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TITHE. 
Morn calleth fondly to a fair boy straying 
'Mid golden meadows, rich with clover dew ; 
She calls—but he still, thinks of naught save playing, 
And so she smiles and waves him an adieu ! 
Whilst ho, still merry with the flowery store, 
Deems not that morn returns no more. 
Noon cometh—but the boy, to manhood growing, 
Heeds not the time—he sees but one sweet form, 
One young, fair face, from bower of jasamine flow-
ing, 
And all his loving heart with bliss is warm. 
So soon, unnoticed, seeks the western shore, 
And man forgets that noon returns no more. 
Night tappeth gently at a casement, gleaming 
With the thin firelight, flickering faint and low ; 
By which a gray-haired man is sadly dreaming 
Of pleasures gone, as all life's pleasures go. 
Night calls him to her, and he leaves his door, 
Silent and dark—and he returns no more. 
Queen Esther's Entrance. 
Within the palace, but without the throne-
room of Shushan, Queen Esther stands. They 
who enter the King's presence unsummoned, do 
it at the peril of their life ; and resolved in a 
good cause to dare the penalty, she stands there 
with her jewelled foot upon the grave. A noble 
spectacle ! not so much for her unrivalled beauty, 
still less for the splendor of her apparel, as for 
the resolution to venture life, and either save 
her nation or perish in the attempt. In her 
blooming youth, in the admiration of the court, 
in the affection of her husband,in her lofty rank, 
in her queenly honors, she has everything to 
make life attractive. Her's is a golden cup ; and 
it is foaming of pleasure to the brim. But her 
mind is made up to die ; and so, with a silent 
prayer, and "If I perish, I perish," on her lips, 
she passes in, and now stands mute and pallid, 
yet calm and resolute,outside the ring of nobles, 
to hear her doom. Nor has she long to endure 
the agony of a long suspense. Her fate, which 
seems to tremble in the balance, is soon deter-
mined. No sooner does the monarch catch sight 
of the beautiful woman, and brave and good as 
beautiful, whom he had raised from slavery to 
share his bed and throne,than her apprehensions 
vanish. The clouds break ; and she finds, as we 
often do with Christ,that her fears have wronged 
her lord. Instantly his hand stretches out the 
golden sceptre ; the business of the court is stop• 
ped; the queen, the queen ! divides the crowd o 
righteousness that clothes, and the graces of the 
Spirit that adorns him, the believer wears a robe 
which wins the admiration, not of men's but an-
gels' eyes, and shines even amid tilt glories of 
a city whose gates are made of pearls,and whose 
streets are paved with gold. To the half of his 
kingdom, the Persian promised whatever his 
queen might ask ; and generous, right royal was 
his offer : it helps us, by its very meanness, as a 
molehill at the foot of a mountain, as a taper's 
feeble, yellow flame held up against the blaz-
ing sun, to form some estimate of the boundless 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Half his king-
dom ! he offers nothing by halves. His promise 
is illimitable. All mine is thine. Confining his 
generosity neither to kingdoms, nor continents, 
nor worlds, nor heaven itself, he lays the whole 
universe at a poor sinner's feet. Away, then, 
fears and cares ! There is nothing we need that 
we shall not get, nothing we can ask that we 
shall not receive. It pleases the Father that in 
him should all fulness dwell. Transferring divine 
wealth, if I may so speak, to our account in the 
bank of heaven, and giving us an unlimited cred-
it there, Jesus says "All things whatsoever ye 
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." 
Endless Rest. 
How sweet is rest to the weary, yet how little 
rest do some of the Lord's people enjoy here ! 
But the troubled spirit shall rest in the presence 
and enjoyment of its God, and the poor wearied 
and diseased body shall find rest in the grave. 
Weariness is limited to time,but our rest will be 
lasting as eternity. There are no weary heads, 
or weary limbs, or weary hearts, on the other 
side of Jordan. The rest of heaven will be the 
sweeter for the toils of earth. The value of eter-
nal rest will be enhanced by the troubles of time. 
Jesus now allows us to rest on his bosom, He 
will soon bring us to rest in his Father's house. 
His rest will be glorious. A rest from sin. 
A rest from suffering. A. rest from conflict. 
A rest from toil. A rest from sorrow. The 
very rest that Jesus enjoyed himself. We 
shall not only rest with him, we shall rest like 
him. How many of earth's weary ones are rest-
ing in His glorious presence now ? It will be un-
disturbed rest. Here the rest of the body is dis: 
turbed by dreams, and sometimes by alarms; 
but there are no troublesome dreams or alarm-
ing occurrences there. Thanks be unto God for 
the rest we now enjoy in Christ ! Ten thousand 
Contents of the Scriptures. 
FROM AN OLD WORK OF TORSHELL. 
Genesis. The cabinet of' the greatest antiqui-
ties. 
Exodus. The sacred rule of law and justice. 
Leviticus. The holy Ephemerides (daily ob-
servances.) 
Numbers. God's arithmetic. 
Deuteronomy. The faithful mirror. 
Joshua. The holy war. 
Judges. The mirror of magistrates and ty-
rants. 
Ruth the picture of a pious widow. 
Samuel, Kings. Sacred politics. 
Chronicles. the holy annals. 
Ezra, Nehemiah. An idea of church 
state reformation. 
Esther. The great example of God's provi-
dence. 
Job. The school of patience. 
Psalms. The soul's soliloquies ; the little Bi-
ble ; the anatomy of conscience ; the rose gar • 
den ; the pearl island. 
Proverbs. Divine ethics, politics, economy. 
Ecclesiastes. Experience of the creature's 
vanity. 
Canticles. 
Isaiah. The evangelical prophet. 
Jeremiah. The pathetical mourner. 
Lamentations. The voice of the turtle (tur-
tle.dove.) 
Ezekiel. Urirn and Thummin in Babylon. 
Daniel. The apocalypse of the Old Testa-
ment. 
Hosea. Sermons of faith and repentance. 
Joel. The thunderer. 
Amos. The plain-dealing reprover. 
Obadiah. Edom's whip. 
Jonah. The prophetical apostle of the Gen-
tiles. 
Micah. The wise man's star. 
Nahum. The scourge of Assur (Assyria.) 
Habakkuk. The comforter of captives. 
Zephaniah. Preparation for sad times. 
Haggai. Zeal for God's house. 
Zechariah. Prophetic hieroglyphics. 
Malachi. The bound-stone of the two Testa-
ments. 
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. The four trum-
peters proclaiming the title of the great King. 
Acts. The treasury of the ecclesiastical sto-
ry. 
Romans. The principles of Christian faith ; 
the catholic catechism. 
1.Corinthians. Apostolic reformation. 
II.Corinthians. A pattern of just apoligies. 
Galatians. The epistle of the Romans epito- 
mized. 
Ephesians. The opening of the great myste-
ry of salvation. 
Last Day Scoffers. 
DEAR BRO. Buss :—I took the inclosed from 
the Journal of Monday, and thought it might be 
classed among the scoffings of the last times, 
and thus be a confirmatory sign to the readers 
of the Herald. How little such writers think or 
care for the approaching end ; and how illy pre-
pared are they, in the light of Scripture revela-
tions, to understand the condition of the world 
on occuring events. It is literally true of such, 
"they know not." "The wicked shall do wick-
edly, and none of the wicked shall understand." 
"The day of the Lord shall overtake such as 
a thief in the night, and come upon them sud-
denly, as travail upon a woman with child ; and 
they shall not escape." 
But blessed is he that endureth scoffings, dis-
appointments, sorrow, toil and labour, unto the 
end, for he shall be saved. "If sorrow is endur-
ed for the night, joy cometh in the morning." 
"And the morning cometh." "For the night is 
far spent, and the day is at hand." 
Jens says : "Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
That ye shall weep and lament, but the world 
shall rejoice ; and ye shall be sorrowful,but your 
sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when 
she is in travail bath sorrow, because her hour 
is come ; but as soon as she is delivered of the 
child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for 
joy that a man is born into the world. And ye 
now therefore have sorrow : but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy 
no man taketh from you." L. OSLER. 
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iron ships that resist any known cannon-balls. 
1862. Sir William Armstrong invents a gun 
that smashes their iron ships into blacksmith-
ereens. The Admiralty collapses. 
1863. The Admiralty reexpands and invents 
platina ships,fastened with diamond cement, and 
Sir William Armstrong's balls fly to pieces like 
bons-bons. Mr. Gladstone doubles the income 
tax. 
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the sea. 
1865. The Admiralty invents torpedo ves-
sels which sail under the water, and below any 
range of guns. Sir William Armstrong tears 
his hair and swears in the Newcastle dialect. 
1866. Sir William Armstrong invents a ver-
tical gun, that discharges Greek fire straight 
down, and a second time he destroys the greater 
part of the British fleet. The Lords of the Ad-
miralty are about to hang themselves, when a 
thought strikes them and they don't. Mr. Glad-
stone again doubles the income tax. 
1867. Dr. Cumming,who has for some weeks 
been having in his coals by the sack only, sud-
denly proclaims the Millennium. As there is 
now to be peace every where, the Admir-
alty does not invent anything, but waits to see. 
In order to test Dr. Cumming's veracity, and to 
find out whether lions will lie down with kids, 
the Zoological Society (against the advice of 
their excellent secretary, Mr. Sclater) let loose 
their biggest lion while a charity school is in the 
gardens. As the lion, instead of lying down 
with the kid, only lies down to digest him, the 
Admiralty thinks there is some mistake some-
where,and determines to invent a new fleet. Mr. 
Gladstone once more doubles the income tax. 
1868. The Admiralty invents a stone fleet, 
with cork keels, and defies Sir William Arm-
strong. 
1869. Sir William Armstrong invents the 
Hannibal, or alp-shell,which contains the strong-
est vinegar, and melts the stone ships. Having 
for the third time destroyed the British fleet, he 
is raised to the peerage, as Lord Bomb. 
1870. The Admiralty invents an aerial fleet, 
which sails in the clouds, out of range, and the 
First Lord takes a double sight at Sir William 
Armstrong. Mr. Gladstone a fourth time dou-
bles the income tax. 
1871. Lord Bomb invents a balloon batter-
ing-train,and in a experimental discharge brings 
down all the British fleet into the German 
Ocean. 
1872. The Admiralty,in desperation,invents 
a subterranean fleet, which is to be conveyed by 
tunnels to all the colonies, but Mr. Gladstone 
blandly suggests that, as everybody now pays 
twice his income in taxes, the people may object 
to further impost unless some proof of economy 
is given. Government, therefore, stop the pen-
sions of 100 superannuated cterks, discharge 
some extra night-porters at the Treasury, and 
bring in estimates for the subterranean fleet. 
1873. Lord Bomb invents his typhseons, or 
earthquake shells, and suffocates the British 
fleet in the Tasmania Tunnel. Mr. Gladstone, 
a fifth time doubles the income tax. 
1874. The Emperor of the French proclaims 
the Millennium, which of course immediately 
occurs ; no more war ships are wanted, and the 
collectors remit the quarter's income tax not yet 
due. Lord Bomb invents his volcano fire-works, 
in honor of the occasion, and by some accident 
burns up the public.—Punch. 
The Two Witnesses. 
The following article, from the pen of Bro. A. 
Hale, copied from the last No. of the "Voice," 
takes the same view of the period occupied by 
the Two Witnesses that we gave in our Exposi-
tion of the Apocalypse, and have always held 
since first investigating it—the same that was 
taken by Mr. Miller. As the strongest argu-
ment for the year 1868 as the culminating epoch 
that we have seen,we present it to our readers,that 
they may be in possession of whatever there is 
of importance that may be said in its support. 
We understand the Two Witnesses to be the 
the Church and the Scriptures—the church un-
der its two dispensations, being represented by 
two candlesticks ; and the Scriptures, of the Old 
and New Testaments, by the two Olive-trees. 
We have never seen any more satisfactory epochs 
for beginning and ending its 1260 days than that 
given in this connection ; where Mr. Miller also 
began and ended them. But, with Mr. Miller, 
we have never, been able to see the demonstra-
tion that the 1260 days of the Papacy, or 
the 1290, or 1335 days, began at the same 
THE PROPHECY. 
Rev. 11. verses 3-14. And I will give pow-
er unto my two witnesses, and they shall proph-
ecy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, 
clothed in sackcloth. 
These are the two olive-trees,and the two can-
dlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth 
out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: 
and if any man will hurt them, he must in this 
manner be killed. These have power to shut 
heaven, that it rain not in the days of their proh-
ecy : and have power over waters to turn them 
to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, 
as often as they will. 
And when they shall have finished their testi-
mony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bot-
tomless pit shall make war against them. And 
their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the 
great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and 
Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And 
they of the people, and kindreds, and tongues, 
and nations,shall see their dead bodies three days 
and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies 
to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon 
the earth shall rejoice over them, and make 
merry, and shall send gifts one to another ; be-
cause these two prophets tormented' them that 
dwelt on the earth. 
And after three days and a half the Spirit of 
life from God entered into them, and they stood 
upon their feet ; and great fear fell upon them 
which saw them. And they heard a great voice 
from heaven, saying unto them, "Come up hith-
er !" And they ascended upa to heaven in a 
cloud ; and their enemies beheld them. 
And the same hour was there a peat earth-
quake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and 
in the earthquake were slain of men seven thou-
sand : and the remnant were affrighted,and gave 
glory to the God of heaven ! 
The second wo is past ; and behold, the third 
who cometh quickly. 
HISTORY. 
The forty-two months ot the subjugation of 
the Holy City, and the 1260 days of the wit-
nesses in sackcloth, beyond all question meas-
ure the same period of history. They are equiv-
alents. The condition of the witnesses and that 
of the worshippers in the temple are precisely 
analogous. The worshippers represents the 
true Christian church ; the witnesses represent 
the truth itself. The Word of God is like the 
witnesses in sackcloth whenever it is treated, by 
those who have professed to receive it, with in-
difference, contempt, or enmity. Indifference 
neglects it ; contempt displaces it, by giving the 
attention it demands to something else ; enmity 
destroys it. The thoughtless and the worldling 
treat it with indifference ; the hypocrite, the 
sectarian, and bigot treat it with contempt ; and 
the apostate treats it with enmity. In all Chris-
tian Communities, so called, these parties exist, 
and sustain the above-named relations to the 
truth. 
There are four stages in the early history of 
the truth. First its announcement by its great 
Author. Second, its profession by its human re-
cipients. Third, its success. Fourth, its perver-
sion. The judgment which vindicates its true 
disciples, and condemns the false, belongs to its 
future history. Through all these stages every 
form of truth must pass ; for whenever it sur-
rounds itself with worldly considerations suffici-
ent to address themselves to the cupidity or am-
bition of men, some of them will become allied 
to the truth merely for the sake of these consid-
erations. 
This was the state of things at the period to 
which the prophecy applies. The gospel had 
been proclaimed to the nations. It had triumph-
ed over its old adversary, paganism ; the con-
test was now for supremacy among those who 
bore the Christian name. The inauguration of 
that supremacy was to introduce the agonies of 
the crucifixion to the true church ; the brutali-
ties of Sodom, the idolatries,the blasphemies and 
oppressions of Egypt, as characteristics of the 
counterfeit. The familiar facts of history show 
that this could not be assigned to an earlier pe-
riod than the beginning, nor to a later period 
than the middle, of the sixth century. Every-
thing false and anti-christian which was known 
at a later period was inaugurated as early as 
that date. Clovis in the west, Justinian in the 
east, and Vitalian in the centre of the empire, 
completed the work of dethroning paganism, and 
of placing political Christianity on its throne. 
Clovis, who was himself a pagan till his conver-
sion, fought the last battles of the pontiff against 
the Arian kings. Vitalian threw his army into 
the scale of the pontiff, and thus decided in his 
favor the contest he had waged against the pre-
decessor of Justinian and his "heresy." And 
the act ot Justinian established the authority of 
a false Christian system over the Christian world, 
as effectually as that of Babylon was establish-
ed by Nebuchadnezzar over old Jerusalem. The 
date of the act of Justinian, who only occupied 
a position to do this work, is A. D. 533. 
This depressed and captive condition of the 
word of God and its true disciples was to con-
tinue 42 prophetic months, or 1260 symbolic 
days, expressing that number of true years. The 
termination of this long night of affliction to the 
church was to be marked by two extraordinary 
events—the slaughter of the witnesses and a 
great earthquake. They were to be in the same 
locality ; to be matters of great public interest, 
and make a most profound and widely-extended 
impression. 
Now, while it must be admitted that the con-
dition of the true church and the word were 
much alike, there was one strong mark of differ-
ence. The same agencies which inaugurated 
Christianity, perverted what little they used of 
the word of God so as to make it sanction the 
counterfeit. The writings of good men,like their 
authors, were doomed to extermination ; but the 
Bible, though suppressed in its general use, was 
never absolutely and unconditionally outlawed 
within the nominal church but on one occasion. 
Its perversion was its first public, studied, and 
legalized "hurt ;" when it was legally and spite-
fully rejected by a body politic, which for more 
than twelve hundred years had professed to be 
its supporter and champion, it was slain. Has 
the pen of history clearly and distinctly record-
ed such an event ? and was it marked by its fel-
low-event as stated in the prophecy ? The an-
swer to these questions is too familiar to need a 
repetition. 
(To be continued.) 
The Rest which remaineth for the 
People of God. 
BY THE REV. E. IIOARE, M.A., 
incumbent of Christ church, Ramsgate. 
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the peo-
ple of God." Hebrews 4. 9. 
(Concluded.) 
So, again, it will be the rest of' victory. 
In this respect it is typified by the rest of 
Canaan, to which the apostle refers in the chap-
ter, for they rested in Canaan, rejoicing in the 
promise, when the fierceness of their conflict, as 
well as the toil of their march was over. This 
it is which gives to the rest the character of glo-
ry, as, e. g., in Isaiah 11: 10. The first feature 
in the description is that he shall stand as "an 
ensign of the people," raising high the banner 
around which his ransomed saints may rally ; 
and the next step is, that "his rest shall be glo-
rious." It is far beyond that rest which he had 
with the Father before the world was, though 
even that was full of glory. Then there was no 
enemy, but when the rest cometh, Satan, who 
now rageth, will be trampled under foot ; then 
'there was no sin ; now sin has raised a whole 
world into rebellion ; but when the rest cometh, 
the same world will be once more subjected to 
the will of God. Then there was no church of 
the first-born, now he is gathering his little band 
in the midst of opposition ; and when he cometh, 
there will be the vast multitude adorned as the 
bride for the bridegroom, and presented as a 
chaste virgin to the Lord. 
And 0, how vastly does it exceed the rest 
after an earthly victory ! There are no laurels 
here which are not stained with blcod, no shout 
of the conqueror that is not blended with the 
groans of the dying, or the sob of the widow. 
But He will carry his little band through the 
heat of the battle, and not suffer one to perish. 
There will not be wanting one single follower of 
the Lamb, nor left upon the battle-field one sin-
gle child of God. The bravest and the boldest, 
who had stood in the forefront of' the fray, will 
be before the throne, untouched by the enemy ; 
and the weakest 'and the gentlest, whose tender 
spirit had shrunk from the turmoil, will be there 
likewise, all holding the palm of victory,and all 
rejoicing in the triump of their King. 
Lastly.—It will be the rest of satisfied love. 
The great joy of that rest appears to consist in 
this, that he will then be able to give unfettered 
vent to his love ; love will then flow forth un-
checked by sin. Thus we read, Zeph. 3 : 17, 
"The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is migh-
ty ; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with 
joy ; he will rest in his love,he will joy over thee 
with singing ;" the idea of which passage is evi-
dently this, that his love will then have its full 
exercise ; and, therefore, he will rest. So long 
as there shall be anything which Divine love 
can purpose for his people, but which is not yet 
prepared, there is no rest to our Covenant Head; 
but when he comes he will re3t, for his love, 
though infinite, will be satisfied. There is in it 
a height and depth, and length and breadth,that 
passeth knowledge, but then the whole will be 
full. There will be nothing remaining, nothing 
undone ; all will be finished, all complete ; and 
he will rejoice over us with joy, while he rests 
in the blessedness of unfathomable and unfetter-
love. 
There are many great conclusions which fol-
low naturally from this blessed subject, but I 
had rather confine our attention to the use which 
the Spirit of God himself has made of it. He 
does not employ it simply for encouragement, 
but for warning : "Let us, therefore, fear," and 
"Let us therefore labour," are his words. "Let 
us fear, lest a promise being left us of entering 
into his rest, any of you should seem to come 
short of it." "Let us labour to enter into that 
rest, lest any man fall after the same example of 
unbelief." The solemn point in these words is, 
that they were not spoken to the world, or to the 
heathen, but to professed believers, to members 
of the visible church, to persons bearing the name 
of Jesus. And do they not teach us, with over-
whelming power, that while we look for our rest 
in him we must not be resting in the mere exter-
nals of religion ? There is a wide distinction be-
tween the untaught heathen, and the professing 
Christian ; but there is a distinction wider still 
between 'the merely nominal believers and the 
people of God. To enjoy this rest we must be 
of this latter class,born again to the Holy Ghost 
justified in the Lord's righteousness,sanctified by 
his Spirit, and kept safe in his right hand. And 
now, brethren, the prize is before us ; in a few 
short years, it may be ours ; a little while, 
yea, perhaps a very little while, and we may be 
found with all God's people, perfect before the 
throne. Shall the hands hang down, then, and 
the spirit slumber,—shall we be content to sleep 
at the very time that our hearts waketh ? Be-
fore the throne they rest not day or night in 
praise, and shall we on earth be content to rest 
in prayer ? We must not rest content with an 
easy, luxurious, and self-indulgent profession, as 
if this were our home, and this our resting-place 
before God. We must not rest in outward truth, 
but reach on for the fixed assurance that we are 
safe in the right hand of the Lord ; nor must we 
rest in past experiences, but be marching on 
with a progressive faith to victory. There is a 
mighty work to be done, a deadly enemy to be 
subdued, a triumphant Captain to be followed, 
and a glorious rest to be won. Press onward, 
then, believer ; gird up the loins of thy mind, be 
sober, and hope to the end ; nor ever cherish 
fond dreams of rest till he comes forth in his 
1864. Sir William Armstrong invents braz-
en thunderbolts (supposed to be the original Ju-
piters), and in a pleasing experiment sends the 
greater part of the British fleet to the bottom of epoch. Make a demonstration of that, and the 
last would be likely to end in 1868. It would 
undoubtedly give heartfelt pleasure to every lov-
er of his Lord's return to see such a demonstra-
tion ; but in the absence of positive proof,conclu-
sions that may be held as human opinions towards 
which every one should be tolerant, may not 
demand assent as articles of faith. ED. 
Last Words, 
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kingdom, and unites his whole elect in undivided 
rest before his throne. Then we may all rest 
without a fear, for he himself shall rest in the 
midst of us, yea, shall rest in his love, and shall 
joy over us with singing. The Lord grant that 
we and our children may be found amongst his 
people at that day ! 
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John Fox's "Christ Triumphant." 
(From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy.) 
Continued from our last. 
And now the Chorus of Five virgins, bearing 
lamps and torches, are before us, with whom 
Ecclesia, Europaeus, and Africus join in earnest 
converse about the near arrival of the Bride-
groom, as well as the dreadful state of things 
that makes them long every hour for His ap-
pearing. In the Eighth Scene, first one of the 
Five Virgins speaks of waiting on, though now 
it be deepest night, and near the third watch ; 
then the second Virgin proposes to cheer the te-
dious moments by a song, when all at once they 
descry Ecclesia, whereupon all join with her in 
one earnest supplication to the Bridegroom to 
hasten His coming : 
"In misery and tears we flee to Thee, 
0 Jesus, the beloved of our souls ! 
By Thy right hand, 0, bring us speedy help, 
For human help is vain. Surely these ages past 
May well suffice for absence ! for meanwhile 
We, the poor lambs of Thy peculiar flock 
Are slain, are tortured by the fire, the sword, 
The waters ; every element is summon'd 
To lend its aid against us. Thy remnant now 
Dwells lonely in deserted spots and solitudes. 
Dioctes and the fury of Pseudamnus 
Have penetrated every corner of the earth. 
When wilt thou put an end to all this woe? 
0 Christ, how long shall this our world, which 
Thou 
Didst conquer, trample under foot Thine own ? 
Come, rend these heavens, that we may now em-
brace Thee. 
Quickly, Lord, come, lest none of thine be left. 
But what new light is this,and fragrance strange, 
Breathing upon our senses ?" 
Just at this moment, another of the virgins 
calls on her companions to trim their lamps with-
out a moment's delay, for the Bridegroom is now 
at hand :— 
"See, yonder thrones are set, the books are 
open'd, 
The robes in which the Bride must be adorn'd 
For the Lamb's marriage are let down to earth." 
The New Jerusalem is by this time in sight, 
and somehow the Bride's furnishing comes out 
of it; and forthwith the Five Virgins are found 
adorning Ecclesia as a bride, who when arrayed 
in the robes which the Bridegroom sent down to 
her, full of joy and expectation,exclaims to those 
around,that since the Bridegroom is well pleased 
with her, now at last she is well pleased with 
herself. They exult together in their prospects, 
and then the Bride sings a glowing and earnest 
Epithalamium, only part of which we can quote. 
It is in hexameter and pentameter verse, and is 
perhaps, as to poetry and Latinity, the best exe-
cuted portion of the drama. They remind the 
Lord once more of their sufferings and of His 
long absence ; they tell Him that there is not a 
country under heaven but has been reddened 
with the blood of His saints ; and so they raise 
the appeal :— 
"Ista, precor, videas ! longos miserate labores ! 
Nec videas, venias sed, pie sponse, precor. 
Te sine nulla mihi vita est, mihi nulla voluptas, 
Delicii nihil est te sine ! Sponse, veni. 
Spiritus ut venias jubet et te sponsa venire. 
Rumpe, vocate, moras sponse ; citoque veni ! 
Quicquid in orbe patet, tellus,pelagusque, polus- 
que, 
Fessa petunt reditum qumque,creata tuum !" &c. 
"Behold our case ! our long-endured toils 
Have ere now moved Thy bowels of compassion ! 
No longer look ; Come, we implore Thee, Come ! 
Bridegroom, who us so tenderly dost love. 
Without Thee life is nothing, pleasure tasteless ; 
Delight is nought without Thee. Bridegroom 
Come! 
The Spirit calls to Thee, 0 Bridegroom, Come ! 
The bride is ever calling to Thee, Come ! 
much-invited One, delay not ! Come ! 
All in this world of ours, land, sea, and sky, 
Weary creation, Thy return implore. 
come from heaven that this worn earth may 
rest ! 
For Thou its author art, and Thou alone. 
Ye youths and aged men, ye living all, 
And ye, too, who are lying in the dust, 
Lift up your heads,for lo ! the Bridegroom comes-
He comes who to us will restore ip full 
The gifts of life, the full rights of salvation. 
Clap, clap your hands, for lo ! the Bridegroom 
comes ! 
day of days, through ages of eternity 
To be remember'd, 0 day so far surpassing 
The sun and stars, day sent down from on high, 
The true beginning of my real joy !" 
We are thus brought to the crisis, when there 
appears on the stage (as is common in the old 
Latin and Greek drama) the same Chorus of 
Virgins who formerly took part, the object of 
this their final appearance being to wind up the 
matter so far as that can possibly be done. It 
is a curious device, not, however, a very skillful 
one, for finishing the play. Here it is :— 
"Spectators, now behpld the Bride all ready, 
Nothing remains but that the Paranymph 
Bring the catastrophe. But at what time 
This shall take place no being can declare. 
The poet has done all that fell to him; 
And earnestly he counsels every one 
To watch, lest any one of you unprepared 
Be found at last,—lest when the Bridegroom 
comes 
He find you sleeping, and the door be shut ? 
The time, it seems to us, is close at hand, 
For wondrous are the signs that look like pre- 
ludes 
Of that momenteous crisis. Satan contends with 
Christ 
In every quarter of the peopled globe. 
But though Pseudamnus burst with spiteful hate, 
The Lamb and the Lamb's Bride, triumphant 
both, 
Shall win the day. Meanwhile,receive our coun-
sel, 
Watch, and be sober. Thus we take our leave." 
And now we also shall take our leave of this 
little known, but interesting piece of John Fox 
the Martyrologist, in which "he baptizes, the 
Muses," according to the quaint saying of one of 
his contemporaries. There is undoubtedly a lack 
of real poetic fire ; still it is a piece every way 
characteristic of the man who, as the same con-
temporary, in his dedicatory verses, has said— 
"Scribit qua digne Monumenta ac Acta vocan-
tur." 
(To be continued.) 
Surely I Come Quickly. 
This is the last sentence that ever fell from 
the lips of Zion's future king to fallen man. It 
comes rolling down thro' the course of ages as 
the amen of prophecy. It is the voice of him 
who holds the seven stars, and on whose brow 
are many shining crowns. It forms a radia of 
life over the battle field of martyrs,and has been 
the cheering promise for ages to those ivho love 
his appearing. Jesus often assured his disciples 
that he "would come again." And when the 
white cloud calmly rose to heaven, bearing him 
to the throne of the Eternal,the angels who form-
ed a part of that heavenly choir which sang the 
birth anthem of our Redeemer's praise, left the 
consoling promise, "He shall so come in like man-
ner as ye have seen him go into heaven." This 
promise was made to the disciples while they were 
together, and the benefit of each other's counsel ; 
but when John had his vision, many of them 
were sleeping in the dust,and he is banished to a 
barren isle,there to expire in seclusion. But Jesus 
loved him,and he sent his angel to unfold the vast 
future to his mind. The scene of ages rolls be-
fore him ; his mind is carried far down the stream 
of time and on the verge of Eden restored, from 
whence he beholds the "king in his beauty," and 
the city of God with the tree of life and the crys-
tal waters of immortality. The band of mar-
tyrs, radiant with joy, in robes of white, and 
palms of victry in their hands,and flaming crowns 
bedecked their brow. John was filled with holy 
rapture at the sight ; but when this scene is with-
drawn, he is still found on that barren waste, 
But Jesus proclaims in the closing of the drama, 
"I come quickly." 0, how this must have thrill-
ed his being with joy ! But did he, like the pro-
fessed bride of the Lamb in this age, respond, 
"I do not wish to hear of Messiah's coming ?" 
No, this was not his answer ; but in the fulness 
of his soul, exclaimed, "Even so, come Lord Je-
sus." How unlike the faith of those who profess to 
be Christians now. Would to God that we could 
write this glowing truth upon the star-decked 
arch of heaven, that he who, raises his eyes to 
behold the wonders of the sky might read this 
sublime truth, "Surely I come quickly." 
Reader, let me ask you the solemn question, 
are you ready ? Can you respond with the be-
loved disciple, "Even so, come Lord Jesus? or 
would you cry for rocks and mountains to fall 
on you and hide you from the wrath of him that 
sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb ? That day is coming, it hasteth nigh, and 
may this grand era of our Lord's return find you 
with the waiting ones ; and having done all to 
stand. May God save you through his everlast-
ing truth. Amen. — H. v. R. Harbinger. 
Surely there is something very pathetic in 
those last words of Dr. Adam of Edinburgh, the 
High-school head master : "It grows dark,boys ; 
you may go." As the shades of death were fast 
closing around him, the master's thoughts were 
still with his work ; and thus regarding the shades 
of death as but the waning twilight of the earth-
ly day, he gave the signal of dismissal to his im-
aginary scholars,and was himself at the same in-
stant "dismissed" from work to rest ! 
Every one knows that the two last words which 
Goethe uttered were truly memorable : "Draw 
back the curtains," said he, "and let in more 
light." 
At the time of Humboldt,s death, the sun was 
shining brilliantly, into the room in which he was 
lying, and it is stated that his last words ad-
dressed to his niece, were these : "Wie herrlich 
diese Strahlen, sie scheinen die Erde zum 
mel zu rufen !" (How grand these rays ; they 
seem to beckon earth to heaven !) 
Sir Walter Scott, during his last illness, more 
than once turned to Lockhart, and exclaimed 
with great fervor to him : "Be a good man, my 
dear." When we recollect the character of the 
man who uttered them, is there not a little ser-
mon in these words ? 
Judge Talfourd, died suddenly,whilst giving a 
charge to the grand jury at the Stafford assizes. 
The last sentence which he uttered before his 
head fell forward upon his breast is pregnant 
with wisdom ; and from the eternal truth which 
it so nobly enunciates, forms a fitting conclusion 
to Talford's benevolent and useful career. 
"That," said he, "which is wanted to bind togeth-
er the bonds of the different classes of this coun-
try, is not kindness,but sympathy." And so,with 
that last word "sympathy" yet trembling upon 
his lips, poor Talfourd passed away. 
Dr. Johnson's last words,addressed to a young 
lady standing by his bedside, were : "God bless 
you, my dear." And "God bless you ! " . . 
"Is that you,Dora ?" were Wordsworth's last 
words. 
last utterances of Mrs. Hannah More and of the 
There is a singular identitz, also, between the 
historian, Sir James Mackintosh, the last words 
of both consisted of one word, and both alike 
breathe the same spirit of happiness. "Joy" was 
the;last utterance of the former ; and "happy" that 
of the latter. "I am ready," were the last words 
of the great actor,Charles Mathews. John Knox, 
about 11 o'clock on the night of his death, gave 
a deep sigh, and exclaimed, "Now it is come." 
These were his last words, for in a few moments 
later he expired. 
General *Washington's last words were firm,cool 
and reliant as himself. "I am about to die," said 
he, "and I am not afraid to die." Noble words 
these ! There is something in them which reminds 
us of Addison's celebrated request to those 
around him, "to mark how a Christian could die." 
Etty, the great painter, quietly marked the 
progress of dissolution going on within his frame, 
and coolly moralized thereon. His last words 
were "Wonderful—wonderful, this death !" and 
he uttered them with perfect calmness. 
Thomas Hood's last words were : "Dying, dy-
ing;" as though, says his biographer, "lie was 
glad to realize the sense of rest implied in them." 
Among the last utterances of' another great 
wit, Douglas Jerrold, was the reply which he 
made to the question "How he felt ?" Jerrold's 
reply was quick and terse, as his conversation 
always was. He felt, he said, "as one who was 
waiting, and waited for." 
When we remember Charlotte Bronte's stormy 
and sorrowful life, lightened for only a few 
brief months toward its close by her marriage 
with her farther's curate, Mr. Nicholls, there is 
a melancholy plaintiveness in her last words. 
Addressing her husband, she said : "I am not 
going to die, am I ? He will not separate us ; we 
have been so happy." 
Poor Oliver Goldsmith's farewell words are 
also very plaintive. "Is your mind at ease ?" 
asked the doctor. "No,it is not," was poor Gold-
smith's melancholy reply. This was the last sen-
tence he ever uttered ; and it is sorrowful, like 
his life. 
One of Keats's latest utterances is full of a 
singular pathos and beauty. "I feel," he said, on 
his death-bed,—"I feel the flowers growing over 
me !" 
Tasso's last words—"In manus tuas Dom-
ine" (Into thy hands, 0 Lord, do I commit my 
spirit), are eminently religious. They were ut-
tered by him with extreme difficulty, and imme-
diately afterwards he expired. 
Who that ever read them can forget those no-
ble last words which Bishop Latimer addressed 
to his fellow-sufferer, Bishop Ridley ? He said : 
"Be of good cheer, brother Ridley, this day we 
light a candle in England which shall never be 
extinguished." We question whether,if the arch-
ives of all the "noble army of martyrs" were to 
be ransacked, there could be found a record of 
any more memorable utterance than this. 
King Charles II. died with a joke upon his 
lips ; his death had been expected for some 
time before it occurred, and thus many of his 
courtiers had been kept up all night. He apolo-
gized to those who stood round his bed for the 
trouble he had caused them ; he had been a most 
unconscionable time in dying, but he hoped they 
would excuse it. "This was the last glimpse," 
remarks Lord Macauley, "of that exquisite ur-
banity so often found potent to charm away the 
resentment of a justly incensed nation." 
There is an incident related of the death-scene 
of Sir Charles Napier, the great Indian warrior, 
which is so curious and suggestive,that (although, 
strictly speaking, it does not come under the 
category of "last words," since no word was spok-
en by Sir Charles) we cannot resist referring to 
it here. It appears, then, that the 22d Foot was 
the regiment with which Sir Charles's chief vic-
tories were achieved,and to which he was strong-
ly attached. Just as the old warrior's spirit was 
passing away, Mr. M'Murdo, his son-in-law,siezed 
the tattered shot-torn fragments of the colors of 
the 22d Regiment, and waved them over the dy-
ing warrior. A grim smile of satisfaction cross-
ed Sir Charles's face as this was being done, and 
thus his spirit passed away. 
Zwingle, the great German reformer, was kill-
ed in battle, in the year 1531. His last words 
are cool and brave. Gazing calmly, and with un-
daunted courage, at the blood trickling from his 
death-wounds,he calmly exclaimed : "What mat-
ters this misfortune ? They may indeed kill the 
body, but they cannot kill the soul." 
Dr. Payson wrote from his death-bed:—"The 
celestial city is full view. Its glories beam upon 
me ; its breezes fan me ; its odors are wafted td 
me ; its music strikes upon my ear, and its spirit 
breathes into my heart. Nothing separates me 
from it but the river of death, which appears as 
a narrow rill, which may be crossed at a single 
step, whenever God shall give permission." 
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AD VENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, MAY 24, 1862. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
correctness of the other, which is only reasoning in 
a circle ; for, we submit that neither can be legiti-
mate proof of the other until its own accuracy is 
established. 
The epoch of 1868, or any other terminating one, 
may and ought to be sustained by all the testimo-
ny that can be legitimately brought to bear upon it. 
As a date with which the church has been long fa-
miliar, which has been anticipated with interest, 
and has been pointed to with more or less confidence 
by many writers on prophecy, we should be deri-
lect to duty did we withhold from our readers 
aught that is evidence in its support. We have 
therefore published the various arguments, though 
unable to endorse them as demonstrative ; and our 
columns are still open. When there are no misquo-
tations of facts in history, no mis-statements of the 
dates of events relied on as the commencing epochs 
of the several periods, and no mathematical errors 
in the computation of numbers, there is nothing re-
quiring disproof. For so long as one's statements 
are correct, it is his prerogative to entertain and 
promulgate his honest convictions ; the manner in 
which they are held being measureably apparent in 
the cheerfulness with which a like sincerity is ac-
corded to those who fail to see the forcibleness of 
their logic, the candor with which specified errors 
are recognized and corrected, and the judgement and 
conclusiveness with which misappreheneions are 
met and refuted. This having respect only to state-
ments of facts or estimates of numbers, it is not 
needful that mere opinions and conclusions,in which 
men naturally differ to the extent of their mental 
discipline, predilections and researches, should be al-
ways combated or laboriously refuted. So far, 
therefore, as the date refered to can be sustained by 
the concurrence of events marking the commence-
ments of the several prophetic periods claimed then 
to end, it is to be looked to with interest,—though 
regarded as a human opinion ; which may prove to 
be correct, or which may have to be classed with 
other disappointing epochs ; but which may not, 
like the direct affirmations of Scripture, be put forth 
as an infallible truth, demanding the assent of those 
who fail to see its conclusiveness. 
In addition, however, to what is claimed in re-
spect to the beginning and ending of the periods, 
great stress has been laid on Shinieall's demonstra-
tion of the chronology of the world's age, as prov-
ing the completion of 6000 years from creation at 
the same terminating epoch, and thus demonstrat-
ing its conclusiveness. This having been the great 
argument used in connection with that chronology, 
the point, as we conceive it, to lay in the mind of 
Bro. Cambell, is, how can this argument in fairness 
be longer used for the date specified, without first 
disproving the allegations adduced ? 
As it does not affect that date "so far as it may 
rest on evidence aside from that chronological esti-
mate," which may be presented whether the allega-
tions be admitted or disproved, we said in reply to 
the enquiry of Bro. Campbell,that "it would be bet-
ter to have limited it to the chronology refered to ;" 
and that, "It is certainly desirable to have it shown, 
if it can be, that what we have designated as errors 
are not such ; which has long been promised." 
It is fairly shown, why evidence aside from that 
chronology, for the date refered to, may be present-
ed ; but what Bro. Campbell would still like to 
know is,How can the demonstrativeness of the world's 
age, as given by Mr. S., be longer argued in view of 
the discrepancies specified ? And he has reason,we 
think, to expect,either in the Herald or Voice,their 
admission or correction,—the promise having been 
explicit, that, "If any defect should be discovered, 
it will be duly and frankly given to our readers,with 
the reasons therefor." —Voice, July, 1860. p. 30. 
If its demonstrativeness is abandoned, that admis-
sion would be a satisfactory answer. But if it be 
still endorsed, Bro. Caanpell's enquiry still stands : 
"Will you show any errors in Bro. Bliss' correc-
tions of the chronology you follow ?" 
The principle ones of those corrections, we will 
briefly recapitulate, that it may be distinctly kept 
in mind how plain and simple are the points involv- 
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We anticipated that the request of Bro. Camp-
bell to Bro. Muses, in respect to certain chronologi-
cal inaccuracies, would have been complied with in 
this number of the Herald, either by their admis-
sion, or disproof, or by a disavowal of relying on 
them as demonstrative of the world's age. 
An esteemed and intelligent sister in Brooklyn N. 
Y. writes, under date of May 9th : "I am glad to 
see your replies in regard to Shimeall's chronology, 
also the enquiry of Bro. Campbell, in last week's 
Herald — not that I have the least objection to the 
coming of my Lord in '68, by no means ; for I would 
fain hasten the chariot wheels—but I do want truth ; 
and truth, like wheat, will bear any amount of sift-
ing, without losing one particle of its value." This, 
we doubt not, is the sentiment of all our candid 
readers, and we still hope they will not be disap-
pointed. For the importance of admitting, or dis-
proving those alleged discrepancies, cannot be ques-
tioned in view of the times in which we live, the is-
sue involved, or the relations sustained to that is- 
sue. 
The "Time of the End" is a question of world 
wide interest to all who anticipate the event, and 
interest in it has continually increased as we have 
come down through "the aisles of the ages." 
" How long shall it be to the end of these won-
ders ?" and "how long the vision ?" were the en-
quiries, many centuries ago, of the angels who de-
sire to look into" these things ; which "many proph-
ets and righteous men have desired to see," who "en-
quired and searched dilligently . . . what or what 
manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in 
them did signify, when it testified beforehand the suf-
ferings of Christ and the glory that should follow." 
Oft times has the enquiry been made, "Wilt thou at 
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" The souls 
of martyrs under the altar, "slain for the word of 
God and for the testimony which they held," have 
sent up the anxious inquiry, "How long, 0 Lord?" 
The church of Christ has waited with patience and 
hope for the rending of the closed heavens,when she 
might see, through the parted sky, her descending 
Lord coming down the celestial pathway, with his 
hosts of angelic attendants. Oft times have epochs 
been reached, that were confidently proclaimed to 
be the one predicted, when the Messenger, standing 
on the land and sea, shall affirm with uplifted hand 
that there shall be delay no longer. And now,—
having come down into an age of the world that is 
past all the great prophetic way-marks, with the 
signs of the times greatly thickening, betokening 
that the end cannot be distant and may be now,with 
many disappointed anxious watchers eagerly look-
ing for the dawning of the morning—could any show 
Dr. Gordon, a physician in Hull, who died in 
1848, on his death-bed said :—"I have sought 
the Saviour. I have asked him to forgive my sins, 
and he has done so. He will present me to the 
Almighty. I am going a very delightful journey 
to a very happy home, where I shall meet only 
with the wise and good, and to be with Jesus ! 
I would not change my condition for all the 
wealth of the world." 
A girl of twelve years of age, a fair flower, 
whom God was about to transplant to His gar- 
den would often say to her friends : "You 
know I am going home to be with Jesus. I know 
I have sinned ; but Jesus is my Savior. He has 
washed all my sins away. I have not one fear, 
nor doubt for Jesus will be with me. The valley 
of death is only just the way home. Why should 
I be afraid to die ? Just think what a eorious 
thing it will be to be forever in heaven, and to 
have no sin, no sorrow ! What a wonder that 
every one does not long to be there !" 
Sir Henry Havelock, a little before his death, 
said to Sir James Outran :—"For more than for- 
ty years I have so ruled my life, that when 
death comes I might face it without fear." And 
to his eldest son he said, "Come, my son, and 
see how a Christian can die ;" and then expired. 
And now that we are speaking about the last 
words of warrors, who can fail to recollect those 
noble last words of our great N elson ? "I thank 
God," said he, "that I have done my duty." 
And so, with the great guns booming overhead, 
proclaiming the victory so dearly bought,he died. 
In the year 1591, Sir Richard Grenville, the 
Sydney of the sea,was serving in an English fleet 
against Spain. They were assailed by a Spanish 
fleet of far superior force. After inflicting the 
most terrible chastisement upon the Spanish fleet 
—it is said that Sir Richard was engaged with 
no less than fifteen ships—the Revenge (Sir 
Richard's vessel) was taken, and Sir Richard 
Grenville himself was carried, mortally wounded, 
on board the Spanish admiral's ship, where he 
was treated with distinguished honor. But in a 
few days he felt that death was at hand, and 
spoke these memorable words in Spanish that 
all who heard him might bear witness to their 
fervor; "Here die I, Richard Granville, with a 
joyful and a quiet mind ; for that I have ended 
my life as a good soldier ought to do, fighting 
for his country, queen, religion, and honor : my 
soul willingly departing from this body, leaving 
behind the lasting fame of having behaved as 
every valiant soldier is in duty bound to do." 
We purpose giving, as the final illustration of 
our subject, the last utterances of a soldier who 
fought in another warfare, to wit, the Venerable 
Bede. Bede died at Jarrow monastery, near 
Newcastle, in the year 735. The account left 
us of his death, is very striking. For a long time 
previous, Bede had been engaged upon a trans-
lation of St. John's Gospel into the Saxon lan-
guage. His work, which was to give God's Word 
to the common people in their own tongue, was 
very nearly completed; but Bede's strength was 
ebbing fast. He sat in his chair, however, con-
scious still, though the shades of death were 
fast gathering around him. The scribe, who was 
writing to Bede's dictation, now hastily exclaim-
ed to him : "Dear master, there is yet one sen-
tence not written." This speech recalled Bede's 
fast-failing senses ; gathering together all his 
strength, he answered ; 'Write quickly ;" and 
then dictated to the scribe the last sentence of 
the last chapter of the Gospel according to St. 
John. The scribe wrote it down rapidly, and 
then said : "The sentence is now written." Bede 
replied : "It is well. You have said the truth. 
It is finished ! Consummatum est !" 
Particular Notice. 
Our readers have perceived that their papers now 
come to them by a printed, instead of a written di-
rection as before. It is not improbable that many 
names have been misspelled, in being transferred to 
blocks, or something omitted. We will therefore be 
obliged to any,who notice any inaccuracy,tor prompt 
information that we may correct the same. We 
would like always, where there is room to put it on 
the block, to give the first name in full, and also to 
have "Mrs." or "Miss," as the case may be, pre-
cede the name of all our female subscribers. 'We 
would therefore request those whose names now 
a definite epoch that should not, like others predict-
ed and passed before, leave God's waiting ones sad- 
dened with disappointment, it would be conferring 
a boon tint would be second only to a knowledge of 
the event itself. 
At this juncture a volume appears with the pref-
atory announcement: 
"We claim to have demonstrated, by an 
exhibit of the harmony of the authentic profane an- 
nals of antiquity with the Sacred Writings, the 
exact era of human history, from the creation and 
fall of man, and of our consequent proximate posi-
tion, in point of time, to the final close of the pres-
ent dispensation," p. 3. And it sums up with the 
claim of having "demonstrated,that the two chrono-
logical chains of Scripture,the historic and prophetic 
combined, neither fall short of, nor oserleap, but ex-
actly fill up,that period of 6000 years to a fraction," 
Bib. Chron. p, 182. 
If the work had done this, it should have been 
hailed as a light shining amid surrounding dark-
ness. And therefore we said in our first notice of 
it: "Were this book all that it claims to be, it 
would be one of the most invaluable and timely 
works that ever emanated from the American press ;" 
and,we added, "If it be much less than it claims, it 
does not therefore follow that it may not be a valu-
able addition to any library." 
Our brother, in his notice of it,said of its chronol-
ogy of the Bible: "Each link of the chain of evidence 
has been tested, and the causes of previous errors 
explained." "We have examined this work with 
very great interest, and have received much light 
on the chronology of the Holy Scriptures." It 
"has cost him a careful, critical, and laborious ex-
amination of every system, both ancient and mod-
ern, of historic and prophetic chronology,for a pe-
riod of thirty years." " Mr. Shimeall has fur-
nished evidence, on the basis of the corrected Hebrew 
version of the Holy Scriptures, that the year A. D. 
1859 is the year A. M. 5991 ; and hence the year 
A. D. 1868 completes the 6000th year of the world's 
history, from the creation and fall of man." And, 
" He calls on all classes, — the clergy and laity, 
learned and unlearned, the rich and poor, together 
with those who govern, and those who are governed, 
to ponder well the facts and arguments adduced for 
the support of his views "— Voice, April, 1860, p. 
10. 
With these claims, this endorsement, and this in-
vitation, we began the reading of the work with 
great expectations. Believing with Rev. Dr. E. B. 
Elliott, that "Our true wisdom is to test each link 
of the chain of evidence by which we have been led 
to our conclusion, and see whether it will bear the 
testing, to examine into the causes of previous de-
monstrated errors on the subject, and see whether 
we avoid them,"—which counsel was copied and 
endorsed on p. 8 of the "Voice,"—we set ourself to 
the task of testing the points of difference between 
Mr. S. and other writers : on the accuracy of which 
the correctness of the result depends—not doubting 
that the detection of errors would be frankly admit-
ted or the error of the criticisms shown, by author 
and endorsers—one of whom, Dr. Cumming,as quot-
ed (Voice, p. 15), had observed : "If there be a 
mistake in our received chronology capable of being 
rectified, it is of great importance to the 'watchmen 
on the walls of Zion,' that they may know the true 
time of the world's day, and be found watching." 
On persuing the work we found the chronology---
with the single variation of a year, then given to 
Caleb but now given to the anarchy,—identical with 
that given to the world by the same author eighteen 
years before, and with the defects of which we had 
long been conversant. 
After specifying the apparent errors we found in 
what was claimed to be a demonstrated "Bible 
chronology," its table and arguments were copied 
into the " Voice," with this assurance : 
" A table by Mr. Shimeall is given in another 
column, to which we call attention. A part only of 
the explanatory notes are given in this number. 
We shall give others in our next. And "if any de-
fect should be discovered, it will be duly and frank-
ly given to our readers, with the reasons therefor. 
There is nothing of value to us but truth. The 
notes referred to will explain the breaks or chasms 
that are subjects of criticism among chronologers." 
—Voice, July, 1860, p. 30. 
The importance of a correct chronology of the 
world's age, in connection with a specified ending 
of the prophetic periods, we conceive to be this : It 
has been claimed that the wonderful coincident com-
pletion of 6000 years from creation, proved by con-
clusive and independent testimony, at the same pre-
cise epoch that those periods end, as reckoned from 
what is claimed to be their most natural commence 
ment, is conclusive as to the time of their termina 
tion. This would be good reasoning, to the exten 
of a presumptive argument,provided the 6000 years 
period was proved as claimed ; though it is no 
logical to reason, as some do, that each proves th 
ed. 
Mr. S. affirms that the spies were sent from 
Kadesh-Barnea "the first year after the Exode," 
(Bib.Chron. p. 40) ; whereas we showed that Moses 
affirms it to have been "on the twentieth day of the 
second month, in the second year," (Num. 10: 11,) 
that Israel left Sinai to go to Paran. As there were 
forty-five years from the sending of the spies to the 
division of the land, (Josh. 14: 7-100 Mr. S. by 
reckoning forty years in the wilderness after the 
sending of the spies, leaves only five more to the di-
vision of land ; whereas but thirty-nine should be 
reckoned, which leaves six. The error here is small, 
but is none the less an error. 
Mr. S. omits eleven years between the reigns 
of Amaziah and Azariah. King Amaziah of Ju-
dah "reigned twenty and nine years," (2 K. 14 : 
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2.) "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah," "Jero-
boam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to 
reign," (Ib. v. 23 :) which would make Amaziah's 
29th and last year synchronous with Jeroboam's 
15th. "In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam, 
king of Israel, began Azariah son of Amaziah, king 
of Judah,to reign (2 K. 15: 1)." It is clear, there-
fore, that, between the reign of Amaziah and Azar-
iah, from the end of Jeroboam's 15th to the begin-
ning of his 27th, was an interval of eleven years. Mr. 
Miller recognized this interval,which caused Dr. Jar-
vis, (who confessed that its existence "was entirely a 
new idea to him,") to admit its accuracy and to 
compliment Mr. Miller's "perspicuity in reading 
his Bible," as "much to his credit." Preface to 
Jarvis' Sermons. 
Mr. S. omits four years between the 7th year of 
Artaxerxes Longimanus and our A. D., by dating 
the former in B. C. 453 ; whereas its date in B. C. 
457 is clearly demonstrated by the Canon of Ptol-
emy, verified as it is by numerous oft calculated 
eclipses. 
111r. S. ha's thus omited 1, 11, and 4, making 16 
well authenticated years, from the periods of his ta-
ble; which,if all his other periods were correct,would 
have completed the world's 6000 years in 1852. 
There are, however, in addition to these losses, a 
still greater number of years unwarrantably added. 
For, 
Mr. S. reckons seven years between Artaxerxes 
1st and 7th, where he could legitimately reckon but 
six. 
He twice counts a period of 19 years,reckoned 
from the 4th year of Jehoiakim to the 11 of Zede-
kiah, by adding that number to the seventy years 
which span the whole interval from Jehoiakim's 4th 
year to Cyrus' let,—he having admittted in his 
"Age" that "lf we reckon from the beginning of 
the captivity to the beginning of the restoration, we 
must reckon from the 4th year of Jehoiakim to the 
first of Cyrus, which was just seventy years," (p. 
220) ; the table in the "Age," being identical with 
that in "Bib. Chron." and there being in the last 
no comments on this period, nor any intimation of a 
change of opinion. 
Mr. S. claims to have demonstrated an inter-
val of 459 years between the time of the division 
of land, and the period of forty that was com-
pleted by the reign of Saul. The length of this 
period is the only one which can be now in dispute 
among chronologers—the other points referred to 
being clearly demonstrable. We think that Paul, 
(Acts 13: 19-21,) spans this interval with a period 
of 450 years ; but as chronologers do not all admit 
this, we now merely look at the process by which 
Mr. S. thinks he has verified his assumed number. 
The addition of 459 to the 40 years in the wilder-
ness, the 5 he gives to the division (periods preceed-
ing this)and the 40 given to Saul, 40 to David, and 
3 to the Temple, make just 587 years ; which is 
consequently claimed to be the whole number from 
the Exode to the Temple. Mr. S. admits that : 
"To prove the correctness of this aggregate num-
ber of years, we must harmonize the chronology of 
the interval between the division of land, and the 
time of Samuel the prophet, with the 450 years of 
Acts 13: 20 ; and also the whole period with the de-
tails of the history of those times." Bib. Chron. p. 
91 
The details comprise the known periods, of the 
wilderness 40, to Division of land which Mr. S. 
gives as 5, the "servitudes including the time of 
Eli and Sampson 111," the judges 279, Saul 40, 
David 40,and Temple 3 years ; and also three conjec-
tural periods, which Mr. S. gives to Joshua 25, to 
anarchy 20,and to Samuel's seperate administration 
24 years. To harmonize the whole period of 587,with 
Paul's 450 years from division of land to Samuel,—
of which Mr. S. says : "This period of 450 years, 
we shall show in its proper place, comes out with 
the greatest exactness," (p. 89)—he deducts for 
Exode 40 years, division 5, Saul 40, David 40 and 
Temple 3, making 128 years, from the 587, which 
leaves 459 ; he then adds "for Samuel's separate ad-
ministration as judge, 24," and so makes 483 "from 
division of land to Samuel's death." And as this 
is 33 years more than the 450, he claims that those 
ended with the commencement of "Samuel's judicial 
administration,"—nine years before Eli's death and 
the beginning of Samuel's 24 years of separate ser- 
vice. 
In this process, Mr. S. has committed the mathe-
matical error of twire counting the 24 years given to 
Samuel. For in deducting only the 45 years to di-
vision of land, and the 83 of Saul, David and Tem-
ple, from 587, the 459 remainder must comprise all 
the periods not deducted,and therefore includes that 
given to Samuel. This will be seen by adding his 
25 years given to Joshua, 20 to anarchy, 111 of ser-
vitudes, and his 303 given as "the whole period of 
judges, including Samuel's separate administration" 
(p. 92), all of which make just 459. Samuel's time 
being thus included,to again add it is to twice count 
it. And as the 450, with Mr. S.'s figures, reach to 
within nine years of Samuel's death,it does not span 
the time to Samuel as required. 
Mr. S.'s "verification" of his conjectural pe-
riods, of 25 years given Joshua, 20 of anarchy, and 
24 to Samuel, is equally inconclusive. For, to prove 
the accuracy of each of these periods, he de-
ducts all the known periods between Exode and 
Temple, and two of these conjectural ones, from 
the assumed whole number, 587 ; which pro-
cess necessarily leaves, as a remainder, the other 
conjectural number. But this is not taking a sin-
gle step in the direction of a demonstration ; for 
with a single conjectural number,other than the one 
to be proved,the result can be only conjectural ; and 
much more is it so when,as in each instance,two con-
jectural periods are included in the sum deducted 
from the conjuctural whole. Nor is the transition from 
one of these conjectural elements to another, in at-
tempting the proof of each and then of the whole, 
anything more than reasoning in a circle. For, 
neither number being proved by the process, it still 
remains only a conjectural element, and therefore 
cannot be serviceable in the verification of the 
others. 
Mr. S. in claiming 587 years, from Exode to 
the Temple, makes 108 years, though he counts it 
only 107, more than the 480th year in 1 K. 6 : 1 ; 
whereas reckoning 40 in wilderness, six to division, 
450 to Samuel, and then 40 to the death of Saul, 
with 43 for David and Temple, brings us to the 
580th year,-100 years more than is given in the 
text; which makes the latter the more probable, as 
a change in the text of just 100 years would be 
more likely than one of 107. Mr. S. accounts for a 
change from "587" to "the four hundred and eight-
ieth year," by supposing "the inadvertency of an 
early transcriber in substituting the numeral daleth, 
4, in the place of hay, 5," (p. 88). But those let-
ters represents units, and therefore, in the Hebrew, 
their change would not effect the numeral of the 
hundreds involved ; much less would it account 
for a change of one in the hundreds and seven in the 
units ; and besides, we know of no evidence that 
the early Hebrews expressed numbers other than 
by written words, as now given in the text, in 
which a charge of just 100 would be much more 
likely than one of 107. 
The above is the sum of the defects in Mr. S.'s 
chronology, and they are vital to its accuracy. If 
we are in error in our allegations of error, is there 
no man living that can show it It would give us 
unfeigned sorrow, did we suppose we had done Mr. 
S. the least injustice ; and if we have, we desire 
above all things that it may be so shown as to en-
able us to make prompt and honorable amends. 
We are aware that it has been said : 
"Mr. Shimeall will keep himself advised of any 
review of his work ; but we suppose he will not de-
part from the position stated on the seventh page of 
his work. He says : 'Assuming, therefore, that we 
have sustained the authenticity and inspiration of 
the Mosaic records against the arguments of those 
who impung both, on the one hand, and the claims 
of the Hebrew version as the only authoritative ver-
sion in the premises, on the other, any criticisms 
which " Our Bible Chronology" may call forth, to 
be noticed by us, must be strictly confined to the two 
above named points.' Whether Mr. S. will con-
sider it of importance to notice criticisms bearing on 
other points, is for him to determine. We have 
seen nothing as yet, which we presume he would 
consider of sufficient importance for a reply."—
Voice, v. 1, p. 30. July, 1860. 
There was probably a reference to our specifica-
tions of error in Mr. S.'s chronology ; which our 
readers would like to see met and determined one 
way or the other. And they will not exonerate 
its author, on the mere plea that he had previously 
determined not to notice any errors —if they had 
respect to his "demonstrated" computation of the 
world's age,—a question in which we are all deeply 
interested ; and that he should only notice criticisms 
on his arguments respecting the other questions, on 
which all our readers have long had settled opin-
ions. He will therefore be regarded as feeling una-
ble, until he shall mare the attempt, to refute the 
discrepancies specified,—a presentation of which we 
supposed was promised in the following : 
"Friends be patient. We shall give the evidence 
on the time of the great crisis in 1867-8 as fast as 
possible, in regular order, until the whole argumat 
is placed before our readers. After that, should 
there be any defect brought to light by students of 
prophecy, it will be our first business to give a cor-
rection, as light shall be given Let none be alarm-
ed at objections or criticisms. They will help us, 
and will no doubt have a tendency to give more 
light, and increase our convictions of the truth of 
our calculations." — Voice, v. 1, p. 64. Dec. 1860. 
If the chronology of the world's age, claiming to 
demonstrate the completion of 6000 years in 1868, 
had not been presented as one of the evidences of 
that epoch, it might be claimed that errors there 
specified were not included in this promise ; but as 
it is, they are more clearly refered to in the above, 
than in the following : 
"Mr. Shimeall has assured me that he will, at 
a proper time, take notice of criticisms which 
have been made upon his work, by Dr. Scyffarth 
and others. — Voice, Dec. 1861. 
Nearly six months have since elapsed,and we hear 
nothing from Mr. Shimeall, except through Mr. 
Baxter ; whose place of writing, "New York," and 
date," March, 3," were indicative of his letter's be-
ing the result of a conference on this subject. 
All that we desire in respect to this question, is 
the truth. That is wished for by our readers ; whose 
confidence in the candor and ability, of ourself or of 
others, and the reliability of our several investiga-
tions and expositions of kindred questions, must be 
greatly affected by the manner in which we respec-
tively treat this. To ask for light on this sublect,is 
to ask for bread. Our leaders and guides are ex-
pected to be able to meet such simple questions of 
fact and arithmetical computation, as only are in-
volved in this issue. All authors and journalists 
are virtually pledged to do justice to all questions 
which they attempt to give in detail,and where there 
may be any hesitancy in doing this personally, they 
are expected to be able to command all the aid need-
ed. 
Our pen has extended these remarks farther than 
we purposed ; but we have written in haste, and 
have no time to condense. We trust we shall be 
pardoned for having again adverted to this subject ; 
and if Mr. S. or others shall think they fancy aught 
that is otherwise than kind and courteous, we shall 
feel it our misfortune to have given expression to 
words not intended. 
Information Wanted. 
The P. 0. address of Phcebe Densmore, that we 
may credit her $4, received May 15th. 
Where did the Ilerald,now sent to Bro. A. Bixbee 
of South Norwalk, Conn. formerly go ?—as we wish 
to discontinue at the former address, if it still goes. 
Please give first name. 
What is former address of I. Bingham ?—now 
changed to Memphis, Mich. 
Bro. A. Pearce of Providence, R. I. wishes to 
learn the P. O. address of Elder Garvin, and L. E. 
Bates. 
The present Aspeet of the Rebellion. 
In the last Independent, an article by Horace 
Greely thus sums up the then present condition of 
affairs in the south : 
The rebellion has still two great armies, with mi-
nor divisions of its forces, confronting Gens. Burn-
side, Hunter, Butler, and tramping out the remain-
ing life of East Tennessee,perhaps equal to one more 
such—in other words, fully Three Hundred Thou-
sand effective soldiers in arms to-day. But it has 
lost all hold upon Kentucky, Missouri, and Mary-
land ; it has lost at least half of Virginia and Ten-
nessee,respectivsly ; and it has received a staggering 
blow in the destruction of its fleet and the capture 
of its forts on the Lower Mississippi,resulting in the 
surrender of its chief commercial imporium, New 
Orleans, to the Federal arms—a loss which virtual-
ly isolates Texas, and renders its inexhausted stores 
of corn and cattle of little further use to the Confed-
erate cause : and it has lost prestige if not actual 
strength by the successive withdrawals of its forces 
from Manassas, from Yorktown,and from Williams-
burg, followed by the triumphant columns of Mc-
Clellan. Its soldiers are generally in rags, while 
the means of reclothing them are not within its 
reach ; its arms are deficient and inferior, and it is 
not likely to be able to replace them. Worst of all. 
its promises to pay are nearly as uncurrent as they 
are intrinsically worthless, while its supply of food 
is clearly inadequate to its urgent needs. An army, 
composed in good part of impressed Europeans and 
Northerners by birth,cannot retreat under such aus-
pices without being profoundly demoralized ; and it 
is nearly certain that one-third of the Three Hun-
dred Thousand still ranged under the standards of 
Jefferson Davis would gladly leave them to-morrow 
if they safely could. Such armies,with such resourc-
es, cannot sustain a protracted contest against such 
well-appointed legions as our generals are now lead-
ing to battle. A few days, not impossibly, may see 
the total collapse of what remains of the Confeder-
acy, with the flight or disappearance of its chiefs ; 
a few weeks, at the furthest, should witness the old 
flag floating in triumph over Richmond, Knox-
ville, Raleigh, Charleston, Mobile, and Jackson,and 
the Rebellion apparently suppressed. 
But when its armies shall have been dispersed, its 
spirit is likely to remain. The demoniac hate which 
treacherously assailed and slaughtered the unarmed 
volunteers of Massachusetts in the streets of Balti-
more, which has bayoneted our wounded on many a 
battle-field, and which dug up our dead heroes from 
the graves of Manassas to tear out their skulls 
for drinking-cup sand soap-dishes,and their jaw-bones 
for spurs, still glares from the eyes and is uttered 
through the hisses of Rebel women in Nashville,New 
Orleans, and every slaveholding city occupied by 
our troops. The men who remained scowl silently ; 
but the women finding that impunity in their dress 
which their deportment does not justify,everywhere 
parade their implacable hostility of the National 
cause and all who sustain it. 
The life of a Union soldier who straggles from or 
falls behind his comrades in any rebel region is not 
worth a day's purchase, if three or four rebels, no 
matter how peaceful their garb and usual occupa-
tion, can pounce upon him undetected ; the rebel 
riots in New Orleans, whereby the National flag 
was torn down and trampled under foot after the 
City had confessed itself at the mercy of our arms ; 
the burning of merchant vessels, of cotton, of all 
manner of private property which is supposed de-
sirable to the loyal States, all show that the rebel-
lion lives in the hearts of the slaveholding estate 
and its statellites, and refuses to be exorcised by any 
amount of kindness and expostulation. The very 
forbearance and magnanimity generally evinced by 
our soldiers inflame the malignity of the rebels ; 
they feel that these evidence a higher civilization 
than their own, and they are obliged to represent 
and try to regard them as proofs or our concious 
weakness and apprehension, and thus to inflame 
their own courage by treating our triumphs as for-
tuitous and soon to be effaced by defeats. Assassi-
nation, poison, yellow fever, such are the agencies 
which they invoke for the destruction of the Union 
armies, and by whose aid they hope to retrieve their 
recent disasters. 
Last words of the Son of Burke. 
The son of Edmund Burke, the great statesman, 
was a young man of rare promise, and his early 
death hastened the decease of his illustrious father. 
It is related that, on the night of his death, young 
Burke suddenly rose up and exclaimed : "Is that 
rain? Oh no ; it is the sound of the wind among the 
trees." lie then turned to his father, regarded him 
with a look of great affection, and then commenced 
to recite, with deep feeling, these sublime lines of 
Milton, from Adam's Morning Hymn, which he 
knew to be his father's favorite : 
"His praise, ye winds, that from tour quarters blow, 
Blow soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, 
With every plant, in sign of worship wave." 
Just as he pronounced the last word, his strength 
failed him ; the lamp which had flickered up so 
grandly in its socket was quenched ; he fell forward 
into his father's arms, and so died. Burke's grief 
was terrible, and he did not long survive his son. 
Burke's own last words are the same as those of 
Johnson and Wordsworth—namely, L"God bless 
you." 
Dying words of the First Christian Martyr. 
Acts vii. 59. "And they stoned Stephen, calling 
upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spir-
it." Who said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit ; 
Stephen, or they that stoned him ? 
E. STYLES. 
Answer. Stephen. The Greek language is much 
more definite in its construction than the English. 
In our version, the participle, calling, so far as the 
grammatical construction is concerned, might relate 
to either, they, or Stephen ; but the Greek is liable 
to no such uncertainty, as will be readily under-
stood from the follow facts : The case and number 
of nouns are determined by difference in termina-
tion. The word Stephen is in the accusative case 
and singular number. The word they is in the 
nominative case and plural number. Participles 
must be put in the same case and number as the 
words to which they relate. If then the participle, 
calling, relates to those who stoned Stephen, it must 
he in the nominative case and plural number ; if it 
relates to Stephen, it must be in the accusative case 
and singular number. It is in the accusative case 
and singular number, and hence cannot refer to the 
word they, but to Stephen. — Review and Herald. 
HANDSOMELY DECLINED. 
The late Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, was 
strongly opposed to temperance, and his sideboard 
and tables were loaded with brandy, wine, &c. 
On one occasion Rev. Mr. Perkins, of the Sons of 
Temperance, dined with the Bishop, who, pouring 
out a glass of wine, desired him to drink with him. 
"Can't do it, Bishop : 'Wine is a mocker.' " 
"Take a glass of brandy, then." 
"Can't do it, Bishop : 'Strong drink is raging.' " 
By this time the Bishop, becoming somewhat res-
tiveand excited, remarked to Mr. Perkins : 
"You'll pass the decanter to the gentleman next 
to you." 
"No Bishop, I can't do that : 'Woe unto him 
that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips.' " 
166 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
during the last two years, to materially effect the 
argument for the year 1868, I should not have hesi-
tated to notice it at the time. But these alleged in-
accuracies, in a process which of itself has never 
been considered anything inore than a mere inci-
dental corroborration of more commanding argu-
ments, and not in itself decisive, I must leave where 
they are. Let those who have more time and " abil-
ity," and who evidently feel deeply impressed with 
their " duty " of looking after the inaccuracies of 
chronologists, and of determining their competency, 
attend to this. 
My dear Brother, there is enough that is clear and 
undoubted, on which you and I, as plain, unlettered 
men, may rest our faith and hope relating to the 
Lord's speedy coming. Let us cling to that, and 
be true and faithful to our divine Saviour and His 
wating flock. I, with you and others, " sincerely 
love the coming and kingdom of the Messiah ; " and 
my soul waits patiently but anxiously to see Him 
come in His kingdom. I am happy in the prospect, 
and truly expect him soon. 
Very truly yours, JOSHUA V. RIMES. 
Boston, May 14, 1862. 
Like the life-blasting march of the desert simoon ; 
And the grey-haired parents, with hearts nearly 
broke, 
The doom of lost Carrie e'er prayerful bespoke. 
At length, to their pleadings Death's messenger 
came, 
And took them away to a happier home, 
Where they will meet Carrie, all sprightly and fair : 
The land of the blessed, which Christ did prepare. 
* " So far as it may rest on evidence aside from 
that chronological estimate," but having respect to 
just so far as it has been made to rest on that. 
it 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
In this department, articles are solicited, on the general 
subject of the 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. 
Answer of Elder J. V. Dimes to Elder D. 
Campbell. 
DEAR BROTIIER : — Your " question," or ques-
tions, are before me ; and are as follows : — 
"Dear Bro. Bliss : — I send you the following 
question for Elder J. V. Himes : I cannot account, 
on fair principles, for your continuing to propagate 
the time of 1868, in view of the exposition by S. 
Bliss, editor of the 'Herald,' of the incorrectness of 
Mr. Shimeall's Chronology, that you follow. Will 
you give your reasons, through the Advent Herald, 
and oblige many who sincerely love the doctrine of 
the coming of the Messiah. And especially will you 
show any errors in Bro. Bliss' corrections of the 
Chronology you follow ? " 
Yours, etc. 66 D. CAMPBELL." 
From Bro. John Reynolds. 
If, therefore, the light that is in thee he darkness, 
how great is that darkness. Matt. 6 : 23. 
These words were spoken by Christ to his disci-
ples, whose minds had been enlightened by the 
truths he taught them. 0, the spirit which accom-
panied his teaching ! They, as the disciples of 
Christ, had received the greatest light ; and if that 
light should cease, or be extinguished, they would 
be in greater darkness than before they received it. 
This appears to be the plain meaning of these 
words. Those who were taught by the Lord direct-
ly, while he was on earth, we may think were more 
highly favored than we in this age of the world ; yet 
if it be so, still all who have been enlightened by the 
truths of the gospel, and who have received a por-
tion of the spirit of Christ, have the greatest light, 
and that which the heathen and all men by nature 
have not, — so the loss of this light will leave all 
who have received it in greater spiritual darkness 
than those are who have never received it. For as 
Peter says (2 Pet. 2 : 20, 21), " If after they have 
escaped the pollutions of the world, through the 
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the 
latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 
For it had been better for them not to have known 
the way of righteousness, than, after they have 
known it, to turn from the holy commandment de-
livered unto them." 
In all just laws the penalty is in proportion to 
the offence, the connecting circumstances being con-
sidered ; and as God is just and holy in all His 
ways, it is just that all who have had peculiar 
favors of heaven, and have abused them, should re-
ceive a greater punishment than those who have not 
The children of Israel were the first who were the 
chosen of God, as His people, after the deluge, and 
to whom were given His laws and ordinances. This 
people had the most convincing proofs of the power 
of God and of His particular providence over them, 
and yet they soon forgot His works and His wonders 
which He wrought for them — a few .only being 
faithful to his commandments. 
And we are informed by the prophets that they 
became worse than the heathen, and all who will 
read the prophets can see to what degree of wicked-
ness they arrived, and how abominable they were in 
the Lord's sight. 
Thus we find that those who had been favored 
with the greater light before Christ came were worse 
than the heathen who had not known God. We 
have also the same truth confirmed in the history of 
the Christian Church. For where did the greatest 
abomination arise in this world, since Christ? Was 
it not in the professed church ? What before un- 
known cruelty, and wickedness the most abominable 
of which we can conceive, has been committed by 
the apostate Church ! No truth it appears can be 
more plain than this, that the greatest darkness 
succeeds the greatest light. 
If, then, we wish to find in the history of this 
world one power more abominable than another in 
God's sight, we must look to that people which 
have had the greatest light. If we look for the 
most deceitful, crafty, and lying power, we shall 
find it in a professedly godly power. If we look for 
that which is most filthy and abominable, we shall 
find it in a professed Church. Thus we find the 
prophets have described the state of the Jewish 
Church as the most abominable and filthy of which 
we can conceive, for every representation of cor-
ruption, of treachery, and lying; are depicted in the 
strongest light. 
What power then is the most like Satan's ? The 
answer is plain, it is an apostate power ; one which 
has had great light, and where light has become 
darkness. The Lord gave His word at first to the 
children of Israel, and they became a nation and 
apostatized ; they were then reproved by His proph-
ets, and the writings of the prophets which they had 
were witnesses against them, and by which they will 
be judged at the last day. Since Christ the writings 
of the Apostles have been given to the Christian 
Church, and by them we must be judged in the last 
day, also. 
The word of God is the only true light in this 
world of spiritual darkness, and all who have it are 
expected by the Lord to live according to its com-
mands. But if we neglect its teaching, and grieve 
the Spirit of God, by which alone our minds can be 
enlightened, then double darkness will be our lot. 
We are also assured, by the words of Christ and 
the Revelation to John, that these receive the great-
er damnation. See Rev. 14 : 9 — 11 ; 19 : 19, 20. 
JOHN REYNOLDS. 
Marblehead, Mass., March 25, 1862. 
For the Herald. 
Gone — All Gone. 
BY THEO. D. C. MILLER. 
From Bro Benjamin Dudley. 
MY DEAR Brio. Brass, and all the brethren and 
sisters whom it may concern. 1 labored hard to be 
with you at the Springfield Conference, where a num-
ber of my days and years were pleasantly spent about 
50 years since. My friends who were then there are 
away till the trumpet shall sound. Grace unto you 
and peace, from God our and Father the Lord Jesus 
Christ. We are bound to thank God always for you, 
brethren, as it is meet ; because that your faith 
groweth exceedingly, and the,charity of every one 
of you all towards each other aboundeth, so that 
we ourself glory in you, in the churches of God : 
for your patience and faith in all your persecution 
and tribulation that ye endure, which is a manifes-
tation of the righteous judgment of God, that ye 
may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God ; for 
which ye suffered, seeing that it is a righteous thing 
with God to recompense tribulations to them that 
trouble you ; and to you who are troubled, rest with 
us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heav-
en, with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking 
vengeance on them that know not God and that obey 
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall be 
punished with everlasting distruction from the pres-
ence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 
when he shall come to be glorified in His saints, and 
admired in all them that believe, because our testa-
mony among you was believed, in that day ; where-
fore also we pray always for you, that our God 
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill 
all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work 
of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Je-
sus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in Him, 
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Je-
sus Christ. For we are members of his body, of his 
flesh, and of his bones ; for our conversation is in 
heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior, the 
Lord Jesus Christ. For what is our hope, or joy, 
or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye, in the 
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at His coming ? 
For ye are our glory and joy. Wherefore, comfort 
one another with these words. Glory to Jesus. 
Hallelujah to the Lamb. I have to say Jesus day 
and night. I love the name. All who love that 
have received like precious faith with us, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father. 
0, how good is this wheat that my dear brother 
speaks of ! It is like the precious oil to me, weekly. 
Now let us pay promptly, while it is so good. The 
Lord will bless. 
I see in the paper a letter from aged brother Eld. 
Samuel Nutt, of Franklin, N. 11., Jan. 6th, 1862. 
Send a paper to that brother. 
BENJAMIN DUDLEY. 
Oxford, Chenang Co., N. Y. Jan. 18, 1862. 
We have credited that brother to Jan. 1, 1864, 
he being before credited to No. 1127. 
From J. B. Knight. 
BRO. BLISS :—"Enclosed find," etc. "to apply on 
my Herald supscription, which I think pays to the 
close of this year. I wish I had $1000 to clear you 
of your trying difficulties in sustaining the Herald. 
Perhaps God will give it to me—if so I will give it 
to His own glorious Advent cause. My heart is 
with you, and the noble tried friends of the cause in 
the east. I came over the great plains last summer, 
and if God prospers me here pecuniarily, you shall 
hear from me substantially. The Herald is as pre-
cious as ever to me, — though it comes quite irregu-
larly, and is sometimes almost destroyed in coming 
over the plains. Work on, hope on, brother ; hold 
up and send forth the light. God and the friends 
of His truth will sustain you. Events are rapidly 
converging to the great day. Let it come. I thank 
God for the blessed hope—the faith of Peter and 
Paul. It is riches —peace—glory. 
Yours, waiting for the everlast Kingdom, 
J. B. KNIGHT. 
San Francisco, Cal. April 19, 1862. 
From Bro. George Miller. 
DEAR BRO. BLISS :—I still like the Herald. I val-
ue it more then any other religious paper in the 
country, so far as I am able to understand it, and 
compare it with the Bible. Were it discontinued, 
I should have no Advent preaching about here, or 
short of Cumberland Co. ; but by reading the Her-
ald, sometimes a single article, written by some good 
brother,is worth more than listening to a whole ser-
mon on the old theory. Sometime ago I gave a 
It appears to me, Brother, that your difficulty, in 
regard to my "continuing to propagate the time of 
1868," arises from an entire misapprehension of 
the case, as explained by " the editor," which I 
think will cease, from the following considerations : 
Ile (the editor) explicitly disavows that any 
" issue has been raised in respect to the epoch 
named," i. e. " 1868." " It being limited to the 
accuracy of several of the steps by which the conclu-
sion is reached." 6' Make these accurate, and we 
care not where they terminate." (Herald, April 
26. Note No. 3, in reply to M. Baxter.) He also 
says, in reference to your note, in relation to your 
" question," that " the argument for a specified 
time, so far as it may rest on evidence aside from 
that chronological estimate, may not be affected by 
its inaccuracy." 
I think Bro. Campbell must, in all " fairness" 
and justice, admit that if the " exposition " by the 
" editor" of the incorrectness of Mr. Shimeall's 
Chronology had no " respect " to 1868,* but only to 
some details by which he arrived at the age of the 
world, it would no longer be impossible for him to 
" account, on fair principles, for my continuing to 
propagate the time of 1868." 
Bro. C. is not alone in this misapprehension of 
the case. Many esteemed brethren, all over the 
land, have supposed that both the argument and 
authorities on which I based the calculation for 
1868 were entirely overthrown ; whereas, these, 
beyond the " issue " specified, have never been 
touched. Perhaps this editorial explanation of the 
" issue" may puzzle Bro. C. and many others, 
quite as much as my continuing to propagate the 
time ; but this only gives us another illustration of 
the importance of great accuracy in discussing chron-
ological questions. But aa I have had nothing to 
do with the introduction, prosecution, management, 
or direction of this matter, and as no one has inter-
ferred in it with my knowledge or countenance, if 
there is anything illogical, or incomprehensible in 
the case, that Bro. C. " cannot account " for, I cer-
tainly should not be held responsible for it. 
If these alleged " inaccuracies" are the real and 
only difficulties in the case, the question may natu-
rally arise, whether, on " fair principles," Bro. 
Campbell and the editor should not also "propagate 
the time," as corrected by " the editor? " Let me 
assure them, that I should do nothing to embarrass 
them in so great and important a work. And most 
assuredly, if they can give us a better argument in 
all it parts, with the assurance of a practical faith in 
it themselves, for a connected termination of the 
prophetic periods, I am ready to " follow " them, in 
the same sense and to the same extent that I follow 
others. 
As the explanations and admissions of the " edi-
tor " render it entirely unnecessary that " 1 give my 
reasons for continuing to propagate the time of 
1868," they also make it comparatively unnecesary 
for me to enter on the effort so especially desired by 
you, to " show any errors in Bro. B.'s corrections 
of the Chronology" of Mr. Shimeall. If I had seen 
anything in the elaborate articles of the 66 editor," 
that have filled so many columns in the " HERALD" 
been thus particularly favored. 
This is a subject, then, of the greatest importance 
to every believer in the Church of Christ. We 
should seriously ask ourselves if the light within us 
is still bright and clear, and if we are striving, as 
Christ has taught us to do, that we may enter in at 
the straight gate ; and if we are giving all diligence 
to make our calling sure. And it is certain we can-
not strive too earnestly, or be too diligent, — and 
particularly in this age of the world ; for iniquity 
abounds and the love of many has waxed cold. 
It is a fatal error to think that we are in no dan-
ger, because we are in regular standing in a popular 
church and attend its ordinances ; for this is no evi-
dence that our light is not become darkness. For 
nothing is more common than a darkened and zeal- 
ous fervor for a certain sect, and supposing that he 
is doing God service, while every act proves that the 
spirit of Christ is not in him. The spirit of Christ 
is meek and quiet, and all who have it will be 
known by the spirit of meekness and humility ; and 
if they have zeal, it is a humble zeal, and full of 
love to God and all mankind. But if the light of 
the spirit is gone, then we shall find pride instead of 
humility, and a spirit of strife and contention in-
stead of meekness and quietness. The light has 
become darkness, and we therefore find that the 
greatest and most cruel acts of wickedness are per-
petrated by this class. Presuming on their great 
knowledge and superior wisdom, they are prepared 
to anathematize and crucify any who may question 
their power or move contrary to their views. The 
ruling power of the Jewish church were of this 
class, and in the time of Christ were addressed by 
Him as hypocrites, and a generation of vipers, who 
justly deserved the damnation of hell. We find this 
truth everywhere confirmed in the history of the 
world, that an apostate church is the most abomina-
ble in the Lord's sight, and is the most cruel and 
deceitful of all earthly powers. For it is always 
composed of that class of people whose light has be-
come darkness. 
I remember a cottage that stood 'neath the hill, 
Beside which there sparkled a murmuring rill ; 
Where the tall poplars stood, and the green elms 
wave 
Their branches above a time-honored grave. 
'Tis the tomb of sweet Carrie, once sportive and 
mild — 
A sunny-eyed, fairy-formed, rosy-cheeked child, 
With silvery laughter, and raven curled hair —
A sprite little maiden, " the fairest of fair." 
Years agone that pure flower unfolded its bloom ; 
Dispeller of sorrow, grief, anguish, and gloom, —
A charm to the household,— with pitying heart 
For those who felt keenly grief 's ravishing dart. 
A good little cherub, her graces untold, 
As hour after hour her heart-treasures unfold, 
Till a kind-hearted Saviour, with heaven's purest 
love, 
Smiled gently on Carrie, and called her above. 
This beautiful maiden, once living, is dead — 
Laid low by approach of Apollyon's tread ; 
And the rose that bloomed fair on each sunny-hued 
cheek 
Can ne'er charm the hearth where the lone mourners 
meet. 
Adieu, early vanished ! Carrie is gone 
1To dwell in a land where eternal life 's long ; 
And, though we may miss her loved presence on 
earth, 
Forget not she's entered an immortal birth.* 
Month passed!! The lone household was filled with 
deep gloom, 
* BROTHER, how can the " immortal birth " be 
other than the resurrection? and how can the " eter- 
nal rest " precede that event the restored earth 
being the promised inheritance? 
 .1111=11•671111110111.111111■1. 
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167 
preacher as a subject, "The inheritance of the saints." 
Be replied that he knew nothing about it, and 
Vierefore would not undertake to preach upon it. 
0, what a pity it is that a subject so plain in scrip-
ture is not understood by a minister of the Gospel ! 
I am getting more and more convinced that we 
have the apostolic doctrine,-a doctrine that will 
stand the test when Christ shall make his appear-
ance. "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, 
whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household ?" 
We should not only be right by practice, but also 
by theory ; for which we are accountable to God. 
Christ prayed to his Father : "Sanctify them through 
thy truth. Thy word is truth." Paul says : "That 
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing 
of water by the word," &c. &c. 
I see in "The time of the End," page 299, from 
the testimonies in the primitive Church, that they 
held those not Christian who maintained that souls 
are received up to heaven immediately after death." 
In conclusion I would say, Dear Bro. B., go on 
with the great work of our Master until he comes. 
Yours, in the blessed hope, 
GEORGE MILLER. 
From Bro. Moses Winslow. 
BROTHER Buss : - I am happy to be able to tell 
what God has done for us in our neighborhood. Bro. 
Lowe has been preaching to us about four weeks, and 
faithfully declared to us the whole truth, so far as he 
could in the time allowed him. He has not stopped 
with one truth of the Bible only : that Jesus' com-
ing is near at hand,as too many of our advent preach-
ers do, who seems to have forgotten that there are 
other doctrines taught in the Bible of equal import-
ance for the salvation of our sinful race with that 
blessed truth that he is near even at the door. He 
has not told that fable of the last days, that the 
world was about to be converted and a spiritual 
millennium to commence ; he has endeavored to 
show what rebels men are by nature, and how easy 
Jesus has made the terms of salvation. And God 
has blessed his labors, and heard our prayers. 
Christians have been revived and refreshed ; sinners 
awakened and converted to God. Eleven willing 
converts have followed the example of our blessed 
Saviour when here on earth, who went to Jordan's 
flowing stream and was there buried beneath its wa-
ters-an example for all his followers until he shall 
come again at the glorious restitutions, to fit up 
this earth for the abode of the saints. As the result 
of our meetings, we have organized a church of 16 
members, with a prospect of 6 or 8 to come in by 
letter, and others by Baptism. We have taken the 
New testament for our book of discipline and creed, 
with a covenant to walk together in love and unity, 
and watch over each other, to support the gospel 
ministry in our neighborhood, to give of our sub-
stance to support the poor, and so to fulfil the laws 
of Christ. It reminds me of the time when brother 
Chapman laboured here in 1854, when he gathered 
a little band of happy souls, looking for the return 
of Jesus to rescue his ransomed ones home ; but, 
like too many of his churches, gathered out west, it 
was scattered ; some moved away, some apotatized, 
and others gone back into the world. I am the on-
ly one that was in that church, who has come into 
our church now formed. My dear brethren, are we 
not too many of us looking from only one stand 
point ? Do not let us forget every other great doc-
trine of the Bible,except the second coming of Christ 
to reward his saints. This is soul cheering to his 
children ;'but are there not other truths just as effi-
cient in bringing souls to the Saviour as this? 
Yours,in hope of a glorious acceptation when Je- 
eus comes. 
M. WINSLOW. 
Six miles north of Perry, Pike. Co., Ill. Feb. 
21, 1862. 
From Bra. Wm. Blackman. Bizo. Buss:-My 
best wishes to you and yours, and to all concerned 
in the dissemination of truth, in this dark night 
of trial and moral darkness, of war and bloodshed. 
If there ever was a time since the Saviour said 
"Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation," 
1 am led to believe the present is a time to obey 
this injunction. Brothers and sisters, let us not be 
disobedient to the divine command, lest we enter in-
to temptation. 
I am glad to hear, through the Herald, from the 
brethren and sisters, scattered as we are over the 
length and breadth of the land. Many of us are 
like sheep without a shepherd. Let us not forget 
the true Shepherd, but look forward with joyful 
hearts to that happy period where there shall be one 
Shepherd and one fold. I remember with pleasure 
some of the ministering brethren with whom I have 
had the privilege of becoming acquainted ; and I 
have received from their teachings much instruc-
tion and light upon various subjects discussed by 
them. I have also formed a strong attachment to 
many whom I have not seen as yet-but hope to 
meet and enjoy their society, in the restitution, in 
the new earth, in the world to come, in the resur-
rection state. Not only do I anticipate meeting 
brethren and sisters, but also my blessed Lord, and 
all the heirs of salvation, in the kingdom of God, to 
reign with him forever and ever. 
BnacKsiaN. 
Princetown, Scott. Co., Iowa., April 15, 1862. 
OBITUARY. 
MRS. M. HATTT, died in Granby, C. E., Thurs-
day, May 8th, aged 63 years. She made a profes-
sion of religion in early life, apd united with the 
Methodists. She embraced the Advent faith when 
it was first taught here, and she has always had a 
word to say in favour of the blessed hope. In her 
last sickness, which was protracted, she manifested 
great lowliness of mind, and entire dependence on 
the merit of her Saviour. The funeral service was 
in Messiah's church, Waterloo ; where, according 
to her request, the writer preached,-the subject be-
ing the deathless land and the tearless state, Rev. 
21 : 4. Her circle of friends being somewhat large, 
the congregation was good. May others be raised 
up to fill the places of such as are thus removed 
from us. 
"Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee, 
Thy kindred and their graves may be ; 
But thine is still a blessed sleep, 
From which none ever wakes to weep." 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Waterloo, C. E., May13, 1862. 
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168 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
" FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. 
BOSTON, MAY 24, 1862. 
Love One Another. 
A little girl, with happy look, 
Sat slowly reading a ponderous book, 
All bound with velvet and edged with gold, 
And its weight was more than the child 
could hold ; 
And dearly she loved to ponder it o'er, 
And every day she prized it more, 
For, as she looked at her dear little:brother, 
It said, " Little children must love one 
another." 
She thought it was beautiful in that book, 
And the lesson home to her heart she took; 
She walked on her way with a trusting 
grace, 
• 
And a dove-like look on her meek young 
face, 
Which said, as plain as words could say : 
The holy Bible I must obey; 
So, mama, I'll be kind to my darling 
brother, 
For " Little children must love one an-
other." 
I'm sorry he's naughty and will not pray, 
But I'll love him still, for I think the way 
To make him kind and gentle to me, 
Will be better shown, if I let him see 
I strive to do what I think is right ; 
And thus when I kneel to pray at night, 
I will clasp my arms around my brother, 
And say, " Little children must love one 
another." 
The little girl did as the Bible taught, 
And pleasant indeed was the change it 
wrought ; 
For the boy looked up in glad surprise, 
To meet the light of her loving eyes ; 
His heart was full, he could not speak, 
He pressed a kiss on the sister's cheek ; 
And God looked down on the happy 
mother, 
Whose little children loved each other. 
vant all she could do to answer the inquir-
ers who stood at the street door and asked 
about his health. 
The whole of Germany looked with 
great sympathy and love on the failing old 
man. Thousands of poor people had been 
blessed by his kind hand, and they too 
came to his door to inquire about their 
loved benefactor. The great musicians of 
the country seemed anxious to give him 
some honor, by way of showing their re-
spect for his genius and great merit. His 
day of activity had passed, and they wish-
ed to show that they appreciated his past 
labors. 
Now, I must tell you how they honored 
him. A renowned society of musicians 
fixed upon the 27th March, 1808, as the 
day when they would give a great con-
cert, and conclude the exercises with Fa-
ther Haydn's " Creation." The spacious 
hall was splendidly decorated, and hung 
with evergreens, and flowers, and banners. 
Every seat was filled. On the wide stage 
were the best musicians in the world. 
They were going to unite their efforts to 
do honor to the old man. There was An-
ton Salieri, the Emperor's chorister ; and 
yonder was the great Beethoven ; in an-
other place Clementi, and Radichi, and 
Mozart. The clock struck the hour to 
commence the performances. Fifteen hun-
dred people were closely packed in the 
hall, but everything was still as midnight. 
But all at once a feeble old man ap-
proached the door, and entered, leaning on 
his cane. There was a fluttering and 
buzzing. 
It was Father Haydn ! It had' been 
many weeks since he had been from his 
house, he was so feeble. And none of the 
musicians expected to see him. But he 
had heard what was to be done. He was 
told that the concert was given by these 
great musicians in his honor, and he deter-
mined to be present. 
When the musicians saw the beloved 
old man entering the great hall, they rose 
and bowed to him, and gave him a cordial 
welcome. He took a seat in the audience, 
which a princess arose and gave him. 
The concert commenced. Louder and 
fuller grew the melody, and the multitude 
seemed lost in wonder. The old man be-
gan to weep and tremble. All at once he 
raised his hands toward heaven, and with 
a happy face he cried out : " Everything 
comes from there ?" The whole audience 
wept too. 
It was more than he could bear. He 
began to grow very faint, and had to be 
taken home and be put to bed. It was his 
lust concert ; and on the last day of May, 
1809, Father Haydn was sleeping in death. 
He was a good man, and his death was 
happy. 
Now, I suppose a great many of my lit-
tle friends will ask how it was that poor 
little Joseph, with his scanty purse and frail 
body, became the greatest musician of his 
time. 1 will tell you in a few words : 
He was industrious, and would not be 
discouraged at any obstacle. 
He was very patient ; and if he did not 
succeed as soon as lie expected he would 
labor and wait until he did. 
He was very willing to receive instruc-
tion. If a friend or enemy corrected him, 
he was always thankful for it. 
But above all,little Joseph Haydn prayed 
to God to make him successful. Like Sol-
omon, he was not ashamed to ask God for 
wisdom. And when he came to die, he 
was a witness of that great truth in the 
Bible : " If any of you lack wisdom, let 
him ask of God, that giveth to all men lib-
erally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be 
given him." 
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Providence permitting, I will be in Odell Town FRIDAY 
Evening, June 6th ; at Roxham, Sunday, June 8th, at 
10 1-2 A. M ; and in the afternoon or evening where Bro. 
A. Loomis and others may arrange. R. HUTCHINSON. 
The Messiannian Conference, Pa., will hold its Annual 
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DAN'L ELWELL, Sec. 
The annual meeting of the Northern Illinois Conference 
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H. G. McCum.ocii, 
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day. Ample accommodation will be provided for those 
from abroad. Let there be a general gathering of the 
waiting ones. Come, brethren and sisters, make some sac-
rifice, if need be, rather than fail to attend the meeting. 
R. HUTCHINSON, Pres't. 
J. M. ORROCK, Sec'y of Conference. 
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Father Haydn, the Great Musician. 
Adapted from the German of Stiehler. 
(Concluded.) 
His name was spoken by almost every 
tongue. The great kings of Europe often 
invited him to come and visit them. Even 
the children of the streets talked about 
Father Haydn ; for by this time he had 
grown to be an old man. The great mu-
sicians now confessed that he was the 
greatest one in Europe. The people of 
England invited him twice to visit their 
country. He accepted their hospitality, 
and the richest people in the country 
opened their doors for his entrance. One 
of the English Universities conferred the 
Doctor's degree upon him. But I'm afraid 
you don't know what the Doctor's degree 
is; well, ask your father or mother, and 
don't be satisfied until you understand the 
subject thoroughly. 
In 1806 and 1807, Father Haydn grew 
weaker all the time. It refreshed him 
very much to play a few minutes on the 
piano ; but this excited him frequently, 
and his physician would let him play only 
occasionally. 
"I feel very feeble," said he, on the 3d 
September, 1807 ; " It is very strange how 
helpless one can get. My memory has 
left me altogether. Sometimes I have very 
good ideas while I am playing, but then I 
forget everything before I can get my pen 
in my hand." 
Alas' Father Haydn's sickness was his 
old age. Every one in Vienna seemed to 
be anxious about him. It took one ser- 
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MooRE's VILLAGE, N. Y., April 19, 1862. 
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ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under Clarissa Stowe, 1142 ; C. C. Lyman, 1147 ; S. Clifford, 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le- 1134 ; D. W. Harrington, 1132 ; L. Drew, 1133 ; Air. J. 
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable R. Jewell, 1127 ; T. M. Chapman ; J. S. Huff, 1127 ; F. 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by Fox, 1127 ; P. Swett, 1095, and balance to Elder Levi 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be Dudley, to 1101 ; Mrs. Sarah S. Pearce, 1179 — each $2. 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and Mr. J. B. Knight, 1127 — $3,00. 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. H. H. Jones, 1146 — $1.00.