ADVENT 
HERALD. 
"THIS SAME JESUS WHO IS TAKEN UP FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, SHALL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN." 
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Tbe Coming of Christ. 
The dlly is fast approaching 
When Jesus •hall descend, 
And call upon all nations 
Tile judgment to attend. 
The sky b~gins to bril(hten 
Before my ravished eye, 
The glory., it appearelh, 
Of Jesus drawing 11igh. 
The fig-tree is in blossom, 
The promis'd time is near 
When in tile clouds of heaven 
The Bridegroom shall appe11r. 
0 fl'iencls Cl\ll you not see it! 
Tlte clertr and radi!ill t bow 
Of signs tltat spe11k his com in~, 
As winter doth its snow ? 
The stars have fell from heaven, 
The sun has took his veil, 
The moon fl!so hRS given 
Her lllnody sil(ll of wail. 
The gre11t d~ep too is ro11ring, 
Its waves are mounting high, 
Distrrss amoug tile nati'lns 
B.,-i!peak his coming nigh. 
The notes of \Yar are sounded, 
And deer!~ of blood are done 
By the mosr Christian nation 
That dwells br.nearh the sun. 
The time of ]leace has ended, 
Ami echoinl! from afar, 
With famine not!ls are blenrled 
The horrid cry_ of war. 
Hell's yawning pit is open, 
And Srttltrl is at work, _ 
Jl is frO!!· like fiends arP. croaking 
Amit.l the growing dark. 
They know tlte night is wasting, 
And soon they'll cense to ring, 
For .Jesus Christ is co111ing, 
Et!'rnnl day w bring. 
The scoffer sees no promise, 
And thinks !hat we are mad, 
BecRuse sn<:lt blessed tollflllS 
Are making our heans glt~d. 
But if no signs you've wuness'u, 
Y nur eyes ~re •lull as lt>nd; 
Or else the Savior's ttoar.hings 
You've not attentive read. 
So turn your Bible over, 
And note the tokens there, 
That speak the Savior coming 
lo glory in the air. 
God's word will give thM wisdom, 
And make lhy face to shine, 
And te11ch thee Christ is coming 
At rhe njlpointed time. 
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And thRI th111 time i~ nearing, 
It~ periods will thee show, 
WitHe signs in eartll and henen 
Unite to prove it so. 
So lav aside your scomng, 
.And join the faithful fuw, 
Who pray llll!llook for Jesus 
Creation to renew. 
And when he comes in glory, 
To take his children hotne, 
You'll glatlly hid h:rn wr·lcotne, 
And mount n11 to his rhroue, 
And with lhesaintst<•rt-ver 
In joyous stmins will sing, 
Our Savior and tlt"liv'rer, 
Our great rtnil com in)! kill!. 
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CH.lS. T CATLIN. 
For tbe JJerald. 
Public Opinion. 
· 
John 5:41-44-" I receive not honor from men. 
But I know you, that you have not the love-of 
God iu you. 
I am com~ in my Father'~ nam~, 
and ye receive me not: 1f anot_her shall come m 
hi3 own name, him ye will rece1ve. 
How can ye 
believe which receive honor one of another, and 
seek ndt the honor that cometh from Go.l only." 
The words of Christ, however little we 
obey them, yet sound familiari_Y to our 
ears. There is a sort of con ventwnal clef-
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erence paid to a text of Scripture. 
When rately-and he forfeited from the 
fir~t, them s~, by two or three cutting sar-
Christ spoke those words, it was very dif· by itlnumerable acts and speeches, even casms, that they tried to throw him down 
fereJlt. 
They struck upon the ears of the small degree of favor the higher cir-
1 a precipice.-Thus the world might have 
all listeners with startling novelty.-Not des might have been disposed to grant 
1 said, he seemed perfectly reckless.-· There 
because his ideas were not preci::ely in him._ 
. 
was no chance of success in such a course. 
accordance with the Old Testament Scrip-. His first foolish step, as the world then A~d even when the pop_ulace, ?nee or 
tures, b.ut because their ideas of those JUdged, was on Jordan, when out of thou-tw1ce wanted to make him a kmg, he 
Scriptures had become, in many respects, s_ands ga~hered there, he chose for his in-disappointed them-let _their ardor cool 
so gross.-The Pharisees, you are aware, t1mate ~riends, Andrew, Peter, John,_and off, and come to 
not~mg. 
Thus he 
placed sin and holiness pretty much on Nathamel, low people out of Galilee, seemed to be all the whi_Ie, as _they prob-
the outside. 
Hence Christ called them whom nobgdy had ever heard of before. ably would say, unlucktly domg some-
whited sepulchres. 
The Sadducees de--:-How excessive~y unwise, or rather ri-thing. to 
i~crease the nu~b~r. of his 
nied the immortality of the soul, and the dtculuu~, t?Ust ~ht.s have app~ared to ~he enermes-di~hea~ten and dimunsh the 
resurrection. 
Hence they were infidels. rusalem laerat1 ! 
That the1r ~essiah number of hts fnend~. _E~en to those 
The Esseues. and Theraputre placed holi-should neglect the whole _Sanhednm, a~d t?at professed to be hts dJsc1ples he some-
ness in austerity1 fasting, celibacy, and all• the edu~ated pe~ple m t~e r.ou_ntry, limes spoke so sharply,· that t~ey w~nt 
other dead works; and hence, with the and go strolling off mto Galilee-wnh a away and walked no 
r~ore with him. 
exception of a few obscure, despised inJi-half-a-dozen fishermen! 
All but twelve once left Jnm .. And even 
viduals, true notions of :-in,-as spiritual 
But-there were enough instances of-
th~se twelve-how poorly. he managed 
enmity against God, and of repentance, fering almost every day, when, if he had With them, as :he world JUdged._---:-Con-
as sorrow for that enmity,-had died out been disposed, he might have retrieved stantly repwvwg them for stup!dlt~--;­
of the Jewish mind.-Hence there was a himself, and risen into good standing !n Now, for a man, when all the world 1s at 
stroncr current in favor of formalism-the upper classes.-And as the world his beck and bidding, to censure a fol-
dead ~vorks; external, and merely physi-judged, he had not sense enough to im-lower for stu_Pidity, might be_ safe. 
But 
cal means of salvation. 
Pharisaism was prove them. 
A young ruler DID come to when the whole world, but JUSt twelve, 
greatly admired by the common people. him once, in spite of his vulgar con nee-seem to be. gett!ng set against him, it 
And all the vain. and deceitful acts of a tion, and say-" Master, I will follow would look hke little less than madness. 
material religion .. we.re popular. 
Hence thee whithersoever thou goest."-But Y Pt Jesus did this. 
when Christ came, he was obliged to be Jesus, \Yithout the least grain of policy, 
Even his own family turned agaiTlsl 
continually crossing, and contradicting, told him, "The foxes have holes, and him, and said he was possessed, and that 
anti thwarting the prevailing superstition. the birds of the air have nests, but the it was of uo use to listen to what he 
-The consequence was, that he sunk Son of Man hath not when~ to lay said. 
Finally, when be began to talk 
Jown out of good society. 
For carpen-his head." And so he lost him. It is about getting crucified, even his twelve 
teras he was, he was of noble birth, and not probable that that ruler ever patron-forlorn disciples began to think it was go-
might, had he been so disposed, have ized him after tbat. 
Perhaps he went ing too far, and that it was necessary to 
chosen his sphere, amid the circles of wit, away, and talked about him in the check him a litde. 
So Peter, who al· 
and polish, and fashion, and aristocratic high circle:, in a commiserating manner, ways was a little forward and amLitious, 
splendor.-It is true that he ever retained thus:-" I really thought I would try and 
too~ him-and began to give him some 
a certain kind of popularity. 
Very dis-do something for him.-He seems to be excellent advice. 
"Be it far from thee 
creditaLle to him in the eyes of men of a fellow of some sense. 
But the fact is, Lord-this shall not happen unto thee !" 
refinement and consideration. 
The com-I foulfd him such a rough customer, that But ins~ead of taking his advice, Jesus 
mon people, it is said, heard him' gladly. I concluded I could' nt do anything for called him a devil, and told him to get 
-Publicans and sinners resorted unto him. 
What a pity he should throw him-
be~ind him, 
becau~e his ideas were 
him.-But this increased the disdain with self away." And then, instead of lettino-worldly. 
And thus he went on utterly 
which the genteel circles of high life re-the great men alone, and keeping hi~ contradicting all that '''as regarded popu-
garded him.-" Have any of the rulers, opiuion to himself, he very unwisely and, Jar in his day, until, as doubtless his ene-
or of the Pharisees believed on him?" as the world judcred, unhandsomely at-mies often had prophe~ied, he carne to a 
That was the question in the upper cir-tacked them with~ut ·ceremony.-C~Iled bad end,a the world judges.-He was be-
des.-" This people that knoweth not them hypocrites, and children of the dev-trayed by one of hi 
own twelve, ~old, 
the law is accur~ed."-Thu , though he il.-Thus he provoked the whole nest of tried, condemned, and hung on a tree. 
might possess some popularity with the them to buzz about him like hornets.-Thus, by a brief sketch, we see what he 
populace, the low rabble,-that would 
Whereas~ if he had only shown aljttle pru-meant by saying, I RECEJVE NOT HONOR 
operate the more against him with the dence, or what they called prudence, no FROM 111EN. 
He was one who was so 
beau-monde.-" Popular!" they would doubt they would have given him all the conscious of Lhe value of that honor 
a y-in their exclusive salo_ons and halls weight of their influence. Nor was this all. which comes from God only, that in the 
of literature, "ye -but wnb what sort He kept constantly disappointing those expression of hi~ opinion 
and in his 
of minds is he popular?-With a set of with whom he was popular.-Dangerous conduct, he seemed to be as the world 
miserable, !gnorant, 
une~uc~ted vag-a-ns it is to trifle with the popularity of a say , reckless of public ~pinion. And 
bonds.-Fishermen-wnh )liSt ense fickle populace,. he did it, over and over why not? IN A woRLU WHERE THE rrrA-
enough to haul a seine.-Publicans, har-agaH1.-Now he would go away and JORITY ARE THE ENEMIES OF Gon, PUBLIC 
lots. 
\Vhat can such people know about hide. 
Then start off into some out-of-
OPJNJON IS WIELDED BY THE DEVJL. 
That 
relicrion ?-What if he does persuade the-way place, without even tel liner them was the very reason why Jesus suffered 
the;? Any fool might do that. 
But where he was going. 
One of the first death, and \'hy, if he were here in the 
where is there a single man of any sense things h~ did was to spend three days in flesh at this tlay, he would be put to death 
or education that believes what he says 1 Samaria; which, for a Jew, was no better agian.-Because he plainly told the Jew~, 
Show us a ruler, show us a lawyer, a than to live in a stye with swine.-Ano-as he would the Americans, that the1r 
doctor, a Pharisee, a Sadducee even.-ther time, when the people rejoined him public opinion was of the devil. 
And 
But don't talk about this people-that afL~r he had left them, he told them it then, being perfectly holy. was able to be 
~noweth not the law. 
Fa ugh !-they are was not him nor his miracles they were perfectly reckless of such public opinion. 
accursed."-Such was the unpopular after, but the loaves and fi hes. 
This, 
What then did Jesus mean, when he 
popularity that the Son of Man delibe-they might have thought, in ulting them said, How can ye BELIEVE, who rE:ceive 
rately assum~d.-He chose popularity to their face, by attributing to them the honor from men? Is it not sufficiently 
where it was death to his reputation as basest of motives.-Nay, in his own na-clear what he meant 1 That if a man be 
the world judged. And he chose delibe-th·e place he continued to exasperate of the world, the world will love its own. 
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But that if a man do love the world, the Heart. could not wish, nor imagination paid for the jev.·els of the Lord. 
The 
love of the Fath~r is not in him. 
That if conceive, a more glorious portion than life of the Son of God was the highest 
any man will follow Christ, he must take that of the saints in Jight. 
So brilliant price that could be paid. ;If a natural 
up his cross daily. 
And that cross will is the prospect, so lovely the scenery, and gem be so valuable, how infinitely more 
be a direct, and constant, and open war-so glorious the kingdom in store for the so must be those spiritual jewels, which 
fare with the world's public opinion. Here faithful, that therein we ought ever greatly Jesus purchased with his own blood ! 
is where the line must soon be drawn be· to rejoice. 
Can there be found anything What eternal obligations rest on the 
tween Christ and Belial.--Between Christ more beautiful and grand than the prom-church in view of such grace! 
Praise 
and anti-Christ. 
The question is not ised Canaan? Are we delighted with to the adorable Redeemer!-" W-orthy is 
long to be, Are you in the church or out? golden treasure? We may reside where the Lamb that was slain, to receive 
Are you Catholic or Protestant? but are the very pavements beneath our feet shall power, and riches, and wisdom, and 
you for publit; opinion or against it. This be of purest gold. Are we fond of spark-strength, and honpr, and gloi y, and 
is the idolatry of the nineteenth centu· ling gems? We may dwell amid pearls blessing." 
ry.-The worship of public opinion. The of celestial radiance, anu be 8urrounded 
'Vhen an earthly jewel is purchased 
worship of that vast, undefined, indefina· with. walls of precious stones. 
Is it re-at a great price, much care is taken to 
ble, myriad-eyed monster, part infidel, freshing to· regale one's self from the preserve it. 
So will Jesus preserve his 
partpagan,self-styledChristian. ·wherein cooling fountain? 
An eternal river will heavenly jewels,-they will be the ob-
Satan enthrones himselfreigning as God. satiate our desire, and fill us with the jects of his eternal love. 
The natural 
It is between God and public opinion that element of immortal life. 
ls it reviving jew~l is not superior, in its native ele-
the last battle is to be fought.-Between to the famished to pamcipate at the fes-ments, to any other substance. 
Iron, 
Christ and anti-Christ.-That spirit that tive board? "In this mountain shall the combined with sulphur, and found iP cu-
r:igns i.n the hearts of the children of Lord of hosts ~ake unto at! people a feast bizal crystals, bears an exact resemblance 
disobedience. 
of fat things." Is there a consciousness to gold. 
And carbon (or charcoal) crys-
This is the reason why men do not BE· of enjoyment and protection in the filial talized forms the most beautiful and bril-
LIEVE. 
Because they worship public relation? "I will be his God, and he liant substance in the world-the dia-
opinion.~ How can they believe, whore-shall be my son." Are there pleasures mond. 
So the spiritual ]ewt"ls are not, 
ceive honor one of another? Every puls_e and rrivileges connected with one's pa-in their native character, superior to the 
of whose heart beats for public opinion? ternal abode? "In my Father's house mass of men; but when, by a sort of 
Every nerve of whose body tnrills for are many mansions. 
I go to prepare a moral crystaliza~ion, they become adorned 
public opinion? How can such believe place for you." Are we desirous of rank? with the graces of the Spirit, and all the 
in God, in whose souls one whisper of We shall be ·exalted to the dignity and elements of their moral being are trans-
public opinion silences the still small honors of the priesthood and royalty.-formed tnto the beauty and glory of the 
voice?-Whose Bi.ble is the press?-·We shall be made "unto our God kings Divine image,· they transcend, in moral 
·Whose conscience is reputation 1 How and priests." Are we solicitous to obtain worth and excellence, all the votaries of 
can such believe in Christ? They can-po·wer? 
" The time came that the saints earth. 
not. 
And that is the reason why things possessed the kingdom." Are we anxious 
In the process of crystalization, there 
are as they are. 
That is the reason why to acquire territory? "The kingdom and 
is,~-developed a physical law, that acts 
the majority of professors of relig-ion 
the~ dominion, and the greatness of the with perfect uniformity: so 1.hat in crys-
have a form of godliness without the pow-kingdom under the whole heaven, shall tals of the same kind, their correspond-
er.-And why the majority of the world be given to the people of the saints of the ing angles are mathematically equal, and 
never go near the sanctuary. It is be-
Mo~t High." Are we delighted with the the number of their surfaces invariably 
causP. public opinion sits in the temple of splendors of a vertical sun? "Their sun the same. 
Thus the jewe!s of the Lord 
God, showing itself that it is God. 
sh ll no more go down." 
Are we filled are formed by an organic and perfect 
Thus then my dear brethren' make with joy at beholding the serene radiance law, and that law is love. 
your ch~ice.· 'Thus be either cold, or hot. of the lunar light? "Neither shall their 
Natural jewels po~sess neither inherent 
·worship either Christ or Baal. God or moon '~ithdraw itself.". Are. we enrap-lustr; or beauty. 
The!r s.plendor a~d .at-
Mammon. 
Receive honor either from tured with the symphomes of Instrumental! tractwns are all extnns1c,-cons1stmg 
God, or from man. 
Both we cannot do. music? 
We shall be ravished with " the simply in the reflection of light. The 
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harps of God." Are we enchanted •ith saints have no _inherent excellence,-no 
th, teh me etahrntes. Y wfarn youhotgive up the sweetness and power of vocal har-moral charms of their own,-they shine 
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ur eais w1ll be saluted 'Wlth ·m borrowed charms, and reflect the sun-
.r~n pu ~c ;pm\on, as see { ll t ~v lJC 
melodies, which will be wafted through-beams of a Savior's love. 
As the bright 
IS ~om 
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~·~ Y· f r~on, .1i b tb \ dno~v out the celestial realms, like the sound of and sparkling beau.ty of the diamond de-
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1 e WI 1 e u T~ · .many waters, and the voice of mighty pends on the intensity of the light that 
nld e gra;ed 
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le thun.derings. 
envelopes it, so those. jewels that are to 
cl.od l&eako fl eha 
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But why pursue this subJ"ect? The shine in the kingdom of God, ·will be 
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and one only, we must then meet the finaL whole creation presents its scenes of joy, 
Ig, teous~e~s WI .s me on t em. 
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OPINION.-THE OPINION oF Gon. 
That its emblems of bliss, and encloses the sa-Gods cab1n.et of J.ewels shall b~ thrown 
will be an opinion we shall ne'ier rearet cred volume. The'"most striking symbols open to the mspe~tJon of the umverse, a 
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when we come to stand before the juda-that nature supplies, or imagination cap an 
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paint, are used in the word of life to en-
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couraae the believer. What briahter land mg from theu burnished surfaces, Will 
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C. BEECHER. 
than where "the light of the sun is as the pour 1?rt a t1 e o mora 
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light of seven days?" 
What.better gov-spreadm.g aroun~ an ocean of JOy, till 
ernment than that of the Prince of Peace? heaven IS filled with a blaze of unspeaku-
The Promises. 
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great 
and precious promises, that by "these ye might be 
partakers l.lf the divine nature." 
(2 Pet. 1 : 4.) 
What swee~er charms than the smiles of ble glory. 
, 
J. MERRIAM. 
My Savior. 
BY 10 H N EAST, :M. A. 
end. 
For ''in the beginning was· the 
Word, and the Word was with God, and 
the \-Vord was God. 
The same was in 
tbe beginning with God. 
All things 
were ruade bv him; and without him 
was not anythrng made that was made." 
(John l:l-3.) "For him, and through 
him, and to him are all things; to whom 
be glory for ever. 
Amen." 
(Rom. 1'1: 
36.) 
He is that all-comprehensive cir-
cle in which the universe lives, and 
moves, and has its being. 
In similar lan-
guage he revealed him~elf to his ancient 
people, by his evangelical prophet, Isa-
iah: "Thus saith the_ Lord, the King of 
Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of 
hosts : I am the first, and I am the last ; 
and beside me there is no God." 
(lsa. 
44:6.) 
" Before me there was no God 
formed, neither shall there be after me." 
(ha. 43:10.) "Mine hand also hath 
laid the foundation of the earth, and 
my right hand hath spanned the hea-
vens." 
(Isa. 48:13.) 
How perfect is 
the harmony of Scripture, in its testimo-
ny to my Savior! 
Is the Lord Jesus Christ, then, the Al-
pha and Omega of my soul? Does he 
hold precedency in my affections? 
Is he 
the more than magic circle drawn around 
my heart, which meets me, and is most 
welcome wherever I turn my eyes? Is 
he at once the centre and circumference 
of my happiness,-the point to which all 
my desires tend, and the limit beyond 
which they would never stray? If so, I 
·am blest ipdecd. 
· 
This title of my Savior is thrice adopt-
ed by him, in close connection ith the 
prospect and announcement of his second 
advent. 
He may occupy the last place in 
human thought. 
Tbe roving eye nnd the 
vagrant affections of mnny1flOW seldom or 
never rest on him. 
But, "behold, he 
COmeth with clouds, and eYery eye ~hall 
see him, and they also, which pierced him; 
and all kindreds of the earth :-:hall wail 
because of him." 
(Rev. i:7.) 0 my 
soul, canst thou answer, 
11 Even su, 
Am,~n ?" 
Look, therefore, at the trans-
porting vie which the glowing pencil of 
prophecy has depicted: ·• I saw a new 
heaven and a new earth; for the fir::-t 
hea\u00b7en and the first earth were passed 
a\'ay; and there was no more f.n. And 
I, John, saw the holy city, N w Jeru-
salem, coming down from God out of 
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for 
her husband. 
And I heard a great 
voice out of heaYen, saying, Behold, the 
tabernacle of God is with men; an:i he 
will dwell among them, and they shall 
be his people, and God himself shall be 
with them, and be their God. 
And God 
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; 
and there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be 
any more pain ; for the former things are 
passed away. 
And he that sat upon the 
throne said, Behold, I make all ·things 
new. 
And he said unto me, Write; for 
tbesEJ words are true and failhful. 
And 
' There is a richness, a plenitude, and 
glory in this promise. In this passage 
there is a concentration of spiritual bless-
ings, an embodiment of all the golden 
promises of Uod. What riches of grace ! 
what 'vonders of redeE;~ming love ! that 
the creatures of His power, the objects of 
His paternal ·care, who have rebelled 
against His parental anthority, should be 
elevated from the dust of the earth,-
his love? What higher honor than to 
reign as kings? What more splendid 
residence than a golden c.ity? 
Vv hat 
more .attractive society than that of an-
, 
gels and "the church of the first-born?" 
ALPHA AND OMEGA. 
he said unto me, It is done. 
I am A_lpha 
-from the mire of moral pollution,-to be-
come "partakers of the divine nature." 
0, glory to the living God! what bound-
less and amazing love! "Partakers of 
the divine nature!" Can we conr.eive 
anything more exalted and glorious? To 
be " cleansed from all unrighteousness," 
-to be made in the tone of our moral 
feeling like God,-to "be established un-
blameable in holiness,"-to become so 
pure, and spiritual, and heavenly-minded, 
as to be fitted for the immediate presence 
of God, what more " exceeding great and 
precious promises " could we desire l 
Impenitent reader, what more can you 
ask? Can wore ex~lted honors be con-
ceived 1 Yes. 
The ~reat Redeemer:-
the Lord of Glory, will style the church 
his brethren,-honoring them as his jew-
els, and loving them as his bride. 
To 
vou who are indifferent in view of all 
these precious promises, nought remains 
but to wonder, despise, and perish. 
But there are those who love the ser· 
vice of God, and who delight to speak 
often to each other here; and the God 
whom they honoi before a perverse gene-
ration, will honor them in the day of ac-
count.-" They shall he mine, saith the 
Lord of hosts, in that day when I make 
up my jewels." How blessed is this 
promise ! There is nothing more precious 
than a jewel. Immense sums of money 
have been paid by men for a single dia-
mond. 
But a greater price has been 
My Savior is" the Alpha and the Orne-and On:ega, the beginning and the end. 
go, the beginning and the ending, which I will give unto him that j~ athirst of the 
is, and which was,andwhichistocnme."· water of. life freely." 
(Rev. 21:1-6.) 
(Rev. 1:8.) . This title, which-l"ke ma-How ce~tain are my expectations, and 
ny others belonging to him-is as re-what suJtab]~ sup~ltes. of g:race are as· 
markable for its condescending simplicity, ~ured to me m the mtenm, , mce h.e who 
as for its majestic sublimity, occurs only 
~s the Alpha and Omeg~ of the umve.r~e; 
four times in the Sacred Volume, and IS also the author and fim her of my fmth . 
that in the Apocalyp~e of St. John. 
On 
The signs of the dnys in which I live, 
each oce;asion, it is assumed by my Sa-and the state of things, both in and out of 
vior himself. 1 cannot, therefore, possi-the church, seem to give new force to the 
bly err, in appropriating it to him.. 
prophetic oracle,-" TnE TIME IS AT HAND. 
Eternity is the date of his existence. Behold, I come quickly; and my re-
The eternal past and the eternal future ward is with me, to giYe every man ac· 
are his. 
Though his human nature had. cqrding as his work shall be. 
I am Al-
its origin, and as the Son of man, he be-pba and Omega, the beginning and the 
rame an infant of days, yet even thatna-end, the first and the last." (Rev. 22: 
ture is to share the eternal futurity of the 10-13.) And how can I and my fellow· 
Godhead. 
In mv Savior's .will, and Christians better employ much of the in· 
through his wisdom and power, all things termediate time, than in meditation on 
have their beginning; his glory is their the names and attributes of him whom 
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we all expect from heaven? (Phil. 3:20.) 
For what are those names and attributes 
considered in their relation to us, but s~ 
many revelations of the Redeemer's grace 
and oar bliss? Thus occupied, I shall 
not be filled with consternation when he 
cometh, whether it be "at -even, or at 
midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in 
the morning;" (Mark 13:35) for I shall 
lift up my eyes, not upon an unknown 
judge, from whom I have everything to 
dread, but upon a frien:l, from whom I 
shall have everything to hope, and whom 
I have been accustomed, with humility, 
yet with affectionate confidence, to call 
l
:Y SAVIOR. 
And when I shall have beheld that 
transforming vision, and thereby shall 
have been rendered ·'like him," (1 John 
3:2) he who was the Alpha of my hap· 
piness and my hope, will also be its Ome-
ga. 
There never will be a point, even 
through unlimited eternity, when he will 
cease to be, or will be less the source of 
,my felicity. 
I shall behold, in his eter-
nity, the perpetuity of my own existence 
and my own joys. 
Lord, let rne not incur 
the guilt of looking short of thee; be-
yond thee, I cannot look for my enjoy-
ments. 
While' I profess to anticipate in 
thee and hom thee alone, the sum total 
of my future and everlasting happiness, 
surely I ~ay take thee as my snfficient 
portion, thro11gh the present short life, 
who art to be the fulness of my joy for 
ever. 
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ALMIGHTY. 
My Sa vi or is " THE ALl\IIGHTY. '' I 
have his own high and supreme authority 
for it, in his revelation of himself 1o. St. 
John. 
(Rev. 1:8.) 
He who made all 
thinrrs, nne! by whom all things consist, 
has ~xhauste~ none of his power ·by its 
boundless exercise through eternal ages. 
He is still able to do all things,-" able 
to save to the uttermo~L all that come un-
to God by him;" and, since he stands en-
gaged by covenant to do all he ~an for 
his people, they are secure of havmg all 
t-hings effected for the:n. 
Does an aged patriarch, in his hun-
dredth vear, feel a rising anxiety astto the 
acc.ornpiishrnent of God's promises?. Is 
he ready to ask, "How can these thmgs 
be 1" 
jehovah appears to him, and says, 
"I arn the Amighty-I am the Almighty 
GoJ: walk before me, and be thou per-
fect." "Let this be thy anxiety. 
Leave 
my promises to my faithfulness and my 
omnipotence." Unhappy Balaam knew 
the Star of Jacob and the Sceptre of Is-
rael by this name; for he "saw the vis-
ion of the Almighty." (Num. 24:4.) A 
believer knows that trial.and sorrow are 
not the work of chance. 
They are too 
important links in the chain of sovereign 
mercy, to be left untler any other control 
than the Lord's. 
Ruth's pious mother-
in-law felt this, when she sorrowfully, 
though resignedly, said to her friends at 
Bethlehem, "Call m:> not Naomi, call 
me Mara; for the Almighty hath .dealt 
very bitterly with me; and the Alrmahty 
hath affiicted me." 
(Ruth 1:20, 21.) 
It 
i~ remarkable, that this grand ap-
pellatio~ of Jeho~ah occurs ~o more than 
siYty·t\VO time:s HI the Swptures; and 
that of these, one half are in the book of 
Job.' The afflicted patriarch is exhorted 
not to despise ''the chastening of the Al-
' mighty, -(Job 5:17 ~ 6:4; 11:7; 37:23.') 
althourrh he felt hts very arrows WJthm 
him, fhe poi.:;on whereof drank up his 
spirit." He is reminded of the. duty .of 
submittinrr to Jehovah's mystenous dts· 
pensarion~, by the humbling .inquiry, 
" Canst thou find out the Alm1ghty to 
perfection?'' He is e~couraged t~ culti-
vate a cheerful repose m the Lord. s mer-
cy and righteousness." 
"T~uc.hmg the 
Almighty, we cannot find !m~ out; he 
is excellent in power, and m JUdgment, 
and in plenty of justic:e.': 
Beloved Savior, my faith regards thee 
THE ADV)ENT HERALD. 
as my only refuge. 
Thou art "the se-
cret place of the Most High "-the Holy 
of Holies, where whosoever dwelleth 
" shaij abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty." How unapproachable by any 
foe, h~\~ unassailable by any danger, is 
my htdmg-place in thee ! Let me feel 
and rejoice in my security, and give to 
thee all the glory of it. 
Poor, indeed, is 
my highest praise; but my joyful and 
exulting hope is, that I ~shall e1e lonrr add 
my voice to the choir which "res~ not 
day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, 
and is to come." And my crown shall 
lie at thy feet, mincrled with their rrlo-
rious diadems, while::. I ta~e up their ;'ho-
rus, and cry, with a full heart and a full 
voice," Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to re-
ceive glory, and honor, and power; for 
thou hast created all thing~, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created." 
(Rev. 4:8-11.) 
I seem to catch the melo-
dy of that anthem, and the spirit of their 
praise, while I indulge my longing desire 
to sing with them " the song of Moses, 
the servant of God, and the song of the 
Lamb:"." Great and marvellous are thy 
works, Lord God Almighty; just and 
true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 
Who shall not fear thee, 0 Lord, and 
glorify thy name? for thou only art ho-
ly; for all nations shall come and wor-
ship before thee; for thy judgments are 
made manifest." 
(Rev. 15:3, 4.) 
Contemplating my Savior's omnipo-
tence, and my own impotence, together 
with the poer of faith, as a Divine prin-
ciple, I see that life can plunge me into 
no difficulties by which I need fear to Ice 
overwhelmed. 
For even the " things 
which are impossible with men, are pos-
sible with God." 
(Luke 18:27.) Faith 
gives to my weakness the strength of Je· 
hovah. 
Jesus teaches me this, in his 
co11versation with the afflicted father of 
the demoniac ybuth. That father's prayer 
ran thus: "If thou canst do any thing, 
have compassion on us, and help us." 
The compassionate Savior replied, "If 
thou canst believe, all things are possible 
to him that believeth." 
Thus he seemed 
as it were, to transfer the powers of his 
almighty arm to the faith of the suppli-
cant. 
That supplicant, fearing to lo e 
the benefit he sought through the feeble-
ness of his faith, 
ye~ conscious that he 
did possess real eonfidence rn f;hrist, ex· 
erted the strength which, in the hour of 
his humility and of his extremity, the 
Lord infused into his soul. 
The tears 
gushed from his streaming eyes, while 
the exclamation burst from his lips," Lord, 
I believe! help thou mine 'Jnbelief !" 
(Mark 9:22-24.) 
Faith triumphed over 
all the difficulties of the case. 
The child 
was rescued from the power of Satan. 
The father was blessed with the fruits of 
his faith, joy, and peace. 0 my Savior, 
graciously impart to me that faith which 
hall thu make my feeble soul strong as 
omnipotence in thy .almightiness! 
Demoniacal Possession. 
Among the vexed que ·tions involved 
in the interpretation of the New Te. ta-
ment, is the nature of demoniacal pos-
e ion. 
\Ve read in· many place 
of 
persons being under the influence of evil 
spirits, and of their being-recovered by 
the Divine power of the SaYior. 
The-e 
facts are plainly and literally warranted, 
and hence the most natural, and until of 
late years, the universal opinion has been, 
that all the incidents of this kind are to 
be literally interpreted, and considered 
case~ of real demoniacal po session. But 
new light, forsooth, has sprang up in the 
world; human reason has become a bet-
ter guide than Divine revelation, and the 
wonderful discovery is made that the per-
sons described as possessed with devils, 
were simply afflicted with some bodily 
or mental disea-se, more particularly with 
epilepsy or insanity ! But ''how nad· 
est there?'' Let us go ''to the law and 
to th'e testimony, and if the New Testa-
ment itself proves that the instances of 
demoniacal possession it records are to 
be literally interpreted., there will be no 
cavilling by those who receive the New 
Testament as inspired-as the Word of 
God." 
, 
1. In the first place, the evangelists 
make an emphatic distinction between the 
demoniacs and the sick. 
Thus, St. 
Mark 1:32, " They brought unto him all 
who were diseased, and those who were 
possessed with. devils." 
Again, (St. 
Luke,) " He healed a multitude of tbeir 
diseases, and they that were vexed with 
unclean spirits." If the phr'\se " pos-
se5sed with devils," means nothing more 
than being diseased, here is a senseless 
tantology,-".They brought to him all 
who were dise~sed, and those that were 
diseased." 
2. But St. Matthew ( 4:24,) particu-
larly enumerates lunacy, as well as" di-
vers diseases and demoniacal possessions," 
among the subjects of our Savior's heal-
ing. "They brought unto him all sick 
people that were taken with divers dis-
eases and torments, and those who were 
possessed with devils, and those that 
were lunatic, and tho~e that had the pal-
sy, and he healed them." 
3. Our Sayior tacitly admits that he 
did cast out devils. 
The Pharisees 
charged him with casting them out in the 
name of Beelzebub. 
They did not ques-
tion the fact that he cast out devils, but 
said he dP_rived the power to cast them 
out from Beelzebub. In reply, Jesus ad-
mits the exercise of the , power, but de-
rives it from the power of God. If it 
were a superstition, would he have sanc-
tioned· it? 
Is such a thing consistent 
with his character? Did he ever shrink 
from reproving superstition, or error, of 
any kind, anywhere or at any time? 
4. In all the accounts of demoniacal 
possession the individuality of the demon 
or demons and the person possessed is 
distinctly preserved, both in respect toac-
tion and language. 
Conver~ations are re· 
corded, which are attributed exclusively 
to the demons; and volitious actions and 
passions are spoken of with which the 
possessed person had nothing to do but as 
the passive object. 
.5. The number of demons in certain 
cases is inconsistent with the SLlppositiou 
of di ease. 
It is said that Mary Magda-
lene was possessed with seven, and the 
Gadarine with a legion. 
6. And, lastly, the actions predicted of 
the demons cannot be ascribed to di -
ease. 
As, for instance, in the case of the 
Gadarine, it is said, the demons UJent out 
of the man, and entered into the swine. 
It is possible, indeed, to stretch these 
facts upon a Procrustean bed of criticism, 
and, by a process of twisting and turning, 
that will make anything or nothing out of 
the Scriptures, arrive at the conclusion 
that demoniacal posse sion was nothing 
more than a species of di ea e; but a fair, 
honest method of interpretation, nch as 
we u, e in determining the meanincr of 
other writings, will lead to no other opin-
ion than that the possession by evil spirits 
was renl and literal. 
Christian Witness and Ch11rch Advocate. 
Our Churches. 
Building churches in our city has be· 
come" a fair business transaction." They 
are no longer erected to correspond with 
the increase of population, or the pious 
wants of the people. They are built on 
speculation. If a street or square are 
likely to be settled,.or become fashiona-
ble, and lot. are cheap and without pur-
cha6ers, a large and elegant church is 
proposed to be erected by subscription 
among the owners of property in the 
neighborhood, trustit~g to the sale of pews 
to pay all contingencies, and being very 
particular that the church shall be a splen-
did ~pecimen of the Gothic, with stained 
glass windows, anrl all the comforts and 
appliances of modern improvement,, with 
a pastor known to be both able and fash-
ionable. The church once erected, houses 
begin to spring up in the neighborhood, 
the lots rise in value, and the speculation 
is complete. 
Alas! that edifices, de-
voted to the service of the Most High, 
should be erected simply to increase the 
value of surrounding property; and that 
for him who was worshipped in a man-
ger, a palace should now be deemed ne-
cessary !" We were led to a brief noticE: 
of thj~ subject on reading the following: 
"Church of the Annunciation, in 14th 
street-For sale, five pews, Nos. :JO to 
36, in_ the eastern transcept, selected as 
the most desirable pews in the whole 
church, being near the pulpit, anrl direct-
ly opposite the new organ of Mr. Jar-
dine, and commanding a lull view of the 
congregation, while the glare from the 
stained glass windows is avoided. 
Apply 
to G. H. Winter, 31 Wall-street, overthe 
Mechanics' Bank." 
So, so! 
" Desirable pews"-pews 
which will enable the purchaser to have 
"a full view of the congregation "~pews 
"near the p"ulpit "-pews "directly op-
posite the new organ"-pews· which 
shield the owner from " the glare of the 
stained g1ass windows !" 
Oh, father 
Abraham! you who selected the broad 
canopy of heaven, filled with ever shin-
ing stars, as thy church to pray to the 
Giver of all good, infuse a little of thy 
pious humility in the souls of these men 
in "purple aud fine linen," and instruct 
them that a pure and contrite heart in its 
aspirations and orisons is more ac.cepta-
ble to the King of l<ings, than "desirable 
pews," "near the pulpit," "in full view 
of the congregation," and ,: oppo~ite the 
new organ." Speculators in churches 
and religion in this city m3ke money by 
their operatious. 
They get up a congre-
gation, and sell it a church, and are sure 
of a profitable return.-The more piety, 
the more confidence. These are the men 
to raise money-to become executors and 
guarclians to immense property, and nu-
merous children. 
When they sell pews 
as they would cattle, religion is a mere 
ceremony, and always at a discount. 
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PRACTICAL CoMMENT oN THE ABOVE.-
The aver ion of the ancient Puritans to 
everything like pomp or gaudy show in 
places of worship, is familiar to every 
reader. 
Not so with their changed des-
cendants. 
Read the following article, 
from the " Tribune :"-
THE CHURCH oF THE PuRITANS.--Among 
the many new buildings in the upper 
part of the city, none i more slriking 
than this fine chur ·h, which fronts on 
Union square, and arrests the attention of 
every passer by its unique architecture, 
'"hich is Saxon, and unlike that of any 
other edifice in the city. 
It has one tall 
tower on one side, and another rising but 
a little above the roof on the other: the 
latter is intended for a belfry. 
It is 
built of white hammered stone, with win-
dow of stained glass. 
The architect is 
Mr. Renwick, who deserves the hiabest 
credit for adding so handsomeastru~ture 
to the churches of the city. 
The interior is furnished in a rich and 
appropriate mannPr. lt is divided by 
two rows of columns; in the centre it is 
fifty feet high, and the two side divisions 
thirty-four feet each. 
The ceilings are 
groined and ribbed, with handsome boss-
es at tb.eir intersections. 
The lower floor 
is divided by four aisles into six rows of 
pews. The whole number of pews is 220, 
of mahogany and oak, cushioned' 'ith pm-
ple, and 1,350 to 1,500 perwns can be 
seated comfortably. The house, when 
crowded, will contain about 2000 persons. 
140 
The pulpit is about seven feet from the 
floor, and in the rear of it is the lecture 
and Snnday School rogm, which occu-
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver-
sation and godliness, looking for and hasting 
unto .the coming of the day of God, wherein 
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, 
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat 1 
Nevertheless we,1 according to his promise, 
look for new heavens and a n·ew earth," &c. 
. pies a part of the main building, and com-
municates directly with the auditory of 
the church. 
The Pastor of the church 
is Rev. Dr. CHEEVER. 
It has now been 
open for public worship on two Sabbaths, 
nnd on both days bas been filled by large 
and attentive congregations. 
Alar.k! .the poor body may retain its 
shape and name after the spirit has fled. 
when his body is scattered in dust to the rection of the just. Although to depart hence 
winds, would as effecttially cease to be, as he to be with Christ is far better than to remain 
lacked existence before hie birth; and there· here, yet the re5urrection will be still infinitely 
fore to bring him to life again, would require better. 
To wait in conscious expectation is 
the act of a new creation, which could not be blessed; but to receive the ful1 fruition will 
a resurrection. 
llut if with Paul we believed be joyfully surpassing all previous enjoyment. 
in the consciousness· of the spirit after death, The "flay of judgment" to which reference 
and that in a condition dependent on the resur-is had, however, we understand to be the day 
rection for the perfection of its being, we of its execution, and not of its adjudication. 
Settlement of Accounts. 
should have no difficulty in realizing the exist-The destiny of all must ~e fixed before the 
''Owe no man anything."-PAuL. 
Noah's Times and Mes~enger. 
ence of a uucleus around which might be resurrection; for the dead come up in bands-
'Vith many of our subscribers and agents 
again gathered the f!cattered ashes of the dead, all the good in one, and all the bad in the other: we have not had a settlement for a long time; 
to the revivification, and consequently the re-1,they COllld riot be thus divided in the resurrec-and from a large number we have not beard 
surrection, of the man that died. Consequent-tion, if their destiny had not been previously for seven year~, and they are owing us from 
ly, if the Sadducees ~ould be convinced that decided. 
It is therefore evident, that the in-ten to .fifteen dollars each. Our receipts have 
~l)e 2\~uent
. lljerql~. 
"n E a o L o! -rag B a' o E a a o oM co~~ E-ra!!" Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, had not passed flictinn of the penalty is all that will then re-been so small for a long time past, that we 
out of conscious existence, they would have main of the judgment. To consummate this, have been limited in our ability to help the 
no difficulty in believing in the resurrection; it will be necessary to raise the righteous, that several missions, &c., as we have wished.-
~~~~~=~~~==~~=~=. and consequently, if God was. their God, he they may "be clothed upon," and fitted to More than $500 due this office has been re-
BOSTON, DECEMBBR 4, 1847, 
Questions. 
wo.uld not leave them in the imperfect condi-''reign on the earth;" while it will be neces-· pudiated by qelinquents within the last eigh-
Dear Bro. Himes :-Will you please allow tion in which they must necessarjly be while sary to raise the wicked that they may come teen months-most of whom were fully able 
me to ask my brethren a few quel!tioos in the in the disembndied state; but will bring them up in corruption, and have their portion where to pay. 
At the commencement of the next 
"Herald?" 
Dear Brethren-! suppose you have learned by again i"nto the inheritance promised them, "their worm dieth not, and the fire is not volume we shall enlarge the'" Herald," so 
searching "the Scriptures," that Christ and the which would require a re;;urrection. 
The ar-quenched." 
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that our readers will get more than twice the 
Sadducees did not agree in their views of the gu~ent, we consider, is of the same nature as 
amount of reading in our columns, in p10por-' 
doctrine of ttie resurrection; and Chri~t quoted 
Is this Correct ? 
"Scripture'' to them to prove his position. Now, that attributed to Gamaliel, who, when pressed 
tion to the price, than is contained in any 
We have received an article from the " Uni· 
In what did the strength of hi~ argument consist, by the Sadducees respecting the resurrection, 
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versalist Palladium,'' on the word " world," 
w en e quote 
oses · 
re reo, 
0 not pass argued that God had promised the land of 
then amount to but little short of $ 40 per 
thi:~ question over by J. ust reading it. 
I know 
w1"th the I'tlterrogatt"o·n to us " I th"s o 
Canaan to Abraham for an inheritance and 
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Our list of free subscribers-the 
some of our brethren say it means that" God is 
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rect !" The article defines the word thus:-
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not the God of the dead body, but of the living as he had died without inheriting it, that con-
Lord's p~or-is between one and two thou-
soul." Wt:ll, if this be its true meaning, what sequently God must raise him from the dead, 
"1. By the phrase_, end of the world, we are sand. 
To send the "Herald" to these, to 
is its bearing upon the doctrine of the resurrec-
to understand, t~e· end of the age, or dispensa-
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tion? Did they, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and give him the inheritance. 
tion, as in Matt. 13:39, 40; 24:3; 28:2tJ; 1 Cor. meet our necessary expenses, an 
at 
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fall "asleep in Christ?'' Antidp!iting your an-
In this connection we must also take into _10:1 I. The word, which literally means 1vorld, several missions, will require all the ·assistance 
swer, I ask, then, What hHs become of them, if 
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Js never spoken of as having an end. 
we can get. \Ve have bills due the .first of 
the "dead ri,e not 1," 
Now, brethren, if y·ou consideration, that although Christ is" Lord 
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tell me (as some do) that "it is a matter of no both of the dead and living,'' yet that in a stand the coming dispensation, as in Mark 10:30; 
importance to us to know whether or not the dead peculiar sense, God is only the God of his Luke 18: 30 ; Eph. 1 : 21 ; Heb. 6 : 5. 
Jars more than we have the means to meet.-I 
are conscious, still I suppose y~ou will not tell me 
"3. In all those nutiJerCtus passages where It is therefore necessary that those who are 
that it i;1 a matter of no importance to us to know children when they shall have entered into the God'~ love to the world 
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the truth which is contained in the scripture which promised inheritance. In many places in the world, is referred to, the original word is uni-
Christ quoted. One more question: If at death Old Testament, when speaking of the promised formly used which literally weans world, by 
all the righteous go to heaven, and all the wicked 
which is evidently represented the world of man-
to hell, what will GoJ have to do in a ~'day of land, God promises that he will be their God, kind. The,;e a1e facts which all would do well 
judgment?" 
and they shall be his people. (See Lev. 26:12 to consider." 
If we are honest, we have no point to sustain, 
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or cause to make out, but to "know the truth/' an 
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en w en we come 
As to the correct11ess of this definition, we 
that knowing it, it may make us free, ' Let us, down to John's description of the new earth, would remark, that the word is aion. 
St. 
then, search the Scriptures in the spirit of meek-in Rev. 21st, we read, v. 3, that then it will Luke says (20: 34, 35) : "The children of 
nes3. Yours, looking for" that blessed hope," b "B h ld h 
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this world marry, and are given in marriage: 
Panton ( Vt.), Sept. 24th, 1847. 
men, and he will dwell with the~JJ, and they but they which shall be accounted worthy to 
REMARKS. . 
shall be his people, and God himself will be obtain that world, and the resurrection from 
The only way to learn doctrine is, by a free with them, ann be their God;" and in v. 7-the dead, neither marry nor are given in mar-
interchange of sentiments, and a careful ex-"1 will be his God, and he shall be my son." riage." It undoubtedly does mean era, age, 
amination of evidence, to search for truth.-We thilS find that in the new earth God will or dispensation ; but the Savior has shown tfs 
We are therefore always pleased to receive be the God of his people, and they his, in a that it is an age, or era, that reaches to the 
from the "candid" the arguments in support sense different from that of any relation that resurrection of the dead. 
"\Ye read that the 
of their falth. 
In reference to the above, we precedes it. 
While, therefore, we may nqw harvest is the end of this age, or era, and that 
suppose our brother is aware that we have say," My Lord and my God," yet if he is in-as" the tares are gathered and burned in the 
Now, brother, on the receipt of' tbis, will 
you not make it your .first business to send us 
the sum you owe, or if poor, state frankly 
your inability 1 If you will inf~rm us that 
you cannot pay, we will credit· you in full, 
and continue your paper if you wish. 
To 
those from whom we have heard notl1ing for 
a long time, we shall· be unable to send the 
paper longer, unless we hear from them now. 
We hope to hear from all who r.re indebted, 
between now and new year's. The poor may 
write us at our own expense. 
We want it distinctly understood, that all 
the earnings of this office, and every penny 
we possess, are sacredly devoted to the exten-
sion of the doctrine of the Advent near. And 
this office, and all that we have, we are ready 
never placed any particular stress on this deed pur God, his being such carries with it fire, so shall it be in the end of thi~ world. 
to lay down at the feet of the brethren, when-
chapter in support of our views (we suppose· the assurance that we shal1 come into there-The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 
ever they shall wish to transfer it to other 
Luke 20th is referred to); nor have we ever surrection inheritance. God told Moses, Ex. and they shall gather out of his kingdom all 
hands, who can better carry out their wishes. 
found anythino-there against it. The Savior 6:4, that he had· established his covenant with things that offend, and them which do ini-
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But while we sustain this burden, in order to 
was proving the resurrection of the dean, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, "to give them quity; and shall cast them into a furnace of 
help the West, the North, the East, and the 
the Sadducees. To prove the resurrection, the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrim-fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of 
South, as we wish, it is very necessary that 
he quotes what God said to Moses at the bush: age." This could not b(:l given them, as the teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth 
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our subscribers make prompt remittances of 
Says the Savior, Luke 20:37, ''Now that the Sadducees we11 knew, without their resurrec-as the sun in the kingdom of their ~atQer." 
the small sums they severally owe for the pa-
dead are raised, even Moses showed at the tion; the Sadducees supposed their spirits (Matt. 13 : 40-43.) 
per. 
But if our dues are withheld, and.the 
bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of were not in being, and that they therefore . Again we read, that as good fish taken in a funds of the brethren continue to be diverted 
Ahraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God could not be raised: but God says expressly net are put into vessels, and the bad cast away, 
to objects from which no asl!istance is rendered 
of Jacob." That is the evidence he presents : to Moses, Ex. 3:6, " I am," [not, I was, nor, " so shall it be at the end of the world ( aion) : 
to sustain our plans of benevolent operations, 
the argument he draws from it is, that God I will be, but,] "I am the God of thy father, the angels shall come forth, and sever the 
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ing: for all live unto him:" and that there-the God. of Jacob." 
Now if God is not the them mto the f~rnace of fire," &?. It is-
We hope not to be obliged to withhold from 
fore 1he dead will rise. 
This silenced the God of the dean, it must follow, as he affirmed therefore very plaw, what events w11l mark those who are unable to assist merely because 
Sadducees, aud effectually met their difficulties to Moses that he was then their God, that the end of this aion 
On the same principle, those who are able, withhold 'from us our just 
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against the resurrection. 
How did it meet they were in such a state of existence that the world to come is the era, or age, which dues. 
them 1 We know that the Sadducees believed God might be the Lord-as we read in ano-will succeed after this age has been termi 
that when the body was dead the mind was ther place that he is-" both of the dead and nated by the events of the texts quoted. And 
unconscious: they also believed that the dead the living ; " therefore being their God, and we know that whosoever shaH be accounted 
would be for ever unconscious. They did not they thus proved to be in existence, the Sad-worthy to obtain that world, will be equal to 
believe in the existence of angel, spirit, or in ducees could not, without denying the Old the angell:l, and will never die any more. 
1 the (act of the resurrection. 
Now, if we be-Testament, avoid the conclusion that he would 
As for this earth: it will never end-it 
lieved with the Sadducees, that there is no actua1ly raise them again from the dead, and abideth for ever. It will only be changed, as 
.part of man conscious after the body had been ""give them the land of Canaan, the land of Peter describes: "The day of the Lord will 
;}&UJ aside, we should be compel1ed with them their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers." come as a thief in the night; in the which the 
1to believe, that when the body has been df. 
2. As we know of no Adventists who be-heavens shall pass away with a great noise, 
eomposed and scattered to the fonr winds, lieve in the going to heaven of the righteous and the elements sha11 melt with fervent heat, 
there is an entire end of t.he man, and that he at death, &e., we will devote no ~pace to the the earth ~lso, and the works that are therein 
-could have no resurrection; for if there is not last question. The resurrection only brings shall be burned up. 
Seeing then that aU 
the eontinuance of a conscious spirit, the man, the reward : the ~pense is at the resur-these things shaH be dissolved, what manner 
The Cause. 
What is a cause 1 It is a pursuit, or prose-
cution of an object. Theologically, it is a 
united effort for the prosecution, investigation, 
and promulgation of a particular theological . 
question. 
A "cause," then, is a definite en-
terprise, in which many engage to promote. 
The Advent interest, or enterprise, then, is 
a" cause "-a common cause--in which many 
unite to promote a general end. The objects 
and purposes of the movement are determined 
by the majority of those interested and en-
gaged in it. Those who believe in its princi-
pies, and are interested ft1 its objects, act to-
gether, and belong to the common cause. 
In carrying forward this cause, we have 
been united in a system of means. These are: 
1. The Press-Papers, tracts, books, &c. 
2. The Pulpit-Lectures, and illustrations 
of the prominent subjects of prophecy, which 
relate to the personal and speedy return of the 
Lord. 
3. Conferences-In' which are aareed on 
circular addresses, resolutions, &c. "' 
4. The appoiutment of missionarie~, to 
spread the gllid tidings at home and abroad. 
Remarks on Father Miller. 
In the " HarLinger " of Nov. 16, we find a 
letter from Bro. D. S. Oshorn, approbated by Bro. 
Marsh, from which we quote the following :-
,, I first opened the 'Herald,' when my eye 
caught the lt:tter from our old aud tried friend 
Bro. Mill'3r, and I perused it till I came to thi~ 
8entence : ' For Christ j; God and God iii love.' 
'For Christ is God'~ My r:1ind went back to 
~hen I read Bro. Miller's Creed, some fh·e years 
smce, taken, I think, from the 'Midnight Cry.' 
-~ go~d brother has it now pasted on the cover of 
h1s Bible. 
In that, Bro . .Miller say;z 'I believe 
that Christ is the Son of God." 
S~ I say; hut 
by what proce~s he is now changed to God him-
l!elf, I know not : and it is for this infi1rmation I 
Thns we have missions in Great Britain, now write you. 
I have always believed that 
the West Indies, Nova Scotia and in the far. there is one Mediator between Cod and man, and 
West. 
These operations ca'n only be sus-that that Mediator is Christ (so says the Bible), 
and not God. Is it not so ? Or do I labor under 
tained by indus try and united effort. 
As this a mistake? 
[You are not mistaken.-En.]" 
is a common cause, for a common end,' all 
From this it would appear that Father Miller 
Christians who believe in the speedy coming had changed his views, and was vacillating in 
of Christ, may heartily engage in it, without his opinions on the Divinity of ,Christ. But from 
r~gard to other questions, respecting which a most intimate acquaintance with him for the 
there will always be a diff~rence of opinion last seven years, we .wish in justice to say, that 
while in this imperfect state. 
the old gentleman has had but one view on the 
Let all, of every sr.ct and party, who love subject, unchanging and unchanged. 
the appearing of Christ, unite anew in this the . , I~ his (< S!nop~:s," published in 18.42, in his 
best of cause8, and continue the cry of the '. LI~e and Vle\~s,. page 33, he _thus bnefly states 
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coming. ne un I t e esse 
n egroom f; a 
" I believe in God, the Father of our Lord Je. 
appear In glory. 
sns Christ, who is a Spirit, omnipresent, omnis-
cient, having all power, creator, preserver, and 
BILLS.-We this week commence sending self-existent. 'As being holy, just, and benefi-
bills to those of our subscribers from whom cent, I believe in Je~us Christ, the Son of God, 
having a body in fashion and fmm like man, Di-
we have heard nothing for a year or more past. 
As under the new law we are prohibited from 
vine in his nature, human in his person, godlike 
in his character and power. He is a Savior for 
sinners, a priest to God, a Mediator between God 
and man,•and King in Zion. He will be all to 
his people, God with ns for ever. The Spirit of 
the Most High is in him, the power of the Most 
High is given him, the people of the Most High 
are purchased by him, the glory of the Most High 
shall be with him, and the kingdom of the Most 
High is his on earth." 
"KtLLED .-tND WouN~ED."-What bar. 
rowing thoughts must be called up by the head. 
ing above, as it is read, prefixed to long columns 
of the names of slain and wounded soldiers, by 
those who have fathers, brother!', and sons, en-
gaged in the work of death in our neighbors' 
land. 
The New Y ~rk " Spectator," in a late 
number, has more than two columns of names in 
fine type, and compactly printed, of those who 
f~:ll before Mexico. 
How many a sad and ach-
ing heart must have read those columns of names, 
anxiously' looking, lest one dear to them should 
be numbered in the list. How many a sister, and 
wife, and mother, has found in that sad record, 
the name of the loved one, in whom centred the"r 
all. 
Aud when the sad discovery is made, how 
heart-rending are the feelings of those who mourn 
the loss of the slain-who are smitten down in 
the full tide of health. When we look over these 
sad records, we can but pray that the prayer of 
the P11almist may be speedily answered : "Let 
the wickedness of the wic.ked come to an end ; 
and establish thou the just." 
'rHE MoRMONs.-From the Mormon paper 
at Voree, W. T., we learn that the Mormons have 
commenced their temple in that place. James 
J. Strang has succeeded in appropriating to him. 
self the mantle of Joseph Smith, and is acknow-
ledged as his successor by a branch of the Mor-
mons. 
Another branch follow Sidney Rigdon, 
and a third branch are under the government of 
the twelve, on their way to Oregon or California. 
The Strangites denounce strongly the immoralities 
of the other branches. Quite a list of excom. 
munications for various immoralities appear in the 
last paper, against different members of the Mor-
mon church, some of whom are "sealed up 
against all gospel privileges on earth "; and oth-
ers have the privilege of repentance extended t.o 
them!! 
· seA ding bills enclosed in.. the paper, we are un-
der the necessity of sending a letter to acco-m-
pany each bill. 
If those who are in arrears 
will send us the amount due, or inform us of 
their inability so to do, it will save us the trou-
ble of sending to them. 
Those wbo are in-
debted for more than two years we shall dis-
continue sending to, after waiting a reasonable 
time to hear from them. 
vV e hope not to see 
an increase in our delinquent list; but a large 
increat>e in our subscription list. 
Will breth-
ren who are unable to pay, endeavor to aid by 
sending us new subscribers 1 Our thanks are 
due to many of our readers for so doir.g. They 
3re due to many others for their promptness, 
and liberalit_v in sustaining our labors. 
Thus it appears that :hile Bro. M. believes 
Sian, Switzerland, Oct. 11.-" The upper part 
that Christ is the "Son of God," he also believes 
that he was "God manifest in the flesh." 
1 of the Armanny • one of the highest rocks of our 
Canton, and which is situated on the right side of 
Tim. 4:16.) So, then, if a~ one time he speaks the Dramse, in the vicinity of the village called 
of him as the "Son of God," and at another Semhranche, fell down suddenly, with a most 
time as the "Lord which is, and which was, dreadful crash, into, the valley of the Dramse, 
an~ which is ~atco~e, the Al~ighty," he 0?1Y which was covered with its ruins. 
An immense 
behaves the Bible, 111 all that It says of_ Chnst . fra,ment of the broken rock rolled towards the 
instead of a part. In referring to the views of 
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contmued to roll on the other side for a coostde. 
be canui , an 1atr. T ose w o Wts 
ro. Mil-rable distance. 
On its way it overthrew one 
THE DEcREASE o~· THE METHODIST CHURCH 
has been so great within the bounds of theN ew 
York Conference, that a day of fasting and 
prayer has been appointed on account of it.-
One of the bishops stated in a recent address, 
that there had been a falling off of two thou-
sand members in the New York Conference 
in one year; and in the whole" Connexion," 
ler's views, or our own, on the " Sonship of 
Christ," will find them fairly stated in the" Her-
ald'' of Aug. 28, in reply to a similar reference 
to us. If Bro. Miller is to Ue judged as vacillat-
ing, beca~se he sometimes speaks of Christ as 
God, and at other times as the Son of God, the 
writers of the New Testament are open to the 
same objection : for he only uses their words. 
a falling off of fifty thousand within the same 
VIoLATioNs oF THE TREATY oF VIEN-
period ! 
He also called attention to a most N A.-This treaty was violated by the French rev-
extraordinary state of things in that commu-olution of 1830, which placed Louis Philippe in 
nion. 
He is reported in the " Christian Ad-the regal seat of Charles X. 
vocate,. as saying: "Our rulS& required .of . It was violated by the dis~emberment ~f the 
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receive persons who have nut experienced a 
It was violated by the decree of the German 
change of heart; and there are probably not Diet of 1832, by which Prussia and Austria ob-
less th;w 50,000 persons whose names on the tained the direction of that confederacy. 
church books have the letter S attached, to 
It was also violated by Austria when it sub-
denote that they are 'seekerd,' and not be-verted the independence of Cracow. 
lievers." 
And now the movements in the Cantons of 
From the returns just published of the num-Switzerland ar~ contrary. to terms of that treaty. 
ber of Methodists in the Wesleyan Snciety in 
UNION Is STRENGTH.-When Jeroboam, 
Great Britain, it appears that within the last 
house three stories high, greatly injured another 
two stories high, and destr~ed some 011t houses 
and stables. In the first house, eight persons 
were in bed and as}eep ; they were buried under 
the rubbish, from whence, by a most prodigious 
chance, they ho:ve been withdrawn, all alive, but 
more or Jess injured or mutilated. 'fhe inhabi-
tants of the other houses had time to esc::~pe. In 
the stables several cows were mutilated, and sev. 
eral sheep killed or injured.'' 
THE CHoLERA.-The" Augsburg Gazette," 
of the 3cl ultimo, announce!! the appearance of 
the cholera at Jassy, and that a quarantine had 
been established on the frontiers of Austria. The 
"Commerce " publishes a letter from southern 
Russia, whieh states, that the cholera has made 
frightful ravages in that country. 
The entire 
population bas beer( swept off in some districts-
a fact unprecedented, even in the years 1831 and 
1832. Six physicians have been sent from War. 
saw for the seen~ of those calamities, with a mis-
sion to study the disease profoundly, and to ascer-
tain the difference between the present malady 
and that which ravaged Europe fifteen years since. 
RELIGIOUS DESTITUTION IN VIRGINIA. 
-Bi~hop Johns, of Virginia, related the follow-
Christ,. but as an oath. Nor was this a solitary 
case. Two femaleo~ were called to testify in 
court on nn important business. 
On questioning 
them, it wall ascertained, to tho astonishment of 
both judge and jury, that they had never heard 
ei,her the Bible or of God !" 
Suicides. 
The religious and secular press have united 
in tbe tndeavor to persuade the world that the 
doctrine of the near coming of Christ has 
been the prolific sonrce of insanity, for some 
years past. 
And over many a sad case of in-
sanity and death has the cry gone forth," The 
result of Millerism." 
If we wished to retali-
ate, we could as often trace insanity to other 
and opposite doctrines ; but we have no wish 
to harass the mintJs of any with such un-
christian insinuations. 
A man at Newtom, by the name of David 
H. Lord, pnt an end to his existence on 
Wednesday last, by cutting hi:; tliroat. 
Cincinnati Enquirer. 
There must be something in the atmosphere 
to derange the minds of men. 
We believe 
that there has been a greater number of sui-
cides committe~ in the United States the pre-
sent year, than any two preceding years.-
Not a day passes without our seeing, in some 
of our exchange papers, one or more cases of 
self-destruction. 
Cincinnati Chronicle. 
True. There must be something in the at-
mosphere to derange the minds of men-but 
it is the moral atmosphere. A certain class 
of moralists used, a few years since, when 
revivals of religion were prevalent, to ascribe 
insanity and suicide to priestcraft and reli-
gious excitement. 
Such cannot be the cause 
at present, for there is not religious excitement 
enough in the whole land, if it was all con-
centrated in one mind, to produce derange-, 
ment. 
We presume that class of motalists, 
in view of the evils alleged by them to reli-
gious causes, and in their solicitude for the 
happiness of their fellow creature!!, longed for 
the day when there shoulo be no special in-
terest or excitement on the subject of religion, 
that the evils complained of might cease.-
They have their wish, as to the former, to 
their hearts' content. But how is it with the 
latter1 Insanity and suicide have greatly in-
creased. Why 1 Because true religion has 
declined, and the moral atmosphere is filled 
with poisonous influences, producing derange-
ment and death everywhere. 
Watchman of the VaiiP.y. 
The Rev. JosEPH BENNETT, Pastor of the 
first Congregational Society in Woburn, commit-
ted suicide on Friday morning, Nov. 19, by cut-
ting his throat. 
Ahiel Holden, Esq., coroner, 
held an inquest on the body. 'l'he verdict of the 
jury was, "That he came to the death by his 
own hand, by reason of insanity." 
To THE FRIENDs OF Hl:MANITY,!......On 
Friday, July 161 near the close of the day, Mr. 
Charles Smith, of Hud:Wn, N . .Y., a member of 
the junior class in the Theological Seminary at 
Andover, left his place in the Seminary, hie~ trunk 
and all his apparatus for study, and wandered 
away to so111e place as yet unknown. Several 
things combined, previous to hilt departure, to 
awaken the suspicion that he was becoming de-
ranged. Diligent Pearch has been made for him 
in vain in this region. The hope still exi:!ta that 
he has wandered to a distance, and may be found 
alive. The object of this notice is, to request the 
friends of humanity in this, and in the neighbor-
ing States, if they meet with Mr. Smith, to ,end 
intelligence to any of the faculty or l!tudents here 
or to J)r. Oliver .Bronson, of Hudt~on, N. Y. 
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~r. _Smith is of dark complexion, dark hair, 
which t.i worn somewhat short, rather below the 
medium st.1ture, and of a somewhat slender 
frame. 
He often wears spectacles to defend his 
eyes, which are weak. Any information of him 
will be most gratefully acknowledged by his nu-
merous friends and rel11tives. 
In behalf of the Faculty, 
RALPH EMERSON. 
Thea. Sem'y.., Andover, July 20th, 1847. 
year there has been a dearease of 4749 mem-
bers, in the British and Irish Conferences. 
Bao. HtMRS :-1 wish you would have the kiudllftll 
to give an e:tplanalion in the "Herald," of l~e ki~gdom 
as recorded iu 1 Cor. 15:24. What ktngdom 1-dt>hvered 
•Jp t Wllo delivers it up-the !<'ather or Son r &c. 
Hartford, Ct. 
·JOHN HREWST&a. 
Having already published a fu!l exposition of 
this subject several 
time:~ before, we willt efer 
Bro. Brewster to the·~ Shield," No.3, p. 393, 
where he will find our ,·iews at length. He can 
the son of Nebat, made a division iu the house of 
Israel, and caused Israel to sin, he feared that if 
the ten tribes went up to Jerusalem to worship, 
that they would again become united with their 
brethren who worl!hipped there. And he said in 
heart, "If this people go up to do sacrifice in the 
house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the 
heart of this peopie turn again unto their Lord." 
So he established a separate place of worship, 
and made two calves of gold, and. said unto them, 
It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem to 
worship. 
Thus was the division in the house of 
Israel effectually coneummated. 
ing in the General Episcopal Convention, in New 
We learn from the Petersburg, Va., "Jntelli-
York :-"At a recent meeting of the Bible So-gencer," that Mrs. Fletcher, wife of George 
ciety for Virginia, it was reported that there are Fletcher, was found dead in a house occupied hJ 
16,000 families without the Word of God. He them in that town, with her throat horribly cut 
knew of more than one county where there was from ear to ear. Her hushnud was taken up on 
no edifice to the worship of GoJ, and no minister suspicion of having committed the horrid deed, 
of any denomination whatever. The depth of and lodged in jail. 
·obtain access to the" Shitlld," by calling on Bro 
A. Clapp, our agent in Hartford. 
their ignorance was amazing. A minister was 
summoned to attend the couch of a dying man, 
and on examining him as to his religious faith, 
found that he bad never even heard of Jesu1 
Our English friends are apprised that we 
~t a large box of books for the mission there, 
by the last steamer. 
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Correspondence. 
Brief Discourse. 
"I therefore, the pri~oner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk ' orthy of the vocation wherewith yc are 
callrcl." 
The ptecions letter to the Ephesian church 
was written by Paul when a prisoner in the 
city of Rome. 
He bore witness fur Jesus at 
home and abroad. 
Wherever he was, he 
was the same. 
In the refined society of A th-
ens, in .~eru~alem, in prison, among 'friends 
or enem1es, 111 comfort or affliction, he was 
Paul, testifying of Christ. Circumstance or 
situation made but little impression upon him. 
He had counted the cost: wearineRs, painful-
ness, persecution, hunger, thirst, nakedness, 
treachery: all these, and more, he experienced. 
But before his eye of faith was the promised 
land, and the crown of glory : a reward not 
obtained in this world. 
This he desired, and 
this he determined to secure. 
For this he 
gladly suffered the loss of all things: friends, 
honor, reputation, and associations of birth, 
education, and natural love. 
He under8tood 
and appreci~ted his calling. 
His sincerity 
and faith were manifested by his life. 
He 
preached the unsearchable riches of Christ to' 
the world. 
Thousands und€r his ministry 
turned from dead works to serve the livinO" 
God, and Jearn to wait with assurance forth~ 
bestowal of immortality and all the blessings 
of redemption, at the appearing of Christ-
These, having begun the life of godliness, are 
instructed to walk worthy of their vocation. 
They are shewn that the reward of the in-
heritance is suspended upon their own course. 
If, havin{! received, they walk in Christ, in 
perfect holiness in the fear of God, they shall 
triu~phantly enter the heavenly kingdom.-
But tf they draw back, apostatize, become 
weary of the journey heavenward, and return 
to the love of this world, they will be worse 
in the e11d than those who never knew the 
way of righteousness. 
It is even with diffi-
culty the righteous are saved : and wo indeed 
unto them, who, after conversi~n to God, Jive 
negligently, supposing, perhaps, that because 
they once were in grace, they will, in the end, 
be saved. And what shall we think of numer-
ous bodies of professed Christians, who hold 
that it is not possible to live holily in this 
world. 
What! are beinas in whom Christ 
condescends to dwell by hi~ Spirit to be defiled 
hy sin 1 Oh! no. 
Be ye holy, for God who 
hath called you is holy: and reckon your-
selves dead indeed unto sin. 
Ye are under 
grace, and this grace enables the soul to Jive 
in the world unspotted from its pollutions. 
What is the character, and what the pur-
pose, of this vocation 1 Its character is holy 
and exalled. The One who calls is Jehovah. 
He speaks from heaven, the habitation of his 
holiuess. 
Y~u have heard his word,-you 
have heeded It. 
For what purpose hath be 
called you 1 It is that you should be his child 
and an heir to the kinadom which is not of 
this world-the holy, e-eternal inheritance of 
saints. He jnst.ly ruquires that you walk wor-
thy of it. 
Having tasted that the Lord is 
gracious, and rejoiced in the pardon of your 
sins, now live in obedience and holiness.-
Having these great promises, be separate from 
the world, and cleanse yourselve3 from all 
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting 
holiness in God's fear. 
What co~cord hath 
Christ with Belia11 What fellowship hath 
light with darkness 1 
There is no middle 
way between servi11g the Lord and sin. Dou-
ble mindedness is abhorrent. 
Many may 
imagine themselves ChrisLians who have not 
maiutained their integ-rity in matters of expe-
diency, or self or sectarian interests; and, by 
grieviug the Spirit, have been given over to 
an easy conscience ; died happy deaths, as 
may be thought, or are now louked upon as 
g(IOd and respectable members of churche ; 
an~ who rnay not be undeceived until that nay 
arnvP.s when fearfulness shall surprise the 
hypu.crites! Oh ! beware of the snare of hy-
pocrz !J· 
This is an age of hypocrisy. 
Men 
and women are living in multitudes, who have 
the form of godliness without· the power.-
From such we are instructed to turn away-to 
be separate from them, as from those who 
pro.fe~3 not religion. 
We know men by their 
frmts. 
Wh~r~ we find covetousness in a pro-
fessor of rehgwn, who seeks self-exaltation 
and rlistinction, we see a hypocrite. 
When 
we know one to 11peak flatterinaly. before us 
and _disparag-ingly behind us, ;e know a hy: 
pocme. 
When you hear one professing holi-
ness. throw out .impure hints, you hear a hy-
pocrtte. Where anger, bitterness, backbitinrrs 
evil speakin~, deception, luxury, or. pride, ~r~ 
seen, there 1s unfitness for the kmgdom.-
These are all from beneath-natural, devilish, 
earthly. 
But if any man be in ChrisL, he is 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
a new creature ! Old things pass away, ~nd 
all thmgs become new. 
His affections are 
purified ; reft from things of earth, and fixed 
on things pf heaven. 
The spirit of Christ 
takes the place of the old man of sin, and be-
comes lord of every motion. This spirit we 
must keep in us by faith, and by working out 
our salvation with fear and trembling While 
here, we are tempted to sin. 
Custom, nature, 
and the prince of the power of the air, all act 
against the spirit of holiness. By giving heed 
unto them, we fall into condemnation, and 
grieve the Holy Spirit. 
By resistiHg, and 
waging uncompromising warfare with them, 
we retain the Spirit of God in us, and live 
holily and well pleasing in his sight. 
The 
heart is ~iven up to Christ, and he rules it. 
A thought occurred to me while in conversa-
tion. with a brothe~, who asked me respecting 
habttual preparatiOn to meet Christ. 
He 
spoke of certain situations in which persons 
were placed at particular 
time~, when the 
mind must neces arily be intently upon the 
matter of business before it. The merchant, 
the clerk, the mariner, the engineer, &c., are 
engaged, at certain times in particular, when 
the individual's attention must be devoted ex-
clusively to the thing in hand. 
But it does 
not follow, that if the Lord were to burst upon 
the world ~tt that instant, the individual q.ust 
necesvarily be unprepared to meet him. Sup-
po.se a c&se of ardent attachment of one per-
~on to another. The former may be employed 
man occupation requiring his mind's attention 
and energies ; but where is his heart 1 
Let 
the beloved object steal in upon him at any 
~o.ment, and instead of being unwelcome, the 
vtsttor will afford him joy. 
So with him 
who e heart is filled with love to Gorl. What 
his hand finds to do, he does it. 
But let the 
Savior sprin~ upon him at the moment his 
hands and mind are busy,_ and he hails with 
joy the object of his heart's desire; prepared 
to exclaim, This is my God, for whom l have 
waited. 
Walk worthy of your vocation, says Paul, 
~ith all lowliness and meekness, with long-
snffering, forbearing one another in love : en-
deavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in 
the bond of peace 
Effort is needed, thus to 
preserve harmony among ourselves. It has 
long been a device of the evil one to Row di-
visions in the churches of Christ. ln many 
instances he has succeeded. 
But we are not 
ignorant of his devices. Through grace divine, 
we trust such union will exist atpongst us unto 
the end. lu the Scriptures there is much in-
struction given concerning the walk of the 
Christian : and as we meet with considerable 
in this letter to the Ephesians, I shall invite 
your attention to a few quotations from it. with 
which we will conclude our present discourse. 
The apostle speaks to these Chri tians as hav-
ing learned Christ, ~d been instructed iu his 
truth. 
Now the old" man, corrupt accordin~ 
to the deceitful l~st, is to be put otf, as an old', 
filthy garment, never to be used aJain ; the 
spirit .of the mind is to be renew~d,-alto­
gether changed ; and the new man after God, 
created in righteousness and troe holiness, is 
to be put on. 
Lying, deception, &c., are 
characteristic of the oid man. 
Put thec:e ut-
terly away; speak truth in the heart, unmixed 
with guile: and let him that stole steal no 
more, &c. Further ,-and oh ! professed fol-
lower of the holy Jesus, remember this, and 
neve~ d:-part from it,-let no corrrupt com-
mumcatwn proceed out of vour mouth &c.-
Thu~ our ~hole conversation must b~ holy: 
notlung vam, empty, or foolish, should ever 
be uttered. 
Bitterness anger, &c., are to be 
porged ont from us. 
Now read ch. 5:1-21. 
Then follow domestic duties; and after dw 11-
ing upon them, the apostle shows how we are 
to equip ourselves, so that we may overcome 
all our foes. 
See ch. 6:10-15. 
Christian! remember it i by PATIE T coN-
TlNVAI'iCE IN WELL-DOLNG thou gainest eternal 
life. 
H. HEYES. 
1 Pet. 4: 12-" Beloved, lhink it not strange concern-
ina l.be flt~ry tri.RI which i~ 10 try 
ou, a~ th~ugh sornt. 
11trange thing happened un1o you." 
It is no" strange" (new, or singular) thing 
for those "of whom the world Is not worthy" 
to have " ttibulalion in the world." Yet we 
often think that our trials are peculiar. 
How 
must the delay of the promise, and sub.;;e-
quently the command to sacrifice the son of 
that promise, have appeared to Abraham?-
Elijah's trials seemed to him so "strange,'' 
that he at length prayed that he might die; 
and being denied his prayer, he hid himself in 
a cave in Horeb, determined to amid f:.~.rther 
persecution. How must Job's trials have a p-
peared to him 1 So strange did the Psalmist's 
trials appeaT to him, that his " feet " would 
have "slipped," had he not hasteued to the 
house of' God. (Ps. 73.) 
Jeremiah 1hought lringdom which the "chosen twelve and or-
his trials so "strange," that he resolved" not dained seventy preached" a~ being" his full 
to speak any more in the name of the Lord." ·salvatiol} or redemption whicl1 he ·a about 
Is it not probable that Jacob's, Joseph'8, and to make on the cross;" 1l' do I l>elie,•e any 
Daniel's trials seemed strange to them! · The such doctrine. 
N~r do I rec~llect having sai<) 
first Christians were severely trierl. They anything about "four sixths of prophesied 
were required to Teceive instruction" at the time" having passed away: but on the con-
priest's lips;" and the priests declared Jesus trary, as I have eJ;;p!ained above. I th n wen\ 
to be an impostor! 
The only church then in on to show, that the idea of the objector wall 
the world-a church which sprung from patri-absurd, from the fact that Paul taught, aftel' 
archs, was l)rganized at Sinai amid thunder the rejection of phrist by the natiou, and his 
and fire, and in which every prophet had cmcifixion, that t.he coming and l<ingdom was 
arisen-that church· said with a united voice, not then at hand, citing' 2 The's. 2:1-3. 
"He deceiveth the people." And when he 
Please give the above correctwn, and tlblige 
was crucified, the voice of the church.seemed 
Yours, waiting for redemption, 
to be confirmed. 
And when their faith was 
G. NEEDHAM. 
revived at his reo:surrection, it was only to soon 
Albany (N.Y.), Nov. 15th, 1S47. 
meet with another trial when he was taken 
from them, as they thotrght, for evez ; till the 
two angels informed them that he should " so 
come in like manner" a& he had left. 
Did 
not Luther's trials seem to him to be strange, 
when two scores of opinions suddenly sprung 
np like a volcano nnder his feet, producing 
civil war 1 his enemies, at the same time, taunt-
ing him with, "You have made the experi-
ment of putting the Bible into the hands of 
the people-and there is the natural result." 
Some of us have thought our trials were 
strange : but they are not as strange as it 
would have been for us to have gon~ into the 
Holy City without them, or others as severe. 
All whom John saw on the sea of glass, had 
gone there through great tribulation ; and he 
signs himtielf the "companion" of those only 
who are in "tribulation," knowing that 
" whom ~he Lord loveth he ohasteneth." The 
gospel turns our afflictions into a "far more 
exceeding and 
etert~al weight of glory," so 
that we can join the Psalmist in thanking God 
that we "have been afflicted." 
"Atniclion is the good man's shining scene." 
"Prosperity conceals llS brighltsl ray." 
New York. 
LE. JoNEs. 
Here is the Patience of tbc Saiuts. 
Jam. 5:7-" :Be patient theJefore, hre\hren, 
unto the cominQ" oi' the Lord. 
Behold, the 
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of 
the earth, and ~lath long patience for it, until 
he receive the eatly anll la	ei rain." It is 
evident from the instruction l1ere given, that 
those words apply to a people livmg on the 
last inch of time. Ch. 1:2-4-" My brethren, 
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temp-
tations; knowing this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. But let patience have 
her perfect work, that ye may be perfeet and 
entire, waniing nothing." 
So we see we 
need this grace at this trying time : for Paul 
tells us that the last days would be days of 
peril, &c. Habakkuk tells us "the vision is 
yet for an appointed •time, but at the end it 
shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait 
for it; because it will surely come, it will not 
tarry." 2 Thess. 3:5-" And the Lotd direct 
your hearts into the love of God, and into the 
patient waiting for Chri t." 
Rom. 2: 7-
" To them who by patient continuance in well-
doing' seek for glory' and honor' and immor-
tality; eternal life. 
Ch. 5: 3-5-" And not 
Corrections. 
only so, hut we glory in tribulatious also~ 
D~ar Bro. Himes :-In the "Herald " of knowing that tribulation worketh patieuce; 
Oct. 30th, in my sermon preached in New and patience, experience; and 
e~perience, 
York, I am made to say several things which hope ;~aud hope maketh not ashamed : be-
l did not say, nor do 
believe. 
Some things cause the love of God is shed abroad in our 
there reponed are not very material. I will hearts by the Holy Ghost which i~ given nuto 
only mention one or two of these. 
hS." 
Ch. 15: 4, 5-" :Fur whatsoenn things 
1. "They saw the lightnings, and heard were written afuretime, were w1itten for our 
the thunders. 
And what did these thiugs learuing, that we through patience and corn-
speak ·to them? They spake thunderings," fort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now 
&c. lt should read, ''They spake terror and the God of patieuce aud consolation gnwt yr•u 
di may," &c. 
• 
to be like minded one towa1d another accord-
2. " Again,' to the general assembly of the ing to Christ Jesus." 
Jam. 5:8-1 J--4' Be ye 
church of the first born.' 
The assembly here also patient; stablish your llcarts: for the 
spoken of, was the antitype of the old Jeru-coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 
Grudge 
salem. The old Jews were the first born." not one against another, brethren, let ye he 
I said the old Jerusalem was the type of the condemned: behold, the Jodge s1audcth be-
new-the new the autitype of the old. 
The fme the door. 
Take, my brethren, the pro-
innumerable company. of angels were the first phets, who have spoken in the uame of the 
born sons of God; and quoted Job 38:70 to Lord, for an examvle of suffering affliction, 
prove it. 
Read the connexion, and you will and of patience. 
Behold, we Co\lllt them 
see that "the sons of God shouted for joy " 
ha~py "hich endure. 
Ye have he\lrd of the 
when God "laid the foundations of th~ earth." patience of Joh, and !lave seen the end of the 
l said I knew of oo authority for inserting a Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of 
"to" between the phrases "angels" and· tender mercy." The prophets and apostles, 
"general assembly," more than between all of them, looked down thtongh to these 
''city of the living God " and" heavenly Je-day8, and pointed out all our duties. 
And if 
rusalem." There is no to in the originill in this patienc is for any body, it must be for 
either case. 
Had the translators followed the those that are patiently waiting tor tl.e Son of 
same rule in both cases, the whole would read Man from heaven: fur c rtainly, if we :ne not 
thus: "Bnt ye are come unto moun' Sion, expe~ting liim, we canno! be patiently waitin~ 
and to the city of the living God, the heavenly for h1m. 
Blessed he God, there ar~ at this 
Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of day many \hose hea~ts are warm \lth h~l­
angels, the general assembly and churcb of lowed fire, and expectmg to see l11m as he I . 
the first born wbicll are enrolled in heaven.'' Brethren and sisters in the Lord, do 1 ot get. 
This makeR the angels, aud assembly of the \eary. Keep watching and praying al\a}'s, 
first born, but one class of beings, as the other that ye may be accouuted "'orthy to f'~t'llpe 
makes the city of the Jiving God, and heaven-
t~ose th.ings that are COH_Ji.ng on the earth. Our 
ly Jerusalem, to be but one city. These things dt~appm.ntments ~ere, 1f \e hold. on to tlte 
I believe, and aimed to teach in the sermon. 
fanh, w!ll only npen u for the kwgdom.-
3. "The objection had been raised. to the Amen. 
Patiently waiting, 
preaching of the ki11gdom as being at hand, at 
DAVID BA n:s. 
the present time, because the disciples had 
Blandford (Mass.), Nov 2'2d, 1847. 
preached the doctrine in former days/' Thi» 
is a mistake. I said the objection had beerr 
raised; because we had formerly dwelt so 
much on definite time. That we bad been 
told to "preach the kingdom at hand, an~ let 
definite time alone, then we would have apos-
tolic example for it." But now, said I, when 
we say less about definite time, and dwell 
more on the signs which show that it is nigh, 
even at the door, they are no better pleased 
than before. That the idea of the objector 
was, " nigh at hand" gave us a berth 1800 
years wide, but we mane it too narrow for 
him. 
That the preaching of John and the 
apostles meant no such thing. 
It was the 
kingdom, then emphatically at hand, in the 
person of their.King, one of the four compo-
nent parts of the complete and perfect king-
dom, and which the . nation rejected iu his 
person. I uttered not one word about the 
LETTER FROl
 BRO. L. KJl
BALL. 
Dear Bro. Himes:-Frequently ha•e l 
the depths of my soul stihed within nre whil t I 
have looked around, and een tho snd havoc the 
devil is ruaking in these last days; for "h~ hll& 
come down in great w111tb, knowing that he has 
but a 10hurt tirue." And truly he has "tran -
formed himself into an angel or light," and there-
fore i11 the more successful. The "Advent Her-
ald" was the first paper published to herald the 
coming One, and I rt>joice in ita steady, per~e­
vering devotion to this great truth-the last mes-
sage of. the gospel, And whilst t~e. wi~ds ~ave 
blown high, the storm raged, the v1v1d hghtmngs 
flashed, and the heavy thunders roared, the 
"Herdld," like a faithful pilot, has pointP.d us 
to the haven of rest,-to the evidences of speedy 
deliverance, and admonished us to due prepara-
tion for that event. This course, I believe, has 
beeo pleasing in the sight of God ; therefore the 
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143 
''Herald" has been sustnined; and as long as it 
pursues thiti course, l have confidence that it will 
be su~t·1ined. 
l rejoic~e, too, in the persevering silence of the 
"Herald" (ail f,tr as po•sible) on controver'ial 
suhjer:t~, which are not embraced in the last mes-
sage of the gospel. 
I know something of the 
effurtg that have been made to crowd these into 
the "Herald ;" and hecause they could not he 
admitted, the cry was raised, "Down with the 
Herald ! Down with its managers! We will 
have a rree paper uf uur own !" Thus we have 
seen a host of papers arise urider the garb of Ad-
venti~m, but evidently devoted to something else. 
But there was on~ characteristic vi~ible in them 
all, viz., opposition to the" Herald." 
My mind 
h;IR frequently heen cited back to Luther's day. 
When that man of \God brought out the blessed 
truth, and made a tremendo11s move among the 
people, shnking rny~tic Babylon to its centre, 
certain spiritualists start up, saying, "Luther has 
be"nn the reformation, and now his work is done, 
and we will finish it." And had it not been for 
the overruling providence of God, they would 
have finished it, to the great joy of its enemies. 
So now. 
If the " Herald" could be crushed, 
and its mar.a.,.ers laid on the shelf, the cause 
w011ld be fini~hed up in a hurry. 
But blessed be 
God, "Father is at the helm." 
Why, what 
would be the consequence, if the "Herald " 
were to open its columns to every controverted 
suhject that ha~ been before t~e world for centu-
ries? Would 1t not be confusiOn? Each would 
have ),is favorite theme. 
One would write on 
baptism, another on. the perseverance of the 
saints another on fallm.,. from grac:e, aud another 
on th~ unconscious stat; of the dead, and annihi-
lation of the wicked, &e. Ead1 would draw 
forth an opponent, and contention would follow. 
The " Herald " would no longer be the " .IJ.d-
vent Hernld," neither would it be worthy of snch 
a title. No, Bro. Himes, this must not be. 
But 
I would say, in the langunge of Scripture, "Let 
the dead hury their dead; but go thou a~d preach 
th~ l<inodorn of God." The sympathies of the 
consi,;t;nt, laboring Adventists are with you,-
you have an interest in their praye~s, and they 
will stand by you. 
The cause 1:5 theirs, and they 
will not let it ~ink for want of means. I speak 
with confidenre. 
oppose. We often feel, as we kneel around the 
fa111ily altar, that our hrethren are with us. We 
ask the prayers of our brethren in our feeble, de-
crepid nld age. 
evidently pricked in the heart, will soon be 
brought from darkness into God's marvellous 
light, and with an .ndent desire look for that 
blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of lhe 
great God and our Savior Jesus Christ. Truth 
truly is mighty, through God, 10 the pulling down 
of the strong holds of Satan. 
rej(licing. 
We mourned because we should no 
more see our beloved sister, and hold sweet com-
munion with her in this world; but we rejoiced 
in hope of soon seeing her, with all the faithf u I, 
where "the inhabitants shall not 
t~ay, I am 
si~k," but" death be swallowed llP in victory." 
.IJ.tkinson, Nov. 11th, 1847. 
LETTER FROl
 BRO. Wl\L WATKINS. 
"0, hail, happy day." 
H. BucKLEY. 
Bro. Hime.~ :-l rejoice to perceive that the 
line of demarkation, in regard to th11 futUrtl 
course of our Advent papers, i3 now distinctly 
and strongly marked ;-that the " Advent Her-
ald," the veteran pioneer in the holy cause, still 
adheres to i.ts original and all-controlling purpo!!e, 
of announc.mg and proving the near approach of 
the 1\les ·iah, and warning every man to flee the 
wrath to come, and to prepare for the transcend-
ent glories of the corning kingdom. 
I am glad 10 
see that it does not regard, as essential to thi!l 
great end, the ceasele3s discussion of subjects 
which the pa t and present experience of the best 
of men demonstrate are, to this hour, among that 
category concerning which the apostle has said, 
"Let every man be fully persuaded in his own 
mind." ln thus giving an unreserved expre;;sion 
of a hearty approval of the course which the 
"Herald" has felt it to be itil duty to pursue, I 
desire not to speak invidiously. Let brethren 
who cannot sympathize with your course, but 
feel it to be their duty to oppose you, act in ac-
cordance with their best conviction~!.-To their 
own master they stand or fall. 
The inevitable 
result, which may be rea~onably anticipated, will 
soon prove who have found the more excellent 
way. As to myself, relative to existing difficul-
ties, and thr conclusion at which I have arrived, 
I sti!l pray : 
Bro. ERASTUR PAKKEn wri!!'s from Waterbury, Vt., 
Nov. 16th, ]8;17 :-
1 
Dear Bro. Himes:-The Advent brethren and 
sisters in this place are striving to serve God, and 
maintain his cause, nnd nre bles:~ed in 80 doing, 
though their hearts are greatly pained in com!e-
quence of a few dear brethren and sisters leaving 
us, and setting: up a separate meeting by our side. 
The " Hendd " is highly prized by us, and sowe 
nf 1he brethren are making efforts to increase 
the number of its subscril>ers ; and as the result, 
I now ~end you six new ones. 
We are much 
more interested in contemplating the state of the 
living than the state of the dead, as we are seek-
ing tor glory, honor, immortality, and hope to 
have eternal life. 
[Our thauks are due to Brn. Parker, Wiswell, 
and several other brethren, who are aiding us 
materially in the extension of the circulation of 
the" Herald." Those who manifest their friend-
ship in time of need, are friends i{ldeed. 
We 
rejoice that the number of such is not small. 
We are not !>peaking. of those who llre merely 
our friends, but of the friends of the Advent 
cause, so far as it is the cause of God.] 
Bro. R. W. MtDDAUGH. writes from Motts Corners, 
N.Y., Nov. 20th, 184.7:-· 
Dea1· Bro. Himes :-The cause of troth de-
mands our united co-operation in its diffusion.-
Therefure I am happy to have the privilege to aid 
the cause, in contributing to the support of the 
"Herald," 11 it is the best messenger to ·me anrl 
my family of five different religious an~ moral 
p11pers which we take weekly. And, dear bro-
"Mark the perfect man, nnd behold lhe upright; fbr the 
end of that man iti peRce.,. 
Bro. JACOB CoLLER, of Northfield, Mass., 
departed this life Oct. 8th, in the 51st yellr of his 
age, in a firm and unt<haken faith that the Lord 
would soon come, to destroy him that hath the 
power of death, and bring up all the pious dead 
in the first resurrection. l had beeu intimately 
acquainted with Uro. Coller for twelve or fif-
teen years. 
He was formerly an official member 
of the M. E. church, in which he exemplified the 
religion nf the Bible, and was a living epistle, 
read and known of all with whom he associated. 
ln '42 he became interested in the doctrine of lhe 
coming and kingdom of Chri!lt at the door. In 
this cau_e he remained till he clot>ed his eyes in 
death. 
His last labor was with his adopted 
daughter, who had gone to Lawrence on a visit 
to her friends, and was tnken sick. On hearing 
of her sickness, he and his wife immediately re-
paired thither, and watched over her by day and 
by night, with as much eolicitude as if she had 
been their c.wn child. In answer to the fervent 
prayers of Bro. and Sister Coller, the daughter 
was raised up and conveyed to Northfield. Soon 
after reaching his home, Bro. C. was taken sick, 
and lingered but five weeks. 
During his sick-
nells, the blessed hope sustained him. 
He was 
active in life, and triumphant in deat~ ;-not tri-
umphant over death, for death triumphed ova. 
him. 
His victory was a victory of faith. He 
looked forward to the time (but a little in the 
future) when he sh(�ld siug, with I aiah and St. 
Paul, "0 death, where is th} sting? 0 grave, 
where is thy vicwry ?" Yes, be has gone down 
into the gnn·e to sleep hut a little while; he will 
•oon awake, and behold the King in his beauty. 
May the God of Abraham be the widow's God 
I do not wi~h to flatter,-it is not in my heart; 
but 1 do want to ~peak out,-1 feel that circum-
st11nces demand it. 
What are the oppon6nts of 
the " Herald " and its manager!', doing to sup-
port the Advent c~use? Compa.ratively nothing. 
Who are they that are strammg every ner~e, 
employing all av:1ilahle means, nnd .consecratmg 
everything to the advancement of till~ cause, the 
spread in., ~f this truth, ;md the salvatiOn of men? 
Let 1i1cts
0 answer. Those that are doing the most 
in this blessed cause, the devil hates the worst, 
and of course they mut>t expect to meet with the 
most determined oppo:;ition. See 2 Cor. 11 : 23-
28. 
You have nut, as yet, received :11:1 Ia rge a 
salary as Paul did, but be of go?d ~?uroge, for 
"a u1an'R gift maketh room fur tum. 
Low Hampton (N. Y.), Nov. 20th, '47. 
LETTER FROJ
 BRO. JOSHUA BURNHAJ
. 
Dea,r Bro. Himes :-Having had the privi-
llge of reading your valuable paper fur about 
five years, I write to let y~u lw?w .thnt I am 
much pleased with ~he ":'a~ JD whiCh It has been 
managed. 
I du beheve 1t 1:1 a paper that has the 
smileil of our heaven:y Father, al]d my prayer 
is, that the Lord will guide, s~stain, and comfo~t 
you 'in your arduous, responsible, and also glon-
ous worlc 
I am .,.lad to notice that you and others are 
abroad i~ the field of labor, admonishing a lum-
bering church, and a guilty wor~d, of i111pPnding 
j11dgment. The world has amved at a fe~rful 
cri~i~: the ure word of prophecy, and the 1gns 
of the ti111es, speak in ,tones of t~under o.f .some 
great event fast approaching. It 1 sorpnsmg to 
me that the church cannot see the igns of the 
times, and the jndgrnents of God that are abroad 
in the earth. 'l'he prophet said they woul~ not 
!lee it; but again he said they should see tt.-
Truly there i,; a famine, not of hread and water, 
hut of the word of the Lord. 
A darker time I 
never saw since I professed tn love the Lord. It 
seem~ to me that "the prophets prophesy falaely, 
and the priests bear r~le by their mP.ans i. and rny 
peo11le love to have 1t so: and what will ye do 
in the end thereof?" 
Bless the Lord, through his !ltrength my wife 
and I tand on the same ground that we did six 
yearf:l ag(}, when we emb~aced the d?c.trine of the 
comin" of the dear Sav10r; for thts we are set 
at naught, turned out of church, called to endure 
hard sayings and reproaches. 
We are almo8t 
alone in this part of the world, and have not 
henrd a lecture on the Advent .doctrine for mo t 
three years. W, e are fifteen m1les from th.e near-
est Advent meettng ; ."'o th~t we are dep.rtved of 
the privilege of meetmg. wtth those of h.ke pre-
cious fnith. 
And were 1t not for the Btble and 
the "Herald," we should be discouraged. 
It rPjoices our hearts to hear from the brethren 
• at a distance. 
We are also glad to hear that the 
~au e is prospering; and j~st so long a~ the s~r­
vants of God have the mmd that was 10 Chn t, 
it wjll continue to prosper, though earth and hell 
"If I am right, thy grace impart, 
· 
Still in the right to stay ; 
If I am wrong, 0 teach rny heart 
To fiud that better way." 
Baltimore (Md.), Nov. 24th, 1847. 
Bro. R. V. Lvo11 writes from Gill, Mass. Nov. 13th, ther, although I seldom write, I am not an idler 
1847:-
in my Lord's vineyard. I suffer the reproach of 
Dear Bro. Himes :-The time in whirh we my profe -ed brethren and si!!ters, for contending 
live is an awfully grand and sCllemn on~. Think for the faith of the gospel of the kingdom, as we 
of it! The judgment, with nil its stupendous understand it. 
But I rejoice to see and hear that 
realitie , is just before us! The human family, our dear Savior doe!! verify hid prClnJise to those 
brought into the valley of decision, are now de-who preach this gospel of the kingdom as a wit-
riding fur or against the glorious truth of our soon ness to the nation!! of the earth. It does prove 
coming King, who will take the throne of David, the power of God unto ~alvntion to them that be-
and reign on it for ever. 
And ns they decide, so lieve. I feel more and more attached to the cause 
will their doom remain unnlterably fixed, for weal of the Adventists, which I publicly e~pou ed fivP. 
or wo. 
Soon will they stand befme the burning years since: and have taken the "Cry" and 
throne, and hear, "Come, ye ble sed of my "Herctld" ever since, and the" Advocate'' till 
Father, inherit the k!ngdom prepared for you lately. 
from the foundation of the world ;" or, " De-• 
part from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, 
OBITUARY. 
prepared for the devil and his angels. Solenm "Precious in the si1!ht of tbe Lor«l is the death of his 
~aillts." (Psa. Jl6: 15.) 
thought ! who can bear it? Think of devouring 
tire,-uf everlasting burnings,-of the worm that 
shall never die,-of the firu that shall never be 
quenched,-of dwelling where one drop of wa-
ter will 
raever afford relief, and where the 
smoke of the torment of the damned shall ascend 
for ever and ever ! 0, bow solemu and awful ! 
[n view of all this, my soul cries out, "0, that 
they were wise; that they understood this; that 
they would consider their latter end," and turn 
to Jesus, that they might be saved in the day of 
hia wrath. Everything around us bespeaks thi.J 
day near at hand. 
My brethren, are we ready 
to hail the glad moment, (for it will he such to 
the aint,) when the Lord himself hall deseend 
from heaven with a shllut, with the voice of the 
archangel and the trump of God? 
Bro. J. L CLAPP riles from Homer, N. Y, Nov. 
1 th, 1847:-
Dear Bro. Himes:-The 11econd advent of our 
bles ·ed Lord is one of the mu t important o;ub-
jects that ever engaged the attention of man : a 
sut>ject that engaged the attention of prophets ar.d 
apostles, and which they looked forward to with 
joy and rejoicing, as the consummation of all 
their hopes.-And I rejoice that God has a rem-
nant on the earth at this time wlto hold to the 
sllme fuith. 
As you, my brother, are called upon 
by Providence to OCC'JPY a position that lead;~ you 
to be beset by fof's without and enemies within, 
yet be ?ssured .that ther~ are many who s. mpa-
thize w1th you m your tnals, whose prayer 1 that 
the grace of God may be sufficient for you, and 
thal you may per evere in proclaiming to a 
wic'ked and unbelieving world the acceptable 
year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of 
our God. 
Although thP.te are but few who heed 
this proclamation, yet we are a sured that it will 
not be in vain in the Lord. 
This ha been de-
monstrated to us in this place of late. On the 
24th ult. Bro. Bywater commenced a meeting in 
the Universalist church in our village, which con-
tinued ei.,.ht days; and nntwitbstanding the ex-
treme pr~udice exiilting, and the oppo ition mani-
fested there were a goodly nnmber in attend-
ance ~ho were evidently beorfitted by the clear 
exhibition of the glorious truths of the gospel, 
and !!everal heartily embraced the Advent f11ith, 
and are now rejoicing in view of that glory which 
shall be revealed at the appearing of our bles ed 
Lord. Among thi!'l number are two, who, at the 
commencement of the meeting were livin~ with-
out hope and without God in the world; and we 
confidently hope that others anllng us, who are 
DIED, on the Isle La Motte, Vt., Sept. 12th, 
1847, of consumption, Sister LoUISA REY-
NOLDs, aged 33 years. 
~'he WHs converted to 
God at the age of 17, and joined theM. E. r,hurch, 
of which she remained a member till 1844, whrn 
~he wi:hdrew. From the time of her conversion, 
her whole life was characterizerl hy fervent de-
votion, and deep piety. Having been endowed 
with more than ordinary intellect, her gift for ex-
hortation was superior, and she faithfully im-
proved it, in privnte nnd publir, in warning all to 
flee from tile wrath tt> co111e. 
When the news of 
the speedy coming of Jesus reached her ears, 
she eagerly exnruined the evidence, and em-
braced, a glad tidings, the gogpel of the king-
dom of Gud at hand. 
Thi:~ was in '43. From 
that time to her death, she was unwavering in 
the fHith thnt Jesu9 would soon come in hia glory. 
No flatteries, or reproaches, in health or_ in sick-
ness, could cau e her to yield this.faith ond hope. 
She often expressed a willingness to lre identified 
with the opvressed and persecuted saint!', as she 
wished to share in the glory of their hope. She 
W!l!l desirous of living to see tht Lord nppear, 
that she might be a blessing to her fHmily, and 
escape the struggle with "the last enemy death." 
But ail her end drew near, and her ufterings io-
crea!led, she prt~ yed the Lord to take her, aud for 
patience to wait the time of her departure. .. he 
requested that her funeral sermon should be 
prenched by one lool,ing for the ~p edy coming 
of Chri t and the re urrection. 
..;he said, " 1 
don't want to be preached into the grave, and 
left thtre ;-I wi11h to be carried beyond thnt." 
Her hope was in a peedy rf'surrection. Hn 
death was peaceful. 
he 1deeps in Jesus. 
o.ohe 
hns left a husband, two small children, and some 
other relatives, who deeply feel aml mourn her 
loss. 
Some of them "sorrow no1 as others 
which have no hope," as they are looking for 
the sama blessed hope that she looked for. 
The 
church on the bland has lost one of its brightest 
ornaments. 
The day of her funeral was very 
slormy, bot a' large congregation was 
pre~ent, 
who listened apparently with deep interest to a 
discourt~e by the writer, from Job 19:25-25 (a 
text selected by Sister R. )-" For I know that 
my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at 
the latter day upon the earth : and though after 
my skin worms de troy this body, yet in my 
fie h shall I see God : whom I shall see for my-
elf, and rniuc eyes shall behold, and not ano-
ther; though my reins be con umt:d within me." 
To many of us, it was a time of mourning and 
for ever and ever. 
P. HA wx.Es. 
DIED, Oct. 16th, Sister PHILA 'fucKER, 
wife of Bro. Christopher Tucker, of Hardwick, 
Hged 25 years. Sister Tucker embraced the doc-
trine of Chri. t's ~peedy cou,ing in '42; ond from 
that time to the dny or her death, f!lhe endeavored 
to sl,nw to all, by precept and example,' that she 
looked for and lov~d his appearing. 
For many 
weeks before her death, she was confined to her 
bed; and although she suft'ered much pain, yet 
not a murmur wns heard to fall from hE!r lips. 
She once said, while her friends stood weeping 
by her bed, " I would not exchange my situa-
tion with :my of yours. It. will be but a little 
while before Jesus will come and call me from 
the grave, and give me, with all the saints, eter-
nal redemption." Glory to God, her death was 
triumphant. By this dispensation of Divine provi-
dence, a husband has been oeprived of a good 
wife, parents of a belov€d child, brothers and 
sisters of a precious jewel, and the neighborhood 
in which she lived of one of its brightest ornA-
ments. 
Her funeral was attended by a large 
concourse of people. At her n;quest, I preached 
a discourse, founded on Isa. 40:1, 2, and I Thess. 
4: 13-18. 
R. v. LYON. 
DIED, in Lowell, Oct. 16, GEORGE WHITE-
FlED, only child of Samuel T. and Julia C. 
Brown, aged 10 months. 
The babes rest securely,-
No sorrow they know : 
'rhey are free from all danger 
And trouble below. 
The angelil are guarding 
Their lumbering du t, 
Till the grave !Jail give up 
Its hallowed trust. 
Thou'lt come, blessed Savior, 
1
d raise them ngain: 
Not long in the graves 
Shull our loved ones remain. 
Io this slate of probation, 
Let us wat<-h uuto prayer, 
That we all mny be ready 
To meet Christ in th' air.-
To joiu with our loved ones, 
WhClse absenc~ we mourn, 
Io prni ing our ~avil'r 
Around his bright throne. 
The signs of his coming 
Do plainly appear ; 
Let us up and be.doing, 
For the Master is near. 
Let us watch and be sober, 
Lest we fall by the way; 
For none but the righteout~ 
Can hail the glad day. 
The babes are all safe,-
The ills of this life 
Can no more molest them,-
They are free from the lltrife 
That we mu&t encounter 
Ere we reach that blest shore, 
Where united we'll live, 
'l'o be parted no more. 
' 
144 
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Summary. 
We never knew a scolding person that was 
able to govern a family. 
What makes people 
scold ? ·Because they cannot govern themselves. 
' How, then, can they govern others? 
Those who 
govern well are generally calm. 
They are _prompt 
and resolute, but steady and mild. 
Mr. James Kendall, of Phillipston, was run 
over and killed by tbe rail.road train in South 
Royalston. 
He was crossing the track on foot, 
for the purpose of securing his frightened horse, 
and tripped and fell in front of the engine. 
A Jetter from St. Andrews, Florida, states that 
Mr. Michael King was fired at by two Indians, 
who pursued him on the road to St. Joseph, and 
he killed one of them, old Joe, a chief. 
The dead body. of a female child, about a 
week old, was found on the sidewalk in Endicott-
street, last week, and buried under the direction 
of Coroner Smith. 
Mr. John Cushman, the carpenter who fell 
from the school-house in Myrtle-street, is since 
dead. 
He resided in Oneida-street, and has left 
a wife and children. 
James Dow, an elderly man belongin'gto Plais-
tow, N.H.,, was knocked down in Andover by 
the Great Falls Rail-road train, and miraculously 
escaped with a· broken arm. 
He was walking 
near the track, and warned in season to get out 
oT the way. 
.t 
Walter J. Wetherbee, 24 years of age, a ma-
chinist who has worked in Framingham, leftAo-
gusta, 1e., two or three weeks since, for Bath, 
with about $800, with the intention of depositing 
it there, 
He stated to his wife, to whom he lrad 
been married but four months, that he should cer-
tainly return in the course of the day, but he has 
not since been heard of. 
A calm hour with God, is worth a w.hole life-
time with man. 
Were there but one virtuous man in the world, 
he would bold up his head with confidence and 
honor ; he would shame the world, and not the 
world. him. 
Dr. South. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
work.houses, and fully one third of their crop is 
lost." 
Cuba.-Havana papers to the 30th ult. have 
been received at New York. 
Ge.neral Flores and 
Colonel Wright were at Havana, on their way to 
Venezuela by way of Jamaica. 
Mr. Bankhead, British Ambassador to Mexico, 
arrived at Havana on the 6th uJt. from Vera Cruz, 
in the British mail steamer Forth, and would 
leave for Southampton on the lOth, in the same 
steamer. 
From St Domingo.-Advices from Port au 
Prince to the 1st im1t., state that in a political point 
of view, the utmost quiet then prevailed lhrough-
out the island. 
A severe shock of an earthqual<e 
was experienced early on the morning'nf the 26th 
ult., at Port au Pnnce, 
It created a great deal 
of alarm, without, however, resulting in injury to 
life or property. 
It is not great talents God blesses, so much as 
great likeness to Jesus. 
A 1\oly minister is an 
awful weapon in the hands of God. 
What are we afraid to do before me~, we 
should he afraid to think before God. 
Society~ Jil{e shaded silk, must be viewed in all 
its situations, or its colors will deceive us. 
Mrs. Rachael McLaughlin, wife oi a builder, 
drowned herself in the river at New Orleans, 
whither she bad recently returned from New 
York city. 
Seventeen persons were killed by the hurri-
cane at Tobago on the 11 tb Oct. 
Mr. House, a shoemaker, residing near Mount 
Olympus, Troy, N.Y., died of hydrophobia last 
week, in frightful agonies. · 
Geo. Wilson, conductor on the Columbia, Pa. 
Rail-road, had his limbs horribly mutilated by the 
springing of a rail through the bottom of his car. 
Capt. Bullock's son, seven years old, fell from 
a third story window of the "Pantheon" on to 
the pavement in Washington-street, Boston, with-
out breaking a bone, and will probably soon be 
about again. 
We had a light fall of snow in the city last 
Sunday evening-the first this season. 
A boy six years old was burnt to death in the 
house of Fleet Weeks, Babylon, L. I. The 
house was destroyed. 
We learn from the Cincinnati" Catholic Tele-
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FOR THE FITCHBURG MEETING. 
F. Parker. 
5 00 
APPOINTMENTS. 
If the Lord will: Bro Himes will preach nt Whatley, 
Tuesday p, M. aud evening, Dec. 7th, "here Brn. Ellis, 
Barwood, and Morton shAll appoint; at Conway, WeoJ-
nes•lay and Thursday, S~h 1Lntl 9th, where Brn. Wheelock, 
Rice, and Munroe shall appoint; at .Ashfield, Fridlly, 
Saturtlay, and Lord'~ day, lOth, lith, and 12th 
After-
nnon meetings at 1 or 2 o'clock, as shall be notified at 
the timr. of the meeting; evening meetings al 6 o'clock. 
u:::r Bro. Himes will commence a course of lr.ctllres 
at Gllrdinr.r villajle, Sa!Urd~y, Df\c. 18, at 2 P. 111., to be 
coutinued over the Sabbl)th. He will lecture at Hallo-
well villn~e, Mondu)', the 20th, 2 P.m. and' evr.ning. 
He will commence a eonference 111 South f:hina, Tues-
day, Dec. 21, at 1 P. ~t., in the new meeting.JJOusr., near 
Bro. Pnlliu'~, to r.outinue two days. Thursday eveniug, 
Dec. 23, be will eommence a conference at Richmond 
Corner, to be continued thrre and al the Reed met'ti~g­
house ovP.r the fi•llowing 8abbatb. Brethren and sisters 
from abroad are invitrd. 
Bro. II imes will see that he 
i~ announced to com-
mence his J~ctuJ·es in GKrdiner village on Satnrday, at 2 
p, M.. lf, however, be cannot be there b~li•rt~ the even-
in~r, he wil111mend the nutice accordinl(ly. 1r he will 
write me the d11y ht> P.xpect&lo arrive, 1 will meet him 
ot the Temperance House. 
II. 8TINSON. 
The Lord willing, l will pn,-ach Ill Chirkopee Falls 
Tuesday, the 71h. 
At CKhotville, Wednesday, the 8th. 
At Spriugfidd, Thurodny, tile 9th 
1'. HAWKES. 
ADVENT MEETINGS. 
MEETINGS IN BosTON at the "Central Hall," No.9 
1	ilk-s!.reet, nearly opposite the lower end of the Old 
South, three times on Sunday, and on Tueijday and Fri-
dny evenings in the vestry, above the Saloon. 
MEETING 
IN NEW YORK are held three times on 
Lortl'd day I and on Tuesday and l<"riday evenings, in 
Washington Hall, 142 Hester-street, one door from the 
Bow,ery. 
Meetings are also held regularly three times every 
Sunday in ludependenee Hall, No. 88 Sixth A venue, be-
tweeu Waverly·pluce and 
Eighlh·str~et, at the usu11l 
hours for worship. The public ure atli:cti11nately invited 
to atteud. Seats fr~e. 8abba1 h school und Billie class 
at 9 A.&!. nnd 2 P. M., in the same place. 
. 
MEETINGS IN BROOKLYN, N.Y., are held in Washing-
ton lJ all, r.orner of Aduu\s a11d Tillery-streets, three 
times everv Sunday, aud al~o on Monday and Thursday 
eveuiug. A Sunday-~choul is held iu the same plac~ 
each l.ord'& day aftemoou. 
· 
• 4• The friends visiting Philadelpllia, will find the 
Secoud Adveut meetiug on the Sabbath AT ouR OJ.D 
PLACE, the Sal11on of the C!Jinese 1\iu~eum, iu 9th street, 
uetweeu W!illlut u.udl..:hesnut-sts. 
J. LJTCH. 
Me~ting~ 11re ht-ld iu Lowell, Kirk-street Cilapel, three 
limes euch Lord',; d11y, 1111d 11l~o ou Tuesd11y, Thursday, 
aud Snturday evt'lliltg~. 
Atlvent rneetingij in Lawrence (new city).-Frienda 
rf'sidiug in, or visitiug thi,; plact~1 or vicinity, will tiud a 
buml of believer~ on the Subll>ith 111 the School-house on 
lluverhill-~treet, uear lhH corut:r of 1Julllp~hire-,;treet. 
A package cvntaining $1500 in billa of the 
Bank of North America, Pro'idence, R. 1., and 
directed to Slater & Sons, Webster, Mass., was 
stolen from the depot'of the Providence and Wor-
cester Rail-road, in Worcester, on Tuesday. 
Ship Amulet, for Ceylon, bas 575 tons of ice, graph" that three young ladiel!, two of them na-
and twenty-five refrigerators. 
tives of that city, have received the white veil in 
The I.ord willin!!. 1 wiii)HI'ncb. in Jnhn~11 Tuesday 
evenin~t, the 7th. In Plattsburl/.h, N.Y., !:lunday, the 
12th. In Chazy (SlKughson Diotrict), Mnnday evening, 
the 13th. At Ronstl's Point, Sunday, the 19th. 
Advent mtetiugs in PH1vidcnr:e, R. 1., are held three 
tilllt>il ou tilt' :5ai.J!Juth, liutl 011 'l'ue,;uuy ~'t:llilll:1 iu.JJov-
piJt'll llllll, t~IJtrauce 33 
WeijtJuin~ter-.strt'et ttormerly 
1\larklll-street). • 
, 
Hon. Benjamin Swift died of apoplexy while the Convent of Notre Dame, on Sixth-street. Al-
at work on his· farm at St. Albans, Vt. 
so, that a very accomplished ]Hdy, one of those 
D. T. TuLoa,JR. 
1 will he in Buxton, Maine, Sahbath, Dec. 5th, and in 
Pol:uul, S~hbath, Drc. 12th. Uuring the imermediate 
tinte, I willlnbor in places ·whtrt> the doclrine hail unt 
been Rdvocatt'd, ttnd where the I.Jrethrl'n will uppoint. 
These appoint ruents ure snhj~ct to revisi'ln by thl' breth-
rt>n in !hut State, should they int~rfere with other ap-
Tbe Auve11t cougrrg111ion in llaltin•ore bold their 
meeting~ tll1ee tirucs evil!')' Lord'~ ua), iu the I•'rvuklin 
~alo(sn, on 
North·slle~:t, third dot•r ftulll flultilllore-
~treet, eu,;t ~ide. 
Bryan Foley drowneu himself on Saturday who have been educated in the East, and sent 
evening in the canal at Lowell ; leaves a wife and out to the We!!t under the patronage of Governor 
children. 
Slade, having recently joined the Catholic faith, rointments. 
0. R. FASSETT. 
1\hETIKGS JN CiNCJNNA'rt.-New Church edifice, 
south shle of 7!h->trt'.:t, h~:twe~n i\Jou1.d aull Cutter 
stret'ls, three tilue.s ou 
Lord'~ duy, am.l Tui!sdny a11d 
Fridn) eveuiu~•· 
Second AdvtJnt Meetings are.hcld in Concord, N.H. 
every Suuduy, ut the A.lheHeuu Hnll, No. 101 Main-st. 
Sampel Bishop, 35 years old, and without a will shortly commence her noviciate in that iusti-
family, committed suicide by taking opium, at tution. 
Bunker Hill, Wateruury, Ct. 
The Quebec" Gazette" states that in conse-
Providence permitting, I will preach Rl the fr•llowing 
places:-Worcestrr, Mass., Mnnday evening, Dt'c. 13th; 
Fitchburg, Tuescllly 
eveJ.iug~ Northtit'ld Furms, Wt'd-
dt·~day evening; Vernon, Vt., Thnr~tl11y evening; Spriug· 
{idd, Frida} evteniul{; Cl11remout, N. II., Suncl11y, Dec. 
19th; WondslllCk, Vt., Monday evening; Ea;;t llethr.l, 
Tue8dRy evening; Waterbury, Thnrsdflyevtlning; Jol.n· 
son, FridRy evening; Tmy, Sunday, Dec. 26th; Btlrn-
stnu, C. E., Tnrsduy ~>vt-niug, Dt'C. 28th, and con1iuue 
nver the follnwin& St~bbath, where Bro. We~tand oth-
AGENTS 
Shrittking of Flannel.-Enclose new flannel quence of the fi1ilure of the cod anu seal fisher-
in a bag; put it into a boiler with cold water·; ies, and Hlso of the )20tato crop, a famine will 
beat and boil it. 
It will never shrink any more soon b9 experienced at tbP. lIgdalene Islands, 
after this operation, and should then be made up unless prevented by relief from the government or 
into garments. 
some other source. 
ers think hesl. 
J. CUMMINGS. 
FOR "HERALD 11 AND SECOND ADVENT PuBLICATIOJSS. 
.. 
Albany, N. Y.-Geo. Needham. llrimfif"ld, Mass . .:_ 
LrwiM Htluson. lluJ1alo, N. ' .-J. J. Porter. Cb!lm-
JIIaiu, N. Y.-fleury llucklr.y. Giuciuuati, 0.-J?hn 
Kiloh. Cleavelanll, 0.-lJ. 1. Robmsou. Uerby L111e, 
Vt.-Strphen Foster, jr. lltmfol'll, Ct.-Aaron Cl~pp 
Lowell, 1\luss.-L. 1.. Kuowles. Low II UlliJJtou, N.Y.-
Leo mud Kimball. 
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York Cit}-Wtilimu Tmcy, 7l Jlorsyth-str~et. 
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Pnrtl~nd,Me.-Peter Johuson, 1!4 luuia-otreet. Provi-
dence, R. I.-George II. Child 
Rochester, N. Y.-J. 
1\lursh T!!lmlln lllurk (thirtl storj ), fluffulv-street, op-
JHisite 
1the Arcttdt:. Toronto, C. 
\-.-Dauiell..:umpiJelL 
Waterloo, C. E.~R. Uutcbiu11ou. Worcester. Mass.-
D'. I•'. Wetherbt'e. 
A deaf and dumb man, named Andrews, was 
A fire in the Custom House at Norfolk is said 
to have been caused by a piece of ti111ber used in 
killed by the rail-road train near Elktown, Md. 
Provillrnctl prrmitting, I will preach in Abington the 
stcond ::snbbulh in Uec.; in Kiugston the third; in Law-
reur.e (new city), 1\IHss., the fuurtll. 
N. BILLIKGS. 
the construction of a chimney flue. 
All builders 
He was walking on the track. 
should avoid the introduction of wood into flues, 
In Port Pleasant, Pa., an unknown young wo.. 
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man, genteelly dressed, was found murdered in 
the canal, 
A boy, about 14 years of age, named George 
Shedrick, lately fell into a tuu of hot water, at 
Pittsburg. 
He instinctivf:ly rushed to the ri\u00b7er to 
cool himself, anu as a consequence the fire struck 
in, and he ended his days in grent agony on Bun-
day morning. 
A Chri~tian should be like a river, that fertil-
izes while it runs-carrying ships, and all that 
floats upon its bosom, ,along with it to the vast 
ocean. 
We do not weary GOd now with c.ur wrest-
lings, but with our sins. 
Hurricane in the West Indies.-The N.Y. 
"ComRlercial" publishes the following extract 
from a letter received iu that city, dated Grenada, 
Oct. 25:-
,' There was a severe gale ef wmd on the night 
of the lith inst., which injured Trinidad and To.. 
bago greatly. 
At the latter island it was very 
severe. 
About seven hundred houses were des-
troyf!d. 
Nearly all the estates have lost their 
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Ill! many fires have been thus occasioned. 
The ruin on Wednesday night, of last week, 
occasioned coni!iderable daJuHge to the Boston 
water works, beyond the twenty acre resen·oir in 
Brookline. 
llostoll, Oct. 20,1847. 
J. V. HIMES. 
10" Uro. H. fleyes' address i~, care of J. M. Clapp, 
Sy racustl, N. Y. 
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