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THE SERMON DONE. 
[The two following poems were selected for our 
paper by an esteemed friend :] 
Closed was the preacher's last appeal, 
The worshipers were gone, 
Though some still lingered here and there 
Round many a sod and stone, 
When up, there ran a little lad,—
"Sir, is the sermon done ?" 
"The preacher's words"—replied the man— 
"Are ended, it is true : 
But those great duties he has taught 
Demand attention too ; 
And so the sermon is not done, 
But it is all to do. 
"'Tis easy a short Sabbath hour 
To hear of wisdom's way, 
To listen to the will of God, 
And mark what preachers say ; 
But this is hard—throughout the week 
To practice and obey. 
"Then will the sermon, boy, be done 
When evil is abhorred. 
God not alone on this his day 
But every hour adored, 
And piety makes every place 
A temple to the Lord." 
A STANZA. 
[The last in a poem called "Life," by Mrs. Bar-
bauld, written in her old age.] 
"Life ! we've been long together, 
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather : 
'Tis hard to part when friends are dear,—
Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : 
Then steal away, give little warning, 
Choose thine own time ; 
Say not good night, but in some brighter clime 
Bid me good morning." 
From the St. Louis Republican. 
Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ. 
We lay before our readers this morning a cu-
rious document, with which, or something like it 
some of them are doubtless familiar. It is one 
that is much prized among the Cherokee Indians 
and read in the families of the nation as a verita-
ble history of the relation sustained by Pilate to 
Jesus Christ, and of the scenes attending the tri-
al and crucifixion. It has been forwarded to 
us to be printed for the use of the Cherokee na-
tion, all the copies of it now in use among them 
being much dilapidated by constant handling._ 
There are evidently some errors in phraseology 
in the manuscript as sent to us, some of which 
we do not attempt to correct, because of uncer- ' ity On my arrival at Jerusalem I took posses-
tainty as to what substitutions to make. We sion of the Pratorium, and ordered a splendid 
publish it mainly as we have received it. �
feast to be prepared, to which I invited the Tet- 
Pontius Pilate in Vienne.—Vienne in Dau- rarch of Judea, with the high pitiest and his offi-
pliny, a province in France, the anc.e it capital cers. At the appointed hour no guest appeared. 
of transalpine Gaul, under the Romans, is situ- This was an insult to my dignity. A few days 
ated on the river Rhone. There, on the left afterwards the Tetrarch deigned to pay me a 
bank of the beautiful stream is seen a tomb of visit. His deportment was grave and deceitful. 
an ancient architecture, which according to tra- He pretended that his religion forbade him and 
dition is the tomb of Pontius Pilate—Pilate, un- his attendants to sit down at the table of the Gen-
der whose government Jesus Christ suffered.— tiles, and to offer up libations with them. I 
Passue ist Pontio Pilate. �
thought it expedient to accept of his excuse, but 
It was in Vienne also that the Wandering Jew from that moment I was convinced that the con-
revealed himself in 1777. A most remarkable quered had declared themselves the enemies of 
occurrence ; the spot that contained the ashes of the conquerors. 
the judge of the righteous, was to be trodden on �
"At that time Jerusalem was, of all conquer- 
by a descendant of his accuser. �
ed cities, the most difficult to govern, so turbulent 
The following chronicle was extracted from were the people that I lived in momentary dread 
an old Latin manuscript, found in a monastery of an insurrection. To repress it I had but a 
in Vienne. It was under the reign of Caligula, single centurion and a handful of soldiers. I re-
when C. Marius was praetor at Vienne, that an quested a reinforcement from the Prefect of Sy-
old man, bent with age, yet of full stature, was ria, who informed me thathe had scarcely troops 
seen to ascend from his litter and enter a house sufficient to defend his own province. Insatiate 
of modest appearance near the temple of Mars. thirst of empire : to extend our conquests beyond 
Over the door of this house was written iu red the means of defending them ! Among the va-
letters the name of F. Albinus. He was an old rious rumors that came to my ears there was one 
acquaintance of Pilate. After mutual saluta- that attracted my attention. A young man, it 
tions, Albinus observed to him that years had was said, had appeared in Galilee, preaching 
elapsed since their separation. �
with a noble unction, a new law, in the name of 
"Yes," replied Pilate, "many years—years of the God that had sent him. At first I was ap-
misfortune and affliction. Accursed be the day prehensive that his design was to stir up the peo-
on which I succeeded Valarius Gratus in the gov- ple against the Romans, but soon were my fears 
ernment of Judea. My name is ominous, it has dispelled. Jesus of Nazareth spoke rather as a 
been fatal to whomsoever has borne it. One of friend of the Romans than of the Jews. One 
my ancestors printed an indelible mark of infa- day in passing by the place of Siloe, where there 
my of the fair front of imperial Rome, when the was a great enclosure of people, I observed in 
Romans passed under the Candnea Ferculea in the midst of the group, a young man leaning 
the Sam mite war : another perished by the hands against a tree, who was calmly addressing the 
of the Parthise in the war against Arminius ; multitude. I was told it was Jesus. This I 
and I, miserable me—" �
could easily have suspected, so great was the 
"You miserable," asked Albinus, "what have difference between him and those who were list-
you done to entail misery on you ?•--True the ening to him. His golden colored hair and beard 
injustice of Caligula has exiled you to Vienne, gave to his appearance a celestial aspect ; he ap-
but for what crime ? I have examined your af- peared to be about thirty years of age. Never 
fair in the Tabutorium.—You are denounced by have I seen a sweeter or a more serene counte-
Vitelius, Prefect of Syria, your enemy, for hav- nance. What a contrast between him and his 
ing chastened the rebellious Hebrews, who had hearers, with their black beard and tawny com-
slain the most noble of the Samaritans, and who plexions ! Unwilling to interrupt him by my pres-
afterwards withdrew themselves on 'Mount Gar- ence I continued my walk, but signified to my 
izim. You are also accused of acting thus out secretary to join the group and listen. 
of hatred against the Jews." �
My secretary's name was Manlius. He was 
"No," replied Pilate, "no ! by all the gods, the grand son of the chief .f the conspirators 
Albinus, it is not the injustice of Ca3sar that who encamped in Etruria,waiting Cataline. Man- 
afflicts me." �
lius was an ancient inhabitant of Judea, and 
continued Albinus. "Long have I known you— 
"What, then, is the cause of your affliction ?" well acquainted with the Hebrew language. He 
was devoted to me and worthy of confidence. 
sensible, just, humane, I see it. You are the �
On entering the Pretorium I found Manlius, 
victim of Vitellus." �
who related to me the words Jesus had pronounc- 
"Say not so, Albinus ; say not that I am the ed at Siloe. Never have I heard in the Pettico 
victim of Vitellus---no ; I am the victim of a or in the works of the philosophers, anything 
higher power !" �
that can compare to the maxims of Jesus. One 
"The Romans regard me as an object of Cae- of the rebellious Jews,so numerous in Jerusalem, 
sar's ; and the Jews as the severe Proconsul ; having asked him if it was lawful to give tribute 
the christians as the executioner of their God !" to Ca3sar, Jesus replied, 'Render unto Cmsar the 
"Of their God did you say, Pilate ? Impious things which are Cmsar's, and unto God the 
wretches ! Adore a God borne in a manger, things that are God's.' 
and put to death on the cross !" �
It was on account of the wisdom of his say- 
"Beware, Albinus, beware," continued Pilate, ings that I granted so much liberty to the Naz-
"if their God had been born under the purple, he arine : for it was in my power to have had him 
would have been adored. Listen ! to your friend- arrested and exiled to Pontus, but this would 
ship I will submit the events of my life, you will have been contrary to that justice which has al-
afterwards judge if I am worthy your hospital- ways characterized the Romans. This man was 
neither seditious nor rebellious : I extended to 
him my protection unknown perhaps to himself. 
He was at liberty to act, to speak, to assemble 
and address the people, to choose disciples un-
restrained by any Pretorian mandate. 
"Should it ever happen---may the gods never 
avert the omen---should it ever happen I say, that 
the religiou of our forefathers be supplanted by 
the religion of Jesus, it will be to his noble tol-
eration Rome shall owe her premature obsequies 
whilst I, miserable wretch ! I shall have been 
the instrument of what christians call providence 
and we---destiny. 
"But this unlimited freedom granted to Jesus 
provoked the Jews—not the poor, but the rich 
and powerful. It is true that Jesus was severe 
on the latter, and this was a political reason, in 
my opinion, not to control the liberty of the Naz-
arine. "Scribes and Pharisees," he would say to 
them, "you are a race of vipers—you resemble 
painted sepulchers." At other times he would 
sneer at the proud alms of the publican, telling 
him that the mite of the poor widow was more 
precious in the sight of God. New complaints 
were daily made at the Pretorium against the 
insolence of Jesus. I was even informed that 
some misfortune would befal him—that it would 
not be the first time that Jerusalem had stoned 
those who called themselves prophets ; and that 
if the Pretorium refused justice, an appeal would 
be made to Casar if that happened. My con-
duct was approved of by the senate, and I was 
promised a reinforcement of troops after the ter-
mination of the Parthian war. 
"Being too weak to suppress a sedition, I re-
solved upon adopting a measure that promised 
to establish the tranquillity of the city, without 
subjecting the Pretorium to humiliating conces-
sions. I wrote to Jesus, requesting an interview 
with him. He came. 
"0, Albinus ! now that my blood runs cold in 
my veins, and that my body is bent down under 
the load of years, it is not surprising that Pilate 
should sometime tremble, hut when I was young 
in my veins flowed the Spanish mixed with Ro-
man blood, as incapable of fear as it was of pu- 
erile emotions. 
"When the Nazarine made his appearance, I 
was walking in my basalie, and my feet seemed 
fastened with an iron hand to the marble pave-
ment. He was calm---the .Nazarine---calrn as 
innocence. When he came up to me he stopped 
and by a single sign seemed to say to me, here 
I am. 
"For some time I contemplated with admira-
tion and awe this extraordinary type of man---a 
type of man unknown to our numerous painters 
who had given form and figure to all the gods 
and all the heroes. 
"Jesus," said I to him, at last---and my tongue 
faltered --- "Jesus of Nazareth, I have granted 
you, for the last three years, ample freedom of 
speech, nor do I regret it. Your words are 
those of a sage. I know not whether you have 
read Socrates and Plato, but this I know, that 
there is in your discourses a majestic simplicity 
that elevates you far above those philosophers. 
The Emperor is informed of it, and I, his hum-
ble representative in this country, am glad of 
having allowed you that liberty of which you are 
so worthy. However, I must not conceal' from 
you that your discourses have raised up against 
"g_a_Tuvi
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
The cross the world is bearing, 
Is not the cross for me ; 
To turn from sin not caring 
To gain true liberty ; 
But there's a cross which Jesus bore, 
The power of hell he triumphed o'er, 
The way for me preparing, 
that's the cross for me. 
The praise the world is seeking, 
Is not the praise for me ; 
Which wicked hearts are speaking 
In pride and vanity. 
But there is praise which can be won 
Of Jesus, when he says "Well done"— 
To those who truth are seeking, 
O that's the praise for me. 
The books the world is reading, 
Are not the books for me ; 
For worldly wisdom heeding 
Will lead to misery ; �'fpf 
But there's a Book I dearly prize, —.—
Which tells me how from sin to rise, 
The way to heaven leading- 
that's the Book for me. 
The song the world is singing, 
Is not the song for me ; 
The truth away they're flinging, 
They would not Jesus see. 
But there's a song the saints will sing, 
The sow?' 
 of Moses and their King, 
Through heaven 'twill be ringing, .4 .41Q 
that's the song for me. ,onairsq 
The crown the world is gaining, 
Is not the crown for me, 
Its beauty soon is waning, 
'Mid strife and villainy. 
But there's a matchless crown in heaven, 
To all the faithful 'twill be given, 
When we shall all be reigning, 
that's the crown for me. 
The home the world possesses, 
Is not the home for me ; 
Its sorrows and distresses 
Oft make our comforts flee ; 
But there's a home no sorrow knows, 
And Christ will bring to that repose 
Him who his name confesses, 
that's the home for me. 
A. L. GUILFORD. 
Monroe, Wis.—Advent Review. 
Language of the Christian. 
Worldly Wisdom. 
Bible wisdom says, be a man, and God will 
take care of your circumstances,—Worldly wis-
dom sacrifices the man to his circumstances. 
This wisdom pushes God out of view, and with 
nothing else to depend on, make man depend on 
himself, and so the great question becomes, among 
the poor, "what shall I eat? what shall I drink ?" 
and among the rich, "What rare fruits from the 
tropics shall burden my board ? what sparkling 
wines shall enliven my feasts ? what costly rai-
ment shall proclaim my wealth ?" And before 
these stern and imperious questions, honesty van-
ishes, godliness collapses like a bubble, and man 
becomes the victim of his circumstances. A 
man does not pass for what he is, but what he is 
worth. People do not ask, what is he, but who? 
A wisdom which labels a man worth so many dol-
lars, and passes him through the market a com-
modity to be speculated on, current or not, as 
the labelled worth is high or low. Then, to in-
crease his price, and make him more current, a 
man will barter manliness, truthfulness, and eve-
ry high, ennobling quality. And when it is done, 
whatis done? Simply the man has managed to 
gather about him a few more material things, 
which once belonged to other people, while he 
himself is any amount less a man than he was 
before. So in modern merchandise ; instead of 
seeking first of all to be a man, trusting God for 
the rest, our merchant seeks first of all to be a 
rich man, with houses, lands and the adornments 
of luxury. 
So in politics. Here obtains the fatal worldly 
wisdom which puts circumstances above the man. 
Office is the one thing—a name and place—they 
must be won at all hazards. A man is nothing. 
Honesty isn't enough—integrity, virtue, manli-
ness—place is more. So the politician ceases to 
be a man, and becomes a slave ; sells himself to 
whoever will buy ; puts his neck under a yoke, 
and consents to be driven hither and thither by a 
mob as fickle as the changing wind. Place is 
everything, and so becomes demagogueism, sy-
cophancy and pandering to popular appetites ; 
you powerful and inveterate enemies. Neither 
is this surprising. Socrates had his enemies, 
and he fell a victim to their hatred. Yours 
are doubly incensed, against you on account of 
your sayings, against me on account of the liber-
ty extended towards you ; they even accuse me 
indirectly of being leagued with you for the pur-
pose of depriving the Hebrews of the little civil 
power which Rome has left them. My request--
I do not say my order---is that you be more cir-
cumspect for the future, and more tender in rous-
ing the pride of your enemies, lest they raise 
against you the stupid populace, and compel me 
to employ the instruments of justice." 
(To be continued.) 
Important Questions Answered. 
Under this caption, the Trumpet, in reply to 
a correspondent, answers as below three impor-
tant inquiries. We add, for the benefit of those 
who may not consider the Trumpet as ultimate 
authority in questions of this nature, another set 
of answers from a different source. 
Question 1.—Is there, or has there been, a 
state of future punishment ? If not, then— 
Question 2.—Does man suffer, in this present 
life, all the punishment due his sins ? If he 
does, then— 
Question 3.—From what does the atonement 
of Christ save man, and why did Christ suffer ? 
Answers to Question 1. 
Trumpet. — "The doctrine of future punish-
ment has never been proved by the Scriptures. 
Men will be punished at the judgment-seat of 
Christ ; and the judgment-seat of Christ is in 
this world." 
Bible—"They that obey not the Gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ shall be punished with ever-
lasting destruction, when He shall come to be 
glorified in his saints." 
"God hath appointed a day in which He will 
judge the world in righteousness." 
"It is appointed unto men once to die, but af-
ter this the judgment." 
Answers to Question 2. 
Trumpet.---"It is presumption to say there is 
punishment in the future state, when the Bible 
asserts to the contrary." 
Bible—"At the end of the world, the angels 
shall come forth, and sever the wicked from 
among the just, and shall cast them into the fur-
nace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth." 
Answers to Question 3. 
Trumpet.—"Whatever virtue there was in 
the death of Christ, we are sure it was not .de-
signed to save men from the punishment of sin." 
Bible.—"Christ hath redeemed us from the 
curse of the law, being made a curse for us. We 
have redemption through His blood, even the 
forgiveness of sins. He was wounded for our 
transgressions ; He was bruised for our iniqui-
ties ; the chastisement of our peace was upon 
Him, and with His stripes are we healed." ---
Watchman and Reflector 
The Love of Money. 
It was related to the writer, by a gentleman 
who lived in the island of St. Thomas, at the time 
the town was burnt,(now more than fifty years 
ago,) that an old man without any family, had 
accumulated a large amount of money in gold and 
silver, which he kept in an iron chest. As the fire 
approached, his distress was inexpressible; he 
ran to his treasure, but it was so heavy that he 
could not move it, and no one dared venture in 
to assist him. He then threw his legs and arms 
around the chest, and perished with his money. 
Another gentleman related the following : A 
man in Pennsylvania, who began life poor, but 
was determined to be rich, lived to be old, and 
had become rich in money and land. He too had 
no family. At length he was taken sick, and 
sent for a physician, who honestly told him that 
he could not live but a very short time. His 
only reply was : "0, if I could live fifteen 
years, I could get all Chester County," soon af-
ter which he expired. 
What infatuation ! this love of riches ! On 
high authority we are warned against the deceit-
fulness of riches, and the love of the world. 
the wretched principle of doing what is popular 
rather than what is right. 
"As Seeing Him who is Invisible." 
We read that Rev. Charles Simeon kept the 
picture of Henry Martyn in his study. Move 
where he would through the apartment, it seem-
ed to keep its eyes upon him, and ever to say to 
him, Be earnest, be earnest ; don't trifle, don't 
trifle ; and the good Simeon would gently bow 
to the speaking picture, and with a smile reply, 
"Yes, I will be in earnest ; I will, I will be 
in earnest ; I will not trifle, for souls are per-
ishing, and Jesus is to be glorified." 
Oh Christian, look away to Martyn's Mas-
ter, to Simeon's Saviour, to the omniscient One. 
Ever realize the inspection of his eye, and hear 
his voice of tenderest importunity : "Be instant ; 
entreat with all long-suffering and tears. Be 
faithful unto death ; for lo, I come quickly, and 
my reward is with me."—Rev. S. I. Moore, 
Ballymena, Ireland. 
" Poor Man." 
Such is the expression, says the Zion's Herald, 
that involuntarily comes to our lips when we 
look upon one of the richest men in America, 
described as follows by a letter-writer in the Bos-
ton Journal : 
"One who frequents Broadway or any fash-
ionable promenades, will notice the daily walk of 
a gentleman who saunters leisurely along follow-
ed quite closely by a man, apparently bent un-
der seventy years, and stooping so constantly as 
to seem almost to crouch as he walks. He fol-
lows his leader like a shadow, and goes into all 
possible places with his attendant. The feeble 
old man is John Jacob Astor, son of the famed 
Astor whose name is identified with the Astor 
Library. He was a bright and promising boy, 
and till seventeen years of age gave promise of 
much genius. Reports vary as to the cause of 
his mental decline ; but the best accounts attrib-
ute it to the mental forcing system, and to the 
intense study that occupied his early years. But 
true it is that he has been for years a hopeless im-
becile, and has been as much more care than an 
infant as a strong and athletic person can be. 
Ample provision has always been made for all 
the comfort he is able to enjoy. An elegant 
mansion on 14th Street is his abode. It is fitted 
up with elegance and taste. A yard, compris-
ing an entire square, secures all privacy that is 
needed. Room for walking, riding on horse-
back, and for recreation is afforded. Horses, 
carriages and servants wait on his call. 
Magnificent Phenomenon. 
In the Lake City (Minnesota) Tribune of Jan. 
5th we find the following interesting account of 
a very singular phenomenon beheld there a few 
evenings previous :—"It was our privilege to wit-
ness on Saturday evening the most beautiful and 
wonderful lunar phenomenon imaginable—great-
ly surpassing any celestial scenery we had ever 
before witnest or read of. From seven to eleven 
o'clock the spectacle was grand—grand beyond 
description. In a direct horizontal line with the 
moon, at about ten degrees distance, on each side, 
she was attended by what some would term 
'mock moons.' These were as brilliant as possi-
ble, resembling great gas burners. The moon 
was surrounded with a clear and well defined 
halo, the periphery of which just reached the in-
side lines of the 'mock moon.' Then passing 
directly across the face of the moon was a large 
and perfect cross, the head, foot and arms of 
which reached the inner edges of the halo, pre-
senting to some minds the spokes of a great 
wheel, the moon forming the hub, the halo the 
rim. Directly above the moon was a beautiful 
rainbow. Up in the zenith was the form of a 
crescent, which slowly faded away before the ad-
vancing Queen of' Night. Then from the North 
to the South, skirting the horizon, was a zone of 
light, forming a complete semi-circle of the heav-
ens, and at each termini a well defined cross. 
Altogether this was the most magnificent sight 
we ever witnessed. And we do not remember 
A Mission of the Angel Sorrow, 
From Professor Phelps' late work on Prayer, 
"The Still Hour," we cull the following : 
Often, to deepen our knowledge of Christ in 
Prayer, is the mission of the Angel Sorrow. 
The truth is, that we never feel Him to be a ne-
cessity. Therefore God makes us feel that neces-
sity.—He tries us here, and He tries us there. 
He chastises us on this side, and he chastises on 
that side. He probes one sin, and another and 
a third, which have lain rankling in our deceived 
hearts. He removes one, after another, the ob-
jects in which we have been seeking the repose 
of idolatrous affections. He afflicts us in ways 
we have not anticipated. He sends upon us the 
chastisement which He knows we shall feel most 
keenly.—He pursues us when we would fain flee 
from His hand, and, if need be, He shakes to 
pieces the whole framework of our plans of life 
by which we have been struggling to build to-
gether the service of God and the service of 
self, till at last He makes us feel that Christ is 
all that is left to us. . . . On the basis of that 
single experience of Christ as a reality because 
a necessity, there arises an experience of blessed-
ness in communion with God which prayer ex-
presses like a revelation. Such devotion is a 
jubilant Psalm. 
Would you See the King ? 
Not such as the sovereign of England, the 
Emperor of the French, the Autocrat of all the 
Russias, nor like any earthly monarch that ever 
reigned in passing pomp and splendor ; but the 
King Immortal, the King of Glory, the King of 
Kings and Lord of Lords ? Who shall see Him 
and find favor in His sight ? 
He that walketh righteously and speaketh 
uprightly ; 
He that despiseth the gain of oppression, 
That shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, 
That stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, 
And shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; 
He shall dwell on high ; 
His place of defence shall be the munitions of 
rocks; 
Bread stall be given him ; 
His waters shall be sure. 
Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty ; 
They shall behold the land that is very far off. 
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities ; 
Thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem a quiet habi- 
tation, 
A tabernacle that shall not be taken down ; 
Not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be re- 
moved; 
Neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 
But there the glorious Lord will be with us—a 
place of broad rivers and streams ; 
Wherein shall go no galley with oars, 
Neither shall gallant ships pass thereby. 
For the Lord is our Judge, 
The Lord is our Lawgiver, 
The Lord is our King ; 
He will save us. 
And the inhabitants shall not say, �
am sick ;' 
The people that dwell therein shall be thrgiven 
their iniquity." 
You may read this in the 33d chapter of Is-
aiah. Would you see this King ? Once he was 
on earth ; but he had no form or comeliness, and 
when he was seen of men there was no beauty 
in him that caused them to desire him. He was 
despised and rejected of men—a man of sorrows 
and acquainted with grief ; and we hid, as it were, 
our faces from him. He was despised, and we 
esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs 
on equal to this. Was it a purely natural phe-
nomenon ? W e are reminded by this wonderful 
scenic displayed of the inspired description of 
Ezekiel and John concerning the "Glorious One." 
(Ezek., 1st chap., and John's Rev., 4th chap.) 
It also strongly reminded us of the words of 
Christ :---There shall be signs in the sun, and in 
the moon, and in the stars, with great distress of 
Nations, and the hearts of men failing them for 
fear of the things that are coming to pass." Is 
this superstition ? Is it superstition to believe 
the words of Jesus Christ ? We believe that 
every such thing that can properly be ascribed 
to the ordinary operation of nature, should be , 
so interpreted. But are not these extraordinary 
operations of nature ? Who ever saw them or 
their like before."---Phi/ad. Inquirer. 
to have read anything concerning such phenom- 
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ise, though far from being the only one, of this 
glorious epoch, or of his coming, contained in 
the prophets of the Old Testament. I select 
one from an apostle in the New Testament ; and 
I will not take Peter's testimony, but Paul's. 
He says in 2 Thessalonian i. 7 : "To you who 
are troubled rest with us," a sabbath with us, 
"when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from 
heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire 
taking vengeance on them that know not God, 
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ : who shall be punished with everlasting 
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and 
from the glory of his power ; when he shall come 
to be glorified in his saint, and to be admired 
in all them that believe." If therefore the ques-
tion be asked, where is the promise of his coming 
in the pages of a prophet ? that prophet's testi-
mony I have given ; if it be asked, where is the 
promise of his coming in the words of an apos-
tle ? that promise we have now read. I need not 
add, that with the Bible in our hands, the prom-
ise of that grand era which still lies in the future, 
but looms already in the horizon, and comes 
nearer every day, are scattered over the Scrip-
tures like grains of gold in the quartz, or like alone can give. 
stars in the sky, as seen on a frosty evening, or 
Terrible Inundation in Holland.. 
For the Herald. 
Waifs from the West. No. 18. 
A correspondent of the London Daily News, 
writing from Rotterdam on the 25th January, 
describes a terrible inundation which had occur-
red in Holland : 
"In the beginning of January it was observed 
that the vast accumulation of snow in this dis-
trict was causing the rise of the river to a dan-
gerous extent. With anxiety and dread the in-
habitants watched the daily increase of the in-
vading waters, now laden with immense masses of 
ice,and strenuously exerted themselves to strength 
en the resistance offered by those artificial barri-
ers, by which alone Holland is preserved from 
total submersion. But still the flood rose, and 
the ice-masses formed themselves into huge bat-
tering rams, pressing with irresistible strength 
against the dikes and dams. Higher and high-
er rose the waters, and soon the surface of the 
ponderous shifting ice-mass stood within half an 
inch of the dike-level. At last a bulging out in 
the dike directed the anxious gaze of all to one 
spot—for the waters were pressing hard upon it. 
With the strength and energy of despair they 
tried to stay the progress of the flood as it sought 
egress from its narrow channel into their fields 
and dwellings. 
Suddenly the dike yielded, and the waters 
poured through—the ice-masses and the flood 
rose above it, and swept on in their terrific course 
submerging fields, barns and cottages, drowning 
the cattle, destroying all. The aged and the 
sick, the women and children, sought a refuge in 
their attics, where, benumbed with cold, without 
bedding, clothes, fire or provisions, they had to 
pass days .of inexpressible terror—of horrible 
starvation. For a long time it was impossible 
to approach them, and it is feared many a cot-
tage has been swept away in the flood, and its 
inhabitants frozen to death on the ice masses. 
One family of seven persons was rescued from 
the attic in which they had sought shelter, so 
thoroughly exhausted by cold and hunger that 
they could not even answer the questions of their 
deliverers. A poor mother with her infant, to 
which she had given premature birth, was lying 
in bed in the bleak attic of her homely dwelling. 
As I write, fresh intelligence arrives from the 
inundated districts, detailing additional scenes of 
wretchedness—people dying from hunger and 
cold ; their houses cut away by the ice. Holland 
has often suffered much from inundations, but 
never within the memory of living man has an 
inundation been accompanied with so much dis-
tress and destruction—with so much heart-rend-
ing grief and despair." 
Wednesday, December 12th. Bro. Doud very 
kindly conveyed us to-day to Waterbury, Vt.—
a distance of nearly 40 miles. Here we were 
the guests of Elder D. Bosworth, the pastor of 
the Advent church. I addressed his people in 
and carried our sorrows ; yet we did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. 
But he was wounded for our transgressions, 
lie was bruised for our iniquities ; 
The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him, 
And with his stripes we are healed. 
All we, like sheep, have gone astray ; 
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of 
us all. 
Yes reader, this "Prince of Peace,"—"Mes-
siah, the Prince,"—died for you to make peace 
with God. Sinful men killed this "Prince of 
Life," aud made his grave with the wicked; but 
God hath exalted him with his right hand to be 
a "Prince and a Saviour" to give repentance and 
remission of sins. 
Meanings of Words. 
How many words men have dragged down-
wards with themselves, and made partakers more 
or less of their own fall ! Having originally an 
honorable singificance, they have yet, with the 
deterioration and degeneration of those that use 
them, or those about whom they are used, deter-
iorated, degenerated thereto. What a multitude 
of words, originally harmless, have assumed a 
harmful meaning, as their secondary lease : how 
many worthy have acquired an unworthy. Thus 
"knave" once meant no more than lad (nor does 
it now in German mean more), "villain" than 
peasant ; a "boor" was only a farmer; a "varlet" 
was but a serving-man ; a "menial" one of the 
"many" or "household ;" a "churl" but a strong 
fellow, a "minion," a favorite; "man is 'God's 
dearest minion,' " (Sylvester.) "Time-server" 
was used 200 years ago quite as often for one in 
an honorable as in a dishonorable sense, "serving 
the time." "Conceits" had once nothing con-
ceited in them ; "officious" had reference to offices 
of kindness and not to busy meddling ; "moody" 
was that which pertained to a man's mood, with-
out any gloom or sullenness implied. "Demure" 
(desmoeurs, of good manners) conveyed no hint, 
as it does now, of any overdoing of the outward 
demonstrations of modesty. In "crafty" and 
"cunning" there was nothing of crooked wisdom 
implied, but only knowledge and skill ; "craft" 
indeed, still retains very often its more honor-
able use, a man's "craft" being his skill, and 
then the trade in which he is well skilled. And 
think you that the Magdalene could have ever 
given us "maudlin" in its present contemptuous 
application, if the tears of penitential weeping 
had been held in due honor by the world ? 
The Promise of Christ's Coming. 
These scoffers who shall be in the last days, 
walking after their own lusts, will say, Where 
is this promise of the coming of our Lord ? what 
do you mean by it? show up the foundation of 
it ; prove the likelihood of its fulfilment ; the truth 
is, they say, it is all a myth, a dream, a fable ; 
all things continue as they were from the begin- 
ning until now. Were any one to ask the ques- 
tion soberly where is this promise of the second 
glorious advent of Him who comes crowned with 
many crowns, to reign and rule, and shine be- 
fore his ancients gloriously ; I can refer him to 
an illustration from a prophet, although the pro-
phet speaks of many ; and an illustration from an 
apostle, though he speaks of many apostles. The 
promise is given in the prophet Daniel, where 
he says, in the seventh chapter, at the ninth.v. 
" I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 
and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment 
was white as snow, and the hair of his head like 
pure wool : his throne was like a fiery flame, and 
his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issu-
ed and came forth from before him.; thousand 
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand 
times ten thousand stood before him ; the judg-
ment was set, and the books were opened. And 
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like 
the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, 
and came to the Ancient of days, and they 
brought him near before him. And there was 
given him," that is after he had come, "domin-
ion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, 
nations, and languages, should serve him ; his 
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall 
not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall 
be destroyed." I take this as the fullest prom- 
like flowers on the bosom of the earth in the mid 
time of June and summer. You can barely open 
a page of the Bible without reading them; and 
therefore, if the scoffers of 1860 ask the ques-
tion soberly, Where is it ? We are ready 'to re-
spond. But they do not want the information : 
like Pontius Pilate they ask the question, and 
take care to run away lest they should hear the 
answer. They mean a very different thing by 
Where is the promise of his coming; they 
mean it is all nonsense. But whatever they 
think, we are to fortify ourselves against their 
scoffs, and against the satire, or the seeming ef-
fects that may be in those scoffs ; and the apos-
tle says to do so we must be mindful of the words 
spoken by the prophets. The way to be mind-
less of the scoffs of the wicked is to be mindful 
of the words of the prophets and the apostles 
spoken before ; the way to be sure, and to stand 
fast, and not to be shaken in our faith or in our 
hope, is to fall back on what God has said, and 
to level his words against all the probabilities, 
and all the scoffs, and all the sneers of a world 
that know not the truth, and loves not Christ's 
appearing. But plainly, when the world scoffs, 
we are not to scoff again ; when it derides, we 
are not to return derision for derision, nor revil-
ing for reviling. Our armoury is the Scripture 
alone ; the weapons of our warfare are not car-
nal, but mighty ; ours must be Scripture against 
scepticism, patience in spite of scoffs, and fervent 
prayer without ceasing in the midst of both—
The Great Preparation. 
Never be at a Loss. 
If you are beset by perils from which there 
are no visible means or hopes of deliverance, all 
your distress and fear may be embodied in the 
cry of sinking Peter—"Lord, save me !" 
If you are utterly embarrassed and perplexed 
that one petitien of Saul will invoke light on 
your path from the source of all light—"Lord, 
what wilt thou have me to do ?" 
If you are overwhelmed with a sense of sin 
so as scarcely to dare to lift up your eyes to-
ward heaven, or venture on a direct address to 
a holy God, there is the prayer of the publican 
at hand for you—"God be merciful to me a sin-
ner !" 
If you desire inward renovation, profound, 
complete spiritual transformation rather the pray-
er of David expresses that wish in its full and 
perfect form—"Create in me a clean heart, 0 
God, and renew a right spirit within me !" 
If you desire illumination in the deep things 
of God, derive a prayer from the intercession of, 
Paul, Eph. 3, 14 to the end. How the soul un-
folds its wings in the vastness of that supplica-
tion, culminating and resting in a rapturous act 
of adoration ! 
If your heart is burdened with anxiety for 
some beloved one still destitute of grace, there is 
the fervid intercession of Abraham,—"O that 
Ishmael might live before thee !" Substitute the 
name which your affection prompts, and the in- 
the evening in their chapel, and hope the labor 
was not in vain, though for some cause I enjoy-
ed the services but little. I trust, I have learn-
ed, however, not to judge of the effects of a dis-
course by my own feelings while delivering it. 
I was greatly helped on this point several years 
ago by some passages in the "narrative of the 
Lord's dealings with George Muller," who is 
well known in this country by his connection 
with several orphan houses in England : he says 
in Part I. of his work, p. 108.--,‘January 14, 
or October 20, and at last preached without en-
joyment. To-day 1 heard of a ninth instance in 
which this very sermon has been blessed. May 
my brethren in the ministry of the word be en-
couraged by this to go on quietly, yet prayer-
fully forward in the work of the Lord." 
Thursday, Dec. 13th. Made calls with Bro. 
Bosworth and about 7 in the evening took stage 
for Hyde Park where we arrived a little before 
11 o'clock, and put up at a hotel. The next day 
was one of our coldest winter days, and a ride 
of nearly 50 miles in an open stage was anything 
but comfortable. The driver froze his face, and 
the passengers with difficulty kept themselves from 
a similar fate. But when at 8 o'clock P. M. we 
found ourselves at home again ; our rooms warm-
ed to receive us; and friends waiting to bid us 
welcome, we measurably forgot " the sorrows of 
the way," and had heart-felt gratitude to Him un-
der whose guidance we had traveled over 3,000 
miles without accident. It is true there is some 
pleasure connected with traveling, but there are 
also cares, expense and danger ; and with Tupper 
I can say— 
"I am not one of those who wander 
Unaffectioned here and there, 
But my heart must still be fonder 
Of my sites of joy or care ; 
And I point sad memory's finger, 
(Though my faithless foot may roam) 
Where I've most been made to linger, 
In the place I called my Home." 
flaying returned to Canada, the reader has 
now before him the last of my Waifs from the 
West. These sketches of a five months' tour—
imperfect as they are—have cost me consider-
able time and labor, but I have reason to believe 
some have been interested in their perusal. The 
tour itself, though made at a pecuniary sacrifice, 
I do not regret. The health of myself and of 
my companion has been very much improved. 
We have continued in the work whereunto we 
were called ; and if anything has been written 
whereby the reader has been pleased and profit-
ed I have but to say, 
"And when thou bend'st to God the suppliant 
knee, 
Remember me." 
J. M. ORROCK. 
(Original.) 
Thomas Walsh, 
Bro. Bliss :—As you have given in the Her-
ald the views of John "Wesley concerning the se-
cond advent, some of your readers perhaps would 
be glad to know the faith of one of his most in-
telligent and pious fellow-laborers. Thomas 
Walsh. He was born in Ireland and was a mem-
ber of the (so-called) Catholic church ; but was 
thoroughly converted to the protestant faith and 
was a most devoted and zealous preacher. And 
we learn by his biographer, that the Bible was, 
his principal study, and that he soon made him-
self acquainted with the original tongues, and 
thought no sacrifice too great to be made that 
could help him to rightly understand the word of 
the Lord. He was a man of prayer, and gave 
himself a living sacrifice to God. But as he 
wrote no comment on the sacred word, that we 
learn, we have but a few words of his concern-
ing the kingdom of God ; but these were the 
words of one who bad taken the Bible for his 
guide, and who was untrammeled by the teach-
ings of uninspired men. As be had no expecta-
tion of living to the time of the appearing of 
Christ, when he should be saved from the curse 
pronounced against all the natural seed of Adam 
his mind could not have been biased by this hope. 
But his knowledge of the Bible as connected 
with the history of the world, showed him that 
tercession of the Father of the faithful becomes 
your own. 
If material wants press upon you, the modest 
petition of Agur (which was also a "prophecy" 
Prov. 30.—as every believing prayer is) will ex-
press the easily contented desires of a holy mind 
—"Feed me with food convenient for me!" 
"I adore," said Tertullian, "the fullness of 
Scripture" (adoro plenitudinem Scripturm). And 
in no respect is this Divine fullness more admir-
ably displayed than in the variety of its petitions. 
They express every emotion of a sinful and suf- I was greatly tried about the difficulty of fixing 
fering soul struggling backward and upward to upon a text from which to preach in the morning 
God from the sin and misery of this fallen world. 
Let this "word of Christ dwell in you richly," 
and you will never lack material for prayer. 
And then, what particularly commends these 
petitions to our use, is that they were inspired 
prayers. They were accepted prayers. They 
were uttered by "holy men of God who spake 
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." And 
of nearly three hundred of them recorded in 
Scripture, all but some five or six were answered 
by actual granting of the petition—and all, with-
out exception, procured blessings such as God 
It is the duty and the privilege of the Christian 
to trust Christ in all, for all, with all, above all : 
are you doing so ? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
Juvenile Hymns. 
"I'm dying, dying, dying"! said little Eliza Per-
kins of Cortland 111.—a little girl of seven sum-
mers to her mother, about ten o'clock on the eve-
ning of Dec. 28th 1860--as with great exertion she 
drew her breath, and the croup rattle in her throat 
but told the pre-monition of her thoughts, that the 
work of death had now begun. With complete 
composure she bade her parents and little brothers 
adieu saying, 
"I'm going home to die no more ;" 
—soon adding, "Don't weep for me ; I'm going 
home to God." 
She evidently had in mind the chorus of the 
hymn ; of which the first stanza is : 
"We go the way that leads to God, 
The way that saints have ever trod : 
So let us leave this sinful shore, 
For realms where we shall die no more. 
We're going home, we're going home, 
We're going home to die no more ; 
To die no more, to die no more, 
We're going home to die no more." 
She lingered till 8 o'clock the next morning, af-
ter saying, "0 Lord, have mercy on me! 0 my Sa-
vior, have mercy on me" !—with expressions of re-
liance on Him for salvation—coming from the depths 
of her little heart. And nearly her last words were 
"I am almost home." 
"Thine, eyes shall see the King in his beauty : 
they shall behold the land that is very far off," Isa. 
33 : 17. 
On this scripture is founded that beautiful hymn, 
sung by children in all Christian and missionary 
lands, beginning with, 
"There is a happy land, 
Far, far away. 
We suppose from what follows in the same con-
nection, that the distant land refered to by the 
prophet, was the regenerated earth,—then more 
than twenty five hundred years in the future, and 
thus then far away. Taking the hymn in the same 
sense, it is a beautiful lyric, and it is sung by infant 
voices in lands widely distant and far away from 
each other. Rev. Dr. Thompson of Roxbury—on 
being welcomed home from his visit to India, where 
he and Dr. Anderson had been sent as a deputation 
of the "American Board" in 1854, by the children of 
his congregation, who sang this hymn on that oc-
casion—related to them various reminiscences re-
specting it ; which he repeated at a Sunday School 
Concert on the 10th of Feb. 1861 in an address to 
them as follows : 
My young Friends. When you have heard famil-
iar tunes away from home, have you not been spe-
cially pleased? If another canary bird sings like 
yours you notice it. If you hear a robin in the 
country, you sit and listen, partly because his notes 
are so like one who used to sing in the tree by your 
house. When I go to my native place, it seems as 
if the swallows and whip-poor-wills are the same 
ones that used to twitter and pipe when I was a 
boy, and they make me a child again. So too if 
you are passing a house, or a Lecture Room, and 
there swells out sweetly the hymn that your mother 
sings at home, or that you have often heard here, 
you stop very likely for a moment, and listen, and 
perhaps a tear starts into your eye. 
So having heard you, my birds, sing here, I have 
always been greatly pleased to hear red-breast and 
canary birds sing like you elsewhere. For instance, 
in April 1852, when visiting the Choctaw mission I 
accompanied Rev. Mr. Ilotchkin to his station call-
ed Good Water. As we approached his house in 
the woods, just at dusk, we heard girls of the Board-
ing School singing a tune familiar to me, but the 
Choctaw words I did not understand. "What is 
that?" I said to the missionary. "That," he an-
swered, "is the hymn, 
'There is a happy land, 
Far,far away.' 
Again in January 1855, when Dr. Anderson and 
myself stopped at Trevandrum, the capital of Tray- 
the Second Advent of Christ was at the very 
door. His biographer says, page 159, in a note 
at the bottom of the page. 
"For some considerable time before, and du-
ring great part of his last sickness, his thoughts 
entered deeply into the prophecies of Daniel 
and the Revelation. He calculated the times 
with great exactness, and spared no labor and 
pains to be fully informed concerning the great 
things which those passages insinuate still await 
the world. In short, he was wrapt up in those 
future scenes, hastening to the coming of the Son 
of God, in his kingdom of grace and glory. His 
opinion was, that great and amazing things were 
at the very doors, and has frequently said to a 
young man "My brother, if you live to the years 
of a man (meaning threescore and ten) you shall 
see these things." 
Ile died April 8th, 1759. It will be well for 
the Methodist church in these days, to compare 
these words of the learned and pious Thomas 
Walsh with the teachings of their bishops in 
these days, and it would be well also for them to 
read the life of that holy man, that they may 
have some tolerable knowledge of the difference 
between the first Methodists and the present pro-
fessors of that faith. 
A Gentile Methodist. 
Mc head, Sept. 25. 1860. 
Scripture Illustrations. 
NO. 82. NO PROFANENESS. 
" But I say unto you, Swear not at all." 
Matt. 5:34. 
A merchant in one of our seaports, on 
fitting out a ship for India, told the cap- 
tain, at the time of making the contract 
for the voyage, that there must be no 
swearing among the crew ; that he, the 
captain, must engage not to swear himself, 
nor permit others to be profane ; that he 
must do as he pleased, with respect to tak- 
ing command of the ship on these terms ; 
but if he accepted the employment, it 
would be expected, that he should rigidly 
adhere to the stipulation, and that it should 
be known, as the law of the ship, that no 
profaneness should be indulged. The cap- 
tain seemed to have no objection to reform- 
ing, but inquired, " How can I suddenly 
break off an inveterate habit T' " I will 
take care that you be reminded of your 
duty," said the owner. "Wear the ring 
that I will give you, and let the law of the 
vessel be explicitly known." Accordingly 
lie procured a ring for the captain, with 
this motto engraved upon it, " Swear not 
at all." The vessel soon sailed, and after 
performing the voyage returned to the sea- 
port from whence he sailed. On being in-
quired of respecting the subject, the super- 
cargo declared, that there had been no pro- 
faneness on board excepting a little within 
the first twenty days after sailing. At the 
close of this short period, the old habit was 
entirely destroyed ; and during the remain-
der of the voyage, both in sea and in port, 
the success of the experiment was com-
plete. 
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lion. As he "looked steadfastly," as Stuart ren-
ders it, at this singular appearance its wings were 
plucked. Quills are plucked by pulling them from 
the wings : but in this instance the entire wings 
seem to be removed ; which must symbolize the loss 
of its power for rapid conquest. Daniel beheld un-
til this was done,—implying that it was not accom-
plished at once, by any sudden act ; and the power 
of Babylon may have been gradually restrained, un-
til it ceased to extend its triumphs over the world. 
The lifting of the lion from the earth, was the 
placing it in an erect posture on its hind feet—
it being made to "stand upon the feet as a man." 
This position, and the possession of a man's heart, 
would indicate a change from the previous aggres-
sive and ferocious character of the nation it repre-
sented, to a more feeble and inefficient one. The 
successors of Nebuchadnezzar were weak and indo-
lent princes ; and this last condition of the symbol 
is strikingly appropriate to the last quarter of a 
century of Babylonian rule. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ADVENT HERALD. 
 
 
BOSTON, FEBRUARY 23, 1861. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
 
 
The readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to 
give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may 
be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and 
discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into 
error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exposition of Daniel's Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VII. 
THE WINGED LION BEAST—BABYLONIA. 
The first beast was like a lion and had eagle's winms: 
I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and 
lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the 
feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 
4. 
v. 
As gold is considered the most precious of metals, 
so is the lion regarded the king of beasts. It is an 
animal distinguished for its strength and courage. 
Among the valiant acts of Jeboida, it is recorded that 
"he slew two lion like men of Moab," 2 Sam. 23 : 
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20. �
A nation thus symbolized would, then, be no- 
ted for its bold and successful achievements. 
That these characterstics are significant of Baby- 
lon, is evident from its being several times denomi-
nated a lion. Thus Jeremiah, in predicting the 
desolations of Jerusalem, said, " The lion is come 
up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the gen-
tiles is on his way : he is gone forth from his place 
to make thy land desolate," Jer. 4 : .7. "A lion 
out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the 
evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over 
their cities," Ib. 5:6. The destroyer of Edom is said 
to "come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan" 
lb. 49 : 19. And Joel said, "A nation is come up 
upon my land, strong, and without number, whose 
teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he bath the cheek 
teeth of a great lion," 1 : 6. 
This first beast had not only the characteristics of 
a lion, but it "had eagle's wings ;" which evident-
ly symbolize characteristics developed in the celerity 
of the movements and rapidity of the conquests of 
Babylon. "Behold, he shall come up and fly as the 
eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah," Jer. 49 : 
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22. �
"He shall fly as an eagle, and spread his wings 
over Moab" Ib. 48 : 40. "Behold, he• shall come 
as clouds, and his horses are swifter than eagles." 
Ib. 4 : 13. "Our persecutors are swifter than the 
eagles of heaven," Sam. 4 : 19. "For, lo, I raise 
up the Chaldeans,that bitter and hasty nation, which 
shall march through the breadth of the land, to pos-
sess the dwelling places that are not theirs. They 
are dreadful and terrible ; their judgment and their 
dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses 
also are swifter than the leopards, and are more 
fierce than the evening wolves : and their horsemen 
shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall 
come from far ; they shall fly as the eagle that has-
teth to eat," Hab. 1 : 6-9. Under the figure of "a 
great eagle with great wings," taking "the highest 
branch of the cedar" of Lebanon and planting it by 
great waters, is illustrated the coming of the king 
of Babylon, to Jerusalem, and his removing the 
king and people thereof to Babylon ; Ezek 17 : 3, 
12. �
There is an appropriateness, therefore, in rep- 
resenting it by a symbol combining characteristics 
of the king of beasts, and of the king of birds. This 
however, represented Babylon only during its peri-
od of successful conquests. 
After that period of prosperity, Babylon was to 
endure a period of adversity. Her victorious arms 
were to be staid, and she was to be restrained from 
farther aggressive movements. And this is symbo-
lized by the plucking of its wings, and the placing 
of the lion in an erect position like a man, with the 
bestowal on it of a man's heart—this being the loss 
of its former lion and eagle-like propensities. 
At first, the prophet saw only the eagle winged 
sare, on the south western coast of India, we vis-
ited a station of the London missionary Society in 
that city. The pupils of the mission School came 
out to salute us ; and sang several pieces in the Mal-
yalim language, which was as unintelligible to me 
as the Choctaw. "What is that hymn ?" I inquir-
ed of the Rev. Mr. Coxe. "There is a happy land," 
he replied. 
It was in April of the same year that we reach-
ed Jaffna, the northern part of Ceylon. Our first 
visit was at Oodooville, where is the Girls Boarding 
School. The next morning after arriving, we ac-
companied Mr. Spaulding, a well known mission-
ary, to the building where the girls were assembled. 
They sing in Tamil, a language of which I knew as 
little as of Choctaw or Malyalim. "NV hat is that ?" 
I inquired of Mr. Spaulding, after one of the pieces. 
"There is a happy land," said he. 
Since coming home, as before going out, I have 
repeatedly heard this,as well as other Sabbath schools, 
sing that same hymn in our dear mother English ; 
but never without thinking how the same, being 
translated, is sung by the red children of the West, 
and their dark-skinned brethren and sisters in the 
east ; how "the sounding aisles of the dim woods," 
and how the aisles of christian sanctuaries, on every 
continent, and on islands• of the sea, ring with 
young voices, as they pour forth the words : 
"There is a happy land, 
Far, far away, 
Where saints in glory stand, 
Bright, bright as day ; 
0 how they sweetly sing, 
Worthy is the Saviour King, 
Loud let his praises ring, 
Praise, praise for aye." 
Only one language, however, is used there. The 
judgment of Babel is removed. An interpreter is 
not needed to tell any one that every group of saints 
in glory, each company of children, though redeem- 
ed out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, 
and nation, is singing the one song of Moses the 
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. 
We have already mentioned, but will give again 
in this connection the following : A little boy, ag-
ed six years, who died in Haverhill early in Jany. 
1852 loved the sabbath school, and his mother no-
ticed a few weeks before his death that he often 
sang the hymn commencing with, "There is a hap-
py land." lie was taken with the croup, and 
when in great agony be would say, "sing Happy 
Land." And when the grief of surrounding friends 
had become so great that they could no longer sing, 
he began to sing in a faint voice ; 
"There is a happy land 
Far, far away." 
And thus singing, he breathed his last breath. 
The Feeling Abroad. 
The intelligent correspondent of the Newark Dai-
ly Advertiser, residing in Florence, Italy, writes to 
that paper and says :— 
"Fearful reports from the dis-United States have 
spread gloom over the entire American circle, affect-
ing individuals differently according to their differ-
ent temperaments. But, whilst the few of despond-
ing tone forbode the worst, the majority, more san-
guine in hope, look expectantly for some comprom-
ise that will settle in favor of the Union the con-
tending questions. Meanwhile we must blush to 
see our Republic held up to disgrace in the light of 
all Europe, and writhe under the comments of other 
nations, who already use the disunion of the States 
as the strongest example whereby to warn Italy 
against Republican tendencies. 
"Verily Revolution is abroad in the earth! The 
whole world almost seems now a boiling caldron of 
human passions. And poor Italy ! so far from be-
ing out of the woods, seems at this date to be in the 
very thickest. The tangled schemes of Napoleon, 
Cavour, Garibaldi, and Mazzini, threaten to entrap 
the very spirit of Liberty, while the war-dogs, scent-
ing the battle afar off, are struggling to get loose 
from the leash of diplomacy. The coming spring 
is looked forward to from the four corners of the earth 
as the birth-time of great events, with which the 
present is pregnant. But, while Southern Italy is 
a prey to conspiracies of every sort, Florence seems 
comparatively tranquil, and self-assured for the fu-
ture. The Tuscans can even enter on the Carnival 
with appetite for its pleasures, and have already en-
joyed two of a series of the grand democratic balls 
given by the governor of the Province, in the his-
toric hall of the Palazzo Vecchio ; the last is to oc-
cur on the 28th inst., and will be a fancy ball. Few 
of the Americans have taken heart and spirit enough 
to join these fetes ; or, to open their own houses for 
parties among themselves. The chief excitement 
with them is looking anxiously for, and receiving in 
mutual sympathy the American mails. God grant 
that these may soon bring us more comforting news." 
Never overvalue your own attainments or good 
deeds ; if you do, God will surely humble you. 
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cicatrizes and falls off from him like a dead skin, 
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on invulnerable. As long as all is said against me, 
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honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as 
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JOHN PEARSON, JR 
THE GREAT PREPARATION.—Th Rev. John Cum-
ming, D. D., of London, has prepared a second 
series of sermons, called "The Great Preparation, 
or Redemption Draweth Nigh," and Rudd & Carl-
ton, of this city, publish the volume. Some of the 
most exciting and interesting subjects in connection 
with the second coming of Christ ; the signs of the 
times, as they appear in the moral and political 
horizon, are here treated with fervid eloquence, pol-
ished rhetoric, profound reverence, and great re-
search in the bearings of prophecy and the revela-
tion of history. He must be a dull christian who 
can read these glowing pages without profit. They 
stir the depths of the soul, as the sound of a trum-
pet, and the great truth they teach is to be heard 
and heeded by every man who believes in a future 
state.—N. V. Ob. 
ROMAN CATHOLIC TESTIMONY FOR TIIE BIBLE. —
A Roman Catholic periodical of Paris, the Revue-
des Deux Mondes, thus discourses : "Much may 
be said on Protestant diversities and sects, but one 
fact remains certain : it is, that nations where the 
Bible circulates and is read have preserved a strong, 
deep, and enduring religious faith ; while in the 
countries where it is not known, one is obliged to 
deplore a moral superficiality and want of principles, 
for which a splendid uniformity of rites cannot 
compensate. Let the learned theologians discuss on 
the authenticity of such and such texts ; what are 
such miseries compared to the healthful end pure 
atmosphere which the Bible spreads, wherever it is 
read, whether in low or elevated classes !" 
Likeness to Jesus is the highest excellency to 
which you can attain : let it be your constant aim. 
Rev. Daniel Burgess, a dissenting minister of 
London, in the seventeenth century, preaching on 
the robe of righteousness, said : "If any of you 
would have a good and cheap suit, you will go to 
Monmouth Street ; if you want a suit for life, you 
will go to the Court of Chancery; but if you wish 
for a suit which will last to eternity, you must go 
to the Lord Jesus Christ, and put on his robe of 
righteousness." 
A New Zealand girl was brought over to England 
to be educated. She became a true Christian. When 
she was about to return some of her playmates en-
deavored to dissuade her. They said, "Why go 
back to New Zealand ? You are accustomed to 
England now. You love its shady lanes and clover 
fields. It suits your health. Besides, you may be 
shipwrecked on the ocean. You may be killed and 
eaten by your own people—everybody will have for-
gotten you. "What ! she said, 'do you think 1 
could keep the 'Good News' to myself? Do you 
think that I could be content with having got par-
don and peace and eternal life for myself, and not 
go and tell my dear father and mother how they 
may get it too ! I would go if I had to swim there!' 
[Juvenile Miss. Herald. 
Calvary is a little hill to the eye, but it is the 
only spot on earth that touches heaven. The Cross 
is foolishness to human reason, and a stumbling-
block to human righteousness ; but there only do 
mercy and truth meet together, and righteousness 
and peace kiss each other. Jesus Christ was a man 
of low condition, and died a death of shame on an 
accursed tree ; but there is salvation in no other. 
There is no mercy-seat in the universe but at His 
feet.—Dr. Hoge. 
OLD AGEWITHOUT RELIGION.—Alas ! for him who 
grows old without growing wise, and to whom the 
future world does not set open her gates, when he is 
excluded by the present. The Lord deals so gra-
ciously with us in the decline of life, that it is a 
shame to turn a deaf ear to the lessons which He 
gives. The eye becomes dim, the ear dull, the tongue 
falters, the feet totter, all the senses refuse to do 
their office, and from every side resounds the call, 
"Set thine house in order, for the term of thy pil-
grimage is at hand." The playmates of youth• the 
fellow-laborers of manhood, die away, and take the 
road before us. Old age is like some quiet chamber 
in which, disconnected from the visible world, we 
can prepare in silence for the world that is unseen. 
—Tholuck. 
A NEW PLAN.—The perplexity has been how to 
allow the Pope to remain in Rome, and still have 
Victor Emanuel King, holding his court there. Here 
would be two courts, and two having power, unless 
the Pope should be stripped of all courtly appenda-
ges. All who have studied the history of this city 
know that the section on the west of the Tiber, where 
is located St. Peter's and the Vatican, was not or-
iginally a part of Rome, nor was it included with-
in the walls. It was added by one of the Leos, and 
a separate wall built around it, so that it really 
forms a ward or section by itself. Now the plan is 
to set apart this enclosure, which is known as the 
Leonite City, for the residence and dominion of the 
Pope—allowing him supreme authority here ; and 
then Victor Emanuel is to have Rome proper as his 
residence, and as the capital of all Italy. By this 
arrangement the Pope would have St. Peter's, the 
Vatican, and a section containing some 20,000 peo-
ple, without interfering with his spiritual powers 
as the Supreme Bishop. But it is one thing to make 
a plan, and quite another thing to get all the par-
ties to consent to it. 
Time was, in the old Puritanic days, when every 
shower of rain was seen to come from heaven, when 
every ray of sunshine was blessed, and God was 
thanked for having given fair weather to ingather 
the fruits of the harvest. Then men talked of God 
as doing everything. But in our days where is our 
God ? We have the laws of matter. Alas ! alas ! 
that names with little meaning should have destroy-
ed our memory of the Eternal One —Spurgeon. 
The Life of Trust. 
BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE LORD'S DEALINGS WITH 
GEORGE MULLER, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. 
Edited and condensed by H. L. Wayland, Pastor 
of the Third Baptist Church, Worcester. With an 
introduction by Francis Wayland. Published by 
Gould and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street, Boston. 
George Muller is a German, both by birth and 
education. His early history was marked by dis-
honesty, and a life of dissoluteness, of which he gives 
a concise but graphic account in his narrative. He 
finished his education at Halle, under the good in-
fluences of Dr. Tholuck, and here he was soundly 
converted to God, and embraced evangelical views 
of the gospel. 
In 1829 he went to London to enter into the ser-
vice of the London Missionary Society, in which ca-
pacity he served for a short time among the Jews 
in London. Being taken ill, and in his own estima-
mation apparently beyond recovery, he was advised 
by friends to visit the country for his health. The 
Lord directed his steps to Teignraouth. Here,through 
the agency of some of God's faithful servants, God 
gave him new light, "for which," he says, "I shall 
have cause to thank him throughout eternity." He 
gives a clear account of this new light in his origi-
nal narrative, from which the "Life of Trust" is 
taken. It appears that among the things that the 
Lord shewed him was the speedy personal coming of 
Christ. He says, page 48, "Another truth, into 
which, in some measure, I was led, was in respect 
to the Lord's coming. My views concerning this 
point, up to that time, had been completely vague 
and unscriptural. I had believed what others told 
me, without tryir g it by the word. I thought that 
things were getting better and better, and that soon 
the whole world would be converted. But now I 
find in the word, that we have not the least scrip-
tural warrant to look for the conversion of the 
world before the return of our Lord. I find in the 
Scriptures, that that will usher in the glory of the 
church, and uninterrupted joy to the saints, in the 
return of the Lord Jesus, and that till then, things 
will be more or less in confusion. I found in the 
word that the return of Jesus, and not death, was 
the hope of the apostolic Christians ; and that it be-
came me, therefore, to look for his appearing. And 
this truth so entered into my heart that though I 
went to Devonshire weak, scarcely expecting that I 
should return again to London, yet I was immedi-
ately, on seeing this truth, brought off from looking 
for death, and was made to look for the return of 
our Lord. Having seen this truth, the Lord also 
graciously enabled me to apply it, in some measure, 
at least, to my own heart, and to put the solemn 
question to myself, '1,V hat may I do for the Lord 
before he returns, as he may soon come ?' " 
He adds : "In addition to this truth, it pleased 
the Lord to lead me to see a higher standard of de-
votedness than I had seen before. He led me, in a 
measure, to see what is my true glory in this world 
even to be despised, and to be poor and mean with 
Christ. I saw then, in a measure, though I have 
seen it more fully since, that it ill becomes the ser-
vant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in 
that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and 
despised." 
When he came to the conclusion to leave the Mis-
sionary Society,he says : "The only plan that show-
ed itself to me was, that I should go from place to 
place throughout England, as the Lord might di-
rect me, and give me opportunity, preaching wher-
ever I came, both among the Jews and nominal 
Christians. To this mode of service I was especial-
ly stirred up through the recently received truth of 
the Lord's second coming, having it impressed upon 
my heart to seek to warn sinners, and to stir up the 
saints, as he might soon come." Page 51. 
In December, 1829, he dissolved his connection 
with the society, in order, as he adds on page 52, 
"to go throughout the country preaching (being par-
ticularly constrained to do so from a desire to serve 
the Lord as much as in me lay, before his return), 
and to trust in him for the supply of my temporal 
wants." 
It will be seen by the above quotations from the 
original narrative of Mr. Muller, that his belief in 
the personal, speedy coming of Christ to reign up-
on the earth led him to the attainment of the high-
er life, to his entire trust in God, to his mighty pow-
er in prayer, and to his great and godlike enterprises 
for the good of the church and the world. It is, 
therefore, a matter of astonishment and regret that 
the editor of the American edition should have en-
tirely omitted these important and essential doctrines 
believed and stated so distinctly by Mr. Muller. 
Is he chargeable with the same unpardonable pre-
judice and bigotry which induced some other pub-
lishers, who bear the Christian name, to mutilate 
the best productions of the age, so as to destroy 
their bearing on the abomination of slavery ? And 
suppose they should succeed in this, as a matter of 
personal or worldly policy, what will they beable to 
say when they meet the good men thus misrepresen-
ted, and their God, whose truth they have dishon-
ored, in the day of accounts. 
It seems to be the object of the advocates of what 
they call progress, and the conversion of the world 
before the coming of Christ, whenever in their pow-
er, to expunge from our theological literature the 
premillennial faith, or by 'principles of spiritual 
interpretation to explain away the promises pertain-
ing to the literal reign and personal coming of Christ 
—to our modern Greeks foolishness, and to our Jew-
ish spiritualizers a stumbling-block, as with Christ's 
first coming and cross to the ancient Greeks and Jews. 
And yet this doctrine of the personalcoming of Christ 
is the "wisdom and power of God," as proved in the 
labors and success of George Muller, given in his 
narrative, now published as his "Life of Trust," the 
opposers of this doctrine being witnesses. 
Notwithstanding the omissions referred to above, 
we are happy to find one important passage, expres-
sive of his opinions on the Second Advent, by which 
the American reader will get a clear idea of his views 
of the design of the gospel. �
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On page 95 of the "Life of Trust," the following 
article is given, from his plan of a missionary socie- 
ty. �
"The end which these religious societies pro- 
pose to themselves, and which is constantly put be-
fore their members, is, that the world will gradually 
become better and better, and that at last the whole 
world will be converted. To this end there is con-
stant reference made to the passage in Hab. 2. 14. 
'For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of 
the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.' 
Or the one in Isaiah 11. 9 : 'For the earth shall 
be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters 
cover the sea.' But that these passages can have 
no reference to the present dispensation, but to the 
one which will commence with the return of the 
Lord,—that in the present dispensation things will 
not become spiritually better, but rather worse,—
and that in the present dispensation it is not the 
whole world that will be converted, but only a peo-
ple gathered out from among the gentiles for the 
Lord,—is clear from many passages of the divine 
testimony, of which I only refer to the following : 
Matt. 13. 24-30, and verses 36-43 ; 2 Tim. 3. 1-13 : 
Acts 15. 14. 
"A hearty desire f6r the conversion of sinners, 
and earnest prayer for it to the Lord, is quite scrip-
tural ; but it is unscriptural to expect the conver-
sion of the whole world. such an end we could not 
propose to ourselves in the service of the Lord." 
This is not so important as the extracts quoted 
from the original work as having a direct influence 
on his heart and life. It will be seen that a belief 
of the second speedy personal coming of Christ did 
not paralyze his power or zeal in the missionary en-
terprise for the salvation of men, or the education 
and care of the poor and him that hath no helper ; 
but on the contrary inspired him with the noblest 
plans of Christian philanthropy, which he has pro-
secuted with unparaleled zeal and success, resulting 
in one of the greatest moral triumphs of the age. 
We refer the reader to the work itself for the 
wonderful success that has attended his labors, and 
for the way in which he has become so honored 
and successful an instrument in the hands of God. 
Let every adventist get and read this book. If 
you cannot buy it, borrow, or beg it, but get it and 
read it, and God's blessing shall rest upon you in 
so doing. 
J. V. HIMES. 
Boston, Feb. 1861. 
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Trustees' Meeting of the B. A. Association. 
Boston, Feb. 11, 1861. 
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Boston Ad-
vent Association at the Herald office this day noon, 
it was 
Voted, That the Treasurer's report of the receipts 
and disbursements for the past year be accepted.—
(See Herald of last week.) 
Voted, to pass making a dividend for the past 
year. 
The following address to the shareholders was 
presented by Eld. Himes, and adopted. 
Attest : S. Buss, Sec'y. 
In view of the difficulty of making a disposition 
of the unsold shares of the Association, the Trus-
tees addressed the shareholders last year, and asked 
advice as to the best course to be pursued. 
We give the following extract from that address : 
" There have been sold three hundred and eleven 
shares, and there are new on hand unsold sixty-nine 
shares. The debt of the Association is about 
$3414, which might be paid in either of two ways. 
One is, to sell, among the present stockholders and 
other friends, the remaining shares on hand ; the 
other is, to take the income of the building for 
three years to come, and apply it to the liquidation 
of the debt. The latter course would depreciate the 
stock for several years, but would make it more val-
uable thereafter. We are not decided which will he 
the better mode, though the Trustees are decidedly 
in favor of paying the debt by the sale. of the unis-
sued stock, if that can be effected. We now lay 
the matter before the shareholders, and will be glad 
of an expression of their opinion as to what course 
it is best to pursue." 
ADDRESS TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. 
To this we have received no response. 
It will be seen by the report of the treasurer that 
the net earnings of the chapel property have been 
about six per cent. for the last year. And as nearly 
every part of the building is now let, we have a 
reasonable prospect of as large a per tentage for 
the coming year. 
The articles of the Association stipulate that div- 
idends may be made, after the debts of the Associa-
tion are paid. The trustees have not considered the 
Association in debt, in the strict sense of the term, 
as we have shares, to the full value of the debt.—
And in the expectation of selling these, from year 
to year, we have made annual dividends. But of 
late we have had difficulty in hiring money to meet 
the calls of those to whom the Association was in-
debted, and have therefore used the eardings of the 
Association to pay, in part, the debt. We cannot 
make a dividend this year, therefore, without get-
ting a loan to that amount. As it is, the debt has 
been reduced $922.07 &gm $ 3413.03, leaving 
a balance of $2491.06. In two years more, it 
might be nearly cancelled, and after that the divi-
dends might be raised to 7 per cent. 
We are therefore obliged to say to the sharehold-
ers, that unless they will take up the unissued stock, 
or aid us in getting a loan, till said stock is sold,we 
shall be compelled to withhold the dividends, till the 
debt is cancelled. We shall be glad of an immediate 
response from all concerned. 
JOSHI7A V. III3fES, 
Chairman of the Board of trustees. 
From Bro. Thos. Wardle. 
(Continued from our last.) 
We come now to the question, What had Rome 
to do with paganism ? Much every way : 
It was the religion of the Roman empire ; it was 
defended by its laws, nourished by all the officers of 
that mighty and extended dominion, its priesthood 
was supported and fed by the revenue of Rome.— 
They received, from the consecrated lands and the 
public revenue, an ample stipend, which liberally 
supported the splendor of the priesthood, and all 
the expenses of the religious worship of the state." 
The emperors of Rome claimed and exercised the 
the exclusion of the whole body from the protection 
of the law. Second Advent Manual, p. 69. 
The edict of Diocletian was executed in all its 
rigor during the remainder of his reign. Guizot. 
Diocletian, tired of the cares of the empire, abdi-
cated the purple, and retired into private life ; but 
before this event, even in the splendour of the Ro- 
man triumph, Diocletian had meditated his design of 
abdicating the government, and as he wished to se- 
cure the obedience of Maximian, he exacted from 
him a promise, under the solemnity of an oath, be-
fore the altar of the Capitoline Jupiter, that he 
would follow his example of abdication, whenever 
it should occur ; but the restless spirit of Maximian 
caused him to resume the purple. He terminated 
his life in about three years afterwards, by an igno-
minions death, through perfidy to Constantine, who 
had married Fausta, his daughter. 
Constantius, the father of Constantine the Great, 
wsa a Caesar under Diocletian and Maximian. Be- 
ing of a mild and humane temper, he was averse to 
the oppression of any part of his subjects, and when 
elevated to the supreme and independent dignity of 
Augustus, gave a free scope to the exercise of his 
virtues. He established a system of toleration, the 
precepts and examples of which he left to his son 
Constantine, who, from the first moment of his ac-
cession, declared himself the protector of the church, 
and the first emperor who publicly professed and es-
tablished the Christian religion. 
When Constantius was promoted to the rank of 
Caesar, his son was about eighteen years of age. In 
figure tall and majestic; dexterous in all his exer- 
cises ; intrepid in war ; affable in peace ; the active 
spirit of truth was tempered by habitual prudence, 
his mind engrossed by ambition, in favor with the 
people and soldiers, who named him as a worthy can-
didate for the rank of Coesar ; these qualities only 
served to exasperate the jealousy of Galerius, and, 
though prudence might restrain him from exer-
cising any open violence, an absolute monarch is 
seldom at a loss how to execute a sure revenge. 
Every hour increased the danger of Constantine, 
and the anxiety of his father who by repeated let- 
ters (he being in Italy) expressed the warmest de- 
sire of embracing his son. For some time the pol-
icy of Galerius supplied him with delays and excu- 
ses ; but it was impossible long to refuse so natural 
a request of his associate, without maintaining his 
refusal by arms. 
Constantine hastened to his father, and accom-
panied him into Britain, where Constantius died in 
the imperial palace of York. His death was im- 
mediately succeeded by the elevation of Constantine. 
Did the Lord by the mouth of the Prophet say, 
"An host was given him against the daily ?" The 
legions of the emperor his father were sufficient to 
save him in his youth from the jealousy and malice 
of Galerius ; if after the death of his father, he 
needs an host by which he may defy the disappoint- 
ed rage of his father's colleague in the empire of 
Rome, the flower of the Western armies, with Brit- 
ain, Gaul and Spain, will suffice, who are said, to 
prefer Constantine, whom they salute with the ti-
tles of Augustus and emperor, rather than a stran- 
ger to reign over them, which the sovereign of Asia 
might send to rule over them. Had the time come 
when the haughty ruler of Rome, who said, "I 
alone am emperor," must be humbled ? The army 
of Constantine has crossed the Alps, and scaled the 
City of Susa, defeated the army of Maxentius in 
the plain of Turin, and entered the imperial palace 
of Milan. 
The celerity of Constantine's march, has been 
compared to the rapid conquests of Italy by the 
first of the Cxsars : he rests not till the victory is 
completed, by the slaughter of the tyrant's army, 
and his body finding a watery grave, as he plunges 
into the bosom of the Tiber from the Milvian bridge. 
Constantine is master of. Rome. The servile sen-
ate, assign him the first rank among the three Au-
gusti, who governed the Roman world. 
But he, who was assigned so important a part in 
the fulfilment of prophecy, could not long endure a 
rival in the government of the Roman empire, 
though the empire but lately had been governed by six 
emperors. Constantine must reign alone. Licinius 
must lay down, not only the purple, but himself, at 
the feet of his lord and master. 
By this victory of Constantine, the Roman world 
was again united under the authority of one emper-
or, thirty-seven years after Diocletian had divided 
his power and provinces with Maximian. 
The successive steps of the elevation of Constan-
tine, from his first assuming the purple at York, to 
the resignation of Licinius at Nicomedia �
 
contributed to the decline of the empire by the ex-
pense of blood and treasure, and by the perpetual 
increase as well of the taxes, as of the military es-
tablishment. The foundation of Constantinople, and 
the establishment of the Christian religion, were the 
immediate and memorable consequences of this re-
volution. Guizot's Gibbon, vol. 1., page 156. 
office of high priest, officiating at the altar of sacri-
fice, and from the time of Julius Cwsar, says Gib- 
bon, " the imperious spirit of the first Caesar too 
easily consented to assume, during his life-time, a 
place among the tutelar deities of Rome." The 
same may be said of Caligula and Domitian. 
Guizot says that " Romulus himself had received 
the honors of apotheosis." 
Roman history abounds in facts of the deification 
of deceased emperors, warriors, senators, and men 
of eminence ; indeed it was a nation of gods :—
" Rome gradually became the common temple of her 
subjects ; and the freedom of the city was bestowed 
on all the gods of mankind," Gibbon ; and the Pan-
theon was the temple of all the gods. 
This will here suffice on this point, to be resumed 
in another part of our argument. 
The daily being paganism, when and by whom 
was it taken away? 
Down to the days of Constantine the Great, pa-
ganism had had the continual support of the sena-
tors and emperors of Rome ; they, the emperors, 
were the heads of the system of pagan worship.—
The office of Supreme Pontiff was constantly exer-
cised by the emperors themselves. The office of su-
preme pontiff, which, from the time of Numa to 
that of Augustus, had always been exercised by one 
of the most eminent of the senators, was at length 
united to the imperial dignity. " The first magis-
trate of the state, as often as he was prompted by 
superstition or policy, performed with his own 
hands the sacerdotal functions ; nor was there any 
order of priests, either at Rome or in the province, 
who claimed a more sacred character among men,or 
a more intimate communication with the gods." —
Gibbon. 
The King of the Sacrifices represented the person 
of Numa, and of his successors, in the religious 
functions, which could be performed only by royal 
hands. 
So much then for the office, and connection of the 
emperors of Rome with the daily, or pagan worship. 
Before we proceed to show how, or in what manner 
Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, 
did take away the daily, we must look at the condi-
tion of the Roman empire. What was the condi-
tion of the church of Christ ? and also what was 
the character of the Roman emperors, prior to the 
taking away of the daily ? 
Daniel says, An host was given against, the dai-
ly, by reason of transgression ; or according to the 
marginal reading. The host was given over for the 
transgression against the daily. 
This passage may have a two-fold signification. 
But if we take the marginal reading, it would seem 
that Providence permitted the church to suffer from 
persecution, under imperial Rome, to purge out the 
unfaithful and corrupt, who had connected them-
selves with the church of Christ. Certain it is that 
during the ten years' persecution under Diocletian, 
Maximian and the wicked Galerius, thousands of 
the professing church proved their character by ab-
juring the religion of Jesus, and some of them, like 
Paul of Samosata, the prelate of Antioch, who was 
arrogant, rigid and inexorable, whilst he relaxed the 
discipline, enriched himself from the coffers of the 
church, and indulged in the basest of passions.—
God permits such things to occur, sometimes, to 
purge out the rebels. 
During the period above referred to, thousands 
suffered martyrdom for the faith of the gospel. 
Whether these were given over, for the daily 
transgression, to fill up the measure of its iniquity 
or not, we will not say. Certain it is, God does 
permit such outbursts of wickedness, blood and car-
nage, to occur, to punish nations and systems. 
But we are inclined to take the reading in the 
text as a sure guide. In either view, history will 
sustain our position. 
And an host was given against the daily, by rea-
son of transgression. 
What had paganism been doing during the period 
previous to the time, to which we assign the fulfil-
ment of this scripture ? 
It had, by the decrees of the highest authority in 
the Roman empire, and the highest authority in pa-
gan worship, commanded that on the 23d of Febru-
ary of the year 303, the day of the festival of ter-
minalia, the principal church of Nicomedia should 
be leveled to the ground. On the next day, the 
general decree of persecution was issued, command-
ing, 
First. The instant demolition of all the Christian 
places of worship. 
Second. The death of all who dared to worship. 
Third. The delivery of the Scriptures to be burn-
ed. 
Fourth. The confiscation of all property belong-
ing to the church. 
Fifth. The acceptance by the tribunals of every 
charge brought against a Christian ; the refusal of 
every complaint brought by a Christian, and finally 
Maine Advent Mission. 
I now wish to call the attention of those in Maine 
who are interested in this Mission, and inform them 
that we have succeeded in obtaining the services of 
Eld. E, M. Haggett, of Livermore, who has enter-
ed upon the work of an evangelist. He is a faith- 
ful, devoted laborer, and will by God's blessing do 
good to those who are favored with his labors. Breth-
ren and friends living isolated from the society of 
believers, who see prospect of good being accomplish-
ed in their places by preaching the word, will call 
on Bro. Haggett to come among them. Those who 
wish the woad preached for the salvation of souls 
wherever doors may be opened fur it, will make an 
effort to sustain the Mission, by devoting some of 
their substance to support the evangelist, and seek 
to awaken others to the same duty. Many have 
forgotten that it is a part of their duty to support 
those who preach the gospel. Let such be admon-
ished and exhorted to duty. The committee of the 
"Maine Advent Mission" is composed of the follow-
ing brethren : I. C• Wellcome, (Chairman and Treas-
urer,) Geo. Humphrey, Yarmouth, Ralph Herley, 
Sheepscott, I. Wight, Augusta, and E. M. Hag-
gett, Livermore, all of whom will receive the free 
offerings of those who will contribute to the treas-
ury for the support of an evangelist. A small 
amount has been paid in, and more pledged. We 
hope there will yet be a more general interest on 
this subject, which will call out the means for the 
support of not only one, but several evangelists, to 
be constantly occupying the vast field of labor in 
Maine. All our ministers will interest themselves 
in awakening brethren on this subject, and will re-
ceive whatever friends in their vicinities wish to 
give, and send it to some one of the committee. 
Those wishing to send in their mites by mail, can 
send to I. C. Welcome, the treasurer, or to either of 
the committee, who will give an account of the same. 
Come, brethren, let us du what we can in the cause 
of Christ while it is a day of mercy. Soon the 
Judge will come and reckon with us for the exer-
cise of our stewardship. Come, you who "have 
buried your talent in" the interests of "earth," put 
it into the Lord's bank, and it will increase to your 
good. Come, you who used to pay much to aid the 
churches you have left, can you not do as much for 
Christ's soon coming ? You who are doing all you 
can other ways,and you who have-nothing to do with, 
can pray the Lord to bless our effort and bring 
good out of it. Yes, you can pray and God will 
bless. Christ told his disciples to "pray the Lord 
of the vineyard to send forth more laborers." And 
certainly it will be right to ask the Lord to show 
his stewards the duty of supporting them.—In be-
half of the Mission, 
I. C. WELLCOME, Scribe. 
Richmond, Me., Feb. 5th, 1860. 
From Bro. I. C. Wellcome. 
Bro. Bliss:—We have some good news to commu-
nicate from Richmond. The Lord still works here. 
During the winter several wanderers have come 
back to the Lord, and found mercy. Three have 
been converted to God, and several others are in 
trouble with their sins, and want salvation. One of 
the last year's converts has commenced preaching, 
and the Lord is blessing him in obedience. There 
is much to do, and few faithful ones to do it. I am 
out in the high ways and hedges most of the time. 
Find an attentive ear to hear, and much inquiring 
everywhere. The midnight cry still accomplishes 
its specific work. It wakes up the virgins. The 
Lord will soon come. Let us be ready. 
Yours still waiting, �
I. C. IV ELLcomE. 
Richmond, Me., Feb. 14. 1860. 
From Bro. J. V. Pinto. 
Dear Brother Bliss :—I have been a subscriber to 
the paper ever since it first commenced in 1842, un-
der the name of the Midnight Cry. After I com 
menced taking it, some of the opponents asked me 
in derision how long the paper was going to last. I 
told them, I thought as long as time continued. 
They laughed and said that after the 21st of March 
or April, 43, or 44, the paper never would be heard 
of. �
1 have lived to see their words falsified, and I 
still think, and hope that my answer to them may 
be verified. I have been generally pleased with the 
paper, and I always did and do yet, intend to take 
it, and pay for it, as long as I can. I am truly 
sorry there are so few adventists in Maryland. I 
am alone in this County ; but I will not let anybody 
laugh me out of my own opinion. I know I have 
been benefited by taking, and reading the Advent 
papers, and this satisfies me. �
JOHN V. PINTO. 
Princess Anne, Md. 
From Bro. C. Dow. 
I am highly edified in reading the writings of 
most of the contributors of our paper—yes, our pa-
per. Perhaps this sounds sectarian to you. I would 
not be misunderstood as saying there are no other 
papers published in Christendom doing a good work, 
but the Advent Herald is the paper for the times i n 
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which we are living,-giving the household of faith 
a friendly warning. 
I feel that it is our duty to watch and pray and 
strive to overcome the world and its charms ; for 
they come in like a flood upon this generation. We 
have the promise of help, if we ask it. 
I have tried to get new subscribers,but have been 
unsuccessful. I would be glad to do more, but poor 
health deprives me of doing what I have a heart to 
do. 
Praying for the prosperity of the Herald and all 
that are seeking fur eternal life, I am, &c. 
CHARLES Dow. 
Inverness, N. Y. Jan. 14th, 1861. 
From Bro. A. Haskell. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-I love the truth the Advent 
Herald proclaims. The evidence that the coming of 
our Lord and Master is near, to end the strifes and 
sufferings of this world, is cheering and rejoicing to 
a weary pilgrim, longing for home and rest. May 
the Lord give us patience and love to hold out to 
the end, and do cheerfully and joyfully all which he 
has for us to do. May the Lord bless you, and your 
labors of love, is the prayer of your brother in 
hope, �
ADOLPHUS HASKELL. 
Harvard, Mass., Jan. 31, 1861. 
From Dr. N. Smith. 
My dear Bro. Bliss :-Never have I been better 
pleased with the Herald than now. The first num-
ber of this volume was worth the price of a volume to 
them that love the truth. The contributions, orig-
inal and selected, and the editorials thus far in this 
volume, are superb. May it' continue so through 
the whole volume ; and for that end may the good 
Lord help you by his grace, and may it thus con-
tinue to the end. The extra numbers went like hot 
cakes. I shall try to make more of an effort for the 
next extra. Yours striving to be prepared for the 
coming Saviour, �
NICHOLAS SMITH. 
Hallowell, Me., Jan. 21, 1861. 
We are glad to learn, brother Smith, that your 
health is still improving, and are obliged for the 
name of a new subscriber accompanying this. We 
are pleased to learn that it was a fruit of the extra 
edition of the 1st No. �
ED. 
From Bro. L. Howe. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-I like the Herald, and hope 
and pray it may be conducted, as I trust it has been,in 
the spirit of love, firm in the truth, and not having 
men's persons in admiration, because of advantage. 
Yours, &c., �LEWIS HOWE. 
Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 24, 1860. 
That is the principle on which the paper should be 
conducted, and we thank you for your prayers to 
that end. �
ED. 
From Bro. M. S. Perkins. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-I cannot do without the Her-
ald. This paper and the Bible are my life. We 
live entirely isolated from any brethren of like pre-
cious faith, not having had the opportunity of lis-
tening to a sermon since father Chapman left us, 
who used to stop with us some during his labors in 
the West ; and I can attest that they were not in 
vain in the Lord. I hope to be a paying subscriber 
for the Herald while time shall last, and then see its 
light gently merged into the light of heaven, to be 
obscured only by the brightness of His coming, 
whose right it is to reign. �
Yours truly, 
M. S. PERKINS. 
Cortland, Ill., Dec. 29, '60. 
From Bro. D. Elwell. 
Bro. Bliss :-The Lord is in great mercy reviving 
his work among us. About five weeks ago we com-
menced a protracted meeting in this place. We 
continued the meeting for four weeks, being aided 
and cheered from time to time by our Bro. Hollen. 
Eighteen professed to find peace in believing. Last 
Sabbath eight were baptized and ten received into 
the church. The Spirit of God is still at work in 
the community, and the general interest appears to 
increase. To God be all the glory ; and our prayer 
still is, " Lord, revive thy work !" Brethren, pray 
for us. �
D. ELWELL. 
Shippen, Feb. 7,1861. 
Likeness of Edwin Burnham. 
The friends of Bro. B. have got out a photogra-
phic likeness of him, which is pronounced to be the 
most perfect likeness yet taken. It is a sitting pic-
ture, which shows his person in fine proportions. 
They can be obtained of me at one dollar each. 
Friends in the states, by sending a club order for five 
pictures or more, shall receive them free of express 
charge. The profits arising from the sale of them, 
are for the benefit of the church in Philadelphia. 
where he has been laboring with success. 
THOS. WARDLE, M. D., 
No. 246 No. 10th st., Philadelphia, Pa. 
From Bro. J. Litch. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-The labors of Bro. E. Burn-
ham have been greatly blest in Philadelphia in the 
arousing of the people to study the Bible and the 
salvation of souls. He left us for Morrisville last 
Wednesday. Almost every church in Pennsylvania 
has this fall and winter been blest with a revival. 
J. LITCH. 
From sister E. Peacock. 
Bro. Bliss :-So highly do I prize the Herald,that 
I feel I cannot well do without it. I think it pref-
erable to any paper printed, and shall continue to 
take it so long as fortune favors me with enough for 
my yearly subscription. Yours respectfully, 
Mrs. E. PEACOCK. 
Norwich, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1861. 
NOTICE. My health continues to he poor, and by 
the urgent solicitations of family and friends, I have 
concluded to go to the Water Cure, Dansville, N. 
Y. �
I shall leave for there the 21st inst. and remain 
some months. 
Letters on business may be sent to Boston, as usu-
al. Personal communications, to Dansville, Liv-
ingston Co., N. Y. I shall be glad to receive com-
munications from my friends. 
J. V. IhmEs. 
Boston, Feb. 18, 1861. 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, Jan. 21, 1861, JULIA TAYLOR, wife of Bro. 
John Taylor of New Sharon, Me. 
Sister Taylor was a great sufferer, being confined 
to her bed, and unable to move herself for sixteen 
months, with spine and hip disease, and in addition 
to this, afflicted with that terrible disease, cancer. 
She died in hope of a blessed immortality, through 
Christ at his coming. She believed that land to be 
very near where sickness and its accompanying sor-
rows never can come. 0 what a " blessed hope" is 
that, that is able to sustain us through such afflic-
tion and suffering ! Bro. T., with six children, 
mourns his loss -" not as those who sorrow with- 
out hope." �
J.V.H. 
DIED, in this city, Jan. 18th, of pulmonary con-
sumption, SABRA M., daughter of Arnold and Jeru-
sha SAUNDERS, aged 23 years. 
Our sister was sick about a year, and was confin-
ed to her room about five months. Her attention 
was effectually called to the claims of Christ when 
Bro. E. Burnham was laboring here last spring.-
During her sickness, she gave satisfactory evidence 
of a renewed heart ; and left, as a comfort to her 
mourning parents, the hope, that when Jesus comes, 
he will bring her with him. Bro. and sister Saun-
ders are indeed afflicted, as in the death of sister 
Sabra the last of five children is taken from them ; 
and a very remarkable feature in the divine allot-
ment is, that all their children lived to maturity, 
and then died. The circle was first broken in 1853, 
when their son Seth died, aged 23 years. In the 
same year, a married daughter. Sarah A. Fenner, 
died, aged 25 years. Another married daughter, 
Mary E. Chase, aged 24, died in 1856. Emily Jane 
Wells, another daughter, died in 1857, aged 22.-
Then followed the subject of this obituary. During 
this period, two grandchildren have gone with their 
parents. Our brother and sister feel bereft indeed, 
but as all their children died in Christ, they are 
sustained and cheered by the divine assurances that 
their loved ones will be restored in the resurrection 
of the just, when those 
" Will meet again who have loved, 
And their union will be sweet 
At the dear Redeemer's feet, 
When they meet to part no more 
Who have loved." 
L. OSLER. 
Providence, Feb. 12. 
DIED, in this city, of consumption, Dec., 1860, 
after an illness of about eight months, LYDIA B. 
THOMPSON, aged 47 years. 
Sister Thompson gave her heart to God at an ear-
ly age, embracing Christianity when about 17 years 
old. She became interested in the doctrine of the 
pre-millennial advent, some 16 years since, in Cin-
cinnati, 0. She came to this place about nine yrs. 
ago, and immediately identified herself with the 
Advent church here, of which she continued an 
honored member until her death. She leaves four 
children, a father, six brothers, and two sisters. 
Sister Thompson was one of the few who showed 
in her every-day experience, the power of the faith 
she cherished. She walked with God ; she died in 
faith ; her memory is blessed ; and those who live 
and reign with Christ will, I have no doubt, see sis. 
Thompson among the shining throng. May her 
children heed the counsel of a dear and faithful mo- 
ther. �
L. OSLER. 
Providence, Feb. 12. 
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From Dr. J. P. Vaughn, Montreal, Canada. 
Too much cannot be said ofyour Pills for the cure of 
costiveness. If others of our fraternity have found them 
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organ and cum the disease. 
From Mrs. E. Stuart, Physician and Midwife, Boston. 
I find one or two large doses of your Pills, taken at the 
proper time, are excellent promotives of the natural 
secretion when wholly or partially suppressed, and also 
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They are so much the best physic we have that I recom-
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From the Rev. Dr. Hawkes, of the Methodist Epis. Church. 
PULASKI HOUSE, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 0, 1850. 
HONORED SIR: I should be ungrateful for the relief 
your skill has brought me if I did not report my case 
to you. A cold settled in my limbs and brought on ex-
cruciating neuralgic pains, which ended in chronic rheu-
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your Pills. Their effects were slow, but sure. By per-
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SENATE CHAMBER, Baton Rouge, La., 5 Dec., 1855. 
Dn. AYER : I have been entirely cured, by your Pills, 
of Rheumatic Gout-a painful disease that had afflicted 
me for years. 0, �
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HITTEN'S GOLDEN SALVE is a step by way of 
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purposes of a family Salve. It effectually cures piles, 
wounds, bruises, sprains, cuts, chilblains, corns, burns, 
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of a bad case of piles by the use of one box of the Salve. 
Mr. Farrington, a wealthy merchant and manufacturer 
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friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may recommend it from me as a val-
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" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
4.6.101.111MMENI111111 
BOSTON, FEBRUARY 23, 1861. 
VOICE OF THE PROPHETS. The first No. of vol. 2 
is now out. The following are its contents : 
1. Occupy till I come. 2. What is the Scriptural prin-
ciple of Prophetic Interpretation ?. 3. What is the De-
sign of the Second Advent of the Saviour ? 4. The Morn-
ing dawns. 5. The Church Now and Then. 6. The Time 
of Blessedness. 7. The Reunion. 8. A Dialogue between 
an Adventist and Opponent. 9. A Sermon. 10. What 
should we expect? 11. The Life of Trust. 12. Publish-
er's Address to Friends. 13. A Charming Book. 14. Busi-
ness item. 
Six cents single. 50 cents per dozen. Address 
J. V. RIMES, Boston, Mass. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
" FEED MY LAMIIS."—John 21:15. 
the Lord sent on Egypt? 
Ans. " And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and 
smite the dust of the land, that it may be-
come lice throughout all the land of Egypt 
And they did so ; for Aaron stretched out 
his hand with his rod, and smote the dust 
of the earth, and it became lice in man 
and in beast : all the dust of the land be- 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
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Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, " Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE—A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.—It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved—a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved—
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years—cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
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Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have used your 
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Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
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I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis,. 
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REMEDY, for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Phthisic, Inflam-
mation of throat and lungs, &c. We have never known 
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Livermore, Me., Oct. 12, 1859. 
From I. Wight, Augusta, Me. 
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Eld. A. C. Hodgkins being cured with it, of a bad case 
of phthisic and cough, of 15 years' standing, speaks of it 
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is recommended above all other remedies for the Liver 
Complaint, and diseases arising therefrom. 
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The above medicines are purely vegetable, are recom-
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pd to 1023 
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PEARSON'S PATENT-RESPIRATORY COOKING-STOVE.—The 
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in the means by which we accomplish that most desirable 
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tin kitchen before the open fire ; 
2d, The virtues of the Brick oven ; 
3d, The economy of the heat ; 
4th, An arrangement by which we heat the room in 
Winter, and dispense with heating it in Summer. 
Convinced by the working of the Stoves in use, the Pa-
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IS THE ONLY STOVE WHICH COMBINES THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY 
OF COOKING. Patented Oct. 26, 1858. 
Books with diagrams describing the invention, and its 
merits over all other Stoves, sent, on application, to 
JAMES WOLSTENHOLME, 
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(954, pd. to 1025) �
Providence, R. I. 
Dn. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : a great cure for colds and 
coughs. This medicine is highly prized by all who use it, 
for the purposes named. Try it. Price, 37 1-2 cts. 
DR. LITCH'S ANTI-BILIOUS PHYSIC. As a gentle purga-
tive, a corrector of the stomach and liver, and cure for 
common Fever and Fever and Ague, and all the every day 
ills of a family, this medicine is not surpassed. I confi-
dently recommetd it to every family who prize a speedy 
relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland st , 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
127 N. 11th st., Philadelphia. �
No 1010—tf 
came lice through -ut all the land of 
Egypt." Ex. 8:16, 17. 
93. �
Could the magicians bring forth and continue meetings through the week, and perhaps 
longer. �
T. M. Paraina. 
chapel on Kirk st. the last Sabbath in this month (Feb.), 
these? 
Ans. " The magicians did so with their 
enchantments to bring forth lice, but they 
could not : so there were lice upon man, 
and upon beast. Then the magicians said 
unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God : 
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he 
hearkened not unto theM; as the Lord had 
said." Ex. 8:18. 19. �
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God's Estimate of Children. .4141"' 
proof of God's high estimate of them.—
Perhaps nothing could more significantly 
suggest their intrinsic value than the fol- 
wherever society exists, is a conclusive 
lowing doleful stanza of Longfellow : 
The universal prevalence of children, 
February, and stop a number of weeks (the Lord a illing) 
I will preach in Truro, Cape Cod, Sunday the 21th of 
W. M. INGHAM. 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
them— 
G. Higgins, $2. That sent last year was reoeived and 
First, as a model of qualification for ad- paid to No. 1023. This pays to 1075. We receipt only 
mission to the kingdom of heaven, thus: �
in the paper, except when speeially requested. We send 
" Verily I say unto you, except ye be you one with this. 
Thomas Wightman. We put the Herald to clubs, where 
converted, and become as little children, one man will take and be responsible for ten or twenty 
ye �
shall not enter into the kingdom of copies, taking them in his own name, at one dollar and &- 
heaven." Matt. 18:3. �
ty cents a copy, per year. Two persons might take each 
copy jointly between them, and so make the reading of it 
Second, as a standard of dignity in his very cheap. Will you not act as agent to that effect? 
kingdom, thus: 
"Whosoever therefore shall humble �Agents of the Advent Herald. 
himself as this little child, the same is Albany, N. Y ..... .... Wm. Nichols, 185 Lydius-street. 
greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matt. Burrington,towa ..... .. .. ... ...James S. Brandeburg. 
18:4. �
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Bascoe, Hancock County, Illinois.... ...Wm. S. Moore. 
Third, as a test of our regard for him- Bristo, Clin 
l, Vt.. .. .....................D. Bosworth. 
self, thus : �
Cabot, (Lower Branch),) Vt...... .. Dr. M. P. Wallace.
ocwel 
Chazyton
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Co., N.Y �
 
" And whoso shall receive one such lit- Cordova, Rock Island Co., Ill.......... 0. N. Whitford. 
De Kalb Centre, Ill. �
 . .... ....Charles E. Needham. 
tle child in my name receiveth me. But Cincinnati, 0 �
 
Durham, C. E �• �
. D. W. Sornberger. 
. Joseph Wilson. 
Dunham, C. E �
 
whoso shall offend one of these little ones 
which believe in me, it were better for him Derby Line, V t �
J. M. Orrock. 
neck, and that he were drowned in the Richmond, Me �
Thomas Smith. 
S Foster. 
that a millstone were hanged about his Fairhaven,
Ed dingt o n vrate. �
 
And to make this point more emphatic, Lockport, N.y �
Eclm ti.n.jd. 
 LEI Clapp. 
. I. C. Wellcome. 
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Robbins Miller. 
depth of the sea." Matt. 18:5, 6. 
lidamyeer%iNn. BY 
lass �
 
he warns us, thus : �
Johnson's Creek, N.Y �
. R. W. Beck. 
" Take heed that ye despise not one of Morrisville, Pa �
.Hiram Russell. 
these little ones; for I say unto you, That Newburyport, Mass �
 
New York City �
. Elder D. I. Robinson. 
.....John L. Pearson. 
. Wm. Kitson. 
in heaven their angels do always behold Philadelphia, Pa �
 .J. Litch, No. 127 North 11th st. 
the �
face of my Father which is in heav-1 Portland, Me .... �
 .... ........ Alexander Edmund. 
en." Matt. 18:10. �
Anthony Pearce. 
Providence, R. I �
 
Princess Anne, Md �
John V. Pinto. 
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Then he gives assurances of God's con- Rochester,
sale 
Mass 
N.Y . 
 .D.Boody. 
cern for �
m 
ose 
, and gracious purp �
to save �
Chas. H. Berry. 
Springwater, N. Y.. .... .... .... ....S. H. Withington. 
them, thus : �
Shabbonas Grove, De Kalb county, Ill...N. W. Spencer, 
, �
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ther which 
 
is in heaven that one of these 
" Even so it is not the will of your Fa- Somonauk, De Kalb Co., Ill �
 
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St. Albans,Hancock Co., Ill �
 
Stanbridge, C. E �
.Elder I, 
. John Gilbreth. 
, �
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Toronto C. W �
 
little ores should perish." Matt. 18:14. �
Sheboygan Falls, Wis �
William Trowbridge. 
This is followed by a practical illustra- �
Daniel Campbell. 
Waterloo, Shefford, C. E. ..... .... R. Hutchinson, hi .D. 
tion of Christ's estimate of them, and how Worcester, Mass.... .... .... ......Benjamin Emerson. 
significant is it of their importance, and of �
 
their early eligibility to discipleship in his 
kingdom : �
RECEIPTS, 
" Then were there brought unto him �
VP TO TUESDAY, FEB. 19. 
little children, that he should put his hands �
— 
on them, and pray : and the disciples re- The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD to 
buked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little 
which the money credited pays. No. 1023 was the closing 
children, and forbid them not, to come un- 
number of 1860 ; No. 1019 is the Middle of the present 
:oloisuemoef,e1x8te6n1d.inyNtootiJceuly 1, 1861; and No. 1075 is to the 
to tile; for of such is the kingdom of hea- �
of any failure to give due credit, 
ven. And he laid his hands on them.,,_ 
should be at once communicated to the Business Agent. • 
Matt. 19:13-15. �
— 
And in the twenty-first chapter we have Those sending money should remember that we have 
a very forcible and beautiful illustration ofira 
 
the
ansya msubscribers odfi frsemireini ta rs nt aatme es,
s a nt hd ait. 
 theree are tteoswtuh se reef 
their capacity to apprehend, and enjoy,and 'is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
glorify God, thus : �
necessary to give his own name in full, and his Post-office 
" And when the chiefpriests and scribes address — the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is directed. 
saw the wonderful things that he did, and An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives us 
the children crying in the temple, and say- much perplexity. Some forget to give their State, and if 
ing, Hosanna to the Son of David ; they out of New England their County, while some fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
were sore displeased, and said unto him, date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
Nearest thou what these say ? And Jesus town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
different. Some, in writing, give only their initials, when 
with unto them, Yea ; have ye never read, there may be others at the same post-office, with the same 
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings initials. Sometimes, when the paper goes to a given ad- 
thou bast perfected praise ?" �
dress, another person of the same family will write res- 
pecting it, without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
If Godputs such honor on children, name. And sometimes those who write, forget even to sign 
their names ! Let all such remember that what we want, IS 
making them a model, a pattern, an ex- the full name and post-office address of the one to whom the 
ample, a test of character to the church paper is sent. 
and to men, how ought we to prize the As a general thing, it is better for each person to write 
respecting, and to send money himself, for his own paper 
privilege, the responsibility of their care
! �
, than to send by an agent, or any third person, unless such 
their development, their training and how one is more likely to get his own name and post-offiu3 right, 
than another person would be ; that money sent in small 
diligent ought we to be to mould and in- 
 
SaGnmdst,hiastlaestshrpersonis often subjected to postage, merely 
�
likely
id �
to be lost than when sent in larger ones, 
struct their young arid plastic minds, and 
to lead their gentle, docile affections to the to accdmmodate the one who sends. 
loving Saviour. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
REMOVAL. The Advent Mission church in New York 
will hereafter worship in the meeting-house of the Seventh 
day Baptist church on 11th street, between 3d and 4th 
avenues. Preaching by Elder Josiah Litch. The prayer-
ful support and co-operation of all Christians is solicited. 
The Lord permitting, I shall preach at Lowell, in the 
-- French Burr Mill Stones, 
of all sizes, and all kinds of 
mill machinery. No. 23 Water street, Bridgeport, Conn., 
(nearly opposite the R. R. Depot.) Ware rooms No. 12 
Pine street, N. Y. 
"I have visited Bro. Leonard's shop, and examined his 
Mills, and I think them admirably adapted to the uses 
they are designed for. �
J. V. 
995, pd. to 1001. I yr. 
I shall be at Champlain, N. Y, Thursday evening, 28th 
Feb.; at Massena the two first Sundays in March, the 3d 
and 10th. �
M. BATCHELOR. 
The next session of the Western Central quarterly con-
ference will be held in the Bean school house, Mt Vernon, 
Me., about three miles east of the village, to commence 
Thursday, 1 o'clock P. M., Feb. 21st, and continue over 
Sunday. �
I. C. WELLCOME, Scribe. 
Questions about Moses. 
Continued from our last. 
Whom did Pharaoh then call? 
Ans. "Then Pharaoh also called the 
wise men, and the sorcerers: now the ma-
gicians of Egypt, they also did in like 
manner with their enchantments. For �
The Saviour has taken special pains to 
they cast down every man his rod, and put the highest honor on them, designating 
they became serpents : but Aaron's rod 
swallowed up their rods. And he hard-
ened Pharaoh's heart that he hearkened 
not unto them; as the Lord had said." Ex. 
7:11-13. 
Did the Lord bring the children of 
Israel out of Egypt ? 
Ans. " He brought them out, after that 
he had showed wonders at.d signs in the 
land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in 
the wilderness forty years." Ex. 7:36. 
What plague did the Lord then send 
upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh ? 
Ans. "'Phe Lord spake unto Moses,Say 
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out 
thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon 
their streams, upon their rivers, and upon 
their ponds, and upon all their pools of 
water, that they may become blood : and 
that there may be blood throughout all the 
land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, 
and in vessels of stone." Ex. 7:19. 
Did the waters thus turn to blood '? 
Ans. " And Moses and Aaron did so, as 
the Lord commanded; and he lifted up 
the rod and smote the waters that were in 
the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in 
the sight of his servants ; and all the wa-
ters that were in the river were turned into 
blood. And the fish that was in the riv-
er died ; and the river stank, and the Egyp-
tians could not drink of the water of the 
river; and there was blood throughout all 
the land of Egypt." Ex. 7:20, 21. 
83. What did the magicians of Egypt 
then do ? 
Ans. "And the magicians of Egypt did 
so with their enchantments : ani Phara-
oh's heart was hardened, neither did he 
hearken unto them; as the Lord had said. 
And Pharaoh turned and went into his 
house, neither did he set his heart to this 
also." Ex. 7:22, 3. 
What was the next plague that the 
Lord sent upon Egypt 
Ans. "The Lord spake unto Moses,Say 
unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with 
thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, 
and over the ponds, and cause frogs to 
come up upon the land of Egypt. And 
Aaron stretched out his hand over the wa-
ters of Egypt; and the frogs came up,and 
covered the land of Egypt. And the ma-
gicians did so with their enchantments, 
and brought up frogs upon the land of 
Egypt." Ex. 8:5-7. 
What effect did the frogs have upon 
Pharaoh ? 
Ans. " Then Pharaoh called for Moses 
and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord 
that he may take away the frogs from me, 
and from my people : and I will let the 
people go, that they may do sacrifice unto 
the Lord." Ex. 8:8. 
What did Pharaoh do when the 
frogs had disappeared ? 
Ans. " When Pharaoh saw that there 
was respite, he hardened his heart, and 
hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had 
sa-d." Ex. 8:15. 
What was the third plague that 
" Ah ! what would the world be to us, 
If the children were no more ? 
We should dread the desert behind us 
Worse than the dark before r, 
The Lord willing, I shall try to fulfil the request of 
brethren in South Waterford, Me., to preach there Sun-
day, March 3d, and several evenings following ; at East 
Stoneham on Friday and Saturday evenings, and Sunday, 
March 8th, 9th and 10th. I will also preach in South 
Paris on the evening of March 1st, if brethren will pro-
vide a place and appoint. 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
Richmond, Me., Feb. 5 1861. 
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