"THIS SAME JESUS WHO IS TAKEN UP FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN, SHALL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN." Ill PUB_LISHED EVERV SATURD.\Y .AT NO. 9 MILK-STREET, BOSTON, BY J, V. HlftiES. Tll:ll&-$1 per Volume of 26 Numbers. $5 for Six copie$, 10 for Thirteen copies. All Colllmunications, orders, or remitt.Rnces, for this olllce, should be directed to "J. V. HHIES, Boston, Mllils." (post paid). Suhscrihers' names, with their P t-offtce adt.lre~s, should be di~tinctly given when '11oney is forwurded. (Original.) The Vision of Habakkuk. The Lord rrom T11man cam~, The Holy One appeared ; IIi~:h praises to His name Through all the earth were heard: Hi~ jllory veiled the heaven~ with li;iht, A ad •uu was lost in beams so bright. The pestilenee proclaimed His awful Presr.nce nigh: And coals of fire His t•·ead Be~poke :-in mnjesry He stoo1i, and earth su1 veyed, and shook Despairing nations at flisiook! The tents of Cushan wept, And MidiRn's sons did quRke; Hills from their seats were reft, A.nd mi.~hty rocks did shake ·i Tile everla~ting mllnntailis fled lalerror, aot.l were scanered. Ob! did his anger blaze., (Wilen thus in judgment dire., Unto His people's praise He rode on steeds of fire~ Anfl11s in pomp stupendous came, "Salvation" was His chariot's name-) Oh! did His ri~rhteous wrath Ag11inst the waters hurn ? The rivers in their path Did al Hi~ presence turn: And loudly roared the ocean's tlood, Whose waves upraised in horror stood. Thv bow was naked made, . Thine arrows walked in li!(ht ; .. The sun and moon stood still, Thy apellr was glittering bright; And thus Thou marcherlst through the land, And heathen fell before Thy band. Balntion to Thv saints Tkou wentestforth to brina · (Long hr1d they prayed anrl sighed For their aven)!'ing King'-) . Anrl Thine Anointed at the thought, 0 Lord! I pray hat 1 may rest in that great day. Yea! though the 11&-tree cea e To blo som ; or the vine 'l'o vleld her fruit ; the fields fl ra ture heRr ; and pine ~e llor.ka and herds, and die ; 1 d fail &·ae oH•e :-1 will not bewail ! H. HEYE8 BOSTON, APRIL 10, 1847. WHOLE No. am. cheeks were fallen in, and his jaws so We entered the grave-yard, in the midst distended that he could hardly articulate of which was a small watch-house. This BY ELIHU BURRITT. a word. llis four little children were sit-miserable shed had served as a grave [M B 'tt h b k' a tour ting upon the ground by his feet, nestling where the dying could bury themselves. f I }: dur? t~s een rna }n~ t' together, and trying to hide their naked It was seven feet long and six in breadth. t 0. rethan lor d~t_purpofseho mvesltga-f limbs under their dripping rags. How It was already walled around outside with mg e rea con 1 10n o t e peop e o h h' ld d h · b k f h th t m· t d t Th · t h h t ese poor t mgs cou stan upon t eu an em an ment o graves to t e eaves. a a ICe coun ry. epic ure 0 as feet and walk, and walk five miles as The aperture of this horrible den of death drawn we transfer to our columns. Mr. th h d d I ld t · ld 1 d · h f Buiritt is a competent witness, and his ey ~ one, cou no concetve. wou scarce y a m1t t e entrance o a testimony tells but too plainly that Ameri- Their a~pear~nce,. though common to common sized person. And into this li' th u d th f th h d f noisome sepulchre living men, women, cans must not relax their euorts to save 0 san s m IS regwn o e s a ow o their fellow men. Mr. B_. says that his death, was indescrib~ble. Their paleness and children went down to die; to pillow t f k Th upon the rotten straw, the grave clothes own observation and the remarks of was no o common sic ness. ere was '' n 11 t' · 't Th d'd t 1 k vacated by preceding victims, and fester- others have convinced him that one ku,n- o sa ow mge m I • ey 1 no oo dr;d dollars' 1.vortk oiffioodfi·om. America as if newly raised from the grave and to ing with their fever. Here they lay l·c b r th hl d h d b t fill as closely· to each other as if cmwded side would he as valuable as two hundred dol- he eJore c oo a egun o 1 lars in money; a_;d that clothing, shoes, their veins anew; but as i~ the~ had j?st by side on the bottom of the grave. Six &r.., however old, will be the next sea~ be€'n thawed o.ut of the 1c~, m. whtch persons had· been found in this fetid sep- th h d b b dd d t 1 th bl d ulchre at one rime, and with one only sonable donation to food. He suggests ey a een Im e e un 1 eu oo able to crawl to the door to ask for water. that each state should freight a vessel; had tur?ed to .water. . L th b ttl fi ld f 1 r I Removing a board from the entrance of also that all vessels should be sent to eavmg 1s a e~ e o 11e, ac- Cork.-N. Y. Spectator.] companied Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Catholic this black hole of pestilence, we found it S v h 20 minister, into one of the hovel lanes of crammed with wan victims of famine, KIBBEREEN, re . . th W c d · ready and willin£!' to perish. A quiet, * * . . e town. e 1oun m every tenement ~ l · * Rev. Mr. F1tzpatnck we entered enough to sicken the stoutest listless despair broods over the popu ation, called, with sever11l gentlemen of the heart. In one we found a shoemaker and cradles men for the grave. • town, and in their company I touk my who was at work before a hole in th~ Returned from thi~ painful walk, near- first. w~lk through the potter's field of mud wall of his hut, about as large as a ly wet through, and sad at the thought destitutiOn and death. As soon as we small pane of glass. There were five in that I could not administer an:y relief to opened the door, a crowd of ~a gard his family ;.and he said when he could get my perishing fellow beings. Spent this c~e~tur~s pressed upon us, and With ago-any work, he could earn about thre~ shil-evening in writing letters to England. mzmg prayers for bread, followed us to ling-s a-week. In another cabin we dis- Skibbereen, Feb. !1. * * * the soup kitc.hen. One. poo.r .wom.an, co.;ered a nailer, by the small light of his Dr. Donovan called at 2 P.M., and we pro· whose entreaties became Hres~stlbly Im-fire, working in a space not three feet ceeded together to visit a lane of hovels portunate, had watched all mght m the square. He, too, had a large family, half on the opposite side of the village. The grave yard, lest the body of lier husband of whom were down with the fever· and wretchedness of this little mud-city of the should be ~tolen from his hist r~sting he could earn but two shillings a-~·eek. dead and dying was of a deeper stamp place, to which he had been cons.1gned About the middle of this filthy lane we than the one I saw yesterday~ Here hu- yesti'rday. She had left five children came to the ruin of a hovel which had man beings and their clayey habitations sick with th~ famine fever .in he.r hovel, fallen during the night, and ldlled a man seemed to be1 melting down together into and she raised an exceedmg bitter cry who had taken shelter in it with his wife the earth. I r.an find no language or il- for help. A ~man with S\·ollen feet and child. He had come' in from the lustration sufficiently impressive to par- pressed close~y upon us, and begged for country; and, ready to perish with cold tray the spectade to an American reader. b~ead most piteously .. He had pawned and hunger, had entered this falling house A cold drizzling rain was deepening the his shoes for food, which .he had already of clay. He was warned of his danger, pools of black filth, into which it felllike consum€'d. Tbe soup kitchen was sur-but answered that die he must unless h€' ink drops from the douds. Few of the rounded by a cloud of the~e fami~e. seep-found a shelter before morning. He had young or old have not read of the scene tres, half naked, and standmg or s1ttmg m kindled a small fire with some straw and exhibited on the field of battle after the the mud, beneath a cold ~rizzling rain. bits of turf, and was crouching over it, action, when visited by the sur~eon.­ The narrow d~~le to the dispensary bar when the whole roof and gable end of The cries of the wounded and dymg for was choked '~Jth young an~ old ?f both earth and stones came down upon him help have been described by many graph- s.exes, str?gglmg forward with the1r rusty and his child, and crushed him to death ic pens. The agonizing entreaty for tm and uon vessels for soup; some of over the slow fire. " Vv ater! water! ! help! help! t" has them upon all fours, like famished beasts. The child had been pulled out alive, been conveyed to our J?inds with painful There was a cheap bread dispensary and carried to the workhouse ; but the fa-distinctness. I can hken the scene we opened in one end of the building; and ther was still lying there upon the dunO' beheld in this low lane of famme and the principal pressure was at the door of heap of the fallen roof, sligbtly covered pestilence to nothing of greater family re- this. Among the attenuated apparitions with a piece oP canvas. On lifting this, semblance than that of the battle-field, of humanity that thronged thi& gate of a humiliating spectacle presel}ted itself. when the hostile armies have tired, stinted charity, one poor man presented What !ags the poor man had upon him, leaving one third of their number bleed~ himself under circumstanees that even when buried beneath the falling roof, ing upon the ground. distinguished his case from the rest. He were mostly torn from his body in the As soon as Dr. Donovan appeared at lived several miles from the centre of the last faint struggle for life; his neck and the head of the lane, it was filled with town, in one of the rural districts, where shoulders and right arm were burnt to a miserable beings, haggard, famine-strick- he found himself on the eve of perishing, cinder. There he lay in the ruin, like en men, women, and children, some far with his family of seven children. Life the carcase of a brute beast thrown upon gone in the consumption of famine fever, was worth the last struggle of nature, and the dung-hill. As we continued our walk and all imploring him, ''for the honor of the miserable skeleton of a father had along this·filthy lane, half naked women God," to go in and see "my mother," fastened his youngest child to his back; and children would come out of thejr cab-"my father," "my wife," 'I my boy," and with four more by his side, had stag-ins, apparently in the last stage of the fe-"who is very oa'd, your honor." And gered up to the door,-just as we entered ver, to beg for food," for the honor of then intersper~ed with these earnest en- the bread c.lepartment 'of the establishn God." As they stood upon the wet ground, treaties, others louder still would be raised ment. The hair upon his face, was near-we, could almost see it smoke beneath for bread. In every hovel we entered ly as long as that upon ,his head. His, their bare feet, burning with the fever. we found the dying or the dead. In one -- ! I { , -- --= 74 THE DVENT HERALD. _)/ ~ ~---- ----= of these straw roofed burrows eight per-Its cold, naked arms were not much larg· A girl about sixteen, the very pictme was awful to see them do it..· Had their sons had died in the last fortnight, ami er than pipe-stems, while its body was of despair, was the only one left who bones--been divested of the l!kin that held five more were lying upon the fetid, pes· swollen to the size of a full grown person. conld administer any relief, a.nd all she th~m ~g~ther, a~d been cove~:d with a tiferous straw, upon whicl:t their prede· Let the reader group these apparitions of c~uld do was to brin.g water m ~broken veil ol thm ~.ushnr they ~ould not have ces~ors to the grave had been consumed deaeh and disease into the spectacle of pucher to slake then parched Iws. As 1been mG.re VIsible. ~specmlly when one by the \Va.Sting fever {)f famine. In ten feet square1 and then mul 'ply it into we proceeded up the rocky hill ~vetlook· 11of thE!m clung to the ~oor wh1le a sister scarce.y a single o e of these most inhu-three fourths of the hovels in this region ing the scene, we encountered n~w sights was ~rging i~ forwardr it assumed 3d) ap- man habitatiotas tbere the slightest of Ireland, end he will arrive at a fair of wretchedness. Seeing a cabm stani-pearapce wh1ch can ha11e been seldol' indication o[' ooa of any kind to be estimate of the e:x;tent and degree of its ing somewhat by itself in a hollow, and paralleled this side of the g;ave~ found, or fuel to cook food, or anything misery. Were it not for giving them surrounded by a moat of O'reen filth, we The effort whi~h it made t6 «li~1g to the resembling a bed, unless it were a thin pain, I should have been glad if the well· entered it with some diffi;ulty, and found door disclosed. every jpint in its frame layer of filthy straw in one corner, upon dressed children in America could have a single child about three years old lying while ~he deepest lines of eld age fur:, which the sick persons lay, partly cov-entered these hovels with us, ard looked upon a kind of shelf, with its little face rowed lis face.. The enduring of ninety ered with some ragged garment. upon the young creatures wasting away resting upon the edge of the board, and yenrs of sorrow seemed to chronicle its There being no window, nor aperture unmurmuringly by slow, consuming des· looking stedfastly out at the door as if for record of woe upon tlae poor child's coun- to admit the light in these wretched cab-titution. I am sure they would have been 1 its mother. It never moved its eyes as tenange. l could bear no more; and we ins, except the door, we found ourselves touched to the liveliest compassion at the 'we entered, but kept them fixe~ toward returned to Skibbereen, after having been often in total darkness for the first mo· spectacle, and have been ready to divide the entrance. It is doubtful whether the all tke afternoon among those abodes of ment of our entrance. But a faint glim-their wardrobe with the sufferers. poor thing had a mother or father left to misery. On our way we overtook the mering of a handful of burning straw in Ski-hbereen, Feb. ~· * * ·* Dr. her; hut it i~J more dou~tful still wh.ether cart with the two uncoffined bodies. The 1 one end would soon reveal to us the in-Hadden called to take me into Castleha-,those eyes would have relapsed their va-man and young woman were all that at- distinct images of wan-faced chidren ven parish, which comes within his cir-cant ga~e, if both o.f them had entered at tended them. to the grave. Last year, the grouped together, with their large, plain-cuit. This district borders upon the sea, once, wtth. ever~thmg that could tempt funer~l of either would bave called . out tive, still eyes, looking out at us, like the whose rocky indented shores are covered the palate m then hands. No "ords can hundreds of mourners from those htlls; sick young of wild beasts in their dens. with cabins ~f a worse description than describe this peculiar appearance of the but now the husband drove the uncof. Then the groans, and the choked, inco-those at Skibbereen. On our way we famished children. fined wife to the grave .without a tear in herent entreaties for help, of some· man 1.passed companiesofmen,women,and chil- Ne-Yer have I seen such bright, blue, his eye-without a wor.d of sorrow. or woman wasting away with the sick-dren at work, all enfebled and emaciated clear eyes, looking sostedfastly at nothing. About halfway to Skibbereen pr. Had- ness, in some coiner of the cabin, would by destitution. Women, with their red, I could almost fancy that the angels of den proposed tha~ .we sh~ul? d1v~~ge to apprise us of the number and condition •swollen feet partially swathed in old rags, God had been sent to unseal the vision of llnother road to VlSit a cabm m whJch we of the family. The wife, mother, or child, some in men's coats, with the arms or these little, patient, perishing creatures to sh_ould ~nd two little girls living ~lone, w:ould frequently light a wisp of straw, •skirts torn off, were sitting by the road-the beatitudes of another world· and that with then dead mother, who had lam un- and hold over the face of the sick person, .side breaking stones. they were listening to the whispers of b~ried seven d~ys. He gave an affect·ing disco!ering to us the .sooty features of some It was painful to see human labor and unseen spirits, bidding them to " wait a history of this poor wo~a? ; a.nd we emaciated creature m th~ last stage of the life struggling among the lowest interests little longer." Leaving this, we ente ed turned from the. road to VIs.Jt this new fever. In one of these places we fouud 'of society. Men, once athletic laborers, another cabin in which we found seven scene of desolatlOn ; but as lt was grow· an old w~man stretched. l,l_POn a pallet of were trying to eke .out a few miserable or eight atten~ated yonng creatures with ing quite dark, and the distance was con· straw, wtth her head Wlthm a foot of a days to tpeir existence by toilin" upon a mother who had pawned her cloak, and siderable, we co~duded to resume our handful of fire, upon which something these works. Poor creatures ! Many of could not venture out to beg for bread be-way back to the vtllage. In fact, I had was steaming in a small iron vessel.-them are already famine-stricken; they cause she was ·not fit to be seen in the seen•as much as my heart could bear. The D?ctor removed ~he cov.er, and :we have reached a point from which they streets. Hearing the voice of wailing In the evening I met several gentleme-n found 1t was .filled w t.th a. kmd of slamy cannot be recovered. Dr. Donovan in· from a cluster of huts farther up the hill, at the house of Mr. Swanton, am?ng sea-weed, wh1ch I beheve IS used for ma· forms me that he can tell at,a glance whe-we proceeded to them, and entered one, whom was Dr. J?onov~n. H~ had JUSt . nure on the seaboard. ther a person has reached this point or and found several persons weeping over retur~e.d from a nel.ghbon.ng pansh, where This was allthe nourishmentthedaugh-not. And I am assured by several expe-the dead body of a woman lying by the he VI5Jted a cabm W~Ich had be~n de· ter could serve to her sick mother. But rienced observers, thatthere are thousand"s wall near the door. Stretched. upon the serted by the poor pe.op •. e, although It w~s the last eabin•we visited in this painful of men who rise in the morning and go ground here and there lay seyeral sick k~own that some ?f 1~s ~nmate.s were stilL walk presented to our eyes a lower deep of forth to labor with the picks and shovels persons; and the place seemed a den of ahve, though llymg m the midst of the misery. It was the residence of two fa• in their hands, who are irrevocably doomed p~stilence The filthy straw was rank dead. He knocked at the door; and, milies, both of which had been thinned to death. No human aid can save them. With he f~stering fever. hearing no voice within, burst it open with ., his foot, anrl was ·in a moment almost down to half their original number by the The Iague spot of famine is on their Leaving this habitation of death, we S · k Th fi · h h · overpowered by the horrid stench. er.· s1c ness. e rst s1g t t at met my foreheads; the worm of 1Wan. t has eaten 1 were met by a young woman in .an ago· h · h b d f ing a r:nan's legs protruding from t e eyes on entermg was t e o yo a "dead into their heart-strings. Still they go ny of de~pair, because no one would give straw, he moved them slightly with his wontan, extended on one 8ide of the fire· forth uncomplaining to their labor ; and her a coffin to bury her father in. She r ) 0 h h ld foot, when a husky voice asked tor water. pace. n t e ot er an o man was toil, cold, famished, (l.nd half nakeq, upon pointed to a cart at some distanee, upon In another part of the cabin, on removing lying on some straw, so far gone as to be the roads; and divide their eight or ten which his ody lay; and she was about a piece of canvas. he discovered three unable to articulate distinctly. He might pence worth of food at night among a sick to follow it.to the grave; and he was such dead bodies, which had lain there u.nbu· ~~tflilety od fifty years tf af~· -It 'Yas f~mi~ of five hor eight persons. Some a .goo~ father sh~ could not bear to lay ried for a fortnight. and hard f:jgainst 1 cu t t? eftermme b; .or t IS whastmg are . ept h~t o!'lle, abnl d p~evented from hb1m hke a beast m !hehgrohund ; and she one of these and alrr:ost embraced in the consllmptwn o want tmgs out t e ex-earnmg t IS m1sera e pittance, by the egged a coffin "fort e onor of God." f d 'h 1 far tremest indices of old age even in the fear that some of their family may die W bile she was .wail in()' and weep in()' for 1 arms 0 • ~at h, a/ a yoHg fet'st ther features of the young. before they return. • . this boon, I cast my ey~ toward the c 0abin gone wlth t .ebl everb.-bel.reh ade 0 B h h · · · · h d · 1 f d · h cases too om e to e pu ts e . ut t ere was anot er appantlon which The first habitation we entered in the we a JUSt e t; an a s1g t met my . sickened all the flesh and blo~d of myna- ~astl!haven district, .was literally a hole view which made me shudder with hor- Nations in Distress. ture. It has haunted me durmg the past m tlre wall, occupied by what mioht be rf?r. The husband of the dead woman __ night like Banquo~s ghost. . I have lain called, in America, a squa.tter, or~ man c~me staggering ~ut, with her body ~1pon It is a startling fact, that at the present awak~ for hours, st~ug:ghng for some wh~ ha~ borrowed a place for himself and h~s shoulders, shghtly covered ~1th a time, the proud and wealthy and blood· graJ'htc and tr~th:ul simll~s,. or new .ele-fam1ly m the acute an,gle of two dilapi-ptece of rotten c~nvas. . I w1Jl not 1 died nations of Europe are threatened ments of descrtp.twn, by :wh1ch I m1g~t d.ated ~walls by the roadside, where he dw.ell upon the details of this spectac.le. ·with famine; yes, this fell, unpitying foe con!ey to the ~1sta~t reader some. tangt· hved rent free. We entered this stinted Pamfully and slowly. he bor~ the ~emams of man: if possible, in its form and a~pe~t, ble ~mage of this obJect. A drops~ cal af· den by Ill} aperture about three feet high, of the late compamon of. h1s ~1sery to and more torturing and agonizing m !ts fectlon among the young and old ~s very and foun.d one. or two children lying the cart. We. fo1lowe~ h~m a httle way effects, has begun its work, and the w1l~ common to all the sufferers hy fam.me. I asleep, With their eyes open, in the straw. o!f, and saw htm deposit hts burden along cry of distress, mingled with the supph· h~d see~ m~n at work on the pubhc ro~ds Such, at least, ~as their appearance, for s1de of the fat~er of the young woman, catin~ accents for pity, is borne to our wit? their hm.bs swollen almost to twice they scarcely wmked while we were be· and by her assistance. As the tw~ start-ears by every fresh arrival. In I~eland then usual s1ze. But when the woman fore them. The father came in, and told ed for the grave-yard to bury the1r own the fell destroyer is at work; and tn t~e of t~is cabin lif~ed from the straw, from a pitiful story of want, saying, not a mor· dead, we pursued our wal~ still farth~r Highlands o( Scotland,_ also;, a cry 18 behmd the dymg person, a b?y about sel of food had they tast(!(} for twenty· on, and entered a?other cabm, whe~e we heard, Give us food, or we pensh! And twel~ years o~ age, and held htm ?P ?e-four hour . He lighted a wisp of straw encountered the climax ~f human ~1ser¥. France, and other portions of Enro e, are fore us upon hts feet, the most homfymg an.d sh~wed us one or. two more children Surely, thought I, while ~egardmg this feeling the bitter pangs of want, and spectacle met our eyes. The cold, wa-lymg m another nook of the cave.-new phenomenon of suffermg, there can sendinrr to us for bread. Could we send tery-faced ~hild was entire.ly naked i.n Th~ir mother had died, and he was be no lower deep than this, between us . the fa;ishing millions of Europe every front from h1s neck down to h1s feet. · H1s obhged to leave them alone, during the and the bottom of the grave. barrel of flour, and every bushel of corn ~ody was s~ollen to nearly three times. m?st of the d~y, in ~rder to glean some- On asking after the condition of the we have to spare, it would not meflt. th: Its usual s1ze, and had ~urst th~ ragged thmg for then subsistence. We were inmates, the woman to whom we ad-mighty demand, nor expel the vo~acJO~ garment. that covered. ht~, which now s~on among the most wretched habita-dressed the question, answered. by taking life-consuming monster from then bor; dangled m shreds behmd hun. t10ns that I had yet seen, far worse than out of the straw three breathmg skele· ders. Ireland itself would exhaust th. The. '~oman of the other family, who those of Skibbereen. Many of them ton~, ranging from two to three feet in granary of America e;re another croP1!8 was srttmg at her end of the hovel, were flat• roofed hovels, half buried m the height, and entirely naked; and these ga1hered. Famine, says the Dub Jn brought forward her little infant, a thin· earth, or built up against the :rocks, and co-human things were alive! If they had "Evening Post" is at its work. IT 15 faced baby of two y~rs, with clear, sharp vered w~th totten straw, sef' weed or turf. In been dead they could not have been such NOT BY scoREs,' BUT BY HUNDREDS-Ll~fd e~es, that d1d not WI?k, bu~ stared stock one, whreh was scarcely seven feet square, frightful spectacles. They were alive; RALLY BY HUNDREDs-perhaps we sbo WE sttll at vacancy, a8 If a glimpse of ano-we found five persons prostrate with the and wonderful to say, they could stand not exaggerate-wE DO NOT THINK ther existence had eclipsed its vismn. fever, and apparently near their end. upo~ their feet, and even walk; but it wouLD BY sAYING THOUSANDs-riiAT TBE ~ \ rHE ADVENT HERALB .. 75 of their mission, to call the attention of ligh~ unto thee· b~t th~ Lord shall be und· rsoPLE ARE swEPt' OFF. The mountain· they will hear or whether they w4U for· the Church Universal in Great Britain to tliee an ev.erlastmg light,, and thy Go ou~ and remote districts are becoming bear," and is demanding a Scriptaral an· and Ireland to arise and trim their lamps thy glory. Thy sun shall no 1!10re go huge charnel heu. es. swer. 'Voul--" 'fhoo .,.west nil i~at Europe to s?pply' the \Vants'of he~ stllt:v· ject~ wete,. in the afternoon~" The per~ tP.St to be fr~e from the following poisons: 81 stone was cut out without hands,.wbtch iug pGpalatum, Bu.t money, Will no sonal reign of Christ, upon the throne -Sug~r of lead, fogwood, green vitrioh SQlole the image ttpon his feet that w~re of make bread where it is not, There are of David li>r ever;" and, i• the· evening capsit•um, opium, tobacco, aloes, alum, irnn ood da)•, and brake them \o p1eceo. yet six mont~s to ~he harvest. Alas! th.e· -"The visions of Daniel;" s~owi.ng t~at essential oils, bitter oranges, oil of bitter Then was the iron, the c1ay, toe h.rass) work of famme ts but begum; what a the commencement of that r~1gn IS mgh altnonds, India berry, pokebetries, e1der· the silver,.and the gold, broken to pteces prospect for starving miliions! at hg,nd ,· and successfully d1d h~ estab· berries, Guinea p~pper, Brazil wood, gum togeLher, and became like the chaff of ~he Ar.ul what m.el!ns-. this .sore visitation °~ ]ish thest' points. Our earnest Wish, as benzoin, burnt -sugar, brandy, laurel wa-suwmer thre.shing-floors; and t~e wmd God? There are Stgns m heaven as wetl 'we looked over th·e dense crow~, w.as, te'r, lamb's blood, dragon's btoodt, Ped san-carried them away, that no piace was as sig•svan eartk, whiclt may well aues. that those ministers wha are whispermg ders salt of talftar, cooulus indicus, poi-fouud for them; arid the'stone tha~smote the attentioa of nations. It appea·rs tha 1 t in the ears of their hearers, "Peace and son hemlock, nu~ vomica, oil of vitriol, th'e image became a great mountam, and at the p-resent time, tlle heavens a.re b~ Safety "-yea, that all who are oppose~ Prussic acid, henbane, &c.1 or any uther filled the whole iartlt.'r V. 44-" Aud iog traversed by new comets. The Lon· to this doctrine-\Vere present to hear Jt foreign 1\d!fli:l:ture. T~eatte~~ion of mer-in the days of thes.e ~ings shall.the God doa "Athenam.m" says, alluding to this so clearly stated, and so ably dP.fended. chants ana consumers 1s parttcularly re· of heaven set up a· kwgdom, wht~h shall circllmsta.nce, "A congress of meteors of Indeed, he has thrown around the base of quested to the above. never be destroyed: and the kmgd~ the highest clasl!, is assembled in the hea'-the pre-millennial system ~f prophec.y a " GEoRGE SAvAGE." shall not' be left to other people, but 1t ·vens." 'What can this crowding toge· mass of historical, prophetical, and do~- shall break in pieces and consume all tiler of comets mean 1 D11ring the last trinal evidence, which, we believe, wtll these kingdoms, and it shall stand for · d f b · h The. mtllennlum. twe or three cen~llnes upwar ~ o t Ir· prove more than ·a match, even fort e ae· ever." teell fixed stars, or slln~, liave disap,peilted. knowledged strength and ~bility of the No. JV.r 1 Dan. 7:13, 14, IS, 27--" I sa~ in the One of fh'etn was situated in the northern party who oppose, to use hts own words, What will be th~ extent and d~ratio~ night visions, and behold, one hke the hemisphere, and seemed to be on fire ... not that he is anything, but the truth is of that state of ::.oc.Iety cal~.d a Milen~li Son of .Man came with the clouds of La Plac.e supposes that it waS:. burned up, mighty, and m~s-t prevail." Although urn, in which Christ and IS ~eop e WI heaven, and came t? the Ancient of da.ys, u it has never be n seen Stn€e. The the bills announcmg thes~ ~ectures have reign on the eart~? and they broug'htlum ~ear ~f~re h1m. ctfttftacttation was visible abunt sixteen not brought any of our mm1sters out to , Ps. 2: 8-'' Ask of me, ~nd, ~ sha!l And there-was given htln dommton, and menth~. Fearful !~ought! li wKole sys' hear for themselves, so far as we kno'!", give thee the heathen for thme m4en· glory, and • kingdon>, that all people, na· &em oq fire, a great central luminary and they have evidently given them some ht· lance, and the utte:rm~~t parts of the tions, and hmguages, shou!d setve .h~m: its attendant planets all in flames! The tie uneasine!ls, ~ We understand that one earth for thy possesSlon. his dominion is-an t:'Vtrlastang douuruon, disappearante of stars from the planetary of them h~ intimated hi~ intenti?n of P~. 37:9-11-'' For e~il doers shall be whieh shaU not :pa88 away, an~ his king· Mid. may be considere? an alar'rning laying before his congr~gat1on .a senes of cut off: but !hose .that \Vatt upon the L~rd, d'Om that which shall not he ~estroyed. But pro that the entire world, every son and daugh- upon the very God of heaven, with the Infidel ter of Adam then living-we should be una· sneer, 'He began to build, and was not able ble to account for the fact, which has existed to finish.' " in all ages, that the multitude have turned a It seems, then, that the " Evangelist" as-deaf ear to its requirements. Were it thus all sumes the very point which should first be efficacious, it would follow that all· who heard proved. If the Bible ur~equivocally teaches would believe; its trophies would ever have the conversion of the world by the spread of been multiplied. For it would be impossible the gospel, then the "Evangelist" may safely that in one age of the world, no heart should assume the position taken by it, that if the be able to withstand its influence, when in all world is not to be converted, the gospel will previous ages the mass had treatt}d it with fail of ac<:omplishing the result designed by its ne'glect, unless the hearts of men, or the gos- divine Author. The "Evangelist" has no pel itself, were ditrerently constituted, in the right to assume the position it has so fearlessly different eras of the church's history. God taken, without proving incontrovertibly that compels no man to believe. Should he do so, the Bible does thus teach. Tn taking such a man would not be a free moral agent. God position, if not sustained in it by Scripture, will not compel one man to belieTe, and hin- ~i the editor places himself in direct conflict with der another ; that would not be impartiaL- the God of heaven; it is asserting that God Had man no power to withhold obedience to has promised to do what He has not promised; the gospel, Adam could never have fallen ; t1 and it accuses God of having forfeited his Noah would not have labored in vain, preach- word, when He has spoken no word which ing righteousness, for 120 years, to those, the has been forfeited. In taking this position, very thoughts and imaginations of whose the editor of the "Evangelist" sets himself hearts were evil only, and that continually ; up as a judge of what God must do, to satisfy Israel of old would not thus often have re- the said editor that God has done anything belled against Jehovah; the Jews would not worthy of himself. We have such confidence have apostatized ftom the faith of Abraham; in God's wisdom, that we have no fears of its the primitive churches would not so soon have beiug impeached, when he shall have carried become corrupted ; nor woulcl the church now out his eternal purposes, whatever they may be everywhere mourning the low and languish- be. Were it the pleasure of God to convert ing state of Zion. .. the nations to Christianity, or not to convert No. God did not design to compel men to , f the nations ; in either case he is alike our believe. He has set before them all the in- ~ mod. Let not the will of man, but thine, Oh duccments which can prompt them to compli- t Lord, be done. We are not among the num-ance with his will, and given the Holy Spirit d f ber of those who preach a certain course of to fasten conviction on their hearts·; but after t 1 ~ ~ action for the God we worship, to withhold all, God has left with man the power of re- our homage if he should fail to comply with jecting the truth. Man is not a machine, that our views of his plan. We know that many he should exercise no influence over his future do thus worship God. They have an imagi-destiny. Man was free to chooae in Eden, nary being, which they invest with attributes when God said to him, Eat not, and thou shalt and qualities of their own conceptions, and live; but if thou eatest ,thereof, tliou shalt j yield to him their adoration. Thus, the God surely die. Man was free to chobse when -of the Universalist is a God who does not God waited while the ark was being erected. punish the wicked hereafter. Now, should it The terms of the gospel have ever been full ·be proved that God will punish them, then it and free. It is like that set before the chil- l follows that the God of the Universalist is not dren of Israel, when the Lord said by Moses, •1 the, God of the Bible. So, if any m~n asserts "Behold, 1 set before you this day a blessing that if his God does not convert the'world, it and a ~urse: a blessing, if ye obey the com- will prove his incompetency to do it, it like-mandments of the Lord your God, which 1 wise. follows, that he i8 worshipping a God command you this day; and a curse, if ye will other than Jehovah. We, knowing the infal-not obey the commandments of the Lord yom . ,. t: . 'l- libility of human reasoning, and our liability God."-" I t-all heaven and earth to record to err, dare not limit the Holy One of Israel. this day against you, that I have ~t before ~; We would worship the God of heaven, whe-you life and death, blessing and cursing; of those who expect to save all, more enlarged than was his! When the revelator saw in vision the hosts of the redeemed, they con· sisted only of those who had been redeemed " out of every kindred, and tongue, and peo- ple, ancl nation." When it speaks of the na· tions saved, they are not called the converted, or saved nations, but " the I)atio~s of them that are saved "-including the individuals saved out of all nations, in all ages, which constitute the nations of the redeemed. Bro. Himes :-Are you aware that, for some time past, the wisdom which " de~cendeth not from above" has been at work, with a view to another attempt to destroy the Adve•t cause 1 The tried friends or the cause have kept their eye upon the authors of this attempt, aml its pro- gre!!s. But as the work is carried on under n dis- guise, it is difficult to sound a distinct alarm that would be r.learly understood. I can only say, that the plan appears to be this: U11der a pre- tended interest in the questions on "the state of the dead," and "final destiny of the wir.ked," all the opponents of the "Advent Herald" are to be appealed to in this rally for another division. It is known that a !lecret ("confidential") correspondence~ on the 11u'-ject, has been widely conducted, by one, if no more, who i11 known to have said, that the next move of this kind would find. him ready to tal(e a part in it. So that while all has been pleasant and fair to the face, the Without the conversion of the world, if the work of darkness has been going on in secret. b 1 · "Himes" is to be laid aside as a "scoffer," gospel proves a failure, then it may ec aJmed and the "Herald, also, because it is dry, and that it failed in Eden, that it failed before the its condur.tors have "no religion!" The Eng- flood, that it failed in the days of Abraham, Jish and West India Missions are to be opposed, of the judges, of the prophets, that it failed because" they are patterning after the world," &c. A new home 111.ission is to be got up, how- in the days of the first Advent, that it failed ever, to preach the doctrine, that "death" in Asia when the lights went out, and the. meanlao of the devil cannot succeed: his piau will be to a!lsemble all the wicked together, when they shall have been raised from the dead, to go up (< on the breadth of the earth, and compass the camp of the saints and the beloved city." But fire will come 4own from heaven and devour bt>th him and them : and the devil will be " cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the fal3e prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." Thus his plan will be most signally defeated ; for it can be no part of the devil 's plan to be cast in there, and have his schemes thus frustrated. 'l'he next, and last inquiry is:- 3d. " Does not everything at God does, tend to the ultimate good of the human family, and on- ward to perfection? If so, and it be admitted that the earth and man are in a worse state than when first created, and !llany millions have been brought into existence, only to be tormented in hell throughout eternity, when will God's plan in rela- tion to the earth and man be brought to perfec- tion ?" ANsWER .. -In answer to the first question, we would reply, that we have no SrTiptural evidence, that God does anything which will result in the happiness of the wicked. "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his pur- pose." (Rom. 8:28.) But we do not know tha,t all things will work together for good to those who do not love God. And t~ere is not a single inti- mation in the entire Bible to that effect. We may wish for the salvation of the entire human race ; but it will be useless thus to wish, without some plausible evidence for it. And to em·ourage auy to hope that the race will arrive at perferti"n, ir- respeetive of repentance and ot>edienr.e, may peril tails, but we have not the room to lay them before· ruinate-beyond which God cannot extend it; and our readers. It forms another blood spot on the therefore while all the evidence points to the pre- face of the earth, to remain till that day when sent, we consider the only safe position is, to "the earth shall disclose her blood; and shall 01> watch, and wait, and pray, knowing that our re- mora cover bet 11lain." demption draweth nigh, that it cannot be long de- The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. layed, and that any moment may witness the "Tribune," in a letter dated March 30, speaking opening of thP. heavens, and tlte revelation of of the late intelligen.ce from the army in Mexico the SoN oF MAN. comm·anded by Gen. Taylor, says:- We, therefore, prefer to stand by the old "In the immediate excitement of this in forma-Chat ; for that still stands by us. It still speaks, tion, we have but little inclination for reflection. and it speaks truth. It not only gives the points An all-engulphing feeling absorbs our minds ; but of ti111e beyond whicfi we know not why it should by-and-by, when the nerves are released from their tension, and the blood runs cool in its accus-be Jong delayed ; but it gives the rise and pro- tomed channels, there will be a time for calm gress of the several successive kingdoms which consideration. We then !.'hall have to ask our-were to precede the everlasting kingdom; it selves, 'What is all this worth?' Our arms shows how one after another they have been sub- have triumphed gloriously, and have been red- dened in the heart-blood of thousands of our fel-verted, and gh·en place to a succeeding power, low c'reatures; we have defaced God's image and their territory been left to other people, and with wounds and slaughter-have piled up beta-it presents the last of the entire series, 'in its last combs of dead bodies for the devouring vulture predicted form, just ready to be crumbled to dust, and tl.e ravenous beaBt of prey. We have gaintd a great victory. And what farther? Have we under the mighty weight of the ponderous stone, convinced the infatuated Mexican by onr bayonet-which is all ready to smite the image on its feet, stabs, our sabre-cuts, and our gun-shot wounds, and demolish the entire metallic structure. When that we seek nothing but our rights, nothing but the great clock of eternity shall have chimed its the redress of our wrongs ? · Has the thunder of our artillery opened his ears to the justice of our six thousandth annual peal-from the shouting to- complaints agrtinst him, or its flash illnminate his gether at creation's dawn of the morning ~tars, mind to a comprehension of his outrageous con-over a new made· world,-then, we expect the duct toward us? Have we gained aught by all hand that hl)lds the stone cut from the mountain's this carnage, by all this lavish effusion of blood, but a glorious viclory f In fine, have we, in side, will let loose that mighty missive which that most detestable cant of the day,' conquered shall smite the natious of earth. The time- a.peace ?' pieces of this mundane sphere have passed the "By-and-by, too, there will be a time for point, showing that they hnve anticipated the mournl.ng. From the grate~ul contemplation of f · d 11 more accurate chronometer o et-:Jrmty, an now three thousand, slaughtered Mexicans, we shall turn our eyes to the dead bodies of our frieuds. they only wait the thunder of its peal. Time's We shall then think of .their virtues, and deplore minute hand is fast nearing the great crisis- their snddcn departure. Hardin, Yell, Clay, and nearer, and nearer it approaches. No man can other brave spirit11, have gone whence they can · H uever return ! say what moment it will reach the pomt. ow Upon the patriot of Ashland this cala,mity will impressive, then, should come home to us the ad- fall with its severest weight. Hardin was his monitioh of the Savior: "Be ye also ready ; for nephew-Henry Clay, Jr. his sor. ! The liope in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of M11n of his old age! The Astyanax of his family! cometh." Though it tarry, wait for it: it will Countless expectations were garnered in his exist- ence, and his rising glories gladdened his fitther's surely come : it will not tarry. path to the inevitable tomb ! But he has fallen ! fill len in the immaturity of h~ fame, and left a hopeless parent !" the souls of such as wool~ thereby be inclined to Questions from Bro. Lenfest. rely on so broken a reed. That man is in a worse The Tabernacle Chart. We have received several questions from Bro. state than when created, all w.bo believe the sim- On the evacuation of the Tabernacle, while PosTAGE.-Some have received the impres- sion that the postage is now 3 cts. on all papers. And Post-masters have in some instances tal\en that of our subscribers. This is a mistake. The JamP.S Lenfest, which, not beino• expres~ed in 1 d f G d' d t adn1'1t b tt that h p e recor o o s wor mus ; 1 ' being {ora time driven "from pillar to post,"_t e Scriptural language, we are doubtfill whether we any have been brought into existence for the pur-large .Chart which occupied so conspicuous a posi- pt the full import of them. He enquires pose of being punished, no orthodox Christian can tion there, was laid one side. Having been so 1st. "Did the original plan which God formed admit. If any do not have eternal life, it will be Ion!! now in the" CentraJ Saloon," No.9 Milk-st., in relation to this earth and its inhabitant!'!, em- ~ brace in it the tormenting of untold millions of because they will not come to God that they may and being permanently located there, it has been hnman beings throughout eternity? If not, whence have liie. Their punishment will, therefore, be thought best to restore the Chart to its old posi- did it originate?" the result of their own evil doings, arid not an end tion, in the rear of the altar. Accordingly, on ANsWER.-If we understand you aright, you for which God purposed their existence. In re-last S~bbath morn; the eyes of the audience were wish to enquire if the pnrpose of Goo to consign ply to the last qnestion we would say, that God's cheered by its re-appearance; and truly it looked the Wicked to" everlasting puni~hment," was in plan respecting man and the earth will ~e per-like the countenance of an old and nlued friend. accordance with hi!~ original plan ? or whether it fected when he shall have accomplished all the Although so long silent, it still speaks, and speaks was of some other origin? As the Bible does not promises and threatenings itt his word: when the to the purpose, too. There may be an error in its inform us that God's original plail has ever been earth shall have been created anew, and become. chronology: the consummation was not in '43 changed, nor that such was his original plan, any the residenee of the saints, when the wicked shall as we expected ; and yet we should not know conclusion we might arrive at respecting it, would have gone away into everlasting punishment, and what year to put in its place. We might .put the 4le merely specnlation on our part: and as we uev-the righteous into life eternal. We have no right present ; and then again we might be disappoint- er iadulge in any guessing respecting the plans of to set up our own judgment as a standard of what ed as before: there is no absolute certainty that the Creator, believe that be has revealed all that God's plan should be: and so conclude that it can this must be the year without the possibility of a be wished ns to know about them, and have no wish never be perfected until 011r conceptious of it are failure, any more than there was of the last; and to pry into what is not revealed, we shall leave realized. It is onr duty, in all humility, to take if we should change the date of the expected ter- it for eternity to unfold, whllther it was the origi-the simple record, feeling that whatever God may minus, we sboulu not know bow to amend it. nal purpose of God. If such was not his original have spoken, cannot but be right, and when we Accordingly, we prefer to let the old date remain, pupose, it must have had its origin in the neces-cannot unriddle all the causes of God's purpose, confident that that is the focal point, about which "ty of the case, arising from the depravity of trust that he who doeth all things well, will bring the evidence still clusters, and from which it can- man. All we know is, that it is now. God's plan to a wise and harmonious conclusion all his pur-not be far removed. The old position," about "to say unto them on the left hand : Depart from poses,-whether they are or are not in accord-1843," is still the best position we know of. It me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for ance with what we should have plaunt::d, had it makes the duration of time, like the ago of a" the devil and his angels." "And these shall go been at our disposal. We hope that we may old man who has past his" four score years," • y into everlasting punishment." He next en-have mistaken the tendency of these interrogations. and is tottering over the grave. He knows that quires:- be has lived beyond the usual appointed time of 2d. "Would not the carryirig out ot such n The Battle of 'Buena Vista, the age of man, as he enters each new year he plan in a measure frustrate the plan of God, which The papers of the last week are all teeming feels the probability of its being his last. he knows Wa1 e\u00b7idently formed with a view to the happi- llels u{ the human race, aud give success to the with the accounts from the battle-field of Buena that he has oo a&Surance of continuing a single 1~ plaa of the devil?" Vis~, where has been fought a most sanguinary year; and altllough he does not know absoh1tely At'I'SWER.-We find no evidence that God ev-and destrnctive battle. The fighting commenced that his present year will be his last, he feels the *fOrmed a plan fffl' the happiness of any portion ori the 22d of February, an•l ended on the 23d. necessity of be.ing always ready, and of living in of' the human race, irrespective of their ube-The Mexicans, under Gen. Santa Anna,were a boot continual preparation for the summons of death. tlie•ce. To adsume that he did, without any prllof 20,000 strong ; a ad tue American~ under Gene-So are we situated in regard to the chronology of . t effect, is king for granted what should raJ Taylor~ betweea 4000 and 500ft Yet the the world. The shadows of the evening have &rat be proved, and is the very pivot on which the Mexicans were driven from tlle field, len·ing 3000 been stretehed~ut£1r beyond our expectations, we Whole doctrine of Unh·ersalism turns. We find killed and wounded, while the Americans' loss have no assurance ttf to-morrow, we know not lr. daroa,lxmt the ent1re Scripture, that the future~ was but about 740 killed and wounded. It is why it is continued to the present, and yet we IL aalvation or any is dependent entirely on the con-admitted to be an unparalleled victory in modern. cannot lay our finger on the point, at which we I·MIIician of their heing reconciled to God. When warfare. The papers are filled with all the de- ha~e any ev.idence that it must of necessity ter- postage is three cents on all transient papers that are not mailed from the office of publication, and it is then to be paid in advance, or the paper will not be forwarded. All papers that used to go free for 30 miles,. now pay 1 cent postage on each paper. 'fhe postage on all papers ,which are sent from this office beyond the distance of 30 miles, pay precisely the same posta~e ns they did under the old law. The new law does not atfect the postage on any paper that goes over 30 miles, pro- vided it be sent from the office where· it is pub- lished. We were mist~ken a week or two since, in saying that pamphlets and charts could nltt be sent without the po;;tage being pre-paid. They are sent under the new law as they were under the old law, and pay 2 1-2 cts. for the first ounce or under, and 1 cent for each additional ounce. THE CoNFERENCES-IN NEw YoRK AND BosToN.-These meetings take· place on the w~ek of the Anniversaries of the great religious and benevolent societies of the age. One object we have in view is, to circulate light among atran- aers who attend these meetings. Another is, to have a free interchange of views., by conference and lectures on the great question of the 11peedy coming of the Lord; to comfort one aootber in our pilgrimage to the land of rest. Also, to unite "n Scriptural grounds to spread the light of the speedy Advent as extensively as practir.able in this and other lands. Our bond of union is the earnest lo•;e of Chriat's soon appearing in glory. We do not meet, therefore, for controversy, or discussion of irrelevant questions. Our meetings for the last five years have been most refreshing and profitable. We hope they may continue so, till the -appearing of our Lord. These may be our last gatherings, before we shall be gathered into the everlasting Kingdom. May the Lord be with us, and give us a refreshing season. Conference at New York begins on Monday, May Utb, on Anniversary week ; at &>.ton, May 2oth. , It ill nc.t certain that there will be a Conference in Philadelphia, as noticed in our last. • 78 Correspondence. Ttie "Gog" or Ezekiel and Revelations. Dear Bro. Himes :-I read your paper with interest and profit. Many portions of Scrip- ture which.on'ce were dark and inexplicable, are no~o¥ luminous, and full of glory and com- fort to my mind. I have been aided, in the study of the Bible, by expositions of portions of Scriptu~e in the ~econd Adyent publica~ tions. "All Scriptur~ is given bX inspira ion of G-od, and is profit:ible, for' ductril~e, for re'· proof, for correction, fot instruetiod in rig!1t cominess ; that the man of God may be perL feet, thoroughly furnished to all good works." To render the man of God thus per(ect, the word of inspiratjon must be understood ; and Gnd has revealed· hitriself in a way that bib children may, by diligent search, understana his word. Yet ~u have not equal ligl .-l Many there are t~at need' "some ma9 t guide " them. And how important that thosb guides be filled with the Spirit of God i as we believe the cotnin~ of the Lo'rd draw'eifl nigh, that all the Scriptures must be tulfilled, 'and that it is dur duty to watch the' signs of the time, and the fulfillit1g of the SQriptures, that we may be ready. I want to inquire, 1st. Is Gog and Magog of Ezekiel 38th and 39th, the same as Gog and Macrou of Rev. 20: 8, 9~ and if so, can tliey be ha~monized ~ 'fhe one comes up from the " north quarters," the other from the "four quarters of t~e earth;" the on,e in th~ " latter years," or " latter days, 11 the other after" the thousand vea.rs are expired;" the one is " turned back, and but a sixth part left," the other is" devour·ed by fire from heaven;'' the one comes up " to take a spoil arid a prey, of cattle and goods, of silver and gold, iu a land of unwalled villages," the other "com- pass the camp of the saints and the beloved city." The' Gog o'f Ezekiel, and his army, fall on the mountains of Israel, and becom'e folld to the ra'VenouA birds of every sort, anlci the beasts of the field, and their bohes are b1Hied in the valley of the passengers of the east sea. But John describes, in Rev. 20th, the first resurrection and the thousand year~' reign with Christ of those who have pan in the first resurrection, and, after the expirat.io 1 of the thousand years, the luosing of Satab and the gathering of Gog aild Magog. Eze· kiel saw the vision of the dry bones anci their resurrection, representing the wfwte house f Israel'resurrected and gathered inlo their own laud. And in the latter years, Gog, with a great company, shall come i'nto the hind th:lt is brought back from the sword, against tHe mountains of Israel, which ha~e been always waste : but it is brought forth out of thP. na- tions, and they shall dwell safely all of "them. He shall ascend and come like a storm, and e like a cloud to cover the land, he, and all his bands, and many people with him. He shall come frC?m his place out of the north part!, he, and many peo!Jle with him, all of the&i riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty arr.ny. If these are not the same, (tHe Gogs of Ezekiel and Revelations;) will tlie Gog-of Ezek. 38th and 39th harmonize with the armies of Rev. 19:191 2d. Who is the Gog of Ezekiel! \Vhere are those north quarters J Lowth says, "THe seventy interp1eters take the word • Rosh,' commonly translated ' Chief,' for a proper name : so they rendered the sentence thus :- ' The prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.' Rosh, taken as a proper name, signifies thmie inhabitants of Scythia from whence the Rus- sians derived their uame and original. "-(See Scott's Com. Ezek. 38:2, 3.) Are the annies of Gog now gathering~ Where are those mountains of Israel where they are destined to fall! Must these events transpire before Jesus makes his second advent! Every jot and tittle must be fulfiller!. Can they· all tie accomplished this year 1 I am interested tu know the time, aud the signs of the times, and to have all the servants duly warned, and faith- fu~ watehmen posted on every tower. If ttie edam of the " Herald " can throw· light dn the above, please let the light shine, that all the household may see. Yours, watching and w~iting, s. MJ OR. Roxbury (Ct.), Marth 8th, 1847. LeUer from Bro. H. Parker. John 2 : 13-" And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down frotn heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. Dear Bro. Himes :-On a careful examina- tion of the word of God, I am foreea to di~­ sent from you in your reply io soJDe of Sistt.r Wood's interrogatories, especially the 6th, u THE AD,VENT HERALD. publiBhe-i in the " Herald 11 of January 27th, founded, I think, on a misconstruction of the above· passage, which, at first "Tiew, would seem to conflict with the idea tha' Elijah y,·ent to heaven, as the Scriptures assen. You say, '' We are to remember that heaven usually denotes only the air, or atmosphere, which en- compasses the earth .... So when Elijah was caught up by a whirlwind into heaven, we understand only the air, or atrnosphere. "- Again, you say, " He could not have ascended in'to heaven, in the sense that the angels are in heaven: for our Savior expressly asserted, that • no man hatb asce11ded into' heaven.'"- Campbell's translation I thinll: much clearer,- " No man ascendeth." The text, with the context, I think, is plain. Jesus· had been discoursing to Nicodemus On the new birth, which excited the surprise of th\s master in Israel. • Jesus say!! tb• hiln, "'Marvel not." Agaift: NicOdemus says, "How can these thing! tie 1 11 Christ reprovei his ignoral1ce, and then affitms, " We Jpeak tlt we do know, and t~stif'V' tliat we li'ave seen, and ye eceiv not' OUT iritness : "-yuu do liOt ascend t6 heaven to dscertain about heavenly things; but I came down from' heaven, antl return thithiN again. "If ye understood not wheh I told yuu earthly thing&, how will you under- &tand when I tell you. heavenly things 1 "- Such I understand to be the sentiment of the above text. I cannot harmonize the Scrip- turtis with any other view, so long as we have positive te timony thlit one, at least, has been " made like unto the angels : " for Chriln would not teach any doctrine that would con- flict with the Scriptures. Again, you sa)\, "Paul, in Hebrews 11th, enumerates Enoch among those who had not beeq made perfect. 11 I think if you exami~e thtl.t c~apter earefully, you lVill see that Enoch is excepted : v. 13 says, "These all died in faith." N Enoch is excepted here, for v. 6 says that he was tran~lated, that he should not see death. Now Paul assigns as the ultimatum of the desires of all those worthies, " that they might obtain a better resurrection ; " there ore Enoch must be dcepted, I think. Christ; speaking of tile resurrection, says, "Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels.··- Paul teach~, that those who are alive and re- main are changed in a moment, &c., and I understand made equal unto the angels. Now let us see if we can find any positive evidence in the New Testament(" explanative of the Old") that will shed any light on thi~r subject. Re'. 1:1-" Tb~ Revelation of Je- 81\S Christ, which God gave unto him (Jesus Christ), to shew unto his servants ihe things which must shortly come to pass; and he (Jesus Christ) sent and signified it ~the Reve- lation) by his angel unto his servant John."- " And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done." ch. 22:6. 11 And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before tbe feet of the angel which !lad showed me these things. Theu saith he unto me, See thou do it not.'' Why 1 "For I am thy fellow-servant, apd of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the say- ings of this book: worship God .. , Now, 1 understand the above to be a posi- tive declaration, that the angel which. made the Revelation to John, was none other than one of the prophets; consequently he must have been "made equal unto the angels," and have " been in heaveu in the sense the angels are there," and have had his glorified body.- Whom should we more naturally expect \1ould be the instrument whom God would select to perform this errand of mercy to this degene- rate age than Enoch (or Elijah), who walked with God, and was the first individual after the fall, that we have any record of, who" had the testimony that he pleased God 1" · I have no doubt in my own mind but that En'och or Elijah was the favored perSonage to perform this mission. The proof is not posi- tive that it Wa3 either of them; yet [ think it amounts to presumptive evidence, at least, that such was the fact: inasmu'ch as they are the only individuals that we have evidence of as having gone to heaven. Yours, searching for the truth. W01'cesler, March 20th, 1847. The above contains some sttggestions which are worthy of consideratioo.-En. Love the Brethren. John 15: 12, 17-" This is my command- ment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you •..• These things I command you, that ye love one another.'' . Here is a plairt, _positive commantl, to a very important duty. Let us see to it, that we do luve one another ; for if we love not our breth- re whom we llave seen, how can we Jove God whom we have not seen. A perfect dE!scrip tion of brotherly l9ve is found in 1 Cor. 13 : 4-7.-" Chadty suffereth h>ng, 1\Jid' is kind; charity enviett, nllt ; charity is n<» rash, [mar- gin1} is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not eaetly provoked, thinketh R.e evil [of a brother, I presumP.] ; rejoit:!eth not in itljquity, [nor in a brother's failing,] but rejoicetb in the trutt-1 beareth all things, [even the seeming-provoea- tion& of the brethren1] believeth all things, hopeth all things, ellOIJreth all things." Let us look at the importance attaclled to t~is duty in the Scriptures. John says, ti John 3:}4,} " We know that we have passed from tleatll unto life, because we love the bret) en. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.'' Here we learn, that unless we love mu breth- ren, that is, those who hne our Lmd Jet-\lS Christ and his appearing, we abide unJJer t"he sentence of de}ltb. A-gain: the Lord says, Jo~n 13:35, "By tllie shall aH men know that ye are my disc~iples, if ye have love one to another." A certain person who is strongly tinctured with infidelity, tOld me uo lOn~ sinee, tbat it was t'he unkind spirit that the professors of re igion manifested toward eath other, that led him first to q uestio~ the tro.th of Christianity. Oh my brethren, how many infidels have been made in these last days in the same manner. Ut us remember, tllat if we have love one to another, all men are to know that we are Ghrist's disciples: but if we bite and devour one anotl•er, they will cnn- clude that we are arrant hypocrites, and we shall be devoured of ourselves. May the Lotd help us to shun and avoid anything and everything that has biuerness or unkindness about it towards the brethren, and to Jove one another as dear br~thren ; then will the world say, as of old," Behold how these Christians love one another.'' Then shall we \)e ready to hail the retum of our long absent Lord with joy, and welcome each othex: on the shores of immortality. Even' so, an.en. I remain yours, ai ever, still waiting for the r:etmn of the Nobleman, J. TucKER. Mount Joy, March 22d, 1847. Bdp In Seotland. ~,. e :ire happy to introduce a new fellow- laborer to the notice of our brethren,-Bro. JAMEs ScoTT,of Edinburgh, a notice of whose forthcoming work we published in our last.- He gives a few facts of his history in the fol- lowilrg note. We hope to hear more from hirn soon. Bro. Hutchinson has had a per- sonal acquaintance with him, and speaks highly of him. Dear Sir :-My be~t thanks are due to you for the fivf\ successive copies of the Americau "Advent Herald," which I hne duly re- ceived, up to No. 19, inclusive of that num- ber. Mr. Hutchinson wrote me that you were to do so, and that he had given you the copy of my works on prophecy, which I suppose coincide on most points with your own views of prophecy. You wotJld see by my Outlines, &c., that I have been doing what I could in the same cause in Scotland for three years, a:~ .you have in America; but by your "Herald," the great work has been ·prog-ressing far more rapidly and extensively with you than here, where there is a very strong prejudice and rlislike of the subject, of course originating in misapprehension, anrl the prepossession of the post-millennial, ur Popish, theory, held in all the professing churches. I have been, as you would see, laid aside from preaching the los- pel, on account of my views on the subj{'Ct, by the Committee for employir•g Probationers of the Free Church, of which I am a licen- tiate, having gone out with them from the Establishment at " the disruption ; " but now l see that it is easier, a R. Hutchinson says, " to deal with C!Esar than with the Pope," on the subject of Christ's kingdom, of which he is the usurper. I have been endeavoring !O stir up, if possible, the Protestant churches 10 Britain upon the subject, and have &ent a cir- cular to all the Presby clerks of all denomina- tions mentioned in the 11 Clerical Almanac," with a request to read, at the first ordiflary mP.eting, thP. Prospectus ami address accom- panying it.' I am now in the c?mse of sup- plying with the same all the Knk Sessions, (that is, the ministers and eld~rs ~f ever.y con- gregation of the same denommat10ns,) 10 Ed- inburgh, and have sent the Pruspectus aiN> to many reading rooms throughout Scotland, if by any means the people may be stirred up to test and prove the subject, and that they may have the meana of disproving and exvosing the herety which they a.:re not slaei in callir.g the glori'Ous Gospel oti Christ's kingdom of. the· milirennium. Not a man ba& attempted fairly t.o meet m.v cha1lenge, or tt'l call upon me to fulfil my pledge; but. abundant evil in- sinuat~ns have been thrown out by the post- millermmlist newspapers and reviews, anEithat chiefly by clergymen, if. po8sible lo put an end to tlte circulation of my works. ~o that in my fropo~d Catechism, which is all Mitten o\lt, cannot proceed to puMish, till] get sub- ecribers enough to cfoJv~r most of the expenses, at least; as by not having taken that precau- tion, and by the prejudice stirred up, I ba)·e lo11t ~onsiderably I:Jy my three last works, so few haTing been sl'lle as yet. Might nv\ tlte American atudents ef provhecy gi'Ve some en- cc,uragement, by assi ting by their sub~crip­ tions, to hasten and flirtheJ the great l\ ark? Were you to give publicity to these tl1ings, if they meet your -views, it ma, help to pro- mote the great cause llere, as well as in Ame- rica. Wishing all nccess to your labors in the Gospel of Christ's kingdom of grace and gl6ry • I am, reverend· sir, yours faithlI y, J'AM£S Sce11-x. Edinburgh, Jan. 5th, 1847. LETTER FROM ENGLAND-. ExtJact of a Jettt'r from Bro. E. 1\hcKLEWoon,.daltd Plymouth (Eng.), Much 2d, 1847:- Dear Bro. Himes :-On SUJ1day week ast, I read the r.::port of your -.i~it to England to t~e br~:thten here. lt Wits heard with great atlt>ntinn ~d pleal!ure. But rr.ore esperia lly ) oar prt,pei!t'd vi11it to Englnnd again, io re•ew your efforts on btllralf or the pui:shing multitudes who ure bu- ried in ~in, and t>nveloped in gro11s darkne~M, wus gratifying and encouraging. Our prayer is. that GNI may su"tuin that spirit of philantJ~ropy in you and in our numerous rriends in Americn, which they have alreudy nmRifested, and whit·h they eontinot~ to manifeat. Your prayers,) our grllllt liberality, your persona! efforts, an~ stlf- denial, for our good, cannot full to be e~tunat~d by all who love God, 1mrl must surely be an uc- ceptable sacrifice ·in His sight. We pnty that ybur mean!! of ti"erulity, 1111 well as your ~ftirit, may not fail. We pruy that God HiltY be plensed to open your wny to come again to our uid, to- gether with other dear brethren named. And we pray, also, that an abundance of native ln- J,oreuund meanr mny he used, FO that by co- operation an abund;mt harvesl of gond nmy be realized. I do hope, al~o, that to our prayers, a c~r~rresponding liberality will be udded. . We were favored ,and n,ut:.h pleased w1 h th.e vi~it of Bro. Hutchinson for a few days. Hr11 labor wa11 blessed to the edificati'on and tonsola- tion of the chureh, and the overthrow of ruuch prejudice. 1t was my intention to have writrtn )OU by rbe last muil, to requeet thut Bru .. Hutcl.l- inson should remain here, ant.l that the fnends m England und Awerica should contriltute to ~ring Me~. Hutrhinson over. I sent an article to the "European Herald " to thai efft:ct, ~1nd desi~ed it might be inserted, if accordant wllh tl!e \ ~sh uf Bro. H. But your rorreriponJence wllh hun r.eerned to alter hi:~ n1ind, or r~ther, to prt'vl'ut him fr(Jm insertiug my urtir.le. I hope. how~vt'r, that il may be for the Lest, und thut God wrll so guide you, thut the cause ~nay be set on .a per- r'uarueut footing, und kept ahve. Bro. H. JS now luboriug in Scotlaud. The " Europeau Herald " improves iu int~rest and in1portnnce ; but it iH not so wdl sustauwd at~ it should be. We are oLiigetl to defer our 8th number, in cons~qu~nce, a nwnth beyot~d the time. ]t i:1 well liked, and 1 douht not wrll find its way into many hands where our personal tf· forts would not avail. Since nry last, the church here hns been stendy. Our nut11ber h11s been incrP.aset.l a little. 'lhe Lord's table i:~ bett~r attended. The FE: seems to be a gruwth in spirituality ~111o, and in ?ther res- pects there are sign11 which are cheermg. ~ e huve eng11ged the lmme Hall (Central) whtch 1,ou spok~: in, nt a n,oderate rentrol ; und lolMt rhursday, Ft~b. 25th, I wn• elected by t~e cJ,urt·h as their atated pat~tor. To this I sub.u.rtt.t>d, be- cause of my ht>11hh. But the way JS sull npu fur the reception of other h.burer11, as ever, aud also for 1111 exchange of h·hor. 1 hope that the Confuenca which yon prClP0"11 to hold in Londnn may elicit that sllilre of uuen- tittn which the Roleu nity nf th~: . ubject dt'nU:tld~, 11nd thut greut good ma} be the result. 'J twr~ 18 surely n vns~il.ilit) of err;, ling ut,d c·t~~centwlll g un intertost on tloi~ g~eat suhjtrt in tiLlS cou! ~~· And when our ener~tes und ruean1.1 ~h111l be unrl. ' then mny we calc:ulate UJIOD a generJI aw:tkenlll~ elf the peOJtle. I njuice n,och in the prllfpect j; th11t duy, when, in confl)renre with deur bttl • ren on thi11 tlultject, nnd in hun.ble, pra) erful 11dt"; pendence on divine guidance, n.eu~ures II''' ~ adopted for tile genwtl difl"uaion of light, th~ttt. 8 church n.uy be awoke ever) where, 11nd that&tU· nera wuy be suved. LETTER FROM BRO. AMOS FOX. Dear B-ro Himer:-We huve ut Stant~tead ~ goodly nuu.b~r that are lonldug, w;,td•irrg, 1111 JIKUently •aitinc for the Son of God fr ou• heal' en. THE ADVENT HERALD. h h d H ·n th h b meek and quiet spirit, which, in the ~ight of God_ , corning of the day of God? NP.vertheleRs we, Brathren, "cast not away your coofidence, which' absent from. I e .o y. ~WI en ave. e~n b r d f h accordl'na to his promise look for a new heaven < ..l f h d t t n 11nd WIJI be present With It ill of sreat price, that We may e lOUD 0 101 e • hHth great re(ompense of n·war>U, ur we ave restore o I ugal ' • and a new earth, wherein d~eileth righteOlll'll.l'iiS. ____ .... uf patience, that after we have done the But when 'he ~at~ absent from tile body' he would in peace. 20 ' 8 7 I h;tve vt' ~~·ted, Juring a few weeks pallt, Sprmg- ueno · h · r: b t th the Lord ] .Newton {Mass.), .March ltt, 1 4 • ~ will of God, we n.;g)!t receive t e r.rouuse; 101 e preseR Wt • 6eld, Cabutville, Cltickopee, r.ruuhy, I~uhuer, he that 11hall C\lme w1ll come, and Will not tarry. Sisttr FRANCEs 1 PuRsON writes from Newbury-Three Riverja, Brimfield, und Worce,.ll·r, m e11.•·h 'l'be just shall live by fit it h." LETTER FROM DRO. L. D. MANSFIELD. port(Mass.), M11rcb 12th, 1847 :- of which places I found 110111e t~tmng in the f1ollh 'fhe .pre11ent ill indeed a perilous time. But I Dear B1·o. Himes :-I have just heard that a Dear Brother :-As differont opinions exiJJt of a speedy deliverance from the bondage of r.or- am expedlli02, bl"ffre the close of '47, the trurn-: vessel is about leaving, by which I can dellpat.ch r81lpecting females taking a part in publi~ meet-ruption, und giving glory to Gud •. In (iran by, pet wiliiiOUn-d, the dcail saints nised, the livi~g letters, and have only titue to say a few words in ings, and as my mind is somewhat exerc1sed on there were but lour last fidl who m1ght be called chaJJ8ed, und all caught u_p .to meet the Lord tn reference to this field of labor. I find that the the &ubject, and 1 wish to knuw the truth respect-Advent believer 11• Lust fall a C!irnp-lltt'P.~ing wns the air, aad tlO for ever b.e ·Wtth the Lord .. Glory bl£:ssed hope' we ntertain and preach, is equaHy ing it, you will greatly oblige ~·e and others by ht!ld there, since which there have beeu hctwPen be to Iris nurne for opentng rny eyes to th1s glo-odious to ser.tariun bi~ots and covetous world-giving your views from the Btble of the same ~wenty and thirty converted, and n nnwbcr of rieull truth of the speedy corning of our blessed lings in all places ~here it is preacherl, while through the Herald. backslider~ reclaimed ; so that 11uw, the nu111ber Lord to IICt up his everlasting kinsdom. Yes, ~he sincere seekers for truth, who are untramrnel- We are somewhat at a lou how to reply to the that meet togt'ther is ubout fot ty, ~ond the n.ost brethren, P.verlasting kingdom. Are we worthy! led by party band11, are ready to liste.n, and to . h' h of them believe in the spl'edy c 011,ing of the I.ord. Have we Ill! put on charity, which is the bond of embrace the truth. above. ThP.re are texts of Scnpture w tc seem We see by thiil th 11t the Lord is )et on the giviug peace? Oh, may we all be ready for that tre- I have been much interested in your communi-to favor bot~ viP.w11• We do not kn~w tha! we, hand. 1 attended 11 meetiug at Three Rivers on mendous rlay. I greatly fear that many artl sleep-C(!tions from England, and feel grateful to God can pre~ent the question any more unparll.ally Sunday, the 14th inst, and had a good time. . if« with their minds too much charged with the that you have done so much guod there, in con-•han by giving in parallel columns the vartous The Bible says, "Ble 511ed are they that do h111 car:,. of this world. Awake, llrethren, to duty. nection with Bro. Hutchinson and Brown. J pope, p11ssageJ which seem to favor or oppose the_prac-commandments, th 11t they n•ay have right to the May the w.ttchrneo upon the walls cry alou~, and ~f God spare u~ in this world of trial, you will tice. T~e truth must be f~u~d .in such a vtew of Jree of life, and may e~ter in through the gatt'l buld not their peace ;-rebuke, exhort, wtth all be able to do much more on your return. the question, as shall confhct wtth none of these Jnto the city." May tht" he our htoppy lot when IOJJ8·IUffering and doctrine; for the time .has This is a most interesting field in which God's pa11811ges :- Jesus comes. Your 11, louking .for Jesus. come wh•m some,will not endure 1ound doctrme. providence has thrown me; and I find, that al- FOR. AGAINST. Jt pains me to see some here, ns well as else- tho~gh wid~.!ly separated from kind.red ar.d dear Lu. 2:36-38, "And 1 Tim. 2 : 11-14-- where, that have become wi11e above what is friend:~, I a.m. never~hele~s, happy 1n domg my there was une Anna, a "Let the women le!trn written. But I feel thankful fur the steady, Master's w1ll, who 1~ fruthful to h1s word, and prophete~s, the daugh- in silence with all sub- 1traitrht-forward course the Heruld and Voi1~e of has made "the gospel the power of Gt•d" to not ter of Phanuel, of the jection. But I suffer not Truth have taken, among all the affiictiug cir-a few. The minietry of various churches are my tribe of Aser: she was a woman to teach, nor camstances and perils of the last dayoJ, and that, most bitter opponents, the Moravians excepted; of 11 great age, and bad to usurp authority over too among false brethren, who went out from us, and yet there are not a few who, despite this ar-Jived with an husband the man, but to be in w.'ause they were not of us. The Herald and ray of ecclesiastical dignit~ries, ~ill come to he~r seven years from her 1ilence. For Ada was Voice shall ha\u00b7e my little support until Christ for themselves. The audience 10 attend.ance IS virginity j and she was first forJlled, then Eve. comM. Go on-God will bless your labors. The still good and often much larger than can be a widow of about four And Adam was not caa1e il ri,.ing-he not dit4couraged or dismayed. !leated. All manner of erroneous fabrications 11core and four years, deceived, but the wo- 1 never had stronger faith in the speedy coming have been spread abroad in reference to my doc:-whichdepafted not from man being deceived Wa'l of the blessed Lord since I believed. The word trines ; and if the half was to he heli~ved, I the temple, but served in the transgression." o( God the sign11 in the heavens, earth, anrl sen, should be convicted of every heresy. But there God with fastings and 1 Cor: 14: 34, 35- all tell 'the tale of woe to the wicked, and the are those who have heard, and they are on-prayers night and day. "Let your women keep clorious news to the saints~ when the .Lord will moved by the numerous lies told of my teachings. And JJhe coming in that silence in the church~s; arise and have mercy on Zwn, for the ttme to fa- Many have been made to feel that the Bible  a instant,gavethankslike- for it is not permitted vor ber, yt~a, the set tirne, has come, when the new book; and now, since they are taught that wise unto the Lord, and unto them to speak : Bt·o. ENOCH Nov&s writes from New Orleans (Lil.), j\larr.h 18th, 1847:- . Dea1· Bro. Himes :-I address you a few hn.es lo inform you and the Advent brerhren and sls- ~erl! acattered 'abroud, that I am.stillstr.ong in th.e fitith, ~iving glory to God. I thtnk d .. ltverar.ce 1!1 very mgh, and rejoice in this lflest~ed hllpe. ~et us all be ready, for in Much on hour as we thmk not the Son of man cometh; hut we ar.e to kno~ positively wheu it it~ near. We certamly are m the last part of the last days. I think t~e bei!t ray to preach is to use Bible lnnguuge ; 1f peo- ple understand it ditferP,ntly, they musl R 11. an- swer to God for thems,elves. If we f.1ithfu1ly roarn them, we dear our. skir~s o.f the b!ood of souls. There are I!Ome 10 thti! ctty lookmg for Je11u&1 to come ngnin soon. . Lord will build up Zion. Oh, rnethinlse i~portant tnlthJ which more especially have a beanns upon the present time, May the Lord grant you all the 'race and wisdom necessary, that yo_u may contmue so to conduct the Herald, as that tt shall contain weekly •• meat in due season" to the hoaaehold of faith; and may the time aoon ar- rive, when we with all the host of the redeemed brnel, shall ,;eet each other on the fair banks of cleliverance, m the colestial paradise of God .. Dear brother, will you please to harrnomze with your views, regarding the intermediate atate or the dead in " Hades," the language of the apostle in 2 Cor. 5:6,8? If, as you say, when dead, we are absent from the body, but alive and eonaeioas in a place called "Hades," how can it be said we are present with the Lord? Ia Christ llow in .. Hades?" Will any of the dead see Christ previous to the time when he shall appear in the clouds of heaven ? Can we not conclude, rrom the language of the 9th and lOth verses, that to be absent flom the body and present with the Lord, that it is at the appearing of Chr1at ar.d the creat judgment day, when every eye shall llebim? MiliDauku ( W. T.), Feb. 17th, 1847. [Axsww:a.-We do not say the person is •• &live " in death. Death we regard as the ~ep­ lhtion of the conscious spirit and unconsctous hody. Ir Christ is ornnipre:~ent, it may be true, II David Aid, that "If I descend into • Hades;' 'l1.ou art there.'' That Paul could not refer to laie bein1 with Chril!t after his resurrection, is •tideat rrom the fact, that he would not then be [ very, much wish Bo!f!e jtJdtciuus and faithf~l first to Mary .Magda- the church." ~rother, of small farn1ly, could ~e sent ~o th!s Ilene, out of whom he ,field, for some one ought to be wtth them. t~ th1s had cast 11even dt-vi's. ishind, as there are many who are umv1lhng to And she went and told have this precious truth cease to be proclaimed in them that had been with their midst, and are willing to sustain it by their him as they mourned contributions. The other islands sh?uld also ~~ aud 'wept." • vii!ited. Acts 2:17-" And it your " Herald " is much prized. I have t~e shall corne to pass in names of several, bu~ they have not handed 10 the last days, !IIlith God, the amounts, hut w11l do so soon, and I shall I will pour out of my then, I trust, J>e JJble to send you a large number Spirit upon all flesh : Dear Bro. Hime$ :-As I pe,ruse. th~ Herald from time to time, and 11ee comruumcattons from the beloved brethren in difl'e.rent parts of the country, telling of the_ pro!lpertty of the Advent cnuse, it makes me reJOICe to s~e the brethren so steadfast in ~e fi1ith of the r.omtng of our blel!!!ed ,Redeemer, to estllblish his king~om. on the ear.th, to make an end of sin, and to brtng m everlast10g righteou~ness, which was the faith once delivered to the s1,1ints. There are a few here who meet from Sabbath pf names, aQd the subscriptions. and your sons and )'OUr St. John's (.llntigua), Feb. 13th, 1847. .daughters shall prophe- LETTER FROM BRO. WM. CLARK, JJt. Bro. Him,ts :-Permit me, through the Her- ald, to say a word in favor of Bro. Preble's" Two Hundred Stories for Children," Soon after the work was from the press, I obtained a copy for each or my little girls, the eldelt nine, and the other four year years of age. They were both plea~ed with such a present from father, and very soon manifested an interest in what they read. The younger, however, not as yet being able to read, or scarcely put words together, h.as heard them IJ'ead by her sister and others, lookmg on at the same time, being mistress of a book of her own, has, from memory (a partieu.lar gift of hers), learned many of those beautifu! httle hymns, ~ull of example and precept, nod 1s often .repeatmg them ; indeed, 1he opeoa her book wtth all the confidence and composure of mat•Jre years, and reads them (Iff with much !latisfa~tion, as though she was mistress of the whole. Every day her book is brought to have some Rtories read; and sy," &t~. 21:9-" And the sam~ man had four daugh- ters, virgins, which did prophesy." Rom. 16:6-" Greet Mary, who be~towed much labor on us.'' 1 to Sabbath to search the Scripture@, to see whe- ~her the!le things are so. Some who were once 'with us have gone bar.k to the woriJ, to feed on 'he husk11 of iniquity until the trump of God shall call them to give an ~c~ount ror th.e deeds done in the bf'dy. The rnlm!!ters m thts place are very bitter against the Advent people. We have very good meetings, for we ft.el that the Lord is with us, and that to blea~ .. Dear brother, we feel very anxiou1 to have a v1s1t from _you, a11 soon de is convenient, to hear about the ktogdom. 1 Cor. 11 : 5-" But every woman that pray- eth or prophesieth with her head uncGYered ,dis- honoreth her head, for that ia even all one as if she were shaven." Phil. 4 : 3-" And I entreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those women which labored. with me in the gos- pel," &c. so well acquainted with its contents has she al- Dro. WM. r.f. INGHAM writes from New Worcester ready become, as to designate her favorite ones. (Mass.), March 22d, 1847 :- h d h 1 ·~ fi Bro. Himes :-I wiilh 'to say a few words of My eldest daug ter regar s er " ast gt t rom cornr.ort to the tr'led and scattered flock of Israel father" as her best and her choicest treasure, " and already are the practical lessons foun~ in through the Herald. The time has come that ~e that little work, so wull adapted to youthful rnmd, should look up and lift up our heads, kno~mg making a healthful impression upon hers. The that our redemption is nigh. Jesus g~ve us stgns, tendency. of such readin~ is decidedly b~neficial that we might know wh~n .he wall n_Jgh. The~e in wouldmg yout~ful.mmd. The work. 15 ~ra~-signs have been seen by thts generatton, Let us tical in all its apphcat1ons, and has nothmg m 1t take courag~, for soon Jesus will CO!f!e·. Y ~·· that pampers to the deprand appetite. J have that very same Jesus will come ngam m hke long felt the want of just such a work to put into manner as he went away. He will come in power the hands of my. childre~, an~ felt gr~~;tified when and great glory, to reward his saints, and to des- first seeing a nottc~ of tts extsteuce, ~nd deter-troy his e!lemte! .. Then th~se that have by pa- mined to possess 1t the fir~t opportuntty. I do tient continuance m well domg, have been seek- most cordially recommend .tt to my. brothers aud ing for glory, bono_;, and immortality, (will have_) sisters. Bro. Preble has JUst puhhshed another eternal life. What a blessed reward ab<>ut to be little work which will be read with deep interest. given ~o all the aaints, to every o~e whose name It is decid~dly a work for the times, entitled is written in the book. Let UB stnve to h~ve our "The Voice of God," to be seen in the unparal-names written there, that we may be dehvere~. leled number and magnitude of fires which have I have no idea of giving up looking for Jes~s UI_tttl occurred during the last two years; also derlltruc-he comes. The evident'e is clear that he ts ~~~ tive hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, pestiJence1, at hand! and, should b~ looked fo! IIOW~nd the famines &c All tending to show that the end prophetic pertods, the s1gns of the ttmes, th d of all things. is at hand. Oh, that we may all be condition of the world, all go to show that be end living without spot or blemish unto the day of of. all thinp is ~t hand.-1 ~annot :ee an:~;"or our God for it hasteth greatly. Be careful, be th1s year. In v1ew of all tins, wha m ti watchfui walk softly along through this vale of persons ought we to be in alndl hhly ~onver~a thD tears, tu;n not to t!te right _or left, but seek a and godliness, looking for a astmg un ° e • Bro. WN; B. W ADB, writes from Oswego (Ind.), Feb. 14th, 1847:- I enclose you $1 to at~~si~t yo~ in t~e prosecu- tion of the great and ,good work 1n wh1ch you ar~ engaged. May the "Herald " never 11top vnttl the Lord comes, which I think is very near. I have been a constant reader of the " ~~raid " from the first, and it is still a welcome v1s1~or. I wish it continued. I would not be de~n"ed. of it on any account. I like the ma~~e~ tn whtch it has been conducted. I love the sp1r~t tt breathes throughout its columns, and the stra1ght ~orward course it has pursued through all our _tr.tals and perseclltions, and amidst all the fanattctsf!l th~t that has been afloat in the world: May 1~ sttll continue to herald forth the glortous doctrme of the Advent until the Master comes, and when he who is our life shall appear, may you and I, to- gether with all h~s dear P.eople, be permitted to appear with him tn glory, ts the constant fervent prayer of your unworthy brother in Christ. Bro. JOH!I DJ.NIELS write• :- Dear Bro. Himes :-As I have a list of sub- Sf::ribers to send you, I will just say, during the last three weeks I have lectured, on an. nverage, once a day, mostly to large congregations, who listened with manife11t interest from an hour and a quarter to two hours. With regard to Christ's immediate coming, some say! ".W? shall have to believe it." I have more mvttatlons to lectu~e than I cnn answer. I intend going to St. Lo~tl soon. My health ill good at pretJent, for wb1ch I thank the Lord. I both desire and expect soon to be in that land where "\he inhabitan 1 will not eay, I am sick." Yours 10 hope. Bro. Aliso• SMITH writes from Sandcate, Vt. :- We sincerely wish some able lecturer would call on us here, an4 we would do what we c~uld to comfort him, and he!p onward the glo~tOUII c:au!IC of the aecond com~ of our dear Sutor. • I • . 80 THE ADVENT HERALD. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC SUMMARY. one of these delectable compounds, and says that four ;. There appears to be -li-tt-le-dimirution of the misery gallons may bf? made for 5d., and thn.t it rea11y is fl nour-_ =================== caused by famine, in various parts of Europe, as brought tshing article! Our readers may judge of the nutriment hy the last arrival. The condition of Ireland beggars of the ingrP.dlents, when 5d. will furnish a meal for elx· THE ADVENT HERALD. "THii: LORD IS .lT H.li'ID!" description. Scotland, France, Belgium, and other por- teen personM, allowing a qullrt to e!lch. lions of Europe, are in a mOi;t distressed state. The small hnmlt>t of Chable, in Switzerland, was re- BOSTON, APRIL 10, 1847. ! ·, A bill has l>Pen introduced into the House of Com- cently overwhelmed by an avalanche, destroying many lives. Several manufactories wt>re destroyed, and the ERR AT A.-Our printer made us 3ay in our ~ons, to repeal certain laws affecting Roman Catholit~s river Arve, which fiows througb the place, was com· last, that on the occasion of 011r late visit to Pal- in Great Britain. One act to be repealed is, that forbid- ding a bull from the Pope to be sent to the Roman Catho- pletf'ly bloeked up. 1 mer Three Rivers, that about one hundred stu- lie bi~hops in Enghtnd. Another respecting a form of ThP. great distress in I,reland causea large numbers of dents of Amherst College came sixteen miles to prayer, and a third, to abrogRre a clause or two in the the lrisll to enlist in the. army. As most of the army In . . h b h . fi h f India is mRcle up oflrish recruit•, it Is but preferring one JOIU t e mo on t at evemng, or t e purpose o Emancipation Act, which forbade certRin religious cere- form of death to another. breaking up our meeting. It was on the occasion monies, Rnd which bore heRvily upon those who were bound by moURstic vows-particularly the Jesuits. Mr. A bill has been under consideration in the House of of our former visit that these interesting yout.h8 WRtson, the originator of the bill, speaks of the Jt>suits Commons rt>lative to the suppression of the Republic of essayed to make manifest to the world their pa- ns" mo~t Jearnell and int~lligent abounding in works of CrRr.ow. The speakers declared, that that violati:m of rentage. 1 d h . , ' · the treaty of V'ienna released EnglRnd from her ol)Jiga- ove an c artty. tion to pay RussiaannuRIIy £120,000, a subsidy assumed In the work-houses of London there are upwards of jointly with Holland in 1815. 50,000 persons; 60,000 are receiving out-door relief, and In the House of Lords, Lord Brougham called for a from 1400 to 2000 are nightly sheltered in tbe refuges for copy of the committal of a boy, five years old, to Tot- the houseless. hill-fields prison, for larceny. Butcher's meat wRs so dear in Schaffhausen, Switzer- There were 179 deaths in the Cork workhouse the last Janel, that permission was given to vend the tlesh of week in February. horses, asses, and mules for food. Prince Albert has been elected Chancellor of the Uni- versity of Cambridge; his competitor was the Earl of Powis, who was beaten with much dilficulty. We do not learn the Prince's qualifications for the post; but there are many connected with that instit•Jtion who are rich in age and wisdom, and were giants in intellect and erudition before the Prince was born. The last accounts from England speak of Mr. O'Con- Spai'n is in a most distracted condition. Car list in sur- rections In several prolinces, and on a large scale, are in course of prr.paration. It is saiu that the queen Rnd he~ husband have had ·an open rupture, and that the former speaks openly of her disgust of the infirmities of her husband, physical and moral. Diplomatic relatio~s· have been broken off between Greece !lnd Turkey, in consequence of an insult otfered by King Otho to the Tu~kish envoy, at a Court baJJ. nell's health as being in a very feeble state. The Emperor of Russia, fearing the effect of that pas- The French army has sutftJred another reversP. in AI- sage in the speeches of Lot1is Philippe and Q.ueen V'ic- giers. The 19th regiment fell into an ambuscade pre- tori a, in reference to Cracow ,on the inhabitants of War- pared for them by the Arabs, and the entire body were saw, has ordered the !:'Up pression of the obnoxious para- made prisoners. graphs in all papers circulating in that city, and to be Singular reflections will arise, if the present distressed condition of Ireland be thought of in connection with the revenues of the English Church, which amount to about $40,000,000, affording an avera;!e to elich incum- bent, from the prelaLes downwarcl, of about $6000 per cut out of all foreign papers before they are delivert>d to their addresses. Petitions have been laid before the French Chambers, throu~h the exf'rtions of the Catholic clergy, praying for the abolition of slavery· in the Fre:ICh colonies. annum ! The Russian autocrat has lately become very much A correspondent of the" Manchester Guardian" says, interested in ecclesiastical matters. He has fulminated that in the course of onP. hour, 31 beggars called at his a formidable ukase, forbidding his subjects to join Rny door; and in the course of the day, 134. churr.l1 save the Greco-Russian. The Czar has issued a In London, there is one public-hous(l to 56 others; in new form of oath, of the most despotic character, to be Glruuww, there. is one to ten. When it is said that all signed by every one invested with holy(?) orders. these places are mainly supported by the sale of spirit- Dr. Baird states, in his-letters from abroad, that in the Supposing that you are deHirons to hear of any remarkable signs that may tran3pire, either in the civil or religious world ;-I have of late remarked with some surprise, the following singular circum-· stance. One of the Advent Churches in ---, bestow upon their pastor, weekly, the sum of one dollar, for services rendered ; incfudi.ng a walk of three or four miles, which he performs in going to, and from the place of worship, I wdnld ask, what are we to understand by this? Perhaps you can solve the problem. 'l'here is an old book which says, "the.Jaborer is worthy of his hire." Yours, TRUTH, We give the above at.the request of" Truth." But not knowing the facts, vve can say nothing of the merits of the case. As a general thing, .our brethren have been very liheral towards the ser- vants of God, who have labored among them. We have noticed in the course of our observation, however, two faults: One is, the lavishing of money upon strangers, and often upon unworthy persons, who artfully appeal to the sympathies of the liberal among us. The second is, the with- holding from the fa'ithful and tried servants of God what is justly due. We know of many who have taken a consistent and faithful conrse in the cause from the first, and whose lives and labors have done honor to the cause of Christ, who have been neglected, and their just dues withheld. A word to the wise is sufficient. Let not the faith- uous liquors, a fair estimate of the morals of those two Catholic countries of Spain and Italy, there is a strong ful servants of God among us suffer for any good cities may be formed. • tendency to Protestantism ; while in the Protestant thing. ' The annual cost of the British Colonies to the mother countries of England and the United States, there is a country is £3,171,646, of whicll £2,630,804 is for nual strong leaning to Catholicism. • BRo. BuRGEss IN BARNSTABLE, ENG- and military purposes. From statistics published by the Secretary of the LAND.-We arE: happy to hear l'f the•success of PropRganda at Rome, it appears that there are in Eu- Bro. B.'s labor!:! in the Advent cause. The population of St. Petersburgh contains twice Rs rope 125,000,000 Roman Catholics; in North and South many men as women, nearly the rev':lrse. of what is the CRee in most other cities. The number of illegitimRte children annually left at the Foundling Hospital of St. Petersburgh is from 4000· to 5000, a greater number than is left at the Hospital in Paris, where the population is twice R~ large. The distress in Hungary is so Jreat, that the poor grind up the bark of trees to make into bre!ld. The Rnnual mortality in England is as one to 45. AmericR, 26,000,000; in Asia, 1,200,0,00; and in Oceana, 300,000, making a tot!ll of 152,500,000: A missionary writes fro~l .Jerusalem, that the Jews there are greatly alarmed at the progress Christianity is m;king among them. Tirey have in~titnted secret tri- bunals, to prevent the circulation of Christian books among their brethren The number of deaf and dumb persons in the world is estimatecl to be 540,000. Frederick Douglass, the fugitive slave, is exppcted in this city by the steamer from Liverpool, which sailed on the 4th inst. News is daily expected of the capture of Vera Cruz and the Castle of St·. Juan d'Ulloa, _by the army and navy of the United States. The last accounts state that the army had completely cut offal! communications be- The "Ecclesiastical Gazette., contains the following advertisement:-" Title for Orders, with £60 [lt>ss than $300] per Rnnum. Wanted liS curate, a man of Bctive habits, and moderate views." We 8Uppose the plain English of this is, that the owner of the Jiving, (whose income amounts, perhape, to £5000 a-year,) being too mu9nengrossed in railway spoculations to allow him to devote much time to the cure of soul~, wishes to get a "man, for thLtt purpose, who can do the !HE'Rtest tween the city and interior, and that the pipes wb.ich amount of work, and possessing a conscience, withal, ~upply the city and castle with water had been closed far from being inflexible, or nice. up. The 011"Y had begun to bombard a water battery near the castle; with what success, is not yet known Out of 470 coiners, or utterers of counterfeit money, here. in England and WRies, in 1846, only 3-1 esc!tped con vic- It is stilted in some paper~, that the British Miniiter tion. In this country, the case would have been exactly at Wasltington has again offered the mediation of his· the reverse. Government between Mexico andlbe United States. It The English Government is abou~ to create four new bishoprics. Perhaps it may be, that, ber.ause the Govern- ment is unable to feed all the poor with the" bread that perisheth," there is no reason that spiritual bread should be wlthholden, when it can be dispensed in 11ny quantity by four new bishops, each with a yearly salary of about .£5000. Ibrahim Pacha, since his return to Egypt from his Eu- ropeRn tour, hils emancipa ed his slaves. The SuliRn h1111 also abolished the slave markets at Constantinople. is said that the Presiuent declined the proposal, express- ing the determination of the Government to bring the war to a close without foreign intervention, and without any compromise on its part. · The Presideut has authorized a tariff', for the collec- tion of duties on goods imported into Mexicltn ports held by-the forces of the United Statt>s. Another revolution 1I1 broken out in Mexico, and another government instiruted. No mattt>r how immi- nent the danger may bE! from foes without, the Mexicans appear to be utterly igDoraot of the fact, that when a nation is divided at homE~, she will Inevitably be broken a~o~. 1 "l'lr Burgess has been delivering a series of lectures in the Theatre of this town, during the present week, on the fulfilment of Sr.ripture prophecy, especially with regard to the Second Coming of Christ. 'l'he place was not consid- ered to harmonize with the solemnity of the sub- je~:t, and on that account many declined to attend the lecture!'; but we are told that the lecturer exhibited much research, and an intimate );now- ledge of Scripture ; and his audience improved each evening, the last being densely crowded." -North Devon Jou1·. BUSINESS NOTES. J. Hammond, $3 72-We credited it to EltLColby, as the churge wus made to him. Was it right? S. A. Chllplllin-A. R. owe.s $3. S. S. Hrewer-We received the two paper~; but they were both the same number, giving the conrlusion only. A. S111ith-We hRvf' itmt you by mail 12 of Bro. Pre- ble's pamphlets, in two hundles, to Sandgate, N.Y. L. H. Bensou-Have sent a bunclle t(l you to ralmer, Depot. Did not h11ve the books tiirnow. S. Wright, $2-We sent the charts. C. Stear11s, $5-It p!lys to end of v 13. We ha'C'nO record of the rect>ipt of the money sent l>y M. U. WI' have sent the chart and several tracts by mail, whir.h plea~e accept. Your paper has been sent regularly. We lift' sorry you do not get it. E. l\L Griflin-Yon have paid tp the commencement of the present volume. $1 will pay to Dt"Xt .Augnst. DELINQUENTS. [Under this head we may do some injustice. We hope not to. lf any noticed here have paid, and through mistake have not been rrt>dited, or are poor, we shaJI be happy t& do them justice.] Previous delinquencies. - - $862 27 The P.M. of CabotvJIIe, Mass., informs us that the pupers directed toP. DEARBORN and W. DUNBAR are not called for. P. Dearborn owes 2 32 • W. Duubar owes 2 50 -- CONFERtNCES, Conference at. New York h('gins on Monday, :May lith nn Anmvrrsary wet>k; Itt Boston, May 25th. ' Lt•rd willing, there will conferE"nce meE"tings as rni. lows: at. New Dedham Ridj!e, ~· H., commeur.ing Fri- day pve111ng, Apnl 16th, to contwue over the Bal>huth; at North U11rr.~tead school-house, on the evening of tht 20th; at Upper Gilmanton, on the evening of the 21st. at Davis' Island, Gilford, on the e.vcuin~ of the 22d · ut Merideth Neck, 011 the el'fmiug of the 113d; at Holder~ ness, Saturday evening aud Sunday, the 24th and 26th. I. R. Gt~.n:s. ----------------- APFOINTMENTS. Bro. Hm&S' will preach ill Salem April 14th, m1d in Newbnryporl the 15th, both plar.e~ in the eveniug. Also will lecture in Templetou on Sunday, May 2d. Friends in the ne.ighhoring towns will r.ome in. Bro. HuE or HIMES will supply Portland, Me., April 18th and 25th, D. V. . The Lord willing, I will attend meetings in North Abington on Lord'• day, April 18th. W. H. INGHAM. ll'ti ne continuE"M, I will preach at tl1e following places: at Chicopee Fl\lls, April 12th, 7 1-2 o'clock r. M.; at Grllllhy, the 1::Sth, 2 o'clock p.M.; at Montague, the 14th and 15th, 7 1-2 o'clock P. ft!.; at A~htield, as Bro. Flow- ers shall appoint, the 16th, 17th, and 18th; at 8h«>lborn FliJlij, Rs Bro. Duvid Wilson sJlall appoint, the 22d, 23rt, 24th, and 25th. R. V. LvoN, Providence pl'rmittin~t, I will preaeh in Ashburnham, Mass., the first Sahbath in May ; in Winchendon, 1\lass., the second; in North Scituate, R.I., the third; in All- ington, Mass, the fourth. Meetings at intervals as provi- dence may direct. N. BILLINGS, Eltl. J. Morrt>ll has removed from Barnstead to Pitts- tield, N.H., where he wishes all letters and papers tor him directed. A correct Rod splendid lithograph, from a daguerreo- type M Bro. Miller, for any of his numerons friends wlw may wish, may be had at this otfice. 50 cents per copy. Boti.Ro.-A very central and pleasRnt location at No. 5 Pitt-street. Gentlemen coming to the city woulrl do well to call. NOTICES, Boo){s FOR SA.LE.-The New Testament (pocket edi- tioll), the Gospels translated by Campbell, tile Epistles by Mackni)!ht,with the Acts anti Revelations in the com- mon version. Price 37 1-2 cts. retail, 33 1-3 wholesrde. BLISS's "ANALYSIS OF GEOORAPHY."-Price,621-2 cts., or $5 per doz. CRuDEN's CONCORDANCE.-Price $1 50 bound in !iheep, and $1 25 boards. "THE VoiCE O.F GoD: or an Account of the Unparal- leled Fires, Hurricanes, Floods, and Earthqualtf's, Com- mencing with 1845. Also, Some Accuunt of Pestilence, Famine, and Increase of Crime. Compiled by Thomas M. Preble."-The abovt> pamphlet, which is what its title indicRtes, has been received, an~ is for sale at this office. Price 12 l-2 cts. Two HUNDRED STORIES FOR CHILDREN. Selected by T. M. Preble.-Price 37 1-2 cts. S!'e Bro. Clark's Jettf'r, in this number, in which he notices the above works. CLARI<'s Gospel Chart.-Price 37 1-2 cts. WHITEHEAD's LIFE Ot' THE Two WESLEYS.-Price one dollar. MEETINGs IN BosTON at the "Central Saloon,'' No. 9 Milk-street, nearly opposite the lower encl of the Old South, three time~ on Sunday, and on Tnt>sday and Fri· day evenings in the vestry, above the Saloon. MEETINGS IN NEW YORK are held three times on Lord's day in Washinl!ton Hall, 142 Hester:street., oue door from the Bowery, Rnd on Tuesday and Friday even- ings in the vestry of the German Reformed church m Forsyth-street. Meetings are also held reguJarly three time~ every Sunday corner of Hudson and Christopher-streets. MEETINGs IN BROOJ{LYN, N.Y., are held in Washing· ton Hall, corner of Adams and Tillery-streets, three times every Sunday, and also on Monday and Thursday evening. A SuJlday-schqol is held in the same place each Lord's day afternoon. * .~ The friends vi~iting Philadelphia, w1ll find thr. Ser.ond Advent meeting on the Sabbath AT ouR or.n PLACE, the !Saloon of the Chineee Museum, in 9tll strr.et, between Wll.lnut and Chesnut-sts. .J. LrTcH. Meetings are hricl in Lowell, Kirk-~trt>et Chapel, three times ach Lord'g day,.and lilso on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evt>nings. Second Advent Meetings are held in Concord, N.H., every Sunday, at the Athenean Hlill, No. 101 MuiiHit. AGENTS FOR "HERALD" AND SECOND ADVENT PullLICATIONS. Albany, N. Y.-T. III. Preble. Buffalo, N. Y.-J . .J. Porter. Cincinnati,O.-JohnKiloh. Uleavelancl, 0.:- D. I. Robinson. Derby Line, Vt.-Sterhen Foster, J~· Hartford, Conn.-Aaron Clapp. Lowell, J\lass.-M. 1• George. Low Hampton, N. Y.-L. Kimball. ~ew Bedford, 1\IRss.-Henry V'. Davis. New York CII)- Wm. Tracy, 54 Forsyth-street. Orrington, 1\le.-Thos. SmHh. PhiladelphiR, Pn.-J. Litch,46 1-2 Walnut-sHeet, opposite the Exchange. Portland, Me.--Peter Johns?dn, 24 Inllia-~treet. Providence, R. 1.-0eorge H .. Chli · Rochester, N. Y.-J. 1\Jarsh, Talman Ulnck (tlurd sto· ry), Buff11lo-stree~, oppo iw the Arcade. Turouw,.c. W.-Danicl t.Jamrbell. Waterloo, C. E.-R. Hutclun- son. Worcester,l\Iass.-D. F. Wetherbee. Receipts for the Weekending April 8. As an evidence of the great interest taken by the Ro- man priesthood in learning, there are 74 towns in Ire- land, with a minimum of 2500 inhabitants, which do not contain one bookstore. There are six entire coun- ties, viz., Donegal, Kildare, Leitrim, Q.ueen's, West- meath, and Wicklow, which do not contain one book- seller. Do these facts speak any thin~ concerning Popery~ The Mexican Church property Is estimated at the round sum of $63,000,000, exclusive of cllurcb orna- ~ents, valued at $9,000,000. From the sRie of these IIlli! the Mexican Government expects to reBiize $4,000,000. The P. M. of Maeison, Ind., informs us that the pRpenent to .J. W. WROTEN is not taken from the office. Owes The P.M. of Drrhy Lillf~, Vt., has returnt>d the paper of ERASTUS LEE, who owes • • llJ We have annexed-~ch acknowledgment th.e 1 32 number t.o which it pays. Where the volume ouly 18 3 32 mentioned, the whole volume is paid for. N. Hanson, 2!13-Sllio:=i. A. Curtiss, v 14; E.~: Notwithstanding the grt>at Temperance movement in the United States 'lnd England, the Importation of spir- ituous ftquors into the latter country, since 1842, bas steadily increased. Thl. e were 395,937 gallons more Imported in 1846 thRn in 1845. The English papers abound with Hems, teeming with philanthropic suggestions &i to how cheap soup may be compou.nded, for the sustenance of the poor. One he- nevo1ent individual, with a beart full of the milk of hu- man kindness, complaeeatly specifies the !ngrt"diente of = =- During the year 1846, there were lost, principally on our coast, 490 vessels, besides 27 that are stiJI misding. The number of lives known to be lost is 535. Totrddelinquencies since June 1st,1846. • ENGLISH MISSION. 371 73 The number of immigrants at the port of New York (Receipts for Englil'h Mission-Contint)edfrom ourlaet.) during two dBys Jut week was 969. Received aince 11ur Jast-Wm.Mitchell. • • 2 00 The N. Y. " Evangelist" stRtes that the "Rev." Mr Backus, a Baptist minister, lately attempted to stab ano: ther minister \Tith a pocket-knife, at Bradford Springs, South CarolinR. We agree with the Evangelist, that it was a" clerical error" on the part of Mr. Backus. • .Amount of receints abo.ve expendityres. - WEST INDIA MISSION. J. Fotter,jr. -·· 298 93 2 50 - Maynard, v 13; W. Davis, v 13; W. H. Kneeldud, v 13, L. F. Aden, vII; J. Larnf', v 13; H. Pornery, 332_1 J. ChRplin, 2.04 (owes now $1 32); L. Vnu~han, v 143 .' ~: G. W. Smull," 14; A. Smith, v 14; E. Dodge, v 1 , Woodbury, 344; E. S. BryRnt, (No.5 of C. A. H.,~~/ 332; N.C. Northup, v 12; J. Arms, v.13; .J. _clar~'•cul: M. Harvy, 335; A. PRimer, v 13; E. R1ce, 334, C. H B lum, v 13; A. Blackman, 331; J. T. Hall, v 13; . · : Willey, 332; B. Clark," 12-elich $1.-W. S. M11ler.' S. A. Chaplin, 332; J. Knil!ht, v 12; C.A. Ludlow, v ~' P. G. Wilson, v 13; F. Sowle, v 14-eRch $2.- ·n' King, v 15; I. H. 'ash, 358; J. Tripp, 295; J, ~err. 1 11 • 345; Wm. Mitchell, v 13-each $3.-Wm. I. IJ,em ' 334-$5. -'- :;:...: