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BOSTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 1853. 
VOLUME XII. NO. 25. 
Day without Night. 
RY TII6' REV. JOBS CUMMING, D. D., ENG. 
(Concluded.) 
IN this dispensation, night is associated with 
privation and solitude; all the grandeur of cre-
ation, either in the firmamental ceiling over us, 
or in the green and beautiful earth beneath us, 
is as if it were not, in the darkness of night ; 
and the harmonies of nature are unheard by the 
ear of the sleeper ; and society is practically 
shut off from us; and consciousness, recollections 
and hope, except in shadowy dreams, are for the 
time extinguished; and privation of all that 
constitutes active enjoyment is thus the. shadow 
that flits on the footsteps of night. But in the 
age to come, there will be no deprivation of 
society, for we shall come " to an innumerable 
company of angels, and to the spirits of just 
men made perfect, and to the general assembly 
of the church of the firstborn, and to Jesus, the 
Mediator of the new covenant, and to God, the 
Judge of all." Nor will there be any depriva-
tion of happiness where there is fullness of joy, 
and where- tears and pains are exiles for ever and 
even: There will be no interruption of conscious-
ness, for we shall see, and know, and perpetually 
worship ; nor any suspension of bliss, and his 
servants shall Serve hint ; and not one voice, but 
ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands 
of thousands cry aloud, " Salvation to our God, 
and to the Lamb for ever and ever." 
At present, night is associated with death ; 
thus we read of the sleep of death. The Sav-
iour, too, speaking of his own death, says, " The 
night cometh." This is a world of death : the 
dead outnumber the living. There are more 
graves than houses on the earth ; they that are 
below the sod are more than they that walk 
above it. Death moves in the palace and in the 
hovel, in the country and in the city, in all sea-
sons, and amid all circumstances. He withers 
the grass and blasts the flower, and wastes the 
rock, and stills the heart. In this world, ripe-
ness and decay come from the same sources ; but 
in the New Jerusalem, there shall be no death. 
Flower, and fruit, and tree, shall bloom in ama-
ranthine beauty ; no caterpillar shall gnaw the 
flower, nor spider weave its web amid the trees. 
The loveliest thing shall be the longest ; its very 
stream shall flow with immortality. All hearts 
shall be bounding, and none breaking; no disease 
shall poison, nor death destroy. Chains, prisons, 
sick beds, widowhood and orphanage, are words 
not written in the vocabulary of the blessed. 
The doors that shut the Christian in, will shut 
out all sin, imperfection, disease, death; God 
himself shall be our portion, incapable alike of 
change or decay. This happy state shall be the 
morning twilight of the everlasting noon ; the 
millennium shall merge into the greater glory of 
the skies. There shall be no possibility of' fall-
ing ; we shall have " meat that endurerh to life 
eternal," " raiment that moth shall not con-
sume," a " treasure that theives shall not steal," 
" a house not made. with hands," '' a city that 
hath foundations," " acrown of glory that fadeth 
not away." 
How consolatory is such a prospect in the 
midst of present painful suffering ! One who 
has been '' in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, in 
peril by land, in peril by sea, and in peril among 
strange brethren," seeing from afar the nearing 
glories of this promised inheritance, exclaimed, 
—" I reckon that the sufferings of this present 
life are not worthy to be compared with the glory 
that is to be revealed." This accurate, because 
inspired, arithmetician, had made this estimate 
in the exercise of a calculus which we are not 
so competent to go through ; and his corollary, 
if we may borrow an allusion from another 
branch of the same science, is the reckoning 
which we have just stated. The same apostle 
says, " Our light affliction, which is but for a 
moment, worketh out fbr us a far more exceeding, 
even an eternal weight of glory." He knew his 
afflictions, as we believe them to have been 
heavy ; but placed in the scales with the " weight 
of glory," they seemed to him light. " Light 
affliction " is weighed against a '' weight of 
glory ;" and " light affliction which is but for a 
moment," against an " eternal weight of glory ;" 
and so rapidly and exceedingly does the latter 
preponderate, that he judges the former too light 
to be placed in the same scale with it. It is this 
same experienced Paul, too, who exclaims, " All 
things work for good to them that love God; and 
are the called according to his purpose." The 
highest wave lifts them only nearer to their rest ; 
the strongest tempest only wafts them more rapid-
ly to their haven, and the sorest persecutions 
that light upon them serve but to quicken their 
pace to the New Jerusalem. Well may they 
exclaim, " What shall we then say to these 
things : if God be for us, who can be against 
us ? He that spared not his own Son, but de-
livered him up fbr us all, how shall he not also 
freely give us all things? Who shall separate 
us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, 
or distress, or persecution, or nakedness, or peril, 
or sword? Nay, in all these things we are more 
than conquerors, through Him that loved us. 
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, 
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor 
things present, nor things to come, nor height, 
nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able 
to separate us from the love of God that is in 
Christ Jesus." Bear up patiently, my brethren, 
in the beating storm, for the haven is near. In 
due time we shall reap if we faint not. 
In the next place, set your affections on these 
bright things. We were made to hope; our eyes 
are in our foreheads; these glorious features, so 
magnificently delineated by the seer of Patmos, 
have transcendent excellences and irresistible 
attractions. Let us bring' our hearts beneath 
them, let us fasten our eyes upon them, and doubt 
not at the same time your certainty of success. 
if you only seek them. In earthly things, the 
battle is not always to the strong, nor the race to 
the swift. In this course, " I run not as uncer-
tainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the 
air." Every day that closes, brings believers 
nearer to the millennium. The glorious apoca-
lypse is now on its way from above. All occur-
rences, and controversies, and strifes, and revo-
lutions, and wars, are clearing the air for its ap-
proach. The partition-wall between this dispen-
sation and the next is growing thinner every day. 
I can see scattered rays of its beauty, and hear 
snatches of its songs : " Behold, 1 come quickly, 
and my reward is with me." " It is high time 
to awaken out of sleep, for now is our salvation 
nearer than when we believed." 
There are some here, perhaps, who take no 
interest in these great and important truths. If 
you have previously felt no interest in the things 
that belong to your peace, it is but natural to 
suppose you will feel little in the prospects which 
crown a life with which you have no sympathy. 
But great and solemn responsibilities are on you. 
" How shall you escape if you neglect so great 
salvation ? All that despised Moses's law, died 
without mercy. Of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath 
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath 
counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he 
was sanctified, an unholy thing, and bath done des-
pite unto the Spirit of grace ? It is a fearful 
thing to fall into the hands of the living God." 
The Bible says that we are lost and perishing, 
and that our restoration and reception to the 
marraige-supper of the Lanib is suspended on 
our faith in the Son of God. It does not disclose 
to us a heaven and hell to speculate on, but as 
the infinite and antagonistic extremes, to one of 
which we are rushing. It is this fact that throws 
over the Bible, the sanctuary, the ministry of the 
Gospel, so sacred, so awful an interest. It is 
this consideration that renders an assembled con-
gregation so solemn a spectacle. Processes of 
conviction, that end in conversion, or increased 
resistance, are going on. You are, my dear 
hearers, under the necessity either of receiving 
or rejecting the Gospel. There is no middle or 
neutral course. The instant you know God's 
will, you must obey it, or disobey it. From 
that pew you must answer. I will, or, I will not. 
The lips may remain dumb, but the heart speaks, 
and says distinctly, Yes, or, No. This Gospel, 
Russia and Turkey. 
THE news from the scene of war is made up of 
minors of the most contradictory character. 
One report says that Gortschakoff was repulsed 
from before Oltenitza; another asserts that he 
drove the Turks across the Danube; a third says 
that the Turks stormed Bucharest; a fourth that 
they had chased the Russians to the Pruth ; a 
fifth that Osten-sacken's division has the Turks 
penned in and they were at his mercy. There 
are other rumors more improbable still. It is 
probable that no action of any magnitude hrs 
taken place since our previous news. It is said 
that the enthusiasm in the Turkish army since it 
has been announced that the Sultan himself will 
take the command in the spring is without bounds. 
This announcement was officially made in an 
imperial " Hatt" of declaration from the Sultan 
to the Grand Council. The following is an ex-
tract from this document : 
" As the true cause of this war consists only 
in a laudable resolve to preserve the sacred rights 
and the independence of my empire, trusting in 
the Omnipotence of the Creator of all things, 
invoking the holy spirit of our prophet, I have 
determined to be present in person at the accom-
plishment of our patriotic duty, at the beginning 
of spring. 
It is therefore fit to look forward from the 
present time, to the preparations which my 
cortege will require ; and as the first head quar-
ters of my guard will be fixed at Adrianople, it 
is urgent that everything necessary for the troops 
which will be under my command, should be 
previously prepared there, 
" You must, therefore, with all my Ministers, 
hasten to take fitting measures to that end. 
" May the most High, through his love for the 
Holy Prophet, render my empire in every cir-
cumstance victorious and triumphant; and may 
all those who contribute to the success of that 
task, be able to obtain happiness both in this 
world and the next." 
Constantinople letters of the 7th ult., state 
that " a new project of note arrived yesterday 
morning, with instructions to the ambassadors of 
England and France to recommend it to the 
Porte ; but there appears a decided objection on 
the part of the Porte to its being signed." St. 
Petersburg letters also state that the Czar has 
made known to the Western Courts that all fur-
ther negotiation or mediation is out of the ques-
tion while the Turks are on the left bank of the , 
Danube, and while the Sultan's declaration of 
war is not withdrawn. 
The following despatches would seem to contra-
dict each other : 
" Bucharest, Nov. 14.—The Turks, after des-
troying the fortifications at Oltenitza, have re-
crossed the Danube without being molested." 
" Paris, Nov. 17.—A telegraphic despatch, 
received by way of Berlin, announces that the 
Turks have gained another victory at Oltenitza. 
No details." 
It is possible that these despatches are com-
patible, and furnish a solution of the whole mys-
tery concerning the retreat of the Turks. If' it 
be true that the Russians have a force of 45,000 
collected on the spot, the Turks have rendered 
the position useless by destroying the works, and 
may have withdrawn to their former position on 
the south bank of the river, rather than hazard 
another battle. This, too, may explain the other-
wise inexplicable statement that Gortschakoff 
had driven them across the river. This view of 
the case is borne out by several circumstances 
mentioned in the course of the despatches. 
The London Globe, Nov. 18, has the following 
review of the latest news, and is probably as 
near correct as good judgment of passing events 
not fully known, could determine : 
Once more the aspect of the intelligence 
from Turkey is reversed, and it is now said that 
the most recent and principal success is on the 
side, not of the Turks, but of the Russians. 
Before the present intelligence it was reported 
that the Turks had advanced from various points 
at which they had crossed the Danube; had 
taken Bucharest, which was on fire in three 
places;' had marched a force through Servia to 
ntercept the flying Russians, and had left the 
latter no issue from the Principalities except 
through Transylvania, towards which they were 
in full flight. By the new accounts all this is 
reserved. Instead of being in flight, the Rus-
$ ans, it is said, have recovered their ground ; 
instead of intercepting them through Servia, the 
Turks, it is now reported, have been refused a 
passage across that territory ; Bucharest was not 
on fire on the 14th, and the Turks at Oltenitza, 
have recrossed the Danube. 
" When we examine the intelligence somewhat 
more closely, it does not appear so decisive as it 
looks at first, and the story had evident marks of 
exaggeration. It is transmitted from the French 
Consulate at Bucharest to the government at 
Paris, and is avowedly derived from Russian 
authorities. According to this account, Prince 
Gortschakoff had succeeded in defeating the 
Turks with 40,000 men ; and a series of conflicts 
had also taken place near .Giurgevc—a large 
island on the Danube—that place having been 
lost and won several times. The statement that 
the Turks have retreated across the Danube at 
Oltenitza may be true; but before we put very 
large constructions upon such a fact, we have 
first to learn whether they intended a permanent 
occupation of the left bank at that spot. At all 
events it would imply that they did not hear of 
the success of any other division of the Turkish 
too, which you hear, must prove to you the savor 
of life or the savor of death. Every moment a 
character is being formed on which death will 
stamp immutability and immortality. Rains and 
suns do not more certainly add to the growth of 
the tree, than ceaseless influences add to our char- 
acter. Every hour a hardening or softening pro-
cess is going on : we are growing more suscepti- 
ple of lofty impressions, or less so. God's truths 
heal, or kill. Appeals augment or part with their 
power—motives, their force—terrors, their dread 
—and hopes their attraction;; and thus you are 
travelling to, or receding from, the marriage-
supper of the Lamb. 
None are loaded with so terrible a guilt as 
those who know and reject the truth. On none 
does there hang a heavier accountability. They 
know their Lord's will, and do it not. In face 
of warnings, remonstrances, obstructions, crowd-
ing around them, they continue in rebellion 
against the King of kings. 
It is no excuse at all, that your heart is not 
right. Surely it is no excuse in .a disobedient 
child, for sonic act of contumacy, that his affec- 
tions were not favorably disposed toward his 
parents ? If there be no duty unless there be a 
right disposition, all obligation is at once relaxed, 
and immunity to crime becomes the inevitable 
result. Duty remains in all its force, unaffected 
by the liking and dislike of its subjects. Thou 
shalt love, binds wherever it is heard. Repent, 
Believe, are obligatory on every human being. 
Nor is it possible to denude ourselves of our re- 
sponsibility, any more than of our immortality. 
Both cleave inseparable to us all, we cannot run 
from either. If we could cancel all the recol-
lections of the past, we could not thereby cancel 
our obligations. 
But, in truth, there is no excuse that will bear 
one moment's analysis for rejecting
° 
 the invita- 
tions of the Gospel of Christ. Duty ceases 
where a valid excuse begins : both cannot co-
exist. Be not deceived; God is not mocked. 
Brethren, very soon other scenes than those you 
now witness will burst upon your sight. The 
rising dead, the descending Lord, the blazing 
earth, and the darkened and eclipsed sky, will 
strike every soul, and every eye shall see Him, 
and them that pierced Him. 
Do not put off or put away these appeals—
these near and sure realities—these personal and 
personally interesting facts. We are in the dark 
mountains, and our feet will either stumble on 
them, or be guided over them by the rod and staff 
of the Son of Jesse. Centuries are crowded 
into days, and days into minutes, and all things 
are rushing to the last crisis. 
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place, to clear his dominions from heretics, as 
he styled them, of all denominations. He be-
gan with the Manichees," and issued an edict 
commanding them to be put to death without 
mercy, wherever they should be discovered and 
convicted."---/b. p. 824. 
524.-" The following year, 524, he enacted 
another edict., ordering the Arians to deliver up 
all their churches to the Catholic bishops, and 
the Catholic bishops to consecrate them anew." 
-lb. p. 324.. 
325.-The Arians had recourse to Theodoric, 
king of the Ostrogoths. He wrote to the Em-
peror in behalf of the Arians; but no notice was 
taken of his letter. Theodoric then despatched 
to the Emperor an embassy, consisting of the 
Pope, five other bishops, and four senators, to 
remonstrate against the persecution of the Ari-
ans. " The Emperor, yielding to the reasons 
alleged by the Pope, and the other ambassadors, 
revoked his edict, restored to the Arians all their 
churches, and allowed them the same liberty of 
conscience which they had enjoyed before the 
edict was issued."-lb. p. 326. 
526.-The embassy returned to Rome ; but 
Theodoric, not satisfied with their report " or-
dered them to be conveyed from the palace to 
the public jail," where the Pope died in prison 
on the 18th of May.-/b. pp. 326, 327. 
526.-" The death of the Pope was attended 
with great disturbances in the Roman Church. 
Many candidates appeared for the vacant see, 
and the whole city, the senate as well as the 
people and clergy, was divided into parties and 
factions."-lb. p. 326. 
" As the parties could not agree among them-
selves," Theodoric named Felix, who was not a 
candidate, as Pope. All parties joined against 
him. The king and people then made the fol-
lowing agreement, viz. : 
" That they should acknowledge Felix for 
lawful bishop of the see of Rome ; but that in 
time to come they should be allowed to choose 
whom they pleased ; that the king should con-
firm, or not confirm, as he thought fit, the per-
son whom they had chosen ; that he should not 
be deemed lawful bishop, nor be ordained, by 
what majority soever chosen, till confirmed by 
him ; and that for his confirmation he should 
pay a certain sum, to be distributed to the 
poor."-lb. p. 327. 
[CORRECTION.-The date 520, beginning the 
paragraph " The Pope was deaf," &c., in the 
Herald of last week, should have been 521. 
Will our readers mark it in their papers, so 
that none be misled as to the date. The first 
date of 520 was correct ; but the second one, 
should be changed to 521.] 
" They found means, before they left the city, 
to paste up, in several public places, their con-
fession of faith, comprised in twelve articles, 
with as many anathemas against all, the Pope 
not excepted, who did not receive it. This ex-
asperated the Pope to such a degree, that, in 
his answer to a letter which he received, at this 
time, from Possessor, an African bishop, who 
had been driven from his see by the Arians, 
and resided at Constantinople, he inveighed 
against the monks in the most abusive terms, 
taxing them with pride, arrogance, and obsti-
nacy; and painting them as the worst of men, 
as enemies to the Church, as disturbers of the 
public peace, as slanderers, liars, and above all, 
as instruments employed by the enemy of truth, 
to banish all
, truth, to establish error in its 
room, and sow among the wheat the poisonous 
seeds of diabolical tares. 
" As copies of this letter were dispersed by 
Possessor all over the East, Maxentius, one of 
the monks, and the most learned among them, 
undertook to answer it ; and, in his answer, he 
treats the Pope worse, if possible, than he had 
treated the monks. He begins with declaring, 
that he does not believe the piece he answers, to 
have been written by Hormisdas, or by any other 
Christian bishop, it being wholly made up of 
errors, contradictions, calumnies, and lies. 
He then inveighs against the legates of the 
Pope, against Possessor, and most of all against 
the author of the letter, as not a disguised, but 
an open and avowed heretic ; proves, and indeed 
unanswerably, the proposition, ' one of the Trini-
ty suffered in the flesh,' to be entirely orthodox, 
as it was understood by him and his brethren, 
and explained by them to the Pope ; justifies 
the conduct of the monks; and concludes with 
these words : ' the author of this letter, whether 
it was really written by Hormisdas or falsely 
ascribed to him, is without all doubt, a heretic, 
since he will not allow Christ the Son of God to 
be one of the Trinity.'"-Bower, v. 1, p. 322. 
" Though copies of this letter were dispersed 
over the whole Christian world, though the 
Pope, who was there charged with heresy, had 
many friends both in the East and West, not one 
of them offered to undertake his defence, or pre-
tended to justify his condemning the above-men-
tioned proposition, as it was explained by the 
monks, often declaring, that they thereby meant 
no more, than that ' Christ who was one of the 
persons of the Trinity, suffered in the flesh.' 
Nay, Hormisdas had the mortification to see be-
fore he died, the bishops of the East, all to a 
man, and likewise the Catholic bishops of Af-
rica, with St. Fulgentius at their head, that is, 
the far greater part of the Church, engaged in 
were making on the other side of the Tchouroak- dsfence of the monks, and condemning with 
sou, was received by a fire of musketry, which 
he immediately returned, and on sending for re-
inforcements, Selim Pasha despatched several 
battalions to his aid. The Russians, in the 
meantime, also increased in number, and the en-
gagement soon became general between the two 
armies. Selim crossed the Tchouroak-sou at 
several points, and drove the Russians back, after 
encountering a very serious resistance. The 
Russians were obliged to retreat, pursued as far 
as Oreli by the Turkish general, Hassan Pasha. 
The bulk of the Russian forces retreated to 
Chevkedy. In this first action the Turks took 
two pieces of cannon, and made 144 prisoners, 
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from all sinning in the West, the Catholic Em-
peror was employing the most unjust. and un-
christian means of clearing her from all heresies 
in the East, that of persecution, and the most 
cruel persecution any Christian Emperor had 
yet set on foot or countenanced. For by an 
edict. which he issued to unite all men in one 
f'aith, whether Jew, Gentiles, or Christians, 
such as did not in the term of three months, em-
brace and profess the Catholic faith, were de-
clared infamous, and, as such, excluded from all 
employments, both civil and military, rendered 
incapable of leaving anything by will, and their 
estates confiscated, whether real or personal. 
These were convincing arguments of the truth of 
the Catholic faith ; but many however withstood 
them ; and against such as did, the imperial 
edict was executed with the utmost rigor."-Ib. 
p. 334. 
" Great numbers were driven from their habi-
tations with their wives and children, stripped 
and naked. Others betook themselves to flight, 
carrying with them what they could conceal. . . 
. . The Montanists, in Phrygia, retiring with all 
their wealth to the churches, set them on fire, 
and consumed in the flames themselves, their 
wealth, and their churches. The Jews, who 
were very numerous in Samaria, openly revolt-
ed ; and ranging themselves under the banner of 
one Julian, a noted robber, whom they chose for 
their king and leader, engaged the imperial 
troops in the field ; but after a most obstinate 
and bloody dispute, were utterly defeated, with 
the loss, if Procopius is to be credited, of one 
hundred thousand men."-Ib. p. 334. 
533.-In " the following year, 533, was re-
vived with great warmth in the East, the dispute 
about the expression one of the Trinity suffered 
in the flesh.' That expression having been con-
demned by Pope Hormisdas, . . . the monks at 
Constantinople, acquiesced in it ; "and the Em-
peror disputed with them.-lb. p. 335. 
The Emperor, hearing that its opposers were 
about sending to the Pope respecting it, also 
wrote him a letter and despatched two bishops 
with it to Rome. The letter was couched in 
these words : 
" Justinian, pious, fortunate, renowned, tri-
umphant Emperor, Consul, &c., to John, the 
most holy Archbishop of our city of Rome, and 
Patriarch. 
" Rendering honor to the apostolic chair, and 
to your Holiness, as has been always and is our 
wish, and honoring your blessedness as a father; 
we have hastened to bring to the knowledge of 
your Holiness all matters relating to the state of 
the churches. It having been at all times our 
great desire to preserve the unity of your apos-
tolic chair, and the constitution of the holy 
churches of God which has obtained hitherto, 
and still obtains. 
" Therefore we have male no delay in subject-
ixg and uniting to your Holiness all the priests 
of the whole East. 
" For this reason we have thought fit to bring 
to your notice the present matters of disturbance; 
though they are manifest and unquestionable, 
and always firmly held and declared by the 
whole priesthood according to the doctrine of 
your apostolic chair. For we cannot suffer that 
anything which relates to the state of the Church, 
however manifest and unquestionable, should be 
moved, without the knowledge of your Holiness, 
who are THE HEAD OF ALL THE HOLY CHURCHES, 
for in all things, as we have already declared, 
we are anxious to increase the honor and au-
thority of your apostolic chair." 
"The letter then proceeds to relate the mat-
ter in question, the heresy of the monks and the 
mission of the bishops, and desires to have a re-
script from Rome to Epiphanius, Archbishop of 
Constantinople, giving the papal sanction, to the 
judgment already pronounced by the Emperor 
on the heresy."-Croly on the Apoc. pp. 114, 
115. 
From this era the Church of Rome dates the 
EARTHLY acknowledgment of her claims. Its 
heavenly authority is referred to the remoter 
source of the apostles."-lb. p. 231. 
" The Vandals and the Ostrogoths persevered 
in the profession of' Arianism till the final ruin 
of the kingdoms which they had founded in Af-
rica and Italy."-Gibbon, v. 2, p. 403. 
In this year Justinian sent an army, in com-
mand of his general Belisarius, for the reduction 
of the kingdom of the Vandals in Africa, (see A. 
D. 427,) which resulted in their conquest in this 
and the following year-being the second of the 
first ten divisions of the empire that was subju-
gated. 
533 (Dec. 16th).--Intelligence of the success 
of Belisarius reached the Emperor. 
534 (March 25th).-The Pope returned an 
answer to the letter, of Justinian " repeating the 
language of the Emperor, applauding his hom-
age to the see, and adopting the titles of the 'im-
perial mandate."-Croly, p. 115. 
The Pope approved " the confession of Jus-
tinian, approved the controverted expression, as 
quite agreeable to the apostolic doctrine, and 
most just and equitable laws, to clear the Church pronounced those separated from his communion, 
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army elsewhere ; the latest words represent a 
cannonading as being heard from Bucharest, in 
the direction of the Danube; and the latest ac-
count from the Turkish side represent a cannon-
ading as being heard in the direction of Bu-
charest, The fact appears to be, therefore, that 
both sides are using great exertions ; that suc-
cesses vary; but,that while the Turks hare not 
yet obtained that victorious possession of the 
Principality which was prematurely announced, 
the Russians have not had sufficient strength 
seriously to molest or cripple them ; and that 
neither side knows exactly what is going on, 
The exertions used on the Russian side to 
bring up reinforcements implies a conscious want 
of strength adequate to the immediate necessity. 
It was of course to be expected that the exer-
tions of Russia would be in proportion to her 
reverses; and with the immense resources at her 
command, she will no doubt be able to bring 
into the field such strength as will enable her to 
maintain at least a respectable appearance in the 
campaign, 
" In the meanwhile, the Russians evidently 
have suffered severely, and, as the French Con-
sul intimates, it would be natural that they 
should put forth the most favorable accounts. 
In the accounts thus supplied, they admit sev-
eral rebuffs. The taking of a fort at Batoum by 
the Turks, with a great slaughter of Russians, 
is to a certain extent confirmed ; arms and pris-
oners to a considerable amount are reported to 
have fallen into the possession of the captors ; 
and the moral effect of this success must of 
course tell upon the Danube, in stimulating the 
Mussulmans against an enemy, which, if not 
conquered at once, has at all events not been 
found invulnerable. The general tendency of 
the intelligence just recived is, to show that noth-
ing decisive is to be expected at once; and al-
so to suggest the warning that we must not 
put upon these reports from day to day a con-
struction too extensive." 
Letters from Constantinople state that a gene-
ral attack was about to be made on the Russian 
line in Asia, which, being of great extent, is 
vulnerable on several points, 
Accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 8th of 
November state that orders had been given for 
the Commissariat Department, with provisions 
for the troops around that capital, to be ready 
to march at a moment's notice. The Emperor 
set out after the review on the 3d. 
Letters from Constantinople of the 7th men-
tion a great concentration of troops on the 
Asiatic frontier. The Turkish squadron had 
sailed for the Black Sea. Servia had been sum-
moned to declare itself; the Servian fortresses 
are to receive Turkish garrisons. 
Regarding the campaign in Asia, we have 
further advices in a letter from Constantinople, 
of the 8th, which says : 
besides killing and wounding 600 of the enemy. 
At Chevkedy a most determined fight had since 
taken place, The Russians received reinforce-
ments there, and then made a stout resistance to 
the Turkish attack, Selim took the town by 
storm after two assaults, At length the Russians 
gave way, leaving a large number of dead, three 
cannon, and upwards of 100 prisoners, among 
them Col. Klatt, a chief of the Cossacks. The 
Turks found among the booty, 3000 sacks of 
flour, 1600 muskets, and a large quantity of 
ammunition, The prisoners are sent to Constan-
tinople, Selim concludes his despatch by an-
nouncing that he is about to march on Schoun 
Kale, having sent out two regiments of cavalry 
and three batteries of field artillery in pursuit of 
the enemy. Before surrendering Chevkedy, the 
Russian commander set fire to it in several places, 
and the most of it was laid in ashes, Hassan 
Pasha is pushing on by forced marches to keep 
open the communication between Selim and 
Abdi Pasha. The Turks state their own loss at 
the passage of Tchouroak-sou at 60 dead and 
150 wounded, and at Chevkedy 150 dead and 
300 wounded." 
OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE PAPACY. 
Chronological Table 
(Continued from our last.) 
" Yesterday by the packet from Trebizond, 
news was received from Batoum ; there also the 
Turks have well commenced the campaign. A 
corps of their troops has attacked by assault the 
fort of Nicholas Krapowsky (called in Turkish, 
Chevkedy). 1000 Russians were killed, and 80 
made prisoners, among whom is a member of 
the family of Gonrief. Seeing themselves forced 
in their fortress, the Russians in leaving it, set 
fire to the fine new barracks, which were com-
pletely destroyed in spite of the efforts of the 
Turks to extinguish the flames. The fortress was 
defended by 3000 men. The Turks found 2000 
carbines, made on the model of those used by 
the Chasseurs of Vincennes, all bearing the mark 
of the double-headed Russian eagle, and the 
mark of a manufacturer at Liege. 
" Three pieces of cannon were also taken. 
The combat was very sanguinary. A battalion 
of the Turkish guard particularly distinguished 
itself. Five prisoners-a captain and four sol-
diers-have been sent here ; the remainder will 
be detained at Carakissar. The news of the 
crossing of the Danube, and the capture of' Kal-
afat, was received on the previous day. Large 
supplies of provisions, abandoned by the Rus-
sians, were found in the place. 20,000 Turks, 
with 20 pieces of cannon, were entrenched there, 
waiting for the arrival of the Russians. They 
had communications open with Widdin." 
Further details of the same affair are pub-
lished in the London papers : 
" On the morning of the 24th, Major Massa 
Bey, having been sent forward with a company 
to reconnoitre the fortifications the Russians 
them all, who did not admit the expression, 
which he had condemned. Had he lived but a 
few years longer, he would have seen that ex-
pression adopted by the whole Catholic Church, 
and those anathematized by the whole Catholic 
Church, who did not approve and receive it."-
Ib. p. 322. 
523 (Aug. 6th).-Pope Hormisdas died; and 
John, surnamed Cateline, was ordained his suc-
cessor. " his pontificate was short and un-
happy ; and the calamities that befel him were 
owing to the indiscreet zeal of the Emperor Jus-
tin. For that prince, not satisfied with having 
put an end to the schism, undertook, in the next 
" In this manner the Popes, and with them 
all the bishops of Italy, for the agreement ex-
tended to all, continued to be chosen, not only 
under the Gothic kings, the successors of Theo-
doric, but under the Greek Emperors too, so 
long as they remained masters of that country." 
pp. 327, 328. 
" The Roman Senate having acquiesced, as 
well as the people and clergy, in the above-men-
tioned agreement, Felix was owned by all for 
lawful bishop, and ordained accordingly, on the 
12th of July, 526." 
526 (Aug. 30th).-Theodoric, king of' the 
Ostrogoths, died, and was succeeded in his 
Italian dominions by his grandson Athalaric. 
527 (Aug. lst).-The Emperor Justin died, 
" and was succeeded by his nephew Justinian, 
whom he had taken for his partner in the Em-
pire four months before."-lb. p. 329. 
530 (Sept. 18th).-Pope Felix died. In the 
choice of a successor, Rome " was divided into 
two opposite parties. By the one was chosen 
Boniface, the second of that name, . . and by 
the other the deacon Dioscorus While 
the contending parties were preparing for war, 
peace was unexpectedly re-established by the 
death of Dioscorus."-tb. p. 331. 
531.-Pope Boniface, " pi-posed to alter the 
manner of election, and, in defiance of the known 
laws of the Church, and the decrees of his prede-
cessors, to appoint himself a successor." To 
effect this, he called a council, which opposed 
his resolution in vain, but finally yielded, " and 
not only passed the decree, and signed it, but 
at his request, or rather command, bound them-
selves, by a solemn oath, to acknowledge, upon 
his demise, for lawful Pope, the person whom he 
should name." He then named Vigilius, a dea-
con of' the Roman Church.-lb. p. 332. 
" The Pope, soon after repenting, or made 
to repent what he had done, convened a second 
council," where, " the Pope first owned himself 
guilty of high treason, and then not only revoked, 
the bishops and clergy readily concurring with 
him, but burned the decree, which he had ex-
torted from then a very few months before."- 
p. 332. 
532 (Oct. 17th).-Pope Boniface died; and 
John, the second of the name, was chosen on the 
31st of December following. In the contest, 
" votes were publicly bought and sold." To 
prevent such scandal in future, the Pope " with 
tears in his eyes " applied to the Arian king, 
and Athalaric, at his request, issued an edict, 
confirming, by his royal authority, the decree 
which the senate had made, on the like occasion, 
two years befOre."-Ib. p. 334. 
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538.-In March of this year, " after one year 
and nine days," the Ostrogoths raised the siege 
of Rome, and burned their tents-one third of 
their number having perished under its walls. 
The third, of the first ten divisions of Rome, was 
plucked up. 
The Emperor Justinian knew nothing of the 
condemnation of Pope Silverius and the election 
of Vigilius. When he heard of it, he ordered 
the old Pope to have a new trial. This was de-
feated by Vigilius ; and the old Pope wasa ban-
doned on an inhospitable island where he soon 
died, June 20th, 538. " From the death of 
Silverius, the Roman Catholic writers date the 
episcopacy of Vigilius, reckoning him thence-
forth among the lawful Popes."-Ib. p. 349. 
" He was owned as lawful Pope by the fifth 
general council, and the whole Christian world." 
-lb. p. 351. 
539.-Vigilius is acknowledged as Pope by 
the Emperor Justinian, who wrote him a con-
gratulatory letter, in 539.-Ib. p. 352. 
540.-" Justinian enacts, in one of his No-
vellie, that henceforward all governors of pro-
vinces, before they enter office, shall take an 
oath of fidelity to the Emperor, in which they 
must formally declare that they are in commun-
ion with the Catholic Church, that they will nev-
er do anything against her, and that they will, 
with all their might, repress all the assaults of 
her enemies.' In consequence of those different 
laws, he gave the patriarch of Alexandria, about 
the year 540, full authority over the dukes and 
tribunes of Egypt, to deprive all heretics of such 
offices, and to substitute Catholics in their place." 
-Gosselin, v. 1, p. 84. 
541.--" In proportion as Christianity rose 
and became consolidated on the ruins of pagan-
ism, the Emperors were not satisfied with merely 
protecting the public exercise of the Christian 
worship ; they confirmed by their edicts the laws 
of the Church on faith, morals, and discipline. 
The general Council of Nice was confirmed by 
Constantine ; the Council of Constantinople, by 
Theodosius the Great ; the Council of Ephesus, 
by Theodosius the younger ; and the Council of 
Chalcedon, by Martian. These four councils 
were placed by Justinian among the laws of the 
empire. Other edicts confirmed specially par-
ticular points of faith, or morals, or discipline ; 
such as the primacy of the Holy See, the sancti-
fication of the Sunday and of festivals, the celi-
bacy of the clergy and of nuns, the canons re-
lating to the election of bishops, to residence, 
and to simony ; and the canonical penalties de-
creed by the Church against the transgressors 
of her laws; so that in the course of time, there 
was hardly a single important article of faith or 
of discipline in the Church, which was not con-
firmed by imperial decrees."-Ib. pp. 60, 61. 
A law of Justinian was expressed in the fol-
lowing words : 
" We declare for ever infamous, and deprived 
of their rights, and condemned to exile, all 
heretics of either sex, whatever be their name; 
their property shall be confiscated without hope 
of restoration, or of being transmitted to their 
children by hereditary succession, because crimes 
which attack the majesty of God are infinitely 
more grievous than those which attack the maj-
esty of earthly princes. With regard to those 
who are strongly suspected of heresy. if, after 
having been ordered by the Church, they do not 
demonstrate their innocence by suitable testimo-
ny, they also shall be declared infamous, and 
condemned to exile.' "-Ib. pp. 83, 84. 
" The year 541 is remarkable for the disturb- 
who were of the same persuasion, and approve, 
by his letters, their tenets and doctrine. If you 
agree to these terms, said the Empress, I will 
transmit, by you, an order for Belisarius, enjoin-
ing him to drive out Silverius, to place you on 
his see ; and will present you besides with seven 
hundred pieces of gold.' To these terms Vigilius 
agreed, without the least hesitation."-Ib. p. 345. 
Vigilius goes to Rome, gives the order of the 
Empress to Belisarius, and bribes his compliance, 
with the offer of " two hundred pieces of gold 
out of the seven which he was to receive."-Ib. 
p. 345. 
Rome was at this time " (537) " besieged 
by the Goths, and Belisarius in it. For Vitiges, 
returning from Ravenna, whither he had retired 
the year before to levy new forces, advanced to 
the city, and in the month of March of the pres-
ent year, invested it with an army of one hun-
dred and fifty thousand strong. . . . The siege 
supplied Vigilius, and those of his party, with 
matter for a plausible charge against Silverius. 
For by them the Pope was arraigned of high 
treason, and a letter was produced, which they 
pretend to have been written by him, inviting 
the king of the Goths into the city by the Asina-
rian gate, which the Pope there promised to 
have opened at his approach."-Ib. p. 345-6. 
On this false and malicious charge the Pope 
was deposed, and driven into exile. 
"Belisarius ordered the people and clergy to 
proceed to a new election ; and recommended 
Vigilius, who was accordingly chosen, and or-
dained on the 22d of Nov. of the present year 
537."-/b. p. 347. 
who should thenceforth persevere to dispute it." 
-Bower, p. 336. 
In this year " the surviving Vandals yielded, 
without resistance, their arms and their free-
dom." When the Emperor learned the result, 
" impatient to abolish the temporal and spiritual 
tyranny of the Vandals, lie proceeded without de-
lay, to the full establishment of the Catholic 
Church. Her jurisdiction, wealth, and immuni-
ties, were restored .... and the Arian worship was 
suppressed."-Gibbon, v. 3, p. 67. 
535.-Pope John died, and Agapetus was 
chosen Pope. 
" Justinian encouraged by the surprising suc-
cess that had attended his arms in the reduction 
of Africa, resolved in the next place, to attempt 
that of Italy."-Bower, p. 338. 
Theodotus, the new Gothic king, " alarmed 
at the surprising success of the Emperor's arms, 
resolved, as he was an utter stranger to military 
affairs, to sue for peace, and oblige the Pope to 
interpose his mediation, as the most effectual 
means of obtaining it."-Ib. p. 339. 
536.-The Pope " far advanced in years, but 
nevertheless not daring to decline the commis-
sion, set out, without delay, in the very begin-
ning of the following year, 536."-Bower, p. 
339. 
The Pope reached Constantinople, but the 
Gothic king had changed his mind about a peace, 
and the Pope had no occasion to mention it to 
the Emperor ; but was occupied with different 
matters. 
Anthimus, had been elected Bishop of Con-
stantinople in 535. Being suspected of Euty-
chianism, and being patronized by the Empress 
who was known to countenance that party, the 
Pope would not communicate with him.-Ib. 
p. 340. 
The Empress entered into the defence of the 
bishop. The Pope and Emperor quarrelled. The 
Emperor threatened to send the Pope into exile 
unless he acknowledged the bishop ; and the 
Pope offered to go, or to lay down his life, which 
so excited the Emperor's admiration that the 
Pope persuaded him to decide against the bishop, 
who was consequently deposed and the Pope and 
Emperor became friends, and Anthimus was de-
posed.-lb. p. 340. 
536 (April 22d). - Pope Agapetus died at 
Constantinople ; and Silverius was chosen Pope 
of Rome. 
536 (Dec. 10th).-Belisarius had effected the 
conquest of Italy, and marched on to Rome. 
Only 4000 soldiers were stationed for its defence ; 
and they could not oppose the wishes of the Ro-
mans, who voluntarily submitted. Seized with 
a momentary enthusiasm, " they furiously ex-
claimed that the apostolic throne should no longer 
be profaned by the triumph or toleration of Ari-
anism ; that the tombs of the Cmsars should no 
longer be trampled on by the savages of the 
north ; and without reflecting that Italy must 
sink into a province of Constantinople, they 
fondly hailed the restoration of a Roman Empe-
ror as a new era of freedom and prosperity. The 
despatches of the Pope and clergy, of the senate 
and people, invited the lieutenant of Justinian 
to accept their voluntaay allegiance and to enter 
the city." Thus was " the city, after sixtyyears 
servitude delivered from the yoke of the barba-
rians."-Gibbon, v. 3, p. 80. 
537.-" The taking of Rome by Belisarius 
appeared a favorable opportunity to the Empress 
Theodora, of executing a design, which she had 
formed in favor of Anthimus, and those of his 
party, whom the writers of these times distin-
guish by the name of Acephali." With this view 
she wrote to Pope Silverius. She wrote to him 
commanding him to acknowledge the deposed 
Anthimus as Bishop of Constantinople. He re-
fused ; and she determined immediately to de-
pose the Pope."-Bower, v. 1, p. 345. 
The deacon Vigilius, the one named by Boni-
face II. as his successor, and who had accompa-
nied a former Pope to Constantinople, was still 
in that city. Bower says of him : 
He was a man of excellent parts, and great 
address, but ambitious beyond measure, and 
ready to trample under foot not only the canons 
or laws of the Church, but every principle of 
honor, virtue, or religion that stood in the way 
of his ambition. The Empress, therefore, who 
was no stranger to his character, resolved . . . . 
to have the Pope deposed, and the deacon, who 
had long aspired to the papal dignity, and who 
she well knew would stick at nothing to earn it, 
chosen in his room.-/b. p. 345. 
" She sent for him accordingly, and, after a 
short preamble on the base and undeserved treat-
ment Anthimus and those of his party had met 
with, she let the deacon know, that now her ser-
vant Belisarius was master of Rome, it was in 
her power to dispose of the Roman See to whom 
she pleased; and that she was determined Sil-
verius should be removed, and that she would 
cause him to be substituted in his room, provided 
he would engage and promise, in writing, to con-
demn the Council of Chalcedon, to receive to 
his communion Anthimus, Severus, Theodosius, 
the Eutychiart Bishop of Alexandria, with all 
ances that began then, and produced in the end 
the fifth general council." 
Justinian issues an edict against the errors of 
Origen. Bower says :-" No Pope, no council, 
could have defined, decided, and even anathema-
tized, with more authority than the Emperor as- 
sumes in that edict The Emperor re- 
quired the Pope to receive it, as well as the 
other patriarchs, which, in truth, was dictating 
to him, in matters of faith, as well as to the 
other patriarch."-Bower, v. 1, p. 353. 
542.-Justinian then determined " out of his 
great zeal fbr the unity of the faith, and the 
peace and tranquillity of the Church," to pro-
ceed in the same manner against the Acephali ; 
and to oblige all to anathematize that sect on 
pain of forfeiting their sees ; but he is diverted 
from it by Theodosius, Bishop of Cxsarea, who 
advises him to condemn certain writings, that 
had been passed over by the Council of Chalce-
don, and which became known as the " Three 
Chapters."-lb. p. 353. 
" The edict was entitled, The Emperor Jus-
tinian's Confession of Faith, addressed to the as-
sembly of the Catholic and Apostolic Church.' 
It contains an exposition at large of the Catholic 
faith, which the Emperor proposes to the whole 
world, in order to unite all Christians in one be-
lief."-lb. p. 354. 
This edict alarmed the Orthodox party, and 
much more the positive order sent by the Empe-
ror to all the patriarchs, enjoining them to re- 
ceive it Finding the Emperor would 
hearken to no remonstrances, they (in the East) 
complied in the end, and chose rather to sign 
the edict, however injurious to the Council of 
Chalcedon."-/b. p. 354. 
" In the West, it met with no less vigorous 
than general opposition. Vigilius (the Pope) 
and the other bishops of Italy, as well as those 
of Gaul and Africa, all declared unanimously 
against it, as evidently striking at what they 
called the very foundation of the Catholic faith, 
the authority of councils."-lb. p. 354. 
" This opposition the Emperor ascribed chiefly 
to Vigilius (the Pope); and therefore sent him 
a peremptory order to repair, without delay, to 
Constantinople, not doubting but, having him 
once in his power, he should be able to prevail 
upon him, by some means or other, by force 
or persuasion, by threats or by promises, to ac-
quiesce in the edict ; which, he thought, would 
put an end to all opposition in the West. In 
compliance with this order the Pope set out for 
Constantinople."-lb. p. 355. 
546.-On his way to Constantinople, the Pope 
stopped at Sicily, from whence he wrote the Em-
peror a letter, and received one in reply. " The 
Pope, encouraged by the kind expressions the Em-
peror used in his letter, set out from Sicily in the 
latter end of the year 546."-Th. p. 355. 
547.-The Pope " arriving at Constantinople 
on the 25th of January, 547, was there received 
with uncommon marks of respect and esteem, 
both by Justinian and Theodora, flattering them-
selves, says Theophanes, that he might thus be 
gained over to their measures ;" but in a few 
days the Pope declared against the edict.-Th. 
p. 355. 
Having in vain attempted to convince the 
Pope, the Emperor, " at last, told him in plain 
terms" that " he must either join the other pa-
triarchs," or " lay aside all thoughts of ever re-
turning to Italy, where his presence would only 
serve to increase and maintain the misunder-
standing that began to prevail between the East 
and the West. Of this violence the Pope loudly 
complained," and said " that no force or violence 
should ever induce him to prostitute " his au-
thority " to the wicked views and designs of 
those, who were alike enemies to the Council 
of Chalcedon, and the Catholic faith."-Ib. p. 
356. 
548.-The Pope's desire to return to Rome, 
so prevailed over his firmness that he yielded to 
the menaces of the Emperor.-lb. p. 356. 
550.-For this act the African bishops excom-
municate the Pope, and some of his own eccle-
siastics separate from his communion. This 
general opposition alarms the Pope, he repents 
of what he has done, overreaches the Emperor, 
and has his compliance with the edict revoked. 
(To be continued.) 
The Minstrel of Judea. 
WIIEN was a harp ever attuned like thine, 
Oh, Prophet-minstrel of a chosen tribe ! 
Thou hadst the inspiration all divine ; 
And from the scrolls of Angels couldst tran-
scribe 
The burden of their songs, and catch the tone 
Of the archangels' voices, whose rapt fire 
Breathed through thy lofty strains, until the 
throne 
Of the Eternal echoed to thy lyre. 
I see thee, Poet-king of Israel, 
Thy brow uplifted, and thy royal band 
Making thy golden harp's melodious swell 
Sweep through thy kingly halls in anthems 
grand. 
The New Heavens and the New 
Earth. 
WHEN God created the heavens and the earth, 
he saw everything that he had made, and behold, 
it was very good. No blot, no defect, could be 
seen upon the face of the whole creation. The 
earth brought forth without toil, in teeming 
plenty, for the sustenance of man and beast ; the 
inferior creatures were all perfect after their 
kind, and adapted to answer the purposes of the 
Creator's wisdom and goodness; while man, as 
the chief of the works of God, stood in the im-
age and likeness of his great Creator, and was 
qualified for communion and intercourse with 
him. In this happy state, abundance, peace and 
happiness, were the order of the day ; and want, 
pain, toil, sorrow and death, were altogether un-
known. The earthly state then resembled the 
heavenly state ; the creatures were happy ; and 
the beneficent Croator could rejoice in the works 
of his hands. 
But this fair scene was soon marred. Man 
sinned against his God, and became the subject 
of the Divine displeasure. The fearful conse-
quences of this awful catastrophe are, the earth 
is cursed with sterility and barrenness ; and only 
yields to its inhabitants a scanty pittance in con-
sequence of toil, and sweat, and skill, the infe-
rior creatures are subjected to suffering, pain, 
and death; and man, the transgressor is doomed, 
after a short life of toil and sorrow, to return to 
the dust of the earth, from which he was taken 
at first. Thus we see the whole creation travail-
ing in pain, and reduced from a state of pure, 
uninterrupted happiness, to a state of suffering 
and of death. 
But this sad state is not to last always; crea-
tion is not to lie in ruin forever; the Creator is 
not always to be dishonored by the destruction 
of the works of his hands. A remedial measure 
is provided for rational creatures, who neglect 
not the great salvation, by the atonement of the 
crucified Redeemer; that measure, though now 
applied chiefly to those whom God is taking out 
from among the Gentiles who are to reign with 
its 
benefits, 
Son in the heavenly kingdom, is richin 
benefits, and these will be applied in all their 
abundance, when he that sits upon the throne, 
shall make all things new. 
This " resurrection of all things " to their first 
condition, is the grand event for which creation 
is described as waiting. To this we find numer-
ous prophecies in the Old Testament, referring; 
and, in the prospect of this regeneration, the 
earth, woods, and sea, are called upon to rejoice; 
while the animate creation is represented as look-
ing with outstretched neck, for the great deliver-
ance. And it shall not be disappointed ; its 
Maker's word is passed for the security of its 
hope; and that gracious word is, " The creation 
itself shall be also delivered from the bondage 
of corruption into the glorious liberty of the 
sons of God." With sinful man the creation 
has sunk into a state of suffering; and with re-
deemed man it is destined to rise into a state of 
felicity and glory. 
The application of this remedial measure, will 
probably involve germinating qualities. At the 
coming of the Saviour, it seems clear to the 
writer, that one renewing change will take place 
in the earth, and in the inferior creatures. Then 
the earth will yield her increase, and the trees 
their meat, and the wolf also shall dwell with 
the lamb. (Isaiah 65:17-25.) But it is after 
that all rule and authority, and power, except 
God's are put down, and the Son delivers up the 
kingdom to the Father, that the work is com-
pleted. The mission of the Son is to destroy 
I hear thy " Praise ye the Lord" roll along 
The vaulted chambers, till the swaying air, ' 
Sweeping the echoes in a cloud of song, 
Murmurs out, " Praise the Lord," in music 
rare. 
" 0, make a joyful noise unto the Lord ; 
Make a loud noise, and rejoice and sing praise; 
Blessed are they that put their trust in His word. 
Let the sea, and all that therein is, raise 
The sound of rejoicing; and let the floods 
Clap their hands; let the mountains rejoice : 
Praise him, Oh earth ; praise him, ye fields and 
woods; 
Praise him, all ye nations, with a loud voice !" 
Grand was the theme, and eloquently sung, 
Worthy of Prophet, Poet, Priest, and King ; 
Never was harp with such a burden sung, 
Never such song was minstrel used to sing. 
Not the poor fount upon Parnassus' height, 
Nor fabled powers, can such a gift bestow; 
Heaven's sacred fire alone the soul can light 
To such a splendid and transcendent glow. 
The glory of great deeds rest on thy name ; 
The beauty of thy holiness is made 
To gild with brighter hues thy kingly fame, 
And crown with double reverence thy head. 
Poet of Israel ! thy songs awake 
The slumbering worship in our stagnant souls ; 
And from our lips, " Praise ye the Lord," will 
break, 
As through our hearts the holy anthem rolls. 
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Tus readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may be conducted in faith and 
love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in 
nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbroth-
erly disputation. 
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH. 
CHAPTER XXX. 
THE BURDEN OF THE BEASTS OF THE SOUTH. 
INTO the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come 
The young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, 
They will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, 
And their treasures upon tne bunches of camels, to a people that 
shall not profit them.—v. 6. 
The beasts of the south," are the asses and 
camels which the prophet in vision sees on their 
way towards Egypt heavily laden with treasures 
which the ambassadors are taking to propitiate the 
Egypt was a land of trouble, where Israel had 
been in bondage, and venomous reptiles there 
Egyptians with. 
abounded. But it is more likely that reference is 
here made to the country, which the ambassadors 
would have to pass through, and which Moses de-
scribes (Dent. 8:15) as " that great and terrible 
wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scor-
pions, and drought, where there was no water." 
By the use of the synecdoche, " lion," " viper " 
and " serpent " are used for those classes of ani-
mals. When the ambassadors should have en-
countered all those dangers, they would have gone 
to a people that should not profit them. 
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reading, " a tree bereft of branches," or " boughs," 
or as " a mast ;" and as " an ensign on a hill "—
standing solitary and alone. Thus scattered and 
dispersed would be the nation, standing like a tree 
bereft of its branches,—a beacon to warn others 
of the danger of despising the commands of God. 
The next verse however shows that this disper-
sion was not immediately to be their portion ; and 
probably it was because Hezekiah their king trusted 
in the Lord. 
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desire that the predictions of the prophets should 
accord with their own wishes. It is not probable 
that in words they said this ; but their conduct 
showed their unwillingness to listen to truth, and 
their preference for predictions agreeable to their 
wishes—although deceived by them. They were 
impatient under the preaching of the truth and 
hated those who proclaimed it. When Jeremiah 
revealed what God had communicated respecting 
Jerusalem (Jer. 20:2), " Then Pashur smote Jere-
miah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that 
were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by 
the house of the Lord." On another occasion, 
(38:6,) " took they Jeremiah, and cast him into 
the dungeon of Malchiali, the son of Hammelech, 
that was in the court of the prison : and they let 
down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon 
there was no water, but mire : so Jeremiah sunk 
in the mire." In like manner they treated Amos, 
(7:10-13,) and Micaiah, (1 Kings 22:8, 27.) 
" The way " and " the path," are substitutions 
for the course of conduct which they wished to pur-
sue. The prophets and seers are represented as 
standing in their way to induce them to cease from 
their iniquitous practices ; but the people do not 
wish to be thus obstructed in their course, and de-
sire the prophets to stand aside, i.e., to leave them 
to follow their own practices unmolested. By the 
same figure, God is also represented as standing 
before them to obstruct the path they would pur-
sue. His messages by the prophets interfered with 
their purposes, and they desired smooth things to 
be spoken, instead of the warnings and threaten-
ings of God. They wished to hear no more of 
God's words, prefaced with, " Thus saith the 
Lord," or, " Thus saith the Holy One of Israel " 
—the cessation of which would be a removal of 
God as an obstacle before them. 
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise 
this word, 
And trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon 
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, 
Swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an 
instant. 
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is 
broken in pieces ; 
He shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting 
of it 
A sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of 
the pit. —co. 12-14. 
In wishing no longer to he interfered with by a 
reference to " the Holy One of Israel," they showed 
that they " despised " those words ; but however 
distasteful to them such reference might be, the 
prophet continues to obstruct their way by keep-
ing the words of Jehovah before them. 
" Oppression," is in the margin " fraud," and 
Bishop Lowth renders it " obliquity." Their 
" perverseness'' consisted in rejecting God and 
trusting in other means of defence. By a meta-
phor they are said to " stay," or rest on them, i.e., 
rely for safety on their hatred of the words of 
God, their iniquitous practices, and rebellious 
Course. 
Because of their reliance on such support. the 
prophet proceeds to show their folly. Instead of 
its being a wall to defend them, its insufficiency is 
illustrated by the simile of a breach in a high 
wall, which, when once beginning to bulge, falls 
down without warning. The fall of the wall illus-
trates their defenceless condition when they should 
realize that no protection was thus afforded. Its 
entire demolition as a means of defence, is illus-
trated by another simile, in which it is likened to 
the breaking of an earthen vessel, of which is left 
no fragment large enough to carry a coal of fire on, 
or to take water in. 
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel ; 
In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; 
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength : and ye would 
not.—v. 15. 
The figures in this text are the substitution in 
the words " returning," " rest " and " quiet," 
acts of the body, which are put for their again 
giving their hearts and confidence to God, and in 
resorting to no other means of defence, but to sit 
still and see the destruction of their enemies, as 
when the Lord destroyed the hosts of Sennache-
rib. This God besought them to as their only 
means of strength. 
But ye sad No ; for we will flee upon horses ; therefore shall ye flee ; 
And, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue 
you he swift. 
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five 
shall ye flee : 
Till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an en-
sign on an hill.—es. 16, 
God had said to Moses of the future monarch of 
Israel, (Deut. 17:16,) " He shall not multiply 
horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to 
Egypt to the end that he should multiply horses." 
Their sending to Egypt for assistance, was there-
fore the rejection of the help of God ; and as a 
punishment, the prophet predicts their being put 
to flight and pursued by warriors, as swift as the 
horses whose assistance they had coveted. The 
condition to which they would be thus reduced, is 
illustrated by the simile of " a beacon in the top 
of a mountain," or, according to the marginal 
the works of the devil, which can only be done 
by restoring the creation to its first condition. 
But this is not the whole, Reward as well as 
restoration, is included in the glorious liberty of 
the sons of God : and when the Father comes, 
and dwells, as God, with men, he will commu-
nicate such an additional amount of bliss and 
glory to the restored creation as shall abun-
dantly reward the creatures for the sufferings of 
the gloomy past. Then the character and con-
duct of God, in the permission of temporary 
evil, will be vindicated. The riches of his glory 
and goodness will be revealed. Felicity and 
glory will be brought out of suffering and hu-
miliation. And in one eternal burst of gratitude 
and joy, every creature which is in heaven, and 
on the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all 
that are in them, will be heard saying, " Bless-
ing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto 
Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb for ever and ever." The Lord will then 
rejoice in the works of his hands ; and the glory 
of the Lord shall endure for ever. 
Toronto Christian Observer. 
which hears through them. By the substitution, 
the Jews are represented as walking, and being 
continually directed to the right path, by a voice 
behind them, as shepherds direct their flocks, when-
ever they diverged from it. This illustrates the 
constant watchfulness of their teachers, their faith-
fulness to point out the course of conduct they 
should pursue, and their promptness in reproving 
them for all departures from the path of rectitude. 
BOOK NOTICES. 
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose 
Therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. 
v. 7. 
Mr. Barnes renders this text, " Empty and vain 
is the help of Egypt ! wherefore I call her ' the 
Blusterer that sitteth still.' " Bishop Lowth ren-
ders it, " For Egypt is mere vapor ; in vain shall 
they help : Wherefore have I called her, Rahab 
the inactive." The word rendered " strength," is 
Rahab, a name several times applied to Egypt : 
Isa. 51:9—" Art thou it that bath cut Rabat) " &c. ? 
It is expressive of insolent boasting, and great 
courage ; but that of the Egyptians ended in talk. 
Their policy was one of " masterly inactivity." 
Wm. Lowth takes a different view of the last 
clause in this text, and gives as the sense, " I have 
cried to her, i. e., to Jerusalem, that their best se-
curity will be to keep quiet, and see the salvation 
which God will work for them "—making it paral-
lel with the 15th v. 
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, 
That it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:—v. S. 
This is a direction to the prophet to commit to 
writing the words that follow, that they may be-
come a permanent record, to he preserved for " the 
time to come," (margin—" the latter day.") It 
was to be not only for that age, but for all future 
time. What he was commanded to write, fol-
lows : 
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, 
Children that will not hear the law of the Lord: 
Which say to the seers, See not ; 
And to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, 
Speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits 
Oet you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, 
Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.—vs. 9-11 
" Hear," is a substitution for regard, or giving 
heed to the word of God. There is a metaphor in 
the use of the word " smooth " to illustrate their 
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no 
more : 
He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry ; 
When he shall hear it, he will answer thee.—v. 19. 
Beginning with this verse and ending with the 
24th, are enumerated gracious promises of mercy, 
which are evidently conditional, and have respect 
to their temporal prosperity ; after which the 
prophet glances forward to the unconditional and 
the eternal. 
Sennacherib came up against Jerusalem to dis-
possess them of their city. By his destruction the 
people were still permitted to dwell in Zion at 
Jerusalem, and ceased to weep because of him. 
When Hezekiah cried unto the Lord, the Lord 
heard his cry, and sent him a gracious answer by 
Isaiah the prophet (37:32.) After so wonderful 
a display of God's protecting power, there seems 
to be extended to them another opportunity to re-
gain his favor by complying with his rquirements. 
And to induce them to do so, the Lord promises, 
while he may chasten them with adversity and af-
fliction, to send them suitable instructors to point 
out the way in which they should walk. Thus he 
says: 
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, 
And the water of affliction, 
Yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, 
But thine eyes shall see thy teachers :—v. 21. 
When God dealeth with his creatures as with 
children, lie chastens them. Said the Saviour, 
(Rev. 3:19,) " As many as I love I rebuke and 
chasten." Heb. 12:6, 7—" And ye have forgotten 
the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto 
children, My son, despise not thou the chastening 
of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of 
him : for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom ho receiveth." When 
God thus deals with his subjects, it is for their 
correction and improvement ; and for this purpose 
God would continue to visit then with adversity 
and affliction. 
In denominating adversity " bread," and afflic-
tion " water," the figure used is the metaphor : 
as bread and water are given for the nourishment 
of the body, so would it be given them to feed on 
" adversity " and " affliction," as nourishment for 
the development of their moral growth. 
" Removed into a corner," applied to teachers, 
is a substitution for their being in an obscure po-
sition. Thenceforth they were to be more nu-
merous, and conspicuous. After the destruction 
of Sennacherib's army, prophets seem not to have 
been wanting till the Babylonian captivity. Be-
sides Isaiah, Hosea and Micah prophesied in the 
days of' Hezekiah ; and Zephaniah, Jeremiah, Na-
hum, Habakkuk and Obadiah, all lived prior to 
the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. 
So numerous were they at this period, that God 
said to them by Jeremiah, (35:15,) " I have sent 
also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising 
up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now 
every man from his evil way, and amend your do-
ings, and go not after other gods to serve them, 
and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given 
to you and to your fathers : but ye have not in-
clined your ear, nor hearkened unto me." 
By a metonymy, " eyes " are put for the mind 
which sees through them. 
Thus was fulfilled the promises in this verse, and 
the verse following : 
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the 
way, walk ye in it, 
When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 
u. 21. 
By a metonymy " ears " are put for the mind 
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It is a very timely production ; and it is deserv-
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New Year's Gift to the Herald. 
To the Patrons and friends of the Advent Herald : 
The year draws to a close, and we shall soon open 
a new year and a new volume of our old, long-
cherished friend and weekly visitor the Advent 
Herald. We have been cheered on our journey 
from week to week, with the tidings it has brought 
us from the four quarters of the earth ; and we 
have also been fed by the expositions of God's 
Word which have come to us in its richly laden 
pages. To all human appearance the coming year 
is to be more fruitful in events of a stirring char-
acter, than any which has preceded it ; events af-
fecting the great interests of the human race, and 
stirring up the deep foundations of society. Al-
though I am unable to see with some of my breth-
ren on the prophetic times, yet I do live in constant 
expectation of great political changes which will 
usher in the day of the Lord, and give us definite 
data for fixing the prophetic periods. And I an-
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will he more welcome to its readers as time rolls 
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And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may he gracious unto you; 
And therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you, 
For the Lord is a God of judgment; blessed are all they that wait 
for him.—v. 18. 
William Lowth reads this, " Nevertheless the 
Lord will wait," &c. He gives them farther op-
portunity to turn to him, and defers the threaten-
ings announced in verses 16th and 17th, to a fu-
ture period. " Exalted,"—a term expressive of 
elevation in space, when applied to the Lord be-
comes a metaphor to illustrate his analogous ele-
vation in the estimation of the Jews. He would 
dispel their confidence in their false securities, and 
cause them to acknowledge his power, so that lie 
might have mercy upon them. In the person of 
their king, they did look to the Lord for deliver-
ance from Sennacherib, and the Lord delivered 
them. To " wait " for the Lord, is here put by 
substitution, in the place of waiting for and ex-
pecting the deliverance which lie would effect. 
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would take more time than we have at command I " AN ALLEGORY."—The article with this head- 
at the present moment. 
INQUIRERS.—Any person wishing to make any 
inquiries of us, or of Berean through us, will feel 
at perfect liberty to write us. 
A Dark Day. 
AT London, a few nights since, there was a fog 
so dense that a complete stagnation of business 
throughout the thoroughfares was caused. In ad-
dition to the loss of seven lives at Sturbridge, by 
drowning, in consequence of the darkness, several 
people were run over and killed in London, and 
the following particulars are given : 
" The different omnibuses on the several lines 
were for some time obliged to be preceded by men 
carrying lighted links ; but at length the vehicles 
were obliged to stop altogether, and by that means 
the greatest confusion was created, so that it was 
a work of no little danger for a pedestrian to cross 
any of the roads. The different vessels proceeding 
on the river with the tide had to be moored in the 
roads above the bridge ; the watermen and lighter-
men, however, in several instances, being unable 
to see the buoys, had no alternative left but to al-
low their craft to drift along with the tide, and 
several vessels were driven against the piles of the 
bridges, and it is feared that some of the water. 
men have met with watery graves. The greatest 
care was obliged to be taken by the officials of the 
railway companies in starting the trains, and also 
that the London termini were kept clear for the 
incoming trains. At daybreak on Wednesday morn-
ing the fog still continued to hang over the me-
tropolis, and it became denser as the hours ad-
vanced, until by 1 oclock the whole of London was 
enveloped in such a cloud of darkness that traffic 
on the railways and the Thames was almost at a 
stand-still, and the business in the different shops 
and elsewhere could only be carried on by the aid 
of gas light." 
Desiring the Lord's Coming. 
'Twos the character of believers of the Old Tes-
tament : they waited for the consolation of Israel. 
'Tis the description of the saints in the New : they 
love the appearance of Christ. If they longed for 
his coming in the flesh, though it was attended 
with all the circumstances of meanness and dis-
honor, the effects of our sins, with what ardent 
and impatient desires should we hasten his com-
ing in glory, " when he shall appear the second 
time to them that look for him, without sin, unto 
salvation !" (Heb. 9:28.) Then he will put an 
end to all the disorders of the world, and begin 
the glorious state wherein holiness and righteous-
ness shall he crowned and reign for ever. The 
Christian Church joins in that ardent address to 
our Saviour—" Oh that thou wouldest rend the 
heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the 
mountains may flow down at thy presence ! As 
when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the 
waters to boil ; to make thy name known to thine 
adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy 
presence." (Isa. 44:1, 2.) Although the beauty 
and frame of this visible world shall be destroyed, 
yet that dreadful day shall be joyful to the saints. 
For then all the preparations of infinite wisdom 
and goodness ; the things that eye bath not seen, 
nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart 
of man, shall be the everlasting portion of those 
who love God. Come, Lord Jesus.—Bates' Har-
mony of the Divine Attributes. 
Biro. Heves :—I take this opportunity to address 
a few lines to you to ask for information in regard 
to the darkening of the sun. Some think it was 
universal, others think it was not. If the darkness 
was not universal, please state in the Herald at 
what place it was not darkened. 
Yours with respect, F. K. WHITAKF.R. 
The dark day of 1762 caused candles to be used 
in Detroit and Canada. That of 1780 was not seen 
out of New England, except in the north of New 
Jersey and the east of New York. , That of 1785 
was seen in Canada. And that of 1789 in Ken-
tucky. There has never been one that was univer-
sal—unless that was which attended the cruci-
fixion. 
Bao. Bless :—Will you, in this week's Herald 
insert the following notice :—Will Elder Cum-
mings please send me the objections lie offered 
to one or more of my articles in Providence and 
Exeter. Although some of those objections have 
been given me by those of undoubted integrity, 
yet I confess I can hardly give credit to them, 
knowing that the hearers may not always under-
stand the speaker. If Elder Cummings will send 
his objections to the Herald office, the editor will 
forward them to my address. They will be fairly 
met, or the errors frankly acknowledged. 
BEREAN 
ness as widely extended as it can be. Let us then I 
make a united effort at once, and see what can be 
done. I have found during the last six months a 
number, whom I had not before expected would 
subscribe who have readily done so on the first 
mention of the subject to them ; and I doubt not 
others will do the same if sought out. Now is the 
time to be active in the work, just at the com- 
mencement of the volume. J. LITCH. 
THE WORD " MIDST.”—DAN. 9:27 
A CORRESPONDENT, in another column thinks that 
our definition of this word in a late number is con-
tradicted by Moses Stuart. On the contrary, it 
will be seen that we are fully sustained by him, 
as we are by every scholar, past or present, whom 
we have had occasion to consult. The Hebrew 
word is never rendered " within the circle." 
The word 4.rn (ghat-zee), is a noun, derived from 
the verb rum (ghah-tzah). Any one who can find 
this word in a Hebrew lexicon, will see that the 
special signification of the verb, is to divide into 
two parts, i, e., to halve. It is sometimes used in 
a general sense, of dividing into any number of 
parts ; but all such usage is a departure from its 
special use : Num. 31:27—" And divide the prey 
into two parts." See also Ex. 21:35 ; Ezek. 37:22 ; 
2 Kings 2:8 &c. So much for the verb, from which 
the noun is derived. 
The noun ghat-zee being derived from a verb, the 
special signification of which to halve, means, of 
course, the half. To show that such is its general 
signification, we will give below, the several places 
in the Old Testament where the Hebrew word oc-
curs : 
Ex. 12:29—at midnight the Lord smote. 
24:6—Moses took hay of the blood. 
— and half of the blood he sprinkled. 
25:10—two cubits and a half (shall be) the length 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, 
and a cubit and a half. 
17—two cubits and a half (shall be) the length 
thereof, and a cubit and a half. 
23—a cubit and a half the height. 
26:12—the half curtain that remaineth. 
16—a cubit and a half (shall be) the breadth. 
27:5—even to the midst of the altar. 
36:21—a board one cubit and a half. 
37:1—two cubits and a half (was) the length of 
it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a 
cubit and a half. 
-6—two cubits and a half (was) the length there- 
of, and one cubit and a half. 
10—a cubit and a half the height thereof. 
38:4—beneath unto the midst of it. 
Num. 12:12—whom the flesh is half consumed. 
15:9—mingled with half an bin of oil. 
10—for a drink offering half an bin. 
28:14—their drink offerings shall he half an bin. 
32:33—and unto half the tribe of Manasseh. 
34:13—and to the half tribe. 
14—and half the tribe of Manasseh. 
15—The two tribes and the half tribe, 
Deut. 3:12—and half mount Gilead. 
13—gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh. 
29:8(7)—and to the half tribe of 'Manasseh. 
Jos. 1:12—and to half the tribe of Manasseh. 
4:12—and half the tribe of Manasseh. 
8:33—half of them over against mount Gerizim, 
and half of them. 
10:13—in the midst of heaven. 
12:2—and from half Gilead. 
5—Maachathites, and half Gilead. 
6—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
13:7—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
25—and half the land of the children. 
29—unto the half tribe of Manasseh. 
— of the half tribe of the children of. 
3I—And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth. 
— to the one-half of the children of Machir. 
14:2—and (for) the half tribe. 
3—two tribes and an half tribe. 
18:7—Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 
21:5, 6—and out of the half tribe. 
27—out of the (other) half tribe. 
22:1—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
7—Now to the (one) half of the tribe. 
— but unto the (other) half thereof. 
9—the children of Gad and the half tribe. 
10—Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
11—the children of Gad and the half tribe. 
13, 15—and to the half tribe of Manasseh. 
21—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
Jud. 16:3—Samson lay till midnight, and arose 
at midnight. 
Ruth 3:8—it came to pass at midnight. 
1 Sam. 14:14—within as it were an half acre. 
2 Sam. 10:4—shaved off the one half of their 
beards. 
— cut off their garments in the middle. 
1S:3—neither if half of us die. 
19:40(41)—also half the people of Israel. 
1 Kings 3:25—give half to the one, and half to 
the other. 
7:31—a cubit and a half. 
32—a wheel (was) a cubit and half a cubit. 
35—a round compass of hay a cubit. 
10:7—the half was not told me. 
13:8—If thou wilt give me half thine house. 
16:21—Israel divided into two parts : half of the 
people followed Tibni. 
— and half followed Omri. 
1 Chron. 2:52—Haroeh, (and) half of the Man- 
ahethites. 
54—and half of the Manahethites. 
5:18—and half the tribe of Manasseh. 
23—the children of the half tribe. 
26—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
6:61(46)—(of) the half (tribe) of Manasseh. 
71(56)—the half tribe of Manasseh. 
12:31—And of the half tribe of Manasseh. 
37—and of the half tribe of Manasseh. 
19:4—cut off their garments in the midst. 
26:32—and the half tribe of Manasseh. 
27:20—of the half tribe of Manasseh. 
21—Of the half (tribe) of Manasseh. 
2 Chron. 9:6—the one half of the greatness of thy. 
Neh. 3.9, 12, 16, 17, 18—the ruler of the half 
part of. 
4:6(3:38)—joined together unto the half thereof. 
16 (10)—the half of my servants wrought in. 
— (—)—and the other half of them held. 
21 (15)—and half of-them held the spears. 
12:32—and half' of the princes of Judah. 
38—and the half of the people. 
40-1, and the half of the rulers with me. 
13:24—their children spake half in the. 
Est. 5:3—given thee to the half of the kingdom. 
6 and 7:2—to the half of the kingdom. 
Psa. 102:24 (25)—take me not away in the midst 
of my days. 
lsa. 44:16—He burneth part thereof in the fire ; 
with part thereof he eateth flesh. 
19—I have burned part of it in the fire. 
Jer. 17:11—shall leave them in the midst of. 
Ezek. 16:51—Neither bath Samaria committed 
half of. 
40:42—a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and 
an half broad. 
43:17—the border about it (shall be) half a. 
Dan. 9:27—and in the midst of the week. 
12:7—for a time, times, and an half ; (marg. or, 
part.) 
Zech. 14:2—half of the city shall go forth. 
4—shall cleave in the midst thereof. 
— half of the mountain shall remove. 
— and half of it toward the south. 
8—half of them toward the former sea, and half 
of them toward the hinder sea. 
From the above it will be seen that it is rendered 
half 106 times, out of the 123 instances of its use. 
Four times it is used for mid, as a part of the word 
midnight. In these four instances, it is used to 
denote between the two halves. In the 106 instances, 
it denotes one of the two halves. In the other thir-
teen places, it is used for midst, middle and part. 
The question now is, whether Stuart sustains us, 
in rendering the word half ? or does he justify its 
being rendered within the circle ? It will be seen 
that no authority for the last can be derived from 
him. He says : 
;non TT% and during half of the week, Ace. of 
time how long, again. 4.1,71 does not mean. as many 
have interpreted it, a precise point of time, just 
where half of the length of the whole would reach, 
but one half or one division of the whole duration. 
So is it clearly to be taken in 12:7 ; and so here, 
because it can never be made to mean the same as 
TAD or Tni", which would designate merely the 
half-way point of time. Then again, the ;min, 
with its article, points to the preceding week or 
seven years, and shows us, that as this marks length 
of time, so the half or division of it must also mark 
the same. Lastly, facts correspond."—Stuart on 
Dan. p. 296. 
Again he says : 
It is during the latter half of the seven, then, 
BEYOND ALL REASONABLE QUESTION, that the sacrifice 
and oblation are suspended."—lb. p. 297. 
It will be seen that the question which Stuart 
discusses, is whether ghatzee is to he taken for the 
point between the two halves, or the hatf following 
that point, and that he decides for the latter. 
Whichever the word means, the time of the sus- 
pension of the sacrifice and oblation is unaffected ; 
for if it denoted the half from the middle, the act of 
suspension must transpire as much in the middle, 
as if the word signified between the two halves. 
But half, being our definition of the word, we are 
fully sustained by Stuart, as we are by its usus 
loquendi. 
How our correspondent could have so misappre-
hended the language of Stuart, is of course inex-
plicable to us, but we have no idea that he de-
signed to do injustice to him. We make this re-
mark because of his communications in another 
column, which have such an allusion. 
To Correspondents. 
" COMMON SENSE."—While we solicit articles 
from all, irrespective of our own opinions, we re-
serve the right to select front those received, such 
as we judge the more interesting and profitable to 
our readers. Our soliciting, is no pledge to pub-
lish. 
We do not publish your article, (1), because to 
argue to the readers of the Herald that the world 
did not end at the destruction of Jerusalem, is a 
perfect waste of words—none of them holding that 
it did ; (2), because an article of nine pages fools-
cap, on a subject not interesting to them, fills too 
large a space in our paper at this time ; (3), be-
cause you present no thoughts in your article, 
that they are not already familiar with ; (4), be-
cause what you do give is very blindly and con-
fusedly put together, so that it would puzzle many 
of our readers, and required several readings on 
our part, to discover what you are contending for ; 
and (5), because to trim your article, dress it up, 
and put it in shape, so as to have it read credibly 
to the writer, and in harmony with the signature, 
ing in our last number, should have been credited 
to the " Lesbian Wreath," a paper conducted by the 
young ladies attending the West Townsend Female 
Seminary, an institution now under the superin-
tendence of Mrs. Sarah H. Brown, well known as a 
contributor to our columns. A note to this effect 
was prepared for insertion in connection with that 
article, but was accidentally omitted. 
MY JOURNAL. 
ON my way from Detroit I had a beautiful view 
of the prairie fires. For many miles just at dusk, 
we had a magnificent view, the whole heavens were 
lighted up, and the earth looked like a sea of fiery 
waves. The weather has been very clear, warm, 
and dry. Fires in the woods and prairies have 
been very extensive and destructive. For several 
days in Detroit the smoke was so dense, that peo- 
ple and horses could hardly get about the streets. 
It came as near to Egyptian darkness as anything 
I could conceive. 
At 10 o'clock I took passage in the steamer Pa-
cific for Milwaukee, Wis. We soon found our- 
selves amid the foaming waves of Lake Michigan. 
We had a cold, rough, and dreary passage. We 
arrived at 8 o'clock P. M. On landing, I heard an 
twful shriek on the opposite side of the river, and 
ran with others to the place, and found that a 
mother, who had just left the boat, had walked off 
the pier into the lake, with her child in her arms. 
She was leading two others, who saved themselves 
by starting back. A rope was given to the mother 
and she was saved, while Mr. C. Warner sprang 
into the lake and handed the child to us, which we 
took to the cabin of the boat and restored it. The 
night was dark, and the air and water were very 
cold, and mother and child were nearly perished 
before they could be rescued. The little girls cried 
piteously for their mother and little sister. When 
I assured them that both were safe they were filled 
with ecstasies of joy and gratitude. 
I then went up to the city and was kindly re-
ceived by Dr. Vunk and family, formerly of Little 
Falls, N. Y. I found a number of brethren here 
who had removed from the East, who gave me a 
hearty greeting. " Banks Hall " was obtained for 
an evening service, and I gave a lecture on time 
27th, to an intelligent and very attentive audi-
ence. There was much anxiety expressed for a 
full course of lectures. I was sad to think I could 
not stay and give them, in compliance with their 
request. My visit was designed not so much to 
build up a cause, as to see what could be done at 
a future time, if God should open the door. I did 
not find one, of the large number, who ten years 
ago professed to believe in the Advent near. All 
were scattered, or turned aside from the truth. 
Such is the fate of societies without pastors in our 
large cities and towns. There is some prospect 
now of building msp an interest in this city. Dr. 
Vunk has become established here, is quite suc-
cessful in his profession as a dentist, and his whole 
heart is in the cause. Brother Waite, also, a 
brother of some gifts, will do what he can, with 
others, to sustain an Advent interest. 
Oct. 28th.—Left Milwaukee at 9 o'clock e. H. in 
the steamer Arctic. After a boisterous passage 
we arrived at Sheboygan, at 2 o'clock in the morn-
ing, and put up at the Warren House, ready to 
take stage at an early hour for my appointment in 
Greenbush that day. A crowd of passengers for 
Fon du Lac had taken up all the seats in the three 
coaches, so that I had to hire a. private conveyance. 
I arrived at Greenbush about noon, and then for 
want of conveyance I went on Ibot about five miles, 
and put up with brother R. Ilinham. He and his 
kind family received me very cordially. I now 
learned that my appointment had not been received 
by Elder Sweet, the pastor, and he was absent 
twenty miles, at a general meeting. I at first 
thought to join him in that meeting, but ill health 
prevented. So I preached to his people in Green-
bush. We had a good audience, and the deepest 
interest. There had been some awakening, and 
this was much increased. A blessed harvest will 
no doubt be reaped by brother Sweet, He returned 
on Monday evening, and heard my last discourse. 
He gave me his hearty approbation, and also backed 
up the doctrine I preached on the coming kingdom. 
Brother S., I find, labored many years in the Ad-
vent cause in Western New York, from 1842 and 
onward. He moved to this new and wild country 
some years since, and has, though belonging to 
the Christian society, fully preached the doctrine 
of the Advent. He is a lovely man, and useful to 
the cause of Christ in this destitute region. Our 
interview, though short, was one of much interest. 
He deeply regretted the mistake about my appoint-
ment ; and gave me a cordial invitation to visit 
them again, with the assurance of open doors in 
all that region. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
406 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
150 years, so 1 think they were a nation and if a 
kingdom in the Empire they must be a Horn on 
Daniel's fourth BEAST. Again did not the Roman 
territory extend as far north as the wall of Anto-
nius. All this talk about its being small and in-
significant amounts to nothing if they were a 
KINGDOM in the EMPIRE at a time when THERE was 
NINE OTHERS I do hope that Brethren will be very 
calm, and look this thing in the face. As to his 
reference to ODOACER King of Heruli in his last re-
marks, I shall make no reply, ONLY REQUEST that 
the next time he speaks of this Kingdom he will 
tell the readers of the Herald, 1st what other nine 
KINGDOMS existed when that did, 2d how the LITTLE 
HORN plucked it up, 3d which were the other two 
Kingdoms plucked up by the same power which 
plucked up Heruli. And lastly I do hope that 
such insinuations about discarding one kingdom 
and taking another simply because it suits our 
theory best will be left off, it is very unkind and 
uncourteous and will tend to separate instead of 
unite. let us love as Brethren the Lord is at hand, 
the evidences thicken and He for whom we look, is 
coming at last. Oh let us ARISE, and have our loins 
girt about with truth and our lights burning. [9.] 
ISAAC ADRIAN. 
Winchester Centre, Nov. 29, 1853. 
REMARKS. 
We believe there has been no impeachment of 
motives in our columns. We have the same right 
to feel that our motives are impeached when our 
views are dissented from, as those have from whom 
we dissent. We trust that brethren may be per-
mitted to show wherein assertions are not sustained 
by facts, without its being felt that motives are 
impeached. Those who are conscious of being 
honest, need only feel that they are shown to be 
mistaken. And who is there, who is guilty of 
mistakes ? 
The proof of this will be shortly given in the 
Herald. 
Our position is taken in the " Chronological 
Table ;" whether " Berean" agrees with it we do 
not know. 
The proof of this has been given in the 
Chronological Table, and in reply to " F. H. B." 
A mistake. They were not Pagano ; they 
called themselves Christians, but were Arians. 
(See " Chronological Table " under A. D. 493.) 
Gibbon gives in full the petition of Theodoric 
to Zeno for liberty to pluck up the Herald. (See 
" Chronological Table " under 493.) 
The evidence for this was given in the " Chro-
nological Table " under A. D. 453, from Grotius, 
Warnefrid, and Procopi. 
These are all given in Herald of 21st of Oct. 
1st. p., 4th col., and in the " Chronological Table " 
in the order of their rise. 
If it is uncourteous to show a writer mis-
taken, when his declarations are not sustained by 
history, then we, and we presume Berean, will 
plead guilty. It has been very painful to us to 
point out the various errors we have enumerated, 
but we saw no help for it ; for had we failed to 
do so, we should have been justly regarded by our 
readers as knowing no better ourself, and been 
held responsible for not showing the mistakes. 
When an opinion is given, we care little about dis-
senting from it, however far it may be from our 
own; but when a thing is stated as a fact,-like 
that that the Goths were Pagans,-our readers ex-
pect of us a correction. 
There are other things in this, that probably 
Berean " will notice.-En. 
LETTER FROM I. ADRIAN. 
REPLY TO "BEREAN." 
Nov. lst.-Returned from Greenbush to Sheboy-
gan Falls, about twenty miles, and put up with 
John Parker, Esq., formerly of Vergennes, Vt. This 
brother's family were old friends, and I had a most 
cordial welcome. I almost felt as though I was in 
old Vermont. They are very pleasantly situated, 
and are in health and prosperity. Here I met 
deacon Trowbridge, whom I had never seen till 
now. He is a deacon of the Baptist church in this 
place, as also a public teacher, preaching much in 
destitute neighborhoods, and with good success. 
He embraced the Advent faith in 1844, since which 
he has been a most faithful and active advocate 
" in season and out of season." Our interview 
was one of much interest. I rarely meet with one 
who so fully and warmly sympathizes with me, 
and also with the Advent cause generally. By his 
means the Baptist chapel was opened to me, where 
I preached in the evening (Nov. 1st,) to a large 
gathering, who gave me a most attentive hearing. 
Among them were four or five preachers of the 
Baptist and Congregationalist order, who treated 
me with kindness and liberality. Some were anx- 
ious for a course of lectures, but I could not re- 
main. A door is now open however, to speak in 
full on the kingdom of God at hand, in this place. 
A t the close of the meeting I took leave of Fa- 
ther Trowbridge and others, and in company with 
brother Parker and a Congregationalist clergy; 
 
man, took carriage to Sheboygan, in order to take 
the boat at midnight for Chicago. On the way 1 
had conversation with the clergyman on the pros-
pect of the world's conversion. His idea was, that 
the instrumentalities now in use by Protestants 
would ultimately overthrow " Romanism," and 
Paganism, and give the world to the Church. He 
thought the Roman hierarchy was tottering and 
wasting before Protestantism. I told him I thought 
very different on that subject, and that he was in my 
opinion mistaken as to the character and strength 
of that power. And besides, the prophetic word 
assured us that that power would " make war and 
prevail, until the time come for the saints to pos-
sess the kingdom." On parting gave him some 
tracts on " Romanism," and a variety of other 
topics, which I hope may give him light on the 
speedy personal return and reign of our Lord. 
On our arrival, I put up at the Temperance 
House till the arrival of the boat. Here I took 
leave of my friend Parker, who had kindly con-
veyed me here, for which he has my thanks. I had 
been greatly afflicted with ague in my face, with 
teethache. My head was so affected that it was 
difficult for me to collect my thoughts to speak. 
My face was badly swollen, and 1 had spoken at 
the Falls that evening under very painful circum- 
stances to myself. And I suppose I looked about 
as much like myself as I felt. I had made up my 
mind under my sufferings, that if I could find a 
dentist that night, I should seek relief. A friend 
was kind enough to show me to the office of a skill-
ful dentist, who on being awaked from his slum-
bers soon relieved me. We had a pleasant talk on 
the soon coming of the King, and gave him a bun-
dle of tracts, and we parted, but not without an in-
quiry on his part whether I could not remain and 
give them some lectures on the coming of the Sa-
viour. 
The regular boat not arriving, I took the " Pro-
peller " for Milwaukee, at two o'clock in the morn-
ing. I got a few hours' rest. We arrived at Mil-
waukee in the afternoon, with health a little im • 
proved, and put up with Dr. Vunk, from whom I 
received every attention. Finding that no boat 
was going to Chicago, and that I could not, get to 
my next appointment at Rockford, I11., that way, 
I took the cars to Janesville, Wis., thence by stage 
forty miles, where I arrived at 9 o'clock P. M. 
suffered much this day with an awful sick head-
ache ; I was indeed sick, weary and sad. The 
promised rest never looked more sweet and desira-
ble. May it be hastened. I called upon brother 
and sister J. Backus, late of Newark, N. J., a few 
moments, and got some refreshment, after which 
1 went to brother N. M. Adams', late of Worcester, 
Mass., who had arranged for me to make my home 
with them during my stay. It was most cheering 
to meet these old friends from different parts of the 
East. and receive their hearty welcome. 
IN examining the last article of Berean, I find 
some few things which 1 desire to notice. First, 
he calls the difference of opinion between the 
learned chronological and critical historians, slight, 
trivial, &c. ; is not their difference as wide as ours? 
and might not these men honestly differ, and if so 
is it not possible for us to differ from them and be 
hon(st [1.] 
The question is not whether it is satisfactory to 
us, but whether it is according to truth. It does 
not therefore make out an ipse facto dcmonstratio, to 
Bro. Buss :-Your remarks in the last Herald, 
under 21, on the 2300 days, I discover a few mis-
takes. 
May the midst of the week refer to any time 
within the circle of the week? You say there is 
no warrant whatever for such a use of the word. 
I trust you do not mean to disguise the fact, that 
some of the ancient critics as well as some of the 
best modern scholars so render it. You say that 
no scholar ever renders it within the circle. And 
now brother B., I dare take just such a position in 
reference to this text. If I understand what Mr. 
Ferguson and Orton mean, it is not absolutely 
middle of the week, but dividing of the week into 
two parts. And now to convince you that a scholar 
has given this rendering of this text, I refer you to 
Moses Stuart's Commentary on Daniel. Stuart was 
one of the best of the Hebrew scholars of this land, 
or 1 might say of any country in modern times. 
* Page 295. I will give you his translation of the 
27th verse : And he shall firmly covenant with 
many, for one week, and during half of the week 
shall he cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease, 
and a waster shall be over a winged fowl of abomi-
nations, but unto destruction even that which is de-
creed shall there be an outpouring upon him who 
fall back upon the deductions of others notwith-
standing they may be wise men. 
I have examined the productions of these men, 
and I am not satisfied with them, and I therefore 
claim a right to differ without having my motives 
impugned. Berean says : 
The most superficial reader should be aware 
of the fact that after Western Rome was divided, a 
list of ten kingdoms could be furnished for almost 
any given year. Now I deny the assertion, and 
call for the proof. [2.] It is true, there has been 
times when ten kingdoms existed part in the Em-
pire and part out of it. There has been a time 
when I could find eleven or twelve, out and in the 
Empire. It is not important how many kingdoms 
have existed in the different periods of its change, 
but at what time, and among what ten kingdoms 
came up the little horn. And now will brother 
B. take his position, and stand to it, or must he 
have all the range of kingdoms consecutively ex-
isting, from Romulus to Bonaparte, so that he can 
say it may mean this, and it may mean something 
else. it is easy to tell what is not. Walk up and 
tell the church what does fulfil it. [3.] 
*He says that although the existence of just ten 
kingdoms is associated with the existence of ano-
ther, still to many who have embraced time or 
have become favorable to it, it is a matter of im-
portance and interest that just ten did exist at the 
time named. Now permit thus much of that so-
phistical theory to rest very lightly on the mind, 
for just ten kingdoms can be reckoned up before 
519 and since 519,as the most learned have shown, 
to have existed prior to that date. Now three 
original kingdoms are discarded in that scheme, 
because, as the editor of the Herald pointedly said, 
it would be fatal to their theory.* Now I consider 
this an uncalled for charge, and not true. We do 
not reject the original Kingdoms three of which 
were plucked up by the Little Horn. I challenge 
proof that there were ten Kingdoms in the Roman 
Empire during the existence of the Heruli. [4.] 
the Heruli were destroyed by Theodoric in 493, 
and he and his Kingdom were Pagans. [5.] Argo 
that the Heruli being one of the ten plucked up by 
the Goths, therefore the Pagan Goths are the 
Little Horn or say, the Pagan Goths did it for the 
Little Horn. Now you cannot make a school boy 
believe that. [6.] Again will you look at your ten 
Kingdoms two of which Heruli and Lombarda, I 
say that Heruli and Lombardi], did not exist in the 
Roman Empire at one and the same time. The 
Heruli were destroyed in 493, the Lombards were 
not in the Empire at that time, their seat of gov-
ernment and possessions, were on the east of the 
DANUBE in Germany, they did not come- into the 
empire until after the Vandals were plucked up in 
534, therefore they could not constitute one of the. 
ten. Now I call upon you either to find the Lom-
bards in the Empire existing at the same time, 
with Heruli or give up that point, LET, us have 
facts and they will stand. [7.] Then I want you to 
tell the readers of the Herald, what were the nine 
other Kingdoms at the time of Heruli, WHEN this 
is DONE, I shall read with better relish tearing 
down arguments against our time scheme. [8.] 
Now mark the point, and tell us were the Heruli 
plucked up by or for the Little Horn in any sense, 
IF so tell us how, we would like to met that point. 
Daniel does not see or speak of the ten Kingdoms 
until the Little Horn is to be developed, who was 
to destroy three of the ten HE SAW 12. he did not 
see them in consecutive order, but simultaneous, 
if consecutive, he might have seen 50 as well as ten. 
Now if the principle of interpretation adopted 
which makes ten horns signify ten KINGDOMS is cor-
rect then the Little Horn is a kingdom, and I 
chalenge you to find it in the POPE, or Catholic 
CHURCH, until after the days of PEPEN, 700 years 
after Christ. Lastly the reference to the Britains 
demands a little notice. He says that they did not 
settle in Wales until the year 600. Now 1 ask what 
has that to do with the question the Britons 
were an independent Nation from the time they in 
vited the Saxons among them until by them driven 
to settle in Wales, so that during all the hun-
dred and fifty years wars they were a Kingdom in-
dependent within the Empire. What if the Ro-
mans did not travel all over the Mountains of 
Wales, DID NOT THAT territory belong to Rome, I 
ask did Julius Cmsar go all over Gall, when he 
added it to Rome, did the soldiers of the United 
States, go all over California when we took pos-
session of IT. It was too small Daniel don't tell, 
how large either of them were, or whether they 
were white or black, neither does it make any dif-
ference, the question is were they a Kingdom in 
519, ANS, THEY WERE, and the best evidence of the 
fact, is they were fighting every inch of their way 
as they retreated. finally 1 ask did they cease to be 
a nation at any time from 490 to 600 if they did 
will Bro. B., tell us at what point of time they lost 
their independence. I can find them fighting all of 
is to be destroyed. MARK HE SAYS DURING. [1.] 
On Page 296 he says * and during half of the week 
Ace. of time how long does not mean as many have 
interpreted it, a PRECISE POINT of time just where 
half of the length of the * whole would reach, but 
one half or one division of the whole duration.* * 
Again on Page 304 He says, According to v. 26, 
an anointed one is to be cut off at the close of the 
sixty-two weeks, and of course at the beginning of 
the one week i. e. SEVEN. [2.] It does seem to me 
that this is the true import of the text. And I do 
hope that Brethren, (though they may not be Mo-
ses Stuarts,) will be respected in their opinions. [3.] 
A few lines in relation to building Jerusalem. It 
does seem to me you are mistaken on that point.* 
Says Stuart, to re-build, or to restore and build, 
which amounts to the same thing, the obvious idea 
at all events is that ofire-building.* * 
And lastly, in relation to the time Christ was in 
the grave you say you was horrified at the ex-
pression of such a conception for my life I cannot 
see anything so awful in the idea that the Saviour 
should be three days and three nights in the heart 
of the earth, if he was crucified on Thursday in 
the afternoon and laid in the grave about six, when 
their preparation day, for the Sabbath began he 
would have been three days and nights in the 
earth, but if he died on Friday then he was not 
even PART of the third night in the earth. I can-
not see why it is calling in question the words of 
the Saviour to say his words were fulfilled in his 
burial. Those who make him but one day and 
part of two and but two nights and no part of the 
third are those who question his veracity. [4.] 
I. ADRIAN. 
Winchester, Nov. 11th, 1853. 
REMARKS. 
True, he says " during ;" but he says it is 
during hay, reckoning from the centre to time end 
of the week. If the sacrifice was suspended dur-
ing that half of tile week, its suspension occurred 
in the centre of the week ; so that here is the op 
polite of authority for defining it anywhere " within 
the circle." 
Had you quoted farther on the 304th page, 
you would have given Stuart's admission, begin-
ning on the next line to that where you stopped : 
" But it is quite plain, that it is during the remain-
der of the week, i. e. during the next and latter 
three and a half years, that our text makes the prin-
cipal desolations of the city and sanctuary to take 
place." 
It should be added that Stuart applies this to 
the times of Antiochus, and not to that of Christ, 
so that as an interpreter, he is of no authority ex-
cept as he acts the part of a lexicographer. 
See article in editorial on the word " midst." 
It will be seen that Stuart fully sustains our defi-
nition of the word " midst." 
In the article replied to, those who place the 
crucifixion on time day before the Sabbath, and his 
resurrection on the day after, were accused of 
" making the Son of God a liar." That is what 
we were horrified at, and not as you make it at 
his laying in the grave three days and three nights. 
We then showed that in nine places, are recorded 
the words of Christ, that he should rise on the 
third day. We then showed from the oriental 
forms of expression, that his one declaration that 
his burial would continue for three days and three 
nights, was in perfect harmony with the others, 
was an Hebrew expression for the whole or any 
part of three days, and that the proof that he rose 
on the third day, does not impeach his words in 
Matthew-does not call in question his veracity. 
We regret that such an expression should be used 
in connection with Christ's name, or that you 
should feel justified in repeating the accusation.-
ED. 
THE 2300 DAYS. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS :-Tn reading your remarks on 
the 2300 days, in tile last _Herald, I did not see the 
harmony between those " remarks " and your form-
er writings, showing time connection between the 
8th and 9th chapters of Daniel. [11 Now, in your 
first section of that article you say, "The vision 
of the 8th of Daniel, and the vision of the 9th," 
as though there was no particular connection be-
tween those chapters. Now, if there is no such 
connection, from what period are the 70 weeks cut 
off from? If not from the 2300 days, is it from time 
in general? [2.] The angel says in the 9th chap. 
22d and 23d verses, " I am now come forth to give 
thee skill and understanding-to skew thee-there-
fore understand the matter, and consider the vision," 
implying that he had not finished the explanation 
which he was commanded to give in the 8th chap-
ter.. [3.] In the last verse of the same chapter, 
Daniel says " that he was astonished at the vision, 
but no one explained it." ( Whiting's trans. Adv. 
I Shield, p. 176.) Now in see. 2d of your article, 
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you say that Gabriel explained the vision ; where I 
as Daniel says it was not explained. [4.] 
You say, sec. 3d, " that Damel was commanded 
to shut up ' that vision. It was given for him 
alone of that age, and not for the understanding 
of others : but was to be preserved for a future 
time.''—" Gabriel would hardly have been so re-
miss in obedience to the command to make him un-
derstand the vision, as to have left him in that 
condition for sixteen years." You say again, in 
sec. 6th, Did the angel refer to the same vision 
when he told Daniel " to consider the vision," in 
v. 23d ? Had he done so, it is singular that he did 
not call it the vision at the beginning, as Daniel did 
the vision of the ram, he-goat, &c., or of the 2300 
days. Now, if Gabriel had expressly said to Dan-
iel, that what he was communicating to him had 
reference to the 2300 days, or the vision of the ram 
and he-goat, how could the vision have been shut 
up for a future time ? Had the angel been so pre-
cise, as you seem to think he ought to have been, 
in o7der for us to understand that he had reference 
to the vision of the 8th chapter, there would have 
been no veil thrown over the matter ; and thus the 
church in every age would have been able to have 
computed the time of the 2300 days, as well as 
those of the last age. [5.] The above are only a few 
points, in your article, of which I shguld like an 
explanation. Yours truly, L. T. CUNNINGHAM. 
Newton U. Falls, Nov, 8th, 1853. 
REMARKS. 
The harmony consists in a candid admission 
of error, in taking ground on that point, in opposi-
tion to the sense of all who wrote previous to Hans 
Wood of Ross Mead. We argued their connection 
as evidence that the longer period would expire in 
1843-4. If those periods commence at a common 
epoch, it can no more be denied that the longer 
one ended at the time named, than it can that the 
sun rose this morning. But the event predicted to 
follow at that end, not having transpired, it fol-
lows that the supposition of their connection was 
an error. It is therefore in perfect harmony with 
our avowed principles to point out the defects of 
,our former arguments. 
It is properly rendered in our version " deter-
mined." To determine a precise definite number 
of weeks, for a specific purpose, is most beautifully 
expressed in the oriental idiom by the idea of cut-
ting off, or cutting out, as it is variously rendered, 
such a period. The passing of ten years has de-
monstrated that it was not cut off from the 2300 ; 
and therefore the supposition that it was, has been 
disproved as sophistical. 
So we formerly reasoned : but if such was the 
case why did the angel use a word for vision, which 
is oftener rendered something besides vision, when 
the word for vision which Daniel used, is never 
rendered anything but vision ! Daniel has left 
on record that he was praying reEpecting the 70 
years of Jeremiah. And when the angel comes to 
give him skill and understanding, it is altogether 
more probable that he refers to the subject of Dan-
iel's prayer, than to what transpired sixteen years 
before. 
Because none of Daniel's associates explained 
the vision, it does not follow it was unexplained by 
the divine messenger who had been commissioned 
for that purpose, and whose explanation of each 
separate appearance in it, is a matter of inspired 
record. Daniel was not told when the 2300 days 
would begin ; nor was he told in the previous vis-
ion (7th chap ) when the three and one-half times 
would commence ; yet he says that that vision wax 
explained. 
seems then that you admit that the angel 
was not sufficiently specific in his language to leave 
no doubt respecting a reference to the vision of 
the 8th chap. When there is room for doubt, 
there is no room for positiveness, but great room 
for modesty in the expression of opinions respect-
ing it. We trust that we have learned a lesson 
on this subject which will not be lost on us.—En. 
LETTER FROM HALLOWELL, Me. 
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS :—It has been ap-
parent to my mind for some time, that the truth 
which has distinguished us from others, has lost 
its power, and ceased to have a saving influence on 
the minds of very many. That faith in the imme-
diate coming of Christ has become greatly weak-
ened, and in too many hearts, become merely a 
sectarian principle. 
Evidences of the truth of this abound. Why 
does this brother build a nice house, furnish it ex-
pensively, ornament his grounds, and plant his 
fruit trees? Ah, he thinks time may roll on five, 
ten, or fifteen years yet, and he wants things com-
fortable and pleasant about him. Why does that 
good brother, who has been blest with a liberal 
portion iu this life, and who once gave so cheer-
fully and bountifully to sustain the cause which 
was dear to his heart, now hoard up his wealth, 
and devote himself arduously to gain more, that 
he can hardly spend an hour in the day, to study 
the Bible, which once afforded him so much de-
light, and to pray for the blessing of God upon 
himself and others ? is it not evident that he is 
saying in his heart, " My Lord delayeth his com-
ing?" 
Some are seeking to he popular—to gain that 
honor which cometh from man, and are very much 
afraid of being deemed singular, or fanatical. 
Conformity to the world, its customs, fashions, 
and spirit, is greatly on the increase among us. 
Greatly has my heart been pained, while I have 
seen my Advent sisters adorning their persons with 
forbidden ornaments and costly attire. 
Not long since I was introduced to one who had 
quite recently embraced the hope of the gospel. 
She had a variety of golden ornaments upon her 
person, and while it grieved me to see them, charity 
suggested, " she is a young convert, and probably 
is not aware that the Bible condemns these things." 
When a fitting opportunity was aflbrded, I called 
her attention to 1 Tim. 2 : 9, and 1 Peter 3 : 3, 4, 
remarking that there was a portion of the discipline 
perhaps she had not seen. She read it, and to my 
disappointment replied, that she had read it before. 
I then alluded to the jewellery she wore. She re-
marked that she did not consider it wrong, if a 
person had them, to wear them, if they took no 
pride in them. " Is not the command, to which I 
have already called your attention, as binding 
upon us, as any other ?" " Yes, I suppose it is," 
was her reply. Then why not obey ? said I. The 
fact that God forbids our wearing them is reason 
sufficient why they should be laid aside ; and if 
our hearts are not set upon them, or care nothing 
about them, it will be no self-denial to lay them 
aside ; but if we are reluctant to do it, we may be 
assured we have pride in wearing them ; besides, 
the influence over others is injurious both to our-
selves and them. 
I will add, that this sister saw her fault, and 
immediately took off her ornaments. I would that 
all the sisters might do likewise ; and if they have 
due respect for the precepts of the gospel, I hesi-
tate not to say, they will do so. There are many 
other decorations, such as artificial flowers, bows, 
curls, &c.., which are unbecoming to the humble 
Christian. Our dress should be plain and simple. 
Some will cry out, " Fastidiousuess," " Too much 
anxiety about trifles ;" but with the word of God, 
and the example of the devoted in all ages to sus-
tain me, I fear not what may be said. Well I know 
that the " lust of the eye, and the pride of life," 
have ruined thousands. We should wear nothing 
that we would not like to have on when Jesus 
comes, neither be engaged in any pursuit that we 
should wish not to be found in at the last day. 
That time is near. I hesitate not to confess my 
faith in seeing Christ next year. 
For about four months the evidence has been to 
my mind conclusive in relation to this matter. 
It was not during the excitement of a meeting 
that I believed ; but while looking the subject over 
alone in my own quiet chamber. When my judg-
ment was convinced, a thrill of joy pervaded my 
whole being, and I shouted aloud, Glory to God ! 
I found I loved the coming of Jesus more than I was 
aware of. I have no doubt but there are many 
who are not convinced as yet of its truthfulness, 
that would rejoice could they be satisfied that it 
was so. I cannot consider all as backsliders, who 
do not see as we do in relation to definite time, but 
I think it is the duty of all to investigate and can-
didly weigh the subject in their minds, who have 
an opportunity of so doing, and none should hesi-
tate to believe through fear of roproach, neither 
should any one hastily embrace it as truth, through 
fear of being lost if they do not. We ought to 
seek a solid basis for our faith, and be able to give 
understandingly " a reason of our hope, with meek-
ness and fear," not with a dogmatical, overbear-
ing, and censorious spirit. 
There is one thing I know not how to reconcile 
with consistency. To hear persons say they are 
looking for the Lord every day, and yet speak 
about the sad results which will most certainly 
follow the passing of the time. I find there are 
quite a number who are quite sure Christ will not 
come next year. There are many other things I 
I would like to refer to, but my full sheet admon-
ishes me to close. I will just add, that the tent 
meeting held at Bodoinham was very interesting 
and good, with some few exceptions. The evidence 
there brought forward from history, to establish 
the commencement of the 1335 days, was far more 
weighty than anything that has ever been published. 
The strength of the argument has not been fully 
written out. Yours, M. D. WELLCOME. 
Letter from Clarenceville. C. E. 
BRO. Buss :—The last Sabbath in August I re-
turned to this place and commenced a series of 
meetings, and the Lord was in the word spoken. 
Night after night was seen the deeply convicted 
sinner, and the repenting backslider, pleading for 
mercy, The Lord did hear the prayers of his chil-
dren in behalf of the penitent, and many were 
made to rejoice in " hope of the glory of God." 
To him be all the praise. 
On Monday we went to the brick school house 
in brother S. Quincy's neighborhood, and contin-
ued our meetings there ; the Lord was with us of 
a truth, the youth were especially interested and 
quite a number were hopefully converted to God, 
and are now rejoicing in prospect of soon seeing 
" the King in his beauty," and of having an in-
heritance in the " kingdom of God." Since I have 
been in this place I have baptized twenty-eight, in 
obedimce to the commands of our " Master." 
At the request of the brethren and sisters, I 
preached to them on the subject of the gospel or-
der, in which I pointed out the benefit, and also 
the duty of observing the gospel rule. At a sub-
sequent meeting, they engaged to adopt the " cove 
nant " of the church at Waterloo, C. E. We are 
united in the great truths of the Bible, and our 
prayer is, that we may be hound together in love, 
live in peace, grow in grace, increase in knowledge, 
and be ready when " the Master appears." 
We have a very interesting Sabbath school num-
bering about forty scholars, which is doing well. 
They are much pleased with the Sabbath School 
Library and Question, books you sent them last 
summer. We hope to be remembered in the 
prayers of the household of' faith. I remain as 
ever yours in the hope of the gospel. 
Nov. 18th, 1853. 
BENJAMIN WEBB. 
BRO. D. CAMPBELL writes from Smithville, C. E., 
Nov. 4th, 1853 :—" I ant on my return from a tour 
of three hundred miles. The harvest truly is great 
and the laborers are few. Let us pray the Lord 
of the harvest to send forth more laborers to his 
vineyard. For the sake of Christ and souls, let 
some brother come over and help us. The breth-
ren in a number of places are desirous to have some 
brother come. One having the approval of the Ad-
ventists would be acceptable, and would be helped 
after a godly sort. We stand in need of living 
faith to be able to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all.things to stand. I have removed 
to Dunnwich, C. W. I want an interest in the 
prayers of those of like precious faith. I hope to 
have the aid of brethren John Pearce, and Cran-
dell, and Benson, part of the time. 
" My address is Dunnwich, Tryconel, C. W." 
Obituarn. 
I am the resurrection and the life he that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth, and 
believeth in me, shall never die."—JomN 11: 25, 26. 
DIED, in Salem, Mass., November 16th, 1853, 
JAMES W., only son of James and Alta E. Pottle, 
aged 8 months 29 days, after an illness of six 
weeks with whooping cough and lung fever. Too 
bright and beautiful for earth his stay was short, 
but— 
Why should we mourn this faded flower 
From this low vale removed, 
To bloom afresh in angel's bowers, 
By them and Christ beloved. 
Thus severed front his parents' arms, 
Our babe has gone before, 
That our fond hearts may follow him 
To that immortal shore. 
We have laid our babe in the cold ground to 
wait until the morning of the resurrection, when 
we shall see him come forth, clothed in immor-
tality, to die no more; and with him we expect to 
eat of the tree of life and dwell for ever with our 
Lord. 
JAMES POTTLE. 
MR. IIIMES—DEAR SIR :—It has become my pain-
ful duty to inform you of the sudden death of my 
father, A. Curtis. He died Nov. 9, of consump-
tion, He had been very much out of health for 
seven years, and for the past year his health had 
been rapidly declining, but for the last month we 
thought him better, for his cough was not as hard 
as it had been and his countenance looked better, 
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morning before he died we thought him as well as 
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blood was streaming out of his month and his 
tongue was greatly swollen. He looked up at me, 
and said faintly " salt and water," and sunk down 
in a chair and expired without a struggle or groan. 
0 it was hard for us to give him up without one 
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two before, he was with us, and for aught we 
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suffered, for he would very often exclaim, " None 
but my God knows what I suffer." But his suf-
ferings are over now and we trust he sleeps in 
Jesus. It has been his prayer for years that he 
might live if it was his Father's will, to witness 
the coming of our Lord, but he would often say, 
" It matters but a little, for I shall only sleep a 
little while ; it will be but a short time whether 
dead or alive before I shall hear the last trump, 
and I long for the time to come." My father has 
been a reader of the Herald for years, and lie 
prized it next his Bible, a great part of his time 
was spent reading them. 
Yours in deep affliction, 
AMELIA A. CURTIS. 
New Britain, Nov.21st, 1853. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
408 
Contents of this No. 
Day without Night 401 A Dark Day 
 405 
Russia and Turkey 401 My Joule' 
 405 
Chronological Table of Events Reply to " Berean " 406 
connected with the Papacy 402 Letter from I. Adrian 406 
The Minstrel of J4dee 
 403 The 2300 Days 
 406 
The New Heavens and the Letter from Clarenceville 407 
New Earth 
 403 Obituary of— 
The Prophecy of Isaieh 404 James W. Pottle 407 
The Word "Midst" 405 A. Curtis 
 407 
New Year's Gift to the Herald 405 Foreign New, 
 408 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON. DECEMBER 17. 1853. 
44 ANALYSTS OF SACRED CHRONOLOGY ; with the 
Elements of Chronology ; and the numbers of the 
Hebrew text vindicated." By S. Bliss. Published 
at this office. 
We find the following unsolicited notice of this 
work, from the pen of a clergyman in Hartford, 
Ct., in the Religious Herald, published in that 
city. The book was prepared for just such an 
emergency as the present, and an extensive circu-
lation of it at this time, would be a help to many 
who for the want of a little chronological informa-
tion are liable to be deceived by false and specious 
pretences. 
" This is a very valuable contribution to our 
list of works to aid in the study of the Scriptures, 
by our former fellow-citizen. No subject is less 
understood, or more necessary to a proper under-
standing of the sacred text, than this of Chronolo-
gy. We commend the work to all ministers, Bible-
Class teachers, and whoever desires to study the 
Bible. Mr. Bliss has here abridged into a small 
compass all the more valuable results of the larger 
works of Hales, Usher and others. With admira-
ble skill he has examined, compared, and chosen 
from the great writers upon Scripture Chronology. 
There is moreover, in a small compass a great 
amount of original study. In such a hook a man's 
labors arc not appreciated. It is a little treatise 
you can get for thirty-seven and a half cents and 
it is worth six months' study—cheap reading for 
so long a time." 
The New York Evangelist denominated it, " a 
succinct arrangement of Bible history, according 
to the chronology of Dr. Hales, and well adapted 
to give clearness to its incomparable narratives. 
The plan of the work strikes us as ingenious—as 
most assuredly its object is excellent." 
(From the Congregationalist.) 
" The ,object of this work, is to arrange the 
Chronology of Scripture events, so that the sub-
ject may be easily studied. In the language of 
the preface ' an original feature of this analysis 
is the presenting in Ml, and in chronological or-
der, the words of inspiration, which have a bear-
ing on the time of the events and predictions 
therein recorded.' The work bears evidence of 
much labor, and may be used with much profit by 
the student of the Bible." 
(From Zion's Herald.) 
" It is a brief but thorough outline of the science 
—defining all technicalities, and introducing 
the unlearned reader to quite a comprehensive view 
of it." 
(From Lord's Literary and Theological Journal.) 
" This brief epitome of the Chronology of the 
Scriptures, furnishes a large amount of useful in-
fbrmation in respect to the times of the persons 
and occurrences that are mentioned in the Bible." 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
LETTERS from Constantinople, dated 10th ult., 
give some details with respect to the plans of Omar 
Pasha, which do not leave a doubt of the fact that 
the operations at Oltenitza were a mere feigned 
attack, intended to deceive Prince Gortschakoff as 
to his real intentions. The plan has perfectly suc-
ceeded ; for while the Russian general has concen-
trated his troops round Bucharest, thinking that 
that Was the point threatened, Omar Pasha has 
very different objects in view. It is believed that 
he was combining his troops, so as to attack the 
division of General Luders in Bessarabia ; and it 
is also believed that the object of the Ottoman 
government in sending its fleet into the. Black Sea 
is to co-operate with the land forces in that attack. 
It appears that the first successes of Omar Pasha 
have added immensely to the hopes of the Turkish 
government. With their successes the courage of 
the Turks rises, and it would now be more difficult 
to bring them to terms than it would have been a 
month ago. They not only declare their full deter-
mination to run all the chances of the war, but 
speak of the terms which they were lately ready to 
grant to Russia, as now being out of the question. 
So confident does the whole nation now feel of suc-
cess that it would require nothing less than a com-
plete and irretrievable disaster to induce them to 
accede to peace on any more mild terms than an 
indemnity from Russia, and the revision of all the 
treaties that have been concluded between Russia 
and Turkey for the last century—treaties which 
they consider as the primary causes of all their 
misfortunes. 
A letter from Vienna announces that it is the in-
tention of the Russians to attempt a great opera-
tion on the Danube, by crossing the river at Rust-
chuk and Silistria. The road from those towns 
joins that which leads to Shumla, which is, with 
Adrianople, one of t4e boulevards of Constantino- 
ple. The news may be considered as indicating an 
ntention on the part of the Russians to attack 
Constantinople directly. 
A telegraphic despatch has been received from 
Constantinople, dated the 17th, stating that the 
Russian forces had attacked St. Nicholas, in Asia, 
by land and sea. They were repulsed five times 
by the Turks, who held the fortress. A Russian 
steamer, with eighteen hundred persons on board, 
was stranded, and twenty-five of the crew were 
saved, and brought by the Turks to Constantinople 
as prisoners of war. 
Letters from Bucharest to the 17th state that the 
city was tranquil, and that the Russians had taken 
positions to effectually protect the city from the 
accidents of war. 
On the 18th ult. renewed attempts were made 
by the Turkish forces to cross the Danube, at Nik-
opoli and Siston, but in which, however, they were 
unsuccessful. 
Wainer 4- Smith's European Times has the fol-
lowing resume of affairs, which gives the most defi-
nite information that has come to hand : 
" A very important change has taken place in 
the position of the armies of the belligerent pow-
ers during the week. Our readers will remember 
that the troops of Omar Pasha had passed the 
Danube, and more or less succeeded in fortifying 
themselves in advantageous positions at Kalafat, 
Giurgevo, Oltenitza, and Kalarach. At the pas-
sage opposite Giurgevo they encountered the most 
successful resistance by the Russians, whilst at 
Oltenitza a series of encounters, which lasted 
many days, attested the resolute bravery with 
which the Turks attacked the enemy. 
" To this authentic statement we added a rumor, 
then credibly put forth, that the Turks had even 
captured Bucharest, after a severe bombardment, 
and that the Russians had fled over the mountains 
into the Austrian province of Transylvania. This 
report has proved altogether incorrect. The pre-
cise course of events it is impossible to trace with 
any degree of certainty, but we know that the 
troops of Omar Pasha have re-crossed the river to 
the right bank, merely retaining possession of one 
or two points of vantage to keep the Russians in 
check. The precise reason which has induced 
Omar Pasha to take this retrograde step is not 
known, but military men seem to approve it. It 
is said that the Russian forces were approaching 
the scene of action from Moldavia, in such over-
whelming numbers that Omar Pasha prudently de-
clined. battle at any of the points so low down the 
river. 
" However, it is beyond doubt that the Turkish 
General maintains his position at and near Kala-
fat, and we have very positive assurances that a. 
detachment of this division of the army has defeated 
the Russians, and has taken the strongly fortified 
town of Krajova, the capital of Lesser Wallachia. 
This important advantage is reported to have been 
gained by the troops of Ismael Pasha, after a smart 
engagement with the Russian division under Gen-
eral Fischbock. The Turks were expected to for-
tify themselves strongly in the triangle comprised 
between Kalafat, Krajova, and Naracat (query—
Kalarach ?) all on the left bank of the river, there-
by securing their communications with both banks 
of the river, and establishing a base of operations 
to act in Lesser Wallachia. 
" Prince Gortschakoff was at Bucharest on the 
14th inst., and it was said that he would march to 
attack Omar Pasha in his position near Widdin, 
as the Czar had given orders to prosecute the war 
with energy and perseverance. But, as with all 
the efterts of the Russians, it now appears that 
Ostensacken's corps cannot reach Jassy before the 
10th of December, the Turks may keep their po-
sition in Lesser Wallachia until the close of the 
campaign. The weather is becoming very cold at 
the seat of war, and soldiers are taken with their 
toes frost-bitten.into the hospitals, which are filled 
to repletion. In Asia the Turks have evidently 
gained considerable advantages, but these can have 
but slender effect upon the issue of the war. In 
truth, it has appeared that in all the encounters 
the Turks have manifested quite as much bravery 
as the Russians, but they have not succeeded in 
breaking the Russian lines. 
" The Servians, after some vacillation, have de-
clared in favor of the Porte, and seem disposed to 
aid the Sultan effectually. As regards any nego-
tiations for peace, we are still quite in the dark. 
Count Walewski, the French ambassador in Lon-
don, has made a secret and rapid visit to Paris, 
but returned immediately. Of course there are 
many versions respecting the object of this visit ; 
our own is, that a secret treaty is on the tapis, or 
has been concluded, between. the French and Eng-
lish governments, to regulate the precise condi-
tions upon which the two nations propose to inter-. 
fere with the belligerents to secure an honorable 
peace and that this is the case, is proved by the os- 
tentatious way in which the French authorities at 
Constantinople have advertised for supplies for the 
vessels in the Black Sea throughout the winter, 
which plainly indicates that the fleets will remain 
in that quarter until peace is definitely signed. 
" As the campaign must of necessity soon close, 
it remains to be seen whether diplomacy can now 
take up the ravelled skein of events, or whether 
the Gordian knot must be cut by the sword when 
the spring arrives. We are more than ever con-
vinced that the Czar will never yield until he is 
satisfied that England and France will strike at 
him unless he gives up the principalities ; but 
when he finds both nations in downright earnest 
to support the Turks, he has no choice but to yield. 
We hear that military executions by the Russians 
are of daily occurrence in Bucharest. In fact the 
whole Russian system is one of terror." 
The London Morning Advertiser states that it re-
ceived information last night that the English Gov-
ernment had received a telegraphic despatch an-
nouncing the entrance of the English and French 
squadrons into the Black Sea. 
All the Russian residents in Paris have received 
orders from St. Petershurgh to settle their affairs, 
and to hold themselves in readiness to leave France 
at any moment, should it become necessary for 
them to do so. 
The following is a summary of the Russian bul-
letin of the battle of Oltenitza : 
" On the 2d, the Turks took possession of the 
quarantine building, which is of stone, and the 
first brigade of the 11th infantry division, with 
two batteries, six squadrons of lancers, with two 
guns and three hundred Cossacks, received orders 
to attack them from the side of the village of Mi-
treni Foudeni. 
" On the 4th, at one o'clock, Gentled Dannen-
berg advanced against the enemy, who had bad 
time to fortify his position,' of which the quaran-
tine was the centre. His left flank rested on the 
river Argish, his right on the Danube, and in front 
were palisades. The right flank was further pro-
tected from the right bank of the Danube, which 
is here only 212 toises (424 yards) broad, by three 
batteries. The only flank was also protected by 
batteries planted on the island in the Danube. 
" Two of the Russian batteries advanced to 
within nine hundred yards of the Turkish position, 
and the engagement began. In spite of the i mur-
derous ' fire of the Turks, the Russians forced their 
way into the trenches, and this bold attack threw 
the Turks into confusion. The cavalry first took 
to flight, and rushed into the Danube. As the 
Russian missiles had caused two explosions in the 
quarantine building, the Turks lost no time in re-
moving their artillery from it, and hurried in dis-
order to the steep descent leading to the stream. 
" As General Dannenberg had succeeded in pre-
venting the Turks fortifying themselves in their 
position, he was of opinion that the advantage to 
be gained by completing the defeat of the Turkish 
detachment would not be equivalent to the loss 
our troops would suffer front the fire of the 40 guns 
on the right bank of the Danube. As our loss 
was, besides, pretty considerable, he resolved to 
to take up his former position. The Turkish troops 
did not attempt to impede his movements." 
CORRECTION.—In the obituary of sister Smith's 
little boy, in the Herald of the 3d, the name was 
incorrectly given as " Harry ;" it should have been 
Harvey. 
MARRIED, Dec. 1st, in Canandaigua, N. Y., by 
Elder William Ingmire, of Auburn, Dr. J. Rlcn- 
BOND PRATT, to Miss MARY L. eldest daughter of 
Dr. F. B. HAHN. 
"Youth's Guide." 
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CONTENTS OF THE NOV. NO. 
Ingratitude. 
Michael the Miner. 
Avoid Bad Company. 
The Most Unhappy. 
Hard to be Good. 
Wills, Won'ts, and Can'ts. 
An Interesting Experiment. Saved by a Coon Skin. 
Hints to Teachers. 
He Tilts Us Over. 
Little John Brown. 
The Frog. 
&elm Destroyed. 
Come, Children, Come. 
How Ile Got a Place. 
Christian Heroism. 
Artless Simplicity. 
Knocked Back. 
The Child's Comfort. 
A Puzzle, Enigmas, Be. 
Appointments, &c. 
J. M. ORROCK will preach in Lawrenceville, C. E., Dec. 26th ; Mel-
bourne, 31st, and Sunday, Jan. 1st ; Brompton, 4th ; and West 
Hatley, Otis. Evening meetings at 6 o'clock. 
BENJ. WEBI3 will preach in Stanbridgc, (Stone settlement,) C. E., 
Dec. 24th, and remain over the Sabbath. Meeting to commence 
at'10 A. M. Let there be a general rally. 
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day, Dec. 29th, and continue over the Sabbath.—Cues. Reentes, 
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at Truro, Mass., the first Sabbath in January. 
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Worcester, Sunday, 2501. 
B. S. REYNOLDS will preach in North Troy Dec. 23d. 
THE semi-annual Conference of Adventists of Northern Illinois will 
he held (Providence permitting) with the church in Clinton, De 
Kalb county, in the school-house four miles north-east of Shalt-
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the following Sabbath. Eiders Chapman, Cummins, and others 
are expected to break to us the bread of life. Come, brethren 
and sisters, in the name of our soon coming King, to this feast of 
tabernacles, praying for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon 
us.. Provision will be made for all who come. There will be a 
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In behalf of the committee. N. W. SPENCER, Sec'y. 
THE General Conference for Central New York, Providence permit-
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the Sabbath. Meetings for conference, preaching, and divine ser-
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