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Travels in the East. 
I3Y DR• J. V. C. SMVert. 
(Continued from our last.) 
PALESTINE.—Aertisalem has a rocky position 
on a side hill, facing the East, which allows 
the waste .;Amater to drain off readily ; but it is 
wholly dependent on cisterns of rain water for 
its supply of this element. An aqueduct enters 
under Mount Lon. carrying a copious supply 
to the mosque of Omar, which, tradition says, 
is the identical stream that was introduced into 
the temple of Solomon., which occupied the very 
same site. I examined the pool of Siloam ; the 
bed of the brook Cedron, which is always dry, 
except in a rain storm; and the vast ortelosore,.s 
;ailed the Upper, and Lower pools of Gihon—
the latter of which was filled, for the first time 
in many years, while I was there. On the 
whole, it is evident that cleanliness, in ancient 
as well as in modern tiros, could be main-
tained here, and that .the eruptive diseases 
which are supposed, to depend mainly on a neg-
lected state of the dermoid texture, were not 
remarkably frequent in former times. Jerusa-
lem is rather a cleanly place for an Arab town, 
but this chiefly is due to its side-hill position. 
The streets are narrow, and some of them as 
full of nuisances as certain places in Rome.—
The houses are rather damp, being all of stone, 
with perfectly flat roofs, laid on arches, or the 
apex of the arch rises into a small dome. All 
the apartments are consequently small, owing 
to the necessity of keeping the arches within a 
diameter of riot much over twenty feet, lest the 
weight of the arch should press out the walls, 
which are the abutments that sustain the fabric. 
Poor ventilation is everywhere noticeable. In 
the rainy season the houses are cold and cheer-
less, and in the summer riot much better, on 
account of the want of circulation of air. Al-
though a small city in extent, large tracts once 
within the municipality being now excluded, its 
population is not equal to the accommodations. 
A prodigious concourse of pilgrims, of every 
tongue and nation, from the extreme northern 
borders of Russia, to the heated sands of Abys-
sinia, are perpetually coming and going, which 
gives the streets the air of life and considerable 
business. But the most profitable employment 
is the manufacture of rosaries from olive wood 
grown on.sacred ground, the making of crosses, 
and carving mother of pearl with representations 
of the crucifixion, the last supper, the transfigu-
ration, &c. Within the yard, in front of the door 
of tha Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Greeks, 
Copts, Armenians, and Roman Catholics, be- 
sides a host who speculate on the credulity of 
the pious visitors of the chapels farther on, are 
squatted in rows on the pavement, with piles of 
those kinds of nick-nacks, in which a profitable 
trade is driven. The next business which gives 
employment to the permanent residents of Jeru-
salem, who have to make exertions for a liveli-
hood, is selling provisions and dry goods. Sev-
eral short streets are occupied as bazars. But 
by far the largest part of all connected with re-
ligious institutions, are pensioners on the bounty 
of people in other countries. On the whole, 1 
have come to the conclusion that the chances 
for health and longevity are as favorable here, 
as in most Arabian settlements, and perhaps 
more so. Dr. Barclay, of Virginia, has just 
arrived, with a view of practising gratuitously 
among the poor. Dr. M'Gowan, an English 
gentleman connected with the' mission to the 
Jews, is an excellent practitioner, in general 
esteem. There seems to be no surgery worth 
mentioning. If tumors are to be excised, per-
haps they fall to the province of the barbers, as 
in Darriascus. There they cut and slash away 
apparently at a fearful rate, but without doing 
much harm. If a limb is fractured, why it gets 
along somehow, without surgical assistance be-
yond that which in such an emergency would 
suggest itself to any common mind. Where 
there are no operative surgeons, there is no sur-
gery, is a trite remark—which is of a piece with 
the proverb, that "lawyers make strife." Of 
these matters, however, my friends Drs. Spauld-
ing and Deforest, will give a full account, I 
trust. 
Morals are certainly at low-water mark in 
every country 'where Mohammedanism is in 
the ascendant ; consequently in Palestine and 
throughout Syria, the sins most abhorrent and 
abominable are as common as the instincts of 
its followers are depraved and beastly. I have 
not a face to describe all the facts presented to 
me. It is better that the wickedness of these 
corrupt people, especially the Turks, should re-
main unknown to all but travellers. No hope 
or expectation should for a moment be indulged, 
that they are to be reached through the con-
science or heart, and that they are yet to be-
come Christians. I wish it might be brought 
about; but Christianity offers nothing accepta-
to the depraved conquerors of Syria. The Ca-
naanites were crushed on account of their idola-
tries, and the cities of the plain destroyed by 
fire from heaven for the very abominations now 
as common here and notorious as possible ; and 
it is certain, that till the present inhabitants 
are rooted out of the land, and a new race of 
men introduced in their stead, the gospel will 
only be precious with a few, who can have little-
influence in changing the manners and customs 
of the whole. 
Although the stupendous ruins of Baalbec 
have been explored, and, in short, all worth 
seeing, in Syria, has been seen, there are coun-
tries beyond equally attractive. The day after 
my departure from Damascus, a caravan of 
eight hundred camels was to start for Bagdad. 
My desire to improve an opportunity so safe for 
going into Persia, was strong indeed ; but it 
would have been impossible to send so far as 
England, where my funds are lodged, in season 
to obtain the means of meeting the expense, 
and consequently the idea of pressing onward 
still further was reluctantly given up. It is my 
intention, hereafter, should life be spared, to 
extend these researches vastly beyond the coun-
tries already visited. 
Within two weeks from this date, should no 
untoward circumstance occur, 1 expect to be on 
the borders of Turkey. When at Constantino-
ple, a peep must be made at the Black Sea, and 
a steamer will then be taken for Athens. From 
thence it is my intention to sail for Trieste, and 
then proceed to Vienna, Berlin, and by way of 
Ostend reach London as speedily as possible. 
Rhodes, March 20th, 1851. 
I have been contemplating the skeleton, as it 
were, of this once magnificent city, and the im-
poverished and forsaken looking island that 
formerly possessed one of the seven wonders of 
the world, the Colossus, which was both a statue 
and a lighthouse, one hundred and fifty feet 
high. History abounds with curious and extra-
ordinary accounts of the ancient power, gran-
deur, wealth, and refinement of Rhodes. It is 
thirty-six miles long, by eighteen broad, abound-
ing in wood, with a soil that would produce 
abundantly, were the least effort made on the 
surface; but such is the policy of the Turkish 
government, that poverty broods over the forest 
of pillared ruins which are spread out in every 
direction, and desolation is indicated as far as 
the eye can extend, from its principal port into 
the interior. 
Rhodes was densely peopled before the Tro-
jan war, and while Homer was living contained 
three great cities. The city of Rhodes, at the 
period of its meridian glory, is represented to 
have been a little west of the present town, on 
the margin of the island. At the present mo-
ment, there are but about 30,000 inhabitants on 
the whole territory—three-fourths of whom re-
side within the city walls and immediate neigh-
borhood. A high, strong wall, with several 
stately edifices, were the creation of the Knights 
of Malta, who were driven from their strong 
hold by the Turks, in 1522, under Suleiman 
the Magnificent. There is neither trade, manu-
factures, nor agriculture—and how the inhabit-
ants subsist, is quite a mystery. There are forty 
villages throughout the whole island, but the 
people neither plant nor reap, and their degra-
dation surpasses belief. Such is the imagined 
holiness and purity of the Musselrnen, that nei-
ther Jew, Greek, Christian, nor any one not 
professing Mohammedan tenets, are permitted 
to remain within the town at the hourOf closing 
the evening gates. For some years past, the 
Greek shipwrights have infused considerable 
activity into the place, by having, not unfre-
quently, eighteen vessels on the stocks at a 
time ; and while the benefits arising from the 
employment of hundreds were felt to be of im-
portance to the whole community, the govern-
ment gained a regular income. With a view 
to grasping more, the blighting policy of this 
abominable system of government, it sent forth 
an order, a short while since, that no vessel 
should hereafter be launched unless the owners 
obligated themselves to sail it under the Turk-
ish flag. This was a condition that no one 
would comply with, and the business of Rhodes, 
therefore, has dwindled down to nothing, and 
the government is now without a particle of 
revenue from the island. A new plan is in 
agitation, to make it a general quarantine sta-
tion. There is not a road on the island, and 
even fire wood cannot be brought to the town ; 
not a cow or sheep is pastured, and on my ar-
rival the British consul said that there had been 
no meat to be had for four days, on account of 
a high wind that interrupted all intercourse 
with the opposite shore, at the foot of the Cam-
manian mountains. 
The earthquake of February 28th, more dis-
astrous than had occurred for many years, 
made terrible work for the city. St. John's 
Tower, a vast stone structure within the wall, 
facing the harbor, was rent from top to bottom. 
After standing more than four centuries, a sur-
prising monument of the skill, thoroughness, 
and mechanical ingenuity of the knights, it will 
now have to be taken down, or it will fall into 
the basin of the large harbor, and utterly de-
stroy what remains of an anchorage at that 
point. The Grand Master's palace is equally 
shattered, and the eastern gate is crushed at 
the top of the arch. This frightful catastrophe 
has given a finishing air to Rhodes. Sixty 
miles to the east, a mountain opened, into a 
rent of which a village with its two hundred 
inhabitants fell, and the mighty precipices came 
together again. 
I had but an imperfect view of Patmos, where 
the book of Revelation was written ; but Samos, 
Cos, and many other islands, renowned in the 
revolutions to which this entire region of coun-
try has been incident from immemorial time, 
were examined with unusual emotions.—(To 
be continued.) 
(For the Herald.) 
The Three Angels of Rev. 14th. 
BY C. STOWE• 
" Take up the stumbling block out of the way of 
my people." 
The above command, which is here employed 
as introductory to what I wish to communicate, 
is suggested in consideration of the errors which 
have arisen, (as I apprehend,) from a misappli-
cation of Rev. 14:6, '7. It seems to be taken 
for granted, by those who are proclaiming the 
coming of Christ near at hand, that this procla-
tion is the fulfilment of the angel with the eler-
lasting gospel, proclaiming the hour of his judg-
ment, &c. I say, taken for granted, for I have 
never seen any proof offered in support of this 
position. True, there is an apparent coincidence 
favorable to it, did the nature of the prophecy, 
and the series of predicted events in the connec-
tion, admit of such an application. But is there 
not also an inconsistency in the application it-
self? The Advent is preached as an event to 
be looked for immediately, without any known 
event in prophecy to intervene, and occasion in 
our expectation any delay. But if the Advent 
preaching fulfils this angel's message, there re-
main the messages of two angels, following in 
succession, to be fulfilled in two distinct procla-
mations, before the coming of Christ. Perceiv-
ing this, many have endeavored to find, or to 
start a proclamation, which will correspond with 
the third angel's message. The effect produced 
thereby,.need not be named. Now, one of these 
three propositions must be admitted. Either, 
1st, we have been wrong in applying the first 
angel's message to the preaching of the Advent , 
or, 2d, the message of the second and third an-
gels have had a similar fulfilment since the 
-Advent movement commenced ; or, 3d, we are 
not to expect the Advent till they are thus ful-
filled ; and consequently are wrong in repre-
senting the Advent as the next expected event. 
The first of these propositions, I think, must 
be admitted ; and assign the following reasons. 
In the first place, the message of the-second an-
gel is a protestation against "Babylon," " that 
great city, because she made all nations drink 
of the wine of the wrath of her fornications ;" 
and the third angel calls for a separation from 
her, under the penalty of drinking " the wine 
of God's wrath, which shall be poured out with-
out mixture into the cup of his indignation."—
Now, the appellations, "Babylon," " that great 
city," in the one message, and "the Beast," in 
the other, apply to the old " mother of abomina-
tions," and to the beast on which she sits ; and 
can apply to no Protestant sect, however cor-
rupt. Proof : " And upon her forehead was 
a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, 
the mother of harlots and abominations of the 
earth And the woman which thou saw- 
est, is that great city, which reigneth over the 
kings of the earth."—Rev. 17:5, 18. Do not 
these two appellations describe and identify? 
Chap. 18:2, 3 : "Babylon the great is fallen.... 
For she made all nations drink of the wine of 
the wrath of her fornications." " That great 
city Babylon, that mighty city."—v. 10. She is 
termed " Babylon the great," " that great city," 
no less than five times in the 18th chapter, and l, 
if the same appellations in the second angel's! 
message apply to any other, it is an exception, 
for which I cannot find a reason. That " the 
Beast " of the third angel is none other than 
the Papal Beast, compare the description of that 
beast in the preceding chapter. Whatever ap 
plication may he made of the two horned beast' 
or of the image ; the image was made to th 
first, or forty-two month beast, and the marl 
was of the same. And it was this same beas 
that was to be worshipped. Examine chapte 
13th, and see if it be not so. The beast, whose 
deadly wound was healed, " had power to con 
tinue forty-two months."—vs. 3-5. The tw 
horned beast caused the earth " to worship th 
first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."—i 
12. " That they should make an image to th 
beast which had the wound by a sword anddi 
live ;" and " worship the image of thebeast," an 
" receive his mark ." s . 14-17. Now, what sa: 
Does 'he Gospel word proclaim 
Rest ler those that weary be! 
Then, my soul, put in thy claim-
So re that promise speaks to thee : 
Marks of grace I catinot show, 
All palmed is my best ; 
But I weary am, I know, 
And the weary long for rest. 
Burdened with a load of sin, 
Harassed with tormenting doubt, 
Hourly conflicts from within, 
Hourly crosses frets without 
Ail my little strength is gone, 
Sink I must without supply; 
Sure upon the earth is none 
Can more weary be than I. 
In the ark the weary dove 
Found a welcome resting-place; 
Thus my spirit longs to prove 
Rest in Christ the Ark ot grace; 
`Tempest-tossed I long have been, 
And the flood increases fast ; 
Open, Lord, and take me in, 
Till the storm be overpast 
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the third angel ? " If any man worship the 
beast and his image, and receive his mark."— 
What beast ? The one which had an image 
and a mark ; for that is expressed by the angel. 
And this'is the one which had the deadly wound 
—the forty-two month Papal beast. Notice, he 
had the deadly wound and was healed before 
he had power to continue forty-two months ; not. 
afterwards: The beast which had the deadly 
wound and was healed, " had power to con- 
tinue," &c: When, then, were the denuncia- 
tions and protestations, represented by these 
two messages, made against this Papal abomi- 
nation ? I answer, if they are not to be found 
in the successive advances of the reformation ; 
if these denunciations against Mystic Babylon, 
and protestations against all her idolatrous cere- 
monies arid superstitious appendages, were not 
given by the great body of the reformers, within 
the very bounds of her empire over kings; dis- 
membering her body, and consuming her vitals ; 
if these movements, convulsive in their opera- 
tions, mighty in their results, and lasting in 
their consequences, did not fulfil these predic- 
tions, it would be difficult to conceive how they 
can ever have a fulfilment. I want to repeat 
without any qualification, (and think I may 
safely do so,) such a protestation against the 
beast and his image and his mark as was given 
during the period of the reformation, from 1517 
to 1555, by Luther, Melancthon, Zuinglius, 
Peter Martyr, and a host of others in various 
countries, can never again be given. And why ? 
Because their testimony has not passed into 
oblivion. Its results were too mighty to vanish 
like a shadow. Their testimony still livesa; 
and will live, till the predicted doom of the 
beast shall be executed on him and all his ad-
herents. Any other message, therefore, to the 
same purport, would not find the old beast in 
his plenitude of power, and could only be a con-
tinuation of the same undying sound, which by 
its first pealing blasts left him a consuming 
wreck. Let us listen to some of these undying 
sounds which filled him with rage, and caused 
him to wreak his vengeance on the saints, who 
patiently endured suffering and death, still 
" keeping the commandments of God, and the 
faith of Jesus," in opposition to the decrees of 
men, and the assumed infallibility of the Pope. 
Truly, they had need of "patience," to inspire 
them with constancy thus to do, in the face of 
inquisitorial tortures, and blazing fagots ; and 
also of the timely assurance, that " blessed are 
the dead who die in the Lord." No purgatory 
feared " from henceforth." But when their 
persecutors had put them to death, their suffer-
ings were terminated ; and they " rest from 
their labors." How can this apply to a specified 
number who expect to he living when the Lord 
comes ? or if any should fall asleep soon to be 
waked ? The idea of " waiting," also, con-
nected with " the patience of the saints," as 
" patient waiting time," is an unwarrantable 
application, if not an addition to the words of 
the prophecy. " Here is the patience of the 
saints," is an expression identical with the one 
in chap. 13:10, connected with persecutions 
from the same beast. " He that killeth with 
the sword must he killed with the sword.—
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." 
But to return from this digression, let us listen 
to the voice of the third angel through the in-
strumentality of the reformers, as found in the 
history of their times. " The state of the world 
at the opening of the sixteenth century, fifteen 
years before the reformation began, is acknowl-
edged, by all historians, to have been deplora-
ble." " There were, however, about this time, 
some circumstances favorable to the reforma-
tion." " The immediate occasion of the refor-
mation was the sale of indulgences, to which 
Leo resorted, to replenish his treasury. The 
sale of these indulgences was committed to 
John Tetzel." " He, assisted by the monks of 
his order, executed his commission with little 
discretion or decency." "The princes and no-
bles were irritatedat seeing their vassals drained 
of so much wealth to replenish the treasury of 
a profuse pontiff; even the most unthinking 
were shocked at the scandalous behavior of 
Tetzel and his associates," and " all began to 
wish that some check might be put to this 
commerce." " Such was the favorable junc-
ture, when Martin Luther first began to call in 
question the efficacy of indulgences, and from 
the pulpit in the great Church of Wittemberg, 
he inveighed against the irregularities of the 
monks who published indulgences ; he ventured 
to examine the doctrines they taught, and pointed 
ut the danger of relying on any other means 
for salvation, than those appointed by God in 
its word." "The undaunted spirit of Luther 
lacquired additional fortitude from every instance 
'3f opposition, and pushing on his inquiries and 
Ittacks from one doctrine to another, he began 
o shake the firmest foundations on which the 
wealth and power of the Church were estab- 
ished." " Leo came, at last, to be convinced 
ihat all hopes of reclaiming him by forbearance horned beast, that the woman does who sits 
were vain, and on the 15th of June, 1520, issued upon him. But whether the Roman hierarchy, 
he bull so fatal to the Church of Rome. This consisting of two bodies of ecclesiastics, viz., 
entence, which he had for some time expected, the regular and secular clergy, is denoted by, 
did not disconcert or intimidate Luther. He 
boldly declared the Pope to be that Man of sin, 
or Antichrist, whose appearance is foretold in 
the New Testament; he declaimed against his 
tyranny with greater violence than ever. He 
exhorted all Christian princes to cast off such 
an ignominious yoke, and boasted of his own 
happiness in being marked out as the object of 
ecclesiastical indignation, because he had ven-
tured to assert the liberties of mankind. Nor 
did he confine his expressions of contempt to 
words alone. Leo, having appointed Luther's 
books to be burnt at Rome, he, by way of re-
taliation, having assembled the professors and 
students of the University of Wittemberg, in 
presence of a vast multitude of spectators, cast 
the volumes of the canon law, together with the 
bull of excommunication, into the flames ; and 
his example was imitated in several cities of 
Germany. An attack no less violent was made 
about the same time in Switzerland. There 
Zuinglius, a man not inferior to Luther in zeal 
and intrepidity, pursued a similar course.— 
" His adherents increased, till in the canton of 
Zurich, images and relics were removed from 
the churches, processions forbidden, and the 
greater part of the outward ceremonies of the 
Church of Rome abolished." " About the year 
1521 the reformed religion was received in 
Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Prussia, and to 
some extent in France." 
The overthrow of Popery took place in Eng-
land about the year 1534, through the influence 
of Henry VIII." " In 1521, Luther was sum- 
moned to appear before the emperor Charles V. 
at the Diet of Worms ; and though his friends 
feared, that, as his books had been burned, he 
would meet a like fate, he fearlessly declared, 
" If 1 knew there were as many devils at Worms 
as tiles on the houses, I would go." " He was 
there required to retract his opinions ; but he 
declared that except they could be proved con- 
trary to Scripture, he neither could, nor would 
recant. Charles consequently published his 
edict against him and his adherents, and placed 
him under the ban of the empire. Luther how- 
ever remained secure under the protection of 
the Elector of Saxony, and in the castle of 
Wertetnberg, which he styled his Patmos, wrote 
letters to his friends, and composed books in 
defence of his opinions. At the end of ten 
months, when the Emperor departed for Flan- 
ders, he again appeared publicly, and found 
that instead of being checked, his doctrines had 
gained ground, and were universally embraced 
through Germany." And though the former 
" edict against the reformation was again en- 
forced," yet " the doctrines of the reformation 
were ably defended by the Electors of Saxony 
and Brandenburg, the Landgrave of Hesse, the 
Prince of Anhalt, and others." " Thus the op-
position raised against the mighty empire of 
piritual Rome by an obscure monk, was sup-
ported by intelligent princes and powerful na- 
tions ; and Luther now regarded as the cham-
pion of the faith through Germany, had nothing 
to fear from his persecutors, but had only to la-
bor to confirm what had been so happily estab-
lished. His translation of the Bible appeared 
in 1535, and was received with grateful rapture 
by the Germans." Many conflicts however 
ensued, till " in 1555 a treaty was formed called 
the Peace of religion,' which secured to Prot-
estants the free exercise of their religion."—
Rome, however, enraged at her defeat, and de-
sirous of " regaining her power, among other 
expedients, resorted to persecutions ;" which 
were dreadful in the extreme in France, Eng-
land, and other countries, whenever the reign-
ing monarchs happened to be favorable to her 
interests, after the reformation was established, 
as well as during its progress. 
Every one acquainted with the writings of the 
reformers, knows that their testimony against the 
Papacy accords perfectly with the third angel's 
message. And no prophecy can have a second 
fulfilment. "Mr. Hooker, in Queen Elizabeth's 
time, brought himself into suspicion, because he 
asserted with much caution, that Papists might 
be saved." It may be thought by some, that 
the image of the beast did not then exist. But 
without attempting to decide respecting the 
time of its origin, there are some distinctive 
marks, which utterly forbid the idea of its hav-
ing its origin from Protestantism and Republi-
canism. Neither Protestantism nor Republi-
canism ever exercised all the power of the first 
beast ; never caused the earth to worship the 
first beast; never were on friendly terms with 
him ; and above all, never had power to " cause 
that as many as would not worship the image 
of the beast, should be killed;" nor ever made 
any image that exercised, or possessed that 
power. Protestantism and Republicanism can, 
therefore, never be compared with the two horned 
beast, except it be in contrast; for they are in 
their nature the reverse of that beast. The two 
horned beast seems rather to act the part in 
conjunction with the seven headed and ten 
the two horned beast, others ran judge by com-
paring it with the woman, and with the ecclesi-
astical power which she represents. This power 
elects the Pope, crowns him, and then falls 
down and worships him. While he has had 
power to speak in uttering forth his bulls and 
mandates, and to cause that as many as would 
not worship him, should be killed. But I did 
not intend to express my opinion of this beast 
and image, but merely to suggest this for con-
sideration. That it cannot apply to Protestant-
ism, &c., I think can be demonstrated.—(To be 
continued.) 
The Rebuke. 
Fair o'er the city's minarets 
Arose the glorious sun, 
Flooding the air with purple light, 
E'er day was scarce begun ; 
And sweetly on the lofty hills 
The golden radiance lay ; 
While mists that rose from waking rills 
Crept silently away. 
A crowd was in the temple, 
Of awe-struck listening men ; 
For " words of spirit and of life," 
Were spoken even then ; 
They bowed their heads in silence, 
While the Redeemer spoke. 
And light. more glorious than the day, 
Upon their spirits broke. 
Then came the Scribes and Pharisees, 
With looks and steps of pride; 
And brought a trembling woman 
To the blessed Saviour's side ; 
They told her tale of sin and shame, 
With boasting words, and high ; 
And asked that he would judge her, 
But asked in mockery. 
They tempted him with sounding words, 
That filled the crowd with awe; 
How Moses had in olden time, 
Avenged the broken law; 
Only upon the Saviour's brow 
Arose no answering spot, 
But " he stooped, and wrote upon the ground, 
As though he heard them not." 
Again ! with louder voices 
The fearful charge was made; 
Then Jesus lifted up himself, 
And to the leaders said : 
" Let him whose soul hath never yet 
By passion-storms been rent, 
Nor turned aside to vanity, 
Begin the punishment." 
There were tones of love and sorrow 
In each softly uttered word ; 
But they fell with wondrous power 
On every ear that heard ; 
There was majesty within them, 
That none dared disobey, 
And one by one in silence, 
The accusers stole away. 
Left with the pure and sinless, 
How stood the guilty then ? 
She—who had quailed in terror, 
From the searching glance of men ? 
Again—like music on her ear, 
Fell that sweet, pitying tone, 
" Hath none condemned thee woman ? 
Are thine accusers gone ? " 
With quivering lip and tearful eye, 
She gave a meek assent; 
For the holy love of Jesus, 
Had her sinful spirit bent; 
And soothingly, and healingly, 
Came that soft voice once more— 
" Neither do I condemn thee ; 
But go and SIN NO MORE." 
N. Y. Tribune. 
wealth. Do they set their affections on crea-
tures ? How often does he take away the de-
sire of their eyes by a stroke ! How frequently 
does he take the loveliest, sweetest child in the 
family to himself ! Do they forget God ? He 
deprives them of health, stretches them on the 
bed of sickness, lays them aside from their pur-
suits and enjoyments." " En their affliction 
they will seek me early." Sometimes they 
will say, " Shall we receive good at the hand 
of God, and shall we not receive evil ? It is 
the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. 
It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; be-
fore 1 was afflicted I went astray, but now will 
I keep thy word." Sometimes his children be-
come so engrossed with the world as to forget 
the claims of their Father in heaven. The 
conduct of Absalom to Joab is instructive. Ab-
salom wished to see Joab. He sent a messen-
ger, he did not come—another, he would not 
come. Then Absalom said to his servants, 
" See, Joab's field is near mine, go and set it 
on fire." They did so ; then Joab arose and 
came to Absalom. Thus does God often deal 
with his children. He calls again, again, and 
again, but they heed not his voice : then he 
touches them in a tender part, takes away from 
them that in which their soul delighteth. They 
then call upon him in the day of trouble : he 
hears and sanctifies their afflictions. The loss 
of property, dear relatives, friends, and health 
are all used by the Father of mercy to bring his 
children into closer fellowship with himself.—
Thus he meetens them for the inheritance of 
the saints in light. 
Besides, " Christ suffered for us," leaving us 
an example to follow in his footsteps. When 
he suffered he threatened not. The Man of 
sorrows neither murmured nor repined. When 
enduring the most acute agony, his prayer was, 
Father, forgive them, for they know not what 
they do." He drank the bitter cup. Christian, 
dost thou suffer pain of body ? think of Jesus ! 
Dost thou grieve that his disciples show thee 
no sympathy ? think of Christ, who, in the hour 
of his extremety, had none. All his disciples 
forsook him and fled. Dust thou feel the grip-
ing hand of poverty ? He could say, " The 
foxes have holes, the birds of the air have nests, 
but the Son of man bath not where to lay his 
head." Truly may you say, 
" His way was much rougher and darker than mine, 
Did Christ my Lord suffer, and shall I repine? " 
Paul says, " If ye endure chastisement, God 
dealeth with you as with sons ; for what 
son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ?—
Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal 
weight of glory." He would say, " As sorowful, 
Yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many 
rich ; as having nothing, yet possessing all 
things. We glory in tribulations also, knowing 
that tribulation worketh patience,' and patience 
experience, and experience hope. Though our 
outward man perish, our inward man is renewed 
day by day." When the refiner sees his image 
in the crucible he removes it ; so when the 
Lord beholds his image in the heart, he re-
moves the affliction—it has accomplished his 
design.
whatever be the nature or char-
Christian 
acter of thy affliction, "cast all your care on 
him who careth for you." You know who has 
said, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace 
whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trust-
eth in the." Rejoice in the thought that " we 
have not a high priest that cannot be touched 
with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was, 
in all points, tempted like as we are, yet without 
sin." 
He in the days of feeble flesh, 
Poured out his cries and tears, 
And in his measure feels afresh 
What every member bears." 
Journal and Messenger. 
Jehovah—Jireh. 
Affliction—its Design. 
There are many ways by which God afflicts 
his children. Man is born unto trouble, as the 
sparks fly upward. From earliest infancy to 
hoary age, sorrow is mingled in every one's 
cup. None can escape. By sin came death 
into our world, with all our woes. Seeing no 
one can escape affliction, how ought we to meet 
it ? With fretfulness ? With anger? With 
impatience ? With rebellion ? Ah no ! Jacob 
said, when two of his sons were taken from 
him, " All these things are against me." Jonah 
said when the gourd withered, " It is better for 
me to die than to live." But God said, " Dost 
thou well to be angry for the gourd ?" And he 
said (who does not tremble at his answer ?) " I 
do well to be angry even unto death." Under 
heavy trials and afflictions, both Job and Jere-
miah cursed the day in which they were born. 
Moses rebelled at the waters of Meribah, when 
he said, " Must we bring water out of the rock 
for you rebels ?" This act excluded him from 
Canaan. Shall we imitate these good men in 
their imperfections ? Rather let us avoid those 
sins into which they fell. 
God has a design in afflicting his children. 
Are they become worldly ? He strips them of 
She was utterly in despair. Her husband, 
the arm of her support, and the choice of her 
young heart, the father of her helpless babes, 
and the hope of her future years, her fond lov-
ing husband, had been cut. down in an hour.—
The blow, like a bolt from a cloudless sky, had 
smitten him in health, in the bosom of his joy-
ous family, and he was dead, dead ! 
1 found her on the sofa with two little girls 
kneeling at her side, and all in tears of anguish, 
such as utter desolation like this alone can make 
in hearts and homes, and as I entered, the sight 
of one who had come to comfort, seemed to stir 
the fountains of love, and they wailed in con-
cert, till their cries pierced my breast like a knife. 
Alas ! what shall I say ? This is grief, and 
this is grief 1 cannot soothe. Had 1 a balsam 
for crushed hearts, I would use it now ; but 
what can I do, what say, that shall minister 
comfort in this great sorrow? I sat down in si-
lence, like the V friends of Job, who could not 
speak in the midst of his grief. At last, in a 
gentle tone of voice, not to break too suddenly 
upon the sacredness of her emotions, 1 said, 
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She raised her large dark eyes, inflamed 
with weeping, and fixing them upon me, asked, 
" What does that mean ? " 
" Jehovah-Jireh," said I, "the Lord will pro-
vide." 
Again we were still. Her sobs had ceased, 
and I ventured soon to say to her, " He who 
has taken away your husband, and the father 
of these precious children, has said, Leave thy 
fatherless children, I will preserve them alive, 
and let thy widows trust in me.'" 
Once more she looked up, but now there was 
peace and dawning hope in her sad face. "Oh 
what comfort," she said, "there is in those 
words. Say them to me again." 
" Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide.—
Your staff is broken, the arm on which you 
leaned is gone. Your children are fatherless, 
and you are a widow, but more than husband 
or father is the God in whom you trust. He 
will take you and them into his holy care and 
keeping, will wipe away your tears and show 
you hereafter, if not now, that his ways, though 
higher, are infinitely better than yours. These 
children shall never want for any good thing, 
You shall find that God will provide for you 
and them, and perhaps make this great sorrow 
that now crushes you to the dust, a blessing to 
you all." 
Then I prayed with them and went away. 
I saw them after. They were very poor, but 
their grief and their wants touched the heart 
of those who knew them, or heard of their afflic-
tions. Friends were raised up for them, and in 
ways quite unexpected but very pleasant, doors 
were opened through which good flowed in upon 
them. They mourned, indeed, for they had 
lost the best of earthly friends, and God has not 
forbidden us to mourn. Once he wept at the 
grave of a friend. And God blessed these 
mourners. Years have passed by, and they are 
alive and doing well : ili usefulness and com-
fort, a happy family, ever keeping in mind their 
early loss, but never forgetting, in the changes 
of this changing world, the first words that 
brought hope to them in the hour of their 
despair. 
The Trial of Antichrist. 
(Continued from our last ) 
The Proceedings at a Special Commission, held 
at the Sessions House of Truth ; in order to 
the Trial of Antichrist, for High Treason 
against His Most Sacred Majesty, King of 
Heaven and Earth. 
Mr. Historical Truth again examined. 
Q.—Are you acquainted with the prisoner's 
conduct to the people called Waldenses ? 
A.—I am ; and so is Europe. They have 
been distinguished by various appellations. The 
first name they were called by was Vallenses : 
so saith one of the oldest writers of their lives, 
Ebrard of Bethune, who wrote in the year 1212, 
" They call themselves Vallenses, because they 
abide in the valley of tears," alluding to their 
situation in valleyg of Piedmont. They were 
also Albigenses, from Albi, a city in the south-
ern part of France, where a great number re-
sided. They were afterwards denominated 
Valdenses, or Waldenses, from one Peter Valdo, 
or Waldo, an opulent citizen of Lyons, and one 
of the most active of these people. And from 
Lyons, its ancient name being Leona, they were 
called Leonists. 
From all the remains of their writings, and 
the testimony even of their most violent ene-
mies, it will appear that they maintained the 
following principles : That the Holy Scriptures 
the only rule of Faith and Pracice,—Christ 
Jesus the only Sovereign Head and Lawgiver 
of his Church—Salvation by Christ alone—The 
Pope Antichrist, The Church of Rome, the 
Whore of Babylon—Masses, impious—Purgato-
ry, an invention of men—Monkery, a stinking 
carcass—Invoking of dead saints, idolatry—The 
Host, an idol, and so many orders of the Roman 
clergy, so many marks of the beast. 
In the beginning of the thirteenth century, 
they hadspread so far, and were so fast increas-
ing every day, the prisoner thought proper to 
exert his utmost efforts to suppress them. For 
this purpose, war, or what he called a holy 
crusade, was proclaimed against them, and the 
office of Inquisition erected ; the one to subdue 
their bodies, and the other to enslave their souls. 
It is enough to make the blood run cold, to hear 
of the horrid murders and devastations of this 
time, and of the number of these poor people, 
who were sacrificed to the blind fury and malice 
of the prisoner. It is computed, that in France 
alone there were slain a million of these people, 
and yet, this was inadequate to satisfy his in-
fernal desire. 
I will just notice the testimony of Thuanus, 
a priest under the prisoner's government, and 
who is considered an historian of repute, He 
says, " Against the Waldenses, when exquisite 
punishments availed little, and the evil was ex-
asperated by the remedy which had been un-
reasonably applied, and their number increased 
daily : at length complete armies were raised ; 
and a war of no less weight than what our peo- 
ple had before waged against the Saracens, was 
decreed against them ; the event of which was, 
that they were rather slain, put to flight, spoiled 
everywhere of their goods and dignities, and 
dispersed here and there, than that convinced of 
their error they repented. So that they fled in-
to Provence and the neighboring Alps of the 
French territory, and found shelter for their 
lives and doctrines in those places. Part with-
drew into Calabria, part passed into Germany, 
and fixed their abode among the Bohemians, 
and in Poland, and Livonia. Others turning to 
the west, obtained refuge in Britain." 
In these wars, when the rebels under the com-
mand of the prisoner took the city of Beziers, 
they put to the sword above 60,000 persons, 
among whom were many of their own profes-
sion, the Pope's Legate crying out, " Kill 
them all, for the Lord knoweth them
° that are 
his !" 
Cross-examined by Counsellor Quibble. 
Q.—Do you not recollect the many abomina-
ble heresies and vices the Waldenses were 
charged with ? 
A.—What they were charged with by those 
who were totally unacquainted with them, I do 
not consider worth notice. The prisoner al-
ways pretended to find all guilty of heresy who 
were enemies to his authority ; but to prove my 
statement to be just, I will produce three of the 
most respectable Roman Catholic authors who 
have written in the defence of the prisoner at 
the bar. The first I will name is Reinerius 
Sacco, whose testimony is the most remarkable, 
as he was of the order of the Dominicans, and 
Inquisitor General, about the year 1254. 
This cruel inquisitor, who exerted such a 
furious zeal for the destruction of the Waldenses, 
lived about eighty years after Valdo of Lyons, 
and must, therefore, be supposed from his hor-
rid employment to know their real character. 
He said, " Among all the sects which still are, 
or have been, there is not any more pernicious 
to the Church than that of the Leonists. And 
this for three reasons ; the first is, because it is 
older, for some say that it hath endured from 
the time of Pope Sylvester; others, from the 
time of the Apostles. The second, because it 
is more general, for there is scarce any country 
where this sect is riot. The third, because 
when all other sects begat horror in the hearers 
by the outrageousness of their blasphemies 
against God, this of the Leonists hath a great 
show of piety ; because they live justly before 
men, and believe all things rightly concerning 
God, and all the articles which are contained in 
the creed ; only they blaspheme the Church of 
Rome and the clergy, whom the multitude of 
the laity is easy to believe." 
The credit of Thuanus, as an historian, has 
been always admitted by those under the gov-
ernment of the prisoner, and he was wise enough 
to distinguish between their real opinions and 
those falsely imputed to them. He gave this 
account of them.: " Peter Valdo, a wealthy citi-
zen of Lyons, about the year 1170, gave name 
to the Valdenses. He (as Guy Perpignon, 
Bishop of Elna, in Roussillon, who exercised 
the office of Inquisitor against the Valdenses, 
hath lett testified in writing) leaving his house 
and goods, devoted himself wholly to the pro-
fession of the gospel, and took care to leave the 
writings of the Prophets and Apostles transla-
ted in the vulgar tongue. When in a little 
time he had many followers, he sent them forth, 
as his disciples, into all parts to propagate the 
gospel."—" Their fixed opinions were said to be 
these ; that the Church of Rome, because she 
hath renounced the true faith of Christ, is the 
Whore of Babylon ; and that barren tree which 
Christ himself hath cursed and commanded to 
be rooted up ; therefore we must by no means 
obey the Pope, and the bishops who cherish his 
errors. That the Monastic life is the sink of 
the church, and a hellish institution ; its vows 
are vain, and subservient only to the filthy love 
of boys; the orders of the Presbytery are the 
marks of the great beast, which is mentioned 
in the Apocalypse ; the fire of Purgatory, the 
sacrifice of the Mass, the feasts of the dedica-
tions of churches, the worship of saints, and the 
propitiations for the dead are inventions of Sa-
tan. To these the principal and certain heads 
of their doctrines, others were feigned and ad-
ded, concerning marriage, the resurrection, the 
state of the soul after death, and concerning 
meats." 
I shall now repeat the testimony of Mezeray, 
the celebrated historiographer of France, which, 
though short, is full to the purpose. He said, 
that they had almost the same opinions as those 
who are now called Calvinists." If, there-
fore, any of these Roman Catholic writers had 
known the crimes of these persecuted people, 
surely they would have revealed them. 
Q.—(From the Court.) Did not the prisoner, 
through the instrumentality of such as acted by 
his authority, circulate a variety of false reports 
to excite princes to destroy them on account of 
their unnatural and shocking figure ? 
A.—Yes. So extravagant were some in at-
tempting to describe their persons to Philip, 
Duke of Savoy, that he was induced to exam- 
ine into the truth of the reports, principally 
with a view of gratifying his sight, by witness-
ing such extraordinary, monstrous beings. He,. 
therefore, ordered some of their children to be 
brought from the valleys to satisfy himself, 
whether they were not born with black throats, 
shaggy manes, and four rows of teeth, as de-
scribed. 
The clerk or the crown then read extracts 
from three rebel proclamations, of Pope's bulls, 
published by order of the prisoner. 
" On pain of anathema, let no man presume 
to entertain, or cherish them in his house, or 
land, or exercise traffic with thern."—Canon of 
Council of Lateran. Pope Alexander III. 
On pain of the same curse, " No man should 
presume to receive or assist them, no, not so 
much as to hold any communion with them, in 
selling, or buying, that being deprived of the 
comforts of humanity, they may be compelled 
to repent of the error of their ways."—Synod 
of Tours, in France. Pope Alexander III. 
In like manner, " Permit not the heretics to 
have houses in your districts, or enter into con-
tracts, or carry on commerce, or enjoy the corn-
forts of humanity with Christians."—Bull of 
Pope Martin V., after the Council of Constance. 
Walter Lollard, sworn. 
Q.—Was you a preacher, of the gospel in 
Germany, about the year of our Lord 1315 ? 
A.—Yes. According to the abilities the Lord 
was pleased to give me, I preached the glorious 
gospel of the ever-blessed God. 
Q.—Have you been acquainted with the pris-
oner at the bar ? 
A.—I have. I knew him when I preached 
the gospel in Germany, and I testified against 
him there, as I was convinced he was Antichrist, 
the enemy of my Lord's person and government. 
I therefore rejected his traitorous authority, and 
the superstitious ceremonies of his rebellious 
society. But the consequence was, I was taken 
by his order, underwent an examination before 
several of his agents, and was condemned as an 
heretic, to be burnt to death. He, therefore, 
consigned me to the flames, in the year 1322, 
and according to report, I was consumed to 
ashes. 
John Wickliff, sworn. 
Q.—Are you a native of England ? 
A.-1 am. I was once a priest under the 
prisoner's authority, was called professor of di-
vinity at Oxford, and afterwards rector of Lut-
terworth. In the year of our Lord 1360, a 
number of mendicant friars, who were delegated 
by the prisoner to support his government, came 
into England. Their scandalous embassy 1 de-
spised. I defended the statutes and privileges 
of the University of Oxford against all the or-
ders of the mendicants, and threw out some re-
proofs against the Pope, their principal patron. 
After this, in the year 1367, I was deprived of 
the wardenship in the University by the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, who substituted a monk 
in my place ; and the sentence of the Arch-
bishop was confirmed by the prisoner, under the 
name of Pope Urban V. 
From this time, 1 discovered more of his 
treason and rebellion than I ever did before. I 
threw off all restraint, and riot only attacked 
the monks, and their scandalous irregularities, 
but the Pontiff himself, as their ringleader in 
rebellion. Soon after this, I translated the 
Scriptures into the English language, and ex-
horted the people to study the Word of God, 
and not obey the prisoner's orders when opposed 
to it. In the year 1377, he, having assumed the 
name of Pope Gregory Xi., the Archbishop 
was ordered to call a Council in London, to sit 
in judgment upon me; but though the danger 
was considered great, I escaped by the interest 
of the Duke of Lancaster. 
The prisoner having been compelled by one 
Mr. Death, whom he could never deceive, to re-
linquish the name of Gregory XI., a great 
schism commenced about the next title he should 
assume. This withdrew his attention from me 
for some time, but afterwards he proceeded 
against me with great vehemence in two coun-
cils held at London and Oxford, in the year 1383. 
The event was, that of the twenty-three opin-
ions, for which I was prosecuted by the monks, 
ten were condemned as heresies, and thirteen as 
errors. However, I returned in safety to Lut-
terworth, and fell into a comfortable sleep in 
peace, in the year 1387. The prisoner having 
been given to understand that I was dead, and 
as it had pleased the Lord to bless the gospel 
to a great number to whom I had preached it, 
lie was so exasperated, that in a Council at 
Constance, in the year 1415, a decree was. 
made to condemn my memory and opinions, and 
to dig up some bones, which were thought to be 
mine, to be publicly burnt, which was accord-
ingly done. 
Q.—Was there not a great number of per-
sons either hanged, suffocated, or burnt in Eng-
land, who were called your followers, and who 
went by the name of Lollards, or Wickliffites ? 
A.—Yes. Even prisons, fields, and pits, in 
the metropolis of London, have been called af-
ter the name, on account of the horrid scenes 
exhibited there. 
William Sawtre, sworn: 
Q.—Was you not once parish priest of St. 
Osyth, in London ? 
A.—I was, till it pleased God to convince me 
of my rebellion, and enable me to forsake and 
detest the usurped authority of the prisoner, 
Q.—Did not the prisoner persuade that de-
luded prince, Henry IV., to make an act of par-
lia merit, to burn all who were called heretics ? 
A.—He did. After Henry IV. had usurped 
the throne, in compliance with the prisoner's or-
ders, he passed an act for the burning of here, 
 
tics. This was in the year 1401. He was 
the first prince in England who passed such 
an act. One of the principal reasons that he 
assigned for this act was, the great increase of 
Lollards, or Wickliffites. The bishops were by 
this act empowered to try all who were sup-
posed to reject the prisoner, and to burn themat 
their discretion. 
Q.—What followed in England after the pas.-
ing of that law ? 
A.—Fires were lighted in various parts of 
the country, and many were cruelly burnt. It 
was previous to the passing of this act that I 
had been given to see the error of Popery, and 
acknowledge the sceptre of King Jesus. I was, 
therefore, immediately apprehended and brought 
before the Archbishop of Canterbury, and con-
demned to be burned as a heretic. The king 
then directed a writ to the lord mayor and sher-
iffs to take me to the stake, which they did, and 
1 had the honor of being the first that fire was 
kindled round for heresy in England. 
Thomas Badley, sworn. 
Q.—Did you live in the reign of Henry IV.? 
A.—.I did. I lived in London when William 
Sawtre was burned alive, and supposed to be 
burnt to death. 
Q.—Did not the prisoner attempt to murder 
you ? 
A.—He did. He ordered me to be secured 
in prison ; after which I was condemned as an 
heretic, taken to Smithfield, chained to a stake, 
and fire kindled round me. Henry, Prince of 
Wales, being present, perceiving me show some 
sensible signs of torture, ordered the fire to be 
removed, promised me a pardon and a pension 
for life, if I would turn Roman Catholic. But 
having come to myself, I was enabled resolutely 
ro reject his offer, choosing rather to die with a 
good, than live with an evil 
 a traitor 
to my King. The fire was then rekindled, 
and continued to burn till some ashes were dis-
covered, when all concluded that they were 
!nine, and that of course I must have been burnt 
to death. 
Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, sworn. 
Q.—Are you the nobleman who was perse-
cuted in England, in the reign of King Henry 
V., on the charge of being the principal patron 
and abettor of the people called Lollards ? 
A.—I am. I considered them as loyal to our 
Sovereign,and I could not bear the idea that my 
Lord and King should be opposed by the prison-
er, under the pretext of being his peculiar fa-
vorite. 
Q.—Did the prisoner attempt to put you to 
death ? 
A.— He did. By his orders I was appre-
hended and committed to prison by a noted rebel 
in connexion with him, known by the name of 
the Archbishop of Canterbury. On my exam-
ination, I freely declared my total disapproba- 
tion of the prisoner. I affirmed, that " the 
Pope was Antichrist, and the head of the Ro-
man Catholic body. That his bishops were the 
members, and his friars the hinder part of his 
Antichristian society." The wicked Archbishop, 
ray judge, then proceeded to pass sentence of 
condemnation against me for heresy, when I 
addressed him in these words. "Though you 
judge my body, which is but a wretched thing, 
yet I am sure vou can do me no harm as to my 
soul—He who has created it, will of his infinite 
mercy and promise, finally save it, I have no 
manner of doubt. As to the articles before re-
hearsed, I will stand to them to my very death, 
by the GRACE of my eternal God." I was con-
demned to die, but the day before my execution 
was to have taken place, I made my escape from 
the Tower, and continued in Wales for about 
four years,. After which, being seized by the 
prisoner's emissaries, and having been out-
lawed, they delivered me over to death, as arm 
heretic and traitor. I was then taken to the 
place of execution, and suspended by the waist 
with an iron chain. In this manner I was hung 
as a traitor, and cruelly burnt as an heretic, 
amidst the execrations of my savage tormen-
tors, till my King delivered me out of their 
hand
s 
(The chain was produced in court.)—To be 
continued, 
A Boy found in a Wolf's Den. 
Extract of a letter received by Philip Slee--
man, Esq., of Plymonth, from his brother Colo-
nel W. H. Sleeman :—" Court of Lucknow, 
Hindostan, India, October 3d, 1850. 1. must 
now tell you about a poor boy, who was found 
in a wolf 's den, with a she-wolf and three stout 
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whelps. When dug into by some of my troops, 
they all bolted together, and the boy ran so fast 
on all fours that he outstripped the whelps, and 
was with some difficulty taken by a mounted 
trooper. The mother of the *helps had taken 
him from his parents some years before, and 
brought him up as her own offspring in her den. 
I have more instances of the same kind, and had 
what they call a wild man of the woods' 
brought to me yesterday, sent by the King of 
Oude. He was caught twenty-five years ago 
in a jungle in the woods, when about eighteen 
years of age. He had been brought up by a 
wolf, but she died, and he was taken in a starv-
ing state by a hermit, who weaned him from 
eating raw flesh. One of the then king's sol-
diers got him from the hermit, and presented 
him to the king; by whom, and his successors, 
he has ever since been taken care of. It was 
many years before he could be made to wear 
clothing, and even now he dislikes the society 
of men. He speaks, but only in reply to ques-
tions, and then it is with difficulty understood." 
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All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may be conducted in faith and love, 
wit!! sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing' 
carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly dis-
putation. 
REV. DR. CUMMING'S LECTURE. 
This evening (May 28,) Rev. DR. CUMMING was 
advertised to speak in Exeter Hall in defence of the 
proposition that " Rome is the Apostacy," and the 
Pope the " man of sin." Though I went nearly 
half an hour before the time, and though tickets of 
admission were from sixpence to one-and-sixpence 
each, I found the room so crowded that it was next 
to impossible to procure a seat. Probably, near 
four thousand people heard the lecture. The chair 
was taken at a quarter past seven, by Admiral HAR-
COURT, who made a few interesting introductory re-
marks, prayer being offered by Rev. Mr. ROBINSON, 
Of CHRIST'S Church. 
Dr. CUMMING commenced by a relation of the facts 
of two interviews which had taken place between 
himself and the Hon. and Rev. Mr. SPENCER, for-
merly of the Established Church of England, now 
commonly known and selfsstyled as Father IGNATIUS, 
of the order of the Passionists. Dr. C. was two 
weeks ago deep among his books in preparation for 
this lecture, when Father IGNATIUS was announced 
and admitted to his study, clad in a coarse robe of 
serge, embroidered with the symbols of his order, 
and girded with an iron chain, with a shaven crown 
and sandalled feet. He said he had waited upon the 
Prime Minister and the Lord Bishop of London, and 
been very kindly received by them, and now lie had 
come to see Dr. C., to speak with him about this 
great trouble in the land, What is it? said Dr. C. 
This division between brethren, he replied. The 
conversation thus commenced, resulted in a challenge 
from Dr. C. to Father I. to meet him this evening 
in Exeter Hall, and discuss these matters at issue be-
tween the Protestant and Catholic Church, and an 
agreement on the part of Father I. to be present 
for that purpose. Notice was accordingly given to 
that effect. A few days after, Father loNATrus 
called again, and said he should be under the neces-
sity of declining to be present, on the ground that 
Cardinal WISEMAN had interdicted his taking part in 
the meeting. When pressed for the reason of this 
inhibition, Father I. stated that the reasons of the 
Cardinal were two—the first, that no good ever came 
to the Catholic religion from such discussions ! the 
second, that his Eminence had a great dislike to Exe-
ter Hall ! 
Dr. Cummislo then proceeded to consider the pas-
sage (2. Thess. 2:7-10,) of which his lecture was 
mainly an argumentative exposition. " For the 
mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who 
now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the 
way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom 
the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, 
and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming ; 
even him, whose coming is after the working of 
Satan withal] power, and signs, and lying wonders," 
etc., etc. 
With reference to the phrase, " mystery of in-
iquity," Dr. C. said that he was a little while ago 
informed by a friend, a missionary among the Jews, 
that there was known to them a kind of jewel writ-
ing, so that those skilled in its interpretation could 
read what was written in it ; and that upon the tiara 
of jewels (made by a Jew) actually worn by the Pope 
of Rome when in full pontificals, the inscription ap-
pears, " the mystery of iniquity." 
This mystery of iniquity cannot be infidelity—
there is no mystery about that. To no religion on 
earth does the phrase apply so well as to that of the 
Church of Rome. This mystery of iniquity was not 
a thing to come down from heaven, it " doth already 
work." There was Puseyism then. The seeds of 
popery were in the early church in a voluntary hu-
mility, the worship of angels, etc. 
infidelity is not an apostacy. An apostate is one 
who has been a Christian, but has lapsed into sin,—
" apostatizing from the living God." An apostacy 
holds the truth, but holds something else mixed with 
it. Rome has her first twelve articles of the creed 
genuine and orthodox, but she has added other twelve 
that have no fellowship with CHRIST. 
Out of this apostacy was to emerge some person 
who was to he the " man of sin." 
JESUS was called 
the " man of sorrows," because he was steeped in 
sorrow. So the man of sin is saturated with sin.—
Sill is the great element in which he moves. The 
Pope as Pope (I speak not of him as a man, but as an 
official) is the great patron of sin. Read those pages 
which every priest is obliged not only to read, but to 
commit to memory before he can attend to the duties 
of the confessional, and you will see that no man can 
he familiar with them without impurity. No woman 
can escape the vilest and most abominable pollution 
who is forced understandingly to that confessional. 
I would that the Bishop of London could meet on 
hundred peers of the realm and read to them passages 
trom the authorized manuals of Rome, which I will 
put into his hand, and see what their verdict would 
be, and send it through the land. 
Again, the Pope is the man of sin, because he has 
invented the distinction between venial and mortal 
sins. At our Irish College of Maynooth, (which I 
pray we may take in hand so soon as we have done 
with the Cardinal,) we pay fir teaching persons a 
manual which makes this distinction. It says, in 
answer to " How much is required to raise a venial 
to a mortal sin ? " the quantity cannot be easily deter-
mined ; there are four ranks of society—the very rich, 
the middling families, the artificers, and the beggars. 
For the first class 60d. is the limit ; for the second, 
40d.; and for the fourth, Id. So that you may steal 
59d. 3qr. from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and it will be a 
venial offence, and no mortal sin ! So the same book 
says it is a venial offence for servants to steal ordinary 
eatables, but a mortal sin to steal choice wines and 
delicacies. 
Again, the Pope invented the system of indul-
gences, which proves him steeped in sin. In a church 
at Rome is this inscription : " SAINT SYLVESTER 
grants twelve hundred years' indulgence to any per-
son who frequents this church." The foottnark of 
the Virgin MARY (from the monastery of Loretto) 
was also shown, which gives indulgence for three 
hundred and twenty years to whomsoever shall kiss 
it and say three Ave Marias. 
Again, the word anoyos does not mean " that 
wicked " so much as " that lawless " one shall be 
revealed. Old commentators explain it by the 
phrase legibus solutis. The Pope answers this de-
scription. He is not a subject of law. In England, 
from the Queen to the meanest citizen, each is ame-. 
nable to law, but the Pope is above all law. Many-
quotations were made from Romish authors to prove 
this, among others, one declaring that the Pope has 
power to annul the law of the Sabbath. The law of 
marriage, the command, " Drink ye all of it," 
" Search the scriptures," etc., were also dwelt upon 
in illustration. 
Again, " he exalteth himself above all that is 
called Goo." This Dr. C. referred to the magistra-
cy, as, " I have said ye are gods," etc., and allusion 
was made to the canons requiring emperors to hold 
the Pope's stirrup, kiss his feet, etc., etc. " So that 
he as Gon, sitteth in the temple of Goo, showing 
himself that he is GOD," This was explained as 
follows: naos is not the temple at Jerusalem, be-
cause, 1st it was not then in existence, and 2d, was 
never called naos, but it is the nave, chancel, cathe-
dral, sitting place. So that the Pope, as if lie were 
Coo, sits upon the high altar of his cathedral, ex-
hibiting himself to the people as if he were GOD.—
Until the sixteenth century the canon law used to 
style the Pope Nosier Dominus Deus. 
" Anti-Christ " was then considered. This word 
was shown, by a large comparison of words, com-
pounded with anti—not necessarily to mean against 
CHRIST, but rather to signify in the place of CHRIST. 
Now the Pope's chosen name is Vicar of CHRIST, 
and we well understand that where there is a vicar, 
the rector himself is absent. 
The phrase " lying wonders," was then criticised 
and considered to mean, not, of necessity, wonders 
false in themselves, lint wonders (whether true or 
false in themselves) designed to establish arid sup- 
port a lie. Dr. C. could see no absurdity in suppos-
ing that some of the miracles of Rome were real—
that Satan has the power and will to help his ser-
vants. Such miracles would be infra-natural rather 
than supernatural. A miracle, said he, proves that 
some power not human is at wotk—and the object of 
that miracle must prove whether it come from above 
or from beneath. 
After a brief recapitulation, Dr. CUMMING proceed-
ed to characterize the present movement in Britain, 
embracing the opportunity to pay a tribute to the 
Queen, in saying that this crisis had enabled the na-
tion to see her through Protestantism, a declaration 
which was met by a storm of applause and vocife-
rous cheers. The lengthened address (we having 
been in our seats from 7 till 10 1-2 P. M.) was 
drawn to a close by an animated exhortation to 
agitation and agitation among the people, and at 
the elections, (immense applause,) reading Roman-
ist books, becoming familiar with their superstitions, 
and striving against this fatal apostacy and this man 
of sin, in the house and by the way, and lying down 
and rising up. Everywhere and always—ending 
with the beautiful close of Professor LONGFELLOW'S 
" Ship : " 
" Here too sail on, thou ship of state," etc. 
Dr. CUMMING'S oratory did not appear to so good 
an advantage to-night as when I have heard him 
preach, but his scholarship in general, and his famil-
iarity with the subject matter of the discussion, 
were made agreeably evident—while the enthusiasm 
of the audience at his appearance, and their re-
sponse to his appeals, gave evidence that he has 
a strong hold upon the Dissenting hearts of London. 
Correspondent of the Congregationalist. 
LETTER FROM ELDER 0. R. FASSETT. 
BRO. HIM ES :—I have accepted the invitation of our 
Hartford brethren to remove among them, and expect 
soon to enter upon that, to me, new field of labor. I go 
there with the hope that Goo will go with me, and 
make me a blessing to his people, and give me many 
souls as stars in the crown of my rejoicing. I go 
there for no other purpose than to work fir GOD, 
preach his gospel, and announce the last, solemn mes-
sage, " The hour of his judgment is come." This 
is my prayer,!—and this, by the grace of Goo, shall 
be my aim while I tarry with that people. 
When I entered the field, I gave all for CHRIST.—
I became a missionary for life, to seek and save the 
lost, to benefit my fellow men, bound to the same 
judgment with myself; and 1 feel none the less de-
termined to be faithful to my high and holy calling, 
than when I first took the vow to enter the good and 
holy work. When, however, I see my weakness, 
my incompetency for the task, and the exceeding 
magnitude of the work entrusted to me, I am led, 
like the apostle, to cry out, " Who is sufficient for 
these things ? " and then I am urged on to duty by 
the fearful enunciation, " Wo is me if I preach not 
the gospel." Clinging to the promise of my Master, 
" Lo I am with you," I gird on the armor anew, 
and say with the apostle, " I can do all things 
through CHRIST strengthening me." 
There are souls to be saved in Hartford and its vi-
cinity, arid my Master seems to bid me turn my foot-
steps thither. As yet, I have spent but two Sabbaths 
in that State, while I have been privileged with the 
opportunity of preaching the gospel in the following, 
viz., New York, (my native state,) Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire. While 
now I visit that State to carry the good news, I de-
sire to go " in the fulness of the blessing of the 
gospel of peace," and preach unto them " the un-
searchable riches of CHRIST." 
In view of my future destination and labors, I ask 
the prayers of the church with whom I am to be more 
particularly connected, and the prayers of the breth-
ren in that section and State, that my coming among 
you may be as the coming of TITUS, and that we 
may be refreshed together. I also ask the brethren 
in every place to remember us at the throne of grace, 
and pray that Goo will bless us with the gracious 
visitation of his Spirit, and revive his work.—And 
we will remember together in fervent and effectual 
prayer the cause of our soon coming Saviour and 
King throughout the whole world, which is equally 
dear to us all, and may the Loma fit us for his king-
dom and glory, through JESUS Curtiss' his Son.—
Amen. 
f cannot close this letter without exhorting, and urg-
ing my brethren all abroad to more diligence and 
faithfulness. Let us, dearly beloved, leave the timings 
which are behind, and press on to the things which are 
before. Let us leave our enemies and the enemies 
of the cross of CHRIST in the hands of the living 
Gen, who bath said, " Vengeance belongeth to me." 
Let such revile, and we not revile again ; letsuch perse-
cute, and we not threaten ; but love and pray for them, 
that the LORD will give them repentance to the ac-
knowledging of the truth. And while " evil doers 
are waxing worse and worse, deceiving and being de-
ceived," and while iniquity abounds, and the love of 
many is waxing cold, 0 brethren, beloved, let us aim 
after more purity and holiness, more zeal and godlis 
ness. 
"0 fora closer walk with Gwi." 
Brethren, we soon shall be beyond suffering and 
toil.—Sighing and tears will soon be exchanged for 
joy and happiness ; prayer for songs of praise ; labor 
for rest ; and the cross for the crown ! Soon, yes, 
very soon, we shall be with the redeemed of the LORD 
on the heights of Zion, arrrayed in white, and with 
palms in our hands. The King in Zion will be 
there! with him we will walk the streets of gold, 
which are as transparent glass,—eejoy the many 
mansions of that city of gold, and also be led forth 
into Eden's bowers, spread forth in the new earth, 
for the LORD has said, " I will plant in the wilder-
ness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and 
the olive-tree ; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and 
the box-tree together."—Isa. 41:19. 
"How sweet are the zephyrs perfumed by the pine, 
The ivy, the balsam, and the wild eglantine !" 
0, when shall I be there, and " see the King in 
his beauty," and " behold the land " now not " very 
far off ? " 
Are we almost there ? are we almost there ? " 
Says the weary saint, as he sighs for home; 
" Are those the verdant trees that rear 
Their stately forms 'mid heaven's high dame ? " 
Yes, we are almost there ! 0, the rapturous, 
blissful day, when " there shall be no more curse 
but the throne of Goo and the Lamb " shall be in 
the city, on the new earth, and the saints reign fin- 
ever 
ever and ever. 
" He which testifieth these things saith, 
Surely I come quickly. Amen. 
Even so, COME, Lord Jesus." 
Brethren excuse me, my heart is full, and I feel 
redemption is near. 
0. R. PASSETT. 
North Attleborough, June 26th 1851. 
We wish our brother all success in his new field 
of labor. Our brethren in Hartford have tsrade a 
wise choice. May blessings attend them. 
LETTER FROM ELDER L. OSLER. 
BRO. HIMES :—In my last, I ended my primal 
with an account of our meeting at Shiremanstown. 
May 14th.—We spent a pleasant (lay at Harris-
burgh, with Bro. WM. BOYER, who is a firm and 
consistent believer in the position we occupy. 
15th.—Elder Boyer and myself started for 
Centre. I enjoyed; for the first time, the privilege 
of riding to Lewiston over the great Central Railroad. 
We were kindly received at L. by Bro. PoWNEL, 
who had come there with a private conveyance to 
take us to POTTER'S Mills, a distance of eighteen 
miles, where we were to hold meetings. The meet-
ings were commenced the same day in a school-house; 
 
there being no meeting-house that could he crbtained 
in which the " hope of the gospel " could he preached. 
We continued our meeting in the school-house until 
Saturday, when we adjourned to a grove near by, 
where we continued over the Sabbath. We com-
menced this meeting contending with a great amount 
of prejudice, but at the close the prejudice was very 
much softened down. The attendance was large, the 
attention and interest were good. This is rather an 
intelligent Community, and the seed sown there will 
not be lost. After we left, a prominent member of 
the Methodist church came to Milesburg, to apologize 
fur not allowing us to occupy their meeting-house, 
and said, that if I would return; I should have the 
use of it. 
20t11.—Preached at Milesburg, where we 
had a good hearing. 
21st. Preached at Unionville, where the 
first Advent church in this region was established. 
The house was well filled. 
22d.—Went to Mash Creek, where Mr. Jo, 
 
sEsit ADAMS, a professed co-laborer with Bro. BOYER, 
was summoned to appear, to answer before the offi-
cers of the Advent Churches in Centre, to five grave 
charges, preferred against him by members of those 
churches. He refused to appear; but his case was 
tried, and the council, consisting of thirteen officers, 
decided that Mr, ADAMS was guilty of all the charges 
preferred against, arid he was therefore expelled from 
their communion. I would take this opportunity of 
warning the churches against the said JossPit AD-
Asts, as a man unworthy of Christian confidence.—
Attempts have been made, for a year past, to get 
Bro. BOYER away from the Advent churches in Cens 
tre, which Bro. B. had been mainly instrumental in 
raising, arid by whose untiring and self-sacrificing 
efforts they had been sustained; and because he would 
not leave his post to those unworthy of it; attempts 
have been made to ruin him. But he has come out 
of the ordeal unhurt. All the Advent churches in 
Centre and the contiguous counties are laboring in 
harmony with Bro. BOYER. The cause is advancing 
throughout Centre, and these churches, at the request 
of Bro. B., are endeavoring to secure the labors of 
another faithful minister, who will co-operate with 
hint in supplying the wants of this promising field of 
labor. 
We commenced our meetings at Mash Creek on 
the evening of May 22d, and continued them over 
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165 
the Sabbath. Friends from a distance of twenty and 
thirty miles came to this meeting. We had a most 
blessed season, the interest increasing to the close. 
On the Sabbath we had a communion season, when 
a large number eat the bread and drank the wine in 
memory of the crucified, risen, exalted, and soon-
coming SAVIOUR. This church occupies a neat chapel 
of their own, situated among the ridges of the Alle-
ganies. They are at peace among themselves, and 
are loving each other with pure hearts fervently. 
27th and 28th.-Preached again at Union-
ville, to large and attentive congregations. This 
church has suffered much from the course pursued by 
ADAMS ; but the prospect is, that they will come out 
of their trials purified, and better prepared against 
the wiles of the devil. 
29th.-Commenced meeting at Snow-shoe, 
a new settlement on the mountain. From the num-
ber present, it appeared that nearly all the settlement 
turned out. They appeared to be interested in the 
word spoken. 
June 2d.-Visited Coopers, another new settle-
ment on the Allegany mountains. Preached three 
evenings in a school-house, to as many as could be 
comfortably accommodated. There is a very inter-
esting company of brethren and sisters in this place, 
who are much interested in the doctrine of the Sec-
ond Advent. 
5th.-Returned to Milesburg, and began a 
meeting, which was to be the last of our series in 
Centre, for the present. It was decidedly the most 
interesting of all that we held. There was a very 
large representation of the friends from abroad pres-
ent, and the most intelligent and influential of the in-
habitants of Milesburg attended. I never had a bet-
ter hearing in that place. Notwithstanding all the 
attempts to crush the cause in M., it stands on a bet-
ter foundation to-day than ever before. All who at-
tended that meeting, that loved the Saviour, left it 
with the full conviction, that GOD had been there. 
15th.-Preached in Philadelphia. Morning 
and evening the hall in which the church worships 
was well filled. It was truly encouraging to see so 
many of the old, tried friends remain firm in the 
faith, and constant to their trust. 
19th and 20th.-Preached at Yardleyville 
and Morrisville. The churches in these places are 
under the pastoral care of Bro. FARRAR. The at-
tendance and interested indicated a healthy condition. 
22d.-Had the pleasure, for the first time, of 
preaching to Bro. JONES' congregation, in Brooklyn, 
in the forenoon, and in Hester-street, New York, in 
the afternoon. Was much pleased with the friends 
in both places, who feel like awaking up afresh to 
the work of Goo. 
29th.-Preached to the Advent church in 
Hartford, who worship at their usual place, the old 
Fourth Church. The brethren and sisters, who are 
united and happy, have secured the labors of Bro. 
FAssETT. They regard their prospects as encourag-
ing, arid I see no reason why they should not flourish 
and grow. 
30th -Returned home, and found that the 
church in this place had been prospering under the 
faithful labors of Brn. TAYLOR and JONES. 
Wherever I have been, the cry is fbr help. Men 
of piety, integrity, and ability, would be fully sus- 
tained iu feeding the flock of Goo. Let all the lov-
ers of truth see to it that their part of this important 
work is faithfully attended to, that in the great day 
of retribution they may obtain the reward of right-
eous
LE11411EL OSLER. 
action. 
Salem (Mass.), June 30th, 1851. 
LETTER FROM ELDER W. BURNHAM. 
BRO. HIMES ;-I wish to say through the" Her-
ald" to the brethren scattered abroad, and especially 
to those with whom I have formed an acquaintance, 
and to whom I have in years past in great weakness 
endeavored to preach the gospel, that I am still 
looking for the coming of our Lord JESUS CHRIST 
from heaven, to finish the work of redemption, and 
commence his glorious reign " on the throne of his 
father DAVID," and " over the house of JACOB," " of 
whose kingdom there shall be no end." My faith is 
as strong as ever that the " things " of which the 
Saviour spake to his disciples, " as he sat upon the 
mount of Olives," have " come to pass," and that, 
therefore, " the children of light " should " lift up 
their heads, and look up," and confidently look for 
their redemption, and the glorious kingdom of our 
Lord JESUS CHRIST immediately. 1 can pray as 
fervently as ever, " Thy kingdom come ; Thy will 
be done on earth as in heaven." I am still humbly 
hoping, with you, my dear brethren, " to obtain sal-
vation by our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who died for us, 
that whether we wake or sleep, we should live to-
gether with him." 
But, although .I am thus, through the mercy of 
Goo, stilliooking,and believing,-and praying,-
and hoping,yet-I am more than ever sensible of my 
own unworthiness, and unfitness 'to appear in the 
presence of Him whom, without holiness, no man 
shall see. I feel more like crying, " GOD be merci-
ful to me a sinner," than I do of boasting of any 
goodness or righteousness of my own. I mourn over 
my past unfaithfulness and ungratefulness, and am 
ready to confess that I am an unprofitable servant. 
I am also ready to confess to you, my brethren, that 
I have at times betrayed to some of you a want of 
wisdom, and meekness, and patience ; and that I have 
not always possessed that willingness to labor, and 
endure trials for you sake, and for the sake of the 
cause of Goo in general, which it becometh a preach-
er of the gospel to possess. 
But. I trust that you are ready to forget the past, and 
extend toward me the hand of fellowship, and to pray 
for me, that I may hereafter be more faithful,-more 
wise,-more meek,-more patient ; and, finally, that 
I may, " when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, re-
ceive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." 
I now feel resolved to devote myself anew to the 
important work of preaching the gospel, and warn-
ing the wicked to flee from the wrath to come. I 
have not the ability to do the good that many of my 
brethren in the ministry have, but I ought to be will-
ing t do what I can, which, of course, is all that is 
required of me. 
Your brother and fellow laborer with all who are 
workers together with Goo:" 
WESLEY BURNHAM. 
Exeter (N. IL), June 18th, 1851. 
Big Tent Meetings for the Season. 
Phoenix Village, Warwick, R. I. (changed from Provi- 
dence), July 13th to 20th. 
New York City, July 24th to August 3d. 
Clinton, Mass., August 9th, to 16th or 17th. 
Maine (place to be appointed), August 20th to 27th. 
New Haven, Vt., August 30th to Sept. 7th. 
Champlain, N. Y., Sept. 11th to 21st. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28th and onward. 
Full particulars will be given hereafter. 
THE SAINTS' INHERITANCE. 
A SERMON BY H. L. HASTINGS. 
" And if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."-Gal. 4:7. 
'Fire spirit that dictated the writers of the revela-
tion of GoD's will and purpose concerning man, 
taught those writers to exhibit the Christian's char-
acter and position, by reference to matters with which 
we are well acquainted. The writers were not dila-
tory in availing themselves of figures drawn from 
scenes with which men were conversant, by which 
they might illustrate and enforce the doctrine of Goo. 
Would they illustrate the constant care of Goo 
over his weak and wayward Church ? they point to 
him as the Shepherd, and themselves as the sheep of 
his pasture. Would the prophet portray CHRIST as 
the author and supporter of faith and hope ? He 
says : " Behold, I lay in Zion a foundation." 
Would 
the SAVIOUR indicate the necessary and inseparable 
connection existing between himself and his people 
He has hut to say, " I am the vine, 'ye are the 
branches," and the idea is forever written on the 
mind. And now, when the apostle would show the 
exceeding excellence of the Christian's condition, 
and the exceeding greatness of his reward, he shows, 
first, the great purpose of the incarnation of JESUS 
CHRIST ;-" to redeem them that were under the 
law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." In 
proof that this is actually the case, he cites the fact, 
that the Holy Spirit is sent forth into their hearts, by 
which they cry, Abba Father. From these facts he 
draws the irresistible conclusion, that the people of 
GOD ate no more servants of GOD, but sons ; and rea-
soning from this, he arrives at another conclusion, 
expressed in the words of our text : " And if a son, 
then art heir of God through CHRIST." 
We purpose at this time to examine the testimony 
of the Scriptures with regard to this last named con-
,:thision of the apostle ; and we will inquire 
I. What is an heir ? 
H. Whom are we heirs of? 
Whom are we heirs with 
What are we heirs to ? 
What are some of the peculiarities of our in-
heritance? 
I. What is an heir l-One who inherits by law, 
after the present possessor. The heir is, conse-
quently, an expectant ; he looks forward to the time 
when he shall possess his inheritance. All true 
Christians have this characteristic of an heir. 
II. Whom are we heirs of? " If a son, then an heir 
of GOD." In order to be certain of the validity of 
any heirship, we must knOw that the present posses-
sors of the inheritance have an indisputable right to 
it, having originated it, or legally derived it from 
others whose claims upon it, arid titles to it, were valid. 
If we apply this principle to the claims by which 
men retain their possessions in this world, we shall 
see that they are defective, particularly with regard 
to territory. Their territory is sometimes claimed 
by right of conquest, sometimes by right of discovery. 
These grounds seem insufficient to warrant the va-
lidity of their claims, and we are led to conclude, that 
their right has no existence save in the law of the 
land. But no such objections can he urged against 
the titles of those who are heirs of GOD. He has 
an indisputable right to the universe. 
He has a right to it as creator. The inventor 
has a right to the invention which he has produced, 
as the part of his ingenuity. The mechanic has a 
right to that mechanism which he, by his skill and 
labor, has arranged and perfected. " In the begin-
ning GOD created the heavens and the earth ;" hence; 
He has a right to them. 
He is their possessor. The possessor of an 
inheritance is supposed to have a right to it, so long 
as no one presents an opposing claim. So " the 
earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof." We 
are led to conclude that the original title of Almighty 
GOD to the world is indisputable, and that those who 
have possessed themselves of it without his grant, 
hold it, not by claim, but by mere sufferance See-
ing, then, that his title is indisputable, we are of 
course warranted in concluding, that the title of those 
upon whom he is pleased to confer it, will be equally 
valid. We pass to inquire, 
III. Whom are we heirs with ?-We answer with 
PAUL, (Rom. 8:17,) " heirs of Goo and joint heirs 
with Christ." Consequently, whatever possessions 
CHRIST may receive, shall be partaken of, or pos-
sessed by, the people of Goo. This remark of course 
does not refer to anything which he receives in con-
sequence of his own humiliation, sufferings, or exer-
tions ; but only to those peculiar privileges which he, 
as a son of GOD, inherits. We may therefore be as-
sisted in our inquiries concerning the inheritance of 
the saints, by recollecting that " the Father loveth 
the Son, and hath given all things into his hand," 
(Jonn 3:35) ; and that " he bath in these last days 
spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed 
heir of all things."-Heb. 1:2. Christ, then, is heir 
of all things ; and well may the apostle, after es-
tablishing the Christian's joint-heirship, exclaim, 
" All things are yours." 
IV. What are we heirs to ?-or, in other words, 
What is the inheritance of the saints' of GOD ? We 
answer : 
Heirs of life.-1 Pet. 3:7. " Likewise ye hus-
bands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giv-
ing honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel ; 
and as being heirs together of the grace of Vs."-
This seems to be the most important of the blessings 
which constitute the saints' inheritance. Life does 
not necessarily insure happiness ; but the loss of life 
precludes all possibility of enjoyment. Consequently, 
all that GOD might see fit to bestow upon us, would 
be comparatively vain, unless life was also insured. 
Goo has bestowed many gifts upon the sons of men. 
He has given to one wisdom, to another wealth ; he 
giveth fruitful seasons ;-" yea, every good and per-
fect gift, cometh from the Father of lights." But 
notwithstanding all these things, the apostle declares, 
that " the gift of GOD was eternal life," evidently re-
garding this as the greatest and most important gift 
that GOD has promised to confer upon his faithful 
followers. The prospect of endless life has ever 
cheered the hearts of the people of GOD ; and while 
in the possession of that life which is like a vapor, 
appearing for a little while, and then vanishing away ; 
they have looked forward to unlimited and glorious 
existence, and have rejoiced in hope of eternal life, 
which GOD that cannot lie, hath promised before the 
world began.-Titus 1:2. 
The people of God are heirs of salvation. " Are 
they (the angels) not all ministering spirits, sent 
forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of 
salvation?"-Heb 1:14. Salvation, when proffered, 
pre-supposes the lost condition of those who are to 
be its subjects. That this is the condition of the 
sons of men, that they are either lost, or in imminent 
danger of being lost, is a fact ton palpable to require 
proof. They are sinners upon whom the <wrath of 
GOD abideth. But into them, in all their guilt and 
blood, is this word of salvation sent. Before them 
is the hope of salvation-set. 
This salvation is commenced in this life lay,the 
death and mediation of Him who bath saved us, 
and called us with a holy calling, and who was called 
JESUS, because he should " save his people from their 
sins." It shall be consummated when he shall ap-
pear the second time, without sin unto salvation ; 
and when his people shall exclaim, " Lo, this is our 
GOD, we have waited for him, and he will save us ; 
this is the LORD, we have waited for him; let us be 
glad, and rejoice in his salvation."-Isa. 25:9. It 
hath as its originator CHRIST, who being made per-
fect became the author of eternal salvation to all who 
obey him (Heb. 5:9) ; and the ground of hope for its 
accomplishment is the unfailing word of Hint who 
said : " Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an 
everlasting salvation ; ye shall not be ashamed nor 
confounded, world without end."-Isa. 45:17. And 
its subjects are " all them that obey him." 
They are heirs of the new earth and the holy Je-
rusalem.-" The meek shall inherit the earth, and 
dwell therein for ever. ."-Psa. 37. " Thy people also 
shall be all righteous ; they shall inherit the land 
for ever."-Isa. 60:21. " Blessed are the meek, for 
they shall inherit the earth."-Matt. 5:5. That the 
people of GOD shall inherit the earth, is so often ex-
pressly declared, that the fact does not admit of a 
doubt. But the question arises, What earth ? We 
turn to a declaration made by the seer of Pathos 
" And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the 
first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; 
and there was no more sea. And I JOHN saw the 
holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from Goo 
out of heaven He that overcometh •shall 
inherit these things (margin)."-Rev. 21:1, 2, 7.-
This, then, is the earth long promised to, and looked 
for, by the saints.of GOD. An earth that shall sur-
pass in glory and blessedness every thought of man ; 
an earth that angels shall rejoice to gaze upon, and 
that GOD may well call good ; an earth whose dis-
tinguishing characteristics have been thus briefly 
stated-" an absence of all that is evil, and a pres-
ence of all that is good ;" a world that shall be freed 
from the gloom of darkness, and filled with the glory 
of Jehovah ; a world that shall be from sin redeemed, 
for therein dwelleth righteousness; a world liberated 
from the thraldom of Satan, and subjected to the glo-
rious reign of CnaisT. This reminds us that we are; 
Heirs of a kingdom.-" Hearken, my beloved 
brethren, bath not GOD chosen the poor of this world 
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has 
promised to those that love him."-James 2:5. " But 
the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, 
and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. 
And the kingdom, and the dominion, and the greatness 
of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given 
to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose 
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions 
shall serve and obey him."-Dan. 7:1, 8, 27. " The 
Son of Man shall come in the glory of his Father ; 
then shall lie sit upon the throne of his glory ; before 
him shall be gathered all nations ;-he shall separate 
them. Then shall the King say unto them on his 
right hand, Gime, ye blessed of my Father, in-
herit the kingdom prepared for you from the founda-
tion of the world."-Matt. 25:34. We are led by 
these and other scriptures to conclude concerning 
this kingdom, 1st, that it is universal in its extent ; 
2d, that it is everlasting in duration ; 3d, it is to be 
received and inherited by the people of GOD at the 
second coming of CHRIST ; 4th, it was prepared for 
this express purpose from the foundation of the 
world. 
This kingdom has ever been a cheering object in 
the view of the weary saint of GOD. Through much 
tribulation he has pressed forward to obtain an in-
heritance in it. In it shall be accomplished that 
blessed prediction of him who exclaimed : " Behold, 
a King shall reign in righteousness."-Isa. 32:1.-
There, after the sad scenes of oppression and misrule, 
shall " he that ruleth over men " be just : his reign 
shall be peaceful and .glorious, and there, as joint 
heirs with CHRIST, shall the people of GOD inherit 
the kingdom, and reign on the earth. 
The people of God are heirs of glory.-" The 
wise shall inherit glory."-Prov. 3:35. 
Few of the 
people of Gon possess what men call glory. They 
are made the filth of the world,-the off-scouring of 
all things ; but by " patient continuance in well-do-
ing, they seek for glory, honor, and immortality." 
They are witnesses of the sufferings of CHRIST, that 
they may be partakers of the glory that is to be re-
vealed. They endure all things for the elect's sake, 
that they may also obtain the salvation which is in 
CHRIST JESUS, with eternal glory. They reckon that I 
the sufferings of this life are not worthy to be coo-' 
pared with the glory that shall be revealed in them. 
They are partakers of CHRIST'S sorrows, that when`( 
his glory shall be revealed, they may rejoice with jo 
unspeakable and full of glory. They,patiently suffe 
with him, in joyful hope of being glorified together 
for this cause:they faint not ; but though their on 
ward man perish, yet 'the inward man is renewed da 
by day : for their light affliction, which is but for 
moment, worketh for them.a far more exceeding an 
eternal weight•of glory:; while they look not at th 
things which are .seen, 'but at the things which a 
not seen : for the things which are seen are temp 
ral ; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 
Cor. 4:16-18. Sorrow, shame, contempt, distres 
and martyrdom, have often been their portion in th 
world ; but they shall inherit glory by-and-by.. 
Prophets shall come forth from the dens and caves 
the earth, to tread the golden pathways of the city 
GOD. Martyrs from their dark, damp prisons, sh 
come to sit with CHRIST upon his throne. 
V. Notice some of the Peculiarities of the Inhe 
once of the saints. 
This inheritance is .peculiar,-itis different fro 
 
every other inheritance. 
1. It comprehends,morelhan every other inherita 
In this world, some inherit life, and nothing with 
Others gain much of the world, but lose their .1i 
Some inherit wealth, hut not honor. Some hon' 
but not wealth. Something is always wanting in 
earthly inheritance of the sons of men, and that w 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
often produces sorrow, which mars or destroys all 
the joy that might be derived from the possession of 
the inheritance. No such lack of completeness is 
noticed in the inheritance of the saints of God. Their 
inheritance not only includes the glory and honor that 
are in the presence of God, but also durable riches in 
righteousness. It comprehends earth, k ingdom, glory, 
salvation, and everlasting life. No element is needed 
to make the inheritance compact ; none could be ad-
ded, for already " all things are yours." 
This inheritance is incorruptible.—This is a pe-
culiarity of this inheritance. The inheritances of 
the sons of men, are corruptible ; their life is cor-
ruptible, and soon terminates in corruption. They 
sow to the flesh, and of the flesh reap corruption. 
Their most valued treasures, such as gold, silver, and 
precious stones, are corruptible. Their riches are 
corrupted, and the rust of them is a swift witness of 
their guilt. Their habitations are corruptible, their 
cities grow rotten, and crumble to the earth. Their 
dominions and kingdoms grow old, are corrupted and 
shaken, and removed. Not so our inheritance. We 
receive an immoveable kingdom, an incorruptible 
city, a world totally free from corruption, and a life 
that is immortal.—" This corruptible shall put on 
incorruption ; this mortal immortality." 
it is undefiled.—No other inheritance is exempt 
from defilement. Blood defileth the land."—Num. 
"The earth is defiled under the inhabitants 
thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, 
changed the ordinances, and broken the everlasting 
covenant."—Isa. 24:5. We see nothing earthly that 
is free from pollution. The streams of life are bur-
dened with many a wasting disease and deadly virus. 
The earth is defiled by men, and cursed of God.—
Earth's cities and palaces are but haunts of impurity 
and guilt. Earth's glory, acquired amidst scenes of 
guilty carnage, is polluted by ten thousand sins.—
Earth's kingdoms have had their foundations laid in 
rivers of blood, and blood and carnage have cemented 
each portion that has been fastened to these hoary 
structures, since first they took their stations as per-
sonfications of ungodliness in the world. 
The Christian's inheritance is undefiled. That 
better world stall be free from defilement. The blood 
shall be purged from the midst of it by the spirit of 
judgment, and by the spirit of burning. No further 
defilement need be contracted, for the people shall be 
all righteous. That kingdom shall be undefiled ; not 
like earth's kingdoms, begotten in blood, and polluted 
with injustice and guilt, from first to last, but, " He 
shall ju ige the world with righteousness, and the 
people with his truth." The city also shall he unde-
filed. No chambers of lust and revelry shall be found 
therein ; no gore shall drip and trickle in its secret 
chambers ; no wail of the oppressed shall pierce the 
heavens, and rise upon the ears of God ; no stone 
shall cry out of the wall, Woe to him that buildeth 
a town with blood ; no beam out of the timber shall 
bear witness against him who establisheth a city by 
iniquity. " And there shall in no wise enter into it 
anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh 
abomination, or maketh a lie, but they which are 
written in the Lamb's book of life." 
Their inheritance fadeth not away.—Everything 
on earth is fading. " All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field ; the 
grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit 
of the Lord bloweth upon it ; surely the people are 
grass." The earth grows dim with age, ibr she has 
waxed old. Earth's cities and kingdoms lose their 
splendor in the lapse of years. Earth's glory pales, 
and dims, and turns to shame oft-times. Not so the 
Christian's inheritance. Like a green olive tree in 
the house of his God, he shall bloom in everlasting 
youth. Earth, too, shall be renewed and restored, 
never again to wax old beneath the tread of time ; 
but in loveliness brighter than Eden, it shall blossom 
evermore. The city also shall be unfading. Never 
shall dimness and rottenness take the place of splen-
dor and permanence. Never shall its mansions be-
come as heaps. Nevet shall its broad walls be ut-
terly broken down. Never shall the cry of the wild 
beast echo in its desolate palaces. Never shall the 
traveller turn aside to muse among its ruins. It shall 
abide the passing of everlasting ages. It shall remain 
glowing with supernal lustre throughout eternity.—
One thing more. Poor, guilty man, humbled, par-
doned', washed, redeemed, and glorified, shall receive 
a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 
It is in light.—" Giving thanks unto the Father, 
which bath made us meet to be. partakers of the in-
heritance of the saints in light."—Col. 1:12. No 
other inheritance is in light. Night spreads her 
gloomy shroud around the earth, and hurrying on 
their shadowy pinions, ten thousand' shades, and 
clouds, and storms, come sweeping over the sky.—
But the morning cometh, and ere long darkness shall 
take its final departure, when the light of the moon 
shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the 
sun shall be seven-fold, as the light of seven, days ; 
and when glory shall fill the world, as ocean's bil-
lows fill the sea. 
It is an eternal inheritance.—" And for this 
cause he is the mediator of the New Testament, that 
by means of death, for the redemption of the trans-
gressions that were under the first testament, they 
which are called might receive the promise of an 
eternal inheritance.—Heb. 9:15. Whatever may be 
he character of earthly inheritances, none of them 
re eternal. But this is most assuredly an eternal 
nheritance. . 
The life possessed by the sons of men in this 
world is like a passing vapor ; but those who are 
heirs of God shall inherit everlasting life. Men may 
ilatain salvation here from various temporal ills ; but 
the believer shall be saved in the Lord with an ever-
lasting salvation. Men may inherit a portion of this 
Ireathed and blighted earth ; but the world passeth 
away, and the lust thereof,—possessor and possession 
sriust alike depart ; but the world to come,—the 
paints' inheritance,—abideth forever. The kingdoms 
lilt' this world are possessed by but few, and they hold 
hem unsteadily in trembling hands. Many of them 
ave been shaken to their centre, many are now tot-
ering to their fall. Ere long they shall be ground 
Ito powder, and driven away like chaff, to make room 
 'or the kingdom which cannot Ire moved, and which 
he people of the Lord shall inherit. 
Earth's cities, also, are trembling in the dust, and 
their' ancient splendor has passed away beneath the 
crumbling hand of time. The many that remain are 
to be', ere long, shrouded in a winding-sheet of de-
vouring flame. But the hook of God points us to a 
holy city,—one that is " to come,"—one " that bath 
foundations,"—one " whose builder is God." By 
faith we look beyond earth's stormy scenes ; beyond 
the burning day ; beyond the passing heavens and 
the melting earth ; beyond the howl of the rich, and 
the wail of the mighty ; beyond the destruction of 
every earthly habitation,—and In ! the burnished bat-
tlements and shining pinnacles of the eternal city 
greet our gladdened eyes ! 
Earth's glory, too, is fleeting and transitory.—
Mean and tarnished at the first, it grows more and 
more dim, until it ends in the midst of darkness,—
until it goes out amid the blackness of everlasting 
night. But the glory which the wise shall inherit, 
and in hope of which the good have rejoiced, shall 
never depart,—its duration shall be eternal. 
Thus, reader, I have endeavored to present, from 
the writings of the holy men, a faint representation 
of the excellence of the inheritance of the saints.—
More might be said,—the half has not been told ; 
but the time would fail,—the language would fail,—
yea, my strength also, long before I had reached the 
mountain-height that would overlook the vast pos-
session of the saints of God. Moses saw it not from 
Sinai's fire-capped summit ; from Pisgah he might 
have beheld a faint shadow of good things to come. 
From Tabor and Patmos bright visions of glory have 
been seen ; but Zion's glory-gilded summit alone can 
command a view of the saints' possession. 
There, as the eye of some mighty angel wanders 
along the glorious scene, as it takes in the life and 
the salvation—the world and the city—the kingdom 
and the glory, we may imagine him exclaiming, 
" This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord—
this the blood-bought possession of the Son of God." 
Reader, is this your inheritance ? " If children, 
then heirs." Are you among those who are the 
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus ? — who 
are blamless and harmless the sons of God in this 
ungodly world ? Have you the sealing spirit of 
promise, which is the earnest of the inheritance of 
the servants of God ? If so, rejoice in hope ; though 
poor in this world, all things shall yet be yours.—
Thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, 
then an heir of God through Christ. 
But perhaps some wanderer from the paths of rec-
titude may fix an eye upon these lines. To such an 
one I would say, Have you contemplated the inheri-
tance of the saints ? have you thought of its glorious 
character? will you miss of all this blesedness ?—
Christ came into the world to save you; he died for 
your sins ; he rose for your justification ; he ascended 
as your advocate in the court of heaven ; he is com-
ing again as your Saviour, or your judge, to give you 
this inheritance of the saints ; or doom you to the 
perdition of ungodly men. Choose now your home 
among the blest ; seek the kingdom of God and his 
righteousness. The time is short ! The Lord is at 
hand ! The balances which shall decide thy destiny 
hang tremblingly before the throne ! the improvement 
of these flitting moments shall incline the scale for 
weal or woe! if found in Christ, the inheritance 
shall be thine ; if not, thou shalt be weighed in the bal-
ances and found wanting ! 
CONFERENCE ADDRESS. 
(Continued from our last.) 
The especial nearness of the Advent.—Among the 
evident proofs of Christ's coming being nigh, and 
the end of the gospel dispensation, may be specified 
the admitted fulfilment of the prophecies of the 2d 
and 7th of Daniel ; the 8th and 9th chapters of Reve-
lation ; the principal signs given by the Saviour him-
self ; and the state of the world so often referred to 
by himself and the apostles. The 2d chapter of 
Daniel is a great outline of prophecy of the Gentile, 
or heathen kingdoms, through time, till the God of 
heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall break in 
pieces and consume all the kingdoms of this world, as 
represented by the image, and his kingdom fill the 
whole earth and stand forever. They are to " be-
come as chaff," and to be carried away, that there 
shall be no place found for them, which language, all 
can see, describes the literal overthrow and removal of 
all the kingdoms of this world, and the substitution 
of the endless kingdom of God. Now, Babylon, rep-
resented by the head of gold, was overthrown by the 
Medes and Persians (Dan. 5th) B. c. 538 ; they, the 
silver, were overthrown by the Grecians B. c. 331 ; 
they, the brass, were overthrown by the Romans en-
tirely before B. c. 30, so that when Christ was born 
Caesar Agustus was taxing the whole world," Luke 
2d ; hence the kingdom " at hand," or next to come, 
was " the kingdom of God."—Mark 1:15. But 
Rome, the iron, was to go through divisions, into 
two parts,—eastern and western empires, and finally 
branch into ten kingdoms, which ten now rule the 
Roman empire ; they now exist in Europe, and are 
allied together as one family, arid have Italy and the 
vast dominion of what was formerly within the do-
minions of the Caesars, under their control ;—hut, be-
hold, and seek the Lord, all ye kings and people, be-
fore it be too late ; for in their days,—i. e., in that ten-
toe state of the fourth monarchy,—the stone, i. e., 
Christ in power, shall descend, and dash them to 
pieces. In the 7th chapter of Daniel, we have the 
prophetic sketch of the kingdoms of this world, with 
the addition among others, of " another little horn," 
whose career or power over the fourth beast and ten 
horns, in order to wear out the saints, is given as a 
" time, times and a half," or 1260 days, (Rev. 11th, 
12th, and 13th,) literally 1260 years, which ended 
between A. D. 1798 and 1815 ; after the expiration of 
that period, the judgment shall set, all those beasts 
and horns be destroyed and burned, the earth made 
new, the kingdom of God set up, and be given to the 
saints. The language of these chapters describes 
the judgment, the second coming of the Son of man, 
and the eternal kingdom and reign of the Lord with 
his saints, if such can be found in the Bible. Any rea-
soning which would refer it to something else, would 
equally do away all scripture on the subject. 
The only item remaining to be fulfilled before the 
judgment, is the finishing up of the prevailing work 
of the little horn, or Papacy. The alarming strides 
of Catholicism, to the alarm of Protestantism, mani-
fested by her societies, agents, publications, to stay 
its alarming, progress, are so many admissions of that 
practicing and prevailing of the little horn mystic 
power, in its last hopes and successes before the 
judgment. Bless God, it shall be destroyed and given 
to the burning flame. The 8th and 9th chapters of 
Revelation contain another of the most important, 
plain, and interesting succession of prophecies : the 
first four of the downfall of Pagan Rome, and the fifth 
and sixth of the rise and and fall of Moliamedanism 
in the eastern empire, and of Papacy, in the western, 
bringing us down to August 1840, into the time, 
(chaps. II, 15,) called " quickly," when the seventh 
trumpet is about to sound. More than two hundred 
writers within as many years past, concur in this 
general view of the six trumpets,—it is the uni-
form faith of Christendom, that six of the trum-
pets are ended, and, consequently, we await in anx-
ious suspense, the speedy sounding of the last trum-
pet, when the kingdoms of this world shall be given 
to Christ—and he come forth and reign forever.—
We await now the finishing of the work of the 
mystery of the gospel, in these " days of the 
voice of the 7th angel, while he delays to) sound," 
till " time shall he no longer," (Rev. 10th,) when 
the Lord will judge the dead, reward the saints, and 
destroy the angry nations, or kingdoms of this world. 
Rev. 11:15-18. It is evident that this language de-
scribes the destruction of all the wicked of this 
world, and the events of the judgment, reward, and 
kingdom of Christ ; and all who choose to explain it 
away, can do the same with any language, or any 
subject whatever ; but it is not our duty to explain 
away God's word, but rather to believe and enforce it. 
Now, as it is admitted by our opposers, that every 
great event in this historic prophecy down to the 
close of the sixth trumpet, is recorded in the history 
of the past, why not look for the seventh to sound ? 
As sure as prophecy and history are true, we are 
near and should look for the judgment. The present 
state of the Turkish empire is a visible proof of the 
truth of our position. And are we prepared for the 
day and events of the last trumpet ? If so, all is 
well ; if not, prepare to meet thy God. 
Similar proofs might be derived from other proph-
ecies of Revelation, as chapters 12th, 13th, and 17th ; 
also from Daniel 11th and 12th ; but we pass them to 
briefly notice the signs given by our Saviour of his 
certain and speedy coming. 
The question Matt. 24:3, " What shall be the 
sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world ? " 
is answered in v. 29,—the sun and moon to be dark-
ened. Of course he did not refer to any ordinary 
darkening of those luminaries, such as an eclipse, for 
that could not be a sign so positively to be known, as 
to define " the generation " which should live to see 
the Lord come to their redemption. This darkening 
should mark the last generation, and hence would 
occur but once ; thus it is expressed in Rev. 6:14.—
No such darkening of the sun and moon occurred till 
May 19th, 1780,—we challenge the world for an event 
corresponding to the prophecy, from the time the Sa-
Viour uttered the prophecy till 1780 ; butthen it trans-
pired so strikingly, that it at once impressed the behold-
ers as the fulfilment of that scripture. Neighborsvisit-
ed each other, and spoke of it as the sign of the last 
day ; the greatest and best men of the day, as well 
as the profane, so viewed it. Courts and legislatures 
were solemnly impressed, as well as editors and 
ministers, and made it a subject of remark to that end. 
Physicians left a record that many came to an un-
timely end by the overwhelming shock it gave to 
their vital system. Dark as midnight at noon-day, 
and in the night, although about full of the moon, the 
whitest paper was equally invisible with the blackest 
velvet, and, as one said, " probably the darkest night 
since God said, Let there be light.' " And now that 
seventy-one years have past, no one has been able to 
solve the mystery of that darknening. 
" The stars shall fall," &c., as also Rev. 6:15,—
must refer to an extraordinary event, as here particu-
larly described, and must occur only in the last 
generation, or age. Till 1799, we ask the world for 
a vestige of history showing its fulfilment. Then, 
and in 1833, they were fulfilled exactly, in harmony 
with the language of the prophecy,—so sublimely 
grand, that learned and unlearned, pious and profane, 
beheld and instinctively felt that it was a warning of 
the judgment. Thousands of beholders are living 
witnesses to this. Says Humboldt, the great Ger-
man traveller and geographer, and privy counsellor 
to the king of Prussia, " There was not so much as 
the semi-diameter of the moon in the whole concave 
of heaven, which was not lighted up with these bril-
liant corruscations of light." They fell for hours; 
some were stationary bodies for half an hour, and oth-
ers fell and exploded with a noise, and all the varied 
hues of the rainbow. Prof. Olmstead, of Yale Col-
lege, wrote thus : " Then was witnessed one of the 
most sublime scenes of celestial fireworks ever beheld 
since God made the world unto that day." The first 
covered nearly half the surface of the earth, and from 
the best data obtained, the distance of the latter from 
the earth was two thousand three hundred and thirty-
eight miles ; and if so, some of them must have 
been over twenty-two miles in diameter ! and the 
cause still perplexes and confounds the most worldly-
wise of our age ; the leading ones of France, Eng-
land, and America, giving different solutions of them, 
and Prof. Burritt confessing it impossible to give any 
solution of the matter. The Bible alone explains 
these things; Christ said they should be a " sign 
of his coming." When the time came, he put forth 
his hand and darkened the stun and moon ; he shook 
the heavens, and the stars fell to the earth like as figs 
fall from a " tree when shaken by a mighty wind." 
lIis word is fulfilled—the " sign " is before the 
world, and " this generation " has nearly passed 
away. Surely his coming is nigh, even at the 
doors. 
Luke adds to that list of events, given as a sign, 
(chap. 21st,) " distress of nations with perplexity ; 
men's hearts failing them four fear, and for looking 
after those things that are coming on the earth."—
The past eight years we have been aware of a state 
of things in the world, which has afforded a most 
striking exemplification of the Scriptures : firstcame 
the decay of the crops, so unaccountable, and sweep-
ing., by millions, with the suddenness of a snare, the 
poor among men to the dust. The famine " followed 
in more countries, causing severer suffering and mor-
tality than any on the page of history." Then came 
the " cholera," with its appalling pains and fatal 
tread, of a world-wide journey, and unparalleled 
distress. Twice encircling the globe in thirty-three 
years, and cutting off over one hundred millions of 
the population in the most summary manner. Then 
came the revolutions of Europe in '48 and '49 ; over 
thirty governments were .revolutionized in four 
months! and twenty others attempted it, but were 
suppressed by military force. Several revolutionized 
three or four times,—all twice in two years, and 
none are permanently settled yet. Then came the 
wave of " bankruptcy " of over one thousand mil-
lions, spreading " distress," and " perplexity," and 
" failing " of hearts over the merchant, capitalist, and 
laborer ;—and 4' the end is not yet "—all is ferment, 
and the wisest rulers and statesmen are unable to see 
what a year or day may bring forth. Christ foresaw 
arid foretold it to his people, he has fulfilled his word. 
He is certainly coming, and that coming " is nigh 
at hand, even at the doors." We do not make either 
prophecy or fulfilment,—both are of God,—all we do 
is to read and compare, believe and proclaim the 
facts, and prepare and exhort others to be ready, 
" for the coming of the Lord draweth t igh ! " 
We cannot consent to leave the evidences of the 
nearness of the Advent, without referring to the pre-
dicted condition of the world " in the days when the 
Son of Man shall be revealed." It shall he as it was 
in the days of Noah before the flood,—in the days of 
Lot ; men's hearts overcharged with eating and drink-
ing, marrying and giving in marriage, cares of this 
world ; with iniquity abounding on every hand, and 
the love of many of God's people becoming cold, 
lukewarmness of the Church manifesting itself in a 
loss of zeal, ardor, godliness, vital piety, and effort, 
itching ears to lunar cunningly devised fables in the 
place of the sound doctrine of the word of God.—
Matt. 24th, Luke 17th and 21st ; 2 Tim. 3d and 4th ; 
Rev. 3d. Even the mysterious serpent, Babylon, 
the mystery of iniquity, Rev. 12th and 17th ; 2 
Thess. 7th, is to practice and prosper against the 
saints until the judgment, under the guidance of the 
Man of Sin, the rulers of Papacy. That system is 
to prosper until destroyed at Christ's coming. That 
system has had its allotted 1260 years power to correct 
heretics, and since the revolutionary changes 'of Na-
poleon's time, earthly powers have been under the 
control of the Man of Sin, to execute his commands 
in martyring the saints of the Most High,—and as 
the space of time after the 1260 years of Papal rule 
is made known to us (Dan. 11:31-39,) to be (the 
difference between 1335 and 1290) forty-fire years, 
called " the titne of the end," we are brought, in the 
light of historic prophecy, to near the end when 
Christ and all his shall reign in their lot. Said 
Prof. Gaussen, in a discourse delivered before the 
students of Theology at Geneva, Switzerland,—
" Rome is the Babylon of which John speaks ; the 
Pope, the Man of Sin, the son of perdition, of which 
Paul speaks ; popery, the little horn of which Dan-
iel speaks ;" and to show that this doctrine is not 
new and novel, he adds, " this doctrine, constantly 
held in the Church of God for more than twelve 
hundred years, has been only lightly esteemed in 
times of lax theology and infidelity." True, Mr. 
Rollin, in his ancient history, would give us to un-
derstand, that it was fulfilled in the times of A ntio-
chus, about two hundred years before Christ, loot let 
us not be deceived by that leading and talented Catho-
lic, as many others have been. Mr. Gaussen refers 
to the warning.voice of the Church in the past, thus, 
" When the pious Waldo distributed the Scriptures 
in France, seven hundred years ago the cry was 
soon heard, Come out of Babylon ! When the great 
Wickliffe preached the reformation in England, five 
hundred years ago, all eyes were turned to the Ro-
man Pontiff with the exclamation, Behold the Man 
of Sin ! When the generous Huss, and when Jerome 
of Prague, made their voice heard, one hundred years 
before Luther, it was against the abominations of 
the great whore ' foretold by John." Thus the work-
ings of Satan in the papacy, and yet to be manifested 
till the coming of Christ, as well as the state of man-
kind generally, Matt. 13:36-43,—wicked and right-
eous intermingled in this world until the coming of 
Christ, the end of this world, and the harvest;:—
men becoming worse and worse, deceiving and heing 
deceived, constitutes a " sign there's no mistaking," 
that the great Redeemer is nigh, as well as affording 
demonstrative proof that the modern doctrine of a 
time of peace and safety, and universal righteousness 
before the second morning of Christ, and the day of 
the Lord, is a cunningly devised fable, fraught with 
ruinous consequences to those who come under its 
influence. 
In view of our peculiar and solemn position, (oc-
cupied in errlYitilon, we cheerfully admit, with malty 
others in the different Christian denominations,) and 
in view of the above evidences that we occupy the 
ground of the truth, we ask, What are our most im-
portant duties and dangers? And on turning to the 
Bible for instruction we find, 
1st. That it is our most solemn duty to " Preach 
the word, be instant in season, omit of season ; reprove, 
rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine." 
Arid that we are bound to do this in view of the fact, 
that " Christ will judge the quick and the dead at his 
appearing and his kingdom." And, moreover, we 
are hound to do this work under the influence of the 
overwhelming evidence that these events are " nigh 
at hand.," 
If this is not so, why should we find this 
sentiment in the Bible, " and so much the more as 
ye see the day approaching "?—I-leb. 10. 
In preaching the word, it is plainly our duty., after 
the example of the great apostle himself, to " declare 
the whole counsel of God," with all humility of mind, 
and with prayers and tears. And here lies our main 
source of hope for usefulness to this generation—
that we "preach the word " in the spirit of true and 
humble Christians, and that we have the hearty and 
persevering co-operation, spiritually and temporally, of 
the Gideon host, who now remain with us. 
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GENERAL DEPOSITORY 
OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WORKS ON THE PROPIIECIES RELATING 
TO THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST AND THE MILLENNIUM. 
WE have made arrangements with a house in London, to far 
nigh us with all important English works on the Advent, and 
vIli engage to supply those desiring works of the above character at 
he earliest possible moment. Address, .1. V. RIMES, Office of the 
Advent Herald." No. 8 Chardon-street, Boston. 
2d. It is our duty, also, to give the " more earnest 
heed " to " the word of truth," "lest at any time 
we should let it slip.'' And this divine caution will 
apply as well to other Bible truths, as to those imme-
diately connected with the doctrine of the Second 
Advent. 
And we may be in more danger of losing other 
truths, so far as their practical effect upon our hearts 
and lives is concerned, than we are those relating to 
the judgment. We may thus lose the former class 
of truths by neglect or lack of faith,—and the latter 
by an inordinate spirit of controversy. Allow us 
here a single remark. If in our attempts to exhibit 
the erroneousness of the views opposed to ours, we 
suffer our hearts to become giddy and superficial in 
point of devotion to God, and dependence upon Him, 
our labor will be comparatively deficient of good fruit. 
This remark is designed as a caution for all who 
defend the Advent doctrine, whether in public or 
private. 
But we wish to say finally on this point, that we 
ought so to give heed to the word of life, that our 
hearts shal I melt with grief and gratitude when we con-
template the scenes of Gethsemane arid Calvary, and 
be dissolved in tender love and joy for Christ and his 
appearing when we meditate upon the corning of him 
who is the " resurrection and the life." 
3d. We should highly value, and faithfully ob-
serve the ordinances of Christ's house—the Lord's 
Supper and Baptism. They form a visible and 
striking embodiment of Christian truth. In the one 
is preserved the memory of Christ having suffered" the 
just for the unjust." In the other, when observed 
understandingly, we are led to anticipate a resurec-
tion in the " likeness of Christ," for all those who, 
having crucified the " body of sins," are planted in 
the I ircensss of his death. The requirements indispen-
sable to the churches should be most carefully observed, 
that everything may be done "decently and in order," 
that the flocks of God may be judiciously watched 
over for God, and fed with the word of God. And 
thus be guided, strengthened, and conforted in the 
midst of their trials and dangers, and encouraged to 
hope to the end. 
'Phe churches should not only seek the guidance 
of faithful pastors, who are required to give them-
selves wholly to the work, but also contribute liber-
ally that they may live of the gospel. 
4th. We have also great need faithfully to observe 
the divine commands in relation to social religious 
meetings (Ileb. 10:25,) and private prayer, and self-
examination.—Matt 6:5, 8; 2d Cor. 13:5. 
If churches neglect these commands, they will 
find the rebukes and chastisements of God continu-
ally calling them to repentance. If ministers neg-
lect these commands, they will have no heavenly 
light, power nor comfort in those ministrations, But 
when the religion of both pastor and people is daily 
baptised in the spirit of tine devotion in the closet, 
they will be a happy and prospered people. 
If God afflicts such a people it will be only to 
increase their light and keep it pure. 
The practical and experimental bearing of this 
great subject must be at once apparent to the candid 
and pious mind. It is as much more sublime and 
affecting, as a motive, than death, as the doom of a 
million is greater than one! 
Arid as much more 
glorious to the saint, as a glorified Saviour's presence 
and salvation is better than the curse of the law, or 
the triumph of Satan. The Scriptures uniformly 
neglect to present " death " as a motive to duty, but on 
the other hand, declare we must " repent, for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand." We must believe, 
or he damned. We must •‘ love our Lord Jesus 
Christ," or be " anathema, maranatha,"—accursed 
at the coining of the Lord. We must " be sober, 
and watch unto prayer, for the end of all things is at 
hand." We must " be patient, and hope to the end, 
for the salvation that is to be brought unto us at the 
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ." We must let 
our " moderation be known to all men, for the Lord is 
at hand." We must be liberal, and " lay up our 
tr'asure in heaven," from whence we look fur our 
Lord Jesus Christ. " Feed the hungry," " clothe 
the naked," " visit the sick and imprisoned ;" be-
cause the King will say to such, when he shall sit 
on the throne of his glory, " Come, ye blessed of my 
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world." And to those lacking 
these fruits, " Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting 
fire prepared for the devil and his angels." There 
is no duty, no grace, or virtue, but that is enforced 
by these glorious truths ; while not one of these is 
enforced by death. What we, however, are most in 
danger of is this, that while we know the truth, we 
too little exhibit its experimental and practical power. 
With these tremendous and sublime hopes in our 
hearts, we should be the most spiritual, humble, holy, 
and happy Christians. We should, as we believe 
the end nigh, realize it, and live, and give, arid pray, 
and preach accordingly. Aim directly, and con-
stantly, at immediate fruits in receiving and cheering 
the saints, and the awakening and saving of sinners; 
and thus help to make ready a people prepared for 
the Lord. Every thing short of this, must be un-
faithfulness to our high and holy calling. 
Now, dear brethren and sisters, are we deeply im-
pressed with the danger and worth of souls as we 
once were ?—as we ought to be ? It we felt more, 
and were more earnest and active, would not they 
feel more the power of truth ? Do we speak with 
all we have Opportunity with, about the state of their 
souls? Do we converse on experimental and practi-
cal piety as much as we should? Are we as wise, 
affectionate, and persevering in striving to convince 
and persuade? Do we try to build up and edify 
each other in love ? Are we as constant in prayer 
meeting, as free to speak, and pray, as liberal in 
circulating publications, and in supporting of the gos-
pel ? 0 let us arouse, and unite, once more, the lit-
tle time remaining, in all these duties, till the Lord 
come. 
To the unbelieving and unconverted.—Dear fellow 
creatures, think and speak not lightly of these things. 
Do not condemn it before you understand it. Have 
you candidly and fully examined it? Are you sure 
that you are right, arid we are wrong ? Do you 
know that the Lord will not, cannot come, while you 
live ? If you do not, is it not worse than folly to 
trifle with this subject, or delay the salvation of your 
souls? That day is appointed, and must come, and 
will be most overwhelming whenever it shall take 
place. Now is the only time to secure pardon and 
peace with God. " Now is the accepted time and 
day of salvation." All that is done must be done 
quickly. Life and time fly rapidly, and your hearts 
harden equally so. While you delay, you are "trea-
suring up wrath against the day of wrath." 0, look 
to the neglected and slighted Saviour ! How dread-
ful to meet his wrath ! How fatal to be overtaken 
in sin! Time and mercy,—invitations and assistance 
—are now granted, but how soon will all be over ! 
Hearken, then, to the voice of God in his word; by 
his Holy Spirit striving with you ; his servants warn-
ing you. His last calls are making to you, and " he 
that is wise is wise fur himself ; but if thou scornest, 
thou alone must bear it." Seek thy Saviour and the 
salvation of thy soul, by repentance for sin, faith in 
the Saviour, and obedience to the ordinances of the 
gospel, and commandments of God. Do it now, and 
grieve not the Spirit of God more. Do it now, and 
no longer run the risk of being lost forever ! Do it 
now, and have the evidence of it in the heart, the joy 
of it in life, and the fruit arid the reward of it for ever 
in the world to come. 
A BUSINESS NOTICE. 
The Next Volume—New Arrangement. 
We request the attention of the kind friends and patrons 
of the Herald office, to a few facts which we wish briefly and 
plainly to spread before them. 
It is now ten years since we commenced publishing Advent 
works. During these ten years we have sent out, from our 
offices in Boston, New York, Rochester, and Cincinnati, not 
less than 7,000,000 publications. We have aimed to publish 
that which we supposed would do good, and have in no in-
stance essayed to gratify fanatical desires, or keep alive an 
unhealthy excitement. Indeed, we think our readers will 
acknowledge this to be so, when we state a single fact. 
In the spring of 1845, the Morning Watch, which we pub-
lished in New York, hail nearly five thousand subscribers; 
yet in less than seven months that paper, in consequence of 
the firm and unyielding opposition which it offered to the fa-
naticism which threatened to overwhelm the whole Advent 
body, was ruined, and what subscribers remained were trans-
ferred to the list of the Herald. Had we desired to do so, 
it would have been an easy matter to follow the course that 
every other professed Advent paper then pursued, audpander 
to, and apologize for, every species of fanaticism, until the 
excitement should abate, and then gradually and almost inn-
perceptibly turn about. Had we done so, we have no doubt 
that the Watch would have lived to this day. But we chose 
rather to sacrifice the paper than to lend the least countenance 
or support to what we believed,—and which belief time has 
amply justified,—was wrong and destructive. During the en-
tire period of ur connection with the Advent cause, there is 
no act of ours in regard to it that we have less reason to re-
gret than this. The satisfaction we feel is not diminished by 
the fact, that those arrayed against us now, are mainly com-
posed of those who were arrayed against us iin 1845, and 
who had never entirely forgiven us for opposing their fanati-
cal and destructive course. 
Our rule has been, to publish and circulate according to 
our ability. When rumple 'scans have been at our disposal, 
we have scattered profusely ; when they have been scanty, 
we have restricted our issues, though not always : for we 
have not, sometimes, hesitated to incur a debt, in order to 
publish what we supposed would be for the good of the 
cause. Our business affairs have been carried on without 
the least regard to our own personal benefit, deeming the con-
sciousness of doing good as a sufficient recompense. But 
we have witnessed painful phases in the human character 
dinning the last few years, in which we have seen, that no 
matter hoW pure and disinterested a roan's deeds may he, 
there will always be found some to avail themselves of them 
for their own selfish ends, or to decry and misjudge him 
who performs them. We have found nom who have acted 
on the principle that has governed us,—we mean among those 
occupying positions similar to ours. 
Heretotbre we have been able to meet every pecuniary de-
mand against us ; but this could not have been done had we 
not confined our own wants within the most narrow limits, 
reserving not a farthing for flume use. The lack of the 
money used for the purchase of the Chardon-street Chapel 
has caused us much embarrassment. This, together with a 
large family, much sickness, the visits of a large number of 
friends from abroad, and the failure of a large number of 
those indebted to the office to heed our call fur help, has 
brought us to a crisis, when we are compelled either to make 
a change in our mode of doing business, or abandon it. 
We have often spoken—always unwillingly—of this mat-
ter ; but because a few have responded, which was sufficient 
to free us from present difficulty, and to suspend our appeals, 
little concern has been felt or manifested by the greater part 
of those indebted, who have been content that we should 
continue to struggle on, borne down by labors of mind and 
body, without lifting a finger for our relief, or uttering a word 
of commiseration. Some reply, that they have other claims 
to meet, but that when they get able, they will remember us ! 
What makes this more trying is, that some of these very in-
dividuals are not only receiving the benefit of our labors, be-
sides being indebted for the same, but they are joined hand-
in-hand with those who have openly avowed their intention 
to ruin us ! We call upon all Adventists to look at this, and 
ask themselves how it is possible that a cause can prosper, 
when such a course is pursued. 
There are now due this office, by persons able to pay, more 
than $3000, to whom bills have been sent, and in sonic cases 
more than once. Not only are we unable to get anything 
from any of these, but from most of them not even a 
word of ,regret or apology. Thus we are compelled to him 
money, giving notes for its repayment, in order to continue 
our business. But this cannot be allowed to proceed so any 
farther,—the sooner it is understood the better. We have 
always repelled the idea of placing our claims into the hands 
of our creditors, but justice requires that their just dues should 
be seemed to them, whatever may beconre5of ours. Whether 
we shall he compelled to give the office unto their hands, as 
an act of simple justice, will depend on those to whom these 
remarks are addressed. We shall, therefore, send out bills 
once more, in the hope that those indebted will respond. 
There has been a wrong estimate put on the income of the 
office,—though that shouts! not affect those who are justly in-
debted. Estimates have been made like this :—There are 
4,700 copies of the Herald printed, which, at $2 per year, 
would amount to $9,400 annually. In this way designing 
men have attempted to show that we are laying up 6,000 a-
year. Whereas, instead of this, while the necessary weekly, 
expenses of the office alone are over $100, we have not re-
ceived at any dme, by means of the paper, the amount we are 
accused of saving ! What are the facts h Simply these :—
The circulation of the Herald is little over 4,000. Of these, 
500 are on the free list, which cuts off $1000. About 1000 
are sent to agents, to a part of whom they are furnished at 
50 cents per volume, and to a large number at no more than 
62` cents. This will make another reduction of $700. 'fine 
papers sent to the British Provinces,after paying the postage 
to the line, return us but about 61 cents per volume. Now, 
considering the large number who rank themselves as paying 
subscribers, but who have not paid a cent for several suc-
cessive volumes, we ask the candid reader to say, discarding 
the stories of our enemies, who know they are guilty of false-
hood and slander, how munch he thinks has been left to swell 
the dimensions of our purse'? 
In consideration of the above facts, we have resolved to 
pursue a different course in our business, commencing with 
the next volume, seven weeks from the present number. 
At the conimeocement of the next volume, we shall dis-
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if they do not pay before that time. 
Our conditions have always been in advance. Then, 
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Canada subscribers will be required to pay the Ameri-
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We sincerely regret that we are compelled to take this step; 
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before hinted at—viz., to give the office into the hands of 
our creditors. This, of course, will not be resorted to until 
the other shall have failed. But we would rather submit to 
this or any other measure, than allow ourselves any longer to 
be harassed and perplexed by the inconsiderate neglect of 
some, and the wanton cruelty of others. None can blame us 
for the contemplated change ; for it will not result from our 
desire for the change. Should delinquents still continue to act 
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Having laid before the readers of the Herald the condition 
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Will not some at once act on this suggestion 2 Will not 
all concerned believe as in earnest, and act accordingly'? 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
The principal ground for opposition to the railroad 
-and it was principally against the railroad that 
their diabolical schemes were concocted-was that 
they could not get full damages for their cattle when 
killed. A man by the name of Fitch, who seems to 
have been the leader, stated in conversation that 
" every man, in his opinion, had his price ; that they 
could not obtain their rights by law, since judges 
could be bought as well as others." Being told that 
he could always appeal to the Supreme Court, he re-
plied that he had no more confidence in the judges of 
that court, than the judges of the court below.-
When informed that he might. be the cause of the 
death of innocent men, lie remarked that any one 
who would support such a company deserved to be 
injured. 
Population of New York. 
The population of the State of New York under 
the new census, is 3,090,022,-larger than that of any 
other State. 
The following towns in that State have a popula-
tion of over 5000 each. 
New York city, 515,394 ; Brooklyn, 96,850 ; Al-
bany, 50,771 ; Buffalo, 42,264 ; Rochester, 36,588 ; 
Williamsburgh, 30,786 ; Troy, 28,885 ; Syracuse, 
22,075 ; Utica, 17,742 ; Poughkeepsie, 13,944 ; Lock-
port, 12,285 ; Oswego, 12,209 ; Newburgh, 11,417 ; 
Kingston, 10,252 ; Auburn, 9,548; Fishkill, 9,240 ; 
Schenectady, 8,922 ; Hempstead, 8,811 ; Seneca, 
8,507 ; Elmira, 8,163; Saugerties, 8,043;. Rome, 
7,920; Oswegatchie, 7,760; Lortland, 7,758;. Black 
Rock, 7,508 ; Lenox, 7,507 ; Huntington, 7,481 ; 
Newtown, 7,207 ; Watertown, 7,202 ; Owego, 7,157 ; 
Oysterbay, 7,110 ; Ithaca, 6,911 ; Whitestown, 
6,810; Wawarsing, 6,459; Barree, 6,442 ; South-
ampton 6,402 ; Manlius, 6,299; Hudson, 6,214 ; 
Bath, 6,185 ; Canandagua 6,182 ; Johnstown, 6,131 ; 
Hector, 6,052 ; Haverstraw, 5,888 ; Verona0,587 ; 
Lysander, 5,833 ; Lansingburgh, 5,754 ; Onondaga, 
5,674 ; Plattsburgh, 5,618 ; Phelps, 5,542 ; Ellis-
burgh, 5,523 ; Catskill, 5,454 ; Castleton, 5,389 ; 
Flushing, 5,376 ; Potsdam, 5,358 ; Volney, 5,309 : 
Lisbon, 5,295 ; Mentz, 5,260 ; Hamburgli, 5,218 ; 
Arcadia, 5,145 ; Hanover, 5,144 ; Dryden, 5,122 ; 
Champlain 5,067; Philipstown, 5,063. 
It will he seen that the cities of New York and 
Brooklyn comprise more than one fifth of the entire 
population of the State; and that, united, their pop- 
ulation is greater than that of all the remaining 
towns above enumerated. 
The Summer Campaign. 
TENT MEETING AT TRURO, MASS.-On Saturday 
morning last we left Boston in the steamboat Naushon, and 
after a pleasant sail of six hours arrived at the place selected 
for the meeting. Had we known that the place was so easy 
of access, and in every way so convenient, we might have 
arranged and held a meeting on the Sabbath. 
The spot selected for our meeting is a most beautiful one 
for such a purpose. It is in a friendly neighborhood, though 
all are not friendly to our views. We hope that the meeting 
may have a tendency to enlighten the minds and remove the 
prejudices of those now opposed to us. We crave the pray-
ers of brethren and sisters, that our camp may be attended 
with the blessing of the Goo of Israel. J. V. H. 
P.S. We !nude a mistake about the fare to this place last 
week. It should have been 75 cents each way. Tickets 
may be had at this office. The steamboat Naushon sails from 
the Eastern steamboat wharf on Tuesday, Thursday, and 
Saturday, at 9 o'clock A. M. 
Truro, June 28th, 1851. 
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN SUBSCRIBERS have al-
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pecuniary profit to the office ; and we were induced to con-
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those places. When our new arrangement goes into effect, 
we shall be obliged to charge subscribers there the same as 
we do those in Philadelphia, and other places to which we 
send by express. Accordingly, the Herald will be delivered 
to subscribers, commencing with the next volume, at their 
respective chapels or residences, at 5 cents per copy, or $1 
20 cents per volume. We have no doubt that all will see the 
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Our friends in New York and Brooklyn will accept our grate-
ful acknowledgments for their liberality and kindness to us 
in time past. 
THE CHILDREN'S HERALD." - In consequence of 
one of our compositors leaving, we shall be unable to issue 
the July number before Saturday, the 12th. 
We will take this occasion to say, that we have felt that 
the Children's Herald was needed, and therefore have not 
shrunk from continuing it at a sacrifice. We stated a short 
time since, that we needed aid for it, and that if one thousand 
more subscribers could ire obtained4we would publish it semi-
monthly at the same price. As yet, but very little encourage-
ment ha's been given towards that object. As the paper does 
not sustain itsell, we hope the friends will interest themselves 
in its support. 
WE would suggest to our friends in different towns who de-
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consult together, and ascertain the number who will go, and 
make an effort to get tickets of the railroad agents, to go and 
return, at a reduced price. This can be done in most places, 
where a number of tickets are taken. 
" Rambles and Sketches. By J. T. Headley. New York : 
John S. Taylor, 143 Nassau-street." 
 
These are notes of rambles about Paris, London, and in 
other parts of England, in which historical incidents are 
combined with local descriptions. We should hardly think 
it as interesting as some of his previous works. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
LETTER FROM DE A. P. HOBART. 
DEAR BRO. H1MES :-I was once settled firmly in 
the belief, that the world was to be converted to GOD 
before the destruction or end of this wicked and sin- 
cursed earth ; but after hearing a lecture by Father 
MILLER, in which it was shown that it was the end 
of the world, and not its conversion, that was just 
upon us, I set myself to search GOD'S blessed word, 
to see whether the view I held had been obtained 
from it, or from the teachings of roan. I had sup-
posed, that after the judgment there would be no 
earth. To hear, therefore, a doctrine so different 
from that commonly received, was sufficient to induce 
me to search Goo's blessed truth, daily and prayer-
fully, that 1 might know whether these things were 
so. I had been told that the prophecies were hard 
to be understood,-I hear this yet. Some say that 
we should not meddle with the revelations given to 
St. JOHN. How opposed such an idea is to the in-
struction given in the commencement of the Apoca-
lypse, where a blessing is promised to him that read-
eth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, 
mid keep those things which are written therein.-
How important it is that we should obey the divine 
injunction. I find in this blessed book, that there is 
to be new heavens and a new earth, after the first 
heavens and the first earth are passed away. I also 
learn, that all the saints who now sleep in JESUS are 
to be raised, to reign with CHRIST a thousand years. 
It is likewise written, that the LORD himself will de-
scend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of 
the archangel and the trump of GOD, when the dead 
in CHRIST will rise, and, with the righteous living, 
meet the LORD, and be forever with him. 
The day of the LORD will come as a thief in the 
night, in the which the heavens will pass away with 
a great noise, and the elements melt with fervent 
heat, the earth also, and the works therein shall be 
burned up. Nevertheless we, according to his prom-
ise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. I believe this to be GoD's 
truth, and that it cannot fail. How plain, then, such 
passages as the following :-" For yet a little while, 
and the wicked shall not be : yea, thou shalt dili-
gently consider his place, and it shall not be. But 
the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight 
themselves in the abundance of peace. . . The right-
eous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. 
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and lie shall 
exalt thee to inherit the land : when tire wicked are 
cut off, thou shalt see it." It would seem from these 
passages that the saints do not inherit the land, in the 
Scriptural sense of the word, until the wicked are 
all cut off, at the restitution of all things, which Goo 
hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets 
since the world began. Then the prayer taught us 
by the SAVIOUR will be answered,-his kingdom will 
have come, and his will be done on earth as it is 
done in heaven. Blessed be his name, that prayer is 
not banished from the earth. GOD has yet a people 
who are praying, watching, and waiting to receive 
the answer, and be forever with the Lotto. 
When I have looked at the state of the world,-
the greater part yet in heathenish ignorance and dark-
ness,-and am told by those who are looking for the 
speedy conversion of the world, that in the United 
States (perhaps the most Christian nation in the 
world,) there are three hundred and thirty-two dol-
lars expended for killing, and making preparations 
for killing, to one dollar expended to evangelize the 
world !-surely I cannot expect it will be done. But 
I trust that Goo is about to do a short work. The 
nations have been overturned, overturned, overturned, 
until He whose right it is to reign is about to come, 
when GOD will give the kingdom to Him. 0 that his 
people may all be ready. Yours truly in the blessed 
hope. 
P. HOBART. 
Boston, June 23d, 1851. 
THE MICHIGAN THUGS. 
The- trial of these is still progressing at Detroit, 
arid the revelations there being made are horrifying. 
We could not have imagined that such wide spread 
conspiracy could have existed for the accomplishment 
of such fiendish plots, without an earlier detection. 
It shows an alarmingly depraved state of morals ; 
and is indicative more of a growing depravity, than 
of a speedy conversion of the world. In the last days 
wicked men and seducers were to wax worse, and 
' worse. 
We copy the following from the New York Spec- 
tator : 
It was originally alleged that persons high in sta-
tion, judges and executive officers of the law, were 
parties to the conspiracy,. which had for its object the 
wholesale destruction of the property of the Michigan 
Central Railroad Company, the murder of its officers 
and the passengers who travelled upon it. Those 
The Boston Journal of July 1st says : 
The trial of Abel F. Fitch and others for conspira-
cy to injure and destroy the property of the Michigan 
Central Railroad, has now reached the twenty-first 
day of its progress. The time of tl e Court has been 
occupied almost entirely with the examination of the 
witnesses, and we do not learn from the Detroit pa-
pers that these examinations are near a conclusion. 
The evidence brought to light by this investigation 
is of the most startling character. Not the least un-
accountable circumstance connected with this affair, 
is the fact that the individuals belonging to this gang 
were cot, as is usually the case, persons of a de-
praved and lawless character, but the confederacy 
comprised many whose position in society placed 
them above suspicion. it seems almost impossible to 
believe, yet such is the fact, that so large a number 
should be found in one section of country, ready and 
willing, for the gratifica:ion of private malice and 
personal to commit any crime in the deca- 
logue-even arson and murder. In pursuing their 
revenge upon the railroad company, they showed an 
utter contempt for the lives of travellers. The burn-
ing of a few depots afforded them the same gratifica-
tion that a bonfire does to a parcel of boys. There 
was in all their transactions, a defiance of all moral 
laws, and of all lawful restraints, which it is fearful 
to contemplate. A perfect recklessness as to the re-
sults of their villanies, seems to have been the pre-
vailing sentiment among the whole gang. If their 
numbers had been more circumscribed, it is difficult 
to. determine to what lengths their high-handed vil-
lanies would have carried them. It was to be ex-
pected that among so many, there would be some 
who would not prove true, and who, if caught, would 
turn State's evidence. Such has proved to be the 
case. 
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J. Snooks-We sympathize with you in your affliction. It was 
stopped, with others, from whom we could hear nothing. 
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As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednesday, appoint-
ments must be received, at the latest, by Tuesday evening ; other-
wise, they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at Addison, Vt., Friday, July 15th, 
 
and retrain over the Sabbath-(will some brother call for hint at 
Ferryshurgli landing.?.) ; Panton, 22d; Vergennes, 23t1 ; Burling torn 
24th ; Isle La Mott, 25th ; Rouses Point, Sunday, 27th-during the 
week,in the vicinity,where brethren may wish ; Champlain, Sun-
day, Aug. 3,1; Clarence, 5th; Durham Flats, C. E., 6th ; Waterloo, 
7th and 8th (where Bro. Hutch inson may appoint) ; Outlet, Sun-
day, 10th; Stanstead, 12th and 13th ; Derby Line, 15th. Each (ex. 
eept Sundays) at 7 e M. Further appointments will be given through 
Vermont to Boston at another time. 
Bro. F. McWilliams will preach at Lewiston Sunday, July 13th, 
and Lockport Sunday, 27th. The last appointment is changed from 
the 20th to the 27th. 
Bro. J. Cummings will preach in Deerfield, N. H. (in the Free-
wiiilly1. 11. flutist meeting-house), the third Sabbath in July. 
a. 
Bro. J. Sinith Will! preach at Manchester the third Sabbath in 
July. 
 
Bro.•H. H. Gross willmreach.at Norwich, N.Y., July 10th; Mac-
donough, Illth Pitcher Springs, 13th ; Kinney'ssettlement, 17th ; 
Horner, 200. Appointments for other places on the route back to 
Albany, will be 'node from flouter, where letters will be asked for. 
Bro. F. H. Belie]: will preach in lake Village. July 13th; Clinton, 
Mass., Sabbath; 20th ; Nashua, N. H., Sabbath. 
There wine a Conference in East Batley, C. E., to commence 
July 140, and continue over Sunday. Bro. S. W. Thurber will at- 
tend. (Iii behalf of the brethren.) 
WOREN. 
There willhe a Tent meeting in Canaan, N. II., near the depot, 
corn nienchig July silt, at 10 A NI, and continuing over the Sabbath. 
Also ore at South Andover. Mass., cOnintenchig July 23d, at 1 P M, 
and continuing over the Sabbath; Bro.T. M. Prep c u
lewmi,111:NritGts.eed 
the meeting at Andover. 
Providence permitting there will be a Grove Meeting held in East 
Haverhill, N. H , commencing Thursday, July It.itl.i,sa. REYNOLDS. 
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continue over the Sabbath. Bro. A. Sherwin will attend. 
B. 
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HARTFORD, Ct.- Bro. Fassett wapreach in Hartford the first and 
second Sabbaths in July, Bro. Shipman the third, Bro. Hawkes 
the fourth and the first in August, and Bro. Edwin Burnham the 
second.
lIt•o.0. R. Fassett will preach in Middletown, Ct.,•Wedriesday 
and Thursday evenings, July 9th and 10th. 
Bro. Daniels with preach. in Portsmouth, N. H., the Sabbaths in 
July. 
Bro. P. B. Morgan will preach al, Bristol, Vt.,.on Sunday,.July 5. 
There will he a Camp-meeting- at Winstead,two miles from the 
depot, commencing Sept. 3d, and continuing probably over the titi-
lowing Sabbath. We invite allohe lovers of Jesus, and those who 
wish to become his followers,. to come in the name of the lord, for 
we expect the good Lord will meet with his people, and forgive 
sinners. We hope those who ran will. bring their tents and provi-
sions. Board and horse keeping on reasonable terms, with a ffee 
table for God's poor. Those coining-by public conveyance will stop 
at the depot, or hotels in the place, where they can procure a cheap 
conveyance to the camp-ground. M. GRANT, S. G. MATREwsou 
H. MUNGER, Committee. 
A Tent meeting will he commenced at Hewelton, N. Y., tc com-
mence July 9th, at 4 r )1. it is hoped that the brethren will take an 
R. V. LYON, W. D. GHOSLIN.. 
interest in this meeting. 
Second Advent Big Tent Meetings. 
Place of meeting changed.-The Big Tent meeting advertised to 
he held iu Providence, R. I., on the 13thovill beheld in Phwnix 
village, Warwick, R. 1., commencing Sunday, July 13th, HMI COI, 
tititiiiig over the Mowing. Sabbath, The location is very central, 
being within a nine and a half of the villages of Hope, Jackson, 
Fisk, Arkwright, Harris, Natick, Green Wakefield, Centre- 
ville, Crampton,Aqiiednee,,Coventry, Washington,. and about five 
nines from Apponaug depot. Passengers by cars from Providence 
and Stonington will take stage tickets to Apponaug, which will se-
cure their conveyance to the Tent ground. Those from to distance 
will be provided with accommodations. Those leaving Providence 
will take the Stoningtoit cars at 04 A NI anti 4}:P M. Fare,- for both 
ways, 75 cents, or one way cents, usual price. Fate from A ppo-
Pang to Phoenix, ;five miles,, by stage, 25 cents. 
As this will be the only large Tent meeting that will he hekl nt 
this vicinity this season, it is hoped that there will he a large al. 
tendance, and that the brethren will come prepared to put forth an 
efforts corresponding with the good desired re be accomplished. 
By order or the committee. 
WM. M. GIBSON, M. O. PRAY, H. D. BASS, L. B. POTTER. 
Big Tent and Camp-meeting in New Haven, Vt., commencing 
Aug. 30th, and continue a week, or longei. It is hoped this will be 
a general meeting of Adventists throughout tints region, and that 
the cause of spreading the great truth of our soon coinirig.Lerd 
may here receive a new impetus. Let brethren come with faith and 
earnest prayer, that God may revive his work. Those corning. from 
the north or south, can come by way of the Burlington and Rut-
land Railroad, and probably stop within fifty rods of the ground. 
All necessary arrangements for the acconunodation of those who 
come will be made, the particulars of which will be given 
hereafter. 
NOT ICE. 
Whereas our beloved pastor, Bro..1. D. Royer; lies labored with 
us to acceptance and profit for nearly four years ;. and wherers his 
past sacrifices and labors, with his present devotion to the cause, 
entitle him to our confidence and esteem and whereas-his charac-
ter has been unjustly and cruelly assailed by those from whom bet-
ter things were expected ; therefore 
Resolved, That we, as the representatives of the Advent churches 
in Centre, assure our brethren and friends abroad, that we have 
unabated confidence in Bro. Boyer's Christian character, and es-
teem him very highly in love for his worksysake. In behalf of the 
churches. 
JOHN Ross, J. T. SWIERS, WM. RESIDES, 
MCMULLEN, JOS. ECKLEY, PERRY AKINS, 
WM. fl. SWAN, GREEN WATSON, T. A. ESWORTHY, Sec'y. 
Pleasant Gap (Pa.), June 20th, 1831. 
Receipts from June 24th to July 2(1. 
Heath, jr., 508; S.C.Harwood, 553 ; J. Swires, 553; D. Wertz, 
531; J. Maynard`, 534; A. Stacy, 534; A. Bayles, 508; L. Colikey, 560; 
1). Beebe, 560 J Danforth, 586 ; S. Paine, 534 ; 1. Marsh, 560 ; S. 
flingston, 534 ; J. Whitcomb, 508 ; J. Adams, 554 ; H. flonsinger, 
534; A. Willard, 554; Mary Parks, 534; M. M. George, 534; F. Schel-
leger, 560.; J. Wine; 534.; A. Kinney, 560 ; C. Howard. 534 ; Mrs. H. 
Smith (credited $2 50), 534; .1. B. Pollard, 508; .1. Ames, 547; H. 
Atiatos,534.; S. Corwin, 534 ; S. Degroot, 534 ; J. T. Chase, 534; M. 
Perkins, 534 ; H. G. Smith, 534 ; A. Hook, 554 ; 0. F. Cain, 560;J. 
Talbot-each $1. 
S. S. Fells, 560 ; S. Calkins, 531 ; S. Chappell, (Poen. and to) 510 ; 
Capt. T. Sanford, 586 ; E. C. Cannon, 547 ; A. Mattison, 547 ; J. 
Wright, 521, S. Sherwin, 560-each $2. 
R. Taylor (Eng.), 552-88 vents-C. Sissons, on acct-$2 25-
S. S. Rogers, 521-$L 73-T. Smith, on acct-$2 82-Wm. Ful-
lerton, 534-$4. 
BOSTON, JULY 5, 1 8 5L 
who have read the evidence on the trial, as given in 
our columns, will be inclined to the belief that the 
original representations as to the parties cognizant of 
the conspiracy were not exaggerations ; that men of 
influence and men of wealth were banded with de-
praved and malevolent beings, having neither wealth 
nor influence, in this diabolical project of wholesale 
destruction and murder. 
And this we infer partly from the general tenor of 
the testimony, partly from the frequent boasts of the 
principal actors-verified, too, when the occasion 
came that they could screen each other in case of 
need ; but more especially from the readiness with 
which almost any amount of money could be obtained 
when necessary for their nefarious purposes. Some 
even of the parties now on trial may claim somewhat 
above the average social rank. Yet evidence, which 
seems too direct and positive to be refuted, is given 
that these very persons were most prominently active in 
schemes, the deliberate aim of which was the whole-
sale destruction of other men's property, the murder 
of the engineers by shooting them as the locomotive 
passed a given point, and the indiscriminate murder 
of the passengers by blowing up the trains with gun-
powder, placed so as to be ignited by the friction of 
the engine. 
It is very certain that the conspirators were numer-
ous. They seem indeed to be found in considerable 
numbers at all points of the road-along its entire 
length, and at each terminus. But the most striking, 
and perhaps the most painful, part of the whole is 
that none of the population of those districts seem to 
have shown marked abhorrence of their fiendish 
machinations. Yet it is next to impossible to believe 
that the people generally were ignorant of what was 
going on. That could scarcely be. They talked of 
their plans in the bar-rooms of public houses, arid 
although it is in evidence that they gerierally changed 
the conversation when strangers approached, it is 
also plain from the testimony given, that there was 
no great secresy practised when only neighbors were 
present. They never cared to conceal their malig-
nity against the company and the road ; they even 
avowed it ;. and with this resting. upon them, their 
frequent consultations and whisperings together must 
have directed suspicion against them as the perpetra-
tors of the many dangerous interruptions to which 
the trains were subjected. 
Moreover some of them do not seem to have taken 
even ordinary precautions to prevent detection.- 
Spikes were drawn out of the rails, and impediments 
placed upon thetrack, within a stone's throW of the 
residences of the perpetrators of the mischief, and 
wherever an " accident " happened to the train, these 
very men appear to have been the first at the scene of 
the disaster, and to have stood by, offering no assist-
ance, and looking on with satisfaction, if not openly 
rejoicing in it, and scarcely caring to conceal their 
knowledge of the origin of the mishap. Yet notwith-
standing all this no one seems to have viewed them 
with distrust or shown any horror at these disgraceful 
manifestations of" man's inhumanity to man ;" and 
we are forcibly reminded of the many assassinations 
in another country, where men were shot in open 
day with impunity, because the people of the neigh-
borhood sympathized Iwith the murderer instead of 
with the murdered. 
These facts being patent, we are constrained to 
inquire how it came to pass that any section of this 
country came to be thus demoralized. But the ques-
tion is difficult of solution. Some of our contempo-
raries have attributed this condition of things in 
Michigan to the abolition of capital punishment.-
This may have had a pernicious influence, making 
'nen more reckless in crime, and more heedless of 
the consequences of their acts. We can readily be-
lieve this to be the case. Some men can be deterred 
from murder only by the knowledge that they must 
in return die an ignominious death. But this will 
not account for all that has been elicited upon this 
trial, unless on the assumption that the abolition of 
capital punishment involves the necessary relaxation 
of all legal restraint, which would perhaps be assum-
ing too much. Let the cause be what it may, how-
ever, the startling facts are before us, and many per-
sons in the state of Michigan, who were favorable to 
the abolition of capital punishment in that state, are 
now disposed to doubt very gravely the pol icy they once 
advocated, feeling that whatever may be the theory 
upon the subject, the stubborn fact is that crime has 
fearfully increased since the death penalty was abro-
gated. 
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