WHOLE NO. 1087. 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 22,1862. 
VOLUME XXIII. NO. 12. 
 INIMMINIIMIIMINIM IMO 0131011•1 ••• 
From Bro. A. Pearce. 
Yours very truly, 
come as a thief," (Rev. xvi. 15.) It is just then 
that (according to Isa. xxiv. 21) the Lord "pun-
ishes the host of the ones that are on high ;" that 
He comes to bind this "prince of the power of 
the air," and to cast him into the bottomless pit, 
(Rev. xx. 1.) It is just then that the saints are 
caught up to meet the Lord in the air, (1 Thess. 
iv.17;) as if that region having been dispossessed 
of its former occupants, a new and glorious band 
take possession of it, and it becomes no longer 
the abode of the ruler of the darkness of this 
world, but the dwelling of the Prince of light. 
In 2 Pet. iii. 10, when the day of the Lord is 
spoken of,and said to come as a thief in the night, 
it is added, "The heaven," i.e., the present heav-
ens or firmament, "shall pass away with a great 
noise," and "the elements shall melt with fervent 
heat," which seems evidently to refer to the at-
mosphere, and the process by which it is to be 
purified, for it is immediately added, "We look 
for the new heavens." Yes, the "new heavens," 
the new ethereal firmament,into which defilement 
shall never enter, and where no second "prince 
of the power of the air," shall take up his abode. 
Thus, then, we gather from Scripture that this 
atmosphere of ours, called sometimes by the 
name of "firmament," and at others of "heavens," 
has'the same twofold history of which we have 
already spoken. Its first half is dark, its second 
bright, and the intersecting event or point is the 
day of the Lord, when its elements are to under-
go that process of refinement by which the evil 
that has prevaded them shall be burned out by 
fire, and the "new heavens" appear in perfection 
of purity and brightness. 
Brother Bliss :—Our Sabbath School exercise 
on the 28 ult. was, like its predecessors, a very 
excellent performance, if those who witnessed it 
are competent judges. Our house is not large 
enough to accommodate one-half of the people 
that would like to attend these exercises. We 
had a pictoral representation of Solomon's tem-
ple,with its furniture and plan of its internal ar-
rangements, very finely drawn by one of our 
scholars. 
At the conclusion of the description of the 
temple,the following piece of poetry, kindly fur-
nished by brother Orrock, was repeated by one 
of our teachers. Please give it in the Herald,and 
oblige 
ANTHONY PEARCE. 
SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. 
Peace waved her banner o'er Judea's land 
When this great ten3ple,which Jehovah planned, 
Became the place to which the tribes repaired 
To worship Him whose blessings they had shared. 
'Twas not external excellence alone---
Of gold and silver, brass and precious stone, 
That drew the earnest crowds to Zion's gate 
To pay their vows and there devoutly wait ; 
This was the house of God---the God of grace, 
Whose matchless glory once so filled the place 
That priests nor people could before him stand, 
But trembling owned the wonders of his hand. 
No pagan temple could with it compare, 
Thout,h decked with precious stones and jewels 
rare ; 
For here were proofs of Cod's existence shown, 
Which were to false divinities unknown. 
Like some tall cedar rising from the ground 
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THE WORD OF GOD. 
"He shall come down like rain upon mown grass ; 
as showers that water the earth." 
 
How gently in night's silent hours 
The dew distills upon the flowers ; 
How softly on the grass new mown 
The crystal drops of rain are grown. 
But gentler, softer, falls Thy Word 
On Childhood's tender heart, 0 Lord : 
Making the germs of grace appear 
Like snowdrops in the opening year. 
Its light reveal'd to infant eyes, 
Is darkness to the worldly wise, 
We know, we feel the Bible true, 
For it has made our hearts anew. 
—Rev. Hugh Stowell. 
From the London Quarterly Journal of Prophecy. 
God's Purpose as Unfolded in 
Prophecy. 
which poured down their waters to destroy the 
earth; it was in it that the darkness was engen 
dered which fell on Egypt for three awful days ; 
it was from it "that there came forth the hail, 
and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, 
such as there was none like it in all the land of 
Egypt since it become a nation ;" and it is now 
well understood that to atmospheric derangements 
and disturbances may be traced the greater part 
of those earthly evlis which men have been in 
the habit of ascribing to a hundred other causes. 
The slightest change, either by excess or defect 
in that electricity, which seems to be to the air 
what life is to the body of man, is followed by 
results to earth and its inhabitants of the most 
serious kind, and on the most stupendous scale ; 
and as, if reference to all these changes, man is 
wholly powerless, having not even the shadow 
of control over the air that surrounds him ; we 
are thus made to feel with awful solemnity how 
completely we are at the disposal of a Sovereign 
Jehovah, the very slightest touch of whose fin-
ger upon this transparency that wraps us about, 
could in one moment produce,without any mira- 
cle, an amount of atmospheric disorganisation 
which would turn earth into a desert or a region 
of flame, unfit for life to breathe in, and unin-
habitable by any, save the dwellers in the lake 
that burneth with fire and brimstone. 
In this region, where the clouds muster and 
the tempest seats itself,and the pestilence "walk-
eth in darkness," and the thunder reverberates, 
and the lightning blazes,—in this region Satan 
has taken up his abode. He is the "prince of 
the power of the air," (Eph. ii. 2 ;) of the "host 
of the high ones that are on high," (Isa. xxiv. 
21 ;) of "spiritual wickedness in high places." 
Occupy this earth, encompassing the firmament 
as the region of his special dominion, he sits 
there as the "ruler of the darkness of this world." 
There, with his principalities and powers, he is 
permitted for a season to remain, till God's pur-
pose is fulfilled. 
Such is the dark picture given of this firma-
ment which God created good. It is evident, 
moreover,that instead of its being gradually purg-
ed and cleansed in the progress of the ages, its 
condition becomes worse as these rolls away ; and 
the prophetic descriptions of the period of dark-
ness and gloominess, of clouds and thick dark-
ness,—a period of tempests, and plagues, and 
lightnings,—would lead to the conclusion that, 
like all else in connexion with man, it grows 
worse and worse, till the crisis arrives. Such a 
crisis seems that referred to in Rev. xvi. 17, 
when the seventh angel pours out his vial into 
the air, and there comes forth the great voice 
out of the temple of heaven,from the throne,say-
ing, "It is done ;" when there are voices, and 
thunders, and lightnings,and a great earthquake, 
when every island flees away,and the mountains 
are not found, and when there falls.on man a 
great hail out of heaven, so that men blashpeme 
God, because of the plagues of the hail,a plague 
exceeding great. 
That this crisis is at the Lord's coming, is 
evident, not only because the seventh is the last 
of all God's plagues upon the earth, just before 
the day of millennial peace and glory ; but be-
cause, just when the seventh vial is about to be 
poured into the air, the cry is heard, "Behold, I 
In silent grandeur, was this temple found : 
Built for the God of peace, no sound was heard 
Of axe or hammer while the walls were reared. 
But when long ages after, Israel sinned, 
And, like the forest-leaves borne by the wind, 
Was captive led,—and amid a noisy fray 
The holy house was burnt and passed away. 
Thus fell the structure built by human hand ; 
But faith beholds a mystic temple stand, 
Composed of "living stones"—the church of God, 
Which He has purchased with his precious blood, 
These stones are scattered now in earth and sea ; 
Some large, some small,some rough,some smooth, 
may be ; 
But every day, through acts of sovereign grace, 
Some stones are fitted for their destined place: 
We therefore wait for that fast-hastening hour, 
When David's greater Son will come with power, 
To finish what He has through grace begun, 
And raise the temple of the Holy One. 
This periect church—this temple of the Lord,—
Rising in grandeur or the earth restored, 
Filled with God's glory, vocal with his praise, 
Will stand,secure from f'oes,through endless days. 
Come, Holy Spirit, Architect divine, 
Rough hew and polish this cold heart of mine ; 
Fit every soul to take some humble place 
In that great temple builded by thy grace. 
J. M. 0. 
The Valley of Humility. 
There is, perhaps, no Christian grace more 
difficult to attain and to preserve than that of 
humility, and none more important as an expo-
nent of Christian character. By this term we 
by no means understand that self-depreciation 
which indirectly asks refutation, or begs a com-
pliment, and in which worthy people so often in-
dulge ; and farther still are we from meaning 
that craven-spiritedness that crawls and cringes 
in the presence of everything good. But we do 
mean that lowliness of self-appreciation—that 
freedom from pride and arrogance, which is the 
legitimate result of the consciousness of one's 
weakness, ignorance and liability to err. 
There are many paths that lead over the ridge 
of self-complacency and enter the "low vale," 
and many thorns and thistles beset the foot of 
the pilgrim on his weary journey thither. But 
there is no path to the eternal city that does not 
lead through it, and only by many a solitary 
visit to its sad precincts, can the spirit imbibe 
that chastened temper—that habitually reverent 
attitude of soul, which alone is becoming to the 
Christian. 
We start out feeling "so young, so strong, so 
sure of God." Here is an evil,dark, undisguised ; 
plainly, to aid in renewing this is the work God 
has set us to. So we work confidently, heartily, 
until pausing, at length, we cast our eyes back 
over our labor, but to perceive that we have ac-
complished only our own weariness, achieved on-
ly disappointment. But to this over burdening 
sense of incompetency comes no welcome com-
mand to cease from toil, but only the stern in-
junction, to "work while the day lasts," and 
sometimes we feel to question if God is loving 
and tender. But he is ; and, in his love is teach-
ing us that patience which shall eventually be-
come to us an element of' power. 
From this outer failure we turn inward. We 
examine our hearts, and think we see why we 
have failed. We determine to set a more rigid 
watch over our thoughts and ways. Perhaps we 
Having cited these general proof-texts in ref-
ence to the creation-line of prophecy,' now come 
to the more special, I mean those relating to the 
different parts of this one wondrous whole. these 
parts might be classified in various ways. We 
might begin with the soil,and go upward through 
the different departments of being,the vegetable, 
the animal, the heavenly bodies, &c., shewing 
the prophetic references to each of these,to their 
two great divisions, and the intersecting event. 
But there is another arrangement, more Scriptu-
ral and more simple, which we shall adopt. I 
mean that contained in the first chapter of Gen-
esis. 'The different works of the successive days 
furnish us with so many minor and minuter lines, 
comprised in the great creation-line on which we 
have been dwelling. Each of these we shall find 
stamped with the same twofold character,and in-
tersected with the same great event. 
Passing over the work of the first day—the 
creation of light, as falling to be noticed under 
another head, viz., that of the heavenly bodies 
—I come to the work of the second day. It is 
the production of the firmament, or air. Let us 
trace this throughout Scripture, and mark the 
many singular prophetic allusions to it. 
When God made the firmament, He made it 
perfect. But at the fall it shared in the deteri-
oration which then took place. It became the 
seat of storms, whirlwinds, darkness, thunders, 
pestilences, and all noxious influences. It was 
in it that the "windows of heaven" were opened, 
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thorities will be alive now to any such forebod-
ings of trouble. 
Listen, fellow-sinner. How kind, bow won-
derful an invitation is this ! God speaks to thee. 
 
The Father says, "Come !" the Son says, "Come!" 
the Holy Spirit says, "Come !" the blessed an-
gels echo the cry, "Come !" Many poor sinners 
who have accepted the call join their voices in 
the appeal, and say, "Come to Jesus !" when he 
was himself on earth he tenderly said, "Come 
unto me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, 
and I will give you rest." What he said then, 
he says now. The invitatiou he gave to the men 
of that day he gives to thee, fellow-sinners—
"Come unto me !" 
He promises rest. But far better than rest of 
body is rest of soul. It is wretched to be a slave, 
to groan, bleed, toil; but far worse to be Satan's 
bondsman,dragging about an evil conscience and 
an aching heart. Rest from this cannot be had 
but by coming to Jesus. And if we come he will 
lighten every other load. Are you poor? Come 
and he will make you rich forever. Are you sick ? 
Come, and he will cure your worst disease. Are 
you sad ? Come, and he will wipe away your 
tears. Are you bereaved ? Come, and he will be 
to you a brother in adversity, who changes not 
and never dies. Is sin a burden ? 0, then, come 
to Jesus, and he will take it all away. Do you 
dread the day of death and judgment ? Come,and 
that day will be the dawn of life and glory. 0, 
then, come ! To be merely called 15y such a per-
son should make us glad. Of a stranger we might 
say, "Perhaps he intends us no good ;" of a 
selfish, rich man, "Who can expect aught from 
him ?" But if a Howard or a Wilberforce said 
to a mourner, "Come," he might feel quite sure 
some kindness was intended. 
Now he who invites thee, sinner, is both able 
and willing to help. He has clothes for the na-
ked, food for the hungry, wealth for the poor, 
eternal life for all. His very word, "Come," is 
enough to make thee glad. A blind beggar by 
the wayside hearing he was passing, cried out, 
"Mercy, mercy !" The people told him to he 
quiet, but he shouted the louder, "Have mercy 
on me !" Jesus invited him ; then some said, as 
though quite sure of a blessing, "Be of good com-
fort, he calleth for thee." They knew Jesus nev-
er called and then refused—and so they told him 
to rejoice. Sinner be thou of good cheer. The 
same Jesus calleth thee. As the blind man threw 
off his cloak lest it should hinder him, do you 
cast off every sin that would stop you ; rush 
through every crowd of diffculties, and falling at 
the feet of Jesus say, "Have mercy on me ! I 
am blind, I am lost ; save, or I perish !" Are 
you too great a sinner ? The more need to come. 
Have you nothing with which to purchase his 
favor? "Without money" come. Rich and poor, 
master and servant, old and young, white and 
black, sinner of every class, come. "Believe on 
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." 
The next quotation is from the Exposition of 
the New Testament, by Dr. Gill, a learned 
divine, who had devoted much of his time and 
attention to the study of prophecy. His de-
scription of the events which, he expected,would 
take place at the conclusion of the millennium, 
is as follows :— 
"Some think that the wicked living in the dis-
tant parts of the world, in the corners of the 
earth, are meant, who upon Christ's coming will 
flee thither, and remain in continual dread and 
terror to the end of the thousand years, when 
Satan will gather them together and spirit them 
up against. the saints. But this cannot be, be-
cause they will all be destroyed at the universal 
conflagration of the world ; nor will there be any 
in the new earth but righteous persons : but 
these will he all wicked dead, the rest of the 
dead who lived not again until the thousand 
years are ended, when will be the second resur-
rection, the resurrection of all the wicked that 
have been from the beginning of the world ; and 
these, with the posse of devils under Satan, will 
make up the Gog and Magog army. All the 
find ourselves prone to some peculiar sin,such as 
fretfulnese of temper, slander, want of charity 
toward our neighbors, or defection from utter 
truthfulness; and against this besetting sin we 
resolve to strive. And while the resolution is 
fresh in our hearts,even while the prayer for aid 
yet trembles upon our lips, we find ourselves be-
trayed into the self-same offence. We have fail-
ed again and again. We have learned our im-
potence either to withstanding the outward or 
purify the inner ; and, thinking we are greatly 
humbled, we become content to labor, weakly, 
since God has made it so. But there is a deeper 
deep than any we have yet experienced. We had 
thought we were doing God's work, feebly, we 
knew,yet not altogether unacceptably, we hoped. 
But some day God suddenly lifts the veil from 
our eyes, and we perceive that instead of a good 
work, we have been weaving the devil's own 
woof from beginning to end. A closer examina-
tion, with clearer eyes, reveals the fact that we 
have acted wilfully as well as blindly, that when 
light would have come to us we shut our eyes. 
We had named our work good,and would not see 
that it was evil ; but now results are so apparent 
we cannot but see. To feel that we are no bet-
ter than the erring ones around us is hard, but 
to have the overwhelming consciousness come 
upon us that of all we know, none have done so 
badly, as we—that to us, who have named the 
name of Christ, is the just imputation of hypoc-
risy and wilful sin; here is a deep to which noth-
ing less than the profound of Christ's love can 
answer. 
Prostrated we lie on our faces, and out of the 
depths of humility and anguish, we cry to God 
for that mercy and forgiveness which we feel 
that we have forfeited. We pray that all the 
results of our folly, however dreadful, may be 
visited alone on us—the guilty. But to our 
supplcations we hear no answer. Only the com-
mon-place duty, and the trifling daily sacrifice, 
come and stand mute before us, waiting to be 
taken up. We go through the routine because 
we must, without pleasure, without hope, wait-
ing, with dumb expectation, for God's curse to 
fall, willing even to receive it. But it falls not, 
even here there is mercy. And, after a time we 
come to see that every one of those present im-
portunate and apparently insignificant services, 
given us to do, was the kindest angel God could 
send to comfort us in the dark valley, was the 
bast assurance of his unchanging love that he 
could give. And, at last, too, we learn that suc-
cess is not what he demands of us, but obedient 
trust, unquestioning service, the spirit that ac-
cepts wormwood and gall as cheerfully as the 
milk and honey, that labors or waits with equal 
patience and leaves all to God. Recorder. 
Modern Prophesying. 
A Hindoo Prophecy. 
"Three or four months ago," says the Madras 
Times, "a Missionary was preaching in one of 
the villages of Southern India,when he was ask-
ed by one of the audience what he•and his fra-
ternity would turn to when Usuntha Rayer made 
his appearance ? The question was a casual one, 
but something in the manner of the questioner 
induced the preacher to think that it was not ut-
terly purposeless and unmeaning. Practising a 
pious fraud, the reverend gentleman assumed a 
knowledge though he had it not,and in the course 
ofIconversation elicited the fact that there was in 
circulation a document predicting positively and 
circumstantially the advent of a personage un-
der the name just mentioned. He pursued his 
inquires among his native catechists, and obtain-
ed from them a confirmation of the story, with 
the additional circumstances that the prophetic 
manuscript was then passing from village to vil-
lage. During the remainder of' tour through the 
district, he found the people everywhere specu-
lating on the appearance of the great personage. 
The coming of Usuntha Rayer was a common 
talk. Stimulated by what he had learnt, the 
Missionary next set himself to obtain possession 
of the mysterious document,in which after some-
time he was successful. It is in the Tamil lan-
guage, and is written on cadjan,plentifully smear-
ed with holy ashes in recognition of its sacred 
character. The substance of the prediction is 
that in two or three years,a chronological vague-
ness quite in prophetic keeping, a mysterious 
person, Usuntha Rayer Ghami, will make his 
appearance at the head of a victorious army,will 
extirpate the British and establish his own Raj 
on the ruins of theirs. The blessings of the new 
government will be a general reduction of taxes, 
while sacred ashes will be sold for ten rupees a 
measure. The abolition of taxation will put holy 
dirt within the reach of every one. The heads 
of every village to which one of these missives 
comes, is enjoined to make ten copies for the 
circulation, on pain of condign punishment. The 
document professes to have issued from Benares, 
and to have traversed the country between the 
sacred city and the south of India. 
As a prophecy would not be worth much with-
out a miracle, the lovers of the marvellous are 
treated with the story that the Governor Gener-
al hearing the fame and revolutionary purpose 
of this Rayer sent for him to blow him up with 
literal exactness. Treating him as a dangerous 
combustible, Lord Canning ordered him to be 
buried up to his sacred chin in gunpowder, into 
which two cannons were fired. To the confusion 
of the wicked Viceroy, the Rayer escaped un-
hurt, but Lord Canning, conscience stricken and 
horrified at the sacrilege he had contemplated. 
fled from the spot—whereto the document,which 
in this part is historical not prophetic gives no in-
formation. It adds, as a result of the miracle, 
that the native chiefs in the neighborhood con-
vinced of the Rayer's mission, were throwing off 
their allegiance." It is hoped that the transmis-
sion of this prophecy though India has no analo-
gy with that of the holy water or cake, which 
preceded the mutiny of 1857. At least the au- 
Come to Jesus. 
Gog and Magog. 
characters agree with them ; these may be call-
ed nations or Gentiles,being aliens from the true 
Israel of God, the dogs that will be without the 
holy city ; these may be said to be in the four 
quarters of the world, since where they die and 
are buried, there they will rise and stand upon 
their feet,an exceeding great army ; and as they 
will die enemies to Christ and his people, they 
will rise such ; as they will go down to hell with 
their weapons of war as is said of Meshech and 
Tubal, the people of Gog, Ezek. 32. 17. they 
will rise with the same ; the grave, the dust of 
earth will make no change in their vile bodies, 
nor the flames of hell any alteration in the dis-
position of their minds ; yea, as it is said in the 
above place, 'they lay their swords under their 
heads,' and so be in a readiness, when they rise, 
to make use of them against the saints, and to 
avenge themselves, for their envy malice and 
revenge will be heightened and increased, by 
their confinement and punishment in hell ; nor 
need this be wondered at, since the devils, not- 
withstanding they have been so long expelled 
the realms of light, and have been in chains of 
darkness and in expectation of everlasting tor- 
ment,retain the same enmity as ever ; and though 
the deception will be very great to attack saints 
in an immortal state, who are like the angels that 
die not, nor will these die any more, and especi-
ally since Christ the King of kings and Lord of 
lords, who rules the nations with a rod of iron, 
will be at the head of them ; yet it need not 
seem strange, when they will rise as weak and 
feeble, and as little able to resist temptation, and 
as much exposed to seduction as they were be-
fore. Satan will have as much power over them 
as ever,and what with their own numbers and the 
posse of devils at the head of them, and especi-
ally considering the desperateness of their state, 
and that this is their last struggle and effort for 
liberty, they will animate themselves and one 
another to the strange undertaking. These now 
may be called Gog and Magog, as the one signi- 
fies covered, and the _other open or uncovered, 
these being all the enemies of Christ and his 
people, both secret and open ; and this sense 
well accounts for their number being as the sand 
of the sea." 
Having stated my sentiments in reference to 
the period usually denominated the millennium, 
I conclude with a repetition of my belief, that 
the blessedness of this state will experience no 
interruption, either from men or devils, mortals 
mmortals, and that its duration will not be cir- 
cumscribed by any commonly supposed bound. 
ary of a thousand years ; but that it will extend 
to an undefined period, that, according to the 
language of prophecy, it will be "for ever, even 
for ever and ever." 
The Short Way to a Holy Life. 
Multitudes of God's children find the way 
from regeneration to holiness a slow and weari-
some journey. See how they stumble along, ov-
er broken resolutions, unrelished duties, and ac-
tual transgressions, born e down with weighty 
burdens and dragging crosses. Notice how the 
yoke of the Lord Jesus—which heeptoclaims 
light and easy—chafes and frets -the neck, and 
how the fetters of conscience bind and hinder the 
limbs. No wonder the road seems rugged and 
tedious,long and fatiguing. No wonder so many 
shrink from entering the narrow path, or, like 
Timorous and Fearful, faint and fall back before 
they reach the goal. 
Christian, there is a shorter path up into "the 
King's highway of holiness." Would you know 
it ? Come with me, and let me show you two 
easy steps by which you may ascend at once 
from the gate of regeneration through which you 
have entered into the ways of wisdom, which 
are "ways of pleasantness, and all whose paths 
are peace." Two easy steps—the first is Faith. 
"Only believe," said Christ to his disciples. 
"All things are possible to him that believeth." 
Believe, first, that your sins are all forgiven, ac- 
cording to the gracious assurance, "I, even I,am 
be that blotteth out your transgressions, for my 
own sake"—not for yours---"and will not remem- 
ber your sins." "Though your sins be as scar-
let, they shall be white as snow ; though they be 
red like crimson, they shall be as wool." "Th 
There is one kind of business that seems to 
feel no 'pressure,' and even thrives better than 
in prosperous times. It is the business of proph-
esying. It requires but little capital. It is easily 
conducted. Unlike other business, it is all the 
better for not keeping accounts. Everybody has 
a small venture in that line. We open the door 
of the future as familiarly as if it were our own 
nursery or sitting-room. We look in and affect-
ing to re.d the awful book of Happenings, recite 
the contents with an emphasis and authority be-
fitting our function ! 
It makes very little difference whether the 
thing comes true. Who will care to remark that 
the fine fellow just established in life was doom- 
ed to an early gallows by the owner of a garden 
whose fruits were gathered by an untimely dex- 
t ;rity one night? Who cares to convict the nurse, 
the surly cynic of' the neighborhood ? And so the 
business thrives in the midst of its own perpetu-
al bankruptcy. 
Just now prophets are lively and numerous 
as fire-flies sparkling athwart a summer's night 
dark with coming storms. Some, set on by their 
fears, prophesy evil upon evil, a never-ending 
series. Some, moved by hope, see clearly the 
most extraordinary consummations. 
But there are more pretentious prophesies ;—
those which foreigners utter with all the solemn. 
ity and authority of oracles. There can never be 
union in government between the South and 
North again ; there cannot be any substantial 
victory of the National arms over the Southern 
states ; a republican government cannot much 
longer exist ; some form of monarchy will be in-
dispensable to the shattered condition of Ameri-
ca ;—these,and other like predictions are up for 
fulfillment according to European, but especially 
English prophets. 
If any one wishes to know how much value to 
attach to such vaticinations, he has only to con-
sult the English journals published during the 
wars with Napoleon ; or the predictions made 
upon the Revolution and the accession of Louis 
Philippe ; or the coup d'etat and usurpation of 
Louis Napoleon ; or the Crimean War ; or es-
pecially during the late war in Italy. A review 
and comparison of the things predicted and things 
as they come to pass, would cure any sensible 
man not a journalist or speech-malur, of all dis-
position to read the future until after it had 
come to pass. 
Modern prophesies run smoother in the grooves 
of history than in the other direction. 
For the Herald. 
Dedication of Messiah's Church. 
Bro. Bliss:—As your readers are interested 
in the prosperity of the cause of the Coming One, 
I would say that we have recently erected a neat 
brick chapel in this village at a cost of nearly 
$ 2,000. The building is 50 feet by 38, and 
calculated to seat about three handred persons. 
It was opened for divine service on Sunday 
the 23d of Eebruary, when a discourse was giv-
en by the writer from John 16:28, and the great 
arch of truth presented, embracing the pre-ex-
istence of' Christ, his coming into the world as 
the atoning Savior, his departure to the Father , 
as our High Priest and his return in glory to 
reign forever on the new earth. The presence 
of the great Master of assemblies was sensibly 
felt in the preaching of the word, as also in the 
prayer and conference meeting which followed. 
The dedication of the house took place on 
Thursday the 27th of Feb. 2 o'clock P. M. The 
following was the order of exercises :- 
The anthem by the choir—"Peace be with-
in thy walls." 
The reading of the Scriptures—Psalm 96, 
and Rev. 7: 9 to the end—by the writer. 
 
 
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Lost Children. 
den pins used to fasten the cords to the ground, 
Judges 4. 21 : Isa. liv. 2. 
These temporary dwellings were easily remov-
ed. A few moments sufficed to pull up the stakes 
of a tent, loosen its cords, drop its coverings to 
the ground, fold it up, and pack it on the cam-
el's back, ready for a day's journey,and a quick 
erection at its end. So King Hezekiah says, 
"Mine age is departed, and is removed as a 
shepherd's tent." This easy removal is a great 
convenience to the modern tribes of Arab rob-
bers, who, when threatened with an attack, can 
strike their tents almost at a moment's warn-
ing, and disappear across the desert. 
Travelers in the East are obliged to use tents, 
and thus necessarily become familiar with this 
time honoured mode of life,which clears up many 
allusions in the Bible. Every morning and ev-
ening the Christian on such a journey is forcibly 
reminded how easily his "earthly house of this 
tabernacle" may be dissolved, and of his need of 
"a house not made with hands, eternal heav-
ens." He is also perpetually taught that he is a 
pilgrim and a stranger on earth, ever journeying 
and says with the poet-- 
"Here Arab-like I roam, 
And nightly pitch my moving tent 
A day's march nearer home." 
Says Lord Lindsay, "There is somthing very 
melancholy in our morning flittings. The tent-
pins are plucked up ; and in a few minutes a 
dozen holes, a heap or two of ashes, and the 
marks of the camel's knees in the sand, soon to 
be obliterated, are the only traces left of what 
has been for a while our home !" "Often," says 
M'Cheyne, "we found ourselves shelterless be-
fore being fully dressed. What a type of the 
tent of the body ! Ah ! how often is it taken 
down before the soul is made meet for the inher-
itance of the saints in light !" 
Dwellers in tents are ill-protected from rob-
bers or from wild beasts, and need the supervi-
sion of a watchful providence. Moses has felt 
this, times without number, while leading the 
Israelites through that houseless wilderness, be-
neath the pillar of cloud and of fire, he remem-
bered, too, the various wanderings of the patri-
archs of old, each one the object of' infinite love 
and care ; and in the 90th Psalm extols God 
for all---"Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place 
in all generations." Happy is the man that has 
placed himself in the care of a covenant God, 
and knows that wherever his abode may be, 
and whatever its forms and materials, he dwells 
in the secret place of the Most High, and abides 
under the shadow of the Almighty, and that 
when the earthly tabernacle falls, an eternal 
mansion awaits him on high.---Bib. Pup. 
Alas ! for the homes once vocal with th.e laugh 
of happy childhood, that are now given over to a 
dreadful stillness. Parents who do not murmur 
or complain, can hardly refrain from saying : 
'Oh, that I were as in months past, when the 
candle of the Lord shined on my head, and my 
children were about me." 
But that cannot be. 
Your boy is dead, and his empty crib has been 
carried into the garret and stored away. Your 
little girl, too, is sleeping in her coffin, and all 
her playthings and articles of clothing have been 
gathered up and put out of sight. I do not won-
der that you are sorrowful, but you are not to 
be disconsolate— 
"For God, who pities men, has shown 
A blessing for the eyes that weep." 
The children who have preceded you to heav-
en are not lost. 
They can never be to you the forgotten dead, 
for there is a peculiar depth and tenderness in 
the love you cherish for them. And when you 
contrast the glory to which they have been ad-
vanced with the condition of those who are still 
in the tabernacle, and who groan, being burden-
ed, you feel how selfish it would be for you to 
desire their return to earth. Thankful to God 
for having lent them to you for a little season, 
you bless his name that they are in the arms of 
everlasting love, and that "if your faith fail not 
they shall be yours forever." And your heart 
has been purified, and your whole being improv-
ed by the furnace fires through which you have 
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin." 
It is unnecessary to transcribe all the precious 
warrants of a free and full pardon recorded in 
God's holy word, one of which, being his word, 
would have been sufficient to establish a believ-
er in hope and joy. But look how, in compas-
sion to our weakness and incredulity of spiritual 
truth, these declarations are reiterated. Over 
and over again, in every variety of form, and 
richness and sweetness of expression, are we as-
sured that pardon shall be granted to the repent-
ant soul. Weary pilgrim, believe his word and 
drop this burden. 
Jesus next assures us that he will always at-
tend us ; standing by our right hand that we 
shall not be moved by any event, ready to help 
in every emergency, teaching us to war with our 
spiritual foes, giving us victory over every ene-
my, supplying all our temporal and spiritual 
needs, lifting us up out of the depths of grief,and 
finally landing us on the "shining shore" of the 
new Jerusalem. What more do we want? What 
more can we ask ? Believe, then, this word al-
so, and dismiss every fear of trouble and danger 
for this life and the next. An all-sufficient Sa-
vior is proviaed ; you have only to receive and 
make use of him---to partake of his fulness, and 
go on your way rejoicing. 
Having thus disposed of all the burdens which 
have heretofore held you down, standing on this 
first round of the short ladder which is to lead 
you up from darkness into light, you are prepar-
ed to take the next step, which is Love. Love 
this gracious, complete, careful, sympathizing, 
affectionate Savior and Friend with all your 
heart. Can you fail to do it ? And with a 
conscious, earnest, tender love animating your 
ho om, will any duty be hard, will any sacrifice 
be great, will any cross seem burdensome, will 
any temptation prove attractive, will any trans-
gression of his wishes be relishful ? Never. Love 
makes toil a pleasure, takes the dead weight out 
of the cross,unties the strings and lets every bur-
den fall, adjusts the yoke gracefully and lightly 
about the neck, melts forever theshackles of con-
science, takes the sweetness out of sin: makes 
temptation powerless,the world insignificant,life 
but a railroad journey home, death the opening 
portal to the paternal mansion. In short, it sup-
plies wings to the soul, so that while in the world 
we are poised above it, breathing a pure, etheri-
al atmosphere, flying instead of creeping along 
the heavenward way, and becoming assimilated 
to the spirit of heaven before its golden gates are 
thrown open for our welcome. 
The ancient Israelites might have made their 
transit from Egypt to Canaan in a few days or 
weeks at the furthest ; but because of their un-
belief they were compelled to drag along through 
a dreary pilgrimage of forty years. So we may 
step at once, if' we will, into that rest in Jesus 
Which he delights to give his beloved. Why 
then will we drag along through so long and 
wearisome a way, through years of doubt and 
fear and faithlessness, becoming crippled, worn 
out, heart-sick, before we enter the land that 
flows with milk and honey—where is that peacc 
that passeth understanding, beside the green pas-
tures and still waters of eternal life ? 
This is not the favored path of a privileged 
few—it is the way open for all, accessible to ev-
ery one. Is it not the more excellent way ? And 
fellow-Christian, will you not try it ? 
N. Y. lad. 
Dwelling in Tents. 
Life in tents was especially appropriate to 
those whose wealth lay in flocks and herds, and 
whose residence was necessarily changed ac-
cording to the wants of their charge. Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob moved their tents when the 
pasture failed, and pitched them in a fresh spot. 
The ten sons of Jacob led their flocks from the 
vale of Hebron to Shechem and to Dothan ; and 
the twelve tribes, while in the drsert, and to no 
small extent afterwards, were dwelling in tents. 
Uwe the current expression, "Every man to 
his tents, 0 Israel !" and the frequent allusions 
in Scripture to this mode of life. 
Thus each part of the tent is mentioned—the 
coarse cloth of which it was made, the poles and 
cords on which the covering rested, and the woo- 
passed. You have a tender and generous sym-
pathy for the afflicted, such as you never knew 
till you felt the bitterness of bereavement. And 
your afflictions have taught you patience and 
gentleness toward the children who are yet with 
you. When tempted to utter a sharp or hasty 
word, you check yourself by the remembrance of 
the dear departed. The loss of your children 
has given you a new interest in all the lambs of 
Christ's flock. When you walk through the 
streets, and see groups of merry children at play, 
your heart yearns over them, and you breathe 
the silent prayer : "The Lord be gracious to you 
and bless you." And when you see in this hap-
py company a little girl with a sweet face and a 
curly head, so like the one that used to droop 
upon your shoulder, you can hardly refrain from 
catching her up in your arms and kissing her. 
And how genuine is your sympathy for all pa-
rents who have lost children. 
You are troubled by no fears that you may 
not recognize your loved ones when you meet 
them, as a part of the great multitude whom no 
man can number. Time has no power to efface 
their images from your heart, and you rejoice in 
the hope that they will be among the shining 
ones who will be first to welcome you to your 
home in heaven. Having confidence in the word 
of the "faithful and sure Witness," "As many as 
I love I rebuke and chasten," you are enabled 
to say with the Psalmist—"I will sing of mercy 
and judgment unto thee, 0 Lord, will I sing." 
Rev. Robert M. Hatfield. 
God's Care for his Own. 
The intended bicentenaricommemoration,next 
year, of the Expulsion of the Two Thousand 
Nonconforming Ministers in England, in the 
year 1662, is giving rise to historical collections 
illustrative of that event. The following have 
recently been published : 
PETER. INCE. 
"Mr. Peter Ince, ejected from the rectory of 
Dunhead, in Wilts, after being silenced, clothed 
himself in the dress of a shepherd, and engaged 
himself in that capacity to a Mr. Grove, that in 
this way he might obtain support for himself 
and his family. But not long after the year 
1662, the wife of Mr. Grove, who was a gentle-
man of great opulence, was taken dangerously 
ill, and Mr. G. sent for the parish priest to pray 
with her. When the messenger came, he was 
just going out with the hounds, and sent word 
that he would come when the hunt was over. 
Mr. Grove expressed much resentment against 
the minister, for choosing rather to follow his 
diversion than attend his wife, under the circum-
stances in which she then lay, when one of the 
servants said, 'Sir, our shepherd, it you will send 
for him, can pray very well ; we have often 
heard him at prayer in the field.' Upon this he 
was immediately sent for, and Mr. Grove asked 
him whether he ever did or could pray. The 
shepherd fixed his eyes upon him, and with pe-
culiar seriousness in his countenance, replied, 
'God forbid, sir, I should live one day without 
prayer.' Hereupon he was desired to pray with 
the sick lady, which he did so pertinently to her 
case, with such fluency and fervency of devo-
tion, as greatly to astonish the husband and all 
the family that were present. When they arose 
from their knees, Mr. Grove said, 'Your lan-
guage and manner discover you to be a very dif-
ferent person from what your present appear-
ance indicates. I conjure you to inform me 
who and what you are,and what were your views 
and situation in life before you came into my 
service.' Whereupon he told him that he was 
one of the ministers that had been lately ejected 
from the Church, and that having nothing of his 
own left, he was content, for a livelihood, to sub-
mit to the honest and peaceful employment of 
tending sheep. Upon hearing this, Mr. Grove 
said, 'Then you shall be my shepherd !' and im-
mediately erected a meetinghouse on his own 
estate, in which Mr. Ince preached, and gather-
ed a congregation of Dissenters. He is said to 
have been a good scholar, well-skilled in the lan-
guages, especially in the Hebrew, and a good, 
practical preacher. He had an admirable gift 
in prayer, and would, in days of special prayer, 
pour forth his soul with such spirituality, varie- 
ty, fluency, and affection, that he was called 
praying Ince." 
OLIVER IIEYWOOD. 
"In the life of Oliver Heywood, ejected from 
Caley, in Yorkshire, the following interesting 
anecdote is related : "When the spirit of perse- 
cution was so hot against this good man that he 
was obliged to leave his family, he set off on 
horseback one winter's morning before it was 
light, like Abraham, not knowing whither he 
went, and without a farthing in his pocket. Hav- 
ing committed himself to the care of Providence 
he determined at length to let his horse go which 
way he would. Having gone all day without re- 
freshment, the horse towards the evening, bent 
his course to a farm-house a little out of the 
road. Mr. Heywood, calling at the door, a de- 
cent woman came, of' whom he requested, after 
a suitable apology, that she would give him and 
his horse shelter for that night.—telling her that 
he only wished for a little hay for his beast, and 
liberty for himself to sit by the fireside. Upon 
calling her husband they both kindly invited 
him in. The mistress soon prepared something 
for him to eat, at which he expressed his con-
cern, as he had no money to make them any re-
compense, but hoped God would reward them. 
They assured him that he was welcome,and beg-
ged him to make himself easy. After some time 
the master asked him what countryman he was. 
He answered that he was born in Lancashire, but 
had now a wife and children near Halifax. 'That 
is a town,' said the farmer, 'where I have been,, 
and had some acquaintance.' After inquiring' 
about several of them, he asked if he knew any-4 
thing of one Mr. Oliver Heywood, who had been 
a minister near Halifax, but was now, on some 
account, forbidden to preach. To which he re-
plied, 'There is a great deal of noise about that 
man ; some speak well,and some very ill of him; 
for my own part, I can say very little in his fa- 
vor.' I believe,' said the farmer, 'he is of that 
sect which is everywhere spoken against ; but 
pray, what makes you form such an indifferent 
opinion of him ?' Mr. Heywood answered, 
know something of him, but as I do not choose 
to propagate anaill report of any one, let us talk 
on some other subject." After keeping the far-
mer and his wife some time in suspense,who were 
uneasy at what he had said, be at length told 
them that he was the poor outcast after whom 
they had made such kind inquiries. 
"All was then surprise, joy, and thankfulness, 
that Providence had brought him under their 
roof. The master of the house then said to him, 
have a few neighbors who love the gospel ; if 
you will give us a word of exhortation, I will 
run and acquaint them. This is an obscure place, 
and as your coming hither is not known, I hope 
we shall have no interruption.' Mr. Heywood 
consented, and a small congregation was gather-
ed, to whom he preached with that fervor, affec-
tion, and enlargement, which the singular cir-
cumstances served to inspire. A small collec-
tion was voluntarily made,to help the poor trav-
eler on his way." 
 
 
 
 
 
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when, better perhaps than any other, it is easier to 
obtain new subscribers, and to remit donations. 
Our treasury needs aid in both these directions ; and 
will not the friends see to it that it is supplied? 
They would not wish us to abandon the herald ; 
but its weekly issue costs money, and it is not the 
policy of the Association to run into debt. We have 
kept out thus far,but without snore abundant week-
ly remittances, this cannot continue. What is now 
wished for, is that every subscriber will endeavor to 
forward the name of an additional one. And we al-
so wish to see a full column of Donations.each week, 
till it shall amount to $400 ; which was needed 
by Jauuary first. 
Brethren and Sisters,shall this expectation be rea-
lized ? 
Exposition of Daniel's Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
(Continued from our last.) 
18. "And by him the daily sacrifice was taken 
away, and the place of his sanctuary cast down ;" 
v. 11. 
What are we here to understand by the "daily sac-
rifice ?" and what by "place of his sanctuary ?" 
The word "sacrifice," it will be noticed, is sup-
plied ; so that in the original it only reads "The 
daily ;" upon which Prof. Whiting has this criti-
cism : "Coutinual'—tamid. This word when used 
as a substantive, sigiVfies continuance, and is em-
ployed only in the genitive case after other substan-
tive, as in Ezek. 39 ; 14, 'anshe hattamid,' men of 
continuance, that is, 'men hired continually,' and 
not for a short period—so it is used in Ex. 30: 8. 
Retoreth tamid, 'a perpetual incense ;' or, liter- 
ally, an incense of continuance.' Num. 4:7, 
'lechem hattamid,'—'the continual bread,' or 'bread 
of continuance.' So in Ex 29:54, olath tamid, 'a 
continual burnt offering.' The same phrase is found 
in Numbers 26 : 6, 10, 15, 23, 42, in all which cas-
es the literal translation is, 'the burnt offering of 
continuance.' Strictly speaking, there seems to be 
but one instance in which it is an adjective, viz. 
Pror. 15:15, ‘mishteh tamid,' a continual feast.' It 
is frequently used as an adverb, as in Ps. 16: 8 ; 
25:15; 34:1. It is a singular fact that in Daniel, 
tamid (or with the article, hattamid) is used with-
out any qualifying word, such as sacrifice, burnt of-
fering, &c. Hence it simply signifies here the con-
tinual, or the continuance. In this chapter it seems 
probable that the word 'sacrifice' has been correctly 
supplied by the translators. The context justifies 
this, but this may not be so in subsequent passag-
es." Shield p. 176. 
With this view of the daily, it was fulfilled by 
the Romans during the siege of Jerusalem by Ti-
tus, when the Jewish daily sacrifice ceased, and not 
for a short period, as in former instances ; for its 
cessation has now lasted almost eighteen centuries. 
"The place of his sanctuary" is rendered by Whit-
ing, "the dwelling of ;" and by Stuart, "the dwel-
ling place of his sanctuary." Says the former, 
" The phrase may be translated, 'his holy habi-
tation ; ' " and the last named observes, It "means 
his sacred dwelling place, i. e. the temple." 
The word here rendered "sanctuary" according to 
the "Englishman's Hebrew Concordance," is mik-
dahsh ; which occurs elsewhere in Daniel only in 
Ch. 9: 17, "Cause thy face to shine upon thy Sanc-
tuary ;" and in 11: 31, "They shall pollute the 
Sanctuary of strength." According to Gesenius it 
denotes, 1. "Anything sacred, hallowed," 2. "a 
holy place, sanctuary," and 3. "an asylum." In 
all other instances of the use of the word "sanctu-
ary" in Daniel, it is from the Hebrew word koh-
desh ; which, according to the same authority, is 
applied to that which is "pure," "clean," "holy," 
"consecrated," "sanctified." It is more frequently 
rendered "holy," "the holy," &c. than "sanctua-
ry," and may be applied to anything set apart as 
holy, or for a sacred purpose. 
The two words are thus seen to be of similar im-
port. The former word, in this passage and in 9: 
17, seems to refer more particularly to the temple, 
which was cast down by the Romans in their con-
quest of Jerusalem in A. D. 70 ; whilst in its other 
use, in 11:31, it is evidently used metaphorically, 
and may there be more particularly considered. We 
are, however, here, by "the place of his sanctuary," 
compelled to understand more than the mere tem-
ple, its locality being evidently included. The 
place of the mik-dahsh (sanctuary) in this text, is 
evidently equivalent to the koh-desh, (sanctuary) in 
v. 13 ; which, as will be shown in the interpretation 
of that text, is the " holy mountain" on, or the 
mountainous country in which the temple was erect-
ed. 
Those who apply this prophecy to Antiochus, as 
does Prof. Stuart, understand that it was the "tem- 
ple," that was to be cast down ; but Antiochus on-
ly defiled that, and did not demolish it. The Ro-
mans not only cast down the temple, but desecrated 
The singing of the 770th Hymn, beginning 
"The perfect world, by Adam trod, 
Was the first temple, built by God." 
Prayer by Elder S. Hurlbut. 
The singing of the 765th Hymn, commenc-
ing 
"Great King of glory, come, 
And with thy favor crown 
This temple as thy home." 
Sermon by the Pastor, Elder J. N. Or-
rock,fr( m the third verse of' the Epistle of Jude, 
"Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write un-
to you of the common salvation, it was needful 
for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye 
should earnestly contend for the faith which was 
once delivered unto the saints." The discourse, 
which occupied nearly two hours in its delivery, 
and was listened to with deep attention to the 
last, was a masterly defense of our faith and 
hope,— and which I should like to see given to 
the public in a more permanent form. 
The "Doxology"—an anthem by the choir. 
Prayer by the writer, after which the ser-
vices closed by the singing of the "Benediction." 
I may add that meetings were continued over 
the following Sabbath, and the attendance was as 
good as might be expected, considering that the 
storm was such as to render traveling almost im-
possible, as may be inferred from the fact that 
the cars f. om this place were unable to connect 
with Montreal during the entire week. 
At the c ose of the afternoon service on Sun-
day a goodly number of the members of the church 
being present, it was voted that Elder Orrock 
should become permanently the Pastor, residing 
in Waterloo, and preaching as much as three 
quarters of the time. 
It is hoped that the erection of this place of 
wership will form a new and happy era in our 
history as a people, giving us greater permanen-
cy,---and that with a judicious and Christian 
course, we may yet see the work of the Lord 
prospering among us. 
I remain your brother in Christ, looking for 
"a house not made with hands," 
R. HUTCHINSON. 
Waterloo, C. E. March 3d, 1,862. 
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the land, and thus in every particular fulfilled this 
prophecy. When Mohammedanism arose, there 
was no temple standing ; and though they overran 
Judea,that was only what had been previously done 
by the Romans. 
"And an host was given him against the dai-
ly sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast 
down the truth to the ground ; and it practiced and 
prospered," v. 12. "sacrifice" is again supplied ; 
but the meaning evidently requires its use. It was 
to be because of the sins of the once holy people, 
that their worship was to be terminated and their 
holy mountain desecrated. The oppressions of An-
tiochus were endured by the Jews more as martyrs 
suffered persecution ; whilst under the Romans they 
suffered as rebels against God's government, and as 
the murderers of His Son. It was for their rejec-
tion and crucifixion of the Saviour, that the Jewish 
temple and altar were desolated by the armies of 
Rome ; but the Romans, not content with this, also 
attempted to eradicate Christianity from the earth ; 
and, during ten persecutions they put to death, as 
has been estimated, three millions of souls. And 
they prospered, or were successful, in their practic-
es against the truth, during long centuries of mar-
tyrdom—a respite from which was finally granted 
the church. 
"But he shall be broken without hands," v. 
 
25. This will terminate this great horn's wondrous 
career. "Without hand," evidently signifies with-
out human agency. In Dan. 2: 34 and 45, we read 
of the stone "cut out of the mountain without 
hands," where the phrase unquestionably has this 
meaning. In like manner Christians are said to 
have "a building of God, a house not made with 
hands," (2 Cor. 5: 1) The false witnesses said of 
Christ, "We heard him say, I will destroy this tem-
ple that is made with hands, and in three days I 
will build another made without hands," Mark 14: 
 
58. And Paul reminded the Colossians (2: 11) that 
in Christ they were "circumcised with the circum-
cision made without hands." 
These examples of the use of the phrase elsewhere 
must settle its import here. And as the stone, cut 
from the mountain without hands, smites the im- 
age on its feet, a symbol of the destruction of 
the last form of the Roman power, so the 
breaking of this horn without hand, is evident- 
ly a prediction of the same events ; or, as it is ex-
pressed in Dan. 11: 45, "He shall come to his end 
and none shall help him " This being a prediction 
of a future event, there can be shown no historical 
fulfillment. 
against his neighbour. in whose eyes a vile person is 
contemned : but he honoureth them that fear the 
Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt,and chang-
eth not. He that putteth not out his money to usury, 
nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that 
doeth these things shall never be moved." Psa 15 : 
1-5. 
"What man is he that feareth the Lord?" 
Ans. "Him shall He teach in the way that be 
shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease; and his 
seed shall inherit the earth. The secret of the Lord 
is with them that fear Him ; and He will show them 
His covenant," Psa. 25: 12-14. 
What will the King answer,when the right-
eous shall say unto Him, "Lord, when saw we thee 
an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee 
drink ? when saw we thee a stranger and took thee 
in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we 
thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee ?" 
Ans. "The king shall answer and say unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it 
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have 
done it unto Me." Matt. 25: 37-40. 
What will the King answer those on the left 
of the judgment seat, when they say unto Him, 
"Lord,when saw we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or 
a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did 
not minister unto thee ?" 
Ans. "Then shall He answer them, saying. Veri-
ly' say unto you,Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of 
the least of these,ye did it not unto Me." Matt. 25: 
44, 5. 
"The Lord is my light and my salvation ; 
whom shall I fear ? The Lord is the strength of my 
lifa; of whom shall I be afraid?" 
Ans. "Though an host should encamp against 
me, my heart shall not fear : though war should 
rise against me, in this will I be confident. One 
thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek 
after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all 
the days of my life,to behold the beauty of the Lord, 
and to enquire in His temple. For in the time of 
trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion : in the se-
cret of his tabernaelc shall he hide me ; he shall set 
me upon a rock," Pea. 27 : 1, 3-5. 
The Great Sepulchre of the Dead. 
A correspondent of the Journal of Commerce,thus 
speaks of the decease of "Alfred Roberts" an inde-
pendent missionary at Jerusalem, and of the places 
of burial in that vicinity : 
There will be to him no more weary climbing up 
the sides of Olivet, to sit down sadly on the summit, 
gazing into the sky which there received out of sight 
his ascended Lord, No more dark nights of sleep-
less pain, on the sides of Zion, praying for the com-
ing of the Great Physician, with his gift of Rest ! 
I know where they buried him, though the letter 
of the Consul does not mention it. 
Nowhere on earth does a man sleep the long sleep 
as at Jerusalem. 
Outside the walls, on the Southern slope of Zion, 
beautiful for situation as of old, there is a little En- 
glish burial place, not far from the Greek and Lat-
in cemeteries. In the latter, close under the wail of 
the city, lies Cornelius Bradford, whom many of 
the readers of the Journal knew and loved. I know 
not that any other American except my old friend, 
sleeps on Mount Zion ; but they have buried him 
in that little English Cemetery,which looks towards 
Bethlehem, overhanging the dark valley of the sons 
of Hinnom, and the field of Aceldama. In that val-
ley lie myriada on myriads of the dead. The de-
scendants of Abraham for nearly four thousand 
years, have been buried under the shadow of Mori-
ah and Zion. The followers of the camel driver lie 
there in hosts, with faces turned to the grave of 
their prophet In the old tombs on the hill side, 
the countless dead of the crusades, with thousands 
of pilgrims from Christian Europe, are heaped in 
ghastly piles of crumbling skeletons. The follow-
ers of Alexander the Great, the Roman legions of 
Titus, the Persians of Chosroes, the Moors of El 
Hakim, the mad Calif, the Norsemen of Sigurd, the 
Viking Crusader, men of every land, by millions,lie 
in that dark valley under the hill of David. Some-
where there, the Psalmist king and warrior, waits 
to resume his crown and song. Somewhere there, 
perhaps the sister of Lazarus rests from much care 
and trouble, till the Master cometh again and call-
eth fur her. There Godfrey, who refused to wear a 
crown of gold, where his Master had worn a crown 
of Thorns, and Baldwin the valiant, lie in the rock 
hewn tombs, guarding the way to Calvary. 
But when the Lord shall come "in like manner" 
as He ascended from the Mount of Olives, and the 
dead, small and great, shall rise around Jerusalem, 
I doubt not that among saints and princes, aid 
prophets and martyrs,the calm face of the old Amer-
ican missionary, will be serenely fixed on the face of 
his Lord, and the "Well done, good and faithful 
Bible Questions and Answers. 
What said the Householder, in the parable 
of the wheat and tares, when his servant asked him, 
"Sir didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ?from 
whence then hath it tares?" 
Ans. "He said an enemy hath done this :" "The 
field is the world ; the good seed are the children of 
the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one. The enemy that sowed them is the dev-
il." Matt. 13 : 27, 8 : 38, 9. 
What did he reply when "the servants said 
unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather 
them up ?" 
Ans. "ile said, Nay ; lest while ye gather up 
the tare., ye root up also the wheat with them. Let 
both grow until the harvest." "The harvest is the 
end of the world, and the reapers are the angels,and 
they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that 
offend, and them that do iniquity ; and shall cast 
them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing 
and grasping of teeth. Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Fath-
er," Matt. 13: 28,9; 39,-43. 
"Who among us shall dwell with the devour-
ing fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting 
burnings." 
Ans. Not "he that walketh righteously, and 
speaketh uprightly—he that despiseth the gain of 
oppression, that shaketh his hands from holding of 
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, 
and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: he shall 
dwell on high : his place of defense shall be the 
munitions of rocks : bread shall be given him : his 
waters shall be sure : Thine eyes shall see the King 
in his beauty : they shall behold the land that ii 
very far off." Isa. 33: 14-17. 
"Who shall ascend unto the hill of the 
Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place?" 
Ans. "He that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, 
nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing 
from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of 
his salvation." Psa. 24: 3-5. 
"Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle ? 
who shall dwell in Thy holy hill?" 
Ans. "He that walketh uprightly, and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 
s 
He that backhiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth servant," will reach no ear in clearer tones than 
 
evil to his neighbour, nor tAketh up a reproach his*" 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD. 
Faith in the Crucified. 
At the Fulton Street Prayer meeting in New 
York city, one day in March 1862, a gentleman 
from Morristown related an incident in the death of 
a Sunday school boy. He was seized suddenly with 
the diptheria, and was suddenly speechless Just be-
fore he died his parents with the Doctor, stood by 
his side, but he could not utter a word. At length 
he looked up to his father ; a sweet smile upon his 
face ; he lifted up his two hands, put the forefinger 
of his hand into the palms of his hands, then touch-
ed his feet, then drew a line with his finger across 
his forehead, and sank back with a look of calm 
resignation. His father could not understand the 
movement, and turning to the Doctor,said what can 
that mean? The Doctor went up to the bed, and, 
leaning over the form of the dying boy, said,do you 
mean the Savior, and what he suffered for man on 
the cross ? A smile of gratified joy lighted up the 
pallid features. A slight inclination of the head 
gave the accent, and then he fell asleep in Him who 
will gather such lambs into his fold and carried 
them in his bosom. A more touching recogni-
tion of the wounded Redeemer,and his presence on a 
dying couch, has been seldom if ever witnessed. 
"Jesus died for you, dear children, 
Died that you might happy be, 
That you might from sin and anguish 
Be at last for ever free." 
And therefore should, 
"Little children love the Savior, 
Turn your wayward hearts to Him, 
He will guide you, He will lead 
Through life's pathway, dark and dim." 
Prince Albert. 
When Prince Albert, the late husband of Queen 
Victoria, was called on for a motto for the facade of 
the Royal Exchange. he gave the most appropriate 
one, "The earth is the Lord's,and the fullness there-
of." At his desire, a beautiful statue was executed 
by a prominent French Protestant, which stands at 
the top of the queen's staircase in the private apart-
ments of Windsor Castle, representing the boy-king, 
Edward VI., pointing with his sceptre to and look-
ing intently upon the passage in 2 Kings 22 : 1, 2, 
referring to king Josiah. In this impressive way he 
wished to suggest to his eldest son that the future 
king of England should,like Josiah, "do that which 
was right in the sight of the Lord " 
During his sickness he was often heard repeating 
the precious hymn, 
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me 
Let me hide myself in Thee ; 
Let the water and the blood, 
From thy wounded side whiith flowed, 
Be of sin the double cure.— 
Save from wrath and make me pure." 
He remarked to his physician, before his case was 
considered critical,that he felt it was his last illness, 
and added, "I am not afraid ; I trust I am prepared 
for death. I have wealth and rank and honor, and 
I thank God for them ; but if these were all,I should 
be a miserable man." 
As a husband and father,his domestic virtues were 
conspicuous. He was a judicious counsellor to the 
queen,and it is stated on reliable authority that the 
last use he made of his pen was at her request to 
soften the despatch sent to this country in regard to 
the affair of the Trent. 
Such acts and words indicate that he had obtain 
ed that "wisdom better than rubies," by which 
kings reign, and princes decree justice." 
The War. 
The silence enjoined by the Secretary of war in 
respect to the publication of war news, renders us 
unable to gather from the pipers particulars so full 
and minute 'as might otherwise be given. 
It is plain that there has been a general retreat 
on the part of the confederates, and a corresponding 
advance of the Union forces, all along the lines of 
the two armies ; so that the past week has been an 
eventful one in the prosecution of the war. 
The great southern stronghold in the west, was 
Columbus in Kentucky, on the Mississippi river 
but the U. States flag now waves over it. 
"On the nights of Saturday and Sunday, the 1st 
and 2d, a bright light was seen from Cairo in that 
direction, bnt as the distance is 20 miles, its mean-
ing could only be guessed. Sunday was too foggy 
for any discoveries by the reconnoissance which was 
at once sent down ; but another was organized on 
Monday, consisting of five armor-plated gun-boats, 
one wooden one, four mortar-boats, and transports 
with two regiments of troops, under Commodore 
Foote and Generals Cullom and Sherman, and left 
Cairo early Tuesday morning, the 4th. When the 
fleet reached the neighborhood of the rebel strong-
hold, the mortar-boats were moored ready to open 
fire, and the iron gun-boats proceeded slowly on in 
line of battle ; but finding no opposition, a small 
tug boldly approached the works, and found a de-
tachment of the 2d Illinois cavalry already in poss-
ession, and waving an old U. S. flag to the fleet. 
The fortifications were left nearly uninjured,as were 
quite a number of guns, and much ball. No other 
stores were left, and many buildings had been burn-
ed or half burned. The post could not have been 
carried by troops without an enormous expenditure 
oflife, so strong was the position, and so elaborate 
the works, which, besides an enormous net-work of 
rifle-pits, parapets, and trenches, mounted in all 
about 150 guns, from 24 to 128 pounders, many of 
them rifled. The mortars of Commodore Foote's 
fleet would, however, have made them utterly un-
tenable. The remains of Pillow's chain cable were 
found, and a large assortment of torpedoes, of the 
usual torpid kind, but placed with better judgment 
than usual, in piles on the shore, where the pow-
der would not get wet. From 12,000 to 16,000 re-
bel troops went away, part of them re-enforcing Jeff. 
Thomson at New Madrid, and part going to Island 
No. 10, and to Fort Randolph, and other poihts of 
defense near Memphis. 
—The rebels, on leaving Columbus, strengthened 
Jeff. Thompson at New Madrid with a considerable 
force and four gun-boats. 
This place was then invested by Gen. Pope, and 
a dispatch from Washington, dated March 14th an-
nounces that Gen. Strong had telegraphed to the 
President its evacuation by the Confederates ; who 
are also said to have evacuated island No. 10 in the 
Mississippi, which they began to fortify after leav-
ing Columbus. 
A great battle was reported to have taken place 
between the Federal and Confederate forces in New 
Mexico, but the facts do not yet justify an opinion 
whether there was an actual fight. 
It will be remembered that Gen. Price, after evac-
uating Springfield on the approach of Gen. Curtis, 
was successively dislodged from Sugar Creek, Ben-
tonville, Fayettville, and Cross Hollows, and on the 
line of retreat southward into Arkansas. Price at 
last retired among the range of highlands known as 
the Boston Mountains, and set about effecting a 
junction with the forces of McCulloch, McIntosh, 
and Van Dorn. Curtis, having apparently halted a 
few days to rest and refresh, followed on after him. 
and all the rest of the story not known is substanti-
ally contained in a brief dispatch from Gen. Halleck 
to Gen. McClellan, sent on March 10, as follows. 
The battle was on the 6th, 7th, and 8th. 
St. Louis, March 10. Gen. Halleck telegraphs 
to Gen. McClellan that " the army of the South-
west, under Gen. Curtis,after three days' hard fight-
ing, has gained a most glorious victory over the 
combined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price and 
McIntosh. Our loss in killed and wounded is 1000. 
That of the enemy is still larger. Guns, flags, pro-
visions, 8se., were captured in large quantities. Our 
cavalry are in pursuit of the flying enemy." 
The Confederates are now said to be fortifying a 
strong position at Chattanooga, on the Tennessee, 
river, near the junction of the Tennessee, Alabama, 
and Georgia state lines ; but it does not appear to 
be a point adapted to protect their lines beyond. 
The Confederates have retired from the Potomac 
river, raising their blockade of Washington and 
abandoning their position at Centerville, Manassas, 
Leesburg, and Winchester, and they are now re-
ported to be fortifying themselves on the line of the 
Rappahannock river, which is considerable nearer 
to Richmond. 
Fort Clinch, near the southern line of Georgia has 
been abandoned by the Confederates, without firing 
a gun, on the advance of an expedition from Port 
Royal, which puts the U. S. in possession of the en-
tire coast of Georgia. 
Last week we gave an account of a contest near 
the mouth of the Chesapeake,between two iron clad 
vessels,—the Merrimac and the Monitor. The Mer-
rimac which the Confederates have been so long fit-
ting up at Norfolk looked, when ready for action, 
like the roof of a great house, floating in the water, 
and nearly three hundred feet long by fifty broad. 
This roof was made of T rails,lying like rafters,close 
together, coming down close to, or beneath the wa-
ter, and with nothing showing outside, except a 
short chimney, a flagstaff, some boats, and her guns 
—ten 100-pound Armstrongs, procured from the 
English. Two strong iron beaks project from her 
bow at the water-line. Under this roof, of course, 
was the ship's deck, and in the hull, her former 
steam engine, working her propeller. The guns are 
quite near the water. 
The Monitor, or Ericsson, as everybody will call 
her, after her inventor, is as different as possible ; 
apparently, an insignificant little thing in com-
parison, only a little more than half as long as the 
Merrimac, being 174 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 
only 111-2 feet deep in all,while the Merrimac draws 
23 feet. The Monitor in the water shows nothing 
except this little deck, only 18 inches above the sur-
face and quite level and plain, except the flagstaff, a 
chimney, which slides down out of sight when in 
battle, a low strong pilot-house, and the turret for 
the guns, which is like an iron cistern ten feet high, 
twenty feet across,and with sides eight inches thick, 
standing alone in the middle of the deck. Inside of 
this cistern are two guns, enormous 11-inch colum-
biads, weighing towards 20,000 pounds each, and 
throwing solid shot of 187 pounds. 
On Saturday, March 8, ake frigates Cumberland 
and Congress—the latter only manned by a detach-
ment of the Naval Brigade—lay quietly off Newport 
News. In the latter part of the forenoon, the look-
outs on them discovered the floating roof,as it seem-
ed, of the Merrimac,coming slowly out of Elizabeth 
River, some six or seven miles away. Steering north 
along the channel, until she reached the deep water 
of Hampton Roads, she turned and came straight 
across to the northwest, the steamers Yorktown 
and Jamestown, and two or three smaller vessels,ac-
companying her; while the troops were got under 
arms,the guns manned,and all possible preparations 
made at the Fortress, in the batteries at Newport 
News, and on the Congress, Cumberland, Roanoke, 
Minnesota, and other Union men-of-war. As the 
rebel fleet approached our two wooden vessels, the 
consorts of the Merrimac paused at long range ; but 
the mailed monster herself, with closed ports, and 
in silence, steamed steadily up toward the Cumber-
land. As she approached, both vessels discharged 
broadsides at her ; the water battery at Newport 
News also firing rapidly and accurately upon her. 
The heavy balls, however, hopped off from her ar-
mour as if of India rubber ; she fired one gun at the 
Cumberland and missed, another which hit the Con-
gress in the stern, and then closing in upon the ill-
fated Cumberland, first poured in a broadside at 
about 15 or 20 yards,fairly riddling her, and killing 
or wounding some sixty men, and then backing off, 
rushed head-foremost upon her under a full head of 
steam,driving her iron prow full into the side of 
helpless frigate, and crushing a great chasm in her 
side, through which the' water rushed in in a tor-
rent. Once more she fired a broadside into her,and 
once more remorselessly drove her iron prow into 
her side ; and then, leaving her to sink, turned up-
on the shore batteries. The Cumberland, though so 
utterly helpless against her tremendous assailant, 
and through sinking rapidly, still fired broadside af-
ter broadside, until the water rose above the gun-
deck, and in a few minutes went down, in 35 feet 
of water, the Stars and Stripes still defiantly wav-
ing at her mast-head. Such of her officers and crew 
as remained able to move, sought to escape by the 
boats or by swimming, or climbed into the rigging, 
and were afterwards taken off by the propeller 
Whilldin. It is reported that about one-half of her 
ship's company of 192 were either killed by the Mer-
rimac's shot, drowned, or wounded. 
Meanwhile the Merrimac, approached the camp 
at Newport News, and posting herself so near the 
bluff that the guns of the water battery could not 
be depressed to reach her,for half an hour vigorous-
ly shelled the camp, but with very little effect. She 
next assaulted the Congress, which as was observed, 
had no regular crew, but only some of the Naval 
Brigade. She exchanged a hot cannonade with the 
Merrimac for half an hour, but at the end of that 
time,torn to pieces by her adversary's shot and total-
ly unable to damage her at all, she surrendered—
the first, and let us hope the only surrender of a 
United States man-of-war to rebels. As soon as her 
flag came down, the rebel steamer Jamestown ap-
proached and took off her officers,leaving the crew to 
escape ashore. 
During all this time the U. S. steamers-of-war 
Roanoke and Minnesota had endeavored to join in 
the contest. But the former, her main shaft having 
been broken for some months, had to be towed up ; 
and the latter ran aground two mile43 below New-
port News. The Merrimac, after the Congress sur-
rendered, turned next toward the Minnesota, but 
this engagement was at a respectful distance of a 
mile,the Merrimac being either a little modest about 
the heavy guns of the Minnesota and Roanoke, and 
of the St. Lawrence and some other U. S. vessels 
that were hastening up,or else being herself aground. 
By that time it began to grow dark. The battle 
ceased by mutual consent or necessity,the Merrimac 
and her consorts drawing off toward Sewall's Point. 
The Congress was set on fire by Gen. Mansfield's 
orders, to keep her out of the hands of the rebels. 
She burnt fiercely half of the night, and blew up 
about 1 1-2 o'clock on Sunday morning, with a tre-
mendous explosion. 
On the morning of Sunday, when the smoke and 
haze, about 8 o'clock, lifted from the waters of 
Hampton Roads, the anxious and fearful spectators 
from the Federal fort and lines discerned the hostile 
monster, near Sewall's Point, under steam, with 
her consorts,the Yorktown and Jamestown. She re-
mained quiet for a time, but soon steered back to 
the arena of her yesterday's triumphs, toward the 
Minnesota. 
About 8 o'clock on the preceding evening, a light 
was seen coming in from the sea toward Fortress 
Monroe. This proved to be Ericsson's little battery, 
the Monitor. As soon as she came up, Lieut. Wor-
kn, her commander, reported himself to Capt. Mar-
ston, in command of the fleet, who at once ordered 
him up to the aid of the Minnesota, and he went. 
The Merrimac,was deliberately approaching,when 
the Monitor quietly steamed out from behind the 
great war-ship, and having come within about a 
mile,fired a shot which struck the side of the Merri-
mac. The latter at once slackened her speed, and 
the two mailed antagonists exchanged shots for 
some time, with no effect. The Monitor now ad-
vanced upon her monstrous foe, firing deliberately 
and accurately. When within a quarter of a mile, 
the Merrimac opened a rapid fire, which the Moni-
tor returned at her leisure ; and the vessels gradual-
ly drew together. The vessels sometimes touched ; 
the Merrimac repeatedly tried to run down the Min-
nessota as she had done the Cumberland, and was 
foiled by her hardy foe ; once she drove her heavy 
prow full into the Monitor's side,merely careening her 
a little. And all the time the exchange of broadsides 
was incessant, the Monitor moving round and round 
her antagonist, aiming below her iron cover, at her 
propeller. At a quarter before twelve, the battle 
having lasted nearly four hours,the signal was made 
to Fortress Monroe that the Monitor had at last 
smashed a hole through her adversary's mail ; the 
monster was evidently beaten ; her firing slackened, 
and turning towards the Craney Island batteries 
again, she ran away. The Monitor did not follow ; 
either from the heated state of her guns, the hurt of 
her brave commander, whose eyes were severely in-
jured by minute particles of iron or powder driven 
through the look-out holes while he was looking 
through, or some other good reason. She was en-
tirely unharmed, and perfectly ready to recommence 
the fight. 
ISLAND NO. 10. 
It was reported a few days since that "Island No. 
10," in the Mississippi river, just above New Mad-
rid, was evacuated by the enemy. Instead of this 
it now appears that it was attacked on Sunday eve-
ning by the government forces, who command the 
river at New Madrid below, as well as above the 
island. As we are going to press we have received 
a telegraphic rumor of its conquest by the Union-
ists—but it needs confirmation. 
Foreign News. 
5ITALY. 
Anxiety is beginning to be felt about the health 
of King Victor Emanuel. 
The Capitular Vicar and the clergy of Messina 
had signed an address to the Pope, setting forth the 
necessity of a separation between his temporal and 
spiritual power, and it is probable that the clergy 
throughout Italy will proffer similar advice. 
INSURRECTION IN GREECE. 
There is an insurrection in Greece, it is said, aris-
ing from the unpopularity of the Queen, whom the 
people call " the Bavarian," signifying their hatred 
of her ancestral house. 
To Correspondents. 
" L. R." should have appended his full name to 
his article on " Tobacco"—the use of which weed is 
injurious to health, and inexcusable. 
A FOREST IN A LAKE. A correspondent of the 
New Orleans Delta writing from Virginia,speaks 
of the Great Salt Pond, near White Sulphur 
Springs, as follows : "It derives its name from 
the fact that, some years ago, the inhabitants 
used to place salt in the valley where the pond 
now exists, to attract deer and cattle. There was 
a spring which rose in this valley,and after flow-
ing a short distance above ground, descended in-
to mother earth. To this spring the animals came 
to drink. From their trampling or some other 
cause it passed into earth and was 'closed. The 
valley by degrees filled with water, which being 
unable to escape on account of the mountains, 
submerged the forest. It now covers a space 
from 300 to 400 yards across and reaches a depth 
of 80 to 90 feet. This water is so clear that you 
can see the submerged forest. It presents a most 
singular appearance. Upon looking down, on a 
still day, you might imagine you saw a city of 
dead giants before you,so fantastic are the shapes 
assumed by the trees." 
A QUIET JOKE.—The celebrated John Wesley, 
wits all his ministerial gravity, was addicted to jok-
ing once in a while. His servant,Michael Fenwick, 
complained that his name was never mentioned in . 
the published Journal. Wesley, in the next num-
ber, said : —"I left Epworth with great satisfac-
faction, and about one preached at Clayworth. I 
think none were unmoved but Michael Fenwick,who 
fell fast asleep under an adjoining hayrick." 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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- 
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. 
Life's Travelers. 
• 
Then what availeth it all,since the thread is so frail, 
The journey so short, and our plans ever fail ; 
Since the wealth we attain,and the pleasure we find, 
Is lost in regret as we leave them behind. 
Since the dust of the miser, that's hoarded with care; 
The court of the beggar, who's sank in despair ; 
Since the crown of the monarch, the steel of the 
brave, 
When the journey is over, aside must be laid. 
And what is life's aim—our pilgrimage here—
If all we attain is lost in the bier ; 
Is life but a pastime, no object, no gain ? 
Then 'tie fully to live 'mid its sorrow and pain. 
Ah ! there is an object to live—a duty to God, 
Which tyrants ignore who spare not the rod ; 
Which is ever unheeded when the needy and poor 
Were turned uncared from the rich man's dour. 
And much it avails—our journeying here; 
For we were learning to live in a happier sphere. 
'The pain that we suffer—the sorrow we taste, 
.Befitteth the soul for a holier place. 
So take courage, ye sad ones ; faint not by the way; 
For the hour shall come—nor distant the day, 
That yours shall be joy and bliss evermore, 
When pilgrims you've reached that radiant shore. 
rit of man is his breath. While conversing a few 
days since with one who preaches the above-named 
doctrine, I asked him to harmonize passages like the 
above with his doctrine. He replied, " I must say, 
as an honest man, there are some of those passages 
that I don't know what to do with." And I cannot 
help thinking that if there were more honest men, 
we should hear more such confessions, since the doc-
trine is at war with so many plain declarations of 
God's word. 
With regard to the doctrine of annihilation, its 
effects were made apparent when at the close of the 
meetings referred to, a number of young men were 
heard to say, " If that is all the future punishment 
there is, we will go on and enjoy it ; for the pun-
ishment cannot last but a few moments any way." 
How solemn the responsibility which rests upon 
those who thus quiet the conscience of the ungodly. 
May the Lord save us from every demoralizing doc- 
trine, is my prayer. Yours truly, 
GORHAM PILLSBURY. 
E. Kingston, N. II., March 2, 1862. 
From Bro. D. Bosworth. 
Bro. Bliss :—Having of late been trying to ex-
pound the Apocalypse to my people, I find in the 
most beaten paths, some things it will not do to 
take for granted. For instance, John was told to 
" write the things which thou bast seen, and the 
things which are, and the things which shall be 
hereafter." The common division is—things seen, 
chap. 1—things which are, chap. 2, 3. I would 
add 4, 5—things which shall be, 4th chapter on-
ward. I should say, 6th chapter onward. 
Some of the reasons, with your permission, I 
proceed to give. After writing the epistles to the 
churches John sees the heavens disparted—as did 
Stephen at his martyrdom—and hears a voice say-
ing, Come up hither. Now I suppose the heaven 
that John saw was the same that Stephen saw, and 
for the reason that both had a vision of Deity seat-
ed on the throne, and of the second person in the 
Tri-unity as the Son of God, or the Lamb as it had 
been slain. Will it be said that Deity descended to 
the atmosphere to accommodate the dying martyr ? 
Why not take a loftier view ? and suppose that as 
angelic beings descended to witness the death of one 
for whom they had been ministering spirits, the. 
heavens—parted by the celestial messengers—re-
vealed to the dying saint the glory of Deity, and 
his Advocate near the throne. And so of John ; 
why should we adopt the spiritualistic notion that 
the opening heaven only meant the opening of his 
interior vision ? Why not understand it as it says, 
that heaven opened, and John like Paul was caught 
up at the call, to behold things indescribable only 
as presented in figures and symbols ? Beyond the 
possibility of a question, it was the heaven of the 
divine presence, for nothing can symbolize Deity 
but Deity itself, and it was not the vision brought 
down to John, but John caught up to behold the 
vision. The throne and Him seated thereon ; the 
" Lamb as it had been slain," in the midst of the 
throne ; the four living creatures ; the innumerable 
company of angels ; the flashing lightning, the roll-
ing thunders, the burning lamps, and the crystal 
sea, all tend to inspire the prophet with awe, and 
proclaim the presence chamber of the Governor of 
the universe. 
As to who the elders were—or represent—I re-
serve for another communication. Let me here re- 
mark, I do not suppose I have evolved a theory of 
those two chapters which will be free from objec-
tions, for it is always " easier to object than to de-
fend," but I have a theory that makes clear—to my 
own mind—vine things before very obscure, in re-
lation to the future government of God on earth. 
D. BOSWORTII. 
Waterbury, Vt., Mar. 1, 1862. 
Exegesis. Matt. 11:9.12. 
" What then went ye to see ? A prophet ? yea, 
I tell you, and something superior to a prophet :—
for this is he concerning whom it is written, Be-
hold I send mine angel before thee, who shall pre-
pare thy way. Verily I say unto you, among those 
that are born of women, there hath not arisen a 
greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the 
reign of heaven shall be greater than he. From the 
first appearing of John the Baptist until now, the 
kingdom of heaven .is invaded, and the invaders 
take possession by force. For till John appeared 
all the prophets and the law were your instructors; 
and if ye will bear to be told it, this is the Elijah 
that was to come. Whoever bath ears to hear, let 
him hear " (George Campbell, D.D.) 
The kingdom of heaven is gotten by force, and 
they that thrust men, take it by force." (Marginal 
reading.) 
I. What are we to understand by " the kingdom 
of heaven ?" 
There are four things that appertain to a king-
dom, viz. a king, subjects, territory and laws.— 
" The kingdom of heaven" brought to view in the 
scriptures, and which is a subject of promise to the 
people of God, has all these specifications. It is a 
real, tangible, literal kingdom—the fifth universal 
monarchy brought to view in Dan. 2 and 7, and is 
located here on this earth. " Blessed are the meek, 
for they shall inherit the earth." The king is none 
other than Jesus, the son of Mary, the son of Da-
vid, the seed of Abraham, the seed of the woman, 
the second Adam. The subjects are the people of 
God, the meek ; the territory, is the earth ; the 
laws, the word of God. 
There are three periods pointed out in the scrip-
tures in regard to the kingdom of heaven. 
The Adamic period before the fall, called "the 
first dominion," Micah 4:8. This is the first king-
dom of which we have any account. The first man, 
Adam, was created a king, and had dominion over 
all the earth, and all that dwell upon it. Adam 
lost his dominion by transgression, and a usurper 
grasped the sceptre, and has borne rule ever since. 
This " first dominion " is promised to Christ, the 
second Adam, Micah 4:8, " And thou, 0 tower of 
the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, 
unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the 
kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem." 
Christ, the second Adam, is the heir apparent to 
the kingdom of heaven over which the first Adam 
had dominion, and lost it by transgression. Matt. 
25:34, "Then shall the king say unto them on his 
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation 
of the world." The kingdom, then, that Christ 
gives to his people, was " prepared for them from 
the foundation of the world, and must be the king-
dom brought to view in Micah 4:8, called " the first 
dominion," restored. " God made the world to be 
inhabited," and he made it just right, and pronoun-
ced it " very good," and gave it to man for his ev-
erlasting inheritance. Sin entered, and has spread 
ruin and desolation over the fair and beautiful crea-
tion. Shall the purpose of God be frustrated, and 
the enemy triumph ? Nay ! Sin shall be wiped 
out, for he will " gather out of his kingdom all 
things which offend, and them which do iniquity," 
and " the first dominion" shall be restored. 
The second period extends from the fall of man 
to the restitution, which is the period of revolt and 
apostacy, or the interregnum between the reign of 
the two kings, viz., the first and second Adams.—
" Interregnum: The time in which a throne is va-
cant, between the death or abdication of a king and 
the accession of his successor."—Webster. During 
this time the throne is vacant—the heir-apparent is 
away and has not yet returned—and "the kingdom 
of heaven suffereth violence," or is invaded, " and 
they that thrust men take it by force." " Suffereth 
violence," that is, to undergo, as punishment, to be 
injured, or affected by violence. So I understand it. 
" The children of the kingdom" are in affliction and 
under oppression, by the powers that be, who have 
by violence and bloodshed taken possession of " the 
kingdom by force." The " land is soaked with 
blood," and " polluted under the inhabitants there-
of. 
Thus, during this period, or interregnum, the 
scriptures call it " the kingdom of heaven," altho' 
the king is absent and a usurper bears rule. But 
the reign of heaven does not begin until the king 
returns and takes possession. 
The third period is the everlasting age, the 
restitution—the immortal age—when the first do- 
minion comes to Christ, and his kingdom and do- 
minion is under the whole heaven. To this period 
our hope points us. And we are taught to pray, 
" Thy reign come." This explains the 11th verse. 
" Verily I say unto you, among those that are born 
of women, there bath not arisen a greater than 
John the Baptist. Yet the least in the reign of 
heaven shall be greater than he." That is, the 
greatest in the kingdom of heaven, in the second 
period, is less than the least in the third period, or 
restitution. 
This view of the subject furnishes us with a key 
to the harmonious explanation of the parables of 
Christ which belong to the second period. Thus, 
Matt. 13th chapter. The parable of the sower, 
which Christ has explained and located here.—
Again, " The kingdom of heaven is likened to a 
man which sowed good seed in his field," &c. All 
these parables describe the state of things in " the 
kingdom of heaven," during the interregnum,while 
the king is away. 
A word of explanation on the first part of the 
12th verse, and I will close. 
" And from the days of John the Baptist until 
now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence."—
John was the forerunner of the Messiah. His mes-
sage was, " Reform, for the reign of heaven ap-
proacheth." Great expectation was raised among 
the people, who supposed that when the Messiah 
came, he would establish his kingdom and sit upon 
the throne of David, and make all the nations trib-
utary to them. And believing that Jesus was the 
sonalities, and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
BY D. HOYT WILLEY. 
We were journeying to that silent land, 
O'er arid wastes, and desert sand, 
While the radiance of our mortal star 
Bears shadowings of that world so fair. 
Yet oft 'tis dimmed by signs of woe, 
And like the ocean's ebb and flow, 
To-day we smile, nor dream of tears—
To-morrow weep fur happier years. 
And thus the conflict onward goes 
Of smiles and tears, of joy and woes ; 
And thus it's been since the world began; 
With travelers to that silent land. 
And oft have journeyed by our side 
Those who've shared the veteran's pride; 
But darker grew their mortal cloud—
Death inwrapped them in his shroud ! 
And youth with cheeks of healthful bloom 
Had paused within the gay saloon ; 
No more he breathed of Truth or Fame—
Time swiftly passed—took back the name. 
And kings who raised their scepters high, 
And lords of wealth,—their glory's by ; 
And the aged who bowed with many a year, 
Have journeyed to that far off sphere. 
And the scholar paused—his book lay by—
For his cheek was pale, and dim his eye ; 
He whispered, "'tie well—no longer I stay"—
And the Angel of Death bore his spirit away. 
And the priest lay the miter from off his brow, 
Like the many he's quietly sleeping now ; 
And the wise, the foolish, the rich and the poor, 
Were passing away to an unseen shore. 
So passeth the evil—so passeth the just ; 
So the multitude go like the hurrying gust ; 
For the lightningsiof Death were fatal to men, 
And its thunders were heard by each wandering ken 
From Bro. G. Pillsbury. 
Bro. Bliss :—We have had a series of meetings in 
this place of late, in which the sleep of the dead 
theory and annihilation of the wicked were made 
prominent. We are told that the entire being of 
Christ died on the cross. Also that the spirit of 
man is his breath, and that this is all that survives 
the dissolution of the body. But how will the Bi-
ble read, if this mode of interpretation be applied. 
We will try a few passages, substituting the word 
breath for spirit. 
There is a breath in man, and the inspiration of 
the Almighty giveth them understanding. Job 32 : 
8. 
I commune with mine own heart, and my breath 
made diligent search. Ps. 77:6. 
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, 
and the breath to God who gave it. Eec. 12:7. 
The breath indeed is willing,but the flesh is weak. 
Matt. 26:41. 
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our breath 
that we are the children of God. Rom. 8:16, 
That which is born of the Spirit is breath. John 
3:6. 
Lord Jesus receive my breath. Acts 7:59. 
This is the way the Bible should read, if the spi- 
From Bro. N. Reynolds. 
Mr. Bliss :—It was at the North Salem camp 
meeting that I was brought to see that the kingdom 
spoken of by Daniel (saying " In the days of these 
kings," &c.) was not set up in the days of the Sav-
iour's incarnation—at least not as it was to,be when 
the " image" was perfected. A very great change 
came over my mind by this circumstance. I asked 
some of my Methodist brethren how the case stood, 
and was informed, the Saviour may come at any 
time. I did think, that being the case, it was time 
to look around for the signs of the times. Here was 
a new view of things that awoke and aroused up 
my mind to earnest, anxious solicitude. Was it 
really so, that but four great nations bad borne rule 
in the earth since Nebuchadnezzar ? And who so 
blind but they must see that the next would be, as 
Daniel says, one to stand for ever !—the kingdom of 
God. I went about looking on all things as about 
to be burned up, and a gloomy view I took of 
things. Few were willing to look at the subject, 
although they professed to believe and venerate the 
Bible. In the midst of this trouble and perplexity 
concerning what should come to pass hereafter, I 
Messiah, they were anxious to take him and crown 
him king. But he assured them his kingdom was 
not of this world, or age, arid since John first made 
his appearance, until now,there has been no change; 
the invaders still have possession, as formerly, and 
will continue to strive for power and possession un- 
til this age shall terminate. 
L.K. 
Gambling. 
There is no evil, perhaps,so ruinous to the young 
man just beginning life's warfare, as that of gamb-
ling; and-there is no crime that should more speedi-
ly call forth the advice and friendship of mortal 
man in behalf of the erring. It may well be called 
the "blackest of crimes ;" for it often destroys the 
body, and blights the soul fur all happiness. On 
every hand it is doing its dangerous work ; the old 
and the young how beneath its sceptre and worship-
ped at his foul shrine. The clerk—possessing the es-
teem and confidence of his employer—drinks in its 
intoxicating bliss—purloins dollar after dollar of 
his master's gain ; and ere he is aware of his just 
position, lie is madly nearing the vortex of dissolu-
tion—soon to be engulphed in its foaming waves, 
and his life-bark rent assunder, with no hopes of 
reaching the port of eternal bliss. Our cities teem 
with its corrupt influence, and the young man,seek-
lug his fortune in the crowded town, may, unknow-
ingly, be lured on, step after step, until despair set-
tles upon him, and no hopes of recovery animate 
his crime-stained breast. A mother's prayers when 
he was a little child may at times stay his onward 
course ; but he soon forgets that winning voice, and 
again sinks to the lowest degrees of wretchedness 
and shame. Alas ! who knows the heartfelt misery 
they endure, or the sorrow they strive to conceal? 
None but the gambler. 
Reader ! do you gamble ? Do you frequent the 
dens where this vice reigns supreme? Do you listen 
to the silvery voices that is pathetically wooing you 
on, step by step, until it engulphs you in everlast-
ing dissipation? If you do, and there is the least 
spark of humanity left within you, let me entreat 
you to retract your steps before the dark hour over-
takes you. 
You may be a parent ! know ye not that the fu-
ture weal or woe of your offspring depend upon the 
influence they receive at home ? 
Perhaps you are the son of doting parents ! A 
father's watchful care, and a mother's tender love, 
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What joy would penetrate the inmost recesses of 
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You may be a daughter—for many there are who 
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and unfading glory, while your golden harp playeth 
sweetest music to "Him who sitteth upon the 
Throne." 
T. 
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Few men have been more diversely regarded than 
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power, as a cool, sagacious and honest reasoner, an 
humble and devoted Christian, a kind and affection-
ate friend, and a man of great moral and social 
worth ; thousands, who knew him not, formed opin-
ions of him anything but complimentary to his in-
telligence and sanity. It was therefore the design 
of this volume to show him to the world as he was 
-to present him as he appeared in his daily walk 
and conversation, to trace the manner in which he 
arrived at his conclusions, to follow him into his 
closet and places of retirement, to unfold the work-
ings of his mind through a long series of years, and 
scan closely his motives. These things are shown of 
him by large extracts from his unstudied private 
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many minds, in all denominations, to change their 
views of the millennial state ; and as the christian 
public learn to discriminate between the actual po-
sition of Mr. Miller, and that which prejudice has 
conceived that he occupied, his memory will be 
much more justly estimated. The following notice 
of this volume is from the "Theological and Liter-
ary Journal." 
From Bro. Nelson Hale. 
Dear sir :-The present war in the United States 
gives strong evidence of our soon coming Lord and 
the end of time, where afflictions and sorrows shall 
cease forever. When the trees put forth their leaves 
ye know that summer is nigh ; so likewise when ye 
see these things come to pass, the end is nigh, even 
at the doors. • 
The spirit that exists in the south indicates a 
strong evidence of the end soon. 
Respectfully yours, 
NELSON HALE. 
South Manchester, March 7, 1862. 
ties, in relation to this subject, would be worth 
more than all the opinions, or inferential arguments, 
that could be adduced. If you have direct author-
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Philadelphia, March 11, 1862. 
" The command to fight" is not among the 
" commands" of our Lord, so far as we have read 
his words. 
ED. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
A Volume for the Times. 
"THE TIME OF THE END." 
This volume of over 400 pages, compiled by the 
present editor of the Advent Herald and published 
in 1856,treats "the time of the end," (Dan. 12: 9,) 
as a prophetic period preceding the end ; during 
which there was predicted to be a Wonderful in-
crease of knowledge respecting the prophecies and 
periods that fill up the future of this world's dura-
tion, to the final consummation. 
It presents various computations of the times of 
Daniel and John ; copies Rev. E. B. Elliott's view 
of "our present position in the prophetic calen-
dar," with several lectures by Dr. Cumming. and 
gives three dissertations on the new heavens and the 
new earth, by Drs. Chalmers, Hitchoock, and Wes- 
This volume is worthy of a perusal by all who 
ake an interest in the great purposes God has re-
vealed respecting the future government of the 
world. If the first chapters descend to a detail of 
incidents that are of little moment, and betray a 
disposition to exaggerate and over-paint, the main 
portion of the memoir, which is occupied with the 
history of his religious life, is not chargeable with 
that fault, and presents an interesting account of 
his studies, his opinions, his lectures, his disap 
pointinents, and his death, and frees him from many 
of the injurious imputations with which he was as-
sailed during his last years. He was a man of vig-
orous sense, ardent, resolute, and upright ; he had 
the fullest faith in the Scriptures as the word of 
God, and gave the most decided evidence that he 
understood and felt the power of their great truths. 
Instead of the ambitiousness of a religions dema-
gogue, he was disinterested ; his great aim in his 
advent 
 His de- 
meanor, on the confutation of his calculations re-
specting the advent, was such as might be expected 
from an upright man. Instead of resorting to sub-
terfuges to disguise his defeat, he frankly confessed 
his error, and while he lost faith in himself, retain-
ed his trust undiminished in God, and endeavored 
to guard his followers from the dangers to which 
they were exposed, of relapsing into unbelief, or 
losing their interest in the great doctrine of Christ's 
premillennial coming. 
.4anualsalml 
was led to hear the word of the Lord, saying, "The 
day of the Lord cometh. For I will gather all na-
tions against Jerusalem to battle," &c. " and his 
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Ol-
ives, which is before Jerusalem on the east : and 
the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst there-
of toward the east and toward the west." Could 
I, had I any power, right, or wisdom to say any 
thing to "make the word of God of no effect " ?-
My soul was as a bird set free from the snare of the 
fowler. I could sing and clap my hands for very 
joy. Gladness filled my breast. I gave glory to 
God. The Bible I took to my glad heart, as a trea-
sure absolutely exhaustless, filled with wisdom and 
knowledge, treasures above choice rubies, and all 
precious metals ! Yet how had they been hid from 
me as in a field ! The Spirit of God like a fire was 
burning. 
Do you not thick I should give honor to whom 
honor is due ? The Adventists, under God, awoke 
my soul to an important truth. Will you let me 
say so to them ? 
Let the word of the Lord have free course. Al-
low that, and the 38th and 39th chapters of Ezekiel 
will become plain, simple, yea glorious-more and 
more. Yours in love, 
NATH'L REYNOLDS. 
Marblehead, Feb 23, 1862. 
From Bro. Sylvanus Judson. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :-I am interested in the Herald 
and wish to do what I can to sustain it. I am loox-
ing forward to the time when the "watchmen shall 
see eye to eye." We are educated under different 
influences and thereby come to different conclusions 
as to doctrinal points ; but I believe if " our fel-
lowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus 
Christ," we shall have fellowship one with another; 
and when one member suffers, all suffer with it.--
In the body are different gifts ; all are necessary,al-
though some are inferior. All must act in harmo-
ny, and if one brother has the start of another in 
the truth, bid him Godspeed, and catch up as fast 
as we can see the light. 
May the Lord pr, sper his own truth, and speed 
On the day when all shall know him, is my prayer. 
S. JUDSON. 
Idincklaen, Feb. 20, 1862. 
We are obliged to Bro. Judson for money accom-
panying the above to send the Herald to two new 
recipients of the same. 
ED. 
From Bro. M. Perkins. 
Bro. Bliss :-I have tried to get new subscribers 
for the Herald, but have not succeeded. Money is 
very scarce here, and the interest on the Advent 
question is very dull. 
We have no Advent preaching. I wish someone 
would come and give a course of lectures. He 
would have a good hearing. 
If the war should close in the spring, the pros-
pect is that business will revive. 
Yours, &c. 
MOSES PERKINS. 
Stevens Point, Feb. 22, 1862. 
From Bro. E. Gillette. 
Bro. Bliss :-I have been a subscriber for the 
Signs of the Times and Advent Herald since 1842, 
and should be loth to see it die just when it seems 
to be most needed. If it were not for the scarcity 
of money at the present time I might, perhaps, get 
some subscribers; but the business which of all oth-
ers brings the most money here, oystering, has al-
most failed for the year past. I lend my papers, 
and there are those here who love to read it, but 
they feel too poor to pay fur it. 
Enclosed find -. 
I see a suggestion in the Herald of the 8th inst , 
from Edwin Burnham, that 300 of the friends of 
the Herald pledge themselves to pay ten dollars each, 
as a sinking fund, to give it a permanent existence; 
which 1 hope to see carried out. And for this pur-
pose I herewith pledge myself to pay, on the de-
mand of the Editor of the Advent Herald, publish-
ed in Boston, Mass., the sum of ten dollars, to sup-
port the financial existence of said paper, into a 
fund which shall be called the Sinking Fund of the 
Advent Herald, when the names of 300 responsible 
persons shall be pledged to this object. 
EDGAR GILLETTE. 
From Bro. Wm. Stiles. 
Bro. Bliss :-Will you be kind enough to show, 
from the Divine Record, authority for the disciple 
of Jesus hearing the sword, under any circumstan-
ces? I speak not of the right of government to 
punish, or the purpose for which it was ordained of 
God,-" a revenger to execute wrath ;" but what 
saith the Scripture? Your opinion in relation to 
any portion of Scripture, in this connection, is not 
d ; but one command of Christ or his epos- 
very bad case of sore eyes."-Walter S. Plummer, Lake 
Village, N. II. 
Mrs. Glover, East Merrimack street, Lowell, was cured 
of a bad case of piles by the use of one box of the Salve. 
Mr. Farrington, a wealthy merchant and manufacturer 
of Lowell, was relieved of piles which had afflicted him 
for many years, and remarked to a friend that it was worth 
a hundred dollars a box for piles. 
Miss Harriet Morrill, of East Kingston, N. H., says : "I 
have been afflicted with piles for over twenty years. The 
last seven years I have been a great sufferer. And though 
1 never expect to be well, yet to be relieved as I am from 
day to day by the use of your Golden Salve, fills my heart 
with gratitude." 
From Mr. J. 0. Merriam, Tewksbury, Mass.: "I have 
a large milk farm. I have used a great deal of your Gol-
den Salve for sore teats on my cows. I have used many 
other kinds of salve. Yours is the best I ever saw. I 
have also used it for sprains and scratches on my horses. 
It cures them in a short time. I recommend it to all who 
keep cows or horses." 
From Dr. Geo. Pierce, Lowell : " Your Golden Salve is 
good. It will have a great sale." 
From Dr. W. S. Campbell, New Britain, Conn. : "Your 
Golden Salve is a great thing for chilblains. I have also 
used it in afflicting cases of salt rheum, erysipelas, and 
sore nipples. Its effect was, a speedy and permanent cure." 
Dr. Bliss, of Brunswick, Me., says : " I have several 
friends who have been cured of scrofulous humors by the 
Golden Salve. You may ecommend it from me as a val-
uable Salve." 
" I received a wound in my foot by a rusty nail ; by 
reason of which I could not set my foot to the floor for 
two weeks. The pain was excruciating. When your Gol-
den Salve was applied, it relieved the pain in a shorttime, 
and two and a half boxes of it wrought a perfect cure."-
Mrs. Lucinda A. Swain, Merideth Centre, N. H. 
Mr. H. L. W. Roberts, Editor of Marion Intelligencer, 
Marion, Ill., says, "Every person that uses the Golden 
Salve testifies favorably." He has also published a list of 
names in his paper, of persons cured of wounds, sores, hu-
mors, rheumatism, &c., and gives the public reference to 
them ; who, he says, are among the first citizens of the 
place. 
THE GOLDEN SALVE-A GREAT HEALING REMEDY.-It 
is with much pleasure we announce the advent of this new 
article in our city, which has met with such signal success 
in Lowell, where it is made, that the papers have teemed 
with cases of truly marvelous cures. They chronicle one 
where the life of a lady was recently saved-a case of bro-
ken breast ; another where the life of a child was saved-
a case of chafing ; another of a lady whose face was much 
disfigured by scrofulous humor, which was brought to a 
healthy action in a few days ; also another of an old man, 
who had a sore on his foot for twenty years-cured in a 
few weeks. Our citizens will not be slow in getting at its 
merits, and will herald it over the land.-Boston Herald. 
Boston, July 12, 1859. Bro. Whitten : I have usedyour 
Golden Salve in my family, and I am acquainted with a 
large number of families also who have used it ; and I 
have reason to believe that it is really what you recom- 
mend it to be. 
J. V. HINES. 
Made only by C. P. Whitten, No. 35 and 37 East Mer-
rimack street, Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists, and at 
country stores. Price 25 cts. per box, or $2 per dozen. 
I want good, reliable, persevering agents to canvass, in 
all parts of the United States and Canada. A large dis- 
count will be made to agents. aug 13-pd to jan 1 '62 
For sale at this office. 
DR. LITCH'S RESTORATIVE : & great cure for colds and 
coughs. This medicine is highly prized by all who use it, 
for the purposes named. Try it. Price, 37 1-2 etc. 
DR. ',ITCH'S ANTI-BILIOUS PHYSIC. As a gentle purga-
tive, a corrector of the stomach and liver, and cure for 
common Fever and Fever and Ague, and all the every day 
ills of a family, this medicine is not surpassed. confi- 
dently recommend it to every family who prize a speedy 
relief from disease and suffering, as the best they can use. 
Price 37 1-2 cents. Sold by H. Jones, 48 Kneeland st., 
Boston, next door to the Herald office ; and by J. Litch 
127 N.,11th st., Philadelphia. No 1010-tf 
TRACTS. 
The postage on a single tract is one cent, or by the 
quantity one cent an ounce. 
The Restitution 
Osler's Prefigurations 
The End, by Dr. Cumming 
Letter to Dr. Raffles 
Whiting's Prophetic View 
Stewart on Prayer and Watchfulness 
Brock on the Lord's Coming a Practical Doctrine 
Brock on the Glorification of the Saints 
Litch's Dialogue on the Nature of Man 
WHITTEN'S GOLDEN SALVE is a step by way of 
Y progress in the healing art. It is adapted to all the 
purposes of a family Salve. It effectually cures piles, 
wounds, bruises, sprains, cuts, chilblains, corns, burns, 
fever-sores, scrofulous humors, erysipelas, salt-rheum, 
king's evil, rheumatism, spinal difficulties, chafings in 
warm weather, &c. &c., and is believed by many experi-
enced and competent judges to be the best oembination of 
medicinal ingredients for external inflammatory difficul-
ties that has ever been produced. Many of the best phy-
sicians of the various schools use it and also recommend it. 
Every farmer should have it for horses ; for the cure of 
scratches, sprains, chafings, &c., and also for sore teats on 
cows. It cures felons. It cures warts. 
From Mr. Morris Fuller, of North Creek, N. Y.: "We 
find your Golden Salve to be good for everything that we 
have tried it for. Among other things for which we have 
used it, is a bad case of 'scald head' of our little girl. 
Its effect in this case was also favorable." 
" We like your Golden Salve very much in this place. 
Among other things I knew a lady who was cured of a 
Sayville, N. Y. 
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THE. ADVEN T HERALD. 
A humble-minded man may have many 
arrows shot at him, but none will stick in 
him; he lies too low : they all fly above 
him. 
It is desirable that there be raised by donation five or 
six hundred dollars each year, by annual subscriptions ; 
and the following may be a suitable form of pledge for 
that purpose. 
We agree to pay annually in furtherance of the objects 
of the American Millennial Association, the sums set 
against our respective names. 
Samuel Prior, Yardleyville, Pa 
Stephen Sherwin, Grafton, , 
Martin L. Jackson, Milesburg, Pa............2 00 
Mill. Aid Society in Providence, R.I 
—16.30 
Millennial Aid Society in Shiremanstown, Pa ... 9.00 
" New Kingstown, Pa.... .. 4.50 
S. Blanchard, Barre, Vt 
.1.00 
Lloyd N. Watkins, Toronto, C. W 
1.00 
Church in Newburyport 
..9.00 
Pardon Ryon, Smith's Landing N. J..........2.00 
Josiah Vose, Westford, Mass. (" or more") 
2 00 
Henry Lunt, Jr., Newburyport, Mass.... ..2.00 
Church in Stanstead, C. E .. 3.00 
Joel Cowee, Gardner, Mass. 
.1.00 
Joseph Barker, Kincardine, C.W 
 ........5.00 
We leave a blank space here, which it is desirable to see 
filled with names and amounts, of pledges of annual pay-
ments. 
REMOVAL. The Messiah's church in New York city 
will hereafter worship in the meeting-house of the Seventh 
day Baptist church on 11th street, between 3d and 4th 
avenues. Preaching three times each Sabbath, and week-
ly lecture on Wednesday evening. The prayerful support 
and co-operation of all Christians is solicited. 
It is expected that Elder I. H. Shipman will preach at 
Lake Village March 23; Eld. J. Couch April 6; and bro. 
A. Bean March 16. 
D. G. DRAKE. 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
cr 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
5 00 
 ........1.00 
happy that day ; and not one only, for the 
simple story of that little act of childish 
thoughtfulness and kindness had made a 
mother's heart happy also. Did not the 
brightening eye, the sweet smile, and the 
earnest recital, tell his fond mother that 
his own heart beat lighter, and was hap-
pier that night for the little act of kindness 
he had done? Yes, that simple handful 
of flowers had made three hearts happy 
that day. The flowers which caused it 
might wither; but before that happened, 
one more unfading flower was blossoming 
in three hearts, and sweetening life with its 
sweet fragrance. 
Blessed privilege, indeed, to make one 
heart happy each day ! is there one that 
cannot, or will not, strive to do it ? There 
is sunshine enough, there are flowers 
enough, there is perfume enough in this 
world of ours, to make every heart happy, 
and sweeten every bitter cup, if there was 
always some kind word or act to unlock 
the avenues thereto, and bestow on others 
some of the blessed gifts of our heavenly 
Father. If every one would but live for 
this, what a blessed world earth would be! 
A little heaven below : every home a tem-
ple of praise, and every heart an exhaust-
less fountain of joy ! 
Let all live, then, so that each night 
they may say, " I have made one heart 
happy to-day." 
A Fable for the Young. 
Earnest had accompanied his father into 
the vineyards, which were rich with pro-
mises for the coming autumn. There he 
found a honey-bee struggling in the web 
of a large garden spider, which had al-
ready opened its fangs to seize upon its 
prey; but Earnest set the bee at liberty, 
and destroyed the glistening snare. 
The father, observing what had passed, 
inquired of his son how he could so light-
ly esteem the skill and ingenuity of the 
little artist, as to annihilate its work in a 
moment. " Didst thou not see with what 
beauty and order those slender threads 
were interwoven? How couldst thou, then, 
be at the same moment so pitiful, and yet 
so hard-hearted ?" 
The boy excused himself, saying : 
" Is there not evil in the spider's art? for 
it only tends to destruction, whereas the 
bee gathers honey and wax within its cell; 
so I gave freedom to the bee, and destroy-
ed the spider's web." 
The father was pleased at this decision 
of a simpie child, who saw DO beauty in 
ingenuity, when its aim was destruction. 
" But," continued the father, " perhaps 
you have bean unjust toward the spider. 
See how it protects our ripening grapes 
from the flies and wasps, by means of the 
net, which it weaves around the branch-
es !" 
" Does it do so," asked the boy, " with 
the intention of protecting our grapes, or 
merely that it may satisfy its own thirst 
for blood ?" 
" Truly," replied his father, " it troubles 
itself very little about our grapes." 
" 0 !" said Earnest, " then the good it 
does cannot be worth much ; for I have 
heard you say that it is a good-will alone 
which can impart beauty or goodness to 
the most useful actions." 
" Very true, my boy; we may be thank-
ful, however, that in the course of nature, 
that which is evil often fosters what is good 
and useful, without intending to do so." 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. The Standing Committee of the 
American Millennial Association will hold their regular 
quarterly meeting on Tuesday, April 8th, 1862, 10 a. m., 
at 46 1-2 Kneeland street, Boston, Mass. 
J. DITCH, Pres't. 
F. GUNNER, Rec. Sec'y. 
S. B. Raymond. You were cr. $1 on the 4th of Feb. 
to No. 1101—the name you refer to being printed by mis-
take for yours. 
R. Hutchinson. That might be a good idea—provided 
those in the neighborhood should wish for any considera-
ble number of copies. The bal. of 15 cts. you will please 
put us in mind of, when you have occasion to make other 
returns. 
Joseph Barker. Your remittance of $5 was received 
the 14th, which will be acknowledged in the usual manner 
when you direct as to its disposition. Sent your tracts,to 
the amount of $2.10, including postage ; which leaves 
$2.90 subject to your order. 
J. A. Heagy. Ne have not issued them, yours being 
the only order feceived. 
The "American Millennial Association," located in Bos-
ton, Mass., was legally organized Nov. 12th, 1858, under 
the provisions of the 56th Chapter of the Acts of the Le-
gislature of Massachusetts of A. D. 1857, for charitable 
and religious purposes. The whole amount obtained by 
donations, subscriptions, or sales of publications, is to be 
expended in the publication of Periodicals, Books, and 
Tracts, and for the support of ministers of the Gospel. 
All contributions to our treasury, will be duly acknow-
ledged, and, at the end of the year, will be embodied in a 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
" FEED MY LAMBS."—JOhn 21:15. 
BOSTON. MARCH 22. 1862. 
" I have made one Heart happy To-day." 
" Mother, mother, 1 have made one 
heart happy to-day," said little Willie, as 
he came running in from school one lovely 
summer afternoon, and threw his arms 
about her neck, imprinting a kiss upon her 
pale cheek. " Yes, mother, I have made 
one heart happy to-day :" and his little 
bosom heaved with an honest pride and 
delight, which caused his bright eyes to 
sparkle, and a rosy smile to play upon his 
dimpled cheeks. 
Little Willie was a bright, active boy, 
with a loving countenance. His widowed 
mother, on whom the whole care of his 
training from infancy had devolved, was 
called to exercise great discretion properly 
to curb his naturally hasty temper, and 
bring it into due subjection to wholesome 
restraint, and thus mould it for the accom-
plishment of some noble end in life : to 
love rather than to hate ; to do good rather 
than evil. And well had the mother done 
her task. He was the child of many 
prayers, and much faithful instruction ;—
and the rod seed thus sown unsparingly, 
and watered with a mother's tears, had 
fallen in good soil, and was now just be-
ginning to spring up with the promise of 
an abundant harvest. The oft-repeated 
counsel, that he ought always to try to 
make some heart happy each day, had for 
once been heeded ; and she rejoiced in the 
thought, and inwardly thanked her heav-
enly Father that she had lived to see her 
darling boy so loving and dutitul as he had 
been of late, and especially that happy 
day. 
" Are you sure, Willie ?" she said, after 
a slight pause, " you have made one heart 
happy to-day ?" 
" Yes, mother ; she said so, and thank-
ed me, 0, so many times !" 
" Who was it made you so happy ? and 
what did you do for her ?" 
" It was the poor woman who lives in 
the little house by the brook. I went in 
there when 1 went to school ; and she said 
she had been looking out of the window 
to see the beautiful flowers, hut she was 
old and lame, and couldn't pick them as 
she used to do ; and, as she had now no 
little boy or girl to get them for her, she 
had to be content with looking at them 
from her window. So at noon I went out 
and got all the prettiest ones I could find, 
and carried them to her ; and she was so 
glad, and said God would bless me, for I 
had made her poor heart happy ; that the 
flowers were very sweet ; but she was go-
ing soon to a land where there ale far 
sweeter flowers that never fade. Did she 
mean heaven, that I have heard you say 
so much about, mother ?'' 
" Yes, my dear." 
" May I not get flowers for her every 
day, mother ; and some of those nice ones 
from our little garden, that I may make 
her happy again ?" 
"Yes, child, as often and as many as 
you wish ; and I trust the remembrance of 
this day may cause you ever to strive to 
make some heart happy daily; and then it 
cannot be said you have lived wholly in 
vain." 
"I will try, mother," he said; and his 
blue eyes filled with tears, tears of mingled 
sympathy and joy ; sympathy for the dis-
consolate and suffering, and joy that even 
he could be of some service—little boy 
that he was—in making earth's weary and 
lonely hearts happy. Yes, and it was a 
blessed privilege. He had made one heart 
report. When there is any omission of the proper credit, 
due notice should be at once given to 
SYLVESTER BLISS, Treasurer. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO TUESDAY, MAR. 18, 1862. 
DONATIONS RECEIVED SINCE Nov. 1ST — $400 Needed 
Janua-y 1. 
Amount of previous payments 
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Herald weekly the coming year, provided the amount be 
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