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THE CROWN OF THORNS. 
BY S. G. BULFINCH. 
A Crown for the destined King ! 
The weight of gold by David borne, 
From conquered Ammon torn, 
To David's Heir the regal circle. bring, 
And let the ruby's rays 
Join with the sapphire's blaze 
To make for Jttdah's Lord an offering. 
A Crown for the gentle Friend, 
Whose heart with human love o'erflows. 
Who feels for human woes ! 
The rose and myrtle with the olive blend, 
And let the 'singled wreath 
Each softest odor breathe, 
And music's liquid melody attend. 
A Crown for the Lofty One ! 
For him who reigeS in heavenly might, 
Next to the Milne ! 
But what were worthy of God's holy Son, 
Unless night's diadem, 
With every starry gem, 
By angel hands were laid before his throne' 
A Crown of the piercing thorn 
Was woven for that sacred brow, 
And lo! the soldiers how, 
And hail the meek Redeemer king in scorn ! 
Christian, there fix thy gaze ! 
Nor gems nor starry rays 
Equal the glories which that crown adorn. 
Apocalyptic Sketches, 
art, 
Lectures on the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. 
BY JOIN CUMMING, D.D. 
LECTURE IV.—THE SEVEN STARS AND SEVEN CAN- 
DLESTICKS. 
" The mystery of the seven stars which thou saw-
est in my right hand, and the seven golden candle-
sticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven 
churches ; and the seven candlesticks which thou 
sawest are the seven churches."—REv. 1:20. 
It must be obvious that the form of expression 
used by the Seer in this passage is elliptical ; it 
is common to the prophetic writers, and when 
properly weighed, can lead to no misconception 
of their meaning, or of the nature of the state-
ment that is placed before us. The word "are " 
is evidently equivalent to " signify; " the seven 
stars " signify or represent " seven angels ;" 
" the seven candlesticks are," i. e. signify or 
represent " seven churches." This use of " is " 
and " are " for represents and represent (or 
what is all but equivalent to it) occurs above 
thirty-seven times in analogous portions of 
Scripture ; such, for instance, as " seven good 
kine are seven years ;" and again, "these dry 
bones," in the valley of vision, " are the whole 
house of Israel ;" and in thirty-six out of the 
thirty-seven times, the Church of Rome inter-
prets the phrase as we do, explaining the word 
" are " to mean " signify ;" but in the thirty-
seventh instance, and in that alone, which occurs 
in the history of the institution of the Com-
munion, and in which the words are, " this is 
my body," she lays aside the process which she 
has pursued in the interpretation of all the 
thirty-six passages I have referred to, and adopts 
a new interpretation, the issue of which is the 
most monstrous of all monstrous dogmas held 
by that communion, viz., Transubstantion. 
Nov, surely, you need nothing more to con-
vince you how utterly false her interpretation is 
than this, that she is afraid to carry it out. 
She contrives to change her interpretation just 
where her interests or her previous infallible 
decisions are concerned. Wherever her in-
fallible decrees are not touched, she interprets 
as common sense would surely lead us to inter-
pret; but wherever the decisions which she has 
come to by her councils and in her traditions 
go against what is the plain and obvious mean-
ing of the passage, she lays aside the whole 
plan that she has pursued in interpreting the 
rest of the word of God, and puts upon the 
passage, the aid of which she insists on at all 
hazards,—a new, unnatural, and unjustifiable 
its- 
 
interpretation. Instead of bringing her theology 
to God's word, to be settled and controlled by 
it, she brings God's word to her synods, popes, 
and decrees, to be controlled, and shaped, and 
formed by them. Here is just the broad dis-
tinction between the principle of Protestantism, 
as held by all Christians, and the principle of 
Rornanism, held by true Romanists and by pre-
tended Protestants, who are really papists. We 
believe that all creeds, however plausible or 
popular, must be tested by this word; and if 
they are found inconsistent with it, they must 
be repudiated, whatever be the consequence : 
and all truths, however unpopular they may be, 
that can be substantiated here, must be clung 
to in life, arid cherished in death, and borne 
with us to the judgment-seat of God. 
The " angels " (who are here represented by 
the seven stars) I do not discuss controversially ; 
plainly, these angels are ministers of some kind, 
—the whole context shows that they are so.—
Whether they were bishops, or presbyters, or 
deacons, or apostles, or evangelists, or what they 
were in ecclesiastical degree, is the least thing; 
that they were ministers of the Gospel is plainly 
and distinctly intimated in the passage. Mil-
man, who has written a history of Christianity, 
has stated here that the angel here corresponds 
to the Jewish official, who was a sort of secre-
tary or writer in the synagogue, but not possessed 
of any official superiority to the rest of his 
brethren ; on the contrary, he was subject to, 
and controlled by them. The Independents say 
that the angel was an Independent minister; 
the Scottish Church would assert that he must 
have been something like the Moderator of the 
General Assembly; the Church of England 
says he must have been a bishop or an arch-
bishop. My impression is, that perhaps he was 
none of the three. I do not think the Modera-
tor of the General Assembly is very much like 
the Apocalyptic Angel ; and I really suspect, 
what I hope is without offence, that neither the 
Bishop of London, nor of Exeter, nor any other 
Bishop on the bench, is very like him ; and I 
doubt whether the Independent minister would 
in all respects correspond to him, 
Without looking at the angel in the light of 
the Church of England, or the Church of Scot-
land, or any other Church, we shall view him 
simply as he is here revealed to us,—as a min-
ister preaching the Gospel, and making known 
to the churches the unsearchable riches of 
Christ. This name, as applied to the ministers 
of the Gospel, seems to me to be an extremely 
beautiful one. The word " angel " we have 
retained in our translation of the Greek word 
chnixose, but we need not have done so, for the 
apostle Paul uses this very word, and we trans-
late it a " messenger." The proper meaning of 
the word wyyExoG" is messenger; we use the 
technical or special term angel, but we might 
just as correctly use the word messenger. Thus 
we read in the Old Testament, " He maketh 
his angels " (or messengers) " a flame of fire ;" 
and in Hebrews, " Let all his angels " (or mes-
sengers) " worship him." And this is the strict 
and literal sense of the epithet here bestowed 
upon the ministers of the Gospel. The Gospel 
is the message—the ministers of the Gospel 
and the Evangelists are the messengers. The 
Gospel itself is, literally, " the message of good 
news ;" and the Evangelists are simply the mes-
sengers of good news ; and hence Paul, in ad-
dressing the churches to whom his Epistles were 
written, says, " Ye received me as an angel of 
God." Now, if you understood angel there in 
its special or limited sense, you would misappre-
hend the meaning of the apostle. I do not 
believe it means that they received him as they 
would have received an angel, but they received 
him as the messenger of God, making known 
the glad truths that God had commissioned him 
to preach. 
You will see, then, that if the term messen-
ger be used as a word descriptive of the minister 
of the Gospel, his great mission is simply to 
make known the message. The angel or 
messenger is not one that rules, but one that 
speaks; it is less action and more utterance 
that is to characterise him. In the language of 
an ancient writer, he is to use non verbera, sed 
verba—" not stripes but words ;" his office is to 
be pastoral, rather than sovereign ; he is to be 
the humble messenger, not the imperial dictator. 
And the -great beauty of his character will be, 
riot the eloquence or the power, but the faithful-
ness, with which he delivers his message ; and 
hence, says the apostle, we require in such 
ambassadors that " they be found faithful." 
Earnest they will he, if Christians ; eloquent 
they may be, if God has given them that gift; 
faithful they must be, to have any claim to be 
angels or messengers of God at all. 
The next symbol used in this place to repre-
sent the ministers of Christ is " stars." These 
angels or messengers are represented under the 
sign or symbol of stars. Now, what is the use 
of the stars, as far, at least, as we are concerned ? 
Their relative usefulness to us is measured only 
by their power of giving light. What the 
nature or the contents of Jupiter, Mars, or 
Saturn may be,—what their density, or distance, 
or size, or shape, or population may be,—are 
questions for astronomers to dispute about; but 
to the mariner on the ocean's bosom, or to the 
traveller in a dark and stormy night, the value 
of the star consists not in what is in it, but in 
what it sends down,—that quiet and beautiful 
light that leads them to their home. It is just 
so with the ministers of the Gospel. I care far 
less what the succession may be, to which they 
pretendIrwhat the commission may he, of which 
they boast ; or even what their talents may be, 
or That ecclesiastical preference they have,—
these are matters for synods, and bishops, and 
conventions io discuss; but as the best star is 
that which shines the brightest in the sky, and 
casts down the clearest light upon our pathway, 
so, we may depend upon it, be he Episcopalian, 
or Presbyterian, or Independent, or whatever 
you like to call him, he will, in the long run, be 
felt and seen to be the best minister who sheds 
upon our path the clearest light, and leads us 
most directly to the Lamb. 
These stars, in the next place, have not their 
light originally and inherently in themselves. 
All the planets derive their light from the sun. 
There is no evidence that Jupiter, for instance, 
has any self-derived luminous power around 
him, which he transmits to us ; but. there is 
conclusive evidence that whatever light comes 
from evening or morning star, comes from it only 
in proportion to what it receives front the sun, 
the great centre of the system. In other words, 
the light of the stars is a borrowed, not an 
original light; and the light that we receive 
from them is the reflection of what they receive 
from the sun. Does not this give us some idea 
of what a Christian's life should be, and still 
more what a minister's preaching should be ? 
We do not want from the minister the light of 
science, except so far as it may serve to clear 
away obstructions from the truth. We do not 
want the light of philosophy, or of anything 
else that is connected with the knowledge, or 
contained in the encyclopedias, of man ; but 
what we need in the house of God is light from 
the sun ; and the minister's sermon should be 
a mirror to reflect that light, and the minister a 
star to transmit that light ; so that if you come 
to the house of God and hear discussions about. 
endless genealogies, and anile fables, and the 
beauty of science, and the glories of astronomy, 
and the discoveries of chemistry—all good and 
beautiful in their place—and nothing besides; 
then you come to a wandering star—a star that 
may mislead you, like an ignis fatms, to the 
depths of perdition ; but not to a star placed by 
the Sim of righteousness in its socket, to reflect 
upon a world that lieth in darkness, the light of 
that unsetting Orb, who will soon ascend his 
meridian with healing in his wings. 
In the next place, we may note that stars 
shine only in the night time. This is an im-
portant point. When the sun rises above the 
horizon, the stars are instantly put out; not one 
of them is visible. It is only when the sun 
has sunk below the margin of our horizon, that 
the stars begin to twinkle in their orbits, in order 
to supply by their dim and distant rays the 
absence, for a season, of that glorious luminary. 
The ministers of the Gospel are only here until 
the Sun of righteousness shall shine from his 
meridian throne. At present that Sun is but 
just above the horizon, and only a portion of 
his beams is visible; his rays at present are 
horizontal, and hence the best church and the 
holiest Christian have each very long shadows ; 
but a day comes when he shall rise to his meri-
dian throne, and be vertical for ever—when 
there shall be one everlasting and glorious noon • 
—when there shall be no shadow, but all perfect 
light. And in the effulgence of that light the 
stars that have twinkled in ten thousand pulpits 
shall be quenched, and we shall -no more teach 
every one his neighbor, saying, "Know the 
Lord ;" for all shall know him, from the least 
even unto the greatest. Now, there is darkness, 
therefore there are ordinances—then, there shall 
be no night, and therefore no ordinances. 
Now, 
the ministers of the Gospel are needed to reflect 
the sunlight,—then, the reflector shall not be 
required, for we shall bask in the full blaze of 
that bright Original, which shall put out the 
sun, and moon, and stars, for " they have no 
need of the sun, nor of the moon, for the glory 
of God and of the Lamb doth lighten it." 
To show you that as the stars are only for the 
night, so ministers are only for this dispensation, 
I refer you to what the apostle says in Eph. 4: 
11 : "He that descended is the same also that 
ascended up far above all heavens, that he 
might fill all things." Then, after his ascension, 
" He gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets ; 
and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and 
teachers." For what purpose ? " For the per-
fecting of the saints, for the work of the minis-
try, for the edifying of the body of Christ." 
Now, how long ? (I wish you specially to 
notice this)—how long are ministers to continue ? 
" Till we all come in the unity of the faith, 
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto 
a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature 
of the fulness of Christ." There will be no 
such thing as perfect unity in the Church till 
the perfect source of unity is in the midst of it. 
It is the want of Christ that makes a divided 
Church ; and therefore were there more Chris-
tianity, there would be less division in the 
Church ; if Christ's presence were more fully 
realized, there would be greater unity in the 
midst of it. But the moment that there is per-
fect unity and perfect conformity to the stature 
of Christ, then the ministers of the Gospel will 
be done away with ; their functions will have 
expired. All then will be priests, all will " know 
even as they are known."—(To be continued.) 
 11111.111111•1111111MIMMII 
A Brief Exposition of 1 Kings 21:9,10. 
" And she wrote in the letters, saying, Pro-
claim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the 
people, and set two men, sons of Belial, before 
him to bear witness against him, saying, Thou 
didst blaspheme God and the king; and then 
carry him out and stone him, that he may die." 
From the connection of these words we find 
that Ahab, the king of Samaria, had taken a 
fancy to the vineyard of Naboth, which lay 
hard by his palace. He therefore made a propo-
sition to Naboth for the purchase of the vine-
yard. Naboth, not out of any wilfulness or 
obstinacy, hut out of a natural and laudable 
desire to preserve in his family that which had 
descended to him from his ancestors, refused, 
saying : " The Lord forbid it me, that I should 
give unto thee the inheritance of my fathers." 
What could be more reasonable, what more 
praiseworthy, than the ground of his refusal ? 
Here was disinterestedness ; for there can be 
no doubt that Naboth might have received dou-
ble the realworth of his vineyard. But gain 
had no weight with him when put in the 
scale against reverence for the memory of his 
forefathers. A refusal proceeding from such a 
sentiment ought not only to have been sufficient 
to obviate the giving offence to Ahab ; but it 
ought to have given great pleasure to the king, 
who ought to have felt proud to think that he 
was the sovereign of subjects of the high sen-
timents of whom he here had so striking a 
specimen. 
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Very different, however, were the conse- ' 
qoences with regard to poor Naboth. The king, 
who was a weak and childish sort of being, be-
cause of his refusal, appeared greatly dejected; 
was plunged into melancholy, and would nei-
ther eat nor drink. The Queen Jezebel, how-
ever, was of a different character. She, who 
seems to have carried hypocrisy to its state of 
deadly perfection, was not long in falling upon 
the means of gratifying the wishes of her hus-
band, without consulting Naboth, and without 
giving anything for the vineyard in money or 
in kind. " Let thine heart be merry," said she, 
" for I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth 
the Jezreelite." 
But in accomplishing this nefarious design, 
Jezebel saw clearly that it was useless to en-
deavor to prevail upon Naboth by temptations 
of lucre, because his refusal was founded upon 
principle. She therefore conceived the truly 
diabolical project of bringing against him a false 
accusation ; and that the accusation might be 
such as to insure his destruction, and at the same 
time deprive him of the compassion of his fel-
low-subjects, she caused him to be accused of 
blasphemy; a very horrid crime in the eyes of 
all good men, and therefore the best calculated 
for effecting her nefarious purpose. But now 
mark well the dreadful means that she resorted 
to. She wrote letters in her husband's name to 
the nobles and to the elders ; that is to say, to the 
nobles and the magistrates, which magistrates 
were also the judges. In these letters she de-
sired the persons to whom they were written to 
proclaim a fast or religious festival ; for we al-
ways find that when injustice and cruelty of the 
most atrocious and horrible description are about 
to be committed, the pretence of extreme piety, 
and the most glaring show of religion, are put 
in the foreground. " Proclaim a fast," said this 
wicked woman, " and set Naboth on high, 
amongst the people ; then set two men, sons of 
Belial, [that is to say, men of desperate wicked-
ness,] before him, to bear witness against him, 
saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king; 
and then carry him out and stone him, that he 
may die.'' 
Horrible as was this message, the base nobles, 
and the baser judges, did as Jezebel had sent 
unto them. They proclaimed a solemn fast; 
they hoisted the religious banners ; they in-
voked the assistance of the Almighty ; they set 
Naboth on high among the people ; they brought 
the two false witnesses to swear against him ; 
and then, followed by the deluded crowd, they 
carried him forth out of the city, and he was 
"stoned with stones that he died." 
Were it not for the information which un-
erring history has afforded us, we should be led 
to believe that this was an imaginary case, or 
parable, intended to illustrate the most deadly 
workings of hypocrisy, and to show in the sequel 
the consequence to the principal actors in the 
cruel and bloody scene. For, what do we behold 
here ? We behold nobles and judges engaged 
coolly and deliberately in the work of finding 
out and hiring false witnesses to take away the 
life of an innocent man. We behold them re-
sorting to the shameless act of employing the 
most infamous of mankind for this purpose.—
We behold them sitting in a mockery of judg-
ment on this innocent man; and we behold 
them see him, with unmoved countenances, 
stoned to death in execution of their judgment, 
founded upon the evidence of wretches whom 
they had hired to swear falsely against him.—
And, which is the finishing stroke of the pic-
ture, we behold them doing these things under 
the mask of religion, on the day of a solemn 
fast, and for the pretended purpose of punish-
ing blasphemy ! 
The Bible does not tell what were the feelings 
with which these base nobles and these unjust 
judges retired to their homes, and laid their 
heads upon their pillows. They had succeeded 
in accomplishing their bloody work, and we are 
left to suppose that they finally received the re-
ward which God visits upon the unjust and 
bloody-minded. But with regard to the insti-
gators to this crying sin, the Bible has taken 
care not to leave us to conjecture or inference. 
It has given us a full account of the conse-
quences to them of this work of hypocrisy and 
cruelty. The king, who had not indeed been 
an actor in the matter, but who had sanctioned 
the proceedings of his wife by making no re-
rnonstrance against her conduct, and still more 
explicitly by going in person and taking posses-
sion of the vineyard of the murdered Naboth_ 
the king, warned by the prophet, began to hum-
ble himself ; he tasted of evil all his days ; he 
was killed by his enemies in battle, and, in ac-
cordance to the sentence passed upon him, the 
dogs licked up his blood, as they had licked up 
the blood of Naboth. The forefathers of Na-
both were not allowed to have weight with him. 
His truly pious sentiments with respect to ances-
try and posterity were not listened to. The 
Lord therefore cut off the posterity of Ahab. 
Jehu slew his son in the very vineyard which 
had belonged to Naboth. " Surely I have seen 
yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of 
his sons, saith the Lord, and I will roquite thee 
in this plat of ground." 
Having slain the son and successor of Ahab, 
Jehu proceeded to the rest of his work, and slew 
all the children of the destroyer of Naboth and 
his children. Jezebel was punished in a most 
singular manner. She was looking out of a 
window, and Jehu said, " Throw her down. So 
they threw her down, and some of her blood 
was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, 
and he trod her under foot. And when he was 
come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see 
now this cursed woman, and bury her, for she 
is a king's daughter. And they went to bury 
her; but found no more of her than the skull, 
and the feet, and the palms of her hands.—
Wherefore they came again, and told him.—
And he said, This is the word of the Lord, 
which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tish-
bite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs 
eat the flesh of Jezebel. And the carcass of 
Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the 
field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall 
not say, This is Jezebel."-2 Kings 9:33-37. 
Thus we have the whole history : the object ; 
the means of accomplishment; the success of the 
contemplated crime; and, finally, the signal and 
awful punishment of the criminals. At first 
sight we are stricken with horror at the punish-
ment inflicted upon Jezebel. But, looking back 
at her offence ; viewing the coolness of her 
cruelty towards Naboth ; seeing her instigating 
magistrates and judges themselves to suborn 
wretches to swear away the life of an innocent 
man ; and, above all things, seeing her effect 
this bloody purpose with all the insignia of re-
ligious ceremony drawn forth, and under a pre-
tence of uncommon reverence for God, and an 
uncommonly anxious desire to prevent his name 
from being blasphemed ; when we consider 
these things, can we say that her carcass ought 
not. to have been as dung on the face of the 
field ? Let us now look back, let us re-consider 
the whole of this history. Here we see that to 
get at the property of others is the object of du-
plicity. Jezebel would not have brought the 
charge of blasphemy against Naboth, if Naboth 
had had nothing of which she wished to obtain 
possession. This was the grand object. This 
it was that excited her pretended zeal for reli-
gion. The unfortunate Jezreelite was in pos-
session of a thing which she wanted to possess. 
He, very naturally, desired to keep his own.—
She had no means of taking it from him by 
law, or under color of law ; and, therefore, she 
resorted to the false accusation of blasphemy. 
It is material to observe that the crime of 
blasphemy was selected, in preference to any 
other crime, for reasons which are obvious 
enough. In the first place, this cline consists 
in utterance of words merely. If the crime 
falsely imputed had been that of robbery or 
murder, it would have been more difficult to 
satisfy the minds of the people on the score of 
proof. The positive evidence must have been 
corroborated by facts and circumstances. There 
must have been some one robbed,—there must 
have been some one killed. The bare words, 
or bare oaths, of two witnesses, would not have 
been sufficient to justify in the minds of the peo-
ple the horrible act of stoning a man to death. 
Jezebel, together with the nobles and magis-
trates of Samaria, seem to have been fully 
aware of this. They took special care to dis-
guise the real object of the persecution of Na-
both. They said not a word about the vineyard. 
They did not complain to the people that Na-
both was an obstinate man—that he had been 
rude to the king—that he refused to let him 
have the inheritance of his fathers, whether for 
money, or in the way of barter ; they did not 
let it transpire, that his life was sought because 
he would riot part with his property ; they took 
extremely good care to invent something that 
should enlist the passions of the people on their 
side, and that should make even good men ap-
prove of a deed, which, if those good men had 
known the real truth, could, in all probability, 
not have been perpetrated. The real motive 
would not bear the light. The false motive was 
absolutely necessary ; and we ought, therefore, 
as we value the cause of justice, equity, and 
common humanity, always to be strictly on our 
guard as to all matters of this kind, and keep a 
watchful eye in search of the true cause of such 
proceedings as tend to impugn the good name 
or standing of our fellowmen, lest we might be 
tempted to pass the line of justice and charity, 
under the influence of prejudice Or misrepresenta-
tion, and thus expose ourselves to the displeas-
ure of that God, who has so emphatically said, 
" Vengeance is mine, I will repay." 
Christian Intelligencer. 
Importance of Circulating the Scrip- 
tures. 
" Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light 
unto my path." 
If David could say this, how much more can 
we. How small a portion of the Sacred Scrip- 
tures did he possess ? The five books of Moses. 
The books of Job, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1st 
book of Samuel, and a portion of the Psalms. 
How small this section of Divine truth, com-
pared with the whole ! And yet, he exclaims, 
" Thy word is sweet unto my taste, yea, like 
honey to my mouth—my eyes fail for thy word 
—I have esteemed thy word more than my ne-
cessary food."—Psa. 119. If all this be true of 
that small part which that man of God pos-
sessed, with how much greater force will it ap-
ply to the whole Inspired Volume. Christ Je-
sus has brought life and immortality to light 
through the gospel. He has lifted the veil 
which hung over the future world. He has 
opened the kingdom of heaven, and invites all 
to press into it. He has made atonement for 
sin, by the sacrifice of himself—he poured out 
his soul an offering for sin ; he died the most 
agonizing of deaths, even the death of the cross. 
But he rose triumphantly from the tomb, and is 
now interceding for all who come unto God by 
him. If it be true that there is salvation in no 
other name given under heaven, if it be true 
that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa-
ment are the Living Oracles of God—the source 
of all the knowledge of the way of salvation ; 
then what responsibility rests on all who pos-
sess this heavenly gift ! How important that 
this inestimable blessing should be disseminated 
among our fellowmen ! Centuries ago there 
were but few copies of the Word of God; these 
were carefully secured in monasteries and li-
braries ; now it is counted by millions ; and is 
the cheapest, as well as the best book in the 
world. At the smallest cost a man may possess 
himself of one. And yet how sad--how la-
mentable—to think it is neglected and despised 
by thousands who dwell in a Christian land ! 
Let the disciples of Jesus awake to their du-
ty and responsibility. Let the Word of God 
be given to the poor—let it be read to the igno-
rant and unlearned—let the minds of the young 
be interested and impressed with its touching 
narratives, faithful histories, and instructive 
parables. Even little children have been made 
happy by a faithful representation of its truth. 
How important that our young men should be 
imbued with its teachings ! Whrewithal shall 
a young man cleanse his way ? By taking 
heed thereto, according to thy word. " Thy 
word have I hid in my heart, that I might not 
sin against thee." Who can guide the young 
in difficulty ? " Acknowledge him in all thy 
ways, he shall direct thy paths." Who can 
sustain in affliction ? " When thou passeth 
through the waters I will be with thee, the 
flame shall not kindle upon thee ; call upon me 
in the day of trouble, I will be with thee ; the 
Eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are 
the everlasting arms." What can yield com-
fort, under the loss of friends ? " A Father of 
the fatherless—a God of the widow. Blessed 
are the dead who die in the Lord, yea, saith the 
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and 
their works do follow them." What can ena-
ble a man to meet death with composure ? —
Nothing but that strong and lively faith in the 
Son of God. He can then say, " For me to 
live is Christ, to die is gain. 0 death, where 
is thy sting ? 0 grave, where is thy victory ?" 
Does the Bible inspire such holy anticipations 
as these ? How necessary, how important it 
should be circulated ! That it should be found 
in every habitation of man — that its divine 
teachings should be read, from the river, even 
unto the ends of the earth. That all the fami-
lies of the earth should possess this light, which 
alone can guide through a dark and gloomy 
world. Much has been said and written on the 
amazing contrast between countries where the 
Bible is freely circulated, and those where it is 
proscribed. The contrast is like light and dark-
ness, life and death. On whom does this duty 
rest, of sending the Scriptures among the peo-
ple ? On the church of Christ. Hers is the 
honor—hers the privilege—of being a worker 
together with him. 
When, 0 ! when, will the church fully un-
derstand its duty in this matter ? Does it not 
behoove every disciple of Jesus to inquire se-
riously what he is doing to promote the Re-
deemer's cause ? " Remember the words of our 
Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to 
give than to receive." 
Christian Age. 
The Resurrection of the Body. 
BY WM. T. HAMILTON, D. D. 
A Discourse delivered in the Government-street Church, Mobile 
(Ala.), on Sunday night, March 3t1, 1850. 
" The hour is coming, in the which all that are in 
their graves shall hear his voice, and shall conic 
forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrec-
tion of life, and they that have done evil, unto the 
resurrection of damnation."—JoHN 5:28. 29. 
(Concluded.) 
5th. The resurrection of Jesus Christ puts 
this doctrine beyond the reach of doubt. 
The resurrection of the Redeemer, is a point 
of vital importance to the gospel scheme. It is 
the proof that his mission was divine, his me-
diation accepted. It is the proof and the pledge 
of our resurrection also : as the apostle says, 
" If the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen ; 
and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, 
ye are yet in your sins."-1 Cor. 15:16, 17.—
Hence the abundant evidence which was given 
to the disciples, through a period of no less than 
forty days, to satisfy them beyond the possibili-
ty of a doubt, that the very body which they 
had seen crucified on Calvary, and entombed in 
the sepulchre of the Arimathean, was really 
alive ! Hence, too, the publicity of his ascen- 
sion to heaven from Mount Olivet, before hun-
dreds of witnesses ! Hence, also, his appear-
ance in person, to Saul of Tarsus, when jour-
neying to Damascus. So full and unequivocal 
were the proofs, so decisive the evidence of this 
great event, that the malice of his boldest ene-
mies did not venture a denial of it; and, when-
ever the disciples adverted to the resurrection of 
their crucified Master, they spoke with a bold-
ness and a confidence, for which, under the cir-
cumstances, nothing can account, but the firm-
ness of conviction in their own minds, and the 
certainty that those they addressed knew the 
truth of what they alleged, and would not dare 
to hazard a denial. 
But now, if Jesus of Nazareth died, lay a 
helpless corpse in the tomb, and afterwards rose 
to life—as the Evangelists assert they knew he 
did, since " he showed himself to them alive, by 
many infallible signs after his resurrection,"—
then it is certain that a resurrection of the dead 
is possible ; then, also, is the gospel true ; and 
then may we know also, assuredly, that as 
" Christ is risen from the dead, he is become the 
first-fruits of them that slept : and them, also, 
which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with him." 
For, 
6th. A resurrection of the dead is necessary 
to the full exercise of retributive justice on men. 
We are not merely intellectual beings. Our 
nature is compound. A body, as well as a soul, 
is necessary to constitute a human being. Many 
of our enjoyments and our trials are intimately-
connected with, and dependent on, the connec-
tion between soul and body. In the body our 
term of probation is passed : in the body our 
sins have been committed, our repentance and 
reformation are accomplished, our duties per-
formed, and our enjoyments had. When called 
to render in our account to God, it will be for 
deeds done in the body. It is then meet and 
right, that, before the final sentence is pro-
nounced, and the destiny of each is accorded to 
him, the body should be raised, and the con-
scious spirit re-united to it, that, in the same 
compound nature in which probation was passed, 
retribution due may be felt. Those very bod-
ies" that have here been respected as temples of 
the Holy Ghost, that have been disciplined by 
self-control, and labors of self-denial on earth, 
will stand before God, will bend in adoration be-
fore the Lamb, and will join those that were 
their kindred and their friends on earth, in all 
the social occupations and employments suited 
to their nature and adapted to heighten their fe-
licities. While these bodies that have been 
abused to purposes of sin, unrepented and un-
forgiven, will shrink before the blaze of the 
Judge's awful eye,—and, herding with them 
that were their associates in evil on earth, will 
taste together the bitter fruits of their mutual 
undoing. For, 
The wicked, no less than the righteous, will 
be raised. " All that are in their graves shall 
hear the voice of the Son of Man, and shall 
come forth : they that have done good, unto the 
resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation." 
In conclusion, it is obvious to remark, 
1st. The gospel is a glorious system ! In the 
doctrine before us it opens an animating pros-
pect to the noblest ambition of man. It shows 
us that the beneficent Creator has given us noth-
ing in vain. The very body we here inhabit, 
and which is so dear to us, as a part of our-
selves, the inlet to our perceptions, the medium 
of communication one with another, shall not 
be left forgotten in the dust. It shall again be 
awakened to life, rejoin the spirit, after having 
been rendered a fitting companion of its lofty 
destiny ; and with it endure unchanged, indes-
tructible, the partner of its fate forever ! No 
other system, philosophic or religious, presents a 
view that can be compared with this. The body 
will be resuscitated,—but 'twill be an animal 
no more ! 'Twill rise refined, spiritualized, 
freed from its dross, cleansed of its defilement, 
delivered from every vestige of infirmity, a 
suitable companion for the immortal spirit 
among angels of light. Observe, then, 
2d. This doctrine is adapted to cheer us, un-
der all the difficulties assailing us in life. 
How' soothing it is to be assured that, how-
ever the trials of life may now depress our spi-
rits, cloud our brow, impair our health, diminish 
our strength, and hasten even the close of life, 
the effect of these corroding cares, even on the 
body, shall be but temporary and evanescent. 
The very body, frail though it is, and certain to 
succumb for a time, contains within it the indes-
tructible germ of immortality. It may sink out 
of view for a time, in the great ocean of exist-
ence ; but it possesses an innate principle of 
buoyant life, indestructible; and it shall yet 
rise, and float proudly and securely on that 
ocean, never more to sink, or disappear forever. 
Surely, then, 
i" A hope so much divine 
May trials well endure." 
 
 
 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Once more, 3d. This doctrine is highly con-
solatory to the bereaved mourner. 
0 how bitter would be the parting from those 
we love, when the paleness of death settles on 
their cheek, did we know, or even find reason to 
fear, that the parting were final, the separation 
eternal. But no ! blessed be God, " Life arid 
immortality are brought to light in the gospel !" 
Despair broods no longer over the dying pil-
low. Unmingled darkness hangs not over the 
grave. Bitter though the trial is, to mark the 
wasting form of one we love, to note his chang-
ing looks, his sinking strength, — and bitter 
though it is to listen to his last choking words, 
receive his last look, and gaze with bursting 
heart on the last convulsive twitches of a coun-
tenance we love ; yet is this bitterness assuaged 
by the firm assurance, that that fading form, 
that changing countenance, we shall yet look 
upon again, when the traces of suffering shall 
have left it forever, and the fires of immortal 
life shall light up those eyes more brightly than 
ever. 
Mourner ! the loved ones you have, with an 
aching heart, laid in the dust,• sleep there, only 
for a time. You shall yet meet them in peace. 
0 ! who has not felt, when kissing, for the last 
time, a loved one, now cold in death,—when 
closing the eyes of a deeply beloved child,—
when gazing, with a swimming eye and a 
breaking heart, on the pallid features of a 
friend, dear as his own soul,—who has not then 
felt how soothing is the thought—death is a 
vanquished foe ! The grave is only a resting-
place for a season, since God's own Son incar-
nate, who lived on earth as man, and died and 
rose again from the dead, has proclaimed it.—
" The hour is coming, in the which all that are 
in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son 
of Man, and shall come forth : they that have 
done good, unto the resurrection of life; and 
they that have done evil, unto the resurrection 
of damnation." Amen. 
God's Unspeakable Gift. 
This gift must transcend all others ; but how 
far ? As far as the Creator transcends the crea-
ture ; and that none knows : for none perfectly 
knows the Father but the Son, or the Son but 
the Father, and there is not a better answer to 
that question. But to strengthen this conside-
ration we must, at the same time, observe the 
manner in which He is given. The perfection 
of God's works consists partly in a variety by 
which some of them excel others. The least 
blade of grass is an effect of infinite power; but 
not the highest effect of it. So the least degree 
of grace or glory may be made evident from the 
peculiar manner in which Christ, who is God, is 
given in that Word. 
In the work of grace Christ makes us to be 
born of God, and to be sons of God; in the work 
of redemption he is born of a virgin, and be-
comes the Son of Man. In the former, he gives 
us the likeness of the holy God ; in the latter, 
he takes on him the likeness of sinful flesh. In 
the one, he gives us strength ; in the other, he 
bears our infirmities. But this is not all. In 
the one, he heals us ; in the other, he is wound-
ed for us. In the one, he enables us to do our 
duty ; in the other, he bears our sins. In the 
one, he gives us life, health, honor, joy; in the 
other, he suffers for us shame, pain, sorrow, death. 
When he gives us heaven, he raises us to his 
royal palace ; in redemption he descended to our 
polluted cottage. There he manifests his glory 
for our happiness ; here veiled it for our relief. 
There he receives us to a place of many man-
sions; here he had no place where to lay his 
head. There he gives the waters of life; here 
he drank for us the cup of wrath. There he 
makes us see God face to face ; here he was for-
saken of God. for us. There he gives crowns 
of glory : here lie wore a crown of thorns for us. 
There he incorporates us into the company of 
holy angels ; here he was numbered with trans-
gressors. There he makes us sit on thrones; 
here he died on the cursed cross for us. These 
instances, which might easily be multiplied, are 
sufficient to show that, though the gift of Christ 
in his incarnation and sacrifice, and the gifts of 
grace and glory, be bright manifestations of the 
same love, yet the first is the chief gift; yea, it 
is in the first that, in the most proper sense, a Di-
vine person can be said to be given for us. 
Maclaurin. 
The Better Land. 
I hear thee tell of a land of light, 
With its millions of beings, holy and bright : 
Is it far away on India's shore, 
Where the holy dwell and their God adore ? 
On India's shore ?" No, 'tis not there 
Where the holy dwell in a land so fair. 
I hear thee tell of sunny hours, 
Of fairy fields and rosy bowers : 
Are these to be found on Italy's shore, 
'Neath her summer's sun, ere the day is o'er ? 
" No ! she with her sushine and valleys fair, 
Hath naught of the beauty that clusters there." 
I hear thee tell of music sweet, 
in a far-off land where the happy meet : 
Is this not where, in the evening hour, 
The shepherds so joyous their music pour 
Through the Alpine horn ? " No ! though 
so fair, 
Its music may echo, it is not there." 
I hear thee tell of a great white throne, 
Of the glory of Him that sits thereon : 
Didst thou speak of the pomp of an earthly 
king, 
To whom nations bow, and their treasures bring ? 
No ! for the thrones of earth decay, 
But that shall exist eternally." 
You tell with smiles of a cloudless sky, 
Where the holy and happp never die : 
Did you mean to speak of the Andes' height, 
Where the cloud comes not to obscure the light ? 
Of the sun's bright ray, or the stars of even, 
Is it there ? " No ! riot there the land called 
heaven !" 
With its joys unparalleled you told 
Of a city whose streets are paved with gold, 
Of a place where the tear is never shed 
O'er the tomb of the early, lovely dead. 
0 where is that city and clime so fair ? 
Sweet spirit say, can I enter there ? 
May I dwell in that land of light and love, 
In that city so holy and pure above ? 
Sweet spirit, 0 tell me if in that zone, 
Where the sun in his grandeur never shone, 
May I dwell ? for you say there is light 
enough, 
For the Lord and the Lamb is the light 
thereof. 
You say, too, it lies o'er Jordan's wave, 
Beyond the clouds and beyond the grave : 
That happy place, where life's rivers flow, 
0 tell me, sweet spirit, 'tis there I would go. 
" Yes, if pure in heart, for to them 'twill be 
given 
To drink of the waters of life in heaven." 
Pittsburgh Christian Advocate. 
A New Chinese Geography. 
(Continued from our last.) 
THE WORK INTERESTING TO FOREIGNERS. 
This work is interesting to foreigners in four 
respects. 1. As showing what the Chinese 
think, and how they write about us. 2. As in-
directly admitting and confirming the correct-
ness of our histories over theirs. 3. As exhib-
iting a more definite and discriminating view 
of the different religions of the world than has 
yet appeared in the Chinese language. 4. As 
furnishing a medium, in the providence of God, 
through which the light and blessings of Chris-
tianity may find access to the millions of be-
nighted China. 
I. SHOWING WHAT THE CHINESE THINK OF US. 
To illustrate the first of these particulars, I 
will give a translation of the author's summary 
views of Europe and of the United States.—
The reader will observe that he does not ser-
vilely imitate Western writers, in quoting from 
them, but that he has a plan and manner of his 
own in describing things, which is an interest-
ing feature of the whole work. This may be 
one reason why, in some instances, he fails to 
give the exact idea, though in general, he is 
quite correct. 
DESCRIPTION OF EUROPE. 
" Europe is situated on the north-western cor-
ner of Asia, with the Ural mountains for its 
eastern border, and is about one-fourth as large 
[as Asia]. It has the great Western ocean [At-
lantic] on the west, which enters the continent 
at the north, and forms the Baltic sea, three or 
four thousand le in length. South of this sea, 
and directly from the west, the ocean flows in-
ward, and forms the Mediterranean sea, which, 
from west to east, is about seven thousand le. 
Again, this flowing through a narrow branch to 
the north-east, spreads out large, and is called 
the Black sea, two or three thousand le in circuit. 
" Previous to the Hea dynasty [B. C. 2169], 
men of this continent lived by hunting, fed on 
the flesh of animals, and clothed themselves 
with their skins, as is now the custom of the 
Mongols. Towards the middle of this dynas-
ty, [B. C. 2000,] civilization, agriculture, and 
the arts, commenced with the different states of 
Greece, in the eastern part of the continent. 
" Near the commencement of the Han dy-
nasty, [B. c. 200,] the Roman power sprung up, 
and extended over the western countries, which 
kingdom the Chinese writers of that age called 
Ta-tsin-kwo. Before the close of the six dynas-
ties, [A. D. 622,] the Roman empire had become 
weak, was rent with factions and dismembered. 
" Between the Tang and the Sung dynasties, 
[A. D. 752-1281J the western Mohammedan 
kingdom became powerful and invaded Europe. 
The old and young saved themselves only by 
flight. Fire arms were first used by Moham-
medans, and afterwards employed in China ; 
Europeans being ignorant of them. About the 
close of the Yuen dynasty [A. D. 1366], a Ger-
man first made fire-arms, but was ignorant of 
the mode of using them. Timour, son-in-law 
to one of the emperors of this dynasty,and king 
of Samarcand, [about A. D. 1390,] became formi- 
dable to all the western powers. European sol-
diers serving under him, used powder and guns, 
and on their return home taught their country-
men the secret of their laws and use. Improv-
ing upon this information, Europeans made 
small pieces, with which they could overcome 
in a hundred battles, a himdred times. With 
large war-ships, they subsequently proceeded in 
every direction, westwardo America, and east-
ward, taking possession of India and all the 
islands of the Southern ocean. Their name is 
spread over the four seas,' and they now num-
ber; great and small, more than ten kingdoms." 
Here follows an account of each kingdom 
separately, in which the writer gives its gov-
ernment, extent, population, revenue, debt, and 
its land and naval forces, in time of peace and 
in time of war. At the close, he states that he 
has thus given the extent of those countries, 
which, being estimated in a different manner 
from what the Chinese reckon, it is difficult to 
know how much allowance should be made for 
errors ; and in respect to their revenues, armies, 
and ships of war, different writers give very dif-
ferent accounts. " Errors are many, where proof 
is wanting." 
NATIONAL DEBTS—EUROPEAN SKILL AND SCIENCE. 
He then explains what is meant by a national 
debt, shows how it is contracted, and adds, that 
" the yearly interest of money borrowed for this 
purpose only is paid, while the debt continues to 
increase; so that the annual revenue is not suf-
ficient to meet the demands of government. Ad-
ditional taxes are then imposed on the people, 
which makes them angry and rebellious, while 
the government is weak and decaying. Half 
of Europe is in this state." 
After adverting again to the situation and ex-
tent of Europe, the author proceeds as follows : 
" The land is very fertile, and its productions 
are abundant. The people are mild and wary 
in disposition, good in planning, and skilful in 
executing. They construct implements from 
wood and metal of the most exquisite formation, 
without a single fault. They are surprisingly 
dexterous in using fire and water. In making 
rigging, and in supplying everything about a 
ship, the whole is without a single mistake.—
They measure every part of the sea without 
mistaking a foot or an inch, and reach China, a 
distance of more than seventy thousand le, in a 
very short time." 
He next notices the commencement of Euro-
pean intercourse with China, the route Euro-
peans take in coming to Canton, around the 
Cape of Good Hope, the appearance and dress 
of male and female, and the materials of which 
their clothes are made, and then adds, in re-
gard to 
EUROPEAN RELIGION ; 
" Subsequent to the Han dynasty, [which 
closed A. D. 30,] the nations of Europe received 
teen choo kaou [Romanism]. The Pope re-
sided at Rome, and swayed his sceptre over 
kings and princes, confirming those who obeyed 
him, and removing those who disobeyed. Near 
the commencement of the Ming dynasty, [A. D. 
1397,] Luther, a German, established Ya-soo 
kaou [Protestantism]. From that time part of 
the nations of Europe adopted teen choo kaou, 
and part Ya-soo kaou. Rulers and people mu- 
tually opposed each other. Different states 
made war, and fought against one another, the 
controversy being about doctrine. He who is 
called teen choo, is Ya-soo. The Book [Bible] 
is the same, but they explain it differently.—
The teen choo kaou use the cross, and adore 
the image of Jesus. The Ya-soo kaou reject 
these. In other respects, they, in general, agree." 
In treating of the different countries of Eu-
rope, the writer goes more into detail on all the 
above topics. 
THE UNITED STATES. 
" At first the English took possession of North 
America, drove out the nations, and cultivated 
the fertile land. Emigrants from the three 
islands [England] settled the country. Eng-
lishmen flowed thither like water. People from 
France, Holland, Denmark, and Sweden, who 
had no estates at home, embarked in ships and 
removed there, daily opening the country and 
preparing the rich soil for cultivation. The 
English appointed officers to be located at the 
cities and towns on the sea coast, to levy taxes 
for the use of government. Trade was flour-
ishing, and wealth was rapidly acquired. 
" During Keen-lung's reign, [which com-
menced A. D. 1735, and closed 1795,] there was 
war for several years between the English and 
French. Every place was taxed, and the taxes 
continued to increase. It was an old rule that 
the importer of tea alone should be taxed, but 
the English issued an order that the purchaser 
should also pay a tax on the same article. The 
Americans refused to do this, and in the fortieth 
year of Keen-lung, [A. D. 1775,] the chief men 
and elders assembled and requested an audience 
and consultation with the governor, who re-
fused. The taxes continued to press still more 
heavily, till the people were enraged, entered 
the ship, and cast its cargo of tea overboard. 
They then consulted and raised a force against 
the English." 
THE REVOLUTION—WASHINGTON. 
" There was at that time a Washington, an 
American of another province, born in the ninth 
year of Yung-Ching [A. D. 1732]. His father 
died when he was but ten years old. He was 
then trained up by his mother. When small 
he had great views both in regard to civil and 
military affairs, and excelled in strength and 
courage. Washington held a commission in 
the war of the English against the French, led 
out his troops against the native plunderers at 
the South, and successfully subdued them. But 
the English general did not report his worthy 
deeds. His countrymen, notwithstanding, 
wished him to be appointed to an office over 
them, but sickness compelled him to retire within 
doors, so that he did not go out. 
" At the time when all the people rebelled 
against the English, they pressed Washington 
to become their general. He then immediately 
entered on his office. Without arms, ammuni-
tion, or provisions, Washington stimulated his 
countrymen to action by a righteous spirit. He 
pitched his camp near the provincial city [Bos-
ton]. At the same time, the English general 
had collected his ships of war just outside of 
the same city. Suddenly a great wind arose 
and scattered them. Washington attacked and 
took possession of the city. Afterwards, the 
English general collected his forces and drove 
Washington from his position. At this, his sol-
diers were greatly terrified and wished to be dis-
banded ; but he, with the same spirit as at first, 
having collected and united his army, again at-
tacked the English with success. From that 
time, during eight years of bloody conflict, 
while his army was often reduced and weak-
ened, Washington's spirit was undiminished, 
and the English army had become old. The 
French raised an army, crossed the sea, and 
joined Washington against the English. Spain 
and Holland, with their armies, admonished to 
peace. [?] The English, unable to oppose, con-
cluded a treaty with Washington, by which the 
northern part, a cold country, was given up to 
them, while the southern part, a fertile region, 
reverted to hint 
" Washington, having established the king-
dom, disbanded his army, and desired to return 
to the business of husbandry; but all were un-
willing, and urged him to become their ruler. 
In reply, before the assembly, Washington said : 
To obtain a kingdom for one's self, to transmit 
to his posterity, is selfish. In becoming the 
people's shepherd, such ought to be chosen to 
this office as have virtue.' " 
ENCOMIUM ON WASHINGTON. 
After noticing the form of government adopt-
ed by the colonies separately, and collectively, 
as one nation, the author offers the following 
encomium on Washington : — 
" As to Washington, he was an uncommon 
man. He conquered more rapidly than Shing 
and Kwang, and in courage he was superior to 
Tsaou and Lew [men of much renown in Chi-
nese history]. Seizing the two-edged sword of 
three cubits long, he opened the country ten 
thousand le. He then refused to receive a title, 
or to secure one for his posterity, preferring to 
establish an elective administration. Patriotism 
to be commended under the whole heaven ! —
Truly like the three dynasties ! [Hea, Shang, 
and Chou, mostly included in the traditional 
history of the Chinese, previous to the age of 
Confucius.] In administering the government, 
he fostered virtuous customs, and avoiding war, 
made his country superior to all other nations. 
I have seen his portrait. His countenance ex-
hibits great mental power. Ah ! who would 
not call him an uncommon man ?" 
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
" The Americans are all descendants of Eu-
ropeans, mostly from England, Holland, and 
France. Of these three kingdoms, those from 
England are far the most numerous, and there-
fore their language and customs are the same as 
those of the English. The emigrants received 
their land for cultivation from the aborigines, 
where they were willing ; and where they were 
unwilling, they removed to other places. Their 
merchants and mechanics are all white men. 
They are mild and kind in disposition, but con-
siderate and skilful in trade. They navigate 
the four seas.' They all receive Ya-soo kaou 
[i. e., are all Protestants]. They are fond of 
making their religion a matter of conversation 
and of instruction. Their schools are every-
where. Their learned men are divided into 
three classes; ministers, physicians, and law-
yers. The first class give themselves to as-
tronomy, geography, and the doctrines of the 
Ya-soo ; the second to the healing of diseases, 
and the third to the administration of the laws." 
The writer concludes his notice of the United 
States as follows : — 
" The beauty and excellence of South and 
North America, extending several tens of thou-
sands of le, are to be found in the Le keen [i.e., 
the United States]. Its climate is temperate, 
and its soil is fertile, like that of China. Eng-
land voyaged ten thousand le, to seek game, 
and to obtain a prize. The population increased 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
for more than two hundred years. Ah ! quickly 
her wealth filled' the a four seas !' But she was 
oppressive, and therefore she lost that which 
she could not again obtain. The kingdom in-
creased, and its resources multiplied. A distant 
colony in the wilderness, was it not fortunate ? 
The colonies united and formed a state, cover-
ing ten thousand le. Without a king, without 
hereditary titles, and without following the cus-
toms of former ages, they established a govern-
ment subject to the will of the people. Among 
the productions of ancient or of modern times, 
so strange a thing has not before appeared. In 
the ancient and modern histories of the great 
West, is not Washington to be ranked first !"-
(To be continued.) 
w ire170uent CynO. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1850. 
NINEVEH. 
ration, and shall condemn it : because they repented 
at the preaching of JoNas , and behold, a greater 
than JONAS is here."-Matt. 12:41. 
The time of this repentance is gathered from the 
probable time of JONAH in the following reference. 
Speaking of JEROBOAM 2d, we read : " He restored 
the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto 
the sea of the plain, according to the word of the 
Lord GOD of Israel, which he spake by the band of 
his servant JONAH, the son of Amittai, the prophet, 
which was of Gath-hepher."--2 Kings 14:25. JERO-
BOAM 2d began to reign B. c. 834, and died B. c. 
793. This reference to JONAH demonstrates that he 
could not have gone to Nineveh subsequent to this. 
The next we learn of Nineveh is, that " Pun, the 
king of Assyria, came against the land [of Israel], 
and MENAHEM gave PUL a thousand talents of silver. 
. . . So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed 
not there in the land."-2 Kings 15:19, 20. This 
was probably in the first year of MENAIIEM, who be-
gan to reign B. c. 769, and reigned ten years. 
A few years afterwards, " in the days of PEKAH, 
king of Israel, came TIGLATH-PILESER, king of As-
syria, arid took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Ja-
noah, and Kedesh, and Hazer, and Gilead, and Gali-
lee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them cap-
tive to Assyria."-v. 29. 
PEKAH began to reign B. 
c. 757, and reigned twenty years. 
AHAZ invited this 
same TIGLATH-PILESER to assist him against REZIN, 
king of Assyria, and PEKAH.-2 Kings 16:8. The 
king of Assyria came to his assistance, and routed 
his enemies, and also distressed him, and strengthened 
him not."-2 Chron. 28:20. 
AHAZ, king of Judah, began to reign B. c. 741. In 
his days ISAIAH thus predicted the destruction of Is-
rael, and the subsequent overthrow of Assyria : " 0 
Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in 
their hand is mine indignation. I will send him 
against an hypocritical nation, and against the people 
of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the 
spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down 
like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth 
not so, neither cloth his heart think so ; but it is in 
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.-
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 
Is not Calno as Carchemishl is not Hatnath as Ar-
pad? is not Samaria as Damascus? As my hand hath 
found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven 
images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 
shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, 
so do to Jerusalem and her idols? Wherefore it shall 
come to pass, that when the LORD bath perfiirmed his 
whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I 
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of 
Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he 
saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and 
by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : and I have re-
moved the bounds of the people, and have robbed 
their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants 
like a valiant man : and my hand hath found as a nest 
the riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs 
that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there 
was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, 
or peeped. Shall the axe boast itself against him 
that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify it-
self against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should 
shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the 
staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.-
Therefore shall the LORD, the LORD of hosts, send 
among his fat ones leanness ; and under his glory he 
shall kindle a burning like the burning of afire. And 
the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy 
One for a flame : and it shall burn and devour his 
thorns and his briers in one day ; and shall consume 
the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both 
soul and body : and they shall be as when a standard-
bearer fainteth. And the rest of the trees of his for-
est shall be few, that a child may write them."-Isa. 
10:5-19. 
In the days of HOSHEA, who began to reign B. c. 
738, SHALMANESER, " the king of Assyria, came up 
throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and 
besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Ho-
SHEA the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried 
Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah 
and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities 
of the Medes."-2 Kings 17:5, 6. " And it came to 
pass in the fourth year of HEZEKIAH, which was the 
seventh year of HOSHEA, son of ELAN, king of Is-
rael, that SHALMANESER, king of Assyria, came up 
against Samaria and besieged it. And at the end of 
three years they took it : even in the sixth year of 
IIEZEKIAH, (that is, the ninth year of HOSHEA, king 
of Israel,) Samaria was taken. And the king of As-
syria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put 
them in Halah and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, 
and in the cities of the Medes."-18:9-11. 
Eight years subsequent to this, " in the fourteenth 
year of king HEZEKIAH did SENNACHERIB, king of 
Assyria, come up against all the fenced cities of Ju-
dah, and took them. And HEZEKIAII, king of Judah, 
sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have 
offended ; return from me : that which thou puttest 
on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria appoint-
ed unto HEZEKIA.II, king of Judah, three hundred tal-
ents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And HEZE-
KIAH gave him all the silver that was found in the 
house of the LoRD, and in the treasures of the king's 
house."-vs.13-15. Notwithstanding this, " the king of 
Assyria sent TARTAN, and RABSARIS, and RAB-SHAK-
EH, from Lachish to king HEZEKIAH with a great host 
against Jerusalem : and they went up, and came to 
Jerusalem : and when they were come up, they came 
and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is 
in the highway of the fuller's field."-v. 17. In this 
crisis, HEZEKIAH looked to the Lone for help. " And 
it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD 
went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an 
hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they 
arose in the morning, behold, they were all dead 
corpses. 
SENNACHERIB, king of Assyria, departed, 
and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And 
it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house 
of NISROCH his god, that ADRAMMELECH and SHARE-
ZER, his sons, smote him with the sword : and they 
escaped into the land of Armenia : and ESAR-HADDON 
his son, reigned in his stead."-19:35-7. 
Assyria had thus totally destroyed the kingdom of 
Israel, and greatly oppressed that of JUDAH, as ISAI-
AH had predicted. 
Assyria, having carried out the purpose of GOD in 
the chastisement of a " hypocritical nation," did not 
recognize the LORD'S hand in it, but boasted that it 
was of his own might he had done it. And for seek-
ing to do to Jerusalem as he had done to Samaria, 
his pride was to be humbled. NAHUM wrote before 
the destruction of Nineveh, and after the overthrow 
of " Populous No," (Nah. 3 : 8,) or No-Amon in 
Egypt, about B. C. 613. He says of Nineveh : -
" Who can stand before his indignation ? and who 
can abide in the fierceness of his anger ? His fury 
is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down 
upon him. The LORD is good, a strong hold in the 
day of trouble ; and he knoweth them that trust in 
him. But with an overrunning flood he will make 
an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall 
pursue his enemies. What do ye imagine against 
the Loan ? He will make an utter end : affliction 
shall not rise up the second time. For while they 
be folden together as thorns, and while they are 
drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as 
stubble fully dry. . . . And the LORD hath given a 
commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy 
name be sown : out of the house of thy gods will I 
cut off the graven image and the molten image : I 
will make thy grave, for thou art vile."-chap. 1:6-
10, 14. " The gates of the rivers shall be opened, 
and the palace shall be dissolved. And Huzzah shall 
be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her 
maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, 
tabering upon their breasts. But Nineveh is of old 
like a pool of water : yet they shall flee away. Stand, 
stand, shall they cry ; but none shall look back. 
Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold : 
for there is none end of the store and glory out of all 
the pleasant furniture. She is empty, and void, and 
waste : and the heart melteth, and the knees smite 
together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces 
of them all gather blackness."-chap. 2:6-10. " VVo 
to the bloody city ! it is full of lies and robbery ; the 
prey departeth not. . . . Behold, I am against thee, 
saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts 
upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy naked-
ness, and the kingdoms thy shame. And I will cast 
abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and 
will set thee as a gazing-stock. And it shall come 
to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee 
from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste : who will 
bemoan her; whence shall I seek comforters for thee ? 
. . . . Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are 
women : the gates of thy land shall be set wide open 
unto thine enemies : the fire shall devour thy bars.. . 
There shall the fire devour thee ; the sword shall cut 
thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm : 
make thyself many as the locusts. . . . There is no 
healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all 
that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over 
thee : for upon whom bath not thy wickedness passed 
continually?"-chap. 3:1, 5-7, 15, 19. 
Who could suppose that so great a city, the great-
est on the globe, would ever be a mass of ruins, as 
thus predicted ? Yet such is Nineveh.. The precise 
time of its destruction is one of the uncertainties of 
ancient history and chronology. Dr. HALES sup-
poses it was in B. c. 606. The historical references 
to its destruction are very meagre. 
HERODOTUS 
promised to give an account of it in a subsequent 
work that he should write ; but no fragment of such 
work, or reference to it, has come down to us. - 
Droeortus Smunus relates that " it was while all the 
Assyrian army were feasting for their former victo-
ries, that those about ARBACES [king of the Medes], 
being informed by some deserters of the negligence 
and drunkenness in the camp of the enemies, as-
saulted them unexpectedly by night, and falling or-
derly on them disorderly, and prepared on them un-
prepared, became masters of the camp, and slew 
many of the soldiers, and drove the rest into the 
city•" Also, " that there was an old prophecy, that 
Nineveh should not he taken, till the river became 
an enemy to the city ; and in the third year of the 
siege, the river being sworn with continued rains, 
overflowed part of the city, and broke down the wall 
for twenty furlongs ; then the king, thinking that the 
oracle was fulfilled, and the river become an enemy 
to the city, built a large funeral pile in the palace, 
and collecting together all his wealth, and his concu-
bines, and eunuchs, burnt himself and the palace with 
them all : and the enemy entered the breach that the 
waters had made, and took the city ;" and " carried 
many talents of gold and silver to Ecleatana, the 
royal city of the Medes." 
After the conquest of Babylon, Nineveh is not 
mentioned by the sacred writers. The most ancient 
heathen authors after this, speak of it as a city once 
great, but then desolate. And thus it has continued 
till the present time. " Where are the ramparts of 
Nineveh ?" asks VOLNEY. They are gone, as pre-
dicted by the prophet. And he adds, " The name of 
Nineveh seems to be threatened with the same obli-
vion that has overtaken its greatness. BUCKINGHAM 
found there mounds, which " show neither bricks, 
stones, nor other materials of building ; but are in 
many places overgrown with grass." And GIBBON 
says of it, " Eastward on the Tigris, at the end of 
the bridge of Mosul, the great Nineveh had formerly 
been erected : the city, and even the ruins, had long 
since disappeared ; the vacant space afforded a spa-
cious field for the operation of armies." There is 
nothing now to be seen but heaps of rubbish extend-
ing two or three miles along the river : so literally 
have been fulfilled the divine predictions. 
Within the last few years a new interest has been 
excited in the case of Nineveh, by discoveries made 
there by Mr. LAYARD, who has given to the world 
two extensive volumes, now bdfore us, in which he 
details the fruits of his researches there from Nov., 
1845, until April, 1847. He has penetrated the 
mounds of earth, and brought to light bowls, vases, 
marble ornaments, inscriptions on slabs, fragments of 
arches, &c., which illustrate the taste and habits of 
a people whose city has been destroyed for 2500 
years. These discoveries give abundant evidence 
that fire, as predicted in prophecy, was an important 
agent in the destruction of ancient Nineveh-a city 
so ancient that it had passed from existence before 
the date of the most ancient records of profane his-
tory. Surely none but GOD could have foreseen so 
entire a destruction of so great a city ; and that at a 
time when it was the greatest, the most securely de-
fended, and the most opulent city on the globe. 
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 
The kingdom of Israel was under the direct super-
vision of JEHOVAH. It was a Theocracy : the su-
preme legislative power being vested solely in GOD. 
He enacted and repealed all laws. " 'Whatsoever I 
command you," said GOD, " observe to do it ; thou 
shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."-Deut. 
4: 2. 
The judges and kings were GOD'S deputies; for 
the Loan was " King in Jeshurun, when the heads of 
the people, and the tribes of Israel, were gathered 
together."-Deut. 33:5. And BALAAM said, " The 
LORD his GOD is with him, and the shout of a King, is 
among them."-Num. 23 : 21. 
DAVID styles the 
LORD, " My GOD and King " (Psa. 63:24) ; and " the 
Holy One of Israel, our King."-89:18. And DA-
VID said of SOLOMON, " He hath chosen SOLOMON my 
son to sit upon the throne of THE KINGDOM OF THE 
LORD over Israel."-1 Chron. 28:5. 
The people were called the LORD'S people ; and 
the king, the LORD'S vicegerent, " was to go in and 
out before the congregation of THE LORD, to lead them 
out, and bring them in, that they might not be as 
sheep without a shepherd."-Num. 27:15-17. 
Goo was the sole proprietor of the land, and the 
occupants were his tenants. " The land is mine, 
saith the LORD; ye are strangers and sojourners with 
me."-Lev. 25:23. Being the Loae's property, the 
lands could not be sold forever, or alienated, but was 
subject to redemption,-the homestead was exempted 
from seizure for debt beyond the year of Jubilee. 
The possession of the throne was secured in the 
line of DAVID, till the Babylonish subversion, when 
the Gentiles first had dominion over them. When 
ZEDEKIAH was rejected for his sins, GOD said, " And 
thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is 
come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the 
LORD GOD : Remove the diadem, and take off the 
crown : this shall not be the same : exalt him that is 
low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, 
overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until 
he come whose right it is ; arid I will give it him." 
-Ezek. 21:25-27. 
The one whose right it is, is thus brought to view 
in the 89th Psalm : " Also I will make him my first-
born, higher than the kings of the earth. My mercy 
will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant 
shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make 
to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heav-
en. . . Once have I sworn by my holiness that I 
will not lie unto DAVID. His seed shall endure 
forever, and his throne as the sun before me. It 
" And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy 
Assyria ; 
And will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the 
nations : 
Both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge iu the upper lintels 
of it ; 
Their voice shall sing in the windows 
Desolation shall be in the thresholds Mr he shall uncover the cedar 
work. 
This is we rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, 
That mid in her heart, I mu, and there is none beside me 
Bow is ,he become a desolation, a place liar beasts to Le down in ! 
Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his head." 
ZEPH. 2:13-15. 
Nineveh, the early capital of the Assyrian empire, 
was one of the most ancient and opulent cities of an- 
tiquity. We read of NIMROD that " the beginning 
of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, 
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land 
went forth ASSHUR, and budded Nineveh."-Gen. 10: 
10, 11. The margin reads, " He," NIMROD, " went 
out into Assyria and built Nineveh." It is sup-
posed that from this it is called " the land of Nu& 
non " - " and they shall waste the land of Assyria 
with the sword, and the land of NIMROD in the en-
trances thereof."-Mic. 5:6. The majority of schol-
ars prefer the marginal reading in this connection, 
which makes NIMROD the founder of Nineveh. It is 
supposed to have been named from NINIJS, the son of 
NIMROD ; but Dr. CLARKE judges that " probably N1-
sins and Numaoo are the same person." 
Nineveh was situated on the river Tigris, which 
name signifies "an arrow," from the rapidity of its 
current, in lat. 36 deg. 23 min. It was finely located 
for commercial facilities, being at a point where the 
trade of those regions would naturally centre ; and 
the river afforded good water facilities. The Tigris 
was formerly not connected with the Euphrates, and 
as late as the time of ALEXANDER the Great, pursued 
a separate course to the ocean ; but the shifting na-
ture of the soil between, has caused their union.-
Nineveh was at first a small city, and did not rise to 
greatness till about B. c. 1230. It covered a vast area, 
about forty miles in extent, encompassed by walls 
one hundred feet high, and surmounted by towers. 
In the time of JONAH, about B. c. 800, it was a" great 
city, an exceeding great city of three days' journey." 
-Jon. 1:2 ; 3:3. It contained at that time " more 
than six-score thousand persons that could not discern 
between their right hand and their left, beside much 
cattle."-.Ton. 4:11. If these were infants of two 
years old and under-about one-fifth of the inhabit-
ants-the entire population of the city must have been 
about 600,000. 
We have very imperfect fragments of its early his-
tory. Even in the Scriptures there is no reference to 
it, after its first foundation by NIMROD, till the time 
of JONAH, who was commanded to " Arise, go to 
Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their 
wickedness is come up before me."-1:2. They 
were so corrupt, that " forty days " only were to in-
tervene before their destruction ; for " JONAH began 
to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried 
and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be over-
thrown."-3:4. This threatening had the desired 
effect : " The people of Nineveh believed GOD, and 
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the 
greatest of them, even to the youngest of them. . . . 
And GOD saw their works, that they turned from their 
evil way; and GOD repented of the evil, that lie had 
said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." 
-vs. 8, 9. For GOD had said by JEREMIAH : " At 
what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and 
concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, 
and to destroy it : if that nation against whom I have 
pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the 
evil that I thought to do unto them."-18:7, 8. Their 
repentance is thus alluded to by the SAvrous : " The 
men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this gene_ 
197 
A MEETING IN THE LARGE TENT, will be held 
in the city of Lynn, to commence about the Oils of 
August. Particulars next week. 
Bro. I. E. JONES will preach in Chardon-st. chapel 
on the evenings of the 24th and 25th inst. 
THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
shall be established forever as the moon, and as a 
faithful witness in heaven."—vs. 27-29, 35-37. 
When subjected to the Gentile dominion, the res-
toration of the kingdom to the rightful sovereign was 
a subject of earnest anticipation. DANIEL in pro-
phetic vision saw the dominion taken from the beasts 
—the symbols of the Gentile governments; and then 
he " saw one like the Son of man came with the 
clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient. of days, 
and they brought him near before him. And there 
was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, 
that all people, nations, and languages, should serve 
him : his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which 
shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that which shall 
not he destroyed."—Dan. 7:13, 14. 
The angel, in announcing the ,.birth of the SA-
VIOUR — " DAVID'S greater Son " — said : " He 
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of 
the Highest ; and the Lord Gon shall give unto him 
the throne of his father DAVID. And he shall reign 
over the house of JACOB forever ; and of his kingdom 
there shall be no end."—Luke 1:32, 33. 
The SAVIOUR commanded us to pray, " Thy king-
dom come," and the disciples at his ascension in-
quired, " Wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom 
to Israel?" But they had to learn he was as a No-
bleman going into a far country to receive for himself 
a kingdom, and to return ; and the disciples were en-
couraged by the declaration, " Ye men of Galilee, 
why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same JESUS 
which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come 
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." 
—Acts 1:11. Since then, the church has looked and 
waited for the coming kingdom. 
DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER. 
In reading the history of the past, it is sometimes 
difficult to realize that some of the great villains of 
history were before known as men of honor and re-
nown. This fact seems to be lost sight of when men 
plead their previous " good character " as proof that 
they are not guilty of the crimes proved against them. 
In the late trial of Prof. WEBSTER, his friends 
seemed to rely more on his former good character 
than on any other consideration. And they brought 
forward some twenty witnesses to testify that they 
had known him for some years, and never knew 
him to have killed anybody —i. e., their testimony 
amounted only to that. If, however, we look to past 
history, we shall find that those who have previously 
stood as fair as any, have the most signally fallen. 
In the history of our own country we may take the 
case of AARON BURR. Elevated to the second office 
in the gift of the people, at one time no man had 
more prospect of being elevated to the Presidency.—
A short period developed his true character, and he 
was afterward remembered only with loathing. 
ARNOLD, previous to his treason, was an honored 
general in the American army, enjoying the full con-
fidence of WASHINGTON. Treachery might have 
been looked for in any as soon as in him. 
JUDAS was so far from being an object of suspicion 
to the other disciples, that when told by the SAVIOUR, 
" One of you shall betray me," each was ready to 
ask, " Is it. I?"—no one having a thought of the real 
traitor. JUDAS till that hour had borne as irreproach-
able a character as any, and is styled in prophecy, 
" mine own familiar friend." 
BACON, POPE justly calls : " The wisest, brightest, 
meanest of mankind." 
Kona», who rebelled against MOSES and AARON, 
was a cousin of theirs,—their fathers being brothers. 
He was a man of such note that he drew into his re- 
DATHAN and ABIRAM, the heads of the senior 
tribe of REUBEN, and two hundred and fifty princes 
of the assembly — men of note, among whom were 
several of the Levites. The Psalmist, referring to 
the cause of their sin, said, " They envied MOSES 
also in the camp, and AARON, the saint of the LORD." 
—106: 16. So they said to MosEs, " Ye take too 
much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, 
every one of them, and the LORD is among them." 
So formidable a rebellion, sustained by such men of 
note, caused Moses to fall on his face before the 
LORD. He sent for DATHAN and ABIRAM to expos-
tulate with them ; but they utterly refused to give 
him an interview, saying, " We will not come up." 
They accused MOSES of making himself " altogether 
a prince " over them ; and they said, " Wilt thou 
put out the eyes of these men ?" Thus they claimed 
persecution, and that from MosEs, who had not " hurt 
one of them." After such an exhibition, MOSES did 
not hesitate to speak of these " princes of Israel," 
of these men of note, as " wicked melt." And their 
wickedness was soon verified, notwithstanding their 
previous high position and former good character, by 
the earth opening her mouth and swallowing them 
up. And yet who, in thinking of KORAN and his 
company, can realize that they were more than row-
dies in the camp — that they were men of exalted 
station ? Yet such they were. 
When we read of Satan going about seeking whom 
he may devour, it is difficult to realize that this fallen 
spirit, was once an angel of light before the throne 
of JEHOVAH—that he was once a " bright particular 
star " in the galaxy of heaven. It is hard to con-
cieve a fall from such a heighth to such a depth. We 
think of him only as the present vile deceiver, and 
not as the former seraph uniting in the anthems of 
heaven. 
None of these, in their innocence and uprightness, 
could realize their liability to fall. ARNOLD doubt-
less regarded himself as incased in as secure a coat 
of virtue as was the commander-in-chief. JUDAS, 
when accompanying his Master over the hills and 
across the plains of Judea, little thought he should 
ever betray him for thirty pitiful pieces of silver.—
KORAI!, when he accompanied MosEs out of Egypt, 
across the Red Sea, and into the wilderness, when 
he ate of the manna and quails, and drank of the 
water from the rock, when he saw the glory of the 
LORD at Sinai, " the highest summit of Horeb," and 
when he stood aloof from the worship of the golden 
calf, he thought not that he could ever unite in such 
rebellion. HAZAEL, when foretold the evil that he 
should do, exclaimed, " But what ! is thy servant a 
dog, that he should do this great thing ?" And yet 
he did the things at which his soul revolted. So in 
the case under consideration, Prof. WEBSTER proba-
bly never deemed it possible that he could commit 
the crime of murder. 
From these instances we may learn, that no station 
is so high, that no character is so unsullied, as to be 
proof against the wiles of Satan. " Cease ye from 
man, whose breath is in his nostrils." " Let him 
that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." 
DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT. 
As we were going to press last week, we received 
the announcement that Gen. ZACHARY TAYLOR, 
President of these United States, was dead. Want of 
time and space made it impossible for us to do more 
than make a simple reference to it. This event mer-
its something more. 
This is the second time, in the history of the coun-
try, that the nation has been called to mourn the de-
mise of its chief magistrate. President TAYLOR was 
the seventh of the Presidents who were born in Vir-
ginia—being born in Orange Co. of that state, Nov. 
24th, 1784. After the age of 21, he spent most of 
his life in the camp,—on the north-west frontier, or 
in the South, till the late war with Mexico. His 
distinguished success there, caused him to be elected 
to the Presidential chair, which he occupied 1 year, 
4 months, and 4 days, and died July 9th inst., at 1011. 
35 m. P. M.—in his 66th year. 
In many respects, Gen. TAYLOR was an uncommon 
man. Three great traits shone out in him with an 
uncommonly well defined outline, which won the 
respect and confidence of those possessing similar 
characteristics. These are thus expressed by Mr. 
WEBSTER :—" I believe he has left on the mind of 
the country a strong impression — first, of his abso-
lute honesty and integrity of character, and his good 
sense ; and lastly, of the mildness, kindness, and 
friendship of his temper towards all his countrymen." 
To these might be added his marked modesty,—his 
never thrusting himself forward, his never seeking 
for the applause of others, or manifesting any self-
adulation. He was elected to the office of President, 
says Mr. WEBSTER, " without pursuing any devious 
paths of policy, or turning a hair's breadth to the 
right or to the left from the path of duty." 
His last words were, " I have always done my 
duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the 
friends I leave behind me." 
His determination to pursue what he deemed to be 
right was exhibited in his taking a decided stand to 
preserve the exemption of the new territories from 
the introduction of slavery — although himself a 
slaveholder—and his resistance against the claims of 
Texas on New Mexico. Coming from the South as 
he did, and defending the rights of the North, this 
section of the country was being turned to him with 
an affection and confidence that his wisdom would 
guide the nation safely past the crisis which is ap-
parently now impending ; which was due only to a 
greater than human arm. And the first tidings of 
his death seemed to cast a saddened sensation over 
many hearts, as if their defence had been removed. 
But GOD was only speaking to them : " Cease ye 
from man, whose breath is in his nostrils ;" " In me 
is thy help." May this event lead any to remember 
that in GOD alone are the issues of life and death ; 
and that he alone directs all things according to his 
infininte wisdom. 
Of the President's religious character we know 
nothing—nor on what he based his hope. We are 
not his judge. We leave him in the hands of Him 
who alone can weigh the motives of men, and who 
will mete out a righteous judgment to all his crea-
tures. This we know, that the blood of JESUS 
CHRIST cleanseth from all sin ; and that only by re-
pentance and trust in him can any hope for eternal 
life. 
SLANDER. 
" Whoever brings derogatory charges against the 
established character of another, without proof of 
the same, and whoever circulates such unproved 
charges, is guily of slander, and is to be dealt with 
ecclesiastically for the purpose of securing repent-
ance, acknowledgment, and reparation." 
Miss Beecher. 
There are loose ideas respecting our obligations 
not to take up a slanderous report against another. 
Men do not realize as they should the sin of cir-
culating false reports. It is sin, because Gon has 
forbidden it. " Thou shalt not bear false witness 
against thy neighbor." It is forbidden, because to 
lie about another, subjects the subject of falsehood to 
a great amount of unnecessary suffering. It alienates 
friends, mars confidence, impugns motives, blasts 
reputation, and destroys character. SOLOMON says, 
" He that uttereth slander is a fool."—Prov. 10:18. 
He is such if he does it with " good intentions." If 
he does it maliciously, he is also a knave. The 
Psalmist says, " Whoso privily slandereth his neigh-
bor, him will I cut off."—Psa. 101:5. JEREMIAH, 
speaking of " grievous revolters," says they are 
" walking with slanders."-6:28. Again, he says, 
" Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust 
ye not in any brother ; for every brother will utterly 
supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. 
and they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will 
not speak the truth." St. PAUL makes a man in-
capable of holding the office of a deacon if his wife, 
even, be a slanderer.-1 Tim. 2:11. 
OUR ENEMIES are indefatigable, and had they ex-
hibited a tithe of the activity for the advancement of 
the Advent cause, that they do now in seeking for 
something that may justify what they before charged 
without proof, they would doubtless have occupied a 
position that would not have rendered it necessary for 
them to pursue their present course. It would appear, 
if we are to believe the reports that come to us, that 
our " friends," " old friends," our " best friends !" 
have been at the bottom of the recent " secret work-
ings." But we think we may venture to say, in the 
language of the Prayer Book, from all such friends, 
" good LORD deliver us !" But our " friends " having 
failed in their well-intentioned efforts to benefit the 
cause, and ourself in particular, efforts are now being 
made to see what can be done by our enemies ! We 
understand that a sort of scouting expedition is 
" going to and fro," after the example of one who is 
to them not an unfit exampler, and for a not very dis-
similar object. Whatever may be dragged forth by 
this expedition in search of " facts," gleaned from 
the scandal-mongers (a host) of the last ten years, is 
intended to garnish the pages of a pamphlet, as it 
has been announced to us with somewhat of a flour-
ish of trumpets. We might complain, if we thought 
it worth while, or supposed it would be heeded, that 
an attempt was not made to see whether the charges 
against the " dear brother " were true, before they 
were brought forth by the impending pamphlet. But 
we let that pass. We await the appearance of the 
" pamphlet " without much trepidation, and our real 
friends may be assured, that we shall make short and 
thorough work with it. 
RUFUS PEMBERTON, formerly a clerk in the Albany 
Post Office, was arrested in that city on the 7th inst., on a 
charge of robbing the Post Office. He acknowledged the 
crime, and implicated two others, named BRAMEALL and 
GAYLOR, both of whom were arrested. A year or two since 
more than a hundred dollars mailed on the line beyond Albany 
failed to reach us. Two letters, one containing $40, and the 
other $30, were among the sums missing. Three or four 
weeks since, a letter was mailed at Low Hampton, containing 
$15, which has never reached us. We hope that the time 
has come ti►r these depredations to cease,—at least in the di-
rection of Albany. For years past, the Post Office depart. 
ment has been the covert for as precious a set of thieves as 
ever went unwhipt of justice. If the " good time " has 
come, or is coming, when an end to this wholesale plunder-
ing may be looked for, few newspaper proprietors will have 
more reason to rejoice than ourself. 
Bro. J. V. RIMES, editor of the Advent Herald, in 
this city, has been for some time suffering intensely 
from indirect inuendoes, and unpleasant, though in-
definite rumors, as to his pecuniary integrity ; suffer-
ing, too, from those who call themselves brethren.—
Alas ! among Advent believers, as among others, the 
damnable sin of detraction does its mean, dastardly, 
and devilish work. We extend to our wronged and 
outraged brother our hand and heart of sympathy.—
We thank him for his noble bearing of patience and 
meekness. We pity those who bend themselves to 
the satanic work of injuring Bro. H., as we despise 
and abhor their miserably wicked conduct. 
Impartial Citizen. 
"The American Atheneum: a monthly Magazine of Sci- 
ence, Morals, and Literature. July, 1850. Vol. 1, No. 1.—
Boston : A. R. Brown." 
We have received a copy of the above, which pro-
fesses to be designed " as a literary and scientific 
work, adapted to general reading." It is printed on 
fair paper, with good type. Price, $2 per year. Ad-
dress A. R. BROWN, 1 1-2 Water-st., Boston. 
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Communications for the Herald should be written with care, in 
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The writing should not be crowded, nor the lines be too near to-
gether. When they are thus, they are laid aside unread. Before 
being sent, they should be carefully re-read, and all superfluous 
words, tautological remarks and disconnected and illogical sen-
tences omitted. 
Everything of a private nature should be headed "Private." 
In sending names of new subscribers, or money for subscrip-
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and state,) be distinctly given. Between the name and the address, 
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tains to the same, and what to the address. Where more than one 
subscriber is referred to, let the business of each one constitute a 
paragraph by itself. 
Let everything be stated explicitly, and in as few words as will 
give a clear expression of the writer's meaning. 
By complying with these directions, we shall be saved much per-
plexity, and not be obliged to read a mass of irrelevant matter to 
learn the wishes of our correspondents. 
NEW WORK. 
THE " ANALYSIS OF SACRED CHRONOLOGY ; with the Elements of 
Chronology; and the Numbers of the Hebrew Text Vindicated.” 
This work is now ready for delivery, and we are ready to supply 
all orders. It is not composed of mere dry chronological details 
In the first place, it contains a reprint of the articles on the elements 
of chronology, which appeared in the Herald, and which will ena-
ble the reader to harmonize different epochs, periods, &c. This, 
however, is but a small part of the work—the remainder of which 
has not been before published in this arrangement. 
Then follows an Analysis of Sacred Chronology, in which is given 
all the language of the Scriptures, which give any clew to the periods 
in which different portions were written, and different events trans 
pired. It gives in the words of inspiration, and in their chronologi-
cal order, accompanied with explanatory notes, all the texts which 
are ever referred to by chronologers, to establish disputed dates. It 
shows the times in which the several prophets wrote, and in many 
cases the very years in which given chapters of the prophecies were 
written, with the evidence which fixes them in the times assigned 
By it the reader will be enabled to learn how long before the restora-
tion from Babylon each of the prophets wrote who predicted the 
restoration of the Jews. It gives the several consecutive periods 
by which the age of the world is established ; and enables the reader 
to see what events were synchronous, anti what Biblical characters 
were contemporary. It harmoilizes conflicting texts, and gives in 
Biblical language a history of the world. And filially, it closes with 
an argument defending the numbers of the Hebrew text, and show-
ing the unsoundness of the arguments which have been offered to 
their disparagement In short, it is a comprehensive commentary 
on the chronology of Inspiration. 
The work contains 232 pages, being larger than was antick 
pated ; and still the price will be less than we stated. Single copy 
37 cts. ; discount by the quantity. 
In these times, when the Scriptures are being perverted, when 
prophecies are quoted pointing to the Jews' return, which have al-
ready been fulfilled in their past history, it is important that each 
Bible student be furnished with some help like the present. J. V. H. 
RETRIBUTION.—" Vengeance is mine, I will repay, 
saitli the Lord." The idea of a Being who is the 
exactor of righteousness, the stern dispenser of 
retributive justice, will, spite his counterfeit stoicism, 
force itself on the Atheist. We must believe in an 
overruling Providence—we see so much wherein 
worldly prudence is thwarted, and the wisest schemes 
are overturned. In such a faith the poet of the pas-
siops could make his wonderful Hamlet respond : 
" And that should teach us, 
There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, 
Rough-hew them how we will." 
There is good theology in this ; and a fearful truth, 
and quaintly told, may be found in the lines of 
Frederick von Logan, as given us by Longfellow : 
" Though the mills of God grind slowly, 
Yet they grind exceeding small ; 
Though with patience stands he waiting, 
With exactness grinds he all." 
0, yes, our God, though merciful, is just. Let us, 
then, fear to provoke his anger, and seek to imitate 
his holiness. 
Christian Intelligencer. 
New Tract. 
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of the series of the Kelso tracts, published .in Lon-
don, which we contemplate giving monthly, if called 
for. We are stare they will have a great circulation, 
when they shall become known. 50 cts. per 100. 
The Impartial Citizen.—This paper, to which we 
have several times made reference, has been removed 
from Syracuse, N. Y., to this city. Its editor, Rev. 
S. R. WARD, is a black man, but none the less every 
inch a man. He conducts his paper with much 
ability and tact, and devotes it to the moral and intel-
lectual elevation of the colored race. May he find 
his efforts abundantly blessed. 
WE regret to learn, that the mail for Western 
New York, which contained the Herald of July 6th, 
was lost in the river, by a late Railroad accident. 
As this number contained the report of the Council 
on our case, many regret its loss. We can furnish 
about forty copies, to those subscribers who desire it. 
Bro. STRATTON, of Manchester, writes, that he 
and others have taken a place for Advent meetings 
in Union Building, No. 6 Elm-st. 
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He wrote five hymns on the Advent, one of which 
is that admirable one beginning in each of the first 
three stanzas with, " The Lord will come !" The 
one for " The Fourth Sunday in Advent," I will 
copy :— 
" The world is grown old, and her pleasures are past ; 
The world is grown old, and her forms may not last ; 
The world is grown old, and trembles for fear, 
For sorrows abound, and judgment is near ! 
The sun in the heaven is languid and pale ; 
And feeble and few are the fruits of the vale ; 
And the hearts of the nations fail them for fear, 
For the world is grown old, and judgment is near ! 
The king on his throne, the bride in her bower, 
The children of pleasure all feel the sad hour ; 
The roses are faded, and tasteless the cheer, 
For the world is grown old, and judgment is near ! 
The world is grown old !—but should we complain? 
Who have tried her, and known that her promise is 
vain ? 
* " ' That great city, the holy Jerusalem, descend-
ing out of heaven from God, having the glory of 
God.' "—Rev. 21:10. 
Ezek. 40th. t Rev. 10th. § Rev. 20th. 
II " And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord 
God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.—
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the 
moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten 
it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.' "—Rev. 21:22. 
Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, 
Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye 
shall live Then he said unto me, Son of man, 
these bones are the whole house of Israel.' "—
Ezek. 37th. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
 
Our heart is in heaven, our home is not here, 
And we look for our crown when judgment is near !" 
And have our anti-millennarian brethren ever no-
ticed the conclusion of that " MiAionary Hymn " of 
his? — 
would be entirely dependent on the will of those who 
placed him there ;—he could be removed whenever 
it should be deemed necessary, without his suffering 
any wrong. But this is not the case. No one placed 
him where he is, and no one has a right to drag him 
from his position. When confidence in his paper is 
lost, it will naturally sink for want of support. Such 
an event, I doubt not, would be received by him as 
an indication of Providence, that his work in this 
department of the great vineyard was done. But 
until such an event shall occur, it must be evident to 
every one not blinded by prejudice or hate, that he is 
about his Master's business. The only ground on 
which it can be contended that the " Herald " belongs 
to " the cause," as a property, is, the declaration of 
Mr. Himes above alluded to, viz., that he considers 
himself merely as a steward. Verily, those who 
" have always supposed the Herald ' to belong to 
the cause,'" on such a ground, lack common sense, 
to say the least. 
But suppose the " Herald " does belong to " the 
cause," why should it be removed from the control of 
its present conductor ? Has it failed to utter or ex-
press the sentiments for the advocacy of which it was 
brought into existence ? No one will say that it has. 
Has it lost the confidence of the Advent people ? Its 
increased circulation, which is now beyond that of 
any former period, shows that it has not. Why, 
'then, should a change be desired It would seem 
as much the dictate of wisdom, that it should remain 
where it is, when it is increasing in influence, as it 
is the dictate of wickedness, or stupidity, to remove 
it into untried channels, where its fate would be a 
matter of absolute uncertainty. Why, then, I ask 
again, should it be taken from the hands of Mr. 
limes? That is the question. 
Recently, events have brought to the light a clique 
of ambitious spirits, who, for reasons sufficient to 
satisfy persons not troubled with very tender con-
sciences, wish the " Herald " to be taken out of the 
hands of those who have so long conducted it with 
honor to themselves, and to the manifest good of the 
cause of God. But how was it to be removed from 
the hands of Mr. Himes? The course that was to be 
pursued, is something like this.—The question was 
to be asked Mr. H., " Do you consider yourself the 
owner of the Herald ?' " If he said " No," he 
was to be removed. If he would not be removed, 
his moral character was to be impeached. If he said 
" Yes," then a new paper was to be started. It will 
thus be seen, that a determination existed to remove 
the " Herald," or destroy it, even at the expense 
of the moral character of its proprietor ! ! And 
this was to be done, not because the confidence of 
Adventists in the paper was lost, nor that it had failed 
to subserve the end for which it was started ! ! If 
there was anything compromising the character of 
Mr. Himes, why was it not openly proclaimed ? —
That fact established, the paper would have passed, 
as a matter of course, out of his hands, or it would 
have ceased to exist. In such a contingency, a new 
paper would have been called for, and supported. —
But no ; this Christian and manly course would 
not have answered the end sought by the actors in the 
movement alluded to. The whole affair was con-
ceived in darkness, and shapen in iniquity, and could 
not bear exposure to the light. 
It must be a matter of congratulation to every true 
lover of the Advent cause, and of fair dealing, that 
such a scheme has been thwarted ; that the moral 
character of a faithful servant of God has been pre-
vented from being assassinated, and the Advent body 
spared the loss of the " Herald," which would have 
been severely calamitous. Even as it is, the effects 
so far are disastrous ; for not only has Mr. Himes 
suffered much in his feelings, as well as in the finan-
cial affairs of the paper, but the cause has received a 
wound which will not be easily healed. 
But what must be said of those who were concerned 
in this disreputable war on moral character ? They 
should be held up to the indignant reprobation of all 
who have any just sense of right and wrong. Noth-
ing but the most thorough repentance and acknow-
ledgment of their wrong-doing can entitle them to 
the confidence of those who believe the cause of God 
cannot be advanced by their aid, while unrepentant. 
It is to be hoped, that the recent painful occurrences 
will serve to establish that confidence among all hon-
est Adventists, which should exist, and without which 
no permanent good can be accoMplished• Let no man 
lightly take up a reproach against his neighbor.—
There is no reason why evil surmisings should be 
indulged in. If moral delinquency among the peo-
of God exists, there is but one right way for them to 
get at it. Let that way be pursued, and all will end 
well. But if not, confusion and disaster will inevita-
bly arise. One who has long faithfully served any 
cause, without just reproach, should not be lightly 
impeached, especially by those who have never done 
more for it than hundreds of others. When men 
have toiled night and day, beyond all others, wasting 
mental and bodily vigor, for the advancement of any 
interest, it will be time enough then for them to come 
forward and complain (if there be reason) of those 
who have done but little. If this were done, such 
would not be deficient in modesty, if they lacked 
everything else. 
At all events, it is to be hoped that the matter of 
the proprietorship of the " Herald " is understood. 
Envy and ambition may remain dissatisfied ; but I 
cannot see that any who are destitute of these not 
very amiable traits can be. N. A. APOLONIO. 
less and less, and by to-morrow there will be none, 
and I advise you not to go." But some of those to 
whom he thus spoke came to see, and found the 
largest religious assembly that has been witnessed in 
Dunham for eight years ! ! Yes, and our meeting in-
creased in interest and numbers from first to last.—
On the night before we closed, some of " the baser 
sort " considerably damaged the tent-cloth, by cutting 
it in several places. Some of those who perpetrated 
this deed of darkness, consider themselves gentle-
men, and have professed religion. But if the preach- 
ers cannot afford to tell the truth about us, no won- 
der that those who are looking up to them, should 
thus act. " Like people, like priest." However, 
those in the village who are not under sectarian in- 
fluence, were indignant at the mean act ; and some 
ladies, who were not Adventists, requested that the 
Tent might not be removed from the place till it was 
repaired, which they did with great care and neat-
ness, making it about as good as it was before. They 
have our esteem and thanks. Many expressed a wish 
for another meeting of the kind, and perhaps our 
canvass may soon wave again on Dunham-Flat. 
Our next meeting was in Clarenceville. We had 
our meeting in peace, and the audience before the 
end was very large ; and though there was no very 
marked success, yet we were encouraged to hope that 
the fruit will be seen hereafter. 
Our closing meeting of the series was in Stanstead. 
The meeting has been one of great interest. On the 
last day we had, I believe, the largest congregation 
that was ever convened on Stanstead Plains. Yes, 
Adventism has attractions which no other " ism " 
in these parts has. Our enemies are aware of this, 
and hence they contrive various plans to keep the 
people from hearing us. At the close of the meet- 
ing, Bro. Burnham baptized eight happy souls into 
the faith of Christ, making in all fifty during his 
visit. Thus we labor not in vain, nor spend our 
strength for nought. Though earth may frown, hea-
ven smiles and blesses. 
In conclusion I may say, that Brn. Burnham and 
Berick will leave with the esteem and prayers of 
many in Canada. May they be blessed and made a 
blessing wherever they go, and should the Lord ever 
send them among us again, they will be gladly re-
ceived. Yours in the hope. 
Stanstead (C. E.), July 8th, 1850. 
BISHOP HEBER. 
Bishop Heber was born in England in 1783, and 
died in India in 1826. His name—to one acquainted 
with his history—must awaken those emotions of the 
mind which are correlated to the bright, the beauti- 
ful, and the good. The pen of Biography has re-
corded him as " a most accomplished poet ; an acute, 
discriminating, pious, and learned divine ; and a most 
disinterested and devoted Christian bishop and mis-
sionary." 
" In his childhood, the eagerness with which he 
read the Bible, and the accuracy with which he treas- 
ured up large portions of it in his memory, were 
such as to excite observation ; and this first applica-
tion of his powers undoubtedly laid the foundation of 
that masterly knowledge of the Scriptures, which be 
subsequently attained ; and to the perfecting of which 
almost all his reading was made, directly or indirect-
ly, to contribute. 
" At the University,' said his early friend, Sir 
Charles Grey, Chief Justice of Calcutta, he was, 
beyond all question or comparison, the most distin- 
guished student of his time. The name of Reginald 
Heber was in every mouth ; his society was courted 
by young and old ; he lived in an atmosphere of fa- 
vor, admiration, and regard, from which I have never 
known any one but himself, who would not have de- 
rived, and for life, an unsalutary influence.' " And 
when he died,—as it was beautifully said of him,—
"his sun was in its meridian power, and its warmth 
most genial." 
The following extracts from some of his poems 
show that his portraiture is not out of place among 
the columns of an Advent paper. The first is from 
his poem on Palestine: which obtained not only much 
praise, but also a prize. The notes are by himself. 
" Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll, 
And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul. 
Yet shall she rise ;—but not by war restored, 
Not built in murder,—planted by the sword. 
Yes, Salem, thou shalt rise : thy Father's aid 
Shall heal the wound his chastening hand has made ; 
Shall judge the proud oppressor's ruthless sway, 
And burst his brazen bonds, and cast his cords away. 
Then on your tops shall deathless verdure spring ; 
Break forth, ye mountains, and, ye valleys, sing ! 
No more your thirsty rocks shall frown forlorn, 
The unbeliever's jest, the heathen's scorn ; 
The sultry sands shall tenfold harvests yield, 
And a new Eden deck the thorny field. 
E'en now, perchance, wide-waving o'er the land, 
That mighty Angel lifts his golden wand, 
Courts the bright vision of descending power,* 
Tells every gate, and measures every tower ; t 
And chides the tardy seals that yet detain 
Thy Lion, Judah, from his destined reign ! 
And who is He ? the vast, the awful form, I 
Girt with the whirlwind, sandaled with the storm? 
A western cloud around his limbs is spread, 
His crown a rainbow, and a sun his head. 
To highest heaven he lifts his kingly hand, 
And treads at once the ocean and the land ; 
And, hark ! his voice amid the thunder's roar, 
His dreadful voice that time shall be no more ! 
! cherub hands the golden courts prepare, 
Lo ! thrones arise, and every saint is there ; § 
Earth's utmost bounds confess their awful sway, 
The mountains worship, and the isles obey ; 
Nor sun nor moon they need,—nor day, nor night ; 
God is their temple, and the Lamb their light : II 
And shall not Israel's sons exulting come, 
Hail the glad beam, and claim their ancient home 
On David's throne shall David's offspring reign, 
And the dry bones be warm with life again.T 
Hark ! white-robed crowds their deep hosannas raise, 
And the hoarse flood repeats the sound of praise ; 
Ten thousand harps attune the mystic song, 
Ten thousand thousand saints the strain prolong ; 
Worthy the Lamb ! omnipotent to save, 
Who died, who lives, triumphant over the grave!'" 
THE "ADVENT HERALD." 
MR. EDITOR :—Permit me to say a few words to 
the brethren respecting the ownership of the " Ad-
vent Herald," as there appears to be a misapprehen-
sion, or mystification, in regard to it. The recent 
disclosures you have made through its columns are 
quite enough, one would think, to convince all who 
have eyes and ears, that the great Adversary is not 
yet confined in the abyss, however strenuous some 
may be to prove such to be the case. 
Recent developments have made known the exist-
ence of a scheme, or plot, to remove the " Herald " 
from under the control of its present conductor, and 
to place it under the supervision of others. Justice 
to you, as well as a proper regard for the interests of 
the Advent cause, which is more or less involved in 
the welfare of the paper, demand that the reasons of 
the desired change should be known, as well as the 
mode by which that change was intended to be ef-
fected. 
It may be well to ascertain who is the owner of 
the " Herald," in order to determine how far those 
who have sought to transfer it are supported by jus- 
tice. How is a title to property acquired ? First, a 
title may be had to a thing by a creation of that thing, 
or by discovery ; 2d, by gift ; 3d, by purchase. Pos- 
session may be had by force, or held in default of the 
rightful owner not preferring his claim. But the 
possessor is very far from acquiring a title in this way. 
His possession may forever remain undisputed, and 
the law may confer a right ; but if there be those 
who have a prior claim, justice will not sanction such 
a proceeding. How is it with the " Herald ?" It 
is well known that this paper was projected and pub- 
lished by its present possessor on his own responsi- 
bility, and at his own expense. When it was first 
issued, no one else was liable for a cent in the event 
of its failure, and certainly no one would have then 
thought of claiming any of its profits. To determine to 
whom the paper rightfully belongs, we must go back 
to that time. If Mr. H. is not the owner now, it must 
be shown by those claiming it, either that he has re-
linquished it in consideration of an equivalent, or that 
he has conferred his title by gift. In no other way 
can he justly be deprived of it. Has he ever sold it 
to any man, or body of men ? No one will pretend 
that lie has. Has he ever relinquished his right to 
it No one can show that he has. How is it, then, 
that there are those who have always supposed that 
the " Herald " belonged to the Advent body, and that 
Mr. Himes was merely an agent, who could be re-
moved at any moment? There can be no other foun- 
dation for such a supposition, than the voluntary and 
gratuitous declaration of Mr. Himes himself, that he 
considered the " Herald " the property of the cause, 
and that he was bound, as a steward of the Lord, to 
devote its income to the spread of the truth. But I 
am unable to see how any one else becomes possessed 
of a right to it from such a declaration. And the 
one who questions his right on such grounds, though 
he may prefer no claim of his own, is either unwil- 
ling to admit and award to others their just dues, or 
lacks that nice moral perception which is necessary 
to determine what is right and wrong. 
To return. The " Herald " was originated and 
published by Mr. Himes, and by no other. If any- 
body else had any share in its control, it was by vir- 
tue of his permission, and not by any inherent right 
another might possess. The terms on which the 
paper would be furnished to readers were fixed by 
him as he saw fit ; and by a compliance with these 
terms, any one was entitled to receive a copy, or a 
certain number of copies, of the paper—and no more. 
When these terms were not complied with, no one 
had a right or title to the paper. The whole arrange-
ment is simply one of business, where one party 
gives a specific sum, or complies with known condi-
tions, and receives in return what he bargains for.— 
Without this compliance, no one would have a right 
to receive a copy of the paper, much less be entitled 
to a joint ownership in the property itself. 
Does the " Herald," as a property, belong to " the 
cause," because some place in the hands of Mr. 
Himes funds to dispense for the spread of the truth? 
By no means. The money placed in his hands is 
either to be distributed, or its value in publications, 
issued from his office, or as may be specified. When 
this is done, his obligation ceases,—he has returned 
a full equivalent for the money put in his hands. If 
lie fails to comply with the wishes of the donors, he 
is dishonest, and may he arraigned for dishonesty ; 
but he cannot thus be deprived of his right to the 
property in the " Herald." 
The idea of any one, or more, claiming the " Her-
ald " as the property of " the cause," in the sense 
that some do, is absurd. Such persons, we may be 
assured, would never have subscribed for it, simply 
because it belonged to " the cause." And I should 
like to ask those who consider Mr. Himes merely an 
agent for the Advent body, if they would have been 
willing to be held responsible to discharge any of the 
debts contracted for the publication of the " Herald?" 
I fancy not. Nor do I think any one of them would 
have felt the least delicacy in stopping the paper 
when it ceased to benefit him, although he was, ac-
cording to his own notion, a joint proprietor. 
From what has been said, it must be evident, that 
the Advent body has no other claims on the "'Her- 
ald," than the cause of God has on the property of 
any Christian. Such a claim certainly exists. Such 
a claim Mr. Himes acknowledges, and, as I believe, 
satisfies ; and I envy not the spirit of the man who 
feels disposed to question his conduct in the matter, 
without sufficient grounds. 
If " the cause " had originated the " Herald," or 
acquired it by gift, or purchase, and placed Mr. 
Himes in his present position, as its agent, his right 
BRO. HIMES :—Our tent meetings in Canada have 
closed. The labors of Brn. Burnham and Berick 
have been very useful to the Advent cause. In my 
last, I closed with some account of our meeting in 
Waterloo. From there we went to Dunham. Here 
we had a good meeting on the whole. We found 
quite an amount of sectarian opposition. Some of 
the men in white cravats went around among their 
people, warning them against hearing us, as they 
know that if they only hear, many of them will be 
charmed with our views. The day before our meet-
ing closed, a Wesleyan preacher went a few miles 
out of the village, and said to the people, " The Mil-
lerite meeting is an entire failure, the attendance is 
TIIE ESSEX Co. CONFERENCE. 
The Conference met at I faverhill on Wednesday, 
July 10th, and chose Eld. H. Plummer, Moderator. 
The ministers present were, H. Plummer, J. V. 
Himes, L. Osier, J. Daniels, D. I. Robinson
' 
 A. 
Hale, J. Pearson, jr., W. Burnham, E. Crowell. 
After some free and pleasant conversation upon the 
wants of the Advent cause in Essex county and vi-
cinity, 
Voted, to hold a tent-meeting in the vicinity of 
Lynn, Mass., and that Brn. Osier, Daniels, Ravel, 
Pearson, and Crowell, be a committee to make ar-
rangements for said meeting, and give due notice of 
the precise time and place in the " Herald." 
Voted, that Brn. Plummer, W. Burnham, Web-
ster, Pearson, and Crowell, be a committee to make 
arrangements for a tent-meeting somewhere in the 
north part of Essex county, or in Rockingham coun-
ty, N. H. 
Brn. Osler and Himes, having been chosen a com-
mittee for that purpose, made the following report, 
which was adopted. 
Your committee are of the opinion, that the best 
and most efficient way of supplying destitute places, 
and of raising up new churches, will be, to appoint 
a committee of three faithful brethren, who shall 
canvass the field, and arrange to supply all places of 
promise, to the extent of their means, and report 
quarterly to the Conference. 
Voted, that Brn. L. Osler, J. V. Himes, and J. 
Pearson, jr., be the committee for the above purpose. 
Voted, that the Conference meet once in three 
months, at such particular times and places as the 
above committee may appoint. 
Bro. D. I. Robinson presented the following reso-
lutions, which were unanimously adopted. 
Resolved, that while we feel bound to " remember 
those who are in adversity as being ourselves in the 
body," we feel specially called to express our sym-
pathy with the Chardon-st. Church in Boston, with 
their present pastor, Bro. J. V. Himes, in their re-
cent severe trials ; and rejoice that they feel so de-
cided, united, and encouraged to sustain the church 
and society. We extend to them our sympathy and 
co-operation. 
Resolved, that having so many evidences of the use-
fulness of circulating our faith by publications, we 
would hereby recommend to our brethren, to make 
special effort to spread the truth by extensive and 
regular distribution (say monthly) of the best tracts 
in our possession on the Advent cause. 
On Thursday afternoon, after some free conversa-
tion upon matters pertaining to our mission, the Con-
ference adjourned. 
The meetings of worship which were held after-
noons and evenings, were pleasant and profitable.—
Preaching by Brn. Robinson, Osler, and Pearson. 
E. CROWELL, Sec'y. 
Portsmouth (N: H.), July 12th, 1850. 
i,The Great Fire in Philadelphia. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES,—Our city has been visited, as 
you have no doubt learned, ere this, with a terrible 
calamity, one of God's sore judgments with which 
he scourges the guilty. The scene presented on 
Tuesday afternoon and evening was sublime and 
awful beyond description, and almost conception. 
The fury of the devouring element was terrific ; from 
the moment of the explosion it overleaped all bar-
riers and made its way with a rapidity truly surpris-
ing. Large sticks of timber flew in every direction, 
and coming down pierced the roofs of houses, and 
standing up burned like a candle, and fired the dwell-
ings wherever they fell. Some were quenched, but 
many more produced their dreadful result. Several 
persons were found headless, or without limbs; 
others singed and crisped till they seemed completely 
shrivelled and dried up, so that they could not be 
" Till o'er our ransomed nature, 
The Lamb for sinners slain, 
Redeemer, King, Creator, 
In bliss returns to reign." 
Worcester, Mass. 
A. MERRILL. 
LETTER FROM Dr. HUTCHINSON. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
i90 
recognized by their nearest friends. Some were 
thrown, and others rushed into the Delaware. The 
bruises, wounds, and deaths, will never be known. 
The scene of consternation which followed the explo-
sion was indescribable. You may imagine some 15,-
000 persons who were in the adjacent streets, exposed 
to the descending missiles, making one fearful and uni-
versal rush in every direction to escape instant death, 
which they saw suspended over their heads ; tram-
pling on the fallen and wounded who lay prostrate 
and helpless in their pathway. To reason, or act 
rationally, at such a moment, was out of the ques-
tion. The countenance of the mass was the picture 
of despair, while for several squares they fled in 
wild disorder to escape instant destruction. 
But over and above all this ruin, there is one who 
reigns supreme, and holds not only the elements under 
his control, but directs and gives charge to his angels 
concerning his people. There were many cases of 
wonderful and seemingly miraculous deliverance of 
from death. 
How forcibly such a scene reminds us of this great 
day of the wrath of the Lamb, when in consternation, 
amidst falling stars, a darkened heavens, and convulsed 
earth, great and small, free and bond, noble and ig-
noble, shall flee to hide themselves in dens and 
rocks. But there will then be no escape ; for it will 
be true that " The great day of his wrath is come, 
and who shall be able to stand !" " But his people 
shall have a place of refuge." How blessed to feel 
an assurance that such a refuge is ours against that 
day. Yours, in hope, J. LITCH. 
Philadelphia, July 12, 1850. 
William Johnston. 
This brother has been misrepresented and injured 
by certain brethren in Canada. He has sought re-
dress, and the churches named below, have exoner-
ated him. A long letter, in which all the facts are 
contained, from which the extract below is taken, 
was sent to the Her., where the charges were first 
published ; but acceptance was declined. They have 
now sent it to us ; and we give the following extract, 
in justice to Bro. JOHNSTON, and the Advent church-
es in Canada, therein named. 
We, lovers of Bible Adventism, in representing 
the minds of the Advent people at Matilda and Moun-
tain, and as below stated, concerning Bro. Johnston, 
as represented in the " Har." of Dec. 8th, '49, and 23d 
of March last, do sincerely regret that a spirit mani-
festing itself in accusing, concerning questions not 
immediately embraced in the Advent faith, and much 
tending to injure the cause in this neighborhood, has 
made it necessary for us to concur in the propriety of 
the foregoing remarks, as expressive of our views of 
the case between the " Har." and Bro. Johnston. We 
also regret to have to say, in doing Bro. Johnston the 
duty we owe to him, that P. Hough and E. B. White 
have much misrepsented us, in making us to say, that 
Bro. Johnston's " labors are attended with no benefit 
to the Advent cause." The reverse of this is our 
" united cry." Bro. Johnston has been laboring 
faithfully fir the Advent cause, in this vicinity, for 
several years, to general acceptance. For it he has 
sacrificed much, and from us received nothing towards 
supporting his expenses. Our accusing without his 
fault, in return for his labor of love, would be our SIN. 
We hope the " liar." will, therefore, redeem us from 
this and other imputations, equally unbecoming us, 
by giving this, with the foregoing letter, a place in its 
columns. (Signed, for the Advent churches as be-
low.) 
Robt. Caldwell, Math. Hartle, Jas. Coons, Wm. 
Hutcheson, David Coons, John Briggs, John Cum-
mings, Jas. English and families — Matilda. 
John Johnston, N. Johnston, Thos. Johnston, Robt. 
Corrigan, 0. Johnston, Robt. Gui, John Garsey —
Mountain. 
The church at Edwardsburg does not allow herself 
to be represented by either A. Wilson, F. Wright, 
or S. Buck—G. Dillabough has no residence there—
J. Elcock, E. Elcock, Mrs. Wilson, L. Adams. J. 
Cox, S. Cox. J. Watts, S. Watts, Sam]. Halfpeney, 
represent the church at Montague, as joining in the 
sentiments above expressed. 
Mary Boulton, J. Meech, S. Meech, Wm. Boyle, 
Danl. Mosier, at Oxford, express the same. 
R. McClain, J. Greeg, P. Morrison, E. Edwards, 
Jas. Morrow, J. Acton, J. Kenedy—Keinpville. 
Danl. Nicholason, E. Thompson, Math. WCallum, 
S. Paterson, R. Breckinege, Robt. Harris—Rideau. 
Christh. Philips, J. Doyle, D. Magee, J. Cuningham, 
J. Candy, W. Merritt, J. Sutton, Robt. Garsett, J. 
Niched, H. Welton—representing the Advent church 
at Woolford—are indignant at the insult put on them 
by representing them as at issue with the " Herald," 
arid in the " united cry." 
Jas. McBratney, S. Stafford, J. Bratney, G. Atchi-
son, Jas. Stacy, J. Walker, J. Barnard, S. Barnard, at 
Elizabethtown, of the Advent church, are ashamed of 
that they are made to say of me, and ask " why P. 
Hough and E. B. White will lie ?" (Signed) 
M. WCALLUM, JNO. BARNARD. 
P. S. The abovesigned believe, from the " Har.'s " 
readiness to " open its columns to the just complaints 
of its Canada brethren," as expressed in the " 
of April 20th, that it will be candid enough to se e 
matter right between them, Wm. Johnston, F. Wright, 
P. Hough, and the " Herald," by inserting the pre-
fixed letter. The matter will then be " set right," 
according to our judgment. 
The Second Advent Church of Philadelphia, to Bro. 
J. V. Hines :— 
DEAR BROTHER :—We feel bound by the apostolic 
injunction, " Bear ye one another's burdens, and so 
fulfil the law of Christ," to express to you our deep 
and heartfelt sympathy in view of your recent fiery 
trial. We can but regard the course pursued by 
your accusers as most unchristian and ungenerous ; 
unchristian, in neglecting to take the gospel steps, 
before presenting charges to the church ; and ungen-
erous, in refusing when called upon to inform you of 
the things, and their authors, of which, and by whom, 
you stood accused ; and also in refusing to prosecute 
the charges when presented, so as to give the accused 
the opportunity of clearing himself. We do hereby 
express our most unqualified disapprobation of the 
dark jesuitical proceedings. 
The resolutions of the churches at Albany and 
Buffalo fully express our views and sentiments in 
reference to your connection with and conducting of 
the Advent publication office. We are persuaded 
that the best course which could have been taken in 
reference to our publications has been adopted, by 
making the office your personal property ; and so far 
as we have any interest in it, we earnestly wish it to 
remain, as it has done, and still does, in your hands, 
to be conducted on the same principles as heretofore. 
And while it continues thus, we pledge our hearty 
co-operation and support. 
The foregoing was unanimously adopted by the 
Church, and ordered to be forwarded to Bro. limes, 
as a token of sympathy and confidence. 
(In behalf of the Church.) 
F. SCHMEDING, Chairman. 
J. M. BARSTON, Secretary. 
Philadelphia, July 7th, 1850. 
Extracts from Letters. 
Bro. GEORGE SUTTON writes from Manayunk 
(Pa.), July 4th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. RIMES : — As this is the day of our 
national independence, and of course is and ought to 
be highly esteened, as such, yet I esteem a freedom 
from the slavery of sin and the world more. I love 
the " Herald," and would not be without it on any 
reasonable terms. It is too highly prized by me for 
me to make no sacrifice to obtain it. Yet I think I 
have seen it stated that some receive it gratis, and 
pay for other papers. Are such worthy of your 
liberality ? I think not. I think it will do no good 
to such. There is not one who receives and pays for 
the " Herald," but amply receives the worth of his 
money. Why should any think they are doing much 
for it by simply paying $2 a year, when they receive 
its worth, with interest. For my own part, I am a 
debtor to the " Herald," to its proprietor, and to its 
editors. I would that I could do something more to 
sustain it. I hope I shall be able to do something 
yet, for I consider he does nothing who pays two 
dollars per year, and receives the worth of ten, yea, 
and much more. 
Bro. ISAAC HYATT writes from Waterloo (C. E.), 
June 6th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BROTHER :—After due respects to you and 
family, I would simply remark, that the virulent and 
underhanded attempts to injure your character and 
public influence, have resulted in an entire failure.—
Thank God, that he never forsakes a righteous man. 
Let your trust be more than ever in him. With re-
gard to the character, spirit, and course the " Her-
ald " has taken, from the first to the present day, it 
has always had my hearty approval ; and although, 
like your Master, you have been wounded in the 
house of your friends, yet be it known, dear brother, 
that you have many staunch friends in Canada, whose 
prayers are for your peace and endless salvation. 
Sister E. D. AUSTIN writes from Porter (N. Y.), 
July 11th, 1850:— 
DEAR BRO. MIMES : — If ever the time was that I 
felt that I was a weary traveller here, since the death 
of my dear husband, it is now, although the Lord has 
been present in every time of trouble, and I have been 
enabled to rejoice in view of the glorious hope of soon 
being re-united with those dear and loved ones, and, 
above all, the dear Saviour. Still, I am alone as to 
any of like precious faith. There is none near. It 
is very seldom that I have an opportunity of meeting 
with those who are looking for the Lord from heaven. 
If ever I prized the " Herald," I do now. It cheers 
my drooping, crushed spirits, while I highly approve 
 
its course. It seems as if 1 cannot do without it, 
while I can do anything to aid it. And now, in much 
sorrow and tribulation, I ask the prayers of all my 
dear brethren and sisters for me and my children. 
Bro. E. CHURCH writes from Lake Zurich (Ill.), 
July 2d, 1850 :— 
BRO. RIMES :—I am about leaving my place of resi-
dence (Flint Creek, Lake Co., Ill.), and having been 
a reader of your paper,—it having, by your kindness, 
been sent to me for the past two years,-1 could not 
but embrace this opportunity not only of thanking you, 
but of expressing the warmest approbation of the 
cause in which you are engaged, and the able manner 
in which your paper has been conducted. It has been 
to me truly a spiritual help in time of much need. I 
rejoice in saying that its influence has been felt for 
good in the circle of my acquaintance. The lady in 
the family where I have boarded for the last year, has 
been hopefully converted, mainly through its influ-
ence, and she is now rejoicing in the hope of a risen 
Saviour, whom she confidently expects will come 
again, in like manner as he went. 
I have spent what time I could consistently in 
preaching, and endeavoring to propagate the truth as 
it is in Jesus. I have found strong and continued op-
position, mainly among the Methodists. I am now 
resolved to give myself up more fully and unreserv-
edly to the work, and this is the cause of my change 
of location at the present time. I shall leave soon fair 
the State of Ohio, where, if I find my sphere, I will 
try to fill it in that region. Wherever I go, I will 
write to you from my stopping place. I am, dear 
brother, yours faithfully. 
Dear brother, our free list is very large ; but still 
we send to those you request. We hope you may do 
something for us in the way of obtaining paying sub-
scribers.—En. 
Bro. T. HARLEY writes from Newcastle (Me.), 
July 3d, 1850 :— 
BRO. RIMES : —I would send you a word of en-
couragement, but I can do no better than to quote the 
words of the apostle : " Blessed be the God and Fa-
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to 
his abundant mercy, bath begotten us again unto a 
lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 
the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and unde-
filed, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven 
for you, who are kept by the power of God through 
faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in tire last 
time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for 
a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through 
manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, 
being much more precious than of gold that perish-
eth, though it lie tried with fire, might be found unto 
praise, and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Je-
sus Christ." I pray that this may be our case at 
last, when our trials are over. 
Sister E. P. LUM writes from Seneca Falls (N. 
Y.), July 1st, 1850:— 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : —I hope your present trials 
may be sanctified to your eternal good. The Lord 
deliver you out of the hands of all your enemies, and 
sanctify you, soul, body, and spirit, and preserve you 
blameless unto his coming, is my prayer. Consider 
Him who endured such contradiction of sinners 
against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your 
mind. The servant is not above his master. If envy, 
malice, and hatred, were heaped upon the Master by 
his enemies and professed friends, what more can the 
servant expect? And He has told us that it is through 
much tribulation that we must enter the kingdom. I 
have passed through severe trials and afflictions of 
late, in being called to part with both of my dear 
parents. 
Sister C. E. DAVIS writes from Ashburnham 
(Mass.), July 4th, 1850 :— 
DEAR BRO. IIIMES :—We are striving to hold fast 
the profession of our faith without wavering, believ-
ing he is faithful that promised, and that it will be 
but a little while ere our eyes shall behold the King 
in his beauty. We feel truly grateful for your kind-
ness in sending us the " Herald." It is all the Ad-
vent preaching we have, and we should not know 
how to do without it. 
Bro. J. C. MARTYR writes from Rehoboth, July 
7th, 1850 :— 
BRO. HIVES :—I hope you will not be discouraged 
in your good work. I believe you'are doing God's 
service, and advocating the faith once delivered to 
the saints. I would not dispense with your paper on 
any account, if I had a home ; but it is with me as it 
was with our blessed Saviour. 
Bro.
0:— BENJ. WEBB writes from Canton, July 4th, 
185 
DEAR BRO. RIMES :—I would say a little about the 
cause here. The Lord has raised up a little band of 
believers in the speedy coming of our blessed Lord, 
who, though called to pass through tribulation, yet 
stand firm in the present truth. Bro. Wyman is yet 
with us, and his labors are blessed more especially at 
Depeyster. Two were converted last week there. I 
would say, too, that the Advent brethren are on the 
gain in all these parts, and the " Macedonian cry " 
Is heard all around us. Pray for us, dear brother. 
You have our prayers. May your course be still 
consistent and straight-forward, and may God sustain 
you in all your trials, is my prayer. Bro. Ghoslin 
was with us on the 14th of June, and held a confer-
ence meeting, which lasted over the Sabbath. The 
good Lord was with us, to own and bless his truth. 
Dr. E. S. LOOMIS writes from Perry's Mills (N. 
Y.), July 10th, 1850 : — 
DEAR BRO. HIMES : —I have not time to say what 
we think about the proceedings at Boston respecting 
the management of the " Herald," &c., but would 
just say that when we are dissatisfied with the pres-
ent editors, and want the assistance of those good 
brethren who seem willing to take their places, we 
will let them know it. 
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ENDURANCE. 
Were the lonely acorn never bound 
In the rude, cold grasp of the rotting ground ; 
Did the rigid frost never harden up 
The mould above its bursting cup; 
Were it never soak'd in the rain and hail, 
Or chill'd by the breath of the wintry gale, 
It would not sprout in the sunshine free, 
Or give the promise of a tree; 
It would riot spread to the summer air 
Its lengthening boughs and branches fair, 
To form a bower, where, in starry nights, 
Young Love might dream unknown delights ; 
Or stand in the woods amongst its peers, 
Fed by the dews of a thousand years. 
Were never the dull, unseemly ore, 
Dragg'd from the depths where it slept of yore ; 
Were it never cast into searching flame, 
To be purged of impunity and shame ; 
Were it never molten 'mid burning brands, 
Or bruis'd and beaten by stalwart hands, 
It would never be known as a thing of worth ; 
It would never emerge to a nobler birth ; 
It would never be form'd into mystic rings, 
To fetter Love's erratic wings ; 
It would never shine amid priceless gems, 
Or the girth of imperial diadems ; 
Nor become to the world a power and a pride, 
Cherish'd, ador'd, and deified. 
So, thou, 0 man of a noble soul, 
Starting in view of a glorious goal, 
Wert thou never exposed to the blasts forlorn— 
The storms of sorrow—the sleets of scorn ; 
Wert thou never refined in pitiless fire, 
From the dross of thy sloth and mean desire— 
Wert thou never taught to feel and know 
That the truest love has its roots in woe, 
Thou wouldst never unriddle the complex plan, 
Or reach half way to the perfect man ; 
Thou wouldst never attain the tranquil height 
Where wisdom purifies the sight, 
And God unfolds to the humblest gaze 
The bliss and beauty of His ways. C. Mackay. 
RELIGIOUS PRIDE. 
Shun pride, 0 ! Whatever else beside 
You take in lieu, shun spiritual pride ! 
A pride there is of rank, a pride of birth, 
A pride of learning, and a pride of purse; 
But of all prides, since Lucifer's attaint, 
The proudest swells a self-elected saint ! 
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Edding ton, Me.—Thos. Smith. 
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several has already been announced. 
TUREEY.—The insurrection in Bulgaria is said to be 
spreading, and the neighboring districts are reportnd to be in 
open insurrection. The insurgents were marching. on the 
" fort of Belgradcieza," which some reports represented as 
being already in their hands, with its vast munitions of war. 
These reports are entirely without date, and may only be a 
repetition of what we have already had respecting this in-
surrection. 
SPAIN.—The Spanish Government, it is reported, has 
addressed a warm remonstrance to the American Government 
respecting the Cuba business. Advices from Cuba and from 
Washington will probably moderate the excitement of Gen. 
NA RVAEZ and his associates. A warm discussion on the 
subject is said to have engaged that gentleman and the 
American Minister. 
ITALY.—The position of Rome is still most unsatisfactory. 
A congress of Cardinals has been named to discuss the af-
fairs of the country, and it is said that the police have been 
placed under the Austrian military authority. 
At Naples a frightful accident occurred on the 18th of 
June. A part of the Grenalis, an immense edifice, used as a 
barrack for troops, gave way and fell, overwhelming 400 or 
500 persons in the ruins. 
FROM THE EAST.—Advices from Bombay to the 25th of 
May, state, that at Benares upward of one thousand persons 
have lost their lives by the explosion of a magazine boat, 
loaded with three thousand barrels of gunpowder. A whole 
fleet of thirty boats were destroyed, and immense damage 
was also done to the town, near which the explosion took 
place. 
Foreign Miscellany. 
While the Supreme Court of Denmark was sitting, on the 
11th of June, at Copenhagen, a violent wind suddenly forced 
open a large window just behind the President, M. DE Lou z-
LOW. He hastened to shut it, but just as he touched it he 
made a false step, lost his balance, and fell to the pavement 
below. He was conveyed to his residence with his skull 
fractured. He was 62 years of age. 
An individual in Paris is said to have succeeded in melting 
charcoal, which up to the present time chemists have con-
sidered an impossibility. As the result of this discovery, he 
has produced a tolerably sized diamond of great lustre, of the 
quality known as the black diamond, a specimen of which 
was once sold to the Duke of York for £12,000. 
ABD-EL-KADER, who so long and valiantly resisted the 
French arms in Algeria, and who has for several years been 
held prisoner in France, contrary to the pledge given him 
when he surrendered himself, that he should be allowed to 
retire into Egypt, is lying dangerously ill. 
A dreadful accident occurred near Melun, on the railroad 
from Paris to Lyons. A lady, the daughter-in-law of Baron 
ST. JAMES, travelling in the coupe of the diligence, was 
burnt to death before assistance could arrive. The cause is 
attributed to some lucifer matches that had been left in the 
carriage. 
All the fortresses in Russian Poland are being inspected by 
the head of the Engineer department of the active army, 
and where required, repaired and put in a state of defence. 
It is announced by the " Austrian Lloyds " of Vienna, that 
a company of English capitalists has offered to the Ottoman 
Government to construct railways from Constantinople to the 
sea and to Salonica. 
A clergyman at Dorchester, England, one of " the straitest 
sect " of the Puseyite party, recently refused to accord the 
rites of burial, prescribed by the Established Church, to a 
female child, eleven months old, that had not been baptized, 
except on the condition, that the interment should take place 
at ten o'clock at night, without mourners, with the intima-
tion, that if any of the child's friends attempted to follow, 
the gates would be closed against them. The ceremony ac-
cordingly took place at the hour named, amidst cries of 
" Shame !" and expressions of disgust from those who wit-
nessed the interment. 
At a seizure of stock by the sheriff, at Caherhue, Ireland, 
under an execution, the sheriff and police acting under him 
were attacked by the country people, and driven into a sand-
pit, where they were detained until the stock was removed. 
We recently spoke of the bankruptcy of an English gentle-
man named DEL AFIELD, which afforded an example of 
reckless squandering of money rarely equalled. This young 
man became of age in 1845, receiving property, bequeathed 
by an uncle, which, with its accumulations, amounted to up-
wards of £100,000, or half a million of dollars ! Besides 
this, he was entitled to a reversionary interest in £6000 un-
der his father's will. On attaining his majority, he was ad-
mitted a partner in a brewery, and by investing his capital 
in the concern, received interest upon it at the rate of 5 per 
cent., together with his share of the profits, £2,500 per an-
num. In the commencement of 1846, he was in possession 
of a fortune, well secured, of £7,500 a year. By the end of 
1848 he was a beggar ! and this not from any untoward busi-
ness transaction, such as the most prudent business men often 
encounter, but from sheer extravagance and folly. 
The following is not a very flattering feature in the condi-
tion of the people of Scotland. A public meeting was re-
cently held in Edinburgh, for the purpose of forming an asso-
ciation for suppressing drunkenness. One of tile speakers, 
after stating that Scotland was the most drunken nation in 
Europe, that, in proportion she consumed twice as much spi-
rits as was consumed in Ireland, said, that Scotland, with a 
population of under 3,000,000, consumed annually 6,935,000 
gallons of spirits. In the city of Edinburgh alone, on the 
Sabbaths, the consumption of spirits amount to 1100,000 ! 
The Sheriff of Glasgow, who was present, said, that no for-
mer period in the annals of mankind could compare with the 
progress in serious crimes that Glasgow had made, during the 
last thirty years. He said that city, with a population of 
about 380,000, consumed spirits to the value of no less than 
£1,200,000—or 36 bottles of whiskey to every individual, in- 
cluding the infant at the breast ! and that the jail was con-
tinually kept filled with from seven to eight hundred prisoners. 
Allowing that one half of the population, consisting of fe-
males and young children, does not consume any whiskey—it 
will leave 72 gallons to each of the remaining half, or more 
than a pint and a half a day ! 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JULY 20, 1850. 
Office Business. 
One more number will complete the present volume of the 
Herald. Those of our subscribers who owe for two or more 
volumes,—of whom there are a considerable number,—would 
greatly oblige us by a speedy remittance. There are heavy 
bills outstanding against us, which we must shortly meet. If 
those of our patrons who are in arrears, would make a slight 
effort, they would greatly relieve us. 
By a glance at our receipts for some time past, our friends 
will see that they are very light—being wholly insufficient to 
meet our current and necessary expenses. The efforts of our 
enemies are increasing in virulence, and seriously impede us. 
We hope our friends will respond immediately; we cannot go 
on unless they do so. 
Foreign News. 
The British steamship Hibernia arrived at Boston on Fri-
day last, with intelligence from Europe one week later than 
last advices. 
The new American steamship Atlantic, on her second trip 
from New York to Liverpool, made the passage in ten days 
and ten hours. During the last six days of her voyage, 
sloe accomplished a greater distance than any other steamer 
afloat. On the 24th, with a head wind, she run 319 miles in 
twenty-four hours. She was advertised to leave on the 10th 
inst., and will contest the race with the new British steam-
ship Asia, which was to leave for Boston on the 13th. 
ENGLAND.—The chief feature of the news of the week 
was the debate in the House of Commons relative to the 
policy of Ministers on the Greek question, and the commit- 
tal of an assault upon the Queen by a man named PATE, 
formerly an officer in the 10th dragoons. The offence was 
committed in the following manner :—About 6 o'clock in the 
evening of the 4th inst., her Majesty was leaving Cambridge 
House, in company with Prince ALBERT, when, from 
amongst the crowd assembled to witness her departure, a 
man walked out with a small cane in his hand—not larger 
than a pipe-stem—and struck her on the head and face re-
peatedly ; the blows, however, effected no other damage 
than the demolition of the Queen's bonnet. The man was 
taken into custody, and on being examined, appeared to be 
sane. No reason for the assault is stated. 
On the night of the 24th ult., a very exciting debate occur-
red on the motion relative to the course Ministers have pur-
sued in the Greek difficulty. A very able and stirring debate 
was kept up until the night of the 28th, when a division of 
the House showed a majority of 46 in favor of Ministers. 
There were 574 members present. This vote is said not to 
be a fair index of the state of public feeling, as the deepest 
intrigues are on foot to compel the present Ministry to re-
sign. Lord PALMERSTON'S speech, in vindication of his 
conduct, is said to have been especially brilliant. He spoke 
from the dark of one day to the dawn of another, and made 
a gigantic intellectual and physical effort. 
FRANCE.—The bill for the increase of the President's 
salary was finally voted on the 23d ult. The measure was 
carried by a majority of 46. The Government looks upon 
the carrying of this bill as a great victory, and the friends of 
order were congratulating themselves on the feeling displayed. 
Gen. LAHITTE announced to the Assembly the conclusion 
of the favorable negotiations with England respecting the 
Greek affair. He said the Government of the Republic hopes 
that it will be evident to all, that from the first to the last act 
of that long negotiation its conduct was only inspired by the 
sentiment of national dignity, by a spirit of conciliation, and 
a desire of maintaining general peace. This communication 
was received with loud applause on the right. 
The Debats states, that the health of Lours PHILIPPE 
continues to improve. 
Another secret society has been discovered in Paris. 
Twenty-seven persons were arrested, all of whom were dis-
charged June insurgents. Several persons have also been 
arrested in the provinces, for being connected with similar 
societies. 
The President had given a grand dinner to the Marquis and 
Marchioness of NORMANBY and the diplomatic corps, as 
evidence that amicable relations were entirely restored be-
tween the English and the French Governments. 
GERMANY.—The Erfurt Parliament is to meet in August. 
The intention of erecting a third German Union has been 
formally avowed by the Government of Hanover. It is the 
plan of a North Germany, to be formed of Hanover, Olden-
burgh, and the free cities of those smaller states that are 
naturally allied to Hanover. The principle of the alliance is 
that of free trade. The movement of the South German 
manufacturers in favor of high protective duties, sanctioned 
by the Prussian Minister of Commerce, has induced Hano-
ver to announce this third league. 
PRussis.—There has been a change in the Austrian rep-
resentation at Berlin, and rumors have arisen of new disputes 
between Austria and Prussia. 
The Prussian Zeitung is mentioned among the presses 
seized by the Government. Being a Royalist and anti-revo-
lutionary journal, its confiscation excites especial remark.—
The war upon the press is carried on with vigor. 
M. HASTENDEG, Chief Minister of Hesse Cassel, has 
been found guilty of embezzling the public funds. Another 
account says he has been convicted of forgery. 
AUSTRIA. — It is expected that the Emperor will be 
crowned in July, when, it is said, a general amnesty will be 
given to all state prisoners, or political offenders. The Pesth 
Zeitung says that all the officers who, before the revolution, 
had quitted the Imperial service and enlisted under the ban- 
ner of Hungary, and who were afterwards condemned for 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
This paper having now been published since March, 1840, the ten 
years of its past existence are a sufficient guaranty of its future 
course, viihile it may be needed as a chronicler of the signs of the 
times, and an exponent of prophecy 
The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
age in which we live—The near approach of the Fifth Universal 
Monarchy ; in which the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark the present time ; 
and to hold imp before all men a faithful and affectionate warning to 
flee from the wrath to come. 
The course we have marked out for the future, is to give in the 
columns of the Herald-1. The best thoughts from the pens of origi- 
nal writers, illustrative of the prophecies. 2. Judicious selections 
from the-best authors extant, of an instructive and practical nature. 
3. A well selected summary of foreign and domestic intelligence, 
and 4. A department for correspondents, where, from the familiar 
letters of those who have the good of the cause at heart, we may 
learn the state of its prosperity in different sections of the country. 
The principles prominently presented, will be those unanimously 
adopted by the " Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held at 
Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845 ; and which are in brief— 
The Regeneration of this earth by Fire, and its Restoration to 
its Eden beauty. 
The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
Millennium. 
His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints, at the Advent. 
The Destruction of the Living Wicked from the Earth at that 
event, and their confinement under chains of darkness till the Sec-
ond Resurrection. 
Their Resurrection and Judgment, at the end of the Millen-
nium, and consignment to everlasting punishment. 
The bestowment of Immortality, (in the Scriptural, and not 
the secular use of this word,) through CHRIST, at the Resurrection. 
The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
We are living in the space of time between the sixth and sev 
enth trumpets, denominated by the angel 
QUICKLY :" "The sec-
ond woe is past ; and behold the third ivoe cometh quiekly"—Rev. 
11:14—the time in which we may look for the crowning consumma-
tion of the prophetic declarations. 
These views we propose to sustain by the harmony and letter of 
the inspired Word, the faith of the primitive church, the fulfilment 
of prophecy in history, and the aspects of the future. We shall en-
deavor, by the Divine help, to present evidence, and answer objec-
tions, and meet the difficulties of candid inquiry, in a manner becom-
ing the questions we discuss ; and so as to approve ourselves to 
every man's conscience in the sight of Gon. 
These are great practical questions. If indeed the Kingdom of 
Grin is at hand, it becometh all Christians to make efforts for re- 
newed exertions, during the little time allotted them for labor in the 
Master's service It becometh them also to examine the Scriptures 
of truth, to see if these things are so. 'What saith the Scriptures ? 
Let them speak ; and let us reverently listen to their enunciations. 
SUMMARY. 
first covered with sand and pebbles, like, the bottom of the lake, but 
the waves have dashed over it since, and washed it down to a black 
clay. The water was about five feet deep where the island was 
formed, and a boat had passed over the very spot not Ian minutes 
before its formation. A few rods from the beach, back on the rise 
of ground, a great depression of the earth took plane, as remarkable 
as the upheaving in the water. A circular spot of ground, some fifty 
rods in circumference, covered with trees, was suddenly sunk down 
to the depth of twenty feet beloW the surface. No agitation of the 
earth, or shock or noise, took place, and the cause must have been 
much less powerful than the internal convulsions of the earth which 
usually accompany such phenomena. 
— Gerritt Smith, of Peterboro', N. Y., recently distributed $30,000 
in cash, and 5(10 farms, to 1000 poor, landless, but temperate white 
persons in that State. 
The Washington Monument is now over sixty-four feet in 
height. 
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have declared their first 
dividend—fifty per cent! 
— On the 4th, the Hudson River Railroad brought clown a train of 
twenty-three large cars, containing 1750 passengers. The train was 
half a mile hi length. 
— Last week, there were 277 deaths in Philadelphia, of which 200 
were children. 
— Mr. Abraham Tourtellot was killed at Clarksville, Ct., by lis,ht-
ping, during the severe storm of last Friday night. lie was in bed at 
the time. Two ladies in another part of the house were knocked 
down by the electricity, bet were not seriously injured. 
— A slave woman was accidentally left by the cars at New Haven, 
and followed the railroad track on foot to Springfield to rejoin her 
mistress, sleeping in the bushes two eights on the journey. 
— Benjamin Cross, of East Haverhill, 45 years old, unmarried, 
was drowned in the Merrimac. 
Eli Burt, of Chicopee, has been held to bait to answer for turn-
ing his cows on to the Connecticut River Railroad track to feed.—
The penalty is $100 for every animal. 
Rev. Edward L. Parker, of Londonderry, N. H., dropped dead 
in the street there on Sunday, after preaching three times during 
the day. 
— William Perkins has been arrested in North Danvers for burn-
ing the church, and has confessed that he did it for sport. 
A man by the name of Knowlton, residing on Winter Hill, 
Somerville, was bitten by a small dog about three weeks since, 
sod was soon after attacked with violent paroxysms of hydrophobia. 
While the tits were upon him, it required the united strength ol flee 
men to hold him. He has been attended by Dr. Bartlett, of Charles-
town Neck, under whose judicious treatment, we are happy to say, 
the patient is in a fair way of recovery. 
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Christian Parlor Magazine.—We have received the July weber 
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APPOINTMENTS, &c. 
As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednesday, appoint. 
meets must be received, at the latest, by Tuesday evening ; others 
wise, they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
Bro. F. H. Bench will preach at Westford, Sabbath, 21st ; Lake 
Village, Sabbath, 28th ; Poland, Me., first Sabbath in August ; Rich-
mond, the second. 
Bro. Win. M. Dighton will preach at Randolph, Mass., Friday, 
at 51 P M, where the brethren may appoint ; North Abing-
ton, Sunday, 4th (would like to have the church meet for a church 
conference on the day previous, at 4 e vi) ; Lowell, Tuesday even-
ing, 6th. 
Bro. Hale may be expected ttr preach at Haverhill on Sunday, the 
21st (to-morrow), and at Lawrence the Lord's-day following. 
Bro. S. W. 13isho_p will preach in Pownal, Vt., July 25th, evening ; 
Union Village, N. Y., 2utli, do ; Hebron, Sunday, zadi ; Whiehain, 
Vt., Sunday, Aug. 4th. 
Bro. Morley may be expected to preach in Marlboro' (at the house 
of Bro. Goodnow) on Sunday, July 28th. 
Bro. J. Lenfest will preach at Hope, R. I., the la. s
st Sunday fn 
July. 
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A camp-meeting will be held at Wilbraham, to commence Mon-
day, Aug. 19th, and probably continue over the Sabbath. As this is 
designed as a central and general meeting, it is hoped that all that 
can will come with their tents, Red labor Mr the salvation of others. 
There is a disposition in sonic to relax their eflbrts to save souls. 
As faithful men, we must labor, or God will put those in our places 
who will. Conic, brethren, let us make a sifted effort and sacrifice 
to gain the blessing, and the return of God's free Spirit, as in former 
days, when all were willing to work together. This meeting is de-
signed to benefit those that feel the need of a deeper work of grace 
in themselves. We want exercise, that there may be a free ciicola-
tion of blood, which has become stagnant, through the body. You 
all know this, brethren. Come, then, to the meeting, which will be 
held on the old spot. Stop at the North Wilbraham depot. Board 
and all other necessary accommodations will be provided. 
The fidlowing brethren have been appointed to act as a commit-
tee :—W alter Pratt, D. E. Moulton, T. 111. Cole. 
HIRAM MUNGER. 
 
Bro. I. E. Jones will preach as follows :—ln Providence, R. I., 
Sabbath, July 21st ; Boston evenings of 24th and 25th ; Lowell, Sab-
bath, 28th ; Manchester, N.11., Tuesday evening, 30th ; Concord, 
evening of 31st; Pittsfield, Aug. 1st ; South Alton, or New Durham 
Ridge, (as the friends may appoint,) Sabbath, Aug. 4th ; Haverhill, 
Mass., 6th ; Lawrence, 7th Lsalem, full; Brooklyn, N. Y., Sabbath, 
11th. Will Bro. D. Churchill accompany me to New Hampshire ? 
If there should be any inconvenience in the time of any of the 
above appointments, will the friends please inform me ? 
I. E. JONES, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
BRO. HneEs :—Allow me to say, for the information of friends in 
this vicinity, that I expect to preach regularly, each alternate Sab-
bath, at Northboro', for several months to come. The first Sunday 
iu J will be my next regular appointment. 
3°. V.Lyon 
 
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BUTLER 
 will speak to the friends in Chicopee, Mass., 
MORLEY. 
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Sab-
bath, July 14th ; he will hold a grove meeting in Chaplia, Ct. (near 
Lyon's mills), Sabbath, 21st, commencing at 10 A M ; he will preach 
at Square Pond Sunday, 26th, at 10 A M. 
Bro. L. Kimball will preach in Waterbury, Vt., Sunday, July 2801 ; 
Morrisville, Friday, Aug. 2d, at 5 1. M ; Johnson, Sunday, 4th ; Wa-
terbury, Sunday, 11th. 
Bro. N. Hervey will preach in Hartford, Ct., the third and fourth 
Sabbaths in July. 
Receipts for the Week ending July 17. 
The No. appended to each name below, is the No. of the Herald to 
which the money credited pays. till comparing it with the 
Present No. of the Herald, the sender will see kow jar he is in 
advance, or how far in arrears. 
J. Lyon, 534 t • Dr. J. Barber, 508 ; A. M. Stone, 508 ; A. Crockett, 
491 ; Dantorth, 508 ; J. Hyde, 4821 D. Beebe, 508 ; L. Conkey, 452 ; 
S. Payne, 488 ; E. S. Loomis, 469 ; N. Barton, 482 ; S. Jackson, 2,08 ; 
A. Grnver, 482 LJ. Hettington, 508 S. K. Partridge, 50s ; J. B. 
Spaulding, '482 ; Z. A. Curtiss, 482 ; J. Yardley, 492 ; H. Patch, 456— 
4.5itia;i1be: Smith, 4$821.; B. Barrett, 482 ; Ho kin- 
so 
 508— 
n, 
.d lute s; 117.4E, 
son, 508 ; R. Green, 503 ; C. Parker, 482 ; T. W. Merrill, 495 ; K. D. 
Austin, 539 ; A. Tilton, 508 ; M. Tewksbury, 508 ; H. Parmelee, 544 
—each $2. 
C. Aldrich (and C. H. to No. 48), 525—$3-1. C. Wellcome, on 
acc't—se—F. H. Berick, 456—$1 50—E. S. Eastman, 495-50 ets. 
— On Wednesday night, the 10th inst., the steamer New Haven 
run down a small row-boat off the foot of Troy street, New York, 
in which were six men, two of whom were drowned. Their names 
were Jacob and David Banter, brothers. One of the crew had an 
arm broken. 
— A young man, named John Walker, employed in the state to-
bacco warehouse, Baltimore, was killed by the flan of a hogshead 
of tobacco upon him. 
Three women have been arrested in New York for assaulting 
Mr. Taylor on the deck of his brig, called the Oriental. They tore 
off his clothes, and one of them cut him with a [ride. He had fitted 
out the vessel for a voyage to California with only one set of sails 
and about eighteen barrels of meat, amid had received the passage 
money from thirty passengers ! The brig has been seized by the U. 
S. Marshal. It was the design of the women, who are said to be 
from the Eastward, to have thrown Mr. Taylor into the water. 
— Henry Waltz, a bricklayer, of Lancaster, Pa., shot himself dead, 
because of poverty, leaving a wife and children. 
A woman has been arrested for poisoning the family of Mr. 
McKnight, at Bergen Hill, N. J., by mixing arsenic with the tea.—
Mrs. McKnight died in consequence. 
rrs— In Penfield, N. Y., a sow stole a babe from a cradle, and the 
Mother had to use an axe upon the brute before she could rescue it. 
The Cholera.—Several fatal cases are reported in Pittsburg, Pa., 
which are supposed to have been brought up the river on the boats. 
.... The Mayor of Wheeling, Pa., has issued a proclamation, ap-
pointing the 17th inst. as a day of fasting and prayer, to avert the 
spread there of cholera. Several sudden deaths have occurred.... 
A letter dated June 16th, eighteen miles beyond Fort Kearney, rep-
resents that the cholera had broken out among the emigrants, and 
was making terrible ravages.... The Charleston (Va.) Republican 
states, that the disease is prevailing to some extent in that neighbor-
hood. Several cases had terminated fatally at the Kanawha Salines. 
.... The Cincinnati board of health, for the twenty-four hours end-
ing on the 12th, report thirty-four deaths from cholera, and thirty-
nine from other causes. 
— At Maysville, Kv., a man had his head blown off while ram-
ming down a brass cannon which he was firing on the eve preceding 
the 4th. 
— Jacob Colby, of Goffstown, N. II., was severely injured on the 
4th, by being thrown from his horse. 
— At Hallidaysburg, Pa., the 14ivilion of a menagerie was blown 
down on the 4th, and a yciung man named Moore, an officer in the 
Mexican war, was killeu, and two children were badly hurt. The 
screams of women and children, mingled with the howling of the 
animals, caused a frightful scene. 
— At the late great fire in Philadelphia, a gentleman named Har-
ris, residing in Cypress street, was endeavoring to save an infant in 
the third story of a house, when the explosion took place, and he 
was blown out of the window with the child in his arms, and 
alighted upon the ground unhurt. 
— The body of Capt. Edward P. Blish, of schooner Diamond, 
was found on the 30th ult. nearly opposite the mint, amid interred in 
Cypress Grove, New Orleans. He belonged to Hallowell, and was 
drowned on the 4th of March last. 
— Miss II. M. Webber, an American lady, has issued a pamphlet 
hi Brussels, which advocates the assumption of the male attire by 
females until they are married. 
At Corning, N. Y., on Sunday, the 7th, an Irishman named 
Whalen was beating his wife, when her brother, named Cooper, 
interfered. Whalen drew a pistol and fired at Cooper, whereupon 
the latter seized a fiat-iron and struck him on the head, literally 
heating out his brains. Cooper surrendered himself to the authori- 
ties. 
An extensive conflagration broke out in Philadelphia on the 9th 
inst., which consumed between three and four hundred houses, 
many of them, however, were very narrow, inferior buildings. The 
amount of property destroyed is estimated at $700,000 or $800,0110. 
But the most lamentable part of the occurrence is the loss of life. 
As near as has been ascertained, there were 30 killed, 100 wounded, 
9 drowned, and 17 missing. 
— A lad named Rooney, aged 18 years, was drowned in Quincy, 
while bathing at the Granite railway. 
— The total amount of gold received at the mint in Philadelphia, 
from California, up to the 12th, is $17,750,000, weighing about twenty 
nine tons. 
A man at Burlington, Ia., lost his knee on the 4th, by the explo-
sion of an anvil, from which he was firing a salute. 
— As some persons were charging a cannon in Hartford on Satur-
day last, in honor of the memory of the late President, the piece ex-
ploded, by which George Webster, a sailor, had one of his cheeks 
badly lacerated, and one of his eyes put out. 
— For the last six months, according to the report of the prison 
inspectors, there has been committed to the Boston jail 2660 per-
sons, of whom 2004 were criminals, 214 witnesses, and 442 debtors. 
Only one death has occurred since the last inspection—a woman 
who took poison. There is no sickness in the jail. 
— The Jesuits have been expelled from the Republic of New 
Grenada. This has excited feelings of animosity towards the party 
in power, (the Rojos, as they are styled, meaning ultra democrats,) 
and even created great dissatisfaction iu their own ranks. A bitter 
paper war is going on between the opposing parties. Several duels 
have resulted ftom this step. The Jesuits left for Jamaica on the 
24th ult. 
— On the 4th, a son of Mrs. Ruth Merrill, of Hampstead, N. H., 
about 13 years old, snapped a pistol several times at a squirrel, but 
not succeeding in discharging it, snapped it at his companions, who, 
through fear, immediately fled. Ile then pointed it towards himself; 
and once more snapped it, when it went off, lodging its contents hi 
his body, causing speedy death. 
— At Quebec on Friday, the 5th, much damage was done by a 
hurricane ; wooden houses were turned round, and tragments car-
ried two miles off. Thirty-five trees in line were torn up by the 
roots. 
— During a thunder storm on the 2d, at East Pharsalia, N. Y., Jo-
seph White, aged 50, and Henry Thompson, aged 20, were killed by 
lightning. 
Remarkable Phenomenon.—On the 18th of June, at Two Heart 
River, on the southern shore of Lake Superior, land suddenly rose 
out of the water. The new island is round, and about one hundred 
and fifty feet in circumference, and is raised above the water six feet, 
and the rise on the beach, which is wide at this place, is about the 
same size, and looks like a hillock of sand. The new island was at 
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