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"IT IS TOLD ME I MUST DIE ." 
Richard Langhorne, a lawyer, was unjustly con-
demned and put to death as a traitor, in the reign 
of Charles II. Just before his execution, he wrote 
the following exquisite and remarkable poem. In 
the language of the Quarterly Review, "A poem it 
must be called, though it is not in verse. Perhaps 
there is not in this, or any Other language, a poem 
which appeared to have flowed so entirely from the 
heart." 
It is told me I must die : 
0, happy news ! 
Be glad, 0 my soul, 
And rejoice in Jesus, the Savior ! 
If he intends thy perdition, 
Would he have laid down his life for thee? 
Would he have called thee with so much love, 
And illumined thee with the light of the Spirit? 
Would he have given thee his cross, 
And given the shoulders to bear it with patience ? 
It is told me I must die : 
0, happy news ! 
Come on, my dearest soul, 
Behold, thy Jesus calls thee, 
He prayed for thee upon his cross ; 
There he extends his arms to receive thee ; 
There he bowed down his head to kiss thee ; 
There he opened his heart to give thee entrance ; 
There he gave up his life to purchase life for thee. 
It is told me I must die : 
0, what happiness ! 
I am going 
To the place of my rest ; 
To the land of the living ; 
To the haven of security ; 
To the kingdom of peace ; 
To the palace of my God ; 
To sit at the table of my king ; 
To feed on the bread of angels ; 
To see what no eye bath seen ; 
To hear what no ear hath heard ; 
To enjoy what the heart of man cannot comprehend. 
0 my Father ! 
0 thou best of all fathers ! 
Have pity on the most wretched of thy children !1 
I was lost but by thy mercy found ; 
I was dead, but by thy grace am now raised again ; 
I was gone astray after vanity, 
But I am ready now to appear before thee. 
0 my Father ! 
Come now in mercy, and receive thy child ! 
Give him thy kiss of peace ; 
Remit unto him all his sins ; 
Clothe him with thy nuptial robe ; 
Permit him to have a place at thy feast ; 
And forgive all those who are guilty of his death. 
John Wesley and Southey. 
On a recent occasion the Rev. James Everett 
said—I saw that good man, John Wesley, when 
I was a little boy. I was addressed by him,with 
other children,in Alnwick Methodist Chapel. His 
step was ever light and buoyant at that period. 
He looked as fresh as a rose. He was always 
mild and gentle, and kind to children. I recol-
lect Southey speaking of him. His life of Wes-
ley has been referred to by Miller, who said it 
was the best life. I am of opinion that we have 
no life equal to that. In respect to that life 
Southey said,no man could take up that life and 
say, "An enemy bath done this." 
"I may be mistaken," said Southey, "but an 
enemy of John Wesley I could not—cannot be. 
When I was a little boy, in Bristol," Southey 
continued, "I was running down a flight of steps 
with my sister—a beautiful little girl, with flow-
ing ringlets. John Wesley took her in his arms 
and kissed her, and blessed her, and then he laid 
his hand on my head, and blessed me." His eyes 
were full, and the tears flowed down his cheeks 
as he told me this, and he said : "I feel as if I 
had the blessing of that man upon me yet." John 
Wesley was fond of children. 
Dr. Watts. 
If rightly told, a life like that of Isaac Watts 
would read great lessons ; but for brevity the 
whole might be condensed into—"Study to be 
quiet, and to do your own business." Dr. Watts 
had his own convictions. He made no secret of 
his Nonconformity. At a period when many 
dissenters entered the church, and became dis-
tinguished dignitaries,he deemed it his duty still 
to continue outside of the National Establish-
ment. At the same time, he was no agitator. He 
felt no call to rail at his brethren for their ec-
clesiastical defection, nor did he write pamphlets 
against the evils of a hierarchy,real or imagined. 
But God had given him a ituisness." He had 
given him, as his vocation, to join together those 
whom men had put asunder—mental culture and 
vital piety. And, studying to be quiet, he pur-
sued that calling, very dilligently, very success-
fully. Without surrendering his right of private 
judgment, without abjuring his love of natural 
and artisic beauty, he showed his preference for 
moral excellence, his intense conviction of "the 
truth as it is in Jesus." And now, in his well-
arranged and tasteful study, decorated by his 
own pencil, a lute and a telescope on the same 
table with his Bible, he seems to stand before 
us, a treatise on logic in one hand, and a volume 
of "Hymns and Spiritual Songs" in the other,as-
serting the harmony of faith and reason, and 
pleading for religion and refinement in firm and 
stable union. And, as far as the approval of the 
Most High can he gathered from events or from 
its rejection in the conscience of mankind, the 
Master has said, "Well done, good and faithful 
servant." Without trimming, without temporiz-
ing, he was "quiet ;" and without bustle, with 
boasting or parade, he did "his own business," 
the work that God had given him. And now, no 
church repudicates him ; Nonconformity cannot 
monopolize him. His eulogy is pronounced by 
Samuel Johnson and Robert Southey, as well as 
Josiah Conder ; and whilst his monument looks 
down on dissenting graves in Abney • ark, his 
effigy reposes beneath the consecrated roof of 
Westminster Abbey. And, which is far better, 
next Lard's day, the name that is above every 
name will be sung in fanes where princes worship 
and prelates minister, as well as in barns where 
mechanics pray, and ragged boys say Amen, in 
words for which all alike must thank his hallow-
eu genius ; and it will only be some anxious stu-
dent of hymnology who will recollect that Isaac 
Watts is the Asaph of each choir, the leader of 
each company.—North British Review. 
The Dying Stars. 
Like these drooping, dying stars, our loved 
ones go away from our sight. The stars of our 
hopes, our ambitions, our prayers ; whose light 
shines ever before us, leading on and up, they 
suddenly fade from the firmament of our hearts, 
and their place is empty and dark. A mother's 
steady, soft and earnest light, beamed through 
all our wants and sorrows ; a father's strong 
quick light, that kept our feet from stumbling 
on the dark and treacherous ways ; a gistr's 
light so mild, so pure, so constant, and so firm, 
shining upon iss, from gentle, loving eyes;.-a.nd 
persuading us to grace and goodness ; a broth. 
er's light, forever sleeping in oui'iouls, and il-
luminating all our goings and our coming 
friend's light, true and trusty—go ut--lo 
ever ? No ! no The light has 
It is shining beyond the stars, where there is no 
night and no darkness, forever and forever. 
The Wrong Signal. 
"What has happened ?" said Mr. Hamilton to 
his son, who entered the room in haste, and with 
the air of one who had some interesting news to 
communicate. 
"A freight train has run off the track and kill. 
ed a man," said Joseph. 
"How did that happen ?" said Mr. H. 
"The watchman gave the wrong signal. The 
engineer said that if he had given the right sig-
nal the accident wonld not have occured." 
Making the wrong signal cost a man his life. 
There is another sense in which wrong signals 
sometimes occasion the loss of life—of life spir-
itual. The preacher who fails to declare the way 
of salvation as it is laid down in God's Word, 
who teaches that all men shall be saved, or who 
teaches that men may secure salvation by their 
own works, gives the wrong signal. In conse-
quence, men take the wrong track, and go on to 
perdition. 
The private Christian, whose reputable stand-
ing in the church and in society gives influence 
to his example, pursues a course of conduct ut-
terly inconsistent with the injunction ''Be not 
conformed to this world." The young Christian 
is led to practise a similar course ; by degrees he 
losses his spirituality, and becomes one of those 
who have a name to live, but are dead. The 
holding out of the wrong signal led to the disas-
ter. 
A professed Christian exposes himself to temp-
tation. He has power to resist the temptation, 
and escape unharmed. One of less power is led 
to follow his example, and falls into sin. To him 
his predecessor had given the signal that there 
was no danger there: He gave the wrong signal. 
We are constantly giving signals to our fellow 
men—signals which will direct their course in 
their journey to eternity. How careful should 
we be at all times to avoid giving the wrong sig-
nal !---Exanziner. 
The Death of Bede. 
BORN A. D. 673 IN WEREMOUTII,NORTHUMBRIA 
DIED A. D. 735. 
He was attacked with a, severe infirmity of 
frequent short breathing, yet without pain,about 
two weeks before Easter day ; and so he contin-
ued, joyful and glad, and giving thanks to Al-
mighty God, day and night, indeed hourly, till 
the day of Ascension. He gave lessons to us, 
his disciples, every day, and he employed what 
remained of the. day in singing psalms. The 
nights he passed without sleep, yet rejoicing and 
giving thanks, unless when a little slumber in-
tervened. When he waked he resumed his ac-
customed devotions, and with expanded hands, 
never ceased returning thanks to God. Indeed, 
I never saw with my eyes, nor heard with my 
ears, any one so diligent in his grateful devo-
tions. 0, truly ble4Ifer1—mall ! He sang the 
passage in St. Paul : "It is a fearful thing to 
fall into the hands of the living God," and many 
other things from the Scriptures, in which he 
admonished us to arouse from the sleep of the 
mind. He also recited something in our Eng-
lish language, for he was very learned in our 
songs ; and putting his thoughts into English 
verse, he spoke it with compunction. "For this 
necessary journey no one can be more prudent 
than he ought to be—to think, before his going 
hence,what of good or evil his spirit, after death, 
will be judged worthy of." 
He sang the Antiphonce, according to our cus-
tom and his own, of which one is : " 0 ! King 
of glory, Lord of virtue, leave us not orphans, 
but send the promise of the Father, the Spirit 
of truth, upon us. Alleluia." When he came 
to the words "Spirit of truth," he burst into tears, 
and wept much, and we with him. We read 
and wept again; indeed,we always read in tears. 
After mentioning that he was occupied in trans-
lating St. John's Gospel into Saxon, his pupil 
adds : "When he came to the third festival be-
fore the Ascension day his breathing began to 
be very strongly affected, and a little swelling 
appeared in his feet. All that day he dictated 
cheerfully, and sometimes said, among other 
things : "Make haste, I know not how long I 
shall last. My Maker may take me away very 
soon." It seemed to us that he knew very well 
he was near his end. lie passed the night watch-
ing and giving thanks. When the morning dawn-
ed he commanded us to write diligently what we 
had begun. This being done, we walked till the 
third hour with the relics of the saints, as the 
custom of the day required. One of us was 
with him, who said : 'There is yet, beloved mas-
ter, one chapter wanting ; will it not be unpleas-
ant to you to be asked any more questions ?' He 
answered : 'Not at all : take your pen, prepare 
it, and write with speed.' He did so. At the 
ninth hour he said to me : have some valua- 
bles in my little chest. But run quickly and 
bring the presbyters of our monastery to me, 
that I may distribute my small presents.' He 
Graces are signs, not causes, of justifica-
tion. 
the traditions of men," when "their ears are 
turned away from the truth unto fables," and 
"their fear toward God is taught by the precepts 
of men." Called out as I am to hold up the 
word of God among all with whom I mingle, my 
heart is often made sad by witnessing an op-
position which would not exist were the exam-
ples of the Bereans more generally followed. 
A lady, who was led a few months ago to 
"search the scriptures" for herself, and procured 
a reference Bible for the better carrying out of 
that design, gave me a few days since this tes-
timony : I had asked how she was progressing 
in the good work, and she replied, "0, I move 
on but slowly, for you know I have not known 
much of the Bible before, and I find it so inter-
esting ; I have only got a little way in Leviti-
cus, and wishing at my last reading to better un-
derstand some of the types, the references led 
me to Hebrews, and I spent an hour on three 
verses ; but oh what a wonderful amount of light 
I received !" 
I find great advantage in reading in course, 
(beside readings in various places,) and have re-
cently found great benefit, while following the 
journeying of Israel, and their settlement in 
Canaan, from a recently published map of Pal-
estine, giving both ancient modern names, with 
the location of the several tribes, etc. 
I am persuaded, were the Bible read and stu-
died more, people would better know what they 
believe, and why they believe it. Said a 
young man, whose attention has recently been 
called to the near coming of Jesus : "I find this 
is the word of God, therefore I believe it." 
Said another : " it reads all plain in the Bible, 
and I feel no opposition ; but having been 
taught in the church that when I die I should 
go right to my inheritance I could see no value 
in the resurrection., and never hearing any of 
these things from the pulpit I have been led to 
to think it did not matter whether I gave my 
attention to it ; but now, since we have talked,I 
begin to understand what the inheritance is, and 
it looks so beautiful I desire more light. I have 
also commenced for the first time to read the bi-
Ile in course." 
I wish also to recommend the study of the 
word in a social capacity. I have been engag-
ed in this for some months, together with a few 
others, with great profit. I say a few, for while 
most Chriatians give very good attendance at 
other meetings, we shall always find but few who 
meet to study the word. We find it blessed and 
profitable, for we come to learn the mind of our 
Heavenly Father, that we may walk in all his 
will concerning us, therefore the Holy Spirit is 
always present. 
In turning over the leaves of the Life of Char-
lotte Elizabeth, which I have not yet had time 
to read, I was greatly interested in a little in-
cident there recorded. One of her bible read-
ers, a young Irishmion, asked if she allowed him 
to engage in anything like controversy. She re-
plied,most certainly." He expressed his grati-
fication, adding that when a Papist, his atten-
tion had been called to the corruptions of the 
system by a young woman, who whenever any 
pass'age was read in regard to idolatry alway 
asked how be could reconcile it with the prac-
tice of his church. And another young man said 
he might have read many times "The blood of 
Christ cleanseth from all sin," and remained a 
Papist still, had not one asked, "if the blood of 
Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin, where the 
need of the penances, etc., of his church ? and if 
cleansed from all sin, why have a purgatory to 
finish up the work ? Then he said he began to 
feel as if the ground was cleaving beneath his 
feet,and he never rested till he knew for himself 
the saving efficacy of that blood. My mind was 
so impressed with the importance of such a pro-
cess that I give it for the benefit of others. 
In contending earnestly for the faith once de-
livered to the saints, I see not how we can avoid 
often being in something like controversy, and I 
also believe we can maintain in it the utmost 
love and kindness. 
Satisfied of the importance of proving every 
doctrine clearly by the word of God, (not by a 
passage here and there, taken out from its con-
nection,) but by the whole revealed mind of the 
Lord, I often try them in this manner, and find 
nothing like the "sword of the spirit" to settle 
matters. When persons tell me they believe 
God is too kind to punish his creatures, for what • 
seems to them only a few deviations from right, 
I have only to bring forth his own declarations 
on the subject, and then the controversy, if they 
have any, is between them and the Lord. When 
one says he believes God will annihilate the wick-
ed, and he delights to think so, because it makes 
him a so much better God, I have only to give 
his word, and also remind them that the God of 
the Universalist is still better (as they esteem 
it), for he takes them all to everlasting happi. 
ness, irrespective of everything. 
0, how essential, in the times in which we 
live, to have on the whole armor of God, that 
we may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil ! I have just been reading the interesting 
letter of our dear Bro. Chapman in the Herald of 
June 14, and truly sympathize in his trials for 
the truths sake. I am also glad of the ques-
tions of Bro. Pearce and your replies,in regard to 
the Messianic conference. I was glad to learn 
through the Herald, a few weeks since, their dis-
approval of the modern church fashion of pic-
nics, etc. The Lord forbid that we should ever 
be afraid of being "a peculiar people." Believing 
as I do,from the word of God,concerning the signs 
of the times,etc.,that we are not far distant from 
the resurrection, with all its glorious attendant 
circumstances, I feel like "girding up the loins of 
my mind,and hoping to the end for the grace that 
is to be brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ," 
and to "be ready always to give a reason of the 
hope that is in me with meekness and fear." 
X. 
"The Bridegroom tarried." 
This little sentence stretches through many 
ages. It also presents a very remarkable point 
in this parable. It asserts that the Bridegroom 
was much slower in coming than the virgins an-
ticipated. He "tarried." They had to wait, and 
wait, and wait, before he came. This has been 
true of the people of God in every age. When 
Eve first took into her arms the first-born of hu-
man kind, she thought that now the promised 
Redeemer had come to crush the serpent and re-
store lost Paradise. "I have gotten him," was 
her joyous exclamation ; "I have gotten him,—
the man, the one that was to come." (Gen. iv. 
1.) But it was only a murderer she had gotten. 
The coming of the promised One was still far 
away. When Simeon took the infant Savior in 
his arms, he said, "Lord, not lettest thou thy 
servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen 
thy salvation." (Luke ii. 29, 30.) He supposed 
that the time for the fulfillment of all the prom-
ises had arrived ; but it was only the precusory 
advent that he had lived to see. The time for 
the great consummation was still far off in the 
distant ages. The early Christians certainly con-
templated sthe Saviour's coming as much nearer 
than it actually was. Many of them expected 
to see in their day the standard of his glory un-
furled in the heavens, and trusted that his reve-
lation was to occur whilst many of them still 
lived. Paul speaks of himself and his brethren 
as likely to be among "them that are alive and 
remain unto the coming of the Lord." (1 Thess. 
iv. 17.) He tells the Corinthians that his cal-
culation was that they should "not all sleep" be-
fore the time would come in which "the last 
trump" would sound, and they "be changed." 
(I Cor. xv. 51, 52.) And to the Hebrews he 
wrote, "Yet a little while,and he that shall come 
will come, and will not tarry." (Heb. x. 37.) 
James also wrote "to the twelve tribes which 
are scattered abroad, . . . stablish your hearts; 
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." 
(James v. 8.) Peter wrote to the saints in Pon-
tus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 
"The end of all things is at hand : be ye there-
fore sober, and watch unto prayer." (I Peter iv. 
7.) John wrote,"Little children,it is the last time; 
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, 
even now are there many antichrists ; whereby 
we know that it is the last time." (I John ii. 
18.) And yet those apostolic days all passed 
away, and still "the Bridegroom tarried." There 
are, indeed, hints and intimations in the ap o stol 
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addressed each, and exhorted them to attend to 
their masses and prayers. They wept when he 
told them they would see him no more ; but he 
said it was time that he should return to the 
Being who had formed him out of nothing. He 
conversed in this manner cheerfully till the ev-
ening, when the boy said : 'Dear master, one 
sentence is still wanting.' 'Write it quickly,' 
exclaimed Bede. When it was finished he said: 
'Take my head in your hands,for I shall delight 
to sit opposite the holy place where I have been 
accustomed to pray, and where I can invoke my 
Father.' When he was placed on the pavement 
he repeated the Gloria Patri, and expired in 
the effort."—Christian Treasury. 
How Two Heroines Died. 
In the year 204, at Carthage, suffered two fe-
males, Vivia Perpetua and Felicitas. 
Perpetua was a widow of two-and twenty, of 
respectable rank, great accomplishments, and,at 
the time of her trial, the mother of an infant 
child. With the other members of her family, 
except her father, she had embraced the Chris-
tian faith, and was about to be baptized, when 
information was lodged against her as being a 
disciple of the forbidden religion. She and her 
companions were kept under guard for some days 
before they were cast into prison ; during this 
time Perpetua was visited .by her father, who 
loved her with great affection. He knew the 
danger she was in, and grieved to lose such a 
daughter ; he earnestly besought her to recant, 
and be restored to her afflicted family. Point-
ing to a vase which stood on the floor, she said: 
"Can you give any other name than vase to that 
vessel ?" And her father answered in the nega-
tive ; "Neither, " added she, "can I call myself 
by any other name than that of a Christian." 
Although she loved her father much, she knew 
her duty, "to obey God rather than man." Her 
father left her, and for several days she did not 
see him. During this period she was baptized, 
when she again gave herself to God,and besought 
him to give her patience in the time of trial. 
She and her companions were at last cast in-
to a dark dismal prison to await her trial. Vi-
via, being well educated, wrote an account of 
what they suffered. She says, "I was terrified 
at it, for I had never been in such darkness. 0, 
fearful day ! I was torn with anxiety about my 
infant ; but by the aid of the deacons of the 
church my dear child was brought to me, and we 
were removed to a more open part of the prison, 
where I suckled the babe, who was dying of 
hunger. I then had to part with him again ; 
but I was satisfied. I was as happy as if I had 
been in a palace." 
The miserable father, forgetting his anger in 
his grief, learned that an examination of the pris-
oners was to place the following day, visited his 
daughter, and again implored her to recant. 
"Think," said he, "of your mother, your aunt ; 
think of your little son,who cannot live without 
you." He then threw himself at her feet,weep-
ing as if his heart were broken. She answered 
to her loving father's entreaties, "that while noth-
ing on earth would have delighted her more than 
to please and obey him, she could not do so to 
displease and disobey God." 
The next day she was summon ed,while at din-
ing with her fellow-prisoners, to the tribunal, to 
be examined in the presence of a vast concourse 
of people, who had assembled to witness 
the trial. Vivia's turn at last came, and she 
was about to confess that she was a Christian, 
when a noise was heard in the court. It was 
her father, forcing himself through the crowd, 
with her little infant son in his arms, to make, 
in that affecting manner,his last appeal to change 
her mind. The judge was moved to tears at 
this sight, and said, "Spare the old age of your 
father, and the helplessness of your infant !" 
then added, "Are you a Christian ?" 
She replied, "I am ; I have lived, and am re-
solved to die, a Christian." 
Her father was now ordered to withdraw ; 
but lingering, as all fond parents would do in 
such trying circumstances, he received a blow 
from the staff of one of the officers. 
Vivia says : "I felt that blow, given to my 
father, as if it had fallen on my own head." 
The prisoners were then sent to their cells to 
await the execution of their sentence, which was 
to be thrown to the wild beasts. Perpetua sent 
to ask her father to allow her to have the com-
pany of her child during the few hours she had 
to live. He, however, refused to comply with 
her request, as he thought he might even yet in-
duce her to sacrifice to the gods. But he sought 
an interview. She was grieved to have it ; still 
she would not deny her father's request. He 
was admitted. Frantic with grief, he tore his 
hair, fell on the floor, used every entreaty ; but 
to no purpose ; her heart was in heaven. She 
trusted in Christ to the last and final hour. 
Felicitas, her companion, had also a little in-
fant daughter only a few days old. After a fer-
vent prayer in her behalf, she, with the utmost 
composure, gave her over to her sister, and so 
appeared free from all earthly care. 
The hour at last came when they were led to 
the amphitheatre,to witness a good confession be-
fore many witnesses. Perpetua and her com-
panions went on with composed countenances 
and an easy pace, holding down their eyes lest 
the spectators might draw wrong conclusions 
from their being cheerful in the face of death. 
They sang a hymn, and then called on the mag-
istrates and people to remember that they would 
have to give an account of that day's work. They 
then asked them to observe that they died in 
the faith of their Savior, "whom having not seen 
• they loved." 
The wild beasts were then let loose, and the 
poor women were made to stand by and witness 
the death of their male companions by the jaws 
of lions, leopards, and bears. 
Their own turn came at last, when they were 
inclosed in a net and exposed to a wild cow. 
Perpetua met the first attack, and was thrown 
wounded to the ground ; after which the cow 
ran against Felicitas,and made her a horrid spec-
tacle even to look at. Faithful still, in such 
trying circumstances, Perpetua went to her aid, 
composed her disordered hair, and raised her to 
her feet. Perpetua then called her brother, and 
said to him, "Continue firm in the faith, love 
one another, and be neither frightened nor of-
fended at our sufferings." 
As the hour was late the spectators grew im-
patient, so they were let forward to the middle 
of the arena to be killed by the sword. Giving 
each other the kiss of peace, they presented 
themselves to the arm of the executioner. Fe-
licitas was killed by a single blow ; but Perpetua 
falling into the hands of a trembling gladiator, 
was often struck and wounded in vain. Pre-
serving her fortitude to the last moment, she 
was observed calmly directing the soldier to the 
most expeditious way of performing his office ; 
and then, without a groan, on the sands of the 
amphitheatre she fell asleep in Jesus. 
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The Study of the Bible. 
BRO. BLISS :—In pursuance of the work to 
which the Lord has called me, (viz. endeavor-
ing to lead people to study the word of God,) 
I come again, with your permissi on, to speak 
through your valuable paper. 
That most of your readers are Bible students, 
I have no doubt ; and therefore I write the more 
freely, believing they will be all the more wil-
ling to have their pure minds stirred up by way 
of remembrance. Being conversant,to a consid-
erable extent, with Christians of various names, 
I have been much grieved and perplexed with 
the fact that the Bible readers are few ;—most, 
persons choosing to follow the opinions of oth-
ers, rather than take the trouble to search for 
themselves. Few, comparatively, seem to think 
they have time to devote to this work. Model-
ed after the present fashion of meeting-going, 
which takes people from home from three to six 
times on the sabbath, and nearly if not quite 
every evening during the week ; and busy with 
the necessary affairs of life, during the six days 
in which we are commanded to labor, how can 
they get time to read the scriptures ? I speak 
now more particularly of those sincere Chris-
tians, scattered among congregations where there 
is little Bible preaching, as we know we are fal-
len upon times when "for doctrines are taught 
He who is always inquiring " what will 
people say ? " will never give them an op-
portunity of saying any great things about 
himself. 
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is writings that the Savior's coming was not so 
near as many anticipated. It has been very pro-
perly remarked that "the same St. Paul who ad-
dressed the Thessalonians in his Epistle as if 
they, yet alive, were to behold the coming of 
Christ, in his second warns them that his words 
were meant to justify no such certainty,inasmuch 
as that the day of Christ was to be preceded by 
a great and conspicuous apostasy. The same St. 
James who had spoken of the same coming as 
drawing nigh, introduces his assertion with ex-
hortations of endurance, and illustrations drawn 
from the 'long patience' of the husbandman wait-
ing for the fruit of the earth. The same St. Pe-
ter who in his first Epistle contemplates the end 
of all things at hand, and bids Christians hope 
for the 'grace to be brought at the revelation of 
Christ,' in his second obviates objections to the 
tardy march of the expected Judge, not by deny-
ing the fact, but by reminding his reader that 
the Lord is not slack as some men count slack-
ness, but long-suffering to us-ward, and that the 
cycles of his providence are framed upon a scale 
in which one day is as a thousand years, and a 
thousand years as one day. And the same book 
of Revelation which promises the rapid return 
of Christ, unfolds an antecedent series of events, 
probably to occupy long-revolving ages."* But 
with all that, none of the first Chrisrians ever 
supposed that the event for which they waited 
and hoped with so much anxiety would be de-
layed to this late day. 
So, also, the companions and immediate suc-
cessors of the apostles confidently expected that 
Christ would come in their day. About one hun-
dred years after Christ, Clement wrote, "Let us 
every hour expect the kingdom of God." Barna-
bas also, about the some period, "The day of the 
Lord is at hand, in which all things shall be de-
stroyed,together with the wicked one." Ignatius, 
of the same age, wrote to the Ephesians, saying, 
"The last times are come upon us : let us, there-
fore, be very reverent, and fear." But the age 
of the apostolic fathers also passed, and still '•the 
Bridegroom tarried." 
Cyprian wrote, in the third century, "Let us 
ever, in anxiety and cautiousness,be awaiting the 
sudden advent of the Lord. . . . The kingdom 
of God has begun to be nigh at hand." Hippoly- 
tus expected it about the end of the fourth or 
fifth century. So also Lactantius, and Ambrose, 
and Chrysostom, and Hilary, and Jerome, and 
Augurtine. But the fourth, and fifth, and sixth, 
and seventh, and tenth, and additional centuries 
passed, and still " the Bridegroom tarried." 
With the Reformation these expectations of 
the speedy coming of the Savior were revived 
with the revived Church. Savonarola spoke of 
the nearness of Christ's coming to take the king-
dom. Luther said, "I have ever kept it before 
me, and I am satisfied that the last day must be 
before the door ; for the signs predicted by 
Christ and the Apostles Peter and Paul have all 
now been fulfilled : the trees put forth,the Scrip-
tures are green and blooming. That we cannot 
know the day, matters not ; some one else may 
point it out : things are certainly near their end." 
Melancthon said, "We may be sure that this 
aged world is not far from its end." Leo Juda 
said, "The time of his glorious last coming to 
judge all the world, both quick and dead, is now 
already nigh at hand." Latimer said, "The last 
day cannot be far off. . . . Preadventure it may 
come in my days, old as I am." But the days 
of the Reformers also passed, and still "the 
Bridegroom tarried." 
Again, other epochs were specially named. 
Whiston computed the time for 1776 ; Jerieu,for 
1785 ; Stilling,for 1816 ; Bengel and Wesley,for 
1835 ; Miller and others, for 1843 ; Sander, for 
1847; Schmucker,for 1848; and many devout peo-
ple looked to these dates as marking the time in 
Which the Bridegroom should come. But all these 
years have gone, and yet he tarries. There are 
some who are very confidently expecting him to 
come in 1862, others in 1866, '7, or '8. "But of 
that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the 
angels of heaven, but my father only." (Matt. 
zxiv. 36.) He may come in one or the other of 
these years ; but it is not unlikely that they will 
* Archer Butler's Sermon on "The Uncertain-
y of Christ's Coming." 
all pass and find him still tarrying. We certain-
ly cannot be very remote from the time ; but it 
is presumption for any one to undertake to tell 
when it shall be. This, however, we know,—that 
in preaching and hoping that it is near at hand, 
and that any year these heavens may open and 
reveal to us the Son of God, we preach and 
hope as the apostles did,and put ourselves in the 
attitude of the best Christians in the purest pe-
riods of the Church. 
I know that the facts I have just cited have 
furnished infidelity and rationalism a copious 
fund for sarcasm. Skepticism scorns a revelation 
so indefinite and liable to mistake on so impor-
tant a point ; and there be many even Christian 
men who are so affected by the jeers brought 
against them from this source, that they ignore 
the whole subject,and find no place for it in their 
studies, their sermons, or their hearts. But I 
learn from it quite a different lesson than that 
which brands Apostles as fanatics and the words 
of my Saviour as fables. I find in it a proof of 
the truthfulness of Scripture statements, and of 
the great wisdom of the Author of salvation. It 
proves the truthfulness of the Scriptures, in that 
they everywhere tell us that it is not for us, nor 
any man, to know the times or the seasons. It 
exhibits the Savior's.unsearchable wisdom in so 
arrranging what he has said about the time as to 
secure the same practical effects for every age, 
without confining the promise to any. 
It is one of the objects for which Christ is 
dealing with his people in this world to teach 
them hope, watchfulness, fidelity; humility, earn- 
est inquiry, and reverential awe,—and this in a 
large degree by means of the groat and soul-mov- 
ing theme of his return in power and glory to 
judge the world. Consider, then, what would be 
the effect if the hour of that return were definit-
ly announced, as compared to the peculiar un-
certainty in which it is left. I put the case in 
the language of another :—"If, for example, it 
be our duty to hope and haste unto this glorious 
epiphany, how is the preservation of this hope 
consistent with a certainty,—and still more a 
certainty of distance ? Would not the anxious 
and desiring solicitude that hangs upon the pros-
pect of his appearing be suddenly (for all save 
the single generation that was to witness it) chill-
ed into indifference by knowing it postponed in 
his own infallible announcement? Again : if he 
would keep us in that state of watchfulness which 
he has himself so often and earnestly impressed, 
is it not to neutralize his own purpose,to remove 
the uncertainty which alone can make that vigi-
lance necessary ? If, too, it be his declared in-
tention to test our fidelity, does he not destroy 
his own avowed test by rendering preparation 
necessary only to those who are apprized of his 
approaching presence ? He desires to keep us 
humble, as the sole path of ultimate exaltation. 
This very limitation upon the most awful of all 
points of knowledge is eminently calculated to 
cherished such a temper. Yet he would also 
habituate us to earnest inquiry and a holy curi-
osity as to his will and movement : to publish 
them is to supersede it. And he would have us 
revere and dread even while we trust and love 
him ; and this he accomplishes, as in other ways, 
so by shrouding his march in mystery, reveal-
ing enough to win affection and guide to 
duty, but reserving his deeper purposes 
for the council-chamber of the Holy Trinity. 
. . . It is a purposed obscruity, a most sal-
utary and useful obscurity, a wise and merciful 
denial of knowledge. In this matter it is his 
gracious will that it should be the perpetual sub-
ject of watchfulness, expectation, conjecture,fear, 
desire ; but no more. To cherish anticipation, he 
has permitted gleams of light to cross the dark-
ness; to baffle presumption, he has made them 
only gleams. He has harmonized with consum-
mate skill every part of his revelation to produce 
this general result,—now speaking as if a few 
seasons more were to herald the new heavens 
and earth, now as if his days were thousands of 
years; at one moment whispering into the ear of 
his disciple, at another retreating into the depth 
of infinite ages. It is his purpose thus to live in 
our faith and hope ; remote, yet near; pledged 
to no moment, possible at any ; worshipped, not 
with the consternation of a near or the indiffer-
ence of a distant certainty, but with the anxious 
vigilance that awaits a contingency ever at hand. 
This, the deep devotion of watchfulness, humil-
ity, and awe, He who knows us best knows to be 
the fittest posture for our spirits : therefore does 
he preserve the salutary suspense that insures 
it, and therefore will he determine his advent to 
no definite day in the calendar of eternity."* 
Skeptics may jeer at it as a weakness of the 
Scriptures ; I take it as a masterly strength. 
Cold-hearted unbelief may laugh at the expendi-
ture of anxiety and pain to which Christians at 
various ages have put themselves by supposing 
that their Lord, in all probability, was to come 
in their day ; but I take it rather as a thing in 
some respects to their praise,—an evidence of 
their sympathy with, if not membership in, that 
virgin company who took their lamps and went 
out to meet the Bridegroom. Many may set it 
down to their weak judgment and their want of 
skill, skill in explaining away the words of Scrip-
ture ; but I accept it rather as a thing to their 
credit,—not indeed, that they were so confident 
in broaching their prophetic arithmetic, but that 
they so thoroughly submitted to be brought to 
that vividness of expectation upon this point to 
which Chaist would have us all come,as the most 
favorable to the development of those graces 
which alone can fit us for the kingdom to come. 
I confess, my friends, that I have but little 
sympathy with those who are ever harping upon 
these chronological mistakes of the people of 
God in other times, and who adduce them as an 
argument why we should let the whole subject 
alone and have no expectation with reference to 
it. I fear that those who thus shrink from all 
outgoings of anxious desire and anticipation of 
the speedy coming of the Bridegroom, and who 
are so impatient with the subject, are not yet in 
such deep harmony with the spirit of grace and 
hope as to render them altogether safe if that 
day were to come upon them in their present 
condition. 
Again,to use the words of the eloquent preach-
ed already quoted, "Nature,—uncorrupted na- 
ture,—through all her regions, cries aloud for 
Him who is to rectify her unwilling disorders, 
to repair her shattered structures, to restore her 
oppressed energies, to vindicate her voice of con- 
science, long despised,—her sublime testimony 
to the Creator, so long questioned or overlooked. 
But what is this to the demand of grace for the 
coming of Him who is not only the great God, 
but our Savior ? If the whole creation groaneth 
and travaileth together in pain for the manifes-
tation of the sons of God, what shall be the de-
sires of the sons of God themselves ? What shall 
be their ardor to realize that liberty of the chil-
dren of God, of which such' great things are 
spoken ? to behold their own lowliness glorified 
in the glory of the man of Nazareth, their hum-
ble labors recognizee by the appoval of a God 
once more manifest in the flesh, their persever-
ing faith vindicated, their hope consummated, 
their charity brightened into a reward eternal 
and infinite? They know well the value of that 
union which identifies the triunph of the Savior 
and the saved. They rejoice to think that, as a 
humiliated Redeemer came first to point us the 
path of humiliation, so must a glorified Redeem 
er point us the path of glory ; that the Cap-
tain of salvation, who bore the cross in front of 
his army of believers, must come to teach them 
also how to wear the crown. Yes : all proclaims 
and demands the return of Christ to the world, 
—all, but the unsatisfied heart of man ! There 
alone no voice is heard to welcome the mighty 
stranger. There alone the dawn of this eternal 
orb is contemplated with hatred, horror and dis-
may. Hearts that are inured to the world's 
corruptions, how shall they hail an immortality 
of meekness, simplicity, and love ? Spirits ha-
bituated to seek unholy ends by means yet more 
unholy, how shall they endure the bringing in of 
an everlasting righteousness ? Those whose whole 
hopes, prospects, and calculations are bound up 
with the fortunes of the world as it is, how shall 
they regard otherwise than with terror this aw-
ful revolution in the administration of the uni-
verse, when He who now rules behind a mass of 
permitted evil shall himself personally and visi-
bly assume the reins of universal empire ?" And 
For the Herald. 
The Form of Souls. 
" The demons are now teaching, through their 
mediums, that there is a spirit man, who slips 
out of the material form at death, and leaves 
his body behind, some as a snake does his skin ; 
only he is so etherealized that he can go through 
glass, or any other solid substance ; and yet 
when he comes back his friends can shake hands 
with him as really as ever. To us one thing is 
certain, the whole proof rests on supposition, 
based on absurdity. We clip the following from 
an editorial in the Advent Herald, March 1, 
1862 : 
" We have no reason to suppose that the souls 
of disembodied men, or their spirits, have other 
than the same form as the body, and therefore 
no difficulty in the personal appearance of those 
described.'—G. " 
We clip the above precious morsel from one 
of your exchanges. I do not know that the wri-
ter intended to call the Advent Herald a demon, 
or the organs of the demons ; but the phraseolo-
gy certainly would allow one to think so. "That 
there is a spirit in man" is abundantly taught 
in Scripture. Job. 32 : 8. 
That it has form, is also clear. Zech. 12 : 1. 
. . . and formeth the spirit of man within him. 
What the demons teach in accordance with 
the Scriptures I am bound to believe, as much 
as to reject their errors ; and while they teach 
there is a spirit in man,and that spirit has form, 
the very words of Scripture sustain them. But 
when they point to them as oracles to unveil the 
future, the treatings of Holy writ is as plainly 
against them. But if they can teach doctrines, 
or use expressions calculated to bring evangelic 
religion or truth into disrepute, more than cer-
tain ideas, and expressions of the writer of the 
above, then I am greatly mistaken. For exam-
ple, comparing the departure of the soul or spir-
it from the body (which the bible frequently 
speaks of) to "a snake" leaving "his skin." &c., 
&c. As to his objection to a spirit going "through 
glass," &c., the merest tyro in philosophic sci-
ence would never raise it. Light (admitted by 
scholars to be a fluid) passes through glass with 
the same ease it does through the atmosphere it-
self. I might bring other examples but at pres- 
ent space forbids. 
D. B. 
NOTE. Anything scripturally affirmed,—as 
that, "Whilst we are at home in the body, we 
are absent from the Lord ;" and that we are 
"willing rather to be absent from the body and 
to be present with the Lord," 2 Cor. 5: 6-8—
when it is sought to be overthrown by ridicule, 
the controversy is only between the ridiculer and 
his God ; and any argument expended upon it is 
only a waste of words. 
ED. 
those who are disposed to sport and jeer at the 
over-haste in the anticipations of the saints in 
former ages, and refer to their miscalculations 
by way of casting odium upon those of similar 
disposition in the present,have reason to suspect 
that there is yet something wanting in their own 
souls to fit them for the solemn administration 
towards which we are all hastening. 
Let each one, then, search himself with refer-
ence to this point, and see to it that there be no 
secret skepticism of heart and no hidden idola-
try of self at the bottom of this boasted superior-
ity of enlightenment, and this proud and sport-
making indifference towards the great subject of 
the Lord's speedy return. If we have not 
learned to "love his appearing" and are not ready 
to welcome its speedy arrival, depend upon it, 
there yet remains a great revolution to be 
wrought in us before we are properly attuned to 
the spirit of the New Testament or prepared for 
"the inheritance of the saints in light." May 
God forgive the unbelief of his professed people, 
and change the hard-heartedness of those who 
verily deal with this subject as if they would 
rather the world should never be redeemed, than 
that Jesus should return to it as he has promised ! 
ti 
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* Butler's Sermons, 1st Ser. pp. 33, 36. 
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THE 2300 DAYS. 
Continued from our last. 
" 2300." 
This reading, as already shown, has been recog-
nized by the vast majority of commentators as the 
correct numbering of this extended period. 
It may not be known who was the earliest mod-
em writer that interpreted the days in the 8th of 
Daniel as representative of years. Mr. Mede is of-
ten refered to as the firstwho thus estimated symbolic 
time ; but he regarded these as literal days, whilst 
the 1260, which he did thus interpret, were so in-
terpreted before his day, as shown in our articles on 
the 7th chapter. 
SIR ISAAC NEWTON, born in 1642, and author of 
"Observations on the Prophecies," London, 1733, 
was one of the earliest, if not the first writer who 
saw clearly the application of the little-horn of this 
chapter to the Roman power in the East ; and those 
writers may be correct who impute to him the first 
year-day interpretation of this period. After cit-
ing vs. 13 and 14 of Daniel 08, Sir Isaac says : 
"Daniel's days are years ; and these years may 
perhaps be reckoned either from the destruction of 
the temple by the Romans, in the reign of Vespa-
sian ; or from the pollution of the Sanctuary by the 
worship of J upiter Olympus, ['in his temple built 
by the Emperor Hadrian, in the place of the temple 
of the Jews,'] or from the desolation of Judea made 
in the end of the Jewish war, by the banishment of 
all the Jews out of their own coun try ; or from some 
other period which time will discover." Observa-
tions on the Prophecies, Lond. Borthwick's Ed. of 
1831, p. 136. . 
Exposition of Daniel's Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Next to Sir Isaac, and extending this period un-
reasonably into the future, we have 
REV. THOMAS NEWTON, D. D., Lord Bishop of 
Bristol, Eng.,author of "Dissertations on the Proph-
ecies." London, 1754. He writes as follows: 
"The days without doubt are to be taken, agree-
ably to the style of Danie 1 in other places, not for 
natural, but for prophetic days or years ; and as 
the question was asked, not only how long the dai-
ly sacrifice shall be taken away and the transgres-
sion of desolation continue, but also how long the 
vision shall last, so the answer is to be understood, 
and these two thousand and three hundred days de-
note the whole time from the beginning of the vis-
ion to the cleansing of the Sanctuary. The Sanc-
tuary is not yet cleansed, and conseqnently , these 
years are not yet expired. When these years shall 
be expired, then their end will clearly show from 
whence their beginning is to be dated, whether from 
the vision of the ram or of the he-goat, or of the lit-
tle horn. 
"It is difficult to fix the preeise time when the pro-
phetic dates begin, and when they end, till the 
prophecies are fulfilled, and the events declare the 
certainty of them. 4nd the difficulty is increased 
in this case by reason of some variety in the copies. 
For the Seventy have four hundred in this place ; 
and others, as Jerome informs us, read two hun-
dred instead of three hundred. If we follow the 
reading of the Seventy, unto two thousand and four 
hundred days or years, then perhaps they are to be 
computed from the vision of the ram, or the estab-
lishment of the Persian empire. If we follow the 
other reading mentioned by Jerome, unto two thou-
sand and two hundred days or years, then perhaps 
they are to be computed from the vision of the little 
horn, or the Romans invading the Grecian empire : 
and it is remarkable, that the Romans first passed 
over with an army and made war upon Philip,king 
of Macedonia, just 200 years before Christ. But if 
we still rettin the common reading, (which is the 
truest and best,) 'unto two thousand and three hun-
dred days,' or years, then I conceive they are to be 
computed from the vision of the he-goat, or Alexan-
der's invading Asia. Alexander invaded Asia in 
the year of the world 3670, and in the year before 
Christ 334. Two thousand and three hundred 
years from that time will draw toward the conclu-
sion of the sixth millennium of the world." New-
ton's Dissertations p. 259 Phil. Ed. of 1838. 
"In the original there ',is no such word as 'con-
cerning' ; and Mr. Lowth rightly observes that the 
words may be rendered more agreeably to the He- 
brew thus : 'For how long a time shall the vision 
last, the daily sacrifice betaken away, and the trans- 
gression of desolation continue', &c. ? After the 
same manner the question is translated by the Sev-
enty, and in the Arabic version, and in the Vulgar 
Latin. The answer is (v. 14,) 'Unto two thousand 
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BOSTON, JUNE 28, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
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Book Notice. 
"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New 
Testaments,Translated and Arranged with Notes, by 
Leicester Ambrose Sawyer. Vol. 3. The Hebrew 
Poets. Boston : Walker, Wise and Co. 24:5 Wash-
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Seed by the Way Side. 
A Stranger writes : 
"Ma. Berss—Sir : If you ever receive this letter, 
please send me one sample copy of the Advent Her-
ald. 1 have never seen the paper,except a small cor-
ner of one, large enough to conta in the terms, also 
the heading and part of a piece entitled "The Chal-
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and three hundred days ; then shall the Sanctuary 
be cleansed.' In the original it is, "Unto two thou. 
sand and three hundred evenings and mornings--
evening and morning being in Hebrew the notation 
of time for a day ; and in allusion to this expression 
it is said afterwards, (v. 26,). 'The vision of the ev-
ening and the morning is true.' Now these two 
thousand and three hundred days can by no compu-
tation be accommodated to the times of Antiochus 
Epiphanes, even though the days be taken for natu-
ral days. Two thousand and three hundred days 
are six years and somewhat more than a quarter : 
but the profanation of the altar under Antiochus 
Epiphanes lasted but three years complete, accord-
ing to the author of the first book of the Maccabees, 
(Mac. 1: 59, compared with 4: 52,) and the deso-
lation of the temple, and the taking away of the 
daily sacrifice by Apollonius, continued but three 
years and a halt, according to Josephus. Mr. Mede 
proposeth a method to reconcile the difference, and 
saith the time is not to be reckoned from the height 
of the calamity, when the daily sacrifice should be 
taken away, (from thence is but three years,) but 
from the beginning of the transgression, which oc-
casioned this desolation, and is described 1 Ma& 1: 
11, &c.' But Antiochus began to reign, according 
to the author of the first book ',of the Maccabees, (1: 
10,) 'in the 137th year of the kingdom of the 
Greeks,' or era of the Seleucidm ; and 'in those 
days' was the beginning of the transgression, which 
is described 1 Mac. 1: 11, &c.—that is ten or eleven 
years before the cleansing of the Sanctuary, which 
was performed 'in the 148th year,' according to the 
same author, (4: 52 ;) or if we compute the time 
from Antiochus' first going up against Jerusalem, 
and spoiling the city and temple, these things were 
done according to the same author, (1 20,) 'in the 
143d year ;' so that this reckoning would fall short 
of the time assigned, as the other exceeds it." New-
tons Dissertations. pp. 257, 8. 
To be continued. 
Wright and Peck's Newspaper Director. 
For the last three months those of our subscribers 
whose papers are mailed at this office have noticed 
that their address is now printed, instead of being 
written as formerly. 
A full description of the process by which this is 
effected was given in the Herald of the 12th of April ; 
but a sufficient time having since elapsed to test the 
full utility of the invention, and its practical work-
ing, justice to it requires that we should give the re-
suit of our experience in this direction. And as 
some who read this may not have seen the more 
minute description we then gave, we will recapitu-
late some of its more prominent peculiarities. 
The whole arrangement comprises a machine call-
ed "The Director," by which each name is printed ; 
and a "Cabinet," containing the gallies,forms,type, 
composing stick, blocks, ink, ink roller, stamper, 
and everything essential to the preparation fur and 
working of the "Director." 
The case of type contains six of each of the letters, 
figures, and pauses, with the necessary slugs and 
spaces ; which are sufficient to set up any name or 
address in any newspaper subscription list. These 
types are made of steel,and are more properly demon-
nated dies, they being the reverse, moulds, or ma-
trices of the several letters, &c. They are set up in 
the manner and with the facility of ordinary type,in 
a "composing stick," made also of steel,and which is 
so constituted as to contain only a single line. 
Each name or P. 0. address is set up singly, and 
then placed in a small stamping press, one motion 
of which depresses the surroundings,—on the grain 
edge of a small block two inches long, three fourth's 
of an inch high, and one fourth of an inch thick,—
and leaves the name or address in beautiful and dis-
tinct raised letters. 
The blocks thus prepared, are arranged in gallies, 
each of which will hold rising of a hundred names , 
and these are arranged in forms, of six gallies each, 
that slide in and out of the Cabinet like so many 
Drawers,--the forms being labeled "A," "B," "C," 
"D," &c, and the gallies in each form being respec-
tively numbered "1," "2," "3,"j"4,"''5," and"6," 
in connection with the letter of the respective form. 
In these gallies the States follow in their geographi-
cal order ; the post-offices are arranged in alphabeti-
cal order under each state ; and the names of sub-
geribers going to any one post-office are in the same 
alphabetical order. When a new name is to be add-
ed, a post-office address changed, or a paper discon-
ued. it is only necessary to prepare a new block and 
put it in its place, to take the block from under 
one post office and put it under another, or remove 
the block from the list, as the case may be. And the 
disused blocks may be put by themselves, and alpha-
betically arranged, so as to be easily found and re-
placed when again needed. 
The entire newspaper list is thus in type to be 
printed from by the Director; in which each galley, 
previously inked,is separately placed, and moved by 
a single treadle motion which presents and prints 
fq 
As its name imports, "The Hebrew Poets," this 
volume comprises the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canti-
cles, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastics, arranged in 
that order, with notes on each at the close of the 
volume,with an occasional note at the foot of pages. 
The common division into chapters and verses is 
discarded, though noted at the end of each para-
graph ; which with divisions into parts, is substi-
tuted in the place of the former division. It is uni-
versally conceded that the common division often 
interferes with the sense of the passage; and a judi-
cious rearrangement must be a great help to the 
common reader, though a retention of the old 
division in connection, as already noticed, is 
also convenient for reference and comparison. 
We regard all renderings of the Sacred Text in 
the light of so many commentaries on the word : 
and a comparison of these often serves to make plain 
what from any single rendering would be compara-
tively obscure. 
Of the accuracy of the rendering before us, we 
have not the requisite knowledge to be able to give 
a safe or reliable judgement. It needs to be passed 
upon in this particular by those who are skilled in 
this department of learning. As an illustration of 
the style, we copy the rendering of 
PSALM I. 
 
[The good man described and contrasted with the 
wicked.] 
Blessed is the man who has not walked in 
the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of 
sinners, nor sat in the seat of mockers, but in the 
law of Jehovah is his delight, and .on his law he 
meditates day and night ; and he shall be like a 
tree planted by streams of water, which shall yield 
its fruit in its time, and his leaf shall not wither, 
and all that he does shall prosper. 1-3. 
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff 
which a wind shall drive away ; therefore the wick-
ed shall not rise up at the judgment, nor sinners 
at the assembly of the righteous, for Jehovah knows 
the way of the righteous but the way of the wicked 
shall perish. 4-6." 
This rendering of the second paragraph, it will 
be seen, is in harmony with the teachings of the 
New Testament, of an order in the resurrection—
that of the just transpiring 1000 years before that of 
the wicked. The first view of those holding the 
common opinion of a simultaneous resurrection, 
would be that this rendering denies the resurrection 
of the wicked ; but it does so no more than Isaiah 
26: 14, which says : "They are dead, they shall not 
live : they are deceased, they shall not rise ;" and 
which teaches not the non-resurrection of the wick-
ed, but their non-resurrection at the same epoch and 
to the same honors that will crown the righteous. 
We are not prepared to say that we should en- 
dorse the notes of interpretation which are given by 
the author, which need to be duly weighed before 
any decision is affirmed of them. He has, however, 
some views of the degree of inspiration with which 
the several books are written that we have never 
entertained,and have no reason to suppose we should 
be inclined to adopt. Thus he regards "Ecclesias-
tes" as not written by Solomon, but by some pious 
Sadducee whose view of reward and punishment 
was limited to the present life, ignoring for all the 
dead any future reward, and making death an eter-
nal and unconscious sleep. And he attributes its 
origin to the time of the Asmonean princes. He 
thus regards it as teaching good morals, but would 
not refer to it for reliable doctrine. It is true that 
the same absolute stress laid upon it that denies 
consciousness to the dead, does equally affirm that 
"neither have they any more reward." Nor should 
we venture to quote it for the purpose of denying 
the express teachings of Christ and the Apostles. 
We think however it may be understood in harmo-
ny with their teachings—by interpreting some of its 
language not in an extreme but in a modified sense. 
Mr. Sawyer is very earnest and enthusiastic in 
his enterprise, and we are willing he should have a 
fair trial at the bar of enlightened criticism But 
we have not now sufficiently scanned this volume to 
be able to say how highly we might feel called to 
eulogize it ; nor, on the other hand, how severely 
we may yet feel called upon to criticise it. We 
trust, however, we shall be able to judge impartial-
ly, to he candid in specifying its merits, and to note 
any defects in a spirit of enlightened charity. 
We will procure it for any of our readers who 
may order it. Price $ 1 per vol. in muslin, 125 in 
Morrocco, per vol. Postage 13 cts. 
"THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST." This is an 
event the most momentous certainly that can be 
conceived—that we may now be looking for, though 
the exact time of its arrival, our Saviour says, was 
not known to himself, but to his Father only." 
Priestley. 
Entering into Life Mained. 
"And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off : it is bet-
ter for thee to enter into life maimed, than having 
two hands to go ihto hell, into the fire that never 
shall be quenched." Mark 9: 43. 
A writer in the "Home Missionary" relates the 
following painful circumstance attending a conver-
sion in August, 1861 : A few miles from me lives a 
Swede, a noble old man, who had been for some 
time a Secretary in the King's cabinet, and for six 
years a Speaker in one branch of the Swedish parlia-
ment. He sought a voluntary exile here, on ac-
count of. hatred raised against him for energetic 
measures against the established and in favor of free 
religion, as the State church was too exacting. The 
old man was reduced to poverty, so that he was 
obliged to take a gold medal, which he received in 
Sweden as a reward of his patriotism, to purchase a 
plough with. 
. Last summer, while at work in the sawmill here, 
he was caught on the saw and his left arm almost 
torn from his body. As soon as I heard of the acci-
dent, I hastened to his house and aided in dressing 
his wounds and attending him, while we sent sixty 
miles for a surgeon. His fond wife was frantic 
with grief ; yet in calm heroism lay the old hero 
with his mangled member resting on his side. We 
feared he would die before the surgeon came, and I 
was anxious to do something for his soul. 
1 could not talk fluently with him myself, so I 
rode in haste eight miles for a good Scandinavian 
brother, who labored with him faithfully all night, 
and in the morning the stern fortitude of this strong 
man softened into the calm serenity of the Chris-
tian's hope. It was a sublime spectacle—a great 
man lying on his lowly couch. He had no tears for 
his own bitter anguish ; he wept not at the agony of 
his loved companion ; but when the love of God 
flooded his soul, with streaming eyes and touching 
eloquence he spoke in broken language of his new-
found joys. It was the most eloquent sermon I ev-
er heard. 
His neighbors were assembled,and there was hard-
ly one who did not weep with him. At length, af-
ter thirty hours' waiting, the surgeon came ; his 
arm was amputated, and he lives, praising God's 
mercy in afflicting him, and quoting that passage 
which speaks of "entering into life mained." It 
was indeed a wonderful providence, sent on purpose 
for his soul's salvation. The saw on which he fell 
was checked,or he would have been sawn asunder.—
Home Missionary. 
The War. 
THE ADVEN 
ADVEN r HERALD. 
each name or address singly, as there is placed over 
it a newspaper or envelope. It works as rapidly 
as these can be successively "taken, placed over a 
name, receive the impression, and be laid aside ;" 
which is no longer than it would take to read the 
words in quotation. When the last name in any P. 
O. list is printed, a little bell rings to k indicate that 
the next block contains the name of the P. 0. to 
which that list of names is to be directed ; and then 
the operator, instead of putting under the platen a 
paper, as before, puts under a suitable wrapper; on 
which there are to be as many impressions made as 
the ringing is times repeated. 
. The blocks have one end of each, for the papers 
that go in blundles, and one of each alternate block 
for those that go m single wrappers, so beveled as to 
serve as the teeth of the ratchet by which they are 
moved, by a pall connected with the treadle that 
gives the feed motion,and so the blocks are presented 
and printed from, one or two at a time, as desired. 
And the whole process of directing moves along like 
clock-work. 
After a three months trial,and a carefullstudy of all 
other modes of newspaper directing,we are satisfied be- 
yond''a peradventure,that this device:is far superior to 
any.other one yet invented for this purpose. Its trial 
has been intirely satisfactory. The use of it changes 
the toil of newspaper directing to a pleasure ; in two 
hours it accomplishes with ease the arduous labor 
of as many days ; and it dispatches the work so rap- 
idly, accurately, ind beautifully, that we doubt not 
this device is destined to supercede every other one 
in use for this object. It is just the aid which the 
newspaper world has so long greatly desired and 
needed. We have had no occasion to clean out blocks 
while they have been in use, and anticipate no ne-
cessity for so doing,so long as the operater is careful 
in distributing and applying the ink to them, and 
inking them only so much as is needed. And the 
machine works in every respect admirably. 
The advantages of this device over others,and this 
over other modes of directing, are the following : 
Papers can be directed with greater ease, accu-
racy, distinctness and rapidity, than by any other 
process within our knowledge. 
It lessens the liability to the loss or miscarriage 
of papers—there being in writing a liability to over-
look any name in any week's writing, whilst in this 
each name must be presented in its order to give its 
impress on paper or envelope ; and in all pasting de-
vices there being a liability for the name to be rub-
bed off, or halved in cutting, which does not exist 
when printed directly on the paper. 
In comparison with the printing of addresses 
by the use of metal type, it is very economical—two 
hundred type-matrices being sufficient for any con-
bination of letters in newspaper addresses,and wood-
en blocks at one dollar and fifty cents a thousand be-
ing a durable and comparativly inexpensive material ; 
to say nothing of the lightness of the forms, and the 
little danger or little inconvenience of pi-ing gallies 
of blocks. 
The address thus made being with large raised 
letters, is much more neat and tasteful, than when 
printed with blocks where the letters are sunken ; is 
much larger and more distinct than can be nfforded 
with metal types ; and is much more accurate and 
uniform than they are liable to be when written ; for 
when once accurately prepared, the address will re-
main so indefinitely. 
This Director occupies but little space in the 
office ; it being not much larger than a common sew-
ing machine,which it some resembles, and the Cabi-
net occupying still less space. 
By the alphabetical arrangement of the blocks, 
and a corresponding arrangement of the books of 
account, any name or address can be readily turned 
to in either, with the same facility that a word may 
be found in a dictionary, or a name in a city direc-
tory, the name and P. 0. address being given. 
Any newspaper publisher wishing for any addi-
tional information in respect to this device or its 
working, we shall be happy to supply it. 
DECEASE OF DR. WOLFF. 
Rev. Joseph Wolff, D. D., the celebrated Jewish 
missionary, deceased at Taunton, England, on the 
5th of May, 1862. 
Tangible Evidence. 
The following note from a donor, is worth a vast 
number of merely empty compliments ; which will 
neither pay for paper, nor feed those who set type : 
"Bach Blass :—Please accept $5. The Herald is 
always welcome, I like your Christian liberality, 
your willingness to answer communications, and 
your spirit of kindness and of love to those who take 
exception to your views. This is the strongest evi-
dence of union with Him who loved his greatest 
enemies." 
It is always pleasant to merit the approval of an 
appreciative auditory ; but when the approval is evi- 
The "Celestial,' and "Terrestrial." 
BRO, BLISS :—Will you have the kindness to re-
mark on the 40th verse xv. chap. 1st Corinth : the 
celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial ; the glory of 
the celestial and the glory of the terrestrial. Does 
the Apostle speak of these in connection with the 
resurrection, or will there be a glory of God in the 
resurrection ? 
W. S. 
By "Celestial bodies," we understand the bodies 
of angels, in distinction from those of men, which 
are "terrestrial." The two are here affirmed to dif-
fer in a manner corresponding to the difference in 
the flesh of different orders of animals ; which last, 
though all flesh, are not the same kind of flesh. In 
other words, there is a great variety in the works of 
the Creator,which being all in harmony,is one great 
source of our enjoyment, which would soon cloy if 
limited to an eternal sameness. What the Apostle 
is showing to believers, is the great fact that the 
glory of the resurrection body will be vastly differ-
ent from that of our present mortal bodies—that as 
celestial bodies differ from terrestrial, so will the 
saints' immortal body from the mortal ; and as stars 
differ in brilliancy each from the other, even so may 
the saints in glory differ one from another, and yet 
all be glorious. 
It is not affirmed that our resurrection bodies 
will be "celestial" ; but the figure used is the simi-
ie, or comparison, by which the difference between 
our present and future is illustrated by that existing 
between the celestial and terrestrial ; and the differ-
ence between different glorified saints, by the differ-
ence in brilliancy between stars of difiering magni-
tudes. 
" The World's Crisis"—Plagiarism. 
"To be published monthly, with the expectation 
of making it a weekly paper, after the first month 
or two, and an extensively circulated family paper. 
J. L. Hopkins, Editor. San Francisco, California, 
May 7, 1861." 
The above is the initial of the first copy of a sheet 
we have received from California. We were about 
to say that this number is nearly filled with very 
able articles ; but that would sound somewhat ego-
tistical, when we add, as the truth demands, that 
after twenty-eight lines, headed "Salutatory," the 
entire paper,with the exception of advertisements, is 
filled up with the productions of our own pen, in a 
series of eleven articles, copied entire from our vol-
ume entitled "The Time of The End ;" which are 
reproduced in that paper, as if original, without 
any credit to the source from which they are thus 
surreptitiously copied. 
Such a beginning is notya favorable omen of the 
future. The publisher of a "World's Crisis," in 
this crisis of the world, should be sufficiently candid 
and truthful to give proper credit ; but when such 
wholesale plagiarism is practised, it is entirely inex-
plicable. 
Paradise Heaven. 
BRO. BLISS : — I find a difficulty in reconciling 
some passages of Scripture with my views of the state 
and place of the departed spirits of the just. The 
Saviour said to the penitent thief, "To-day shalt thou 
be with me in Paradise." If Paradise is the place 
for all the spirits of the just previous to the resur-
rection of the body,where is Paradise ? The Apostle 
Paul said he had a desire to depart and to be with 
Christ. Is Christ now in Paradise ? or is he where 
Stephen saw him ," seated on the right hand of God" ? 
or is Paradise and the Throne of God one and the 
same place? 
If I am in an error please to correct. 
Yours, in the truth, 
SAMUEL JACKSON. 
Bath, Maine, June, 12. 
Stephen saw Christ, doubtless, only in a vision,as 
he was revealed to John in Patmos, and to Paul on 
his way to Damascus. We make a distinction be-
tween Paradise and Heaven, which we think was 
very happily expressed by John Wesley, when he 
said : "Paradise is not heaven, but it is the ante-
chamber of heaven." Christ is unquestionably in 
heaven. It is equally true that He is in Paradise. 
But that does not necessarily identify Paradise as 
heaven, any more than he declared this world to be 
heaven when he spoke of himself when on earth, as 
"in the bosom of the Father," John 1: 18 ; and 
of being also still "in heaven," John 3: 13. And 
though now in heaven, he will never fail of 
being with his people on the earth to the end of 
time. To suppose Christ,therefore,to be at the same 
time on earth, in Paradise and in heaven, is only to 
attribute to him that Omnipresence which is essen-
tial to his Divinity. "Do,I not fill heaven and earth, 
saith the Lord ?" (Jer. 23: 24). We can only re-
spond, "If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there : 
if I make my bed in Sheol,'' the abode of the depar-
ted, "Thou art there." Psa. 139: 8. As the Bible 
thus affirms Him to be in both places,and yet makes 
a distinction between the two, we find no difficulty 
with it so long as we admit Christ's Divinity. And 
when he shall again visibly manifest himself on earth, 
while his persence on earth will be more apparent 
and manifest, and personal, we suppose he will also 
then as now be still in heaven, and in all the worlds 
of his creative wisdom. 
The condition of affairs remain much as at our 
last issue. Our army occupies a front of about ten 
miles before Richmond, and at some parts of the line 
it is said the church spires of that city are visible, 
and the striking of their clocks distinctly heard by 
the pickets. The most sad event of the week is the 
follow : 
"Memphis, June 19. The gunboat Conestoga has 
arrived with dispatches containing the particulars 
of the engagement at the rebel fortificatians below 
St. Charles, 85 miles up White river. On the 17th 
the gunboats St. Louis, Mound City, Lexington 
and transport New National, having on board the 
46th Indiana regiment, Col. Fitch, which left here 
a week ago to open communication with Gen.Curtis' 
army and remove the obstructions from White river, 
ascended that stream. The gunboat Mound City, 
Capt. Kelley commanding, was about a mile and a 
haif in advance, in the bend in the river near St. 
Charles, when two concealed batteries opened on the 
Mound City. , Her decks were immediately cleared 
for action, and soon as the range o: the works was 
obtained the guns opened fire. Cpat. Kelley signaled 
Col. Fitch to land his force below the fort, which 
was successfully accomplished. The gunboat Lexing-
ton and St. Louis shelled the works, under cover of 
which Col. Fitch gained the rear of the rebel posi-
tion. 
At this juncture a ball from a siege gun on the 
bluff struck the forward and port side of the Mound 
City, penetrating the casemate, and passed through 
the steam drum. The vessel was filled with escap-
ngvapor. Ne trly every one on board was scalded. 
Only 23 of the officers and crew,out of 175, escaped 
from injuries. The scene which ensued was horrible. 
Many of the crew frantic with pain, jumped over-
board, and some were drowned. The boats from the 
Conestoga,which was coming up at the time to sup-
port the Mound City, were sent to their relief, but 
the rebels fired on the men in the water with grape 
and cannister from their field pieces,murdering most 
who were trying to escape. Being apprised of the 
state of affairs in the river, Col. Fitch's regiment 
pushed forward and carried the fort by storm at the 
poiut of the bayonet. The rebel work consisted of 
two batteries,the lower one mounting six field pieces, 
and the upper three heavy siege grins, managed by 
from 300 to 400 men under the commanc of Col. 
Frye, late of the U. q. navy. About 200 men are 
said to have escaped. Over 150 are reported killed 
and wounded; and 30 taken prisoners." 
The French in Mexico. 
We regret to find the rumor confirmed in our for-
eign papers that the Emperor of the French designs 
an extended occupation of Mexico, with a view to 
overturn the present government of the country. It 
is affirmed, on apparently good authority, that the 
city of Mexico is to be occupied under every contin-
gency until October, or the return of the healthy 
season, when sufficient reinforcements will take po-
session of every strategic position. Almonte is to be 
placed in power as provisional President,and then at 
the proper time,with the protection of French bayo-
nets, the Austrian prince, the Archduke Maximil-
ian, is to be chosen permament ruler. France will 
finally take her pay for these services in a slice of 
Mexican territory, probably the province of Sonora. 
Such is the programme attributed in various quar-
ters to France,and which receives some countenance 
from the course of her officers in Mexico. Spain and 
Fngland have withdrawn from active co-operation 
in the scheme, though it is manifest that both are 
not disposed to see it carried out by France. The 
London Times openly expresses the desire to witness 
the location of a strong French army on the table 
lands of Mexico. Still, the prospect is not wholly 
satisfactory to the parties concerned. While it was 
generally believed that the American Union was dis-
solved, this plan was in favor; but sinoe the an-
nouncement of the capture of New Orleans, the tide 
has turned. 
Leading French papers now say that on the res-
toration of the Union, the American Government 
will not endure this occupancy of contiguous terri-
tory by a foreign government and this high-handed 
exercise of authority,so menacing to the States ; and 
hence the prosecution of the scheme will surely re-
sult in a war between France and the United States. 
So great has been the change of public opinion in 
Paris in this respect that many believe the Emperor 
Napoleon will speedily extricate himself from the 
predicament in which he has become involved. If, 
also, the news of a defeat of the French forces in 
Mexico, which we have lately had, and now con-
firmed, may tend to a revision and final abandon-
ment of this singular project. 
QUEEN VICTORIA VISITING THE SICK.—The follow 
lowing anecdote is related of Queen Victoria : 
"The incumbent of Osborne had occasion to visit 
an aged parishioner. Upon his arrival at the house, 
as he entered the door where the invalid was,he saw 
sitting by the bedside a lady in deep mourning,read-
ing the Word of God. He was about to retire, when 
the lady remarked, 'Pray remain. I should not wish 
the invalid to lose the comfort which a clergyman 
might afford.' The lady retired, and the clergyman 
found lying on the bed a book with texts of Scrip-
ture adapted to the sick ; and he found that out of 
that book portions of Scripture had been read by 
the lady in black. That lady was the Queen of Eng-
land. 
SICKNESS.—Sickness should teach us what a vain 
thing the world is ; what a vile thing sin is ; what 
a poor thing man is ; and what a precious thing an 
interest in Christ is. —',Mrs. Savage. 
denced by a tangible reality,we are assured that the 
approval is heartfelt. 
We hope ever, while we are decided in our own 
views of truth and duty, to be able to respect all 
honest differences in others. The Bible, and not our 
own wishes, is our only standard of truth ; and 
when we find others honestly differing in their views 
of its teachings, it give us pleasure to point out 
wherein we conceive them to be in error ; but as we 
do not feel responsible for other's belief, and only 
for our own teachings, it does not disturb us in ti e 
least-to find brethren widely differing with the view 
we inculcate. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
power. Dan. 7 : 25. 2. The sackcloth state of the 
two witnesses. Rev. 11: 2. Reliable expositors are 
agreed in giving to this 1260 years a connection and 
a common commencement with the 1290 and 1335 
years. They are understood to relate to each other, 
and are part of the longer period of the 1336, each of 
which have an important event connected with their 
termination. 
(To be continued.) 
From Sister Mary Green. 
BRO. BLISS, — DEAR SIR : Times are very hard 
here. 1 have tried to get some of my neighbors to 
send for the Herald. They like the paper, and 
would subscribe if they could pay for it. It is a 
good paper. I know the worth of it. I have taken 
it since '43. I do not know how I could do with-
out it. It does me good to hear how the Advent 
cause prospers. We have no Advent preaching 
here, and no other kind of any account. The har-
vest truly is great, and the laborers are few. 0, 
that the Lord would send some of his servants to 
preach the word to the people away out here in 
Kansas ! 0, it would do me so much good to hear 
a good Advent sermon ! The paper and the Bible 
are all the Advent preaching I have. There is no 
one here to sympathize with me in the coming of 
Christ. I hope and pray it may Rot be long until 
the Lord will send his servants this way to preach 
his word unto us. 
I remain your sister in the Lord, 
MARY GREEN. 
Riley, Kansas. May 18, 1862. 
The word vanity is used in the sense of frailty ; 
motality ; and, by consequence, suffering. 
God only could subject it to these, the effect of 
voilated laws. 
Especially He only could subject it in 'hope." 
Adam could only subject it in despair. 
If the "creature," or "creation," as the same 
word is rendered, means the material world, then 
Adam could not subject it to "vanity" or "hope." 
In Yarmouth, Me. 
5. If it means the animal world, as I think from 
It will be noticed by my numerous correspondents the whole scope of the context, then Adam could sub-
ject it to vanity instrumentally,but could give them 
no "hope." But it is the same one evidently who 
gives it the hope that " made it subject to vanity." 
The material world has no "earnest expecta-
tion," or "waiting" for our deliverance. Nor dues 
it groan and travail in pain. 
The creatures do, and bear it with much pa-
tience, till God, who subjected them to this bondage 
and pain, delivers them. 
Some refer it to the gentile world, but errone- 
ously. For they no more suffer pain, vanity, bond-
age, than the Jews ; and they received the first fruits 
of the spirit,as well as Jews,when they believed ; and 
they will not be delivered from the bondage of cor-
ruption at the manifestation of the sons of God 
unless they believe and receive the spirit. But the 
" creation" is represented as waiting to be deliver-
ed, at that time, as well as " we ourselves who re-
ceive the first fruits of the Spirit." 
That the creatures were made subject to suffering, 
not voluntarily, or by their own gin, is evident ; but 
by God, who bath done it for wise ends, tempora-
rily, and in hope of a speedy deliverance to a liberty 
and glory appropriate to the restitution or new cre-
ation. Then they shall be in bondage to corruption 
(corrupt man) no longer. We, even the saints, 
groan and suffer, notwithstanding our conversion, 
till the redemption of our body, or the resurrection. 
And the hope of this saves us, or keeps us alive to 
our duty, and restrains us from sinning ; that we 
may make sure of such a great and eternal state of 
glory and joy. 
Yours truly, D. I. ROBINSON. 
Brooksville, Vt. June 4, 1862. 
MY JOURNAL. 
TOUR CONTINUED IN CANADA WEST. 
Tuesday, April 13. Bro. Crooken took Bro. Simp-
son and myself from Townsend to Brantford, and at 
two P. M. we separated from Bro. Crooken, he re-
turning home. We had enjoyed a very precious 
visit together, and worked in the Lord's vineyard in 
the utmost harmony. The parting was touching ; 
we both wept. True Christian sympathy and friend-
ship has not yet left the earth. I thank Bro C. for 
his practical sympathy and Christan love, as also 
that of his noble partner, who is a whole hearted 
Adventist and every day Christian. Bro. Simpson 
also parted with me here. He took the car for Lon-
don, and I for Acton. Bro. S. has shown me ev-
ery attention, and given me a liberal support in my 
tour in Canada West. A more kind and genial soul 
I have seldom met. He took me in his own convey-
ance to most of my appointments, and rendered me 
valuble assistance. He has rare natural gifts, and 
with self culture and close study of the word will 
become an efficient minister of Christ. He will be 
remembered among my faithful friends in the 
Lord. 
By a misdirection of those who ought to have 
known better, I went to Stratford, sixty miles out of 
my way, in going to Acton. So I put up at the 
hotel, and then looked about to find some of the "seed 
of Abraham" who were looking for a "heavenly 
land," but found none. I went in the evening to 
the Wesleyan prayer meeting, and took part, by the 
request of the Pastor. It was an unusual good time. 
A model prayer meeting, both in the form, and 
spirit. I scattered some light,and the next A. M., 
April 16, went on my way to Acton, and arrived in 
the early part of the day: where I was most cordial-
ly received by my old friends Bro. and Sister Adam 
Dickson of the old '43 stamp. I was at the house 
and ready for work at once. At 7 P. M. I addressed 
a fine appreciative audience on the ten virgins, 
Matt. 25, 1-10. It was a good beginning for the 
series of meetings that were to follow. The meet-
ings were continued five days, and over the Sab-
bath, with an increasing interest. The Sabbath,our 
last day, was a triumphant one. The truth took 
hold of many hearts. My subjects were the histor-
ical and prophetical periods, the signs, and the pre-
paration for the kingdom. I gave them the argu-
ment in full for 1868, showing that it did not rest 
upon any one of the periods, but upon all—both the 
historic and prophetic times—that are susceptable 
of a harmonious termination. 
The historical period of 6000 is shown by some 
bible students to terminate somewhere between the 
years of 1862, and 1880. And as none can with 
the chasms and interregnums in the Bible account of 
the age of the world determine the positive year of its 
close,we must look to other means of knowledge for 
anything definite on this point. For example : We 
may look to the symbolical periods,which are given 
with more definiteness, for light by which to deter-
mine the close of this more dubious period. We 
may take the periods of 1260, 1290, and 1335 
years, to settle the point of the termination of the 
6000. As the 1335 years bring us to the end of the 
dispensation when Daniel " shall stand in his lot," 
in the "resurrection of the just," and the "rest," 
or "Sabbath," of the people of God, these periods 
will terminate together and bring the same event. 
If then the 6000 years may not be determined with 
positiveness by the history and chronology of the 
Bible, which relate to that subject ; if we, on the 
other hand, can determine the time when the 1335 
will terminate,we shall have light on the termination 
of the 6000 years, — for whenever these shall end 
Daniel "will stand in his lot," and all the just shall 
"enter into the rest [or Sabbath] that remains to 
the people of God." 
In the same way (what may be considered dubi-
ous about the " Seven Times " or 2520 years) we 
may determine their close : these longer periods re-
ceiving light by their connection with the shorter 
and more positive ones. 
The argument, in brief, is this : The 1260 days 
are years. 1 They measure the length of the papal 
From Bro. Ebenezer Dudley. 
BRO. BLISS : — I have been a constant reader of 
the Advent Herald from its first publication up to 
the present time. I formerly supposed the world's 
conversion was to be accomplished by the preaching 
of the gospel. After hearing the Advent doctrine I 
soon found that I was holding views not substan-
tiated by the word of the Lord. I found 'it written 
that in the last days perilous times shall come, that 
the wheat and tares shall grow together until the 
harvest, and that the harvest is at the end of the 
world. I continued to search for more light ; and 
found it written in the 4th of Malachi, 5th verse : 
" Behold. I will send you Elijah the prophet before 
the coming of the great and dreadful day of the 
Lord." I had not yet found where this prophet of 
the Lord had yet come, and contented myself that 
it was useless to be talking about the coming of the 
Lord until this prophet first came. But after search-
ing the scriptures, I found it written : And if ye 
will believe it, this is that Elias which was to come. 
" But I say unto you, that Elias is come already, 
and they knew him not, but have done unto him 
whatsoever they listed : likewise shall also the Son 
of man suffer of them. Then the disciples under-
stood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist." 
Matt. 17 : 12, 13. 
The next prophet which is to come is the Lord 
Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords. " And 
unto them that look for him shall he appear the 
second time without sin unto salvation." " See that 
ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of 
the Lord." " Be ye like unto servants that wait 
for their lord," etc., etc. 
That our position, in embracing the Advent faith 
and in looking fur the return of the nobleman, is 
true, I have no doubt ; but my greatest griefs have 
been from the evil ones that have sprung up in our 
midst and turned the truth of God into lascivious-
ness. Our chapel here in Wallingford lies desolate ; 
the sheep of the flock have been scattered; our 
harps hang upon the willows. Our last minister 
who preached to us has shouldered his musket and 
gone into the war, prefering carnal weapons to 
those which are mighty through God to the pull-
ing down of the strongholds of Satan. I praise the 
Lord that he has not called his people to fight with 
instruments of death ; or to be like Cain, who slew 
his brother. The motto for the Christian is, Thou 
.shalt not kill. And love worketh no ill to his neigh- 
bor. See, then, that we walk circumspectly, not 
as fools, but as wise ; redeeming the time, because 
the days are evil. 
EBENEZER DUDLEY. 
Wallingford, Ct. May 19, 1862. 
Our brother Dudley, in paying for his Herald, al- 
ways has a mite for the A. M. A. ED. 
From Bro. II. Woodbury. 
BRO. BLISS : — 1 think I am one of your oldest 
subscribers, having read the Herald a good many 
years. When I left New Hampshire, two years 
since, I ordered it stopped, as I knew not, in my 
temporary wanderings, where I might locate. After 
laboring in the Rocky mountains one season I re-
turned to this place, where I am now only tempo-
rarily. Some time last fall I requested my son to 
pay one dollar, and have it directed to me again. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of be Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
I have received it since very regularly, in about one 
week after it goes to press. I have ever felt a strong 
interest in the subject it advocates, and hope it will 
be continued. 
Very respectfully and hopefully your brother, in 
hope of redemption, 
HENRY WOODBURY. 
Leavenworth, Kansas. May 26, 1862. 
and friends that my P. 0. address is changed, from 
Richmond, to Yarmouth. By remembering this you 
will save many letters from being subjected to extra 
postage, and." shall get them sooner. In the provi-
dence of God I am moved to this place, hoping 
thereby to be able to do the most with the least phy-
sical labor. The injury I received two years ago 
has -deprived me of my usual ability to travel and 
earn my support. Therefore 1 must conform to such 
circumstances as seem to indicate duty. I have left 
a good society of brethren and sisters, who are very 
dear to me. They are among the best associates I 
ever had, and are endeared to me by many tokens 
of kindness. We have toiled and suffered in the faith 
and hope of Jesus soon coming, and enjoyed many 
blessings together in the Lord, in the love and fel-
lowship of the gospel ; and we hope to dwell with 
them in the kingdom of God. We are favored 
here, also, with a good society of kind and faithful 
brethren and sisters, whom we love in the Lord, and 
with whom we hope to enjoy the smiles of our bless-
ed Saviour in unitedly laboring for the advancement 
of his cause. But I can feel but litte hope of ever 
being able again to engage• in the work as I 
have done. It has subjected me to some of the 
most severe trials I ever had, to realize my physical 
weakness, and contemplate that I could not travel 
and "sound the alarm," and preach "the gospel of 
the kingdom," as formerly. I am scarcely able to 
do anything. It seems hard for me to be reconciled 
to do nothing ; but God knows best. This may be 
the furnace I need. May the Lord do with me what 
seemeth him good ; only save me from sin, and give 
me eternal life at last, through Jesus Christ, my 
Lord. 
Brethren pray for me, that my faith fail not. 
Yours in Christ, still looking for his return, 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
Yarmouth, Me., June, 3d 1862. 
From Bro. Thomas Brown. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS : — Times are middling hard 
with me ; and I have united in church fellowship 
with the Seventh-Day Adventists, who through the 
blessing of God have built up a church in McCon-
nel's Grove, numbering twenty souls, who have cov-
enanted together to keep the commandments and 
faith of Jesus. I feel to rejoice in the present truth. 
And I hope, under existing circumstances, that 
there will be no ill feeling betwixt me and my peo-
ple and those that I have stood identified with since 
1850. I feel satisfied that Adventists have among 
them the present truth ; and therefore let brotherly 
love abound, ever trying to exhibit the spirit of our 
Master towards each other. I shall ever feel thank-
ful for the blessings I have received in reading the 
Advent Herald ; and I conclude, while it pursues 
the course it has in the past, that I will, through 
the blessing of God, be a subscriber. 
As ever, yours, THOMAS BROWN. 
McConnel's Grove, Stephenson Co., Ill. June 3, 
1862. 
There should be no reason why differing views 
may not be freely discussed in a Christian spirit. 
ED. 
Maine Mission Fund. 
As we are now entered on the last quarter of the 
year of our Maine Mission enterprise, and wish to be 
settling up our accounts, and pay our bills before 
the annual Conference, preparatory for a new effort, 
we suggest to those of our brethren and friends who 
have subscribed and not yet paid, that it will aid us 
much by each one putting the amount subscribed in 
a letter and sending it by mail to me, at Yarmouth. 
W here several are in arrears in a place, just put 
your mite together, and let one send it all in one 
letter. Bro. Fassett will visit some of the places 
where you reside, and labor some ; but it is not cer-
tain to what extent, nor when. We are hoping to 
see this Mission live through these depressing times, 
and the hearts of the brethren encouraged to renew-
ed efforts for the coming year. 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
Yarmouth, Me., June, 4th 1862. 
From Bro. Richard R. Hall. 
MY DEAR BRo. Blass : — I had rather have one 
Advent Herald than all the preaching I have heard 
here for seven years past. When I hear the minis-
ter of the gospel telling the people that the kingdom 
of heaven is one thing and the kingdom of God is 
another thing, or that we receive the kingdom of 
God into our hearts when we are converted, I wish 
they were obliged to hear one good Advent sermon. 
I have been to a funeral to-day ; and 0, what a 
sermon ! The preacher said nothing about the com-
ing of Christ, but told how bad Jacob felt when the 
Egyptians sent for Benjamin. lie never said one 
word about the same body coming up. 0, how glo-
rious it looks to me to think that the same body is 
coming up again. 0 for the pure walk that I must 
have before my God in order to be ready for that 
great day. " Great peace have they that love thy 
law, and nothing shall offend them." 
I have been thinking that my threescore years 
were almost fled and like an evening gone, and what 
is done must be done quickly. I shall never be sat-
isfied except the Holy Spirit is reigning in my heart; 
this will I seek if God permits. Tell the brethren 
and sisters, Bro. Bliss, that Bro. Hill is striving to 
serve the Lord, not only in form, but in spirit and 
in truth. I have been trying to pray for all men ; 
not only for our brethren and the soldiers in the 
army, but for the secession rebels, — that the Lord 
would let them have one glimpse of sight at the 
walls of the New Jerusalem, and see if they would 
not turn to the Lord and seek salvation, and sound 
the praise of his dear name. 
R. R. HILL. 
Waukesha, VVis. June 8, 1862. 
Married, by Rev. John A. Heagy, Wednesday, 
June 4, Mr. GEORGE W. GILBERT to Miss REBECCA 
J. MOON, both of Morrissville, Bucks county, Pa., 
and members of Messiah's Church. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, of brain disease, in Townsend, Canada 
West, May 22, Bro. JAMES WASHINGTON CROOKER, 
aged 38 years, 1 month, 14 days. Bro. C. expe-
rienced religion at the early age of ten years, and 
united with the Methodist church in West Flam-
boro, where he continued an humble and devoted 
Christian until the year A. D. 1843, when the 
church granted him license as an exhorter in their 
connection. During that year he heard and em-
braced the glorious news of the second coming of 
Christ, of which he was a warm advocate until his 
death. He was taken sick the 8th of May, and in 
about a week typhoid fever set in, which terminated 
From Bro. D. 1. Robinson. 
BRO. BLISS :—I saw a question in the Herald a 
few weeks since concerning the "him" in the 20th 
verse of the 8th of Romans, and which in the answer 
was refered to "Adam," which I thought erroneous. 
I think it refers to God. 
11. 
in his death on the 22d. He was a kind and affec-
tionate father ; and is missed by his numerous 
friends, and the Advent church over which he pre-
sided. He leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn 
their loss. The funeral sermon was preached on the 
Sabbath, in the Methodist chapel (which was filled 
to overflowing), by Bro. R. Burtenshaw ; who, with 
the assistance of Elder Campfield, spoke to the be-
reaved friends from Job xix. 25, 26, 27. But we 
sorrow not without hope, believing that soon they 
that sleep in Jesus God will bring with him. 
G. A. CR00KER. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS : - It becomes my duty to re-
cord the death of our beloved sister LUELTA DANEY, 
of Kincardine, C. W., who departed to be with 
Christ on the 4th inst., aged 32 years, 8 months. 
Her disease was inflammation of the lungs, which 
after an illness of about seven days proved fatal. 
The deceased was a daughter of brother John and 
sister Pearce, formerly of Pickering, C. W., but 
now residing near the town of Brantford. Sister 
Daney has been a member of the church for a num-
ber of years, and a firm believer in the personal 
reign of Christ. She loved the blessed tidings of his 
near return. 
It pleased God previous to her illness to show her 
that the time of her departure was at hand. She 
dreamed that her husband was sick, that she was 
attending him, and that by some means they got 
parted. As soon as she was taken ill she said to 
her husband, My dream has come. I am sick, and 
You are attending me. I am going to be taken, 
and you will be left. We are going to be parted. 
She suffered much pain during her illness ; but 
seemed to be resigned to her lot, and bore it with 
great patience. She spent much of her time in 
prayer and meditation, oft addressing her husband, 
beseeching him to be more devoted to God, so as to 
be ready for any dispensation of his providence. 
On Monday evening she sung her favorite hymn : 
There's power in Jesus dying love 
To bring you home to glory. 
About the last words she spoke were, " Glory, 
glory, glory ; I am going home," - and fell asleep 
in Jesus. Previous to her death she said to those 
that stood round her bed, My dear parents will be 
here to attend my funeral (which, in the providence 
of God, proved to be true). During her illness sev-
eral letters had been posted to her parents, to inform 
them that her life was despaired of; yet up to 
Wednesday evening, the day she died, none had 
been received by them, But as they had long an-
ticipated going to Kincardine, to visit Bro. Daney 
and family, on Thursday morning, 5th June, ac-
cording to previous arrangements, brother and sister 
Pearce, and daughter, in company with the writer, 
took the cars at Brantford for Goderish ; at which 
place we arrived about 5 P. M. No boat leaving 
Goderish for Kincardine that evening, we stayed all 
night with Bro. Clark and mother, of like precious 
faith. Friday, about 3 P. M., we went on board 
the steamer Kaloolah, and sailed for Kincardine. 
The day was calm, and all was pleasant around us ; 
and the thought of 'soon greeting the friends on the 
other shore, with the expectation of spending a few 
weeks with them, filled our hearts with joy. But, 
alas ! the messenger of death came. A lady from 
Kincardine, with whom I had some previous ac-
quainted, appeared on board the steamer, and, sup-
posing we knew of the circumstance, spoke of our 
going to attend the funeral of sister Daney. At 
this moment our joy was turned into sorrow. 0 ! 
how changed the scene appeared. Here were father, 
mother, and sister, going with joyful hearts to visit 
a dear relative whom the later had not seen for more 
than three years. The breast, that was calm and 
composed, now heaves with sighs, and expresses grief 
and bitter lamentation ; the eye, that sparkled with 
joy and gladness, is now flooded with tears. 0 ! 
when will this weeping time be over, and the joyful 
morn appear that will bring back the loved ones so 
dear ? 
A few hours passed slowly by, when we arrived 
at the port of destination ; and on the following 
day we-met at the house of Bro. Daney, at 3 P. M. 
The introductory services were conducted by Rev. 
Mr. Gilbert, of the P. M. church. Then a sermon 
Was preached by the writer, from 1 Cor. 15 : 51 -.55 ; 
after which the following favorite hymn of Sister 
Daney's was sung : 
" 0 ! sinner, come without delay, 
And seek a home in glory," etc. 
The service being ended, her remains were conveyed 
to the village burying ground, followed by a large 
number of sympathizing friends, and deposited in 
their mother dust, awaiting the sound of the last 
trump, 
Sister Daney leaves behind her a kind husband 
and five small children (the youngest of whom is 
nearly three months old), to mourn the loss of a 
dear wife and a loving mother ; also a father and 
mother, sisters and brothers, to mourn the loss of 
an affectionate daughter and sister. There is great 
reason to hope in the death of our departed sister 
that, though she is absent from the body, she is 
present with the Lord. On the following Monday, 
in company with Bro. J. Barker, we took our leave 
of Bro. Pearce and family, as they sailed from Kin-
cardine harbor with weeping eyes and sorrowing 
hearts, because Luelya is not. The Lord comfort 
all the bereft ones in this hour of sore trial. how 
blessed will be that land where the inhabitant will 
no more say I am sick, and where the tears shall be 
wiped from the eyes of them that weep. 
S. K. LAKE. 
P. S. The above was written in the lonely 
woods, about ten miles northeast of Kincardine. 
My palace is the green leafy temple ; my writing 
stand is a beech log, upheaved by the raging tem-
pest ; my companions are the little feathered song-
sters, warbling out their little songs of melody and 
praise. How sweet it is to be alone with Jesus, 
where we can meditate upon his works and antici-
pate the day when there shall be no more curse. 
The creature, also, shall be delivered from the bond-
age of corruption into the glorious liberty of the 
children of god. How forcibly these words were 
brought to my mind while writing these lines. The 
little birds were singing sweetly around, as though 
they would fain cheer me with their little songs, 
when suddenly the dread monster hawk appeared in 
their midst, and all was hushed in a moment. How 
true that the whole creation groaneth and is in pain 
together. The inhabitants of the earth, air, and 
sea all suffer on account of man's transgression. 
S. K. LAKE. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Memoirs of William Miller. 
By the author of the Time of the End-excepting 
the first three chapters, which were by the pen of 
another. pp. 426. Price, post paid, 75 cts. 
Few men have been more diversely regarded than 
William Miller. While those who knew him, es-
teemed him as a man of more than ordinary mental 
power, as a cool, sagacious and honest reasoner, an 
humble and devoted Christian, a kind and affection-
ate friend, and a man of great moral and social 
worth ; thousands, who knew him not, formed opin-
ions of him anything but complimentary to his in-
telligence and sanity. It was therefore the design 
of this volume to show him to the world as he was 
-to present him as he appeared in his daily walk 
and conversation, to trace the manner in which he 
arrived at his conclusions, to follow him into his 
closet and places of retirement, to unfold the work-
ings of his mind through a long series of years, and 
scan closely his motives. These things are Awn of 
him by large extracts from his unstudied private 
correspondence, by his published writings, lig nar-
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conception, and various reminiscences of interest in 
connection with his life. 
The revivals of religion which attended his labors, 
are here testified to by those who participated in 
them ; and hundreds of souls, it is believed,will ever 
regard him as a means, under God, of their conver-
sion. The attention given to his arguments caused 
many minds, in all denominations, to change their 
views of the millennial state ; and as the christian 
public learn to discriminate between the actual po-
sition of Mr. Miller, and that which prejudice has 
conceived that he occupied, his memory will be 
much more justly estimated. The following notice 
of this volume is from the "Theological and Liter. 
ary Journal." 
This volume is worthy of a perusal by all who 
ake an interest in the great purposes God has re-
vealed respecting the future government of the 
world. If the first chapters descend to a detail of 
incidents that are of little moment, and betray a 
disposition to exaggerate and over-paint, the main 
portion of the memoir, which is occupied with the 
history of his religious life, is not chargeable with 
that fault, and presents an interesting account of 
his studies, his opinions, his lectures, his disap-
pointments, and his death, and frees him from many 
of the injurious imputations with which he was as-
sailed during his last years. He was a man of vig-
orous sense, ardent, resolute, and upright; he had 
the fullest faith in the Scriptures as the word of 
God, and gave the most decided evidence that he 
understood and felt the power of their great truths. 
Instead of the ambitiousness of a religions dema-
gogue, he was disinterested ; his great aim in his 
advent 
 His de- 
meanor, on the confutation of his calculations re-
specting the advent, was such as might be expected 
from an upright man. Instead of resorting to sub-
terfuges to disguise his defeat, he frankly confessed 
his error, and while he lost faith in himself, retain-
ed his trust undiminished in God, and endeavored 
to guard his followers from the dangers to which 
they were exposed, of relapsing into unbelief, or 
losing their interest in the great doctrine of Christ's 
premillennial coming. 
A Volume for the Times. 
"THE TIME OF THE END." 
This volume of over 400 pages, compiled by the 
present editor of the Advent Herald and published 
in 1856,treats "the time of the end," (Dan. 12: 9,) 
as a prophetic period preceding the end ; during 
which there was predicted to be a wonderful in-
crease of knowledge respecting the prophecies and 
periods that fill up the future of this world's dura-
tion, to the final consummation. 
It presents various computations of the times of 
Daniel and John ; copies Rev. E. B. Elliott's view 
of "our present position in the prophetic calen-
dar," with several lectures by Dr. Cumming, and 
gives three dissertations on the new heavens and the 
new earth, by Drs. Chalmers, Hitchcock, and Wes 
ley. To this is added "The Testimony of more than 
One Hundred Witnesses," of all ages of the church, 
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testing the indefatigable investigation and research-
es of its compiler."-Boston Daily Atlas. 
"This book is of real value, as a history of opin-
ions, as a chronological instructer, and as a compil-
ation of able articles on prophecy."-Hartford Re-
ligious Herald. 
"It contains a great number of opinions, by va-
rious divines, bearing on the time of then d."-
Chris. Intelligencer. 
"It teaches essentially the same important doe-
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American Baptist. 
"A great abundance of materials for the prosecu-
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"The writer shows that he has studied his sub-
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of no single volume in which he will find it so well 
done, as in this."-Portland Transcript. 
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T T progress in the healing art. It is adapted to all the 
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Every farmer should have it for horses ; for the cure of 
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From Mr. Morris Fuller, of North Creek, N. Y. : "We 
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Its effect in this case was also favorable." 
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Among other things I knew a lady who was cured of a 
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Mrs. Glover, East Merrimack street, Lowell, was cured 
of a bad case of piles by the rise of one box of the Salve 
ofMr. Farrington, a wealthy merchant and manufacturer 
Lowell, was relieved of piles which had afflicted him 
for many years, and remarked to a friend that it was worth 
a hundred dollars a box for piles. 
Miss Harriet Morrill, of East Kingston, N. H., says : "I 
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From Dr. Geo. Pierce, Lowell : " Your Golden Salve is 
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From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn.: " You' 
Golden Salve is a great thing for chilblains. I have also 
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sore nipples. Its effect was, a speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., says : " I have several 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
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and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE. GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast •, another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who bad a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have usedyour 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom- 
mend it to be. 
J. V. HIMES. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13-pd to jan 1 '62 
For sale at this office. 
DANIEL CAMPBELL, 
GENERAL AGENT. 
P. 0. address, Carlisle, C. W. 
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relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland st., 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
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THE ADMEN T HERALD. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
6YLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer, 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
 
 years ago he was worth sixty thousand and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
"FEED MY LAMBS."--JOhll 21:15. wine with a friend ! That glass of wine 
again, but still he would take a glass of 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
was but the gate that let in the flood. Six six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
that purpose. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
BOSTON. JUNE 28, 1802. dollars. Yesterday he borrowed the sum We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
 
 
 of fifty dollars to pay his mother's funeral of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
My Mother's Song. expenses ! That poor mother bore up as Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, Pa 
5 00 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton„ t ....................Loo 
long as she could. She saw her son —her Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa .... .... . , .. ..... 2.00 
 
' darling boy,' as she always called him— mill. Aid Society in Providence, R.I 
 .16.30 
brought home drunk many times. And 
,PPaa.... . :49..0500 
Millennial Aid, Society in SNhieiw.emKainnsgtsotwownn, 
ldanNeh. ard, Barre, Vt .... .... .... .... .... .. LOU 
she even bore blows from him ! But now Ls.loBy Watkins, Toronto, C. W .... .... .............91..2 
she is at rest. Her ' darling boy ' wore Church in Newburyport 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landino. N. J. 
2 00 
' 
her life away, and brought her gray hairs Josiah Voce, Westford, Mass. (" or more") 2 00 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass .... .... .... .. 2.00 
in sorrow down to the grave. 0, I hope Church in Stanstead, C. E 
1.00 
-
:15.0000 
Joel Cowee, Gardner, Mass .... .... .. .... . 
this may reform him !" 
W 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C. 
" But his wife?" I asked. 
H. B. Eaton, M.D., Rockport, Me ..... ........ ... 5.00 
Edward Matthews, Middlebury, ,O, .... .... .... ..1 00 
" Her heavenly love has held her up Mrs. F. Beckwith, " 
Mary Jane 
 Harrisburg, Pa..., .... —.5.00 
le 
Mrs.
s 0. W. 
thus far, but she is only the shadow of the Miss o. 
 Johnson, Vt .... .......7 .... .... 1.25 
wife she was six years ago," he returned. Mrs. Mary Ann Dowd, New Haven, Vt .... ........ '5.00 
Alexander Wattles, Troy, Mich., 
• 1.• 00 
My informant was deeply affected, and We leave a blank space here, which it is desirable to see 
so was I; consequently I asked no more. filled with names and amounts, of pledges of annual pay- 
During the remainder of the afternoon I ments. 
debated with myself whether to call on 
John at all, but finally resolved to go, 
though I waited until after tea. 1 found 
John and his wife alone. They had both 
been weeping, though I could see at a 
glance that Ellen's face was beaming with 
And now, though all those days are fled, hope and love. But, 0 ! she was changed 
 
These many, many years, 
— sadly, painfully so. They were glad 
APPOINTMENTS. 
That song recalls my mother's voice, to see me, and my hand was shaken 
 
And fills my eyes with tears. 
warmly. 
ADVENT CONFERENCES will be held by Eld. J. V. 
0, should I, when my time is done,
HIMES, in Danville, C. E., to commence Wednesday, June 
To heaven's bright home attain, 
" Dear C--, don't say a word of the 18, and continue over the Sabbath. 
Fast Farnham, Allen's Corner, C. E., to commence 
I know I'll meet my mother there, past," John urged, shaking my hand a Thursday, July 3, and continue over the Sabbath. 
And hear that voice again. 
second time. " 
Lectures will be given on the personal coming of Christ, 
1 knoW you spoke the and the evidence of its nearness,. connected with other ex- 
Till then I'll ne'er forget the song, truth five years ago.
1 was going down ercises of prayer and conference, by the brethren in the 
The choicest one to me ;
ministry and membership, for the edification of the saints. 
The song of love, that first I heard hill. But I have gone as far as I can --- 
. 
J. V. H. 
Upon my mother's knee. 
here I stop at the foot. Everything is gone A. M. ASSOCIATION.—The Standing Committee of the 
but my wife. I have sworn — and my American Millennial Association will hold their regular 
quarterly meeting on Tuesday, July 1, 1862, 10 A. M., at 
Down Hill. 
oath shall be kept — Ellen and I are go- 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Boston, Mass. 
(Continued from our last.)
JOSIAH LITCH, Pr es't. 
ing to be happy now." 
F. GUNNER, Rec. Sec'y. 
 
Three years passed, during which JohnWhen I went away John took me by Brithreborough, N. J. June 12, 1862. 
Anderson wrote to me at least once a the hand, and the last words he said were : B y vine permission, the Annual Meeting of Advent- 
ists, on Friday the Fourth of July next, will be held in 
month, and oftener sometimes ; but at the " Trust me. Believe in me now; I will *Kingston, N. H. (in a grove most probably), commencing 
end of that time his letters ceased coming,be a man henceforth while life lasts." at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. Elder A. Hale, of Charlestown, 
Mass., will be with us. Brethren and sister from the sis- 
and I received no more for two years, when A little over two years had passed, when ter churches we cordially invite ; and whosoever will let 
I again found myself in his native town. I read, in a newspaper the death of Ellen them 
Kingston, N. II., June 16th, 1862. 
g GALE. 
 
come. 
. 
It was early in the afternoon when I ar- Anderson. 1 started for the town where 
NOTICE. 
rived, and 1 took dinner at the hotel. they lived as soon as possible, thinking I Elder HAWKS, who for six years has been preaching for 
I had finished my meal, and was kong- might help some one. A fearful presen
ts- the Bethel Church in this city, has resigned his charge, 
and is now free to visit any field of labor that may need 
ing in front of the hotel, when I saw a talent possessed my mind. 
his services. He preaches the first and second Sabbaths 
in June at Newburyport, Mass. ; June 10th and Pith at 
funeral procession wind into a distant " Where is John Anderson? " I asked. Salem, Mass. ; 12th and 13th at South Reading. Elder 
Hawks may be addressed Providence. 
churchyard. I asked the landlord whose " Don't know, l'm sure. He has been Providence, May 28, 1862. 
L. OSLER. 
funeral it was. 
gone these last three months. His wife 
 
" Mrs. Andersmi's," he said ; and, as he died in the mad-house last week." BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
spoke, I noticed a slight drooping of the " And the children ?" 
head, as if it cut him to say so. 
" 0, they both died before she died." 
" What! John Anderson's wife?" I ven- I staggered back and hurried from the J. Litch. Our books show John Stewart to be credited 
tured. 
• spot. I hardly knew which way I went, $2 on the 11th of June to the end of the present year. J. 
L. Fulton was credited June 11th to No. 1075 — his last 
"No," he said, "it is his mother; " and but instinct led me to the churchyard. I Previoue credit being only to the end of 1860 — according 
as he told me this he turned away. But found.ur graves which had been made in to our books. Mrs. Eecle's paper was changed last week 
to the same address as yours. If it did not come then, it 
a gentleman near by, who had overheard three years. The mother, wife, and two will this week. She was credited $1 on the 1st of April, 
to No. 1101, and her address changed to 3 1-2 South 
our conversation, at once took up the children slept in them. 
Seventh St. ; but as we found she had not been receiving 
it, we credit her three months farther ahead, to No. 1114. 
theme. 
"And what has done this?" I asked We send the Herald each week to "Dr. F. Scoffin, No. 
" Our host don't seem inclined toroti- myself. And a voice answered from the 431 Pine St.," in your bundle of Philadelphia papers ; 
but he writes that he does not receive it. Can you inform 
verse on that subject," he remarked,with lowly sleeping places, " The demon of the us if the street and No. of his address are correctly given? 
If so, the fault must be in your Post Office. In response 
a shrug, inquiring, " Did you know John wine table." 
to his previous writing, we made a business note and sent 
Anderson?"
But this was not all the work. N him a letter, but he has seen neither. 
o, no! 
Mrs. Winslow Goodenough. The full name contains 
" He was my schoolmate in boyhood, The next day I saw it in the city court three more letters than we can get on one block. Would 
you prefer to have Mrs. omitted, and the rest given? 
and my bosom friend in youth," I told room. But this was not the last. 
J. A. Heagy. Sent the 13th. 
him.
Joseph Barker. On receipt of yours of the 16th we 
I saw my legal friend the day following again stop the Herald to J. S., and credit him 47 cts., in- 
He then led me aside and spoke as fol- the trial. He said John Anderson was in stead of $1.65 ; which leaves just $1 due office on account, 
as rendered last week. 
lows : 
prison. I hastened to see him — the turn- w. S. Cutting. Thank you. You did not, however, 
give the Post Office address, so that we are at a loss in re- 
"Poor John ! He was the pride of the key conducted me to his cell — the key spect to the locality. 
town six years ago. This man opened turned in a large lock; the ponderous door 
 
 A. Pearce. We now find the name of Sarah Eldridge, 
and credit her $1.50 on old account, to No. 1075, and 50 cts. 
his hotel at that time, and sought custom swung upon its hinges, and I saw a dead on new account, from No. 1097 to No. 1110. 
I. C. Burkholder, $10. Have credited $4.80 on Herald, 
by giving wine suppers. John was pres- body suspended by the neck from a grated to Jan. 1, 1863 ; sent books the 21st, $1.49 ; postage, 33 
ent at many of them, the gayest of the gay, window ! I looked at the horrible face, cents ; and balance as you directed. I do not find such a 
book as you inquire for ; but you can obtain here Cruden's 
and the most generous of the party. In but could see nothing of the face of John large Concordance, which has the definitions of many Bible 
words in connection with them, and gives the significance 
fact, he paid for nearly all of them. Then Anderson there, but the face I had seen in of all Bible names. We cannot give the price at this mo-
pe began, and has continued ever since, to the court room was sufficient to connect man call us " brother " who sends $10 to the A. M. A. 
meat of writing, but think it is about $4. We let any 
go down hill. At times true friends have the two; and I knew that this was all 
prevailed upon him to stop, but his stops that remained of him that 1 loved so well. 
were of short duration. A short season of And this was the last of the demon's The "American Millennial Association,"located in Bos- 
sunshine would glance upon his home and work ; the last act in the terrible drama. ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
then the night came, more dark and dreary Ah ! from the first sparkle of the red wine, gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
than before.
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
it has been down, down, down ! until the donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
" He said he never would get drunk foot of the hill had been reached. 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
There's melody in every land, 
Sweet songs from foreign clime, 
Yet loved the most above them all, 
My mother dear, are thine. 
The memory of childhood's days 
Recalls sweet songs to me; 
The songs we sang, when all at home, 
Beneath the old roof-tree. 
And shall I e'er forget the song, 
The choicest one to me, 
The song of love, that first I heard 
Upon my mother's kneel 
She sang of heaven, of Jesus there ; 
Of saints in God's employ ; 
Of holy angel's watchful care, 
Who guard her darling boy; 
And as she'd sing, she'd press my head 
Close to her heart so true ; 
0, then it always seemed to me 
She was an angel too! 
My mother's voice I'll ne'er forget, 
That voice so sweet to me ; 
That song of love, that first I heard 
Upon my mother's knee. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
MESSIAH'S CHURCH, in New York, worship in the Chap-
el on 11th street, between 3d and 4th avenues. Preach-
ing on the Sabbath, at 10 1-2 A. M. and 3 P. M. The 
prayerful support and co-operation of all Christians is so-
licited. 
RECEIPTS. 
UP TO TUESDAY, JUNE 24. 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD to 
which the money credited pays. No. 1075 was the closing 
number of 1861 ; No. 1101 is the Middle of the present 
volume, extending to July 1, 1862; and No 1127 is to the 
close of 1862. Notice of any failure to give due credit 
should be at once communicated to the Business Agent. 
Those sending money should remember that we have 
many subscribers of similar names, that there are towns of 
the same name in different States, and in some States there 
is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
necessary to give his own name in full, and his Post-office 
address — the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is d:rected. 
An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives us 
much perplexity. Some forget to give their State, and if 
out of New England their County, while some fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
different. Some, in writing, give only their initials, when 
there may be others at the same post-office, with the same 
initials. Sometimes, when the paper goes to a given ad-
dress, another person of the same family will write res-
pecting it,without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
name. And sometimes those who write, forget even to sign 
their names ! Let all such remember that what we want, is 
the full name and post-office address of the one to whom the 
paper is sent. 
Those mailing, or sending money to the office by other 
persons, unless they have a receipt forwarded to them, are 
requested to see that they are properly credited below. And 
if they are not, within a reasonable time, to notify the office 
immediately. 
As a general thing, it is better for each person to write 
respecting, and to send money himself, for his own paper 
than to send by an agent, or any third person, unless such 
one is more likely to get his own name and post-office right, 
than another person would be ; that money sent in small 
sums, is less likely to be lost than when sent in larger ones, 
and that a third person is often subjected to postage, merely 
to accommodate the one who sends. 
C. H. Robinson, 1106 ; John B. Adams, 1127 ; Wm. 
Watson, 1095 ; N. Wait, 1127 ; Mrs. M. Beckley, 1127 ; 
Perry Aikens, 1127 ; J. A. Winchester, 1127 ; Geo. W. 
Wilson, 1i27 ; J. Spear, 1123 ; E. Aller, 1110 ; Mrs. 
M. B. Stephenson, 1127 ; Capt. N. Champlin, 1127 ; John 
Walker, 1127 — each $1. 
Harvey Collins, 1153 ; H. A. Pearsall, 1117 ; Samuel 
Fellows, 1135 ; George Flogarth, 1144 ; A. Weldon, 
1157, and tracts ; George Hamilton, 1158 ; Petteuger, 
1115, from No. 1061, the previous payment ; S. P. Silli-
man, 1101 ; R. Wooster, 1132 ; J. Smith, of S., Vt., 
1127 ; D. Keeler, 1075 ; IV. Goodenough, 1119 — each 
$2. 
S. S. Garvin, 1108, 50 cts. ; Wm. Wells, 1075, $2.50. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, JURE 24, 1862. 
George Hamilton, Coburg, C. W., ...... • • • • $1•00 
The S2 credited donations from Sarah Eldridge, 
in Herald of June 14th, should have been recorded 
as from the Providence Millennial Aid Society. 
Isaac C. Burkholder, Lowville, C. W., .... .. • • • • • • 3.28 
Special Proposition. 
" A friend to the cause" proposes to give one hundred 
dollars towards the six hundred needed to publish the 
Herald weekly the coming year, provided the amount be 
made up by other contributors. This is net designed to 
interfere with the pledges of annual payment, below. 
Paid on the above, by 
" A Friend of the cause " ........ ..$10.00 
By the same, 2d payment. 
10.00 
3d 
10•00 
" 4th " • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • 10•00 
May the Lord raise up for the A. M. A. many such 
" friends." 
Agents of the Advent Herald. 
Albany, N. Y . Wm. Nichols, 85 Lydius-street 
Burlington, Iowa ..... ........ —James S. Brandeburg 
Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
C P. Dow 
Cabot, (Lower Branch),) Vt........Dr. M. P. Wallace 
Cincinnati, 0 
. Joseph Wilson 
Do Kalb Centre, Ill .R. Sturvesant 
Dunham, C. E 
.1). W. Sornberger 
Durham, C. E 
J. M. Orrock 
Derby Line, Vt. 
 S. Foster 
Eddington, Me 
Thomas Smith 
Fairhaven, Vt. 
 Robbins Miller 
Freeland, De Kalb Co., Ill . Wells A. Fay 
Homer, N. Y 
J. L. Clapp 
Haverhill, Mass 
 Lendal Brown 
Lockport, N. Y 
. R. W. Beck 
Johnson's Creek, N Y ..... ... • • • • • ...Hiram Russell 
Kincardine, C. W 
. Joseph Barker 
Loudon Mills, N. H. 
 ..George Locke 
Morrisville, Pa 
. Wm. Kitson 
Newburyport, Mass ........ John L. Pearson 
New York City J B. Huse, No. 6 Horatio at 
Philadelphia, Pa .J. Litch, No. 27 North tb st 
Portland, Me .... ........ .... Alexander Edmund 
Providence, R. I 
 Anthony Pearce 
Princess Anne, Md 
.john V. Pinto 
Rochester, N. Y ..... ........ .... .... .... .D. Boody 
Salem, Mass 
. Chas. H. Berry 
Springwater, N. Y. . S. H. Withington 
Shabbonas Grove, De Kalb county, Ill...N. W. Spencer 
Stanbridge, C. E 
 John Gilbreth 
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