The terms here employed it may be proper 
briefly to explain. First of all, he prays for 
mercy :—" God be merciful unto us." Good-
ness is love in its aspect towards the unfallen. 
God is good to angels. Mercy is love in its as-
pect towards the fallen and the guilty. Good-
ness is the pure reflected light. Mercy is one 
of the rays of that light, divided and refracted 
in Christ into its constituent beams. We, as 
sinners, conscious that we are so, ask very prop-
erly for mercy. Not only do we pray, " Be 
merciful unto us," but also, " bless us." By 
nature, we are under a curse ; by grace, we are 
placed under a blessing. It is riot required that 
we should do a great crime to come under God's 
curse ; we are born so. We are born in exile,—
' children of wrath," says the apostle, " even 
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CONTENTMENT. 
My conscience is my crown, 
Contented thoughts my rest; 
My heart is happy in itself, 
My bliss is in my breast. 
My wishes are hut few, 
All easy to fulfil ; 
I make the limits of my power 
The bounds unto my will. 
I fear no care of gold, 
Well doing is my wealth; 
My mind to me an empire is, 
While grace affordeth health. 
I clip high climbing thoughts,—
The wings of unveiling pride ; 
Their fall is worst, that from the height 
Ot greatest honors slide. 
Since sails of largest size 
The martin cloth soonest tear, 
I bear so small and low a sail 
As freeth me from fear. 
No change of fortune's calm 
Can cast my comforts down; 
When fortune smiles, and smiles to think, 
Low quickly she will frown. 
And when in forward mood 
She proved an angry the, 
Small grain I found to let her come, 
Less loss to let her go. Robert Southwell, 1592. 
The Great Exhibition. 
BY THE REV. JOHN CUMMING. D. D. 
" God be merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause 
his face to shine upon us ; that thy way may be known 
upon earth, thy saving health. among all nations."—
Psa. 67:1, 2. 
It seems to one, on looking at the blessing 
which Moses was commanded to pronounce 
upon the children of Israel, as if an echo of it 
were sounding in the ears of David, as he prayed 
in this beautiful psalm that what the priest pro-
claimed in words might become actual in the 
experience of all Israel. The blessing that 
Aaron was commanded to pronounce upon the 
children of Israel was on this wise—" The Lord 
bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his 
face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto 
thee : the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace." David, catching 
up the words, prays that this benediction, as 
pronounced by the priest of old, may actually 
descend upon all the children of Israel. And 
then the apostle, as if the same strain ran like 
a beautiful chord through the Old and New 
Testament dispensations, and were to his heart 
audible in them all, takes it up, and throws it 
into the shape of thanksgiving : " Blessed be 
the Lord God, who blessed us ;" as if he had 
said, " By the lips of Aaron, and in answer to 
the prayer for the blessing by the lips of David. 
Now, blessed be the God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who bath blessed us with 
all spiritual blessings in heavenly places." 
* * * * * * * * 
as others." And what we pray for is, that the 
wrath may be removed, and that the blessing 
may occupy its place, and by Christ, through 
whom alone it can come. We pray, too, that 
his face may " shine upon us ;" that we may 
not only have his blessing, but know it ; that 
we may not only be forgiven its his mercy, but 
that the reflected light of that forgiveness may 
be upon our character, just as the glory of God, 
when Moses came down from the mount, was 
upon his face ; that the whole world may take 
notice of us, that we have been in communion 
and in contact with Jesus. 
In viewing at length the words which I have 
selected for meditation, I wish to show the great 
and good results that would accrue, if, in all the 
shapes, departments, and varieties of our or-
ganization as a people, God were at this mo-
ment richly to bless us, and have mercy upon 
us ; so that the representatives of all nations of 
the earth now met and assembled together 
might, through us as the medium, see God's 
grace, and carry home with them his saving 
health. A Pentecost of tongues is here, and 
no less a Pentecostal variety of costumes ; Oh !. 
that there may also be a repetition of the an-
cient shower of Pentecostal grace and Pente-
costal power ! 
Let us view the various constituent sections 
into which our country is divided, and see what 
is the need and what would be the result of God's 
blessing and mercy resting far more deeply and 
largely upon each other. 
First, we should pray that God would be 
merciful to us as individuals, and cause his face 
to shine upon us, and bless us, In other words, 
we should pray, that each of us may feel a far 
deeper and more enthusiastic interest in real, 
scriptural, personal Christianity. Our first pray-
er should be, that each of us may ask with yet 
deeper anxiety, " What must I do to be saved ?" 
and that none of us may leave the question till 
we have personally and practically felt that we 
lean upon the Saviour, and are justified and ac-
cepted freely through his blood. * * * Our 
first cry should be for personal religion ; our 
next, that God's way may he known upon earth, 
and his saving health among all nations. There-
fore, let each individual say, " God be merciful 
unto me, and bless me, and cause his face to 
shine upon me." But I will not say " me ;" 
for it is one of the most beautiful laws of the 
gospel, that God will not let men pray for them-
selves alone ; he will not let us say, " Father," 
lest self should creep into our prayers like a 
worm into a bud, and gnaw out the life which is 
in them. He teaches us to say, " Our Father," 
so that no man can ask a blessing for himself 
without asking one for all mankind ; and there-
fore we say, " God be merciful unto us, and 
bless us ; and cause his face to shine upon us ; 
that thy way may be known upon earth, thy 
saving health among all nations." 
The second section of our community on 
which tvo should pray for a blessing is our fami-
lies. I believe the family is the most important 
group in the whole of our country. The State 
is the creation of man : legislators can manage 
it. The Church is the conventionalism of minis-
ters ; and ecclesiastics, can govern it. But the 
family is that holy nook, that quiet, holy spot 
in society, into which no legislator can intrude, 
and no ecclesiastic, either as confessor or direc-
tor, may dare, at his peril, to enter. Wherever 
there is a pure Christian home, there there is 
a spring that feeds and refreshes the nation, 
which is only an aggregate of homes. What 
is our country ? A national home. What is 
each little family ? A little country. It is only 
when the springs are pure, that the whole 
country becomes pure. The home, therefore, 
should be a nursery of Christians, a missionary 
settlement, whose chief missionary is the moth- 
er, and where prayer and praise should be as 
the ascending morning arid evening incense.— 
And when foreigners, who believe that in that 
word " home " there is a music even in the very 
utterance, and a significance in the thing itself 
which they have not been able adequately to 
decipher—ask why it is so ? grant, 0 Lord, that 
they may find that our home is so bright and so 
pure, because simple Protestant Christianity has 
made it so. 
Let us pray, in the next place, that God will 
be merciful to, and bless, and cause his face to 
shine upon our congregations, that thus, too, his 
way may be known upon earth, his saving 
health among all nations. Were God to pour 
out his Spirit more abundantly upon our con- 
gregations, what love would nestle in every 
heart! what devotion would rush, like an elec-
tric current, from pew to pew, charging, every 
spirit with a fervor to which the pomp and 
splendor of a miserable Romish ritual is alto-
gether strange ! We should gather together 
in the house of God, as if to be fed with man- 
na ; and we should feel that, if its walls be 
clay, and its pews undressed fir—yet truly this 
is the house of God, truly this is the gate of 
heaven ! The great want in our congregations 
is, not that we should be on the St. Barnabas 
model, the subject of so much popular animad- 
version. No rood-screens, however beautiful-
ly worked ; no crucifixes, however artistically 
made ; no collection of timber, and stone, and 
brass, and gold, and silver, can ever meet the 
deep want which is in the poorest sinner's 
heart, or tell him how he is to be saved, or 
make him happy in the enjoyment of such sal- 
vation. There is something in the heart of 
man that makes him hold all such as broken 
and empty cisterns. It is not purity of architec-
ture or music, but the living bread that cometh 
down from heaven, that feeds the soul. How 
blessed, if we could only show to many of these 
foreigners that all the splendor of their music 
in the Madeleine, in Notre Dame, in St. Gu- 
dule's, or in St. Peter's,—that all their display 
of gorgeous worship is only the pomp of her 
who is seated on the seven hills, and in whose 
hand is a cup full of abominations—whose end 
is destruction ; and that the true beauty of the 
Church of Christ is not a beauty that a paint- 
er's brush can create, or that an architect's ge-
nius can devise, or a mason's trowel can build 
up, but an inner beauty—a moral, and therefore 
a true beauty,—lasting and inviolable. " The 
King's daughter is all glorious within." Her 
beauty must come from the Creator of all true 
beauty, the great architect of heaven and of 
earth,—the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, breth- 
ren, let us pray that God will be merciful to 
our congregations, and bless them ; and cause 
his face to shine upon them ; that thus his way 
may be known upon earth, his saving health 
among all nations. 
But we will not be satisfied with praying for 
our congregations only, we will thus pray for 
the whole Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.— 
What a sad spectacle does it often present ! 
what quarrels ! what disputes ! I would to God 
that the Roman Catholic attacks upon us had 
less substance in them. I would to God that 
we could say that we were less divided and 
split; for we are truly divided and split among 
ourselves, where no real ground of division ex-
ists. Souls are dying, and the physicians in 
the hospital are quarrelling about their respec-
tive diplomas. The capital is in the hands of 
the foe, and the regiments are turning their 
naked swords upon each other. The Pope and 
the Cardinal are warming their hands at our 
disputes, building their cathedrals out of our 
quarrels, and constructing strongholds out of 
our unhappy divisions. Ten thousand voices 
are crying, from the depths of a degraded popu-
lation, " What must we do to be saved ?" And 
ministers of the gospel, and bishops, are settling 
the Gorham controversy, or adjusting ingeni- 
ously their surplics or silk gowns. Is there riot 
need that God should be merciful to the Church, 
and bless it, and cause his face to shine upon 
it, that such an offence should not be seen by 
the nations of the earth now around us ? Were 
the Holy Ghost thus to descend upon us; were 
this psalm, which is now prayer, to become in- 
deed performance, and we to be evidence alike 
of its truth and power, what glorious effects 
would take place ! Some excellent men can 
never hear of a revival of religion in the Church 
without entertaining some idea of extravagance, 
fanaticism, or eccentricity of conduct, We mean 
 - - 
by it no such thing. The descent of the Holy 
Spirit of God will not make one regard the ur-
banities of life less, or be the least discourteous, 
or disloyal, or indulge in the least extravagance. 
—(To be continued.) 
The Twelve Mystical Gems, 
" The foundations of the city were garnished with 
all manner of precious stories. The first foundation 
was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalce-
dony; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; 
the sixth, sardius ; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eigth, 
a beryl; the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysoprasus 
the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst." 
Religious fancy has given a variety of inter-
pretations of the several precious stones in the 
above passage from the 21st of Revelation. 
Perhaps our readers will be pleased to see one 
from the middle ages, for the uncritical and al-
legorizing spirit of which the passage was a 
fair theme. We take it from translations of 
" Medieval Hymns," by the Rev. Charles Neale, 
of England, who informs us that it was written 
by Marbodus, Bishop of Rennes, in the twelfth 
century. The notes are ingenious, and quite a 
specimen of that kind of exegesis. We know 
preachers who, would deem them quite a trea-
sure for a sermon, and who would do well to 
confine their allegorizing to such portions of 
Holy Writ. 
Evangelical Catholic. 
Ye of the heavenly country sing 
The praise and honor of your King, 
The raiser to its glorious height 
Of that celestial city bright, 
In whose fair building stand displayed 
The gems for twelve foundations laid. 
The bright green hue of Jasper' saith 
How flourishing the estate of Faith, 
Which, in all them that perfect be 
Shall never wither utterly, 
In whose firm keeping safe we fight 
With Satan's wile and Satan's might. 
The azure light of Sapphire2 stone 
Resembles that celestial throne : 
A symbol of each simple heart 
That grasps in hope the better part : 
Whose life each holy deed combines, 
And in the light of virtue shines. 
Like fire, though pale in outward show, 
Chalcedony3 at length shall glow ; 
Carried abroad, its radiance streams : 
At home, in shade it hides its gleams : 
It marks their holiness and grace 
Who do good deeds in secret place. 
The Emerald' burns, intensely bright, 
With radiance of an olive light : 
This is the faith that highest shines, 
No deed of charity declines, 
And seeks no rest, and shuns no strife, 
In working out a holy life. 
Sardonyx' with its threefold hue, 
Sets forth the inner man to view ; 
Where dark humility is seen, 
And chastity with snow white sheen, 
And scarlet marks his joy to bleed 
In martyrdom, if faith shall need. 
The Sardius,6 with its purple red 
Sets forth their merits who have bled : 
The martyr band, now blest above, 
That agonized for Jesus' love : 
The sixth foundation, not in vain, 
The Cross's mystery to explain.? 
The golden colored Chrysolite' 
Flashes forth sparkles on the night : 
Its mystic hues the life reflect 
Of men with perfect wisdom decked, 
Who shine, in this world's night like gold, 
Through that blest Spirit sevenfold. 
The sunshine on the sea displays 
The watery Beryl's9 fainter rays : 
Of those in this world's wisdom wise 
The thoughts and hopes it signifies : 
Who long to live more fully blest 
With mystic peace of endless rest. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Beyond all gems the Topazw rare those who excel others in the vigor of their faith, 
(For the Herald.) 
The PALACE OF THE SENATOR has a double 
 
Hath value thence beyond compare; and dwell among infidels, who be frigid and Sketches of Travel, row of steps in front, at the base of which is a 
It shines, albeit of color grey, 
arid in love. The griffins, that keep watch 
fountain, ornamented with three statues, Miner- 
- 
• 
Clear as a fair ethereal ray : 
over them, be devils, who envy them that have No. XXV.—THE PANTHEON. va in the centre, and the others colossal repre- 
And notes the part of them that live this precious gem of faith, and do their diligence 
sentations of river gods in Parian marble, the 
 
The solid life contemplative. 
to deprive them thereof. Against these fight Sime, erect, severe, austere, sublime— Nile and the Tiber. The principal apartment 
Shrine
pl 
 
of all saints and temple of all gods, 
in the palace is the hall in which the Senator 
the one-eyed arimasps, that is, those who go not From Jove to Jesus—spared and blessed by Time, 
Some Council, decked in purple state, 
 
 
holds his court. The tower contains the great 
two ways, nor have a double heart, nor serve Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods 
The Chrysoprase" doth imitate : 
two Lords." Ayguan again : " The emerald Arch, empire, each thing round thee and man plods bell of the Capitol, captured from Viterbo in the 
In the fair tint its face that decks 
 
 
middle ages, which is rung only to announce 
which heals, gives eloquence, riches, conquest, His way through thorns to ashes—glorious dome ! 
'Tis intertinged with golden specks. 
 
 
the death of the Pope, and the beginning of the 
clears sight, fortifies memory, banishes luxury Shalt thou not last ? Time's scythe and tyrants' rods 
This is the perfect love, that knows 
 
 
Shiver upon thee—sanctuary and home 
carnival. It commands one of the finest views 
and sorrow, typifies the Passion of our Lord, 
Kindest return to sternest foes. 
 
 
Of art and piety—PANTHEON ! pride of Rome !" of Rome and its vicinity. 
which spiritually doth all these things ; and 
The azure Jacinth' comes between therefore that article of the Creed—" Suffered A strange spell comes over the .soul, as one The PALACE OF THE CONSERVATORI contains 
The brighter and the dimmer sheen : under Pontius Pilate." The beryl of the New looks upon this noble temple which rears its many interesting woks of art. Under the ar- 
The ardor of whose varied ray 
Jerusalem is described in two of the most beau- unbroken front of faultless symmetry, in the cade on the right, is a colossal statue of Julius 
Is changed with every changing day: tiful lines ever written by Prudentius. midst of the filth and bustle of modern Rome, Csar ; on the left, a statue of Augustus in a 
The angelic life it brings to view
" Has inter species smaragdina gramine verno and reads the inscription upon the frieze, which military dress, with the rostrum of a galley on 
Attempered with discretion due. 
Prata virent, volvitque vagos lux herbida fluctus." shows that it was erected by M. Agrippa in his the pedestal, in allusion probably to the battle 
thirdconsulate,n.c.26. More than eighteen hun- Actium. 
In the court are several interesting 
Last in the Holy City set 
5 " The Sardonyx," says Marbodus, " has dred years have passed away, yet there it stands fragments ; a colossal marble head of Domitian, 
With hue of glorious violet, 
three colors : the lowest black, the middle white, erect, entire, beautiful, sublime, as if invested a fine group of a lion attacking a horse, a hand 
Forth from the Amethyst° are rolled the upper red. And it signifies those who sus-with the attribute of immortality ! 
and head of a colossal bronze statue, Rome 
Sparks crimson-bright, and flames of gold: tain grief of heart for the name of Christ ; and The portico is one hundred and ten feet long, triumphant, two captive kings in grey marble, 
The humble heart it signifies 
are white, that is, without guile within : and forty-four deep, and is coinposed of sixteen and the Egytian statues of Ptolemy Philadel- 
That with its dying Master dies. yet to themselves appear contemptible, and as Corinthian columns of oriental granite, with phus and Arsinoe, with hieroglyphics on their 
These stones, arrayed in goodly row it were black—that is, sinners." Ayguan, after capitals and bases of Greek marble. Eight of backs, &c., &c. . 
Set forth the deeds of men below : the same description, proceeds : " The lower these are in front, and the others in four lines The Protomeca is a suit of eight rooms, con- 
The various tints that there have place, part which is black, typifies the sorrow of Good behind them, so as to divide the portico into four taining a series of busts of illustrious men, pre- 
The multiplicity of grace. 
Friday ; the middle part, which is white, the porticoes. Each column is a single block, forty- sented to the Arcadian Academy by Leo XII. 
Who in himself such grace displays rest of Easter Eve; and the upper, which is six and a half feet in height, and five feet in One room has the busts of eminent foreigners; 
May shine with these in endless rays. red, the glory of Easter Day." Thus the whole diameter. On the frieze of the entablature is another, celebrated artists; another, eminent au- 
symbolizes the fifth article (as he reckons it) of the inscription," H. AGRIPPA. L. F. COS. TERTIUM. thors and discoverers; another, musicians and 
Jerusalem, dear peaceful land ! 
the creed : Was crucified, dead, and buried: FECIT." The whole is surmounted by a pedi- composers. One chamber has the monument 
These for thy twelve foundations stand; He descended into hell : the third day he rose ment, which still retains the marks by which its of Canova, three female figures representing 
Blessed and nigh to God is he 
again from the dead." 
bas-reliefs were attached. In the vestibule on the fine arts, mourning his death, 
Who shall be counted worthy thee ! 
6 " TheSardius," continues our poet, "which the left of the door-way, is a Latin inscription, The Hall of the Conservatori consists of eight 
That Guardian slumbereth not, nor sleeps, is wholly red, signifies the martyrs, who pour recording. that Urban VIII. moulded the re- rooms, of which the first is adorned with paint- 
Who in his charge thy turrets keeps, 
forth their blood for Christ." " The Sardius," mains of the bronze roof into columns to serve ings in fresco, from the history of the Roman 
King of the heavenly City blest! says Ayguan, " as being a bright stone, sets as ornaments of the apostle's tomb in the Vati- kings, beginning with the finding of Romulus 
Grant that thy servants may have rest, forth the joy of the sixth article of the Creed : can, and into cannons for the Castle of St. An- and Remus ; the second with subjects from the 
This changeful life for ever past, He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right gelo. No less than 450,250 pounds weight of republican history ; the third from the Cimbric 
And consort with thy saints at last : hand of God the Father Almighty." metal were removed on this occasion. A great wars. This last contains the famous Bronze 
That we, with all the choir above,
7 Because the number six is symbolical of part of the roof had been previously stripped by Wolf of the Capitol, supposed to date back to the 
May sing thy power and praise thy love !our Lord's Passion : since he was crucified at the Emperor Constants II. in 657. The bronze earliest antiquity of Rome. The fourth room 
Amen.
contains the celebrated Fasti Consulares, found 
the sixth hour of the sixth day 
doors. still remain. 
1 The twelve foundation stones of the Apoca- 8 " The Chrysolite," Marbodus teaches, The interior is a rotunda supporting a dome. in the Roman Forum, having a list of all the 
lypse gave rise, as might be expected, to an in- ,, shines as gold, and emits fiery sparkles : it The rotunda is one hundred and forty-three feet consuls and public officers of Rome, from Rom-
finite variety of mystical interpretations. Mar- signifies the wise and charitable, who impart to in diameter, exclusive of the walls, which are ulus to the time of Augustus. 
bodus wrote a short commentary on the prose others that which they possess themselves. twenty feet thick. The height from the pave- There are also two additional halls of pic- 
which we are considering, which will serve as For wisdom and charity excel other virtues, as ment to the summit is one hundred and forty- tures, and the Secret Cabinet, opened only on 
three feet, and the dome occupies one half of application to the Director. 
a good explanation of it. His treatment of the gold other metals." Ayguan is more ingenious : this height. In the upright wall are seven The Museum of the Capitol, on the opposite 
foundation stones is tropological : — a more " The Chrysolite shines as gold in the day, as 
usual one is allegorical, which I will give from fire in the night. By the day the good ; by the large niches with columns. Between the niches side of the piazza, contains an interesting col-
the commentary of Michael Ayguan on the gold their crown are represented ; by the night are modern altars. Above the niches and al- lection of antiquities. There are many frag- 
tars runs a marble cornice, covered with rich meets in the vestibule. One room is called the 
Psalms. " Jasper," says the comment of Mar- the wicked, and by the fire their punishment. 
bodus, " is the first foundation of the Church of Hence the stone typifies their final separation, sculpture, supporting an attic with fourteen Chamber of Canopus, from the statues in the 
 
God, and is of a green color. Whoever hath it and thus the seventh article of the Creed : From niches, and a second cornice, from which rises Egyptian style found in the hall dedicated to 
 
' 
upon him, no phantasm can hurt him. It sig- thence he shall come to judge the quick and the the majestic dome, divided with square panels, Canopus in Hadrian s Villa. Another is the 
 
nifies those who always hold the faith of God, dead."
originally covered with bronze. All the light Ball of inscriptions, containing a collection of 
imperial and consular inscriptions, from Tiberius 
and never depart from it—or wither,—but are 9 " The Beryl," according to our author, comes through the circular opening in the cent- imperial 
Theodosius. Here is a square altar of Pen- 
always flourishing therein, and fear not the as- " shines as water that reflects the sun, and tre, twenty-eight feet in diameter. The pave- to 
marble, with bas-reliefs in the oldest style 
saults of the devil." Allegorically, the Jasper, warms the hand that holds it. It signifies thseo ment is composed of porphyry, pavonazzetto, and or Greek sculpture, representing the labors of 
the first foundation stone, which promotes fe- who are frail by nature : but being enlightened giallo antico, alternately in round and square Hercules ; also the funeral altar of T. Statilius 
article of the Creed : " I believe in God the Fa- works, and warm others by the example of their slabs. 
The third chapel on the left, contains the 
reliefs of the trowel, compasses, plummet, the 
cundity and causes unity, symbolizes the first by the Sun of Righteousness, shine with good 
Aper, measurer of the public buildings, with bas- 
article 
Almighty, maker of heaven and earth." love." Ayguan says : " The Beryl, whose vin- tomb of 
Raphael. In the same chapel is the 
tomb of Annibale Caracci. Other eminent paint- foot, and various instruments of his business. 
2 " The Sapphire," says Marbodus, " is of tee is to cause love, to bestow power, and con-
ens are buried in different parts of the building. 
the color of the sky. It signifies them that, fer healing, sets forth the eighth article : I be- One of the altars has a wooden chest, which a fine sarcophagus of marble, representing the 
while they be yet on earth, set their affec- lieve in the Holy Ghost. 
professes to hold the "sacred napkin " with history of Achilles. 
tions on things above, and despise things terres- 
10 " The Topaz," says Marbodus, whose which the Saviour wiped the " bloody sweat" On the wall of the stair-case are the cele- 
trial ; according to that saying, our conversation 
:gated fragments of the plan of Rome in white 
commentary in this case does not well agree from his face—bearing the following inscription : i 
is in heaven." 
The reason why, in the prose, with his text, " is rare, and therefore precious. " Arca in qua sacrum sudarium ohm a diva Ve- marble, found in the temple of Remus, invalu-
it is compared to the throne of God, is clearly It has two colors : one like gold, the other ronica delatum Roman ex Palestina, hac in able to the Roman topographer. 
that verse in Exodus : They saw the God 
 
 
The Gallery contains a great number of busts, 
of clearer. In clearness it surpasses all gems, and basilica annos centum enituit." 
heaven, and under his feet was as it were the nothing is more beautiful. It signifies those 
THE CAPITOL. 
and statues, and inscriptions. 
paved work of asapphire stone. " The Sap- who love God and their neighbor." According 
The Hall of the Vase is so called from a noble 
The Capitoline Hill rises at the eastern ex- 
phire," says Ayguan, " reconciles, heals, con- 
 
 
vase of white marble in the middle of the room, 
to Ayguan, the Topaz, which receives as in a 
soles, gives sight, and is the king of stones, 
tremity of the " Corso," and is ascended by a found near the tomb of Caccilia Metella. Here 
vessel the light of the sun, symbolizes that 
symbolizes the second article of the Creed : 
noble flight of steps. At the foot of the cen- also is the celebrated Iliac Table, containing the 
which thus stores the rays of the Sun of Right- 
" And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord." 
tral steps are two Egyptian lionesses, in basalt. history of the Iliad and the Fall of Troy ; the 
eousness, the Holy Catholic Church. 
On the summit, at the angles of the balustrades, 
3 " The Chalcedony," Marbodus continues,
famous mosaic of Pliny's doves. 
11 Marbodus : " The Chrysoprasus, which are two colossal statues in marble, of Castor and 
" while it is in a house doth not shine : when is purple, with drops of gold, signifies those who Pollux, standing by the side of their horses. On The Hall of the Emperors contains seventy- 
under the open air it glitters brightly : it resists pass their life in tribulation and passion, yet the right of the ascent, at the extremity of the six busts of the Emperors and Empresses, ar-
those that would cut it or scratch it : when constantly abide in charity." According to Ay- balustrade, is the celebrated Columna Milliaria, ranged in two shelves around the room in 
heated, either by the sun, or by rubbing with guan, this stone (a) shines like fire ; and (b) the milestone of Vespasian and Nerva, which chronological order. In the centre of the room 
 
the finger, it attracts straws. By this they are communicates its virtues without diminishing marked the first mile of the Appian way. The is the celebrated sitting statue of Agrippina, 
fasting, alms, and the like : according to that of Saints : (b) the Forgiveness of Sins. sustains an antique ball, said to be that which mother of Germanicus. 
Then there is the Hall of the Philosophers, 
busts of philosophers, 
signified who do their good deeds in secret, as them ; and thus typifies (a) the Communion corresponding column on the left balustrade 
when such men are compelled to go abroad into 12 " The Jacinth," says Marbodus," changes held by the colossal statue on the summit of his containing seventy-nine 
saying, But thou, when thou fastest, 4,c. But 
contained the ashes of Trajan, and was formerly poets, and historians ; the Saloon, with numer- 
the world, then their good works shine before its appearance with that of the sky. It there- historical column. 
ous busts and statues; the Hall of the Faun, so 
 
men. But if any seek to flatter them, which is fore represents those who, like the apostle, can The summit of the hill is an open square, called from the celebrated Faun in roseo antico 
 
as it were to paint or engrave them, they re- preach wisdom among them who are perfect, with palaces on three sides. In the centre of found in Hadrian's Villa, and the Hall of the 
 
ceive not their vain praises, but manfully resist, and yet have milk for babes in Christ." Thus, the piazza is the bronze equestrian statue of Dying Gladiator, so called from the celebrated 
 
and acquiesce not in them. And when heated, he observes, " St. Paul was a jacinth, for he Marcus Aurelius. It is related that Michel figure of the Dying Gladiator. It is supposed 
 
either by the sun, which is Christ, or by the fin- became all things to all men." Ayguan teaches Angelo once said to the horse, „ cannwna r to be one of a series illustrating the incursion of 
 
gers, that is by the gifts of the Holy Ghost, that the jacinth has the virtue of invigorating; i. e., " go on," so life-like did it appear. When the Gauls into Greece. Whether it was owing 
 
they, by word and example, draw straws, that and therefore is a type of the Resurrection of the it stood in front of the Lateran in 1347, upon to my own excited feelings, or to the intrinsic 
 
is, sinners, to themselves ; and cause them to body. 
the occasion of Rienzi's elevation to the tribune- merit of the statue, or to the powerful descrip- 
persevere in good works." " The Chalcedony," 13 The Amethyst, according to Marbodus, ship, wine was made to run out of one nostril, lion of the poet, I cannot tell ; but nothing of all 
says Ayguan, " which is pale, sets forth hu is entirely red, and shoots out rosy flames. Its and water out of the other. 
I had seen in Rome affected me so deeply. The 
 
minty ; and so the third article of the Creed : color signifies earthly sufferings; its emissions, On the three sides of the piazza, are the three tears dropped like rain as I stood before it. 
" Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of prayers for those that cause it. For he says, separate buildings designed by Michel Angelo. " I see before me the Gladiator lie : 
the Virgin Mary." 
" it is the virtue of virtues to pray for persecu- The central one is the Palace of the Senator; He leans upon his hand—his manly brow 
4 "The Emerald," is the comment of Mar- tors. And we read of few that have done so : that on the right, is the Palace of the Conser• Consents to death, but conquers agony, 
And his drooped head sinks gradually low— 
bodus, " is exceedingly green, surpassing all yet there are two in the Old Testament,—Mo- vatori ; that on the left, is the Museum of the And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow 
gems and herbs in greenness. It is found only ses and Samuel ; and two in the New—the Capitol. (The Senator was one of the chief From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, 
in a dry and uninhabitable country. Through Lord Christ and Stephen." Ayguan, affirming magistrates of Rome iii later times, a sort of Like the first of a thunder shower ; and now 
the bitterness of its cold nothing can dwell there the Amethyst to give a clear sight, makes it Mayor, and the Conservatori, were his three The arena swins around him—he is gone 
but griffins, and one-eyed arimasps that fight symbolical of the Beatific vision—and thus of judges. These palaces were built for their ac- Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the 
with them. By the Emerald we understand the life everlasting. 
commodation.) 
wretch who won. 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
When increase of time in Christ's ac- with his enemy. That a jealous soul will soon 
quaintance, worketh decrease of affection to 
Christ's company. 
When great sins seem smaller, and small 
sins seem none at all, 
When your tongue is frequent in com-
plaining, of lesser miseries, and silent in prais-
ing for greater mercies. 
When your sense of the great worth of 
time is so small, that you are turned prodigal. 
When a watchful care of a godly life, 
and Christian conversation, is more accidental 
than habitual. 
When care for your body is usually most 
pleasant, and care for your soul usually most 
irksome. 
When you are much 
practical part of meditation 
works of God. 
He heard it—but he heeded not—his eyes 
Were with his heart, and that was far away : 
He reeked not of the life he lost nor prize, 
But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, 
There were his young barbarians all at play, 
There was their Dacian mother :—he, their sire 
.Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday. 
All this rushed with his blood—shall he expire, 
And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths and glut your ire!" 
S. J. M. M. 
" The Future of Nations." 
Such is the subject of a lecture recently de-
livered by Louis Kossuth, in which he pro-
claims his faith in the law of Christ, not only 
as of universal obligation, but as the sole con-
servator of national prosperity. Those who 
style themselves Christians, and yet make a 
distinction between virtue in private and virtue 
in pubiic life, as if the law of Christian charity 
were applicable to the relations of individuals, 
but not to those of communities, he holds to he 
in error. To secure a nation's future, he be-
lieves the moral precepts of Christianity must 
constitute the law, not only of individual, but of 
the national life. 
The following paragraphs rise almost to the 
lofty style of prophecy : 
I, therefore, who do not despair of my own 
country's future, though it be overwhelmed with 
misfortunes, I certainly have an unwavering 
faith of the destinies of humanity ; and though 
the mournful example of so many fallen nations 
mistrust us, that neither the diffusion of knowl-
edge, nor the progress of industry,—neither 
prosperity, nor power,—nay, not even freedom 
itself can secure a future to nations, still I say 
there is one thing which can secure it ; there 
is one law, the obedience to which would prove 
a rock upon which the freedom and happiness 
of nations may rest sure to the end of their 
days. And that law, ladies and gentlemen, is 
the law proclaimed by our Saviour; that rock 
is the unperverted religion of Christ. But while 
the consolation of this sublime truth falls meek-
ly upon my soul like as the moonlight falls 
upon the smooth sea, I humbly claim your for-
bearance, ladies and gentlemen ; claim it in the 
name of the Almighty Lord to hear from my 
lips a mournful truth. It may displease you ; 
it may offend, but truth is truth. Offended 
vanity may blame me; power may frown at 
me, and pride may call my boldness arrogant, 
but still truth is truth, and I, bold in my unpre-
tending humility, will proclaim that truth ; I 
will proclaim it from land to land and from sea 
to sea ; I will proclaim it with the faith of the 
martyrs of old, till the seed of my word falls 
upon the conscience of men. Let come, what 
come may. I say with Luther : God may help 
me, I cannot otherwise. Yes, ladies and gen-
tlemen, the law of our Saviour, the religion of 
Christ can secure a happy future to nations.—
But alas ! there is yet no Christian people on 
earth—not a single one among us all. I have 
spoke the word. It is harsh, but true. Nearly 
two thousand years have passed since Christ 
has proclaimed the eternal decree of God, to 
which the happiness of mankind is bound, and 
has sanctified it with his own blood, and still 
there is not one single nation on earth which 
would have enacted into its law-book that eter-
nal decree ; men believe the mysteries of relig-
ion, according to the creed of their church ; they 
go to church and they pray and give alms to 
the poor, and afflicted, and believe to do all 
what the Lord commanded to do and believe to 
be Christians. No ! Some few may be, but 
their nation is not—their country is not ; the 
era of Christianity has yet to come, and when 
it comes, then, only then, will be the future 
of nations sure. Far be it from me to misap-
apprehend the immense benefit which the Chris-
tian religion, such as it already is, has operated 
in mankind's history. It has influenced the 
private character of man, and the social condi-
tion of millions ; it. was the nurse of a new civ-
ilization, and softening the manners and morals 
of men, its influence has been felt even in the 
worst quarter of history—in war. The continual 
massacres of the Greek and Roman kings and 
chiefs, and the extermination of nations by them 
—the all-devastating warfare of the Timurs and 
Gengiskhans—are in general not more to be 
met with ; only my own dear fatherland was 
doomed to experience once more the cruelties 
of the Timurs and Getigiskhans out of the sac-
rilegious hands of the dynasty of Austria, which 
calumniates Christianity by calling itself Chris-
tian. But though that beneficial influence of 
Christianity we have cheerfully to acknowl-
edge, yet it is still not to be disputed, that the 
law of Christ does yet nowhere rule the Chris-
tian world. * 4 * * * * 
" Thou art fallen, 0 my country, because Chris-
tianity has yet to come ; but it is not yet come 
—no where ! No where on earth ! And with 
the sharp eye of misfortune piercing the dark 
veil of the future, with the tongue of Cassandra 
relating what I see, I cry it out to high heaven, 
and shout it out to the earth—' Nations, proud 
of your momentary powers ; proud of your free-
dom ; proud of your prosperity ; your power is 
vain, your freedom is vain, your industry, your 
wealth, your prosperity are vain; all this will 
not save you from sharing the mournful fate 
of those old nations not less powerful than you, 
—and still fallen, as you yourself will fall,—
all vanished as you will vanish, like a bubble 
thrown up from the deep ! There is only the 
law of Christ, there are only the duties of Chris-
tianity, which can secure your future, by secur-
ing at the same time humanity.' * * * 
" Yes, gentlemen, as long as the principles of 
Christian morality are not carried up into the 
international relations—so long as the fragile 
wisdom of political exigencies overrules the doc-
trines of Christ, there is no freedom on earth 
firm, and the future of no nation sure. But let 
a powerful nation, like yours, raise Christian 
morality into its public conduct, that nation will 
have a future against which the very gates of 
hell itself will never prevail. The morality of 
its policy will react upon the morality of its in-
dividuals, and preserve it from domestic vice, 
which, without that morality, ever yet has at-
tended too much prosperity, and ever yet was 
followed by a dreadful fall. The morality of 
its policy will support justice and freedom on 
earth ; and thus augmenting the number of 
free nations, all acting upon the same principle, 
its very future will be placed under the guaran-
tee of them all, and preserve it from foreign 
danger—which it is better to prevent than to 
repel. And its future will be placed under the 
guarantee of the Almighty himself, who, true to 
his eternal decrees, proved through the downfall 
of so many mighty nations, that he always 
punished the fathers in the coming generations ; 
but alike bountiful as just, will not and cannot 
forsake those whom he gave power to carry out 
his laws on earth, and who willingly answered 
his divine call. Power in itself was never yet 
sure. It is right which makes power firm ; and 
it is community which makes right secure.—
The task of Peter's apostolate is accomplished 
—the churches are founded in the Christian 
world. The task of Paul's apostolate is ac-
complished—the abuses of fanaticism and in-
tolerance are redressed. But the task of him 
whom the Saviour most loved is not yet accom-
plished. The gospel of charity rules not yet the-
Christian world; and without the charity, Chris-
tianity, you know, is " but the sounding brass 
and a tinkling cymbal." 
Signs of a Dying or Decaying Chris- 
tian. 
I. When you are so indifferent to assemble, 
or frequent the Church of God, that you can 
come, or you cannot come, at your own plea-
sure. 
When, in your most solemn worship, you 
are quickly weary, without warrantable cause. 
When few sermons will please you ; ei-
ther you like not the matter, or manner, or man, 
or place. " 
When you think you know enough. 
When a small occasion will keep you from 
Christ's table, or communion with the Church 
of God. 
When you have usually no great mind to 
prayer. 
When reading the Holy Scriptures is 
more burthensome than delightful. 
When you are mighty inquisitive after 
novelties or new things, rather than wholesome 
doctrine. 
When you are so little prepared for the 
solemn assemblies, that they come before you 
think of them, or long for them. 
When you come to the assembly more 
for fear of the brethren's eye, than Christ's om-
niscient and all-piercing eye. 
II. When you will rather betray the name 
of Christ Jesus, and the credit of his Gospel, 
by your silence, than appear for it to your own 
suffering and disparagement. 
When, at a small offence, you are usu-
ally so impatient, that you commit great sin. 
When you are more careful to get the 
words of Christ's people, than the spirit of 
Christ's people ; the form than the power. 
When you are not much troubled at 
your own miscarriages, while they are kept 
from public view. 
When you love least those Christians 
that deal most faithfully with you, in the open-
ing your sores, and tendering you remedies. 
When you pray more for afflictions be-
ing removed than sanctified. 
When under God's calamity, you can 
neither find necessity, nor excellency, to hum-
ble yourselves by fasting and prayer. 
When the thought of your bosom lust, or 
any other sin, is more prevalent with you, than 
pleasing God. 
When you are mighty curious about the 
lesser matters of God's law, arid mighty careless 
about the weightier. 
When the Holy Spirit's help to the great 
work of mortification, seems not of absolute 
necessity to you. 
When you are so ignorant of your spir-
itual standing, that you know not whether you 
grow or decay. 
a stranger to the 
on the word and 
Doctrines Offensive to None. 
It is a favorite hut false dogma, that the re-
ligion of the gospel may be so trimmed of its 
sterner features as to prove offensive to none, 
and yet enough be left to answer the wants of 
the sinner, and place him in the way to heaven. 
If this be practicable, it was a secret to the 
apostles, who, in all their missionary efforts, 
found not only that the offence of the cross had 
not ceased, but that they were constrained, by 
the very terms of their commission, to declare 
the whole counsel of God. They seemed to be 
ignorant of the art of making religion easy, and 
divesting it of all sectarian bias and controver-
sial tendency. So far as we can learn from 
their writings, they knew of no method of ac-
commodating the doctrines of Christ to human 
prejudice ; and, had any plan been suggested 
in the early Church for the publication of theo-
logical tractates, which would have answered 
this purpose, Paul's treatise on predestination, 
as found in the epistle to the Romans, would 
have been rejected from the number, as entirely 
too violent and sectarian. The fact is, as it 
ever has been, that in the school of Christ, re-
ligion cannot be made easy ; it has hard lessons 
to be studied, in the acquisition of which the 
heart must be tutored and disciplined ; the lev-
el between it and the human heart must be at-
tained, not by lowering its claims, but by rais-
ing the heart to admit its claims; and hence the 
system of doctrines taught in the holy Scrip-
ture can never be so popularized as to prove 
welcome to the unconverted arid the religious 
formalist. It can be dear only to those who 
have humbly submitted themselves to the teach-
ings of the Holy Spirit. A vigorous, manly, and 
intelligent piety can never result from the 
homoeopathic system of religion. The favorite 
graduation by which it is determined with how 
little truth a soul may be saved, is the ,:prime 
cause that there are "so many weak and sick-
ly " among us. Flippant theologians, by their 
confident discrimination between essentials and 
non-essentials, make the Bible not only the 
most sadly mutilated book, but the most uncer-
tain spiritual guide in the world. We are free 
to say, that we should feel imperilled by pre-
suming to make any such specific distinctions. 
While the power and mercy of God are not to 
be limited in saving men by the instrumentality 
of much or little truth, he has left us no discre-
tion to dictate on the subject, or to say what 
portions may be safely withheld of that " all 
scripture " which " is given by inspiration of 
God, and is profitable for doctrine, reproof, and 
instruction in righteousness." l'resbyterian. 
Jealousy. 
Jealousy is one of the most hateful and disas-
trous emotions which can find a place in the hu-
man heart. It is infallibly fatal to the harmony 
of any body sacred, or social, or civil, where it 
is harbored. It looks at men and things through 
a perverted medium. It holds a glass to the hu-
man eye which at once magnifies and distorts 
the objects of its dark suspicions. A word or a 
look is invested with weighty importance, and 
an expression uttered, perhaps without thought, 
is found to contain volumes of information, and 
to discover some hideous monster that had hith-
erto been concealed ; but whose e.‘ristence had 
been strongly suspected. The heedless one who 
uttered the sentence perhaps never thought of 
it before or after the period of its annunciation ; 
but jealousy will not, cannot believe this. That 
sentence was a cue to the heart of the individ-
ual who employed it, it betrayed much deep 
scheming to injure, arid unfolded a most dia-
bolical intention. Then are pictured to the mind 
many studied attempts to wound and to injure. 
The party in his own estimation is avoided, 
treated with contempt, shunned, slighted, and 
he is confident of the fact that lie is hated, and 
in an underhanded way abused. Venture to 
put such an one right, for frequently the im-
partial observer can perceive that all his array 
of troubles are attributable to the random flights 
of a morbid imagination, yet, seek to disabuse 
his mind, and you are regarded as taking part 
be treated coolly by the objects of his dreamy 
suspicions is naturally to be expected. There 
will be about himself a cold reserve which will 
repel a kind and warm heart, and freeze the 
fountains of sympathy and love. But this state 
of things, superinduced by his own unapproach-
able spirit, becomes to him demonstration itself, 
that from the first he has been right in his con-
jectures. Even one such soul as this in any so-
ciety will materially injure its peace, and retard 
its usefulness. And how sad must be the re-
sult when this spirit enters the Church of the 
living God, how fatal to its prosperity, how cru-
cifying to the feelings of every humble and de-
voted soul. 
And think you, reader, that Satan will fail to 
ply such a weapon in the churches ? No. When-
ever he finds a pliant heart that is prone to dis-
trust the motives of others, he will employ, or 
seek to employ, such an one as an effectual in-
strument of torture to Zion. Where this spirit is 
successfully introduced, revivals must cease, and 
churches must languish. Christians ought to 
know that this is one of the roaring lion's strata-
gems to devour them ; and the first whisper of 
the ungenerous emotion ought to be met with 
a " get thee behind me, Satan." Thus resisted, 
he will flee from the soul, leaving it and the 
church to enjoy a heaven-conferred harmony. 
Toronto Christian Observer. 
The Climate of Countries. 
Although Edinburgh, in Great Britain, is sit-
uated ten degrees farther north than the city of 
New York, it has a much warmer climate in 
winter, and the heat and cold never attain to 
such extremes. The climate of England is, to 
the majority of our people, a mystery. The 
island is situated between 50 and 55 deg. north 
latitude, and it has a milder climate than we 
enjoy in the latitudes of 40 and 45 deg. The 
British Isles are situated in the path of warm 
ocean currents, which flow across the Atlantic 
and beat upon and circulate around them. The 
wild Orkney Islands, which are situated in 59 
deg. 5 min., have warmer winters than we have 
in New York city, which is situated about 17 
deg. further south. In the city of Glasgow, the 
mean temperature in the month of January is 
38 deg., and it has never been below zero but 
twice in forty years, and then only 3 deg. for 
two days. In Unst, in the Shetland Isles, in 
latitude 60 deg. 5 min., the mean temperature 
in January is 40 deg. In many places of the 
United States, ranging from New York to Maine, 
in lat. 45 deg., the mean temperature is 6 deg. 
below zero. Unst is only one degree colder 
than Constantinople, in January; and no coun-
try in Europe, nor the world, perhaps, enjoys 
the mildness of climate peculiar to Great Brit-
ain and Ireland. This must have a wonderful 
effect upon the health and organization of the 
people. The cause is, as we have stated, gen-
erally attributed to the currents of the Gulf 
Stream ; one philosopher, however, attributes 
the genial warmth to moist breezes from Africa, 
which come over the Atlantic, crossing the equa-
tor. In Russia, Moscow is on the same line 
with Edinburgh, yet its temperature in win er 
is at least 13 deg. lower. The climate of Eng-
land is moist and wet. To foreigners, accus-
tomed to clear skies, it is disagreeable. The 
atmosphere is cloudy in summer, and this is 
one reason why it is not so warm as in other 
countries in the same northern latitude. Were 
it not for the warm occean currents and the 
warm breezes, the coasts of England would be 
ice-bound, and many of the plants which now 
flourish there as evergreens, would be unknown. 
On the northern coast of our Continent—in 
northern Oregon—the climate is much warmer 
in winter than in places on the same lines of 
latitude in our Eastern States. It is believed 
that currents from the orient flow over the Pa-
cific and wash the Oregon shores, as the Gulf 
Stream of the Atlantic does the British Isles. 
During the past winter the thermometer ranged 
at 17 deg. above zero, and the prairies were 
green all the time, except when covered by oc-
casional snow storms. The farmer is not com-
pelled, as in the Eastern States, to depend for 
the winter sustenance of his cattle on hay raised 
the previous season, his cattle can graze there 
throughout the whole year, and wild flowers 
may often be plucked in the mouths of January 
and February. 
Scientific American. 
A SAFE EXPERIMENT. 
Dr. Ashbel Green, of Philadelphia, published 
iu the North American, some years since, the 
following account of his recovery from skepti-
cism, when a young man : 
" To the Bible itself I determined to make a 
final appeal. My Christian education had al 
ready rendered me in a degree familiar with a 
large portion of its contents ; but on this I re-
solved to place no dependence. I took up the 
New Testament as if I had never opened it be-
fore, and with the single object of looking out 
for the signatures of divinely inspired truth ; 
i111)e 2bucitt Cyraa 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1852. 
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13 
.1 
and I prayed, as well as a half infidel could 
pray, that God, in whose existence and attri-
butes I believed, would help me to form a just 
opinion of the truth or fallacy of that book. 
Proceeding in this way, I had not gone through 
the four Evangelists, till all my skepticism left 
rne, and to this hour it has never returned. 
My mind, indeed, has sometimes been harassed 
with almost every species of infidel, and even 
atheistic suggestions ; but I have, at the very 
time of their occurrence, been thoroughly con-
vinced that they were false and groundless.... 
And this, let me say, is, in my opinion, the 
best way of bringing to a satisfactory issue this 
question of unavoidable and infinite import-
ance." 
All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may he conducted in faith and love, 
with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing 
carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly dis-
putation. 
SHALL THE LITERAL ISRAEL BE RES.. 
TORED I 
Many appear to think, that because in the present 
dispensation, the distinction (as to position) between 
Jew and Gentile is entirely removed, and we are " all 
one in Christ Jesus," therefore it is absurd to look 
for any restoration of such distinction in a future dis-
pensation. [Note 1.] 
It is simply, of course, a question of revelation. 
Because under the law the Jew could not contem-
plate an equality of footing between himself and his 
uncircumcised neighbor : it did not follow that the 
thing was absurd : we know it took place and still 
exists in fulness. [Note 2.] 
And yet there were no distinct intimations of it in 
prophecy at all. For Paul declares that it was not 
made known unto the sons of men in other ages; 
(Eph. 3:5, 6) although the warnings of national de-
gradation below the Gentile world might well cause 
surmises of spiritual as well as temporal privileges 
conferred on the latter, confirmed by such histories 
as those of Joseph, Jethro, Rahab, Ruth, &c.—
[Note 3.] 
Promises of blessing to the Gentiles there were—
but in connection with the blessing, not the rejection, 
of the house of Israel : such are Ezek. 38:23 ; Mal. 
1:2 ; Zech. 8:22,23, &c.—and are still unfulfilled. 
[Note. 4.] 
If then there are unconditional promises of blessing 
to the literal Israel, the fact of their present equality, 
as to spiritual standing, with the Gentiles, by no 
means interferes with their fulfilment of such. True, 
there would be a respecting of persons, at least to hu-
man view, were these blessings of a temporal kind 
only. But the same God, who called Cyrus by 
name, arid appointed his conquest of the Assyrian 
empire, long before his birth—who has seen fit to 
predestinate to glory before the foundation of the 
world, all those who now are saved by faith in Jesus 
Christ, (Rorn. 8:29, 30 ; Eph. 1:4-6 ; Gal. 1:15, 16) 
—who called Abraham to he the originator of his 
own favored people—the followers of the same saving 
faith bestowed on him as their earthly father—this 
God, who seeth the e.rid from the beginning, whose 
thoughts are not our thoughts, nor his ways our 
ways,—is able yet by his almighty power to bring 
about the fulfilment of his promise, that a nation 
shall he born in a day. (Isa. 66.8.) [Note 5.] 
Now I affirm that such a promise, viz., of spiritual 
combined with and followed by earthly restoration, 
is given to the literal Israel in the latter part of Jer. 
32. It reads, [" And now theretbre thus saith the 
Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city, where-
of ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the 
king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, 
and by the pestilence "] ; " behold, I will gather them 
out of all countries, whither I have driven them in 
mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath ;"—I 
pause here to say, that thiscannot apply to the Church ; 
and that it is strange such a mind as Mr. Miller's, to 
whom so much light was given, could fail to perceive 
that this judgment can have come on the literal Israel, 
and on them only—and that, since the return from the 
one city Babylon, the one country Assyria—I proceed 
—" and I will bring them again unto this place, and 
I will cause them to dwell safely : and they shall he 
my people and I will be their God : and I will give 
them one heart and one way, that they may fear me 
forever, for the good of them, and of their children 
after them : and I will make an everlasting covenant 
with them, that I will riot turn away from them, to 
do them good : but I will put my fear in their hearts, 
that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will re-
joice over them to do good, and 1 will plant them in 
this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my 
whole soul. For thus saith the Lord ; Like as I 
have brought all this great evil upon this people, so 
will I bring upon them all the good that 1 have 
promised them." [" And fields shall be bought in 
this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man 
or beast ; it is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. 
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evi-
dences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land 
of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and 
in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the moun- 
tains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities 
of the south : for I will cause their captivity to return, 
saith the Lord]." [Note 6.] 
Now if there is any respecting of persons here, it 
would be as much so, were these things said of the 
Church, as if of the literal Israel. But of whom are 
these things said—of the Church, or of the nation of 
Israel I [Note 7.] 
I assert that it is impossible to apply this passage 
at all to the present " Israel of God," the Church, 
without turning the word of God into confusion.—
Are we, God's Israel by adoption and regeneration, 
the people who were driven into all countries in God's 
anger, and fury, and wrath? (v. 37) Are we " the 
children of Israel, and the children of Judah ?"—Are 
the sins laid to their charge in vs. 32, 35 laid to our 
charge (We may have been guilty of these, or 
kindred iniquities as bad, but) they, the literal Is-
rael, are charged there with those iniquities : they 
have had these sins visited on them—the cup having 
been filled previous to Jerusalem's sack by the Ro-
mans—in their still existing dispersion among all na-
tions arid countries ; and they, and they only, have 
a right to claim the fulfilment of the annexed prom-
ises. If the latter do not belong to the nation that 
sinned so grievously, and have been so long and griev-
ously chastized fir their sins, then the words are cal-
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only naturally, but as here clearly promised, also 
morally to cause the wilderness to blossom as the 
rose. [Note 8.] 
" Carnal Israel " indeed they now are ; but not 
carnal, in the ordinary sense of that word, when 
converted as a nation, to the God they have so long 
rejected for their Saviour. 
This charge from carnal to spiritual, is promised 
them in vs. 39, 40, of the above cited passage. 
may refer to Ezek. 36:23, 27, 37, 23 ; and Zech. 
12:10, 14, as very clear prophecies of their moral and 
sudden regeneration. (1 have in a previous article 
shown that the last of these passages cannot, possibly 
apply to the mourning, at the crucifixion of the Lord, 
which was a partial, and by no means a national 
mourning, like that for Josiah, in the valley of Me-
giddon.) [Note 9.] 
Not wishing to extend the present article much 
further, 1 observe in conclusion that the greatest per-
sonal loss to brethren overlooking the promised res-
toration of God's ancient and still beloved people, 
(Rom. 11:28)—besides losing that place of interces-
sion for them, assigned at present to the Church (Isa. 
62:6, 7)—is that of being outside that proper watch-
man's post, where every indication of their coming 
Lord's approach is to be seen and hailed with joyful 
hope. We need, personally, all the consolation of the 
Scriptures, according to our measure of perception. 
Whether Rothschild's rumored proposition of pur-
chasing the land of his fathers be, or not, a " fable," 
the bare mention of such a thing is calculated to 
make that Christian " lift up his head " with in-
creased joy of assurance that his Lord is nigh indeed, 
who knows that ere Antichristian armies can be 
called together against the literal Jerusalem, (Ezek. 
38 ; Zech. 14:2) he shall have heard the voice of the 
archangel and the trump of God, and shall, together 
with his brethren, now sleeping in the grave, be 
caught up to meet the Lord in the air, thenceforward 
to be " ever with the Lord."-1 Thess. 4:16, 17. 
May he who writes, and all who read, this article, 
stand watching, as wise virgins, with oil in our 
lamps, and our loins girded, for in very deed, and 
with an emphasis daily and hourly intensifying, " the 
Lord is at hand." [Note 10.] 
M. MONTGOMERY. 
Remarks. 
Note 1. This does not tollow. 
GoD can make 
any distinction he pleases between Jew and Gentile. 
But we look for no such distinction in the future, be-
cause there is a perfect silence in the New Testament 
respecting any renewal of the distinctions which have 
been broken down. The declarations are plain and 
unequivocal, that " if ye are CHRIST'S, then are ye 
ABRAHAM'S seed, and heirs according to the prom-
ise."—Gal. 3:29. And there is no intimation that 
those who are merely the children of CHRIST, are in 
any particular, to take a position inferior to that of 
the children of ABRAHAM. The gospel places all 
unconverted men on one level, and all converted men 
on another, and does not even remotely hint that 
hereafter there are to be any national distinctions ex-
isting in those of either class. Why the Jews look 
for a restoration of their national superiority, PAUL 
seems to teach, is because " until this day remaineth 
the same veil untaken away in the reading of the Old 
Testament."-2 Cor. 3:14. We wish not to share 
with them in the obscurity which seems to shroud 
their mental perceptions respecting the interpretation 
of the Old Testament. This veil is done away through 
CHRIST—the New Testament, being received as an 
inspired commentary on the Old. 
Note 2. If the Jew under the Old Testament, 
failed to perceive that an equality could exist between 
the Jew and Gentile, he failed to perceive what then 
in a measure already existed. The privileges of the 
Mosaic law, both secular and spiritual, were com-
mon to all believers, whether Jew or Gentile. All 
that the believing Gentile had to do, was to identify 
himself with the Jewish nation, in order te a full en-
joyment of their privileges. Gon was no respecter 
of persons then, any more than now. There were 
dwelling among the Jews, strangers from other na-
tions, who, according to Dr. CLARK " submitted to be 
circumcised, obligated themselves to observe all the 
rites and ceremonies of the law, arid were in nothing 
different from the Jews, but merely in having once 
been heathens." They " had the same rights, spir-
itual, and secular, as had the Jews themselves."— 
Dr. Clark's Corn. vol. 1, p. 357. All the blessings 
then promised to the Jew, were conditional on their 
conforming to GOD'S requirements ; and the same or-
dinance was then given to both Jew and Gentile : 
" And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever 
be among you in your generations, and will offer an 
offering made by fire, of,a sweet savor unto the LORD; 
as ye do, so shall he do."—Num. 15:14. " One ordi-
nance shall be both for you of the congregation, and 
also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an or-
dinance forever in your generations : as ye are, so 
shall the stranger he before the LORD. 
One law and 
one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger 
that sojourneth with you."—Th. vs. 14-16. " And if a 
stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not 
vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you 
shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou 
shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in 
the land of Egypt : I am the LORD your GOD."—Lev. 
19:33, 34. " Ye shall have one manner of law, as 
well for the stranger, as for one of your own country ; 
for I am the LORD your Goo."-24:22. " And if a 
stranger shall sojourn among you, arid will keep the 
passover unto the LORD ; according to the ordinance 
of the passover, arid according to the manner thereof, 
so shall he do : ye shall have one ordinance both for 
the stranger, and for him that was born in the land." 
—Num. 9:14. " Love ye therefore the stranger : 
for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."—Deut. 
10:19. 
In the time of SOLOMON there were 153,600, stran- 
gers in Israel, (2 Citron. 2:17) ; and in later times 
they were still more numerous. At the pentecostal 
outpouring of the Holy Spirit, " there were dwell-
ing at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every na-
tion under heaven."---Acts 2:5. Arid with these 
were also proselytes (re 10), from countries as widely 
distant. 
'chore were two classes of proselytes, the just, and 
proselytes of the gate. The former " were united 
with the great body of the Jewish people, not only 
by circumcision but by baptism." The Jews main-
tained that those ceremonies were " so efficacious, 
that it put an entire end to the connection of the 
proselyte with his kindred according to the flesh."—
Jahn's Bib. Arch. p. 414. 
" The Jews, during the four centuries preceding 
the destruction of Jerusalem, were very extensively 
dispersed, and they did not fail to make proselytes to 
Judaism, in all the places, where it was their fortune 
to reside. The persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes 
promoted the cause of proselytism ; for those perse-
cutions, under the good providence of God, were the 
occasion of many victories to the Jews, and excited, 
at the satne time, the interest and notice of the sur-
rounding nations. In consequence of the stand, which 
the Jews then took, and the victories which they won, 
whole nations, as the Idumeans, the Itureans, and 
Moabites, professed the Jewish faith, and underwent 
the initiatory rite of circumcision. The king of Ya-
man or Yemen, a district of country in Arabia Felix, 
became a Jew, more than a hundred years before 
Christ, and his successors both defended and propa-
gated the Jewish religion. 
" The Jews in Asia Minor, in Greece, and, in the 
progress of time, at Rome also, were the means of 
drawing numbers within the pale of their country's 
religion. In Rome, in particular, they eventually 
became so numerous, as to have a majority at elec-
tions ; and because they were restless and turbulent, 
they were ordered by Tiberius, to depart from Italy, 
and by Claudius, from Rome. 
" About the time of Christ, Izates the king of 
Adiabene, having been instructed by some females, 
was circumcised, and introduced the Jewish religion 
into his kingdom. (See the Antiquities of Josephus, 
xx. 2, 1-5.) Providence thus prepared the way for 
the propagation of the Christian religion into all 
parts of the world : for the apostles, wherever they 
travelled, found those, who had embraced the Jewish 
religion, and they not only had the liberty to preach 
in their synagogues, but, as we may learn from vari-
ous passges, were very essentially aided by the Jew-
ish proselytes, in announcing Jesus Christ to the 
heathen, Acts 2:5-11 ; 11:19 ; 13:4-6, 13-52 ; 14:1-
28 ; 16:1-40 ; 12:1-17, etc."—lb. pp. 398, 399. 
There was distinct and unequivocal intimation giv-
en in prophecy that the Gentiles should come to the 
light which the Jews then enjoyed—that they were 
to be " a light to the Gentiles " unto the end of the 
earth. (Isa. 49:6 ; 60:3.) What PAUL asserts is 
that the mystery of Gentile fellowship with the Jew, 
was not made known " as it then was "—that is, 
with that clearness : " Which in other ages was not 
made known unto the sons of men, as it is now re-
vealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the 
Spirit ; that the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and 
of the same body, and partakers of his promise in 
CHRIST by the gospel."—Eph. 3:5, 6. 
Note 4. There seems to be an unnecessary mis-
conception respecting the rejection of Israel. 
GOD 
has never rejected Israel. 
PAUL refers to his own 
descent from ABRAHAM and BENJAMIN, as evidence 
that the Jews were not cast off. The unconverted, 
were the only ones whom GoD refused to recognize. 
" GOD bath not cast away his people which he fore-
knew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of 
ELIAS 
how he rnaketh intercession to Gon against 
Israel, saying, LORD, they have killed thy prophets, 
and digged down thine altars ; and I am left alone, 
and they seek my life. But what saith the answer 
of GoD unto him? I have reserved to myself seven 
thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the 
image of Baal. Even so then at this present time 
also there is a remnant according to the election of 
grace."—Rom. 11:2-5. Goo will render to every 
man according to his deeds. He will give " glory 
honor and peace, to every mart that worketh good, 
to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile ; for there is 
no respect of persons with GOD."—lb. 2:10, 11. 
The blessing of the gospel, has not exalted the 
Gentile above the Jew, but to a level with him. Be-
lieving Gentiles have become "fellow-heirs " with 
believing Jews. When CHRIST came to his own, to 
" as many as received him, to them gave be power 
to become the sons of GOD, even to them that believe 
on his name" whether Jew or Gentile. (John 1:12.) 
The first Christian churches, were congregations of 
Christianized Jews ; and the Gentiles who have come 
in, have done so by being grafted into that olive-tree 
which consisted of believing Jews. We see nothing 
in the scriptures referred to, that conflicts with this 
view. 
Note 5. GoD, as before said, is able, and will ful-
fil all his pleasure. There is no issue respecting 
Gon's ability. 
Those who will examine Isa. 66:8, may be aston-
ished to find that what is generally understood as the 
promise of the birth of a nation in a day, is no such 
promise : but a negative interrogatory, denying the 
possibility of any such thing. They may also be 
surprised to find, that it is usually, not only misquoted 
by changing the interrogation to a declaration, but 
by conjoining parts of two interrogations which read 
thus : " Shall the earth be made to bring forth in a 
day ? or shall a nation be born at once?" 
When the interrogation is used to assert, or deny 
anything with emphasis ; if in the former case, it is 
always connected with a no or not ; as " Is not GoD 
in the height of the heavens?" (Job 22:12.) Here, 
the answer is yes. Without the no or not ; as for 
example, " Can the rush grow without mire?" (Job 
22:12,) the answer is no. 
The force of those interrogations in Isaiah, is to 
show by way of contrast that while nations cannot 
be horn at once, or the earth bring forth in a day ; 
yet, as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her 
children—evidently referring to the resurrection of 
the just at the second advent. 
Note 6. This extract as given in the communica-
tion, commenced with the 37th verse and ended with 
the 42d. We have added to that, the portion in 
brackets, making it commence with v. 36, and end with 
the chapter. 
The pause in the quotation, to say that " this can-
not apply to the Church," was uncalled for—it not 
being thus applied to our knowledge. 
The allusion to Mr. MILLER'S want of perception, 
is entirely gratuitous. He never applied this prophecy 
to any but to the literal Jews. This reference to him 
and the false issue made, furnish unmistakeable evi-
dence of our correspondent's want of acquaintance 
with the views of those whose opinions he supposes 
he is confuting. To confute another, it is necessary 
first to learn his views, and the arguments by which 
they are snstained. Without this much time and ink 
may be wasted without making any progress. 
We also regret the omission of the parts of the 
chapter we have enclosed in brackets ; which has the 
appearance of a willingness to keep from view the 
connection. 
This prophecy was uttered in the tenth year of 
ZEDEKIAH king of Judah, and the eighteenth of NEBU-
CHADNEZZAR. 
(Jer. 32 : 1.) It was in the eleventh 
year of ZEDEKIAH, that " the city was broken up."—
lb. 39:2. At the time of the utterance of this proph-
ecy, " the king of Babylon's army " were besieging 
" Jerusalem."—/b. 32:2. 
ZEDEKIAH had shut up 
JEREMIAH for predicting the conquest of Jerusalem 
by NEBUCHADNEZZAR. They were about to go into 
captity from their own land ; and yet JEREMIAH buys 
a field of HANAMEEL (v. 8), and takes evidence of it, 
on the strength of the promise of the LORD of hosts, 
that " Houses and fields and vineyards shall be pos-
sessed again in this land."—v. 15. That purchase 
would have been worthless without prospect of a resto-
ration from Babylon. That JEREMIAH purchased the 
field at the command of Goe, and to show his faith in 
Goe's word respecting their restoration front Baby-
lon, is evident from his prayer. He recounts GOD'S 
dealings with Israel and says : " And hast brought 
forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt 
with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong 
hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great 
terror ; and hast given them this land, which thou 
didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flow-
ing with milk and honey ; and they came in, and pos-
sessed it ; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither 
walked in thy law ; they have done nothing of all 
that thou commandedst them to do : therefore thou 
least caused all this evil to come upon them : behold 
the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it ; 
and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, 
that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the 
famine, arid of the pestilence : and what thou hast 
spoken is come to pass ; and behold, thou seest it. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
And thou hast said unto me, 0 Lord GOD, Buy thee 
the field for money, and take witnesses : for the city 
is given into the hand of the Chaldeans."—Jer. 32: 
21-25. 
In response to that prayer, is given the following 
word of the LORD. It first asserts GoD's purpose to 
give the city into the hand of king NEBUCHADNEZZAR, 
and the reasons for so doing as follows : " Then came 
the word of the LORD unto JEREMIAH, saying, Be-
hold, I am the LORD, the GOD of all flesh : is there 
anything too hard for me? Therefore thus saith the 
LORD ; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of 
the Chaldeans, and into the hand of NEBUCHADNEZ-
nt king of Babylon, and he shall take it : and the 
Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come 
and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, 
upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, 
and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to pro-
voke me to anger. For the children of Israel and the 
children of J udah have only done evil before me from 
their youth : for the children of Israel have only pro-
voked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith 
the LORD. For this city hath been to me as a provo-
cation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that 
they built it even unto this day ; that I should remove 
it from before my face, because of all the evil of the 
children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which 
they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their 
kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, 
and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem. And they have turned unto me the back, and not 
the face : though I taught them, rising up early and 
teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive 
instruction. But they set their abominations in the 
house which is called by my name, to defile it. And 
they built the high places of Baal, which are in the 
valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and 
their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech ; 
which I commanded them not, neither came it into 
my mind, that they should do this abomination, to 
cause Judah to sin."—lie 26-35. 
Immediately following this, in vs. 36-44, as quoted 
in the article, beginning and ending with the portions 
in brackets, is a prediction respecting a restoration 
from Babylon,—a return from the very captivity upon 
which they were about. entering. In this chapter, 
JEREMIAH makes no reference to any restoration from 
a future captivity. He expressly limits it to that 
captivity, to a return from the dispersion to which 
they were then to be subjected, and to the reposses-
sion of fields, then being given into the hand of the 
Chaldeans. 
From that captivity the Jews did return. When 
CYRUS issued the decree to that effect he testified, that 
GOD had given him all the kingdoms of the earth ; so 
that they were permitted to go cp from all the coun-
tries whither the LORD had driven them. That res-
toration, there is reason to believe would have been 
final, and eternal, had they remained faithful to the 
conditions of their restoration ; but GOD, who prom-
ised this planting of them in their own land, had also 
told them by the same prophet : " At what instant 
I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a 
kingdom, to build and to plant it ; if it do evil in my 
sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of 
the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them."—
Jer. 18:9, 10. Consequently the Jews knew the con-
ditions on which the covenant of their return was to 
be made everlasting. 
Note 7. This is an issue that does not exist, and 
to waste any time on it, would only divert attention 
from the main question. No one at all familiar with 
our views, would have surmised anything of the kind. 
Note 8. This is arguing against a man of straw. 
A controversialist is always privileged to sustain any 
position positively ; but when he argues negatively 
against positions which are not taken by his oppo-
nent, he only weakens himself by showing his want 
of acquaintance with the subject in dispute. 
Note 9. In reply to former communications we 
think we sufficiently proved that it did thus apply. 
When a thing has been twice denied, and twice re-
plied to, it should not be redenied without some ad-
ditional evidence to substantiate the denial. That is 
usually expected where progress is desired, and the 
controversialists do not aim at a mere revolution 
around a single point. 
Note 10. Amen, to the closing suggestion. That 
we may he thus watching, we oppose the unscrip-
tural substitution of a Jewish restoration between the 
present time and that event. To believe with our 
correspondent, we should not be looking for JESUS, 
but for the Jews' return. To look for their return, 
would be to us, to postpone the advent to a distant 
future. 
ORIGIN OF THE CHOLERA.—At a recent religious 
meeting held at Exeter Hall, in London, the great 
senate house of the English religious world, a gentle-
man of authority stated the undeniable fact, that the 
tax levied upon salt by WARREN HASTINGS, during 
his tyrannical rule in India, was the cause of the 
Asiatic cholera—a disease that has spread its poison-
ous, putrid breath over the world, and sent millions 
to the grave. The cholera was unknown before the 
period alluded to, and made its appearance imme-
diately following the edict which deprived the lower 
castes of Hindoos of a healthful ingredient in their 
food, and it has ever since been extending through-
out the globe, literally almost following the music 
of the British drum, which some poetical genius of 
distinction, we don't recollect who, says never ceases. 
Exchange. 
"PROVE ALL THINGS." 
BY J. C. KYLE, OF ENG. 
" Prove all things: hold fast that which is good."-1 Thess. 5:11 
(Continued from our last.) 
11. And now let me speak of the duty and neces- 
sity of keeping firm hold upon truh. 
The words of the apostle on this subject are pithy 
and forcible. " Hold fast," he says, " that which is 
good." It is as if he said to us, " When you have 
found the truth for yourself, and when you are satis-
fied that it is CHRIST'S truth,—that truth which the 
Scriptures set forth,—then get a firm hold upon it. 
grasp it, keep it in your heart, never let it go." 
He speaks as one who knew what the hearts of all 
Christians are. Ile knew that our grasp of the Gos- 
pel, at our best, is very cold,—that our love soon 
waxes feeble,—that our faith soon wavers,—that our 
zeal soon flags,—that familiarity with CHRIST'S 
truth often brings with it a species of contempt,— 
that, like Israel, we are apt to be discouraged by the 
length of our journey,—and like PETER, ready to 
sleep one moment and fight the next,—but like PE-
TER, not ready to " watch and pray." All this St. 
PAUL remembered, and, like a faithful watchman, he 
cries, by the Holy Ghost, '. Hold fast that which is 
good." 
He speaks as if lie foresaw by the Spirit that the 
good tidings of the Gospel would soon be corrupted, 
spoiled, and plucked away front the Church at Thes-
salonica. He speaks as one who foresaw that Satan 
and all his agents would labor hard to cast down 
CHRIST'S truth. 
He writes as though he would forewarn men of 
this danger, and he cries, " Hold fast that which is 
good." 
Reader, the advice is always needed—needed as 
long as the world stands. There is a tendency to de-
cay in the very best of human institutions. The best 
visible Church of CHRIST is not free from this 
bility to degenerate. It is made up of fallible men. 
There is always in it a tendency to decay. We see 
the leaven of evil creeping into many a church, even 
in the apostle's time. There were evils in the Co-
rinthian Church, evils in the Ephesian Church, evils 
in the Galatian Church. All these things are meant 
to be our warnings and beacons in these latter times. 
All show the great necessity laid upon the Church to 
remember the apostle's words, " Hold fast that which 
is good." 
Many a church of CHRIST since then has fallen 
away for the want of remembering this principle. 
Their ministers and members forgot that Satan is 
always laboring to bring in false doctrine. They 
forgot that he can transform himself into an angel of 
light,—that he can make darkness appear light, and 
light darkness, truth appear falsehood, and falsehood 
truth. if he cannot destroy Christianity, he ever 
tries to spoil it. If he cannot prevent the form of 
godliness, he endeavors to rob churches of the power. 
No church is ever safe that forgets these things, and 
does not bear in mind the apostle's injunction, " Hold 
fast that which is good." 
Reader, if ever there was a time in the world when 
churcheswere put upon their trial, whether they would 
hold fast the truth or riot, that time is the present time, 
and those churches are the Protestant churches of 
our own land. Popery, that old enemy of our na- 
tion, is coming in upon us in this day like a flood. 
We are assaulted by open enemies without, and be-
trayed continually by false friends within. The 
numbers of Roman Catholic churches and chapels, 
and schools, and conventual and monastic establish-
ments, are continually increasing around us. Month 
after month brings tidings of some new defection 
from the ranks of the Church of England to the ranks 
of the Church of Rome. Already the clergy of the 
Church of Rome are using great swelling words 
about things to come, and boasting that, sooner or 
later, England shall once more be brought back to 
the orbit from whence she fell, and take her place in 
the Catholic system. Already the Pope is parcelling 
our country into bishoprics, and speaks like one who 
fancies that by and bye he shall divide the spoil. Al-
ready he seems to foresee a time when England shall 
be as the patrimony of St. Peter's, when London 
shall be as Rome, when Set Paul's shall be as St. Pe-
ter's, and Lambeth Palace shall be as the Vatican it-
self. Surely now, or never, we ought all of us to 
awake, and " Hold fast that which is good." 
We supposed, some of us, in our blindness, that 
the power of the Church of Rome was ended. We 
dreamed, some of us, in our folly, that the Reforma-
tion had ended the Popish controversy, and that if 
Romanism did survive, Romanism was altogether 
changed. If we did think so, we have lived to learn 
that we made a most grievous mistake. Rome never 
changes. It is her boast that she is always the same. 
The snake is not killed. He was scotched at the 
time of the Reformation, but was not destroyed. The 
Romish Antichrist is not dead. He was cast down 
for a little season, like the fabled giant buried under 
Etna, but his deadly wound is healed, the grave is 
opening once more, and Antichrist is coming forth. 
The unclean spirit of Popery is not laid in his own 
place. Rather he seems to say, " My house in Eng-
land is now swept and garnished for me ; let me re-
turn to the place from whence I came forth." 
And, reader, the question is now, whether we are 
going to abide quietly, sit still, and fold our hands, 
and do nothing to resist the assault. Are we really 
men of understanding of the times? Do we know 
the day of our visitation? Surely, this is a crisis in 
the history of our churches and of our land It is a 
time which will soon prove whether we know the 
value of our privileges, or whether, like Amalek, 
" the first of the nations," our " latter end shall be 
that we perish forever." It is a time which will 
soon prove whether we intend to allow our candle-
stick to be quietly removed, or repent, and do our 
first works, lest any man should take our crown. If 
we love the open Bible—if we love the preaching of 
the Gospel—if we love the freedom of reading that 
Bible, no man letting or hindering us, and the oppor-
tunity of hearing that Gospel, no man forbidding us 
—if we love civil liberty—if we love religious liberty 
—if these are precious to our souls, we must all 
make up our minds to hold fast, lest by and bye we 
lose all. 
Reader, if we mean to hold fast, every parish, 
every congregation, every Christian man, and every 
Christian woman, must do their part in contending 
for the truth. Each should work, and each should 
pray, and each should labor, as if the preservation of 
the pure Gospel depended upon himself or herself, 
and upon no one else at all. The bishops must not 
leave the matter to the priests, nor the priests leave 
the matter to the laity, nor the laity to the clergy. 
The Parliament must not leave the matter to the 
country, nor the country to the Parliament. The 
rich must not leave the matter to the poor, nor the 
poor to the rich. We must all work. Every liv-
ing soul has a sphere of influence. Let him see to 
it that he fills it. Every living soul can throw some 
weight into the scale of the Gospel. Let him see to 
it that he casts it in. Let every one know his own 
individual responsibility in this matter ; and all, by 
GOD'S help, will he well. 
If we would hold fast that which is good, we must 
never tolerate or countenance any doctrine which is 
not the pure doctrine of CHRIST'S Gospel. there is 
a hatred which is downright charity—that is, the ha-
tred of erroneous doctrine. There is an intolerance 
which is downright praiseworthy—that is the intol-
erance of false teaching in the pulpit. Who would 
ever think of tolerating a little poison given to him 
day by day ? If men come among you who do not 
preach of CHRIST, and sin, and holiness, of ruin, and 
redemption, and regeneration ; and do not preach of 
these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to act 
upon the injunction given by the Holy Ghost in the 
Old Testament, " Cease, my son, to hear the instruc-
tion which causes to err from the words of knowl-
edge."—Prov. 19:27. You ought to carry out the 
spirit shown by the apostle PAUL, in Gal'. 1:8—
" Though we, or an angel frotn heaven, preach any 
other doctrine unto you than that which we have 
preached, let him be accursed." If we can bear to 
hear CHRIST'S truth mangled or adulterated,—and 
can see no harm in listening to that which is another 
Gospel,—and can sit at ease while sham Christianity 
is poured into our ears,—and can go home comforta-
bly afterwards, and not burn with holy indignation, 
—if this be the case, there is little chance of our 
ever doing much to resist Rome. If we are content 
to hear JESUS CHRIST not put in his rightful place, 
we are not men and women who are likely to do 
CHRIST much service, or fight a good fight on his 
side. He that is not zealous against error, is not 
likely to be zealous for truth.—(To be continued ) 
Curious Freaks of Lightning. 
The house of Mr. HARVEY PossoN, residing near 
Gallnpville, Scoharie county, N. Y., was struck by 
lightning on the 22d inst. The fluid struck the 
kitchen chimney, near the top, bursting a large hole 
in the south side, and reaching the sides adjoining, 
leaving the remainder of the chimney standing. It 
then passed down the chimney to the stovepipe above 
the chamber floor ; thence to the stove, throwing off 
every cover, and opening the doors. It then divided 
in two parts—one going north, passed to the foot of 
a young man named WILLIAM STALKER, who had on 
a boot with an iron plate on the heel. It tore the 
hoot entirely off his foot, except a small string around 
his leg, cutting a gash on the fourth toe on top about 
two inches long, then passed over his foot to the heel 
on the back, and under the foot, cutting another gash 
about three inches long, turning his foot as black as 
the stove. It then passed down through the floor, 
tearing a piece about four inches wide and two feet 
long ; from thence to the cellar wall, where there 
was a large stove, breaking out a piece about ten 
inches long and the thickness of the stove, throwing 
it over a rod from the house. The other part passed 
south through the floor, tearing the floor some three 
feet where Mrs. PossoN's babe had sat not to exceed 
three minutes previous, and the linen taken from the 
child was completely torn into threads. It then 
passed along the sill to the cellar wall, and out on the 
south side of the house. Mrs. PossoN was engaged 
in adjusting the dress of a small girl who sat in a 
chair with her feet on the stove. It knocked her 
back against Mrs. PossoN, who also received a se-
vere shock. Mr. PossoN was washing his hands, 
the babe lay in the cradle, and a small boy was in 
the room, none of whom were injured. But poor 
puss had ill luck. She was laying near the stove 
leg, and the fluid tore off a large quantity of hair 
by the roots, and broke and tore her leg to atoms 
What is still more singular, one pane of glass was 
found out on the grass under the window, whole, the 
putty still in the sash. They have tried to replace 
it, but in vain. 
The reader must not suppose it took the lightning 
so long to do all this as he has been reading it. 
The Overland Emigration. 
Letters have been received from Fort Kearney to 
June 1st. The cholera is the general topic among 
the emigrants, spreading consternation and alarm 
from one train to another. Some idea of the vast 
scale on which overland emigration is carried on may 
be formed, when it is stated that the train is estimated 
to be seven hundred miles long. The following is a 
good natured description by one of the number: 
" The train is composed of all kinds of people from 
all parts of the United States, and some of the rest of 
mankind, with lots of horses, mules, oxen, cows, 
steers, and some of the feathered creation, moving 
along about fifteen or twenty miles per day ; all sorts 
of vehicles from a coach down to a wheel-harrow ; 
ladies on horseback, dressed out in full-blown bloom-
ers; gents on mules, with their Kossuth hats and 
plumes, galloping over the prairies, making quite 
an equestrian troupe and a show ahead of anything 
Barnum ever got up. The plains are a pleasant 
place to travel ; excellent roads—equal to any of our 
Eastern plank-roads in dry weather, and were it not 
for the sick and the dying, that everywhere meet our 
eye, and the vast number of graves along the road, 
the journey would be a pleasant one. A s near as I 
can ascertain by observation, there are about eighty 
graves to the one hundred miles so far ; that is, new 
ones. The old ones are nearly obliterated and their 
places unknown to man." 
The Indians had given them no trouble, although 
their incursions were much feared. 
The following, is the number of emigrants, teams, 
&c. that passed Fort Kearney in the month of May 
fur Oregon and California : Men, 14,169 ; Women, 
2,897 ; Children, 4,600. Total number of persons, 
21,666. Horses, 5,482; Mules, 4,482; Cattle, 44,- 
990; Sheep, 4,813; Total number of animals, 59,775. 
Wagons, .5,678. Some fifty passed on foot with 
provisions, &c., packed on their backs ; about ten or 
twelve with handcarts and wheel-barrows ; about 
thirty had to return to the States, having been ribbed 
of their all by Indians. 
"Spirit Rappings" no New Thing. 
A correspondent of a New York paper copies the 
following from a number of the New I' ork Packet of 
1789, as illustrating the fact that " there is nothing 
new under the sun." It is an extract of a letter 
from a gentleman at Fishkill, to his friend in this 
city, dated March 3d, 1789. 
" SIR:—Were I to relate the many extraordinary, 
though not less true accounts I have heard of that 
unfortunate girl at Hackensack, your belief might 
perhaps be staggered, and patience tired. I shall, 
therefore, only inform you of what I have been eye 
witness to. Last Sunday afternoon my wife and my-
self went to Dr. Thorn's, and after sitting some time 
we heard a knocking under the feet of a young woman 
that lives in the family. I asked the Doctor what 
occasioned that noise ; he could not tell, but replied 
that he, together with several others, had examined 
the house, but were unable to discover the cause. I 
then took a candle and went with the girl into the 
cellar. There the knocking also continued ; but as 
we were ascending the stairs to return, I heard a 
prodigious rapping on each side, which alarmed me 
very much. I stood still, looking around some time 
with amazement, when I beheld some lumber which 
lay at the head of the stairs shaking considerably. 
About eight or ten days after we visited the girl 
again. The knocking still continued, but was much 
louder. Our curiosity induced us to make a third 
visit, when the phenomena were still more alarming. 
I then saw the chairs move ; a large dining table was 
thrown against me, and a small stand, on which stood 
a candle, was tossed tip and thrown into my wife's 
lap ! after which we left the house, much surprised 
at what we had seen." 
As the purest and loveliest streams often flow in 
the retired grove, far from the thundering cataract 
or the stormy ocean, so is the sweet peace of the 
soul, the joy that is like a fountain ; it dwells often-
est far from the hustle of public life and the storms 
and tempests of ambition. 
Barnes. 
238 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
"MY RECORD IS ON HIGH." 
A SERMON. 
" Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and 
my record is on high."—Job 16:19. 
This has been the final appeal of conscious and in-
jured innocence in every age. Job was beset with 
woes. In one day his flocks and herds, his riches 
and possessions, and his ten children, had been torn 
away. He bowed in meekness to the dispensations 
of providence, and with rent raiment and shaven 
head, rendered blessings to the Lord who had given 
and taken away. Again the hand of the foe is 
stretched forth, and now it is laid heavily upon his 
person without any reservation or restriction, save, 
" spare his life." God had delivered him to the un-
eodly, and turned him over to the hands of the wicked. 
Broken with breach upon breach, he sewed sack-
cloth upon his skin, and while sitting in the ashes 
with his face streaked by tears, the shadow of death 
upon his eyelids, and unsympathizing friends sur-
rounding him with their reproaches, he gives utter-
ance to his passionate exclamation : " 0 earth, cover 
not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. 
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my 
record is on high. My friends scorn me, but mine 
eye poureth out tears unto God." 
Religious experience is universally correspondent. 
The plaintive prayers of David penitent, and the ex-
ulting songs of David pardoned, are still the prayers 
and songs of penitent and pardoned men. So the 
humble yet confident declaration of Job is the decla-
ration of every faithful child of God. 
I. My Name. We may not be able to rejoice with 
the disciples in the exercise of miraculous gifts; un-
clean spirits may be heedless of our mandates, devils 
may not be subject to us ; but if we are true disciples 
of the Son of God, we may with those disciples re-
joice with a more reasonable, perfect, and enduring 
joy that our names are written in heaven. (Luke 
10:20.) There is a record on high. From the foun-
dation of the world have mens' names been recorded 
in the slain Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 13:8.) Long 
ago did God declare to Moses his determination to 
blot the impenitent and rebellious from its pages. 
(Ex. 32:33.) Long ago did David pray concerning 
the foes of God, " Let them be blotted out of the 
book of the living, and not be written with the right-
eous."—Psa. 69:28. But still the promise remains 
firm as the pillars of the universe, " He that over-
cometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; 
and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, 
but I will confe*ss his name before my Father, and 
before his angels." There Paul's fellow laborers 
have their names inscribed—yea the whole Church 
of the first-born is composed of those whose names 
are written in heaven. (Phil. 4:3 ; Heb. 12:23.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
I cease for an instant to remember that his eye is on 
my path, that lie knoweth the way I take; 
" How careful then ought I to live, 
With what religious fear, 
Who such a strict account must give 
For my behavior here." 
We may also draw consolation from these consid-
erations. Is our record on high ? Then why need 
we fear the wrath or reproach of man ? If our names 
are written in heaven, we may rejoice, though they 
be cast out as evil upon earth. If our hearts are 
right in the sight of God, we may be glad, though all 
men revile and accuse us here. 
Our riches may be taken from us, our good name 
may be blackened, the memory of our kindness may 
have passed from men's minds, and hatred may have 
supplied its place ; the memory of the good may have 
been lost in the lapse of passing years, but there is 
one record—the record on high—which forever re-
mains secure and inviolate. It is imperishable as time, 
aye, as eternity. Our deeds are" written in a book " 
—they are graven with something sharper than an 
" iron pen," upon a tablet more enduring than the 
solid rock. They are in the book of remembrance, 
and are written With the finger of God. 
The day of unveiling draweth near. Shame shall 
soon be changed to glory, and glory to shame. Honor 
shall soon be changed to dishonor, and dishonor to 
honor. .loy shall soon be turned to mourning, and 
mourning to joy. Songs shall soon be changed to 
tears, and tears to songs. Beauty shall be changed 
to ashes, and from ashes shall spring immortality. 
And in effecting that important and final change, the 
record that is on high shall bear an important part. 
Think of this, Christian, and live close to God ! 
Think of this, hypocrite, and search your heart ! 
Think of this, rich man, and look well to your stew-
ardship! Think of this, ye lukewarm, and awake ! 
Think of this, ye wanderers, and return ! And sin- 
ners, think of this, and REPENT ! H. L. H. 
Plymouth, (Mass.), July 8th, 1852. 
LETTER FROM S. CHAPMAN. 
My Actions. Whether they be good or bad, 
godly or ungodly, great or small, public or private, 
the record is on high. The great Eye has been on 
me whether sleeping or waking, doing good or evil ; 
thinking of God, or forgetting his existence; in the 
house, or in the field ; in the crowd, or in the closet ; 
and he knoweth the way I take, and recordeth the 
works I do. When men have done evil, the record 
has been kept. The midnight murder, the open as-
sassination, the licentious revel, the drunken carou-
sal are written there. And when the people of God 
have met together, and have spoken to each other, 
the Lord has hearkened and heard, and the hook of 
remembrance is written for them. (Mal. 3:16.) The 
martyr's trial, the confessor's death, and the cup of 
cold water given to the disciple, are all recorded 
there; and the toils and pains, the temptations and 
afflictions, the woes and griefs, the heaving sighs 
and gushing tears of the saints of the Most High,-
0 God, " are they not in thy book ?"—Psa. 56:8. 
My Words. Whether they have been few 
and fitly chosen, or multitudinous and impertinent ; 
whether they have been like apples of gold in pictures 
of silver, or the parrot-like utterances of a beggared 
mind ; whether they have been like the words of the 
wise, which are pleasant words, or the words of a 
tale-bearer, which are wounds ; whether they have 
been with grace seasoned with salt, or evil communi-
sations, which corrupt good manners ; whether they 
have been good or evil, kind or unkind, gentle or 
harsh, pure or filthy, light or weigthty, true or false, 
sober or mirthful, blessings or cursings, whatever 
they may be, it is written, that " every idle word 
that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof 
in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou 
shalt be judged, and by thy words thou shalt be con- 
BRO. HIMES :—After the date of my last, (Mount 
Sterling, March 12th,) I remained a week longer in 
that section, visiting the brethren from place to place, 
giving them an affectionate farewell, supposing that 
my labors in Brown and Pike counties were entirely 
and forever closed, but had to visit them again as we 
shall hereafter notice. 
About the 20th of March, returned to our late field 
of labor in Hancock county. Found tLe brethren gen-
erally steadfast in the faith, though in some instances 
they had suffered persecution. At " Bear Creek," 
several ministers from the adjoining neighborhood, 
having come in during my absence, speaking lightly, 
(if not contemptuously,) of our blessed hope, they 
had " overthrown the faith of some," and so confused 
the minds of others, that they had relapsed into a 
lukewarm state, from which we fear some of them 
will never recover. On perceiving this, our hearts 
were exceedingly pained, and the question naturally 
suggested itself to the mind, What should be done in 
such a case! After mature reflection, it was recom-
mended by several of the leading brethren, that a 
brief declaration of their faith be drawn up, annexing 
thereto a sort of covenant, which, when adopted, by 
them, should be considered their church covenant. 1 
had previously, in my way, established many Advent 
churches ; but had never written, neither recom-
mended for others to write a word bearing the sem-
blance of a creed. But situated as these friends 
were, in the midst of four or five different religious 
societies, in whose sympathies they could not share 
at all, and yet stood connected therewith, I discov-
ered no impropriety in drafting for them, and appro-
bating an article such as they had recommended. 
Being aware, however, that some of our brethren 
whom we highly esteem have been as much, and per-
haps more opposed to church creeds than myself, and 
might even now discountenance anything of the kind, 
I will just give in substance, for their inspection, a 
copy of that which was written, viz., " We the un-
dersigned, professing to be the disciples of the Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ, confidently believing from 
the prophetic Scriptures and the signs of the times, 
that his second coming ' is now near, even at the 
door,' do hereby solemnly covenant with each other, 
that from this time forward we will associate our-
selves together for the worship of God, under the 
name of the Second Advent Church on Bear Creek,' 
Hancock county, Ill., and by the grace of God we 
will endeavor to hold fast the profession of our 
faith without wavering ; for he is faithful that prom-
ised : not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to-
gether as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one 
another, and so much the more, as we see the day 
approaching. For yet a little while, and he that shall-
come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just 
shall live by faith ; let us not therefore be of them 
who draw back unto perdition ; but of them that be-
lieve to the saving of the soul.'—Heb. 10:23, and on-
ward. We furthermore resolve, that as we have op- 
demned."—Matt. 12:36, 37. The record is on high, 
and what are those words that we are daily adding 
to the catalogue ? How few are of heaven, and how 
many of earth ; how few are good, and how many 
evil ; how few about God, how many about man ; 
how few faithful warnings to the world, and earnest 
prayers to God, but how many idle and useless words 
are recorded on high. 
My Thoughts. These have been'locked within 
my breast. Man has not known them. My dearest 
friends have not been admitted to those inner cham-
bers of feeling and thought. Angels know not our 
thoughts (1 Kings 8:39), but still they are known. 
The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked ; who 
can know it? " I Jehovah search the heart." God 
will bring every work into judgment, with every se-
cret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. 
0 think of this, reader. Those thoughts—those un-
holy thoughts—those impure thoughts—those lust-
ful thoughts—those vain thoughts—those covetous 
thoughts—those disgraceful thoughts—are remem-
bered and recorded ; every secret purpose of villany, 
every hidden scheme of rascality, every dark plot 
against virtue, every concealed conspiracy against 
right, is recorded. They may have been unsuccess-
ful, they may have been relinquished, but they are 
recorded, and unless they are repented of before God 
in deep humility, they will appear at the judgment 
in characters of living light, and be unfolded to the 
gaze of an assembled universe 
The Christian's thoughts are also on record. Those 
secret desires after God, those pantings after holiness 
of heart, those hungerings and thirstings after right-
eousness, those out-pourings of love to God, those 
wordless prayers, entering no ear but that of the 
Most High—prayers for self—for others—for preach-
ers of the word—for scattered ones—for the exiled 
lonely flock of God ; all these are remembered by the 
omniscient One. 
My Motives. Hitherto they have been hidden from 
men. They have often been misrepresented. Some-
times all without has seemed fair, while within cor-
ruption has reigned unhindered. At other times mo-
tives are right in the sight of God, when all around 
misjudge and censure them. Sinners and saints alike 
are thus mistaken : they misjudge, and are misjudged 
by others. There is One who knoweth all things, 
and he alone can look down into the heart's lowest 
depths and discern its purity or its corruption. He 
has an eye,—an all-seeing eye,—an eye that is con-
tinually upon us, and which sees the hidden springs 
of thought and feeling, and notes them all. 
The record is on high. The day shall declare its 
important pencilings before the gathered nations of 
the earth. The censorins and prejudiced shall there, 
to their astonishment, be made to understand that 
God accounteth righteous many whom they have 
condemned. Those who have been destitute of that 
charity that thinketh no evil, will then see that many 
of the evil motives which they have imputed to oth-
ers, had their origin and existence solely in a jealous 
heart. The persecuting bigot shall behold the vic-
tims of his intolerant malice vindicated before God and 
man, and he himself shall be overwhelmed with con-
tempt and wrath. The hypocrite, too, will there 
find himself unmasked. He may have worn a dis-
guise for many a year ; he may have been, without, 
whitened like the proud sepulchers of olden time; he 
may have deceived others, and deceived himself ; but 
all this while the record has been filling ; and when, 
in the day of God, it shall be exposed in all its sicken-
ing details of sin and folly, he will be able to disguise 
himself no longer. Every grade and class of charac-
ter shall then and there receive its just reward. The 
well meant but feeble effort to do good, the ostenta-
tious, praise-seeking charity of the world, the wid-
ow's " mites," and the Pharisee's " abundance," 
shall be weighed in an even balance, and estimated 
as Jesus estimated them when on earth. The record 
is on high,—the strict, impartial record of each se-
cret heart—each hidden motive. 
We may find a practical use in this doctrine, if 
we will consider its bearing upon the affairs of life. 
We may be admonished by it. 
Is our record on high ? Then should we walk cir-
cumspectly—humbly before God. The great Eye is 
on us—the great ear is Ever listening to our footsteps 
and our words. Each footstep wakes an echo in eter-
nity ; each string struck here shall vibrate beyond 
the curtain, causing harmonies more brilliant than the 
music of the spheres, or discords fit only to accom-
pany the wailings of despair. 0, how careful should 
we walk. How watchful and how holy before God. 
We should guard our words. It is related of one, 
that being brought before an ecclesiastical tribunal, 
he at first answered carelessly the questions that 
were put him. At length he heard the scratching of 
a pen behind the screen, which recorded his replies. 
Then he chose his words and answered carefully. So 
we should do. The great Pen is behind the cur- 
tain. It is ever busy. It records not only actions, 
but motives—not only words, but thotights. How 
then can I sin? How can I forget God? How can 
portunity, we will comfort one another with these' 
and similar words.'-1 Thess. 4:13 to 18. Also, 
that we will especially regard the injunction of our 
Lord, (Matt. 18:10 to 17) ; and finally, in brief, that 
we will take the entire New Testament for the rule 
of our faith and practice, till the Lord come, or until 
we be released by death. All which we covenant to 
do, not in our own strength, but by the grace of 
God." 
The above article was subscribed to by fifteen hap-
py souls who were present on the occasion. About 
the same number were expected to add their names 
soon. 
At St. Albans, (a township some six or eight miles 
south of " Bear Creek,") the Freewill Baptist 
Church, " numbering more than forty members," as 
reported in the columns of the Herald, by Bro. E. P. 
Burdett (a member of that Church) a few months 
since, almost without exception, embraced the Ad-
vent faith, and openly confessed the same. When I 
had baptized some fifteen happy souls in that town, 
and was about to leave for a time, I advised all the con-
verts, and others who had embraced the faith, to unite 
with that devoted people, and was somewhat anxious 
on the subject, because Elder Sewell, who preached 
there occasionally, and had charge of the Church, was 
a decided friend of the Advent cause. But on my 
return I found all the Methodist friends that had em-
braced the Advent faith, and not of the covenant, fully 
decided on being constituted into a distinct Church, 
following the example of their brethren at " Bear 
Creek." I responded to the idea, and consented to 
aid them in their resolution, provided it could be 
done without marring the good feeling which then 
existed between them and the Freewill brethren. 
This seeming to be mutually understood, we drew 
up an article similar to the above, to which some 
twenty or more decided believers cheerfully sub-
scribed, appointed their officers &c., thus constituting 
the Second Advent Church in St. Albans, Hancock 
county, Ill. Since the Church was organized, sev-
eral others have been added thereto. Some of which, 
1 am happy to say, were baptized by Elder S., in my 
late absence. It is expected that he will occasionally 
preach, and administer the Lord's Supper to both 
those Advent churches. 
After writing to the brethren, and performing a 
suitable amount of labor in every place where I had 
previously toiled in that section, I met a respectful 
call from the friends in Plymouth, (a small village 
some twelve miles east of St. Albans), where they 
had only heard of the doctrine, and the effect it had 
produced on the hearts of the people in other portions 
of the country. A large and commodious house was 
opened to us. After the first evening it was well 
filled, the congregation was intelligent, and very at-
tentive to the word. I preached there in ail seven 
times. The Congregationalist minister and Metho-
dist class-leader took a part in the services, and 
seemed to be much interested in the meetings. By 
request of Mr. H., (the minister), I preached the last 
two evenings in the Congregational church. A fa-
vorable impression must have been produced on many 
minds. While there I spent considerable time in the 
family of a Mr. P. B., whose wife is a sister of our 
beloved " Mother Crane," late of Hartford, Ct., de-
ceased. Learning that I was from that city, she 
called on me at the public house where I was then 
boarding (at the expense of the friends), and intro-
duced herself as the sister of " Mother C." She re-
sembled her sister so perfectly, it actually seemed 
when she left that 1 had enjoyed a personal inter-
view with " Mother C." herself. She and her hus-
band attended all our meetings, and received the due 
trine in the love of it. As she progressed in drink-
ing deeper arid deeper into the" blessed hope " which 
so enraptured the soul of her dear sister, she contin-
ued to remind me still more and more of that dear 
" Mother C." I give the narration more especially 
for the satisfaction of the friends in H., who with my-
self will never forget the motherly counsel of that 
beloved disciple, when we were all babes in the Ad-
vent faith. She now " sleeps in Jesus," but soon 
she will awake and come forth, for such " will God 
bring with him." Oh praise his holy name. 1 have 
now before me a letter from the same Mr. P. B., writ-
ten in behalf of himself and,of that community, urg-
ing one to return and perform more labor in P., say-
ing " they are anxious to hear more." But being 
some two hundred miles north of there, it is not 
probable I shall see them again in time. Oh that 
some good brother from the East, of kindred faith, 
were here to follow and complete the work which I 
am unable to perform. 
While in P. I received the second letter from El-
der Luce, a Freewill Baptist minister in Pike county, 
(whom I had never seen), urging me to return to 
that county and hold a series of meetings with his 
people, some eighty miles south of P., receiving at 
the same time several letters (four at least) from the 
friend sin Cooperstown, B. county, forty miles still 
further east, entreating me to visit them once more 
before I went to the " far East." These altogether 
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preached every evening. since. Our congregation is 
increasing in numbers and interest. Shall continue 
over the next Sabbath, and as much longer as shall 
seem best. How long I shall remain in this region 
even, depends on the prospect of doing good. Expect 
however, to he in the State of Iowa within a few 
weeks. On Saturday of the present week, shall at-
tend to the ordinance of baptism ; two beloved disci-
ples have already asked for baptism at my hand. 
Others may go forward at the same time. 
Now, in conclusion, let me say to the household, 
although I enjoy much in witnessing the power of 
God attending his works, yet I have my trials, and 
some of a peculiar nature, which at times exceed-
ingly depress my spirits, so that it seemed after all 
I must die ; but at other times I am confident that I 
shall live to witness the coming of the Lord. Con-
tinue to pray for me, my dear brother, for I need your 
prayers. 
Now, Bro. Himes, let me assure you that there are 
many even here in the " far West " who rejoice 
with their Eastern brethren, and most heartily give 
praise to God for the triumphant victory which he 
has given to you and the precious cause in which 
you are engaged, over your enemies. Continue, my 
dear brother, to trust in the Lord, for it is safe thus 
to do. Yours as ever, " looking fur that blessed 
hope." 
Hampton (ill.), June 22d, 1852. 
P.S. Let my P. 0. address still remain Springfield, 
HI., care of Dr. M. Helm. He is an intimate friend, 
and will know where to re-direct. 
Also, Bro. WHEELER BROWN and his companion, 
of Odletown, have been called to mourn the loss.: of 
their youngest son, about two years and a-half old. 
Also, Lome and RACHEL FREEMAN, of Moores, 
N. Y., have been called to mourn the loss of their 
youngest child, a little boy aged nine months. 1t 
was taken from them on the 1st day of July. This 
is truly a world of sickness, pain, and death. 0 may 
the Lord comfort the hearts of those who are called to 
mourn the loss of those that are so near and dear to 
them, and prepare them to meet in the kingdom of 
God. 
LEVI DUDLEY. 
Perry's Mills, July 12th, 1852. 
 
proved sufficient to draw me back. I arrived at New county. The brethren received us joyfully, and that 
Philadelphia and commenced our work with Elder active community seemed ready to hear the word. 
L.'s people April 24th. Preached to attentive con- Since I left them in March last, the brethren had 
gregations thirteen times. Bro. L. had read some faithfully met their appointments for public worship, 
on the subject, and was very favorable to our views, and advanced rapidly in the divine life. Their new 
he seemed only to need further light on the all im- meeting-house being just completed, we held our 
portant subject. He acted the friendly part, and was meetings there. It was nearly filled the first even-
of material service in our effort there. Mrs. L., and ing, and our congregation continued to increase till 
I believe every member of that little Church, received the house was filled to overflowing. On the Sab-
the doctrine in the love of it. Others also were bene- bath it was not only filled but surrounded, and the 
fitted by the word. But without the camp the ene- best of order observed. As the result of the first 
my 'raged exceedingly. Horses were separated from week's labor, the saints were truly comforted, arid 
wagons, their harnesses scattered to the four winds ; several precious souls were converted to God. 1 
a buggy was drawn by hand half a mile and precipi- baptized twelve. The brethren now expressed an 
tated down a gulf into the Creek ; and even the door ardent wish to organize, and become a distinct Church. 
of our church was fastened upon us on the outside An article was accordingly drawn up varying but 
during public service. But the Lord " delivered us little from the one adopted as a Church covenant by 
from the wicked," and in every instance gave us the brethren in Hancock county, and was subscribed 
complete victory, " because we trusted in him."— to by fifteen happy souls. I then left for one week 
Psa. 37:40. The real damage sustained by the friends to meet an appointment in P. Returned in due time 
would not amount to a " picayune." Among the and found the brethren all alive in the good work. 
number especially benefitted, was a gentleman from Entered the field again for another week. Baptized 
a neighboring village, who for years had been a con- several others. After preaching Sabbath morning, 
firmed Universalist in sentiment. Providentially he as we were about to partake of the Lord's Supper, 
was in the neighborhood, and attended our second the Church covenant was read, and opportunity given 
meeting. Our text that evening was, As in Adam for others to unite with the Church, when seventeen 
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. precious souls arose and expressed a wish to be as- 
But every man in his own order : Christ the first- sociated with the fifteen composing the same. As 
fruits ; afterward they that are Christ's at his cone- the candidates were well known in the Church, it 
ing."-1 Cor. 15:2'2,23. After meeting this gentle- was moved by the Secretary that a general vote be 
man conversed with me for one hour. Said he never taken to receive the whole number at once. All 
understood the Scriptures in that light before ; he seemed to respond to the motion. The candidates 
appeared very sober, and seemed to regret that he were then seated, and the whole Church (all being 
could not remain with us during our series of meet- present) rose with one accord, expressing their readi-
ings. He went home that night, (fifteen miles) but ness to receive them all. The hand of fellowship 
returned within a few days and remained till our was extended ; this seemed spontaneous, and such a 
meetings closed. He then of his own accord kindly heart-melting season I think I never before witnessed. 
conveyed me to Perry, more than twenty miles on The Lord's Supper was then administered; the breth- 
my way to Cooperstown. From the appearance of ren were present from every quarter, and it was sup- 
that friend I should now consider him a Christian, posed that about one hundred participated in it. 
and hope to meet him soon in the kingdom of God. Surely it was a refreshing season. That evening 
It was his buggy that was thrust down the gulf by (May 30th) was to have closed my labors there. The 
the wicked, as above described. They knew the house was full. After preaching I stepped down in 
state of his mind, 
front of the desk, and gave a brief farewell address. 
Stopped in Perry (six miles from the village) to As I was about concluding my remarks, it occurred 
spend the night in the family of Bro. M. W., the to my mind that there might even then be some pres- 
only decided Adventist in town. As there had never ent desiring to receive baptism at my hands. 1 pro- 
been an Advent preacher in the neighborhood, he posed therefore that the brethren sing a hymn, dur-
said, " Bro. C. you must preach to us this evening." ing which let all who feel that they have sincerely 
The neighborhood were accordingly notified, and a repented of their sins, and desire to " put on Christ" 
respectable number were present. They seemed so by baptism, come forward and manifest it by present-
deeply interested, I proposed to address them again ing me their hand. To our astonishment seven oth- 
the next evening, and so we continued our meetings ers came directly forward, with broken hearts, say- 
every evening and on the Sabbath, for one week, ing " I wish to be baptized and unite with this Church 
during which sister W. and several of the neighbor- before you leave." Accordingly we decided on the 
hood, (to the great joy of Bro. W.) heartily embraced next day at a particular hour for baptizing, and sub- 
the faith. At the close of the last meeting it was sequently (two hours later) a Church meeting. Af-
proposed thereafter that they sustain a meeting of ter baptizing, the whole congregation returned with 
worship by themselves, as a company of Advent be- the Church and candidates to the sanctuary, and lis- 
lievers, till the Lord come. A vote was taken on wiled to the reading of the Church covenant, after 
the subject, and more than twenty arose, solemnly which the seven recently baptized, together with a 
covenanting thus to do. 
brother from the " Christian Church " iri R., united 
The next morning I left for good to visit the breth- with the Church. So that when I left on the 1st 
ren in Brown county. In less than a week, however, inst., expecting to see those dear friends no more in 
Bro. W. came after me with a suitable conveyance time, the " Second Advent Church in Cooperstown " 
to take me back with him, saying, " The people are was in a prosperous state, numbering forty members, 
exceedingly anxious to hear more on that important all settled and grounded in the faith, twenty-five of 
subject." And furthermore, that his brother (Esq. whom received baptism at my hands during those 
W.) had consented that we hereafter hold our meet- three weeks. During the past three months, or 
logs in a commodious building of his, which before rather since the date of my last, (March 12th,) 1 have 
had been withheld, free. This served as an induce- had the satisfaction of baptizing many precious souls, 
ment fur me to return. (Mrs. W. was among the at Walker's Neck, Bear Creek, St. Albans, &c.; 
number who had embraced the faith with all her besides the above, amounting in all to about fifty, the 
heart.) I could not then leave, but in the course of same as reported in our last. The Lord is good, 
the week I returned and spent another week in P., blessed be his holy name. 
preached seven times, and visited from house to house. 1 then visited the brethren at Walker's Neck. 
The late converts were more fully confirmed in the Preached once, and administered the Lord's Supper. 
faith. Several others became deeply interested, and Some precious souls there. 
a few hopefully converted to God. Among the fat- On the 7th inst. Bro. Twombly, my intimate 
ter was Esq. W. himself, for whom many fervent friend, conveyed me to Hancock county. Visited the 
prayers had been offered by his companion and other brethren in Chili, St. Albans, and Bear Creek, 
pious relatives. At the close of our last public ser- preached once in each place, found the friends stead-
vice there (as we then supposed) he confessed before fast in the faith. On the Sabbath (13th inst.) had a 
a large congregation, that the Lord for Christ's sake general meeting of the " household of faith," at the 
had forgiven his sins, &c. He then said, " Mr. new meeting-house in St. Albans. After preaching 
Chapman, I wish you to baptize me before you leave." from Rom. 13:11, 12, the Lord's Supper was admin-
His companion and brother Moses wept aloud for joy. istered. It being the last interview we expected to 
I gladly staid and saw that dear brother " buried with enjoy together in time, the season was unusually sol-
Christ in baptism," and preached to them twice more. emn. Many participated in it. 
Our last meeting, finally, was very encouraging. On Thursday came to Warsaw, on the Mississippi 
There was a minister present who had attended most river. Having to wait till morning for the St. Louis 
of our meetings, that arose and said, " I feel con- boat to arrive and take us up the river, I concluded 
strained to acknowledge that I have been deeply in- to cross the Mississippi and spend the afternoon in 
terested in these meetings, and would not take a Missouri, and so write a few letters to the friends 
thousand worlds for the instruction I have derived from one of the slave States. In the morning took 
from the Scriptures during the past few weeks," and passage in the steam-packet St. Paul for this place. 
added, " I will hereafter do what I can to make the Arrived here on Saturday, the 19th inst. The breth-
meetings interesting." He then appointed to preach ren, though entire strangers, met us cordially, and 
in that sanctuary (Esq. W.'s building) the next SA- gave us a hearty welcome. On the Sabbath attended 
bath. In this state of things I left P. on the 27th ult. the Protestant Methodist Church. At the close of 
for the last time. 
the morning service had an introduction to Mr. 
Crompton, the minister. He is an Englishman, and 
I next visited Cooperstown, Brown county, which to all appearance an excellent brother. At his re- 
was the principal object of my return from Hancock quest I preached in the afternoon and evening ; have 
" I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who beiieveth in 
NE, though he should die, yet he will LIVE: and whoever liveth 
and beiieveth in me, will never die."-John 11:25, 26. 
Dreg, in Clearfield, Pa., May 19th, 1851, ALICE 
F. FRANK, aged ten months and eight days. J. D. 
BONHAM FRANK, died in Clearfield, Pa. May 23d, 
1852, aged three months and eight days. An olive 
plant has withered, a bud blighted. These gifts of 
heaven are transplanted from this transitory earth, to 
bloom with beauty as perenr.ial flowerets in Eden's 
soil, beneath a Father's love, and angels' smiles. 
Oh ! happy thought to cherish. Their lovely forms 
now sleep in Jesus, waiting for the last trumpet's 
sound to rise as shouting victors over the power of 
the grave, to hail their bereaved parents on the bright 
resurrection morn. They, in this world of tears, 
may shed over the graves of their departed ones the 
homage of affection : for behold, at the grave of Laza-
rus " Jesus wept." But through their tears beams 
triumphantly, a cheering hope of eternal life and im-
mortality beyond the grave. 
" Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, 
From which none ever wake to weep ; 
A calm and undisturbed repose, 
Unbroken by the last of foes." 
Elk county, July 1st, 1852. 
.r. D. B. 
DIED, at Swanton Falls, Vt., June 23d, 1852, Le-
VIER WALKER, aged 36 years. Bro. W. was taken 
sick in the fall with disease of the heart. He was 
at that time in an unconverted state, without hope of 
salvation. He was often visited by Bro. Henry As-
tletine, of that place, who not only conversed with 
him on the subject of religion, and often prayed with 
and 1br him, but contributed to his temporal wants. 
lie soon become serious, was led to repent and be-
lieve in the Saviour, and was soundly converted in 
the forepart of the winter. He enjoyed the smiles of 
a reconciled God until his death. He fell asleep in 
Jesus, with a hope big with immortality. He has 
left a wife and one little son to mourn their loss. 
Also, at the same place, on the 24th of June, 
BARTES AsTLETINE, in the 71st year of his age. 
The old gentleman never made a profession of reli-
gion until a short time before his death. When he 
was taken sick, he said he did not expect to ever get 
well, arid gave himself into the hands of the Lord. 
It is hoped that he too will have a part in the first res-
urrection. It was solemn to see them both carried 
to the grave on the same carriage. A sermon was 
preached on the occasion from these words : "For if 
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so 
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with 
him." 
THE REST OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 
Traveler dost thou hear the tidings 
Borne unto thy weary ear ; 
Soft as angels' gentlest whispers, 
Breathing from yon upper sphere, 
Sweetly telling 
Thy redemption now is near ? 
In the desert's gloomy terrors, 
'Mid the tempest's booming roar ; 
Hark ! the still small voice of mercy, 
Breaking from yon peaceful shore, 
Sweetly telling 
All thy toil will soon be o'er. 
Mourner ! while the tears of sorrow 
Swell from up thy stricken breast, 
Raise thine eyes, behold those " mansions " 
Where the weary shall find rest, 
Sweetly telling 
Thou shalt be a welcome guest. 
Jesus comes ! what heavenly rapture 
Bursts upon thy fluttering heart ; 
Lift thy head for joy and gladness 
Now disarm affliction's dart, 
Sweetly telling 
I to thee my peace impart. 
SARAH C. BUZZELL. 
OBITUARY. 
BOSTON, JULY 24, 1852. 
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arid the three chapters next. following—ending where the 
tract called the Approaching Crisis begins. It gives : 
The Victors on the Sea of Glass.—Rev. 15:1-4. 
The Angels with the Seven Vials.-15:5-8 ; 16:1. 
The First Vial.-16:2. 
The Second Vial.-16:3. 
The Third Vial.-16:4-7. 
The Fourth Vial.-16:8, 9. 
The Fifth Vial.-16:10, 11. 
The Sixth Vial.-16:12. 
The Unclean Spirits.-16:13, 14. 
The Admonition.-16:15. 
The Success of the Spirits.-16:16. 
The Seventh Vial.-16:17-21. 
The Judgment of the Harlot.-17:1, 2. 
A Woman on a Scarlet Colored Beast.-17:3-18. 
The Fall of Babylon.-1S :1-3. 
The Voice from Heaven.-18:4-8. 
The Destruction of Babylon.-18;9-24. 
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(Dent. 18th) preceded their destruction, so these are to be 
instrumental in gathering the nations to the battle of Arma-
geddon—that this battle will commence in a violent conflict 
between the opinions of men and the word of God—that 
these new lights have arrayed themselves in direct conflict 
with the Bible—and that it will terminate by the destruction 
of the wicked from the earth. 
Camp Meeting. 
We propose to hold a camp-meeting in the vicinity of Bos-
ton, about the last week in August, in which we hope the 
churches in Worcester, Salem, Lynn, Lowell, Westford, 
Westboro', Fitchburg, Newburyport, Haverhill, Lawrence, 
Nashua, Providence, R. I., Hope, and other places, will par-
ticipate. The location will be selected with reference to 
the greatest convenience, the least expense, and the protec-
tion it will afford against the lawless. 
We hope a committee from each church will unite with us 
in arranging the details of the meeting, so that all things 
shall be conducted in " decency and order." 
It is designed that each church shall bring a tent, or pro-
vide fur themselves in any other where room may be had. 
.Waen not impracticable, it would be better for each church 
to provide a tent for themselves. A table will be set for 
strangers on reasonable terms. 
The prime object of this meeting will be to arouse the 
churches and ministry to the great work of bringing sinners 
to Christ. We need a revival among ourselves in this great 
work. 
The time and place of the meeting cannot be named, posi-
tively, till our return from the South, the last of July. In 
the meantime, we should he glad if any who know of a spot 
such as described, would apprise us of it. 
THE END OF NEEDHAst.—‘‘ Well, Mr. Needham," said 
a gentleman in Providence to him, on Saturday last, " they 
say you have left the Adventists and are going to join the 
Abolitionists. How is it 1" N. replied : " I have not ex-
actly joined the Abolitionists ; but I have left the Advent-
ists. I despise the very name of Second Advent. They are a 
rowdy set "—referring we suppose to his associates during 
the last two years, there being no others for him now to leave; 
and speaking with an evident loss of temper. 
We immediately penned down the remark, and showed it 
to the gentleman to whom it was made, who acknowledged 
its correctness, and will certify to it if necessary. 
Weethee returned West some weeks since, where he was 
engaged during its last season in the making of maple sugar ! 
Sic transit gloria Needham, et id omne genus.—B. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—We have received by mail, post-
age paid, an anonymous pamphlet, i. e., with the name of the 
author cut out,—entitled " On the Second Coming of Christ : 
Not Personal, but Spiritual mad Gradual : Progressive like 
the rising of the sun, compiled front the Millennial church." 
We have simply to remark respecting it, that the author is 
consistent with himself, inasmuch as he denies the resurrec-
tion of the body, as well as the coming of Christ. As was 
once wittily remarked respecting a tract entitled, "Wheat 
and Chaff," so may it be said of this : More Chaff than 
Wheat." 
Destruction of the Catholic College at Worcester. —The 
Catholic College at Worcester took fire on the 14th, and 
was entirely consumed, with the exception of a portion of the 
east wing. The fire originated from a defect in a chimney. 
There was no insurance, and the loss is estimated at from 
$40,000 to $50,000. Most of the tiarniture was burned or 
destroyed. A large portion of the valuable library was saved. 
There were over one hundred students in the building. Some 
of the professors and tutors have lost their all. 
" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 
published quarterly, tinder the direction of the New England 
Historic-Genealogical Society. Boston : Thomas Prince, 
Printer and Publisher, No. 111 Tremont Row. 1852. Sold 
in New York by C. S. Francis & Co., 252 Broadway." 
The July number of this unique quarterly contains the fol-
lowing articles : 
An Address by Rev. Dr. Jenks—The Hampton Brown 
Family—Early Settlers of Easthatn—Dorchester Inscrip-
tions—The Number of One's Ancestors—Early Settlers of 
Essex and Old Norfolk—Historical Reminiscences—Genea-
logical Items relating to Dover, N. F1.—Gad or Goad—Peti-
tion of John Fitch to the General Court—Letter from Rev. 
Arthur Brown—Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Westfield 
—Singular Custom in a Priory—Genealogical Memoirs of 
Prince's Subscribers—Pearce of Gloucester, Mass.—Ances-
try of the Jones Family, Stockbridge—Epitaph on a Grave-
stone, Essex, Eng.—Abstracts of the Earliest Suflialk Wills 
—The Wentworth Family—Genealogical Memoir of the 
Doolittle Family—Early Voyagers—Petition from Rev. John 
Eliot—Extracts of Letters from Correspondents—Notices of 
New Publications—Marriages and Deaths—List of New 
Members, Donations, &c. 
As a specimen of the ancient documents which are being 
exhumed and published in the Register, we select the fol-
lowing : 
" A Petition from Rev. John Eliot against selling Indians 
for slaves.—In the Massachusetts archives is an original peti-
tion, in theshand-writing of the Apostle Eliot, from which 
we make statue extracts. 
" 'To the Honorble Gov & Council siting at Boston, this 
13th of the 6th, '75, the humble petition of John Eliot. 
sheweth 
"' That the terror of selling away such Indians, unto the 
Bands for p petual slaves, who shall yeild up yntselves to 
your mercy, is like to be an efectual p longation of the warre 
& such an exaspation of ym as may p duce we know not 
what evil consequences, upon all the land. Christ bath snide, 
blessed are the rnercyfull for ye shall obtaine mercy. This 
useage of ym is worse yn death—the designe of christ in 
these last dayes, is not to extirpate nations, but to gospelize 
yin—his Sovraigne hand & grace hath brought the gospel 
into these dark places of the earth—when we came, we de-
clared to the world, & it is recorded, yea we are ingaged by 
or letters Patent fro the kings Majesty, that the indeavour of 
the Indians conversion, not their exstirpation, was one great 
end of our enterprize, in corning to these ends of the earth. 
The Lord bath so succeeded yr work, as that (by his grace) 
they have the holy Scriptures & sundry of themselves able to 
teache theire countrymen, the good knowledge of God. And 
however some of ym have refused to receive the gospel, & 
now are incensed in their spirits unto a warre against the 
English : yet I doubt not but the meaning of Christ is, to 
open a dose for the free passage of the gospel among yin—
my humble request is, yt you would follow Christ his designe 
in this matter, to p mote the free passage of Religion among 
& not to destroy VD—to sell smiles for money seemeth to 
me a dangerous merchandize. to sell ym away from all 
ineanes of grace wit Christ hath p vided meanesof grace for 
yin, is the way fur us to be active in the destroying theire 
Soules : dent. 23, 15, 16, a fugitive servant fro a Pagan 
Master, might not be delivered to his master, but be kept in 
Israel for the good of his souls, how much less lawffill is it 
to sell away stales fm under the light of the gospel!, into a 
condition where theire smiles will be utterly lost, so far as 
appeared' unto man. all men (of reading) condenine the 
Spaniard for cruelty upon this poynt in destroying men, & de-
populating the land, the country is large enough, here is laud 
enough for them & its too. p. 14, 2S, in the multitude of peo-
ple is the kings honor. it will be much to the glory of Christ, 
to have many brought in to worship his great name. 
" I desire the honord Council to pardon my boldnesse, & 
let the case of conscience be discussed orderly, before the 
King be asked, cover my weaknesse, & weigh the reason & 
religion yr laboreth in this great case of conscience.' 
" To show that the fears of Mr. Eliot were not ground-
less, we append a copy of an official document, dated about 
three months afterward. 
Mattachusetts Collony John Leuerett, esq., Gour. 
in New England. To all people who shall see these 
prsents or hear them read, greet ing : know ye that Lancelott 
Talbott &Joseph Smith have bought, of the tres-
seale 5 urer of this Collony, seamen Indians, vizt George, 
William, ffawkins, great Dauid, Renles (1) John 
vw Indian & Tommoquin, which Indians were soe 
found to be sould for slanes, to which end the said Talbott & 
Smith may transport them to any place out of this Continent. 
of the truth • hereof I haute caused the Publique Seale of 
the Caony to be affixed herevnto, this 22 of 901, 1675. 
Anoq Regnis Regis Carols secundi. 
John Leurett, Gour. 
Recorded 22 9th, '75. 
ff. Bendall, Beer. 
 
"Millenarian Views: with Reasons for receiving them. 
To which is added a discourse on the fact and nature of the 
Resurrection. By Alfred Bryant, Pastor of the First Pres-
byterian Church, Niles, Mich. New York : Published by 
M. W. Dodd, Brick Church Chapel, City Hall Square, op-
posite the City Hall. 1852." 230 pages. Price, 75 cents. 
For sale at this office. 
The appearance of this work is another evidence of the 
progress of Millenarian views. We differ from Mr. Bryant 
respecting the restoration of the Jews, but in other respects 
subscribe to the view's he has presented as Millenarian. He 
shows himself familiar with the subject, and gives the fol-
lowing reasons for the publication of the work : 
" It was the intention to issue the following treatise with-
out offering any apology, or assigning any reasons for its pub-
lication ; but the counsel of others have induced a brief 
statement. 
" Among the reasons which have prompted the present 
work are, first : A desire to give publicity to views which 
are conscientiously believed to be a part, and a very impor-
tant part of the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
The fact that others differ from us in this conviction, and be-
lieve that no good can result from the spread of these views, 
cannot alter our own long•pondered, and long-cherished per-
suasion ; any more than the fact that many differ with us in 
respect to the importance of the doctrines of grace, can di-
minish our solemn conviction of their essential character. 
Another reason for the appearance of the present work, is 
the inquiry often made within the circle of the author's ac-
quaintance and influence, What is Millenarianism 1 Not 
known', of any single work which was adapted to give a 
clear and' connected view of the whole subject, to those who 
have not the time or means to read and investigate exten-
sively, the author has undertaken, in compliance with the 
wishes of his own people especially, to answer the question 
as he believes it is generally held. The work, therefore, is 
not designed to be critical, but mostly biblical—answering the 
title assumed, Millenarian Views, with Reasons derived li.orn 
the Scriptures for receiving them. 
" But these considerations inight never have given birth to 
this work, had it not been fur the repeated misrepresentations 
made through the press and other channels. We do not ac-
cuse our brethren of anything intentionally unjust or unkind. 
No doubt they have stated what they supposed to be the 
truth, hot their misapprehensions, and misstatements are 
none the less painful on this account, or injurious to our 
standing and influence. We have so often beers placed in a 
false and painful position, and so many suspicions have been 
excited, that we have been compelled to write in defence of 
the truth, and ourselves. Can we be expected to remain si-
lent, when what we hold as sacred and precious is misrepre-
sented and ridiculed 2 If we are in error, we desire to be 
convinced ; but thee, those who would effecttrally convince 
its of our sin, must first be sure that they understand our 
views—must view and state them as we do, and then must 
kindly and charitably meet our arguments as presented. It 
is the hope of the author, that truth and charity may result 
from these pages." 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
The British steamship Asia arrived at New York on the 
15th, with three days later news. 
A riot took place at Stockport between the English Prot-
estants and Irish Catholics. A detachment of troops put an 
end to the riot. One or two lives were lost, and over one 
hundred of the ringleaders taken into custody. 
In the House of Commons on the 29th ult., a resolution 
was moved on the subject of the three ministers of the Free 
Church of Scotland expelled from Hungary, recommending 
the case to the prompt and earliest attention of the Govern-
ment. Mr. De Israeli explained the steps taken by Govern-
ment, and the resolution was finally withdrawn. 
Parliament was prorogued on the lot of July until the 20th 
of August. 
A frightful collision occurred on the Thames on the 1st 
inst. between the steamers " Duchess of Kent " anti the 
" Ravensbourne." The former was cut to the water's edge, 
and sank in about eight minutes. There were about two 
hundred passengers on board. 
Thirteen persons were arrested in Paris on the 1st, at a 
house in the Balignolles, charged with making stn infernal 
machine, similar to that with which Fieschi attempted the 
assassination of Louis Philippe, for the destruction of the 
President. The machine was composed of fourteen barrels, 
each capable of containing about twenty bullets. Some of 
the men were actually at work on the machine when they 
were arrested. The police subsequently arrested ten others. 
Twenty-five persons living in Paris have been arrested, 
charged with having entered into a conspiracy with others 
resident in London, to effect au insurrection in France. 
The Pope is threatened with dropsy. 
Since the above was put in type, the Humboldt arrived at 
New York, with four days later news. 
When the steamer left, the whole United Kingdom was 
engaged in the general election to Parliament. Much ex-
citement existed, and it was feared that the election would 
not pass off without disturbance, the Stockport riots having 
fearfully aroused the religious animosities of both Protestants 
and Catholics in the North. 
A large number of pikes were seized in Liverpool by the 
police, on the 3d inst., which it was said were intended for 
the Orangemen, to be used either for defence or aggression at 
the election. 
The Paris papers are full of comments on the plots discov-
ered by the police of Paris. It appears that, notwithstand-
ing numerous arrests were made, theaffair was greatly exag-
gerated, and in place of the parties engaged in it having de-
signs against the President's life, it is thought by some that 
the whole plot was got up by the police, in order to justify 
Louis Napoleon taking more vigorous steps against the De-
mocracy. 
The Swiss Government was endeavoring, at the demand 
of the French Government, to expel M. Thiess from Switz-
erland. 
It is stated that an attempt was recently made in Rome to 
poison the French Minister, by putting arsenic in his coffee. 
The citadel at Turin has been disarmed, and it is said the 
King is even anxious to demolish the ramparts and tu con-
vert the building into a barrack, in order to afford the popu-
lation the best proof of his confidence in their loyalty. 
Appointments, &c. 
N OTICE. -As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednes-
day, appointments must be received, at the latest, by Tuesday 
morning, or they cannot be inserted until the Ibllowing week. 
Elder Osier, on his way to Western New York, will preach as 
follows -Worcester, Mass., evenings of the 26t11 and 27th ; Albans', 
N .Y., evenings of the 20th and 29th ; Auburn, evening of the 30th 
Rochester, Sunday, Aug. 1st-Bro. Busby will procure a hall ; Buf-
falo, from the id to the 1.111, inchistve ; Lewiston, evenings of the 
17th, loth, and 19th ; Lockport, from the loth to the 22d, Sunday. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach in Athol, Mass., Friday, .luly 301.1i, at 
such time as the trietals may appoint-will stints brother call for 
me at the depot on the arrival of the first train from Boston ; at 
Northfield Farms, Sabbath, Aug. 1st ; at South Vernon, Vt. , 3d ; 
Grafton, 4th, and remain in the vicinity one week, and hold meet-
ings as tiro Sherwin may appoint ; North Springfield, 12th and 
13th, at 5 P. M. t Claremont, N. H., Sabbath, 15th ; Hartland, Dens-
more Hill, Vt., 17th-will some brother call for use at Hartland de-
pot on the arrival of the first train from Bellows Falls ? My P. O. 
address is Roxbury, Mass.-N. BILLINGS. 
There will be a Conference at North Danville, commencing Oct. 
6th, and contianing over the Sabbath. All ministering brethren mid 
delegates from every church in this section, are requested to be 
present on Thursday, Oct. 7th, as the Conference will be opened for 
business. B. S. REYNOLDS, S. W. THURBER, 0. DAvis. 
The Lord permitting, there will be a meeting in Chateaugay, N. 
Y., near Bro. Sheldon's, commencing July 311th, and continue over 
the Sabbath.-1. E. JONES. 
Camp-Meetings, &c. 
A Camp-meeting of Adventists will be held in South Weymouth, 
to commence Aug • 3d, and comfit ue till the 7th. Services will also 
Ire held on the hula (Sabbath), at 10 A. M. and 2 P. St. The meeting 
is to be located very near the South Weymouth depot, on the fine 
of the Ohl Colony Railroad from Boston to Plymouth, fifteen miles 
from the former place. Fare front Boston, 45 cts. 
The Advent churches of Abington and Weymouth have got nu 
this meeting to advance the cause in this region, there being a dis-
position on the port of many in the community to favor it, and wino 
are 
Brethren
as 
anxious to 
 
s audhear. 
sisters from the surrounding, towns are respectfully 
invited to attend, and those who can to bring tents. A provision 
tent will be provided on reasonable terms for those who nray not 
have provided for themselves. 
Brn. "Boars, Edwin Burnham, and others, wcilliin,sssiEstTill th 
vices. 
'TAYLOR. 
se
on.t-
South Weymouth, July 9th, 1852. 
A Camp-meeting will be held in Vernon, Vt.' on land owned by 
T. F. Burroughs, in a beautiful grove about one hundred rods from 
the North Vernon depot, and four miles south of Brattleboro', to 
commence Aug. 24th, and continue over the following Sabbath. 
We hope there will be a general rally fin a large meeting. We 
think the prospects are, that more good might be accomplished here 
than south, where there have been many meetings of this hied, 
while molly in this region have heard but little preaching on the 
speedy coming of Christ, and some none at all. We hope that all 
who can will come with tents and provisions, prepared to stay on 
the ground. There will be a tent for the accommodation of those 
who wish to provide for themselves. Arrangenients have also been 
made with Mr. Burroughs for Intl who may desire board, horse-keep-
ing, die., on reasonable terms. Elders T• Ai Pretile and Edwin 
Burnham are earnestly invited to attend. (For the O, A, 
SCOTT. 
TT. 
The Lord willing, a camp-meeting will tie held in Winsted, com-
mencing Aug. 30th, to continue .e week or more, upon the some 
ground occupied last year. The camp ground is about tvvo utiles 
from the depot at the terminus of the Naugatuck Railroad ; Sent 
those coining by cars or stages will be accommodated with cheap 
conveyance to and from the meeting. 
We invite every friend of Jesus, and all who are willing to seek 
eternal life through hiss, to meet with us in the tented grove, to 
worship the God of heaven. 
Board and horse keeping on reasonable terms, with an invitation 
to the poor pilgrims to come and eat, without money and without 
price. S. G. NIA.THEwsoN, IIIRAM MUNGER, A.1). SMITH, MILES 
GRANT, Committee. 
A Camp-meeting will be held in Elk county, Pa., on the Senne-
malsoning river, near the junction of Driftwood and liennets, on 
land owned by Mr. Jolla Colensau, to commence Aug. 13th, and 
continue one week or more. Elders J. Litch, I. R. Gates, J. '1'. 
Lotting, J. D. Boyer, and others, will be present. The brethren and 
sisters within this and adjoining counties are requested to make the 
meeting a subject of prayer, that sinners may be converted, saints 
quickened, and the truths of the everlasting gospel spread abroad 
more extensively. (By order of the committee.) VVm. NELSON, 
THEO. BOYER, WM. LANE, J.D. BOYER. 
A Camp-meeting will be held on the ground owned by Mr. Steel 
and others, five miles trout Bellefonte, and three miles trout Miles-
burg, Pa., to commence Aug. 26th, and continue over the following 
Sabbath. They unite in soliciting all to draw near unto Linn who 
is the fountain of living waters, with devout and importunate pray-
ers, that a pentectistal shower of divine grace may descend upon 
the faithful servants of God, that they may be instrumental in guid-
ing saint and sinner to the Lamb of God. Elders J. Litch, LH. 
Gates, .1. T. Raising, and J. D. Boyer will be present. (By order of 
' tue committee.) J. T. LANING, JOSEPH EZKLEY, ROUT. MCMUL-
LEN, JACOB SHEARER, J. D. BOYER, 
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The books composing the above libraries have been se-
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If any of the Advent Sunday Schools wish to procure either 
or both of them, if they will transmit their orders to us, we 
will see to the forwarding of the books. 
"Youth's Guide." 
The July number (No. 3, Vol. 6) of this interesting and beautifu' 
little monthly paper is published. 
CONTENTS. 
Richard Bakevvell. A Warning to Boys. 
A Sensible Landlord. Nobility of Mind. 
Use of Cat's Whiskers. Keep out of Debt. 
Suffering in London. Youthful Neglect. 
Parental Government. The Atmosphere. 
A Dream of Death. The Gold Sovereign. 
Carelessness. 
The Schoolmaster at Home. 
Fur the Curious. 
Enigma, &c. &c. 
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Derby Line, Vt.-S. Foster, jr. 
Detroit, Mich.-L. Armstrong. 
Eddington, Me.-Thos. Smith. 
Farnham, C. E.-M. L. Dudley. 
Glanville Annan., N. S.-Ellas 
Woodworth. 
Hallowell, Me.-I. C. Wellcome. 
Hartford, Ct.-Aaron Clapp. 
Heuvelton, N. Y- W. D.Glioslie 
Homer, N. Y.-J. L. Clapp. 
Lockport, N. Y.-11. Robbins.