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BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1862. 
-VOLUME XXIII. NO. 2. 
THE ADVENT HERALD not the 2d verse prove that he felt that he need be discovered. I am aware that some apply the 
Is published every Saturday, at 46 1-2 Kneeland st. (up not write to them of times and seasons, or warn whole Psalm to Israel ; but is there not a clear 
stairs), Boston, Mass., by 
them of the coming storm ; not because they [or distinction between the saints who are in "cove- 
t, The American Millennial Association." ' whoever should be the living saints then] would nant by sacrifice," ver. 5, and Israel, yet to be 
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To whom remittances for the Association, and communi- 
cations for the Herald should be directed. came ; but "because they knew perfectly that Israel is addressed by name, ver. 7 ; and Zech- 
Letters, on business, simply, marked on envelope (" For the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the ariah 12. 10-14, 13. 1, we have an account how 
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night ?" The fact he really refers to is, thatiGod will deal with them when the Lord appears 
they were already instructed in these things,andlin glory. They "look to Him whom they pierc-
therefore he needed not to write again about ed, and mourn ;" and are then washed in the 
them. But though in this case, as in that of fountain opened. Thus, saved from their proud 
brotherly love, (iv. 9,) "he need not to write self-righteousness,and made truly holy and hum-
them," yet in both cases he did so. No doubt ble they become a kingdom of priests,and a holy 
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POWER OF SHORT WORDS. chapters are closely connected, and nearly con- rifled in his saints, and admired in all them that 
temporaneous. The apostle is evidently going believe"- -that he is seen with his mighty an. 
over the same ground as before, intro- gels in flaming fire. This agrees with Psalm 1. 
clueing, indeed, as is the gracious habit of the "Gather my saints together unto me," is the 
Holy Spirit, (especially in prophecy,) some to- first thing the great God and Saviour commands 
pies not before mentioned, and making a practi- to be done, when he comes, not keeping silence, 
cal application d' the whole. The wicked cry- not coming in stillness, but with tempestuousness 
ing, "Peace, peace," are contrasted with the round about him. And mark also the similari-
saints who know what is coming. The world is ty of these words with 1 Thess. 3. 17, "caught 
in darkness ; the saints are "children of light up together to meet the Lord ;" with I Thess. 
and of the day," and are exhorted to act in char- v. 10, "we shall live together with him ;" with 
acter amidst all the darkness of false peace, (ver. 2 Thess. 2. 1, "our gathering together unto 
6-8.) Then mark how the entire passage clos- him ;" and with Matt 24. 31, "the angels 
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but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Observe also, that it is most plainly and pos- 
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, itively stated that it is when the Lord is reveal-
we should live together with him." Here, evi- ed from heaven in flaming fire, giving rest to his 
dently, we are brought back to the starting troubled ones, and making them mirrors to re-
point in the previous chapter, (ver. 14, 15.) The fleet his own beauty and glory, that he takes 
"wake" or "sleep" in the one place, is the same vengeance on them "that know not God," and 
as "the dead in Christ," and those who are "alive punishes the wicked with "everlasting destruc-
and remain," in the other. The words "obtain tion." The structure of the whole passage binds 
salvation," and "live together with him," (ver. the two classes of events together, and will by 
9, 10,) are parallel with "so shall we ever be no means allow of a period of many years,throng-
with the Lord," (iv. 17,) and the closing words ed with great events, being put between rest be. 
of both passages are similar,(4. 18, v.11,) Thus ing given to the saints, and retribution poured 
we learn that the 5th chapter is not to be con- out on the wicked. The flaming fire in which 
sidered apart from the 4th ; the whole is one Christ appears is not held in abeyance for sev-
grand prophecy of the Lord's second appearing, eral years, during which man's greatness flourish-
for the salvation of his friends, and the over- es, and wickedness triumphs. No ; "the voice 
throw of his enemies. 
of the archangel and trump of God" ring the 
The chronological connection between those knell of earth's glory ; and the glad shout of the 
two contrast subjects,—viz. the complete salva- Lord Jesus as he raises his church, heralds the 
tion of the saints, and the judgment of the wick- day of his triumph, and not the reign of Anti-
ed.—that is, the quick or living wicked,—will christ. The bridegroom of the church is the 
be seen in the third passage to which I would avenger also ; and when he comes, vengeance tar-
here ask attention,—viz. '2 Thess. 1. 6-10. First, ries not. 
notice the assertion, "that the Lord Jesus will 
. Continued from our last. 
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels The Coming Kingdom. 
Let us now pass on to the next chapter. We in flaming fire," and say, is not such a descrip- 
 
are told by the advocates of the new opinions tion altogether opposed to the idea of silence and Taking into our account this one great corn- 
that the apostle taught the Church at Thessa. secrecy ? Surely nothing can be more public or manding fact, that the Most High ruleth among 
lonica, in the 5th chapter, that he had no need terrible than this. We should do well to study the nations of the earth,we may survey the past, 
to write to them of the times and seasons, be- some other passages which contain similar Ian- and see how completely the will and the word of 
cause they would be with the Lord, before "the guage to this—see Ps. 97. 1.5, 21. 8, 9 ; Dan. God have been fulfilled ; or we may anticipate 
day" came. The Church, we are told, has notb- 7. 10 ; 2 Pet. 3. 7 10. But I ask especial at. the future, and tell from his word things that are 
ing to do with times and seasons. Thus the 5th tention to Psalm 1. "Our God shall come, and yet to be done among the children of men. 
 
chapter is interpreted as belonging to a period shall not keep silence ; a fire shall devour before More than twenty-five hundred years ago,when 
subsequent to the events described in the pre- him, and shall be very tempestuous round about the royal line of David was overthrown and car-
vious chapter, which we have just considered. him." If this Psalm is studied in connection ried into captivity in Babylon, this comprehen-
But is this the meaning of the apostle ? Does with 2 Thess. 1. 6-10, several parallelisms wil sive testimony was uttered : "Thus saith the Lord 
God : Remove the diadein,and take off the crown. 
I will overturn, overturn it, and it shall be no 
more, until he come whose right it is ; and I will 
give it to him." Successive revolutions should 
mark the history and government of the world, 
till the coming of the great Anointed One of 
God, of whom the Scripture testifies, and to him 
the crown and kingdom should be given as his 
unqualified and unchanging right. Three great 
facts are specified—the coming of this glorious 
Being ; the assumption of the kingdom by him ; 
and the undeviating process of human revolutions, 
until the great inauguration should take place. 
• • 
• • 
• 
The first coming of this Great Redeemer was 
foretold in a particular designation of' time, "from 
the going forth of the command to restore and 
build Jerusalem," said the angel unto Daniel, 
"unto Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks 
and threescore and two weeks." These sixty-
nine weeks of years, or four hundred and eighty-
three have passed by, and the Messiah came,and 
was cut off, according to the promise. So sever-
al designations of time combine together in the 
same scheme of symbolical prophecy, to design-
ate the period of his second coming,when he will 
establish his kingdom, and reign in holiness and 
peace over his people, and in the multitude of 
his saints. These are designated as periods of 
days,and they are given as the duration of speci-
fic portions of the appointed scheme of Divine 
providence and purpose. But though these peri-
ods are various in length,and have various points 
of commencement, they have a very remarkable 
common termination. The wisest of Scriptural 
expositors, and the almost universal consent of 
those who study the Lord's testimonies with se-
riousness and discrimination, have concurred in 
the time of their fulfillment. These processions of 
years include the seven times,or twenty-five hun-
dred and twenty years of Israel's chastisement 
and Gentile supremacy, called by our Lord "the 
times of the Gentiles ;" the twenty-three hundred 
years of the destruction and pollution of the tem. 
ple of God ; the twelve hundred and sixty years 
of Papal usurpation, and the appointed revela-
tion of the infidel Antichrist ; and the various 
intermediate smaller events in their course. All 
these Scriptural periods have a common termina-
tion about the year 1868 of the Christian era. 
And as nearly and as accurately as Daniel, by 
the study of the Scriptures, determined the close 
of the captivity in Babylon,and Simeon and oth-
er believing Israelites, from Daniel's prophecies, 
were looking out at the birth of Jesus for the 
Messiah, who should accomplish redemption in 
Israel, may we,from the same study and the same 
source of information,look forward to the Lord's 
appearing in the glory of his kingdom, and the 
establishment of his peaceful and abiding reign 
upon the earth. All the lines of Scripture proph-
ecy converge in the designation of this year 1868 
as the appointed period of his coming whose right 
is the diadem and crown of Israel, so long re-
moved, and to whom,the Lord God declares,this 
crown and diadem shall be surely given. 
If such calculations of these various appointed 
periods be just,then how near to us is the peace 
ful, glorious kingdom of the Son of God In the 
revelation of that kingdom,and the glories of his 
reign,all the wonderful promises of Sacred Scrip-
ture—of glory to God in the highest, peace on 
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The late Prof. J. Addison Alexander, D. D., is 
the author of the following remarkable composition 
which appeared originally in the Princeton Maga-
zine. 
MONOSYLLABIC& 
 
Think not that strength lies in the big round word, 
Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak, 
To whom can this be true who once has heard 
The cry for help, the tongue that all men speak, 
When want or woe or fear is in the throat, 
Sc that each word gasped out is like a shriek 
Pressed from the sore heart, or a strange wild note, 
Sung by some fay or fiend. There is a strength 
Which dies if stretched too far or spun too One, 
Which has more height than breadth, more depth 
than length. 
Let but this force of thought and speech be mine, 
And he that will may take the sleek fat phrase, 
Which glows and burns, nut, though it gleam and 
shine— 
Light, but not heat—a flash, but not a blaze ! 
 
Nor is it mere strength that the short word boasts, 
It serves of more than fight or storm to tell, 
The roar of waves that clash on rock-bound coasts, 
The crash of tall trees when the wild winds 
swell, 
The roar of guns, the groans of men that die— 
On blood stained fields. It has a voice as well 
For them that far-off on their silk beds lie ; 
For them that weep, for them that mourn the 
dead ; 
For them that laugh and dance and clap the hand ; 
To joy's quick step, as well as grief's slow tread, 
The sweet plain words we learnt at first keep time, 
And though the theme be sad, or gay, or grand, 
With each, with all, these may be made to chime, 
In thought or speech or song, in prose or rhyme. 
B. SHORT. 
From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. 
The Epistles to the Thessalonians, 
and the Lord's Coming. 
May 18, 1850. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
extent. No power in this age can for any time 
maintain war with such material. The sinews 
of war are of gold, and no amount of stubborn 
determination can avail without it. Never was 
a nation in a worse condition to undertake a 
great struggle than the Austria of to-day. 
The constant liability to a revival of war in 
Europe,affords our our own country an addition-
al guarantee of European non-intervention in our 
civil difficulties. Should that war once begin, 
no one can tell what may be its scope and direc-
tion before it shall end. We know that the re-
volutionary elements of the continent are one,and 
a single spark may kindle the whole in one com-
mon blaze.—Harbinger. 
Christ and Faith. 
The less that is said about faith—the mere 
act we mean—and the more that is said about its 
object, the Saviour, all the better. And the less 
the people think about faith, and the more they 
think, and hear, and read about the Savior him-
self, and his work, and his great salvation, all 
the better. There is a discoursing about the mere 
belief, and an exhorting to the mere belief, the 
only effect of which is to leave the impression 
on the mind that it is some "great thing" which 
people have to do in order to their acceptance 
with God. Whereas, saying nothing, or as little, 
at least as the Bible says, about the act and the 
duty, and all about J esus himself, his cross and 
his crown ; faith, through the Spirit's use of this, 
will spring up as a thing of course. There is a 
dry arguing in behalf of the belief, and a setting 
forth of reasons and motives for exercising it ; as 
if the thing could ever go into the heart by mere 
force, or dint of argument, or bribes, or terrors, 
or any way else whatever, but by the truth it-
self being exhibited and seen. The consequence 
is, that some, through an excitement from with-
out, or by a direct force on their feelings, per-
suade themselves that they have done "this great 
thing"—that they have believed, and they are 
forthwith glad ; but glad in it,their fancied faith, 
not in the Lord himself; it is the gladness and 
joy if not of the hypocrite, at least of the self-
righteous and the self-deceived ! while others are 
kept laboring and laboring after this thing in le-
gal miserable bondage all their lifetime,and never 
advance an inch nearer the object of their wishes. 
0 that we all, ministers and people, took the 
wise and scriptural course ! the one making the 
fact of the gospel,their meaning, their glory their 
grace, their truth, the constant burden of their 
ministry ; the other making these same facts the 
grand and sole objects of their regard. Then 
would faith, which, like our shadow, only flees 
from us if we follow it,arise without our seeking 
or laboring for it at all ; because the things, the 
realities which give it being,tbe substance which, 
with the light of the Spirit, always cast it,would 
be there.—Rev. J. Purves. 
Untold Political Perplexities. 
Easy Devotion. 
earth,and good-will to men—in all the details of 
their application, are included. I shall not dwell 
at large upon these details. They fill up the sa-
cred writings. They embrace the whole hope of 
the saints. They accomplish the merciful and 
gracious purposes of God. 
• 
And whatever may be the will of God, who 
keeps the times and seasons in his own power, in 
prolonging the days of which we can know noth-
ing, we may, and must still say,that all the lines 
of prophecy meet in this designated year 1868, 
as the time of the glorious coming of the Son of 
man—the manifestation of the Lord Jesus in the 
glory of his kingdom, according to the testimony 
of Scripture. 
• • • 
And now, at this point,where Scripture proph-
ecy and historical testimony so remarkably con-
verge, and mutually illustrate each other, what 
is the view we are to take,and the duty to which 
we are called? It is for this pnrpose I have 
brought the subject before our readers. 
To take the view of earth which the Lord's 
word suggests. Till the glorious coming of the 
Savior, we may anticipate nothing but successive 
overturning of men and earthly things. The re-
volutions we have seen,will be the history of men, 
till he shall bring his dominion of peace. If the 
calculations of prophetic fulfillment are accurate-
ly made, then are we in the process of that clos-
ing series of revolutions, the sorrows of which 
the Savior himself so earnestly describes, and of 
which Daniel says, "At that time there shall be 
a time of trouble, such as there never was since 
there was a nation, even to that same time." 
The great tribulation of the earth is thus com-
mencing, the effect of which shall be, that "many 
shall be purified and made white and tried ; and 
they that be wise shall thine as the brightness of 
the firmament,and they that turn many to right-
eousness as the stars forever and ever.' There 
may be occasional peace for particular nations 
and for short seasons. But the history of men, 
in the closing period of the times of the 
Gentiles, is a history of warfare and revolu-
tion, until the Savior appears in the power and 
majesty of his coming. Thus are we to look at 
the coming state of the world and men, till he 
appears to take the kingdom for himself. There 
will be no peace on earth till that dominion shall 
come, in which the Prince of Peace himself shall 
give the peace his people seek. 
Viewing the world of men in the Savior's 
view, we are to be sure, for ourselves, we are on 
the Savior's side. During all this coming trou-
ble, his chosen flock will be purified,made white, 
and tried. There will be the removal of all things 
which are shaken, that the things which cannot 
be shaken shall remain. The great salvation 
which he has perfected cannot be shaken. The 
promises which he gives to his people cannot be 
shaken. 
If as yet, we have never consciously em- 
braced the hope which he gives, then now is our 
special season of mercy, our day of salvation. It 
is for us now to fly with really believing, obedi-
ent hearts,to him,as the sinner's only hope. Oh ! 
let us plunge ourselves,with unquestioning faith, 
in the fountain of his cleansing blood, and trust 
his word,to wash our sins away as white as snow. 
The day of grace is still enduring. The day of 
exclusion is rapidly approaching. Soon the Bride-
groom will appear, and they who are ready will 
enter in with him to the marriage, and the door 
will be shut. This awakening, startling period 
is to be the new-creating season for many souls. 
Many will gather now around his feet. Many 
who have been careless,will be careless no more. 
Now is the time—when earthly things are thus 
to be overturned, and our particular relations to 
them are to suffer with others—for all to plead 
with Jesus for a portion with his people, and to 
make perfectly sure their own calling and elec-
tion with him. Oh ! catch your opportunity,and 
fly to Jesus as your portion, and live in him for- 
ever ! 
s. H. T. 
Prot. Chuaciunan. 
These initials we suppose to be those of Rev. 
Stephen H. Tyng, of N. Y. City. ED. Herald. 
The fact cannot be concealed, that all the 
great men and statesmen are now in dire perplex- 
An Englishman thus describes a Sabbath in 
Grace church, New York : 
All here is splendor and luxury—the ceilings 
are exquisitely carved and frescoed—rich carpets 
deaden the footfall--glittering prayer-books,bound 
in gold and velvet, repose on the satiny surface 
of rare veined wood,the form sinks back into the 
soft depths of yielding cushions, and damask 
footstools offer a delicious refuge for the fashion-
able sinners, when they kneel to confess their 
manifold peccadilloes. We wonder what the mar- 
tyrs of old times, and the heroes who died at the 
stake long ago would say, it they could be sud- 
denly placed in the midst of this temple of the 
Lord, and introduced to this religion of the nine-
teenth century ? Would they marvel at the wis- 
dom of their descendants, who have exchanged 
the old-fashioned path of thorns for a short cut 
across the velvet carpets and mosaic pavements, 
or would they be insane enough to entertain a 
doubt whether the "short cut" actually led to 
the exact spot called heaven ? We cannot answer 
the question. Ask yonder fat old gentleman fast 
asleep, with his gold spectacles perched on the 
tip of his nose ; there are bank dividends and 
fat rent-rolls written on every wrinkle of his 
face. Or ask that lady in her velvet dress and 
ities ! What to do in order to perpetuate the 
seeming peace of to-day or which way to look for 
deliverance, they know not.—All, all, are con-
fused and almost dejected. There never was a 
time when so many perplexing knots were pre-
sented to the rulers of earth as now stare them 
in the face. East, West, North and South, all 
conspire to trouble the waters of the political 
ocean. Each day brings some huge ice-berg from 
the North—some boisterous wind from the South, 
or some hurricane or whirlwind from the East 
or West,to increase the turbulence of the already 
angry, rock-beaten surfy waters of this political 
Kosmos. And this will continue to increase till 
the words of Jesus be fulfilled in this political 
ocean—"The sea and the waves roaring"—liter-
ally roaring with madness and fierce passions. 
Earth's future ruler—the "King of kings and 
Lord of lords" alone can quiet down this agita-
ted ocean ! With the thunder of his voice he will 
roll out the mighty words, "Peace—be still ;" 
and immediately all will be a calm. 
"The kingdoms of this world" are fast ripen-
ing for their overturn, and ere long they will 
"become the kingdoms of our Lord and his 
Christ." Then will the earth have righteous 
rulers,who will ordain peace and not before. We 
pray God to hasten the time, to cut short the 
work in righteousness, redeem his people and es-
tablish his kingdom. 
Francis Joseph of Austria,remarks the World, 
is in a desperate strait. Ricasoli, the prime min-
ister of Italy, announces that the Venetian ques-
tion can have no other solution than the sword, 
while Hungary has rejected finally and forever 
the unsatisfactory constitution offered her, and 
has made it almost impossible for the imperial 
government to maintain any administration over 
her on account of the refusal of all the county 
and city municipalities to co-operate, and the 
equally persistent refusal of every respectable 
Hungarian to take an imperial office of any char-
acter whatever. Hungary throughout is heaving 
with suppressed fury, which may any day break 
into a terrific insurrection. The difficulty is how 
to appease her. The concession of the modified 
constitution to the Hungarians was in fact the 
highest price that the Emperor could afford to of-
fer for their allegiance. To restore to them, in 
their present temper, all the prerogatives and 
powers which they formerly possessed, would be 
to establish an independent state in the heart of 
his dominions, and to sign the death warrant of 
his empire. Nothing less, however, than the re-
storation of all their ancient laws and liberties, 
can reconcile the countrymen of Kossuth to the 
sway of Austria. The concessions which have 
been made to them have been received as an in-
sult, and have excited a more dangerous spirit 
than ever. If the Emperor is to' preserve his 
sovereignty at all, it must be done by sheer. bru- 
tal force. The introduction of such: a regime 
makes a new revolution simply a question of 
time. The first opportunity will be seized, and 
that opportunity will come just as soon as the 
Italian kingdom is in a position to strike for the 
rescue of Venetia. It is known that Victor Em- 
anuel is eager for the hour when he may march 
his armies over the 'Vinci°, and his subjects are 
chafing for the movement which alone can give 
Italy its normal unity. The detention comes 
from the opposition of the French Emperor to 
any advance at present, and also from certain 
internal embarrassments in the administration of 
the new kingdom. The finances are somewhat 
embarrassed, social disorders prevail in the south 
ern provinces, and the military conscriptions, as 
now regulated, occasion wide dissatisfaction. 
The abolition of the temporal sovereignty of the 
Pope, and the estahlishment of Rome as the cap-
ital of united Italy, are objects which in some 
measure,divert the attention. Nevertheless these 
difficulties are liable to be swept out of the way 
at any time, giving free range to a combined at-
tack of both Italy and Hungary upon the Aus-
trian rule. 'When that attack is once made, it, 
in all likelihood, can have but one issue. The 
empire of the Hapsburgs must be dismembered. 
Francis Joseph finds it impossible to raise even 
the smallest loan in any capital in Europe, and 
is reduced to the same financial extremity that 
our own Jeff. Davis is struggling under—the 
emission of inconvertible paper to an indefinite 
ermine cape, who is eyeing her neighbor's Rus-
sian sable with an envious eye—ask yon lovely 
girl in the diamond bracelets, so prettily consci-
ous of the moustached hero opposite. See what 
they will say. No doubt the verdict will be sat-
isfactory.. . . The fine and familiar chants of 
the Episcopal church are rendered still sweeter 
by the magnificent volume of voices on which 
float up the sweet sentences of Scripture,and the 
old-fashioned hymns,sang by a thousand mothers 
at a thousand hearthstones, fall with grateful re-
frain on the ear. 
Who shall say there is noth-
ing holy and attractive in being conservative,as 
regards the observance of the customs of "lang 
syne ?" The good old pastor's lips have scarce-
ly eoncluded the benediction, when there is an 
instantaneous movement towards the door, as if 
the congregation experienced a sensation of sud-
den relief. No wonder—all their religious duties 
done, and the coast clear for another six days of 
gaiety and dissipation ! The nimble creatures of 
cockades and gold-bands descend to open carriage-
doors—the gentlemen exchange nods and smiles 
with one another, fat gentlemen included, who 
says, "It's a very fine sermon"—though to our 
certain knowledge he was asleep the whole time 
and the ladies compress their crinolines, robes a 
quelles, and rose-colored bonnetS into their car-
riges as one by one they draw up to receive their 
aristocratic freight. There is a thunder of wheels, 
a glitter of silverplated harness, and a soft titter 
of birdlike voices, as the ladies say "good-bye ;" 
and thus ends our Sunday at Grace church. 
The Eruption of Vesuvius. 
NAPLES, Dee. 10. 
From Naples little is seen excepting those 
grand columns of smoke which rise gigantically 
into the air, and which, according to as close a 
measurement as could be made, were calculated 
that from the lower mouths at 10,000 and that 
from the upper crater at 3000 feet in height. 
Our streets are free from the dust of the moun-
tain, and though for some time after the sun rose 
it appeared to be in a state of eclipse, yet to wit-
ness all the wonders of the spectacle it is neces-
sary to leave the capital and visit the site of 
the disaster. 
From the confines of the city of Torre del 
Greco one passes between two lines of a curious 
population who have turned out to see the crowds 
who flock down to Torre del Greco. The winds 
blows off the mountain due north and south, so 
that, until you just get under the column, you 
are not exposed to the shower of dust which 
falls thickly and constantly, almost blinding 
one, and certainly not conducing to easy respir-
ation. On arriving at the devoted little town, 
which numbers, by the by, 22,000 souls, I found 
the place, except at the station, almost deserted. 
Every house was abandoned, and, as proving how 
rapid was the flight, melons and other articles 
still hung suspended outside the windows. At 
the station there was a vast crowd of persons, 
some of the last lingering inhabitants, with beds 
and other articles of furniture, anxious to be off; 
others consisting of the Bersagliera and Nation-
als, who remained to guard the place, for misfor-
tune is no protection against the herds of thieves 
who just at present drive a thriving trade in the 
neighborhood. 
The first thing that strikes the eye is the black-
ened appearance of every object, the fine dust, 
which had fallen in heavy showers, lying four 
and a half inches in depth in the streets and on 
the tops of the houses. Some of these were 
cracked horizontally across the flat roofs, and 
others perpendicularly, but it is not until you 
turn off to the left, a little beyond the station, 
that the full amount of the damage is to be wit-
nessed. From this point, ascending the moun-
tain, a number of houses are passed which have 
been most materially injured, from 400 to 500 
in all, and rendered to a certain extent unsafe. 
At one house in particular, a handsome building 
too, the proprietor, who had returned for some 
articles which he had left behind, was breaking 
the windows to get in, entrance by the doorway 
being impossible. I shall here insert the report 
which was sent to me yesterday morning by Gi-
ovanni Cozzolino,the principal guide of the moun-
tain, as it will explain precisely the site where 
11 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
world are the gifts of God, that the beauty 
of the natural world is the visible express-
ion of his wisdom and goodness, that the laws of 
the natural world are his laws, and, as proceed 
ing from him, universal and unchangeable, until 
he shall will to change them. We have a feel-
ing, too, that the natural world is in some meas-
ure a sharer in our Fall, and that it is waiting 
for the time when along with its lord, it shall be 
delivered from the bondage of corruption." 
NOTE. We are obliged to our brother for the 
above extracts; as we shall be to all who send us 
extracts bearing on this question. 
1 
the mouths which are now vomiting forth fire, 
smoke and lava have been formed. 
"On the 8th inst. at about quarter past 11 A. 
M., a great trembling of the gr9und was felt at 
Torre del Greco, which continued at intervals of 
from five to ten minutes. The population were 
in great alarm, expecting an earthquake. At 
Resina this tremendous motion was felt, though 
not so strongly, about midday. Towards 3 
o'clock in the afternoon a large opening was 
made in the ground above Torre del Greco, and 
a half a mile lower than the crater of 1774, and 
the first cone was formed underneath the house 
of Francesco Cruci. This house was thrown in- 
to the air, as were four others in a Masseria 
close by. The lava has arrived (on the morning 
of the 9th) at about quarter of an hour's walk 
above the Monastery of the Cappucini (which 
has been destroyed,) and is about a half a mile 
in breadth. All the houses in Torre have fis-
sures in them, and the population have fled to 
Naples. At the time that the new cones were 
formed, the top of the mountain was tranquil, 
but about 2 o'clock in the morning the grand 
crater at the summit burst out with a tremen-
dous noise, throwing stones and ashes to a great 
height. Every effort of this kind is accompanied 
by a sound as of thunder. One of the guides, 
called G ennarino Sannino, while attempting to 
get a piece of the redhot lava in which to put a 
coin, was killed on the spot by a stone which fell 
upon his head." 
The report is meagre, erroneous in some in-
stances and some of the details have been mod-
ified by what has since taken place. The road 
and the streets by which you approach the prin-
cipal point of interest are in many places open-
ed ; and at the place alluded to by the guide 
there are not one only,but two considerable cones 
and several smaller ones ; indeed, in many plac-
es there are indications of the crust of the earth 
giving way to the subterranean fires. The prin-
cipal of these cones is an ellipse, and both at 
first sent out a body of lava, which threatened 
Terre del Greco with rapid destruction. One 
of those happy elevations which so often change 
the course of the current, divided it into two 
streams, flowing down on either side. The op-
ening of the main crater, too, at 2 o'clock A. 
M., of Monday morning, diminished the violence 
of the lower stream, and possibly saved the 
town. 
Last night the view which presented itself 
from my window, was very grand ; the black 
column rose majestically, and was then carried 
off by the wind far over the sea, while forked 
lightning, as it were, and brilliant lights, such as 
Roman candles, played about the crater. This 
morning the volumes of smoke are rising and rol-
ling one over another in grand involutions, while 
the Eastern sun behind them gives hues which it 
is difficult to describe. Beyond the pall which 
hangs over the sea it is impossible to see any-
thing except when an opening is made by a gust 
of wind, and then one sees a picture of Sorrento 
or Capri hung in the centre of a deep black 
cloud. 
I think much property will be destroyed, 
though not many lives, as all have escaped. 
What is ruin, however, to many,is prosperity to 
others, and there are many here who are calcu-
lating on a good season at last—on full hotels 
and much profit. 
Dec. 11. Vesuvius, though still active, has 
much diminished in violence—a fact to be re-
gretted rather than otherwise, as the probability 
of earthquakes increases. Yesterday morning 
several violent shocks were felt, and still greater 
damage inflicted on the town and neighborhood. 
I am just going over, but shall have no time to 
report to-day. Another person has been killed 
by falling into the lava, which rose on Monday 
morning to the height of twenty-eight palms. 
For the Herald. 
Lays of Life's Morning. 
IV. 
Let Him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: 
for Thy love is better than wine. Because of 
the savor of thy good ointments thy name is as 
ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins 
love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee ; 
the King has brought me into his chambers ; we 
will remember thy love more than wine : the up-
right love Thee.—Canticles 1:2-4. 
Lord, let thy quickening grace descend 
And spread through this cold heart of mine; 
For thy pardoning love to find 
Exceeds by far the richest wine. 
Snch is the fullness of the grace 
And matchless glory lodged in thee, 
That virgin souls do thee embrace 
And seek for spotless purity. 
0 draw me with the bands of love 
And let my heart to thee incline ; 
Send down a blessing from above 
As for this fellowship I pine. 
Then I'll rejoice and praise thy name—
I will be glad in thee, my King. 
As nothing on the earth can claim 
The praise which all to thee should bring. 
 
0 my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, 
in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy 
countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet 
is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 
Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil 
the vines : for our vines have tender grapes.—
Canticles 2: 14, 15. 
H. M. 
O come, thou holy Dove 
That dost in secret dwell, 
In mercy from above 
To me thyself reveal : 
Let me by sweet experience know 
That mercy does from Jesus flow. 
Now all my sins forgive—
They stop the work of grace, 
Forgive, and let me live 
In holiness and peace : 
Let not temptation lead astray, 
But keep me in the narrow way. 
 
Day Dawn Expected. 
Until the day break, and the shadows flee 
away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, 
and to the hill of frankincense. Thou art all 
fair,my love ; there is no spot in thee.—Canticles 
4: 6, 7. 
Until the day break when the righteous awake, 
And out of their graves they will come, 
May I trust in thy grace,in the hope of the place 
Prepared for the bride as her home. 
May I be found fair, when thou wilt appear 
In the clouds, while the angels attend ; 
When the trumpet shall sound, may I rise from 
the ground, 
My Saviour in heaven to find. 
Then with him I'll be, his glory to see 
Displayed in his kingdom on earth ; 
There will then be no fears, all sin disappears, 
All sorrow, all sickness and death. 
Hallelujah, I'll sing, to my Saviour and King, 
For his mercy and goodness to me, 
While the angels unite with the greatest delight 
In the praise of the great One in Three. 
May we be prepared, in his glory compared 
To the angels that stand 'round the throne ; 
And be found without spot, when we stand in our 
lot, 
With the people he claims as his own. 
J. 
For the Herald. 
God's Chastening. 
us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory." 
The poor slave in his bondage, trembling be-
neath a cruel task-master realizes that "no chas-
tening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but 
grievous ;" trusting and believing in Jesus, he 
may "reckon that the sufferings of this present 
time are not worthy to be compared with the 
glory which shall be revealed in us." 
It is while suffering God's rebuke and chas-
tisement that we learn to love him more and ex-
perience a better view of his love ; but sometimes 
his providenees seem dark and intricate ; the 
soul is brought into a state of perplexity and 
doubt, because he doth not understand the way ; 
yet when the kind messenger whispers that be-
hind it the Lord hides his smiling face, it bids 
the darkness flee away and the doubts to disap-
pear. 
The Lord would teach his children to leave 
with him, whatever things they cannot under-
stand ; that the best will is their Father's will ; 
that his strokes are strokes of love ; that what-
ever doth betide, his love provideth good for his 
people always. God's chastening doth fall up-
on us ; and amid sorrows and disappointments, 
crosses and losses, we need the patience and 
faith, 
"That will not murmur nor complain 
Beneath God's chastening rod, 
But in the hour of grief and pain 
Can lean upon its God." 
PATIENCE. 
Bradford, Dec. 29, 1861. 
From Bro. T. Wheeler. 
Bro. Bliss have just obtained a work en- 
titled, "The Philosophy of the Fall and its reme- 
dy. By the Rev. E. C. Topham, M. A., Curate 
of Ticehurst, Sussex, London." 
As you are giving (and receiving I suppose) 
the testimony of the Church on the Restitution 
in the Herald, I thought perhaps you would be 
glad to add this author to your list, if you have 
him not. He says, on page 217, and 218: 
"For instance, the much canvassed passage in 
the Epistle to the Romans, points most proba-
bly to a mighty change to be wrought upon the 
whole of creation, animate and inanimate. Again 
that most striking passage in the second Epis-
tle of St. Peter, referring to a new heaven and a 
new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness, to-
gether with corresponding portions of the Book 
of Revelation, all go to show that the face of 
the whole earth will be entirely changed for the 
better ; the old materials resolved into their pri-
mary elements will appear again in a different 
mo(te,and for higher and nobler purposes. This 
notion of a general restoration of all things, con-
veys to us a much more exalted idea of the won-
derful designs of the Most High, in the dispen-
sations of his providence." 
This Author quotes from "Goulburn's Bamp-
ton Lectures," pp. 271, 272, 275: 
"A presumption arises that the vast and good-
ly framework of external nature will survive the 
flames of the last conflagration, even as it sur-
vived the waters of the deluge, and that from the 
ashes of the old and time-worn structure will 
spring a renovated world, purified by its baptism 
of fire from the traces of sin's occupancy, and fit-
ted by a mysterious change (partaking of the na-
ture of a resurrection), to be the abode of regen-
erated men." 
"Now the perfection of Christ's work demands 
that we should attribute to it a cancelling of all 
evils to which man's estate is liable. We should 
naturally suppose the Restoration to be co-ex-
tensive in its effects with the Fall, the blessing to 
reach as far as the cause, the remedy to meet 
the superinduced evil at every point of its mani-
festation. But this cannot be the case, unless 
the curse pronounced upon the soil for the sake 
of the first Adam he abrogated for the sake of 
the second, and its consequences of deterioration 
be reversed." 
"If we admit the material universe to have 
been involved in the ruin of mankind, we can-
not consistently deny the possibility of its being 
involved also in his redemption." 
He also quotes from "Hare's victory of Faith," 
p. 182 
"We know that all the gifts of the natural 
ED. 
For the IIerald. 
Light. 
"Ye are the light of the world," said the Heav-
enly teacher to his disciples, as he instructed 
them concerning the nature of the kingdom he 
was about io set up ; and unfolding to their un-
derstanding those pure and holy principles which 
were to be held forth in an offensive attitude, 
during every period of his reign. 
"Ye are the light of the world." To you is 
committed the high duty and lofty privilege of 
holding up before the eyes of men that luminary 
that will fully exhibit God to man, and man to 
himself; that will enable him to see at a glance, 
his high position, his relation to his fellow crea- 
tures, and especially to the Lord omnipotent, 
who has given them all life and breath and being. 
"Ye are the light of the world." Into your 
hands is given that light which alone is capable 
of dispelling the darkness and gloom that envel- 
ope earth as a shroud ; to you it is given to scat-
ter the rays of heaven's own light from pole to 
pole, until every mortal eye shall behold them ; 
until the hearts of thousands now enveloped in 
darkness, shall be enlightened ; to you it is given 
to point to the 'highway of holiness' on Zion's 
mount, cast up for them there, to guide their 
wandering feet in the path of peace, that they 
grope not in the dark, and stumble not ; to show 
to the cultivators of Asia's fertile fields, to those 
who tread Afric's burning sands, and Europe's 
undeveloped soil, the light of life, the way to 
heaven, the source of happiness. 
"Ye are the light of the world." But whence 
the light ? The disciples in primitive time were 
reflectors. They bad witnessed with joy the ris- 
ing of the Sun of Righeousness, they basked in 
the sunshine of his presence, and enjoyed the 
warmth of his love. That light again proceeded 
from them, until all Jerusalem was filled with it. 
Samaria too became enlightened ; and ere long 
Grecian and Roman idolatry, in all its enormity, 
its iniquity and abomination, were exposed to 
full view, until the world in a measure was en-
abled to see "the light of the knowledge of the 
glory of God, as it shone forth in the face of Je-
sus Christ." 
Unfortunately, however, this great light was 
not permitted long to shine without interruption ; 
the clouds of darkness intervening bedimmed its 
rays. Men were no longer able to see in the 
character of the saint,the image of Christ. Their 
way-chart of heaven obscured,and so they strayed 
from the right path and wandered in the slough 
of error. 
"And as darkness reigned around' 
Earth was wrapt in sleep profound." 
This state of things continued for many long 
years, uninterrupted, when, lo ! the light again 
broke forth, being hailed with acclamations of 
joy, by thousands of trusting hearts, who receiv-
ed and rejoiced in it. Yet it was not fully de- 
veloped until in this nineteenth century, when 
it now shines forth in all its pristine beauty and 
splendour, and men are enabled to read with an 
unobscured vision, the will of God, and trace the 
pathway of heaven,—their eyes being fixed on 
the mark of the prize at the end of the journey. 
"Ye are the light of the world." Christians of 
the nineteenth century, your God thus speaks to 
you also in tones equally emphatic. Hence, then, 
is resting upon you all that weight of responsi-
bility, that loftiness of privilege which the primi- 
tive Christians possessed. To you is committed 
the light of life, the word of God to dissseminate 
it among your fellow men. 
 
Treacherous India,the great Celestial Empire, 
and indeed all Asia,have claims upon you which 
"For as many as I love, I rebuke and chas-
ten." 0 precious words and full of meaning ! 
How often while pursuing life's rugged path-
way, when beset at every step with sorrows and 
trials, does the child of God find comfort in the 
thought, "whom the Lord loveth, he chastenetli." 
The suffering saint who has long been languish-
ing with pain and disease, when he finds all 
earthly efforts to procure relief seem to fail, re-
ceives the Lord for his physician and learns to 
say, "thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." 
The mourner bereft of friends,—it may be of 
his only earthly solace,—knows well the mean 
ing of the words, that "though he cause grief, 
yet will he have compassion according to the 
multitude of his mercies." 
The poverty-stricken one who is deprived of 
this world's comforts, and struggles hard to gain 
sufficient for his daily need, if he realizes that 
the Lord suffers him to be poor, he may assure 
himself in the words of Paul, "For our light af-
fliction which is but for a moment, worketh for 
12 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
The New Birth. 
Bro. Bliss :-1 have a difficult passage of Scrip. 
ture,of which I wish to get an exposition 1st John 
3 : 9, "Whatsoeier is born of God sinneth not," &c. 
1. Does this birth refer to conversion? If so how 
can it be reconciled with every Christian's experi-
ence? for all have to mourn for sins committed since 
conversion. The Bible also, in ether places, teaches 
our liability to sin after conversion. Paul even kept 
his body under, and brought it into subjection, lest 
having preached to others, he should be a castaway. 
Can it refer to any thing but conversion, in ac- 
cordance with I John 5: 1, "Whosoever believeth 
that Jesus is the Christ is born of God;" or might 
fy5smas the word translated born (from -yEssaw, to 
beget, to produce, to generate, to bring forth, Lid 
and Scotts Lex.) be rendered in 9th verse refered to, 
born, as it is, and have reference to the resurrection 
state, as some suppose, and be rendered begotten in-
stead of born, in 1st verse of 8 chapter, and other 
such places, where it cannot mean more than con-
version? That theory obtaining, would not this pas-
sage,—"Our lives are hidden with Christ in God," 
be properly understood as having reference to the 
period of gestation ? 
J. G. S. 
Springwater, Dec. 9, 1861. 
The distinction, between our English words "be-
gotten" and "born," does not obtain in the scrip-
tures ; where the original, of the two words, is the 
same. 
The entire context of the passage shows that re- 
ference is made to the present life. There is the same 
difficulty in other passages as in this " Whosoever 
abideth in him sinneth not : whosoever sinneth loath 
not seen him, neither know him," "He that coin-
witteth sin is of the devil." These expressions are 
as difficult to reconcile as v. 9. 
The context shows that the new birth referred to 
is conversion. We cannot be "suns of God," with-
out being born again : but "now are we the sons of 
God." We cannot pass from death to life without 
it ; but "we know that we have passed from death 
to life,because we love the brethren." Again, 5: 1 is 
positive : "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the 
Christ is born of God : and every one that loveth him 
that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him" 
—the three italicized phrases being all alike in the 
original, and only varied because of the gender ; be-
gat being masculine and born the feminine form of 
unpleasant to lack the adequate means for the Her-
ald's publication. This is the season of the year, 
when, better perhaps than any other, it is easier to 
obtain new snbscribers, and to remit donations. 
Our treasury needs aid in both these directions ; and 
will not the friends see to it that it is supplied ? 
They would not wish us to abandon the Herald ; 
but its weekly issue costs money, and it is not the 
policy of the Association to run into debt. We have 
kept out thus far,but without more abundant week-
ly remittances, this cannot continue. What is now 
wished for, is that every subscriber will endeavor to 
forward the name of an additional one. And we al-
so wish to see a lull column of Donations.each week, 
till it shall amount to $400 ; which was needed 
by Jauuary first. 
Brethren and Sisters,shall this expectation be rea-
lized ? 
Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
"And I saw in a vision ; and it came to pass 
when 1 saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, 
which is in the province of Elam ; and I saw in a 
vision, and I was by the river of Ulai," v. 2. 
The former vision appeared to Daniel in a dream, 
in the night, when he was asleep on his bed (7:1,2) 
but whether this one was during the night or day, 
or whether Daniel was asleep or only in prophetic 
extacy, is not so easy to determine—though v. 18 
would indicate that, a part of the time at least, he 
was in a deep sleep. 
The city of Shushan,or Susa, was situated on the 
river Cheoaspes, about 250 miles east of Babylon, 
and was the capital of the kings of Persia after the 
tame of Cyrus ; that is, it was their summer and 
principal residence. It is supposed to be the same 
as the modern village of Shus, which is inhabited 
only by a few dervishes, and is a gloomy desola-
tion. A mound there is pointed out by tradition 
as the tomb of Daniel, and it may be that his bones 
there rest. 
The province of Elam was nearly as large as Eng-
land, and lay on the Persian gulf, south of Media, 
and between Babylonia and Persia proper. 
The river Ulai, the same as the Choaspes of the 
Greeks, is now known by the name Kerah, and is 
called by the Turks Keraso. It flows on the west 
side of the ruins of Susa, and is a tributary of the 
united stream ot the Tigris and Euphrates. 
The word rendered "palace," signifies a fortress, 
a castle, or a fortified palace ; and "Shushan the 
palace," is expressive of either the royal palace, 
or of the whole city—this last being evi- 
dently its meaning here. It is not affirm- 
ed that Daniel was in Shushan personally, but he 
was there in vision—the same as Pharaoh dreamed 
that he stood by the river Nile, Gen. 41:1; as Eze-
kiel, when a captive by the river Chebar, (Ezek. 1: 
1), was carried in vision to Jerusalem, (8: 3), and 
to a mountain in the land of Israel (40: 2) ; and as 
John, when in Patinos (Rev. 1:9), was carried in 
spirit into the wilderness (17: 3), and to a great 
and high mountain, (21:10). It is not improba- 
ble that Daniel had previously visited that city, as 
Nebuchadnezzar's prime minister ; but that he was 
then in Babylon is evident from his attending to the 
king's business, at the close of the vision, when the 
city,probably, was in a state of siege, giving ingress 
and egress to no one. 
Why the prophet should have been conducted in 
spirit to that future capital of Persia, is, doubtless, 
because the vision commences with a symbolization 
of that kingdom. In the former vision, Babylon 
had had its appropriate symbol ; and its being here 
passed over unnoticed, is an indication that it was 
about passing away, and that its conquest by Per-
sia would shortly follow—its dominion being then 
virtually ended. 
Bible Questions and Answers. 
"Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heav-
en ?" 
Ans. "Jesus called a little child unto him, and 
set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say 
unto you, except ye be converted, and become as 
little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humqe him-
self as this little child, the same is greatest in the 
kingdom of heaven." Matt. 18: 1-4. 
"Unto what is the kingdom ot God like? and 
whereunto shall I resemble it?" 
Ans. "It is like a grain of mustard seed, which 
a man took and cast into his garden ; and it grew, 
and waxed a great tree ; and the fowls of the air 
lodged in the branches of it." Luke 23: 18, 19. 
"Again, "W hereunto shall I liken the king-
dom of God ?" 
Ans. "It is like leaven, which a woman took and 
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was 
leavened," Luke 13 : 20, 21. 
How did our Savior answer his own enquiry, 
"Whereunto shall I liken this generation ?" 
Ans. He said, "It is like unto children sitting 
you never can discharge until they are made par-
takers of the hope of that life and immortality 
brought to light by the gospel. The dark and be-
nighted sons of Africa, too, as well as the canni-
bal savages of the Pacific islands, are travelling 
in darkness,the road that leads to death,for want 
of the light which you possess ; and will you 
withhold it? Will you simply put your candle 
under a bushel, and then expect the appellation 
"well done good and faithful servant ?" Certain-
ly not. Let us, then, fellow Christians, think it 
a high honor to work,with and for God,in spread-
ing far and wide, the light of heaven, in kindling 
a ray of hope in dark and benighted souls, in en-
deavoring to bring others into the enjoyment of 
t le blessings Heaven has so freely vouchsafed to 
us ; and so we will obey the injunction of our 
Savior ;—"Let your light so shine before men 
that they seeing your good works may glorify 
your Father which is in heaven." 
The golden rule of the Savior,—"Whatsoever 
ye would that men should do unto you, do you 
even so to them," is a rule equally to be admir-
ed for its wisdom, equity, and benevolence, and 
which comprehends in it, so far as concerns our 
conduct towards our fellow-creatures, the sub-
staice both of the "law and the prophets." Let 
us strive to enter in at the "strait gate and nar-
row way." May we invoke the assistance of 
kind Providence to protect us in our mortal pil-
grimage here below. May we worship him as the 
Almighty, loving him because he first loved us. 
May love, joy, peace, happiness, righteousness, 
and brotherly union prevail among such as are, 
of the "household of faith ;" and whether we will! 
life to behold the Savior's Advent or not, may 
we at last have a seat among that blessed throng ; 
who have washed their robes in the blood of the 
Lamb. 
"He comes, he comes, to call 
The nations to his bar, 
And raise to glory all 
Who fit for glory are ; 
Make ready for your full reward, 
Go forth with joy to meet your Lord." 
CARMEN M. GOULD. 
Castleton, C. W. Dec. 10, 1861. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, JANUARY 11, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
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be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it may be 
conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judgment and 
discernment of the truth, in nothing corried away into 
error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
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in the market, and calling unto their fellows, and 
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not 
danced ; we have mourned unto you, and ye have 
not lamented. Fur John came neither eating nor 
drinking, and they say he hath a devil. The Son of 
man came eating and drinking, and they say, Be-
hold a man gluttonous, and a wine bibber, a friend 
of publicans and sinners Eut wisdom is justified of 
her children," Matt. 11 : 16-19. 
"How oft shall my brother sin against me, 
and I forgive him? till seven times?" 
Ans. "Jesus saith," "I say not unto thee, Until 
seven times ; but Until seventy times seven," Matt. 
18 : 21, 2. 
"How should man be just with God ?" 
Ans. "If he will contend with him,he cannot an-
swer him one of a thousand," Job 9: 2, 3. 
"Who can bring a clean thing out of an un-
clean ?" 
Ans. "Not one," Job 14 : 4. 
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and 
desperately wicked : who can know it ?" 
Ans. God answers: "I the Lord search the heart, 
I try the reins, even to give every man according to 
his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." 
Jer. 17 : 9, 10. 
"Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked 
should die ? saith the Lord God : and not that he 
should return from his ways and live ?" 
Ans. "I have no pleasure in the death of him that 
dieth,saith the Lord God : wherefbre turn yourselves, 
and live ye," Ezek. 18 : 23, 32. 
"When the righteous turneth away from his 
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and cloth 
according to all the abominations that the wicked 
man doeth shall he live ?" 
Ans. "All his righteousness that he hath done 
shall not he mentioned : in his trespass that he bath 
trespassed, and in his sin that he bath sinned, in 
them shall he die," Ezek. 18 : 24. 
Today. 
Mr. Editor :—I have heard it stated that Luke 
23 : 43 is not found in some of the early MSS. I 
should like to know how far such a statement is cor-
rect. 
It is said that the generally received punctuation 
of the passage is doubtful. Is it so ? I should like 
to see the question fully presented 
Yours, 
A BIBLE STUDENT. 
We believe that no accredited scholar has ever 
questioned the authenticity of the text referred to,or 
the propriety of its punctuation. We know of no 
authority fur the first assertion referred to. All punc-
tuation of the Scriptures is modern ; but the sense 
is the same without the marks of punctuation as 
with. It always leaves a painful impression, when 
our Lord's own words are called in question. 
On Light. 
Bro. Bliss :—Please to communicate light upon 
the subject of light. Moses in the history of Crea-
tion,says that "God made two great lights,the great-
er light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule 
the night. He made the stars, also ; and the evening 
and the morning were the fourth day." Hence 1 con-
clude that no stars existed previous to that time, and 
according to Chronology it is not yet six thousand 
years since the creation of the world. That being a 
fact how shall we reconcile Professor Mitchell's 
statement, in the Herald of July 13th, with Moses' 
account of the creation ? The Professor says, "I 
have been brought in physical communication with 
stars, the light of which had occupied hundreds, or 
thousand of years, in coming to our world." Which 
is the most reliable—the prophet Moses or Professor 
Mitchell's ? 
Yours respectfully, 
SAM. JACKSON. 
Bath, Maine, Dec. 6, 1861. 
The word "made," in Genesis 1 : 16 is not the 
same as that rendered "created" in verse 1, and 
may signify less than creation. Thus man can 
Make a house, or a picture, but God alone 
can create the substance of which the house is made, 
or with which the painting is colored. We think it 
does not follow that the stars were created alsr 
the earth was, because they are spoken of as being 
made on the fourth day. On that day, they may 
have been first made visible as lights in heaven, 
though previously existing invisible from our planet. 
The creation in Genesis has respect mainly to our 
earth and its surrounding heaven ,or firmament,which 
God calls heaven ; which we do not regard as incom-
patible with the previous existence of other worlds. 
We cannot, however, attach any force to the argu-
ment that light is long ages coming from distant 
stars before reaching this earth. That opinion is 
at best only a conjecture or speculation. Nor is it 
clearly determinable that light is material ; for, if 
so, could it pass through solid glass, which may in- 
crease its brilliancy? We think Moses is entirely 
truthful. Professors may be mistaken. 
Our Relations with England. 
We noticed in our last the surrender of Mason 
and Slidell to the British Government. There has 
not time enough elapsed to learn the response which 
will be made, to that act, on the other side of the 
Atlantic. All arrivals from England, up to the pres-
ent time, represent the British government as still 
belligerent ; hut it must be considered that during 
all this time the action and feeling there is in igno-
rance of the course taken by our government in re-
lation to those persons. When we learn in what 
spirit the British government accepts their surrender, 
we shall be better able to judge of the probabilities 
of the future. As at present informed, therefore,we 
can only speculate in respect to the standing of our 
government with that of Great Britain. 
The Albany Evening Journal, on what authority 
we know not, represents the Earl of Shaftesbury as 
expressing himself as follows : 
"1 in common with almost every English states-
man, sincerely desire the rupture of the American 
Union. It has been the policy of England to brook 
no rivalry, especially in the direction of her own 
greatness. We justly fear the commercial and pol-
itical rivalry of the United States. With a popula- 
tion of 30,000,000 now,they will soon, if not check-
ed, overshadow Great Britain. We cannot look up-
on such a monstrous growth without apprehension." 
The London Examiner of Dec. 14, has the follow-
ing significant remarks : 
"But supposing reparation to be made for the 
Trent outrage, and the prisoners to be restored safe 
expression. "Whatsoever is born of God overcometh 
the world." " We know whatsoever is born of 
God, sinneth not ; but he that is begotten of God 
keepeth himSelf, and that wicked one toucheth 
him not" (v.18). Here the words in the original are 
the same ; and there is the same exemption from sin 
affirmed of the begotten, (which term is no where 
applied to any one till actual birth) as of the born. 
The whole difficulty of interpretation consists in 
taking an expression as absolute, when it evidently 
has a modified significance. The sons of God do of-
ten commit sin ; but not knowingly or wilfully. 
This they cannot do, any more than the miser can 
be generous,or the haters of God lovers of holiness. 
We must therefore distinguish between the con-
stant errors and faults of our imperfect natures, of 
which we need continual repentance, and the wilful 
persistent sinfulness of the children of the wicked 
one. 
V. 10 is clearly explanatory of v. 9 ; which shows 
that the present condition of the converted to Jesus 
is the one illustrated. 
13, 
THE ADVEN 11 HERALD. 
without any reference to another year." Very 
well ; the ten dollars will be acceptable, and will be 
received ; but we want every donation to further 
this plan of annual subscriptions. Therefore, if a 
person wishes to pay five, or ten, or more dollars 
down, let the amount go on to the annual list in 
this form:—as advance payments for so many years: 
I give five dollars, thus pay for five years ; another 
gives say ten dollars, and wishes to make it an an-
nual payment at two dollars a year, &c. 
We desire to get up a complete system of annual 
payments enough to cover the demand of the Her-
ald, and that ends all talk about the embarrassed 
state of the office, and our perplexities will be, in 
this matter, at an end. 
Now a word about the manner of collecting these 
annual contributions. For this object there are 
small pass books prepared. On the fly-leaf of some, 
there is a printed Constitution for the organization 
of aid societies, to be known as the, 
Millennial Aid Society, 
for the support of the 
American Millennial Association. 
The Constitution reads thus, which you will notice 
is embraced in a very few words:— 
Constitution of the Millennial Aid Society. 
OF 
The design of this Society is to raise funds in Aid 
of the "American Millennial Association" by annu-
al subscriptions. 
Its oR.1!rs sha'l consist of a President, Secretary, 
Treasurer, and such number of collectors as may be 
appainted. 
All persons may become members of this Society, 
by the annual payment of any sum to its funds. 
The annual meeting for the choice of officers, and 
renewal of subscriptions, shall be held on the— 
The Secretary, soon after subscriptions are made 
for any given year, shall inform the treasurer of the 
A. M. A. of the probable sum that may be relied on 
from this Society. 
And the Treasurer of this Society shall duly trans-
mit to the Treasurer of the A. M. A. the funds that 
may be from time to time paid in. 
The undersigned agree to pay the sums set oppo-
site our respective names, in furtherance of the ob-
jects of this Aid Society. 
NAMES 
SUMS. 
and from lynch law, which seems too natural a se-
quence to Wilkes' law, will it not be for the powers 
of Europe to consider whether the measures the 
North is taking against the South are consistent 
with the interests of civilization ? Is it to be endured 
that the Federal Government shall eke out the inef-
ficacy of its blockade by the detestable means of ves-
sels laden with stone, to be sunk to choke up South-
ern ports ?" 
The London Observer, a ministerial organ, says : 
"England wishes peace, but would gain by war, 
which would enable her to rectify her American 
frontiers, open the Southern ports, and give a les-
son to the United States." 
It would, certainly, be an advantage to England, 
to have a separate government on this continent,dis- 
puting supremacy with the United States, opening 
free ports to British goods and thus making a mar-
ket for the industrial products of Leeds and Man-
chester. But how far that power will set at naught 
all principles of honor and justice, to accomplish 
such a result, remains to be shown. In the absence 
of any express action of the government of Britain 
in that direction,Americans ought to assume that it 
will not depart from an honorable and high minded 
policy ; but whatever may be the wishes or inten-
tions there,it is very apparent that our own govern-
ment occupies a much better position in relation to 
foreign powers, than it would have done had there 
been no seizure and surrender of those commissioners. 
For,l,had Mason and Slidell reached their ports of 
destination,uninterrupted by Com. Wilkes,the dam-
age they might have done, in misdirecting foreign 
opinions, might have been much greater than they 
can effect now,when they been incarcerated a month, 
have been stripped of their plumes, and have been 
detained till after the important affair of our gov-
ernment at Port Royal. 
2. The past tone of the British press has been 
predicated on the assumed disposition,on the part of 
government, to "pick a quarrel with England." 
But the surrender of those men will show to the 
world that, instead of desiring any collision with 
that power,or any misunderstanding,we desire peace. 
We have as entirely exploded the idea that we wish 
to insult England's flag, as the lamb did that he de-
sired to insult the wolf, on being accused of muddy-
ing the water where the latter was drinking, when 
he showed that the water ran down stream from the 
wolf to him, and not up from him to the wolf. And 
if this is as unavailing as was the lamb's showing —
the wolf then seizing and devouring the lamb for his 
impertinence—we shall have shown to the world 
our desire to preserve amicable relations with Great 
Britain ; and shall have the sympathy of nations 
who would otherwise have supposed we desired war. 
It may not therefore have been in vain that Messrs 
sers Mason and Slidell, with their secretaries, have 
been arrested, confined, and surrendered. We shall 
soon, however, know the effect in England of their 
surrender. And then it will be more apparent 
whether or not there is in England a wish to quar-
rel with our government--there being certainly none 
on our part to quarrel with her. 
From Bro. N. Smith. 
My Dear Bro. Bliss :—As I had to write you on 
business, I write a few lines for the Herald—one of 
the best papers published in the land. I hope its 
friends will not let it go down. It has,in the main, 
kept one straight-forward course. There has not 
been a No. that I have not read through with bene-
fit, and I wish I could do something to keep it up 
and increase its circulation ; but this I cannot do. 
My health is no better, I have many disturbed 
nights ; my appetite is poor : and my mind is de-
pressed. I would say to my friends, remember 
in your prayers ; and I will say, the will of God be 
dune. There are a few names yet in Hallowell whose 
hope is grounded in the coming of the Lord. If 
this faith fails, they are gone, and that forever. The 
young preacher C. H. Leverton, has paid us a visit 
and preached to us twice to good advantage, and I 
hope to our encouragement. lie took well with the 
youth. May the good Lord bless him and keep him 
humble and he will do good. 
Yours in the hope and kingdom of God, 
NICHOLAS SMITH. 
Hallowell, Dec. 10, 1861. 
We are sorry that the business on which our 
brother was compelled to write, was to order the 
discontinuance of his paper. We have never had 
so many complaints of inability to pay, as we are 
having at the present time. The way looks dark, 
but the end looks bright and glorious. We would 
like to see our brother restored to health here ; but 
if that is not granted, we doubt not' that he will 
share in that inheritance where the inhabitant shall 
not say "I am sick." May that be the portion of 
all readers of the Herald. 
Since writing the above, we have received the 
To Correspondents. 
Short and appropriate articles, of one column or less, 
are solicited from those who have well digested thoughts 
to communicate. Any writer whose article or enquiry is 
not promptly noticed, will please to call the editor's atten-
tion to the omission. 
J. Litch. Our columns are of course open to 
any criticisms on our article that may be ably and 
courteously presented ; but we can not promise to 
reply to the strictures that may be offered by the 
one to whom you refer—it being much better to 
write on a subject independently of what others have 
written, than to write controversially. Have sent 
the paper to that address. 
Significant. 
"Mr. Jonathan Homespun"—Dear Sir :—I here-
by acknowledge the weekly receipt, for several 
years,of valuable sacks of "wheat" from your 'gran-
ary," labeled "Advent Herald." I consider it the 
best in the market—an excellent kind for sowing. 
Enclosed you will find pay for another year's sub-
scription. 
Pardon me, if I make one suggestion. As I want 
the wheat for sowing, as well as home consump-
tion, it is important to have clean wheat. If any 
of your kind friends wish you to introduce any of 
their kind of wheat, please put it through the best 
screen you have, and throw away the chaff ; "What 
is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord." 
Yours as ever, 
H. BUCKLEY. 
Kingsleys Pa., Dec. 28, 1861. 
MILLENNIAL AID SOCIETIES. 
As fast as we hear 
from these, we wish to make a list of them. There 
has been subscribed, in the following places : 
By the Society in Providence 
$10.30 
" " Shiremanstown 9.00 
" " " ,New Kingstown 4.00 
A New Tract. 
"THE RESTITUTION : or This Earth, recovered 
from all the disabilities of the fall, to be the In-
heritance of the Meek—"the Purchased Poss-
ession" promised to "the Children of the Resur-
rection." Price 4 cents single, 3 cents by the 
dozen, or $2,50 per 100, by mail pre-paid. If 
sent by express at the expense of the purchaser, 
it will be but $2 per 100. For sale at this 
office. 
For Sale at this Office. 
Dr. Cumming's Great Preparation. First and 2d 
volumes. 
Dr. Thompson's Morning hours in Patmos. 
Price of each of the above, $1 per vol. Or they 
will be sent by mail at that price tree of postage. 
Extra edition of the Herald of Mar. 16th.,—con-
taining our articles on the Great Image of the Neb-
uchadnezzar's dream, in the 2d of Dan. 10 copies 
for 25 cts., of 50 for $1. 
1862.—"Perley," the Washington Correspon-
dent of the Boston Journal, says of the present 
year: "This year, 1862, is to witness great events. 
We shall either restore the star-spangled banner to 
its old place on the unmarred temple of liberty erec-
ted on this continent by patriotic hands, cemented 
by blood poured out like water, and hitherto the 
hope of freemen the wide-world over. Or, we shall 
ingloriously admit that the government founded by 
our fathers was no better than a rope of sand, our 
Constitution was a worthless document compared 
with even a Constable's writ, and our Union an idle 
compact from which any state could retire in a fit 
of passion." 
The Mexican Expedition. 
The Spanish squadron, as the advanced guard of 
the allied expedition to Mexico, appears to have 
commenced work by occupying Vera Cruz, about 
the middle of last month. The strong fortress of San 
Juan de Ulloa was surrendered by the Mexican 
troops without firing a gun, although a hundred 
rifled cannon of the latest pattern were said to be 
found there. The event seems to imply either that 
the Mexican Government has abandoned all thought 
of resisting the expedition, or else that it will con-
fine its resistance to inlaid operations and in defense 
of the capital. The proclamation of the Spanish 
general, on the occupation of Vera Cruz, says that 
the greatest satisfaction of the army, after fulfilling 
its mission from the Queen, would be to return to 
its own country with the certainty of having merit-
ed the affections of the Mexicans. It remains to be 
seen whether this strikes the key-note of the expe-
dition, or whether it is an individual expression. It 
is certain, however, that this amicable issue will 
not be realized if, as reported, the expedition re-
turns to Mexico Santa Anna and Miramon. Either 
of these men is turbulent enough to create a new 
revolution, but both together will surely convulse 
the country. 
War News. 
Under this head there is nothing of much impor-
tance to communicate, among the events of the past 
week. Burnside's expedition appears all ready to 
embark for some point on the coast. The expedition 
down the Mississippi seems all ready to make its pro-
posed descent. And there is a general appearance of 
preparation, for an onward movement, all along the 
entire line of our troops. It is evident therefore that 
we may at any time learn of important movements ; 
but aside from such expectations we are not able to 
chronicle anything more than unimportant skirmish-
es, and various contradictory speculations. 
The surrender of Mason and Slidell is acquiesced 
in by all parties in the north as a very adroit move-
ment of diplomacy,—notwithstanding Dr. Russell. 
the paid libeller of our government and people, and 
correspondent of the London Times, predicted in the 
columns of that journal that their surrender would 
be the dissolution of our government. As no one 
residing here could have thus judged, unless he was 
extremely weakminded or ill informed, which Dr. 
Russell is not, the only conclusion is that his persis-
tent misrepresentations of this country are deliberate 
and wilful. 
The leading journals in Canada hail with glad-
ness the surrender of the persons above named ; 
which shows that they do not desire war with our 
government 
A Dublin paper, commenting on the decease of 
Prince Albert, says : "When it is known that one 
of the last suggestions of the Prince Consort was 
that gentleness and forbearance should mark the de-
meanor of England to a kindred people, soured and 
inflamed by the passions of a civil war, it will en-
hance the love of the American people for the Queen, 
deepen their sorrow for the loss she has sustained, 
and dull the edge of irrational hostility to England." 
An Appeal. 
Brethren and Sisters:—The herald is not self-sus-
taining by about six hundred dollars. Thus far 
this deficiency has been met by your generous dona-
tions, which are so many demonstrations that the 
cause has self-sacrificing friends enough to take 
good care of this faithful messenger of truth, until 
either the subscription shall be equal to its pecuni-
ary liabilities ; or, till the Master shall return to call 
us from labor to reward. 
Notwithstanding the call for aid has always been 
promptly answered, it is with very great reluctance 
that statements of the embarrassed condition of the 
office are so often made public, and it must he un-
pleasant to the readers of the Herald to be repeated-
ly called upon for contributions. 
Now, dear friends, a plan has been devised which, 
if you will give it your hearty, prompt, practical 
approval, will, we have no question, remove all that 
is disagreeable in the manner of raising the money 
' needed, and entirely free the office in its connection 
with your periodical from this perplexity. 
The plan is to open an annual subscription of sums 
more or less as we can promptly meet. Some may 
4ive their dollars : others their halves, or quarters, 
or dimes even; as the Lord bath prospered them. To be 
t little more explicit, that all may fully compre-
hend : I subscribe for this object one dollar—not a 
0 dollar singly for the present year's want, but I 
pledge to pay into the Treasury of the American 
Millennial Association a yearly sum of one dollar. 
Of course, this is only obligatory so long as it may 
he the pleasure of the subscriber to continue it. Ev-
ery donation should be after this plan. Some may 
say, "I have ten dollars to give at once : I am able 
4to appropriate this amount now ; next year I may 
not be able to give anything, hence desire to give 
But many are not so situated as to make it con-
venient to form an organization like the above,while 
others may prepare some more simple way of effect-
ing this object. 
In Providence the friends have formed an Aid So-
ciety under this Constitution, and it is, in this syste-
matic manner, working finely. It is particularly de-
signed for use where there are churches. 
Then subscription books will be furnished for in-
dividual use—to a pastor, to an Evangelist, or to 
some other responsible brother or ,sister, who may 
volunteer or he appointed to collect annual subscrip-
tions and forward the same to the office. Perhaps 
some church may not desire to form a society, but 
will appoint or authorize a brother to send for aebook 
and do the entire business, which may be easily ac-
complished by one person. On the fly-leaf of such 
a book will be a certificate containing the permission 
to collect subscriptions with the collector's name in-
serted. 
Then there are many, very many, who are wil-
ling and anxious to do what they can to assist in sus-
taining the cause of truth, but live isolated. They 
are deprived the many privileges of being associated 
with others of like faith, in church capacity, and 
heretofore no way has been opened by which they 
could send their mites, or dollars, by regular pay-
ments, in support of the press, which is one of the 
most powerful and effective agencies of disseminat-
ing the doctrines of salvation. 
For such we will open a subscription list in the 
Herald ; we will devote a column to that object. To 
these we exhort, let there be no delay. Send in 
what you are able to give yearly, and do your part 
to quickly furnish the sum needed to raise the office 
above pecuniary embarrassment. 
Beloved Brethren and Sisters ; will you give this 
matter your immediateand hearty attention. We can 
raise this $600, with but comparatively little per-
sonal trouble ; without hardly a perceptible incon-
venience, yet the end designed is of vast importance 
to the views we profess. 
Brethren and Sisters : we do not plead with you 
thus because of any pecuniary advantage resulting 
therefrom to us personally —it will not add a dime 
to our scanty store. We plead for Christ, for his 
cause, in which you have, or should have, an equal 
interest with us, and feel as deep solicitude for its 
prosperity. Let us not forget the injunction, "Bear 
ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of 
Christ." 
J. P. Jr. 
In accordance with the above, the brethren will 
see on last page, a form of subscription and list 
commenced. 
following note from Bro. H. Bailey, under date of 
Hallowell, Jan. 1st, 1862. 
"Dr. N. Smith of this place, is very sick with 
dropsy of the heart. He suffers severely. It is not 
likely he will live many days. In the death of such 
a brother, (or father, perhaps, I ought to say, fur 
he has been a father to many, and especially to me,) 
we meet with a great loss. May the Lord bless us 
in treasuring up the truths he has taught us, and 
which now, as he says, are very dear to him, as the 
King of terrors comes near. May the Lord save us 
in his kingdom, is the prayer of your unworthy 
brother, 
HENRY BAILEY." 
 
BRITISH SOLDIERS ON AMERICAN SOIL. The Wash-
ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press 
makes the following singular statement : 
"Permission has been given in a very courteous , 
manner, to pass the British troops through Maine 
into Canada. As the navigation of the St. Law-
rence is closed, and the transport of troops inland 
from Halifax to Canada in midwinter would 
be expensive, tedious and hazardous, England will 
appreciate this courtesy as one of no ordinary im-
portance." 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Yarmouth, Dec. 12, 1861. 
1 am this day at home, but designing to leave for 
the mission field again to-morrow. This work calls 
me much from home, and yet I am willing to forego 
the enjoyment and endearments of family and home 
" fur the love of the Lord and to seek fur the lost." 
Brethren and sisters, pray that my labors as your 
missionary may be abundantly blessed of God. 
0. R. FASSETT. 
A Sister writes from Philadelphia, Dec. 2, 1861 : 
" A gentleman friend accidentally dis:covered that 
I was a subscriber for the Herald, and he remarked 
to another friend that he thought I had more sense 
than to read such a paper as that ; and this friend 
is a minister of the gospel, too. Can you credit it? 
" I have been trying all summer (but in vain) to 
get another friend here to read the Herald. All he 
knows about it is the fact that it advocates the spee-
dy coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
and that is enough for him. Sometimes I think he 
is really afraid to read anything on this important 
subject, lest he might be convinced of its truth.—
This friend is a relative, and although a good,moral 
man, is not a disciple of the meek and lowly One, 
through whom alone we can be saved. I say the 
truth in Christ, I lie not, that I have great heavi-
ness and continual sorrow in my heart,' when I 
think how many of my dear and esteemed friends 
are neglecting this great salvation. And how fear-
ful must be the condemnation of those who wilfully 
sin against so much light and knowledge. 
" Some time ago I loaned an old lady the first vol- 
ume of Dr. Cumming's Great Tribulation, and 
when she got through asked her if she would like 
to have the second volume. She said no, she guess-
ed not. She thought Dr. C. a beautiful writer,but 
nobody could make her believe that the heaven of 
the saints is to be on this earth. She firmly believes 
their glorious home is beyond the bounds of time 
and space.' She has been a professed follower of 
Christ for many years, has seen much sorrow and 
affliction during her pilgrimage, and desires to find 
her rest far away from the place of trial and suffer-
ing. 
" And still another friend said to me in conversa- 
tion on this subject, that he did not believe this 
earth would ever be destroyed to be renewed and 
made the exclusive abode of the immortal saints,' 
for the Bible says, as long as the earth remaineth, 
summer and winter, seed-time and harvest shall not 
fail. 
" It is really astonishing that there is so much 
ignorance, even among the professed children of God 
in regard to what is really taught in his word, and 
my daily prayer is, 0 Lord, send forth thy light and 
thy truth, and may thy people receive the truth in 
the love of it. I wish Bro. Bliss would write and 
publish in the Herald an answer to this old lady's 
objection, to the personal reign of Christ, with his 
saints, on this earth ; and also to that of the gen- 
tleman last named. Respectfully, 
"E.H." 
NOTE. The best answer to the " lady" referred 
to, that we can write, will be found in our little 
tract on the " Restitution." And the " gentle-
man" ought to see that the earth to which refer-
ence is made in Gen. 5:22, is what Peter speaks of 
when he says : " The heavens and the earth which 
are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserv-
ed unto fire against the day of judgment and perdi-
tion of ungodly men. . . Nevertheless we, accord-
ing to his promise, look for new heavens and a new 
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." 2 Pet 3:7, 
13. Would he so interpret Moses as to contradict 
Peter ? 
ED. 
From Sister H. S. Buckley. 
Dear Brethren and Sisters :—About twenty years 
since some of the works of our highly respected Br. 
J. Litch were providentially-placed in the hands of 
sister M. S. Wicker and self, which resulted in our 
fully embracing the views of Adventists. Never 
before had I seen such harmony of the sacred Scrip-
tures. The prophecies were as a light upon my 
pathway, filling me with joy and peace. The views 
then embraced, still cheer my heart. Through evil 
as well as good report they are like the pearl so pre-
cious worth giving up all to possess. The Advent 
Herald has been my welcome guest for about nine-
teen years, scarcely a number of which has escaped 
my perusal. It has truly been a source of profit 
and delight. Never did I more highly prize it than 
at the present—never more fully appreciate the con-
sistent and truly noble course of its conductors and 
many of its worthy contributors. When about 
leaving our late residence (Low Hampton, N. Y.) 
for our present home, it was not my first desire to 
possess a beautiful home, or worldly good, neither 
was it association with those of kindred faith (tho' 
where consistent it is so sweet), but through grace 
received it was to be most useful, to best glorify 
Ged. I believe he has answered our prayer and giv- 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of 6be Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
panion, an unconverted lady, but not without feel-
ing, refusing as yet to do so, remained in the room. 
At the close of my prayer, the afflicted soul cried 
for mercy, and in his petition he said, " 0 Lord ! 
thou knowest that this is the first time these proud 
knees have ever bowed before thee." He confessed 
his sins and asked forgiveness and subsequently 
found peace, and is now exhorting his unconverted 
friends and neighbors to repent and believe on the 
Lord Jesus. His wife immediately left the room in 
tears, as we arose from our knees. I saw her before 
leaving, and pointed her to " the Lamb of God who 
taketh away the sin of the world." On Monday 
evening, our last meeting, she arose and asked pray-
er for herself with much feeling. This night I tar-
ried at the residence of these new converts in Christ, 
and on arriving at their house found this lady al-
ready enjoying a measure of peace, remarking that 
she would not again pass through such agony as she 
had endured for the three days past for anything ; 
but now she felt some little peace. The next morn-
ing I found these friends both in the enjoyment of 
hope, and we, having read a portion of God's word, 
all bowed around the mercy seat, and each prayed, 
and then and there erected another family altar in 
North Raymond, after three years had passed away. 
On Sabbath afternoon I was sent for by the wife of 
Bro. Morrill, the keeper of the Poor Farm, to come 
and pray for her. I found her in deep godly sorrow 
fur sin, and in tears seeking her Saviour. Instruct-
ing her in the way of life, she consented to call on 
the name of the Lord for herself, and with her com-
panion we all kneeled down and plead fur mercy, 
and she found pardon and hope. Tuesday evening 
following I preached to a small audience on Maybu-
ry hill, tarrying the night with Bro. Maybury and 
sharing his kind hospitality. I would that the Lord 
would revive his work again in this region. It is 
barren and cold—the people are unalarmed on their 
way to hell ! Who shall be the intjtrument of awa-
kening them from their slumbers before the day of 
God? Dec. 4th, I commenced a series of meetings 
at South Casco, in the neighborhood of Bro. Peter 
Staples, with whom I put up and tarried most of 
the time while in the place. However other friends 
were kind and hospitable. The Lord reward them 
all for their labor of love. Bro. Staples and his 
family have much claim upon my gratitude, and we 
were mutually blest in the Christian interview we 
enjoyed. Our meetings in Casco increased daily, in 
interest and numbers. I found the people cold and 
disheartened, and left them greatly revived. As in 
Raymond, and as is my custom, I visited from house 
to house, praying with and exhorting the people to 
seek after God, distributing at the same time tracts 
among them. There occur many incidents in such 
visits of the most interesting character, which it 
would be a pleasure to relate, but shall not be able 
to do so. They are treasured up in memories, and 
in the Book of God's Remembrance to be reviewed 
at the judgment seat. I found several unconverted 
persons of both sexes deeply interested for them- 
selves. They wept, confessing themselves in need of a 
Saviour ; and I hope some of them will, if they 
have not already, find peace in believing. One soul 
'vas blessed and confessed her Saviour before the 
people on the last evening of our meeting. Others 
promised that they would seek the Lord. On Mon-
day evening, Dec. 9th, we appointed a prayer meet-
ing at the residence of Bro. Staples, wishing to set 
the brethren and sisters unitedly to work before we 
left, and to commence prayer meetings in the differ-
ent sections of the town for the revival of God's 
work. Though the roads were bad, muddy and 
wet, yet we had a large, old-fashioned room full of 
souls, and an interesting meeting. Another was 
appointed for Wednesday evening, and I hope such 
has been the increase of faith that others will fol-
low and many souls be revived, converted and saved 
as the result of this effort in Casco. Saturday eve, 
Dec. 7th, I held a meeting at Raymond Village, a 
distance of four miles. This was fully attended, 
and the people listened to the words of life atten-
tively, and some expressed a desire fur me to return 
at some future day and preach to them the things 
of the kingdom of God. Tuesday, Dec. 10th, I re-
turned by way of North Raymond and learned that 
the good work was still going on blessedly. Many 
had been quickened, some sinners converted, and 
others were inquiring. A prayer meeting was held 
on this evening at a private house occupied by a 
poor family, and in an out of the way place to ac- 
commodate those in that neighborhood, and yet a 
good number were present, and two on this evening 
desired prayers, and one poor soul cried aloud for 
mercy. 1 learned that Bro. James Albert Libby 
was to preach the next evening, and that they were 
anticipating a rich feast and a glorious meeting.— 
Eld. True Jordan has been laboring the last few 
months in this section to good acceptance, and was 
with the people on the preceding Sabbath. The 
Lord carry on this blessed work of revival in all 
that region, and may his truth and salvation pre-
vail. 
en us tokens of good. When we arrived here there 
existed a great prejudice in the minds of many (if 
not all) Christian people against the faith we cher-
ish, caused by the teaching and course pursued by 
some claiming the same faith as ourselves. By the 
blessing of God the prejudice has greatly abated, 
and we can ask for no greater interest than is now 
manifested when the truth is presented. Many of 
the praying women of the place have met 6* prayer 
and exhortation during the season, and being chosen 
to lead them, a good opportunity has opened for me 
to witness for the truth, and thanks be to God, ma-
ny of the dear sisters seem to be cheered and com-
forted with words relating to Christ's near coining. 
My three nearest neighboring women believe the 
Lord's coming near and read the Herald with great 
interest. At a prayer-meeting at our, house two 
were hopefully converted at one time. So you see 
the Lord blesses us in trying to labor in his vine-
yard. It may be gratifying to some to know we 
have a very pleasant and good home, and that our 
healths are improving ; for which and all other 
blessings may the Lord give us thankful hearts. 
Yours in Christ, 
HARRIET S. BUCKLEY. 
Kingsleys, Pa. Nov. 1861. 
We are obliged to our sister for the name and pay 
of a new subscriber, accompanying the above. 
ED. 
From Bro. J. B. Simpson. 
Bro. Bliss :—I concur in Bro. Orrock:s view in 
the Herald of Nov. 6th, respecting the unity that 
should prevail among the children of God, instead 
of discord and strife. . . 
Having arranged my affairs, about two months 
since I took a tour 60 miles east, and found the 
sheep in that part had not escaped the devouring 
wolf. He had killed some, mangled others and had 
scattered the flock. I endeavored to show them the 
beauty there is in those things that make ready for 
the glorious Bridegroom's coming. I can say with 
joy and confidence, " This is our God ; we have 
waited for him." May the Lord help us all to be 
ready for our great reward, when he shall make the 
place of his feet glorious. 
As my name has been classed with those who be- 
lieve in the unconscious state of the dead, I beg to 
say, my principles, in regard to the final destiny of 
man are that he will be rewarded or punished :—
" These shall go away into everlasting punishment, 
but the righteous into life eternal." In regard to 
the sleep of the dead, my view has never changed. I 
believe the body sleeps, and the spirit returns to God 
who gave it ; and that they will be re-united and 
be happy or miserable ; for every man shall be judg-
ed, and receive according to his works. I never 
have promulgated any other views, by the fireside 
nor in the pulpit. Yours, 
JOSEPH B. SIMPSON. 
Belmont, C. W., Dec. 6, 1861. 
From Bro. D. Elwell. 
Bro. Bliss :—Several in this place have requested 
me to send to have their Heralds stopped. It is 
with great reluctance that I do so, as I love the 
Herald, and would much rather, as last year, send 
new subscribers than have any stopped. I suppose 
the pressure of the times affects this mountainous 
region more than the open country. There is not 
enough raised here for the support of the inhabit-
ants, and we are dependent for money upon the 
semi-annual sales of lumber and logs. This year, 
there has been but little sold ; while in September, 
vast quantities of lumber, timber, logs, corn, buck- 
wheat, &c., were swept away by the " floods of 
great waters." Our country, in many places,looks 
desolated ; the majority of the men have enlisted 
and gone off, while the remainder have little or no-
thing to do, and what is worse, can get no pay for, 
what they have done. I expect others yet will want 
the paper stopped ; but hope not. I shall do all I 
can for the paper, and pray that it may continue to 
cheer, as well as instruct us, by its weekly visits, 
until the kingdom of our God shall come, and all 
shall know the Lord, from the least unto the great- 
est. I remain yours, 
D. ELWELL. 
Shippen, Cameron Co., Pa. 
Our friends will see from the above, which is a 
specimen of other letters received, that the Herald 
is not unaffected by these, times of trial. 
ED. 
From Bro. J. A. Winchester. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—I have obtained the name of 
one new subscriber for the Herald. I also forward 
a donation to the A. M. Association. I hope to 
obtain another name soon for the Herald. 
It is with great pleasure I look back to our last 
Conference at North Springfield, Vt. I can say, as 
I have heard it said by many, that it was the best 
Conference I ever attended. I hope the brethren 
who were there, have not forgotten the resolution 
Maine State Mission. 
With this record I close the labors of the first 
quarter of our state mission, end with facts more 
interesting than in any past communication, inas-
much as I can relate the revival of the Lord's work 
among believers, and the conversion of sinners to 
Christ. On Sunday, Nov. 17th, I supplied the desk 
of Bro. R. R. York, Yarmouth, being at home,and 
was permitted to baptize three young converts, 
among whom was my little daughter Eliza, in the 
14th year of her age. I thought of the days I first 
visited Yarmouth, by the request of Bro. York, in 
the year 1846, and when he was alone in the faith 
of the near advent of Jesus Christ ; and when he 
and I wept over the unbelief and hardness of this 
people. 0 what a change now ! Here is a happy 
little band of brethren and sisters looking for the 
Lord,—many hearts to sympathize with us, and 
worship the coming Lord and Redeemer together, 
while others are being converted and added to the 
church. And here, where I crossed this stream so 
often in sadness in years gone by, now I was per-
mitten to baptize believers, among whom was my 
own daughter. How mysterious and far beyond 
our calculation and foresight are the ways of Prov-
idence ! In the afternoon we enjoyed the commun-
ion of the Lord's supper, Bro. York and myself of-
ficiating at the head of the feast, while he also gave 
the right hand of fellowship to those who joined 
this little body of believers. The Lord be praised 
for this day of salvation and privilege among this 
people, and with our beloved Bro. York, who has 
labored indefatigably to build up the cause of his 
coming Saviour in this place so many years. Mon-
day evening, Nov. 18th, I preached at Cumberland 
to a good and attentive audience, and on Friday 
evening following and over the Sabbath filled an ap-
pointment by request of the brethren in the same 
place. Our meetings were solemn, and I trust not 
in vain. The 21st being Thanksgiving, I was at 
home and attebeled with Bro. York the First Cong. 
church, and heard a faithful discourse from the fol-
lowing text : " He that stealeth a man, and selleth 
him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely 
be put to death." Ex. 21:16. With but few excep-
tions I could subscribe to most that was said by the 
preacher. After the service I accompanied Br.York 
to his home, where, together with my companion, 
we enjoyed a thanksgiving dinner around the hospi- 
table board of our brother and sister in Christ. 
In the evening many of the brethren and sisters 
came in, and we conversed of higher and nobler 
themes than many parties of the day, and closed 
the interview with the united voice of praise and 
united hearts in prayer. Nov. 29th, I commenced 
a series of meetings in North Raymond, where 3 
years ago I labored in a revival with Bro. Jesse 
Partridge, when the Lord greatly blessed the peo-
ple, converting many souls to him. The fruits of 
that revival and work of grace remain to this day. 
I put up at Bro. Thurlow's, who was at that time 
converted to God together with his nearest neigh-
bor, who were before their conversion living at va-
riance and " hateful and hating one another ;" but 
now having been reconciled by the blood of the cross 
are living peaceable and happy lives. 0 what will 
the grace of God do ! What will it not do for the 
children of men ? Bro. Thurlow remarked at our 
morning prayer, " Three years ago you were here 
at the establishing of our family altar, and it has 
remained to this day." How happy was this rem-
iniscence of the past ; and.what a satisfaction to 
see the work of grace continue through years and 
scenes of trial and backsliding. On Saturday even-
ing a prominent citizen of the town, much esteemed 
and well known for his moral and upright and sta-
ble character, arose for prayers at the close of our 
service, which had been unusually solemn. On the 
next day—Lord's day morning—I visited him at 
his residence. I found him still earnestly inquiring 
" What shall I do to be saved ?" After conversing 
with him, pointing out the way to Christ by faith, 
obedience and prayer, he consented to pray for him-
self and join me in an earnest cry for the salvation 
of his soul. We bowed before the Lord—his cons- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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they formed, to write short epistles for the Herald, 
to cheer and encourage the dear brethren scattered 
abroad-especially those that live in an isolated con-
dition and have no other means of hearing from 
their brethren of like precious faith. I can say to 
all such, I know how to sympathize with you, as 
the nearest Advent meeting to this place, is some 
fifteen miles distant. I can say to you, my dear 
brethren, I am striving daily to live in such a man-
ner that I may meet you in the heavenly country. 
I have penned these few lines, hoping they may stir 
you up to exhort one another through the Herald, 
and so much the more as you see the day approach-
ing. Bro. Bliss has assured us that he would be 
very glad to receive such communications. 
Yours in hope of eternal life soon, 
J. A. WINCHESTER. 
Claremont, N. 11., Dec. 8,1861, 
We are all thankful for such, especially when 
they bring new subscribers and donations. 
ED. 
A Bro. writes : 
" I like the paper ; hut the times are too close to 
afford it longer. I hope you may have success in 
promulgating the doctrine it advocates. Respect-
full yours." 
We do wish, that before any one arrives at this 
conclusion, he would see if he cannot better curtail 
in some other direction. 
ED. 
The Pay for the Wheat. 
Bro. Bliss suppose Jonathan Homespun is 
entitled to the pay for his wheat, and he ought to 
have had it when due. The reason why I have not 
paid for my paper, is that I have not received $5 
for all the wheat I have sold for the last fifteen mos. 
until this week. Enclosed, &c. to pay for the Her- 
ald. roars in haste, 
JOEL BAKER. 
Templeton, Dec. 13, 1861. 
Thank you. It comes in a good time. May you 
and we be more successful in the wheat business, 
than heretofore. 
ED. 
Psalm 50. 
His promise he can never break, 
The mighty God. the Lord, doth speak, 
Attend, ye sons of men 
And he will come again. 
A fire shall go before Ms face, 
And tempests all around ; 
While to the heaven and earth he calls, 
With the last trumpet's sound. 
" Gather my saints," thus saith the voice, 
' By covenant bond, and sure ; 
For you are mine by sacrifice, 
And through my blood are pure. 
" Hear oh my people, I will speak, 
Now to my voice attend ; 
I'll not reprove for sacrifice, 
Nur on thy stores depend. 
" I am the owner of the world, 
All beasts and fowls are mine; 
Call thou on Me when trouble comes, 
Nor from my words decline. 
" I will deliver at thy cry, 
And thou my name shalt praise; 
But all the wicked I'll destroy, 
And shorten all their days. 
" Praise ye the Lord,-by doing thus 
You glorify my name, 
And you shall my salvation see, 
Whose tongues do speak my fame." X. 
Married, 
At Clinton, De Kalb Co., Ia., Dec. 12th, 1861, by 
Elder N. W. Spencer, Mr. CHARLES BREED to Miss 
MARIA COLTON, all of Clinton. 
In Yardleyville, Pa. on Christmas evening, Dec.25, 
1861, in Messiah's Church, by Rev. J. D. Boyer, 
Mr. THOMAS H. PRIOR (only son of Deacon S. Pri-
or) to Miss AMANDA S. KELLER, both of Yardley-
ville. 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, at Shabbona, Grove, De Kalb Co., Ill. Dec. 
9, 1861, sister SOPHIA SHAW, wife of George Shaw, 
in the 35th year of her age. 
Her disease was inflammation of the brain,which 
mostly deprived her of reason, but at intervals she 
sung and talked of Jesus. She leaves a husband 
and one child, who deeply feel their loss. Her fun-
eral was attended by a large and solemn congrega-
tion, which was addressed by the writer from Job 
19:25-7, in which the personal coming of Christ 
and the literal resurrection of the dead were made 
prominent. Come, Lord Jesus, and destroy death, 
and give immortality to thy weeping children. 
N. W. SPENCER. 
DIED, Dec. 6, 1861, FRANCES J. BARBER, daugh-
ter of David Barber, M. D., of consumption, aged 
19 years, 8 months and 15 days, with the Chris- 
tian's hope, at Moravia, N. Y. D. BARBER. 
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a hundred dollars a box for piles. 
Miss Harriet Morrill, of East Kingston, N. H., says : "I 
have been afflicted with piles for over twenty years. The 
last seven years I have been a great sufferer. And though 
1 never expect to be well, yet to be relieved as I am from 
day to day by the use of your Golden Salve, fills my heart 
with gratitude." 
From Mr. J. 0. Merriam, Tewksbury, Mass.: "I have 
a large milk farm. I have used a great deal of your Gol-
den Salve for sore teats on my cows. I have used many 
other kinds of salve. Yours is the best I ever saw. I 
have also used it for sprains and scratches on my horses. 
It cures them in a short time. I recommend it to all who 
keep cows or horses." 
From Dr. Geo. Pierce, Lowell : " Your Golden Salve is 
good. It will have a great sale." 
From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn. : "You]. 
Golden Salve is a great thing for chilblains. I have also 
used it in afflicting cases of salt rheum, erysipelas, and 
sore nipples. Its effect was, a speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., says : "I have several 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a short time, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
• 
THE GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal suceees 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who bad a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have used your 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom- 
mend it to be. 
J. V. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13-pd to jan 1 '62 
For sale at this office. 
DR. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : a great cure for colds and 
coughs. This medicine is highly prized by all who use it, 
for the purposes named. Try it. Price, 37 1-2 ets. 
DR. LITCH'S ANTI-BILIOUS PHYSIC. As a gentle purga-
tive, a corrector of the stomach and liver, and cure for 
common Fever and Fever and Ague, and all the every day 
ills of a family, this medicine is not surpassed. I confi-
dently recommend it to every family wbo prize a speedy 
relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland at., 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
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Litch's Dialogue on the Nature of Man 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
 
 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT her baby brother, if they would sit down 
while I did a piece of work, I would get 
" FEED MY naains."--John 21:15. them some sunflowers. I was obliged to 
 
 
 go a considerable distance. In my hurry 
BOSTON, JANUARY 11,1862. 1 did not notice one was prettier than the 
 
 other, till 1 got back, so I thought she can- 
(Original.) 
not see ; l'll give it to her. She passed 
Stray Thoughts. 
her tiny fingers around it, and found part 
of the yellow fringe was missing, she got 
It is the holy hour of sunset; and gen- out of her chair, went to her little brother, 
tly, calmly, slowly, passes the day-god felt of his, and burst into tears, making 
down to the golden portals of the West. me sadly ashamed of myself. She was 
An unseen hand, like that of a spirit,parts very fond of singing, and would learn a 
the rich, soft drapery, in massive folds from tune by hearing it sung with the words on-
his cloud-pavilioned way, and encircled ly a few times. 1 seem to see her now, 
by a halo of resplendent glory, he sinks to rocking backwards and forwards in her 
rest. Like a father's parting benediction, easy chair, singing about the Lord's corn-
his last smile rests sweetly on the hushed ing, such hymns as had been often sung 
and waiting world. Groups of tinted in her hearing. Surely, thought I, out of 
clouds like guardian angels hover near the mouths of babes and sucklings God 
him, until he is sweetly reposing. He bath perfected praise. Whenever her 
passes through the golden sun-gates of the blindness was mentioned, she would say, 
West, and hooded twilight with her dusky " I shall see when 1 get to heaven." Her 
fingers closes and locks it with a shadowy friends had often said so in her hearing, 
key. At this hour of the day we have giving expression to a precious truth ; and 
stray thoughts. How befitting is this hour she loved to repeat the comforting words. 
to sit and meditate upon the beauties of When she was a little more than nine yrs. 
Nature, and think of him who " doeth all a fever, combined with epilepsy, ended her 
things well." God has indeed been won- short life. About one year since her dear 
drous kind in thus bestowing upon us such mother died, and we doubt not when Jesus 
pleasant scenes as meet our eye. Night, comes she will see, and we hope to see her 
still, and voiceless, now appears. Star af- in heaven. 
B.E.T. 
ter,star comes tremblingly upon the heav- Northfield, Vt., Dec 25, 1861. 
ens, to shed their light on the toiling world. 
How pleasant to have our thoughts about 
the starry heavens. Calmly bright-eyed 
day has passed from earth, leaving with 
us the remembrance of its departed bright 
ness. The evening is as pleasant as the 
day. The moon, shedding its radiant light 
over the heavens, and the many stars that 
are peeping cautiously out, are indeed a 
pleasing sight. When, therefore, our 
thoughts have strayed upon the beauties 
of the day, sunset, and evening, let them 
alss stray to the " Giver of all good." Let 
us think were it not for his goodness we 
should not have the pleasant evenings to 
meditate on. Let us also think in order to 
enjoy what he has giVen us we must love 
him; and when the sunset of our life ap-
pears, may we he a bright star to shine for 
ever in his kingdom. 
 
slip from his grasp, and he fell through,— 
_ 
the logs closing over him. 
Mrs. M. Gove. Sent book the 7th. It is for coal. 
S. B. Goff. Your Herald is paid to 1101. 
 
There were but few persons about, but J. Litch. Mr. Miller of South 5th street owes $1. He 
providentially one man saw the accident. we suppose is not Mr. J. M. of 1110 South st. Have cr. 
you $5. 
 
Seizing a boat-hook, he ran to the raft, Susanna s. Turner. You were cr. $1 Oct 26 to No 1066. 
 
wedged the logs apart, and watching when T. Wheeler. Sent tract the 1st inst. 
 
the body should rise, drew out the fright- Geo. Phelps. Have cr. you $1.65 on Herald to 1091, 
sent tracts, and forwarded the bal. 
erred angler, and placed him in safety.— 
J. B. Estabrook. Sent books, &c., the 1st. Thank you 
A. M. CANNEY. The whole affair had happened so quick- for your interest in the welfare of the A. M. Association. 
 
that little damage was done. After 
Wm. Milton, $3. Tracts cannot be sent without pre- 
ly,
payment of postage. We sent them, post-paid, the 2nd 
Original. 
shaking himself, and resting a little, the inst. and cr. you on Herald to No. 1120; and cr. H.Hoat- 
Little Becca, or the Blind Girl.
young fellow was able to walk home with- land $2 to 1092. 
y 
Wm. Baker. Have cr. ou $1.50 on Herald, to end of 
Theparents of this little girl were bless- out help. 
the year, and sent you tracts, &c., which with postage was 
50 cts., and put bal. as you said. 
ed with two boys first. Then blue-eyed, 
On the following day, feeling far from 
well, he stayed at home, and then sent a 1101,
0. E. Noble, M. D. Have cr. you $1 on Herald to No. 
golden-headed Becca became indeed the
as per order in your letter of July 26—that if a 
pride and pet of the household. She had 
in tract was not issued by Jan. 1st, we should thus 
polite note to his preserver, asking that he certain 
 
would visit him at his house. The man cr. it. S 
a mild, sweet temper, and was very affec- 
J. S. Bliss. Could send you only 4 copies. You may 
, 
tionate. No wonder we ail loved her very readily went. Shaking hands with hinti 
" 
, send the lines. 
R. B. Scott. Mrs. J. owes $2.58 ; and W. Z. owes $1; 
much. When she was two and a half yrs. the young man said, I have sent for you, 
which with yours makes $4.12. 
of age, a sister of her mother's, with m Mr. , to tell you plainly the very 
y- 
Mrs. E. Cope, $1. It pays for tracts sent you the 4th, 
and for Herald to No. 1088. 
self, visited the family. One day her aunt great obligation 1 am under to you, and to 
 
beg that you will let me know in what way 
G. Locke. We had Cr. you on 3 cops. to the end of 
said, playfully, "Becca, I don't love you." 
present year; and if you send another it will pay the 4th 
She opened her large eyes with astonish- most agreeable to yourself I can show my 
sense of it. You see 1 do not want to to the same time. 
R. H. There is due on the Her. sent to R. G. $3.15. 
The `25 
 
shirk the matter. I am quite sure that but 
25 cts. Cr. to Mrs. M. 11. pays to No. 975—her last cr 
meat, giving us proof she was not used to 
hearing people talk as they did not mean 
 
 
$2 in Feb. 1859. There is a balance of $3.10 due 
for your prompt help it would have been 
to her. 
you, on Chapel account, subject to your order. 
C. Wellcome, $12. You are correct as to the amt.— 
Soon after she said, " Come, kiss me, all over with me." 
" I cannot agree to that, " said the other. I wrote in haste, without looking. 
Becca." 
J. J. Mackenzie, $1. Sent book the 7th. 
" Nonsense; I tell you I should have T. M. Preble. Would exchange them for anything we 
She meekly replied, "Oo don't 'ove me." 
 
been a dead man in three minutes more." 
publish; but the work you name we should have to pur- 
" Yes, I do, Becca," she replied. 
chase. Have bent another Herald of Dec. 28th. 
" Oo say oo didn't." 
" Most likely." 
" Well, then, my good friend, what do 
Not many weeks alto this she was ta- 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
" 
ken very sick, and her parents and others you mean by not agreeing with me 
 
" I mean that it would not have been all 
thought her dying all one day. Her dis- over with you. After death comes the 
tressed mother was far from being submis- 
" 
sive to what appeared the will of God,and judgment. 
even said her little Becca was too rett " The young man was silent, and turn- 
y ed away his face. At length he said, with- 
to be put into the cold ground—forge 
the blessed Saviour, " who is the chiefest out looking around,— 
" 
among ten giousand, and the one altogeth- 
"Are you a preacher? 
er lovely," 
" Yes, and so are you." 
" I 7 I am anything but that." 
" Pardon me ; all men preach by their 
lives and conduct : a good life preaches 
—thereby opening a way whereby her lit- life, an evil life preaches death ; and thou-
tle one, herself, and all others, could be sands who never hear sermons may be led 
saved. But to the astonishment and sur- by the preaching of our lives." 
prise of all, she began to recover, although " Ah, that is all very true, of course ; 
she was never well again, and was, ever but the question now is, what can I do for 
after' while she lived, blind. It was sad you'? let us come to business." 
indeed to see her groping around at mid- " I am coining to it. I have but one 
day—for to her it was always night. Her wish in respect to the life I have saved, 
little brother, two years old (she was at through God's providence—it is that hence-
that time four) would lead her carefully forth that life may be given to his service. 
along, cheering her with his baby voice, If vou would reward me for the trifling 
" Dis the way, Becca--dis the way, Bec- pains I have taken, do so by earnestly seek-
ca." That baby brother, with two oth- ing your own salvation. Can you promise 
ers, have now grown to manhood, arid are me that 7" 
gone to fight the battles of their country. " Well," said the youth, "you are really 
She was very fond of flowers, and would most unselfish ; and I will promise you one 
lay their soft petals to her cheek, and smile thing, at any rate, with all my heart-1 
with delight. One day I promised her and will think seriously about it." 
Entered the grave in mortal flesh, 
And dwelt among the dead, 
A young man was fishing from a raft 
I preach regularly at Concord, on the first and third 
which was floating in deep water. It hap- sabbath in each month; and we attend to the Lord's sup-
polled that one of the logs, which should per on the first sabbath in each month. 
have been fastened with a staple to the 
T. M. PREBLE. 
 
chain that bound them all together, was 
 
loose ; as he stepped upon it, it rolled over, 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
and let him in ; the weight of his body 
 
opened a passage between the logs, and 
the slime on their surface caused them to 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
 
Not all over with Him. 
" Be it so ; I accept that for my reward. 
Good morning." 
" Well," said the youth to himself,when 
the good man was gone, "since 1 am pledg-
ed to think of this matter seriously, I may 
as well begin at once." He took down his 
Bible, and read—and read and thought 
day after day. The reading of God's word 
brought him to his knees. From praying 
for repentance and faith, he grew in time 
to bring forth the fruits of the one, and to 
do the works of the other ; and he lived 
not only to profess the religion of Christ, 
but to commend it to others by his exam-
ple.— Cottager. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. The standing committee of the 
American Millennial Association will hold their regular 
quarterly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14th, 1562, 10 A. M., 
at 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Boston, Mass. 
J. LITCH, Pres't. 
F. GUNNER, Rec. Sec'y. 
REMOVAL. The Messiah's church in New York city 
will hereafter worship in the meeting-house of the Seventh 
day Baptist church on 11th street, between 3d and 4th 
avenues. Preaching three times each Sabbath, and week-
ly lecture on Wednesday evening. The prayerful support 
and co-operation of all Christians is solicited. 
The Lord willing, I will preach in North Springfield Vt 
the second and fourth Sundays in January, 1862. 
C. 0. TOWNE. 
My appointments are as follows : At Canterbury Centre 
the 2c1 Sabbath in January; and at Warner, lower Village 
in the Methodist meeting-house, the 4th Sabbath in Jan. 
T. M. PREBLE. 
The "American Millennial Association," located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
WrI,VESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 1862. 
DONATIONS RECEIVED SINCE Nov. 1ST—$400 Wanted by 
January 1. 
 
Amount of previous payments ..........110.05 
Stephen B. Goff, Richford, 
5 00 
 
Wesley Burnham, Essex, Mass 
 1.00 
 
Emerson Thayer, South Weymouth, Mass .1.00 
Elijah Conover, Upper Pittsgrove, N J ...... .. 2.00 
Israel Conover, if 
1 00 
B. Estabrook, Factory Point, Vt. 
1 20 
Micajah C. Butman, Lynn, Mass. 
1 00 
Wm. Carden, Warren, Vt 
.1.00 
Wm. Dyche, Underhill, Vt. 
1 00 
Elisha Ford, Granville, Vt.... ........ ........ . ..1.00 
Stephen Marvin, St Albans, Vt. 
1 00 
Philip H. Lunt, Newburyport, Mass.... ........ ...2.0u 
Wm. Baker, Rochester, Vt ........ ...3.00 
John J. Mackenzie, Tola, W is .... 
9.00 
Arba Town, Nunda, N. Y ........ .3.00 
Mrs. Sarah ThaN er, Seneca Falls, N. Y ........1.00 
Henrietta Ingalls, " " " 
 ..1.00 
Total received since Nov. 1 
 .$145.25 
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Special Proposition. 
" A friend to the cause" proposes to give one hundred 
dollars towards the six hundred needed to publish the 
Herald weekly the coming year, provided the amount be 
made up by other contributors. This is not designed to 
interfere with the pledges of annual payment, below. 
Paid on the above, by 
" A Friend of the cause ".... ........ ........ ..$10.00 
By the same, 2d payment. 
 .10.00 
if if if 
3d 
if 
.10.00 
May the Lord raise up for the A. M. A. many such 
" friends." 
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six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
that purpose. 
We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
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Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, Vt ....................1.00 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa. 
2 00 
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Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W . 
1.60 
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C P. Dow 
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Cordova, Rock Island Co., Ill... .. . .... 0. N. Whitford 
Cincinnati, 0 .... 
 Joseph Wilson 
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Dunham, C. E . .. D. W. Sornberger 
Durham, C. E .. . ... ....J. M. Orrock 
Derby Line, Vt. . 
S Foster 
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Fairhaven, Vt.. 
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Homer, N. Y 
J L. Clapp 
Haverhill Mass 
 Lendal Brown 
Lockport, N. Y . .. ....R. W. Beck 
Johnson's Creek, N Y. ...........Hiram Russell 
Kincardine, C. W • ... .... .... .... ....Joseph Barker 
Loudon Mills, N. H. .. „ .... .... . .George Locke 
Morrisville, Pa 
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 . John L. Pearson 
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Philadelphia, Pa .J. Litch, No. 27 North th st 
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Providence, R. I 
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Somonauk, De Kalb Co., Ill Wells A. Fay 
St. Albans, Hancock Co., Ill Elder Larkin Scott 
Stanbridge, C. E 
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Sheboygan Falls, Wis . William Trowbridge 
Toronto, C. W 
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 . R. Hutchinson, M .D 
Waterbury, Vt 
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ett 1106, 111 Clapsaddle 1088, M A Quimby 1101, E Bal-
dwin 1184 B S Reynolds 1101, 11 C 11 Payne 1084,E Mat-
thews 1140, W C Neff 1106, Asa Eastman 1101—each $2. 
Tho C Barber 1143, E A Town 1179, and book sent the 
4th; E W Turner 1153, J W Wilkii.son 1106—each $3. 
L C Neal Esq. 1080, $5. 
Wm Crook 1055, $1.50; A B Parmalee 1127, $2.25. 
RECEIPTS, 
UP TO TUESDAY, JAN. 7.