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VOLUME XXIV. NO.30. 
[From the Toronto (C. W.) Globe ] I to err, more especially in the interpretation 0 
The Future. 
prophecies which have never hitherto been fully 
We give in another column a report of the understood except in the light of their own ful- 
speeches delivered the other evening at a meet- fillment, he had said, like Dr. Cumming, " I 
ing in the St. Lawrence Hall, the large attend- state this as what I consider to be probable." 
once at which proved this much at least, that For our own part, we shall still, notwithstand-
the most prominent speaker on the occasion, the ing his array of so called proofs, cherish the 
Rev. Mr. Baxter, in making himself the eareest trust that a kind Providence has in store for 
exponent of certain very startling views of the both England and Canada, a better fate than 
future, has succeeded in awakening a very gen- Mr. Baxter so unhesitatingly predicts for them. 
eral attention to his statements. If he shall fail Mr. Baxter, in his work on "Louis Napoleon, 
to get any large number to share the certainty the destined .monarch of the world," devotes a 
with which he anticipates a series of the most chapter to elucidating, in their order, twenty 
appalling and astounding events to take place events, which he says are to cecur during the 
within the next seven years, as the immediate final seven years and two and a half months of 
precursors of the consummation of all things, it this dispensation, and which will commence soon 
will not be because he does not get people to after 1863, and end with Antichrist's destruction 
listen to him, and to weigh attentively the ar- at Armageddon in or soon after 1870. The ar-
guments he places before them. Mr. Baxter curacy with which the whole series of events is 
evidently feels that he has an important mission predicted, he says, will soon be shown by the 
to fulfil. Just as surely as he believes that Louis occurrence of the first of them—the confirmation 
Napoleon is ordained to work out the dark and of a seven year's covenant between Napoleon 
lurid destiny which is sketched on the mysteri- and the Jews, who restored to their own land, 
ous page of prophecy as that of the Antichrist II will rebuild the temple, and renew the offering 
and Son of Perdition, with the same unhesitat- I of sacrifices. Napoleon will gradually establish 
ing certainty does he feel it to be his own duty a universal monarchy, acquiring supreme power 
and spe4al task to warn the unthinking world over Great Britain and the other portions ef the 
of the great tribulation which is approaching, territory of' the old Roman EmpireNithin three 
that those who will give heed to what he be- ,,nd a half years after the covenant. Then, not 
lieve's to be the truth may not be taken unawares content with the homage rendered to him as a 
when those dismal days of trial and persecution monarch, he will, with the assistance of the Ro-
arrive. To the fulfilment of this mission he de- mish Church, seek to substitute for Christianity, 
votes his whole energy, bringing to it the fruits Napoleonism, or the worship of himself and his 
of a very considerable amount of reading and re- image, and will wage a fierce war upon the saints 
flection on matters connected with the interpre- for the extermination, if possible, of those who 
tation of prophecy. 
refuse to join in rendering him the blasphemous 
Mr. Baxter is but one of a very considerable honors he claims. His career will end, when at 
number of students of prophecy, both of the the battle of Armageddon, Antichrist and the 
present and former generations, who have been Pope, and the large armies they have gathered, 
led to the conviction that the decade between will be destroyed by the descent of Christ—and 
1860 and 1870 will probably witness the fulfil- then will follow the predicted thousand years of 
ment of some very important portions of the milennial bliss. 
prophetic records. He differs, however, from It is certainly remarkable that so many co-in- 
almost all ethers who have written on the sub- cidences should have been found in the character 
jest, in the positiveness with which he asserts his of Napoleon and the place he occupies on the 
views, as scarcely admitting of a possibility of world's stage, with the portraiture given of the 
contradiction, and in the minute exactness and Antichrist. The revival of the Napoleon dynas-
precision with which he has undertaken to trans- ty by the present French Emperor, although the 
late the symbolical language of the prophets in- Great Powers of' Europe had agreed, after the 
to a history of events yet future, to be acted by fall of the first Napoleon, that no member of his 
nations and persons whom he specifies and family should ever be permitted to hold sover-
names. Even Dr. Cumming, whose supposed eign power in France—taken in connection with 
predictions of the future were a good deal ridi- i the possession of Rome by both the uncle and 
ruled two or three years ago, was in the habit the nephew—is held to be in some measure a 
of saying—"I state this as what I believe to be I counterpart of the prophet's vision of the healing 
probably true," and placed his expositions of of the deadly wound inflicted on the seventh 
unfulfilled prophecy on an entirely different foot- head of the "beast," understood by nearly all 
ing from his expositions of revealed doctrinal expositors to represent the Roman Empire, by 
truths. But Mr. Baxter draws no such dis- its revival in an eighth head clearly identified 
tinction, and displays no such hesitations. Thus, with it. Then also, in the name of Louis Napo-
as the result of his reading of the prophecies, he leon, if" the letters receive the numerical values, 
says in his published work, and with all the em- which they would have as Greek and Latin nu-
phasis too, which large capitals can give to the merals, the mystical number 666 is found as ac-
statement, that "there is not the slightest doubt curately as in any other attempt which has been 
but that England will be comprehended among made to find the verbal equivalent for what is 
Napoleon's ten vassal kingdoms"—and again he said to be "the number of a man." Of the final 
states that the eight arguments on this point, opponent of the Prince of Princes, it is said,—
drawn from his interpretation of the prophecies, "by peace he shall destroy many"—an expres-
" show England's submission to Napoleon to be sion which reminds us of Louis Napoleon's cele-
inevitable." We think Mr. Baxter would dis- brated declaration, "the Empire is peace," fol-
play a spirit more becoming an investigator of lowed by warlike preparations, and many other 
truth, if admitting the liability of even the wisest indications of' a most aggressive policy. Other 
 
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[Continued.] 
ly nigh. I have reason to think that my 
Monday, June ist, I took leave of my friendsipreaching has given rise to thought and discus-
in Halifax, and went to Leeds. Saturday, 6th,. aion, May it have a saving effect. 
went, in company with brother Watson and' June 21st was my closing Sabbath in Leeds. 
brother Cookson, to Harrogate Springs. These We had a good time in the breaking of bread. 
are in England what Saratoga Springs are in i I spoke on the present and future salvation of 
America—a health and fashionable resort. I believers, and in the evening preached to a crowd-
met with a very intelligent young Scotchman, to ed audience on the gracious truth that it is the 
whom I exp'ained our faith and hope. I felt Father's good pleasure to give the kingdom to 
sorry that I had forgotten to take the Millenni- the little flock. On the evening following there 
al News. 
was a public tea meeting, to give me the part- 
Sunday morning I met with the Adventists "to ing hand. After tea the meeting was of the 
break bread." Alter the introductory services, most gratifying and heavenly character. Atter 
and the passing of the elements, I took occasion singing and prayer, brother Thorp spoke at 
to remark on Luke 22 : 10-18. It has long length, and his remarks were very comforting to 
seemed to me that the bread and wine in the me, as he had evidently enjoyed my visit and la- 
communion not only represent the broken body hors. I spoke next, and passing by self, I chose 
and the shed blood of Christ, but also the bread as my theme, the kingdom of God; and when I 
and the wine of the kingdom, as procured by tell you that the spirit and feeling reminded me 
that broken body and shed blood—in other of " '43 times," you will readily understand me. 
words, they not only represent the price paid, Brother Plummer, of Halifax, made some most 
but the things purchased. Christ may take the happy remarks, and so did brother Hough, the 
bread and wine at the great marriage feast, and pastor. Brother II. wished me to bear their 
in giving them to the guests, say, "This is my. love to the Adventists of America, and assured 
body—this is my blood." Why ? Because his me that they are in full sympathy with them in 
body and his blood were the price paid for them. their faith and hope. Though the parting was 
When we eat and drink at a person's table, we I tearful, yet it was joyous and happy, for the 
eat and drink his money, because we eat and ' speedy coming of the kingdom of God was to all 
drink those things for which his money was paid. 
In the same sense the redeemed will eat the 
body and drink the blood of Christ forever. See 
and weigh 2 Sam. 23 : 14-17. The monthly 
love-feast was held in the afternoon, and many 
spoke warmly on the things of Christ and his 
coming again. 
During the week the Primitive Methodists 
held their General Conference in Leeds. They 
are an earnest body of Christians, and have done 
a vast amount of good, and especially among 
the masses ; hut, like the other branches of the 
Methodist family, they are evidently in the dark 
on the Lord's second advent, and on the nature 
of the good time to come ; for I noticed that in 
their prayers, speeches and sermons, they ap-
plied to the present and future triumphs of the 
Gospel such passages as speak of the heathen 
being given to Christ for his inheritance—of the 
earth being full of the knowledge of the Lord 
as the waters cover the sea—of every knee 
bowing to Christ, and every tongue confessing to 
God—and of the Kingdoms of this world becom-
ing the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ—
whereas, if they would compare Scripture with 
Scripture, they might see that the passages refer 
to the judgment of the great day and the new 
creation. For instance, Paul uses one of them 
(Isa. 45 : 23,) as follows : "We shall all stand 
before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is 
written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee 
shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess 
to God. So then every one of us shall give ac-
count of himself to God." (Rom. 14 : 10-12. 
Sunday, June 14th. I met in the morning 
with the brethren, and in the evening preached, 
by invitation, in a new and elegant chapel of the 
United Methodist Free Church. The congrega- 
tion was large and attentive, and I employed an the truth. Punctuality in 'a mechanic is the 
hour and a quarter in telling the story of eter- soul of business, the foundation of prosperity, 
nal life through Christ, not failing to teach that and the security of a good reputation.—Ex-
the good time to come is after the Lord's return, chanye. 
eleemeelleeer 
minds a blessed and glorious reality. We closed 
with the well known hymn, 
"What never part again." 
On Wednesday morning I left the house of 
brother Watson, and in doing so, I left one of 
the kindest families with whom it has ever been 
my privilege to stay. May God reward them 
and the dear friends in Leeds for their many 
tokens of sympathy and love. In the evening I 
arrived at the homestead, to make my parting 
visit to my infirm mother and other near and 
dear relatives. 
The times are very exciting here, owing to 
the Polish and American questions. A new ef-
fort is being made to induce England to recog-
nize the Southern Confederacy. Napol eon seems 
Ito be all ready to interfere in some way. 
Yours, waiting for the kingdom of God, 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Garsdale, Eng., June 25, 1863. 
Punctuality. 
Among mechanics, punctuality is a great de-
sideratum. Show us a mechanic who will get 
our work done by the time specified, and we will 
cherish him as the apple of our eye. But to the 
mechanic who makes us call twice (fire and sick-
ness excepted,) we bid farewell—"a long fare-
well"—he is not the man for our money. The 
mechanic gains nothing by false promises except 
a bad name. In order to grasp at all the work 
in the neighborhood many a mechanic will prom-
ise, when he knows it is not in his power to per-
form. What is such a man but a liar ? To say 
nothing of the vice of lying, than which there is 
nothing more low and contemptible, the me-
chanic, in the end, gets far less work by false 
promises than he would by a strict adherence to 
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whose flesh and bones she is, as Eve wa-; from 
Adam. 
As man in Paradise was to have eaten of the 
fruit of the garden only, so shall he also eat 
twelve manner of fruits of the tree of life in the 
heavenly city, Rev. 21 : 2. And as before the 
fall no mention is made of the vicissitudes of the 
seasons, especially winter ; so will there be 
nothing more of this kind in the eternal state. 
Adam, by his disobedience, lost his power 
over the tree of life. St. John says, "Happy 
are those who keep his commandments, that 
they may have power over the tree of life, and 
may enter in through the gates into the city," 
Rev. 22 : 14. 
As our first parents were clothed by God in 
the typical garments of salvation ; so are the 
saints adorned with the robes of Christ's right-
eousness there. The second death will coals 
mence then for the obstinately disobedient, as 
the first death after the fall, The picture, how-
ever, which Moses gives us of the first death is 
far surpassed by the description of St. John of 
the second death. Moses deduces all misery 
from the fall occasioned by the serpent ; but St. 
John shows us how that serpent, the devil and 
Satan, will at last be for ever removed, and cast 
into the lake of fire. And as Gen. 3: 15, the 
destruction of Satan is declared, so we' see it 
fulfilled here. And, what is most consoling,. 
there will be no more possibility of a fall : 
" There shall be no more death, neither sorrow 
nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain : for the former things are passed away." 
In the physical new creation of the world we 
behold the fulfillment of God's declaration in 
Rev. 21 : 5. All that is lovely, beautiful, and 
glorious, and contributes to the happiness of man 
now, and advances the honor and glory of God, 
will shine with renewed splendor, and eternal 
freshness, in the new heaven, and on the new 
earth. 
In this manner the three last chapters of the 
Bible show us everything in a renewed form, 
and in eternal glory, the loss of which we de- 
plored in three first chapters of it. Who cari 
read these concluding chapters of the book of 
Revelation, and not be strengthened in his hope 
regarding the entire new creation and renova-
tion of all things ? 
Let us learn hence the great importance of 
keeping inviolate every book of the Bible. All 
Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 
for instruction in righteousness; that the man 
of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works."—Translated from the 
German, for Me Quarterly Journal, by Dr. 
Ritcher. 
Discontent with Employment, 
A young man who commences his life with not 
liking his business, has no very promising pros-
pects before him. Let such a one believe him-
self to be under the immediate influence of "an 
evil eye," and set about releasing himself at 
once by a resolute refusal to entertain any 
thoughts but such as appertain to duty, clearly 
before him, and how to do' it well and honestly. 
It is a great mistake to be prepossessed with 
fanciful advantages to be derived from any other 
calling than the one which circumstances have 
combined to impose, as an introduction to the 
bugsy responsibilities of manhood. How many 
have made shipwreck of the fairest hopes, by 
feebly giving way to the delusion of being meant 
for better things than keeping shop. To be 
above one's business is a mean pride that has its 
origin in indolence, betokens a dishonorable ca-
reer, and an end in bankruptcy, if not in some-
thing worse. 
REMAINS OF GIGANTIC ANIMALS.—Russian 
geologists are making preparations to promote 
the discovery of congealed remains of mammoth 
animals in Siberia. It is stated that during the 
last two centuries, at least twenty thousand 
mammoths, and probably twice or thrice that 
number, have been washed out of the ice and 
soil in which they were imbedded, by the action 
of the spring floods. The tusks only have been 
preserved for their commercial value in ivory. 
points of coincidence are found in detail in Mr. 
Baxter's work, in which also he accumulates ex-
tracts from other writings on the prophecies, to 
show that he is far from being singular in as-
signing to Louis Napole' n the important position 
he does on the page of prophecy and in the 
events of coming history. 
Cheerfulness. 
It is the part of the true philosopher to jest 
as well as to preach, and he will be found en-
forcing some of his most valuable truths by ap-
pealing to our natural sense of the humorous. 
It is exceedingly tedious to see people budging 
on through life, ever with a frown upon their 
faces, and a sigh on their lips ; they become 
pestilential, and one is apt to catch the malady 
by contact. Such people don't realize that there 
is any sunny side to this life of ours ; a smile 
scenic to them to be sadly out of place on a com-
panion's face, and a hearty laugh downright 
blasphemy. Fy—Fy—what philosophy. Cheer-
fulness is an amulet, a charm to make us per-
manently contented and happy. A cheerful 
man feels well, does well, and loves things 
which are good; while he who is always sad, 
doeth ill in the very sorrow he evinceth. Long-
faced, sanctimonious people are generally avoid-
ed, and very justly so, for who wishes to partake 
of their malady ? Whereas, those accustomed to 
look on the sunny side of life, are ever courted 
for the genial spirit they diffuse about them. 
He who administers medicine to the sad heart, 
in the shape of wit and humor, is most assuredly 
a good Samaritan. A cheerful face is nearly as 
good for an invalid as healthy weather. To 
make a sick man think he is dying, all that is 
necessary is to look half dead yourself! Open, 
unrestrained merriment is a safety-valve to the 
heart and disposition. If overburthened with 
the noxious gases of care, pull the string of wit, 
up flies the valve of fun, and out go the troubles 
and vexations of life to the four winds of' heaven. 
It is a fact beyond dispute, that mirth is as in-
Late in the mind as any other qeality that na-
ture has planted there—it only wants cultiva-
tion, and the more we cultivate it, the more 
fruitful it becomes. Mirror-like, the world re-
flects back to us the picture which we present 
to its surface. A cheerful heart paints the 
world as it sees it—like a sunny landscape ; 
the morbid mind depicts it like a sterile wilder-
ness ; and thus chameleon-like, life takes its hue 
of light or shade from the soul on which it rests, 
dark or sunny, as the case may be. 
Dr. Johnson used to say that a habit of look-
ing on the best side of every event is better than 
a thousand pounds a year. Bishop Hall quaint-
ly remarks, "for every bad there might be a worse, 
and when a man breaks his leg, let him be thank-
ful that it was not his neck !" When Fenelon's 
library was on fire, "God be praised," he ex-
claimed, "that is not the dwelling of some poor 
man This is the true spirit of submission—one 
of the most beautiful traits that can possess the 
human heart. Resolve to see this world on its 
sunny side, and you have almost half won the 
battle of life at the outset. 
In the first three chapters everything proceeds 
from eternity; in the last three everything is 
lost in eternity. In Genesis chap. 1., Moses 
describes the first creation of heaven and earth. 
In Revelations chap. 21 : 1 etc., St, John presents 
tOthe view of hope a new heaven and a new 
earth. As in the first creation, before the fall, 
all was harmony and beauty ; so, in St. John's 
vision, the enhanced and eternal harmony of all 
things appear, to the eye of faith, before our 
wandering minds. 
According to Moses, Gen. 1 : 3, light shone 
out of darkness, and God divided the light from 
the darkness. In St. John's vision, after the 
eternal separation of both, a new and eternal 
light shines out of the preceding nights of tribu-
lation : however, without the former alternation 
of day and night ; for there will be no longer a 
rising and a setting sun. God himself will be 
the light of the new Jerusalem, and the Lamb 
will be the light thereof, Rev. 21 : 23. 
In the first creation, as in the latter, upon the 
words, "it is fenished," "it is d,ne," there fol-
lows a Sabbath, when God will rest in Lis works. 
as they will rest in him. That which took place, 
according to Gen. 2: 1-3, on the seventh day, 
will take place, according to Rev. 9: 15-17, 
under the seventh trumpet. Both at the bogie-
fling and at the end of the Bible mention is 
made of the sea; but, Rev. 21 : 1, it is said of 
the latter, "it is no more." In its stead, we 
read of a sea of glass. 
As the first man was created "in the image of 
God, and after his likeness;" so redeemed man 
wi 1 be renewed into the image of God—will 
have the glory of God, and reflect it, both in 
his bodily and mental endowments, comp. Rev. 
21: 9-11. God will again dwell with man, 
and reveal Himself to him in Christ Jesus as 
he never did before. Among all God's intelli- 
gent creatures, man is most intimately related 
to him, and he is the most highly favored. Th s 
is declared by the great voice from heaven, Rev. 
21 : 3, "saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God 
is with men, and he will dwell with them, . . . 
and be their God." 
Gen. 1 : 28, informs us of the original design 
of God with man. Rev. 22 : 5, tells us that the 
redeemed shall reign with Christ over all created 
existences as a royal priesthood, forever and 
ever. The thousand years' reign with Christ, 
during the millenn urn, is a prelude of this. 
The first Paradise, with its tree of life and 
its stream, refer to the new Jerusalem, with its 
tree of life and a living stream in the midst of 
it. And as there was a cherub to guard the en- 
trance of the earthly Paradise after man's fall, 
so has the holy and eternal city an angel at each 
of the twelve gates. As no creature but man 
ought to have entered the first Paradise; so it 
is said, "There shall in no wise enter into the 
New Jerusalem anything that defileth, neither 
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a 
lie." Moses tells us that the bride of' the first 
Adam was prepared by God himself, and pre-
sented to him, in Paradise ; so saw St. John 
the bride of the second Adam come down from 
God out of heaven, in the holy city, new Jeru-
salem, adorned as a bride for her husband, of 
An effort is now to be made for the discovery 
and preservation of one of these carcases as per-
feet and entire as possible, as it is considered 
that microscopic investigation of' the contents of 
its stomach might throw a powerful light on a 
host of geological and physiological problems, 
Six Thousand Years Ago, 
The following I have transcribed from a small 
book, making some alterations to snit the times In 
which we are now living.. ABNER N. KENDALL. 
Six thousand years, six thousand years 
Our bark o'er billowy seas 
Has onward kept her steady course, 
Through hurricane and breeze. 
Her Captain was the mighty One— 
She braved the stormy foe ; 
And still lie guides, who guided her 
Six thousand years ago. 
Her chart was God's unerring Word, 
By which her course to steer— 
Her Helmsman was the risen Lord, 
A helper ever near. 
Though many a beauteous boat has sunk,. 
The treacherous waves below, 
Yet ours is sound as she was built 
Six thousand years ago. 
The wind that filled her swelling sheet, 
From many a point has flown, 
Still urging her unchanging course, 
Through shoals and breakers on—
Her fluttering pennant still the same, 
Whatever breeze might blow, 
It pointed, as it did, to heaven, 
Six thousand years ago. 
When first our gallant ship was launched! 
 
Although her hands were few, 
Yet dauntless was each bosom found, 
And every heart was true ; 
And still, though in her mighty.hull 
Unnumbered bosoms glow, 
Her crew is faithful as it was 
Six thousand years ago. 
True, some have left this noble craft, 
To sail the seas alone, 
And made them, in their hour of pride, 
A vessel of their own. 
Ah me! when clouds portentious rise, 
When threatening tempests blow, 
They'll wish for that old vessel built 
Six thousand years ago. 
For onward rides our gallant bark, 
With all her canvas set, 
In many a nation still unknown 
To plant her standard yet. 
Her flag shall float where'er the breeze 
Of Freedom's breath shall blow, 
And millions bless the boat that sailed 
Six thousand years ago. 
On Scotia's coast, in days of yore, 
She lay almost a wreck : 
Her mainmast gone, her rigging torn, 
The boarders on the deck;— 
There Cameron, Cargill, Cochrane fell ; 
There Kenwick's blood did flow, 
Defending our good vessel, built 
Six thousand years ago. 
Ah ! many a martyr's blood was shed—
We may not name them all ; 
They tore the peasant from his hut, 
The noble from his hall ; 
Then brave Argyle, thy father's blood, 
For faith did freely flow, 
And pure the stream as was the fount 
Six thousand years ago. 
Yet onward still our vessel pressed, 
And weathered out the gale ; 
She cleared the wreck, and spliced the mast, 
And mended every sail ; 
And swifter, stauncher, it 
 far, 
Upon her cruise did go ;— 
Strong hands and gallant hearts had she, 
Six thousand years ago. 
And see her now—on beam ends cast, 
Beneath a north-west storm ; 
Heave overboard the very bread, 
To save the ship from harm ! 
She rights! she rides !—hark ! how they cheer! 
All's right—above, below ! 
She's tight as when she left the stocks, 
Six thousand years ago. 
True to that guiding star which led 
To Israel's cradled hope, 
Her steady needle pointeth yet 
To Calvary's bloody top. 
Yes, there she floats, that good old ship, 
From top to keel below, 
Sea-worthy still, as erst she was 
Six thousand years ago. 
Not unto us, not unto us, 
Be praise or glory given, 
But unto him who watch and ward 
Hath kept for her in heaven : 
Who quelled the whirlwind in its wrath, 
Bade tempests cease to blow; 
That God who launched our vessel forth 
Six thousand years ago. 
Then onward speed thee, good old bark, 
Speed onward in thy pride, 
O'er sunny sms and billows dark, 
Jehovah still thy guide ; 
And sacred be each plank and spar, 
Unchanged by friend or foe, 
Just as she left old Eden's duck, 
Six thousand years ago. 
Cations. 
A young lady in a town but a few miles from 
Portland, some time since was troubled with a 
lameness in her allele, which was attributed to 
over exertion by dancing. The lameness in-
creased and the ancle swelled badly but in time 
the pain gradually went into the foot, where a 
sore appeared to be coming on the top. It was 
pronounced to be a bone sore, and the young 
lady's friends condoled with her at this great 
affliction, and of course she was soon badly 
frightened. Her fright was by no means lessen-
ed by the stories that were told her concerning 
such troubles. At last she felt a pricking sen-
sation on the bottom of her foot, and all thought 
it was a small splinter of bone trying to work 
its way through the skin. The doctor with his 
instruments then removed the supposed piece of 
bone, when lo, it proved to be a boy's bristle 
which had occasioned all this trouble, and which 
it is said she must have drank in water several 
years ago.—Portland Courier. 
The Bible a Closely-connected Whole. 
This will appear by comparing the first three 
chapters of the Bible with the last three. 
Luther said, "The Bible is like a ring, which, 
if broken in one place, would no longer be per-
fect." From the beginning to the end, this 
ring is so closely connected, that, as in all the 
works of God, so here, the secret harmony, 
wonderful design, and consummate wisdom of the 
Book of God commend themselves to the inquir-
ing and devout reader of the Holy Scriptures. 
Throughout the whole Bible there prevails a 
punctual and measured order in everything ; so 
that the attentive reader discovers everywhere 
the same spirit, and the same design, though 
the books were written by various authors, and 
t different times. 
Let us now direct our attention to the open-
ing and concluding chapters of this blessed Book, 
and see how they reflect each other, and refer 
to one another. Christ is the beginning and 
end of the whole. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
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[From the New York Methodist.] 
The lormons in Wales, 
An article in a late number of the London 
Spectator tells of an alarming spread of Nor- 
a madman are received implicitly by the poor 
Welsh collier or haulier as sober realities. They 
are like plastic clay in the hands of the Mormon 
agents. The very origin of the new revelation 
monism in Wales. If the account is correct, the exactly suits them. The miracle of the golden 
ignorance or indifference that prevails among plates, committed to the charge of a poor igno-
evangelical Christians in respect to the success rant man like one of themselves, is a story pos- 
Mormon ministers is in- sessing unspeakable fascination for them.The 
ef the preachi
y 
ng of the 
deed astonishing. Says the Spectator : never tire of hearing about it, and they hope 
',The rapid growth of Mormonism in Wales that they in their turn may one day be selected 
seems to be entirely escaping the attention of as the instruments of communicating fresh mes- 
sages from heaven to man. The true story of 
ble to prevent it. Ministers of all persuasions 
those who ought to have done all that was possi- 
, Smith's imposture they look upon as an inven-
tion of the devil. They would brave any dan- 
seem to be agreed in considering the subject 
scarcely worth a thought. A Wesleyan, living ger, and endure any torture for the sake of their 
at Cardiff, told us the other day that there werelreligion. Nor is it inconsistent, perhapL with 
very few Mormons left in the Principality. If human nature, that the more debasing the super-
there are not, it is owing to the regular streamIstition to which an untrained mind links itself, 
the more ardent is its attachment to it, and the 
of emigration kept up from Wales to Utah. A 
few days after this very remark was made, about more firmly does it take hold of it."
I 
eighty men and women—the latter nearly all 
young, good looking, robust girls—left Cardiff 
Mask, 
 
Among the gifts with which God has bestrewn 
ea route for the Salt Lake. They had been 
t 
gathered from the surrounding country, and many the paths of children, the power to produce and 
 
were very respectable in appearance. One young appreciate sweet sounds holds a distinguished 
 
man had been assistant to a surgeon at Cardiff. place. The love for music is almost universal. 
 
We remember many such embarkations from the The peasant and the peer alike own its sway, 
ports of South Wales, and yet, in the very heart and bow before its influences. There are few 
 
natures so debased as to be untouched by melo-
of this district, the notion is general that Mor- 
monism is dying out. The truth is, that it is dy. I have been petitioned by some, who ap-
peared callous to the most solemn appeals, and 
ubtly and surely extending. In Liverpool, 
where there are many Welsh, there are also deaf to the most earnest entreaties from their 
many Mormons. Let it be remembered that teachers in a ragged school, just to be allowed 
the sect is little more than thirty years old, and to sing one more hymn, and have heard their 
 
it will at once be seen that it has assumed for- voices blend harmoniously, and have seen signs 
addable proportions. Statistics and census re- of solemnity and emotion, which I could hardly 
turns do not give the full measure of its progress, have believed possible. 
 
for the simple reason that as fast as converts are I shall never forget hearing about two thou- 
made they are sent off to Utah. A perpetual sand children sing 
emigration fund is in existence for the purpose, " To bless thy chosen race, 
and as the people are taught that Christ himself In mercy, Lord, incline, 
And cause the brightness of thy face 
will come to establish his kingdom in Utah or On all thy saints to shine." 
Missouri, they go out with an unchangeable be- They sang it to a fine old tune called St. Mi- 
llet' that happiness here and high rewards here- chael's, full of simple grandeur, and the effect 
after await them. The Book of Mormon has was thrillingly solemn. 
been translated into the Welsh language, and Perhaps there are few enjoyments more refin- 
finds ready—almost eager—acceptance among ing and refreshing than those which music af-
the poor ignorant people of the hills. The wo- fords. When the toils of the day are ended, 
man, young and old, adopt Mormonism greed- and the family is united, what pleasure there is 
ily." 
in joining in the family concert, and taking a 
One secret of the increase of this sect, and, part in a loving concord or sweet sounds. Such 
perhaps, of the prevailing ignorance of it may evenings render home attractive to young peo-
he found in the secresy with which their meet- ple, and often prevent them from wandering in-
iags are held, and with which all the movements to scenes of danger and temptation in search of 
of their agents are conducted. The Spectator the phantom pleasure, though with the unseen 
Bays : 
certainty of future pain. 
"They work in the dark, and no one seems to A Christian family thus engaged in enjoying 
think the result of their labors worth interfering one of their beloved Creator's best gifts is a 
with. Nearly all their great gatherings are pleasant sight, and by such a unity of taste and 
held at night, and it rarely happens that even endeavor the bonds of love are strengthened, 
the local police hear of them till they are over, and even selfishness is induced to increase the 
Their baptisms are always conducted by the light happiness of others, and thus come over to the 
of the moon, or by torchlight when the night is side of virtue. 
dark. Up in the hills, where the success of the The taste for music is far more extensively 
preachers is greater than in the towns, the meet- diffused than in former times, and the cense- 
legs are held so secretly that it is almost haves- quence is, an immense supply of' cheap music, 
Bible for a stranger to gain admittance. It is at much of which is of the most trashy description. 
these private gatherings that the temptations are Many of the compositions of the present day 
held oat which induces young women to forsake pander to frivolous tastes, or are brought out in 
their homes and kindred for a life which they connection with some object of popular interest 
would revolt at here. It is at these also that to obtain a sale. Such should be carefully 
miracles are occasionally performed." avoided, as they neither improve the mind or 
The character of the people, too, makes them the heart; but good music by the best com-
easily accessible to the persuasions of the elders posers is now brought also within the reach of 
who are working as missionaries among them : the million, and a moderate use of this is both 
"There is nothing that a Welsh enthusiast enjoyable and improving. 
will not believe. Their devotion to their creed, 
whatever that creed may be, is wonderful. It 
Absalom's Sword, 
is shown in a blind, unhesitating, unwavering ac- A strange discovery has just been made by 
cePtance of whatever they are taught. It is Major Pappazolu, of Bucharest—the sword 
rarely, indeed, 
which belonged to Absalom. The blade 
 that they change their religion. 
has on 
They are obstinate in all things—it is part of one side the following words traced in Hebrew 
their national character ; but in religious opin- characters : "Present from Gessur to Absalom, 
lops they are simply immovable. If you reason son of David-Jeho, Jeho." On the same side 
with them they look upon you as an appointed is engraved the image of the hexagonal seal of 
agent of the tempter of souls. These character-
istics of the Welsh—boundless credulity and an 
lisalterable fidelity to their religion—render 
'ales a chosen land for men of the Wycherley 
class, and preaching is as common an occupation 
that of shoemaking. Promises which an Eng-
lish Workman would laugh at as the dreams of 
warrior's head, covered with a helmet, and join- 
ed by a chain to a dragon's head which formed Anger—literally speaking—is a species of 
the hilt. The old monk possessor of this weapon, momentary insanity. But there is no one liv-
procured it from a janissary, into whose hands ing who is obliged by moral law to live so free 
it fell during the disturbance at Constantinople 
in 1807. In a moment of distress, he sold the 
handle and the scabbard, which was, he says, 
made of' a kind of serpent's skin, and mounted 
in gold. The ancient origin of the blade is 
proved by a manufacturer's mark traced in Sem-
etic characters.—French Journal. 
Presentiments, 
Napoleon I. had faith in presentiments. 
" Paul," he observed to Count Montholon, in a I has said to them "so far shalt thou go and.no 
conversAion on the death of that Russian emper- farther," so should we unto our passions. A 
or, "was a man who had a soul, and was accessi- soft answer, says the wise Solomon, turneth away 
ble to noble resolutions, but all his moral faults wrath. And we think the disadvantages arising 
were concentrated by the restless forebodings of from the indulgence of anger under all circum- 
stances should prove a panecea for the complaint. 
that animal instinct, which I have so often ob- 
In moments of cool reflection we view it with 
cellos, for example, who, in the middle of the 
served in some of my bravest soldiers. Las- 
deep regret. Friendship, happiness, self-respect 
night wrote to toe from bivouac on the battle- and love are all destroyed by it as our property 
is sometimes by a whirlwind. Byron seems to 
field of Wagram, to ask me to sign immediately 
the decree for the transmission of his title and have viewed anger with contempt. Johnson 
David, and on the other some characters, the 
meaning of which has not yet been explained. 
On the corresponding place to those of the He-
brew characters, and on the opposite side of the 
blade are these words engraved in gold : "Titus 
accepit ex Jerusalem." This sword had a han-
dle in gold, representing at the upper part a 
Anger. 
from passion as not in some cases to show a de-
gree of resentment. There are injuries, insults, 
&c., frequently met with in the journey of life 
where it would be rather a stoical stupidity to 
do otherwise, and might encourage other similar 
offences. Revenge must ever be wrong, but God 
has given us reason to guide us and we should 
be governed by it. Our passions are like the 
seas when agitated by the winds ; but as God 
his majorat of count to his wife's son, because looked upon it with compassion. The latter was 
 
he felt that he was about to fall in the battle on certainly right, yet the former was not very far 
the ensuing day ; and the unfortunate man was wrong. It is a sin to allow ourselves to be ruled 
right. Cervoni, who stood near me at Echmuhl, by our passions, but as it is a misfortune of our 
and now faced cannon for the first time since the fallen nature, it can best be disarmed by kind-
war in Italy, said to me, Sire, you forced me ness. Humane persons always treat the subjects 
' 
to quit Marseilles, which I loved, by writing to of this disease similar to the treatment extended 
me that the cross of the legion of honor was only to the patients in our insane asylums—in or-
to be won by soldiers in the presence of the en- der to restore them to their right minds. Anger 
emy. Here I am ; but this is my last day.' is a feeling that may glance, as it were, into the 
A quarter of an hour afterwards a ball carried bosom of a wise man, but rests only in the breasts 
away his head. Paul was constantly dreaming of fools. By revenging an injury, a man is but 
of conspiracies and assassinations. He had even with his enemy, but by forgiving it, he be-
brought a skillful mechanic from abroad, in order comes superior. 
to make him a number of secret passages, by Think, then, when you are enraged at any 
which he might escape from the different cham- one, what you would suffer should you die dur-
bers which he most frequently used in his pal- ing the dispute. Reconciliation is the tenderest 
ace. There was one man alone who had his en- part of friendship or love ; then encourage it, 
tire confidence, and that was Count Pahlen, and you will often fiod that you have but sacri-
Governor of St. Petersburgh, and chief director fieecl your anger for your interest, and but 
of the police. He was at supper with the gen- I changed a painful, for a pleasurable feeling. If 
oral the night before his assassination, when hera confirmed drunkard can form and keep a reso-
received a letter revealing to him the most mi- lotion to refrain from the intoxicating bowl, you, 
nute details, the whole scheme of the conspira- who have been intoxicated with anger, can do 
cy, and warning him that the plot was complete- likewise. 
ly ripe for execution. Some fatality prevented 
him from breaking the seal, and he thought no MEALS.—The practice of eating at certain 
more of it when he retired to his private apart- conventional periods of the day is never attend-
ments. Had he opened the letter, he would I ed by any bad consequences, and is actually nec- 
have been saved." 
essary in the present state of society. Habit 
exercises the greatest influence in the matter, 
Slaughter in War, 
and the man who has been in the practice of' tak- 
The Revue Contemporaine publishes an arti- ing food at a certain hour of the day, will al-
cle by Count de Latour, on the important part ways, whilst in good health, feel hungry at that 
which cavalry is likely to play in future wars. hour. Indeed, it sometimes happens that the 
The Count, among other things, says that the stomach will only work at those hours to which 
opinions now generally held regarding the power it has been long accustomed, and infirmity has 
of fire-arms are greatly exaggerated, and shows frequently been traced to a change in the hour 
that many more men were lost in the great bat- of taking a meal, more especially dinner, which, 
tie of the "Empire," than in the last Italian cam- with most people, is the chief meal of the day. 
paign. At Austerlitz, the Russians lost 30 per The habit of eating to repletion, which many are 
cent., and the Austrians 44 per cent. of their ' too apt to indulge in, should be carefully avoid-
the loss of the Austrians was 14, that of ed, as more evils result from it than is general-
gram,
I— 
army. The French lost 14 per cent. At Wa- 
y imagined. 
the French 13 per cent. At La Moskowa, the 
Russians lost 44 per cent. At Waterloo, the Flax is now used quite extensively in some 
Allies lost 31 per cent., the French 36 per cent. parts of Wisconsin for manufacturing purposes. 
At Magenta, on the contrary, the Austrian loss At Milwaukie there are exhibited specimens of 
was not more than 8 per cent., that of the French , flax white as snow, and also colored with the 
only 7. At Solferino the Austrians sustained a I most brilliant hue ; calico made of fifty per cent. 
similar loss, and the Franco-Sardinians only lost of flax ; cotton flannel, one-half flax ; felted 
one-tenth, This may be explained by the fact cloths, and a variety of other manufactures of 
that a long range obliges the projectile to de- 
scribe a large curve. Thus, according to M. which flax is a component part. The market 
sales of these calicoes is six cents per yard. As 
d' Azemar, if the "column" of the Place Yen- handsome an article of broadcloth is manufactur-
dome was placed between the gun and the mark, ed from this cottonized flax as could be desired. 
the latter being at a distance of twenty-five hun- 
dred yards, the projectile would pass over it 
without touching. 
THE CONSUMPTION OF WOOL.—The consump- 
tion of wool in the United States during the past 
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.—The law passed bylyear has been unusually large, amounting in the 
the last Congress fixes the rate of postage onI aggregate to some 126,000,000 pounds. The 
newspapers as follows : 
Daily, per quarter, 
quantity of raw material required for army cup- 
Daily, 
10 " fans' wear 65,000,000, and the anima required 
35 cents plies alone, during the past year, is estimated at 
TS irxi.twi meeesk iay,week, 
30 " 
15 
Weekly, 
50,000,000, for the navy 1,000,000, for civil- 
5 new
"to replace cotton, formerly incorporated to a 
Weight not to exceed four ounces. The 
rates take effect July 1, 1863. 
much greater extent in mixed fabrics, 10,000,- 
000 pounds. 
228 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
martyr blood was shed, and from out of that contest 
they emerged no longer slaves but freemen, crowned 
with the plaudits of their comrades and the accla-
mation of the world. 
Men prate this is no war for the negro, but for 
the Union ; a noble cause ; but in the hour when 
the verdict upon all men's actions shall be 
rendered, blessed is he of whom it shall be said, 
"he fought not for governments, but for man-
kind." 0 holy cause ! 0 Godlike Power ! that 
takes humanity clothed in servile rags, with 
intelligence— aspirations crushed ; crying in the 
full blaze of the centuries day, "dark, dark !"—
and rears it upon the mighty arms of a higher civili-
zation, to he freemen, heroes, martyrs. Glorious 
is our country, in that she has created teeming in 
dustries, intelligent masses, free institutions, and 
all the proud records that comprise the sum of her 
greatness. But more glorious far is she when 
standing before the sepulchre of buried humanity, 
she rolls away the stone" and cries "come forth !" 
"and he that was dead came forth." 
Accursed be he who would reinhume that which 
Christ has bid arise—that would hind those he has 
loosed and "let go." For iP in some dark hour, 
forgetting God, and the vows we have plighted to 
Liberty and humanity ; "joining grips with hands" 
red with the life-blood of our kindred, we should 
launch our war-scarred legions—wreathed with the 
smoke of Freedom's battles, upon those whom by all 
the obligations of honor, by the most sacred pledges 
of the nation, by all the claims of humanity, justice, 
and gratitude, we are pledged to protect, and thrust 
back into the merciless grasp of an infuriated des-
potism, those whom "invoking the considerate 
judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Al- 
mighty God," we have declared free ; if we do thus 
defy God, and betray men, woe to the nation in 
that hour, for amid the festivals of a lying peace, 
there shall appear a writing upon the walls of the 
palaces, "thou art weighed in the balances and 
found wanting, and the heritage of freedom so foul-
ly bartered shall be given to another and a worthier 
people." 
But this canuot he the destiny of America ; for 
despite the machinations of false friends, and 
the bolder malice of open foes, we hope there is 
deep down in the great heart of the Nation an un-
dying love for liberty, and justice, that will brook 
no new betrothal with that shameless thing, from 
which God has pronounced eternal divorcement. 
It is to this sentiment we must Appeal ; with 
every hour of victory the danger grows more immi-
nent. Soon the old-time venders of human souls, 
will knock at the doors of Washington, this time 
buyers, not sellers of humanity. And for tour mil-
lion freemen bathed in the effulgent beams of a new-
dawned liberty, they will offer us what? Will 
they give us back the lives of dead brothers and 
sons hurried to an untimely death by Southern hate, 
and greed of power? Will they—can they restore 
one cent of our squandered wealth, and wasted in-
dustry? Will the instigaters of this unholy strife 
be given up to the justice of our outraged laws ? 
The first they cannot, and the last they will not do. 
Paupers in everything but pride and hate, they can 
only surrender all their bright dreams of present 
conquest and boundless empire ; of royal lines and 
titled nobility, of prostrate people, and dominant 
aristocricies ; all these will they yield, waiting their 
consummation on a more auspicious day, if we but 
leave them the foundation stone of their empire,' 
the primal spring of their prosperityslavery. 
the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the 
earth And Zedekiah, king of Judah and his 
princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, 
and into the hand of them that seek their life, and then say to the righteous, "Come, ye blessed of my 
into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
have gone up from you. Behold, I will command, 
saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this 
city o and they shall fight against it, and take it, 
and burn it with fire : and I will make the cities1"And these shall go away into everlasting punish-
er) inhabitant." I meat, but the righteous into life eternal. Matt. 
25 : 31-46. 
They can see none left to be converted after this 
great separation at Christ's advent. "All nations," 
appears to them to make so clean a sweep of earth, 
that none can be found not embraced in it. And 
this is the view to which, after twenty-five years pa-
tient study of the subject and patient listening to 
what has been said and written on the other side, 
we feel constrained to adhere. 
The righteous, then, of all nations, are the heirs 
or inheritors of the kingdom. "Come," and "in-
herit the kingdem,"&c. 
But it is to be in a state of immortality. For 
thus the apostle wrote, 1 Cor. 15 : 50-53—"Now 
this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot in-
herit the kingdom of God." if so, what physical 
preparation will be needful ? He answers, "I show 
you a mystery : we shall not all sleep, [or die] but 
we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the 
twinkling of an eye at the last trump ; for the trum-
pet shall sound and the dead shall 15e raised incor-
ruptible, and we shall be changed." Being thus 
brought back to a state of immortality, the saints 
well be qualified to inherit an everlasting kingdom, 
and in its Eden beauty ; "prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world." 
arate them one from the other as a shepherd does 
his sheep from the goats, setting the righteous on 
his right hand and the wicked on his left. He will 
the foundation of the world." And to the wicked 
he will say, "Depart from me ye cursed, into ever-
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." 
Freemen of America'. listen not to those who cry 
"peace, peace, when there is no peace." Be true 
Co the vows you have plighted at Freedom's altar, 
lest the fate of God's own chosen heritage, 
pronounced by the prophet of God, be yours : "And 
ye were now turned, had done right in my 
sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his 
neighbor, and ye had made a covenant before me in 
the house which is called by my name; but ye 
turned and pointed my name, and caused every man 
his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he 
had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and 
brought them to subjection, to be unto you for ser-
vants and for handmaids. Therefore thus saith the 
Lord ; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaim-
ing liberty, every one to his brother. and every man 
to his neighbor : behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, 
saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and 
to the famine ; and I will make you to be removed 
into all the kingdoms of the earth. And I will give 
the men that have transgressed my covenant, which 
which have not performed the words of the covenant 
which they had made before me, when they cut the 
calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof. 
The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, 
the eunuchs, and the priests, and .all the people 
of the land, which passed between the parts of the 
calf ; I will even give them into he hands of their 
enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their 
life : and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1863. 
JOSIAH L1TCH, EDITOR. 
The readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought 
to give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God 
may be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it 
may be conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judg-
ment and discernment of the truth, in nothing carried 
away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp,unbrothorly 
disputation. 
MO. 
Compromise. 
After three years of war, waged with all the re-
sources of a mighty nationality, nourished by fruit-
ful industries, by unobsructed commerce, through 
whose bounding arteries flow almost exhaustless 
sources of prosperity ; after having passed through 
all the trying ordeals of narrow-minded statesman-
ship, perverted public opinion, and impotent gen-
eralship, the nation at last emerges overwhelmingly 
triumphant ; the future is all aglow with harbin-
gers of hope ; a new life invigorates the souls of sol 
diery arid people ; the Government clothed with a 
new majesty of strength, hurls its brave legions up-
on an every where retreating foe. 
And yet amid all these evidences of Divine ap- 
proval of the proclamation of freedom to the slave, 
there is peril looming darkly in the horizon, which 
forbodes more of evil to the national life, than the 
profoundest successes that have ever yet attended 
the insurgent arms. This threatened peril is com-
promise with slavery. Perfidious beyond all pre-
cedent as would be the accomplishment of this 
crime, it is no remote posibility, no secret infamy 
larking in the brains of a few politicians, but a poli-
cy openly advocated by a powerful party, and urged 
upon the Administration by every copperhead jour-
nal in the land. In view of this fact, is it not time 
that the conservators of national safety, purity, and 
justice, should arouse to meet this new danger, and 
crush in its ill-omened birth, this foul offspring of 
an abandoned pro-slavery creed. 
Let us look at it. We are as a nation standing 
upon the pinacle of success—the valley of humillia-
tion is not far beneath ; the memory of the dark 
and trying hours, in which God has educated the 
people to "execute justice" is still fresh in the na-
tion's heart--but erst Liberty bowed her head and 
wept ; her smiles are bright to-day but it is through 
her tear-dimmed eyes they shine. What is the his-
tory which we have been making ? A Faction, loving 
unlimited power ; grown arrogant with pampered 
pride ; violent from unrestrained passions, holding 
subject with an iron grasp a prostrate race ; having 
bribed free opinion in the North, crushed it in the 
South, manacled its press, prostituted its pulpits, 
and perverted the very Word of God itself to its 
base uses ; denying in their hearts all principles of 
liberty ; hating the ties which bind them to a free 
nationality, takes slavery as the corner-stone of a 
new government, and proclaim themselves a nation. 
The history of the war that has succeeded is written 
in too vivid hues to need recapitulation ; suffice it 
to say that for months, we ignored utterly, all that 
our enemies considered most vital. Conservative 
cabinets proclaimed. and conservative generals prac-
tised non-intervention with slavery. With an in-
fatuation almost unparalleled, we proclaimed war 
against the slayeholder, and his deadliest foe ; as-
suring the former of protection from the violence 
of the latter, and constituting our army one vast 
police-force for the orderly conduct of Southern 
plantations. A general (wise beyond his genera-
tion) yvho varied from this policy, and dared pro-
claim freedom to the only thoroughly loyal people 
in the South, was met by a universal howl of execra-
tion, that has hardly yet subsided—he is to-day a 
general without a command. 
Through dark and bloody defeats, varied by only 
an occasional glimpse of victory, we at length learn-
ed that there is a power mightier than armies—
Justice. The Emancipation Proclamation became 
a necessity, and it was issued. Contemptuous. 
doubting still, the popular will refused to use that 
tremendous weapon which they had created ; four 
million allies in the heart of the enemies country. 
Slowly, and reluctantly, a few scattered regiments 
have been organized, and amid the sneers of unbe- 
lievers, marched to distant fields. At length (at 
Port Hudson) a devoted band breathed the hot 
breath of battle, and from behind their long, low 
line of glittering steel, stood with, white men, fac-
ing the same gleaming parapets. There their first 
of Judah a desolation without 
Jer. 34 : 15-22. 
WILBERFORCE. 
The Outgoing and Incoming Administrations. 
We have learned from Ezek. 21 : 25, 26, that 
when God decreed the suspension of David's royalty 
and the removal of the crown and diadem, and the 
exaltation of the Gentiles to the throne of the world, 
it was declared that when he comes whose right 
that crown is, the Lord will give it him. 
Again, when the birth of Jesus was announced 
by Gabriel to Mary, Luke 1-30 : 33, it was de-
clared that to him belonged that right. "The Lord 
God shall give unto him the throne of his father 
David, and he shall reign over the house of Jacob 
forever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." 
Being rejected at his first royal advert, when he, 
according to the prediction of Zech. 9 : 9, came to 
Zion "riding on an ass and a colt the foal of an ass," 
amidst the rejoicings of Zion's children he said, 
"Therefore, I say unto you, the kingdom of God 
shall be taken from you and given to a nation bring-
ing forth the fruit thereof. Matt. 21st chapter. 
Then in the 21st chapter of Luke he pointed out the 
fact that Jerusalem should he destroyed, the Jews 
carried into captivity, and "Jerusalem he trodden 
down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles 
be fulfilled." Then follow a series of signs, which 
close up with the Son of Man coming in a cloud 
with power and great glory. "And when," he con-
tinued, "you see these things begin to come to pass, 
then look up and lift up your heads, for your re-
demption draweth nigh. Behold the fig tree anthill 
the trees, when they now shoot forth and put forth 
leaves, ye see and know of your own selves that the 
summer is now nigh at hand ; so likewise ye, when 
ye see these things come to pass know that the KING-
DOM OF GOD is nigh at hand." 
It is to he observed 1. That Jerusalem should be 
destroyed and the Jews led captive. 2. That the 
Gentiles should tread down Jerusalem till their 
times, foretold in Daniel, 2d chapter, in the history 
of the four kingdoms, Chaldea, Meclo- Persia, Greece 
and Rome, should be fulfilled. 3. After these times 
the signs should come, and the coming of the Son of 
Man follow them ; and the kingdom of God come. 
This is the order in which that kingdom is placed 
by Dan. 2: 44, and 7 : 13, 14, at the fall of the 
fourth empire and coming of the Son of Man in the 
clouds of heaven. 
As sure, then, as Rome falls, and that empire 
ends, the house of David returns to the throne of 
Zian ;—for that will be the signal that the times of 
the Gentiles are full. Rome, then, is the outgoing 
and Jerusalem the incoming administration of earth. 
The conflict for the right of dominion in the future 
between Christ and the wild beast is to come be-
tween the fall of Rome and the establishment of 
Christ's throne on the "holy hill of Zion." The 
controversy of Zion will then be ended, and the ran-
somed of the Lord will conic and return to Zion 
with songs and everlasting joy on their heads, and 
sorrow and sighing all flee away. 
Books for Fort Warren. 
Elder G. W. Burnham, at Fort Warren, is mak-
ing up a library for the use of the soldiers stationed 
there. Good, instructive books, such as histories, 
books of travel, biography, &e., will be thankfully 
received. Brother B. writes as follows : 
Dear Brother Litch,—If, in response to a notice 
I solicited of you respecting the suldiers's library 
here, friends should be disposed to contribute a bun-
dle of books for the same, they can direct to "Lieut. 
Edward R. Parry, Post Quartermaster, Fort War-
ren, Boston Harbor, Mass." And all will come 
safe no doubt. 
Yours, &c., G. W. Buaxuax. 
Fort Warren, July 29, 1863. 
INDIA RUBBER SIIIRT COLLARS.—Linen., cotton, 
paper arid steel collars are now made ; and to these 
vulcanized india-rubber collars have been added, by 
W. J. Smith, of Sale, England, who has taken out 
a patent for them. He states that suitable patterns 
may be painted or printed on the collars, either 
before or after they are cut from the sheet ; and 
they may he made white, or colored, or embossed. 
Cuffs and wristbands may also be made of the same 
material. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
Summary of War News. 
The siege of Charleston continues with unabated 
vigor. An attack on Furt Wagner was repulsed 
with fearful less on both sides. But it is believed 
that those strongholds of rebellion—Forts Sumter 
and Wagner—will at last fall. Lee and Meade in 
Virginia are in the neighborhood of Culpepper 
watching each other's motions. The followers of 
Morgan, the rebel guerilla taken in his Ohio raid, 
continue to be captured and brought in ; and Mor-
gan himself is in the Ohio penitentiary for safe 
keeping. 
The Mississippi River is open and navigation re-
sumed its whole length ; and boats regularly clear 
from St. Louis for New Orleans. But the lower 
Mississippi is patroled by a raKitary guard to pro-
tect it from guerillas. 
Gen. `Grant is reported as about to start on a cam-
paign for the:reduction of Mobile in Alabama, which, 
if successful, will crush rebellion in that State, 
while Gen. Rosecrans has his eye on Georgia and 
Northern Tennessee. 
No great battles have been fought during 
week, 
the 
accomplished. 
where, at last accounts, nothing decisive has bees 
the heaviest fighting being at Charleston
, 
The French are reported as marching on Matinee 
vas in Mexico, with an army of seven thousand 
when nothing 
ta
thsingtebs.ut a river will separate them 
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the United 
 
 
The American and European relations are becomi 
ing very complicated, and we can hardly see, tole' 
the Lord delivers us, how we are to escape a 
Euro 
peon war. The clouds are dark in that directio
n
e' 
. 
President Lincoln has issued a general order, d 
daring that for every negro soldier killed contrari 
to the rules of war, a rebel soldier shall he execute 
And for every one sold into slavery, a rebel prisoner 
shall be put to hard labor on the publid works' 
THE HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM. 
This is a question demanding close examination. 
So far as the fact of the change of administration is 
concerned, students of prophecy the world over are 
agreed that the kingdom of God follows the fall 
of Rome ; and there is also a general agreement that 
the time of its establishment is near, and that it will 
probably occur in our age ; some fixing it with 
more, others with less definiteness. But on the 
mannner of the kingdom, there are three general 
views. 
The post millennial theory, which maintains 
that there will he a conversion of the world to usher 
in the millennial reign ; and hence that Christ will 
reign spiritually in the hearts of his people for 
a thousand years ; at the end of which will come 
the second advent of Christ and the day of judgment. 
The Millenarians, who believe in the premil- 
lennial advent and personal reign of Christ with his 
resurrected and glorified saints for a thousand years 
over the Jewish and Gentile nations left in the flesh, 
many of whom will be converted during the millen-
nium. Some, also, maintaining that there will be 
an eternal succession of generations, and conversions 
progress eternally. 
The Messianian theory, which teaches that 
there will be no conversion of the world either be-
fore or after the coming of Christ. That consequent-
ly the second advent of Christ will be premillennial, 
and that Christ at his advent will sit on the throne 
of his glory, gather all nations before him, and sep- 
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J. LITCH, Editor, 
To whom remittances for the Association, and communi- 
cations for the Herald should be directed. 
Letters on business, simply, marked on envelope I "For 
Office," I will receive prompt attention. 
JOSIAH LITCH, 
Committee 
J. M. ORROCK, 
on 
ROM?. R. KNOWLES, , Publication. 
MARRIED. 
By licence, in East Bolton, C. E., July 15, 1863, 
by Rev. J. M. Orrock, Mr. Zepheniah Harvey, of 
Granby, C. E., to Miss Amanda Melissa, youngest 
daughter of the late Israel Blake, Esq., of Derby, 
Vt. 
Eve was not made from Adam's head,- 
O'er him to have the full control ; 
Nor from his feet,-to be a slave 
To all the wishes of his soul ; 
But from his side, and near his heart,- 
To always share 
His love and care, 
And in life's duties act her part. 
Lake Village Grove Meeting. 
There will be a grove meeting at Lake Village, N. 
H., to commence ThurSday, August 20, and continue 
over the Sabbath. Elders Osier, Pearson and bitch, 
are expected to be present. We expect a general 
rally. 
H. BUNDY. 
I will preach (D. V.) in Dunham, Thursday, 
August 20th; Clarenceville, 21st; Rosham, 22d, 
and over the following Sabbath (as Bro. Miller may 
arrange) ; and in Odell Town, the 24th. The week-
day'appointments may be at any hour in the P. M. 
the brethren think best,-1 will try to be in season. 
J. M. ORRICK. 
MESSIAH'S CHURCH in New York worship tempo-
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nearly opposite 8th street. Preaching on the Sab-
bath, at 10 1-2 A. M. and 3P.M. The prayerful 
support and co-operation of all Christians is so-
licited. 
ADVENT CHAPEL, Hudson street., corner of Knee-
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Office address is No. 18 Hudson street, Boston, or 
46 1-2 Kneeland street.do 
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THE ADVEN F HERALD 
erty stolen by clothes line thieves. The lady, on 
the discovery being made, attempted to destroy her-
self by cutting the veins in her arms with her hus-
band's razor. 
Spencer Stimpson, of Greenfield, committed sui-
cide at Northfield, on Friday, by shooting himself 
through the heart with a revolver. He was engaged 
to one young lady, and another whom he had court-
ed before he married his first wife was desirous that 
he should have her, and he took this mode of exit 
in consequence. 
, A school house on Eliot Neck, Me., was struck 
by lightning recently, and a son of Mr. George Nel-
son, aged 7 years, was instantly killed. The school 
mistress and several scholars were considerably af-
fected. The lightning also killed a yoke of oxen 
belonging to Mr. John Wilson, near Kittery Point 
bridge. 
The 22d Annual Conference. 
This Conference will convene at Lake Village, 
N. H., Oct. 12th, and continue its sessions one 
week. 
In addition to the' regular business, necessarily 
attendant on these yearly gatherings, essays on the 
following important and interesting subjects will be 
delivered : 
The Christian Dispensation ; when commenced, 
its Characteristics, when and how concluded-I. H. 
SHIPMAN. 
The Jewish People ; the Peculiarities of their 
Present State, and their Destiny, as revealed in the 
Scriptures-D. BOSWORTH. 
The Four Universal Kingdoms ; their Prophet-
ic History, as recorded by the Sacred Writers; what 
will be the Political Condition of the Fourth and 
Last, at the Time of the End ; where in the History 
of these Gentile Empires have we an existence-
J. LITCH. 
The Prophetic Periods ; the True Principle of 
their Interpretation ; Symbolic, Literal and Definite-
ness-D. 1. ROBINSON. 
The Sixth Trumpet ; the Events that imme-
diately followed its Sounding ; the Subsequent His-
tory of the " Woe," and its Terminating Events-
J. M. ORROCK. 
The Interval between the Second and Third 
" Woe ; " its Duration and its Events-W . H. 
EASTMAN. 
Where we are living in the History of the 
Trumpets-O. R. FASSETT. 
Probationary Time; when will it Terminate-
L. OSLER. 
The Millennium; the Time and Manner of its 
Instruction ; its Peculiar Characteristics, its Dura-
tion-C. CUNNINGHAM. 
Sabbath Schools; their Importance, and the 
Best Mode of Conducting them-D. I. ROBINSON. 
The Moral Aspect of the "Last bays"-F. 
GUNNER. 
Religious Prosperity, Individually and Col-
lectively; its Characteristics, hi.rw Promoted-Hr 
CANFIELD. 
• 
Our Mission ; its Peculiarities, its Necessi-
ties, when Accomplished-Da. R. HUTCHINSON. 
0. R. FASSETT, 
I. H. SHIPMAN, Committee. 
L. OSLER. 
Tent Itteetings. 
The river is so low, and navigation difficult, it is 
doubtful if I get to St. Paul's this season. So 1 
shall return from Northfield down the Mississippi to 
Muscatine and Burlington, la., and to the confer-
ence and camp-meeting in Illinois, Sept. 1st. All 
by the will of God. 
J. V. Hums. 
General News. 
Gold is worth $11 in Richmond. 
Secretary Chase is on brief visit to New England. 
A valuable tin mine has been discovered in Wis-
consin. 
One dollar greenbacT4 altered to tens are in cir-
culation. 
It is said that President Lincoln will visit New 
England soon. 
The woods in Now Jersey are filled with fugitive 
negroes from New York. 
An official order fixes the total monthly pay of a 
Provost Marshal at 112,33. 
An enrolling officer has been arrested in Washing-
ton for levying black mail. 
Jeff. Davis has appointed the 21st of August as 
a day of fasting and prayer. 
The original MSS. of Gray's " Elegy " was re-
cently sold in England for $500. 
The peach crop at St. Joseph, Michigan, it is 
said, will be enormous this season. 
The City Directory of Chicago for 1863 fixes the 
population of that city at 130,000. 
One thousand conscripts in Lancaster County, Pa., 
have paid their $300 apiece. 
A sits for a camp to accommodate 10,000 rebel 
prisoners has been selected at Point Lookout. 
The national armory in Springfield, Mass., made 
in the month of June, 25,000 rifled muskets. . 
Several German girls have gone to service in the 
harvett fields of Northern Illiuois, receiving $1 per 
day wages. 
Agnes Agan, of Buffalo, convicted of the murder 
of her husband, has been sentenced to execution, 
September 18. 
During the past two months six thousand gov-
ernment horses have passed through New York for 
WashingtOn. 
A. T. Stewart, the dry goods prince of New York, 
recently paid $60,000, as his income tax for the 
past year. 
The total debt of the United States on July let, 
shown by the books of the Treasury Department, is 
$1,097,274 ,350 . 
Two ship loads of Mormons, 1,624 persons, ar-
rived at New York last week from England en route 
for Salt Lake. 
The Toronto Leader says that the harvest which 
is now reaping in the province promises b be of a 
bountiful nature. 
Six tons of gold were removed from the Banks of 
Dayton, Ohio, for safe keeping, during Morgan's 
raid into that State. 
Well executed $10 bills on the John Hancock 
Bank, of Springfield, Mass., have recently been put 
in circulation in Albany. 
During a shower at Danbury, Ct., recently, a 
large hall of fire fell, and the report made by it was 
like the discharge of a rifle. 
A discovery of magnesia has been made on the 
farm of Mr. Joseph Hoyt, on the west shore of 
Lake Memphremagog, N. H. 
G. S Reagan, master of brig Wester Kelly, of 
Rockport, Me., committed%uicide by drowning him-
self at Newport, last Saturday. 
Tne guns captured by Gen. Gilmore, on Morris 
Island, were the pieces with which the traitors 
opened the war of the rebellion. 
A man was beaten to death and thrown into the 
river at New York, a few days since, for saying 
that the leaders in the late riot in that city ought 
to be hung. 
In Thorndike, Me., Wm. Fiint, his wife and 
three children. the whole family, have died of that 
terrible scourge.4 
 diptheria, the space of one 
week. 
These sending money should remember that we have 
many subscribers of similar names, that there are towns of 
the same name in different States, and in some States there 
is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
necessary to give his own name in full, and his Post-office 
address - the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is directed. 
An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives us 
much perplexity. Some forget to give their State, and if 
out of New England their County, while some fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
different. Some, in writing, give only their initials, when 
there may be others at the same post-office, with the same 
initials. Sometimes, when the paper goes to a given ad-
rasstanotber person of the same family will write res-
pecting it,without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
name. And sometimes those who write, forget even to sign 
their names ! Let all such remembbr that what we *ant, is 
the fail name and post-office address of the one to whom the 
paper is sent. 
Those mailing, or sending money to the office by other 
persons, unless they have a receipt forwarded to them, are 
requested to see that they are properly credited below. And 
if they are not, within a reasonable time, to notify the office 
immediately. 
As a general thing, it is better for each person to write 
respecting, and to send money himself, for his own paper 
thsn to send by an agent, or any third person, unless such 
one is morelikely to get his own name and post-office right, 
than another person would be ; that money sent in small 
sums, is lest likely to be lost than when sent in larger ones, 
and that a third person is often subjected to postage auerel) 
so accommodate the one who sends. 
W. Robbins, 1207; Barbara Hay, 1179; L. E. John-
son, (not received;) S. D. Marden, 1153; (the first not 
received;) Mary C. Stone, 1192; E. Dudley, 1185; A. 
Nelson, 1224; Prudence Pearce, 1205; E. Shepherd, (not 
received;) Jacob Shelley, 1205; A Phelps, 1231; J. W. 
Barber, 1179; C Snow, 1210; A. Kenney, 1179; ; J. II. 
Lamson, (not received ; ) Harriet W. Southwick, 1182; 
Iliram House, 1179; Wesley Beebe. 1179; Amanda Blake, 
1169; John White, 1205; W. Wood, 1132; Abner Ken-
dall, 1160; R. Price, 1205; J. S. Skeights, 1207; D. 
Bosworth, 1192; A. S. Babbitt, 1179; Franklin Gale, 
1179; T. Ducher, 11,3; J. Reed, 1201; Charles Wood, 
1231; Ann Beeny, 1153 ; Lewis Ingalls, 1199; Polly Hol-
combe, 1182; S. Sawyer, 1182; Andrew Spence, 1205; 
A. Stone, 1192. 
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The" American Millennial Association,"locatedin Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of Massaohusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to he 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
It is desirable that there he raised by donation five or 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
that purpose. 
Re agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
Foam or A BEQUEST.-"I bequeath to my executor (or 
executors) the sum of - dollars in trust, to pay the 
same in sixty days after my decease to the person who, 
when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 
American Millennial Association, Boston, Mass., to be ap-
plied under the direction of the Standing Committee of 
that Association. to its charitable uses and purposes." 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
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report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
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Canada East Camp Meeting. 
Providence permitting there will be a general 
camp-meeting at Beebe Plais, in Stanstead, C. E., 
in a beautifnlly shaded grove owned by Mr. Anson 
Beebe, about two miles west of Derby Lane village, 
and five miles north of Newport ; to commence on 
Friday, August 28th, and continue over the two 
following Sabbaths. There will be several large tents 
made to accommodate those coming from a distance 
who cannot bring them. Those who can, are re-
quested to bring tents and bedding, there will be a 
provision tent on the ground; and also bedding and 
board for those who do not wish to lodge in the 
camp ; horse keeping will be provided at a reason-
able prices. Elders J. Litch, J. M. Orrock, S. 
W. Thurber. S. S. Garvin, and D. Bosworth, are 
expected to be present to preach the Word. The 
object of this meeting is to comfort and edify the 
church and strengthen the cause generally through 
this section ; and to bring perishing sinners to 
Christ. Therefore let many prayers be offered for the 
success of this meeting, in making ready a people 
for the Lord. Come, brethren, from all quarters, 
let there be a general gathering ; come at the com-
mencement of the meeting, both ministers and lay 
members, having the spirit of the just and holy One; 
and volunteer to work for the Lord ; for truly, the 
harvest is great and the laborers are few. In be-
half of the church. 
J. 
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.-Stephen EOR. 
Foster, 
David Libby, harry House, Enoch Alter, Jeremiah 
Spear. 
I will endeavor to be at this meeting, and hope to 
see a grand rally. 
J. LITCH, 
The battle-field of Antietam has, it is stab d, lost 
all trace of last year's desolation, and now smiles 
with golden wheat, scented clover, and luxuriant 
corn. 
The Cape Ann Advertiser says the long spell of 
fog,gy and damp weather has been very disastrous to 
farmers who had hay down. A great portion of the 
hay crop on the Cape is entirely ruined. 
The Navy Department has decided to build an-
other new lot of iron-clad vessels-of-war, differing 
in several important respects from all those hitherto 
constructed in this country. 
During a heavy shower in New Market, N. H., 
recently, an eel, measuring 11 1-2 inches in length, 
was seen to fall in the street from the clouds, alive 
and active as if just taken from the water. 
Two female lunatics in the Asylum on Black 
well's Island, N. Y., had a quarrel a few days since, 
and the younger of- the two overpowered her com-
panion and beat her to death. 
Samuel Hartwell, a boy about 14 years of age 
son of Samuel Hartwell, of' St. Albans, Me., fell 
into the steam vat at the tannery in that place, on 
Thursday last, and was so terribly scalded that he 
lived but about an hour. 
The skeleton of a man was found standing up. 
right lately among the cargo of an Australian ship 
on her arrival at London. He had evidently tried 
to get a free passage, and was walled up by the 
cargo. 
A murder was committed in the town of Char-
lotte, Vt., last week. The body of the murdered 
man, Henry Dunn, a private in Co. I, 14th Vt. 
regiment, was found on the roadside, near Leaven-
worth's Mills, perforated with shot. 
A dispatch from San Francisco, July 30, states 
that the city of Yeddo, in Japan, has been burnt by 
the French squadron, and that thousands perished 
during the bombardment. Nagasaki has also been 
sacked by the English, with horrible slaughter. 
The police of Bangor found recently at the house 
of a Mrs George Foster, several cartloads of prop- 
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Gospel of the blessed God with marked success. 
This was the place where Lydia was converted,—
the Lord gently opening her heart to receive the • 
word, as the sun opens a flower in the spring ; and 
where the stern jailor was converted,—his stout 
heart capitulating to the Oliver of Divine truth and 
grace as capitulates a strong fortress which is taken 
by storm. Phillippi is further momorable from the 
fact that it was here ,that two great battles were 
fought between the Romans, in one of which °etas 
vius Augustus vanquished Brutus and Cassius, de-
stroyed the Republican party, and decided the fate 
of the Roman empire. A Christian church, more. 
over, was established here—a fact of more interest 
and importance than any battle, which church by 
its spirituality and benevolence was of great comfort 
to Paul, and to which during his residence atlome 
he addressed an excellent epistle,—"The Epistle to 
the Phillippians. 
to us belongeth confusion of face to our kings, to 
our princes, and to our fathers, because we have 
sinned against thee," el-c. Hosea 4 : 1-2—"Hear 
the word of the Lord ye children of Israel, for the 
Lord bath a controversy with the inhabitants of the 
land ; because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. By swearing 
and lying and killing, and committing adultery, 
they break out and, blood toucheth blood." Amos 
4 : 10--'g And 1 have made the stink of your camps 
to come up into your nostrils, yet have ye not re-
turned unto me, saith the Lord." Now what was 
written aforetime was written for our admonition, 
upon whom the ends of the world are to come. I 
have been expecting to hear some prophet of the 
Lord cry out against the abominations that are dune 
in the laud as in former times ; but I have not heard 
one. Yours, in hope. 
E. DUDLEY. 
Wallingford, July 24, 1863. 
*I'nder which of the "seven seals" does this scene 
transpire? And does that seal extend down through the 
millennium? Will all sin and sorrow cease under the 
6th seal ?—En. 
From Brother B. II. Moyer. 
Dear Brother Litch,—It is withs'pleasure that I 
send you the names of two new subscribers for the 
Herald. 1 have labored hard to get them, but I 
find the harder the labor the greater the joy, and I 
trust the richer will be the reward. My labors in 
Tipton have been to good acceptance, and I trust 
the seed sawn may bring forth fruit "thirty, sixty, 
and a hundred fold." And when the final day of 
ingathering shall come, may there be some there 
who shall date their convictions of "the truth" 
from this time. I love to preach this "Gospel of 
the kingdom," and realize much of the presence of 
God while declaring the blessed truth of the soon 
coming kingdom and reign of the Saviour, when all 
the earth shall bloom in Eden loveliness, and the 
saints of every "kindred, and tongue, and people," 
shall rejoice under the life-giving reign of the Re-
deemer. 0, yes, I long for that blessed time to 
come, when "there shall be no more curse," "when 
there shall be no more heard the voice of crying," 
no more "sorrow nor any pain, for the former things 
shall have passed away." Then God shall dwell 
with his people and wipe away all tears from their 
eyes, and' we shall be like the Redeemer and dwell 
forever with bins. 0, blessed hope, 0, glorious 
prospect. Is it not worth all our toiling and labor-
ing here? For the "suffering we endure here is not 
worthy to be compared with the glory that Alan ik 
revealed in us at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 
Pray fur me, brethren, that the God of all grace 
may be with me, and that I may be enabled to la-
bor acceptably in his cause and contend earnestly 
"for the faith once delivered to the saints." 
M. H. MOYER. 
Tipton, Pa., July 20, 1863. 
T. 8.'s Reply to D. T. T. 
Owing to pressure of business the reply of brother 
D. T. Taylor escaped my notice till yesterday ;—the 
same cause forbids my giving it a more lengthy con-
sideration. I will for the present merely make a 
few remarks, and answer and ask a few questions. 
Though brother T. is so strong an upholder of the 
resurrection of the flesh, he here admits the change 
which the resurrected body will undergo to be as 
great as the changing of charcoal to diamond. I 
would ask our brother here, if a lump of charcoal 
should be by any means changed to a diamond, 
would he persist in calling it charcoal ? Again, he 
says, "And this identity is maintained by a recog-
nition of the same particles or substance in the 
changed that were seen in the unchanged." If I 
understand the English language, he here directly 
contradicts himself, for if the change be as great as 
that of charcoal to diamond, the same particles or 
substance can not be recognized in the changed that 
were seen in the unchanged. Ile further says, "It 
is not an exchange of one body for another." This 
is simply an assertion of a man against which we 
have the Word of God, that the torly which is 
buried in the earth is not the same body which shall 
be when this mortal shall have put on immortality. 
He asks, "Does he (T. S.) deny all sameness be-
tween the body of Christ that hung on the cross and 
that body which now sits on the throne ?" Certain-
ly not. It is the same body, but no longer flesh, as 
it has undergone the change which he compares 
with changing charcoal to diamond. For an an-
swer to the question if I believe in the resurrection 
of the body, I would refer him to my former article—
and as to the new creation, I wish to ask him a few 
questions on that head. 
In speaking of the resurrected body, he says, 
"All physical imperfections being supplied and rec-
tified." From whence, brother T ? By new crea- 
tion, or from some of the exhaled or wasted matter 
which was cast off from the body during its earthly 
existence? If the latter, from what particular por- 
 
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CORRESPONDENCE. 
In thisdepartment, 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 uncourteouscontroversy. 
From Brother C. Bond, 
Dr. Litch—Dear Brother— I have thought much 
about you since God in his wise providence has 
called you to assume the mantle of our fallen and 
lamented Bro. Bliss. The position you occupy is 
truly a responsible one. The tone and character 
you give to the Herald, will have its echo in the 
lives and hopes of its thousand readers. When I 
heard of the death of Bro Blies I was glad that 
there was one left to fill his place, who had been 
identified with the cause from the beginning. 
I have been greatly interested in the perusal of 
your political articles which have recently appeared 
in the columns of the Herald. 
My feelings are deeply enlisted in the results of 
the great controversy which has so long been going 
on with regard to the possession and occupancy of 
the territory of our earth, between the Prince of 
darkness and our blessed Savior, the Prince of Life. 
I have for many years thought that this contro-
versy, like the slavery controversy of these United 
States, would soon eventuate in war. I still believe 
that the declaration of the decree, that shall place 
the Royal heir of David on the throne of Zion, will 
produce a commotion on the earth such as the 
world never yet witnessed. 
The world having long been taught—and at the 
present time almost universally believing—that the 
kingdom of Christ is spiritual, and was set up 
eighteen centuries ago, and at the same time deny-
ing the personal reign, would it not be more reason-
able to suppose that when he whose right it is shall 
have the throne and kingdom of David given to 
him by the decree of his father, that the nations 
of the earth will in their blind zeal rush to Jerusa-
lem to dislodge, as they suppose, some modern Ma-
hornet and secure the tomb of a dead Savior, than 
to suppose they will shout " Hosanna, blessed be 
the kingdom of our father David, which cometh in 
the name of the Lord," at the personal return of 
the living one? And will not the restoration of 
the kingdom of Israel, by the ascension of Christ to 
the throne of Zion, be the procuring cause of the 
confederacy of the beast, and the kings of the earth, 
and their armies to make war against the rider of 
the white horse? And will nut the contest go on 
until the slain of the Lord shall cover the earth, 
and the fowls of heaven be invited to a feast of 
flesh ? 
Yours, in hope of escaping those things that shall 
come upon the earth, 
C. BOND. 
Cabot July 15, 1863. 
From E. Dudley. 
Bro. Litch—I have been a subscriber for the 
Herald from its first proclamation of the second 
Advent doctrine. I am now strong in the faith, 
believing that Christ will soon come and take to 
himself his great power and reign. 
For he must reign till he has put all enemies un-
der his feet." It is then that the place of his feet 
will he glorious. The last enemy that shall be de-
stroyed is death. "0 death, I will be thy plague ; 
0 grave, I will be thy destruction." Rev. 5 : 13. 
"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the 
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the 
sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, bless-
ing, honor, glory and power, be unto him that sit-
teth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever 
and ever." * The reference is a settled fact, that 
the Lord will have a clean universe. For the whole 
earth shall be full of the glory of the Lord, as the 
waters cover the sea. I have thought many times 
that I would write my views of the life and death 
question, which I have heard discoursed many 
times, but I will forbear, the times are too perilous 
for us to discuss subjects which will soon he open 
to vision. We had better cry out with the prophet 
Jeremiah, "0 that my head were waters and mine 
eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and 
night for the slain of the daughter of my people." 
The good old prophet Daniel's prayer is very ap-
propriate for these times. Dan. 9 : 8—"0 Lord, 
tion will the requisite quantity be taken ? That 
thrown off in childhood, manhood, or old age? For 
instance, suppose a large, full-bodied man, of 180 
or 200 pounds weight, should, from some cause, 
lose his flesh and dwindle away to "skin and bone," 
weighing say SO to 100 ponnds, and in that condi-
tion die,— will he appear in his glorified body as a 
living skeleton, or from the wasta matter of what 
part of his lifetime will the deficiency be supplied? 
July 31st. 
T. S. 
The New York Mob and the Irish, 
N. P. Willis, in the Home Journal, thus de-
scribes the New York rioters as he saw them on 
Monday afternoon, during the burning of the gun 
factory in 22d Street—"The tipsy women and boys 
(of whom the crowd was more than half composed) 
were rude, and wholly regardless of the common 
wayfarer's rights, impudent if spoken to, and 
crowding or running against us, unless we escaped 
them by very pains-taking winding of our way. 
The whole air and behavior of this wicked' and 
dirty plurality expressed an exulting lawlessness and 
defiance. 
The high brick blocks and closely packed houses 
in this neighborhood seemed to be literally hives of 
sickness and vice. Curiosity to look on at the fire 
raging so near them brought every inhabitant to 
the porch or window, or assembled them in ragged 
or dirty groups on the sidewalk in front. Probably 
not a creature who cduld move was left in doors at 
that hour. And it is wonderful to see and difficult 
to believe that so much misery and disease and ut-
ter wretchedness can be huddled together and hid-
den by high walls, unvisited and unthought of, so 
near our own abodes ! The lewd, but pale and sickly 
young women, scarce decent in their ragged attire, 
were impudent, and scattered every where in the 
crowd. But what numbers of these poorer classes 
are deformed, what numbers are made hideous by 
self-neglect and infirmity, and what numbers are 
paralytics, drunkards, imbecile, or idiotic, forlorn 
in their poverty-stricken abandonment for this 
world ! Alas! human faces look so hideous with 
hope and vanity all gone ! And female forins and 
features are made so frightful by sin, squallor and 
debasement ! To walk the streets as we walked 
them, for those hours of conflagration and riot, was 
like a fearful witnessing of the day of judgment, with 
every wicked thing revealed, every woe and sorrow 
blazingly glared upon, every hidden horror of abom-
ination laid bare before hell's expectant fire. 
We.have not made the character of "the mob" 
a party of our description—it has been done so fully 
by the daily journals. But we must add our con-
firmatory remark upon one peculiarity of the con-
foned rioters. There were no decent Irish among 
them. Irish they all were—every soul of them—
but they were the dirty, half-drunken, brutal row-
dies, who are the leprosy of that fair-skined race. 
They were the filthy pustules of an eruption on the 
Irish skin—not to be accounted part of the natural 
complexion of the blood, but starved down and 
purged away like a deceased excess. In ordinary 
life, such fellows sneak about, and hide from day-
light in places where they can drink, and debauch, 
and contrive wickedness ; but here— where this 
grand fire made them feel like masters, and gave 
theni impudence for the hour—they were the pic-
tures bf saucy beggars, half-drunken brutes and rob-
bers, longing to put a clutch upon your throat and 
empty your pockets. One of our daily papers esti-
mates this class of the New York population at 
twenty thousand. flow shall we sufficiently damn, 
for all history, the cringing politician and coward-
ly officeholder who—for a makeweight to his party, 
will basely strive to propitiate such a scum of a 
great city? 
Let us entreat the honest, sober, frugal, worthy 
Irish segment of our population, whether of city or 
country, to bear patiently the opprobrium to which 
the outrages committed by this vile crew may for a 
time expose them, proving, by their quiet demeanor 
and upright conduct, that they are misjudged and 
harshly dealt with the indiscriminate odium to 
which they are subjected. A few days of such be-
havior will restore the equilibrium of the public 
mind, and restrict the opprobrium of the recent out-
rages to those who have really deserved it. 
Phillippi, 
A 
I 
Dr. and Mrs, Palmer. 
Dr. and Mrs. Palmer have been laboring in the 
Methodist Free Church of Nottingham, England, 
with great success. At the close of their meeting 
the officiary of the church passed by acclamation 
resolutions expressive of their thanks to God for the 
manifestations of his presence that had been experi-
enced, and of their good wishes toward his ministers 
through whose labors so great things had been ex-
perienced. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer proceeded to Liv-
erpool, designing to return to America in the Great 
Eastern. But before embarking their plans were 
entirely changed. 
From a paragraph in Mrs. Palmer's letter to the 
Wesleyan Times, it seems that they have very sen-
sibly felt the effects of the resolution of the Confer-
ference excluding them from the Wesleyan pulpits, 
while the "liberal" branches of Methodism have 
cordially received ahem. 
"We have had great comfort in laboring with 
our Wesleyan friends, to whom our hearts are still 
most affectionately attached. We cannot, neither 
do we, regard the acts of a few mistaken persons as 
the voice of the body. We well know that there 
are thousands who would sooner part with a right 
hand, than to use it in framing an article that 
would grieve the Holy Spirit by stipulating as to 
the manner of its workings, whether by spiritual 
revival services or otherwise. 
"With these scattered portions of one great fami-
ly of Methodists, we base always felt a loving sym-
pathy, and when we have seen them flocking to our 
services as when we were in the North of England, 
we had fondly hoped that some friendly power 
might again draw them more closely together. 
Little did we imagine by what means this might be 
brought about. God often permits things he does 
not order ; while we have reason to fear that some 
hearts will quake in view of having consented to 
that Conference resolve, by which special revisal 
services and revival agencies are forever excluded 
from the doors of Wesleyan chapels ; yet in infinite 
wisdom the Head of the Church seerus to be over-
ruling it for good." 
Charles Mackson writes to the Wesleyan Times 
from Leeds, where they are now laboring : 
"This is the third time thatsthey have fully pur- 
posed and actually travelled to Liverpool and made 
preparation for their return, when the Lord has 
appeared to say by circumstances—'You must not 
leave England yet ; I have mere work for you to 
do ere you return.' Thousands have already been 
led to praise the Lord for their previous detentions, 
and should it please him to establish Mrs. Palmer's 
health speedily, thousands more may have to praise 
him that they were prevented sailing last Tuesday. 
The Lord has done a great work by them in every 
place they have visited, and the calls for their labors 
increase. Rarely, indeed, have the churches in 
this country been honored with such successful in-
struments, and their departure, whenever it takes 
place, will be a great and serious loss; we, at least, 
envy not the feelings of those who can regard it any 
other light. Methodism had only had one John 
and Mary Fletcher, and it will hardly have a second 
Dr. and Mrs. Palmer." 
ANCIENT COIN.—The Hartford Courier says that 
Mr. James E Bidwell, of Middletown, Conn., has 
a piece of silver money of ancient Greece, probably a 
tetradrachm, the value of which, according to the 
present standard, is about fifteen cents. It is he- 
The Phillippi mentioned in the New Testament lieved to have been stamped about 'three hundred 
was a city of Macedonia, and not far from the bor- years before Christ. " On one side is a head of 
ders of Thrace. It was built by Philip, the father Minerva, and on the reverse is a figure of an owl, 
of Alexander the Great ; and thence its name. It with a sprig of olive and the Greek letters A T II E, 
was the first locality in Europe where the Gospel a contraction of Athena or Minerva, the patroness 
was preached ; and the occasion of' its being thus of Athens. The chin is somewhat less in circumfer-
distinguished was the appearance of a vision to the ence than an American quarter, but much thicker. 
Apostle Paul in the night. "There stood a man of It bas been considerably defaced and worn, but the 
Macedonia and prayed him saying, Come over and letters and figures can all be traced. One does not 
help us." He was not disobedient unto the heaven- often see a piece of money issued before the Chris-
ty vision, but straightway went to Phillippi and tian Era snore than two thousand years ago, and 
abode there certain days, and preached the glorious perhaps in the days of Pericles." 
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place. 
TAE GOLDEN SALVE—A GREAT HEALING 11E14RWL—It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recentlysaved—a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved—
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years—cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at it 
merits, and will herald it over the land.—Boston Her aid 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have usedyour 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom- 
mend it to be. 
J. V. 11131ES. 
From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn.: "Your 
Golden Salve is a great thing tor chilblains I have also 
used it in afflicting eases of salt rheum, erysipelas, and 
sore nipples. Its effect was, speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., says : " I have several 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer 
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13—pd to jail 1 '53 
For sale at this office. 
DANIEL CAMPBELL, 
GENERAL AGENT. 
P. 0. address, Carlisle, C. W 
Pitcher Plant—cure for Small Pox, 
In our issue of June 23d, we published an article 
from an exchange, on a new cure for small pox. In-
quiries have been made concerning it, and a more 
full description of the pitcher plant desired, togeth-
er with our opinion of its virtues. We have suc-
ceeded in obtaining a specimen of the plant which 
may be seen at this office. We give the following 
description, so that those desiring to find it may 
recognize it. 
It is a native of Nova Scotia, but is found in the 
northern New England States and probably in Can-
ada. Our specimen was obtained from New Hamp-
shire. Concerning its virtues we know nothing ex-
cept what is contained in the article alluded to. 
We were favorably impressed with that article, and 
should unhesitatingly use it were a case requiring it 
presented for treatment. 
Name, SARACENIA PURPIREN. 
Common name, 
Pitcher Plant. Leaves radical, short, gibbose-in-
flated or cup form, with pitcher mouth, contracted 
at the mouth, having a broad, arched lateral wing 
on the inner side of the cup ; the contracted part of 
the base hardly as long as the inflated part. The 
flower stem from fifteen to twenty-four inches, with 
a large nodding flower of a crimson color, flowering 
in June. It grows in marshes, and in clusters of 
from ten to twenty or ,none leaves or cups. A cup 
will hold—some of the larger ones—a gill of water. 
It can hardly be mistaken —ED. 
Hazel Nuts. 
Hazel nuts are the fruit of the wild bush of Cory-
lus Avellana, unchanged or unimproved by cultiva-
tion. The fruit differs from that of the domesticat-
ed varieties only in being smaller, while the tree is 
more hardy. This plant, which is a,native of all 
the -cooler 'parts of Europe, Northern Asia, and 
North America, is the parent of the many varieties 
of nuts and filberts now cultivated for their fruit 
The filbert is the fruit of the tubulosa variety of the 
Corylus Avellana. The term was originally applied 
to those kinds of nuts which have very long husks ; 
but owing to the number of varieties that have of 
late years been obtained, this distinction, which was 
never scientific, appears to be nearly disregarded, 
and nuts and filberts are almost synonymous terms, 
excepting that the wild, uncultivated fruit and 
those varieties which most nearly approach it are 
never called filberts. Iii order to preserve filberts in 
a fresh and plump state, it is only necessary to pre-
vent their parting with their moisture by evapora-
tion. Burying them in heaps in the earth, putting 
them in earthen jars in a cellar, and covering them 
with dry sand are all excellent plans. The hazel 
nut of America is smaller than that of Spain, but it 
possesses a more pleasant taste, and might be gath-
ered in large quantities in many places. It is, how-
ever, never gathered like chestnuts for the market, 
all the filberts and hazel nuts sold are imported. 
About 182,000 bushels are exported from Spain an-
nually. 
Sleep Overcomes all Men. 
The most violent passion and excitement cannot. 
keep powerful minds from sleep. Alexander the 
Great slept on the field of Arbela, and Napoleon 
upon that of Austerlitz. Even stripes and torture 
cannot keep off sleep, as criminals have. been known 
fo give way to it on the rack. Noises, which at 
first serve to drive it away, soon become indispensa-
ble to its existence ; thus a stage-coach stopping to 
change horses, wakes all the passengers. The pro-
prietor of an iron forge, who slept close to the din 
of liaminers,`forges and blast furnaces, would wake 
if there was any interruption to them during the 
night; and a sick miller, who had his mill stopped 
on that account, passed sleepless nights until the 
mill resumed its usual noise. Homer, in his Iliad, 
elegantly represents sleep as overcoming all men, 
and even the gods, except Jupiter alone. But how 
pleasantly expressive is that declaration of the 
Psalmist, " Ile that keepeth Israel shall neither 
slumber nor sleep." 
OBITUARY. 
Daniel Aldrich. 
In Stanstead, C. E., July 10, 1863, Daniel Al-
drich, 24 years, 4 months, and 8 days. 
Perhaps the subject of this notice has been as 
great a sufferer for the past three years of his life as 
has been known within our knowledge. .1 thought 
I would write a brief account of the same, as related 
by himself and others that have been acquainted 
with his situation for the ,past two and three years. 
in January, 1860, while engaged 'in running a; 
threshing machine, accidentally his left hand was`i 
caught in the machine, which tore it badly to his. 
 
elbow. Physicians were called and undertook to 
save his arm, and let it remain until amputation 
was necessary on account of mortification ; and then 
instead of taking it off where he requested, they 
took it oft below his elbow, leaving a part of his 
arm fadly affected, which never was well, and re-
sulted in corrupting his blood ; and for the want of 
proper care he lost the use of his left leg and side 
altogether, while an offensive sore broke out on his 
side, 'continuing most of the time for nearly three 
years. In this condition he was without a mother's 
care, and cold-hearted friends did but little for him. 
In 1860 or 1861, he was removed to his brother's 
in Oxford, C. E.,, where, in place of being taken 
care of, he was neglected and abused. He had a 
New Testament given him, which he commenced to 
read. and when his sufferings were not so great that 
he could read, he spent his time in reading the pre-
cious volume. But he was soon deprived of this 
privilege ; for when his brother learned from his 
wife that Daniel was reading the Testament, a par-
tition was at once put across the room to exclude 
the light. This did not have the desired effect, for 
he could get a little light through the joints between 
the boards, by which he could see to read some. 
His brother's wife informed her husband that Dan-
iel still read. The next plan between them was, to 
paste paper over the joints, which would shut out 
the light entirely. He was now deprived of the 
privilege of reading. He had a hard cough. 
[Bro. S. will excuse us for suppressing the horrid de-
tails. In the last days men shall he "without natural 
affection ;" and those days are here. Suffice it to say 
that from March 21st to July 16th, he lay in an 
outhouse, with hens roosting over him, in a box of 
straw, and not once taken out,or his clothes changed ; 
and this is the least horrible part of the account.—
ED.] 
On the sixteenth day a poor man, by the name of 
Kennedy, came to the place, saw his condition, and 
made provision for removing him, which he did, and 
took him to his own home, and did all he could for 
him. He even sold his last cow to procure the nec-
essary comforts for Daniel. When he had done all 
he could, and had no means of doing more, he 
thought he must take the last resort. Accordingly 
he prepared a sled, and on the 16th of November, 
1862, he started with the intention of getting to 
Magog Village before meeting was closed and the 
congregation scattered, and see if they could not do 
something for his relief. But he failed ; and in-
stead of meeting with kindness, it was the reverse, 
even by those in high standing. They would do 
nothing far him, no, not even let him be brosight 
into the house to warm. He was told, Carry him 
back to his brother's ; let him die there : you ought 
to be compelled to keg for him, for taking him from 
his brother's. 
A little girl stood by the sled on which he lay. 
tier tender heart was moved. It was cold, and he 
was shivering. She took a stone, went to the fire, 
warmed the stone, then returned with it wrapped 
in a cloth and placed it at his feet. He was car-
ried from there to Georgeville, in Stanstead ; 
stopped at the hotel through the night at the May-
or of the Council, but could learn nothing from him 
in relation to the means for taking care of the poor. 
But friends assisted him on his journey after a god-
ly sort. From thence he was carried to his sister's 
in South Magog, expecting to find a home for him 
there ; but was denied by the man with whom she 
lived. But he was kindly received by George Hid-
den, and cared for, though very poor, and on the 
18th of November I was requested by Mr. Hidden 
to visit the man. On the 10th I went to the house, 
found the man in the worst condition I ever saw a 
human being. I conversed and prayed with him, 
then returned home and informed my wife of his 
situation. She was anxious to have me return the 
next morning and bring him home, but rain pre-
vented. 
On Monday, November 24th, myself and wife 
went to the house prepared to bring him home. 
Met brother Joseph Foss there, who assisted in get-
ting him ready and placing him on the sled. As Ile 
could not bend, he had to be lifted at full length. 
We returned home, found brother William Dolloff 
on his way to assist us. He accompanied us home, 
helped us get him in as comfortable a place as we 
could for the night. He has been with us from that 
time until yesterday, when we laid his remains in 
the graveyard at Fitch Bay. Myself and wife, one 
brother and one sister followed him to the grave, 
accompanied by a large concourse of people. Bro. 
Merrill preached a sermon from Luke 10 : 37, to a 
large and attentive audience. 
During his sojourn with us he was Cared for by 
others who ministered to his wants, and Dr. N. 
'Cheney, of Georgeville, ministered what medical aid 
he needed gratuitously. After he was afflicted he 
gave his 'heart to the Lord., and enjoyed his pres-
ence during 'his confinement, and in the valley of the 
shadow of.death he had a Friend that sticketh closer 
'than a 'brother. After his apeech had apparently 
ailed, and be ,could not answer questions, he seemed 
to fix his eyes upon some object, then he spoke three 
times, "Blessed, blessed, yeS, blessed," which were 
the last words he spoke. He was never (while lie 
was with us) heard to complain nor murmur—but 
all was right. But his sufferings are done. Be 
rests in hope. We are lonesome without him. His 
kind disposition and patience had endeared him to 
us. But we hope through grace to see him again 
in the land of life, when God will render to every 
man according to his works. 
D. W. SORNBERGER. 
July 12, 1863. 
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" Song of the 'Second Advent," and " The 
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EXTRA HERALDS. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
232 
Doers be Doing, 
We are sorry that our doers are slacking 
off so much in their donations. • We have 
heard nothing from them yet about sister 
Crosby's box for the Indian children. We 
have some goods promised us, as soon as 
we are ready to send a box ; and we wish 
to do it immediately. Come Doers, bestir 
yourselves at once and let us have a good 
assortment, or else get up a box in your 
own neighborhoods and forward to Mrs. 
Mary J. Crosby, Pent Water, Michigan. 
Send such things as will be servicable to 
the Indian children or even adults. 
Send in your things and we will start a 
box next week. And then we want more 
cash donations. You see we are increas-
ing the CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT, and conse-
quently our expense for it. 
Do Society Subscriptions. 
Grovener, 10 cents; from the Indian 
School in Michigan. Jenkins, 25 cents. 
" Only Five.Minutes to Live." 
" You have only five minutes to live," 
said the sheriff to a young man who for 
the crime of murder was condemned to 
die. He then took out his watch and said, 
"If you have anything to say speak now, 
for you have only five minutes to live." 
The young man burst into tears, and 
said, " I have to die. I had one little broth- 
er; he had beautiful blue eyes and flaxen 
hair, and I loved him ; but one day I got 
drunk, for the first time in nzy life, and 
coming home 1 found my little brother 
gathering berries in the garden, and I be-
came angry without a cause, and killed 
him with one blow with a rake. I did not 
know anything about it until the next 
morning, when I awoke from sleep and 
found myself tied and guarded, and was 
told that when my little brother was found 
his hair was clotted with blood and brains, 
and he was dead ! Whisky had done it. 
It has ruined me. I never was drunk but 
once. I have only one word more to say, 
and then I am going to my final Judge. 
I say it to young people—never, never, NEV-
ER touch anything that can intoxicate !" 
As he pronounced these words the drop 
fell, and he was launched into an endless 
eternity. 
I was melted to tears at the recital and 
the awful spectacle. My little heart seem- 
ed as if it would burst and break away 
from my aching bosom, so intolerable were 
my feelings of grief. And there, while 
looking with streaming eyes on the body 
of that unfortunate young man as it hung 
between heaven and earth, as unfit for 
either, there it was that I took the pledge 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. 
BOSTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1863. 
Song for our Do Society. 
Have your efforts proved in vain ? 
Do not sink to earth again ; 
Do—keep doing. 
They who yield can nothing do ; 
A feather's weight will break them through ; 
Do—keep doing. 
Falter ndt, but upward rise ; 
Put forth all your energies 
Do—keep doing ; 
Every step that you progress 
Will make your future so much less; 
Do—keep doing. 
Ponderous barriers you may meet, 
But against them bravely heat ; 
Do—keep doing. 
Naught should drive you from the track, 
Or turn you from your purpose back ; 
Do—keep doing. 
You will conquer, if you try—
Win the good before you die; 
Do—keep doing. 
Remember, nothing is more true, 
Than that they whO dare will do ; 
Do—keep doing. 
"FEED MY LAMBS."—JOhD21:15. 
never to touch strong drink ! Long years 
have passed away, white hairs have thick-
ened around these temples, then so ruddy 
and so young, but I have never forgotten 
the last words of that young man. 1 
thank God that I have never violated my 
promise. When the tempter has offered 
me the sparkling goblet, the words of that 
young man have seemed to sound in my 
ears again. 
About Birds, 
What would our country homes be with- 
out the merry warble and cheerful song of 
birds? And yet many thoughtless persons 
seem intent on their destruction. As the 
summer approaches, and the wealthy re-
move from the din and smoke of city life 
to cheerful country scenes, don't forget the 
charm and beauty which is added to your 
country houses by birds. Let not the rtith-
less destroyer shoot them down for simple 
amusement. 
In less civilized countries than our own, 
birds are regarded as sacred and may not 
be destroyed. In Japan their destruction 
under any pretence is prohibited. When 
the United States Expedition was at Japan 
the officers indulged in the practice of 
shooting birds, but they were remonstrated 
with, and when the treaty between the 
two nations was concluded, one express 
condition of it was that the birds should 
be protected. On the top of the tomb-
stones in Japan a small cavity or trough is 
chiseled, which the priests every morning 
fill with fresh water for the use of the 
birds. 
We might imitate the semi-barbarous 
Japanese with profit, if not in providing 
water for the feathered songsters, at least 
by protecting them from the thoughtless 
people who so ruthlessly destroy them. 
Many insects destructive to our flower and 
vegetable gardens are kept at bay by hose 
very birds that boys love to hunt and de-
stroy ; and they prey upon butterflies 
crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, and large 
beetles. A single family of jays will con-
sume 20,000 beetles in a season of three 
months. Let us then spare the birds. 
A Charming Tradition. 
There is a charming tradition connected 
with the site on which the Temple of Solo-
mon was erected. It is said to have been 
occupied in common by two brothers, one 
of whom had a family; the other had none. 
On this spot there was sown a field of 
wheat. On the evening succeeding the 
harvest, the wheat having been gathered 
in separate shocks, the elder brother said 
unto his wife; 
" My younger 'mother is unable to bear 
the burden and heat of the day ; I will 
arise, take off my shocks and place with 
his, without his knowledge." 
The younger brother, being actuated by 
the same benevolent motives, said, within 
himself: " My elder brother has a family, 
and I have 'none ; I will arise, take off my 
shocks and place with his, without his 
knowledge." 
Judge of their mutual astonishment 
when on the following morning, they found 
their respective shocks undiminished. 
This course of events transpired for sever-
al nights, when each resolved in his own 
mind to stand guard and solve the myste-
ry. They did so; when the following 
night, they met each other half way be-
tween their respective shocks, with arms 
full. Upon grounds hallowed with such 
associations as this was the Temple of Sol-
omon erected—so spacious and magnifi-
cent, the wonder and admiration of the 
world. Alas! in these days, how many 
would sooner steal their brother's whole 
shock than add to it a single sheaf ! 
Flight of the Eagle. 
Great as are the distances which these 
birds sometimes fly, it becomes comprehen-
sible when we know that an eagle, as he 
sweeps freely through the air traverses a 
space of sixty feet in a second of time. 
To be able thus rapidly to move along is 
undoubtedly all attribute of power ; but 
ca ! A lad from America seeking employ- there is something far more imposing, far 
ment as a printer? Well, do you really 
understand the art of printing? Can you 
really set type?" 
Franklin stepped up to one of the cases, 
and in a very brief space of time set up 
the following passage front the first chap-
ter of John : 
" Nathaniel said unto him, Can any good 
thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said unto 
him, Come and see." 
wilt 
 
sdl forward in a perfectly horizontal 
It was done so quickly and accurately, direction for a distance of more than a 
and contained a delicate reproof so appro- mile, without the slightest quiver of a 
 
{ feather giving sign that the wings are 
priate and powerful, that it at once gave. 
him character and standing with all the moved Not less extraordinary is the 
power the bird possesses of arresting him- 
self instantaneously. at a certain spot in 
dropping through the air with folded 
wings from a height of three or four thou-
sand feet. When circling so high up that 
he shows but as a dot, he will suddenly 
close both wings, and, falling like an aero-
lite, pass through the inrervening space in 
a few seconds of time. With a burst his 
broad pinions are again unfolded, his 
downward progress is arrested, and he 
sweeps away horizontally, smoothly, and 
without effort. He has been seen to do 
this when carrying a sheep of twenry 
pounds weight in his talons ; and from so 
giddy a height that both the eagle and his 
booty were not larger than a sparrow. It 
was directly over a wall of a rock in which 
the eyrie was built ; and while the speck 
in the clouds was being examined, and 
doubts entertained as to the possibility of 
irs being the eagle, down he came, head-
long, every instant increasing in size, when, 
in passing the .precipice, out flew his mighty 
wings ; the sheep was flung into the nest, 
and on the magnificent creature moved, 
calmly and unflurried, as a bark sails 
gently down the stream of a river. 
Children's Praying.' 
A little boy in Jamaica called ou the 
missionary, and stated that he had lately 
been very ill, and often wished his minis-
ter had been present to pray with him. 
'' But, Thomas," said the missionary, 
" I hope you prayed yourself." 
"0, yes, sir.'' 
" Well, but how did you pray ?" 
" Why, sir, I begged. 
A child of six years, in a Sunday school, 
said, "When we kneel down in the school-
room to pray, it seems as if my heart talked 
to God." 
A little girl about four years of age, be-
ing asked why she prayed to God, replied: 
" Because I know He hears me, and I 
love to pray to Him." 
" But how do you know he hears your' 
Putting her little hand to her heart, she 
said, " I know he does, because there is 
something here that tells me so." 
An Arithmetical \Yonder. 
If twelve persons were to agree to dine 
together every day, but never sit exactly 
in the same order round the table, it would 
take them thirteen millions of years, at the 
rate of one dinner a day, and they would 
have to eat more than 479 tnillions of din-
ners before they could go through all the 
possible arrangements in which they could 
place themselves. A has only one change, 
A B two, A B C six, four letters 24, five 
120, six 720, seven 5,040, eight 40,320, 
nine 362,880, ten 3,628,800, eleven 39,916,' 
BOO, twelve 479,001,600. 
Anecdote of Dr. Franklin. 
When a youth, Franklin went to Lon-
don, entered a printing-office, and inquired 
if he could get employment. 
" Where are you from T' asked the fore-
man. 
"America," was the reply. 
" Ah," said the foreman, " from Ameri- 
more majestic, in that calm, onward motion 
when, with wings outspread and quite still, 
the mighty bird floats buoyantly in the at-
mosphere, upheld and borne along by the 
act of mere volition. The length of time 
he can thus remain suspended without a 
single beat of his broad, shadowy pinions, 
is, to me, still an inexplicalle fact. He 
office. 
For the Children. 
Abraham lived in the land of Canaan 
about four thousand years ago. God ap-
peared to him and said :—" I will give un-
to thee and to thy seed after thee, the land 
whorein thou art a stranger, all the land of 
Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and 
I will be their God "—Gen. 17 : S. " Ev 
erlasting possession," signifies a possession 
which will never end. Can any one have 
an everlasting possession of a piece of' land 
unless he lives forever? But Abraham 
only lived a hundred and seventy-five 
years. If he died, how can God fulfill his 
promise to him that he shall have that 
land for an everlasting possession ? We 
wait for some of our little readers to write 
us a solution of this question. 
Coal Beds. 
Heath's mine in Virginia, is represented 
to contain a coal bed fifty feet in thickness; 
a coal bed near Wilkesb,yre, Pa., is said 
to he twenty-five feet thick at Matadi 
Chunk is a coal bed forty to fifty feet deep, 
and in the basin of the Schuylkill are fifty 
alternate seams of coal, twenty-five of 
which are more than three feet in thick-
ness. In Nova Scotia is a coal formation 
fourteen hundred feet deep, and containing 
seventy-five alternate layers of coal. The 
Whitehaven coal mine in England, has 
been worked twelve hundred feet deep, 
and extends a mile under the sea, and the 
Newcastle coal tnine in the same country 
has been worked to the depth of fifteen 
hundred feet, and bored to a similar addi-
tional depth without finding the bottom of 
the coal measure. 
Curious Calculation 
What a noisy creature mart would be, 
were his voice, in proportion to his weight, 
as that of the locust ! A locust can be 
heard at the distance of one-sixteenth of 
a mile. The golden wren is said to weigh 
but half an ounce, so that a middle-sized 
man would weigh down not short of four 
thousand of them ; and it must be strange 
if a golden wren could not weigh four of 
our locusts. Supposing, therefore, that a 
common man weighed as much as sixteen 
thousand of our locusts, and that the note 
of a locust can be heard the sixteenth of 
a mile, a man of common dimensions, 
pretty sound in wind and limbs, aught to 
be able to make himself heard at a dis-
tance of one thousand miles. 
Charity. 
Meek and lowly, pure and holy, 
Chief among the blessed three, 
Turning sadness into gladness, 
Heaven-born art thou, Charity ; 
Pity dwelleth in thy bosom, 
Kindness reigneth o'er thy heart, 
Gentle thoughts alone can sway thee, 
Pure and holy as thou art.