WHOLE NO. 974. 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1860. 
VOLUME XXI. NO. 3. 
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THOUGHTS, 
FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW YEAR. 
My footsteps, Lord, direct ; Thy grace impart, 
To purify and fortify my heart. 
My pattern Thou, my light, my All, 
While self-abased, shall at thy footstool fall. 
No other knowledge, in this heart find place, 
Than Jesus' free and all-abounding grace. 
No other motive, every action guide 
Than what shall glorify the Crucified. 
Thy coming kingdom charm and fill my eye, 
While on His altar, time and talents lie. 
The love which filled His heart, my heart constrain 
To tireless labors for my fellow-men, 
While purity of thought, life free from blame, 
Shall prove his glory is my only aim. 
Thus living, when he comes, I'm sure to rise, 
With joy to meet my Saviour in the skies ; 
And should this year my coming Lord reveal, 
Even so, Lord Jesus conic, for all is well. 
ACORN. 
Frailty of Man's Labors. 
How frail is the greatest fabric that man can 
build ; how sure is the least word that God has 
spoken ! The Parthenon, the glory of Greece, is 
now a crumbling ruin ; the gigantic monuments 
that the Pharaohs left to be their burial-places 
are sinking day by day in the sands of the des-
ert ; the temple of Jerusalem, that took ages and 
the wealth of princes to build, retains scarcely a 
fragment of its magnificence, if we may except 
perhaps, one huge stone close by the Mosque of 
Omar, between thirty and forty yards in length, 
and demonstrably one of the stones bf the an-
cient temple, worn hollow by the kisses of grey-
haired and venerable rabbis, who year after year 
kneel at it and kiss it, as if to fulfill the predic-
tion of the Psalmist, " Thy saints take pleasure 
in her stones ; her very dust is dear to them." 
What is thus proved true of' material glory is no 
less true of all social greatness unsanctified by 
Christian grace. "What is Tyre, the princess of 
the ancient commercial world ? A bleak rock 
for fishermen to bleach their nets on. �
What is 
Rome, whose very name made barbarians trem-
ble? To say, " I am a Roman citizen," was to 
assert immunity and protection everywhere.—
The seat of a superstitious and fanatical despot 
priest. What is Athens, once the eye of Greece 
—the university of' the world, the haunt of men 
of taste, and genius, and scholarship? A mere 
nest of' bandits, that cannot appreciate its magni-
ficent ruins, and would sell them all as readily 
as Esau his birthright for a mess of pottage. 
From the Great Tribulation, by Dr. Cumming. 
The Great Convulsion. 
when the future Paradise, with tenfold the beau-
ty of the last and departed Paradise, shall re-
turn to our world, and there shall be high etern-
al noon ; a day without a cloud, and without an 
end ; " a thing of beauty and a joy forever."— 
lb. 
Messianian Tracts. 
What shall I be ? How and an1 where shall 
I exist hereafter ? 
Shall I exist as a man, or simply as the spirit 
of a man, unclothed? Death came by sin, and 
is therefore the curse,—the penalty of a violated 
law. If Christ has made an atonement, will he 
reverse that penalty and remove the curse or 
not ? Shall I, a man, if I die, live again as such 
or will the redemption fail ? The Scriptures an- 
ic both in the Old and New Testament. �
Read 
all the 37th Psalm, where the promise is repeat-
ed so many times. Also Matt. 5:5, " Blessed 
are the meek ; for they shall inherit the earth." 
Rev. 5:10, we read the triumphant song of the 
stints : " We shall reign on the earth." Not the 
earth as it now is, under the curse, but the new 
earth will be the abode and dominion of Christ 
and his saints. Isa. 65:17. �
" I create new 
heavens and a new earth �
 Be ye glad and 
rejoice forever in that which I create." �
Matt. 
19:28. " In the regeneration, when the Son of 
Man shall sit in the throne of his glory," &c. 2 
Pet. 3: and Rev. 21 and 22. Saints, then, will 
have a real existence and place of abode. 
To this end the saints, like Christ, shall have 
immortal and incorruptible bodies. �
I Cor. 15: 
50. �
" Flesh and blood cannot inherit the king. 
dom of God." " This corruptible shall put on 
incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immor-
tality." If, then, I belong to the Savior by re-
generation, as I belong to Adam by natural gen-
eration, I shall inherit with him the earth and 
reign. If I am not born of' the Spirit, I cannot 
inherit the kingdom of God, but the "everlasting 
fire prepared for the devil and his angels," and 
exist in " shame and everlasting contempt." 0 
reader, seek and 'accept salvation through Jesus 
Christ ! 
The Messianian Tracts are designed to set 
forth the pre-millennial advent and personal reign 
of the Messiah on earth. They are published by 
purely voluntary contributions for free circula-
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to any one who will send him $1. 
Christ vs. the Sadducees. 
Jesus Christ—As the Father hath life in him-
self, so hath he given to the Son to have life in 
himself; and hath given him authority to exe-
cute judgment ; also, because he is the Son of 
Man. 
Jews—What sign shewest thou then, that we 
may see and believe thee ? What doest thou 
work ? Our Fathers did eat manna in the des-
ert ; as it is written, " He gave them bread from 
heaven to eat." 
Js. Xt.—Moses gave you not the bread of 
heaven ; but my Father (does) give you the true 
bread of heaven ; for the bread of God is He 
which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life 
unto the world ; your fathers who ate manna are 
dead. 
Jews—Lord evermore give us this bread. 
Js. Xt.—I am the bread of life �
 
And this is the will of him that sent me, that 
every one which seeth the Son and believeth on 
him, may have life ; and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 
Jews—(murmuring)--Is not this the son of 
Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? 
Js. Xt.—I am the living bread �
 He 
that eateth of this bread shall live forever. 
Jews—This is a hard saying, who can believe 
it? 
Then came unto him the Sadducees, who say 
there is no resurrection. 
Sadducees—Master, Moses said if a man die. 
" Thus saith the Lord of hosts; yet once, it is 
a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and 
the ear,h, and the sea, and the dry land," &,c.—
Haggai 2:6-8. 
One feels a difficulty in supposing that the 
Mahometan, the Pagan, and the Hindoo, can in 
any sense be said to desire the presence, or the 
knowledge, or the glory of Christ. �
Christ by 
name, and as revealed in the Gospel, is not de-
sired by all nations ; but that desire which lies 
deep in the heart of humanity—the sense of want 
and yearning for satisfaction, nothing in the worldlswer, " As in Adam all die, even so in Christ 
can satisfy but Christ. �
He is the living bread 
for the hungry ; living water for the thirsty ; 
and all in all to them that trust in his blessed 
name. �
He only can satisfy, even when men 
know it not. For instance, an infant wakes from 
sleep, cries in its cradle ; its desire is nutriment 
or food : it does not know what it wants ; and 
yet its cry is the evidence of a want its proper 
nutriment alone can remove. 
shall all be made alive." 1 Cor. 15:22. And 
again, " All that are in the graves shall hear his 
voice and come forth." John 5:28,29. �
Man, 
then will live again. Jesus of Nazareth was man, 
born of a virgin, and died on the cross, asserting 
" I will rise again the third day." The third 
day came, and the dead body disappeared, in 
spite of the determined efforts of his foes to pre-
vent it ; nor have they ever produced it or ac-
Even so it is with humanity; it does not know counted for its disappearance. But his friends 
what can meet its want. There is a restlessness, 
an aspiration upwards, and a groping round and 
downwards in quest of something to satisfy its 
deep desires, which it even now puts forth. �
It 
is the evidence of man's ruin that he seeks to 
satisfy those wants from fallen nature ; it is the 
evidence of the infinite capacity and greatness 
of his soul that no created thing in the universe 
is able to satisfy it. 
This promise has sometimes been applied by 
learned divines, in this instance I think errone-
ously, to the first advent of our blessed Lord.—
No one surely can venture to assert that when 
Christ came, 1859 years ago, all nations were 
convulsed. The very reverse was the fact. The 
temple of Janus was shut; there had been a re-
spite from war for years ; and amidst the peace 
of a world not at peace with God, but enjoying 
a momentary calm, the Prince of Peace was born. 
But the prediction here is an express declaration 
that he will shake all nations, that he will shake 
the heavens and the earth. �
If we refer to the 
New Testament, and therefore inspired comment 
upon this prophecy, we shall find it still remains 
to be fulfilled. The Apostle Paul says, "Whose 
voice then shook the earth ; but now he hath' 
promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the 
earth only, but also heaven." Paul quotes this 
very prophecy as unfulfilled sixty-four years af- 
ter the birth of' our blessed Lord. �
If we refer 
to Peter, we see at once what he alludes to : 
" The day of the Lord will come, in which the 
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat. See-
ing then that all these things shall be dissolved" 
—that is, dislocated, convulsed, the heavens and 
the earth shaken. We read in the Book of Rev-
elation, that at the pouring out of the last vial of 
judgment, there was a great earthquake, shak-
ing of' the earth, or shaking of all nations. It is 
therefore evident that this prophecy remains still 
to be fulfilled, and that such a convulsion as it 
contemplates will precede that magnificent morn, 
have by the most positive testimony of eye-wit-
nesses proved that he appeared to them alive. 
He is the Savior, then, of the body as 
well as soul. �
If he was himself delivered from 
death, he is able to deliver all of Adam's race ; 
and has promised to do it. I shall therefore be 
man hereafter, as I am now, and not simply the 
spirit of man. My condition in that state must 
depend on my own action. 
How and where exist hereafter? Man exist-
ted originally as a being composed of body and 
spirit. �
If redeemed from the curse, he will so 
exist again. 
Man's original place of existence was the earth. 
If redeemed from the curse, he will inherit the 
earth again, if he will accept the inheritance 
through Christ. Compare Gen. 1:26, the orig-
inal dominion of man, with Matt. 25:34, the king-
dom restored to the saints. 
The Messiah has promise of the earth for his 
possession. Gen. 17:8, compared with Gal. 3: 
16. Ps. 2:8,9. �
As the seed of Abraham, the 
land of' Canaan is his for an everlasting posses-
sion. As the Son of God, " the uttermost parts 
of the earth shall be given him to possess." No 
language can be plainer. 
As the seed of David according to the flesh, a 
throne is promised him on earth. Ps. 132:11. 
"Of the fruit of thy body will I set on thy 
throne." Acts 2:30. " Of the fruit of his loins 
according to the flesh, he raised up Christ to sit 
on his throne." Luke 1:32,33. " And the 
Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his 
father David, and he shall reign over the house 
of Jacob forever." If Jesus is the Messiah, this 
is his destiny. �
Rev. 11:15 teaches the same 
truth. "The kingdoms of this world are become 
the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ ; and he 
shall reign forever and ever." �
Christ's reign 
will therefore be eternally on earth. But he has 
promised, "Where I am, there also shall my ser-
vant be." " That where I am there ye may be 
also." John 14:3. But his promise is emphat- 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
firmed to all such as had the thing it signified, as 
partakers of Abraham's faith. �
It in reality, 
therefore, was not limited to the present life ; to 
such as merely trusted in the external sign, it 
availed nothing ; for even Abraham was justified 
before he was circumcised. As to the reference 
about the relation of servant and master, it is of 
the same class with the inference about the rela-
tion of husband and wife. 
Sad. Taking Gen. 15:8,18, and Joshua 1:6, 
as explanatory one of the other, it is certain that 
their coming to possess the land of Canaan was 
a complete fulfillment of God's promise to give 
him and his seed a land. 
Js. Xt. Nay ! " Ye do err, not knowing the 
Scriptures. God is not the God of the dead but 
of the living ;" yet he said, one hundred and 
ninety-seven years after Jacob was dead, I am 
the God of Jacob. Besides,if Joshua had given 
them all that was promised, then would God not 
have spoken of another rest at a future day, as 
he did by David, in the 95th Psalm. �
Seeing 
then, that there remaineth another rest at a fu-
ture day, it is obvious that Joshua's division of 
the land of Canaan to the Israelites, was not a 
complete fulfillment of all the promises made un-
to Abraham, and unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, 
and unto their seed ; for it is plain according to 
these testimonies, that there remaineth another 
rest to be inherited at another and a future 
day. 
the mere experiment, buy a paper of cut-tacks. Moral and Religious Condition of the 
Now, cut-tacks were originally put up in pack- �Sandwich Islands. 
ages containing one thousand each ; and packa- �
[A missionary writing from Oahu to the Con- 
ges are still bought and sold, and still mentioned gregational Journal, gives the following interest-
in orders and charged on ledgers, as so many ing and authentic information on this subject. 
" thousands of cut-tacks." But each thousand, The view thus presented will be new to many of 
on being counted, excites a disagreeable surprise OUT readers.—ED. Cu. INT.] 
by turning out to be only three hundred ! Or ask 
The Hawaiian race is on the wane, and the 
for a paper of percussion caps ;—you imagine, brightest view we can take of them as a people, 
in like manner, that you are buying a " thou- hardly brings the mind up to cheerfuhiess in the 
sand," while you are actually getting only seven contemplation. 
hundred ; in other words, you are cheated out of �
More than twenty-six years ago, I landed at 
three hundred, or about 30 per cent. of the whole Honolulu, in the midst of a great crowd of near-
purchase. If you buy an ordinary hand saw, ly naked, bare-headed, bare-footed, and uncivili-
or shovel, it will invariably be stamped on the zed people ; all of whom appeared kind, simple- 
blade " east-steel ;" while it is very well known hearted, and confiding. �
Every countenance 
to the trade (and very little known out of the seemed animated and beaming with joy, that a 
trade) that there is not a single particle of cast- new accession was being made to the number of 
steel in its composition ! A trace-chain marked those who were laboring to pour heavenly light 
" No. 3" is actually " No. 4 ;" concealing under into their dark minds. All that time, the king 
a false number a cheat of one'entire grade of and queen, and nearly all of the natives, as well 
wire. So the hard-ware trade exhibits no great as many of the missionaries, lived in grass houses. 
improvement on the dry goods ! �
All lived in the most simple manner ; physical 
What also of the flour trade ? Here, too, are wants were few and easily supplied ; and time 
continual frauds in short weight, and in tares. seemed to them of no account. Stealing, espec-
When a cooper makes a flour barrel, he marks ially from missionaries, was of very rare occur-
its weight on the head ; that is to say, if it weighs rence, and seldom extended to anything but arti-
twenty pounds, he marks it seventeen. Conse- cies of the most trifling value. The schools were 
quently, when the barrel is filled, and it passes filled with children and adults, all trying to learn 
from the inspector as of right total weight, the to read. The house of God was thronged on the 
purchaser is cheated in having bought three Sabbath, and almost equally on a week day, by 
pounds more of barrel and three pounds less of chiefs and people. The Sabbath was then a day 
A Chapter on Cheating. �
flour than he intended. But this fraud is now of awful stillness. People moved silently to and 
happily rendered more and more difficult by from the house of God. Not a horse nor a carriage 
A fresh fraud seldom escapes detection. Its the present mode of examining tares, in which was known to move, except a carriage drawn by 
novelty excites surprise; surprise leads to sus- twenty-five barrels are taken indiscriminately hand, to carry the queen, or some infirm one, to 
picion ; and suspicion detects the deceit. But a from a large lot, and of these, five are emptied place of worship. Not a fire was lighted, nor 
pretty cheat often repeated soon loses its novelty; and weighed, and the average weight of one bar- water from the spring, nor was the pig fed al-
until being profitable, it soon becomes current, it ref averaged on the whole purchase. But other though tied by the leg, because it was (kapu) 
soon becomes respectable. In this manner a dishonesties still remain ;—for instance, Gene- Sabbath day. Then the word of the chief was 
host of small knaveries have crept into business, see flour took its name from the small county of the law of his people, and thie known wish of the 
which, because they are not disreputable, are Genesee, famous for superior wheat ; but, from missionary was generally the rule for the chief, 
thought not to be dishonest ; for some cheats are the subsequent reputation of this flour in the as far as he understood and could follow it. Fami-
practiced by business men so frequently, that at market, its name was soon put on other barrels, ly prayer was then maintained in almost every 
last all consciousness of the cheating entirely until now, " Genesee" means, to merchants who house ; and all, with rare exceptions, would have 
vanishes from their minds. �
buy and sell it, flour from any and every county obtained to the summit of his ambition, if he 
Thus, false weights are given for true ; short in the state. In the same manner, flour made could have been received to the Church ; and 
measures are marked for full ; foreign names are in New-York is often branded " Ohio ;" and the lack of knowledge seemed to be the only reason 
put on domestic goods ; fac-similes of genuine fiction is misunderstood, not by merchants in the why thousands and tens of thousands should not 
labels are pasted on spurious packages ; decep- article, but by the hundreds and thousands of be at once admitted to the Church of Christ. 
tive brands are marked on barrels ; false dies persons who buy single barrels for family use. �
But now how different. Choice locks, bolts 
are stamped on cutlery ; lying dates are register- �
The Wine and Liquor trade is still more pro- and bars are necessary as a protection from 
ed on casks ; old vintages are inscribed on new lific of deceits. The adulteration of liquors is thieves, where a string tied to the door-handle 
wines ; over-values are checked on various goods; carried on in this city to an almost incredible was then all-sufficient. Prancing horses are seen, 
wrong names are continually given to a thousand extent. You may go into a score of cellars and on Oahu, everywhere with their riders, and, in 
articles in every department of trade, by which other places down town, and see men with their the city, carriages rolling in every direction on 
they who buy are continually deceived by those sleeves rolled up, and actively engaged, with the Sabbath—not all going to meeting, but on 
who sell, and by which the general morals of the their bottles and casks around them, in the ac- excursions for health or pleasure. The Church 
mercantile community, as well as the standards tual manufacture of foreign liquors ! No secret of God has attractions only for the minority of 
of honor among individual men, are insensibly, is made of it ; the fraud is committed in open the people. On week days they cannot,spare 
yet not the less inevitably, impaired. �day-light. Whiskey and alcohol form the basis the time to attend meetings, and on the Sabbath 
Look at the facts ! Go into a dry good store, of numerous indescribable compounds which are excuses for absence from public worship are 
wholesale or retail, and order twenty pounds of bottled and sold under the names of foreign nearly as numerous as in more civilized lands. 
sewing-silk ; your package, after it is made up wines. �
Formerly we had no lawyers, few judges, and 
and sent home will perhaps weigh from ten to �
Step next into a stationer's, to buy an account scarcely anything that resembled a prison. Now, 
fifteen pounds and no more. For, in the days book. You will find it marked on the back with we have stone prisons, and many inmates, a score 
when things were calt by their right names, a a figure in gilt, " 3," " 4," or 44 5," indicating or two of judges and lawyers more than we need, 
pound of sewing-silk consisted of sixteen full the number of quires which it is said to contain. and some of them very adroit in devising mis-
ounces avoirdupois, exclusive of the wrapper ; Now, a quire of paper is popularly supposed to chief or concealing crime. At that time, an in-
but the little bundle now called a pound contains number twenty-four sheets ; but a quire with toxicated person, except he was a foreigner, was 
never more than from eight to twelve ounces, covers on, contains only sixteen, or possibly rarely to be seen : indeed, the making, buying, 
wrapper included ; so that the false weight is eighteen. Even the common article of straw or selling strong drink, except among the foreign-
sold under the true name. A spool of cotton, paper h'is of late been packed in fraudulent ers, was prohibit,d by a stringent law. But now, 
of which the legitimate length, as well as the quires of twenty-two or twenty-three sheets, in- fbr a chief, a judge, a lawyer, a constable or a 
most frequent stamp, is " two hundred yards," stead of twenty-four ; while if you have the mis- juryman to be intoxicated occasionally, does not 
will be found, on actually unwinding it, to meas- fortune to publish a weekly journal, you must deprive him of his dignity or his office. 
ure only 150 or 175. Ribbons, which original- look sharp in buying your paper to see if there �
We have now a theatre, a circus, horse-racing, 
ly measured fourteen yards to the piece, and are is not a pound of clay put into every ream, which dancing, gambling, and many other indications 
still popularly supposed to measure the same, are stiffens the sheets and apparently improves their of progress not thought of in former years. We 
only twelve, and in some instances only ten. quality so long as they are dry, but which, as also have better things. Our grazing lands, for-
Piece-silks and other goods, called 24, 26, and soon as they are wet for the press, is washed out merly burnt over every year to keep down the 
28 inches wide, run instead only 22 1.2, 24 1-2, and entirely disappears ! �
grass, are now filled with flocks, and herds, and 
and 26 1-2 inches. This deception is known �
Is it necessary to point out more instances? horses, the latter more numerous in some districts, 
to merchants, who accordingly are not deceived Take off your hat, you will see under the crown than the people. We have also plantations of 
by it; they buy and sell with the mutual under- the gilded lie that it came from " Paris ;"— coffee and sugar, fields of wheat and corn,'and 
standing that the articles are not what they pur- whereas, it will never have been in Paris until beans ; groves of oranges, lemons, vines, and cit-
port to be ; while by the great multitude of per- you wear it there yourself. Also, you may buy rons ; and are beginning to have apples, and 
sons who buy not to sell but to consume, the and smoke genuine " Havana Cigars," which, peaches, and some other fruits. The honey bee 
false measures are accepted as the true, and the after careful inquiry, you will find to be menu- is now with us, teaching lessons that none but 
deception is seldom suspected or discovered. �
factured in Chatham street by a Jew ! And did the ant taught before. 
Inquire of any other business, whether its you ever purchase a box of raisins, or a drum of �
We now have schools in English as well as 
minute dealings be any more honest. Here is a figs, in which the largest raisins and largest figs native, a college and preachers of the gospel in 
great hardware establishment ; go in, and, for were not always on the top ? �
the English language, but mainly to foreigners, 
having no children, his brother shall marry his 
widow, and raise up seed unto his brother, (to 
preserve the family inheritance in the family 
line.) According to this law we have had a case 
where one woman had seven husbands ; now we 
want to know, if the dead are raised up, whose 
wife she will be : for the seven mairied her, and 
that by a Divine law. 
Js. Xt.—Ye do err, not knowing the Scrip-
tures nor the power of God. In the resurrec-
tion, they neither marry nor are given in mar-
riage ; but are as the angels of God which are in 
heaven. 
Sad.—What Scriptures teach these things ? 
Js. Xt.—That the dead will be raised, even 
Moses shewed at the bush when he called Jeho-
vah the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. 
Sad.—Abraham is dead, and the prophets are 
dead. 
Js. Xt.—God is not the God of the dead, but 
of the living. He who said, " I will establish 
my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed 
after thee in their generations, for an everlasting 
covenant to be a God unto thee, and thy seed 
after thee," knew at the same time that Abra-
ham and his seed would die; he must therefore 
have included in that covenant of promise, a fu-
ture life—a resurrection from the dead. 
Sad.—Did not God fulfill that covenant prom-
ise to our fathers who entered into the land of 
Canaan, and divided it by lot unto our twelve 
tribes? He said unto Moses on Mount Pisgah, 
when he showed him all the land of Gilead un-
to Dan, and to the utmost sea, and said, This is 
the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto 
Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it un-
to thy seed. Did he not et.nfirtn the same prom-
ise fulfilled, when he said unto Joshua, " Unto 
this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance, 
the land which I sware unto their fathers to give 
them ?" Where is the occasion for a future life 
to fulfill the promises made to our fathers, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob ? 
Js. Xt.—The covenants of promise made un-
to Abraham, confirmed unto Isaac, and unto 
Jacob, in each case are four-fold. 1. Their God 
or Divine friend forever. 2. An everlasting 
possession in their own persons in the land of 
Canaan. 3. The land of Canaan to their pos-
terity, after four hundred years sojourn without 
a possession. 4. To their seed, in whom all the 
families of the earth should be blessed, an ever- 
lasting inheritance. �
These promises were con- 
firmed unto Isaac in Gerar, and unto Jacob at 
Bethel, and not Beersheba, and to Moses at the 
burning bush. The promise of the land of Ca- 
naan to their seed for an inheritance, was fulfill-
ed when Joshua divided the land of Canaan to 
the twelve tribes ; but the other promises they 
have not yet received. 
Sad.—That is all that God ever meant by those 
promises ; for he says to Joshua, " It is the land 
that I sware unto their fathers to give them," as 
the federal heads and representatives of their 
seed. 
Js. Xt. When God spake to Moses at the 
bush, he said, I am the God of Abraham, and the 
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. �
Don't 
you see that there is a specification of persons, 
and that this implies and makes a necessary per-
sonality in the application of the promises ? This 
appeal to Moses was designed to assure him that 
all God's promises would be fulfilled; hence Mo-
ses' esteem of the reproaches of a Christ to come 
and his respect unto the recompense of the re-
ward, (i. e. promised to the fathers,) was approv-
ed of God, and his own interest therein confirm-
ed by that Divine confirmation of the ancient 
testimony given to his fathers, that they were 
righteous, and as such, taken into everlasting cove-
nant relation with God. 
Sad. In the 70th chapter of Genesis, noth-
ing is said about possessing the land after the 
termination of the present life, except it be found 
in that word everlasting ; and that term is used 
to qualify the covenant of circumcision, and in 
certain circumstances, to the relation of' master 
and servant. Are we then to have circumcision 
and servitude in the future state ?—among the 
resurrected from the dead? 
Js. Xt. The covenant, of which circumcision 
:was a sign, was called everlasting, and was con- 
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* Eld. Himes was detained at home by temporary 
indisposition, and some other members were living 
at too great a distance to be present. �
En. 
which would be a credit to any land or city. We 
have a missionary society, and send out mission-
aries to other and remote islands. 
Rev. James Kekela, a missionary of five years 
residence at the Marquesas Isles, is now visiting 
all our churches, and to great acceptance ; and 
we hope that much more will yet be done by this 
people, in future years, to pay the debt they owe 
for what has been done for them. 
From all this, you will see that we are mak-
ing progress ; the good are becoming better, and 
the bad worse. The chaff and the wheat are be-
ing separated. There is a freedom now that was 
not formerly felt. Men are beginning to act ac-
cording to the impulse of their own hearts, and 
not as they may suppose others wish them to do. 
Some who once appeared to be on the Lord's side, 
DOW think their interests lie in another direction, 
and so renounce Christ, and forsake his people ; 
but others shine brighter for being tried ; and 
not a few, who formerly thought that there was 
no difference between the Church and the world, 
feel and acknowledge that the people of God are 
built upon a secure foundation, and desire a por-
tion with them. 
Remarkable Conversion. 
Reading the Bible. 
EXPOSITORY. 
The Book of Daniel. 
BY TILE EDITOR. 
merismwelmmimmuilb. 
Many are already in the habit of reading the 
Bible through at least once a year. Many more 
could do it, and with firm resolution would per-
severe in the undertaking. But it is of the first 
importance to read it as the word of God, with 
deliberation, reflection and prayer, and not as a 
task. The following plan, which is an improve-
ment on Rev. Joseph Emerson's, has the advan-
tage over others, and over reading wholly in 
course, that a portion of the Psalms and New 
Testament is read daily, together with the other 
parts of the Old Testament. 
TO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH IN A YEAR. 
Read 3 chapters daily and 5 on the Sabbath ; 
that is, 2 chapters in the Old Testament, and I 
daily,-3 on the Sabbath,—in Psalms, Prov., 
Eccl., Solomon's Song and the New Testament. 
The Old Testament, without these 4 books, 
contains 2 chapters a day for the year ; and the 
New Testament with the 4 books, has 1 chapter 
a day and 3 for Sabbath days, minus 8 chapters. 
Read Psalm 119 as 11 chapters of 2 divisions 
each, and connect the short Psalms 117 and 131 
with the next, and 133 and 134 together, thus 
adding 8 chapters to complete the year. 
Five chapters a week will go through the New 
Testament in a year. 
The Lord's Supper. 
From my earliest childhood I was required 
by my parents to be present at the sacrament of 
the Lord's Supper. And often, in my childish 
years, I wondered at the fact that so simple a 
ceremony should awaken so many different emo-
tions. Many I saw weeping, many wearing very 
sad faces, some were solemn, others indifferent or 
formal, some seemed puzzled how to behave. As 
a child I was puzzled, nor did my perplexity 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
deavored to lead him to Christ. In three days, 
the father, mother, two brothers, and a sister, 
making the whole family, were all rejoicing in 
hope. 
CHAPTER II. 
" They answered again and said, Let the king 
tell his servants the dream, and we will show the 
interpretation of it." �
v. 7. 
Evidently, they only claimed to be able to in-
terpret what was regarded as indicative of the 
future; and did not presume to attempt to recall 
a forgotten dream. Their request, therefore, to 
be told the dream, that they might give their 
views of its meaning, had the king remembered 
it, would not have been unreasonable. 
" The king answered and said, I know of cer-
tainty that ye would gain the time, because ye 
see the thing is gone from me. But if ye will not 
make known unto me the dream, there is one de-
cree for you ; for ye have prepared lying and 
corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be 
changed : therefore tell me the dream, and I shall 
know that ye can show me the interpretation 
thereof." �
vs. 8,9, 
As the king had already stated that he had 
forgotten his dream, the Chaldeans knew that it 
was in vain for them again to request him to tell 
it ; and their so doing could be only a pretext for 
delay, in the hope that the affair would take some 
turn, so as to relieve them from their dangerous 
predicament ; or, they might have supposed that 
the king, on more mature reflection,would be able 
to recall it. 
To " gain the time," is in the margin, to " buy" 
it. �
The king's edict had gone forth, that if they 
could not tell the dream they should die. Their 
only hope, therefore, was in delaying its execu-
tion. 
" But one decree for you," evidently signifies 
that they should all be punished alike, every man 
among them. It is however supposed by some 
that for ‘. decree" there should be rendered, coun-
sel, plan or purpose; and that it means, you have 
but one purpose, viz. to gain the time, till you 
can devise some deceitful plan with which to be-
guile the king. The Chaldean monarch evident-
ly suspected them of concocting some imposition, 
that should cause the king to change his mind. 
In the phrase, " till the time be changed," 
time is put, by a metonymy, for the condition of 
things that existed in that time. They were wish-
ing for a change of things. 
The king evidently supposed that the same di-
vine enlightenment which would enable any one 
to unfold the true meaning of a prophetic dream 
could also give power to recall the dream itself ; 
but the Chaldeans judged differently. For, they 
doubtless had certain rules and directions for ex-
plaining different kinds of dreams and omens—
as also prevail now among the vulgar,and may be 
found in " dream books" and treatises on astrolo-
gy ; but there could be nothing to give any clue 
to the identity of a thing forgotten. The Chal-
deans were in error in supposing there could be 
any reliance on their cabalistic charms and teach-
ings; but it is worthy of note that they did not 
attempt to impose on the king by palming off up-
on him some invented device of their own as the 
forgotten dream ; and their confession of inabili-
ty to recall it, when such confession would be 
likely to be followed by their immediate execu-
tion, is to be regarded as evidence of their sincer-
ity—though misled and devoted to a false the-
ology. 
" The Chaldeans answered before the king and 
said, There is not a man upon the earth that can 
shew the king's matter : therefore there is no king, 
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any ma- 
gician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. �
And it is a 
rare thing that the king requireth, and there is 
none other that can shew it before the king, ex-
cept the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh." 
vs. 10, 11. 
Though this confession would be likely to has-
ten the execution of the king's sentence, it was all 
that the Chaldeans could do ;.and it was evident- 
end with childhood. After I, too, came into the 
ranks of the professed followers of Jesus, and be-
gan to receive at his table the hallowed emblems 
of his death, my trouble of mind, as to how I 
should view the ordinance, was often very great. 
It seemed to me sometimes, that I ought to seek 
a better preparation of heart, in order that I 
might realize the greatness of the sacrifice that 
Jesus made for my sins, and the enormity of the 
guilt which requires such a terrible expiation ; 
and that without this I ought not to come to the 
table of the Lord. I was often fearful I should 
bring upon myself the curse of " eating and drink-
ing unworthily ;" and such was my fear of this 
that I often came with great pain of heart to 
obey my Lord's command. 
At length, on one of the occasions of the sa-
crament, the voice of our pastor sweetly and 
slowly uttering the words, "do this in remem-
brance of me," touched a chord in the heart that 
answered eagerly, " Remember thee dear Jesus, 
is that all ?" Yet does he tell us to do anything 
more ? And cannot the meanest and most erring 
of his followers feel that it is a sweet, a sacred 
privilege to do this ; that they can always obey 
his commands ; for even in our weakest hours 
the memory of Jesus brings strength, comfort,' 
and blessing. 
Now it is with happy yet mournful feelings 
that I come eagerly to the table of the Lord. 
Happy, because I am privileged thus to show 
that I remember him ; mournful, because these 
tokens are to us the most touching remembrance 
we could have of the strongest evidence he could 
give that he loved us ; for they are the emblems 
of his death. Now, though often burdened with 
a sense of sin, I can never stay away from the 
table of my Lord, while I have strength to obey 
his command, " This do in remembrance of me." 
—Pacific. 
Power of Religious Decision. 
In the West lived a very proud, wealthy infi-
del and irreligious father, who having one day 
called his family together, told them, if they went 
to the prayer-meeting, and " got religion," as he 
called it, he would disinherit them, and banish 
them from the house. The wife and children 
were included in the threat. The daughter, 
however, continued to go to the prayer-meetings, 
and soon found peace in believing in Jesus. 
When an opportunity was afforded to make a 
profession, she meekly arose, and spoke of the 
" great change" in her heart, and of her faith in 
the Savior. 
The news was immediately carried to the fa-
ther of the young lady. Having come home that 
night, she was met at the door by her father, 
standing with the Bible in his arms. 
" Maria," said he, " I have been told that you 
publickly professed, to-night, that you have re-
ligion. Is that so?" 
" Father," said the girl, " I love you ; and I 
think I love the Saviour too." 
Opening his Bible to a blank leaf, and point-
ing with his finger, he said : 
" Maria, whose name is that ?" 
" It is my name, sir." 
" Did I not tell you that I would disinherit 
you, if you got religion ?" 
" Yes, sir." 
" Well, 1 must do it. You cannot come into 
my house." And tearing the leaf out of the Bi-
ble, " There," said he, " so do I blot your name 
from among my children. You can go." 
She went to the house of a pious widow lady 
in the neighborhood, and heard no more from 
her father for three weeks. But one morning, 
seeing her father's carriage driving up to the 
door, she ran out, and said to the driver : 
What is the matter, James ?" 
" Your father is very sick, and thinks he is go-
ing to die ; and he is afraid he shall go to hell 
fir his wickedness, and for the grievous wrong 
he has done you in disinheriting you, and turn-
ing you from his house. He wants you to jump 
into the carriage, and come home as quick as 
possible." 
She found her father sick, sure enough, on go-
ing home ; but she soon saw he was only sin-sick. 
She talked with him, prayed with him, and en- 
19 
ly put forth as a plea for life. The argument 
consisted in their denial that any art or divination 
"could show the king's matter ;" that the require-
ment of such a thing was entirely unprecedented 
and that no man pretended to any such power. 
There would be no justice in punishing them for 
not doing what is beyond the power of man to do, 
to the performance of which they had never made 
any pretention,which no diviner assumed to be able 
to accornplish,and which no ruler had ever requir-
ed of any one. By this confession and plea, they 
hoped to convince the king of his unreasonable-
ness ; which was all they could interpose to shield 
themselves from his fury. 
The phrase " it is a rare thing," does not so 
much mean that it is unusual—such usage having 
just been entirely denied,—as it does that it is 
difficult, or impossible. They would not wish to 
be so disrespectful as to say to the king's face 
that his demand was unreasonable ; but they wish-
ed to make him see itsunreasonableness, by show-
ing that it was beyond man's power to comply 
with it. 
By " the gods, whose dwelling is not in flesh" 
the Chaldeans may have meant the sun, moon, 
the planets, and the innumerable subordinate di- 
vinities which they worshipped. �
If such were 
the meaning, it would be a denial, on their part, 
of any claim to communication with their sup-
posed deities, and would indicate that their mys- 
tic arts were regarded by them as purely scien- 
tific. It may however be questioned whether by 
the word " gods" here,—which in the Chaldee 
corresponded to the Hebrew which is rendered 
God—was not designed by them to apply to the 
Supreme Ruler ; whom they supposed to have 
withdrawn from the direction of human affairs, 
and to have committed the government of this 
world to supposed inferior deities—the objects of 
their particular worship. �
If this were their 
meaning, it would be a confession, not only of 
the impotency of any man to " show the king's 
matter," but of the impotency of their inferior 
gods to do it—ascribing to the Supreme Sover-
eign,--who as they supposed did not concern 
Himself with things here in the flesh—the sole 
power to reveal what the king required of them. 
Original. 
American Millennial Association. 
The Standing Committee of the A. M. Asso-
ciation convened in the office of the Advent Her-
ald on Tuesday, Jan. 10th 1860, with Rev. 0. 
R. Fassett in the chair. 
Members present—J. Pearson, Jr. S. Bliss, 
L. Osier, F. Gunner, D. Bosworth, 0. R. Fas-
sett, A. W. Brown, A. Pearce, R. R. Knowles, 
G. W. Burnham.* 
Prayer was offered by L. Osler, and the Re-
cords of the Secretary read and received. 
The chairman of the publication Committee 
reported that owing to the late pressing need of 
the Finance Committee. his brethren, acting in 
harmony with himself, had concluded best to 
defer the Publication of the " Discourse on 
Missions" to a more favorable time. 
The chairman of Committee on Colportage, 
reported progress in anticipation of a statement 
to be made to the Board during their present 
session by G. W. Burnham, the Home Mission-
ary. 
Sylvester Bliss stated to the Board that he 
had received a written communication from the 
Principal of the West Townsend Seminary, per 
favor of Mr. Tucker, a resident of that place, 
who was himself in waiting and would be happy 
to confer with the Board in relation to the Semi-
nary. The communication was read and receiv-
ed, and an invitation extended to Mr. Tucker to 
take a seat for a brief season with the Committee 
in session. In the ensuing conversation Mr. 
Tucker assured the Board that the Community 
in West Townsend entertained the kindest feel-
ings towards the A. M. Association, and in his 
judgment were disposed to aid in the purchase 
of the institution, should the Board decide to 
take it under their auspices. The interview 
was pleasant, but the Report of the Committee 
previously appointed to ascertain the terms of 
When Oliver Cromwell entered upon the com-
mand of the Parliament's arms against Charles 
1st, he ordered that every soldier should carry a 
Bible in his pocket. Among the rest there was 
a wild, wicked young fellow, who ran away from 
his apprenticeship in London for the sake of 
plunder and dissipation. Being one day order-
ed out on a skirmishing expedition, or to attack 
some fortress, he returned to his quarters in the 
evening without hurt. When he was going to 
bed, pulling his Bible out of his pocket, he ob-
served a bullet-hole in it, the depth of which he 
traced till he found the bullet had stopped at 
Eccl. 10:9 : " Rejoice ; oh young man, in thy 
youth,and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of 
thy youth, walk thou in the ways of thy heart 
and in the sigtht of thine eyes ; but know thou, 
that for all these things God will bring thee in-
to judgment." The words were sent home to his 
heart by the Divine Spirit, so that he became a 
sincere believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He 
lived in London many years after the•civil wars 
were ended. 
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used on all occasions, as some have argued. What 
we are to learn from it then, is that we are to pray, 
not always in those precise words, but after that 
manner." It is important,• therefore to examine 
the manner, that we may learn the general form in 
which God should be addressed in prayer. 
An examination of itshows that it consists of four 
parts : 
The Invocation " Our Father which art in 
Heaven." 
Adoration : " Hallowed be thy name." 
Petition : 1. "Thy kingdom conic :" 2. "Thy 
will be done in earth as it is in heaven ;" 3. " Give 
us this day our daily bread ;" 4. " And forgive us 
our debts as we forgive our debtors ;" 5. " And 
lead us not into temptation," but 6. "Deliver us 
from evil." 
A Conclusion, or Doxology, in which the per-
fections of God are acknowledged, and presented as 
the reason for his granting the petitions : " For 
thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, 
for ever, Amen." See Matt. 6:9-13. 
The prayer makes no mention of the name of 
Christ, for the reason, probably, that he had not 
then been " delivered for our offences," been " raised 
again for our justification," and ascended to heaven 
to commence his intercession as our risen Savior.—
For he said : "Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my 
name," John 16:24 ; and in speaking of the time 
when he should be absent from the church he said, 
" Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, he will give 
it you," v. 23. 
For the purpose of deriving instruction from Our 
Lord's formula of prayer, its several parts may be 
considered more in detail. 
Preaching 
FROM THE INFIDEL WORDS OF HEATHEN PRIESTS AND 
DIVINERS. 
When the ark of God was in the country of the 
Philistines, we read in 1 Sam. 5:6, " The hand of 
the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he 
destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even 
Ashdod and the coasts thereof." The Philistines 
therefore consulted their " priests and diviners ;" 
who directed that they " make a new cart, and take 
two milch kine, on which there had come no yoke, 
and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves 
home from them, and take the ark of the iJord and lay 
it upon the cart . . . ; and send it away that it may 
go : and see : if it goeth up by the way of His own 
coast to Beth-sheinesli, then He hath done us this 
great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is 
not His hand that smote us ; it was a chance that 
happened unto us," 1 Sam. 6:7-9. 
The result was that those heathen priests and di-
viners became satisfied that it was no " chance that 
had happened unto" them. And yet a Unitarian 
clergyman of this city, on Sunday last, W. R. Alger, 
took for his text, " It was not the Lord's hand that 
smote us ; it was a chance that happened unto us ;" 
and from these words of heathen priests, he attempt-
ed to show that the calamity at Lawrence was not 
" providential" but " accidental" ! This is virtual-
ly setting aside God as the governor of this planet, 
and teaches that accidents may interfere with His 
purposes ! We know not at which the most to won-
der—a theology that can impute to " chance," the 
fearful result just contemplated ; or the taking of 
heathen words, which those heathens themselves be-
came convinced were false, and quoting them as in-
spired to disprove God's providence. 
A Good Suggestion. 
Bro. Bliss :—I am glad the hearts of the brethren 
have been opened to respond so freely to the wants 
of the office. It shows that the cause we have es-
poused lies near the hearts of many. A word, how-
ever, respecting that other note : 
Brethren, let the stream flow on. Do not let us 
wait until the note is about due. Let the office be 
made clear of debt, and free from embarrassment, so 
that the work may go on untrammeled ; and when 
that is done, let the stream flow on, that books may 
be published, and missionaries sent forth to proclaim 
the acceptable year of our Lord and the day of ven-
geance of our God. Let us occupy until the Master 
comes. Our Lord says : " Make to yourselves friends 
of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye fail, 
they may receive you into everlasting habitations." 
There is an important truth in those words. Let us 
gain the friends alluded to, and then all will be well. 
Please to accept another mite from me ; for I want 
stock that affords the large dividends our Lord gives. 
Yours, �
J. L. CLAPP. 
Homer, N. Y. Jan. 9, 1860. 
The above comes from the right source, and 
touches the right string. A delay to raise the money 
to meet the remaining note, till it becomes nearly 
due, would make it very difficult then to meet it. 
Wisdom dictates that the money be raised at once, 
and that indebtedness be all wiped out. A little 
effort will speedily effect it. 
book of Daniel in book form ; so that we may clip 
them out of the paper and make a book of it." 
We could not vary the form of articles ; but will 
give them hereafter only on one side of a page ; and 
then they can easily be arranged in a scrap book by 
those who wish. 
CHRIST IN THE OLD TFAAMENT.—The Old Testa-
ment is full of our Savior ; but a correspondent has 
just called our attention to a passage, not often 
quoted for that purpose, which is conclusive to the 
eternity of his past existence. It is in Isa. 48:16:17. 
" Come ye near unto me, hear ye this : I have not 
spoken in secret from the beginning ; from the time 
that it was, there am I : and now the Lord God, and 
his Spirit, bath sent me. Thus saith the Lord, thy 
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. I am the Jeho-
vah [or Yahveh—the Coming One] Thy Lord, which 
leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go." 
A LOST Boy.—Bro. John Craig writes that his 
youngest son left home on the 4th of July last, since 
which he has no tidings of him. " He is thirteen 
years old, slender built, dark brown hair, freckles on 
his face; a small nose, rather turned up, and his 
name is George Franklin." If any one knows of a 
strange boy of that description, they will please to 
write John Craig, Clinton, Mass. He thinks he has 
been kidnapped. 
Terrible Catastrophe. 
The telegraphic wires have conveyed to the remot-
est extremities of our land the terrible intelligence 
of the fall of the Pemberton Mills at Lawrence, this 
State, on the 10th Inst. �
Many of our readers are 
familiar with the full particulars ; but others are 
not, and for their sakes we shall devote considerable 
space in this number to the sad record. 
On almost all occasions of great and awful disaster 
there are premonitions of the event ; or evidence of 
the great peril precedes the final catastrophe. Thus 
when a ship is wrecked, or burnt, there is first excite-
ment, then alarm, then terror, and lastly despair or 
death ; but in the present disaster, there was no note 
of warning. 
The large brick building, two hundred and eighty 
feet long, seventy feet wide, with a wing 45 by 50, 
and five stories in bight, was swarming with opera-
tives. At about five P. M., without a moment's 
warning, about four fifths of this massive block fell 
—with an awful crash, a shapeless mass, and bury-
ing in its ruins hundreds of its inmates. The com-
pany have in their employ 965 persons, of whom all 
but 300 were in the part of the building that fell. 
Of these 89 are known to be dead ; 117 are missing, 
and 119 are badly wounded, many of whom must 
die, and 200 slightly wounded. 
Crushed and buried under the timbers, bricks, and 
machinery, were those hundreds of human beings—
many of them killed at once, and others suffering 
torments indescribable. And to add to the horror, 
a few hours after the fall, a fire broke out in the ru-
ins, and at midnight it became one mass of flame. 
The screams of the poor creatures who were still 
unreseued were terrible, but no human aid could 
then save them. 
We have room for only a few of the many inci-
dents attending this dire calamity. 
Mr. Joseph H. Dana, assisted by Messrs. Leonard 
Stoddard and Augustus Wilder, succeeded in rescu-
ing about twenty persons. Mr. Dana was on the 
ground in about three minutes after the accident, at 
which time the heads and hands of the victims were 
to be seen protruding, in every conceivable posture 
of distress, from between the different layers of the 
ruin, from top to bottom. �
The first persons extri- 
cated were taken from the top of the rubbish. 
Twelve persons were recovered from one spot on the 
west side of the mill, near the machine shop. Three 
of these were dead, and several others terribly maim-
ed. 
Rescuers in pursuing their melancholy task, came 
upon a little boy confined beneath the ruins, who 
when they proceeded to extricate him, begged them 
to leave him and get out his sister who was near him. 
One man found two young women in a comparative-
ly comfortable position, and handed them coffee, 
with the cheering assurance that in fifteen minutes they 
would be rescued. But alas for the delusion of hope. 
The fire approached, and as it gradually neared the 
two sufferers, their intreaties to be saved were enough 
to make the stoutest heart quail. �
Men redoubled 
their exertions, hut in vain, the flames enveloped the 
poor creatures, who perished before the eyes of their 
would-be deliverers. 
One entire family of five persons, all employed in 
the mill, were providentially saved, and the poor 
mother, gathering her children about her, amid the 
darkness that surrounded her, her heart bursting with 
gratitude for their deliverance, offered a fervent pray-
er to Heaven. 
Miss Selina Weeks of Dover, N. H. worked in the 
spool room, in the sixth story. She went down with 
A. E. A. CONFERENCE. 
THAT LAST NOTE. It will be seen by our list of 
donations the present week, that the brethren and 
sisters mean to keep the stream flowing until they 
have washed out and wiped from the record the debt 
of the Herald office. The Treasurer did not receive 
so much on the note last paid, between July and 
Dec. 1, as he has received since January 1 on the 
present note. As often as $100 accumulates, we 
purpose going to the holders of the note—our paper 
makers—and having it endorsed on. We have made 
one such visit, and taken a receipt for the first hun-
dred dollars in payment—one-fourth of its amount. 
As soon as the donations make up another hundred, 
we shall send that in the same direction-4o that the 
money sent shall be appropriated for the precise ob-
ject intended by the donors. In the time of Joash, 
" all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and 
cast into the chest, until they had made an end." 
And so now, we hope to see the stream flow on, fill-
ing all its banks, until an end is made to the Her-
ald's indebtedness, and it is made self-sustaining. 
OUR MISSIONARY.—Eld George W. Burnham,as is 
well known to many of our readers was employed as 
a missionary by the late " Massachusetts Conference 
of churches." On the formation of the A. M. A. 
that became inactive, and has virtually ceased to be 
—leaving its missionary in the field, without any 
organization pledged to his support. His labors in 
destitute places, have been so useful, that the Stand-
ing Committee of the A. M. A. have authorized 
him to continue in the same work as the missionary 
of our Association. He is also authorized to look 
after the interests of the A. M. A. in soliciting do-
nations and new subscribers, collecting bills &c. Ile 
has heretofore been mostly sustained by penny 
subscriptions from the churches. This mode will be 
continued, and we hope greatly extended. We will 
give the plan at some time. 
Our Lord's Prayer. 
On two separate occasions,--at the commencement 
of our Lord's ministry, in his sermon on the mount 
about the time of Pentecost, and several month. la 
ter about the Feast of tabernacles when the disciples 
desired to be taught how to pray,—our Saviour gave 
the beautiful model,which is known as " the Lord's 
p -aver." The form of prayer is nearly identical on 
both occasions—varying only in the use of the word 
" sins" for " debts," of " day by day" for " this 
day," and in the omission of the doxology, in Luke 
11:1-3,—but the spirit of each is the same. 
As our Saviour did not limit himself to this form 
of prayer, and as the apostles used other prayers, it 
follows that this was designed only as a pattern for 
prayer, and not as the exclusive one that was to be 
NEw SUBSCRIBERS. Let the patrons of the Her-
ald make a united effort to extend the circulation of 
the Herald. It is not quite self-sustaining at this 
time, and has not been for a few years past. It 
needs now five hundred new subscribers. Let each 
Life and Associate member canvass his or her 
field, and prevail on every Advent believer, who does 
not already take the Herald, to subscribe for it at 
once. Say, brethren in Providence, Salem, Newbu-
ryport, Worcester, Hartford, Waterbury,Waitsfield, 
Bristol, Albany, New York city and elsewhere, how 
many believers are there in your societies or neigh-
borhoods, who do not take the Herald, who might 
be induced so to do? You need to organize and 
thoroughly canvass your respective fields. 
The Board of the Conference held a session in 
the office of the A. M. Associatidn in Boston 
Jan. 10th, 1860—the President in the chair. 
That section of the Records of the Conference 
relative to West Townsend Seminary was read, 
when a motion to adjourn to Newburyport, by 
invitation of the President, prevailed. At New-
hryport, after prolonged discussion, it was vot-
ed to be, " Not expedient, in the present junc-
ture of affairs, to increase the responsibilities of 
the Board,"—the President being authorized to 
communicate more in detail with the Principal 
of the Institution. Adjourned. 
Attest : F. GUNNER, Secretary. 
MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE. The Stand-
ing Committee of the A. M. A. met in the Herald 
office on the 10th inst., according to previous ap-
pointment, and expressed themselves much gratified 
at the growing condition of our finances. The Treas-
urer submitted a semi-annual report, which was 
unanimously approved, and will appear next week. 
They were decided in their judgment that the debt 
of the Association may be at once wiped out, and 
the publication of books and tracts be soon resumed. 
The condition of the Association has not looked so 
encouraging as now, at any previous moment since 
its organization. This is so cheering to its friends, 
that they will work for it with redoubled energy. 
NEW AGENT IN NEw YORK CITY. Dr. Croffut, 
because of growing infirmities, having been compel-
led to resign his agency in New York city, Eld. D. 
I. Robinson has taken it. Dr. Croffut has taken 
great interest in the success of the Herald, but Eld. 
Robinson is none the less interested in its welfare. 
Dr. Croffut, in a note in another column, thinks 
our circulation there may be greatly increased, 
under this change of agent. We trust his anticipa-
tions will be realized. Bro. Robinson is capable of 
doing in that direction all that any one can effect. 
In the Herald of Dec. 31st we published a note 
from a sister who stopped the Herald through ina-
bility to pay. We are happy to announce that three 
of our readers have responded to that statement, and 
paid for her Herald to the end of the present year. 
There are several others who are stopping for the 
same reason. Any funds sent in for that purpose 
we shall apply to such. We hope soon to get where 
we shall have no debt to pay, and then to make an 
appeal for the Lord's poor. 
THE TERMS OF THE HERALD. The terms of the 
Herald are two dollars a year, in advance ;—with 
as large an addition, as the generosity of donors 
shall open their hearts to give, towards the comple-
tion of the payment of the purchase of the office 
by the A.M.A. ; and to make the Association an 
efficient instrumentality for good. 
The readers of the Herald ire most earnestly besought to 
give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God may 
be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and 
discernment of the truth, in nothing carried away into 
error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
A brother writes : " I don't see how a man can 
enter into himself." True, but can he not, brother, 
enter into a community of which he constitutes one, 
or a church of which he thus becomes one ? That, 
we think, covers your difficulty. 
IN Book FORM.—A Bro. writes respecting our ar-
ticles on Daniel : 
" if it would be as convenient to do so, I would 
be glad for you to publish your comments on the 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JANUARY 21, 1860. 
purchase, &c. being adverse, the affair was res-
erved for further consideration. 
The Treasurer submitted a semi-annual Re-
port, which, after reading and discussion, was 
accepted, accompanied with a Vote of thanks 
from the Board for ability and faithfulness. The 
Report will be found at the end of this record. 
The annexed resolutions were then adopted : 
Whereas the use of rooms in the Chapel build-
ing, belonging to the Advent Herald office, are 
at times a convenience to the Boston church of 
Adventists worshipping in the building, there-
fore Resolved, That any use of the office by the 
church, that shall not inconvenience the Associa-
tion, will be perfectly agreeable to us. 
Also 
Resolved—that our Treasurer be authorized 
to hire and manage all the help pertaining to 
the publishing department of the A. M. Associa-
tion. 
Also, Resolved, That the Standing Committee 
employ Bro. G. W. Burnham, as Home Mission-
ary, and authorize him to receive donations and 
contributions to the funds of the A. M. A. and 
to solicit subscriptions for the Advent Herald. 
Also—That this Board agree to pay for the 
services of Bro. G. W. Burnham the sum of 
Twelve dollars per week. 
A statement of exceptions to some words in 
the versification of �
the " Harp" was 
read and laid upon the table for the reason that 
substitutes were not provided; the vote, however, 
was reconsidered, amended by referring the ex-
ceptions to the publication Committee. Adjourn- 
ed. �Attest : F. GUNNER, Rec. iSec'y. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
the building, and when she recovered from the shock 
she was standing upon the floor of the spool room, 
her body half concealed amid the ruins. She escaped 
unhurt, and returned to her home last evening. 
A marvelous escape from death is related of a lit-
tle girl about ten or twelve years old. She was found 
with her feet spread wide apart by a huge mass of 
iron that would probably weigh a thousand pounds. 
Close on either side were heavy pieces of machinery, 
and over her back a large timber, while one of her 
arms was thrust through an iron ring. �
All these 
heavy articles were in close contact with her body, so 
that she could not move, and yet, strange to say she 
was rescued with only slight injuries. How she 
could have got into such a position is a marvel. 
Another young girl was buried ten feet under rub-
bish, but her screams being heard, parties set to work 
to extricate her. After toiling long and hard, they 
succeeded in removing the superincumbent mass, 
when to their astonishment, the girl jumped nimbly 
up, and ran skipping away, greatly pleased at her 
liberation, and not in the least hurt ! 
Among the companions of Miss Weeks, who shared 
a similar experience and were saved, were Sarah For- 
bush, Lucy Campbell, Jenny Blanchard, Anna Good- 
win and Mary York. At the depot last evening, our 
reporter met three young women, members of a fam-
ily of seven, named Luck, who were all in the mill 
at the time of the fall, all of whom escaped without 
serious injury. One of them, Jane Luck, after be-
ing buried five hours beneath the ruins, was rescued 
without receiving as much asa scratch. Anna Luck 
one of the oldest sisters, was standing near her loom 
when the crash came. She instantly threw herself 
under the loom, and called to Elizabeth Fish and 
Phelia Barnes to follow her example. They did so, 
and were all three saved. 
An affecting scene occurred during the early part 
of the evening, which melted the hearts of all who 
witnessed it. �
A little boy, whose only friend on 
earth was his mother, and that mother employed in 
the mill, wandered about among the crowd, sobbing 
as if his little heart would break, and begging the 
bystanders to save his mother. The prayers of the 
little fellow were answered ; his mother was saved, 
and clasping her son in her arms, his joy knew no 
bothids—one extreme succeeding another. 
A boy at work in one of the upper rooms, hearing 
the crash, had the presence ofomind to jump into a 
waste box, which, with its occupant, was buried sev-
eral feet beneath the ruins. When the rescuers raised 
the pile of rubbish from the box, the young hero 
sprang from his narrow prison, and walked away as 
coolly as if nothing had happened. 
Mr. Loony, a third hand in one of the rooms, had 
both of his legs broken, and died in half an hour af-
ter being taken out. 
James Davis had both his jaw-bones broken, but 
was still alive last evening. 
Two men in the basement threw themselves under 
, a loom, and were finally saved. 
A man named Adams was confined amidst the tim-
ber, and calling for a saw, which was given him he 
succeeded in opening a passage, through which he 
escaped. 
An only brother of Mr. W. J. Rolfe, teacher in 
the Lawrence High School, was killed, and his man-
gled corpse taken out of the ruins yesterday morn- 
ing. 
A mother sat by the bedside of her injured daugh-
ter at the City Hall, when the latter closed her eyes, 
as if falling into a quiet sleep, but which was in re-
ality the sleep of death. 
The fire made considerable progress, and was ap- 
proaching the spot where a man was surrounded by 
timbers, yet had room to move about. A stream of 
water was directed upon him, and every exertion 
made to save him, but in vain. Heand three others 
in nearly the same position, were left to perish. 
Dr. S. A. Lord of South Danvers, was called to 
attend two young women, who were in the third 
story of the mill. �
In falling, one of them, Mary 
Welch, had two fingers caught in the machinery. In 
an agony of despair she literally tore them off and 
crawled out through an opening in the ruins, tearing 
her clothes completely from her body. Her hip was 
badly injured. Her companion, who escaped through 
the opening, was dreadfully bruised and scratch-
ed. 
A man named Damon Wyhom, an overseer in 
charge of the looms in the basement and first story, 
was buried beneath twelve feet of ruins. By almost 
superhuman exertion, and after repeatedly sinking 
hack in despair, he succeeded in clearing a passage to 
where he could be reached by those outside, and was 
thereby saved. 
A citizen,who risked his own life,in attempting to 
save the operatives from the burning pile, worked 
his way into an inner apartment, and looking 
through a hole in the wall, saw two men and a wo-
man walking to and fro, apparently entirely un-
hurt. 
Ile reached through, and took them by the hand, 
and proceeded with vigorous blows to make a hole in 
the partition. A moment too soon the flames sprung 
up where he stood. A flood of water poured in upon 
it blinded him, and he rushed from the place, warned 
by the engineer, and narrowly escaping with his life. 
It is feared that many who had escaped the fatal 
blows of the falling mass were reserved only for the 
more terrible death by fire. 
Foreign News. 
Sackville, Dec. 16. The royal mail steamship 
Europa, from Liverpool 31st ult. arrived at Halifax 
Sunday morning. 
Tut CONGRESS. Nothing of importance has trans-
pired. 
It is reported in Paris that Austria, Naples andlabove. I got wore true knowledge from the Book 
Spain will not send plenipotentiaries to the Congress of God in one month than I could ever have acquir- 
unless the Pope is represented.. 
 
The Russian ambassador at Paris had declared to 
Walewski that the pamphlet on the Pope and Con-
gress contains principles opposed to the respect for 
authority, on which the Russian government is found-
ed, and consequently Russia will- oppose the pro-
gramme drawn up in the pamphlet. 
The Austrian journals were engaged in denouncing 
the pamphlet, and the Vienna Gazette regards it as 
a direct menace to Austria. It is, nevertheless, 
averred that in Government circles the pamphlet has 
not produced a disagreeable impression, the Govern-
ment being convinced that the opinions therein ex-
pressed are not entertained by the Emperor Napo-
leon. 
The Paris Pays announces that the various Powers 
invited to Congress have been apprised that the meet-
ing cannot take place on the day originally fixed and 
that a subsequent day will be appointed. 
GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Macauley died on the 28th 
ult. at London. He had been unwell about a fort-
night, from disease of the heart, but had rallied to 
such an extent that his medical men did not appre-
hend danger. The result was, therefore, sudden 
and unexpected. He was only fifty-nine years old, 
and as he was never married, his title becomes ex- 
tinct. �
• 
A large rowboat, while returning from ship Grand 
Triancar, lying in the Mersey, capsized, and twenty-
two lives were lost. The men were mostly riggers 
and ship's laborers. �
Capt. Clarke, of the Grand 
Triancar, was in the boat, but he and several others 
were rescued. 
FRANCE. A rumor had prevailed that the Pope's 
Nuncio had threatened to demand his passports on 
account of the recent pamphlet, but the Paris cor-
respondent of the London Post pronounces the rumor 
untrue. �
An official denial was also posted on the 
Paris Bourse. 
The Prussian and Russian Councils of .banisters 
have resolved upon not giving any official denial to 
the Pamphlet. 
The London Herald's Paris correspondent speaks 
of difficulties in the French Cabinet, and says Per-
signy's prolonged stay in Paris is not unconnected 
with Walewski's uncertain tenure of office. 
ITALY. The Milan Gazette announces that the ex-
Duke of Modena had advanced with his troops tow-
ards the frontier of Modena. Part of his army was 
already at a frontier town. 
The Minister of Finance at Rome had been com-
pelled to sell consolidated funds to the amount of 
double that previously stated, 2,000,000 francs, in 
order to meet a financial pressure. 
The French pamphlet had been translated into Ital-
ian, and largely circulated in the Romagna. 
A dispatch from Rome reports a lengthy interview 
between Cardinal Antonelli and the French Ambas-
sador. The latter had received from Paris some ex-
planations designed to re-assure the Papal govern-
ment on the subject of the recent pamphlet. 
CHINA. The Hong Kong mail of Nov. 15 has ar-
rived. It is reported that the Americans had been 
invited to mediate between China and England and 
France. 
Thirty of the crew of ship Flora Temple, whose 
loss had been reported by the Hungarian, had reached 
Manila. It is supposed all the others on board in-
cluding 850 coolies for Havana, were drowned. The 
vessel struck a rock and foundered. 
A system of free inimigration of Chinese to the 
West Indies had been organized by an agent of the 
British government. The native authorities at Can-
ton approved and co-operated in the measures. 
The North China Herald, of Nov. 5th, states that 
M. Ward, the American Minister, started on the 
2d of November, for Kwanshua, a city some thirty 
miles below Foo Chow, to meet Ho, the Governor-
General, and confer with him on the subject of the 
American treaties, and present difficulties between 
China, France and England. The authority for this 
however, is not good, whilst on the contrary, we 
hear of great activity in the Peiho forts, which of 
course means resistance. 
The London papers have long reviews of events of 
the past year and generally draw hopeful conclusions 
for the future. 
PRAYER.—It is the voice of the needy to Him who 
alonecan relieve them. It is not eloquence but earn-
estness. It is not fine words, nor flowing periods, 
but it is a deep sense of onr guilt urging us to ap-
proach the Savior, and to seek pardon, help, and 
salvation with strong crying—it may be with tears 
and groanings which cannot be uttered. 
WHITEFIELD'S EXPERIENCE. My mind being now 
more enlarged, I began to read the Holy Scriptures 
upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and 
praying over, if possible, every line and word. This 
proved meat indeed, and drink indeed, to my soul. 
I daily received fresh life, light and power from 
ed from all the writings of men. In one word, I 
found it profitable for reproof, for correction, in-
struction ; every way sufficient to make the man of 
God perfect, thoroughly furnished for every good 
word and work. About this time God was pleased 
to enlighten my soul, and bring me into the know-
ledge of his free grace, and the necessity of being 
justified in his sight by faith only. Burkitt's and 
Henry's Expositions were of admirable use to lead 
me into this and all other gospel truths. 
To these habits of reading, Whitefield added 
much secret prayer. " 0 what sweet communion I 
had daily vouchsafed with God in prayer ! How 
assuredly I felt that Christ dwelt in me, and I in 
him, and how, daily, did I walk in the comforts 
the Holy Ghost, and was edified and refreshed 
the multitude of peace !" 
DECAY OF JUDAISM.—A Jew who has made a tour 
in Europe, says :—ln Belgium and France the 
(Jewish) synagogues are empty; the rabbis without 
influence, and without congregations ; thousands of 
Jews denying their origin, have lost all nationality 
and love for their own Auntry and Jerusalem. They 
have gentilized their names and their manners ; and, 
in a few years, when the census is again taken in 
Belgium, there will perhaps be not one who declares 
himself a Jew. In France, if possible, it is even 
worse. A Jewish French periodical says of the ma-
jority of the Jews in France, that they do not visit 
the synagouges, that they send their children to 
Gentile schools, do not have their sons circumcised, 
and are rarely present at any real Jewish ceremon-
ies. 
JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY.—The Israelite population 
in the United States is estimated at about two hun-
dred thousand souls, who have established one 
hundred and seventy synagogues. Of these, forty 
thousand dwell in the city of New York, and alone 
outnumber the entire Hebrew population resident in 
the British Isles. Of this aggregate about three 
fourths are derived from the immigration of the last 
twenty years. 
The correspondent of the London Times, writing 
under date of Rome, Dec. 3, says : 
" Things in Italy point to total religious disorgan-
ization. Between the upper and middle classes, 
who believe, and the lower orders who understand 
absolutely nothing, I see no ground on which any-
thing like a rational religious edifice may be speedily 
built. Give the Italians full tether and they will 
run far and wide. They will put down the Pope, 
sure enough ; they will scare away the priests ; there 
will be a sweeping, all-demolishing, leveling work. 
What new world may arise on the ruins of the old 
one only distant generations may see. In the mean-
time, if anything is positively clear to every fair ob-
server, it is the fact that neither the State nor the 
Church of Rome admits of reform—that one cannot 
be in any manner interfered with apart from the 
other, and that nothing but sheer foreign force, or 
the imminent dread of it, can stay the hands of the 
Italians, who are already aiming their blows at 
their great hybrid internal foe long before they can 
see how they are to settle accounts with their exter-
nal enemies." 
Out of the Bible have come all pure moralities. 
From it has sprung all sweet charities. It has been 
the motive power of regeneration and reformation to 
millions of men. It has comforted the humble, con-
soled the mourning, sustained the suffering, and giv-
en trust and triumph to the dying. The wise old 
man has fallen asleep with it folded to his breast. The 
simple cottager has used it for his dying pillow, and 
even the innocent child has breathed his last happy 
sigh with fingers between its promise freighted 
leaves. 
'Passe. replied to the proposition that he should 
take vengeance on a man who had injured him, " I 
do not wish to deprive him either of his goods, his 
honor, or his life. I only wish to deprive him of 
his ill-will." 
There is no affliction so small, but we should sink 
under it, if God upheld us not ; and there is no sin 
so great, but we should commit it, if God restrain-
ed us not. 
When one was about to construct a lighthouse, 
he was asked what was his object. " My object," 
said he, " is to give light and save life." 
Life's pleasures, if not abused, will be new every 
morning and fresh every evening. 
in 
of 
The Papal Question. 
The great political event in foreign affairs is the 
appearance of a pamphlet entitled " The,Pope and 
the Congress," written by M. de la Guerroniere, 
who may be styled the political amanuensis of the 
Emperor of the French, he having been the writer of 
the celebrated pamphlet entitled " The Emperor 
Napoleon and Italy," which ushered in the late war. 
Now, as then, the writer is supposed to reflect the 
views and purposes of the Emperor, and according-
ly his pamphlet has produced the greatest sensation. 
He contends that the temporal subjects of the Pope 
should be few in number. The Romagna having 
revolted from his sway, nothing can restore the 
people to his authority but force. Who shall use 
this ? On this important point the writer has the 
following remarks, so far as they relate to France 
and Austria : 
" As regards compelling peoples, France is not 
used to such work. When she meddled in their 
affairs, it was to enfranchise them, and not to oppress 
them. Under Louis XVI. we went to the new 
world, to help it to achieve its nationality. Belgium 
and the Danubian Principalities are indebted to us 
for their political existence. It is not the Emperor 
who could prove unfaithful to these generous tradi-
tions. 
" In Italy, more than in any other country, France 
is bound to uphold the principles of her liberal poli- • 
cy. France has carefully avoided encouraging and re-
cognizing the governments de facto in Central Italy; 
she has exhausted her diplomatic efforts to reconcile 
the princes with the populations ; but she cannot 
forget that these governments sprung into life the 
day Austria retreated. They arose from a legitimate 
reaction against foreign occupation, and from a no-
ble vutburst of nationality towards France, which 
came to save the independence of the peninsula. 
" What has fallen at Bologna, as at Modena, at 
Parma, and at Florence, is, then, not so much the 
authority of the former princes as the influence of 
Austria, under which the princes had unhappily 
effaced the national character of their sovereignty. 
" It would certainly have been very desirable if 
what has fallen from the reaction of the national 
sentiment so long oppressed could be re-established 
under the guarantee of reforms which had been prom-
ised. In giving her aid thereto, France was acting 
up to her policy of moderation ; but in doing more 
by turning now against the Italian people those vic-
torious bayonets which six months ago protected it 
against Austria, she would be acting contrary to all 
her principles. No man of common sense would 
give her such advice. 
" But if France cannot intervene, let her allow 
Austria to have her way. This is what the parti-
zans of foreign intervention in Italy say. And should 
we have run the risk of a great war, gained four vic-
tories, lost fifty thousand men, spent three hundred 
millions, and shaken Europe that Austria might on 
the morrow of peace resume in the Peninsula the 
domination she exercised on the eve of her defeat ? 
Magenta and Solferino should be simply trophies of 
contemporaneous history ! Shall our soldiers have 
shed their blood for vain glory ? French heroism be 
sterile ? No, no ! French policy does not harbor 
such inconsistencies and degradations. 
" The domination of Austria in Italy is at an end. 
This is the grand result of our campaign, consecrat-
ed by the peace of Villafranca. For Austria to return 
to Florence, to Parma, or to Bologna, it would be 
necessary to admit that it was she who vanquished 
us. �
Let us render justice to her honesty and com- 
mon sense. She does not pretend it, and those who 
in France make the pretense for her forget, at the 
same time, what our principles impose upon us, and 
what our honor prohibits us. Our principles bid 
us leave Italy to herself, and respect the sovereignty 
we have restored to her, on the condition that she 
will know how to conciliate its rights with the 
equilibrium of right of Austria to armed interven-
tion, which we do not admit for ourselves. 
" France, then, cannot intervene for the re-estab- 
lishment of the temporal power of the Pope in the 
Romagna, and she cannot allow Austria to have re-
course to force to compel the populations when she 
rejects its employment on her own account." 
If this be the voice of France, the Papal question 
is settled. 
READING THE BIBLE.—I will answer for it, the 
longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; 
it will grow sweeter and sweeter ; and the more you 
get into the spirit of it, the more you will get into 
the Spirit of Christ.—Romain. 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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in this city, that I may keep the Sabbath as God 
instituted and commanded ; and there are some, a 
goodly number of them, who are truly what are 
called adventists ; and as I have sometimes given 
them what we call an advent sermon, and our pas-
tor, Dr. Maxon, does the same, it has a good influ-
ence, although sometimes one or two manifest some 
uneasiness and oppose the doctrine. However my 
life may. be cast, I cannot imagine any circumstance 
that will be likely to destroy my faith in the very 
near event of the coming of Christ ; and I trust the 
Herald will live, and bear the joyful news of that 
glorious event, about to transpire, to thousands who 
are or may be joyfully and anxiously watching 
" with their loins girt about, and their lamps burn-
ing." I am truly your brother in the gospel, 
J. CROFFUT. 
New York, Jan. 6, 1860. 
We are sorry to lose the services of Dr. Croffut, 
but are gratified that his place is so well filled. 
ED. 
not want more. 
bless you. 
I shall soon publish a tract on Daniel and Revela-
tion, showing clearly and positively our nearness to 
the close of time, for general circulation, and espe-
cially to ministers ; and another on the world's 
conversion, and a fourth on the duty and benefits of 
attending meetings,—specially the social. 
These have been so often and urgently called for, 
that I have gone into it, and mean to bring them 
out between now and spring. Two of them are un-
der way. I mean to make them good, and such as 
you all can like and circulate with benefit; and I 
would like your co-operatiou in their circulation. 
If the Lord prosper and permit, I hope to see and 
be with you next time of assembling, whether in 
this age or in the one to come. Yours truly, 
D. I. ROBINSON. 
So do the best you can, and God 
Letter from S. Judson. 
Bro. Bliss :—There ist nothing that interests me 
more than the coming of the Lord, the resurrection, 
and the inheritance promised to the meek ; and any 
thing done to counteract the influence of these bless-
ed truths, makes my heart sad ; but it rejoices me 
to hear of the prosperity of the cause of my blaster. 
In looking over the ground many queries arise as to 
why this sad state of thins. The Scriptures are 
the same ; the cautions, the warnings and the prom-
ises are the same. 
I have made up my mind that the starting-point 
of all these failures is the neglect of the little word 
Watch. The closet is neglected, the family altar, 
if not neglected, has no power,—nothing but the 
form left. Then duties as brethren in carrying out 
the Saviour's rule in the 18th of Matthew are pass-
ed over carelessly. He that told us he would come 
again, told us how to conduct ourselves in his ab-
sence, and how to deal with one who has yielded to 
temptation. " If thy brother trespass against thee, 
go and tell him his fault between him and thee 
alone." The object is to gain the brother. But if 
you alone cannot accomplish this, then take the next 
step, not keep his supposed or real faults swelling in 
your mind for months. By that time we should not 
be likely to reprove with much love, and thus we 
should fail to win him, which should be dur first 
object. If we fail 0 carry out these practical truths 
we may be ever so correct in our theory, all our talk 
will tall powerless. The failure to carry out gospel 
rules, often terminates in the division of the church. 
I have thought one great cause of division in the 
Advent body, is the making doctrine the test of 
Christian fellowship, instead of practice. Our Sav-
iour said, " He that doeth the wilt of my Father, 
the same is my brother and sister and mother. No 
where are we told that he who believeth this or that 
is my brother—the doing is the test of Christian 
character. But when my mind turns to the minis-
ters, what a responsibility rests on them ! My sym-
pathy is strong for them, and my prayer is " God 
save them from the wiles of the enemy." The devil 
aims his blows first at them, as they are first in com-
mand. May they be examples worthy of imitation. 
Much depends on the ministry's being filled with 
the Holy Spirit. If we have this Spirit, and that 
love for souls which filled the heart of the Saviour, 
we shall work for their salvation. If the door is 
shut, in one place, we shall seek for another. We 
cannot remain idle,—we are prompted to work by 
thelove we have for souls. Yours looking for rest, 
S. JUDSON. 
Lincklaen, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1859. 
From Bro. D. I. Robinson. 
The following note from Bro. Robinson, to the 
Committee of the A. M. A., was not received till 
their meeting adjourned. 
Dear Bro. Bliss, and to the brethren assembled at 
Boston in the A. M. A. and the A. E. C.—I should 
like to meet you very much, at this meeting, inter-
change views and co-operate in counsel and efforts 
for the objects of both societies ; but I cannot see 
the way clear to come. I hope to be better situated 
in future. My presence is not necessary, as I have 
no aid to give, but what I can without it. I have 
never been so pressed as now ; but all will be well. 
I think good is being done here ; but since the 
cold and stormy Sabbaths have come, our attendance 
is not as large as from the middle of August to the 
middle of December. Our finances during those 
months nearly met expenses ; but not since. Whe-
ther this church will be able to continue to sustain 
a pastor steadily, or whether I am the one to do it, 
is a problem yet to be solved. d'ur attendance, the 
past two months, is, on an average, about 25 to 30 
A.M. and 50 P.M. 
I am in favor of all you will do at Boston, that is 
wise and right, and will help it on ; and you will 
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 eisentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
Sabbath School Exercise. 
On Christmas evening, our Sabbath School had 
their regular quarterly public exercise, which was a 
complete success, like those before. We were visit-
ed, on invitation, by Deacon William J. King, Su-
perintendent of the Central Congregational church 
Sabbath School—Rev. Dr. Swain's. At the close 
he made some interesting remarks, expressing his 
very great satisfa,tion in witnessing these exercises. 
He said be considered this a model school,—the best 
in the country ; and he congratulated the teachers 
and others having the management, for their success 
in this department of Christian labor. A church, 
he said, having such a Sibath school could never 
die out ; for it was planting the seed that will spring 
up and bear fruit, and be the means of perpetuating 
the church; and that church that does not support a 
Sabbath school, must inevitably die. It is the uni-
versal complaint that the scholars in our Sunday 
schools do not study the Bible to commit it to mem-
ory ; but that could not be said of this school. lie 
had witnessed this evening evidence to the contrary. 
The recitations had all been so prompt, and so cor-
rect, that it made him feel ashamed of his own 
school (which is considered one of the best in this 
city.) He had learned a lesson, and would endeavor 
to profit by it. He should tell his school that they 
were behind the times, and that our school was set-
ting them an example worthy of imitation. 
We were also favored by remarks from Mr. Geo. 
A. Snow, Superintendent of a Sabbath school, and 
also the teacher of the infant class, at the Beneficent 
Congregational church. lie expressed himself as 
highly pleased, as well as benefited, by the exercises. 
There was a large attendance,—quite a number 
from other denominations. 
These exercises have become an institution with 
us, and promise, under God, to be a great blessing. 
At some future time I will endeavor to give to the 
readers a full synopsis, or order of exercises, as wit- 
nessed on this occasion. �
SUPERINTENDENT. 
Providence, Dec. 27, 1859. 
NOTE. Do so. It will, no doubt, be interesting. 
Sabbath schools are the nurseries of churches. 
ED. 
As to the results of my labors, I will not say what 
they have amounted to ; of one thing I am assured, 
that God will let none of his words fall to the 
ground. I believe I can say of myself what our 
Divine Teacher said of one of his devoted fo lowers, 
" She hath done what she could." I stand to-day 
a monument of God's mercy, a sinner saved by grace 
divine, and feel it my duty to consecrate my whole 
life to God and his service. I shall therefore "stand 
upon my watch-tower, and see what the Lord will 
say unto me. If the vision tarry I will wait for it ; 
for in the end it shall speak, and not lie " 
I have read Bro. Litch's proposition, and will do 
what I can for the Association. The Herald must 
be supported ; for without doubt it is the best relig-
ious organ in the United States. These few lines 
are respectfully submitted by your brother in hope 
of a speedy deliverance. Amen. 
M. B. LANING. 
Clearfield, Pa., Dec. 20, 1859. 
Bro. Bliss :—I hope to find means to enjoy the 
benefit of reading the Herald so long as it is needed 
or I retain powers of body and mind to enjoy gospel 
truth—not that I believe that all is truth that ap-
peals in its columns ; for there are exceptions. Even 
some things editorial, I dissent from. One point 
only will I name of that class at this time. On the 
original state of man, you rank him too high—im-
mortal; for your view of man redeemed brings him 
back " to a condition analogous to that in which 
Adam was created." See Herald No. 43, on "Glo-
rification of mortality." But Paul says of man, 1 
Cor. 15, " The first man Adam was made a living 
soul, the last Adam a quickening spirit. The first 
man Ts of the earth earthy ; the second Adam is the 
Lord from heaven." Here we have the two differ-
ent heads of the races, the earthly and the heavenly, 
very unlike in nature, as I understand it. 
I admire your views of the glorified, the finally 
redeemed saints, the descent of the holy city, the 
new Jerusalem to the new earth, &c. I merely call 
your attention to that point, that you might further 
reflect upon it—believing that as you see new light, 
you will let it shine. It is the " quickening spirit" 
that saves man, first in mind, or spirit, giving him 
the seed of immortality, and second, the body from 
corruption, mortality, to incorruption, immortality, 
eternal life ; accomplished at the first resurrection, 
the same as you and all adventists proclaim it. 
Yours truly in the gospel hope, 
MOSES CHENEY. 
Holderness, N. H., Dec., 1859. 
REMARKS. We think a little explanation may 
give our brother a better view of our position. 
In saying that the saints will be restored " to 
a condition analogous to that in which man was 
created," we do not of course mean the same con-
dition. At his creation, man was placed on proba-
tion, and there was to be a multiplication of the 
race. Those conditions will have passed away. We 
believe the condition of the resurrected and glorified 
saints will be precisely that to which the race would 
have finally attained, at the end of man's probation 
and numerical increase, had Adam not sinned.—
While, therefore, it will be analogous to that in 
which Adam was created, it will be vastly superior 
to it, and so not the same. 
We understand the second Adam to be, not the 
race, but Christ, the Lord from heaven ; who is a 
quickening Spirit, inasmuch as he quickens and 
saves those who believe in his name, and to whom 
he gives power to become the sons of God. Thus 
the righteous will sustain a relation to Christ, the 
second Adam, analogous to, but differing from, that 
they bear to the first Adam. �
ED 
Letter from Dr. J. Croffut. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—As my name has for sometime 
appeared in the Herald as agent for New York city, 
perhaps some of the readers of the paper may sur-
mise that I feel less interest in the principles which 
it advocates, or less love for the nearness of the ad-
vent of the King of kings, upon learning of my re-
signation. I feel that such surmises would grieve 
me and might give occasion for reproach to the ad-
vent cause. Now I would say to such, if there be 
any, and to all, I love the doctrine of the advent as 
advocated in the Herald, and I never loved it better 
than I do now. It is my daily continual prayer, 
" Thy kingdom come "—and " I long to be there," 
is the unison of sympathy of my whole being. In-
firmity, not apathy, renders my present course ad-
visable for the relief of myself, and, I trust, for the 
good of the paper. I have been unable to go about 
and get subscribers, or to do more than answer the 
responsibility of about 30 papers, where there ought 
to be 50 or 60. Bro. Robinson will probably effect 
all that can be done. 
The church here is prospering through his labors, 
and by persevering effort may again resume a high-
er standing than it has held for some time past. 
I am united with the seventh-day Baptist church 
New York, Jan. 9, 1860. 
On their issue, the office will aid what it can in 
their circulation. �
ED. 
From Bro. S. Chapman. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—Last Monday evening we com- 
menced a series of meetings in this village, where 
the advent message had never been given. The 
" church" being closed against us, a convenient hall 
was readily procured as a substitute for it. The 
spirited opposition without, and the respectable and 
very attentive congregations within, lead us to hope 
some signal good may be accomplished even here. 
Bro. H. B. Hyde is a yoke-fellow with me. Al- 
though an infant, both in the ministry and the ad-
vent faith, yet he " is profitable to me for the min-
istry." 2 Tim. 4:11. Brn. N. T. and S. II. With-
ington, of Springwater, (6 miles north) attend 
promptly with us, and are responsible for rent of 
hall and other expenses. Cold as it was, I returned 
with them to Springwater at a late hour Wednesday 
evening, that I might enjoy a portion of the next 
day in perusing the last No. of the Herald, and then 
return to our work. In the morning I read, and 
re-read till my eyes ached. But my heart was truly 
cheered by the variety of interesting letters from 
brethren and sisters in various directions. But 
wishing to be brief, I will notice only two of them. 
The few words from Bro. James W. Crooker, of C. 
W., in whose family I made it my home while la-
boring in that section a year or two since, were 
comforting words. There we endured shameful in-
sult, but finally obtained signal victory. That dear 
brother and sister C. were not only co-workers with 
us in that enterprise, but were my personal friends, 
and their hospitalities I shall not forget. The Lord 
reward them, is my prayer. 
That brief note from a sister (whose name and 
residence are not given) headed, " Stop my paper," 
and the reasons for it given, was deeply interesting. 
It seems that this sister has been a paying subscriber 
for the Herald eighteen years, but is now indebted 
to the office for it one dollar, and through inability 
to pay says " Stop my paper ;" and adds, " for I do 
not See any way for me to take it longer. Nor do I 
know how to do without it ; but I must do right—
I will be honest," &c. Now I admire such honesty 
and strict conscientiousness, and sympathize deeply 
with such afflicted ones, and do most cheerfully con-
tribute and enclose three dollars to cheer the heart 
of that dear sister. I send one dollar to pay her 
indebtedness to the office, and the other two dollars 
to give her the reading of the Herald another year. 
Now, Bro. B., should others have heeded your sug-
gestion, and entirely relieved the mind of our sister, 
please consider the amount enclosed as a donation 
for the benefit of the A M. Association. 
Yours in the " blessed hope," 
SAME. CHAPMAN. 
Wayland, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1860. 
PS. We had a noble gathering last evening, and 
several of the citizens spoke, after preaching, res-
ponding to the word. We are therefore encouraged. 
S. C. 
NOTE. Others having partly anticipated you, we 
put only one dollar to the credit of the "sister" re-
ferred to, which pays for her Herald to the end of 
1860, and so put the $2 to donations—towards pay- 
ing our last Note. �
ED. 
Rome Quarterly Conference. 
According to appointment the brethren came to-
gether at Rome town house, Thursday, 5th, and 
other days following. The weather had been very 
cold, and travelling bad ; but a goodly number, 
whose courage was good, came from abroad, ready 
to work for the Lord. But few of the people of 
Rome came out at first. Two years ago the people 
were much awakened and many reclaimed and con-
verted, while Bro. Sevey labored with them. After 
that one of " the coppersmith" family came and did 
them much harm—since which time the religious 
interest had nearly subsided, except with the few. 
Conference commenced well, and as it progressed, 
God gave the drawing spirit, the people began to 
Letter from Bro. M. B. Laming. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—It is just one year ago to-day 
since I left my home and friends to declare the un-
searchable riches of Christ. Then I launched my 
bark out upon the stormy ocean of life, and in look-
ing back I conceive it to be a feeble one for such a 
voyage. One is reminded of the Pilgrim Fathers 
leaving their native home in the crippled Mayflower. 
The bark seems insufficient for the dangers which it 
will have to encounter. I was young, inexperienc-
ed and unaccustomed to speaking in public. But 
believing I was a " c'.osen " vessel, I ventured out, 
trusting in my God, who chooses the weak things 
of this world to confound the mighty. 
Up to this time I had not been " buried" with 
Christ in baptism, and consequently bad been de-
prived of those blessings which naturally flow from 
a consciousness of having obeyed the Lord. As I 
was on my way to Maytown to hold a meeting I 
stopped at Philadelphia, and submitted to the ordi-
nance, by the hands of my much beloved brother, 
Rev. J. Litch. Having this performed, I was pre-
pared at least to tell the people to " repent and be 
baptized." I remained in Lancaster and Cumber-
land counties until the middle of March, when I re-
turned home, and was with the brethren at Yard-
leyville and Morrisville about two weeks, when I 
started for Center co. Since which time I have been 
in this region. 
My trials have been many and much variegated. 
But of these I have no design to speak. I would 
spend my time in thanking God who " judged me 
faithful, putting me into the ministry." Suffice it 
to say that they have worked in me " patience, and 
patience experience, and experience hope, and hope 
maketh not ashamed." Whatever my trials have 
been, God has delivered me out of them all. I have 
labored as my health has permitted in different parts 
of the county, I trust not in vain. 
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come out, and finally listened to the word, which 
was faithfully and forcibly preached, as I trust they 
had not heard before. We do not doubt but God 
will bring good out of it. We are glad we went to 
Rome, and shall expect to meet some in the kingdom 
of God, saved by this effort. The brethren there 
kindly entertained all who came, with much liberal-
ity. May the Lord reward them. (We held meet-
ings three evenings in Belgrade also.) 
The ministers present were Elders Sevey, Well-
come, Dudley, Haggett, Hanscomb and Howard, all 
of whom seemed to have a mind to work, and work 
in harmony. Conference, was adjourned to meet in 
Augusta sometime in March, as arranged hereafter, 
and appointed by the secretary. 
H. B. SEVEY, Chairman. ° 
I. C. WELLCOME, Secretary. 
Rome, Me., Jan. 9, 1860. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-Our conference here was one 
of interest, and I trust of profit to the cause of God. 
Great efforts have been made to crush the truth (in 
Rome) here, as in old Rome. But the scale will 
turn on the part of some, and a people will be raised 
up ready for the coming King. Yours as ever in 
the faith and hope, �I. C. WELLCOME. 
Rome, Me., Jan. 9, 1860. 
centuries ? What is meant by the fact that people 
will read on the subject now, who looked upon it 
with contemptuous scorn a few years ago ? What is 
meant by the rending and splitting of the whole so-
cial economy around us? We cannot open a paper, 
-we cannot hear the opinion of a statesman or a 
politician,-without being told that the aspect of 
the world at Cis moment is more ominous, more 
terrible, more appalling, than it was twelve, or 
eight, or six months ago. What is meant by that 
deep sensation of coming dread, that failure of men's 
hearts, that fear of things coming on the earth ; 
shattered colonies, ruined states, desolated property, 
-all spots, except our own little island on the bos-
om of the deep, convulsed ,agitated, rocked, unsettled. 
I believe the shout that comes from it all is, The 
Bridegroom cometh.' There is never a voice from 
heaven that has not its echo on earth. Few can 
fail to notice the fact, that in increasing numbers 
of pulpits this cry is heard, and from various places 
it is audibly uttered. It does appear to me that a 
voice like that premonitory cry which preceded the 
advent of Christ to suffer, is now heard in many 
lands and from many preachers."-Lect. on Parables, 
p. 368. 
Yes, the Bridegroom cometh ! The torch-lights 
are seen in the distance. They are becoming more 
and more distinct. .The Bridegroom himself will 
soon be visible. The signs of his coming are in-
creasing around us. The heavens will soon be light-
ted up with his glory ; the sign of the Son of man 
seen, and the Lord himself descend. Let us all 
be ready. 
Saturday, 19th. At 3 o'clock P. M. I preached 
at the Rock Island school house from Acts 8:36-39 ; 
after which we repaired to the river, where one was 
buried with Christ in baptism. Though it rained 
almost incessantly during the previous night and a 
considerable part of the day, yet it ceased in season 
to give us a pleasant time at the water. After the 
baptism I rode five miles and in the evening address- 
ed an audience which, owing to the state of the 
roads and the darkness of the night, was not large. 
Sunday, November 20th. Gave two discourses 
at Glind's Corner during the day, and returned 
home to preach in the evening. The latter service 
was one of no ordinary interest, and will be long re-
membered by some who were there. While all was 
still within door, and darkness reigned without, as 
we came around the sacramental board, we had a 
vivid remembrance of that sad, memorable night, 
" When powers of earth and hell arose 
Against the Son of God's delight, 
And friends betrayed him to his foes." 
We could not help contrasting the present with 
the past :-then Christ was about to go away, now 
he is about to return ; then he was personally pres-
ent with his disciples, now we felt him present by 
His Holy Spirit ; they partook of the supper for the 
first time, now, perhaps, we were doing it for the 
last time ; then they were near Calvary and the cross, 
now we are near Zion and the crown ; then they 
" sung a hymn and went out" to be scattered as 
sheep having no shepherd, with hopes prostrated and 
sorrows multiplied, but we went out to our quiet 
homes" begotten again to a lively hope by the resur-
rection of Jesus Christ from the dead." How 
great the contrast ! 
Wednesday, 23d. Rather less interest in our 
prayer meeting than usual. But if all present had 
felt cheerfully to " confess with the mouth the Lord 
Jesus" it would have been different. 0 what influ-
ence the world exerts on believers ! as a red hot iron 
carried into a cold atmosphere soon cools, so does a 
Christian's love soon abate if he does not frequent 
the mercy seat and find his Savior there. 
" But oft, alas ! too well I know, 
My thoughts, my l'ive, are fixed below ; 
In lifeless prayer how oft I find, 
The heart unmoved, the absent mind. 
What can that frozen bosom move 
That melts not at a Savior's love ? 
What can that sluggish spirit raise, 
That will not sing the Savior's praise? 
Lord, draw my best affections hence, 
Above this world of sin and sense ; 
Cause them to soar beyond the skies, 
And rest not till to Thee they rise." 
Friday, 25th. Rode to Charleston, Vt.-eleven 
miles--to attend the funeral of a young lady. On 
my arrival, I was informed that the relatives of the 
deceased had selected Revelation 14:13 as the text 
for the occasion-they entertain the hope that she 
had " died in the Lord." I preached from it as re-
quested and had an attentive hearing. Something 
over two years and a half ago, I attended the funer-
al of her mother ; and now they wait together the 
sounding of the last trump. By these bereavements 
Bro. Smith and his family are deeply afflicted, but 
I trust they are not strangers to Him who has said, 
" I am the resurrection and the Life." 0 how in-
valuable is the hope of the gospel when we see the 
grave close over the form of one we love who sleeps 
in Jesus. Such scenes do much to wean us from 
earth and bind us to heaven. After the funeral 1 
returned home to meet the Bible cless at Bro. Kim- 
ball's and to converse about Jesus. �
J.M.O. 
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W 
HITTEN'S GOLDEN SALVE is a step by way of 
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, 
king's evil, rheumatism, spinal difficulties, chafings in 
warm weather, &c. &c., and is believed by many experi-
enced and competent judges to be the best combination of 
medicinal ingredients for external inflammatory difficul-
ties that has ever been produced. Many of the best phy-
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, &c., and also for sore teats on 
cows. 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 wealthy 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 
I never expect to be well, yet to be relieved as I am from 
Leaves from my Note Book. 
Bro. Bliss :-Ilaving occasion to write on busi-
ness, I thought I would send you for publication a 
few more of my daily musings and notes by the way, 
thinking that if " a verse may catch him whom a 
sermon flies" perhaps some thoughts thus expressed 
may find their echo in eternity to the glory of God 
the Father. My record is thus- 
Sunday, November 13th. Spent the day at Der-
by Line, Vt. Preached twice, and attended Sab-
bath school and prayer meeting. There were no 
unusual manifestations of divine power, but as "the 
bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of 
Saul returned not empty" so I fondly hope the bow 
of truth and the sword of the Spirit were not used 
in vain. 
Wednesday, 16th. The new Episcopal church on 
Stanstead Plain, C. E. being to-day opened for re 
ligious services, I attended and heard Dr. Isaac 
Hellmouth preach from John 21:15. He noticed 
(1) The infinite and unchangable love of Christ in 
the restoration of the apostle Peter :-he had fallen 
lower than any of the others (Judas excepted) yet 
Christ did not suffer him to perish. (2) The test or 
criterion by which we may determine whether we 
are true Christians or not :-" Jesus saith to Simon 
Peter, Simon, Son of Jonas, lovest thou me more 
than these," i. e. than the boat, net, and the fishes 
you have just taken ? In other words, Do you love 
me more than you do your former occupation ? If so 
feed my lambs. From which we infer that if we are 
truly Christ's disciples we will love him supremely. 
And (3), The identity of Christ and his people is a 
motive sufficient to promote power and glory. This 
identity was illustrated by reference to the vine and 
its branches ; the body and its members ; and the 
words of our Savior in the future judgment, " In-
asmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of 
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matt. 
25:31-46. I have heard greater sermons from men 
of much less education, but he uttered some plain 
truths, and I have learned to 
" Seize on truth, where'er 'tis found, 
Among her friends, among her foes, 
On Christian, or on heathen ground, 
The flower's divine where'er it grows." 
At our prayer meeting in the evening, the impor-
tance of being living and not paralysed members of 
the body was urged upon all, and the necessity of it 
felt by some, at least. As a people we have much 
light, but we need more love and the life of God in 
the soul. 
Friday, 18th. A brother in Christ having lodged 
with us over night I went with him about ten miles 
toward his home, and returned in season to meet 
with a few disciples in " an upper room" for con-
versation on the things of God. 
Though the interview was not so pleasant in every 
respect as some we have had, yet it was' profitable. 
Our lesson was the parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 
25:1-13), which is emphatically a text for the times. 
If there is not a general agreement among exposi-
tors respecting the meaning of every part of this 
parable, it must be conceded that the leading truth 
it was designed to inculcate is expressed in the words 
-which are as a key to the lock-" Watch there-
fore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour 
wherein the Son of man cometh." I agree with the 
statement made by Dr. Cumming a few years since 
that "When Christ comes the second time, there will 
precede his advent a cry, loudning and growing in 
fervor, in force and in strength, ' Behold ! the Bride-
groom cometh.' And it does seem to me that the 
cry is now heard. What is now meant by the in-
tense interest that is now felt in the study of proph-
ecy-intenser than has been felt for the last eighteen 
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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 have used many 
other kinds of salve. Yours is the best I ever saw. I 
have also used it for sprains and scratches on my horses. 
It cures them in a snort 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., says : " I have severa 
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 shorttime, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."—
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE—A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.—It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved—a case of bro- 
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved—
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who 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. HIRES. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box. Also for sale at 
this office. 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 is- 
count will be made to agents. �
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LEONARD'S Patent Portable Grist Mills, and French 
Burr Mill Stones, of all sizes, from twenty-inch to six feet 
diameter. Also, Scourers, Bolters, &c., 
manufactured and for sale at No. 22 Water 
street, Bridgport, Conn., nearly opposite 
the R. R. Depot (formerly occupied by Hall 
and Beardsley). Ware Room 205 Broad-
way, New York. All the above are war-
ranted equal if not superior to any in use. 
Prices low and terms easy. All orders or lettdrs of inqui- 
ry promptly attended to, by addressing the Proprietor, B. 
W. Leonard, Bridgport, Conn., or J. A. Reed, No. 203 
Broadway, New York. 
State or shop rights for Leonard's Patent Burr stone Grist 
Mill for sale or exchange for good property. 
Pd to Fee. 20—'60 �
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"I have visited Bro. Leonard's shop, and examined his 
Mills, and I think them admirably adapted to the uses 
they are designed for. �
J. V. HIRES." 
Some one has sent us a worthless $2 bill on the La Cross 
and La Crescent Bank of Hokah, Minn.; will they re-
deem it ? 
D. W. Sornberger. For an agency of that kind, you 
would need to communicate with Bro. C. P. Whitten, who 
would undoubtedly supply you. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
The " American Millennial Association,"located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 18,8, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, 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- 
86.00 
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Total received towards remaining Note.... �
 $140.34 
How much next week ? 
FORM OF A BEQUEST.—" I bequeath to my executor (or 
executors) the sum of — dollars in trust, to pay the 
same in sixty days after my decease to the person who, 
when the same is payable, s4fall act as Treasurer of the 
American Millennial Association, Boston, Mass., to be ap-
plied under the direction of the Standing Committee of 
that Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.' 
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THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
penter's advice ; that was the worst of all. 
. I suppose you told it to me on that account. 
I thank you, uncle. Oh, that poor lieuten-
ant. His own life, and the life of a thou-
sand others, staked upon his feeling proud. 
I am sure it makes the Bible account of 
pride awfully true : I Pride goeth before 
destruction, and a haughty spirit before a 
fall.' " 
Important to You and Me. 
We risk the remark to the afflicted that WELLCOMFIS 
GREAT GERMAN REMEDY, for colds, coughs, bronchitis, in-
flammation of throat and lungs, influenza, croup, phthisic, 
&c., is effecting greater cures than any other known reme-
dy in the New England markets. The various and nume-
rous cases 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. 
Too Proud to take Advice. 
A boy took his uncle down on Long 
Wharf to see a new ship that lay there. 
His uncle was an old ship-master, ai.d 
Harry was at some pains to show him his 
own knowledge. There was only one sail-
or on board, and as the visitors passed and 
repassed the hatches, "Mind ye, mind ye," 
he said, "don't fall into the hold or ye'd 
never see daylight again." 
" There is no danger of my uncle," said 
Harry, proudly, " he knows a ship from 
stem to stern; and so do I, too." 
As they came down the ladder and 
walked away, " I was so provoked with 
that old salt," he said, " he seemed to 
think we were know-nothing landsmen, 
with riot sense enough to keep from pitch-
ing into the first danger. I wonder you 
should thank him for the advice, uncle ; I 
was provoked." 
"I should he very sorry to take offence 
at well-meant advice," said the uncle.—
" Did you ever read about the Royal 
George, Harry?" 
" You mean that big ship which foun-
dered one pleasant day in sonic English 
harbor, and all- on board perished. I know 
something about it : but tell me more, un-
cle. How did it happen ?" 
"It was at Spithead, where the English 
fleet was at anchor. The Royal George 
was the flag-ship, and the Admiral Kern-
penfelt's blue flag floated from the mizzen. 
She was a fine ship of .a hundred guns. 
She was about ready for sea, when the 
Lieutenant discovered that the water-deck 
was out of order. It was not thought ne-
cessary to haul her into dock for repairs, 
but keel her over until the damaged part 
was above water and repair her there.—
Keeling a ship, you know, is making her 
lean over on one side. A gang of men 
was sent from the Falmouth dockyards to 
help the ship's carpenters. The larboard 
guns were run out as far as possible and 
the starboard guns in midships, which 
made the, ship keel to the larboard, so that 
her starboard side was far out of the wa-
ter. The workmen had got at the mouth 
of the water-pipe, when a lighter ladened 
with rum came alongside, and all hands 
were piped to clear her. Now the port-sill 
of the larboard side was nearly even with 
the water before the lighter came along-
side, and when the men went down to take 
in her casks the ship keeled more than ev-
er; besides' the sea had grown rougher 
since morning, washing the water into the 
lower deck ports. 
The carpenter saw there was danger. 
He ran to the second lieutenant, who was 
an officer of the watch, and told him the 
ship must be righted. The lientenant,an-
gry that the carpenter should dictate to 
him, ordered him back to his work. Grow- 
ing every instant more convinced of the 
imminent peril of the ship, the man went 
a second time .to the officer, warning him 
that all would be lost if the vessel was not 
righted instantly; but he only got a volley 
of oaths for his pains. The lieutenant, 
however, at last. ordered the drummer to 
beat to quarters; but before the drummer 
had time to lay hold of his drum, the ship 
keeled over a little more, and the men be-
gan to scramble down the hatchways to 
put the heavy guns in their proper places. 
Alas, it was too late. Men may begin 
their duty too late. Already the water 
was rushing iu ; she filled rapidly, settled 
fast, and, almost before help or rescue 
could be thought of, down went the Royal 
George, carrying her admiral, officers,men, 
and many nobles and strangers on board, 
to the number of a thousand souls. down, 
down to a watery grave, so awfully sud-. 
den that a few only on the upper deck 
could save themselves. And to perish on 
a fair day in sight of land, surrounded by 
a fleet of ships, all aggravated the terrible 
disaster. As the English poet Cowper has 
it 
" It was not in battle, 
No tempest gave the shock, 
She sprang no fatal leak, 
She ran upon no rock." 
" Awful ! " said Harry, shuddering ; 
"and to have it owing to the pride of that 
foolish lieutenant too proud to take the car- 
APPOINTMENTS. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
Hutchinson. 500 copies of 100 pages each, not ste-
reotyped, would cost about $120. Could orders for that 
amount of 25 cents each be obtained, it would just pay. 
Our experience has been, that the ready sale of any book 
is dependent on the personal effort of its author ; and any 
thin once published in another form, finds a less demand 
in book form. If you wislvd an enquiry might be made 
in the Herald, soliciting responses—which would show the 
call for it. 
J. Carr. That will do. 
B. Goff. Have done so,—thank you. 
J. L. Pearson. It was a miscount of the clerk. Sent 
three more by mail. 
J. L. Clapp. There is $1.20 due from H. Coil. 
J. 0. Tasker. Rec'd the money for books, and cr. 60 e. 
on Herald to No. 1038. 
Joseph Wilson. Mr. Q. II. Bessom paid $15 on your 
account the 12th inst., of which we. have cr. you $1 on two 
copies of the Her. to No. 1036, $2 to donations, and $12 
to account of C. P. W., as you directed. Thank you. 
J. Litch, $1 on acc't. C. H. Adams paid $12 on the 2d 
inst.—the amount of what he said the balance was. The 
sum named in Herald two weeks since, was an error of the 
types. Dr. Dillingham has paid, the 17th inst., $5, and 
desires to know how much he had of you, at last settle-
ment, as he has lost his account. This makes a balance on 
our books of $14.30 to your credit. 
D. Wynkoop. We have the "Celestial Railroad" in 
our bound Nos. of the Herald; but can find it in no other 
form. 
A. Gorten. Found only No. 30, of which we send 2 
copies. 
M. Fuller, $1. Sent books the 13th inst. 
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. 
Ap 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 Caine 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. 
As a general thing, it is better for each person to write 
respecting, and to send money himself, for his own paper, 
than to send by an agent, or any third person, unless sucn 
one is more likely to get his own name and post-office right, 
than another person would be ; that money sent in small 
sums, is less likely to be lost than when sent in larger ones, 
and that a third person is often subjected to postage, merely 
to accommodate the one who sends. 
INFORMATION WANTED. 
On the 5th of January 1860 we received a letter from 
Wm. Riley, dated Dec. 19, 1859, Big Neck, Adams Co. Ill. 
enclosing two dollars to pay for Herald to Jan. 1, 1860, 
and requesting its discontinuance on account of the hard 
times. On referring to our books we find that Wm. Riley 
of that place was credited on the 30th day of Dec., 1859, 
$2.50 to April 1, 1860, and a direction then to be stopped; 
but the letter enclosing that we don't find. We therefore 
wish to enquire of Bro. Riley, if he sent money twice 
within a few days of each other ? Or will some other bro-
ther inform us if he has sent $2.50 that has not been cred-
ited to him, and may by mistake have been cr. to Bro. R.? 
We wait to hear, so that the right credit may be given. 
A Kimball, .R R York, Wm C Thurman, J Litch, each 
to 1023 •, J E Hurd, H Binnian, A Bean, J Corl, S 
Knight, AI S Wicker, S Wilson, A Douglass, Mrs L Rug-
gles, Mrs D Hunt, Dr L Kimball, H Johnson, R Renfrew, 
George G True, M E Daniels—$1 pays for six months, C 
Stone, each to 997; Wm M Atwood 977, C Libbey 994, W 
B Weeks 999, M Clark 1005, W Wood 1002, Geo W Whit-
ing 1003, Mr Miller 958, J Wilson (2 cops) 1036; I Cool-
ey 945-11 due; J Pomeroy, R Reed, S Newcomb, Thos. 
Huntington, J Reed, Mrs Dawson, C Lane,Mr Gardan, 
Mrs Oliver, F Newland, Mrs L Eckle, Mrs emson, G L 
Stanwood, G Rich,—each to 971; M McKnight, H D Lee, 
Amos Fox, Mrs A Colby—each to 997; II A Dolloff 1023, 
—each $1. 
J Murray, Mrs J Atwood, 111 A Gunner, D Elwell, W 
Swope, I Whiticar, A F Ober, A Ilawkes, 
 and 11 for that 
sister to 1049 ; C Dow, Martha Salt, J C M'Kinney, D 
Boody, have none, R P Boody, H Noyes, E Bass, C Beck-
with, J Clifford, each to 1023; L Perry, II E Carver, J J 
Chamberlain, each to 997; Rev E W French, by R D W, 
C R Merrill, B Martin, each to 971 ; Mrs E T Englesby 
1023, J D Wheeler 991, L Wiswell 1015, C B Knight 1002 
A Fordney 958-50 cts due; J Randall 988, Lyman Law-
rence 965-25 etc due to end of last year; A Nelson 1016, 
11 L Brush 1129, Wm Blackman 999, Mrs Sarah Pitts 
1023, S Dolloff 1029, S A Geer 1023—each $2. 
J L Fulton 1023, E Smith 1010, A Edmond 971, Charles 
Chase 997—each $3. 
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986-50 cts; Tho J Whitacar 988-50 cents; 
Wm Milton 1023, $1 ; Mrs D Taylor 1026, $2.25. 
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, JANUARY 17, 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. 
Reed sine our last, from— 
Bro. Wellcome—I was badly afflicted with bronchitis 
and cough a long time, which threatened to prevent my 
preaching. I todk 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. 
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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J. MORRILL tt CO. 
Livermore, Me., Oct. 12, 1859. 
It is cheaper than any other. Prices, 4 oz. 25 cts.; 16 
oz. 75 cts. Agents wanted. Sells well. Terms liberal. 
Call for a circular. Sold in Boston by Dr. Dillingham, 
next door to Herald office. 
I. C. WELLCOME, Richmond, Me. 
(No. 969 tf.) 
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 : THIS 
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 W OLSTENHOLME, 
General Agent and Manufacturer, 29 Dorrance street, 
(954, pd. to 990) �
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CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
4‘ FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. 
BOSTON, JANUARY 21, 1860. 
MISSION APPOINTMENTS. I expect to be in Templeton 
on Sabbath, Jan. 22; in Champlain, N. V., where friends 
may appoint, Sabbath, 29th and 3 or 4 evenings following; 
Massena, N. Y., Sabbath, Feb. 5th. 
G. W. BURNHAM. 
I have appointments as follows : Holden, Me., Advent 
chapel, 2nd Sabbath in January (communion season); 
Lincolnville, Youngtown school house, 3d Sab. ; Round 
Pond, 4th Sab.; Carmel, the 5th Sab.; Surry, the lst Sab. 
in Feb. �
THOS. SMITH. 
The first quarterly meeting of the Stanbridge church of 
Adventists, for 1860, will be held (D. V.) at,Stanbridge 
Burrough, to commence on Saturday, Jan. 21st, at 10 a.m. 
and continue over the Sabbath. All in the vicinity who 
believe and love the Bible doctrine of Jesus near, and kin-
dred truths, are cordially invited to attend. Come one, 
come all—and let us worship the Chief Shepherd Together, 
in spirit and in truth. Advent ministers laboring in the 
vicinity are invited to attend. �
C. P. Dow, Pastor. 
Lord willing, I will preach at Dinsmore Hill, Vt., Sun-
day, 15th ; Claremont, N. II., 20th, evening ; North 
Springfield, Vt., 21st, and over the Sabbath. 
L. D. THOMPSON. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE COMFERENCE.—Yesterday, Jan. 
2d, I received a line from a brother at Loudon Ridge, sta-
ting that the brethron at that place would like to have the 
next session of the N. II. S. C. holden with them, com-
mencing as early as notice could be given. It now being 
so late that it is doubtful whether the notice can appear in 
both papers next week ; I think it not prudent to call the 
meeting till week after next. We therefore fix the time of 
the Conference to come at the meeting house on Loudon 
Ridge, on Friday, Jan 20th, at one o'clock P. M. and con-
tinue over the Sabbath. 
T. M. PREBLE, Clerk of' Conf. 
A PROPOSED PROTRACTED MEETING IN BOSTON. The 
church of Adventists worshipping in the chapel at the 
corner of Hudson and Kneeland streets propose to hold a 
protracted meeting, to commence on the first Sabbath in 
February and continue one or two weeks, every evening. 
The church is united in this matter, there is a good spirit 
among us, and encouragement to hope that this effort for 
the revival of God's work may be successful. I have de-
voted my time to the church for the last few months, with 
some good results ; but we are desirous of seeing more 
done for the cause in this city, and for this tried church in 
particular. We have accordingly resolved on a protracted 
effort, and the Pastor and church have invited Elder Edwin 
Burnham, of Newburyport, Mass , to aid in the effort. 
Bro. B. has kindly consented to come, and devote his time 
and strength to the work. We shall stand by him, and 
hope that the Great Head of the Church will come with 
him, and give him many souls in Boston, as seals of his 
ministry. We ask an interest in the prayers of all our 
brethren abroad, that God will at length send us prosperi- 
ty. �
J. V. HIMES, Pastor. 
Boston, Jan. 16, 1860. 
The New York Advent Mission Church meet at Room 
No. 24 Cooper's Institute. Sabbath services at 10 1-2 a.m. 
and 3 1-2 p. m. Seats free. Social meetings on Tuesday 
evening, at 136 Delancey street, and in Brooklyn at 66 
Laurens street. —D. I. ROBINSON, Pastor. 
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