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The Child and the Dew-Drops. 
"Oh! father, dear falter, why pass they away? 
The dew-drops that sparkle at dawning of day, 
That glitter'd like stars in the light of the moon, 
Oh ! why are the dew-drops dissolving so soon ? 
Does the sun in his wrath chase their brightness away, 
As though nothing that's oveiv might live for a day? 
Tim moonlight has faded, the flowers still remain, 
But the dew-drops have shrunk ill their petals again. 
Oh ! father, dear fitther, why pass they away ? 
The dew-drops that sparkled at dawniag of day." 
" My child," said the tlit her, " look up to the skies, 
Behold that bright rainbow--those beautiful dyes ; 
There—there are the dew-drops in glory re-set, 
',Slid the jewels of heaven they are glittering yet." 
Then are we not taught by each beautiful say, 
To mourn not earth's fair things, though passing away ; 
For though youth of its beauty and brightness he riven; 
All that withers on earth blooms more sweetly in heaven ; 
Look up," said the father, " look no to the skies, 
Hope sits ou the wings of those beautiful dyes." 
Alas ! for the fitther—how little knew he, 
That the words he had spoken prophetic would be ; 
That the beautiful cherub—the star of his day, 
Was e'en then like the dew-drops dissolving away ; 
Olt, sad was the father when low in the skies, 
The rainbow again spread its beautiful dyes, 
And then he remembered the maxims he'd given, 
And thought of his child of the dew-drops and heaven. 
Chronology. 
FROM THE PITTSBURGH "CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE." 
f.Coatinued from our last.) 
AN EXAMINATION OF THE RESPECTIVE CLAIMS OF THE HEBREW, 
SEPTUAGINT AND SAMARITAN VERSIONS, AND JOSEPHUS. 
From the preceding tables [see " Herald " 
of the 16th] it will be seen, that the Hebrew 
Bible gives 1656 years from the Creation 
to the Flood ; the Septuagint 2242 ; the 
Samaritan Pentateuch, 1307 ; and Josephus, 
2256. The time that elapsed from the flood to 
the Exode is, according to the Hebrew Bible, 
858 years; according to the Septuagint, 1735; 
and according to the Samaritan Pentateuch, 
1447. 
Josephus does not mention the age of Na-
hor at the birth of Terah ; but allowing it to be 
about the same as Serug when Nahor was 
born, the length of time from the flood to the 
birth of Abraham would be about a thousand 
years ; then adding seventy-five for Abraham's 
age when he came into Canaan, and four hun-
dred and thirty the time which elapsed from 
that event until the Exode, we obtain 1430 
years. According to Josephus, therefore, the 
Exode took place about the year 1430 after the 
flood, and in A. ia. 3697. 
To reconcile these differences is perhaps im-
possible. Learned men have had much dis-
cussion on the subject, without arriving at any 
satisfactory result. Some adopt the chronology 
of the Septuagint, and others that of the He-
brew text. A decision, of course, must be 
formed upon a careful weighing of evidences 
on both sides. Which, then, has the prepon-
derance of evidence in its favor? 
Before entering upon a consideration of these 
differences, it may not be irrelavent to our sub-
ject to give a brief history of the Hebrew text, 
and of the Samaritan and Septuagint versions. 
HISTORY OF THE HEBREW TEXT, FROM THE WRITING OF THE 
BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT UNTIL THE TIME OF JESUS CHRIST. 
1. " We commence with the Pentateuch, con-
cerning the earliest history of which we have 
more minute information than we have of the 
other books of the Old Testament. Previously to 
the building of Solomon's Temple, the Penta-
teuch was deposited by the side of the Ark of the 
Covenant, (Data. 31 : 24-260 to be consulted 
by the Israelites ; and after the erection of that 
sacred edifice, it was deposited in the treasury, 
together with all the succeeding productions 
of the inspired writers. On the subsequent 
destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar, 
the autographs of the sacred hooks are supposed 
to have perished : but some learned men have 
conjectured that they were preserved, because 
it does not appear that Nebuchadnezzar evinced re-placed everything requisite for the perform- verses—The different reading of the words, 
any particular enmity against the Jewish re- ante of divine worship (1 Macc. 4: 36-59,) which are redundant or defective—the number 
ligion ; and in the account of the sacred things which included a correct, if not Ezra's own, of times that the same word is found at the be-
carried to Babylon (2 Kings 25 :, 2 Chron 36 :, copy of the Scriptures. It is not improbable ginning, middle, or end of a verse—the different 
Jer. 3 :,) no mention is made of the sacred that in this latter temple an ark was construct- significations of the same word—the agreement 
books. However this may be, it is a fact that ed, in which the sacred books of the Jews wereior conjunction of one word with another—what 
copies of these autographs were carried to preserved until the destruction of Jerusalem, letters are pronounced, and what are inverted, 
Babylon ; for we find the prophet Daniel quo- and the subversion of the Jewish polity by the together with such as hang perpendicular, and 
ting the law, (Dan. 9 : 11, 13,) and also express- Romans under Titus, before whom the volume they took the number of each, for the Jews 
ly mentionfng the prophecies of Jeremiah,) 9: of the law was carried in triumph, among the cherish the sacred books with such reverence 
2,) which he could not have done if he had never other spoils which had been taken at Jerusalem. that they make a scruple of changing the situa-
seen them. We are further informed that, on
tion of a single letter, which is evidently 
"HISTORY OF THE HEBREW TEXT, FROM THE TIME OF JESUS 
mis- 
the finishing of the temple in the sixth year of �
CHRIST TO THE AGE OF THE MASORITES." �
placed, supposing that some mystery has occa- 
Darius, the Jewish worship was fully re-estab- �
1. " As the Jews were dispersed through �
sioned the alteration. They have also reckoned 
lished, according as it is written in the book of various countries, to whose inhabitants Greek which is the middle letter in the Pentateuch, 
Moses, (Ezra 6 : 18,) which would have been was vernacular, they gradually acquired the which is the middle clause of each book, and 
impracticable if the Jews had not had copies knowledge of this language, and even cultiva- how many times each letter in the alphabet 
of the law then among them. But what still t.,d Greek lierature ; it cannot, therefore, excite occurs in the Hebrew Scriptures."—Horne's 
more clearly proves that they must have had surprise, that the Septuagint version should be Introduction, p. 201.—(To be continued.) 
transcripts of their sacred writings during, as so generally used as to cause the Hebrew origi-
well as subsequent to, the Babylonish captivity, rial to be almost entirely neglected. Hence the 
is the fact, that when the people requested former was read in the synagogues : it appears 
Ezra to produce the law of Moses (Neh. S : 1,) to have been exclusively followed by the Alex-
they did not entreat him to get its dedicated andrine Jew, Philo, and it was most frequently, 
anew to them ; but that he would bring forth though not solely, consulted by Josephus, who 
the book of the law of Moses. which the Lord was well acquainted with Hebrew, (Greek ?) 
had commanded to Israel. Further : long be- �
2. " In the second century both Jews and 
fore the time of Jesus Christ, another edition Christians applied themselves sedulously to the 
of the Pentateuch was in the hands of the Sa- study of the Hebrew Scriptures. Besides the 
=titans, which has been preserver! to our Pstschito or old Syriac. verson, (if indeed this 
time ; and though it differs in some instances was not executed at the close of the first cen-
from the text of the Hebrew Pentateuch, yet tury,) which was made from the Hebrew for 
upon the whole it accurately agrees with the the Syrian Christians, three Greek versions 
Jewish copies. And in the year 285 or 286 were undertaken and completed ; one for the 
before the Christian era, the Pentateuch was Jews by Aquila, an apostate from Christianity 
translated into the Greek language ; and this to Judaism, and two for the Ebionites, or semi-
version, whatever errors may be detected in it, Christians, by Theodotion and Symmachus.—
was so executed as to show that the text, from The Hebrew text, as it existed in the East, 
which it was made, agreed with the text which from the year 200 to the end of the fifth centu- 
we now have. �
ry, is presented to us by Origen in his Hexapla, 
by Jonathan in his Targum, or paraphrase on 
the Prophets, and by the Rabbins in the Gema-
ras or Commentaries on the Misna, or Tradi-
tionary Expositions of the Hebrew Scriptures. 
The varieties are scarcely more numerous or 
more important than in the version of the sec-
ond century. But the discrepancies which were 
observed in the Hebrew manuscripts in the 
second, or at least in the third century, excited 
the attention of the Jews, who began to collate 
copies, and to collect various readings ; which, 
being distributed into various classes, appear 
in the Jerusalem Talmud about the year 280. 
3. " The state of the Hebrew text, in the 
west of Europe, during the fifth century, is 
exhibited to us in the Latin version made by 
Jerome from the original Hebrew, and in his 
commentaries on the Scriptures. From a care-
ful examination of these two sources, several 
important facts have been collected."—Horne's 
Introduction, Ant. Ed. vol.1, 200, 20 1 
Early in the sixth century the doctors of the 
academy at Tiberias, in Palestine, revised the 
sacred text, and issued an accurate edition of 
it. �
In the accomplishment of their work, they 
collected into one book all the critical and 
grammatical observations that they could obtain, 
and to this book they gave the name of Maso-
rah. The signification of the name is tradition, 
importing that the book consisted of observa-
tions received from others. 
" The notes and criticisms of the Masorah 
relate to the books, verses, words, letters, vow-
el points, and accents. They marked the num-
ber of all the verses of each book and section, 
and placed the amount at the end of each in 
numeral letters, or in some symbolical word 
formed out of them ; and they also marked the 
middle verse of each book. Further : they no-
ted the verses where something was supposed 
to be forgotten—the words which they believed 
to be changed—the letters which they deemed 
to be superfluous—the repetitions of the same 
2. " With regard to the entire Hebrew Bi-
ble.—About fifty years after the re-building of 
the temple, and the consequent re-establishment 
of the Jewish religion, it is generally admitted 
that the canon of the Old Testament was set-
tled; but by whom this great work was ac-
complished, is a question on which there is 
considerable difference of opinion. On the one 
hand it is contended that it could not have 
been done by Ezra himself ; because, though he 
has related his zealous efforts in restoring the 
law and worship of Jehovah, yet on the settle-
ment of the canon he is totally silent; and the 
silence of Nehemiah, who has recorded the 
pious labors of Ezra, as well as the silence of 
Josephus, who is diffuse in his enconiums on 
him, has further been urged as a presumptive 
argument why he could not have collected the 
Jewish writings. But to these hypothetical 
reasonings we may oppose the constant tradi-
tion of the Jewish church, uncontradicted both 
by their enemies and by Christians, that Ezra, 
with the assistance of the members of the great 
Synagogue, among whom were the prophets 
Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi,) did collect as 
many of the sacred writings as he could, and 
from them set forth a correct edition of the 
canon of the Old Testament, with the excep-
tion of his own writings, the book of Nehemi-
ah, and the prophecy of Malachi, which were 
subsequently annexed to the canon by Simon 
the Just, who is said to have been the last of 
the great Synagogue. In this Esdrine text, 
the errors of the former copyists were correct-
ed ; and Ezra (being himself an inspired writer) 
added in several places, throughout the books 
of this edition, what appeared necessary to il-
lustrate, connect, or complete them. Whether 
Ezra's own copy of the Jewish Scriptures per-
ished in the pillage of the temple by Antiochus 
Epiphanes, is a question that cannot now be 
ascertained ; nor is it material, since we know 
that Judas Maccabeus repaired the temple and 
BY REV. JOHN CON. OF LONDON. 
" Mine eye affecteth my heart."—Lam. 3 : 51 
Most of those whom God has hitherto em-
ployed as the heralds and instruments, and 
whom he has brought into special fellowship 
with himself, have been persons of strong feel-
ings. Sometimes they said things not to be 
commended, and did things not worthy of be-
ing imitated, but generally the deep emotions 
of their souls were sanctified, and they had 
much sympathy with God, zeal for God, and 
concern for the welfare of their fellow-crea-
tures. I might refer to Jacob, Moses, David, 
Ezekiel, Peter, and Paul, as illustrations. 
But in deep feelings of the heart, and in pa • 
thetic utterance of them, none exceed Jere-
miah, except him " Whose heart is made of 
tenderness." The weeping prophet never ap-
peared to greater advantage than when he 
struck his plaintive lyre, and poured his flow-
ing tears over the desolations of Jerusalem.—
He did not exult that his own prophecies were 
fulfilled ; he did not taunt those who had re-
viled him and persecuted him ; but he wept 
over Zion's woes, and prayed for her restora-
tion. 
Jeremiah was a true philanthropist—one 
who aimed to do good from right principles, 
and who wept over woes which he could not 
prevent nor cure. Philanthropy is but weak 
and inefficient, unless grafted upon Christiani-
ty. It is a pleasing reflection that Howard was 
a real Christian. 
-Writing to Dr. Stennett, he 
says : " Oh, sir, how many Sabbaths have I 
ardently longed to spend in 'Wild-street Chap- 
el. �
God in Christ is my rock, the portion of 
my faith." 
A true philanthropist is one whose eye pro-
perly affecteth his heart ; he is the opposite of 
the selfish being who thinks only of his own 
gratification, or of the hard-hearted creature 
who neglects the misery- around him. He 
does good ; he gives God the glory ; and 
mourns that he can do no more. 
In what sense should our eyes affect our 
heart ? It is very important, in commencing 
another year, to have our eyes properly erne 
ployed, and our hearts rightly affected. The, 
eye and the heart are very frequently referred 
to in God's word ; and whether we consider 
them physically, mentally, or morally, they 
are full of interest. But we leave the two 
former to the physiologist and metaphysician, 
or only refer to them in these points of view, 
to illustrate the latter. 
The eye of faith should survey God's reme-
dy, until the heart is affected to repentance 
and love. If we would see heaven's saving 
object, we must look where it is to he found, 
even to God's revelation and testimony. No 
one looks into a deep mine to see the sun rise, 
Heavenly Sympathy. 
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nor should we look into ourselves for help and 
 
comfort. Christ is God's saving object ; he is 
fully revealed in. the word, and we are en-
couraged to look unto him and be saved.— 
We must not, while looking at Christ, give 
heed to Satan's testimony concerning him, and 
against ourselves ; but consider what God tes-
tifies concerning the cross, if we would be 
saved and sanctified by it. Then shall we 
look and mourn, Zech. 12 : 10 ; look and real-
ize everlasting life, John 6: 40; and the heart, 
late sensual and dead, shall burn with peni-
tence, and glow with affection. 
The eye of gratitude should affect the heart 
to resignation and devotedness. As we look 
upon .our mercies, our hearts should say, 
" What shall I render to the Lord for all his 
benefits towards me ? " His mercies should stir 
us up to present our persons as living sacrifices. 
The eye of retrospection should affect the 
heart to humility. God not only requires a 
devoted heart, but a humble one, and there is 
enough in our past history, if rightly consid-
ered, to produce this. The eye of hope should 
affect the heart to joy. If we are looking for 
that blessed hope, even the glorious appearing 
of the Saviour, we should rejoice at the 
thought of seeing him as he is, and being for 
ever like him. 
But the example before us refers chiefly to 
the eye of observation, which, if used aright, 
will affect the heart to pity for our fellow-
creatures, and zeal for God. Sinners are pass-
ing heedlessly down the stream of time to the 
gulf of perdition. �
The church is not half 
awake, either tq her privileges or her obliga-
tions. She has a glorious inheritance to en-
joy, and a great work to do, and what we want 
is the heart properly affected. 
Then shall we 
follow hard after God, and prosecute his work 
with vigor. 
To promote this desirable state of feeling, 
let us seriously consider where we are, and 
what is around us. The prophet's heart was 
deeply affected by what his eyes saw, and so 
would ours be, if we earnestly and prayer-
fully considered the condition of the world and 
the state of the church. Jeremiah was sitting 
among the ruins of things sacred and magnifi-
cent, when he uttered this exclamation. This 
also, though in a different way, is our case. 
Creation, compared with what it once was, is 
a ruin, it groaneth under the curse. The 
world is strewn with the ruins of palaces, 
cities, empires, and temples. Man, too, once 
the temple of Deity, is a fearful, hideous ruin. 
How many churches, once flourishing, have 
been ruined by error and sin, and how many 
are now decaying under the influence of the 
dry rot of formality, or the damps of worldli-
ness. " 0 Lord, revive thy work in the midst 
of the years; in the midst of the years make 
known ; in wrath remember mercy." 
These are the dark shades of the picture : 
there is a light spot which attracts the gaze of 
angels, and engages the sympathy and help of 
the Almighty. A noble building, a holy tem-
ple for God is rising amidst the ruins. There 
the deepest contrivances of wisdom, the no-
blest operations of power, and the richest gifts 
of love which the universe can exhibit, are to 
be seen. This is the Lord's doing, and it is 
marvellous in our eyes. Blessed are the eyes 
that see these things ; and blessed are those 
whose hearts are affected to build in the temple 
of the Lord, and who are willing to be his in-
struments in this great work. 
What are the evidences that our eyes have 
properly affected our hearts ? Some see much, 
and are little affected. The Israelites saw 
God's works forty years ; but it is testified that 
they hardened their hearts ? They looked on 
miracles and mercies till their hearts were 
changed into adamant; and God has written 
upon it in ever-enduring characters, " I stvare 
in my wrath, that they should not enter into 
my rest." Let us read that inscription, and 
beware of unbelief. The Jews in our Lord's 
time saw his miracles; yet their hearts were 
unaffected, and the Redeemer witnessed of 
them, " Ye have seen and hated both me and 
my Father." " Balaam saw the vision of the 
Almighty," but his heart still clung to mam-
mon. The Samaritan lord saw with his eyes 
the prophecy of Elisha made good, and per-
ished for his unbelief; and we are told that in 
like manner many will wail and despair, when 
they see sinners whom they despised, " sitting 
down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the 
kingdom of heaven, and themselves thrust 
out." 
There will be deep feeling enough another 
day. 0 to possess deep feeling now ! 
There 
can be no real religion without emotion ; but 
all religious emotions are not spiritual and di- 
vine. Many, alas ! are transient and delusive ; 
they stir the soul, buts, do not elevate it.—
When the heart is properly affected by what 
the eye sees, there will be a blessed influence 
on the heart itself. It will rise to God, and 
rest in God. There will also be a reaction of 
the heart upon the eye The heart will guard, 
guide, and employ the eye. The tongue will 
likewise be influenced to plead with God, and 
for God. The hands will be lifted up to God's 
commandments, and opened to distribute his 
bounty, while the feet will run in the way of 
God's commandments, when he has enlarged 
the heart.—Ps. 119 : 32. In a word, the char-
acter will be transformed by the renewing of 
the mind, which is brought about by beh'olding 
in the gospel mirror the glory of the Lord. 2 
Cor. 3 : 18. 
The connexion between the eye and the 
heart was, is, and ever will be, perfectly ex-
hibited in our best friend. Jesus looked upon 
our world of misery, and said " Lo, I come to 
do thy will." 
" With pitying eyes the Prince of grace, 
Beheld our hapless grief; 
He saw, and-0 amazing love !— 
He ran to our relief." 
He possessed a heart full of infinite tender 
ness. His eye was ever employed. He never 
averted his gaze from human misery, nor 
withheld his sympathy from it. He saw the 
multitudes ; he had compassion on them ; 
taught them many things, and by a wondrous 
miracle supplied their temporal wants. He 
saw the widow of Nain weeping over the 
wreck of her earthly joy ; he had compassion 
on her, dried her tears, and restored her loved 
one. He saw the leper, touched him, and 
healed him. Thus through life his eye affect-
ed his heart, and his heart moved his hand to 
work miracles of love, his feet to go on er-
rands of mercy, and his tongue to utter words 
of comfort. In death he saw only our mis-
ery, God's glory, and his own joy ; and these 
affecteth his heart to endure the Cross, to bear 
our burdens of sin, suffer the curse of God, 
and pour out his soul unto death, Now seat-
ed in glory, he sees all his people ; he has the 
most intimate knowledge of their trials, sor-
rows, and temptations; and his heart is moved 
to pity them, he " being touched with a feel-
ing of their infirmities." What a rich source 
of comfort is here for the afflicted saint, what 
a bright example for all the people of God. 
How earnest should we be in prayer that 
we may be conformed to Jesus. Only the 
Spirit of Christ can enable us to see, feel, and 
act like him. And does he not counsel us to 
buy of him eye-salve that we may see? and 
will he not answer the prayer which wisdom 
has provided, Turn away mine eyes from be-
holding vanity, and quicken me in thy way ? " 
Yet a little while, and it will be with the 
saint according to his utmost desire, 
" I shall behold thy blissful face, 
And stand complete in righteousness." 
How sweetly will the heart be affected, 
when nothing but glory meets the eye. Then 
God will he all in all, and the heart shall be 
full of God. His manifested character will be 
the science of the glorified intellect, and his 
communicated blessedness the portion of the 
perfectly sanctified heart. Then shall the soul 
enter upon the eternal possession of all con-
tained in that wondrous declarations" Blessed 
are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." 
Till then, may the holy mourners' portion be 
ours,—" Blessed are they that mourn, for they 
shall be comforted." 
A Hiding-Place from the Storm, 
The chamber in which I now write, over-
looks a quiet harbor in one of the islands of 
Southern New-England. It is landlocked on 
every side. The close of the day approaches. 
Outside the harbor, the waves are running high, 
for the wind is in fierce action, and the roar of 
the tempest is heard as it rages on the great 
and wide sea. I look from my window upon 
the scowling storm abroad, and then upon the 
quiet haven within. 
Yonder roll the giant 
waves, and dash with fearful fury. 
Here the 
sailor boy's mimic ship may float in safety. 
I love to see that bold headland run out yon-
der into the fierce sea, and presenting its rocky 
side to old ocean, seems to say, "'Frown, and 
roar, and dash upon me as you will, but the 
quiet waters of this peaceful haven you shall 
not disturb." 
I see through the gloom of the storm, one 
vessel after another trimming the little sail 
they are able to carry, and guiding the helm 
so as to reach this place of safety. One after 
another they run in through the narrow pass, 
furl the sail, drop the anchor, and all is safe. 
Here is a whole fleet, that in a few hours past, 
have sought this refuge, and now in security 
seem to say, " Roar and rage to your liking, 
old ocean, you cannot reach us here." 
While gazing on the scene, I thought of 
men, as they are making the great voyage of 
life. How much in the depraved passions of 
their own bosoms—how much, in the tempta-
tions, excitements, trials, and disappointments 
of life, to toss them to and fro, like the vessels 
I see yonder, driven fiercely by the storm.—
Whose experience has not often caused him to 
compare his soul to the " troubled sea ?" 
But I see here and there a voyager striking 
out from the path of the storm, and hastening 
to a shelter. There is a quiet haven ; one 
where every soul, wishing for repose and safe-
ty, can find it, to full satisfaction. 
And when I name the Saviour, the whole 
story is told. �
Sinful passions, like angry 
waves, toss and trouble the spirit. But the 
Saviour can rebuke them, as he once did the 
tempest, and they will die. Sore temptations 
and trials, like fierce storuns, buffet the soul.—
But what a refuge from diem all is the bosom 
of infinite Love ! 
The morning has come, and I am looking 
once more from the window of my chamber.—
All the frowns, fury, and darkness of the stot m 
are past. The quiet harbor lies stretched out 
before rne, smooth as a polished mirror. The 
beams of the new rising sun are falling upon 
it in their glory. One after another of the 
vessels that had sought shelter here, are now 
preparing to leave their refuge for the open 
sea. The merry sound of " Yo, heave 0," 
reaches me from every quarter of the harbor.—
Sail after sail is hoisted to the favoring breeze. 
One anchor after another " comes home,"—
and the smaller and the larger craft slowly 
take their way out of the harbor. An hour 
has gone, and not one of those who came here 
for shelter now remain. They found a quiet 
haven as long as one was needed, and have 
spread their snow-white wings to the breeze, 
and are hastening forth to complete their 
voyage. 
So amid the storms of this life—its tempta-
tions and its sorrows—the believer in Christ 
having found in him a shelter from the passing 
tempest, goes cheerfully on again, as the storm 
subsides, refreshed by the repose the soul had 
found in him, and the better fitted thereby for 
all future scenes. " He is the shadow of a 
great rock in a weary land ; an hiding-place 
from the storm, a covert from the tempest."—
Blessed is the man that seeks such a refuge 
amid the perils and sorrows of life ; and he 
shall be the man who shall make a prosperous 
voyage over the sea of probation, and drop his 
anchor at last in the peaceful haven above.—
American Messenger. 
Christian Usefulness, 
In every true subject of the kingdom of God 
this forms a prominent trait of character. While 
trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, and other ad-
versity are around him, he cannot shut himself 
up in self-congratulation. �
The Gospel has 
taught him a lesson of universal philanthropy. 
His sphere may be contracted, and little may 
be in his power to effect, but the desire of use-
fulness will be the same, and according to his 
ability will he be by it distinguished. Justly 
may it be said of Christian principle as the po-
et erroneously sang of self-love. It 
Serves the mind to wake. 
As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; 
The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, 
Another still, and still another spreads ; 
Friend, parent, neighbor, first it will embrace, 
His country next, and next the human race." 
We seldom, if ever, see a Christian remarka-
ble for a heavenly deportment, without, at the 
same time, witnessing the good it has affected, 
'these brightest patterns of excellence, which, 
among the people of God, are as gems of pe-
culiar value, not only to adorn the church, but 
bring with them a rich harvest of subjects to 
their king. A life of devoted Christian Use-
fulness is in truth the most powerful argument 
in favor of religion, and it may be laid down as 
an axiom that it is not so much what we say, 
as what we do that will produce the greatest 
efficacy upon the heart of another. The first 
objects for whose benefit the Christian feels a 
solicitude and puts forth his efforts, will be 
those who are related to him, or among whom 
his lot is cast. But the tide of his charity is 
limited only by space; his desire to be useful 
hounded by the earth's extent ; and he will be 
ready always to give his countenance and sup-
port to every proper scheme which is calculated 
to bring " glory to God," and to disseminate 
" peace and good will " among men. We may 
appeal on this point to the world, and without 
fear of refutation, ask, is it not so ? Do we 
not see all in whom pure and undefiled religion 
dwells, anxious to spread its sacred truths from 
pole to pole, and in numberless instances will-
ing " to spend and be spent " in a cause so 
noble ? It cannot be otherwise. The desire 
of usefulness dwells in the Christian's heart, 
grows with his growth, and increases as he at-
tains to more elevated heights of piety. He is 
indeed a lover of men in the most genuine 
sense of the term ; and to see the name of Je-
sus glorified, and his fellow-men sanctified 
through his own or another's instrumentality, 
is the source of unfeigned delight to his soul. 
Visit the abodes of penury and wretchedness, 
and there inquire whose footsteps have ap-
proached, bringing with them sympathy and 
relief. Ask where do tears flow with which 
the believer is not ready to mingle his own.—
To whom do the needy with the most confi-
dence bring their tale of woe, or the wounded 
in spirit pour forth their sorrows ? To the 
selfish worldling, or to him in whom a life of 
godliness is manifest, and whose conduct bears 
evidence that the precepts of the gospel have 
softened his heart and opened his hands ?—
What others feel, is, in a degree, by the Chris-
tian transferred to himself ; and to relieve bodi-
ly or mental suffering, or to comfort them that 
mourn, is to him the sweetest solace. Useful-
ness is thus stamped upon the character, and 
accompanies it through life. Treading in the 
steps and imbibing the spirit so conspicuous in 
their divine Master, his people are the honored 
medium by which the glorious Gospel of the 
blessed God are handed down unimpaired from 
former to later ages. Whether at home or 
abroad, in the settled habitation or the summer 
retreat, they have one single aim ; it is to pro-
mote the cause of Christ in ttie world, to light-
en the ills of this earthly pilgrimage, and to 
bring sons and daughters to glory. Redeemed 
of the Lord ! with united accents they accord 
to the rule, " it is more blessed to give than to 
receive ;" and in being useful, in constantly 
doing something for Him who has done all for 
our sakes, they verify in their own experience 
the truth, that " wisdom's ways are ways of 
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."—
Protestant Churchman 
A Model Preacher, 
No person could attend the ministry of the 
Rev. D. Stoner, either regularly or occasion-
ally, without being struck with his incessant 
solicitue to do good. Every other consideration 
was swallowed up in this. " His prayer," re-
marks Dr. M'Allum, " was, Never may I 
preach one useless sermon,' and the sermon 
under which believers were not strengthened, 
or sinners awakened, was, lie thought, a use-
less one. With all his heart, soul, mind, and 
strength, he aimed at usefulness; and espe-
cially at awakening, quickening, and inform. 
ing the conscience ; and that not merely in 
the application of his discourses, but through-
out the whole of them, from the commence-
ment to the close. The sword he wielded was 
of keen edge from the hilt to the point.—
There was a certain peculiarity in his ser-
mons. At the close of a paragraph, he would 
utter a petition suited to the tenor of it. After 
describing holiness in any of its beauties, for 
instance he would exclaim, The Lord sanc-
tify each of us ! ' Or, after describing the 
displeasure of God in any of its frowns, he 
would pray, The Lord save us from the wrath 
to come ! ' Knowing ,the terrors of the Lord, 
he persuaded men ; and preached as one who 
had death and judgment, heaven and hell, full 
in his eyes ; as if this was the latest and only 
opportunity of winning trophies to redeeming 
power, and of plucking brands from the burn-
ing. The thought of self entirely disappeared 
in the great business of delivering his message, 
and gaining attention to it. In his pulpit ap-
pearances, there was no one thing which could 
be mistaken as indicating a theorist, or a feel-
ing of the honor that cometh from man. On 
the contrary, he labored instantly, like one 
overwhelmed with the conviction that souls 
were now perishing, and that this was the only 
day of salvation. The hearer was never al-
lowed to think of the preacher, or of the compo-
sition ; all his thoughts and concerns were 
forced in upon himself ; and he went away 
saying, not What a great sermon have I 
heard ! ' hut, God be merciful to me a sin- 
ner ! ' �
Appeal following appeal lightened 
upon the conscience, revealing at once the 
darkness and the light ; the strong man trem-
bled to be dispossessed of his goods ; but bolt 
succeeded bolt, till the building was shaken 
from the foundation to the corner-stone. To 
THE ADVENT HERALD. �
171 
Primitive and Modern Preaching ; 
on, 
THE PRACTICAL TENDENCY OF THE DOCTRINE OF 
THE COMING AND KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 
(Concluded.) 
TO MODERATION AND SOBRIETY. 
" Let your moderation be known unto all 
men : The Lord is at hand."-Phil. 4 :5. 
" Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, 
and hope to the end for the grace that is to be 
brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus 
Christ."-1 Pet. 1: 13. 
TO MINISTERIAL FIDELITY AND DILIGENCE: 
" Who is a faithful and wise servant, whom 
his Lord bath made ruler over his household, 
to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is 
that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh, 
shall find so doing."-Matt. 25 : 46. 
appearance, he put all his strength into every 
sermon. Spiritual profit, the utmost profit, 
and present profit, was the thing aimed at, and 
by the. blessing of God secured the most, by 
his sermons. The ruling passion, the cease-
less spring, the vehement thirst of his soul was 
to do good. The zeal of the Ltord ate him 
up ; it was a torrent on his lips ; for the 
mouth of the just is a well-spring of life. When 
there was a prospect of doing good, he conferr-
ed not with flesh and blood ; for he loved the 
Lord with all his strength ; and hence, after 
preaching thrice, and travelling in the country, 
he often spent some hours in prayer-meeting ; 
engaging in prayer, in exhortation, and in 
praise. His zeal was not mere excitement; it 
was a stream whose strength is not in its cur-
rent merely, but in its volumes of water."-
" In the sermons I heard from hm," remarks 
Mr. Clegg, " there was no appearance of de-
sign to preach in a learned, eloquent., or eccen-
tric manner ; but to pour out, as rapidly as 
possible, a torrent of divine truth into the 
heads and hearts of his hearers ; and then to 
direct it in various streams to their different 
characters and consciences ; commonly con-
cluding his numerous applications with a fer-
vent prayer to God, that he would make his 
work effectual to the salvation of his people.-
In short, whether he preached in aid of mis-
sions, chapels, or Sunday schools, he seemed 
to aim directly at the great object of his min-
istry,-to turn his hearers,' at the time he 
addressed them, from darkness to light, and 
from the power of Satan unto God.' His 
preaching had not only a tendency to do good 
to sinners and private Christians, but also to 
ministers of the Gospel. It was scarcely pos-
sible for them to hear him without feeling the 
vast importance of a faithful ministry, and 
forming purposes to be more urgent in the 
great work of winning souls." 
" For what is our hope or joy, or crown of 
rejoicing? Are not ye in the presence of 
our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? "-1 
Thess. 2 : 19. 
" I give thee charge in the sight of God, 
who quickeneth all things, and before Jesus 
Christ, who before Pontus Pilate witnessed a 
good confession, that thou keep this command-
ment without spot, unrebukable, until the ap-
pearing of our Lord Jesus Christ."-1 Tim 6 : 
13, 14. 
" I charge thee, therefore, before God, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the 
quick and the dead at his appearing and king-
dom ; preach the word ; be instant in season, 
out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with 
all long-suffering and doctrine."-2 Tim. 4: 
1, 2. 
" The elders which are among you I exhort, 
who am also an elder, and a witness of the 
sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the 
glory that shall be revealed : feed the flock of 
God which is among you, taking the over-
! sight thereof, not by constraint, but willing-
ly ; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; 
neither as lords over God's heritage ; but be-
ing ensamples to the flock : and when the 
chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive 
a crown of glory that fadeth not away."-1 
Pet. 5 : 1-4. 
AGAINST CENSORIOUSNESS. 
" Therefore judge nothing before the time, 
until the Lord come, who both will bring to 
light the hidden things of darkness, and will 
make manifest the counsels of the hearts :-
and then shall every man have praise of God." 
-1 Cor. 4 : 5. 
TO CHECK IMMODERATE SORROW UNDER BE-
REAVEMENTS. 
" But I would not have you to be ignorant, 
brethren, concerning them Avhich are asleep, 
that ye sorrow not, even as others which have 
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died 
and rose again, even so them also which sleep 
in Jesus will God bring with him. For this 
we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that 
we which are alive and remain unto the com-
ing of the Lord, shall not prevent (go before) 
them that are asleep. For the Lord himself 
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with 
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump 
of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 
then we, which are alive and remain, shall be 
caught up together with them in the clouds, to 
meet the Lord in the air ; and so shall we ever 
be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one 
another with these words."-1 Thess. 4:13-18. 
Such are the practical uses to which the 
doctrine of the Second Advent is applied in 
the New Testament by the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and the inspired apostles. It is made the rea-
son for our repentance, love to the Saviour, 
love to his people, obedience and holiness, be-
nevolence, watchfulness, patience, sobriety, 
fidelity, charity, and submission. We may 
now ask, To what similar uses is the doctrine 
of the kingdom applied by the same authori-
ties ? and the answer is, they make it the 
reason, or ground 
FOR REPENTANCE. 
" Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is 
at hand."-Matt. 3: 2. 
�
FOR HOLINESS IN GENERAL. �heritance of the saints in light: who hath de- 
" Know ye not that the unrighteous shall livered us from the power of darkness, and 
bath translated us into the kingdom of his dear 
not inherit the kingdom of God. Be not de- 
ceived ; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor Son."-Col. 1 : 12, 13. 
adulterers, nor abusers of themselves with �
PRAYER. 
mankind, nor thieves, nor coveteous, nor �
" And he said unto them, when ye pray, say, 
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be 
inherit the kingdom of God."-1 Con 6 : 9, 
10 ; Eph. 5 : 5. �
thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done, as in heaven, so in earth."-Luke 
" Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 11 : 2. 
which are these : adultery, fornication, un- 
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hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, se- was, in the judgment of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
dition, heresies, envyings, murders, drunken- and in that of His inspired apostles. It was 
ness, revilings, and such like : of the which I made the ground of ,repentance, faith, regene-
tell you before, as I have also told you in time ration, holiness, constancy, diligence, and 
past, that they wko do such things shall not every Christian duty and virtue. It is found 
inherit the kingdom of God."-Gal. 5 : 19, 20. in their discourses and epistles, and is made 
" Wherefore we, receiving a kingdom which prominent as the great and primary scheme ; 
cannot be moved, let us . have grace whereby and the whole of Christian duty and hope is 
we may serve God acceptably, with reverence expressed in a sentence, " Walk worthy of 
and godly fear."-Heb. 12: 28. �
God, who bath called you to His kingdom and 
" Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of glory." Sinners were taught that He, who 
promise, which is the earnest of our inhere. had redeemed them with his precious blood, 
tar.ce until the redemption of the purchased and was then exalted by the right of God to 
possession, unto the praise of his glory."- be a prince and a Saviour, was appointed to 
" Grieve not (therefore) the Holy Spirit where- return to the world, which he had redeemed, 
by ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." and judge it, and govern it for ever : and in 
-Eph. 1 : 13, 14, and 4 : 30. �
order that they might not perish under His dis- 
" Walk worthy of God, who hath called yon pleasure, they were called upon to repent .and 
unto his kingd)rn and glory."-1 Thess. 2: believe the. gospel. Believers were taught, 
12. �
that while their Saviour was absent from the 
PARTICULAR GRACES EXCITED-OBEDIENCE TO earth, they were required to be faithful wit- 
GOD. �
nesses for Him, throughout the earth ; and 
" Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, diligent servants, employing for His glory the 
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, spiritual and temporal endowments with which 
but he that doeth the will of my Father which He had endowed them. Persecuted Christians 
is in heaven."-Matt. 7 : 21. �
were taught that patient fidelity to Him, while 
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OBEDIENCE TO PARENTS. �
they were called to bear his reproach and suf- 
f 
" Children obey your parents in the Lord : fer for His sake, would be rewarded with a 
 
for this is right, Honor thy father and thy share of the dignities of His kingdom.- 
mother (for this is the first commandment Faithful ministers were taught, that at their 
; 
with promise) that it may be well with thee, Lord's return to take the kingdom, their faith- 
and that thou mayest live long on the earth." fulness would be rewarded with dignity and 
 
Eph. 6: 1-3. �
felicity, differing not in kind, but only in de- 
HUMILITY. �
gree and measure from the dignity and felicity 
" Hearken, my beloved brethren; Hath not of their Lord. And the joyful note was 
 sounded, that our ruined world should be re- 
God chosen the poor of this world, rich in stored to its first estate, and the whole creation 
faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he bath 
promised to them that love him ? But ye delivered from the bondage of corruption.- 
have despised the poor."-James 2 : 5, 6. 
Thus a definite object of hope was placed be-
fore the mind of the believer in Christ, and 
MEEKNESS. 
while he was laboring and suffering in the ser- 
" Blessed are the meek; for they shall in- vice of his Saviour, he saw before him the 
herit the earth."-Matt. 5 : 5. �
great reward. He knew that the kingdom of 
PATIENCE. �
God must come, and be established on the 
Blessed are they which are persecuted for earth; and he also knew, that prior to the es-
righteousness' sake ; for theirs is the kingdom tablishment of that kingdom, his Lord would 
of heaven."-Matt. 5 : 10. 
appear in glory to raise and change, his faith- 
" These all died in faith, not having re- ful people, and to prepare them for the glory 
ceived the promises, but having seen them afar of that kingdom. The consequence of being 
off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced thus taught was, they could say .with literal 
them, and confessed that they were strangers truth, " For our conversation (citizenship) is 
and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say in heaven ; from whence also we look for the 
such things declare plainly, that they seek a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ : who shall 
country." " Let us go forth therefore unto change our vile body, that it may be fashioned 
him, without the camp, bearing his reproach. like unto his glorious body, according to the 
For here we have no continuing city, but we working whereby he is able to subdue all 
 
seek one to come."-Heb. 11 : 13, 14 ; 13 : things unto himself." 
13. �
" I now earnestly beseech the reader, espe- 
" Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's cially if he be a minister of the Gospel, to 
good pleasure to give you the kingdom."- seriously consider if the general style of 
Luke 12 : 32. �
preacing is consistent with the word of God 
PERSEVERANCE. �
in this matter. Alas ! it will be found, I fear, 
that the wisdom of man has too commonly 
'° But seek ye first the kingdom of God and 
his righteousness, and all these things shall be substituted its own inventions for the wisdom 
 
added unto you."-Matt. 6 : 33. �
of God. I grant that to the natural man an 
" And he that overcometh, and keepeth my object of sense may appear better suited to 
works unto the end, to him will I give power exercise a practical influence, than an object of 
faith ; and therefore, that to press home upon 
over the nations, and he shall rule them with 
a rod of iron ; as the vessels of a potter shall the thoughtless the certainty of death, of the 
they be broken to shivers ; even as I received truth of which event they have daily evi-
of my Father : and I will give him the morn- dence, may seem a more likely method of 
ing star."-Rev. 2 : 26-28. �
awakening sinners, than to plead an Advent 
" To him that overcometh will I grant to sit and a Resurrection. But to act thus is purely 
with me in my throne, even as I also over- inconsistent in the spiritual man, who is a 
came, and am set clown with my Father on his minister of the Gospel that especially addresses 
throne."-Rev, 3 : 21. �
itself to the eye of faith ; and a ministry thus 
" He that overcotneth shall inherit all conducted must be proportionably less fruitful, 
things ; and I will be his God, and he shall be than ode which more implicitly relies on what 
my son."-Rev. 21 : 7. �
is Novrthitetern
r;asons might be adduced for the pur- 
him."-2 Tim. 2: 12. �
. 
" If we suffer, we shall also reign with pose of impressing upon the Christian reader 
the importance of being regulated in his faith 
DILIGENCE. 
and hope by the word of God, and not by the 
" Nevertheless we, according to his promise, wisdom of men. The loss of property, health, 
(Isaiah 65 : 17) look for new heavens and a and friends, in the present life, is a serious 
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. thing ; but these, by the divine blessing, may 
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for be recovered. But should we lose the heaven-
such things, be diligent, that ye may be found ly kingdom, the loss will be irreparable. The 
of him in peace, without spot and blameless." 
-2 Pet. 3 : 13, 14. �
Jews lost it through prejudice and unbe- 
lief; and we are in danger of losing it by the 
THANKFULNESS. �
same means. Their religious teachers caused 
" Giving thanks uuto the Father, which them to err, and fearful were the conse-
hath made us meet to be partakers of the in- quences; our religious teachers do not for the 
ENTIRE CONSECRATION AND THE TRIAL OF IT. 
-"Of abandonment, or entire consecration to 
God in all things. But this cannot be done 
without the principle of abandonment; by which 
I mean that act in which we resign, abandon, 
or consecrate ourselves, entirely to God. To 
abandon ourselves, or to consecrate ourselves to 
God, is to leave ourselves entirely in his hands. 
Those who are consecrated, have given their 
own wills into the keeping of God's will. They 
renounce every particular inclination as soon 
as it arises, however good it may appear, and 
however good it may really be in itself con- 
sidered, in order that they may stand in perfect 
indifference with respect to themselves, and 
only desire, choose, and will that which God 
himself wills. Such a soul is resigned in all 
things, whether for soul or body, whether for 
time or eternity ; by leaving what is past in 
obliviorr; by leaving what is to come to the 
decision of Providence ; and by devoting to 
God, without any reserve, the present moment; 
a moment which necessarily brings with it 
God's eternal order of things, and in every 
thing, excepting sin, is a declaration to us of 
his will, as certain and infallble as it is inevita- 
ble and common to us all. Abandonment, or 
entire consecration, cannot exist without strong 
faith. None can do this but those who believe. 
Of the test, or trial of consecration. Our 
abandonment, or entir econsecration to God, is 
a matter of so much consequence, that God 
will not fail to give us opportunities to try or 
test, whether it be a true one or not. No 
man can be wholly the Lord's, unless he is 
wholly consecrated to the Lord ; and no man 
can know whether he is thus wholly consecra- 
ted, except by tribulation. That is the test.- 
To rejoice in God's will, when that will im- 
parts nothing but happiness, is easy even for the 
natural man. But none but the renovated 
man, none but the religious man, can rejoice 
in the divine will when it crosses his path, 
disappoints his expectations, and overwhelms 
him in sorrow. Trial, therefore, instead of 
being shunned, should be welcomed as the 
test, and the only true test of a true state.- 
Beloved souls ! there are consolations which 
pass away ; but ye will not find true and 
abiding consolation except in entire abandon- 
ment, and in that love which loves the cross. 
He who does not welcome the cross, does not 
welcome God."--Madame Guyon. 
THOSE do not truly nor acceptably repent or 
reform, who only part with the sins they lose 
by, but continue their affection to the sins they 
get by. 
THE way to increase what we have is to 
use it ; to him that so hath shall be given. It 
is not hoarding the talents, but trading with 
them, that doubles them. 
FOR FAITH. 
" The time is fulfilled ; and the kingdom of 
God is at hand : repent ye, and believe the 
gospel."-Mark 1 : 15. 
FOR REGENERATION. 
" Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a 
man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom 
of God. 
" Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a 
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he 
cannot enter into the kingdom of God."-
John 3 : 3, 5. 
1.72 �
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
most part preach the Gospel of the kingdom, 
but substitute for it the fabrication of the Rev. 
Daniel Whitby. D.D., which was published to 
the �
world �
about a hundred and forty years 
ago. �
Let us take care lest they mislead us, 
and �
cause us �
at last to cry in vain, " LORD, 
LORD, OPEN UNTO US41' 
I am, my dear sir, your fellow laborer, 
OmicRoN, 
tude, and assumed the likeness, of a burning mono- 
tain. �
" His dexterity, and die discontents of Africa, 
�
se �
cc
ofamaetstsrilotannoaf 
an the Vandal
yveanad �
ow 
il spThe ports 
larriicehroubsonier on thegtreea.t desertP and the �
Atlantic 
Ocean, were filled with a fierce �
and untractable race 
of men, whose savage temper had been exasperated, 
rather than reclaimed, by their dread of the Roman 
arms. �
The Moors, regardless of any future copse- 
queues, embraced �
the alliance of the enemies of 
Rome ; and a crowd of naked savages rushed from 
the woods and valleys of Mount Atlas to satiate their 
revenge on the polished tyrants, who had injuriously 
expelled them from �
their native �
sovereignty of the 
land. 
" The long and narrow tract of the African coast, 
was filled with frequent monuments of Roman art and 
magnificence. �
On �
a �
sudden, �
the �
seven �
fruitful 
provinces, �
from �
Tangiers �
to �
Tripoli, �
were over- 
whelrned by an invasion of the Vandals. �
The Van- 
dais, where they found resistance, seldom gave quar- 
 
�
ter ; and the deaths of their valiant countrymen were 
expiated by the ruin of the cities under whose walls 
they had fallen. �
The calamities of war were aggra- 
vated by the licentiousness of the Moors, and the fa- 
nativism of the donatists. �
The maritime colony of 
Hippo, about two hundred �
miles westward of Car- 
thage, had formerly acquired the �
distinguished �
epi- 
thet of Regius, from the residence of Nutnidian kings : 
and some remains of trade and populousness still ad- 
here to the modern city, which is known in Europe 
by the corrupted name of Bona. �
The city of Hippo 
was burnt �
by the Vandals. �
The loss of a second 
battle irretrievably decided the fate of Africa. �
And 
Carthage was at length (in the year 439) surprised 
by the Vandals, five hundred and eighty years after 
the destruction of the city and republic by the younger 
Scipio. 
" The Vandals and Alarici, who followed the sus- 
cessful standard of Genseric, had acquired a rich and 
fertile territory, which stretched along the coast from 
Tangiers to Tripoli ; �
but their �
narrow �
limits were 
pressed and confined on either side by the sandy des- 
err and the Mediterranean. �
The discovery and con- 
quest of the black nations that might dwell beneath 
the torrid zone, could not tempt the rational �
ambition 
of Genseric; but he cast his eyes towards the sea ; he 
resolved to create a �
new naval power, and his bold 
enterprise was executed with steady and active per- 
severance. �
The woods of Mount Atlas afforded an 
inexhaustible �
nursery of timber ; his �
new �
subjects 
were skilled in the art of navigation and ship-building; 
he animated �
his daring Vandals to embrace a mode 
h 
to Of - warfare 
 
accessible
w 'htico �
would
their 
' 
arms • the Moors and Africans 
iy
were allured �
by �
the hope o f plunder ; and, after an 
interval of six centuries, the fleet that issued from the 
port of Carthage, again �
claimed �
the empire of the' 
Mediterra(r:fean
ftrlere 
Sic. il 
The'
tlre 
 success 
keossf of 
(l 
conquest
u e n 1, descents on
Y the coast of Lucania �
awakened 
and alarmed the mother of Valentinian, and the sister 
of Theodosius," &c.—Gibbon. 
Unlike the storm of bail �
and fire, which consisted 
Of various elements, the great mountain was a single, 
or individual object, and was the symbol of Genseric 
alone, or of the destruction which he wrought along 
the whole coast of Africa, and on the fleets of Rome. 
The maritime colonies of Rome in �
Africa were for 
ever separated from the �
empire. �
The ports from 
which three thousand and �
two hundred �
vessels are 
said to have issued, in a previous revolt against Rome, 
were 
were all finally reduced to the sway of Genseric, A. D. 
439: a peat part of the commerce and naval power 
of Rome was thus extinguished : �
its revenues and 
l• �
h• �
fl �
d �
• �
d 
maritime �
supp lies, as e le y �
derived �
from �
Africa, 
ceased • a �
line of coast �
extending to ninety �
days 
io �
s,' formed no longer a part of the Roman Em- 
jpiurerri;e-the third part ofthe sea became blood, and the 
third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and 
had life, died : �
and, lastl �
• �
• �
'd �
I 
it is sal �
, t le thirdpart of 
the 
the ships were destroyed. 
" The naval power of Rome was unequal to the 
task of saving even the imperial city from the ravages 
of the Vandals. �
Sailing �
from Africa, they �
disem- 
barked at the port of Ostia, and Rome and its inhabi- 
tants were delivered to the licentiousness of Vandals 
and Moors, whose blind passions revenged the inju- 
ries of Carthage. �
The pillage lasted fourteen days 
and nights ; and all that yet remained of public and 
Private wealth, of sacred or �
profane treasure, was 
diligently transported to the vessels of Genseric. �
In 
the forty-five years that had elapsed since the Gothic
Bro. 
invasion, the pomp and luxury of Rome were in some 
measure �
restored, and �
it was �
difficult either to es- 
cape or to satisfy �
the avarice of a conqueror, who 
Possessed �
leisure to �
collect, and ships �
to �
transport 
the wealth of the capital."—Gibbon. 
After Genseric had �
secured �
the empire �
of the 
Mediterranean, the emperors of Rome and of Con- 
stantinople, �
strove in vain to �
dispossess him of his 
power. �
Majorian, unable to defend " the long ex- 
tended coast of Italy from the depredations of a rat- 
val war," made great and �
strenuous preparation for 
the invasion of Africa, and a fleet was constructed to 
transport his army. 
- �
"The woods of the Appenines were felled ; 
arsenals and manufactures of Ravenna and Misentuhme 
arsenals 
were restored ; Italy and Gaul vied with each other in 
liberal contirbutions to the public service : and the int- 
Aerial �
navy of three hundred long galleys, with an 
adequate proportion of transports and smaller vessels, 
was collected in the secure and capacious harbor of 
Carthagena in �
Spain. �
But �
Genseric �
was savedtruth 
from impending and inevitable ruin by the treachery 
of some powerful subjects, envious or apprehensive 
' 
of their �
masters success. �
Guided by their secret 
intelligence, he surprised the �
unguarded fleet in the 
bay of Carthagena ; many of the ships were sunk, or 
' �
•of 
taken, or burnt, and the preparations �
three years 
were destroyed in a single day. 
soon fortified
full 
render everymaritime 
 
 coun- 
Palermo,
the �
Vandals,
and th
meetings 
" Italy continued to be long inflicted by the incessant 
depredations of the Vandal pirates. �
In the spring of 
eaocrth
of 
Tecaarrththaeye .an 
 
equipped �
a �
norrithunidsaebil �
n �
in th 
ny hinae 
Genserichimself, though 
very
P �
advance?' age,
' �
still commanded in person the 
most important expeditions. �
His designs were con- 
sealed with impenetrable secrecy till the moment he 
hoisted sail. �
When �
he �
was asked �
by �
his �
pilot, 
what course he intended to steer—' Leave that deter- 
mination to the �
winds,' �
replied the �
barbarian, with 
pious arrogance—' they will transport us to the guilty 
coast �
whose �
inhabitants �
have provoked �
the divine 
justice.'—The Vandals repeatedly visited the coasts 
of Spain, �
Liguria, Tuscany, �
Campania, �
Leucania, 
Bruuum, Apulia, Calabria, Venetia, Dalmatia, Epi- 
 
rus, Greece, and Sicily ; they were tempted to sub- 
due the island of Sardinia, so advantageously placed 
in the �
centre of the Mediterranean, and �
their arms 
spread desolation or terror from the column of Her 
cities to the mouth of the Nile. �
In the treatment of 
his �
unhappy prisoners, he sometimes consulted his 
avarice, and �
sometimes �
his cruelty ; �
he massacred 
five hundred �
noble �
citizens of Zante, or Zaynthus, 
whose mangled bodies he cast into the Ionian sea." 
—Gibbon. 
A last and desperate attempt to dispossess Gense- 
ric of the sovereignty of the �
sea, Was �
made in the 
year 468, by the emperor of the east. 
" The whole expense of the African campaign 
amounted to the sum of one hundred and thirty thou- 
sand pounds of gold, about five millions two hundred 
thousand pounds sterling. �
The fleet that sailed from 
Constantinople to Carthage, consisted of eleven bun- 
bun- 
dred and �
thirteen �
ships, and the number of soldiers 
and mariners exceeded one hundred �
thousand men. 
The army of Herachus, and the fleet of Marcellinus, 
either joined or seconded �
the imperial lieutenant.— 
,, �
. 
The wind became favorable to the designs of Gensenc. 
He manned his largest ship of war with the bravest 
of the Moors and Vandals, and they towed after them 
many large �
harks filled with �
combustible materials, 
In the obscurity of the night these destructive vessels 
were impelled against the unguarded and unsuspect-
ing fleet of the Romans, who were awakened by a 
sense of their instant danger. Their close and crowd- 
ed order assisted the progress of the fire, which was 
communicated �
with rapid and �
irresistible �
violence ;of 
and �
in �
the �
noise �
of the �
wind, �
the crackling �
of 
the �
flames, �
the dissonant cries of the �
soldiers and 
mariners, who could neither command nor obey, in- 
creased the horror of the nocturnal tumult. �
Whilst 
they labored �
to extricate themselves �
from the �
fire- 
ships, and �
to �
save at �
least a part of the navy, the 
galleys 
 of Genseric assaulted �
them �
with �
temper- 
ate a 
 
and disciplined valor ; and manyof the Ron;ans 
who escaped the fury of the flames were destroyed or 
taken by �
the �
victorious Vandals. �
After the great 
failure �
of this expedition, �
Genseric again �
became 
tohseedcoloasitisisorfoItaly, Greece,
andaN 
and
tlie A
"tyrant
siavieroef the
aa 
again exposed 
arice. Tripoli and Sardinia returned to his obedience ; 
he added Sicily to the number of his provinces ; and 
before he died, 
 
in the fulness of years and of glory, 
he beheld �
the final �
extinction of the empire of the 
west."—Gibbon. 
The fulness of the comment needs nothing to corn- 
plete it but a repetition of the text. �
" And the sec- 
and angel �
sounded, and, as it �
were, a great noun- 
lain burning with fire was cast into the sea ; and the 
third part of the sea �
became blood : �
and �
the third 
part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had 
life, died ; �
and the third part of the ships �
were de- 
stroyed."—(To be continued.) 
first time ; and much prejudice �
was removed from 
 
have heard. �
We hope for good results—even their 
 
foundation of our hope—the promise and oath of 
GOD. �
3. Its saving influence. �
The discourse was 
of sound instruction and consolation to the peo-
plc of GOD. 
Bro. D. T. TAYLOR, JR., arrived in the afternoon, 
and gave a discourse at 6 �
o'clock �
from Num. 14 : 
 
21—" As Clive all the earth shall be filled with the 
, 
glory of JEHOVAH." �
He spoke, 1st. Of the irnmu- 
tability �
of the �
promise. �
2d. The �
meaning of the 
phrase " glory of the Lord.", �
This he illustrated by 
a reference to �
numerous passages in the Old and 
New Testaments ; by �
which he showed that the 
promise could be fulfilled only in �
the final �
consum- 
motion at the Second Advent. �
Our meeting closed 
in 
in the best of order; but during the evening, a few 
the sons of Belial �
gathered about one of the re- 
freshinent-stands, a little distance from �
the ground, 
and beat and bruised the keepers �
severely. �
But all 
 
. 
again.
• 
 
is quiet
We hopefor quietness in future. 
June 14th.—This morning we are blessed with 
beautiful weather, and an increased audience. �
Bro. 
Himss spoke from Ps. 51 : 10-13. �
He spoke of the 
importance of purity of heart, and the possession of 
 
a right spirit, in order to success by the ministry and �
i 
church in the conversion of souls ; and earnestly en- 
forced the duty of a full and immediate consecration 
to GOD. �
It was highly criminal in both the ministry 
arid church to live in a lukewarm state, in which we 
bear no fruit. �
In the afternoon, Bro. E. BURNHAM �
1 
gave a discourse from 2 JOHN �
3 : 2, 3. �
Ile �
treated 
. �
„ 
on the objects of our hope.. 1. �
I he Personal Ad- 
vent. �
2. Resurrection of this flesh, and change of 
the living saints. �
3. The Restitution. �
4. The Mil- 
lennial and Eternal �
reign. �
These subjects were 
fully illustrated, and to many of the audience for the 
their minds. �
Bro. TAYLOR spoke on the explanation 
the parable of the " Wheat and Tares," (MATT. 
13:
showing that the gospel age was not 
36-43,) �
. 
designed �
for perfection, or a �
consummation in the 
conversion �
of the �
world, before the �
advent of the 
Anointed ;and �
araued �
from this the necessity of 
immediate repentance and preparation for the Second 
Advent and judgment, the next event to cane, and 
near at hand. 
This evening Bro. WESLEY BURNHAM and Bro. 
MATTHEWSON arrived, to aid us in the work. �
The 
have been orderly to-day, and the events of 
the last evening have stirred �
the community in our 
favor, and to an examination of our faith. Manythat 
had taken Lcertain �
fanatics as a true representation 
of Adventists, and came to hear with a contemptuous 
feeling, have been made �
to see their mistake and 
, 
admit �
the �
correctness of our �
faith, as far �
as they 
Y 
salvation. 
June 15th.—Prayer and conference meeting were 
excellent. �
Brethren and sisters began to enter into 
the work. �
The Lord gave us a season of refreshing. 
s• 
Bro. WESLEY BURNHAM gave a discourse from 
Gal. 3 : 29—" And if ye be CHRIST'S, then are ye 
ABRAHAM'S seed, and heirs according to the prom- 
Ise." " �
1.He showed who are CHRIST'S. �
2. What 
1 �
• 
the promise was. �
3. How it is to be fulfilled. �
He 
. 
gave a clear view of the Christian �
character from 
Rom. 8 ; Gal. �
5 : 16, 26 ; Col. 3 : 1-10 ; Eph. 4 : 
20, 25, and others. �
Traced the promise from Gen. 
13 • �
•
. 26 : 3 • Gen �
13 
' �
'
14-17 • �
Gen �
' �
• �
28 • 
• �
' to �
Acts 7 • 
5 ; Heb. 11 : 8-16, and 39, 40, proving by these that 
ABRAHAM and his true seed look for the fulfilment 
of the promise, and the consummation of their hope, 
. 
in �
the �
new �
heaven �
and new earth. �
In the after- 
noon Bro. E. BURNHAM illustrated 1 PET. 1 : 11.— 
He divided it into two branches. �
1. The sufferings 
o1 • f; �
isT 
 
that 
CHRIST, and �
the �
time of them. �
2. The glory 
 should follow, and the time of it. �
The subject 
was fully illustrated, which enchained �
the attention 
 
of the audience for an hour and a half. �
Conviction 
was fastened upon many minds. �
The third service 
 
was devoted to c onference andprayers.The breth-
ren were revived and strengthened in this meeting. 
At the close, some remarks were made by Bro. BURN- 
HAM on the baptism of the Holy Ghost. �
He said 
that we were not to pray for the miraculous influence 
of the Spirit, or 
�1 
its apastolicalgifts.
It was import-
ant that we should use Scriptural language, and ask 
the Holy Spirit's influence, which GOD has promo-
ised to them thathim; 
ask �
and �
that �
we could do 
nothing without the aid of the Holy �
Spirit. �
We 
should pray for it—pray in faith, and rest in nothing 
short �
of the �
plenitude �
of his �
gracious gifts �
and 
graces. �
Bro. �
Himss followed in the same strain, 
and spoke of the words of the SAVI017R, in which 
he showed that (Ion was more willing to give the 
Holy Spirit to them that ask him, than parents are 
to give �
gifts 
goodtotheir children. �
He enforced the 
duty of seeking a greater measure of the Spirit's in- 
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"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1849. 
" 
 
Interpretation of Symbols, Figures, Ste. 
Continued from our last) 
THE SECOND TRUMPET. 
" And the second messenger sounded, and it was 
i 
as if a great mountain burning with fire were cast n- 
to the sea : and �
the third �
part of the sea became 
blood ; and the third part of the living creatures in the 
sea died ; and the �
third part of the ships were de- 
stroyed."—Rese 8 : 8, 9. 
A mountain is different from a tornado, and must 
symbolize a united, compact, organized body �
of in- 
vaders. �
A volcano would thus symbolize a govern- 
ment terrible and destructive to those around it. �
Th
ee 
 
sea is a body of water; and waters are explained in 
Rev. 17 : 7, as symbolizing peoples, multitudes, na- 
lions, and tongues. �
The casting of the mountain in- 
to the �
sea, must then �
symbolize the �
entrance into , 
and the establishment in the Roman empire of a gee- 
ernment �
from �
without, �
impelled �
by �
an irresistible 
agency. �
" And such," says Mr. LORD, " most con- 
spicuously were the Vandals under GENSERIC, who, 
forced from their native land by the Huns, passed 
through France and Spain �
into Asia, conquered the 
Carthagenian �
territory, �
established �
an �
independent 
government, and thence through a long period ha- 
rassed the neighboring islands, and the Mediterranean 
shores, by predatory and devastating incursions," &c. 
�
. �
T 
—Ex. Apoc. p. 98 �
he ships and fish would ne- 
cessarily symbolize agents, having a relation �
to the 
Roman sea. analogous to their relation �
to the literal 
: the cities and �
inhabitants of the empire. �
We 
quote from Dr..KEITH : 
quote 
About ten months before the sack of Rome by 
the Goths, " the gates of Spain,—the passes of the 
treacherously betrayed to the pub- 
lic enemy. �
The consciousness of guilt, and the thirst 
of 
of rapine, prompted the mercenary guards of the 
Pyrenees to desert their station ; to invite the arms of 
the �
Suevi, the Vandals, and �
the �
Alarica ; �
and �
to 
swell the torrent which was poured with irresistible 
violence from the frontiers of Gaul to �
the �
sea of 
Africa. �
Gibbon. 
In the year 427, Boniface, the governor of Africa, 
having revolted against the emperor, " despatched a 
trusty friend to the court, or rather camp, of Gender- 
ic, king of the Vandals, with a proposal of a �
strict 
alliance, and the offer of an advantageous and per- 
petual settlement. �
The vessels which the Vandals 
found �
in �
the �
harbor �
of Carthagena �
might easily 
transport them to the isles of Majorca or Minorca, 
where the Spanish �
fugitives, as in a secure �
recess, 
had vainly concealed their families and their fortunes. 
The experience of navigation, and, perhaps, the pros- 
peat, encouraged the Vandals to accept the invitation 
which they received from Count Boniface ; and the 
death of Gonderic served only to forward and animate 
the bold enterprise. �
In the �
room of a �
prince, not 
conspicuous for any superior powers of the mind or 
the body, they acquired his �
bastard brother, the ter- 
rible Genseric ; a name which, in the destruction of the 
Roman Empire, deserved an equal rank with Alaric 
and Attila."—Gibbon. 
�
The historian, having �
amply illustrated �
the �
first 
trumpet, thus furnishes, or rather holds forth in each 
hand, a key to the second and the third. �
After the 
storm of hail and fire had ceased, the burning moun-
tain was soon seen to arise ; and the terrible Gense- 
ric appeared, whose �
name deserves an �
equal �
rank 
with the names of Alaric and Attila, in the �
destruc- 
of the Roman empire ; or, in other words, who, 
 
as well as they, obeyed the trumpet that summoned 
each to the separate work of desttruction, preparatory 
to the sounding of the fourth trumpet, or extinction of 
the western empire. 
In the year 429, Genseric, with fifty thousand ef- 
fective men, �
landed �
on the shores of Africa : " the 
Vandals, who, in twenty years, had penetrated from 
the Elbe to Mount Atlas, were united under the com- 
mand of their warlike �
king, and �
he reigned �
with 
equal authority over the Alarici, �
who had passed 
within the term of human life, from the cold of Scy- 
this to the excessive heat of an African climate." 
His band of barbarians formed but the nucleus of a 
growing power, which soon swelled into the magni- 
Editorial Correspondence, 
Becket, June 12th, 1849. 
BRO. BLISS :—After leaving the office, I took the 
cars for Worcester, and was unexpectedly and hap- 
, �
,.. �
Bro. EDWIN 
 
pity joined us, 
�
BURNHAM on the way, 
at Westboro'. �
On �
our arrival, we took tea with 
NEEDHAM, whom we found well, with his faro- 
ily, and pleasantly situated in �
his new field of labor. 
In �
the evening we preached to a good audience, 
mostly members of the church, who appeared deep- 
ly interested. �
We gave them a discourse or thed 
�
i �
u- 
ty of "Girding 
 up their loins," both in reference to 
their faith, and to the work assigned to us by provi- 
dente. �
It was well received. �
We hardly ever had 
abetter season in Worcester. �
'We found that 
NEEDHAM was well received �
in his new field of la- 
bor, arid prospects of usefulness ate �
before �
him.— 
church �
here �
have had �
a �
long trial, but they 
have lost nothing by �
patiently �
waiting �
f
or God to 
supply them with an under shepherd. 
On the morning of the 12th, Bro. BURNHAM hay- 
ing concluded to attend and assist us in �
the camp- 
meetin �
wetook the cars for this �
where we 
g, �
place, 
arrived about 4 o'clock. �
We found a few �
brethren 
present. �
Excellent arrangements had been made by 
the committee �
for �
the meeting. �
At 6 o'clock we 
had our first meeting, which was of an �
encouraging 
character. 
June 13th.—This morning we assembled again in 
the beautiful grove, with an increased congregation. 
Bro. HIMES gave a discourse on the evidence of the 
�
of the Bible. �
2. �
The literal �
interpretation, in 
 the Bible. 
reference to the Second Advent and Kingdom of Goo. 
3. The nearness of that event. �
He then laid open 
, �
, the d
uti
es and 
and enforced 
 �
responsibility of Advent- 
. ists at this time. �
In the P. M., Bro. EDWIN BURN- 
HAM gave a 
�
on the 8th of Rom. v. 28 : 
 discourse
s, We' 
are saved by hope." �
1. What is hope? �
2. The 
fluence in our great work, both for the spiritual 
influence of the church, and the salvation of souls. 
June 16th.-Bro. MATTHEWSON gave a discourse 
on the Kingdom of GOD at hand. LUKE 21 : 31.-
Ho showed that it was yet future, and that the signs 
of the Second Advent all showed that it was nigh at 
hand. He closed with an exhortation for all to he 
prepared. Bro. W. BURNHAM spoke in the P. M. 
from LUKE 20 : 34-36. 1. He showed what was 
meant by " that world." It was this world reno-
vated, and subjected to JESUS CHRIST in the restitu-
tion. 2. What was meant by the resurrection from 
(out from) the dead'? It was the _first resurrection. 
Rev. 20 : 6 ; the better resurrection which the great 
" cloud of witnesses " desired. Heb. 11 : 35. 3. 
Those who would be " counted worthy " to obtain 
that world. The righteous of all ages, and the in-
fants of all time. Lastly. The glory and happiness 
of that world. The prayer and conference-meeting 
was fully attended, and was blessed to many. 
About dusk, a class of rude and reckless young 
men commenced an attack upon one of our tents, and 
cut it in pieces, and committed other outrages on the 
camp ground. Being restrained by the officers of 
the peace, they returned from the camp-ground to 
the road, and made attacks upon some of our breth-
ren. Bro. W. BURNHAM received a blow from a 
stone; and several others were wounded slightly. 
We were kept up till near morning by their insults 
and depredations. 
Sabbath, June 17th.-Early this morning the mob 
renewed their depredations upon the preacher's 
stand, seats, &c. But the good citizens flocking to 
the meeting in large numbers, soon placed the mobo-
crats in fear and subjection, so that we have had the 
most perfect order during the day. 
Bro. HIMES gave a discourse in the morning on 
the Kingdom of Goo, from MATT. 6: 10. He 
showed that the preparation for the Kingdom was 
not the Kingdom. The " righteousness, joy, and 
peace in the Holy Spirit," enjoyed by Christians is, 
when enjoyed in its brightest degree, only the quali-
fication for the Kingdom. The Kingdom comes lit-
erally on the Advent of the King in glory, and the 
resurrection and glorification of the saints. He also 
showed that the last of earthly kingdoms are now 
crumbling, and will soon give place to the Kingdom 
of the son of DAVID. In the P. M. Bro. E. BURN-
HAM gave a discourse on some of the principal points 
of the Advent faith. JOHN 18 : 38. " What is 
truth? " �
1. What is the standard of revealed 
truth ? The Word of GOD. 2. What are some of 
the prominent truths connected with our hope ?-
He took a wide range, and illustrated many points of 
interest to an audience, of whom many had never 
heard before on the subject. 
The meeting was closed with great solemnity.-
Many expressed their convictions of the reasonable-
ness of the Advent faith, and others of its truth. 
A number confessed their need of a SAVIOUR, and 
several professed conversion. Much prejudice has 
been removed, and we can but hope that the Advent 
cause has been advanced. 
The little flock in this town have been much 
strengthened and encouraged. They have been af-
flicted, in common with other societies, with dis-
tracting views. But they are resolved to maintain 
order, and in future give support to faithful and con-
sistent teachers. May GOD prosper them. 
They have our thanks for their kindness and libe- 
rality. �
J. V. H. 
RELIGIOUS ENTHULIASM.-The term expressive of 
contempt varies with the age and country. PAUL 
was called mad iu the judgment-hall of Cwsarea. A 
man with the devotedness of PAUL would in the court 
of CHARLES II. have been called a Puritan-in a 
conclave of High Churchmen he would be called a 
Methodist-in our tasteful and literary circles he 
would be called a fanatic-in a party of ecclesiastics, 
where coldness passes for rationality, he woflld be 
called an enthusiast-and in private life, where secu-
larity and indifference form the tame and undeviating 
features of almost every company, he would, if alto-
gether a Christian, be spoken of as a man whose 
wrong-headed peculiarities rendered him a very odd 
and unnatural exception to the general character of 
the species.-Dr. Chalmers. 
THE Harbinger comes to us this week enlarged to 
the size of the Advent Herald. We hope it may 
yet give promise of being an efficient co-worker in 
the advancement of the cause. Such evidence would 
give us great joy. 
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.-To all new subscribers for 
the Herald, who send us the advance pay for the 
next volume, we shall send the balance of the pres-
ent volume, from the time they subscribe, gratis. 
Chardon Street Lectures, No. 2, 
BY J. P. WEETHEE. 
TILE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECCLESIASTICAL REVOLUTIONS OF 
EUROPE, AS EXPLANATORY OF DAN. 7:0-26, AND 
REV. 13: 1-11, AND 14 6, 7. 
The present is an age of rapid development. A 
crisis in the world's history is evidently near. With 
the aid of the Bible, we are enabled accurately to 
scan the future, and give to the church and the world 
that instruction, which, if heeded, will fit them for 
meeting, with joy, the final issue. 
The Jews were severely reproved for rejecting 
their Messiah. Surrounded with the most striking 
exhibitions of his Divine mission, they coolly demand 
of him a " sign from heaven." In his reply, he 
teaches that race of hypocrites this lesson : that if 
they had scanned the prophetic sky with the same 
degree of interest as had been bestowed upon the 
physical heavens, their question would have been ob-
viated. Such a demand from such a people, exhib-
ited deep depravity, and ingratitude unpardonable. 
Many signs cluster around the second advent of our 
Redeemer. These are designed to give to all ample 
notice of his approach, in the " glory of his Father, 
and of the holy angels," to set up his everlasting 
kingdom. Is not the same severe rebuke applicable 
to the mass of the present generation ? 
When the days of Babylon were numbered, and 
hersking was feasting with a thousand of his lords, 
and drinking wine out of the golden cops from the 
Jewish Temple, " In the same hour came forth fin-
gers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the 
candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's 
palace : and the king saw the part of the hand that 
wrote." Under intense mental agony, lie cries aloud 
for his wise men and astrologers, arid offers a princely 
reward for an interpretation. To those men the hand 
was strange, the writing a mystery,-it was not their 
father's manuscript. DANIEL, the learned Hebrew, 
is called, and reveals to the dismayed sovereign his 
sudden doom. 
Near the close of all Gentile domination, the same 
hand re-appears, writing upon the palace walls of 
the European monarchs. The learned, the wise, the 
astrologers of the age, are enquired of for an inter-
pretation. From the publications of the day, we ga-
ther three popular versions of this important manu-
script. These readings are the following:- 
The leading politicians interpret these move-
ments as clearly indicating the speedy establishment 
of a universal Republic. 
The Socialist sees in them a brotherhood uni-
versal, waving its peaceful banners triumphantly over 
every land. 
The Christian world reads in the revolutions 
of the age, the early dawnings of a spiritual millen-
nial glory. 
Each of these versions we consider radically de-
fective. They assume the point in question, viz., 
that the world, in the hands of learned, wise men, is 
like clay in the hands of the potter. The claims of 
each version, as above stated, shall be examined in 
their order. 
I. The Republican version.-This rendering is con-
trary to the experience of all human legislation. So 
far, human governments have failed to secure the 
unity, peace, and perfection of their subjects. The 
following examples will clearly establish our position. 
1. The Jewish Kingdom.-This government had 
every possible facility to secure the perfectibility of 
that race : " a land flowing with milk and honey ;" 
a code of laws emanating from the Divine mind ; a 
people instructed by miracles, by visions, and by 
prophets; a nation born from the sea, cradled in the 
wilderness, and its riper years in constant view of the 
glory of Goo, as exhibited in the sanctuary. Of that 
nation JEHOVAH asks, " What more could I have 
done for my vineyard that I have not done?" With 
the full light of heaven to guide them to perfection 
of human rule, what was the result? A total fail-
ure! Read it from the pages of inspiration. Their 
first progressive step was the rejection of GOD as 
their king.-1 Sam. 9 : 7. After being told what 
their king would do, they reply, " We will have a 
king over us; that we also may be like all the na-
tions; and that our king may judge us, and go out 
before us, and fight our battles."-vs. 19, 20. 
Under SAUL, DAVID, and SOLOMON, the federal 
union of the twelve states (tribes) was preserved, yet 
not without serious danger of a rupture. On the 
death of SOLOMON, all the states convened at She-
chem, to elect REHOBOAM as their king. One condi-
tion only was required : " Make thou the grievous 
service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which lie 
put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee."-1 
Kings 12:4. The request is reasonable, and his aged 
councillors advise it; but the young men persuade 
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him to return them the following answer : " My lit-
tle finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. My 
father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to 
your yoke : my father bath chastised you with whips, 
I will chastise you with scorpions."-vs. 10,11. The 
union is immediately dissolved : a northern and south-
ern confederacy spring into being-ten states against 
two, under rival brothers. 
The Ten Tribes.-That their course was progres-
sive, the sequel of their history will show. The 
issue of their downward legislative career is thus re-
corded :-" The children of Israel walked in all the 
sins of JEROBOAM which he did ; they departed not 
from them; until the Loan removed Israel out of his 
sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. 
So was Israel carried away out of their own land to 
Assyria unto this day."-2 King 17 : 22, 23. 
The Two Tribes had their national being contin-
ued more than a century longer, though under se-
vere provocations. Their downward track may be 
traced in blood, and by acts of deep depravity and 
the grossest idolatry. A noted revival took place 
under JOSIAH. Great hopes were entertained of na-
tional prosperity ; notwithstanding " the LORD turned 
not from the fierceness of his great wrath, where-
with his anger was kindled against Judah, because 
of all the provocations that MANAssEH had provoked 
him withal. And the LORD said, I will remove Ju-
dah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, 
and I will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have 
chosen, and the house of which I said, My name 
shall be there." 
The cup of that Wicked nation is at length full, 
and Gon pronounces its doom in the following 
words :-" And thou, profane wicked prince of Is-
rael, (Judah) whose day is come, when iniquity shall 
have an end, thus saith the Lotto GOD : Remove the 
diadem, and take off the crown : this shall not be 
the same : exalt him that is low, and abase him that 
is high. I will overturn, OVERTURN, OVERTURN 
it : and it shall he no more, until he come, whose 
right it is, arid I will give it him."-Ezek. 21 :25-
27. The diadem, the symbol of supreme rule, now 
passes to the Babylonian, the first Gentile dynasty. 
A new race attempts to elevate mankind, and to 
make progress toward human perfectibility. We 
will attempt to trace this new line of progression. 
Babylonian Dynasty.-This tranfer of supreme 
power was sanctioned by JEHOVAH. " GOD gave 
JEHOIAKIM, king of Judah, into the hand of NEBU-
CHADNEZZAR, king of Babylon." This monarch 
was in possession of universal dominion. Dan. 2 : 
37, 38. In the pride of his heart, as he walks in 
his palace, he exclaims, " Is not this great Babylon, 
that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the 
might of my power, and for the honor of my majes-
ty? " The same hour he is driven to dwell seven 
years with the beasts. Gon had not then delivered 
up the special control of national legislation. Such 
language can now be uttered by rulers with impuni-
ty. The lesson brought this haughty monarch to 
divine allegiance. From Dan. 5 : 17-31, we learn 
the fate of that dynasty, and the reason of its over-
throw. It progressed in wealth, pride, arid impiety, 
until Gon overturned it, and gave the diadem to 
The Medo-Persian Dynasty.-Its rulers were in-
ferior to those of Babylon, and its laws more oppres-
sive, and its acts exceedingly crutch and blood-
thirsty. Nations were conquered, despoiled, and re-
duced to servitude. Its cup is soon full, the nation 
is overturned, and the diadem passes over to the 
Grecian Dynasty.-Under the domination of the 
third Gentile family, a new era in human legislation 
begins to dawn-one marked by the spread of liberal 
principles. Literature and science are carried to a 
high degree of perfection. Fresh hopes spring up 
in all hearts, as they fondly anticipate the speedy in-
troduction of the golden age. The laws enacted by 
this dyasty were unequal, being at times oppressive. 
The superior polish of the Grecian made every hu-
man defect the more glaring, and taught mankind 
one important lesson, that the world has no self-reno-
vating power. Mark the character of those stales : 
in youth, crafty and energetic ; in manhood, rigorous 
and extremely selfish ; in old age, superstitious, vo-
luptuous, fickle-minded, and grossly deficient in acts 
of philanthropy. Without Gon, its downward course 
speedily ended in the transfer of the diadem to the 
Roman Dynasty.-The long history of the fourth 
monarchy is one of repeated experiment in legisla-
tion. Every form of government is, in turn, adopt- 
ed. �
No civil body ever put forth more untiring of 
forts to establish a universal brotherhood. The na-
tions which they conquered, merely became tributa- 
ry. �
They used all methods to secure the affections 
of their prostrate enemies. They extended their citi-
zenship to all countries. To be able to say, " I am 
a Roman citizen," was esteemed by all an exalted 
privilege. Even an apostle thought it not improper, 
on one occasion, to claim its privileges. In the days 
Of AUGUSTUS and TRAJAN, the Roman empire was 
in the zenith of human grandeur. Did that gov-
ernment, however, advance and purify the character 
of our race? After a struggle of eleven centuries, 
what are its laws? More oppressive than at first-
its subjects corrupted; and shorn of wealth and hap-
piness. 
At the age of two thousand years of toil and 
change, that dynasty arrives at-" midnight ! ! "-
Although the gospel has elevated those obedient to 
its requisitions, yet unaided human legislation has for 
4,000 years been moving in the downward scale of 
progression. We are aware that such statements 
will be considered by some untrue. The last half 
century has excited in the minds of many the hope 
of a glorious triumph of enlighted, liberal princi-
ples. Dr. BAIRD sums up and has embodied the an-
ticipations of this class as follows : " Our age is pro-
gressive, 1. In nature. 2. In the comforts of. 3. 
In the. facilities of intercourse. 4. In commercial 
freedom. 5. In interest for human miseries. 6. In 
popular education. 7. In political freedom. 8. In 
discoveries of the age. 9. In freedom of the press. 
10. In investigating every subject anew. 11. In 
struggles for religious freedom. 12. In missionary 
efforts. The construction of a real universal brother-
hood-time latter day glory, is drawing nigh, though 
material interests have had greater progress than 
spiritual." His concluding admission ruins his theo-
ry, for they really establish the view of Macauley, as 
expressed so vividly in his late History of' England : 
" All around us the world is convulsed by the 
agency of nations; governments which seemed 
lately like to stand for ages, have been on a sudden 
shaken and overthrown. The proudest capitals of 
western Europe have streamed with civil blood. All 
evil passions, the thirst of gain, thirst of vengeance, 
the antipathy of class to class, of race to race, have 
broken loose from the control of Divine and human 
laws. Fear and anxiety have clouded the face and 
depressed the hearts of millions. Trade has been 
suspended, and industry paralyzed ; the rich bave be-
come poor, and the poor poorer. Doctrines hostile 
to all sciences, to all arts, to all industry ; doctrines 
which, if carried into effect, would, in thirty years, 
undo all that thirty centuries have done for man-
kind,-and would make the fairest provinces of 
France or Germany as savage as Guiana or Patago-
nia, have been avowed from the tribune, and de-
fended by the sword. Europe has been threatened 
with subjugation by barbarians compared with 
whom, the barbarians who marched under Attila or 
Alboin, were enlightened and humane. The truest 
friends of the people have, with deep sorrow, owned 
that interests more precious than any political privi-
leges, were in jeopardy, and that it might be neces-
sary to sacrifice even liberty, to save civilization." 
The do'-trine of the progressive improvement of 
mankind, through the agency of human legislation, 
is contrary to the plain teachings of the word of 
God. The Bible contains a condensed history of all 
the leading civil dominions, to the establishment of 
the everlasting kingdom of JEHOVAH. That :history 
was given in symbols to DANIEL and JOHN. Their 
names, order, and relative importance, are clearly 
given. That order fixes the character of human 
progression. 
THE IMAGE, Dan. •2 : 31-45.-An inspired 'outlive 
of the history of Gentile domination, is brought to 
view in the metal-clay image. It is the " Almanac 
of Prophecy." The nations have a human embodi-
ment. 
The head of gold,-the most honorable member 
of the body,-symbolizes the Babylonian rulers, the 
first in order, honor, and wealth. 
The breasts and arms of silver denotes the 
second body of rulers, inferior to the former, in 
wealth and legislative ability. 
The belly and sides of brass represent a third 
dynasty, inferior to the second, as shown from the 
selection of a metal of less value for its symbol. 
The legs of iron denote strength,-intimating 
the character of the undivided fourth monarchy. 
The iron and clay of the feet and toes symlsol-
ize a mixed race of rulers,-divided and weak. 
The order of national legislative progression is 
gold-silver-brass-iron-clay :-from gold to clay. 
National progression is not therefore along the as-
cending scale of human perfectibility, but on the de-
scending scale of universal corruption. The same 
great truth is taught by the symbols of the 7th of 
DANIEL. The nations of the earth, being incapable 
of self-renovation, are ground to dust, and scattered 
by the four winds, to give room for the establish-
ment. of GOD'S everlasting kingdom. 
The political events now being evolved from the 
great national laboratory, forbid the Republican ver-
sion of the late European Revolutions. 
Political sentiments now exist of every possible 
variety-from Red:Republicanism to absolute Des-
potism. Nations have constitutional traits, like in-
dividuals, and you can as soon reduce the entire 
race of man to one color, one size, and one mind, 
as the nations. What class of political ideas can 
manufacture into a homogeneous web the Bedouin, 
the Hottentot, the Indian, the Chinese, the Tartar, 
the Cossack, the French, the Patagonian, and the 
Anglo-Saxon ? 
The struggle is between the races for the su-
premacy of political views. Is the world to become, 
Cossack or Republican? The conflict is one of ex-
termination. The mass of mankind, without cen-
turies of instruction, could not appreciate the princi-
ples of enlightened liberty. 
We are constrained to regard the Republican 
leaders unsafe expositors of the signs of the times ; 
dreamers, who see ages of political grandeur,-
when GOD, having weighed the nations in his bal-
ances, is about to terminate their being. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Boston Conference. 
THURSDAY, MAY 31—AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Singing, and prayer by Bro. W. Burnham. 
The committee appointed to prepare the report 
provided for by the resolutions of the New York 
Conference, on the defence of our Conferences ; and 
to " correct " the misstatements of the " Harbinger," 
presented their report, which was read by Bro. Need-
ham. The report was accepted. 
It was then moved to adopt the report and to re-
commit, that it might be revised for publication. This 
motion elicited the following remarks. 
Bro. Hale remarked, that the committee had had 
but little time, and were embarrassed with other 
things. They did not wish the report published and 
circulated, unless the Conference was satisfied of its 
correctness. Bro. Marsh says, " If I am mistaken, 
I shall be glad to be corrected." Brethren have gone 
to him, individually, and told him he was mistaken. 
Bro. Needham, Bro. Mansfield went to him with 
tears in his eyes; and for a moment he seemed to 
relent. Bro. Himes went to him., and he was told 
that he was only an individual. Let the Conference 
now speak. The only way we can do, therefore, as 
all must admit, is for us as a Conference to speak.—
These charges against our Conferences, and misstate-
ments concerning them, are made intentionally, or 
from a lack of intelligence. In either case, he is in 
the fault. If a brother has not the sense to appre-
hend the sentiments of another when made intelligi-
ble, lie has not the ability to conduct a paper. While 
these injurious statements stand uncorrected, and are 
doing their pernicious work, I cannot have confi-
dence in the author of them. I want this confidence 
restored, if possible ; and to do it, we must speak as 
a Conference. Will you do it ? I repeat, I want 
this confidence restored, if it can be. If we refuse 
to act as a Conference, it cannot be. • If the brethren 
think they can devise any other way to proceed, I 
should be glad to learn it. 
Bro. Edwin Burnham remarked, that we were 
placed under peculiar circumstances. We have not 
fully examined the matter, so as to understand it in 
all its bearings. I do not wish to act in the case 
without a full and fair view of the whole subject.—
And I cannot give my vote without such an under-
standing. 
Bro. Good thought that it would be better to re-
commit the report, for such amendments as might be 
deemed necessary. 
Bro. Hale said : If the thing was analyzed, we 
should find, that though there are different classes 
among us, holding different sentiments, all wish that 
something may be done. One class has nothing to 
say in justification of Bro. Marsh's course. Ano-
ther class is not satisfied as to the amount of wrong. 
Another class may be satisfied of his injudicious 
course, but doubt the propriety of publishing the 
wrong. All that is asked is, that these brethren put 
this matter into the hands of a competent committee, 
that it may be attended 
Bro. Fletcher doubted the propriety of publishing 
so large an address. 
Bro. Himes said : Here are statements in this ad-
dress made as plain as any rule in mathematics. We 
need not fear to act. As to giving up the cause to 
suffer as it has done, we cannot do it. To live with 
and in professed fellowship with men, and have to 
meet, at the same time, their tide of opposing influ-
ence, is neither consistent or proper. This feeling 
that will not meet existing difficulties, is most un-
pleasant. These misstatements which have been 
spoken of are grievous. I should be glad, if those 
who fear to expose them had to stand in my place and 
feel their influence. 
Bro. Adrian said : I am interested in the discussion 
going on, and I wonder that there should be a brother 
who is not prepared to act ; especially as we are 
called on by Bro. M. to do so. Bro. Burnham and 
others are net ignorant of these things. If there are 
but a dozen here ready to act, I will act with them. 
Those who are conscientious and cannot act, I will 
not denounce. I feel, however, that we are called on 
to act even for the good of Bro. M. himself. 
Bro. Crowell objected to the lengthy address being 
published ; but if it was, he hoped the article would 
be confined to particular acts and items. 
Bro. Needham said : Bro. Crowell speaks of cut-
ting down the report. I ask that brother to put his 
finger on a single act, or part, aside from the one al-
lusion to personal matters, that he would have 
amended, or cut off. I wait for an answer. 
Bro. Crowell : I cannot. 
Bro. Needham : We have dealt with Bro. M. in 
our individual capacity. I have done this, Bro. Mans- 
field has done it, and it was he that drew up the reso-
lutions referred to in the address. When I was called 
upon as a committee, I did not refuse to act. We 
have come to an important crisis in our history. I 
cannot go in this way any longer. There are some 
who do not want this to go out. I never feared to 
do right. Let it go, I say. And instead of two or 
three thousand copies, let ten thousand be published. 
Are they facts referred to in the report ? They prove 
themselves to be so. This very Conference is stig- 
matized as anti-Christian. But we �
not publish 
these things to the world ! The world know it al-
ready. What should we do? Suppose a man has 
the small-pox—must we conceal him ? How, then, 
shall he be ministered to? Here is an evil, and I can 
meet it as a Christian. It is time that we take a 
stand. 
Bro. Fletcher said he felt to sympathize with the 
Conference, and was not disposed to question the re- 
port of the committee. But the question with him 
was, Is it advisable to publish the report? Will Bro. 
M. be benefittedl 
Bro. Goud said : If the Conference takes up this 
matter, it will reach some minds that cannot be 
reached otherwise. There is no impropriety in pub-
lishing the report, when put in proper shape. We 
ought to act when called upon, as in this case we are 
by Bro. M. 
Bro. Bliss said : This matter lies in a nut-shell. 
Our Conferences are called unlawful and anti-Chris- 
tian, and our acts are misrepresented. When we 
pass resolutions against war unqualifiedly, including 
both its spirit and practice, making no exception in 
favor of any kind of war, we are misrepresented as 
justifying defensive war. When we pass resolutions, 
and give in connection the evidence by which the 
truths in those resolutions are sustained, we are mis- 
represented as resolving without evidence, and giving 
our own declarations in the place of God's word.— 
When we attempt to raise money to assist brethren 
in preaching, and scattering publications, we are 
misrepresented as seeking to create a permanent fund, 
and tempting our brethren by the love of filthy lucre. 
When we invite them out to labor, we are misrepre-
sented as usurping the prerogative of Jehovah, and 
sitting in judgment on the opinions of brethren,— 
and so on to the end of the chapter. Now, there is no 
one here present so stupid, as not to see the cruelty of 
the misrepresentations complained of. There is no 
one present who can deny, that they are glaring per-
versions of our doings. These things are done by 
one professing to he laboring with us in the same 
great work. Such a course cuts off all co-operation. 
We wish to heal the wound, by inducing him to see 
the folly of his course, repent of and forsake it.—
These misstatements have been pointed out to him 
privately, and before witnesses, without effect. It 
now only remains to tell it to the church, and see if 
he will hear the church. He refuses to believe the 
statements of individual members of the Conference, 
respecting the design of the Conference in these mea-
sures. They, in his opinion, have no right to speak 
for the Conference, and it therefore became necessary 
for it to speak. Accordingly, at New York we 
passed resolutions, appointing a committee to de- 
fend the lawfulness and Christianity of our meetings 
to confer together; and to point out the misstate-
ments of which we complain, that the brethren may 
act understandingly on this subject. This duty has 
been performed, and their report is before you, de-
fending ourselves against such aspersions. Taking 
a few references out, and it is a just expression for 
the Conference to make. Can we, in justice to our-
selves, to our brethren, to the cause, and above all, 
to God, be silent respecting this matter? As was 
remarked at New York, had any of the large reli-
gious papers thus misrepresented us, we should have 
considered ourselves greatly outraged. When Ben- 
nett's " Herald " gave a wrong report of our doings, 
the Conference promptly pointed out his errors, and 
asked him to correct. He did not correct them, of 
course. Now, when a brother misrepresents us, can 
we do less than show him his errors, and ask him 
to make reparation ? hoping he will re-instate him-
self by so doing. 
Bro. Crowell said : If what Bro. Bliss has got out 
of the nut-shell was published, there would not be a 
brother in the Conference to dissent. 
Bro. Osier remarked : We ought to condemn no 
man without proof. If the facts of the report are 
true, we ought to act. Every member should make 
this matter a practical one. Suppose that Bro. M. 
should say of Bro. Burnham,_ that he was going 
about publishing anti-Christian doctrines—would Bro. 
B. be pleased with it? 
Bro. Burnham: Not under certain circumstances. 
Bro. Osler : We are charged with being anti- 
Christian. Would we allow it if the same was pub-
lished in any other paper? We ought to meet these 
charges publicly, as they have been made publicly. 
Bro. Wellcome said he had read articles against 
Conferences as long as that report, and he could see 
no impropriety in publishing it in full. 
Bro. Hale said : We are doing just what must be 
done, or nothing must be done. The word of God 
is good for correction. Bro. M. says, If I am wrong, 
correct me. If he admits his misstatements, he is cor-
rected. If he does not, the world should understand 
that he is no true yoke-fellow. There is no other 
way to benefit him. How can he be benefitted by 
any other means? 
Bro. Himes said : I have confidence in the Advent 
body, and I am glad that there is a body in which 
confidence can be placed. The great difficulty is in 
getting our brethren to look at existing evils. I am 
willing to leave the whole matter to this Conference, 
to do what they please with it. I want this report, 
if published, to be divested of everything not relevant, 
and published, not as a charge or rebuke, but as a 
Christian entreaty to a Christian brother, that he will 
not brand us as an anti-Christian body. When the 
New York " Herald " misrepresented us, we as a 
Conference requested a correction. Now, here is a 
brother that does the same, and embarrasses us on 
every hand ; and shall we not reprove him? If we 
love that brother, we will entreat him to make hon-
orable amends. 
The motion to re-commit, to prepare for the press, 
passed unanimously. 
Moved that five brethren be added to the existing 
committee, and that they be nominated by the chair. 
Brn. Goud, E. Burnham, Osler, Weethee, and S. 
Rogers, were nominated and chosen. 
Bro. Lenfest remarked, that Bro. Ingham had con-
cluded to accompany him to Nova Scotia, arid he 
wished him to go out under the sanction of the Con-
ference. 
Thereupon it was Resolved, That this Conference 
learns with pleasure the intention of Brn. Lenfest 
and Ingham, to labor for the advancement of the Ad-
vent interest in the province of Nova Scotia, and we 
affectionately commend them to the confidence of the 
brethren in that vicinity. 
After remarks from the chairman, the conference 
adjourned by prayer and benediction, sine die. 
0. R. FASSETT, seeys. H. PLUMMER, Pres't. 
S. Buss, 
[The address, as prepared by the committee, will 
be published next week.] 
Correspondence. 
THE VISION Or THE PROPHET. 
DAN. 7 : 1-14. 
'Twas night—the shades of twilight waned, 
And darkness its dominion kept ; 
While silence in the palace reigned, 
Where Babylonia's monarch slept. 
The man of God—the Hebrew seer— 
Sank on his couch and sought repose ; 
While slumber kindly dried the tear 
That pity shed o'er Israel's woes. 
The prophet dreamed not of that land 
That God by oath to Judah gave; 
Nor of that wasted, lonely band 
That long had wept by Babel's wave. 
The God_ of heaven dispelled the clouds 
Which lingered on the vault of night ; 
And drew aside the veil which shrouds 
Futurity from finite sight. 
He saw the kingdoms of the world 
In quick succession rise and fall : 
Till Rome, with blood-stained flag unfurled, 
Vanished beneath the fun'ral pall. 
They crumbled one by one : the power 
Of Babylon to Persia bowed, 
While Greece, in her triumphant hour 
Veiled Persia's glory in a cloud. 
Then Rome appeared : her plains were strewn 
With lifeless clay and crimson gore ; 
Greece trembled, and her haughty throne 
Tottered and fell, to rise no more. 
Ages passed by ; the victor's rod 
Was with the blood of virtue stained ; 
And long against the saints of God 
The pure of earth his sword prevailed. 
But lo ! the day of vengeance came, 
Rome quailed before the awful ire 
Of Him whose " throne was like the flame, 
And chariot wheels as burning fire." 
'Twas done, the Roman sceptre broke, 
Its sun went down, no more to rise ; 
And from her ruined walls the smoke 
Rose, red with vengeance, to the skies. 
It came at last—that heavenly reign— 
Foretold by seers, embalmed in song ; 
And to the Lamb once spurned and slain, 
There bowed a ransomed, countless throng. 
The Prince of Peace his flag unfurled, 
The sun in heaven unclouded shone, 
And God upon a glorious world 
Set up an everlasting throne. 
LETTER PROM I. E. JONES. 
VERY DEAR BRO.:—Through the great mercy of 
our Heavenly Father, I arrived bionic the 2d inst. I 
found my family and friends all well. My health has 
improved very much. My lung is cicatrized, but it is 
not yet firm. I rattle some when laying on my left 
side, and occasionally raise a little pus, which, I think, 
comes from the larynx. This is the third pulmonary 
attack that I have had within the last twenty years; 
this, however, wag much more dangerous than the 
two former ones, as I then had only scattering tubu-
cies in my lungs in the first instance, with heinopty-
sis, and in the second, an abscess, which soon healed. 
Whereas this time, I had a large excavation in my 
right lung, besides tubuculation of the upper and 
lower portions of my left lung. When at the worst, 
I would expectorate a pint per day, so thick in the 
forenoon, that it would pile up in a conical form. In 
addition to this, my liver, spleen, and kidneys, were 
considerably afl'ected. In this condition, it a as only 
with the best medicines, a good regimen, and a 
change of climate, that I could be expected to re-
cover. From twenty years' experience, observation, 
and reading on this class of disease, I am very cer-
tain that I employed the best remedies now known; 
while the unbounded kindness of my friends in Brook-
lyn and New York enabled me to find a better cli-
mate, where the remedies were not constantly coun-
teracted by colds. The result, under God's blessing, 
I have already stated. May endless blessings be 
awarded to those of my friends who have so largely 
and freely ministered to me in my great extremity.—
The blessing of the orphan and needy is surely theirs. 
Unspeakably as they have blessed me, they have 
more abundantly blessed themselves, either in 'this 
world or in the world to come, or in both. For, "It 
is mote blessed to give than to receive." " Inasmuch 
as ye did it to the least of these my brethren, ye did 
it unto me," said the great Rewarder of the quick 
and the dead. If men generally believed the prom-
ises of God, to reward every unselfish act of mercy, 
as fully as they believe a note on the old Suffolk hank, 
what glorious results would follow to the afflicted 
here, and to their benefactors hereafter ! 
I became acquainted with several persons at' 
Charleston, whom I shall remember with much inter-
est. Bro. Gerard is the fruit of Bro. Chandler's la-
bors there. He afterwards induced Bro. Matthiesson 
to read the " Herald," who soon adopted our views. 
Bro. M. then induced Bro. Newbold to read it, who 
also embraced the same views. A few others have 
been made favorable in the same way. Any suitable 
books forwarded to Bro. Matthiessan, 42 Church-st., 
Charleston, S. C., will be faithfully and unweariedly 
circulated. 
I found Charleston to be an unusually quiet, or-
derly, and cleanly city, with less rowdyism than in 
any city of its size 1 have ever visited. Their bat-
tery presents incomparably the most delightful prome- 
nade I have ever found. The city generally appears 
old and weather-beaten, even the new buildings. As 
far as the eye can reach in every directioe, it rests on 
a dead level. I was much amused on visiting Mount 
Pleasant, to find it an elevation of only twenty-five 
or thirty feet. 
I was glad to find the slaves in Charleston treated 
with much greater kindness than I had supposed 
could be. Indeed, if I were to state the facts in the 
case, I suppose that I should be as little credited as I 
have previously credited others in similar circum- 
stances. But as all this does not in die least alter 
the principle of slavey, it has not reconciled me to it. 
God will soon set everything right. 
In returning from Charleston, I witnessed one of 
the richest scenes in my retrospections—it was a 
storm at sea. This I had often heard described, 
without, however, giving me the least conception of 
it. The wind blew a good breeze through the Sab-
bath, and Monday it increased to a storm ; not a heavy 
one, like the gale when I went out in the " South-
erner," but just sufficient to make the sea and the 
ship appear to advantage—not awful, but sublirne.-s-
The " Columbia," in which I returned, is a new, 
staunch ship, of five hundred tons, and is well com-
manded. Everything was like clock-work. When 
the sea was at the roughest, the vessel's bow would 
peer above the swell, as if she would ride into the 
heavens ; but suddenly shaking herself of the spray, 
and bending downward, as if she was determined to 
first have one more giant contest, she would leap 
down into the yawning abyss, as if she would rend 
the swelling mountain at its base. I could scarcely 
divest myself of the impression, that she was 
mighty spirit from another world, in deadly strife 
with the no less enraged waters. I confess I did not 
always feel exactly easy when she was leaping head-
long down into the gulf, as if she was going straight 
to the bottom ; but I felt a most indescribable emo-
tion of triumph every swell that she successively 
mounted. Indeed, there seemed to be nothing want-
ing to complete the excitement, but some ten thou-
sand voices to cheer her as she triumphantly mounted 
the enraged billows. 
We were nine days out, and the last four we were 
becalmed in a dense fog, which felt to my lungs like 
the hot vapor of some sharp acid. This sensation 
continued for near a week after I arrived home. But 
I feel nothing of it now. 
I found the religious interest here much the same 
as when I left. Bro. Robinson has performed the 
labor of two men, but he cannot long hold up under 
it without a miracle, equal to raising the dead. How 
much I may be able to preach, if spared, I cannot 
predict. I ought, however, to be exceedingly care-
ful through the summer. The brethren here fully 
appreciate my condition, and very tenderly hold me 
back, instead of inviting me forward. 
If it should please the Lord to spare me, I hope to 
visit a part of my old friends in New England this 
summer: say Boston, Lowell, Concord, Pittsfield, 
Alton, Barnstead, Haverhill, Providence, and per- 
H.S.P. 
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been a great work, by which God hath been pleased, 
though a world may spurn and revile, pronouncing 
their anathema against its advocates. For my part, 
I feel like one that is bound for the reign of Christ, 
knowing the present era cannot long exist. Though 
nation may rise against nation, monarch and rulers 
may be enthroned and dethroned ; the man of sin 
may prevail ; infidelity may progress, and the peace 
and safety cries of a long temporal welfare, yet God's 
appointed judgment is approaching. In this state of 
self-sectrity, the God of our holy fathers will make 
his appearance to his welcome bride. Surely this is 
a time of trial. Our hopes of seeing Christ, so far 
15:10. If we do not resist or grieve the Holy Spirit, as they were raised by definite time, have been cut 
we shall do all his- mind,—we shall be active and off. Will he now delay long? Is not the scene vet 
zealous as he would have us he. But for us to set 
about the work of religion in the sense of doing our 
part, and then wait for God to do his, seems to me 
an error. 
ASSURANCE OF FAITH. 
Rock city, a village in the town of Milton ; but ow- I 
ing to a severe storm, the attendance was small, un-
til Sabbath afternoon, and but little was apparently 
accomplished. The conduct of certain spiritualizers 
and feet-washers in '44 and '45, has left an influ-
ence against Adventists here; yet those who did at-
tend manifested an interest to hear, when they 
learned how widely different are reports concerning 
our views and the facts. 
We were obliged to re-
fuse other invitations in this region until July ; the 
harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few.—
Hope then, by the help of God, associated with 
Brn. Ingmire and Gates, to do much towards dif-
fusing light in this region, concerning the hastening 
judgment.. 
Held several meetings at Saratoga Springs, and 
but small congregations attended, say from forty to 
one hundred ; yet most of them gave excellent at-
tention, and, in short, God owned and blessed our 
labors. 
It will be seen by the appointments the arrange-
ments for labor in this region in July ; and it is my 
heart's desire and prayer to God, that the Word may 
take effect, and accomplish much towards the salva-
tion of souls. I have engaged Brn. Ingmire and 
Gates to associate with me iu the work there, as 
well as labor some at Albany and Troy. Hope the 
friends of the cause will see the necessity of libe-
rally aiding us by their attendance and joint labors, 
as well as by their " carnal things." My labors 
have been generally blessed of God, and approved 
by sound-minded friends of truth. I have now ar-
rived at home, almost entirely exhausted of strength, 
in absolute need of rest, before entering upon my 
engagements in Saratoga Co. But I have looked 
about me the two days since I arrived, and I find my 
expenses have run ahead of my receipts some $ 60 
or $ 70, mostly during the past spring, in conse-
quence of the inability of the friends where 1 have 
labored to do what they very much desired. I 
therefore have engaged to enter a counting-house 
the remainder of this month, and only preach each 
Sabbath ; hence my appointments at Albany and 
Troy are given up. If my necessities are not other-
wise relieved by August, I must again enter upon 
the same business. Will not the friends in Sarato-
ga Co. and vicinity in July come forward with their 
alms, prayers, and local influence, in favor of this 
noblest cause ? 
I attended the Conference at Boston during the 
last day of it, much to my satisfaction and encour-
agement ; as I met with many tried friends and fel-
low-laborers from various parts of the country.—
Was much blessed of God in obeying the ordanance 
of ordination. I engaged in the work of the minis-
try in 1842 at Albany, but have deferred ordination 
for want of suitable occasion, and also from not see-
ing any immediate necessity for it. At the New 
York Conference I suggested to a friend that I de-
sired to he ordained by the conference of elders ; but, 
as it was the last day of the Conference, it was not 
brought forward until the motion for adjournment to 
Boston was made,—and then, at my request, it was 
left to some future occasion. On arriving at Boston, 
Bro. Hiines, acting in behalf of my friends, solicited 
my ordination, which I at once acceded to. Have I 
any other object in view than to labor in concert and 
unison with others of like precious faith, en advancing, 
 
the cause of truth in reference to the hastening judg- 
ment, at the coming and kingdom of Jesus Christ? 
God, who knoweth the heart, be my judge ! May 
my right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue 
cleave to the roof of my mouth, if ever I forget the 
one work to which God has called us ! Read the 
events to be announced and prepared for, in Rev. 
10 : 7-11 ; 11 : 6-10, and when Jesus himself shall 
descend from heaven with the last trumpet, the day 
of the Lord will commence as a destruction from time 
Almighty upon the wicked, but to the salvation of 
all his people, and the accomplishment of those great 
events which it has been and is our duty to proclaim. 
—Rev. 10 : 6 ; 11 : 15-18 ; 1 Thes. 4 : 13-17 ; 5 : 
1-5 ; 2 'Chess. 1 : 7-10 ; 2 : 8. Need I add, that 
every nerve, and sinew, and affection of my being 
sympathized and vibrated in thrilling unison with the 
stirring and truthful charge to me on that occasion, 
—to me, as an approved fellow-laborer in the minis-
try. But who is sufficient for these things, if God 
be not for us, with us, and help us,—yea, even 
guide us, and be unto us mouth and wisdom. 
I have visited Blandford ; the friends are some-
what cast down, from various causes, but yet are 
rooted and grounded in the truth ; they took the first 
steps in order as a church, and in new efforts to ac-
tion in the cause. You will hear from them. Had 
a good meeting with the friends in Hartford, and 
was blessed in presenting the present duty and truth, 
from which we cannot turn aside to incidental sub- 
jects with impunity. Was in Sharon last Sabbath, 
in " the new barn," but owing to the severe storm, 
but few could attend. If the weather had proved 
fair, a great gathering would have been certain—
even from adjoining towns ; hut some staunch friends 
intend another rally. The Lord help. 
New York. June 13th, 1849. 
[The following is the conclusion of an article that 
appeared in the " Herald " of the 16th.. Being on 
a separate sheet, it was unintentionally overlooked.] 
But perhaps some will say," You are overlooking 
the conditions. If I could perform the conditions, 
then I could claim the promises." Again, it is said, 
" If we do our part, God will do his." Such lan-
guage seems to me objectionable, whatever may be 
intended by those who use it. Take the following 
conditions and promises. " Ask, and it shall be given 
you; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you : for every one that asketh, receiv- 
haps some other places. All is with the Lord. His 
scourge is upon the nations, and we know not what 
a day may bring forth. 
Some of our friends here have had the cholerine, 
and a few have had the cholera; but they have all 
thus far recovered, or are convalescent. In the midst 
of wrath, may it please the Lord to remember mercy. 
His hand is lifted up, and the nations must perish.—
Thrones are upturning, the bands of society are 
everywhere loosening, and the cholera is making its 
second circuit of the earth. I fully believe that we 
have entered the outer circle of that great maelstrom 
which is to ultimately draw down all the kingdoms 
of the earth. But, (thanks to our restoring God !) 
when they go down, another—universal, everlasting, 
and righteous—shall come up. As a man returning 
from a distant land to his loved ones, dreads the calm, 
and even welcomes, though he dreads, the storm 
which hastens him towards the place and the objects 
dearest in his heart's affections ; so does the present 
perplexity and distress of nations cause the saint, 
while he trembles, to look up and rejoice that his re-
deption, and the redemption of the holy of every age 
and land, is near. He who doubts now, would not 
have believed had he lived and witnessed the miracles 
which Christ wrought in demonstration of his Messi-
afiship when he was on the earth. Religious Judea 
then was not more highly favored with evidence that 
Jesus was the Messiah of the prophets, than are Chris-
tian Europe and America now that he is nigh, even 
at the doors. Unbelief was no more foolish and reck-
less then than it is now. Professions of religion, ap-
parent respect for the Sabbath, for the name of God, 
and formally attending divine service, did not com-
mute unbelief, scoffing, and ridicule of the truth then ; 
neither can they now. Fools may make a mock at 
sin, and scoff at truth ; but in the end, wisdom will 
be found with the lowly. 
Amidst this confusion and perplexity, how blessed 
is the assurance to the Christian, that God has a set-
tled plan of events, which neither the wisdom nor 
might of the nations can disarrange. And how kindly 
has his great heart of love opened up his counsels to 
the understanding of his little ones! This is not the 
understanding which puffeth up ; for surely he who 
understands the things which are coming on the earth 
will tremble. See Hab. 3d chap.—He rejoiced with 
trembling. 
Brooklyn (N. Y.), June 13th, 1849. 
Tuesday, 19th.—I find by the labors of last Fri-
day and Sabbath, that I must be very careful of vo-
cal effort at present. My intended visit to the East 
is, therefore, doubtful. But when I remember that 
only five months since I was expectorating a pint in 
a day, one half of which would sink in water like 
lead, and that now I have no cough, and have gained 
sixteen pounds in flesh, I ought to feel more than re- 
signed to my present condition. As I can preach but 
little at present, I have obtained permission of Dr. 
Sherw mud's successor to furnish his gold pills to any 
out of the city of New York who may apply to me. 
I have received great benefit from them myself, and 
have witnessed the same to others to whom I have 
adminiStered them. Homeopathic medicines are al-
ways used with these pills, which I can also supply. 
I enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with Dr. Sher-
wood kir three years before his death, and he gave 
me every information in his power, except how to 
prepare the pills. Address me, (post paid,) Brook-
lyn, N. Y., 124 Prince-street. 
LETTER FROM H. H. GROSS. 
DEAR BRO. RIMES �
cannot satisfy my mind 
without writing you a few lines concerning my la- 
bors and the cause since I last wrote you. Held the 
meeting in Jainesville, as appointed, associated 
with Bro. Ingmire, where the labors of Bro. Miller 
in '42 were blessed to the conversion of many souls, 
who joined the Baptist church, and not hearing 
these truths any more, few of them retain either 
light or love concerning the speedy coming and 
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I 
say few, because there is a remnant who have been 
awhile removed to other places, where they have 
further heard, or have visited other places; some be-
came subscribers to the " Signs of the Times," now 
" Advent Herald," and thus their attention has been 
kept to the subject amidst lukewarmness and meta-
physical darkness. We expected to have had the 
Baptist house, but were disappointed ; however we 
cheerfully accepted the use of a large loft over the 
temperance house wagon-shed. My bills, which 
contain a synopsis of the subjects we desire to in-
form the people concerning, with reference to Scrip-
ture, were placed in all families, as usual in other 
places, and we had full and attentive congregations 
throughout,—numbers manifested a striking inter-
est, and acknowledged that we preached the truth. 
The Baptist elder warned his people against hear-
ing " those false prophets," who were " teaching 
damnable heresies ; " he also declared that God had 
placed him there to defend the truth, and conse-
quently he should attend the meetings and defend the 
truth ; that he could prove our position false in fif-
teen minutes, &c. Many were thus incited to at-
tend the meetings, but their minister was not present ; 
has a farm and must attend to business, yet was of-
fered fifty dollars if he would attend, and the use of 
the hall half of the time. However, lie gave no-
tice that he would refute our doctrines, as presented 
in my bill, the next Sabbath. The next Sabbath 
morning I again preached there to a full congrega-
tion. How encouraging to see scores of honest-
hearted fellow-beings admit the truth, some even at 
the risk of being dealt with and publicly cut off and 
disgraced. Also, how encouraging it was to have 
the attendance, sympathy, and co-operation of quite 
a number of devoted friends of the cause from ad-
joining and more distant towns. 
Held several meetings in the Methodist house in 
eth ; and he that seeketh, findeth ; and to him that 
knocketh, it shall be opened."—Matt. 7 : 7,8. Nov, 
is it not as necessary that God should " work in us 
to will and to do," in the conditions as it is in the en-
joyment of the promises themselves? Our part is 
that of yielding and following, or of asking, seeking, 
&c., being drawn and led on every step by the Holy 
Spirit. HE is the active agent in the beginning, mid-
dle, and end of every good work. Paul says: " But 
by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace 
which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; but 
I labored more abundantly than they all : yet not 1, 
but the crate of God which was with me."-1 Cor. 
be taken, and the other part left ! When two are in 
(he field, and two in a bed,—the one taken, and the 
other left. The unjust man may complain of the 
justice of God ; and another may flatter with the 
hope of the complete restoration of the whole family 
of Adam ; but God hath seen his own works, and 
predicted them from all eternity, and none can change
them. If God had been pleased to give salvation in 
exchange for gold and silver, doubtless many would 
have secured masses of eternal wealth. But thanks 
be to God, there is a more easy way appointed, by 
which the poor, as well as the rich, may live again. 
Thanks be to his great name-, for when in ancient 
time all were doomed to a spiritual death, as well as 
a literal, God devised a way, through the gift and sac-
rifice of his Son, that men might live a spiritual life 
in this world, and in that which is to come. Now, it 
costs not money, but requires simply a sincere belief 
in God's laws, and a truthful obedience to them. 
have often thought, that if kings and rulers could give 
to their subjects but a very small portion of the de-
sired favors of life, they would be honored, worship-
ped, reverenced, and loaded down with immense 
wealth. Thanks be to God for his wisdom towards 
us. �
He asked not for riches, but the sacrifice of his 
own Son, to atone for us. Would to God that all 
would accept of a Saviour in the way appointed, the 
most simple, easy, and the cheapest way that could 
possibly be devised. But alas! -how -few have found 
and persevered in the narrow path that !elide to life. 
When we bear in mind the facts of the fearful rela-
tion between the. natural Jew, the Papacy, Moham-
medanism, many Protestants of this age, and God, 
we ask, Who bath followed in the footsteps of the 
Saviour? Who has the faith once enjoyed by the 
saints? Who has the seal of salvation imprinted on 
him? and whose names are enrolled in the Leith's 
book of life ? The great day will reveal it, and God 
will try every man's work, of whatever sect or craft 
he may be. 0, what a trying day that will be ! Can 
it be imagined, or can the mind paint the terrific 
scenes that then shall be witnessed 1 All plans of 
men will then, be seen to be void ; kings and rulers 
will be stript of their power, and spuriousreligionists 
find theeniselves disappointed ; the cries of the lost 
will ascend to God, who will not answer, and the 
vials of his wrath will be poured out, until the earth 
shall be cleased from all ungodliness. Then shall be 
the end, when Christ shall descend to the earth with 
his resurrected people, and their glory will fill the 
whole earth. 
Perry (N. Y.), June 10th, 1849. 
LETTER FROM R. HUTCHINSON. 
DEAR BRO. Hisses :-=Through the goodness of 
God, I am once more at home. I have found my 
family well, though my children have been much sick 
during my absence. My own general .bealth is as 
good as usual. My throat feels better at present-, 
though it is easily affected by speaking, or by expo-
sure to cold. I feel grateful to the Giver of all good 
for his many favors during my stay in New York and 
Philadelphia. I am placed under renewed obligation 
to glorify him in my body and spirit, which are his. 
0 for mercy to be found faithful, that 1 may dwell in 
the house of the Lord forever. 
Though I am not able to labor in the Lord's vine-
yard as I have been wont to do, yet my interest in 
the prosperity of the cause is not diminished. I feel.-
much for the field in which I have more especially 
labored. There is a great lack of united and well-
directed effete. But it is encouraging to know, that 
there are many scattered over this wide Province, who 
are not to be moved away from the hope of the gos-
pel. Several of our brethren have gone from this 
place to the States. May they still seek the " better 
country." 
can say no more at present, only that my address 
is Waterloo, Shefford, Canada East. 
Waterloo (C. E.), June 13th, 1849. 
Obituary. 
Drep, in Cincinnati, 0., Bro. BARTHOLOMEW, in the 
63d year of his age, after a protracted illness, during 
five months of which he was compelled to keep his 
bed. Bro. B. had long been a believer in Chris-
tianity, and in sickness he felt the strong support and 
consolation the gospel so richly affords ; and God's 
promise of new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
shall dwell righteousness, coupled with the 
on out from among the dead, was very dear to him. 
lie embraced the doctrine of the near approach of 
the Redeemer in '42 ; he was then a resident of Au-
rora, Ind., of which place he was Postmaster. His 
frequent communications in the Advent papers gave 
evidence of the interest he felt-in the blessed hope. 
But for along time past he has been called to suffer : 
his afflictions were such that he was unable to read or 
lost, by so much he is weakened in his efforts to 
avoid such a result. Doubt, real and serious, un-
nerves the man in any undertaking. 
If the objection were valid, the apostle should talk 
thus: " I do run somewhat uncertainly ; I do fight 
as one that beateth the air. [I do not understand the 
tactics of my antagonist—I am ignorant of his de-
vices—I cannot deal death-blows upon him—I fear I 
shall one day fall by his hand.] And I do not keep 
under my body, nor bring it into subjection ; there-
fore I fear, lest by some means I shall be a cast-away." 
Now, what does he say �
Hear him again " �
I 
do not run uncertainly,—I do not fight as one that 
beateth the air. I know my antagonist—his position 
—devices—and wiles—and I am more than conquer-
or through Christ." Paul knew that he had kept 
his body under—he knew that he was then keeping 
it under—and he had the assurance that he should 
continue to keep it under, by grace ; therefore he 
spoke confidently of the crown. �
B. MORLEY. 
LETTER FROM L. INGALL. 
BRO. RIMES :—It is often the case whh the far-
mers, though possessed with considerable of the ne-
cessaries of life, to adhere to a phrase of James, say-
I ing, " Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the com-
ing of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth 
for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long pa-
tience for it, until he receives the early and latter 
rain." Such is the case with many of your sub-
scribers, and others. I esteem it a duty and a privi-
lege to sustain in part a Christian instrument while 
God Rivet!), for God giveth liberally, and to whom he 
will he withholdeth not. The cause you advocate is 
a good one, and there can be no better. May the 
Lord God of our fathers give us a will and means to 
accomplish much good in the promotion of the cause, 
and in the salvation of lost and degraded men. What 
a blessed work has been done in the act of proclaim-
ing a long-hidden mystery to a sleeping world, who 
seemingly, by their confessions and writings, had for-
gotten the infallible judgments of Almighty God, 
which are in his word predicted, and seemingly hang 
suspended over our head. Our work of proclaiming 
the tidings of the kingdom of God near at hand has 
to be witnessed? Will he long try the patience of 
the many souls whom his Spirit influenced to arouse 
a sleeping, world and church! It cannot be ! God 
will manifest himself to his people when the scenes 
" It shocks and distresses me," says an excellent of Noah's and Lot's days shall be fully re-enacted. 
writer, " to hear professed Christians talk of being. What a thing it will be, when a part of a family shall 
saved at all except upon the ground of the antici-
pating, and persevering, and sin-overcoming, and 
hell-subduing grace of God in Christ Jesus. Why, 
I should as soon expect the devil to be saved as that 
any saint on earth will be, if left, with all the prom- 
ises of God in his hands, to stand and persevere with-
out the drawings, and inward teachings, arid over-
coming influences of the Holy Spirit. Shame on a 
theology that suspends the ultimate salvation of the 
saints upon the broken reed of their own resolutions 
in their best state. Their firmest resolutions are noth-
ing, unless they are formed and supported by the 
influence of the Spirit of grace going before and ex-
citing and persuading to their formation and their con 
tinuance. This is everywhere taught in the Bible ; 
and who that has considered the matter, does not 
know that this is the experience of every saint?—
Where, then, is the ground of hope, if the doctrine 
in question (perseverance of saints) be denied �
If 
the foundation be destroyed, what shall the right-
eous do?' " 
With a correct view of ourselves, and of the 
ground and means of assnrace, the Christian will 
soon come into the exercise of a fully assured faith. 
Such a view of ourselves and the way of salvation, 
must be gained by a patient, humble, prayerful study 
of the Scriptures. 
The following passage is thought by some to sus-
tain an objection to the above view of assurance.— 
But 1 keep under my body, and bring it into sub-
jection : lest that by any means, when f have peached 
to others, I myself should be a cast-away."-1 Cor. 
9:27. It is said that Paul feared he should be a cast-
away. But he adopted every possible means to avoid 
such a result ; " lest that by any means," he says, or 
that in no way, by no means, he should be a cast-
away-. The phrase, " that in no way," is equivalent 
to the one used in the text, " lest that by any means." 
He was horrified at the thought of being disap-
proved by his Judge, and to avoid such a calamity, 
he kept under his body, with the assurance that he 
should avoid it. Hence he could say with triumphant 
assurance, " I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; 
so fight I, not as one that beateth time air," &c. I 
will illustrate. A man may avoid the intoxicating 
cup, even the sight, smell, or sound of it, lest that 
by any means he should get intoxicated. He may 
do all this without the least fear that he shall get 
drunk. Sober men would be afraid to get drunk ; 
but the drunkard, when he resolves to reform, if he 
is still afraid he shall get drunk, certainly lacks the 
essential element of success, to wit, confidence in his 
principles of reform. So with the Christian : by how 
much h tears that he shall re la se into sin and be 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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Bro.H.H. Gross will preach at Balston Spa July 3d to 6th; Sara-
toga Spa, sill ; and in vicinity, us Bro. White may arralige, 9-12 ; 
Jamesville, 13-15 ; and vicinity, as Bro. Barber may arrange, 17-19 ; 
Rock City, 20-22 ; Mayfield tUrahherry creek), Fulton county, k3-29, 
Appointments farther West in due season. Letters will be inquired 
for at Albany, Balaton Spa, Saratoga Sim, alld Mayfield. 
write. But he now rests from his labors. He fell 
asleep in Jesus the 14th of June, realizing fully that 
" Jesus can make a dying bed 
Feel soft as downy pillows are." 
So completely had his faith overcome the world, that 
he longed for his change, and seemed to resemble one 
Of old, who said, " I am now ready to be offered, and 
the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought 
a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept 
the faith : henceforth there is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
Judge, shall give inc at that day." 0 blessed day, 
when God will redeem his people from the power of 
the grave. May God hasten the time, is the hearty 
prayer of your brother in the blessed hope. W. H. M. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JUNE 30, 1849. 
WHITING'S TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTA-
MENT is out of press. Price, 75 cents single copy ; 
60 cents apiece by the dozen, or more ; for 50 
copies, or over, 50 cents per copy. 
We shall fill the orders for this work and send 
them off, as fast as we get them from the binders.-
As we shall have to get out another edition soon, 
we hope that agents will make prompt returns from 
the sale of this, and only order in such quantities as 
there is a prospect for an immediate sale. 
Preface, to Whiting's Testament. 
This translation has been made from the Critical 
Greek Text of J. A. H. T1TTMANN, as revised by 
ANG. HAHN,- and published by Prof. EDWARD ROB-
INSON in 1842. The text of TITTMANNa is regarded 
as the standard one, by Biblical scholars. 
As the translator does not deem it necessary to 
apologise for an attempt to present to the English 
reader, the ideas furnished by the inspired original, 
in a faithful and perspicuous manner ; he contents 
himself, with the statement of the principles by which 
he has been guided, in his work. 
1.. Where the language of the common English 
version was not obscure, and where it gave the prop-
er signification of the original, it has been adopted. 
There are cases, where words derived from the bat-
iii have been exchanged for equivalents of Saxon ori-
gin, as the latter are more familiar to all, who speak 
our language, and in many cases, more harmonious. 
In the common version, the translators have, some-
times, followed the order of the Greek, so closely, 
that perspicuity and harmony have been sacrificed, 
and Greek idioms unnecessarily introduced. In such 
instances, the order has been changed, thus rendering 
the language more intelligible and less harsh. The 
fault to which allusion has been made, is most promi-
nent in the apostolic letters. 
2. As every translator is in danger of a bias, from 
his theological tenets, the writer has endeavored to 
express the thoughts found in the original, as he 
would have done, were he entirely ignorant of creeds 
or theological opinions. If Ile has erred in this point, 
it has been without design. 
New Testament. The Hebrew word" Amen," has, 
in a few cases, been rendered by the phrase " so be 
it." In these instances, the word was deemed em-
phatic. 
The reader will observe, that the words enclosed 
in brackets are those which, according to the text of 
'FirrmANN, are not sustained*y Greek manuscripts of 
the highest authority, and which still have too much 
evidence in their favor to be omitted. Many of them 
are mere omissions of the personal pronoun, which is 
clearly indicated by the Greek verb. 
The English reader will be surprised, that the va-
riations from the common version are not more nu-
merous. On this subject, it is proper to remark, 
that those, who from time to time have heard some 
defects in that version noticed, and a different mode 
of translating passages proposed, seem to forget that 
such cases are mere exceptions to the general accura-
cy of the version. It is a trite but true remark, that 
any one of the English versions extant, contains all 
that is essential to be believed or practised for salva-
tion. Still, this fact furnishes no good reason for 
leaving the English reader destitute of every possi-
ble aid for a thorough understanding of all Gud has 
communicated to man by inspiration. Protestants 
will hardly be made to believe, that any portion of 
the Scriptures should be made the exclusive posses-
sion of Greek and Hebrew scholars. 
Though the world may never behold a perfect 
translation of the " lively oracles," it is still proper 
to aim at the mark of the prize. Nu translation has 
yet been made, which did not add something to the 
stock of scriptural knowledge, or which did not arouse 
some man to attend to that word, which is " a lamp 
to our feet, and a light to our path." 
The result of labor-undertaken amidst scenes of 
sickness and domestic affliction-is now subatitted 
to the reader-in the hope and with the prayer, that 
he may be sanctified through the truth and guided 
by it, " until the day shall dawn and the day-star 
arise in his heart." �
N. N. WHiTiNG. 
Williamsburgh, Long Island. 
OUR NEW HYMN-BOOK--We are happy to in-
form our friends that this work is in toe hands 
of the stereotype's, and now in a state of rapid pro-
gress. We are grateful to the many who have sent 
their compositions, selections, corrections, &c., &c. 
We shall nut be able, however, to give all that has 
been sent us a place in the new book : this would 
swell it beyond all reasonable dimensions; but we 
think we shall give to the Adventists a much better 
hymn-book than can be found in any other form. It 
will number about 400 pages. 
THE WORLD TO COME.-We have heard it as-
serted that " the world to come " is the " gospel 
church." We would like to enquire of those who 
hold this view, how they reconcile with this view 
Luke 20 : 34-361-" And JESUS answering, said tin-
to them, The children of this world marry, and are 
given in marriage : but they which shall be account-
ed worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection 
from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in mar-
riage : neither can they die any more : for they are 
equal unto the angels; and are the children of (Jon, 
being the children of the resurrection." 
" Hymns, Psalms, and other Sacred pieces, in 
Verse, by HENRY 11.EYES. 
Albany: J. ivluNsELL, 
printer. 
The above is the title of a book containing the vas 
rious pieces of poetry which Bro. HEYES has had 
published in the Herald and elsewhere, and of which 
we have received a few copies. Our readers are fa-
miliar with their merits, without any continent of 
ours. " The Vision of HABAKKUK," " Hebrew 
Chant," and " DAvio's Lamentation over SAUL and 
JONATHAN," and some other of the pieces %illicit lie 
wrote for the Herald, possess considerable poetical 
merit. In versification of the Psalms, we think no 
one has yet excelled Dr. WATTS. Price, 37 1-2 
cents. 
The message of the President of the French repub-
lic to the Legislative Assembly has been published 
in the Paris papers. It is composed upon the 
American, and not on the European model, and fills 
four columns of the " Eropean Times." LESSEP 'S 
idea of conquering the Romans into affection fur 
France, has not yet been realized, and he has returned 
to Paris for further instructions. Some accounts say 
that he was recalled, and that the same messenger 
carried positive instructions to Gen. OUDINOT to re-
duce the eternal city to subjection at all hazard, and 
that having moved his army close to the city, lie 
would commence the attack with an army of 25,000 
men on the 30th May. 
SUMMARY. 
Fifteen hundred uncalled for letters remain in the Post-office at 
Independence, alo., those to whom they were addressed being on 
their way to California. 
On the 24th of May, while a number of laborers were blasting 
rocks on the railroad near Newton, Huntington county, Pa., the 
blast exploded prematurely, instantly killing lour persons, and badly 
wounding eighteen or twenty more, three of whom have since died. 
The wife of Rev. Thomas II. Burrows has become insane, since 
the acquittal of her husband for shooting Bishop, in Maryland. 
The northern part of Pennsylvania was recently visited by a hail 
storm. Hail-stones fell, measuring eight or nine inches in circum-
ference, and weighing six ounces. 
The town of Danvers has been indicted for not establishing a 
high school. 
The notorious Honors Shephard has again escaped from the New 
York State prison. 
Hampton Wilson, the clerk in the Pleasant Grove (N. J.) Post-
otlice, who was arrested on the charge of mail robbery, has been 
convicted . 
Ellen Milliard, aged 10 years, adopted daughter of Q. I. Milliard, 
62 Harrison Avenue, has been restored to tier home, after wander-
ing through the city four days and nialits. 
On Friday afternoon. the 22d, as Freeman Durgin, apprentice to 
Mr. N. Harding, Court Square, was passing through Court avenue, 
a tea-kettle fell from a third story window, striking hint upon the 
head. Although he received no severe outward injury, it is feared 
that he is seriously injured internally, as he has been confined to his 
lied ever aurae the accident. 
Nathaniel Hewett, who Was acquitted of robbing the mail which 
lie carried from Savannah to Albany, Ga., has since been found in 
possession of some of the stolen money. 
The body of John H. Allen, jeweller, of this city, drowned some 
weeks since, has been found on the beach at-Marblehead. 
George W. Hoffman, a young man, while suffering with fever, 
killed Maisel(' by junipiug out of a window in New York. 
A female was struck down by the heat in Philadelphia on Friday, 
and died before she could be carried to the hospital. 
Christian devotion,-'tis not only pray'r, 
Nor fast, nor alums, but all combining there, 
With fix'd resolve in all things to fulfil, 
Doing or sullernig a Itedeenier's will ; 
Fur hint, as Details lig his Route, to strive, 
And we for Jesus, if we may not live. 
No motives burn of earth must there intrude, 
Hearts must be changed, ambition's throbs subdued ; 
And ii one heart-shrined idol call a frown 
from Gnu, manuruturing we must pluck it down ; 
Rejoice When passim, trout her throne is hurled ; 
Living in heaven while pilgrims in the world. 
So Uhtistshall rule, our suvereigm-but our friend, 
Our daily task Ills glory, and our end ; 
No yeti but Ins the Whitt' past to hide, 
Ilia life our patient, and his grace our guide. 
As we advance, our foes shall prostrate hill 
Before Ilia couquering rams, and Christ be all in all. 
About one o'clock on Monday morung, an English sailor named 
Mohave Uuueyhuu, who had been tat a unthken spree, leaped front 
tile Mtn; Winviuw of Ills buiniarik-liOUse, Su Ationsuli-slieet, break-
tug both Ills legs tutu his right arm, and also severely bruising his 
heath rte nveti hilt &Juin ten minutes alter. Tile body was cot, 
veyeti to We ueatt house. 
Two Irishmen went into the canal above Charlestown, on Satur-
day, so halite, and while to the water they were both uttaciteu WnIl 
u tannish leelthg. 'they came out of the water, wilco one Ill thew 
died nmetatiy sill the unit. Tile Oilier got upon a Wagon, aim re-
quesital to be Carried to Ins home, but benne reaching it lie med. 
A nom awned Richardson was sun struck ou a boat in Albany, 
and wed within au hula. 
A man named John Farrell had his legs dreadfully jammed on the 
23u, at tue l'ruVitleliCe 1Cutirmart freigutatuuse, uy tretag categia be-
t w eeit lite plationti mid curs. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
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S. B. metur-raent you it Testament by mail the 23d inst. A. P. 
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W. B. vs eel:xi- vv e have no (truer hum Isru. Davis for books, and 
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of rue hundred volumes, which they put at $iu. 
is. vs . Johnson, -bent your bundle as you directed, to New 
Orleans, me 4,id inst., anti Credit. Oil your paper to Nu. 4..);,. 
J. �Oa ate crediteu to 4JU. vie tunil your paper, we 
think, or try to, every week. Dave sent again. 
J. W minus, ti,J-Sent your bttm1We tile .:Dth. 
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Annuli-I our notice did 110t locate lite place, or tune for the 
meeting. vs e geiti 11 fur further instructions. 
DELINQUENTS. 
If we have by mistake published any who may have paid, or who 
are pour, we wall be nappy to correct the error, on being apprIseti 
tit Lite tact. 
Postmaster of Bangor, Me., writes that N. JELLI- 
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BIG TENT MEETINGS-WEST. 
1 shall hold the proposed Big 'feat ineeting hi Syracuse, or Ho- 
rner, to commeace Aug. :Rah, �sir tile lull,, and Continue 
truth seven to tea days, as may be judged hest. Ellorts will ne Matte 
to procure a place easy of iteccess ler tee meeting, yet so Mimi 
trout 'wise as to leave us uliiiiiiiestea. E urtlier notice will be given 
of the place oh meetiog by btu. bates awl Clapp, as soul as they 
can name the &minute arrangettieuts. I have wrateit to Bra. Bates 
aim claim, and moil also Mai But. Mahstlehi may Co-operate with 
them to ule selectiva Ill a Mare. As illy tune will be occupied till 
one week before me tueetieg, 1 hope they will arrange tills matter, 
aim seimu notice to the Hyrum. Let every Irielal tit the Auveut cause 
collie to Its aid. 1 hope to Mille the assistariCe u1 Bra. Litell, Galli-
sea, Bates, eitiney, Bywater, Burnham, hale, mud timers, to old mu 
carrying tat Lite uteethig. �
J. V . H. 
011 cur returu from the West, we shall hold a tent meeting, in 
New 1 urk or Brook') it. Nellie Will lie given iteretater. 
TENT MEETINGS, &c. 
Provideuce permitting, a camp-meeting will be held On the farm 
of Bro. J &Mob t.luWs, to the Levin of coustable, N. V., three tittles 
north of immune vitiage, mid one mile west of we Ilapguial sellout-
liuUse, on the grouhU utiCUpietl lid a camp-meeting last year, to com-
mence July Su, tund contlhue over Sunday. It is 'toped that the 
fiends lima �
Chatuaguay. item, Bangor. bickulsOli, Mona, 
Mussena, tutu other places, will planet...to themselves Willi Lulls, at-
tend the meeting, nun make a general and taurough effort now for 
a revival oh the interests Ill the cause in this sectri.n 
Billies will attend. 
Another Will be held in North Adams, commencing July 5th, at 
IS A.m., and Continue over the Sabbath. �
111 tiro. Iseitton select 
!lie best locautat �
R. V. LYON, A. littoWN. 
Al'PO1NTMENTS. 
Bro. 'r. Smith will preach in Lowell, Mass., next Lord's-day, 
July tat; to orritigum, ism., July 7111 and bill; and ill the school. 
house vneartiro. �it brewer, the 14111 and loth. 
Bro. Inginire will preach at Albany July 1st ; in Saratoga Co., as 
tile Lout may direct, trout the 4th to ttie2sd ; Union Factory V illage. 
Otsego county, 2atn. 
Bro. W. S. Campbell will preach at New Milford, Sunday, July 
hat ; Kent, 2t1; Sharon, 3d ; �4t11; Roxbury, lull ; Bris- 
tol, um ; 'Three Rivers, Sunday, 8th. 
Bro. 1. R. Gates will preach at West Troy, N.Y., July Ist ; attend 
meeting ill Milton Centre July 4th to 8th ; Albany, the blh ; vari-
ously in Saratoga county, 9th to 22d, as may be best ; attend Inert-
Mg In mayrield, 23d to zutli. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at Abington the first Sunday in July; 
South Berwick, Me., Me Second ; New Durham Ridge, N. If., the 
third• �
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Bro. A. Hale may be expected to preach at South Reading Lord's-
day, July 1st. 
Bro. D. I. ROBINSON'S address is, New York City, Fifteenth-
street, first door east of Second Avenue. 
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The supplementary words of the common ver-
sion have been carefully examined. In cases where 
their equivalents were not understood in the original, 
or where they did riot render the thought clearer, 
they have been rejected. The plan adopted in some 
versions, of omitting to indicate supplementary words 
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his attempts to reach " the mind of the Spirit." 
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(Christ,) is evidently used not as a proper name, but 
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Messiah of the Old Testament writers. Hence, in 
the translation of these gospels, the word has been 
rendered the Anointed." When the Acts of the 
Apostles and their letters were written, this word 
had evidently assumed the force of a name for the 
Redeemer. Hence, in this translation, the word has 
generally been transferred in these later books of the 
MEETINGS. 
A meeting of worship will be he4d through the day ti, ti,t1BLruoh.,Fmtr:axi.tk-
lin Gales, in Newton, N. H., on Wednesday next, July 4th, to cow-
[lichee at half-past 9 o'clock A. M. Brethren raid friends are re-
quested to attend, and to provide themselves with such relreith-
Pietas iis they may need for the occasion. 
A meeting will be held at Brockest's Bridge, Herkimer countY,N. 
Y., COmineliCilig evening of July nth, and at Utica Sunday, July 
1J01. We want our brethren generally to attend these meetings, 
and help sustain us. Conte, especially those within 
 they w A ,u
vicinity
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those places. Cannot some Coe limn Albany, Troy, Coopeistown, 
Cherry Valley, Little Falls, Herkimer, 01 bitestown, &c. 
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Bro. Edwin Burnham will preach it New Hartford Aug. 6th, and 
in Kent Aug. loth, and continue over the Sabbath.
i. ci .i‘ri.AAsTutli,lov, will hue 
a special meeting for the cause ill this vicinity, it is particularly re-
quested, that all the brethren and sisters will make special efiiirts to 
attend, and make it a profitable one. 
A three days' meeting, to commence July 411h, will be held at Alit-
ton Centre, Saratoga co., N 
N. Y., about two and alitamiles west of 
Ballston Spa. Meetings in the church each day at lu A. M. aim 'z P. 
M. Evening meetings in different places within onelito.itilt.rueeRiousisles. . 
m 
Bra. Inginire (who will labor with e in Illy appointments lima 
July 4511 to the ad) and Gates will labor with me during the meet-
ing. Let there be a general rally. 
Bro. Mines having received a letter from Bro. E. Burnham, 
stating that he will attend a conference Item the 1st of July, we 
have made arrangements to have it commence the first Sabbath, 
and continue over July 4th. l'he conference will be held ill the 
Methodist meeting-house in Fiskville hair corners, near llopeville. 
It is hoped that all in the adjoining towns owlt .Boss
olov, A
eth S. linens,
eLial,ill 
attend this meeting. �
H. 
 
ALBANY, N. Y.-F. Cladding, 
Ill Jefterson-street. 
AUBURN, N. 1.-H. L. Smith. 
BUFFALO, N.Y.-F. 
CINCINNATI, 0.-Joseph 
DERBY LINE, Vt.-S. Foster, Jr. 
DETROIT, Mich-L. Armstrong. 
EDD1NOTON, Me.-Thos. Smith. 
GRANVILLE ANNAPOLIS, N. S.- 
Elias Woodworth. 
HARTFORD, Ct.-Aaron Clapp. 
HOMER, N. Y.-J. L. Clapp. 
LOCKeuRT, N. Y.-H. Hobbit's. 
LOWELL, Mass.-L.L. Knowles. 
Low HAMPTON, N .1 .-L. Kimball. 
MALONE, N. 1.-H. Buckley. 
MILWAUKEE,Wis-Sarnl. BroWil. 
 
FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IREL 
Berwick Place, Grange Ito 
The No. appended to each name below,is the No of the Herald to 
which the money credited pays. By comparing it with the present 
jO ar in arrears. 
the Herald, thesender will see ho tvJar he is in advance, or 
E. Wetherell, 391-$1 50 due ; B. Perham, on acc't-each 50 cts. 
M. A. Eustis, 447 ; Capt. Fort, 456: M. L Sikes, jr., 450 ; Mrs. L. 
Jones, 430 ; L. Nichols, 430 ; J. Leonard, 448 B. Colter, 456 ; G. 
W. Ruggles, 430; D. Mixter, 430; Wm. E. Hitc
;
hcock, 4'30; E. &De-
mon, 430 ; T. W. Demons,456 ; W. M. Palmer, 456; H. Harding, 
430; Win. Emmett, 456 ; B. 1). Palmer, 456-each $i-D. Smith. 
456 ; A. Rae (book and to No.) 456 ; B. F. Sandford, 462 ; S. D. 
Howard, 456 ; A. C. Willey, 445 ; �
Olmstead, 430 ; J. Kimball, 
456 ; W. Smith, 456 ; J. B. 'Poplin, 456-each $2-J. F. Lee, 534 ; 
il.13iiign c 
intatca,t4-ags-:.ach $3 -E. Westbrook, 430-84--Wm. tug- 
mare, o