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— THE ADVENT HERALD, NOVEMBER 19, 1873. 
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the will of God. Her remains were in-
terred in the family burial lot in the vil-
lage of her nativity, (Auburn, Ps.,) upon 
the banks of the beautiful Schuylkill, 
waiting the morning of the "first resur-
tion," when shall be heard the exclama-
non : "0 death 1-where is thy sting? 
grave ! where is thy victory?" Rev. 
Mr. Mixel improved the occasion of her 
burial, by remarks on Job 14 : 14, " If 
-I man die, shall he live again ?" May 
-,lod comfort and save the bereaved hus-
band and parents in that day when he 
aames "to 'make up his jewels." And 
!low, Lizzie, we bid thee farewell. "Green 
be -the turf above thee ; may violets 
bloom and flourish around thy grave, and 
the last rays of evening's sunlight linger 
1,nd play near. the spot:" 
"Thou shalt sleep, but not forever, 
There will be a glorious dawn; 
We shall meet to part, no never I 
On the resurrection morn I 
From the deepest cave of ocean, 
From the desert and the plain, 
'From the valley and the mountain, 
Countless throngs shall rise again. 
"Thou shalt sleep, but no.t forever, 
In the lone and srent grave ; 
Blessed be the Lord that taketh, 
Blessed be the Lord that gave. 
In the brigh etelnal city, 
Death can never, never come I 
In his own good time he'll call us 
From our rest to Home, sweet Home?' 
JOHN G. BOBS. 
6rtzerat 
the price to *3.00 per annum. We like 
its appearance. It is one of our best ex-
changes, and we wish it much success in 
its "new departure." John Young, 114 
Nassau street, New York, is the pub-
lisher. 
4Sorropondente. 
-"Then they that feared the Lord spake often on.-
to another ; and the Lord hearkened and heard it, 
and a book of remembrance was written before him 
for them that feared the Lord, and that thought 
upon his name." 
LETTER PROM ELDER ALDRED. 
prey to Satan. The creature mar or- 
getting to draw supplies of s gth 
and wisdom from God's storels 
 
gradually led by the artful adv, 
 ry !sa-
to the depths where he is soo -so corn- 
pletely enveloped a o be u e to_find 
Him who alone ean ke amn 
and clear, and hence many 'become lost 
4ritriestte- -Ittlaatalitttlas.aof scientific 
research, °rill. to live . and die in the 
blackness sor4ofairritd infidelity. Let 
us stand on the platform of the gospel, 
with the Holy Spirit as the agent of 
spiritual enlightenment, and if a truth 
from the. zeNalua.,44-sgilluae.cau.hulauaght 
in and readily assigned its position, cor-
roboaatfit(e)of/Divine revelation, let Its 
give it due weight, if not, let us at once 
conclude that it/is simply a product of 
,htiman wisdom, and have nought to do 
with it. It is only the gigantic minds 
that can read the voice of God. in nature 
in harmony with the -Word; and those 
so firmly rooted 'and grounded in faith 
as to relyirnplieitly upon the Divine arm, 
are the only ones who can With safety 
attempt. it. We praise Thee,. 0 God, 
for thine unerring word! -Give us grace 
that will enable us humbly to follow it ; 
and in eternity, when mystery is swept 
away, we will praise thee in a nobler, 
sweeter 'strain. A. L. BRAND. 
shrine. His successor of the present 
time is taken without jolt, worry or fa-
tigue to the shrine of the Sacred Heart! 
The doctor stated also that arrangements 
had been made with the sanction of the 
Pope so that pilgrimages to Paray-leMo-
nial could be made by proxy. Those who 
were too lazy, or too much ocCupied with 
business, or were too ill to go in person, 
could send, at their own expense, sub-
stitutes. He did not doubt but that 
many- would like the trip could they be 
furnished with the means of liberal ex-
penditure: and an easy conveyance to and 
from the Shrine of Marie. 
"The imposition of the thing and 
the arts-:of-the Roman Catholic Church 
were exposed lucidly and fearlessly. He 
warned his hearers not to touch her, for 
her touch was. death. 
They should all 
betake themselves to the Word of God 
and seek to worship Him in spirit and in 
truth. The discourse, which lasted an 
hour, was very impressive throughout. 
By walking and riding through the heart 
of the Metropolis some three miles, we 
reached our home at ten o'clock, feeling 
that we had profitably employed our 
Sabbath evening." 
rich oil, ani where once stood one of 
the magnificent cities of the world, 
arrow growing crops of barley, waving 
atiaiaigh as the shoulders of a man. This 
Ailino• up has all been accomplished 
since the destruction and removal of the 
ruins of the Temple of Diana, for very 
few remnants of the temple are found 
beneath the surface. Probably this four-
teen feet of soil has been deposited 
within fourteen or fifteen centuries. 
"As you look from Mount Fryone 
upon the smiling fields below and around 
you, you can scarcely b4 persuadedtthat 
here once existed a thriving and popu-
lous city, renowned for its opulence and 
magn1ficenct,::adorne4 terriples; gym- 
nasia, and theatres which were the won-
der of the world. 
/Vo sign of life now 
appears over the whole scene except one 
sheepfold in the base of an ancient tem-
ple. 
You ask yourself, Why should 
Smyrna and Athens exist to this day, 
while Ephesus is buried in ruins? Did 
she merit and receive the curse of the 
Apocalypse—' I will come unto thee 
quickly, and will remove thy candlestick 
out of his place, except thou repent?'" 
-IS: •••••- 
RENEW—RENEW. 
WANTED. 
Centre -County Carfikneeting—Snowshoe 
Church—Kylertown—Revival at Ear- 
thaws—Baptism. 
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Dear Bro. Orrock :—According to the 
recommendation of Conference and the 
desire of -the brethren, I moved to Cen-
tre County, and have been laboring here 
by the help of the Lord ever since. 
The few members of the. Snowshoe 
Church had been long wrestling with the 
Lord in prayer arid the Lord heard their 
cry, and at the Centre County Camp-
meeting among the number who soug,ht 
the Saviour Were eight souls from the 
vicinity of Snowshoe:, So the church 
received that accession to its little band 
and, praise the Lord! there are no drones 
among them—they are All workers for 
Jesus. 
On the Sabbath following the above 
meeting, I preached in Snowshoe, and at 
the Ordinary 'Sabbath services six pre-
cious ones gave their hearts to the Lord 
and found peace; among them' was a 
young woman who had been a member 
of the Presbyterian Church for several 
years, but had never known time Master; 
another was a member of the Roman 
Catholic Church, but the light of truth 
burst in upon her mind and she boldly 
came forward, accepted the offers of the 
Gospel, and now rejoices in hope. 
I held a meeting for one week at Ky-
lertown Church. The attendance and 
attention to the word were good, and 
one prodigal returned to his 'Father. I 
expect to hold a protracted meeting there 
next month. 
I have held a meeting at Karthaws, 
which, • by the blessing of the Lord,. re-
stilted in the conversion of thirteen souls. 
The inhabitants of that region Say that 
the congregatiOns were the largest that 
have ever been gathered in that place, 
and the attention to the word was good, 
and numbers who knew nothing of the 
Advent faith drank in its precious •truth 
and confessed they saw the light. My 
prayer for them is, that they may give 
their hearts to the Saviour and rejoice in 
the hope of his coming. I had the pleas-
ure of administering the ordinance of 
Christian bapthrin on Sabbath last to 
twelve candidates. 
After morning service am Karthaws we 
repaired to the Susquehanna River and 
there in the presence of a large concourse 
of people, they were " buried " with 
Christ in baptism, and although the 
weather was chilly, their hearts were so 
warm with. love that joy and happiness 
were seen in their bright faces. May 
they continue to be thus obedient in all 
things, and at last be hailed as faithful 
servants. - 
I am thankful to the blessed Saviour 
for what has been done ; but while I re-
joice to known' that good has been ac-
coMplished. I feel sad When I think of 
those professing to be the children of 
God, who reject the words of truth and 
As, the subscription of many of our 
 
 subscribers expires next month and they 
he-Admit Xitrald• doubtless intend to renew about the first 
Hundreds of new subscribers ought to 
be entered on our list within a few weeks, 
and we think it might be done if preach-
ers and people took hold of the matter 
as they should. The best time to get 
subscribers is within the next two or 
three months, as many subscriptions ex-
pire with the year, and people will be 
looking about them to see what paper 
they had better take for a year to come. 
Will you not show your neighbors ours 
and present its claims kindly and fairly? 
Don't delay in the matter till it is too 
late, but begin at once. 
 
 of the year; we would suggest to those 
9f,.:§4,eripture which commend the use of 
wine, and also others which condemn it 
—seemingly contradictory to each other, 
make it important to distinguish between 
the several different kinds. He thought 
it reasonable to suppose that where the 
use of wine was spoken of approvingly, 
it was the unfermented wine that was 
meant, and where it Was condemned, the 
rermented was to be understood. 
In the text he thought it most likely 
that mixed wine was intended, or per-
haps the unfermented ; at any rate Tim-
othy WaS So strictly abstemious in regard 
to the use of it, that it needed an apos-
tolic injunction to induce him to use 
even "a- little" as a medicine ; this be-
ing the case, the'advocates of the use Of 
wine could get no sanction from the 
passage for its use as a beverage. 
The institution, of the Lord's Supper 
was alluded to, where it is understood 
that wine was used as a symbol of His 
blood, though the word " wine " is not 
used in the account—in one instance it is 
Called "the fruit- of the vine," andAn 
another merely "the cup." Most likely 
it was the unfermented wine, as it was 
that which the Jews were in the habit of 
using at the passover with the unleaven-
ed bread, and also in that state it was a 
more fitting emblem of His blood, which 
saw no corruption. He thought too, 
that Christ would not have chosen an 
article for so holy a purpose, which, in 
many cases was so dangereas to use ; 
such a.s in the cases of reformed inebri-
ates, where it often occurs that the taste 
of alcoholic wines would revive in them 
their old desire for strong drink, which 
was very likely to prove uncontrollable, 
and which would lead them to a condi-
tion that would exclude them from the 
society of the good on' earth, and from 
the hopes of being admitted into the 
company of the blessed in heaven, as 
the Scriptures declare, "nor drunkards 
. . . shall inherit- the kingdom of God." 
In concluding he hoped the churches 
would 'get -in the habit of providing for 
themselves unfermented wines for the 
holy ordinance, so that they may be sure 
that they, in this particular, may not put 
" an occasion to: fall in [their]. brother's 
way." 
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY. 
BOSTON, \V RDNESDAY. Nov. 19, 187.3. of them who can, that they do it imme- 
 
-a 
 diately. ,This would not only furnish us 
with money which we greatly need at 
The present .time, but would render it 
easier for us in the business department 
—as the rush of letters in January and 
February always crowds us. Why not 
divide the work a little by giving us an 
opportunity to cko part of it before the 
next volume commences? 
BACK AGAIN. 
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ORIENTAL REMINISCENCES. 
REMINISCENCES. 
Our " vacation". is over, and we are 
once more in the editorial chair. The 
relief from office duties, though only 
partial, has been greatly enjoyed. We 
are specially grateful to Bro. Pearson for 
the assistance he has rendered. If any 
have failed to read what he has written 
on "Rome—Pagan and Papal," we hope 
they will yet do it. With pen in hand 
"FAITH OP ARRA/IA.1NT AND OP 
CHRIST." 
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we will now try to speak of a few things A few weeks since we had a call from 
in which all ought to feel interested. the "returned missionary," whose arti- 
cies on " Baalbec and the' Cedars" re- 
A SPECIAL FAVOR cently appeared in our columns. He left 
with us for Use, if acceptable, some arti- 
'"' Owing to a mistake at the paper ware- des from his pen which have been pub- 
wee-lc-we found we had not ' 
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hshed n different papers within a few 
our usual •nuriber of papers when we years past. On looking them over we 
came to mail the edition ;—consequently find several which we conclude to .give 
number-of
' 
 our subscribers did not re - 
under thwbove caption. The one this 
 
Heroltt 
We: Would be greatly - • 
week is from the Tract Journal :— 
dbligOd if those of our subscribers who 
can Spare that number (November 12th) 
would return it to us by inail,'after they 
have' fiiniShed reading it. If they So -de-
sire and Will infOrtif us, we will send them 
in return a copy Of May 28, containing 
" The -Zlillerite ascat*rlifilets- that edi-- 
NEW SUBSCRIBERS. 
leads us to the conclusion that in ,ottr 
great weakness we must go to God, lean 
upon him, rely Upon him, and reject'-ev-
erything as untrue that conflicts with his 
revelation-, regardless of its source And 
yet we find men and women of talent 
and education, possessing a disposition 
to rationalize and philosophize upon sirtis 
ply imaginary facts, which being refuted 
. by the divine revelation, sink into de-
testable falsehoods. The most lamenta-
ble feature connected with this is, that as 
the natural mind seizes with avidity any-
thing and everything which assumes to 
controvert Casidressrasealsi,tion 
his authority, these leading _minds readi-
ly gain oontro1(oVA thc itakv. ,Xfoi. 
are professed Christian teachers exempt 
from this snare. It is a Sad truth which 
justifies us in 'saying that sretyf iriaarty -kiln') 
by virtue a position and-obligations 
should be teachers of true wiadomdonly, 
are giving attention to that which is .of 
the earth. 
I attended a Sabbath SehooKoiiven-
non at Carlisle, Pa.,-recently, and. While 
there 'listened to an address delivered by 
one who was called a Sabbath school 
worker, on the proper methods to be em-
ployed in order to retain the'olderminds 
in attendance at our Sabbath schools. 
His positions were : 1. That all thinking 
minds withdraw from ,the Sabbath. Schools 
because they fail to ireeeive the food that 
they require. • •2. In Order to sairiply suela 
food, teachers must go out into the: as 
--field of philosophical research and 7bring 
it in. 
The error here is apparent. It is not 
the thinkers that have vacant seats in 
Sabbath- school or in the house of God. 
It is the unthinking. It is not the 
thoughtful one who accepts- error :and 
clings to it with tenacious -gracip4'but the 
one who, in the litistle and tit-malt' ,of - 
life does not pause for refleetion.,! If 
you see a person running after an object 
that you know lies in exactly the oppo-
aite'direetion, and you wish ta`do him• a 
favor, you first try to arrest hi' -atten-
tion, then get him to stop, and next tell 
him that he is 'going the 'WrOtig at,tly,-
giVe him- the -evi leriee of it, and get him 
to give the matter 'clue thought. If 
you succeed in this, thought will gener-
ally be the basis • of reason, and ' reason 
of action. The man will tarn about and 
go in the right direetibta The great' 
difficulty lies in getting people; young-of 
old, to think. Grid says to mankind, 
"Come and let us reasbn together," is-a. 
1 : 18. That word "come "' is designed 
to secure attention. If -that is not given 
how can they-" reason"? All mankind 
are running after happiness,—the . great 
majority in the wrong direction. Get 
them to stop, think and reason, and they 
will almost invariably retrace, seeking 
where only true happiness can be found. 
But how is the attention to be arrest-
ed and thought cultivated? - Surely not 
by would-be-teachers trying to accumu-
late a vast store of Worldly knowledge' 
and using it as a reflector to reflect their 
own image, to the anneyance and detri-
ment of the class. One fruitful source of 
declension in our churches' is discernible' 
in the fact that too often those members 
to whom God has given an unusual gift 
of language, make the church a place-of 
oratorical display, bringing self promi-_, 
nently to view, hiding Christ and the-_, 
graces of the gospel to the mortificatIon - 
and 'disgust of those . feeble 'ones -Who 
feel themselves thrown into the back-
ground. The result is, that gradually 
the feeble ones drop off. In like Manner 
Sabbath school classes are depleted. Let 
us take Jesus as a model teacher, and 
Paul next. -‘ As far AB tbey'tiittg_ht.tLysi-
cal seience, Al .. as. tea • it4 but where 
they taught go'SlijI 'ir'' I; 'HT purity and 
rillh 
simplicity, let us follow in their steps. 
Paul declared Christ "had' sent the to 
preach the gospel, not with wisdom 
of words, lest the croks of Christ shOuld 
be made of none effect." 1 Cor„ 1,: 17. 
" I came not with excellency of speech 
or of WiiiNit0' 214-fAirtiliYeMe'' linlf my 
preaching wa4'iii-l-WriAaiiiicing words' 
of man's wisdom, but in demonstration 
of the Spirit and of power, that your 
faith should not stand in the Wisdom of 
men, but in tiw power of God. ' 'How,-
beit we speak .wisdom among them that 
are perfect; yet not the wisdom of this 
world nor of the princes of this world 
that come to naught ; but we speak the 
wisdom of God." 1 Cor. 2 : 177. . Paul 
termed his Corinthian brethren " babes 
in Christ" ; regulating their food ac- 
cordingly, he. fed them with milk, for 
they were unable to bear meat, 1 Cor, 3 : 
1, 2. The vast majority. of professors 
are only babes to-day. When they ought-
to be teachers, they have need that one 
teach them the first principles of the 
oracles of God. Heb. 5 : 12. This be-
ing the case, why try incessantly to 
gorge the stomachs, of babes:iWith food 
suitable only for those of full age? Is 
not the land full enough of spiritual dys- 
peptics? Let us _simplify—let us Come 
right down to "the sincere milk of the 
word," that 'both teacher and pupil may 
grow :thereby. 1 Peter 2 : 2. Christ 
commands us to feed his lambs. He 
does not require us to supply the food, 
only as we receive it from hint. The 
Bible is a rich storehouse, containing 
food both for old and young. Let us 
draw from its precious depths in such a 
manner as to be abie ..t-O' give ‘unto all 
their proper portion in .due season, and 
the Holy Spirit .will pyepare the mind' to ' 
, . 
receive and properly assimil,te the nom:-
ishment. To lead the lambs of God out 
into the broad field of scientiO research' 
is to lead them out of the fold into a re-
mote wilderness, abounding with vora-
cious wolves. The vast, field opened in 
any. department of, jscience has proved_ 
too deep for its most profound studentS. 
Lives have been spent only to •wring 
from dying lips the confession, "the half 
has not been told me." The weakness 
NO. I. 
For two dollars we will send the Re-raid 
to a new subscriber from the time the 
subscription is received -till Jan.. 1, 1875, 
the Lord willing. : This will give him a 
few extra numbers of the present volume 
free. 
DR. CUMMING ON PILGRIMAGES. 
This work of the Rev. FIenry Dana 
Ward, M. A., ought to be much more 
extensively circulated than it is. We 
think it his best. To encourage its pub-
lication the A. M. Association agreed to 
take two hundred copis. None of them 
ought to be allowed to remain long on 
our hands. It will aid us, encourage the 
author, and benefit the purchaser to have 
them sold. The venerable author has 
been in Boston and vicinity for two or 
three weeks past, doing what be can in 
his own way to disseminate a knowledge 
of the kingdom of God and to interest 
the clergy especially in this great theme. 
Though "the days of the years of his 
pilgrimage" are more than "three-score 
years and ten," yet does not his zeal 
abate nor his hope grow dim.- 
We send the book by mail, post-paid, 
for $1.75. 
A NEW TRACT. 
"A WEED IN THE SERMON," is the 
title of a four-page tract recently issued. 
It ought to go into the hands of church-
members and ministers everywhere who 
are indulging in th.e use of tobacco. A 
-brother in Pennsylvania ordered 500 of 
-them for distribution in his section. 
'Who will imitate his example? Price, 
postpaid, 50 cents a hundred. 
REV. MR. SPURGEON'S church employs 
18 colporteurs to visit, conduct Bible 
classes, and sell religious books. In 
1872 they Sold over $6,000 worth. 
PROTESTANTISM AT ROME.—At Rome 
Protestantism now numbers more than 
forty chapels or places of worship, open 
every Sunday and several times a -week. 
A Scripture-readers' Association has just 
been formed for reading the Bible from 
house to house. Formerly, in the city 
of the Pope, one could do no more than 
give the Bible; now it is sold, at a very 
low price certainly, but enough to prove 
that those who buy it have the desire 
and intention of reading it.—La Se-
maine Religieuse. 
- CONSCIENCE MONEY.—An Ohio paper 
relates that about seventeen years ago a 
young boy, residing in Wood county, 
took a black cat-skin front which the 
original tail of the eat had been remov-
ed, and a mink's tail nicely sewed on in-
stead, and sold it to a certain buyer of 
furs, not. many miles from Grand Rapids, 
for $1:25. It Was done as a practical. 
joke ; but the boy kept the money, 
grew to be a prosperous business man, 
joined a church, but his conscience up-
braided him so much that a few days 
ago the ex-fur dealer received a note in-
closing $3.70, principal and.„ interest. 
The joke is now on the fur-dea4r, as he 
put the cat-skin among a lot of mink-
skins and sold it for t3. As he cannot 
now find the purchaser, he proposes to 
contribute the money to some benevo-
lent purpose. 
Of the 258 patients admitted at the 
Binghampton Inebriate Asylum, in 1872, 
128 had received a Common sch000l edu-
cation, 90 an academical, and 31 a col-
legiate; 122 had intemperate parents, 
and 15.6 had been Constant drinkers ; 
237 had smoked or chewed tobacco, 
only 12 not having used tobacco in any 
shape ; 46 were -book-keepers and clerks, 
17 lawyers, 62 merchants, and 5-clergy-
men. Rev. S. W. Bush, chaplain of the 
Asylum, speaks discouragingly of the 
treatment of tipplers as a means of per-
manent reform. 
The Publisher's' Weekly says : "All 
 
the books of the late Dr. John Todd, D. 
D., thirty in number, have been repub-
lished in England, and some of them 
have seen the light in eight different: 
languages. The 'Lectures to Children,' 
a work almost unequalled in its close 
sympathy with children, has been trans-
lated into French, German, Greek, Dutch, 
and Tamil, and has passed through sev-
eral editions in Great Britain. His 
'Student's Manual' sold in England to 
the extent of some two hundred thou-
sand copies, and its circulation in this 
country has been -probably larger yet. 
Two French translations have been 
made of it, and its aggregate circulation 
is said to have been larger than any 
book by an American author, with the 
single exception of Webster's Spelling 
Book." 
THERE are more than- 900 Young 
Men's Christian Associations in this 
country, with a membership of more 
than 150,000 active and aggressive young 
men. They hold an aggregate of real 
property valued at about $2,000,000. 
THE Religious Herald assures us that 
the "confessional" is already established 
in most of the Protestant eharches in 
that neighborhood. They "are quite 
inclined to confess to their minis-tens the 
faults of other people, but, have not 
usually much to say about their own." 
UNITED IN CHRIST. 
ELDER JAMES A. -ALDRED'S Post-office 
address is now Moshannon, Centre Co., 
Pa., and we shall be pleased to have him 
act as agent for the Herald wherever be I turn away their oars unto fables, suffer-
may go. 
ing themselves to be deceived by the 
"good words and fair speeches of men" 
instead of taking the sure word of God 
to guide them in the way of life. The 
cry of peace and safety " is in much 
favor in this region, as in others; and a 
false feeling of security exists in the 
minds of those who should be alarmed. 
Flow needful then that (it'd', servants 
"ery aloud and spare not," but lift up 
their voices like a trumpet and show pro-
fessing Israel their transgressions and 
danger! Yours as ever waiting for Jesus. 
J. A. ALDRED. 
Moshannon. Pa., Oct. 29th. 
InEarzEns of the second century thus 
looks lovingly and Scripturally toward 
the day of "the, resurrection of the 
just," when the saved of all nations shall 
be gathered into the kingdom of God:— 
"It was not merely for those who be- 
lieved on Him in the time of Tiberius 
Cwsar that Christ came, nor did the Fa-
ther exercise his providence for the men 
only who are now alive, but for all men 
altogether, who from the beginning, ac., 
cording to their capacity, in their gener-
ation have both feared and loved God, 
and practised justice and piety towards 
their neighbors; and have earnestly de-
sired to see- Christ and to hear his voice. 
Wherefore he shall, .at his seqood cominy,' 
first rouse from their sleep all persons of 
this description, and shall ,raise them up, 
(as well as the rest who shall be judged) 
and give them a place in his kingdorn. 
For it is truly 'one God who' directed 
the patriarchatowards.His dispensations, 
and 'has justified the circumcision by 
faith, and the uncircumcision through 
faith.'"— Writings of Trenceus, Vol. 
p. 455. 
The idea that the "secend coming" of 
Christ was already in the past—that it 
took place at the destruction of 1Terusa-
lem, A. D. 70—never seems to have_en-
tered the mind of this ,Christian Father. 
It is now taught by many, but properly 
belongs to the " fable*" of the "last 
days" (2 Tim. 4 : 1-3). 
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THE BLIND DISCIPLE. 
"While a resident, a few years ago, 
in Western Asia, I knew a Christian 
Arab, of' whose example, as one full of 
important suggestion, it has been a pleas-
tion should be exhausted ; in which case I tire often to think sin-e my return to my 
we shall have to Send some other back native shores. He was an old man, fee- 
number. 
ble and tottering with years, totally 
blind, and very poor. I know not wheth-
er he yet lives. But, for a long series of 
years, he devoted his time and strength 
to the cause of his Redeemer with an ar-
dor which, in his circumstances, seemed 
almost sublime. In addition to the 
charge of--a school, of from twenty to 
thirty youth, -in his humble dwelling, 
where, with the assistance of his son, he 
long taught and preached the Lord Je-
sus Christ, he was greatly interested in 
the distribution of the- Holy Scriptures 
and. religious tracts. Blind though -he 
was, he lomed to load his donkey with 
the preeicius- burden, and, procuring a 
little boy to lead him, go forth on: foot 
from village to Village, on the slopes and 
in the valleys i of .the -goodly Lebanon, 
spreading the -light of life among his be-
nighted Countrymen.---4:ighteen years 
ago he was old, and said he 'must 'work 
fast' in order to redeem the time.-'L-But 
year after year he still toiled -on, as 
though he intended, never- to -lay aside 
'his work till,he laid down his life. Poor 
old 'blind -man ! 'most men would exclaim 
on seeing him slowly wending -his way 
on- his ,errands of Mercy. But .it were 
well if we were all-- as rich as he,—as rich 
in,faithotnd, love,- gmd, good works, and 
as likely-to reap the rewards of faithful 
effort ti) turn sinners. from 'the error of 
their -way, and aave' souls from death. 
-" What an amount Of good can be ac-
complished by the humblest instruments, 
.when the heart is right! And what a 
rebuke is such an example to the multi-
tildes in lands more highly favored, who 
THE CANDLESTICK REMOVED. content themselves-with doing nothing, 
because they are so unlearned, so poor, 
Obituarg. 
"The Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and 
with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall 
rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall 
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to 
meet the Lord in the air ; and so shall we ever be 
with the Lord, Wherefore comfort one another 
with these words. 
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THE -ECLECTIC for November is espe-
cially strong in biographical sketches. 
Articles on 'Johann Friedrich' ..Schiller, 
John Milton; Madame de Maintenon and 
the last years of Louis XIV., John G.. 
Whittier, 'and "How the Stabat Mater: 
-was Written," come under this head.' A' 
fine steel-plate-engraving of WHITTIER 
adorns the -frontispiece. In-science-there 
are papers on "Finding the Way to the 
Sea,"," Physical Education," and "The 
Ringed Planet;" and of Miscellaneous 
articles a -good'. assortment. Sometimes 
an article containing, sentiments ,which 
appear to us to be .opposed to the obvi, 
 
Ons teaching of *Scripture gets into this 
serial, yet on 'the whole it is managed 
with ability and contains much good' 
reading. 
-Published by E. R. Pelton, 108 Fulton 
-Street, New York. Terms a year; 
THE CONFLI TT BETWEEN CHURCH 
AND STATE IN GERIXANY. 
between 
duel 
The 
the 
Bismarck and 
Romanism and the Revelation are 
fields in which Dr. Cumming of the N-a
tional Scotch Church, Crown Court, Lon- 
don, is so accustomed to travel, that we 
could hardly expect the recent Papal 
manifestations of interest in " pilgrim-
ages " to escape his notice,—nor have 
they done so. A correspondent of the 
Sabbath Recorder, writing from London 
Sept. 18th, thus refers to one of his late 
efforts 
"The evening of the 12th instant, self 
and wife improved, by a walk to London 
Bridge, and a ride on a penny boat to 
Waterloo Bridge, and thence by a few 
short turns we soon arrived at Crown 
Court Chapel, Covent Garden, where Dr. 
Gumming was to lecture on Pilgrimages,' 
—a subject stiggested by the notoriety of 
the recent English RoMan Catholic pil-
grimage to Paray-le Monial in France. 
"The ushal religious services of read-
ing the Scriptures, prayer and singing 
preceded the lecture—sermon. The au-
dience must have numbered two thou-
sand, for the chapel was crowded in eve-
ry part. The Doctor is a very pleasant 
talker and as such excels in interesting 
his audience. 
"The word pilgrim, he said, occurs in 
the New Testament only twice, Heb. 11 : 
13 and' / Pet. 2 : 11, and in the original, 
(as they are found, are respectively, jaw.-
aypithimi and paraypithimoos,) signifies 
a sojourner in a strange or foreign coun-
try. The word pilgrion did not signify 
traveling from home to visit foreign parts, 
but the being in and dwelling in a strange 
land. 
"The attraction to Paray-le 1VIonial is 
founded upon a miracle said to have been 
performed 200 years ago npon a poor, 
ignorant, nervous, sickly girl, whose 
name was Marie Marguerite Alacoque. 
The Lord Jesus had appeared to her, had 
taken his heart out of his body and placed 
it in her body : then he had taken both 
hearts from her bpdy, and put them into 
his own body, and finally had given back 
to Marie her' own heart; hence the name 
of the Shrine at Paray-le Monial of the 
Sacred Heart. 
"Now this pretended phenomenon is 
so unlike the miracles recorded in the 
New Testament, so out of all consonance 
with nature, and being attested to by 
Marie only, it is really wonderful how 
sensible and educated people can, for a 
moment, give it the least credence. Pope 
Clement IV., a hundred years ago, con-
demned it as false and 'discouraged pil- 
grimages thereto, but Pope Pius IX. 
earnestly recommends these pilgrimage 
and gives credence to the story of the 
apparition. What kind of infallibility 
that was which resulted from the con-
tradiction of two infallibles he would not 
Olen say. The pilgrims; 600 strong, 
were described as being well clad, well 
fed, and specially cared for in going and 
returning. Indeed, the comforts of the 
journey were in striking contrast to the 
life of the pilgrims of the middle ages. 
The present Duke of Norfolk had made 
every arrangement for the comfort of 
the travelers, which included precautions- 
against annoyances at railway stations. 
But--what a cOntrast L the Duke and 
Duchess of Norfolk cf 400 years ago 
walked three Allies barefoot to a certain 
The Christian church in Ephesils was so old, so weak, iii circumstances SO 1111- 
,ymbolized in John's'visiOn by a golden liiiikfribie '. 
' r.. T." 
:andlestick or lampstand (Rev. 1 : 10-
2,0). 
•It was a church of renown in.the 
apostolic age, and to it two inspired 
.pistles were addressed-'-One by Paul and 
the other by John (Rev. 2 : 1-7). Henry 
Day, Esq., a New York lawyer, in - a 
;etter to the Observer, thus speaks of. 
Ale city : 
"Ephesus is situated about fifty miles 
from Smyrna, on the Cassaba Railroad. 
41'ou are able to go there and back in a 
lay, and accomplish in one day what 
ordinarily in this country requires a 
Week. The route is beautiful, winding 
along down green valleys between the 
mountains, the, scenery, being Very much 
like tie 
Of ' e Erie Railroad in Sullivan 
cotatity; V.'1 • ‘. 'Every'' traveller should, 
if possible, visit Ephesas, for i,t, was 
once a mighty city, a chief mart of Asia, 
famed for its colossal Temple of Diana, 
„ha as one of Abe, 'seven Churches of 
Asia:' ft . is fragrant wth the beloved 
names of Paul and John, who labored 
here. Here Timothy and Luke lived 
and died. Here, 'too, we remember the 
label's of A polies, Tyehicus, Trophinme, 
Acodlla, ancl..Priscilla. Though not (,-. 
house remains or living being inhabits. 
this once renowned city, yet we . dafght-
to see where such men lived and died, 
and where A Christian church once stood 
. . 
worthy to receive that glorious Epistle 
OrPard 0 the EphesianS: .. -.. . ' ..... . . ... . 
"The Whole vast plain of Ephesus has 
been silted upon and filled up • to the 
of the human mind makes it an easy I depth of twelve or fourteen feet with 
Church goes on without relenting on 
either side. Both parties are obstinate, 
though at present the German statesman 
is master of the field. To place the facts 
clearly before our readers, it may be well 
to review the events of the struggle thus 
far. The first great measure of the 
Empire in the protection of its sovereign-
ty, the expulsion of the Jesuits and kin-
dred bodies, is now well known. The act 
is not without precedent, for the Jesuits 
have been frequently expelled from the 
States of Europe. The Catholic hierarchy 
have universally taken up the cause of 
their Jesuit brethren ; they, are regarded 
as martyrs for the sake of the Church. 
We are indebted to a friend for a 
copy of the Champlain Journal of Oct. 
4th, containing the following notice of 
a sermon- on a question which needs to 
be understood in these days, when the 
warning words of Christ in Luke 21; 
34 are specially applicable :— 
The Rev. D. T. Taylor of Rouses' Point, 
N. Y., prtached in the Presbyterian 
Church in Champlain last Sunday, and 
in the evening announced as his subject-
the "Wine Question," taking as a text 
1 Tim. 5 : 23, "Drink no longer water, 
but use a little wine for thy stomach's 
sake and thine often infirmities." 
He alluded to the fact that wine was 
a generic term, and included different 
kinds, and of those mentioned in the 
13ible, he named the "sweet wine," the 
"mixed wine," "wine upon the lees, 
well refined," &e. The " sweet wine" 
swas the unfermented juice of grapes, 
the "mixed wine" was that which was 
mingled with water, and " refilled wine" 
was undoubtedly the fermented article. 
Wine was often used as a figure in 
the Scriptures, as "the wine of the 
wrath of God," where it meant God's 
heavy judgments, and also as an emblem 
of wealth and plenty ; but from such 
bases no argument could be drawn re-
lative to its common use as a beverage. 
The fact that there Ore some passages 
GREGG. 
Fell asleep in Jesus, Oct. 30th, 1873, 
Lizzie L. Gregg, wife of Henry Gregg, 
and daughte- of David and Rebecca 
Hay, aged 19 years and 9 months. 
Lizzie gave her heart to Jesus about 
four years ago, at a protracted meeting 
held in one of the churches of her native 
village, since which time she tried to 
adorn the faith of Jesus. From that 
time until she removed with her family 
to the city of Reading, it was my privi-
lege to meet with her week after week 
in the social service of prayer and praise, 
and to take sweet counsel together upon 
things concerning the kingdom of God. 
Nothing seemed to give her. so much 
pleasure as to bear the testimony of bet-
brethren and sisters upon the way of sal-
vation. In the family circle she loved 
to sing the "songs of ZiOn." Always 
rendering obedience to her parents and 
affection to her husband, her life seemed 
to be made up of deeds of kindness rath-
er than empty words. Like the chords 
of a well-tuned intitrurnent, they were 
arranged in that beautiful proportion that 
defies a discord. 
On the Tuesday evening previous to 
her death we visited her and found her 
very ill but calmly composed ; and to 
our counsel, " Lizzie, trust in Jesus," 
two copies, _k49. Single number, 45 cents. she said, "I'll try." We prayed with her 
THE METHODIST comes to us this week and cornmited her to the mercy of a coy-
in a new form and dress. It ado.pts the nant-keeping God. Previous to her de-
quarto size,—the most convenient for parture, she frequently gave expression 
binding and preservation,—and increases to her trust in Jesus and resignation to The second important measure is the law 
 
r 
TITEADVENT HERALD, NOVEMBER 19.1873. . 
THE NAME "PROTESTANT." 
The name of Protestant took its rise 
from the following circumstances : At 
a diet of the princes of the empire held 
at Spires, in Germany, in the year 1592, 
it was decreed by the majority there 
present', that in those places where the 
edict of Worms had been received, it 
would be lawful for no one to change his 
religion ; that in those places where the 
new religion (the Lutheran) was exercised 
it should be maintained till the meeting 
of a council, if the ancient (the Popish) 
religion could not be restored without 
danger of disturbing the public peace, 
but that the mass should not be abolished, 
nor the Catholics hindered from the ex-
ercise of their religion, nor any One of 
them allowed to embrace Lutheranism; 
that the Sacramentarians should be abol-
ished from the empire ; that the Ana-
baptists should be punished with death ; 
and that no preacher should explain the 
gospel in any other sense than what was 
approvedity the church. Six princes of 
the empire introduced their protest 
against this decree, namely; John, elec-
tor of Saxony; George, margrave of 
Brandenburg; Ernest and Francis, dukes 
of Brunswick and Lanenburg ; Philip, 
landgrave of Hesse ; Wolffgang, prince 
of Anhalt. To these Were added the 
following free cities of Germany : Stras-
burg, Norinburg, Ulm, Constance, Lin-
den, Memmingen, Kernpfen, Nordilingen, 
Halibrun, Rentingen, Isue, St. Gall, Mes-
senburg and Windoshin. And from 
this protest the Lutherans first obtained 
the name of protestants, which was after-
wards given in common to all who sepa-
rated themselves from the practices of 
the church of Rome. 
 • --- • - 
THE LAND OP THE ASHANTEES. 
The Ashantee nation with whom Eng-
land has trouble just now, is a great Af-
rican power. It numbers about 3,000,000 
souls-of whom some 200,000 are war-
loving barbarians. Every twenty-one 
days they hold adai, or "blood custom," 
at which yam and palm wine having 
been drunk like•water, skulls are carried 
Iin procession to the sound of drums 
made with human skin, and most horri-
ble massacres and debaucheries go for-
ward. At the annual "Yam-festivals," 
just now coming on, they celebrate a 
still bloodier carnival of death, and when-
ever a caboocer or freeman dies, slaves 
are killed "to wet his grave." They eat 
the heart and drink the blood of a con-
quered enemy, and wear the teeth and 
finger-bones as ornaments. When the 
king dies, thousands of wretched slaves 
and attendants are slaughtered over his 
tomb ; in a word, it is a land of murder. 
It was meant by nature to be a land of 
peace and plenty, for beyond the thick 
forest which lies along the coast stretches 
a fertile and healthy country of rich 
, black soil, growing two or three crops 
yearly, and full of vegetable- wonders 
parried. 
WALKER-TAYLOR. At Snowshoe, 
Centre County, Pa., Oct. 19th, by Rev. 
J. A. Aldred, Mr. Lucien Walker to Miss 
Martha Taylor, both of Snowshoe. 
uointoo .epartinent. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
Providence permitting I will preach in 
Newburyport, Mass., Sunday, NOV. 23rd. 
.f. M. OnnoCii. 
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1and prayer in the church, as they have 
t 
 
been cast out. And you said that Chris-
tians are the crew. If that's so, they 
are a mighty blood-thirsty set, for they 
wanted to kill Paul. You told us also 
that the island of Melita meant Heaven. 
Well, if that's true, Heaven must be a 
mighty snakey place, as one bit Paul as 
soon as he landed." 
It is stated, as a historical fact, that 
the young preacher was never known to 
preach that "purty " discourse again, in 
all that region of country.-The Chris-
tian, Quincy, Ill. 
and glories yet unnamed. The fruits 
and flowers of. Ashantee-land are said to 
be perfectly marvelous. Curious ani- 
mals, such as the bird called "pookoe," 
and the huge, corpse-eating, "arm-elle" 
rat, are found in the woods and clearings. 
Reptiles are horribly plentiful, including 
enormous boas ; a peculiar puff adder, 
whose bite is certain death ; scorpions 
as big as cray fish, and toads so large 
that Bosman took the first he saw for a 
land tortoise. Gold is the chief article 
exported. In that metal Ashantee-land 
must be fabulously rich ; the chiefs wear 
golden breastplates and golden or gilded 
warcaps. The caboocers go about with 
lumps of virgin gold hung upon their 
necks and waists, some weighing, it 18 
said, four pounds or more; and Dowditch 
has described golden window-frames in 
the king's palace at Coomassie. After 
the battle of Accra, in 1826, the . As 
hantee King sent in as "peace-money" 
six thousand ounces of dust and nuggets, 
and the swords, muskets, and elephant 
tail fans are described as being profusely 
rich with goldsmith's work. The Gov-
ernment is a despotic monarchy, the re-
ligion feticisrn modified by, African -1st 
larnism. They believe in a Great Spirit, 
who, they say, created six white and six 
black people, and gave the first choice 
between a calabash and sealed paper. 
The blacks took the calabash-which con-
tained gold, iron, maize, and all the 
wealth of nature-and the whites got 
the. scroll, which contained instructions 
in the right use of all these products. 
Thus the whites are forever superior. As 
for Coomassie, the capital, accounts differ, 
one -statement making it out a poor-strug-
gling place of mean huts, and another, a 
really fine and imposing city for Africa. 
-Weekly Baptist. 
•-•-, 
pioceilancouo. 
ST REV. JAMES UPHAM, D. D. 
requiring Catholic priests to be educated 
in the State universities. The nature and 
operation of this law are thus described 
in the Pall Mall Gazette: 
"The cOmmon law in Germany-
whether wisely or unwisely it is not for 
us to decide-exacts from every citizen 
who proposes to enter any professional 
career, be it that of a physician, a lawyer, 
a clergyman, a tutor, or a civil official, a 
course of from two to four years of uni-
versity study. To this rule the Catholic 
clergy cheerfully submitted in those 
balmy days when religious strife slumber-
ed in Germany-that is to say, from 1638 
to 1830 or thereabout. But when the 
Roman Church began to lift her head and 
to take the offensive against all opponents 
-namely, about 1835-the universities, 
where future priests had mixed with 
future clergymen, doctors, lawyers, and 
professors, and saw a- good deal of real 
life, began to be abandoned. Every-
where seminaries were founded where 
the future apostle was sequestered from 
the age of ten or twelve up to twenty 
or twenty-one when he definitively took 
orders, from all contact with the world." 
Both these acts have the same object 
-an objectewhich Bismarck steadily 
pursues. They aim to prevent the grow-
ing up in the State of an organized body 
hostile to the State. The Jesuit is seg-
regated from the world, and knows no 
sovereign but his superior; the priest, 
educated apart from all other young men 
in the State, has no interest in 0:Manion 
with them, and is better fitted to be a 
pliant instrument of the Papacy. in the. 
latter measure, Bismarck has struck the 
Church a heavy blow. The priests' sem-
inaries are cloSed, but the Catholic clergy 
declare that they will not obey the new 
law. We shall see.-The Methodist. 
No beggar is thy God; he needs no aid. 
Porn child of clay! 
The world's vast wealth, created by a word, 
Is his to-day. 
Yea, but a word, and other worlds shall fill 
The space afar. 
Beyond where light has failed, with tired wings, 
From furthest st.r. 
To prepare for the worst, however, is the 
motto of the day. Just as in the period 
preceding the sensational, scene in the. 
gardens .of Ems, every precaution is 
taken, however unlikely it may appear 
that any will be needed: in the immediate 
future. The public are certainly in- 
censed at the necessity of the continued 
and accelerated armaments; yet they 
cannot, under the circumstances, avoid 
being gratified by the reports announc-
ing. redoubled activity in those highly 
serviceable ateliers where. t--na-chinery for 
the abridgment of life is being manufac-
tured with such consummate skill. 
Besides the influence likely to be ex-
ercised by this memorable cerrespond-
ence upon the evolutions of the next 
few years, the. Germans flatter themselves 
with the hope' that the Pope's step in 
placarding the most extravagant preten-
sions will materially 'assist the progress 
of independent thought. There is little 
doubt that the expectation will be ful-
filled. , Between the Russian and French 
frontiers there are few educated Catho-
lics- willing to admit the papal claims in 
their totality. • If they have not declared 
against Pio None, if they have not de-
serted the church and joined the Old 
Catholic banner, this is owing to their 
respect for ,ancient _institutions rather 
than forthe Men now representing them. 
Very many among 
among this class have lately 
found it rather difficult- to refrain from 
open disapproval of "clerietil 
.doings. 
Very many have been considering the 
expediency of signing addresses to the 
Pope, even though they may mit care to 
join .a new creed. tTo renounce all polit-
ical connection with a priest who chooses 
to constitute himself the enemy of their 
country has long been regarded as desir-
able by not a few who were content to 
leave his new dogmas unnoticed. Hay- 
THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. ing never voted for his cause at the polls, 
these men have been considering for some 
time4past whether they had not better 
vote against him rather- than continue 
their former practice o.-k entire neutrali- 
ty. After the papal letter these malcon- 
tents will be more dissatisfied than. ever 
with the policy of Rome.. Before long 
they may find it necessary to combine 
for common action. 
TO PROMOTE HARMONY AMONG CHURCH 
 
Already we have some indications of 
MEMBERS:. 
*hat is coming. In some parts of the 1. To 'remember that we are 
:ctiuntry committees have been formed in ject to . failings and infirmities 
the last few days 'consisting of Catholics kind or another. 
bent upon the return of ministerial can- 2. To .bear with, and not Magnify 
didates in- the impending elections. each other's infirmities. Gal. 6.: 1, 2. 
Headed by men of the highest rank and 3. To pray. one for another in our 
standing, these bodies, which are SO many social meetings, and particularly in pri-
Catholic organizations distinct from Re- vate., James .5 : 16. 
man Catholicism, will probably attract 4. To avoid going from house to house 
numerous adherents, and cause many to for the purpose of hearing news, 'and in 
take sides in a quarrel who have long terfering with other people's business. 
tried to remain indifferent spectators. 5. Always to turn a deaf ear to any 
What this open. espousalof the national slanderous report, and to credit no 
cause by the higher ranks of Catholic charge brought *against any person until 
society portends in a country like this I well founded. 
need not specify. Suffice it to say that 6. If a member be in fault, to tell 
the moment the sentiments-of this class him of it in private, before it is mention-
are
. 
 frankly avowed, the Pope will receive ed to others. 
palpable proof that in Germany at any 7. To watch against a shyness of 
rate the number of gentlemen prepared each other, andput the best construction 
to make common cause with him is infin- on any action, that has the appearance of 
itesitnally small. Waat good he .can opposition or resentment, 
possibly derive from. the. lower classes of 8. To observe the .just rule of Sol- 
this kingdom he probably knows beat. Onion, that, is, to leave .off. contention 
It may, however, not be wandering from before it be meddled with. Prov. 17 : 
the point to observe that On- the Occasion 14. 
of the only IT1tramontane enteut8 which • .9. If a member nas offended, to con-
has Occurred in the last. few year's, some sider how glorious, how godlike it is to 
3000 Polish miners Were subdued by just forgive,. and how unlike a Christian it is 
la dozen thlans charging 'boldly with to revenge.' ..Eph. 4 : 2. 
lance and sword. Nor ought it to be 10. Remember that it is always a 
overlooked that the other day a proces- grand artifice .of the devil, to, promote 
sion of 2000 devotees, going -.to Kevela- distance and animosity among members 
reit the Rhenish shrine withbishops and of Churches ; and we should therefore 
counts at their head, to pray for the per- 
.Watch against everything that further:, 
secuted church, were stopped by one po- this end. 
lic.entan meeting them in the open fields, 11. 
-To consider howtmuch more good 
at a considerable distance from - all. hab- we can do in the world at large,' and in' 
itations. Only after they had consented the church in particular, when we are all 
to send their banners and crucifixes home united in love,•than we .should :do when 
did, the dauntless constable consent -to Acting alone,. -and indulging a. contrary 
their proceeding ' as so Many private per- spirit. . 
sons. It is all very well for 'the Pope. to 12. Lastly, to consider the express in- 
inform Abe -Emperor.- William that his junction of Scripture, and the beautiful 
throne is in imminerit'danger , because of example of Christ, as to these intpertant 
the UltraiktiOntanPqriarret•I'-but;i unless things.. . John 13 : 5-16, 35 ; rEph. 4 : 
he has. more resolute allies than are to be 32 ; 1 Peter '2 : 
21.-American Tract 
Society. 
'likely to be soon fulfilled. 
found hereabouts, the prophecy is not 
MINISTERIAL QUALIFICATIONS. 
I must not omit saying a Word upon 
communicating the important missive to 't the language of the German press .on 
his flock, he (tidy waited for a moment 1 this Memorable occasidn. It 1.1 fiercer 
when his doing so, would be particularly ithareanything of the kind I have seen 
!I ordinary-sized marble. They were per-
fect spheres, and can be accounted for 
upon no other hypothesis than that the 
rapid revolution of the liquid mass in its 
descent threw .off these particles by cen-
trifugal force. Parts of the material 
have been subjected to intense heat with-
out the least effect being produced, and 
they show unquestionable evidence of 
igneous action. A box of these hag-
merits will be shipped to the Smithsoni-
an Institute, and the remainder are in-
tended for the Purdue Agricultural Col- 
lege." 
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A PRAYER ANSWERED. 
A mother of my acquaintance had a 
child taken alarmingly ill. She sent for 
the physician. The child was in convul-
sions. The doctor began at once vigor-
ously to apply the customary remedies-
cold water to the head, warm applications 
to the feet, chafing of the hands and 
limbs. All was in vain. The body lost 
nothing of its dreadful rigidity. Death 
seemed close at hand, and absolutely in-
evitable. At length he left the child, and 
sat down by the window, looking out. 
He seemed to the agonized mother to 
have abandoned her darling. For her-
self she could do nothing but pray. And 
even her prayer was but an inarticulate 
and unvoiced cry for help. Suddenly the 
physician started from his seat, "Send 
and see if there be any jimson weed in the 
yard," he cried. His order was obeyed ; 
the poisonOus weed was found. The reme-
dies were instantly changed. Enough 
of the seeds of this deadly weed were 
brought away by the medicine te have 
killed a man. The physician subsequent-
ly said that he thought that in five min-
utes every kindred case he had ever 
known in a quarter-century's practice 
passed before his mind. Among them was 
the one case which suggested tho real 
but before hidden cause of the protracted 
and dreadful convulsions. And the child 
was saved. 
 • 
Now is there anything indonsistent or 
unphilosophical in the belief that at that 
critical moment a loving God, answering 
the mother's helpless cry, flashed on the 
mind of the physician the thought that 
saved the child? Is it any objection to 
that faith to say, the age of miracles is 
past? . If the mother may call i,n a second 
physician, to suggest the cause and the 
cure, may she not call on God? What 
the doctor can do for a fellow-practition-
er, cannot the Great Physician do? Is 
the Almighty more hampered and hinder-
ed than his creatures in his working? 
In brief, it is not necessary to believe 
that God sets aside the laws of nature in 
answer to prayer; it is enough to believe 
that he may and does use them in a vastly 
higher sphere, with an infinite knowledge 
arid power, and with results that run far 
beyond our power to produce, or even ful-
ly comprehend.-Lyman Abbott, in the 
Christian Weekly. 
Think not to bribe a place in God's esteem, 
With gift of gold, 
E'en though thy gift should hungry thousands feed 
From stores untold; 
Or structures rear, and every chair endow. 
For learning's use; 
Or Gospel heralds to the heathen send, 
Their bonds to loose. 
God gives the work thy character to test, 
Or mold complete; 
'Tis love, and faith, and faithfulness he seeks-
All else is cheat. 
'Tis faithfulness from faith, nor less from love, 
. To God and man; 
'Tis faith and love co-working' out in aa, 
Where'er it can. 
WITHOUT TEE BIBLE. 
_ 
The world has had six thousand years 
to bring in its "more excellent way." 
What has it devised, apart from the 
Bible, to heal the sores of the broken, 
wounded heart? What has Rome, with 
her ages of martial glory, or Greece, in 
her era of philosophic culture and refine-
ment, done to solve the vexed problem 
of aching humanity? What streams of 
comfort has the rod, wielded by their 
greatest intellects, extorted from the bar-
ren rock? What desert "whose leaf shall 
not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be 
eonsumed, whose fruit shall be for meat, 
and the leaf thereof for medicine?" On 
the other hand, how many thousands and 
tens of thousands, racked with pain, tor-
tured with doubt, worn with anxiety, ag-
itated with remorse, darkened with be-
reavement-the sick, the weary, the lone-
ly, the dying, have been cheered and re-
freshed, and comforted by the consola-
tion of this book. ' 
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ONE MORE WAY TO PATSE MONEY 
IN 1HE CHURCH. 
A novel method of raising money to 
build a church has-been introduced by 
the Colored Methodist congregation of 
Montclair.. The following is a copy of 
the handbills circulated on the occasion : 
"The young ladies and gentlemen of 
Montclair will give a grand Cake Walk, 
in Pillsbury Hall, Sept. 10, 1873. 
"The cake will contain an 18-karat 
gold ring, and each piece will be num-
bered. Price fifteen cents per piece.. 
" Four cakes will be offered as premi-
ums to the four neatest walking couples, 
to be decided by judges. Entrance fee 
to this walk, twenty cents per couple. 
"There will be music for the benefit 
of the walkers, but no dancing will be 
allowed. 
"The committee will spare no pains to 
make this cake walk one of the finest of 
the season. 
"Admission to the hall, ten cents. 
"Doors open at 7-30 o'clock, P. M."-
Cincinnati Star. 
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A FINE SERMON "SMASHED." 
The following actual incident was re-
lated by Bro. Shaw in one of his dis-
courses in this city, as illustrative of the 
modern practice of spiritualizing texts 
of Scripture, and giving them a meaning 
foreign to that intended by the inspired 
writer. 
A young preacher-a graduate of one 
of the theological schools of the country 
-preached a very nice discourse from 
the following words: "Then, fearing 
lest they should fall upon rocks, they 
cast four anchors out of the stern, and 
Wished for the day." Acts 17 : '29. 
..Said the young preacher, "The ship 
represents the church. The four anchors 
are Faith, Hope, Love, and Prayer. 
Christians are the crew. The sea repre-
sents the great ocean of life. The 'storm 
that prevailed is the trials to which we 
are incident here, and the island of Me-
f, where 'they all escaped safe to 
land,' means. Heaven.." The preacher 
dwelt with becoming fervency on the 
importance of casting outthe anchors-
faith, hope, love, and prayer, the neces-
sity of abiding in the ship in order to be 
saved, and the consolation to be found 
in the fact that not a hair of their heads 
should be hurt, but that they (the mem-
bers of the church) should all reach the 
shore in safety. The preacher concluded 
by asking one of ,our aged preachers, 
whom he had invited into the pulpit 
out of respect to his gray hairs, to close 
the meeting with a few remarks. The 
old brother arose, and, placing his hands 
on the young theologian's head as if giv_ 
ing him a phrenological examination, 
proceeded in his plain, uneducated style, 
substantially as follows :- 
-" My young brother, you've preached 
us a mighty purty discourse to-day, but 
I'm afeared you've Made some awful big 
mistakes. You said that the ship meant 
the church. If that's so, we haven't 
got no church, now,, for the .ship Was all 
smashed to pieces and destroyed. You 
also said that the four -anchors. were 
faith, hope, love, and prayer. If that's 
so, we Jaain't got any faith, hope, love, 
The love he aiks is Godward, tuanward, too-
The twain are one; 
Take heed, lest thine be sheerest love of self, 
Or be undone. 
'Tis faith in God and all that Goc., hath spoke-
A faith that w, rks; 
'Tis faith in Christ as Saviour, Teacher, King, 
Nor servi e shirks. 
Dost thou bring much, and yet keep back a part? 
'Tis worse than naught; 
'Tis not the smile of thy approving Lord- 
Mere name is sought. 
Hast but a mite to bring, and bringest that? 
With God 'tis more 
Than all the millions brought twith noise and pomp 
From hoarded store. 
The great Political Event in Europe-
Row the. Correspondence is Regarded 
in Germany-Temper of the German 
Press, Catholic and Protestant. 
-a 
He in whose eye the millions are as mites 
On motive looks; 
Each is a steward of a sacred trust-
God keeps the booas. 
-Watchman & Reflector. 
[Berlin c. rrespondence (Oct. 18) of the London 
Times.] 
Since the battle of -Sedan no incident 
has produced so powerful an impression 
upon the German mind as the correspond-
ence' between Emperor and Pope. All 
political parties agree in looking Upon 
the two letters as an event. Both in 
-their immediate effect upon the 'politics' 
of the day and as calculated to strength-
en the religious and political progress of 
this country, these missives have uncom-
mon importance attached to them. With 
reference to current politics, there cer-
tainly was tio need of a fresh declaration 
Of war proceeding from an ecclesiastic 
who, a year ago, reminded his German 
majesty of the little stone that was sure 
to fall from on high and smash his tot-
tering throne to pieces. Still, though the 
Pontiff's animosity had been displayed 
on more occasions than one, a notable 
difference is felt to exist between former 
peevish ebullitions and the present delib-
erate onslaught. So 'serious :7 letter, it 
is argued, cannot have been written for 
nothing, even by a person of other than 
the Ordinary human attributes. Not be-
ing prepared to admit the workings of 
the infallible mind to be altogether un-
intelligible to mere mortals, the Germans 
are naturally anxious to investigate the 
motives which can have counselled so 
grave and pregnant a step. To chide 
with the certainty of eliciting a cutting 
retort can be hardly regarded as . a suffi-
cient reason for .giving mortal offence. 
However great the satisfaction derived 
from making a clean breast of it, it can-
not but appear, even to the self-consti-
tuted censor of humanity, as altogether 
disproportionate to the danger incurred 
in the act. Such being the case, the On; 
ly way of accounting fen- the experiment 
in German' eyes seems to be to attribute 
to the Pope a desire to declare the Ger-
man Emperor and government, in the 
strongest and most emphatic. form- that 
could be devised; enemies of the church ; 
to hand them solemnly over to the hatred 
of the faithful in and beyond the 'fron-
tiers of this country, and to outlaw them 
before God and man. 
The Pope, it is thought, wrote his let-
ter in order to publish it. If he delayed_ 
• 
I 1 
NEWS ITEMS. 
Adviees &ern St. Petersburg state that 
1.-t,utsia has definitely determined to an-
nex all the territory on the right bank 
of the Amoor, from Bokhara to the Sea 
of Aral, as 'well as the Delta of the 
Amoor. Khiva will be completely iso-
lated from the Sea of Aral, and the nav-
igation of the Amoor will be made de-
pendent on Russian favor. 
VOLCANO OF tETItIA.-A dispatch from 
London, dated Nov. 1st, 6 A. M., says 
that a special dispatch front Sicily re-
ports ,that the volcano of Atria is in a 
state of violent eruption. The outbreak 
is accompanied by fearful earthquakes. 
Portions*of the crater -have fallen in, and 
the Mines of sulphur :which had been 
worked for years, and were valued! at 
£300,000, have been destroyed. 
General Sir Garnet Wolseley, in com-
mand of the British expediticin against 
the Ashantees, has arrived at the scene 
of operations. The London Times re-
ports, on good authority, that the Gene-
ral took out instructions to first offer the 
Ashantees peace, on condition that they 
lay down their arms and withdraw from 
the territory under British protection. 
The Town Council and Common Coun-
cil of Dresden have unanimously re-
solved to send an address of thanks to 
the Emperor William for his recent re-
ply to the Pope, which is described as a 
truly imperial act that will insure the 
triumph of the state over priestly dom-
ination. 
The London Times on the morning of 
the 29th ult., published a note from Arch-
bishop Manning, inclosing an extract 
from Mainzels Journal, in which it is 
stated that the Pope has written a sec-
ond letter to the German Emperor, and 
that this letter has not been given to the 
public. 
. The Chinese have •taken to largely' 
adulterating their teas. In London there 
are 10,000,000 pounds in bond which 
have been condemned as unfit for con-
sumption, and notices have been given 
to merchants in China that all spurious 
teas will henceforth be destroyed. 
New Orleans never had so many high-
way robbers as now, and the police are 
charged with shielding them and divid-
ing the proceeds. 
.. An old woman's obstinacy in smoking 
while crossing a Kansas prairie started a 
fire which swept over four counties. 
SINGULAR POWER. 
_ - 
What sort of power is it? Two or 
three days ago Mr. Brown, a young man 
Man of about twenty-one years of age, 
come into our office, .and kindly offered 
to let us test a certain power which he 
undoubtedly possesses, but does not pre-
tend to understand. He first - tied a 
handkerchief tightly over his eyes, then 
bidding us stretch out our left hand, he 
grasped it in his left hand, at the same 
time placing his right hand for a moment 
on .our forehead, then upon his own. 
The communication-electric, or of what-
ever solitary or convertible force it be-
being established, he would instantly 
lead us to any object upon which we 
fixed our thought, in whatever part of 
the building it might be. . He professes 
to be led by certain flashes of light 
which seem to dart out from his head in 
the direction of the object. . He says 
that he has no other peculiar power. 
But this has been tested by so many 
persons, here and elsewhere, that it is 
beyond question. The phenomenon is 
certainly well worthy 'of the attention 
of philosophers and scientists.-The Ad-
vance. 
 
AN INDIANA 2CROLITE. 
A very curious visitor from unknown 
regions is described by a farmer of Tip-
pecanoe county in the Layfette (Ind.,) 
Journal: "Mention was made a short 
time since of the fall of a wonderful 
terolite, in the lower part of this county. 
Yesterday we met Mr. Harter, who dis-
covered it upon his farm, near Romney. 
The fragments in all, it is supposed, will 
amount to about a thousand pounds in 
weight, and some features are presented 
which will be of great interest to scien-
tific men. The wrolites heretofore found 
are of a solid and metallic nature, hav-
ing evidently struck the earth as com-
pact bodies. This one is entirely differ-
ent. From the traces it is easily deter-
mined that the vast descending globe 
came hurling through the air in one 
glowing, molten mass, and that at the 
moment of its impingement it was in a 
liquid state. The fragments are honey-
combed, like a cinder, and vary greatly 
in their weight. • It is further evident 
that the globe was hollow, from the 
smoothness of the concave parts. The 
outside presents the appearance of a soft 
body that .has struck upon solid parti-
cles, as the indentation of grass blades, 
straws and sticks are plainly discernable. 
One of. the fragments had fallen on a 
large stick of wood, and conforms to it 
exactly. The very texture of the wood 
can be !teen. Further than this, all 
around the spot where the main body 
felt were found numerous little balls of 
the material Varying from a shot to an 
TWELVE EXCELLENT RULES, 
all sub-
of -one 
didates proposed. As the new regulas cise, growth. The old man.mnst be sub-
tioes refer likewise to the appointment clued ; love of ease, desire to be served, 
of a provisional administrator of the see, inclination to seek our. own comfort, con-
another conflict may be at hand. Nor venience, honor, pleasure, must be sup-
is it altogether impossible that the Papal pressed;' and skill- to take hold of 
correspondence business will have a se- troubled souls, nurse the feeble, restrain 
quel before long. 
l the wayward, lift up the weak, cheer the 
sad, inspire the dull, instruct the igno-
rant, be attained. God promises to 
" strengthen us with might in the inner 
Slit WARDSHIP. 
man ;" and urges, "if any man lack wis- 
dom, let .him ask of God." No power is 
so freely given as this power to love ; no-
wisdomsso generously imparted as wis-
dom to win souls. This is the one spe-
cial mission of the •Spirit, and the one 
special mission of those who are called to 
preach the gospel. • May they not then 
expect unusual help in this respect ? 
Is 
there any excuse for those who are cho-
sen for this service to be cold, reserved, 
blunt, unsympathizing ? Had they been 
incapable of this tender endowment they 
would never have been called to the 
work. The fact that they are called is 
'proof that they can acquire the needful, 
• 
spirit and skill to • lay hold of lost men 
and help them in all their distresses. 
Some urge that it is not natural for them 
to be genial, helpful, tender, but that is. 
no excuse. The old man can be cruci-
fied, the new man developed'; the old 
spirit cast out, and the Spirit of Christ 
put in its place. Earnest study of the 
great necessities, weaknesses, sorrows and 
perils of humanity, and the boundless 
mercies of God; and the adaptation ,of. 
mercy to relieve misery, of divine might 
to help mortal weakness, of heavenly 
love to cansole broken hearts, will assist 
them to feel for man, and bring the Say-
iour and the lost, the. feast and the fam-
ished together. 'Two overwhelming con-
ceptions should throb in the minister's 
soul, one, that of ,the utter helplessness 
of man,' and. the ' other, of the infinite 
helpfulness of God in Christ Jesus. 
Two •passages of Scripture embody these 
conceptions as felt by the great apostle. 
A study of man's degradation, guilt, and 
peril, forced the outcry, "Oh, wretched 
man that I am! who shall deliver me 
from the body of this death ? " A study 
of God's love, and his wise and effect-
ive plan to save, brought this other ex-
clamation to his lips, 'Oh, the depths of 
the riches both of time wisdom amid know-
ledge of God !" Ministers have power 
to save men just in proportion as they 
enter into the significance of these two 
utterances, or rather in proportion as 
these two ideas enter into them, and in-
spire all their being. 
It is a great thing to attain this. grace 
and abide. in it. - Many who sometimes 
weep over sinners, and glow with visions 
.of full salvation, fall back from the _deep 
.experience, and lose the powerful im-
pulse, If .they held fast to their best es-
tate, and lived in the light as they occa-
sionally enjoy it, they would be invinci-
ble.. 'While the preacher has such pro-
found views of human sin and peril, sin-
ners are alarmed : they cannot resist the 
appeals made to. them : their souls will 
be disturbed in spite of thentSelves. And 
when the active, wonderful mercy of 'God 
is apprehended, and the conception burns 
in the Soul as a flame of love. and. eager-
ness to save, it takes hold of people ; faith 
comes by such hearing; weary, guilty, 
lost- men, cry out "Jesus, Son of. David, 
have mercy on •me !" Ministers :thus en-
dowed are sure to gather many sheaves 
from the world, and prove a eomfort and 
help to the saints. This is their most 
needful, arid most helpful qualification, 
and we are sorry to add, one in which 
there is general deficiency. • May the 
Lord increase the sympathy of his min-
isters.-The Baptist Union. 
since the first days of the last campaign. 
The epithets bestowed upon Pio •..Tono 
forcibly remind me of certain unmen-
tionable adjectives then used about Ne-
poleon IIL,.while the attacks launched 
against the Jesuits and the clerical army 
under their cornmind are a good deal 
injurious to his correspondent; while he, 
of course, anticipated such a contingen-
cy to be close at hand when be firsi. put 
pen to paper. No matter whether this 
interpretation is correct or not, it evi-
dently begins to prevail in political, cir-
cles, and is pretty generally accepted by 
The ministry is a high office and re-
quires rare endowments. Among them 
all, sympathy is chief. This is a strong 
word; it goes to the heart: denotes un-
selfish burden-bearing, taking the sor-
rows, cares, perils, sins, miseries of oth-
ers upon our own souls. Christ did that 
perfectly. "Surely be bore our griefs 
and carried our sorrows." " The chas 
tisement of our peace was upon him, and 
with, his stripes we are healed." Thu 
he put his heart under our burdens, and 
made our cause his own. Ministers are 
expected to walk in his steps, possess hit 
Spirit, "fill up what is behind of the af-
flictions of Christ," and "know the fel-
lowship of his sufferings." They cannot 
preach the gospel if they lack sympa-
thy. Merely talking about, eulogizing, 
and eloquently describing the love' of 
Christ, falls far- short of preaching the 
gospel. Preaching is a living, personal 
effort of a saved seul to save others ; the, 
love in the sermon must burn in the 
heart ; it must not be Christ's soul alone 
which yearns for sinners, but the preach-
er's also. Paul is a good example. But 
it is utterly impossible for a man to plead 
with and help sinners as Paul did, until 
he feels as Paul did, and is willing to be 
accused As Christ was, given over by 
Christ to be persecuted for his fellow 
men, that they might be saved. 
Sympathy can be cultivated. The 
!Holy Spirit never calls a man to the min-
I istry who is incapable of consoling, help-
ing, blessing others. Yet the develop-
ment of unselfishness, tenderness, warmth, 
sympathy, depends upon our own efforts. 
'Some are more susceptible than others, 
I but all require dieteipline, culture, exer- 
public opinion at large. More interest- hotter than anything ever recorded as 
ing even than this conjecture is the con- I employed against the French. About 
elusion based upon it. Viewing it in the the most complimentary phrase used in 
light of other recent occurrences, the regard to the Pontiff, denounces him as' 
construction put upon the proceedings a poor, blind, misguided fool. Then comes 
of the angry priest seems to force on the the class of verbiage harping upon- his 
inference that the Vatican fully relies conceit and insane hauteur. The high-
upon the sentiments of the Bourbon est round of the ladder is reached by 
prince, and what is equally remarkable, 1 those journals which decline to treat him 
expects him shortly to be in a position to as other than a comic character. There 
act. With these sentimente uppermost is no very marked difference in all this 
at Berlin, no little satisfaction is felt between the leading papers of the Cath-
that the reply of the Emperor should olic and the Protestant districts. We 
have exposed the presumption of the l read pretty much the same at Breslau 
Papacy in so forcible a manner. The and Cologne as at Berlin and Magdeburg. 
wisdom, too, anticipating the sup- That the German press of Vienna shares 
posed intention of the Pope and ,divulg- these opinions and registers the Emper-
ing the whole affair at an early date, is or's reply as an _achievement of which 
highly commended. Some go the length every Austrian German, must be proud,' 
of likening it to the famons Benedetti is perhaps likewise worthy of notice. 
exposure in July, 1870. Speaking of the 1 he death' of Bishop Kott at Fulda will 
latter eventful period, I 
y supply a oeCasion a new controversy between the 
re-assuring remark. As the Ultramon- secelar and ecclesiastical authorities. 
tanes so strangely miscalculated the Under former arrangements the Episco-
chances of the first collision between pal chapter submitted a list of candidates 
Germany and France, their present reek- for the vacant see, government being en-
onings are considered as likely to prove titled to reject all except two. The chap-
erroneous and delusive in many respects. I ter then chose a bishop out of those who 
French diplomatists and generals, it is were not rejected. Under the new cc-
hoped, will throw cold water upon eleri- clesiastical laws, however, government 
cal ardor, at least for some time to come, ; claims the right of refusing all 'the can-