventh month. All trans- fers of real estate terminated at that time. There the 49 years ended, and the 50th or jubilee year begun. If the 49 years ended In our last on this subject we gave our views of the closing up of the millennium. But the question is urged, if this is so, how is it that the general judgment is intro- duced at the close of the millennium, and af- ter the final assault on the beloved city, the overthrow of' Gog and Magog, and the cast- ing of the devil into the lake of fire ? We find the answer to this in the fact, that the book of Revelation consists of a number of parallel lines of prophecy, each running down to the termination of that line of events ; and that the seer was then taken back, commencing with another line, running parallel with it, at least in part, to its termin- ation. Thus we understand the writer of that book to have given us the order of' events introducing and consummating the day of judgment, in the order in which the several events stand related, till consummated at the close of the millennium. In this process we have the consecutive executiOn of judgment on all classes. The word judge is used in the Bible in three distinct senses. ID the sense of a civil ruler, as the judges under the law. As a magistrate in a tribunal of justice where the case of an arraigned person is traversed according to law and evidence, and the award or acquital or condemnation awarded. As an executive proceeding in which a previous sentence is executed. The first is used by the Saviour Matt. 19 : 28. "Ye which have followed me in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging (governing) the twelve tribes of Israel. The second sense is used by Solomon, when he says : "God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, wheth- er it be good or evil." Eccl. 12: 14. The third is the executive sense, as in 2 Cor. 5 : 10. "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body ac- cording to that he bath done, whether good or bad." The judicial proceeding precedes the exec- utive ; assa the executive is governed by the judicial proceeding. We do not execute a criminal and then try the case ; but try him first, and if' found guilty, execute him ; if in- nocent, release him. An innocent person may be held in confinement until the judgment is awarded, when his release, if he is cleared, is immediately ordered. The guilty, if con- victed, must be sentenced, and the execution of that• sentence is left tolthe executive au- thority. It may be immediately executed, or the prisoner may be remanded to the common jail to await the decision of the executive. The sentence is final when once pronounced. Such, we understand, will be the proceed- ing of God in reference to the human-race. 1. That the dead, who live in 'spirit ac- cording to God, will in spirit be arraigned and tried before the second advent of our Saviour, when the books will be opened, and the dead be judged out of the things written in the books according to their works. That they will be judged (tried) the same as men in the flesh, but live according to God in spirit. 1 Peter, 4 : 6 The sentence then pronounced will then be irrevocable ; the saints being justified will immediately be raised from the dead and re- leased ; changed from corruption to incor- ruption. But the wicked being condemned, will be sentenced to "everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels." But although sentenced, the sentence will not be immedi- ately executed ; but they will be left in Ha- des for -a thousand years, when they too shall be raised from the dead, and the sen- tence executed by their being cast into the lake of fire. The scene, therefore, described Rev. 20: 11-14, is a distinct but separate view of the judgment, first, of the judicial proceeding, and secondly, of the executive proceeding. In the judicial work, which will precede the resurrection of even the just, appears the throne, the judge and the books, with the prisoners arrayed and the trial proceeding. In the executive work, we have the resur- rection, the sea, death and Hades all giving up their contents, the bodies and souls of men, and the judgment is executed on them. "Death and hell" are used as a Metonymy, the container for the contained. In the 13th verse, death and hell are used in their literal sense, and are represented as delivering up their contents, the dead consigned to them. In verse 14, these contents of death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. These contents thus doomed are described in verse 15. "Whoso- ever was not found 'written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire." Thus, in these last verses, the judgment, both judicial and executive, irrespective of time to elapse between the two processes, are both described. And in the progress of this judgment, takes place the passing away of the old heavens and earth, to return no more, but to give place to the new heavens and the new earth, which, when the great altogether ; and when I come to the free own, make answer to the truth that God churches, I can take the "almost" away ; made us.—Augustine. for the free churches, as far as know to me, were with you to a man, to a woman, to a child. As to the general feeling in France, Christ gave as a key to prophecy, "The even that was better than you probably think, and I will touch upon that point pros- abomination of desolation spoken of by Dan- iel the prophet" and said, when you see it, ently. In our churches, I repeat it, the feeling ha's been thorougly for you, from the "whoso readeth let him understand." If this be true, that it is the key to prophecy, beginning, before the beginning, and all the way through. it becomes a matter of great importance to In 1861, where. did that movement come understand the subject, and whatever will from that brought you a letter of cheer and reflect light on it should be read with inter- of sympathy in your darkest hour ? It origi- est. The following from the Prophetic nated with us, with 300 French Protestant Times presents some valuable reflections, pastors. Then it went over into England, worthy of consideration. In what we say and received 4,000 signatures there ; then or select on this subject we do not desire to be dogmatical, but throw out the thoughts Dr. Massie brought it over to you. When any proclamation came from President Lin- for the examination of our readers. We coln, it was always put into our religious have no idea that any one has yet gained the newspapers ; and I had almost said that full understanding of the subject ; but we a there was hardly anything in those papers are persuaded that there are now glimmer- ing rays of light, and that "knowledge shall that was more religious or did us more good. We were so well acquainted with him that be increased :" one lady who did not know him personally, Paul writes to Timothy : "All Scripture and had never come to this country, said to is given by inspiration of God, and is profit- me, speaking of death ; "Somehow this able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, Lincoln seemed to belong to us." When a for instruction in righteousness : that the day cf fasting and prayer was appointed here man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fur- in 1863, we gave notice in our Protestant nished unto all good works." But Scripture papers, at least in one of the oldest of them, can only be profitable when rightly under- requesting stood, and properly interpreted. There are Protestant Christians to unite with you in their families upon that day, in many portions of the word of God which lie special prayer for you and your country. like precious pearls at the bottom of the 'sea, During the last Presidential campaign, we of no particular benefit to man. In fact, were waiting for the news as they that watch more than one half of the Bible is often re- for the morning ; and there was great re- garded as so profoundly mysterious, that it joicing among us when the news did come. is thought presumptuous even to attempt to 'And when the news of the fall of Rich- bring it out for use in instruction. mond came, your friends there did not know This is, perhaps, the more true with re- what to do with themselves. One pastor, speet to those portions of the word of God instead of following the plan he had laid out which relate to the doctrine of the Saviour's for himself that afternoon, went to the next personal advent, and the signs and circum- telegraph station, and sent to Dr. Sunder- stances to attend that blessed event. And land a dispatch which embodied the feelings yet there is no more mystery in the predic- of 'us all—"Glory to God, and three cheers tions concerning the second advent of Christ, for the Union." f Applause.) And I was than in those which foretold the first ; whilst told in Brooklyn, the other day, there was a we have the fulfillment of the propheCies of young physician in Paris, a Frenchman and the first to guide us in the proper interpreta- a Protestant, who when he got the news, tion of the prophecies of the second. The telt that he must shake hands with an prophecies relating to the first advent were American, in fact, that he must kiss an all literally fulfilled, according to the plain American ; and as he could not find an reading of the word, and we are bound to be- American to kiss, he kissed me as. the next Have that the prophecies relating to the see- best thing. (Applause and laughter.) and advent will be fulfilled in the same man- I am very thankfUl to you, gentlemen, for ner ; that is, literally. the sympathy you express ; and it brings rae "The abomination of desolation," spoken of to the next point. We cannot make so much by the Saviour, in Matthew 24 : 15, is one noise as that. in our Synod, because we are of those things in Holy Scripture which riot so numerous ; but we did make all the have puzzled many Bible readers and corn- noise we could when Dr. Cleveland spoke to mentators, and has been often the most ab- us last November about the war, how it was surdly construed. We•think it just as plain going on, and what would be the end of it. as any other portion of the word of God. We are not in the habit of applauding, but Campbell, in his critical notes, says, "No- we did applaud then, and stamped, too, and. thing is more commonly understood in the did everything in our power to express our language of Scripture, by 'abomination' than sympathy. idols." Olshausen says, "The most consistent If you want to know the feeling of France hypothesis is, that the profanation of the in 1862 and 1863, ask those who were temple by idolatrous worship is the phenom- among us then ; ask Mr. Cuyler—you know enon alluded to." And yet strange to sayi, him well, though he is a Presbyterian ; or that both these exponents, with . nearly all ask Mr. 'Woodruff, or Mr. Beecher ; and our English commentators, have labored to they can tell you what were the prayers in to make it appear that the profanation of the our families, and what were the prayers temple here spoken of occurred at the des- from our pulpits during that time. It can truction of Jerusalem by the Romans under be embodied in this fact, that our representa- Titus. But the facts will not admit of this tive gran in the matter is Count de Gasparin. application. "The abomination of desola- Now, I come to our Reviews, you will .tion" is expressly said to be '41,74 the holy find them strongly on your side ; the Revue place," i. e. the temple. But we are told Nationale—I will not say anything about that the temple was burned while the Ro- that, except that Edouard Laboulave writes mans were entering the city, and hence "the for it constantly. The Revue des Deux abomination" could not have been set up by Mondes, which is knoWn the world over, was them. And if the Romans had even set up for you. I wish to read a paragraph from its their banners with their eagles in the temple, pages in a few moments. Revue Cr6tienne, this could still not have been '"the abomina- our Protestant Review, has been for you as tion of -desolation' spoken of by Daniel," to much as the Independent could be. The I which the Saviour refers, because that Correspondent a Catholic, but liberal Re-1"abomination" is to be an image or Idol. view, was for you. In fact, I believe that And when, the Romans entered the city of every paper read by the more intelligent Jerusalem there was no universal tribulation, classes, and edited by the ablest men, was such as is predicted to occur when this for yoll all the while. "abomination of desolation" will be set up. That was all we could do—talk about The tribulation at that time was felt only in. it, and write about it, gently enough, so a.s the laud of Palestine. It is also expressly not to provoke the government, and especi- stated that, "immediately after" the great ally to pray about it. As to doing anything tribulation which shall occur under "the else; as. to advertising it in the streets, and abomination of desolation," "The Son .of getting up a little demonstration, I would man will come in the pion& of heaven, with like to see you conic over and try it. (Laugh- power and great glory." Arid to say that ter and applause.) Why, the other day they this coming of the Son of man was the corn- would not let twelve hundreds young men go ing of the Roman armies is ridiculous, and to Mr. Bigelow's, to express their sympa- borders strongly on downright blasphemy. thies upon .the occasion of the death of. Lin- It certainly had no more reference to the coin: It would riot do." coming of the Roman armies to destroy Je- Mr. Monod closed with a long and inter- salem than to General Sherman's march esting statement of the relative positions of through Georgia. . It is expressly said that church and state in France. the coming of the Son of man shall take Rev. Mr. Thomas of the Welch delega- place-"immediately after," and not before, the Lion, followed Mr. Monod. He claimed that setting up of "the abomination of desolation." no English deputation could fairly represent The tribulation attending " 'the abomination the 'Welch church, for they were composed of desolation,' shall be a time of trouble, of a peculiar people. The sympathies of the such as never was since there was a nation, entire Welch population were with .the even to that same time ;"snch as was not North in the war ; Welch young men have since the beginning of the world to this time, fallen in our battles ; the Welch papers no, nor ever shall be. And except those were all for the North, and had no sympathy days of that tribulation 'should be shortened, with the rebellion. He concluded his ad- there should no flesh be saved " this deso- dress as follows : "I am proud to state be- lotion is general, and of course includes all, fore this Convention without fear of contra- flesh, all nations of the earth. diction, that during the four years of your And all this was revealed to Daniel, the desolating war, no weekly paper, no month- prophet, as taking place, not at the destruc- ly periodical, no quarterly journal, through- tion of Jerusalem by the Romans, .but "in out the Principality of Wales dared to take the time, of' the end, and of the resurrection." the side of the Rebellion. In the ninth chapter and twenty-seventh "I bring you. the congratulations of the verse of Daniel, we are told that"he' (Anti- best men of our land, and you will permit christ) "shall . confirm the covenant with me, Sir, to conclude in the language of my many for one week (seven years), and in the own country. (The following is a transla- midst of. the week, he shall cause the sacri- tion.) flee and the oblation to cease, and for the "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate even until the consummation." In the eleventh chapter and thirty-first verse, we read, "And arms shall stand on his" (An- tichrist's) "part,' and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away. the daily sacrifice,, and they shall place the the abomination .that maketh desolate." In the twelfth chapter, and e!eventh and twelfth verses, we read, "From the, time that the daily sacrifice, shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." This is certainly very plain and definite language. And it is to this that the Saviour refers. And now, who preaches the gospel as clearly and forcibly ; land then I can pray with him so much bet- ter than with the other." "What do you meant by your last re- mark ?" "Just this, my friend. Mr. Smith's prayers are too eloquent, and I may add, too elegant for me. His thoughts are so sublime, his arrangement of them so artistic, and his pe- riods so beautifully rounded, that he attracts my attention to himself, instead of bearing my desires to heaven. Mr. Brown is the reverse of all this. In language as plain and unstudied as a child's, he lays bare the heart of a guilty, helpless, needy sinner be- fore the pitying eyes of a compassionate Father, and loving Saviour. I feel the con- dition which he expresses so simply ; I see the listening ear and the beckoning hand of mercy ; and my desires spring up to the Al- mighty Helper so warmly and so earnestly, that I can scarcely realize, when the prayer is ended, that another's words have borne my petition for me. It is a great thing to me to have my heart go up in the prayers of the sanctuary, as well as in those of the closet." "You are right, friend Gage, though I never thought of it before." BUT A WORD. Dr. Wisner once gave the following leaf his experience : While .on a journey for health, in 1812, on a hot, sultry day, I called at a farmhouse in one of the beautiful towns iii Berkshire county to procure a drink of water. There happened to be no one in the house but a young lady, apparently about sixteen years of age, to whom I was introduced by my travelling companion, and from whom I re- ceived a glass of that refreshing beverage which flows in such rich abundauce from' the hills of New England. As I rose to depart, I took her hand and said, ''Permit me, my dear girl, before I leave you, to inquire whether you have yet given your heart to your Saviour ?" She replied in the negative, while the tears that stole down her cheek showed that she she was not without feeling. I then said to her, "My child, I am a minister of Jesus Christ, and as such, it is not only my duty, but my privilege, to offer you eternal life, upon the condition of your repenting of your sins, and putting your trust in him ; will you .accept this offer ?" She answered with deep emotion, "I can- not decide that question now." .1 said, "You will have to decide it now. Jesus Christ is beseeching you, by me, to be reconciled to God, and if you do not choose to tell me what your decision is, he will take the answer from your heart, and it will be recorded in heaven that you have either accepted the offer of eternal life, made to you by your Redeemer, to-day, or that you have rejected him again." She seemed to take a new view of her fearful responsibility, and wept convulsively, but could not be prevailed on to tell me what her decision was. After repeating sonic appropriate passages of Scripture, to show her her duty and her danger, I left her, expecting to see and hear of her no more, until we should meet at the judgment seat of Christ. Years afterward, on stepping upon a steamboat in New York to go to Philadel- phia, my name being called by some of my friends on board, a gentleman came up to me, and asked me if my name was Wisner. On being answered in the affirmative, he in- quired if I hsd ever been in the town of , Berkshire county. I told him I had passed through it in 1812. He then informed me that when he was coming from home, a lady requested him to say, if he should meet me on his journey, that she was the individual who gave me the glass of water ; and what I said on that occasion sunk so deeply into her heart that she could find no rest until she hoped she had closed in with the offer of her blessed Lord, and that she wished me to accept her thanks for what was to her, truly, "a word spoken in. season." A SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF MURDER. A few years ago, a Mr. Martin was mur- dered at a place called Bilgay, and this mur- der was afterwards discovered in a most sin- gular manner. The crime was committed on the 9th of February, on the high road, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The shot entered Mr. Martin's heart, and he fell down dead. He was returning from collecting some small sums of money, and had only five guineas about hitn, of which he was robbed, as well as of his watch and ring. The charge of the gun was rammed down with written paper. This had been care- fully taken up and carried away with the body. The writing was still legible. On this piece of paper there were expressions which are used in glass manufactories ; but the paper was old, and bearing a date of near fifteen years back. Upon this single indication, the officer went to the owner of the glass manufactory at Bilgay, examined his books, and succeeded in finding an arti- cle relative to the delivery of some glass of which the paper in question was the bill of parcels. The suspicion immediately fell on the son-in-law of this individual. The man had been out of the country for ten years, and had only recently returned. Orders were given to arrest the person suspected. When the officers came to him, he was on his knees, in a state of terror. In his fright he confessed the murder, and then showed where the watch and ring were to be found concealed beneath the thatch of his house. By this slight event of an undestroyed scrap of paper, justice overtook the offender. The remarkable manner in which offenders are detected was lately seen in the case of a robbery. After the robbery, an officer, while walking in the streets of London, met two men of ill-repute, and remarked that both of the men were wearing new boots. He took it for granted that these men had been confederates in some burglary, and that the boots were the results of the spoil. Upon this slight circumstance, the officer apprehended the men, and these men prov- ed to be the identical persons who had corn- ITEMS. The Young Men's Christian Association have purchased Ford's Theatre, where Pres- identsLincoln was assassinated, as a general headquarters of their institution, a depot for books, and a library. They gave one hun- dred thousand dollars for it. The 4th of July will be extensively ob- served and celebrated in the late rebellious States, the present year. The food crops of the United States are likely to be more abundant than they were ever known to be in any year of our history. Mr. Lincoln left about $75,000 invested in U. S. bonds. The telegraph connecting America with Russia via Behrings' Straits, is rapidly pro- gressing. The present year bids fair to con- nect the Old and New World by telegraph in both directions, the Atlantic and Pacific, thus putting the world in communication. A boy in New York State, who did not wish to go to school, went out and put his arm on the railroad track where it was cut off, that he might not be sent to school. V- Mrs. W. H. Seward, wife of the Secreta- ry of State, died at Washington on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Seward, though, in deli- cate health for many years, repaired to Washington upon the intelligence of the at- tempted assassination of Ler husband and son, where, amid care and solicitude, she held out until both were considered convalescent, when her over-taxed body and mind yielded to a pressure which a constitution so deli- cate could no longer resist. Her remains were taken to Auburn, N. Y., and were ac- companied by her husband, son and daughter, (torropondence. INS-DROPS FROM WISCONSIN. JJro. J. Litch :—It has been a long time since I have troubled you with an article, and I only purpose sending a brief one now. But how extremely beautiful everything pertaining to nature looks this morning, af- ter a fine rain, which we have so long need- ed. The bright sun is just above the east- ern horizon, and his resplendent beams shoot along every avenue of creation, filling a lover of nature with gladness ; yes, and perhaps the "hills rejoice" with us. The larks are chanting their morning hymn upon their gum-stalks, and the robins are full of joyousness and glee. The grass looks green and fresh, and the red and white clover tops present a cheerful look. Indeed, how purely splendid it is to gaze upon the flitting clouds, hurrying to some distant corner of the uni- verse ; great when we consider this as the only sphere Of , compared with the millions of rolling orbs scattered throughout the immensity of illimitable space, which God has thrown from his hand for ;the dwelling-places of beings of his own creation. In its broadest sense, this earth is a mere footLball, yet it is large enough for fallen man to engender a great amount of mischief. Let me say here, in regard to nature, that I was truly very much delighted on a recent evening, on viewing the Aurora Borealis, whose changes, radiations, shooting cones, like- a Minaret, and double arch, sweeping across Cassiopeia, all of which spake of some unseen power. But enough of this. The Advent camp-meeting is spoken of by the papers as being well attended, and gen- erally successful, much pains having been taken to secure conveyance to the grounds. Quite probably you have received the par- ticulars from some of your preachers ere this time. Other denominations are making preparations for grove meetings. The fair for the benefit of the Soldier's r Home in Milwaukie, is to commence in that city the 28th inst. Truly, Wisconsin is never behind in any benevolent act, end especially that which pertains to the welfare of those who aided in putting down the greatest.re- bellion of modern times. The live eagle who has passed through seventeen battles, has been the means of creating a fund of $20,000, by the sale of his photograph, which is very true likeness of his eagleship, -while he is sitting upon his perch. I have called him by his name (which is "Abe,") and with the sagacity of the feathered tribe, would turn his head to you ; you go to the opposite side, and say "Abe," and he turns his eye to you that side, still holding 3n with his claws, his rabbit or fish, which he may perchance be eating at the time. He is in Chicago now, and will be in Milwaukie to the fair. He belonged to the 8th Wisconsin regiment. There is a prospect for an average crop, though the chinch bugs may destroy it yet. But 1 will close. Yours in haste. J. S. Bliss. Deer Orcek, Ks., June 16, 1865. MESSIANNIAN CONFERENCE, C. W. The meeting of this Conference will be held at Fingal, Wednesday, July 26th, 1865. The meeting was deferred from the time fixed for it in the winter to the period now fixed upon, because we hoped to have more assistance and a more profitable meeting. 5 J. LITCH, Pres. D. ELWELL, Sec. "Elder F. Gunner's Post-office address is BRISTOL, VERMONT?" LETTERS RECEIVED. C. Patterson, June 30, 1863 ; L. J. Os- born ; James Kay ; H. Jackman ; J. A. Winchester ; M. E. Tipple ; C. Beckwith ; Franklin D. Atwood ; C. Hathaway ; Jason F. Alden ; Dr. H. B. Horton ; John Barites ; M. S. Perkins ; D. H. Nederhand ; M. M. Christie ; John Aiken ; David Barber ; Geo. Bingham ; Joseph Fairbanks ; I. R. Gates. To Subscribers. During the past year we have credited payments for the Herald on each subscriber's paper, or, where a single paper was sent to one office, on the wrapper, following the sub- scriber's name. But quite a number call for the old plan of crediting payments in the Herald on the reception of the money. It is less work for us to do so, and less expense. and accordingly we shall return to that plan, and as fast as we can, shall take the numbers from the names. Those subscribers who wish to know the exact state of their accounts, must set it down when acknowledged, or keep the paper containing it. 0 DIRECTIONS FOR ASCERTAINING THE STATE -OF THE ACCOUNT. THE NEW TRACTS. l3ro. Litch :—I have been reading the pamphlet entitled "Jerusalem in gloom and puplished by the A. M. A., and wish to commend it to the notice of all those who desire a clear and concise argument to put into the hands of any one who is still under the delusion that the "stone" spoken of in Dan. 2 struck the "Image" near 2000 years ago ; and has been "slowly," (oh how slow- ly !) grinding away ever since. It is truly a timely and valuable produc- tion. May the Lord use it for the enlight- enment of many. I will also add my complete satisfaction with the little tract "Does the soul live in Death ?" Let them be widely circulated. H. P. B. BERALD. THE ADVENT THE REVIVAL IN ENGLAND. mitt the recent robbery, to which there was not the slightest clue, had not the offenders been betraytSI by their own boots ! year's subscription in advance. I could but think, what must be the feelings of these new-made men, as they went to the post- office and asked for and-received a paper of their own, for which they had subscribed and paid—a newspaper, too, from the North, towards which their hopes and hearts have been so long directed." ANECDOTE OF FATHER TAYLOR.—AS Father Taylor was giving a temperance ad- dress in Rockyhill meeting-house, a certain drunkard was so offended with his severe, but truthful remarks that he rose up and be- gan to hiss the speaker. Instantly Father Taylor turned the attention of the large au- dience to the insolent rowdy, and then very forcibly said, as he pointed to his victim, There's a red nose got into cold water, don't you hear it hiss ?" WHITE AND BLACK.—Mr. Rogers, a legistator from Milford, remarked in his place, the other day, that he never heard of a negro who was a passable mechanic. Whereupon Thomas Peterson, a colored man of the same town, challenges Mr. Rogers to a trial of skill, both being ornamental carriage painters.— Chr. Sec. BEAUTIFUL SHOW.—The 60,000 tulips planted by Merssrs. E. G. Henderson and Son in the Gardens of the Royal Horticul- tural Society, England, present a sight such as has never been aeen before in that coun- try. They are now in full bloom. A singular accident occured a short time ago in the Church of St. Paul, at Treves, in Prussia. A number of young girls were taking their first communion, when a lighted taper fell on one of their thin muslin dresses, which was set on fire. The flames instantly spread to others, and although extinguished in a short time, several of them were severe- ly burned. the and rest. The of there, all the weeks or years began with the seventh month. It is impossible to get six seed times and six harvests in Judea, in six years, if the year begins with the callander year, in the spring. The seventh, not the first year of week, is the Sabbath. Hence, the 49th 50th years must both be years of complete cycle was 50 years, at the end which a new cycle began. morals ; but we do speak of the daily and hourly reining-in, or letting out ; of dis- couragement in one appetite, and encourage- ment in another ; of habitual formation of characters in their diversity ; and of shaping their bear's-cub, or that child-angel, the nat- ural human mind, to its destined ends ; that it may turn out, for good, according to its several natures, to be either the strong-armed, bold-eyed, rough hewer of God's grand de- signs, or the delicate-fingered polisher of his rarest sculptures. Julian, well-trained, might have grown to be a Luther ; and many a gentle soul, like Charles, has turned out a coxcomb and sensualist."-7 upper. GOD NEAR. We have several times called attention to the great work which is being carried on in England, by means of out of doors meet- ings. The following from the "Revival" of June first shows that it is still being prose- cuted with vigor. When shall we see such a movement in this country ? LEICESTER.—It has cheered me many times to read of the various efforts put forth in diffetent places to bring poor sinners to a knowledge of themselves, and to point them to "the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." I am happy to be able to inform you, and the dear brothers and sisters who read ou r precious little weekly, very welcome visitor, the Reelval, that our little happy band have commenced out-door opera- tions, "going without the camp, and bearing the reproach of Christ." Every evening this week we have had out-door preaching in va- rious parts of the town, and of' a truth the presence of the Lord of the harvest has been with us. One sure sign that good has been done is, the enemy has been roused. We take it for granted, when strongly opposed by Satan's agents, infidels, skeptics, etc., that there is a contest going on, and we know, he that is for us is more than a match for all that can come against us. We have great encouragement to still keep going on, waging war against sin and its author. On Wednes- day evening, May 27, we took our stand on the same spot of ground where the landlord of the public-house amused himself with beating a drum last summer to annoy us. A drunken man came to oppose us, but while describing the love of God in the gift of his dear Son, and the voluntary giving of him- self to die instead of us guilty rebels, (the poor drunkard amongst other sinners,) the poor deluded, sin-bound slave was silenced, and very soon he, amongst many others, be- gan weeping. 0, what a glorious sight to see the hard, rocky heart melted into tender- ness under the sound of the word of life ! At the close of the service, I gave him two or three suitable tracts and a kind word of advice, with a welcome to come again, and he was very thankful. A young man rose up in a fellowship meeting, some two or himself upon the bosom of his love. He three weeks since, at one of the chapels here, communes with him in "the still hour." He and said he thanked God that he ever went listens to his voice speaking in the everlast- to hear Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sharman last summer. He said, "I went, amongst others to scoff at and mock them, but the Spirit of God came upon me, took hold of my heart, and I have been a member of Christ's Church militant about nine months. I believe, by God's help, I shall join the Church trium- phant. Bless the Lord, 0 my soul." Is not this very encouraging ? Five or six hundred tracts have been circulated after three meetings, and the people in general seem thankful for them. I shall be very The thought that God is near, is, to the soul that is reconciled to him, unspeakably precious. He whom angels adore, who is the light of the universe and the glory of Heaven, who can fill the soul that loves him with joy and praise—has verified to his saints the assurance, that if' they draw nigh to him, he will draw nigh to them. In gloom, his presence has cheered them, and in trials they Have found refuge in his strength. In solitude, in calamity, in prison, when heart and flesh fail, he is near. Though riches take to themselves wings and flee away, though friends prove faithless, though earthly hopes wither, the heart may still stay itself on him. What heroism the martyr has shown, sustained simply by the sense of a present God ! How heaven has seemed to stoop to earth and embosom the lowliest dwelling, if only beneath its roof the prayer of faith was uttered, or the heart opened its doors to welcome the great, divine guest ! How the darkness of the valley of the shad- ow of death has vanished as the saint leaned upon the rod and staff of a present God I Faith, that opens the mind's eye to unseen realities, reveals to us the smile of a Father in heaven bending in pity over his weak and erring but penitent child. He is near to hear the unspoken want, to interpret the in- articulate sigh. He is near to guide and counsel and sustain. The saint pillows and that every soul might find the path that leadeth to eternal life. Keep your eye upon this safe, unerring guide. It will lead you safely through all the dark, deep waters, and bring you in peace to the sweet green shores of Heaven. Some day, you will look up, and you will see directly before you the golden spires of that City of Light.— Gospel Herald. THE HOST OF TEMPERANCE.—ThiS new order is being organized in various parts of Indiana and Illinois, with marked success. It is riot a secret society, but a society with some secrets. It demands total abstinence of its members, and something more. Its primary object is to suppress tippling-houses. That is no secret, but how they propose to do it, that is one of the secrets. Its exist- ence in any place need not be a secret ; but what they do is not to be made public till their plans are matured. It proposes to bring some strategy to bear in its operation.. It will aim at reforming drunkards as a second- ary measure only—having as its primary ob- ject to prevent the making of drunkards. It will not publish to the world the number of its members, or the names and localities of its camps. It intends to be a dangerous in- stitution before it is done with the liquor traffic. It receives males and females in its ranks on equal terms. It intends to accumu- late a large fund of money for the execution of its purpose. A Grand Camp will be or- ganized in Indianapolis in June. The pre- cise time and place will be known only to the members. Information in greater detail can be had by addressing me at Indianapo- lis, Ind. 'I'. A. GOODWIN. , A PROFITABLE MISTAKE—One day, as Felix Neff was walking in Lausanne, he saw at a distance before him, a man whom he took for one of his friends. He made up to him, tapped him on the shoulder, and before looking him in the face, asked him : "How does your soul prosper, my friend ?" The stranger immediately turned round and looked at him in surprise. Neff per- ceived his mistake, apologized, and went his way. About three or four years afterward a person came to Neff, and introducing him- self; said he was indebted to him for his ines- timable kindness. Neff did not recognize the man, and begged that he would explain himself. The stranger replied : "Have you forgotten a certain person whose shoulder you once touched in one of the streets of Lausanne, and whom you asked : 'How does your soul prosper ?' It was I. Your inquiry led me to serious re- flection, and now I find it is well with my my soul." "Lo, all these things worketh God often- thnes with man, to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living." Job. 33 : 29, 30.. PRSIDENT LINCOLN'S RELATIVES.—The St. Louis Republican says the statement which is obtaining currency through many newspapers, to the effect that the late Presi- dent had no blood relatives save his two sons, is incorrect. Josiah Lincoln, his brother, left Harding county, Kentucky, at an early date, and settled in Harrison coun- ty, Indianna. He died many years ago, leaving two sons, Thomas and Jacob, and several daughters. Thomas is also dead, but left a large family. Jacob is still living on the old place in Harrison county, and hag several children living, although two of his sons have been killed during the war. Josiah Lincoln, sons and grandsons, were all farmers, in plain if not -poor circumstances, but hardy, honest and industrious. SURE TEST OE LIFE.—When a person ap- parently dies, and there is the least possible chance that life may not be wholly extinct, and especially if the person suddenly dies, as is supposed, the friends have only to apply a piece of very hot iron to some portion of the body for about a minute, and if the flesh blis- ter from the application of the heat, then there is life, and proper means should be used to restore animation. If the flesh does not blister, then the pen-son is surely dead. An- other test is lancing or cutting the flesh, or severing a vein or artery. If blood flows, there is life ; if no blood flows, all life is ex- tinct. EGYPT.—Dr. Thompson, writing from Egypt a short time since, describes the in- haditants of Cairo as lazy and filthy ; the streets unpaved, narrow, and dirty : the merchants sitting cross-legged, or tailor-like, outside their stores, lazily smoking their pipes, regardless of their business ; dirty bazaars, hotels, and private houses ; shoeless, bare-legged, dirty Egyptians, sonic with their burdens on their heads, some with their skin water-bottles on their backs, and others driving lazy donkeys. And so it is all over the land once famed for corn and wine, and flowing with milk and honey. 4111.-1- MOUTH-MUD.—A Converted Hindoo, on being assailed with a torrent of profane words from his idolatrous neighbors, went up to them, and asked,— "Which is worse, the abusive terms that you are just using, or the mud and dirt that that you see lying on yon dunghill?" "The abusive terms" was the reply. "And would you ever take into your mouths that mud and dirt ?" "Never." "Then why do you fill yonr mouths with the abusive term, which you confess to be the worst of the two ?" "Confounded with this rebuke they re- tired, saying that "the argument was but fair." -4 -VW •••--11.- SELF-Puaisis.—Liberality is a kind of tick- ling to the soul ; 'tis hard to conceal the pleasure of it, to keep it from boiling over, from running out at the mouth in vain glory. —Hammond. NEGRO SUBSCRIBERS.—A correspondent of the Times, writing from Chicago, says : "I saw, a day or two ago, a club of seven- teen subscribers to one of our religious weeklies, from Natchez, Miss., all of them freedmen, recent slaves. Every one paid a EDMUND RUFFIN, of Virginia, who fired the first gun on Fort Sumter, is dead. He committed suicide by blowing his head off with a gun. A memorandum was found among his papers, says the Richmond Re- public, stating that he could not live under the Government of the United States ; that he preferred death to doing so. JERUSALEM. Sir Henry reports that Capt. Wilson and the party of English engineers who are now making a survey of Jerusalem, have dis- covered an arch of the Temple causeway mentioned by Josephus. This arch is said to be about fifty feet in span ; to correspond, in style of masonry, to the Haram wall in its best parts ; and to be in a very good state of preservation. We infer that the work is Herodian. Now, this discovery is of very high value ; not only in indicating the exert position of the Tyropmon bridge, but as prov- ing, by an example, that the foundations of Zion were not destroyed after the great siege. This fact made pretty certain by the new discovery, a vast field is thrown open to the explorer. If one of the arches of that mighty roadway could be covered with dust and waste, so as to -lie hidden in the soil for eighteen hundred yearS, why not all the lower chambers of the palaces and houses which adjoined the royal bridge ? The fist wall ran along the slope of Zion. Near the newly recovered arch stood the palace of Agrippa ; not far from it were the mansions of Ananias, Anima and Caiaphas. A little controversy with the spade in that quarter will be better than a thousand de- bates in books and lectures. Old Jerusalem lies buried in the wreck ; and those who want it must dig it up. Meanwhile Mr. Grove suggests that the Assyrian Excava- tion Fund—of which there is a balance in Mr. Murry's hands—should be devoted to the prosecution of labor in this new field. With a good plan and a catholic purpose, it would not be difficult to raise a sufficient sum to carry out such works.—Athenaum. THE ITALIANS.—We doubt whether the common people of Central and Southern Italy, the peasants—the "contadini" of the country, and the lowest class of those living in the cities, are not a whit more civilized now, in this nineteenth century, than they were in any other age, however remote. We be- lieve that the Coliseum of Rome could be filled to-morrow to its utmost capacity, with an audience as eager to witness the death-sports of gladiators, or the massacre of criminals by wild beasts, as in the worst days of Nero. We shrink from saying this, and yet we be- lieve it true. The proof is abundant. The atrocities—mere wanton cruelties— of the brigands which infest the country are well known. They are indeed too loath- some for recital. The frequent assassina- tions which occur everywhere and upon the smallest provocations—the fear of each other's vengeance which renders it difficult to secure evidence in case of crime—the cruelty to their animals—from their poor, patient, overladen donkeys, to the little blind kittens, thrown out in the streets to perish by being eaten by dogs or crushed by wheels —their revolting sepulture of their own dead, and still more revolting treatment of dead heretic strangers ; all these are patent facts, and condemning proofs of the semi- barbarism of the classes of which we write. "GOOD SITEPHERDS."-There is a Roman Catholic institution in St. Louis, of ambigu- ous antecedents, known as the "Good Shep- herd," whose inmates appear to be "wolves in sheep's clothing." A few days since, they kidnapped a young lady named Isabella Pel- tier, the daughter of a wealthy citizen, who had gone a journey to California, and placed her under the tender care of the wolves. A habeas corpus was obtained by the friends of Miss Peltier, but before it was served, the Superior of the "Good Shepherd" deemed it safe to release the young lady. The Supe- rior informed Miss Peltier that she was of age, and she did not desire to restrain her of her liberty, and see her weeping all the time. The young lady returned to her friends, greatly exhausted, not having eaten anything, we are informed, since she entered the "Good Shepherd." She reports that there is a young lady there from Carondelet—Miss Maggie Abbott—confined in this female Bastile for aiding a young lady to escape from the con- .vent at Carondelet, for the purpose of mar- rying the husband of her choice. The ac- count she gives of the character and conduct of the inmates of the "Good Shepherd," is not very flattering, and she was delighted at being allowed to quit their society.— Chicago Tribune. A SIMPLE AND HONEST GIVER.—The following is a copy, verbatim, et literatim, of a letter enclosing twenty dollars, received by Rev. Geo. W. Woods, D. D., Secretary A. B. C. F. M., March 3, 1865 : "doctor wood ise want to give- the lord some money and .ise cant take it my self and if ise could ise do not knows where to take it and ise think you must be a honest man going all over the world about the lords work—and so ise says to mysell—yes ise can trust him and ise gives to your society in september and now give to edecation so • ciety what belongs to new school for ise not old schol ten dollar to bible society five dollars to salors society three dollars it mister maches temperance two dollars tell all these folks ise their friend and when we all get to heaven they know my name and that will be time enough and then ise know if you is honest with me." ing oracles and the unchanging promises. It matters little where on earth it may be. An Eliot inn the Indian's wigwam, a Schwartz amid India's jungles, a Martyn on his persian death-bed, all find themselves alike surrounded by the same all-embracing resence ; and the ocean wanderer feeling that that presence makes his bliss, can exclaim —whether in storm or calm—in the last words of Sir Humphery Gilbert, "It is as near to heaven by sea as by land." Who would not crave the heritage of A man in New England, who recently in- vested two hundred dollars in one of the in- stitutions which distribute articles of jewelry at one dollar each, got watches and jewelry which purported to be worth five hundred and ninety-nine dollars, but on sending his prizes to the Assay Office to be melted, he found that there was just nine dollars and sixty-two cents' worth of gold and silver in the lot. CLEARFIELD COUNTY CAMP-MEET- ING AT COOPER glad if any dear brother or sister may feel those who in all their way walk with God, disposed to help us with a parcel. Our dear and enjoy his presence ? It is the conscious- brother, G. Miller, of Bristol, has given us a ness of that presence that turns every resting start with some, for which, in the name and place into a bethel, and evesy place of prayer for the service of Jesus, we are very grate- into a Tabor, that takes from the mind the oppressive sense of solitude, and makes heaven near while yet we linger in mortality. Soon we shall have the full vision of him whom not having seen we love. Though ful. Somehow or other, the people have an idea that God and his children are, in a sense, enemies to them ; but when listening to the story of the cross, this prejudice seems re- moved. If we had the means of inviting one unseen, his everlasting arms enfold the child or two hundred mothers to a free tea and ,ire loves, and his guiding council directs its gospel preaching, we think we should be able . BLIND WOMAN RESTORED. A Will begin Aug. 18th, and hold till Wednes- day eve, the 23d. It will be held in the grove adjoining the meeting-house, on the land of Bro. Abraham Brown. Arrange- ments will be made for the accommodation of those who may attend from a distance. Let all the friends rally to this first Messiah camp meeting in Clearfield county. I M. L. J. Kylertown, June 24th, 1865. to ask some to attend who seldom or never hear the sound of Jesus' name, except in blasphemy, and I feel assured great good must be the result. 0, if we had the means of showing the miserable downcast ones, our real heartfelt love for their everlasting wel- fare, we should be making a way to their hearts for the reception of the word that bringeth joy and added' no sorrow. Pray for the Holy Spirit to be poured out upon our townspeople, and for a mighty revival of God's work. -4---••• ir AMERICAN E. A. CONFERENCE. The Committee on place for holding our next Conference announce that it will be held at Waterbury, Vt. As this will be our Quar- ter-Century Anniversary, we trust all our friends will make immediate arrangements to be present. J. PEARSON, JR., Pres. Arrangements will probably be made for half-fare over the Fitchburg route to the ' above Conference and back. ED. --- APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE OF THE YOUNG. An interesting young woman, twenty-two years of age, born stone blind—partly edu- I cated in the family of a clergyman, all this time by finger alphabets, as we see blind men tracing the letters in one or two places in town—blind for twenty-two years, was re- stored to perfect vision in four days by a surgical operation, and to partial vision in two minutes. This young woman in an in- stant, having been twenty-two years and froni her birth stone blind of congenial cata- ract, began to see as those deaf mutes in I Paris began to hear for the first time. The effect on the young woman was most curi- e ous, and something of this kind. She saw Ieverything, but there was no idea whatever of perspective. She put her hand in the window to try to catch the trees on the oth- er side of the streets then in Moorfield ; she i tried to touch the ceiling of a high ward ; she was utterly ignorant also of common Ithings—e. g., what such things as a bunch of . keys were, of a silver watch or a common cup and saucer; but when she shut her eyes i and was allowed to touch them, (the educat- 1 ed sense,) she told them at once ! She could almost distinguish the greasy feel of the sil- 1 ver ball crown from the cold, dry, harsh feel I of a copper penny. Her joy was excessive when shown sonic mignionette and sweet pea that one of the surgeons had accidental- ly in his coat, for it seems she knew all the plants in the clergyman's garden by the touch and smell. She looked at the bunch I of keys, and with equal blankness at the I flowers, then shut her eyes so as to recognize them. All this took up less than five min- utes ! But she failed to say, as well as I now remember the case, "these are flowers." But on my saying, when she opened her eyes again, "Why these are flowers." "0, so they are," she replied, shutting her eyes quickly, and putting them to her nose,"this is mignion- ette,” etc,—Scientific American. "Certain it is that minds are different at birth, and require as different a treatment, as Iceland moss from cactuses, or bull-dogs from bulfinches ; certain it is, too, that Ju- lian, early submitted and resolutely broken in, would have made as great a man as Charles, naturally meek, did make a good one ; but, for the matter of educating her boys, poor Mrs. Tracy had no more notion of the feat, than squaring the circle, or de- termining the longitude. She kept them both at home, till the peevish aunt could suf- fer Julian's noise no longer; the house was a Pandemonium, and the Giant grown too big for that castle of Otranto ; so he must go at any rate ; and (as no difference in the treatment of different characters ever oc- curred to any body,) of course, Charles must go along with him. Away they went to an expensive school, which Julian's insubordina- tion on the instant could not brook—and ac- cordingly, he ran away ; without doubt, Charles must be taken away too. Another school was tried ; Julian got expelled this time ; and Charles, in spite of prizes, must, on system, be removed with him ; so forth, with like wisdom, all through the years of adolescence and instruction, those ill-matched brothers were driven as a pair. Then again, for fashion's sake, and Aunt Green's whims, the circumspective mother, notwithstanding all her inconsistencies, gave each of them prettily bound hand-books of devotion ; which the one used upon his knees, and the other lit cigars withal ; both extremes having exceeded her intention ; and she proved similarly overreached when she per- sisted in treating both exactly alike, as to liberal allowances and. liberty of will ; the result being that one of her sons 'foolishly' .spent his money in a multitude of charitable hobbies ; and that the other was constantly supplied with means for (the mother was sorry to say it, vulgar) dissipation. By con- sequence, Charles did more good, and Julian more evil, than I have time to stop and tell of. If anything itx this life must be personal, peculiar and specific, it is education ; we take upon ourselves to speak dogmatically, not of mere school-teaching only, muses, muse, &c. ; nor yet of lectures on relative qualities of carbon and nitrogen in vegetables ; no, nor even of schemes of theology, or codes of THE PULPIT AND THE PEW. "Where do you attend church, Mr. Gage ?" I asked of a friend, not of my own denomi- nation, who had recently removed to the city. "Not where you expected, I'll venture to say," was the reply. "Ali ! how is that ?" "I'll tell you. You have so often spoken of the Rev. Mr. Smith as the ablest man in the Orthodox line here, that I am sure you counted me as a hearer at Bateman Street ; and so I fully intended to be." "And are you not ?" "No ; I go to Hews chapel ; Mr. Brown is my minister." "James Brown suit you better than Mr. Smith ? Why, he can't hold a candle to him in preaching !" 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The hands worked around just the same on one as they did on the Oth- er, and pointed exactly to the hour on each. "Now what's the use of your making such a to-do? Y.ou•can't accomplish any more work than old Slow and Easy, who travels on his, regular beat, and only asks to be wound up once a week." 'But I'm so little," said Fast and Furious; "it takes me longer to go over the ground, and if I didn't travel as fast as possible I should always be behind time." , So away he worked, with the most irritating tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, that ever was heard, until. we were obliged to have it removed to another room, where our ears and nerves would not be annoyed by it. I could'nt help thinking of my friend Nellie. It is such a pleasure to visit her. She keeps DO servant, but every- thing about the house is in such com- plete order you might easily imagine that several pairs of hands had been at work. 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Gates Agent at Large D Bosoms t h. 1 00 3 50 2 00 25 00 10 00 1 00 5 00 5 00 1 00 25 5 00 5 00 THOUGHTS ON HEALTH. e devote a portion of our space this morning to a few suggestions upon health and its attendant blessings. Whilst the country is sending forth her sturdy sons to the defense of our liberties, is becomes us to admon- ish our readers, both old anti. young, that they should be extremely cautious about their health and strength, that they may be able to till the soil, gather in the harvests, and provide for the necessities of those left at home who are helpless and without adequate means of support. Probably no one class of disease has pro- duced more suffering, sorrow and death, than that which is commonly called dyspepsia. It seeks it's vic- tims not only among the feeble and delicate, but in the work-shops, upon the farm, in the counting-room, and in fact in every vocation of life. It grapples the hardy mechanic, and after a few days entirely de- prives him of his strength and ambition, and makes him depressed in spit it, indisposed to labor, and final- ly reduces him to a helpless invalid. The sturdy farmer who has grown strong and mus- cular as he labors in the parched fields, burnt by the scorching heat of the summer's sun dreams not that disease can penetrate the shield of health that now protects him, and would laugh ira derision at him who should intimate that he were in danger of the ravages of the Dyspepsia King. But alas, the messenger that announced his coming and his presence, calleth not at the subject's bidding, nor as a welcome guest in his household. Almost like a thief does he steal unawares upon his victim. First the appetite is gone ; no disposition or anxiety to partake of nourishing food, and what is taken is fol- lowed by the most distressing pains, and sours and rises upon the stomach. The bowels become debilitated, constipation holds them in an abnormal condition. Sick-headache, heart-burn, cramps, colic pains, weari- ness, complete depression, and finally every vestige of energy and s,rength are gone, and our sturdy, impreg- nable yeoman yields in despair to his fate. This is no fancy-picture which we have painted. It is an every-day occurrence, and the more lamentable on account of its frequency. Hundreds and thousands of all ages and all classes yearly die victims to infirmi- ties which have their origin in a diseased condition of the stomach and bowels, most of which come under the general head of Dyspepsia. It has often appeared to us that a preparation which would meet the wants and be a certain and positive arrester of this dypeptic monarch, would be of the most invaluable benefit to the world, and receive the grateful thanks of many thousands of suffering invalids. It is true that there are a hundred different kinds of bitters and alcoholic beverages, all recommended as splendid tonics, of great medicinal value, and com- pounded cf a hundred different barks and roots, pre- served in fine old whiskey and New England rum. But their chief virtue is to make merry, giddy, and to ex- hilarate while their effects last, to be followed, like the drunkard's cup, by extreme exhaustion and com- plete prostration. It gives us great pleasure, however, to say that within a few short mnnths an article has been presented to the public which thus far has proved itself entirely adequate to the control and cure of the most aggravated cases of Dyspepsia. We reier to "(Joe's Dyspeptic Cure," an article prepared by C. G. Clark, & Co, Druggists and Chemists. at No. 149 State St., this city, (New Haven, Conn.,) gentlemen who have been long and favorably known to the public as proprietors of that world-renowned remedy, known as Coe's Cough Balsam, (said to be the cheapest and best cough preparation extant.) A gentleman called at a drug store in a neighboring city, where we chanced to be present, and from whom we heard the following conversation. Said he to the clerk in charge, "I want two bottles of Cue's Dyspeptic Cure. I have had the Dyspepsia for several years, and have tried everything, without help, until some three weeks ago, I bought from you a single bottle of this Coe's Dyspeptic Cure. It helped me immediately. I have gained eight pounds within the time, and have had no signs of any Dyspepsia. I consider myself cured. But I am going away into a distant State upon a visit, and I dart not go without it, and I will take two bottles, as some of my relatives may need it. I have told several of my neighbors of its wonderful ef- fects upon myself, and in three instances where they have procured it, (and they are the only ones I have heard from) their experience has b en the same as mine." We did not learn the gentleman's name, but these are the facts, in the main, as stated. We do not wish to puff up one article above another, nor present it to our readers as superior to all others ; undoubtedly all have their merits. But in view of the almost miraculous cures it has performed, we deem it but a duty we owe ourselves and our readers, that we should inform them of its great value, and give them the evidence of our own eyes and ears, and recommend it to their careful consideration. If you are in affluent cir- cumstances you cannot value the cost, which compared with' professional visits of physicians, is but as a drop in the bucket, while if you are poor and needy, we d ubt not the Messrs. Clark & Co , will gladly contribute to your relief. We have used a good portion of our space in discours- ing upon this one class of disease, but must be indulged, as we believe we have met the needs and requirements of the largest class of sufferers. But we would not fail in this connection to refer to the great danger all are subject to at this season of the year from the sudden changes of the weather, a snapping, biting esld day, and then a mild and pleasant sunshine, to be followed perhaps by a driving storm and chilling winds. A slight cough, an irritated sore throat, a sudden attack of croup upon some of the children, a hacking cough, lay the foundation of pulmonary affections which often ter- minate in consumption and an early grave. Exposure should be avoided.; going from the heated counting- room or warm workshop into the open air, there should be great care exercised that the body is protected by ad- ditional clothing, and also be extremely careful about, sitting in a draft of air, especially when in a perspira- tion. Should you, however, by carelessness or misfor- tune get "elected" with a cough or cold, or pulmonary attack, we know of no article in the world which we could recommend as conscientiously over "Cue's Cough Balsam," and this calls to mind an "item;" as we were passing the warehouse a day or two since where this article is prepared, we noticed an immense number of boxes bearing the stencil mark, "COB'S COUGH BALSAM," we remarked to one of the firm, it would really seem that the whole world ought to be cured "from the looks of this stock of medicine." We learned upon inquiry tnat about 5700 bottles of this article were daily packed and shipped to nearly every part of the globe, a large number of workmen are employed, and the alacrity with which the crude materials are converted into Balsam and then bottled and packed, is perfectly astonishing. Their preparations are sold by nearly every druggist in the world. Trusting that the views we have expressed upon a sub- ject near and dear to all of us, (our health,) which in- volves our greatest happiness, may be found profitable and useful to our many readers, and assuring you that if any one of you who chance to be afflicted with this mal- ady, and by the means to which we have directed you, find relief, we shall feel most amply repaid for our labor. We conclude our essay by the old proverb, "Health is wealth." Be ye therefore careful that ye preserve it.- New Haven Journal and courier. 27-6m Spiritualism versus Christianity, 75 Night of Weeping, 50 Zethar, a Poem, by B. D. Haskell, '15 12 Bound Tracts, Second Volume, 25 8 Ten Virgins, by Seiss, 75 12 Great Confederation, 15 Historical Prefigurations of the Kingdom, 6 2 AtItutiotturnto. 00 00 American Bible Union, 350 BROOME STREET, NEW YORK. Its Object is to procure and circulate the most faith- ful versions of the Sacred Scriptures in all languages throughout the world. English New Testament, Revised - On the banks of a beautiful river stood a large, wide-spreading, and yet lofty tree. The waters that flowed past it were so pure, and the stream always so full, that the tree was always green, full of leaves, and abounding in fruit. At all times it had fragrant blossoms, whose sweetness filled the air, and at the same time was loaded with fruit that delighted the eye. At the foot of this tree there lived many nimble, active, and intelligent ants. They were told that the fruit on this tree was most delicious for food, most satisfying to the appetite, and most nourishing to the eater. All around the tree looked poor, in compar- ison with that golden fruit. They knew, too, that by climbing up into the tree they could have just as much of the fruit as they wanted. Many ants had gone up and reached it, and sent word back for their friends and neighbors to hasten up. By looking upward they could see the golden sunbeams dancing among the green foliage, and the fair fruit hanging on every bough. At last they determined that they would leave their old home,-and go and live among this beautiful fruit. So they began to climb up, some going straight upward, and some in a zigzag course. But it was soon found that they kept slipping and falling down again. Some hardly got started; some got up a few feet, and some a little higher; but the result was the same. So I set. myself to watch them, and see what the reason could be that they so soon fell back to the place of starting. The first • one which I noticed was an old ant, whose joints seemed somewhat stiffened by age, and who came tumbling and roll- ing down in a hurry. "What's the matter with you, friend ?" "Matter enough ! I can't get up, and there's no use of trying. Every time I have tried I have fallen." "Well, why do you try to tug up that bit of straw? That's what tum- ble§ you down. It's too heavy." "Straw! Sir, do you call that straw? Why, it's the property I have been all my life earning! There is not another ant under the tree Who owns such a property. I must carry that at all events." The next ant had got up a little high- er, when a light puff of wind blew him off, and he came whirling down. "Why, my good fellow, do you try to carry that bit of red feather in your mouth? Don't you see the wind strikes it and upsets you, and tumbles you off?" "Red feather, you call it ! No, sir, that is not its name. It is callectfash- ion, sir, among US ants, and the longer the feather the more fashionable is the owner, and I assure you there is no one who can show such a feather' as that ! 0, sir, I can't think of going and leaving my red feather behind." . The next one that came rolling down fell so hard and kicked so feebly that I really thought he was killed, But he soon picked himself up, and what do you think he had as his load? It was a grain of hard, yellow sand. Well, Mr. Ant, you are here, and I see what kept you from going up; but I can't see the use of that grain of sand !" "Sand, sir, sand ! NO, that is 'pure gold ! There is not another such lump in all antdorn ! And would you have me go uq, if I can't carry my gold? I had rather never taste the fruit on this tree." Down came another, and as he fell, I heard a sort of ringing sound. And would you believe it? the fellow had a fiddle in one of his claws! "0 dear! I fear I shall never get up! How many times I have fallen! But I can't go and leave my fiddle! I mast have my amusement or I can't live,; .and if I can't. 'carry them with me, there is no use in my going." Then I saw another trying to carry up a little .demijohn of brandy-just to give him strength, and to enable him to climb the faster. But he hardly began to ascend before he fell to the ground. Among them was a curious, sly fel- low, who seemed to have nothing to hinder him, and yet he could not get up. But on close examination, I no- ticed that he had a small, secret phial, in which was a drop of something very black. He tried to hide it, but I caught a glimpse of it, labeled "secret sin." He toiled and tugged hard, but the phi- al was too much-he could not get up. Dear reader, this tree is the Tree of Life; this river is the River of Life; this fruit is communion With God, and the faith that lifts us to -heaven. You see the things that keep us from going up and taking of the fruits. We try to carry too heavy burdens. 'We are not willing to leave the follies and the things of this world behind us ! Poor little ants! Poor human beings ! How much alike !-Rev. J. Todd. FROM THE FINAL COMMITTEE. Mrs. Lacy, John Cummings, Benj. F. Lodor, Mrs. F. Gunner, Wm. Still, Nelson -Wait, 0. Rockwell, James and Alta Pottle, Joshua Mann and wife, Drantha Tickner, A Friend in Wisconsin, Abby Cowan, E. Johnson, Messiah's Church, Philadelphia, 14 00 Elijah Sprague, 2 00 H. Sherman, 2 00 S. C. Burkitt, 25 S. A. Learned, 2 17 M. J. Yoder, to refund book money, 5 00 0. Cunningham, 50 Friends in Providence, 2 40 Isaac Jackson, 1 00 Joseph Stanley, 2 00 A. M., 2 00 Mrs. Mary B. Woolson, 1 00 David Davis, 1 00 H. Morey, 1 Dr. L. H. Thomas, 5 Advent Church, Waterbnry, Vt., 19 00 Edmund Rowell, . 2 00 R. A. H. - , , 2 00 Friends of the oppressed; 1 50 A. H. Withing,ton, 17 Advent Church, Addison, Vt., "r11 50. Advent Church, Brooksville, 12 50 Amount of contents of Savings' Bank belonging to Louisa A. Gunner, deceased, 3 00 J. P. C., 10 00 J. P. C. Italian Mission, 10 00 Friends in Me., 50 Mary Ann D., to refund book money, 2 00 Hannah P L., to refund book Money, 5 00 Joseph Barker, 5 00 Joseph Barker, Italian Mission, 5 00 - Mrs. Isaac Bell, Italian Mission, 1 00 Mrs. Isaac Bell, F. M., 2 00 Daniel Chatterton, 50 00 Olive Wilkins, 45 William Emmett, 2 00 Joseph Eel's, 5 00 L. C. Robbins, 10 00 Sarah S. Pierce, 2 00 Theodore Jones, 50 Trenton. Conference Col., 72 60 Samuel G. Allen, 3 00 A. Chase, 2 00 . Thomas Smith, 1 00 Geo. D. Warren, 4 50 Gee. Downing, 3 00 _Barnett B. Boardman, 2 00 Mr. S. C. Beckwith, Italian Miss., 2 00 Mrs. S. C. Beck, 4 00 Mrs. Myra Bosworth, 1 50 D. Bosworth, Italian Mission, 5 00 D. Bosworth, 5.00 Mrs. B. R. Atwood, 1 00 NI. M. Christie, 2 00 There is a little spider in Australia that might, with great propriety, ask the little fly-to walk into his parlor, for.he has a very neat little parlor, with a real door, that will open and shut on a hinge. I think there is no .other animal besides man that can make a hinge. It seems wonderful that God has given this knowledge to a little insect which we commonly look down upon as among the most insignificant. There are none of his works that we .can justly despise. "All thy works praise thee, 0 Lord." A gentleman discovered one of these little underground spider-houses, and made the acquaintance of the owner, and came often to see him, so as to be- come acquainted with his habits. He brought him insects for his food every day, and made a certain tap on the door, which the spider soon learned to understand. Then he would come up and push open the door, which was much like the- lid of a box, and come out to get his breakfast. After he had received it he walked back into his house and shut down the lid•very care- fully. The inside was made of web and earth, and was as smooth as satin. He leaves his little door ajar, at times, and when some silly, peeping insect conies peering around it, for curiosity, "Up jumps the cunning spider, And fiercely holds him fast." He does not take him up, but down "his winding stair," and, alas.! "he never comes out again." But we must not blame the poor spider. It is the way God has given him to get his food, and it is no worse in him than for us to eat the flesh.' of the gentle lambs and pretty birds. They do not wish to be killed any more than the flies do. 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