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Retrospect of Prayer. 
BY REV. JOHN NEWTON. 
Time by moments steals away 
First the hour and then the day ! 
Small the daily loss appears, 
Yet it soon amounts to years ; 
Thus another year is flown, 
And is 1111W no more our own, 
(Though it brought or promised good,) 
Titan the years before the flood. 
But each year, let none forget, 
Finds and leaves us deep in debt ; 
Favors tram the Lord received, 
Sins that have the Spirit grieved, 
Mark'd by God's unerring hand, 
In his book recorded stand ; 
Who can tell the vast amounts 
Placed to each of our accounts ? 
We have nothing, Lord, to pay, 
Take, 0 take our guilt away : 
Self-condemned, on thee we call, 
Freely, Lord, forgive us all. 
If we see another year, 
May we spend it in t by tear; 
All its days devote to thee, 
Living for eternity. 
The Conqueror. 
NE ItEV. JOGS CUMMING, D. D. 
" He that overcometh, shall inherit all things."—Rev. 21. 
WAR is the aspect of this dispensation ;— 
earth is a battle-field ; Christians
. �
are soldiers ; 
the Bible is our armory; victory our hope. 
We are encompassed with a cloud of ene-
mies, as well as of witnesses; the whole field 
of our existence and action is covered with 
them ; every hill, and dale, and valley ; every 
height and depth ; the past, the present, and the 
future,—all glisten with their hostile array.—
The stamp of Satan has conjured up these des-
perate squadrons, and they are prepared for 
victory or destruction. Sin is not the least 
powerful, nor the least present enemy. It has 
infected the air we breathe with hostile mias-
ma ; it has left its sere blight on every acre of 
the earth ; it has distilled its deadly poison into 
every heart, from royal height down to plebeian 
level; it waits and watches for ingress and 
victory at every avenue, and even in a Chris-
tian's heart it is not utterly extirpated ; its con-
demnation is put away through the blood of 
Jesus, and its power is broken by the Holy Spi-
rit; but it still vexes, assails, and sometimes 
prevails against the believer. It is indeed de-
nuded of all its attractions in a Christian's eye, 
and arrayed in its own inherent and essential 
hues; so truly so, that it comes to him always 
as a foe, and is never welcome as a friend. Sin 
lives in the Christian, but the Christian does 
not live in sin ; it exists in him as an intruder, 
detested and extruded by every energy he has, 
not as a lodger, either welcome from character, 
or tolerated for profit. There is the same dif-
ference between sin in a converted man, and 
stn in an unconverted man, as there is between 
p.oison as it exists in a rattle-snake, and poison 
found in the body of a human being. In the 
one it is congenial to its nature, and cherished 
as its defen.ce ; in the other it is felt as a for-
?up element, and the system has no repose till 
It is expelled. In the unbeliever sin overcomes 
tile man ; in the believer, man overcomes the 
sin: In the heart of the former, sin luxuriates 
an indigenous plant ; in that of the other, it is 
cut down, and crushed; and stunted, as a poi-
sonous exotic. Sin overcomes the child of na-
ture. Sin is overcome in the child of grace. 
The next enemy we have to overcome is the 
World. It is now in all its phases and aspects 
the world—the enemy of the people of God. 
The friendship of the world is enmity to God, 
and whoever is the friend of the world is the 
enemy of God. " Love not the world, neither 
the things that are in the world. If any man 
love the world the love of the Father is not in 
him ; for all that is in the world, the lust of 
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of 
life, is not of the Father, but of the world." It 
is, however, a disheartened, because a discom-
fited foe; it wars against the people of God, 
not as a confident and hopeful enemy, but be-
cause it is incapable, from its instincts, of doing 
otherwise. Its opposition is its necessity. It 
battles without hope, or rather in despair. It 
must, however, be remembered that this victory 
consists not in mechanical separation from the 
world, but in collision with it—in resistance, in 
protest, in spiritual victory over it. The epi-
curean says—" Eat, drink, and be merry ; for 
to-morrow we die." The Romanist says, Fast, 
and starve, and stint, and escape into a convent, 
for if you remain in the world it will conquer 
you." The Christian says, Remain in the 
world, but be not of it ; do not shrink from its 
responsibilities to avoid its perils. �
Stand 
where God in his providence has placed you—
patient in suffering, humble in prosperity, Chris-
tian in all things. Do the good that requires 
to be done—avoid the evil that menaces you—
treat the smile of the world as the passing sun-
beam, and its frown as a momentary cloud.—
" Endure as seeing Him who is invisible." 
We are called upon to overcome the world's 
allurements. A corrupt world crowds its temp-
tations upon you ; places of sinful amusement, 
and others of yet deeper evil, open their doors, 
and light up their lamps, and display all their 
attractions. These are the splendors of cor-
ruption—the phosphorescence of decay. Am-
bition bids you sink the Christian in the candi-
date for office. Fame beckons you with her 
trumpet to lay aside simplicity of life; and 
wealth spreads its shining heaps, and invites 
you to become its devotee. These are the 
world's basilisk eyes—its baits, its snares.—
Withstand them in their beginning. Hear 
sounding in your ears the Master's voice, " He 
that overcometh shall inherit all things." 
We are called on to overcome the afflictions 
of the world. " In the world ye shall have 
tribulation," is the law of our life here. This 
tribulation has various manifestations. The 
loss of health, of property, of relatives ; these 
either cry aloud to you," Curse God, and die ;" 
or whisper in the depths of the broken heart, 
" God hath forsaken you, and your God hath 
forgotten you." Can you say, " The Lord 
gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed 
be the name of the Lord ?" Does your Chris-
tianity shine forth as the sun, heightened in ef-
fulgence and glory by the contrast? Do you 
pray in trouble, and praise in joy, and cling 
dose to God in all things? Then its glare 
does not dazzle you, and its scorn does not irri-
tate you. You ovetcome. Still have faith in 
God as your God, and in Jesus as your Right-
eousness—in holiness as perfect beauty—in 
love as true happiness. 
Do you overcome the world by endeavoring 
to bless the world ? This is the noblest victory. 
When you hear of whole lands lying in dark-
ness and in the shadow of death, do you res-
pond to their piercing appeal ? Does sympathy 
with souls loosen the attractions of wealth ? 
Do you resist the suggestions of avarice, and 
lay what you can on the altar of the Gospel ? 
A religion that does not finally overcome the 
world, and rise superior to it, is not of God. 
" Who is he that overcometh the world ?" It 
is he that believeth that Jesus is the „Christ—
who is born of God. 
The next enemy we have to war with, and 
to overcome, is Satan. He is no figure of 
speech—he is a fact, a great and active fact—
a composite of fiend and angel—cunning and 
craft, and power, and energy, enlisted against 
us. �
In all sins there is diabolical venom. Sa- 
tan �
filled the heart of Ananias." The " god 
of this world blinds the minds of men that be-
lieve not." Our salvation moves hell as much 
as heaven. Angels minister to it, and Satan 
labors to undermine it. He varnishes vice with 
virtue—covetousness with the aspect of econo-
my—pride with that of self-respect—revenge 
with righteous retribution—and rejection of the 
Gospel with consideration. " We wrestle not 
against flesh and blood, but against principali-
ties and powers; against the rulers of the 
darkness of this world ; against spiritual wick-
edness in high places." There is a sympathy 
too between our hearts and Satan : each cor-
rupt desire puts on his uniform, and serves in 
his cause, and pleads with powerful eloquence 
for allegiance to the usurper. Satan, too, has 
vast powers. He is strong in might, and pro-
found in cunning; he overcame even in inno-
cence ; he is the prince of this world. His 
malignity is equal to his might ; his only gleam 
of joy shoots from success in ruining, and 
hence all the energies and efforts of his fiend-
ish nature are concentrated in efforts to con-
taminate. He vitiates in order to vanquish. 
None are too high to be beyond his reach, and 
none too holy to defy it : the more exalted you 
are in sk,siety, or in moral and intellectual emi-
nence, the more you are open to his fiery darts. 
And his perseverance is equal to his power and 
enmity. He is never weary of his work. In 
all places—the sanctuary, the exchange, the 
sea, the garden, the bed—he tracks his victims 
as the wild beast his prey. Our only safety 
under God is resistance in the strength of the 
Spirit of God. Resist him, arid he will flee 
from you. He is a coward—a vanquished ene-
my—desperate only in the agonies of certain 
defeat. Christ bruised his head, and he flees 
from any that withstand his assaults in the 
strength of him who overcame him at first. 
" Whosoever is born of God keepeth himself, 
and that wicked one toucheth him not "—that 
is, so as to overcome or destroy us. A stronger 
than Satan is on our side. Divine strength is 
made perfect in weakness. Hence ours is the 
victory of God. " Thanks be to God, who 
giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ." 
We gain, and yet God gives the victory ; we 
fight, but not at our own charges ; we over-
come, but not in our own strength. By grace 
we stand. 
It is " through Jesus Christ." In him we 
are accepted, adopted, glorified. Through him 
our imploring look, our fainting heart, our fail-
ing strength, send their appeal to God ; and, in 
return, we hear sounding in our hearts glorious 
promises,—and invigorating our spirits, om-
nipotent strength,—and cheering us, the crown 
of life suspended in the future. 
But we ought not to be discouraged because 
our victory is not instantaneous. It is not the 
act of a day, but the accomplishment of a life-
time. 
God " giveth us the victory." There may 
be failures in certain parts of the warfare. It 
may not be victory at every point, and every 
hour of the battle of life ; but its close will as-
suredly be so. Thus Abraham overcame, to 
enter into that city for which he looked, 
" whose builder and maker is God." Thus Ja-
cob " gathered up his feet into his bed, and 
yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his 
people." Caleb " wholly followed the Lord," 
and said, " I am this day fourscore and five 
years, and yet I am as strong this day as I was 
in the day that Moses sent me." Moses was 
transplanted, like a glorious tree, from the bor-
ders of the earthly to the sunshine of the hea-
venly Canaan. 
They, too, are there, having overcome, who 
" weep as though they wept not, and who pos-
sess the world as though they possessed not, 
and use it as not abusing it." They, too, are 
victorious, who can say, " Whom have I in hea-
ven but Thee ? and in the earth there is none 
that I desire besides Thee." They, too, who 
run the race set before them, looking to Jesus. 
They, in short, who, by the might of weakness, 
fight the good fight, and lay hold on eternal life. 
In order thus to overcome the world, you 
must be a Christian indeed. Anything short 
of this will fail in the hour of conflict. �
" Al- 
most. Christians " will be altogether' lost. You 
must be a convert, not a merely sober, and 
honest, and industrious person. We, the min-
isters of the Gospel, must be more anxious to 
see around the pulpit, not crowds of curious in-
quirers after something new, but living, and 
thirsting, and praying converts, subdued by the 
Spirit of God, and overflowing in sympathy 
with all that is holy, beautiful, and true. 
You must abjure all that stands between you 
and the full reception of the truth. It matters 
riot how dear, or old, or popular, or profitable 
this obstruction may be. Is it the absorbing 
love of money—a love to which you sacrifice 
time, and religion, and duty, and privilege?—
" Covetousness is idolatry."—" Ye cannot 
serve God and Mammon." Every true Chris-
tian has the spirit that in Paul expressed itself 
thus, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do 3" 
—with money, as well as with influence, abili-
ty, reputation, rank, and power. Here the hot-
test conflict is often waged ; this is often the 
turning-point of eternity. A victory here is a 
thorough one—it gives impulse and impetus to 
one's whole subsequent career; the greatest 
surrender begins here, and others are less diffi-
cult. We must conquer, and turn every evil 
course to which years, and interests, and secu-
lar and intellectual sympathies, may unite us ; 
we must look at such a course, not in the light 
of the century, or climate, or country we are 
placed in by the providence of God, but in the 
light of the unerring oracles of Everlasting 
Truth. We must be honest behind the count-
er; truth-speaking in the witness-box; impar-
tial on the trilainial of justice ; honest at home 
and abroad, in all the duties, and relations, and 
offices of life. We are to color the circum-
stances of the world, not they us. We must 
move along the direct and unbending line of 
duty, through, or over, or against all opposition. 
Great battes are thus fought in individual per-
sons—great, and severe, and exhausting con-
flicts in shops and closets, and where the ear of 
the world hears no din, and where the eye of 
the world sees no smoke, and where the shout 
of nations celebrates no illustrious victory. 
This conflict will involve your abandoning 
all companions who have no sympathy with 
the great and instant things of eternity. They 
may have highly cultivated tastes ; may be de-
scended from aristocratic families; may be 
great patrons of the drama, and capable of pro-
nouncing the most eloquent panegyric on the 
intonation of some Italian artiste, or on the 
notes of the Swedish Nightingale, or the grace-
ful steps of some accomplished danseuse ; but 
their title to be the selected companions of a 
Christian must be far higher than these ; there 
must be Christianity, spirituality, the impress 
of the character of Christ. We must sacrifice 
taste to Christian' duty ; we must give up ,he 
elegant and interesting coterie for Christ's sake. 
These elegances may be ; but this Christian 
character must be. The former is the acci-
dental—the agreeable ; the latter is the essen-
tial—the indispensable. I speak of choice.—
We may be mixed up in public, social, muni-
cipal, political, or domestic circles, which we 
may not and dare not renounce ; this lot is 
given us, not elected by us; and so we must 
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 42 �
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take our part, and fulfil it. �
But when we have 
our choice—be it of companion, or husband, or 
wife—we must make Christian character a vi- 
tal point, and the abSence �
of it �
a bar �
to �
all 
nearer and more intimate relationship. 
" If any man come to me, and hate not his 
father, and mother, and wife, and children, and 
brothers and sisters,4ea, and his own life also, 
he cannot be my disciple." �
" He that loveth 
father and mother more than me, is not worthy 
of me." 
Be sure that so awful and solemn a sacrifice 
as this is required of you, and �
you must not 
hesitate to make it. Home, and country, houses, 
and lands, are all as dust in the balance, when 
weighed against clear duty. �
On this point the 
word of God is most explicit, �
and here the 
Christian overcomes. �
His address to the peo- 
ple of God must be substantially," Where thou 
goest �
I �
will �
go ; �
where thou lodgest I will 
lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy 
God my God." �
This was the choice of him 
who counted �
all but �
loss �
for Christ; and it 
must be the deliberate choice of all that over- 
come, �
and inherit all things, as he overcame, 
and is now a participator in the glory to be re- 
vealed. 
�
We shall have to experience �
this conflict, if 
we are destined to overcome, in the obligation 
we feel to renounce trade, or traffic, or employ- 
ment �
of the �
most �
lucrative nature, which is 
plainly incompatible with Christian principle. 
Saul �
of Tarsus �
renounced the most brilliant 
prospects in the world to become a preacher of 
Christ; the Ephesians burned their books of 
magic on receiving Christianity; Luther left a 
university career �
full �
of promise, in order to 
lift �
up �
his �
protest �
against error; and John 
Newton ceased to be a slave-holder as soon as 
he began to be a �
Christian. �
At this turning 
point there will be conflict, and, in the case of 
every true Christian, victory. 
Is extra time required for some of the avo- 
cations of Cmsar, avocations just and useful in 
themselves? �
Do not subtract it from the Sab- 
bath, �
or �
from �
the �
hours devoted to religious 
study, and reflection, and prayer. Do the times 
require you to curtail your expenditure? �
Do 
not lop off your contributions to works of be- 
neficence, and piety, and love ; rather lay aside 
the splendid carriage, lesser the great establish- 
ment a little, or diminish the needlessly splen. 
did retinue ; deny your taste its lawful gratifi. 
cations, not your Christian sympathy the efflux 
of its tide in expressive beneficence. �
You are 
called on to enter into conflict with �
inner self- 
ishness, in all its retreats and developments. It 
will resist your efforts to do good, to spread the 
Gospel, to aid the poor and the needy. �
This 
enemy is more powerful than Satan ; he is ev- 
er within you—in league with all that is -de- 
prayed without and evil within. �
It will weave 
a thousand plausible excuses in its defence, os- 
tensibly in yours ; �
it will gild its doings with 
dazzling splendor ; invent new names for old 
sins ; and, in the name of Jesus, advocate and 
spread every evil and abominable work. �
Con- 
flict, resistance, prayer, are the means of its ex- 
pulsion ; an inheritance incorruptible and unde- 
filed, and that fadeth not away, is the reward of 
victory ; the close of struggle is the promise of 
Him who overcame, and is set down at the 
right hand of God, and is King of kings, and 
Lord of lords, the wearer of many crowns.— 
(To be continued.) 
Shechem : seeing Joseph—who had been sent 
by their father to inquire after their welfare— 
approaching, �
they �
said : �
" Here comes �
this 
dreamer : let �
us �
finish him �
at once, and see 
what will become of his �
dreams." �
Reuben 
interfered, on the ground that it was monstrous 
to shed the boy's blood, and persuaded them to 
fling him into a pit, doubtless with a view to 
liberate him privately. �
When the unsuspect- 
ing Joseph was first �
made to comprehend the 
extent of the wrong meditated against him, he 
could hardly �
believe �
it �
true. �
But as �
they 
harshly stripped �
off his parti-colored coat, and 
roughly dragged him towards the mouth of the 
pit, he could no longer doubt, and begged most 
piteously for life. �
He besought �
them by the 
ties of brotherhood, for their father's sake, for 
pity's sake, not to cast him alone down that 
fearful abyss. �
His prayers and tears �
were 
alike unavailing, and they thrust him harshly 
into the dark entrance,and his agonizing shrieks 
gave way to low moans of despair. 
At length, however, seeing a company of 
Ishmaelites passing by, they concluded to sell 
him ; and then dipping his coat into the blood 
of a kid, �
they �
took �
it back �
to �
their �
father, 
saying : " We found this in the field, all bloody 
and torn, as you see it; is it Joseph's ?" �
"Yes," 
replied the �
afflicted �
father, " it is �
Joseph's : a 
wild beast has devoured him." �
And he rent 
his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned 
bitterly. �
All his friends endeavored to comfort 
him, but he repelled their sympathy, declaring 
he would go broken-hearted to his grave. 
In the meantime, Joseph was taken to Egypt, 
and sold to one of the �
officers in �
the �
king's 
army. ,, It is not common for the Bible to stoop 
to compliment one's �
personal �
appearance, but 
it says that " Joseph was a goodly person, and 
well-favored." �
Possessed of a fine, noble form, 
and handsome face, his manly beauty awoke 
the passions of his master's wife, and she per- 
secuted him with base proposals. �
Finding all 
her approaches repelled, her �
love turned �
into 
hatred ; and �
with �
a lie �
too �
infamous �
to �
be 
placed in the catalogue of ordinary crimes, she 
charged him with assaulting her person. Hurled 
from his �
place of trust, �
and cast �
into prison 
without leave to �
defend �
himself, �
he �
suffered 
not only �
the �
miseries �
of a dungeon for two 
years, but the mortification of knowing that his 
character was ruined—his �
truth and virtue all 
gone in the eyes of the world. �
Ah ! his broth- 
ers were rigtt enough in calling him " a vain 
dreamer." �
His little �
role �
is �
played out, and 
the great �
world of strife �
and �
toil �
moves �
on 
without his prison walls, and he �
is forgotten 
forever. �
Thus might he reason : but the sleep- 
less eye of One above human �
events �
did not 
forget him. �
Pharaoh must have a troubled 
dream. and Joseph be the only one to interpret 
it. �
From �
the hard floor �
of a �
dungeon he 
mounts to the chariot of Pharaoh, and the neg- 
lected prisoner �
of a captain of the guard be- 
comes first lorcrof all Egypt. �
Ah ! when she 
saw him in �
the king's �
chariot, invested with 
regal power, how that false woman must have 
trembled for herself and husband. �
The man 
she had basely maligned �
and imprisoned was 
now where he could strike any enemy down. 
His hour of revenge had come ; and �
in the 
suspense she endured day after day, expecting 
her exposure and humiliation, she received the 
punishment of her crime. �
But Joseph cast 
her from his memory as he would a reptile from 
his path, and bent �
all his �
energies during the 
seven years of plenty to hoard enough for the 
seven years of famine �
that were to �
follow. 
Why, in the plenitude of his power and success 
he never sent to his father, to tell him of his 
existence and prosperity, we are not informed. 
Nor does it matter;—we �
only know that the 
complicated plot was not to end thus. �
That he 
thought of his father and his home—that he 
wished to �
know �
if he �
were �
still �
alive, and 
feared that he might die before he could weep 
on his neck, may well be imagined. 
But time passed on, and by long famine the 
land was withered up,—the crops failed, and 
the hoarded grain of the years that had-passed 
was exhausted. 
It is then, when �
the sons of Jacob came to 
Egypt to buy corn, that we, for the first, begin 
to see how the tangled web of events is to be 
unravelled, and catch a glimpse of the way the 
riddle is finally to resolve itself. 
Those envious brothers stand in the presence 
of the lord of Egypt without recognizing him. 
He has changed since they tore him from their 
side, and- dragged him shrieking �
to �
the �
pit. 
The beautiful boy has become the well-devel- 
oped and �
noble man ; and clothed, not in " a 
coat of many colors," but in the royal apparel 
of the chief man in the realm, he looks himself 
" every inch a king." �
But the shepherds of 
occurrences and touching incident, as combine
Joseph, 
Shechem have not so changed—they look just 
as they did when he plead beseechingly for life, 
and he recognizes them at a glance. �
He has 
not forgotten the �
unspeakable �
anguish of the 
last moment his eyes fell �
upon them.
° �
As lie 
turned to them one after another, in his touch- 
ing prayer for mercy, the face of each became 
daguerreotypes] �
on �
his �
heart �
forever. �
He 
knows them, and speaks harshly to them—they 
are spies—they are anything but honest men. 
When, to repel this charge, they honestly told 
their history, and spoke of their family—refer-
ring to Joseph as dead, and Benjamin as with 
their father,— he declared, by the life of Pha- 
mob, that he would �
not believe them, unless 
they brought that younger brother down. �
He 
imprisoned them three days, and then released 
them, on �
condition �
that �
one �
should remain 
bound with him, as surety that the rest should 
return with Benjamin. �
He spoke to them in 
Egyptian, and they, supposing he did not un-
derstand Hebrew, conversed with each other in 
an under-tone. �
Remorse had at length awoke, 
and self-reproach, and they said : " This is the 
punishment �
for �
havin-g, �
treated �
our �
brother 
Joseph so. �
We �
saw his anguish NN hen he 
plead with us, but would not hear; and now 
hi �
blood is required of us !" �
This was strik- 
ing a tender �
chord �
in �
Joseph's breast, �
and 
calling back a whole world of associations. �
In 
a moment, Egypt, and Pharaoh's court, and his 
own glory, all disappeared from sight, and he 
saw only his father's white tent, and the sweet 
fields of Canaan. �
Nature �
tugged �
heavily at 
his heartstrings, �
and the choking sensation in 
his throat told �
him �
that �
his �
self-control was 
fast vanishing before the swelling tide of fra- 
ternal and filial �
love, and he retreated �
hastily 
to his room. �
There giving vent to his emotions 
in sobs and tears, he washed himself and re- 
,turned. 
When they again arrived at home, and told 
their father what had happened, the old man's 
fears were aroused, and he �
exclaimed, �
" Ye 
have bereaved me of my children : Joseph is 
dead, and Simeon gone, and now ye will take 
away �
Benjamin �
also. �
All �
these �
things are 
against me. �
He shall not go; for if any mis- 
chief befall him, you will bring my gray hairs 
with sorrow to the grave." �
Not to save Simeon 
will he risk Benjamin. �
They ceased entreat- 
ing, and waited to see how the �
famine �
would 
affect him. 
The little ruse the old man practised �
some 
time after,—so natural, �
and yet �
so easily de- 
tected,—lets �
us �
into �
his i character �
at �
once. 
After days and weeks had passed away, and 
want began to stare him in the face, he spoke 
in the most ordinary, indifferent manner, as if 
the whole affair of Benjamin had been forgot- 
ten—indeed was not worth being referred to 
again, saying, " Go down into Egypt and buy 
more corn." �
" No," said Judah, �
" we cannot, 
we will not go without Benjamin." �
With the 
petulance �
and unreasonableness �
of �
old �
age, 
when it finds its structure of straw, reared with 
so �
much �
pains �
and �
cunning, �
suddenly �
de- 
molished, he exclaimed, " Why did �
you tell 
him that you had a brother ? �
Why deal so ill 
with me ?" 
It �
was �
useless,' however, to contend with 
famine. �
Without corn, Benjamin and all must 
die; and the troubled patriarch, after receiving 
the solemn oaths of his sons to bring him back,° 
at last consented. �
To bless him and send him 
away, was a task almost too great for �
his 
strength. �
Joseph was long since dead, Rachel 
was dead, and Simeon a captive. �
The boy 
Benjamin—the child of his old age—the only 
relic of the wife he had so long and so deeply 
loved—the last nestling on the roof-tree to cheer 
the evening of his days—the only object that 
had made the world bright to him, must then 
go to a foreign �
land, to meet, �
perchance, the 
fate of �
Simeon and �
of Joseph. �
How the 
doting father, when he found he could no longer 
shrink from �
the fatal blow, grasped �
at every- 
thing that could add to the security of his child ! 
" Take," said he, �
" the �
choicest �
fruits of the 
land, and carry them down to the man as a 
present; and a little balm, �
and a little honey, 
and spices, and myrrh, and nuts, and almonds. 
Perhaps when he sees these little presents from 
the old man, lie will pity his loneliness and be 
kind to his boy." 
At length, after �
having �
done all within his 
power, he �
shook �
off, by a strong effort, �
the 
anxious parent, and rising to the dignity of the 
man of God, said, " Go, and God Almighty 
give you mercy before the man. �
If I be be- 
reaved of my children, I am bereaved." 
The light of his heart, the joy of his life, is 
at length gone. �
The patriarch stands in the 
door of his tent—his white locks falling on his 
shoulders—and watches the fair form of his 
boy receding �
in �
the �
distance, �
until at last z 
clump of trees shuts �
him from �
sight. �
Ever 
then he does not turn away, but lingers a lonE 
time, gazing with an ashen cheek and trema: 
lens lip on the spot where he last saw his idol 
and then bowed himself in prayer to the Got 
of his fathers. �
Oh �
how �
he �
laid �
before hi, 
the promises he had made—how he pressed th, 
pledge that had been given. 
Wearily and sadly passed the days to Jacob 
the �
nestling was �
gone �
from his bosom—till 
light of his tent departed. �
That tent was not 
desolate ; the whole world looked lonely; hi 
very herds moved sorrowfully over the fields 
the sky, the �
clouds, �
the earth �
had suddenl: 
changed their aspect. 
While Jacob and his sons are in this state c 
ignorance and �
suspense, it is pleasant to tor 
to Joseph, who alone manages the whole plot 
But he -had over-estimated his self-control ; ft 
when his brethren again stood before him, an, 
gave him the presents and money of his father 
and he saw Benjamin with them, his heart bet 
with a violence that mocked the �
mandates c 
his �
will. �
That �
beautiful boy, with �
his oper 
affectionate �
countenance,. was �
"Ms mother 
son," his only �
brother, and his whole �
nun 
reached forth towards him. �
He could only sa 
" Is this the brother of whom you spoke ? �
Go 
be gracious to thee, my son !" and rushed or 
of the room to hide the tears that could not t 
stayed. �
In the solitude of his chamber, he a 
lieved his burdened heart, and returned with 
composed mien into their midst. �
He had tE 
whole of them with him at dinner; yet, eve 
here, his love which clamored so loudly for e: 
pression, could not help revealing itself. �
II 
piled on Benjamin's plate—boy though he we 
—five times as much as on any of the
- �
other 
The look of innocent wonder �
with �
which 1: 
met this extravagance, again and again brougl 
the tears into Joseph's eyes. �
Ah ! how blip 
they were not to �
see that he �
was devourin 
that child with his looks, and that every motic 
was an effort to restrain himself from snatchin 
him to his bosom. 
Having passed this trial safely, he sent thei 
away with �
their �
sacks �
full �
of corn, orderir 
the steward to put the silver cup into Benjamin 
sack, and then, as soon �
as they had �
left ti 
city, to pursue after and charge them with stea 
ing it. �
He did so, and �
the brothers known 
themselves innocent, bade him search, sayir 
that he in whose sack it was �
found, should 1 
his lord's bondman forever. �
Beginning at tl 
eldest, he opened one sack after another wi 
the same success, until at last none but Benj 
min's remained. �
All anxiety had now ceasr 
on their part, for they knew that little Benjam 
could not steal. �
It was a mere matter of form 
opening his �
sack; but lo ! the first object th 
met their �
astonished eyes, was that glitterii 
cup. �
Alas, alas, they had just been congrat 
lating themselves on their good fortune. �
Wi 
plenty of corn, and Benjamin with them, thr 
were �
on �
their �
return �
route �
to their �
fathc 
Th • 
eir fears had all given way to delightful co 
ternplations, �
when �
lo, their hopes �
were �
fly 
suddenly dashed, and Benjamin, on their ov 
conditions, was to be a bondman for life. �
Wi 
rent clothes �
and �
despairing �
hearts �
they �
I 
turned to the city, and �
prostrating themselv 
before their lord, made �
no excuse, but offer 
themselves at once as slaves. �
This was all 
could ask, and the worst was �
over. �
Not 
Joseph declared �
he would have none but t' 
culprit—the rest �
might �
return to their fatter 
What, go back without Benjamin ! �
Such 
alternative was worse than death, �
and Juct 
roused himself to one desperate effort to av( 
the �
catastrophe. �
Rising �
and �
approachii 
he begged �
him not to be �
angry, b 
hear him : he then
- �
commenced a most tend' 
touching appeal to �
his feelings, and his afic 
Lions, �
Ah, that was quite unnecessary • pc 
Benjamin, as he stood silent and wretched, t 
the �
ter 
innocent �
cause of all �
this �
misery,t 
trickling down �
his cheeks, was �
making tb 
appeal with ten thousand �
tongues, till Jose 
himself turned paler than �
his brethren. �
E 
swallowing down �
by �
a convulsive effort I 
rising emotions, he stood with compressed lij 
and knitted brow, and heaving chest awaiti 
the issue. �
Judah then went on to remind h 
that he had questioned them of their father a 
family ; and when they had honestly told li 
' �
he �
h 
all—even of their �
brother �
Benjamin, 
commanded them to bring him down to Egy 
Said Judah, " I told �
my �
father this, �
but 
would not let him come. �
And when he 1 
sought us again to go and buy food we refuse 
Bere �
li' 
unless Benjamin accompanied us. �
l? 
you know my wife bare me two sons, and o 
went out from me, and was torn in pieces, 
I have never since seen him ; and now if y 
The Dream and its Fulfilment : 
OR, JACOB AND JOSEPH. 
There is nothing in the whole range of hu- 
man �
history �
or romance �
so �
full �
of strange 
to bring about the fulfilment of Joseph's dreams. 
He was the son of Rachel, whom Jacob always 
designated by the appellation, " My unfe"—the 
other was none of his choosing, and hence had 
none of his love. �
As it was natural, after the 
death of his wife, his affection all concentrated 
in her two children. �
Joseph �
was �
the eldest, 
and beautiful as he was brave and good. �
The 
old man could not conceal his partiality for the 
boy, and lavished on him the choicest presents 
in his power to bestow, and decked him out in 
a gay coat,—thus selecting him from all �
his 
brethren to �
receive �
the �
special �
marks of his 
favor. �
Their hatred and entry on this account 
were greatly augmented when he, in' his inno- 
cence, related two dreams: one in which their 
sheaves stood up around his sheaf and made 
obeisance to it; and the �
other, where the sun, 
moon, and stars did �
him reverence ; the only 
interpretation of which was, that lie should be 
lord over his brethren, and honored even by his 
father. 
So, �
once �
while �
pasturing �
their �
flocks �
in 
a 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Some people think it is enough if they per-
sonally enjoy religion. But that is not the case. 
No man liveth to himself—much more does no 
Christian. 
There are two objects for which Christians 
shine. One is to discover themselves, that the 
world may know what Christians are, and so 
be led to emulate their character. This our 
Saviour contemplates, when he says : " Let 
your light so shine before men, that they may 
see your good works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven." We are to emit light for 
others to see by—and it is that they may see 
our good works. 
All Christians perform good works. They 
are all of them doers. They are the most prac-
tical men in the world, though regarded by 
many as visionaries. There are, to be sure, 
speculators and theorists enough in the church, 
but real Christians are working men.. But what 
is the use in our good works being seen ? Why, 
is it not enough that they be done ? Does not 
humility dictate that they should be concealed, 
rather than exposed ? The thing is impracti-
cable. " A city that is set upon a hill cannot 
be hid." Were the thing possible, the attempt 
at concealment might be proper enough, if 
there were no others to be influenced by the sight 
of our good works. Whether a candle in an 
uninhabited
b �
house be on a candlestick or under 
a bushel, is a matter of little consequence—but 
not so if there be people in the house. 
are not Christians in fact. We may as well 
admit it first as last. Christ says we are to be 
judged by his word—not by any favorite au-
thor of ours, Blair, or Paley, or whoever, he 
may be—not by any sermon we may have 
heard from this or that minister—not by the 
standard that may have been set up in some 
conversation with an eminent divine—not by 
the opinion entertained in the circle in which 
we move—not by what seems to stand to our 
reason. There will be no spreading out of 
these when the Judge shall sit. The Bible 
will be the only Book of law and authority 
opened then. 
I know very well there is nothing new in 
what I am saying. Any body can say it, and 
say it as well. Everybody knows it already. 
But it is one of the old things that we need to 
be often reminded of. I know of nothing we are 
more prone to forget than these common-place 
truths. It is what we know best, and most 
firmly believe, that we fail most to consider 
and lay to heart. The most familiar truths 
have always been the truths by men most dis-
regarded. 
But let us hear what the Bible says Chris-
tians are, for I did not intend so long an intro-
duction. Well, the .Bible says, among other 
things, that they are the light of the world.—
The blessed Jesus himself is the speaker, and 
he is addressing his disciples, and he says to 
them : " Ye are the light of the world." Ob-
serve, he does not say : " Ye may be, if you 
are careful to live up to your privileges ;" or, 
" Ye ought to be—it is your duty ;" or, " Ye 
shall be—by-and-by, when you have made 
greater progress in religion ;" but he speaks of 
it as a present matter of fact : " Ye are the 
light of the world." So it seems that Chris-
tians shine. We talk of a shining Christian, 
meaning to distinguish such a one from Chris-
tians in general. , 
But there is no Christian who is not a shin-
ing one. Every Christian emits light. Paul 
testifies of the Christians of Philippi, that they 
shone as lights in the world. They were what 
Christ said his disciples were. Arid must not 
Christians of our cities and villages be the 
same ? It also appears that Christians are not 
merely receivers.—They give out—they com-
municate. That is their character. They do 
not live merely or mainly for themselves. A 
candle is not lighted for its own Convenience, 
but for the benefit of others, that it may give 
light unto all that are in the house. 
take this one away also, and mischief befall 
him, you will bring down my gray hairs with 
sorrow to the grave." In this simple and earnest 
manner, he went on pleading for his aged father, 
and for Benjamin, in such touching language, 
that the heart of a stranger would have melted. 
Joseph listened to the recital—saw the picture 
Judah drew of his father, and when he came 
to speak of how dearly that father still loved 
his long-lost son Joseph, and the sorrow and 
wretchedness that now threatened his declining 
years, he could no longer restrain himself. The 
swelling tide of feeling that had been so-iong, 
kept back, now rushed the wilder for the force 
that had been laid upon it, and he cried with a 
loud voice, " Let every man leave me," and he 
stood alone with his brothers. He then burst 
into a passionate fit of weeping, and sobbed so 
loud and convulsively, that the court of Phara-
oh heard him. After the first gust of feeling 
had passed by, he exclaimed, "lam Joseph ; 
cloth my father yet live ?" Had a thunderbolt 
suddenly fallen at their feet, they could not 
have been more astounded, and they stood si-
lently looking on each other, while consterna-
tion, shame, remorse, and hope, agitated them 
by turns. But there was no place in Joseph's 
bosom for anger, and he endeavored to console 
them by saying, it was all for the best that they 
had sold him. God had ordered it aright. He 
then snatched Benjamin to his bosom, and cov-
ered hin-, with caresses, and the two brothers 
lay a long time in each other's embrace, weep-
ing. 
All this time Jacob was counting the days 
that should bring Benjamin back, and when at 
last the little caravan heaved in sight, how his 
heart beat as he saw him riding safely in the 
midst. In the fulness of his joy at his safe re-
turn, Judah told him chat Joseph was yet alive, 
and was lord of Egypt. The shock like to 
have proved too much for his aged frame—the 
blood sallied back to his he-art, and he fainted. 
When he at length revived, he said, " It is 
enough, Joseph my son is yet alive ; I will go 
down and see him before I die." And he did 
go down, and Joseph came in his chariot to 
meet him. Of that interview we cannot speak. 
An aged father taking to his bosom a long-bu-
ried son, and a noble son murmuring on that 
bosom in the midst of his tears, "My father, 
my father," answered only, by the tremulous 
" God bless thee, my son," is one of the holiest 
sights this earth presents. The rapture of that 
moment compensates for years of pain. The 
Bible says that Joseph " wept on his neck a 
good while." How simple the declaration, and 
yet how full of meaning. " A good while :" 
yes. the garnered affection of years, the hoard-
ed treasures of the heart, all it had suffered, 
and all it had hoped, were not to be uttered in 
a short embrace. 
Thus was the double dream fulfilled.—J. T. 
Headley. �
New York Observer. 
The Light of the World. 
How are we to know whether, being nomi-
nally Christians, we are also really Christians ? 
It is important to know if we possess the thing 
signified by Christianity. The mere name and 
fame of the thing will be of little use to us.—
Now, the Bible tells us what Christians are. If, 
then, we are what the book says Christians are, 
we are Christians. Everybody admits this—
that a Scriptural Christian is without doubt a 
real one. But some seem to hesitate about ad-
mitting the converse of the proposition, that if 
we are not what the Bible says Christians are, 
we are not Christians. The reason they hesi-
tate can only be, that they perceive or fear the 
latter conclusion makes against themselves ; for 
the one is as clearly and certainly true as the 
other. What use would there be in statements 
declaring what Christians are, if individuals 
may be Christians without being what Chris-
tians are thus declared to be ? Indeed, what 
truth would there be in such statements ? That 
is no characteristic of a class, which does not 
belong to all the individuals of the class. The 
declaration, " If any man be in Christ Jesus, 
he is a new creature," is neither useful nor 
true, if some are in Christ who are not new 
creatures. The same may be said of this as-
sertion : " There is, therefore, now no condem-
nation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who 
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." 
If a solitary individual is pardoned and freed 
from condemnation, who still walks after the 
flesh, there is neither sense nor sincerity in it ; 
nor in this other passage : " They that are 
Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affec-
tions and lusts." If some are Christ's who 
have never put the flesh and its lusts to tha 
kind of death, it must be admitted that if we 
are not what the Bible says Christians are, we 
but quite passive in showing them. A lumi-
nous body makes ran effort in emitting light. 
Indeed, it cannot help shining. A Christian 
has only in all his intercourse with men to act 
out the Christian spirit, and be governed by the 
fear of God, and the principles of his holy re-
ligion, and the thing is done. The light is 
emitted, and the good works are seen. And 
this is the way, under God, to commend truth 
to the conscience, to reach the hearts of men, 
and make converts to God. Yea, this is the 
way : " Having your conversation honest 
among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak 
against you as evil doers, they may by your 
good works, which they shall behold, glorify 
God in the day of visitation." 
Another question. Is this what we are do-
ing, shining so that men, knowing we profess 
the religion of Jesus, see, in looking at us, how 
pure, lovely, excellent, and divine a religion it 
is, and are led to say " Verily, it must be from 
God, and we must embrace it too wewill be 
like Christians !" 
The other object for which Christians shine 
is, to enlighten others. But on this I cannot 
now enlarge. Only this I would observe.—
See how far Christians shine!! They do not 
merely illumine some little sphere. They are 
the light of the world. Their influence reach-
es to the ends of the earth. 
Would we make good our Saviour's asser-
tion with respect to ourselves—would we be 
the light of the world, let us first take heed 
that the light which is in us be not darkness—
and let us next have a care that our light make 
discovery to others of good works. Let us do 
them. Then, as for those who see us, it is their 
fault, not ours, if they are not converted. And 
as for those who are too far off to see us, it 
only remains that we carry them the light, or 
lend it to them.—Nevins. 
The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, 
It may be known to some of our readers, that 
Mr. NOEL has recently seceded from the Church 
of England. He has given his reasons for this 
step in a pamphlet. We quote some para-
graphs from it, which we doubt not will interest 
all lovers of Bible institutions. 
and to their pastors ; whereas the Anglican sys-
tem forces them to pay who would refuse it if 
they could. 
" The system appointed by Christ exercises 
the faith and love of believers, who thus make 
a grateful offering to him ; but the Anglican 
system extorts from unbelievers, by fear of 
the law, a tax which is reluctantly paid to the 
State. 
" The system appointed by Christ is much 
more for the comfort of a pious minister, be-
cause he can receive with thankfulness and 
joy what his brethren contribute with liberality 
and affection, in duty to Christ and in justice 
to him ; while, under the Anglican system, he 
must extort his income, by force of law, from 
those who, possibly, curse both him and his re-
ligion while they pay it. 
" The system appointed by Christ tends to 
attract both ministers and people to each other, 
since, under it, ministers receiving their sup-
port from the affection of their flocks, feel 
grateful for it, and the people find that to do a 
kindness is as much a source of affection as to 
receive it; but the Anglican system alienates 
both parties, the pastor having to complain of 
arrears, and of evasions of payment, while the 
flock are tempted to think their shepherd self-
ish and severe. 
" The system of Christ, demanding the sup-
port of the pastors from those only who appre-
ciate the value of the truth and contribute free-
ly, attracts ungodly persons to hear the Gospel 
without money and without price ; but the 
Anglican system, which taxes them for what 
they disbelieve or despise, shuts their ears 
against the truth, 
The system of Christ manifests to the 
world the power of religion, which they can 
in some degree measure by the sacrifices which 
Christians freely make for its support; while 
the Anglican system makes the world believe 
that Christians are as selfish and as covetous 
as 'they are themselves, and would not support 
their pastors unless they were forced to do so. 
" Lastly, according to the system appointed 
by Christ, the best ministers are generally best 
supported, because Christians can appreciate 
grace as well as gifts in their pastors ; but, un-
der the Anglican system, the richest livings go 
to those who are related to patrons, and thus 
the worst ministers are frequently the best paid, 
and the churches are beset with those who 
have sought the ministry only for its emolu-
ments. 
" If these observations tire correct, Christians 
who allow their pastors to br paid by the State, 
disregard the will of Christ; impeach his wis-
dom ; neglect their duty ; injure their Chris-
tian characters ; manifest a worldly selfishness, 
by seeking to escape from a just remuneration 
for services received ; beg alms for Christ's of-
ficers from Christ's enemies ; excite prejudice 
against the Gospel in the minds of irreligious 
tithe-payers ; impair the use of the ministry ; 
place the ministers of Christ under the pay 
and influence of ungodly persons ; and pro-
claim to the world, that the disciples of Christ 
cannot maintain his worship and publish his 
truth, unless worldly men and unbelievers of 
every class will help them. It deserves, there- 
fore, the most serious consideration of Chris-
tian ministers and of Christian churches, 
whether they should not at once abandon a 
system so dishonorable to the Gospel, and re-
turn to that which rests on the authority of 
Christ." 
BEST REMEDY FOR CHOLERA.—The " Pres-
byterian Record " contains the' following useful 
suggestions :— 
In answer to the prayer of Solomon, at the 
dedication of the Temple, we are told, " The 
Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said 
unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have 
chosen this place to myself for a house of sac-
rifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no 
rain, or, if I command the locusts to devour 
the land : or if I send pestilence among my 
people ; if my people which are called by my 
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and 
seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways ; 
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive 
their sins, and will heal their land." 
That, as a mean, is the preventive and reme- 
dy. �
Read and ponder the 91st Psalm : " I will 
say of the Lord, He is my refuge, and my for-
tress,—my God, in him will I trust,—surely 
He shall deliver thee from the snare of the 
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He 
shall cover thee with his feathers, and under 
his Wings shalt thou trust—his truth shall be 
thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid 
of the terror by night—nor for the arrow that 
The aathor proceeds to investigate the New 
Testdment, in search of the Divine principle of 
Ministertal Maintenance, and concludes thus : 
" Upon a review of these passages it appears, 
" 1. That it is the will of Christ that there 
should be pastors for the churches, and evan-
gelists to preach the Gospel to the whole world. 
"2. That Christ has commanded each church 
to maintain its own pastor, when possible. 
That if a church be too poor, other 
churches ought to aid. 
That the churches should likewise sup-
port evangelists who preach to the heathen. 
That Christ has committed to his uni-
versal church the duty of supporting his min-
isters throughout the world. 
That if in any case a pastor or evange-
list cannot obtain adequate support from his 
Christian brethren, that he may labor in any 
secular calling for his own maintenance. 
" It is obvious that there is a marked con-
trast between the system which Christ has or-
dained for the maintenance of His ministers, 
and that which has been preferred by the An-
glicaq churches under the Union. 
" According to the law of Christ, the pastor 
is to be maintained by the zeal of the church ; 
according to the Union, he is maintained by 
act of Parliament. 
" According to the law of Christ, he should 
be maintained by the believers ; according to 
the Union, he is maintained by persons of eve-
ry class, including Roman Catholics, Unita-
rians, infidels, and profligates. 
" According. �
the law of Christ, he should 
be maintained by those who contribute of their 
own property ; according to the Union, the 
State has voted away the property of others to 
maintain him. 
" According to the law of Christ, all the of-
ferings made for his support should ,be free ; 
by the Union, they are paid under the terror Of 
distraint. 
" The moral influences of these two systems 
for the support of the ministers of. Christ, are 
very opposite. 
" The system appointed by Christ is the most 
just, because, according to it, those only pay 
for instruction who receive it ; while, according 
to the Anglican system, all must pay, whether 
they receive it or not. 
" The system appointed by Christ calls 
Christians to pay, who pay freely, because 
The Christian's good works are to be visible 
—not that he may be applauded for them, but 
that man may thence be led to glorify God. 
Now, a question. Do we shine ? And by the 
light which we evolve, do observers see our 
good work ? Have we any good works for 
them to see ? • And are they such good works 
as, they seeing, will instinctively refer to the 
grace of God as their cause, and so be led to 
glorify him? We are a chosen generation, a 
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar peo-
ple—that we should show forth the praises of 
him who bath called us out of darkness into 
his marvellous light. I would not have any 
one suppose that a Christian is to make an ef-
fort to let his good works be seen ; to be osten-
tatious of them. No, he is only to let his 
light shine. He is active in doing good works, they have a debt to discharge, both to Christ flieth by day—nor for the pestilence that walk- 
which 
to 
seven 
crops 
eing 
Pt in 
the 
arced 
d his 
re of 
let0- 
final 
TotS' 
yiats" 
p. 
blem 
the 
fruit-
ile, 
inual 
cy of 
gree 
the 
d the 
sue-
lized 
-Inch 
kere, 
cient 
rops 
f the 
there 
ma-
fact 
r the 
tiful. 
nnbol 
t the 
sup- 
e the 
ptian 
iero- 
uch 
ears 
raged 
r, not 
th of 
only 
they 
pre-
vmus 
asive 
igup 
same 
and 
the 
as in-
four-
from 
con-
f the 
, and 
alley 
rnels 
e for 
wan 
said, 
rley-
unto 
that 
noth- 
ASH, 
vered 
ng of 
t ire 
, and 
your 
ist of 
DEON 
rush 
rny• 
the 
, and 
I the 
in he 
feet, 
an-
ne of 
d the 
tried, 
, be-
n the 
have 
v one 
in his 
ff the 
said, 
ity is 
ips of 
away 
on.•— 
1 44 �
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
eth in darkness—nor for the destruction that 
wasteth at noon-day ;—because thou bast made 
the Lord, which is my refuge, and �
the �
Most 
High, thy habitation." 
Our security, then, is only in the Lord; and 
to obtain it, we must humble ourselves, and 
pray; we must repent of our �
sins, �
and �
seek 
and give his angels charge concerning us. 
his pardon �
and �
protection, and hewill hear,
were 
moon, and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.— 
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren :and 
his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is 
this dream that thou hest dreamed? �
Shall I and thy 
mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down 
ourselves to thee to the earth?"—Gen. 37:5-10. 
Of the symbolsin
' 
the dreams of JOSEPH the sheaves 
denoted men. 
JosEee's sheaf standing upright—symbolized his 
reign and dominion. 
The sheaves of his brethren making obeisance to his 
sheaf—symbolized their subjection and future obedi- 
ence to him. 
The eleven stars —his eleven brethren. 
The obeisance of the stars—the obeisance of his 
brethren. 
The sun—symbolical of his father—one occupying 
a superior position to his own. 
/31STN, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, Pa- �
of the captain of the guard, " the butler of the king �
impossible, °had aewr'nild beast been useed as a symbol oyf fruits of the seven �
years of plenctnyns;nimn 
consumption 
�
Interpretation of Symbols, Figures, Rm. �
dreamed dreams. �
The chief butler said, " In my �
posterous to present a cup of wine to a beast. There live and that which it denotes ; as it was not in 
dream behold, a vine was before me ; and in the vine 
�
The symbols noticed in our last complete the list �
were three branches : and it was as though it budded, �
person symbolized. �
Had a different person been em- That unnatural �
and �
unsuitable act of one st 
of symbols contained in DANIEL'S prophecy—the re- �
and her blossoms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof ployed, it would not have been apparent that the hut- �
towards the other was �
employed to �
show tha 
maining figures not being symbolical. �
The consid- brought forth ripe grapes: and PHARAOH'S cup was
wh•noinuldhhearveePrinesdeicnatteeda 
eration of their peculiarities will come under another in �
my �
hand : and I �
took the grapes, and pressed �
different person was
Prs to act in that office. �
It was dream was framed in accordance with the Egy 
head. �
Of the remaining symbols in tee Old Testa- �
them into PHARAOH'S cup, and I gave the cup into �
equally requisite that the peculiar instruments and �
custom of using arbitrary �
emblems in their 1 
went we should include, �
PHARAOH'S hand. �
acts of his office should be employed—a vine, branch- glyphic representations. 
1, the " bow in the cloud."—Gen. 9 : 13. �
Mr. �
" Arid JOSEPH said unto him, This is the interpreta- 
LORD does not mention this in his reference �
to the �
lion of it : the three branches are �
three days : yet �
from 
 t It 
the cup
the tgrapes 
Pharaoh,
into 
 tihneecrtdi 
order 
texts containing symbols ; and �
it may, �
perhaps, be �
within three days shall PHARAOH lift up �
thy �
head, �
show that he, was to be restored to the station of' but- �
therefore, doubtless, in a line one above another 
proper to omit it. �
It is, however, here presented as �
and restore thee unto thy place : and thou shalt de- �
ler ; not put into another office. �
There are no other in a cluster, they were apt emblems of the grog 
a token of mercy, and may, therefore, be referred to �
liver PHARAOH'S cup into iris hand, after the former 
is presented as a symbol.—See Ezek. 1:2e ; and Rev. �
" When the chief baker saw that the interpretation �
explained on the same �
principles. �
He symbolizes decessor was matured, they had a still more oh 
4:3 ; and 10:1. �
was good, he said unto JOSEPH, I also �
was in �
my �
himself in the act' of bearing the baskets. �
The three �
adaptation to denote the growth of seven sneer 
When ABRAHAM, in reference to the promise of dream, and behold, I had three white baskets on my 
- 
 a personal possession in Canaan, said, "LORD GOD, �
head : and in the uppermost basket there was of all �
ry to present onlyone ebask.ee9t Ofernleats on :deany. !His stalk, and probably like the formerin 'succession 
whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it 1" �
He �
manner of bake-meats for PHARAOH : and the birds �
preparing three baskets �
in succession, therefore, or �
in their growth, �
drew �
their nourishment lion 
was commanded to take an heifer of three years old, �
did eat them out of the basket upon my head. �
seeming to have prepared them, before he �
placed �
others, and at length absorbed them, which w 
and a she-goat of three years old, and a rain of three �
" And JOSEPH answered, and said, This is the in �
at hneateuvreaul tin‘dvifc)autlidontatkheat tlhare.eee �
tdeeeend eaardseNe'inatfihone fiseratnn) en asttuarlek,, aysk atsh e a grdrewv'italitiout:i 
years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.— terpretation thereof: The �
three baskets are three �
which the dream �
was designed to foreshow. P The �
nature, but was a most emphatic emblem of tint 
" And he took unto him all these, and divided them �
days : yet within three days shall PHARAOH lift up �
birds symbolized themselves, and their act in eating sumption of the produce of fruitful, because c 
in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : �
thy head from off thee, and shall �
hang �
thee on a �
the meats, their act in devouring him. �
But why, in �
inadequate crops of unfruitful years." 
but the birds divided lie not. �
And when the fowls �
tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. �
Place
1) �
. h eo fruseyamfsboal 
symbolizing 
n gt.h e birds 
 
himself, exhibited 
came down upon the carcasses, ABRAM drove them �
" And it came to pass the third day, which was �
tlyiem, instead of him ? �
It is doubtless becausenntgo �
all the children of the east, lay �
along in the r 
away. �
And when the sun was going down, a deep �
PHARAOH'S birth-day, that he made a feast unto all �
have used him here as the symbol of himself, would �
like grasshoppers for multitude ; and �
their e 
sleep fell upon ABRAM ; and lo, a horror of great dark- �
his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief have been to represent him as living, and conscious of were without number, as the sand by the sea-si 
ness fell upon him. �
And he said unto ABRAM, Know �
butler and of the chief baker among his servants.— symbolization. 
 
of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land �
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership �
that they were to assail him, and he was therefore to �
" And when GIDEON was come, behold, there 
that is not �
theirs, and shall serve them; and they �
again; and he gave the cup into PHARAOH'S hand : �
be passive and insensible under their attacks, it was �
a man that told a dream unto his fellow, �
and 
shall afflict them four hundred years ; and also that �
but he hanged the chief baker, as JOSEPH had inter- �
necessary, in order to adjust the representation to that Behold, 1 dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of b: 
nation whom they shall serve, will I judge : and af- preted to them."—Gen. 40:10-13 ; and 16-22. �
his place."—Pp. 213,214. 
terward shall they �
come out with great substance. �
a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned i 
�
The dreams of the butler and baker, with PHARA- �
it �
• 
ort's dream, Mr. LORD Says," are not to beregarded 
be buried in a good old age. �
But in the fourth gene-
" And his fellow answered, and said, This is 
as inspired. �
They dreamed them as mere 
ration they shall come hither again : for the iniquity �
ing else save the sword of GIDEON the son of Jr 
as pagans , not as prophets. �
Their deviations from �
• 
of the Amorites is not yet full. �
river seven well-favored �
kine �
and �
fat-fleshed ; and �
a man of Israel : for into his hand bath GoD deli 
symbols. �
Yet the interpretations given of them are �
Y 
down, and �
it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, �
" And it was so, when GIDEON heard the telh 
in mostparticulars, in accordance with those1 �
• 
In that same day the LORD made �
a covenant with �
the brink of the river. �
And the ill-favored and lean- �
worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel 
We are at a loss for the grounds on which the dis- 
ABRAM, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, �
fleshed kine did eat nip the seven well-favored and fat �
said, Arise ; for the LORD hath delivered into 
Unction is made between the dreams of these men 
heathenandthatof NEBUCHADNEZZAR.• 
If his was 
phrates."—Gen. 15:9:18.
dreamed the second time : and behold, seven ears of �
We do nut find this noticed in Mr. Loire's 1 
inspired, why not these? �
And if these are not, how 
�
In the foregoing, the " horror of darkness "—ifnot �
corn came up on one stalk, rank and good. �
And symbols yet. 
can his be? �
All were heathen : all were �
It 
the " smoking furnace," and the " burning lamp "— . �
The barley bread is evidently symbolical of G. 
is true that DANIEL says 
 
we think �
should be considered as a symbol : Mr. �
and his band. 
LORD, for some reason, omits them. �
Its tumbling into the host of Midian—of the 
The darkness which �
fell �
upon �
ABRAHAM is ex- �
of GIDEON 's army into their midst. 
king NEBUCHADNEZZAR what shall be in the latter 
plained to denote the servitude which the children of day's;" but JOSEPH �
" And JOSEHH said unto PHARAOH, The dream of �
Its overturning a tent—of its defeating the an 
JOSEPH likewise says to PHARAOH, "GOD 
Israel should endure before they should come into �
As PHARAOH is one : GoD hash spewed PHARAbH What �
7. " In the year that king UZZIAH died I saw al 
bath showed PHARAOH what he is about to do." 
the possession of the land. �
There is also reason to �
he is about to do. �
The �
seven �
good kine are seven �
LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up 
both were revealed by GOD, both must have been in- 
believe that his own journey through the tomb before �
years; and the seven good ears are seven years : the �
his train filled �
the temple. �
Above it stool 
spired. �
If they were not �
inspired, the �
could not 
he could possess the land, is also brought to view in �
dream is one. �
And �
the seven �
thin and ill-favored �
seraphims : each one had six wings ; with tee 
have been interpreted. �
As they had 
they 
si �
- 
the deep sleep which then fell upon him. �
The lamp �
g �
kine that came up after them are seven years ; and covered his face, and with twain he covered his 
nification �
definitely• 
, they must have been �
given, and 
and furnace partake less of the nature of symbols,
the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall �
and with twain he did fly. �
And one cried um 
consequently were inspired. 
and seem �
to be �
the figures GOD used by which to �
be seven years of famine. �
This is the thing which �
other, and said, �
Holy, �
holy, �
holy, is the Lo 
In the dream of the butler the symbols are used as 
bind, or make sure, the covenant he made With ABRA- �
I have spoken unto PHARAOH : what Gon is about hosts : the whole earth is full of his glory. �
An 
representatives of their own kind. �
Agents of ano- 
nAM. �
to do he sheweth �
unto �
PHARAOH. �
Behold, there �
posts of the door moved at the voice of him thati 
" And JOSEPH dreamed a dream, and he told it �
ther kind are not used to represent them, because no some seven years of great plenty throughout all the and the house was filled with smoke. 
his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. And �
agents of another kind could be analogous to them. �
land of Egypt : and �
there shall arise after �
them �
" Then said I, Wo is me ! for I env undone 
he said �
unto them, Hear, I �
pray you, this dream �
The design was, to show the butler that in three �
seven years of famine ; and all the �
plenty shall be cause I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell i 
sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also �
the cup of PHARAOH; and it could be done no more �
consume the land. �
And the �
plenty �
shall �
not �
be seen the King, the LORD of hosts., �
Then fler 
stood upright ; and behold, your sheaves stood round �
appropriately or intelligibly than by presenting the �
known in the land by reason of that famine following : �
of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal 
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. �
And his Performance of his appropriate work. The following �
for it shall he very grievous. �
And for that the dream �
hand, which lie had taken with the tongs from o 
brethren said �
to hint, Shalt thou indeed reign over is Mr. Loeo's explanation of. these dreams :— �
was doubled unto PHARAOH twice : It is because the �
altar: �
and he �
laid �
it �
upon my mouth, and 
ust or shalt thou indeed have dominion over use__ �
,‘ The names of the symbols are their literal and �
thing is established by �
GoD, and �
Goo �
will shortly �
Lo, this bath touched thy lips ; and thine iniqu 
And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and �
proper names. �
The agents symbolized, agents ; the bring it to pass."—Vs. 25-32. �
taken away and thy sin purged."—Isa. 6:1-7. 
those �
subjects;la • 
�
Len. acts represented acts. �
The 
and told �
it �
his �
brethren, and said, Behold, I have �
three branches were used as symbols of three days, �
" There is, however, in the interpretation "given of of his sins. �
It is then a symbol of purificati 
dreamed a dream more : and behold, the sun, and the doubtless because it was customary to use the grapes �
Pharaoh's first dream, �
a wider deviation �
from �
a �
(To be continued.) 
of a braach for the wine of a day, and because the 
quantity of grapes on each branch was such as was 
ordinarily used for .1,hat purpose, or was adequate totheir 
furnish a cup of wine. �
The grapes were doubtless 
taken fresh from the vine every day, immediately be- 
fore being pressed, and were pressed in the presence 
of Pharaoh, or immediately before being presented to 
him. �
It is probable that, in the dream, the branches 
taken from the vine successively, and naturally, 
therefore, indicated the acts of three days. �
His not 
proceeding to express the wine, and present it, till he 
had gathered the third branch, was a natural token, 
therefore, that it would not be till the third day that 
 
would L 
he �
be restored to his office, and resume his 
service in the presence of the monarch. �
These sym- 
bols were used to represent themselves, from the ne- 
cessity of such a symbolization, in order to show that 
the butler, Pharaoh, and the acts of his peculiar of- 
five, were the persons and acts that they denoted.— 
Had the mere symbol of a king, as a horn, for exam- 
ple, been used in place �
of Pharaoh, �
it would �
not 
have been clear that Pharaoh was the king whom it 
represented. �
Had such a symbol of a king been em- 
2bvent �
ijcval4. �
The moon—of his mother. �
ployed, which denotes a monarch merely in the rela- •they were its representatives. �
The lean kine 1 
Their obeisance—of his own elevation. �
His mo- lion of supreme power, no symbol used by the law of for a similar reason, appropriate emblems of def 
ther died before the date of this dream, �
analogy could have represented the presentation of a crops. �
The devouring of the seven fat by the 
When JOSEPH was bound in prison in the house �
sceuupt ofvfi wine.
ue t �
a Ith would 1 have
t �
u lbdeehnaN. �
been
unnatural 
 to rile- �
01 lean 
1t 
seven
kine, �
s 
denoted 
 
would 
 that 
cause
the the 
 inadequacy 
 otf. the 
 
of �
Egypt, and �
his �
baker," �
his �
fellow-prisoners, �
a king ; as it would have �
been unnatural and pre- �
is a want of correspondence between the repres 
�
was a like necessity, also, that the butler should rep- �
the . unfruitful �
earth �
that �
eat the �
fruitful, �
fir 
(Continued from our last) �
resent himself, that it might be seen that he was the �
famine years that devoured those that were pier 
ley was
of a tdhieffei 
different person 
�
es loaded with ripe clusters, Pharaoh's wine-cup, the �
" The signs of his second dream werei �
used . 
apfriedssthuereproefsethuteatiwu'uinuef 
�
representatives that could have indicated his being �
seven successive years : inasmuch as naturally, 
�
restored to that office, and exerting those peculiar acts. �
a single �
ear of wheat �
grows on a �
stalk. �
if 
�
" The baker's dream also is, with one exception, �
grew in succession, each of the last six after it; 
lbfaksek the
ets are uaed aosfstr Ibioul s ofh three 
 a �
e idays,
tfa �
s tu 
doubtlessa �
yftea rs. 
would 
 The
.eem 
seven
aho v tell the
in and 
 u 
good 
days would 
 11 l I i phiesasd before 
hhfebi theedr ea 
as 
t h ei r pre y i ng o n Ah him, which 
wwhaisc It notwould 
 til 
till after
have 
 h been
is ex 
execution 
fact, that an unconscious symbol should �
be �
used in �
bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came 
And it came to pass �
at the end of two full �
the tent lay along. 
�
f �
years, that PHARAOH dreamed : and behold, he stood 
�
...men, and �
by the river. �
And behold, there came up out of the 
analogy, therefore, are not exceptions to the laws of the �
fed �
in a meadow. �
And behold, seother• • 
�
,, �
kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored 
�
aws. ' �
and lean-fleshed ; and stood by the other !tine upon �
the dream, �
and the interpretation �
thereof, tht 
as kine. �
So PHARAOH awoke. �
And he slept and hand the host of Midian."—Judges 7:12-15. 
�
men. �
behold, seven thin ears �
and �
blasted �
with �
the east 
to NEBUCHADNEZZAR, " He wind sprung up after them. �
And the seven thin ears 
that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what devoured the seven rank and full ears. And PHARAOH 
shall come to pass ;" and also, " maketh known to awoke, and behold it was a dream."—Gen. 41:1-7. �
, �
• 
days he would be pressing the juice of the grape into �
forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall �
midst of a people of unclean lips : for mine eyei 
subjects of agency, the grapes and cup, represented �
In this, the applying of a live coal to the 1 
On this dream Mr. LORD thus comments : �
the prophet, is explained to denote the taking 
fundamental law of symbols—living creatures 1 
used as the representative r,!,f,. the �
lands of Egy 
annual �
cultivation. , �
'I 'he �
reason �
is, �
that 
dream is an �
uninspired natural dream, �
and fe 
according to the ideas �
with �
which Pharaoh an 
priests and �
magicians were �
familiar ; the �
fig 
the ox or cow being employed by them as the 1 
glyphic of the lands of Egypt under their at 
cultivation. �
Aeeee- (AEI, 'car pietclii" o-tippoXoy r,,, 
0 ',fa, : toc7rEp apEXE4 riC TE at/TES' Rat 7ewf 
'cat Teo,p1)T o povc. �
Clem. �
Alex. Strom. �
fib. 
567. �
It was to them, therefore, a suitable �
em 
of their cultivated �
lands, �
and �
the �
fatness an 
leanness of the kine, of their fruitfulness and un 
fulness. �
The �
advance of the �
kine from the 
denoted the emergence of their fields from the at 
flood of that river, on the adequacy or inadequa 
which the fruitfulness of the season in a great dr 
depended. �
The fine, doubtless, went up fro r 
river in �
succession, and �
thereby �
aptly denote 
emergeece of the land from the flood �
in seven 
cessive years. �
The good favor of the kine syrnbr 
the full crops of the earth during the years in 
�
individual whom
t bray:, : �
id)leifiecdiefnrcoymoftliteheevseevnefnrufitrif:iiinedyo,euabrtsle:s.asbteocablies 
more 
reeuru grew 
conformable
(t asingle 
 with analogy. 
 stic , and 
 As 
s were 
esever 
blasted
ears ears,
o in stih»-eu i 
represented
evu u �
6. " And the Midianites, and the Amalekitet 
�
ufat :us: �
multitude. 
seven �
Mullen, and all the host. 
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THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!!" 
as throwing light on the texts where the same figure �
manner when thou wast his butler. 
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou shalt 
" And it came to pass, that when the sun went 
and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. —P. 213. 
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the Etta 
which I have dreamed : for behold we were binding 
for his words. �
And lie dreamed yet another dream, 
THE ADVENT HERALD. �
45 
-- 
doing his duty, and actually driven away by a number 
of persons, armed with pistols and other weapons, 
and the law was absolutely set at naught. The 
above changes in the manners and habits of certain 
classes in the city have taken place, to a great extent, 
within two years, and the evil has increased greatly 
within six months. It is no wonder, therefore, that 
complaints for assaults on officers, and assaults with 
dangerous weapons, during the last year, exceed by 
more than four hundred per cent. the numbers five 
years ago. We are ashamed to believe that such a 
degree of vice, profligacy, and danger to personal 
safety exists in Boston ; certainly the responsibility 
will be great, if, by any neglect of ours, this state of 
things is permitted longer to disgrace this once orderly 
and peaceable city of the Pilgrims." 
The population of Boston is now about 120,000. 
Of this number, it is stated above that 11,179, were 
in custody the past year, or nearly one for every ten 
persons in the city ! Is it possible that of every thou-
sand persons we meet in our thickly crowded 
throroughfares, that nearly one tenth of their number 
are violators of the laws? The foregoing would 
seem thus to indicate. And yet Boston is one of the 
most moral cities in the world ! ! This is not indica-
tive of an approaching temporal millennium. A 
distinguished divine once expressed his opinion that 
in the millennium, all the world will be about equal 
to Boston ! A poor millennium that would be. It 
would not compare much with the millennium of the 
Bible. 
To Correspondents. 
HENRY J. SWEETLAND.—SOLOMON does not say 
they have no reward in death ; but that " neither 
have they anymore a reward." You ask how ABRA-
HAM and LAZARUS could make known anything in 
the world of spirits? They have not made known 
anything to us. The SAVIOUR made it known: we 
made no reference to interchange of intelligence 
among them. You are correct in supposing that the 
same Hebrew word, tan, is rendered breath in Eccle. 
3:19, and spirit in 3:21 ; and also that 171NV is the 
word rendered grave in Eccle. 9:10. But here is 
overlooked one great principle, without the recogni-
tion of which no progress can be made in the dis-
cussion of this, or any question. It. is, whether the 
same word is always to he used in the same sense.—
If it is, it will follow, that when you have shown that 
a word is sometimes used in a given sense, you will 
have proved that it must always have that significa- 
tion. But if the same word may have various signi-
fications, then it also follows, that the use of a word 
in one place does not decide its use in all others. We 
think you will see and acknowledge this. Where it 
is not seen, we cannot hope to make any progress ; 
and where we find those who cannot see it, we cease 
to labor with them, because it would be labor in vain. 
Those to whom this is a new thought, will he as-
tonished in tracing the usage of words in the Eng 
lish language, to find the variety of significations 
which is often attached to the same word. Just ex-
tend this principle to the Hebrew, and the mystery 
is solved. Because sheol is sometimes applied to the 
grave, it does not follow that it always has that sig-
nification. We read : " The wicked shall be turned 
into sheol, and all the nations that forget GOD."—
Psa. 9:17. But the righteous are turned into the 
grave : it must, therefore, here imply more than the 
grave. And so with the other word referred to : roo-
agh sometimes denotes breath, wind, &c. ; but it does 
not therefore follow, that it has this signification when 
"there came forth a spirit (same word) and stood 
before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him."-2 
Kings 22:21. So with the word soul : by a metonymy, 
it sometimes denotes the body ; but it does not fol-
low that such is its signification when it is put in 
contrast with the body, as in the text, will " destroy 
both body and soul in hell." 
But you may inquire, Why .is this? We will en- 
deavor to explain. If we critically examine any 
language, and trace its several terms and phrases to 
their source, we shall find invariably, that all the 
words made use of to denote spiritual and intellectual 
things, or anything elevated above the objects of 
sense, are taken from objects of sense, which always 
make the first impression on the human mind. And 
thus the same words are applied to objects of sense, 
and to intellectual conceptions. Those who allow no 
meaning to a word but that contained in its etymologi- 
cal root, or material origin, have no terms whatever 
to express an idea removed from sensible, or outward 
things. In the infancy of language, such departures 
from the roots of words are termed metaphors ; but 
as there is an increase of knowledge, there is a tran- 
sition, more or less gradual, from their being the 
figurative to their being the proper signs of certain 
ideas. Take the English words apprehension and 
expression; these are less used than. formerly in their 
primitive sense—for to seize and to sqneeze. In other 
words, the once metaphorical use has taken the place 
of the primitive use altogether. Thus, to train origi-
nally signified to draw, but not now. To curb, primi-
tively signified to bend; to edify, to build ; and to 
embrace, to lift ; but they are now used to express 
other ideas. If we speak of a man's ruminating, all 
acquainted with the use of language. would under-
stand it to denote musing ; and yet it originally de-
noted nothing but the chewing of the cud. We are 
said to ruminate when we revolve thoughts in our 
mind, as the cow chews over and over her food.—
When it was thus used at first, it was a metaphorical 
use. When it became an established use, it ceased 
to be a metaphor, and became its literal use. If we 
apply the touchstone of etymology to the words of 
the English language, we should make metaphors of 
the great majority of words in use. But their estab-
lished use makes them cease to be metaphorical. The 
terms evidence, understanding, reflection, were once 
metaphors ; but now no critic would ever think of ap-
plying this appellation to them. What should we 
think of a man's mental capacity who should insist 
that reflection invariably denoted the turning back of 
the rays of light, because such was its first use 7—
And yet an analogous action of thought is as literal 
a signification of it as the former one. Now, as we 
should regard the unlearned English scholar who 
should dogmatically affirm that the primitive is the 
Alarming Increase of Crime in Boston. 
Since 1843 the increase of the population in Boston 
has been but about 30 per cent. It will be seen by 
the following extract from a report of a committee to 
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Feb. 12th, 
1849, that the increase of crime has been of a much 
larger proportion. 
" The return of the Clerk of the Police Court 
shows that since 1843 complaints for capital offences 
have increased 266 per cent. ; for attempts to kill, 1700 
per cent. ; for burgliry, 250 per cent. ; for breaking 
and entering dwelling houses by day, or other build-
ings by day or night, 230 per cent.; assaults on 
officers, 400 per cent. ; other aggravated assaults, 465 
per cent. ; these aggravated assaults are assaults 
committed with knives, dirks, pistols, slung shot, 
razors, pokers, hot irons, clubs, iron weights, flat 
irons, bricks, stones, &c. 
" It will be seen, that we have confined ourselves 
to offences commited with violence. 
"The whole number in custody during 1848 was 
eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-eight. 
Besides these, a great many were taken home by the 
watch. 
" The number of criminals on the days of visitation 
by the inspectors of prisons, during the years from 
1837 to 1847, varied from fourteen to sixty-one ; but, 
in November last, there were at one time in the gaol 
one hundred and sixteen, and during the first six days 
of December, from one hundred and thirty-three to 
one hundred and forty-four. 
" The County Attorney of Suffolk stated in 1845, 
there has been a very large number of trials and 
verdicts during the year, many more indictments than 
common, and more persons punished in the Peniten-
tiaries, and by fines and imprisonments, than in any 
former year in this county.' And in 1849 he states, 
there has been a very large increase of criminal 
business in the County of Suffolk during the past 
year. In the Supreme Judicial Court there has been 
a great increase of capital trials,' and �
it has been 
clearly perceived by the Judges of the Courts, by the 
grand and traverse juries, and by the members of the 
bar, that the proper administration of the public justice 
requires the time and services of more than one prose-
cuting officer. If the criminal business increases 
hereafter as heretofore, it will be physically impossible 
for one person to perform it.' He remarked, at a 
recent trial, the year which has just closed, has been 
an �
annus mirabilis,' a remarkable year, dishonorably 
distinguished for the great increase of capital trials. 
Crimes of violence occurred in rapid succession ; 
dangerous and deadly weapons were resorted to on 
trivial occasions, and used, sometimes with reckless-
ness, often with malignant atrocity, and frequently 
with fatal effect. It has indeed become a common 
saying, that there seems to be at the present day no 
efficient check to such alarming evils.' 
The Grand Jury complain of the increase of crime 
beyond that of population, and that a large number 
of indictments are found against minors, both male 
and female. 
" The above statements will doubtless be considered 
sufficient for the purposes we have in view ; but a 
sense of duty to the public requires us to disclose 
somewhat further the state of things which is growing 
up around us. Some of the police officers state; that 
within the last eighteen months, a large mumber of 
women go armed with dirk-knives, and other danger-
ous weapons. Young boys are frequently taken 
with six or four barrel revolvers in their pockets. 
Numbers of young men, respectable in appearance, 
and who say that they are of respectable families, are 
found, when engaged in their dissipations, to be armed 
with dirks, pistols, and knives. It has also become 
common among a lower class of disturbers of the 
peace, to go armed with these, and other dangerous 
weapons. The watchmen and police are frequently 
threatened by weapons pointed at them, when they 
are attempting to preserve order. Pistols have been 
fired at the watch, and the bullets have entered bed-
rooms and struck near the beds, where women were 
sleeping, amid it is not many months since a watchman 
was killed by a person, whom he attempted to arrest. 
Several persons have been stabbed in the streets ; and 
quite a number knocked down with stones or lead, 
tied in a handkerchief. The situation of officers has 
become dangerous, and the risks great, especially in 
certain sections of the city. They are not only in 
danger from the injuries they may receive from others ; 
but, in defending themselves against persons armed 
in this way, they are tempted, and almost compelled, 
to do what may he attended with dangerous conse-
quences to themselves. They are obliged to act alone, 
or in circumstances which prevent other well disposed 
persons from seeing what takes place ; and as they 
cannot be witnesses themselves, they may be unable 
to produce evidence in their favor, even where they 
have a good defence, while the real offender has his 
friends for witnesses. If such a state of things con-
tinues, it will be difficult to obtain prudent and careful 
men to fill such situations; and daring and desperate 
persons, who care less about danger, are not the class 
to be entrusted with offices, upon the faithful discharge 
of which depends the safety and welfare of the com-
munity. No later than 'Wednesday, the 14th inst., a 
watchman was resisted, completely prevented from 
only use of English terms, so do Greek and Hebrew 
scholars regard us, when we attempt to deny estab-
lished facts in the philosophy of those languages. We 
have to learn a great deal before we can comprehend 
how little we know. 
The foregoing respecting the English will enable 
us to understand how the Hebrew term that denotes 
spiritual intelligences, is the same as primitively de-
noted the air, the wind, and then the breath, from its 
resemblance to wind, or moving air; also how the 
same term which applies to the receptacle of spirits, 
is also sometimes applied to the grave, &c. &c. But 
that is not the usual term for the receptacle of the 
body.---eep (Keber) is the word usually used for the 
receptacle of the dust of man, in distinction from the 
receptacle of the spirit. 
There is another principle which must never he 
overlooked in the interpretation of language ; and that 
is, that it must be construed according to its then 
current use at the time the language to be interpreted 
was written. It matters not what signification is 
now attached to a given word or phrase. We must 
go back and inquire respecting the use it then had. 
Therefore, to criticise respecting the meaning of Scrip-
ture, we must ascertain the signification which was 
attached to the words of Scripture at the time the 
Scriptures were written,—must learn their usus lo-
quendi,—must inquire how the Jews and primitive 
Christians understood the terms employed. And 
when we have found what the words then imported, 
—without adopting the opinions of any respecting 
the meaning of texts,—we are qualified to interpret 
passages which would he otherwise obscure. We 
cannot hope to reason with those who set aside the 
established laws of language. It was a fearful fea-
ture of the apostacy, that it should " seek to change 
times and laws." 
It is very fortunate that the essentials of religion 
are expressed in terms respecting the meaning of 
which there is no dispute. Our duty totGon and to 
our fellow men all can comprehend. It is only when 
we go beyond our depth, that we become perplexed. 
The Bible is a rich mine, in which we may ever dig, 
and make new discoveries of precious thoughts.—
We are ever to search therein ; but to assume an in-
fallibility respecting our understanding of portions of 
which we have need that some one teach us, is nei-
ther wise nor expedient. We are" happy to see that 
there is nothing of this in your letter. 
With this question, as with that of the Advent, 
and all other, we must adopt the fourth rule of Mr. 
MILLER, �
: " To understand doctrine, bring all 
the scriptures together on the subject you wish to 
know ; then let every word have its proper ,influence, 
and if you can form your theory without a contradic-
tion, you cannot be in an error." 
In abiding by this rule, you will often find texts 
which are seemingly contradictory, and which are so 
if taken in an absolute, unqualified sense. You have, 
therefore, very properly adopted a qualified sense in 
your reference to the last clause of Ecele. 9:5, and 
also to vs. 2 and 3 of the same chapter. And why? 
Because the absolute sense would contradict scrip-
tures which may not be thus qualified. We can- 
not contradict the express declarations of the SAVIOUR 
and the apostles, by " the words of the preacher, the 
son of DAVID, king in Jerusalem."—Eccle. 1:1 : be- 
cause the former are more definite, explicit, and t) 
the point, than the latter, and which you admit makes 
no reference to the resurrection. And as Inspiration 
cannot contradict itself, it would not teach sentiments 
by SOLOMON absolutely conflicting with CHRIST. 
This is our view of the question : we let others re-
gard it as they please We do not regard the view those 
-take who dissent from us, as affecting their spiritual 
interests—only when they take the ground, that " no 
sane man can love a Goo " who shall consign the 
wicked to a place of everlasting punishment, where 
the smoke of their torment shall ascend forever and 
ever. When they use such language, we tremble 
for them, but leave them in the hands of a just and 
merciful Goo. All that we claim is, the privilege 
of using the reason that GOD has given us, to under-
stand His teachings according to our own conscien-
tious view of truth. 
A paragraph is going the rounds of the papers, 
political and religious, founded on statements of 
Major NOAH, the Jew, that the ships of SOLOMON 
procured their 'gold in California. The argument 
which he uses to prove this is, that the ships made 
three years voyages, and that the amount of gold used 
in the Temple was worth four hundred and fifty mil-
lions of pounds sterling ; a quantity that could be 
found no where else but in California. In round 
numbers, this sum would amount to about two thou-
sand millions of dollars; a pretty large sum to ex-
pend in ornaments. SOLOMON must have sent out 
nearly one half the Jews in Palestine, as gold dig-
gers, in order to have raised this amount of gold. 
The present California gold mania, according to 
Major NOAH'S calculation, is not worthy to be com-
pared with that of SOLOMON'S day. We suppose he 
must have procured his " apes, ivory, and peacocks " 
in the same place, as they were brought home in the 
same ships. 
Mr. NOAH is famous for getting up humbugs.—
Several years since, he procured a charter from the 
State of New York, to found a city on Grand Island, 
above the falls of Niagara, and actually went there, 
dressed in Levitical robes, and dedicated the spot pre-
paratory to the return of the Jews. He then called 
on all the Israelites in the world—the North Ameri-
can Indians included—to repair to Grand Island as 
their future resting place; but they refused to come, 
not being fully satisfied that this was the spot for their 
final gathering. 
It is but a -few months since, that he disclosed the 
secret, which lie considered fatal to Christianity, of 
the existence of the entire lower story of the Temple 
at Jerusalem, several feet under ground ; and now 
he informs the public that SOLOMON procured some 
four hundred and fifty millions of pounds sterling in 
gold in California. These humbugs are worthy the 
source from whence they emanated. NOAH is a very 
shrewd Jew, and his ancestors must have been shrewd 
navigators to have made such successful voyages 
from the shores of Palestine to California without 
the aid of the mariner's compass.—Chris. Sec. 
HORN'S RAILROAD GAZETTE; published at 126 
Nassau Street, N. Y., at $ 2 per annum. This is 
the best, the very best, the most convenient sheet 
that we have yet seen for travellers—if number two, 
the only number which we have seen, is a sample of 
this new paper. It contains diagrams of all the prin-
cipal railroads in the country, with all the stations, 
stopping places, points of intersection with other 
roads, stage routes to various towns, with the hours 
of leaving, &c. &c. We would thank the publishers 
for a copy of the first number. We hope they will 
receive patronage equal to the convenience which 
their sheet will be to the travelling public. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS.—J. M. ORROCK.—The last 
two passages we suppose refer to the second advent, 
when the pious Jews will be restored from time dead 
to ther own land. If the history you allude to is not 
a fulfillment of the first, we shall have to wait for 
more light, before we can give it another application. 
" The Gold of Ophir." 
46 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Correspondence, 
THE CHOLERA. 
" Before him went the pestilence."—Has. 3 5 
It comes! it comes ! 
With its poisonous breath, 
Like the dread Simoom,— 
Like an angel of Death. 
It has sped its way from the East afar, 
It has robbed the wind of its wings ; 
It has come our peaceful homes to mar, 
It sorrow and sadness brings. 
'Tis a rolling tide 
Of joyless wo ; 
None can it abide, 
Or stay its woe. 
It has peopled Asia's paves, 
Till its living tremble and groan ; 
Europe has heard the roar of its waves, 
And its hoarse, sepulchral tone. 
It has crossed the deep, 
It is here ! it is here ! 
It is filling our land 
With awful fear; 
With its horrid maw it has come to feast 
On the " thirsty nations " free ; 
And city and country, from west to east, 
Are striving in vain to flee. 
And mortals weep, 
And millions cower : 
For all must feel 
Its terrible power, 
As it presses the heart with wail and gloom, 
And is borne on the breeze along ; 
As it 's crowding the dark and lonesome tomb, 
Let us list to its dreadful song. 
" I have come not to feed on the soulless beast, 
On the ocean tribes I scorn to feast ; 
The fowls of heaven are not mine own,— 
My shafts of death are for man alone. 
I am come as a scourge from Jehovah's hand, 
To humble the pride of this broad land ; 
The haughty will tremble when I am there, 
And mourners will crowd to the altars of pray'r ; 
When I fill up the churchyards, and churches too, 
Ye will know that my warning words were true. 
I will pillow my head on the nation's heart, 
And friends must wither, and weep, and part ; 
Fur my scathing arrows of death must fall 
On the young, and the aged, the pure, and all, 
And wherever the tide of life shall flow, 
I will mingle its beating pulse with wo. 
1 will heed not the infant's piteous wail, 
I will touch the youth, and his cheek shall pale ; 
I will breathe upon manhood's lofty brow, 
And sink them all in the grave-yard low. 
Sunrise shall come on a maiden form, 
With the silver laugh and the life-blood warm : 
I will breathe in her face ere the sunset is o'er, 
And the sweet-toned voice shall be heard no more. 
Evening shall witness a bridal scene, 
And the plighted vows fond hearts between : 
Morning shall dawn on bridegroom and bride, 
Sinking in Death's arms side by side. 
Flee from the city to mountain air, 
I will ride on the tempest and meet you there ; 
Baffle me now, and I will ride on still, 
And mock at your boasted power and skill : 
Your cramping and agony I'll scorn and deride, 
And the lightnings shall carry my victories wide. 
0, sinner, repent ! 
0, mortal beware! 
For my Master and me 
Make haste and prepare ! 
I'm the pestilence that in darkness walks, 
The destruction that wastes at noon ; 
I herald Messiah's car of state, 
And the judgment is coming soon." 
Before the throne 
We humbly bow; 
0, God, protect 
Thy people now. 
Thou in whose hand is our fleeting breath, 
Thy mercy through Jesus we claim ; 
0 stay the avenging tide of death, 
And smile on our land again. �
D. T. T. JR. 
THE DESTINY OF THE POPE. 
meets."—(v. 9.) The suddenness and perfection of 
destruction here foretold never came on old Babylon. 
The capture of the city of Babylon, it is true, was 
sudden ; but not so with its destruction. Two hun-
dred years after Cyrus took the city, it was the seat 
of Alexander's empire. But all the prophetic descrip-
tions of Mystic Babylon's overthrow show, that it 
will come instantaneously, at an unexpected moment. 
2. This city is called the daughter of Babylon and 
of the Chaldeans ; I conclude, therefore, that it is 
what the New Testament calls Mystery Babylon, 
from the fact, that she is the successor of that ancient 
city as the seat of universal empire. Arid hence I 
regard the prophecy as relating to Rotne, and as pre-
dicting a time when her royal power should forever 
cease, preparatory to the utter overthrow of the city 
itself., The following item, written by a correspond-
ent of the " European Times," dated Dec. 30th, 
shows a striking parallel between the prediction in 
question and the existing fact :— 
" Yesterday evening, at sunset, the Castle of St. 
Angelo, by the consecutive discharge of ono hundred 
and one guns, announced to this metropolis arid the 
world in general, that the dynasty which !Hid reigned 
over Rome and the world for one thousand and forty-
eight years, has come to a close, and a new govern-
ment is to be called into being by the mandate of the 
whole population assembled in a constituent repre-
sentative body by universal suffrage ;—the great bell 
of the capital, which only tolls at the death of a 
Pope, pealed solemnly. It was exactly on the 24th 
November, (the fatal night of the flight of Pio Nono,) 
that in the year of our Lord 800, Charlemagne ar-
rived in Rome, to be crowned on Christmas-day of 
that year, by Leo III., and to institute and formally 
corroborate the donation of Pepin, by the erection of 
the Papal sovereignty. 
" Afterwards, on the 1st inst., a civic fete took 
place at Rome, in which the clubs in Florence and 
other cities of Tuscany took part. Almost all the 
battalions of the civic guard promenaded the streets 
with the tricolored banner." 
The question now recurs, What is to be the des-
tiny of the Pope? If the Roman throne has departed, 
as both the prediction and the Roman people declare, 
what will be his fate? Perhaps it will he difficult to 
determine this point definitely. Amidst the multi-
plicity of speculations abroad, some of them must, of 
course, be erroneous, and all may be so. Those who 
have read the writer's late work on " The Restitu-
tion, the E all of Babylon," &c., know my views as 
to his future course and destiny. It is briefly this : 
That a league will be formed among the Italian gov-
ernments, ten in number, to restore the Pope to his 
throne. I have no faith in any of the great conti-
nental nations,—such as France, or Austria,—inter-
fering in that affair with an armed force. But 
the selected instruments of the Almighty to give 
their power, strength, and kingdom to the Pope, are 
ten kings which have not royal power, just. such as 
the Italian governments are. The refusal of the Ro-
man people to receive his Holiness, will cause the 
allies to hate that city, make her desolate and naked, 
eat her flesh, arid burn her with fire, as foretold in 
the 17th of Rev. But the spiritual power of the 
Pope will be rather strengthened than weakened by 
such a movement. A new centre will be sought and 
found ; but it will not be either France or the United 
States, as a permanent establishment. The great er-
ror of making Rome, instead of Jerusalem, St. Pe-
ter's patrimony, will be attempted to he retrieved ; 
and the kingdom of God restored to Mount Zion, in-
stead of retaining the throne of the Caesars. 
Those who wish for a more full exposition of this 
subject, are referred to the work above alluded to, 
where the subject is more fully discussed. 
J. Linn. 
A CONTRAST. 
" I reckon," says the apostle, " that the sufferings 
of this present time are not worthy to be compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us." But 
while he does not compare them, he makes a most 
beautiful and animating contrast. He says : " Our 
light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh 
for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory ,"—he adds, " hile we look not at the things 
which are seen, hint at the things which are not seen ; 
for the things which are seen are temporal, but the 
things which are not seen are eternal." In this world 
there is " affliction ;"—in the world to come there is 
" glory :"—this is a vale of tears and of sorrow,—
that is a mount of joy unspeakable and full of glory. 
Here is " light affliction ;"—there is a " weight of 
glory." Though our afflictions do not always seem 
light, yet they are as the small dust of the balance, 
when we consider the things which God has laid up 
for them that love him. In this state is " light af-
fiction for a moment;"—in that state there is an 
" eternal weight of glory." Though the afflictions 
of some may not only be severe, but protracted, yet 
the time dwindles into a mere point,—a second,—a 
moment, when viewed in the light of a duration of 
glory and blessedness, which will know no limit,—no 
end. The things which are seen are temporal, pass-
ing away ; but the things which are not seen are eter-
nal. The saved of God may look along an endless 
line of glory, arid call it all his own,—his own 
forever. 
Who would not live for ends like these, 
So noble, so immortal ! 
Who would not pray, " Number me with thy 
saints in glory everlasting." Who would not suffer 
with Christ for a few fleeting days or years, at most, 
if he may be gathered among the many sons who will 
be brought to glory—a far more exceeding and eter-
nal weight of glory ! 
0 what are all my sufferings here, 
If, Lord, thou count me meet 
With that enraptur'd host t' appear, 
And worship at thy feet? 
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 
Take life or friends away ; 
But let me find them all again 
In that eternal day. 
And riot only will the promised glory exceed all 
our sufferings here, but it will far surpass all the glo-
ries of this sin-cursed state. The highest honor 
which earth can give is a tottering kingdom ; hut we 
look for a kingdom which cannot be moved. What 
is the glory of a Taylor, and of all the victors of the 
world, compared with the joys which await the vic• 
tors of the cross? " They do it to obtain a corrupti-
ble crown ; and we an incorruptible." 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Philadelphia, Feb. 28th, 1849. 
 
LETTER FROM I. E. JONES. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :-1 left New York the 10th 
inst. in the steamship " Southerner," Capt. Berry, 
and after a very rough passage, arrived here about 
noon the Tuesday following. I will not attempt to 
describe my passage, as no one can form the least 
conception of a gale at sea by the most vivid descrip-
tion of it.; while those wino have witnessed one, know 
what it is. We had every comfort which the best 
arranged ship, the most distinguished skill of the 
captain, and the utmost attention of the stewards, 
could furnish. But I enjoyed one comfort in the 
midst of the maddened waves, which seemed to vie 
with each other which should first devour us, which 
all of the above particulars could not supply ;—it was 
the presence of the Ruler of the sea. 
kstiff breeze set off from the shore on Monday 
morning, when we were within about forty miles 
of Cape Hatteras, which by noon had increased to a 
gale, and continued, with but three hours' intermis-
sion, till three o'clock the next morning. About an 
hour before the gale ,began to lull, we came near 
stranding upon the shoals, the ship's bottom scraping 
upon the gravel, so as to be distinctly heard and felt 
by those in the cabin. One man who, with myself, 
could not stay below because of deathly faintness, 
knelt with me, and promised to be the Lord's forever. 
I became so happy while praying with him, that I 
almost forgot our danger from the gale and the 
shoals; and after feeling that I had done my duty to 
him, being wet and chilly, I went below, and laid 
down, with my feet near the stove, and slept sweetly 
until morning. 
The exposures on my way here, and the difficul-
ties I have had to contend with since 1 arrived, have 
been much against me; but I have endured them 
much better than I could have expected. Bro. Mat-
thiessen, to whom Bro. Robinson had kindly written 
respecting my coming South. searched me out, and 
has made himself to me a very agreeable acquaint-
ance, besides introducing me to several persons in 
whose acquaintance I feel quite at home. I had also 
letters ef introduction to several other persons, by the 
kindnees of Bro. Sanger, of Brooklyn, and Dr. 
Sherwood's successors, of N. Y. I have had already 
several interesting conversations upon the subject of 
our hope. There are three here who read the " Ad-
vent Herald," besides several more who converse on 
the subject with apparent interest. Bro. Matthies-
sen appears to be a warm, affectionate friend. He 
thinks very highly of the " Herald," which he has 
taken for a year past. 
The friends in New York and Brooklyn, in addi-
tion to all their previous extraordinary kindness, have 
now furnished me with the means of spending one 
or two months in this climate, which is deemed to 
be more favorable for my health—rny disease being 
pulmonary consumption—in the hope that it may 
facilitate a cure, or, at least, prolong my life. Whe-
ther it shall please the Lord to bless it to that end, 
or otherwise, I feel sure that he will not let their un-
wearied labors of love go unrewarded. Although I 
have been sorely afflicted, yet I cannot number the 
mercies of the hand which has afflicted me. I can 
sing of mercy and judgment. 
1 became convinced last year that Brooklyn pre-
sented the fairest prospect of a good reward to the 
labors of a preacher of any place within my know-
ledge, and that conviction has increased ever since ; 
but it has pleased the great Bishop of souls to deny 
me the pleasure of assisting in the glorious work.—
I pray that He may commit it to better hands. New 
York is well supplied by the abundant labors of Bro. 
Robinson, whose health, I fear, is not equal to his 
zeal ; and now having Brooklyn to look after, he will 
find it almost impossible to be sparing of himself. 
But thank God, the resurrection will soon be a per-
fect arid endless cure for all our ills and diseases. I 
hope that the friends will remember me at the throne 
of grace. 
Affectionately from your brother and companion in 
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus 
Christ. 
Charleston (S. C.), Feb. 20th, 1849. 
LETTER FROM S. CHAPMAN. 
promise made of God unto our fathers."—Acts 26 ' • 
6, 7. This proved a timely effort. To the surprise 
of many, and greatly to the comfort and edification 
of a few others, the minister (Bro. P.) followed with 
an effectual corresponding exhortation. As he com-
menced speaking he said : " Brethren and friends, 
the preaching to which we have listened this day and 
this evening, is Cod's truth, and we must soon meet
it, and give an account to Him how we have heard," 
&c. �
At his special request, I remained there several 
days, preached evenings, and on the following Sab-
bath. As the word was well received by quite a 
number of the congregation, I consented, at the re-
quest of Bro. P. and others, to establish that as one 
of my temporary fields of labor. I have preached 
there, in all, four Sabbaths, and several evenings, to 
large and attentive congregations, and am happy to 
know, that the word has taken effect in many hearts. 
But it is due to Bro P. to say, that his course, under 
God, has contributed much to confirm the word in the 
hearts of that people. The Sabbath before my last 
visit there, (Jan. 28th,) he showed to his people what 
kind of preaching was properly " meat in due sea-
son " in Abraham's time, what was suitable meat in 
the days of the martyrs, likewise in the days of Christ 
and his apostles. And to conclude, he said : "No 
preaching at the present time can he considered meat 
in due season, (agreeably to Matt. 24 : 45, 46,) ex_ 
cepting it embrace the message of tine angel in Rev. 
14:7." To which we most heartily respond, Amen. 
As the further fruits of this effort, I am happy to for-
ward money to sustain the " Advent Herald." 
In Macdonough, we have held meetings on the 
Sabbath, and several evenings in succession, once in 
about two weeks for several months, during which, 
it is safe to say, the brethren have been revived, back-
sliders reclaimed, and prejudice removed from many 
minds. Some, for the first time, have embraced " the 
blessed hope ;" and one precious soul has given evi-
dence of a change of heart. 
Several of our meetings were held in the neighbor- 
hood of a small village called Balding's Settlement. 
In this village there is a respectable Baptist church, 
to which most of our brethren in that section had 
been attached. Being now much revived in their 
faith, they were exceedingly anxiouA that the " trum-
pet should be blown in (that) Zion " before the Lord 
came. Knowing, however, that the principal mem-
bers had no sympathy with them in their views, they 
did not venture to ask them to open their doors for 
that purpose. But the Lord, in his own way, has 
accomplished the work. This church having no set-
tled minister, a Mr. R. (professedly a " perfection-
ist,'') has for several months met with that people, 
and occasionally talked to them in the capacity of a 
preacher; but finding it rather difficult ID sustain 
himself as such, he resolved (as it appears) to build 
himself up on the ruins of another. Being well ac-
quainted with the progress, of our meetings, and 
knowing that they were increasing, in numbers and 
interest, he took occasion to repeat to his people, that 
Mr. C., the Advent minister, was crazy, and of course 
disqualified to preach the gospel. This was doubtless 
designed to prevent others of his congregation from 
coming out to hear us. In this attempt, however, he 
was exceedingly unfortunate ; for at our next meet-
ing in that neighborhood, quite a number of the 
prominent members of that society (very likely to 
gratify their curiosity) were present, for the first time. 
They listened attentively to the world, and at the 
close of our services, some of them (having authority 
thus to do) urged me to appoint a meeting at their 
church the next evening ; but I declined, having an 
appointment at the same time in a neighboring dis-
trict. Several of these, and other friends from that 
society, were present on that occasion, took a part ir, 
the services, and at the close of the meeting they re-
peated the request, not that I should give a single dis-
course, but a course of lectures, at their house 
of worship, touching the immediate corning of the 
Lord. Much sincerity being manifested by them, I 
promised to comply with their request (the Lord 
willing) on my return from this place, commencing, 
say, about the 1st of March. 
In Norwich, there are a few brethren who remain 
steadfast in the faith �
Our interview with them two 
weeks since was very pleasant, and mutually profit-
able. As they received consolation and instruction. 
from the word, so they cheerfully communicated of 
their substance to us. 
While in Norwich, I received a pressing call to 
give a course of lectures at " King's Settlement," 
near North New Berlin. Likewise at the " Union 
church," in another direction, on the Unadilla river, 
say ten miles from Norwich. When I left the Springs 
to visit the brethren in N., I considered it would be 
the last time, as I then expected that I should soon 
proceed to the South, or West; but as the places 
above named appeared to be promising fields of la-
bor, (the brethren in N. agreeing to unite with them • 
and perform that service.
intlieefibrt,)Iprotn 
 
ised to return as soon as possible 
Came to Homer on Monday, the 5th inst., and 
spent a day or two only with that people. The church 
there is under the pastoral care of Bro. L. E. Bates, 
and is in a prosperous state. Was glad to meet our 
dear Bro. Mansfield there. He had just arrived to 
spend a week or two in the absence of Bro. Bates. 
The interview with Bro. M. was heart-cheering, not 
having 
 esti iie 
seen him before since his return from the 
West 
On our way from H. to this place, %'e spent a 
night in Sennett. Found the brethren in a healthy 
state, looking up and lifting up their heads. Met, 
with this young, but flourishing church,
f 
members from several towns) last �
(composed
abbathof 
members 
 
season was delightful. Bro. A. V. Baldwin, late o 
Massena, St. Lawrence Co., has been their pastor 
f 
for the past year; and although his health has been
very feeble, yet his counsel and occasional preaching 
 
has been of material service in this community.— 
Everything relating to the present condition and 
future prospects of the Pope and popery, is, at the 
present time, matter of deep interest to the Christian 
world, and especially to that portion of it which re-
gards the passing events of our day as a fulfilment of 
prophecy. 
It is frequently asked, if there is anything in the 
Scriptures marking the present condition of Rome, 
and the Roman government? While I cannot accord 
with Robert Fleming in his argument by which he 
arrived at the conclusion, that the Papacy would be 
overthrown in 1848 ; yet the fact itself has had so 
singular an accomplishment, as to arrest the attention 
of Christendom. But still I am led to believe, that 
the prophet Isaiah did predict the very thing which 
has transpired.—" Come down, and sit in the dust, 
0 virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : 
there is no throne, 0 daughter of the Chaldeans: for 
thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.—
Isa. 47:1. 
1. That the subject of this prediction is not an-
cient Babylon, is evident from the doom which it an-
nounces to come on her: " But these two things 
shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss 
of children, and widowhood : they shall come upon 
thee in their perfection, for the multitude of thy sor-
ceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchant- 
DEAR BRO. HUM :—Since the date of my last, 
(Pitcher Springs, Dec. 20th,) I have confined my la-
bors chiefly to that section. Besides supplying the 
church at the Springs, I have held stated meetings 
in Lincklaen and Macdonough. I have also visited 
the bret'aren and porformed some labor in German 
and Norwich. By consent of the minister, Rev. E. 
A. Poole, I commenced holding a series of meetings 
in the Congregational church in Lincklaen, on Fri-
day, Dec. 29th, to continue over the Sabbath. We 
had a respectable audience to commence with, but on 
the Sabbath the house was completely filled, and the 
best of attention paid to the word. During the day, 
I gave an exposition of Dan'. 7th, 8th, and 9th, 
showed the discrepancy in chronology, and in the 
evening, (supposing that to be my last effort there,) 
1 occupied at least two hours in describing " the 
THE ADVENT HERALD. �
47 
ing with many warm-hearted and devoted brethren. 
The meetings held were with interesting congrega-
tions. The Sabbath overtaking us on our passage up 
the Ohio River, I had the opportunity of preaching 
to a very attentive and intelligent audience on board 
of the steamboat. 1 presented events of prophecy, 
and the fulfilment as recorded in history, after which 
a very intelligent gentleman remarked, that if preach-
ers in general would take the same course to illus-
trate Scripture, there would be less infidelity than 
they now have to contend with. It gives to the Chris-
tian a basis for his hope, and for his faith in the 
Scriptures. If there is a people living who have 
reason to rejoice, they are certainly those that wait 
for the coming Saviour ; and may God sustain aid 
keep us unto that day. In hope. 
Wolves have attempted to creep in and divide the 
flock, but they have been effectually repelled and si-
lenced. It is the prayer of the church, and also mine, 
that the Lord will preserve this dear brother blame:-
less unto the day of his coming, and then reward 
him with eternal life. This being one of my late 
fields of labor, where the word proved effectual in 
many hearts, it is truly comforting to see the chil-
dren steadfast in the faith, giving glory to God. And 
with propriety can I say, in the language of another, 
" We live if ye stand fast in the Lord."-1 Thess. 
3:8. At the request of Bro. B. and others, I have 
consented to remain over another Sabbath, and with 
these dear friends once more commemorate the suffer-
ings and death of our dear Lord. I expect then to 
return and meet my companion and the brethren in 
Homer, spend a week there, and then return to my 
late field of labor. 
It is due to Mrs. C. to say, that she has been in the 
field most of the time during the winter, and in her 
sphere has labored with me successfully in the gospel 
of Christ. Having been much exposed to the se-
verity of the weather, her health is considerably im-
paired. Again I ask the brethren not to forget us in 
their supplications at the throne of grace ; for in this 
hour of temptation and trial, we more than ever stand 
in need of the prayers and sympathy of the saints. 
Do, brethren, write often. Our Post-office address, 
as before, is Pitcher Springs, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
In conclusion I would say, be assured, my dear 
Bro. H., in your many severe trials you have my 
sympathy, and the sympathies and prayers of hun-
dreds of others with whom I am accustomed to min-
gle. Truly yours, expecting redemption soon. 
Wolcott (N. Y.), Feb. 15th, 1849. 
no motives that can be brought to bear upon him that 
will. We are to be sanctified by the Spirit and a 
belief of the truth. 
With regard to anniversary conferences, I think 
they are the means of much good, and think their 
discontinuance would be detrimental to our noble 
cause. I think by misrepresentation some have been 
influenced against them, which I am sorry to see. I 
am glad we have so able an advocate as Brother 
Needham, hope he will continue in the good work 
of vindicating anniversary conferences, as they have 
been held in New York and Boston, so long as they 
are attacked. 
As to the cause in this place, I would say, we are 
prospering under the labors of our beloved Brother 
Fassett. We have had some added to the church 
recently on profession of their faith, and others are 
enquiring. �
Very truly yours. 
Providence, R. I. Feb. 10, 1849. 
LETTER FROM S V. NASON. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I have often thought of you, 
and the circumstances of your trials, especially of 
your poor health. I have had some good reasons to 
sympathize, being much deprived of health myself. 
But notwithstanding my poor health, I have been 
enabled to get out some during the latter part of au-
tumn, and first part of the winter, and have seen the 
blessed work of God in the conversion of at least 
twenty souls in this town. I am still hoping to see 
more, although my health is such at present that I 
am not able to go out unless it is pleasant. I bap-
tized three happy souls on the 28th of Janbary (it 
being their special choice that I should go into the 
water with them.) I gladly receive the " Herald " 
weekly. but I should feel much better if I were pay-
ing for it pnnctually. If I had the means, I should 
certainly send you full pay, because I believe it to be 
the first principle of godliness to be just in dealing. 
I still love the doctrine that the " Herald " advocates, 
without having to say that I differ in some things. I 
hope that I truly love the coming of the Just One, 
and I am expecting that he will bring the spirits of 
my dear sons, who, I trust, are now in the Paradise 
of God. I also love the signs, (which are in them-
selves distress and perplexity of the nations,) be-
cause I trust he that is to come will establish peace 
When he has destroyed such as destroy the earth—
when he shall have destroyed the tares, he will ga-
ther the wheat into his garner. 
May the Lord give you, and all the holy brethren, 
good speed, and bless you in all your conferences and 
labors of love, remembering God is not unrighteous 
to forget what may he done in honor to his name. 
I am, I trust, your brother in tribulation, and in 
the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ. 
Newport (R. I.), Feb. 6th, 1849. 
Extracts from totters, 
you of my welfare in the Lord. I can say, that hav-
ing obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, 
witnessing both to small and great, saying none 
other things than those which Moses and the proph-
ets said should come,—that Christ should suffer, and 
that he should be the first that should use from the 
dead, and should show light unto the people, and to 
the Gentiles. I thank God for his goodness to me, 
in calling me from nature's darkness into his glorious 
light; 0 what a blessed hope is ours while we are 
in this world. Though the devil may tempt, and the 
wicked may scoff, with the Bible in our hands, and 
the love of God in our hearts, we can rejoice in 
tribulation, and count it great joy that we should he 
counted worthy to suffer for Christ's sake. If we 
are Christ's, we know that our light afflictions are 
but for a moment, and that they will work for us a 
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.—
My prayer to God is, that I may improve the grace 
given by living soberly, righteously, and godly in 
this world, looking for that blessed hope, and the glo-
rious appearing of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ is our only 
hope : for without it there is no resurrection, and we 
are, of all men, the most miserable; without it, the 
creation groans in vain, and the very foundation of 
the church is forever lost. 0 how my heart bleeds 
when I see the abounding of sins, and how the love 
of many waxes cold. How few there are who love 
the appearing of the King of kings. But my prayer 
is, Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly. 
I have been striving to sound the gospel trump, 
proclaithing, the glorious news of the coming King 
of heaven. There are a few in this State who love 
the truth, but we stand greatly in need of more faith-
ful laborers to preach the gospel of the kingdom. I 
should like to go East, so as to enjoy the company of 
my dear brethren there ; but I cannot think of doing 
so while there is so much need of labor in the West. 
I hope our Eastern friends will remember us at the 
throne of grace. �
S. G. CLARK. 
From Brimfield, Mass., Feb. 1Sth, 1849. 
DEAR BRO. TIDIES :—T rejoice that I have the privi-
lege of reading tine " Herald," for two reasons : first, 
it keeps out prejudice ; and when I hear or read any-
thing against it, all I have to do is to look through 
it, to see if it is so, and then I can stand up for the 
truth, or am ready to defend the paper. The second 
reason is, it contains some blessed letters, which do 
my soul good when I read them. I was told, when 
I covimenced taking the paper, that I should back-
slide. I du not know but that it will be so ; but I 
know that it is not so now,—I think I can say, I 
know that my Redeemer liveth. What if my brother 
differs with me on some minor points, shall I disfel-
lowship him on that account? God forbid. Cannot 
I bow at the same altar, And there_ pour out my soul 
to God in fervent prayer for blessings, and for light 
to shine upon his word? Most assuredly I can.— 
Well, �
I am led to ask the question, Why are 
there such feelings existing between brethren, as 
there have been for some time past, respecting the 
sleep of the dead and the destruction of the wicked ? 
It appears to me as if there was a deficiency of that 
love towards one another that the Bible requires.—
Shall this shut us out of the kingdom? God forbid. 
Let us have the mind of Christ,' and his love in our 
hearts, and we shall most assuredly love one another, 
and the blood of Christ will cleanse us from all sin. 
In view of the glorious inheritance spoken of in the 
word of God, shall we not, dear brethren and sisters, 
strive with all our might to be among those who will 
be admitted through the gates into the city �
For 
one, I am determined, by the grace of God, to be 
among that happy company who will he permitted to 
walk the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. 
I find that there are many things, in these last days, 
coming up to distract and divide the saints of God ; 
but what saith the Scriptures concerning those who 
put stumbling-blocks in the way of others, and those 
who offend one of Christ's little ones? My brethren, 
tar better it would be for us if we had never been 
born, than that we go to the judgment with the blood 
of souls upon our skirts. �
J. E. AINSWORTH. 
Obituary, 
DIED, in New Milford, Ct., the 30th of December 
last, Sister CATHARINE EDWARDS, aged 23. In the 
year 1842 she, with others, was awakened to the 
subject of religion, and joined the M. E. Church of 
that town. Having enjoyed the teachings of a pious 
mother, she was in early life the subject of serious 
impressions, but never, I believe, until at this time, 
was made to feel the real importance of attending to 
her soul's salvation. Soon after her uniting with the 
church, she heard the glad tidings of the kingdom at 
hand, and with joy received the truth in the love of 
it. �
She was respected and beloved by all who were 
favored by an acquaintance with her, and particularly 
noticed for being so tenacious to those principles 
which she felt to be both a privilege and a duty to 
adopt. Consequently, she was a worthy Christian, 
and a consistent Advent believer. It seems, how-
ever, that for some time before her death she was 
particularly impressed with the truth, that the disso-
lution, of her earthly tabernacle drew near, as the fol-
lowing lines show, which she valued so much, that 
she fastened them, as a monitor, to her Bible. 
" If I wait, the:grave is my home."—Job. 17:13. 
From scenes that charm the giddy crowd, 
From empty pleasure, light and proud, 
From every earthly care I come, 
To fix my eye upon the tomb. 
Ali, lonely mansion ! dark and drear, 
Corruption and the worm are here ; 
Draw back thy curtain ! let me see 
Where thou bast spread a couch for me. 
But 0 ! thou dread, eternal Power, 
Sustain me in the parting hour, 
And give, amid that fearful strife, 
The promise of a better life. 
After about ten weeks of protracted illness, (of a 
bilious fever,) which she bore with true Christian 
fortitude and resignation, she fell asleep ; but, not-
withstanding we are now made to mourn, and groan 
within ourselves, while we wait for the redemption of 
our bodies, yet we rejoice, believing tine time will 
soon come, when she will burst the tomb, and come 
forth clad in immortality, to die to more, when shall 
come to pass the sayings, " 0 death, where is thy 
sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory?" and when 
" we which are alive and remain shall be caught up 
together with " her, and them that have part in the 
.first resurrection, " in the clouds to meet the Lord in 
the air : and so shall we ever be with the Lord."-
1 `Chess. 4:17. May the Lord grant to sanctify this 
stroke of affliction to the relatives, and many friends 
of our deceased, sister, who mourn her departure, 
and finally permit us, with her, to hear it said :— 
" Ye blessed of my Father, come, ye just, 
Enter the joy eternal of your Lord ; 
Receive your crowns, ascend, and sit with me, 
At God's right hand, in glory, evermore !" 
P. B. M. 
FELL asleep in Jesus, in Lowell, Mass., Jan. 22d, 
1819, Mrs. NANCY SEWARD, wife of Mr. N. G. 
Seward, aged 55 years. Sister S. was awakened to 
a sense of her lost condition without a hope in 
Christ under the labors of Elder John Colby, in 1811, 
and made a public profession of religion at that time, 
and united with the Free Will Baptist church, in 
which she remained a worthy and devoted member 
until 1842, at which time she embraced the belief 
that Christ would soon come, and gather his ran-
somed ones home. She was an affectionate wife, a 
tender and kind mother. She lived a devoted Chris-
tian's life, and though her trials for the last few 
months were many and severe, yet site bore them 
with Christian patience andfortitude, and died with 
the blessed hope of having part in the first resurrection. 
" Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims 
For all the pious dead ; 
Sweet is the savor of their names, 
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And soft their sleeping bed. 
They are in Jesus, and are blessed ; 
How sweet their slumbers are ! 
From sufferings and from sin released, 
And freed from every snare. 
Far from this world of toil and strife, 
They're present with the Lord ; (2 Cor. 5:8) 
The labors of their mortal life 
End in a large reward." �
(Eccles. 7:1.) 
P. HAWKES. 
LETTER FROM S. DILLABOTGII. 
DEAR BRO. 111MES :—I am sorry to see that not-
withstanding your repeated calls, there are so many 
that are not obeying the teaching of the apostle Paul, 
to render to all their dues, and owe no man anything, 
but to love one another. I rejoice to know that the 
grace of God is still sufficient for you. You have 
no doubt been wounded by the arrows that have been 
fired from the camp of the enemies, and from profess-
ing brethren, which is a greater reproach ; for the 
Psalmist complains of such : he said, if it had been 
and enemy that had reproached him he could have 
borne it ; but it was thou, a friend ; we took sweet 
council together, and walked to the house of God in 
company. Blessed be the name of the Lord ! your 
head is still above the waters, and the " Herald " is 
not dead, but still lives to herald the glorious news of 
the Lord's coming to the nations of the earth. I am 
glad to see that the great controversy has ceased 
since the first of January, or that you have not given 
place for it in your paper. I can now lend my paper 
to my neighbors again. I have been sorry to see so 
much controversy among brethren ; and I might say, 
discord among watchmen, who ought to lift up their 
voices and cry, behold, the Bridegroom cometh ; and 
that too about words of no profit, which gendereth 
strife. Some have intimated as if our salvation de-
pended on our faith in the sleep of the dead, and the 
destruction of the wicked. If that is true, many will 
be lost who fear the Lord and work righteousness. 
But the word of the Lord says they will be saved. 
The requirement of heaven is to do justly, love 
mercy, and walk humbly with thy God. So we. see 
that works are required, as well as faith. If we had 
faith in these things so that we could remove moun-
tains, and had not charity, our faith would be like 
sounding brass or tinkling cymbal. 0 let us love one 
another, and so fulfil the royal law of God, and en-
deavor to build each other up. Your weekly mes-
senger is a welcome visiter. I am happy to see that 
you, with your assisting brethren, have so wisely con-
ducted it. I pray the Lord to give you wisdom and 
sustain you, that you fall not by the hand of your ene-
mies. 
I praise the Lord that I ever heard the glorious 
news proclaimed : " Behold the Bridegroom is com-
ing." It stirred me up. I looked within : beheld 
corruption, error, and sin. I felt I was a sinner, and 
unless I repented I should be lost. I sought the 
Lord with all my might, and I soon found him faithful 
to his word. He said, In the day ye seek me with 
the whole heart, I will be found, not only in the day, 
but in the very hour. I found him to the joy and 
satisfaction of my heart. So I feel myself to be a 
stranger and a pilgrim here : this is not my home. 
" 0 land of rest, for thee I sigh, 
When will the moment come, 
When I shall lay my armor by, 
And dwell with Christ at home?" 
Matilda, C. W., Feb. 15th, 1849. 
LETTER FROM A. PEARCE. 
DEAR BRo. films :—At this time, when efferts 
are made in certain quarters to distract the minds of 
brethren, and influence them against the Herald, my 
sympathies are drawn out in its behalf ; not that I 
have- 
any fears as to the final issue, but would speak 
a word of encouragement ; not that I could endorse 
every sentiment therein advocated, (for instance: I 
should differ from you with regard to the final state of 
the wicked. I like the idea of having a world where 
men are not continually committing sin, a world 
wherein dwelleth righteousness,) but in the main, I 
think you have given prominence to the great funa-
mental truths of the near advent of the Saviour. 
To be sure there are many other subjects to be spok?n 
upon, and sins to be reformed, such as slavery, war, 
intemperance, &c. ; these should come in their proper 
places, but not to be mnde more prominent than the 
blessed hope itself; for I contend, as saith the apos-
tle, that every man that hath this hope in him will 
purify himself, and it will serve as a corrector of his 
life and habits. If this will not do it, I know of 
From Picton, C. W., Feb. 13th, 18-19. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—The evil one is setting ten 
thousand snares to draw us away from the word ; it 
therefore becomes you to have on the wbole armor of 
God, so that you may he able, with the shield of sal-
vation, to ward off the fiery darts of the wicked one. 
A. wo is not only pronounced on you, as on every 
minister of Christ, if you and they do not preach the 
gospel, but I believe also on us who hear, if we do 
not assist you with our means. Although we all 
may not have the talent to preach, yet we cannot oc-
cupy neutral ground : we must do something-, either 
for or against the cause of God. The apostle says : 
Show me thy faith without works, and I will show 
you my faith by my works,"—showing that practice 
is more essential than doctrine. 
There has been much contention about the sleep of 
the dead and the destruction of the wicked, which I 
believe has been injurious to the Advent cause. Some 
have gone so far, as to make a belief in those ques-
tions essential to salvation. It is not necessary for 
me to know on what day our Saviour was horn ; but 
it is indispensable for me to know that he was born : 
for on this fact rests the hope of our salvation. It 
is enough for us to know, that by enduring unto the 
end we shall he saved ; whereas if we are lost, we 
shall be miserable, either by being forever in torment, 
or destroyed entirely. These appear to me to be the 
principal points for us to know, without contending 
for the different ways in which it is to be done, and 
thus causing disunion and bitterness where unity and 
friendship should exist. Therefore, if we think dif-
ferently, let us still love. This is why your paper 
should be so much esteemed : you teach what we 
should practice, without contending so much about 
doctrinal points, which has always made confusion 
in the church, and always will. I believe it is too 
late to spend so much time about such matters now. 
I think, from appearances, that the nations are pre-
paring for the great battle of Armageddon. I like-
wise believe that the Jews are coming out of their 
captivity. If this be so, the times of the Gentiles 
must then be fulfilled : the two prophecies are so 
nearly connected, that no reasonable man can separ-
ate them, or make one to be fulfilled without the other 
also being fulfilled. 
We are but few in number in this place, and there-
fore we must raise the Macedonian cry, " Come aver 
and help us." Bro. Litch was through Canada last 
fall, but not here. 1 should like to have some of the 
brethren make us a visit, and break to us the bread of 
life. Remember, the shepherd left the flock of ninety 
and nine, and went in search of the one that had 
strayed. So in this case :, leave your large flocks 
for a little season, and search for some that are scat-
tered, so that we all may be gathered at last into the 
fold of the great Shepherd. �
R. B. WERDEN. 
From Grafton, N. II., Feb. 6th, 1848. 
DEAR BRO. 'TIMES :—Twelve years ago this spring 
I embraced the gospel. Soon after I commenced la-
boring publicly in the Free-will Baptist Connection, 
with which I united. About two years after I was 
ordained an evangelist. I travelled and preached 
until I wore myself out; but 1 had the happiness of 
seeing a good many converted to God. I embraced 
the Advent doctrine in 1840, and was alone in my be-
lief, in this section, until 1842, when a goodly num-
ber embraced the doctrine ; but some of them have 
gone back, and some have died in hope of a better 
resurrection. I expected to have seen Jesus as he is 
ere this, and all the dear saints of God, in the new 
earth. 0 how I want to see some of the dear breth-
ren, but poverty and ill-health prevent my travelling 
much ; but I should like to have some of the breth-
ren call on me very much, and attend some meetings 
here. I think good might be done if a protracted 
meeting were held here, as there is some interest to 
hear the reason of our hope. Will some brother 
give us a call? I live about fifty rods from the depot 
in Grafton, N. H. 
Although I do not see with you on some points of 
doctrine, yet I fully approve of your course in con-
ducting the " Herald." I wonder at the course some 
of our brethren have taken : it seems to me that they 
are destroying themselves and the cause, rather than 
building each other up in the most holy faith. It is 
strange how any brother can disapprove of gospel 
order. �
G. W. FOSTER. 
From Lima, Mich., Feb. 9th, 1849. �
From C. B. TURNER. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—It is with a degree of plea- �
I have just returned from my tour North, West, 
sure that I improve this moment of time, to inform and South. I spent the time very pleasantly, meet- 
I am getting up a Tent in Boston, to be carried, 
should time last, to the. north part of Vermont and 
Canada East, to hold meetines the coming season. I 
would say to the friends of the Advent cause, and es-
pecially to those in that region, that if they feel will-
ing to assist in this work, they may send their con-
tributions to the " Advent Herald " office until• the 
first of April ; I trust they will be richly rewarded in 
so doing. The cost of the tent, which will seat six 
or seven hundred, will not exceed $ 200. 
J. CUMMINGS. 
48 �
THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
Second Coming of Christ. 
NO. III. 
" It has been frequently said by those who are ad-
verse to the particular views we purpose to advocate 
in these articles, that even if they are true, they are 
still not important enough to warrant that special in-
terest so generally manifested by those who adopt 
them. �
For,' say they, it matters not to us when 
CHRIST shall conic, or how He will come, provided 
we are prepared to meet Him when He does come." 
We grant, that to be prepared by living faith, even 
that faith which works by love, and purifies the heart ; 
is the most essential and the first duty we owe to 
Him, to our fellow-men, and to ourselves. This 
every genuine Christian will allow ; this point, there-
fore, need not be discussed. 
" Allowing this with all our heart, what next?—
Does it follow because we are Christians, that we 
should be satisfied to be ignorant ones? This, we 
affirm, cannot be; and if we are not content thus to 
be ignorant, what is our duty �
We answer plainly : 
—Our first duty is to learn from GoD's Word the 
true meaning and intent of that Word, so that we 
may be thoroughly furnished unto every good word 
and work. 
" We will give an example as applicable to this 
subject.—There are at least two modes of interpret-
ing the Scriptures by professing evangelical Chris-
tians at the present day. One class, and which are 
far the most numerous, (those we have termed Spi- 
ritualists,) adopt the following method. �
When 
CHRIST'S kingdom is spoken of, or the kingdom of 
heaven, or the kingdom of GOD, they almost uniform-
ly, without regard to its connection, make a spiritual 
application, that is, apply it to the work of grace upon 
the heart. Now if this application proves to be 
wrong, and the evident meaning of the Scriptures is 
the literal kingdom of CHRIST, instead of the spirit-
ual, what is the consequence 1 It is that the Scrip-
ture is wrested from its true meaning, and in carry-
ing out this system of interpretation they must ne-
cessarily, to harmonize their views, proceed by the 
same rule, and consequently end in mystification and 
error. 
" The same mode of interpretation applies to Is-
rael, or Zion, or Jerusalem. Now if the Scripture 
means by Israel, the Jews as a distinct people ; or 
by Zion or Jerusalem, Zion and the city of Jerusa-
lem, it certainly must be very wrong to apply it to 
the church generally, or CHRIST'S universal church 
on earth ; for by so doing the mind of the Spirit is 
entirely misapprehended, and error as regards the 
true meaning of the Word of GOD is the result. 
" The first and second coming of our LORD and 
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, appears to be the theme of 
all others dwelt upon in the Bible. It was this theme 
upon which our blessed SAVIOUR especially instructed 
His disciples after His resurrection for forty days. 
And it is a theme which all intelligent Christians 
should love to examine, and in the spirit of the be-
loved disciple say, Come, LORD JEsus, and come 
quickly. 
" In writing respecting the second advent of our 
SAVIOUR, the following topics will necessarily claim 
our attention. First.—His kingdom, and its nature. 
Second.—The place of manifestation. Third.—The 
participation of His saints, and the first resurrection. 
Fourth.—The judgment and state of separate spirits. 
Fifth.—The resurrection state, and new dispensation. 
Sixth.—The time, and signs of His coming. 
" We will not promise to treat upon all of these 
subjects just in the order we have placed them here, 
or at length ; this will depend much upon circum-
stances as the numbers progress. It is our purpose 
rather to give a general interest to the whole subject 
that will elicit enquiry, instead of a minute investiga-
tion of any one part ; although we hope to furnish 
full Scripture evidence for all we do say, and thereby 
to interest some minds sufficiently that they may be 
led to investigate it for themselves. 
" In our last number we referred to the judgment 
day as being a period of a thousand years, or the 
Millennium; we should rather have said, a judgment 
day, in which CHRIST will reign and judge the na-
tions, in contradistinction to a great day of assize, 
which in future numbers we trust to be able in their 
connection to set forth in so clear a manner, that there 
will not be a discrepancy upon this important point. 
" In our next number, we shall endeavor to present 
Scripture evidence respecting the kingdom of CHRIST, 
and its nature."—Christian Repository. 
[In publishing the above, we find nothing to dissent 
from, as in the previous numbers. We would barely 
remark, that by Israel we do not understand the 
church universal, but the pious of the Jewish nation, 
to whom are expressly limited the promises made to 
them.—En.j 
Ova ENGLISH subscribers, with the exception of 
those in Leeds, may pay their subscription to RICHARD 
ROBERTSON, Esq., at the Secretary's office, Custom 
House, London. We hope that all who can, will 
aid us by the payment of their subscriptions, and also 
by the addition of new subscribers to our list. 
OF those to whom we sent bills, in December last, 
we have heard from 25 during the past two weeks, 
making in all 462. Of this, 409 have paid in full, or 
in part, and 53 unable to pay—leaving 398 to be 
heard from. Reader, are you one of these I 
AN action is called good from the morality and 
nature of the action itself; so actions of justice and 
charity are in themselves good, whatsoever the doer 
of them may be ; hut actions are considered by God 
with relation to the state of the heart, or the motives 
from which the act is performed. 
The readers of the Herald will receive a weekly re-
port of our labors. 
PETERBORO'—March 1401, 15th, and 16th. 
Cassusovia—March 16th, 17th, and loth. 
HOMER—March 18th, 19th, and 20th. 
AUBURN—March lid, 24th, and 25th. 
SENECA FALLS—March 28th to April 1st. 
ROCHESTER—APriFISI to the 8th. 
BUFFALO—April 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th. 
LOCKPORT—April 19th, 20th, 21SI., and 22d. 
JamesTowN-April 26th, 21th, 28th, and 29th. 
Two Sabbaths in Rochester. During the week, we will preach at 
such hours in the day as the church may appoint. We can give two 
lectures each day, if desired. In the other places, the hours of 
meeting each day will be at 10 A. M., 2 and 7 P. m., or as the breth-
ren may appoint. Some of our notices are given fur two places on 
the same day ; we shall arrange to attend them all. 
SUMMARY. 
Horatio Dillenbeck and Sylvester Hloch were killed at Fort Plain, 
N. Y., by being crushed by an old bridge which some men were re-
pairing, when the two main beams crushed, and it fell. 
On Sunday, the 18th ult., Capt. J. Bellinger travelled on the ice 
with a sleigh and horses, from the foot of Grand Island to the head 
of Strawberry island, in the Niagara river-the only time it has 
been done. 
Accounts from Guatemala state that that city was besieged by 6000 
of the mountaineers, and that Paredes, corregidor of Quezaltenanzo, 
had been called there in consequence of the proposed sacking. 
Dr. Robbins, Librarian of the Hartford Atheneum, who is now 
over 80 years old, and has kept a record of the weather from his 
youth up, save the past winter beats all former ones in his record, 
for the extent of its coldness, as measured by the thermometer. 
Chauncey W. Holt, of Columbus, N. Y., died suddenly in Utica. 
He was on a drunken frolic, and broke his ancle a day or two before, 
and mortification had commenced in the leg. 
Mrs. Miller fell on Washington-street on Sunday evening, while 
returning from Roxbury, and died in fifteen minutes after being car-
ried to the 11th ward house. She resided in Rochester-street, and 
is supposed to have had a disease of the heart. 
An Irishman named Thomas Craig, while blasting rocks at the 
Faxon ledge, Roxbury, was iuttainly killed by a premature explo-
sion. 
The New York "Journal of Medicine" comes out against blood 
letting in sickness. It is miserable business. 
Two men, and the horse they were driving in a sleigh, were frozen 
to death near Chicago ; also a boy and a Norwegian woman. 
A Spaniard named Ottero perished from cold in the streets in New 
Orleans, on the night of the 17th ult. The man was intoxicated, 
and the police were notified that he was lying exposed to the cold ; 
but they neglected to conic to hint until he was dead. 
A female infant corpse was found in the snow in Hartford place, 
Boston, which the Coroner's jury said came to its death from want 
of propel care at the birth. 
Levi L. Morton, a printer, shot himself dead with a rifle, at Mon- 
roe, Mich. W hen the fight of grace is fought.- 
W hen the marriage vest is wrought,- 
When faith huth chased cold death away, 
And hope but sieketia at delay,- 
When charity, imprisoned here, 
Lotigs for a more extended sphere, 
Dolls thy robes of sin and clay,- 
Christian, rise, and come away. 
The Thibodaux (La.) "Minerva," of Jan. '..1) says "The cholera 
is raging to an alarming extent on several plantations in this vicinity. 
Mr. F. A. Tete, in the parish of Assumption, has already lost twelve 
negroes. A white man died of the disease in this place on Tuesday." 
There had also been several fatal cases in Caddo. There were three 
deaths in the charity hospital in New Orleans Jan. 27111. 
In Cincinnati, 0., on the evening of the 2d ult., a well-dressed 
young woman called at Mrs. Wolf's boarding-house in Fifth-street, 
and inquired for Capt. Howard ; he was not in, and the woman then 
asked for Mrs. Howard ; the servant showed Mrs. H. into the par-
lor ; two minutes afterwards she staggered out, exclaiming, " that 
woman has killed me," and immediately expired. Her throat was 
cut. The murderess has been apprehended. She was the wife of 
' Capt. Howard, but he bad been divorced from her. 
Stevenson, Dickson, McMurray, and a Hollander named Eckhert, 
were drowned on Friday night while smuggling a boat load of mo-
lasses across Niagara river at Black Rock. 
Two lads, 17 and 18 years of age, sous of Charles Ross and Mer-
rill Witcher, were burnt to death in a logging camp in St. David, 
near Calais. 
The stage coach from Lenox to Pittsfield, broke through a bridge 
about a mile from Pittsfield on Monday morning, and with the pas-
sengers was precipitated down twelve or fifteen feet. Several per-
sons were injured, and a messenger was scut on to Pittsfield with 
the mails, and to procure assistance. 
Judge Kingsbury, of Kingsbury, tbrinerly State Treasurer under 
Gov. Kent, dropped down dead in the streets of Gardiner, Me., on 
Tuesday. 
At Mount Harmony, Md., Mr. Wood, a respectable trader, was 
called out in the evening and killed by three negroes, two of whom 
have beet arrested. No motive is assigned for the deed. 
A colored boy called at the Boston Custom House fur protection ; 
he was born at Newburg, N. C., is lei years old, and ti It. 5. in. high. 
Mrs. IIannah Osborn, a Quukeress, 84 years old, blind and deaf, 
was accidentally buret to death in Philadelphia. 
The" Albany Journal " says:-" There is trouble ahead in the 
Canadas. The rebels,' or those who would rather be called reb-
els' than ' royalists,' are on the increase ; Enid unless the ' nunlier 
country' does something to avert the storm that's brewing, the 
American Union will very soon cross the St. Lawrence." 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
Win. higmire-Sent books. 
J. H. Smith-Not received. Have credited you to 404. 
J. T. Moulton,''. h1.--The $1 was received from R. Watson, and 
paid to 43s. Have sent back DUIII hers agent, and w ill send as directed. 
J. Mott-Your paper has been regularly sent every week. Have 
again sent the last three numbers You have paid to 376. 
Geo. H. Child-The motley was duly handed in, and credited at 
the time. 
W. Cousens-Your paper was stopped by the Postmaster. Have 
sent from the time mopped. 
E. Berry-Have cancelled it, and will continue. 
A. Laneworthy, P. M.-The $2 sent for H. Gibbs in Januttry was 
duly received, and credited to No. 404,-as acknowledged in the last 
No. of the last vol. of the Herald. In consideration of a previous 
loss, we have credited it to 430. A gentleman called a few days 
since to pay $2 for li. G. ; but the last having been received, he del 
not leave it. 
H. L. Smith, of Auburn-The $3 inclosed in your letter of the 31st 
of Jan. was duly received, and acknowledged in the Herald of Feb. 
luth. Bro. H. had lelt when your letter Caine you had better write 
so as to reach him at some of his previous appointments. Other 
things being equal, we should think he would prefer the U. H. Ile 
will see by this to call at your house. 
E. M. Smith, of Batavia-Yours did not reach till Bro. H. had left. 
We presume his appointments at places where he had already been 
invited, will fill up, all his time. 
A. Sherwin-P. S. Warner was credited $2 on Bro. H.'s return, 
to 490. 
Elder H. Slade-Have cancelled, and will continue. 
J.C. Thompson-We have an edition of Elliott we can send you 
for $14. Mr. Lord's work is " The 'theological and Literary Jour-
mil," published at 140 Nassau-street, N. Y., at $3 per year. 
D. Reynolds-liave not discontinued it-will still send. Please do 
what you can. 
1.. Stokes-The $1 sent when you subscribed, paid to 378-leav-
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S. S. Brewer-The books you had of Bro. L. you will please settle 
with hint for. 
G. Colby-Have sent tracts-cannot spare the dictionary. 
E. L. Chirk-The Image separate, mounted, &c., is $2. 
DELINQUENTS. 
If we have by mistake published any who may have paid, or who 
are poor, we shall be happy to correct the error, on being apprised 
of the fact. 
The Postmaster of Mercer, Pa., writes that J. B. TODD, 
Esq., does not take his paper from the °dice. lie owes �
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list of subscribers,' and goes off, without as much as 
having said pay, once. Time passes—your patience 
is exhausted, and you dun him. He flies into a pas-
sion, and perhaps pays up--perhaps not. 
" Another man has been a subscriber for a long 
time. He becomes tired of you, and wants a change. 
Tells the Post-master to discontinue, and one of his 
papers is returned to you marked, refused.' And 
after a time you look over his account, and send him 
a bill for balance due. But does he pay it freely and 
cheerfully 1 We leave him to answer. 
" Another man lives near you ; never took your 
paper; does not like its principles. Yet goes regu-
larly to his neighbor's, and reads his by a good stove 
fire; finds fault with its contents ; disputes its lead-
ers, and quarrels with type, ink, or color.—Occasion-
ally sees an article he likes. 
" Another man (bless you! it does us good to see 
such a man, and we do see them sometimes, and we 
have seen some such lately) conies and says, The 
year for which I have paid is about to expire : I want 
to pay for another.' He does so, and retires. 
" Reader, is not newspaper patronage a curious 
thing ? And in that great day when honest men are 
to get the reward due to honesty, which, say you, of 
those enumerated above, will obtain that reward?" 
CANDOR.—" In a controversialist nothing can com-
pensate for candor, and facts ought to be admitted, 
even when they appear unfavorable. It is an unhal-
lowed ingenuity that strains to a deceitful coloring to 
what cannot be denied, and cannot ultimately serve a 
good cause. Truth will be sooner made to appear, 
and will sooner be received, if on all sides there is 
openness and honest dealing, without any attempt to 
conceal or to color. To force through difficulties, 
employ insufficient evidence, refuse admissions that 
integrity cannot deity, and by rhetorical artifice put 
down whatever opposes, is the part of a religious 
gladiator : not of a Christian contending earnestly for 
divine institutions."—Dr. Carson. 
TEETH.—Bro. J. B. TERRY, dentist, ia Hartford, 
Ct., has shown us a specimen of " block gum teeth," 
of his manufacture, which are a most perfect imita-
tion, in form and color, of the natural gum and teeth 
of the human mouth. We make these remarks to 
call the attention of those wishing this kind of article 
to his work. He will teach dentists the art of making 
them for a reasonable compensation. 
WESTERN TOUR.—In making arrangements for a 
our West, we find that we shall nut be able to visit 
all the places to which we have been invited. But if 
brethren, with whole wishes we shall not be able to 
comply, will meet us at the most convenient places 
where we have appointments, we will do what we 
can by a division of labor. 
Our health not admitting of so much labor as ibr- 
merly, we have secured the services of Ern. A. HALE 
and GEO. NEEDHAM, who will accompany us. Our 
friends may depend on receiving a full and faithful 
illustration of the great and glorious doctrine of the 
Second Advent of CHRIST, with the signs of his 
speedy coming. 
The tour will be an expensive one, and we shall 
have to depend on the liberality of our friends. We 
have pledged Brn. H. and N. the expenses of their 
families during their absence The office and the 
Missionary fund both being embarrassed at present, we 
must have help from the friends abroad, or we shall 
be forced to curtail our public labors. 
The following is the order of our appointments. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
Bro. A. Sherwin will preach in Addison, Vt., Sabbath, March IS ; 
Burlington 20th, evening. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach in Westminster, Sunday, March 11th ; 
Ashburnham, the 12th, evening ; Gardiner, 13th ; Montague, toe 
Northfield Farina, 15th ; Northfield, Sunday, 18th ; Mountain, lath 
Vereott, Vt., the 20th ; Springfield, Mass., 22d ; Three Rivers, 23d 
Ware, Sunday, 25th; Holden, 27th ; Marlboro', Sunday, April 1st. 
Bro. Prosper Powell will preach at Woodstock, Vt., Sunday, the 
I lth ; North Springfield, Sunday, 18th ; Grafton, Sunday, 25th ; 
non, 26th ; Northfield Fertile, 27th, each in the evening, 
Bro. S. N. Gears will preach in Burlington, Vt., March 11th, where 
Bro. Beatles may appoint, and Waterbury the loth. 
Bro. Daniel Campbell will preach March the 13th at Father 
Campbell's schoolhouse, 7 p.m.; the 14th at Nelson, 7 pie.; the 16th 
tit Bro. Hastieas, 7 P.M.; the 25th at Bro S Clapp's, near Belleville, 
(make two appointments on that day, one emir your titighboihood, 
and the other at the Baptist meeting-house, so as not to imettere 
with any other appointment) ; at West Lake (at Bro. Jihka') April 
1st, 11 A. M. 
Bro. F. H. Berick will preach in Northboro' the fourth Sabbath in 
each mouth, for the present. 
Bro. C. 0. Towne will preach in Pleasant Valley the second Sab-
bath in March ; Bristol, Ct., the third ; New Britain the fourth.