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Self-Examination. 
If now the Archangel's trump should sound, 
To wake tilt> nations under :round, 
A en I J>repllred my God to m~et,-
At hi:~ right band to take my sent? 
Shnuld I ascend to his right hand, 
Or be lo hell for~:>ver datnnt\d ?-
Would angds my cornp!lnious lu:, 
Or !itmds, 10 all eteruity ?-
Would "Come, yto hle~sed," cheer my henri, 
Or shnultl I he~tr the word," Depart"?-
. W oui.J this vile hocly glnriou~ ri"e, 
Or 1~«"1 the death that uevrr dies? 
0, great e.tchange !-momeutous thought! 
1 ris to my liO:tl Wllh interest fraught, 
To know that l'vt~ rliKwful clairn 
Within the New Jeru4nlem! 
Be thi:~ alnne my constlln ellrl', 
Tile hle't inheritance w shnrt•! 
Let rn~ but know rny >in~ ti•rgiven,-
A bli.i~t"ul auteprt~t or h~llven. 
M. L. DllllAliD. 
Avoid Extremes. 
A comprehensive d1aracter is the only 
really great character possible !\_!nong 
rnen. 
And, being-that which holds the 
fullest agreement anJ sympathy with 
God, it is one, we are persuaded, that is 
specially valueJ anJ cherished by him. 
On man abhors ail prPjudice, testifies 
against it night and day, places all his 
guards on the siJe opposite, and as pre-
judgments of sotne kind are the necessary 
condition of all judgment , it results, of 
course, that he falls into an error quite 
as hurtful and more weak, ceasing to have 
any fixed opinion, or to hold manfully any 
truth whatever. 
Another, seeing no evil 
but rn a change of opinions, holds his 
opinions by hi will, and not by his un-
1 
derstanding. 
And as no truth can pene-
~trate the will, he beeomes a stupid and 
obstinate bigot-standing for truth itself, 
as if it were no better than falsehood. 
There 1s a cl~s-of Christians who 
specially abhor a scrupulous religion. It 
is uncomfortable, it wears a superstitious 
look, and therefore they are moved to as-
sert their dignity by venturing out, occa-
sionally, on acts or <.>xhibitions that are 
plainly sinful. 
And then when they re-
turn to their duty (which they are quite 
certain finally to ·omit) they consent to 
obey God, not because of the principle, 
but because of the importance of the oc-
casion ! In expt>lling all scruples, they 
have made an exile of their consciences. 
A man at the other extreme will have it 
for his religion to be exact in all the items 
of discipline, and will become w con-
scientious about mint, anise, and cummin, 
that no conscience will be left for judg-
ment, or mercy, or even for honesty. 
Some persons are all for charity, mean-
ing by the term a spirit of allowance to-
wards the faults and crimes of others. 
Christ, they say, commands us not to 
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judge; but they do not observe that there comprehensive word commands us to do movement which has long been gojng on 
are things which we can see withoutjudg· justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly in S\'itzerland, to subvert all existing 
ing, and which, as they display their own before God-to love God, and through government wherever it was in the hands 
iniquity, ought to be condemned in these-him love our brother; to love our brother of the q1ore powerful classes,·(whatever 
verest terms of reprobation. 
Charity will and to see therein that we love. God. the cause· of their power,) and of every-
cover a multitude of sins-not all. The Some are justified by faith, some ·by thing that might have any influence in 
dearest and truest charity will uncover works. 
But as faith \Vi~hout works is sustaining them, be it the order of Jesuits; 
many. 
Opposite to such, we have a tribe dead, and works without faith are.equally or an evangelical Prote.stant ministry. 
of censorious Qhristians, who require us so, there are som~ who prefer to show. 
That the contest has-uot been nne be-
to be bold against. sin, wh'o put the harsh-their faith by their works, and quicken tween Protesta_ntisrn .and Romanism, we 
est constructions on all conduc.t, scorching their works by faith, and thus to be alive have the best proof in the world,. in .th~ 
and denouncing as surely as they speak. in both. 
There is also a school of legal-fact that the general and many of the of-
If they· could not find some sin to de-ists, and ·a school of spiritualists. The ficers in the army of the Sonderbund, pr· 
nounce, they would begin to have a poor former live without liberty, the latter with-League of the Seven Roman Catholic 
opinion of their owp piety. 
These could out law. 
But the true Christian soul is Cantons, are Protestant-at least in name! 
not even understand the Savior when he free in the law; for it is the art of love It is also a fact that a great many of the 
says," Neither do I condemn thee." 
to hold a soul under discipline, and be-Protestant inhabitants of the Protestant 
There is a class of disciples who espe-guile it sti.ll of all sense of constraint. cantons have sympathized with the Ro-
cially love prudence. 
It is the cardinal Some resolve all duty into self-interest. man Catholic cantons, Lelieving them to 
virtue. 
They dread, of course, all mani-Others are equally sure that self-in~erest be more in the right than the Diet. The 
festations of feeling,· which is the same is criminal. 
Possibly self-interest may truth is, the latter body had no right 
as to say that they live in the absence of offer motives, that will bring the soul up whatever to require the expulsion of the 
feeling; for our feelings are the welling unto God, and prepare it to such thoughts Jesui.s from the Canton of Lueerne. 
up of the soul's waters, the kindling of tha~ it will freely lo¥e God and duty for The evangelical Protestants of distinction 
its .fires when no jealousy is awake to theJT own sake, and thus go above self-all took that ground, as I stated in a for-
suppress them. If they are watched, interest. So one person is for experiences, mer communication. 
They said, and 
they retreat to their cell-joy, love, hope, another· for habits; one for sentiment·, truly, that if the Diet has·the right to in-
pity, fe r-a silent, timorous brood, that an1 h._,r for principies. 
But God is com-terfcre in the religiou::; affair of a canton, 
dare not move. 
The prudential man be-prehensive, working all in all-only by and order .the expul ion of the Jesuits, 
comes thu 
a man of ire; or, since the diverse operations. 
A large body of they may m~erfere to put down a Protest~ 
oul is bo.rne up and away to God only Christians insist on a perfectly uniform ant sec.t, \Vhich may happen to be un~~p-
on the wings of feeling, sinks into a state exercise in religion. 
Another body are ular WJth th: masses. 
T?ey may, m-
of dull negation. Then we have ano-for new scenes and hi<Th demonstrations. deed, look wJth great anxiety upon such 
ther class who ·detest the trammels of But God, consulting both for uniformity violations of the Constitution of th.e 
prudence, and are never in their element, and diversity, prefers to bring us on to-country; for who knows but what theu 
save when they are rioting in emotion. wards one v means of the other. 
turn may come nex~. Much as the Rad-
But as the capacity of feeling is limited: 
So in all the po. ~ible views or aspects 
ic~ls of Switzerland lmte. the Je~ uits, I 
it comes to pass in a few days that what of Christian character vou will come thmk that they bate, .or w11l before long, 
they had is wholly burnt to a cinder.-neare. t to what is are~t and Christ-like the evangelical portion of the Protestants 
Then, it they have a side of capacity for if you seek to unit~ whatever repugnan; -the Momier5, or Methodists-as they__ . 
bad feeling still left, new signs will be£"in extremes a,re before you-to be modest, call them, still more. 
1, 
~ 
to appear. 
As the raptures abate and the and yet bold; conciliatory, and yet in-
. The last steamer brought us th~ intel-
high symptoms droop, a kind· of despair fie ible; p&tient in suffering, sharp in re-. h~ence that the .troops of the D1et had 
begins to lower, a faint chiding also is buke; deferential to all men, independ-tnumphed, and w1th the greatest ease, a]J-· 
heard, then a loud rail, then bittter dep-ent of all· charitable towards the erring paren1ly, everywhere over the. Sonder--
recation , and possibly imprecations too; severe ag~inst the err~r; at once gentl~ bund. 
Fribour~, Lucerne, and all t~e 
charges levelled at individuals, arrows and rigid, catholic andexclusive,all things other places ~f tmportan~e had submit-
are shot at the mark, and the volcanic to all men, and one thing only to your-ted! almost wnhout the shghtest e~ort ~t 
eructations thrown up at the sky, are self. 
The more numerous and repug-resJstance. 
The troops of the D1et, m 
proofs visible and audible of the fierce nant the extremes of character (excepting t~e course of two or three weeks seem lo 
and devilish heat that rages within. This those which are sinful) you are able to have overrun all the seven c~n\ons of th~ 
is fanatic.ism, a malicious piety, ldndling unite in one comprehensive and harmo-Sonderbund-Lucerne, Fnbourg, U.n, 
its wrath by prayer and holy rit<.>s. 
nious whole, the more finished and com-Schwytz, Unterwalden, Zug, and Valtus. 
There are other classes of extremes pl('te your character will be. 
When the natural strength of these 
affecting the character, which are more 
New Englander. 
cantons, esper.ially those of Schwytz, Uri, 
speculative in their nature. 
What end-
and Unterwalden, is considered-the can-
less war have we between the school of 
Present State of Switzerland. 
tons in which liberty was first established 
reason and the school of faith. 
But the 
in the fourteenth century, and whi lire-
(From the New York" Evangelist.") 
h 
1r 
truly enlarged disciple will somehow 
sisted so successfully all t e euorts of 
manage to comprehend both, considering 
Mr. Editor :-A few weeks ago, I un-Austria-we may well be surpri ed that 
it to be the highest reason to believe, and dertool< to give your readers an account the Diet met with so little difficulty. But 
the highest faith to reason. 
One man .of the origin of the troubles which· are the key to the mystery of the matter is· 
places virtue in action, another in feeling. row agitating Switzerland, and of the to be found in the fact, thnt there is a vast 
Possibly it is in a moral standing of the civil war which was then imminent. The Radical party in those very cant?ns, 
ho 
soul, to which it ascends between both-events which have since occurred have secretly did all they could to thwart the 
action jnspired by feeling, feeling real-confirmed, to tbe letter1 the statements efforts of the Sonderbund, and who heart-
ized by action-thus in the moral liberty which I made in that communication. ily rejoiced at its overthrow. 
· 
of the whole man. 
One class consider By this time, it is pretty well understood 
So Switzerland is to be henceforth en-
Christian piety to be a Godward and de-both in Europe and in this country, that tirely rid of the Jesuits. On every ac-
votional habit. 
Another class lire equally the struggle has not been between J.>ro-count we cannot but rejoice at this, a)-
sure that God is pleased with us when testantism and Romanism, but rather be-though we could have wished that their 
we do our duties to our fellow men. Thus tween Radicalism and Infidelity ort the expulsion hd been brought about by con· 
we have pietism or quietism on one side, one hand, and Aristocracy and Religion stitutional means. 
The great Jesuit Col-
and philanthropy on the other. But the on the ·other. 
Ic has been owinG to a lege at the rity of Fribourg, where hun-
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dreds of French youth were receiving in-
struction in the doctrines of Liguori, 
whose principles in philosophy are sub-
versive of the very foundations of mor-
ality, has been abolished'! 
Hencefor-
ward those infatuated Frenchmen who 
desire to have their sons educated at a 
Jesuit 
·in~titution-not having one in 
Switzerland, or in their own country, 
will be under the necessity of sending 
them to Belgium,* or Italy. The pre-
sent Pope has not yet had the courage to 
come out against the Order of the Jesuits. 
But I think he will be compelled, by the 
public sentiment of his own dominions, 
if not of all Italy, to do so before long. 
Indeed, I think the day is not far 4istant, 
when that most corrupt and most dangerous_ 
of all the orders of Rome will be again sup 
pressed, and that by a bull of the Pope, 
throughout the entire world. 
There is 
too much light, or there soon will be, 
even in the darkest portions of Christen-
dom, to tolerate such a nefarious institu-
tion. 
Pius IX. ought to get clear of 
these.Janizaries as quickly as possible, if 
he is going to get the old ship Rome into 
proper trim, and well under way ag:tin. 
In fact, he mus_t have an entirely new 
crew, if he is go;ng to do all that he 
hopes to accomplish with that rickety 
vessel. 
wishes to m~:~intain a respectable standing 
in society will hereafter be identified w itb 
them. 
The course which they have pur· 
sued for some time past has been well 
calculated to deceive, seduce, and ruin 
the young and unsuspecting; but we are 
happy to say, the victims of their rapacity 
have not been very numerous; and the 
spell· is now broken, and some have es-
caped, like the bird from the snare of the 
fowler, or the fascination of the wily ser-
pent. 
They have heretofore numbered 
only about forty, and that number has of 
late been very materially diminished; 
some have, withdrawn; others have left 
town, and a mere remnant remains. 
Cor. 1:30.) But my soul is filled with won-
der at perceiving that the body, with all 
its minutest members, is essential to the 
completion of the head. 
The church is 
my Savior's fulness. If 1-" less than 
the least of all saints," yet holding on to 
him by faith-were to perish, the Lord 
Jesus would suffer loss. 
He would have 
one vessel the less, into which to ROur 
the riches of his grace. The Head of 
the church being safe and in glory, the 
body, in all its fulness and entireness, 
must follow. 
He, pfesiding over all 
things, not merely as God, but as the di· 
vine Mediator, will make all things sub· 
servient to the interests, happiness; and 
final salvation of his people. 
should be led to exclaim, with the Psalm-
ist,'" Cleanse thou me from secret faults .. , 
The Effective Preacher. 
"Mr. Noyes and his followers have 
made the highest pretensions to moral 
purity, and have boldly ass~med that 
they could not sin, while it appears that 
they have practised the grossest iniquities 
under the garb of superior sanctity. They 
have exerted an influence as fatal to the 
morals -of this community as the deadly 
miasma is to man's physical constitution; 
and under such a state of things the peo-
ple have become incensed to a high de· 
gree, and have arisen en masse to correct 
the evil and ask for redress of grievances." 
Secret Faults. 
" Cleanse (bou me from secret faults." 
Although secret faults have not that 
contaminating influence on soc.iety at 
large, which can be traced to open and 
more flagrant offences, their effect on in· 
dividual character is inexpressibly inju-
rious. 
Indulgence even in forbidden 
thought is sin, and it is perhaps, in many 
cases, only through fear of enlightened 
public opinion that the emotions of the 
heart are restrained from acts of glaring 
profligacy. 
Secret faults may make 
such gradual encroachments upon the 
The effective preacher is a man of ex-
ten;ive knowledge, not a novice. 
He 
has clear an·d comprehensive views of 
truth. His mind is filled with illustra· 
tions. 
He is a man of deep experience ; 
his heart is pervaded with the ~pirit and 
power of truth. 
~e i:; a man of benevo-
lence; his soul is filled with intense de-
sires to achieve, by its it)strumentality, 
those grand purposes of love, for which 
the truth was given. 
He is a man of 
loiYic and of feeling; he can prove hi.5 
points and press the:n. 
He is a man of · 
simplicity, who aims to be understood; a 
man of intention, who means to be felt. 
He clothes his message in garments of 
light, imbues it with the energies of emo· 
tion, adjusts it to the sensibilities; 11oints 
and pours it into the drowsy chamber::; of 
the conscience. 
H~ is a man of taste ; 
he can soar if he pleases; if he pleases, 
he can write and speak with winning 
beauty and a chastened elegance. 
He is 
It was my intention to say something 
about the deplorable state of things in 
the Canton de Vaud, and the pro:;pects of 
evangelical religion, not only in that 
Canton, hut in the entire of .Switzerland, 
under the recently-commenced reign of 
Radicalism and Infidelity, but I must 
postpone these things till another oppor-
tunity'. 
Yours, very-truly, 
R. BAIRD. 
New Ym·k, Jan lOth, 1848. 
Vermont Perfectionists. 
My Savior. 
B T 
1 0 H N 
E A 8 T, M, A. 
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h ' d J 
better princi p es o t ose w o m u ge 
HEAD. 
them, that almost imperceptibly, they ac-
Mv SAVIOR is "the HEAD over all quire a strength wbich overleaps eve-
things to the church, which is his body, ry intervening barrier, and most fla-
the fulness of him that filleth all in all." grant acts of transgression are committed 
(Luke 4:16; 1 Cor. 11:3; Col. 1:18; 2: without fearorcompunction. 
The heart, 
10--19.) The head is the fountain of au· naturally inclined to sin, needs constant 
thority and influence. 
Such is my Sa-checks upon its depraved tendencies; 
vior to me. 
Such is he to his whole and it is only by sevei'e conflicts, assisted 
. church. He repeatedly bears this name. by the influences of God's Spirit, that 
Nay, he is not ;only the head of his the outbreaks of a sinful nature can be 
church, but " the head over all things" at all restrained. 
Most pious as well as 
for the benefit of his church. What a philosophical was the estimate which the 
The Newbury" Christian Messenger," field of contemplation ancl admiring love Psalmi t had formed of the power of se-
speaking of the principles and develop-does this fact open before my soul! 
Am cret faults over his own partially sancti-
ments of this fanatical community, loca-I a living member of his church 1 Then fied heart. 
He asks to be cleansed from 
ted at Putney, a short distance below am I a part of his body, into which he is them, thereby humbly r.onfessing their 
constantly pouring life, strength, enjoy· polluting influence. He also· said, "I 
Windsor, says:-
ment. 
These emanate from the head in have vain thoughts." 
Here again is 
"M;. Noyes has taken the st;ange and the animal frame to all its parts; and any brought to view the power of unseen, yet 
unwarrantable position that the moral of these parts, in a state of separation, corrupting sin. 
Like consuming fires 
law is abolished, and that he and his fol-cease to partake of them. 
My spiritual are those secret offences, which are so·lit-
lowers are governed and· guided by direct life, ·sensations, strength, joys, are the tie heeded by the great majority of man-
inspiration and revelation, as· were the same in nature, though they may differ kind. If virtuous thoughts were encou-
inspired apostles. 
They claim ~o be the iri degree, with those of my Redeemer ~raged, and all the appliances of the gus· 
tTlu church, and pretend that they have all himself. 
pel put in requisition, with a· view to 
the miraculous gifts of the apostolic age. 
There exists an intimate sympathy crush rising sin, secret faults would be· 
They repudiate the Sabbath, and indulge and affection between the head and the come hateful, and the heart would be 
in common amusements to any desirable membe s.' Touch, or even breathe upon tauglit to love and cherish emotions of a 
extent. 
. 
the minutest of these, and the head in-sanctifying tendency. 
Sin may be se· 
"Some years since, Mr. Noyes made stantaneously perceives it. 
Saul of Tar· cret, and yet highly pernir.ious within the 
\~ar upon the marriage institution, and sus went forth "breathing out threaten-limits to which it may be confined. 
advanced sentiments of a most licentious ings and slaughter against the disciples 
The plague spot, though scarcely per· 
tendency, which he has never retracted, of the T_Jord." 
(Acts 9.) 
It w~ts imme-ceptible at first, may increase in size and 
hut has repeatedly re-affirmed. He con-diately felt by their Head in heayen, who virulence, until the entire system is 
tends that in a holy community, such as accused the young zea-lot 9f persecuting brought under its fatal power. 
A mean 
they claim to be, the marriage covenant is him Let "a cup of cold water" be giv-hypocrisy is sometimes connected 'Yith 
null and void. 
en-let the Rmallest act~ of kindness be secret sins, when they are allowed to re-
" From recent developments the civil done to the least of Christ's little ones,-tain undisputed sway within the human 
authorities deemed it their duty· to insti-he receives it as done to himself, and breast. 
There are those who pass in so-
tute a legal process against Mr. Noyes, will so acknowledge it in the last day. ciety as more than ordinarii¥ virtuous, in 
and he was accordingly arrested and He loves his body, the church, and e.xer-whose lascivious eye a keen observer 
placed under heavy bonds for his appear· cises the most tender care over it, num-would detect the index of hidden pollu-
ance at the next term of the County Court bering every hair; and whoso toucheth tion, not acted out because selfish inte· 
for Windham County, out has since left, that body, "toucheth the apple of his rests may depend on keeping_ up the ap· 
and is supposed to be in the city of Bos· ey_e:" (Zech. 2:8.) 
pearance of morality. 
This restraint up· 
ton. It appears that he has been guilty 
As the body is not complete without on the outbursts of guilty passion attests, 
of crimes of a most aggravated charac.ter the head, so neither is the head complete in' no equivocal manner, the silent, yet 
-too shocking to be related. 
without th'3 body. 
In our aivine Head, powerful control which the gospel P.Xerts 
".~or several ~onths past a !mmber of all the members are complete; (Col. 2:10) over the conduct of the unsanctified. Let 
famth.es hav~ res1ded together m. a large each possessing in him and deriving from this salutary restraint which results from 
dwelhng, Wit~ Mr. Noyes at theu head. him all they want. 
How inexcusable am the prevalence of gospel principles, and 
The recent dJs~lo~ures have plac.ed them I, if I even " seem to come short"! How a wise appreciation of their value to the 
b~~ore the pubhc m no v~ry e.nvmble po-great is the dishonor I bring upon my temporal interests of society, be removed 
Sition; and the satne od1~m IS now at· Savior, by exhibiting to the world a defi--let its hold upon the public mind be-
!ached to them that there ts to a h~use of ciency of Christian graces ! 0 Lord, come weakened, and many a heart, 
1l~-fame. All w.ho adhere to their doc-help me to draw more largely, even abun-around which the flames of lust are burn-
trmes, and remam ~mong them, are. now dantly, from thee, that thou mayest be ing, would unbolt its heated doors, and 
~ooked upon by a vutuous commumty as more fully glorified in me; whili I seek the world woqld be changed to one vast 
1mmoral characters; an'd no person who satisfaction. only in thy being "made .of scene of unbridled licentiousness. 
But 
a man of boldness; and is not afraid, in 
di:stinctness and strength to utter the whole 
truth-all doctrine-all duty, whoever 
tnay hear or whoever may forbear. 
He 
is a man of independence_; his rules are 
his own, gathered from all proper sources, 
and incorporated with his habits of thought 
and feeling~-He speaks in his on way, 
from the impnlse of his O''n spirit, and 
in accordance with his own consciousness 
and good sense. 
He speal<s not so much 
for beauty, as for eftect. 
He likes beauty 
very well, but strength, impression, effect, 
more. 
We cannot but approve of his 
sentiments and course. If he is moving 
in power, and doing the work of God on 
the souls of men, we can (orgive him, 
even in the rush of emotion, he chance to 
fall upon a figure or word at which Quine· 
tillian would frown. 
[f he has strength 
to lift up and mo,·e away mountains of 
difficulty, and to shiver rocks of obduracy, 
we will not insist upon !1is doing the work 
with absolute smoothness. Let him by 
all means de. the work. 
The highest ex· 
ertions of power are sometime:; inconsis-
tent with an exact and perfect finish. 
The sublime and resistless agents of na-
ture are not accustomed to do thing._ very 
precisely. 
The lightning does not stop 
to polish its shafts in its rending, scorch-
ing tract. 
Prof. Shephard. 
History of the Fourth Universal 
monarchy. 
No. VII. 
• The greatest Jeaait University· in the world God unto me wisdom and righteousness, on the contrary, what a blissful world 
ill that of Loavain, in Belgiam. 
and sanctification, and redemption." 
(1 would this become, if all who inhabit it 
The divisions of Christianity suspend-
ed the ruin of Pagani»m, and the holy 
war against the infidPla was less vigor-
ously prosecuted by princes and bishops, 
who. were more immediately alarmed by 
the guilt and danger of domestic rebel-
lion. 
The extifpation of idolatry might 
have been justified by the established · 
principles of intolerance : but the hostile 
sects which alternately reigned in the 
Imperial Court, were mutually apprehen-
sive of alienating and, perhaps, exasper-
ating, the minds of a potve1ful, though 
declining faction. 
Every. motive of au-
thority and fashion, of interest and rea-
son, now militated on the side of Chris-
tianity; but two or or three generations 
elapseJ, before their victorious influence 
was universally felt. 
The religion which 
had so long and so lately been estab-
lished in the Roman empire, was still re-
vered by numerous people, less attached 
indeed to speculative opinion, than to an-
cient custom.· The honors of the state 
and army were indiflerently bestowed on 
all the subjects of Constantine and Con-
stantiu:s; and a considerable portion of 
knowledge, and wealth, and valor, was 
still engaged in the 1.ervice of P.olythe· 
ism : and ·their hopes were rev1ved by 
the well-grounded confidence, the pre-
5Umptive heir of the empire (Julian), a 
young and valiant hero, had secretly em· 
braced the reliO"ion of his ancestors." 
Julian suc.ceeds
0 
to the imperial purple, 
A. D. 360. 
He had been .reared a Chris-
tian; while acquiring his education in 
Greece, he became devoted to t~e heathen 
gods. 
On his accession to the imperial 
dignity, he proclaimed universal tolera-
tion ; bllt professed himself a patron of 
all the gods. 
Julian was said to be a 
lover of three hundred thousand gods, 
but a traitor to the one God. 
The great 
work of J~tlian's sanctification was per-
formed by the Elusinian pontiff. 
From 
that moment he consecrated his life to the 
service of the gods. 
He is called the 
imperial missioQary of paganism. 
The 
pagans looked· for a persecution : yet he 
extended to all the subjects of the Roman 
empire equal toleration. 
He assu.med 
the title of supreme pontiff.-THe cho1ce:t 
birds and one hundred oxen were sacri-
ficed at a time by him to the gotls. 
U n· 
der his reign, the Christians suffered 
much, and feared still more. 
Jovian began to reign A. D. 363, and 
wore the purple about eight months. Un-
der his reign, Paganism again sank in 
the dust, and Christianity was legally es· 
tablished. 
During the reign of Valens 
in the West, and Valentin ian in the East, 
the whole empire became one continued 
theatre of war. 
Persecutions by Arians 
and pa()'ans took place under the govern· 
ment ~f these emperors. 
Valentinian 
was succeeded by Gratian, his son, A. D. 
375. 
He was the first Christian whore-
fused the title of sovereign pontiff of pa-
ganism. 
He was succeeded in the Greek 
empire by Theodosius,the Great-who 
soon had the control of the entire Roman 
empire. 
He overthrew the Arian heresy, 
and favored the Catholic religion. 
He 
was the tirst emperor baptized in the true 
faith of the Trinity. The theory of per-
. secution was established under the reign 
of Theodosius. 
One of the most re-
markable events recorded in history took 
place under the reign of this monarch,-
the EXTINCTION OF PAGANISM THROUGHOUT 
THE RoMAN DOJIUNION. 
Gibbon thus des-
cribes it: "The ruin of paganism in the 
reiO'n of Theodosius, is, perhaps, the only 
ex:mple of the TOTAL extirpation of any 
ancient and popular superstition; and 
may, therefore, deserve to be considered 
as a singular event in the history of the 
human mind. Up to his reign, pagani~m 
was the religion of the Senate. 
The 
hall, or temple, in which they assembled, 
was adorned by the statue and altar of 
victory: a majestic female, standing on 
a globe, with flowing garments, expanded 
winO's, and a crown of laurel in her out-
streU:hed hand. 
The senators were 
sworn on the altar of the goddess, to ob-
serve the laws of the empire and of the 
emperor; and a solemn offer.ing of wine 
and incense was the ordinary prelude of 
their public deliberations. 
The removal 
of this anr.ient monument was the only 
injury which Constantius had offered to 
the superstition of the Romans. 
The 
altar of victory was again restored by Ju-
lian, tolerated by Valentinian, and once 
more banished from the Senate by the 
zeal of Gratian. 
But the emperor still 
spared the statues of the gods which were 
exposed to the public veneration : four 
hundred and twentyfou,r temples still re· 
mained to satisfy the devotion of the peo-
ple: and in every quart~r of Rome, the 
delicacy of the Christians was offended 
by the fumes of idolatrous sacrifice. The 
pagans petiti~n~d for the restit~tion of 
the altar of V1ctory1 but they failed of 
success, and the,gods of antiquity were 
dragged in triumph at the chariot wheels 
of Theodosius. 
In a full meeting of the 
Senate, the emperor proposed, according 
to the forms of ·the republic, the impor-
tant question, whether the woRSHIP oF 
JuPITER, or THAT oF CHRIST, sHoULD BE 
J 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
THE RELIGION oF THE RoMANS 1 On a ther symbol, extraordinary in its charac-
regular division of the Senate, Jupiter ter, attracts the attention of John. 
was CONDEMNED and degraded by a very 
1.' A WILD BEAST.-This always im-
Jarge majority. 
Nearly all the nob!e plies, in the moral. world, a hurrta.n go~· 
families, viz. : the Bassi, the Paullissi, ernmrnt. 
Such 1s the explanation 
1n 
th G 
hi embraced the Christian reli-Dan. 7:23-" The fourth wzld beast shall 
e 
race ' 
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gion. And the LUMiNARIES oF THE WORLD, 
e t. e JOUrt l zng .om upon ear · 
• 
THE VENERABLE ASSEMBLY OF 0ATOS, WERE Latin government ffi here denoted_, as tha. 
IMPATIENT TO STRIP THEMSELVES OF THEIR was the only government OCcupymg t.hat 
PONTIFICAL GARMENT; TO CAST THE SKIN position to the church at the birth ofChnst: 
and as the heads and horns agree alone 
with that kingdom. 
OF THE OLn SERPENT, TO 
A~SUME THE 
SNOWY ROBES OF BAPTISMAL INNOCENCE," 
and to humble thE> pride of the consular 
faces before the tombs of the martyrs. 
We have now given the attributes, in· 
signia, accompaniments, and acts of th.e 
symbol,-the dragon. 2d. The attn-
butes, insi()'nia, accompaniments of the 
agent supposed .to be symboliz~d-t~e 
Latin government-and have noticed Jts 
agency. 
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In the 3d place, we are to compare 
the symbol with the agent supposed to 
be symbolized, in order to learn whe-
ther the analogy is perfect. 
We have 
traced the Latin government from its ori-
gin under the pagan religion, to the time 
when that religion ceased to be the reli-
gion of the Senate: including a space of 
eleven hundred and thirty-six years.-
This is called the period of paganism. 
For the purpose of illustrating. more 
fully the requi1ed analogy, we shall 
make use of a plain mirror. 
Place a 
mirror with its face fronting a landscape>. 
In that miniature landscape, formed in the 
2. The beast is DRAGON·COATED.-A 
proper garb of 5atanic influence. 
The 
devil appeared in the serpent in Eden, 
and constituted the master-spi::-it of that 
beast. 
Any human government under 
supreme satanic influence, is appropr!-
ate!y symbolized by a dragon, or old se?·· 
pent. 
The Latin gove-rnment was under 
supreme satanic control from its origin to 
A .. D. 325, about ten hundred and seventy 
years. 
This satanic administration had 
seven heads of departments, viz. : 1st. 
Sovereign Pontiffs; 2d. Augurs; 3d. 
Quindecemvirs; 4th. Six Vestal 
irgins; 
5th. Epulos; 6th. Flamens; 7th. King 
of the ·sacrifice. 
These cover the seven 
heads. 
3d. This dragon-coated wild beast is 
said to be great. 
During the period here 
introduced, the Roman empire had taken 
its seven1h or Imperial degree. 
It was 
in its golden age-the Augustan age-
when all the world was tributary. 
J. P. WEETHEE. 
glass, will be seen an exar.t likeness, or 
Letter from. Bro. L. Wilcox. 
symbol, of the original landscape. What-
, 
ever change or action is visible on the 
Dear Bro. Himes:-There never was 
original landscape, may be seen on the a time when the people of God needed 
corresponding part of the 
minia~ure of the grace of Christian chari~ more in 
symbolic landscape·.-As in a camera-ob-exercise than now. 
I iike the tone and 
scura, the real ohjects are not seen, but spirit of Bro. I. E. Jones' letter, iq the 
only their image or symbols, so in the "Herald" of the 1st inst., although I 
visions of John. All his visions are, like could not a()'ree with him in regard to 
the camera-obscura scenes. 
These mir-there being too much interest on any 
ror scenes are plots of the throne of God question of truth, that is calculated to 
and its accompaniments, or of the sub-make plain the word of God; but that 
stPJlar heavens and earth. 
He sees not we should love one another none the less 
the real scenes or agents, but merely because we do not see alike, for there 
their im'lges or symbols. 
In all the vis-may be a beam in my own eye; and we 
ions of John, we must keep in mind, that shall not all see eye to eye till the Lord 
the real agents are in the MORAL WO'.~LD, brinO'S aaain Zion. 
and the symbolic, or mirror agents, are in 
_ I: the
0 ame paper is a letter from Bro. 
the PHYSlCAL w?rld--:-2d. That ~hose ref!l D. Reynolds, in ~hich there is an error 
agents and their actiOns are delmeated tn I wish to correct. 
Bro. R. says, "Our 
th~ p~ysical wo.rld, because. t.hat world, opponents [on the question of the state of 
with lls agents, 1s more fam1har to n.an, the dead] believe that the souls of the 
a.nd is on the princip~e. that the illust.ra-saints perish at death." Th_ey do not be-
tiOn must be more familiar than the thmg lieve so, I think. 
They beheve they fall 
illustrated. 
By the term moml world, asleep at death; and Paul says, that they 
we include all civil governments and re-who are fallen asleep in Christ are per-
ligious establishments.-The.se two great ished if there be no resurrection of the 
class~s of agenry form the substance of the dead. 
But they believe there will be a 
Apocalyptic visions. 
John sees not those resurrection of the dead, and therefore 
literal agents, but their miniatures, as de-they are not perished, But their life is 
lineated in the prophetic camera-obscura. hid with Christ in God; and when he 
The scenic view of the period now under who is our life shall appear, then shall 
~m·estigation, includes the heavens, w!th we appear with him in glory,-?ot.be-
Jts sun, moon, and stars: the earth, with fore.-They are dead, and the Scnptu~es 
its wilderness, and the sea. 
In the for-tell us plainly what state the dead are m, 
mer, two remarkable agents are visible: and I want the privilege of believing it 
-a sun-clad woman, with the moon at without its being said, "through which 
her, feet, and on her head· a crown of avenue infidelity, and a train of heresies, 
twelve stars. 
As the person looking into find entrance and support." If I believed 
the camera-identifies the origina~ of each this, I would reject it as a deadly poison. 
agent on the miniature landscape, so But I do not believe it, with my present 
should we, while me.ntal!y looking with light; for the Scriptures tell me plainly, 
John into his prophetic mirror. 
The wo-that the dead are asleep, and know not 
man of the sy~bo!ic world is the true anything. The breath goet~ forth; i_n 
church of God 1n the moral world. 
Sun that very day his thoughts pensh. 
Th1s 
clad denotes the panoply of truth; the I believe. His "thoughts perish." In 
moon, her ordinances, under the Mosaic death there is no remembrance of God-
ec~nomy: th~ twelve stars, the.represen-they don:t praise h.im~it's the living t~at 
tauve eldersh1~ of t~e tw.elv~ tn.bes of Is-praise h1m. 
Chn~t 1s the resurrectiOn 
mel.-Her delicate situatiOn md1catcs the and the life; he w1ll soon come and de-
~hronolo~y of the ~i~ion, ~nd the church stroy death, and it shall be swallo":ed up 
m the attitude of g1vmg btrtb to theMes-in victory. 
Death now has the vtctory, 
siah, the true "seed." Apparently help· but soon Christ will break his bands, and 
less; in her hand no carnal weapon :.dad release from his embrace those whom he 
alone with the armor of t1·uth. 
Tl\ouM. holds in bondage, when they will rise to 
not herself armed with carnal weapon~rtteet him in the air, e~claiming, "Lo! 
her child is to be a conqueror: and IS to this is our God, we have waited for him." 
rule all nations with iron sway. 
Ano-Blessed day! Come, Lord Jesus! Amen. 
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Bro. R. says: "When we see the saint· 
takes his ~ight from his dying bed, and 
the m·artyr from the scaffold and the fire, 
to the open vision &nd enjoyment of his 
Savior, we may not contradict." Con-
tradict what, or who? I ask in the so-
lemnity of the presence of. my God.-
The Christian, who Bro. Reynolds would 
make to say, that in death he went imme-
diately into the presence and full enjoy-
ment of his Savior and of heaven? or 
Christ, who said, " \Vhere I go ye cannot 
come; but I will come again and receive 
you to myself that where I am there ye 
may be also ?" 
What i~ the consumma• 
tion of the Christian's hope? Peter says 
it is the grace, or salvation, that is to be 
brought unto us at the revelation of Je• 
sus Christ. Not at the dying bed, but in 
the resurrection morning. 
0 ! blessed 
morning, when will thy bright beams 
arise, and dispel the darkness that hangs · 
around us 1 "Lord, remember me when 
thou comest into thy kingdom," was the 
petition of the thief while on the cross. 
The answer was an a8surance that his 
prayer should be granted, and that he 
should be with-him there. 
I also wish Bro. R. to remember the 
words of Christ when he said, ''As Jo-
nas .was three days and three nights -in 
the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man 
be three days and three nights in the 
heart of the earth." Was the whole of 
Jonas in the whale's belly? If so, so 
shall the Son of man be in the heart of 
the earth. 
"The Son of man hath power to Jay 
down his life, and he hath power to take 
it a()'ain." God raised him from the dead. 
No~, if he did not lay it down, only his 
body, how did he give his life 1 The an-
gel.said to one who was seeking Jesus at 
the tomb, "'Vhy seek ye the living 
amonu the dead? he is not here, but 
risen.~ Now, do the living and dead 
dwell toO'ether? "Why seek ye the liv-
o 
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ing among the dead 1 he IS QOt ere . 
When Christ was about to give his life 
he said, "Except 11 corn of wheat fall 
into the ground and die, it abideth alone; 
but if it die, it bringcth forth much fruit." 
Paul says, " Thou fool, that which thou 
s~weth is not quickened except it die." 
Now, if nothing but the body dies, noth-
ing but the body is quicke!_led. 
Anti if 
nothing l>E>ars fruit but that which dies, 
as Christ says, then if the body only 
dies, it only bears fruit in the resurrec-
tion; and if the mind, or soul, does not 
die, then it abideth alone. The Revelator 
says that he saw the" souls" of the mar-
tyrs, and they lived and reigned with 
Christ R thousand years; but the rest of 
the dead lived not again till the thousand 
years are finished. 
Does this not teach 
that these souls now live and reign with 
Christ, and that they had· been dead, and 
no knowledge of Christ, or the enjoyment 
of his company? Or what is the differ-
ence between the dead and living, or why 
need we a resurrection, if the body only 
is benefited by it? 
· 
These are honest views and inquiries; 
and if you differ from me, I can say with 
Bro. Jones, I love you none the less. 
L. WILCOX. 
RRMARKs.-Comroversy should always 
be without bitterness. Yet what Bro. 
W. objects to being said, multitudes can· 
not help thinking and believing. 
And 
this belief is strengthened by the history 
of its tendency. 
We shall not reply at 
length to Bro. Wilcox, because the gr.ound 
has been so frequently canvassed, that we 
presume nothing new w.ould thereby be 
elicited. 
We have looked at this ques-
tion in all its length, have read thoroughly 
both sides of it; and we mqat confess, 
that we have never yet seen any reason-
ing against the conaciousness of the dead, 
worthy of being called an ~gumeot. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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Our head may be obtuse; but when men 
are compelled to give a meaning to terms 
which scholars for eighteen centuries 
have never found thNe, we are forced to 
the conclusion, that the meaning found 
there by our brethren is first put there by 
their illogical conclusions, and precon-
ceived opinions. 
We are confident, that 
an unprejudiced person reading the Ne\~ 
Testament for the firs~ time, would never 
dream of the unconsciousness of the dead. 
In proof of this, let any read all the pas· 
sages on 
th~s question, and say if they 
teach such a conclusion. 
(See below). 
wailing and gnashing of teeth." Matt. 13 : 
49, 50, 
1 
"lf thy band offend thee, cut it off: it is 
better fo; thee to enter into life maimed, thau 
having two hands to go into hell, into the fire 
that never shall be quenched: where their 
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is 
better for thee to enter halt into life, than 
having two feet to be cast into hell, into the 
fire that never shall be quenched: where their 
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
And if thine eye ofttmd thee, pluck it out : it 
is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of 
God with one eye, than having two ~yes, to be 
cast into hell-fire : where their worm dieth 
" But he shall say, I tell you, I know you 
not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye 
workers ~f iuiquity. There shall 'be weepiug 
and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 
~braham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the 
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you 
yourselves thrust out." Luke 13:27,28. See 
also Matt. 8:11, 12. 
for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see 
me have." Luke 2-1 : 36-39. 
" He that believeth not the Son shall not 
see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on 
him." John 3:36. 
"And shall come forth ; ... they that have 
done evil, unto ~he resurrection of damtJation." 
John 5:29. 
"Then said JesuR again unto them, I go 
my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die 
in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 
Then said the Jt>,ws, Will he kill himself 1 \ 
because he saith, Whither 1 go, ye cannot 
come. 
And he said unto them, Ye are from 
beneath; I am from above : ye are of this 
world; I am not of this world." John 8:21-23. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH:!" 
"There was a certain rirh man, which was. 
clothed in purple and fille linen, and fared 
sumptuously every day: and there was a cer-
tain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid 
at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be 
fed with the crun1bs which fell from the rich 
man· s table : moreover, the dogs came and 
licked his sores. And it came to pass, that 
"Verily, vetily, 1 say unto you_, Except a 
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it 
abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth 
much fruit." John 12:24. 
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not, and the fire is not quenched. For every the beggar died, and was carried by the an-
one shall be salted with fire, and every 'sacri-gels in-to Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
fice shaH be salted with salt." Marl;: 9:43-49. also died, and was buried : and in hell he 
See also Matt. 18:8, 9. 
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·lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth 
And his lord [the lord who forgave the Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 
"In my Father's house are many mansions; 
BOSTON, JANUARY 29, 18'48. 
debts of a servants that afterwards exacted And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, if it were not so, I would have told you. I 
payment from a fellow servant] was wroth, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he go to prepare a place for you. 
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The following scriptures are selected for should pay all th'at was due unto him. 
So cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this and receive you unto myself; that where I 
the purpose of presenting in one view all that likewise shall my heavenly Father do also flame. 
But Abraham said, Son, remember am, there ye may be also." John 14:2, 3. 
is said in the New Testament on the subject unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not that thou in thy• life time receivedst thy good 
"Father, T will that they also whom thou 
suggested h.y the letter of Bro. Wilco~ in every one his brother their trespasses." Matt. things, and likewise Lazarus, evil thihgs;, but hast given me be with me where I am ; that 
another column. 
18:34, 35. 
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. they may behold my glory which thou hast 
When all the texts which refer to any ques-
In the parable which liken~l the kingdom And besides all this, between us and you there given me: for thou lovedst me before the 
tion of doctrine are given 
1in connection, if of heaven to the marriage of the king 's son, is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would foundation of the world." John 17:24. 
truth must be clearly inferred therefrom, that the king said to his servants concerning the pass from hence to you, cannot; neither can 
"Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not: for 
which is not apparent to an unprejudiced mind, one who had not on a wedding garment,-they pass to us, that would come from thence. I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go 
cannot be a doctrine of Scripture. If we have "Bind him hand and foot, and tal.e him away Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, to my brethren, and s~ unto them, I ascend 
omitted any texts on this question, it is because into outer darkness: there shall be weeping that thou wouldes\ send him to my father's u,nto my Father and your Fa~her, and to my 
we overlooked them in onr hasty transcription and gnashing of teeth." Matt. 22:13-
house: for I have five brethren ; that he may God and your God." John 20:17. , 
of what we have quoted. 
"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipeis, how testify unto them, lest they afso come into this 
Fror£ the apostleship," Judas by transgre~'>-
" 0 generation of vipen,, who hath warned can ye escape the damnation of hell." Matt. place of torment. 
Abr~ham saith unto him, sion fell, that he might go to hill own place." 
you to flee from the wrath to come 1" Matt. 23: 33. 
They have Moses and the prophets; let them Acts 1:25. 
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3:7, and Luke 3:7_. 
Of .the evil servant who shall smite his fel-hear them. 
And he said, Nay, father Abra-
"He seeing this before, Spi)-ke of the resur-
" Every tree which bringeth not forth good low servant the Savior said, "The lord of ham: but if one went unto them from the rection nf Chr_i~t, that his soul was not left in 
fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.''~ that servant shall come in a day when he dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.'·-
Matt. 3:10, and Luke 3:9. 
loolceth not for him, and in an hour that he is If they hear not Moses aud.the prophets, nei-Acts 2: 3_1. 
"He will thoroughly purge his floor, and not aware of, and shall cut him asun<ler, and ther will they be persuaded, though one rose 
•: Aud _It shall come to pass, that every soul 
gather his wheat into the garner; but he will appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: from the dead:" Luke 16:19-31. 
wh1ch will uot hear that Prophet, shall be 
burn np the chaff with unquenchable fire."-there shall be w~eping and gnashing '>fteeth." 
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all: even thus shall it be in the day when the 
should be cast into hell." Matt. 5:29, 30. 
servant into outer darkness: there shall be Son of man'is revealed." Lul<e 17:26-30_ 
fore the gate .... Then, said they, It is his 
And the devils cried out, saying," Art thou weeping and gnashing of teeth." Matt. 25:30. 
angel." Acts 12:15. 
" But those mine enemies which would not 
come hither to torment us before the time."-
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epar\ rom me, ye curse , mto 
ecause 
e gave not 
a t e g ory : an 
e 
everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his and slay them before me." L_uke 19:27· 
was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." 
" It shall be more tolerable for the land of 
·sodom and Gornonah, in the day of judgment, 
ihan for that city " that will not hear the 
gospel. Matt. 10:15, and Mark 6: II. 
"'Fear not them which kill the_body, but 
are.not able to kill the soul: but rather fear 
him which is able to destroy both soul and 
body in hell." Matt. 10:28. 
".It shall. be more tolerable for Tyre and 
Sidon at the day of judgmeht, than for you." 
Matt. 11:22 and 24, and Luke 10:14. 
" Every idle word that men shall speak, 
they shall give account thereof in the day of 
judgment." Matt. 12:36. 
" As therefore the tares are g!J.thered and 
burned in the fire ; so· shall it be in the end of 
this world : the Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his 
kingd9rn all things that offend, and them 
which do iniquity, and shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth." Matt. 14:40-42. 
" So shall it be at the end of this world : 
the angels shall come forth and. sever the 
wicked from among the just, and shall cast 
them into the furnace of fire ; there shall be 
angels .... And these &hall go away into 
"Now that the dead are raised, even M.oses Acts 12:23. 
everlasting punishment." Matt. 25:41,46. 
showed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord 
"For David, after he had served hi~ own 
"But he that shall blaspheme agains~ the the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, 
Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God aud was laid unto his fathers, and saw cor-
danger of eternal damnation." Mark 3:~9. 
of the dead, but of the living: fur all live rnption." Acts 13:36. "He is both dead and 
" What shall it profit a man if he shall gain unto him." Luke 20:37' 38· See also Matt. buried, ~nd his sepulchre is ";ith us unto this 
the whole world, and lose his own soul."-22:31, 32, and Mark 12:26• 27· 
day .... For David is not ascended into the 
Mark 8: 37. 
"And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember heavens.'' Acts 2:29, 34. 
" He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved; but he that believeth not shall be 
damned." Mark 16:16. 
" W o unto you that a1e full ! for ye' shall 
hunger. Wo unto you that laugh now! for 
ye shall mourn and weep." Luke 6:25. 
"And behold, there talked with him two 
men, which-were Moses and Elias: who ap-
peared in glory, and spake of his decease 
which he should accomplish at Jerusalem."-
Luke 9:30, 31. 
"Be not afraid of them that kill the body, 
and after that, have no more that they can do. 
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: 
Fear him, which after he hath killed, hath 
power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, 
Fear him." Luke 12:4, 5. 
me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And 
"The Saddtlcees say that there is no resur-
Jesus said unto him, Verily, I say unto thee, recti on, neither angel nor apirit: butthe Phati-
To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.-sees confess both .... If a spirit or an angel 
Luke 23: 42, 43. 
hath spoken to him, let us not fight againsl 
"And when Jesus had crier! with a loud God." Ar.ts 23:8, 9. 
voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I com-
" And as he reasoned of righteousness, 
mend my spirit: and hling said thus, he temperance, aud a judgment to come, Felix 
gave up the ghost." Luke 23: 46. See also trembled." Acts 24:25. 
Matt. 27:50, and Mark 15:37. 
"The wrath of God is revealed from hea-
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood ven against all ungodliness." Rom. 1:18. 
in the midst of them, and saith unto them, 
" After t!Jy hardness' and impenitent heart, 
Peace be unto you. But they were terrified· treasurest np to thyself wrath against the day 
and affrighted, and supposed that they had of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judg-
seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why ment of God ; who will render to every man 
are ye troubled!' and why do thoughts arise according to his deeds. To them who by pa-
in your hearts! 
Behold my hands and my tient.continuance in wei!-doing, seek for glory, 
feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and see ; and honor, and immortality ; eternal life : hut 
unto them that are contention~, and do not 
obey the truth, but obey unrighteou.sness; in-
dignation and wtath, tribulation and angni::;h, 
•ll pon every soul· of man that doeth evil ; of the 
.Jew first, and also of the Gentile; but glory, 
honor, and pe~ce, to every man that worketh 
good; to the Jew first, and also to the Gen-
tile; for there is no respect of persons with 
God. 
For a.s many as have sit111ed without 
law, shall also peris.lt without law: and as 
many as have sinned in the law, shall he 
judged hy the law.'' 
~om. 2:5-12. 
" The wages. of sin is death : but the gift 
of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ 
our Lnrd." Rom. 6:23. 
" Whether we live then•fote, or die, we are 
the Lurd's. 
Fur to this end Christ both died 
and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord 
both of the dead and living." 
Rum. 14:9. 
" I keep under my body and brinO' it into 
subjection : lest that by any means~ when I 
have preached to others. T myself should be a 
castaway." 
1 Cor. 9:27. 
" If Chri.st be not raised, your faith is vain-; 
ye are yet in your sins : then they also which 
are fallen a.sleep in Christ are perished."-
1 Cor. 15:17, 18. 
"That which thou sowest is not quickened 
except it die." 
1 Cor. 15:36. 
" We are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, 
in them that a're · saved, and in them that per-
ish : to the one we are the savor of death 
unta death ; and to the other the savor of llfe 
unto life." 2 Cor. 2:15, 16. 
" Though our outward man perish, yet the 
inward man is renewed day by day." 2 Cor. 
4: 16. 
11 For we know that if onr earthly house of 
this tabernacle were 
dis~olved, we have a 
building of God, an house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this 
we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed 
upon with our house which is from heaven: 
if so be that being clothed we shall not be 
found naked. 
For we that are in this taber-
nacle do groan, bein!! burdened: not for that 
we would be 'unclothed, but clothed upon, that 
mortality mi~ht be swallowed npof life. Now, 
he that hath wwug-ht ns for the self-same 
thing is God, who also hath given unto us the 
earnest of the Spirit. 
Therefore we are al-
ways coufident, knowing that, whilst we are 
at home in the body, we are absent from the 
Lord: (we walk by faith, not by sight:) we 
are confident, I say, and williug-rather to be 
absent from the boJy, and to he present with 
the Lord. \u00a5herefore we labnr, that, whether 
present or absent, we may be ac~epterl of ltim. 
For we must all appear beli1re the judgment-
seat of Christ; that P.very one may receive the 
things done in his body, accordinrr to that lie 
hath done, whether it be good or bad."-
2 Cor. 5:1-10. 
"I knew a man in Cluist above fourteen 
years ago, (wltether in the lJlldy, I cannot 
tell; or whether 11nt of the budy, I cannot 
tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up 
to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, 
(whether in the body, or out of the body, I 
cannot tell : God knoweth ;) how that he was 
caught up into paradise, and heard unspeaka-
ble words, which it is not lawful for a man to 
utter." 2 Cor. 12:2-4. 
" Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he 
also reap; for he that soweth to his fle&h, 
shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that 
soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap 
life everlasting." 
Gal. 6:8. 
" Christ shall be magnified in my body, 
whether it be by life, or by death. 
For to me 
to Jive is Christ, and to die is gain. 
But if I 
live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: 
yet what I shall choose I wot not, 
For I am 
in a straight betwixt two, having a desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far 
bettP.r: nevertheless, to ahide in the flesh is 
more needful for you." 
Phil. 1: 20-24. 
"If we believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them al.so which sleep in Jesus 
will God bring-with him." 
1 Thess. 4:14. 
" For the mystery of iniquity doth already 
work: only he who· now letteth will let, until 
he be taken out of the way. 
And then shall 
that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall 
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and 
shall destroy with the brig-htness of his com-
ing: even him, whose coming is after the 
working of Satan, with all power, and signs, 
and lying wonders." 
2 Thess. 2:7-9. 
"But they that will be rich, fall into tempta-
tion, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurt-
ful lusts, which drown men in destruction and 
perdition." 1 Tim. 6:9. 
"For I nm now ready to be offered, and the 
time of my departure is at hand. I have fought 
a good fight, I have finished my course, I have 
kept the fnith i' henceforth there is laid up for me 
a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and 
not to me only, but unto all them also that love 
his appearing." 2 Tim. 4:6-8. 
"It is appointed onto men once to die, but af-
ter this the judgment." He b. 9:27. 
"And these all, having obtained a good report 
through fitith, received not the promi~e : God 
having provided some better thing for u~, that 
they without us should not be made perfect." 
Heb. 11:39, 40. 
" Out ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto 
the city of the living God, the herwenly Jermm-
lern, and to an innamernble company of angels, 
to the general assembly and church of the first-
born, which are written in heaven, and to God 
the Judge of all, ar.d to the spirits of just men 
made perfect." Heb. 12:22,23. 
"For Chri8t also hath once suffered for sins, 
the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quicl(-
ened by the Spirit : by which also h9 weut and 
preached unto the spirits in prison ; which some-
time were disobedient, when o ee the long-~uff~r­
ing of God waited in the days of Noah, while the 
ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight 
souls, were saved by water." 1 Pet. 3:18-20. 
"I think it meet, ns long as I am in this tab-
ernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remem-
brance ; knowing that shortly I must put off this 
my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ 
hath showed me." 2 Pet. 1:13, 14. 
"Out these as natural brute beasts, made to 
be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things 
that they understand not ; and shall utterly per-
ish in their own corruption." 2 Pet. 2:12. 
"Reserved unto fire again3t the day of jadg-
ment and perdition of ungodly men." 2 Pet. 3:1. 
"The body without the spirit is dead." James 
2:26. 
" The angels which kept not their first estate, 
but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in 
everlasting chains under da1knes:o unto the judg-
ment of the great day. 
EYen as Sodom and Go-
morrah, and the cities about them in like manner, 
giving themselves over to fnrnication, and going 
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 6, 7. 
"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I s11w 
under the altar the souls of them that were slain 
for the word of God, and for the testimony which 
they held: and they cried with a loud voice, say-
ing, How long, 0 Lord, holy and trae, dost thou 
not judge and avenge our blood on them that 
dwell on the earth ? And whi.te robes were given 
unto e\u00b7ery ooe of them ; and it was said unto 
them, that they should rest yet for a little season, 
until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, 
that should be killed as they were, should be ful-
filled." Rev. 6:9-11. 
"If any man worship the beast and his image, 
and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his 
hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the 
wrllth of Ood, which is poured oat without mix-
ture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall 
be tormented with fire and brimstone in the pre-
sence of the holy angels, and in the presence of 
the Lamb : and the smoke of thE;ir torment as-
cendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no 
rest day nor night, who worship the beast and 
his image, and whosoe\u00b7er receiveth the mark of 
his name. Here is the patience of the saints : 
here are they that keep the commandments of 
God, and the faith of J esns. 
And I heard a voice 
from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are 
the dead which die in the Lord frum henceforth : 
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labors ; and their works do follow them." 
Rev. 14:9-13. 
· "And the beast was taken, and with him the 
false proyhet that wrought miracles I.Jefore him, 
with whtch he deceived them that had received 
the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped 
hi~ image. These both were cast alive into a 
lal<e of fire burning with brimstone. And the 
remnant were slain with the sword of him that 
sat upon the horse, ·which sword proceeded out 
of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with 
their flesh." Rev. 19:20, 21. 
"And I saw an angel comedown from heaven, 
having the key of the bottomless pit and a great 
chain in his hand, And he laid bold on the drag-· 
en, that old serpent, which isJ.he Devil, and Sa-
tan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast 
him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and 
set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the 
nations no more, till the thousand years should be 
fulfilled ; and after that he must be loosed a lit-
tle season. And I saw thrones, and they sat up-
on them, and judgment was given unto them : and 
I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for 
the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, 
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither 
his image, neither had rer.eived his mark upon 
their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived 
and reigned with Christ a thoul.'land years ...•. 
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan 
shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out 
to deceive the nations which 11te in 1he four quar-
ters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them 
together to battle: the number of whom is as the 
sand ·of the sea. And they went up on the 
breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of 
the saints about, and the beloved city : and fire 
came down from God out of heaven, and de-
voured them. And the devil that deceived them 
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where 
he benst and the fitlse prophet,are, and shall be 
tormented day and night for ever and ever, .•. 
Ao~death aud hell were cast into the lake of fire. 
This is the second death. 
And who!:loever was 
nut found written in the book uf life was cast into 
the lake of fire." Rev. 20:1-4, 7-10, 14, 15. 
"He that i:~ unjust, let him be unjust [,!till: and 
he which is filthy, let him be filthy till : and he 
1.hat is righteous, let him l!e righteous still : and 
he that is holy, Jet him be holy still .... For 
without are dngs, and sorcerers, and whorernon-
gers, and rnarderers, nnd idolaters, and who!!o-
e'er loveth and rnaketh a lie." Rev, 22: ll, 15. 
THE LAsT "HARBINGER" 
attempt~ to 
ju,tify its charge that we deny the book of '' Ec-
clesiastes," and complains that we rt:ply to the 
"Harbinger" when a correspondent 111ade the 
attack. Tha heading of our article stlowed that 
we replied to both, us both acted in unison. 
It 
is too late in the d<~y for a publisher to l'Ontend 
that he 
i~ not responsible for attacks ruade by 
correspondents that he pahlishe11: 'l'hey are thus 
responsible both in law and equity ; and cannot, 
if they would, shrink from it. The" Harbinger" 
nttempts tojastify the attack by quotiag a part 
of what we said on the suhjel't ; but we can-
not believe that those who will read all we 
said, if possessed of ordinary ncatenesa of 
intellect, woald arrive at any sach conclusion, 
unless "their wish was f;~ther to thtl thought., 
lt compares the attack to the rebuke of Ahab hy 
Elijah ; . but there is a great difference between 
being moved for the truth, and watching for an-
other's halting. Those who siP.zed ou that re-
mark showed their joy at an opportunity to thrust 
at us, without waiting far the ''first gospel 11tep." 
Too great a contrast between the tone of an 
editorial and that of a correspondent not dissent-
ed from, will enable all discerning persons to 
jadge what allowanre to make for the spirit of 
each. 
We judge men by their wori.N, and not 
by their profession. 
Friends of any cause areal-
ways known by their acts. The coarse we have 
been compelled to pursae-by the "Harbinger," 
we IJa\u00b7e taken in view of onr accountability at a 
higer tribunal than man's; and we should feel 
unjustified if the work had not been done. Sollle 
may fail to perceive ita relevancy ; but the light 
is beginning to ~Jhine. "V e hope that hereafter 
those who cannot go with ns, will let u" work 
without thwarting us in our effi1rts 1o proclnim 
the coming kingdom. We think that what we 
leaTe done at' Rochester and elsewhere gives us 
a claim to be heard in reference to the quel!tions 
at issue. 
The remarl(s of the "Harbinger" in reference 
to addressing bn~thren as "dear brethren," are 
irrelevant. 
All who wish to, will find no diffi-
culty in understanding that we only objected to 
the use of the endearing expression!, when made 
by those who show by their acts, correspondents, 
&c., nod that thtly have no such feelings at heart. 
Summary. 
A duel was fought last Saturday at Carrollton, 
opposite Cincinnati, between two young men, 
muned Duke and Hawson. At the fourth fire the 
thigh bone of the latter wa~ shivered to atoms. 
1.'he cause was a lady's love. 
THE BRITISH MAIL STEAMERs.-The de-
partures of the British Mail Steamers are arranged 
as follows:-
Departures from Er.gland.-Boston, Janu-
ary 15; New York, January 29; Bo~ton, Febru-
ary 12 ; New York, February 26 ; Boston, March 
11 ; New York, March 25. 
Departures from 
America.-Bo~ton, January 15; New York, 
January 29 ; Boston, February 12 ; New York, 
February 26 ; Boston, March 11 ; New York, 
March 25. 
After which, the departures will take 
place weekly. 
The " Acadia " was arranged to leave Liver-
pool, January 15, for Boston. 
Two boys, aged seven and four and a half 
years, children of W. A. Goodwin, of Lawrence, 
were drowned while playing upon the ice. 
Mr. Shultis waa" hurnt to death in Wt?odstock, 
N. Y., in the night, and John Lasher burnt so 
that he can hardly recover. 
They were asleep 
in a cabin, near a coal-bed. 
John Jacob Astor, who has been seriously ill, 
is now convalescent. 
A gentleman, while paying postage, at the New 
Pork Post-office delivery, had his pocket cut, and 
his pocket book extracted, containing $2,376. 
In the" Liberator" is a call for an anti-Sabbath 
Convention, to be held in this city on the 23d a;1d 
24th of next March, to discuss the jastice of the 
laws enforcing the obser,yance of the first day of 
the week as the Sabbath. This call is signed by 
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Francis Jal~k.ron, Theodore 
Parker, and about twenty others. 
Chronotype. 
According to official accounts from St. Peters-
burgh, the cholera continued to decrease at Mos-
cow. 
Between thP. 22d and 29th ult., 175 eases 
had occurred, 118 of which terminated fatally. 
In most of tbe other provinces, the malady was 
fast subsiding. 
ST. JAGo-AN EARTHQUAK.E.-On Tues 
day, 12th December, at 7 minutes before 9 o'clock, 
an earthquake was felt i_n this city, accompanied 
205 
by terrible thunder-both of short duration, but 
which naturally much alarmed the inhabitant!! ; 
for when such solid foundations tremhle, no soul 
can rest in peace. Th~ atmosphere became thick 
and heavy, and the stars lost their brilliancy, but 
in a short time everything retarned to its former 
slate. 
The city of Mexico is nine thousand feet above 
the level of the sea ; and in this locality narrow 
chests and diseased lungs are unknown ; while 
from the extreme dilation of the atmosphere, 
animal substances never become putrid, notwith-
standing its proximity to the equator, and eonse-
quent high temperature, 
Listen to thi~ account of the condition of the 
French people, furni.shcd by ·one of their journals 
-" Le Reforrne " :-Out of a popn Ia tion of 
about 33,000,000, there are now 4,000,000 per-
sons clothed in rags, 20,000,000 who never wear 
shoeR, 18,000,000 who never eat wheaten breHd, 
27,000,000 who cannot get wine to drink-not 
drugged, as here,-31,000,000 too poor to aftord 
sugar, 31,000,000 forced to abstain from the use 
of meat, 
'Mrs. Lawson, widow of Anthony Law1on, 
Esq., was brutally murdered at her residence at 
Logan Court House, Va., on the night of the 27th 
ult. She was beaten to death with a poker and 
a pair of tongs. The deceased lived by herself; 
and two negro hoys, belonging to her sons, have 
been arrested as the murderers. 
It is said that 
one of them bas confessed the deed. 
The farmers at Bathurst, Canada, have been 
ploughing, and those in Beckwith sowing rye, in 
January. 
, 
The French steamers between New York and 
Havre are tu be suspended. The Missouri was 
the last that i~ to leave France. 
According to a Frankfort journal, another con-
spiracy has beeu discovered at Cracow, and court 
martials have been established for the trial of per-
sons arrested. 
On the 16th of December, on board the U. S. 
schooner Taney, at Algiers, while returning a sa-
lute, a gunner's arm was shattered, and his face 
t~rribly lacerated. He was removed to the Ilos-
pital, 
wh~re amputation of the arm was per-
termed. 
It is said that, under the instructions sent from 
Washington to General Scott, the mint at the city 
of Mexico, and the mints of Gaanuaxuata, Zaca-
tecas, Guadalaxara, Durangn, &c., will be put iu 
operation for the coinage of U. S. dollars and half 
dollars. 'I'he average annual coinage at these 
mints i~ about $12,000,000. 
Mujor Tochman, the Pole, has been indicted 
in the Di~trict of Columbia, for sending a chal-
leuge to J. H. Bradley, and afterwords posting 
him as a coward, and C;~ptain Schaumberg h••B 
been indicted for bearing the challenge. They 
are to be tried at the next term of the criminal 
court. 
'l'HE NEw CoMET.--The" Diariodi Roma," 
of the 15th December, says:-" We annouuce, 
with plea11ure, the re-appearance of the cornet 
dit~covered in this capital on the 3d of October 
last. Ha,·ing advanced with great rapidity to-
wards its points of extreme declination in the 
southern hemisphere, and become invisible to all 
spectators, it is once more beginning to make its 
appearance above oar ho1izon, a few hours before 
sunrise.'' 
Dr. Horace Wells, an esteemed dentist, of 
Hartford, Ct., the discoverer of the pre\u00b7ention 
of pain by the use of nitrous oxide and ether, 
two years before it was discovered by his pupil, 
Dr. Morton, of Boston, while experimenting with 
chloroform, in New York, being partially de-
ranged by its effect, on Friday threw some vi-
triol on to some females in ]3roadway, was ar-
rested therefor, and committed to the Tombs. 
He was so overwhelmed with the disgrace of his 
condition, that he committed suicide on Sunday 
night, by severing the femoral 11rtery Qn his thigh 
with a razor-first taking the chloroform, to dis-
guise the pain. He left a wile and child in Hart-
ford, Ct. 
A young man, named Bassford, committed Poi-
cide some time since, by throwing himself from 
one of the North River ferry boats. 
He assigned 
as a reason for the act, discontent with his faruily. 
It is astonishing what a number of suicides are 
committed in this way. 
Scarcely a month elapses 
but what some one drowns himself by leaping 
from n ferry boat. It is an expeditious and an 
easy way to do the deed. 
M. Outrebon, the rich notary, has been arrest-
ed in Paris for forgery, and is in prison. 
Blunt, a burglar, was shot dead while attempt-
ing in the nigh't to enter the aepot store on the 
rail-road near Greenbasb, N.Y. 
Mr. Taylor, conductor on the Milton Rail-road, 
slipped from the platform, and broke bisshouh.ler, 
on Wednesday. 
We regret. to leam that the Rev, E. T. T~tylor. 
the seamen's chaplain, is ill. The" Post" ays 
be is confined to his bed with a fever. 
A little girl, about fi,·e years old, named 
Rhodes, residing at the poor house in Hallowell, 
was burned so severely one day lust week, that 
she survived but twenty-four hours. The acci-
dent was caused by her clothes tal(ing tire. Her 
father is one of the Maine volunteers in Mexico. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Correspondence. 
were spoken as facts. 
I understood them as 
charges, positive charges." 
This was the 
' statement of one in whom I t.:onfide, aud others 
, __ 
Letter from Bro. L .. D. Mansfield. 
MR. COX-HIS DILitMMA. 
It will be remembered that I stated in the 
"Herald" for Aug. 7th, that Mr. Co:lli, the 
superintendent of theW esleyans in this island, 
had misrepresented my views to a special 
meeting of my friends which he called during 
my absence at Mpntserrat, and that I intended 
to reqnest him to meet me in the presence of 
those persons, .and answer to the falsehoods 
he had told. The following correspondertce 
will help the unprejudiced to form some idea 
of the moral rectitude or obliquity of the party 
referred to. I addressed the following note,to 
Mr. C. soon after:-
"Mr. Cox-Dear Sir :-Having been in-
formed that, during my absence to Montserra~, 
you repre~rented me as entertaining erroneous 
opinions respecting the character and offices 
of the Lord Jesus Chr~t, I respectfully beg 
your attendance at a meeting of the same 
parties to whom the statemenfs were made, in 
order that your reasons may be assigned for 
· such charges, and that I may have an oppor-
tunity of exculpating myt~elf from \he heretical 
sentiments attributed to me. 
~· 
Yours, &c., 
L. D. MANSHELD." 
In reply to the above I received a letter, 
from which I Cllpy,-verhatim, except the 
omission of proper names, and wilh his own 
emphasis,-all that is particular) y relevant to 
the question, without Yepeating his l&rdly 
ahuse at length :-
" Sir :-I have several times expressed my 
fears (1 never made a positive assertion) that 
yonr opinioos were unsound with reference to 
the per800 of our Redeemer,' and my fears 
were confirmed by the statements of Mrs. 
--, that you had said to her, ' How can 
Christ be present with everybody dying all 
present understoou Mr. C. in the same man-
ner ; and the testimony of these persons 
(m~mbers of his own church) I must take be-
fore his, and believe that Mr. Cox did "of-
firm" these things, and that they were stated 
not as "fears," uut as "facts,-positive 
ciUJrges." rrhe reason why Mr. C. was not 
willing to meet these persons is apparent. It 
would certainly be " an unprofitable discus. 
sion " to him, which should result in convict-
ing him of "falsehood 11 and slander. The 
law of God," Thou shalt not bear false witness 
against thy neighbor," never having been re-
voked, it would be quite "unnecessary" fur 
Mr. C. to be convicted of having violated it, 
when he could claim the benefit of "habeas 
corpus," and keep away from the examination 
of the matter. Mr. C. exerts a very exten-
sive influence over the people, which has ueen 
wielded a~ainst the truth of our Lord's com-
ing. I would therefore Jay these facts belore 
~he people, that they may see how much con-
fidence should be reposed in one who can so 
gros11ly slander his neighbor, and so openly 
prevaricate. 
But many will think that to 
slander me " does God service ; " but they 
will soon hear, "Inasmuch as ye did· it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, ye did 
it unto ME! " It would rejoice me to see Mr. 
Cox penitent for his sins, and ditJposed to 
make amends for his slanderous assertions, 
but I do not expect it. I therefore wish hit; 
character, as a professed miuister of Christ, 
to be seen in the light of thesefacts. He has 
drawn away several persons who were once 
deeply impres~ed by he truth, sou.e of whom 
now are very far from God, and are Jiving to 
the world. Pardon the intrusion of this mat-
ter of local interest upon the general readers 
of the" Herald," and believe, &c., 
L. D. MANISFIELD. 
.Antigua ( W. I.), Dec. 18th, 1847. 
Letter from Bro. E. Walker. 
Christ's death 
Truly this looks like the 
gleaning after the harvest. 
There has been a deep interest awakened in 
this place, which has )'ruduced a good degree 
of-the unity of the Spirit among others. We 
have ueen blessed with the labors of Bw. S. 
Brazel, from Blandford, who has been owned 
of God io the good of souls in this place. 
I 
feel to ascribe all the glory· to God fur what 
he has dune, and for that strong consolation 
in a lively hope, the faith of wbich does not 
stand in the wisdom of man, but in the power 
cf God. It is marvellous, yet joyful, to see 
the exact fulfilment of every jot and tittle of 
God's word, in this time of the quickly in 
visiting the highways and hedges to compel 
them to come in, that the house may be filled. 
It is manifestly so in this place: for it re-
4uired an extraordinary travail of soul to bring 
in only one, while the mass are becoming more 
hardened. Thus we see plainly that the Spirit 
of God proves a savor of life or death, " for 
he should not stay long in the pl-ace of the 
breaking forth of children. 
I will ransom 
them from the power of the grave; I will re-
deem them from death : 0 death, I will be 
thy plagues, 0 grave, 1 will be thy destruc-
tion ;. repentance shall be hid from mine eyes." 
Hos. 13: 13, 14. It appears to me now, that 
the case of the wicked is hopeless where the 
Spirit of God has gone by and they have re-
fused, and that God has left them to hardness 
of heart and blindness of mind, that they may 
believe a lie, that they all may be damned who 
have pleasure in unrighteousness. 
' 
lt gives me great consolation that the 
" Herald " affords a medium through which 
so many voices of sweet harmonious concert 
break upou my ear in heavenly strains, telling 
of the near approach of the everlasting king-
dom, especially in this shaking time, wherein 
multitudes in the valley of decision are making 
shipwreck of faith, and being turned unto fa-
bles. 
But ye have not so learned Christ, for 
which I feel to give glnry to God. 
Amen. 
Yours, in the bor1ds of fellowship, 
EPHRAIM wALKER. 
West Becket (N.Y.), Dec. 28th, 1847. 
Letter from E. Tanner. 
M'et \he world!' or words to thal effect, 
Dear Bro. Himes :-1 still hail with un-
whicb certain~y seem to imrly your doubt of abating joy the weekly~ arrival of the "Her-
Iris Divjnity, however they may be explained aid," which gave the first note of warnin0a, as 
B 
h h 
h. be 
[We are right 2"lad to hear from our be-
away. 
ot w et er t ts 
so or not, could a periodical, to a worltl lying in sin, upon the 
you even demonstrate your belief in that doc-glorious consummation, wt.en the mystery of loved sister, E. Tanner, who, with her amia-
trine, it does not afft!ct in the slightest degree God shall be fini hed, spoken of by all the ble and devoted brother and sister, is doing so 
the view I am compelled to take of the perni-
prophet..~ and apostles, and which has been much to diffuse the knowledge of a coming 
cious coosequences of yonr teaching .••. I met with exuberant joy by all the truly de-
therefore see noo occasion for my attending the voted followera of the Lord Jesus Christ in Savior· We give the 
1followin~ exract from a 
meeting of which yoo speak. 
I have no wish this waste howling wilderness, thronged by recent letter.] 
to have unnecessary and· unprofitable discus-beasts of prey. 
l rejoice that I am yet en-
Dear Si1· :-Again we have beer1 refreshed 
sion with anybody, and: l see oo good which abled to stand, by the grace of God, with with" Heralds," for which accept our united, 
will :result ftom it. . . . 
those dear brethren who first fearlessly pro-uest thanks. The sketches of the lectures 
tam your obedient servant, 
cl~simed to a gainsaying world, '' Behultl, he delivered in the tent-meetings are beautifui.-
~Signed) 
JutES Cox. 
cometh with clouds, and every eye sl1all see 1t makes our very heart leap within us to hear 
It will be· perceived that Mr. C. maintains him." God has afforded strength to them how you, amidst the extreme triale through 
that he "never made a po~tive assertion" of equal to their day. 
As an army with banners which y~u are ca1led to pass, can keep up so 
from mount Gilead, they have stood in the well. The flag suspended over the tem is a 
my " unsolmdness" respecting the " person front of the battle, but have not yet been van-sweet idea. 
We have been travelling ever 
of our Redeemer," and is by no means dis-quiahed nor driven from.the field, though they since we saw you in London last year, dis-
posed to insist upon it; and declines me~ting have withstood all the a!JSailants of seducers tributing tracts, lecturing, forming Bible-
me, under the pretence that he had been in-and evil designing men, who are waxing classes, &c. At this place we have been six 
worse and worse, deceiving and being de-weeks, and have very large and attentive 
vited to a" discussion" of doctrines-which ceived, and who make it their work to scatter meetings. 
Mr. Tanner has himself lectured 
my letter said nothing about.-! only asked and make division. among brethren. Such twenty-one times. 
It has aroused a]) the 
him to say why he had charged me with "er-claim that they are the only true worshippers, ministers, as usual. Poor creatures! They 
roneous opinions respecting Christ's Character while they jndge and denounce the most wor-endeavor to spread reports, calling ns Mor-
thy brethren in the Advent ranks,-lmHhren mons, &c.: but notwithstanding this, we have 
and offices." These" erroneollS sentiments,'' who are the most unuring in their labOJ's of got on well. The people seem to think they 
or at least one of them, he manifestly under-love, and in calling on all. men everywhere do not know much. It is very singular how 
etood to~ a'denial of His· Divinity; which to repent, for the coming of the Lord draweth it shakes all the ministers. 
At first we had 
heresy he sunnised 1 held, and was "con-nigh. They also strive about words to no the Town Hall; but the clergyman caused us 
profit, to the subverting of who]e· houses.-to be refused. The players requested its nse, 
firmed" in his "fears" by my having said Hence by their fruits ye shall know them. A and tbey were permitted to use it. 
The 
"Christ did not come at death, for Christ wa~ deleterious influence has been exerted by this clergyman was at the play. Thus you can 
a ptrson; and many people were dying at the sort of ·persons, who are going about to estab-.see how things are here. 
same time all'over the world, therefore how lish their own righteousness, and ·have not 
This winter we have been studying Mr. 
submitted to the righteo,Isne8s of God. 
And Miller's lectures, and have rejoiced in the light 
could death be Christ's c~ming!" (for those by these signs we may know it is the last they contaiu. Many thanks to him for writit1g, 
were the words I used in the conversation re-time. 
As we have heard that antichrist shall and to you for circulating, such light. It has 
ferred to.) 
If he was "confirmed," it is come, even now are there many antichrists. rejoiced many. There is no writer in England 
probable that he expressed himself accord-"They went out from us, but they were not with one half the troth. Indeed, after read-
A 
of us; for if they had been of us, they would ing the works you left with us, our English 
ingly. 
0~ that he did make "positive no doubt have continued with us: but they writers seem very dull. 
charges" w11J be seen from the testimony of went out that they might be made manifest 
Exposed as we are to so many questions, 
persons present. While at Montserrat Ire-that they were not all of us." 1 John 2:19.-we find the "Herald" often helps us to get 
ceived the following from one person preaent, ",Wherefore let us gird up the loins of our an answer for those who would wish to argue, 
d th' t 
f 
th 
mmd, be sober, and hope to the end, for the as well as for thoee who wish instruction. So 
image, which instruction I derived from Mr. 
Miller and the Americau papers. It is quite· 
delightful to read Mr. Heyel!l' poetry and little 
sermons; also Mr. I. E. Jones. Indeed, we 
like them all. 
We are delighted with your 
big tent meetings. Our prayer for you is, 
that you may be supported and comforted un-
der all your trials of health aud labor. Trials 
and slander are the Jot of all ; aud if you get 
them fur the cause of Christ, a crown awaits 
you : but the sorrow of the wurltl worketh 
death. It is only the ocean that st>parates us, 
or we should have tried to have been present 
to hear some of your lectures this summer-. 
The hymns aud tunes of the " Millennia] 
Harp" have quite enchanted the people, and 
many have come to hear them that have heard 
the Cry, and I trust such will be found in the 
kingdom. The Lord bless you in your work, 
and keep you amidst the danger around you .. 
Love to Mr. Hutchinson. 
My brother and 
sister join me in very best Jove to you and the· 
dear brethren. Do not ever forget to send the 
"Herald," for it is our delight. 
I am, dear sir, yours in the hope, by which· 
we have been delivered from the hypc;>crisy of 
professors, to the liberty of the Bible, whir.h 
is our constant study, the man of our couusd,. 
and the hope of eternal life. 
1 
· 
Yours, Yery affectionately, 
E. TANNER. 
Winchcomber (Gloster, Eng.), N01J. 30, '47. 
Letter from Bro. J. Hutchinson. 
Dear Brother :-I send you a short extract 
from the• writings of the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, 
which I should like to see inserted in the 
"Herald." 
After giving a plain account of the gospel 
in general, and of the various dispensations 
into which it branches itself, he says:-" This 
perfect gospel of Christ is the richest display 
of divine grace and justice which takes place 
among men in the preseRt state of things.-
Fur Christ's sake the Holy Ghost is given as 
an indwelling, sanctifying comforter. Tltis is 
the highest state of grace that actually takes 
place in thi3 life before the secoud coming of 
Christ. I have added the clause, ')3efore the 
second coming of Christ,' because in the 
Psalms, Prophets, Acts, Epistles, and espe-
cially in the Revelation, we have a variety of 
promises., tlm~ in the day of his displayed 
power Christ will come in his glory, to judge 
among the heathen, to wound even ldngs in 
the day of his wrath, to root up the wicked, 
to fill the places with their dpad bodies, to 
smite in sunder antichrist, and the heads over 
divers countries, and to lift up his tri11rnphant 
head on this very earth where he once bowed 
his wounded head and gave up the ghost.-
Compare Ps. llOLh with Acts 1:11; 2 Thess. 
1:10; Rev. 19th, &c. 
In that great day ano-
ther gospel dispensation shall take place. We 
have it now in prophecy, as the Jews hap the 
gospel of Christ's first advent. 
But when 
Christ shall come ~o destroy the wicked, to be 
(eternally) glorified in his saints, and adrnired 
in all them that believe in that day, ministers 
of the gospel shall no more prophesy, but, 
speaking a plain 
historic;~) trutR, they shall 
lift up their voices as the voice of many wa-
ters and mighty thunderings, saying, Allelu-· 
jah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth-
the marriage of the Lamb is come-his wife 
(the church of the first born) has made her-
self ready-blessed and holy is he that hath 
part in the first resurrection, for he reigus with 
Christ a thousand years-blessed ar~ the meek, 
for they do inherit the earth-the times of re-
freshing are come, and he has sent Jesus 
Christ, who before was preached unto you, 
whom the heavens did receive till this solemn 
seaso~-now are come the limes of the resti-
tution of all things, which God hath spoken 
by 1he mouth of all his holy prophets ·since 
the world began. 
May the Lord hasten this 
gospel dispettsation ! And till it talkes place, 
may the Spirit and the bride say, Come." -
an 
ls, oo, rom every same person .whom grace that is to be brought.unto us at the reve-that though you are so well employed in 
Mr. C. says "con.firTM~" him in. the belief lation of Jesus Christ." It is with emotions of America, yon have kindled a light in England 
of my heresy. The wnt~r, speakmg of the much joy that I still remember the happy sea-which will shine till the Lord appears. I can-
meetmg, safs," lt was wnh astonishmtnt and son realized at Albany, during the tent-meet-not tell the amount of joy tha~ it has occa-
alarm that .heard Mr. Cox .&.FFIRM1 that Mr. ing there, when one happy soul was converted sioned. The universal cry from honest hearted 
Man~field d1d not regard the aton~t of who was a member of our family, and who people is, I was miserable before you came, 
.Ch~&:tt's. death as the ground _of the am.net's still goes on her way rejoicing, and growing uut now I see great light, and enjoy mur.h 
JU&tlticatton, .nor d~s he adm1t of ~he kmgly in grace. 
Since then we have had some joy-pleasme in the Bible. Aod as [ am visiting 
o~ce of Chrtst w.htch he now sustams, nor of ful meetings in this place, while one more has the afflicted, (1 do not mean to say thoae who 
h11 DIVINITY, bemg_God as .well as man."-been made happy in the Lord, who, tog-ether are dying, or those too ill to attend to Bible 
Another person pteaent sa1d to me, when with two more .willing converts from Bland-truth,) I am delighted to aee their eyes spar-
asked about these charges of Mr. Cox," They ford, were buried in baptism in the likeness of kle when I have e1plaiaed tbe beast and ita 
I have been familiar with the writings of 
Mr. Fletcher for more than forty years, and I 
find that this great and good man often in~ro­
duces the subject of the advent and personal 
reign of Christ upon eatth as a matter full _of 
sweet hope. 
And let me ask, Is it not thus 
to every tr•Je Chtistian believer~ 
There are a few in this vicinity who are 
firm and steadfast believers in the seco£td ad-
vent of onr blessed Lord, and the e'ents con-
nected with that advent, as set forth in the 
"Advent Herald.!' The doctrine advocated 
by the " Bible Advocate" in relation 10 tt1e 
unconscious state of the dead and the fiJJal 
disposition of the wicked, we have no sympa-
thy or fellowship for. 
Yours truly, 
. 
J.&.MiS HUTCHINSON. 
Libe:tyviUe (Dl.), November, 1847. 
LETTER FROl
 URO. 1\I. CHANDLER. 
Dear Bro. Himes :-1 am still interested in 
the g~orious and all-ubi1orbing !!object of the corn-
tog l<rngdorn. 
I nm still lahorinu all that I can 
in the viney;-m] uf the Lord. 
t"finJ ~orne still 
11trung in the fioi1h once delivered to the saints. 
I should he glad if my labors were not so lim-
ited ; but the Lord knows best. Our brethren 
Ea:lt know ·but little about the embarrassments 
we have to meet with in laboring in the far West. 
Now and then we receive a t;ute aid towards our 
support, but nut enough to pay our tra veiling ex-
pauses. 
I havf' ooen compelled to labor for the 
support !Jf my family _fur the mo~t part, and to 
cloth1:: myself; and it is so with most others, if not 
a_ll. 
I say not this by way of complaining, hut 
s1mply to show our Eastern brethren how it is 
with us here, fnr I fear some 
h:~ve a wrong im-
pression of thing~ in thi" region. 
However, the 
Lord ~ill soon make all things right. 
Ha vrng h=1d trials among fal&e brethren, such 
as I ne·(er experienced before, I think I know 
how to sympathize with you in those which you 
have been called on to meet with. 
But this has 
been the portion uf Gud 's servants in every age 
of the wurld : " fur if we I!Ufftr with him we 
shall also reign with him." I can assure you 
that my heart i~ with you in sounding the alarm 
of the approaching judgment. I have been very 
sorry to see contention among brethren. I think 
some thing~ ha vt~ been written on both side!! not 
calculated to promote union. 
It reminds me of 
u story concerning two men-of-war, belongincr to 
the same fleet, whieh were laying near each other 
one dark night ; while laying thus, a small ves-
sel of the euemy, unperceived by the others, 
passed between them, discharging, in her pro-
gress, a broadside into each. The two vessels, 
suspecting each other to be the assailant, com-
menced firing at each other in good earnest till 
break of day, when they discovered thnt they 
belonged to the same fleet. The---passed 
between tho ---and the ---, firing into 
each ; whereupon the latter two commeneed 
~ring into ~achother, and it may be to their in-
J~ry. I tlunl< they had better hold up until duy-
hght, when they 111ay find, to their astonishment, 
that they belong to the same fleet. 
I have taken 
the " Herald " most of the time since its com-
mencement, und should feel very sorry if I were 
to be deprived of it, fur I prize it highly. And 
although I have dontl but little towards its sup-
port, beyond endea\u00b7orin" to procure for it new 
subdcribers, yet I shall ~ontinue to do what I 
can to sustain it. 
1 do not expect we shall all see alike till we 
see us we are :~een, and know as we are known. 
But w_e_can and should _labor to keep the unity of 
t~e spmt. 
When w~ hrst bP-g:on to 'see the glo-
nous tr~th of the con;ing of Christ being so near, 
the subject was so attracting, that we were above 
nil our sectarian feelings and views, and came to-
gether. 
~he doctrine is no less true and glorious 
now than 1t was ~ few year:! siuce. 
Therefore 
let us keep our eye 011 the san1e point, work by 
the some rule, and mind thll ~ame things, nnd 
we can walk together until we recei\u00b7e our dis-
clu~r~e. 
The ~rd direct us all into the patient 
waJtmg for Chnst, and may we be carefiJl to keep 
our garments pure. 
I think of going Ea~t this winter, to visit the 
brethren with whom I formerly labored. 
I ex-
pect to ~o by way of Springfield, Ill., thence to 
St. LoUJil, from them to Ciucinnati, where I ex-
pect to be about the last of January, from thence 
to Pittsburg, and other places as the door may 
open. 
Your brother, waiting fur the kingdom. 
LETTER FROl
 BRO. F. SMITH. 
Dear Bro. Himes:-lt is wish pleasure I look 
hack on those sl~epless nights and anxious days 
that were spent m the promulgation of the hlessed 
gospe~ of the near. approa~h of OUf Savior, during 
our b1g tent meetmgs bela last season. I say with 
pleasure from the fact, that the brightest evi-
d~nc~s were seen at every meeting, that the Lord 
d1d signally bless those means that were made 
use ?f for the promotion of his cause, to the edi-
ficatiOn of many, and to the 11anctification and 
belie~ of tho trut~ of ~om_e who forrperly were 
wallnng after the 1magrnatron of an evil heart. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
·-
living fuith. 
Yea, the subject is so great, and 
the blessing o inel1tirnable, let u~ not be turned 
away from the hope of the calling unto fi, lle,o, 
or to tho~e question;r which gender strifu; fc; our 
calling is unto glory and virtue. 
Let us be cau-
tious how we make a difference of opirl 
on 
minor K•Jhject:t a test of Christian character and 
fellowship. 
So long us no man can he found that 
can say th..1t he alone has the whole truth, can 
the head say to the foot, l have no need of thee? 
but let each fill the place that God has designed 
for it, in the manner he hn!! described, forbearing 
one another in love (evidently implyin" things 
not in accordance with our mind;r, or no ~rbear­
ance); fur in so doing the jewels becouoe pol-
ished, ond are held in reserve, ready for the 
glory that i~ to be revealed ir. them. Grud.re not, 
brethren, one against another, but be k'ind.-
Should not this admonition have its proper efl'ect 
in the day in which we live? 
Let it then be our 
1im to so yield ourselves in conformity to this 
and all other instrur.tions, that we may be made 
wise unto salvation, and ready for the dl:lscent of 
o•Jt;.coming King. 
Mo1·rislown, Dec. ISth, 1847. 
--
intensity and hideousness. 
Prai~e God for the 
truth. 
lpdc.oking over Bro. Hale's letter, I find thnt 
he has witnessed and testified to the same dis-
turbances that have existed el:!ewhere, urisincr 
from the desire of many to discuss questions tlu~ 
gender strife. Paul said to Timothy, that the 
t;ervant of the Lord must not strive, but be gen-
tle to all men, apt to teac:h. 
Now, wishing to be 
houest, I cannot conceive of the ohject of some 
in their opposition to the paper that first her-
alded the second advent of the Lord, uud which 
hall done so much to spread the new~, far and 
wide, and lo all nations, of the coming kingdom, 
;~nd that, too, at so great a sacrifice to the pub-
lrsher? and who. are 
t~till holding out the same 
unernng truth to the world. 
All to the doctrine 
of the unconscious st;	e of tl}e dead, as I under-
stand the Bi~le, there is nut a solitary passage in 
the word of God to support it. 
But others un-
derstand it di~erently, and ·they have the right 
so to do. 
But fi1r us to contend nbout it only 
serves to divide the children of God 
Per!laps 
some may thirik rne "somewhat plain; but my soul 
is pained \Vithin me, and I thiuk it is time we all 
took such a course that in nothing we retard the 
LETTER FROM BRO. J. F. GUILD. 
cause of ~d. Let us stand firrll upon the truth, 
. 
, though evil me.n and seducers wax worse and 
D~ar Bro. Htmes :-I ex~ectecl to have met worse, deceiving and being deceived, and, if it 
you 10th~ conference at Providence; but 1 have were poss~ble, they would deceive the very elect. 
been affi_rcted for a few days past, 110 that I 
Yours 1n hope, waiting for the Son of God 
do o~t thmk I shall be able to go out during the f10m he.aven .. 
meetmg. 
St(Lnstea.d (C. E.), Dec. 27th, 1847. 
I believe I never have expressed any opinion 
to yon in relation to your course, and my rear>ons 
Bro. NATHAN BuRNELL writes· from Milton (Vt.), 
have be~n-ht. Because I am but a youth, and· Jan. lOth, 1848 :-· 
· 
what I m1ght have to say would amount to but 
Dear Bro. Himes :-As you may have some 
little any way. 
desire to know the views of those to whom you 
2d. I have been disgusted with some who, in send the" Herald," and how they ~tand on the 
ons breath, will tell how much confidence thtly 
~dvent question, I now say, that some seven or 
have in you, and how highly they eateern you, e1ght years since I heard-Father Miller lecture in 
and perhaps 1he next time they ~>peak, in public Cul?hester. 
His expositions 'of the prophetic 
or private, will say son1ething whjch they lwow Scrrpturt:!l were so clear, that .J fell in with the 
tends direetly to hurt your influence and useful-bel it{, that they. were nearly fulfilled, and that 
ness. 
With these things befo~ my mind, I have the end was a.t hanc,l. 
I ought it became 111e to 
thought best to advocate and defend the cause, so 
se~ a_buut a thoro)Jgh 
sel~'-examination, to nscer-
far as I could, on all proper occasions, t.1ke the ta_rn 1f l was prepared for the comin~ judgwent. 
"Herald" andpa.y fur it, and by I!O doing (so Srnce then, (have endeavored to hve consist-
far as you are t'oncerned), I might help you ently with that belief, and my experience testi-
and the cause of. God as much as I should ·•ny fies to the truth, that "God is light," and that if 
way. 
we ~re obedient to him, we shall enjoy 1he light 
-3d. Bro. Shipman and other3 have expressed of hid countenance; and our souls be hlf'st con-
my mind and feelings in relation to you better sta~tly. I have no r.unfrdence in a dead formality, 
than I can. 
or m t:reeds: we must have a li\u00b7ing, active faith 
But as I have begun til write, I will just aay, that will enable U!! to look forward beyond t~ 
that I have been a reader of the ''Herald" grave with pleasure, anrl rejoice that there is to 
about six years, and with its general course I be a resurrection. ·1 believe we must be bmn of 
have been well pleased; nod although there have the f'ipirit, and assindlated into the spirit of 
been some things which would have pleased rne Chri!lt, which· is a ~pirit of holiness and love. 
better if they had been different, yt:t, on the We shall ·then be united to Christ and to one 
whole, I like tho paper much. 
For instancl}, 1 another, Nothing short, ·I believe, will stand the 
do not see with you on the question of the state test. I a rio pleased with the manner In which 
of tl~e dead; but still, I have no sympathy with you conduct the "Herald;'.' your course appears 
any mfluence that would cause u division among to be straight-forward, having the honor and 
brethren on that q~estion. 
glor-y of God .in view, as well as the fu.rtherance 
I have often thought what would have become of the gospel, and the salvation of men. 
of the Advent cause, if all had left the " Ad-
vent Herald," and followed the different Advent 
publications that have Cflme up, profesiling to have 
trut!~ for their object, and denouncing you a;r 
h~v~ng departed from the faith, or as not being 
Wlllmg to. come up to the light. You wou!d, 
of course, have been" laid on the shelf," some 
would have gone into the do-nothing system, and 
the rest to the Shakers; and God would haYe 
had to raise up a new set of men to preach the 
kingdom at pand. But by the blessing of God, 
some have been able to hold on to the old way; 
and although their efforts to et.ay the ·current 
which threatened to destroy every good, ope-
rated, in some instances, like the medicines of a 
physician upon a patient who has a number of 
diseases, the nature of which i;r, 'that the medi-
cine which will cure one, will in(lame and en-
rage the others ; yet, like the skillful physician, 
they have fought, and I hope will still continue to 
fight, the disease that is most likt:ly to destroy 
life. 
Your!! in hope. 
North .lltileboTo', Jan. 16th 1848. 
LETTER FROM BRO. A. COX. 
Bro. S. B. SAWYER wrileH from Durham (C. E.), 
JRo. 3d, 1848 :-
Dear Bro. Himes :-Something over two years 
has passed' since Bro. Hutchin~on proposed to 
rne that I sho'uld ·have the " Ad vP.nt Herald " 
sent me free. ·I accepted it most gladly, and 
have taken a •great -deal of interest in reading it, 
an,! circulating it for others to read. 
I ha\u00b7e 
not 
negl~ctf'.d to write, or send you money, be-
cause I 111 the .least undervalue it; for it is to 
me a welcome' visitor. 
I do not Jecollect' read-
iug anything from the editor's pen that I could 
not endorsE! as being truth, according to the little 
light I have on the Holy Scriptures; and I should 
have taken as muc~ pleasure in paying for it as I 
have in reading i~, and more so, if 1 had had the 
menns. I am well aware that broken prowises 
will not purchase type, ink, and puper, nor pay 
the type setters; neither will they clothe, feed, 
and shelter y<•U and your family. But in return 
for your kindneas, I mean to get as many more 
new subscribers as I can ; and if time should 
continue a little longer, and a way opens. I shall 
send you something more. Some in this town 
have been con'erted to God recently ; and the 
brethren in the towns of Broom, Farnham, Stan-
bridge, and Caldwell'll Mnnor, with a few ex-
ceptions, arc rational, spiritual, nnd firm in the 
be_lief of the Lord'~ speedy coming to gather his 
samts. Our meetings have been, and still are 
quite good. 
Br<'. BuTLER lvEs writes froon Bangor (N. Y .), Dec. 
20th, 1847 :-
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207 
OBITUARY. 
Go_d wor~s in a mysterious way, as was the 
case m the s1ckness and death of Bro. BEN 1 A-
MIN QuiMBY .and family. 
His eon and wife 
come from Lawrence, Mass., to his father's in 
C~mp~on, ~ept. 5th, sick with the typhoid fever: 
H1s w1fe d1ed in less than one week· the son 
WitS very si-ck, but recovered. 
But bef~re he got 
well, a!'~the~ son, who was deaf and dumb, and 
a boy lr_vmg m the farroily, were seized with the 
same ~Ut!ase. They also had news of the death 
of the1r dau_ghter, Mr!!. June Clark, who died in 
Lnwrence m u few days. Mary F. Quimby, 
aged 
abou~ 19, was taken with the snme, and 
was very s1ck a few weeks, and begun to re-
eover, when ~ro. qu~rnby was taken_..very sick, 
and was depr~ved nl his reason a pnrt of the time. 
Whe~ Bro. Q. was first taken, he felt that his 
work was dune, 11nd that he should soon ret~t with 
the saints u little while. 
He died the 26th of 
November, in full. faith of u speedy resurrection. 
Mary F. was l~d 1nto the room to see her dyin~ 
father, and bemg feeble, was so overcome that 
she grew worse, and died Dec. the 6th. 
After 
Mary F .. wus buried, sister Quimby, being worn 
down wnh care and trouble, was taken with the 
same fever, and wn~ in great distress for some 
d11ye, 11nd then calmly fell asleep in Christ Jan. 
1st! 1848 ... Bro. and 
Si:~ter Quimby were firm 
helrevers m the speedy coming of Christ for a 
few :years. pa11t! and had been iltriving to do the 
whole known Will of God. We have met with 
a g~eat loss, t~f')' toeiug the only believers in the 
Ad~ent fa1th hvmg near us. But our loss no doubt 
is their gain. 
T E. M. 
DIED in Concord, Jaq. 4th, of lung fever, 
Bro. CoTTON BROWN. 
Bro. B. embraced the 
Advent doctrine in 1842, and remained a finn 
a~d con"sistent believer until his death, and wall 
h1ghly_ esteemed by a large circle of friends and 
acquamtances 
He has left a wife and six chil-
drer~ 1~ mo~rn his lllss. · And although his com-
pamon mourns the loss of a kind and affectionate 
husband, yet she is remarkably sustained by the 
power of the Christian's faith, nnd the hope of a 
speedy r~surrection. By hi!! dtlath, the church 
has o~uo>t<uned a loss of one of its most efficient 
rnerul>ers and brightest ornament!!. He was the 
first one in Coneord who eo,braced the Advent 
doctrine, and gave an invit(ltJOn to the brethren 
to hold -an Advent caw'y1-meetin" in that plac~: 
where the Big Tent was first er:cted and dedi~ 
cated to God, and in which the doctrine of the 
Secon_!.)' Advent was first preached in Concord. 
His 11ickn~ss was diHtrtissing,· but short, but which 
he bore.:wll~ Christian P:•tience, expressing per-
fect res1gnatron to the Will of God, either to dio 
or live. 
When death approached, he calUJI) and 
sw~etly fell_ asleep .. Funeral services hy the 
wrJte_r ~~f tlus nuuc.e, in the Free-will Baptist 
meetmg-house. 
Sermon from John 11:25. 
JoHN CoucH, JR. 
. DrED, of diarrhrea and canker, Oct. 28th, in 
h1s 55th year, Elder RoBERT ALLEN, late of 
Barn~tead. Our belo\u00b7eJ brother was born in 
Springfield, Mass., and has preached the gospel 
twenty-two }ears. He waR a member of the 
Christian conne:xion. 
He embraced the Advent 
doctrine in '42, and notwithstanding his arduou<t 
labors in Oonada and in the East, where he had 
bee.n blest with a nu111ber of powerful re'ivals, 
wh1cb greatly en(eebled his health, yet he buc.k-
!ed on the armor anew, and united his voice with 
many others in sound!ng the note of warning to 
the world. He left. h1s home for tloe purpose of 
attending a conference in Maine; he got as far 
as Great Falll!, where he took sick at the house 
of Bro. Slayer. His sufferings were borne for' 
eight weeks in a very patient and godly manner, 
when, on the 28th of Oct., he fell asleep, in the 
full hope or fiO.on 
~;~eing the King of kings in the 
first resurrection. 
He leaves a wife and five 
children to"mou.rn his loss. The funeral sermon 
was preache~ by Elder Harvey. 
I. R. GATEs. 
My brethren live. dear in my mind; and may 
the zeal and devo110n that c"haracterized them 
whil& in our meeting>~ be maintained when at· 
home a?d abroad, or. wherever in the providence 
of God Jt may be the1r lot to move, that the gain-
sayer may be put to nought, havin .. no evil thing 
to say ~f them. 1\Iy bre!hren, be 
0not weary in 
w~ll domg, beause you have not y 
realized the 
ubJtlCt of your hope; but constantly keep in mind 
that excellent _Chri<~tiun grace, "putit:nce," that 
you may receJ~e the promise; r~membering that 
~e w~lk by fiiHh, and uot by s•ght. 
And what 
Js _a fa1th of et~rnul realities good for, unless it 
wllll;~y hold With an unflinching grasp on eter-
nal th1ngs., never to be severed until eternity shall 
reveal the things themselves. 
I feel bold ju saying, aud happy in beliuviog, 
that the sa'!'e Jesus ~hat was ~nee here upon the 
earth, heahng the sJCk and ra1sincr the dead is 
ag_ain soon to ~orne in the glory ott he Father: to 
ra1se from the1r dusty beds those fitithfulancient 
worthies, from Abraham to Christ, who looked 
forward to that time when eternal life should be 
given to all who are found in Christ by true and 
Bro. Himes :-I still read your paper with 
great interest. I greatly rejoice that you and 
some others, who have borne the burden and 
heat of tht~ day, still stand out upon the ground 
you started upon, and anflinchingly herald the 
near approach of the blessed Savi11r, to establish 
his everlasting kingdom upon this earth reno-
vated, and wish to keep out of your invaluable 
paper all matters of minor consequence, which 
serve, generally, to distrad, scatter, and finally 
destroy the influence of God's people. 
May 
God, who changeth not, overrule all these things 
for good, and spoil all the device~ of the adver-
sary to destroy the" Herald." Go on, and fear 
not;_ endure hardness as a good 11oldier of Jesus 
Chnst: for all that will live godly in Christ Jesus 
shall suffer persecution. 
When you are looking over the names of those 
w~o have forsaken you, and turned your ene-
mies, rem·ember there is one in Canada East that 
will stand by you as long as you l)dvoeate God's 
eternal truth (which I believe you are now doing) 
alth(.lu8h the winds blow; thunders roar and 
storms of persecution are multiplied~in 111i their 
There are about twenty here that love the Sa-
vior and his coming. 'Ihere are some who have 
joined the church, but I fear they are in bundagt~, 
by living in the fear of man. 
In some places the 
cause is quite low. 'Ihe enemy is trying to des-
troy the tlock. 
We want to have a conference 
in Malone; it is thought that it would result in 
much good, as there is quite an interel!t there to 
hear. 
I am yet holding on to my faith, looking 
for that blessed hope, and earnestly longing for 
full redemption. 0, glorious hour, when this 
body will be free from corruption, pain, and grief, 
and when there shall be no more parting; yea, 
when death itself shall die. 
Amen. Even so, 
come, Lord Jesus, come quiekly. 
We have recently been called to place in the 
land ,of the enemy a -yery interesting child, son 
of Joseph and Lydia C11nox, of this city ( Balti-
more). 
His na111e was CHARLES L. CANox, 
aged eight years and two months. He fell asleep 
on the 2d of January, 1848. 
Hia di11ease was 
inBamrnation of the bowels and brain. This 
te111porary separ~ttion from his parents is a cause 
of sorrow, but the hop~ of a speedy and glorious 
re-union affords a solace. His parents had, like 
Abraham, commanded their children and house-
hold; consequently, this child was prt-disposed 
to love that which was good, and shun the evil. 
He lived the religion of a child, 
ich was obe-
dience to the first commandment with promise; 
and hence we believe thut it will be well with 
him,.and that he will spon CQme from the land of 
the enemy, t.o liv«? long (ev~n forever) on the 
new earth. 
L. OsLER. 
Dn;I), in this city, at Dr. Spear's, the 6th of 
Dec., Mrs. CAROLil'IE G. SEAVI:Y, wife of 
Bro. I,evi J. Seavey, aged 36. 
In the death of 
Si.Jter Seavey, her friends and rt:lati\u00b7es have met 
with "a great loss. 'fo know her worth, it was 
necessary to be familiar with. her kindness of 
heart', and many virtues. 
She fell asleep in the 
full hope of a glorious and ttpeedy immortality. 
She will M held in affectionate remembrance by 
the church in this place, and by the circle of ac-
quaintance witb whom she associated. 
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INDEX. 
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. 
2 
Apocalyptic lnterptetation. 
52 
Address of Benjamin Beddome, jr. 
94 
Advent Question, The 
116, 12-4:, 132 
Are the Planets Inhabited 1 
123 
Annihilation. 
134 
·Advent, The 
146 
A~void Extremes. 
• 
• 
201 
. B~nyan's Preaching. 
• 
75 
. Bro. Hale's Visit to Maine. 
. 
. 
129 
· Counterfeit Messiah of 1666, The 43, 50, 
. 
. 58, 66, 82, 91. 
_~Oity'·of Mexico. 
. 
. 
• 
• 
• 149 
· Cbron()logy. 148, 156, 164, 172, 180, 188, 196 
. Condition of Ireland. 
. 
• 
• 
• 177 
• Ghrrst the Comforter. 
194 
. Danger of Christians. 
9, 17 
Dr. Elliott's Work. • 
68 
Deinoniacal Possession. 
139 
Door Was Shut. 
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• 
• 
195 
. ·Ephesus. 
• 
• 
•. 
. 
3 
:'Epoch of the French Revolution. 
41 
:Explanation and Reply. 
108 
Eud of the World. • 
• 
146 
:.'Eneonraging. 
• 
• 
149 
Expedition to the Dead Sea. 
169 
Etoquence of Whitefield. 
178, 
France and Tahiti. 
• 
. 
• 
10 
. Fashionable Churches in New York. 
22 
. Fourth Seal, ':r'he. 
. 
• 
82 
. Fourth Beast, History of the 
149, 155, 
171, 179, 187, 195, 202. 
.·Forbidden Subjects. 
• 
• 
• 155 
. · Fourierism-Perfectionism. 
197 
·. God's Judgments. 
• 44, 53, 61, 69, 77, 85 
·Grandeur of the Apocalypse. 
59 
~ Holy Alliance, The 
26 
Hon. Baptist Noel. 
115 
. Heady Nation, A 
123 
Historical Evidence. • 
• 
• 
145, 153 
Harbinger and its Correspondents. 
188 
Horrots of Crueifixion. 
. 
. 
195 
Inspiration of the Jewish P10phets. 
42, 
49, 5>7, 65, 73, S.1., 90, 10:7. 
' 
ltaly. • 
. 
• 
. 
• 
• -}07 
Infant Baptism and Millennarianism. · 
J<Htn Huss the Reformer. 
161 
99 
76 
15. 
60 
Kingdom Within You. 
Ladtes' Fair. 
• 
Letter to the Advocate. 
LETTERS FROM-
L. D. Mansfield. 
Wm. Clark,jr. 
Samuel Chapman. 
R. Nicholls .. 
H. A. Chittenden. 
T. 0. Smith. 
H. Barrinzer. 
A. C. Judson. 
E. Tuttle. 
I. E. Jones .• 
T. L. Hawkins. 
G. W. Clement 
J. Y. Butt. 
Ira Fancher .. 
H. Heyes. 
G. Needham. 
William Miller. 
J. S.White •• 
L. Osler •. 
J. Cummings. 
John T. Sweet •• 
Mary R. Chapman. 
. . Henry Buckley. 
. C. A. Thorp. 
R. Y. Lyon. 
• 
Edwin Burnham. 
J.D. Boyer. 
• 
Pro8per Powell. 
Elon Galusha. 
J.P. Weethee. 
R. Hutchinson. 
David Bates. 
L. Kimball. 
I. H. Shipman: 
Aaron Clapp. 
I. Adrian. 
• 
T. Chullacomb .• 
A. Ingalls. 
Henry 
• 
D. Reynolds. 
0. R. Fassett. 
• N~ Wood. 
• 
G: Higgins. 
• 
T. A. E::~worthy. 
M. D. Wellcome. 
James Lenfest. 
L. Wilcox. 
E. Walker •• 
E. Tanner. 
J. Hutchinson. 
M. Chandler. 
F. Smith. 
J. F. Guild. 
A. Cox. 
6, 166,206 
,.7,46 
14,.70, 183 
. 14 
30 
30 
39 
39 
39, 166 
46, 102, 142, 174 
47 
47 
54:, Ill 
54 
62, 102 
62, 150, 198 
63, 86, 119, 182 
70 
71, 190 
71, 159 
78 
78 
86 
• 103 
Ill 
119 
119 
119 
126 
127 
135 
• 142 
U3 
150, 198 
150 
151 
151 
158 
158 
174 
174 
• 183 
191 
198 
198 
199 
203 
206 
'206 
206 
207 
• 207 
207 
• 207 
THE ADVENT HERALD./ 
Mind of Christ. 
99 inconclusive, .Because man bek>re tbe fall did and sh<twing that Iiiey ure in a time or need, friend~ in-
Mexico-Ttle Wat·. 
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_ 100 
. 
h 
k 
d!'ed. They ml
\if~~tt their friend.hip, not by words 
· 
not requ1re sue fi>od, or because raw meat rna es· whith co$! nothin11, b<ut by thetr )abor~ of love, which 
My Savior. 138, 146, 154, 163, 171, 194,202 anit als savage, it docs not follow that in man's It'll. 
~ltty thllLord nlwud~IHiy rtlwnnl ~uch. 
Needful Preparation for the Advent. 
1 
New Translation. 
• 
. 
. 
61 
pres~nt state, cooked meat is prejudicial to health, 
News from Rome. 
, 
98 or d 
uctive of purity. 
So long as the flesh of 
NOTICE.-Next wtek'~ pnper iM the lAst we shall 
seud to ~everul huntlr!'tl suhscrilltr~ who owe S4 au() 
OT~r, and from wbo111 wt. ha•e not hetutllilr a loug titue. 
We ~!tall wuit ,;ev~:rnl weeks, bt:folll we Jlinc~ all)' such 
in the ddiuquent hook, so tts to give ull au oppot·tullity 
ln rectify l'l'tl')' mjstake, pay lheir iutl .. btetllll'~8, or 
state their inabilit}, either of which will canC<JI the 
deht, 
New Testament Doctrine. 
204 anima/~ wa~t ex{}ressly provided for mara's nsef 
One Ideaism. 
• 
, 
. 
. 
57 was partal(en of by angels and the 8avror, and is 
Observations on Man's Departure. 
98, io6 sanctioned by the apostles, who spake of those 
Pre-millennia! Advent. 
· 
· 
2 who should come in the last days commanding to 
Paul Preachin()' at Athens. 
3 
It will also l>e the bst we shall 1entl to 11 r.IR$~ of free 
subscriber~, from whom we huve httd no illlimlltion thnt 
they WiMh the l•nper continued . 
Prophecies Co~cerning Nineveh. 
a4 abstam from meats, as one of the signs or the 
Papal '.t'roubles. • 
• 
59 times;. we feel fully to adopt the sentiment of 
Prophets and Prophecy. 
66 Paul, when he says, (Rom. 14:2, 3) "For one 
Propagation of ~he Faith. 
115 believeth that be may eat .all things; another, 
WI!< are 110w truuscrit.iug Dur list of subscribers, and 
tn tering them on lltW bfloks. It is pnssiult' lhttt 10111e 
names may be accidt·ntally omiUed. II' all) such sbould 
1101 reCI'iYe their paper al)tlr lle.	 lllllllber, they· Will 
plea~e to~,tive UH early iutormatiou, thnt we m!IJ' correct 
thu ominion. If it is through m!!ltake $lOJl)Jf•l to auy 
whoare'UuRllle to pay, they will plrnse to uotify us . 
Public Opinion. 
137 who is weak, eateth herbs. 
Let not hill) that eat-
Promises, The 
• 
· 
· 
138 ethf despise him that eatetb not ;. and let not him 
Papal Indulgences. 
• 
. 
147 
Prayer Respecting the Cholera. 
157 whieh eateth not, judge him that eateth: for God 
Political State of Switzerland. 
169 hath received him. 
He that eateth, cateth to the 
AT HOME.-We. have been ut home ahnut ten davs . 
We have suffered of late fro111 an Rff.H:tion of the t hroin, 
so thRt we hRve bet>n uble t.o spt!11k but once for 1 he last 
two weeks. \Ve urll now sumewhttl b~1ter, hut shull 
not be aiM, Ill prfsent, tu lnbor ltli filrmerly. Wt< shall 
attend our UJ•J•oin ments, howevrr, all() tlo nil we cau. 
Poor Ireland. 
• 
• 
170 Lord, for he gi\u00b7eth God thanks; and he that eat-
Protestant Rule of Faith. • 
194 eth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God 
Present State of Switzerland. 
201 thanks." 
Religious Melancholy. 
11 
Remarkable Weather. • 
19 
Reformers-Adventists. 
113 
Roestars in Sweden. 
. 
• 
• 
ll4 
Romanism Girding the United States. 
122 
Reign of Christ. • 
. 
• 
• 
155 
Roman Catholic Relief Bill. 
193 
Sufficiency of the Scriptures. 
25 
Sonship, The • 
• 
• 
28 
State of the World. 
• 
93 
Sign of the Son of man. 
85 
Seven Thunders, The . 
. 
121 
Sitting in the Temple of God. 
131 
Statement of Facts. 
• 
. 
164 
Sectarianism. 
• 
• 
. 
179 
St. Paul's Life and Writings. 
185 
Secret Faults. . 
• 
. . 
202 
The Two Advents. 
33 
Things in Boston. 
• 
180 
The Effective Preacher. 
202 
Usury. 
. 
• 
• 
12 
Y ermont Perfectionists. 
202 
Wiles of the Devil. • 
. 
• 
12 
Watchman, what of the Night? 
93 
What was Witchcraft? 
83 
Witnesses for Christ. 
186 
Poetry. 
Are We almost There? 
Advent Watcher. 
Christ Magnified. 
Consolation. 
Encouragement. • 
Faces of Flint, &c. 
Go Forward. 
• 
l Long to be There. • 
. 
I Know that My Redeemer Liveth. 
Love. 
• 
• 
. 
• 
• 
Lines on the Death of a Sister. 
Omnipresence. . 
. 
On the Death of an Only Sister. 
Refrain Thy Eyes from Tears. 
So Rnn, that Ye may Obtain. 
Self-Examination. 
• 
• 
Shibboleth •• 
Strangers. 
. . 
The Chatitable Widow. 
• 
The Prayer uf the Righteous. 
The Child's Dream. 
• 
. 
. 
• 
There is a King of Glory. 
. 
. · 
Thoughts Suggested by I. E. Jones' Be-
reavements. 
• 
To a Christian Minister. 
The Hebrew Chant • 
The Coming of Christ • 
Y erses for, Christmas. 
1 
32 
17 
89 
153 
57 
145 
73 
97 
65 
113 
129 
177 
}tj!) 
~5 
201 
161 
193 
9 
33 
41 
48 
49 
AI 
105 
136 
185 
"The Philbsophy of Health ; or Health with-
out Medicine: a Treatise on the Laws of the 
Human System. By L. B. Coles, M. D., Fellow 
of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and Mem-
ber of the .Boston Medical Association. .Boston: 
Wm. D. Ticknor & Co., corner of School and 
Wa&hington-atreets. 
1848." 
The aboYe is the title of a neat little volume 
of 100 pages, 16 mo., containing the result of 
many years observation and study, as the author 
says, not particularly the study of books and oth-
er's theories, but the study of natnr~llaw, and 
the philosophy of facts. 
Its design is, to enforce 
the obsenance of natural laws, by which health 
will follow, without chat frequent resort to medi-
cinal resturatives, for large doses of which the 
present age is distinguished. There is no ques-
tion bat that too mach medicine is given for the 
rernoyal of disease ; and this truth is abundantly 
evident to those who han nc,ticed the almost mi-
raculous cares attendant on the Homreopathie 
treatment of disease. 
When the Doctor touches on the use of animal 
food, he is somewhat ultra, though not strenuous 
in his position, and his reasoning is to 111aomewhat 
"A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the 
Sandwich Islands; or the Ci\u00b7il, Religious, and 
Political History of those Islands ; comprising a 
Particnlar View of the Missionary Operations 
connected with the Introduction aud'Progress of 
Christianity and Civilization among the Hawaiian 
People. 
.By Hiram Bingham, A. M., Member of 
the American Oriental Society, and late Mission-
ary of the American Board. 
Hartford: Hezekiah 
Huntington. 
1847." 
We ha\u00b7e been presented, by .Bro . .John P. 
Belt, the agent, with a copy of the above work, 
-a large 8 vo. of 616 pages. Everything con-
nected with the. hi~tory of those isles of the 
ocean, in which a most wonderful' change has 
been effected during the last twenty years, by the 
labors of the mi8s~naries of the American .Board, 
is full of intere!!t. This work, being from the pen 
of one who assisted in planting the mission there, 
and has witnessed its progress and success during 
the long period of twenty years, will be re
1ad 
with plea~ure, It is illustrated with cuts-views 
of scenery, and events there, &c. We antici-
pate much pleasure in its perusal. 
HYDRAULICS AND MECHANics.-.By T. 
Eubank. 
The third part of this work, which we have 
previously noticed in full, has been received, and 
is for sale by Redding & Co., No 8 St~te-street. 
The whole subject of hydraulics is preseuted in 
this work, illustrated by many curious historical 
facts. 
SAFETY 0},' THE MAILs.-Acorrespondent 
of the Pittsfield (Muss.) "Eagle," states that the 
merchants and busin~ss men of that village have 
suffered to the amount of $1000 or more, l.ty for-
warding money in the m11il, within the ftw weeks 
past, in small sums at dilt'erent times. 
This mat-
ter should be investigated. 
Uoston Journul. 
There is some serious wrong somewhere.-
Within the last year we have lost nearly $200 
by the miscarriage of letters. 
We have just re-
ceived a letter from Ithica, N. Y., informing ·us 
of two letters sent, enclosing $6, not received. 
One was mailed at Jamestown, N. Y., the last 
week in August, enclosing $26 ; and one enclos-
ing $14, Nov. 9th, frorn Champlain, with a large 
uumuer enclosing small snms from different 
places, whlch have never come to hand. When-
ever money sent by mail is not promptly re-
ceipted, those sending it should write us re!!pect-
We pre11chetl onr.r, aut! llro. II ale twir.e, in this city, 
on Sundtly la8t, to large audienCt'l. The Society is in a 
he~llhy and flon1·ishing coudition. Bro. Burnham isla-
boring here to good acceptance. 
(17 Bro. Shit•man is preaching in Can11da, and there-
fore cannot attend the Conference at 1\Ianr.hester. 
BUSINESS, NOTES. 
ReY. C. Beecher-We !ent a bundle of books to you 
by Express, on Tueaday . 
D. S. Morse, J. Tuttle, T. Trifll!, L. J. Owt>n, T. R. 
Darrow, R. !hooks, R. E. Wood, W. R. Paul, S. Cook, 
J. L. Mills, J. Ratrie-Your papers will be r.outinued. 
A,, Eastman-We have cretlited you to end of v 16. 
The miMnke wa~ owiug to ·the giving of the P. 0. in · 
two places. 
• 
. 
P. P. Learned-We find no charge against you except 
fQ.! paper. 
· · 
E S. Drynnt-Neilher of those lellers h!e reached 
us, or·the Boston P. 0; You ha1·e uow Jl(ticltll337. 
.1. P. Weelhee.-Now. 9 ttlld 10 11re received, 
W. Stl'rling-We have uotthe date of )'!>Ur lllst. The 
last we re.cr-ivrd raid In 343. 
I. H. Shipntan-J. Fldrher owetl $2 25. 
Eltl~r P. Ray's paper is ~ent n•gului·Jy to Derby Ctn 
tre, Vt. 
M. 0. Pray-We havt' credited $1 50 toP. Wilcox, 
and continue the IJ. 10 Ri:'lurwud, as you tlitl not ~~~Y 
but the direction was curn~f.t. 
U. A. Cllll -8nme oue CHJled ll short tirne aince and 
pnid 1)2 50 ft•r you, tn 287; $2 50 now drtfl. 
J. 1). llO)'t•r-We luwe 8eut a packag~: to you, to Bro. 
Litclr's r.are, Pltilntl~l; Ilia. 
II. S. llttrk.t-r-The Ia~ I WI' received from ) ou was :n 
April-it puitl to vnd uf v 14; so we. crt,dit M. R. W. v 15 .. 
WEST INDIA MISSION . 
M.D. Rir.hnrd~on
. -
S. l<'aru~worth. 
1'. Wilcox. 
8. A. Hi~bop. 
M.llurr.-
To SEND THE JlEJtALD '1'0 THE 1'00R. 
A Frienrl. 
A l<'riend. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
1 50 
50 
I ou 
1 00 
1 co 
75 
2 00 
-I 00 
Conferl'nre and 
ll'rturf~ in Porth111d will rommenrc 
Fell. 2d, und conllune ovt·r Smttlu). l'odNIHI, I he !'th, 
and rontitmt' mer tltt-~ahltuth. !Iuxton, l
t111dny "'·· 1!-
iul:, tht'\ Hlh, and TliP~tlay Hl'lt't ttoo1t Hilt! c•·•·uir g. This 
is allrhe ti111e I C>~ll spt'lttl in Muilll' tlti~ l~irttrr. 
\lc 
shAll ue happy to ~et< nil 
lllilli~lt:l~ awl IJJt•lhH•JI intr.r-
esttd Willi C.llll COIIVt'Uir.Jti)J Ulll!lld. 
J. V. lltMES. 
· The Lord williug, I' will sprnd tht flrst Sunday in Jleb. 
at lJeruy, where llro. Stephl'n Foster, jr., nuty nppoint. 
I1ROHER POWELL. 
A Conference will he held in Middletown, Ct., com· 
mencing Feb 9th, 111 7 I'. ~1., nnd cuulinuc ovn the 8Mb-
bath 
Bro . .Matthewson Rnd my8elf will be 
JH~seut. 
Hrethren .renernlly are invited. 
1 AnnaN. 
Providt-ttce permitting, 1 wiliJtTeRrh nt We~ I boro' the 
1st Sunrlay in F<"brunry; Ashburnham the 2d; West 
minster the 3d; Ahiugtou the 4th. 
N. U!LLINGS. 
The Lurd williu::, I "ill ue at North Scitnnw !llltl vi-
cinity, comrneuritog thll evf'hillg ol Feh. ;!d. 1 willopeud 
two week» therr, u~.the brt:thl't'll IIIII)' JI!Pt~~.~~~~=~'!e . 
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Re_ceipts for the Week entling Jan. ~7. 
ing it, so that if it docs not come to hand, they 
(17 We hRvt> anncxetl to each acknowledgment the 
may make inquiries at the Post-office where it i~ 'number to whieh it pays. 
Wlu~re tht> volut11e. only is 
mailed, and ascertain if it left the office. 
When mentioned, the wl!ole vt•lllllot: is p!iitl for. 
funds are to be sent in large sums, they should 
Those who have paid mouey for the "Herald," will 
please s•·e rf it is r.retlitetl. 
be forwarded in the shape of a certificate of de-
P. Wilcox, 365; 11. Ceasor, v 18-ear.h 50 cts.~R. 
posite in, or a draft on some bank payable to onr Chntk, it pa~ s the books (~eut), nud to :Jill! of th~ H.; l'. 
Uate~, 358; Wm. ClllliJ!, v 14; A. M'llench, 365; L. }'. 
our order: then if the letter is purloined, the ])rake, v 15; A. S111:e,., 11; L. M. Pauter, il5ti; Wm. 
d fi 
'fi 
·11 
b 
'd 
· h 
Uolly v 14; E. Uutlley, v l4; E.~. Phil~rirk, v 14; J. 
ra t, or cert1 cate, WI 
not e pal Wit out our 
Uaum~n, 362; \Vm Spooner, v 14; A. Clark, ., 15 (10 
name to it, and if lost, another could be obtained r.ts. po~tn:el; S. llrRtltortl, v 15; M Bradtiml, v 15; H. 
M'Cain, v 15; l
. l'ost, 365; P. V. Wr ·t . ., 14; J. Mll-
for it. 
Some prefer to send a large bill, one half shier. 365; J. 
uuy, v l4; A. Wsdh•i)lh,., 15; N. La-
. 
. 
I t 
S 
11 
h d zell,;. 14; U. 
bu~e, 366; o. M. Wade, v JS; H. H. 
at a ume, 10 separate e teu, 
ma 
sums a 
Corbrn, :337; F. Wisor, ., 15; A. Bate~, v 15; M. Burr, 
better be sent in the shape of bank bills by ma.l; ., 15; E. MJIIIlr,., 15; J. LRthrop, v 15; P. C. Corey,,. 
fi 
1.'. 
11 b 
11 
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f h 
h · 
12; W.Ruaales,v15; W.A.Curtls,v15; F.Cia1k,v 
or a1ter a , ut a sma porlloo o t at t us sent H; B. W. Leonard, v 15; Mrs. W1Jcox, v 16; 11. Vhnm-
is lost ; the most of it comes to hand. 
It is' plin, v 15; s .. P. Clark, v ~5; M. s. Wiekl'r, v 15:-each 
Sl-M. Otts, 397 (lliHI C. A. H. 24); G. W. Clusman, 
necessary, however, to keep an eye on the mails. v 14; S. Shaw, 308; ]). W. Johnson, v 14; !J· l>rake, 
383; N.Atherton,v 15; L. C. Ntml, v 11; 1. Harley, 
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.-Our li•l ,viii be areatly di-388; E. Wnlers($2 were creditr.d l11~t April),., 12; J. 
Jewell,., 16; El. H. Philbrook,,. 14; H. Jo'lly, v 14; S. 
minishtd at the close of thi1 volume: We shall there· Eldred,,. 14; G. w. Fuster, v 14; J. Lunt, v 14; A. 
fore need the effort• of our friend• to p-lace it on it11 for-
mer footin::-. Some are doing nobly. Bro. J. D. Boyer 
write• :-" ~ will try to get yoll all the subacribera I 
can. I baTe the namea of seventy-four or five, wbicb I 
will try to aeud you by the commencement of the pext 
volume, by which lime I expect to receive tbeir money." 
Other brolbreu are actin& woJI tbeir par& in &bit criaia, 
Howard, v 14; M.D. Fllrnswortb, v 14; J. Titus,., 12; 
J. Goff; v 12; P. F. Green,., 15-each $2.-P. War-
den, v 13-S2 50.-A. Jessup, v 15; A. Stude, 256; 
C. Chase (C. A. H. 24), 398; P. Johnson, on act.aunt; 
F. 8. Adame, v 30; N. Woodman, v 15; S. SUncock, v 
14; J. Slillmau, v 16-each 83.--"7"J. Wallou, v 16-
$4.-A. Little, v 15; P. P. Learned, v 16; A. C. Wil-
ley, 393; S. B. Carpenter, 347; B. D. Sttlnley, v 14-
eacb t5.