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BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1862. 
VOLUME XXIII. NO. 1. 
deavor to state it impartially, and then to bring 
it to the test of truth. The opinion I refer to 
is the following :—That the second coming of 
the Saviour,the resurrection of the dead in Christ, 
and the rapture of the living saints, will be se-
cret, unaccompanied with those tokens of majes-
ty and glory which so many scriptures speak of 
always connected with the Lord's second mani-
festation from heaven. That after these things, 
after the Lord has come and caught away his 
saints, those events will happen to which the 
greater part of the Apocalypse has reference,and 
which also occupy many pages of Daniel, Isa-
iah, Ezekiel, and other prophets—events which 
will take al least several years to accomplish,and 
which will develop the world's highest pitch of 
glory, and lowest depths of wickedness. These 
will include a partial return of Israel to their 
own land, the building of a temple, the manifes-
tation of the ten toes of the great image : or the 
ten horns of the fourth beast ; the rise and reign 
of Antichrist, and many other things. During 
the period in which these momentous events take 
their rise and run their course, Christ and his 
saints will be away in glory, the Lord afterward 
returning with them, utterly to overwhelm all 
enemies. The inference from all this is, and it 
is affirmed with the greatest positiveness, that 
we should not expect to see any signs of the 
Lord's coming, (Luke 21. 28-31,) nor look for 
any event whatever to transpire before the Lord 
comes, and the church is "caught up." It is al-
so earnestly contended that the coming of the 
Lord is to be carefully distinguished from the 
day of the Lord. 
Such are the opinions now advocated by many 
who believe in the Lord's premillennial coming. 
If I have overstated, understated, of in any way 
mis-stated the views I now propose to test by 
Scripture, it is unwittingly done. I have desir-
ed simply to state what many teach on this most 
important subject. The advocates of the novel 
views referred to, consider that the Epistles to 
the Thessalonians teach the secret coming, and 
rapture ; and also the distinction between "the 
descending of Christ," and "the day of the Lord," 
(1 Thess. 4. 16, 5. 4.) Let us, therefore, exam-
ine the leading passages that bear upon these 
points. In doing this, I shall endeavour to com-
pare the teaching of the apostles in these epistles, 
with some other testimonies concerning the Lord's 
coming, the resurrection, and rapture of his peo-
ple. 
The coming of Christ is mentioned in every 
chapter of the two Epistles to the Thessalonians, 
but there are four leading passages to which I 
will refer. The first is that magnificent and 
well-known one, 1 Thess. 4. 13-18. Here the 
coming, the resurrection, and the rapture, are all 
clearly foretold, and graphically described. The 
apostle first states generally, "them that sleep in 
Jesus will God bring with him." He afterwards 
gives in detail the order of' the coming of Christ, 
the resurrection, and rapture of the saints. He 
informs us that "the dead in Christ will rise 
first ;" that is, before the living saints are chang- 
ed. What length the interval between these two 
events will be, we are not informed,but it would 
seem that the raised ones remain on or near the 
earth out of which they are raised, until "those 
who are alive" are also changed into the like-
ness of Christ's glorious body ; and that then 
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TYNABRUA1CH. 
Bills and water, how ye thrill me, 
With your sun-wove raiment on ! 
Have ye with the same clear beauty 
Through forgotten summers shone ? 
Hills and waters, clouds and breezes, 
Rock and heather, fern and tree, 
Glad I am to come among you, 
And to find you all so free ! 
Who that loves to watch the sunbeam, 
Would not joy to see the light, 
With its morning waves of splendor, 
Break from Tynbruaich's height ? 
Tynabruaich, calmly resting 
In the shadow of the hills, 
Would I heard the winter voices 
Of its sleeping summer rills ! 
Who is proud, let him be lowly— 
Who is lowly, let him soar ; 
For the glory of these mountains 
Is the Lord's for evermore. 
Softly plash the glittering waters 
On the narrow, stone-spread shore; 
But the bending rocks bear witness 
Of their dash in stormy roar. 
Come, 0 King of earth and heaven, 
Clear the dusty pilgrim's eye ! 
What were nature if I miss Thee—
What were for me but to die? 
God of resurrection glory ! 
Thanks for all that's shown me here, 
Where the shadow still is brooding, 
And is dropping still the tear. 
Be it mine to view thy wonders 
In a fairer world to be ; 
Grant me Saviour, to be with Thee—
Grant me but Thy face to see. 
JAMES BALLANTINE. 
From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. 
The Epistles to the Thessalonians, 
and the Lord's Coming. 
It is proposed in this paper to examine the 
two epistles addressed to the Thessalonians, in 
order to ascertain what is the teaching of the 
Holy Spirit in them respecting "the appearing" 
and "day" of the Lord Jesus, in connection with 
the resurrection and rapture of his saints. That 
the coming of the Lord so frequently referred to 
in these inspired letters will be personal and 
premillennial, must to a considerable extent be 
assumed, though I trust that, in the observations 
made, these subjects will be clearly exhibited. 
There is another opinion, which has recently 
been somewhat extensively circulated, and which 
some consider is especially taught in these epis-
tles, to which I wish to call attention. I will en- 
both the raised and the changed are "caught up 
together to meet the Lord in the air." This 
meeting of the Lord is in order to the coming 
with the Lord, first spoken of. There is no in-
timation whatever that between the "meeting" 
and the "coming" there will be an interval of 
many years. To introduce a period in which is 
included the fulfillment of a large part of the 
prophetic Scriptures, seems quite incompatible 
with the apostle's account, which assuredly sug-
gests the idea of a quick succession of events. The 
church being brought "with the Lord," (ver. 
14,) is the first and leading thought ; everything, 
else is a preparation for that. Speediness is al-
so suggested by the words "Meet the Lord in 
the air." It is generally allowed that this word 
"meet," signifies '"to meet as an escort," (Acts 
28 16,) which implies that the coming One, who 
is already on his way from heaven to earth with 
all his holy angels, pauses awhile when he comes 
within the earth's atmosphere, in order for his 
redeemed host to join the angelic host. It is 
probable that, as in earthly processions of' kings 
and judges, a short period will be occupied in 
assigning the saints their places of honor, which, 
doubtless, will be according to their Lord's esti-
mate of their character and services here. It 
may be that then it is that we shall all appear 
before the tribunal of Christ, (Rom. 14. 10 ; 2 
Cor. 5:10.) If such be the case, this will be a 
judgment, not of state,but of character. Whether 
this interval between the meeting of Christ, and 
coining with Chtist, is one of hours or days, we 
cannot tell ; but it will doubtless be one of terri-
ble gloom and direful expectation as regardsthe 
wicked, (Rev. 1. 7 ; Matt. 24. 30.) On the 
other hand, how great will be the joy of those in 
whom Christ comes to be glorified and admir-
ed, when they shall realise what it is to be" for 
ever with the Lord !" Well may we, while 
here, "comfort one another with these words." 
So far, then, as this passage goes, there seems 
no warrant whatever for supposing that a vast 
number of prophecies will be fulfilled between 
the saints meeting of, and coming with, the Lord. 
But the main point to be considered in this 
passage is that which refers to another part of 
the system under examination, which is the se-
crecy which it is alleged distinguishes the com-
ing, the resurrection, and the rapture here refer-
red to. Not a few have taught that the Lord 
Jesus will come, raise the sleepers, and change 
the living, and that all will depart in the great-
est quietude, leaving the world to go on as be-
tore, or rather increase in prosperity, greatness, 
and wickedness. Now, does not this scripture, 
literally taken, teach the very opposite of secre-
cy ? Surely, if there is to be a secret coming 
and silent resurrection, without any external glo-
ry, it is not described here. To these very words 
Christians in all ages have turned in order to find 
a Divine description of the visibility, pomp, and 
publicity of the Lord's coming. Look at the 
various expressions : The Lord himself descends 
from heaven—the dead in Christ rise—living 
saints are changed—all are caught up--clouds 
receive them. And now, mark the threefold ex-
pression so opposed to stillness and secrecy, 
"the shout of the Lord," "the voice of' the arch-
angel," "the trump of God," and say, can the 
view we oppose be correct ? Is it not a novel 
idea recently introduced ? If the other scrip- 
tures which refer to the Lord's coming,and which 
also mention resurrection, rapture, the clouds, 
the shout, the voice, the trump, were diligutly 
searched out and compared,I am persuaded that 
the idea of a secret, silent coining and resurrec-
tion, which will leave the world unstartled and 
untroubled, still bent on working out its grand-
est schemes,would be found untenable. I believe 
that the Scriptures so place the coming of Christ 
and the resurrection of the saints in connection 
with other events, as to prove the unscriptural-
ness of a system which requires a secret coming. 
I refer to such passages as Luke 21. 25-28 ; 1 
Cor. 15. 51, 52 ; Rev. 11. 15-18, 20. 1-6. I 
ask especial attention to the agreement between 
the words in 1 Thess. 4. 16,and the Lord's Matt. 
24. 30, 31. In the one, we have the Lord him-
self descending from heaven, the shout,the voice, 
the trump, the rising. In the other, we have 
the coming of the Son of Man, the angels, the 
trumpet, and great voice, (see margin,) and 
gathering of the elect. Yet the new system says 
that these evidently parallel texts refer to two 
different manifestations of Christ, many years 
apart :---that Paul is speaking of the Church ; 
and Christ of the "Jewish remnant." 
(To be continued.) 
Sandy Morrison. 
Just at the foot of Pentland Hills, lay, years 
ago, an old farm-house, of the plainest kind,built 
of rough stone, and roofed with thatch, but sha-
ded by venerable trees,and cheered by a "bonnie 
burn wimpliog" over its pebbly bed. That was 
the home of Sandy Morrison. The only thing 
about him really attractive was his large clear 
hazel eye, which lay beneath his shaggy brows 
like a deep fountain among the brown hills of his 
native land. 
Sandy belonged to a peculiar class of Scots-
men, some of whom the writer knew in his boy-
hood. He was perfectly natural in all his ways ; 
honest,industrious and shrewd ; simple as a child 
and yet thoughtful as a sage. He walked with 
God as friend with friend. When he prayed, 
he seemed to talk with God face to face. 
Philosophers would have called him a mystic. 
He had never heard the word ; and had it been 
applied to him in his hearing, and its meaning 
explained, he would have said, "Hoot man, ye 
needna gae round about seeking the nearest to 
explain a thing sae simple. It's only God in the 
hert of a puir sinner." Had you demurred at 
his explanation, he would have cut the matter 
short by asking if ye didna believe in the migh-
ty power o' God. 
The whole secret of the simplicity and power 
of Sandy's religion lay in the fact that he truly 
believed in God as the life of the soul of man,as 
well as the life of the universe. 
His favorite books were Bunyan's Pilgrim's 
Progress, Boston's Fourfold State, Erskine's 
Sermons, Halyburton's Remains, The Book of' 
Martyrs, and Rutherford's Letters, and above 
all the Bible. Next to the Bible, Halyburton 
and Rntherford exerted upon him the greatest 
influence. The tender and meditative Halybur-
ton,and the ardent Eagle of Anwoth, had minds 
accordant with his own. We rather think he 
had read with interest Scougal's Life of God in 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—The Advent Herald still 
finds it way to our humble dome, where it has 
been a welcome visitor for several years. As 
usual it keeps before its readers the great truth 
on which rests all our hopes of future bliss, viz. 
the second advent of our Saviour,—he who was 
made of the seed of David according to the flesh, 
but is "declared to be the Son of God according 
All men alike must die : 
The rich, the poor, the great, 
Death's summons must obey 
Regardless of their state,— 
Prepared or unprepared they must 
Return to earth and dust to dust. 
They never more will wake, 
Or from their sleep arise 
Until the earth will shake 
Before the Judge's face, 
When all the just will leave the tomb 
And rise to hear a joyful doom. 
The wicked are not so, 
For cursed are they then : 
Consigned to wrath and woe—
To everlasting pain ; 
Shut in the dreadful pit of hell, 
They will with wicked angels dwell. 
0 may we be prepared 
To join the righteous band, 
And enter with our Lord 
Into the better land: 
May we receive the second birth, 
And reign with him upon the earth. 
Shepherd of the chosen few 
Whom thou dost in safety keep, 
Help me all thy will to do 
That I heavenly joys may reap. 
Lead me to the pasture where 
All thy flock in safety dwell : 
Kept by thee they need not fear, 
But true happiness they feel. 
Here beset with trials around, 
Persecuted and oppressed, 
In thy name their strength is found,—
Thou alone canst give them rest. 
Therefore, Lord, impart to one, 
Rest and pleasure from above : 
Closer fellowship with thee 
And an interest in thy love. 
Sanctify this heart of' mine 
Make me free from every sin ; 
Let me feel that I am thine, 
And that thou dost reign within. 
From Bro. C. M. Gould. 
7s. 
J. 
to the spirit of holiness by his resurrection from 
the dead." I say, that I have been well pleas-
ed the last year, with the manner and matter of 
the Herald ; for it has kept close to the ancient 
landmarks of Christianity. It breathes a pro-
per spirit, and has kept free from death-chilling 
doctrine. As a token of respect for Bro. J. M. 
Orrock, and for the piece that was published in 
the Herald No. 46, from him, I have enclosed 
two dollars, for which I wish you to send him 
the Herald next year. I have always read his 
contributions in the Herald with delight and 
profit, and I hope if time permits, that I shall 
see him "face to face." I hope the Herald may 
be sustained during the oppression and commo-
tions that are now going on in America. We 
have the promise that, "If we ask anything ac-
cording to his will he heareth us." Therefore 
let us ask largely of his Bountiful hand that our 
"peace may be as a river and our righteousness 
as the waves of the sea." Upon the right im-
provement of the future part of life depends the 
improvement of society and the satisfactory ter-
mination of our earthly career. If we would 
live gloriously in the future, we must live for it 
while on earth,---must be as pilgrims and strang-
ers traveling to a distant, glorious, and happy 
country. The trials of the way must be borne 
with patience and the many delights it affords 
received with gratitude, assurances of the Lord's 
desire to make us happy in time and eternity. 
To the discontented the past, the present, and 
future are alike unsatisfactory. Hence "piety 
with contentment is great gain ;" for it fits us 
for the present state and prepares us for being 
happy in the future, and enjoying all its enrap-
turing scenes. 
Being reminded by the changing seasons, the 
end of one year and the beginning of another, 
that time flies swiftly,we should review the past, 
improve the present, and prepare for the future., 
To the soul that has been purified in obeying the 
truth, the future is transcendently important 
and glorious. May we not use the present for 
mere pleasure and gratification, but sow it well 
with "labors of love and works of faith," and in 
the future we shall realize joy and peace amid 
the ineffable brightness of heaven. 
C. M. GOULD. 
Castleton, Dec. 10th, 1861. 
A Question Answered. No. 1. 
them but little. In those days I attempted to 
turn the Song of Solomon into rhyme : the ideas 
being gathered mainly from the paraphrase of 
that book given by Rev. John Brown of Had-
dington iu his Bible Dictionary, a work which 
was then a favourite with me. Most of the ar-
ticles are therefore based on texts selected from 
Canticles. The first piece I copy was written 
about 1842. 
The Heavenly Jerusalem. 
The, new Jerusalem on high 
All glorious is within ; 
The righteous there will never die, 
And all are free from sin. 
There is no night, but cloudless day 
J3efore the throne of God, 
And all the saints forever will 
Have those things that are good. 
The tree of life each month will bear 
Twelve different kinds of fruit ; 
A river too is always there 
And has for ages stood. 
No violence will e'er be beard 
Within this heavenly place ; 
Salvation, will the walls be named 
And all the gates be Praise. 
King Jesus there forever reigns 
No sickness is. therein : 
For he has washed away their stains 
And all effects of sin. 
So man lieth down, and riseth not : till the 
heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor 
be raised out of their sleep. Job. 14:12. 
III. 
A Blessing invoked. 
Tell me, 0 thou whom my soul loveth,where 
thou feedest ; where thou makest thy flock to 
rest at noon : for why should I be as one that 
turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions ? 
Canticles 1: 7. 
Under the above caption, I noticed an article 
signed "M." credited "Crisis," in your issue of 
Dec. 21. The writer says, "A. correspondent 
asks, 'Do you look for the Saviour in the time of 
troubles and commotions,or in the time of peace?'" 
And adds, "We do not perceive from reading 
the prophecies, that the time immediately pre-
ceding the Lord's second advent, is to be partic-
ularly marked, by either universal peace or uni-
versal commotions." 
Now as the article was undoubtedly published 
with approval, with your leave "I also will show 
my opinion." That it will be a time of "uni-
versal commotions," immediately preceding the 
advent, I have not a shadow of doubt. For our 
Saviour said, "And they [the Jews] shall fall by 
the edge of the sword, and shall be led away cap-
tive into all nations ; and Jerusalem shall be 
trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of 
the Gentiles be fulfilled. And there shall be 
signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the 
stars, and upon the earth distress of nations,with 
perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring : 
men's hearts failing them for fear, and for look-
ing after those things which are coming on the 
earth ; for the powers of the heavens shall be 
shaken." 
All this before the advent. See Lu. 
21: 24, 26 ; then read the 27 v. Now I know 
of no powers of heaven to be shaken (or in com- 
motion) but "the powers that be .. . ordained of 
God" [or heaven]. For "he ruleth in the king-
dom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will." 
Dan. 4 : 17. And of these kingdoms (heaven 
appointed) the Lord says, "I will shake all na-
tions and [then he] the desire of all nations shall 
come. Hag. 12: 26,7. Then whatever its na-
ture may be, there is to be trouble, commotion, 
shaking of nations, and these are "particular-
ly" to mark the time "immediately preceding" 
the advent of our Lord. 
the Soul of Man, and this might account for some 
of his peculiar expressions. 
Sandy had a perfect trust in the providence of 
God. "The Lord reigneth," he would say, "ev-
ery thing is wisely ordered, and will come out 
right in the end." 
If you said, "Not surely the sins and follies of 
men !" he would reply as follows : 
"Sins and follies are ours, and we suffer for 
them ; but God overrules them for his glory. 
You see the eddies in the stream yonder ; they 
twist and turn a'sorts o'ways, but they go wi' the 
current at last. In the storm, sticks, stones,and 
dirt come tumbling doun frae the hills ; but in 
the valley yonder they lie a' quiet enough, and 
in the simmer time will be covered wi' grass and 
daisies. In the same way, it seems to me,God 
works a' things accordin' to the counsel o' his 
ain will." air: Iffy -I VA f 
This accounts for Sandy's peace and joy : 
"You see," said he, explaining the matter in his 
peculiar fashion, "years gane by, I believed jist 
as others do, who have a form o' godliness, but 
deny the power thereof. I did no, understand, 
and above all, I did not love God. I was wor-
rying about this, that, and the ither. Things 
were nm richt. Wife and I were puir, ye ken, 
and had to work hard ; but we did na mind that 
sae long as we had health and strength. We liv-
ed in a bonnie place. The sun shone cheerily 
on our bit housie, among the roses and honey-
suckles that my auld wither had planted wi' her 
ain hand. And, mair than that, the Lord sent 
us a bonnie bairn—Heck ! the wee thing seem-
ed an angel in disguise, wi' its yellow hair, dim-
plin' cheeks, and blue een. It was the licht and 
glory o' our hame. 
"But the lord took her to himself. 0, how 
we grat when we laid her in the yird ! And 
Mary (that's my wife's name) began to fail. She 
could na tell what was the matter wi' her. The 
doctor said she bad a weakness in the chest. But 
it made our hame unco dowie like. Every thing 
seemed to gae wrang,and I murmured sair against 
the Lord. The world looked waefu, and I would 
have liked to dee. 
"But I began to think. I seemed to come to 
myself' ; yet my mind was unco dark. Then I 
read the Bible and prayed. Our neebor, auld 
Mr. Wallace, a gude man, tauld us to look to the 
Rock o'Ages, and see if the Lord wadna open 
for us the fountain o' consolation. 
"Then I saw, but not very clearly at first,that 
there was anither world---anither kingdom like, 
spiritual and eternal, as holy Mr. Rutherford 
wud say. This warld is only a husk or shell. 
The substance, the spirit, is anither. And a' is 
full o'God. Then I saw wee Mary, whose body 
we had laid in the grave, wakin' in that warld of 
licht and peace. I heard her singin,' there wi' 
the angels o 'God. I heard the voice o 'Jesus, 
there, saying,"Peace, peace !' It came like the 
sweetest music to my puir heart ! 
"Then I understood how blind, unbelievin' and 
wicked I had been,and I said to myself : 'What's 
the use o' murmurin' ? The Redeemer liveth, 
and blessed be his name ; I will jist put myself 
and a' I have under the shadow o' his wings.' 
"Says I to my wife, 'Mary, we we maun be-
lieve in God. He's a' and in a'. He gave us 
our bonnie bairn, and he's taen her again ; for 
she was his mair than ours ; and noo she's an an-
gel. She wunna come to us, but we will go to 
her. And noo ye maun be comforted. 
"And we kneeled down thegither, and pray-
ed to the God o' our fathers,the God o' our bairn, 
and were comforted. 
"Then the world appeared to me in a new 
licht. It was filled wi' the holy presence o' God. 
I saw that a' was His licht, and darkness, sim-
mer and winter, sorrow and joy, death and life, 
and that he was governing a' things according to 
the counsel o' his ain will." Life Pictures. 
For the Herald. 
Lays of Life's Morning. 
Mr. Editor :---The other day,while looking for 
a manuscript, I fonnd a number of' articles which 
I wrote when between eleven and sixteen years 
old, from which I am inclined to select a few 
pieces for publication, if you deem them worthy 
of some corner of your paper. I have altered 
Something of the nature of the troubles may 
be learned by noticing the words of our Savior. 
"And they [the Jews] shall fall by the edge of 
the sword---be led captive—Jerusalem trodden 
down &c. till Gentile times end, and then comes 
Gentile 'distress and perplexity ;' as the Lord 
said to Israel by the prophet Isa. 51: 22, 3. "I 
have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling. 
 but I will put it into the band of them 
that afflict thee." That cup then whose ingredi-
ents were death by the sword, captivity, and 
trampling under foot, was to be given to the 
Gentile nations prior to the coming of our Lord. 
Some of the periods of Gentile domination are 
certainly ending. The 1260 days of the domin-
ation of the Western Antichrist have passed 
away. The 2300 days that should end with the 
passing of the domination of the Eastern Anti-
christ, according to some have run out, accord-
ing to others they are about ending, and has not 
the poisoned chalice which was pressed to the 
lips of the Jew, through all the long night of 
Gentle misrule, been takenfrom them ? and is it 
not now—evidently by an all wise Providence—
being poured out unto those who have said "Bow 
down that we may go over ?" 
That time of peace,in which the "cup" was ev-
idently taken from the band of the Jew,has been 
broken : and one wave of war and commotion 
succeeds another—each more dire than the one 
which preceded it---and although there may be 
lulls in the fury of the storm, I expect there will 
be (according to the words of our Saviour) wild 
waves of "distress, and perplexity and shaking" 
until he whose right it is to reign, shall come 
and "rule the" angry nations with a rod of iron, 
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 
And 0 may we study the things that make for 
peace ! that whether he shall make his advent 
in the midst of a wave of war and commotion,or 
when the receding waters betoken a calm, the 
blessing of the peace-makers may be ours. 
1). B. 
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Miscellaneous. 
The apostle James makes it clear that 
the tongue is as the helm of a ship; then let us 
beware lest Satan guide this helm, piloting for 
himself. 
Speak evil of no man. If we cannot muster 
courage to tell this scandalous report to the of-
fending brother, let us be silent ; or if a reporter 
suggests to us the failings of another, let us 
send him him to the offender, or silence him with 
the Scripture above quoted. 
When one has seen the evil of a sin,and thor-
oughly repented of it, then he can warn others. 
Stop the leaks in a ship and the pumps will 
soon free her so that she will float ; so an indi-
vidual or church must ceaseto sin before they 
can arise. 
System is necessary in mechanics, agriculture, 
trade, &c. Wo to the individual or church who 
esteems it less so in religious matters. 
Are you afraid of an enemy ? Pray as David 
did, "0 Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of 
Ahithophel into foolishness." 1 Sam. xv. 31. 
Our inward struggles turn the scale ; the foun-
tain supplies the rivulet. 
Satan can flatter us ; God does not flatter, 
but slays the proud. 
Saul spared Agag, contrary to the command 
of Samuel, the prophet of God, and so Saul lost 
his kingdom. Perhaps he did not realize that it 
was as fatal to disobey the prophet Samuel as 
the prophet Moses. 0, Lord, open our eyes to 
see, our ears to hear, our hearts to feel. Breth-
ran, have we no Agag here ? 
Solemnity of mind, and thoughts of God and 
his majesty, tend to humility ; while levity of 
mind tends to, or fosters pride. 
A man's pride shall bring him low. Prov. 
xxix, 23. Truly when we see the effect of ex-
travagance, and its victim writhing in agony of 
want and disease, ordering the costliest coffin for 
a panacea of his wounded spirit well has the wise 
man spoken. 
Error and truth are often so closely packed 
together, that to the mass of mankind they seem 
identically the same ; but the experienced work-
man knows how to find the seams in his quarries ; 
and although the gold may be hid beneath much 
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follow his calling, that his family may be main-
tained. Moreover, my lord, I have four small 
children that cannot help themselves, and one of 
them is blind, and we have nothing to live upon 
but the charity of good people." 
The eyes of the Judge bent in pity upon her. 
"Hast thou four children ?" he said, kindly. 
"Thou art but a young woman to have four chil-
dren." 
"I am but mother-in-law to them, my lord, 
not having been married to him yet two full 
years." 
"Alas ! poor woman," said the kind Judge, as 
she finished her touching story. 
"You make poverty your cloak,woman," broke 
in Twisdon, "and I hear that your husband is 
better maintained by running up and down a-
preaching than by following his calling." 
"What is his calling?" asked Judge Hale of 
her. 
"A tinker, my lord, a tinker," answered some 
one standing by. 
"Yes, my lord, and because he is a tinker and 
a poor man, he is despised and cannot have jus-
tice." 
"Since it is thus, my poor woman," said the 
Judge, mildly, "that they have taken what thy 
husband spake for conviction, thou must either 
apply thyself to the King, or sue out his pardon, 
or get a writ of error." 
At the mention of a writ of error,Chester chaf-
ed, and was highly offended, and exclaimed : 
"This man will preach, my lord, and do what 
he pleases." 
"He preaches nothing but the Word of God," 
fearlessly spoke out the true wife. 
"He preach the Word of God !" repeated Twis• 
don, with a bitter sneer, turning towards her as 
if he would have struck her ; "he runs up and 
down the country and does harm." 
"Do not mind her Judge, but send her away," 
exclaimed Twisdon, seeing that he could not in-
timidate her. 
"I am sorry my poor woman, that I can do 
thee on good," said Judge Hale, compassionate-
ly. "Thou must do one of the three things afore-
said, namely, either apply thyself to the King,or 
sue out his pardon, or get a writ of error ; but a 
writ of error will be the cheapest." 
So, when I departed from them, the book of 
statutes was brought, but what they said of it I 
know nothing at all, neither did I hear any more 
from them.—Eclectic Magazine for Jan. 1862. 
rubbish, yet the fire will discover it. So he who 
desires to know truth from error,has only to bring 
the lamp of truth close to his work, and he will 
see as through the glass of the word,which brings 
hidden things to light,and makes very clear what 
was before very obscure. Thus Daniel by fast-
ing, prayer, and study of the word, was most re-
markably illuminated. This glass brings distant 
things near, hidden things to view, and makes 
darkness light. 
The single eye makes the whole body full of 
light ; that is, he who only desires to glorify God, 
he who has no self to gratify, no private ends to 
attain, no lusts to satiate,no character of his own 
to maintain, but who has given up all wholly to 
God. Such a person is always free, his spiritual 
sight is always clear, his ears always open, his 
garments always white,his purse is always heavy 
with fine gold. 
Charms. We hear in ancient heathen legends, 
of amulets, worn to ward off evil, said to possess 
certain singular powers, called charms, capable 
of performing wonders. These, had they been 
literally true, are infinitely outdone by the trip-
let of christian virtues, love, faith, and humility. 
These virtues when proportioned and exercised, 
protect, strengthen, and adorn the character, 
makes enemies into friends,misfortunes are made 
into stepping-stones,and afflictions are transform-
ed into a paved walk to glory. This triplet of 
virtues is a solver of doubts, an explainer of 
mysteries,a lantern in the dark, a guide in every 
labyrinth of life ; and the closer it is worn to 
the heart the surer and more certain its good ef-
fects. It is a casuist for the decision of doubtful 
questions ; a discerner of right and wrong ; it 
has tears for the mourner, and smiles for the 
gladsome heart, it gives ears to the deaf, sight 
to the blind, a staff to the lame, and a balm to 
every desease ; it is a quencher of distrust, and a 
radical cure for jealousy. These are but a mea-
ger list of its virtues. 
The casuist is one who can correctly decide in 
difficult questions, as to right and wrong in hu-
man actions, such as often trouble the tender 
conscience ; for in the varied walks of life there 
are multiplied instances in which circumstances 
are so linked, and right and wrong are so inter-
woven, that discernment is indispensable to a 
proper course,and an instantaneous decision is of-
ten called for ; so that it is of the greatest impor-
tance that every Christian be a good casuist, in 
order to escape the wiles of the enemy ; especi-
ally is this true, now, that the seductive influ-
ences of' the world are more numerous than ever, 
forming as it were a net-work of error, so woven 
and spread, as to envelop the entire world, and 
he who would escape its meshes, must be a skill-
ful casuist, and present truth is capable, with 
the Spirit's aid, of doing this. Even the simple 
may be made wise. 
Parents, do not speak before your children of 
their virtues. Keep your children humble ; it 
will do them no harm. Extolling or even relat-
ing their feats before strangers, in the presence 
of your children, has a bad effect upon them. 
Strangers see it, if you do not. A pert child is a 
nuisance to society. Such children had better 
not have been born. Let others note their vir-
tures, you had better cure their faults. Or if 
you speak favorably of them, do it at a proper 
time, with the greatest caution. 
Special Pleading.—"How can I," says Bro. 
Earthy, "be always just in time? To be sure, I 
generally quit work a little before sundown, 
though the boys have some chores to do after 
that. Now the brethren have been at me about 
a little affair that happened a few weeks ago. I 
went to town to mill on Friday, and one thing 
hindered after another, the blacksmith broke his 
word and disappointed me, and how could I help 
it? I was, it is true, a little late home. " 
Says Bro. Flint, "Suppose you should go to 
town on some very important errand,for instance, 
to save a dying man,would you stop to shoe your 
horse, or any thing else ? would you not try your 
horse's feet on rough and smooth, wet and dry, 
to save the life of the poor man ? Well, now, I 
keep from sin for eternal life ; and if I can lead 
a holy life while I do live, it is of little conse-
quence to me whether my present life is length-
ened out or not. Then it is proved that I must 
lead a spotless life, 4t all hazards, but as to say- 
ing my present life, that is of little consequence, 
comparatively. Oh, Bro. E., that you could see 
the awful gulf that opens just at your feet ! But 
God alone can cure your blindness. I pray him 
to remove the veil that hides God from your 
sight." 
"It is impossible for me to live out such strict 
ways," says Bro. Earthy. 
"I have no time to lose," says Bro. Flint. 
"Choose for yourself. If the Lord be God,serve 
him ; if you prefer your own, take that, only say 
I am clear; say that I have done my duty, in 
faithfulness and love to you. I greatly desire 
your salvation, but I desire more to glorify God 
by clearing myself from your blood." 
Let us see, not who will be greatest, but who 
will love God the most, who will have the most 
love to the brethren, who will give the most ac-
cording to his ability, who will be most strictly 
honest,who will improve his talents to the great-
est advantage; who will be wisest to win souls; 
for "he that winneth souls is wise," Prov. xi. 30, 
who will honor God the most by humility and 
the fear of the Lord. 
Joshua did not say, We will try to serve the 
Lord—but, we will serve him. 0 for a will to 
do right, a will sanctified and holy ! 
There are various ways of defining "change of 
heart," but the best explanation I ever saw wao 
this : "Christ came to change the current of our 
thoughts." Now look at yonder river, and im-
agine that the current was changed and flowed 
up stream. Would you say the current was 
changed, if a part of the stream was running one 
way, and a part the other ? So of him who still 
gives place to sin and Satan. Can he suppose 
his heart is changed ? Even if he has many good 
thoughts and ways, while all is mixed with sin, 
can he say his heart is changed ? Is he not rath-
er striving for this change ?—Sabbath Herald. 
The Wife of Bunyan in the Swan 
Chamber. 
The name of Bunyan is immortal. His char-
acter and writings will travel down through all 
coming ages, and be read till the end of time 
The historic scenes and events of his life are ever 
memorable. They are stamped with the impress 
of an abiding interest. His twelve years' unjust 
imprisonment and the efforts of his release by 
his devoted and heroic wife, will be held in per-
petual remembrance. 
One of the plates, beautifully engraved, which 
embellishes our present number, illustrates a 
touching scene in the life of Bunyan. He was 
in prison. His family were in want, and needed 
a father's care, protection, and sympathy. As a 
means of obtaining his release from prison, Bun-
yan wrote several petitions. His wife had, by 
his direction, carried one petition to the House 
of' Lords, and failed of her object. She was di-
rected to apply to the Assize Court. She had 
applied twice to the judges of that high tribunal, 
and was denied her petition and repulsed. Lord 
Chief-Justice Hale, an eminently kind-hearted 
and Christian man, pitied her case and seemed 
strongly inclined to grant her request. But the 
other judges, unpitying and cruel, objected and 
overruled the decision against her petition each 
time. 
The scene in the plate is intended to show the 
heroic wife of Bunyan as she appeared the third 
time before the Assize Court. The audience cham-
ber is filled to overflowing. Judge Hale, in his 
robes magisterial, sits in silent dignity to receive 
petitions, and hear the pleadings of the petition-
ers. The Swan Chamber is crowded—judge, jus-
tice, and gentry are present. There is a pause 
in the business of' the assizes. A woman clad in 
a coarse black dress, with a white cap shading 
her pale sad face, rises from the crowd at the 
back of the room, and passes up the aisle with 
dignified and modest step. Unfalteringly she 
walked the crowded courts until she stood before 
the judge and the justices, as she is represented 
im the plate in the attitude and act of speaking. 
Directing herself to Lord Chief-Justice Hale,she 
said : 
"My lord, I make bold to come again to your 
lordship to know what may be done with my hus-
band.", 
All eyes were fixed upon her as she spoke,and 
eager ears bent forward from every part of that 
large audience to catch her words. There she 
stood, a poor frail woman, pleading before the 
assembled dignity of the realm for the life of her 
husband. Was ever sight more sublime—was 
ever a scene more touching ? 
The Judge turned upon her. He hesitated, 
then answered in a tone of mingled confusion and 
decision : 
"'Woman, I told thee before I could do thee 
no good. They have taken for a conviction what 
thy husband spoke at the Sessions, and, unless 
there be some thing done to undo that, I can do 
thee no gtod." 
Hear her as she replies : 
"My Lord, he is unlawfully kept in prison : 
they clapped him in prison before there were 
any proclamations against the meetings. The in-
dictment also is false. Besides, they never asked 
him whether he was guilty or no. Neither did 
he confess the indictment." 
"He was lawfuliy convicted, woman," inter-
fered one of the Judges, chafing at her words. 
She turned a look upon him. He was one 
whom she did not know. Addressing Judge Hale, 
she replied, with the true courage of a noble 
soul : 
"My lord, it is false ! For when they said to 
him, 'Do you confess the indictment ?' he only 
said this, that he had been to several meetings, 
both where there was preaching the Word and 
prayer, and that they had God's presence among 
them." 
"What, woman, do you think we can do as we 
list ?" interfered Judge Twisdon, in a loud,angry 
tone, looking upon her with all the vengeance of 
his mean nature. "Your husband is a breaker 
of the peace, and is convicted by the law." 
"Bring the statute-book," demanded Judge 
Hale, "and we will see for ourselves." 
"He was not lawfully convicted,my Lord," said 
the brave woman, as she looked upon Judge 
Twisdon. 
"He was lawfully convicted,"interrupted Judge 
Chester,raving with madness that his act (his was 
one of the five red letter names that sent Bunyan 
to prison) and his word should be called in ques-
tion. 
"It is false," she said calmly ; "it was but a 
word of discourse that they took for a conviction." 
"It is recorded, woman; it is recorded, I tell 
you," vociferated Chester, as if he would silence 
her by the power of his voice, if he could not by 
argument. 
"He is convicted and it is recorded," repeated 
Chester. "What more do you want ?" 
"My lord," said the fearless wife to Judge Hale, 
"I was a little while since at London to see if I 
could get my busband's liberty,and there I spoke 
with my Lord Barkwood, one of the House of' 
Lords, to whom I delivered a petition, who took 
it of me and presented it to some of the rest of 
the House of Lords, for my husband's release-
ment, who, when they had seen it, they said that 
they could not release him, but committed his 
releasement to the judges at the next assizes. 
This he told me, and now I am come to you to 
see if anything can be done in this business, and 
you give neither releasement nor relief." 
The Judge made no answer. 
"He is convicted and it is recorded," reitera-
ted the infuriated Chester. 
"If it be, it is false," repeated the heroic wo-
man. 
"Lie is a pestilent fellow, my lord. There is 
not such a fellow in the country," exclaims Ches-
ter, turning to Judge Hale. 
"Will your husband leave off preaching, wo-
man ? If he will do so, send for him,and let him 
answer here for himself," spake out Twisdoh al-
most as much exasperated as was Chester. 
"My lord," the Christian woman said, "my 
husband dares not leave preaching as long as he 
can speak." 
"See here, see here," vociferates Twisdon, ris-
ing from his seat,and striking the bench with his 
clenched fist, 'why should we talk any more 
about such a fellow ? Must he do what he lists? 
He is a breaker of the peace." 
The brave woman noticed him not. Keeping 
her eyes steadily fixed upon Judge Hale she 
said : 
"My husband desires to live peaceably and to 
Revival Scenes in Ireland. 
The Banner of Ulster, of the 14th ult., con-
tains a letier from Rev. David Magill, of Boston, 
now in Belfast, from which the following extracts 
are quoted in the Presbyterian. 
Last week I walked along with a friend to the 
Queen's Island. Being overtaken by a shower, 
we sought shelter in an old, wretched saw-pit, or 
something of the kind, opened on all sides. It 
was in the ship-building yard. It appears that 
a certain numbers of ship-carpenters take half an 
hour from their dinner-time for the purpose of ex-
hortation and prayer. This was new to me, and 
I presume it is to most of the readers of this pa-
per, though not new to my friend accompanying. 
But so it is ; there was a large number of men, 
some of them black as midnight,and all,of course, 
in working gear, engaged, by themselves, in con-
ducting their thirty minutes' meeting. I add 
nothing ; to mention this is ground enough for 
thankfulness. 
During the evening of yesterdayit took tea with 
a family in Great Street. Positive and absolute 
order forbids my mention of either host or host- • 
ess, but I can tell what I saw, for the sake of 
the church at large. After seven o'clock, knocks 
and knocks at the door repeated themselves, till 
about half-past the hour, when I found the par-
lor, hall, and kitchen filled with praying and in-
quiring people, as is usual on such evenings. I 
was asked to open the meeting with prayer and 
reading of the Word. I read the second chapter 
of the Acts, and made some comments. It was 
then that ensued a scene such as I never in my 
life witnessed before. It was the application of 
my discourse—and such an application ! I finish-
ed my exhortation by the text, "And whosoever 
calleth upon the name of the Lord, shall be say- 
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third year was fourteen or more years before Bel-
shazzar's death, says : 
"Junius and Polanus, following Berosus and 
Metashenes, which make Belshazzar to reign five 
years, think this vision was showed unto Daniel 
three years before the destruction of Babylon. But 
the third opinion of the Hebrews is more probable, 
which Occolainpad and Pellicane follow, that this 
vision was in the third and last year of Belshazzar ; 
for the next time which is noted of Daniel, was the 
first year of Darius," Com. p. 242. 
Taking either of these last opinions—and from 
three to five years are the extremes that can now be 
given to the reign of Belshazzar,—this vision must 
have been about B. C. 539-7, and in connection 
with the transfer of empire from Babylon. 
"After that which appeared unto me at the first" 
The former vision was recorded in the Chaldee dia-
lect, but this is in Hebrew ; and the Hebrew word 
rendered "after," says Prof. "Whiting, "always sig-
nifies subsequent, and never like, or similar." And 
"at the first" is equivalent to our word formerly, or 
before. In other words, this vision of the 8th chap-
ter appeared to Daniel two years subsequent to that 
which before appeared to him, as recorded in the 
7th chapter. 
of its injustice—with a feeling that it was a pretext, 
and that this being removed,some other pretext will 
not be wanting for England's interference with our 
American internal troubles. 
The foregoing conclusion is indicated by the com-
bined fleets of Britain, France, and Spain,now gath- 
ering in onr southern sea, the Gulf of Mexico. This 
is nominally for the purpose of compelling Mexico 
to pay the interest on her foreign debt ; but as our 
government has offered to secure the payment of this 
by a loan to Mexico, which England refuses, there 
is evidently a more deeply seated policy instiga-
ting that naval armament, than a mere pecuniary 
consideration. 
Our great and growing Republic, united at home 
would control this continent ; but divided in-
to two second rate powers, every other second rate 
power might insult us with impunity. Self interest, 
therefore evidently prompts England to take her at-
titude of menace, to afford protection on her ships 
to our political refugees, to open her ports to the 
piratical crafts of our rebel states, to permit their 
burning of our merchantmen almost within her own 
waters and then to give shelter and protection to the 
ship that has burnt and sunk our own. These breach-
es of neutrality by England she should be as prompt 
to explain and repair, as we have been the affair of 
the Trent ; and should she not do so, although our 
government at the present crisis will make no at-
tempt to enforce it,the result will he apparent in the 
increased acerbation of feeling against Great Brit-
ain which is now manifesting itself in an indisposit-
ion to use any article of British make. 
Such a feeling is much to be deprecated, and 
should be discountenanced by every journalist or cor-
respondent ; whose responsibilities are great, at such 
a moment as the present. Yet evidently this feel-
ing is increasing, at home and abroad. Dr. Russell, 
the American correspondent of the London Times,is 
doing no little to foster its increase. And it is this 
increase of national animosity that makes the pres-
ent aspect of the nations so ominous, and the proba-
ble events of the coming year so momentous. Not 
only is our country internally convulsed, but, as be-
fore remarked, Mexico is threatened with invasion. 
England is pouring men and munitions of war into 
her Canadian provinces. Centr America though 
now quiet, cannot feel exempt from spasmodic up-
heavals of revolutionary movements. More than 
one government in the southern half of this Conti-
ent is disquieted with revolution and war. England 
and France are armed to the teeth in dread of each 
other. Prussia is far from feeling a sense of quiet. 
The empire of Austria, bereft of her Italian provin-
ces, is dreading still farther dismemberment, by the 
revolutionary fires now burning in Venetia and Hun-
gary. Russia is distracted by internal commotions. 
Italy js not yet a united and settled nation. China, 
is still being consumed with civil war. And thus it 
is that war clouds are visible and war tempests low-
er in the horizon, which ever way we may chance 
to turn the eye. And this being so, there is noth- 
ing to prevent, at any time, such distress of nations, 
with perplexity, and such failing of heart for fear 
of the things coming on the earth, as our Saviour 
predicted should precede the coming of the Son of 
ed." Dear reader, the people took God at His 
word, arid they did call. The master of the house 
came forward. He asked this and the other one 
of the state of their soul. As the thing was new 
to me, I listened to a conversation between the 
host and one of the inquirers. The host asked : 
"Have you found Christ?" 
The reply was, "No." 
"Would you like to find him ?" 
"0, yes !" 
"And what age are you ?" 
"Nearly seventy years old." 
"You have rejected Christ, then, for nearly 
seventy years ?" 
"It is too true, sir." 
"Christ is seeking you now, however," was the 
encouragement of the host, "and He says, 'My 
son, give Me thine heart ;' and what answer do 
you give to Christ?" 
"I am willing," was the response. 
"The Lord make you willing," said the host. 
Farther it was asked, "Do you think Christ 
loves you ?" 
"I don't know," was the answer. 
"Are these words true, 'Who loved me, and 
gave H mself for me ?' " 
"Yes." 
"Then, if Christ loved you, and gave Himself 
for you, you are saved." 
The inquirer replied, "I don't feel that I am 
saved." 
"But," said the exhorter, "where is it written 
that he that feeleth shall be saved ? It is written 
he that believeth shall be stved. The moment 
you believe, you are saved,and have peace—foi, 
being 'justified by faith,we have peace with God 
through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Do you think 
Christ loves you now ?" 
With tears in the poor man's eyes,he stammer-
ed out, "I think He does." 
It was then asked, "Do you confess the Lord 
Jesus Christ with your mouth ?" 
"Yes." 
"Do you believe in your heart that God the 
Father raised Jesus Christ from the dead?" 
"Yes." 
"God says, 'Thou that dost so confess, and so 
believe, thou shalt be saved.' Do you believe 
that ?" 
"I do." 
"Then, are you saved ?" 
The oil man said, "I think I am." 
"But, God says, 'Thou shalt be saved,' and if 
this be true, you must be saved." 
The answer was, "God's word is true ; I be-
lieve it—I am saved." 
The old man then dropped on his knees in the 
hall, and poured out his thanksgivings in such 
melting strains as drew tears from the eyes of al-
most all who witnessed the scene. 
There were several other cases of interesting 
character which occurred before the meeting 
broke up ; but time and space forbid me refer-
ring to them now. We doubt not that the angels 
of God rejoiced at another sinner's repentance ; 
for it struck me that this old man, and most of 
those present, had been previously moved by the 
Spirit to seek this good man's house in the clouds 
of night,to inquire if haply they might find Jesus. 
I am an old-fashioned Presbyterian, but I as-
sure the readers of' this paper, that such novelty 
did not offend me. I never had such an applica-
tion to any discourse as followed mine that eve-
ning. Young women prayed like prophetesses 
among soldiers and sailors, and old men shouted 
for joy ; and with truth did one exclaim, "This 
is none other than the house of God,and the very 
gate of heaven." I shall not soon forget the ship-
. carpenters in their old wood-shed, and the pray-
er-meeting in Great Patrick Street on Tuesday 
night. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JANUARY 4, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
To the Patrons of the Herald. 
For the successful prosecution of the work, for 
which the American Millennial Association was 
formed, funds are needed; and fur the lack of these, 
the Association has not been able to do what it would 
have otherwise accomplished. The regular weekly 
issue of the Herald, also, is dependent on the gener-
osity of friends for a few hundred dollars, annually, 
over and above the amount received from subscribers. 
The whole receipts during the year now closing, 
have not paid expenses ; which will be embarrassing 
to the office, unless its friends supply the deficiency 
with their accustomed liberality. The promptness 
with which response was made two years since, to 
remove the debt from the Association,encouraged the 
hope that future aid would be supplied with equal 
generosity. It is not pleasant to be obliged to re-
mind friends of these necessities ; but it is still more 
unpleasant to lack the adequate means for the Her-
ald's publication. This is the season of the year, 
when, better perhaps than any other, it is easier to 
obtain new subscribers, and to remit donations. 
Our treasury needs aid in both these directions ; and 
will not the friends see to it that it is supplied ? 
They would not wish us to abandon the Herald 
but its weekly issue costs money, and it is not the 
policy of the Association to run into debt. We have 
kept out thus far,but without more abundant week-
ly remittances, this cannot continue. What is now 
wished for, is that every subscriber will endeavor to 
forward the name of an additional one. And we al-
so wish to see a full column of Donations.each week, 
till it shall amount to $400 ; which will be needed 
by January first to pay for a bill of paper then due. 
Brethren and Sisters,shall this expectation be rea-
lized ? 
Another Year. 
There is no more solemn moment marked by our 
calendar, than that which separates one year-from 
its following. As one's own birth day is to him in-
dividually, so is New Year's day to the world at 
large. These epochs are mile stones in the journey 
of life, designating how fast the seasons roll, and 
how large a space has been measured,of the appoint-
ed time allotted to each one,individually,as he jour-
neys from the cradle to the grave. As we reach these 
way marks, therefore, it is natural that we stop and 
meditate—that we look back over the year, and the 
years that are past, and onward towards the future. 
The closing year has been one of great trial to us 
as a nation—the like of which,our country has never 
gazed upon ; and the issue no human eye can clearly 
discern. In what was our former peaceful Union, 
there are now not less than a million of men in arms 
—brother arrayed against brother, and state against 
state, in deadly conflict, and with little prospect of 
a speedy or satisfactory result. 
One of the most discouraging features of the en-
tire campaign is the manifestation of intense hate, 
which the entire south exhibits towards the north, 
in every varied form of speech and act. Did the 
North entertain similar feelinge of implacable ani-
mosity towards the South,we should regard the case 
as absolutely hopeless ; and the marxed absence of 
this is the only encouraging symptom. 
It is not, however, in respect to our own country 
that our nation is beset with trials. The present at-
titude of England is so menacing, that nothing less 
than great wisdom and foresight will prevent our being 
embroiled in war with that power. There is evident-
ly a growing animosity on both sides of the Atlantic, 
which finds expression in leading journals in both 
nations. No one can read the extracts given in our 
journals, copied from those of Great Britain, with-
out being impressed with the intensity of the ani-
mosity with which we are regarded. It is, doubtless, 
probable that the extracts given, only partially re-
flect the sentiments of the masses in England ; it 
must be, however, that this feeling is so widely ex-
tended as to be easily fanned into a flame of war, 
should occasion offer. 
The immediate question, which threatened hostil-
ities between England and America, has been settled 
by the surrender of Mason and Slidell, at the de-
mand of Great Britain ; but it is not improbable 
other causes will speedily follow. There was un-
doubtedly a legal quibble upon which England could 
demand those personages. The law of nations requires 
that when a neutral vessel is stopped on the seas by 
any belligerent power, on suspicion that it contains 
any thing contraband of war, the commander thus 
arresting it shall not himself assume the office of 
judge, but shall take it into some port for adjudica-
tion by an admiralty court ; and then,if the decision 
is adverse to the vessel,it may be legally confiscated. 
Had Commander Wilkes done this, the Trent 
would have been condemned, and there would 
have been no technical violation of internation-
al law for which England could have claimed repara-
tion. Instead of doing so, Capt. Wilkes spared the 
vessel and cargo, put the passengers and crew to the 
least possible inconvenience, and only took four re- 
bel traitors from their hiding place ; yet as he in-
fringed a principle, the doing of which would make 
every Captain of a man of war a prize judge at sea, 
it is bettcr,probably,that our goverment has prompt-
ly acceded to England's extreme demand. For in 
so doing,we get England's recognition of a principle 
at variance with her whole previous naval policy 
But this being so, England was not the power to 
have made such a demand ; and her having done so, 
has impressed every American heart with a feeling 
man. 
May God grant, that whether He come this year, 
or longer delay, he may find, dear reader, the one 
who writes and those who peruse these columns, in 
readiness for whatever awaits us. 
Bible Questions and Answers. 
"Shall mortal man be more just than God ? 
shall a man be more pure than his Maker? 
Ans. "Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; 
and his angels he charged with folly : how much less 
in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose founda-
tion is in the dust, which are crushed before the 
moth !" Job 4 : 17-19. 
"If the foundations be destroyed, what can 
the righteous do ?" 
Ans. "The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's 
throne is in the heavens : his eyes behold, his eyelids 
try the children of men. The Lord trieth the righte 
ous : but the wicked and him that loveth violence 
his soul hateth." Psa. 11 : 3-5. 
"Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, 
yea, are mighty in power ?" 
Ans. "1") their good is not in their hand : the 
counsel of the wicked is far from me. How oft is the 
candle of the wicked put out ! and how oft cometh 
their destruction upon them ! God distributeth sor-
rows in his anger. They are as stubble before the 
wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away," 
Job 21 7, 16-18. 
"Knowest thou not this of old, since man 
was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the 
wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but fur 
a moment?" 
Ans. "Though his excellency mount up to the 
heavens, and his head unto the clouds ; yet he shall 
perish forever like his own filth : they which have 
seen him shall say, Where is he ?" Job 20: 4-7. 
A New Tract. 
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from all the disabilities of the fall, to be the In-
heritance of the Meek—"the Purchased Poss-
ession" promised to "the Children of' the Resur-
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be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and 
discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into 
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Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
"In the third year of the reign of king Belshaz- 
zar, a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Dan-
iel,after that which appeared unto rue at first," v. 1. 
The late discoveries of ancient Babylonian re-
cords,—showing that Nabonadius and Belshazzar 
were not the same person, but the latter a son of 
the former, associated with him in the government 
of Babylon,—makes it evident that the date of this 
vision was much nearer the close of Belshazzar's 
reign, than for a long time was generally supposed. 
The only difficulty is in determining when Nabona-
dius admitted his son into the partnership of his 
kingdom. It must have been before Cyrus besieged 
the city ; for during that two years' siege, Nabona-
dius was absent from Babylon. That absence could 
not have began a long time before the commence-
ment of the siege ; and the Chaldeans would not 
have been likely to date the years of Belshazzar be-
fore he was thus left alone in the government. Al-
so there must have been a short interval after the 
date of the vision, before the conquest of Babylon ; 
for Daniel, after being sick certain days,rose up and 
did the king's business." v. 27. These considera-
tions make it probable that the third year of Bel-
shazzar was nearthe end .if not the last of his reign,and 
that this vision was shown Daniel only a short time 
before the taking of the city by Cyrus. 
This view of the length of Belshazzar's reign, is 
not a new one. Andrew Willet, in his Commenta- 
ry (Cambridge, Eng. 1610), after mentioning the 
then common opinion, on the supposition that Na-
bonadius and Belshazzar were one person,and that this 
 
 
 
 
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OF 
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therefrom to us personally -it will not add a dime 
to our scanty store. We plead for Christ, fur his 
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ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of 
Christ." 
Prospectus of The Advent Herald For 1862. 
The Advent Herald, published by the "American 
Millennial Association," 461-2 Kneeland at. Boston 
Mass. begins its 23d volume with the first week of 
January next.-Terms, are $2 per year in advance. 
As the oldest periodical in either continent, devo-
ted to the study of prophecy, and as one that has 
never departed from the cardinal doctrines generally 
denominated "evangelical," it is believed this sheet 
is worthy of the support of all students of prophecy. 
And it needs for its support a wider circulation than 
it now receives. 
The following are the more important truths for 
the support of which this paper is issued. Will 
not the friends interested in the defense of these sen-
timents,call the attention of their friends and neigh-
bors to them, and send us each, one or more new 
readers ? 
In accordance with the above, the brethren will 
see on last page, a form of subscription and list 
commenced. 
IMPORTANT TRUTHS. 
1st. That the heavens and earth which are now, 
by the word of God, are kept in store, reserved unto 
"When they shall say unto you, Seek unto 
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards 
that peep, and mutter : should not a people seek un-
to their God ? for the living to the dead ?" 
Ans. "To the law and to the testimony ; if they 
speak not according to this word, it is because there 
is no light in them," Isa. 8 : 19, 20. 
"Is not My word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; 
and like a hammer that breaketh the flinty rock in 
pieces?" Jer. 23 : 29. 
Ans. "The word of God is quick and powerful, 
and sharper than any two edged sword,piercing even 
to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the 
joints and marrow,and is a discerner of the thoughts 
and intents of the heart," Heb. 4 : 12. 
"Except ye utter by the tongue words easy 
to be understood, how shall it be known what is 
spoken ?" 
Ans. "If I know not the meaning of the voice, I 
shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian ; and 
he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me," 1 
Cor. 14 : 9, 11. 
"It is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt 
not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out 
the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? or saith 
he it altogether for our sakes ?" 
Ans. "For our sakes, no doubt, this is written : 
that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and he 
that thrcsheth in hope should be partaker of his 
hope," 1 Cor. 9: 9, 10. 
"Do you not know that they which minister 
about holy things, live of the things of the temple? 
and they which wait at the altar are partakers with 
the altar ?" 
Ans. "Even so hath the Lord ordained that they 
which preach the gospel should live of the gospel," 
1 Cor. 9 : 13, 14. 
"Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cae-
sar, or no?" 
Ans. "Render unto Cmsar the things which are 
Cmsar's, and unto God the things which be God's," 
Luke 20 : 24, 5. 
"Which is the first commandment of all?" 
Ans. "The first of all the commandments is, 
Hear, 0 Israel : The Lord our God is one Lord : 
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 
and with all thy strength : this is the first command-
ment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none 
other commandment greater than these," Mark 12 : 
28-31. 
The Formation of Coal. 
"Of the lapse of time in the formation of our coal 
fields," says Hall in his "Coal Fields of Great Brit-
ain," "we cannot have the faintest conception. Let 
me, therefore, dismiss this profitless subject with an 
illustration. Mr. Maclaren,by a happy train of rea-
soning, for which I refer the reader to his 'Geology 
of Life,' arrives at the conclusion that it would take 
a thousand years to form a bed of coal a yard thick. 
Now in the South \Vales coal field there is a thickness 
ofcoal more than thirty yards,which would have re-
quired a period of thirty thousand years in its forma-
tion. If we, now,assume that fifteen thousand feet of 
sedimentary material was deposited at the average 
rate of two feet in a century, corresponding to the 
rate of subsidence, it would have required three mil- 
lion eight hundred and seven years to produce this 
coal field." 
How the facts of science disprove the dogmas of 
superstition ! The Christian world has settled down 
in the absurd belief that the universe is but 6000 
years old !-yet it "required 3,000,000,807 years to 
produce this coal field." Which shall we believe? 
Fur my part I prefer the facts of science ; though 
for doing so, I am called an "unbeliever," but I 
think the title is inore applicable to those who ad-
here to superstitious teachings than to the manifesta-
tions of scientific truth.-Investigator. 
Let God be true,though it prove every man a liar. 
Our neighbors of the Investigator put us in mind 
of the words of Cowper : 
"Some drill and bore 
The solid earth, and from the strata there 
Extract a register, by which we learn, 
That he who made it, and revealed its date 
To Moses, was mistaken in its age." 
A little observation will show any candid reasoner 
that coal does not grow in the manner supposed,and 
that the above theory of its formation is as much 
opposed to geological facts,as it is to Scriptural dec-
larations. The existence of the great coal beds can 
not be accounted for only by the supposition of great 
convulsions of nature,like the Deluge, by which the 
vegetable growths of centuries have been submerged 
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An Appeal. 
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either the subscription shall he equal to its pecuni-
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that statements of the embarrassed condition of the 
office are so often made public, and it must be un-
pleasant to the readers of the Herald to be repeated-
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We desire to get up a complete system of annual 
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state of the office, and our perplexities will be, in 
this matter, at an end. 
Now a word about the manner of collecting these 
annual contributions. For this object there are 
small pass books prepared. On the fly-leaf of some, 
there is a printed Constitution for the organization 
of aid societies, to be known as the, 
Millennial Aid Society, 
for the support of the 
American Millennial Association. 
fire against the day of judgment and perdition of un-
godly men. That the day of the Lord will come as 
a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat ; the earth also, and the works 
that are therein, shall be burned up.-That the 
Lord will create new heavens and a new earth,where-
in righteousness-that is, the righteous-will for-
ever dwell. And that the kingdom and the domin-
ion under the whole heaven shall be given to the 
people of the saints of the Most High, whose king-
dom is an everlasting kiugdom, and all dominions 
shall serve and obey him. 
2d. That there are but two advents or appearings 
of the Saviour to this earth. That both are per- 
sonal and visible. That the first took place in the 
days of Herod, when Ile was conceived of the Holy 
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, went about do-
ing good, suffered on the cross, the just for the un-
just, died, was buried, arose again the third 
day, the first fruits of them that slept, and ascend-
ed into heaven, which must receive him until the 
times of the restitution of all things, spoken of by 
the mouth of all the holy prophets. That the se-
cond coming or appearing will take place when he 
shall descend from heaven,at the sounding of the last 
trump, to give his people rest, being revealed from 
heaven in flaming fire,taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and obey not the gospel. And 
that he will judge the quick and the dead at his ap-
pearing and kingdom. 
3d. That the second coming or appearing is indi-
cated to be now emphatically nigh, even at the 
doors, by the chronology of the prophetic periods, 
the fulfillment of prophecy, and the signs of the 
times. And that this truth should be preached 
both to saints and sinners, that the first may rejoice, 
knowing their redemption draweth nigh, and the 
last be warned to flee from the wrath to come, 
before the Master of the house shall rise up and shut 
to the door. 
4th. That the condition of salvation is repentance 
towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 
And that those who have repentance and faith will 
live soberly, and righteously,and godly, in this pres-
ent world, looking for that blessed hope, and the 
glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 
5th. That there will be a resurrection of the 
bodies of all the dead, both of the just and the 
unjust. That those who are Christ's will be 
raised at his coming. ' That the rest of the dead 
will not live again until alter a thousand years. -
And that the saints shall not all sleep, but shall be 
changed in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump. 
6th. That the only millennium taught in the 
Word of God is the thousand years which are to in-
tervene between the first resurrection and that of 
the rest of the dead, as inculcated in the 20th of 
Revelation. And that the various portions of 
Scripture which refer to the millennial state are to 
have their fulfillment after the resurrection of all 
the saints who sleep in Jesus. 
7th. That the promise, that Abraham should he 
the heir of the world, was not to him,or to his seed, 
through the law, but through the righteousness of 
faith. That they are not all Israel which are of 
Israel. That there is no difference, under the 
Gospel dispensation, between Jew and Gentile. -
That the middle wall of partition that was between 
them is broken down, no more to be rebuilt. -
That God will render to every man according to his 
deeds. That if we are Christ's then are we Abra- 
ham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. -
And that the only restoration of Israel, yet future, 
is in the restoration of the saints to the earth,created 
anew, when God shall open the graves of those des-
cendants of Abraham who died in faith, without re-
ceiving the promise, with the believing Gentiles who 
have been grafted in with them into the same olive 
tree ; and shall cause them to come up out of their 
graves, and bring them with the living, who are 
changed, into the land of Israel. 
8th. That there is no promise of this world's con-
version. That the Horn of Papacy will war 
with the saints, and prevail against them, until the 
Ancient of Days shall come, and judgment be given 
to the saints of the Most High, and the time come 
that the saints possess the kingdom. That the 
children of the kingdom, and the children of the 
wicked one, will continue together until the end of 
the world, when all things that offend shall begatls-
ered out of the kingdom, and the righteous shall 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Fath- 
er. That the Man of Sin will only be destroyed 
by the brightness of Christ's coming. And that 
the nations of those which are saved and redeemed 
to God by the blood of Christ, out of every kindred, 
and tongue, and people, and nation, will be made 
kings and priests unto God, to reign forever on the 
earth. 
9th. That it is the duty of the ministers of the 
Word to continue in the work of preaching the Gos 
pet to every creature, even unto the end, calling 
upon them to repent, in view of 'the fact that the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand ; that their sins 
may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord. 
And 10. That the departed saints do not enter 
their inheritance, or receive their crowns, at death 
That they without us cannot be made perfect. 
- That their inheritance, uncorruptible and un-
defiled, and that fadeth not away, is reserved in 
heaven, ready to be revealed in the last time. -
That there are laid up for them and us crowns of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, 
shall give at the day of Christ to all that love his ap-
pearing. That they will only besatisfied when they 
awake in Christ's likeness. And that. when the 
Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the ho-
ly angels with him, the King will say to those on his 
right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world.' 
Then they will be equal to the 
angels, being the children of God and of the resur-
rection. 
66. What said the angel to Zechariah,-when 
showing him two olive trees, one on each side of the 
bowl of the golden candlestick,-in answer to his 
enquiry, "What are these my lord ?" 
Ans. "This is the word of the Lord unto Zerub-
babel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by 
in S irit saith the Lord of hosts " Zech. 4 : 3-6. 
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and changed to coal. This being thus a question of 
power, and not of time, we prefer to put confidence 
in the truthfulness of Moses, who was never guilty 
of uttering anything so superficial, as the supposi-
tion that eoal beds increase in thickness at the rate 
of two feet in a century. 
To Correspondents. 
Short and appropriate articles, of one column or less, 
are solicited from those who have well digested thoughts 
o communicate. Any writer whose article or enquiry is 
not promptly noticed, will please to call the editor's atten-
tion to the omission. 
The lines of " The Mote," are good in sentiment; 
Wit the poetry is hardly good enough to put in print 
-although much better than some that is printed. 
rile same sentiment expressed' in prose, would, we 
think, do good. Still, as the name of a new sub-
scriber was received with the lines, we are inclined 
to insert them. 
E. W. L. It would do good if put in that form; 
but the present means of the office will not justify 
the expenditure. 
Campbell. We do not see how we can at pres-
ent find space in the Herald for Mr. Guinness' tract; 
and the same ground appears to have been covered 
by other writers in the Herald on the same subject. 
J. M. Hale. Your Christmas wish is reciprocat-
ed. 
M. Nason. Not " out of order" in the last.-
We are obliged to you for both aid and good wishes 
-the last of which you will please to consider fully 
reciprocated. 
Farnsworth. Was glad to receive the line, 
with what it enclosed ; and shall be pleased to re-
ceive the more full communication hinted at. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it:defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
From Bro. T. Wheeler. 
Bro. Bliss :—In reading the Conclusion to T. M. 
Merriman's " Trail of History," I was somewhat 
impressed with a seemingly new argument upon the 
time of Christ's second advent. I make an extract 
from his Conclusion, and forward to you for publi-
cation and criticism, if you think it worthy of the 
same. 
" The coming of Christ, and the ascendency of 
the Roman emperors, form the most important ep-
ochs in the history of Religion and Empire. From 
this point go back 300 years, and we find the time 
of Alexander the Great, conqueror of the world,' 
waving the sceptre of power, for the first time,from 
Asia over to Europe. Come down 300 years after 
Christ, and we find Constantine the Great, emper-
or of the world,' dividing the Roman world into 
East and West, and thereby changing the whole 
current of human affairs. Both these events per-
tain to empire, and are quite similar. 
" Go back before Christ 600 years, and we come 
to the captivity of the Jews. Here a lordly poten-
tate assumed to stand between God and his people, 
and coerce them to bow to his mandate, and image 
even, and so change times'and laws. Come down 
600 years after Christ, and we find the first Pope,or 
the captivity of the church. Here a lordly prelate 
assumed to stand between God and his people, and 
coerce them to bow to images, and thus change the 
worship of God into idolatry. Both these events 
pertain to religion, and are quite similar. 
" Go back before Christ 1000 years, and we come 
to the time of Solomon's Temple, or the highest 
state of prosperity to which the Jewish nation ever 
rose. Come down 1000 years after Christ, and we 
find the Dark Ages,' or the state of the greatest 
depression Christianity ever saw. In this case the 
events are similar, but in the sharpest contrast,—
hence easy to remember ;—the Jews at the summit, 
and Christianity at the base, of the mount of pros-
perity. 
" Go back 1555 years before Christ, and we find 
Moses delivering the people from Egyptian bondage 
and the yokes of their oppressors. Come down 1555 
years after Christ, and we meet with the triumph of 
the Reformation, and the church making its exodus 
from the dark ages and throwing off the papal yoke. 
Religious events both of them, and strikingly simi-
lar. 
Go back 1860 years before Christ, and we are 
with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Shem, and Job.—
Come down 1860 years after Christ, and we are lit-
erally in the midst of our own peculiar, wonderful 
time. 
" Go back 2348 years, and we come to the des-
truction of the world by water. Look forward to 
2348 years after Christ, and what impropriety is 
there in suspecting that then will come the destruc-
tion of the world by fire ?" 
TIMOTHY WHEELER. 
Waterbury Center, Vt. 
The dates of 1555 and 1860 B. C. are some 117 
years short of what a corrected chronology would 
locate them. We have not access to the book you 
refer to. 
ED. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—I have long thought of giving 
You an occasional chapter of trials and encourage-
ments, and have been of late still more inclined to 
it, by the wish of a friend, in whose judgment I 
have confidence, that I write more for the Herald. 
'It is now almost eighteen years since the Lord led 
me to examine his word in reference to the near 
_coming of Jesus. I had never heard a discourse on 
the subject, or seen a believer in it. When the well 
known voice of the Spirit began to call my atten-
tion to it, I endeavored to meet it by the common 
'excuse, " If I am only ready to die, that's enough, 
and I need not trouble my head about this." But 
it would not do at all. Then I plead the want of 
'time ; and finally, to ease my mind, and throw it 
into an indefinite distant future, promised the Lord 
I would take it up when I had time. I felt no spi-
rit of opposition, for so much scripture came pour-
ing into my mind, (according to the promise, " He 
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shall bring all things to your remembrance," etc.,) 
that I dared not reject it. 
Now see the mercy of the Lord. In a very few 
weeks, though not sick, 1 was in a very singular 
manner deprived of the use of one of my arms.—
The Spirit came again, pleading gently, "Now you 
have time ; will you keep your promise ?" I had 
always thought much of keeping my word, and re-
plied, " I will." My former ideas relative to the 
world's conversion, etc., were fully tested by the 
word of God and fell to the ground ; and as the 
scales were removed one by one, I soon found myself 
a believer in the near, personal coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Then I began to enquire, if I was 
ready ; and remembering that it was written, "Ga-
ther my saints together unto me that have made a 
covenant with me by sacrifice" (though I did not 
then know the context), I felt that it had reference 
not only to the sacrifice of Christ. but also for him. 
It seemed to me I had never done anything for him, 
and almost wished he might not come immediately, 
in order that I might have the opportunity. Then 
I saw I must confess it ; for while " with the heart 
man believeth unto righteousness, with the mouth 
confession is made unto salvation." Here was the 
test. The Spirit showed me somewhat of the con-
sequences, and I found to my surprise that though 
I had been soundly converted about six years before 
and was considered an engaged Christian, being an 
acceptable member of a Congregational church, I 
had never been called to give up my reputation. I 
never before knew how dear it was to me. Now 
this and all must go with this confession. I hesita-
ted ; the Spirit gently reminded me that Jesus made 
himself " of no reputation." That settled it : I 
said, " let it go"—and it went, no mistake. Praise 
the Lord. Since that, I have been fully committed 
to these great truths, and a sharer in its trials,joys, 
and sorrows, with those of like precious faith.—
Since that, I have felt I was commissioned to defend 
and spread the blessed news, "The Lord is at hand." 
Sometimes I am called actively to contend,and again 
to speak but little about it, only with the Lord.—
Have had my earthly home during this period in 
several places, distant from each other, but in every 
town have found one or more who had " turned 
from idols to serve the living God, and wait for his 
Son from heaven." The Lord has been pleased to 
make me the instrument of communicating light to 
others : among them, some who had preached some 
years. I have often had to stand alone, in the de-
fence of these truths, but the Lord has stood by me 
and generally so lifted me up in himself, that I car-
ed not whether any endorsed my testimony. Hav-
ing seen the importance of following the Spirit, 
(which is always in harmony with the written 
word) ; I was led in a few hours, about four years 
ago, into a nearer.and more intimate relation with 
the Father and the Son, and have since felt very 
much greater engagedness in and for the whole truth 
of God, which is constantly increasing. I have 
thought some account, occasionally, of the various 
things I meet, etc., might be useful to some of the 
household, and have therefore written this as a pre-
liminary, and will only add that I am in no wise 
discouraged, believing, with the poet, 
" A hope so much divine, 
May trials well endure." X. 
From Bro. J. S. Brandeburg. 
Bro. Bliss:—I hope the Herald will be sustained, 
if for no other reason, for those brethren and sisters 
who have not the opportunity of hearing the living 
preaching on the advent. There are many,yes very 
many, scattered up and down in the world, who 
never hear anything on the subject, only as they re-
ceive it through the Herald. I love to receive the 
Herald, and sit down and read the letters from my 
brethren and sisters scattered abroad. And I gene-
rally go, one night in the week, to see my old friend 
Joseph Everall ; and he reads the paper to his wife, 
and they seem to enjoy it very much. He told me 
that he always found something in the Herald that 
did him good ; and I think his wife does also. He 
is a Congregationalist, and she a Methodist. Some 
people think they are a good deal tainted with what 
the world calls " Millerism." 
I received the little book for " Millennial Aid So-
ciety." I have not done much yet, but I intend to 
go out among my friends and see what I can do, be-
fore long. We are living in eventful times, and it 
behoves us to be ready for the great day of the Lord. 
The twelve hundred and sixty yrs of Papal rule over 
the saints and the ten kings are in the past. The 
longer periods are about running out. The four 
universal kingdoms are almost gone. The vials, 
seals and trumpets are, I think, about ending, and 
the Laodicean church, neither cold nor hot, the 
world as it was in the days of Noah, and the perils 
of the last days are on us. The spirits have gone 
forth to the kings of the earth, to gather them to 
the battle of the day of the Lord. In fact, all na-
tions seem to be disorganized. May we be found 
complete in Christ Jesus, not having on our own 
works of righteousness, but the righteousness which 
is by faith in Christ Jesus. This faith is the gift 
of God. I hope, Bro. Bliss, you and I know some-
thing about this saving faith ; for without faith it 
is impossible to please God. May the Lord bless 
you, my brother, and all his believing children the 
world over. In haste, your brother, 
JAMES S. BRANDEBURG. 
Burlington, Oct. 23, 1861. 
PS. I will try and get a little to vid your Socie- 
ty, and send it on before long. J.S.B. 
We are obliged to our brother for his disposition 
to make an effort in behalf of the A.M.A. May 
the Lord give success to his efforts. ED. 
From Bro. A. Wattles. 
Permit me to use the endearing name of Brother 
Bliss. Although not personally acquainted, yet, 
when reading the Herald, it is almost like shaking 
the friendly Christian hand of a deer brother, long 
acquainted. Being an aged, trembling, unworthy 
disciple, you will, I trust, read my communication 
in the exercise of Christian charity. Should I live 
thirty days more, the number of 78 years will, be 
filled up. 
Now, my dear brother, I shall try to write a little 
about the precious, the blessed hope ; which hope 
we have as an anchor to the soul, both sure and 
steadfast, and which entered] into that within the 
vail. I left Broome Co., near Binghamton, N. Y., 
Feb. '37, a little in advance of the whole of my 
family ; and after I left, my wife (of precious mem-
ory) obtained a number of Father Miller's sermons 
or lectures in pamphlet form, and brought a number 
to Michigan. As soon as I could find time, I began 
to peruse them a little ; and the more I read, and 
compared with the Scriptures, the more the light of 
them shined on my pathway. Although I had been 
a professor, and had enjoyed much of the love of 
God for nearly thirty years, I rejoiced to learn the 
way of God more perfectly ; and by about 1842 I 
was fully settled in my mind that the Scriptures 
taught the second literal personal coming of the 
Lord Jesus Christ my Saviour as clearly as it did 
his first advent into this world. And from that time 
to the present, I have not seen a day but I could 
say, Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly. Amen. 
Since about the first of May, my person, my outer 
man, has been severely under the burning influence 
of the erysipelas ; but, praise the Lord, I humbly 
trust I shall have a part in the first resurrection, 
and an eternal inheritance in the new heavens and 
the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness ; —
where all the effects of sin are forevermore destroy-
ed, and all its inhabitants bloom in eternal youth. 
I know not but I may want the Herald as long as I 
am able to read. I love the doctrine it advocates, 
especially that which is original. I see that the 
true light is shining somewhat on the minds of some 
editors and preachers, yet they seem very careful 
about saying any thing on the subject of the first 
resurrection, or the second advent of our Saviour. 
I love all the pure in heart who have the promise of 
seeing God. The Tabernacle Baptist church in De-
troit, I think, is nearer on the apostolic ground 
than any in this country of that order. Eld.James 
Inglis, their pastor, preaches the blessed hope, and 
many of them embrace it gladly. I love to go down 
and meet with them as often as I can ; but could I 
-enjoy the privilege of hearing a good warm-hearted 
Advent preacher, sound in all gospel truth, it would 
be a very great moral luxury to me. The doctrine 
of the advent of the Lord Jesus Christ near at hand 
has done very much for poor unworthy me. I love 
to contemplate it. I gladly cherish the thought of 
his near coming. I. hope to be found gladly waiting 
his appearing, and to be permitted to hail him as 
my God and Saviour, and ever more to rejoice in his 
salvation. Your brother, 
ALEXANDER WATTLES. 
Troy, Mich., Oct. 23, 1861. 
From Bro. A. Smith. 
Dear Brother Bliss : — Necessity and sickness 
oblige me to write you to stop my paper—not be-
cause. I am not pleased and interested by its rich 
columns, but because sickness and want deprive me 
of the means to recompense fur the same. 
I have waited and hoped for the better, but my 
health is feeble my threescore years are run out, 
and I am on borrowed time. I waited to see if I 
could not meet your calls, but I must give it up for 
the present, and if able will send and have the Her-
ald again, if spared. Time is short with me. The 
Lord is near at hand. I wait for his appearing.—
God bless and direct the Association, and keep the 
Herald alive until he appears. My best respects to 
all, especially Bro. Rimes. A. SMITH. 
Williamstown, Nov. 2, 1861. 
From sister S. N. Nichols. 
Dear 
be sustained in this dark and trying hour. For one 
I wish to cast in my mite, with others of my breth-
ren and sisters in the Atlantic States, in support of 
it. It has always been a welcome messenger to me, 
I cannot do without it. I hoped to have been in 
Boston ere this ; but my way thus far has seemed to 
be hedged up. Should time last, I hope to be there 
another year, if it be the will of my heavenly Fa-
ther. I long to meet again with those who are look-
ing for the King of kings—yes, for the Prince of 
the kings of the earth—to come and take to himself 
his great power and reign. 
Yours in the blessed hope, 
Mrs S. N. Nrcnoes.. 
Coloma, Cal., Nov. 3, 1861. 
From Bro. T. Lumber. 
Bro. Bliss :—Without my paper I should be very 
lonely, here in this western country,—having no 
advent preaching or advent friends to sympathize 
with, except my companion. I am glad to hear 
through the Herald that the ambassadors of the 
cross of Christ are in many places, still proclaiming 
the coming of the Son of man nigh at hand, and 
that many are roused from sleep and are bestirring 
themselves, while they hear the sound of the going 
in the tops of the mulberry trees. My heart would 
rejoice and be glad in God my Saviour, if some faith-
ful advent minister would come this way, and pro-
claim the Bridegroom nigh. I believe there would 
be a large field opened here for faithful advent 
preaching. May the many prayers that have been 
offered up to our heavenly Father, for you and the 
Advent Herald, be answered, is the sincere desire of 
my heart. Yours in hope of eternal life, 
THAYER LUMBER. 
Monona, Iowa, Nov. 11, 1861. 
From Bro. J. D. Boyer. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—We have every reason to be 
grateful that the cause of Christ is prospering in our 
midst ; but the desire and prayer of our heart is 
that we might see a more progressive work. Our 
Church is generally well filled and the congregation 
attentive. 
We have a very interesting Sabbath school. A 
number of our leading members are very active and 
zealous. Our weekly meetings have become more 
spiritual within the last few weeks. Independent of 
this place we have started preaching every second 
sabbath at Chesnut Grove,about three miles distant. 
We have preached at Newtown, and Atolborough. 
We are much pleased and benefited with the Herald, 
and hope it will be sustained.' ,; , 
Yours in the blessed hope, 
Mae+. 
J. D. BOYER. 
Yardleyville, Dec. 12th, '61. 
 
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From Bro. E. T. Welch. 
Dear Bro.:—Our little church is gradually ad-
vancing. The Lord is graciously regarding us. Our 
meetings are well attended,and much interest mani-
fested. The truth is being received. Now and then 
an accession to our number ; I trust such as shall be 
saved in the day of the Lord's appearing. Bro.Wol-
cott is doing a good work about 2 miles from this 
place. Four of his little number were baptized a 
few sabbaths ago before probably a thousand persons, 
who had come to our village to witness the solemn 
and interesting ceremony ; others this evening at our 
meeting spoke of a design and a readiness to be bap-
tized. 
Your Bro. in Christ Jesus, 
E. T. WELCH. 
Oceanport, N. J. Dec. 11, 1861. 
ANOTHER hideous massacre was, at the departure 
of the last West-African mail, about to be perpetra-
ted at Dahomey. "The new yam season" was to be 
celebrated by "a grand custom," at which 2000 
human beings were to be beheaded. The present 
king appears to surpass even his father in revolting 
cruelty. 
He that has once done you a kindness will be more 
ready to do you another than he whom you have 
yourself obliged. Franklin. 
OBITUARY., 
DIED, Oct. 26th, at Marsh Creek, Center Co., 
Pa., Bro. JOSEPH ECKLEY, in the 55th year of his 
age. 
His disease was the bilious colic, of wilich lie had 
repeated attacks in the year or two past. The last 
illness was only of 24 or 30 hours' continuance — 
The morning of the day before his death he was in 
this town-e-in the afterneon was at a barn-raising 
in his neighborhood. Feeling unwell, he returned 
home towards evening, took his bed, suffered severe-
ly, and died the following evening. It came sud-
denly upon his family, the church and the commu-
nity. Over forty years of his life were spent after 
the manner of the world—seeking happiness in 
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Brock on the Lord's Coming a Practical Doctrine •4 
Brock on the Glorification of the Saints 4.1a 
Litoli's Dialogue on the Nature of Man 
7 P*1 
ilLsolsreassaa..'ssses.r.issrs•rrss, 
.11[14491911111114Pilk 
flitting interpretations of the Bible, given by relig-
ious teachers, he became somewhat sceptical. But 
when he discovered the harmony of the word of God 
when literally interpreted, he gave up his scepti-
cism ; and when the plan of salvation, in its sim-
plicity and adaptedness to the condition and wants 
of man, was presented to his understanding, he at 
once embraced it and sought and found pardon and 
peace at the foot of the cross. His subsequent life 
was a changed one, and gave evidence of the reality 
of the change which he professed to have been 
wrought in him. He took an active, leading part 
in the church of which he was a member and an of' 
fiver, till his death. He visited the sick, and was 
often in the house of mourning and'affliction. He 
loved the doctrines of the advent and reign of Jesus 
Christ, and his mind dwelt much upon the blessed 
themes. The week before his death he was engaged 
in holding evening prayer meetings, in which he ex-
horted his brethren to stand by him in earnest and 
continued efforts to promote the cause of the Re-
deemer. But suddenly he passed away. A wife 
and three sons mourn his loss. Yet they sorrow not 
as those who have no hope. The funeral services 
were conducted by the local minister of the Metho-
dist connection. The occasion was afterward im-
proved by a discourse, based on Rev. 14:13. 
" Asleep in Jesus ! 0 ho iv sweet 
To be for such a slumber meet. . . 
Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest, 
Whose waking is supremely blest." 
M. L. JACKSON. 
Milesburg, Dec. 19, '61. 
DIED, in North Barnstead, N. H., Nov. 25th, 
1861, sister MARTHA A. PROCTOR, daughter of Tho. 
K. and Mary Jane Proctor, aged 25 years. 
She took a severe cold last January, which induc-
ed a hard cough. Her friends became alarmed,pro-
cured medical assistance, and though no pains were 
spared to secure the best remedies, all was unavail-
ing-consumption, with slow but sure progress, 
marked her for its victim. She bore her sickness 
not only with patience and resignation, but was very 
cheerful, constantly endeavoring to make all happy 
around her. She remarked to her father while con-
versing ab ut death, "If I am to die, father, I wish 
to die understandingly." She confessed her remiss-
ness in duty, and sought a fullness in Christ, mak-
ing an entire consecration to him, which enabled 
her to meet death with composure, and when she 
found she was going, she embraced each of her 
friends, bidding them an affectionate farewell, and 
urging them to meet her in the kingdom. 
Sister Martha was an intelligent and interesting 
young woman. Possessing a strong mind, an amia-
ble and affectionate disposition, she endeared herself 
to all who were favored with her acquaintance.-
She has left a much esteemed young man, to whom 
she was engaged, kind parents, an affectionate bro-
ther and sister, and a large circle of other relatives 
to mourn her loss, which they deeply feel. Her fu-
neral was attended on the 27th by a large concourse 
of people. A discourse founded on Luke 23:38 was 
preached by Eld. J. Harvey, after which her re-
mains were followed to the grave by more than a 
hundred relatives, there to wait for the resurrection 
which she believed to be near. 
Con. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Memoirs of William Miller. 
By the author of the Time of the End-excepting 
the first three chapters, which were by the pen of 
another. pp. 426. Price, post paid, 75 cts. 
Few men have been More diversely regarded than 
William Miller. While those who knew him, es-
teemed him as a man of more than ordinary mental 
power, as a cool, sagacious and honest reasoner, an 
humble and devoted Christian, a kind and affection-
ate friend, and a man of great moral and social 
worth ; thousands, who knew him not, formed opin-
ions of him anything but complimentary to his in-
telligence and sanity. It was therefore the design 
of this volume to show him to the world as he was 
-to present him as he appeared in his daily walk 
and conversation, to trace the manner in which he 
arrived at his conclusions, to follow him into his 
closet and places of retirement, to unfold the work-
ings of his mind through a long series of years, and 
scan closely his motives. These things are shown of 
him by large extracts from his unstudied private 
correspondence, by his published writings, by nar-
rations of interviews with him, accounts of his pub. 
lie labors in the various places he visited, a full 
presentation of his views, with the manner of their 
conception, and various reminiscences of interest in 
connection with his life. 
The revivals of religion which attended his labors, 
are here testified to by these who participated in 
them ; and hundreds of souls, it is believed,will ever 
regard him as a means, under God, of their conver-
sion. The attention given to his arguments caused 
many minds, in all denominations, to change their 
views of the millennial state ; and as the christian 
public learn to discriminate between the actual po-
sition of Mr. Miller, and that which prejudice has 
onceived that he occupied, his memory will be 
much more justly estimated. The following notice 
of this volume is from the "Theological and Liter-
ary Journal." 
This volume is worthy of a perusal by all who 
ake an interest in the great purposes God has re-
vealed respecting the future government of the 
world. If the first chapters descend to a detail of 
incidents that are of little moment, and betray a 
disposition to exaggerate and over-paint, the main 
portion of the memoir, which is occupied with the 
history of his religious life, is not chargeable with 
that fault, and presents an interesting account of 
his studies, his opinions, his lectures, his disap 
pointments, and his death, and frees him from many 
of the injurious imputations with which he was as-
sailed during his last years. He was a man of vig-
orous sense, ardent, resolute, and upright ; he had 
the fullest faith in the Scriptures as the word of 
God, and gave the most decided evidence that he 
understood and felt the power of their great truths. 
Instead of the ambitiousness of a religions dema-
gogue, he was disinterested ; his great aim in his 
advent 
 His de- 
meanor, on the confutation of his calculations re-
specting the advent, was such as might be expected 
from an upright man. Instead of resorting to sub-
terfuges to disguise his defeat, he frankly confessed 
his error, and while he lost faith in himself, retain-
ed his trust undiminished in God, and endeavored 
to guard hie followers from the dangers to which 
they were exposed, of relapsing into unbelief, or 
losing their interest in the great doctrine of Christ's 
premillennial coming. 
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periods that fill up the future of this world's dura-
tion, to the final consummation. 
It presents various computations of the times of 
Daniel and John ; copies Rev E. B. Elliott's view 
of "our present position in the prophetic calen-
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gives three dissertations on the new heavens and the 
new earth, by Drs. Chalmers, Hitchcock, and Wes-
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One Hundred Witnesses," of all ages of the church, 
and of all denominations of Christians,-expressing 
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just begun to lisp a few broken sentences, 
but the ideas which he could not express 
in language he would convey by the great-
est variety of gesture. One evening his 
aunties were conversing with a departing 
friend at the hall door, %Alien Charlie at-
tracted their attention by one of his panto-
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a new moon just rising, then bury his face 
in his small hands, and sob, and wail, and 
moan, then point anxiously at the moon 
again. 
" What does he mean? Why, what ails 
the child?" said Aunt Delia. "Charlie, 
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Childiana. 
Under this head several magazines have 
entertained their readers with the droll 
sayings of the little ones, their quaint phi- 
losophy, their funny mixture of wisdom 
and simplicity. Having some original an- 
ecdotes hid away in memory's scrap-hook, 
we will, with the editors' perrnission,bring 
them out to entertain the readers of the 
Watchman and Reflector. 
Frankie Reed was always in pursuit of 
knowledge. He took in pieces his tin 
horses to see what made them go, picked 
a hole in his toy dog to find the bark, and 
thus lost it, asked questions that nobody 
could answer, and was into everything 
that his chubby hands could reach. 
In his third summer, the first thunder 
storm he had ever noticed came on just at 
night. His mother and a lady friend were 
preparing to attend a party at the house of 
a friend, some (three miles distant, when 
the storm came up. Frankie clapped his 
hands, and capered about perfectly wild 
with delight when his mother came into 
the parlor with her new dress; then tuck-
ed his plump hands into his little sack 
pockets, as far as they would go, and eye-
ing her gravely for some time, with his 
head on one side, gave his opinion. 
" Well, I think you are a real pretty 
mamma, now." 
The next moment he was gone, and soon 
came back to say that the carriage was at 
the door. But the clouds had been grow-
ing blacker every moment, and the rain 
now came down in torrents. The horse 
was taken back to the stable, and Mrs. 
Reed and Miss Hamilton laid aside their 
party attire, and made an effort to enter. 
tain themselves with their books and nee-
dle-work ; but the lightnings flashed so 
fierczly, and the thunder rolled so heavily, 
that they could only sit in silent awe,wait-
ing for this war of the elements to pass 
away. 
Suddenly, Frankie was missing, and his 
perfect stillness was proof that he was 
busy. His mother went to seek him. In 
an unoccupied room, at a window that 
looked out upon the black night, visible 
only when the sheeted lightning blazed 
athwart the gloom, the child stood fearless, 
his eyes dilated with awe and wonder. 
" Come away, Frankie," said Mrs.Reed, 
more timid than he. 
" Hush ! mamma !" said he, turning to-
wards her with uplifted hands, speaking 
in a low and reverent tone. " Mamma, 
don't, I am waiting to see God. Look, 
look there, and in a minute the sky will 
open. It will, I saw it, and all the glory 
shone out. God is up there. Wait just a 
moment, mamma, and we shall certainly 
se Him." 
Mrs. Reed turned her eyes upward.—
Vast, black clouds torn and sent by rapid 
lightnings met her eye, and she almost 
quailed before the awful sublimity of the 
scene. " 0, heavenly Father," she breath-
ed, " grant that this child may never lose 
the faith that enables him to see heaven 
and a loving Father, where my eyes be-
hold only darkness, and fear only Thy 
wrath." Frankie watched until the s'orm 
passed, then went quietly to bed, hushed 
into silence by thoughts t-o big for utter-
ance. Some time after, he came running 
in one night to escape the big drops that 
portended another storm. 
" Come, mamma, come,Miss Hamilton," 
he cried, breathless with excitement ;—
" quick ! quick ! put on your pretty dress- 
es, there is going to be another thunder 
party.' " 
In his inexperience, he supposed the 
dressing up a part of the programme, and 
that the thunder and the party had some 
mysterious connection. 
John Neal, the author, relates that while 
*sitting in his study one morning, a little 
fellow of four years came in with a hurri-
ed, " Please do look out, those men are go-
ing to shave your wall." 
Johnny's droll idea was comprehended 
when Mr. Neal looked down into the court 
yard and saw some men whitewashing.—
He had mistaken the whitewash for "lath-
er." 
Charlie Dixon, at two years of age, had 
Johnny Loud was called one day to 
learn his lesson in Catechism; but he had 
just had the gift of a new sled, and did 
not feel one bit like studying. 
" Mamma, mamma," said he, " to-mor-
row I will study ; but you see if I leave 
that sled out there now, that wicked King 
Herod will come and carry it off." 
" Johnny, what a foolish, naughty ex-
cuse. You must study now." 
Johnny accordingly sat down and pre-
tended to look on his book, but his mother 
thought by appearances, that his thoughts 
were sliding down hill. " Now," cried 
Johnny, " I can say my lesson." 
" I am afraid not," said his mother. 
"Please just try me," begged Johnny, 
" Well," answered Mrs. Loud, " I will 
hear you until you miss ; and then 1 shall 
expect you to take your book and study 
hard until you do get your lesson." 
Johnny promised to do so. 
" Who was Jacob's wife ?" asked mam-
ma. 
"It was—it was.--why, of course, mo-
ther, it was Mrs. Jacob." 
Johnny's Catechism changed hands in-
stantly ; and as Johnny saw there was to 
be no sliding until hio lesson .was perfect, 
he wisely abandoned all makeshifts, and 
studied hard. Then came the reward—a 
merry time sliding down hill. This an-
swer was original with Johnny, although 
we have read a similar one elsewhere. 
Watchman and Reflector. 
Rev. Rowland Hill and the Captain. 
Once when I was returning from Ireland, 
(says Rowland Hill,) I found myself annoyed by 
the reprobate conduct of the captain and mate, 
who wet.° both sadly given to the scandalous ha-
bit of swearing. Fir t, the captain swore at the 
mate ; then the mate swore at the captain ; then 
they swore at the wind ; when I called to them 
with a strong voice for fair play. "Stop ! stop !" 
said I, "if you please, gentlemen, let us have fair 
play ; it's my turn now." "At what is your 
turn, pray," said the captain. "At swearing," 
I replied. Well ! they waited and waited, un-
til their patience was exhausted, and then want-
ed me to make haste and take my turn. I told 
them, however, that I had a right to take my 
own time, and swear at my convenience. To 
this the captain replied, with a laugh, "Perhaps 
you don't mean to take your turn ?" "Pardon 
me, captain," I answered, "but I do, as soon as 
I can find the good of doing so." My friepds, 
I did not hear another oath on the voyage. 
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