A CORRESPONDENT writing from Cincinnati, in 
alluding to the Catholics in that city, says: 
" The people of Boston can have no correct 
conception of the 'strength which the Pope of 
Rome is gathering in this country. The most 
sumptuous churches—the most costly edifices fair 
schools in Cincinnati belong to the Catholics. TR 
every direction, and in all parts of the city, is 
to be seen the cross surmounting some public 
building, owned by the Church and consecrated 
to the dissemination of Catholicism in some form 
Or other. Here are thousands of priests, and 
Jesuits, and nuns, and sisters, and Other instru-
ments of the Church all laboring for her wel-
fare .and aggrandizement. Preaching in the 
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WHOLE NO. 627. 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1853. 
THE following method to promote union, was 
suggested by JOHN WESLEY to his fellow laborers 
in his day. It would not be inappropriate to us 
in these last times : 
Remove hinderances out of the way ? Not 
judge one another, not despise one another, not 
envy one another ? Not be displeased at one ano-
ther's gifts or success, even though greater than 
our own ? Not wait for another's halting, mush 
less wish for it, or rejoice therein ? 
.Never speak disrespectfully, slightly, coldly, 
-or unkindly of each other ; never repeat each 
other's faults, mistakes, or infirmities, much less 
listen for and gather them up ; never say or do 
anything to hinder each other's usefulness; ei-
ther directly or indirectly ? Is it not a most de-
sirable thing that we should, 
Love As brethren ? Think well of and hon-
or one another ? Wish all . good, all grace, all 
gifts, all success, yea, greater than our .-Own, to 
each other ? Expect God will answernstir wish, 
rejoice in every appearance thereof, 'and praise 
hint for it? Readily believe good of each other, 
as readily as we once believed evil'? • 
Speak respectfully, honorably, kindly' of each 
other ; defend each other's character ; speak all 
the good we can of each other; recommend one 
mother where we have influence ; each help the 
other in his work, and enlarge his influence by 
all the honest means he can ? 
This is the union which I have long sought af-
ter ; and is it not the duty of every one of us so 
to do ? Would it not be far better for ourselves? 
A Means of promoting both our holiness and hap-
piness? Would it not remove much guilt from 
those who have been faulty in any of these in-
stances? and much pain from those who have 
kept themselves pure ? Would it not be far bet-
ter for the people, who suffer severely from the 
clashings mid contentions of their leaders, 'which 
seldom fail to occasion many unprofitable, yea, 
-hurtful, -disptites among them ? Would it not 
be better even for the poor, blind world, robbing 
them of their sport, " 0 they connot agree among 
themselves !" 
THE SAINT'S DEATH HOUR. 
Is you, 0 man ! of Death are found in dread, 
Come to this chamber, sit beside th4S' bed ; 
See how the mane of Christ, breathed o'er the heart, 
Makes the soul *smile at Death's uplifted. dart. 
The air 'to sense is close that fills the room, 
Bet •angel forms are waving through Ow gloom 5 
The feeble pulse leap:* up as %would expire, 
But Christ still ii-afcheS the Refinef'S'Ilte. 
 
An, • 
Life comes and .goes,—the spirit lingers on ; 
-- v118 over No ! the conflictli not quite done ; 
Fog Christ will work, till 'of life's sinful stain 
NO Spot nor wrinkle on the soul remain. 
'He view's his image now ! . The victory's won ! 
The last dark Shadow from his child is drawn ; 
The veil 'is rent away—eternal grppe ' 
The soul beholds its Saviour face ''to face ! 
Is this death's seal ? Ph' impression, 0 how fair 
Look, what 0.4adIant smileia-plasvia#41were ! 
That was the soul's farewell the sacred dust 
' ALFAits .the resurrection of the jurt. 
 
UNION OF THE RIGHT KIND. 
POPERY IN THE U. S. 
public market-places here, is a common thing, 
and this is the first instance ever known where 
a minister' of the gospel, thus engaged in the 
discharge 'of what he conceived to be his duty, 
in this city, was gagged. And why was this 
man's mouth thus summarily 'closed? Because 
he was revealing the corruption of the Church 
of Rome: Why, here in Cincinnati the right of 
free speech on the subject of Romanism is denied, 
through the influence of the Pope, as effectually 
as in ,Austria." 
Alluding to the Catholic procession, the Trum- 
pet's correspondent says , • . 
" Marshals on horseback paraded the streets, 
and gay banners .and -Paintings, &c., &c., deco-
rated the line, while the CROSS, the symbol of 
Romish power, was carried above the AMERICAN 
EAGLE ! 
And all this on the Sabbath! Why, 
I .could think of nothing but the parade ground 
of a down east 'general muster,' It was all get-
ten up by the bishop' for effeet. He called on the 
Mayor, and the Mayor shoWed. his willingness 
to protect the Church when she needed no pro-
tection; , for no citizen would molest her when 
discharging a religious duty ; but he was. called 
on at the same time to gag a Christian minister 
in the utterance of American sentiments, and he 
lent his aid in that doctrine, which is more than 
the people will stand. The city are incensed. 
Mr. Kirkland (the minister in question) is ap-
pointed to speak in' the same place next Sabbath 
morning, and he says, with the help of God he• 
will do it ; and the people say, they will defend 
him against all opposition. This is but the be-
ginning of the end.' God forbid that the des-
potism of thp Romish Church should get a foot-
hold on American soil ! She has crushed and 
.mangled hermillions in the old world. 
Let her 
not forge 4ftips for the freemen of this ilepub-
lic. Wlop4 America. is bound by the fetters of 
either Church or State, where will be the hope 
of the world ?" 
GOG AND MAGOG. 
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tontopcorrespondent of the N. Y. Times 
has the 'follOiving parapragh in a late letter : 
A politico-religions brochure, entitled The 
coming stinggid among the nations of the earth, 
or the politicatievents of the next fifteen years, 
described in 40feordatnce with the prophecies in 
Ezekiel, Daniel, and tie Apocalypse, showing the 
important position Crreat Britain will occupy, 
I during and at the end of the awful conflict,' has 
made a 'considerable sensation here, and has rap-
I idly attkained its sixteenth thousand in 'circula-
tion. Tho authorship has been attributed to the 
Rev. Dr. Cumming, one of the most eloquent and 
able of our dissenting nainistersand the great 
opponent of Cardinal' Wiseman. The ivriter pre- 
dicts the downfall of Austria, and the consequent 
destriiietion of the Papacy; Russia is to be checked 
in her attempt to occupy Judea; America is to 
send her forces to assist Great Britain in prepar-
ing for the greatest physical battle that was ever 
fought on thestruggling earth. The Anglo Sax-
on race are to be finally triumphant, and the 
children of Abraham are to be restored to their 
father-land. . America is indeed to bear a large 
part in this terrible conflict, in which, according 
to 'the writer's showing, the chains of civil and 
eedesia§tienl. despotism, which priesteraft had 
'6+14 for and fastened round the human soul,' 
are to be broken. Blackwood thinks the pam-
phlet of sufficient importance to devote several 
pages of his April number to expose the fallacy 
and absurdity of the ptedictions." 
CONVENTICLES 'IN SWEDEN. 
EVANGELICAL men in Sweden are pressing for-
ward with increased steadiness and force to breast 
the intolerant laws of the kingdom,—intolerant 
as well to evangelical Lutheranism as to any other 
forni. of active piety. All religious services, no 
matter . by whom held, except in the parish 
churches at the regular hours of worship on 
Sundays and holidays, are illegal. But " con-
venticles " are largely held in the open air, at- 
tended by hundreds, who endure the cold for 
hours together, in order to enjoy the preaching 
of a vital Christianity. Some means are used 
which would strike us as singular. An " evan-
gelical troubadour " goes through the country, 
lecturing and singing, and drawing crowds of 
people after him. 
At one conventicle, a peasant proposed that 
they build a large barn for their shelter, since 
they were denied a place in the parish church. 
It was at once agreed' to, upon a plan which 
should make the contributors to the building 
joint owners, and of course, jointly responsible 
to the law. Thus the Government will have, 
not one or two, but five hundred to one thousand 
culprits to deal with at once. Others will fol 
low their example, leaving, to the powers that 
be, the alternative of toleration, or of wholesale 
expatriation. Pleasing testimony is borne to 
the 'moral and spiritual fruits of' these meetings. 
Macedonian. 
THE EXCITEMENT IN CINCINNATI. 
THE editor of the W. C. Advocate refers to 
the attempt of the Papists and the Mayor of Cin- 
cinnati to stop free speech " in that city as 
follows : 
"With Mr. Kirkland, or his preaching, or 
his character, or anything about him, we Say 
nothing of praise. We rather think hint unfit 
to speak in public. Yet the character or the 
'conduct of Mr. Kirkland has nothing to do with 
the question of free speech. To this every man 
in the United States, whether he be a clod-hop-
per or a dweller in a garret, is fully entitled, 
and he who will interfere with this right of free 
discussion in America:, will find his tampering at 
once and energetically resisted. We do not live 
in Spain or Italy, and it is hardly time yet for 
any foreign priest or popish emissary to take an 
American by the throat, and say, Thus much 
shalt thou speak, and no more !' " 
As a specimen of the means adopted to intimi-
date the friends of freeddm, the saaie paper pre-
sents the following : 
" As a specimen of the excitementwliich pre-
vails in our city in regard to religious matters, 
we cut the following from the Daily Atlas, which 
the editor received through the post-office on Fri-
day morning last : 
" Sir,—The article in the. Atlas of yesterday 
evening, assailing the Catholics of this city and 
the Rev. Bishop Purcell, has capped the climax 
of your scurrilous editorials against the Cathd-
lies here and elsewhere—and this note is to warn 
you that forbearance can cease to be a virtue, 
and there is One way, at least, by which your 
infernal mouth can be stopped, and that way 
will be resorted to in the last extremity. Take 
warning, therefore, in time, you and your abomi-
nable coadjutor, the Gazette. 
'VENGEANCE.' 
" Prehaps," says the Atlas editor, '4we ought 
to say, by way of' comment,' that we hardly think 
that throating-cntting time ' has yet arrived, cr 
that glorious millennium, made its appearance, 
when heretics may be roasted' with impunity 
in Ohio. In the words of old John Wycliff, we 
are disposed to declare, we shall not die, but 
live, to expose the tricks of the friars." 
Dr. Elliott, the editor of the Advocate, also 
makes this statement : 
‘ The Roman Catholics, according to their 
own statements, constitute about one tenth of the 
population of our country. Three fourths of all 
the felons among us, who have ended their ca-
reer of crime on the gallows, during the past 
twenty years, were foreigners and Roman Catho-
. lies ; and nearly the same proportion holds among 
the. inmates of our penitentiaries. And no won-
der. Let them commit what crimes they will, 
the priest claims to absolve them, and open the 
passage way front the gallows to glory!" 
Dr. E. also reports an additional item in the 
progress and prosperity of the Catholic religion, 
namely: 
" One of the prominent members of the St. 
Philomela church boasts that on Sabbath week, 
the day of the Catholic procession, he cleared, 
by liquor, selling the snug sum .of sg5o. Hun- 
dreds and hundreds of the men on parade were 
so joyful,' that their legs would not suffer 
them to navigate with anything of just and up-
right locomotion." 
 AIIIII31121M12/TVITFWYT. 
THE CRUCIBLE: 
" Don't want to be put into the crucible ?"—
Don.43 well then, you can't be saved, except ye 
abide in the.. ship. If you endure chastening God 
dealeth with you as. with sons.' Do you expect 
to escape trials and persecutions? Be carried 
to heaven on flowery beds of ease ? It is through 
much tribulation we enter the pearly gates. Was 
not Joseph .put in the crucible, Moses, Elijah, 
Isaiah, Daniel, the apostles, the martyrs ? heated 
seven times hotter than was want ? And, will 
you escapei the fiery ordeal ? " Who are these 
in white robes, who are they?" " No chastening 
for the present seemeth to be joyous." 
all joy when ye .fall into divers temptations. 
Fight on brother, fight on sister—" Count it 
The greater the cress the brighter the crown. 
"Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, 
for when he is tried he shall receive the crown 
which the Lord bath promised to them that love 
him.'' 
Paul fought a good fight, finished his course', 
where is lie now ? Finally my brethren, be strong 
in the Lord and the power of his might, put on 
the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to 
stand in the evil day, and having done all, to 
stand. 
Golden Rule. 
THE POPE AND HIS POLICY. 
WE learn from a very intelligent gentleman 
who has means of information on the subject 
which we have not, that a change in the policy 
of the Pope more in accordance with the policy 
.qf the age than that which he has recently pur-
sued, is rumored in some of the diplomatic cir-
cles of Southern Europe. It is stated that he has 
recently made his confessor and companion a 
Cardinal. This man professes liberal views. 
He is a Capuchin, and is reputed to possess much 
talent. • He has long been opposed to Antonelli 
and others of the retrograde faction in the Sacred 
College, It is believed that his Holiness will 
soon make hint prime minister. In this case, a 
new cabinet will be chosen, and a more liberal 
course will be pursued. The Pope will then go 
to Paris, and. crown Louis Napoleon—a measure 
to which he is entirely favorable, but which has 
been much opposed by Austria and some other 
powers, as well as by the adherents of the Duke 
of Bordeaux. 
It is even said that a change is not improbable 
in the cabinet of Austria. It is believed that the 
court of Vienna begins to be convinced that ter-
rorism will not do: The recent demonstrations 
in Lombardy and other parts of Italy, and perhaps 
in Germany too, have made the more prudent 
of the despots feel that there is danger in draw-
ing the cords too tight. One would suppose that 
it ought not to require 
 
at 
 perspicuity to per- 
ceive this. 
N. Y. Journal of Commerce. 
THE ORIENTAL PROBLEM. 
A MYSTICAL writer, who was, nevertheless, a 
very subtle philosopher, expressed himself some 
thirty years ago as follows : 
" The keys of Asia are laid up in Constanti-
nople ; and, in that city, the new Gordian knot 
is tied which assures the dominion of the East. 
There is no Universal monarchy outside its walls ; 
for in it, Memphis, Mecca, Rome, and Jeru-
salem, have united the force of their destinies. 
Conquerors who have aspired to universal em-
pire, and who have not known what I now state 
in plain words, have not known the history of 
the world ; they have been entirely in the dark 
as respects the three great powers that rule the 
universe, and have attributed to chance, or to 
their star, that which flowed from a hidden on-
'gin." 
The present aspect of the oriental question 
seems to spread some light upon the meaning of 
these. ruysterips sentences. 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
162 
to the Government that persons are held to be 
sent off without their voluntary consent, or the 
consent of their natural guardians, To prevent 
these abuses President Roberts declares that the 
law regulating the passports must be strictly ob-
served ; and that vessels carrying, or intending 
to carry away emigrants, must come to Monro-
via with their emigrants on board, to obtain 
passports—in order that an opportunity may be 
presented to the Government to ascertain whether 
the emigration be free or constrained. 
It is well known that the British Government' 
has been in the habit of " apprenticing " to West 
India planters the unhappy blacks who are res-
cued from slave ships by their cruisers. This 
apprenticeship system is but one remove from 
actual slavery, and has been tolerated without 
remonstrance by other governments, we hardly 
know for what reason. As a question of hu-
manity, remonstrance against depriving the un-
fortunate blacks of their liberty, and subjecting 
them to slavery, would have been justified. The 
new policy of the' British Government or its 
agents, in obtaining laborers by the same means 
as were employed by the slave traders, is not a 
whit better than trading in slaves. Practically, 
indeed, it is the same thing, so far as Africa is 
concerned. It encourages warfare among the 
natives for the capture of laborers—separates 
families—and tears the unhappy victims away 
from home and country without their consent, to 
the same extent and in the same way as is done 
through the agency of the bona fide slave trader. 
" The table of his Majesty is daily supplied 
with thirty pounds of meat, seven pounds served 
up in soup, lard and butter one and one-third 
pound-each, two sheep, two fowls, two ducks, the 
milk of eighty cows, seventy parcels of teas 
" The table of her Majesty is supplied with 
thirtysfour pounds of meat, thirteen of them boiled 
with vegetables, one fowl, one duck, twelve pitch-. 
ers of water, the milk of twenty-five cows, and 
ten parcels of teas Her Majesty's maids and the 
concubines have their fare minutely specified. If 
the possession of unlimited power and a supera, 
 
bundance of the good things of this world could 
make a man happy,- one would naturally sup- 
pose' the Emperor of China one of the happiest 
mortals living. The details of the Imperial es-
tablishment of Pekin; with a mass of other infor-
mation, may be found in a work called Hwni 
Tien. 
" The Chinese have a written code of laws, 
the germ of which may be found in the writings 
of Le Kwei, who wrote some' twenty centuries 
since, with which have been incorporated, from 
time to time, the ethics of Keng-fu-trz, Confu- 
cius, Mang-fu-trze Mencius, and others of their 
ancient sages, and to which have been added 
the rescripts of many Emperors. The Chinese 
style their present code of laws to tsing liuh li 
statutes and rescripts of the great pure dynasty, 
a new edition of which is published by authority 
every five years. 
" Their code of laws was revised about the 
middle of the seventeenth century, under the 
Emperor Sunche, and is arranged under seven 
heads, viz., general, civil, fiscal, ritual, military, 
and criminal. 
" Unfortunately, the execution of the laws of 
the empire is committed to men whose ruling pas- 
sion is cupidity, and whose main aim is self-, 
aggrandizement; and hence the people are op-
pressed by those who should be their guardians 
and protectors." 
It is agreed, by modern commentators, very 
generally, that the period described by the 
phrase, " a time; times and half a time," of 
Daniel, and a similar expression, used on sev-
eral occasions, in the Apocalypse, comprises one 
thousand two hundred and sixty years, and com-
mences in the year 606 of the Christian era, 
when the emperor Phocas constituted Pope Boni-
face universal bishop. 
It is also, with like unanimity, affirmed by 
them that the other period of 2300 days (years), 
Daniel 8:14, closes at the same time ; and so 
both of them end in 1866, by their computation. 
But all of them have been sadly puzzled to fix 
an epocha for the commencement of the 2300 
years ; for there is no event of note to distin-
guish it, if you reckon back from 1866. 
Daniel informs us that he heard one saint in-
quiring, s How long shall be the vision, con-
cerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression 
of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and 
the host to be trodden under foot ?" The an-
swer rendered was, " unto 2300 days " [or as the 
LXX. read, 2400 days], " then shall the sanc-
tuary be cleansed!' Bishop Newton doubts 
whether these prophetic days are to be calcu-
lated from the establishment of the Persian em-
pire, or from the invasion of Asia by Alexander, 
or from the beginning of the history of the little 
horn. 
It is a reasonable presumption, that when such 
a period is foretold, as a great and significant 
era, in the history of the world, the prophetic 
seer must compute from some certain epoch, as 
well as to one. This total want of any stand-
point or distinguished occurrence to reckon from, 
has evidently been a stumbling-block to commen-
tators. (See Whiston, Faber, Newton, et al.) 
In his prophecy of the seventy weeks Daniel 
'is guilty of no such omission, but distinctly fixes 
the day of their beginning. ' From the going 
forth of the commandment to restore and build 
Jerusalem;" and so of other prophecies. 
Commenting upon the entire lack of any such 
epocha, from which to begin the 2300 years, 
Faber says he should suppose and assume that 
it commenced at the .time of the prophecy ; but 
he supposes such an assumption would totally 
disagree with the closing at 1866, and so he re-
jects the presumption. 
Now it seems to me quite clear and unques-
tionable that, let the consequence be what it 
may, in other respects, and to the residue of the 
prophecy, and to supposed synchronisms, the 
lapse of time fbretold, namely, during which the 
sanctuary and host were to be trodden under 
foot was 2300 years [if there be no error in the 
figures], from the prophecy of Daniel. And I 
propose to show that—assuming the LXX. ver-
sion to be correct—that is the date, and the only 
one, from which the term can begin and be made 
to terminate at the period supposed to be the 
true one-1866. 
The prophecy, Dan. 8:13, 14, appears to have 
occurred B. c. 553. But his first vision, or the 
commencement of this prophecy, was 555 before 
Christ. Now if we suppose the prophetical pe-
riod commenced at that time, and add these 555 
years to 1866, it gives 2421. Ilut according 
to the prophecy, it should be, as appears in our 
version, 2300 ! HoW, then, can we reconcile 
this discrepancy of 121 years ? 
While the Vulgate reads 2300, the LXX. has 
it 2400. For my present purpose I shall assume 
the Septuagint to be the correct version. 
But there still remains a discrepancy of 21 
years. This, to be sure, might occur from vari-
ous causes. It is but a small variation in so 
large a period. It might arise from some differ-
ent mode of computing time ; but as a year is no 
more or less by any computation, we should try 
to explain this variation. 
The prophecy of Daniel, after he commenced, 
in 555, B. c., was continued down to 534. If 
you add this 534 to 1866, it gives exactly 2400 
years. Might we not, then, justly assume, with-
out further proof, that the calculation should 
commence at the close of the prophecy ? 
But I think Daniel has left nothing to con-
jecture. 
In the first vision, 555 B. c., chapter 7th, he 
commenced this prophecy. In the second, as re-
lated in chapter 8th, he continued it. In chap. 
9th he seems to have prophesied of a different 
matter. But in chap. 10th he returns again to 
the same great subjects. This was before Christ 
554. The fact of such discrepancy, i.e. twenty-
one years, is fully stated in verses 10th to 14tha 
for the very purpose, it seems to me, of enabling 
us to reconcile the apparent difference. 
In 553 a. c., in his second vision, Daniel 
hears one saint say to another saint, that the pe- 
The 2300 and 12G0 Days. 
A SUBSCRIBER and an Advent preacher, has 
sent us an article from the Nete York Indepen-
dent, which we suppose he wishes to see copied 
into the Herald with remarks of our own. The 
following is the article 
FRAGMENT' UPON ,THE PROPHECI OF DANIEL 12:7, 
AND 8:13,14. 
riod prophesied of shall last 2400 years. In the 
third vision, relating to this matter, nineteen 
years after; but tWentpone from the first vision; 
or the commencement of the prophecy, the ans 
gel says to Daniel (chap:10;12, 13), " From the 
first day (555 n. c,) that thou didst set thine 
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself be-
fore God, thy words were heard, and I am come. 
for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom 
of Persia .withstood me one and twenty days, 
But lo ! Michael came to help me, and I res-
mained there with the kings of Persia." 
Now is it presumable that the angel would 
have so solemnly referred to this matter of be-
ing withstood twenty-one days without some ob-
vious design ? And if so, what was that design ? 
Daniel is told that his words were heard from 
the first day he set himself to understand ; and 
that he, the angel, had been sent, but that he 
had been withstood twenty-one days. 
I apprehend the kings of Persia whoever 
may have been intended by that phrase—could 
in no way have prevented a communication to 
Daniel by vision ; and consequently, the with-
standing could not refer to the mere communi-
cation. I then can discover no explanation of 
the fact but this—that for some good reason, 
such changes were permitted, that the prophecy 
would not be fulfilled in 2400 years from the 
commencement of the vision, or from the first 
vision, nor from the vision when the saints were 
heard inquiring and answering ; but 2400 years 
from the final close of Daniel's prophecy, which 
was twenty-one years after its commencement, 
nineteen years after the saint was heard to pro-
claim it, 534 before Christ, and 2400 years 
reaching down to A. B. 1866. 
Scott says, " We are expressly told that the 
vision of the ram and he-goat, whenever it be- 
gins, reaches to the time of the end ;' and we 
are no less expressly informed that to the end of 
the wonders predicted by Daniel, there shall be 
three times and a half,' or 1260 days. Hence 
it necessarily follows that since the period of 
2300 (2400) days and the period of 1260 days 
both equally reach to the time of the end, they 
both exactly terminate together." " If the pe-
riod of 1260 years spoken of began A. D. 606, 
they must end 1866." 
This view of the case receives some confirma-
tion by reference to the introductory words of 
chapter 10th, Daniel there refers to the third 
year of Cyrus as the time of the beginning of 
the vision—according to our received chronology 
555 years before Christ. He there says, " The 
thing was true, but the time was long" (quere, 
"longer ?"). I, Daniel, was mourning full 
three weeks (21 years), during which I ate no 
pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in 
my mouth, till three whole weeks were fulfilled." 
While we cannot understand the precise mean-
ing of the passage that the king of Persia with-
stood the angel twenty-one days, we can under-
stand the fact that the vision extended through 
twenty-one years; that it related to the same 
subject; and that the beginning of the predicted 
period should be reckoned from the end of the 
vision or prophecy, and not to any earlier date. 
Without noticing the above facts, commenta-
tors have very generally agreed, in modern times, 
in fixing the commencement of the 1260 years at 
666 of the Christian era. They have agreed also 
that the 1260 years synchronises with the later 
portion of the 2300 (or 2400 years). Does not 
the above strongly corroborate the correctness of 
that assumption ? 
Many believe that the utter overthrow of the 
Romish hierarchy is near at hand. If such be 
the design of Providence, it cannot be amiss for 
us to sift and weigh the various propheceis re-
lating to an event fraught with such inestimable 
blessings to the Christian world. H. W. T. 
[See article in editorial columns.] 
Great Britain, and the Slave Trade. 
THE last number of the Liberia Herald, re-
ceived in this country, contains a proclamation 
from president Roberts of Liberia, indirectly im-
plicating the British Government in the slave 
trade. It is stated in the proclamation that 
Messrs. Hyde, Hodge & Co., of London, con-
tractors with her Britannic Majesty's Govern-
ment, to furnish laborers from the African coast 
for the West Indies, have sent some of their ships 
to the coast of the Republic, offering an advance 
of ten dollars for every person who may be in-
duced to emigrate ; that the extinction of the 
slave trade has left large numbers of predial and 
other laborers in the possession of the chiefs, 
and principal men of the country; that the offer 
of ten dollars each, is nearly equivalent to the 
amount formerly paid for slaves, during the 
prevalence of the slave trade, and which operated 
mainly in producing and sustaining the wars, by 
which the country was distracted; that certain 
refractory chiefs are reported to have engaged 
with the agents of said company, to furnish a 
number of laborers, and are further known to have 
in concealment near Grand Cape Mount, a num-
ber of the unhappy victims of their predatory 
excursions; and finally complaint has been made 
" The Government of China, in its inception 
and r t.usture, was unquestionably patriarchal, 
and has always been considered to be so ; but 
the modus operandi of its machinery proves it to 
be one of the most absolute and unmitigated sys- 
tems of despotism upon the face of the earth. 
The people have no voice or influence in the 
choice of their supreme rulers. Eaeh Emperor 
names his successor, nor is the name of a succes-
sor known until after the death of an Emperor. 
Each Emperor writes the name of the person he 
wishes to succeed him, upon a slip of paper, de-
positing the same in some safe and secret deposi-
tory known only to himself and to whomsoever 
he pleases to make it known. On the death of 
an Emperor, this paper is opened by those who 
possessed his confidence, and his successor thus 
becomes known, ascends the throne, and is ac-
knowledged by the people. The Emperor is the 
supreme head of the nation ; all power, both 
over the lives and property of his subjects, cen-
tres in himself ; and as a natural consequence, 
all power, rank, or distinction, must and do ema-
nate from him. His will is the supreme law of 
the land. His fiat cannot be opposed without the 
danger of loss of life and the confiscation of 
property. He is known by a number of high 
sounding but fulsome titles, such as Tien Whang, 
Celestial, August One—Shing Whang, the Wise 
and August, infinite in knowledge, and perfect 
in virtue—Tien Tsze, Son of Heaven, &c., &c. 
He is addressed when approached by his highest 
officials, with titles equally absurd and ridiculous, 
as Wan-Sui-ye, Sire of ten thousand years, and 
Pichia, beneath the footstool, accompanied with 
prostrations. The present dynasty, Tartar, is 
called the Ta Tsing, the great pure dynasty, and 
the present Emperor, Bain Fung, the seventh 
who has reigned under this dynasty, is a young 
man about two and twenty years of age, who as- 
cended the throne on the death of his father, the 
late Emperor, Tan Kwang, who died in 1851. 
Some idea may be formed of his imperial estab- 
lishment from his having attached to it an ex- 
tensive harem, and some five thousand eunuchs to 
superintend it and do the work of menials. 
" The concubines who compose the harem are 
the daughters of Manchus, and additions are 
made to it about every third year, by the Em-
peror himself, selecting from among the daugh-
ters of his nobles and officers such of them as 
may please him, who are over twelve years of 
age. The parents of the children consider it an 
advantage if' not an honor to have their children 
in the Imperial harem. The harem is composed 
of seven legal concubines, and an unlimited num-
ber of illegal ones. The illegal ones are restored 
to liberty at the age of twenty-five years, unless 
they have borne children to his Majesty ; in 
which case they are retained in the harem, doubt-
less for the purpose of rearing the children they 
have borne. 
THE AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
The society has had in its service the last 
year, 1087 ministers of the gospel, in twenty-
seven different States and Territories ; in the New 
England States, 313 ; the Middle States, 215 ; 
the Southern States, 12; and the Western States 
and Territories, 547.. 
Of these, 584 have been the pastors or stated 
supplies of single congregations ; 288 have min-
istered to two or three congregations each ; and. 
215 have extended their labors over still wider 
fields. 
Ten missionaries have preached to congrega-
tions of colored people ; and 71 in foreign lan-
guages-17 to Welsh, and 46 to German congre-
gations ; and others to congregations of Nor-
wegians, Swedes, Swiss, Hollanders, and French-
men 
The number of congregations and missionary 
stations supplied, in whole or in part, is 2160. 
China, and its Government. 
WE find some interesting information in regard 
to the Chinese in a late California paper. It is 
estimated that there are twenty-five thousand of 
the Celestials in California—which they call Kin 
Shan, literally Gold Mountain—and we have re-
cently seen them in our streets, their swarthy 
countenances filled with wonder at the curiosities 
which they find among the " barbarians." It is 
probable that we shall see many more of them 
within a few years, and everything relating to 
their country is of interest : 
The New York Anniversaries. 
NEW YORK BIBLE SOCIETY. 
THE following is a summary of the doings of 
the Society during the year : 
The New York Bible Society is an auxilia- 
ry of the American Bible Society. Its opera-
tions are local, and embrace our own city and 
the immediate suburbs. The business year of the 
Society terminates in November, up to which 
month in 1852, the annual report furnishes the 
details of what has been clone during the preced- 
ing twelve months. The treasurer reports aggre-
gate receipts for the last year amounting to 
$39,821,35. Of this large sum, about three-
fourths were the proceeds of sales of Bibles, and 
donations. '$6,055 were collected in Presbyte-
rian churches, $571 in Episcopal churches, $576 
in Congregational churches, $1,696 in Reformed 
Dutch churches, and $1,133 in Methodist Epis-
copal churches. 
During the twenty-nine years in which the 
Society has been in existence, no less than 
813,861 Bibles or Testaments have been issued, 
an average of about 28,000 ; but such have been 
its increasing labors and usefulness of late, that 
the total distribution last year was 37,520 Bibles, 
and 94,809 Testaments. Of these, 11,608 Bibles 
and 39,279 Testaments were issued gratuitously. 
To show the various classes of the community in 
which this gratuitous work of furnishing 50,887 
copies of the Scriptures is done, we enumerate— 
To Marine Committees, 20,458 ; to Emigrant 
Committees, 15,251; to Sunday-schools, 2,644 ; 
to Hotels, 1.309 ; to destitute resident popula-
tion, 7,845 ; to Committees on Naval and. Mili-
tary Stations, 1,912 ;—to Humane and Crimi-
nal Institutions, 981 ; to Railroad Depots, Fer-
ry-houses, Fire Engine Companies, &c., '217. 
There were actual sales of 81,442 copies. 
During the last three and a half years there 
were Bible visitations and distributions to 83,008 
families ; of these, 12,621 families were found 
totally destitute of the Holy Scriptures, and 
4,182 refused to receive them. 
This Society undertakes to supply every emi-
grant family with a copy of the Bible. 
THE ADVENT, HERALD. 
163 
The aggregate ministerial labor performed is 
equal to 878 years. 
The number of pupils in Sabbath schools is 
72,500. 
There have been added to the churches 6079, 
viz :-3362 on profession, and 2717 by letter. 
Fifty-six Missionaries make mention in their re-, 
ports of revivals of religion in their congrega-
tions; and 426 missionaries report 2888 hopeful 
conversions. 
Forty-seven churChes have been organized by 
the missionaries during the year; and 39, that 
had been dependent, have assumed the support 
of their own ministry. 
Fifty-four houses of worship have been com-
pleted, 50 -repaired, and 66 others are in the pro-
cess of erection. 
Eighty-nine young men, in connection with the 
missionary churches, are in preparation for the 
ministry. 
The Treasury.—Receipts, $171,734 24; lia-
bilities, $185,184 01; payments, $174,439 24 ; 
leaving $10,744 77 still due to missionaries for 
labor performed ; towards cancelling which, there 
is a balance in the Treasury of $7,202 15. Pro-
gress.—The receipts exceed those of the preced-
ing year by $11,671 99 ; 22 more missionaries 
have been in commission; 16.more years of min-
isterial labor have been perfbrmed; 212 more 
congregations have been blessed with the preach-
ing of the gospel, and 6;000 more children in-
structed in Sabbath-schools. The large reinforce-
ment sent out to the Society's missions on the 
Pacific coast constitutes, also, a grateful as it 
is a most important feature in the advances of 
the year. 
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIWY. 
The meeting took place at Metropolitan Hall, 
Chief Justice Williams, of Connecticut, Presi-
dent, in the chair. An abstract of the annual re-
port was read, from which are selected the fol-
lowing statistical results of the year past : 
New Publications; 157. in ten languages,' of 
which 23 are volumes ; total publications, 1832, 
including 37.4 volumes ; total approved for Cir-
culation abroad, in about 119 languages and dia-
lects, 2801. Of the American Messenger, over 
200,000 copies are issued monthly, German Mes-
senger, 25,000; Child's Paper, about 250,000 ; 
Illustrated Christian Almanac, for 1853, 250,-
000 ; Christian Almanac in German, 30,000. 
Circulated during the year, 9,173,640 publi-
cations, including 881,766 volumes, and em-
bracing 268,902,315 pages. Total since the for-
mation of the Society, 137,893,480 publications, 
including 8,416,830_ volumes. Gratuitous dis-
tribution for the year, 5036 ; distinct grants 
by the committee, 63,989,976 pages, besides 
8,234,865 to life directors and life members; 
value, over $48,000.. 
Receipts, in donations, including.$17,957 27 
in legacies, $147,874 64 ; fur sales, including 
periodicals, $237,252 21; total, $385,286 68. 
Expenditures, for publishing books and periodi-
cals, $233,211 29; for colportage, $79,111 29 ; 
cash remitted to foreign and pagan lands, $20,-
000 ; total expended, $385,075 07. 
NEW YORK COLONIZATION SOCIETY, 
The twenty-first anniversary of this Society-Was 
held on Tuesday evening. Hon. Theodore Fre-
linghuysen presiding. The annual report which 
was read, presented the affairs of the Society as 
being in a gratifying condition. There-has
• 
 been 
an increase in the permanent sources of income 
from $11,000 in 1852, to $15,000 this year. 
Six expeditions .have been sent out taking 728 
emigrants., which is a larger number than have 
been aided in one year for twenty years, and, by 
comparison with the six previous years, shows a 
steady and gratifying increase. The receipts of 
the National Society from regular sources were 
over $53,000 the past year. The report says, 
" the relations of Liberia may be considered as 
established on a firmer basis than ever before." 
Addresses were made by C.apt. Foote, .of the 
United States Navy, Rev. Dr. Van Arsdale, and 
others. 
The American Female Guardian Society held 
its nineteenth anniversary on Wednesday. By the 
reports it appears that the Society,is accomplish-
ine much good. The receipts for the year were 
02,772 ; expenditures $10,837. 
The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery So7 
ciety, and the American Anti-Slavery Society,' 
held their anniversaries on Wednesday. At the 
former, Frederick Douglas was the principal 
speaker, and at the latter, Mr. Garrison, Mr. 
Edmund Quincy, -Mr. Wendell Phillips, Rev. 
Henry Ward Beecher, and others. 
It's all Light. 
THE pious William Gordon was Once diSeours-
ing to a friend, on his rapid approach to' death, 
and the delighted hope he was permitted to en-
tertain of the remission of his sins, and his full, 
Unlimited pardon with GOd, through the atone-
ment of a reconciling Saviour. It was not long 
before his decease, and his friend, in order to 
strengthen, if possible, his hopes, and adminis- 
Woman's Rights. 
TIIMORE PARKER says : " Suppose woman had 
a share in the municipal regulation of Boston, and 
were as many Alderwomen as Aldermen, and as 
many Common Councilwomen as Common Coun-
cilmen; do you believe that in defiance of the laws 
ofM assachusetts, the city Government last spring 
would have licensed every two hundred and forty-
fourth person of the population of the city to sell in-
toxicating drink ? would have made every thirty-
fifth voter a rum-seller ? I do not. Do you be-
lieve the women of Boston would spend ten thou-
sand dollars in one year in a city frolic, or spend 
two or three thousand every year on the fourth 
of July, for Sky-rockets and fire-crackers : would 
spend four or five thousand dollars to get their 
Canadian guests drunk in Boston harbor, and 
then pretend that Boston had not money enough 
to establish a high school for girls, to teach the 
daughters of mechanics and grocers to read 
French and Latin, and to understand the higher 
things, which rich men's sons are driven, to at 
college ? I do not. If woman had a voice in 
the affairs of Massachusetts, do you think they 
would ever have made laws so that a lazy hus-
band could devour all the substance of his wife 
—spite ofher wish ; so that a drunken husband 
could command her bodily presence in his loathly 
house; and when an infamous man was divorced 
from his wife, that he could keep all the chil-
dren ? I confess ,I do not. If the affairs of the 
nation had been under woman's joint control, I 
doubt that we should have butchered the Indians 
with such exterminatingsavagery, that, in fifty 
years, we should have spent seven hundreds of 
millions of dollars for war, and now, in time of 
peace, send twenty anneal millions more to the 
same waste. I know men say women cannot 
manage the great affairs of a nation. Very well. 
Government is Political Economy—National 
Housekeeping. Does any respectable woman 
keep house as badly as the United States ? with 
so much bribery, so much corruption, so much 
quarrelling in the domestic councils ?" 
Both Sides. 
A ROMAN Catholic of Baltimore recently pub-
lished in one of the papers, a list of over one 
hundred clergymen, who are said to have apos-
tatized to Popery within the last thirteen years. 
As a sort of " retort courteous," a Protestant 
inserts in the Sun newspaper the following : 
" The list of Protestant clergymen who have 
joined the Church of Rome, which appeared in 
the Sun of Saturday, would have been more 
complete had it contained the names of those 
who, after having taken this step, had repented 
and returned to scriptural Christianity, such as 
Connelly, Sibthorpe and Jepson. lt would have 
been more favorable to an impartial judgment, 
had it contained another column of the names 
of those priests who have forsaken the Church 
of Rome in that period. It would have furnished 
better material for a future history of the times, 
had it recorded that in Ireland, a single Prot-
estant Bishop had in three years received into 
the church 2,414 converted Romanists, and that 
near thirty thousand have in that country con-
formed in a few years, and that by an estimate 
of a delegate who came to this country to solicit 
contributions to an Irish University, projected 
by the Roman Catholics, they have lost in the 
United States within sixteen or eighteen years 
more than two millions of their people. It 
would have been curious and interesting too, if 
we had been told what Protestant shepherd had 
become so intolerable to his flock as to be com-
pelled to flee from them, to save his life, and who 
( For the Herald.) 
Sketches of Travel. 
No. XXXYII. 
I FREYBLIRG TO BERNE AMP INTERLACHEN, 
I LEFT Freyburg at 3 o'clock the next morn-
ing, in the Poste for Berne, sixteen or seventeen 
miles distant. Bright moonlight rested upon the 
quaint old buildings, as we rattled through the 
silent streets, passed under the lofty portal, and 
rolled over the great suspension bridge which, 
though apparently so frail, was not in the least 
disturbed by the passage of our heavy coach, and 
four horses. The country seemed fertile and under 
good cultivation, and the appearance of the Bar-
nese cottages is extremely picturefque. I found 
an agreeable companion in one of the passengers, 
a Swiss manufacturer, travelling on business, a 
gentleman of intelligence, who seemed happy to 
communicate to strangers any desired informa-
tion respecting the institutions and resources of 
his country. He greatly enlarged my ideas of 
the extent and enterprise of the manufacturing 
interest- in Switzerland. We passed near the bat-
tle-ground of Laupen, where the Swiss Con-
federates under Rudolph of Erlach defeated the 
mailed chivalry of Burgundy and Suabia, in 
1339, crossed the stream of the Sense, which 
separates the canton of Freyburg from Berne, 
and entered the gate of Morat flanked by two 
great stone bears in a sitting posture, at about 6 
o'clock, 
After breakfast at the excellent Hotel du Fau-
con, my Swiss friend took me to see " the bears." 
Berne signifies " a bear," in the old German or 
Suabian dialect, and this has been the favorite 
device of the city from time immemorial. A bear 
constitutes the armorial bearings of the canton, 
a bear is stamped upon the coin, you see bears 
upon the sign-posts, fountains, and public build-
ings. One of the principal fountains is surmount-
ed')by a bear in armor, with a sword at his side, 
and a banner in his paw. Another has the figure 
of a Swiss cross-bowman of former days, attend-
ed by a young bear as squire. Bears are the most 
conspicuous images in the toy-shops. 
But the bears " we went to see, were living 
specimens, which are maintained at the public 
expense, in the ditch of the wall outside of the 
Aarburg gate. They have a keeper to take care 
of them, and a comfortable house for their ac-
commodation. We tried various expedients to 
excite them to activity but without success. It 
was too early in the morning, or the occasion 
was not of sufficient importance. Bruin obsti-
nately refused to make an exhibition of himself, 
and maintained a sullen composure. When the 
French revolutionary army took possession of 
Berne in 1798, the bears were led way captive 
and put into the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. 
But when after a series of years, the ancient or-
der of things was restored, one of the first cares 
of the citizens was to replace and provide for 
their ancient pensioners. 
Berne is the capital of the largest of the Swiss 
cantons, the seat of the Diet, and the residence 
of most of the foreign Ministers. The number 
of its inhabitants is about twenty-three thousand. 
It is built upon a lofty sandstone promontory, 
formed by the winding course of the river Aar, 
which flows at the bottom of a deep gully with 
steep and precipitous sides, nearly surrounding 
the town. It is seventeen hundred feet above 
the level of the sea, and commands a fine view of 
the Bernese Alps. The houses are of massive 
stone, though not of great height, and in the. 
principal streets rest upon arcades, which fur-
nish covered walks, and are lined with shops and 
stalls. 
The fortifications have been converted into 
promenades. In the moat outside of the gate of 
Morat, a number of tame deer are kept at the 
public expense. They are very pretty animals, 
and their lively motions, especially the gambols 
of the young, afford much amusement to the chil-
dren. 
Berne is celebrated for the number and excel-
lence of its charitable institutions. My friend 
took me to see the Hospital, a fine building, 
bearing the inscription, '' Christ() in pauperi-
bus," " To Christ in the poor," i. e., as the poor 
are Christ's representatives on earth. The new 
Prison and Penitentiary are also grand and im-
posing edifices. 
In the principal street there are three antique 
watch-towers, which attract the notice of the 
stranger. The Clock-tower about the centre, 
(originally built in 1191,) further on the Cage-
tower, now used as a prison, and beyond that 
Christopher's tower, with the figure of. a giant 
upon it. The clock is a great curiosity. A 
minute before the hour strikes twelve, a wooden 
cock makes its appearance, crows twice and 
flaps his wings, and while a puppet strikes the 
hour on a bell, a procession of bears issues forth 
and passes in front of a figure on a throne, who 
marks the hour by gaping and lowering his scep-
tre. 
We next visited the Minster, a beautiful 
Gothic building, begun in 1421, and finished in 
1457, The chief entrance is adorned with sculp-
tured reliefs of the Last Judgment in the centre, 
and the wise and foolish Virgins on the sides. 
The windows are painted with the coats of arms 
of the aristocratic burghers -of Berne, in all the 
pomp of' heraldry. Along the walls are tablets, 
bearing the names of eighteen officers and six 
hundred and eighty-three soldiers, citizens of 
Berne, who fell fighting against the French in 
1798, 
Behind the Minster is the Platform, a lofty 
terrace one hundred and eight feet above the 
river Aar, planted with noble chesnut trees, and 
furnished with seats for public accommodation. 
From this spot the sunny peaks of the Bernese 
Alps are seen to great advantage. 
At half past 10, I took my seat on the top of 
the diligence for Thun, (pronounced Toon.) We 
crossed the deep river of the Aar upon the new 
stone bridge, and turning to the right along the 
river, had a fine view of this noble struicture. It 
is nine hundred feet long, and the central arch 
is one hundred and fifty feet ride, and ninety-
three high. The weather was fine, and the scene-
ry very pleasing, but alas! I was not in a mood 
to enjoy it. My mind was ill at ease respecting 
the sole companion of my European tour, my 
trusty carpet-bag. The conductor had repeatedly 
assured me it was there, but where I could not 
see. At the imminent risk of my neck, I ex-
plored the huge pile of luggage upon the roof, 
but nowhere amid the multitude of carpet-bags 
of every imaginable size, shape, and hue, could 
1 discover that peculiar combination of red, 
green, and brown stripes, which alone had any 
interest in my eyes. I became so unmanageable, 
that the conductor at length good naturedly un-
dertook the search himself', and after dragging 
out innumerable articles and subjecting them to 
my inspection, only to be condemned, filially suc-
ceeded in extracting from the remotest corner the 
identical carpet-bag, the sight of which restored 
me to my usual equanimity. My fellow passen-
ger was a German, a velvet manufacturer at 
Kraufield, on the Rhine, who told me that last 
year he sent two thousand pieces of velvet to New 
York. 
When we arrived at Thun about half past 1 
P. M. it was raining hard, and the removal of 
the passengers and their baggage to the small 
steamer on the lake was a scene of no little con-
fusion. The lake is about fourteen miles long, 
and three wide, and in some places seven thou-
sand feet deep. The river Aar coming from the 
lake of Brienz, enters it at its south end, and is-
sues from it at the opposite extremity. The town 
is on the Aar, about a mile below its egress from 
the lake. The most conspicuous_ objects are the 
old feudal Castle, the former. residence of the 
Counts of Thun, and the venerable parish church 
with its lofty tower. 
The banks of the lake in the vicinity of Thun 
are adorned with many picturesque villas and 
gardens ; farther on the shore is more precipitous 
and barren. The mountains appear finely. The 
sharp peak of the Stockhorn, and the pyramidal 
mass of the Nicsen, stand sentinels at the en-
trance of the rivers Kandu and Simmenthal, on 
the south side of the lake, and farther on towards 
the east are seen the Jungfrau and Finster Aar-
horn. 
We were landed at Neuhaus, about ten miles 
from Thun, where we found a long array of car-
riages, porters, guides, and horses, to carry pas-
sengers chiefly to Interlachen, which is two or 
three miles distant,. On our way we passed 
through the village of Unterseen. Unterseen and 
Interlachen both signify " between the lakes," 
i. e., lake Thun and lake Brienz. Interlachen 
is a favorite resort of the Germans and English. 
It contains a number of large hotels and board-
ing-houses. I went to the Hotel Jungfrau, 
where, through the kind offices of a friend, I 
was favored with a fine front room, in full view 
of the snow-clad summit of the Jungfrau.. To 
my great surprise I met three of my former 
companions in Italy, who had just arrived from 
a pedestrian tour, and two other Americans with 
them, so that we made out a party by ourselves. 
The company at the Hotel Jungfrau was most-
ly German and Swiss, with a sprinkling of Eng-
lish. I could not but observe that the Germans 
and Swiss were much better informed respecting 
our country than the English. Swiss gentlemen 
especially seemed to take a pride in the growing 
prosperity of our republican institutions, as the 
natural fruit of seeds first sown in their own 
soil. They love to speak of the united states of 
Switzlerland as the mother of the United States 
of America. An English lady who sat next to 
me at the table d'hote, expressed great surprise 
on hearing that I was an American, because said 
she, " you speak English so well." I suppose 
she expected to hear me speak nothing but In-
dian. She then asked me about California, and 
when I told her that California was farther from 
the place of my residence than that was from 
England, she evidently began to look upon me 
with suspicion, as one who was endeavoring to 
impose upon her credulity. 
There was some fine music in the drawing-room 
ter fruits of further consolation, read a verse in now could only live among them under a guard 
the twenty-third Psalm : " Yea, though I walk of foreign; bayonets." 
through the valley of the shadow of death, I 
will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy rod 
and thy staff they comfort me." 
" Yes," said the dying 'saint in reply, "yes, 
if he were not with me, how dark it would be ! 
but it's all light." 
It was all light to him. Not a cloud hung 
over his heavenward prospect. Not a sound of 
grief nor a murmur of impatience rose from his 
lips. His illness was protracted, but this did 
not appal his spirit. It rather served to disen-
cumber it of all earthly hindrances. With him, 
to draw nigh unto death was to draw nigh unto 
heaven. 
Spectacle after spectacle burst upon his sight; 
glory after glory, revelation after revelation of 
distant and hitherto unapproachable splendor, so 
that the thousands who gathered from time to 
time at his bedside, were favored with descrip-
tions of blessedness which banished scepticism and 
overawed unbelief. 
Do you ask why it was that heavenly visions 
were disclosed to his expectant soul ? Let him 
answer in his own expressive language : " I 
threw all my burden upon Christ." And then 
light came, great light, pure light, bright light, 
shining more and more unto the perfect day. 
Christian Intelligencer. 
r 164 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
in the evening. One of the young ladies in par. 
ticular, a German, had an uncommonly rich, 
clear voice. She sang several comic German 
songs with an inimitable grace. There was very 
little personal beauty however, And in general, 
the traveller may expect that the loveliness of 
the women in Switzerland will be in an inverse 
proportion to the loveliness of the country, 
S. J. M. 31, 
'Cy 'Nent 
BOSTON, MAY 21, 1853. 
Tan readers of the Herald are most earnestly besought to give it 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and 
his truth advanced ; also that it may he conducted in faith and 
love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in 
nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbroth-
erly disputation. 
THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH. 
CHAPTER X. 
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, 
And by my wisdom ; for I am prudent : 
And I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their 
treasures, 
And I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man : 
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people : 
And as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; 
And there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, Or 
peeped.—vs. 13, 14. 
IN these texts are the synecdoche in the use of 
hand for himself ; similes, in his likening his action 
to that of a valiant man, in his comparing them to 
a nest; and his gathering them, to the gathering of 
eggs ; and the substitution, in representing them 
as being brought down in space, and in attributing 
to them acts that were only proper, when birds are 
put in the place of victims. The whole is illustra-
tive of the helplessness of those whom GOD aban-
dons, and the ease with which he subdued them. 
But his boasting is thus rebuked : 
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? 
Or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? 
As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, 
Or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.—v. 15. 
By these metaphors and similes, is illustrated 
the absurdity of the self-reliance of the Assyrian. 
GOD had made use of him for the accomplishment 
of his purposes ; while the Assyrian supposed that 
he was indebted only to his own strength and 
prowess; and even fancied that he had been suc-
cessful against Gon. When Ilezekiah heard the 
boastful message of the king of Assyria, he went 
into the house of the LORD. 2 Kings 19 : 15-28—
" And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, 
0 LORD GOD of Israel, which dwellest between the 
cherubims, thou art the Gon, even thou alone, of 
all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou hast made 
heaven and earth. LORD, bow done thine ear, and 
hear : open, LORD, thine eyes, and see : and hear 
the words of'Sennacherib, which bath sent him to 
reproach the living GoD. Of a truth, LORD, the 
kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and 
their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire : 
for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, 
wood and stone : therefore they have destroyed 
them. Now therefore, .0 LoRD our GOD, I beseech 
thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the 
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the 
LORD GOD, even thou only. Then Isaiah the son of 
Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the 
LORD GOD of Israel, That which thou ha.st prayed 
to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have 
heard. This is the word that the LORD bath spoken 
concerning him ; The virgin the daughter of Zion 
hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn ; the 
daughter of Jerusalem bath shaken her head at 
thee. Whom hast thou reproached and blas-
phemed ? and against whom bast thou exalted thy 
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high ? even 
against the Holy One of Israel. By thy messengers 
thou bast reproached the LORD, and bast said, 
With the multitude of my chariots I am come up 
to the height of the mountains, to the sides of 
Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar-trees 
thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof : and I will 
enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the 
forest of his Carmel. I have digged and drunk 
strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I 
dried up all the rivers of besieged places. Ilast 
thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and 
of ancient times that I have formed it? Now have 
I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay 
waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore 
their inhabitants were of small power, they were 
dismayed and confounded ; they were as the grass 
of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on 
the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it be 
grown up. But I know thy abode, and thy going 
out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me, 
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is 
come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my 
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I 
will turn thee back by the way by which thou 
earnest." 
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones* 
leanness 
And under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a 
fire.—v. 16. 
Under the figure of making fat ones lean, is pre-
dieted the impoverishment of the Assyrian nation. 
The glory of the empire would be destroyed, when 
its means of glory should be taken away. The rei 
moving of these is called a burning, and is com-
pared to the effects of fire, because they would 
diminish and disappear in a manner analogous to 
the wasting by That element. The figures used are 
the metonymy, simile, and the hypocatastasis. 
And the Light of Israel shall be for a fire, 
And his Holy One for a flame 
And it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day ; 
And shall consume the glory of his forest, 
And of his fruitful field, both soul and body : 
And they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. 
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, 
That a child may write them.—vs. 17-19. 
GOD is the Light of Israel, and is Israel's Holy 
One. As He is put in the place of flame and fire, 
to represent the analogous acts of his providence 
by which he will destroy, so are the briers, thorns, 
&e., substithted for the victims who are to be 
wasted. This is evident from the comparison of 
their destruction to the faintingsof a standard-bear-
er, or as Mr. Barnes translates it," as when a sick 
man wastes away with disease," and the declara-
tion that they will be consumed " both soul and 
body." Consequently, the rest of the trees of his 
forest, are put for those who escape that destruc-
tion—the smallneSs of the number remaining, being 
illustrated by the small number which a child is 
able to count. 
And it shall come to pass in that day, 
That the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of 
Shall no moreagain stay upon him that smote them ; 
But shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.—v. 20 
" The remnant " are those who should be left af-
ter the Assyrian invasion. When the LORD sent 
Isaiah to assure Hezekiah that Sennacherib should 
be turned backward, he added (2 Kings 19:29-31) : 
" And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat 
this year such things as grow of themselves, and in 
the second year that which springeth of the same ; 
and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant 
vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. And the rem-
nant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet 
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and 
they that escape out of mount Zion : the zeal of 
the LORD of hosts shall do this." 
To stay on another, is to lean upon him, a sub-
stitution for reliance,—the act of the body being 
Put for the analogous act of the mind. By another 
figure, the metonymy, the house, is put for the peo-
ple of Jacob. 
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the 
mighty God.—v. 21. 
The " return " of the remnant here spoken of, is 
a " return " to GOD, and not to Judea. 
As a word applicable only to a movement of the 
body, is used to express an analogous act of the 
mind, the figure used is the substitution. 
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, 
vet a remnant of them shall return : 
The consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. 
For the Lord (led of hosts shall make a consumption, 
Even determined; in the midst of all theland.—vs. 22, 23. 
By the same figure a return from exile is again 
used to illustrate their turning to GoD. This scrip-
ture is quoted by Paul as applicable to the believ-
ing Jews of his day. Rom. 9:27, 28—" Esaias also 
crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the 
children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a rem-
nant shall be saved : for he will finish the work, 
and cut it short in righteousness : because a short 
work will the LORD make upon the earth." As 
GOD had ever had a few faithful ones in that na-
tion, Paul, adds (Ph 11:5) : " Even so then at this 
present time also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace." The remnant, then, are be-
lievers. Such doubtless escaped destruction when 
the calamities fell on the nation. 
The comparison of Israel to the sand of the sea, 
is a simile ; and the address to them, an apostrophe. 
Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, 
0 my people that dwellest in Zion, he not afraid of the Assyrian : 
lie shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, 
after the manner of Egypt.—v. 24. 
Again the LORD apostrophises those who dwelt 
in Mount Zion, and it is because his remnant 
should be saved, that they were not to be dismayed 
at what the Assyrian might do to them. 
The smiting with the rod, and the lifting up of 
the staff against them, are substituted for the modes 
by which the Assyrian would oppress them ; and 
by the same figure, the way of Egypt is put for the 
manner of the Egyptian—the country, by a me-
tonymy, being put for its inhabitants. 
For set a very little while, and, the indignation shall cease, 
And mine auger in their destruction.—v. 25. 
The reason why the LORD would destroy the As-
syrians, was because they did not recognize them-
selves as an instrument in GoD's hand. Read vs. 
5-15. 
And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourgelor him 
According to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb 
And as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the man-
ner of Egypt.—v. 26. 
A scourge is an instrument of punishment. By 
a substitution it is put for the analogous act of 
GOD'S providence which should result in the slaugh-
ter of the Assyrian. 
The infliction of this punishment, is illustra,ted 
by comparison to the slaughter of Midian, to the 
rod upon the sea, and to the manner of Egypt. At 
the slaughter of Midian, (Jud. 7:22,25) " The LORD 
set every man's sword against his fellow, even 
throughout all the host : and the host fled to Beth-. 
shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-me-
holah, unto Tabbath . . . . And they took two 
princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb ; and 
they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they 
slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued Mi-
dian, and brought the heads of Orel) and Zeeb to 
Gideon on the other side Jordan." In the lifting 
the rod over the sea, (Ex. 14 : 26-28) the LORD 
said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the 
sea, that the waters may come again upon the 
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their 
horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand 
over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength 
when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians 
fled against it ; and the LORD overthrew the Egyp-
tians in the midst of the sea. And the waters re-
turned, and covered the chariots, and the horse-
men, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into 
the sea after them : there remained not so much as 
one of them." After the manner of Egypt, was 
when (Ex. 12 : 29, 30,) " it came to pass, that at 
midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the 
land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that 
sat on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive 
that was in the dungeon ; and all the first-born of 
cattle. And Pharaoh rose up early in the night, 
he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; 
and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was 
not a house where was not one dead." 
In all these examples, the destruction of their 
enemies was caused by special acts of GOD'S provi-
dences. In a like manner was the Assyrian to 
be destroyed. 2 Kings 19 : 35—" And it came to 
pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went 
out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an 
hundred and four score and five thousand: and 
when they arose early in the morning, behold, they 
were all dead corpses." 
THE 2300 DAYS. 
frertfmr, • 
IN another coluinn will be found an article from 
the N. Y. independent, advocating the Septuagint 
reading of 2400. We are aware that some men 
prefer that reading of I)an. 8 : 14. It never im-
pressed us particularly, because we saw it stated 
in the first vol. of the London Investigator, (1832,) 
p. 441, that " there is not a single manuscript 
known to be extant, whether Hebrew or Greek, 
that sanctions the reading of 2400 days ;" and that 
" it rests entirely upon a manifest typographical er-
ror of the Vatican edition, taken from the Vatican 
manuscript, which the Chisian edition of Daniel 
notices, and says that the Vatican manuscript reads 
2300." If that was so, there would be no authority 
whatever for the reading of 2400. 
It is however but fair leo state, that that state-
ment was questioned by Joseph Wolff, who writes 
J. H. Frere, Esq., May 14th, 1835, as published 
in the Investigator of vol. 4, p. 315 : 
" DEAR FRIEND :—I think it worth while that I 
should state to you in writing, that the Jews of 
Ispahan are in possession of a vast number of He-
brew manuscripts, partly containing the whole, 
partly portions of the Old Testament ; and among 
others I saw a manuscript containing the prophetic 
writings of Daniel in exact agreement with the 
copies we are in possession of, except in Daniel 8 : 
14, the number 2400 instead of 2300 is to be found. 
The manuscript is esteemed to be from the fifth 
century. 
" Secondly. The Jews of Bokhara are in pos-
session of the same manuscripts, and as they be-
lieve, of the third century after Christ ; for they 
received them from the Jews coming from Sabya-
war, soon after the invasion of Tshingis Khan : so 
that the manuscript is of high antiquity ; and it 
also contains the number 2400. 
" When I told the Jews of Bokhara that you 
had asserted by simple calculations that the Origi-
nal number is 2400, they replied, that the Gentiles 
in Europe must be very wise people. 
" I however took the number 2300 in my argu-
ments with the Mullahr at Lucknow ; for as the 
most number of the manuscripts contain 2300, I 
had not made up my mind about it : but it is very 
striking, that the more ancient manuscripts had 
2400, while the more modern had 2300. 
t' At Adrianople (when there in 1826,) an Ar-
menian manuscript of the Bible was shewn to me, 
written with Greek characters. It is supposed to 
be of the fifth century, and translated by Mesrnpl 
I asked one of the priests to read tame the eighth 
chapter of Daniel, and I observed that it also con- 
tains 2400. * " I am, &c. Jos. Wohnf." 
Mr, Wolff is the only witness in favor of 2400, 
whose testimony is of any value ; and it seems 
that he did not adopt it ! The writer in the Inde-
pendent had not even his testimony, and yet he 
takes it for granted that such is the true reading r 
We are not disposed to adopt it. Yet we do not 
see that it could delay the advent at all. Daniel's 
vision begins with the ram having no beast that 
could stand against him. There was no nation 
that could Stand against Media and Persia after the 
conquest of Babylon B. c. 538. Reckoning 2400 
years from that point, and their termination is 
near. 
As the writer in the Independent suggests, should 
time continue till 1866, that point will be regarded 
with groat interest by a multitude of persons. We 
should not be surprised from the appearance of 
this article if it should elicit a good deal of dis- 
cussion. But we do not cave at present to.turn 
our eye to a day so remote.. Come Lord JESUS, is 
our prayer, and To-day, to-day, and today, is our 
time for his coming. That is a safe position. 
THE KINGDOM. 
Bri.o.. Rims :—Will you be so kind as to, recon-
cile the doctrine as now preached by the Second 
Advent brethren that when Christ shall appear in 
mid heaven, and the trumpet shall sound, the dead 
in Christ hall rise first, and we that are alive 
shall be caught up in the air, that then the confla-
gration of the earth shall take place and all the 
sinners shall be consumed, afterward the earth 
Shall be made anew, and we shall descend with 
Christ and he shall then set up and establish his 
everlasting kingdom on the new earth; with the fol-
lowing: 
" And in the. days of these kings shall the God 
of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be 
destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to 
other people, but it shall break in pieces and 
consume all these kingdoms, and it (the kingdom) 
shall stand forever.. Forasmuch as thou sawest 
ithat the stone was cut out of the mountain with-
out hands, and that it break in pieces the iron, 
the brass, the clay,. the silver, and. the gold ; the 
great God hath made known to the king what shall 
come to pass hereafter : and the dream is cer-
tain, and the interpretation thereof sure."—Dan. 
2:44, 45. • 
Now the way I understand this is the following, 
(which differs very materially from the principles 
as laid down by you, which I believe is the same 
as in 1843.); • 
The stone, then, is, the kingdom, not composed 
of but set up by the God of heaven, and that too 
in and not after the days of certain kings that are 
to be consumed by the stone. 
Again, it (the kingdom) becomes a great moun-
tain (or government) and fills the whole earths (v. 
35th,) and in the same verse, or rather v.. 34th, we 
are told that when the stone smote the image on 
the feet that the five parts which the image was 
composed of, became like the chaff of the summer 
threshing-floor, and the wind (not the fire burned 
them up,) carried them away. I. could enumer 
ate much more scripture •on the same point, but 
enough at this time.. Thy brother in the love of 
Jesus. . 
B. BUSSIER. 
Philadelphia, April 25th, 1853. 
REMARKS.—Scripture must harmonize with scrip-
ture. We do not teach that the kingdom will not 
he set up before the conflagration. The text quoted 
from Daniel teaches that it will be. We leave. 
each Advent preacher to reconcile his own preach-
ing with scripture. We will try to reconcile ours: 
The vision in the second of Daniel symbolizes 
four successive empires which were to possess the 
sovereignty of earth, corresponding to the geld., 
silver, brass, and iron of the image which Nebu- 
chadnezzar saw. The same were symbolized inthe 
seventh chapter by four beasts which came up out 
of the sea, one after another. Into the hands of 
the king of Babylon had all dominion been given ; 
and he Was the head of gold—corresponding to the 
" lion " of the 7th chapter. - 
Said Daniel, (v. 39th,) " After thee shall arise 
another kingdom inferior to thee." This, we learn 
by Dan. 5:30, 31, was the kingdom of Media and 
Persia : " In that night was Belshazzar the king of 
the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took 
the kingdom, being about threescore and two years 
old. Thus the kingdom of Media and Persia suc-
ceeded to that of Babylon. It was set up in the 
days of the kingdom of Babylon, it conquered that 
kingdom, and after that conquest possessed univer-
sal empire. This was " the breast and arms.of 
silver,"—corresponding to the " bear " of the 7th 
chapter; and to the " ram" of the 8th, which 
Daniel saw, (v. 4th.) "pushing westward, and 
northward, and southward, so that no beast might 
stand before him ;" and which the angel said, (v. 
20th,) " are the kings of Media and Persia." 
After this there was to arise, according to Dan-
iel, (2:390 " another third kingdom of brass., which 
shall bear rule over all the earth." This corres-
ponded with the " leopard " of the 7th chap., and 
the " he-goat " of the 8th, which, (8:7,) " smote 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
165 
the rain, and brake his two horns . . and stamped 
upon him," Said the angel, (8:121,) " The rough 
goat is the king of Grecia." The Macedonian em-
pire was set up in the days of the Persian ; but it 
was not till after its demolition, that Alexander 
possesEe 1 the dominion. 
In like manner the Roman empire,—the " fourth 
kingdom ,"u--symbolized by " the legs of iron," and 
by the " fourth beast dreadful and terrible," was 
set up in the days of the preceding kingdoms ; but 
its possession of the kingdom was not till after it 
had " broken in pieces and bruised them," and 
stamped the residue under its feet." Those par-
allel prophecies show that there would be a de-
cem-regal partition of this fourth kingdom—to be 
caused by ten kingdoms symbolized by tile " ten 
toes " and " ten horns," arising out of it,—which 
should " not cleave one to another," and should 
cause the kingdom to be " partly strong and partly 
broken." And among these was to come up " ano-
ther little horn :" Daniel beheld, (7:21, 22,) " and 
the same horn made war with the saints, and pre-
vailed against them ; until the Ancient of days 
came, and judgment was given to the saints of the 
Most High ; and the time came that the saints pos-
sessed the kingdom." 
It was to be in the days of these decem-regal 
kings, that the GOD of heaven would set up an 
eternal kingdom ; but as with the preceding king-
doms, though each, set up in the days of its prede-
cessor, did not succeed to the supremacy till that 
was broken ; so the kingdom of GOD is set up before 
these kings 'lose their dominion, but the kingdom 
is not possessed by the saints until " it shall break 
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms ;"—
which was symbolized by the stone's smiting the 
image on its feet, and reducing its constituent parts 
to a condition like that of chaff, for which no place 
would be found ; and also by the beast's being 
" slain, his body destroyed, and given to the burn-
ing flame." 
Since the time of Daniel, this kingdom has been 
the hope of the Church : Dan. 7:26, 27—" The 
judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his 
dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the 
end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the 
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, 
shall be given to the people of the saints of the 
Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting king-
dom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." 
When is this kingdom to be set upl and when es-
tablished i are the questions under consideration. 
Our SAviouit taught us to pray, " Thy kingdom 
come !" Subsequent to the coming of this king-
dom, such a prayer would as much be a rejection 
of it, as the offering of sacrifices typical of CHRIST'S 
first advent, would now be a denial that he has 
come. Those who pray for its coming, therefore, 
virtually admit, whether understandingly or not, 
that the kingdom of Goo is still future. , 
A kingdom is not set up in the absence of its king. 
The text last quoted from Daniel, shows that the 
judgment sits ; and that the dominion is taken away 
from the beast, as a consequence of that act. The 
judgment, is that of the kingdom of heaven,—ar-
raigning the kingdoms of the earth. Such an act 
could not pertain to that kingdom previous to its 
being set up. But that event is to transpire in the 
days of these kings, and at the coming of the One 
who is to administer the future kingdom : Proof, 
Matt. 25:31-34—" When the Son of man shall 
come in his glory, and all the holy angels with 
him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory 
and before him shall be gathered all nations : and 
he shall separate them one from another, as a shep-
herd divideth his sheep from the goats : and he 
shall set the sheep on the right hand, but the goats 
on tile left. Then shall the King say to them on 
his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, in-
herit tile kingdom prepared for you from the foun-
dation of the world." At this judgment scene, the 
kingdom will have been set up, and it will be in the 
days of these kings ; but the dominion will not be 
given to the saints, " till these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment." 
Tile kingdom has a preparatory dispensation pre-
vious to its establishment. Chosen messengers 
were to go into all the world and preach the gos-
pel to every creature—" having the everlasting 
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, 
and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and 
people, saying with a loud voice, Fear GOD, and 
give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment is 
come : and worship him that made heaven, and 
earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." 
This preaching, is " the word of the kingdom," 
which some will receive and others will reject.; but 
not till the enc7 of this proclamation is the kingdom 
to be set up. And thus Matt. 13:47-50—" The 
kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast 
into the sea, and gathered of every kind : which, 
when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, 
and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the 
bad away. So shall it be in the end of this world : 
the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked 
from among the just, and shall cast them into a 
furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth " 
Those who receive " the word of the kingdom," 
are called " the children of the kingdoms" who are 
likened by the SAVIOUR to good seed growing in the 
field with tares until the harvest, which he ex-
plained to be " the end of the world." Said the 
SAVIOUR, Matt. 13:40-43—" As therefore the tares 
are gathered and burned in the fire ; so shall it be 
in the end of this world. The Son of man shall 
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of 
his kingdom all things that offend, and them 
which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a fur-
nace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing 
of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as 
the sun in the kingdom of their Father." 
The kingdom, as before shown is not set up till 
the judgment, at the second coming of CHRIST, (2 
Tim. 4:1,) " who shall judge the quick and the dead 
at his appearing and kingdom." Thus set up, it 
cannot be inherited by men this side of the resur-
rection ; for (1 Cor. 15:50,) "flesh and blood can-
not inherit the kingdom of Gon ; neither doth cor-
ruption inherit incorruption." The way in which 
this inheritance is to be effected, Paul calls " a 
mystery," which he thus unfolds : lb. 15:51, 52—
" We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last 
tromp : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be 
changed." 
Thus it is at the last trump that the kingdom is 
to be set up, in connection with the resurrection 
and judgment : Rev. 11:15-18-7" And the seventh 
angel sounded : and there were great voices in 
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are be-
come the kingdom of our LORD, and of his CHRIST, 
and he shall reign forever and ever. And the four 
and twenty elders, which sat before GOD on their 
seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped GOD, 
saying, We give thee thanks, 0 LORD GOD Almighty, 
which art, and vast, and art to come ; because 
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast 
reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy 
wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they 
should be judged, and that thou shouldst give re-
ward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the 
saints, and them that fear thy name, small and 
great ; and shouldest destroy them which destroy 
the earth." 
From the foregoing, it is evident, while the king-
dom is set up in the days of these kings, that it 
succeeds to the dominion on their overthrow, when 
it will fill the whole earth. 
Your criticism respecting the agent of the de-
struction of earthly kingdoms,--that it is the wind, 
is in disregard of the laws of symbolization. If 
the wind must symbolize the wind, then the image 
must symbolize an image, and not governments, 
and the beasts, beasts, &c. Symbols represent 
analogous agents, and the same agent or event may 
be represented by various symbols. Thus while in 
Daniel 2d, the wind carrying away chaff, symbol-
izes the end of the kingdoms of earth, in the 7th 
the same result is symbolized by giving the body of 
the beast to the burning flame ; and in Rev. 19:20, 
21, by casting him into a lake of fire, and slaying 
the remnant with a sword. Aside from symbol 
and trope, the teaching of Scripture is, that, (2 
Thess. 1:7-100 " the Lord JESUS shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire 
taking vengeance on them that know not GOD, and 
obey not the gospel of our Lord JESUS CHRIST : who 
shall be punished with everlasting destruction from 
the presence of the LORD, and from the glory of his 
power ; when he shall come to be glorified in his 
saints, and to be admired in all them that believe 
(because our testimony among you was believed) 
in that day." 
B. 
THE CONFERENCE IN SALEM.—A goodly number of 
ministers and brethren assembled in the Sewell-
street chapel on Tuesday, May 17th, at 10 A. K. 
Elder H. PLUMMER was chosen President, Elder D. 
I. ROBINSON, Vice President, and Elders 0. R. FAS-
SETT and S. I. RONEY, Secretaries. There was a 
good prospect for a meeting of much interest and 
profit to the cause. Full report next week. 
THE Sabbath Herald puts to us several questions, 
because of our articles on the Sanctuary, a few 
weeks since. If that paper will publish those ar-
ticles, and will promise to copy our answers, it 
will give us great pleasure to answer its questions. 
CORRECTION.—In a paragraph in our last, it was 
stated that there were fifteen hundred Jewish con-
verts in the world—it should have been 15,000. 
To Correspondents. 
J. WAnnAcE—You will find the information you 
desire at the Smithsonian Institute. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Messrs. Hale, the' ostensible proprietors of the 
rocket factory' in London, were tried before the 
Bow-street Police Court for having on their prem-
ises more than fifty pounds of powder, and were 
fined about £6 and 'costs.' They were afterwards 
put on trial for illegally manufacturing war-rock-
ets, with a view of connecting Kossuth in the af-
fair. The evidence against Kossuth was very flim-
sy, being mainly supported by the evidence of 
Msener, an Hungarian, formerly in Maidstone jail 
for theft, and recently discharged from a factory. 
The case is to go before a jury. In the meantime 
Messrs,' Hale refuse to be bailed, and are confined 
in Horsemonger Lane jail. 
We notice that the Kreuzeitung states that the 
Prussian police recently sent to London full proof 
that Kossuth rented the house through Hale. That 
the ammunition was making to Kossuth's order, 
and three hundred grenades were made to order 
of K.'s agent at Rastock, which port was the em-
porium of the revolutionary material. 
The Jewish disabilities bill was thrown out on 
its second reading in the House of Lords. 
The infant son of the Queen is to be christened 
in June by the name of Leopold George Duncan 
Albert. 
Kossuth, under date of April 28th, has written 
a letter of inquiry to Capt. Mayne Reid, touching 
the legal position of political refugees in England. 
He complains of the uncertainties and dangers 
which surround himself, andexpresses fears of un-
reasonable searches and seizures of his private pa-
pers and correspondence, by means of which be-
loved compatriots will be betrayed to the Austrian 
hangman. Englishmen, he thinks, mean to be 
hospitable to political exiles ; but few of them 
know what sort of hospitality is afforded to the 
latter in England. They are dogged by spies, sur-
rounded by political espionage, and the names of 
all their visitors are kept in a book. Kossuth says : 
" Of course I correspond with my friends, many of 
whom are suffering under lawless oppression ; but 
such correspondence is no breach of your laws. 
Nevertheless, I live in daily terror, lest on awak-
ing some morning, I find that my writing-desk has 
been torn open, and my private memorandums ri-
fled by virtue of a search warrant, obtained by I 
know not what one-sided deposition, from a secret, 
irresponsible tribunal, like that of the Inquisition; 
obtained by anonymous accusation—the charge and 
the judge being unknown to me. I say I live in 
daily terror, lest, by such seizure of my private 
papers, innocent friends be betrayed to Austrian 
vengeance. Englishmen would not endure such a 
state of law as applicable to themselves, but it 
seems you have exceptional laws against foreign-
ers, which turn your hospitality to exiles (possi-
bly) into a cruel trap." 
FRANCE. — The Moniteur announces that the 
French Government is desirous to await the result 
of the present experiment in steam navigation, and 
considering the present heavy claim on the Exche-
quer, has postponed the establishment of a full 
trans-atlantic line, but will establish a semi-month-
ly line to Brazil. 
The Count de Chambord recently addressed a 
letter to the Pope, protesting against his officiating 
at the coronation of Louis Napoleon, and thus 
sanctifying a "• usurper ;" and as this protest is 
believed to have been put forth in accordance with 
the views of the Cabinet of Vienna, it has given 
much dissatisfaction to Louis Napoleon against 
Austria. 
An " infernal machine,"' completely mounted, 
hafebeen discovered on board a vessel just arrived 
at Havre from Rio Janeiro.. The information that 
led to the discovery proceeded from the French 
Minister at Rio, and a locksmith, who had been a 
resident at Rio some years, and who was on board 
the vessel, was arrested, with his wife, and lodged 
in prison. 
The Emperor has granted a large tract of land 
in Algeria for settlement by the Swiss Whaling 
Company formed at Havre. • 
On the Bourse confidence was increased by infor-
mation that the French fleet was recalled from the 
Bay of Salamis.. 
HOLLAND.—The Second Chamber of States Gen-
eral is dissolved by order of the king. Election 
fixed for May 17th. Chambers open June 18th. 
Ministers have published their programme. They 
will not introduce any changes in the present Con- 
stitution. Religious freedom is not to be curtailed, 
but will closely be watched. Various local amelio-
rations are to be made, and the executive powers 
are to be extended. Programme concludes with an 
appeal for the support of the nation. 
GERMANY.—The Federal Diet has admitted Aus-
tria's claim for one hundred and seven millions, 
for her quota of the Hungarian and Italian war, 
which Austria views as protecting German fron-
tiers. 
SWITZERLAND.—The steamer Hermann brought in-
telligence of an insurrection at. Freiburg, by three 
hundred peasants, under a colonel. The insur- 
gents began by occupying the college building and 
attempting to seize the guard-house, but in the lat- 
ter were repulsed. The Civic guards were called 
out to storm the college with artillery and rifle-
men ; they soon dislodged the peasants posted at 
the windows. The insurgents then fled to a church, 
when they were fired on with grape, and speedily 
surrendered. 
Perrier, one of the leaders of the insurrection, 
was tried by a court-martial. He was dressed in 
blouse, and wore spectacles. On a table, in front 
of the court, were placed a seven-barrelled revolver, 
the rifle, sword, and' cartridge-box he carried. He 
defended himself boldly. He had a slight wound 
in the head. Major Gerbex saved his life by ward-
ing off a thrust of a bayonet, which would have 
run him through the body. His brother-in-law, 
Captain Landerset, who commanded the artillery 
against the insurgents, pleaded his cause. The 
public prosecutor asked that he should be con-
demned to irons during thirty years. The Civic 
guards unanimously demanded his condemnation 
to death. The council adopted the conclusions of 
the public prosecutor. The decision produced a 
painful impression on the Civic guards, who ob-
served that, in six months, probably, after he had 
been pardoned, they would'again encounter him in 
the field. 
Perrier refused to name his accomplices. In his 
defence, he said that he did not wish to shed blood. 
Nevertheless it was he who distributed ammuni-
tion to his men, and he himself was armed to the 
teeth. 
 
The council was itillengaged on the 25th in un-
ravelling the intricacies of the plot, More arrests 
had been made. Several priests were taken when 
the insurgents surrendered. The Torny peasants 
bore a banner on winch was embroidered a white 
cross with the legend of Constantine, " In hoc 
signo vinces." One hundred and twenty-eight of 
the insurgents are still in custody. 
The insurrection is said to have been the act of 
a restless party which inherits the errors and mis-
fortunes of the defeated Sonderbund. Its ranks 
were filled almost exclusively from the peasantry, 
and its policy inspired by the Jesuits. Its imme-
diate object was to rid the canton of Freiburg of a 
radical executive, and a constitution founded on 
universal suffrage ; its remoter aim, to encourage 
similar demonstrations throughout Switzerland, 
and at the head of an important canton, to concur 
with Austria in restoring the ancient reign of ex-
clusiveness in the affaip of the Confederation. 
In its sittings on the 25th ult., the Swiss Federal 
Council received the answers of the governments 
of Ticino and the Grisons, respecting the conces-
sions to be made to Austria. Both cantons refused 
in the most positive terms to abandon the right of 
asylum, and insist that the Federative Government 
has no power to deprive them of that right. Ti-
cino further denies all participation in the recent 
insurrection at Milan. 
The Federal Council had received a telegraphic 
despatch, announcing that the Austrians had es-
tablished a military post near Sabbio, on a terri-
tory which is considered as belonging to Switzer-
land. The Council immediately assembled to in-
quire into the affair. 
RUSSIA.—Some difficulty has arisen between Ser-
via and Russia—the former refusing to dismiss Mr. 
Jack, an Austrian, from the directory of the Mili-
tary School of Kraghiebaty, on Russian dictation. 
The cholera has broken out in Moscow. 
TURKEY.—Lord Stratford, the British Minister 
at Constantinople, has assured the Porte of Brit-
ish protection, and in conjunction with the French 
Minister, is prepared to address a note to that ef-
feet to the Divan. 
The blockade of the Albanian coast is raised. 
All is reported tranquil at Constantinople. The 
question now occupying attention refers to the 
holy places, but nevertheless armaments continue 
on the part of Turkey as well as RusSia. 
A despatch from Jerusalem of March 27, men-
tions that the mission of the London Protestant 
Association bad fallen out with the Jewish au-
thorities. On Palm Sunday a fight occurred in the 
church of the Holy Sepulchre, between the Greeks 
and Armenians. Several were wounded. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
REPORT 
Of the Committee appointed by the Advent Church in 
Providence, to raise funds for the defence of Elder 
J. V. Rimes, in the late action of WILLIAMS V. 
IIIMES ; addressed to all sister churches and indi-
viduals who so kindly tendered their aid. 
Your Committee in presenting their report re-
joice that they are able to do so with a fair balance 
in hand, after all charges against the fund have 
been settled. 
There having been so long a delay in presenting 
this report it is due to ourselves, as well as to our 
numerous friends abroad, who are not fully aware 
of all the circumstances, to state, that the costs of 
court and expense of witnesses for the defence, 
which, in consequence of his defeat, were taxed 
upon the plaintiff,—but which had previously been 
Paid out of this fund, or charged to it,—had not 
been fully paid till recently ; consequently, we were 
not in a condition to render a report, at least, so 
long as we had any prospect of the balance being 
ultimately paid up : and since the said refunding 
of costs, &c., a short delay has been occasioned 
awaiting the convenience of our Auditing Commit-
tee to visit Boston, to make full examination of all 
the accounts in relation to the fund. 
The account, as confirmed by the Auditors—a 
full detail of receipts and disbursements having 
been rendered them for audit—is as follows : 
Dr. To whole amount of con- 
tributions . . . . $910,70 
" To amount recov'd from 
plaintiff . . . . . 562,36 1473,06 
Cr. By whole expense of suit 1344,26 
Showing a balance in hand of $128,80 
(Signed) ANTHONY PEARCE, 
M. A. MUNROE, Auditors. 
In regard to so large an amount of expenditure 
in a trial susceptible of such a triumphant defence, 
your committee remark : We apprehended before- 
hand that a large amount would be necessary ; for 
we were aware of the tactics of the assailing party ; 
that they would place the defendant under the ne-
cessity of undertaking a defence of the whole course 
of his life—even for years previous to his becoming 
an Adventist—in every relation ; of Pastor and 
Publisher ; in all his acts, in public and private ; 
under all the varied circumstances of excitement 
and depression, resulting from whatever adversity 
or prosperity—from the noble schemes of specula-
tive philanthrophic effort in his early years, entered 
into with all the enthusiasm of an ardent nature 
fired by the love of Christ—which lacked only the 
same essential material in others to give them suc-
cess=and so resulted in disappointment—down 
to the last unguarded word, spoken under peculiar 
excitements of a wounded spirit, in the malicious 
ears of those whose disappointed envy had filled 
every avenue to their minds with the simoom of 
jealousy ; destroying in its course not only all the 
precious vegetation of the seed of the kingdom, but 
also all the animal life of the graces of our com-
mon humanity ; who, as appears from the sequel, 
were watching with the vigilance of enmity, under 
cover of the associations of friendship, to catch 
those words, to set them 
— "In a note book 
Learn'd and conn'd by rote 
To cast into his teeth "- 
-the whole systematized with a practical view to 
his destruction, as regards his influence with, and 
in the appreciation of his friends ; and carried on 
with an inveterate-activity. We repeat, to make 
such a defence triumphant we were aware would 
involve a large expenditure. Such a defence was 
nobly made. The materials for it were abundantly 
at hand ; the collection and arrangement of which 
required a vast outlay of labor. Also, as you see 
by' this report, the pecuniary means to sustain it 
were also abundantly supplied. 
For the happy termination of this trial, we owe 
much to the assiduous industry of brother Blom-
The assistance he rendered in the preparation of 
the case for the defence was invaluable ; and will 
ever be appreciated by all of us who were intimate 
with its intricacies, and at the same time appropriat-
ing defendant's " burden," according to the " law of 
Christ." But, much and highly as we may appre-
ciate the help of man, in effecting this happy via- 
dication of our brother, we are infinitely much 
more impressed with our obligations to the favor 
of God in behalf of brother Himes, in that he had 
been so graciously sustained by him, through so 
long a period, and through a course of public and 
private associations so eventful ; that after a public 
judicial trial so protracted, and investigation so 
extensive, pursued with such inveterate malice and 
evident ignoble desire, to make falsehood appear 
truth, and truth falsehood—insomuch as to weary 
the court and make the friends of our common 
Christianity blush for, shame, for the prosecutors—
the sentiment that prevailed through the court and 
crowd of spectators should be, as it was, " WHY ! 
WIIAT IIATH HE DONE l"—" it would be difficult "— 
was the modest remark of a learned counsel, who 
had witnessed the whole case—" to find another 
man, Who could, as the defendant, pass through such 
an ordeal unscathed." Even so powerful it seemed 
was this sentiment and conviction, that ultimately, 
the learned and senior counsel for the prosecution, 
whose talents have placed him at the head of the 
bar, in this State, gave it up ; as has been said, as 
from him, for very shame, that he was found on so 
untenable a side of the case ; and advised a with-
drawal of the action, even before the argument for 
the defence had been presented ;—the prosecution 
thus in effect confessing judgment against them-
selves. We wish we had reasons for believing that 
this finale was from a frankness of sincere convic-
tion of their wickedness, rather than from a politic 
design to save themselves from the worst result of 
the case from its continuance. 
We would in conclusion, devoutly congratulate 
you on this result of the cause for which your 
money was contributed ; the more especially so, as 
its developments have shown to us that the con- 
fidence we were induced to repose in bro. Himes 
years ago, was not misplaced—that the high esti- 
mation in which we have held him, as in duty 
bound, "for his works' sake" (1 Thess. 5:13,) has 
not been abused—that the frank, open hearted be-
nevolence, with which he espoused the cause of 
truth, which our lamented brother Miller labored 
hard for years, in his isolation, to bring to the atten- 
tion of the Church and the world, when all others 
stood aloof and let the glad sound die away, was, as 
it seemed at the time to be, self-sacrificing ingenu-
ousness :—his own private concern as his own skill, 
or his own faith—principal in his own right and no 
agent—and seeing that it was that same benevo-
lent and courageous enterprise of our brother un-
der the internal force of the love of Christ which 
gave an effective spread, and life, and vigor, to the 
labors of brother Miller, and resulted in our par-
taking of the glorious light of the Advent doctrine, 
we could not so far forget our duty to our benefac-
tor, as to believe beforehand, and on the slightest 
grounds, that he was NOT what we had in the love 
of God taken him to be. We would here express 
our devout thanksgiving and praise to our God and 
Saviour, that he hath afforded us grace to keep us 
in the way of our duty in this relation, and that he 
hath not permitted us to fall to so low an estate, 
as to be controlled with so viper-like a disposition, 
as 'to sting the beneficent hand which was the 
means of rescuing us from the fire ;—which fatal 
disposition has, in our judgment, had an extensive 
development in our antagonistsin this lamentable 
case. 
We do, finally, beseech you, dear brethren and 
friends, to accept our thanks for your liberality, 
in sustaining our project for a " defence fund " so 
liberally ; and we presume you will all agree with 
us in the disposal made of the surplus balance, in 
the following resolve : 
Resolved, That the balance in hand ($128,80) be 
presented to brother J. V. Himes, as a thank offer-
ing to our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
for the result of the late action against him ; and 
at the same time expressing our regret that the sum 
is not much nearer an equivalent for his extraor-
dinary harassings and labor, consequent thereon. 
(By order of Com. Def. Fund.) 
CHESTER S: WooD, Chairman. 
ARNOLD W. BROWN, Treasurer. 
JAMES WOLSTENHOLME, Sec. pro tem. 
Providence (R. I.), May 4th, 1853. 
LONDON CITY MISSION. 
BY J. W. BONHAM. 
ARTICLE I. 
THE spiritual condition of the metropolis of the 
civilized world as more fully developed through 
the instrumentalities in operation under the au-
spices of the " London City Mission," may not 
prove uninteresting to those whose hearts can feel 
for other's sorrows, and bid God speed to every 
philanthropic enterprise designed to alleviate their 
condition. 
London, contemplated as a whole, notwithstand-
ing her far famed magnificence as the emporium of 
the world, the centre of commerce, and the. seat of 
the arts and sciences, is a city of extremes in many 
respects, and not less so in regard to her buildings, 
streets, inhabitants, and their intellectual and mor-
al condition. Although she may justly be proud 
of her National Gallery, Coliseum, Bank, Ex-, 
change, Post-office, Houses of Parliament ;—her 
Tower and Museum, with all their varied, multi-
tudinous and valuable antiquities ;— her Abbey 
and Cathedral, whose marble tablets and finely 
chiselled statues keep alive in the public mind 
the celebrity of her poets, orators, and her states-
men, and the achievements of her warriors ; her 
splendid palaces ; monuments erected to proclaim 
the wondrous deeds of departed great ones; her 
churches with their lofty towers, echoing domes, 
and pinnacle spires ;—her residences most costly, 
in architecture magnificent, and interior decora-
tions gorgeous ;—there are in the same proud city 
houses so dilapidated and inconvenient, wholly un-
fit for the habitations of human beings, and with-
out exaggeration, in many places the cattle have 
houses which are palaces compared with the wretch-
ed hovels which barely shelter thousands of the 
poor inhabitants of London ! While there may 
be seen streets well paved, and kept in the most 
perfect order, and squares, parks, and terraces laid 
out on a magnificent scale for those whose means 
enable them to live in ease and luxury,—there are 
also narrow streets, gloomy lanes, filthy courts, 
and crooked alleys, which disgrace the abodes of 
men, and into many of which the cheering rays of 
the sun never enter. Although thousands are the 
devotees of fashion, attire themselves in gay and 
costly raiment, display their equipage, and feast 
in splendor,—there are also many thousands poor 
and wretched, pale and haggard, clothed in rags, 
barely sheltered from the wind and storm, in rooms 
with unhinged doors, broken windows, putrid straw 
-beds, and empty cupboards, while many a degree 
lower are destitute of nearly every necessary of 
life, clothed in rags, houseless, friendless, while 
thousands die annually from actual starvation, or 
the contraction of disease through insufficient nu-
triment ! While so many in London have had all 
the advantages of an expensive education, and en-
joy all the privileges of her institutions of learn-
ing, tens of thousands are unable to read or write, 
and are, to a certain extent, ignorant of the God 
who made them, his righteous laws, and their ac-
countability. 
A stranger in London may visit all her public 
buildings, traverse many of her streets and splen-
did parks, attend different places of worship, be-
hold their well-clad congregations, hear sermons 
from lips eloquent and captivating, and yet leave 
without having formed a correct opinion of Lon-
don as a whole. Yea, even thousands of her in-
habitants and citizens are in ignorance as to the 
real moral condition and circumstances of an im-
mense number of their fellow-creatures who reside 
in the same city ; and although the extremes to 
which I have adverted are common to most large 
cities, they characterize London in an unusual 
degree. 
The number of the inhabitants of London have 
doubled during the past fifty years, or since the 
year 1801. Its annual accessions are about 30,000, 
or as many as the entire population of the ancient 
city of York. The eloquent Macauley observes : 
" Whoever examines the maps of London which 
were published towards the close of the reign of 
Charles II., will see that only the nucleus of the 
present capital then existed. The town did not, 
as now, fade by imperceptible degrees into the 
country. No long avenues of villas, embowered 
in lilacs, and laburnums, extended from the great 
centre of wealth and civilization, almost to the 
boundaries of Middlesex, and far into the heart of 
Kent and Surrey. In the east, no part of the im-
mense line of warehouses and artificial lakes which 
now spread from the Tower to Blackwall had ever 
been projected. On the west, scarcely one of those 
stately piles of buildings which are inhabited by 
the noble and the wealthy was in existence ; and 
Chelsea, which is now peopled by more than forty 
thousand human beings, was a quiet country village 
with about a thousand inhabitants. On the north, 
cattle fed ; and sportsmen wandered with dogs and 
guns over the site of the borough of Marylebone, 
and over far the greater part of the space now 
covered by the borough of Finsbury and of the 
Tower Hamlets. Islington was almost a solitude ; 
and poets loved to contrast its silence and repose 
with the din and turmoil of the monster London. 
On the south, the capital is now connected with its 
suburbs by several bridges, not inferior in magnifi-
cence and solidity to the noblest works of the Cm-
sars. . . At the present the bankers, the merchants, 
and the chief shopkeepers repair to the part called 
the city, on six mornings of every week for the 
transaction of business : but they reside in other 
quarters of the metropolis, or at suburban coun-
try seats, surrounded by shrubberies and flower 
gardens." 
Although London is annually extending the ra-
dius of her boundary, and has doubled her inhab-
itants within the period specified, spiritual instruct-
ors, public schools, and places of worship have 
not increased in equal proportion ; and in conse- 
CORRESPONDENTS arc alone responsible for the correctness of the 
views they present. Therefore articles not dissented from, will not 
necessarily be understood as endorsed by the publisher. In this de-
partment, articles are solicited on the general subject of the Advent, 
without regard to the particular view we take of any scripture, from 
the friends of the Herald. 
DEAR SIR :-1 purpose sto leave next week on my 
contemplated tour to the " far West." Since my re-
turn from Portland, I have spent the most of my 
time with. the churches in Addison, Bristol, and 
Low Hampton, especially with the two former. 
And, I am happy to say that from my first ac-
quaintance with these churches, I have seen no 
time when the condition of these congregations 
seemed better, or their prospect more encouraging 
than now. 
In Low Hampton, they are enjoying the faithful 
watch-care of Elder Bosworth, who is loved and es-
teemed. Brother H. Buckley, of this place, is yet 
afflicted with bronchitis, so that he is unable to 
preach but occasionally. The church here has 
been blessed during the past winter with a precious 
revival. 
Our brethren in Bristol awhile since betook 
themselves to fasting and prayer—the word took 
effect. The Congregational and Baptist meeting-
houses were tendered us, (first the Congregational, 
and then the Baptist.) Our meetings were largely 
attended, and during the thirty discourses that were 
preached, it was said that some thirty or more pro-
fessed to find peace in believing in the Lord Jesus 
Christ. The Lord be praised !. Would to God, that 
while the last awful storm is gathering the Church 
of Christ might feel for souls as those that must 
give an account ! 
I very much hope our preaching brethren will 
not neglect to call on these churches, and spend 
with them what time they can. The flock must be 
fed, the lambs must have the sincere milk (truth) 
of the word. I trust Elder Osier will not neglect the 
request of the friends, but come and spend a time 
with them. 
Since my last I have received communications 
from several friends in New York, Illinois, and 
Iowa, requesting a visit, whose requests I shall re-
gard as far as duty will permit. My wife and /it- 
LETTER FROM ADDISON, Vt. 
quence an immense number of those who occupy 
the wretched parts of London already adverted to, 
have been to a great extent neglected, and suffered 
to grow up in ignorance. That such is the case 
may be inferred from the following statistics: 
" In the year 1838, 71,802. persons were taken 
into custody, and charged with public offences ; 
while out of eight hundred and ninety-one culprits 
in a limited period, six hundred and twenty-six 
were from and under twenty years of age. 
" The prostitutes in London, according to a 
reasonable calculation made a few years since, 
amounted to 80,000 ; and the notorious houses oc-
cupied by this unfortunate class numbered 15,000. 
A complete system in all its snares and tempta-
tions for both sexes, in all its provision of fresh 
supplies, vileness, cruelty, and horrible miseries, 
is said to be as regularly at work as any govern-
ment institution. Trepanners of the innocent arc 
continually way-laying fresh victims to supply the 
place of the diseased and the dead. Eight thou-
sand men addicted to vice die off in their sins an-
nually ! Twelve thousand boys and girls, at least, 
are in constant training at low public houses and 
brothels for future depredations. Of four thou-
sand persons, nearly two thousand are thrown 
back on society, far worse than when apprehended. 
Twelve thousand servants are constantly out of 
places, exposed to become thieves or prostitutes."' 
Thirty thousand charges of drunkenness are en-
tered each year on the records of the metropolitan 
police. Probably an equal number may be de-
nominated drunkards whose names appear not on 
said records. In order to judge as to the proba-
ble number of patrons in the gin palaces in a cer-
tain district, individuals were duly appointed to 
watch, and record, the number that entered ; and 
in one week only, 269,438 entries of men, women, 
and children were made in fourteen of the many 
gin palaces then in existence. With patrons so 
numerous, it is not strange that the proprietors 
can occupy such lofty buildings, with costly plate 
glass windows, brilliantly illuminated internally 
and externally ! 
Avowed Infidels and Socialists form a considera-
ble number of the population of London ; and as a 
class are zealous in their endeavors to bring into 
discredit the Bible and religion, and on the Sab-
bath-day, in many parts of London, hold meetings 
in the open air, and by their subtile discussions 
endeavor 'to gain converts to their pernicious sen-
timents from those who usually congregate on such 
occasions. It is to be feared that many of this 
class will make greater sacrifices and are more 
zealous in their endeavors to spread error, than 
many professed Christians for, the spread of truth. 
At a meeting held in the town hall Birmingham a 
short time since, a travelling agent of the Reli-
gious Tract Society made the following statement, 
which he sustained by the presentation of facts : 
" 1. There is an organized system of Infidelity at 
work in this country (England.) 2. The object of 
this is to revolutionize the country in its political 
constitution. 3. This organization has continental 
connexions, and continental resources." 
hf 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
167 Ai 
tie one I expect will accompany me to visit some 
friends, while I am with the household of faith. 
I am often interrogated to know how long I will 
probably be gone should time last ? My reply is, 
so long as duty shall dictate. 
I should esteem it a privilege to be at the an-
nual Conference, as also at the semi-annual sec= 
tional, Conference of Vermont, which sits at this 
place the 3d of June, but cannot make it seem con
to do so, and go West this spring.. Breth, 
ren, pray for us.. And I am yours in the blessed 
hope of Israel. 
P. B. MoaeaN. 
May 6th, 1853.. 
THE PROMISE. 
IN the dark vault of uncreated night, 
A voice is heard and glory springs to light ; 
From Chaos' halls a strain of music flows, 
And Heaven's broad arch with brighter splendor 
glows, 
While morning stars their brightest songs employ, 
The sons of God together shout for joy, 
For lo ! around the brightly gleaming pole, 
Behold the new born earth in beauty roll. 
Proudly 'mid shining spheres she holds her way, 
While sunlit streams of glory round her play, 
And fadeless flowers her blooming brows entwine, 
Where Heaven's unsullied dews unsullied shine, 
And waving trees in verdant garments dressed, 
. Adorn the beauty of her spotless breast ; 
The myrtle and the flowery palm arise, 
Bearing sweet incense to the azure skies, 
With lofty cedars, pine and shapely box, 
While 'neath their shadows roam the gentle flocks, 
Graceful in form, in spirit mild and tame, 
Bounding in joy o'er spicy hill and plain ; 
And in the boughs the plumaged songsters sing 
In notes celestial, or with outspread wing 
Fly far aloft and cleave the balmy air, 
That floats around pure and untainted there, 
While peaceful streams of water softly glide 
Like sparkling gems, and bearing with their tide 
A gentle strain of music soft and low, 
But as the streamlets widen in their flow, 
The strains arise louder and louder still, 
Re-echoed by spreading grove and hill, 
And brighter yet the waving waters glance,— 
Till mingled with the ocean's broad expanse, 
Which through the day reflects the sun on high, 
And stars at eve upon its bosom lie. 
All nature smiled in fadeless verdure then, 
And spread her flowery robes o'er hill and glen ; 
But sweeter far she showed her lovely face, 
Adorned with ev'ry charm, and ev'ry grace 
In Eden's garden ; there in brightest hues 
She decked each lofty tree, and pearly dews 
Adorned the bosom of the blushing rose, 
And snow-white lilies in their. repose ; 
While beauty's self used all her skill and power, 
To decorate the sacred nuptial bower. 
And through the shady walks a being trod, 
Made in the image of his glorious God : 
Erect in form, graceful in every limb, 
For sickness ne'er cast its blight o'er him, 
His brow unruffled by a single care, 
For innocence and purity were there : 
His eye the index of a happy soul, 
Unto Lined by sin or sorrow's dark control, 
His heart the seat of holiness and love, 
Pure as the angels in their homes above— 
Where one dark bitter thought had never been, 
For he had never felt the curse of sin. 
And by his side stood one dearer than life, 
Beloved next to his God his smiling wife : 
Gentle and fair, in every motion grace, 
With heaven's holy light upon her face, 
Timid and loving and untaught by art, 
And heaven itself within her sinless heart. 
With arni in arm the guileless beings roved 
Along the river, through the spreading grove, 
Tended the luscious fruits and fragrant flowers, 
And decked with brighter charms the blooming 
bowers, 
Conversing in a low and tender strain, 
Or singing praises to their Maker's name, 
While angels often left their starry home, 
Awhile in Eden's paradise to roam, 
And God himself would from his throne descend, 
To hold'commune with man his sinless friend. 
0 happy beings ! blest where'er ye trod 
With the fond smile of an approving God, 
Blessed with the presence of an heavenly guest, 
Blest with a stainless heart, a quiet breast, 
Blest with a home which angels might adore, 
How could ye seek or even wish for more ? 
But lo ! the serpent speaks : the woman hears : 
His tempting words fall softly on her ears : 
And lured by these, unheeding God's command, 
She rashly stretches forth. her eager hand. 
Oh Eve forbear ! touch not that fatal tree, 
The penalty is death to thine and thee. 
Beware ! beware ! earth from its centre shrieks : 
A voice from unborn millions loudly speaks : 
Beware ! beware ! touch not that fatal tree, 
Their happiness or woe depends on thee. 
0 wretched Eve ! the awful deed is done ; 
A robe of sadness veils the shining sun : 
The animate creation loudly groans, 
And senseless things give back responsive moans. 
0 Eve ! thy destiny is sealed, and thou 
Art fallen from thy lofty station now, 
And Adam too obedient at thy calls, 
Tempted by thee eats of the fruit and falls : 
While nature trembles with convulsive sighs, 
And innocence from Eden's garden flies. 
0 guilty pair ! well may ye shudder now, 
Well may the reddening flush attaint your brow, 
Well may ye seek a refuge for your shame, 
For lo, the God of heaven calls on your name ; 
And how can ye unto that voice reply? 
How can ye stand beneath his searching eye? 
With drooping head the trembling pair advanced, 
And read their sentence at a single glance : 
Then bathed in tears, the first in Eden shed, 
With hearts bursting between suspense and dread, 
Hoping for nothing, fearing for the worst, 
They bowed their heads beneath the bitter curse, 
Pronounced on them, and on the blooming earth, 
And on a race as yet unsprung to birth. 
But with that curse a soothing promise came, 
Which gently calmed remorse undying flame, 
And bade sweet hope within their bosoms spring 
With beaming eye, and healing in its wing. 
" The serpent on the woman's seed shall tread, 
The woman's seed shall bruise the serpent's head." 
And as they left the gates of Paradise, 
With wildly throbbing hearts and tearful eyes, 
And bade a long, a long and last farewell 
To every balmy grove and leafy dell, 
And as they saw where'er they turned their eye 
A world in fading verdure round them lie, 
And felt the curse upon their foreheads burn, 
" For dust thou art and shalt to dust return," 
Their souls were sinking fast to dark despair, 
When lo ! the promise beamed in splendor there, 
Pure rays of light around their pathway shed, 
And bade them raise from earth the drooping head. 
And when they toiled from morning's earliest dawn, 
Till night with chilling dews came sadly on, 
With aching limbs, with hot and fervid brow, 
Where pain and sorrow dwelt together now, 
And then looked back with sad and mournful gaze, 
To scenes attendant on their sinless days, 
And saw those scenes like Eden's garden barred 
To them, by flaming sword and heavenly guard, 
They wept the tears which anguish gives alone, 
Yet, through those tears the promise radiant shone. 
And when the parents racked with parent's woe, 
Beheld their hopes, their fondest hopes laid low ; 
And saw the monster death in deadly hue, 
Unveil his face unto their frighted view, 
And saw him use his first relentless dart 
To pierce their son's their gentle Abel's heart, 
And as they gazed upon that son's cold brow, 
Those lips that gave no tender greeting now, 
And saw the streams of bloOd suffuse his form, 
Shed by a brother's hand and their first-born, 
And saw the brand, the everlasting stain, 
That rested on the brow of their own Cain, 
And knew that this, and Abel's life-blood spilt 
Were the rewards of their own sin and guilt, 
Remorse their bosoms filled, and dark despair 
Had almost made its habitation there, 
When lo ! the promise shone by God decreed, 
And pointed them unto the promised " seed," 
Whose mighty arm should bruise the serpent's 
head, 
And crush the monster death beneath his tread. 
And when at last they closed their dimming eyes, 
'Twas with a hope that bade their spirits rise 
Triumphant over every shade of gloom, 
Triumphant over death and o'er the tomb ; 
For lo ! the promise pointed to a day, 
When their own seed should break the serpent's 
sway, 
And whispered that that self-same seed should win 
Chains for that serpent's offspring, death and sin. 
And well they knew that when death's power was 
o'er, 
The grave could hold their slumb'ring clay no more, 
That then their bodies freed from earthly stain, 
Should roam the fields of Paradise again. 
H. M. J. 
Letter from Canada East. 
BRO. Hums :—We truly live in a day of won-
ders ; when the events of centuries are crowded to-
gether in close proximity, and chase each other 
as the waves of the sea. Although the world is 
amazed, yet they do not seem to understand the 
times,—yet there seems to be an undefined impres-
sion on the mind that some great calamity is at 
hand,—a calamity truly to the unprepared sinner, 
to' see 
" A God in grandeur, and a world on fire." 
When we turn to the pure word we learn by un-
mistakable lines what is coming. The last trum-
pet is about to be blown. The coining of the Son 
of man with his mighty angels. The resurrection 
of the righteous dead. The changing of the right-
eous living. The new heavens and new earth. All, 
all are ready to burst upon a thoughtless world and 
a sleeping Church. And what is done for the 
poor sinner, must be done quickly, for the point of 
time we occupy is measured by the word quickly. 
(Rev. 11:14.) The budding fig-tree never indicated 
summer plainer, than the signs of the times do the 
approach of our coming King. 0 Lord, help me 
to be ready. 
Since Bible order has been introduced by the 
brethren, the cause has been rising in this town. 
Quite a number of backsliders have been reclaimed, 
while others that were far off, have been brought 
near by the blood of Christ, to hope for life eter-
nal. Next Lord's day several are expected to con-
fess their faith in baptism. May the Lord bless 
them and keep them pure. Brn. Sornberger and 
Janes are with us occasionally. We have excellent 
meetings, and the brethren are firm. For the last 
few years I have preached Sabbaths, but feel it duty 
to take a wider range, if God permit. The way is 
prepared for doing good. Will brethren Thurber or 
Orrock visit us this spring, or any approved broth-
er that believes in gospel order. Yours as ever. 
Sutton, April 26th, 1853. P. V. WEST. 
SISTER E. S. BRYANT writes from Ithaca (N. Y.), 
May 9th, 1853 :—" I still feel a warm attachment 
to the distinctive truths advocated in the Herald, 
and a deep interest in its welfare. 
" I have never seen any reason to yield or turn 
aside front the first principles as I received them 
in '43, and as since set forth by the Albany Con-
ference.' I rejoiced when that Conference pub-
lished to the world the principles of our faith in a 
distinct form. If these principles had been ad-
hered to there would not have been such a turn-
ing aside to vain janglings as has been witnessed. 
But the Lord knoweth them that are his. 
" May you, my dear brother, be sustained in your 
arduous labors, and may all who in connection with 
you are laboring to disseminate the truth have 
that wisdom which cometh 'from above, and grace 
for every time of need, is the prayer of your sister 
in the faith." 
Conference in Buffalo. 
BRO. HIRES :—The church in'this city, by request 
of others in this vicinity, have determined to hold 
a conference, by GoD's blessing, in their house of 
worship on Delaware-street, to commence Wednes-
day.afternoon, June 1st, and continue over the fol-
lowing Lord's-day. 
The object desired to be accomplished is to con-
centrate effort for the maintenance of two or three 
evangelists in this region, taking East as far, at 
least, as Homer, West, to Cleveland, 0., North, to 
Canada West, including the intermediate places, 
large or small. The undersigned have been ap-
pointed a committee by the cherA in Buffalo, to 
correspond with brethren in the several places, and 
request their co-operation in this effort, and that 
they come determined, by GoD's blessing, to unite 
with us in putting forth another effort for this best 
of all causes. The committee are at a loss how to 
reach those interested with them in the success of 
this enterprise, not knowing any one in very many 
of the places to whom to address their notices ; 
they have, therefore, concluded to make this call 
through the Herald, in which they earnestly en-
treat the brethren within the points named, (or 
even to a wider extent, should they wish to co-ope-
rate with thm,) who desire, again to see order 
prevail, to assemble with us, and make one more 
effort for the faithful preaching of the Advent doc-
trine through this long-neglected field, by faithful 
and efficient ministers. Let them come in their in-
dividual capacity, or, if practicable, let churches 
or scattered districts send representatives, who 
shall be able to speak for the region whence they 
come. We hope such will be willing to lay aside 
for a few days their labor for this life, and labor 
for the one to come. We would be glad to have 
as many of our ministering brethren with us as 
are in a situation to come, and who sympathize 
with us in this effort, but we cannot hold out any 
promise of funds for expenses—their churches must 
see to that, as we have no doubt they will be will-
ing to do. We hope that there will be a full rep-
resentation, so that we may have a more extended 
view of the field of labor that we wish to embrace. 
We freely promise all who may thus conic the free-
dom of our homes, and a plenty will be provided 
for all. 
If your own duties, brother Himes, would ena-
ble you to be here, we should be glad also to see 
you present. 
In behalf of the Advent church in Buffalo, 
EDWIN BURNHAM, 
JOHN POWELL, Committee. 
H. TANNER, 
Buffalo, May 4th, 1853. 
Sectional Conference in New York. 
AT the general Conference held in Hartford last 
June, I was appointed a committee " to correspond 
with the churches and ministry, and call the first 
sectional conference " for the region of New York. 
I have neglected to call such a conference partly 
through inadvertency, and partly in the expecta-
tion that we should be more favorably situated in 
respect to a place of worship. We have a pros-
pect of the completion of our chapel in June, or 
July, and having consulted the Hester-st. church, 
and such ministers and churches as are contiguous 
to us, we would invite our brethren and sisters in 
this section of the field to meet with us in confer-
ence at our dedicatory service, to spend two or 
three days—" to take into consideration the wants 
and interests of the cause, to give mutual counsel, 
and to attend to devotional exercises." 
It is hoped that at this meeting some arrange-
ments may be made for the supply of places where 
there are a few brethren, or where there is an open 
door, with stated or occasional preaching. Our 
friends in such places are particularly requested 
to be present and represent their fields. We hope 
to see our friends who are interested in the spread 
of the gospel of the kingdom in all this region, not 
already associated in other sectional conferences, 
here in full force, that we may do something wor-
thy of the Lord and the truth which he has com- 
mitted to us. L. D. MANSFIELD, COM. 
New York, May 6th, '53. 
P.S. The precise time of our meeting will be 
given in another number. It is expected to be 
early iri July.—L. D. 
Our Buffalo Conference. 
DEAR brethren, scattered throughout Western 
New York, Western Canada, and.parts of Ohio, I 
feel deeply anxious for your prosperity and salva-
tion ; and the prosperity and salvation of the Ad-
vent cause in your regions ; and it does appear to 
me that the time has come when something of im-
portance may be done for your, help. 
Let me entreat you to attend the Buffalo Confer-
ence, as advertised in this paper, that we may 
make such arrangements as, by God's blessing, 
will result in the more extensive advance of truth 
in your various places. Come all of you who can, 
either on your own responsibility, or as delegates, 
and let us speak and act together, Come, come and 
let us work for God while the day lasts. Your 
brother in labor. 
EDWIN BURNHAM. 
Buffalo, May 8th, 1853. 
Notice. 
TFIE conference held in Bristol in January last, 
to take into consideration the wants of the Advent 
cause in Vt., adjourned to meet in Addison the 
first Friday in June, at 10 o'clock A. M. Let there 
be a general attendance of all interested. 
ff ft (IrETT riD. BOSWORTH, See'y. 
Obituary. 
I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth, and 
believeth in me, shall never die." JOHN 11: 25, 26. 
BRO. HIRES write to inform you of the death 
of our little daughter EVA, on the 5th inst., after 
a painful sickness of seven days. Just as the bud 
was beginning to blossom she was taken front us, 
aged thirteen months and twenty days. Our hearts 
are sad, but we are consoled with the thought that 
she is gone 
" To bloom afresh in angels' bowers, 
By them and Christ beloved." 
The funeral services were attended on the seventh, 
by brother H. Buckley, and a discourse preached 
from Jer. 31:16, 17. 
D. BOSWORTH. 
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while it may be needed as a chronicler of the signs of the times, and 
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The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
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Albany, N. Y., April 29, 1845, and which are, in brief, — 
The Regeneration of this Earth by Fire, and its Restoration to 
its Eden beauty. 
The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
Millennium. 
His Judgment of the Quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
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His Reign on the Earth over the Nations of the Redeemed. 
The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
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The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
We are living in the space of time between the sixth and 
seventh trumpets, denominated by the angel "QUICKLY ;" —" The 
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pecially, who had so generously assumed the man-
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In conclusion I will say : I do not anticipate, 
while occupying my present position, that I shall 
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than I have been in the past ; but whatever I may 
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Boston, May 12th, 1853. 
CONFERENCE AT THE OUTLET,i C. E.—We would 
call attention to the notice of this important meet-
ing, which will be found in another column. The 
interests of the cause in Canada East and North-
ern Vermont demand the attention and co-opera-
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ters and brethren rally to this conference, and 
unite their strength to promote the good of the 
cause. I intend, if it please GOD, to be present, 
and share in the blessings of this gathering of the 
faithful. 
NOTICE.—I shall preach in Chardon-street chapel 
on Sunday, May 22d. On my way to Buffalo, I 
will preach in Albany on Tuesday evening, May 
24th ; Auburn, 25th, evening ; Seneca Falls, 26th, 
evening ; Rochester, Sunday, 29th ; Batavia, 30th, 
if brother Smith thinks best ; Buffalo, June 1st. 
June 9th I shall attend the conference at the Out-
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17th to 30th. 
J. V. HIMES. 
 
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and the defeat of Sne-Kwyng-Tsin, it is stated that 
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suit—WILLIAMS vs. MMES. —have made their report. 
In view of the termination of that unpleasant 
affair, and of all that has occurred in connection 
with it, I cannot refrain from briefly expressing 
some of my feelings at this time, in justice both 
to myself, and to those who have stood by me in 
the most trying period of my life. 
I havelxie need to assure.my brethren, that my 
heart has he-en much grieved that they should have 
been subjected to so much trouble and perplexity. 
Had I ever given just occasion for the assaults that 
have been made upon me, my enemies might have 
claimed for themselves one ground of justification 
for their course—on the unchristian principle of 
retaliation: But no such occasion has been given—
certainly none has been shown. All that can be 
laid to my charge is, that I have, in consequence. of 
my devotion to the cause, received the confidence 
of the Advent body, and become possessed of a de-
gree of influence naturally arising therefrom. This 
i3fluence, thus acquired, has been the principal, if 
not the only cause, for the attacks made upon me 
for the last few years: That such has been the case, 
is apparent to those who have watched the events 
of the paat. Thit I have no desire to speak fur-
ther on. this .subject. I leave those who have done 
me wrong in the hands of Gon, feeling assured 
that He will do justice both to them and myself. 
My brethren and friends who have stood by me 
in the time of my trials, and extended to me their 
warm and generous sympathy and substantial aid, 
will accept the gratitude. of an overflowing heart 
—the only return I am able to make To the 
church in Providence, and to their committee, es- 
ever, by the defeat of Sue. The militia were to 
be organized, each village or township forming its 
own band, the expense being defrayed by the gen-
try and head men, who were to have the manage-
ment of the force, which was not to be employed 
in offensive operations, but simply. for self-defence. 
The provinces already overrun by the rebels are 
stated to have been completely ravaged, and to be 
at present in a state of anarchy, and any further 
successes of the rebels would, it is thought, seri-
ously affect the commercial interests of all the pow-
ers trading with China. Under such circumstances, 
it is urged that it would be for the interest of these 
powers to exert themselves in maintaining the pres-
ent Emperor on the throne. 
Two land slides occurred in Troy, N. Y., in 
1836 and 1837, which appear to have resulted from 
the action of springs of water in fissures of clay 
beds. The beds of clay and gravel were 227 feet 
high. A spring of water was obstructed, and filled 
up a fissure, and, by its pressure, forced off a large 
mass of clay and earth, the weight of which was 
estimated to be 200,000 tons, which slid down the 
declivity, carrying everything before it, to the sec-
ond street of the city, a distance of 200 yards. 
The slide was accompanied by torrents of mud and 
water. Several buildings were buried in the ruins, 
and some persons lost their lives. 
A few years since, .a tract of land at Champlain, 
Lower Canada, consisting of 207 acres, resting on 
a steep slope, suddenly slid down 360 yards into 
the Champlain river, and dammed it up for three-
fourths of a mile. The slide produced a loud, 
rumbling noise, and filled the air with a dense, suf-
focating vapor. One individual was buried to his 
neck in the moving mass, but finally escaped with-
out injury. , 
THE following.speeimen of " soft soap for clergy-
men/' is in advance of anything which has met 
our eye in that line. It is from the Poughkeepsie 
American :---" Rev. Mr. King, of New York, has 
been attracted to our beautiful village, and may 
hereafter every Sabbath be seen and heard by our 
citizens at the Universalist church. His sermous 
are buoyant, animated, living : treating of love and 
hope, purity and peace—wafting breezes of ecstatic 
bliss to willing recipients." 
The Poughkeepsie editor should be encouraged 
to settle in New York at once, where his talent will 
be appreciated. 
SUMMARY 
A LITTLE girl ftY0 years old, died in New-
ark, on the 5th inst., from the effects of intoxica-
tion by brandy. 
A man (name not given) was instantly 
killed by being caught in a belt and wound round 
a drum at the machine shop of Messrs. Davis & 
Fuller, in North Andover, Tuesday Morning. 
— A heavy north-east storm prevailed on Lake 
Ontario on the 5th inst., attended with serious dis-
asters to the shipping. The schooner Vincennes, 
of Sandusky, loaded with 1050 barrels of flour and 
3000 bushels of wheat, was wrecked off the harbor 
of Rochester. The crew were saved.. 
A wild man has been found near Mem-
phis, Tenn. His name is Hugh Denwiddie, and he 
is from Bourhon county, Ky where he has a wife 
and children living.. He has been running wild in 
the woods'aince last fall, and when found was very 
sad and dejected, though from what cause could 
not be dispovered. 
--- A frightful earthquake occurred at New-
castle, Lawrence county, Pa., on Thursday, the 
5th inst., but no damage appears to have been 
done. In the Gazette office of that place, everything 
was so tossed about that all work was suspended.- 
The shock lasted half a minute, and was felt 
throughout the town and the surrounding country. 
It is probably the same earthquake that was fJlt 
at Wheeling. 
— In Buffalo on the 13th, the roof of a build-
ing on Main-street, occupied as a banking-house by 
Robinson & Co. and Robert Codd, while .undergo-
ing repairs, suddenly fell in, carrying every story 
through to the ground. Five men have been res-
cued from the ruins alive, one with his leg badly 
crushed, and others.seriously injured. Three dead 
bodies were„also taken out. John 'Mord, mas-
ter carpenter, had his head crushed. While dig-
ging in the rear, a man felt his hand clasped by 
one beneath the ruins, and, after clearing away, a 
boy was discoverede jammed in between two tim-
bers. After more than an hour's work, lie was 
released, much crushed and exhausted. He was 
much injured internally, but it is hoped he will 
recover. It is supposed that there were fifteen bu-
ried, beneath the. ruins, all of wham it is feared are 
dead. 
The statement that Mrs. Hunt, of North-
ampton, had recovered from her insanity caused 
by spiritual rapping-s, is pronounced by the Wor-
cester Spy to be incorrect. That paper says : " Mrs. 
Hunt's relatives removed her from the hospital, 
with the hope that private treatment might be 
more conducive to her recovery than if she remained 
in the hospital. Mrs. Hunt is at present under the 
care of Dr. Hoyt, in Dr. Roger's Hydropathic In-
stitution in this city, and it is feared she is a con-
firmed'inonomaniac. She labors under the delu-
sion that she holds immediate communication with 
God ; and she refuses to take food; alleging as her 
reason for Buell refusal, that God feeds her with 
spiritual food, and knows best what is needful for 
her. She is perfectly gentle, and rational on all 
subjects but those of theology and spiritualism. 
She hag eaten scarcely any food since she has been 
under Dr. Hoyt's management, and is consequently 
losing strength. Her case is a melancholy instance 
of " spiritual delusion." 
Appointments, &c. 
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Contents of this No. 
The Saint's Death Hour • 161 The Kingdom 
Union of the Right Kind " 
Popery in the 'United States " 
Gog and Magog 
Conventicles in Sweden 
The Excitement in Cincinnati " 
The Crucible tl 
The Pope and his Polley... • " 
The Oriental Problem 
The 2300 and 1260 Days 162 
Great Britain and the Slave 
Trade 
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Foreign News 165 
Report of the Committee on 
the Defence Fund 166 
London City Mission 
Letter from Addison, Vt " 
The Promise (poetry) 167 
Letter from Canada East " 
" " E. S. Bryant (ext) " 
Conference at Buffalo 
Sectional Conference in New 
York 
 it 
Dar Buffalo Conference 
Aituary of Eva Bosworth " 
A Card 
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American Board of Foreign 
N. Bitittsas will preach at Rye Beach, N. II., Sabbath, May 22d--
will seine brother call for me at the Greenland depot, on the arri-
val of the first train of cars front Boston on Friday, the 20th e 
- New Durham Ridge, N. IL, evenings of 24th and 25th ; Lake Vil-
lage, 27th, and remain over the Sabbath ; Meredith Centre, 31st ; 
Meredith Neck, June 1st ; at the Page school-house in Holderness, 
21 ; at the Tabernacle, ilolderness, 5th. Evening meetings at 5 
o'clock. 
J. M. ORRoex will preach at Waterloo, C. E.„.Sunday, 
spend part of the day in West Shellbrd, as brother Harvey may 
appoint .; Lawrenceville, 24th ; Brompton, (where brother Chan-
dler may appoint,) June 2d—will some brother in Melbourne or 
Windsor inform brother Chandler of this appointment, that it may 
he circulated in season ? Haley (West village), 3d ; Barnston, 
4th ; Derby Line, Sunday, 5th. Evening Meetings at 5 o'clock.: 
L. D. THOMPSON will preach in Whitefield, N. H., May 24th, 5 P. M. ; 
Sugar Hill, 25th ; Landaff, 26th ; North Haverhill, 27th ; Loudon 
Ridge, Sabbath, 29th ; Abington, Mass., Sunday, June 5th. 
T. TAYLOR will preach in. Waterbury, Vt., Sundays, May 225 and 
and 29th ; Champlain, N. V., Sunday, June 5th—a day. A gen 
eral attendance-is expected. 
CROWELL will preach in Albany, N. V., Sabbath, May 29th. Fur-
ther notice of his tour next week. 
P. B. MORGAN will preach in Buffalo, N. V., May 23d, evening. 
THE ANNUAL SECOND ADVENT CONFERENCE for Canhda 
East and Northern Vermont, will be held at the Outlet, Magog, C. 
E., and commence on Thursday, June 9th, at 10k A. M., to continue 
over the Sabbath. The object of the Conference is to take into con-
sideration the wants of the cause, and the best means of supplying 
them. It is desirable that each church within the limits of this Con-
ference send one delegate, or more, that the cause may have a gen-
eral representation., The ministering brethren, so far as may, be 
practicable, will attend. As the business of the Conference 
taken into consideration at an -early stage of the Meeting„ it is hoped 
that our brethren will endeavor to be present at the commencemaint. 
The brethren at the Outlet will do what they can to accommodate 
those who come from a distance. There is also a Temperance Hotel 
in the neighborhood; where those wishing to provide for ti*mselves 
can find entertainment. During the Conferenee, discourses on im-
portant questions connected with our faith arid-duties may be ex-
pected. 'Let there he a general gathering, and, with the blessing of 
God, we shall prosper. - J. M. ORROCE, See'y C. E. Con. 
ADVENT MEETINGS. 
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