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OFFICE, No. 8 Chrirdon..stieet 
VOLUME XII. NO. 24. 
Day without Night. 
RY TEE RIM JOES CUMMING, D. P., ENG.. 
(Continued from our last.) 
IT is also added, " There shall be no night 
there :" as the millennium will be the sabbath 
of the earth, it will be followed by no night. By 
referring to Genesis, we find these words at the 
close of the account of the creation of each day: 
" And the evening and the morning were the 
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth day." 
But in the account of the creation of the seventh 
day, it is not added at the close, " The evening 
and the morning were the seventh day." As if 
the seventh day were to be the complete type of 
the seventh millenary, and that millenary to 
merge without an intervening night into ever-
lasting noon. The negation, " no night," seems 
at first view a flaw, for, when we are weary and 
exhausted with the fatigues of the week-day 
work, we hail the approach of the shadows of 
even, as the percursor of repose and refreshing 
sleep. " No night," now, would be to us all 
the exhaustion of energy, and health, and life : 
but a little reflection will show us that what 
would be a calamity in our present imperfect 
state, will be one of the greatest blessings of 
that new and glorious condition of which we 
have at present but a dim and distant prospect. 
Now, night is associated with fatigue; the 
body, worn and weary with the labors of the day, 
recruits its strength, and recovers its expended 
energies by the repose of night. The mind, too, 
just as susceptible of exhaustion as its earthly 
tabernacle, worn out by its excursions in the re-
gions of thought, folds its wing, and is restored 
and refreshed while it sleeps beneath the soft 
broad shadows that envelop it. But in the New 
Jerusalem these restorative processes will not be 
required. The resurrection body shall be capa-
ble of action without exhaustion, •and of labor 
without fatigue ; we shall run and not be weary, 
we shall walk and not faint. Corrupt, it is 
raised incorruptible; mortal, it is raised immor-
tal. The spirit shall be willing, while the flesh 
shall not be weak; our bodies shall be wings, 
not weights to the soul, and the mind itself, re-
turned and restored, shall pursue its excursions 
into realms of beauty and of glory on untiring 
pinion, and with purged eye; reason will not 
weary in its pursuits, nor imagination in its ex-
cursions, nor the heart in its throbbings; " they 
rest not " (and yet they rest,) day and night, say-
ing, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty !" 
Night is now associated with insecurity. We 
adopt precautions against the thief and the rob-
ber, because it is during this season, when dark-
ness conceals them, that the evil disposed lie in 
wait for their prey. There, there shines perpet-
ual light ; as there live none but holy ones there, 
no thief shall break through to steal, for its walls 
will be salvation and its gates praise, and all 
will enjoy the consciousness of perfect security 
beneath the outstretched wings of Him whose 
they are, and whom they serve. 
Night is also in this dispensation the symbol 
of ignorance. It hides from the eye alike the 
.pitfall, and the precipice, and the landscape. 
But in that dispensation it shall not be so. We 
shall know in whole, and not in part. The glass 
through which we now see darkly, shall be bro-
ker ; there shall be no cold shadow from above, 
nor mist or exhalation from below; our eyes 
shall be brighter, our whole soul readjusted; all 
controversies shall be settled : there will be no 
dim medium, nor second-hand knowledge ; we 
shall have strength to look and patience to learn 
each scene and wonder that each successive hour 
brings within the horizon of our view. The Son 
of righteousness shall no longer be horizontal, 
casting broad shadows, but vertical, and creat-
ing none. Our horizon shall widen as we live ; 
past providence, with its ups and downs, and 
labyrinthine turnings, shall be fully revealed to 
us; and redemption with its glories and its won-
ders shall spread all luminous before us, with 
scarcely one undeciphered mystery or unex-
plained hieroglyph. 
We shall then no longer see through a glass 
darkly. Those objects which it requires the 
microscope to make visible in our present state 
of imperfection and weakness, will then come 
clearly into our view, and thus wonders, mys-
teries, and traces of wisdom, benevolence, and 
power, which are at present veiled from our 
eyes, shall then become luminous and visible ; 
and these unseen and unsound depths,—the mere 
surface of which the most powerful microscopes 
have revealed,—.we shall see such proofs of de-
sign, so distinct footprints of Deity, such mar-
vels, that we shall feel that the sometimes al-
leged want of evidence of the existence of God 
was owing not to any deficiency in reality, but 
to our ignorance, and weakness, and prejudice, 
and passions. In what we now see of the mi-
nute, there is overwhelming proof of the fact and 
presence of Deity. In what we shall see when 
there will be no night, that evidence will be 
glorious beyond conception. 
Nor will the telescope reveal less impressive 
proofs of the power, and greatness, and re-
sources of Deity. Of these we have at present 
no weak conception ; and the loftier the height 
to which the latest telescope carries our vision, 
the more numerous and magnificent are the dis-
closures of the greatness of God. " The unde-
vout astronomer is mad," is a line that has 
passed into an axiom, and is universally admit-
ted to be so. If this be true of the astronomer en 
earth, how impossible will all undevoutness be, 
when his observatory shall be the walls of the 
New Jerusalem, and the light in which all 
things shine, the glory of God and of the Lamb ; 
and the eye that looks, as free from speck as is 
the heart from passion and the mind from pre-
judice. 
All creation will then lie in the light of' rev-
elation, and texts of scripture, and facts of na-
ture, glorify together " the Lamb of God, that 
taketh away the sins of the world." The origi-
nal harmony between God's two great oracles, 
suspended and interrupted by sin, shall be re-
stored, and all things, made fearfully and won-
derfully at first, and all truths inspired by the 
Holy Spirit of God, shall reveal their common 
birth, and accomplish their intended mission. 
In the words of a living and truly eloquent 
divine :—" And although it be true, that night 
now discloses to us the wonders of the universe, 
so that to take from us darkness were to take 
the revelation of the magnificence of the crea-
tion, whence comes this but from the imperfec-
tion of faculties—faculties which only enable us 
to discern certain bodies, and under certain cir-
cumstances, and which probably suffer far more 
to escape them than they bring to our notice ? 
We speak of the powers of vision; and very 
amazing they are—giving us a kind of empire 
over the vast panorama, so that we gather in its 
beauties, and compel them, as though by en-
chantment, to paint themselves in miniature 
through the tiny lenses of the eye ; but never-
theless, how feeble are they! Bodies of less 
than a certain magnitude evade them. The mi-
croscope must be called in, though this only car-
ries the vision one or two degrees further; whilst 
other bodies, etherial, for example, or those 
which move with extraordinary velocity, are 
either altogether invisible or only partially dis-
cerned. And is it not on account of this feeble-
ness of power, that the eye seeks the shadows of 
night before it can survey the majestic troop of 
stars? That troop is on its everlasting march, 
as well when the sun is high in the firmament, 
as when he has gone down amid the clouds of 
the west; and it is only because the eye has not 
strength to discern the less brilliant bodies in 
the presence of the great luminary of the heavens, 
that it must wait for night to disclose to it the 
peopled sea of' immensity. I glory, then, once 
more, in the predicted absence of night. Be it 
so, that night is now our instructor, and that a 
world of perpetual sunshine would be a world 
of gross ignorance ; I feel that night is to cease 
because we shall no longer need to be taught, 
because we shall be able to observe the universe 
illuminated, and not require as now to have it 
darkened for our gaze. It is like telling me of 
surprising increase of power; I shall not need 
night as a season for repose; I shall not need 
night as a medium of instruction; I shall be 
adapted in every faculty to an everlasting day—
a day whose lustre shall not obscure the palest 
star, and yet shall paint the smallest flower, 
and throughout whose perpetual shining I shall 
have the universe laid open to me in its every 
recess, presenting me with fresh wonders, and 
preparing me always to understand them." 
It is then, too, that all disputes on many in-
teresting and important subjects shall be set at 
rest for ever. Of many a revealed truth we can 
only say now, " It is :" but we can neither com-
prehend nor say how it is. We now lean on the 
Omnipotence we cannot understand, and repose 
in the guidance of wisdom we can neither fhth-
om nor comprehend. 1Vhen our present night 
shall be rolled away, we shall not indeed com-
prehend the infinite or understand the inscruta-
ble, for the larger the circle of light in which 
we stand, the broader and denser the encompass 
ing shadow ; but we shall see then what human 
eye has not yet seen, and hear what human ear 
has not yet heard, and conceive what human 
heart has not yet conceived. Now, " we know 
only in part, but when that which is perfect is 
come, then that which is in part shall be done 
away. For now we see through a glass darkly, 
but then face to face : now I know in part, but 
then shall I know even as also I am known." 
Night is associated with sin. " They that be 
drunken," says the apostle, " are drunk in the 
night." Again, " Cast off the works of dark-
ness, and put on the armor of light." Again, 
" Men love the darkness more than the light., 
because their deeds are evil :" but in the New 
Jerusalem there shall be no night, because 
there shall be no presence or possibility of sin. 
He who put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, 
is there : they whom he presents to himself', " a 
glorious Church, without spot or wrinkle," are 
there : the pure in heart, the single of purpose, 
the loyal in allegiance, the sanctified, the holy, 
the undefiled, are there : there shall in no-wise 
enter it anything that defiles; there shall be no 
sin to tarnish the beauty of that place, nor any 
passion to wound the peace of its inhabitants. 
Perfect holiness will he seen to be the perfect 
light. 
(To be continued ) 
Russia and Turkey. 
TIIE last steamer, it will be recollected, 
brought an account of an engagement, or rather 
a series of engagements, at Oltenitza. These 
engagements took place between a strong force 
of the Turks who crossed the river from Turtu-
kai, and we now have more full particulars of 
this battle than was received by the last steamer. 
The action, it seems, took place in the village 
of Oltenitza, which consists of a few houses and 
a ruined fbrt. The Turks, to the number of 
9,000 only (not 12.000, as originally reported), 
crossed from Turtukai, bringing with them every-
thing necessary to entrench themselves at Olte-
nitza. They were attacked by General Dannen-
perg, and a most obstinate combat, partly at 
the point of the bayonet, ensued. The Turkish 
fortress on the opposite side of the river, at 
Turtukai, fired with such precision that the shots, 
passing over the heads of the Turks, did much 
execution among the Russians. 
The latter had L00 men put hors de combat. 
Almost all the colonels and lieutenant-colonels 
were killed or wounded. The Turkish bullets 
were chiefly conical. 
Prince Gortschakoff was to make a forced 
march on the 9th(Wednesday last), with the main 
body of his army, to meet the Turks, and it was 
expected that a decisive battle would be fought 
on the 10th or the 11th. 
The Paris Moniteur of Monday explains that 
the battle of Oltenitza took place November 4th, 
within the triangle of land formed by the waters 
of the Argis and the Danube ; 9000 Turks occu-
pied the quarantine building and the old forti-
fied redoubt situated in the plain near the Dan-
ube, as well as the village. From their position 
the Turks poured shot and shell among the Rus-
sians with great success up to the very entrance 
of the village, where General Dannenberg was 
directing the attack, The chasseurs of the Turk-
ish force, armed with Vincennes carbines, made 
terrible havoc among the enemy's ufficers. It is 
also stated that the battle continued the greater 
part of the 5th. Further details are wanting of 
this second combat; but, if the news prove cor-
rect, it would, in a great measure, explain the 
propositions made by Omar Pasha to General 
Gortschakoff about delivering over to the Turks 
and evacuating the principalities altogether. 
The Wanderer publishes a letter from Bu-
charest of the 6th instant, stating that., after a 
series of murderous conflicts on the 3d, 4th and 
5th instant, the Turks maintained their position 
on the Wallachian bank of the Danube, while 
the Russians took refuge in their entrenchments 
near Oltenitza, 
The following is another version of the affair 
at Oltenitza, from the Paris Sierile. It does not 
differ materially from the other accounts: 
" According to information worthy of being 
relied on, as the Moniteur says, we think we 
may announce to our readers that the Ottoman 
troops have gained a fresh victory at Oltenitza. 
On the 2d and 3d inst. the Russian General 
Pauloff endeavored in vain to prevent the Turks 
from establishing themselves in advance of Olte-
nitza, on the Wallachian side of the Danube. 
The Ottomans maintained their positions, and 
caused the Russians a loss of 600 men, among 
whom are 18 officers. The position of Oltenitza, 
situate about 38 miles from Bucharest, which is 
the basis of their operations in Wallachia, ap-
peared so important to the Russian generals, 
that they resolved to make a fresh effort to dis-
lodge the Turks from it. The attack was recom-
menced on the 4th, and continued through part 
of the 5th. The Russians have had 1200 killed 
or wounded, and it is stated as certain that the 
Ottoman chasseurs, armed with the Vincennes 
carbines, made terrible havoc in the ranks of' the 
officers. Almost all the commanders of corps 
have fallen. We will admit that we have no 
details on the consequences of the second engage-
ment, but from the summons made to Prince 
Gortschakoff by Omar Pasha, to deliver all the 
fortified places into the hands of the Turks, and 
to evacuate the principalities as promptly as 
possible, there is reason to infer that the troops 
of the Sultan have assumed a real attitude of 
superiority." 
A Vienna despatch of 14th says that " accord-
ing to a private despatch, fighting was renewed 
near Bucharest on the 11th, in the morning. If 
this report is true the Turkish troops have ad-
vanced from their position at Oltenitza towards 
Bucharest, where the main body of the Russian 
troops is concentrated. This movement is by no 
means improbable. There were reports of a great 
battle, but a Vienna despatch of 13th (not so late 
as the above) says: 
" All the reports of a grand battle and the 
taking of Bucharest by the Turks are till now 
unfounded. On the 3d, Prince Gortschakoff 
received orders to assume the offensive, all pro-
jects of compromise having proved unsuccessful." 
We have no reliable account of the number of 
the Turkish troops who have crossed at Oltenitza, 
but large reinforcements must have been thrown 
over after the first battle to have enabled this 
force to advance towards Bucharest. 
While these operations are going forward lower 
down the Danube, the extreme left wing of the 
army remains inactive. Advices from Kalafht 
of the 3d inst. state that on that day the Turks 
had not left their positions. They were waiting 
for reinforcements to march upon Krajova. 
A Vienna despatch of the 14th says : 
It is believed that Omar Pasha will also at-
tempt to cross the Danube above Galatz, in order 
to get into Moldavia. 
The Turkish embassy here have reason to be-
lieve that between 90,000 and 100,000 Turks 
have already crossed the Danube. 
Constantinople, Oct. 27th.—Every messenger 
from the camp confirms the accounts already 
received with regard to the excellent health and 
spirit of the army. Omar Pasha is the idol of 
his troops. Vigilant, indefatigable, he is seen, 
1 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
it is said, at times with stick in hand and common 
alba on his back, sharing their toils and simple 
soldiers' fare, I have heard, besides, an anec-
dote which proves the extreme attention of this 
officer to all the details of the service. After 
exercise one day, he summoned the officers to his 
tent and ordered theirs to ascertain by a frank 
confession whether there were any men in the 
different divisions exhibiting symptoms of fear 
at the approaching conflict, and that in such cage 
they must quit the ranks or be otherwise em-
ployed, It is almost incredible that, amongst 
so many thousands of troops, there were only six 
men to be found who manifested, on ingtuiry, a 
want of courage, and they were instantly released 
from service, But all the efforts of the com-
mander-in-cheif failed to protect them from in-
sult; they were spit upon and hooted out of the 
camp, covered with shame and ignominy, 
The Russian commander is ruling the Walla-
ehians with arbitrary power, forcing them to sell 
their provisions, &c., at certain prices and other-
wise oppressing them, On the contrary, the most 
humane dispositions are announced by the Turks 
an entering the Wallachian soil, 
Of the movements of the armies in Asia we 
find the following account :.' 
A private letter from Trebizonde, of the 22d 
nit., states that Abdi Pasha marched from Erze-
roam through Kars, on the 12th October, at the 
head of 12,000 regular troops. 10,000 regulars 
had arrived at his head-quarters from Kurdistan 
and Diarbekir. 15,000 redifs are likewise en-
camped in the neighborhood of Kars. The gov-
ernment has called the Bashi-Bozouks into active 
service. They are irregular volunteers, armed 
with muskets without bayonets, with pistols, and 
a poniard with a broad blade. There are nearly 
30,000 of them between Batoum and Kars. 
A Russian corps of 30,000 men had been en-
camped f r the previous 20 days at the foot of 
the mountain which commands Alexandropol, 
distant 12 hours march from Kars on the Geor-
gian territory. Another corps of 15,000 men 
is encamped in the neighborhood of Akhalzikh, 
which is intended to take possession of Batoum 
by the mountains which command it, whilst it is 
to be bombarded on the sea. side by ships of war. 
15,000 riflemen, armed like the Chasseurs of 
Vincennes, were landed at Trebizonde, on the 
21st, from Turkish ships, together with 6000 
infantry. These troops are well armed and 
equipped.. 22 steamboats were expected, with 
additional troops for Erzeroum and Kars. It 
was expected that the Turkish government would 
despatch 5000 good troops from Constantinople 
to Batourn the followinh week. This was abso-
lutely necessary, for Batoum was defended by 
only 2000 regular troops and 6000 Bashi-Boz-
oaks, who could not resist Russian troops pre-
pared to attack it. 
Another letter from Trebizonde announces 
that the Russian fortress of Daniel, situate in 
Circassia, on the right bank of the Terek, between 
Mosdok and Tiflis, was surrounded by the insur-
gent Ossetes and by a large force of Circassians, 
and that it was on the point of falling into their 
power. The same letter announces that the 
authentic details had been received of the affair 
which took place some time back, when 20,000 
Russians, lately arrived in the country, were 
overpowered by Schamy-l's troops, and all that 
were not killed were made prisoners, and are now 
at Ardiauskai in Circassia. 
Active preparations are making on both sides 
to carry on the war. Letters from St. Peters-
burg state that a fresh levy of recruits, to the 
extent of seven in the thousand, commenced on 
the 1st inst. throughout the eastern part of the 
Russian Empire ; and a telegraphic despatch 
from Constantinople announces that the Sultan 
will join his troops on the Danube in the spring. 
A Constantinople letter says this has increased 
his popularity, and the most intense enthusiasm 
prevailed. 
All talk of negotiation, all hopes of a peace-
ful solution, have subsided. The tone of the 
French journals, and the tenor of all the news 
from Paris, indicate a belief on the part of the 
French government that the time for action has 
come. How the Western Powers will act is as 
yet unknown. It is said that the French has 
solicited the English government to join in order-
ing the allied fleets to enter the Black Sea ; and 
it is stated, " on good authority," that the French 
government has decided that 25,000 men shall 
be sent to Turkey if the Emperor of Russia per- 
sist in a course of aggression, or demand a pe- 
cuniary indemnity as the condition of his dis- 
continuing it. 
The Globe Paris correspondent is assured that 
the Emperor of the French, whilst still express-
ing his anxious desire for honorable peace, has 
declared that Russia has gone too far, and that 
he thought the moment was at hand when neither 
honor nor interest would permit the sword of 
France to slumber any longer in the scabbard. 
It is stated that the French government has pro-
posed to the English cabinet to act at once with 
energy, and order the entrance of the combined 
fleets into the Black Sea. The 111oniteur con- 
taining the reply to the Emperor of Russia's 
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manifesto was sent off by the Russian ambassa-
dor, per special courier, to St. Petersburg, within 
an hour after its publication. 
The Martiteur, the official organ of the- French 
government, has replied to the Russian declara-
tion of war in the following article, which caused 
great sensation in Paris : 
" The Journal de St. Petersbourg, in its num-
ber of the 3d of November, contains a new mani-
festo from the Emperor of Russia... We give 
this document in full, but we consider it neces-
sary to preface it by some observations. The 
question new in dispute between the cabinet of 
St.. Petersburg and the Sublime Porte is at pres-
ent well known, and the proportions which it has 
assumed, in spite of the efforts of the diplomatists 
of Europe, do not change its origin. The affair 
of the holy places of Jerusalem being terminated, 
Prince Menschikoff laid claim, in the name of 
his government, to certain guarantees for the 
maintenance of the privileges of the Eastern 
Church. 
" These guarantees related altogether to the 
future, as no particular fact, no complaint from 
the patriarch of Constantinople, had been brought 
forward in support of the demand of the ambas-
sador of Russia, and the Sublime Porte had just 
confirmed spontaneously all the spiritual immu-
nities of the Greek community. The solicitude 
of the Emperor Nicholas for a religious creed, 
which is that of the majority of his people, con-
sequently had no immediate object; nevertheless, 
France, Austria, Great Britain, and Prussia, 
recommended the Sublime Porte to respond to 
it by assurances compatible with the dignity of 
the Sultan and the integrity of his sovereign 
rights. The conference of Vienna imagined that 
it had found a form of drawing up a note which 
would prove satisfactory to both parties. When 
that note was submitted to the divan, objections 
were made to it which the powers regretted, but 
to which, however, they considered it their duty 
to pay such attention as to advise the cabinet of 
St. Petersburg to admit them. Not only did that 
cabinet refuse to do so, but the explanations into 
which Count de Nesselrode entered to account 
for the rejection of the modifications proposed by 
Redschid Pasha were of such a nature that 
France, Austria, Great Britian, and Prussia, by 
common consent, admitted that it was no longer 
possible for them to recommend the Porte to ac-
cept purely and simply the Vienna note. 
" It was in these circumstances that the Sul-
tan adopted the course of declaring war. That 
sovereign acted in the plenitude of' his responsi-
bility ; but it is not exact to say, as the Russian 
manifesto does, that the principal powers of 
Europe have vainly endeavored, by their exhor-
tations, to shake the blind obstinacy of the Otto-
man Porte.' The principal powers of Europe, 
and, in particular, France and England, on the 
contrary, recognized that if their conciliatory 
action was not exhausted, the arrangement to be 
made ought not any longer to be concluded on 
conditions of which the cabinet of St. Petersburg 
had itself undertaken to prove the danger. The 
manifesto terminates by declaring that nothing 
now remains for Russia, provoked as she was to 
combat, but to have recourse to arms to force 
Turkey to respect treaties ; but it does not men-
tion any clauses of such treaties which had been 
violated by the Porte. By the treaty of Kut-
chuk-Kainardji, the Porte engaged to protect the 
Christian worship in all its churches. The ad-
dresses which the Armenian and Greek commu-
nities have just presented to the Sultan prove 
their gratitude for the recent benefits of his 
highness. 
" The treaty of Adrianople confirms in favor of 
the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia 
advantages and privileges which the Porte has 
respected even to the point of not recalling the 
hospodars Stirbey and Ghika, who at present quit 
power, not in consequence of a firman of the 
grand seignior, but owing to the orders of Gen-
eral Prince Gortschakoff, which their loyalty as 
subjects of the Sultan did not permit them any 
longer to execute. The same treaty of Adriano-
ple fixes the Pruth as the boundary of the two 
empires, but that river was crossed in the midst 
of peace by a Russian army. The Turks, in 
crossing the Danube in their turn, did not assume 
the offensive ; it is the Ottoman empire such as 
it is determined by treaties, which they are en-
deavoring to defend against aggression, the date 
of which goes back several months. Our inten-
tion cannot be to enter here into a useless dis-
cussion ; but it has appeared to us indispensable 
to re-establish, as we comprehend it, the truth as 
to the real situation of timings." 
(continued from our last.) 
Chronological Table 
OF EVENTS CONNECTED IVITII TIIE PAPACY. 
As Vitalianus approached the city, the ortho-
dox began to rise ; and the Emperor, alarmed for 
the result, made peace with the rebel on the best 
terms that he could, which were as follows : 
" 1. That the Emperor should immediately 
issue orders for putting an effectual stop to the 
persecution of the orthodox, and allow his sub- 
jects to profess the faith of Chalcedon without 
molestation. 
2. That he should restore the exiled bishops 
to their sees, especially Macedonius of Constan-
tinople and Flavianus of Antioch. 
" 3.. That he should call an oecumenical coun-
cil, invite the Pope to it, and suffer, without in-
terposing his authority, the decrees made against 
those who maintained the two natures, to lie 
examined by the bishops." 
515 (Jan. 12).-These articles being signed 
and sworn to by the Emperor, by the whole Sen-
ate, and by all the magistrates of the city, Vi-
talian set at liberty the prisoners he had taken 
. . . and disbanded his troops and withdrew to 
his government. It was in compliance with this 
treaty that the Emperor wrote to the Pope, beg-
ging his apostleship to concur with him in re-
storing to the Church the wished-for unity, and 
composing the disturbances which, under pre-
tence of religion, had been raised in the East. 
It was carried by Patricius, a man of rank, who 
left Constantinople on the 12th of January 515, 
and arriving at Rome on the 1st of April.-
Bower, v. 1, p. 310. 
" Such was the event of the first of the relig-
ious wars, which. have been waged in the name, 
and by the disciples of the God of peace."-Gib-
bon, v. 3, p. 263. 
515 (April 1).-The above letter reached the 
Pope, with another from Vitalian, and one from 
Dorotheus of Thessalonica, conjuring him not to 
neglect so favorable an opportunity of healing 
the divisions that had so long reigned in the 
Church, and assuring him, that he had nothing, 
so much at heart as to see the heretics con-
demned, and that honor and regard paid to the 
apostolic see, that was due to the throne of St. 
Peter.-Bower, V. 1, p. 310. 
515 (April 4).-The Pope answered the letter 
of the Emperor, but suspecting his sincerity, 
wrote guardedly-thanking God for inspiring 
the Emperor to write ; and expressing joy at the 
hope of seeing again the Church in peace and 
unity.-Ib. p. 310. 
Soon after the former the Emperor wrote the 
Pope a second letter, acquainting him that he 
had appointed a council to meet on the 15th of 
July, at Heraclea in Thrace.-/b. p. 311. 
515 (Aug. 11).-The Pope declined, but prom-
ised to send legates to the East to act for him ; 
and sent (Aug. 12th) four persons, not to He-
raclea, but to Constantinople, with private in-
struetious how to act ; and with the following 
terms, on which, and no other, he would assist 
in person at the intended council, viz. : 
1. That, before he left Rome, the Emperor 
should receive, and, by a declaration under his 
own hand, notify to all the bishops in his do-
minions, that he received the Council of Chal-
cedon, and the letter of' Leo. 2. That the like 
declarations should be made and signed by all 
the bishops in the East, in the presence of the 
people ; and that they should, at the same time, 
anathematize Nestorius, Eutyches, Dioscorus, 
sElurus, Petrus Mongus, Petrus Fullo, Acacius, 
and all their confederates; that is, all who had 
any ways disobliged the apostolic see. 3. That 
the bishops, who communicated with the Roman 
Church, and had been deposed or banished on 
that account, should be restored to their sees. 
4. That such bishops as had persecuted the or-
thodox, or had been accused cf heresy, should 
be sent to Rome to be judged there."-Ib. p. 
310. 
515.-The Emperor " now sincerely desirous 
of putting an end to the disturbances of the 
Church," receives the legates courteously, but 
is startled at the extravagant demands of the 
Pope, and remonstrated against them in the 
strongest terms, especially against the anathema-
tizing of Acacius. 
The legates having no discretionary powers, 
the Emperor wrote himself " a most obliging 
letter to the Pope, declaring that he received 
both the Council of Chalcedon and the letter of 
Leo," but objecting to the suppression of the 
name of Acacius in the diptychs, yet submitting 
his judgment to the decision of the council.-Ib. 
p. 
531162..-Not satisfied with writing, the Emperor 
sent to the apostolic see two laymen of distinc-
tion, to assure the Pope of his desire for a " re-
conciliation; and to dissuade his holiness, if by 
any means they could, from requiring the name 
of Acacius to be suppressed in the diptychs, at 
least till the council met, since it was chiefly to 
settle that point it had been appointed to meet." 
-lb. p. 312. 
Pope Hormisdas is offended that the embassy 
should be composed of laymen, and that they 
should endeavor to divert him from insisting on 
the suppression of the name of Acacius.-Ib. p. 
513. 
The Emperor despairing of inducing the Pope 
to moderate his demands, countermanded his or-
der for the assembling of the council, dismissed 
the bishops already assembled, about two hun-
dred, complained loudly of the unparalleled ob-
stinacy of the Pope, and laid aside all thoughts 
of a reconciliatiou.-Ib. p. 513. 
The Emperor's " thus standing up in defence 
lof Acacius, whose memory was held in great 
veneration at Constantinople, reinstated him in 
the favor of the people, no less offended than he 
at the inflexibility of the Pope."-lb. p. 513. 
517.-The Pope to justify his conduct and to 
try anew to convince the Emperor, and Eastern 
bishops respecting the name of Acacius, sent a 
second embassy to Constantinople ; and " wrote 
anew to the Emperor, to the orthodox bishops, 
to the clergy, monks, and people of Constanti-
nople; nay, and even condescended to write to 
Timotheus, the Eutyehian bishop of that city, 
and to the other bishops who did not communi-
cate with Rome. These letters were principally 
filled with invectives against Acacius as a here-
tic." The Pope also sent the following confes-
sion of faith, which he required all to sign who 
should return to the communion of Rome, viz. : 
" 1. To anathematize all heretics in general, 
and those in particular, who have been mentioned 
above, together with Acacius. 2. To receive 
the Council of Chalcedon, the letter of Leo on 
the incarnation, and all the letters which that 
Pope had written on the Christian religion ; 
though most of the orientals, probably all, were 
utter strangers to those letters, and the doctrine 
they contained. 3. They were to declare, that 
they conformed, and would conform in all things 
to the apostolic see ; that they received all the 
constitutions of the Roman Church, and would 
suppress, at the altar, the names of those who 
had died out of the communion of the Catholic 
Church, that is, (for so it was explained in the 
confession,) of those, who, at their death, had 
disagreed in opinion with the apostolic see."-
lb. p. 313. 
517 (July 11).-The Emperor heard with joy 
of the coming of the legation, and received them 
obligingly ; but learning that Hormisdas was 
inflexible, and had raised his demands, he was 
provoked to such a degree, that he ordered the 
legates forthwith to depart the palace, and sent 
them out of his dominions. He wrote by them 
to the Pope, reproaching him " with pride, ob-
stinacy, and presumption."-lb. p. 314. 
The monks " of the second Syria," attempt-
ing to preach the doctrine of Chalcedon, the 
Eutychian Bishop of Antioch caused their mon-
asteries to be burned, and three hundred and 
fifty of them to be inhumanly massacred.-lb. 
p. 314. 
The monks complained to the Emperor, but 
now regarding the orthodox as his enemies, he 
repulsed them with scorn, and ordered them from 
Constantinople. 
The monks then appealed to the Pope-ad-
dressing him as " the most holy and blessed 
patriarch of the whole world," and entreating 
him as " the successor of the prince of the 
apostles," as " the head of all " to rise up in 
defence of the faith. They concluded with 
cursing the bishops whose names the Pope wished 
suppressed. 
518 (Feb. 10).-The Pope wrote a long letter 
in reply, to all the orthodox of the East, exhort-
ing them to adhere to the true faith, and bear 
with resignation the evils they suffered till God 
should relieve them.-Ib. p. 514. 
518 (July 0).-The Emperor Anastasius died, 
supposed by sonic to have been struck by lightning. 
The priests, availing themselves of this circuit', 
 
stance, frightened the superstitious multitude, 
and threatened the heretics with the vengeance 
of God ; and thereby placed Justin, an ignorant 
man, but a zealous Catholic on the throne, to 
the great joy of the orthodox. " This change in 
the state was attended with a far greater change 
in the Church."-lb. p. 315. 
518.-The people of Constantinople caused 
their patriarch publicly to receive the Council 
of Chalcedon, arid to anathematize all who re-
jected it. 
In four days after, a council was assembled 
in great haste, comprising all the bishops in the 
neighborhood of Constantinople, about forty in 
all. They unanimously received the Council of 
Chalcedon ; replaced the names of Euphemius, 
Macedonius, and Leo, in the diptychs ; anathe-
matized and deposed Severus of Antioch, the 
most inveterate enemy of the orthodox ; and or-
dered a restoration of the banished bishops. 
The Emperor immediately approved and con-
firmed the acts of the council. He also issued 
his royal edict, " commanding ali bishops within 
his dominions, to receive publicly, in the pres-
ence of the clergy and people, the Council of 
Chalcedon, on pain of forfeiting their sees ;" 
and restoring to their rank, honors and digni-
ties, such as had been deposed, or sent into 
exile, for standing up in defence of that doctrine. 
518.-" A few days after, another edict ap-
peared, excluding heretics of all denominations, 
namely, the Eutychians, from all employments 
both civil and military."-lb. p. 316. 
518.-" The publication of these edicts was 
followed by the execution of Amantius, and 
such of the Eutychians as were the most obnox-
ious to the orthodox party."-Ib. p. 316. 
518.-" The above-mentioned edicts were no 
sooner published in the provinces, than councils 
were everywhere assembled, and synodical let- 
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ters sent up from all quarters to Constantinople, 
fraught with invectives, curses, and anathemas, 
against all who presumed to dispute the authori-
ty of the holy Council of Chalcedon. They 
were now all convinced, that the doctrine of the 
two natures was the only true doctrine, and, as 
such, they received it, declaring the opposite 
dogma, which, in the late Emperor's time, most 
of them had held, and zealously defended, to be 
a blasphemy against heaven, and pronouncing 
all who countenanced it, enemies to God and 
his Church. I do not know of a single bishop, 
who chose rather to forfeit his see, than re-
nounce his opinion : the imperial edicts carried 
with them such a conviction, as none could with-
stand."—Th. p. 316. 
Justin, having thus united the Eastern bishops 
among themselves, undertook to unite them with 
their brethren in the West ; and so wrote a most 
obliging letter to Pope Hormisdas, acquainting 
him with his promotion ; expressing his ardent 
desire to see all of " the same faith, united in 
the same communion ; .and urging him to send 
legates to Constantinople for that object."—lb. 
p. 316. 
519.—In compliance with the Emperor's re-
quest, the Pope sent a third delegation to the 
East, with instructions— 
" 1. To receive none to their communion who 
had not first signed the above-mentioned articles. 
2. Not to see the Bishop of Constantinople, even 
should the Emperor desire them to see him, till 
he had declared, that he received the articles, 
and was ready to sign them, without any kind of 
restriction or explication. 3. To cause not only 
the name of Acacius to be put out of the 
diptychs, but those likewise of his successors, 
.Euphemius and Macedonius not excepted; since 
they too died out of' the communion of Rome, 
though they died in exile, and in defence of the 
orthodox faith. 4. If the Bishop of Constanti-
nople should comply with everything that is re-
quired of him, to insist on his acquainting there-
with, by a circular letter, signed by him, all the 
bishops under his jurisdiction, and exhort them 
to follow his example."—lb. p. 317. 
The bishops in the cities through which the 
legates passed readily signed the articles of 
union, and were declared united again to the see 
of St. Peter.—lb. p. 317. 
The Emperor received the legates with all 
cordiality, expressed his desire to terminate the 
schism, and desired them to consult the patri-
arch and settle with him the terms of union, so 
that no room might be left on either side for 
new disputes. 
" The Bishop of Constantinople had already 
received the Council of Chalcedon ; and now 
agreed to strike the name of Acacias out of the 
diptychs, which was all the predecessors of Hor-
misdas had required. But to insist on his eras-
ing likewise the names of Euphemius and Mace-
donius, who had suffered a most cruel persecu-
tion, the loss of their sees, and exile, in defence 
of the Catholic faith ; to oblige him to receive 
not only the letter of Leo, on the incarnation, 
but all the letters written by that Pope on the 
Christian religion ; and, besides, to promise that 
he would conform in all things to the apostolic 
see, and look upon those who died out of the 
communion of the Roman, as dying out of the 
communion of the Catholic Church ; seemed to 
him the height of presumption in the Bishop of 
Rome. Against these articles, therefore, he 
warmly remonstrated, as artfully calculated to 
subject, rather than to unite, the see of Constan-
tinople to that of Rome."—lb. p. 317. 
if The legates were inflexible ; and, on the 
other hand, the Emperor was determined, out of 
his great zeal for the unity of the Church, to 
agree to any terms rather than to suffer so scan-
dalous a division-to continue among the Chris-
tian bishops. Finding therefore that the legates 
would not yield, lie declared, that the patriarch 
should ; and accordingly, having first caused the 
articles to be approved by the senate, he com-
manded him to receive them.—lb. p. 317. 
The patriarch still objected ; " but the Em-
peror, who was utterly unacquainted with the 
laws, discipline, and practice of the Church, 
being deaf to all remonstrances, the patriarch 
was in the end obliged to yield, and promised 
accordingly to comply with the terms prescribed 
by the Pope; but at the same time begged, that 
instead of signing the articles as they had been 
drawn up and worded at Rome, he might be al-
lowed to write a letter to the same purpose, ad-
dressed to his holiness. His view therein was 
to avoid certain expressions in the articles, which 
seemed to impart some kind of authority in the 
see of Rome over that of Constantinople."—lb. 
p. 318. 
" This occasioned great disputes ; but it was 
agreed at last, that the patriarch should sign the 
articles, without the least alteration, addition, 
exception, or limitation; but that' he should be 
aimed to premise a preamble, addressed to Her-
misdas, in the form of a letter."—Ib. p. 318. 
" Pursuant to this agreement, he signed the 
articles; but took care in the preamble, which 
lie first prefixed to them, that no room should be 
left for the present Pope, or his successors, to 
claim, from his having signed there, any kind of 
authority or jurisdiction over him, or his succes-
sors. For he addressed him with no other title 
but that of brother, and fellow-minister, which 
evidently excludes all kind of subjection ; and 
. . . the patriarch declared in his letter that he 
held the two holy churches of old and new Rome 
to be one and the same church ;' which was 
equalling the two churches, and disowning all su-
perjority in the one to the other. HE WAS A 
MATCH FOR TIIE POPE. "—lb. n. 318. 
" The articles being thus signed by the patri-
arch, the name of Acacius, and with his, the 
names of the other bishops, who had succeeded 
him to Constantinople ever since the beginning 
of the schism to the present time, viz., of Fravi-
tas, Euphemius, Macedonius, and Thnotheus, 
were all, without distinction between Eutychian 
and Orthodox, struck out of the diptychs ; nay, 
to complete the vengeance of the apostolic see, 
and extend it to all indiscriminately, who had 
any ways disobliged their holiness, the names of 
the two Emperors, Anastasius and Zeno, were, 
at the request of the legates, cancelled together 
with those of the bishops."—Ib. p. 318 
" The legates, having obtained all they were 
enjoined to require, declared in the name of the 
blessed Pope Hormisdas, the two sees united in 
charity and faith. They then attended the pa-
triarch to the great church ; assisted at divine 
service performed by him with great solemnity, 
the Emperor, the Empress, the whole court, and 
the senate, being present; and to seal the un-
ion, received with him, and probably at his 
hands, the holy eucharist."—lb. 318. 
Bower says of this, '' Thus ended the first 
great schism between the Churches of Constanti-
nople and Rome, after it had lasted thirty-five 
years." And then he proceeds to record the 
subsequent steps which the Emperor took to 
complete the union ; but instead of which both 
lie and the Pope failed of full success. 
" The Emperor was not satisfied with causing 
the articles, sent from Rome, to be received and 
signed by the patriarch of Constantinople, but, 
to complete the union between the East and the 
West, resolved out of the abundance of his zeal 
For the unity of the Church, to oblige the other 
two patriarchs of Alexandria and Antioch, and 
the metropolitan of Thessalonica, to sign the 
same article. 
" Paul who, on the flight of Severus from An-
tioch, had been substituted in his room, obeyed 
with great raadiness, being a most zealous Catho-
lic, but, in other respects, a disgrace to his or-
der ; insomuch that the Catholics themselves, 
offended at his lewdness, and scandalous life, 
obliged him to resign. He was succeeded by Eu-
phrasius, who began his episcopacy with anathe-
matizing the Council of Chalcedon, and striking 
out of the diptychs the names of all the bishops 
who had assisted at that assembly, and with 
them the names of the Popes from Leo to Hor-
misdas. But the governor of the province hav-
ing let him know, that, unless he recanted, the 
imperial edict must be put in execution, com-
manding all, who did not receive the Council 
and doctrine of Chalcedon, to be driven from 
their sees, he repented of what he had done, re-
ceived the Council, anathematzied all who did 
not receive it, replaced in the diptychs the 
names, which he had erased a few days before, 
and signing the articles, was re-admitted to the 
communion of Rome. 
" Timotheus, Bishop of Alexandria, who had 
lately succeeded Dioscorus the younger in that 
see, bid, in a manner, defiance to the Emperor, 
boldly declaring, that he would anathematize, 
to his last breath, the Council of Chalcedon, to-
gether with Leo, and all his letters; that he 
scorned to receive laws of the Bishops of Rome; 
and that he would neither be taught nor directed 
by them. As the people of Alexandria were ex-
tremely devoted to their bishop, ever ready to 
revolt, and most zealously attached to the doc-
trine of Eutychus, which they believed to be, 
and it would be no easy task to prove it was not, 
the genuine doctrine of their patriarch Cyril, 
the Emperor thought it advisable to dissemble 
for the present, and patiently wait till an oppor-
tunity offered of bringing back the Egyptians, by 
gentle methods, to the unity of the Church. 
" To Thessalonica was despatched from Con-
stantinople one of the legates, John the Bishop, 
with several ecclesiastics in his retinue ; and 
Count Licinius, a person of great distinction, 
was appointed by the Emperor to attend them. 
But the terms of union seemed so very unrea-
sonable to Dorotheus, metropolitan and bishop of 
that city, that while the legate was reading them 
in a public assembly, he could not forbear snatch-
ing them out of his hand, and tearing them in 
in his presence. There wanted no more to raise 
the populace, who, falling upon the legate, and 
those who were with him, killed his host, and two 
of his ecclesiastics, wounded him dangerously in 
three places, and would have put an end to his 
life, had not Count Licinius brought, in great 
haste, the soldiery to his rescue, and conveyed 
him, well guarded, to one of the churches ; and 
there lie continued, not daring to appear abroad, 
till the Emperor, informed of what had happened, 
sent for Dorotheus to Constantinople. 
" The other legates, who had remained in that 
city, took care to acquaint the Pope, as soon as 
they could, with the inhuman treatment their 
colleague had met with, laying the whole blame 
on Dorotheus, and one of his presbyters named 
Aristides, as if the populace had been under-
hand stirred up by them. 
"The Pope, highly provoked at the insult 
offered to St. Peter and himself in the person of 
his. legate,' answered their letter as soon as he 
received it, enjoining on them to use all the in-
terest they had with the most religious Emperor, 
and his ministers, that Dorotheus might not be 
suffered to return to Thessalonica, that his see 
might be declared vacant, and he sent to Rome, 
together with the presbyter Aristides, to have 
their doubts resolved there, and to be instructed 
by the apostolic see, since they would not hearken 
to the instructions of its legates. 
" The Emperor, without hearkeningto the le-
gates, ordered Dorotheus to be tried at Constan-
tinople ; and all his punishment was, to be sent 
to Heraclea, whence he was suffered, after a few 
days confinement, to return to his see . . . . but 
it was upon condition, that he should appease 
the Pope, and send for that purpose a solemn 
legation to Rome."—Th. p. 319. 
520.—The Metropolitan of' Alexandria com-
plied with the condition of' his restoration to his 
see, and wrote to the Pope, styling him in the 
address, the most holy and blessed father and 
fellow-minister,' and in the letter, in all things 
most blessed, and thrice blessed father, in every 
respect perfect,' &c. But, however. lavish of 
his praises, lie took care to avoid all expressions 
that could be construed into any kind of subjec-
tion or even submission; for instead of descend-
ing to apologies and excuses, he arraigned the 
legates, who had accused him, of slander and 
calumny, declaring, that he was so far from 
having been any ways concerned in the late riot, 
as they had maliciously suggested, that, on the 
contrary, to save the life of the venerable bishop, 
he had even exposed his own. . . . But the Em-
peror being satisfied, the Pope was OBLIGED 
to be satisfied too."—lb. pp. 319, 320. 
" The two patriarchs, of Constantinople and 
Antioch, had, in compliance with the articles 
sent from Rome, struck out of the diptychs the 
name of Acacius, and together with his, the 
names of the orthodox bishops, who had died out 
of the communion of Rome, as I have related 
above ; and their example was readily followed, 
with respect to the name of Acacius. But, as 
to the names of the other bishops, the far greater 
part peremptorily refused to erase them, saying, 
that they had rather live for ever separated from 
Rome, than thus stigmatize the memory of so 
many eminent prelates, who had deserved so 
well of the Catholic faith, who were no less or-
thodox than the Pope himself, and had given 
more convincing proofs of their orthodoxy than 
he had ever occasion to give. 
" The bishops were backed by their clergy ; 
and the people, joining both, began to mutiny, 
to exclaim against the Pope, to complain of 
the Emperor, for gratifying him in so unrea-
sonable a demand, and, making the cause of the 
Catholic bishops the Catholic cause, to look 
upon all, who were for suppressing their names, 
as friends to Eutyches, and enemies to the 
Church. 
"TheEmperor, Count Justinian, his nephew, 
and Epiphanius the new patriarch, who had suc-
ceeded in the beginning
b 
 of' this year, to John 
the Cappadocian, alarmed at the general discon-
tent that reigned among the people as well as 
the clergy, and dreading the effects of the popu-
lar zeal, instead of' using violence with the re-
fractory bishops, which they knew would be at-
tended with a great deal of bloodshed, and 
might, in the end, cost the Emperor the loss of' 
his crown, resolved to recur to the Pope, and 
try whether they could not prevail upon him to 
be satisfied with their erasing the name of Aca-
cius alone. 
" With this view Justinian wrote to Rome the 
first, acquainting the Pope, that neither the peo-
ple, the clergy, nor the bishops, though threat-
ened with exile, nay, and with fire and sword, 
could be induced to omit, at divine service, the 
names of so many holy Catholic prelates ; and, 
at the same time, conjuring his holiness, as he 
tendered the welfare of the Church, and the 
peace of the state, not to insist on that point, 
since he would thereby involve both in a new 
war, and more dangerous troubles than either 
had hitherto felt. Your holiness,' says he in his 
letter, ought to consider the nature of things, and 
the difference of times; and, being satisfied with 
the condemnation of Acacius, of Dioscorus, of 
Timotheus YElurus, Petrus Mongus, and Petrus 
Fullo, end at last this obstinate contest. It is 
not by persecution and bloodshed, but sacerdotal 
patience, that men are to be gained to God; by 
striving to gain souls, we often destroy both 
bodies and souls; it is by mildness and lenity 
alone that old errors can be corrected.' * * 
" The patriarch, and the Emperor, both wrote 
pressing letters to the same purpose. The pa-
triarch accompanied his with a rich present to 
the Pope, consisting of a chalice of gold, adorned 
with a great number of jewels, of a patin 
wise of gold, another chalice of silver, and two 
silk veils.. The Emperor, in his letter, assures 
the Pope, that he has spared no pains in causing 
the terms of union, prescribed by the apostolic 
see, to be received by all ; but that upon some 
he cannot prevail, either by persuasions or men-
aces, to condemn those after their death, in 
whom they placed their greatest glory while they 
were living ; that their obstinacy is proof against 
all dangers, and death itself; that he is extremely 
grieved to find the great work of an entire recon-
ciliation, which he had so much at heart, thus 
retarded ; but on the other side, is no less un-
willing to proceed to violence, and shed the blood 
of his innocent subjects; and therefore does not 
doubt but his apostleship, rather than oblige him 
to turn persecutor, will connive, for the present, 
at the names of the orthodox bishops being kept 
in the diptychs, and be satisfied with their con-
demning the memory of Acacius alone; the rather 
or, as his holy predecessor Anastasius had re-
quired no more, to receive all to his communion, 
who professed the same faith."—Th. p. 320. 
520.—" The Pope was deaf to all remon-
strances and reasons. He still insisted on the 
condemnation, not only of Acacius, but of all 
who had communicated with him, or his memory; 
and because the Emperor had shown himself, in 
his letter, to be utterly averse to persecution and 
bloodshed, he strove in his answer, to reconcile 
him to both."—lb. pp. 320, 321. 
" The Emperor, though so great a bigot, was 
so far from hearkening to the suggestions of the 
Pope, that, on the contrary, greatly offended 
at his obstinacy, and more at his principles, he 
joined, in the end, his subjects against him , 
and, commending them for the regard they paid 
to the memory of their Catholic pastors, allowed 
them, without giving himself any farther trouble 
about the consent of his holiness, TO KEEP ALL 
THEIR NAMES IN THE DIPTYCHS. 
" The Pope, finding he could not prevail, 
thought it advisable to dissemble ; and wrote ac-
cordingly to the patriarch, empowering him to 
receive all to the communion of Rome, who, 
anathematizing Acacius, and the others men-
tioned above, condemned their memories. As 
no mention was made, in that letter, of the or-
thodox bishops, the patriarch obliged none to erase 
their names ; nay, he replaced in the ciiptychs, 
with the approbation of the Emperor, the names 
of Euphemius and Macedonius, which his prede-
cessors had cancelled; and the Pope, by not 
disapproving, tacitly approved, what he had 
done. And thus was an entire reconciliation 
at last brought about, we may say, IN SPITE OF 
THE POPE."—M. p. 321. 
The East and the West were now happily 
reconciled, after so long and obstinate a division. 
But the Church was not suffered to enjoy the 
peace and tranquillity, which she had reason to 
expect from that reconciliation. New disputes 
arose daily among her members ; and one, 
which had been already carried on for some 
time, remained still undecided. The dispute 
was, whether one of the Trinity,' or one per-
son of the Trinity,' should be said to have suf-
fered in the flesh ?' The proposition, one of 
the Trinity suffered in the flesh,' some Scythian 
monks maintained to be orthodox; and the other, 
one person of the Trinity suffered in the flesh,' 
to impart absolute heresy. But, on the other 
side, a deacon, named Victor, pretended the 
former proposition to import absolute heresy, 
and the latter alone to be orthodox. Both the 
monks and the deacon received the Council of 
Chalcedon, acknowledged two natures in Christ, 
in opposition to Eutyches, and, in opposition to 
Nestorius, only one person. But nevertheless, 
by a long chain of unintelligible inferences, the 
monks strove to convince the deacon, that he 
was a rank Nestorian ; and the deacon strove, 
in his turn, to convince them, by the same 
method of reasoning, that they were rank Euty-
chians, and Arians into the bargain."—lb. p. 
321. 
522.—" The monks finding themselve ar-
raigned of heresy, had recourse to the legates of' 
the Pope, who were then at Constantinople; for 
the dispute began in 519, and the legates, hav-
ing several times heard both Victor and them, 
instead of reconciling them, and showing that 
their meaning was the same, and their disagree-
ment only about words, gave sentence in favor 
of the former. 
" The monks did not acquiesce in their judg-
ment, as we may well imagine; but, highly 
provoked, to use their expressions, at the rash-
ness, partiality, and ignorance, of the legates, 
in condemning what they did not, or would not 
understand, they despatched four of their fra-
ternity to Rome, to complain of them to the 
Pope, and to get the proposition approved by 
him, which they had condemned. 
" The Pope, informed by his legates of what 
had passed at Constantinople, riot only confirmed 
the sentence they had given, but kept the dep-
uties of the monks a whole year, in a manner, 
prisoners, at Rome, to convince them by that 
means, since he could by no other, of their 
error. 
are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things 
of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath 
chosen the weak things of the world to confound 
the things which are mighty and base things of 
the world, and things which are despised, hath 
God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to 
bring to naught things that are : that no' flesh 
should glory in his presence," Matt. 5s3—"'Bless-
ed are the poor in spirit : fur theirs is the king-
dom of heaven," 
tened by the act. As the ambassadors of Jadah 
had set forward to go down to Egypt (v. 2,) it is 
more likely that the prophet is announcing the re-
sult of this mission, and their mortification on go-
ing to a people that could not, or would not profit 
them, 
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst 
of him, 
They shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, 
and shall fear the God of Israel. 
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, 
And they that murmured shall learn doctrine.—vs. 23,24. 
The " work of God's hands," is a substitution 
for the acts of his providence, which have regen-
erated them. Eph. 2:10—" For we are his work-
manship, created in Jesus Christ unto good works, 
which God bath before ordained that we should 
walk in them." We also read in Isa. 60:21—
" Thy people also shall be all righteous : they 
shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my 
planting, the work of my hands that I may be glo-
rified." 
" In the midst of him," is put, by metonymy, 
for the midst of the land given him, to which Jacob 
and all his pious seed shall be restored. When 
Jacob went toward Haran, (Gen. 28:12-140 " he 
dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, 
and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold, 
the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 
And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I 
am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the 
God of Isaac : the land whereon thou Best, to thee 
will I give it, and to thy seed. And thy seed shall 
be as the dust of the earth ; and thou shalt spread 
abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the 
north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy 
seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." 
Subsequent to that promise, his face paled for fear 
of Esau, he mourned the death of Joseph, and was 
gathered unto his people. Now he comes up in 
the resurrection to a full realization of the promise 
made in Beth-El. 
" They that erred in spirit," and " they that 
murmured," are those who were unregenerate. 
To come to understanding, is in the margin, to 
know understanding. It does not teach that all 
the impenitent would be converted, but a portion 
QII)e 2bucnt Paulo. 
BOSTON, DECEMBER 10, 1853, 
Tics readers of the Verald arc 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-
erfy dlisputation. 
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH. 
CHAFFER XXIX. 
Is it not yet a very little While, and Lebanon shall be turned into a 
fruitful field, 
And the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest ?—v. 17. 
The interrogation in this text, diff'ering in form 
from those in the preceding, requires an affirmative 
answer, and is equivalent to a declaration that it 
would be but a little while before those changes 
should be effected. 
" Is it not yet a very little while," is an expres-
sion implying that at an appointed or set time, 
which was approaching much more swiftly than 
they anticipated, these changes would occur. A 
similar form of expression occurs in Heb. 10:37, 
" For yet a little while, and lie that shall come 
will come, and will not tarry ;" which is a refer-
ence to Hab. 2:3, " For the vision is yet for an ap-
pointed time," &c. 
" Lebanon " was covered with a forest of cedars. 
Its becoming a fruitful field, and the fruitful field's 
being esteemed as a forest, is held to be a prover-
bial expression, substituted to illustrate the great 
changes that should happen. The change here 
brought to view, we incline to the belief, is that 
which occurs at the introduction of the millennium 
—when, by a simile, the old fields before so highly 
esteemed will be regarded as no more than an un-
cultivated forest, and Lebanon, and all the earth, 
will bloom as Eden. 
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, 
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of 
darkness. 
The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, 
And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 
vs. 18, 19. 
In that day," is in the time of the second ad-
vent, when those changes shall have been effected. 
For " the deaf" to " hear," and for the " blind'' 
to " see," will require the removal of those physi-
cal impediments which prevent sight and hearing 
—a renewal of hearing to the deaf, and of sight to 
the blind. All physical defects are the result of the 
curse, (Gen. 3:17-19,) when man became mortal. 
When (Rev.22:3) " there shall be no more curse." 
Rev. 21:4—" God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes, and there shall be no more death, nei-
ther sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain ; for the former things are passed 
away." Isa. 35:5, 6—" Then the eyes of the blind 
shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be 
unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an 
hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing, for 
in the wilderness shall waters break out, and 
streams in the desert." 
" The meek " are the pious, who endure wrongs 
without complaining. Said the Saviour (Matt. 
5:5), " Blessed are the meek; for they shall in- 
herit the earth." The Psalmist said (37:10, 11, 
29), " For yet a little while, and the wicked shall 
not be : yea thou shalt diligently consider his 
place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall in-
herit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the 
abundance of peace The righteous shall 
inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever." And 
the revelator heard the representatives of the re- i 
deemed of our race, in the new song (Rev. 5:9, 10), 
saying, " Thou art worthy to take the hook, and 
to open the seals thereof ; for thou vast slain, and 
hart redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every 
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation ; and 
hart made us unto our God kings and priests : and 
we shall reign on the earth." This must be the 
new earth referred to in 2 Pet. 3:13—" wherein 
dwelleth righteousness ;" and which John saw 
symbolized in Rev. 21:1-3, when " the first heaven 
and the first earth were passed away ;" and there 
was " a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold 
the tabernacle of God is with men." 
The " poor among men," correspond to the 
meek. James 2:5—" Hath not God chosen the 
poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the 
kingdom which he bath promised to those that 
love him ?" 1 Cor. 1:26-29—" For ye see your 
calling, brethren, how that not many wise men 
after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble 
of them would be. Said Paul, (1 Cor. 6:9-114 
" Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not in-
herit the kingdom of God 1 Be not deceived ; nei-
ther fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor 
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with man-
kind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom 
of God. And such were some of you : but ye are 
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified 
in the name of the Lord Jesus,- and by the Spirit of 
our God." While the pious of Jacob's children 
are thus restored, all the regenerate, according to 
other scriptures, have a portion in the restored in-
heritance. There is thenceforth no more murmur-
ing at the dispensations of God's providence, nor 
erroneous views respecting his government ; but 
all will sanctify His name, and fear and adore 
Him. 
CHAPTER XXX. 
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, 
That take counsel, but not of me ; 
And that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, 
That they may add sin to sin :—v. 1. 
The people of Israel are called children, because 
of the paternal care which God had manifested 
towards them. Thus he says in Isa. 1:2, " I have 
nourished and brought up children, and they have 
rebelled against me." 
" That take counsel," is rendered by Bishop 
Lowth, and Barnes, " who form counsels." As it 
stands in the text, it implies that they will receive 
advice from others, but not from God. According 
to the other rendering, they adopt plans without 
consulting God. 
To " cover with a covering," is a substitution 
for their seeking protection against impending ca-
lamity. Thus in Isa. 28:15—the Samaritans " made 
lies their refuge, and under falsehood they hid 
themselves." Bishop Lowth renders this, " who 
ratify covenants ;" and Barnes, " who enter into 
compacts." The Syriac renders it, " who pour 
out libations," which Bishop Lowth says is the 
sense of the Hebrew—meaning that they made a 
covenant, by pouring out a libation, i. e., as a 
drink-offering to ratify it. Its not being of God's 
Spirit, indicates that it did not meet with his ap-
proval, which would have been a sure protection. 
Such an omission was an addition to their previous 
transgressions. 
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth ; 
Tu strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in 
the shadow of Egypt.—v. 2. 
The journey to Egypt from Palestine is always 
spoken of as " going down." (Gen. 12:10.) The 
idea is that they set forward or began to go down 
into Egypt, i. e. by their ambassadors, to solicit 
help. When Sennacherib came against Jerusa-
lem, he taunted Hezekiah with trusting on the 
broken reed of Egypt. (Isa. 35:6-9.) There is 
no evidence that Hezekiah ever completed any such 
alliance ; and his general character is against the 
idea that he did. It is evident that the prophecy 
in the 30th and 31st chapters was uttered in refer-
ence to that invasion ; and the probability is, that 
without consulting God, the people had turned 
their eyes to Egypt, and had taken measures for 
securing an alliance with Pharaoh, but by this re-
buke from the Lord were deterred from carrying 
it into effect. 
To ask at God's mouth, is to ask him—the instru-
ment of speech, by a metonymy being put for the 
speaker. (Compare Gen. 25:57, 58.) In matters 
-of importance, the children of Israel sought coun-
sel from God. (See 1 Kings 22:7, and Jer. 21:2.) 
Omitting to ask " counsel at the mouth of the 
Lord," (Josh. 9:44,) they were deceived by the 
Gibeonites. They now had purposely neglected his 
counsel, apprehending that it would be contrary to 
their wishes, (v. 11th,) and had sent to Egypt for 
assistance—the " strength " of Pharaoh, being a 
metonymy for means of strength against the threat-
ened invasion ; and the " shadow " of Egypt being 
a metaphor to illustrate the protection and defence 
they expected therefrom, as a shadow defends from 
the sun. 
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, 
And the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 
For his princes were at Loan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, 
Nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.—vs. 3-5. 
The Egyptians would be either unwilling or un-
able to defend them ; and consequently their ex-
pectations would prove a cause of shame and con-
fusion. 
" 'loan " was a royal city in Lower Egypt. (See 
note on 19:11.) Hanes is supposed to be the same 
as Tahpanhes, (Jer. 43:9,) which was a royal resi-
dence B. c. 588. These were the places where the 
princes of Egypt resided, and where ambassadors 
from other nations would resort. William Lowth 
Mr. Barnes, and most expositors suppose that th 
ambassadors of Judah are referred to ; but Dr 
Scott argues that the prophet is showing the foll 
of sending to Egypt for help, by a reference to lie 
rhea king of Samaria, who " sent messengers t 
So, king of Egypt," (2 Kings 17:4,) but receive 
no effectual aid—the ruin of Ephraim being has 
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For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is con- 
sumed, 
And all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 
That make a man an offender for a word, 
And lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, 
And turn aside the just for a thing of naught.—us. 20, 21. 
The " terrible one " is a synecdoche put for all 
oppressors of the people of God. By the same 
figure, " the scorner " denotes all sceptics and in-
fidels who mock at truth and heap ridicule on those 
who proclaim it. 
Those who watch for iniquity, are those who, 
according to v. 21, watch for occasions to accuse 
others of wrong—who lay hold of trivial causes, 
and magnify them into heinous crimes, that they 
may ruin those they plot against. " Cut off " is 
a metaphor expressive of their destruction. 
To " make a man an offender for a word," is to 
condemn him for an unwary expression, on any 
trivial matter. If all such were to be cut off, it 
would !Lake a mighty thinning in the ranks of the 
present generation. 
Those who reprove in the gate, are literally, 
those who plead in the gate, or administer justice. 
The gates of cities were places of public concourse 
where business was transacted and judges held 
their courts for the administration of justice. 
" To lay a snare " for those who administer jus-
tice, is a substitution for expedients to pervert the 
judges, and by gaining them, to withhold from the 
just his right. Amos 5:12—" They afflict the just, 
they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in 
the gate from their right." Or " he that reprov-
eth," may refer to those who plead there for 
righteousness. Amos 5:10—" They hate him that 
rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that 
speaketh uprightly." To lay a snare for such, 
would be to endeavor to entrap them in their talk, 
by watching their words to pervert them and to 
destroy their influence. To " turn aside the just," 
is a substitution for withholding from him his 
right. 
Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, 
Concerning the house of Jacob, 
Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax 
pale.—v. 22. 
The " house" of Jacob, by a metonymy, is put 
for the family of Jacob—including, of course, 
only the pious of his descendants. The second 
" Jacob " is evidently a reference to the patriarch 
himself. He is represented as beholding his chil-
dren, and as no longer ashamed of them. Paleness 
of the face is caused by sickness, sorrow and death, 
also by fear, or other strong emotions. In the 
resurrection, none of those, nor other influences, 
will cause the Patriarch to pale before them. 
"A Little Learning." 
EVERYBODY is familiar with the hackneyed say-
ing of Pope, " A little learning is a dangerous 
thing." Though it is sometimes misinterpreted 
by persons whom it frightens from acquisitions of 
knowledge, (for it is only the economist of pennies 
and small items of knowledge, and not he who des-
pises petty gains, that will be rich either in wisdom 
or worldly goods,) yet properly understood, there 
is sterling sense in the aphorism. One of the 
happiest illustrations we have seen of the truth it 
contains, is given in " Guesses at Truth," a charm-
ing English book which has never we believe, been 
republished in this country : 
‘ If you pull up your windows a little," says 
the author, " it is far likelier to give you cold or 
rheumatism, or stiff neck, than if you threw them 
wide open ; and the chance of any ill consequence 
becomes still less if you go out into the open air, 
and let it act upon you equally from every side. 
Is it not just the same with knowledge? Do not 
those who are exposed to a draught of it, blowing 
on them through a crevice, usually grow stiff-
necked? When you open the windows of your 
mind, therefore, open them as widely as you can ; 
open them, and let the soul send forth its messen-
gers to explore the state of the earth." 
Here we have then the secret of all one-sidedness, 
bigotry, and over attachment to isms, in a nutshell. 
The best, the only way to escape the mischiefs which 
ensue from teaching men a little is to teach them 
more. As Macauley says of liberty, the only 
remedy for the evils of knowledge, is—knowledge. 
Knowledge is, in short, the spear of Achilles ; 
only itself can heal the wounds it has made. 
THE POSITION OF A REVIEWER, 
Is no envious. calling. It may be considered by 
some, a very pleasant thing to sit and condemn or 
approve whatever is submitted to the public ; and 
it may be when no responsibility is felt or assumed. 
But the editor of a review cannot assume °a ray by 
responsibility at pleasure, 
It has been the fortune of the Herald to fill the 
place of a news journal, of a religious magazine, 
and of a review. It fills these three departments 
necessarily. 
As a review, its duty is to distinguish 
between truth and error, between fact and fiction ; 
and in dissenting from anything as fact, or as 
truth, there is great liability of aggrieving those 
who are dissented from. For it is not pleasant to 
be held up as a teacher of error, as deficient in in-
formation on the subject that one attempts to dis-
course from, or as lacking in judgment. And yet 
when the honest minded depart from the truth, a 
want of knowledge and judgment are the causes of 
such a result. Now it is no pleasant thing to 
show a person deficient in these ; and yet if fiction 
is advanced as fact, the publisher who leaves un-
corrected such error, makes himself a party to 
the error, and justly responsible for the mischief 
caused by it. It is therefore his duty to rectify 
the error, and give the antidote when correspond-
ents claim the right to circulate through his col-
umns what he considers bane. 
A journalist and reviewer is set for the defence 
of the truth ; and in defending it, he has to be ac-
tuated by his judgment.. He may err, and who 
does not in the course he may feel compelled to 
adopt, but his business is none the less to battle 
manfully for what he considers truth. His read-
ers expect this of him. They expect, in the pre-
sentation of the opinions of others, that he will 
show also his own, and his reasons for holding 
such, and for dissenting from others. He who is 
recreant to this trust will lose the confidence of 
his readers, and that justly. 
In meeting the views of others, it is never neces-
sary to assail motives. lie who does so, shows that 
he does not feel sustained by argument, or facts. 
Were he, he would feel no necessity for descend-
ing to personalities. Nor on the other hand, 
when one is shown to he deficient in his premises 
and deductions, should he regard it as an impeach-
ment of motives. He who feels strong in his facts, 
has no cause to plead that. The Christian when 
defeated, should never feel offended because of his 
defeat, but should rejoice in being shown his mis-
takes, and be devoutly thankful that the citadel of 
truth has been sustained against his assaults. In 
all our reviews we aim to entertain only feelings 
of the utmost kindness towards the individual, 
however much we may have to dissent from his 
conclusions ; and we expect that all who claim 
the right of speaking through our columns, will 
possess a similar spirit, and feel no disposition to 
complain of the hardest kind of arguments that 
may be levelled against their theories. 
THE ADVENT HERALD 
397 
AN ALLEGORY. 
WHILE reflecting upon the folly of human wis-
dom, and the uncertainty of human existence, I 
fancied myself upon the summit of a lofty moun-
tain, while beneath, on an extended plain, multi-
tudes of people spread themselves, all intent upon 
a journey to the " Land of Rest." The country 
through which they must pass, although in many 
respects pleasant, was under the control of a very 
tyrannical governor, who hated his subjects, and 
sought their everlasting destruction ; this he accom-
plished most frequently by throwing a mist over 
their eyes, and causing them to believe that the 
land they sought was in his territory and subject to 
las authority. 
The King of " The Land of Rest " had sent to 
this country a Guide Book which would lead and 
introduce them to his court ; what was my astonish-
ment to see that few seemed to prize it as they 
should. Some glanced at its pages merely, and 
threw it by as unmeaning or mysterious. Some 
took detached portions of it for their guide, stoutly 
affirming that they were right, and all that failed 
to follow in their wake would lose their way. 
Some placed the book with their choice articles, 
supposing it would act as magic to attract and 
keep them in the right path. Most of them seemed 
to trust to what others said about the book, and as 
opinions differed, concluded it was of little conse-
quence what it taught, and if they did as well as 
they could in finding a way, they should get on in 
their journey well. Others ridiculed the book as 
written by some gloomy misanthrope who imagined 
evil for himself and every one beside. Such needed 
no guide, they preferred to guide themselves. Ano-
ther class declared the book too old and out of 
date, and as magicians lived among the mountains, 
they sought their counsel which was given by rap-
pings, spelling, and supernatural writings, and 
which, though sadly contradictory were confidently 
believed and followed. I placed my head upon my 
knees, and wept at their folly. Then 1 heard a 
voice distinctly say, " It is not in man to direct 
his steps." On looking up, the scene was changed. 
The vast multitude were moving in every direction. 
Looking upon them all I was confused. I there-
fore left my elevated station and followed in their 
train. First I overtook a youth, proud and daring 
in his gait; he scorned reproof, laughed at fear, 
and rapidly advancing said, " I will not be re-
strained, the country is before me, I have the pros-
pect of a fair and prosperous journey, why should 
I listen to the gloomy tales of age ; are not thou-
sands by my side ; I need no guide." Just then a 
lion from the thicket seized him for a prey, and he 
was gone. Next I perceived a blooming maid, 
beautiful and gay ; she sang of love, and only 
longed to be caressed and flattered for her charms. 
She gladly lent her ear to the Deceiver's eloquence, 
and hastening with him to " The gate of Death." 
A man in middle life attracted my attention. 
Money was his aim. To gain it. comfort, honesty, 
friendship and honor floated like a mote before the 
breeze, but the whirlwind came and on its wings 
bore off his riches. Now ca me a devotee to pleas-
ure. Around him sang the Muses, and at his feet 
the Bacchanalian nymphs pressed out their spark-
ling wine ; he seemed awhile to roll in luxury, but 
soon tired nature claimed redress and laid him in 
the grave. Across my path there came a man of 
lofty mien. His eye uplifted showed his aspiration 
to be great, he wished to live to hear his name 
whispered upon the wind, and wafted to the skies ; 
but in a moment quite unthought of, came a thun-
dering blast, and he was not ! Then came a mighty 
warrior, ambition to control his fellows, marked 
his every footstep. Proudly he scorned the voice 
of innocence and woe, and shouted at the dying 
groans of captives. But to his ear came these sad, 
fearful words, " Thou art a worm and not a man," 
and lo, he withered like the moth. Then came a 
traveller, too indolent to bear the name with hon- 
or. He thought the world in haste, and wondered 
why so much was thought of wealth, fame or 
pleasure ; he only wished to plod along as best 
might suit his ease. Rest was true happiness, and 
this alone he sought ; but on his track came abject 
poverty with all his train, and took the sluggard 
captive. Down by the wood-side sat an epicure, 
intent upon an effort to supply his ever longing 
appetite ; his only care was for his meat. Although 
his ponderous weight forbade his walking, yet by 
some unseen agency he moved along, hoping final-
ly to glut forever in " The hand of Rest." The 
morning came and found him in a senseless sleep 
from which lie never woke. " Alas," said I, 
" and are there none who seek the one true path ?" 
Turning to the right, I noticed an obscure, straight 
and narrow path.. Here and there, as far as the 
eye could reach, travellers were seen proceeding 
onward. Frequently they looked within the Guide 
Book and devoutly asked the favor of the King's 
Chief Agent, who always came to their relief and 
helped them through all danger. I saw them halt-
ing, trembling, falling, then with new vigor rising 
to proceed with quickened step. Mighty foes as-
sailed them, striving to turn them from their pur-
pose I saw their bleeding wounds and heard their 
groanings, but their wounds were quickly healed 
and with new courage they pursued their way, 
singing, 
"Our trials and our sufferings here, 
Will only make us richer there, 
When we arrive at home." 
As they neared the confines of their new and 
happy land, a terrible foe came forth to meet them, 
sword in hand. It was a fearful time ; one mighty 
blow from the Grim Monster, and each fell pale 
as death ; but [in the resurrection death shall be 
destroyed when] in an instant, waking to new life 
and beauty quite too bright for mortal eyes, they 
rise and shout, " 0, Grave, where is thy victory 
0 Death, where is thy sting !" Immediately the 
air was filled with melody, and a band of holy be-
ings clothed in light ineffable, escorted the tired 
wanderers to their final and Eternal Rest. 
AMIE. 
FIGHTING WITH A SPIRIT. 
THE Spiritual Telegraph for Aug. 13th, is respon-
sible for the following : 
" Several friends had come together to witness 
the strange power that seemed to be at work at the 
house of brother J. A. While the rapping was 
going on, one of the company denounced the whole 
thing, said he did not believe it was spirits, or if 
it was they could not rap and move tables, etc. 
And he defied and dared the spirits, saying he 
could throw down or whip any spirit. The Doc-
tor then inquired of the spirit that was rapping at 
the time if he could wrestle ; he said lie could. 
The spirit was then asked if lie was willing to 
wrestle and show fight with that gentleman ; he said 
he was. The brave man then told the spirit to fol-
low him out into the yard, and started ; all the cir-
cle rising from the table, when it commenced mov-
ing toward the man, rose from the flour and hit him 
several hard blows before he reached the door, 
which hastened his steps ; and as he passed out, the 
table, or rather stand, was thrown at him, only 
missing him a little, striking the door facing about 
midway, denting and scarring the facing, bursting 
off the top of the stand, breaking the legs, split-
ting the upright post, leaving indentations as 
though bullets and shot had been fired into it, the 
medium not touching it, only following close after, 
and out into the yard, where the spirit-fighter had 
arrived unhurt. 
" But now commenced a new struggle : he began 
striking, jumping as though he was contending 
with flesh and blood, manifesting all the signs of 
determined bravery, and to fight it out to the last. 
He was several times thrown hard on the ground, 
then struggled and re-gained his feet, and down he 
would come again. This mode of testing the in-
visibles continued until the spirit's adversary was 
sorely wounded, and worried out of breath and 
physical strength. He finally re-gained his foot-
hold and made a hasty retreat into the house up a 
flight of stairs, taking to himself a private room, 
closing the door after him, declaring that he nev-
er wanted to fight spirits any more, and that if 
they let him alone he would let them alone." 
This fighting spirit must be of the kind referred 
to in Mark 1:26, with which a man was possessed. 
" And when the unclean spirit had torn him," on 
being rebuked by Christ, " he came out of him." 
We also read in Luke 4:35, " And when the demon 
had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him." 
On another occasion, one of the multitude said to 
the Saviour (Mark 9 : 17, 18,) " Master, I have 
brought unto thee my son, which bath a dumb 
spirit ; and wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth 
him;" or as Luke records it (9:39,) " Lo a spirit 
taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out ; and it tear-
eth him that he foameth again, and bruising him 
hardly, departeth from him. . . . And as he was 
yet a coming, the devil threw him down and tare 
him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit." 
When Jesus was in the country of the Gadarenes, 
(Mark 5:2, 13,) " there met him out of the tombs 
a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwell-
ing among the tombs ; and no man could bind him, 
no not with chains : because he had been often 
bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had 
been often plucked asunder by him, and the fetters 
broken in pieces." The " legion " of demons 
which possessed this man asking leave to enter a 
great herd of swine that were there feeding, " Je-
sus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went 
out, and entered into the swine : and the herd ran 
violently down a steep place into the sea "—about 
two thousand of them. 
" Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took 
upon them to call over them which had evil spirits, 
the name of the Lord Jesus saying, We adjure you 
by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were 
seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the 
priests, which did so. And the evil spirit an-
swered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know ; 
but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil 
spirit was, leaped on them, and overcame them, and 
prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that 
house naked and wounded." 
(Acts 19:13-16) 
The above scriptures are decisive in what cate-
gory the Bible places such spirits as those described 
in the Telegmph. No wonder that so many of 
those who receive their faith from their teachings, 
should be considered as lunatic. A more fitting 
designation of them would be, " possessed of de-
mons." 
CHINA. 
IN. China the rebellion advances with a degree of 
rapidity which seems to justify conjecture that the 
reign of the Mantchoo dynasty is fast drawing to 
a close. The combination known as the Triad As-
sociation is daily increasing in numbers, and it has 
manifested its power in Shanghai by taking posses-
sion of that city. It is believed that several other 
cities have fallen, the Triads having, according to 
the Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily News, 
determined on a simultaneous movement elsewhere, 
so as to strike terror into the hearts of the Impe-
rialists before venturing to attack Pekin. The 
Shanghai Triads are believed to be in correspond-
ence with the rebel camp ; but, whether they be or 
not, their movement is equally menacing to the 
reigning power. 
A letter dated Canton, Sept. 24, says :—" We 
are kept constantly on the alert by the continual 
arrival of expresses night and day, so that we have 
little sleep, and next week we may get no sleep at 
all. We are on the top of a volcano, and must 
trust in Providence that we shall get clear out of 
the eruption. Shanghai is taken, and several places 
in its neighborhood. Amoy still holds out. The 
Bogue Forts were attacked four days ago, and guns 
taken from them. A large city, within ten miles 
of this place, a sort of warehouse up country to 
Canton, called Fieshan, it is reported, has had a 
rising in it, and the chief magistrate has lost his 
head. I wrote long ago that Canton would be 
taken in Sept. The 17th, the day of the Feast of 
Lanterns, was fixed for the event, but it thundered 
and rained, and the Mandarins had the streets full 
of soldiers, no two people being allowed to walk 
together in the city, and the firing then and since, 
night and day, especially during the former, has 
been a sure sign that the troops are kept at hard 
exercise. The most serious ground for alarm is the 
rebellious proceedings here from the Triad and Scon 
larn (' small knife') Societies. At Shanghai and 
Amoy the latter predominate, but in this neighbor-
hood the movement chiefly originates with the 
Triad Society. 
" The northern rebel army has taken Tient-sin, 
the port of Pekin. By next mail you will most 
likely learn that the capital has fallen. It must 
be taken before the end of this month, or it will 
not be taken for a long time. It is most desirable 
for the rebels that they should get possesision of 
Pekin, as they already hold Chin-kiang-foo, which 
is the key to the grain stores. The grain has yet 
to be shipped, and if this should not take place 
before November, the famine which already exists 
will go far to extirpate the population. Under 
these circumstances the people will embrace the 
cause of the rebels with greater zeal, and the fall 
of Pekin will thus bo accelerated. When that 
does take place, however, all is not settled ; it will 
take some time to establish the new system of gov-
ernment, and trade will not at once flow into its 
accustomed channels. There will, consequently, 
be less teas shipped next year than many may ex-
pect, while from the short export this season the 
demand is likely to increase. The Americans have 
shipped comparatively little, and the prices in the 
States are therefore likely to advance, and the 
radidly increasing demand for Australia should 
not be lost sight of." 
TIME OF THE ADVENT. 
(Continued from our last.) 
The Franks.—We have remarked that perhaps 
is more unfortunate era could not have been se-
lected in the history of the fall of the Roman em-
pire, for the reckoning of " just ten kingdoms," 
than the year 519 A. D. 
The Alemanni, with some little show of reason, 
might have been called a kingdom before the fatal 
battle of Tolbiac, which took place 496 A. D. ; and 
the Franks reckoned as a horn of the fourth beast, 
before the death of Clovis, 511 A. D., but at 496 the 
former ceased to exist as a kingdom, and at 511 
the latter was divided into four distinct govern-
ments. Therefore, that year is too latefor an easy 
adjustment of the original divisions of the empire, 
and too early for a mare permanent establishment 
of the " ten horns," or kingdoms. We are not 
disposed to call in question the Franks as one of 
the first, or later ten ; but 519 occupies a position 
when the primitive ten were rapidly passing through 
an important geographical and political change. 
It is our intention, in this article, to very brief-
ly speak of the origin, rise, and progress of the 
Franks, so that those who have not the means of 
historical information, may see the political rela-
tion of this people to the year 519 A. D. 
The Franks [Freemen] composed one of the three 
great confederacies of Western Germany. As ear-
ly as the middle of the first century, we have in-
distinct accounts of small bands of these fierce 
warriors, crossing the river Rhine, for the object 
of plunder. About 253 they invaded Gaul, ravaged 
Spain, and even passed over into Africa. The his-
tory of the Franks, however, appears with more 
definiteness when they entered France, about 420, 
under a king by the name of Pharamond. They 
were at this time successful in forming settlements, 
and enslaving the people they conquered. Phara-
mond was succeeded by two other kings, named Clo-
dion and Meroveus. The monarchy of the Franks, 
which " was still confined to the neighborhood of 
the Lower Rhine," for they were at this time di-
vided into two principal branches, " had wisely es-
tablished the right of hereditary succession in the 
noble family of the Merovingians." The chief, 
fram whom the dynasty received its name, was 
Meroveus, or as some call him, Merewig—eininent 
warrior. The grandson of Meroveus, was the fa-
mous Clovis, the founder of the French empire. 
Previous to the reign of this king, there is a de-
gree of obscurity in the relation of events connected 
with this people, but at this time, events appear 
with unmistakable certainty and clearness. 
Clovis commenced his reign as king of the Franks 
in A. D. 481. In 486, he put an end to the Roman 
supremacy in Gaul ; in 496, embraced the Catho-
lic religion, subdued the Alemanni, and was anoint-
ed and crowned king of the Franks by Remigius, 
Bishop of Rheims. " The phial containing the oil 
with which he was anointed," is said to be " pre, 
served to this day." After reducing to his alle-
giance the Armorica in Brittany, lie made war in 
500 A. D. upon the barbarous kingdoms in the 
south of Gaul, the Burgundians and the Visigoths, 
and reduced them to the condition of tributaries. 
In 507 he fought a second battle with the Visigoths 
at Vougle, and in a single combat, slew with his 
own hand their king, Alaric II., and took from 
them all their possessions in Gaul, except the nar-
row strip of Septimania, which they were suffered 
to retain. 
Clovis next transfers his royal residence to Pa-
ris. At length, he unites all the Frankish clans 
into one kingdom, and in order to effectually secure 
his authority, assassinates all their petty sover-
eigns. He it was that changed the ancient name 
of Gaul to that of France. After passing his en-
tire reign of thirty years in perpetual wars, and 
swaying his sceptre over an extent of country not 
differing greatly from the boundaries of modern 
France, he died, like Alexander, at the very sum-
mit of his greatness, and when he had just reached 
the object of his ambition and proud hopes. 
After the death of Clovis, in 511, the empire, 
like the Grecian, was divided into four distinct gov-
ernments, under his four sons, who fixed their cap-
itals at Metz, [the former capital of the Alemanni,] 
Orleans, Paris, and Soissons. As we remarked in 
a former article, " this distribution gave rise to a 
new geographical division : all the districts be-
tween the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Moselle, re-
ceived the name of Oster-rike, [Eastern kingdom] 
and the country between the Meuse, the Loire, and 
the ocean, was named Ni-oster-rike, [North-eastern 
kingdom.] 
Gibbon also speaks of these divisions as distinct 
kingdoms; for, speaking of the conquest of Au-
vergne " by Theodoric, the eldest son of Clovis," he 
says : " The remote province was separated from 
his Austrasian dominions, by the intermediate 
kingdoms of Soissons, Paris, and Orleans, which 
formed, after their father's death, the inheritance of 
his three brothers." 
From these facts we learn first, that Clovis com-
bined the fragments of the various nations that 
ther. occupied Gaul, into one ; reduced the Bur-
gundian and 'Visigothic kingdoms to the condition 
of tributary kingdoms ; put an end to the Roman 
supremacy in that province ; assassinated all the 
petty sovereigns of the Frankish clans, and reigned 
supreme monarch " from the Rhine to the Pyre-
nees, and from the Alps to the ocean." 
Second. This united, consolidated condition of 
the Franks ceased at the death of Clovis, and as 
soon as 512 a. D. his dominions were divided into 
four distinct governments, with four capitals, and 
the four sons of Clovis, Hildebert, [brilliant war-
rior,] Hlodomer, [celebrated chief, Hlodher [cele-
brated and excellent,] and Theodoric, [brave among 
the people,] reigned over this four-fold division of 
the empire ; which .fintr kingdoms existed in 519 
A. D. There can be but one reason assigned why 
they are reckoned as one kingdom ; because they 
were all of the Merovingian dynasty, and possessed 
mutual interests.. Let us suppose a case. Four 
sons inherit a farm comprising four hundred acres. 
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dred acres each, and upon each division erect 
dwellings for themselves and families, and make 
other necessary provisions for the improvement of 
their divided portions. They may, as brothers, 
have mutual interests, " exchange help," assist 
each other in various ways, but do we, or would 
there be any propriety in longer reckoning the in-
heritance as one farm ! Who would think of dis-
puting the statement, that four farms existed where 
formerly there was only one ? 
Clovis reigned without a rival, and as supreme 
monarch, over a large extent of territory. At his 
death, the territory over which he ruled, was divid-
ed between his four sons, who occupied each his 
own distinct place of government, possessed all 
the separate insignia of royalty, issued edicts and 
co►nn►ands at will, and exercised independent juris-
diction each over their own subjects, thereby pos-
sessing in each division all the constituent parts 
comprising a kingdom. 
There are good and cogent reasons for number-
ing the kingdom of the Franks as one of the horns 
of the fourth beast, or one of the " just ten " before 
511, but of the appropriateness of thus reckoning 
it in the year 519, there remains, at least, a serious 
doubt. 
BEREAN. 
REJOINDER. 
(Concluded.) 
THE Franks in 476 were not a single kingdom, 
but were divided into clans or tribes, and as late 
as 496 the historian says of Clovis that he was still 
only chief of the petty tribe of the Franks of Tour-
nai. (See Hist. of France by Michelet, p. 85 ; also 
Crove's Hist. of France.) 
in concluding your remarks on number two, you 
say, the rise of the Papacy on their argument must 
be looked for between A. D. 476 and 493 instead of 
the time they name. If you had done me justice, 
you would instead of ignoring my remarks, have 
given my whole sentiment. Here it is. This little 
horn,—Papacy in its civil form,—is to pluck up 
three of the first horns (kingdoms) by the roots ; 
hence this little horn, or eleventh kingdom, must 
come into existence after the ten, viz., this side of 
A. D. 493, when the last one of the ten, the Goths, 
settled in Rome,.and before A. D. 534, for then one 
of the ten (the Vandals) was plucked upet 
Now then the sentiment expressed in the above, 
as every person may see, is not simply the pluck-
ing up of one horn, but the plucking of three by the 
little horn. Suppose the Ostrogoths did pluck up 
the Heruli, that does not touch the subject in hand, 
as you very well know. It is not the plucking up 
of one, but the plucking up of three that fulfils the 
prophecy. Hence if we can find the power, that 
subdues three of ten contemporary kingdoms, and 
then learn where the first of the three was subdued, 
it will be as I remarked—quite definite.* 
The Alemanni were not plucked up or subdued 
in 496, as you intimate, they only lost a part of 
their territory, as appears from the above histori-
cal testimony.t 
We have already noticed the first part of this,—
that which refers to Wales, or the kingdom of the 
Britons,—we shall only therefore refer to one point. 
You remark : " But as the ten are manifestly for-
eign powers to arise within the Empire, the Brit-
ons in Wales, and Rome under Augustus are not 
to be counted." 
Well now this is a new kind of logic. I will in-
quire if the prophet Daniel, when speaking of the 
ten kings, referred to foreign powers any more in 
that case, than when he says in the 8th chapter, 
" Therefore the he-goat waxed very great ; and 
when he was_ strong, the great horn was broken ; 
and for it came up four notable ones toward the four 
winds of heaven ?" Were these foreign powers, or 
does the prophet simply intimate that the Mace- 
donian Empire should be divided into four parts, 
without any respect to foreign powers. This we 
believe to be the case with Rome ; for it was thus 
divided. Hence what you term defects in the ar-
gument, turn out to be defects in your own view 
of the subject.t 
[This article came without any heading or sig-
nature. We have headed it " Rejoinder," and 
suppose it will be recognized as from " F. H. B." 
—ED.] 
we pointed out in your article, was by showing 
that the Ostrogoths were a kingdom in the Roman 
territory before 493, and as early as 453. This 
correction you have, in this article, admitted. 
* In your article, you did not show three pow-
ers plucked up by one other power ; nor any that 
were plucked up by the Papacy. The Ostrogoths, 
the first kingdom you give as plucked up was done 
by the arms of the Emperor, and not by those of 
the Pope. Nor was it by the Emperor in person, 
but by Belisarius, his deputy. So also was the 
Heruli subjugated by the deputy of the Eastern 
Emperor Zeno, whom Theodoric thus petitioned : 
" ' Although your servant is maintained in afflu-
ence by your liberality, graciously listen to the 
wishes of my heart ! Italy, the inheritance of 
your predecessors, and Rome itself, the head and 
mistress of the world, now fluctuate under the vio-
lence and oppression of Odoacer the mercenary. 
Direct me, with my national troops, to march 
against the tyrant. If I fall, you will be relieved 
from an expensive and troublesome friend : if, with 
the Divine permission, I succeed, I shall govern in 
your name, and to your glory, the Roman senate, 
and the part of the republic delivered from slavery 
by my victorious arms.' The proposal of Theodo-
ric was accepted, and perhaps had been suggested 
by the Byzantine court. But the forms of the 
commission or grant appear to have been expressed 
with a prudent ambiguity, which might be ex-
plained by the event ; and it was left doubtful 
whether the conqueror of Italy should reign as the 
lieutenant, the vassal, or the ally of the Emperor 
of the East."— Gibbon, v. 3, pp. 4, 5. 
If then the Eastern Empire is the horn that 
plucks up three of the " first ten," the Heruli is 
the first of that number. 
t As you have admitted that they were tributary 
ever after 496, no farther argument on this point is 
necessary. 
As you do not include the Britons in Brittany, 
where 12,000 of them settled, and du not count as 
one the central remaining power of Rome before 
its conquest by Odoacer, you disregard your own 
rule, and therefore cannot be surprised if it is 
rejected as not logical by others. 
The question as to what should constitute a horn 
of a beast, has not yet been sufficiently canvassed. 
Governments are sometimes symbolized by beasts, 
and sometimes by horns. Some peculiarity of con-
dition or circumstance, must cause this distinction 
in the symbol. We find in Rev. 13th that the ten 
horned beast received his authority from the drag-
on. Now it is a significant fact, that the old laws 
of Imperial Rome were the basis of the governments 
that succeeded it. And among these governments, 
there was an union of interest, and an interchange 
of feeling that made them, as it were, horns of one 
great beast. The several governments were repre-
sented at each other's courts by ambassadors, and 
international laws were recognized among them. 
According to Macauley, the nations of Western 
Europe were virtually united " in one great com-
monwealth." " Races separated from each other 
by seas and mountains, acknowledged a fraternal 
THE DISCUSSION. 
BRO. Buss :—The point in the discussion now, 
is whether the time of trouble. of Dan. 12 :1, is 
past or future. That it is identical with the great 
tribulation of Matt. 24, cannot be denied only 
by destroying the natural meaning of the words. 
Bro. Litch, claims that the passages are identical 
in their meaning ; and assigns a reason for believing 
both to be future. The standing up of Michael, 
he understands to be, " That point where Christ 
leaves the mercy-seat, to assume his royal digni-
ties." But when does Christ assume royal digni- 
ty? Dan. 7:13, 14—" I saw in the night visions, 
and behold, one like unto the Son of man came with 
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of 
days, and they brought him near before him. And 
there was given him dominion, and glory, and a 
kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, 
should serve him : his dominion is an everlasting 
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his king-
dom that which shall not he destroyed." Now the 
question is, whether there will be greater tribula-
tion when he assumes his royal dignity than ever 
was before in this world's history. He that bath 
ears, hear what Christ has said in regard to his 
coming. Luke 17:26-30—" And as it was in the 
days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the 
Son of man. They did eat, they married wives, 
they were given in marriage, until the day that 
Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and 
destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the 
days of Lot ; they did eat, they drank, they bought, 
they sold, they planted, they builded : but the 
same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained 
fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them 
all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son 
of man is revealed." This is so exceedingly 
" short," that. it cannot be greater than any other 
tribulation ; for the destruction of the old world 
by water was great tribulation ; but the long dark 
night of Papal persecutions was greater, and can-
not be exceeded by any affliction of no more than 
twenty-four hours' duration. 
That tribulation on those that are cast off by 
Christ at his coining will cause " weeping, and 
wailing, and gnashing of teeth ;" because they 
have lost eternal life ; but the prolonged tortures. 
the agonizing pains, of those who have suffered 
under the long night of Papal misrule made death 
desirable. 
That tribulation on the wicked at the coming of 
Christ, will be great ; but it may truly be said to 
be " short ;" for God has said, that He will make, 
" a speedy riddance of all those who dwell in the 
land ;" while the bitter agonies of those who have 
suffered under the 1260 years of persecutions by 
Papal Rome, was greater ; because longer, and 
more vindictive and cruel. They have been made 
to suffer all that humanity is capable of suffering ; 
and it is therefore manifest, that there is no tribu-
lation future, greater than that in the past. 
Dan. 12 : 1—" At that time shall Michael stand 
up, the great prince which standeth for the chil- 
dren of thy people ; and there shall be a time of 
trouble, such as was not since there was a nation 
even to that same time : and at that time thy peo-
ple shall be delivered, every one that shall be found 
written in the book." 
The first question to be considered is this : Who 
is Michael? For this question decided, will remove 
some of the objections against the identity of this 
tribulation, with that of Matt. 24, and also, the 
objections against its being in the past. 'We will 
make this proposition : that Michael, is Michael, 
and not Jesus Christ. In the text; Michael is 
called the great prince which standeth for the 
children of thy people ; so that the angel who 
stood as an especial defender of the Jewish people, 
is " Michael the archangel." 
He is three times mentioned in the book of Dan-
iel by that angel who appeared to Daniel, as de- 
scribed in chap. 10:3, 4. Hear what the angel 
said :—" The prince of the kingdom of Persia with-
stood me one and twenty days : but in, Michael, 
one of the chief princes, came to help me." Is 
Michael one of the chief princes ? if so, he is one 
of a class of chief angels. Again the angel said to 
Daniel :—" I will show thee that which is noted 
in the scriptures of truth, and there is none that 
holdeth with me in these things but Michael, your 
prince." The angel described in chap. 10:5, 6, 
here acknowledges Michael as his superior. But 
why does he call. him Daniel's prince? this the se-
quel will show. 
Jude v. 9—" Yet Michael the archangel, when 
contending with the devil; disputed about the body 
of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing ac-
cusation, but said, the Lord rebuke thee." Zech. 
3: 1, 2—" And he showed me Joshua the high 
priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and 
Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke 
thee, 0 Satan ; even the Lord that hath chosen 
Jerusalem, rebuke thee." Joshua was the high 
priest at the time the captives returned from 
Babylon, in the first year of Cyrus. In the third 
year of the reign of Cyrus, the angel said to Dan-
i 1, The prince of the kingdom of Persia, with-
stood me one and twenty days, but lo, Michael, 
one of the chief princes, came to help me." 
Whether Zechariah refers to this or not, is a ques-
tion ; but he prophesied in the days of Joshua, the 
high priest, in the second year of Darius. 
There is a probability that he referred back to a 
past event, where he speaks of Satan standing to 
resist Joshua, and if it refers to the time when 
Michael came to help the angel that appeared to 
Daniel, then the prophecy is further explained by 
Jude. For be says that, " the angel of the Lord" 
was Michael the chief-angel ; and the fact that he 
calls him the archangel, shows that he is an angel. 
There may be chief-angels as well as a chief-angel. 
The Jews had a " chief priest," and " chief 
priests ;" the chief priest, was chief of the chief 
priests ; in like manner the chief-angel, Michael, 
may be ehief of the chief-angels. But we are told 
that there is no such thing in the Book as arch-
angels ; and there is one good reason ; for the term 
archangel does not occur only twice in the Bible. 
But this is no reason against there being chief 
angels, in successive order up to Michael, the 
chief-angel of all ; for the fact that he is called 
" one of the chief princes," shows that there is an 
order of chief-angels, and in Revelation we read of 
" seven angels," &c. As we have found by Jude, 
that Michael is " the angel of the Lord," we are 
now prepared to show why he is called Daniel's 
prince. Stephen (Acts 7:35,) speaking of Moses 
said :—" This Moses whom they refused, (saying, 
Who made thee a ruler and a judge,) the same did 
God send to be a ruler and a deliverer, by the hand 
of the angel that appeared to Mal in the bush." 
We turn to Exodus 3:2, and read that, " The angel 
of the Lord appearedunto him, in a flame of fire 
out of the midst of a bush." 
Ex. 23:23—" For mine angel shall go before 
thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the 
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, 
and the Hivites, and-the Jehusites ; and I will cut 
them off." The angel of the Lord was to bring 
them in unto the Amorites, &c. Josh. 5:1`-15—
" And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jeri-
cho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and be-
hold, there stood over against him a man with a 
drawn sword in his hand : and Joshua went unto 
him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our 
adversaries? And he said, Nay ; but as captain 
of the host of the Lord am 1 now come. And Josh-
ua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, 
and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his 
servant ? And the captain of the Lord's host said 
unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for 
the place whereon thou standest is holy." Here 
" the angel of the Lord " is called " The captain of 
* Nevertheless, the Salic Franks were a king-
dom. Says Gibbon of A. D. 420-451, " The Franks, 
whose monarchy was confined to the lower Rhine, 
had wisely established the right of hereditary suc-
cession in the noble family of the Merovingians." 
He then describes the conquest of the country west 
of the Rhine to the river Somme, by Clodian, the 
first of their long haired kings, and their oppres-
sion by /Etius, and adds : " But the king of the 
Franks soon regained his strength and reputation, 
and still maintained the possession of his Gallic king-
dom from the Rhine to Somme."—v. 2, pp. 335, 336. 
The death of Clodian, in 451 after a reign of 
twenty years, exposed his kingdom to the discord 
and ambition of his two sons ; but it was none the 
less a kingdom, because for a time a discordant 
one. Meroveus, the younger, was persuaded to im-
plore the protection of Rome, and his brother, of 
the Huns. The latter penetrated into Gaul, but 
were forced to retreat. According to Rotteck, 
Childeric, the son or brother of Meroveus was king 
from 456 to 481. He was " the most beautiful, 
wisest, and strongest man of his age, and a fortu-
nate warrior. His death gave Clovis, his son, at 
the age of fifteen, the dominion over the Salian 
tribe."—Rotteck, v. 2. p. 73. 
Clovis succeeded in 481. Gibbon says : 
" The narrow limits of his kingdom were confined 
to the island of the Batavians, with the ancient 
diocesses of Tournay and Arras ; and at the bap-
tism of Clovis, the number of his warriors could 
not exceed five thousand. The kindred tribes of 
the Franks, who had seated themselves along the 
Belgic rivers, the Scheld, the Meuse, the Moselle, 
and the Rhine, were governed by their independ-
ent kings, of the Merovingian race ; the equals, 
the allies, and sometimes the enemies, of the Salic 
prince. But the Germans, who obeyed, in peace, 
the hereditary jurisdiction of their chiefs, were 
free to follow the standard of a popular and victo-
rious general ; and the superior merit of Clovis 
attracted the respect and allegiance of the national 
confederacy. 
" He was intercepted in the career of victory, 
since he died in the forty-fifth year of his age : but 
he had already accomplished, in a reign of thirty 
years, the establishment of the French monarchy 
in Gaul."—v. 2, p. 409. 
It was in the very year you name, 496, that 
Clovis drove your Alemanni from Alsace and Lor- 
raine ; and by him " The last king of the Alemanni 
was slain in the field, and his people slaughtered 
and pursued, till they threw down their arms, and 
yielded to the mercy of the conqueror."—Gibbon, 
v. p. 2, 411. 
t We gave the whole of your argument in its 
place in your article in the same paper, which 
made it unnecessary to repeat it. The first defect 
',........ 
tie and a common code of public law. Even in 
war, the cruelty of the conqueror was not seldom 
mitigated by the recollection that he and his van-
quished enemies were all members of one great 
federation. Into this federation the Anglo-Saxons 
were now admitted."—Hist. Eng. p. 8 
Were the Britons ever admitted into this federa-
tion ? Nay, those who retreated into Wales and 
Cornwall became unknown to the rest of Europe. 
They were not recognized in the family of Euro-
pean governments, and have left no certain evi-
dence that they constituted a kingdom, or were 
more than independent undisciplined savages—not 
to be recognized as a horn. 
The period of British history from the time of 
its evacuation by the Romans to its conquest by 
the Anglo-Saxons is called by Macauley " an age 
of fable," that " completely separates two ages of 
truth." The Britons, before the Anglo-Saxon con-
quest, had none of the elements of a kingdom ; and 
history is not sufficiently definite to warrant the 
assertion that the Britons who fled before the Sax-
ons into the fastnesses of the island were any more 
a kingdom, than their fathers who had lived in 
confusion and anarchy. Of the part of the island 
to which they retreated, in the belief of the Sax-
ons, " the ground was covered with serpents, and 
the air was such that no man could inhale it and 
live. To this desolate region the spirits of the 
departed were ferried over from the land of the 
Franks at midnight. A strange race of fishermen 
performed the ghostly office. The speech of the 
dead was distinctly heard by the boatmen ; their 
weight made the keel sink deep in the water ; but 
their forms were invisible to mortal eye. Such 
were the marvels which an able historian, the con-
temporary of Belisarius, of Simplicius, and of 
Tribonian, gravely related in the rich and polite 
Constantinople, touching the country in which the 
founder of Constantinople had assumed the impe-
rial purple."—Macauley's Hist. of Eng. v. 1, p. 5. 
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the Lord's host ;" also called in Daniel, " One of 
the chief princes," " Michael your prince," " Mi-
chael the great prince," and Jude calls him, " Mi-
chael the archangel." It was " the angel of the 
Lord " that " appeared unto Joseph in a dream, 
saying, Arise, and take the young child and his 
mother, and flee into Egypt." (Matt. 2:13.) 
Matt. 28:2-6—" And behold, there was a great 
earthquake ; for the angel of the Lord descended 
from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone 
from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance 
was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. 
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and be-
came as dead men, And the angel answered and 
said unto the women, Fear not ye : for I know that 
ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. lie is not 
here : for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the 
place where the Lord lay." 
Michael, " the angel of the Lord," therefore, is 
not Christ ; for " the angel " said that Jesus was 
not there, where the angel was, viz., at the sepul-
chre. The same fact is established by the apostle 
Paul in Heb. 1:4-6. He, speaking of Christ said : 
" Being made so much better than the angels, as 
he bath by inheritance obtained a more excellent 
name than they., For unto which of the angels 
said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day 
have 1 begotten thee? And again, I will be to 
him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? And 
again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into 
the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God 
worship him." " All of the angels " would in-
clude Michael the chief-angel ; and the question, 
" Unto which of the angels said he at any time, 
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ?" 
shows that Michael is not Jesus Christ. When 
Jesus was brought into the world, all the angels 
were to worship him ; which, of course, includes 
Michael the angel of the Lord. Luke 2:8-14—
" And there were in the same country shepherds 
abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks 
by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came 
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round 
about them ; and they were sore afraid. And the 
angel said unto them, Fear not : for behold, I 
bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall 
be to all people. For unto you is born this day, 
in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ 
the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you : Ye 
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, 
lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with 
the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising 
God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and 
on earth peace, good will toward men." " Let all 
the angels of God worship him," " when he bring-
eth the first-begotten into the world." Michael, 
therefore, Michael ; and not Jesus Christ. 
Brother Litch, has made one important admix. 
sion or statement, that is, That the time of trouble, 
when Michael stands up, is identical with the tribu-
lation spoken of by the Saviour ; which entirely 
precludes the idea of Michael standing up " when 
Christ assumes his royal dignities." For Jesus 
Christ has said : " Immediately after the tribula-
tions of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and 
the moon shall not give her light; and the stars 
shall fall from heaven ; and the powers of heaven 
shall be shaken, and then shall appear the sign of 
the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the 
tribes of the earth mourn ; and they shall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven." Now 
Daniel tells us in chap. 7th, that when the Son of 
man comes in the clouds of heaven, that dominion 
and a kingdom, was given him ; so that the com-
mencement of Christ's reign, being subsequent to 
the end of the time of trouble, when Michael was 
to stand up, shows that Christ and Michael are 
two distinct persons ; for the time of trouble was 
to be when Michael stood up, which time of trouble, 
was to end with the darkening of the sun, moon, 
&c., and after this Jesus Christ comes and " as-
sumes his royal dignities." Amen, then, even so 
let it be. 
w. 
BRO. BLtss.—My article in the Herald of Nov. 
12th, I wish to correct ; as my meaning is altered 
therein. The first sentence in the second paragraph 
reads thus : Papacy is one of "the " many abomi-
nations. I wrote the sentence without the article 
" the." In the marginal note read desolator, in-
stead of " desolators." 
Note.—Your article was handed to the printer 
as received. If there was any alteration it was by 
mistake of the type setter. We seldom have an 
article set up without worse mistakes than those, 
but seldom think of putting in a correction.—En. 
TESTS. 
FOR more than a year past my mind has been 
exercised on the above subject. Although I never 
was quite so strait as some about me, yet I have 
to mourn over my own weakness, and unchristian 
conduct in this respect for a number of years, until 
lately. 
My attention was called to this subject now, by 
the reading of Elder Edwin Burnham's article on 
the 2300 days. At the closing of that he says 
" The only test I ever had, or expect to have, is to 
love the appearing of Christ. This is the Bible 
test." Now this is precisely where I have stood, 
but I thank the good Lord for giving me a more 
enlarged view of His Word, and enabling me to 
see that the evidences of piety are scattered through 
the Bible in every form of expression our language 
is susceptible of. And any person has as much 
right to make any one of these a " Bible test " as 
another person has any other. 
Let us suppose a few cases :—A says you must 
" love his appearing." B says you must " look 
for him." C says you must " be born again." 
D says you must be " dead with Christ." E says 
you must be " meek." F says you must " love 
God." G says you must " become as a little 
child." H says you must have " pure religion," 
and so on to the end of the alphabet. 
Now what is the legitimate conclusion from 
these premises ? is it not that every one of the 
graces flourish in the Church, the body of Christ ? 
and is it not equally conclusive that while every 
member must have, to say the least, a smattering 
of most all, no one will have many to perfection? 
Let me now call the attention of my brethren 
Who are in any way making any one of these graces 
of the Spirit a test of true piety, to the careful 
consideration of a few scriptures. 
Begin with the first Psalm. What are the char-
acteristics of a man that is " blessed ?" There is 
nothing said about loving God, much less of loving 
Christ, or his appearing. 
Next turn to the 15th ; who is to abide in the 
tabernacle, the holy hill of God? read it carefully ; 
can you find anything about believing ? or only 
what we must do, and what we must not do 1 
We have talked and written a great deal about 
the eternal home of the saints. What says the 
37th Psalm : the meek ; those that wait upon the 
Lord ; the upright ; such as be blessed of Him ; 
and the righteous shall inherit the land and dwell 
therein for ever,—every test-maker to the contrary 
notwithstanding. 
Turn on to the 33d of Isaiah ; who shall " dwell 
on high ?" who shall see " the King in his beauty ?" 
who shall " behold the land that is very far off?" 
The 15th verse gives us the answer. Not a word 
about any kind of belief. 
But as 1 intend to be brief we will look at a few 
passages in the New Testament. 
Who then are said to be blessed, in the 5th of 
Matt., by our Lord himself? anything said about 
loving, or believing either in him, or his Father ? 
Not a word. 
Then look on to the description of the last judg- 
ment, in the 25th chap., by the Judge himself; 
what is said to the righteous anything about their 
faith'? In view of these two sermons of our Lord, 
how small we ought to feel who have been in any 
way concerned in framing iron bedsteads, on which 
to measure our brethren. 
We will now see what the fruit of the Spirit is, 
as is stated by Paul in the 5th of Galatians. 
" Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good-
ness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such 
there is no law," but there are some tests. 
Solomon says, " Let us hear the conclusion of 
the whole matter ; fear God and keep His command-
ments [This is my commandment that ye love one 
another. (John 15:12.) And this is His command-
ment that we should believe on the name of His 
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another.-1 John 
3:23] for this is the WHOLE duty of man." 
Your brother and companion in tribulation, 
and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ." 
LEWIS HERSEY. 
Green, (Trumbull county, 0.,) Nov. 15, 1853. 
LETTER FROM DIXON, Ill. 
BRO. HIMES :—Having had a blessed opportunity 
of again hearing of our blessed hope, by brethern 
Morgan, Chapman and others, I thought of saying 
a few words through your paper to our old friends 
and brethren in Canada East and other places. I 
think I never attended a meeting where there 
seemed to be more harmony and unity of feeling 
prevailed ; the prayer and conference meetings were 
of deep, solemn interest. The preaching of the 
brethren was truly meat in due season, and I be-
lieve that God had his eye on the work of the lambs 
of his flock, in sending brother Morgan to protect 
the little flock that brother Chapman had been in-
strumental in God's hand to rescue from many 
conflicting views that are so prevalent in this land 
of the enemy, and to place their eyes on that 
blessed hope which without a doubt is so near. 
It seems to me that this point is settled, that Jesus 
will soon come, from the aspect of the nations, as 
the Jews have always been a typical people. The 
Saviour told them, when ye see Jerusalem encom-
passed with armies, then know her desolation is 
nigh, so it seems to me that the crisis of the great 
day is at hand, when the people of God are com-
manded to hide themselves for a little moment, till 
the indignation is past, for the Lord is coming out 
of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth. 
Dear brother, what solemn, yet glorious things 
are just upon us ; I believe that God's little ones 
in this part, feel like thanking God and taking 
courage, that he should have sent brother Chap-
man and now brother Morgan, &c., " strengthen-
ing the things that remain." I believe God is 
faithful, and by the means of the conference many 
brethren from distant counties have gone home 
with renewed covenants. Our brethren from Crane's 
Grove were with us. 
Dear brother, I think that there are many in this 
part that would receive the truth if they only had 
the opportunity of hearing it clearly presented. 
It seems like an open door here, and God is not 
willing that any should perish, that his long-suffer-
ing is now waiting, to gather in from the highway 
and hedges and compel them to come in ; it seems 
to me that preaching in the highway will be likely 
to be effectual because the churches mostly are de-
cided. I think the time has come that we ought 
to break our pitchers, like Gideon's army, and let 
our light shine, for what we do for our friends or 
sinners must be done soon. 
Yours in hope of a speedy redemption. 
July 4, 1853. 
ROBERT CHOWN. 
Note.—The above letter was mislaid, or it would 
have been published at an earlier date. 
Obituani. 
I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth, anu 
believeth in me, shall never die."—Joint 11: 25, 26. 
DEATH for the first time has entered the house of 
Joshua Libbey, in the township of Barnston, C, 
E., and taken the youngest of the family. VELARA 
LUCRETIA is no more :—on the morning of the 16th 
of October she fell asleep in Jesus, aged 12 years 
and four days. This little disciple of Christ was 
converted to God about two years previous to her 
death. She immediately followed her Lord in bap-
tism, and from that time to her sickness, her voice 
was frequently heard in the congregation, testify-
ing to the truth as it is in Jesus, and of the hope 
she had of dwelling on the new earth with all the 
saints. She was taken sick last February with 
typhoid fever, and confined about ten weeks She 
then partially recovered, but said she would never 
get well. Shortly the dropsy set in,—the color 
faded from her cheeks, and her natural form so far 
disappeared that it seemed as though she had been 
changed into another person. Thus she continued 
fbr seventeen weeks. During her illness, her fond 
desires were often raised to God in prayer. The 
smile of her Saviour was the life of her soul. She 
never expressed a wish to get well, but longed to 
depart and to be with Christ. She said, " My nap 
in the grave will be short." She earnestly ex-
horted her friends to prepare to meet their God, 
and to live more holy and devoted lives that they 
might meet her in the kingdom. While her phy-
sician at one time cautioned her friends not to say 
anything to her about death, she overheard him, 
and said, " Doctor, I'm not afraid to die." Her 
intellectual faculties were good, and she was amia-
ble, and beloved by all who knew her. Notwith-
standing she possessed many valuable articles 
which were given her by different persons. she did 
not seem to set her affections upon them,—her 
mind was on Jesus. She retained her senses to the 
last moment. A few hours previous to her death, 
her jaws were set, but she manifested a desire to 
have them pried open that she might drink. She 
then tried to talk to her friends, though in a broken 
manner, and with perfect calmness gave orders 
concerning her burial, and requested that S. W. 
Thurber should preach her funeral sermon. A 
few moments previous to her departure, she called 
all her friends by name, bade them " Good by," 
and exclaimed,—" Jesus died on Calvary,—Glory 
—Hallelujah—l'm going home," and thus she fell 
asleep. 
" So fades a summer cloud away ; 
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; 
So gently shuts the eye of day ; 
So dies a wave along the shore." 
An appropriate discourse was delivered on the 
occasion of her funeral, by Elder Thurber, from 
Isa. 26:19. She has left a large circle of relatives 
to mourn her loss, but they sorrow not as those 
who have no hope. They are looking for the per-
sonal coming of Christ and the resurrection. Then 
those who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 
Amen. 
S. G. 
Mother, thy loved one slumbers now 
In deep unbroken rest ; 
But slumbers not with smiling brow, 
Upon thy tender breast. 
Oh no ! for death with cruel dart, 
Unheeding anguish wild,— 
Has rudely torn thy yearning heart, 
And borne away thy child. 
Thy home is drear at break of day, 
And drear at set of sun ; 
For lo ! the grave enwraps the clay 
Of thy departed one 
And vainly does thy spirit sigh, 
With yearnings deep and wild,— 
To clasp once more within thine arms 
Thy dear, thy darling child. 
Cold death has snatched thy lovely flower, 
But lo ! the day draws near, 
When even death shall lose its power, 
And thy sweet child appear, 
All glorious with immortal life, 
In Eden's garden fair, 
0 mother, mother, would'st thou meet 
Thy dearly loved one there ? 
would'st thou join the blood-washed throng 
On that immortal shore ? 
would'st thou swell the conqueror's song 
And greet thy child once more ? 
Then trust in him who died for thee 
A death of woe and shame, 
And at the resurrection morn, 
Embrace thy child again. 
A FRIEND. 
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ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Win. Busby, 215 Exchange-street. 
SALEM, Mass.--Lemuel Osier. 
SHABBONA GRovE, De Kalb county, Ill.-Elder N. W. Spencer. 
SOMONAUK, De Kalb county, 111.-Wells A. Fay. 
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis.-William Trobridge. 
TORONTO, C. W.-D. Campbell. 
WATERLOO, Shefford, C. E.-R. IIutchinson, M. D. 
WEST ALBURO, Vt.-Benjamin Webb. 
WHITE Rock, Ogle county, III.-Elder John Cummings, jr. 
WORCESTER, Mass.-J. J. Bigelow. 
R. Roamirsost, Esq., No. 89 Grange Road, Bermondsey, London, 
is our agent fur England, Ireland, anti Scotland. 
RECEIPTS. 
E. BURNHAM and F. II. BERICK will commence a conference in Hol 
derness Dec. 15th, evening, and continue over the Sabbath.-JOHN 
SHAW. 
N. BILLINGS will preach at Low Hampton, N. Y., Sabbath, Dec. 11 ; 
Middle Grove, N. Y., 13th ; Greenfield, 14th ; Lansingburgh, 15 ; 
West Troy, 16th ; Albany, Sabbbth, 18th. 
D. T. TAYLOR will preach in Waterbury, Ft., Sunday, Dec. 18th. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Day without Night 393 China 
 
Russia and Turkey ...... ... 393 Time of the Advent 
Chronological Table of Events Rejoinder 
 
connected with the Papacy 394 The Discussion 
The Prophecy of Isaiah 396 Tests 
The Position of a Reviewer 396 Letter from Dixon, III 399 
A Little Learning 39610bituary of Velara L. Libbey 399 
An Allegory 
 397 I My Journal 
 400 
Fighting with a Spirit 397 
Contents of this No. 
Western Tour. 
ELDER RIMES will preach as follows : 
Chili, Dec. 12th, evening, as R. Schellhouse may 
arrange. 
Cooperstown, Brown county, Ill., Dec. 13th and 
14th, evening, as brother Mallery may appoint. 
Perry, Pike county, Ill., evening, Dec. 15th, as 
Mr. Winslow may appoint. 
Springfield, Ill., Dec. 17th and 18th. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, DECEMBER 10. 1853. 
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397 
398 
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" 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-
()lass 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 book a man's 
labors are 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 full, 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 its technicalities, and introducing 
the unlearned reader to quite a comprehensive view 
of it." 
(Front Lord's Literary and Theological Journal.) 
" This brief epitome of the Chronology of the 
Scriptures, furnishes a large amount of useful in-
formation in respect to the times of the persons 
and, occurrences that are mentioned in the Bible." 
JUST PUBLISHED AT THIS OFFICE.-" Memoir Of 
Permelia Ann Carter. With a brief account of 
her life, and containing extracts front her Journal 
and Letters, with miscellaneous articles Edited 
by her Sister. Boston : J. V. !limes, No. 8 Char-
don-street. 1853." 
This little work has been for some weeks an-
nounced as in progress and is now ready for deliv-
ery. Price, 33 cents ; postage, 5 cts. 
MONTHLY REPORT.-During the month of Nov. 
the stoppages of subscribers to the Herald, were 17 ; 
new subs. 40 ; net gain, 23. Number of stops since 
Jan. 1st, 539 ; new subs. 578 ; net gain, 39. 
MY JOURNAL. 
WESTERN TOUR-LABORS IN MICHIGAN. 
Oct. 18th.-Arrived at Detroit, and was cor-
dially received by brethren Armstrong, Atkins, and 
13uflum. I had one day for rest, which I much 
needed, as I had given fifteen lectures in the eight 
days previous, of nearly one hour and a half each. 
In looking about this city I found a scattered 
flock. Some have united with the churches, some 
live isolated, with no home, and others meet for 
worship in a private house. I find but few who 
sympathize with the Adventists. They have been 
misled by opposing influences. The City Hall 
was procured for lectures, and I commenced Oct. 
19th. We had a very good attendance and the 
best attention. The city government wishing the 
Hall on the 20th, we gave up our meeting on that 
evening. On the 21st we resumed, with an in-
crease of interest, and also of hearers, who mani-
fested a desire to understand the doctrine of the 
Adventists. On the 22d, gave another lecture ; 
being Saturday evening, the audience was not as 
large, but quite as solemn and attentive. 
Oct. 23d (Sabbath).-Gave three lectures to good 
congregations, and closed my labors in the city. 
What was done, was done under unfavorable cir-
cumstances. But much prejudice was removed, 
and the way opened to do good in future. I was 
happy, however, to find some cases in which pres-
ent good was accomplished. Some expressed their 
gratitude for the light and blessing they had re-
ceived, and many were desirous of having the 
meetings continued. 
I was most kindly and generously entertained 
most of the time, by brother and sister Atkins, 
formerly of the "House of Prayer," in Albany, 
N. Y. May heaven reward them abundantly. 
Dr. Geo. Duffield is pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church in this city. He is well known in 
the Christian world as a firm believer in the pre-
millennial advent and personal reign of Christ. I 
had the pleasure of an interview with him. Having 
just returned from his visit to the old world, our 
conversation turned chiefly upon its moral and re-
ligious condition. Upon a close scrutiny of the 
physical, moral and religious condition of society 
in Europe, and portions of Asia, he had become 
more confirmed, if possible, in the hopelessness of 
the world's conversion. The missionaries who oc-
cupy those old fields where the gospel was once 
preached in the bounds of the old Greek Empire, 
accomplish little or nothing. Showing plainly, 
that those who have once had the gospel and have 
apostatized, will not profit by a second presentation. 
The success of the missionaries is chiefly among 
the " Arminians," who never had the gospel in 
its purity before. 
In regard to Jerusalem and the Jews,-he re-
marked, that the city is a place of degradation and 
vice. But few Jews in it, and these are in the 
depth of poverty, and many of them in a suffering 
condition. But in Tiberias the Jews were in aw-
ful degradation and poverty. 
The land is rich and fertile, but desolate for the 
want of proper cultivation. It is " trodden down 
of the Gentiles." The government is such, that 
there is no encouragement for the husbandman to 
till the ground. They have no protection for their 
fields or flocks. But the " early and latter rains " 
are regular, and the soil is as fertile as in the time 
of David or Solomon. In every view, the condition 
of the city, the land, and the people, there was to 
be seen a striking fulfilment of the Scriptures. The 
result of his travels will be given to the public 
SOOD. 
Dr. D. received us very cordially. I was much 
edified by his conversation. He is deeply imbued 
with the spirit of the blessed hope, for which he is 
a faithful and bold advocate. May God increase 
the number of such pastors for these " last times." 
I had a pleasant interview with Elder Hoyt, who 
now resides in this city. He preaches occasion-
ally, as his health will permit. He assured me 
that the deposition he gave for the late prosecu-
tion was not a voluntary matter. He is now sat-
isfied that there was no error on nay part, on back 
account, but has no recollection of the last order, 
which was the cause of the misunderstanding. He 
had no sympathy with the suit, and regarded it as 
an unchristian affair. I trust his eyes will yet be 
opened as to the part many professing Christians 
(with whom he is in sympathy,) took in this iniqui-
tous business, of which they as yet have shown no 
signs of repentance. 
Here I had an interview with Mr. Bibb, a fugi-
tive slave. He resides in Windsor, Canada West, 
opposite Detroit. He publishes a paper for the 
interest of the " fugitives," who are almost daily 
escaping from the " land of bondage." He gave 
ins some facts relating to the land company who 
are providing homes for the fugitives. A tract of 
land has been purchased lying in the vicinity of 
Windsor, C. W., which is to be disposed of to fu 
• 
THE semi-annual Conference of Adventists of Northern Illinois will 
he held (Providence permitting) with the chnrch in Clinton, De 
Kalb county, in the schoolhouse fur miles north-east of Shab-
bona Grove P. O., commencing Friday, Dec. 30th, and hold over 
the following Sabbath. Elders 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 
supply of Harps and other Advent publications at the conference. 
In behalf of the committee. N. W. SPENCER, Sec'y. 
THE General Conference for Central New York, Providence permit-
ting, will be held in the Second Advent chapel in Homer, cum. 
mencing Wednesday evening, Jan. 4th next, and continuing over 
the Sabbath. Meetings for conference, preaching, and divine ser-
vices generally, of especial interest to all who " love the appear-
ing " of oar Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, every forenoon, after-
noon, and evening. Elder D. I. Robinson is engaged to be pres-
ent. We trust that Advent friends in Central New York and 
elsewhere, as far as convenient, will attend. The services will con-
tinue after the 8th, as the interest may require. Homes fur stran-
gers.-H, H. GROSS. 
I wILL hold protracted meetings at the following places, each com-
mencing on Thursday, at 6 o'clock r. is., and holding over the 
Sabbath, viz.-At Woodstock, Vt., eau. 15th ; Caldwell's Manor, 
Jan. 220 ; Isle Lsmott, Jan. 29th ; Champlain, Feb. 5th. Breth 
ren west of Champlain wishing me to visit them, will address me 
at Champlain, N. Y., until Feb. 8th.-I. ADRIAN. 
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" ANALYSIS 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 fbr 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. 
gitives as follows : Five acres are given on condi-
tion that they are cleared in three years. Twenty 
acres more are sold to them at the cost, to be paid 
for in nine years, without interest. The receipts 
for lands thus sold go to establish a school fund. 
Some few families are already settled and doing 
well. The design is a benevolent one ; and the 
friends of the colored race have given liberally to 
sustain the enterprise. But a better day hastens, 
when the " meek shall inherit the earth." Yet 
while we are under the " Gentile " power, let us 
do all we can to alleviate the wants of the suffer-
ing and oppressed. 
Oct. 25th.-Parted with friends in Detroit, and 
took cars for Chicago, (by the central route,) and 
arived at 9 o'clock in the evening, and put up at 
the Madison House. I called upon Judge Wilson, 
but he was out. So I did not see him until the 
next morning, when I had an interesting inter-
view. He was formerly from Lowell, Mass. For 
many years he has been a sincere believer in the 
Advent faiths. But he has few or none to sympa-
thize with him, there being no families of this faith 
in the city. He has had calls from some that were 
anything but. Adventists, but he is well aware that 
there are two kinds of Adventists, and readily dis-
tinguishes. Should providence open the door, I 
hope to give lectures in this city, and raise a church 
of Adventists. 
(To be continued.) 
WE are gratified to announce to our readers a 
Cathartic Pill, (of which see advertisement in our 
columns,) from that justly celebrated physician and 
chemist, Dr. J. C. AYER. His Cherry Pectorial, 
everywhere known as the best remedy ever offered 
to the public for coughs, &c., has prepared them 
to expect that anything from his laboratory would 
be worthy of attention. As no one medicine is 
more universally taken than a physical pill, the 
public will be glad to know of one from such a 
trustworthy source. We happen to know, and 
can assure them that this article has intrinsic 
merits, fully equal to any compound that has ever 
issued from his crucibles, and consequently is well 
worthy a trial whenever such a medicine becomes 
necessary.-Racine Coin. Adv. 
Book Notice. 
" THE CONVENT AND THE MANSE. 
By Hyla. 
Boston : Published by John P. Jewett & Co. 
Cleveland, 0. : Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. 
London : Low & Co. 1853." 
This is 12mo. of 242 pages, in which the convent 
and the parsonage are contrasted, and the relative 
advantages afforded by each as a place for the edu-
cation of young ladies. It is shown that the former 
is overrated as a place of instruction, and is beset 
with dangers of no ordinary kind, which exert a 
tendency to win the hearts of girls away from the 
Bible as an all sufficient rule of faith, and from 
Christ as an all sufficient Saviour. 
The work is very prettily written. The plot is 
natural and easy ; and few on commencing it would 
wish to close the book till they had completed its 
perusal. 
To Correspondents. 
THIS week we finish the article of F. H. B., and 
shall have room, probably in our next for several 
articles from others on the time, which have been 
delayed several weeks for want of space to give 
them. A little patience is requisite about these 
times. 
BILLS, BILLS, Bills.-Several of our subscribers 
Lye failed to comply with our request on this sub-
ject. Will they pardon our gently jogging their 
memories. 
"Youth's Guide."