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EXTRACTS. 
" WHAT mean these illuminated cities, roar-
ing of cannon, and pealing of bells, and exult-
ations through the land? Is it because Christ 
is coming to set up his everlasting kingdom 
here ? Oh no. It is the nation's to deem in 
honor of the mighty victory obtained by our 
gallant murderers(for they would be consid-
ered such in every case, until they were li-
censed by the rulers, chosen by the people). 
What have they done ? Why, they have 
killed or murdered thousands more of their 
neighbors than they have had murdered of 
their own. They have desolated their coun-
try for 1200 miles, dispersing their neighbors 
into caverns, forests and mountains, and in 
the last great victory they have taken their 
citadel and fort, and murdered some say from 
1000 to 500, mostly women and children ; and 
then let loose between three and four thous-
and of their enemies famished and starving 
murderers, that by last accounts were rava-
ging, pillaging, and devastating all that is 
pleasant to the eye before them. And they 
say the whole nation is in a state of ,anarchy, 
confusion distress and revolution ! What 
caused this mighty uproar? Why out of 
about 7,000,000 of slaves in the Christian 
world we of this continent can boast of hay.: 
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ing about 6,000,000 of them. Our neighbors, 
the Mexicans, undertook some years ago to 
obey God by breaking the yoke of their slaves. 
This was too much for the most enlightened 
nation under the sun to bear. So a revolt 
ensued, and finally we took a part of their 
territory from them; from hence has come 
this havoc and murder. And one portion of 
the professed church in this boasted land of 
Bibles and converts have held a convention, 
and in their zeal for God, (as they would have 
it,) have chosen the chief murderer, with 
some of his principle associates, and made 
them honorary members of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society during their lives."—From 
Work Entitled, " Opening Heavens, Seventh-
day Sabbath, and Waymarks," by Eld. Jo-
seph Bates, 1846, p.. 48. 
" THEY must not countenance nor support 
war, for that cometh from lust, James iv, 1-3 ; 
they must not have respect to the rich and de-
spise the poor, for that is judging unrighteous-
ly, James ii, 1-10 ; they must show their faith 
by their works, and have no boasting where 
their works are not made manifest, 14th to 26th 
verse; they must not strive to be masters or 
rulers of their brethren, and have but few D. 
D.'s or A. M.'s among them, James iii, 1-12 ; 
they must have no envying or striving against 
the truth, and be possessed of that wisdom 
which cometh down from above, 13th to 18th 
verse ; they are to humble themselves, and 
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speak no evil of the brethren, James iv, 10-
17 ; they are to cry unto the Lord in their 
afflictions and persecutions, and make no re-
sistence, James v, 4-6." 
The foregoing paragraph is from a letter 
written by Wm. Miller, the father of Adventism 
in this country. It was published in Review 
of Aug. 19, 1851, with the following indorse-
ment.] 
" The following excellent letter from the 
pen of Bro. Miller, was published in the Ad-
vent Herald in December, 1844. It breathes 
the sweet spirit of former days,' when the 
Advent body was illuminated' with the bright 
and cheering rays of the pure gospel of the 
kingdom, and were deeply imbued with its 
sanctifying power. We think his view of 
the book of James is correct. But alas ! how 
few of James' brethren can be found among 
those with whom Bro. Miller once associated. 
Certainly, there never was a time when the 
admonitions and instructions found in the 
book of James, or the excellent advice of Bro. 
Miller, were more needed than at this pres-
ent time." 
" PROFESSING Christians as well as infidels, 
have tried to prove that the Bible sanctions 
slavery and war, and polygamy; the latter 
making this an argument for the destruction 
of the Bible, and the former excusing it by 
telling us the law was intended for a dispen- 
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sation dark and severe in its character, and 
requiring therefore a state of things not toler-
ated under the milder and more peaceful dis-
pensation of the Gospel. Both are wrong 
and start from false premises. The Bible no-
where lends its high and solemn sanction to 
any form of moral evil."— The Weslyan, 
Quoted in Review of _Dec. 13, 1853. 
"THE professed church of Christ has left 
the arm of her true husband, and now leans 
on the strong arm of the law. She seeks pro-
tection, and to be nourished by the corrupt 
governments of the world, and is properly 
represented by the harlot daughters of the 
old mother, she being a symbol of the Catho-
lic church. As the woman should cleave to 
her husband, so should the church cleave to 
Christ, and instead of seeking protection from 
the arm of the law, lean only on the potent 
arm of her Beloved. The church is unlaw-
fully wedded to the world. This may be 
seen in the various departments of civil gov-
ernment. Even in the war department, the 
professed minister of Jesus Christ is seen 
mocking the God of peace with his prayers 
for success in battle." "Signs of the Times," 
by Eld. As. White, 1853, p. 84. 
" WE already see the greater part of the 
world in arms, and we look also for the crumb-
ling to pieces of an old established system, 
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corrupted from its original, divine simplicity, 
grown old in wantonness and crime, joined 
with the rulers of the world in an unholx un-
ion, that they might eat up God's people, as 
if they were bread;' We look for the day 
when the proud shall be abased, and the Lord 
alone be exalted. But the overthrow of Baby-
lon will be mighty, and how many noble be-
ings will be involved in her fall? As it is said 
in the book of Daniel, Many of them of un-
derstanding shall fall through seducers, who 
shall cleave to them by flatteries.' 
" Whether these things are at hand or not, 
the fact remains ; a war spirit is abroad, a 
spirit of hatred and delusion. It is its contain-
Mating influence that we fear—it is the de-
moralizing influence of familiarity with the 
ideas of war and bloodshed—it is the un- 
healthy excitement, the bitter party spirit, 
that is evil, and causes evil to spread. 
" Let it not be said there is no danger to 
Christ's disciples from these causes. There 
is danger ; because when iniquity shall 
abound, the love of many shall wax cold.' 
Such are the mysterious and inexplicable sym-
pathies which bind man to man, which forbid 
a separate and isolated interest, that we 
catch unconsciously the prevalent tone, and 
we know not till the mind is warped, and 
unsettled, and thus, being in an unhealthy 
state, it is ready to receive and to conceive evil. 
The moral scourge is more destructive even 
than the pestilence."—Moncrief s Expositor, 
Scotland. Quoted into the Review of May 
9, 1854. 
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"JESUS has said, Follo w thou me !' 
What, dear brother, dear sister, is your stan-
dard of faith ? Is it not the Bible ? You say, 
yes !„ then there we will come, that we may 
learn whether we are following Jesus or no. 
I will step in before you in your pathway, and 
reason with you ' • and this pathway is our ev-
ery act of life. We will take a wide survey, 
first, and ask, Do you act like the world ? But 
you inquire, What do you mean ? I will try 
to tell you. Do you take a part with the 
world in its maxims and laws ? If so your 
pathway is not the one that Jesus trod. Je-
sus said, They (disciples) are not of the 
world, even as I am not of the world. Jno. 
xvii, 16. When saw ye Jesus in Casar's 
hall of judgment? Never; only when led 
as a lamb to the slaughter. 
" But, we want good laws, and 'it is our 
duty to get good men to make and execute 
them. 
" Truly we want good laws ' • and Jesus has 
not left us to follow him without them. He 
says, The word which ye hear is not mine, 
but the Father's which sent me.' Jno. xiv, 24. 
"The Psalmist says, The law of the Lord 
is perfect, converting the soul.' Ps. xix, 7. 
Paul says, All scripture is given by inspira-
tion of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for 
reproof, for correction, for instruction in 
righteousness; that the man of God may be 
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works.' 2 Tim. iii, 16, 17. What more do 
you want? or, What less do you want, dear 
brother ? " 
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" The next step you require of your agent, 
is to enact laws, which, if disregarded, are 
enforced by the sword, an unchristian weap-
on ; said laws are the essential, vital being of 
said government of which he is a component 
part, which can sustain it nationality only by 
arsenals of implements of death, large navies 
and military, equipped with their deadly 
weapons. You next place your good brother 
christian, follower of the Prince of Peace, 
aside the scaffold, to inflict death ; or at the 
head of a body of military, with a habeas-
corpus writ to thrust back into bondage a 
poor brother, for the crime of desiring to in-
hale heaven's free air. Or, if he is Chief 
Magistrate of the Nation, you mount your 
good bishop on a war-horse armed cap-
a-pie, General-in-chief over all the sinews of 
death in the nation." 
" I would ask, dear followers of Jesus, if 
man can make it right to kill, when God has 
said, ' Thou shalt not kill?' Does not the 
whole fabric of human governments rest on 
the sword? Are they not to be dashed to 
shivers when he comes whose right it is to 
rule in righteousness ? 
" But I am not at war with human govern-
ments. No, no. David says in a hymn of 
praise to God, 'Surely the wrath of man shall 
praise thee : the remainder of wrath shalt 
thou restrain.' Ps. lxxvi, 10. ' For 'rulers 
are not a terror to good works, but to the 
evil.' Wilt thou then not be afraid of the 
power ?"Do that which is good and thou 
shalt have praise of the same.' For he is 
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the minister of God to thee (Christian) for 
good.' Rom. xiii, 3, 4. 
" If, my brethren, you keep in mind that 
Christians are a different company, a little 
flock, separated, chosen out of the world, 
to be lights in, or to, the world, that the 
world by beholding their good works, (light,) 
may be led to join in company with the little 
flock, counted all the day long to the slaugh-
ter, and thus glorify your heavenly Father, 
then you will be able to comprehend such 
scriptures as Rom. xiii, and 1 Tim. i, 
which I may notice hereafter. Let the pot-
sherd strive with the potsherds of the earth ,' 
[Isa. xlv, 9 ;] but, let Christians possess the 
mind of Jesus, then they will follow Jesus.' 
" Have we seen some of the results of pro-
fessed Christians' following the world ? May 
it prepare us then to gain an eminence as did 
Balaam, when Balak called him to curse Is-
rael, when he uttered his parable and said, 
'How shall I curse, whom God has not 
cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord 
has not defied ? For from the top of the 
rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold 
him : lo, the people shall dwell alone and 
shall not be reckoned among the nations.' 
Num. xxiii, 8, 9."—Eld. E. Everts, as pub-
lished in Advent Review, the organ of S. D. 
Adventists, of July 31, 1856. 
"Has the gospel of Jesus granted you the 
right to use the sword, to arm you with car- 
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nal weapons, to take the sword to ' provide 
for your own household,' to deliver the op-
pressed out of the power of the oppressor, by 
breaking the sixth commandment of God, 
Thou shalt not kill?' 
Jesus says, Love 
your enemies.' 
"Do you think that you, as a Christian liv-
ing under the gospel, have a Bible permission 
to mingle in political strife in any way what-
ever? either in legislating, or executing the 
laws of human government? If so, I think 
you are greatly mistaken ! Every text you 
may quote, or plausible reason you may make 
must be tested by plain, literal scripture. It 
may be that we may notice all such scriptures 
or reasons that you urge at a proper 
time ; but firstly, we will listen to the gospel. 
To Christians who are willing to follow Jesus, 
this ought to be enough. 
" Jesus says, ' If any man serve me, let him 
follow me. John xii, 26. But do you say, 
this I can do, and serve as a faithful citi-
zen of my country, in her national policies and 
government? Stop, Jesus says, No man can 
serve two masters.' Matt. vi, 24. 
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, there-
fore the world hateth you.' John xv, 19. 
" What share can you take in the policies 
of the world, if ' ye are not of the world, but 
are hated of the world,' and are chosen out 
of the world?' But must we give the rule in-
to the hands of the wicked, say you? You 
cannot help yourself. Wicked men and se- 
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ducers shall wax worse and worse, and at the 
time of the end of the world, the wicked shall 
do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall un-
derstand. Dan. xii, 10. The reason is be-
cause the world are not willing to obey God, 
or follow Jesus, not acknowledging that there 
is one Lawgiver. Jas. iv, 12. 
Wherefore 
the Lord has said, Forasmuch as this people 
draw near me with their mouth, and with 
their lips do honor me, but have removed 
their heart far from'me, and their fear toward 
me is taught by the precept of men : therefore 
behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work 
and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise 
men shall perish, and the understanding of 
their prudent men shall be hid.' Isa. xxix, 
13, 14. How wonderfully this is exemplified 
in the course of the many high professors of 
divinity, who have but a short time in the 
past, stood at the head of religious revivals, 
moral reforms and peace societies : leading on 
the church of Christ, armed with the gospel 
that brings to light, life and immortality ; 
wielded by entreaties, prayers and tears. Now 
in the very face of the gospel, when Jesus has 
said, Ye have heard that it hath been said, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine 
enemy. But I say unto you, Love your ene-
mies, bless them that curse yon, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for them which 
despitefully use you, and persecute you,' that 
you may be the children of your Father which 
is in Heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on 
the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
the just and on the unjust. Be ye therefore 
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merciful, as your Father is merciful. Matt. 
v, 43-44 ; Luke vi, 36. 
"Notwithstanding these scriptures, we see 
the deplorable state of the Christian churches 
as they develop their moral fall and conformi-
ty to the world. Some few of the many in-
stances we quote. 
" Says the Dixon Transcript, June 25th, 
referring to the Pittsburgh convention, ' Af-
ter prayer by Rev. Mr. Lovejoy, the Rev. Mr. 
Brewer of Conn., said, he was in favor of 
using fire-arms, and fighting for freedom in 
Kansas.' 
" Rev. Mr. Chandler said he believed that 
Sharp's rifles were the best peacemakers, 
there was no danger too many of them would 
be introduced into Kansas.' 
"'Rev. Mr. Lovejoy was willing to go eith-
er as a captain or private. He would use 
Sharp's rifles, and fire with good aim !' 
"In the north church, soon after, Rev. 
Henry Ward Beecher said, I hold it to be an 
everlasting disgrace to shoot at a man and 
not hit him.' 
" Says another professed preacher of Christ 
in a church in Detroit, in referring to Kansas 
outrages, Rather than, suffer it, he would 
have the plains of Kansas silent with univer-
sal death,' and referring to Brooks' outrage 
being aimed at the freedom of our Senators and 
Representatives, ' Sooner than suffer it, I 
would see the halls of Congress ankle deep in 
blood !' 
4n4 says Gerritt Smith, (whose moral 
worth and numerous acts of benevolence ma- 
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implicit confidence in the perfect law of God? 
Do they acknowledge that there is but one 
Lawgiver for the Christian? Do they hear 
Paul say, The weapons of our warfare are not 
carnal, but mighty through God, to the pull- 
ing down of strongholds ?' 2 Cor. x, 4. Are 
they finally heeding the scriptures that they 
professedly teacli? 
" Put on the whole armor of God, that ye 
may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
Devil. Why ? For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood. No, that is not the calling 
of the followers of Jesus. But we wrestle 
`against principalities, against powers, against 
the rulers of the darkness of this world; 
against spiritual wickedness [wicked spirits, 
margin] in high places.' 
Wherefore take 
unto you the whole armor of God, that ye 
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all to stand.' Eph. vi, 11-13. 
"Paul enumerates the Christian weapons 
in Eph. vi, 14-18, and says, Take the sword 
of the spirit, (not of steel,) which is the word 
of God. Praying always with all prayer and 
supplication in the Spirit. Having on this 
heavenly armor, and their feet shod with the 
preparation of the gospel of peace, striving 
to enjoy Christ's benediction, Blessed are the 
merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. Bless-
ed are peace-makers, (not peace-breakers,) 
for they shall be called the children of God. 
Matt. v, 7-9. Listen to John as he addresses 
the soldiers, when they asked what they 
should do. He replies, Do violence to no 
man. Jno. iii, 14. Remember that Jesus 
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ny of the needy and afflicted will respond to), 
at the Buffalo convention on the 10th inst. Ju-
ly, If the object of the convention was to dis-
tribute good books and agricultural imple-
ments in Kansas, it was doubtless a good one. 
They might raise their hundred thousand dol-
lars monthly to do so, but they would have 
no money from him ! He had given all the 
money he could spare for such things, and 
felt that he was now called upon to contribute 
means to arm men and send them to fight. 
He continued to say that political action just 
now is their greatest evil and danger. They 
are looking after ballots, when their eyes 
should be fixed on bayonets ; they are count-
ing votes when they should be mustering 
armed men ; they are looking after civil ru-
lers when they should be searching after mil-
itary ones. He desired to hear of a collision 
with the Federal troops, and that Northern 
men had fallen--and then he would hear of 
Northern States arraying themselves against 
the Federal Government, and would that be 
the end ? No ! Missouri would be the next 
battle field, and then Slavery would be driven 
to the wall.' 
" In view of facts like these, demonstrating 
the change of the most fine gold to worse than 
dross, the utter disregard of the testimonies 
of Christ and their former profession, we must 
exclaim, They have gone the way of Cain, 
and run greedily after the error of Balaam.' 
" Are these men following Jesus ? Are 
they harnessing themselves and followers 
with gospel weapons ? Are they exhibiting 
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said to Peter, when the great practical doc-
trine was taught for all Christians, what to do 
with the sword, Put up again thy sword into 
his place; for all they that take the sword 
shall perish with the sword. Matt. xx, 52. 
" Let Christians walk in the light of these 
truths and there would be but few Christian 
generals or soldiers, to use the 'Rev. Mr. 
Beecher's twenty-five Sharp's rifles,' although 
a Bible sanctimoniously be attached to the 
breech of each. 
"They hear Jesus say, My kingdom is not 
of this world : if my kingdom were of this 
world, then would my servants fight. Jno. 
xviii, 36. Christians thus armed with these 
gospel weapons, and completely disarmed of 
carnal ones, being entirely separate from the 
governments of the world; they may let the 
world, armed down with weapons of death as 
they are, rush down the broad road, enforc-
ing their unchristian laws with the penalty of 
death. 
" It is the unspeakable privilege of the 
remnant of the church, as they look over the 
history of the past, and see, although the dis-
ciples of Christ have like Paul cried out, For 
thy 'sake we are killed all the day long ; we 
are counted as sheep for the slaughter, [Rom. 
viii, 36,] while their pathway has been bedew-
ed with tears, saturated with their blood, and 
covered with their torn carcasses and bleached 
bones ;—it is their privilege to exclaim with 
Balaam, as they see that God's people shall 
dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among 
the nations,' Let me die the death of the 
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righteous, and let my last end be like his !' 
Num. xxiii, 9, 10."—Id., Advent Review, Aug. 
14, 1856. 
"TO BE IN ALLIANCE WITH THE CIVIL POWER 
IS TO BE AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST. 
" Whosoever transgresseth and abideth 
not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God.' 
2 John 9. 
" And the SOLDIERS likewise demanded of 
him, saying, And what shall we do ? And he 
said unto them, DO VIOLENCE TO NO 
MAN.' Luke iii, 14. 
"'Then said Jesus unto him, PUT UP AGAIN 
THY SWORD into his place ; for all they that 
take the sword shall perish with the sword.' 
Matt. xxvi, 52. 
" For the weapons of our warfare are 
NOT CARNAL, but mighty through God,' 
&c. 2 Cor. x, 4. 
" But I say unto you that ye RESIST 
NOT EVIL,' &c. 
"Also Prov. xx, 22 ; xxiv, 29; Luke vi, 
27-29; xii, 14; Rom. xii, 17, 19; 1 Cor. vi, 
7 ; 1 Thess. v, 15 ; 1 Pet. iii, 9. 
" The Reformers, LUTHER, MELANCTHON, 
and others, in their confession at Augsburg, 
have the following : 
" 'For this reason we must take particular 
care not to mingle the power of the Church 
with the power of the State. The power of 
hurch ought never to invade an office 
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that is foreign to it, for Christ himself said, 
My kingdom is not of this world,' &c.—
D'Aubigne's Hist. p. 565. 
" On the above the historian remarks : 
With what wisdom, in particular, the con-
fessors of Augsburg protest against that con-
fusion of religion and politics which, since the 
deplorable epoch of Constantine had changed 
the kingdom of God into an earthly and car-
nal institution.'—lb., p. 566. 
"DR. CLARKE says : When political mat-
ters are brought into the church of Christ, 
both are ruined. The church has more than 
once ruined the state : the state has often cor-
rupted the church." No secular arm, no hu-
man prudence, no earthly policy, no suits at 
law, shall ever be used for the founding, ex-
tension, and preservation of my church.' Woe 
to the inhabiters of earth,' when the church 
takes the civil government of the world into 
its hands.—Christian Theology, pp. 251-2." 
Facts for the Times, by Eld. AL E. Cornell, 
1858, pp. 74-76. 
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an unbeliever, is truthful, and no more pointed 
and condemnatory than the foregoing from 
the N. Y. Evangelist :— 
"'What is the use of converting the world 
to such a Christianity as is now exhibited in 
christendom, to put an end to war, and slav-
ery, and avarice, and lust? Do not our Chris-
tians fight? Do we not take our generals, 
colonels, captains, and soldiers from the 
church ? And do they not fight as bravely 
and desperately as those taken from the 
world ? Do they not plan a campaign, con-
duct an attack, point a cannon, thrust a bayo-
net, brandish a sword, fire a city, sack a town, 
better than the unchristianized savage, or un-
converted heathen ? Do we not send out our 
reverend chaplains with our invading armies 
to invoke the blessing of God upon our bat-
tles? Do not our churches rejoice in our vic-
tories and thank God that our enemies have 
been put to flight at the point of the bayonet, 
or by the edge of the sword ? Do we not pre-
sent the beautiful and sublime spectacle be-
fore the heathen world, and before angels, 
and God, of one Christian in hostile and 
deadly array against another? How, then, is 
the converting the world to such Christian-
ity, to put an end to war? Since the days of 
Constantine, Christian men and Christian na-
tions have been as prone to use the sword as 
Mohammedan or Pagan men and nations ; 
and we might with as much propriety talk of 
converting the world to Mohammedanism or 
Paganism to put an end to war, as to hope 
for that result by converting the world to the 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"THEY boast of their connection with poli-
itics as an evidence that they are going to 
evangelize the nation. But they are not eleva-
ting the politics of the nation to a level with 
Christianity; they are lowering down Chris-
tianity to the level of the most degenerate 
national policy. 
" The fbllowing description of the state of 
the churches and church members, though from 
 
 
 
 
 
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present type of Christianity.'" 
Tiffany's 
Lectures, p. 240. Nature and Tendency of 
Modern Spiritualism, by Eld. J. H Wag-
goner, 1860,pp. 132, 133. 
" Saying, peace, peace, when there is no 
peace.' Jer. vi, 14. 
" IT seems that if the clergy of the present 
day were humble enough to acknowledge 
their mistake, they would cease to cry Peace, 
peace' by preaching the world's conversion. 
In view of the signs of the times and undeni-
able facts, they appear stubborn. But their 
blindness is manifest when we hear them call 
those nations Christian' who spend more for 
war preparations in times of peace, than for 
the support of the gospel! The testimony of 
scripture that wicked men and seducers shall 
wax worse and worse,' that' because iniquity 
shall abound, the love of many shall wax 
cold,' that at Christ's coming, all the tribes 
of the earth shall mourn' is entirely disre-
garded by those who say that before the end 
wars and tumult will entirely cease. 
"The following statistics will show what 
the Christian (?) nations have been about. 
One of the American-Tract-Society authors 
states that Christian nations spend every day 
for war, $2,000,000, about 300 times as much 
as is given by them for the spread of the gos-
pel ; that the United States have spent 
$500,000,000 in preparing for war in times of 
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peace. The following is from the Advocate of 
Peace. COST OF WARS. Look at the actual 
cost of some wars. From 1688 to 1815, a 
period of one hundred and twenty-seven years, 
England spent sixty-five years in war, three 
more than in peace. The war of 1588, in-
creased expenditures in nine years, $180,000, 
000. The war of the Spanish succession cost, 
in eleven years, more than $300,000,000; the 
Spanish war, of 1739, in nine years cost $270, 
000,000; the seven years' war of 1756, $560, 
000,000 ; the American war of 1775, $680, 
000,000, in eight years ; the French Revolu-
tion war of nine years from 1793, $2,320,000, 
000. During the war against Bonaparte from 
1803 to 1815, England raised by taxes, *3, 
855,000,000 ; and by loans, $1,940,000,000; 
in all $5,795,000,000, or an average of $1,322, 
082 every day! For 20 years from 1797, she 
spent for war purposes alone more than one 
million dollars every day ! During ninety 
days before and after the battle of Waterloo, 
she is supposed to have spent an average of 
about five million a day. During seven wars, 
lasting in all sixty-five years, she borrowed 
$4,170,000,000, and raised by taxes, $5,949, 
000,000; 10,119,000,000 in all. The wars of 
all Europe, from 1793 to 1815, twenty-one 
years, cost some $15,000,000,000, and proba-
bly wasted full twice as much more in other 
ways, thus making a grand total of more than 
forty thousand millions of dollars !' 
" A later writer in the Y. Y. Independent 
says: 
-,Antir frit AtAlintist 
:46101111tAtvolitY 
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" The sentiment of a popular minister, that 
Sharp's rifles are the best peace-makers,' 
shows how they would introduce their millen-
nium. So, now, when we read in the sermon 
on the mount, ' Blessed are the peacemakers,' 
we must understand it, Blessed be Sharp's 
rifles !' Truly they have put darkness for 
light, and turned things upside down, but let 
us not sleep as do others."—Eld. .M E. 
Cornell, in Review No. 22, Vol. xvii, April 16, 
1861. 
" WE looked for a blessing in organization, 
because the Lord had set his seal to the work. 
We have not been disappointed: God has 
certainly helped us much since we have obeyed 
him in this thing. Now let us beware of the old 
leaven ; let us go on anew and win the victory 
and the prize. 
" Brother, come now, stop thinking about the 
troubles of the way. Gird your armor a little 
more tightly about you. Don't you see the 
battle at hand? Do not you see the prepara-
tions on both sides ? See the hosts of the 
enemy, and his dragon-like words. See the 
letter of prophecy being fulfilled. But mind ! 
our weapons are not carnal. Hush ! passion 
and pride, flee ye from our hearts. Think, 
brother, of fighting a battle where one party 
have swords and pistols and artillery, with all 
the horrid paraphernalia of war, while the 
other have only a good and sweet, kind, pure, 
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" Revivals and reign of peace ! Yes, while 
I am writing, I hear sounds of another revival, 
of the character of which there can be no 
mistake. The sounds are the crack of rifles, 
the revival that of the military spirit in Eng-
land.' 
"Public prints of late, show that England 
is not alone in the revival of the war spirit. 
Every nation upon the face of the earth is 
partaking of the same spirit. Prepare war, 
wake up the mighty men,' is the order of the 
day. Ever since the fall of man, the world 
has acted upon the principle of having peace 
if they had to fight for it,' but no permanent 
peace is established. 
"The Duke of Wellington says, Men of 
nice scruples about religion, have no business 
in the army or navy.' 
" A British officer says of the battle of 
Inkerman : I saw them hanging on each other 
like gnashing bulldogs, and rolling over and 
over again, stabbing, tearing, cutting and 
wrangling like men who had lost every char-
acteristic of humanity, and acquired more 
than tiger ferocity.' 
" A soldier at one of the battles of the 
Crimea says : I never certainly felt less fear 
in my life than I did at that time; and I hope 
God will forgive me, for I felt more like a 
devil than a man !' 
" A soldier wrote his mother, I don't 
want to see any more crying letters come to 
the Crimea from you. Those that I have re-
ceived I have put into my rifle, after loading 
it, and have fired them at the Russians.' 
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and holy heart, filled with that love which casts 
out fear, 
" Who will be safe, then ? Who will be 
strong, then? Ah ! it will be those who get 
the victory now; those who have a living ex-
perience now. Therefore, restrain that poi-
soned tongue, deny that wandering desire, 
banish that evil thought, correct that roving 
fancy, and subdue that wayward will; exile 
that jealous disposition to some desolate spot, 
where it will no more disturb thy soul ! Be-
gone, ye hateful qualities of the mind !—bit-
terness, wrath, malice, envy, lust pride, impa-
tience, with all the kindred vices."--Joseph 
Clarke, in Review Vol. xi:4 No. 21, April 22, 
1862. 
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 
THE following extract from the " History 
of the Sabbath," by Elder J. N. Andrews, 
published in 1862, by the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Publishing Association, is introduced 
for the purpose of showing somewhat the ex- 
tent of their organization, the means used to 
carry forward their work, and the principal 
fields of operation. 
" The attention of Adventists was called to 
the Sabbath question by an essay on the sub-
ject from T. M. Preble, dated Feb. 13, 1845." 
" Our venerable brother, Joseph Bates, im-
mediately began to preach the Sabbath of the 
Lord, and also to publish tracts setting forth 
its claims. His labors have been untiring, and 
with the blessing of God he has been the 
means of bringing many to the knowledge and 
observance of the holy Sabbath. About the 
same time our esteemed and efficient brother, 
Elder James White, began to preach the Sab-
bath, and some three years after began to 
publish in its behalf. Beginning without re-
sources, and with few friends, with toil, self-
sacrifice, and anxious care, he has, with the 
blessing of God upon his efforts, been the 
means of establishing an efficient office of pub-
lication, furnished with a steam power press, 
now located at Battle Creek, Michigan, and 
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Benevolence, a system very generally adopted 
by this people, and which carries out the 
principle inculcated by the apostle in 1 Cor. 
xvi, 2, and in its operation is not unlike a sys-
tem of taxation, except that the offerings are 
free-will, and not compulsory. 
" The wants of the Cause demanding an en-
largement of capital and more extensive oper-
ations, to this end an Association was incor-
porated in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, 
May 3, 1861, under the name of the Seventh-
day Adventist Publishing Association. This 
Association has recently erected a commodi-
ous publishing house, and is zealously engaged 
in carrying out the object of its formation; 
namely, the issuing of periodicals, books, 
tracts, documents, and other publications cal-
culated to impart instruction on Bible Truth, 
especially the fulfillment of prophecy, the com-
mandments of God, and the faith of Jesus 
Christ.' 
" The Seventh-day Adventists believe that 
the proclamation of the ten commandments 
and of the prophecies relative to the last days, 
constitutes the Third Angel's Message of the 
book of Revelation. It has pleased God thus 
far to signally bless the preaching of these 
great truths, and at the present time, the num-
ber of those to be found observing the Sab-
bath of the Lord, and waiting for the advent 
of his Son from Heaven, may be safely esti-
mated at twelve thousand."—History of the 
Sabbath, pp 337-340. 
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of bringing many to the sacred observance of 
the Sabbath. 
" The publication of the Advent Review 
and Sabbath Herald, the organ of the Seventh- 
day Adventists, was commenced iu the Au-
tumn of 1850, and it has steadily increased in 
circulation and influence, till its list at the 
present time, (1862,) numbers nearly three 
thousand subscribers. 
" A monthly paper, designed for the chil-
dren of Sabbath-keeping Adventists, entitled 
The Youth's Instructor, began to be issued at 
the same office in 1852, which has now at-
tained a circulation of two thousand copies. 
" Numerous publications on Prophecy, the 
Signs of the Times, the Coming of Christ, the 
Sabbath, the Sanctuary, &c., &c., have been 
issued within the past ten years, and had an 
extensive circulation, amounting in the aggre-
gate to twenty-five millions and fifty-eight 
thousand pages. 
" Preachers in the ranks of the Seventh-
day Adventists are not located, but go forth 
everywhere heralding the glad tidings of the 
coming kingdom, and earnestly setting forth 
as the conditions of an entrance therein, a 
faithful observance of the commandments of 
God and the faith of Jesus. During the sum-
mer months, operations are carried on princi-
pally by means of large tents, capable of seat-
ing eight hundred persons, of which there are, 
the present summer, seven in the field, one 
each in Vermont, New York, Ohio, Michigan, 
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. These enterpris-
es are sustained by what is called, Systematic 
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