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Christ, the Vine. 
BY JOHN EAST, M. A. 
Weary pilgrim, lift thine eye : 
Downward through the yielding sky, 
Lo! the Vine of Canaan bends, 
Near the hand that faith extends; 
Branches laden with such fruit 
As thy parching thirst will suit :— 
Fainting with the summer's heat, 
Thou art welcome,-take and eat. 
Nay, why dost thou trembling stand ? 
Why withhold thy timid hand > 
Tis no dream—this Vine is TRUE ! 
Taste,—the vintage is for you. 
Merit!—'tis an idle dream ; 
All thy merit,-need of Him : 
Quicken, then, thy lingering feet: 
Thou art welcome,—take and eat. 
Washing the Saints' Feet. 
BY REV. JOHN L. DAGO. 
"If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also 
ought to wash one another's feet."-JouN 13:14. 
EVERY word 
of Jesus 
Christ is important, 
and every command 
which he 
has 
left as 
a 
rule of our conduct, ought to be punctiliously 
obeyed. 
The 
words .quoted 
above 
may 
be 
regarded as a 
part 
of his dying 
instructions 
to his 
apostles. 
Every 
circumstance 
con-
nected 
with the 
time 
and 
manner of 
their 
being uttered, tends to invest them with inte-
rest. 
No one deserves the name of his 
disci-
ple, who ?buld knowingly neglect a duty rec-
ommended by such unparalleled love and con-
descension. 
What, then, was the Saviour's meaning? " If 
ye know these things," says he (v. 17), "hap-
py are ye if ye do them." 
We must know, in 
order to do, and if we mistake his design, how 
honest, soever our intention may 
be, we 
shall 
not have 
fulfilled his command. 
If, on this 
memorable night, when he partook of the last 
passover with 
his disciples, and when 
he in-
stituted the breaking of bread as the memorial 
of " Christ, our passover, sacrificed for us," he 
designed 
to institute the 
washing 
of feet as 
another religious rite, till his 
second 
coming, 
together 
with 
baptism 
and 
the 
breaking of 
oread ; then, this institution should be observed 
with 
punctilious 
carefulnsss ; 
and 
no 
plea 
should be admitted from the neglect of it, to 
justify the neglect of any 
other divine com 
mand.. 
But, if it was 
the 
Saviour's 
design, 
«not t0 institute a religious ceremony for the ob-
servance of his disciples, but to enjoin on them 
a whole class of moral duties of the very high-
est importance, it would be a lamentable mis-
take, if we should substitute for these duties, a 
mere external rite, which he never meant to 
institute. 
To 
ascertain 
the 
Saviour's design, let 
the 
iol owing things be attentively considered :— 
1; The particular duty enjoined is moral, 
as 
distinguished from those which are 
positive. 
. Baptism and the Lord's 
Supper are positive 
institutes, because 
the 
obligation 
to 
observe 
them could not be inferred from any utility, or 
apparent fitness, in the things themselves. 
On 
contrary, 
the 
washing 
of feet was not a 
mere ceremony, but a necessary act of hospi-
ahty which had been in use since the days of 
Abraham (Gen. 18:4 ; 19:2); and it is accord-
ingly. reckoned by the Apostle Paul (1 Tim. 5: 
V) in 
connection with other moral duties of 
1 e kind, as the proper foundation of a repu-
tation for good works. 
« Well 
reported of for 
good works, if she 
have lodged strangers, if 
ne have 
washed 
the saints'feet, if she have 
i 
j 
the afflicted, if she have diligently fol-
Wed eveT good work." 
It is the 
utility 
of 
the 
act 
which 
gives 
it a 
place 
among the 
"good" 
works 
here 
enumerated. 
In 
those 
days, when travelling 
was 
so 
generally 
per-
formed 
on foot, and when the feet were shod 
with mere 
sandals; to 
wash 
the feet of the 
wayworn 
stranger 
was not a mere ceremony, 
but one of those " good works which are prof-
itable 
unto men," and to be maintained " for 
necessary uses." Tit. 3:8, 14. 
2. The example of the Saviour recommends 
the act on the ground of its 
utility. 
When Peter wished his hands and his head 
to be washed, " Jesus saith unto him, He that 
is washed needeth 
not, save to wash his feet." 
The two words here rendered wash, 
are differ 
ent in the 
original; 
the 
former 
denoting 
a 
washing 
of the whole 
body; and 
the latter, 
which is the word used elsewhere 
throughout 
the narrative, 
a 
partial 
washing, 
as of 
the 
hands or feet. 
The sense is—he that has been 
bathed, needs 
only 
to 
wash 
his feet, which 
may 
have been 
defiled in walking from 
the 
bath.* 
The 
apostles had bathed themselves 
before sitting down to the Paschal Supper, and 
therefore did not need any washing 
except of 
the feet. 
On this need, small as it may appear, 
the Saviour placed the fitness and propriety of 
the act which 
he performed. 
He was willing 
to set an example of performing the least pos-
sible act of real kindness; but 
he would 
not 
extend that act a whit beyond the 
line of ne-
cessity and utility. 
Beyond this line it was no 
longer 
an 
act of kindness, but a burdensome 
ceremony. 
As what the Saviour did was not 
a mere ceremony, but a good work, for a neces-
sary use; and as he herein gave to his apostles 
an example that they should do as he had done 
to them (v. 15), it is manifest that he designed 
to enforce on them something of practical utility. 
3. It was 
not a 
single 
duty which the Sa-
viour intended to enjoin :— 
This 
is apparent from v. 17: 
" If ye know 
these things, happy are ye if ye do them" 
Du-
ties were manifestly intended beyond the single 
act of washing of feet. 
Of these 
duties 
this 
act was a mere specimen, by which they know 
the rest; and knowing, practise them. 
A proof that the washing performed by our 
Saviour was a part 
and 
specimen of a whole 
class of duties, may also be derived from v. 8 : 
" Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash 
my feet. 
Jesus answered him, If I wash thee 
not, thou hast no part with me."' 
The true im-
port of this answer seems to be this : If I may 
not wash thy feet (so the words here used im-
ply), I may not, on the same ground, render to 
thee 
any 
of the great benefits resulting from 
my humiliation, in which I came not to be min-
istered unto, but to 
minister, and to give 
my 
life a ransom for many. 
If I may 
not per-
form 
to thee acts of condescending kindness, 
thou hast no part with me." 
As in this decla-
ration, the washing 
of Peter's 
feet was made 
by the Savionr a specimen and representative 
of all 
his 
acts 
of condescending 
kindness ; 
so the 
washing of feet, enjoined upon 
Peter 
and his fellow apostles, was intended to include 
all the acts of condescending kindness which 
they could perform towards their brethren. " A 
new commandment I give unto you. 
That ye 
also love 
one another: as I have loved you, 
* Some interpreters take the first word to mean, 
not a bathing of the whole body, but a washing of 
the hands and face, which the disciples are suoposed 
to have performed before taking their places at Sup-
per. 
" He who washeth his face and hands is con-
sidered sufficiently clean, and need no other washing 
unless this mark of civility, that his feet be washed 
by a servant. 
This civility I exhibit to you, thus 
acting the part of a servant." 
This interpretation, 
though less satisfactory, because less conformed to 
the ordinary signification of the terms employed, 
will, nevertheless, serve equally well for sustaining 
the argument above presented. 
that ye also love one another. 
By 
this shall 
all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye 
have love one to another." Vs. 34, 36. 
4. It is an argument of weight against re-
garding the washing of feet as a religious cere-
mony instituted in the Church, that it does not, 
like baptism and the the Lord's Supper, typify 
Christ. 
The Lord's Supper, in a lively figure, shows 
forth the death of Christ; and his baptism, his 
burial, and resurrection. 
These standing ordi-
nances of the Christian Church lead the mind 
directly to the great Author of our 
salvation, 
and to the atoning sacrifice by which the sal-
vation had been effected. 
These 
ordinances 
teach us the grand doctrine of redemption, in a 
language 
which infinite wisdom has invented 
for the purpose. 
To 
this great doctrine these 
witnesses bear their testimony in a voice, long 
and loud, through all the revolutions of centu-
ries, and all the tumults of heresy. What does 
the washing of feet teach us of Christ, or of re 
demption 
by him ? 
Does it lead the believer 
away from himself, or 
his 
own works of 
righteousness, to the atoning 
sacrifice or 
the 
justifying righteousness on which he must rely 
for salvation ? 
It might 
serve, as a religious 
rite, to remind those of a duty to be performed, 
whose faith rests upon such duty for righteous-
ness; but of Him who is the end of the law 
for righteousness to every one that believeth, of 
his 
suffering and 
death as the means of our 
salvation, it tells nothing. 
5. The washing of feet was not practised as 
a religious rite by the primitive Christians. 
That Baptism and the Lord's Supper 
were 
so practised, we 
have 
the clearest 
evidence, 
both from the Scriptures and the writings 
of 
the Christian fathers; but 
not so with regard 
to the washing of feet. 
It is not necessary 
to 
pursue 
this 
subject beyond the clear light of 
Scripture, into the comparatively dark 
field of 
investigation which ecclesiastical history 
pre-
sents; as the testimony which this less satisfac-
tory source of evidence affords, though entirely 
consistent with the testimony of Scripture,, is 
not needed, either for elucidation or confirma-
tion. 
On opening the inspired history of the 
church, we read, at the very beginning: " They 
that gladly received his word were baptized 
: 
and they continued 
steadfastly in the apostle's 
doctrine, and fellowship, and 
in 
breaking of 
bread, and in prayers." 
Baptism is frequently-
mentioned in the subsequent 
history; and in 
the 20th chapter 7th verse express mention 
is 
made, 
that " the 
disciples 
came together 
to 
break bread." 
But not a chapter, not a verse 
in all the Acts of the Apostles; contains an in-
timation that any church, or any company of 
disciples, ever assembled to celebrate the wash-
ing of feet. 
In the Epistle to the Romans (ch. 
6) a reference is made 
to baptism; and an ex-
planation given to its import. 
The first chap-
ter of the next Epistle (the first to the Corinth-
ians), contains an account of several baptisms; 
and the 11th chapter a very particular account 
of the institution of the Supper, and of abuses 
in its observance, which had already crept into 
the practice of the church of Corinth. 
But in 
these Epistles, and in all those which follow, 
no allusion whatever is found to the washing 
of feet, as a rite, observed by the churches. 
There is, indeed, one passage, and only one, 
in which the washing 
of feet is mentioned ; 
and this passage (1 Tim. 
5:10) furnishes deci-
sive proof that it was not practised as a church 
ordinance, as were baptism and the Lord's Sup-
per. 
To demonstrate this, we have but to sub-
stitute, in the passage, the mention of these ac-
knowledged 
ordinances; and the 
incongruity 
of such a connexion will immediately appear ; 
" Well 
reported 
of for good 
works; 
if 
she 
have brought up children, if she have lodged 
strangers, if she have been baptized, or received 
the Lord's Supper, if she have relieved the af-
flicted, if she have 
diligently 
followed 
every 
good work." 
As it must be supposed of every 
widow in the church, that she had been 
bap-
tized and reoeived the Lord's Supper; no " if," 
with res.pect to these ordinances, could be ad-
mitted ; and no 
one widow could, on account 
of her having'observed them, be more entitled 
to honor, than any 
other. 
The 
same 
would 
have been 
true, concerning the 
washing 
of 
feet, if this also had been 
a religious rite 
in 
common use in 
the 
churches; and it would 
have 
been 
a manifest absurdity, to state the 
fact of any church 
member having performed 
the rite, as a reason for regarding him or her 
as 
specially 
entitled 
to 
reputation 
for 
good 
works, or to honor from the church. 
There is, therefore, not only a total want of 
proof, that such a religtous rite was 
anciently 
observed ; but there is (what few cases in con-
troversy 
furnish) 
a 
proof 
of 
the 
negative, 
which is as clear and satisfactory as any such 
proof can be expected to be. 
These 
considerations 
show clearly, that it 
was the 
Saviour's 
design to enforce a whole 
class of moral duties, and not to institute a re-
ligious ceremony; 
and that he wis 
so under-
stood 
by 
his 
apostles. 
He 
who washes 
tire 
feet of a saint, when 
those 
feet do not need 
washing, is as if he gave a cup of cold water 
to a disciple who 
is not thirsty. 
He may in-
deed make 
a show of voluntary humility, but 
he does not fulfil the command of Christ, 
nor 
imitate 
his example. 
He ought to remember 
that 
Christ 
declined 
to wash the hands and 
head of Peter; not because there would 
have 
been less show of humility in so doing, but be-
cause those parts did not need washing. 
He, 
therefore, who washes the feet of a saint, when 
these feet do not need washing, instead of obey-
ing or imitating Christ, does that which Christ 
refused to do. 
And he who washes the feet of 
a saint, merely as a religious rite, without con-
sidering or caring whether 
the act which 
he 
performs is necessary and useful, is just as far 
as the other from obeying or imitating the Re-
deemer. 
If after a careful consideration of the sub-
ject, we 
have 
satisfactorily 
ascertained 
that 
our Saviour designed his disciples should per-
form towards each 
other every needful act of 
condescending kindness, even the smallest and 
the most servile; let us be ready with prompt-
ness 
and 
pleasure 
to fulfil his will. 
If 
we 
have the spirit 
of Christ, we shall be ready, 
when need requires, to lay down our lives for 
our brethren, or give them a cup of cold water, 
or wash their 
feet, or render them any other 
comfort. 
In so far as by any of these means, 
we seek to promote the happiness of a disciple 
of Christ, our good deeds will be remembered; 
and the great 
Judge, in the last day, omitting 
all mention of our most labored religious cere-
monies, will bring that act of kindness to mind, 
and will say, 
" Inasmuch as ye did it to one 
of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto 
me."—Baptist 
Treacher. 
Beautiful View of Providence. 
When the prophet Ezekiel entered on his 
mission, he was for his instruction and encour-
agement, favored with one of the sublimest vis-
ions that can be conceived, in which are 
many 
particulars that perplex the ablest commentators; 
but the general design appears to be, that the 
whole was intended to exhibit, in the wheels, 
an idea of the machinery of Divine Providence; 
and by the cherubim, the agency by which it is 
conducted. 
In this view, the following hints I 
hope will not be thought impertinent, 
though 
not offered as a complete explanation of the vision. 
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THE ADVENT 
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_ 1- In this scenery we may observe the mag-
nificence of Providence. 
Not to advert to the 
flaming 
cherubim* or sapphire colored throne, 
how magnificent the 
machine 
itself! 
"The 
rings were1 so high," saith the prophet, " that 
they were' dreadful " to behold; their color was 
like the beryl, i. e., a beautiful sea-green, and 
they were full of eyes 
round about. 
The 
prodigious circumference of the wheels repre-
sents 
the comprehensiveness 
of 
Providence, 
the magnitude of its objects, and the1 grandeur 
of 
its movements;—but 
the 
eye 
suggested 
another idea, viz: 
2. The wisdom of Providence. 
Chance is 
properly represented blind; but Providence is 
full of eyes. It is also said that" the spirit of the 
living creatures," or the same spirit that actu-
ates them resideth in the wheels, and directeth 
all their motions : and while worldly men rely 
on the sagcity of their statesmen, or the pru-
dence of their generals, he frustrates the coun-
sels of an Ahithopel, and " taketh the wise in 
their own craftiness." 
But this circumstance 
may intimate also, 
3. The harmony of Providence. 
The same 
spirit resideth both in the living creatures and 
in the wheels, and thus directs the whole ma-
chinery, and secures the most perfect harmony 
in all its movements—" when the living crea-
tures went, the 
wheels went by them; and 
when the living creatures were lifted up 
from 
the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 
Whith-
ersoever the spirit was to go, they went. 
4. The irresistibility of Providence 
also 
is 
strongly implied, both in the magnitude of the 
wheels, which were terrible to behold, and in 
the power by which they were directed, the 
spirit that was 
in them. 
Hence they went 
straight forward ; and no obstacle could change 
their course. 
They turned not as they went; 
no power could impede their motion ; for they 
as well the living creatures, "ran and returned 
as the appearance of a flash of lightning." 
5. This machinery represents the mysteri-
ousness of Divine Providence—it was as if it 
were a wheel within a wheel; i. e., several 
rings involved one in another, like the circles 
of an armillary sphere ; so complicated are the 
movements of Providence. 
We behold, indeed, 
the revolutions of the machine, but know noth-
ing of the mechanism (so to speak) within.— 
Hence are we often deceived in calculating 
events and consequences by our own sagacity. 
But prophecy is like the index of the clock; by 
its necessary connection with the internal move-
ments—by its being dictated by the spirit in the 
wheels—it becomes as we are enabled to un-
derstand it, a certain guide to our conjectures. 
But without this, how vain and uncertain are 
all political speculations ! 
When the Duke of 
Brunswick marched with the flower of his army 
into the heart of France; when the armies of 
the Republic spread their victories through all 
the surrounding countries; or when on a sud-
den turn of affairs, Dumouriez declared 
for 
monarchy, and marched back to France with 
the view to effect a counter revolution, what 
power seemed able to withstand them ? 
None 
but that of the 
Hand unseen, 
Which guides and turns the great machine ; 
an idea in perfect coincidence with the vision 
of the prophet, who observed that every living 
creature had the hand as of a man concealed 
beneath its wings. 
6. When Ezekiel had a repetition of the vis-
ion, (10:13,) a voice, I suppose from the celes-
tial throne, proclaimed to the 
machine—not, 
" 0 wheel," as in our translation, being quite 
a different word from that rendered wheel in 
the context, but rather, " REVOLUTION," move 
on! 
As if to inform us that the proper design 
and tendencies of the wheels are to effect revolu-
tions as well in nations and communities, as 
in tbe affairs of families and individuals. 
The 
world subsists 
by 
revolutions. 
Good men, 
indeed, should be cautious of promoting 
such 
as are useless: but if the voice from heaven 
cry, 
" 
REVOLUTION 
!" 
or, 
" Move 
on ; 
move 
round"—in vain would all the powers upon 
earth attempt to arrest the motions of these 
wheels. 
They shall go round till every sacred 
prediction is accomplished; till the last event 
in the plan of Providence is brought to pass. 
It is certain that the French Revolution had 
nothing less 
in view than the fulfilment of 
prophecy, yet, had this been their only design, 
they could not have done it more effectually.— 
It is the Lord's usual method to effect his pur-
poses 
by undesigning 
and 
even 
refractory 
agents. 
" He doeth whatsoever pleaseth him," 
not only " in the armies of heaven," but also 
among the inhabitants of the earth. 
It is indeed shocking to think of the present 
slaughter amongst conflicting powers and par-
ties ; but prophecy holds out this consolation; 
that when 
the judgment written shall be ac-
complished, and the present convulsions sub-
side—"the 
remnant shall give glory to the 
God of heaven "—shall ackowledge his hand in 
all their sufferings, and, I hope, receive his gos-
pel in all its purity and power.—Ex. 
The Plague in Milan. 
An ancient couplet, preserved for ages by tra-
dition, foretold that in the year 1630 the Devil 
would poison all Milan. 
Early one 
morning 
in April, and before the pestilence had reached 
its height, the passengers were surprised to see 
all the doors in the principal part of the city 
were marked with a curious daub or spot—as 
if a sponge filled with the purient matter of the 
sores had 
been passed against them. 
The 
whole population were speedily in movement to 
mark the strange appearance, and the greatest 
alarm spread rapidly. 
Every means was taken 
to discover the perpetrators, but in vain. 
At 
last the ancient prophecy was remembered, and 
prayers were offered up in all the churches that 
the machinations of the Evil One might be de-
feated. 
Many 
persons were 
of opinion, that 
the emissaries of foreign powers were employed 
to spread infectious poison over the city, but by 
far the greater number were convinced that the 
powers of hell had conspired against 
them, 
and that the infection was spread by supernat-
ural agencies. 
In the meantime the 
plague 
increased fearfully. 
Distrust and alarm took 
possession of every mind. Everything was be-
lieved to have been poisoned by the Devil; the 
waters of the well, the standing corn in the field, 
and the fruit upon the trees. 
It was believed 
that all objects of touch were poisoned; the 
walls of the houses, the pavement^ the streets, 
and the very handles of the doors. 
The populace were raised to a pich of un-
governable fury. 
A strict watch was kept for 
the 
Devil's 
emissaries, and any 
man 
who 
wanted to be rid of an enemy, had only to say 
that he had seen him besmearing a door with 
ointment—his 
fate was certain death at the 
hands of the mob. 
An old man, upwards 
of 
eighty years of age, a daily frequenter of the 
church of St. Antonio, was seen, on rising from 
his knees, to wipe with the skirt of his cloak 
the stool on which he was about to sit down. 
A cry was raised immediately that he was be-
smearing 
the seat with poison. 
A 
mob of 
women, by whom the church was 
crowded, 
seized hold of the feeble old man, and dragged 
him out by the hair of his head with horrid oaths 
and imprecations. 
He was trailed in this man-
ner through the mire to the house of the muni-
cipal judge, that he might be put to the rack, 
and forced to discover his accomplices, but he 
expired on the way. 
Many other victims were 
sacrificed to the 
popular fury. 
One Mora, who appears to have 
been half a chemist and half a barber, was ac-
cused of being in league with the devil to poi-
son Milan. 
His house was surrounded, and a 
number of chemical preparations found. 
The 
poor man asserted that they were intended as 
preservatives against infection ; but some phy-
sicians to whom they were submitted decided 
tbey were poison. 
Mora was put to the rack, 
where for a long time he asserted his innocence. 
He confessed at last, when 
his courage was 
worn down by torture, that he was in league 
with the devil and foreign powers to poison the 
whole city ; that he had anointed the doors, 
and infected the fountains of water. 
He named 
several 
persons as his accomplices, who were 
apprehended anc^ put to a similar 
torture.— 
They 
were 
all found guilty 
and 
executed. 
Mora's house was razed to the ground, and a 
column erected on the spot, with an inscription 
to commemorate 
his guilt. 
While the pub-
lic mind was filled with the marvellous occur-
rences, the plague continued to increase. 
The 
crowds that were brought together to witness 
the execution, spread the infection among one 
another. 
But the fury of their passions, and the extent 
of their credulity, kept pace with the violence 
of the plague; every wonderful and preposter-
ous story was believed. 
One in particular oc-
cupied them to the exclusion for a long time of 
every other. 
The Devil himself was seen ; he 
bad taken a house in Milan, in which he had 
prepared his poisonous agents, and furnished 
them to his emissaries for distribution. 
One 
man had brooded over such tales till he became 
firmly 
convinced that the wild flights of his own 
fancy were reality. 
He stationed himself at 
the market place at Milan, and related the fol-
lowing story to the crowd that gathered around 
him. 
He was standing, he said, in the door of the 
Cathedral, late in the evening, and when there 
was nobody nigh, and saw a dark colored cha-
riot, drawn by six milk white horses, stop close 
beside" him. 
The chariot was followed by a 
numerous train of domestics on dark colored 
steeds. 
In the chariot there sat a tall stranger of a 
majestic aspect, his long black hair floated in 
the wind, fire flashed from his large black eyes, 
and a curl of ineffable scorn dwelt upon his lips. 
The look of the stranger was so sublime that 
he was awed, and trembled with fear when he 
gazed upon him. 
His complexion was much 
darker than that of any man he had seen, and 
the atmosphere around him was hot and suffo-
cating. 
He perceived immediately that he was 
a bein£ of another world. 
The stranger seeing 
his trepidation, asked him blandly, yet majesti-
cally. to mount beside him. 
He had no power 
to refuse, and before he was well aware that he 
had moved, he found himself in the chariot.— 
Onward they went with the rapidity of the wind, 
the stranger speaking no word until they stopped 
before a door in the street of Milan. 
There was a crowd of people in the street, 
but to his great surprise, no one seemed to no-
tice the extraordinary equipage, and its nu-
merous train, from this he concluded they were 
invisible. 
The house at which they stopped 
appeared to be a shop, but the interior was like 
a vast half ruined palace. 
He went with his mysterious guide through 
several large and dimly lighted rooms. 
In one 
of them, surrounded by huge pillars of marble, 
a senate of ghosts were assembled, debating on 
the progress of the plague. 
Other parts of the 
building were enveloped in the thickest dark-
ness, illuminated at intervals by vivid flashes of 
lightning, by which he saw a number of gibing 
and chattering skeletons running about and 
pursuing each other, or playing 
at leap-frog 
over one another's back. 
At the rear of the 
mansion was a wild uncultivated plot of ground, 
in the midst of which stood a black 
rock.— 
Down its sides rushed, with a fearful noise, a 
torrent of poisonous water, which, insinuating 
itself through the soil, penetrated to all the 
springs of the city, and rendered them unfit lor 
use. 
After he had shown all this, the stranger led 
him into another large chamber, filled with gold 
and precious stones, all of which he offered him 
if he would kneel down and worship him, and 
consent to smear the doors and houses with a 
pestiferous salve which he held out to him. 
He now knew him to be the devil, and in that 
moment of temptation he prayed to God to give 
him strength to resist. 
His prayer was heard 
—he refused the bribe. 
The stranger scowled horribly upon him—a 
loud clap of thunder crashed over his head—the 
vivid lightning flashed in his eyes, and the next 
moment he found himself standing alone at the 
porch of the Cathedral. 
He repeated the strange story day after day, 
without any variation, and all the populace were 
firm believers in its truth. 
Repeated 
search 
was made to discover the house, but all in vain. 
The man pointed out several as resembling it, 
which were seached by the police; but the de-
mon of the pestilence was not to be found, nor 
the hall of ghosts, nor the poisonous fountain. 
But the minds of the people were so impressed 
with the idea, that crowds of witnesses, half 
crazed by disease, came forward to swear they 
also had seen the diabolical stranger, and heard 
the chariot drawn by milk white steeds rum-
bling over the streets at midnight, with a sound 
louder than thunder. 
The number of persons who confessed they 
were employed by the devil to distribute poison, 
is almost incredible. 
An epidemic frenzy was 
abroad, which seemed to be as contagious as 
the plague. 
Imagination was as disordered as 
the body; and day after day persons came vol-
untarily forward to accuse themselves. 
They 
had the marks of disease upon them, and some 
died in the act of confession.—Memoirs of 
Pop-
ular 
Delusions. 
Efficacy of Faith. 
Faith in Christ is that state of mind which 
renders it right and proper in the sight of God, 
that the believer should be put in possession and 
enjoyment of the benefits which the death of 
Christ has procured. 
If Christ had not died 
as a propitiation for sins, no qualification what-
ever in us could make us ht to be pardoned. 
But now that Jesus has made such ample pro-
vision for our forgiveness, faith in him is that 
quality of ours which makes it meet we should 
be forgiven. 
By faith, we become suitable sub-
jects of this incomparable benefit; and without 
faith, our justification would be as incongruous 
and inconsistent as though the Saviour had 
done nothing for us. 
The reason why faith is the cause of this ef-
fect is obvious. 
It is because faith is the only 
thing which can make it right in the sight 
0f 
God, that we should be forgiven. 
And this is 
not because faith is so superior to every other 
religious affection or virtue, nor because there 
is any personal merit in our possessing it, but 
merely because of the relation it has to the per-
son of the Redeemer. 
It conjoins the believer 
with his Lord, the Saviour. 
It constitutes a 
spiritual union between Christ and the believer 
resembling the natural and vital union between 
the vine and each of its branches, whether natu-
ral or engrafted. 
This is what the Scriptures 
mean by having the " life hid with Christ." 
Faith is Ihe uniting 
act by which the Christian 
on his part, consummates this living union' 
Though other spiritual graces maybe as excel-
lent as this of faith, yet they have not this par-
ticular effect of incorporating the soul with 
Christ, which is the peculiar property of faith 
alone. 
It is the root of all graces and all blessings. 
Every virtue which makes the Christian char-
acter flourish like a tree of righteousness di-
vinely planted, branches from this vigorous and 
prolific root, which sustains them all, and ripens 
their joyous clusters. 
Faith is precious: 
for 
" it is the gift of God," and brings with it the 
gift of God himself as our everlasting portion, 
and all his fulness as our own. 
It is precious, 
both for the Giver's sake, and for the unsearcha-
ble wealth of bliss which it includes in itself. 
0 ! the power of faith ! 
" He that believeth 
on the Son hath everlasting life." 
He hath it. 
It is already his. 
It energizes the soul to do 
and suffer the holy will of God, and renders it 
instinct with the sensitive and acting " power 
of endless life." 
We cannot better express its 
efficacy than in the language of that bright 
star of science, Sir Humphrey Davy: " I envy 
no quality of the mind or intellect in others"; 
not genius, power, wit, or fancy. 
But if I 
could choose what would be most delightful, 
and I believe most useful to me, I should pre-
fer a firm religious belief to every other bless-
ing; for it makes life a discipline of goodness; 
creates new hopes when all earthly hopes van-
ish, and throws over the decay and destruction 
of existence the most gorgeous of all lights; 
awakens 
life even in death, and from corrup-
tion and decay calls up beauty and divinity; 
makes an instrument of torture and shame the 
ladder of ascent to paradise; and, far above all 
combinations 
of earthly 
hopes, calls 
up the 
most delightful visions of palms and Amaranths, 
the gardens of the blest, the security of ever-
lasting joys, where the sensualist and sceptic 
view only gloom, decay, annihilation, and des-
pair."—Boston Recorder. 
The Third Seal. 
BV E. B. ELLIOTT, A. M. 
" And when he had opened the third seal I 
beheld, and lo a black 
horse! and he that sat 
on him had in his hand a pair of balances:" 
(such is the rendering of 
in the author-
ized English translation; and both from the as-
sociated notice of ckcenix 
in the hieroglyphic; 
and yet more from the Roman usage of sym-
bols, it is, I doubt not, the correct one :)—" and 
I heard a voice in the midst of the living crea-
tures, saying, A chosnix of wheat for a denari-
us, and three chcenixes of barley for a denarius; 
and see that thou hurt not (or, rather, that thou 
wrong not in regard to) the oil and the wine." 
The intent of the symbols of this seal is less 
obvious than of the others, and will require 
some considerable thought and attention. 
A famine of the chief articles of food (whe-
ther literally taken or metaphorically) has been 
supposed by nearly all interpreters to be denoted 
by them: their opinion being grounded on these 
two suppositions:—1, that the 
chcenix spoken 
of was the Attic choenix of three, or rather, 
four cotylae, i. e., of a pint and a half or two 
pints; 2, that the notice from the midst of the 
living creatures respecting the denarius, was a 
notification of the then average market-price of 
the choenix of wheat. 
Now it is observable that the words uttered 
respecting the price of wheat, were words spe-
cifically addressed to the rider, not to any other 
auditory; and this in the way of precept and 
caution, not of general notification. 
An-im-
portant indication this to which I shall presently 
again have to call, the reader's attention.— 
Moreover it is to be observed, that though the 
Attic choenix seems to have been the best 
known and most extensively used in the Roman 
Empire, yet there were other choenixes nsed in 
it also: not to add that the word is sometimes 
too THE ADVENT 
HERALD. 
designative of measure in the general 
; which 
0i price given, is here of course clearly out of 
the question. 
Already Mr. Mede long ago ob-
served 
on this variety of size in the ancient 
choenixes; and both in a copious memoir on the 
subject in the " Memoires de l'Academie 
des 
Inscriptions," and also in later treatises on the 
Greek and Roman measures by Professor Wurm 
and others, I find the same conclusion substan-
tially arrived at, as the result of the most care-
ful and elaborate inquiry. 
There seem to have 
been three choenixes in use among the Greeks 
and Romans, of the value of 3,4, and 8 cotylse, 
or half-pints, respectively : the Attic being, 
as 
some would have it, the measure of 3 cotylse ; 
as others, with more reason, I think, that of 4. 
Besides which values it is used in one passage 
by the Septuagint translators as a term answer-
ing to the tenth part of the Jewish chomer 
; 
that is as equivalent to the much larger 
mea-
sure of an English bushel. 
Which, then, of these values would best suit 
the Apocalyptic symbol before us; which best 
help to a consistent sense in its several compo-
nent details:—these details being, the horse's 
color, black, the constant emblem of distress and 
mourning; the rider's bearing a pair 
of 
bal-
ances in his hand, the constant symbol of equi-
ty ;* and the cautionary 
and 
directive words 
addressed to the 
rider against 
injustice 
and 
wrong, as well as about the prices of corn, of 
which I was just before speaking? 
On insti-
tuting which 
comparison, 
the horse's 
color, 
black, seems at once to set aside all idea of the 
large Syrian 
chcenix of the Septuagint: 
see-
ing that 
wheat 
at a denarius, or near 8^., a 
bushel, would indicate 
an aera of superabun-
dant plenty; which, however 
consistent 
with 
the ideas suggested by the balances held and 
the caution against injustice, would ill suit, or 
rather be diametrically opposed to, the color of 
distress and 
mourning.—On 
the other 
hand, 
the Attic 
chcenix, or wheat at nearly 8d. for a 
two-pint measure, that is, about 20s. the bushel, 
or 160s. the quarter, though well suiting the 
black color in the symbol, as indicating a scarci-
ty-price of wheat, would yet ill consist with the 
prominent characteristic of the balance-holding, 
and the charge 
against injury or injustice in 
respect of both wine and oil: seeing that these 
latter indications 
must be admitted to consti-
tute a most marked weakening of any intended 
symbolization 
of 
famine 
or scarcity, 
not 
a 
strengthening. 
Besides which there 
is 
very 
singularly added a specification of the price of 
barley also, such as to put all idea of scarcity 
out of the question. 
* 
* 
* 
* 
I find, that though the denarius for centuries 
previous, 
under 
both Republic and emperors, 
had been always scrupulously 
coined of pure 
silver, yet from the commencement of the third 
century, it began 
to 
be gradually 
more and 
more adulterated; to the value of one-half 
in 
the reign of the first Severus, and in the reign 
of Alexander Severus to the value of justfruo-
thirds. 
So that as under that last-mentioned 
prince the denarius had but one-third the silver, 
and consequently 
but one-third the value, of 
the older and standard denarius, the Apocalyp-
tic charge," A chcenix of wheat for a denarius," 
proves to have given the literally true expression 
of its average 
price at that particular aera.— 
Surely the coincidence must be deemed 
most 
remarkable. — Nor, 
though 
the 
comparative 
price of barley 
specified in the voice from the 
throne is considerably lower than its usual pro-
portion to that of wheat, (it being but a 
third, 
not, as more usual, a half) is there anything in 
this inconsistent with historic probability : Al-
exander Severus' large and celebrated procura-
tions of corn quite accounting for it; as they 
were doubtless most by far of wheat. 
Thus 
did 
the 
prices of wheat and barley 
specified consist well with what the Christians 
living in 
Alexander Severus' time (the same 
that St. John here impersonated) might have 
heard addressed 
to the provincial 
presidents 
then in office by that emperor. 
And indeed I 
sense, however, from the specifications 
* Multitudes of Roman medals, of every emperor 
almost and every province of the empire, are extant, 
bearing the device of a pair of balances;—generally in 
the hand of some one holding it, sometimes independ-
ent and alone. And, not even excepting those that 
attach to the Goddess Moneta, since the justice of the 
coinage, as well as the ancient custom of weighing 
money, is thought to be expressed thereby, they are 
a"> 1 believe, in symbolization of equity. 
Indeed, 
many have the explanatory legend underneath, " ALq-
uitas Augusti." See Rasche on Bilanx, Tom. i., p. 
1530.—Bishop Newton, in a curious manner, asso-
ciates together two of the most opposite meanings, as 
jt both indicated in the symbol: " The color of the 
black horse befits the severity of their nature and their 
name (i. e>, of the two Severi) ; and the balances are 
the well-known emblem of Justice, as well as an in-
timation of scarcity 
think that with St. John himself the words en-
joining them must almost have suggested those 
imperial provincial governors, as the parties ad-
dressed under 
figure 
of the rider; just as the 
monitory words 
of the Cassian 
law might in 
earlier times have suggested the provincial ad-
ministrators 
of the old Republic : more espe-
cially as there was added that other 
monitory 
clause, in the same spirit of equity, about the 
wine 
and the oil; 
precisely the like to which 
seems to have been often charged on the pro-
vincial presidents by the juster emperors, in con-
nexion with the imperial exactions of wine and 
oil, in their Canon Frumentarius.—If 
however 
of itself this indication was insufficient abso-
lutely to fix them as the parties symbolized 
by 
the black horse's 
rider, the second and addi-
tional indication of his holding 
a balance, 
must, 
I 
conceive, when conjoined with 
the former, 
have set all doubt on the point aside. 
For the 
balance, 
from 
being 
the 
emblem 
of justice, 
came to be an official badge of those that had 
appointment to the supreme administration 
of 
justice; such 
as 
the Prsetors at Rome under 
the 
Republic, and the provincial governors in 
the balances. 
Which latter accordingly 
used 
sometimes to have 
a balance 
struck, over the 
curule 
chair 
of their high office, on coins con-
nected 
with their 
appointment: 
(was 
it 
not 
like 
a 
public profession of their sense of the 
duty of equity in their administration ?) and to-
gether therewith sometimes also an ear of 
corn, 
or it might be a Roman 
measure, 
with reference 
to the 
procurations 
of corn charged more or 
less directly upon them; just as in the 
medal 
THE ROMAN PROPRIETORS' AND QU.GSTOR'S EMBLEM OF A BALANCE. 
which 
the 
reader 
here sees engraved before 
him. 
Together 
these 
several 
pictured 
em-
blems 
would 
constitute, I believe, 
distinctive 
marks 
of a 
Roman 
Provincial Governor: 
as 
distinctive as the crown 
of the reigning Empe-
ror, or the public sword-presentation 
of the mili-
tary commander.—Which being so, and it be-
ing evidently the intention of the Divine Spirit 
to 
mark 
as distinctively as before the parties 
intended by the black horse's rider, let me beg 
the reader to observe with what beautiful pro-
priety they have been 
all 
substantially 
inter-
woven 
with 
the imagery of the hieroglyphic 
before us. 
The balance 
was that which might 
appropriately be held in the hand of the rider. 
There, therefore, it 
was 
figured. 
For the cu-
rule 
chair, 
his 
very position as a rider, being 
indicative of authority and rule over the Ro-
man people, was itself a substitute. 
And with 
respect to the wheat and barley, and the Roman 
measure 
also, forasmuch as the simplicity of the 
hieroglyphic, which 
might 
only 
consist of a 
horse 
and its 
rider, could not admit of their 
visible 
delineation, the defect was supplied by 
that audible 
mention 
of them, on which 
we 
have just been commenting, in the voice from 
the midst of the living creatures. 
Christ, a Sympathizing Friend. 
When he was on earth, he was 
kind to all 
and sympathized with all, but especially so with 
his 
true 
friends. 
When 
they 
rejoiced, 
his 
heart was 
filled 
with joy; and his tears were 
mingled with theirs, when they wept. 
When 
they suffered and sorrowed, he looked on them 
with pity; and when they cried for help, he 
was at hand to minister to their wants. 
From many instances of the exhibition of his 
loving kindness and tender mercy, let us turn 
to two or three. 
We 
read of the nobleman of 
Capernaum, 
" whose son lay at the point of death." 
That 
was 
a son 
much 
loved. 
Many 
fond hopes 
were centered in him. 
Perchance he was the 
main-stay of that family, their idol, and he could 
not yet be spared. 
They could not yet 
lay 
him down to his long, last sleep; and the father, 
with a heart overflowing with anxiety, grief, and 
affection, entreated the Saviour to come 
down 
ere the loved one should die. 
Jesus saw that 
faith, and those tears, and heard that 
earnest 
entreaty, and " thy son liveth " was the glad 
response he gave. 
And who can forget the lonely widow, to 
whose arms he restored the son whom death 
had removed ? 
In tears she was following him 
to his narrow home. 
" Weep not," fell upon 
her 
ears. 
Christ 
spoke. 
He 
touched 
the 
bier, and "he that was dead sat up and began 
to speak." 
Nor can we have forgotten the touching story 
of the Ruler's daughter, who was dying, " with 
no helper near;"- we remember how she 
had 
already "bowed to the destroyer; her father, 
with bereaved and aching heart, besought the 
compassionate Redeemer to come and lay his 
hand upon her and she should live. 
We re-
member how he took her by the hand, and the 
weary 
slumbers 
that rested 
on her 
eye-lids 
were exchanged for the wakefulness of young 
and hopeful life. 
Once more we turn our thoughts to Bethany. 
We stand by the bedside of a dying one whom 
Jesus loved. 
All that fond sisters can do, with 
care and love, is of no avail. 
Lazarus 
must 
die. 
He is dead, and Mary and Martha 
soon 
follow the remains of their brother to the tomb. 
That had been a happy family. 
Jesus had of-
ten been with them. 
They lived and loved to-
gether on earth, in hope of a blessed union 
in 
heaven. 
But now one is taken. 
Tender 
ties 
are sundered. 
The heart is left bare and bleed-
ing. 
Jusus felt that he, too, had lost a friend. 
He sought the place of burial. 
At that friend 
and brother's grave, " Jesus wept," and called 
him back to life, 
But to mention all the instances of the dis-
play of 
Christ's 
tenderness 
and love; to tell 
how he healed the sick, and gave relief to the 
sorrowing, imparted sight to the blind, and feet 
to the lame; fed the hungry and clothed 
the 
naked : how, in all the wants and woes of man 
he was always a sympathizing friend, would re-
quire an angel's pen and tongue.—Recorder. 
A Remarkable Dream, 
In the year 1795, the Rev. George Biddulph, 
at that time chaplain to the Earl of 
, and 
my college associate, was in London ; we spent 
much time together, and as he was a man of 
an earnest, serious turn of mind, our conversa-
tion was very much on religious subjects, he 
being anxious to dissever me from the 
free-
thinking 
principles 
of 
French 
and 
German 
philosophy, to which I was at that time much 
addicted. 
One day being at Woolwich, we took a stroll 
on Blackheath, when we accidently came upon 
a young man, who, having been overturned in 
a gig, had slightly injured his arm. 
The lit-
tle service which we were enabled to render 
him, led to our spending the remainder of the 
day together, and as it was then hardly past 
noon, this consisted of several hours, 
which 
were sufficient to enable young men 
socially 
inclined, to 
become 
tolerably familiar before 
parting. 
Our new acquaintance informed us that he 
was 
Lieutenant Macintosh, in the service of 
the East India Company, and that the follow-
ing day he was to embark 
for his destination. 
He was a young man of remarkably prepossess-
ing appearance and lively 
manners. 
In 
the 
cburse 
of 
conversation 
some 
words 
dropped 
from myself, with reference to an unfinished 
argumeiit with my clerical friend, on our often 
contested religious subject. 
This 
led to 
the 
discovery that the young soldier was even more 
sceptically disposed than myself, and now with 
such an ally, the argument was resumed 
and 
continued till we were about to part, when 
the 
Lieutenant, asserting 
his 
positive belief in no 
other 
life 
than 
the present, declared that, if 
after death, his 
soul really 
existed—and 
he 
died before his new clerical 
acquaintance,—he 
would pay him a visit and confess his 
error, 
and adding that he would not fail to enlighten 
me also. 
We parted, and we saw 
the Lieutenant no 
more, at least in this life. 
One remark I must 
make in 
this place, which 
is 
of 
importance, 
namely, that although the Lieutenant had told 
us his name, he had not mentioned his family 
nor his native place, nor had we inquired about 
them, and after that time neither of us thought 
more of him I believe than is commonly thought 
of any passing, 
agreeable acquaintance, 
who 
has 
enabled 
us to spend 
an 
hour 
or 
two 
pleasantly. 
One night, however, about three years after-
wards, I dreamed that 
I 
was 
sitting 
in 
my 
library as usual, when the door opened, and a 
young man entered, whom I immediately 
re-
cognized to 
be Lieutenant Macintosh, though 
he was then wearing a captain's uniform. 
He 
looked much sunburnt, as one might naturally 
expect a man to be 
after about 
three 
years 
exposure to a tropical sun. 
His countenance 
however was grave, and there was a peculiar 
expression in it, that even in my dream excited 
an unusual degree of attention. 
I motioned to 
him to be seated, and without addressing hirm 
waited for him to speak; he did so immediately,' 
and his words were these :•— 
" I promised when we were at Woohvich, to-
gether, to visit you if I died. 
I am dead, and 
have now kept my word. 
You can tell all your 
friends who are sceptics, that the soul does not 
perish with the body." 
When these words were ended, I awoke, and 
so distinctly were they, as it seemed, impressed 
upon my senses, that for the moment I could not 
believe but that they had been spoken to me by 
the actual tongue of man. 
I convinced myself 
that the chamber 
was empty, and persuaded 
myself that this was but the effect of my ex-
cited imagination, and again slept. 
The 
next morning I regarded it merely 
as 
an ordinary dream. 
I was not a little surprised, 
therefore, when early in the day, I received a 
visit feom my friend Biddulph, who 
instantly 
accosted 
me with 
the inquiry, whether I had 
heard -any news of that Lieutenant Macintosh, 
whose acquaintance we had accidently 
made 
three 
years 
before, 
I 
related 
my 
dream. 
" Strange, indeed," he said, "then of a truth 
he is dead !" he then related ;thatthe preceding 
night he also had a similar dream, with 
this 
difference, that it was twice repeated, and that 
each time he was desired to write to 
, in In-
vernesshire, where lived his mother and 
sister, 
and to inform them of his death ; the 
appari-
tion in his dream adding each time, that this 
would be a great affliction to them, and 
there-
fore he laid it earnestly upon him to offer them 
all the consolation in his power." 
After the first dream Biddulph, like 
myself, 
in awaking, had persuaded himself, that it was 
merely 
a dream, and after some time had again 
slept, when it was repeated precisely as before, 
and then on waking, he had risen and written 
down not only the address, but a letter to the 
clergyman of the parish, inquiring from him if 
a family such as had been 
intimated to him, 
lived at the place mentioned, but without giving 
him the reason for this inqury. 
When day came, however, the whole thing 
seemed to him so extraordinary, that he deter-
mined to come and consult with me, who 
had 
known the young man equally as well as him-
self, before he took any decided step. 
The whole thing appeared so strange, and 
so contrary to all human 
experience, that 
I 
could only advise him to send the letter which 
he had written, to the clergyman, and be guided 
by his answer. 
We 
resolved not to 
mention 
the subject to any one, but we noted down the 
date and hour.of these remarkable dreams.— 
A few posts afterwards settled the whole thing. 
Mrs. Macintosh arid her daughter were 
living, 
as had been told in the dream, at 
, and the 
clergyman added, that he hoped his correspond-
ent had news to communicate respecting Cap-
tain Macintosh, about whom they were anxious. 
Thus two points were proved ; our 
lieutenant 
had become a captain, and his mother and sister 
were living at the 
address 
communicated 
in 
his dream; as a natural inference, 
therefore, 
the third fact was true also. 
As 
the best means 
of communicating 
tbe 
sad intelligence he had so singularly received, 
Biddulph determined to 
make a 
journey 
at 
once into Invernesshire; he did so, and 
singu-
larly enough, that visit ended in his 
marrying 
Miss Macintosh. 
In the course of a few months official tidings 
came of the death of Captain Macintosh, who 
had died by a coup 
de soleil, 
while hunting up 
the 
country with a party of brother 
officers, 
and the time of his death exactly corresponded 
with that of our dreams.—Howitfs 
Journal, 
The Gentleness of Christ. 
What an expression ! 
How much is there in 
that short sentence! 
How much 
to 
admire, 
how much to imitate ! 
Christ performed great 
deeds, such as no one ever did ; but 
not 
that 
we should imitate them. 
He spoke to the tem-
pest and stilled the rolling billows, but not that 
we 
should lift up our voices when 
the 
wind 
blows, and the thunders roll, and the 
waves 
are piled mountain high, and attempt 
to 
hush 
them to peace. 
He stood 
by the grave 
and 
spoke, and the dead man left his tomb and came 
again to life—but not that we should place our-
selves by the graves of the dead and attempt to 
restore them to life. 
He 
opened the 
eyes 
of 
the blind, and taught the lame man to leap as a 
hart, and the tongue of the dumb to sing—but 
not that we should imitate him in this, or at-
tempt by miracles to give vigor to the feeble, or 
health to the diseased. 
But Christ was 
meek 
and gentle, that we might be so too. 
Christ 
was benignant and kind, that we might be so 
too. 
Christ patiently 
bore reviling, that 
we 
too 
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HERALD. 
might do it also; he was not irritable, and un-
charitable, and fretful, and envious, and 
re-
vengeful—and in all these we may imitate him. 
His was a life of benevolence; diffusive like the 
light of a morning without clouds; a life un-
disturbed by conflicting emotions; 
unbroken 
by 
a 
harsh 
and 
dissatisfied 
temper; 
kind 
when 
others were unkind, gentle 
when 
the 
storms of furious passion raged in their bosoms; 
and tranquil and serene while all aronnd him 
were distracted by anger, and 
ambition, and 
envy, and revenge. 
To us may the same spirit 
be given; a-nd while the world around is agi-
tated with passion, and pride, and wrath, in our 
hearts may there reign for evermore "the gen-
tleness of Christ." 
®l)e ^tomt 
fjerato. 
"BEHOLD! 
THE 
BRIDEGROOM 
COMETH!!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14,1848. 
" Historical Testimony." 
" CONSIDER " 
IT. 
In the " Harbinger" of Sept. 9th, at the close of 
an extract from Gibbon's History, with correspond-
ing notes, the following sentence is found : 
" Those ' who seem to be somewhat '—who can-
not see the truth by the sole light of Scripture, are 
invited to consider this historic testimony." 
j. B. C. 
We have often been requested by our brethren to 
desist from noticing the graceless assaults that are 
perpetually made upon us from this and another 
source, and if the cause of truth did not demand that 
we speak occasionally, we would comply with that 
request undeviatingly. 
But the enemies of the 
cause within, as without, grow hold by our neglect. 
We must,therefore, like the old defenders of truth, 
use a two-edged sword, to cut both ways. Our 
friends must therefore try and bear with us, once in a 
great while. 
If we answer them according to their 
folly, we must become like unto them; if we do not 
answer them, they become wise in their own conceits. 
The same disabilities which lead to tjieir blunders, in 
reference to us, disqualify them to perceive that they 
are unworthy of notice. Hence if we do not notice 
them, the next thing to be done is to tell the world in 
tiiumph that nothing can'be said against their un-
righteous accusations. 
Some of our friends have 
seen how much ingenuity such spirits can exhibit, in 
the remarks made upon our late Conferences,in which 
the most unauthorized insinuations and charges have 
been made. 
Now, as we did not expect the truth to 
appear in these remarks,and as we knew our readers, 
and those who were present at these Conferences,had 
eyes of their own, we have said nothing in reply to 
the remarks referred to. 
But another brother has 
done this, in the paper devoted to this species of pop-
ish dictation among us, in which the accusations com-
plained of appeared. 
And that brother is told, in the 
true spirit of a vicar apostolic, " neither brother 
N. nor any other has attempted to disprove what we 
have said" 
That is all perfectly in character. The 
writer of it having evidently got the fancy into his 
head, that we ought to " fall slain at his feet," by 
blows which he must have made before a mirror for 
he talks of " self "—we take this opportunity to re-
port that we are neither among the killed, wounded, 
noT missing. 
And while we consider the testimony 
of Gibbon, let this testimony of Solomon be also con-
sidered : " These six things doth the LORD hate: yea 
seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a 
LYING TONGUE, and hands that shed innocent blood, 
an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that 
be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that 
speaketh LIES, and him that soweth DISCORD among 
brethren /" 
This " historic testimony " of Gibbon, which we 
are invited to " consider," is certainly a characteris-
tic curiosity, and in this light we may consider it a 
moment, though we do not indulge our curiosity very 
often in any department. 
We say, we are invited. 
To be sure we are not named in the invitation, but 
then, although we make no claims to the black art, or 
to special Divine aid, we have been so frequently fa-
vored with the attentions of the would-be St. Pauls 
and Elijahs of our day, that we know them as well 
as Nehemiah knew the mongrel children among the 
Jews, by their speaking " half in the speech of Ash-
dod." Neh. 13: 24. 
But to consider the " important testimony." 
The 
quotation from Gibbon, his infidelity aside, is appro-
priate testimony, or it is not. If he meant,in sketch-
ing the history of opinions connected with " the pro-
gress of Christianity,"—if he meant, by " the im-
mortality of the soul, what we understand to be its 
meaning in the question at issue—i. e. the soul's ca-
pability of a separate existence, whether conscious 
or unconscious, in the separate state—what he says 
is appropriate, let its character for truth be what it 
may. 
But if he uses the phrase only as a general ref-
erence to " a future state of existence," whether by 
the resurrection or not, his testimony is inappropriate, 
because it would be a mere assumption to apply it to 
a particular on which he does not necessarily speak. 
That he does not use the phrase in this sense—the 
only sense in which it can have a proper application 
to the question at issue, is evident from several con-
siderations. 
1. The history itself shows that Gibbon speaks 
of the doctrines of "the immortality of the soul," 
of " a state of future rewards and punishments," 
of " life and immortality," 
as being one and 
the same thing. 
They are with him doctrines and 
phrases of synonymous import. Gibbon never intend-
ed to make or to record the distinction between dif-
ferent views of a future state of existence, as these 
distinctions are now understood. 
2. There were no such distinctions to be recorded, 
because they were not lAown to exist. 
All who be-
lieved in the resurrection believed in the soul's capa-
bility of a separate existence—though all who believ-
ed in a future existence did not believe in the resur-
rection—while all who denied the soul's capability 
of a separate existence, denied also the resurrection. 
The belief of a future state of existence by the resur-
rection, disconnected from the belief of the soul's ca-
pability of a separate existence, either conscious or 
unconscious, was never heard of by Gibbon, or any 
one else, before, or at the period embraced in his his-
tory ; or if it was, no evidence of the fact has appear-
ed. From the days of the patriarchs to the days of 
the apostles, there was believed to be as distinct a re-
ceptacle for the soul, when death took place, as for 
the body ; and even when the body found none, that 
of the soul was sure. Jacob had no "doubt" that 
Joseph was " rent in pieces " and " devoured ;" and 
yet he had no doubt that he would "go down unto his 
son." When a dying patriarch "gave up the ghost;" 
when a prophet, being informed that he was about to 
be " gathered unto his fathers,"—though his body 
was to be buried hundreds of miles from where the bo-
dies of his fathers rested; when the Psalmist prayed, 
" Gather not my soul with sinners; " when the SA-
VIOUR was about to " give up the ghost," and said, 
" Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit," and! 
the dying martyr of Jesus addressed the same words 
to his LORD, there was no pre-eminently " dear bro-
ther " standing by, to mock and insult them about 
their " imaginary ghostly souls." If there had been, 
patriarch and prophet, Jesus and his martyr, and 
even Gibbon himself, would have placed him in an-
other class than with believers in " every portion " of 
the counsel of God. There were no such ones to 
speak of, and of course they are not spoken of, by 
Gibbon or any body else. What he says of the " uni-
versal " sentiment of "the primitive Christians," in 
the same chapter from which the " important testimo-
ny " is culled, proves, so far as he is worthy of cred 
it in such cases, that he had heard of no such case^ 
3. The manifest design of Gibbon, in the two chap-
ters devoted to "the progress of Christianity," as 
any sensible Christian must see, and as the best crit-
ics testify, (see Milman's notes,) is to cover the 
whole Christian system with contempt. He evident-
ly meant to insinuate that the hope of a future life, as 
made known throughout the Bible, had no better 
foundation than nature, reason and superstition. 
All 
the infallible and glorious proofs of its truth Gibbon 
held in the most ineffable contempt; and no man, un-
less blinded by his own weakness or infatuation,could 
have failed to perceive it, or would have brought his 
testimony to their aid. Hence Gibbon informs us, 
that prior to Christ the doctrine of a future state made 
but little progress ; but by the agency of Christianity 
it triumphed, in spite of all opposition, till it prevailed 
over a large portion of the earth. 
And he is careful, 
as he records the reasons and means of the pro-
gress of Christianity, to load it with all the odium, 
by sneers and inuendoes, that he can,—very much as 
the one who quotes him treats the hated idea, which 
he cannot disprove, that man has a soul capable of ex-
isting separate from the body. 
So it will be seen 
that the "important testimony" ofGibbon is all against 
the one who qut>tes it, for he testifies that " the doc-
trine of life and immortality, which had been dictated 
by nature and approved by reason,"—the reason of 
the philosophers, Socrates, Plato,and others of whom 
he had been speaking; "and received by superstition " 
—the superstition of the Pharisees—did obtain the 
sanction of divine truth from the authority and ex-
ample of Christ. 
This is evident from the fact, that Gibbon says in 
another place, " the Pagan multitude rejected the in-
estimable present of life and immortality, which was 
offered to mankind by JESUS of Nazareth." 
(M's 
Gibbon, chap. 16.) 
And these words, " life and 
immortality." are the same that occur in the passage 
quoted by the Harbinger; though Bro. C., in his 
" notes," substitutes for them the words, " immor-
tality of the soul;" and says, or makes Gibbon say, 
" this doctrine needs the sanction of divine truth from 
the authority and example of CHRIST"—as if Gibbon 
had said, that the doctrine named by him had not re-
ceived the " sanction " of CHRIST. But how could 
Gibbon' say, that CHRIST " offered" that to man 
which had not " obtained " and still " needs " his 
sanction ? 
Gibbon does not say what he is made to 
say. 
But the lapsus lingua is absolutely necessary 
to make his testimony of any value to the one who 
quotes him. 
When a witness is on the rack,he must 
speak as the inquisitor dictates. 
Gibbon testifies that what was omitted in the law 
of Moses; what was darkly insinuated in the proph-
ets ; what the Pharisees accepted as a tradition; what 
was dictated by nature, approved by reason, and re-
ceived by superstition, did obtain the sanction of 
CHRIST. We could prove this abundantly by quota-
tions from Gibbon. 
We refer our readers to the his-
tory itself; and they will see how partially and care-
fully the " important testimony " must have been se-
lected. If Gibbon testifies to the truth of Christian-
ity, he testifies to the "truth" of the immortal 
ity of the soul. 
But a man who can settle a question by portions of 
the word of GOD which have no reference to the 
question, can of course make as good a use of the tes-
timony ofGibbon, though directly opposed to him, as 
of any other testimony. Gibbon " adores the myste-
terious dispensations of Providence, when he discov-
ers that the doctrine of the immortality of the soul," 
i. e. " a future state of rewards and punishment," is 
" omitted in the law of Moses." 
The ultra Univer-
salist calls it a triumphant modern discovery." * And 
Bro. COOK and the Harbinger seize on the " impor-
tant testimony " to " endorse or affirm " their " stu-
pendous theme !" 
Gibbon and the Universalist can see nothing more 
of " a future state " in the promises, made to the pa-
triarchs, and by Moses, than the " pious Sadducees " 
could," who were strictly attached to the literal sense 
of the divine book,which they revered as the only rule 
of their faith " (?) 
How important that their"prin-
ciples of interpretation " should'be preserved and pre-
vail. All they did was to " omit the parts essential 
to the whole truth." e. g : " There is the literal ac-
count of man's creation, fall and death. 
Was he not 
made of " dust? " Was he not to " return to dust?" 
Did not Abraham declare before GOD that he was no-
thing " but dust and ashes?" 
Does not David say 
that God "remembereth that we are dust?" 
Does 
not Solomon declare that" the dust shall return to the 
dust as it was?" 
Does not dust mean dust, as the 
best lexicographers all agree? 
Do not all these 
scriptures harmonize with this primary account of 
man's creation, fall and death? This then is the light 
of the harmonious Bible testimony. 
Man " is dust," 
nothing "but dust !" 
Amen. 
Stupendous truth ! 
Thrice holy, strenuous, theme ! Man's origin is dust; 
his end is dust; let all who love the Bible rejoice 
that they are dust! 
And beware of men. A learn-
ed theory opposed to this is, at best, but refined infi-
delity. It is a great historic fact, that the Platonic, 
view is unsupported by any solid proofs ! Those who 
" seem to be somewhat "—who cannot see the truth 
by the sole light of Scripture, are invited to consider 
this historic testimony. 
Let those Sadducees and 
others who persist against light in following Plato's 
vain imaginary notion of the human soul, wake up, 
and leave that train, that they may avoid its impend-
ing doom ! The devil, Plato, the Targums, Jose-
phus, the doctors, the established priesthood of the 
idolatrous eastern nations, cannot be safe. They must 
all become—nothing but dust! 
Thus the "pious Sadducees" could argue (?).— 
And perhaps they had discovered the difference be-
tween "primary and secondary scriptures;" or, what 
would be better still, that a figurative allusion to " va-
por," for the purpose of illustrating the brevity of 
* See King's sermon, published at the "Trumpet" office, and 
trumpeted over the land. 
life, would prove that vapor was the principle of life 
(Jas. 4:13-16.) 
If they had not made this discov-
eiy, it has been made since. 
We suppose it is now understood—and if it is not 
"the important historical testimony" to prove it is 
abundant, and should be " considered " by those who 
have so often been cautioned against " the leaders" 
—that the question is not now, Whether the soul 
sleeps in an unconscious state at death ; but whether 
there is any such thing as a soul to be in any state-
conscious or unconscious. 
There can be no greater 
absurdity than to talk of a thing being in " a state " 
that has no distinct existence. Now, it is well known 
that Bro. C., or some of his companions in arms, are 
perfect Sadducees on this point. Nothing is more 
common than to hear them speak as Deists and infidels 
do: "What is this immortal soul, this man inside of 
a man ? What part of a man is it in ? His fingers 
or toes? his head, hands, or feet? How does it get 
into him? 
Who sees it go in or go out?" &c. &c. 
An article on the subject, in tbe Boston Investigator 
of the 4th inst., which does not profess to be an Ad-
vent paper, and from which we give an item, will 
show how they talk :— 
" What, in the component parts of man, can the 
soul be? Is it the corporeal system, or any part 
thereof? Is it the life of the body? If it is, is jt 
any more immortal than steam, wind, or water, which 
by their action on machinery keep it in motion as 
long as the machinery is in order, and either of these 
powers applied? 
Shall we say that life is immortal, 
because while acting on the human system it keeps it 
in motion ? 
Or because when it ceases to act we can-
not identify it or determine its destination?" 
On this point, then, it will be seen, that the Inves-
tigator and those brethren are " as much alike as twin 
sisters." 
We do not, however, put them on the 
same footing : we know the latter agree with us in 
the hope of immortality, though they stand on com-
mon ground with the infidel, on the nature of man, 
and his condition in death ; or rather, they contend 
for the same in "theory," 
but practically they talk 
just like other Christians—just as the fatalist in 
theory forgets his fatalism in practical life.—Whether 
" from the force of natural reason, or like Caiphas," 
we do not know. Our brethren do not want to " lose 
their souls," or that others should lose theirs. And 
this should show the absurdity of the theory, if 
"they cannot see the truth by the sole light of 
Scripture." 
The ancient philosophers, who artf held in such ab-
horrence, supposed that all the troubles of man's con-
dition grew out of their bodies.—Get rid of them, and 
all would be right. 
The theory of our brethren, on 
the other hand, says, Get rid of your souls. This 
breath, wind, vapor, or whatever it is, that consti-
tute the life of the body, must be " extinguished," 
and the body be quickened and vivified by the Spirit 
of GOD, and then all will be right. 
That " our spi-
rit," with which "the Spirit of GOD witnesses" that 
we are "children and heirs of GOD,"—that this is to 
be re-united to the glorified body, is all " imaginary." 
No, it is the body that is the man : that, and nothing 
else, is to be " revived and rise " in the case of the 
dead in Christ, or be quickened into immortality in 
the case of the living, "at his coming." 
So that, 
according to this theory, we must all " lose our 
souls," by becoming immortal, whether we lose them 
here for CHRIST'S sake or not. If you contend that 
the soul that now lives in the body is to be re-united 
to it, or quickened with it, you " dishonor the Lord 
JESUS CHRIST." 
He must give immortality to, and 
live in our bodies—just as GIBBON supposes tbe an-
cient prophets were organs of the Holy Ghost—to 
affect them as a trumpet or flute is affected by the one 
who blows the wind into it, or you rob JESUS of his 
glory, as " the resurrection and the life." This, if 
we can understand it, is the theory which claims, ex-
clusively, to be so " literal, harmonious, and glo-
rious." It has no idea of " a man inside of a man " 
—the " inner man," as PAUL calls it. 
We believe, however, that CHRIST will confer im-
mortality upon something in man besides bis dust. 
A resurrection that " leaves his soul in hell," hades, 
though it may give " incorruption " to " his flesh," 
we do not understand, and could not value very highly 
if we did. 
The immortality for which we hope and 
contend, theoretically and practically, embraces the 
whole man, "soul, body, and spirit." We shall wait 
for a higher verdict than has been given, before we 
admit it to be " imaginary." 
And if brethren see 
fit to make their speculative tenets a subject of con-
tention, and bring infidels to their aid, we may be 
pardoned for giving their testimony its full weight, 
when so urgently " invited " to do so. 
4. But suppose GIBBON does use the phrase, " Im-
mortality of the soul," in the special sense assumed, 
and the only sense in which it could have any force 
on the question at issue, as expressive merely of its 
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85 
capability of a separate existence, the " important 
testimony " is of no use to the one who introduces 
it 
This is evident from the commentary, or collu-
sion which Bro. C. has to perpetrate to give the tes-
timony the right bearing. 
The witness himself js 
put to the torture by the one who employs him. We 
saV nothing of the parts of the testimony found in 
GIBBON'S history, which are omitted. 
Let those who 
have it.read the two chapters on Christianity through, 
with the no'tes of MILMAN. 
But we do assert, not 
„nly that, by an assumption, (which we have already 
pointed out,) a sense is attached to words that was 
never intended by the writer, but granting that the 
assumption is founded in a true construction of GIB-
BON'S testimony, his commentator makes him say 
what he does not say. 
In addition to what we have already pointed out, 
Bro. COOK says, " the Pharisees got the doctrine 
of the immortality of the soul from the heathen, in 
the estimation of this historian." 
GIBBON does not 
say so. The only statement in the testimony of GIB-
BON, which can be tortiued into proof of such an 
"estimation," is, that among the " new articles of 
belief" which " the Pharisees accepted from the phi-
losophy of the eastern nations, under the name of 
traditions," was " the doctrine of a future state of 
rewards and punishments." 
But if this necessarily 
implies the belief in " the immortality of the soul," 
which fills Bro. COOK'S—soul, we were going to say 
—with so much horror, he must either embrace that 
"doctrine of the devil," as he calls it, give up his 
faith in " a future state of rewards and punishments," 
or acknowledge that his faith, too, is linked wilh 
" heathen philosophy," and " an eastern priesthood." 
The peril of his predicament must be exactly in pro-
portion to his consistency. His friends, however, will 
not be alarmed. 
But GIBBON does not say that the 
Pharisees "got" even the doctrine of " a future 
state," &c., " from the heathen." 
He says, that 
" to the authority of Scripture," which he admits 
"darkly insinuated" the doctrine, " the Pharisees 
added that of tradition," and that " under the name 
of tradition they accepted " this. 
And here, as it seems to be a very suitable time 
and place, we wish to have one important point set-
tled, in which all hands appear to be agreed. 
Let it 
be understood, then, that on the simple question of 
the soul's capability of a separate existence,—aside 
from the hope of the gospel,—the only, or principal 
question in dispute in this article, the " trains " to 
which we respectively belong are designated, though 
Bro. C , with his peculiar "conviction" of honor, 
has blended other questions, on which there is no 
dispute, with this, for the purpose of getting us into 
"the train " with the devil, paganism, popery, Swe-
denborg, the Shakers, and everything that is abomi-
nable in popular spiritualism : just as the officials of 
the inquisition paint images of devils on the dresses 
of the poor victims of their persecuting malice, in-
which they are compelled to exhibit themselves for 
an auto-da-fe; and just as BiiowNson and his popish 
masters put LUTHER into the same catalogue with 
VOLTAIRE and MAHOMET, because he rejected, as 
'hey did, ihe authority of the Pope. On this simple 
question, then, according to Bro. COOK'S own show-
lng> we are in the same train with PLATO, SOCRATES, 
the Pharisees, &c. &c., while he is in the train with 
ARISTOTLE, the murderers of SOCRATES, the " pious 
Sadducees," &c. &c. 
Now, we should be perfectly willing to let it rest 
there till the trains stop, and we meet where all will 
be set right without any farther argument or conten-
tion. But we know very well that this will not be, 
unless that day comes very, very soon : it cannot be. 
We know very well the men and the spirit with whom 
we have to do. 
SOCRATES was put to death as an 
atheist, for believing in the immortality of the soul, 
by those who believed in its annihilation at death. If 
BRO. COOK, and those who sympathize with him in 
these fiendish assaults, had the disposal of our case, 
we should expect no better fate at the hands of these 
distinguished successors of his murderers! The man 
who will bear false witness against another, sup-
posing or asserting that it is to prevent " the dis-
honor of our Lord JESUS CHRIST," is ready to do 
anything else under the same infatuation! If the 
cause of truth, or the honor of our LORD, need any 
such work to be done for their advancement, even 
about their worst enemies, we cannot do it: it must 
he done, if at all, by those who serve " another JE-
SUS," or " preach him of envy and strife." 
We have only to say, in closing, having thus com-
plied with the invitation to consider the important 
historical testimony of GIBBON, that it is a bad cause 
that needs such testimony ; it is bad testimony that 
needs such a commentary ; and it is a bad commen-
tary that ascribes to the writer what he never said. 
On the character ot the cominenter and his abettors, 
we do not pronounce. 
How far a man may be ex-
cusable for what he does when " unconsciously inocu-
lated " with the fancy that he is so led by " JESUS " 
and " a special Providence," that all he does is right, 
we do not presume to say. 
This we do know ; it is 
not " safe " for us to take a position, which requires 
a partnership with whatsoever " maketh a lie."— 
" The worst of madmen is a saint run mad !" 
When a man, who assumes to be a saint, par ex-
cellence, calls an infidel to his aid in assailing us, the 
faith of CHRIST, the prophets and apostles, whatever 
view may be taken of his case, he pays to us, or our 
faith, the highest respect of which he is capable. 
THE LAWS OF SYMBOLIZATION.—The first article 
ia the Oct. No. of the Theological df Lilerary Jour-
nal, the contents of which we gave in our last, is on 
the Laws of Symbolic Interpretation. 
We should 
be happy to give our readers some idea of Mr. LORD'S 
views 011 this question, which are very happily ex-
pressed in the article referred to; but the Journal 
being copyrighted, we are not at liberty to copy from 
it, so as to present any clear view on the question. 
Those of our readers, therefore, who wish to read 
what may be said respecting them, will have to get 
access to the work in question, which is $ 3 a year. 
We do not wish by this to be understood as endors-
ing his views; for on some points we regard him as 
open to severe strictures. 
We rejoice, however, ihat 
he has so much truth to present to a mass of minds, 
whom we should be unable to reach. 
BRO. WEETHEE has left this city, and gonelo 
New-
York, Baltimore, &c., on his return tour. His lec-
tures here were listened to with much interest and 
profit. He has matured and systematized his rules 
of symbolic interpretation, in accordance with which 
he has been lecturing for the last four years. 
We do 
not know that they are materially different from those 
which we have always applied in the elucidating of 
the same subjects; but they are more happily ar-
ranged and expressed, which renders thein more clear 
and harmonious. We trust he may be prospered in 
all his efforts to extend a knowledge of the truth, 
turn many souls to righteousness, and shine as the 
stars forever and ever. 
Foreign News, 
The steamship Cambria, Capt. W. HARRISON, ar-
rived from Liverpool Eriday 6th inst.,—left on the 
23d ult.,—bringing three days later intelligence, which 
is of a most deeply interesting character. We copy 
from WILLMER & SMITH'S Times of Sept. 23d. 
The continent of Europe appears to be still in a 
state of convulsion from the Mediterranean to the 
Baltic. 
' Ireland.—The southern districts of Ireland continue 
in a disturbed state. 
The accounts in relation to these 
movements are so highly colored, to suit the views of 
the different parties, that it is impossible to form a 
satisfactory opinion as to their origin, causes, or ex-
tent. 
The most probable statement of the causes of 
the outbreak is, that the peasantry are driven to the 
commission of outrages through sheer distress. 
The 
combined effects of the destruction of the potato crop, 
and the seizures made by the landlords of their corn 
for rent, have forced these unhappy men to bid defi-
ance to the laws, and prey upon the property of their 
neighbors. 
One feature is particularly observed upon*by almost 
all the writers for the public press in Ireland—there 
seems to be a growing feeling of disrespect towards 
the clergy on account of their conduct during the late 
outbreak. 
We are not competent to speak authori-
tatively on the subject, but certainly, from the news 
which reaches us it appears undeniable that the Catho-
lic clergy have lost a very considerable share of their 
influence over their flocks ; and this, taken together 
with the prevailing distress, must render the collec-
tion of the stipends of the clergy most precarious dur-
ing the forthcoming winter. 
The police state that there are so many scouts in 
every direction to give intelligence to the insurgents, 
that they are enabled to disperse before they gain 
their place of rendezvous, and collect again as soon as 
they return to their barracks. 
The rebels are send-
ing notices to the farmers to convey provisions to 
their camp, and threatening them, that if they sell 
any of their produce to the merchants, they will be 
visited with their vengeance. 
Husiness is, therefore, 
very bad, both here and in Clonmel, as public confi-
dence is in a great measure destroyed by the state of 
alarm in which the people are kept, and they are very 
unwilling to part with money, not knowing what turn 
events may take. 
The State prisoners, O'Brien, M'Manu3, Meagher, 
Leyne, and O'Donoghue, were removed, on Monday 
night, from Kilmainham to Clonmel. Great privacy 
was observed, and the utmost precaution was adopted. 
A special train was provided, and a guard of about 
200 constabulary and police, with fixed bayonets, and 
pistols loaded and capped, were stationed at the de-
pot. 
All the prisoners enjoyed excellent health and 
spirits. 
Italy.—From 
Bologna we learn that Cardinal 
Arnat was taking energetic measures for the suppres-
sion of the seditious movements there. 
Several ar-
rests had taken place. 
According to reports current in Paris, a seriou dif-
ference of opinion has arisen between the mediating 
powers and the Government of Austria, on the subject 
of the city of Venice. 
The Austrian fleet was preparing, on the 8th inst., 
to blockade Venice, whilst Gen. Welden was con-
centrating his troops to take the city by assault. 
It 
is added that the French Government had in conse-
quence determined to send several ships of war to 
Venice, and to make at the same time a diplomatic 
remonstrance to the Cabinet of Vienna to require it 
to abstain from continuing the war against Venice. 
At Modena the Duke has placed two cannon before 
his palace, and has surrounded himself with a nu-
merous foreign guard. 
The accounts from Rome 
have been growing more and more untoward, but the 
advices through the French papers suddenly take a 
very gloomy turn 
On the 1st and 2d of Sept., 
' the time of proscription ' commenced. 
Several ob-
noxious individuals, including the Advocate Fontana, 
were marked out for assassination, and either severely 
wounded or slain, by the dagger or the pistol. 
The 
number of victims on the 1st included seven killed and 
four wounded, and the list of proscription included 
about eighty individuals. On the 2d all government 
wasatan end; and how it will terminate," concludes 
the writer, " God only knows." 
Naples and Sicily.—The Neapolitans have entered 
Messina after five days bombardment. 
Up to the 6th nothing decisive took place. A party 
of about 500 Swiss, who were landed on the beach, 
succeeded in gaining possession of a small redoubt at 
the entrance of the city; but they were forced to 
abandon it, leaving sixty of their men dead. The re-
mainder, however, retired in good order. 
From this 
moment the enthusiasm of the Messinese knew no 
bounds, aud their shouts of victory were heard even 
far as the ships in the roadstead. 
Several of the 
leaders went on board the French ship Hercule, and 
from their excitement it might be imagined that a 
fearful struggle was about to take place." 
During the 6th the cannonade was more sharp than 
ever; the citadel never ceased throwing shells into 
the town, which caused great ravages ; and the less 
enthusiastic of the Messinese began to feel discouraged, 
and in the evening a number had taken refuge on 
board the French and English vessels. 
On the morning of the 7th order and confidence be-
gan to fail, every one felt doubts of success, and the 
cause of independence succumbed. 
The cannonade, 
interrupted for a short time, recommenced with in-
creased violence; the army was landed, and the 
steam-vessels entered the port to co-operate with the 
troops. 
A few moments after the Neapolitans were 
in Messina, and gained possession of the forts without 
firing a shot. 
On the 8th the firing had entirely ceased, every-
thing was calm ; the country presented an aspect of 
desolation, and several parts of the city were in flames. 
A large number of the population (more than 10,000 
persons, of all ages and sex) had sought refuge on 
board the French and English men-of-war, and nu-
merous families had gone into the interior of the 
island. 
The pen refuses to record the horrors which were 
perpetrated on both sides; there were many scenes 
which were only worthy of cannibals. 
Bodies were 
cut up into pieces, roasted, and eaten ! It was in 
this manner that the Sicilians treated about 50 Swiss 
and Neapolitan prisoners. 
Meantime, the state of affairs in Sicily is reported 
as most unsatisfactory. The King has prorogued 
Parliament from the 5th of September till the 30th of 
November; and this step, which was alike regarded 
by all parties—ultra-royalist and liberal—as indicating 
an overthrow of the constitution, led to insolent de-
monstrations of triumph on the part of the lazzaroni, 
which had ended in a collision with the liberals, calling 
for the interference of the troops. The most rigorous 
measures were consequently enforced to disarm the 
people, and Naples was considered again in a state of 
siege. 
Amongst all ranks, and especially on the part 
of the Government, alarm and embarrassment pre-
vailed ; and, to the disappointment of the masses, the 
grand popular festa of Piede di Grotta, in which the 
royal family have joined from time immemorial by go-
ing in procession to the Grotta di Posilippo, sur-
rounded by all the national forces, was not allowed to 
take place. The events going on at Messina also 
caused the greatest anxiety. 
A telegraphic dispatch received from Sicily states, 
that the Vesuvius steamer had been ordered by the 
Sicilian Government to land troops at Milazzo; that 
the Neapolitan troops that had advanced from Mes-
sina had been repulsed on the 8th. 
Northern Italy.—A letter written from the Sardi-
nian head-quarters (Alexandria), and dated the 14th 
ult., states the belief of the writer, who is one of the 
King's Cabinet, that Charles Albert will not renew 
the armistice at its expiration on the 20th. He has 
been frequently heard to say, "I will resume the war; 
doubtless I shall perish in it. 
Be it so ; I shall be 
succeeded by others who will complete what I have 
commenced." 
The prorogation of the Chambers is 
ascribed to the desire of the King not to be opposed 
in these projects, and evon to prevent any discussion 
on the subject. 
The amount of troops ready to enter on a cam-
paign was, on the 3d ult., 102,000 effective men-
It was expected that on the 20th, the day of the ex-
piration of the armistice, it would amount to 145,000. 
The Moniteur du Soir says:—"The report has 
been spread that Marshal Radetzky has declined the 
proposition for a prolongation of the armistice. 
Ac-
cording to our information, Marshal Radetzky has de-
clared that he would submit the question to the Cabi-
net of Vienna, but that he would continue it in point 
of fact, and would break it only in the event of his 
being attacked. 
The Venice Gazette of the 3d ult., contains an ap-
peal to all the priests of Venice to collect arms for the 
defence of the country. 
The fortress of Ossop still 
holds out. 
The English Minister at Florence had ordered 
Captain Codrington, commanding the Thetis, to land 
200 seamen, who should, in common with Tuscan 
soldiers, occupy one of the forts at Leghorn, so as to 
supply a place of refuge for the foreign inhabitants 
who might resort to it. 
Before this measure was ex-
ecuted, however, the populace had obtained posses-
sion of the forts. The Grand Duke is said to be in 
despair. 
More than half the National Guards who 
had been convoked at Pisa, dispersed, declaring that 
their duty was only to protect their own homes. 
Austria.—After a brief interval of tranquillity, Vi-
enna has again been the scene of disturbances, and de-
mocracy has triumphed. 
A certain Swobada set on 
foot, about two months since, a soi-disant philanthro-
pic society for the benefit of his fellow men, the ulti-
mate object in view being his own profit. He issued 
notes at two florins each, which notes, according to 
his prospectus, might increase in value to the amount 
of 100 florins. The bearers of these notes endeav-
ored to pass them as current, under the delusion that 
they were guaranteed by the State ; the State refused 
the guarantee, and the consequence was a tumult.— 
On the 12th inst.,. thousands assembled before the 
palace of M. Dobblhoff, the Minister; drums beat, 
the soldiers of the line were ordered out, preparations 
for barricades made, and order only restored by M. 
Dobblhoff issuing a proclamation, promising to cash 
the obnoxious notes, 
The Hungarian part of the Emperor's dominions 
is in a still worse state. 
The fall of Prince Metter-
nich led to arrangements that allowed the Hungarians 
to appoint their own Minister, independent of the 
Cabinet of Vienna ; they were at once chosen from 
the princes and political chiefs, including Prince Paul 
Esterbazy and Count Szechenyi, with Kossuth and 
Deak. 
The deputation arrived at Vienna on the 7th inst., 
and met whh a repulse. 
It is anticipated that on 
their return a Republic will be declared, with Kos-
suth for Dictator. 
In the meantime, the Ban of 
Croatia has entered Hungary, crossing the Drave at 
three points with a large army, declaring himself to 
be on excellent terms with the Emperor, and that his 
object is to prevent the dismemberment of the Aus-
trian Empire. 
The Lansturm is rising in Hungary, 
and the Archduke Stephen has declared his intention 
of fighting in its defence to the last extremity. 
Count Szeehen.yi has been placed in a mad-house, 
having lost his reason from overwork and excitement. 
Subsequent accounts inform us that martial law has 
been proclaimed at Vienna, and some reports state, 
though we expect without foundation, that the Empe-
ror has again fled. 
During the day martial law was proclaimed by the 
Ministry, but this only added fuel to the excitement of 
the populace. 
All the gates were occupied by the 
National Guard, the communications intercepted, and 
an imposing force drawn up before the House of As-
sembly. 
The Diet was still deliberating when the 
post left. 
The Times correspondent, writing from Vienna un-
der date of Sept. 15th, says: " Everything was quiet 
•yesterday. It is said, to-day, that Bathyani, being 
unable to form a ministry, Kossuth has received the 
order to form it. 
The sympathies for the Hungarians 
are increasing. 
The Ban Jellasbich is considered as 
a partisan of the old dynastic party, who would not 
only fight against the Hungarians, but suppress the 
liberties of the Austrian nation. The last news from 
the scene of warfare is of the greatest importance.— 
It is that a Turkish army has crossed the frontier and 
entered Croatia. 
They have occupied Stettin." 
Prussia.—Riots occurred at Potsdam on the 12th 
ult , and though they were easily quelled, they offer 
a very alarming proof of the demoralization of the 
army, for it appears that some of the soldiers in garri-
son took part in them. 
The Cologne Gazette, of the 17th ult., says:— 
" However insignificant the disturbances at Potsdam 
may appear, from the semi-official statements of some 
papers, they have, nevertheless, one feature of fear-
ful importance. 
The Potsdam events, to say the 
worst, and to say it at once, were not riots, they 
were a mutiny, and as such they constitute an event 
hitherto unknown in the annals of the history of 
Prussia." 
Germany—Frankfort.—The following letter dated 
Frankfort, Sept. 18, half past 7 p, M., shows that 
our anticipation of further outrages has been con-
firmed :—" The resolution of the majority of the Na-
tional Assembly to ratify the truce with Denmark, 
immediately caused a violent explosion of indignation 
on the part of the democratic unions and societies of 
this city. 
At a great popular meeting yesterday 
evening, the most inflammatory speeches were deliv-
ered by some ef the orators. 
The meeting passed a 
resolution to the effect, that the majority of the Na-
tional Assembly were traitors to Germany and the 
German people. 
« 
" An enormous barricade was erected at an early 
hour this afternoon in the Dingesgasse, and at the 
present time there are not less than thirty in different 
parts of the city." 
The troops have had up to the present time sev-
eral killed and wounded. 
Our last accounts were to 
an early hour in the evening of the 18th. 
It appears 
that the insurgents at the barricades fought with de-
termination, though but very imperfectly armed. 
A 
truce was granted about 6 p. M., which lasted some-
what more than an hour, when hostilities were re-
commenced, by the troops opening upon the people 
with musketry and cannon. 
The struggle was con-
(Continued on page 68.) 
too 
THE ADVENT 
HERALD. 
Correspondence. 
Christian Experience. 
NO. IV. 
Having urged upon the Christian reader the im-
portance of " growing in grace," and shown that it 
was necessary thus to do in order to retain justifica-
tion, I will now proceed to paint out some of the 
temptations which Satan causes to bear upon the 
minds of those who would enter upon the narrow 
path, and make advancement therein. 
I think that the first temptation usually suggested 
to the mind of the earnest seeker after godliness is 
this : " Others may obtain this salvation, but it is not 
for you 
Your offences are so aggravating in their 
character, that you need not expect that God will 
forgive them." 
This suggestion strikes at the root 
of God's unbounded love, and the all-sufficiency of 
the atonement, as set forth in the Bible. It makes 
the Almighty a respecter of persons, which his word 
assures us he is not; but that in " every nation, he 
that fearetb God and worketh righteousness, is ac-
cepted of bim." 
" Whosoever will, may come and 
partake of the waters of life freely." There were 
no limitations to the invitation of the Saviour:—> 
" Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy la-
den. and I will give you rest." 
All are included, 
and to all who comply with the invitation, rest will 
be given. 
" Look unto me and be ye saved, all ye 
ends of the earth." 
Jesus " is able to save to the 
uttermost all who come unto God by him, seeing that 
he ever liveth to make intercession for them." 
Let 
the soul thus tempted read these precious promises 
over and over again, and by an implicit reliance on 
them, put to flight the wily tempter. 
Temptations 
are always at variance with the Word, and by care-
fully testing the suggestions made to our minds by it, 
we may detect the cloven foot of Satan, and by an 
unwavering faith in that Word, we may successfully 
ward off all his fiery darts. 
If the individual overcomes this temptation, and 
obtains salvation, without, perhaps, experiencing all 
those strong and lively emotions of the Spirit that 
characterizes the experience of many, Satan will very 
probably attack him in this way: " You must not 
suppose you have obtained religion ; you do not feel 
so joyous and happy as A., B., or C., therefore you 
must be very careful how you confess that y6u are 
justified, for it is more than probable that you are 
not; because if you were, you would feel as joy-
ful as those individuals do." 
Many a young con-
vert, whose transition from darkness to light was not 
strongly marked, but calm and peaceful, has thus 
been thrown back again into the bondage of unbe-
lief ; whereas if, instead of comparing their experi-
ence with that of others, they had turned to the sa-
cred oracles, and there read, that, " being therefore 
freely justified by his grace, we have peace with 
God, through our Lord Jesus Christ;" and that " the 
Spirit of God testifies with our spirit that we are his 
children," and other similar portions, they might 
have gone on their way rejoicing, in the evidence 
thus afforded ihem, that they were indeed the sub-
jects of the renewing grace of God, and make " con-
fession thereof unto salvation." 
The young convert should never yield to discou-
ragement because he does not find himself in pos-
session of all that deep and rich experience, possessed 
by those who are farther advanced in holiness, but 
receive with gratitude the gifts bestowed upon him, 
and expect an increase. 
Those just initiated into 
the school of Christ, cannot expect to be so tho-
roughly versed in knowledge as those who have long 
been diligent'students. The fact that those who have 
long been Christ's disciples are far in advance of 
them, instead of discouraging them, should serve as 
a stimulus to excite them to make diligent use of all 
the means for improvement that are put within their 
reacli, so that they may attain to all that full assu-
rance of faith and hope, and establishment of soul in 
peace and quietness, to which others have attained. 
The fact that God's blessings are free to all, and that 
the most humble saint may be as eminent for holiness 
as was St. Paul, or the other apostles, should serve 
greatly to encourage the young convert to run with 
vigor the race set before him, instead of discourag-
ing him because he does not find himself in pos-
session of all that others enjoy. 
Another method adopted by Satan, to turn souls 
from the right way, is this:—He persuades them that 
they are destitute of talents, and therefore they are 
excusable if they do not publicly own Christ. 
But 
the man who improved not upon the one talent com-
mitted to him, was condemned by hi3 lord, and so 
will those be who do not exercise the abilities they 
possess, even though they may not be so great as 
those of some others. 
None have less than one tal-
ent, and upon that they should improve with diligence, 
that more may be added. 
All have received a mea-
sure of light, and the Saviour's command is: "Let 
your light shine before men, that they may be led-by 
your good works to glorify your Father which is in 
heaven." 
It was not only by the " blood of the 
Lamb," that the saints spoken of by the Revelator 
overcame the dragon, but by the " word of their tes-
timony." It is not only the duty of an individual to 
"believe with tte heart unto righteousness," but 
also " with the mouth to make confession thereof 
unto salvation." 
It is by diligently improving upon 
the grace given that we obtain an increase. 
By re-
fusing to acknowledge the goodness of God towards 
us, we dishonor him, and manifest a spirit of ingrati-
tude. 
M. D. WELLCOME. 
" Inconsistency." 
The " Advocate " of Sept. 28 contained an article 
with the above heading. 
The writer says: " In our 
recent tour, no fact surprised us more than this, that 
so many preachers find it their duty to preach at least 
once in every band on the theory of the one thousand 
years between the two resurrections." 
I will state, 
for the enlightenment of the writer, why this is so: 
1, Because it is the Scripture Millennium of Rev, 
20, and Isa. 24 : 22, 23. 
2. Because we are determined lhat our brethren in 
Maine, and elsewhere, shall be so indoctrinated in 
this truth of God, as well as others, thai no baseless 
notion, of mushroom birth and length of existence, 
shall turn ihem from the track of truth. 
The writer further says: "Scarce a preacher vis-
its a band without giving them a drilling on various 
points of that theory." Thank God, that truth has 
so many fearless advocates, and error such weak sup-
port. 
It must fall, unless gold and silver can pur-
chase other advocates to sustain it. 
Again the writer says: " We are set down with 
Hyineneus and Philetus, teaching that the resurrec-
tion is past," &c. Yes, you unhappily constituted 
and mistaken brother. I am sorry to say, that the 
brethren in Maine, (who have but just recovered 
from your avalanche of error and fanaticism,) regard 
you as teaching not only the resurrection past, but 
the millennium also. They contrast your view of 
the millennium with God's word, in this way : 
1. You teach that pagan Rome is the dragon and 
devil of Rev. 12:9 and 20:1. We teach that it is that 
old serpent, the devil, that deceiveth the whole world, 
from Adam down to the coming of the Lord, who 
will then bind him and cast him into the abyss. 
2. 5four millennium is past—ours is yet to come, 
thank God. 
3. Your millennium was 1260 years long (making 
up in length what it lacked in goodness, I suppose). 
Ours 1000 years, during which the martyied dead 
will live and reign wit.) Christ. 
4. Yours had its fulfilment during the dominance 
of " Mother Church," who sits on the seven-headed 
beast (Rev. 17:3), and who is said to be drunk with 
the blood of the saints and martyrs of Jesus. 
This 
symbol made John wonder as much as your millen-
nium does the Advent brethren in Maine. 
5. Yours embraced a class of mortals, who reigned 
with the Pope in this world of tears, sighing, and 
death. Ours embrace a class of immortals, redeemed 
out of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.— 
See Rev. 5:10 ; 22:3 ; Isa. 24:23 ; 25:7 ; Psa. 76:9 ; 
49:14; 50:5; 58:14; Rev. 20:5; 22:15. 
6. You have pagan Rome loosed at the end of 1260 
years, who goes out to deceive the nations—gathers 
them against the city, when fire comes down from 
heaven and devours pagan Rome, who is then cast 
into the lake of fire, with the beast and false prophet, 
there to be tormented day and night forever and ever. 
(What " a draught of etherial gas!") 
Our view is, 
that the rest of the dead (mentioned in v. 5) will 
then live—Satan be loosed, who will gather and de-
ceive the nations in relation lo a battle—(see v. 9, and 
Isa. 15); but God will not permit his Son, nor his 
saints, to fight, for fire comes down and devours those 
who are arrayed against them. 
Thus the saints, in 
the city of the New Jerusalem, judge the world, or 
acquiesce with Christ's decision. 
The wicked com-
prehend what they have lost, by seeing Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of God, and find 
themselves excluded. This view cuts off 1000 years 
from the eternal reign of Christ and his martyrs and 
changed saints, thereby constituting it the day of the 
Lord, and the sabbath, or rest for his people. 
The writer says of the view of an " Advent la-
borer," that if it be correct, the earth had been with-
out a devil until Christ cast him out of heaven. That 
does not follow. He had access to both worlds, but 
has had none to the angelic world since he was cast 
out, and the fallen angels with him. See v. 8—" No 
more place found in heaven." 
2. " The church has been without a devil for 1260 
years," &c. I answer, that savors more of your 
views on the millennium than the other. 
The true 
saints of God, under the name of Waldenses, Albi-
genses, and Huguenots, fled to the mountains and to 
the wilderness, to escape from the church of Rome, 
which was instigated by the devil, to carry out his 
wicked designs. 
The privations and trials they en-
dured were caused by the direct agency of the devil; 
therefore they did not escape from his attacks. 
AN ADVENT PREACHER IN MAINE. 
Letter from Bro. I. C. Wellcome. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—Thinking that many of the 
brethren and sisters are equally interested in the cause 
of Christ with me, and are blessed and strengthened 
in learning of its prosperity, I thought it might be in 
time and place for me to mention some of the deal-
ings of God with his people here of late. 
I am happy to say, that the Lord is yet blessing 
us with abundant grace, to sustain us amidst all our 
trials, and we have confidence, that while we follow 
Christ, we shall, through him, be able to .stand against 
all our enemies. The cause of Christ here has been 
strengthened by a few days' faithful labor by Bro. 1. 
R. Gates. 
Bro. G. gave notice of his intended visit, 
and we applied for the Town Hall, but was sternly 
refused ; the objection was, " that such a humbug 
should not be taught there," while it has never been 
refused by the same men for the performance of the 
most disgraceful feats. Unfortunate it is for the vir-
tuous, that our town officers are church members of 
such principles;—unconverted officers have never so 
used us. 
We finally obtained a good hall, and noti-
fied the people by placards, stating the subject to be 
presented. Bro. Gates arrived at the appointed time, 
and the word of the Lord was in his heart. He spoke 
of the kingdom of God, the inheritance of the saints, 
the millennium of the churches, and then that of the 
Bible, also of the two witnesses, the three woes, on 
the 17th chap, of Revelation, and lastly he analyzed 
the eharts. The congregations were good, and they 
listened with great satisfaction, without being dis-
turbed by the rabble. 
The number in attendance 
constantly increased, until there was not room to con-
tain them. It was an interesting meeting to those 
who attended. 
The word preached came to the peo-
ple in such a clear and impressive manner, that they 
could npt resist the conviction, that these things were 
so. The word has been already blessed to some who 
had ears to hear. 
We thank God for the good thai 
has been done. 
At least, much "prejudice was re-
moved, and some were made to feel the need of God's 
saving grace, to prepare them for the coming judg-
ment. Two have been converted, and two or three 
reclaimed since Bro. G. came here, and others are 
desiring to be saved. 
We found in Bro. Gates those 
peculiar traits which distinguish Advent preachers 
from others. He was well acquainted with his Bible, 
and preached the word so clearly, giving chapter and 
verse, that all could know that he taught Bible doc-
trine, and they could not misunderstand him. 
We 
believe him to be a faithful laborer, and worthy of 
the confidence and support of all with whom he meets 
as a minister of Christ. 
Bro. J. Merriam was in 
company with Bro. G., and was of service to him. 
Bro. M. appeared to be a worthy man, and as he has 
commenced to preach, we hope the brethren will help 
him in the work after a godly sort. 
Bro. Gates attended a number of meetings in the 
vicinity, and found the door of access open, and the 
people ready to hear on the all-important subjects 
of the soon coming judgment, and many of them 
very anxious to know more of " this way." 
On his 
return, he spent one evening with us, which we trust 
was of profit to us all. 
We have secured a convenient hall for public wor-
ship, which we intend to occupy on Sundays for an 
Advent meeting. 
We held our first meeting in it 
last Sunday. 
The prospect is good, for the Spirit of 
God is with us, and his word among us. Our first 
meeting was a good one, though we had no preacher; 
for we can read the Bible, and talk some to the peo-
ple, which we believe is acceptable to God. 
When 
we can have a man to preach to us who is instructed 
in the word, and filled wilh the Spirit, we shall be 
happy to receive him among us, and will do what we 
can to help him in the work. 
We hope Bro. Gates 
will soon visit us again, as he intended when he left; 
good may be done here yet, if we are in the right 
position to do it. May the Lord continue his mer-
cies until all shall hear the note of warning, or " the 
time of the Gentiles be fulfilled." 
The interest is good among a portion of the com-
mon people, and some of them seem determined to 
become Christians, even though they have to asso-
ciate with the despised sect " who look for a better 
country." 
Six persons arose in our last meeting, to 
signify their determination to become Christians.— 
Thanks be to God for even this. 
We mean it to be 
distinctly known that ours is an Advent meeting, that 
we look for Christ personally and speedily. 
We be-
lieve in all the Millerism we ever did, and those who 
may be converted among us will know why they 
" turn from idols to serve the livine God,"—viz., to 
wait for his Son from heaven. 
We confidently believe that the present state of 
the nations, with all the other signs, are the sure to-
kens of the speedy corning and kingdom of our God 
and Saviour, for which we earnestly pray. 
Yours 
in hope of eternal life. 
Hallowell (Me.), Oct. 2d, 1848. 
Letter from Bro. J. D. Boyer. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—In connection with what Bro. 
Litch has written concerning his visit to this county, 
which appeared in the " Herald " of the 16th ult., I 
propose giving you a brief account of the present, 
state and future prospect of the cause in this section 
of country. 
We held a very interesting camp-meeting in the 
latter part of August, previous to which I was vis-
ited by Brn. Litch and Laning, the one to assist du-
ring our camp-meeting, the other to labor in connec-
tion with me in this county. 
Our camp-meeting was 
instrumental in awakening an interest in a large part 
of the community, and in the conversion of from 
twenty-five to thirty souls. 
After its close, we held a grove meeting, in com-
pany with Bro. Litch, at Mechanicsburg, a village 
about five miles distant from this place. This was a 
new field for our labors, but the Lord blest them, 
in removing prejudice from the minds of some, and 
of exciting others to take heed to the sure word. At 
the close of our meetings in this place, which con-
tinued three days, Bro. Litch returned to Philadel-
phia. 
Our next meeting was held at a place called Snow-
shoe. This also was a new field of labor, but a deep 
interest was soon manifested in the community.— 
Large crowds attended our meetings, and three per-
sons were led to embrace the Saviour, and to be bu-
ried with him in baptism. 
After our return, we held 
a grove meeting in Milesburg, which continued three 
days. The congregations were large and attentive ; 
prejudice was removed from the minds of many in 
relation to the nature of the kingdom of God ; they 
were led to perceive, that the kingdom promised by 
the Saviour, and foreteld by the prophets, has not 
been established, nor will be until the resurrection of 
the just. 
At this meeting, four were led to obey 
and follow the Saviour, by being buried in baptism. 
We next commenced a series of meetings at Ad-
ams' furnace, a distance of nine miles from this place. 
Ten souls were converted during this meeting, and 
after attending to some regular appointments, we de-
signed returning to that place ami re-commence our 
labors there. On the last day of our camp-meeting, 
an effort was made towards the building of a place 
of worship at Mash Creek, the brethren not having 
a suitable place to worship in. About three hundred 
dollars were subscribed on the^round, and the build-
ing will shortly be commenced. 
Previous to this, I received a note from a gentle-
man in Milesbuig, who, with several others, wished 
me to request Bro. Litch to preach in that place some 
evening the next week, and that a house should be 
provided. The brethren of the Baptist church were 
consulted, and as the majority consented, it was un-
derstood we should occupy their building. But on 
the evening of the meeting we found that, through 
the influence of a few members, the doors had been 
closed against us. 
A large congregation had assem 
bled in front of the ineeting-house, who repaired to a 
suitable spot at some distance, where Bro. Litch ad-
dressed them, standing in the open air. The com-
munity were displeased with this act, and requested 
me to make an effort by way of subscription towards 
the erection of a place ot worship. I did so, and we 
have between two and three hundred dollars raised 
for that purpose. 
The cause in this place is still onward. We have 
calls constantly from this and the adjoining counties 
which we are at present unable to supply. 
We in-
tend commencing a protracted meeting, the Lord 
willing, at Clearfieldtown, about forty miles from this 
place, which will continue one week, commencing 
the 19th of October. 
The meeting will be held in 
the Court House. We hope there will be a general 
gathering of the faithful. 
Yours in the blessed hope. 
Milesburg (Pa.), Sept. 26th, 1848. 
Letter from Bro. S. Morrill. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—It is now almost one year 
since I received your valuable paper, the " Advent 
Herald,"'as the last number was dated 6th Nov. It 
may be on account of the new regulations in the Post-
office department about that time. 
I have found it, 
since 1 first took it, to be the most valuable weekly 
periodical that has ever entered my house for more 
than thirty years. I have been a constant reader of 
it since'43, and I can say with truth, that it. has 
proved a blessing lo my soijl. I have been a member 
of the Methodist church for more than twenty-three 
years, and for ten years past a class-leader; and al- * 
though I have had all those privileges of meeting 
with my brethren from week to week, I at last find 1 
am at a complete loss without the " Herald." In it 
I found something from week to week to give energy 
to my drooping spirits, and encourage me ou towards 
the happy land, which the prophets saw by faith, but 
never entered. 
My mind has been very much en-
grossed with public business the last nine months, 
(being elected Mayor of'London, C. WT.,) 1 find in 
my public cares, that I need something to read in my 
leisure moments just of the character of the "Her-
ald." 
It cheers up my drooping spirits, and helps 
me on towards the fair haven of repose, where, I 
trust, ere long, I shall find my happy home, where 
sighing and sorrowing shall be done away, and plea-
sures are for evermore. 
How far we might differ in the great principles of 
the second advent of our Saviour, I know not; but 
there is one thing I do believe, my brother, that that 
glorious day when the dead in Christ shall arise, and 
we that are Christ's (who are alive) shall be caught 
up to meet him in the air,—and this world go through 
its purification, and be brought back to its pure stale, 
as it was when it first came from the hands of God, 
is close at hand. I may say, that I think it the next 
thing in order, although I never could say I believed 
in the time. 
Bui since 1 embraced ihe belief in the 
great principles, I have impressed it upon our preach-
ers, as well as on my class, that they should live and 
look for it. 
My constant prayer is, that I may be al-
ways ready to meet my Lord with joy, and not with 
grief. 
On the 14th of March last I lost my only child, 
Mrs. Lavell, which has been a great grief to me.— 
But I can say wilh Job, " The Lord gave, and hath 
taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." 
The dear child has only got the start of me : I shall 
soon meet her again, to part no more. 
I herewith 
enclose her biography, which, if you think worthy, 
you will insert in your valuable paper. Pray for me, 
dear brother. 
Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly. 
I am, dear brother, yours truly, 
London (C. W.), Sept. 21 st, 1848. 
From Thornpsonville (Ct.), Oct. 5th, 1848. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I write to send you a sub-
scriber for the " Herald," which I regard as the most 
beneficial paper of the kind in the world. 
Many oth-
ers, as well as myself, prize it for its straight-forward 
course, amidst opposition from avowed enemies with-
out and within. Each of these classes are numerous, 
one of them more so than I was aware of until I 
travelled some in New England. 
O, how my heart 
has been torn, when I have heard professing friends 
of the Advent cause belch out their anathemas against 
the " Herald " aud its conductors. 
But, my brother, 
be patient, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, 
fie will soon settle the account with all. O, may all 
the dear saints be found having their work well done, 
Amen. Yours, striving to keep the word of Christ's 
patience, 
S. I. RONEY. 
Extracts from Letters. 
From Brimfiekl (Mass.), Oct. 2d, 
1848. 
We had quite an interesting meeting at West Staf-
ford. Brn. Needham, Campbell, and Adrian ad-
dressed the audience, and were listened to by the peo-
ple with great interest. 
Although the religion of New England is stigma-
tized as being founded upon the principles of heathen 
philosophy, yet we know from what source (the Bi-
ble) we derive it. As well might the sun, which 
gives light to the surrounding planets, be blotted out 
from the solar system, as that New England should 
be shrouded with such contaminating doctrines, when 
she not only lights the meridian, but even the far 
western horizon of our Union. 
W. E. HITCHCOCK. 
too THE ADVENT 
HERALD. 
From Lancaster (Pa.) Oct. 3d, 
1848. 
I love te read the " Herald ;" I always find some-
thing new in it. I should like to have your opinion 
of the 17th chapter of Revelation, and particularly 
f the 2d verse. I was much interested in Father 
Miller's last letterin the " Herald," in relation to the 
three evil spirits of Rev. 16th. 
I saw in the "Herald" some time since some 
opinions given of the word " Selah." 
The Ger-
mans believe, from the way in which it stands in their 
books, that it means, " Praise the Lord." I would 
refer you to Psa. 68:19. 
G. B. 
MARKLEY. 
[We have no new view to give of this scripture, 
in addition to those repeatedly expressed by us. We 
understand that the symbols in this chapter are all 
explained in it. See " Advent Herald " of Feb. 
12th last. You will find in liro. Weethee's pam-
phlet, and in Bro. Litch's work, the views they take 
of the question.—ED.] 
Did the Jews rightly understand Christ, in John 
g:5X 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man 
keep my sayings, he shall never die 1" 
A. 
BELCHER. 
|ANS.—'They did not. They supposed he referred 
to the death of the body ; but the Saviour's language 
obliges us to believe, that although the body may die, 
yet that there is a sense in which the righteous never 
die—never see death.—ED.] 
Obituary. 
DIED, of dysentery, Sister MARY WHITE, the wife 
of Bro. John White, aged 43 years. 
Sister W. was 
one of the first in this place who saw and believed 
the evidences of the Saviour's soon coming. 
This 
subject continued to be of great moment to her until 
her death. She evidently sought for " honor, glory, 
and immortality," in expectation of receiving eternal 
life at the appearing of our Saviour. 
Her sickness, 
which was severe and protracted, she bore with un-
common patience and submission until the last. 
We 
trust she now sleeps in Jesus, prepared to receive im-
mortality at his coming. 
We sympathize with our 
brother and his little boy in their affliction, believing 
that God will sanctify this event to them and others. 
Wrentham, Mass. 
J. S. WHITE. 
« 
DIED, on Tuesday morning, March 14th, MARGA-
RET AMELIA 
ELIZA, wife of Rev. Charles Lavell, 
and only daughter of Simeon Morrill, Esq., Mayor 
of London. She was born in Kingston, in the year 
1822. At a very early age she was deprived of an 
aifectionate and pious mother, but not until that moth-
er's piety had left an indelible impress on the heart 
of the child. Some affecting incidents might be men-
tioned illustrative of this early religious influence.— 
There is one which, on account of its beautiful in-
struction, I cannot omit. 
It was at the time that the 
Rev. Wm. Case was laboring in Kingston, and then 
in the midst of a gracious revival. 
The mother of 
Margaret had just been converted, and the father, 
though yet unyielding, was under deep conviction for 
sin. One morning while in this state, having on the 
previous night, as usual, returned from the prayer-
meeting without the Saviour, he had occasion, after 
breakfast, to re-visit the chamber in which he had 
slept. As he opened the door, he was surprised by 
the low sound of prayer. 
He saw no person in the 
room, but the gentle voice of his only child fell upon 
his ear—"Lord, pardon my papa—pardon poor 
papa." Those who know that father, will conceive 
his feelings when he drew aside the closed curtains 
of the bed, and beheld his little daughter, not yet 
four years of age, alone on her knees before God. 
The prayer of the mother had taught the child, and 
the prayer of the child subdued the father: for una-
ble longer to withstand these tender and powerful in-
fluences, he made a full surrender of his heart to 
Christ. Soon after this the mother went to God.— 
The seeds of divine truth so early implanted in the 
heart of Margaret, at length resulted in her genuine 
conversion. This event took place, I believe, in the 
winter of 1840, while she was attending the Upper 
Canada Academy ; at which time an extensive revi-
val is said to have visited that institution. 
She im-
mediately made an open profession of religion, and 
united herself with the Wesleyan church, of which 
she continued a consistent member till the day of her 
death. It is the cheerful testimony of one who knew 
her only in the last year of her life, that during that 
period she adorned the doctrine of God her Saviour. 
Her piety was not indeed obtrusive or pretending ; 
hut it was regular and well-informed. It was truly 
fervid, but that fervor showed itself not in unmeaning 
cant, nor in the wildness of enthusiasm, but in the 
maintenance of a Christian temper, and in a faithful 
discharge of the duties of domestic life. Being of a 
most delicate constitution, she might have been par-
doned had she sought release from the cares of her 
household, and taxed her friends for the attentions 
due to an invalid; and yet to the writer, who has 
enjoyed the comforts of her house, and the pleasures 
°t her intelligent society, she seemed to live only for 
the happiness of others. 
No woman could be more 
assiduous toward her companion in life; and every 
member of her family, whether servant or guest, 
shared in her overflowing kindness 
If any should 
deem such praise too warm, and though deserved, 
yet better not to be expressed ; they will grant some 
indulgence to the writer in speaking of one whose 
solicitude and sympathy have, for a season, almost 
restored to him the home of his childhood, and caused 
him to forget the privations and toils of an itinerant 
f l 
'ast '"ness was short, but at times severely 
painful. During this time she manifested no fearful 
anxiety as to her eternal welfare, but seemed to re-
in a calm, unshaken confidence in her Saviour. In 
a conversation with her husband a few evenings be-
fore her death, she expressed herself as having peace 
with God, and ready to suffer his will. On Tuesday 
morning, the 14th of March, she sweetly fell asleep 
in Jesus. 
Her mortal remains were conveyed to the tomb on 
the following Sabbath, and the funeral discourse was 
preached to an unusually large congregation of sym-
pathizing friends, by that venerable missionary, the 
Rev. Wm. Case, who, by an interesting coincidence, 
had been instrumental, many years before, in convert-
ing her father, had officiated at the burial of her mo-
ther, and administered to herself the rite of baptism. 
May God preserve the minister and the surviving 
relatives, until all shall meet where " the wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they 
that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever 
and ever." 
s. N. 
Miscellaneous, 
REMEDIES AGAINST THE 
CHOLERA. 
The gentlemen (says the London Lancet, from 
which we borrow the following,) appointed by the 
Poor Law Commissioners to examine the condition 
of the London poor-houses, have made the following 
suggestions in reference to the anticipated arrival of 
the cholera. 
1. We would urge the necessity, in all casSs of 
cholera, of an instant resource to medical aid, and also 
under every form and variety of indisposition ; for 
during the prevalence of this epidemic, all disorders 
are found to merge in the dominant disease. 
2. Let immediate relief be sought under disorder 
of the bowels especially, however slight. The in-
vasion of cholera may thus be readily and at once 
prevented. 
3. Let every impurity, animal and vegetable, be 
quickly removed to a distance from the habitations; 
such as slaughter-houses, pig-styes, cess-pools, ne-
cessaries, and all other domestic nuisances. 
4. Let all uncovered drains be carefully and fre-
quently cleansed. 
5. Let the ground in and around the habitations be 
drained, so as effectually to carry off moisture of every 
kind. 
6. Let all partitions be removed from within and 
without habitations, which unnecessarily impede 
ventilation. 
7. Let every room be daily thrown open for the 
admission of fresh air, and this should be done 
about noon, when the atmosphere is most likely to be 
dry. 
8. Let dry scrubbing be used in domestic cleansing, 
in place of water cleansing. 
9. Let excessive fatigue and exposure to damp and 
cold, especially during the night, be avoided. 
10. Let the use of cold drinks and acid liquors, es-
pecially under fatigue, be avoided, when the body is 
heated. 
11. Let the use of cold acid fruits and vegetables 
be avoided. 
12. Let excess in the use of ardent and fermented 
liquors and tobacco be avoided. 
13. Let a poor and insufficent diet, and the use of 
impure water for culinary purposes, or for drink, be 
avoided. 
14. Let the wearing of wet and insufficient cloth-
ing be avoided. 
15. Let a flannel or woollen belt be worn round 
the belly. 
(This has been found serviceable in 
checking the tendency to bowel complaint, so common 
during the prevalence of cholera. The disease has, 
in this country, been always found to commence with 
a looseness in the bowels, and in this stage is very 
tractable. It should, however, be noticed, that the 
looseness is frequently unattended with pain or unea-
siness, and fatal delay has often occurred from the 
notion that cholera must be attended with cramps.— 
In the earlier stages here referred to, there is often 
no griping or cramp, and it is at this period that the 
disease can be most easily arrested.) 
16. Let personal cleanliness be carefully observed. 
17. Let every cause tending to depress the moral 
and physical energies be carefully avoided ; also ex-
posure to ext?emes of heat and cold. 
18. Let crowding of persons within houses and 
apartments be avoided. 
19. Let sleeping in low damp rooms be avoided. 
20. Let fires be kept up during the night in sleeping 
or adjoining apartments, the nights being the period 
of most danger from attack, especially underexposure 
to cold or damp. 
21. Let all bedding and clothing be daily exposed 
during the winter and spring to the fire, and in sum-
mer to the heat of the sun. 
22. Let the dead be buried in places remote from 
the habitation of the living. 
By the timely adoption of simple means such as 
these, cholera, or any other epidemic, will be made to 
lose its venom; so true is it that internal sanitary ar-
rangements, and not quarrantine and sanitary lines, 
are the guards of nations. These simple measures 
are worth all the nostrums or specifics which have 
ever been vaunted for the cure of Asiatic cholera. 
J. R. Hind, the discoverer of a new asteroid, has pre-
dicted, with great confidence, its return during the 
present year. 
The comet of 1556 appeared on the 5th of March, 
and disappeared on the 23d of April, and is thus des-
cribed :— 
" Whilst it remained within the circle of those topi-
cal stars which never set, the comet was visible all 
night long; and throughout its course, the apparent 
magnitude of the head was uniformly as large as Ju-
piter to the naked eye. 
" The nucleus (or body) presented the aspect of a 
bright globe of flame equivalent to a half-moon, but 
the rays and colors varied and interchanged like the 
flickering of a flame agitated by the wind. 
The tail 
was moderately long, and much attenuated ; at first 
presenting a martial aspect, but subsequently dissolv-
ing into a pale and livid complexion; the stream of 
rays was denser near the head, and more rarified to-
ward«th<! extremity of the tail, which at first pointed 
eastward, but as the comet mounted to the north, the 
train took a southerly direction." 
The comet of 1264 appeared about mid-summer, 
and continued visible until the 7th of October. 
Its 
appearance is given as follows :— 
" The train, or tail, was very long and broad, re-
sembling a fan in shape, emerging from the eastern 
horizon before the dimmer nucleus; and, when fully 
ascended, stretching itself upward, and shooting its 
rays to the meridian, th»comet occupied in length 
one-half of the heavens, presenting a fearful appari-
tion to the eye of the superstitious spectator. 
As it 
swept along through space, the tail diminished daily 
in breadth, but proportionately increased in length and 
in brilliancy." 
If the comet of 1264 returned in 1556, it would 
give a period of 292 years, and its return may be ex-
pected in 1848. In referring to other works, we find 
a notice in Bede's Ecolesiastical History of England, 
which we incline to think may possibly pertain to the 
same body, and which we have not seen in any of the 
scientific journals.—Bede remarks:— 
" In the year of our Lord's incarnation, 678, which 
is the eighth of the reign of Ecgfrid, in the month of 
August, appeared a star, called a comet, which con-
tinued for three months, rising in the morning, and 
darting out, as it were, a pillar of radiant flame." 
If this be the same comet, it would give a double 
period of 293 years, and would render it probable that 
the return would be in 1849. 
In the age of ignorance, the appearance of such 
bodies was regarded as prophetic of some dreadful 
calamity. 
It was remarked, that in 1264 Pope Ur-
ban IV. was taken ill the day the comet appeared, 
and died the very night of its disappearance. In 1556 
Charles V. resigned the crown, and retired to amon-
astery; and Bede remarks, in connection with the 
comet of 678, that " the same year a dissension broke 
out between king Ecgfrid, and the most reverend pre-
late, Wilfrid, who was driven from his See, and two 
bishops substituted in his stead, to preside over the 
nation of the Northumbrians." 
The Christian, however, sees in the comet only ad-
ditional evidences of that wisdom and power which 
characterizes the works of the Almighty. The comet 
may fly on its wings of fire to the remotest portion of 
our solar system—its track may lie for hundreds of 
years far beyond the range of human vision, but the 
same Power which directs the insect in its flight, 
holds it in its orbit, and brings it back again in its ap-
pointed time. 
And although we know not now the 
precise office which these strange bodies perform in 
the universe of God, yet the time is coming when all 
shall be made plain, and " we shall know even as we 
are known."—West. Chris. Adv. 
Crown of pilgrims unto heaven, 
Solace to the weary given, 
Longed for by the humble breast. 
Jesu's Cross, the tree once scorned, 
All with crimson drops adorned, 
Laden hangs with rich supplies ; 
These the souls from death are leading, 
Who with heavenly spirits feeding, 
Taste the manna of the skies. 
Crucified ! Thy strength supplying, 
Let me, till my day of dying, 
Gaze upon thy dying face! 
Yea, thy deepest wounds desiring, 
Thee, though on the Cross expiring, 
Ever pant I to embrace. 
MOUNT 
CARMEL. 
THE 
EXPECTED 
COMET. 
Astronomers, emboldened and stimulated by the 
success of Le Verrier, are endeavoring, with increas-
ing devotion, to calculate the position and probable 
appearance of many of the heavenly bodies. 
Seve-
ral small planets, or asteroids, have been noticed, and 
attention has been directed to the return of the comet 
of 1556. The observations made by Paulus Fabri-
cius, and others, were not made with precision, and 
the accounts given are considerably at variance. Yet 
from their observations it was conjectured by Dun-
thorne, about the middle of the last century, that it 
was the same comet which appeared in 1264. 
La-
lande inclined to the same opinion ; and recently Mr. 
BONAVENTURA'S 
HYMN. 
We copy the following translation of an ancient 
monkish hymn from the New York " Observer," in 
which paper it is accompanied by the original in 
Latin. Though addressed to the wooden cross, it 
will lose none of its effect on the Christian, who will 
look on it in a spiritual sense. 
Jesu's holy Cross and dying 
0 remember! ever eyeing 
Endless pleasure's pathway here; 
At the Cross thy mindful station 
Keep, and still in meditation 
All unsated persevere. 
When thou toilest, when thou sleepest, 
When thou smilest, when thou weepest, 
Or in mirth or woe hast part: 
When thou comest, when thou goest, 
Grief or consolation showest, 
Hold the cross within thy heart. 
'Tis the Cross, when comforts languish, 
In the heaviest hour of anguish, 
Makes the broken spirit whole; 
When the pains are most tormenting, 
Sweetly here the heart relenting 
Finds the refuge of the soul. 
Christ's Cross is the gate of heaven, 
Trust to all disciples given, 
Who have conquered ajl their foes : 
Christ's Cross is the people's healing, 
Heavenly goodness o'er it stealing, 
In a stream of wonders flows, 
'Tis the cure of soul-diseases, 
Truth that guides and light that pleases, 
Sweetness in the heart's distress: 
Life of souls in heavenly pleasure, 
And of raptured saints the treasure, 
Ornament and blissfulness. 
Jesu's Cross is virtue's mirror, 
Guide to safety out of error, 
True believers' single rest; 
I am just returned from a solitary walk on the fra-
grant slopes of Carmel. I was seated under an ar-
bitus, a little higher than the road leading to the top 
of the mountain and terminating at the convent, be-
holding the sea which separates me from so many 
things and so many beings I have known and loved, 
but which no distance can separate from my remem-
brance. 
I recalled my past life, I recollected the ma-
ny similar hours I had passed on so many different 
shores, and with such different thoughts and feelings. 
I asked myself if it is really I who was seated there 
on the solitary height of Mount Carmel, at a few 
leagues from Arabia and the desert: and why I was 
there, and where I was going, and whither I should 
return, and what hand was leading me, and what I 
was seeking—whether wittingly or blindly—in these 
continual journeys over the surface of the earth. 
It 
was with difficulty that I recognized a single spark of 
myself in the contracted shadows of my short exist-
ence ; but the impressions so animated, so lucid, so 
real, of all the beings I had loved and lost, were felt 
with the deepest anguish in my bosom, and too se-
verely proved that identity which remained unbroken 
in my heart! I felt my eyes suffuse with tears as I 
looked back on the past, where in the silence of so 
many graves, my happiness had already been five or 
six times entombed ; then, as is natural to me when 
my feelings become too strong, and threaten by their 
force to crush my powers of resistance, 1 raised them 
with religious fervor to God ! to that all-powerful and 
infinite Being, who receives all, who absorbs all, who 
gives all. 
I prayed to him—I submitted myself to 
his holy will in all—said to Him, all is good, since 
thou wouldst have it so. Continue to guide me by 
thy ways, and not by mine ; lead me where thou wilt, 
and how thou wilt, if I shall only feel myself led on 
by thee ; if thou wilt deign from time to time to re-
veal thyself to my darkness by one of those spiritual 
rays, which show us, like the lightning, the bright 
horizon of a moment, in the midst of our night of 
obscurity; if I can but feel myself supported by that 
immortal hope that thou hast left upon the earth, like 
the voice of those who are no more; if I but be res-
tored to them that they will recognize me, and that 
we shall love each other still, in that ineffable un^y ! 
this will suffice to sustain me, and support me to the 
end, in the road which seems without an object; but 
grant, 0 Lord, that the way be not too rugged for 
my wounded feet.—Lamartine. 
O'CONNELL'S SOUL 
IN 
PURGATORY. 
The English Baptist Tract Society have published 
an address to the Roman Catholics of England and 
Ireland, referring to a strange contradiction on the 
part of the Roman Catholic priesthood respecting Mr. 
O'Connell's present, or eternal state. 
Rev. Dr. Mi-
ley, in his letter from Genoa, in giving his account of 
Mr. O'Connell's death, addressed, we believe, to the 
editor of the " Tablet," the Roman Catholic organ 
in England, used the following strong language :— 
" The worst has befallen us ; the Liberator—the 
father of his country—the glory and wonder of Chris-
tendom—is dead. 
Dead ! No, I should say rather, 
O'Connell is in heaven. His death was happy ; he 
received in the most fervent sentiments the last rites, 
and up to the last sigh was surrounded by every con-
solation provided by our holy religion. 
At thirty mi-
nutes past nine, the hand of the priest of God, privi-
leged • to bind and loose on earth even as it is done 
in heaven,' was extended over him. 
There was no 
struggle, no change visible upon the features, except 
that, as we gazed, it was plain that a dread mystery 
had cast its shadow over him. 
The spirit which had 
moved the world took its flight so peaceably, that all 
'who were there, except the angels who were in wait-
ing for it, were in doubt if it had departed. 
He died 
as an infant sinks upon its mother's breast to sleep. It 
was by the soft and beautiful transition of the prayers 
that we were reminded that we had before us only 
the noble body of O'Connell, as if listening, in hushed 
attention, for the summons to a glorious immortality." 
But recently it has been announced, under authori-
ty, that a grand mass is to be performed in all the 
Catholic churches, for " the release of Mr. O'Con-
nell's soul out of purgatory." 
In other words, Dr. 
Miley, in Genoa, says, that Mr. O'Connell's soul is 
in heaven, &c. &c.; but Dr. Miley's congregation in 
Dublin are praying him out of purgatory at this late 
day. Truly, this seems to be " making merchandize 
of men's souls."—N. Y. Com. 
THE Spanish proverb is too true—" Dead men and 
absent, find no friends." All mouths are boldly opened 
with a conceit of impunity. My ear shall be no grave, 
to bury my friend's good name. 
But as I will be my 
present friend's self, so will I be my absent friend's 
deputy, to jjiy for him what he would, and cannot, 
speak for hinfself.—Bishop Hall. 
GREAT men's favors, friends' promises, and dead 
men's shoes, I will esteem, but not trust to.—lb. 
(Continued from page 85.) 
linued till half-past eight, when the insurgents were 
defeated on all points, and the town was completely 
in the hands of the military. 
A proclamation was 
then issued, declaring the city in a state of siege so 
long as the riots should last. 
It also suspended the 
various unions, and forbade their assembling. 
Every 
one who appeared armed (without proper authority) 
was to be punished according to martial law. 
It 
was signed, in the name of the Imperial Ministry, by 
Schmerling. 
The loss of life has been considerable, but no cor-
rect estimate can be formed on the mere reports which 
have arrived. 
Among the killed are Prince Lichnow-
sky, and Major "Von Auerswald. It is said that they 
left the town on horseback to meet some artillery that 
was to arrive at a quarter past five o'clock, and that, 
their object being guessed by a party of insurgents, 
a number of muskets were discharged at them just 
after they had passed the Eschenheim gate. 
A bul-
let entered the back of Major Auerswald's head, 
coming out above his right eye; another struck the 
Prince through the body. 
Turkey and the Principalities.—Letters from Con-
stantinople to the 31st August state that Ibrahim Pa-
cha had arrived at the court of the Sublime Porte for 
the express purpose of being invested with the sove-
reignty of Egypt by the Sultan, his father, Mehemet 
Ali, having become childish. 
The following letter, dated Jassay, the 3d inst., 
appears in the Austria Universal Gazette: 
"The 
situation of tbe principalities is becoming extremely 
grave. Great Britain has resolved to support the Ot-
toman Porte against Russia in the negotiations relat-
ing to Moldavia and Wallachia. 
The British Consul 
at Bucharest has congratulated the Government on 
the recognition by the Divans of the reforms lately 
introduced. The Turkish troops are being concen-
trated. 
The Turks and Egyptians present an effect-
ive force of 300,000 men, commanded by Ibrahim 
Pacha. 
Russia.—The Russian army had been considerably 
increased, 210,000 men of the reserve having been 
called into active service. 
The body of nobles of the 
Government of Orel, desirous of testifying its good 
will and devotedness lo the Emperor, has offered a 
patriotic gift of 200,000 silver roubles towards the 
support of his new army. 
Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 8th inst., an-
nounce that tbe Emperor Nicholas had instructed bis 
envoy in England to support the indissoluble union of 
Schleswig with Denmark at the conference about to 
be held on the subject in London. 
Spain.—'The Carlists are still increasing in force 
in Catalonia, and at present there appears little pros-
pect of their being put down. 
A letter from Olost,of the 8th, announces that Don 
Enrique was at Perpignan, and Don Juan, brother of 
Count Montemolin, on the frontier, both waiting to 
enter Spain at a favorable opportunity. 
In a letter from the frontiers of Catalonia, of the 13th 
it is stated that Cabrera was not inactive, and was 
lately at Olost and San Rey. The Montemolinists 
wenf blockading towns which refused the impost. At 
Besala, Seeing themselves certain to be driven away 
by the Queen's troops, they captured two ladies as 
hostages, one the wife of the Deputy-Mayor. On 
the 6th an engagement took place near Berga, be-
tween Castoll's and Tristany's bands united and the 
Queen's troops; the former lost several men, and had 
made some prisoners. The town of Amer-on-the-Ter 
had been invaded by the insurgents. 
Sanguinary conflicts at Siam.—A fearful insurrec 
tion has taken place here. The sugar plantations 
which form the staple produce of the country,are cul 
tivated by Chinese emigrants—a class of sober, intel 
ligent men, while their Siamese masters, who are in-
dolent and oppressive, reap all the benefit of their la-
bor. 
The first signal for revolt was given on the 19th 
of March, when the insurgents took possession of 
some manufactories belonging to the King, and mas 
sacred all the functionaries. 
As soon as the intelligence reached Bangkok,which 
is eight miles distant, a superior officer was despatch 
ed to Thratchyn, with about 100 men, with ordeis to 
disperse the rebels. 
He immediately advanced to 
wards them, and desired to speak to their leader 
They requested him to come forward without fear 
but he had scarcely come within gun-shot distance 
when he and a number of his followers were struck 
dead by a shower of balls. 
This discharge was fol-
lowed by a vigorous attack, when the royal troops 
were deprived of their captains, and their hope was 
futile. 
This treachery called for more decisive measures 
The Prime Minister put himself at the head of 5000 
men, and went in pursuit to attack the insurgents at 
Thratchyn 
The engagement was fierce, and both 
parties behaved with great courage. 
The Chinese 
when they saw 300 of the bravest men fall, and a 
great number taken prisoners, abandoned the field of 
battle and fled in all directions. 
Encouraged by victory, the Prime Minister imag-
ined that he had quelled the insurrection, and hasten-
ed to return triumphantly with his army to Bangkok, 
leaving about a hundred men to guard the manufac-
tories. The Chinese, however,'rallied their forces-
selected as King the Governor of the north-east plan-
tations—took possession of the fortress of Tehou-
Sougsou, on the 14th of April, which, being fortified 
with 60 pieces of cannon, and ample stores of provis-
ions—having also made themselves masters of several 
other districts, they prepared to march simultaneously 
upon the capital in a regular body, for the purpose of 
proclaiming the king whom they had chosen. 
The 
Siamese had no time to lose. The imminent danger 
roused them from their natural apathy, and in the 
course of a few days they collected an army of 10,000 
men, the command of which was confided to one of 
their most experienced generals, who, by stratagem,^^"Ifeteimined band of Red Republicans are burn-
encompassed the rebels, and compelled them JSJtf^ ing to avenge the affair of June; and the numerous 
treat to their fortress, where a most sanguinary com-
bat took place. 
Flight was impossible, and the Chi-
nese had no alternative but to .gjmquer or die, for the 
army had received order&'ft'om the sovereign not to 
make any prisoners. 
The fortress heldtout for four 
days, but num^sff's at length prevailed over courage, 
and the insurrection was vanquished—that is to say, 
it was drowned in an immense quantity of blood. 
France —The ;jntelligence received from the Con-
tinent during the week is of such a nature that to ex-
tract from it anytlyng like a solution of future diffi-
culties would 
fallacious, as in many cases the most 
important rumors arte those on which the least depen-
dence for acfeuracy can be placed. 
The general news }§ not satisfactory for a continu-
ation of peace. 
\ 
During the progress Vof the elections the greatest 
excitement prevailed in i^aris. 
Previous to Sunday, 
the 17th (the day fixed for the election,) the voles of 
the invalids and troops were taken, and these were 
even more favorable for Louis Napoleon than even 
his warmest supporters could have imagined. 
The Reforme announces, in the following terms, 
the return of Louis Napoleon Iforthe Moselle:—"The 
citizen Prince Louis Bonaparte has just been elected 
in the Moselle ; we have nothing at present to say 
against an event which has emanated from universal 
suffrage. 
' But, in truth, we canifot accept as a serious de-
mocratic conclusion the nomination of a man who has 
twice fallen as a pretender to the throne of France. 
" We have been told that the friends and partizans 
of this prince are furious against us. That little con-
cerns us, and we shall eternally recommend to Dem-
ocratic Republicans, to intelligent Socialists, to reject 
this dynastic pretension, powerless lo change the con-
dition of the working class, and fatally inimical to the 
Republic. 
" That Louis Bonaparte may be an honest citizen, 
and that he only reserves his rights for a case of ne-
cessity is probable ; but that does not satisfy us. For 
us it is necessity to defend the Republic." 
A correspondent writing from Paris on the 20th 
instant, says:—" The die is cast. Prince Louis Na-
poleon has been elected, and through the instrumen-
tality of the Red Republicans, who have equally suc-
ceeded in returning the most obnoxious (to Govern-
ment) of their three candidates. 
" It would appear that we are, therefore, on the 
eve of a new struggle. 
Prince Louis Napoleon has 
been placed first among the successful candidates by 
the Socialists, Communists, and Terrorists of Paris, 
as a means of carrying out their own projects. 
But 
they were not the ' Red' men who returned him for 
the Moselle, for the Yonne, for the Orne, for the 
Noith, or for the Charante ; and we are told that he 
has been chosen by all these. 
What do these facts, 
—those six nominations—announce? 
What infer-
ence do they suggest ? I am bound to supply the an-
swer, but disclaiming all feeling of my own on the 
subject. The conviction on the mind of nearly ete-
ry man I meet is, that if the Prince makes no false 
step, he will be elected President of the Republic. 
" When the name of Prince Louis was announced, 
the greatest enthusiasm was manifested by the popu-
lace. 
Military music played, and shouts of "Vive 
Napoleon !" rent the air. 
" There was vast excitement last night in the 
streets. The boulevards were as crowded as on the 
nights preceding the insurrection in June. 
Heavy 
patrols passed at brief intervals, but did not interfere, 
and no disturbance took place." 
It would appear that incendiaries are at work in 
the French provinces. 
Three farm-houses have been 
burned within a month in the neighborhood of Fee-
camp. The inhabitants are consequently in a state 
of consternation. 
Socialism appears to make alarming progress in 
the departments of France. 
A dinner was lately giv-
en by a number of operatives at Dole, in the depart 
ment of the Jura. 
The subscription was fixed at 50 
centimes (5d.) a-head, and 400 guests, of all ages 
and sexes, sat down on the grass without tables or 
plates. After dinner, a platform was raised, and sev-
eral most violent and extravagant speeches were de-
livered, in which the Socialist doctrines of Louis 
Blanc and Proudhon were extolled to the skies. The 
meeting at length separated,shouting "Vive Barbes," 
" Vive Ledru Rollin." 
Each succeeding day becomes more and more criti-
cal for the people of Paris, and the prestige of Gen 
Cavaignac has received a more fatal blow this week 
than ever has been aimed against him since he has 
been in power. 
This is the first time the Assembly has opposed 
the General, who finds that he can no longer support 
himself, except by throwing himself into the arms of 
the Red Republicans, the very men whom he has 
shot by thousands at the barricades, and since trans-
ported by hundreds. 
The scheme of Gen. Cavaignac " to democratise " 
the provinces, and pave the way for his own elevation 
to the Presidency, is a plain confession that the Re-
public, as it is libellously called, is not democratical, 
whatever the form of Government may be for the 
moment. If any doubt of this can be entertained in 
the minds of some sincere Republicans, the election, 
by an overvvhelming majority, by several constituen-
cies, of Prince Louis Napoleon, must convince the 
most incredulous. 
He has been elected at the head of the poll in the 
department of the Seine ; and his return is announced 
for the departments of the Orne, the Tonne, the Cha-
rente Inferiure, and the Moselle, whilst no doubt ex-
ists of his success in Corsica. 
Under these circumstances, it is difficult to imag-
ine that Gen. Cavaignac will be able to maintain him-
self, as Marshal Bugeaud is impairing his power on 
the one hand, and Ledru Rollin on the other ; whilst 
party of Thiers forms another formidable phalanx, 
aiming at the overthrow of the Dictator at the proper 
time. 
The journals of Wednesday confirm this lamenta-
ble state of things. 
Greater excitement prevailed in 
Paris than at any period since the insurrection in June. 
Louis Napoleon is elected a member of the Na-
tional Assembly by the suffrages of the people of 
France,—by a vast majority in tbe capital and in sev-
eral departments; and, with the increasing unpopu-
larity of Gen. Cavaignac, must prove an equal com-
petitor for the Presidency. 
Under such circumstan-
ces a struggle for power must ensue. The appear-
ance of Louis Napoleon in Paris must be the signal 
for a terrible conflict between the parties. 
Whether the Red Republicans are using the name 
of Louis Napoleon for their own purposes, being the 
deadliest foes to Imperialism, or whether Louis Na-
poleon is climbing to power upon the backs of the 
Terrorists, the issue must be equally deplorable for 
the liberties of France and of mankind. 
The attrou-
pements of the mob were expected to be renewed, 
military precautions were taken in anticipation of 
some outbreak. 
Ten pieces of cannon and as many 
caissons were in the court yard of the Tuileries, and 
the whole of the military confined to their barracks, 
ready to act upon an emergency. 
Our next number will probably give the result of 
this crisis, either by a conflict withiu the walls of the 
National Assembly, or again without, by some fear-
ful strife amongst the contending parties in the streets 
of Paris or in the provinces 
DELINQUENTS. 
If we have by mistake published any who may have paid or »v, 
are poor, we shall be happy to correct the error, on beiii» Lnni-i^X 
of the fact. 
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CONFERENCES. 
The brethren in Exeter, Me., are desirous of having a conference 
there, to commence on the 2i)lh of Oct, and continue over Sin,'!!; 
Brn. D. Churchill, Crouch, 1. R. Gates, and all others whouiav ifoi 
an interest in this region, where help is so much needed, are irivi, 
to attend. Un behalf of the brethren.) 
j. DAMMON 
The Lord willing, there will be a conference at South Troy Vt 
to commence Friday, Oct. 2uth, at 10 A. M., and continue over thp 
sabbath. Brn. I. it. Shtpman, E. Burnham, and J. Cummiuu »r» 
requested lo attend. We hope all our brethren in this region'uiii 
come up to this least in the name ol the Lord. 
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Cholera.—A letter from Paris, says :—" Yester-
day and to-day several cases of cholera have appeared, 
which are said to have all the symptoms of Asiatic 
cholera, but in a mild shape.'" 
A letter from Hamburgh of the 15th ult., says:— 
" A number of violent cases of Asiatic cholera" have 
already occurred, principally among the lower orders 
of the people. Altogether there have been about 280 
cases within a period of fourteen days since the dis-
ease made its first appearance." 
Accounts from Constantinople of the 31st of Aug., 
state that the cholera was still raging. 
Letters from Smyrna of the 2d ult., state that the 
cholera was making great ravages, but it was hoped 
that it had passed its culminating point. The deaths 
which for some days amounted to upwards of 100 
daily, came down to between thirty and forty, and the 
last accounts were satisfactory. At Magnesia, Cas-
saba, Salonica, and other places, the ravages of the 
epidemic were also very great. 
At Salonica the 
.deaths were upwards of 100 daily,and many foreigners 
had fallen. At Larissa, Serres, and Bitalia, the 
cholera is also raging with great intensity, and great 
numbers were dying. 
Letters from Beyrout of August 25th, state that 
th4cholera is decimating the inhabitants of Aleppo, 
Daipascus, &c. 
T|IP cholera continues to spread at Berlin. 
There 
have^been upwards of 1800 cases since its first ap 
pear^ce. 
Di^jji, in Roxbury, Oct. 9th, 
ALICE H. 
BORDEN, 
aged l| years, after a long and painful sickness. She 
was a i%ce 
of J. 
Y. and 
MARY 
HIMES. 
A 
particular notice will be given hereafter. We ask 
the prayers of the faithful in our bereavement. 
Bro. Bliss's health is much improved. He is now 
in the couatry getting a little rest, but in a few days 
will probacy be permanently at his post. 
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Pa., Monday and Tuesday evenings, Oct. 3uth and 31st; at Shir<~ 
manstowii, Pa., Wednesday and Thursday evenings, Nov 1st ai d 
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baths in November, iu the Brackett-street ward room. 
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The Lord willing, I will preach at Mount Holly, Vt., the 19th, at 
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