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BOSTON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1862. 
VOLUME XXIII. NO. 6. 
to say in this, that all who hold the one choose by our physical senses ?" we have to ask why could they, speak and act, after the manner re-
to be known . as holding the other. There are the aforesaid young man could not see the mul- corded. Affirmations to the contrary would to 
many who have these matters confounded, hold- titude of the heavenly host about him until God our understanding be obnoxious alike to Scrip-
ing a tenet, and never during their life-time once miraculously opened his eyes ? Or is it pretend- ture and common sense. Yet. in all this, ]et it he 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Business Agent, thinking of the legitimate end to which they ed that his material eyes had an infirmity about remembered, we do not affirm that spirits are 
To whom remittances for the Association, and communi-1 
cations for the Herald should be directed. 
 
 I would lead,logically carried out. It is only on them that required a miracle for their healing ? an e
manation from,or a part of the immortal and 
Letters, on business, simply, marked on envelope ("For : this wise that we can account for many most tru- But if so, why did not the Assyrian army wit- divine nature of God. The conditions necessa-
, 
Office"), will receive prompt attention. 
ly pious, God-fearing persons, holding to doe- ness the same phenomenon ? and if so, why do ry to their being and felicity,constitute altogeth- 
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trines which, if once fairly presented, once car- we not witness the presence of spiritual beings er another question. Neither does it follow that 
J. PEARSON, jr. Committee 
LEMUF,L OSLER, Publication. 
ried to their logical terminus, would overwhelm now-a-days ? We think it is because, at this the delusions of Spritualism are not delusions. 
TERMS. 
them with astonishment. But this is the neces- time, "the just shall live by faith," and not be- Materialism we count to be the extreme of this 
sl, in advance, for six months, or $2 per year. sary result of sectarianism,—an ism that has for cause the promise of God has failed us, in that question on the one hand, and the mystical dia- 
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dress, for six months. 
its foundation stone, the magnifying some one He has said, "The angel of the Lord encampeth bolism, (called Spiritualism) on the other. May 
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point to the diminishing of another. To deny round about them that fear him, and delivereth God help us to discern the truth that lies between 
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that there were christians among such, would be I them." Ps. 34:7. Of these angels it is said by the two extremes, and save us from the pollu- 
26 cis. per year for the international postage ; and Eng- 
Canada subscribers will pre-pay, in addition to the above, most popish and cruel indeed. It is with such St. Paul, "Are they not all ministering spirits, bons of either error !---m. 
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gent upon the doctrines they hold, repentance of salvation ?"—Heb. 1:14. 
RATES OF ADVERTISING.-50 cts. per square per week; and reformation must follow. 
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall 
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But another and most painful effect of the give you another Comforter, that he may abide 
A new religious denomination seems to have 
 
 teachings of' materialism, is the palpable want of with you forever,even the Spirit of truth ; whom been safely, and we doubt not providentially 
DOMINTJS REGIT ME. spirituality. And though s
o painful, we need the world cannot receive, because it seeth him launched upon the sea of religious life. It is 
 
TWENTY-THIRD PSALM. 
not marvel, for how can we enjoy spiritual influ- not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; 
The Lord, the Lord my shepheard is, enees, and at the same time perhaps vehemently for he dwelleth with you,and shall be in you."— 
composed of various Independent Methodist 
And so can never I
churches, which, for different reasons, have be- 
and persistently deny the fact of spiritual exis- John 14:16, 17. "But the Comforter, which is 
Tast misery,
come disunited from the old organizations, and 
lie rests me in greene pastures his :— tence ? The practical effect to which we now the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
 
By waters stille and sweete, 
refer, may be developed by the perverted rea- my name,he shall teach you all things,and bring which have now affiliated under this new form, 
He guides my feet.
and under the name of the Independent Metho- 
sonings of the cold intellect, by the practice all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
He me revives ; leads me the way,
dist Conference. 
Which righteousness Both take, 
of the less profound thinkers, but no less honest have said unto you."---Ib. 26. "It is expedient 
This new denomination we understand to be 
For His name's sake. 
professors of the faith. For as surely as effects for you that I go away, for if I go net 
Yea, though I should through valleys straye
Methodist, in its modes of worship ; 
follow a cause, so truly will the practical life of away, the Comforter will not conic 
Congrega- 
Of
un- 
death's dark shade, I will 
tional in its Church Independency ; and Bap- 
Noe what feare ill 
a religionist make manifest their ideal of chris- to you ; but if I depart, I will send him tist in its general preference for immersion as 
For thou, dears Lord, thou me besett'st ; tian life. It is on this account that among such unto you."---16:7. "The Spirit itself beareth the form of administering the ordinance of bap- 
Thy rood and thy staff be 
as hold in part or wholly the doctrines legiti- witness with our spirit, that we are children of 
To comfort me :— 
tism—while rejecting none who prefer sprink- 
inately belonging to materialism, are often per- God." Rom. 8:16, compare with 1 Cor. 6: 20. 
Before me thou a table sett'st, 
ling. As thus Congregational-Baptist-Meth- 
Even
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when foes' envious eye 
sons that speak very highly of the Word, of fix- "God is a Spirit : and they that worship him 
Dothe it espy. 
ed laws in the divine economy, of good works, must worship him in spirit and in truth."—John dist, it forms a link between the various denom 
Thou oil'st my heade ; thou fill'st my cupp ; and of faith objectively considered ; but it is sel- 4:24. "Now the Lord is that Spirit."-2 Cor. inations, and may reach the preferences of many, 
Nay more,thou endlesse good, 
especially in mission work, who would be re ell- 
Nay 
 they have much to say of the subjective in• 3:17. "They brought unto them many that 
Shalt give me food. 
ed from either whose peculiarities in part it fol- 
To Thee, I say, ascended up, 
fluence of faith, and prayer, and of communion were possessed with devils : and he cast out the 
Where thou, the Lord of all,
lows. 
with God. This they cannot appreciate, because spirits with his word, and healed all that were 
Dust hold thy hall.
More particularly we and stand the peculiar- 
Sir Philip Sidney. the media through which God communicates is sick."---Matt. 8:16. Out of Mary Magdalene ities of this sect to be—that while they adhere 
denied. The result, as often witnessed, is a se- he "cast seven devils."---Mark 16:9. "And de- to Methodist doctrine and modes of worship,they 
 
Materialism. 
vere dogmatism teat 
 eat familiarity with such texts oils came out of many, crying out, and saying, have no "bishops" or "presiding elders ;" the 
of Scripture as are supptsed to teach their doe- Thou art Christ the Son of God. He rebuking 
It is the practical effects of every doctrine that trines, an overweening love of religious contro- them suffered them not to speak: for they knew churches are independent of the Conference ; own 
must determine its value ; and the same may be versy, and sometimes a painful tantalizing-- and hat he was Christ."---Luke 4:41. "The devils be- their own church property ; choose their own 
said, to a certain extent,in determining its truth-
pastors, and retain them as long as they please ; 
perhaps we should say blaspheming of divine sought him saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us 
fulness. If the teaching of materialism—or the things,—as in the instance referred to, when a to go away into the herd of swine. And he said and the Conference, composed of ministers and 
denial of spiritual existence—is more capable of man talks of pocketing the Holy Ghost, and he a unto them, Go. And when they came out, they lay delegates, has no legislative, executive, or 
meeting the practical wants of the human heart, man of "good standing" in a sect. In fine, the went into the herd of swine : and, behold, the judicial authority over the local churches beyond 
or in other words, if it is as capable of fulfilling 
that of mere advice and recommendation. The 
effects are to produce the type of Christianity whole herd ran violently down a steep place into Articles of Faith of the Methodist Episcopal 
the demands that are vital to the highest well- that is hard, sterile, and ungenial—having its the sea, and perished in the waters."---Matt. 8: 
being of mankind, then it is true, and in the 
church were adopted by the Conference, and re- 
location in the head, but doing little for the 31, 32. But we forbear. "In the mouth of commended to the local churches as a doctrinal 
highest sense good ; and if so, it is no Sam-Patch heart. 
two or three witnesses shall every word be es- 
leap to say it is, and must necessarily be, found But from these statements,we turn to the con- tablished." When materialists will inform us platform, and a carefully prepared plan oibf union 
in the Scriptures. But to the contrary of this, sideration of some scriptural testimony bearing how seven material bodies could enter into the or constitution was adopted, and subscred by 
we assert without fear of contradiction, that the upon the subject. Among the numerous passa- material body of Mary Magdalene, and a legion* the delegates present. 
The session of the Conference forming the new 
Scriptures everywhere abound lin teaching upon ges that might be quoted, we call attention to could enter iato the man in the tombs 
 
this subject, which fairly and rationally inter- the following:—"And he answered, fear not: for and all this in (manner utterly precluding the organization, was held in the city of New York, 
preted must, to the most common and indeed to they that be with us are more than they that be possibility of eing seen by roterial eyes, then in the St. John's Methodist church, (Prof. Mat- 
any unsophisticated mind, prove fatal to mater- with them. And Eliiha prayed,and said, Lord, 
ed, if need be, to answer the ques- tison's,) and some twenty delegates—one of 
ialism. And further, we claim that upon a true I pray thee, open 4 eyes, that he may see. we are prep 
tion as to h w we may know anything that can- whom was the Rev. Henry Morgan, well known, 
and proper appreciation of these instructions, And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; not be demonstrated to our physical senses ! for his earnest and self-denying labors at the 
depends much of the realization of what belongs and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full That each of these spirits possess the quali- South End in this city—were ordained b3 the 
to the well-being of our higher and better na- of horses and chariots of fire round about Eli- ties of a distinct personal entity, is proved by Conference. A large amount of business was 
ture. 
sha."---2 Kings 6: 16, 17, compare with ib. 2: the narratives themselves. In no other way transacted, with much harmony, and the Confer- 
In proof of this position we may mention, 11. "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, 
ence adjourned, to meet at the same place on 
among other things, the fact that materialism, even thousands of angels."---Ps. 68:17. To such * Legion in Roman Antiquity was a body of the first Wednesday of December, .1862, We 
move- 
legitimately carried out, ends in Socinianism,— as profess to be materialssts "in the largest and infantry, consisting of different numbers of men have no doubt the hand of God is in the 
denying both the pre-existence and. the proper fullest sense of the word,"—who ask, "How can at different periods, from .three to five thou- ment, and we fervently pray that He may. add 
divine nature of Jesus Christ. We do not mean we know anything that cannot be demonstrated sand.— Webster. 
his blessing.—Congreyationalist. 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD 
Is published every Saturday, at 46 1-2 Kneeland st. (up 
stairs), Boston, Mass., by 
The American Millennial Association." 
A New Denomination. 
 41111MMINEMOMMI 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
not made with hands," looks quietly on this giv- eth that he would not smite another man, but d
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ing up of the ghost of all earthly hopes. This is 
a world of sin and wrong. Nor may we hope 
at least for an immediate change, such as will 
widely affect it in this particular. e do not 
But the Cornish-man smiled as the stranger spake, 
And sheepishly shook his head. 
deny the doctrine of progress, in the l
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W 
 ne of re- 
The stranger stoop'd to the well of St. Keyne, 
And drank of the water again. 
"You drank of the water, I warrant, betimes ?" 
He to the Cornish-man said : 
Longing for the Advent. 
[The following article from the "Church Month-
ly," an Episcopal organ, is supposed to be from 
the pen of Rev, J. I. T. Coolidge of South Bos-
ton.] 
The Church has commenced anew the circle 
of her sacred seasons. The solemn hours of Ad-
vent are even now spent ; and the natal hymn 
sung by angels over the plains of Bethlehem, has 
been again caught up and sent back to heaven 
by millions of human hearts, rejoicing that unto 
them "is born a Savior,which is Christ the Lord." 
And now the church will accompany her incar-
nate Lord through all the scenes of his great hu-
mility ; from the wilderness' conflict and Beth-
any's sorrow and Gethsemane's agony to Cal-
vary's uplifted cross, kneeling there with meek 
faith before "that miracle of time,God's own sac-
rifice complete." She will keep the holy sab-
bath of his rest in the sealed sepulchre, and with 
outibursting anthems celebrate his rising conquer-
or of death and spoiler of its kingdom, and stand 
with adoring eyes, as fading from her sight, he 
ascends back to the throne of the majesty on 
high, and hear the thrilling promise of the an-
gel,that "this same Jesus which is taken up from 
you into heaven, shall so ccme in like manner as 
ye have seen him go into heaven." What a glo-
rious close is this of the manifestation of God's 
only begotton Son ! It begins with the stoop 
from the eternal throne ; it ends with the glorifi-
cation. It begins with the manger ; it ends with 
the opening heavens. It begins with the wor-
ship of the Magi at the feet of an infant in an 
humble cottage at Bethlehem; it ends with knee'-
ing believers, gazing into the everlasting man-
sions, after their ascended Lord, who, in words 
of blessed promise, shall appear again with pow-
er and great glory, and establish his eternal and 
glorious kingdom. 
It is this second Advent for which the sacred 
volume, wherein is recorded the first, closes in 
earnest entreaty. It is the bright hope which 
has animated believing hearts through the long 
line of Christian centuries. The Church has 
ever stood looking forward into the future,watch-
ing and waiting for that advent of her Lord, 
when he shall come not as before "in great hu-
mility," in his infinite condescension laying aside 
his riches and humbling himself to our humani-
ty ; not as before in the low estate of a poor in-
fant, different from all others only in the hard-
ness of his pillow, but in his own glory,and with 
all the holy angels encircling him and bearing 
him on to the throne of his kingdom ; not to the 
assembling of a few shepherds, but to the con-
gregation of all his saints, to witness the sublime 
consummation of his redemptive work. The 
Church through the long history of her humilia-
tion and conflict patiently waits the period of his 
public triumph ail the hour of her enthronement 
also. 
This promise of the Lord's coming formed a 
larger element in the teachings of the apostles 
than we are apt to perceive. Faint as they of-
ten were, wearied, perplexed, troubled on every 
side, dragged before judges, imprisoned, stoned, 
killed, they still clung to this animating hope. 
They preached it in their sermons and wrote it 
in their letters, holding it forth, now as a warn-
ing against all sloth and disloyalty, and now as 
an inspiration in all service and suffering. Again 
and again their words to those who endured with 
them the same fight of afflictions was to hold 
steadfast to the end, for at the bright appearing 
of the Lord their sorrow would turn to joy, their 
plaints to praise ; their painful struggle would 
issue in perfect peace, their present warfare in 
final victory. St. Paul constantly animates his 
converts with this glorious hope. "When Christ 
who is our life shall appear," he writes to one 
another of the churches which he had gathered, 
"then shall we also appear with him in glory ;" 
"for our conversation is in heaven ; from whence 
also we look for the Savior,the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall change our vile body, that it may be 
fashioned like his own glorious body." Nay, it 
is for thig hour, which shall also be the manifes-
tation of the sons of God, that the expectation 
of.the creature is waiting, groaning, and travail- 
, ing in pain till then. St. Peter announces also 
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the same expectation for the comfort of believers 
under the preswire of their most grievous afflic-
tions and sharpest temptations ; exhorting them 
to rejoice "that the trial of their faith,being much 
more precious than of gold that perisheth,though 
it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise 
and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus 
Christ." And again, "Beloved think it not strange 
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as 
though some strange thing happened unto you ; 
but rejoice in as much as ye are partakers of 
Christ's suffering ; that when his glory shall be 
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding 
joy." And St. John, though he, in so loving a 
spirit, teaches the present blessed communion of 
the believer with the Father and the Son,regards 
it still as an introduction only to the closer fel-
lowship which shall yet be, "Little children," he 
exhorts, "Abide in Christ,that when he shall ap-
pear, we may have confidence and not be asham-
ed before him at his coming." And how does be 
quicken the longing for that hour in every pious 
heart when he writes, "Beloved, now are we the 
sons of God ; and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be ; but we know that when he shall appear 
we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he 
is." These are but a few of the passages that 
might be quoted to show how full are the apos-
tolic writings of this great hope. 
This, then, the bright appearing of the Lord, 
is the longing expectation of the Church. The 
Bride waits the Bridegroom's coming. For this 
she would hold every believing heart on the 
watch and ready to enter with her to the marri-
age supper. And who does not feel its quicken-
ing power ? However close may be our union 
with the Lord now, it is to be regarded as a sep-
aration, compared with that perfect union with 
him, when faith shall be turned to sight, and we 
are with him where he is. And if faith, as one 
well says in its real nature, is nothing else than 
the veiled eye, how shall we not long for the 
hour when the veil shall be drawn aside and with 
a clear vision we shall gaze upon the ineffable 
glory ? If now we see that glory of the Lord 
only as through a glass, who will not aspire to 
see face to face and eye to eye ? Yes, and what 
signifies this seeing in the glass, if that which 
appears there, os in twilight, is not one day to 
break upon us in all its transcendent brightness? 
(To be continued.) 
The Well of St. Keyne. 
A well there is in the west country, 
And a clearer one never was seen ; 
There is not a wife in the west country 
But has heard of the well of St.. Keyne. 
An oak and an elm tree stand beside, 
And behind doth an ash tree grow, 
And a willow from the bank, above, 
Droops to the water below. 
A traveller came to the well of St. Keyne ; 
Joyfully he drew nigh, 
For from cock crow he had been travelling, 
And there was not a cloud in the sky. 
He drank of the water so cool and clear, 
For thirsty and hot was he ; 
And he sat down upon the bank, 
Under the willow tree. 
There came a man from the house hard by, 
At the well to fill his pail, 
On the well side he rested it, 
And he bade the stranger hail. 
'Now art thou a bachelor, Stranger ?" quoth he ; 
"For an it thou hast a wife, 
The happiest draught thou hast drank 
That ever thou didst in thy life. 
"Or hast thy good woman, if one thou hast, 
Ever here in Cornwall been ? 
For an if she have, I'll venture my life 
She has drank of the well of St. Keyne." 
"I have left a good woman who never was here," 
The strangeNnade reply ; 
"But that my fortune should be ltter for that, 
I pray you answer me why." \ 
"St. Keyne," quoth the Cornishman, "many a 
time 
Drank of this crystal well ; 
And before the angel summoned her, 
She laid on the water a spell. 
It the husband,of this gifted well 
Should drink before his wife, 
A happy man thenceforth is he, 
For he shall be master for life. 
But if the wife should drink of it first,—
God help the husband then !" 
"I hastened as soon as the wedding was done, 
And left my wife in the porch ; 
But i' faith she had been wiser than me, 
For she took a bottle to church." 
.111212121MINIIM 
Misapplied Texts. 
"Who shall change our vile body."—Phil. 3:21. 
At the first aspect of these words, the ordina-
ry reader would be likely to understand the 
apostle as attributing a moral vileness to the. 
body. It was a favorite notion of certain ori-
ental philosophers, that matter is essentially evil 
and consequently that the moral corruption of 
mankind is due chiefly to the fact, that the souls 
of men are connected with a body formed from 
this gross and defiling substance. This notion 
early crept into the Christian church, and exert-
ed a wide-spread and lamentable influence in 
perverting the Scriptures, and corrupting the 
Christian faith ? It ended, by a natural reac-
tion, in the grossest sensuality, practiced under 
the pretence that the soul cannot be contaminat-
ed by the sins committed through the agency of 
the body. For these reasons,it is important that 
the text which we are now considering should be 
rescued from any suspicion of favoring a doctrine 
which has been so prolific of errror, sin and woe. 
The apostle Paul does not here use the word 
vile in a moral sense. He has reference to the 
unspeakable inferiority of our present body, in 
comparison with that with which Christ will 
clothe believers at the resurrection. It is the 
vileness of that which is paltry and worthless, in 
contrast with that which is excellent and glori-
ous. Literally taanslated, the expression is, 
"The body of our humility." The body which 
we now have is such as is fitted to our present 
low estate ; and it will seem to us a cheap and 
valueless thing, when we come to have in place 
of it a body fashioned like that of our glorified 
Saviour.— Watchman and Reflector. 
.11.1•111•1 
The Better Country. 
In these times of national peril and strife,when 
those political organizations which seemed most 
secure from danger and decay, show signs of 
weakness, and when opposing moral forces,strug-
gling for dominion, make kingdoms and empires 
to heave like the restless and surging deep, when 
lashed by the maddened tempest, when every-
thing earthly seems indeed evanescent, to what 
a glorious advantage does the better country of 
the Christian appear ! When earthly kingdoms 
shall grow old and decay, or shall be convulsed 
by some sudden outbreak, the heavenly one shall 
still be young and vigorous, and wrapt in the 
embrace of a holy and steadfast peace, giving as-
surance that it shall save no end. Earthly gov-
ernments are necessarily founded in weakness, 
because of the imperfections of human judg-
ments, taken in connection with man's moral in-
firmities. But the heavenly kingdom must be 
eternal, because founded in the wisdom and jus-
tice of the Infinite One. Also, in the over-
throw of earthly nationalities, what destruction 
of human hopes and interests ! To the politi-
cian, and to men who only in this life have hope, 
everything outside the narrowest circle possible, 
deeds, parchments, stocks, securities, honors, in-
terests, and even life itself, center in the com-
binations. 
But while the Christian may justly feel an in-
terest in these establishments, as one having for 
the time being,worldly obligations and interests, 
he nevertheless enjoys a holy composure,even in 
the midst of their downfall, because he knows he 
has a better inheritance, "an enduring substance." 
How fit, then, the exhortation, "set not your aff- 
upon the strife, upon the flames, and upon the 
general ruin, their hearts "failing them for fear." 
But the Christian feeling that he has "an house 
form, in the general affairs of this world. The 
evils of depravity are too radical and deeply im-
bedded in the human heart to be removed at 
once by the agencies now employed. But the 
Christian has hope of another life—an eternal 
life—therefore, in the midst of earthly perils, he 
still rejoices, and "though an host should encamp 
against him," he will not fear. 
These thoughts are our daily comfort. Nev-
er before have we been brought face to face with 
danger and ruin. Our beloved country is sway-
ing to and fro with inward convulsions, created 
by the fury of a chafed and disappointed oligar-
chy. Perjury, hate, bloodshed, and unrelenting 
civil war, prey upon us,and characterize,or rath-
er make up, the history of the times at home. 
Foes at home, also, find ready,powerful, and un-
scrupulous sympathizers abroad, who, amazed at 
our rapid growth, and fearing the moral effect 
of our republican institutions upon the oppressed 
millions over whom they bear rule, are ready to 
make common cause with them, and so bind in 
fetters a free people! Yet we look calmly on ! 
We feel that we are a citizen also of another 
kingdom—a kingdom that "shall have no end"—
a kingdom of peace ! "Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath be-
gotten us again unto a lively hope by the resur- 
rection of the dead." 
Recorder. 
Mr. Spurgeon on Peacemakers. 
Mr. Spurgeon has spoken in his London tab-
ernacle against war. In a "Sermon for the 
Times," delivered on Sunday, December 8th, he 
said : 
"The peacemaker is a citizen, and though he 
be a christian, he remembers that Christianity 
does not require him to forego his citizenship,but 
to use and to improve it for Christ's glory. The 
peacemaker, then, as a citizen, loveth. * * * 
* * The peacemaker remembereth the war with 
Russia, and be recollecteth what fools we were 
that we should have meddled there, to bring to 
ourselves great losses both in trade and money, 
and no advantage whatever that is perceptible. 
He knoweth that this nation hath often been 
drifted into war for political purposes, and that 
usually the pressure and burden of it cometh up-
on the poor working man, upon such as have to 
earn their living by the sweet of their face. 
Therefore, though he, like other men, feeleth hot 
blood, and being an Englishman born, feeleth the 
blood of the old sea kings often in his veins, yet 
he represseth it, and saith to himself, must 
not strive, for the servant of God must be gentle 
to all men, apt to teach, patient.' 
"So he putteth his back against the current, 
and when he heareth everywhere the noise of 
war, and seeth many that are hot for it, he does 
his best to administer a cooling draught, and he 
saith, 'Be patient ; let it alone ; if the thing be 
an evil, yet war is worse than any other evil. 
There was never a bad peace yet, and never a 
good war,' saith he, 'and whatever loss we may 
sustain by being too quiet, we shall certainly lose 
a hundred times as much by being too fierce.' 
And then in the present case he thinketh how it 
would be for two christian nations to go to war 
—two nations sprung of the same blood—two 
countries which really have a closer relation 
than any other two countries upon the face of the 
earth—rivals in their liberal institutions—coad-
jutors in propagating the gospel of Christ—two 
nations that have within their midst more of the 
elect of God and more of the true followers of 
Christ than other nations under heaven. Yea, 
he thinketh within himself, it were ill that the 
bones of our sons and daughters should go again 
to make manure for our fields,as they have done. 
thinketh it not meet that the prairies of Ameri-
ca should be enriched with the blood and bones 
of his children ; and on the other hand he think- 
ections on the earth, for ye are dead, and your He remembereth that the farmers of Yorkshire 
life is hid with Christ in God." What a happy 'brought home the mould from Waterloo with 
lot is the Christian's ! While others are dismay- I which to manure their own fields—the blood and 
ed, he is unmoved. They look with trembling bones of their own sons and daughters ; and he 
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The Last Hours of John Tyler 
The Richmond Examiner gives the following 
account of ex-President Tyler's last illness and 
death: 
"On the Sunday morning preceding his death 
Mr. Tyler came to the breakfast table at the Ex-
change Hotel, as usual. While sipping a cup of 
tea he was seized with a sudden faintness, and 
on attempting to rise from his chair fell to the 
floor. He was taken into the ladies' parlor,where 
he recovered,and was then conveyed to his cham-
ber. Several physicians were present, and came 
to the assistance of Mr. Tyler. 
This sudden attack of illness was not suppos-
ed to be serious, and gave but little alarm, as it 
was known that the deceased,at different periods 
of his life, had been subject to severe attacks of 
vertigo. Hopes were indulged of his speedy re-
covery, and it was not doubted that he would 
get well until the night he died, when he was 
suddenly tahen worse, and failing rapidly but 
without pain, di d precisely at fifteen minutes 
past twelve o'clock on Friday night. 
Dr. Brown had been sent for, and on entering 
the room Mr. Tyler said, 'Doctor, I am dying.' 
A few moments and he fell off into the utter 
weakness preceding dissolution. One of the at-
tending physicians approached- the bedside with 
medicine, and said, 'Mr. Tyler, let me give you 
some stimulant.' I will not have it,' replied the 
dying 'sufferer, and in a few moments quietly 
breathed his last, His last intelligible words was 
the reply to the doctor." 
Liquid Fire as a Weapon of War. 
Some experiments were recently tried at the 
Washington Navy Yard with an apparatus for 
the ejection of liquid fire, which to all intents 
and purposes is the famed Greek fire revived,the 
secret of which has been lost. The chemical 
composition of this fire may not be the same, but 
its effects are as terrible as those attributed to 
the inextinguishable fire of the Greeks. The 
composition and the apparatus of ejecting it are 
the inventions of Professor B. F. Greenough of 
Boston,who, though for many years nearly blind, 
has pursued his chemical investigations with un-
abated zeal, until he has produced what promises 
to be a terrible auxiliary in warfare. 
The experiments were made under the direc-
tions of a Board, consisting of Capt. G. V. Fox, 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,Capt.Dahlgren, 
Vesuvius. 
Capt. Wainwright and Lieut. Badger. A target 
was erected upon a platform fifty feet long by 
thirty feet wide, the target being made solid of 
oak timber three feet in thickness. The fluid 
was ejected in an inert state from a pipe of 3-
1.6ths inch diameter,and was thrown sonic thirty 
to fifty yards before it reached the target. At 
a distance of several feet from the nozzle the 
fluid ignited, expanding to a diameter of two 
feet, with an intense combustion, which covered 
the target and de platform with liquid fire. The 
fire was apparently inextinguishable, burning 
readily on the water, and consuming the tar-
get. It emitted dense fumes and smoke which 
darkened the atmosphere and would have suffo-
cated any human being who had come within its 
influence. The experiment was quite successful. 
We understand that experiments have also been 
made with shells filled with this liquid, and with 
great success. The composition, the secret of 
which is known only to the inventor, promises to 
be a very effective auxiliary of war. 
Missionaries Murdered, 
The Flood at Sacramento. 
The Burnside Expedition. 
The Shanghai correspondent of the New York 
Commercial Advertiser furnishes the following : 
"There has been some stirring times with the 
the rebels up at Chefoo, to the northward of 
Shanghai, and we have received the sad intelli-
gence of the murder of the two missionaries sta-
tioned there—Mr. Parker, of the Episcopal, and 
Mr. Holmes,of the Baptist Missions,both Amer-
icans. The rebels were advancing upon Chefoo 
and Yentai, the village where these missionaries 
and their families resided, and Messrs. Parker 
and Holmes went out to endeavor to prevail up-
on them not to molest the villagers of the latter 
place. That as Chefoo, where they might get 
something valuable, was too strongly guarded by 
the English and the French for them to attack 
it, it would be useless to make a descent upon a 
little village where they could get nothing, and 
that they might better pass by without molest-
ing the people. But it appears that they did not 
succeed in their humane efforts to save the coun-
try people from blood-thirsty invaders. They 
were cruelly murdered by the command of the 
rebel chief, and their mangled. half-burnt bodies 
were not found for more than a week afterwards. 
Mr. Holmes was struck five times on the head 
with swords, and twice with spears, his left hand 
cut, and, after receiving seven wounds in the 
lower part of body, was burnt. Mr. Parker had 
seven spear-thrusts in the face and neck,and sev-
eral severe cuts. Their families, and the other 
missionaries who live in Yentai, narrowly escap-
ed with their lives, being obliged to flee at mid-
night, the English Consul, Mr. Morrison, send-
ing them horses at 11 ] M. They reached Che- 
foo at four o'clock in the morning. • 
"Rev. Mr. Smith, ono of the missionaries liv-
ing at Yentai, after taking his family to Chefoo 
in safety, returned with a French gentleman to 
look after their valuables, but, before reaching 
Yentai, they were set upon by the rebels, and 
obliged to retreat. As they were galloping back, 
they came to a sort of ravine, where the road 
was very narrow and defiled between two hills. 
Here two mounted rebels barred the way, but 
Mr. Smith, having a double-barrelled gun, shot 
them both and escaped. The unfortunate villag-
ers, who had not been able to escape from their 
fury, were slain by hundreds, and the ponds in 
the neighborhood are said to be filled with the 
bodies of men, women and children, while the 
roads are strewn with corpses." 
Dr. Peck contributes to the last California 
Advocate the following description of the recent 
flood in Sacramento :— 
"It is morning, and the rain falls in torrents. 
Down come the mountain floods. 'The levee has 
broken,' and the American River is rushing mad-
ly upon the doomed city. There it comes. It is 
within four squares of us. We spring to bring 
in a little wood for the emergency. On its comes. 
Strong men and beasts are struggling above us. 
The tops of' the houses are covered with anxious 
gazers. Quick ! Every article to the upper story 
of our strong brick, 'hired house.' Flour, meat, 
potatoes, books, carpets, all. The water is at 
the door-sill ! In it comes ! There are our neigh- 
bors from the cottage near. No safety at home. 
Strong men wade to our door up to their hips ; 
with wives and daughters, and tender babes in 
their arms and on their shoulders. 'Come in. God 
be praiged for one place of safety.' Another com-
pany arrives in a boat. Our upper rooms are full. 
Still the waters rise. Two strong men bear a 
stove into the hall. And by great exertions we 
gather pipe of different kinds and set it up. 
Thanks to Providence, we have plenty of provis-
ions, and now a place to cook. The flood increas-
es. Boats are moving rapidly through our streets, 
rescuing the helpless. Property is of no account. 
Strong horses and mules struggle for life. We 
shout to each other, giving orders and encourag-
ing exertion. Down sink a fine team and wagon 
and driver. Poor man ! He falls to rise no more. 
God pity the bereaved ones at home. The water 
has reached the marble mantle in our parlor,and 
still it rises. We are,by the order of Providence, 
on one of the highest points of the town. The 
danger is greater below. We look out, and far 
as the eye can reach it is one vast sea. At our 
place, (N above 9th,) the current is frightful. 
Vigorous animals fail to stem it and float down-
ward rapidly from our sight. Rafts and drift-
wood bear, now a man with brave heart, strong 
muscles, and setting pole—now a dog and poul-
try. Here comes a fence, a pile of lumber, a 
wagon, and now more horses and mules,and cows, 
with noses just above the water, struggling for 
life. The high pickets are covered and still the 
water rises ! 
"Three o'clock P. M. The sun shines out, and 
the dancing waters send back their quivering 
light. Our home is an island. Our doors float 
from their hinges. China ware, servers, books, 
sacks of grain, and other effects left below, move 
out into the sea and tAke their chance. Doubt-
ful if we ever see them again. I am afraid to 
hear from the church. My library is in the base-
ment. In my own mind I gave it up for lost, 
and an irreparable loss it will be. There is a 
boat from below. I hail it. 'The water is about 
eight feet deep in the basement of the church. 
Alas ! my library and papers are certainly sub-
merged. 
"Four o'clock, P. M. The water is falling and 
the sun is still shining brightly. We hope for 
relief in a few hours, but await the will of the 
Lord. 
"Five o'clock P. M. The water is rising. The 
sun sets amid the richest effulgence of golden light. 
A dark cloud skirts the eastern horizon and the 
floods move fearfully by. 
"Half past eight o'clock. The water is now 
one foot higher in my hall than at four o'clock. 
It is four feet and three inches,and seemed to be 
climbing up after us ! I have never experienced 
such a night. Oh ! that God would interfere to 
save the lives of this suffering city. 
"We commended ourselves to God, and felt 
the consolations of religion. In the night our 
strong brick house cracked and settled, loud ex-
plosions followed each other in rapid succession, 
but we trusted in God and suffered no harm. 
"Tuesday morning. Thank God the waters 
have abated. Not more than a foot on our low-
er floor. The ruin is everywhere. Our poor 
neighbors are moving in boats,and wading to get 
to their houses and trying to draw their beds and 
clothes out of the water. 
"Most thankfully have I just learned that my 
library is saved. Bro. J. Griswold, by prompt 
exertion, carried every book and paper up into 
the church. He and Bro. Chambers saved our 
new and valuable Sunday-school library. Thank 
God for so much mercy. 
"You can judge the state of my home when I 
inform you that I have with my own hands, re-
moved tons of mud from the floods below,and by 
the help of a strong man two days, with all the 
exertions of my wife and little daughter, we are 
now, Friday morning, only in a tolerable, but by 
no means, comfortable condition. 
"In a few days we shall see how many of our 
little flock can be gathered again. Our basement 
is nearly ruined, but we can move our Sunday-
school (if we can get any) up-stairs. Pray for 
us." 
would sooner be smitten of him, and that blood 
would be to him an awful sight. So he saith, 
'What I would not do myself I would not have 
others do for me.' He walketh in vision over a 
field of battle ; he heareth the shrieks of the 
dying and the groans of' the wounded ; he 
knows that even conquerors themselves 
have said that all the enthusiasm of victory has 
not been able to remove the horror of the dread-
ful scene after the fight ; and so he saith, 'Nay 
peace, peace ?' " 
During the late eruption of Vesuvius,the peo-
ple for miles around had to use umbrellas to ward 
off the shower of dust which fell, reachiug far 
beyond Capri and Salerno. The first appearance 
of the eruption is thus described by a correspon-
dent of the London Atnenmum :— 
"When I first saw the eruption, I was walk-
ing with a friend, and happening to look over 
the inclination of a mountain which cut the sea 
and the distant prospect, I saw what appeared 
to me to be a vast pine, 'and yet,' I said rubbing 
my eyes,' I do not remember one on that spot ; 
it cannot be a pine,it must be smoke from Vesu-
vius.' And so it was; and at this, the commence-
ment of the eruption, we could see the mighty 
mass from the roots, which were fixed in the 
base of the mountain, growing up with wonder-
ful rapidity to a gigantic tree which tonched the 
very heavens,and then spread its branches south, 
and east, and west, until the eoast, sea, every-
thing was hidden from view. I never witnest any-
thing grander than the vast masses of smoke 
which rose and rolled over one another in mag-
nificent involutions." 
Fortress Monroe, Jan. 27. By the arrival of 
the steamer Eastern State we have the first di-
rect and official intelligence of the arrival of 
General Burnside's expedition at its destination. 
She left Hatteras Inlet last night, and arrived 
here late this afternoon. The recent storms were 
unusually severe at Hatteras, and considerably 
delayed and crippled the expedition, but when 
the Eastern State left everything looked favor-
able. The expedition sailed from Hampton Roads 
on the 11th and 12th. inst, and consisted of over 
125 vessels of all classes. They arrived at Hat-
teras between the 12th and 17th, having been 
greatly retarded by severe storms and adverse 
winds. After their arrival they experienced 
storms of such unparalleled severity that for two 
days in succession, on more than one occasion, it 
was impossible to hold communication between 
any two vessels of the fleet. 
After the first storm it was discovered that in-
stead of the vessels drawing 8 1-2 feet of water 
being able to go over the swash or bars, as Gen. 
Burnside had been informed, no vessel drawing 
over seven feet three inches could pass into Pam- 
lico Sound. No vessel could pass inside the bar 
drawing over thirteen feet of water skillfully pi-
loted, consequently the steamer City of New 
York struck outside the bar,loaded with a cargo 
valued at $200,000, consisting of powder, rifles, 
and bombs, and proved a total loss. The captain 
and crew, after bravely remaining in the rigging 
forty hours, were saved. 
The gunboat Zouave dragged her anchors and 
had a hole stove in her bottom and sunk. She is 
a total loss. Crew saved. The steamer Pocahon-
tas went ashore near the Light House, and be-
came a total wreck. 90 valuable horses belong-
ing to the Rhode Island battery were on board 
and all drowned, including several valued at 
$500 each. Crew saved. An unknown schooner 
with oats, and another schooner, name unknown, 
and six of her crew were also lost on the beach. 
The Louisiana struck on the bar, where She still 
remains. The report that she was burnt is en-
tirely incorrect. She may get off. The Eastern 
Queen and Voltigeur are also ashore. The latter 
will probably get off. 
The water vessels had not reached their des-
tination when the Eastern State left, and had it 
not been for condensers being'on board some of 
the vessels and one on shore, terrible suffering 
would have occurred. As it was the water casks 
were old whisky, camphene and kerosene oil 
casks. 
It is thought that the Union pilots of Hatteras 
are traitors, having intentionally run several ves-
sels ashore. 
One of the storms can only be described as 
terrific. The waters in every direction were cov-
ered with foaming waves dashing with a clear 
sweep across Hatteras shores and completely 
cutting off the Fort from all outside communica-
tions. The current was running at the rate of 
five miles an hour,and chop seas prevented Gen-
eral Burnside from answering any signals of dis-
tress or communicating with his Generals. 
At one moment a flag would appear Union 
down on a number of vessels, indicating want of 
water, coal and provisions. Col. Allen of the 
9th N.J. regiment and his Surgeon, Mr. Weller, 
with a boat's crew and the second mate of the 
Annie E. Thompson,when they found the troops 
needed water, manned the life boat in order to 
reached the General. Unfortunately the boat 
was swamped and the Colonel,Surgeon and mate 
drowned. The crew of the boat were saved. 
Despite all these adverse circumstances Gen-
eral Burnside has succeeded in getting over the bar 
one-half the vessels, all the gunboats and 7000 
troops. Everything appeared in a satisfactory 
condition when the Eastern State left. The large 
transports with troops remained outside the bar 
until the arrival of the S. R. Spaulding from 
Port Royal 23d, when Calk Howes volunteered 
to bring them all inside. This was accomplished 
yesterday afternoon, the Eastern State passed 
the last as she left. A portion of the tugboats, 
chartered by Burnside for the expedition refused 
to proceed further than Fortress Monroe. 
Fair weather has now set in. The schooners 
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Exposition of Daniel's Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
ly remittances, this cannot continue. What is now 
wished for, is that every subscriber will endeavor to 
forward the name of an additional one. And we al-
so wish to see a full column of Donations.each week, 
till it shall amount to $400 ; which was needed 
by Jauthiry first. 
Brethren and Sisters,shall this expectation be rea-
lized ? 
THE " LITTLE HORN, 
WHICH WAXED EXCEEDING GREATS'-ROME. 
"And out of one of them came forth a little horn, 
which waxed exceeding great, toward the south 
and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. 
And it waxed great even to the host of heaven ; and 
it cast down some of the host and of the stars to 
the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea he mag-
nified himself even to the prince of the host, and by 
him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the 
place of his sanctuary was cast down. And a host 
was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason 
of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the 
ground ; and it practiced and prospered," vs. 9-12. 
are making their appearance with water and 
coal, and everything looks more promising. 
Gen. Burnside has been indefatigable day and 
night. He has been at his post performing 
the duties of his whole staff of officers. He is 
confident of ultimate success, and has the respect 
of every man under his command. Gen. Burn-
side left Fortress Monroe on the Picket,but sub-
83querSy took possession of the Spaulding,which 
he will occupy as his flag-ship. She will be used 
for taking the remaining troops over the bar. 
The only troops that have been landed are the 
24th Massachusetts regiment and the Rhode Is-
land battery. Col. Hawkins' regiment goes with 
tie expedition. Their place is to be filled by the 
6th New Hampshire regiment. There has been 
no loss of life except as above mentioned. Elev-
en deaths of soldiers have occurred since the fleet 
sailed. 
Mr. Shelburn came in the Eastern State as 
bearer of dispatches from Gen. Burnside. We 
are indebted to Dr. A. Rawlings, the only other 
passenger who goes north, for the above state-
ment. 
Different reports are received at Hatteras 
from the surrounding population in relation to 
the disposition of the intention of•the enemy. 
Some who came in say they are completely fright. 
ened and will not make a stand. Another report 
is that large masses of troops will be concentra- 
ted in the vicinity, and still another story, con-
firmed by many,is that their exertions will be di- 
rected chiefly to placing obstacles in the way of 
of our progress to Norfolk. The rebels keep a 
good look out for our movements with their gun- 
boats. Two of them made their appearance im-
mediately after the term, but disappeared when 
chased. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, FEBRUARY 8, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
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week- 
Newton, Dr. Zouch, Mr. Cunningham, Rev. T. R. 
Birks, Dr. Jarvis, and others, to apply the emblem 
to the Roman power-not to the Roman empire as 
a whole, but only as it became a horn of the goat by 
reason of its connection with Grecia. Bishop New-
ton observes : 
"Let it not seem strange, that the Romans, who 
were prefigured by a great beast in the former vis-
ion, should in this be represented only by the horn 
of a beast ; for nothing is more usual, than to de-
scribe the same person or thing under different ima-
ges upon different occasions ; and besides, in this 
vision the Roman empire is not designed at large, 
but only the Roman as a horn of the goat. When 
the Romans first got footing in Greece, then they be-
came a horn of the goat. Out of this horn they 
came, and were at first a little horn, but in process 
of time over topped the other horns. From Greece 
they extended their arms, and over ran the other 
parts of the goat's dominions : and their actions 
within the dominions of the goat, and not their af-
fairs in the western empire, are the principal sub-
ject of this prophecy," Dis. p. 249. 
The obvious reason, why the agency of Rome 
within the Greek empire should not be represented 
by a beast, but by a horn, is that kingdoms symbo- 
lized by beasts must have each its own geographical 
limits. Thus, when the rest of the beasts had their 
dominion taken away, in the conquest of each by 
the other, "their lives were prolonged for a season 
and a time," 7:12. When the goat cast down the 
ram, broke its horns and stamped upon it, the ram 
was not destroyed but subjected-its horns also be- 
ing broken : Persia still continued to be represented 
by the ram, and Grecia by the goat-the relation 
which the former sustained to the latter being that 
of a conquered country. In harmony with this prin-
ciple, had it been designed here to represent the Ro-
man empire as a whole, we should have expected to 
find it eymbolizeal by a separate beast. But if it 
was designed to show only its agency within the 
Grecian territory,its representation by a beast would 
be manifestly incongruous ; and a horn remains its 
appropriate emblem. On this point Dr. Jarvis re-
marks : 
"Observe that it was not as the fourth great mon-
archy, denoted by the fourth beast, but simply as a 
horn of the goat, that the words of this vision can 
apply to Rome ; and consequently that none of Eu-
rope west or north of Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus 
and Greece, had anything to do with it," Jar. Ser.. 
p. 43. 
T. R. Birks,alsoaliough giving a subordinate ap-
plication to Antiochus, says that this horn has its 
true and proper fulfillment in the Eastern dominion 
of Rome," Later Visions, p. 187. And this, he 
says, is the interpretation of "Dr Zouch and Mr 
Cunningham." 
Questions by II. B. Woodcock-Answered. 
Brother Bliss :-Will you please admit the follow-
ing questions,and give them an early answer through 
your valuable paper ? 
Yours truly, 
WOODCOCK. 
1000 years, and after that be loosed again-and , 
that the restitution is in connection with the judg-
ment advent ? 
Ans. "The heavens and earth which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire 
against the day of judgment and perdition of un-
godly men," "Nevertheless we, according to his 
promise, took for a new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness," 2 Pet. 3 : 7, 13: 
"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, hav-
ing the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain, 
in his hand. And he laid hold ()lathe dragon, that 
old serpent, which is the Devil,andSatan,and bound 
him a thousand years. And cast him into the bot-
tomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon 
him, that he should deceive the nations no more,till 
the thousand years should he fulfilled ; and after 
that he must be loosed a little season." Rev. 20:1-3. 
6th. Is Satan to be loosed out of his pri;on to 
deceive the nations, and come up on the new earth, 
and gather an army that will cover the face of the 
earth as a cloud, and compass the camp of the saints 
about, , . . 1000 years after the restitution ? 
Ans. "And when the thousand years are expired, 
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go 
out to deceive the nations, which are in the four 
quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog"-the rest of 
the dead, who lived not again till the thousand 
years are ended, and so are raised at the time Satan 
is loosed-"to gather them together to battle : the 
number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And 
they," (did not cover the face of the earth as a. 
cloud, but,) "went up on the breadth of the earth,. 
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and 
the beloved city," (Rev. 20:7-9,) ; which city comes 
down only onto the new earth, Rev. 21:12, and 
this event,therefore, is 1000 years after the epoch of 
the restitution. 
7th. Will the curse of sin, the curse of war, and 
the curse of death, first or second, be continued on 
the earth after the judgment and the restitution ? 
If it will, when will it have an end ? 
Ans. Satan gathers the resurrected sinners togeth- 
er to 'battle against the resurrected saints, and they 
are permitted to encompass the beloved city ; with-
out which will be "dogs and sorcerers, and whore-
mongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoso-
ever loveth and maketh a lie," (Rev. 22:15) ; but 
there will be no battle, nor will the saints be in the 
least danger for "fire came down from God out of 
heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that de-
ceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brim-
stone, where the beast and false prophet are, and 
shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 
. . . This is the second death." Rev. 20:9-14. 
The first death, the last enemy of the righteous, 
ceases in respect to them at the first resurrection ; 
but the second death, to which the wicked are con-
signed, ends never. 
8th. If there is "only one visible advent of Christ 
yet future," will that one be at the first resurrec-
tion, or at the battle Rev. 19th, ur at the judgment 
Rev. 20th ? 
Ans. At all three-they being successive events 
at one and the same coming. 
9th, If at the first, will not "this same Jesus 
come in like manner as he went away ?" 
Ans. Yes, visibly and bodily, as he was seen to go 
into heaven, Acts 1:11. 
If at the second,will he not then be revealed from 
heaven in flaming fire, and at the head of the armies 
in heaven, taking vengeance on the beast . . and the 
false prophet, and on them that know not God,, and 
obey not his gospel ? 
Ans. So testifies the apostle, in 2 Thess. 1. 7-9. 
If at the third, will he not come seated on the 
throne of his glory, Matt. 25th,-the great white 
throne, Rev. 20 -to judge the world in righteous-
ness ; and will not the whole world, "small and 
great" then stand before Christ ? 
Ans. All the nations will be gathered before our 
Lord,when he shall come in his glory, (Matt. 25: 
31, 2 : And all the dead, small and great, will also 
be gathered before him, Rev. 20:22. 
10th. Does the promise that Christ will come in 
the clouds, and receive us to himself, include the 
coming of "the Lord our God, and all the saints 
with him ?" 
Ans. "We which are alive and remain" shall be 
caught up together with the "risen saints, "to meet 
the Lord in the air," 1 Thess. 4:17 ; then will fol-
low the conflagration and restitution ; and then will 
descend from, heaven, the Lord my God, and all the 
saints.with him,-the Lord and his Bride, the 
Lamb's wife,-"that great city, the holy Jerusa-
lem," around which the resurrected wicked, at the 
end of the 1000 years, thinking to take possession 
of Paradise restored, as Satan did of the Paradise 
lost ; but they will speedily-be banished thence and 
forever. 
11th. Do not the views of Adventists, set bounds 
to the times and seasons which the Father hath put 
in his own power ? 
Ans. Directly the reverse; as they seek to learn on_ 
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The inspired interpreter, says of the last named 
kingdoms, that "In the latter time of their king- 
dom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a 
king of fierce countenance and understanding dark 
sentences, shall-stand up. And his power shall be 
mighty, but not by his own power : and he shall 
destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and practice, 
and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to 
prosper in his hand ; and he shall magnify himself 
in his heart, and by peace:shall destroy many : he 
shall also stand up agaiust the Prince of princes ; 
but he shall be broken without hand," vs. 23-25. 
Thus far, in the general appplication of the sym-
bols of the book of Daniel, it has been our fortune 
to be in agreement with the great majority of 
commentators,both ancient and modern ; but in the 
interpretation of this "horn," the views of many of 
these from our's widely diverge : though even here, 
we shall show that we are not alone,-sustained as 
we are by cool and sagacious thinkers. 
The common and ancient. view, from which we 
dissent, is the application of this symbol to Antio-
chus Epiphanes ; who flourished about B. C. 150. 
Says Bishop Newton of this interpretation : 
"This little horn is by the generality of interpre-
ters, both Jewish and Christian, ancient and mod-
ern, supposed to mean Antiochus Epiphanes, king 
of Syria, who was a great enemy and persecutor 
of the Jews. So Josephus understands the prophe-
cy, and says that 'Our nation suffered these calami-
ties under Antiochus Epiphanes, as Daniel saw,and 
many years before wrote that things should come to 
pass.' In like manner St. Jerome explains it of 
Antiochus Epiphanes,and says that be fought against 
Ptolemy Philometer and the Egyptians, that is 
against the south ; and again against the east, and 
those who attempted a change of government in 
Persia ; and lastly he fought against the Jews, took 
Judea, entered into Jerusalem, and in the temple of 
God set the image of Jupiter Olympus.' With St. 
Jerome agree most of the ancient fathers, and mod-
ern divines and commentators ; but then they allow 
that Antiochus Epiphanes was a type of Antichrist." 
Dis. on Proph. pp. 23 6, 7. 
There were characteristics and circumstances,con-
nected with the reign of Antiochus, which gave to 
the above view some plausibility. It is not singu-
lar that the Jews, suffering the cruelties of this im-
pious monarch, should have made such an applica-
tion of this symbol ; nor need we be surprised that, 
having been thus applied, the view should continue 
during those periods of the Christian church, pre-
ceding the time of the end, during which portions, 
at least, of Daniel's prophecy were to be as "words 
closed up and sealed," 12:9. There is a natural de-
sire to find in the agents and events of the past, a 
fulfillment of all prophecy ; and previous to the oc-
currence of those actually foretold, it is not strange 
that predictions should be supposed to have had 
their fulfillment in agents and events which only 
agree in part with the required conditions. For a 
period, Antiochus alone in history bore any resem-
blance to this symbolization ; but the want of agree-
ment, between him and the symbol, is manifest in 
so many particulars, that the wonder is how any 
writer or ruder of prophecy, should entertain this 
exploded opinion. It was Sir Isaac Newton who, am tormented in this flame," Lnke 16:22-4. 
as Bishop Newton observes, "with that sagacity 
which was peculiar to him, and with which he pen-
etrated into Scripture as well as into nature, per-
ceived plainly that the little horn could not be drawn 
for Antiochus Epiphanes, but must be designed for 
some other subject." Ib. p. 247. 
Another application of this symboLis made by lat-
er expositors to the spiritual empire of Mahomet, 
or the great Apostacy of the east ; and this also is 
sustained with some plausibility. We are, however 
compelled to renounce its exclusive application to 
that power and, with Sir Isaac Newton, Bishop resurrection, Satan will be bound for a period of 
H. B. 
Connersville, Ind. Jan. 11. 1862. 
-4ns. • We 'give and answer them,-letting each 
answer follow the question asked. 
1st. Tf they that are Christ's are raised from the 
dead at his pre-millennial advent, what becomes of 
the rest of the dead ? 
Ans. "But the rest of the dead lived not again 
until the thousand years were finished," Rev. 20: 
2d. If Christ is then revealed from heaven in flam-
ing fire, taking vengeance on them that know not 
God, and obey not the gospel, will his wrath be 
poured out upon the living only, while the rest of 
the dead escape ? 
Ans. "As therefore the tares are gathered and 
burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this 
world : The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 
and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things 
that offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall 
cast them into a furnace of fire." Matt. 13:40-42. 
"The rich man also died, and was buried, and in 
hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and 
seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom, 
and he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mer-
cy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the 
tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I 
5. 
3d. Will the rest of the dead ever have a resur-
rection ; and if they will, when ? 
Ans. See answer to Q. 2. 
4th. If the pre-millennial advent is the "judgment 
advent," will the rest of the dead have a resurrec-
tion 1000 years after the judgment ? and if so how 
can they ever "stand before the judgment seat of 
Christ ?" 
Ans. See Ans. to Q. 2. 
5th. Do we not learn from Revelation 20th, that 
in connection with the second advent, and the first 
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times and I pleasure to give you the kingdom. He is faithful 
ED. 
who said : "I will never leave thee, nor forsake 
thee :" "Lo I am with you always, even unto the 
end of the world." 
Will you have the kindness to give your views on 
1 Cor. 15 : 24-26? 
Your in hope, 
Pickering, C. W. 
REMARKS.-"Then cometh the end," that is at 
Christ's coming : who rescues the kingdom of this 
world from Satan's usurped dominion,putting down 
all opposing rule and restoring it to God the Father, 
who will at that epoch place the Son in its everlast-
ing possession. The phrase "deliver up," has not 
in the original, according to Prof. Bush and others, 
the sense of surrender or relinquish, but of rescue or 
deliverance,as a slave is delivered from bondage. As 
He reigns till all enemies are put under his feet, it 
follows that he will ever reign ; for with all enemies 
subdued, there will be nothing to dispute his reign, 
-the same as when it is said that Saul's daughter 
"bare no child until the clay of her death," it follows 
that she never bore any ; and numerous other like 
examples of Scriptural usage might be quoted. 
The "destruction of the last enemy" is the recov-
ery from the power of death. It is of Christians 
that we understand this is spoken-death being te 
condition that is destroyed in respect to,and the last 
enemy who will have no dominion over them ; and 
this power terminates at Christ's coming. The wick-
led will be under the dominion of death forever-of 
the second death ; which, consequently, in respect 
to them will never be destroyed, as its destruction 
would result in their salvation. 
True Faith. 
Bro. Bliss :-I want to ask you one question, in 
regard to one subject, which has perplexed me not a 
little. Is it absolutely necessary to have a right 
faith and hope, in order to be saved? or in other 
words, .to be more specific, must every Christian's 
faith and hope be according to God's will and plan, 
in order to be saved? 
1. know, all of such a faith 
and hope, will be saved. The pith of the inquiry 
is this, Can those that have a faith and hope con-
trary to God's purpose be saved ? I find that our 
faith and hope, is entirely different from the great 
ly what the Father hath rerealtd of the 
seasons, over which he has power. 
To "A Seeker for Truth." 
A correspondent, dating "Battle Creek, Mich," 
giving a name that we do not find in our list of sub-
scribers, writes over the above signature his reasons 
for considering the text, of Luke 23: 29-43, an in-
terpolation. As the nature of these will be seen 
by our answers, it will not be necessary to present 
them in full. And, 
The fact that Luke is the only writer in the 
New Testament who records that scripture, weighs 
nothing against its genuineness ; for a single witness 
of undoubted veracity, or writing under inspiration, 
is as good as a thousand If we might reject any 
thing in the scriptures that is only once affirmed, 
there is very much that might be stricken from that 
volume. 
There is no conflict of testimony between Luke 
and the two preceding Evangelists. It may be true, 
as Matthew states, that "the thieves," or as Mark, 
that "they that were crucified with him reviled" 
our Lord ; and yet it would not follow that,in those 
long hours of agony on the cross, one of those revil-
ers did not see his folly and learn to behold the Sa-
vior of sinners in his fellow sufferer, repent of his re-
vilings and of his many transgressions, and after-
wards rebuke the other thief for his continued up-
braidings, and look to the Savior for remembrance 
when he should come, in his kingdom. 
The dying penitent gives expression to no 
kno sledge of the future, that is not clearly contain-
ed in previous scriptures, or that Christ had not 
freely uttered in the ears of the populace. However 
little, therefore, the disciples or others might ap-
pear to know, there is nothing incredible in the 
supposition that the thief knew of the expectation of 
the kingdom at the revelation of the Messiah. 
Finally. The fact of the thief's repentance at 
the last moment, is not "set forth as an example" 
for others,but is given asian instance of the salvation 
of one in the extremity of peril, by Him who came 
to pardon the chiefest of sinners, the vilest of offen-
ders who accept of his gracious offer and exercise 
faith in him. It has been happily said that we have 
one such instance, so that no one need despair ; and 
only one, so that no one need presume to delay re-
pentance to such a moment. 
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From Bro. J. Pearce. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-The war clouds are looking 
very black. It is remarkable what preparations 
England has been making within the last few weeks. 
Since the surrender of Mason and Slidell the excite-
ment has somewhat abated ; and, unless England 
has some other pretext, I think this will blow over. 
Our Father is at the helm. He has his own counsels 
to fulfill and purposes to accomplish. He will do 
all thirigs in his own good time and manner. He 
has a controversy with the nations, and who can 
say that it has not begun? May God grant that we 
and our's may be hid in the day of the Lord's an-
ger. Fear not, little flock ; it is your Father's good 
majority of professing Christians. Your answer is 
asked, if you think it proper. S. I. II. 
It is necessary, in order to be saved, to have a 
correct faith about certain things ; whilst in respect 
to other things a man may be honestly in error, and 
yet be saved. All error takes from the harmony of 
truth, leaves its subject proportionally in the dark, 
and interferes with growth in grace. Many errorists 
will be saved, though itometimes only as by fire.-
We do know, however, that whosoever believeth in 
the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved-although in 
tae dark on some other subjects. ED. 
"The beloved Physician." 
We are indebted to our friend and former pastor, 
Rev. 0. E. Daggett D. D. of Canandaigua N.Y. for 
an interesting discourse,with the above title, preach-
ed at the funeral of Edson Carr M. D. of that place, 
on the first day of the closing month of last year. 
We quote the closing portion of the discourse : 
"When any arm of flesh on which we lean is re-
moved,the more must we feel our dependence,and the 
insufficiency of every thing human for our wants. 
The inure then let us look to Him in whose hand our 
breath is, and whose are all our ways. The more 
promptly and earnestly let us repair to that divine 
Physician, who went about doing good, and is 'the 
same yesterday and to day and for ever.' Think how 
'himself took our infirmities, and bare our sickness-
es ;' what burdens He removed from others, and 
took upon himself ; how He raised the dead to life, 
and brought eternal life to the soul ; how He died 
for our sins,and rose again ; what promises and aids 
He gave his followers,who when they die, go to him 
in Paradise, and whom Godj will bring with Him. 
Amidst all our sorrows and our sins, who of us will 
not hasten to this refuge? Oh that we all may 
'know the fellowship of his sufferings' and 'the pow-
er of his resurrection !' Surely 'here have we no 
continuing city :' if 'we seek one to come,' let us 
prepare for it more earnestly ; and if any of us have 
lightly esteemed it before, let them set out for it to 
day. The innumerable company who have fallen 
asleep in Jesus, to whom we doubt not this dear 
brother is now joined, invite us to their pilgrimage 
and home,to their Lord and ours,to the Resurrection 
and the Life.' " 
A Poisoned River. 
"Doth a fountain send forth at the same Place 
sweet water and bitter ?" James. 3:11. 
An English paper gives the following account of 
the poisoning of a whole river : 
"The river Ribble, an English stream was lately 
deprived of every fish living in its waters, by the 
gas company at Settle having emptied the contents 
of a gasometer into it. The mischief was done in a 
single night. From the town of Settle to the riv-
er's mouth, about fifty miles, every fish, large and 
small, died. Through towns and vilages, broad es-
tates and parks, the rich pasture of Craven, and the 
quiet valleys of Bollard,the sad tidings spread among 
the inhabitants. Little work was done that day-
time inhabitants had enough to do in drawing the 
fish to land. It was a melancholy sight.-Hundreds 
of pounds weight of salmon and trout were taken 
out dead, their very flesh reeking of the poisonous 
gas, which unfitted them even for the purposes of 
manure. Not a tittlebat, roach, or even eel, had 
survived. The fish lie like pebbles at the bottom,-
Through some of the river's best preserves, the ex-
penses of care and years have thus been utterly thrown 
away, and what is worse, the enjoyment and partial 
living of hundreds of the inhabitants along the un-
preserved course of this beautiful river are destroy-
ed." 
It would seem from the above, that death cover-
ed the finny tribes even as the water's cover the riv-
er's bed. It is the same with the river of human 
life. The stream was poisoned in Adam ; and from 
that corrupted fountain its flow has carried only 
death and desolation through its entire course. 
Another stream, however, has flowed from under 
the sanctuary, "and it shall come to pass that 
everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoev-
er the rivers shall come, shall live." 
A WARNING. The Boston Journal states that, 
"A respectable farmer and church goer of East Ha-
ven, at the commencement of the year, caused his 
newspaper to be discontinued as a measure of econo-
my. As a natural consequence he soon lost his 
reckoning ; and last Sunday morning commenced a 
vigorous attack upon his wood-pile, fully believing 
it was Saturday. lie did not discover his mistake 
till he saw his neighbors passing for church, when 
he became so shocked at his involuntary desecration 
of the Sabbath that he immediately expressed a de-
termination to renew his subscription without delay." 
However true the above may be, we always feel, 
when any one needlessly orders the discontinuance 
of the Herald, that it is an indication of a loss of 
spirituality. For the more dear to any one the cause 
of Christ is, so much the more pleasure will he giv-
en by the evidence of his near coming. 
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Bible Questions and Answers. 
"The Voice said, Cry. And he said, What 
shall I cry ?" 
Ans. "All flesh is grass, and all goodliness there-
of is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, 
the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the 
Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. 
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the 
word of our God shall stand forever," Isa. 40 : 6-
8 
"Cease ye from man, whose breath is in .his 
nostrils ; for wherein is he to be accounted of?" Isa. 
2 : 22. 
Ans. "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the 
Son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath 
goeth forth, he returneth to his earth ; in that very 
day his thoughts perish," Psa. 146: 3, 4. 
"Is there not an appointed time to man up-
on the earth? art not his days also like the days of 
an hireling ?" 
Ans. "As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, 
and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his 
work, so am I made to possess months of vanity and 
wearisome nights are appointed unto me." Job 7 : 
1-3. 
117. "There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, 
that it will sprout again,and that the tender branch 
will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in 
the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and 
bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth,and 
wasteth away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, and 
where is he ?" Job 14 : 7-10. 
Ans. "As the waters fail from the sea, and 
the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth 
down, and riseth not : till the heavens be no more, 
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their 
sleep." vs. 11, 12. 
"Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth 
upward,and the spirit of the beast that goeth down-
ward to the earth ?" Eccl. 3 : 21. 
Ans. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as 
it was : and the spirit shall return to God who gave 
it," Eccl. 12 7. 
"If a man die, shall he live again ?" 
Ans. "All the days of my appointed time will I 
wait till my change come," Job 14: 14. "For I 
know that my Redeemer liveth and that He shall 
stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though 
after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my 
flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself 
and mine eyes shall behold,and not another : though 
my reins be consumed within me." Job. 19: 25-27. 
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" Gal. 3 to 1 Th. 5 
" 2 Th. 1 to Iieb. 6 
" Heb. 7 to 1 John 3 
" 1 John 4 " Rev 18 
" Rev. 19 to Gen 9 
THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. This expedition ,which 
we had not heard from at the issue of the last Her-
ald, appears to have been disastrous, as will be seen, 
by intelligence from it in another column. The dis-
aster, however, is much less than was at first feared. 
We are pleased with a remark of Gen. Burnside, 
made in the midst of the storm : "God holds me in 
his palm, and all will yet be will." It will probe-
ably be some days before the fleet can be put into 
working trim. In the mean time the soil of the south 
is such a vast mortar bed, that it must require some 
weeks for the roads to be so settled as to make an 
advance of the army any where practicable. 
THE ENGLISH QUESTION. The affair of Mason and 
Slidell appears to be happily terminated. In a dis-
patch to Lord Lyons the British Minister at Wash-
ington, Lord Russell the British Premier says : 
"Her Majesty's Government having carefully taken 
into their consideration the liberation of the prison-
ers, the delivery of them into your hands, and the 
explanations to which I have just referred, have 
arrived at the conclusion that they constitute the 
reparation which her Majesty and the British na-
tion has a right to expect. 
"It gives her Majesty's Government great satisfac-
tion to be enabled to arrive at a conclusion favorable 
to the maintenance of the most friendly relations be-
tween the two nations. " 
Washington, Feb. 2. Notwithstanding the alarms 
and croakings of some of the foreign journals and 
letters writers about the stone blockade and other 
similar reports, the dispatches received at the State 
Department are regarded vs conclusive of a complete 
restoration of the entente cordiale between the Uni-
ted States and Great Britain, and of the best possi-
ble understanding with the governments of France, 
Italy and other continental States. Yesterday Sec-
retary Seward and Lord Lyons exchanged congratu-
lations on the adjustment of the Trent affair, in a 
spirit similar to that which, in the same case, ani-
mated Earl Russell and Minister Adams. 
"The rumors which, it is represented, threw New 
York into a panic yesterday, are regarded here as 
inventions of the secessionists in London and Paris. 
The communications which have been received from 
Great Britain and France,as well as other European 
States, by the two last steamers, are more frank and 
cordial than any since the insurrection began. 
"The Secretary of State on Friday directed the 
release from Fort Lafayette of all the persons taken 
from on board of insurgent armed vessels, which or-
der has been executed." 
To Correspondents. 
Sister M. Salt. Thank you for a new subscriber. 
Sister R. Kitchen. You also are entitled to our 
thanks for a like favor. May farther efforts in the 
same direction be successful. 
W. S. Cutting. Will give in the next Herald 
our exposition of the two-horned beast. 
We are indebted to our agent in Great Britain, 
Richard Robertson Esq. of London, for the January 
number of the London Quarterly Journal of Proph-
ecy, in which we have marked several articles that 
will be of interest to our readers ; and also for a 
copy of the London Illustrated News,which is main-
ly devoted to the obsequies of the late Prince Albert.r 
Eld. I. E. Jones. 
We have frequent inquiries respecting the where-
abouts of one and another of the old friends of the 
Advent Cause. Of Eld. Jones we had not heard 
for some years, until Eld. Bosworth told us a few 
days since that he in the fall, found him residing in 
Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. A letter from him dated 
Jany.14, 1862,which appears in the Crieis,gives his 
view of the present aspect as follows : 
"I have preached considerably for a few months 
past on the preparations for the great battle of the 
day of God Almighty. I thin thek storm began in 
'48. Then came the Crimean war, in which over 
400,000 perished ; next the great East Indian war; 
then the Italian war ; now our own great,and great-
er war ; and soon Europe will be all ablaze, involv-
ing 'the kings of the rising sun.' Thus war follows 
war, rising higher and becoming more boisterous as 
we near the shore. There is a dark future before us, 
'a day of darkness and gloominess, as the clouds 
spread upon the mountains.' Our rulers seem to be 
seized by a fatal blindness. The ancients had an ad-
age, 'Whom the gods design to destroy, they first 
made mad.' " 
DEATH OF DR. N. SMITH. 
By an obituary notice 
in another column, it will he seen that Dr. Nicho-
las Smith, a physician and preacher, has fallen 
asleep, as we trust,in Jesus. He was ever a firm and 
consistent advocate of the hope of Israel, was al-
ways present at the annual conference, and a con-
stant patron of the Herald, till failing health and 
want of means compelled him to relinquish it with 
the beginning of the present year. A good friend, 
however, supplied the means for its renewal, and it 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
...MEMNON, 
L.O. 
but little worth. And I feel willing to forego many 
comforts of this life for the good of that holy cause 
with which we are and have been identified for ma-
ny years. I love the Lord Jesus whom I serve from 
my forefathers. I love the kingdom of God for 
which we wait. I love the church of God, for 
-whose prosperity and 'sanctification we labor and 
suffer. I love the sinner and a lost world for whom 
a Saviour bled and died ; therefore I welcome toil, 
labor, care, and sacrifice, fur the furtherance and 
good of God's cause and the welfare of my fellow 
men bound to a speedy judgment at the great day. 
Oh, I hope, my dear brother, that we shall endure 
faithful to our mission and work unto the end; and 
so I hope concerning all our beloved brethren and 
sisters of " like precious faith," that we may meet 
in the kingdom of God at last, where there is rest 
and reward. 1 often sing" the Faithful Sentinel," 
and take courage, striving to be at my post, until 
death, or the coming of our Redeemer. 
Your brother in labor and hope, 
0. R. FASSETT. 
From Bro. H. Sturdevant. 
Bro. Bliss :—The Herald ought to be supported 
above all other papers printed in the United States. 
It is one of the most valuable religious papers pub-
lished in the world. The Lord be with you, is my 
humble prayer. Very affectionately your brother 
in the Lord, 
HENRY STURDEVANT. 
Ravenna, 0., Dec. 25, 1861. 
From Bro. 11. Harriman. 
Bro. Bliss :—May all true Advent believers, who 
have the means, arise in their might and raise the 
required sum without delay. Christ says, Occupy 
till I come ; which, I trust, we are all longing and 
looking for. For unto them that look for him shall 
he appear the second time, without a sin-offering, 
unto salvation. Let all be stimulated to bear their 
part, as well as to expect to wear the crown. May 
God enable us all to see and learn our duty, and 
enable us to perform it, in the fear of God. 
I am about alone in this town, with none to sym-
pathize with me in my Advent opinions. I but sel-
dom hear any Advent preaching that comes up to 
the Bible standard, in my opinion. 
Yours looking for that blessed hope, 
HIRAM HARRIMAN. 
Georgetown, Dec. 23, 1861. 
In connection with the above, our brother asks 
advice on a point of duty. Our advice is to follow 
the last of the two suggestions named. 
From Bro. Wm. Baker. 
Bro. Bliss :—There are none in this place who be-
lieve in the speedy return of the nobleman, but my 
wife and myself. Even to quote scripture on the 
point, is the greatest damper that can be used in 
meeting ; but I cannot refrain from this, till the 
passage is struck from the word of God, which says 
" Exhort one another ; and so much the more as ye 
see the day approaching." 
From Bro. Cyril Parker. 
Bro. Bliss :—I shall have taken the Advent Her-
ald twenty years come the first of January ; and I 
have received much light and instruction through 
this valuable medium ; for which I shall ever feel 
grateful to God. 
CYRIL PARKER. 
South Coventry, Ct., Dec. 28, 1861. 
From Bro. Geo. Locke. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—You have made the Herald 
very interesting to me ; and* my prayer is that it 
may be sustained. 
The Herald has been made interesting by such ar-
ticles as, "Occupy till I Come," "The Restitution," 
" Signs of the Times," " The Voice of the Church 
on the Restitution," " Bible Questions and An-
swers," " The Import of the word Hell," " The 
Voice of the Church on the State of the Dead, in 
answer to Brn. Orrock and Litch," " Important 
Truths," " The Phenomena of Life," &c. 
GEO. LOCKE. 
Loudon, N. 11., Dec. 31, 1861. 
Rome, Me., Jan. 27, 1862. 
Rochester, Vt., Dec. 24, 1861. 
WM. BAKER. 
ED. 
ald. Your names are wanted, to fill up that space, 
and against your names an amount which will give 
you a clear conscience whenever you look at it, be it 
the widow's mite, or the larger gifts of abundance. 
Your names are wanted immediately, for that space 
ought to be filled up, or else it will make us all ner-
vous, like a long pause in a prayermeeting. You 
that have the ability, have here a grand opportunity 
to show how much you are. interested in the Scrip-
ture truth of Christ's immediate personal coming. 
Read the following, taken from the last New York 
Independent. 
" NEW SUBSCRIBERS. It is very natural, under 
the circumstances, that our friends, as usual at this 
season of the year, should be anxious to know the 
facts in regard to our prosperity. In answer to nu-
merous inquiries, we cheerfully give the following. 
During the week ending on Saturday last, our Pub-
lisher received six hundred and seventy-one new 
subscribers. During the month, up to the same 
date, the total number received has been three thou-
sand one hundred and sixty-six—all new names not 
previously on our books.. In consequence of the 
great stagnation of business, our advertising, al-
though yet large compared with other weekly relig 
ions newspapers, has fallen off considerably. Our 
total cash receipts, however, have been much larger 
this month than ever before in January." 
Now ask yourself the question, shall our paper 
go a begging, when other papers are so abundantly 
sustained ? I am aware, the times are hard, and 
in many instances it is difficult to obtain money ; 
but there are means enough among the friends and 
subscribers of the Herald, to publish twenty such 
papers, and means that might easily be spared.—
Think of the millions that have been poured into 
the treasury of this nation, to put down a local re-
bellion ; and then think of the catholic and eternal 
interests involved in our cause, and which so ur-
gently call for a little of your perishable substance. 
Come, brethren and friends, provoke each other to 
love and good works, by a ready and liberal res-
ponse, which shall be a satisfactory proof that your 
love for this cause is not in word only, but also in 
deed and in truth. " God loveth a cheerful giver." 
" Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in faith, 
and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, 
and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this 
grace also, I speak not by commandment, but by 
occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove 
the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, 
yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through 
his poverty might be rich." 
From Bro. 0. R. Fassett. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—Thank you for your kind note 
in the end of your letter. I am happy to be remem-
bered by the friends in Boston, whom I esteem 
greatly in the Lord. 
You will perceive from the place and date of my 
letter that I am now in Rome as I write—not Rome 
the former and ancient capital of the old Roman 
Empire, the fourth and last great earthly monarchy 
of this world, the seat of the Cmsars, and the mod-
ern enthroned Antichrist and the Popedom !—but 
Rome, "down East," in the state of Maine. Here 
I am to-day shut in by a severe northeast snow-
storm, blockading all my efforts to preach unto the 
people " the word of the kingdom ;" and where 
some, no doubt, are glad it is so—as I have come to 
be regarded " the great proselyter" of our faith in 
this state since my appointment to our state mis-
sion ; while others, and many, are greatly disap- 
pointed because they cannot hear. After our Vien-
na conference, I accompanied to this place Elder 
Lombard a few weeks since ; and the people being 
interested to bear more, urged my return among 
them to hold a protracted effort ; and so I am in 
this placo again ; but I fear that I shall not be able 
to gather the people in many meetings before my 
time appointed to leave. 1 am on a tour further 
east, according to the following appointments : —
Bristol, Feb. 1st to 4th, Lincolnville 6th to 9th, 
Rockport 10th and 11th, Searsport 12th and 13th, 
Bangor 14th to 16th, Augusta 20th to 23d. My 
mission labor calls me much from home, and con- 
 
EDWIN BURNIIA3I. stantly employed, in all states of the weather, in 
We are obliged to our brother for the interest either traveling, visiting from house to house, dis-
shown in the above, and shall be pleased to hear tributing tracts, conversing and praying with the 
from the remaining two hundred and ninety-nine. people, and preaching the word of life, and other 
 
ED. duties connected with our mission. So far my health 
has been quite good, and I have endured the exper-
ience very. well. The most unpleasant part of my 
mission is to be absent frOm home so constantly. I 
love the endearments of home, and like to be with 
my family to enjoy the pleasures of the family cir-
cle, and the comforts of the family board and fire-
side. Especially I would be glad to be at home on 
the sabbath and enjoy the privilege of our family 
altar on the close of that sacred day. When more 
than on all others I can anticipate the joy of that 
sabbath rest that remains for the people of God.—
But a cause that is not worth some sacrifices is of 
From Bro. G. W. Chisman. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—My portion of wheat comes 
regularly every week ; And though the times be 
hard, and money hard to raise; I feel that I cannot 
do without the Herald. I have taken it ever since 
it was published ; and I intend to take it so long as 
I live, should it be published, and I can pay for it. 
Yours, looking for the establishment of God's ever-
lasting kingdom at the resurrection of the just, 
G. W. Cnessiaei. 
Aurora, Ind., Dec. 25, 1861. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Ilerald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
From Bro. Edwin Burnham. 
Bro. Bliss :—I sit me down this morning to write 
to you with sad feelings. My sad feelings are on 
behalf of your paper—the Herald. It seems to me 
strange that a paper so correct and consistent in its 
work should he a weekly beggar ! (Pardon the ex-
pression.) I cannot rest quiet to have it so. The 
Herald has done a great and good work. I was per-
mitted to see and read it at its birth, in its infancy, 
childhood, and mature years, all along until now. I 
have not always agreed with its expressed senti 
ments, yet I have ever had a desire for its righteous 
and consistent prosperity. You and I have had some 
sharp talk through it as a medium, but I love it 
none the less for that. It has had its dark days and 
its bright days, but still it lives—barely ! Its face 
has sometimes looked kind, and sometimes cross,and 
now it looks really mournful. I think I see a pecu-
liar paleness about the mouth, as it keeps murmur-
ing the word MONEY, MONEY, money ! What shall 
be done? Shall it live? Shall it die ? Has it not 
yet a work to perform ? Other papers have their 
work—let them do it. But the Herald has a pecu-
liar work of its own. We who look for Christ need 
it. The people at large need it. The church of 
Christ needs it. It must not die. Will not the 
hearts of the good and the true make one more, and 
a final effort? I propose one mighty effort more.—
Let three hundred (300) persons stand good for the 
amount of ten dollars ($10) each, as a sinking fund, 
to give it a permanent existence, to be paid in when-
ever the Editor shall personally send them the de-
mand. This will put it on a firm financial founda-
tion. Cannot such a number be found ? It seems 
to me as many preachers as one hundred (100) 
might come forward to this end. Come, my breth-
ren, come this once to the rescue ! What is money 
for, if it be not for the cause of God and truth ? 
What good will our money do us in a little time 
from this, if it be not appropriated to the cause of 
Christ? We have our work to do. It is our work 
to cry, in all consistent ways, Behold He cometh ! 
I feel bound to this work. I must do my part of it 
or perish under the stroke of Divine displeasure. I 
cannot turn aside. ' I have opened my mouth unto 
God, and I cannot go back." It has seemed to me 
to be my duty to stand in the condition of an " In-
dependent Evangelist," that I might, among all 
classes, freely proclaim this great truth. Some of 
my friends take exceptions to this course, and make 
unkind remarks, but I am doing what I believe to 
be my duty, and they must settle with the Master. 
I am ready to harness with you in all effort consis-
tent, both of verbal and printed proclamation of 
this last message of God to man. Poor as I am I 
will be the first on the list of the three hundred ten 
dollar men. Where are the two hundred and nine-
ty-nine (299) others? Will they not come up ? 
EDWIN BURNHAM. 
We, the undersigned, promise to pay, on the de- 
mand of the Editor of the Advent Herald, publish-
ed in Boston, Mass., the sum of ten dollars each 
($10) to support the financial existence of said pa-
'per, into a fund 'which shall be called The Sinking 
Fund of the Advent Herald, when the names of 
three hundred (300) responsible persons shall be 
pledged to this object. 
-voesmrrwrrnar,momncrveramminim 
Front Bro. J. Cady. 
Bro. Bliss :—The Herald is a welcome visitor. 
We should not know how to do without it. We 
have been here,ahnost 12 years, and have not heard 
an Advent sermon since we came, only from those 
who believe in . . . I have often wished some good 
Advent minister of the old stamp would come this 
way, and preach the gospel in its purity. 
JACOB CADY. 
Poysippi, Wis., Jan. 5, '62. 
From Bro. E. A. Town. 
Bro. Bliss :—We have no Advent preaching only 
once or twice a year, and the Herald is to me nearly 
what the star of the East was to the dear followers 
of our blessed Lord. 
I am yours in hope of a residence on the new 
earth, 
ELISHA A. TOWN. 
Stow, Dec. 31, 1861. 
From Bro. M. Cheney. 
Bro. Bliss :—I hope and pray that the Herald 
may be continued to the end, which I think we 
have every reason to believe is near. 
I love to contemplate, and I try to realize the aw-
sul sublimity of, and the glory that will follow, the 
announcement of the " voices in heaven "—giving 
the kingdoms of this world to our Divine Lord and 
Saviour ; who will from thence reign King of kings 
with all his redeemed saints. 0 may the Lord help 
me through grace to be then found of the number. 
Yours truly, in hope of " a better resurrection," 
MOSES CIIENEY. 
Holderness, Dec. 25, 1861. 
From sister B. E. Thompson. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—Since I have been called to 
part with my beloved husband, I have felt truly, 
" I'm a lonely trav'ler here ;" 
and being alone in the Advent faith in this place, I 
often sigh fur the precious privileges I have enjoyed 
in former years, of meeting with those of like pre-
cious faith ; for, truly, the near coming of my Sav-
iour and the resurrection of the dead, were never so 
precious---though I have been identified with the 
Advent people since 1843, when I fully embraced 
this faith under the labors of brother R. Hutchin-
son, of Canada. Next to the Bible, do I prize the 
Advent Herald. I feel that I cannot do without it. 
I enclose two dollars, that I received unexpectedly 
from the hand of a brother, who gave as a reason 
for presenting it, that he believed in James' religion 
of visiting the fatherless and widows in their afflic-
tion ; and so I thought, This is sacred, I will send 
it to the Herald office, with many prayers that the 
Herald may be sustained. 
I am your humble friend and sister in the blessed 
hope, though in deep affliction, 
B. E. THOMPSON. 
Northfield, Vt., Dec. 25, 1861. 
From Bro. J. L. Clapp. 
Bro. Bliss :—We have had no meetings here since 
the first of November, but shall commence again 
with the new year. There is some prospect of get-
ting a new subscriber soon for the Herald. I hope 
I shall succeed. But the war spirit seems to swal-
low up every thing else. All war news is eagerly 
sought after ; but the news of the soon coming 
King is little thought of. Yet there is a remnant 
here, according to the election of grace, I trust,that 
will run to the end of the race and win the prize. 
Yours, 
J. L. CLAPP. 
Homer, N. Y., Dec. 25, '61. 
Front Bro. L. Morton. 
Mr. Bliss :—I wish your explanation in relation 
to the 38th and 39th chapters of Ezekiel—whether 
they have been fulfilled or not. If they have,when? 
If they have not, when will they be fulfilled ? 
L. MORTON. 
E. Whately, Mass., Dec. 26, 1861. 
This is one of the portions of scripture respecting 
which we have no interpretation satisfactory to our-
self. And we do not think it safe to write upon 
that of which we fail to get a view that we are wil- 
ling to endorse. 
ED. 
Stanzas. 
Hasten, Christian, on thy journey, 
Though there's lions in the way ; 
Even though Apollyon meet thee, 
Christ will be thy help and stay. 
Soldier ! when the battle rages, 
Gird thine armor on, 
Lo the unconquered, is thy leader ; 
Let thy fears be gone. 
Voyager o'er life's troubled ocean, 
Does thy courage fail? 
Do the storms that shake thy vessel 
Make thy spirit quail? 
Do the surging billows daunt thee? 
Sweeping o'er thy barque, 
Providence, Jan. 25. 
That Column. 
In looking over the last Herald, my attention was 
attracted to the third column of the last page,where 
a blank is left. The inquiry instantly started in my 
mind, Why that blank space? The heading says, 
" Annual Donations." Then the Editor intimates 
the necessity of raising $500 or $600 a year, by 
annual subscription, for the purpose of relieving 
the A.MA. and enabling it, without embarrassment 
or anxiety, to publish its organ. This blank, then, 
is an appeal to you, friends and patrons of the Her- 
THE ADVEN T HERALD 
.47 
Does the mournful dirge, they chant thee, 
Make thy way seem dark ? 
Is there o'er thy pathway gleaming 
No bright beacon ray? 
Do the shining ones ne'er whisper 
Of a brighter day ? 
When the weary voyage is ended, 
When the struggle's o'er, 
When the poor and unbefriended, 
Gain the shining shore ? 
E. S. A. 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, in Hallowell, Me., Jan. 19th, 1862, Dr. 
NICHOLAS SMITH, aged 70 years. 
Thus we are called to mourn the loss of one of 
the most faithful and useful men of the age. Our 
dear brother Smith was a very robust and healthy 
man, until about four years ago, when he was disa-
bled by paralysis of the heart, followed by dropsy 
in the chest, since which time he has been unable to 
do much active service : often very ill, but generally 
able to look after the wants of his family, and some-
times to visit the brethren abroad. About five weeks 
before his death he grew much worse, and his suf-
ferings were very great, most of the time, until a 
few hours previous to his death, when they became 
less severe, and he fell asleep in Jesus at 2 o'clock, 
Sunday P. M., to rest in death until the resurrec-
tion of the just. By this death, a widow, three 
daughters, and a large circle of relatives and friends, 
are left to mourn the loss of a kind Christian hus-
band, father, brother, and friend-one worthy to be 
called a Christian, whose godly life and examples 
titre Worthy of imitation. The church has also lost 
The society, counsels, instruction, and influence of 
at Elder indeed-a father in Israel. I may there-
fore be indulged in giving a few words of his past 
history. 
Bro. Smith was blessed with a more than common 
mind. He was studious, capable of great endur-
ance, unassuming, unconscious of his own mental 
ability, cautious in his decisions, determined in his 
purposes, careful and judicious in his counsels.-
Some thirty years ago he acted a very prominent 
and important part in the rise and progress of the 
reformed system of medical practice, during which 
he obtained a very high reputation throughout 
Maine, as a physician and medical adviser, which 
drew around him many physicians and students for 
instruction, and an extensive patronage of the sick, 
for help. In the midst of all this laudable toil,and 
worldly ambition, with political reputation which 
he had also gained, the Lord brought him to fully 
realize his lost condition in a lukewarm religious 
state. Though moral, temperate, an anti-slavery 
man, a church member in good standing, yet he was 
unsaved. He counted the cost, gave up all for 
Christ, covenanted with him anew to follow him in 
all things for life. This covenant he faithfully kept 
until death. I have been more intimately acquain-
ted and associated with him than any other man, 
for twenty years. He feared God always, lived in 
intimate communion with Christ, and fellowship 
with his people. He had enemies, but they were 
sectarian enemies, who could not meet his argu-
ments, and would not accept the truth. When they 
sought his ruin, he bore it patiently, and soon lived 
it down. In 1842, he heard the message of Christ's 
soon coming, and after several months' careful in-
vestigation, lie embraced it with all his heart, and 
enlisted to show it to others, amid the scorn and de-
rision of many. When he saw that man was un-
conscious in death, that the wicked were to be con-
sumed out of the earth finally, and learned God's 
plan of redeeming his people from death, and the 
earth from the curse, his heart bounded with joy 
unspeakable. There was harmony and beauty in 
the word of God, which he could comprehend, and 
the Bible became to him a new book. His interest 
in politics at once vanished, his strong hold on med-
ical honors relaxed, and he applied himself with all 
his heart to walk with God, and extend a knowledge 
of his word to all about him. His time and money 
(beyond the support of his family) went to spread 
the truth of the soon coming of Christ, by the cir-
culation of books, tracts, papers, and sustaining of 
meetings. When the Methodist church refused to 
allow the doctrine of Christ's soon coming taught 
among them, he left it to follow Christ. His house 
was a place for meetings, where many have been 
converted to Christ, and many Christians embraced 
the gospel hope. About twelve years ago he com-
menced public preaching, and has traveled and la-
bored in about thirty towns, as well as at home,-
much of the time in company with me. In these 
labors, great good has been accomplished in instruc-
ting and building up many in Christ. There are 
hundreds who have been greatly blessed through his 
instrumentality, and who will mourn his loss. His 
heart was imbued with the spirit of Christ, and he 
labored with a zeal worthy of the cause. Few are 
the men that were us well acquainted with the Bible 
as he. 
A few chip before his death he sent for me to 
come and remain with him until his death, and then 
attend his funeral. I did so. And although it was 
sad to witness his extreme sufferings, and to think 
he was dying, yet it was a great pleasure to minis-
ter to his wants, to see his patience and strong con-
fidence in Christ, and hear him often quoting choice 
passages of scripture, and hymns. Be enquired 
particularly how the cause prospered in various pla-
ces, how the brethren were living, &c. He re-
marked, " I have been preaching the Lord is soon 
coming. I am glad I preached it just as I have. It 
is God's truth." Again, " Tell the brethren, when 
I am dead, I died in the faith I preached, and hope 
soon to be raised up to meet them in the first resur-
rection." In this hope he fell asleep. His funeral 
was on Tuesday the 21st, when we read many selec-
tions of scripture pertaining to our hope, and fol-
lowed them by remarks intended to comfort the be-
reaved family "with these words." Bro. I. Wight 
assisted in the services. Many friends were present. 
May the Lord bless the lonely family and relatives, 
and prepare each to enter the soon coming kingdom 
of Christ, where death will not be known. 
I. C. WELLCOME. 
Richmond, Me., Jan. 25, 1862. 
AD VERTISEMENTS. 
Memoirs of William Miller. 
By the author of the Time of the End-excepting 
the first three chapters, which were by the pen of 
another. pp. 426. Price, post paid, 75 cts. 
Few men have been more diversely regarded than 
William Miller. While those who knew him, es-
teemed him as a man of more than ordinary mental 
power, as a cool, sagacious and honest reasoner, an 
humble and devoted Christian, a kind and affection-
ate friend, and a man of great moral and social 
worth ; thousands, who knew him not, formed opin-
ions of him anything but complimentary to his in-
telligence and sanity. It was therefore the design 
of this volume to show him to the world as he was 
-to present him as he appeared in his daily walk 
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The revivals of religion which attended his labors, 
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conceived that he occupied, his memory will be 
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of this volume is from the "Theological and Liter-
ary Journal." 
This volume is worthy of a perusal by all who 
ake an interest in the great purposes God has re-
vealed respecting the future government of the 
world. If the first chapters descend to a detail of 
incidents that are of little moment, and betray a 
disposition to exaggerate and over-paint, the main 
portion of the memoir, which is occupied with the 
history of his religious life, is not chargeable with 
that:fault, and presents an interesting account of 
his studies, his opinions, his lectures, his disap 
pointrnents, and his death, and frees him from many 
of the injurious imputations with which he was as-
sailed during his last years. He was a man of vig-
orous sense, ardent, resolute, and upright ; he had 
the fullest faith in the Scriptures as the word of 
God, and gave the most decided evidence that he 
understood and felt the power of their great truths. 
Instead of the ambitiousness of a religioris dema-
gogue, he was disinterested ; his great aim in his 
advent 
 His de- 
meanor, on the confutation of his calculations re-
specting the advent, was such as might he expected 
from an upright man. Instead of resorting to sub-
terfuges to disguise his defeat, he frankly confessed 
his error, and while he lost faith in himself, retain-
ed his trust undiminished in God, and endeavored 
to guard hie followers from the dangers to which 
they were exposed, of relapsing into unbelief, or 
losing their interest in the great doctrine of Christ's 
premillennial coming. 
A Volume for the Times. 
"THE TIME OF THE END." 
This volume of over 400 pages, compiled by the 
present editor of the Advent Herald and published 
in I856,treats "the time of the end," (Dan. 12: 9,) 
as a prophetic period preceding the end ; during 
which there was predicted to be a wonderful in-
crease of knowledge respecting the prophecies and 
periods that fill up the future of this world's dura-
tion, to the final consummation. 
It presents various computations of the times of 
Daniel and John ; copies Rev E. B. Elliott's view 
of "our present position in the prophetic calen- 
dar," with several lectures by Dr. Cumming, and 
gives three dissertations on the new heavens and tl e 
new earth, by Drs. Chalmers, Hitchcock, and Wes-
ley. To this is added "The Testimony of more than 
One Hundred Witnesses,'' of all ages of the church, 
and of all denominations of Christians,-expressir g 
faith in the personal advent of Christ, his reign on 
the renewed earth, on the resurrection of the just, 
&c. It is for sale at this office and will be sent by 
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Opinions of the press : 
"The book is valuable as containing a compendi 
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present time ; and the author discovers great re-
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"The authors here enumerated are a pledge of 
ability in the treatment of subjects of so much in-
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"We like this work, and therefofe commend it to 
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"A condensed view is presented of the entire his-
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"The enquiring Christian will find much to en-
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"He quotes from most of the authors, who have 
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48 
THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
both, I. was so afraid, I thought of push-
ing Georgie away and leaving him." 
" But you did not ?" asked his mother, 
eagerly. 
No, mother, I could not. When 1 went 
in after Georgie, I remembered what you 
said, and I knew I was that--a deserter ; 
then, when I felt him clinging to me, it 
seemed somehow as if I was taken back 
into the service again ; and when the temp-
tation came, I thought of my--my Cap-
tain--and 1 could not desert him again. '—
Children's Magazine. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
Frank never heeded, but pushed steadily 
on. He, too, had thought of the rapids, 
"FEED MY LAMES."—John 21:15. but the thought had only nerved him to 
greater exertions, for he knew there was 
no time to be lost. Once in that seething 
current, among the rocks, and his little 
playmate's fate was forever sealed. 
What passed in Frank's mind during 
Frank had leave Ao accompany his those few brief moments, or with what a 
friends Dick and George to the river-bank rush of thankfulness he felt the slender 
in early September, to cut willow-sprigs arms clutch his waist at last, 1 shall not 
for a lame squaw who earned her bread attempt to describe to you. But the strug-
by basket-making. But Frank had prom- gle was not yet over. Swimming down 
ised his parents not to bathe there, for the with the current had been comparatively 
water was chill, and the current was swift easy—swimming back against it with that 
and dangerous. When some troops passed dead weight,. for George was perfectly 
by his home; Frank had been dazzled with helples, and apparently unconscious, was 
a fancy for a soldier's life ; but his mother likely to be ouch harder work. At first 
had taught him that he was already a sol- he gained upon the current; then, for an 
dier in a heavenly army, and warned him instant, seemed to stand still, and at last, 
never to desert his Captain by false or evil with a thrill of unutterable terror, saw 
courses, 
that he was losing ground. " What if he 
The willows are cut; a great pile of the should fail ?" 
slender golden withes lies on the river-bank His strength was failing—the cold, of 
---" enough," Frank says, " to last Polly which his father had warned him, was be-
her lifetime ; certainly more than the boys ginning to paralyze his limbs—already lie 
can carry home at one trip." 
could hear the roar of the rapids—what,if 
"And now, boys," said Dick, "for a Dick's fears were to be realized? To die 
swim. Here's a famous place for diving —to be called into the immediate presence 
—twenty feet, if it's an inch." 
of that Master whom he had so basely de- 
No, Dick," said Frank, sturdily, " I serted, with the blood of another upon his 
shan't go in." 
head ! Oh ! what a thought of agony and 
" Why not ?" asked Dick, pulling off his terror it was ! 
packet. "It's a beautiful place, and there's And the fearful thought brought as fear- 
a plenty of time yet before dark—come." ful a temptation—" What if he were to 
"Na," said Frank, " my father forbade loosen those clinging arms? Poor George 
it." (An excellent position, Frank. "Ho- would never know it, and he might yet 
nor thy father and thy mnther," is one of save himself. He had done his best—more 
the articles of our warfare; stand by it, than many would have done—more than 
and you are safe.) 
Lick. What need that he should die for 
"Nonsense," Dick answered. " What his friend, since he could not save him ?" 
made you ask leave ? There isn't a par- Yes, it was a fearful temptation ; but it 
ticle of danger. Can't you tell him when was also a glorious opportunity. Our great 
you get home, and that'll make it all merciful Captain, dear boys, never forgets 
square?" 
even His deserters, but is always watching 
And upon this condition, and after some and waiting to give them one more chance 
further parley and resistance, I am asham- to come back to Him and to their duty.---
ed to tell you, Frank surfendered, and al- Such a chance He sent to our Frank now; 
so persuaded George, a pale, timid-looking and more merciful still, He sent him also 
little fellow, the only son of a widow, to the strength to embrace it ; for, with this 
follow his example. 
thought of dying for a friend, there came 
"Come, Georgie," said he, " you'll nev- the remembrance of One who had died,not 
er learn to swim if you don't try. Here's for his friends, but for his eneniies---even 
a nice shallow place above here, and I'll for him ; and the recoliection brought such 
teach you. You know your mother al- a yearning desire to atone in some way for 
ways trusts you with me, and we'll tell of his desertion, and such a passionate long- 
ourselves when we get home, so that'll ing for the approval of that Master, whom 
make it all square and right." 
deserting he yet loved, as to overpower,for 
Now, George was very fond of Frank, a time, even the natural love of life. 
whose influence over him was the stronger He would not trust that weak grasp 
for being usually exerted on the right side. now, but even though it lessened his chance 
Moreover, like most timid boys, he had a of escape, passed his left arm around his 
great desire to be thought brave; and be- playfellow, while he still struggled with 
sides, like Frank himself, he was partially his Jight to keep above' the whelming 
deceived by that specious condition ; so lie waves. Yes, he would fight this battle 
yielded at last, though a little unwilingly, out to the very end. His feeble strokes 
Here then was the end of Frank's ready grew fainter and more feeble—the roar of 
promises to his pious mother, his brave re- the rapids sounded louder in his ears—his 
solution to be faithful to his priniciples,and strength was gone--he was sinking—there 
his bright heroic dream of doing battle as was nothing left but to die. 
a Christian soldier—a cowardly surrender But this was not to be our Frank's last 
and a base desertion. No, not the end.— battle. His Master, I suppose, had other 
The devil is a good pay-master—his sol- work for him, for there was help at hand. 
diers always get their wages, and Frank Fleeing in terror along the bank,Dick met, 
got his, as I shall tell you. 
at last, a party of plowmen corning down 
Little they seemed to reek of fighting or to the river to bathe, and told them his sto-
desertion, though — those merry boys, ry. It was comparatively quick and easy 
splashing about in the sparkling water.— work for those brave, strong men to rescue 
Under Frank's good-natured and really the perishing boys, and sending off one of 
clever instruction, George made rapid pro- their number for parents and physicians,to 
gress in both skill and courage, and struck carry them to the nearest farm-house. 
out so boldly as to elicit commendation Both were quite unconscious, and little 
even from Dick, who soon pronounced him George's life was for a time despaired of ; 
quite able to take care of himself, and but the skillful physicians succeeded at 
coaxed Frank back to the pool for a trial last in restoring him. 
of skill at diving. 
Frank's first question, when he came to 
The water proved deeper than they tho't, himself and saw his mother bending over 
and even by use of spring-boards and oth- him, was of little George. " Doing well," 
er devices they had riot yet succeeded in answeied his mother, smiling through her 
touching bottom, when they were startled tears. 
by a wild shriek from the river. Poor Frank covered his face with his hands 
George had ventured beyond his depth,and for a moment, then looked up anxiously at 
finding himself suddenly in the strong, his mother again. "Mother," said he,"do 
swift current, had lost courage and pres- you despise rue? I am a deserter, you 
ence of mind together, and was drifting, know-1 broke my promise and coaxed 
helplessly, down the stream. 
Georgie to break his." 
The boys sprang upon the bank and " Never mind now, dear," said his mo- 
looked at each other for a moment in titer, gently. " We'll talk about it when 
speechless terror ; then Frank, as if inspir- you are stronger. You must be quiet 
ed with sudden resplution, plunged in now." 
again, and struck out boldly toward his " Despise you ! no, indeed !" said his 
sinking friend. " Oh Frank !" screamed father, affectionately. " You're a brave 
Dick, " don't ! don't ! the rapids ! the rap- little fellow, after all, my boy. You saved 
ids ! You'll never be able to save him ! his life at the risk of your own." 
you'll only be drowned yourself ! Come " But, father," said Frank, the color 
back ! come back ! We'll call somebody, flushing into his pale face, "I was not 
or get a boat ! Oh ! come back !" brave. When I found I could not save us 
BOSTON. FEBRUARY 8,1862. 
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W P Stratton, each to 1101; D Nichols, Mrs Sarah Win-
chester, by E S A, 111 Branch, J Winters, R R York, and 
stamps for tracts sent the 3d, — each to 1075 ; Mrs A C 
Abell 1106, Rev S Hopley 1127, Geo D Warren 1098, Mrs 
E Reese 1106, Mrs R Kitchen 1109, Joshua Smith of P. 
1106—each $1. 
RECEIPTS. 
UP TO TUESDAY, FEB. 4. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
that purpose. 
We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
• 
Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, Pa 
5 00 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, , 
........ 
.... 1.00 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa . 
2 00 
Mill. Aid Society in Providence, RI.... ..........16.30 
Millennial Aid Society in Shiremanstown, Pa . .9.00 
" " " New Kingstown, Pa —4.50 
S. Blanchard, Barre, Vt........ 
—1.00 
Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W .... 1.00 
Church in Newburyport 
 
.9.00 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landing. N. J. .... ..... 2.00 
Josiah Vose, Westford, Mass. (" or more") 
2 00 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass.... .... —2.00 
We leave a blank space here, which it is desirable to see 
filled with names and amounts, of pledges of annual pay-
ments.