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LINES. 
[The following verses were composed by the late 
Professor Talleyrand Grove, of Bethel, Me., while 
On his travels in Europe.] 
I was weary, and my shadow, 
And the shadow of my load, 
Slowly paced on before me, 
As I traveled on the road ; 
And the mile-stones seemed to linger 
More at sunset than before; 
And more sadly came the teaching, 
"One week more !'• 
So I sat me down and pondered, 
Turning to the setting sun, 
Pondered over all my folly, 
And the good left all undone ; 
Turned me from the lengthening shadow 
That had tortured me full sore— 
To that sunset calmly ending 
"One day more." 
Hence it came that I consider, 
Bear what crosses here we may, 
From the shadow of afflictions 
1Ve should turn ourselves away ; 
Gaze upon a dying Saviour, 
And the burden that Ile bore—
Oft repeating as we ponder, 
"One life more !" 
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A Visit to the Great Wall of China. 
gers passed through crowds of men, women and 
children, standing by charred ruins of their home-
steads, and among their shattered household 
gods without being met by a single angry look or 
gesture—nay more,always receiving a ready and 
friendly reply to every question. Perhaps they 
felt grateful that we had, at any rate, spared 
their lives, which is more than they can expect 
from their countrymen, the rebels, when they 
pay them a visit. 
"Some of the villages along our road were 
mere heaps of rubbish ; others retained more or 
less the semblance of human habitations. In the 
larger ones, such as Hosi-woo, which it may be 
remembered was for some time in occupation of 
our troops, the late enemy's inscriptions on doors 
and walls seem to be piously preserved as agree-
able relics, and such familiar garrison words as 
'Officers' Quarters,' Canteen,"Fa,ne's 'Horse,' 
'Commissariat,' General Hospital,' &c., meet 
one at every turn ; though one cannot but remark 
with regret, that the buildings which appear to 
have afforded shelter to the invaders are sadly 
devoid of everything in the shape of woodwork, 
which was probably used as occasion required 
for cooking dinners and boiling water. A cele-
brated and imposing pawnbroker's shop, which 
was 'looted' here, has not yet recovered itself ; 
but let it be borne in mind, that in pillage as in 
wanton destruction, the Chinese themselves far 
excel the British or even the French soldier ; 
the bonds of restraint once removed, and a Ce-
lestial mob have no patriotic or religious scruples 
as to the property of Mandarin, priest or peasant 
—as they fully exemplified at the sacking of 
Yuen-minayuen and the Llama temple, the sa- 
cred proceeds of which are to this day openly of-
fered for sale at more or less exorbitant prices 
in the shops of Tien-tsin. 
"At Ho-si-woo we met a French missionary 
bishop on his way to Europe, after having passed 
twenty-five years in China ; he was dressed in 
the native costume, even to the pigtail, and ap-
peared to be treated with great reverence by the 
unbelieving crowd who flocked in to see the 
'Mandarin priest.' The self-devotion, the zeal, 
and, as a very general rule, the pure and simple 
lives led by the French missionaries in China 
(and their number throughout the empire and the 
kingdom of Siam exceeds 1,500,) are not without 
their effect upon the people, although this is not 
displayed by wholesale and indiscriminate con-
version to nominal Christianity. 
"Another day's journey brought us to Chataou 
—a hamlet at the foot of the Great Wall. The 
road for the last fifteen miles had been so bad 
that we were obliged to leave our horses at 
Nankan, hiring in their place Tartar ponies. 
Nothing less surefooted than these shaggy, hardy 
little beasts could have carried us through those 
rugged mountain paths, which we would have 
done on foot but that one mile's march over the 
sharp rock which forms the pavement would 
have left us shoeless. 
"At daybreak on the following morning, we 
climbed the highest peak of the mountain range, 
and there standing on the top of the great wall, 
reflected upon the stupendous folly of this won-
derful work of human industry, which is said to 
have cost the country two hundred thousand lives 
from sheer physical exhaustion. The wall, which 
is built of stone and brick, is twenty feet high 
and fifteen feet broad, surmounted by a double 
parapet, loopholed on the north side. As far as 
the eye can follow the mountain range it winds 
over the ridges of the precipitous black rocks 
like a gigantic serpent crawling along and with 
its breath poisoning all around ; for, turn where 
you will, nothing meets the view but the deso-
late, dreary tract, unrelieved by a blade of grass 
or a turf of moss, and huge boulders strewing 
the base of the mountain sides. It was the whim 
of a tyrant to build a wall where Nature had al-
ready built a barrier far more effectual than any-
thing that human art could construct. However, 
there it remains, after the lapse of near two thou-
sand years—a monument of the cruel folly of 
one man, and the patient industry and sufferings 
of many thousands. 
"Having made an abortive attempt at a sketch, 
and tried in vain to discover one redeeming fea-
ture in this vast scene of desolation, I secured 
my brick, and descended to the pass, remounted 
to proceed homeward. Our guard could hardly 
believe his senses—certainly he doubted ours. 
When at Nankan mine host inquired what we 
were going to the Great Wall for. Our honest 
answer met with no credit. Were there not walls 
everywhere ? Was not the wall of Pekin much 
better worth looking at ? And then, as for shoot-
ing, why come so far for game when it could be 
bought in the market at our very door ? His im-
pression evidently was that we had some sinister 
project in view ; but when we returned with the 
brick the good man simply burst out laughing,and 
set us down for a couple of harmless maniacs. 
The Kingdom of God—its Future 
Manifestation. 
That the kingdom of God is already come in 
some sense is believed by all Christians ; for the 
children of God are represented as "translated 
into the kingdom of his dear Son ;" and John 
speaks of himself as a companion of believers, in 
tribulation, and "in the kingdom and patience of 
Jesus Christ." The moral features of the king-
dom,—"righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy 
Ghost,"—are now in the hearts and lives of be-
lievers, in which sense this kingdom has been 
here from the days of Abel to the present. 
But as Christians continue to pray, "Thy king-
dom come," they are of course looking for a new 
manifestation of that kingdom ; and the concur-
rent teachings of the Scriptures warrant such an 
expectation. Passages like the following indicate 
a future appearing of the kingdom : "And as 
they heard these things, he added and spake a 
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and 
because they thought that the kingdom of God 
should immediately appear. He said therefore, 
A certain nobleman went into a far country to 
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return ; 
and he called his ten servants, and delivered un-
to them ten pounds, and said unto them, 
Occupy till I come,"—Luke xix. 11-
13—the obvious teaching of the parable being 
that the kingdom of God will appear when Christ 
will come to reward every man according to his 
works. Our Saviour after mentioning the signs 
of his "coming in a cloud with power and great 
glory," says, "When ye see these things come to 
pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh 
at hand," Luke xxi. 31,—thus showing that the 
Romish Divines Predicting The 
Pope's Expulsion. 
[Extracted from the Banner of the Truth, pub-
lished by the Society for Irish Church Missions.] 
It is singular that even Roman Catholics are 
now expecting some great crisis of this kind, 
and some of their writers are endeavoring to pre-
pare the minds of the people for the changes 
which seem to be inevitable. Amongst these the 
most remarkable is Dr. Manning, formerly Arch-
deacon of Chichester, now the well known per-
vert priest in London. Dr. Manning has been 
delivering a series of lectures on the present 
crisis of the Holy See, in which he states his be-
lief that the city of Rome will cast off her allegi-
ance to the Pope, and again become Pagan be-
fore the end. That Rome will cast off the Pope 
is probable enough. That it will then become 
Pagan is, we rejoice to say, not to be anticipated. 
The pure Gospel is beginning to spread in Italy, 
and the Bible is finding its way among the people. 
It is sad to think that Dr. Manning would now 
join those priestly opposers of the truth, who call 
all this the spread of infidelity. But Dr. Mann-
ing's words are very remarkable, more especially 
at the present time. He says : 
"The writers of the Church tell us that in the 
latter days the city of Rome will probably be-
come apostate from the Church and vicar of Je-
sus Christ; and that Rome will again be punish-
ed, for he will depart from it ; and the judgment 
of God will fall on the place from which he once 
reigned over the nations of the world. For what, 
is it that makes Rome sacred, but the presence 
of the vicar of' Jesus Christ ? What has it that 
it should be dear in the sight of God, save only 
the presence of the vicar of his Son ? Let the 
Church of Christ depart from Rome, and Rome 
Mr. Fonblanque communicates to the London 
Times a graphic description of a visit to the 
Great Wall of China. The following are ex-
tracts : 
"Accompanied by Mr. Dick, an excellent 
Chinese scholar, and attached as interpreter to 
the ComMissariat, I left Tien-tsin on the 18th 
of March, and, after a three-days' ride through 
as uninteresting a country as can well be con-
ceived, came in sight of the fine solid wall which 
encloses the straggling mass of ruin, dirt and de-
cay called Pekin. 
"Chinese villages are, at best, dreary and 
squalid-looking, but on this route, where the dogs 
of war have so recently been let loose, there is 
something harrowing in the misery and desola-
tion of the scene. Has grinding oppression and 
long suffering leadened the heart of the Chinese 
peasant to all sense of injury ? Or has he, after 
all, Christian feeling of forgiveness towards his 
enemies, for which no orthodox churchman would 
give the Pagan credit ? I cannot explain it, but 
I own to something like a sense of shame having 
come over me as we two solitary unarmed stran- 
coming of the Son of man in glory will bring the 
visible manifestation of the kingdom of God ; and 
that this is at the judgment may be gathered from 
the following passage, "I charge thee before God 
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the 
quick and the dead at his appearing and his king-
dom," 2 Tim. iv. 1,—thus connecting the king-
dom of Christ with his appearing ; and both his 
kingdom and his appearing with his judging the 
living and the dead. The apostle adds, "There 
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which 
the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at 
that day ; and not to me only, but unto all them 
also that love his appearing." The King will then 
say to those on his right hand, "Come, ye bless-
ed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared 
for you from the foundation of the world ;" and 
the tares being taken out of the field which i9 the 
the world,—"then shall the righteous shine forth 
as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." 
Therefore while we should cherish the reign of 
grace in the soul, and endeavor to promote it 
among our fellowmen, and thus be "workers un-
to the Kingdom of God,"—we are to be looking 
for that blessed hope, even the coming of Christ 
in his kingdom, when the righteous dead shall be 
raised, and the righteous living changed, and be 
caught up to join the Lord in the air,—the 
earth receive its fiery baptism, the curse be re-
moved, the new creation rise, and many sit down 
with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the 
kingdom of God. �
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will be no more in the eyes of God than Jerusa-
lem of old. 
"The apostacy of the city of Rome from the 
vicar of Christ, and its destrnction by Antichrist, 
may be thought so new to many Catholics that I 
think it well to recite the text of theologians in 
the greatest repute. First Malvenda, who writes 
expressly on the subject, states as the opinion of 
Ribera, Gaspar Melus, Viegas, Suarez, Bellar-
mine, and Bosius that Rome shall apostatize from 
the faith, drive away the vicar of Christ, and re-
turn to its ancient paganism. Malvenda's words 
are : �
But Rome itself in the last times of the 
world will return to its ancient idolatry, power, 
and imperial greatness. It will cast out its pon-
tiff, altogether apostatize from the Christian faith, 
terribly persecute the Church, shed the blood of 
the martyrs more cruelly than ever, and will re-
cover its former state of abundant wealth, or 
even greater than it had under its first rulers.' 
"Lessius says : 'In the time of Antichrist, 
Rome shall be destroyed as we see openly from 
the thirteenth chapter of the Apocalypse ;' and 
again : 'The woman whom thou sawest is the 
great city, which bath kingdom over the kings 
of the earth, in which is signified Rome in its 
impiety, such as it was in the time of St. John, 
and shall be again at the end of the world.' And 
Bellarmine 'In the time of Antichrist, Rome 
shall be desolated and burnt, as we learn from 
the sixteenth verse of the seventeenth chapter of 
the Apocalypse.' On which words the Jesuit 
Erbermann comments as follows : 'We all con-
fess, with Bellarrnine, that the Roman people, a 
little before the end of the world, will return to 
paganism, and drive out the Roman Pontiff.' " 
Gems from Trapp. 
BORN 1602, DIED, 1669. 
Truth is the daughter of time ; it will not 
always lie hid. 
Crosses come thick ;—be patient ! 
Let us labour to be like unto angels, 
"strengthened with all might," walking about 
the world as conquerors, able to do all things 
through Christ who strengtheneth us. 
Let no man envy others their better parts 
or places, since they have them on no other con-
dition but to be put upon greater temptations, 
hotter services. If we could wish another man's 
honor, when we feel the weight of his cares, as 
David once did of Saul's armor, we should be 
glad to be in our own coat. 
5 We know not what we lose by making 
haste, and not holding up our hands as Moses 
did, to the going down of the sun. If God have 
begun to enlarge us, he will in due time do it to 
the full, if we should not be in straits sometimes. 
David saw the features of his friend Jona-
than in lame Mephibosheth, and therefore loved 
him. He forgave Nabal at Abigail's intercession, 
and was pacified towards Absalom at Joab's. 
Pharaoh favored Jacob's house for Joseph's sake ; 
shall not God do as much more for Jesus' sake ? 
Joseph was well pleased with his brethren when 
they brought Benjamin. Bring but the child Je-
sus in our arms, as Simon did, and he cannot but 
smile upon us. Were he never so much displeas-
ed before, yet, upon the sight of this his well-be-
loved Son, in whom he is well pleased, all shall 
be calm and quiet as the sea when once Jonah 
was cast into it. 
Endure hardness. Never dream of a deli-
cacy. Think not to find God in the gardens of 
Egypt, whom Moses found not but in the burn-
ing bush. Many love Canaan, but loathe the 
wilderness ; commend the country, but look up-
on the conquest as impossible ; would sit in the 
seat of honor with Zebedee's children, but not 
drink the cup of affliction. 
No wearing the crown, but by bearing the 
cross first. Christ himself was not glorified, till 
first crucified. 
"And He will thoroughly purge his floor." 
That is, his Church, called God's threshing-floor 
in Isaiah, because usually threshed by God with 
the flail of affliction. That is the way by which, 
or whereby, the Lord Christ doth purge his peo-
ple, and separate between the son whom he loves 
and the sin which he hates. We may observe 
in this the difference between Christ and the 
tempter. Christ hath his fan in his hand, and 
he fanneth us ; the devil has a sieve in his hand, 
and he sifteth us. Now, a fan casteth out the 
worst, and keepeth in the best ; a sieve keepeth 
in the worst, and casteth out the best. So Christ 
and his trials purgeth chaff and corruption out of 
us, and nourisheth and iicreaseth his graces in 
us. �
Contrariwise, the devil, what evil soever is 
in us, he confirmeth it ; what faith or good thing 
soever, he weakeneth it. 
10. When faith heals the conscience, and grace 
husheth the affections, and composeth all within, 
what should ail such a man not to be perpetually 
merry ? 
Influence of Smiles. 
A smile is indeed a thing of beauty.—Wheth-
er living on the face of gladsome youth or flick-
ering on the dying features of worn out age, it 
holds its beauty still. Whether making loveli-
ness yet more winsome, or rendering ugliness.less 
repulsive than its wont, a smile yet holds its na-
ture—yet it is beautiful. Magic lurks therein, 
and sways the human heart as words never can 
—quickens its quiet pulse, or soothes and calms 
t' e hurried throb as they may need. And be-
neath the encouraging influence of one sweet up-
holding smile the heart itself may change its 
mood—may .yield its evil intent, if not cast out 
forever its evil promptings and its dark propen-
sities.—And so may the smiles of derision mad-
den beyond what the utmost words can do, even 
as the smiles of praise will spur humanity to 
great and noble deeds beyond the approach of all 
other promptings. Its silent power sinks in the 
heart, and heals some new made thrust, as sweet-
ly and as gently as falls the dew from. heaven. 
And the smile of love ? It beams in the mother's 
eyes, as she sees beauty in her infant's face, and 
a silent laugh of unknown joy from her darling 
babe. It plays with stronger and more thrilling 
magic on the maiden's lovely countenance, as 
her heart's idol meets her far-seeing eye, and 
draws near to let her look of love lose none of its 
precious value in needless distance between them. 
And with deeper, purer joy, it comes to the wife's 
glad face when her husband's fond gaze tells her 
how much is gained since he first called her wife. 
Holy, beautiful indeed, are the smiles of fath-
omless and perfect love. Too seldom, indeed, 
does it live—too seldom lightens heavy cares 
and earthly sorrows. Too seldom does it have 
birth—too often does it'soon leave life's pathway, 
even if fairly born and dearly welcomed there. 
What is Faith ? 
ment to our songs may be the distant roar of 
breakers. 0 Christians ! "at ease in Zion," pray 
for faith in the hour of prosperity. 
A native of the bleak little island of St. Kilda, 
to the north of Scotland, was going for the first 
time to sunnier clime southward. As he gazed 
for the first on the green meadows and waving 
grain, his face showed delight and pleasure. 
Some of his fellow-travellers enjoyed his aston-
ishment. "Saw you ever so fair a land?" they 
asked. 
"Nay," said the islander, "there was naught 
like this in St. Kilda." 
"Heard you ever of God," asked they, "in St. 
Kilda ?" 
"Of God ! in my own St. Kilda, no one can 
forget God, for we hang continually upon his 
arm." 
There was truth in the words of the simple-
hearted islander. When a storm comes at sea, 
and the vessel rocks to and fro, and even brave 
old sailor-faces blanch, then, as by instinct, the 
most reckless call upon God. Then the most 
heedless plead the prayer : "Is thine arm short-
ened that it cannot save ?" As the little one runs 
to its mother at nightfall so, when darkness gath-
ers, we mortals fly to God. 
Fall of an Aerolite. 
Mr. Denham, Chorley Rectory, near Lancas-
ter, England, sends the following letter to the 
London Times :—"I was this day a witness of 
the fall of an aerolite of, I believe, unprecedent-
ed size. As I was driving my wife and children 
in the vicinity of my house, a rushing sound 
gradually increasing in intensity made itself heard 
until at last, with a roar and a scream, which 
still seem to ring in my ears, a flaming mass 
plunged itself upon the road at the distance of a 
few yards from my pony's head. My wife and 
two children were naturally much alarmed, so I 
directed some haymakers, who were at work in 
an adjoining field to dig for it, while I drove to 
a friend's house close by. The pony broke out 
into a profuse perspiration, trembled all over 
and showed every sign of the greatest terror. 
On my return to the spot, after an absence of 
about twenty minutes, I found that the laborers 
had succeeded in disinterring what proved a most 
magnificent mrolite, of such a size and weight as 
I do not believe to be on record. Its shape is 
an irregular ellipse, the major axis being 11 3-
4 inches, the minor axis 7 5-8 inches ; the weight 
is 83 1.2 pounds. The men who dug it up in-
formed me that it had buried itself nearly six 
feet in the ground, and was red hot when they 
reached it. Indeed when I returned, it was too 
hot to be touched with impunity by the naked 
hand. While cooling, the crystals assumed, while 
constantly changing, the most beautiful prisma-
tic hues." 
Mr. J. H. Gladstone comments on the Rev. 
A. H. Denham's narrative of the fall of the wro-
lite. The unusual size of the meteoric stone "is 
not," he says, "unprecedented, for, besides the 
stone 'as big as a cart' that fell at Egospotamos, 
and other ancient instances, and the thousands of 
shivered pieces that fell from the great meteorit-
es of L'Aigle, in France, and Weston, in Con-
necticut, there is in the British Museum a lump 
of meteoric iron from Plata two feet long, and 
said to weigh fourteen hundred pounds. What-
ever the ultimate destination of the stone that 
buried itself at the pony s feet, it is to be hoped 
that such a fine specimen will be carefully pre-
served. . . . It will be well, also, if Mr. Denham 
could ascertain the angle at which it struck the 
ground, and the point of' the compass from which 
it proceeded, as well as the nature of the soil that 
it penetrated for six feet—points of great inter-
est, as bearing on the origin and velocity of these 
occasional visitors of the earth." 
/01/02111MIIIIII=11111MilINI 
A Mother's Warning. 
We cannot refrain from publishing the following 
simple yet touching letter found in possession of 
a post office clerk recently arrested and now 
confined in prison, for an extensive embezzlement 
of money letters, in the post office in which he 
was employed, in one of our principal cities. It 
was written but a few weeks previous to his de- 
tection. How prophetic are its words, and how 
pure the love of a mother ! Had the timely ad-
monition here tendered been heeded in season, 
the unfortunate son might now have been admin-
istering to the comfort end happiness of this 
dearest of earthly friends, instead of consigning 
her to the chamber of sorrow, and perhaps to a 
premature grave. 
Although these solemn words of a mother's 
warning proved insufficient to arrest the down-
ward course of her wayward son, we trust they 
may have the effect to deter others who may be 
placed under circumstances of responsibility and 
temptation, from venturing upon a similar course 
of dissipation and ruin. 
Upon the envelope of the letter, were the fol-
lowing words : "Not to be opened nor read until 
you are in your room." 
D— Aug. 4, 1861. 
My Dear Son : After I returned home yes-
terday from B—, I felt sad and had a sleepless 
night, and I decided this morning to write you, 
and earnestly request you to read it calmly, and 
think seriously upon it. You wonder why I feel 
sad �
It is because I think, George, that you are 
going too fast, and am fearful that unless you 
pause, and follow my advice, you will be ruined. 
Now don't start, nor condemn your poor moth-
er, for I love you, and it is my earnest desire 
and prayer that you may be happy. In the first 
place, Mr. J— has opposed your going there on 
the Sabbath day, and unless you relinquish your 
going there every day or evening, he will oppose 
you. Now it is your duty to keep away at least 
three evenings in the week. Stay at home, re-
tire early, in order to give you strength for your 
duties at the post office, and besides appearances 
will be for your benefit, and you will perform 
your duties better. If you will reflect but for a 
moment, you will see that I am right, for I have 
experience and can understand propriety better 
than you can in this case, because you are car-
ried hastily away by the impulse of the moment. 
Depend upon it I am right, and you will say 
so. Again, I am sad because you are spending 
too much money. You must be more prudent, 
or you will get into debt and lose your place. 
Think of it. 
You must change, become sober minded, and 
lead a different life, and then you will be happy. 
0, my dear son, follow my advice, and make 
your poor afflicted mother happy by a noble and 
virtuous career. You are not a child, and should 
put away childish things, and be a man, a man 
of fixed principles, doing what is right, and shun-
ning what is wrong, and by so doing you will es-
tablish a good name, which is precious. I again 
request you to save all the money you can, not 
so much on my account as on your dear broth-
er's. We don't know but that he may come 
home from the war sick or wounded, and he will 
have to depend on you, and for every dollar you 
save for him, he will give you two. I write this 
for your own weltare and happiness. Think of 
of it. Take my advice and seek aid from your 
Heavenly Father, by prayer, night and morning, 
and ere long you will have cause to thank your 
Affectionate Mother. 
—Holbrook's U.S. Mail. 
(Original.) 
Early Now England Adventism ; 
Or the views of the early American Christians 
respecting the Doctrines of the Return of the 
Jews, Conversion of the World, Kingdom of 
God, New Earth, Millennium, Prophecy, Fall 
of Antichrist, Time of 'the End, Second Ad-
vent of Christ, 4-c. By DANIEL T. TAYLOR. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by 
Danl. T. Taylor, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court 
for the District of Massachusetts. 
NUMBER xxv.—INDIAN TESTIMONY. 
It has been shown in a previous number that 
Eliot, "the apostle to the Indians," and his 
fellow-laborers, did not fail to instruct the con-
verted natives in the doctrine of our Lord's se-
cond coming, the resurrection of the just, and 
the things of the immortal kingdom. How liter. 
erally and truly these converts clung to the views 
in a real sense is seen by the following, which I 
glean from "Experience Mayhew, M.D., Indian 
Convert ; or some account of the lives and dy. 
"Faith," says the word of God, "is the sub-
stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things 
not seen." Perfect definition ! Man might ex-
haust the resources of his mind, and cover pages 
of print with explanations, and yet fail to give a 
definition so full and clear. Faith ! the radiant 
witness, which is our best proof while here, that 
we belong to an unseen .Saviour. Faith ! The 
golden cord which binds every believer to that 
glorious One in our nature, who stands interced-
ing for us at the right hand of God. Faith ! the 
lamp which lights us through the shadows of 
earth, through the tangled paths and marshy 
pools, through the thickening mists of the last 
dark valley, until we stand among the mighty 
hosts, white-robed and star-crowned in the Fath-
er's house. 
"Increase our faith," was the prayer of the 
disciples. Oh ! what disciple has not need often 
to put up that petition to the Master ? Troubles 
darken the sunlight. Sorrows come. Death chang-
es the household song to a dirge. Peace folds 
her wings no more beside our hearth. The fine 
gold of earthly affection becomes dim. Moth and 
rust do as they list with our pleasures. "Lord, 
increase our faith." 
Perhaps it is just the other way. Our bark 
is floating softly over sunny seas. Breeze and 
billow sing a lullaby in pleasant harmony. Fra-
grance of flowers and music of birds are borne 
from the summer banks beyond us. Then is the 
hour of danger. We "take no thought then of 
the morrow," though the little cloud so low in 
the horizon may mean a storm, and the pleasant 
undertone that makes such a sweet accompani- 
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A Samaritan Passover. 
of composition, &c., Mr. �
turned to the Welsh I Son of God, who addressing himself to Justice, 
stranger and solicited his opinion. He said he said, 'What are thy demands ?' Justice replied, 
felt it to be a, privilege to be silent when such 'My terms are stern and rigid—I must havesick-
men were discoursing,but he felt it a duty to com- ness for their health---I must have ignominy for 
ply with this request. "But," said he, "if I their honor—I must have death for life.' With-
must give my opinion,I should say that you have out shedding of blood there is no remission.' Jus- 
no good preachers in England." "No," said Mr. tice,' said the Son of God, �
accept thy terms. 
L. �
"No," said he ; "that is, I mean no such On me be this wrong, and let Mercy enter.'— 
preachers as we have in the Principality." "I 'When,'said Justice,'will you perform this prom-
know," said Mr. L., "you are famous for jump- ise ?' Jesus replied, 'Four thousand years hence 
ing in Wales, but that is not owing, I suppose, upon the hill of Calvary, without the gates of 
so much to the strain of preaching which the Jerusalem, I will perform it in my own person.' 
people hear, as to the enthusiasm of their char- The deed was prepared, and signed in the pres-
ence of the angels of God—J ustice was satisfied 
and Mercy entered, preaching salvation in the 
name of Jesus. The deed was committed to the 
patriarchs, by them to the kings of Israel and 
the prophets ; by them it was preserved till Dan-
iel's seventy weeks were accomplished ; then, at 
the appointed time, Justice appeared on the hill 
of Calvary, and Mercy presented to him the im-
portant deed. 'Where,' said Justice, 'is the Son 
of God ?' Mercy answered, 'Behold him at 
the bottom of the hill, bearing his own cross ;' 
and then she departed and stood aloof at the 
hour of trial. Jesus ascended the hill, while in 
his train followed his weeping church. Justice 
immediately presented him with the deed say-
ing, 'This is the day when this bond is to be ex- 
ecuted.' When he received it, did he tear it in 
pieces and give it to the winds of heaven ? No, 
he nailed it to his cross, exclaiming, 'It is con- 
summated.' Justice called on holy fire to come 
down and consume the sacrifice. Holy fire de- 
scended---it swallowed his humanity, but when it 
touched his Deity it expired ! and there was 
darkness over the whole heavens : but 'Glory to 
God in the highest ; on earth peace, good will to 
men.' 
"this," said the Welshman, "this is but a 
specimen of Christmas Evans." 
The ascent of Gerizim and Ebal impressed us 
with the singular companionship of these two 
celebrated mountanis. They remind one of twin 
brothers. Of equal height, with flattened sum-
mits and rugged sides, they are both equally re-
nowned in sacred history. The honor bestowed 
on one was equalized by the glory conferred up-
on the other. If Gerizim was the Mount of 
Blessings, and Ebal the Mount of Cursings, yet 
it was upon the summit of the latter that Jos-
hua reared the first altar to the Living God. But 
nature is less impartial, as flowers grow upon 
Gerizim, and thorns on Ebal. The former is 
chiefly celebrated as the Mount Moriah of the 
Samaritans. Upon its summits 'they erected a 
temple that rivalled that of Solomon's, but like 
that of the latter it is a heap of ruins, and des-
olation holds unbroken sway where once it stood. 
Having witnessed., the Jewish Passover in Jeru-
salem, and being at Nablous at the time of the 
Samaritan Passover, we were anxious to witness 
the ceremony. The Samaritans had assembled 
upon the Mount to the number of one hundred 
and thirty, whom the priest informed me are all 
that are known to exist in the world. It was 
evidently a gala day, and the women and child-
ren were attired in their gayest costumes, and 
all were full of glee. The ceremonies commenc-
ed at five P. M., conducted by the venerable 
high priest and his two assistants. 
The male part of the audience stood on a 
small mound chanting psalms and reciting por-
tions of the Pentateuch. Everything had been 
prepared to slay and roast the paschal lamb. In 
one corner were six sheep without spot or blem-
ish ; immense caldrons of boiling water were 
near the altar to scald the sheep like swine, in-
stead of flaying them in the ordinary way ; and 
to the left was a circular furnace four feet in di-
ameter and eight feet deep, in which the sacri-
fice was roasted. The going down of the sun 
was the appointed moment to slay the paschal 
offering ; all eagerly watched the last rays of sun-
light reflected from the highest peaks of Moab. 
At length the solemn moment came, and the 
lambs were slain ; and worshippers bowed their 
faces to the ground, touching their foreheads to 
the earth, and after an interval of prayer, they 
rose, greeting each other with a holy kiss, and 
ing speeches, &c., of the Christian Indians on 
Martha's Vineyard, 12 mo. 310 pp. London, 
1727." Mayhew was a missionary and preach-
er on the island, who, in recording an account of 
the "godly ministers" among the Indians, gives 
us the following concerning Hiacoomes, who was 
the first Christian Indian and minister on the 
Vineyard in 1642, and who was ordained by 
such noted divines as John Eliot and John Cot-
ton. Mr. Mayhew, it is said, being present at 
the funeral of Hiacoomes' child "made a speech 
concerning the resurrection of the godly and 
their children to Life Eternal at the last day ; 
which great truth these good people (the Indi-
ans) believing, mourned not as those that had no 
hope were wont to do," by which it would seem 
that the scriptural doctrine of the re-living of 
the dead was made the theme at funerals, and 
which doctrine being heartily "believed" by the 
simple natives, without any caviling or mystify-
ing, was to them a source of great comfort. How 
difierent from funeral occasions now, when the 
dead are passed at once into glory, and the res-
urrection is scarcely mentioned as the believer's 
hope ! 
This took place in 1650 ; and to confirm this 
testimony it is said at the death of Jackan-ash, 
another Indian preacher, our Hiacoomes himself 
preached his funeral sermon, whereupon Mr. 
Mayhew, who was present,took down and recor- 
ded the following strain, expressive of his faith : 
"Here, said he, is my deceased brother. Paul 
said this body is sown in corruption, but it shall 
be raised in strength. Now it is a pitiful mean 
body, but then it shall be a glorious body ; yea, 
however, this body shall be consumed, and be as 
if it had never been, as it were turned into noth- 
ing, yet the power of God shall bring it forth 
again and raise it up an excellent and glorious 
body. Yea this body is now a precious body ; 
for example's sake, though this body is but one, 
yet there are many people round about come to- 
gether to see it sown. But if a man should go 
about to put one grain of wheat into the ground, 
there would not be so many people present at 
the doing of it as there are at the interring of 
this one body. And as you see there are many 
people present at the burial of this body, so shall 
there be many people present at the resurrection 
also. But it shall not be then as you see it is 
now ; now every one is diversely appareled,—
some after one manner and some after another, 
but all after a pitiful mean sort ; but the righte-
ous at the resurrection shall have all one uni-
form." Having finished his speech,—writes 
Mayhew, Hiacoomes repeated at the grave these 
words, "This is the last work man can do for 
him, the next work God himself will do." Our 
informant also testifies that "when the Indian 
preacher spoke of the resurrection, he uttered 
himself with such fervency and confidence as 
would have become one who had himself actual-
ly seen the dead raised !" p. 11. 
Hiacoomes died in 1690, at a great age, after 
having done immense good among his people, 
and is described by his biographer Henry White-
field, as being "of prompt understanding, of a 
sober and moderate spirit,and a man well report-
ed." We think modern white preachers, who 
seldom if ever preach a sermon on the literal 
resurrection of the dead, who hardly believe the 
doctrine or grasp it in its full blessedness them-
selves, and so fail to present it as a source of 
comfort and hope to the mourner, might learn 
something of this "Poor Indian." 
Many thousands of the Indians were convert-
ed to Christ in the seventeenth century, whose 
hope evidently lay in the resurrection at the 
coming of the Lord. Blessed Hope ! 
Specimen of Welsh Preaching. 
acters." "Indeed," said the Welshman, "you 
would jump too, if you heard and understood 
such preaching." "Why," said Mr. L., "do you 
think I could make them jump, if I were to 
preach to them ?" "You make them jump 1" 
exclaimed the Welshman. "You make them 
jump ! A Welshman would set fire to the world 
while you were lighting your match." The 
whole company became very much interested in 
this new turn of the subject, and unanimously 
requested the good man to give themsome spec-
imen of the style and manner of preaching in the 
Principality. "Specimen," said he, "I cannot 
give you ; if John Elias were here, he would give 
you a specimen indeed—oh ! John Elias is a 
great preacher." "Well," said the company, 
"give us something that you have heard from 
him." "Oh no !" said he, "I cannot do justice 
to it ;—besides, do you understand the Welsh 
la �
age 1" They said, "No, not so as to follow 
a discourse." "Then," said he, "it is impossible 
for ye to understand it, if I were to give you a 
specimen." "But," said they, "cannot you put 
it into English ?" "Oh !" said he, "your poor 
meagre language would spoil it ; it is not capa-
ble of expressing those ideas which a Welshman 
can conceive ;—I cannot give you a specimen in 
English without spoiling it." The interest of 
the company was increased, and nothing would 
do but something of a specimen ; while they 
promised to make every allowance for the lan-
guage. "Well," said the Welshman, "if you 
must have a piece, I Must try, but I don't know 
what to give you. I do not recollect a piece of 
John Elias ; he is our best preacher ; I must 
think a little ; well,1 recollect a piece of Christ-
mas Evans. Christmas Evans was a good preach-
tr, and I heard him a little time ago at an asso-
ciation of ministers. He was preaching on the 
depravity of man by sin—of his recovery by 
the death of Christ,—and he said : 
"Brethren, if I were to represent you in a fig-
ure, the condition of man as a sinner, and the 
means of his recovery by the cross of Jesus 
Christ, I should represent it somewhat in this 
way. Suppose a large graveyard surrounded by 
a high wall, with only one entrance, which is by 
a large iron gate, which is fast bolted. Within 
these walls are thousands and tens of thousands 
of human beings, of all ages and of all classes,by 
one epidemic disease bending to the grave—the 
graveyards to swallow them and they must all 
die. There is no balm to relieve them—no phy-
sician there—they must perish. This is the con-
dition of man as a sinner—all, all have sinned, 
and the soul that sinneth it shall die. While 
man was in this deplorable state, Mercy, the 
darling attribute of Deity, came down and stood 
at the gate, looked at the scene and wept over it, 
exclaiming, 'Oh that I might enter,I would bind 
up their wounds—I would relieve their sorrows, 
I would save their souls !' While Mercy stood 
weeping at the gate, an embassy of angels, com-
missioned from the court of heaven to some oth-
er world, passing over, paused at the sight, and 
heaven forgave that pause ; and seeing Mercy 
standing there, they cried, 'Mercy, Mercy, can 
you not enter ? Can you look upon this scene 
and not pity ? Can you pity and not relieve ?' 
Mercy replied, '1 can see ;' and in tears she ad-
ded, can pity but I cannot relieve.' Why 
can you not enter ?"Oh !' said Mercy, 'Jus-
tice has barred the gate against me, and I can-
not, must not unbar it.' At this moment Jus-
tice himself appeared, as it were, to watch the 
gate. The angels inquired of him 'Why will 
you not let mercy in ?' Justice replied, 'My 
law is broken, and it must be honored. Die 
they or Justice must !' At this, there appear-
ed a form among the angelic band, like unto the 
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then sprinkled the blood of the victims upon the 
forehead of the first-born child. The scalding 
of the sheep now begins, and then the fleece is 
removed, they are suspended upon a thick oaken 
stick, and with much ceremony placed in the 
furnace. When thoronghly roasted, they are 
withdrawn ; the right shoulder is removed as 
the priest's portion, and the rest eaten by the 
people with bitter herbs and unleavened bread ; 
and after the meal, which was partaken of with 
anything but religious solemnity, the ceremonies 
closed with a prayer and a chant. • 
It was an interesting spectacle for a christian 
to witness, as illustrating the sacrificial law, but 
it is equally painful to reflect upon the blindness 
and unbelief of a people, whose prophetic writ-
ings, if only candidly examined, would lead them 
to the "Lamb of God who taketh away the sin 
of the world," and to the feet of "Shiloh, unto 
whom shall be the gathering of the people." —
J. P. Newman, in Methodist. 
Pursued by Wolves. 
The following exciting adventure is told by an 
Abbassian chief, who, during the winter of 1552 
was traversing a snowy steppe, with ten other 
mounted men of his tribe, well armed, and five 
prisoners—four Russian soldiers and a woman. 
All on a sudden, a strange howling noise was 
heard in the air, as the roaring of a dreadful 
wind, and they beheld a dark mass of objects, 
like a cloud on the horizon, spreading over the 
snow. Then they knew that they were pursued 
by a horde of wolves. 
The horses were already fatigued with a long 
day's journey, but terror seemed to give them 
wings, for they tore along as if they knew their 
peril, and for a while seemed to hold their own. 
The nearest hamlet was at least seven miles dis-
tant, and the ground was in many places so deep 
with drifted snow that their horses could hardly 
get along. The crisis was now evidently fast 
approaching, for the advanced troop was almost 
within gunshot, howling and yelling as wolves 
only can. A brief consultation was held, and it 
was determined to sacrifice the prisoners one by 
one, so as to gain time for the rest to escape. 
The woman met her fate first ; one of their num-
ber, stepping behind, drew his sabre across the 
hocks of her horse, hamstringing it, and causing 
both to fall heavily to the ground. Her shrieks 
as well as the cry of the horse in his death ago-
ny, rang through their ears for a moment, then 
all was still. They anxiously looked back, and 
found that this desperate expedient had enabled 
them to gain a considerable distance on their 
pursuers, but it was not for long ; they were 
soon again on their heels, when a Russian sol-
dier was sacrificed by shooting his horse ; a se-
cond, third and fourth followed, and much time 
was gained and a considerable distance covered : 
still their insatiable foes pressed on, apparently 
more ferocious than before, for their appetite 
was whetted with the taste of blood. They now 
commenced discharging their firearms amongst 
them, but it was of no avail, for although many 
fell, the rest rushed on, and the course of the 
horde was not stayed. The horses of two of 
their number now gave up, and fell with shrieks 
that told they knew the fate that awaited them ; 
and, although their riders were swift on foot, 
they could not keep their speed for any length 
of time in the snow, and soon became fatigued ; 
so, bidding their comrades farewell, they resign 
ed themselves to their destiny, drew their yata-
gbans, and, shouting their battle-cry, died like 
men, fighting to the last. 
The survivors were now within a couple of 
miles of shelter, but their horses were almost 
worn out, the leading wolves hardly a pistol--
shot behind, and gaining upon them rapidly--
another moment, and they expected to feel their 
fangs, when an old man whose two sons were al-
so present, seeing the hopelessness of the case, 
bade his comrades farewell, and shouting out the 
imaun (Mohammedan creed)as a death-cry,felled 
his horse to the ground with the heavy butt of 
his pistol, as he could not rein up the scared 
animal, and offered himself a willing sacrifice to 
save the rest. On tore the survivors, now re-
duced to eight in number, and on followed their 
At a meeting of ministers at Bristol, the Rev. 
Mr.—invited several of his brethren to sup with 
him ; among them was the minister officiating at 
the Welsh meeting-house in that city. He was 
an entire stranger to all the company, and si-
lently attentive to the general conversation of 
his brethren. The subject on which they were 
discoursing was the different strains of public 
preaching. When several had given their opin-
ion and had mentioned some individuals as good 
preachers, and such as were models as to style 
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lawful Pope by the fifth general council, and the jests during forty two months, so in the end, WataW RIO Of the Pope, till after the conquest by the 
French in 1798. The 1260 years, tiie period during 
which the saints were to be subject to the Papacy, 
541, extend to 1801. Then the Jus- 
sword, and led into captivity. 
The French had reduced Rome to such straits, 
that, on the 17th of Dec. 1797,"the priests of Rome 
went from temple to temple, and from street to 
street, proclaiming the end of the world,"—Life of 
Pitts VI. vol. 2, p. 196. Berthier entered Rome 
Feb. 15, 1798 ; and, says the writer above quoted, 
"From the very day of his entry, the ancient gov-
ernment may date the epoch of its overthrow ; it 
nevertheless struggled for a few days in the arms of 
death. Such of the cardinals as had not already fled 
from the city on the wings of terror, were assembled 
in the council, and several were disposed still to up-
hold the authority of the Pontiff." But, finally, 
"with melancholy voice, they pronounced their ab-
solute renunciation of the temporal government." lb. 
The Pope left Rome at 4 A. M. of the day of Gen. 
Berthier's entry, was first conducted to Sienna ; 
which, being affected by the shock of an earthquake 
he "was hastily carried to a small country place, 
called by the name of Hell, which gave rise to the 
sarcasms of the undevout," (lb. ) ; and afterwards 
he was removed to France, where he died. The al-
tar of liberty was erected in Rome, and the "Ro-
man Republic" instituted. "Hardly was the new 
government formed, when there no longer existed a 
trace of the ancient ; and no longer a cardinal was 
to be'seen in Rome, except some who remained by 
reason of their age or infirmities," Ib. 
As the gift of Justinian could not go into effect 
till 538, and as it virtually continued till, and was 
thus terminated in 1798, its duration was 1260 
years. Since the last epoch, the Pope, though af-
terwards replaced in Rome, has continued there on-
ly as he has been upheld by foreign bayonets ; which, 
and not he, have ruled in Rome. 
pursuers, again only half-a-dozen horse lengths 
behind. 
In spite of all their efforts, their doom seemed 
sealed, and their case hopeless, when the chief, 
giving an expressive look to the narrator, drew 
his pistol,and shot the man nearest to him through 
the head. He threw up his arms and dropped 
the reins ; but, although stone dead, he sat firm 
in his saddle, the affrighted animal carrying him 
until a second discharge brought both to the 
ground. Again the pursuit was checked for a 
time, and the konak appeared in view. Lucki-
ly, the door was open, for it was deserted : men 
and horses rushed in, the door was closed, and a 
ponderous bar drawn across inside, when sudden-
ly a loud,heart-rending yell was heard from with-
out, above the howling of the wolves, and they 
saw through the chinks between the logs one of 
their comrades, whose horse had broken down 
and lagged behind, unperceived by the rest, sur-
rounded by the horde, and fighting desperately, 
a moment more and he was pulled from the sad-
dle, and both man and horse devoured before 
their eyes. Then the wolves surrounded the hut 
and, finding themselves balked of their prey, be-
gan to fight amongst each other,at times endeav-
oring to scratch away the earth under the logs, 
or force their way through the crevices ; but the 
hut being substantially constructed, resisted all 
their efforts, and a deadly discharge of firearms 
was kept up from the interior, which thinned 
their numbers, and revenged our fallen friends ; 
but the dead wolves were speedily devoured by 
the survivors, who remained howling and shriek-
ing round the hut until the night of the second 
day, when a violent storm arose, and they took 
themselves off in the dark, much to the relief of 
the six survivors, who, seeing the coast clear, 
made the best of their way to their homes. 
AD VENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, OCTOBER 19, 1861. 
SYLVESTER BLISS, EDITOR. 
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Exposition of Daniels Prophecy. 
CHAPTER VII. 
THE EPOCH OF THE PAPAL SUPREMACY. 
24 From A. D 538 to 1798. 
These are the dates,to which we have ever looked with 
most interest since our first study of this prophecy. 
The objecti me to the last named dates consists in the 
fact that, whatever powers Justinian might have 
granted to the Papacy in writing, he had not then 
the requisite jurisdiction in Italy to make those pow-
ers serviceable, so that previous to A. D. 538, the 
grant, though real, was only nominal. Rome had 
been nearly sixty years under the yoke of barbar-
ians ; from 476 to 493, the Heruli exercised sov-
ereignty there ; and from 493 to 536 the Ostrogoths 
reigned by right of conquest "from the Alps to the 
extremity of Calabria." To those powers in turn, 
during all that period, the Pope was subordinate ; 
and Justinian could not give supremacy to the sub-
ject of another prince, without first humiliating the 
opposing power. This was done by Belisarius, Jus-
tinian's general, in 536-8 ; but, one of this general's 
first acts was, by the command of the empress, to 
depose Pope Silverius, and put in his place Vigilius, 
who, in 538, according to Bower, "was owned as 
they, the kings and their subjects, lead this power 
into captivity. This was literally fulfilled in 1798. 
The pope was taken from his throne on the 15th of 
Feb. 1798, and by the French army made a captive, 
and kept a prisoner until 1799, when he died in cap-
tivity in France. This power had wielded the sword 
of his civil authority over the kingdoms and states 
of Europe for many centuries, and has pulled down 
and set up at his will, and by the power of his ar-
mies had destroyed kings and their subjects. He 
must now be killed in like manner. When the 
gave him supremacy in the church ? The plain an-
swer is, the dragon was to give him his seat as well 
as his power. But while the Goths held Rome, the 
emperor could not give it to the pope. But in 538, 
when the city came again under the power of the 
emperor, the power was in his hands to give his an-
cient seat to the beast," Ib. p. 101. 
"The saints were, by a formal act, given over in-
to the hands of a blasphemous persecuting power ; 
and the fall of the Ostrogothic kingdom opened the 
way for the carrying of that decree into effect. In 
A. D. 534, Justinian, emperor of Constantinople, 
published a new code of laws for his empire, regu-
lating and settling some difficult points of jurispru-
dence. Among other edicts was one declaring the 
Bishop of Rome the head of all the churches. Thus 
the saints were, by a formal edict of the Greek em-
peror, given into the hands of the Roman Pontiff in 
534. But Rome was at that time in the hands of an 
Arian monarch, and a most hitter enemy of the 
Roman Catholic church, and of the pretensions of 
the pope. . . . But in 538 "the Arian power was 
removed from Rome. The city also came into the 
possession of the same power which had constituted 
the bishop of Rome head of all the churches," Ad-
dress to the clergy, g. 64. 
" In 533, Rome, the seat of the dragon, was in 
the hands of the Ostrogoths. But in 536, Rome was 
taken by the Greeks. The Ostrogoths, however, 
only retired without the walls, and in their turn 
besieged the city until March, 538, when the war 
ended, and Rome was in the hands of the emperor, 
and he could give it to the beast, which he could 
not do before he possessed it. Hence 538 was the 
proper date for the 1260 days," Review of Dr. 
Dowling p. 78. 
"The dominion of the papal power was taken 
away just 1260 years from the above occurrence. 
From A. D. 538 twelve hundred and sixty years will 
bring us to A. D. 1798. At that time General Ber-
thier, a French general, with a French Republican 
armj,entered Rome, took possession of the city, de- 
pos �
the pope, abrogated the whole papaligovern- 
ment, instituted in its place a republican form of 
government, and carried the pope a captive to 
France, where, in 1799, he died. Thus the domin-
ion of the little horn, which was to continue a time, 
times, and the dividing of time, continued 1260 
years ; viz. from A. D. 538 to 1798," Address p. 
65. 
REV. J. OSWALD A. M.—Lutheran minister of 
York Pa. author of "The Kingdom which shall not 
be Destroyed," Phil. 1856.—favors this date. He 
says : 
"The imperial general, Belisarius, overthrew the 
Ostrogoths in Borne A. D. 538, and being recalled 
with his army, the Bishop was, I apprehend, left 
supreme in the ancient capital. The supremacy of 
the Pope was complete as early as A. D. 533, the 
same year that the institutes were published. The 
Greeks having driven the Arian Ostrogoths out of 
Rome, A. D. 538, the emperor's decree in favor of 
the Bishop of Rome could then go into effect," The 
Kingdom p. 97. 
"Prophetic Popery commenced in the time of the 
Emperor Justinian, between A. D. 538 and 539. 
The exact year even may, I thing, be ascertained 
with the utmost precision. Suffice it, however, 
to say,that it was Justinian and no other, who gave 
the Bishop of Rome the dragon's 'power, and his 
seat and great authority,' and the seat of that au- . 
thority was Rome. But if Popery arose in the form-
er half of the sixth century, then its years of violent 
domination were ended or numbered, in the latter 
half, or near the close of the eighteenth. What do 
history and fact teach us on this subject? History, 
which is prophecy fulfilled, teaches us, that A. D. 
1798, the Papal power was entirely superseded by 
the French republican authorities, and fact ever 
whole Christian world." (v. 1, p. 351.) ; and in 
this year the Ostrogoths raised the siege of Rome, 
leaving Belisarius in its undisputed possession. Af-
ter this, however, the Pope was subjected to many 
indignities, and often realized his dependence on the 
Emperor, and Lombard princes. This date, as the 
commencing epoch. was confirmed by the events of 
1798, just 1260 years 'later. The events of 1793 
affected the power of the pope only within the king-
dom of France ; whereas it was his power universal-
ly, as exercised in Rome, that was to receive its 
check ; and this was affected in 1798, when, by au- 1260 years should be finished, his power would be 
thority of Bonaparte,the Pope was conquored by the killed, or taken away by armies, or by the authori-
ty of the kings.' And sure enough, when the 1260 
years had come to their end, behold, the power 
which the pope had exercised over others was now 
exercised over him, and he became dependent on the 
breath of Bonaparte for his mere nominal existence 
as a bishop of the church of Rome," Dis. on the 
1260 days, pp. 37-39. 
WILLIAM MILLER, author of Lectures on Prophe-
cy, entitled 'Evidence from Scripture and History 
of the second Coming of Christ about the year 1843," 
(Troy N. Y. 1838, and Boston 1840) was the first 
who gave prominence to these dates in America. 
Refering to the evidences pointing to the commence-
ment of Daniel's periods, he says : "These several 
marks, and combinations of events and circumstan-
ces, can nowhere be fulfilled in any manner agreeing 
with the prophecy, except in the conversion of the 
pagan kings to Christianity, which happened as 
soon as A. D. 508 ; then they 'must continue a 
short space,' Rev. 17:10 ; which is shown in Dan-
iel to be thirty years, the difference between Dan. 7: 
25 and 12:11—the last number, 1290 years, begin-
ning at the 'taking away' of Paganism, A. D. 508 ; 
the first number, 1260 years, beginning at the set-
ting up of Papacy, A. D. 538, when the dragon 
gave his power, his seat and great authority, and 
when the ten kings gave their pciwer and strength 
to Rome papal, and he exercised the power of the 
pagan beast before him. Papacy now killed here-
tics, as Paganism had Christians before." Dis. on 
Proph. Chron. p. 50. 
Again Mr. Miller says : 
"If this time began when the emperor Justinian 
subdued the Ostrogoths and Arians in Italy, and �
REV. APOLLOS HALE, author of a well written 
gave power to the bishop of Rome to rule over all "Manual" in defense of the prophetic times, ( Bos-
others, both east and west, and when the city of ton, 1843) very forcibly remarks : 
Rome was made the seat of the papal power, and �
"These provisions of the Justinian code could not 
when that power began to he exercised over the kings go into effect in favor of the Bishop of Rome at the 
of the ancient Roman empire, and a war of ester- time they were issued, because Rome and Italy were 
mination began against the saints, who would not then in possession of the Ostrogoths,—who, being 
yield obedience to the idolatrous worship of papa- strongly attached to the Arian faith,were as violent-
cy, there it must have had its rise in A. D. 538 ; to ly opposed to the religion of Justinian, as they 
which add twelve hundred and sixty, and it will end were envious of his imperial wrath and power. It 
in A. D. 1798." �
was not till the conquest of Rome, in March, 538, 
"For the year 1798 was reserved the final stroke, that the Catholic bishop could exercise the power 
which broke the last link of papal dominion over with which he had been clothed by the emperor," 
the kings of the earth, and a consumption was fas- Manual, p. 89. 
tened upon papacy which has caused them who 
worship the beast to gnaw their tongues with pain." 
"John says, Rev. 13:9, 10 'If any man have an 
hear, let him hear : He that leadeth into captivity 
shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the 
sword must be killed with the sword : here is the 
patience and faith of the saints.' It is evident that 
the prophet is here telling every man, who is not 
a bigot or prejudiced against the truth, who has an 
ear to hear, how this power would come to its end of 
forty two months, spoken of in the fifth verse. As 
he would lead into captivity the kings and their sub- dent at Rome, acknowledged as supreme, excepting 
Mr. Hale afterwards varied his view somewhat, 
in a Pamphlet entitled "Harmony of Prophetic 
Chronology" Boston 1846,—beginning this period 
in 541 and ending in 1801. He there says : 
"Gibbon testifies that in 541, thirty years after 
the death of Clovis, 'the succession of consuls final-
ly ceased in the thirteenth year of Justinian, whose 
despotic temper might be gratified by the silent ex-
tinction of a title which admonished the Romans 
of their ancient freedom' (M's. Lib. vol. 3, p. 55). 
So that there was never afterwards any power resi- 
beginning in 
tinian Code, so far as the Pope was concerned, was 
to give place to the Code Napoleon . . . "The 1260 
days or years must have ended with the 1290 in 
1801,"—Ad. Her. Feb. 4, 1846. 
Still later the same writer inclined to an earlier 
date. In an article in "Voice of the Prophets" for 
Oct. 1860, he says, "We consider the work of 533 
as commencing the prophetic event from which the 
1290 years are to be dated." Then speaking of the 
Greek struggle for independence, he says : "That 
uprising must be dated A. D. 1823. It marks the 
thirty years bound of the Angel of Prophecy from 
the termination of the 1260 years ;" which would 
terminate that period in 1793 ; and, "the next bound 
passes 45 years, to the close of the 1335, and ter-
minates in 1868,"—which would require a sym-
chronous commencement of the three periods, in-
stead of commencing the 1260, thirty years after 
the two others. 
REV. JOSIAH Liam, author of " Prophetic Expo7 
In the next number, however, in speaking of "the 
sitions," Boston, 1842, says : 
taking away of paganism, and the setting up of the 
"The objection frequently arises, why not dateipapacy," he says in comparison with A. D. 508, of 
the supremacy of the pope in 533, where Justinian the 1290 and 1335 days: "The prophecy gives list 
good a warrant for dating these periods at the corn-
pletion of that double event, in A. D. 533, or 538 
at the latest,"—"terminating in 1868-1873 ;" 
but adds that he does "not take the ground abso-
lutely, that the Lord will come at either of those 
dates," but sees not "how these periods can be ex-
ended beyond." 
EDWARD KING Eso. F. R. S. &c., author of "Re-
marks on the Signs of the Times," 1708, said of the 
event of that year : 
"Is not the Papal power at Rome, which was 
once so terrible, and so domineering, at an end ? 
But let us pause a little. Was not the end, in an-
other part of the Holy Prophecies, foretold to be at 
the end of 1260 years ? and was it not foretold by 
Daniel to be at the end of a time, times, and half a 
time ? which computation amounts to the same pe-
riod. And now let us see, hear, and understand. 
This is the year 1798 ; and just 1260 years ago, in 
the very beginning of the year 538, Belisarius put 
an end to the empire and dominion of the Goths in 
Rome. He had entered the city on the 10th of the 
preceding December, in triumph, in the name of 
Justinian, Emperor of the East, and had soon after ! 
made it tributary to him ; leaving thenceforward, 
from A. D. 538, no power in Rome, that could be 
said to rule over the earth, excepting the Ecclesias-
tical Pontifical power. It is true, that, after this 
entry of Belisarius, Rome was twibe retaken by 
Totila and the Goths. But instead of setting up 
any empire there, he the first time carried away all 
the senate, and drove out all the inhabitants ; and, 
the second time, he was himself soon defeated and 
killed, and Rome was recovered for Justinian by 
Narses. Still, however, no dominion, no power 
ruling over the world, ever had any seat there any 
more, except the Papal"—Remarks &c. 
"We have reason to apprehend, then, that the 
1260 years are now completed, and that we may 
venture to date the commencement of that period, 
not, as most commentators have hitherto done, eith- 
er from Pepin's giving the Pope Ravenna, or from 
Charlemagne'e determining and adjudging the Pope 
to be God's Vicar on earth, but from the end of the 
Gothic power at Rome," Ib. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD. 
 
Conference at North Springfield, Vt. 
The Conference at North Springfield Vt., last 
week, commenced the 8th inst. and holding over the 
sabbath, was one of much interest. The attendance 
was quite good, and the spirit manifested most en- 
couraging. All present seemed actuated by one heart 
and one soul, and not an expression was uttered at 
variance with melt hearty good fellowship. In this 
respect it was a model meeting, and as such was 
much commended by those present. 
In accordance with previous arrangement, the 
time of the Conference was mainly occupied by the 
reading of essays, followed by discussion of the doc-
trines thus evolved ; or rather by remarks on the 
same—no utterance being given to opposing senti-
ments. 
Springfield, Vt., is mainly a farming country, on 
the west hank of the Connecticut river, about fifteen 
miles above Bellows Falls. North Springfield is 
about three miles north of the main village ; which 
last is a manufacturing place of some importance,and 
in possession of a fine water power. The town of 
Springfield is intersected by the Black river, a good 
sized stream which it would be difficult to ford, and 
which has a natural fall or rapid that is a curiosity 
worthy of being visited. The stream after flowing a 
short distance over a rocky bed is compressed into a 
narrow, deep channel, and flows down an inclined 
plane, for a distance of several rods, between high 
rocky banks, with great swiftness ; and when the 
sun shines, is continually over-arched by a rain-bow. 
We are not able to give the length of this rapid, the 
descent of the water, or its volume ; which we hoped 
to do. 
The friends in North Springfield, able to assist, 
are few in numbers, but their hospitality was un-
bounded. Though near five miles from "Gassett's 
station," the nearest depot on the Rutland and Bur-
lington R. R., teams were sent to meet each train, 
during the several days, and the friends conveyed to 
and from the village free of expense. And the cor-
dial reception given to those arriving, showed no 
merely formal greeting, but that the heart accom-
panied the act. 
Our friends in N. S. have a neat good sized chap-
el, where Eld. I. tl. Shipman has labored one-fourth 
of the time for a year past. His term of service there 
has now expired, and future arrangements are not 
yet made. 
The people of the place showed an interest in the 
conference, by attending its meetings, and opening 
hospitable doors to strangers present. We noticed 
the Baptist clergyman—the only clergyman in the 
village—present at nearly all the sessions. 
It gave us pleasure to renew many old acquaint-
ances, and to form several new ones with those whose 
names we had long been familiar, and who thus 
seemed like old friends. We might individualize, 
and particularize kind acts ; but thus doing never 
seems to us discreet or modest on the part of the 
writer, and such notice is usually disliked by the in-
telligent and high-minded when they find themselves 
thus referred to. Our friends, therefore, will un-
derstand that our remembrance of them is no less 
enduring and our regard for them no less real, than 
it would be, if we should call them all by name, 
and announce to the world what each one said and 
did. We shall fondly cherish the memories of those 
whose acquaintance it was our privilege there to 
make or renew, which we hope may not be limited 
to the changing shores of time ; but as we nightly 
pitch our moving tent, may it be a day's march 
nearer the heavenly kingdom. 
An incident occurred about the time of the com-
mencement of the conference worthy of notice :—
Two children, about eighteen months old, who were 
born within an hour of each other, in different fam-
ilies a short distance apart, were both taken sick 
with diptheria and died within an hour of each oth-
er. The funeral of both was attended at the same 
time at the Baptist church. The funeral of another 
child, also, was attended at the same church during 
the conference. 
A full account of the conference will be given in 
the minutes of the secretary, which we hope to 
commence next week. 
To Correspondents. 
Short and appropriate articles, of one column or less, 
are solicited from those who have well digested thoughts 
to communicate. Any writer whose article or enquiry is 
not promptly noticed, will please to call the editor's atten-
tion to the omission. 
E. H. Brister. Is on file for insertion. 
C. Green. We think under the circumstances it 
best not to print it. You will please explain to the 
writer that some might suppose it claimed to be a 
since demonstrates its great comparative weakness." 
lb pp. 138, 9. 
REV. R. VALPr, D. D. author of "Prophecies re-
lating to the fall of Rome" a sermon preached Aug. 
13, 1798, before the Reading Association,in Reading 
Eng., according to the Editor of the Investigator, 
(Load. 1836) vol. 5. p. 88, "makes the reign of 
Antichrist begin A. D. 538, and end A. D. 1798." 
God's Care for His Own. 
" Deliver thyself, 0 Zion, that dwellest with the 
daughter of Babylon. For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts ; After the glory bath he sent me unto the na-
tions which spoiled yon : for he that toucheth you 
toucheth the apple of his eye"—i. e. he inflicts an 
injury on himself. "For, behold, I will shake mine 
hand upon them, and they shall he a spoil to their 
servants : and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts 
bath sent me." Zech. 2: 7-9. 
It is instructive to notice that much of the evil 
with which the nations have been overwhelmed, was 
a direct punishment from God, either for aggress-
ions on,or contempt shown for the people of God. 
The crime for which Edom was doomed to des-
truction was this : "For thy violence against thy 
brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou 
shalt be cut off forever. In the day that thou stood-
eat on the other side, in the day that the strangers 
carried away captive his forces, and foreigners en-
tered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 
even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest 
not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day 
that he became a stranger ; neither shouldest thou 
have rejoiced over the children of Judah to the day 
of their destruction ; neither shouldest thou have 
spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou should-
est not have entered into the gate of my people in 
the day of their calamity ; yea, thou shouldest nut 
have looked on their affliction in the day of their 
calamiity, nor have laid hands on their substance 
in the day of their calamity ; Neither shouldest thou 
have stood in the cross-way, to cut off those of his 
that did escape ; neither shouldest thou have deliv-
ered up those of his that did remain in the day of 
distress. For the day of the Lord is near upon all 
the heathen : as thou hast done, it shall be done un-
to thee : thy reward shall return upon thy own 
head." Ohad. 10-15. 
The same was the offense of Ammon : 
"And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of 
the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Because 
thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it 
was profaned ; and against the land of Israel,when it 
was desolate ; and against the house of Judah, when 
they went into captivity ; behold therefore I will de-
livsr thee to the men of the east for a possession, and 
they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their 
dwellings in thee : they shall eat thy fruit, and they 
shall drink thy milk. And I will make Rabbah a 
stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching-
place foil flocks : and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. For thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou 
hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the 
feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite 
against the land of Israel." Ezk. 25 : 3-6. 
The same was the offense of Tyre : 
"Son of man, because Tyrus bath said against 
Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates 
of the people : she is turned unto me : I shall be re-
plenished, now she is laid waste : Therefore .thus 
saith the Lord God : Behold I am against thee, 0 
Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up 
against thee, as the sea causes his waves to come up. 
For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold I will bring 
upon Tyrus, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a 
king of kings, from the north, with gorses, and with 
chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and 
much people.•' Ezek. 37 : 2, 3, 7. 
Such is God's care for his church that no nation 
or individual can trample on it with impunity ; and 
his care for individual believers is no less watchful, 
and their oppression will be as certainly punished. 
"Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which 
believe in me, it were better for him that a mill-
stone were hanged about his neck, and that he were 
drowned in the depth of the sea," Matt. 13 : 6. 
It is equally important, that Christians should 
never war against fellow Christians ; for all those 
are "evil servants," who smite their fellow servants; 
those thus occupied, whatever their professions, can 
have no expectation of their Lord's near return ; 
and "the Lord of that servant shall come in a day 
when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that 
he is not aware of." It then becometh all those 
who believe we are living in an age of the world 
when no one has any assurance for saying the Lord 
may not come any day, to "be kindly Ikffectioned 
one to another"—putting away "all bitterness, and 
Wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, 
with all malice"—being "kind one to another, ten-
der-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for 
Christ's sake bath forgiven,"—"not rendering evil 
Nothing relieved, she went to a recently converted 
friend, and said, "What have you done to get 
peace?" "Done !" said her friend, "I have done 
nothing. It is by what Christ has done, I have found 
peace with God." In yet greater distress she went 
We are obliged to Bro. D. W. Flanders of Cana- home, shut herself in her room, resolving not to 
da West for two new subscribers. Let each one rise from her knees till she had found peace. Long 
who can endeavor to do the same. �
she remained so, till, worn out, her poor body fell 
into a slumber. And she dreamed she was falling 
over a frightful precipice, but had caught a twig by 
which she hung over the gulf. "Oh ! save me," 
she cried ; and a voice from below, which in her 
dream she knew to be Christ's, said : "Let go the 
twig, and I will save you." "Lord, save me," 
again and again she cried, and again and again the 
same answer was returned, "Let go the twig, and I 
will save you." She must perish she thought, if 
she let go the twig. At length he said in tones most 
solemn and tender, "I cannot save you unless you 
let go the twig." She let it go, fell into her Sa-
vior's arms, and in her joy of feeling herself safe, 
awoke. In her sleep she had learned the needed 
lesson. Her own doings were the twig. She saw 
she must let these go, and fall down into the arms 
of her Redeemer. She did so, and had peace. 
Dear reader—"Let go the twig." 
Learn by heart this hymn,and make the language 
of it your own : 
"Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
Let me hide myself in thee ; 
Let the water and the blood 
From thy wounded side which flowed, 
Be of sin a double cure, 
Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 
"Nothing in my hand I bring, 
Simply to thy cross 1 cling—
Naked, come to thee for dress, 
Helpless, look to thee for grace. 
Guilty, to the fount I fly ; 
Wash me, Saviour, or 1 die." 
not extinct. Our population is 31,000,000, our 
'accommodation' for church sittings are not 14,-
000,000. If on this solemn day of our national peril 
and mourning the whole people were to turn to the 
temple of God to seek his help,not one half of them 
could find room there. This mournful anomaly may 
arise from the fact, that we have no direct national 
recognition of religion—no state church. Religion 
enters but slightly if at all into the functions or even 
the ceremonies of the state. It hardly consecrates, 
even with extemporary solemnities, the high places 
of the national magistracy. But let us not err here. 
If a 'national religion' has it popular advantages, it 
has greater evils. In its best shape it must trench 
on the rights of conscience—the most fundamental 
doctrine of modern freedom and modern civilization. 
It tends to ecclesiastical oppression and priestly cor-
ruption. It promotes hypocrisy in high places. It 
seldom consists with a deep religious life among the 
people. It perpetuates traditional error, and is the 
heaviest drag now on the wheels of European pro-
gress. So far as our irreligion arises from the ab-
sence of a state religion,, it is the abuse of a 
good thing. The sin of the church of this land is 
not, that it stands aside from the state, but that it 
stands too much aside from the lower masses of the 
people—that in apostolic freedom, it has not enough 
apostolic zeal, that, more powerful, morally, than it 
could be, if shackled by the state, it has not propor-
tionately used its power in providing for the people. 
Know, you citizens of New-York, worshipping in 
your stately temples, that there are whole wards of 
youricity, crowded with a morally festering popula-
tion, with chapels not sufficient to receive a tithe of 
them. Is this the way you fortify the moral battle-
fields of your great 'New world ?' Is this your al-
legiance and loyalty to the kingdom of God among 
you ? If it is replied that our church edifices bear 
numerically as large a proportion to our population 
as:those of some communities which have established 
religions, I will not'now pause to investigate the 
statistics. The stern fact still stares us in the face, 
that the people are less reached by their ministra-
tions than the population of any papal or semi-bar-
barous land under heaven. If any of the latter are 
less supplied with religious edifices than we, they, 
nevertheless, bring more of the people to their altars, 
though it be at different intervals of their sacred 
days. They sway the people by other means of their 
religion. Precisely hero we fail. Had we temples 
enough, yet we do not 'go out and compel' the per- 
ishing multitudes, to 'come in.' Our religion sits Jehovah. 
enthroned in our churches or vestries, or in our in- 
dividual Christian households : it does not sufficient-
ly go about like Christ doing good." 
t4Let Go the Twig." 
During a revival in Scotland, a lady was awaken-
ed, and went to a minister and told him how unhap-
py she was. He said he was glad to hear it. She 
told him how she had read and prayed, and yet 
oould find no peace. lie told her it was not by any-
thing she could do, but what Christ had done long 
age, and finished on the cross, she could be saved. 
b. �
 
for avil." or "reviling for reviling," Istet'min 
earnestly for all men, and refering all things to the 
impartial judgment of Him whose eyes are as a 
flame of fire, and out of whose mouth will proceed 
the sharp sword of retributive justice. 
real vision. There is no harm in telling such, but 
we think it impolitic to print many such. 
D. Bosworth. Received just as we are ready for 
the press—shall give next week. 
Our National Irreligion. 
The following is an extract from a sermon on our 
late national fast day, by Dr. Stevens of New York : 
"Our national irreligion is a deplorable reason 
for humiliation and repentance. This though it 
might well be treated last as the climax of 
our national sins, I mention first because it is the 
source of most if not all our other public vices. A 
large portion of our population acknowledge no re-
ligion whatever. This fact is an anomaly in the 
history of humanity. I know of no parallel exam-
ple among any other people ancient or modern. All 
others have had some forms of religion, individually 
observed. Probably one third or more of our pop-
ulation practically ignore any and every 'religion. 
They know no Sabbath except as a holiday, they en-
ter no sanctuary, they have no forms of devotion, 
however slight or merely ceremonial, in their house-
holds. So far as any recognition of the supreme Be-
ing or the moral government of the world is concern-
ed, they live and die like the brutes that perish. 
Heathenism itself is at least a manifestation of the 
religious instinct in humanity—there is some degree 
of moral earnestness in it, however perverted ; as 
such we spontaneously respect it more than practi-
cal atheism. But here in the fullest light of Chris-
tian civilization, here for the first time in the histo-
ry of the human race, millions of an intelligent pop-
ulation practically abjure all religious forms, acts, 
tokens whatever ! In millions the religious send- 
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ABIDE IN CHRIST.—President Dwight used to say 
to his class, as they went out from under his care : 
'Young men, it is not great talent, it is not great 
learning, that is to enable you to do good, but abid-
ing in Christ.' He then added : 'The young man of 
whom we expected least all the way through the 
college, has now attained to the greatest excellence 
and usefulness, and has done the most for the up-
building of the cause of the Master.'—That man is 
Dr. Nettleton. His hopes were not bright ; he was 
gloomy and despondent all the way through his col-
lege course ; bnt he afterwards shook off this dark 
mantle, and richly exemplified the power and beau-
ty of the religion of Christ, and wherever he went, 
Christ went with him, and glorified himself through 
an arm of flesh. 
GOD IN ALL THINGS.—A person at dinner with 
Mr. Newton, of London, remarked that the East 
India Company had overset the college at Calcutta. 
"What a pity !" said a gentleman present. 
"No," said Mr. N., "no pity—it must do good. 
If you had a plan in view, and could hinder opposi-
tion, would you not prevent it ?" 
"Yes sir." 
"Well,God can hinder all opposition to his plans: 
1-1e has permitted that to take place, but lie will car-
ry on his own plan. I am learning to see God in 
all things : 1 believe not a person knocks at my door 
but is sent from God." 
ALL ONE IN CHRIST.—Dr. Schauffler states that 
some months since, when the Syrian troubles first 
broke out, and a great deal of apprehension was felt 
among all classes at the Turkish capital, the native 
Christians held a communion season for mutual 
comfort ,and encouragement. The number of com-
municants was nineteen, representing eight different 
nationalities—viz., seven Osmanlees, two Persians, 
one African, one Israelite, one Irishman ,three Amer-
icans, three Englishmen, and one German. There 
were, indeed, "Jew and Greek, Barbarian, Scy-
thian," but all one in Christ Jesus. 
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unbending regard for rectitude ; then for independ-
ence, or the habitual determination to be governed 
by an enlightened conviction of truth and duty ; 
then for benevolence, or spirit of kindness and good 
will to men ; and last for piety towards God, or an 
reverent regard for the will and glory of the great 
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ingly we gave appointment to that effect, and we present I will leave this subject, and at another time, 
In th is department, articles are solicited, on thegeneral 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald,.over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. Correspondents are expected to avoid all per-
sonalities, snd to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from tbisshould be 
regarded as isentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless, unkind, or uncourteous controversy. 
From Bro. D. I. Robinson. 
Bro. Bliss :—Religion is rather low here, and bus-
iness stopped a good while. Recruiting is most live-
ly. �
This great judgment war grows tremendous on 
our hands. The prophecies are fulfilling : every 
man's hand against his fellow, i. e. civil war—the 
worst kind. All nations are drinking, or likely to 
be soon, from one end of the earth to the other.—
They " wake up all the mighty men" on both sides. 
They call for " all the men of war to draw near." 
The implements of peace are being transformed to 
war—" scythes to sabres,"—and all rallying to the 
day of slaughter—to the valley of Jehoshaphat 
(judgment) ; for the great day of the Lord is at 
hand. " For I, saith the Lord, will shake all na-
tions, and the Desire of all nations shall come.—
For my determination is to gather the nations, that 
I may assemble the kingdoms, that I may pour upon 
them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger, 
saith the Lord." Other nations have taken the cup; 
and shall we escape? Oh no. We have been a 
wicked nation, in profanity and pride ; in sabbath-
breaking and pleasure ; in intemperance and-specu-
lation ; but most in the crying sin of slavery. We 
sinned in first receiving slaves from the Dutch, in 
1620 ; we sinned in not freeing them at the Revolu-
tion ; we sinned in allowing twenty years of the 
slave trade ; we sinned in allowing representation, 
for them, for the masters, instead of the slaves ; we 
sinned in returning fugitives; we sinned in buying 
Florida for slavery, instead of freedom ; we sinned 
in buying Louisiana for slavery ; we sinned in re-
ceiving Texas with slavery and for slavery ; we sin-
ned in the Mexican war, for Texas and slavery ; we 
sinned in receiving eight slave states with slavery ; 
we sinned in driving out the Indians, by force, for 
slavery ; we sinned in always siding with the slave-
holder, instead of the slave ; and now it has brought 
all this trouble upon us, and we deserve it. 0 God 
help us to repent of it all heartily, and do Thou 
forgive us, and help us now to abolish it, and rebel-
lion together, forever, to the glory of God, and joy 
of all nations, world without end. Amen. 
Yours trqly, 
D. I. ROBINSON. 
Brooksville, Vt., Sept. 15, '61. 
had as many people present as before, and we had 
" the form of the fourth" with us. The grove was 
made to resound with the praises of God. Soon 
again came the parting time, and it was like taking 
our dearest friends from us to part with those we 
loved in the gospel ; but we expect soon to meet 
again in the new earth when the Lord shall bring 
again Zion, and make the place of his feet glorious. 
We had another meeting at Bro. William Law-
rence's place, and the Lord was with us, and we 
had a good time. Brethren Crandell, Burtenshaw, 
Roach, and myself were present, to speak encour-
aging words and exhort the people to flee the wrath 
to come. Last Sunday had a meeting in the Spring 
settlement. A good time ; baptized one ; others 
are asking the way. May God help them to find the 
road and walk therein. Next Sunday I preach, D. 
V., at Bro. Borden's school house at 10 o'clock.—
My time is taken up one-half at Bro. Borden's and 
one-half at Spring, for the present. 
Yours looking for the glorious hope, 
J. B. SIMPSON. 
Westminster, C. W., Sept. 20, 1861. 
From Bro. H. Jackman. 
Thorn in the Flesh. 
Bro. Bliss :—Having read the piece in the Herald 
of Sept. 21st, on Paul's thorn in the flesh, I tho't 
I would write a few thoughts on the subject. He 
commences the chapter by saying it is not expedient 
for him to glory : therefore he would come to vis-
ions and revelations of the Lord ; and in this vision 
he says he knew a man that was caught up to the 
third heaven (meaning himself doubtless) and heard 
unspeakalak words which it is not lawful (or possi-
ble, mar.) for a man to utter. In 2 Peter 3d chap. 
we find the place where he went to, that is the new 
heaven ; for we read there that the first heaven was 
destroyed by water, and the second is reserved unto 
fire ; therefore the new heaven must be the third. 
Nov; it appears to me that Paul in this vision stands 
as a representative of his people, that God showed 
him the eternal home of the true child of God,with 
which he appears greatly elated. Therefore this 
thorn—what is it ? It is the man of sin, the son of 
perdition. And why was it a thorn in the flesh ? 
Because, as I said before, Paul stood as the repre-
sentative of his people. His people must pass that 
power in the flesh. Paul tells us that that power 
began to work in his day, but was not fully mani-
fested ; but would be afterward. Now my mind is 
that Paul saw this power in the way, between him 
and the consummation of the Christian's hope ; and 
he besought the Lord thrice to remove that power 
out of the way, that his people might escape that 
awful scourge, and reach their home in peace and 
safety. Again, Paul is the only one that could say 
that that day should not come except there come a 
falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, 
meaning, 1 think, the same thing. 
Having written these few thoughts, I hope it will 
induce some able pen to write on this vision of the 
apostle and make it plain, and oblige many of the 
readers of the Herald. 
From your unworthy brother, 
HOLLIS JACKMAN. 
West Boscatven, N. H., Sept. 30, 1861. 
This is the national fast day, and as I did not 
send this letter as soon as I expected, I will add a 
little more. I had the privilege of attending a 
prayer meeting. It was a solemn season. Most of 
the churches are having meetings to-day twice or 
three times. I have been much interested in com-
paring the book of Ezekiel with that of the Reve-
lations—especially from about the 32d chapter of 
lasekiel to the close ; and from about the 12th ch. 
of Revelation to the close. I hope that no one in-
terested in the study of the Scriptures will fail to 
compare especially the 38th of Ezekiel with Rev. 
20th. There are several passages I wished to point 
out, and to ask your opinion in regard to ; but at 
" bring again Zion ;" when " they shall not teach 
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, 
saying, Know the Lord ; for all shall know " him 
6' from the least even to the greatest." When "he 
will destroy in this mountain the face of the cover-
ing cast over all people, and the vail that is spread 
over all nations. He will swallow up death in vic-
tory ; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from 
off all faces : and the rebuke of his people shall he 
take away from off all the earth ; for the Lord bath 
spoken it." 
How is it, brethren ? Are we laboring to he in 
readiness for the coming of the kingdom of Christ ? 
or are we laboring to build up our own popular the-
ories, regardless of the now torn, mangled and 
bleeding church, purporting to be the bride of 
Christ? Ofttimes am I reminded of a dream told 
to me by an aged sister in Lower Canada about 12 
years ago, as follows, as near as I can recollect.—
She said : 
" I imagined myself seated in my room alone,and 
was feeling at the time very sorrowful, when of a 
sudden the door of my room was opened, and a very 
pleasant looking stranger came in. He seemed to 
be a messenger of glad tidings ; but my heart was 
saddened when he stopped about midway of the 
room, and taking a clean silk handkerchief from his 
bosom he held it up, requesting me to look at it.— 
To my astonishment, he commenced in the middle of 
it and tore it to the edge each way, but leaving it 
hanging together at the edges. He then tore it into 
strips about one inch wide, in the same manner.—
Holding it up by the two corners, he then said, In 
like manner will the advent church be torn up be-
fore Christ comes to judgment." 
The dream seemed to give her much sorrow, as 
she placed great reliance in dreams, and had great 
love for the church that was looking for Christ's 
speedy return to earth to set up his kingdom. I 
have been astonished to see such ideas as the sleep 
of the dead in the intermediate state, the annihila-
tion of the wicked, and that of the day to be ob-
served as a day of rest, distract and divide the pro-
fessed followers of Christ. Brethren, these things 
ought not so to be. To those engaged in the cruel 
work of unholy division I would say, Listen to the 
Saviour, John 17:11, 12, "Holy Father, keep thro' 
thine own name those whom thou bast given me. 
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also 
that shall believe on me through their word, that 
they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and 
I in thee : that they also may be one in us : that 
the world may believe that thou bast sent me." 
Says the apostle Paul, — " Now I beseech you, 
brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be 
no divisions among you : but that ye be perfectly 
joined together in the same mind and in the same 
judgment." 1 Cor. 1:10. Let us, brethren, take 
earnest heed to the admonitions of this divinely-in-
spired servant of God, lest we plunge into the great 
whirlpool of divisions, and be borne down the deep 
and turbid tide of apostasy to the fearful and fatal 
vortex of absorbing perdition. Let us labor to show 
ourselves worthy to be called, in the day of the 
Lord, "The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord." 
I am your brother, looking for that day of re- 
demption, �
CIIAS. R. CLOUGH. 
Snidersville, Wis., Aug. 31, 1861. 
Bro. J. B. Simpson. 
Bro. Bliss :—I take this opportunity of address= 
ing a few lines through the Herald, as I consider it 
is the best religious paper in the land. It sets forth 
the sufferings of Christ, the claims of the• gospel, 
and the glory that is to follow, to them who by pa-
tient continuance in well doing seek for glory and 
honor and eternal life. It is some time since I have 
written anything for the Herald ; but seeing the 
cause is progressing in Canada, I think it my duty 
to say a few words of encouragement to the friends 
of the cause, and those of like precious faith, scat-
tered abroad throughout the land. It is always en-
couraging to me, when I read the Herald, and see 
how the cause is advancing in different parts of the 
earth, through the ministration of the word by 
those called Adventists. 
We have had good meetings this year in Canada. 
We had, I think, as large a field meeting as ever 
was held in Canada West. It was estimated that 
there were fifteen hundred people present. This 
meeting was held in the Crooker settlement, near 
the Colver school house ; and the Lord was with us. 
The word seemed to take effect, and many are ask-
ing the way to the celestial city. We solemnized 
the Lord's supper, and truly it was a refreshing 
we shall drink it new in our Father's kingdom. We 
were called to part, and leave each other for a sea-
son; but we rejoice that we shall soon meet in that 
convocation that shall ever be present with their 
Lord. The people were anxious we should have 
another field meeting in the same place. Accord- 
when I have more leisure, I should like to resume it. 
The papers for the last few days have but little in 
them of an encouraging character, with regard to 
the war. To-day was a solemn day here, and well 
calculated to inspire the heart to pray. The 35th 
Regiment of troops left for Kentucky, and more are 
preparing. I close with simply stating that I hope 
we will trust in God who alone can save. 
L. 
S. PllAREs. 
Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1861. 
 
Wine. 
Mr. Bliss—Dear sir :—The letter you received 
last week containing one dollar, which proved to be 
unintelligible, was written by a blind person ; and 
of a correspondence of many years this is the first 
instance of the kind. This by way of explanation. 
We now come to the contents of the letter. In an-
swer to Mr. Penniman's question in the Herald of 
Aug. 17, Did the Saviour sanction the use of fer-
mented wine as a luxury ? you answer, The use of 
unfermented wine on this occasion. Permit me to 
ask, in Christian kindness, Can you prove what you 
here asserted as your opinion ? The wine which 
Noah drank made him drunken. The wine given to 
Lot by his two daughters produced the same effect. 
When the mockers at the day of Pentecost attribu-
ted the powerful manifestations of the Holy Spirit 
to the effect of new wine, Peter's reply plainly 
teaches that new wine when taken results in intoxi-
cation. And is it not a reasonable inference—a na-
tural conclusion—that the wine which the Saviour 
by miracle furnished for the wedding guests was the 
same in its nature, and the excessive use would have 
rendered it the same in its effects. Dr. Cumming 
in his first lecture on the Miracles says that the rain 
and the dew-drops falling upon the roots, fibres and 
branches of the vine, causing it to blossom and bring 
forth fruit, that the process of extracting the liquid 
from the substance and of fermentation were the 
same, only what Christ performed in a second takes 
a year to accomplish. He also says that the correct 
translation of the phrase, " And when they wanted 
wine," is when the wine began to fail, and Webster 
and Worcester alike give the definition of wine as 
being the fermented juice of the grape ; and does 
not this agree and perfectly harmonize with Scrip-
ture ? and do you think an earnest seeker after truth, 
with no theory to sustain, can prove total abstinence 
by the word of God ? Does it not recommend the 
use of wine as a medicine, while it pronounces woes 
on the drunken ? My heart has often been pained 
of late by hearing professing Christians say they 
could not love a Saviour who would create ferment-
ed wine as a luxury. While such is the feeling of 
some of the readers of the Herald, is it not import-
ant the subject be carefully investigated, and the 
truth clearly presented, that they may trust without 
wavering Him who is too wise to err and too good 
to do wrong ? 
When the above is inserted, please omit the name. 
Yours in Christian love. 
From Sr. R. Kitchen. 
Bro. Bliss :—,I would be deprived of several com-
forts of life, before I would of the Herald ; for, the 
hope it inspires in me of the Bridegroom soon com-
ing enables me to look beyond all these troubles, 
makes me want to do more to spread the news thro' 
the Herald, as we have no Advent preaching here. 
R. KITCHEN. 
Cincinnati, 0. 
From Bro. Charles R. Clough. 
Dear Bro. Bliss :—I believe I can say truthfully 
that the Herald is a welcome messenger, and a great 
help to me in my search for religious knowledge.—
I prize your expositions of Daniel's prophecy above 
the cost of the paper. I do love Bible truth, and I 
desire to see it shine out in all its resplendent glory. 
It is the pure, unadulterated truth, that we greatly 
stand in need of in these last days of peril. 
I am glad to see a disposition manifested by you, 
to keep out of your paper many things that might 
otherwise prove an injury to the cause of truth and 
an injury to the paper, and which is intended many 
times, by the author, for the injury of others, in-
stead of benefit. 
Some things appear in the Herald, that I might 
wish better suited to my mind ; but I am aware the 
time for the watchmen to see eye to eye has not yet 
come ; and when I consider that I may possibly be 
wrong myself, the spirit in me that might otherwise 
lust to envy, is put to silence ; so that I feel less in-
clined to find fault with your paper. 
I do sorrow to see the church in such a divided 
state, when I cast my almost desponding eyes over 
this ruined world, and behold the dark, thick fogs 
of mysticism, together with the blighting and in-
creasing attendant perils, sweeping with fearful and 
astounding velocity against divinely inspired truth, 
under a garb of reverence to God. My panting, 
anxious soul aspires after a fulness of the spirit of 
the world to come, and while possessing an increas- time, and we did rejoice in hope of that day when 
ing anxiety to be eternally emancipated from the 
piety-depressing and religion-destroying or distract-
ing influences extant in this world of anarchy, I can 
cry out, in deep devotional ardor, " Thy kingdom 
come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." 
0 may that day speedily come when the Lord shall 
cluamaggee'S'- 
We think wine is wine, whether fermented or not 
fermented. Fermented wine is wine subjected to 
the chemical change of fermentation. We do not 
think the use of fermented wine, as a medicine, sin-
ful ; but it would besinful to be a wine-bibber, the 
same as it would be to be " gluttonous" in eating. 
From Sister L. S. Phares. �
The temperate man eats and drinks to live. The 
Bro Bliss :-1 hope that in the good providence other class make eating and drinking an end of ex-
of God, and the co-operation of the tried and faith- istence, and not the means. What the Savior crea-
ful of Christ's kingdom, you will still be able to ted was wine, to all intents and purposes ; but we 
publish the Herald. It never was more necessary think it not fermented wine, because it had not been 
than at present, that we should have such a paper, subjected to the process of fermentation. It was as 
surrounded as we are with everything that is calcu- it was created, and not so made by fermen tation.—
hated to divert the mind and to fill it with conflict- Even if identical in quality with wine fermented, 
ing emotions. I have many reflections about the that would not make it fermented, but only like it. 
present state of the world. Sometimes I have tho't We still, however, think the wine the Saviour made 
this country would be permitted to arise out of the would not intoxicate. This is our opinion only.—
present difficulty. Indeed I am inclined to be hope- We have no proof to offer, and are indifferent whe-
ful with regard to the success of the Federal army, ther any one considers it correct. We give it only 
from the simple fact that I believe them to be en- as our opinion—fully sensible of the impossibility 
gaged in a righteous cause. And yet I am aware of proving either the one or the other. 
that we are nearing the final conflict. That the �
We make out the P.S. �
ED. 
work of the unclean spirits may have commenced—
namely, to gather the kings of the earth, and the 
whole world, to the battle of that great day of God 
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By forbearing charity, and love ; 
Enwrapt in this pure, spotless garment, 
Angels will attend thee from above. 
Kindred, too, are the bonds with which mercy 
binds us ; 
Forgiving, as we forgiveness seek- 
Holy's the peace that reigneth within us, 
Pure are the praises our tongues ever speak. 
MARY. 
East Jefferson, N. H. 
To the Christian everything becomes Christian. 
Nothing is absolutely foreign to the province of the 
gospel. It saves the whole of life. Nothing except 
sin is profane. Life is not divided. There is no 
point at which Christianity stops abruptly. As well 
forbid the atmosphere of two countries to intermix 
above the mountains which form a boundary be-
tween them. 
11•••MMIIMEIMMIMIIMIMMIM �
 
OBITUARY. 
DIED, in Philadelphia, Sept. 3, 1861, sister JANE 
MILLER, aged 40. 
Our beloved sister was born in Ireland, and be-
came at an early age a follower of the Saviour and 
embraced the blessed hope of the soon coming and 
personal reign of Jesus, through the instrumentali 
ty of the people called Plymouth brethren. After 
coming to this city, she came to our meeting in 17th 
street and became anew interested in the doctrine, 
and attached herself, together with her husband, to 
the church. Jesus and the resurrection have ever 
been her theme, in sickness and in health. A few 
weeks before her death, she was taken ill with a cold 
and suffixed much, but had recovered so as to be able 
to ride out to Fairmount the day before her death, 
and retired better. than usual. In the night she 
roused her husband and wished him to get a light. 
He did so ; and found she was raising blood. On 
seeing it she said, " I am done." Her husband ran 
for a physician, a few steps, but before he returned 
she was gone. Her last words were, " Jesus is my 
physician." 
Thus, in full and joyful hope of a part in the first 
resurrection, another of the Redeemer's jewels has 
gone to rest. Her life has been a living epistle 
known and read of all who were favored with her 
intimate acquaintance, of the power of divine grace. 
Few were more attached to closet duties or faithful 
in attendance on them. Like the old worthies, eve-
ning and morning and noon, she delighted to meet 
the Saviour at the throne of grace. During her 
last sickness she was exceeding joyful in the Lord, 
and evidently ripening fur her change. So that 
when the moment came she was ready to depart and 
be with Christ. �
J. LITCH. 
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Memoirs of William Miller. 
By the author of the Time of the End-excepting 
the first three chapters, which were by the pen of 
another. pp. 426. Price, post paid, 75 cts. 
Few men have been more diversely regarded than 
'William Miller. While those who knew him, es-
teemed him as a man of more than ordinary mental 
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 
correspondence, by his published writings, by nar-
rations of interviews with him, accounts of his pub-
lic labors in the various places he visited, a full 
presentation of his views, with the manner of their 
conception, and various reminiscences of interest in 
connection with his life. 
The revivals of religion which attended his labors, 
are here testified to by those who participated in 
them ; and hundreds of souls, it is believed,will ever 
regard him as a means, under God, of their conver-
sion. The attention given to his arguments caused 
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." 
This volume is worthy of a perusal by all who 
take 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- 
pointments, 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 hie 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. 
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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 presentposition 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. Chalm'ers, Hitchcock, and Wes-
ley. To this is added "The Testimony of more than 
One Hundred Witnesses," of all ages of the church, 
and of all denominations of Christians,-expressing 
faith in the personal advent of Christ, his reign on 
the renewed earth, on the resurrection of the just, 
&c. �
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT 
"FEED MY LAMBS."—John 21:15. 
" Just so, Jane ; and each seed contain-
ed the germ of roots and stalks. After the 
seed had been hidden under ground a few 
days it began to put out tiny roots, which 
BOSTON. OCTOBER 19. 1561. �
drew support from the earth, and soon al.- 
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 ter a delicate green shoot appeared above 
the surface. This feeble shoot consisted of 
Learning Lessons in the Fields. �
a bundle of leaves folded round the future 
School was over. The village children 
rushed into the open air, joyful at their 
freedom, and, after the first burst of pent-
up fun was over, they began to turn to 
their homes. " Come, Patty, let us go by 
the green lane and Farmer Pike's wheat-
field," said Jane Smith to her little sister, 
" the high road is hot and dusty. I like 
to go that way, for we can get woodbine 
in the hedge, and I shall make a wreath 
for my hair." 
The children went slowly on, for the 
evening was fine; at length, however,they 
reached the stile that led to Farmer Pike's 
fields. " Now Patty, we must not touch 
the wheat," said Jane to her sister, as she 
stretched out her hand to pull some ; "that 
would be wrong, you know, for it does not 
belong to us ; if we took this wheat the 
farmer might be angry." 
" Perhaps God would, too," said Patty; 
" please hold my hand, and I shall not 
touch it." 
The little girls had not walked far be-
fore they met the old farmer himself, lean-
ing on the shoulder of his grandson Har-
ry ; but there was no hurry in their man-
ner, as would have been the case if they 
had been doing mischief ; so, dropping a 
courtesy they both said, " Good evening, 
grandfather," for the village children loved 
the old man so well that they often called 
him by that fond name. Many a good 
turn Farmer Pike has done for his neigh-
bors, but the oldest man or woman in that 
place could not recollect that he had ever 
done a bad one; so he was a general fav-
orite, and his old age was cheered by the 
attentions of his family, and made bright 
by the prospect of that heavenly home, 
which Christ has prepared for all those 
who believe in him. Seventy winters had 
brought grey hairs on the farmer's head, 
but no cold chill had fallen on his heart. 
Harry, a boy of eleven years, was the 
companion of his grandfather's walks, de-
lighting to listen to the old man's words 
and support his feeble steps, or, as he call-
ed it, to be " grandfather's walking-stick." 
" Well, my little birds, so you have es-
caped from the cage and are flying home 
to your nest," said Farmer Pike, as Jane 
and Patty approached. " You have done 
with lessons for to-day, I suppose. Mine 
are never done ; I was just learning one 
out here in the fields." 
Patty looked up in wonder—old Farmer 
Pike learning a lesson, and without a book. 
The farmer guessed the reason of her sur-
prise and said, " My book has golden let-
ters and tells me much about the wisdom, 
power, and goodness of our Father in hea-
ven." 
" You 
Jane. 
Exactly so; shall I tell you something 
about it ?" 
Oh, please sir, do," cried both children; 
and Harry looked as glad as either of them 
to listen to a page from his grandfather's 
lssson-book. 
" Let me see ; where shall I begin?—
The children know the uses of wheat, I 
must tell them something about how it 
grows. You are all fond of bread, I am 
sure, and of cakes and puddings when you 
can get them, and so are young people in 
other parts of the world. Now God is so 
good as to give some kind of bread-mak- 
spike, which, in this beautiful cloak of 
green, was able to resist all the cold of 
winter. In this we have a proof of God's 
goodness and power." 
" And please, grandfather, tell us," said 
Harry, " does only one stalk of wheat 
grow from each seed?" 
" Sometimes a great many more. I have 
read of a gentleman who, to make an ex-
periment, 'divided and redivided the stalks 
which grew from one seed until he had five 
hundred plants, and, at harvest-time, 576, 
840 grains of wheat." 
" If I am a sailor by and by, grandfath-
er, and happen to be cast on a desolate 
island, like Robinson Crusoe, I shall try to 
save a few grains of seed-corn, and then 
I may be able to have plenty of bread in a 
year or two." 
" Very well, my boy, but I hope you will 
never have to try a home on a desolate 
island. Do you remember the change that 
took place in this field last spring 7" 
Yes, grandfather; the stems grew very 
long and the green leaves which had cov-
ered them during winter faded away ; I 
suppose the warm sun made the corn throw 
off its cloak ; then the ear came, at first 
covered with little flowers, and it is now 
filled with seeds. But, grandfather, why 
are the stalks of straw hollow P 
" Well, here is another proof of the wis-
dom of God. It was needful to have the 
stalks narrow that they might not take up 
much room; tall, that the ear might be 
raised above the damp of the ground and 
enjoy the bright sunbeams; strong and 
flexible, so as to bend to and fro with the 
wind, and be able to bear the weight of the 
ripe grain without breaking: now a hol-
low tube is the only shape that would an-
swer all these purposes. And these knots 
add to its strength, besides enabling it to 
regain its upright pOsition after it has bow-
ed before the breeze. Besides, the hollow 
tubes admit the ascent of the sap. When 
the grain is fully grown the knots become 
hard, so that the sap ceases to flow, the 
straw and ear become golden-colored and 
bend down ready for the reaper's scythe. 
But my other lesson-book, my best book, 
tells me that God has done it all, for it says, 
Thou crownest the year with thy good-
ness; and thy paths drop fatness. The 
pastures are clothed with flocks ; the val-
leys also are covered over with corn ; they 
shout for joy, they also sing.' Now, chil-
dren, this is your sowing-time ; every truth 
that gets into your heart is a grain of good 
seed, every untruth a weed. Take care 
what seed you sow, for reaping time will 
come and weeds injure the plants they 
grow near. Remember, too, that my field 
mean the corn-field, sir," said would never be filled with plenty, but for 
the blessing of 'God and the industry of 
man. You must also be busy both with 
head and hands, and never fancy, as some 
foolish people do, that it is no matter hoW 
idle or how wicked they are while young; 
for my two books tell me that whatever 
we sow we shall also reap, the same in 
quality, but greatly increased in quanti-
ty." 
The sun was sinking in the west, the 
shadows grew longer and longer every mo-
ment, so the old farmer bade the little girls 
run home, telling them he would be very 
glad to see them in a few days at the 
gleaning ; and, watching them till they 
ing plant to almost every country of the were out of sight, returned slowly to his 
globe. Here we have our wheat and bar- humble but happy cottage.—Child's Com-
ley, the colder north has oats and rye, panion. 
while the sunny lands of the south are not 
left without rice, maize, and millet. Thus 
God provides food for his' children, giving 
each climate the kind best suited to it.—
. Asia is the native land of rice, America of 
maize, or Indian corn; but as my friends 
here live principally upon wheat, I shall 
read to them from the golden page of my 
book. Come now, little Patty, pull one of 
those long stalks, and let us examine it." 
The child obeyed, and held the yellow 
corn in her hand. 
" Was this field always full of wheat?" 
asked the farmer. 
" Oh, no," replied Jane, " last autumn 
Harry's father ploughed the ground and 
sowed the seed." 
Fanny's Gray Kitten. 
" Do you see her run?" said Fanny,and 
the little gray kitten almost flew into the 
hall, closely pursued by " Old Kitty," her 
mother. • " Now she is away through the 
kitchen yard. See her run up the cherry 
tree ; how can she get down ? Mew, did 
you say Will vou be helped down? Oh 
you prefer to creep down a little; and now, 
with a leap, away you go again. See her 
jumping up against the wall. There, she 
has him ! Keep out of the way, then,Mr 
Fly; you should know her claws are very 
sharp, and if she catches you, she will eat 
you up. There, now, she has upset the 
work-basket, and is driving hoop with the 
spools and thimbles. See her look so cull- 
Elder B. S. Reynolds will preach (D.V.) at Montgome- 
tiingly with the thimble iu her mouth.— ry Centre, Friday, October 18th, and hold meetings over 
She means it for laughing, I know." �
the following Sabbath; and in Clarenceville, C E., Wed- 
" Gather them up, Fanny ; kitty is not nesday evening the 'i3(1. 
 
a good housekeeper ; she gets things out of 
Elder limes will preach in Waterbury, Vt., Oct. 21 ; 
their place, but never puts them back Cabot, Vt., evenings, Oct. 22 and 23 ; Champlain, N. 1., 
again." �
Oct. 24 and 25, and over the sabbath. 
Hark, she is crying ; what can the mat- 
ter be ? Her bright eyes spied a fishingElder Samuel Heath will preach in the Advent Chapel, 
Hudson st., Boston, Sabbaths, Oct. 20th and 27th. 
rod and line hanging upon the kitchen 
 
wall. In her thoughtlessness and igno- 
. �
Loudon Ridge, Sunday, Oct. 27th; West Alton, Friday, 
ranee,_ she jumped to catch it, and the hook Nov. 8, at 10 o'clock A. M., and continue over the Sab-
bath. Will brethren remember this meeting, and do what 
passed quite through her foot. The cruel they can in order to see the work of the Lord again reviv- 
barb is hidden in the flesh, and she cries ed in \Vest Alton, "while it is called to-day." 
piteously. Old Kitty has been enjoying �
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herself watching her frolics, but now she �
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runs and mournfully joins the cry. 
" Call William to get out the hook." �
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 
William. came, and carefully held the . �
 
hook with the pincers, so it should not pry 
on poor Kitty's foot, and broke off the part 
attached to the line. �
. �M. B. Laning. We have none of the Pulpit Harp and 
But the barb is in yet ; what shall we can only supply the pew edition at present; which vie will 
do 7 �
put at the same price as the pocket ed. 
J. N. Orrock. Mrs. M. L. Clark owes $1.08. We crud- 
Kitty is in great pain ; she mews, and ited $2 to I. Newcomb, to loss, Sept. 14. 
tries to pull it out with her teeth. William �
R. Hutchinson. Mrs. A. A. Knowlton was indebted 
covered her head so she could not bite him $1.75, which we have cr. her and chd. you—cr. you 75 c. 
for hymns. • 
and then, carefully as possible, but with �
Geo. W. Burnham. Sister A. Phelps handed us at con- 
kitty crying sadly, pushed it through.— ference $4.26, collected at Low Hampton for you ; which 
awaits your order. 
Now your trouble is over, Kitty ; learn to �
B. Dudley, $1. Sent book and two tracts, and cr. 16 e 
look and think before you jump for every on Herald to No. 1030. The history and Bible,
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are for 
sale in N. Y. and not at this office. 
line again. �
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Fanny's little gray kitten is not alone in 
play with hooks and lines—with tempta- 
tion. 
The lad who visits the saloon, and lis- �
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drunkard's ignoble grave. The youth who From Philadelphia, by J. Litch.... �
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Bible, and listens eagerly to the sneers and Paid on the above, by 
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by it ; turn from it, and pass away." 
The Child's Prayer. 
Into her chamber went 
A little girl one day ; 
And by a chair she knelt, 
And thus began to pray : 
" Jesus ! my eyes I close ; 
Thy form I cannot see ; 
If thou art near me, Lord, 
1 pray thee speak to me." 
A still small voice 
She heard within her soul : 
" What is it, child? I hear ; 
I hear thee—tell me all !" 
" I pray thee, Lord," she said, 
That thou wilt condescend 
To tarry in my heart, 
And ever he my friend. 
The path of life is dark— 
I would not go astray ; 
0, let me have thy hand, 
To lead me in the way !" 
" Fear not ; I will not leave 
Thee, poor child, all alone." 
And then she thought she felt 
A soft hand press her own. 
" They tell me, Lord, that all 
The living pass away : 
The aged soon must die, 
And children even may. 
0, let my parents live 
Till I a woman grow ; 
For if they die, what can 
A little orphan do ?" 
" Fear not, my child ! 
Whatever ills may come, 
I'll not forsake thee e'er, 
Until I bring thee home !" 
Her little prayer was said, 
And from her chamber now, 
She passed forth with the light 
Of heaven upon her brow. 
" Mother, I've seen the Lord—
His hand in mine I felt, 
And oh ! I heard him say, 
As by my chair 1 knelt : 
Fear not, my child ! 
Whatever ills may come, 
I'll not forsake thee e'er, 
Until I bring thee home !" 
My Post office address in future will be Yarmouth, Me. 
0. R. FASSETT. 
APPOINTMENTS. 
A. M. ASSOCIATION. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
Special Proposition. 
ANNUAL DONATIONS. 
My P. 0. address is Rouses Point, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
DANL. T. TAYLOR. 
RECEIPTS. 
IIP TO TUESDAY, OCT. 15. 
The No. appended to each name is that of the HERALD to 
which the money credited pays. No. 1023 was the closing 
number of 1860 ; No. 1019 is the Middle of the present 
volume, extending to July 1, 1861; and No 1073 is to the 
close of 1861. 
Notice of any failure to give due credit 
should be at once communicated to the Business Agent. 
Those mailing, or sending money to the office by other 
persons, unless they have a receipt forwarded to them, are 
requested to see that they are properly credited below. And 
if they are not, within a reasonable time, to notify the office 
immediately. 
Those sending money should remember that we have 
many subscribers of similar names, that there are towns of 
the same name in different States, and in some States there 
is more than one town of the same name. Therefore it is 
necessary to give his own name in full, and his Post-office 
address — the name of the town and state, and if out of 
New England, the county to which his paper is directed. 
An omission of some of these often, yes daily, gives us 
much perplexity. Seine forget to give their State, and if 
out of New England their County, while some fail to give 
even their town. Sometimes they live in one town and 
date their letter in that, when their paper goes to another 
town; and sometimes the name of their town and office are 
different. Some, in writing, give only their initials, when 
there may bo others at the same post-office, with the same 
initials. Sometimes, when the paper goes to a given ad-
dress, another person of the same family will write res-
pecting it,without stating that fact, and we cannot find the 
name. And sometimes those who write, forget even to sign 
their names ! Let all such remember that what we want, is 
the full name and post office address of the one to whom the 
paper is sent. 
D W Flanders 1081, Geo Thompson 1087, Wm Story 
1087, S Ebersol 1081, J Johnson 1148, E 11 Brister 1098, 
S Minor 1075, Mrs M H Hyatt 1082, Mrs Mary Gorham 
1062, A Phelps 1075, A Culver 1086, H Bundy 1049, Mrs 
D Winchester 1049, J A Winchester 1101, W Eastman 
1081—each $1. 
W A Cook 1068, M H Mayer 1101, M B Laning 1127, 
B T Morill 1104 C A Towne 1127, J Clark 073, 0 Doud 
1127, Dr
r C 0 Town 1075, S II Chaffee 1086, S K Baldwin 
1088—each $2. 
Silas Howland 1065, $3.