WHOLE NO. 983. 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1860. 
VOLUME XXI. NO. 12. 
But this Comforter presents the right consola- �
The Pope and the Empero r. 
tion at the right moment ; he knows what spring 
to touch, what note to sound,what word to speak, �
The controversy between the Pope and the 
what leaf from the tree of life to apply to the Emperor Napoleon is growing more and more in-
bleeding heart ; and then, " Comfort, comfort ye teresting, and what is most interesting of all 
my people," becomes no more a prophet's vision, about it is, that while they are exchanging ency-
but a christian's deepest and innermost experi- clicals and diplomatic notes, the people of the 
ence. Ib. �
Romagna, about whom and whose territory the 
controversy is going on, are quietly establishing 
Thrilling Scenes at Lawrence,Mass. themselves in the enjoyment of that government 
A gentleman said he was from Lawrence, in of' which no power will be suffered to dispossess 
them. We gave last week a synopsis of the 
Pope's Encyclical Letter in which he complains 
to his bishops and other clergy, of the treatment 
he has received at the hands of his "eldest son," 
and calls upon these ecclesiastics, and through 
them upon all the faithful, to come to his aid. 
It was then the Emperor's turn to speak, and he 
has done so through his prime minister, M. de 
Thouvenel, in a letter addressed to all the rep-
resentatives of the French Government at For-
eign Courts, and in terms no less plain and sig-
nificant than in the former letter to the Pope. 
The Minister very sharply rebukes his Holiness 
for pretending to make a spiritual question out 
of the very worldly matter as to whether he shall 
continue to rule over the people of the Romagna 
against their will, or rather whether this people 
shall again be oppressed as they have been by a 
tyrannical government, having no reference to 
spiritual matters, although administered by ec-
clesiastics. M. de Thouvenel attributes the dis-
turbances which have occurred in the Romagna, 
and the casting off of the temporal authority of 
the Pope, entirely to the misrule of his "patern-
al" government. He says : 
" History in its impartiality will one day say 
whether the responsibility of the events which 
have occurred falls on the Sovereign whose ef-
forts have been constantly employed to prevent 
them, or on those who, refusing any concession or 
any reform, and confining themselves in inexpli-
cable inaction, have allowed 
 
things to grow worse 
and worse, until they threaten to reach a point 
at which the evil becomes so great that it cannot 
be remedied." 
He then proceeds to administer a severe re- 
buke to the venerable father, for trying to stir 
up the people by meddling with political matters 
and appealing to their reigious faith in those 
concerns which have no reference to religion at 
all. He says : 
" What in particular has attracted the pain-
ful attention of his Majesty's government is the 
forgetfulness of diplomatic usages which, in so 
important a matter, the Court of Rome has dis-
played, by transporting directly to the field of 
religion a question which before all things be-
longs to temporal order. We see with sentiments 
of sincere and profound regret the Holy Father 
appealing to the conscience of the clergy, and ex-
citing the ardor of the faithful, with respect to 
an affair the discussion of which can only take 
place advantageously between government and 
government. 
" It is not intended, in fact, to make the 
slightest encroachment on the spiritual power of 
the Sovereign Pontiff, nor on the independence 
required for the exercise of that power within the 
limits of his rights. The question of Romagna, 
now, as at other periods, has arisen from political 
circumstances : and it in its pclitical aspect 
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JESUS OUR LIFE. 
Jesus Thou art the life, 
In Thee thy people live ; 
And Thou wilt end the strife,— 
To perfect life receive. 
An earnest now is given, 
A taste of joys to come ; 
This is the inward heaven, 
A pledge of home, sweet home. 
The light of life it shines, 
On this dark hemisphere; 
And shows in fairest lines, 
The kingdom to appear. 
Thy favor too is life, 
A comprehensive grace ; 
Though enemies are rife, 
Yet victory comes apace. 
Thou givest thy nature too, 
Subdu'st the power of sin ; 
The mind thou dost renew, 
This is the life within. 
Thy people know how sweet 
The fellowship divine ; 
And though I have to weep, 
This fellowship is mine. 
Yet onward .I must haste, 
The feast is still before, 
I now have but a taste, 
I'm longing still for more. 
The resurrection day, 
Will bring immortal joy ; 
Tears will he wiped away, 
'And nothing will annoy. 
Thou blessed Lamb, wilt feed, 
Thy flock in pastures green,—
To living fountains lead, 
From every evil screen. 
The life will never end, 
It is the life of God ; 
Thou wilt thy saints defend,-- 
The purchase of thy blood. 
R. 
The Gathering of the Elect. 
to that great central spot,all with beating hearts, 
some with broken, others with bounding hearts, 
to answer for the deeds done in the body, wheth- 
er they be good or whether they be evil. �
The 
Jew shall start from his synagogue, the Arab 
shall come from his tent, the Moslem emerge from 
his mosque, the Cossack from his steppes, the 
wild Indian from his wigwam, the bishop from 
his cathedral, and the presbyter from his church; 
all shall hear his voice, and under an attraction 
that some would not resist if they could, and that 
others deprecate and would resist if they could, 
shall appear at the judgment seat of Christ, there 
to receive the unalterable sentence of endless, 
and to some glorious retribution. Such, then, 
will be the phenomena of that day. 
Are we in the number of the elect? Are we 
washed in that Saviour's precious blood ? �
Are 
we regenerated by his Holy Spirit? Are we 
born again ? It matters little comparatively 
what church you prefer, what chapel you wor-
ship in, what rites you love, or what sermons you 
dislike ; if you bear the royal signature of Christ, 
if you are made new creatures. Two eternities 
are struggling to have you, but one only will em-
bosom you, that eternal joy which is in rever-
sion for all them that love God, and are the call- 
ed according to his purpose. �
Happy are the 
people who are in such a case ! On your graves, 
the bleakest of them all, the heart's-ease may 
blossom ; and on their lintels and on their door-
posts the morning of the resurrection already be-
gins to break. It matters little when you die, it 
matters nothing where you die, or where your 
dead dust may be laid ; this only is the great 
thing, that you are found in Christ,washed in his 
precious blood. Come judgment, come tribula-
tion, come the rending earth and the shattered 
sky ; come darkened sun, and clouded stars, and 
hidden moon ; " I," says the Savior, " give unto 
such eternal life, and none shall pluck them out 
of my hand." 
From the Great Tribulation, by Dr. Cumming. 
The Comforter. 
Massachusetts. He was an eye and an ear wit-
ness of the awful catastrophe of the fall of the 
Pemberton Mills. He saw them fall. 
He said he wished to speak of a woman, who 
was among the victims; and while she lay crush- 
ed, with others ix the same condition, among the 
fallen walls and timbers, became a missionary to 
the dying. She forgot herself and her wounds, 
in her eager desire to persuade her fellow suffer- 
ers to look to Christ, in all their guilt, and sin, 
and sorrow, and dismay, and he would pardon 
all their sins, and dispel all their fears. �
She 
preached to them of that precious blood which 
cleanseth from all sin. �
She exhorted them to 
ask anything which their souls required from their 
heavenly Father, for the sake of that peace speak-
ing blood. The gentleman said that while she 
was leading her fellow sufferers to Jesus, by all 
her powers of persuasion, they were digging for 
her with all their might, and he saw her taken 
alive from the ruins, and carried away in the 
arms of stalwart men, whose tears had been flow-
ing at the words which she addressed to those 
around her. That noble Christian woman he be-
lieved was now living, and was slowly recovering 
from her injuries. 
The same gentleman spoke of another sccne 
which he witnessed there. Among the number 
who were held fast by the fallen timbers, and 
mangled more or less, were three little girls, 
children of Irish parents, who were members of 
one of the Sabbath Schools of Lawrence. In it 
they had learned some of the sweet hymns, which 
are sung in the Sunday School ; and they were 
very fond of singing them. They had commu-
nicated the knowledge of these hymns to some of 
their fellow working girls. A company of' these 
little girls was involved in the ruins in such a 
manner as to be comparatively safe and unin- 
jured until the fire broke out. They would soon 
have been rescued, if the devouring flames had 
not shut out every hope of escape from the pris-
on in which they were immured. But when the 
fire began to roar around them they joined their 
voices in singing : 
" I want to be an angel and with the angels 
stand, 
A crown upon my forehead, a harp within my 
hand; 
There, right before my Saviour, so glorious and 
so bright, 
I'll wake the sweetest music, and praise him day 
and night." 
Beautifully and calmly they sung through all 
the hymn ; and their sweet voices could be heard 
aboie the noise and cries of the rescuers, and the 
crackling of flames, as they sung that other joy-
ful hymn : 
" We're going home to glory," 
until their voices were silenced, to be heard no 
more, until they are heard, as we hope they will 
be, in the triumphant anthems of heaven. 
" He shall gather his elect from the four winds 
of heaven." In other words, the moment this 
sign of the Son of man comes—and perhaps the 
most suggestive and eloquent sign of all will be 
the return of the Jews to their own land*--he will 
gather his elect people from every end of the 
earth. Africa, Asia, Europe, and America will 
pour forth from every point of the world's cir-
cumference their responsible myriads ; all rushing 
* As only the pious of that nation, who will have 
part in the first resurrection, have any future prom-
ise there, that can be no sign of Christ's coming ; 
for this return will fulluw, not precede that event. 
ED. 
We all know what numbers there are in this 
world of Job's miserable comforters. You have 
lost a near and a dear one, perhaps you are sor-
rowing over some one who has found a soldier's 
grave amid the burning sands. of India. Some 
person comes to you with a great deal of ostenta-
tious piety, and a very long face and a voice 
transposed to the minor key ; and tells you, you 
should not sorrow, you should not weep, you 
should not feel grieved ; it is very sinful of you ; 
it is very wrong of you. 
How harsh and cold is such advice ! Why 
Jesus wept ; the Son of God had sorrow. To re-
buke me for having human nature is to rebuke 
God for having made me. �
It is as natural to 
weep as it is to smile ; it is as natural to feel sor-
row as it is to feel joy. To go to a sufferer sor-
rowing in the shadow of a bitter calamity, and 
to say, " Do not weep ; do not be sorrowful ; it is 
sinful to be so," is to aggravate the serrow, which 
you had much better let alone. 
Another comes with some dry worthless com-
mon-place, and says, " It is all very natural ; you 
cannot help it;" and they give this miserable 
consolation just as a nurse in a sick-room often 
presents a cup of medicine, she heartily detests, 
to the poor patient that needs it. 
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that we should examine it, by seeking the 
best means of satisfying the necessities in the 
presence of which the Pontifical government 
would not find itself fatally placed, if, instead of 
imprudently waiting for the developments of the 
situation, it had listened to our counsels and se-
conded our efforts. No, whatever a party which 
does not fear to assume the appearance of relig-
ious zeal may say ; no, whatever may be done to 
lead to the belief that the interests of the faith 
are in peril, the question in discussion between 
the government of his Holiness and that of the 
Emperor is, thank God ! a purely temporal one. 
We may, therefore, discuss it without failing in 
the deference and respect which all France feels 
honored in entertaining for the Father of the 
Faithful, and of which his Majesty has always 
been happy to be the first to give the example." 
He assures his Holiness that it is not at all in 
accordance with " the general spirit of the 
times," or with " international rules," to mix up 
" the two domains, the religious order and the 
civil and political one," which is by no means a more unfortunate ; for they not only despise their 
gentle hint to the pretended head of the church, " crown of glory," but manifest a youthful van-
not to attempt to use his spiritual power to pro-
mote the mere worldly schemes of a human gov-
ernment. M. de Thouvenel cites examples, too, 
to prove that it is no new thing for even Catho-
lic powers to talk about the Pope's territory just 
as they would about any other portion of this 
lower world. After citing the cession of the 
Romagna to France in 1797, and the recognition 
of that cession by Austria, he adds that the Ro-
magna narrowly escaped being dissevered from 
the States of the Church in 1815. In 1814 
Austria and Naples entered into stipulations 
with each other, based on the principle of parti- 
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Daniel, in his description of the God of the 
Universe, says : " I beheld till the thrones were 
cast down, and the Ancient of' days did sit, whose 
garment was white as snow, and the hair of his 
head like the pure wool." �
And John says of 
the one who stood in the midst of the golden 
candlesticks that " his head and his hairs were 
white like wool as white as snow." 
Reverence for the aged, and especially for those 
who fear God, is a characteristic of all well balan-
ced and properly cultivated minds. One who pos-
sesses such a mind involuntarily " rises up before 
the hoary head, and honors the face of the old 
man." 
" Honor the king," is an apostolic injunction, 
but a king divested of his crown, or other badges 
of royalty, might be mistaken for an ordinary 
man, and fail of the honor which is his due. The 
same is true of the old man, when his white, or 
approximating gray " crown of glory," meets 
with the misfortune of being blackened by the 
apothecary's hair-dye. The case of such is still 
ity, which either diminishes, or reverses, the rev-
erence of those who would otherwise honor them. 
To all who are thus tempted, permit me to 
say, I " entreat you as fathers and mothers," not 
to mar that " crown of glory," and of " beauty," 
which assimilates you in appearance to the "An-
cient of days" and to his glorified Son ; but let 
your gray hairs be found in the way of righteous-
ness,and soon the Lord will gather you like shocks 
of corn fully ripe into his garner. 
H. BUCKLEY. 
Original. 
Early New England Adventism ; 
upon them, so shall it be in the coming of he 
Son of Man, Matt. 24:37-38." 
Christ, he says, has a hereditary right to the 
Davidic throne. He " is made heir over all pow-
ers in this world and that to come : thus he sit-
teth-upon the throne of David forever. Luke 1: 
32, 33. And when the Lord shall graciously visit 
the Jews to call them to Christ, they then shall 
cease from their vain expectation of a King ac-
cording to the flesh, and look for Him whose king-
dom is not of this age. They shall then seek the 
Lord their God and David their king, who is no 
other than Jesus." pp. 23,61. 
To return to Mather's volume. In it Daven-
port, exhorting to charity in differences of opin- 
ion respecting prophecy, and explaining Dan. 
12:4 precisely as does Dr. Clarke, Michaelis, 
Dr. Coke,Matthew Henry, Dr. Gill, Dr. Duffield 
(See my Voice of the church pp. 336-8) and we 
may add Prof. George Bush—See Hierophant, 
p. 38—he observes of Mather—" when I heard 
that his spirit was excited to handle this subject 
in his public sermons I was glad, believing the 
Holy Spirit inclined him thereunto, and would as- 
sist him therein. As I believed, so I found when 
I read his manuscript ;" &c ; and he proceeds 
to characterize the work as seasonable, pious, 
elaborate, judicious, and modest. Then, caution- 
ing the reader of the book against " pride of un-
derstanding," and "evil prejudice," in reading 
it, the first of which he asserts induces men to 
" read good books with a mind rather to contra-
dict than to receive the truths in them," he 
says: 
"Evil prejudice which ariseth from evil causes 
I shall instance in two, viz. 
" First. Tradition not warranted by Scripture. 
There was a common opinion among the Jews re- 
ceived by such a tradition, that the Messiah at 
his first coming would set up a glorious worldly 
kingdom amongst them, like that of David and 
Solomon, and that he would free them from their 
subjection to the Romans, and make them rulers 
of the earth. 
Original. 
Something to aid the young Preach- 
er. 
NO. III. THE SPIRIT OR TEMPER IN WHICH CHRIS-
TIAN THEOLOGY OUGHT TO BE STUDIED. 
Feeling as I trust we do, the importance of' 
paying a sedulous attention to the study of Chris-
tian Theology, we ought always to examine and 
cultivate the proper spirit or temper, in which 
such a study justly claims to be prosecuted. 
On this topic we may appropriately urge the 
precept of Solomon " Keep thy heart with all 
diligence," or according to the literal and em-
phatic reading of the margin, " above all keeping" 
(Prov. 4:23). Let us beware lest, like Uzzah, we 
" put forth" a careless and unhallowed hand "to the 
ark of God," even though we should suppose, as 
he did, that the ark is in danger, and that it 
needs our support (2 Sam. 6:6,7). 
In pursuance of this subject, I crave leave to 
enumerate some of the tempers, dispositions, or 
habits, which constitute the spirit or character, 
of which I am now speaking. 
One of these is sincerity,—or an habitual 
and predominant desire to discover what is the 
genuine mind and will of God, as revealed in the 
Scriptures, however unacceptable it may prove 
to flesh and blood ; or however crossing it may 
be to believe and practice it. " If thine eye be 
single, thy whole body shall be full of light." 
" If any man will do his will, he shall know of 
the doctrine, whether it be of God." " None of 
the wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall 
understand." 
A second quality is humility,—arising 
from a deep consciousness of our own ignorance, 
and a lively apprehension of the skill and con-
descension of our Divine Teacher, both of which 
ought to produce a meek submission to his in-
structions. " Seest thou a man wise in his own 
conceits ? there is more hope of a fool than of 
him." " The meek will he guide in judgment : 
and the meek will he teach his way." " God 
resisteth the proud, hut giveth grace to the hum-
ble." " Though the Lord be high, yet bath he 
respect to the lowly ; but the proud he knoweth 
afar off." We are meekly to sit at the great 
Master's feet, and, in effect, adopt the juvenile 
prayer.— 
" How little do I know or see ! 
Have pity 0 my God on me." 
Vienna, in 1815, the discussion on the Roman 
States was constantly maintained even by the 
Catholic powers, and under considerations purely 
temporal. 
It is perfectly clear, therefore, that the Emper-
or has no intention of receding from the position 
which he has taken, that of securing to the peo-
ple of the Romagna the privilege of deciding for 
themselves whether they shall have a government 
of their own, formed and administered for their 
benefit, or whether they shall again be brought 
under the priestly tyranny which has hitherto 
made them slaves, soul and body, to the ghostly 
father at Rome. 
In the meantime the Pope has been sending a 
letter to the Irish clergy and laity who expressed 
to him their sympathy in his troubles in regard 
to this revolted province. He says : 
" N o wonder, indeed, that this great tumult 
in Italy, and the revolt of some of our provinces 
—a revolt which, fomented by the enemies of 
the Roman See, is most shamefully sustained and 
cherished by faction, fraud, and armed violence 
—no wonder, indeed, that such a state of things 
would affect you with profound grief ; for it is 
well known that the Roman Pontiffs have by a 
special dispensation of Divine Providence, been 
vested with temporal sovereignty in order that 
they may more easily and without any impedi-
ment discharge the duties of their apostolic min-
istry. Maddened with hatred against this sov-
ereignty, men the most unscrupulous and wicked 
leave nothing untried to lessen the unanimity of 
Catholics in guarding those temporal rights, and 
by writings fraught with hypocrisy deceive the 
simple and incautious." 
Poor Pio Nono ! We fear that before you are 
through you will stand in greater need of sym-
pathy than now. You had better submit with a 
good grace to what the Emperor wills in this 
matter, and prepare for worse troubles which are 
coming upon you.—N. Y. Observer. 
Original. 
The Crown of Old Men. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by 
Danl. T. Taylor, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts. 
NO. XXII.—JOHN DAVENPORT. 
Not the least distinguished among the early 
N. E. divines was John Davenport. Allen calls 
him' a universal scholar and a preacher of the 
first rank." Cotton Mather regarded him as a 
prodigy and truly eminent ; says he was born in 
Coventry, Eng. 1597 ; became a non-conformist; 
was driven to Holland, from whence, upon John 
Cotton writing him, " that the order of the church- 
es and the commonwealth was now so settled in 
N. E. by common consent, that it brought into 
his mind the new heaven and the new earth where-
in dwells righteousness," he was persuaded to 
sail thither, which he did in 1637, where he be-
came the founder of the plantation, colony, and 
first church at New Haven, Ct.; came to Boston 
in 1667 ; dying 1670. 
So studious were his habits, that the Indians 
styled him " So big study man." His influence 
in the councils of the country was very great. 
Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, and Samuel 
Hutchinson all expressly affirm Davenport to 
have been a believer in the pre-millennial coming 
and personal reign, but these views do not exten-
sively appear in any of the seventeen works of 
which he was author. But the first named re-
fers us to Dr. Increase Mather's " mystery of Is-
rael's salvation," &c. 1669, in the Preface of 
which I obtain the desired information. �
And 
as the Sermons on Matt. 24:30, referred to by 
Samuel Hutchinson as written by our author, are 
not to be found, I content myself with the infor-
mation derived from this Preface. But first I 
quote from his " Knowledge of Christ, &c. where-
in the types, prophecies, genealogies, &c., are 
opened and applied"—a 4to of 8! pp. London, 
1653,—on page 23 of which he writes : 
"As Noah was a preacher of righteousness, 
2d Pet. 2:5, so Christ who preached by his spir-
it in the ministry of Noah, 1st Pet. 3:19,20, 
hath by his coming in the flesh brought in ever-
lasting righteousness, Dan. 9:25. But as it was 
in the days of Noah many believed not, but were 
secure in their disobedience till judgment came 
"This error wrought ill effects, not only in the 
unbelieving Jews, whom it hindered from receiv-
ing Christ when he was come in the flesh by their 
being offended at him for his outward mien, and 
afflicted condition, and death on the cross ; but 
also in his own disciples, whom it hindered from 
understanding and believing whatsoever Christ 
spake of his sufferings and death. Yea this er-
ror was so deeply rooted in them, that after 
Christ's resurrection they asked him, Lord, wilt 
thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel ?' 
Acts 1:6. Christ's answer in verse 7, shows that 
they erred about the time, intimating that this 
was not the season, but another time was appoin-
ted for that,—namely, at Christ's second coming 
for the salvation of all Israel. 
" Yet concerning this his second coming to set 
up his kingdom on earth, some acknowledge no 
kingdom of Christ on earth, but spiritual and-in 
the hearts of the elect. The kingdom of Christ 
hath indeed been set up by this effectual opera-
tion of the Spirit in the ministry of the gospel 
from the first publishing of the gospel according 
to Psa. 24:7-9, and 110:2-3. But there is an-
other, a political kingdom of Christ, to be set up 
in the last times, foretold by Daniel in chap. 2: 
44,45 and 7:14,18,22-28, and by the Angel Ga-
briel unto the virgin Mary, Luke 1:32,33, and 
by the apostle John in Rev. 19th and 20th chap-
ters. Yea and all the prophets from Saul, and 
those that follow after, as many as have spoken, 
have likewise foretold of those days, as Peter 
saith, Acts 3:24. But about this also they who 
of late were called Fifth-monarchy-men, did err 
on the other hand, especially two ways : First, 
by anticipating the time, which will not be till 
the pouring out of the sixth and seventh vials. 
"Secondly, by putting themselves upon a work 
which shall not be done by men, but by Christ 
himself, sitting upon his white horse, who will in 
righteousness judge and make war, &c. Rev. 19: 
11-15." 
It is seen by this that the N. E. fathers repu-
diated the Fifth monarchy men, and that a so-
ber Chiliasm existed among them apart from that 
heresy, just as it did, divorced from heterodoxy, 
exist among the first Christians. More anon. 
A third property is diligence. How for-
cibly is this commended by our Lord ! He says, 
" Search the scriptures." How admirably is it 
exemplified in the case of the Bereans �
They 
searched the scriptures daily," to know if the 
things which they heard " were so." And how 
clearly is the disposition described by James ! 
whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, 
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful 
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be 
blessed in his deed." The minister of Christ 
especially is to cultivate a spirit and habit of 
diligent inquiry, and to meditate on the divine 
law " day and night." See also 19th and 119th 
Psalms, 
To these dispositions must be added sacred 
reverence, or to use the scripture phrase, " the 
fear of the Lord"—" the fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom ;" or, as it is in the. margin, 
" the principal part" of wisdom (Ps. 111.18). 
Solomon says, " The fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of knowledge." Job says, " Behold, the 
fear of the Lord, that is wisdom." David says, 
" The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him, and he will show them his covenant." To 
a want of this holy fear, in contemplating divine 
things, may, in a great measure, be traced the 
rise and progress of Neology in Germany,—So-
cinianism in England,—multifarious errors in 
America, and in many places infidelity itself. 
We must also in our investigations cher 
ish a prayerful spirit. God is designated " the 
Father of lights." (James 1 17) All light, natur- 
al, intellectual, and spiritual, emanates from him. 
To him therefore, let us apply. How easily can 
he give a right direction to our thoughts, awaken 
suitable affections, remove difficulties, and impress 
truth, in all its brightness and force, upon our 
hearts Well may we pray with the Psalmist., 
" Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold won-
drous things out of thy law." Let us also weigh 
the encouraging direction of the apostle James, 
" Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, 
and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy 
God," is a statute given to Israel. See Lev. 19: 
32. �
And Solomon, the prince of wise men, has 
said : " The hoary head is a crown of glory ; if 
it be found in the way of righteousness." Prov. 
16:31. Again, " The glory of young men is their 
strength : and the beauty of old men is the gray 
head." Prov. 20:29. 
Or the views of the early American Christians 
respecting the Doctrines of the Return of the 
Jews, Conversion of the World, Kingdom of 
God, New Earth, Millennium, Prophecy, Fall 
of Antichrist, Time of the End, Second Ad-
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91 
—" If any man of you lack wisdom, let him ask 
of God, that giveth to all men men liberally, and 
upbraideth not, and it shall be given him." 
Faith must also accompany our study of 
Christian Theology. While the word preached 
is to be " mixed with faith" in them that hear it, 
the word studied is to be mixed with faith. Faith 
is the mainspring of a good minister of Jesus 
Christ. Are you convinced that the Bible is the 
word of God ? Have you reason to conclude 
that you have ascertained the meaning of 
particular doctrines, precepts, promises? Then 
receive them with humble and hearty faith. 
Take God at his word. Consider the Scripture 
examples of faith. Preach in faith. God hon-
ors faith, for it honors Him. 
I mention one other thing only,—a prompt 
and faithful obedience, in applying all that we 
may learn to the improvement of our Christian 
experience,—the better regulation of our conduct, 
and our more competent preparation for all the 
sacred duties in which we may be called to en-
gage. If we acquaint ourselves with the word 
of Christ, and act in accordance with its teach-
ings, we are wise, and are built upon a rock. 
(Matt. 7:24). We are not to be of those who 
say and do not," but of those who teach by a 
holy example, as well as by precept ; not being 
students and preachers merely, but " doers of the 
work," and in this way we shall be blessed and 
made a blessing in our " deed." 
Finally, " study to show thyself approved of 
God, a worman that needeth not to be ashamed, 
rightly dividing the word of truth." " Flee also 
youthful lusts ; but follow righteousness, faith, 
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord 
out of a pure heart ; but foolish and unlearned 
questions avoid, knowing that they do gender 
strifes." " Let no man despise thy youth ; but 
be thou an example of the believers, in word, in 
conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in 
purity." Then you will indeed feed the lambs 
and sheep of Christ. " And when the chief 
Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown 
of glory that fadeth not away." �
R. H. 
Original. 
Thy Kingdom Come. 
Bro. Bliss :—Having in a previous article 
given an exposition of this petition from the pen 
of one whom Mosheim calls " a prelate of emi-
nent merit"—St. Cyprian of the third century,—
we will pass to the sixteenth century, and hear 
how some of the British Reformers expounded it 
to their hearers. 
In A. D. 1548 there appeared in England a 
work called" Catechismus : that is to say, a short 
instruction into Christian religion, for the singu-
lar commodity and profit of children and young 
people : set forth by the most Reverend Father 
in God, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, pri-
mate of all England, and metropolitan ;" of 
which work, Strype says in his Life of Cranmer, 
" This catechism went not by way of question 
and answer, but contained an easy exposition of the 
ten commandments, the creed, the Lord's pray-
er, and the two sacraments . . . . The substance 
of this book is grave, serious, and sound doctrine." 
In the first American edition of the works of the 
British Reformers issued by the Presbyterian 
Board of publication in Philadelphia, a part of 
this catechism is given " nearly without abridg-
ment," and from it I make the following extracts : 
Now the kingdom of God cometh unto us 
two manner of ways : First, by his word and 
faith when the gospel is preached unto us, that 
our Lord Jesus Christ delivered us from sin, 
death, and hell, by his cross, death, and resur-
rection. For by the preaching of his word we 
learn to put our trust in God and to love God. 
And this knowledge and faith in Christ increase 
from time to time, not only in them that have but 
newly begun to believe ; but they also who many 
years have professed Christ, do profit in the same 
faith more and more. For their faith and love 
towards God, by the daily preaching of the gos-
pel, is confirmed and made more strong. 
" Secondly, the kingdom of God shall come to 
us at the last day, when the everlasting glory and 
kingdom of God shall be revealed, when at the 
last day we shall be raised from death to life, 
sage, and in so doing will consider 
1. To what day reference is made. 
The context must be our guide in determining 
this point, and we will examine it. The Psalm-
ist says, " The stone which the builders refused 
is become the head stone of' the corner ; this is 
the Lord's doing ; it is marvellous in our eyes. 
is the day which the Lord hath made; we 
will rejoice and be glad in it." The " Stone," or 
" Rock" is often used in the Scriptures as a met- 
aphorical denominative of the Messiah. From 
the frequency with which this text is cited, and 
the manner in which it is applied in the New 
Testament, we can have no doubt of its applica-
Cranmer's tion to our Lord Jesus Christ. See Matt. 21: 
42-44 ; Acts 4:8-12. The head stone was the 
first in the angle, whether it was laid at the top 
of that angle to adorn and crown it, or at the bot- 
tom to support it. The church of Christ is com-
posed of Jewish and Gentile believers, who are 
united in Him as the side and end of a building 
are united in the corner stone. He is the strength 
and beauty of his church, and the Foundation on 
which his people rest their hopes of eternal bles-
sedpess,—Isa. 28:16 ; 1 Pet. 2:3-8. 
This Stone was rejected by the Jewish build-
ers : for it is said of Christ—" He came to his 
own home, and his own family did not receive 
him," John 1:11. He was taken, and by their 
" wicked hands was crucified and slain." But 
God raised him from the dead ; and by his resur-
rection he was shewn to be what he claimed—
the son of man and the Son of God. He " was 
made of the seed of David according to the flesh 
and declared to be the Son of God with power, 
according to the spirit of' holiness, by the resur-
rection from the dead." He " was delivered for 
our offences, and raised again for our justifica-
tion ;" and on the fact of his resurrection the 
whole fabric of Christianity is reared. See 1 
Corinth. 15th chapter. Had he not risen from 
the dead, Satan would have achieved a victory 
and Christ remained a rejected stone forever, but 
in the resurrection he became the " head stone of 
the corner," and so glorious was the triumph that 
the prophet exultingly evclaims, " This is the 
Lord's doing: it is marvellous in our eyes !" 
The day of Messiah's resurrection is elsewhere 
a subject of prophetic announcement by the roy-
al Psalmist. He represents the Coming One as 
saying, " I will declare the decree ; the Lord 
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son ; this day 
have I begotten thee."—Psa. 2:7. The apostle 
Paul in a synagogue in Antioch, after chewing 
how Christ was " despised and rejected" of the 
Jews, quotes this passage as being fulfilled when 
Christ became the " First-born from the dead." 
Acts 13:26,39. It is therefore my decided opin-
ion that the day of Christ's resurrection is the 
one intended in both texts. But 
2. �
In what sense is it said the Lord " made" 
this day ? 
That Jehovah has made all days by bringing 
them into existence, will not be denied, but as a 
particular day is here designated, and affirmed 
to be made by him, there must be a special sense 
in which the word " made" is used. To make, 
signifies, " to ordain and appoint." —Cruden. 
" To make (or do) a day, is to appoint or conse-
crate it. See Heb. of Exod. 34:22 ; Deut. 5: 
15 ; 15:1."—Cottage Bible. 
The first day of the week was consecrated by 
our Lord's resurrection, and therefore called "the 
Lord's day" by the apostle John (Rev. 1:10,) 
Ignatius, Theophilus, Irermus, and others in the 
first three centuries. On it also the advent of the 
spirit occurred ; and Mosheim says, " In the first 
century all Christians were unanimous in setting 
apart the first day of the week, on which the Sa-
vior arose from the dead, for the solemn celebra-
tion of public worship. This pious custom, which 
was derived from the church in Jerusalem, was 
founded upon the express appointment of the 
apostles, who themselves consecrated that day to 
the same sacred purpose ; and it was observed 
universally, as appears from the united testimony 
of the most credible writers."—p. 45. 
Not wishing to make this communication too 
J. M. OunocK. 
Original. 
The Tabernacle of David. 
Concluded. 
The words " after this," spoken by St James, 
we understand to be explanatory of the phrase 
" in that day," as occurring in Amos 9:11. A 
like idea is presented in Joel, by the term " af-
terward." Dr. Clarke translates the Hebrew 
word from which afterward is taken as appearing 
in our common version, " after this." 
The expression " in that day" occurs also in 
Isaiah 11:10. And " in that day there shall be 
a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign 
of the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek, and 
his rest shall be glorious." The use which St. 
Paul makes of this prophecy leaves the impres-
sion that it was having a fulfillment in his day. See 
Rom. 15:8-12. If so, then this prophecy re-
fers to the position which Christ now occupies, " as 
an ensign of the people," being the object to 
which we seek for the pardon of our sins—of our 
trust, and of our hope, and consequently our rest 
---instead of the consummation of our hope. 
It is very clear however, that that portion 
of this prophecy of Isaiah's which immediately 
precedes the 10th verse can only be fulfilled in 
the eternal state. I am aware, too, that this 
makes a sudden change of the subject which 
seems to mar the sense. But no more sudden, 
however, than occurs elsewhere in the prophetic 
word. See Isaiah 2, from verse 1 to 6. A like 
transition occurs in Joel 3. From the 21st to 
the 27th verse we have a description of the mil-
lennial state. And then we read, " it shall come 
to pass afterward," &c., which St. Peter inter-
prets to mean " in the last days." See Acts 2:17. 
So that taking St. James, St. Peter and St. Paul, 
as interpreters of these phrases, " after this," 
" afterward," " in that day," as occurring in the 
passages above mentioned—they mean the last 
days, and include the time of the gospel dispen-
sation. 
Another illustration of the meaning of the 
phrase " in that day" occurs in Isaiah 12th as 
compared with John 7:37,38 This seems to be 
a song of rejoicing because of what God had 
wrought for Israel ; and does not our Lord give 
us to understand that this song alludes to acts 
which were to transpire under the gospel dispen-
sation ? 
Hence, according to the light which the New 
Testament affords relative to these phrases under 
consideration, we come to the conclusion, that the 
prophecies where they occur cover the whole 
ground of the work of' the Messiah from the com-
mencement of his public ministry to the time 
when he shall assign to the resurrected wicked 
their portion in the lake of fire at the end of the 
millennium, at which tith3 the rescued king-
dom will pass into the hands of the Triune God! 
Let us now set in order the acts of this won-
derful Sovereign of a fallen world : 
First. He is to raise from its ruined state, the 
house of David, by presenting a lawful heir to 
the vacant throne, and in securing. that throne to 
himself'. This he does, 
1st. By his incarnation. 
2d. By laying claim to the throne of his fa- 
and be received into the kingdom of heaven, where 
we shall be made perfectly just, holy, and safe 
for ever, which so long as we are here in this 
world, is hid from us, and appears not clearly 
unto us ; but at that last day shall appear to all 
men that exceeding joy which no tongue is able 
to express. As saith St. John in his canonical 
epistle, yet it appeareth not what we shall be, 
but we know that when He shall appear, we 
shall be like unto him, and we shall seehim even 
as he is. 
" And shortly, this is the sum of this petition : 
That God by his sincere preachers, will send his This 
word and gospel of Christ, and by his holy spirit 
bring us to the faith, and obedience to God, and 
daily increase the same. And then utterly to 
abolish and take away from us the rest of the 
world, which is wicked and disobedient, with all 
their sins and wickedness, and to receive us into 
his eternal kingdom and glory." 
writings, p. 195. 
Though Cranmer understood that " Almighty 
God has here in earth, in his church, a heavenly 
kingdom, and this kingdom which Christ in his 
gospel so often calls the kingdom of heaven, be-
gins among his people in this world; and all that 
truly believe and keep his commandments pertain 
unto this kingdom ; and when God, by his gospel, 
begins to call us unto this kingdom, then the 
kingdom of God comes unto us and begins in us ;" 
—yet, that he did not expect this kingdom of 
grace would be so universal in its influence as to 
bring about the conversion of the world, is ob-
vious from the manner in which he expounds the 
words—" but deliver us from evil"—on which 
he says, 
" And now, to the intent that you may the 
better understand this petition, you shall know, 
good children, that this word evil' signifies, in 
this place, not only sin against God's command-
ments, and unbelief against God's promise ; but 
also betokens all kind of adversity and affliction 
which we suffer for our sins, either in our bodies, 
souls, honors, or riches ; as ignorance, blindness 
of mind, sadness, sorrow, trouble of conscience, 
faintness of the heart, sickness of the body, pov-
erty, slanders, despising, reproaches, persecution, 
battle, sedition, hunger, pestilence, and all plagues, 
with which Satan afflicts and troubles us, either 
by himself, or the wicked world, whereof he is 
prince and governor. Which evils no man can num-
ber or rehearse, for they are without number, and 
increase daily more and more ; for the devil, in 
this latter time, daily more and more rages against 
the true church and people of God, as he per-
ceives that his kingdom draws to an end, and a 
short time remains, until the day of judgment 
come and his everlasting damnation. 
" Further more, the world waxes daily worse 
and worse, and men wax more wild and unruly. 
Sin, wickedness, malice and craftiness, increase 
above all measure ; so much that it is not possi-
ble to number the great floods of evils, which 
have almost overflowed the world. Among the 
which evils there is such blindness and cor-
ruption of judgment, that few there are, who can 
rightly discern what is good and what is evil." 
Ib. p. 215. 
It will be' seen that though Cranmer differs 
from Cyprian, inasmuch as he gives a double ap-
plication to the petition—applying it first to the 
kingdom of grade, and then to the kingdom of 
glory—yet, they both taught with the apostle 
" that in the last days perilous times will come," 
and that " evil men and seducers shall wax worse 
and worse, deceiving and being deceived." See 
2 Tim. 3rd chapter. Though Cranmer's sincerity 
has been impeached by Papists, and the stead-
fastness of his principles doubted by Protestants, 
yet, as Dr. Laurence has said, " he was in truth 
the chief promoter, and the ablest advocate of 
the Reformation." He was burnt at the stake, 
March 21st, 1556; often using in his last moments 
the words of Stephen, " Lord Jesus receive my 
spirit," and in the greatness of' the flame he gave 
up the ghost. May we be permitted to reign 
with him when the kingdom of God comes, is my 
prayer. �
J. M. ORROCK. 
we will rejoice and be glad in it." — Psalm long, I will close, though much more might be 
118:24. �
said. You will see from the above, the relevan- 
In compliance with a request expressed by Bro. cy of the quotation made in my " note book," 
Bosworth in a recent issue of the Herald, I will and that I understand the text to mean that the 
endeavor to give an exposition of the above pas- day of Christ's resurrection—when he became 
the Chief corner stone—was " made" i. e. conse-
crated and appointed by Jehovah as a day to be 
observed by his people with hallowed joy, and ap-
propriate exercises ; and that we may sing with 
the poet, 
" This is the day the Lord bath made, 
He calls the hours his own ; 
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
And praise surround the throne. 
" To-day he rose and left the dead, 
And Satan's empire fell ; 
To-day the saints his triumphs spread 
And all his wonders tell." 
Whether the day thus consecrated was the sev-
enth in order from creation or not, is another 
question, and one on which I will not here enter. 
" This is the day which the Lord bath made ; 
For the Herald. 
The Day the Lord Made. 
rr, 
92 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
ther David, in declaring himself king of the 
Jews. 
3d, �
In maintaining the dignity of his profes- 
sion in the manifestation of his Omnipotent pow, 
er driving the Jews out of the temple with a 
scourge of cords, in casting out devils, in gaining 
victory over death and the exalted seat he now 
occupies at the right hand of God, a Prince and 
a Savior. 
4th. In the taking out a people for his name 
among the Gentiles. This work has been going 
on since his ascension. From that time to this, and 
to the time when he shall personally appear, he 
has been offering himself to the Gentile nations 
as their redeemer and King, on the same princi-
ple that he offered himself to the Jews ; he hav-
ing purchased the dominion of earth with his own 
precious blood. And to as many as receive him, 
to them he gives power to become the sons of 
God-the subjects of his kingdom. 
His descent from heaven to earth with power 
and great glory to execute his claim to the throne 
of David and to take the dominion of earth into 
his own hands,-at which time the saints also 
have the privilege of taking the kingdom with 
their Master, and jointly possessing it forever and 
ever-yes, 
" From every land, from every clime, 
From every shore and sea, 
The weary pilgrims of all time 
Safe gathered there shall be." 
His reign with his saints in the new earth 
kingdom, is still in the capacity of One who is 
rescuing the kingdom, a thousand years. 
The manifestation of his power in the res-
toration of the wicked dead and their assignment 
to the lake of fire ; where he no longer reigns as 
one in the act of rescuing, but as the mighty God 
who has rescued, world without end. 
Now all these acts are the acts of the Messiah. 
Hence the time necessary for their performance, 
is his time, or his days. As to the apportion-
ment of those prophecies which are to have their 
fulfilment in his days, we think it safest to follow 
the apostles as commentators. 
W. H. EASTMAN. 
Whitefield, N. H., Jan. 10th, 1860. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, MARCH 24, 1860. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
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OUR LORD'S PRAYER. 
III. 
PETITION. 
5. Exposure to temptation. 
" And lead us not into temptation" Matt. 6:13. 
The apostle James wrote ; " Blessed is the man 
that endureth temptation : for when he is tried, he 
shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord bath 
promised to them that love him. Let no man say 
when he is tempted I am tempted of God : for God 
cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any 
man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn 
away of his own lust, and enticed," James 1:12-14. 
To " tempt" is used in the sense of trial, and also 
in the sense of enticement to sin. It is in this latter 
use of the term that God may be said never to tempt 
any one ; but in the sense of trial God does tempt ; 
for he has said, " I the Lord search the heart, I try 
the reins, even t) give every man according to his 
way ; and according to the fruit of his doings," Jer. 
17:10. " The Lord trieth the hearts," Prov. 17:3. 
Thus God did tempt Abraham," when he command-
ed him to offer his son for a burnt offering, Gen. 
22:1, This showed Abraham's fidelity and prompt 
obedience ; which Paul calls his trial : " By faith 
Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac : and 
he that had received the promises offered up his 
only begotten son," Heb. 11:17. 
This trial of men by God, is not to enable him to 
learn their character ; " for he knoweth what is in 
man." But it is to exercise their graces, or to man-
ifest their faithfulness or unfaithfulness to them-
selves or others. Thus Moses said to Israel, " Thou 
shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God 
led thee in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to 
prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, wheth-
er thou wouldest keep his commandments or no, 
Deut. 8:2. 
While God tempts no man to entice him to sin, 
he often allows Satan to do so. He permitted Sa-
tan to afflict Job, to show to Satan that patriarch's 
uprightness. When the princes of Babylon sent 
ambassadors to Hezekiah, " God left him to try him, 
that he might know all that was in his heart," 
2 Ch. 33:31. " Satan stood up against Israel, and 
provoked David to number Israel," 1 Ch. 21:1. And 
it was Satan that filled the heart of Ananias " to 
lie to the Holy Ghost," Acts 5:3. 
Subjection to any trial may be alike called a temp-
tation, whether the trial be endured without sin, or 
whether the one tried gives way to the temptation. 
To say that any one is tempted, therefore, is not to 
affirm that he did not endure the trial unharmed. 
Thus Jesus was " led up of the Spirit into the wil-
derness ; to be tempted of the devil," Matt. 4:1, but 
successfully withstood all the seductive blandish-
ments by which Satan sought to beguile him ; and 
though the assaults of the adversary must have been 
exceedingly painful to our Lord's pure nature, yet 
not for an instant could he have regarded with the 
least complacency, or felt the most remote inclina-
tion to accede to Satan's wishes. On other occasions, 
and in divers ways, doubtless, was our Lord assailed 
so that it is said of him that he " was in all points 
tempted like as we are, yet without sin," Ileb. 4:15. 
" For in that he himself hath suffered being temp-
ted, he is able to succor them that are tempted," 
Ib. 2:18. In like manner God is said to be tempted 
when men sin against him. When Israel murmur-
ed against Moses in the wilderness, he said to them, 
" Why chide ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt 
the Lord?" for " they tempted the Lord saying, Is 
the Lord among us or not ?" Ex. 17:2,7. And God 
said, " they have tempted me now these ten times," 
Num. 14:22. " Your fathers tempted me, proved 
me and saw my works," Psa. 95:9. But God could 
no more be tempted in the sense of being enticed 
than Christ could ; in which attempt the adversary 
was so effectively foiled. Also " a certain lawyer 
stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what 
shall I do to inherit eternal life ?" Luke 10:25. 
When they asked our Saviour respecting tribute, he 
replied, " Why tempt ye me ?" Matt. 22:18. And 
In the sense of trial, James says " My brethren, 
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; 
knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh 
patience," 1:2,3. And Peter said to those who en-
dured, " Ye are in heaviness through manifold 
temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much 
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it 
be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and 
glory and honor at the appearing of Jesus Christ," 
1 Peter 1:6,7. 
In praying that we be not led into temptation, 
we do not, therefore, so much pray for exemption 
from needful trials, as for sustaining grace to en-
dure them, and for power to escape. Paul wrote to 
the Corinthian church : " There hath no temptation 
taken you but such as is common to man : but God 
is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted 
above that ye are able ; but will with the tempta-
tion, also make a way to escape, that ye may be 
able to bear it," 1 Cor. 10:13. Paul says of him- 
self, that he served " the Lord with all humility of 
mind, and with many tears and temptations which 
befel me by the way," Acts 20:19. And Peter writes, 
that, " the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 
out of temptations," 2 Pet. 2:9. 
That we may be kept from falling, and not be left 
to give way to any of the enticements of Satan, we 
are commanded most earnestly to pray. Said our 
Savior, " Watch and pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation" Matt. 26:4, " Why sleep ye, lest ye 
enter into temptation," Luke 22:46. Such hearers 
as " have no root," for " a while believe, and in 
time of temptation fall away," Luke 8:13. Paul 
sent to the Thessalonians, as he wrote, " to know 
your faith, lest by some means the tempter have 
tempted you, and our labor be in vain," 2 Thess. 
3:5. And because of constant exposure to tempta-
tion, he commanded, that " if a man be overtaken 
in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an 
one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, 
lest thou also be tempted," Gal. 6:1. We therefore 
need ever to pray, " Lead us not into temptation." 
It affords pleasure, doubtless, to all our readers, 
as it certainly does to the editor, for anything illus-
trative to be given in the Herald in connection with 
any subject that is under consideration. Our thanks 
are due to Bro. Orrock for his articles on the King 
dom, as illustrative of one of the petitions in our 
Lord's prayer ; and now we present the readers of 
the Herald with an illustration of the effect which 
the impressive reading of this prayer, will have over 
the ordinary manner in which it is often recited. It 
is contributed by our venerable and esteemed Bro. 
Hon. Daniel P. Drown, of Portsmouth, N. II., who 
writes : 
Its insertion in the Herald at the present 
time may be opportune, as you are now givng your 
commentary upon the Lord's Prayer, which affords 
to so many of the dear children of our blessed Lord 
so much comfort (instrumentally) ; and I pray God, 
that you may be enabled to finish it with the same 
good effect which it has already produced, so far 
certainly as it respects myself." 
" Before the sparkle of his great black eye had 
been dimmed by the bane of his genius, strong drink; 
Boom, the great tragedian, and several friends, had 
been invited to dine with an old gentleman in Bal-
timore of distinguished piety, urbanity and kind-
ness. The host, though disapproving of theatres 
and theatre-going, had heard so much of Booth's re-
markable powers, that curiosity to see the man had 
in this instance, overcome all his scruples and preju-
dice. After the entertainment was over, lamps light-
ed and the company reseated in the drawing-room, 
some one requested Booth, as a particular favor, and 
one which all present would doubtless appreciate, to 
read aloud the Lord's prayer. Booth expressed his 
willingness to afford them this gratification, and all 
eyes were turned expectant upon him. Booth rose 
slowly and reverently from his chair. It was won-
derful to watch the play of emotions that convulsed 
his countenance. He became deathly pale, and his 
eyes, turned upwards, were wet with tears. As yet 
he had not spoken. The silence could be felt. It 
became absolutely painful, until at last the spell was 
broken, as if by an electric shock, as his rich-toned 
voice, from white lips syllabled forth, Our Father 
who art in heaven, &c., with a pathos and fervid 
solemnity that filled all hearts. 
" He finished.-The silence continued. Not a voice 
was heard, or muscle moved, in his rapt audience, 
until from a remote corner of the room a subdued 
sob was heard, and the old gentleman, (their host) 
stepped forward with streaming eyes and tottering 
frame, and seized Booth by the hand. Sir, said,he 
in broken accents, you have afforded me a pleasure 
for which my whole future life will feel grateful. I 
am an old man, and every day, from my boyhood to 
the present time, I thought I had repeated the Lord's 
prayer, but I had never heard it before-never. You 
are right,' replied Booth ; to read that prayer as it 
should be read has cost me the severest study and la-
bor for thirty years, and I am far from being satis-
fied with my rendering of that wonderful production. 
Hardly one person in ten thousand comprehends how 
much beauty, tenderness and grandeur can be con-
densed in so small a space, and in words so simple. 
The prayer of itself sufficiently illustrate the truth 
of the Bible, and stamps upon it the seal of Divini-
ty.' 
" So great was the effect produced, (says our in-
formant, who was present) that conversation was 
sustained but a short time longer in monosyllables, 
and almost entirely ceased ; and soon after, at an 
early hour, the company broke up and retired to 
their several homes, with sad faces and full hearts." 
The Prince of Tyrus. 
A correspondent asks for the meaning of the 
" prince of Tyrus in the 24th chapter of Ezekiel ;" 
and if Satan is not there meant. 
We think it must be Ezek. 28:2 that is referred 
to, where we find the expression quoted. On that 
supposition we reply that " the prince of Tyrus" 
was �
a man, and not God," v. 2 ; and that being 
a " man," he could not be Satan. He had accumu-
lated " riches" of" gold and silver," which Satan 
has no need of,-v. 4. He was to die " the death 
of the uncircumcised by the hands of strangers" (v. 
10), which shows him also to have been a man.-
And, finally, he is called the " king of Tyrus," v. 
12. Tyrus is the same as Tyre, the name of a city 
on the great or western sea-the Mediterranean, near 
the city of Zidon ; and the " prince," or " king of 
Tyrus," can be no other than the chief ruler of that 
city, whose doom is revealed in the 38th chapter of 
Ezekiel. 
Some persons have supposed that the declarations 
in vs 13 and 14 imply that Satan is the subject of 
that apostrophe; but the context shows that the mon-
arch of Tyre is the subject ; which being the case 
the as.riptions to him are tropical and illustrative 
of the luxury, wealth, and aspirations of that city. 
The Prophecy of Zephaniah. 
The same correspondent, whose name we do not 
find in connection with the request, says, " Please 
explain the 3d chapter of Zephaniah." The partic-
ular difficulty in the chapter not being specified, and 
a minute explanation of the whole requiring some 
space, we can here only glance at its main fea-
tures : 
The prophecy was uttered in the days of Josiah, 
and from five to fifteen years previous to the Baby-
lonian captivity. The " filthy and polluted city," 
that is the subject of this prophecy, is undoubtedly 
Jerusalem. She is sharply reproved for her sins, 
which are enumerated in verses 2-4. In v.5 the Lord 
admonishes them that he notices all they do. In v. 
6, he recounts the punishment already inflicted on 
other nations. �
In v. 7. is expressed the hope that 
Jerusalem would have repented. And v. R. is an 
exhortation for them to wait on the Lord, and so be 
preserved as a nation till the end of the world, when 
the impenitent nations will be cut off. Then follow 
various warnings and predictions, some of which 
have respect to the near, and some to the distant 
future. 
That Last Note. 
Newburyport has responded nobly to our last call, 
as will be seen by our receipts in another column ; 
and the following communication from Bro. Huse 
will speak for itself : 
Dear Bro. Bliss-Enclosed please find twenty-five 
dollars for the payment of one quarter of the last 
note against the A. M. Association. With pleasure 
I cast in my mite, hoping that those sitting over 
against the treasury, will have the satisfaction of 
seeing the last dollar of the remaining seventy-five 
flow in, before the time specified in your call. The 
continuance and prosperity of the Herald is the de-
sire of all lovers of the present truth ; and may its 
conductors be possessed of wisdom from above, that 
shall enable them to outride the storms and perils of 
the last time in safety ; but especially should we 
pray that its Editor (while giving meat in due sea-
son) may be endued with grace and patience to con-
tinue yet a little while, till He whose right it is to 
reign shall say, It is enough ; come up higher. 
Yours in hope, 
J. B. HUSE. 
New York, March 19, 1860. 
We now greatly expect that another week will fin-
ish up this matter, so that thenceforth the donations 
received will belong to the office, to enable it to be- 
come more instrumental of good than is practicable 
while such gifts can be used only in payment of 
claims against it. Many thanks to those who have 
so manfully put their shoulders to, and so nearly 
lifted the burden. 
Note from Bro. Cunningham. 
Eld. C. Cunningham writes from North Attlebo-
ro', under date of March 19, as follows : 
Bro. Bliss :-Eld. E. Burnham is still laboring 
with us with encouraging success. New cases of 
interest are manifested in every meeting. The Lord 
is present with us in the conversion of sinners, the 
reclamation of backsliders, and in the conviction of 
many others. We are expecting a rich blessing from 
His hand. Bro. B. will remain with us over ano-
ther Sabbath, and longer, if God shall so direct. 
The Return of Spring. 
The indications out doors show that the season of 
spring is once more returning with its balmy breez-
es ; and soon shall we be able to say : 
" Lo, the winter is past, 
The rain is over and gone ; 
The flowers appear on the earth ; 
The time of the singing of birds is come, 
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. 
The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, 
And the vines with the tender grapes give a good 
smell." 
Well will it be if, with the return of spring, we 
shall all find the Sun of righteousness shining with 
renewed warmth and vigor in each one of our hearts. 
The Pope and Napoleon. 
The Religious Intelligencer says of Napoleon's 
last letter to the Pope : 
" The last letter of Louis Napoleon to the Pope 
appears to be a clincher.' It requests him, seeing 
he will not consent to settle the Italian question on 
the plan of the Emperor, to say upon what plan he 
will settle it. Of course, it is to be a feasible plan, 
and one, in the present aspect of affairs in Europe, 
and the advanced state of public opinion, that bids 
fair to be a settlement in deed and in truth. To our 
minds, there seems to be something of the burlesque 
in this request ; and we shall be anxious to see the 
next letter from the Vatican, in reply to it. We 
hope the Pope, and his man, Antonelli, will-be able, 
between them, to concoct a decent answer ; but we 
cannot say that we have much faith in the result." 
Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible. 
Part 2d of this beautiful serial is received and 
comprises Gen. chapters 18 to 26. The subjects of 
these chapters are profusely and elegantly illustrated 
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—The destruction of Sodom, the pillar of salt, Ha-
gar and Ishmael cast forth, the offering of Isaac, 
Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, Abra-
ham's servant and Rebekah at the well, Isaac meet-
ing Rebekah, Esau going for venison, Isaac blessing 
Jacob, Jacob's vision of Angels, his pouring oil on 
the stone, his keeping Laban's flocks, the heap of 
witness, and the meeting of Jacob and Esau, are the 
subjects of large and elegant engravings which add 
much to the interest of the text. 
It will be completed in about 50 Nos. issued semi-
monthly at 15 cents a number, by Cassell,Petter and 
Galpin, at 37 Park Row, N.Y. 
" Paine Celebration.” 
Seldom do we open the folds of the Investigator, 
the Infidel paper in this city, but our eye rests on 
the account of some " Paine celebration," or a ref-
erence to Paine of some kind. Paine is their hero 
and oracle. It is all Paine, Paine ! �
It strikes us 
however, that after all, there is an appropriateness 
in the name of this apostle of Infidelity; for, ac-
cording to the French version of the New Testament 
all who know not God and will not obey the Gospel 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, will be sentenced to " ev-
erlasting pain." 
Needlessly Merry. 
The" Commercial Bulletin" inquires " Where is 
the schoolmaster ?" and says : 
" The following questions, which were actually 
put to an editor by men old enough to know better, 
are so irresistibly ludicrous that we cannot help giv-
ing them ; and had they not come under our own ob-
servation we should have regarded them as improba-
ble : Two individuals in this city had a dispute as 
to whether the Stamp Act passed before or after the 
American Revolution, and referred the question to 
a gentleman of the press for his decision ; but the 
most astonishing put was whether the birth of our 
Saviour took place before or after the Christian Era! 
The individual who put this last question wished to 
become a contributor to the press, and he did so be-
come immediately, for the roar of laughter that 
greeted his interrogatory from the three knights of 
the quill who were present in the sanctum where it 
was made, proved to the querist that he had contrib-
uted something quite fresh,' even to those keen 
purveyors of new things, who are generally themsel-
ves so largely interested in the manufacture of jokes 
as to render it almost labor lost for outsiders to at-
tempt. " 
The inquiry respecting the stamp act, of course 
shows ignorance of American history ; but that is no 
reason why the man should be laughed at : he should 
be commiserated and instructed. But with respect 
to the other question, the editor of the Bulletin is 
himself in the fog—his comments evidently indicat-
ing that he supposes the common Christian era to 
date from the actual event of Christ's birth. It is, 
however, clearly demonstrated that our Lord's birth 
antedates that epoch some four years. In other 
words, he was born some four years before the Chris-
tian era—notwithstanding the merriness of the 
Commercial. 
1867. 
We believe our Saviour when he said to his disci-
ples, and through them to us, " It is not given to 
you to know the times or the seasons which the Fa-
ther hath put in his own power ;" and hence we 
have not implicit confidence in the opinions and in-
terpretations of those who are certain that they have 
fbund the meaning of unfulfilled prophecies, and 
specify the periods when future stupendous events 
will occur. And, yet, so many able Christian stu-
dents unite in affirming as the result of their labori-
ous and prayerful investigations, that the year 1867, 
will be a great crisis, that we cannot but think that 
it will indeed be marked with great events involving 
radical changes in the present constitution of things. 
Hence, living at this very moment within seven years 
of this era,—" what manner of persons ought we to 
be, in all holy conversation and godliness,"—look-
ing for remarkable events in the history of the world 
and of mankind, and in a state of preparation for 
them. �
If we are the true friends of God we have 
nothing to fear from any issues, however gigantic 
and momentous ; and if we are the enemies of God, 
it behooveth us to make haste and delay not to be-
come his friends.—Hartford Rd. Herald. 
We have received a request dated Springfield, Ms. 
and signed " A. R. H." requesting the insertion of 
a " Notice" in the Herald of a gathering of Meth-
odist ministers in S. on the 4th of April, and invit-
ing ministers entertaining the views on various sub-
jects advocated by the Herald to meet with them ; 
but it is accompanied by no responsible name,which 
is indispensable to its insertion in these columns. 
THE HARP.—We are now out of the small Harp, 
but have an abundance of the larger one on hand. 
As it is wished to reduce the supply of this, before 
republishing the smaller form, it will be put for a 
while at the reduced price of 70 cents, and one fourth 
off from that, by the Doz. 
To R. Robertson, Esq., our English Agent. Will 
you be kind enough to send us a copy of the two 
volumes of Birks' Visions of Daniel, and charge in 
your account with the A. M. A.—informing us of 
their price and cost of transportation. 
Foreign News. 
Late developments in Europe show a little changed 
programme for the future of the Italian question, as 
disclosed by the speech of Napoleon at the opening 
of the French Legislature. The following is the por-
tion of the speech referred to : 
" In guaranteeing Italy by my army against for-
eign intervention, I had a right to point out the 
limits of this guarantee. I have not, therefore, hes-
itated to declare to the King of Sardinia that, al-
though leaving to him an entire liberty of action, I 
could not follow him in a policy which in the eyes of 
Europe appeared to intend the absorption of the 
States of Italy, and which threatened new complica-
tions. I have counselled him to reply favorably to 
the wishes of the provinces which offer themselves to 
him, but to retain the autonomy of Tuscany, and to 
respect in principle the rights of the Holy See. If 
this arrangement does not satisfy everybody, it has 
the advantage of reserving principles, of calming ap-
prehension, and it elevates Piedmont to a kingdom 
of more than nine million souls. 
"Having in view this transformation of Northern 
Italy, which gives to a powerful State all the passes 
of the Alps, it was my duty, for the safety of our 
frontiers, to claim the French side of the mountains. 
In this reclamation of a territory of small extent 
there is nothing to alarm Europe or to belie the dis-
interested policy which I have more than once pro-
claimed, for France does not wish to proceed to this 
aggrandizement, however small it may be, either by 
military occupalion, or by insurrection provoked, or 
by underhand maneuvers, but by frankly explaining 
the question to the great powers. They will doubt-
less understand in their equity, like France, as France 
would certainly understand it for each of them un-
der similar circumstances, that the important ter-
ritorial re-arrangement which is about to take place 
gives us a right to a guaranty indicated by Nature 
herself." 
This speech has called forth various comments 
from the London press, of which the following is 
the substance : 
The Herald's correspondent says the speech is con-
sidered more ominous than that which preceded the 
Italian war. Every paragraph is fraught with the 
most serious complications to Europe. 
The Daily News, remarking upon the Imperial de-
claration of desire for peace, says it is the misfortune 
of the annual speech of the Emperor, that it reads 
too much like one of those articles in the Moniteur, 
which declare war in one sentence, and proclaim 
eternal peace in another. 
The limes in a leader on the Emperor's speech, 
says it is not what it hoped, but rather what it ex-
pected. The most important and objectionable part 
is the declaration that he intends to annex Savoy. It 
observes that the plea of natural convenience will 
carry the French frontiers to very alarming out-
posts. 
The Post takes exceptions to the Emperor's state-
ment about Savoy. 
The Herald says, the annexation of Savoy is a 
guage of deliberate defiance to Europe. 
The Chronicle thinks the policy intelligible and 
fair, and praises the whole of the speech. 
The Globe is of opinion that the Emperor's 
speech is not one calculated to calm public appre-
hension. 
The Express says the speech is unfavorable, and 
will affect the Stock Exchange. 
In addition to the foregoing, considerable sensa-
tion has been created by a statement in a London 
paper that a treaty of alliance has been concluded 
between Russia and Austria. This rumor has crea-
ted considerable discussion in the London papers, 
and elicited contradictory statements : 
The London Herald at first regarded the statement 
as at least premature, but in a subsequent leader it 
says it believes the statement of Russia having de-
cided to renew her alliance with Austria to be cor-
rect. No treaty is as yet signed, but there is no 
doubt as to the renewal of friendly relations. 
The Independence Beige utterly disbelieves the an-
nouncement. The news is also discredited by the Par-
is journals. 
The London Globe of the 28th ult. announced that 
the Austrian government had stated that the report 
of the Austro-Russian alliance was entirely devoid of 
foundation. The Paris Pays and Patrie of the 28th 
also deny the statement. 
The London Chronicle has repeated, in a leader 
its statement from Vienna, of the rumored Austro-
Russian Alliance, remarking : " This new alliance 
corroborates the statement that we have for sometime 
past reiterated, that there existed a dark and wide-
spread conspiracy against the cause of freedom and 
progress, and immediately menacing the peace of 
Europe." 
Farther intelligence will be needed to determine 
the truth of this rumor ; but it is not improbable 
that such an alliance has been or will be effected—
the relation of Poland to Russia, and Hungary to 
Austria, being an inducement to the monarchs of 
those countries to such a treaty. 
PRUSSIA. 
The Nord Deutsche Zeitung says that the Berlin 
Cabinet has, through its Ambassador, made a com-
munication to the Cabinet of Vienna, to the follow-
ing effect : 
" Prussia would, it is true, see with regret that 
Austria should deem it necessary to consolidate her 
actual position in Italy, or to re-establish her former 
position by any aggressive measure, and would espe-
cially regret to see that power make an armed inva-
sion on the right bank of the Mincio, which has ce-
ded. On the other hand, should any enemy coming 
from the West cross the Mincio line, without, pro-
vocation from Austria, Prussia, who looks upon that 
line as indispensable to the interests of Germany, 
would look upon those interests, and consequently 
upon her own, as compromised. She would consid-
er herself provoked to the struggle, and would regard 
such a step as a ca,sus belli." 
HUNGARY. 
If (says a letter from Hungary) there be any truth 
in political indications, this country is on the brink 
of a convulsion. Everywhere there is agitation—
everywhere that grave disquietude which is the ordi-
nary precursor of grave events—and everywhere 
classes, creeds, and nationalities are waiting as for 
some great enterprise which will require a common 
effort ; in a word, Hungary presents exactly the same 
aspect now as she did just before the revolution of 
1848. IV hat is singular is that in Vienna itself the 
belief that Hungary will soon be in arms against 
Austrian domination generally prevails ; and the Vi-
ennese, not having the fear of the Hapsburgs before 
their eyes, scruple not among themselves to evince 
sympathy with the coming revolt, and even to write 
letter to the leaders of the movement in Hungary, 
offering assistance in men and money. To such an 
extent, indeed, have the Viennese adopted the Hun-
garian sentiments,that nothing is more common than 
to see them strutting about the streets in Hungarian 
costume. 
ITALY. 
A Turin letter states a rather amusing fact. �
In 
consequence of threats of excommunication of the 
King of Sardinia, a commission, consisting of some 
of the most distinguished advocates of Turin, was 
appointed to look into the law. They report that 
no papal excommunication can be received in Sardin-
ia without the royal exequator, and that any priest, 
publishing an excommunication without such author-
ity is liable to prosecution, and even, according to 
laws yet unrepealed, to the penalty of death. 
A Turin letter of the 19th says : " By order of 
Count Cavour a statistical return is now being pre-
pared at the Ministry of the Interior, of the refugees 
from Venetia, whose numbers are daily increasing in 
an extraordinary proportion. The minister's object 
is in the first place to devise means fur the relief of 
these persons, most of whom are entirely destitute ; 
and secondly, to prepare a document which may at 
a given moment be hurled at Austria as a formidable 
diplomatic missile." 
AUSTRIA. 
The Vienna correspondent of the Times says the 
Emperor now listens with more complacency to the 
counsels of his generals than those of his more offi-
cial advisers. The former wishes to renew the war 
and urge the necessity of increasing the army and 
the reinforcements of the forces in Venetia. �
The 
news that the French artillery is to be increased, and 
the Sardinian army increased, renders the high mili-
tary party again predominant. Austrian statesmen 
are of opinion that eventually there will be a gener-
al collision against the Emperor Napoleon. 
FRANCE. 
The great question of a railway across the Alps is 
once more made a subject of discussion in France. 
The Paris correspondent of the Times, in a letter 
dated the 22d, says : 
" A feeling is abroad that the Emperor is very de-
sirous of coming to an arrangement with the Pope, 
such as would satisfy moderate men,' and avert the 
total separation of the Romagnas. The circular of 
M. Thouvenel led some people to think, and I be-
lieve not incorrectly, that a scheme of the kind was 
in contemplation, and it is now said that a vicariate 
and a lay government would, to a certain extent,ap-
pease the discontented." 
ITEMS AND NEWS. 
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will take 
his departure for Canada at the latter end of May or 
the beginning of June. Instructions will be sent 
to the authorities to make the necessary arrange-
ments for the reception of the young Prince. The 
names of the suite that will attend his royal high-
ness, and the details of his visit, have not yet been 
settled, though it is said that the Renown, 91 gun 
vessel, has been fixed upon for conveying the Prince. 
Dr. Gideon D. Smith of Baltimore predicts the 
extensive appearance of locusts this year. They will 
appear, he says, in the following States : New York, 
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 
Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana. They will 
commence emerging in North Carolina about the 
10th of May, and a few days later for every hundred 
miles as we progress North, until the first of June, 
in Washington county, New York. This will af-
ford a fine opportunity to test the correctness of the 
assertion that they appear regularly every seven-
teen years. None of the Southern tribe (thirteen 
years locusts) appear this year. 
Mr. Truman Bill of Gilsum, N. II., was driving 
home from Keene, last Monday evening, with ano-
ther man named Gassett, and had reached Beaver 
Brook Falls, when the horse, a blind one, ran off the 
bank some twelve or fifteen feet. Mr. Bill was found 
dead in the water, the horse on top of him. The 
wagon was over the other man, who was not serious-
ly injured. 
Mr. Moses Boynton of Monmouth, Me., accident-
ally shot himself last Saturday. He was in pursuit 
of some squirrels that were marauding in his corn-
house, and while removing some of stacle with the 
gun held carelessly it went off and lodged the con- 
tents in his abdomen. He lived about two hours af-
ter receiving the wound. 
The severest snow storm of the season was experi-
enced in Western New York on the 12th inst. Not 
only was there a heavy fall of snow, but the weather 
was cold, and the wind blew with great violence. 
At Rochester the snow was ten inches deep. 
The Rochester Express records the death of a daugh-
ter of Frederick Douglass. Since her father's ab-
sence she had lost her appetite and interest in her 
occupation, and had gradually sunk away and died. 
She had got the idea firmly fixed in her mind that 
her father would never come back, and that if he 
did return, he would have to go to prison and execu-
tion. 
Undoubtedly the oldest man in the world, says 
the N. 0. Crescent, is Captain Viroux of Belgium. 
He was born on the ninth of November, 1709, and is 
consequently �
years old. He entered the army 
in 1830, at the adN
ced age of 121 years, and re-
mained in the service, until recently, when he was 
put upon the pension list. 
On Friday of last week some boys overset a vessel 
of pitch on the stove in the house of Mr. S. Grander-
son Gilman of Biddeford, Me., and a little boy of 
Mr. Gilman, three years old, was so badly burned 
that he died the next day. Another child of Mr. 
Gilman, aged five years, and a little boy of Mr. 
Hanscom, were badly though not fatally burned. 
A singular demonstration in favor of the temporal 
power of the Pope was made at New Orleans last 
week. A mass meeting of ten to fifteen thousand 
Catholics was held in Jackson square, to which the 
bishops and priests and various Catholic societies 
marched in grand procession. Bishop Quinlan of 
Mobile delivered a discourse in which he strongly 
denounced the French Emperor, and an address ex-
pressive of sympathy with the Pope was adopted. 
The papal benediction was pronounced, and the ser-
vices concluded by a merry peal from the cathedral 
bells, music by several bands, and a national salute 
of thirty-three guns. 
The London Morning Chronicle has the following 
paragraph concerning Macaulay's religious opin-
ions : 
" We state on what we regard as good authority, 
that the late Lord Macaulay experienced a great and 
salutary change in his religious views a few months 
before his death. We are assured that he embraced 
thoroughly and joyfully what are called evangelical 
principles, and that his only hope of happiness here-
after rested on the atonement." 
Two KINDS OF TESTIMONY.—We clip the following 
from the Presbyterian Herald : 
A Noble Testimony.—A postmaster sends us the 
name of a subscriber, and adds, "This name has 
long since been written in the Lamb's book of etern-
al life." 
To this the True Witness adds concerning another 
class of subcribers : 
Would that we had the same testimony from those 
of our subscribers who leave for parts unknown in-
debted to us from two dollars and dollars and fifty 
cents and upwards. But alas, the postmaster writes 
us,they are gone—where he cannot tell. Is it honest 
for a person to leave for any part of this world, and 
not let the editor of his paper, or the postmaster, 
know where he has gone ?—We ask the question and 
leave it for others to answer. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the 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 c'isentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
A Proposition. 
For the sake of eliciting truth, I propose, in a 
fraternal spirit, to discuss with one who may be se-
lected by those opposed to my views, the following 
(or similar) proposition ; on the condition that he 
shall select the time and place, and that the aggre-
gate traveling expenses of both shall be equally 
shared between us. 
I will take the affirmative of such propositions as 
are marked A, and the negative of those marked N. 
The toes of the image are yet undeveloped, -
and so of all the decem-regal predictions of Daniel 
and Revelation. A. 
The periods 2300, 1335, 1290, 12G0, are liter-
al. A. 
They are all future. A. 
The four beasts of Dan. 7 all arose since A.D. 
A. 
The let beast of Rev. 13 is purely a political 
system. A. 
The four horns of Dan. 8 represent the domin-
ion of Alexander's generals. N. 
They represent four kingdoms in Europe. A. 
The " little horn " of ch. 8 represents Rome. 
N. 
0. It represents the Turks. N. 
It is yet undeveloped. A. 
The " north and south" of Ch. 11 represent 
Syria and Egypt. N. 
They represent France and Austria. A. 
The " vile person" introduced at v. 21,, is 
Napoleon III. A. 
The last development of the beast of Revela-
tion represents his empire. A. 
The dragon of Rev. 12 represents Rome. N. 
The woman of ch 12 represents the church 
on earth. A. 
The woman of ch. 21 represents the church 
redeemed. A. 
Mystic Babylon ch. 17 and 18, represents 
the Roman church. N. 
It represents all corrupt organizations. N. 
It represents a literal city. A. 
It represents the city of Rome. N. 
It represents the city of London. A. 
If no one can oppose all my affirmations, and 
vice versa, then another that can, may choose the 
remaining propositions. 
I do not give the above as a challenge, but for the 
sake of information. I am sincere in my convic-
tions, but am not infallible, and if in error, am in 
need of being set right. 
A. BROWN. 
Louisville, Ky., March 2, 1860. 
From Bro. T. Dudley. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-In writing to you at this time, 
I have taken the liberty to clip a short extract from 
the New York Tribune, under date of Jan. 3, 1860. 
The article referred to, is from the Tribune's corres-
pondent at Canton in China, in relation to the mis-
sionary cause in that city, in which he states" that 
the whole number of converts to Protestant Chris-
tianity during forty-five years, numbers just twenty, 
and that the number of resident missionaries at 
the present time is twenty-three." 
He farther states, " there is reason for the sneer 
of the Jesuits at the fruitless bales of Bibles landed 
on the sea shore in China, and that while the church 
of Rome sends the flower of her army as missiona-
ries to foreign lands, Protestant England and Ame-
rica are content to send second or third rate men to 
their missionary stations." 
In reading the above sketch, I am led to ask the 
question, Are these really the fruits of the different 
missions to the city of Canton for the last forty-five 
years ? and if so, what would be the result, if the 
truth in every ease was told the public? 
God forbid that I should detract one iota from 
missionary effort, but the inquiry I would ask, is 
the whole truth told ? and do these signs indicate 
the conversion of the world to Protestant Christian-
ity ? It must be admitted by all close observers of 
men and things, that we do not live in a day of gen-
eral Scripture investigation. 
Most men are content with their present know 
ledge of the Bible, thinking that all is known that 
can be known about it, or its doctrines, and that it 
is rank heresy to think or belidve anything contrary 
to the popular belief on questions of theology. It 
is a most singular fact with most men, that however 
willing or ready they may be to examine into all 
other questions, those of theology are left entirely 
to theological students and teachers. 
If the difficulty ended here, it might possibly be 
corrected ; but such is not the fact; for every theo-
logical student must study a certain number of theo-
logical works which amounts to nothing more than 
the opinions of celebrated divines on Bible truths. 
Another difficulty against Bible investigation is the 
great hue and cry raised if one person dares to be-
lieve different from the Christian fathers, and very 
few have sufficient strength of nerve or principle, if 
I may call it so, to run opposite the current of pub-
lic opinion in matters of religious belief. 
The only difference, as I can perceive, between 
the Protestant and Romish churches is this, - that 
while the Protestant churches are very anxious for 
the people to read the Bible, the conditions, are they 
must go to the Christian fathers to know what it 
means, while the Burnish church goes directly to the 
writings of the fathers without consulting the Bible 
at all. 
Here is where the doctrine of the conversion of 
the world originated, and because it has been taught 
and believed for a century and a half, it is thought 
that it must of course be true. 
Some of the most sublime passages of scripture 
are explained and trifled away, so as not to mean 
what the plain reading would imply. Such, for 
instance, as the first resurrection, is made to mean 
nothing more than a resurrection to newness of life, 
conversion, &c. The kingdom of Christ is held to 
be not a kingdom in reality, but merely the grace of 
God in the hearts of believers, the different churches 
in the world, and the like. The coming of Christ is 
not to be literally understood, but is interpreted to 
be the destruction of Jerusalem, Christ's coming at 
the death of each individual, &c. The momentous 
doctrine of the resurrection of the dead and the 
judgment is trifled away in a similar manner by the 
belief that as fast as men die they are judged, and 
each receives his final reward or punishment, as 
soon as they leave this world. That all shall know 
the Lord is said to mean that all do know the Lord; 
the argument is that there is not a nation in exist-
ence but what has some idea of the existence of a 
Supreme Being, and that this is to know the Lord. 
I apprehend the great difficulty why no better 
success attends the preached gospel, is because the 
true gospel is not preached. It is not the gospel of 
Jesus Christ, but the gospel of the Christian fath-
ers. It is true, we live in a day of splendid church-
es, sensation preachers, a mystical spiritualizing 
teaching of God's word, a blind attachment to pop-
ular doctrines, right or wrong, and a waiting,watch-
ing, singing and praying age for the conversion of 
the world to just such a belief. Is this, I ask at 
times, and frequently, too,-is this the Great Resti-
tution of which all the prophets have spoken, sang 
and prayed for from the foundation of the world ? 
Was this the Great Theme of our Savior, when he 
taught his disciples to pray, " Thy kingdom come ; 
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven " ? Did 
our Saviour intend to convey the idea that when 
that kingdom did come, the will of God would be 
done on earth as in heaven, and has the grace of 
God in the hearts of believers done any thing of the 
kind ? And how is the will of God done in heav-
en ? pray tell, any sickness, any sorrow, pain,death? 
Is there any sin there? Not so. We may know, 
then, for a positive certainty, that just so long as 
the will of God is not done on earth as it is in hea-
ven, equally true it is that the kingdom of God has 
not come. The coming of the one is a positive as-
surance of the other. 
In conclusion, dear brother, I do believe that 
most people place the nature and character of the 
Redeemer's kingdom altogether too low ; what lit-
tle knowledge there is, is quite too superficial ; and 
this, I believe, is the great reason why no better 
success attends the preached gospel. How glorious ! 
how harmonious ! how beautiful the Bible appears! 
and yet nine-tenths call such an exalted belief a mis-
erable delusion. Yours in the blessed hdpe, 
T. DUDLEY. 
Jacksonville, lll., Jan. 18, 1860. 
REMARKS. We have no statistics before us of the 
success of missions in China. But it occurs to us 
that it would hardly be just to judge of the utility 
of missions from their success in an isolated place, 
or for a limited time. We have heard it stated that 
the Moravians labored in Greenland thirty years 
without any success, and then had most abundant 
conversions. Whether successful or not, the great 
command is, Go ye into all the world and preach 
the gospel to every creature. We honor those who 
attempt to obey it, and if only a single soul was an- 
nually converted, it would outweigh in value mil-
lions of worlds. We have no hostility to missions, 
but would like to see them prosecuted as precursors 
of the Lord's coming. The writer in the Tribune 
does not do justice to Protestant missionaries, so far 
as our knowledge extends ; for many of them, even 
for their intelligence and scientific attainments, are 
very highly esteemed. But however numerous the 
conversions might be, it would show nothing more 
than that God is gathering out of the nations a 
people to the praise of his glory. It would be no 
indication of the world's conversion-as the want 
of such is no excuse for disregarding the great 
Commission. If men would study the Bible more, 
they would act from more scriptural motives. 
ED. 
From Bro. J. Pearce. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-We would be much obliged to 
you if you will give us your exposition of the 24th 
and 25th chapters of Matthew in the Herald as soon 
as convenient. Were the children of Israel, after 
they entered the land of Canaan, a type of the 
church, after she enters upon her inheritance ? If 
so, how came they to have so many enemies to con-
quer ? 
Dear brother, we hail the weekly visits of the 
Herald with pleasure. It comes to our house richly 
laden with choice fruit : its selections are good ; the 
correspondence is cheering ; the editorials cannot 
fail, as a general thing, to give satisfaction-they 
being calculated to inform the judgment, to enlight-
en the mind, - good, wholesome food for the inner 
man. Many very important and interesting subjects 
our Herald contains. May it continue to herald 
forth to the church, and to the world-to the former 
the comforting and consoling news of the coming of 
our blessed Lord and Saviour, to set up his everlast-
ing kingdom in the restored earth ; and to the lat-
ter, may it be a warning voice, calling upon them 
to prepare to meet God. 
We hope our brother has the prayers of all his 
readers, that God may continue to bless him. If 
there is any truth we have not hail the mind of God 
upon, may the Holy Spirit impart light, that our 
coming King may be glorified, and we edified and 
built up in our most holy faith. We long for Christ 
to set up his kingdom, when will cease all the woes 
and sighs of a groaning creation, that travaileth in 
pain together until now ; and not only they, but 
ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the 
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, 
waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of 
our body. Then shall we be delivered from the bond-
age of corruption into the glorious liberty of the 
children of God, to participate in all that is great, 
grand and glorious ; then shall that prayer of Christ 
be fulfilled, " Father, I will that they also, whom 
thou bast given me, be with me where I am, that 
they may behold my glory," John 17:24. " As 
truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the 
glory of the Lord," Num. 14:21. " Blessed be his 
glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be 
filled with his glory. Amen and amen." Psa. 72: 
19. �
" The Lord shall be King over all the earth : 
in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name 
one," Zech. 14:9. " The meek shall inherit the 
earth," Psa. 37:11. " For such as be blessed of 
him shall inherit the earth, and they that be cursed 
of him shall be cut off," ib. 22. The great Teacher 
said, " Blessed are the meek ; for they shall Inherit 
the earth." Matt. 5:5. " Thy kingdom come ; thy 
will be done in earth as it is in heaven," Ib. 10.-
" Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look 
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness," 2 Pet. 3:13. " They sung a new 
song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, 
and to open the seals thereof ; for thou wast slain, 
and hast redeemed us to God, by thy blood, out of 
every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation," 
Rev. 5:9. " Then the moon shall be confounded, 
and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall 
reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem and before 
his ancients gloriously," Isa. 24:23. 
These are a few of the texts in the Holy Scrip-
tures by which God designs to teach his people 
where their inheritance is. 
My prayer is that we may all be clothed in the 
righteousness of Christ, and washed in his blood, 
that we may be ready to receive him with joyful ac-
clamations when he shall come. Amen. 
Pickering, C. W., Feb. 20, 1860. 
tion of, at some time, not long in the future. 
We regard nothing that is merely historical, in 
the Old Testament, as a type of the future. 
We regard nothing as typical, except Divinely 
appointed religious things and observances, which 
were given for the purpose of keeping in remem-
brance, and of manifesting faith in future things 
and events previously revealed. All the observances 
of the law were typical ; but we find no merely his- 
torical acts or events that were so. �ED. 
From Bro. G. Bursell. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-Although a stranger to you, I 
am not a stranger to your valuable paper. I have 
taken it almost since its first commencement, and 
my interest in it is unabated. I hope it will live to 
battle the elements of infidelity, which characterize 
this day in which we live, and come off unscathed 
when its work is done and Jesus has come. Your 
work is a business with you,-to fill the columns of 
your paper. I believe your motive is the glory of 
God and the good of souls. May this same motive 
ever inspire you ; and may you more fully realize 
the wants of the hungry thousands scattered east, 
west, north and south, feasting upon the contents of 
your paper. Your position is a responsible one ; 
and may all the children of God pray for you, that 
while you stand upon the watch tower you may be 
enabled to respond correctly to the many questions 
coming in, as it were, in every breeze, Watchman, 
what of the night ? Your many answers have been 
cheering to the poor pilgrims who have thereby had 
a song in the night. We are going home ; and now 
can sing, We are almost there. Yes, the night is 
far spent, and the day is at hand. The latter rain 
is falling ; the harvest will soon be ready ; the judge 
standeth before the door Is not the latter rain of 
James and the refreshing Peter speaks of in Acts 3 
the same-as they both reveal the coming of the 
Saviour in immediate connection with that event ? 
1 also think it is the sealing time. We have had a 
time of refreshing in a protracted meeting which has 
been going on four or five weeks, and some thirty 
souls have been brought to God. In a country 
place nearly all the neighborhood is converted. God 
is reviving his work all around. There is no great 
excitement, but a glorious power. 
I am connected with the Methodist church, and 
am a local preacher ; and although I have been op-
posed by preachers of the gospel, I thank God that 
I still retain my position and preach Jesus nigh.-
The most of the members of the church where I 
live believe the doctrine. One of our preachers that 
has come this year preaches the same blessed truth. 
Glory to God, the light is spreading. Yours in the 
blessed hope. 
Burr Oak, Iowa, Feb. 24, 1860. 
From J. A. Varney. 
Bro. Bliss :-I have read the articles of brother 
Litch and others on the beasts of Daniel and Rev. 
with much interest, and have been instructed on 
some points. But some things have been said on oth-
er points that do not look clear to me. 
In brother Litch's article, Is the Napoleon Dynas-
ty the Beast ? He quotes what is said of the beast 
of Rev. 13th, and says it will not apply to Napoleon 
I. and then says that if Napoleon I. was not the 
beast of the 13th of Rev. Napoleon HI. cannot be 
the beast of the 17th, for the beast of the 17th chap-
ter is the re-appearance of the beast of the 13th 
chapter. �
I have carefully examined the word on 
that point, and cannot understand it so ; for I can-
not see that the beast of the 17th is the beast of the 
13th any more than the beast of the 13th is the dra-
gon of the 12th. I admit that they are all symbols 
of the ruling power of the Roman world, but each 
at a different period of time ; and what is said of each 
beast is fulfilled in that period, or space of time, that 
the beast symbolizes. �
I see no more reason in ap- 
plying what is said of the beast of the 13th to the 
beast of the 17, than there would be in applying 
what is said of the dragon of the 12th to the beast 
of the 13th. 
The only understanding that I can get from the 
Bible is that it takes the dragon and the beasts of 
the 13th and 17th to measure off Daniel's beast and 
little horn. The dragon, or dragonic age,commenced 
first, and run down to where the dragon gave the 
beast of the 13th his power and seat and great au-
thority, and no further ; and all that was said of the 
dragon was fulfilled in the dragonic age. And that 
the Leopard beast age commenced where the dragon 
gave him his seat and great authority al.d continued 
42 months-the same length of time that the saints 
were given into the hand of the little horn, covering 
that same age and space of time. 
Now if this beast was to continue only 42 months 
could he continue any longer than that? And was 
not all that is said in the 13th chapter that this 
beast should do, fulfilled in that 42 months by the 
papacy? �
And is not the beast of Rev. 13th the 
REMARKS. The 24th of Matthew, is a portion (341 identical little horn of Daniel 7th, down to where 
scripture that we hope to be able to give an exposi- the time, times and the dividing of a time ended ? 
By a close comparison of what is said of them, I 
can make nothing else of that beast. His work and 
that of the little horn are the same. 
Now if that beast is the same power symbolized 
by that part of the little horn, it certainly repre-
sents the papacy during that 42 months. Have not 
the words of the Lion mouth of the beast of the 13th 
been law, or decrees, like the words of the Lion, or 
kings of Chaldea ; and did not the papacy rule over 
the kings of the earth during that 42 months,and at 
iTwasanaisonsimorimmamoissa. �
 
the end of the 42 months was hot that power taken 
from him and the Pope carried a prisoner to France? 
If that is a fact, did not a change then commence in 
the ruling power of the Roman world? I think that 
I have found landmarks or bounds in the Bible to 
trace these beasts down to the end of the 42 months. 
Now we have a space of time reaching from the 
end of the 42 months to the end of the world, to be 
filled up with something. �
If this space, which is 
symbolized by the little horn after the saints came 
out of his hand, is not symbolized by the scarlet 
beast of Rev. 17th, I should like to know what pow-
er that beast does symbolize. I am aware that this 
does not agree with your rules of symbols, for a horn 
and a beast to symbolize the same thing ; but the 
question is, does the Bible so teach ? By understand-
ing the Bible in this light (and I can understand it 
in no other) it looks clear to me that the beast of 
the 17th symbolizes the power that took the ruling 
power from the pope and is carrying the harlot, 
without bridle or bits, wherever he pleases, and will 
finally, with the help of the ten uncrowned kings, 
carry her to perdition. The beast of the 13th came 
up out of the sea, but the beast of the 17th came up 
out of the bottomless pit, and is not the beast of the 
13th but is the eighth head. 
Respecting brother Litch's new set of heads, I 
have but little to say, but should think that the 
heads should all be found after the rise of the Ro-
man Empire. But admitting his mode of getting 
them correct, I think that he is not authorized by 
any symbol to go back any further than the head of 
gold7the Chaldean kingdom. In that case the 7th 
head would fall on the papacy, and would be the 7th 
head of the papal beast of Rev. 14th, which was 
wounded by Napoleon Bonaparte when he carried 
the pope into captivity, and himself became the 
eighth head. After that he was wounded or killed 
by the sword and led into captivity himself, agreeably 
to the 10th verse of this 13th chapter of Rev. If 
the foregoing is agreeable to the word let it stand ; 
but if not, let it fall. 
J. A. VARNEY. 
East Alton, N. H. Feb. 15, 1860. 
Shall I be there ? 
While comprehending the various views and 
scenes of the present, my mind is turned to the fu-
ture state of all things ; and while thinking of those 
scenes that will soon come to pass, I am led to ask 
the solemn question, D1ust I participate in them ? 
shall I be there to hear my everlasting destiny ?-
must I follow the train of all the living ? must I go 
down to the tomb ? must I slumber in death's cold 
embrace? Yes, I must, I must be there, according 
to God's word. " For dust thou art, and to dust 
shalt thou return." But must I always remain 
there? No ; for there come the soul-stirring words 
which say there shall be a resurrection by and by 
of the just and unjust, to appear before the judg-
ment seat 01 Christ. Again the question comes, 
Shall I be there to hear the Judge pronounce my 
fate? Shall I hear the decision that I am one of 
the heirs of that kingdom ? Shall I be one of that 
happy company who shall have come up out of great 
tribulation, having their robes washed in the blood 
of the Lamb ? 
It is my greatest desire, that when the last trump 
shall sound, that shall wake the sleeping millions, 
and call God's ransomed children home, that I may 
be found one of the number who will be waiting for 
his glorious appearing. There will be a happy 
meeting of God's children when they meet to part 
no more. lt will be one of the happiest moments of 
the faithful Christian, when he enters that heavenly 
rest, there to walk the golden streets of glory,shout-
ing God's praises with all the heavenly hosts forever 
more. 
Then, dear reader, with these glorious realities 
before us, let us endeavor to be all prepared for that 
near event, so that you may not have to say in that 
day, The harvest is passed, the summer is ended and 
I am not saved ; nor hear the dread malediction : 
" Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity, into ev-
erlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." 
C. L. HEATH. 
Burlington, Vt. 
Almost There. 
" Almost there," says the affectionate child, as, 
after a short absence, he hastens to be folded within 
a loving parent's embrace. " Almost there," says 
the weary wanderer as, after traversing land and 
sea, for many years, he returns to the home of his 
boyhood, and beholds old and familiar objects one 
after another rise before his view. Almost there, 
says the scholar, as he nears that point toward 
which his ambition has been urging him, through 
long years of arduous mental toil. 
But there is another who says it with stronger 
emotion than they all ; inasmuch as that for which 
he toils and hopes and prays surpasses in beauty, 
magnificence and glory all that others look for. It 
is the Christian, who has seen the fulfilment of the 
Divinely inspired prophetic word, and the signs 
which we are taught to believe betoken the approach 
of the Coming One, whose advent is to usher in that 
scene of joy and millennial splendor, which seers 
long ago foretold, and of which poets have sung in 
their sublimest strains. But the grandest concep-
tions, the most glowing descriptions,the most delight-
ful anticipations of the blissful state in reserve for 
the righteous, fall far short of what will be real-
ized by the participation of it. 
0 what a prospect lies before thee, then, thou 
waiting, longing one ! No wonder that often thou 
shoutest aloud, " I am almoot there ;" and though 
thy enthusiastic joy may seem strange to those who 
have not thy hope, and consequently know nothing 
of the burning desires of thy longing heart ; indulge 
it much and often : be filled with good cheer amid 
all the discordant elements with which thou hast 
continually to contend. 
Art thou homeless, scarce knowing from day to 
dig where to rest the weary head ? by and by thou 
wilt have an eternal residence in the gloriousity of 
the great King. 
Art thou lonely, oft sighing for congenial spirits ; 
thy soul like one of old, vexed with the filthy con-
versation of the wicked ? Into that blessed city no-
thing that defileth can ever enter ; but the holy and 
the good shall be thy companions forever. 
Is thy spirit burdened with grief, and thine eyes 
bedewed with tears ? There shall be no sorrow there; 
and pain and death and all causes of grief, shall be 
no more. 0 desponding one arise, let thy thoughts 
be centered upon the glad hereafter, which lies just 
beyond these scenes of time ; for so surely as thou 
art enabled to overcome the temptations of the pres-
ent evil world, so sure there remains for thee one to 
come, all pure and full of peace and joy. 0 let us 
with all the earnestness, which natures like ours are 
capable of exercising, prepare for our entrance to 
the mansions of the blest ; for the great prophetic 
chart, unmistakably tells us that we are almost 
there. �
S. A. GORTEN. 
Manchester, Dec., 1859. 
From Bro. S. D. Wheeter. 
Bro. Bliss :-I cannot do without my weekly 
feast. I came to Rockford some two years ago, and 
have not heard an advent sermon while I have been 
here. I have been to some three different churches, 
and though lamentable, yet true, ,r have hardly 
heard the great gospel theme-the second coming of 
Christ-alluded to, and much less preached upon. 
We have thirteen churches in this city, from whose 
pulpits go forth, either in prayer, sermon, o4Jiymn, 
and frequently altogether, the syren song-the world 
is to be converted. Oh that a Paul would come and 
show them the folly of such hopes. God bless the 
Advent Herald. 
Rockford, Ill., March 4, 1860. 
From Bro. C. Luce. 
Mr. S. Bliss-Dear sir : I have received several 
numbers of your paper, and am very much pleased 
with it. I have been, and now am, firm in the be-
lief that the last sands of time are running out. 
The paper I cannot do without. Yours truly. 
Flushing, Genesee Co., Mich., March 9, 1860. 
From Bro A. White. 
Bro. Bliss :-The Herald is the best visitor in our 
family. We feel to bless and thank God for the 
truth it contains. We have been in hopes that some 
brother in the Lord would come here and preach the 
glorious advent of our blessed Lord. We have the 
promise of the school house here to preach in, 
should any brother come. May the blessed Lord 
send some one soon. The people here manifest a 
great desire to hear the advent doctrine. May they 
soon hear and believe it, is the prayer of your bro-
ther, in hope of eternal life. 
Middletown Point, N.J., March 11, 1860. 
The West Townsend Seminary. 
I have lately visited the school of sister Brown at 
West Townsend, noticed in another column ; and I 
take great pleasure in commending it to any who 
wish to send their daughters to a boarding school. 
The Advent people may be sure that their children 
will be placed under good influences, and be well 
and thoroughly educated. 
J. V. HimEs. 
Boston, March 10, 1860. 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, in Genoa, Ill , Feb. 7. of dropsy in the 
head, MARANDA E., daughter of George and Louisa 
B. SHURTLEFF, aged 7 months and 5 days. 
Sweet little baby, sleep, 
Down in thy lowly bed, 
Till Christ shall bid us cease to weep, 
And raise the righteous dead. 
L. B. SHURTLEFF. 
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From Dr. J. G. Green, of Chicago. 
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Dyspepsia, Impurity of the Blood. 
From Rev. J. V. Hisnes, Pastor of Advent Church, Boston. 
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DEAR SIR : I am using your Cathartic Pills in my prac-
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From Dr. d. P. Vaughn, Montreal, Canada. 
Too much cannot be said ofyour Pills for the cure of 
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From the Rev. Dr. Hawkes, of the Methodist Epis. Church. 
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pd to Sept 18'59 
WHITTEN'S GOLDEN SALVE is a step ty way of 
T progress in the healing art. It is adapted to all the 
purposes of a family Salve. It effectually cures piles, 
wounds, bruises, sprains, cuts, chilblains, corns, burns, 
fever-sores, scrofulous humors, erysipelas, salt-rheum, 
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sicians of the various schools use it and also recommend it. 
Every farmer should have it for horses ; for the cure of 
scratches, sprains, chafings, �
and also for sore teats on 
OJWS. It cures felons. it cures warts. 
Mrs. Glover, East Merrimack street, Lowell, was cured 
of a bad case of piles by the use of one box of the Salve. 
Mr. Farrington, a wealth! merchant and manufacturer 
of 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 
have been afflicted with piles for over twenty years. The 
last seven years I have been a great sufferer. And though 
1 never expect to be well, yet to be relieved as I am from 
day to day by the use of your Golden Salve, fills my heart 
with gratitude." 
From Mr. J. 0. Merriam, Tewksbury, Mass. : "I have 
a large milk farm. I have used a great deal of your Gol-
den Salve for sore teats on my cows. I hare used many 
other kinds of salve. Yours is the best I ever saw. .1 
have also used it for sprains and scratches on my horses. 
It cures them in a short time. I recommend it to all who 
keep cows or horses." 
From Dr. Geo. Pierce, Lowell : " Your Golden Salve is 
good. It will have a great sale." 
From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn. :•" Your 
Golden Salve is a great thing for chilblains. I have also 
used it in afflicting cases of salt rheum, erysipelas, and 
sore nipples. Its effect was, a speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., lays : " I have severs 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may recommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
From Mr. Morris Fuller, of North Creek, N. Y. : "We 
find your Golden Salve to be good for everything that we 
have tried it for. Among other things for which we have 
used it, is a bad case of scald head' of our little girl. 
Its effect in this case was also favorable." 
" We like your Golden Salve very much in this place. 
Among other things I knew a lady who was cured of a 
very bad case of sore eyes."—Walter S. Plummer, Lake 
Village, N. H. 
" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a short time, 
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 B,EMEby.—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 had 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 used your 
Golden Salvo 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. HINES. 
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 ets. per box. Price as above, 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. �
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For sale at this office. 
Important to You anti Me. 
We risk the remark to the afflicted that WELLCOME'S 
GREAT GERMAN REMEDY, for colds, coughs, bronchitis, in-
flammation of throat and lungs, influenza, croup, phthisic, 
Ste., is effecting greater cures than any other known reme-
dy in the New England markets. The various and nume-
rous eases it has cured have fully established its reputation 
wherever known, above all others. I have many such cer-
tificates as the following, and they are multiplying fast. 
From Eld. S. K. Partridge. 
Bro. Wellcome—I was badly afflicted with bronchitis 
and cough a long time, which threatened to prevent my 
preaching. I took Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and many oth-
er remedies, all to no effect. I finally obtained the Great 
German Remedy, which entirely cured me. I believe it 
the best medicine in use for such complaints, and other 
affections of throat and lungs. �
S. K. PARTRIDGE. 
Whitefield, Me., Aug. 28, 1858. 
From J. Morrill, Druggist. �
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Mr. Wellcome—I can furnish you four first-rate certifi-
cates of cures effected by your G. G. Remedy, after trying 
almost every thing else without effect. Send along three 
or four dozens more of each size. I can sell a large lot of 
it. 
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It is cheaper than any other. Prices, 4 oz. 25 cts.; 16 
oz. 75 ets. Agents wanted. Sells wel. �
Terms liberal. 
Call for a circular. Sold in Boston by Dr. Dillingham, 
next door to Herald office. 
I. C. WELLCOME, Richmond, Me. 
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SOMETHING NEW AND VERY DESIRABLE !—
PEARSON'S PATENT-RESPIRATORY COOKING-STOVE.—The 
superiority of this over every other Cooking Stove consists 
in the means by which we accomplish that most desirable 
end in Stove Cooking, viz. : A combination of 
1st, Roasting meats in currents of heated fresh air, pro-
ducing the same effects as roasting on a Spitjack, or in a 
tin kitchen before the open fire ; 
2d, The virtues of the Brick oven ; 
3d, The economy of the heat ; 
4th, An arrangement by which we heat the room in 
Winter, and dispense with heating it in Summer. 
Convinced by the working of the Stoves in use, the Pa-
tentee and the subscriber offer their new stove to the Pub-
lic, with entire confidence that it will fill a vacuum in gen-
eral house-keeping. Without fear, we proclaim it : nits 
IS THE ONLY STOVE WHICH COMBINES THE TRUE PHILOSOPHY 
OF COOKING; Patented Oct. 26, 1858. 
Books with diagrams describing the invention, and its 
merits over all other Stoves, sent, on application, to 
JAMES WOLSTENHOLME, 
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MELODEONS. Music ! Music ! Who does not love 
good Louse music ? Even redeemed ones sing and have 
harps of gold. I pronounce Sommer A Colburn's splendid 
" FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. 
BOSTON, MARCH 24, 1860. 
The Little Graves. 
" It's only a little grave," they said, 
" Only just a child that's dead ;" 
And so they carelessly turned away 
From the mound the spade had made that day. 
Ah ! they did not know how deep a shade 
That little grave in our home had made. 
I know the coffin was narrow and small, 
One yard would have served for an ample pall ; 
And one man in his arms could have borne away 
The rosewood and its freight of clay. 
But I know that darling hopes were hid 
Beneath that little coffin-lid. 
I know that a mother stood that day 
With folded hands by that form of clay ; 
I know that burning tears were hid 
'Heath the drooping lash and aching lid ;" 
And I know her lip, and cheek, and brow 
Were almost as white as her baby's, now. 
I know that some things wero hid away, 
The crimson frock, and wrappings gay ; 
The little sock, and the half-worn shoe, 
The cap with its plumes and tassels blue ; 
And an empty crib, with its covers spread, 
As white as the face of the sinless dead. 
'Tis a little grave ; but, oh ! have care ! 
For world-wide hopes are buried there ; 
And ye, perhaps, in coming years, 
May see, like her, through blinding tears, 
How much of light, how much of joy, 
Is buried with an only boy ! 
when, on a pleasant Lord's day morn, the 
family were summoned to receive her dy-
ing charge and parting kiss. 
I would that the dear children who may 
peruse these lines, might have witnessed 
the glorious light which illumined her 
countenance, causing it literally to glisten 
with a joy, which was not of earth. Her 
dying admonition and advice still speak. 
When the icy hand of death was upon 
her, her triumphant faith gave many such 
expressions as the following ! " Why do 
you weep when I am happy—so happy?" 
Filially, angels conveyed her freed spirit to 
the embrace of the father of the faithful, 
at the early age of twelve years. 
Do not the dear children who read these 
lines, desire the blessed Saviour as their 
Saviour I Will they not present the only 
offering he will accept from any,—that of 
a broken heart and contrite spirit ? Re-
member, the good Shepherd still lives, 
whose kind hand was laid upon the little 
children when upon earth—whose gentle 
voice of love was heard saying, " Suffer 
little children to come unto me," and he 
invites all, even the children, to comply 
with the easy terms of salvation, and se-
cure a home of perfect and unending bliss. 
HARRIET S. BUCKLEY. 
Presence of Mind. 
A gentleman, while passing through a 
street inhabited by poor people, in New 
York, on Mor day, heard an infantile voice 
from a basement crying, " Help, help. !" 
He rushed in, and found a little five year 
old boy, holding a bed blanket around his 
little sister two years younger, who had 
caught her clothes on fire ; and the little 
hero had succeeded in extinguishing the 
flames. The boy, in answer to the ques-
tion why he wrapped the bed blanket round 
his sister's burning clothes, said his ma had 
told him that was the best way to put out 
the fire; and as to why he halloed, "Help, 
help," that he was afraid he could not suc-
ceed, and wanted some one to help him. 
He was then asked why he did not leave 
his sister, and run into the street, and cry 
for help. He answered, with tears in his 
eyes, and a fixed determination of counte-
nance, " No ; I never would have left her. 
She was my sister. Had she burned up, I 
would have burned too." 
The Five Daughters. 
A gentleman had five daughters, all of 
whom he brought tip to some respectable 
occupation in life. These daughters mar-
ried, one after another, with the consent of 
their father. The first married a gentle-
man by the name of Poor ; the second, a 
Mr. Little ; the third, a Mr. Short ; the 
fourth, a Mr. Brown ; and the fifth, a Mr. 
Hogg. At the wedding of the latter, her 
sisters, with their husbands, were present. 
After the ceremonies of the wedding were 
over, the old gentleman said to the guests, 
"I have taken great pains to educate my 
five daughters, that they might act well 
their part in life, and, from their advantages 
and improvements, I fondly hoped that 
they would do honor to the family ; and 
now I find that all my pains, cares, and 
expectations have turned out nothing but 
a Poor, Little, Short, Brown, Hogg." 
APPOINTMENTS. 
AMERICAN MILLENNIAL ASSOCIATION. The Standing 
Committee of the A. M. Association will hold their quar-
terly meeting in their office, 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Bos-
ton, on Tuesday, Apr. 10th, at 10 a. m. 
F. GUNNER, Rec. Sec'y. 
March 6, '60. 
I will preach (D. V.) in Hatley, C. E., in the school 
house near the old meeting house, March 24th, at half-past 
6 P. M., and Sunday the 25th, during the day, and in the 
evening near Bro. G. Libbey's, in Crompton, 
J. M. ORROCK. 
The next session of the Western Central Quarterly Con-
ference will be in. Augusta at the brick school house on 
sand hill, commencing Thursday, 2 o'clock P. M., Mar 29, 
and continue over the Sabbath. We shall expect all our 
ministers there, ready to preach the word, to counsel and 
labor for the uniting and upbuilding of the cause of Christ. 
Also brn. and sisters who can consistently attend to engage 
in the same work. Those who cannot come should pray to 
God to bless this effort to the salvation of lost sinners —
We cordially invite ministers and others from everywhere 
to attend with us to work as above stated. Strangers 
coming to this meeting should call on Brn. Wm. A. Love-
joy and David Moshier. 
H. B. SEVEy, Chairman. 
I. C. WELLCOME, Sec'y. 
Richmond, Me., Feb. 29, 1860. 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
D. H. Cornell, 28 cts., for dis., sent the 16th. 
G. Mott. We sent the paper regularly to " George Mott, 
Hoboken, N. J." We have now added " Meadow street," 
to that address. The papers have undoubtedly gone to 
the right post office. We have cr. your paper and your 
father's, each, to Jan 1, 1861, and there is $2.50 due you. 
S. K. Lake, $3. Have Cr.Hugh M'Kenzie $1.13 to No. 
1008 ; sent you book, 75 cts. and 16 cts. postage and cr. 
you 96 cts. on Her. to No. 983. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The " American Millennial Association," located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le: 
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1837, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
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 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1860. 
OUR LAST NOTE. Two of the three Notes of $400 each, 
given by the A.M.A. on the purchase of the Herald office, 
having been paid, it is now proposed to rally for the imme-
diate payment of the remaining one. For this purpose we 
have received as follows. 
Amount of previous receipts............$297.50 
Rec'd sinse our last, from— 
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Mrs. C. Trowbridge, Manlius, N. Y........ �
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J. B. Huse, New York city, for Life Membership �
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From friends in Newburyport, as given below, to con-
stitute Eld. Edwin Burnham a Life Member of A. 
M.A . �
25.00 
From friends in N., as given below, to constitute Eld. 
Wesley Burnham the same, in part .... �
..... 10.75 
Total of receipts for last Note 
 4362.25 
WELL DONE, NEWBURYPORT. 
The following sums have been subscribed by friends in 
Newburyport, Mass. ; of which $25 is to constitute Elder 
Edwin Burnham a Life Member of the A.M.A., and the 
balance of $10.75 to be so much towards constituting Eld. 
Wesley Burnham the same. 
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RECEIPTS, 
UP TO TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1860. 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD to 
which the money credited pays. No. 971 was the closing 
number of 1859 ; No. 997 is the Middle of the present 
volume, extending to July 1, 1860; and No. 1023 is to the 
close of 1860. 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 directed. 
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. 
C Luce 1002, J Beckwith 1014, P Heath 1008, G Vote 
997, S B Raymond 997, Il Canfield 1008, R Sturdevant 
984—each $1. 
H Markham 1029, A White 1034, M Butman, of L. Me., 
1023 C W Stewart 1023,and 40 cts for extra Nos., G Shertliff 
1036, II Ashley 971, E Howard 1028, H A Parsons 1002, 
S B Howland 1023—each $2. 
E T Woodman 984, J Landreth 1023 each $3. 
melodeons to be unsurpassed in this country, and for 
smoothness of tone, euphony and roundness of sound, 
quickness of action when touched, with finish of style, 
they are without a rival. Those who, to cultivate taste' 
and add to the charm of the home-circle, want to buy a 
very superior instrument, would do well to send to the 
Agent, Bro. D. B. Pierson, 16 Village street, Hartford, 
Ct., for circular, prices, styles, ste.; or write to me. 
DAN'L T. TAYLOR. 
Worcester, Mass., March 1, 1860. �3 w 
FEMALE SEMINARY, West Townsend, Mass. Mrs. 
S. H. BROWN, Principal. This Institution, after having 
been improved and beautified, will begin its next term of 
15 weeks April 4th, with a good corps of teachers, tuition 
moderate, and board per week, including washing, fuel and 
lights, from $2 upward. �
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CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
Original. 
The Happy Sufferer. 
Dear children : Some years since three 
sisters were cheerily wending their way 
to the village school of Orwell, Vt., when 
suddenly, one of the number—a little girl 
of nine summers—faltered and drooped. 
She was conveyed to her home a cripple. 
The remaining three years of her life, she 
was a great sufferer, —literally " full of 
sores," having, at the time of her decease, 
twenty, from some of which fragments of 
bone were discharged. Her disease was 
scrofula. But it was not of her great suf-
fering that I wish most to speak. When first 
deprived of the use of her limbs, she would 
sometimes contrast her suffering condition 
with that of the happy children she saw, 
and exclaim, " Why am I thus afflicted ?" 
Kind parents did ail that could be done to 
alleviate her sufferings, and restore her to 
health. Her father was a physician, but 
his skill could not reach her case. The 
family being strangers to that peace which 
flows from obedience to Christ, she had no 
one to point her to Jesus, " who doeth all 
things well." She had read the Bible,and 
other good bo-ks; .and that Spirit which 
teaches all of sin, righteousness, and a 
judgment to come, performed its office-work 
upon her heart, and she was led to cry migh-
tily to God. Her agony of soul was such, 
that, like the poor publican. she literally 
smote upon her breast, and called upon 
God for mercy. Her parents, not under-
standing the cause of her•agony, supposed 
her materially worse, and that death would 
soon end her sufferings. Suddenly her 
countenance changed. An expression of 
joy took the place of that manifestation of 
deep sorrow, caused by conviction of sin. 
Her mind appeared perfectly calm and 
peaceful. She said to her mother, who 
had carefully and tenderly watched her 
through all her sufferings, with the deepest 
maternal affection, " Ma, I am never going 
to be wicked any more ; you must pray 
for me, and for yourself" She lived for 
months, a striking example of the trans-
forming grace of God. How manifest the 
change wrought in all her deportment !—
Sweet submission, gentleness and patience 
characterized her, in the midst of excruci-
ating physical suffering. Arid how was 
the grace of God magnified in her case, 
If the Lord permit, I will preach in New Haven, Vt., 
on the evening of March 22, 23, 24, and on the following 
Sabbath. �
G. W. BURNHAM.