Luke 9:  ^8-30.  

'< WE  HAVE  NOT FOLLOWED  CUNNINGLY  DIIVISED  FABLES,  WHEN  WE  MADS  KNOWN  UNTO  YOU  THE  POWER  AND  COMING)  OF  OUR  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST,  BUT  WERE  EYE-WITNESSES  OF  HIS  MAJESTY  .  .  A '  .  .  
. .  WHEN  WE  WERE  WITH  HIM  IN THE  HOLY  MOUNT."  

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Christ,  the Resurrection,  

BY JOHN  EAST,  M.  A.  
In thy  furrow,  darksome  grave,  Low, beneath  thy heavy  clod,—  Deep,  below the keel-ploughed  wave.  Where  no living  loot hath trod,—  Safe,  though  long  forgotten,  lie  Seeds of immortality.  
They  must live; like precious  grain,  Starting  into lite  and  bloom  ;  They  must rise, tor  " He must reign,  Jesus,  who despoiled  the tomb :—  He, the Besurrectiou,  lives:  He the promised  harvest  gives.  
See! the mighty  Angel  stands!  Hark  ! the resurrection  blast 1  Lo, the sickle  iu his hands  Reaps  the harvest  in at last:  Heaven  is tilled  with glorious  store,  Gathered  to its golden  floor.  
O my soul! is Jesus  thine,—  Thine,  his resurrection  power ?  
'Tis enough:—thv  dust resign,  Till thy i.ord's  triumphant  hour;  Vile aud  worthless  as it is,  It shall  share  thy  spirit's  bliss.  

The  F^stery  of the Gentile Dispensation.  

^ (Continued  from  our  last.)  
L /SE  who  consider  the  nationality  of  the  
pa  |  a people  destroyed  forever,  apply  ail  the  
Jous  predictions  of  the  prophets,  concerning  
'latter  days,  exclusively  to  the  church  of  
^rist  ;*  while  we,  who  believe  that  in  the  let- 
ter it  refers  to  the  Jewish  nation,  firmly  believe  
ihat  the  church  will  not  only  participate  in  
['that  glory,  but  will  even  be  exalted  to  a  higher  
glory.  These  predictions  are,  therefore,  in  a  
measure,  common  ground  to  both  parties.  Let  
us examine  together  the  features  of  this  glorious  
church.  What  peace,  what  blessedness,  what  
world-wide  dominion  is  promised  to  it!  All  
nations  shall  flow  unto  it;  kings  shall  minister  
unto it:  its  oppressors  shall  come  bending  unto  
it;  they  that  despised  it  shall  bow  down  at  the  
soles  of  its  feet;  it  shall  be  an  eternal  excel- 
lency,  a  joy  of  many  generations!"  All  that  
is glorious  and  beautiful  in  the  creation  is  
resorted  to,  in  order  to  picture  to  man's  ima- 
gination  its  beauty  and  glory;  the  silver,  the  
gold,  the  precious  stones  ;  the  pine,  the  myrtle,  
and fruit-trees  with  unfading  leaves:  pure  
streams  of  living  waters,  a  sun  that  is  never  
withdrawn,  and  a  "  glory  of  the  Lord,"  far  above  
the brightness  of  that  sun!  We  see  that  the  
greatness  of  his  subject,  far  exceeds  the  proph- 
et's  powers  of  expression  :  He  pictures  the  
glorious  vision  as  well  as  human  language  
enables  him  to  do;  but  how  weak  is  language  
to convey  an  idea  of  a  glory  that"  eye  hath  not  
seen,  nor  ear  heard!"  Thus  much  concerning  
it, however,  is  very  plain  ;  it  is  not  the  descrip- 
tion of  a  spiritual  glory,  merely,  but  of  an  out  
ward  and  visible  glory:  "  The  glory  of  the  
Lord  shall  be  revealed,  and  all  flesh  shall  see  
it together;"  (Isa.  40:5;)  and  in  the  latter  days  
" the  mountain  of  the  Lord's  house  shall  be  es- 
tablished  on  the  top  of  the  mountains,  and  shall  
be exalted  above  the  hills."  Isa.  2:2.  It  is  to  
be seen  and  known,  honored  and  resorted  to,  
by all  the  intelligent  creatures  of  God.  

Now  there  are  some  features  of  the  church  
m the  present  dispensation,  that  bear  a  measure  
of resemblance  to  those  of  the  glorious  church  

* We  believe that the  nationality  of  the  Jewish  
nation  is forever destroyed—excepting as  the  saints  
°f all  ages among the Jews,  who  shall  come up  in  
the first resurrection, may have a  relation with  each  
other in tlie glorified state.  So  far as any prophecies  
nave future reference to  them as  a nation, we regard  
them as referring to  such  connection  in  that  state.  
And those which respect the  church as  a whole,  we  
apply to the church triumphant  in the resurrection  

Even  in  in  its  humiliation,  the  church  is  to  be  
' the  light  of  the  world  ;"  a  "  city  set  on  a  hill."  
The  world  is  to  recognize  it  as  something  dif- 
ferent  from  itself.  But  is  the  world  to  flow  to  
it ? Are  the  men  of  the  world  to  say:  "  Come  
ye,  and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain  of  the  
Lord,  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob;  and  
He  will  teach  us  of  His  ways,  and  we  will  
walk  in  His  paths  ?"  Isa.  2:3.  No;  the  world  
is to  hate  the  church,  even  as  it  hated  the  
church's  Lord:  "  If  the  world  hate  you,  ye  
know  that  it  hated  me,  before  it  hated  you.  If  
ye  were  of  the  world,  the  world  would  love  his  
own;  but  because  ye  are  not  of  the  world,  but  
I have  chosen  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore  
the  world  hateth  you."  John  15:18,  19.  Is  it  
to enjoy  outward  quiet  and  prosperity;  the  
abundance  of  peace  extended  to  it  like  a  river,  
"and  the  glory  of  the  nations,  like  a  flowing  
stream  ?"  No:  in  the  world  it  shall  have  
tribulation;  its  members  shall  be  persecuted,  
reviled,  shall  have  all  manner  of  evil  spoken  
against  them  falsely,  for  Christ's  sake.  The  
world  shall  know  them  not,  because  it  knew  
not  Christ;  shall  hate  them,  because  they  do  
not  belong  to  it.  Shall  it  be  said  that  all  these  
declarations  have  reference  only  to  the  believers  
of the  first  age  ?  Nay;  the  same  prayer  of  
our  blessed  Lord  which  testified  the  world's  
hatred  of  them,  was  uttered  "  not  for  these  
alone,  but  for  them  also  which  shall  believe  
on "  Christ  "  through  their  word."  John  17:20.  
But  is  not  the  humiliation  of  the  church-but  
for  a  season  ?  Is  there  not  a  period  coming  
when  all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken  of  her  
glory  shall  be  accomplished  ?  Yes,  the  day  of  
her  glory  will  come  ;  her  humiliation  is  but  for  
a season;  but  I  find  nowhere  in  the  revelation  
of God  a  termination  to  this  season,  previous  
to the  termination  of  this  dispensation.  I  find  
that  the  latter  days  of  this  dispensation,  in- 
stead  of  being  times  of  peace,  holiness,  and  
spiritual  prosperity,  are  to  be  "  perilous  times;"  
in which  "  men  shall  be  lovers  of  their  own  
selves,  covetous,  boasters,  proud,  blasphemers,  
disobedient  to  parents,  unthankful,  unholy,  
without  natural  affection,  fslse  accusers,  incon- 
tinent,  fierce,  despisers  of  those  that  are  good,  
traitors,  heady,  high-minded,  lovers  of  pleasure  
more  than  lovers  of  God;  having  a  form  of  
godliness,  but  denying  the  power  thereof."  2  
Tim.  3:1-5.  I  find  that"  evil  men  and  seducers  
shall  wax  worse  and  worse,  deceiving  and  be- 
ing  deceived;"  (Tim.  5:13;)  that  because  ini- 
quity  shall  abound,  the  love  of  many  shall  wax  
cold;"  so  that  it  shall  be  a  question  whether  
the  Son  of  Man,  when  He  cometh,  shall  "  find  
faith  on  the  earth."  "And  Enoch,  also,  the  
seventh  from  Adam,  prophesied  of  these,  say- 
ing  :  Behold  the  Lord  cometh  with  ten  thou- 
sand  of  His  saints,  to  execute  judgment  upon  
all,  and  to  convince  all  that  are  ungodly  among  
them  of  all  their  ungodly  deeds  which  they  
have  ungodly  committed,  and  of  all  their  hard  
speeches  which  ungodly  sinners  have  spoken  
against  Him.  These  are  murmurers,  com- 
plainers,  walking  after  their  own  lusts;  and  their  
mouth  speaketh  great  swelling  words,  having  
men's  persons  in  admiration  because  of  advan- 
tage.  But  beloved,  remember  ye  the  words  
which  were  spoken  before  of  the  apostles  of  
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  how  that  they  told  you  
there  should  be  mockers  in  the  last  time,  who  
should  walk  after  their  own  ungodly  lusts."  
Jude  14-18.  

So  far,  then,  is  it  from  being  the  case,  that  
the  world  is  gradually  to  slide  into  the  church,  
until  it  be  entirely  absorbed  in  it,  that  we  find  
the  wickedness  of  the  world  is  to  be  most  ram- 
pant,  and  its  oppression  of  the  children  of  God,  
most  grievous,  at  the  time  when  Christ  comes  
to deliver  His  church.  While  the  prophets  
of old,  overleaping  this  present  dispensation,  

which  "  was  not  made  known  unto  "  them,  end  
their  predictions  with  visions  of  peace  and  joy,  
the  prophecies  of  our  Lord  and  His  apostles,  
which  chiefly  concern  the  dispensation,  con- 
clude  with  "  distress  of  nations  with  perplexi- 
ty,"  war,  famine,  and  pestilence  ;  "  men's  
hearts  failing  them  for  fear,  and  for  looking  af- 
ter  those  those  things  that  are  coming  on  the  
earth."  Luke  21:26.  And  the  church,  instead  
of being  dismayed  at  these  things,  is  to  regard  
them  as  harbingers  of  her  time  of  rest:—  
" When  these  things  begin  to  come  to  pass,  
then  look  up,  and  lift  up  your  heads  ;  for  your  
redemption  draweth  nigh."  Luke  21:28.  

There  is  a  certain  feeling  of  awkwardness  
when  a  Jew  speaks  of  the  glorious  promises  
made  to  his  nation,  arising  from  the  knowledge  
that  a  great  majority  of  Christians  are  ready  
on hearing  him,  to  raise  an  outcry  about"  Jew- 
ish  pride,"  and  "  carnal  notions  of  an  earthly  
kingdom."  If  this  be  a  portion  of  the  "  re- 
proach  and  byword"  that  must  be  borne,  then  
it must  be  endured  patiently;  but  I  can  declare  
with  all  honesty,  that  no  one  is  more  fully  con- 
vinced  than  I  am,  that,  instead  of  pride,  to  us,  
as a  nation,  "belongeth  confusion  of  face;"  and  
that  the  love  of  God  which  yet  rests  upon  the  
Jews  is  "  for  the  fathers'  sake."  But  whether  
I be  thus  reproached  or  not,  I  must  state  the  
truth  of  God  as  it  is.  

It must  be  very  clear  to  every  diligent  reader  
of the  Old  Testament,  that  the  main,  nay,  the  
almost  exclusive  subject  of  it  is,  the  Jewish  na- 
tion.  Wit!,  the  exception  of  Proverbs  and  Ec- 
clesiastes,  which  are  a  collection  of  general  
maxims,  and  the  book  of  Job,  and  the  first  
twelve  chapters  of  Genesis,  which  relate  to  a  
period  anterior  to  the  existence  of  the  Jews  as  
a nation,  the  whole  of  this  Divine  revelation  is  
occupied  with  the  origin,  the  history,  and  the  
future  destiny  of  this  people.*  Other  nations,  
indeed,  are  mentioned;  but  it  is  either  in  a  
slight  and  cursory  manner,  or  it  is  on  account  
of their  direct  connexion  with  Israel.  If  any  
one  is  disposed  to  be  startled  at  this  statement,  
let  him  simply  cast  his  eye  over  the  list  of  the  
books  into  which  the  Old  Testament  is  divided.  
What  do  the  five  books  of  Moses  contain,  but  
the  origin  and  early  records  of  this  people?  
What  is  the  subject  matter  from  Joshua  to  Es- 
ther  inclusive,  but  the  history  of  this  people  ?  
And  what  did  the  visions  beheld  by  the  proph- 
ets  relate  to,  but  the  destiny  of  "this  people  ?  
Much  of  what  was  once  prophecy,  has  now  
become  history;  but  the  final  promises  remain  
to be  accomplished,  as  a  test  of  the  faithfulness  
of Him  who  hath  said  :  "  If  ye  can  break  my  
covenant  of  the  day,  and  my  covenant  of  the  
night,  that  there  should  not  be  day  and  night  
in their  season,  then  may  also  my  covenant  be  
broken  with  David,  my  servant,  that  he  should  
not  have  a  son  to  reign  upon  his  throne."t  Jer.  
33:20,  21.  
That  the  Jews  should  occupy  this  prominent  
position  in  the  Divine  revelations  of  God,  ap- 
pears  less  wonderful  when  we  consider,  that  to  

* This  is true  in an important  sense : but  we  re- 
gard this  nation as  being so  particularly  alluded  to,  
on account of its  being  the  depository of  God's  re- 
vealed  truth,  and the receptacle of the  righteous  per- 
sons who  lived for  many  ages.  Aside  from  those  
considerations,  we  do jnot  understand that the  Jewish  
nation was more  an object of  regard  than  other  na- 
tions. The  "  future  destiny " referred  to  we regard  
as that of the  pious among them, who, with the Gen- 
tiles to  be  subsequently  added,  will constitute  the  
mighty nation of the  redeemed.—Ed.  Her.  
| The  Son of David, who is to reign on his throne,  
all understand to  be Christ. All  who look for his per- 
sonal reign  place it subsequently to  the resurrection.  
When this  is fulfilled in its  fulness, it is to  be as en- 
during as the sun, moon, or stars,  and  consequently  
has respect to the eternal state. Over  the resurrected  
righteous of the  Jewish  nation,  we  understand  that  
Christ will thus  reign.—Ib.  

them,  and  to  them  only,  "  were  committed  the  
oracles  of  God."  That  which  was  entrusted  
to their  care,  contained  what  they  were  most  
concerned  to  know,  and  what  they  were  most  
interested  to  preserve  the  record  of.  If  God  
in His  mysterious  wisdom  chose  one  nation  to  
be the  recipient  and  depository  of  His  commu- 
nications,  it  is  not  surprising  that  the  substance  
of these  communications  should  have  a  direct  
connection  with  that  nation.  But  if  it  be  
granted  that  this  is  the  case,  and  I  think  it  can  
hardly  be  denied,  then  it  must  be  admitted  
that  a  due  consideration  of  this  fact  is  abso- 
lately  necessary  to  the  right  understanding  of  
that  Divine  communication.  If  the  past  and  
future  history  of  the  Jews  be  the  subject  of  a  
revelation  under  our  consideration,  we  can  
hardly  be  expected  to  understand  this  revela- 
tion  aright  if  we  leave  the  Jews  entirely  out  of  
view,  and  read  it  under  the  impression  that  it  
refers  to  a different  subject.  Yet  this  has  been  
a very  common  error.  A  familiar  example  
of it  may  be  seen  in  the  headings  of  the  
chapters  and  pages  of  the  authorized  English  
version  of  the  Bible.  The  careful  reader  will  
find many  extraordinary  statements  in  these  
authorized comments  on  the  word  of  God  ;  I  
shall  content  myself  with  citing  one  ;  the  fifty- 
fourth  chapter  of  Isaiah.  If  there  could  be  
any  doubt  as  to  its  relating  to  the  Jewish  na- 
tion,  the  third  verse  would  settle  the  question:  
" Thy  seed  shall  inherit  the  Gentiles,  and  make  
the  desolate  cities  to  be  inhabited."  But  what  
is the  heading  of  this  chapter  in  the  authorized  
version?  "The  prophet,  for  the  comfort  of  
the  Gentiles,  prophesieth  the  amplitude  of  their  
church,  their  safety,  their  certain  deliverance  
out  of  affliction,  their  fair  edification,  and  their  
sure  preservation."  Can  we  wonder  that  a  
Jew,  on  reading  this,  should  believe  what  his  
brethren  tell  him,  that  the  Gentiles  have  falsi- 
fied and  corrupted  their  translation  of  the  Old  
Testament  ?*  

Two  very  opposite,  yet  equally  erroneous  
courses  have  been  pursued  in  regard  to  the  
Scriptures  of  the  Old  Testament.  The  Ger- 
man  expositors  of  the  Neologian  school,  whose  
critical  acumen  leads  them  distinctly  to  per- 
ceive  that  it  is,  as  I  have  stated,  a  history  of  
the  Jews,  and  who  conceive  that  the  history  of  
the  Jews  closed  with  their  dispersion,  and  that  
they  exist  no  longer  as  a  nation,  but  merely  as  
a religious  sect,  these  expositors  naturally  look  
on the  Old  Testament  as  a  mere  record  of  by- 
gone  events  :  of  no  farther  use  to  us  than  any  
other  record  of-  past  history.  The  orthodox  di- 
vines,  in  Britain  and  elsewhere,  believing  with  
the  Jews  that  the  Old  Testament  is  the  inspired  
word  of  God,  but  in  general  agreeing  with  the  
divines  above  mentioned,  that  the  Jewish  na- 
tional  history  is  at  an  end,t  are  driven  to  inter- 
pret  of  the  Christian  church  all  those  passages  
that  will  not  fit  into  the  past  history  of  the  Jews.J  
* Dr.  Watts  is  very  ingenious  in  this  species  of  
transmutation. He  renders Ps.  45:9 as follows :—  
. "  Behold at  Thy right  hand,  
The Gentile  church is seen."  
And in Ps.  69:8, he says:—  
" Amongst  my brethren and the Jews,  
I like a stranger stood ;  
And bore their vile reproach to  bring  
The Gentiles  near to God."*  
* This  goes  to  the  other  extreme.  We  apply  
them equally to all, both Jews  and Gentiles,  who by  
being not broken off, or by  being grafted in, become  
branches of the  good Olive Tree,  and alike  partakers  
of the  root and fatness  thereof.—Ed.  Her.  
•)•  I am aware that  the  Rev.  Thomas  Scott,  and  
some others, have  seen the  literal  restoration of  the  
Jews;  but  these are exceptions to the general rule.  
| We  dissent from all these,  and apply them to the  
Jews who shall be restored by being raised from  the  
dead, that  they may  inherit the  promises,  the  condi- 
tions of which  they complied with.—Ed.  Her.


too  
THE  ADVENT HERALD.  

So long  as  we  confine  our  quotations  to  single  
verses,  this  may  often  be  done  without  vio- 
lence  ; because  what  the  Lord  says  to  comfort  
His  chosen  nation,  may  be  equally  applicable  
either  to  individuals  or  communities  in  like  
circumstances.  Take  the  following  often  
quoted  verse  as  an  example:  "  To  comfort  all  
that  mourn;  to  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn  
in Zion,  to  give  them  beauty  for  ashes,  the  oil  
of joy  for  mourning,  the  garment  of  praise  for  
the  spirit  of  "heaviness;  that  they  might  be  
called  trees  of  righteousness,  the  planting  of  
the Lord,  that  he  might  be  glorified."  This  
may with  propriety  be  applied  either  to  a  
lonely  afflicted  saint,  or  to  the  Christian  
church,  or  to  any  portion  of  that  church.  But  
let us  go  on  with  the  context,  and  see  what  
the Christian  church  has  to  do  with  it.  "  And  
they  shall  build  the  old  wastes,  they  shall  raise  
up the  former  desolations,  and  they  shall  re- 
pair  the  waste  cities,  the  desolations  of  many  
generations.  And  strangers  shall  stand  and  
feed your  flocks,  and  the  sons  of  the  alien  shall  
be your  ploughmen  and  your  vine-dressers."  
Isa.  61:2-5.  Again  :  the  latter  part  of the  for- 
ty-ninth  of  Isaiah  :  "  Kings  shall  be  thy  nurs- 
ing  fathers,  and  their  queens  thy  nursing  mo- 
thers,"  &c.,  is  applied  to  the  Christian  church  
in the  latter  days.  The  heading  of  the  chap- 
ter in  the  authorized  version  may  be  consid- 
ered a  fair  epitome  of  the  views  of  commenta- 
tors ; "  Christ  being  sent  to  the  Jews,  com- 
plaineth  of  them  :  He  is  sent  to  the  Gentiles  
with  gracious  promises:  God's  love  is  perpet- 
ual to  His  church.  The  ample  restoration  of  
the church  :  the  powerful  deliverance  out  of  
captivity."  But  it  is  very  evident  that  chapters  
fifty and  fifty-one  are  a  continuation  of  the  
same  subject  treated  of  in  chap.  49.  What,  
then,  is  the  Christian  church  to  make  of  the  
following  verse  ? "  Where  is  the  bill  of  your  
mother's  divorcement,  whom  I  have  put  away  ?  
Or which  of  mv  creditors  is  it  to  whom  I  have  
sold you  ?"  Isa.  50:1.  Being  unable  to  fit  this  
upon the  church,  the  commentators  kindly  give  
it to  the  Jews;  and  so  the  whole  prophetic  
scriptures  are  interpreted  upon  a  see-saw  prin- 
ciple ;  the  curses  and  denunciations  being  al- 
lotted  to  the  Jews,  the  blessings  and  glorious  
promises  to  the  Christian  church.  

The  evils  of  this  mode  of  interpretation  are  
manifold.  The  word  of  prophecy,  instead  of  
being  as  the  Holy  Spirit  calls  it  by  the  mouth  
of Peter,  a  "  sure  word,"  becomes  a  mass  of  
confusion  and  uncertainty  ;  instead  of  being  a  
bright  and  steady  "  light  that  shineth  in  a  
dark  place,"  to  which  we  "  do  well  to  take  
heed,"  it  is  but  the  fitful  aurora  borealis  ;  
brilliant  and  beautiful,  indeed,  but  incapable  of  
guiding  the  traveller  through  the  dark  and  
gloomy  night.—(To  be  continued.)  

"Watch."  

BY CHARLOTTE  ELIZABgTH.  

" Deliver  us  from  the  evil  one,"  is  the  prayer  
which  our  Lord  has  instructed  us  to  put  up;  
and  it  is  much  to  be  regretted,  that  we  are  ac- 
customed  to  use  a  different  form  of  expression,  
calculated  to  withdraw  our  attention  from  the  
great  personal  adversary,  and  to  present  to  our  
minds  a  vague  notion  of  evil  in  general.—  
Whatever  isolates  man,  separating  between  
him  and  the  rest  of  God's  creation,  is  inimical  
to his  best  interests.  He  looks  on  the  inferior  
animals,  and  forgetting  in  how  many  respects  
their  natural  sensibilities  resemble  his  own,  he  
becomes  their  cruel  oppressor.  He  dooms  them  
to protracted  hunger  and  thirst;  he  overworks  
them  until  every  sinew  of  their  exhausted  
frames  is  wrung  by  the  anguish  of  intolerable  
fatigue  ;  he  breaks  the  endearing  ties  by  which  
the  Lord  of  all  has  seen  good  to  sweeten  their  
humble  existence  ;  and  standing  on  a  haughty  
eminence  of  superior  intellect  and  conscious  im- 
mortality,  he  degrades  some  of  the  most  mar- 
velous  of  God's  works,  using  them  as  mere  
tools  for  the  supply  of  his  artificial  wants,  the  
gratification  of  his  avaricious  propensities;  un- 
til  the  whole  creation,  groaning  and  travailing  
in pain  together,  sends  up  a  fearful  cry  into  the  
ears  of  Him  who  from  the  glorious  high  throne  
of his  eternal  Majesty,  stoops  to  feed  the  young  
ravens  that  call  upon  him.  Man  was  placed  
in dominion  over  the  beasts  of  the  field  and  the  
fowls  of  the  air,  that  he  might  exercise  a  be- 
coming  vicegerency,  brethren  as  they  all  are  of  
the  dust  out  of  which  his  own  body  is  so  curi- 
ously  formed;  but  Satan  fills  his  mind  with  
pride,  and  hardens  his  heart  against  the  plead- 
ings  of  natural  feeling  on  behalf  of  those  who  
have  no  voice  to  utter  in  their  own  cause;  and  
so,  man,  standing  superciliously  aloof  from  the  
tllTflO  HIAL  mp  Clin  KNO  MIUIN^i  1  i  •.  creatures  that  his  sin  has  subjected  to  vanity,  H,  «i.u«r  »  01  no  enect;  ana  where  is  the  
works  the  work  of  devils  m  conniving  at,  if  not'  Christian  who  has  never  realized  the  presence,  

wantonly  inflicting,  needless  torments  upon  
them.  
Again,  as  below,  so  above  his  own  scale  of  
being  there  are  races  with  which  he  is  nearly  
affianced  : not  corporeally  as  here,  but  spiritu- 
ally.  These  he  cannot  see,  therefore  he  re- 
solves to banish  their  existence  from  his thoughts.  
He is  aware  that  of  such  superior  creatures,  
one class  is  ever  about  him  for  good,  the  other  
for evil;  but  what  little  he  may  have  incident- 
ally  gathered  on  that  subject  he  heeds  not:  and  
as to  enquiry,  he  considers  it  a  worthier  em- 
ployment  to  explore  the  depths  of  the  earth  for  
the fossil  remains  of  some  extinct  species  of  
animal,  which  had  he  met  with  it  alive,  he  
would probably  have  hunted  to  death  for  his  
barbarous  sport,  than  to  seek  a  clearer  knowl- 
edge of  those  beings  among  whom  he  must,  as- 
suredly  and  inevitably,  dwell  to  eternity.—  
Such  insolation,  we  repeat,  is  most  injurious  to  
man :  God  never  intended  it  for  him.  The  re  
cord of  creation,  the  repeated  injunctions  to  
mercy,  and  the  beautiful  provision  m&de  for  its  
exercise  under  the  glorious  code  of  Israel's  law,  
all declare  on  the  one  hand,  as  do  on  the  other  
the many  revelations  given  of  angelic  ministry  
and of  Satanic  malice,  that  man  is  not  author- 
ized to  lose  sight  of  his  actual  position  
link in  the  chain  of  created  being.  
" Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not  into  
temptation,"  said  our  blessed  Lord.  Against  
what  were  they  to  watch  ?  He  had  apprised  
them  long  before,  when  he  had  taught  them  to  
pray,  "  Lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliv- 
er us  from  the  evil  one,"  and  had  also  put  in  
their  mouths  a  plea  for  being  thus  guarded,  thus  
delivered  :  "  FOR  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  
power,  and  the  glory,  forever."  The  evil  one  
seeks  to  usurp  God's  dominion  within  us,  to  
stir  us  up  in  resistance  to  His  power,  and  by  
our rebellion,  our  ungrateful,  unblushing  scorn  
of His  pure  law,  to  tarnish  the  glory  that  rests  
upon His  Church.  We  pray  that  Satan  may  
not succeed  in  so  seducing  us  into  the  robbery  
of God  ;  we  pray  to  be  delivered  from  his  
wiles ;  and  our  prayer  is  accepted,  if  it  be  of  
fered up  in  sincerity,  the  heart  accompanying  
the lips,  and  with  willingness  on  our  part  to  
watch  against  the  approach  of  that  from  which  
we have  prayed  to  be  delivered.  
When  the  Christian,  in  pursuit  of  his  lawful  
calling,  finds  himself  entering  those  ways  where  
the ungodly  take  council,  and  sinners  walk,  
and scorners  fix  their  seat,  he  knows  that  he  
must  watch,  and  feels  that  he must  pray.  Temp  
tatios  will  surely  then  assail  him;  the  lust  of  
the flesh,  the  lust  of  the  eye,  and  the  pride  of  
life, will  each  find  its  suitable  incitement  pre- 
pared :  the  fear  of man  will  bring  one  snare,  the  
love of man  another;  and  he  has  no  difficulty  
in realizing  the  presiding  presence  of  Satan  an^  
his angels  in  the  haunts  of  mammon,  or  among  
the splendors  of  earthly  pomp,  or  where  con- 
tending  parties  strive  for  mastery  in  the  field of  
worldly  distinction.  He  does  not  love  such  
scenes,  but  duty  calls  him  into  them,  and  he  
goes softly,  humbled  in  spirit,  wary  in  mind,  
taking  heed  lest,  in the  abundance  of  stumbling  
blocks,  he  should  fall.  Thus  the  six  days  of  
labor pass,  and  how  joyful  is the  Sabbath  dawn,  
releasing  him  from  such  necessary  exposure  to  
temptation.  He  thinks,  perhaps,  with  a  sigh  
of compassionate  sorrow,  of  those  who,  turning  
the grace  of  God  into  licentiousness,  will  cer- 
tainly  keep  a  Sabbath  to  Satan,  and  use  the  
day of  release  from  worldly  business  as  an  es- 
pecial  opportunity  for  sinning  greedily  in  other  
ways  than  those  of covetousness  and  strife;  but  
he goes  himself  to  the  house  of  prayer  under  
a delightful  conviction,  that  in  seeking  the  sanc- 
tuary  of  God,  he  flies  from  the  presence  of  all  
his foes.  
And so  he  does;  but  alas!  God  has  as  yet  
no sanctuary  on  earth  into  which  those  foes  
cannot  enter.  There  is  nothing  in consecrated  
walls  to  repel  them  ;  nor  is  the  most  devotional  
frame  of  mind  that  man  can  bring  himself  into,  
a safeguard  against  their  near  approach.  Rather  
does our  consciousness  of  being  on  hallowed  
ground,  and  its  attendant  feeling  of  security,  
encourage  the  wily  foe  to do his  boldest  and  his  
worst.  Where  two  or three  are  gathered  togeth- 
er, with  Christ  Himself  in  the  midst,  there  
stands  Satan,  or  some  trusty  emissary  of  his,  
at their  right  hand,  to  res'ist  them.  We  are  
not left  to conjecture  whether  it  be  so  or  not;  
our Lord  distinctly  expresses  it,  when  explain- 
ing the  parable  of  the  sower  :  "  Then  cometh  
the devil,  and  taketh  away  the  word  out  of their  
hearts,  lest  they  should  believe  and  be  saved."  
Matt.  8:12.  This,  indeed,  refers  to  a  case  
where  no  true  faith  exists;  but  it  proves  that  
when  the  word  is  preaching,  Satan  is  at  hand  
to render  it  of  no  effect;  and  where  is  the  

even  in  the  hour  of  real  communion  with  God,  
of something  over  which  he  has  had  to  mourn  
as being  sadly  opposed  to  that  spirituality  of  
mind,  that  joy  and  peace  in  believing,  which  
he knows  he  ought  to  attain  unto  ?  
We do  not  rightly  estimate  the  enormous  
power  of  the  enemy  in  those  times  and  in  those  
places  where  he  may  be  considered  as  suffering  
an effectual  check.  A  man  may  know  "the  
plague  of  his  own  heart,"  but  he  will  gain  very  
little  in  his  efforts  to subdue  it,  if  he  thinks  he  
has  that  alone  to  strive  against.  It  is  the  De- 
vil whom  we  are  told  to  resist;  and  if  half  the  
prayers  that  we  put  up  against  the  evil  of  our  
nature,  were  directed  against  him,  personally  
and by  name,  we  should  soon  experience  a  re- 
lief that  is  now  more  hardly  and  more  partially  
obtained.  Inquiry  into  the  character  and  ex- 
tent  of  Satanic  power,  however  successful,  is  
nothing  without  a  vigorous  application  of  the  
knowledge  gained  to  our  individual  case:  it  is  
to reconnoiter  an  enemy  whom  we  do  not  in- 
tend  to  fight;  and  who  laughs  at  the  pointing  
of our  telescopes,  if  not  followed  up  by  the  
pointing  of  our  guns.  
There  are  some  who  will  be  constrained  to  
acknowledge,  that  the  surest  signal  for  distress  
and annoyance  in  every  shape  is  the  attempt  to  
commence  or  prosecute  some  really  good  work;  
that  so  long  as  they  give  their  attention  to  com- 
parative  trifles,  or  occupy  themselves  in  a  way  
productive  of  no  particular  advantage,  in spirit- 
ual things,  to  themselves  or  others,  they  go  on  
in tolerable  ease  and  comfort:  but  let  them  at- 
tempt  an  aggressive  movement  on  the  Lord's  
side,  and  every  thing  is  against  them.  There  
is no  hinderance  so  great  or  so  trival,  from  the  
fracture  of  a limb  to  tne  mislaying  or  soiling  of  
a sheet  of  paper,  but  it  crosses  their  path  ;  no  
suggestion,  from  that  which  leads  to  most  sin- 
ful anger,  or  rebellious  murmuring,  or  dishonor- 
ing  doubt  of  God's  faithfulnes,  down  to  the  sil- 
liest fancy  that can  attract  the  moment's  thought  
but it  will  come  in  their  way.  Persons,  whose  
habits  are  most  studious,  and  whose  thoughts  
need to  be  more  especially  abstracted  from  the  
passing  events  of  the  hour,  will  find  in  domes  
tic confusion,  the  ailments  of  a  family,  the  per  
verseness  of  servants,  and  the  unreasonable  en  
croachments  of  friends,  sufficient  to render  their  
progress  all  but  impossible  :  and  perhaps  in  the  
midst  of  such  opposition  as  it  seems  bootless  to  
contend  against,  they  are  conscious  of  a  tend- 
ency  within  toward  that  impious  murmur,  "  It  
is vain  to  serve  God."  

In such  a  case,  we  pray  for  patience;  it  is  
well, for  "Ye  have  need  of  patience."  We  
ask more  faith:  it  is better  still,  for  "  All  things  
are possible  to  him  that  believeth."  We  re  
solve to  persevere  through  every  obstruction  
that  can  encumber  our  path  ;  and  that  is  also  
meet  and  right,  and  our  bounden  duty,  "  for  in  
due season  we  shall  reap,  if  we  faint  not."—  
But  what  a  relief  should  we  often  experience,  
what  freedom  in  our  onward  course,  by  one  
fervent,  believing,  understanding  aspiration  in  
these  appointed  words,  "  Deliver  us  from  the  
evil one!"  
One of  the  important  uses  of  watchfulness  
combined  with  prayer,  is  to  ascertain  what  
form of  supplication  is  most  acceptable  before  
the Lord.  Now,  Satan  is  the  personal  enemy  
of Christ  in  a  sense,  and  to  an  extent  that  can  
be applied  to  no  other.  He  is  at  once  the  orig  
inator,  the  director,  and  the  leader  of  every  
species  of rebellion  in heaven  and  earth.  When  
the Son  of  God  took  our  nature  upon  him,  and  
became  in  fashion  as  a  man,  Satan  opposed  
him to  his  face,  tempted,  insulted,  and  finally  
used to  the  utmost  his  permitted  power,  insti- 
gating  the  treachery  of  Judas,  the  malignity  of  
the Jews,  and  the  cruelty  of  the  Romans  
throughout  the  whole  narrative  of  our  Lord's  
suffering  sojourn,  we  trace  this  accursed  spirit,  
not only  in  his  deeds  but  by  name  :  and  surely  
it behooves  us  to  remember  all  this,  and  to  put  
honor upon  Him  who  came  to  destroy  the  works  
of the  devil,  by  continually  seeking  his  all-suf- 
ficient help  against  the  conquered,  but  still  
mighty  and  dangerous  adversary.  
It is  when  we  would  draw  nigh  to  God,  with  
an earnest  appeal  against  Satan,  or  persuade  
others  so  to do,  that  we  find  ourselves  most  furi- 
ously  resisted  in  the  outset,  most  truly  set  at  
liberty  in  the  end.  It  is  when  we  resolve  to  
fight neither  with  small  or  great,  but  only  
against  him  who  is  king  of  the  infernal  hosts,  
that  he  will  be  discomfited,  and  his  legions  
thrown  into  confusion.  Not  that  evil  in  every  
shape  ought  not  to  be  most  steadfastly  resisted,  
but he  who  is  pointed  out  to  us  by  that  signifi- 
cant appellation,  "  Your  adversary  the  devil,"  
is surely  to  be  singled  from  the  throng  of which  
he is  the  head,  and  who  all  act  in subordination  
to him.  

All God's  people  undergo  temptation,  though  
not at  all  times,  yet  so  very  frequently,  and  
so many  different  forms,  that  the  presence  of  
an evil  influence  must  be  almost  continual  and  
the power  of  suggesting  sinful  or  foolish  imafr;  
nations  must  be  widely  possessed  and  exercised  
among  the  tempters.  The  mind  has  an  eye  

and before  that  eye  pictures  are  held,  some'  
times  consisting  of  the  most  ordinary  concern's  
of daily  life,  accompanied  with  suggestions  0f  
an anxious,  an  irritating,  a  covetuous,  or  other  
evil character,  while  the  Christian  is  earnestly  
laboring  after  a  composed  spirit,  and  a  collect,  
ed mind  for  the  service  of  the  sanctuary.-!  
Whatever  may  be  his  usual  occupations,  hi3  fa- 
vorite studies,  his  prevailing  wishes,  these  are  
so made  use  of  as  to  oppose  a  bar  between  him  
and the  simply  devotional  frame  after  which he  
longs, often  intermixed  with  distressing  doubts,  
vain speculations,  and  presumptuous  reason- 
ings,  connected  with  the  very  duty  that  he  is  
engaged  in.  What  a  terrible  display  should we  
behold if  the  mist  were  suddenly  dispelled,  and  
our eyes  opened  to  discern  these  devils  at  their  
work in  the  midst  of  a congregation,  who,  proba- 
bly consider  themselves  safely  housed  from  any  
such intruders,  and  are  therefore  deficient  in  
watchfulness  against  them  !  One,  perchance  
is in  the  pew,  suggesting  to  the  hearer  dispara- 
ging  thoughts  of  the  minister,  telling  him  that  
such a  style  of  preaching  is  not  calculated  to  
profit  him,  and  that  he  should  seek  elsewhere  
an instructer  better  suited  to  his  case;  while  
another  in  the  pulpit  whispers  to  the  preacher  
that he  is  not  in  his  proper  sphere:  he  has  
reaped  too  little  fruit  of  his  labor  there  to  have  
any warrant  for  thinking  it  his  destined  post  of  
usefulnesss,  and  thus  the  tie  on  both  sides  is  
weakened,  and  the  enemy  snatches  away,  even  
from the  renewed  heart,  many  a  precious  grain  
of gospel  seed,  calculated  to  incrrease  sixty  or  
a hundred  fold,  if rightfully  received  and  pray- 
erfully  retained.  And  thus  he  breaks  many  a  tie  
that  would  prove  a  mutual  blessing;  inducing  
a wavering  mind  and  restless  habits,  often lead- 
ing the  humble,  zealous,  pastor  eventually  into  
some snare  of  popularity,  some  sphere  where  
personal  vanity  is  gratified  at  the  expense  of  
spiritual  mindedness;  and  he  who  began  by  
desiring  to  know  nothing  but  Jesus  CVist  and  
him crucified,  ends  by  preaching  hir.'^f  and  
not Christ  Jesus  —(To be  continued.)  sionFal.  

The Offence of  the  Cross.  
eecher.  

ENT  LE- It is  obvious  to  every  reader  of  the  
Testament,  that  the  preaching  of  our  Savi  ,  
and his  apostles,  at  times  excited  great  host)'  
ty. Many  of  their  hearers  were  roused  to  maa  
ness and  execrations.  Why  was  this  ? Was  
there  anything  arrogant  or  offensive  in  the  
manner  of  their  address?  No.  Oar  Saviour,  
in outward  deportment,  was  mild  and  gentle  as  
the Spirit  of  heaven;  and  Paul,  divinely  in- 
spired,  assumed  no  imperious  airs.  
What  then  could  have  aroused  that  bitter  
and unrelenting  hostility,  which  led  to  the  cru- 
cifixion  of  the  one,  and  the  daily  martyrdom  of  
the other  ? It  was  the  sentiment,  it  was  the  
doctrine  they  preached.  There  was  something  
in the  plan  of  salvation  they  proclaimed,  offen- 
sive to  the  sinner's  heart.  What  then  was  this  
sentiment,  this  doctrine,  this  plan  of  salvation,  
which  they  preached,  which  so  stung  to  mad- 
ness the  hearts  of  guilty  men,  that  they  thrust  
their  fingers  into  their  ears,  and  rushed  upon  
the preacher  to  destroy  them  ?  
Imagine  Paul  to  have  gathered  around  him  
a concourse  in  any  of  the  cities  of  Asia  Minor,  
or of  Greece,  and  thus  to  have  addressed  them.  
" Brethren!  we  have  one  common  Father.—  
He has  informed  us  by his  prophets,  and  finally  
by his  Son,  that  the  sorrows  and  sins  in  which  
we are  now  involved  will  soon  all  terminate  
forever,  and  the  dark  night  of  life  will  give  
place  to  the  dawn  of  a happy  and  eternal  mor- 
ning.  Every  one  of  you,  no  matter  what  your  
present  character  or  woes,  will,  the  moment  
you die,  ascend  into  heaven,  an  angel  of  glory  
spiritualized,  purified,  enraptured.  No  matter  
what  crimes  you  may  have  already  committed,  
or intend  still  to  commit,  all  will  be  forgiven  
and forgotten  in  another  world.  Love  then,  
and serve  this  heavenly  Father  now,  and  it  
will promote  your  happiness  in  this  life,  for  all  
wrong  doing  carries  with  it  its  own  punish- 
ment.  But  if  you  unwisely  still  choose  to  live  
life of sin,  though  you  must  expect  to  suffer  
the natural  consequences  in  this  world,  I  can  
assure  you  that  you  have  nothing  to  fear  here- 
after,  but  look  forward  to  endless  and  perfect  
happiness  in  the  life  which  is  to  come."  
Look now,  for  a  moment  at  the  concourse  
assembled  around  the  apostle,  listening  to  his  
discourse.  There  stands  the  assassin,  whose


hands  are  red  with  the  blood  of  the  last  night  s  
murder,  and  who  is  plotting  new  deeds  of  rob- 
and  blood  in  the  dark  hours  o  come- 
His eve  brightens,  and  even  his  malignant  fea- 
tures  are  forced  into  such  a  smile  as  can  curl  
upon a  fiend's  lip.  «  This  is  glorious  tidings  
• deed  "  he  says,"  too  good,  I  am  almost  atraid,  
lo be true.  There  is  no  devil,  then  ;  no  hell;  
no retribution  for  my  life  of  crime.  This  is  
<rood  news  indeed.  Paul  is  the  preacher  for  
me.  Long  life  to  Paul!"  he  shouts  from  the  

Cr°Hhis  the  "  offence  of  the  cross  ?"  Is  this  
the preaching  which  extorted  execrations  from  
the crowds  of  Lystra,  and  Derbe,and  Antioch;  
and broueht  from  murderous  hands  stones,  and  

every  missile  of  death  around  the  head  of  the  
devoted apostle.  .  ,  ..  
But  here  stands  another  man  ;  a  rich  profli- 
gate, squandering  health  and  fortune  in  the  
worst  scenes  of  voluptuousness  and  debauchery.  
With  eager  mind  he  listens  to  the  doctrine  of  
the apostle.  "  This,"  he  says,  "  is  truly  de- 
lightful.  It  is  just  the  religion  for  me  and  my  
associates.  It  is  far  better  even  than  the  pa- 
gan system.  For  when  I  heard  of  Tantalus,  
suffering  eternal  thirst;  and  Sisyphus  toiling  
unceasingly  up  the  hill  in  everlasting  disap- 
pointment;  and  Ixion  whirled  around  eternally  
by the  revolving  wheel,  I  trembled  in  view  of  
my life  of  sin.  But  now  I  find  that  there  is  
no awful  judgment,  no  condemning  sentence,  
no scenes  of  retribution.  The  apostle  says  that  
it will  be  for  my  interest  to  obey  God  now,  but  
I think  that  I  will  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  sin  in  
this world,  and  the  pleasures  of  holiness  in  the  
world that  is  to  come,  and  thus  can  I  judge  
which of  the  two  I  like  the  best."  

Is this  the  "  offence  of  the  cross  ?"  Is  this  
that preaching  which  so  bitterly  aroused  the  
hostility  of  the  carnal  mind  ?  Can  it  be  possi- 
ble that  Paul  preached  in  this  way,  and  that  
wicked  men  stoned  him  for  it,  and  cried,  away  
with such  a  fellow  from  the  earth,  it  is  not  fit  
that he  should  live?  Answer  this  question,  ye  
who say  "  that  after  death  there  is  no  judg- 
ment ;"  that  "  the  dead  shall  not  stand  before  
the bar  of  God;"  that  "  no  man  shall  awake  to  
shame and  everlasting  contempt;"  that  "the  
wicked  and  they  that  fear  not  God,  shall  not  be  
cast into  hell."  Tell  us  where  is  the  offence  
to the  carnal  mind  in  the  cross  you  preach  ?  
Let  us  contemplate  another  supposition.—  
Paul  goes  to  Corinth,  the  boasted  intellectual  
eye of  Greece;  the  emporium  of  philosophy.  
He gathers  around  him  a  large  concourse  of  
the haughty  nobles,  the  self-righteous  moralists,  
and the  proud  philosophers  of  the  academy,  
and the  grove,  and  thus  addresses  them.—  
" Brethren,  I  have  come  to  teach  you  some  new  
views  upon  the  subject  of  religion.  There  is  
one God,  infinitely  wise  and  good.  He  has  
sent a  messenger,  called  his  Son,  either  an  an- 
gel of  very  exalted  character,  or  a  man,  it  isun  
certain which,  to  instruct  us  respecting  our  du  
ty. That  messenger  has  taught  us  that  if  we  
cherish  feelings  of  gratitude  towards  our  hea- 
venly  Father,  and  are  just  and  benevolent,  we  
shall  soon  be  taken  to  the  mansions  of  heaven.  
Whatever  may  have  been  your  past  sins,  re- 
pentance  will  blot  them  out.  This  Teacher  
died to  prove  the  sincerity  of  his.  If  you  do  
not live  an  upright  life,  I  do  not  know  what  
will  be  the  future  consequence.  Whether  there  
is any  punishment  hereafter,  and  if  so,  how  
long it  will  continue,  or  how  severe  it  will  be,  I  
cannot tell.  But  this  I  can  assure  you,  that  if  
you  are  only  just  and  benevolent  in  your  deal- 
ings,  and  grateful  to  God,  you  are  going  as  fast  
as time  can  bear  you  to  the  mansions  of  eter  
nal bliss."  
Is there  any  offence  of  the  cross  here  ?  Is  
there a  single  word  in  this  address  which  can  
plunge  the  dagger  of  conviction  into  the  sin- 
ner's  heart  ? Is  there  an  idea  here  which  can  
arouse  the  dead  conscience,  and  awake  the  re  
morse of  the  self-righteous  and  the  proud  ?—  
Would  not  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees  of  Judea  
greet  such  an  orator  with  commendation  and  
flattery, rather  than  with  denunciation  and  con- 
tempt?  Is  there  any  unrenewed  heart  which  
can perceive  anything  offensive  or  unpalatable  
in this  doctrine  ?  The  sinners  of  Judea  would  
no more  stone  a  man  for  such  preaching  as  
this,  than  would  the  worldlings  of  our  own  
land.  Where,  then,  is  the  offence  of  the  
cross  ?"  
Let  us,  then,  make  one  more  supposition,  and  
from  the  recorded  sermons  of  the  apostle,  let  
«s select  such  truths  as  the  Holy  Spirit  testifies  
that he  did  preach.  Paul  enters  the  market  
place  of  a  dissolute  city.  The  report  runs  
through  the  thronged  streets,  that  "  these  men  
who have  turned  the  world  upside  down,  have  
come hither  also."  The  proud  Pharisee,  the  

self-righteous  Scribe,  the  conceited  philosopher,  
the debauchee,  the  robber,  and  the  beggar  ga- 
ther  around  him.  "Fellow-mortals,"  says  
the  apostle,  "  you  have  all  broken  the  law  .  of  
God,  incurred  its  penalty,  and  are  justly  ex- 
posed  to  the  doom  of  eternal  destruction.  You  
are  all  so  sinful  in  the  sight  of  God  ;  the  de- 
pravity  of  your  hearts  is  so  deep  and  invete- 
rate,  that  you  must  be  radically  changed,  re- 
generated,  before  you  can  be  made  fit  for  heaven.  
" God  himself  had  pity  on  your  lost  condi- 
tion,  and,  in  the  person  of  his  Son,  took  upon  
him  human  nature,  and  bore  the  penalty  of  the  
law  in  your  stead  ;  died  upon  the  cross,  to make  
atonement  for  your  sins.  And  now  through  
the virtues  of  this  atonement,  God  is  ready  to  
forgive  you  all,  guilty  as  you  are,  if  you  will  
repent  of  your  sins,  trust  in  this  Saviour,  and  
commence  a  new  life  of  consecration  to  his  glo- 
ry.  These  are  the  conditions  upon  which  sal- 
vation  is  now  offered  to  the  world;  "and  there  
other  way  by  which  any  soul  can  be  is no  ,  
saved,  for  all  are  alike  lost  in  their  guilt  and  
condemnation.  Accept  these  terms,  and  God  
will  purify  your  heart  and  receive  you  to  hea- 
ven.  Reject  them,  and  you  must  be  eternally  
consigned  to  the  world  of  woe,  with  the  devil  
and  his  angels."  
Now  look  at  the  audience.  Agitation  and  
murmurings  are  manifested,  as  when  the  rising  
storm  begins  to  move  and  speak  in  the  boughs  
of the  silent  forest.  "  What!"  says  the  Phari- 
see,  "  does  he  tell  me  that  I  am  depraved  in  
heart;  a  guilty  and  condemned  sinner?"—  
" What!"  says  the  self-righteous  moralist,  "  is  
there  no  merit  in  my  prayers  ;  no  merit  in  my  
punctilious  observance  of  the  ceremonies  of  the  
law  ?  Is  god-like  human  nature  to  be  thus  vili- 
fied ?  the  divinity  within  us  to  be  thus  tra- 
duced?  Away  with  such  a  fellow  from  the  
earth."  
" This  is  a  babbler,  truly,"  indignantly  ex- 
claims  the  philosopher;  "  he  seems  to  regard  
all  our  wisdom,  the  logic  of  the  schools,  the  
acute  speculations  of  our  most  powerful  minds,  
as of  no  avail  in  reforming  the  world;  and  
preaches  salvation  through  faith  in  one  Jesus  
who  was  executed  upon  the  cross.  He  must  
be either  a  fool  or  a  madman  ;  and  whichever  
he may  be,  he  is  unworthy  of  my  attention."  
" Let  us  stone  him,"  exclaim  the  debauchee,  
and the  robber,  and  all  the  loose  fellows  of  the  
baser  sort;  "  let  us  stone  him.  He  says  that  
we are  going  to  hell;  that  unless  we  repent  
we shall  be  forever  miserable.  He  is  dishon- 
oring  God  by  such  horrible  doctrine."  
But  pressing  through  the  crowd,  there  gather  
around  the  apostle,  a  multitude  with  tearful  
eyes  and  sorrowful  countenances,  and  anx- 
iously  inquire,  "  Sir,  what  shall  we  do  to  be  
saved  ?  We  feel  that  we  are  the  guilty  crea- 
tures  you  have  described  us  to  be.  We  de- 
serve  God's  eternal  displeasure.  Can  there  be  
mercy  for  us  ?"  
" Yes,"  replies  the  apostle,  "  there  is  mercy  
for  you  all.  This  blessed  Jesus  has  made  full  
atonement  for  our  sins,  and  now,  whosoever  
cometh*to  him,  he  will  in  nowise  cast  out.  
Trust  in  him,  openly  confess  before  men,  and  
consecrate  your  life  to  his  glory,  and  he  will  
pardon  you  and  purify  you  from  every  sin,  and  
present  you  faultless  before  the  throne."  
Enlightened  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  they  joy- 
fully  embrace  these  offers  of  salvation.  And  
as there  can  be  no  temptation  to  make  a  false  
profession;  for  by  that  profession  they  put  life  
to hazard,  Paul  does  not  delay  to  test  by  time  
the reality  of  their  conversion.  One  after  ano- 
ther  of  the  young  converts  stands  before  him;  
and  he  baptizes  them  with  pure  water,  in  the  
name  of  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.  
This  is  the  offence  of  the  cross.  This  is  the  
gospel  of  Christ.  This  is  that  faith  which  to  
the Jew  is  a  stumbling-block,  and  to  the  Greek  
foolishness  ;  but  which,  to  them  that  are  saved,  
is the  wisdom  of  God,  and  the  power  of  God.  
—Rev. J.  S.  C.  Abbott  

The Great Teacher.  

" Never  man  spake  like  this  man."  Such  
was  the  testimony  of  persons  who  could  not,  for  
a moment,  be  suspected  of  partiality,  and  would  
never  have  uttered  this  eulogy  if  it  had  not  
been  wrested  from  them  by  an  admiration,  the  
expression  of  which  they  were  utterly  u  
ble to  suppress.  
" Never  man  spake  like  this  man."—And  so  
you  would  have  said  if  you  had  heard  him  
preach.  Never  mortal  had  such  doctrines  to  
deliver,  and  never  mortal  taught  in  so  solemn  
and  impressive,  yet  so  tender  and  affectionate  
a manner.  
The  philosphers  of  antiquity—they  only  
skimmed  the  surface  of  things;  they  talked  

about  the  loveliness  of  virtue,  and  the  odious  
ness  of  vice  ;  they  speculated  about  the  immor- 
tality  of  the  soul  and  the  life  beyond  the  gTave,  
and professed  to  look  forward  with  mingled  
hope  and  fear  to  an  hereafter,  concerning  which  
none  could  speak  with  satisfaction  or  with  cer- 
tainty.  And  as  for  the  scribes  and  Pharisees,  
who  sat  in  Moses's  seat,  they  only  sophisticated  
and polluted  the  purity  of  his  morality  by  their  
adding  to  the  cumbrous  mass  of  rites  and  cere- 
monies,  by  which  his  dispensation  was  distin- 
guished,  innumerable  traditions  and  enactments  
of their  own.  But  this  man—he  went  at  once  
to the  spring  of  action  in  the  human  heart,  he  
unfolded  the  foundation  of  moral  obligation  in  
the bonds  that  bind  the  creature  to  the  Creator.  
He taught  the  spirituality,  and  purity,  and  
perfection  of  the  law  of  God.  He  threw  a  
strong  and  steady  light  upon  the  regions  of  fu- 
turity,  and  surrounded  his  hearers  with  the  
dread  transactions  of  the  judgment  day,  and  
the enduring  realities  of  the  eternal  world.  

"Never  man  spake  like  this  man."—So  
Nicodemus  thought,  when,  in  reply  to  his  
address,  he  laid  down  the  fundamental  doctrine  
of his  gospel,  and  said,  "  Verily,  verily  I  say  
unto you,  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  
of the  spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom  
of God."  So  Nathaniel  thought,  when,  cast- 
ing  at  him  his  mild  and  piercing  eye  he  said,  
"Before  that  Philip  called  thee,  when  thou  
wast  under  the  fig  tree,  I saw  thee."  So  Zac- 
c'heus  thought,  when  he  climbed  into  the  syca- 
more  tree  because  Jesus  was  to  pass  that  way  ;  
and he  turned  unto  him  and  cried,  "  Zaccheus,  
make  haste,  and  come  down  ;  for  to-day  I  must  
abide  at  thy  house."  So  Peter  thought  when  
he would  have  reproved  his  Master;  but  the  
Lord  turned,  and  looked  upon  Peter,  and  said,  
" Get  behind  me,  Satan,  thou  art  an  offence  un- 
to me  ;  for  thou  savorest  not  of  the  things  that  
be of  God,  but  those  that  be  of  man."  So  the  
scribes  and  Pharisees  thought,  when  he  took  
off  the  mask  of  hypocrisy,  by  which  they  sought  
to impose  upon  the  people,  and  exhibited  their  
character  in  all  its  true,  odious,  and  disgusting  
colors,  and  thundered  out  the  anathema,  "  Wo  
unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  
how  can  ye  escape  the  damnation  of  hell?"—  
So Pilate  thought,  when,  in  reply  to  his  ques- 
tion—half,  perhaps,  in  veneration,  and  half  in  
scorn—"  Art  thou  a  king  ?"  he  answered,  

Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a  king.  Thou  hast  
announced  my  true  and  proper  dignity;  I  am  
a king;  but  my  kingdom  is  not  of  this  world.  
I lead  no  conquering  armies  to  the  battle,  
I press  not  for  thrones  and  palaces,  through  
fields of  carnage  and  seas  of  blood.  To  this  
end  was  I  born  :—and  for  this  cause  came  I  
into  the  world,  that  I  should  witness  unto  the  
truth."  
No matter  where—no  matter  when—no  mat  
ter what  he  said—whether  in  the  Temple  sur- 
rounded  by  the  doctors  of  the  law,  hearing  and  
asking  them  questions,  or  whether  on  the  deck  
of the  vessel,  surrounded  by  the  fishermen  of  
Galilee;  or  whether  in  the  towns,  and  cities,  
and villages  of  Judea,  healing  the  sick,  and  
raising  the  dead  :  or  whether  at  the  tribunal  of  
Pilate,  the  object  of  contemptand  scorn.  
» Never  man  spake  like  this  man."—There  
was  a  power,  and  an  authority,  and  an  influence  
i n all that  he said  that  none  could  gainsay  or  resist.  
The  gabbling  scribes  heard  him,  and  they  were  
confounded.  The  haughty  Pharisees  heard  him,  
and they  were  abashed.  The  frantic  demoniac  
heard  him,  and  he  was  still.  The  diseased  heard  
him,  and  he  felt  the  impulses  of  health  beat  in  
all  his  veins.  The  dead  heard  him,  and  broke  
his  silence,  and  arose.  
" Never  man  spake  like  this  man."—And  yet  
the power  and  authority  with  which  he  spoke  
was  not  that  which  thrones,  and  sceptres,  and  
diadems  confer—it  was  not  the  power  and  au- 
thority  of  racks,  and  gibbets,  and  dungeons- 
it was  not  the  power  and  authority  of  princes  
and potentates  of  this  world,  who  send  their  
conquering  armies  to  enforce  their  commands,  
and  hurl  the  thunders  of  their  artillery  against  
all  who  dare  to  resist  their  mandate.  No;  but  
it was  the  power  of  light  beaming  upon  the  un- 
derstanding—it  was  the  power  of  truth  making  
its way  to  the  conscience—it  was  the  power  of  
God  speaking  to  mortals  by  his  Son.—Doctor  
Raffles.  

husband,  a  branch  of  that  stem,  a  stone  laid  
upon that  foundation.  Look  not,  therefore,  for  
any  blessing  out  of  him;  and  in,  and  by,  and  
from  him,  look  for  all  blessings.  Let  him  be  
thy  life  ;  and  wish  not  to  live  longer  than  thou  
art  quickened  by  him:  find  him  thy  wisdom,  
righteousness,  sanctification,  redemption  ;  thy  
riches,  thy  strength,  thy  glory.  Apply  unto  
thyself  all  that  thy  Saviour  is,  or  hath  done.  
Wouldst  thou  have  the  graces  of  God's  Spirit  ?  
fetch  them  from  his  anointing.  Wouldst  thou  
have  dower  against  spiritual  enemies  ?  fetch  it  
from  his  sovereignty.  Wouldst  thou  have  re- 
demption  ?  fetch  it  from  his  passion.  Wouldst  
thou  have  absolution  ?  fetch  it  from  his  perfect  
innocence.  Freedom  from  the  curse  ?  fetch  it  
from  his  cross.  Satisfaction  ?  fetch  it  from  his  
sacrifice.  Cleansing  from  sin  ?  fetch  it  from  
his  blood.  Mortification?  fetch  it  from  his  
Newness  of  life  ? fetch  it  from  his  res- 
urrection.  Right  to  heaven  ?  fetch  it  from  his  
purchase.  Audience  in  all  thy  suits  ?  fetch  it  
from  his  intercession.  Wouldst  thou  have  sal- 
vation  ?  fetch  it  from  his  session  [sitting  down]  
at the  right  hand  of  Majesty.  Wouldst  thou  
have  all  ?  fetch  it  from  him  who  is  "  one  Lord,  
one God  and  Father  of  all,  who  is  above  all,  
through  all,  and  in  all."  Eph.'4:5,  6.  And  
as thy  faith  shall  thus  interest  thee  in  Christ,  
thy  Head,  so  let  thy  charity  unite  thee  to  his  
body,  the  church,  both  in  earth  and  heaven.  
Hold  ever  an  inviolable  communion  with  that  
holy  and  blessed  fraternity.  Sever  not  thyself  
from  it,  either  in  judgment  or  affection.  Make  
account  there  is  not  one  of  God's  saints  upon  
earth  but  hath  a  property  in  thee,  and  thou  
mayest  challenge  the  same  in  each  of  them;  so  
that  thou  canst  not  be  sensible  of  their  pas- 
sions;  and  be  freely  communicative  of  all  thy  
graces,  and  all  serviceable  offices,  by  example,  
admonition,  exhortation,  consolation,  prayer,  
beneficence,  for  the  good  of  that  sacred  com- 
munity,  And  when  thou  raisest  up  thine  eyes  
to heaven,  think  of  that  glorious  society  of  bless- 
ed saints  who  are  gone  before  thee,  and  are  
there  triumphing,  and  reigning  in  eternal  and  
incomprehensible  glory;  bless  God  for  them,  
and wish  thyself  with  them  ;  tread  in  their  holy  
steps,  and  be  ambitious  of  that  crown  of  glory  
and immortality  which  thou  seest  shining  on  
their  heads.—Bishop  Hall.  

Grethsemane.  

Personal  Piety.  

My  son,  if  thou  lookest  for  sound  comfort  
on earth,  and  salvation  in  heaven,  unglue  thy- 
self  from  the  world,  and  the  vanities  of  it;  put  
thyself  upon  thy  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  
Christ;  leave  not  till  thou  findest  thyself  firmly  
united  to  him,  so  as  thou  art  become  a  limb  of  
that  body  whereof  he  is  head,  a  spouse  of  that  

Passing  out  of  the  Jaffa.gate,  we rambleddown  
the Valley  of  Gihon,  around  the  base  of  Zion,  
to the  Pool  of  Siloam.  At  this  point  my  com- 
panions  left  me,  and  I  continued  my  walk  alone,  
up the  valley  of  Jehosaphat,  not  displeased  with  
the opportunity  of  a  solitary  wandering  among  
the tombs,  and  of  standing  alone  upon  the  sacred  
soil  of  Gethsemane.  Again  and  again  had  I  
passed  by  the  enclosure,  but  could  not  bring  my- 
self  to  enter  it;  now,  however,  I  was  alone,  
and soon  to  depart  from  the  Holy  City,  and  my  
feelings  had  been  softened  by  a  walk  among  
the tombs.  At  the  foot  of  Mount  Olivet,  just  
opposite  St.  Stephen's  Gate,  a  rude  stone  wall  
encloses  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre  of  ground,  
in which  stand  eight  ancient  olive  trees,  some  
of them  very  large.  There  is  little  doubt  that  
this  enclosure  was  the  spot  of  our  Saviour's  
sufferings  on  that  fearful  night  when  he  was  
betrayed.  
Musing  on  the  affecting  narrative  of  the  
Evangelist,  I  approached,  climbed  over  the  
tottering  wall,  and  sat  down  at  the  foot  of  a  
gnarled  and  shattered  olive,  that  seemed  to  my  
excited  imagination,  as  if  it  might  have  stood  
there  and  heard  the  Saviour's  cry,  "  Father,  if  it  
be possible,  let  this  cup  pass  from  me."  The  
stillness  of  the  place  was  oppressive.  The  
Temple  wall  almost  overhangs  the  spot,  but  no  
hum  of  life  comes  upon  the  breeze  over  its  
gloomy  battlements.  My  heart  sunk  deeper  in  
sadness  as  I  heard  the  croak  of  a  raven  that  
flew over  the  apparently  deserted  city.  All  that  
remains  of  Gethsemane  harmonises  with  the  
sad associations  of  the  place.  No  one  can  walk  
under  its  venerable  olives,  and  think  of  the  
meek  sufferer  who  once  poured  out  upon  its  
soil  "  great  drops  of  sweat  and  blood,"  and  yet  
in his  agony  cried,  "  Father,  not  my  will  but  
thine  be  done,"  without  a  deeper  love  for  the  
Redeemer,  and  a  stronger  "  fellowship  of  his  
sufferings."  Mine  eyes  were  constrained  to  at- 
test  the  power  of  the  place  over  the  heart,  and,  
as I  rose  to  depart,  I  involuntarily  exclaimed,  
" I  must  go  hence  and  never  again  shall  I  see  
thee,  0  Gethsemane!—But  I  shall  see  the  
Lord  of  life  and  glory  coming  the  second  time  
without  sin  unto  salvation;  and  may  I  so  live  
as to  hail  him  at  the  resurrection,  with  the  ex- 
clamation,  Come,  Lord  Jesus,  come  quickly."  
Dr. Durbin.


60  THE  ADVENT  HEEALD.  

'BEHOLD!  THE  BRIDEGROOM  COMETH!!'  

B33TON,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER  23,  1848.  

Doctrines  of the  Bible not of Heathen  
Origin.  
It has been a favorite argument  with  infidels, that  
the doctrines of the  Bible were learned by the writers  
of the  Old and New  Testaments,  from contemporary  
heathen philosophers.  
Tor example:  an  infinity  'of  testimony  might  be  
cited from  PLUTARCH,  SENECA,  MAXIMUS  of  Tyre,  
PLATO,  VIRGIL,  HECATJIUS  ABDERITA,  XENOPHA- 

NES  COLOPHOMENSIS,  ORPHEUS,  CICERO,  and  a  multi- 
tude of others,  who have all  asserted that  the Pagans  
received  but one supreme  infinite,  and  self-existent  
GOD;  unto  whom the title  of  "  Greatest  " and  the  
" Best,"  was  alone ascribed.  Their  other  divinities  
were of secondary importance.  The  infidel TAYLOR,  

in his Diegesis, attempts to demonstrate that the name  
of the  god of Memphis,  Jao, is  identical with  that  of  
the GOD  of  ABRAHAM.  He  also  by  a  collation of  
Christian and heathen  sentiments,  attempts  to  shovtf  
that the entire Christian faith  is found  in  pagan wri- 
ters. By  such arguments  as  thesre, many have  sup- 
posed  that the doctrines of Christianity  are  of pagan  
origin. Thus,  CELSUS  argued,  "  that  the  Christian  
religion  contained nothing  but  what  Christians  held  
in common  with heathens  : nothing  that  was  new or  
truly great."  

Now, if it was satisfactorily  proved that  every arti- 
cle of  faith  respecting  GOD  and the  future  state, en- 
tertained by  Christians, was  also  held  by  different  
heathen writers,  it  would  be  still  far  from  being  
proved  that the  Jews and Christians  were  indebted to  
these heathens for  a  knowledge  of  such  tenets.  A  
doctrine  believed  by two contemporary  classes  of in- 
dividuals,  independent  of  all  other  evidence,  might  
with equal propriety be  claimed to  have been derived  
by either from the  other.  That  such  beliefs  had  a  
common  origin, would be  more  self-evident than that  
it originated  with  either  one  of the  two classes, to  
the exclusion of the  other.  We  must,  therefore,  go  
beyond  the mere fact of the  existence  of points  com- 
mon  to the belief of two classes,  to decide their origin.  

The writings  of  MOSES  are  of a  higher antiquity  
than any other extant.  The  history  of the  creation,  
of the  flood,  of the  destruction  of  the  cities of the  
plain, are clearly narrated.  The  fragments  of tradi- 
tion  respecting these  events  among  the  heathen are  
dim  and  misty,  yet  sufficiently  definite  to identify  
them. Now,  common sense  must  decide that  these  
last are more likely to  have  originated  with  the  for- 
mer, than the  former  with  the  latter.  The  truth  of  
revelation  we  consider  has  been sufficiently demon- 
strated  by the minute fulfilment  of numberless prophe- 
cies. We  shall not, therefore,  here  touch on the evi- 
dences  which sustain that  part  of  the  question. We  
shall  simply  attempt to account  for  the coincidence of  
a similarity  of belief by  the  heathen,  on many points  
common  to Jew and Christian.  
All mankind had one  common  origin—descending  
alike  from  ADAM  and  NOAH.  The  traditions  and  
teachings  communicated  to  the  human race  previous  
to the  building  of Babel,  must  have been equally cur- 
rent among all portions of the  family  of  man.  For  
nearly  two  thousand  years—one  third  of the  entire  
period  from the creation—the  inhabitants of the earth  
sojourned  together. Till  this  time,  opinions held by  
any  might be known to  all.  
After the  call  of  ABRAHAM,  he  and his  descend- 
ants were the chosen ones,  that  GOD honored  as  the  
medium  of communication to  the  human  race.  We  
are not, however, authorized  to  conclude that the sur- 
rounding  nations knew nothing  of ABRAHAM'S  hopes  
and  consolations.  The  views  of  the  heathen  which  
assimilated  at all to the  tenets  of inspiration,  are ad- 
mitted  by all to have originated  in Egypt. This  infi- 
dels admit,  but  claim  a  paternity  older  than that  of  
MOSES ; for  this, however,  no  evidence is adduced—  
except  of  it3  Egyptian  origin.  Now,  there  is  no  
place  more likely  than  Egypt  to  have been  familiar  
with  the  faith  of  the  people  of  GOD.  ABRAHAM,  

ISAAC,  and  JACOB,  each in  turn,  sojourned in Egypt;  
and  the  descendants  of JACOB  there  sojourned to  the  
end  of four  hundred and  thirty  years  from the time of  

the call of ABRAHAM.  It  was  therefore to be expect- 
ed that the Egyptians  should have been more familiar  
with the  doctrines of Israel  respecting GOD  and a  fu- 
ture state  than any  other nation.  As  the  Egyptians  
were the first  civilized, it was  natural that  other  na- 
tions should copy their opinions. As  the  Jews  be- 
came a  nation, they  also would more or less exercise  
an influence  over  surrounding  nations—particularly  
as they became  powerful,  and exerted a  controlling  
influence, as  they  did in the  days of SOLOMON.  

An infidel in  New  York  city  once  avowed to  a  
clergyman, that  he  "  had  no  doubt the Israelites  had  
obtained  their religion from  the Greeks,  and  particu- 
larly from the philosophy of PLATO." The  minister  
replied : "  Your  argument  would be worthy of  some  
consideration,  were  it not that  PLATO  says,  that what  
he and the Greeks  in general  knew of the  gods, they  
learned of the  Israelites."—Dr.  Nelson. PLATO  in- 
forms us,  that  one  of  the  Syrian  narratives  from  
which his countrymen obtained their knowledge, was  
the Fraternity of  the  human  family,  and  that  man  
was made out of the  dust;  and  with the Bible PLATO  

taught, that man was  the last  living thing produced in  
the creation.  
It is,  however,  not true  that  the points of simili- 
tude between the  belief of some  of the  heathen wri- 
ters and the Scriptures,  were  of universal prevalence  
among the  heathen.  SOCRATES  tells  us,  that  the  
things relating to the existence  of the  soul after death  
" were  disbelieved  by  the  greatest part of mankind."  
CEBES  tells  us the same thing;  and  CICERO  says  that  
it was contradicted, not  only by whole troops of Epi- 
cureans, but also by the most learned  of the other sects.  
ARISTOTLE  was  so far from believing.it, that  he  held  
death to be the  most terrible  thing in nature,  as  put- 
ting an  end  to  all things.  And  LIPSIUS  confesses  
that it was controverted by  the stoics.  

It is  evident, therefore,  that down to  the  time  of  
CICERO,  the prevailing  heathen  view,  with here  and  
there an  exception,  was,  that  death wat  a  state  of  
eternal unconsciousness.  

PLATO  was  born at  Athens  B.  c. 429. In  his twen- 
tieth year  he became  a disciple  of  SOCRATES,  with  
whom  he continued ten  years,  till the death of SOC- 
RATES.  He  then  travelled  in  Egypt,  and  various  
countries, and,  according to  RITTER'S  An.  Phi.,  he  
obtained  a  knowledge  of  the  true  GOD  among the  
Jews of Phoenicia ; and  he  afterwards  taught,  with  
other things,  that  he  learned of the  Jews " the  exist- 
ence of an  eternal  and  unchangeable Being,  we  call  
GOD."  
The more pure-minded of the  heathen  only,  seem  
to have  looked with  favor on the doctrine of a  future  
state. As  CORNELIUS  was  a devout man, and feared  
GOD,  with all his  house,  so did other persons  doubt- 
less among  the  Gentiles  fear  and worship GOD  ac- 
cording to  the  light  that  was  in them. PLATO  was  
remarkable for  the purity  of his  life and morals. He  
ever complained  of  those  heathens  who rejected the  
doctrine  of  a  future  state,  that  they were  not good  
enough to  receive it;  and  he  asserted that  the  advo- 
cates of materialism  "  must  be  made  better men be- 
fore they  can  be  enlightened  as to their error,  and  
that then only will they  be  able  to  recognize within  
them the truth  and reality  of the  soul, and of justice  
and reason, and confess  that there are realities which  
are neither  tangible  nor  visible."  He  insists  that  
" man ought not  to form any conception  of GOD, ex- 
cept as  a  Being,  purely  good,  inexorable  to  the  
prayers or offerings of the  unworthy."  

While the  better  sort  of  heathen  had  an expecta- 
tion of a  future  state,  they  seem to have thought  but  
very little of a  resurrection from  the dead ; and  most  
of them  reckoned it  impossible. When  PAUL  spoke  
of the  resurrection to  the  Athenians,  they  regarded  
him as a " setter  forth  of strange gods."  Dr.  PEAR- 

SON,  however says, that "  the  Gentiles did themselves  
confess that  some  particular  persons  did  return  to  
life after death. They  could not rationally deny  the  
resurrection wholly."  He  says  that  "there  were  
also histories  amongst  the  Gentiles  of  several  who  
rose to  life  after  death;"  and  says that PLUTARCH  

mentioned  one,  "  who  rose the third day, and PLATO  

mentioned  another,  who revived  the  twelfth  day after  
death."  (See  Creed,  p.  565.)  Those  were  doubt- 
less nothing but  cases  of  resuscitation before  actual  
death ; yet it shows that they believed  the dead might  
come to  life  again  ; for  otherwise PLATO  and PLU- 

TARCH  would nqt have  spoken  of them  as  dead. It  
is, however, still true  that  the  most  of  the  heathen  
believed  as  one of them  says:—  

" But  we,  the  great,  the  mighty,  and the  wise,  
\V lien once  we  die,  unknown  in  earth's dark womb  
Sleep,  long  and  drear,  the  endless sleep  of death."  
On these  lines,  Dr.  CLARKE  justly  remarks:  "  A  
more cold and comfortless  philosophy  was  never  in- 
vented."  

The similarities between the Jewish and some hea- 
then customs show that  the  latter must  have  come  in  
contact with  the  former.  Dr.  CLARKE  says,  that  
those who have asserted  that  MOSES  borrowed from  
the Egyptians,  neither  know  the  Mosaic code,  nor  
are acquainted with  the  Egyptian mythology.  And  
Dr. PRIESTLEY  says,  that those  who thus  suppose,  
can "  never have compared them together."  Speak- 
ing of what  PLATO  learned from the  Jewish  Scrip- 
tures, Dr.  CLARKE  says:  "  PLATO  has  borrowed  
much from  MOSES;"  and  "  the  republic of PLATO,  

when stripped of  what  it has  borrowed from  MOSES,  

is the aerial figment of a  philosophic  mind."  

TERTULLIAN  asserts,  that  all  the ancient heathens  
borrowed  their  best notions from the sacred writings :  
he says:  "  Which  of your poets, which of your soph- 
ists, have not drunk from  the  fountain of  the  proph- 
ets'! It  is  from those sacred springs  that  your  phi- 
losophers have refreshed their  thirsty  spirits;  and  if  
they found  anything  in  the  Holy Scriptures  which  
hit their  fancy,  or  which  served  their  hypothesis,  
they took  and  turned  it  to  a compliance with their  
own curiosity "—Apologet.  
Dr. CLARKE  says:  "One  of  the  most  complete  
imitations of the  tabernacle, and its  whole service, is  
found in the very ancient temple of HERCULES,  found- 
ed probably by the  Phtenicians, at Gades, now Cadiz,  
in Spain."  Healsosays:  "  The  heathens  borrowed  
their best things  from Divine revelation, both as it re- 
fers to wha£ was pure in their doctrines, and signifi- 
cant in  their  religious  rites. Indeed,  they  seem in  
many cases to have studied the  closest imitation pos- 
sible, consistent with  the adaptation  of  all  to  their  
preposterous and idolatrous worship."  
From the  foregoing,  we conclude  that  those who  
attribute to  any  scriptural  truth  a  heathen  origin,  
know not  whereof  they  affirm,  and  dishonor  the  
teachings of inspiration.  And  consequently,  this ar- 
gument of "  heathen  origin,"  so loudly cried  by the  
infidels of France  and others, is pointless, fallacious,  
and sophistical.  

Bro.  J. P. Weethee.  
Bro. W.  has  now  been  with us  one  week.  His  
health is  fully restored, and he is able to labor  abun- 
dantly in the  cause. A  brief notice  of his  tour East  
will be found in another column.  
He delivered three  very  interesting  discourses  in  
Chardon-street Chapel  on  Sunday  last.  His  views  
of the  principles of  symbolic exposition  were  new,  
and differ, in their  details, from  those  entertained by  
many lecturers  among us;  but  in the  conclusions, we  
all agree. We  would urge our readers  to hear him,  
if possible, next Sunday,  when he will lecture three  
times. We  assure  them,  they  will  be  richly  paid.  
We would also say,  that he will commence a  course  
of lectures  in the  Big Tent  next week.  
As we  have many inquiries in regard to the history  
and former  standing  of  Bro.  WEETHEE,  we  have  
thought it  not improper to give the  following facts in  
relation  to  his  public  life,  which he  has  heretofore  
modestly  withheld from  us.  
He graduated in  the Ohio  University  in 1832, and  
commenced  the  study of  Medicine the same year,  in  
the town of Athens,  where the University is located.  
He made a profession of  religion in the  fall of 1832,  
and attached himself to  the Cumberland  Presbyterian  
church. He  continued  the  study  of  medicine two  
years. In  the  fall  of  1834, he felt  it  his  duty  to  
change his  intended occupation, and look  to the min- 
istry. He  accordingly joined the Pennsylvania  Pres- 
bytery in  the same fall, and commenced the  study of  
Divinity. At  the  same  time,  he removed to  Union- 
town, Pa.,  and took charge  of  Madison College,  lo- 
cated in that  place. In  the fall of  1835,  he  was li- 
censed  to  preach in the Presbyterian church,  but con- 
tinued in the  Presidency  of  Madison College  until  
the spring of 1842.  In  August  of that year,  he first  
met with Bro.  MILLER'S  Lectures,  and  commenced  
their investigation. In  October following he removed  
to Ohio, and took charge of Beverly College.  In  the  
winter of  the  same  year,  he received the  Midnight  
Cry, and soon after  commenced  proclaiming the  Ad- 
vent near.  He  relinquished his  position  in the Col- 
lege, and devoted his  whole  lime to  this  proclama- 
tion. In  1845,  he was  called  to  visit  Cincinnati,  
where he has since continued.  
Bro. W.  is whole-hearted  in the Advent  cause, and  
is a true yoke-fellow. He  heartily  approves  of the  
course of the Herald, and of our annual Conferences.  

REMITTANCES  for  the  Herald  have  come in very  
slowly and lightly  since  the  commencement  of  the  
present volume. There  is  nothing  more unpleasant  
to us, than to  be  under the  necessity  of  calling  on  
delinquents for our  just  due3.  And  while  we  feel  
the liveliest gratitude  towards those who are  prompt,  

we are obliged to  make an earnest  call on those who  
are in arrears,  to  make speedy remittances, so that  vv°  
may meet the  weekly expenses  of  the  office  I^  
none neglect this  call, who can comply with it  

OUR  health is  considerably  improved,  but not fu]]  
restored. We  are  able to attend to  our duties in the  
office, and to the affairs of the  Society  here,  but are  
unable to go out and labor as heretofore.  Our  sphere  
of active labors must, therefore, be more circumscribed  
than formerly,  until our  strength  and  vigor shall be  
restored. We  still have a painful case of sickness  in  
our family, that of  a  niece,  eighteen  years  of 'a„e  

of whose  recovery we  have  no hope. She  is hapV  
in the possession of the  "  blessed hope."  May'our  
afflictions  work for good.  

"Glimpses  of Glory."  
In SCOTT'S  Philadelphia Dollar Weekly Paper, we  
find the  following  article under the  above head. ]t  

presents a very fair picture of the prevalent  belief of  
the majority of the more intelligent believers in revela- 
tion,—those denominations  which teach the  future  re- 
union of  soul and body  at the  resurrection,  and the  
final abode  of  the just  in  some  unknown region,  re- 
moved  "  beyond the  realm of time and space."  The  
vagueness of impression  respecting  the  locality of the  
future state of rewards, strikes  us as being necessari- 
ly the result of a superficial examination  of Scripture  
or a frittering  away of the plain import of the inspired  
text.  
" Eye  hath  not  seen,  ear  hath  not  heard,  neither  
hath it  entered into the heart  of man to  conceive the  
things, which God hath prepared for  them that  love  
him."  [Note  1.]  Yet,  while  we are not allowed  to  
make any image or likeness of  the  invisible God, no  
where is it said, we may not picture to ourselves  the  
happiness of the saints in heaven. So  far  from it, a  
picture is  given  us  by  which we  may  form a faint  
idea of that heavenly Canaan.  We  read of  the  citv  
of twelve  foundations—that  city which had no  need  
of the sun,  neither  of the moon to  shine in it.  
The locality  of heaven we  know  not.  [Note  2.1  
But that  there  is  such locality  we  are  assured, for  
Paul speaks  of the  third  heaven,  where  were heard  
and seen by him things  unutterable.  Whatsoever  is  
perpendicular to  the centre of the earth,  is  up. We  
therefore know not whether heaven is  above or below  
us;  whether  it  is  in  the  regions north,  south,east,  
or west,  of the earth.  But  it  exists  somewhere as a  
tangible world,  on which saints  shall tread,  as angels  
have already done before them. It  contains that house  
of many mansions, whose maker  is  God,  where the  
beautiful vision  shall  ravish  the  soul,  and  fill  it  
with unspeakable delight. It  is  spacious as  well as  
glorious, for  it was designed to contain  that  multitude  
which no  man  can  number—even  the  innumerable  
company  of saints and angels.  

" There  shall  we  bathe  our weary  souls  
In seas  of  heavenly rest."  
What species of joys shall  delight  the  soul most,  
we know not, but the saints'  joy shall be full.  They  
shall know even as they are known. How  transport- 
ed was Peter  at  beholding but  two  prophets  in the  
transfiguration. What  shall  it  be  when we  see the  
vast multitude of prophets, martyrs,  and holy men of  
God. How  delightful to hear the concert of the heav- 
enly choir,  where  angels on  ten  thousand  times  ten  
thousand harps,  play the anthems of redeeming love.  
Heaven is  to  be  like  Christ.  The  bodies of the re- 
deemed  shall  be glorious as  the  Redeemer's.  They  
shall shine  as  the sun, and move with an energy ten  
thousand times  greater than  when  on  earth.  °They  
shall be  spiritualized—that is,  have the  immortallity  
of spirits—being free from all perishable pans.  They  
shall converse  forever—study  God's  w orks forever.  
History of redemption, as well as worlds afar in God's  
wide spread  universe,  shs.ll be an eternal  source  of  
pleasure and delight. From  the world, around which  
all other  worlds  revolve,  we  shall  behold  the  stars  
and planets  with the  far-seeing  eye,  and  while we  
shall still discern the  beauties of those  mathematical  
figures, according to which their  eternal  revolutions  
are performed Perhaps,  too,  bv angel guidance led,  
we may traverse  the blue expanse of the starrv span- 
gled sky.  

" Along  the  sapphire color'd  road  angelic  feet,  
pandall'd with  immortality,  now  tread  
Hither and thither-to  and  from the  seat  of  God "  
The nature  of the things  in heaven  we  shall  pry  
into and study forever. The  fruits  and flowers which  
grow there,  shall afford sources of pleasant study and  
delight. If  earth be so pleasant—ij  the  earthly  Ca- 
naan seem so delightful, what shall the  upper land be  
of which it  is but  a faint type.  The  souls  of  the  
righteous, no sooner have shaken off the earthly tab- 
ernacle, than they pass into heaven. "  To-day shalt  
thou be with me in Paradise,"  was  the answer made  
to a dying penitent. But  the souls of the  saints rest  
in happiness,  waiting for a re-union with their bodies,  
which are  to be raised in power and  glory.  The  re- 
union  will be the cause of extatic delight and consum- 
mate perfection of bliss. "  Here  we  see darkly as in  
a glass,"—there  we  shall see and have no dimness  of  
vision. We  shall know one another above. Our  in- 
tellect shall be ever  joyous,  and ever  expanding—  
ever bright and ever glorious, while on our heads shall  
be the starry crown of glory, that  glory which fadeth  
not away.  

I/O! there  in contemplation's  car,  
Man shall career  from star  to  star- 
To view  the  various  works  ol  fiod,  
By angels seen—by angels  trod.  
NOTK  1.  How  often is this text  quoted  to  prove  
that man knowa nothit.g of  the  things  that  GOD  has


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prepared  for  those  who  love  him.  This  text  only  
proves  that man has  originated no  knowledge  of  his  
future abode,  being dependent on the revelation in  the  
written  word, given by the spirit of GOD for all  cor- 
rect understanding of this subject;  for  the  very next  
texts (1  Cor.  2:10-12,)  adds:  "But  God  hath  re- 
vealed them  unto us  by  his Spirit  [  in  the Word  ] ;  
for  the  Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things  
of GOD.  For  whijt man knoweth the  things of a man  
save  the spirit of man which is  in him"! Even  so the  
things of GOD  knoweth  no man, hut the Spirit of GOD.  
Now we have received, not the spirit  of  the  world,  
but the Spirit which is  of  GOD, that we might know  
the things that are freely given to  us of GOD.  Which  
things also we speak,"&c.  

NOTE  2.  The  locality of heaven, or rather  the  lo- 
cality  of the future  residence of the  saints,  is one  of  
the most clearly and explicitly revealed things  in the  
entire  Scriptures.  
When GOD  created  man an immortal being  on the  
earth, GOD  gave the  dominion  of it to him. Sin  lost  
him  that  dominion, and his immortality. GOD  made  
provision  for  the  recovery,  by  man,  of what  he had  
lost. That  restoration  was  looked  forward  to with  
holy  anticipation  by patriarchs and prophets. ABRA- 

HAM  sojourned  in the land of promise, as in a strange  
country,  dwelling in tabernacles with ISAAC  and JACOB,  

the heirs with him of  the  same promise, looking  forward  
to a city which hath  foundations,  whose builder  and  
maker  is GOD—having  in their life time no inheritance  
in the land of theirs ojourn, no, not so  much  as a space  
for the setting of their  feet  on,  that  was  then  their  
own, though GOD had  promised to  give it to them.—  
The Psalmist sung  of the time when "  we  shall reign  
on  the  earth."  ISAIAH  foretold the creation of a new  
heaven  and a new earth,  in which the voice of weep- 
ing and the voice of crying should be no more heard ;  
when  the mountains and the hills  shall  break  forth  
into singing, and all the trees  of the  field  shall  clap  
their hands;  when Zion  shall be an eternal excellency,  
a joy  of many generations;  when  her  people shall be  
all righteous, and shall inherit the land forever ; when  
Jerusalem  shall be a  quiet  habitation,  a  tabernacle  
that shall not be taken  down, not one of whose stakes  
shall  ever be  removed, or a/iy  of her  cords  broken;  
within  whose land  violence shall  no more be heard,  
or wasting and destruction within her borders;  whose  
walls  shall be called Salvation,  and her gates Praise;  
whose  sun shall no more go down, or her moon with- 
draw  itself, but to whom the LORD  shall  be  an  ever- 
lasting  lig.it, and her GOD  her  glory.  King  NEBU- 

CHADNEZZAR beheld  in  vision the  subversion of  all  
earthly kingdoms succeeded  by  a kingdom set  up by  
the GOD  of  heaven, which was to fill the whole earth,  
should  never be destroyed, but  should stand  forever.  
IHNIEL  beheld till the kingdom and dominion, and  the  
greatness of  the  kingdom  under  the  whole  heaven,  
should  be given to the people  of  the  saints  of  the  
Most  High,  whose kingdom  is  an  everlasting  king- 
dom.  To  the  meek the Saviour  promised the  inher- 
itance  of  the  earth.  "  And  we shall reign on  the  
earth,"  was  the  song  of  the  waiting  spirits  of  the  
saints. PETER  affirmed, notwithstanding the elements  
of this earth should melt with fervent  heat, and be all  
dissolved—that  according  to  the  promise  we  look  
for a new heaven and a new earth,  wherein dwelleth  
righteousness, or righteous persons. And  JOHN  the  
Revelator, iu the  lonely isle of Patmos,  being in the  
spirit on the Lord's-day,  saw in  vision the  new heav- 
en and the  new  earth,—substituted for  the  old  one  
removed  ;—and the  holy  city,  the new  Jerusalem,  
fresh from  the  hand  of  GOD, prepared as  a  bride  
adorned  for  her  husband,  whose foundations  were  
garnished  with  all  manner  of  precious  stones,  and  
whose  gates were pearls, where  tears  shall be  wiped  
from all eyes,  and death, sorrow,  and crying shall be  
unknown.  

Wuh such  clear,  positive,  and  repeated  declara- 
tions respecting  the  earth restored  being  the  final  
mansion  of the blessed, we see not  how any can talk  
ot the locality of the righteous  being unknown,  or of  
man's roaming  from  star  to  star,  on the  celestial  
plains  of  the upper sphere.  The  second  ADAM  will  
give us Eden restored.  

things indicate an approaching crisis. The  "  red re- 
publicans"  are  workingin the  dark,—they are again  
organizing on a new basis, and preparing for a strug- 
gle with Gen.  Cavaignac. Another  appeal  to  force  
is inevitable.  One  of two  immediate  results  must  
take place : Either  the  discussion on the report of the  
committee of  inquiry will be stifled, or  the  arrest  of  
Caussidiere, Louis Blanc, Proudhon,  and Ledru Rol- 
lin will be demanded. In  the  first  case,  the unpun- 
ished instigators of  the  revolt  in June  will gain new  
confidence  and strength from  the  Government's  lack  
of energy  ;  and,  proud of their  triumph,  will seek to  
overthrow the  Goverment. In  the  second, there will  
no longer be hope of safety  for them except in a sec- 
ond and desperate attempt.  For  this  they have been  
prepariiig  all the last month Two  redoubtable clubs  
have entered into an alliance, and will henceforth act  
in concert. These  two  societies reckon not less than  
50,000 members.  
The new rules for the internal gevernmentof  these  
political associations are  terribly  severe.  The  con- 
trolling authority is  vested in a small and select direc- 
tory, consisting of  men  distinguished  by  an  energy  
and force of character  which make  them truly formi- 
dable. I  cannot go more into  detail  on  this  point,  
and am not at liberty to  answer  the  other  questions  
you propose.  The  other  association  of  which  you  
speak has  not  yet  joined  that  of  "  The  Rights  of  
Man ,"  but  there is  reason  to  believe,  that at  least  
half its members will soon unite with  the 50,000 who  
are ready to make an  assault  upon the  Government.  
The three  societies, of  course,  have  ramifications in  
all the  principal cities  of  the  Republic;  their  names  
are known to the police, but  not  their  organization,  
which has  been the  subject of  diligent  search for  the  
last fifteen days;  but  nothing more is known, or will  
be known, than that  preparations  are  going on  for  a  
" war  to the knife,"  between the  victors and the van- 
quished of June.  
The legitimists are strong in hope and  confidence.  
Their real  strength still  exists  among  the clergy.—  
The famous prediction  of the 14th century,  which the  
Jesuits and their followers of  the  Sacred Heart  have  
spread so widely in America,  is circulated here  also.  
True, it lakes effect only on the minds of the bigoted  
and ignorant;  but  you  know  the  o'd  saying,  that  
" fools  have been in the majority  ever since the time  
of Adam."  
Certain it  is, that if  Cavaignac  is  not  overthrown  
by the " red republic,"  monarchy has chances of suc- 
cess;  for  it must be  acknowledged,  that  Frenchmen  
want political wisdom and  understanding;  they  are  
republicans under a monarchy, monarchists  under  a  
republic, aftd democrats above all, but  with a  univer- 
sal desire in secret for  the enjoymentof " privileges."  
Until political  education is  more advanced,  there  can  
be no stable and regular  government in this country ;  
nothing is possible save intestine  discord and perpet- 
ual strife.  Of  this  you will soon have a new and la- 
mentable proof.  
The prediction above referred to,  says the editor of  
the Commercial,  is said  to have been made by a monk  
who flourished in the  14th  century,  and is to the ef- 
fect, that in 1848 a  republic  would be established in  
France,  followed by ten years  of anarchy, after which  
the return of the  lily (HENRY  V.)  would bring  back  
peace, happiness, &c.;  these  to endure fifteen years,  
and then the  end of the  world to  supervene.  

The Future of  France.  
We copy the  following from  the New  York Spec- 
tator. It  is a letter from  a  writer  in  Paris,  whose  
prognostications  of  the future for France are of a rather  
gloomy  character.  The  editor  places  considerable  
confidence  iu  his correspondent's remarks,  owing to  
the latter having foretold, in a  former letter,  the  late  
insurrection  in June  last,  and  designated  Gen.  CA- 
VAIGNAC as  the  man  who  would  be  raised  by it to  
power and authority.  
" The  situation is  more grave  than  ever,  and  all  

which we have every reason to  consider correct, rela- 
tive to  th6  Ponlifical  deputation,  which waited  on  
General Welden.  The  object of the  deputation was  
not to negotiate the  evacuation of the  Roman  States  
by the Austrian troops,  but to  enjoin  General Wel- 
den to retire with his force beyond  the  Po.  Genera]  
Welden acceded to  the  demand.  He  even declared  
that his battalions had already commenced  their retro- 
grade movement, and  that  his  entire army would re- 
cross the  river  the  moment  he  obtained a  promise  
from the Pope that his troops should  not join  the  ene- 
mies of  Austria  in  the  Lombardo-Venetian  prov- 
inces. Until  then  he  would leave  a  small garrison  
at Bondero  and  Pontelagoscuro.  The  fortress  of  
Ferrara will continue to be occupied  by the Austrians.  
The Pontificals may guard the  frontiers if they  think  
proper, and  the  troops,  stationed in  Romagna,  will  
be at liberty to  march forward,  there being no clause  
to prevent them in the convention  concluded between  
Welden and our deputation. No  mention was  made  
of Comacchio, and  it  is very  probable that  the  Aus- 
trians will not  insist  on  re-occupying the  town It  
would  consequently be  useless to  place in it a strong  
garrison. It  was  said that  Cardinal Marini expected  
that even the  fortress  of Ferrara  would be evacuated  
by the Austrians."  

" Great  Words."  

The news  by the last two steamers announced  that  
King CHARLES  ALBERT  had met with serious reverses,  
having been defeated in  several  severe  battles  with  
the Austrians,  and  compelled  to  retreat,  relinquish- 
ing all the advantages he had  acquired  at  the  com- 
mencement  of the war.  Not  only had the Austrians  
re-possessed  themselves of  their  former  foothold  in  
Italy, but a division  of their army had invaded the  do- 
minions  of  the  Pope.  This  high-handed  measure  
brought out the following  despatch from  the  Pope.  
Its peremptory and threatening  tone  appears  to have  
had the  desired effect;  for  its  demand was  instantly  
complied  with.  A  brother thinks  that he  sees in this  
the fulfilment of Jer.  50  : 43, 44. The  following  is  
the despatch, addressed to  Cardinal  MARINI, legate  
of Forli.  
Your Eminence is aware that  his  Holiness,  on all  
occasions,  solemnly declared that  he  would  strenu- 
ously defend the  integrity  and  independence  of the  
dominions  of  the  Church.  The  word  of  the  Holy  
Fathei is  sacred. It  is, consequently, contrary to his  
anticipation, and with extreme  anger,  he  learnt  that  
an Austrian army had  dared  to  occupy  the  northern  
provinces  of  the  Pontifical  dominions,  advancing in hos- 
tile array, requiring provisions for  its  troops,  threat- 
ening with fire and sword, and thereby occasioning a  
collision,  attended with deplorable conseqyences.  For  
these reasons  his  Holiness has  ordered me  to invite  
you, immediately after  reading the  present despatch,  
which will be handed to  you by Prince,Carini,  Sena- 
tor of Rome,  and Prince  Annibal Simonelh, Member  
of the  Chamber of Deputies,  to  proceed with  them,  
without delay, to the head-quarters of General  Wel- 
den, and demand from him an explanation of the  mo- 
tives that induced him to commit such acts of violence.  
You will enjoin him in firm and decided language  to  
retrace his steps, and evacuate  those  provinces  ; no- 
tifying to him that, in the contrary case,  his  Holiness  
will recur to every means in his power to  repel  that  
unjust usurpation. Your  reply will be expected with  
anxiety. (Signed)  CARDINAL  SOGLIA.  
The Piedmontese Gazette,  of  the  24th  ult.,  con- 
tains the following, dated, Bologna, 20th :—  
" We  are enabled to give the  following  particulars,  

The Massacre  in Oregon.  
The following narrative is  by one of the  survivors  
of the  Oregon massacre.  
* *  * A half-breed came  to Doctor Whitman,  and  
hired  to work through the  winter.  One  day he  was  
at work for  an  Indian  named Tamsicky,  harrowing  
in wheat,  and  told  him  that  the  Doctor  and  Mrs.  
Whitman were  scattering  poison into  the  air,  and  
would  kill  them all  off;  that  he  (the  Doctor)  knew  
they would all die, and he  would get  their wheat and  
all they had.  He  then proposed that,  if they  would  
agree to it, he  would kill  the  Doctor and  his  wife,  
and all the Americans in  their  country.  As  they  
had a disposition  lo  murder,  and wanted satisfaction  
for the loss of women and children, it was no difficult  
matter to incite them against the Americans.  
On the  29th  day of  November,  the  Indians  con- 
vened  for  the  purpose,  apparently,  of burying  their  
dead, and continued coming in nearly all day. About  
one or two o'clock Margaret  got up and went into the  
parlor to see the  sick  children—the  first  she  had  
walked  for  three  weeks.  The  Doctor and  his  wife  
were in the room, and an  Indian  came  to  the  door  
and spoke to the Doctor, who went out into the kitch- 
Mrs. W.  now  bolted the  door,  and the  firing  
soon commenced.  Kimble,  Camfield, and Huffman  
were dressing a  beef, in the  yard, Sanders  was in the  
school  room, and the other men were  at  their  work.  
I was  in  mv  room  on  the  bed.  The  Indians  com- 
menced  on  all  at  nearly  the same  moment.  They  
killed  the Doctor, and wounded the  three  men at  the  
beef, and killed a  young man in the  room  with the  
Doctor  and M.  Gillyean the  tailor.  Margaret  came  
back into our own room  ; I  asked her  what  was  the  
matter, she answered that  the  Indians had  risen  to  
kill us. A  constant firing  was  now kept  up. Sanders  
was killed in attempting to get to his family ; Kimble  
got into the house  with his  arm  broke,  and got  up  
stairs with the children.  
Mrs. Whitman,  being informed that  her  husband  
was not yet dead, with the  assistance of another  wo- 
man dragged  him  into  the  parlor.  His  head was  
badly  mangled and his throat cut.  She  was  shot  in  
the breast, and Mr.  Rogers  got her up stairs,  and he,  
by presenting a  gun at the  head  of  the  stairs,  kept  
the Indians down ; but  about,  sunset they  promised  
that if Mr. R.  and the  rest would come down and go  
to the house where the  emigrants  were,  they would  
not kill any more. Mr.  R.  with the  assistance of an  
Indian, got Mrs. Whitman  down,  but no sooner  had  
they got outside of the house than the  Indians  fired  
several  balls  into  Mrs.  Whitman,  and  kicked  her  
bleeding  body into the mud. They  shot  Mr.  Rogers  
three times, and left  him to die. A  few  minutes be- 
fore this last occurrence, 1  had  lifted up the floor and  
we got under,  with our  three  children,  and put  the  
boards  back in their place. We  lay  there  listening  
to the firing—the screams of women and  children—  
the groans of the dying,  not knowing how  soon  our  
turn would  come.  We  were,  however  not  dis- 
covered.  
When it  had become quite dark, and all was quiet,  
we concluded  to  leave everything, take  our  children,  
and start for the  fort,  which was  twenty-five  miles  
distant, knowing  that if we  remained till  morning,  
death would be our portion.  Taking  John  Law  on  
my back, and A.  Rogers  in  my arms,  we  started.—  
The first step we made outside was in the  blood  of  
an orphan boy. Some  of  the  murdered  had  their  
heads split open ; some  were lying in the mud disem- 
bowelled.  This  night we travelled  only  two miles.  
We hid in the brush  about  fifty  feet  from  the  road,  
where, all the next day,  we heard the Indians passing  
and repassing.  
When dark came on we started for the fort, and  got  
three miles farther.  We  then  gave  out,  and again  
hid in  the  brush,  and then  spent  another mournful  
day in the  Indian  country.  When  night  came on,  
finding that  Margaret  was  unable  to travel,  I took  
John Law  on  my back, and started  for  Fort Walla- 
walla, yet  twenty  miles  distant.  When  I  had ar- 
rived  within six  miles of the  fort,  I lay  down  in the  
wet grass  till morning. About  9  o'clock  I  reached  
the fort,  where Mr. McBean met me,  and told me he  
had reported me  among the dead. He  gave me about  
half a pint of tea,  and two small biscuits.  When  we  
had got warm,  I asked for assistance to  bring  in my  
family, but was unable to procure any.  
Durin? the  day  Mr.  Stanley came  np  from Fort  
Collville  with  two horses, which he  offered me. At  
night we got a little more to eat, and an Indian being  
hired to  go  with  me,  I prepared for  a start.  Mr.  

McBean said I must go to the Bishop on  the  Umatilla.  
I refused,  but  he  said  I  must, for if we  came back  
we could not have a mouthful of  food.  I  asked him  
for some bread  to  carry  to  my family,  for they had  
had nothing but a little cold mush since Monday. He  
gave me none, but Mr. Stanley gave  me some bread,  
sugar, tea,  and  salt,  and  gave  John Law  a  pair of  
socks, and a fine silk handkerchief. The  priest  gave  
me a letter to the Bishop. All  being ready, we start- 
ed, the  Indian  leading  the way,  and made all haste  
to get  back  to  my  wife and  children. When  we  
came near we commenced  hunting,  but could not  find  
them, owing  to  the  dark.  We  gave up the search  
until daylight;  soon  after  we found them, almost per- 
ished with hunger  and thirst.  The  Indian got  water,  
and I  gave them bread ; and in about ten minutes we  
began to  get  ready  to  start;  being  so near the In- 
dians that had committed the  murders,  our guide was  
anxious to return.  
We started to  go by the company's  farm,  and had  
not got more than two  miles, where we got  off  at a  
creek, before  we  saw an Indian coming toward  us  ;  
he came up with speed,  and  spoke  very  friendly to  
me, but told my Indian that he would kill me, and put  
his hand on his pistol. My  Indian asked  him  if  he  
was an  old  woman,  that he would kill an old  man  
that was  sick, with a  sick  wife  and children. After  
they had talked for some time, he  replied that,  as he  
never had  shed  blood,  he would  not;  but  said, tell  
him to hurry and be gone, for the murderers will fol- 
low and kill him before  he gets to Umatilla. My  In- 
dian told  me  to  hurry  ; we  started,  and the  Indian  
followed  close behind for some  distance, and then left,  
and we  soon got to the farm where we were to change  
horses. We  were  directed to  stop  here  till  night,  
but the Frenchman  would  not let us stay, fur he said  
the Indians  would be  there before night. Here  was  
the first  fire  that  Margaret  and  two of the  children  
had seen since Monday. We  warmed a few minutes,  
and started  as  though we  would  go  to the Bishop's.  
When we  were out of sight  we turned,  and thought  
we would  risk going to the  fort.  We  went  on  as  
fast as we could ; but  soon after  dark Margaret  gave  
out, and had to be tied to the Indian's  back ; but  we  
got to the fort about 10 o'clock.  
Mr. McBean helped us into an empty room, and we  
soon  had  a  fire.  We  had  hardly got  warm before  
McBean came  to  me,  and  wanted  me  to leave my  
family with him, and go  down to the valley by myself;  
but I refused to leave the fort,  and would not go;  but  
God fed us here until Mr. Ogden came up  from Fort  
Vancouver, and brought the women and children  here.  
We had to  spend one month  among the Roman Catho- 
lics and Indians,  and fed for some time on meat, hav- 
ing but little  bread.  We  helped  to  eat  one  horse,  
which gave my wife the dysentery.  
Mr. Ogden, one of the  principal  agents of the Hud- 
son's Bay  Company,  took us  down  to  Oregon city.  
After we got to the city John Law  died, and was bu- 
ried in the same grave with  Alexander  Findley.  I  
can say but  little more about the massacre ; we  say,  
however, that  it  was  nothing  but  the  hand of Al- 
mighty God  that  delivered  us  out  of  the  hands  of  
these cruel savages.  J.  OSBORNE.  

CANADA  WEST.—Bro.  LITCH  will start for  Canada  
next Tuesday,  if  Providence  permit.  On  his  way,  
he will lecture  at  West  Troy,  N.  Y.,  on  Tuesday  
evening, on the arrival of the cars from Boston. He  
will be glad to  meet Bro. NEEDHAM  there.  In  going  
West,  he  will not attend  any  appointments;  but  on  
his return,  he  will ^o what he can for those who may  
wish his  labors. Letters  may be addressed to  him at  
Buffalo, N.  Y.,care  of H.  TANNER.  
Bro. LITCH  will  go  directly  to  Toronto,  C.  W.,  
where Brn.  WELDEN  and  CAMPBELL  will  be  kind  
enough to  meet him,  and  instruct  him  where  to go  
from that place. He  will call on Bro. CARLKSS,,  and  
others of our subscribers in Toronto.  Brn.  WELDEN  

and CAMPBELL  will  arrange meetings  for Bro. L.  for  
three weeks,  which will be all the time he can spend  
with them.  He  will be in .Toronto in season to  spend  
the first Sunday in Oct. We  trust that arrangements  
will be made for an efficient campaign.  
Bro. LITCH  is  our  general  agent,  and  will settle  
accounts for books and papers,  as well as  receive do- 
nations for the Tract  and Missionary  fund.  

No EFFORT  YET.—No  special effort  has yet been  
made to  increase the list of  this  volume of the  Her- 
ald; and  yet  the  most  strenuous  efforts  are being  
made, by professed Advent ministers, in their several  
congregations, to  cut off  our whole list,  and  substi- 
tute opposing papers. The  enemy is briskly and co- 
vertly at  work.  We  call  upon  all  our  subscribers  
and patrons to make a new and spirited effort to bring  
up our list, and sustain us  in our labors.  

ILLNESS.—Our  faithful fellow-laborer  in this office,  
Bro. BLISS,  has been confined to his bed  for the last  
two weeks by sickness. He  is now recovering,  and  
will soon, we trust,  be by our side again.  His  illness  
was caused by  cold,  &c.,  in connection with severe  
and protracted labors  in tbe  cause. He  has  labored  
unremittingly for  the last six years in this  office, and  
has been faithful  in  all things. We  know  not what  
we should have done in our  manifold trials  and per- 
plexities, had it  not  been  for bis firm, constant, and  
efficient service.  The  prayers  of  our  brethren  are  
solicited, that he  may be  speedily  and fully restored  
to his post of labor.  

BRO.  WEETHEE'S  appointments,  for  New  York  
and Philadelphia, are recalled, till further  notice.


too THE  ADVENT HERALD.  

Correspondence.  

"  The  Fourth  Kingdom  upon  Earth."  

BY LEWIS  HERSEY.  
In contemplating the subject of  the  Fourth  King- 
dom, it should be constantly kept  in  mind, that, from  
some time before the  birth  of  Christ,  to  the end  of  
this world, it  rules  the  whole  earth;  or,  in other  
words, the  world  is  the  fourth  kingdom;  for  w  
find in the  outset,  that wheresoever  men,  beasts, and  
birds dwelt, God extended the  rule of the  first  king- 
dom ; but this not only devoured the  whole earth,  but  
waxed great  to the host  of  heaven,  and  cast  down  
some of the  stars  to  the  ground,  and stamped upon  
them. It  even attempted to  devour  the Son of God  
and did finally break the  Prince  of  the  Covenant.  
And when our blessed  King  of  kings  comes,  this  
kingdom, in  its  last  two  forms—Beast  and  False  
Prophet—gather the  armies  of  earth,  and give him  
battle, thus  fulfilling  the  words  of  Daniel:  "  He  
shall stand up  against the Prince  of princes,  but  he  
shall be broken without hand  ;"  or,  taken alive,  and  
cast into  the  lake  of  fire.  I  have  been  greatly  
strengthened, as  to  our  whereabouts  in  prophetic  
time, by these views ; and  I  am therefore  desirous of  
placing it  before my brethren,  that  they  may be com'  
forted also.  

FIRST  VIEW.—DAN.  II.  
The iron legs  of the  Image  very clearly sets forth  
the strength and durability of this  kingdom;  it  says  
As iron breaketh in pieces, and subdueth  all  things  
so it shall break in  pieces and  bruise.  It  continues  
strong until we  come to the feet,  when a  weakening  
process takes place, which could be nothing else than  
its being ravaged by the barbarians under Attila,  &c.  
In the sounding of the  first four trumpets (Rev.  8th)  
is shown us,  in dreadful imagery,  the  work of intro- 
ducing the clay, and the  severing  of the  old Roman  
iron, by  the  Goths,  Yandals,  &c.,  out  of  which  
sprang up  the ten kingdoms;  and  this  is  all  that I  
can see in this^rs*  view, except  the  coming  of the  
kingdom of God,  and the entire image  blown away,  
so that no place could be found for it.  

SECOND VIEW.—DAN.  VII.  
Here the  symbol is  changed,  and  a sea-monster,  
with ten horns,  great  iron teeth,  and  nails  of brass,  
stands before us. While  Daniel was  considering it,  
he perceived a  little horn  making  its way up among  
the others, pushing out three by the roots.  This  lit- 
tle horn was to have the saints  in  its  hands  a time,  
and times, and  an  half,  and  was  to make war  and  
prevail against them until the final catastrophe. But  
now, lest  the  art  and  cunning  of  designing  men  
should  succeed in explaining away the  action of  the  
stone upon the  image, in our  first  view,  to be some- 
thing short  of  the  end  of  this  world;  the  sublime  
scenes of the  day of JUDGMENT  are  brought before us  
in this view, in  their  own  inimitable  symbols ; the  
finale of  which  is,  the  entire beast  destroyed  and  
given to  the burning flame, when the  saints  take the  

THIRD  VIEW.—DAN.  VIII.  
Here the  symbol is again changed.  We  find a lit  
tie horn come forth from one  of  the  four quarters of  
the earth,  (into  which  the  Greek kingdom had been  
divided,) and  waxed  exceeding  great.  This  horn  
cannot possibly denote any other  than the  Latin ;  un- 
less there were  to be five universal kingdoms,  which  
we know there  were not to be. It  seems  strange  to  
me, that  any student  of the  Bibte can, for a moment,  
understand this  horn to symbolize Mohammedanism;  
of which  it  is  said in  Rev.  9th,  under the first wo  
trumpet, that they should hurt  only  those men who  
have not the seal of God  in their  foreheads;  and  we  
know from  history,  that  they  prevailed  only  over  
Catholic and pagan countries.  Whereas,  this exceed- 
ing great  power destroys the mighty and holy people ;  
by peace destroys many;  casts  down  the  truth,  and  
even some of the  host,  and  stars  of heaven,  to  the  
ground, and stamped upon them ; stands  up  against  
the Prince  of princes  ; but  is  finally broken without  
hand ;  clearly  denoting,  as in our  first  and  second  
views, the  end  of this  world.  
We now pass over the second and third kingdoms.  
After the fourth kingdom  had  sent  forth  a decree,  
that all the  world  should  be  taxed,  God  gives  to  
John, while  in exile in the  isle of Patmos,  our  

FOURTH  VIEW.—REV.  XII.  
A great  red  dragon,  with seven  heads  and  ten  
horns, and seven crowns upon his  heads,  whose tail  
drew the  third part of  the  stars  of  heaven,  and cast  
them to the ground, stands before us. This  effect of  
his tail among the  stars,  seems  to  correspond  very  
exact with the action of  the  horn  in our third  view.  
In fact,  this symbol combines  the principal  features  
of the  second  and  third  views,  except  the  Papal,  
which God has reserved for our fifth view. We  leave  
this symbol of  the  devil,  well knowing  that  it does  
represent "  the fourth kingdom upon earth,"  from its  
commencement  until it gave its power, and seat,  and  
great authority,  to the triple-crowned Priest,  about A.  
D. 538. But  let us not  forget  that  each  and every  
one of John's  civil  government views only  occupied  
a certain  space of  time,  and not the whole length of  
the kingdom, as do each and every one of Daniel's.  

FIFTH  VIEW.—REV.  XIII.  
The symbol of  th<? government that  a  minister of  
religion, who had swallowed up  three kingdoms, and  
who exercised a controlling influence over all the rest  
of the  Latin kingdom, now  comes  before us. How  
clearly the Spirit combines the emblems of the  three  
former kingdoms in this beast.—He  was  like a leop- 
ard, had feet like a bear, and  a  mouth  like  a  lion •  
and all the world worshipping before him. The  same  
mouth that spoke great things and blasphemies agains,  
God, as in our second view;  the  war upon the saintst  

and his time to  continue  in  the  dominion,  just  the  
same, with one addition, viz., the power'ovei all  kin- 
dreds, tongues, and nations;  whicli  shows that he  is  
supreme in the earth during  the  forty-two  months.  
Notice the  same seven  heads  and  ten  horns  of our  
fourth view;  but  the  crowns  are  passed  from  the  
heads to  the  horns,  showing  us,  I  suppose,  that  
through this  1260 years, there  will be  ten  kingdoms  
in the one Roman empire.  That  this  time  ended,  
and that he lost his dominion  about A.  D.  1800,1  have  
not the smallest doubt. That  then the  " time of the  
end " began,  I have no doubt;  because  the saints are  
no longer slain;  the  church is  no  longer trod under  
foot,—no longer in  the  wilderness.  And  now the  
last emblem of  civil reigning  power, in this  world,  
comes before us in our  

SIXTH  VIEW.—REV.  XIII.  
" And  I  beheld another beast coming up  out of the  
earth ; he  had two horns like  a lamb, and he  spake  
as a dragon."  Mark,  John does not  see  him up, as  
was the  case  with  the  first  beast,  but coming  up.  
Why not  say two horns like a ram? Evidently  these  
two items are to be  noticed. And  what  would they  
naturally teach  us  but  a very brief  reign—a  short- 
lived power? In  the  first place he is  called a  beast,  
and it is the only  time he  is  called so;  every  time  
that word occurs again  in  this  book, it refers  to the  
Papal beast,  or to  the  one on  whom the harlot  sits.  
In chap. 16:13 he is called  the false prophet, as is posi- 
tively proved by comparing chap.  13:14—"  And de- 
ceived  them  that  dwell on the  face of the  earth,  by  
the means of those  miracles which  he  had power  to  
do in the sight  of  the  beast  "—and chap.  19:20—  
" And  the  beast  was  taken,  and with him  the false  
prophet that wrought miracles before him—these  both  
were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brim- 
stone."  Indeed,  these  two  passages  are  the  only  
ones in which this beast is referred to, except in chap.  
20:10, which is after his destruction,  that  I  can find,  
in all of which  he is  called  the  false prophet. The  
DEMOCRATIC  REPUBLICAN,  or  the government of the  
sovereign  people, is,  to  my  mind,  what this  beast  
symbolizes.  He  has  a good appearance—he  seems  
like a lamb;  but  he is  a dragon  within,—he  is emi- 
nently deceptive. He  has  one head, two horns,  and  
no crown ; he  cannot, therefore,  symbolize the impe- 
rial government of  Bonaparte,  a view which 1  once,  
with others,  entertained ; for there is not now scarcely  
a vestige of his  power remaining on earth.  Whereas  
the power here referred to,  is taken in full life and vi- 
gor, after  the Lord comes, and cast alive into the lake  
of fire.  
The Rev.  Dr.  Vinton,  in the annual sermon before  
the last Massachusetts  Legislature,  in  speaking  of  
the Republican form of government, says : "  It  being  
false and unscriptural in  its  assumptions, and essen- 
tially atheistic in its nature—tends directly to  lawless  
licentiousness—the  despotism of a majority of a state  
—the supremacy of mere brute force."  This  descrip- 
tion of Democrary is a very good  solution  of this lamb- 
dragon beast;  and  is  the grand reason why the Spirit  
sirnames him the "false  prophet."  
I freely  admit that  Bonaparte,  whom God  raised  
from obscurity  to be a creator, as well as a deposer of  
kings, had a very important  part  to  act  in bringing  
the Papal  beast into  captivity, and so preparing the  
way for the development  of  the  power  now  under  
consideration. The  Reformation, under Luther,  and  
others, and the American and  French  Revolutions,  
mightily prepared the  way  for  its  establishment.—  
How the people have taken it  into their hands to  re- 
form their governments since then.  How  many Re  
publics  have been created.  What  has  been  the great- 
est trouble, since  the  fall  of  Bonaparte,  to  the  old  
royal dynasties ?  The  determination of the  people to  
govern themselves! How  royalty has groaned at  the  
moving  of the  popular will.  How  woful did Austria,  
Russia, and Prussia feel, when  the news of the  " three  
days " in  France  and the Belgic revolution  reached  
them. And  how do they now feel,  in  looking  over  
the present state of things  in Europe.  
" He  exerciseth all the power of the  first beast be  
fore him."  The  triple-crowned  priest  has  had  a  
controlling  influence over the  fourth kingdom during  
a great part of  the  1260  years. And  now,  I would  
ask, what power, of recent  origin, (for  it cannot come  
into power until after  the 1260 years of the preceding  
reign is  out,) is  exerting so  great an influence in  the  
world, in political matters, as  Republicanism? Nay,  
has there any  other  power whatever  come up since  
1800, that  still continues? His  causing men to wor- 
ship the first beast, I apprehend means, that  he  suc- 
ceeds in turning their attention to political matters, so  
as to neglect their  eternal interests.  
He deceives them that  dwell on the earth, by doing  
great wonders, or miracles, in the sight of the former  
power. And  here I  hardly know  where  to begin to  
recount the wonderful things of this  19th century.  
Daniel had told us  before,  that knowledge should be  
increased  at  the time of the end. The  particular form  
of the  Roman kingdom, to  which we are now attend- 
ing, was to be prolific in such wonderful  things as to  
be called miracles. Now  let me ask any man"or  wo- 
man, of common observation,  to think over how much  
they have heard, or read,  or said, such as the follow- 
ing : "  We  live in an age  of  wonders."  "  This  is  
an age of miracles.'? "  There  is  nothing too wonder- 
ful for the times."  "  Who  would have believed  this  
a few years ago?"  and,  "  Miracles have not ceased."  
Even Gen.  Taylor  concludes the  account  of  one  of  
his victories by saying, "  It  must be set down as one  
ot the wonderlul things  ot the present day,"  or words  
to that effect.  Who  can  recount  the  wonders  of  
steam, electricity,  ether,  chloroform,  phrenology,  
mesmerism,  mechanical inventions,  tunneling of riv- 
ers and mountains? &c.  &c. It  is  said of Dr. Frank- 
lin, that he  thought  the  time  would come,  when a  
person  could spin with two spindles  at once. What  
would  he say if he  were to  look  into  our  factories  
now ?  In  these days,  men can do most any and  every- 
thing. The  "  Literary  Gazette  " says:  "'in  this  age  

of wonders,  what  will the  world think  when we  as- 
sure it,  that a method has  been  discovered and  ma- 
tured, by which sound will be made visible to the hu- 
man eye ?" Now,  is it not perfectly obvious  to every  
thinking mind, that this is an age of wonders?  Then  
are we  in  the very  brief retgn  of  the  lamb-dragon  
beast, or false  prophet,  who  was lo deceive  all but  the  
saints by great wonders, after  the Papacy was  shorn  
of its  civil power over the  kings  and  the  saints, and  
the end of this  world.  
The next thing  in order about this beast is, he pro- 
duces an image to, or of, the  first beast, and requires  
all the earth to  worship  it,  on  pain  of death ; and  
then universal disfranchisement  of  all  who will not  
receive the mark,  the  name,  or  the  number  of the  
name of  the  beast,  which beast,  be it  remembered,  
represented our  fourth kingdom, under the rule of an  
ecclesiastic. The  non-compliance  of  the  saints with  
the requisition thus  made upon  them,  produces that  
enmity to which our Saviour refers : "  Ye  are not of  
the world, but I have chosen you  out  of the  world ;  
therefore the world hateth you."  And  also by Paul  :  
" If  any  man will live godly in Christ Jesus,  he  shall  
suffer persecution."  These  verses  teach  us,  also,  
that in some way or other, all  but  the  saints  would  
have affinity with governments, and  therefore  would  
fail of standing  on  the  sea  of  glass,  according  to  
chap. 15:2. 6  
The next we  hear of this beast is in  chap. 16, where  
John has  his three symbols of  civil power  belching  
fourth from their  mouths—the  spirits  of  devils—to  
the entire Roman world, in  order  to their  gathering  
to the  battle  of  that  great  day  of  God Almighty,  
which, to my mind, explains  the  reason of the  vast  
increase of wonders in the last few years. Hear  Dr.  
Cumming : "  Men will find that  a  discovery in 1848  
is superseded by a more brilliant one  before the vear  
has closed."  
And finally, we find him in chap. 19,  after  Christ  
has come King  of  kings,  waging  war  against  him,  
when he  and  the  first  beast  are  both  taken,  and  
cast alive into the lake of fire.  Daniel  saw this same  
event, when he beheld the fourth beast given to  the  
burning flame.  The  evidence to my  mind is conclu- 
sive, that these  two  powers  are  contemporaneous  ;  
the first, however, having the chief sway,—the  latter  
only an image of its  former  greatness.  
And now, in concluding  this  view, what can I say  
more, than that  the saints must  see to it that they do  
not worship the  beast,  or  his  image, or receive his  
mark upon their  foreheads, or in  their  hands,  or the  
number of his name;  nor be deceived  by the miracles  
of the  false  prophet, or  unclean  spirits,  now every- 
where abounding;  and  that  they  do get the  victory  
over them all,  and stand on the sea of  glass,  having  
the harps  of God.  Amen.  

SEVENTH  VIEW.  
In chap.  14,  after  the hour of  God's  judgment  is  
preached, another aneel flits across the vision  of John,  
and announces that  Babylon  is  fallen,  which is the  
first time  that  we hear of  her.  Again  in  chap. 16,  
we find that after  the seventh vial is poured out  into  
the air,  and the  great  voice  out  of  the  temple  of  
heaven from the throne, proclaims  that  "  it is done,"  
mention  is  made of  Babylon's  tirae  having  come, to  
receive her cup of wrath.  Here  most surely is  God's  
chronology  of her destruction. In  the  next two  chap- 
ters, we have her character,  and work,  and final des- 
truction depicted by a masterly hand, by one who says  
to John : "I  will  tell  thee  the mystery  of  the  wo- 
man, and the beast that carried her."  
That the  city of  Rome  is  now,  and  always  has  
been, the metropolis  of  Babylon,  I  have no  doubt.  
But that it is this woman,  represented as  sitting  on  
many waters,  which is explained to  be  peoples, mul- 
titudes, nations,  and  tongues,  I  cannot  believe.  I  
cannot see how it could be said that  the  kings of the  
earth committed fornication  with that  city. Neither  
can I  see any way how  that  city  reigneth  (present  
tense) over  the kings  of  the  earth.  But  above  all,  
how have  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  been made  
drunk with the wine <3f  that city's  fornication ?  The  
terms whore, fornication, &c.,  are  so  often  used in  
reference to her, as to be proof positive,  to my mind,  
that she is a religious body ; but  dabbling in politics,  
meddling in the affairs of governments,  and  trading  
in the merchandise of this world to  an unwarrantable  
degree, are all entirely inconsistent with  the  profes- 
sion of being  a pilgrim and stranger,  and  not of this  
world. The  beast  on which  she  sits  is not a new  
government, but a kind of  ghost,  or a re-appearance  
of the  fourth kingdom, while under the bishop, in or- 
der to give us  the  true  representation  of  a  worldly  
church, here  called Babylon.  And  the  same  seven  
heads and ten horns appear on  it  that  we  have seen  
on those of John's  fiist two views, with the  names of  
blasphemy  also, which we  saw  on  the  heads of the  
forty-two months  beast;  and  it  is  very  easy  be- 
lieving  that  they  indicate  the  same  thing  in  all  
three emblems. But  mark,  there  are  no crowns on  
its heads, or  horns  ; no,  no ; because  in  her  mock,  
sanctimonious  presence, kings appear uncovered, and  
submit to her whorish embrace.  Another  reason is,  
that the  infcge is called up  by  the  Republican  two- 
horned beast,  which does not admit of crowns. Now,  
if this  woman symbolized  a  city, or any  civil power!  
her connection  with  the  kings  of the  earth would not  
be fornication, but a  lawful business. But  wherever  
church and state  become  united, individually or  col- 
lectively, there  is the fornication of this cup of Baby- 
lon. For  how can a child of God,  whose citizenship  
is in heaven, from whence also  he  is looking for his  
Saviour, become entangled with  the  strifes  of politi- 
cal governments? "For  what  concord hath  Christ  
with Belial?"  
The beast that thou sawest  "  was;"  yes,  he was  
chief in  the fourth kingdom 1260 years, and deposed  
kings, and murdered saints, "  And is  not;" because  
the two-horned, lamb-dragon beast is now in the chair  
of state,  and  exerciseth  all  the  power of  the  first  
beast before him;  and,  under  God,  is  the  head  in  

governmental  matters  in our fourth kingdom. Do  an  
object, and say that Republicanism is  not  universal.  
I answer,  neither was  the  lion  dominion ; I  do not  
know of its  ever making any permanent conquests in  
Europe, and  not  much  in Africa.  Neither  was the  
bear power;  for  we do not forget how  four'millions  
of its  forces were checked  at  Thermopylse by  three  
hundred  Spartans,  and soon after  entirely defeated  at  
Platea, and driven out of Europe.  Neither  was the  
leopard  dominion universal;  for  although  its  troops  
invaded  Italy,  they were  soon driven out  by  the Ro- 
mans. Now,  if  this  lack  of  universal power,  is a  
valid  objection against  the  two-horned  beast  being  
Republicanism  ;  it  is equally so against all the above  
named  powers, which were  all said to  be  universal  
And yet  is," in  the image form ; produced,  and life  
given it,  by  the  influence  of  the  Republican two- 
horned  beast.  And  now,  in  order  to prove that  a  
mighty change has  come  over the  late  ruler of  the  
Roman  kingdom,  I  will introduce  an  extract  from a  
very able article in the  Boston "  Traveller"  of Jan.  
29 : "  There  is  not a man more popular at  this pres- 
ent time in the  Protestant  world than Pius  IX.,  the  
Pope of Rome  ; because the  reforms  which  he has  
made are  in  harmony  with  that  spirit  of  liberality  
which  pre-eminently distinguishes Protestantism."  ls  
Pius becoming  Protestant  ? No—no  one supposes  
that. Then  it  is Republicanism.that has called down  
the Austrians  to his frontiers, and is sending such  a  
thrill of joy through representative governments, and  
which  gave birth to  the  recent revolution in France,  
sooner  than the  most sanguine had anticipated. And  
do we not see how this great change  in the  old Papal  
beast astonishes the  world?—"  And they  that  dwell  
on the earth shall  wonder  (whose names  were  not  
written in the book of life  from the foundation of the  
world) when  they  behold"  this  state  of  things,  
brought about by the two-horned beast.  The  Pope is  
called  the  wonder of the 19th century by papers in this  
city. And  while Republicans are  rejoicing at the in- 
fluence of their  principles in  the  councils  of Rome,  
the Catholics are  chuckling  at  the  giant-strides of  
their religion, and  are looking to  see  it again,  at no  
distant day,  in the ascendancy, as  much so as it ever  
was. But,  bless God, those whose  names  are writ- 
ten in the Lamb's  book  of  life  know  better  than all  
this; they  well know that  this is  the  sound  of  the  
voice  of  the  great  words  which  Daniel  heard  him  
speaking, at the very time of his  destruction.  
Now, in order to give us Babylon's true  character,  
an image, or an imaginary emblem, must be given on  
which  to  seat her.  It  would not  do to take the two- 
horned beast, nor the forty-two months beast, and cer- 
tainly not the dragon ;  and  so an appropriate one (an  
image of the  forty-two  months  one) is  prepared ior  
her. The  explanation.  of the  seven  heads  and  ten  
horns (vs.  9-11)  settles  it,  I  suppose,  what  these  
symbolize  in  all  the previous views. Verses  12-14  
show us conclusively,  that ten  governments will con- 
stitute the united  strength  of  the  beast,  or  fourth  
kingdom, at the coming of our  Lord in his kingdom.  
The 17th verse should  be  read  in close  connection  
with these,  for it shows that God will keep the fourth  
kingdom  united until his word is fulfilled. The  beast  
and kings  of  the  earth,  who marshalled themselves  
to fight  the  King  of  kings,  (chap.  19  :19,)  are  evi- 
dently the same.  Let  special  attention  be given to  
the last clause of  v.  14 : "  And  they  that  are  with  
him are called,  and  chosen,  and  faithful."  These  
must be the same  as in chap. 19:14,  there  called the  
armies which were in heaven, which followed Christ  
upon  white horses, in  garments  of  fine linen, clean  
and white.  
The 16th verse requires a careful notice. It  seems  
that the  ten governments, which Christ  will  find on  
the earth when he comes to fight the great battle, are  
to be the executioners of his  wrath on Babylon. But  
as some think she  is to be destroyed before  he comes,  
I would ask  such, Will  the  kings  have any disposi- 
tion to turn upon her  while  they are  sipping  at  the  
golden  cup of her  filthiness?  Will  they  wish to  des- 
troy her,  when they are  solacing themselves with her  
in the bed of abominations?  Will  they awake to her  
deceptions, while  they are  intoxicated with  the  wine  
of her  fornication ?  Will  they  get  angry  with her,  
while they are  living  deliciously with her?  or  wax- 
ing rich through  the  abundance of her  delicacies?—  
To one and all of these  questions, common-sense  an- 
swers, No.  Then  it  follows, that their eyes will not  
be open to her deceptions until the glare of the bright- 
ness of  Christ's  coming  startles  them  from  their  
peace and safety ; and they,  when  it  is everlastingly  
too late, find out that she  has  been deceiving them.  
" These  shall hate the  whore."  As  the men which  
makeup  the  "multitudes"  of  Babylon,  are nearly  
identical with  the  "  peoples"  comprising  the  ten  
kingdoms, it  is in fact the wicked killing one another,  
just as  it was when Gideon  surrounded  the  Midian- 
ites ; or  Jehoshaphat  the  Moabites;  and  also  as is  
expressly stated in Ezek. 38:21,  Hag.  2:22,  and Zee.  
14.13. It  is very easy  to  believe,  that  when  the  
Lord has  come, and the  saints  all  gone  up  to meet  
him, that  the  ties that now bind men together will be  
broken, and "  every man's  sword shall be against his  
brother."—"  The horses  and  their  riders  shall come  
down, every one by  the  sword  of  his  brother."—  
" The  hand of  every  one  shall  rise  up against the  
hand  of his  neighbor."  
John was  carried away in the spirit into the wilder- 
ness, and shown this emblem of the  mother  church,  
mounted  upon,  and to a certain extent influencing the  
governments of the earth,  or fourth empire;  with  the  
end of the  former, by being burned with  fire ; and of  
the latter,  by being overcome by the Lamb.  
In the  next chapter, another,  and to appearance, a  
superior angel,  appears,  and  announces  Babylon's  
fall, and the  reason  of  it;  and  then  another  voice  
from heaven calls the people of God  out of her  ; rei- 
terates her doom ; and  the wailings among her dupes,  
and then concludes by  calling on  heaven,  and  holy  
apostles, and prophets,  to  rejoice  over  her,  because


ffi^  THE  ADVENT HERALD.  

God  had avenged them on her.  A  mighty angel then  
took  up a great  stone  and  cast  it  into  the sea, and  
says: "  Thus  with violence shall that  great  city Ba- 
bylon  be thrown down, and found no more at all."—  
Ajid  as the sound of a  mill-stone is heard no more at  
all in ihe nations and tongues  comprising  Babylon  ,  
as well as the voice of a  bride or bridegroom, then it  
follows  incontrovertibly,  that  when  her  destruction  
comes,  Christ has already come;  or,  in other words,  
that she cannot be destroyed until after  Christ comes.  
Christ himself says,  that two shall be grinding at the  
mill; and that  there  shall be  marrying and giving  in  
marriage  up to the very moment of his  appearing.—  
The command  to the saints (v.  6) to  reward her  dou- 
ble for all  that she had done to them, is another proof  
that her destruction does  not come  until  all the mar- 
tyrs are raised, and the  saints become immortal. Her  
soliloquy  (v. 7) most clearly sets  forth the pride, self- 
conceit,  stupendous calculation, and  awful  delusion,  
that are now everywhere seen in the Romish church.  

Since the foregoing was written,  the events of ano  
ther " three days " in  France  have  burst upon  the  
world,  and like a mighty earthquake, is shaking nearly  
every  kingdom  in our fourth empire.  These  events,  
which  have  followed  each other in quick and  start- 
ling succession, have  demonstrated  to  us,  that  the  
" Holy Alliance " cannot  he  the  power denoted  by  
the two-horned  beast;  tor  that is  now  rent into frag- 
ments.  These  events settle it, in my mind, that  Re- 
publicanism  is  the  power  denoted by  that  beast.—  
The " Reflector"  says:  "  We  can  hardly  begin  to  
measure  the results of these  great  events in Europe.  
There never lived in the imagination of even the  most  
visionary,  that  the  nations  of  Europe  would be sha- 
ken  to their centre with  the  notions  of  Republican- 
ism  ; and all, to, within the  very short  space of three  
months.  It  is  indeed  startling  to pause and  consider  
it—the  Almighty seems  to  be  driving  asunder  the  
nations—they  seem to  be on the verge of crumbling."  
Says the "Alliance:"  "The  hand  of  God should  
be recognized  in these remarkable events—their amaz- 
ing rapidity  has  astonished the  human  race."  Says  
the " Traveller:"  "  The  shaking of these  nations is  
a fulfilment of prophecy uttered  many hundred years  
ago, distinct enough to be understood  by all who have  
lived  to see these stirring  events."  
The "amazing  rapidity"  above  alluded  to,  con- 
firms and strengthens  me in the faith,  that  the  fifth  
kingdom  is exceedingly nigh ! Amen  and amen.  

Christian  Experience.  
NO. I.  
Repentance is the first  stepping-stone in the  expe- 
rience  of the  Christian. There  can  be  no  advance- 
ment  without this  first  be  taken.  The  Holy  Spirit  
reproveth  every man that  cometh into the world. It  
enlightens  the benighted  hearts  of  fallen  men,  and  
enables  them to  see  their  exceeding sinfulness—the  
consequences  of their remaining in this state of aliena- 
tion  from God, and the remedy provided for  them  in  
the gospel. It  leads  them to  search  the  Scriptures,  
where  they find plainly delineated  the  position  they  
sustain  to  God;—it  teaches  them  that  they  have  
broken  his  law,  and that  the  sentence  of  that  law  
rests upon their  guilty  heads.  They  acknowledge  
that it  is  just,  but  eagerly  enquire,  "  Is  there no  
remedy  ?  Is  there no way by which we  may escape  
the execution of  that  sentence?"  Yes,  there  isa  
remedy: a  lawful door of  escape  has  been  opened.  
As the condemned criminal turns  over  the  pages of  
the sacred oracles, he  reads of One who was wounded  
for his transgressions, and  bruised  for  his iniquities,  
—one  who bore his sins in his own body on the tree,  
that he might be saved. He  reads  the call for him to  
repent  of bis  sins,  and obtain  a  free  pardon, without  
money  and without price.  Godly  sorrow for  his ag- 
gravated  offences leads him to abhor himself, and re- 
pent as in dust and  ashes.  He  breaks  off from his  
sins by  righteousness,  and  his  iniquity  by turning  
unto the Lord.  He  now  proceeds  to  take  the  sec  - 
ond  step—  
Submission to God.—He  sees  and  acknowledges  
the claims that the Divine Being has  upon himself,—  
that he has been bought with  a  price, even  the  pre- 
cious  blood  of Christ,  and that it is but his reasonable  
duty to present himself  a  living  sacrifice,  holy  and  
acceptable  to God. He  is  not  required,  as  was the  
Jewish worshiper,  to offer a bullock, or a lamb; noth- 
ing les than himself—his  entire  being—is  required.  
Not upon an altar made ot earth  or  stone, is he to be  
immolated.  No.  "  We  have  an altarof  which they  
have  no right  to  eat  which  serve  the  tabernacle,"  
says tlie inspired Paul.  Those  who  offer  sacrifice  
according  to the law of  Moseo, have no right to par- 
take of the benefits flowing through  Christ,  the Chris- 
tian's altar,  seeing that they  reject  him who  has ab- 
rogated  those offerings,  thus rendering them null and  
void. He  whom those sacrifices typified or shadowed  
furth has come, and  become  the altar  and  sacrifice.  
But in order to experience its  rich  and saving bene- 
fits, the  individual who would obtain the favor of God,  
must  also present himself  with  the  one  already pro- 
vided.  "  The  altar  sactifieth the gift,"  said the  Sa- 
viour.  When  the  Jewish  worshiper  presented  his  
offering  upon the  previously-consecrated altar,  it be- 
came  holy, sanctified, set apart for the service of God,  
and  became His  property.  So  Christ sanctified him- 
self, that his followers might also be sanctified  through  
him.  Whatsoever  is  presented to  the Father  through  
the medium  of his  Son,  is thereby sanctified, and be- 
comes  sacredly his  property. The  humble  penitent  
approaches  the sacred altar, and throwing himself, his  
all, thereon, he " binds the sacrifice with cords to the  
horns  of the  altar,"  that  it  may  be  permanent  and  
abiding.  Having  repented of his sins, and submitted  
himself  without  reserve to God, he is prepared to  ad- 
vance  another step,  viz.—  
Faith—To "  believe on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  

shalt be saved."  It  is not sufficient that he has turned  
away from his  iniquity,  neither  that  he  has  placed  
himself  in  a position where ho may receive salvation ;  
it is for him now to  exercise  appropriating  faith  in  
Christ, aside from which the  preceding  steps  are  of  
no avail. He  had  a  degree of  faith,  or  he  would  
never have taken the  last-named step.  If  he  had not  
expected that  God would accept  the  offering  which  
He required at  his  hand,  he  never  would  have pre- 
sented it.  This  was one degree of faith,  but not the  
kind or degree necessary to  bring justifying  grace to  
the soul.  Appropriating  faith  alone  accomplishes  
this. It  is not enough to  believe that  Jesus  is able to  
save all who come unto God by  him  ; nor  to believe  
that he is willing merely ; a  higher act of faith is ne- 
cessary, and that  is,  Jesus  does save. The  submis- 
sive soul is just in tbe right position  to exercise this  
faith,—it would be utterly impossible to exercise it in  
any other.  In  no  other  position  have they a  claim  
upon  God's  promises. The  consecrated 60ul lifts his  
expectant eye to heaven, and cries out with faith un- 
wavering,  

" Jesus,  in thy prevailing name  
The virtues  of thy  blood I claim."  
" Tis  done!  thou  dost this  moment save,  
With full  salvation  bless,  
Redemption  in  thy blood 1 have,  
And spotless love and peace."  
M.  D.  WELLCOME.  

Letter  from  Bro.  E.  W.  Case.  

DEAR  BRO.  HIMES  :—Our tent-meeting closed  yes- 
terday, and we  feel that it  has  been a  great blessing  
to this people, for which we  thank our heavenly  Fa- 
ther. The  little  flock has been strengthened and  en- 
couraged, and the  backslidden  have  felt  the  need of  
retracing their  steps,  and live for God.  
On Sunday,  a  large and attentive audience listened  
to some of the  evidences of  the  Lord's  speedy com- 
ing, which were  presented  in  a  clear  and  forcible  
manner by Brn.  Lyon and Sherwin.  Many  heard on  
the subject for the first  time,  and the  candor and so- 
lemnity  manifested,  evin.ced  thatthev  felt there might  
be a reality in  these  things.  The  Lord grant  they  
may not lose the  impressions  there  received,  until  
they are  prepared to  meet our  coming King  with  re- 
joicing. During  the  intermission  on  Sunday,  the  
friends repaired to  the water,  and  witnessed the  bap- 
tism of an  old lady above  sixty  years  of age.  She  
was formerly a  Congregationalist, but  is now looking  
for redemption  in  Israel;  and although she  had been  
sprinkled in infancy, she  had  long  been  dissatisfied  
with it.  It  was  an impressive  scene.  In  the after- 
noon, yesterday,  we  had  a brief sermon,  then a  sea- 
son of conference,  and closed with  a communion  sea- 
. This  was  truly a  melting time, and all seemed  
to feel a longing desire to sit down  in that tabernacle  
which God shall pitch,  and  not  man,—"  where con- 
gregations ne'er  break up, and sabbaths never end."  
This has been one of  our  best  meetings.  There  
was no great excitement,  very little noise, no trouble  
from wilhout, and  above all,  there  was so much of  
the Holy Spirit  present,  as  to  unite  the  hearts  of  
God's children, and cause them to rejoice exceedingly.  
0, how  precious to  the  waiting ones are  these  sea- 
sons of gathering,  where, cheered by the same spirit,  
and actuated by the same motives, we can hold sweet  
communion  with  each  other  and  with God ; and  as  
we separate, we  feel that  we can  tread  with delight  
the remainder of the pilgrim's  pathway,  knowing that  
' our journey's  end is near,"  and  soon  we shall rest."  
May we  all  see  and  feel  that  these  blessed truths,  
which some have called stale,  and therefore unpalata- 
ble, have not lost their power  to  cheer  the  hearts  of  
the waiting children,  and  produce  conviction  on the  
minds of sinners  ; and  that  the  subject of the  Lord's  
coming is present  truth  until  he  comes.  May  the  
Lord reward our  dear brethren for  their labor of love  
with us,  and speed them on their way. Yours,  wait- 
ing in hope.  
Bristol (Vt.),  Sept.  6th,  1848.  

Letter  from  Bro.  J. Merriam.  

DEAR  BRO.  HIMES  :—Through  the  grace  of God,  
I have been permitted to visit this region, in company  
with our beloved Bro.  I.  R.  Gates.  By  his  instru- 
mentality, and that  of  others,  the Lord is  granting  
his dear children a  little reviving  in  their  hard  bon- 
e. The  prejudice  against apostolic  faith,  which  
bandaged  the  eye to the total obstruction of light, and  
hermetically  sealed the  ear  against  the reception of  
truth, and closed up the avenues  of the  heart  to  the  
free course of the  divine  word, seems melting away,  
like the dissolving ice  before  the  genial  influence of  
the sun.  
Our meeting last  Sabbath  was  of  a  highly  inter- 
esting character.  Bro.  Gates  preached  exegetically  
on Rev. 11th, demonstrating the fulfilment of prophecy  
in relation  to  the two witnesses  during  the  French  
revolution. In  two discourses,  he  traced  down the  
prophetic history from the  rise  of  the  papacy to  the  
sounding  of  the  seventh trumpet,  and the consumma- 
tion of the  believer's  hope;  and  closed by reference  
to the events transpiring in  Europe,  as  confirmatory  
of our  position, and indicating that  the  nations of the  
earth are drinking the  cup of  God's  indignation, and  
entering upon the incipient stage of that time of trou- 
ble during which God's  people will be delivered, every  
one found written in  the book. The  chain of events  
were presented in so striking  a  light, that  the  argu- 
ment for the speedy coming of  our  Lord seemed im- 
pressive  and convincing. The  audience were moved,  
and conviction  fastened on some minds. Bro.  G.  re- 
marked to  me, that he  felt the salvation of God  com- 
ing upon the  souls  of  the  impenitent,  as  his  own  
heart was filled with the glery  of  God.  On  retiring  
to the house of a  friend, we found his wife much cast  
- down  by a sense of her heart-wandering from the Sa- 
and  receive the  fulfilment  of  the  promise—"  thou 1  viour, whom she  had  professed  to  love.  At  the  

family altar,  she poured forth  the emotions of a  bro- 
ken heart in sighs, and  penitential  tears,  and humble  
petitions for mercy. But  in the morning, how changed  
was the scene ! She  spoke in the language of praise,  
and the voice of  melody. Since  that  lime  the cha- 
riot has been  moving.  Several  of  the  dear  youth  
have, we trust,  been  converted.  Our  beloved Bro.  
Geo. W.  Brown has  been ordained to preach the  gos- 
pel, after  which ceremony, the sister referred to above  
submitted  to  the ordinance of  baptism,  in that  mode  
which is a  beautiful  emblem  of  the  resurrection  of  
Christ, and expresses  our belief in  his  power to raise  
up all his followers.  
Richmond (Me.),  Sept.  8th,  1848.  

Letter  from  Bro.  J. P.  Weethee.  

DEAR  BRO.  HIMES:—For  the  satisfaction  of  all  
who may  feel  an  interest  in  the  great  cause  which  
claims our individual attention,  we  give the following  
brief statement of our labors, lo the present date.  
On the 25th of August  we  commenced  our  labors  
in Cleveland, 0.  On  Friday  and Saturday  evenings,  
the congregations  were  small,  yet attentive.  We  
lectured on  the  Sabbath  at  11  o'clock, A. M.,  at  3  
o'clock, p.  M., and at  night,  to very good audiences.  
Some interest seemed to be awakened, and much  in- 
quiry as  to  our  views of  various  portions  of  Scrip- 
ture. Our  lectures  closed on  Monday  evening.—  
The State  of  the  cause  in  that  city  is  very  low;  
and, unless some self-denying and efficient  man can  
soon  be found  to enter  that  field,  I  fear  that  their  
public meetings  will  not  continue  many  months.—  
There are  are some self-denying and excellent  breth- 
ren still in Cleveland. For  them we  feel  a deep in- 
terest. Others  there are, who are much more anxious  
to be  HEARD,  than to  hear.  These  spirits  do  much  
injury to  the  cause  of  our  coming  Lord.  For  tbe  
benefit of such we would say,  God has  given us  TWO  
ears, and only ONE  tongue ; we  shonld,  therefore,  be  
swift to  hear, slow to speak. We  left  Cleveland on  
Tuesday for  Buffalo,  and  arrived  in  that  city  on  
Wednesday morning. Our  course of  lectures  com- 
menced  on Thursday evening, and continued over the  
Sabbath. The  audiences  were  good  during  the  
week, and on  the  Lord's-day,  quite  large,  and very  
attentive ; a  lively interest,  for  the  time,  seemed to  
be elicited. Our  views appeared new, and they  mani- 
fested much anxiety to hear further  on  the  subjects  
introduced. The  brethren in Buffalo are, generally,  
firm in  the  faith  of the  near  Advent.  They  hold  
their meetings  regularly,  though  they  have  not  at  
present a pastor. Will  notour  brethren  in  the  East  
remember Buffalo?  We  left  Buffalo  Sept.  4th,  
and, passing by the Niagara  Falls,  arrived that  even- 
ing at Lockport.  We  spent  two  days  with  Bro.  
Galusha;  found  him  firm  in  the  faith,  resolved to  
spend his  days in proclaiming the  coming of the  Just  
One. My  moments passed sweetly  while  in his  so- 
ciety, and  I  deeply  regretted  the  want  of  further  
Christian interview  witb  such  a  worthy  veteran in  
the cause.  May  his labors be abundantly successful.  
We lectured twice  in that place;  the  brethren having  
had no notice of our coming, could not gather  a  large  
audience. We  left Lockport on Thursday,  Sept.  7th,  
and arrived at  Rochester  on Friday  morning. Found  
a large tent erected in the city, and the brethren ready  
to commence  a protracted meeting.  Here  I met with  
brethren Marsh,  Mansfield, Pinney,  Burnham,  By- 
water, Crosier, Judson,  Parker,  and  Morgan.  The  
assembly  on the Sabbath was very large, and orderly.  
Brethren were  assembled from  the  surrounding  re- 
gion, and participated in  the  meetings with much life  
and zeal. A  more refreshing  season I havenotspent  
since first embracing  the doctrines of the near Advent  
We left  the  meeting  in  progress,  Tuesday,  Sept.  
12th. We  were  much delighted  with  our  interview  
with the  brethren at  Rochester.  They  have our sin- 
cere prayers for their success and spiritual prosperity.  
Leaving that  city at the  above date,  we reached Bos- 
ton on the  13th. .  The result  of  our visit to  this  city  
we shall publish bereafter.  

Boston, Sept.  15th,  1848.  

Letter  from  Bro.  S.  Fletcher.  
Bro. HIMES  :—Perhaps  it may be  my  duty,  with  
your permission, to communicate through  the  "  Her- 
ald " a  few words in relation to  the Advent  brethren  
and the  cause  in a section of  Maine  that  I recently  
visited.  
I recently spent  two  Sabbaths  at  a  small village  
west of the  city of Bangor,  called Barkersville,  and  
one Sabbath five or six miles  in an easterly  direction  
from Bangor, in what is called the  red  school-house.  
In both of these  places our meetings  were  deeply in- 
teresting, and I trust  not  without profit.  In  the  last  
mentioned  place  especially,  we  had a  pretty  full  at- 
tedance of tbe brethren and sisters from the surround- 
ing vicinity, and I do not know  that  I ever witnessed  
more signal evidence of  the  presence  and operations  
of the  Spirit of God on  the  minds and hearts  of his  
people; which  were manifested, not by that  extrava- 
gance (the  result of a  disordered mind,  and defective  
state of the  heart,)  which  many  seem  to  regard  as  
necessary to show that  they are  engaged in  religion,  
for we had none of that;  but  by their  close attention  
to the word communicated, by  their affectionate,  ear- 
nest, and intelligent exhortations  and prayers,  and the  
disposition,  also, they manifested  to  honor  the  Lord  
with their substance, as  well as by  the  love they ex- 
hibited  for  each  otber.  Some  of them  spoke  with  
evident feelings of regret of errors and extravagances  
into which they and  some  others  had been  led,  but  
which they had now abandoned.  
Several of the  brethren in  that  vicinity  entertain  
views different from  those  advocated in  the  "  Her- 
ald " in  relation to the intermediate state  of the  dead,  
and the  final disposition  of  the  wicked  ;  in  this  they  
appear to have  been  influenced  conscientiously  by  
what appeared  to them as evidence; and if they should  

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be led to see and appreciate  an  amount  of  evidence  
on the other side, superior to  that  by w hich their first  
views have been formed, they  would no  doubt  yield  
to its influence.  
They desire that  brethren  in  the  ministry  would  
visit them and help them.  They  express  a hope that  
they shall be able to do more than ihey  have done, by  
giving of their  substance  to  promote  the  cause  of  
Christ, and by aiding  the  ambassadors  of  Christ  in  
their work. I  design visiting them again on Sunday,  
the 24th.  Yours,  truly.  
Boston, Sept.  12th,  1848.  

Bro. WM.  S MILLER  writes  from  Low  Hampton,  (N.  Y.,)  un- der date of Sept. 13th, 1MB.  
Father  Miller is middling  good, although he  is fail- 
ing some. He  is  still strong in the  faith that we  are  
on the  border  of  the  heavenly inheritance.  I  think  
we have only one sign  more  to  be  accomplished,—  
the "  sign of  the  Son  of Man."  0,  glorious  hope !  
Then the  wicked will all see where  they  have  erred,  
and why they have lost. But  God giveth us  the vic- 
tory over our  last  enemy,  through  Jesus,  our  Lord.  
Our little flock are in good spirits, though we  are but  
few in number. Brn.  Kimball and  D.  Bosworth  are  
doing well in giving meat to those who will hear.  

Bro. E.  SHEPHERD  writes  from Melvin  Villiage, (Me.,)  under  date of Sept. 11th, 1S48.  
BRO.  HIMES  :—I  was  glad when  I  heard  that your  
health was  so much improved that  you  could  attend  
the Meredith meeting.  Things  came off  well,  I un- 
derstand, and that  one  soul  was  converted.  That  
will well repay for  all the labor. I  think that  meet- 
ing has done good. Our  brethren  have  spoken well  
of it, and we  have had quite a refreshing in our meet- 
ing. I  think there  is  a prospect of  better  days with  
us, more so than I  have seen since '44.  

Obituary.  
DIED,  at  the  National  Hotel,  Utica,  the  10th  of  
May last,  of  consumption,  EDWARD  CANFIELD,  of  
Oswego, in the 30th year  of  his  age,—son  of  Dr.  
Calvert and  Lucy  Canfield,  of Pleasant  Valley,  N.  
Y>  Mr.  C.,  in  company  with  his  wife and father,  
was on his way to the home of the  latter,  having ex- 
pressed  an anxious wish to see his friends once  more.  
Providence, however,  had  ordered  otherwise;  and  
soon  after  his arrival  at  Utica,  he  breatl  ed his  last.  
He was  amiable, intelligent,  and upright,—and  a  de- 
voted  Christian,—had  for  several  years  been an ar- 
dent lover of the  doctrine  of  Christ's  soon  coming.  
When he  found he could not  long survive, he sent his  
love to all his friends,  and said he  hoped  to meetthem  
all in Paradise.  He  selected these  words  for his fu- 
neral text:  "  I  shall  be satisfied when I awake in thy  
likeness."  
His father,  in a  note  to  us,  says:  "  We  feel  his  
loss deeply,  but sorrow  not  as  those  without  hope.  
He will awaken in the  resurrection  in  Christ's  own  
glorious image. We  have  not tast  away  our  confi- 
dence in Christ's  coming, but  are  still looking for  and  
loving his appearing;  and  with  my dear son, hoping  
we shall soon meet all who love him in Paradise."  
We deeply sympathize with  Sister  CANFIELD,  and  
with the afflicted family. In  Bro  CANFIELD'S  death  
we have lost a beloved, and devoted friend.  One  af- 
ter another of our  early and  tried  friends  in the Ad- 
vent cause are taken away.  May  GOD  raise up oth- 
ers to fill their places, while  there  is  yet work  to  be  
done.—ED.  

DIED,  in  Cabotville,  Sunday,  April  30th,  1848,  
Sister HARRIET  S.,  wife  of Benj.  PARSONS,  aged  33  
years. Sister  P.  had  been a decided Christian in her  
life and conversation for  more than seventeen yeais.  
Although naturally  unobtrusive  and  retiring  in  her  
manners, and not calculated to  develope to the world  
the excellent traits  of character  with which she  was  
possessed  while  in  health,  yet,  when  prostrated by  
sickness and wasted by  disease,  those  Christian vir- 
tues shone forth.  She  has  been a  daughter  of afflic- 
tion for  several  years,  and  most  of the  time unable  
to attend the  public  means of grace  ; but  when able  
to be at the house of God,  she was always  there, and  
was greatly comforted by the  word of life.  She  was  
unable to leave the house  for  several  months  before  
her decease ; but  during that  time,  patience,  meek- 
ness, gentleness,  showed forth  conspicuously. She  
was a sincere believer in the  speedy appearing of our  
blessed  Lord,  having received this  doctrine at its first  
promulgation  in the village ; she loved  it,  cherished  it,  
was comforted  by it, and died in strong  and unwaver- 
ing faith of  it.  She  " sleeps  in Jesus,"  and  when  
He who is her life  shall appear,  she  will also appear  
with Him  in  glory.  Bro.  Parson^  has sustained a  
great loss for the present,  but  hopes  soon  to  be  re- 
united with his companion in  the immortal state.  

R.  E.  LADD.  

FELL  asleep  in Jesus,  at  Lower  Granville,  N.  S.,  
July 10th,  Bro.  JOSEPH  HALL,  aged  28.  Bro.  Hall  
was a member of the  Advent  church in  this  place,  
and an exemplary Christian.  His  loss is  deeply felt  
in the church, and among a  large  circle of acquaint- 
ances, by whom  he was  much respected and beloved.  
Shortly after  his conversion, he embraced the  view of  
the speedy  coming  of  the  blessed  Saviour.  This  
was about  1842;  and  from  that  time to that of his  
departure, he remaided firm  in that  faith.  Just  pre- 
vious to his death, he expressed a desire that it should  
be understood  that  he classed himself with the " des- 
pised  Millerites."  At  the  seventh month movement  
he made  that  full  consecration  of  himself,  and all  
that he had, and was,  to his Master what was so  gene- 
ral among the brethren at that  time. On  this account  
he suffered much persecution and reproach,  and for a  
season  he was hunted like  a partridge upon the moun- 
tains, under the supposition that  he  was deluded  and


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insane All  this  he endured with  patience  and resig- 
nation, ever  manifesting  the spirit of his beloved  Mas- 
ter. But  he  is- gone, and of  him  it  may be  said :—  
" Blessed  are  the  dead that  die  in  the  Lord  from  
henceforth ; yea,  saith the  spirit,  that  they  may  rest  
from their labors;  and  their  works  do follow  them."  
His beloved companion sorrows,  but  not  as  one with- 
out hope,  but  believing  that  "  Jesus  died  and rose  
again,"  and  that  "  even  so  them also  which  sleep  in  
Jesus will  God bring  with  him."  Amen.  
Yours,  in hope of life  and immortality  through  Je- 
sus Christ,  J.  LENFEST.  
Foreign  News,  

By the  steamer  Europa,  which  arrived  at  New  
York on  Thursday,  14th  inst.,  we  have  news  from  
Europe  of the  2d.  
England.—During the  week  four  more  Chartists  
have been committed  for  treasonable  practices,  and  
sentenced to  two  years  imprisonment,  and  to  give  
bail for  one hundred pounds  to keep the  peace  for five  
years,  before  their  liberation.  The  examination  of  
thirty-one others  terminated  recently;  they  were  all  
found guilty,  and committed to  Newgate  for  trial.  
The total  number  of  passengers  and  crew  on  
board the  unfortunate  ship "  Ocean  Mona*ch,"  is  as- 
certained to  have been 396,  of whom  218  have  been  
saved, and 178 are missing.  
The European Times  says  of the  weather  :—  
" We  rejoice  to state,  that  since  our  last  number  a  
decided and very favorable change  has  taken  place  in  
the weather,  which,  at this  critical  moment,  is  of the  
most vital importance to all  classes.  During  several  
days past  we have been blessed with  the  most  genial  
sunshine, which  we  find  from  all the  reports  which  
have reached us, appears to have been general  through- 
out England  and  Ireland.  Within  the  last week a far  
more cheerful  feeling has  existed  ; the  rise in the corn  
market at  Mark-lane,  on Monday,  is  scarcely  main- 
tained, and we  hope that  in our  next  publication,  we  
shall be  able  to  announce  a  continuance  of  the  pres- 
ent auspicious  weather.  The  lives  and  worldly  
happiness of thousands  of human  beings  depend upon  
the issue."  
Ireland.—The Special  Commission  will  be  opened  
in Clonmel on or about the  20th  of  September,  when  
Messrs. S.  O'Brien,  T.  F.  Meagher,  M.  Leyne,  P.  
J. O'Donoghoe,  Chas.  G.  Duffy,  and  a  few others,  
will be  put  upon  their  trial.  Chief  Justice  Black- 
burne will be one of the  judges.  
The reports of the  crops (up  to  Aug.  30)  continue  
on the  whole  to  be  favorable;  and  they  nearly  all  
concur in representing: the  failure  of the  polato as be- 
ing only  partial.  The  weather  here,  (in  Dublin,)  
although occasionally  indicating  a  change,  remains  
dry and genial.  
Some local outrage,  though  not  of a  political cha- 
racter,  have taken  place  in the  counties  of Limerick  
and Kerry.  Arrests  are  daily taking  place,  either  of  
persons suspected of treasonable  practices,  or charged  
with being directly implicated  in  the  recent  insurrec- 
tionary proceedings. Several  of  the  followers  of S.  
O'Brien are  under arrest  at Clonmel.  
France.—The liberty  of the  press  has  become  ex- 
tinct in Paris.  It  is  now  openly  avowed,  that  any  
journal which will exercise  the  right  of  discussion in  
any manner which the  head of  the  Government  shall  
consider to be adverse to the Republican  form of Gov- 
erment, will be immediately suppressed.  
On the 25th and 26th,  on a  motion  in  the  National  
Assembly to prosecute Louis  Blanc  for  having  been  
implicated  in  the  disturbances  of  the  15th  of  May  
last, when the  Assembly was  invaded  by  a mob, the  
votes were 504 for the prosecution,  and  252  against.  
In a  similar question as regards  Caussidiere,  the  votes  
were 478 against 209—a result  which  was  to  be  fol- 
lowed by their arrrest,  but  that  purpose  they  baffled  
by their immediate disappearance.  Louis  Blanc  es- 
caped to  Ghent,  from whence he  proceeded  to  Dover,  
and is now in England.  The  whereabouts  of Caussi- 
diere is not known.  
Rumors of an impending insurrection  have  again  
been current in  Paris;  and  it  is  now  said that  the  
danger is to be apprehended  from  the  Legitimists,  
who have lately gained many  partizans,  and  who  are  
asserted to have formed an alliance  with  the  red  Re- 
publicans  and Socialists,  for the overthrow  of  the pres- 
ent Government.  The  strictest  military  precautions  
have been taken by the Government,  and  all  the  dis- 
posable force in Paris,  including  the  National  Guard,  
is kept in readiness for immediate  service.  
The "  Assemblee Nationale  "  calls  serious  atten- 
tion of the Government to the  subject  of food, having  
received  information from  some  departments  that  the  
harvest is not favorable.  
Another division has  been  added  to  the army of the  
Alps, to be stationed at  Dijon.  Two  divisions of the  
army are also, it is asserted,  to  be  formed  at  Metz  
and Strasbourg.  
Charles Albert  has  again  made  a  formal  request  to  
the French Government for  its  intervention  and  aid,  
declaring  that  he  is  ready  to  enter  upon  a  new cam- 
paign, not for  the  purpose of personal  aggrandizement,  
or to increase his own dominions,  but  in  order  to en- 
sure the entire liberty of  Italy,  and  to  free  the penin- 
sula from  the  yoke  of  Austria.  His  Minister,  in  
making his demand, assured  the  French  Government  
that by the end of September,  Charles  Albert  would  
have an army of 100,000 men  ready  to commence the  
war.  
At Montpellier, a  manifestation  of  the  Legitimist  
party has caused a serious disturbance.  The  Prefect  
of the Police went to  the  scene  of  disorder  at  the  
head of  a  company  of  National  Guards,  and  was  
wounded,  together  with  a  gendarme,  and  a  judge  
d'instruction. Five  wounded Legitimists  were taken  
to the hospital. The  disturbance  was  suppressed.  

It appears  to be a settled point,  that  if Austria  per- 
sists in refusing  to give  independence  to  Lombardy,  
the army of  the Alps  will cross  the  frontier.  The  
position  of Gen. Cavaignac issuch,  that  he must either  
withdraw from  office,  or  take  this  course.  The  
bourgeoisie are  for peace;  but  the  best  friends  of the  
Government fear  that to  draw back  after  the promise  
of intervention in  a given case,  would not only enable  
the ultra-Republicans  to  excite  the  populace,  but  
would  also  create disaffection  in the  army ; and  they  
prefer war  to  anarchy ;  they  will  support  Cavaignac  
in an armed  intervention.  
The latest  accounts  from  Paris  say :  
The Minister  of War,  foreseeing  the  necessity  of  
intervention in  Italy,  had  accepted the  services of the  
Duke D'Elchingen,  and Colonel Bertin de Vaux,  who  
were aids-de-camp lo  Louis  Philippe,  and  they  had  
left Paris  for  the army of  the Alps.  
Italy.—The "Manheim  Journal"  says,  that  the  
Emperor of Russia  has  sent  to  all the great powers  a  
positive and very energetic  protest  against  an  armed  
intervention by  France  in Italy,  and declared that  if it  
be attempted,  Russia  will  take  part with  Austria.  
The "  Corriere  Mercantile,"  of  Genoa, of the 25th  
ult., has  reports  from  Rome,  that  about 300  Swiss  
had mutinied,  at  Rumini,  on  the  11th,  on account  of  
their pay  being  irregularly  withheld.  They  killed  
their captain and two  lieutenants,  and marched to Ra- 
venna, but finding the gates  closed,  they were obliged  
to proceed  farther,  and  when  quarrelling  among  
themselves, they  disbanded,  and  were  arrested  in  
small parties.  The  news  of a  revolution at  Rome  is  
not confirmed.  
The Venice  "  Gazette  " of  the  19th  contains  an  
order of the  Provisional  Government,  establishing  a  
cordon of boats  around the  town,  to  prevent  commu- 
nications with the  continent.  
The "  Risorgimento,"  of  Turin,  of  the  26th  ult.,  
says, that  after  a severe  engagement  on  the  19th,  in  
which the  Austrians  were  defeated  at  Olgiate,  be- 
tween Como and Varese,  Garibaldi  had  entered  Co- 
mo with his  troops.  
In the  sitting  of  the  Florence  Chambers,  on the  
21st ult.,  the  Minister  Capponi,  President  of  the  
Council, took an opportunity  of  explaining  the  policy  
which the  Cabinet intended  to  follow.  He  declared  
that they  would,  by  every effort,  defend  Italian  na- 
tionality, promote the  federation  of  the  Italian  states,  
and invite the  succor of those  powers  that  have  hith- 
erto shown a  similitude  of  interests  engaged  in  the  
Italian cause.  
The ministry,  he  said,  is  therefore  actively  occu- 
pied in taking  part  in the  negotiations  now pending.  
He then  proceeded thus  : "  If  the  voice of this  gov- 
ernment, which  has  for  it  the  authority  of  unshaken  
loyalty toward  the  other  nations  of  Europe,  will  be  
listened to,  the  federation  promoted  by  us,  I affirm it,  
gentlemen, shall take  place;  nor  will it be our fault if  
it is  not concluded. And  the  friendly  assistance  of  
those two  great  states  that  have  already promised  
their co-operation, will  be more effectual and honora- 
ble if we  also  take  part  in  the  deliberations,  if  our  
voice be heard while  the  others  treat  with  us.  This  
succor, which  we  need  no  longer  invite,  but which  
the Government accepts  in so  far as it maybe  useful,  
and not  contrary to  the  dignity  of  Italy,—this  succor  
and friendship  of  th  ose two  great  powers  was  but  a  
few days ago confirmed to us  in the  most satisfactory  
way."  
The minister's  speech  was  received with  loud ap- 
plause.  
At Leghorn,  Aug.  23,  in  consequence of  the  arri- 
val of Father  Gavazzi,  who  had caused a disturbance  
in Florence,  there  was  a  rising  of  the  people,  who  
destroyed the  telegraph,  drove  the  government  into  
the fortress,  and seized several  stands of arms.  Quiet  
was restored at the  last  accounts.  
A Turin  paper,  of  Aug.  20,  says,Gen.  Cavaignac  
had assured  a  person  worthy  of  credit,  that  Italy  
should not be abandoned to  the Austrians.  
It was  fully  expected that  Sicily  would be  obliged  
to return to  her allegiance,  or  be given to  the second  
son of  Ferdinand.  The  bombardment  of  Messina  
was continued.  On  the  night  of  the  2d six grenades  
of 80,  and a  bomb of large  calibre,  were thrown  into  
the town,  and set  fire to a  warehouse,  but  did no  far- 
ther harm.  The  Messinese  continued to  fire on eve- 
ry Neapolitan  vessel  which  passed  the  Faro.  
Austria.—The "  Zeitungshalle  " says  that  Baron  
Von Wessenberg  has  been  commissioned  with  the  
formation of a  new  ministry.  It  is  apprehended that  
Wessenberg will  quit the  ministry,  and be succeeded  
by Count Von Thurn,  and  that  Schwarzer  will retire  
and be succeeded by  M. Brux,  a  partizan of  theMet- 
ternich policy. The  Austrian  Assembly  had ordered  
the estates  of Prince  Metternich  to  be confiscated.  
Turkey.—Letters from  Constantinople of the  15th  
ult., announce the  re-appointment  of Reschid  Pacha  
to the post of Grand  Vizer,  and  of Ali  Pacha  to  the  
Foreign Office. The  situation  of affairs in the Danu- 
bian  principalities has occasioned that  ministerial revo- 
lution, and it  was  believed  that  the  Porte  was  about  
to assume a different attitude  in that difficult and grave  
question.  
Prussia.—At Berlin,  Aug.  26,  a  lot  of  powder  
was found in butter  casks,  supposed to  be  intended  
for the  democratic  leaders;  the  government  troops  
were ready for  an expected  outbreak.  

HURRICANE  AT  ANTIGUA.—Itis  said that throughout  
the island  there  have  been  two  thousand  buildings  
unroofed, and seven  hundred  totally  destroyed.  Au- 
thentic statements  only give  us  information  of  eigh- 
teen who  have  been  killed,  chiefly of  the  laboring  
classes. Immense  numbers  of cattle  and stock  of  all  
kinds have been destroyed.  The  general  destruction,  
including life and property,  is  supposed to  be greater  
than the  losses occasioned by  the earthquake of  1843,  
or by the hurricane  of 1835.  

Summary.  

John Slaight, who  shot his wife in New  York,  died in the city pri- 
son on Sunday afternoon, having  starved  himself  to  death,  eating  
nothing  lor ten days. He  had also  wofluded himself in tlie neck, and  
bled  freely.  
In Dover, N.  H.,  a rat attacked afrog at the edge of a brook ; the  
Irog  dove  with the rat under water several times,  and  finally  suc- 
ceeded in drowning hint, and seated himself on his  dead enemy.  
A lad in Cincinnati died last week from eating green inuskmelon.  
One hundred  and fifty cords of  peat, ready for market, was  set on  
fire near Waltham village  ou Tuesday morniug, the  lJth,  and com- 
pletely destroyed.  
In Penningtonville, Pa.,  Mr. Patke was  struck in the abdomen by  
the wadding of a camion fired at a Democratic meeting,  aud instantly  
killed.  
A few days since,  while  a couple of  females were  travelling  in a  
wagon from Dexter  to  Guillord,  Me., aud old  she  hear,  witli  two  
cubs, came out of the woods,  and attempted to  get into  the wagon,  
by putting her fore paws on the  torward part,  from which  she was  
frightened by the cries of  the females  and  the approach of  persons  
IVom  a neighboring  house.  Many sheep have beendestroyed by  bears  
in that vicinity within  a  short time.  
On Monday  evening last, Edward Siesbuttel,  porter in the store of  
Messrs. Mason & Lawrence, fell  from  tiie third story  through two  
scuttles, a distance ofabout  thirty feet, breaking  his back, and crush- 
ing some of his ribs upon  his  lungs.  He  was  unable to speak after  
the accident, aud  died in about an hour aud  twenty  minutes  after- 
wards. He  leaves a wife and three children.  
An inmate of the Hartford  Insane Asylum,  about 47 years of age,  
leaped on an afternoon of last week,  from the stone bridge, into Mill  
river, a distance of sixty  feet. The  water was fortunately high, and  
no bones were  broken or bruises made.  Had  the leap been taken a  
day or two previous, when  the  water was  drawn off  for the repairs  
of a  dam, it would have been fatal. But  the most curious pari of the  
affair  is, the man was  restored to  reason by  the  shock  he received,  
and has given 110  evidence  of insanity since.  
Helen Mar, daughter  of  Mr. Charles  Russell,  of  Bath,  Me., aged  
about ten years, and Adelaide, daughter of Mr.  Robert B. Rogers, of  
Chelsea, Mass  , aged  about  twelve  years,  were  found  (frowned,  
locked in each other's arms, in Sewall stream, Bath, into which they  
weut to bathe.  
THIS  is  LIFE.  
Like to the falling of a star,  
Or as the flight of  angels are;  
Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue,  
Or silver drops ol morning dew ;  
Or like a wind thai chales the flood,  
Or bubbles which ou water stood ;  
Even such is man, whose borrovv'd  light  
Is straight called iu, and paid to-night.  
The wind blows  out, the bubble dies,  
The spring entombed in autumn lies  ;  
The dew dries up, the star is shot,  
The flight is past—aud  man forgot.  
Henry King.-lffii.  
Lieut. J.  D.  Clark, 8th infantry, committed suicide by leaping from  
a steamer into the river opposite Helena, Arks.  
Helen M. Huunewell,  nine years of age, was burnt to death in this  
city 011 Thursday, Uie Ulh.  
On the id inst.,  the  steamboat Olive burst her  boiler at Cahawba,  
Ala. Capt.  luiller had a leg  broken, and  was badly  scalded. Allen  
Coleman aud another while  mau were severely  burnt;  and  one ne- 
gro man was killtu  aud eight scaluud,  
Richard H. Blount,  merchant of Kingston, N.  C.,  was  waylaid ill  
Dover swamp,  ou  his return from  ruewberu,  robbed ol  and  
almost killed,  by  three  whites  and a mulatto, lie  was  uiscoveieu  
Insensible  oy a blacK  man.  
I11  the  NorUieru Railroad cars on Saturday, Timothy  O'Brien was  
ronbeu  of his pocket IIUOK,  containing being  lus  savings from  
his earnings lor two  years ou Uie Vermont anu oilier railroaus.  
About  111  o'clock  011  Saturday  night,  a  large  three  story  double  
house  ou  Mechanic-street,  iioAbury,  occopieu  by  tlnee  families,  was  
bauly burnt  In  Uie  roof,  and  tlie  wuole  bouse  completely  drencued  
Willi water  by  the  firemen.  
A watchman  discovered a fire No. 148 Ann-street 011  Sunday  night,  
and broue open the door anu  put  it  out  just  iu Uine to save a man  
and lus wile from being burnt to ueath.  
J. W.  Tounemau,  au old  grocer, was  shot dead in his bed at New  
Orleans.  
A man named Hoiner was  committed to prison in St. Louis, for an  
attempt, in wlucil lie nearly succeeded,  lo  abuuci  two  sciiool  gills,  
of eleven  aud len years, iiaiiuali  and Sopmu Little.  
Alice Douglass, aged a, one  of the  occupants  of a house of ill-fame,  
in Lirinker's-alley,  imladelpliia,  fell from Her  bed, wuiclt  wasciooe  
lo a window iu  tlie  4iu  slory,  to  lue  ground,  tier  aril) was  lorn  
nearly oil' by sinking a  fence, aud Her  injuries  will  probably be lalul.  
Ou Saturday afternoon last, a lad eight years of age, son of Mr. D.  
King, of KOAIIUI  J, lelltioni  uie  steep precipice near lue  railroad sta- 
tion in thai city, a distance ol  between  lllly aud sixty leel,  upon tlie  
railroad  Uacit beneaUi. No  bones  were  molten,  and  lie will  soon  
recover.  
Nicholas John has been committed to  jail in Newburgh,  N.Y.,  for  
the murder and robbery  01  uavid  Graft—both returned  volunteers.  
Grail was  stabued auu  tlirowu  In 10  lue dock,  bul  recovered  suiu- 
ciently to  lueuufy the assassin.  
J0I111  Clark, an Englishman, who  formerly lived with  Dr. Kidder,  
of bostou,  was  killed ou  tlie  railroad near  Clapville,  wtule  intoxi- 
cated.  
Nathaniel W.  Richardson, a  carpenter of  Chelsea,  died  in  that  
town 01 locnjaw,  urougm on by sticking  a nail lnlo  111s tool.  
Charles  Fates,  late  a seaman  011 board  the  U.  Si. ship  Columbus,  
was  urowued  at  iN 01 folk ou  ihe  uth inst.  
Wm. £.  Lane,  ID  years of age, and a discharged  soldier, was  found  
with his lliroal  cut iu Detroit, roubed,  ami murdered.  
Four negro  women,  belonging  to  Mr.  burgwiu,  were  drowned  
Horn  a boat in Vv  llmmglon,  ix.  C.  
In Middleton, Miss , iUaj. John T.  Brown was  shot  dead  by Dr.  
W  .  biudcll,  wnoin  lie hau jusl belore lueu at williodt  eflect.  

IMPOSTURE.—A  certain  Mrs.  THAYER,  who  has  

been pleading  poverty  in Northboro'  and  vicinity,  on  
account of her  liberal  gifts  to the Advent  cause,  has  
grossly imposed  on many of our brethren.  Her  state- 
ments are  entirely false.  We  have  no knowledge  of  
her ever  giving  a  penny to  the cause.  If  it  becomes  
necessary, we  shall make  a full  exposure of this case.  
Hrethren should  not give their money to  persons  who  
make such statements,  until  they first know the  truth  
of them.  

NEW  WORK.—" The  Restitution.  Christ's  King- 
dom 011 Earth  ; the  Return  of Israel,  together  with  
their Political  Emancipation  ; the  Beast,  lus  Image  
and Worship  : also,  the  Fall  of Babylon,  and  the In- 
struments of  its  Overthrow. By  J.  LITCH, Author  
of various  works  on Prophecy,  and of  the  History  of  
the Advent  Faith  and  Cause.-'  We  have  had  some  
copies stitched  for  mailing, which can  be sent by mail  
to any patt  of the United States,  for 5 1-2 cts. Price,  
stitched, 33  cents;  bound.  37  1-2  cents;  discount  to  
agents and  publishers.  We  can now supply  orders  
tor the  work.  Friends  will send in, and make  efforts  
to circulate  the  work.  

" THE  BATTLE  OF  ARMAGEDDON  ; or,  the Word  of  
God against  the  World,  containing  a  Review of  the  
Forces which  are  Gathering  under  the  Banner  of  the  
Messiah, and of Satan,  to  the battle  of the great  Day  
of God  Almighty.  By  J.  P.  Weethee."  
We have  but  a few copies  of  this  work  for  sale.  
Price, 25  cents.  

DIAGRAM  OF  DAN.  2.—THE  GREAT  IMAGE.—We  
have had many  calls for this part of the set of the dia- 
grams on the  whole  vision ot  DANIEL,  but could  not  
break regular  sets.  We  have  now prepared  the  Im- 
age for sale,  separate,  and can supply any  orders  for  
it. Price,  mounted,  $2  00,  

BUSINESS  NOTES.  

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Zli Exchange-street.  '  
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O. Perre—We seud vou this vol. free.  
A. H. Brick—We sent  you  a copy of  Bro.  Litch's work  by Bil- 
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CAMP MEETINGS.  

BIG TENT  MEETING.-We  shall  hold  a Tent meeting in  ihe  
city of Lowell,  to  commence 011 the i4th inst.,  at IU A.  M., and con- 
tinue through the  week.  Brn.  Litch, Weethee,  Mummer,  Burn- 
ham, and others, will  be present.  There  will  be  three  lectures  a  
day 011  the  great questions  involving  the. nature  of the  kiuguom of  
God, and its speedy establishment in the whole  ear th. The  meeting  
will be held in  Court  House  Square,  011 the corner of  Coram and  
Elm streets.  Board  may be obtained 011  reasonable  terms.  
If the weather  should  be stormy, the meeting will  be  held iu the  
Kirk-street Chapel. All  interested are invited to attend.  
Committee.  
S. PAGE,  M.  YOUNG,  W.BOARDMAN,  G.PIERCE,  
A.  B.  LUMBEKDR  A.  WRIGHT,  E.li.  ADAMS,  G.  BIRCH,  
P.  HAWKES,  H.BEKIUCK,  L.  L.  KNOWLES,  J.SEAVY.  
There will  be a conference of  believers in the  Lord's speedy com- 
ing, at a place called Baptist Corners, in Ashfield, Mass., commenc- 
ing Friday, Sept. IILLH,  at til A. M.,  and continue  over  the  Sabbath  
Brn. Everett,  W.  S.  Campbell, Luddiugton, and others, will be pres- 
ent. The  brethren and sisters in the surrounding towns  are invited  
10 attend. (In  behalf of the  brethren.) R.  E.  LADD.  
The Lord willing,  we  shall  hold  a  Tent  meeting  in the  town  of  
Windham, Vt.,  near Col>b  Corner, to  commence  Sept.  a'Hh, atlu  
A. M.,  and continue  as long as  shall be thought best.  
Also another at Addison, Vt.,  to  commence  Thursday, Oct.  5th,  
at 111  A. M., aud continue over the  Sabbath.  Brethren  are inviteu,  
aud are requested to  bring their tents. R.  V. LYOK,  
A. SlIEItVVlN.  
The brethren in Tuftonboro', N. H.,  in  view  of  the  approaching  
judgment, have  thought  best  to  hold  a Conference there  lor  Hie  
benefit of the community,  to  commence  Oct.  aUi. The  meeting will  
be held in the Melviu school-house the  first  day,  and  on the utli  IU  
the Christian chapel, and continue over  Sunday . Bin.  D.  Churchill,  
Couch, aud others, are expected 10 attend. (Fur  lite brethren,)  
EZRA  SHEPHERD.  
The Lord willing, a  Conference will  be  held  in  Homer,  M.Y.,  
commencing Thursday,  Uct. ath. brn.  Galuslui anu  hates  are ex- 
pected to be present, Jn  behalf of the  church.; J.  I„  L L .FI.  
The brethren at Sugar Hill, N.  H., iu view of an approaching  judg.  
mem, call lor a conference  of  all who  wish  to  be  benefited liytiie  
truth, 10 commence 011  Thursday,  Uct.  5th, at LO  A.M.,  anu continue  
over the Sabbath, bin.  H.  1  lummer, Himes,  and tuwin  burnhaiu.  
are expected to  attend and preach the word.  to  e  look lor a full rep- 
resentation Iroiu all the surrounding  country. (.F or the biethrcu.)  
1. H.  SHIFMAN.  

APPOINTMENTS.  

Bro. P. Hawkes  will  preach  at  Clark's  Hull,  Portland,  the first  
and second Sabbaths 111  Oct.  —  
If the Lord will,  1  expect to preach at the Isle  La  Mott, Vt.,  Sab- 
bath,  Uct.  1st.  —  Ji.  btCKt.KY.  
If the Lord will,  I will preach in Portland, in  Brackot-sUict  ward  
room, the last Sabbath in Sept.,  and  the  1st in  Oct.  Vv  . HLKNUAM.  

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