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Prayer. 
Near, or afar, 
We're not on earth as others ; 
No rank divides us sisters, nor us brcthers 
In Christ, the " bright and morning star." 
He is the way that leads us to the Father— 
He !lath prepared our living there together. 
sear, or nfar. 
Meet where His foot-prints are ! 
South, or the north, 
If hearts are heavenward turning, 
And brightly there faith's.lainp is ever burning 
With love's clear fire still glowing forth, 
Though frigid cones clasp round earth's lukewarm bosom, 
Down in the valleys roses sweetly blossom 
South, or the north, 
Bright Sharon's flower blooms forth. 
Chronology. 
FROM THE PITTSBURGH "CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE." 
(Continued from our last.) 
THE GENERATIONS GIVEN IN THE FIFTH AND ELEVENTH CHAP-
TERS OF GENESIS ARE CONSECUTIVE. 
IF it could be shown that the generations re-
corded in the fifth and eleventh chapters of 
Genesis are not consecutive, then there would 
be n'o certainty in the early Biblical chronology. 
The writer is not aware that any such attempt 
has been made, except that Dr. Robinson, in 
his notes appended to a " Harmony of the Four 
Gospels in Greek," expresses the opinion that 
there is an omission implied in the genealogy 
of David, as given in Ruth 4:20-22 ; 1 Chron. 
2:10-12 ; Matt. 1:5, 6. Salmon married Ra-
hab after the capture of Jericho. But from 
that time until David there intervened only four 
generations. Dr. Robinson, following Acts 13: 
20, thinks that these generations are too few to 
fill up the space of four hundred and fifty years. 
This point has been discussed in a preceding 
chapter; it is, therefore, unnecessary to revert 
to it farther than merely to refer to what has 
been said. We will now proceed to prove the 
affirmative of our proposition, viz.: that the 
generations given in the fifth and eleventh 
chapters of Genesis are consecutive. 
Our first argument is derived from the 
phraseology employed. Adam begat Seth, and 
Seth begat Enos. The Hebrew word 'Yr yalad, 
rendered by our English word begat, implies 
immediate procreation, and cannot be predi-
cated of a grandfather, or remote progenitor, 
with reference to. a grandson, or remote de-
scendant. At least, such is the impression of 
the writer; but having no Hebrew Concordance 
at hand, to examine all the passages in which 
the word occurs, he would not express himself 
with absolute certainty. 
Such, too, is generally the meaning of the 
Greek word gennas, by which yalad is rendered 
in the Septuagint. We say generally, for to 
this meaning of gennas there are some excep-
tions, as may be seen by comparing the first 
chapter of Matthew with 2 Kings 8:25, and 2 
Chron. 22:1; 2 Kings 11:21, 22, and 2 Chron. 
22:11 ; '2 Kings 11:21; 14:1 ; and 2 Chron. 
24:27. 
To the mere English reader, on comparing 1 
Chron. 6:1-15 with Ezra 7:1-5, there may 
seem to be a like exception to the Hebrew 
word yalad. 
But the Hebrew term, rendered 
in those passages by the English word begat, 
is not yalad, but ben., a son, which sometimes 
signifies any descendant, near, or remote. 
There can be no exception to the mean-
ing of yalad, given above, at least, in the fifth 
and eleventh chapters of Genesis. Though 
the word might sometimes be employed to de-
note mere descent, yet it is necessarily limited 
in those chapters to father and son, for the 
time betiTeen the birth of each is expressly 
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secutive also. With the number of antedilu- it does infallibly ; but, as a knowledge of other 
vian generations given by Moses, agree San- subjects is not essential to our happiness, they 
choniatho, the Hindoo Puranas, and the Chal- imagine that on these the sacred writers had 
dean Chronicles of Berosus. It is-remarkable no intention of giving other than the vulgar 
that these should coincide with the Scripture opinions of their times. It is true that salve-
account; and the fact can be accounted for only tion is the great theme of the inspired volume ; 
upon the supposition that they all- derived their yet the plan of salvation has had a historical great deep broken up, and the windows of heav-
information from the same source—either from development in our world, and everything es- err were opened." Exod. 12:40, 41 : " Now 
an uncorrupted tradition, or some ancient rec- sentially connected with that development the the sojourning of the children of Israel, who 
ords. It is not necessary to make this suppo- Bible teaches. The creation, the flood, the rise dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty 
sition with reference to the writings of Moses. and fall of empires, are all so many links in years, even the self-same day it came to pass, 
While it is not impossible that he may have that chaih which connects the counsels of eter- that all the hosts of the Lord went out of the 
received many of his facts from some ancient nity with their final accomplishment. So far land of Egypt." 1 Kings 6:4: "And it came 
record, yet he was not dependent upon any as history and chronology are connected with to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year 
such source, for he was under the guidance of these events, they are taught accurately. The after the children of Israel came out of the 
the Spirit of inspiration. �
blessed Inspirer designed so to teach them, that land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's 
Before concluding this chapter, we will no- his people might know and understand his reign, in the month of Zif, which is the second 
Lice briefly the genealogy of David, given in providential dealings to his church. Of one month, that he began to build-the house of the 
Ruth 4:18-23. Dr. Robinson thinks that there nation, in particular, the history is given with Lord." 
is an omission here of some generations, as it great minuteness of detail. The history con- �
These passages show that. the Jews were 
is not possible for four generations, with the sists of the records of past events and of pre- very exact in the computation of time, and ful-
average length of human life at that time, to dictions. Of its infallibility we have the fullest ly refute the charges that have been brought 
till up the space of four hundred and fifty proof, from the fulfilment of these predictions. against them, of having no eras, and no relia-
years. The time, however, between the ta- The Jews are a living commentary upon the ble chronological data. 
king of Jericho and the birth of David can be truth of the Bible history. �
(4.) There is a consideration which renders 
reduced to about three hundred and fifty years. �
Along with this history, a chronology is giv- it highly probable that the utmost accuracy was 
Within this time, then, we must place four en. That the sacred writers designed to give observed in collecting and preserving chrono- 
generations. �
us a chronology, is the proposition at present logical data by the members of that line, at 
In Gen. 15:13-16 God said to Abraham : to be proved. �
least. from which the Messiah descended. 
MOSES AND THE OTHER WRITERS OF INSPIRED HISTORY INTEND- 
ED TO GIVE US A CHRONOLOGY. �
family before the deluge, nor in those of Hani 
and Japhet after. It would be difficult to 
The teachings of the Bible, if not altogether 
ac-
Matthew, moreover, had a design in view, rejected by the infidel as of no authority, are count for this distinction, unless we adopt the 
which could only be accomplished by omitting at leasereduced by him to a very small compass. hypothesis, that along with the Messianic line, 
some individuals mentioned in Kings and It may, in his opinion, contain excellent moral Moses designed to give us ha chronology. 
Chronicles. In chap. 1:17 he says : " So all precepts and sublime poetry; but on the sub- �
From the birth of Abraham until the exode, 
the generations from Abraham to David, are jeeps of laistory, chronology, and general sci- the elements of aomputation are also furnished 
fourteen generations; and from David until epee, its ideas are antiquated—the crude con- to us. Abraham was a hundred years old at 
the carrying away into Babylon, are fourteen ceptions of an uncultivated age. Its writers the birth of Isaac; Isaac sixty at the birth of 
generations; and from the carrying away into did not live in times of scientific research and Jacob, and Jacob one hundred and thirty when 
Babylon unto Christ, are fourteen generations." intellectual progress, and how could they have Ile stood before Pharaoh. In Exod. 12:40 the 
It is evident from this passage that he intended correct information on such subjects. Manetho sacred historian says, that "the sojourning of 
to place an equal number of generations be- was a great historian and an accurate chronolo- the children of Israel, who dwelt in the hind 
tween each of the epochs mentioned. In doing ger, for he was a learned Egyptian : but Mo- of Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years." 
this, he does not contradict the history and ses, ignorant man, allows us no time to build That this is to be reckoned from the time that 
chronology of Kings and Chronicles, for he pyramids, and construct a world according to Abraham entered the land of Canaan, we 
does not say fourteen genneseis (begettings, or chemical and geological principles. His books learn from Josephus, and from Paul in Gal. 
consecutive births), but geneai (generations), are very Food in some respects, notwithstand- 3 : 17. 
which oftentimes corresponds to our word gene- ing their '.) bsolete views of things ; but then, �
We might proceed to show that all the ele- 
ration, when employed to denote the average Confucius has taught us pure morality as he. merits of a chronology, from the creation of the-
term of human life, which is generally reek- These, though they may not be expressed, are world until the birth of Christ, are given in the 
oned about thirty-three years. �
the senti:nents of the infidel. Would that no Bible, provided we include the prophecy con- 
Another argument may be drawn from the professine-Christians were found encouraging, twined in Dan. 9:24-26. But it is unnecessa-
testimony of Jude, who, in the fourteenth verse him, by adopting in part his views respecting ry, as every one familiar with the Bible will 
of his epistle, calls Enoch the " seventh from that holy book, which they look upon as their recollect them. 
Adam." We have, then, inspired authority in solace in affliction, and the charter of their �
(3.) Our next argument is derived from the 
support of our proposition in regard to the first hopes. Many think that the Bible is purely a particularity with which dates are mentioned 
seven generations, which affords a strong pre- devotional book, or that it is designed to teach in many passages of Scripture, especially 
sumption that the subsequent ones are con- us the way of salvation only. This they admit when they mark the commencement of some 
remarkable occurrence. The citation of a few 
passages will be sufficient to illustrate our 
point. The first is contained in Gen. 7:11 : 
" In the sixth hundred year of Noah's life, in 
the second month, the seventeenth day of the 
month, the same day were the fountains of the 
mentioned. " Adam lived a hundred and thir-
ty years, and begat Seth. Arphaxad lived ice 
and thirty years, and begat Salah." This pre-
cludes the possibility of omission. 
The genealogies of these two chapters 
agree in every particular with those of the first 
chapter of 1st Chronicles, and of the first of 
Matthew. They disagree with Luke only in 
the case of Cainan, which is probably an error 
of transcribers. 
Some may think this agreement a trifling 
matter, as it is probable that the writers of 
Chronicles and Matthew copied from the genea-
logical tables of Genesis. But the fact that 
there is so exact an agreement in those in-
stances, combined with the fact that Matthew 
differs from the genealogies of Kings and 
Chronicles, is a strong presumption in favor of 
our proposition. For it is evident that Mat-
thew did not think it necessary to give each in-
dividual in the genealogy, as the omission 
could be easily supplied from other sources. 
But this could not be done in case of an omis-
sion in the genealogical tables of Genesis.—
Such a supposition, therefore, would not only 
argue an imperfect chronology, but a false his-
torical statement. 
" Know of a surety that thy seed shall he a! (1.) We argue this from the necessity of the 
stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall case. • All actions and events are subordinated 
serve them : and they shall afflict them four to two conditions—place and time. The first 
hundred years. And also that nation, whom condition makes a knowledge of geography im-
they shall serve, I will judge ; and afterward portant to the proper understanding of history : 
shall they come out with great substance. And the second, a knowledge of chronology. With-
thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; thou out a constant reference to these conditions, it 
shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the is impossible to write history. Even fiction it-
fourth generation they shall come hither again : self cannot escape from their restraints. In 
for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet committing actions to memory, and in record-
full." " The fourth generation " is probably ing events, the historian, if he wishes to be in-
to be reckoned from Abraham ; if so, from the telligihle, must observe their order of succes-
birth of Isaac to the birth of Moses—a period sion, note the times of their occurrence, and 
of three hundred and thirty years—we have :race their causes and relations. To do this, 
four generations. �
These generations were chronology is necessary. 
Isaac, Jacob, Levi, and Jochebed, the daughter �
(2.) Our second argument is drawn from the 
of Levi and mother of Moses. It is only ne- fact that a chronology has been given. 
cessary to remark farther, that Jacob's sons �
From the creation to the flood, and from the 
were very young when they married, as we flood to the birth of Abraham, we have a con-
may easily learn by comparing their father's nected series of genealogical tables. But it is 
age when he went to Padanaram with his age evident from the inspection of these tables that 
when he went to Egypt. But Boaz was well they are not designed to be genealogical mere-
advanced in years when he married Ruth, and ly, for the time between the birth of the father 
Jesse was an old man at the birth of David. �
and that of the son is distinctly mentioned, 
which is not the case in the genealogy of Cain's 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
of that chamber was PEACE, where he slept till tion often feels as powerful as a great one.— 
Who has not noticed that when men do wrong, 
"Where am I now ? Is this the love and care 
break of day, and then awoke and sung "— 
it is as apt to be on some slight provocation, as 
Of Jesus for the men that pilgrims are? �
on some great occasion? A damsel put Peter 
Thus to provide ! that I should be forgiv'n, �
to cursing and swearing. Job bore all his 
And dwell already the next door to heav'n." �
losses without saying one sinful word ; but he 
could riot bear the false charges of his old 
friends. A bee has killed a man whom a 
grievous wound in battle could not bring down 
to the grave. Many a man will tell the whole 
truth in solemn judicature, and yet speak with 
great carelessness in his family, or to a child. 
I have seen a man bear with composure the 
burning of his house, who yet lost proper con-
trol of himself when charged too much for a 
quire of paper. John Newton somewhere says : 
" The grace of God is as necessary to create a 
right temper in Christians on the breaking of 
a china plate, as on the death of an only son." 
He is right. We need grace always in all 
things. We as much need grace to bear the 
tooth-ache in a right spirit, as to suffer martyr-
dom in the cause of truth. 
Human character is like a web of cloth made 
up of a great number of small threads, any one 
of which is not very conspicous or important, 
but all together make up a piece. He who 
thinks a fine selvedge at the last end will make 
his cloth saleable, and valuable, will be de-
ceived. " Patient continuance in well doing," 
constitutes the true excellence of man. Public 
and great occasions may furnish opportunities 
for wonderful displays of what men can some-
times do ; but even they will commonly be but 
sad failures, unless the grace of God has been 
sufficient to enable a man to behave wisely in 
little things. 
The world comes in like a conqueror, too, 
and spoils all our pleasant things, unless grace 
abound in us. Who can look without trem-
bling at a poor creature, unguarded and unre-
strained by divine grace, as the current of 
worldliness begins to run strong ? Who was 
ever strong enough to resist it ? In the Bay 
of Fundy, where the tide rises to the height of 
sixty feet, and comes in with a tremendous 
roar, due warning is given. Still many vessels 
are unable to outride it, even with the utmost 
Grace Necessary and Triumphant. �
precaution. But when a tide of worldliness 
The term grace is of frequent occurrence in comes in, it is commonly most noiseless when 
�
it �
the very greatest. It seems to threaten 
the Scriptures. Sometimes it means beauty, nothing. Yet when it is gone, you can see the 
as in Prov. 1: 9, and 4: 9 �
But this is never beach strewed with wrecks of character, and 
the the meaning of the word in the New Testa- conscience, and faith, and the bones of multi- 
ment. There the generic idea of the term was tudes lie on the rocks bleaching, and warning 
favor, unmerited kindness. This favor may �
, 
otners to beware. The Scripture everywhere 
be variously manifested. The Gospel is itself 
called grace, because it flows from undeserved ascribes the victory over the world to Divine 
goodness. The privilege of preaching the gos- grace, and never to human power. 
pel is also called a grace, for the same reason. 
Pardon and acceptance are both often said to 
be by grace, by favor not merited. And who 
dare dispute it? Sometimes, too, the whole 
work of God, in purifying the hearts of his 
people, is spoken of as a work of grace. It is 
a work which is done by God out of love, and 
not from any merit of ours. It is a rich fruit 
of mercy. �
Without it salvation would be 
worthless to us. A salvation which failed to 
root out sin, and set up the reign of holiness, 
would no doubt be pleasing to the carnal mind, 
but could never satisfy the longings of a real 
child of God. Sin in its reigning power, no 
less than in its awful guilt, is his worst enemy. 
If that be not put down, he labors in vain, and 
spends his strength for naught. Christ was 
called Jesus, because he should save his people 
from their sins. He who fails to gain the vic-
tory over his lusts, fails of heaven. 
This victory will never be gained by the arm 
of flesh. Nature is too weak. She is broken. 
In this work all men, if left to themselves, are 
stark naught. They are, by the fall, as dead 
men; dead in trespasses and sins. They have 
no might to do good, though they are mighty 
to do evil. One of the most instructive portions 
of personal history, is the records of various 
attempts made by divers great men to reform 
their hearts by natural discipline, without the 
aid of God's Holy Spirit. They have resolved, 
examined their hearts, found fault with their 
efforts, made new plans, but with the exception 
that now and then some have attained a more 
decent exterior, all has been in vain. Theirs 
was the effort of the Ethiopian to change his 
skin. Fuller's soap and much water will not 
take out the scarlet dye and the crimson hue. 
Leviathan is not thus taken. The core of 
depravity is never thus reached. If wasteful-
ness be thus repressed, it is cherishing covetous-
ness. One evil passion can never extirpate 
another. It is easy to pass from one sin to 
another. But to make war on all sin, is nev-
er brought about but by the power of God 
The weakness of nature is in nothing more 
its ten thousands. Others, by anger and 
The appetite and digestive powers assist to 
temper, poison the springs of life, as well as tor- judge of health. A good appetite will take 
meat all around them. Some such troublers good plain food with a relish : and a good di- 
of the waters of life call themselves Christians, gestion will make a proper use of it. How do 
though nearly all their life is an imitation of you deal with truth ? Can you say with Jere- 
Jonah's repining mood. Some load the soul miah, "thy word was found of me, and I did 
with burdens of anxiety, and the soul loads the eat it, and it was to me the joy and rejoicing 
body till it staggers and falls. An opposite of my heart." To turn away from any part of 
class rob themselves of health by love of ease ; truth, as a sick man does from wholesome 
they give way to sloth and laziness, seldom food, or to devour a large qurntity by hearing 
breathe heaven's air, or go out on errands of a 
mercy, and then they wonder why they feel so and reading, and yet remain weak and sickly, 
 shows that all is not sound in the inner man. 
weak and wretched. Others go to another ex- 
treme, and ply the body with foil, till tired and �
It is also a common practice to examine the 
jaded it refuses to go any further. Alas ! that tongue. A clean tongue is a good sign. In 
many should be brought into these sad circum- some diseases the tongue is in an awful state, 
stances by those who employ them. Surely and tells fearful tales concerning the poor pa 
the voice of blood crieth unto heaven from tient. A physician who cannot err, says, " out 
mines, and factories, and thousands of tainted of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak-
rooms, where youthful hands labor night and eth." " By thy words thou shalt be justified, 
day to please the avarice of employers, and and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." 
gratify the pride of the present generation.— A tongue that indulges in vain, trifling, scan-
Time would fail to name all the altars upon dalous, discourse ; and to which " speech sea-
which health is now sacrificed. God speed all soned with grace," is a stranger, proclaims, in 
reformers, who,. like Josiah, are intent upon no unequivocal manner, that there is a disease 
throwing those altars down ; and, above all, in the heart called self-deception: " For if any 
God speed the gospel which is the only suc- man among you seemeth to be religious, and 
cessful antagonist of man's cruelty and selfish- bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own 
ness. �
heart, that man's religion is vain." 
But let us put this question in reference to �
Rest is another index of health. If any per- 
the soul, " Is it well with thee ?" Doth thy son cannot sleep, or sleeps too much, or is very 
soul prosper ? Of whom may we with proprie- restless in their sleep, it is a bad sign. When 
ty ask the question, " Art thou in health ?"— we can so rest on Jesus, and the promises in 
Not of the dead. I mean the dead in sin. Those him, as to find the same effects produced with-
who have no spiritual life, cannot of course in the soul, as refreshing sleep produces upon 
have spiritual health. Men do, not put this the body, this is a taken of spiritual health, 
question to a corpse en its way to the grave. Bunyan beautifully says of his pilgrim, " he 
God addresses other language to the dead in was laid in a large upper chamber, whose win-
sin : may He, with almighty power, say, dow opened toward the sun rising, the name 
BY REV. JOHN LOX, OF LONDON. 
" Art thou in health, my brother."-2 Samuel 20 : 9. 
" The living, the living, shall praise thee, as 
I do this day." When Hezekiah thus poured 
out his grateful heart he was not merely among 
the living, but among the healthy. The Lord 
had perfectly restored him, and enabled him �
We must not judge ourselves or others in a 
again to go up to his house. For this blessing, mass. 'A person may be much excited in a 
he felt that God was worthy to be praised.— crowd, who is very cold in the closet. Benevo-
David also sings, " Bless the Lord, my soul, lence may triumph in the hall, where man's 
for he healeth all thy diseases ; redeemed' thy eye seeth ; and selfishness predominate in the 
life from destruction, and crowneth thee with heart, where God's eve seeth. We must put 
loving kindness and tender mercies." " Art our question individually. �
" Art thou in 
thou in health, my brother ?" Does the open- health ?" And let us put it kindly and affec-
ing year find you in the enjoyment of that in- tionately, with a view of ascertaining the corn-
estimable blessing ? If so, join with those men plaint, and a sincere desire of relieving it. 
of God to praise him, who makes your life and �
There are certain signs in the human body 
comfort his constant care. If otherwise, if sick- which assist the practised physician to judge 
ness, and weakness be your portion, seek to concerning the state of the health, the seat and 
improve the Lord's chastening hand, and carry degree of the disease, and help to suggest the 
your case to the throne, and think much of that means to be employed for restoration. He lays 
world where there shall be no more pain, where his hand upon the pulse, let us do the same.— 
the inhabitants shall not say, I am sick. �
A good pulse in a healthy body is strong and 
Health of body is confessedly an important regular ; a weak and intermittiug pulse betokens 
subject; it stands intimately connected with lassitude, or disease. Desire is the pulse of 
our happiness and usefulness ; both are abridged, the soul. Are our desires heavenly and ar-
if health is lost through our neglect or miscon- dent, persevering and practical ? Can we say 
duct. Yet the conduct of the generality of with David, " One thing have I desired of the 
mankind, would seem to imply that health is Lord, that, will I seek after ;"—or with Paul, 
of no value. How prodigal are many of their a I press toward the mark for the prize of my 
health. How many are suicides, by a slow, high calling." In a fever the pulse is too high ; 
yet sure process. �
Thousands throw away and this may set forth the soul who inordinate- 
their lives, or else sacrifice their health by ex- ly desires earthly things. In loss of blood it 
cess in eating or drinking. War has, indeed, is low; and this sets forth the dulness of desire, 
slain its thousands, but drunkenness and excess which many are the sad'subjects of. 
But then he was a pilgrim, with his heart set
, 
 
upon his journey, it was the one business of 
his life, and such a pilgrim is sure to be in 
good health. 
Reader, if you are in health, and your soul 
prospers, allow me to congratulate you. Be 
thankful for such a blessing, and show your 
gratitude by taking care of it. " Keep thy 
heart with all diligence, for out of it are the 
issues of life." The spiritual constitution, like 
the natural one, is nicely balanced, a very little 
will throw it into disorder and impede its 
healthful action. If you are declined, and still 
feel yourself to be declining, let me deal faith-
fully with you. 
Search out the cause. Have 
you breathed a tainted air by being too much 
in the world and among worldly people ? Have 
you partook of their dainties, and neglected the 
bread that cometh down from heaven ? Have 
you omitted healthful exercise, forsaking the 
assembly of the saints, and the paths of useful-
ness? If you have thus acted, is it any won-
der that your spiritual health is impaired?—
You must go at once to the Physician of souls, 
and attend implicitly to the directions he gives. 
Perhaps, the answer may be, I have been to 
him several times, and yet am not healed !—
But have you not neglected his directions ?—
Does not his medicine yet remain untaken? Go 
to him once more, lament your disobedience, 
and give yourself into his hands. Tell him 
you have acted foolishly, be in earnest for spir-
itual health, and he will not upbraid you nor 
keep you long in suspense. Go to him with 
the 51st Psalm, and when that is the language 
of your heart, and the desire of your soul, he 
will heal your baclsslidings, and you shall re-
turn singing, " the Lord was ready to save 
me." " 0 Lord, my God, I cried unto thee, and 
thou hast healed me." 
Then there are those principalities, and pow- 
ers, and spiritual wickednesses in high places, 
which are the terror and the torment of the pi-
ous in every age. Who shall withstand them ? 
Who shall give us a triumph over them ?—
Surely none but God can do it. He is mighty. 
He can bind the strong man, and spoil his 
goods. He alone can do it. In the words, 
" My grace is sufficient for thee," is found the 
last hope of sinking nature. Like the conies 
who are a feeble folk, our defence is in the 
rock. Our Rock is Christ. There never was 
any other. 
But
uot
r. 
terrible as our conflicts may be, if grace 
be given us, the result is not doubtful. This 
is proved from all the Scriptures. Nothing is 
too hard for God. Which side he is on is sure 
to conquer. Through God we shall do valiant- 
ly. �
By him, holy men of old " subdued king- 
doms, wrought righteousness, obtained prom-
ises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the 
violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 
out of weakness were made strong, waxed val-
iant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the 
aliens," &c. What has not Divine grace done ? 
No deeds of fortitude, or heroism, can com-
pare with those achievements which spring 
from the grace of God. It makes the feeble 
like David, and the house of David as the an-
gel of God. It is like the walls of fire and sal-
vation. It is stronger than passion, than the 
flesh, than the world, than fallen angels, than 
death. 
One of the chief benefits resulting from well 
written religious biography is, that it shows 
how the grace of God can, and will guide the 
ctd 
humble, trembling soul to glory. Oreof
li the 
e 
great benefits derived from visiting the afflicted 
and dying people of God is, that then we see 
how sorrow and pain may always be as if un-
felt, and how the Jordan of death, whose wa-
ters, we have often heard, were deep, and tur-
bid, and cold, may even be passed dry-shod, 
because our Joshua, with the ark of the cove-
nant, stands in the middle, and stays the tor-
rent from sweeping us away. The last words 
manifest than in the fact, that a slight tempta- of the late Dr. John Holt Rice were : " Mercy 
" Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from 
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light."—
Not of the lethargic. We do not inquire of a 
person respecting his health, when he is asleep ; 
and if we saw him sleeping when he should be 
awake, we should judge his health was not 
good ; and thus may we safely judge concern-
ing those who are spiritually asleep. Not of 
the wounded. It would be mockery to ask a 
person who had received a frightful gash, and 
was bleeding profusely, " Art thou in health ?" 
So we are sure that those who have entered 
into temptation, are not in good spiritual health. 
Not of those whose tottering gait and pallid 
countenance proclaim, " I am not in health ;" 
and, alas, the spiritual weakness and decrepi-
tude of many say the same. To such as these 
we do not put the question ; but if we meet a 
person whom we know, in apparent health, we 
inquire if it be so, But why ask him., when 
his appearance testifies to the fact? Because 
appearances are deceitful. �
You may meet 
your friend, and begin to congratulate him up-
on his looks ; but he tells you of pain and lan-
guor, and you soon learn that you must not 
judge of the health by the outward appearance. 
In like manner, a company of professors meet-
ing together for worship, or associated for some 
benevolent effort, might appear to be all heal-
thy ; they sing, they pray, they talk, they give ; 
the glow of spiritual health seems there, but in 
many cases it is far otherwise. If each profes-
sor in a crowded assembly was made to describe 
his own spiritual condition, it would soon be 
found that many were not in spiritual health, 
and that their possession of spiritual life was 
very doubtful. 
Immediately after the fall, the gracious 
promise was given to our first parents that the 
" seed of the woman " should bruise the ser-
pent's head. The inquiry would naturally 
arise, When shall this illustrious seed be born ? 
Accordingly we are told that the " prophets 
searched what, or what manner of time, the 
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signi-
fy, when it testified beforehand of the suffer-
ings of Christ and the glory that should follow." 
Like the captive prophet by the river of Ulai, 
who " understood by books the number of the 
years, whereof the word of the Lord came to 
Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accom-
plish seventy years in the desolation of Jeru-
salem," the faithful of every age prior to the 
coming of Christ, would anxiously count the 
hours of their long night, and look forward 
with intense eagerness to catch the first ray of 
" the Day-spring from on high." 
In concluding this chapter, we would merely 
remark, that the chronology of the Bible is so 
interwoven with its history, that if we believe 
that the Bible contains a brief and authentic 
history (both prescript and postscript) of the 
church from the creation of the world until the 
end of time, we must believe that it also con-
tains a chronology.—(To be continued.) 
The Friendly Inquiry, 
THE ADVENT HERALD: �
163 
A scrupulous regard for truth, combined 
with great fidelity, led Dr. Clarke to sift with 
jealousy every literary subject that came under 
review ; and these qualities inspired general 
confidence in all who submitted to his guidance. 
It was the same with profane, as with sacred 
history. Hume and Smollett's History of Eng-
land came on the tapis one day, when he 
observed," Hume is not to be trusted as to facts 
—he takes too many of them at second and third 
hand, without consulting the originals ; and as 
for Smollett, he was paid by government—and 
it was not at all likely that he would fly in the 
face of his employers ; in his case, therefore, 
impartiality, is not to be expected. The keep-
er of the Records told me, that when Hume 
was about to write his history of England, ap-
plication was made by him to the Secretary of 
State, to allow him free access to the records; 
he obtained the permission requested, and went 
once to the office : the keeper, perceiving that 
he proceeded with his History, and finding that 
he had ceased to visit the office, took occasion 
about twelve months after, meeting him one 
day in the Strand, to ask why tie did not con-
tinue his visits to the office. " 0," said Hume, 
" I never intended to repeat my visits ; I only 
wished to have it in my power to state to the 
nation, for the sake of satisfaction, that I had 
the privilege of consulting the national records 
on every subject of moment." The keeper felt 
indignant at such duplicity; and no wonder, 
for the History, had the privilege possessed 
been rendered available, would have been very 
different from .what it is. The keeper, how-
ever, had sufficient condescension left, to inform 
him, that his permission still lay open on the 
table, in the office, if he thought proper to 
make use of it ; but Hume never re-entered 
the place in which the treaties and other public 
transactions are deposited—so essential to the 
work of an historian. As it is, having examin-
ed several subjects, and found him in error, I 
would approach the work with the feelings with 
which I would enter upon a work of imagina-
tion. Smollett, it may be added, had no time 
for patient research It has been stated that he 
completed his Continuation in the space of 
fourteen months ; but I have been informed, 
on good authority, that it did not occupy him 
more than nine."—Life of Dr. Clarke. 
I proclaim to all this day, " All things are 
now ready ; come unto the marriage." And 
why should not all comply ? Why should any 
exclude themselves ? Let every one resolve for 
himself, " For my part, I will not make myself 
that shocking exception." Will you as it were 
shut the door of heaven against yourselves with 
your own hand? I once more assure you, there 
is yet room, room for all. There are Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob, and the patriarchs, and yet 
there is MOM 
There are many from the east, 
and from the west, from the north, and from the 
south, and yet there is room. 
There are perse-
cuting Manasseh, and Paul ; there are Mary 
Magdalene the demoniac, and Zaccheus the 
publican ; and yet there is room. 
There is the 
once incestuous and excommunicated, but after-
ward repentant Corinthian ; nay, there are sev-
eral of the Corinthians, who as Paul tells us, 
were once fornicators, idolators, effeminate, 
Sodomites, covetous, thieves, drunkards, revil-
ers, and extortioners, yet there they now are, 
" washed, sanctified, justified in the name of 
the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God ;" 
and there may you also be, though vile as they, 
if, with them, you come in at the call of the 
Gospel ; for yet there is room. 
There is, says 
St. John, Rev. 7: 9," a great multitude, which 
no man can number, out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and nation ;" multitudes from Europe, 
Asia, Africa, and America, and yet there is room. 
By the consideration of your own extreme, 
perishing necessity ; by the consideration of the 
freeness, the fullness, and sufficiency of the 
blessings offered ; by the dread authority, by the 
mercy and love of the God that made you, and 
who is your constant benefactor ; by the meek-
ness and gentleness of Christ ; by the labors 
and toils of his life ; by the agonies of his death ; 
by his repeated injunctions ; and by his melting 
invitations ; by the operation of the Holy Spirit 
upon your hearts, and by the warnings of your 
own consciencies ; by the eternal joys of heaven, 
is triumphant." A timid, delicate female late-
ly closed her career with words of similar im-
port. Marvellous is the grace of God in all its 
displays, and in all its effects.—Rev. W. S. 
Plumer. 
 
Hume and Smollett's Histories. 
Yet There is Room, 
and the eternal pains of hell ; by these consider-
ations, and by everything sacred, important, 
and dear to you, I exhort, I entreat, I charge, I 
adjure you, I would compel you to come in.—
President Davies. 
Primitive and Modern Preaching ; 
OR, 
THE PRACTICAL TENDENCY OF THE DOCTRINE OF 
THE COMING AND KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 
' wledee lriever., snail be given to the people of I then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 
Mortify, therefore, your members while you 
the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom 
is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions. u- upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanness, 
shall serve and obey him. �
inordinate., affection, evil concupiscence, and 
" Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, covetousness."—Col. 3:4, 5. 
that I will raise unto David a righteous �
" The grace of God that bringeth salvation 
Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, bath appeared to all men, teaching us, that de-
and shall execute judgment and justice in the hying ungodliness and worldly lasts, we should 
earth. �
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in. this 
" In his days Judah shall be saved, and Is- present evil world ; looking for that leessed 
rael shall dwell safely : and this is his name, hope,
—n .even the glorious appearing of the great 
whereby he shall be called, The Lord our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."—Tit. 2 : 
Righteousness. �
n 
 
" Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, �
TO GENERAL OBEDIENCE AND HOLINESS. 
and princes shall rule in judgment." �
"And now, little children, abide in him, that 
By these, and numerous other passages of when he shall appear we may have confidence, 
the same import, the Jews would be clearly and not be ashamed before him at his coming." 
taught two things ;—First, that their Messiah —1 John 2:28. 
 
' 
would be seen corning with power and glory �
" We know that when he shall appear we 
 
in the clouds of heaven ; second, that the king- shall be like him : for we shall see him as he 
dom of God would then be established upon is. And every man that bath this hope in him, 
the earth, over which Our Lord and His saints purifieth himself even as he is pure."—Ibid 3: 
would reign in glory. To secure the dignity 2, a 
of becoming kings and priests in that heavenly �TO SPIRITUALITY OF MIND. 
kingdom, is the peculiar calling of the present �
" For our conversation is in heaven ; from 
 
dispensation. And for the teaching and call- whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Je-
ing of this period, the minds of all would be sus Christ; who shall change our vile body, 
prepared, who had been taught by the Father. that it may be fashioned like unto his own &-
Hence we read of Joseph of Arimathea, and rious body, according to the mighty working 
others, who were waiting for the kingdom of whereby he is able even to subdue all things to 
God. �
• �
himself."—Phil. 3 : 20, 21. 
As, then, the doctrine of the coming and �
TO WORKS OF MERCY. 
kingdom of Christ constituted the great theme �
"For the Son of man shall come in the 
 
of the preaching of our Lord, and of the in- glory of his Father, with his angels ; and then 
spired apostles, and was the object of the hope shall he reward every man according to his 
 
of the pious believers of the primitive church, works."—Matt. 16 : 27. 
 
how is it, that this subject is so little preached, �
" When the Son of man shall come in his 
 
and so much discarded, in our day ? This is glory, and all the holy angels with him, then 
a very fair question, and a very important one ; shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.—
it arises out of an indispensable fact; the doc- Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
h 
trine of the coming and kingdom of Christ is hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
 
the kingdom prepared for you from the founda-
not preached so generally in our days, as it 
was in the first ages of the church. �
tion of the world : for I was hungry, and ye 
When this question has been milbted, and gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me 
ministers have been asked, why they never drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me in ; 
preached the doctrine of the Advent and King- naked, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and 
dom of Christ, the usual answer has been :— ye came unto me."—Matt. 25: 31-36. 
" We do not consider the doctrine to be an es- �
" Behold I come quickly ; and my reward is 
sential one ; and we feel it necessary to con- with me, to give to every man according as his 
fine ourselves to the great leading truths and work shall be."—Rev. 22 : 12. 
duties of the Gospel, and to make these the �
TO WATCHFULNESS. 
subjects of our ministry." This is the way in �
" Watch, therefore ; for ye know not what 
which the question is commonly met; and hour your Lord doth come.---Therefore be ye 
thus under the plea of the necessity of preach- also ready ; for in such an hour as ye think not 
ing the weightier matters of the law, the Gos- the Son of man cometh."—Matt. 24: 42-44; 
pel of the kingdom is generally neglected. By 25 : 13. 
this means ministers of Christ satisfy them- �
" Let your loins be girded about, and your 
selves that they are doing rightly, while in- lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men 
stead of declaring the whole counsel of God, that wait for their Lord when he will return 
they suppress and keep out of sight the great from the wedding; that when he cometh and 
subject which was made so very prominent in knocketh they may open to him immediately. 
the preaching of our Lord and his apostles. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, 
But what account such ministers will give to when he cometh, shall find watching."—Luke 
God for this unfaithfulness; and for insulting 12: 35. 
infinite Wisdom, by saying, that a doctrine �
" Behold I come as a thief : blessed is he 
which it has so plainly revealed, and appointed that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest 
to be preached in all the world, is not essen- he walk naked, and they see his shame."—Rev. 
tial ; and, in fact, not worthy of notice, is an 16 : 15. 
awful and a startling question. However, to �
" But ye brethren are not in darkness, that 
their own Master they stand or fall; it is not that day should overtake you as a thief: ye 
the place nor the wish of the writer to condemn are all the children of light and of the day : we 
another man's servant. The following pas- are not of the night, nor of darkness. 'there-
sages, cited in Abdiel's " Essays," may tend to fore let us not sleep as do others; but let us 
show the reader that the doctrine in question watch and be sober."-1 Thess. 5: 4-6. 
is an essential one. �
" Behold I come quickly : blessed is he that 
" I shall now, by way of showing the prat- keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book." 
tical tendency of the doctrine of the Second —Rev. 22: 7. 
Advent, and the consequent importance of this �
TO PATIENCE. 
truth to every Christian who desires edifica- �
" And shall not God avenge his own elect, 
tion, bring forward some of those testimonies which cry day and night unto him, though he 
to which I adverted in the former essay : con. bear long with them ? I tell you that he will 
fining myself to the writers of the New Tes- avenge them speedily. �
Nevertheless, when 
tament. It is used �
the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on 
AS AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND CON- the earth ?"—Luke 18 : 7, 8. 
VERSION. �
" We ourselves glory in you in the churches 
" Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that of God, for your patience and faith in all your 
your s,ins may be blotted out, when the times persecutions and tribulations that ye endure ; 
of refreshing shall come from the presence of which is a manifest token of the righteous 
the Lord. And He shall send Jesus Christ," judgment of God, that ye may be counted wor- 
&c.—Acts 3:19, 20. �
thy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also 
TO LOVE CHRIST. �
suffer : seeing it is a righteous thing with God 
" If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble 
you ;and to you that are troubled, rest with 
let him be anathema maran-atha, which, in- 
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from 
heaven," &c.-2 Thess. 1 : 4. 
" For ye have need of patience, that after 
"And the Lord make you to increase and ye have done the will of God, ye might receive 
abound in love toward one another, and toward the promise : for yet a little while and He that 
all men, even as we do toward you : to the end shall come will come, and will not tarry."—Heb. 
He may establish your hearts unblameable in 10: 36, 37. 
 
holiness before God, even our Father, at the �
" Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the 
 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman 
 
saints."-1 Thess. 3:13. �
waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and 
TO MORTIFICATION OF SIN. �
hath long patience for it, until he receive the 
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, early and latter rain. Be ye also patient —es- 
DEAR SIR :-It has often been remarked, that 
the preaching of the Gospel in modern times, 
is not in keeping with the manner in which 
the Gospel was preached in primitive times ; 
and, that our present race of preachers are sel-
dom found teaching
b 
 in the same form as that 
in which our Lord Jesus Christ and His apos-
tles taught. For this remark there is, perhaps, 
too much reason ; and to one point of differ-
ence between the original form of preaching, 
and the present one, the writer would be gladt 
to draw the attention of the Christian reader. 
The Gospel preached by our Lord and his 
disciples, was emphatically the Gospel of the 
kingdom. This was the subject of their teach-
ing; and the great object which they always 
endeavored to place before their hearers. An 
appeal to the New Testament Scriptures dem-
onstrates at once the truth of this statement. 
When John the BaptiSt commenced his mis-
sion, he preached, saying, " Repent ye ; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand !" When he was 
cast into prison, and could no longer preach pub-
icly, our Lord assumed the office of teacher, and 
preached, saying, " Repent; for the kingdom 
of heaven is at hand." When, subsequently, 
He sent out the twelve apostles, He com-
manded them : " And as ye go, preach, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is at hand." And 
just before His crucifixion, He stated : " And 
this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; 
and then shall the end come." Agreeably 
with this Divine injunction, we find the apos-
tles Paul and Barnabas, "confirming the souls 
of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue 
in the faith ; and that we must, through much 
tribulation, enter into the kingdom of God." 
And on another occasion, when Paul was ad-
dressing the elders of the church of Ephesus, 
he said : " And now behold, I know that ye all, 
among whom I have gone preaching the king-
dom of6 God, shall see my face no more." And 
again, when the apostle was a prisoner at 
-Rome, we read : " And Paul dwelt two whole 
years in his own hired house, and received all 
that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom 
of God; and teaching those things which con-
cern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, 
no man forbidding him." Thus we see, that 
from the beginning of the ministry of John 
the Baptist, °down to the latest period of the 
New Testament history, the Gospel that was 
taught, was the Gospel of the kingdom. And 
men were taught to repent, believe, and walk 
worthy of God, who had called them to His 
kingdom and glory. 
It is deserving of remark, that neither John 
the Baptist, nor our Lord, nor His disciples, at-
tempt to explain the nature of the kingdom 
which they preached. It is always introduced 
as a subject with which the Jewish mind was 
already acquainted. Neither is there any in-
timation given in the Scriptures, that the Jews 
had wrong conceptions of it. It is invariably 
assumed, that the doctrine of the kingdom was 
understood. The only means by which we 
can conceive this to have been the case was, 
the people had learned it from the Old Testa-
ment Scriptures. By these the coming of the 
kingdom of God upon the earth, was abun-
dantly and plainly foretold. And those who 
were acquainted with these Scriptures, could 
not fail to know something of the kingdom of 
God. They would read :— 
" 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 
shall stand forever. 
" And I saw in the night visions, and be- 
hold, one like the Son of man came with the terpreted, is, Let him be accursed—our Lord 
clouds of heaven ; and came to the Ancient of 
days, and they brought him near before him. cometh. "-1 Cor. 16:22. 
TO THE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN. 
And there was given him dominion, and glory, 
and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and 
languages should serve him : his dominion is 
an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass 
away, and his kingdom that which shall not 
be destroyed. 
" But the saints of the Most High shall take 
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever 
and ever. And the kingdom, and dominion, 
and the greatness of the kingdom under the 
1.64 
- THE ADVENT HERALD. 
tablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord 
draweth nigh."—James 5: 7, 8. 
" Wherein (in the salvation ready to bf:cre-
vealed in the last time) ye greialy rejoice, 
though now for .a season, if-need be, ye are in 
heaviness '.!::rough Manifold temptations ; that 
the trial of yOur faith, being much more pre-
cious than the gold that perisheth, though it be 
trite. in the fire, might be found unto praise, 
'and honor, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus 
Christ."--1 Peter 1 :6, 7. 
' Beloved, think it not strange concerning the 
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some 
strange thing had happened unto you ; but re-
joice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's 
sufferings ; that when his glory shall be re-
vealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding 
joy."-1 Peter 4: 12, 13.—( To be continued.) 
Interpretation of Symbols, Figures, Etc, 
(Continued froril our last.) 
FIRST TRUMPET, (continued.) 
Dr. KEITH has very justly remarked on the sub-
ject of this prophecy :— 
" None could elucidate the texts more clearly, or 
expound them more fully, than the • task has been 
perforated by GIBBON. The chapters of the skeptical 
philosopher, that treat directly of the matter, need 
but a text to be prefixed, and a few unholy words to 
he blotted out, to form a seiries of expository lectures 
on the eighth and ninth chapters of Revelation."—
" Little or nothing is left for the professed interpreter 
to do but to point to the pages of Gibbon." 
The first sore and heavy judgment which fell on 
western Rome in its downward course, was the war 
with the Goths, under Alaric, styled by him-
self " the scourge of God." After the death of 
Theodosius, the Roman emperor, in January, 395, 
before the end of the winter, the Goths, under Alaric, 
were in arms against the empire. 
" hail and fire
b mingled with blood, cast upon the 
earth." The terrible effects of this Gothic invasion, 
are thus described by Gibbon, vol. 5, p. 177. 
" The barbarian auxiliaries erected their indepen-
dent standard ; arid boldly avowed hostile designs, 
which they had long cherished in their ferocious 
minds. Their countrymen, who had been condemned, 
by the conditions of the last treaty, to a life of tran- 
quillity and labor, deserted their farms at the first 
sound of the trumpet, and eagerly assumed the weap- 
ons which they had reluctantly laid down. l'he.bar- 
riers of the Danube were thrown open ; the savage 
warriors of Scythia issued from their forest ; and the 
uncommon severity of the winter, allowed the poet to 
remark, that ' they rolled their ponderous wagons 
over the broad and icy back of the indignant river.' 
The unhappy nations of the provinces to the south of 
the Danube, submitted to the calamities, which, in 
the course of twenty years, were almost grown famil- 
iar to their imagination ; and the various troops of 
barbarians, who gloried in the Gothic name, were 
irregularly spread from the woody shores of Dalma- 
tia, to the walls of Constantinople. The a the were 
directed by the bold and artful genius of Alaric. In 
the midst of a divided court, and a discontented peo- 
ple, the emperor, Arcadius, was terrified by the as- 
pect of the Gothic arms. Alaric disdained to trample 
any longer on the prostrate and ruined countries of 
Thrace and Dacia, and he resolved to seek a plenti-
ful harvest of fame and riches in a province which 
had hitherto escaped the ravages of war. 
" Alaric traversed, without resistance, the plains 
of Macedonia and Thessaly. The troops which had 
been posted to defend the straits of Thermopylae, re- 
tired, as they were directed, without attempting to 
disturb the secure and rapid passage of Alaric; and 
the fertile fields of Phocis and &coda were instantly 
covered with a deluge of barbarians, who massacred 
the males of an age to bear arms, and drove away 
the beautiful females, with the spoil and cattle of the 
flaming villages. The travellers who visited Greece 
several years afterwards could easily discover' the 
deep and bloody traces of the march of the Goths.— 
The whole territory of Attica was blasted by his 
baneful presence ; and if we may use the comparison 
of a cotemporary philosopher, Athens itself resembled 
the bleeding and empty skin of a slaughtered victim. 
Corinth, Argos, Sparta, yielded without resistance to 
the arms of the Goths : and the most fortunate of the 
inhabitants were saved, by death, from beholding the 
slavery of their families, and the conflagration of 
their cities." 
It was thus that " bail," from the fact of the north-
ern origin of the invaders ; " fire," from the destruc- 
tion by flame of both city and country ; " blood,' 
front the terrible slaughter of the citizens of the em-
pire by the bold and intrepid warriors, " were case 
upon the ea.ith." This vivid descriptiou will be std_ 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!!" 
BOSTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1849. 
1)e lbuent fleralb. 
more forcibly illustrated Sy Gibbon's fseetritrwof thel senator, and the viriein, laden with the spoils of their 
invasion of the western empire by the Goths : �
I houses and altars."—lord, vol. V., p. 224. 
" The birth of Alaric, the glory of his past ex- �
After this invasion of the empire by Radagaisus, 
ploits, and the confidence in his future designs, insen- Alaric again returned, invaded Italy in 408, and in 
sibly united the body of the nation under his victori- 410 he besieged, took, and sacked Rome, and died 
ous standard ; and, with the unanimous consent of 
the barbarian chieftains, the master-general of Illyri-
cum was elevated, according to ancient custom, on a 
shield, and solemnly proclaimed king of the Visgoths. 
Armed with this double power, seated on the verge 
of the two empires, he alternately sold his deceitful 
promises to the courts of Arcadius and Honorius, (of 
Constantinople and Rome,) till he declared and exe-
cuted his resolution of invading the dominions of the 
west (of Rome.) The provinces of Europe which 
belonged to the eastern emperor were already ex-
hausted ; those of Asia were inaccessible ; and the 
strength of Constantinople had resisted his attack.—
But he was tempted by the fame, the beauty, and the 
wealth of Italy, which he had twice visited ; and he 
secretly aspired to plant the Gpthic standard on the 
walls of Rome, and to enrich his army with the ac-
cumulated spoils of three hundred triumphs. 
" When Stilicho seemed to abandon his sovereign 
in the unguarded palace of Milan, he had probably 
calculated the term of his absence, the distance of 
the enemy, and the obstacles that might retard their I covered after several years. The whole territory of 
march. He principally depended on the rivers of Attica was blasted by the baneful presence of Alaric. 
Italy, the Adige, the Mincio, the 0g,lio, and the Ad- The most fortunate of the inhabitants of Corinth, 
dua : which, in the winter or spring, by the fall of Argos, Sparta, were saved by, death from beholding 
rains, or by the melting of the snows, are commonly the conflagration of their cities. In a season of such 
swelled into broad and impetuous torrents. But the extreme heat that the beds of the rivers were dry, 
season happened to be remarkably dry ; and the Alaric invaded the dominions of the West. A se-
Goths could traverse, without impediment, the wide eluded old man of Verona' pathetically lamented 
arid stony beds, whose centre was faintly marked by the fate of his contemporary trees, which must 
the course ofa shallow stream. The bridge and pas- blaze in the conflagration of the whole country. 
sage of the Addua were secured by a strong detach- Arid the emperor of the Romans fled before the 
ment of the Gothic army ; and as Alaric approached king of the Goths. 
the walls, or rather the suburbs, of Milan, lie enjoyed �
" A furious tempest was excited among the na- 
the proud satisfaction of seeing the emperor of the 
Romans fly before him. Honorius, accompanied by 
a feeble train of statesmen and eunuchs, hastily re-
treated towards the Alps, with a design of securing 
his person in the city of Arles, which had often been 
the royal residence of his predecessors. 
" But Honorius had scarcely passsed the Po, be-
fore he was overtaken by the speed of the Gothic 
cavalry ; since the the.urgency of the danger com-
pelled him to seek a temporary shelter within the 
fortification of Asia, a town of Liguria or Piedmont, 
situate on the banks of the Tanarus. The siege of 
an obscure place, which contained so rich a prize, 
and seemed incapable of a long resistance, was in-
stantly formed, and indefatigably pressed by the 
king of the Goths."—Gibbon's Hist. vol. V., pp. 
194-196. 
But although Alaric thus put to flight the em-
peror of the west, deliverance soon came, and Rome 
was saved from his hands. Alaric was first con-
quered in 403. But another cloud was gathering, 
and is thus described by Gibbon :— 
" About four years after the victorious Toulan had 
assumed the title of Khan of the Geougen, another 
barbarian, the haughty Rhodogast, or Radagaisus, 
marched from the northern extremities of Germany 
almost to the gates of Rome, and left the remains of 
his army to achieve the destruction of the West. 
The Vandals, the Suevi, and the Burgundians, 
formed the strength of this mighty host ; but the 
Alani, who had found a hospitable reception in their 
new seats, added their active cavalry to the heavy in-
fantry of the Germans ; and the Gothic adventurers 
crowded so eagerly to the standard of Radagaisus, 
that, by some historians, lie has been styled the king 
of the Goths. Twelve thousand warriors, distin-
guished above the vulgar by their noble .birth, or 
'their valiant deeds, glittered in the van ; and the 
whole multitude, which was not less than two hun-
dred thousand fighting men, might be increased by 
the accession of women, of children, and of slaves, 
to the amount of four hundred thousand persons. 
" The correspondence of nations was, in that age, 
so imperfect and precarious, that the revolutions of 
the North might escape the knowledge of the court 
of Ravenna, till the dark cloud, which was collected 
along the coast of the Baltic, burst in thunder upon 
the banks of the Upper Danube, &c. Many cities 
of Italy were pillaged or destroyed ; arid the siege 
of Florence. by Radagasus, is one of the earireot 
events in the history of that celebrated republic, 
whose firmness checked or delayed the unskilful fury 
of the barbarians. 
" While the peace of Germany was secured by 
the attachment of the Franks, and the neutrality of 
the Alemanni, the subjects of Rome, unconscious of 
the approaching calamities, enjoyed a state of quiet 
and prosperity, which had seldom blessed the fron-
tiers of Gaul. Their flocks and herds were permit-
ted to graze in the pastures of the barbarians ; their 
huntsmen penetrated, without tear or danger, into 
the darkest recesses of the Hercynian wood. The 
banks of the Rhine were crowded, like those of the 
Tiber, with elegant houses and well-cultivated 
farms ; and if the poet descended the river, he might 
express his doubt on which side was situated the ter-
ritory of the Romans. This scene of peace arid 
plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the 
prospect of the smoking ruins, could alone dis-
tinguish the solitude of nature front the desolation of 
Irian. The flourishing city of Mentz was surprised 
and destroyed ; and many thousand Christians were 
inhumanly massacred in the church. Wortns per-
ished, after a long and obstinate siege; Strasburgh, 
Spires, Rheims, Tourney, Arras, Amiens, experi-
enced the cruel oppression ut the German yoke ; 
and the consuming flames of war spread from the 
banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of the 
seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich arid exten-
sive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the 
Pyrenees, was delivered to the barbarians, a fru drove 
before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the 
might then have referred to " the divinity that stirs 
within us," and shown the powers and capacities of 
the human mind, its aspirations after immortality, its 
desires to lift the veil of the narrow horizon that 
the same year. In 412 the Goths voluntarily re- shuts us in, and to penetrate through and beyond 
tired front Italy. �
the boundaries of its present vision. And he might 
ht 
We know not how the history of the sounding of have unfolded its power to make the lightning a 
the first trumpet can be more impressively concluded 
than by presenting the graphic rehearsal of this his- messenger of communication, to harness up the vapor 
tory, by Dr. Keith, in his Signi of the Times, vol. to its car making it a beast of burden to travel on 
1. pp. 231-233. �
the iron rail, and taking in its train such weighty 
Large extracts show how amply and well Gib- loads at a velocity beyond the conception of the an- 
bon has expounded his text, in the history of the 
first trumpet, the first storm that pervaded the Ro- clouts. Thus SOCRATES and PLATO, with fewer 
man earth, and the first fall of Rome. To use his arguments, were wont to answer the same question. 
words in more direct comment, we read thus the sum But that is not what Jon asks. He inquires, not if 
of the matter. The Gothic nation was in arms at a man shall still exist : " Shall he live again? "— 
the first sound of the trumpet, and in the uncommon �
_ 
severity of the winter they rolled their ponderous �
? 
Need we mistake its import 
 
wagons over the broad and icy hack of the river. �
Look at the context. " Man that is born of a 
The fertile fields of Phocis and Beeotia were crowd- woman is of few days and full of trouble. He corn-
ed with a deluge of barbarians : the males were eth forth like a flower, and is cut down : �
fleeth 
massacred ; the females and cattle of the flanring 
villages were driven away. The deep and bloody also as a shadow, and continueth not. * * * * 
traces of the march of the Goths could easily be dis- His days are determined, the number of his months 
are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that 
he cannot pass; turn from him that he may rest, 
till he shall accomplish, as an hireling his day. 
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that 
it will sprout again, and that the tender branch there-
of will not cease. Though the root thereof wax 
old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the 
ground ; yet through the scent of water, it will bud, 
and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, 
and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, 
Lions of Germany ; from the northern extremity ofl and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, 
 
which the barbarians marched almost to the gate of l and the flood decayeth and drieth up : so man lieth 
Rome. They achieved the destruction of the west. I down and riseth not: [for how long a time? forever! 
The dark cloud which was collected along the coasts 
of the Baltic, burst in thunder upon the banks of the 
Upper Danube. The pastures of Gaul, in which 
flocks and herds grazed ; and the banks of the Rhine, 
which were covered with elegant houses and well-
cultivated farms, formed a scene of peace and plenty, 
which was suddenly changed into a desert, distin-
guished from the solitude of nature only by smoking 
ruins. Many cities were cruslly oppressed or de-
stroyed. Many thousands were inhumanly mas-
sacred. And the consuming flames of war spread 
over tlie greatest part of the seventeen provinces of 
Gaul. 
 
" Alaric again stretched his ravages over Italy.—
During four years, the Goths ravaged and reigned 
over it without control. And, in the pillage and fire 
of Rome, the streets of the city were filled with 
dead bodies; the flames consumed many public and 
private buildings; and the ruins of a palace re-
mained, (after a century and .a half,) a stately monu-
ment of the Gothic conflagration. 
"‘ The first angel sounded, and there followed 
hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast 
upon the earth ; and the third part of trees was 
burnt up, and all green grass was-burnt up.' 
"Tire concluding sentence of the thirty-third 
chapter of Gibbon's History, is, of itself', a clear 
and comprehensive commentary ; for, in winding up 
his own description of the brief, but most eventful 
period, he concentrates, as in a parallel reading, the 
sum of the history, and the substance of the predic-
tion. But the words which precede it are riot with- 
out their meaning. �
The public devotion of the age 
was impatient to exalt the saints and martyrs of the 
Catholic church on the altars of Diana and Hercu-
les. The union of the Roman empire was dissolved ; 
its genius was humbled in the dust; and armies of 
unknown barbarians, issuing front the frozen regions 
of the north, had established their victorious reign 
over the fairest provinces of Europe and Africa.' 
" The last word,—Africa,—is the signal for the 
sounding of the second trumpet. The scene changes 
from the shores of the Baltic to the southern coast 
of the Mediterranean, or from the frozen regions of 
the north to the borders of burning Africa: And 
instead of a storm of hail being cast upon the earth, 
a burning mountain was cast into the sea." 
If the above is a correct application, the trees and 
green grass symbolized the ,inhabitants of the Roman 
Empire, and their consumption, the destruction of 
those who were slain—the trees symbolizing the 
more hardy, and die grass, the young and tender.—
( To be continued.) 
"If A Dian Die, Shall he Live Again?" 
JoB 14 : 14. 
Such was the enquiry of the man of Uz, who lived 
away back in the ages of the past, before the pro-
phets sung of man's redemption from the power of 
the grave. Revelation had not then spoken its em-
phatic, unmistakable declarations respecting his des-
tiny. To the dim light of nature, aided by poor 
human reason, man alone could turn for an answer. 
The few faithful ones who, like NOAH and Jos, 
were favored with communion with GOD, alone had 
an unerring Guide. 
We take up this subject at this time from the 
fact of our attention being called to it by a sermon 
on Sunday P. M. of the 3d inst. from this text, by a 
young but eloquent divine of our city, who entirely 
failed to answer it. Had lie taken for his text, " If 
a man die, dues he still exist? " his reasoning (with 
one exception) would have been to the point. He 
No, hut] till the heavens be no more they shall not 
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 0 that 
thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou 
wouldest keep me secret until thy wrath is past, that 
thou wouldest appoint me a set time and remember 
me! " Jos then inquires, " If a man die, shall he 
live again ? " And he answers by saying : " All 
the days of my appointed time will I wait till my 
change come," i. e., until the time conic when I 
shall live again ; and then he says: " Thou shalt 
call, and I will answer thee ; thou wilt have a de-
sire to the work of dry hands." 
How with such a text and such a context, a sound 
and orthodox divine could preach a sermon, and 
quote from the Scriptures only one other text in 
proof, and that to prove only man's continued exist-
ence, saying nothing of the resurrection, is to us 
surprising. Such total silence respecting the resur-
rection from the dead left on our mind the painful 
conviction that he did not believe in the resurrection. 
We shall be happy to find that we were deceived. 
We said that in answer to a question of man's 
continued existence, his reasoning would have been 
to the point, " with one exception." This excep-
tion had reference to the world about us. He point-
ed us to the beauties of the earth we inhabit,—to 
the towering mountains walled up to heaven, or cov-
ered with the green cedar,—to their verdant sides, 
and the fertile vales between, through which flows 
the majestic river,—to the extended plains, inter-
laced with the silver brooks and murmuring rills,—
to the waving forests and green meadows,—to the 
blue arch above and the carpeted earth beneath, with 
all the beauties that deck its varied surface. And 
then he asked, Was all this so fitted up for the little 
space of man's residence—for him to just look out 
upon, and then to close his eyes on it forever ? 
What all this had to do with man's continued ex-
istence, independent of the resurrection, we could 
not determine. Is this earth to be the spirit world, 
and is it peopled with ghosts and fairies, more than 
as heavenly messengers are sent on visits of mercy 
to man ? We would advance this argument as an 
evidence of the resurrection. God has covered this 
earth with beauty, and yet everywhere is seen the 
effects of the curse. The plague spot is seen on 
every portion of its surface ; arid plains and burn-
ing desert wastes, snow-capped summits and frozen 
oceans, malaria and deadly vapor, thorns and 
thistles, decay, disease, and death everywhere give 
indication of the awful results of sin. With all 
the beauties now retained, these show how glorious 
must have been its condition when the morning stars 
sang together for joy over a new-made world. 
Was this magnificent earth thus beautifully ar- 
rayed for nothing �
No. Inspiration has revealed 
its restoration to its pristine glory—when instead of 
the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of 
the briar the myrtle ; when the stones of Zion shall 
be laid with fair colors, and her foundations with 
sapphires; when the Lord will make her windows 
of agates, and her gates of carbuncles, and all her 
borders of pleasant stones, and all her children shall 
THE ADVENT T HERALD. �
165 
be taught of the LORD. Then, though man now 
die, he will live again ; then the south will give 
up, and the north will not keep back. They shall 
come from far, from the ends of the earth. Then 
JOB, though he now be dead, will again live, though 
after his skin, worms have destroyed his body, yet 
in his flesh will he then see GOD ; arid his own eyes 
shall behold him, and not with another's ; for his 
Redeemer is then to stand upon the earth ? The 
Psalmist, in accordance with his recorded expecta-
tion, will then awake, satisfied in the likeness of 
CHRIST. The face of the covering cast over all peo-
ple, and the veil spread over all nations, will then 
be destroyed, and death be swallowed up in vic-
tory. 
If a man die, shall he live again? Let ISAIAH 
answer. " Thy dead men shall live, together with 
my dead body shall they arise ; awake and sing, ye 
that dwell in the dust : for thy dew is as the dew of 
herbs, and the earth shall cast out her dead." 
What saith EZEKIEL? " Thus saith the Lord 
GOD, Behold, 0 my people, I will open your graves, 
and bring you up out of your graves, and bring you 
into the land of Israel." 
What is the answer of DANIEL? " And many of 
them that sleep in the dust of' the earth shall awake : 
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and ev-
erlasting contempt." 
Hear the declaration of the blessed SAVIOUR : " I 
am the resurrection and the life." " Marvel not at 
this : for the time is coming in the which all that 
are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come 
forth." 
The answer of the apostle is equally to the point. 
" But if the Spirit of him that raised up CHRIST 
from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up CHRIST 
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies 
by his spirit that dwelleth in you." " For if we be-
lieve that JESUS died and rose again, even so them 
also which sleep in JESUS will GOD bring with him." 
" For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel arid 
Ow trump of GoD : and the dead in CHRIST shall 
rise first." " Who shall change our vile body, that 
it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body." 
Yes, we may all answer, man will live again. 
There is no more hope of a tree, than there is of 
him. And when he shall live again, he will die no 
more; for the SAVIOUR has said : " They which 
shall be accounted worthy to attain unto that world and 
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor 
are given in marriage ; neither can they die any more : 
for they are equal unto the angels, and are the children 
of GoD, being the children of the resurrection." 
Then will GoD have wiped away all tears from their 
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow 
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain ; for 
the former things shall have passed away. 
We should like to enquire of our preacher, " If a 
man die, shall he live again 1" We do not enquire 
if he exists, or if when absent from the body he is 
present with the LORD 1 for in that we believe with 
him : but shall he live again? Will he live in 
the sense in which he is now dead ? Will he 
live again, in the sense in which he did live?—
We listened with the closest attention, and could dis-
cover no reference made to these points. Can it be 
that this most popular and eloquent c!ergyman is a 
disbeliever in the resurrection of the body? If he is 
not, lie should ponder well the importance of holding 
fast the form of sound words ; for in these days of 
neology, transcendentalism, and rationalism, those 
who adhere to the faith once delivered to the saints, 
should give no occasion to unbelievers to claim them, 
by their withholding the truth. We also wish that 
Bible men would feel the importance of Bible evi-
dence. We may trampoose among the stars, and 
conjure evidence from the earth, sea, and air ; but it 
can be no substitute for the plain, clearly enunciated 
declarations of Gon's word. �
 
Foreign News, 
France.—The dissolution of the French National 
Assembly took place on the 26th, and passed over 
without tumult. The new legislative assembly met 
for the transaction of business on the 28th, and on 
the 30th was the scene of one of the most violent de-
bates that ever occurred in any deliberative body. 
The French expeditionary forces are still encamped 
outside of Rome, M. LESSEPS, the envoy, having 
totally failed thus far to persuade the Romans to ad-
mit the French, either as friends or as enemies.—
The utmost dissatisfaction is said to prevail among 
the troops, who openly avow their sympathy for the 
Roman Republic. 
Whilst negotiations are going forward at Rome, 
General OUDINOT'S position, with malaria threatening 
his army, is far from pleasant. Every day furnishes 
him with fresh proofs of the precarious nature of his 
command, if not of the moral certainty that the 
troops will refuse if called upon to enter the city by 
storm. The Neapolitans having been beaten, have 
withdrawn within their own territories, and with 
Austria, seem inclined to let the French have the 
ground all to themselves. 
Italy.—The latest intelligence from Rome states 
that the constituent assembly having energetically 
rejected the propositions of M. LESSEPS, had given 
authority to the triumvirate to treat again, and that 
the triumvirs proposed to the French plenipotentiary 
the following conditions :- 
The people shall again be called to exercise 
ther sovereignty by means of universal suffrage. 
The Austrians, Neapolitans, and Spaniards, 
shall immediately evacuate the territory of the repub-
lic, as universal suffrage would be a mockery under 
the pressure of foreign bands. 
The French shall move to a distance from 
Rome. The republic, always generous and fraternal, 
will grant them for garrison a place exempt from fe- 
ver, where they shall meet a reception mutually due 
to each other by republican brethren. They shall 
remain their friends—no more protectors—for the 
democracy of Rome will constitute itself, without 
foreign interference. 
Provisions at Rome were growing dear, for the 
French do not allow any to pass ; but the scarcity 
was confined chiefly to luxuries. Bread and ordinary 
articles were still in good supply. 
M. LESSEPS had left the city for the camp of Gen-
eral OUDINOT, but was expected back immediately. 
It was also understood that a deputation had been 
sent on the previous day to Gaeta, with proposals to 
the Pope, to return under very limited temporal rule, 
and with a total exclusion of the cardinals from all 
political power. 
The Pope has also issued an address, in which, 
giving a history of the entire proceedings from his 
elevation to tire papal throne down to the present 
time, he announces the course which he is henceforth 
resolved to pursue. He still flatters himself that all 
Catholic nations " will hasten themselves to run to 
establish the temporal sovereignty of the apostolic 
see." 
Later news informs us that the situation of Rome 
presented a series of complications, while an attack 
was every moment expected. 
The French approach nearer and surround the city. 
The adjacent heights were taken possession of on 
the 22d ult. by a detachment recently landed at Civita 
Vecchia. The French seemed determined to enter 
the city, but if possible without effusion of blood.—
The minister AVEZZANA, is replaced by CALAN-
DRELLI. 
The Speranza of the 22d says that GARIBALDI has 
taken up a position in Rimini, and will dispute with 
the Austrians the passage of the Cattolica. The Ro-
man troops pursue briskly the flying Neapolitans. 
The Austrians have entered Florence to the num-
ber of 12,000 men. 
On the 26th of May, the Austrian officers were 
lodged •in the houses of the inhabitants. The extra-
ordinary contribution demanded by General ASPRE at 
Leghorn had been reduced to 1,100,000 livres. 
The day fixed for the advance of the Russian and 
Austrian armies upon Hungary was the 26th May, 
and we are of course without news of any late-deci- 
sive action. By the taking of Buda, or Ofen, the 
Hungarians released the army under GEORGEY, num- 
bering 30,000 men. The Hungarian army now 
amounts to 396,000 men, and 408 pieces of artillery. 
It is said that the Hungarians have possessed 
themselves of Lemburg, but this requires confirma-
tion. It is certain, however, that DEMBINSKI wishes 
to pass into Poland by Gallicia, and on that account a 
Russian force cf 45,000 men has occupied the camp 
of Kalisch, and is to remain on the frontier. 
The Austrians have taken JANITSCHEK, or ZISKA 
II, who commanded .a free corps of Magyars in the 
northwest. 
The Badish insurgents have been forced to evacu-
ate the city of Worms. 
The Prussian army, which is concentrating in the 
vicinity of Kreuznach fur the purpose of operating 
upon Frankfort and Baden, have intercepted a trans-
port of 70 cwt. of gunpowder, which was being sent 
to the insurgents in Baden. 
According to the Cologne Gazette, complete terror-
ism prevails in the grand duchy of Baden. Every 
day the insurrection increases its forces. Fearful 
disorders have taken place at Lanterbach, on the Ba-
den frontier. A popular meeting had been called ; 
the president, who interdicted it, while in the act of 
reading the riot act, was shot through the body, and 
mutilated with clubs and hatchets. Upon this the 
Hessian infantry made a desperate attack upon the 
insurgents, whom they dispersed, killing fifty, wound-
ing a great number, and making an hundred and 
twenty-three prisoners. Among them was FUSTH, 
the ringleader of the insurrection, and president of 
the democratic assembly. The troops had three 
men mortally wounded, and others slightly. 
Letters from Heidelberg of the 25th state that on 
the previous day, in Darmstadt, the people attacked 
the castle. A captain and many soldiers were killed. 
Bavaria. —A provisional government was pro-
claimed at Spire on the 22d May. The red, black, 
and gold flag was displayed from the cathedral on the 
23d, amidst the ringing of bells and the acclamations 
of the people. 
Germany.—There is very little intelligence from 
Germany. It would seem, however, that the west-
ern Prussian provinces have become somewhat more 
tranquillized. But in Baden and Bavaria, and all 
that region, the popular chiefs are said to be only 
pausing to learn the result of the French election. 
From Austria and Hungary little is positively 
known beyond the fact, that vast armies from Russia, 
in concert with Austria, are now bearing down upon 
the Hungarians, who seem to be making a progres-
sive movement—large bodies of troops having retired 
to the fastnesses of the country, where they will be 
able to fall upon the enemy with almost the certainty 
of success. By the latest news positive information 
has been received that the city of Buda has fallen 
into the hand of the 'Hungarians, who are said to 
have gained possession of the place by treachery, 
and put the garrison of five or six hundred men to 
the sword. In the south, the Magyars are said to be 
in possession of Fiume, the only seaport of Hungary, 
which, if true, will give a vast impulse to their 
cause. The meeting of the emperors of Austria and 
Russia, at "Warsaw, lasted but one day ; nothing has 
transpired as to the objects of the interview. 
Schleswig Holstein.—The war between the Danes 
and Prussians continues without, from present ap-
pearances, the remotest prospect of a satisfactory ad-
justment of the paltry matter in dispute. The town 
of Frederica has been reduced by a bombardment, 
and the Russian troops are advancing to Arr Haus. 
The Danish cruisers are strictly enforcing the block-
ade of the German ports. A division of the Russian 
fleet have appeared in the Danish waters, which is 
considered significant of the intentions of the czar. 
Russia.—The " Gazette de P Allemagne Occiden-
tale," dated Cracow, May 20, contains an account of 
a grand council of war having been held at St. Peters-
burgh, at which a protest was made against Russian 
interference in the affairs of Europe. The emperor 
was much irritated, and reeeived this advice with a 
bad grace, even insulting some of the senators. The 
president of the council, JermolofT, rose and told the 
emperor that Napoleon by his obstinacy ruined him-
self, and his majesty might meet the same fate ! and 
then the general quitted the chamber. 
Several plots against the emperor have been dis- 
covered at St. Petersburgh. �
Many officers, and 
even generals, were arrested, and instead of being 
sent to Siberia, were at once hung. The army is 
discontented, and that is the reason of the guards 
having been sent from St. Petersburgh. 
The correspondent of the " Times " writing from 
Vienna, on the 26th, says, though the fall of Buda 
has not been made known to the public, I can assure 
you that it has been in the hands of the Magyars 
since either the 21st or 22d inst. ; that the garrison 
was composed partly of soldiers of the" Ceccopieri " 
regiment, (Italians) and they, with some few Poles, 
proved traitors to their commander. It is supposes 
that all the Croats in the fortress, amounting to some 
500 or 600, were put to the sword. General Heutze 
fell alive, though covered with wounds into the hands 
of his enemies. 
Turkey.-1500 troops had arrived at Alexandria 
to join a Turkish army, and others were expected.—
The army at Adrianople is now said to amount to 
80,000 men. News has been received of the fader 
of Wilkinson's house at Alexandria. 
Chardon Street Lectures. 
 
BY J. P. WEETHEE. 
-•- 
 
LECTURE I. "CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD." 
"These things write I unto thee, hoping to conic 
unto thee shortly ; but if I tarry long, that thou may-
est know how thou °tightest to behave thyself in the 
house of God, which is the church of the living God, 
the pillar and support of the truth."-1 Tim. 3:14, 15. 
The design of Paul's letters to Timothy is clearly 
defined,—to furnish him a directory while officiating 
in the temple of divine truth. 
A temple is here presented, so peculiar in its struc- 
ture, as to receive its entire support from one pillar. 
A man of God is administering under its massive 
arches. This temple is called " The Truth," its pil-
lar, "The Church of the Living God." Timothy is 
that servant, whose actions are to be guided by the 
rules of an inspired apostle. Those rules are our 
guides, under similar circumstances, and are, there-
fore, of the first consequence. 
Three points of inquiry naturally arise— 
Ii What is that system of truths which, in the 
text, is denominated " the truth'!" 
What is the nature of that body here called 
" the Church of the living God?" 
How must a servant of God conduct himself 
in that church? 
These questions we design to answer. 
'What is that system of truths here denominated 
"the truth?" The arts and sciences have their sys-
tems of truths; but here is a system termed, by way 
of distinction, " the truth." This system is com-
posed of the following parts :-1. The Old Testa-
ment, containing thirty-nine books, called " the an-
cient revelations." 2. The New Testament, com-
prising the four gospels, or what " Jesus began to do 
and teach, until the day in which he was taken up ;" 
the Acts of the Apostles, or the record of the recep-
tion of those doctrines, 'and of the establishment of 
the first Christian churches ; the Epistles, wherein is 
found a mass of instruction for those societies; and 
the Apocalypse, giving a concise, yet very graphic 
history of the trials and future triumphs of the peo-
ple of God, in the everlasting kingdom of our blessed 
Redeemer. These sixty-six books are united in one 
volume, which we believe is " divinely inspired, and 
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
instruction in righteousness ; that the man of God 
may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good 
works."-2 Tim. 3 : 16, 17. It contains the truth—
the whole truth—which God designs his church to 
support. 
The nature of that body called " the Church 
of the living God." 
Where can this model church be found ? We look 
for a pillar in the temple which it supports. God 
has placed his own pillar in his own temple, and 
written upon it the most striking features. We shall 
find the church of the living God in the Bible alone. 
On this point, we are not required to search the opin-
ions of the fathers, nor any modern creed. 
The apostles planted many churches. Which one 
was " the Church ?" No one of them, to the exclu-
sion of the others,—they were all churches of Christ. 
All true believers in Christ are members of his 
church. Some object to the term church as the 
proper name for that body. Why not call it a band, 
—a society ? To this we reply-1. The name of a 
body does not alter its nature, 2. It is the term used 
by Christ and his apostles. 3. An abuse of a scrip-
ture name should never force us to abandon the proper 
use of it. If so, we should be compelled to reject 
every Bible term, yea, and our own names. 
The ground of objection is simply this : Some 
" bodies which are now denominated churches, I be-
lieve, are apostate, I cannot, therefore, take upon 
myself the name of an apostate society." 
Two symbolic women are described in the Apoca-
lypse ; the one, the bride—the Lamb's wife ; the 
other, an harlot. Both symbolize churches. You 
reject the name, because it is common to both. " A 
word to the wise " is sufficient. 
Let us examine the rise and establishment of the 
first Christian churches. Their inspired records are 
in the Acts of the Apostles. 
APOSTOLIC CHURCHES. 
Peter's first address was to the disciples, who num-
bered about one hundred and twenty. This church 
elects an apostle.—Acts 1 : 23, 26. And if an apos-
tle, they had power to appoint any other necessary 
officer. We make this remark, that all may notice 
the origin of supreme ecclesiastical power. It does 
not flow from the-priest to the members, but from the 
members to the priest. 
The Steamship Cambria arrived at New York on 
Friday evening, bringing seven days later intelligence 
from Europe. 
Ireland.—As an evidence of the extreme destitu-
tion and misery which exists in Ireland, it is stated 
that a shipwrecked human body having been cast 
ashore, the corpse was actually consumed by the 
starving inhabitants in the vicinity. A statement to 
this effect was made in Parliament, and though con-
tradicted in part by the government, yet the fact is 
beyond dispute, that at no previous time have sick-
ness, intense misery, and starvation been more gener-
al than now. The cholera has broken out in Dublin, 
and still continues its ravages in many parts of the 
country. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
I would propose, in order to obtain aid to enable me 
to publish our works, is as follows. I do not ask fur 
donations, nor a " permanent fund ;" but I wish for 
a loan of about $ 1000, which may be raised by a 
number of persons, in various sums, as may be con-
venient to those who can aid me, for which I will 
give notes, on interest until paid, with satisfactory se-
curity. I wish to refund this sum as soon as the sales 
of the new works shall place in my hands the means 
to do it. Any wishing their money at any time after 
six months, on giving me a few weeks' notice, shall 
receive it. Those who wish the worki, can have 
them at the wholesale price, and let the amount go 
towards the liquidation of the amount loaned. 
Bro. Wetherbee said : As an agent, I always re-
turn all the money I receive from the sale of papers, 
and other publications. It seems to me that all other 
agents, who are able, should do the same, and not 
make the agency a matter of speculation. 
Bro. Burnham said that the Hymn-book was under 
way, and in the hands of a committee, who would 
revise and make such alterations in the hymns that 
all could sing. One word as regards the " Advent 
Herald." Either it is the Advent Herald, or Bro. 
Himes' Herald. If it is the former, it should have 
our sympathies. So long as we send them our ap-
pointments for publication, let us deal with them as 
our agents. We ought to own the Herald as our 
own. Bro. Himes has given us the offer this morn-
ing of putting the office in other hands. But if we 
should ransack creation, we should never find pub-
lishers and editors that would agree with us on all 
points. For one, I am satisfied with the agent, the 
office, its location, &c., though of course not of every-
thing that is published. I want we should be asso-
ciated in our sympathy : when they suffer, we should 
suffer; when they are reproached, we should feel 
reproached. What do all these reports through the 
land amount to? I have been associated with the 
brethren of the " Herald " for years, and I have not 
seen anything in their Christian character to find fault 
with. 
Bro. Pearson remarked, that he felt a deep interest 
in the subject of discussion. As regards the " Her-
ald " and its course, perhaps it is not proper for me 
to say much. I have been intimately acquainted with 
Bro. Himes and his books. The " Advent Herald" 
is emphatically the "Advent Herald." And as to 
placing another man in Bro. Himes' place, there is 
not another that can do the amount of active labor 
that he does, and I have been surprised at the amount 
of the publications issued from the office. As regards 
the Hymn-book, it is not of the elevated character 
we want,-I do not read some of the hymns. There 
is not variety enough, and I have felt, while reading 
many of the hymns in the Wesleyan collection, and 
Watts', that some of their soul-animating hymns 
should be transferred to the " Harp." Let us act, 
then, in this matter : our faith is made perfect by our 
works. The value of our worldly property should 
grow less in our estimation as we near the Jubilee, as 
did that of the Jews under the typical dispensation. 
Bro. I. C. Wellcome could heartily approve of the 
general course of the " Herald." He could recom-
mend it wherever he went, and it is the only paper 
that he can consistently recommend. 
Bro. Fletcher said : I feel a great interest in the 
" Herald." I have always taken it,-always mean 
to pay for it punctually, and in advance. And I am' 
glad that the influence of brethren seems to be di-
rected more and more to its support. There is no 
paper in which I find so little that is objectionable as 
in the " Herald." There have been some things in-
troduced in its columns, which its conductors have 
regretted as well as others. I am also pleased with 
the " Children's Advent Herald," and other publica-
tions issued from the office. 
Bro. Harley said that he had taken the " Herald " 
for several years, and could speak in its favor. What 
had been said thus far, was nom the ministry. Now, 
I wish to speak a word for myself, and the other class 
of readers. I am ready to support the " Herald," 
pay for it punctually, &c., but I disapprove of the 
controversial past. I am often ashamed to have my 
neighbors read it. I think the conductors would be 
glad not to engage in such controversies. I have 
often been pained at this, and thought if I could only 
stand at the elbow of the editor sometimes, and just 
speak a word of caution, the article might be sup-
pressed. Bro. H. spoke of the plan of a publishing 
fund, proposed by Bro. Himes. He hoped that some 
would act on the matter. 
Bro. Himes made a few remarks in justification of 
the course he had pursued in relation to the articles 
alluded to. 
After remarks from some others, the conference 
their beginning, wanted a publishing fund. The plan adjourned, to meet at 2 1-2 P. M. 
On the day of Pentecost, the apostles were quali-
fied to enter upon the duties of their mission. 
An addition of three thousand members to the 
church, was the fruit of Peter's first sermon. They 
became members by baptism : for, " As many as are 
baptized into Christ have put on Christ." 
The proclamation was first to the Jews. In their 
synagogues the apostles preached " Jesus and the 
resurrection." At the close of their temple exercises, 
their numbers had increased to about five thousand. 
Coming out of prison, Peter again addresses the mul-
titude of the Jews. The disciples are filled with 
the Holy Ghost, and make common stock of their 
possessions. Others selling all, laid the " price at 
the apostles' feet ;" for as yet no persons had been 
appointed as distributors and servers of tables. 
When the number of the disciples had greatly mul-
tiplied, the apostles, like Moses, had such accumu-
lated labors, that " there arose a murmuring of the 
Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows 
were neglected in their daily ministration."-Acts 
6:1. A church meeting was called, for the choice of 
certain officers, whose duties are distinctly pointed 
out. This business did not propetly belong to the 
apostles. Seven persons were chosen by the church, 
to minister to the temporal wants of the disciples.-
The authority to select again flows from the church. 
At the martyrdom of Stephen, a violent persecu-
tion broke out against the church at Jerusalem. The 
members were all scattered, but the apostles. They 
went everywhere preaching the word Let us now 
trace the results of their preaching in the various cit-
ies, and notice the organization of new churches. 
in his own hired house, and received all that came 
in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and 
teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus 
Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him." 
-Acts 28 : 30, 31. 
Paul left Titus in Crete, " that thou shouldest set 
in order the the things that are wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee."-
Titus 1 : 5. 
From the foregoing we draw the following con-
clusions. 1. The church first existed in fact, with-
out any prescribed officers, and was composed of all 
persons who had put on Christ by baptism. 2. It 
then existed inform, when seven men were select-
ed to serve tables, and to attend to other duties of 
secular nature; while the apostles gave themselves 
wholly to the ministration of the word. 3. After-
ward it was set in order by ordaining elders in every 
church. These three progressive steps can be clear-
ly traced : the church in fact, in form, in order.-
The gospel was preached to the Jews in their syna-
gogues, where it created a division. The Christian 
part separated themselves from the mass, and formed 
a church in fact. Some few were selected to attend 
to their temporal wants, and then elders were select-
ed, and from them one to feed the flock of God. 
Hence we have in the church in order, deacons, el-
ders and pastors. 
Other officers did exist, but were ministers ex-
traordinary, and, therefore, ceased when the objects 
of their mission were accomplished. These officers 
were apostles, prophets, pow ers, helpers, directors, 
interpreters, skewers of mercy. See 1 Cur. 12: 28, 
29 ; Eph. 4 : 11. 
We lay this down as a fixed principle. The 
church of the living God was never designed to 
originate truths, but to support a system of divine 
truth already originated. In this it fills the office of 
a pillar in a temple. 
All human creeds, purporting to be the truth, are 
new temples, supported by new pillars. Our duty 
is plain. 
One system we are bound to sustain-a 
system, having no defect, either in matter or in man-
ner-the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the 
Bible ! That system calls a body of believers a 
church. It prescribes the order of that body, by 
naming the officers, and describing their qualifica-
tions and duties. The system is perfect, and with 
it the man of God is " perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works." 
Every human creed, drawn up to bind men's faith 
and practice, implicates the word of God, for it is 
implied that the Scriptures are deficient, either in 
matter or mariner. Few presume to say that it is 
defective in matter; therefore offer as an apology 
for their acts, that the rules may be brought into a 
smaller compass, and the language used be more ex-
plicit : or, in plain English, uninspired men can 
excel the Holy Spirit in perspicuity of diction ! 
Let human confessions be compared with our dis-
cipline in the following points : 1. Character of 
Deacons.-1 Tim. 3 : 8-10, 12, 13. 2. Character 
of Elders.-1 Tim. 3 : 1-7 ; 5 : 1,17, 19 ; Titus : 1 : 
6-9 �
3. Rules of conduct for all members, public 
and private.-Rom. 12: 1-21. 4. The manner of 
dealing with an offender.-Matt. 18 : 15-17. 
Let these rules of holy living be transcribed by 
every member of Christ's church, and hung by his 
bed side, that they may be last in his mind at night, 
and the first in the morning ; and with solemn de-
pendence on God, resolve to live them out to the 
very letter. .That person or church that will do so, 
will secure great peace of conscience and joy in the 
Holy Ghost. 
Until a church has fully complied with these re-
quisitions, let it never ask for a human creed. 
tive church. In this act we give you our confidence, 
and say to you, that we shall sympathize with you in 
all your trials in the ministry. Like David and Jona- 
than, we have entered into covenant with each other : 
we shall weep when you weep, and rejoice when you 
rejoice. I know of your labors and toils as an evan- 
gelist, and the temptations to which you are exposed. 
And 0, how much care is required in our labors in 
the families we visit. How important that our con- 
versation and deportment should be such as become 
ministers of Jesus Christ. We want to set an exam- 
ple to those we teach,-to instruct, build up, and take 
care of the families we visit,-for in every well-regu-
lated family there is a church of God. You visit 
those who but seldom see a minister of Christ, and 
who are cheered and comforted when you go among 
them. Over such you can exert a most happy influ-
ence. Give the parents counsel, and their children 
instruction, and thus make them better, so that they 
will he glad to see you again. The saying, " Like 
priest, like people," is true. If our brethren in the 
ministry go about and talk of themselves and things 
foreign to their mission, they do great injury ; but 
when they go with true hearts, filled with the Spirit 
of God, their labors are crowned with success. It 
should be your object, not so much to introduce some-
thing new, as to make those happy you visit, by giv-
ing them the sincere milk of the word. When you 
go to the church thus, they will be strengthened, and 
enabled to buffet the waves of adversity and trial, and 
will look forward to the period when you will visit 
them again. We ought to be evangelist pastors.-
When we spend a few days in a place, we should visit 
every family and talk with them ; yes, talk with that 
care-worn mother,-those children ,-learn their trials, 
and give them true Christian counsel ; make them feel 
that you come to them as an angel of mercy. When 
in a community, let it not be your question, How 
many are here who believe in the Advent doctrine? 
but, How many love Jesus ? We need such a min-
istry, to do such a work ; and without it, our societies 
must die. I know your heart is in this work. I give 
you this right hand of fellowship, and that of this 
conference, and may the prayers of the church, and 
the blessing of God, go with you. Amen. 
While the conference was waiting for the business 
committee, Bro. Adrian gave an account of his labors 
during the past year. 
Bro. Himes then introduced the subject of the 
publishing business of the office. He stated the 
whole number of works issued from the office, and 
said, that if he had taken the profits, or a portion of 
them, he should not now be embarrassed. But he 
had always acted on the principle, that the more he 
made and received, the more he must give. He said 
that his desire had been to publish valuable works, 
such as would benefit men, and not those to satisfy 
merely a morbid appetite. The cause cannot be 
well sustained without a paper, a hymn-book, and 
other publications, but 1 cannot assume the position 
of an arbitrator. As I have said before, I now say 
again, if the Advent body will take the office, books, 
&c., and put responsible men in my place, to control 
the affairs of the office, I am ready to give up all into 
their hands. I cart support my family by my hands. 
Choose whom you please as general agent, to con-
duct the affalis of the office ; but the proceeds should 
not he appropriated to selfish purposes. My work 
has been to advance this cause, in finance as well as 
in preaching. I made up my mind in that pulpit 
(pointing to the pulpit) to this effect, when Father 
Miller first came here. From that time to the pres-
ent, I have watched this cause, and my heart has 
been in it, and is still. I have made this offer to the 
brethren and the conference ; but if you are not dis-
posed to adopt such a course, I think I may reasona-
bly expect your support. Either take the office, and 
put men in it that you have confidence in, or have 
confidence in those already in it. 
In consequence of a deficiency of means, (said 
Bro. H.,) I shall be unable to publish the new hymn 
book without embarrassment. We need a book of 
this character, suited to our wants, and it has been 
soliticited from every quarter. In regard to the Tes-
tament translated by Bro. Whiting, he had been dis-
appointed by the printer in not getting it out as soon 
as expected. This work will contain more references 
and marginal notes, than any Bible or Testament ex-
tant, and will be one of the most valuable books we 
ever had. The plates for this book has cost about 
$ 700. Bro. Weethee has two or three valuable 
works that he wishes published ; if I publish them, 
the office will be embarrassed until they are sold. I 
want the brethren who feel disposed to raise a pub-
lishing fund, on the same principle proposed in the 
case of Brn. Miller and Catlin. The Wesleys, in 
In Jerusalem.-This church had James as their 
minister. They had elders, as we learn from Acts 
11:30 ; 15:4 ; 20 : 18. It seems rather to have been 
regarded a model church. 
In Samaria.-Under the preaching of Philip, 
the people, with one accord, gave heed to the things 
spoken, and were baptized, both men and women ;" 
" and there was great joy in that city." Many mira-
cles were performed, and the multitude of believers 
received the Holy Ghost from the hands of the 
apostles. 
in Lydda.-A. miracle wrought by Peter at 
Lydda, was the occasion of an awakening, " and all 
that dwelt in Lydda and Saron, saw him [the man 
healed,] and turned to the Lord." 
Saul's conversion, and Peter's vision, added a new 
impulse to the cause of Christ. The one opened the 
gospel to the Gentiles, the other gave them an 
apostle. 
In Antioch.-Some of the saints, scattered from 
Jerusalem, came to Antioch.-" And the hand of the 
Lord was with them : and a great number believed 
and turned unto the Lord." Saul, now a preacher of 
righteousness, being brought by Barnabas to Anti-
och, taught the church a whole year. " And the 
disciples were called Christians first at Antioch."-
This name was given by their enemies, as the verb is 
in the passive voice, not in the middle, as it should 
have been had they named themselves. From this 
church, two were ordained to travel as evangelists.-
Acts 13 : 1-5. These evangelists visited the various 
churches, " confirming the souls of the disciples. 
And when they had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended 
them to the Lord on whom they believed."-v. 23. 
in konium. -" Barnabas and Paul having 
preached in the synagogue of the Jews, a great mul-
titude of Jews, and also of Greeks, believed."-
Acts 14:1. 
In Thessalonica.-Paul reasoned three Sabbaths 
with the Jews in their synagogue. " And some of 
them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; 
and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of 
the chief women not a few."-Acts 17:4. 
In Athens.-Paul having delivered a discourse 
to the learned of that city, many mocked, yet certain 
men came to him and believed. 
In Corinth.-Paul first reasoned with the Jews, 
but on their rejection of the word, he turned to the 
Gentiles. " And many of the Corinthians hearing, 
believed, and were baptized."-Acts 18 : 8. There 
he continued a year and six months, as God had much 
people in that city." 
In Ephesus.-Paul finds there a company of 
twelve disciples, who had been baptized into John's 
baptism : " They were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus."-Acts 19 : 5. 
Here Paul continued two years, " so that all they 
which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Je-
sus, both Jews and Greeks."-Acts 19: 10. 
In Rome.-Paul having reasoned with the Jews, 
" And some believed the things that were spoken." 
-Acts 28 : 24. " And Paul dwelt two whole years 
Boston Conference. 
THURSDAY, MAY 31-MORNING SESSION. 
Prayer by Bro. 0. Eastman. 
Bro. Himes said that he wished to state to the con-
ference, that Bro. Gross was to have been ordained 
at the New York conference ; but the matter being 
deferred until he was compelled to leave, the ordina-
tion did not take place. Bro. G. did not ask an ordi-
nation ; but as he is travelling through different sec-
tions as an evangelist, the brethren were desirous that 
he should be set apart for the work of the ministry. 
Bro. Gross gave a brief statement of his disap-
pointment at New York, and expressing still a desire 
to be ordained, the conference voted that he be or-
dained, and set apart to the work of the ministry. 
Brn. Himes, Weethee, and Osler officiated in the 
services. After prayer, and the laying on of hands, 
Bro. Himes addressed him thus : We do not pre-
tend to confer any gifts,-we follow in this the primi- 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
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on, and lift up our heads. Brethren, keep your eye 
on the mark, and press forward, for the prize is just 
ahead ; forget the things that are behind,—don't 
move to the right or left,—be determined to know 
nothing among the people hut Jesus Christ and the 
power of his resurrection. 0, may the full import 
of the words, " Lest coming suddenly, he find you 
sleeping," impress our minds with due weight. And 
0, the solemn thought that thrills through my soul, 
that many of us who have been once ready, and who 
would once have been found waiting for the Master, 
and would have hailed him with joy, will at last be 
left out of the kingdom. And all by turning aside to 
vain janglings, and doting about questions which 
profit not, or who have been deceived by the cares of 
the world, or the deceitfulness of' riches. 0, my 
brethren, be watchful, be vigilant, for " we are almost 
there." Thanks be to God for the prospect that lies 
before us. Denial life is our aim. Though our tri-
als here are great, they are only calculated to make 
us more humble. Look to Jesus at all times for an 
increase of faith, and may he establish, strengthen, 
settle you, and an abundant entrance be administered 
unto you into the everlasting kingdom. 
T. FOOTE. 
Correspondence. 
NO, NEVER GIVE UP ! 
No. never give up! while the land is in view, 
Though stormy thy passage through life, 
Though meagre thy fortune,—though comforts be 
few,— 
Endure to the end of the strife. 
No, never give up ! for the sake of repose, 
Though conflicts be sometimes severe ; 
No rest to his spirit the warrior knows, 
Till victory banishes fear. 
No, never give up ! though cheerless earth seem, 
Though storms of affliction may rise, 
For soon the bright day with its glory shall gleam, 
Revealing blest scenes to thy eyes. 
No, never give up to thy foe on the field, 
Though valiant and strong he his arm ; 
The enemy soon to the Christian must yield, 
Protected through grace from all harm. 
No, never give up! though the contest be long, 
Thy cause is the cause of the free; 
Fight manfully, boldly, then sweeter thy song,—
Then brighter thy laurels will be. 
Thy Captain will aid thee in time of distress, 
And angels administer cheer ; 
If courage should fail thee when trials oppress, 
Then help shall be specially near. 
Then, never give up ! for the land is in view, 
Its glories appear to our sight ; 
The land of sweet promise—Jerusalem new— 
Is waiting to be thy delight. �
D. 
the glorious appearing of the great God and our Sa-
viour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us.. 
Beloved, let us be ready now to suffer with him, 
that we may be also glorified together,—that when 
his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad with ex-
ceeding joy. " And there came a fire out from be-
fore the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-
offering and the fat : which when all the people saw, 
they shouted and fell on their faces." Thus will our 
Lord come on the throne of his glory, like the fiery 
flame, unto the salvation of his people. Everlasting 
joy will be upon them, for their sins and iniquities 
will he forever blotted out and consumed, and will be 
remembered no more forever. Then will they cry 
with a loud voice, saying, " Salvation to our God 
who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb !" 
and will serve him in his temple, and He that sitteth 
upon the throne shall dwell among them. 
But Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, offered 
strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded 
them not; and there went out fire from the Lord and 
devoured them : and they died before the Lord.—
Therefore let us now serve God with reverence and 
godly fear, walking before him by faith, and in love, 
out of a pure heart, for our God is a consuming fire. 
H. L. S. 
LETTER FROM B. MORLEY. 
BRO. HIMES :—Yesterday I met with the church 
in Buffalo. The attendance and interest were en-
couraging. A young man requested baptism. He 
had been invited to our meetings by an Advent family, 
was convicted at once, when at home alone he sought 
the Lord, and found peace through Christ. We gave 
him an opportunity to speak before the congregation, 
of the dealings of God with him. He seemed to 
have a deep sense of his own sinfulness, and really 
to have embraced Christ. We repaired to the lake, 
and administered the ordinance of immersion, feel-
ing that the Head of the Church was well pleased. 
Three weeks ago yesterday, I baptized a young wo-
man here. She had been a professor of religion some 
time, had recently come to this country from Scot-
land, and here embraced the hope of soon seeing 
Christ in his glory. She had never seen a person 
immersed, but said she thought the Bible required 
immersion. The scene at the water-side was quite 
impressive. I do not think it was fancy, nor the ef-
fect of the water alone,—there was something divine 
in it. It was God's own ordinance, performed in his 
own way,—and why should he not approve? 
The day of my own baptism was the happiest one 
of my life; and though it is eighteen years in the 
past, it seems as fresh and lovely now to my mind, 
as were then the flowers of spring. Since that time, 
floods of sorrow and deep anguish have swept over 
my soul, as I have followed friend after friend to the 
grave, leaving me in orphanage " on the world's high-
way." But the prayers of pious parents, though 
dead, have not been forgotten by God. Christ has 
been my shepherd, and is my shepherd still. The 
Comforter is with me, who, with the great Shep-
herd's " rod and staff," (the word,) corrects and con-
soles me. 
Reader, do you know the Lord? If you do, re-
joice in him—trust him perfectly. But if you do not, 
let me say to you, He is good ; fall at his feet, and 
let your heart be broken, and poured out like water 
for your sins. Ask his mercy in the name of Jesus, 
and all is yours. 
Lockport (N. Y.), May 21st, 1849. 
Extracts from Letters. 
From Fredericton (N. B.), May 16th, 1649. 
BRO. BLISS :—It gives me pleasure to say, that I 
own Dr. E. B. Elliott's valuable work ; and the more 
I read it, the more pleasure and instruction it affords. 
All others that I have read, bears no comparison 
with that work, either as to ability or correctness of 
interpretation. It is a library of itself, and the Chris-
tian world ought to be grateful and thankful that God 
has called such a master-spirit into his vineyard, and 
in this important day. 
I may name Dr. Cumming, a co-worker, as ano-
ther Whitefield, in England. I am told by a person 
from there, that he is the most eloquent roan in that 
country, that thousands attend his ministry wherever 
he goes, and all denominations, including Catholics; 
crowd to hear him. I wish him God speed. Her-
schel is another bright arid shining light among his 
countrymen. 
I am much pleased that you allow so much of their 
writings a place in the " Herald." Why not publish 
more of Elliott's? His chapter on our position and 
conclusion ought to be known and read by all lovers 
of the " present truth." It is really meat in due 
season. The heavenly subject absorbs my whole 
soul : I have no wish to think, speak, or write on 
any other. Though I do not expect to live to see 
the heavenly day, yet I expect to he one of the heav-
enly company that will descend with him at the last 
trump. " Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." 
I do not want the " Herald " to go down, but to 
see it rise, though you know my views are different 
from yours on the nature of the millennium. I think 
a few years will set all things right, and what we 
know not now we shall know perfectly hereafter. 
I learn that Bro. Miller is almost home. May the 
Lord grant him a heavenly ray through the dark val-
ley. I expect soon to follow him. Amen. The 
Lord's will be done. I have no wish to breathe any 
longer than I breathe my soul to Him who gave it. 
Give my Christian love to Bro. Himes. I am of 
the opinion, that he has got the storm to stand a lit-
tle longer ; but the Lord will give him strength equal 
to his day. It appears to me that the day is not far 
distant, when you will see eye to eye with your aged 
brother, and a host of others both in England and 
America, on the new and near coming dispensation. 
Yours, with deep affection, �
W. WILMOT. 
Oswego (N. Y.), June 9th, 1849. 
BRO. RIMES :—We hail a good, comforting time 
at Cato, and some declared their faith in the truth of 
the Saviour's speedy coming. We feel very grate-
ful for your donations for the benefit of our meetings, 
and for the interest manifested in sustaining our tent-
meetings. I do believe it to be the most effectual way 
to reach the people. 
Our meetings commenced here last Wednesday 
evening, and thus far it is one of uncommon interest. 
Our tent is thronged every night with very attentive 
hearers. Our rights are sacredly regarded by the 
city authorities. 
Our next meeting will he at Cooperstown, thence 
to Crocket's Bridge, Herkimer co., thence to Utica, 
(if we can be sustained there, and for which we shall 
depend on the brethren, under God) ; from Utica we 
shall go to Syracuse, where I am glad to see that you 
some think of holding a general meeting. I wish 
you could arrange so as to begin the meeting as early 
as the 25th of July, when we shall be in the vicinity. 
We want to go to Geneva, Newark, Palmira, and 
a number of new places, and we hope our brethren 
will sustain us. At any rate, we shall go as long as 
we have a shilling in our pockets. We fell short of 
meeting the expense of our last meeting some fifteen 
dollars ; but while raising the tent in Oswego, a 
steward of God, who was there on business, and who 
was accidentally left by the boat, came on the ground 
and helped us a while, and before leaving handed me 
five dollars, for which I thanked God and took cou-
rage. God is in this work, and it will go forward. 
Yesterday, Sunday, our tent meeting was crowded 
to overflowing, and better attention, and less tumult, 
considering the' crowd there was on the ground; I 
have seldom witnessed. Some of the first men of 
the city were out to hear. There seems to be an in-
creasing desire to hear on this glorious subject. We 
think of continuing here over another Sunday. The 
Lord is with us, and the brethren here seem quite en-
couraged ; they never expected to see the people of 
Oswego to give such a hearing to the word. To God 
be all the glory. I am perfectly satisfied, that our 
tent meetings are the most effectual way of getting 
at the people, and, consequently, of warning the 
world of the coming crisis, and I have no fears that 
we shall not be sustained. �
J. C. BYWATER. 
From Newhuryport (Mass.), June 12th, 1849. 
As some advantage may be taken of the report of 
this place by the Secretary of the Boston conference, 
permit me to make a few brief amendments. 
'You will remember, that when I gave the num-
ber of professed Adventists in this place, I did it with 
considerable hesitation. From certain circumstances, 
I could not, and did not, speak in a decided manner. 
Since we have lived here, there have been no less 
than twenty removals from the town to other places, 
and One family since the conference; also a number 
have come among us recently. As I had never taken 
the trouble to ascertain the exact number, of course 
I could not do otherwise than speak as I did, and say 
we numbered about sixty professed Adventists. This 
morning I have hastily estimated our strength, and 
have before me the names of thirty-nine, without 
reckoning those who sometimes speak in our meet-
ings, and declare that their hearts are with us, or 
those who claim to be Adventists, but whom we do not 
recognize as with us. Our congregations the past 
fall and winter have averaged not far from two hun-
dred, sometimes more, and at other times less, as I 
have occasionally noticed from the desk. 
There is another item of much more conse-
quence, and really requires an explanation. I am 
reported as having said in reference to Rochester, 
that " while [I was] there, they could not get a vote 
to get up even a subscription paper,' for the purpose 
of acting together in a church capacity." This is 
a mistake. I was speaking on the subject of order, 
and gave as an illustratiou of an opposite extreme, a 
good brother in Rochester, who acknowledged that 
deacons were according to Bible order, but experi-
ence had taught him that the o9ice of deacons was 
not good. 1 also said, that a vote to even get up a 
subscription paper, for the better regulation of the 
financial matters of the church, teas lost, not " for 
the purpose of acting together in church capacity," 
as the report says. There is a vast difference between 
a mere subscription to simply regulate the money 
matters, and the church compact, which they have 
since then adopted. I was perfectly astonished when 
I read that article of association,—I could hardly be-
lieve my` own eyes. But enough upon this point at 
present, as I intend, when convenient, to say some- 
thing respecting this matter. �
J. PEARSON, JR. 
Jacksonhurr, (0.), June 4th, 1649. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES — Having for several years 
been a reader of tire " Herald," and by the blessing 
of God, having been much instructed, comforted, 
cheered, and strengthened, by its varied and impor-
tant bontents, I feel it both a pleasure and a duty to 
testify thereto. I have stood here almost entirely 
alone for several years ; but, by the grace of God, 
my head has been kept above the waves, and we now 
number six or seven; and we think we should con-
tinue to increase, if we could have some prominent 
preachers of the Advent doctrine this way. I think 
the only remedy for reviving the churches is in 
preaching the second coming of Christ, which is, 
alas! too much neglected by ministers at tire present 
day, and in discoursing on the fulfilment of prophecy, 
which I regard as one of the surest proofs that the 
Bible is an inspired book, and a revelation given by 
God to a lost and guilty world. I see the prophecies 
are being fulfilled in a most striking manner, show-
ing precisely where we are in the winding up of this 
world's history. �
M. FALL. 
From Salisbury (N. H.), June 3d, 1849. 
BRO. RIMES :—It seems to me, that we have all 
the encouragement that we need at this time to hold 
From Grizgsville (III.), May %th, 1849. 
BRO. }TIMES :—If I am not mistaken, there are 
some here who begin to think, that the prophecies 
have a meaning of some sort. 0, how much they 
need one who is skilful and true to guide them into 
the right understanding of the word. If such an 
one should perchance stray out as far as here, let him 
call at my house. Can it not be so? I think he'would 
meet a full confidence. But time is short, and what-
ever is done must be done quickly. I think, before 
the close of the present year, there will be some clear 
demonstrations made, that our faith shall not fail. 
Yours in hope of eternal life, �
Z. W. HOYT. 
Obituary. 
DEAR BRO. HIMES :—It becomes my solemn duty 
to inform you of the death of our beloved sister SA-
RAH SCOTT, of Vernon, Vt. Sister S. had been for 
twenty-five years the widow of Elizur Scott. She 
experienced a hope in religion in early life, and joined 
the Baptist church, with which she continued until 
the publication of Bro. Miller's lectures. Her mind 
was ripe tin receive the truth, which she did with joy, 
and continued in the church until their doors were 
closed against the truth she loved. She always main-
tained her profession by an exemplary life, and after 
she embraced the faith of the near coming Saviour, 
she manifested to all about her that she loved his 
appearing. She thought that she should behold him 
in the clouds before she died, but consumption preyed 
upon her mortal body until May 30th, (it being her 
birth-clay,) when she fell asleep in Jesus, not to awake 
until the heavens be no more. She was 65 years old, 
and has left a large circle of connections to mourn 
for her, but not as those who have no hope. When 
I was at my home, I arranged my appointments so as 
to be at Vernon the first Sabbath in June. She read 
my appointments, and made great calculations on my 
coming, and had preparations made for the meeting 
to he held at her house, instead of the school-house, 
the usual place of meeting. I preached her funeral 
sermon from Rom. 6 :23—" The wages of sin is 
death ; but the gift of God is eternal life, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord." A. large concourse of peo-
ple assembled, manifesting great respect for the de-
ceased, and also good attention to the word. I hope 
it will be as good seed sown on good ground, bring- 
ing �
good fruit. I have written this to you by 
request of the mourners. �
J. Winsoer. 
 
BRO. RIMES :-13ro. HERRICK and wife, of Youngs-
vine, in this State, have been deeply afflicted. Within 
one year, they have been called to lay three of their 
children in the home of the dead. The following 
lines were written for them at their request. 
THE BEREAVED PARENTS. 
Thrice have we felt the chastening rod, 
Yea, thrice have heard the voice of God, 
Bidding us seek the world to come 
For our eternal, peaceful home. 
The gospel—this is all our hope, 
It bears our fainting spirits up, 
While travelling in this vale below, 
Oppress'd with sin, and pain, and woe. 
Oh, we should be o'erwhelm'd with gloom, 
To lay our loved ones in the tomb, 
Did not that promise meet our eye, 
Of Him who hath ascended high— 
" I'll bring your children yet again 
From out their graves, where they have lain, 
And place them on that happy shore, 
Where sighs and farewells are no more." 
AARON'S OFFICE A TYPE OF CUR GREAT HIGH 
PRIEST. 
The offerings described in the first part of the 9th 
chapter of Leviticus, were probably presented at 
the time of the morning sacrifice. Then Moses and 
Aaron retired into the tabernacle. At the time of 
the evening sacrifice they came forth again, and stood 
at the altar. At this hour Aaron stood still, and 
looked upon all the people as they crowded the space 
in front of the brazen altar. As he thus stood, the 
eyes of all the multitude turned towards him, where-
upon, amid the awful solemnity and deep silence, he 
lifted up his hands—the very hands that had been 
wetavith blood—and blessed the people. It was as 
if he were pouting over them all the grace and peace 
that flow from the blood of Jesus. And this done, 
" he came down from offering the sin-offering, and 
burnt-offering, and peace-offerings." It was thus 
that Jesus blessed his people—his faithful witnesses, 
who stood around him on the Mount of Olives—lift-
ing up the very hands that had so lately been nailed 
to the cross ; and having so done, he left the place of 
sacrifice, and went into the " holiest of all," there to 
receive more communications from his Father, (Acts 
2 :32, 33.) and then to come forth again, to give 
more blessing.—Acts 3 : 19-21. 
Aaron, leaving the altar, went into the holy place. 
Moses hands over to his care all the vessels of the 
sanctuary, and commits the ordering of all to him.—
Jesus, on his ascension—on his leaving the place 
where he had made the sacrifice—received from the 
Father " all power in heaven and in earth," all " gifts 
for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord 
God might dwell among them." (" He that des-
cended is the same also that ascended far above all 
heavens, that he might fill, or fulfil all things.")—
" And he gave some apostles ; and some prophets ; 
and some evangelists ; arid some pastors and teach- 
ers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of 
the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ : 
till we all come into the unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, and unto a perfect 
man, unto the measure of stature (or age) of the 
fulness of Christ." �
Being by the right hand of 
God exalted, and having received of the Father the 
promise of the Holy Ghost, he shed it forth on the 
day of Pentecost. This was the fulfilment of what 
he said to his disciples just before he ascended : 
" And that repentance and remissions of sins should 
be preached in his name among all nations, beginning 
at Jerusalem. And behold, I send the promise of my 
Father upon you!' This endued them with power 
from on high,—the Lord working with them, and has 
promised to be thus with them :—" Lo, I am with 
you always, even unto the end of the world " The 
apostles understood their work, that " God did visit 
the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his 
name." For this end were they given. 
Aaron not only went into the tabernacle of the 
congregation, but " came out and blessed the people: 
and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the peo-
ple." The people remained in the courts, expecting 
the re-appearance of Aaron. The coming out again 
of our High Priest to bless his people anew, will he 
like that of Aaron's. Therefore is it written : " So 
that ye come behind in no gift, waiting for the com-
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ."—" And to wait for 
his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, 
even Jesus "—" And unto them that look for him 
shall he appear the second time, without sin (offer-
ing) unto salvation. Wherefore gird up the loins of 
your mind, be sober and hope to the end, (or hope 
perfectly) for the grace that is to be brought unto 
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." That will 
he the times of refreshing from the presence of the 
Lord, when all who have died in the faith of Jesus, 
will receive the promise, and awake in his likeness : 
for " this we know, that when he shall appear we 
shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."—
When, also, those that are alive and remain, will be 
likewise changed into the same image of the Second 
Adam, the Lord from heaven ; for they, too, were 
found anxiously looking for that blessed hope, and 
From Jamaica (Vt.), June 10th, 1649. 
DEAR BRO. HrMES :—We are having a good time 
in this place; there is order within and without the 
camp. Bro. A. Brown is with me at present. I am 
somewhat interested in him, though I am satisfied 
that he has not got all the truth. But we have no 
trouble. My all is interested in the truth, that Jesus 
is soon to come, and bring about the promised resti-
tution. My heart has been made sad when I have 
seen some who were determined to stand up in direct 
opposition to those who believe that a dead man is 
dead, and that the wicked will be destroyed. This is 
wicked. But God being my helper, my course is to 
be onward, as it hitherto has been ; though I shall 
not hesitate to meet the life and death question when 
it comes in my way, just as I do Christ crucified.—
Also when this class have taken the same course 
with those who do not believe with them on these 
questions. But I am resolved to work with all who 
are giving the last proclamation. I am, as ever, 
yours in the Lord, �
R. V. LYON. 
168 �
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
WHITING'S TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTA-
MENT is out of press, and a few received on Thurs• 
day. Price, 75 cents single copy ; 60 cents apiece 
by the dozen, or more ; for 50 copies, or over, 50 
cents per copy. 
We shall fill the orders for this work and send 
them off, as fast as we get them from the binders.—
In the course of this week shall get off all ordered. 
As we shall have to get out another edition soon, 
we hope that agents will make prompt returns from 
the sale of this, and only order in such quantities as 
there is a prospect for an immediate sale. 
" BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON."—The second edi-
tion of this work, revised and enlarged, is now in 
progress of stereotyping, and will soon be ready for 
delivery. As there have been many calls for this 
publication, the above notice is given, that brethren 
may forward their orders immediately. 
To CORRESPONDENTS.—We should be happy to 
gratify the writer of the lines on " Holiness to the 
Lord," by publishing them, if the poetry would war-
rant it. The sentiment is good—but it is not good 
poetry. 
Bro. Ingniire will preach in West Troy June 24, and in Albany 
July 1st. 
Bro. I. H. Shipman will preach at North Springfield, Vt., the 
fourth Sabbath it) June. 
LETTERS FOR BRO. HIMES.—All letters designed 
for Bro. HIMES personally, that were received before 
Thursday, we forwarded to him by an opportunity 
which then oflered. 
Elder GEORGE NEEDHAM has removed from Alba-
ny to Worcester, Mass., where he wishes all com-
munications to be sent. He also hopes, that those 
persons who have nothing else to do, but to commit 
to paper the emanations of their morbid imaginations, 
will, if they trouble hint with them, pay their own 
postage. All other communications will be thank-
fully received. 
HUNGARY.—This kingdom which is now bravely 
defending itself against the combined forces of Aus-
tria and Russia, is comparatively but little known, 
and its past relations to Austria but little under-
stood. 
It is one of the old ten divisions of the Roman 
empire, and consequently one of the oldest kingdoms 
in Europe. It occupies the eastern portion of the 
Austrian empire, bordering on Poland, Russia, and 
Turkey. Long before Russia and Austria had a po-
litical existence, it was an independent nation, and 
was the brave defender of Christian Europe against 
the cresent and turban, when the Moslem hordes 
were subjecting to fire and sword all who opposed 
their faith. Their monarch being slain on the bat-
tle-field, the Hungarian Diet selected as his succes-
sor the king of Austrira, by which act Hungary was 
united to that nation, under the house of Hapsburg. 
She never thought of becoming an appendage, and 
much less a province of Austria, but an ally in the 
great work of resisting Ottoman aggressions. She 
now demands the recognition of the conditions and 
guaranties which induced her to yield her crown to 
the king of Austria. The latter denies her rights, 
and resorts to the sword, but is beaten by the brave 
Huns at every point. At this crisis Russia is ap-
pealed to, to assist in their subjugation, and responds 
by sending 150,000 trained veterans. Against this 
combined host they have thus far been victorious, 
but what the result will be no man can predict. It 
is evident that NICHOLAS has nut his eye on Hungary 
alone, and this movement on his part, looks but the 
beginning of a general European war. 
THE ADVENT CHURCH IN BOSTON.—After a tong 
season of trial, Gon, in his providence has smiled 
upon us, and given us a pastor. Bro. WEETHEE, 
from Cincinnati, 0., was installed some months ago 
to take charge of the church in Boston, which, upon 
due consideration, he has accepted, and entered upon 
his duties last week. The church and society have 
acted unanimously in this matter, and are now blessed 
with the means and prospect of usefulness. Having 
so many duties, and calls abroad, to absorb our time 
and attention, we have wholly relinquished our pas-
toral charge of the church, and shall devote ourselves 
exclusively to the cause at large. We hold ourselves 
in readiness to visit the poor of the flock, as well as 
the more favored, and all that we can do, shall be 
done for the upbuilding of the cause generally. We 
are much relieved by the settlement of Bro, WEETHEE 
among us, and we can but hope that the cause will 
flourish under his faithful and judicious labors.—
Though Bro. W. has located himself, yet he is pre-
paring his work (so much called for,) for the press, 
much enlarged, by which he will be able to speak to 
the church and the world at large. We shall get it 
out in about two months. �
J. V. H. 
THE undersigned, members of the Advent church 
in Chicopee Falls, wish to say that DEXTER DAN-
IELS is not fellowshipped by the church in that place. 
We can sustain Bro. GROSS in los recent statement 
in the Herald in reference to him and his doctrines. 
HIRAM MONGER, ALVAN SPOOR, T. A. HITCH-
COCK. 
Yes, we expect that glorious day, 
When sin and death will pass away, 
And all the hosts of saints shall rise 
To meet their Saviour in the skies. 
Oh, joyful hope !—We'll meekly bear 
The trials we are called to share ; 
Until the dawn of that bright day. 
With burning lamps we'll watch and pray, 
Jamestown, N. Y.. �
A. C. J. 
Later News. 
The steamer America arrived at this port on Wed-
nesday morning, with one week's later news, which 
is not of particular interest. 
The conduct of the American government, in ref-
erence to the expedition to be sent out in search of 
Sir John Franklin, has been alluded to in Parliament 
in very flattering terms. 
The Romans have announced their firm resolution 
to defend to the death the expected assault of the 
French, and it is stated that they have an efficient 
force of 80,000. 
The Pope still persists in demanding the unqualified 
renewal of his powers as a temporal ruler, and this 
the triumvirate, backed by the people, declare they 
will never concede. There is at the bottom of every 
heart, says Mazzini, a determination the most pro-
found, to accomplish the destruction of the temporal 
power of the Pope. All bear the same hatred to the 
government of priests under whatever form it may be 
presented. We shall fight to the last against all 
projects of a restoration. 
The Frankfort Parliament has transferred its influ-
ence, and it will be exercised to form a republic after 
the French model, to be composed of Baden, Wir-
temberg, Rhenish Bavaria, &c. 
The plenipotentiaries of Prussia, Hanover, and 
Saxony, have promulgated a new constitution for 
Germany, in which the principle of universal suffrage 
is recognized in the present as in the previous attempt 
to form a union of the German states. The king of 
Prussia is made the permanent head. Austria is ex-
cluded from the present arrangement of the other 
states. Very little confidence is felt in the present 
attempt to combine the several states under one 
supreme head. 
The war in Hungary presents no new features 
It is reported that the king of Sardinia has placed 
his squadron at the disposal of the Hungarians, but 
the report requires confirmation. 
The Paris journals of Thursday, furnish intelli-
gence from Rome to the 2d inst., up to which date 
hostilities had not commenced, though Gen. Oudinot 
denounced the armistice on the 1st. 
In Ireland, however, although there are yet no 
just grounds for positive alarm, yet there are unmis-
takable evidences of the existence of the fatal disease 
in the growing potato crop, and especially in Dublin. 
The English press, in their review of the message 
of the President of France, speak of it as exhibiting 
an unlooked for degree of ability in its author, and as 
giving a vigorous and eloquent exposition of public 
affairs. 
THE WESTBROOK PHENOMENON.—A gentleman 
of this town, who has visited the scene of the late 
sinking of land at Westbrook, gives us the follow-
ing particulars in relation to it. The sinking took 
place between 4 and 5 o'cock on Tuesday afternoon, 
the 4th inst. Our informant visited it on the 9th, 
when it was estimated there were sonic four thou-
sand persons on the spot, from the region round 
about. The short account we have published stated 
that some eight acres had sunk down and given place 
to a lake of water, and that the channel of the 
Stroudwater river had been changed in consequence. 
The actual quantity of land lost is estimated by good 
judges to be some forty acres, and the river men-
tioned is simply a little trout brook, across which 
our friend jumped without difficulty in several places. 
There are missing some twenty acres of wood-
land, and about the same quantity of pasture land. 
Over this whole extent the natural soil has entirely 
disappeared, and in its place is a firm plastic blue 
clay. The woodland was covered with a heavy 
growth of timber, the whole of which has sunk be-
low its original 'level some thirty feet, leaving per-
pendicular walls on three sides, and gradually slop-
ing on the other side. The trees on a portion of the 
land have disappeared entirely, and on another por-
tion they are thrown about in great disorder—some 
sunk half or two thirds their length in the earth, yet 
remaining upright, some partly tipped over, some 
prostrate, and others reversed—the tops being under 
the surface, and the roots standing up in the air. 
One large anti valuable elm tree, which had been 
sold by contract for timber, has entirely disappeared, 
not a vestige of it remaining. The clay is firm and 
dry on some parts, but in others so moist that it 
yields readily to the foot, and a man standing upon 
it will, by the weight of his body, gradually sink 
into it. A ten foot pole has been run down its 
whole length into this clay, and it appears to be of 
the same consistence the whole depth. When 
jumped upon it has a tremulous or shaking motion, 
as if it rested on water or a semi-fluid mass below. 
The present surface is nearly a level plane. The 
brook, or " Stroudwater River," before mentioned, 
formerly passed over the earth which has thus sunk, 
but now passes by the side which slopes into the 
cavity. This shows that the borders of the cavity 
were somewhat elevated by the sinking of the mass, 
and thus a new direction was given to the stream.—
It was altogether a remarkable circumstance, and 
we trust that it will be investigated by scientific men. 
—Worcester (Mass.) Spy, June 14. 
SUMMARY. 
Ex-President Polk died the 17th inst. at Nashville, Tenn., of chro-
nic diarrhoea. He was born Nov. 2, 1195, and died at the age of 54, 
the 
age �
tits.
yo1ies
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of all the Presidents. No other has died under the 
of
. 
A severe tornado occurred at Memphis, Tenn. Several flat boats 
were sunk, the cabin of thestetuner Yazoo was blown off, and seve-
ral houses were unroofed, besides doing other damage. 
In Sr. Louis, the reports of eight cemeteries exhibit 58 interments 
by cholera on rite 15th. The total number of deaths by cholera fhr 
the weekending tiv 14th, was 267. 
But one death was reported in Worcester for the week past, says 
the " Spy" of the 12th. This, in a population of 17,000, indicates a 
remarkable degree of health. 
The Coroner held an inquest on the body of Thomas Crogan, 
found on the beach at East Boston Pond. It is supposed that he fell 
overboard from a boat. Deceased was a lighter man, about 30 years 
old, and formerly resided in North square, in this city. 
In Tyler-street, a young boy named Lovejoy was knocked down 
and run over by a carriage, the wheel passing directly over his neck. 
He is not fatally injured. 
A rencontre took place on the 16th in Madison county, Ky., at a 
public meeting, between Cassius M. Clay and Joseph Turner. Both 
parties snapped pistols, and then attacked each other with bowie-
knives. Turner was wounded in the abdomen aud groin, and is 
since dead. It is said that Clay will recover. 
Four hundred and ninety paupers died in the workhouse at Bal-
linasloe, Ireland, of chultati, during the week ending May 5th. 
A postal arrangement between Belgium and France has been con-
cluded. A letter now pays but 40 centimes either way. 
Michael Kelly, a sailor recently from the East Indies, cuthis throat 
and died in New York. 
Joseph Miller sliot Stephen T. Rowe in the eye, killing him in-
stantly, at Carrollton, La., while the parties were on their way to 
Lafayette, in the habits of an oinc,er. 
The meeting-house in Hampton, N. II., which has recently been 
refitted and painted, was struck by lightning on Saturday noon, 
while the people were carrying in their new furniture. The steeple 
was nearly demolished, alai the splintered tinibers and boards were 
thrown to a great distance. 
The house of Peter Burt, jr., in Tauntonovas struck by lightning, 
and the fluid passed over his body while he was on the bed, sad 
even staged his whiskers, without materially injuring him. 
At South Natick on Sunday rimming, a young man named John 
Hyde, a pauper, belonging to Newton, was drowned while bathing. 
A young man named Clifford was drowned in a pond in Dedham 
on Saturday afternoon. 
Rose Gilgun, 17 years old, who arrived here two weeks ago from 
drowned herself on Tuesday night at Newton Lower Falls, 
where site wits employed in the tiuuily of Ii. 1N. Stinson. She was 
probably deranged. 
VVin.. A. Mansfield, of Newton Corner, came to this city on the 
15th, with *Lieu to pay debts, and since that time is missing. 
Widow Hannah Skolfield con-intim d suicide in Bath, Me., leaving 
two children. 
" Dob't cry, mother, I shall come up alive," said a girl only five 
years of age,from the bottom Miter lather's well in Smith Reading, 
lido which site fell on Suturing afternoon, a distance of twenty feet. 
She was taken out but slightly Injured. 
A boy seven years old, whose parents reside in Carney-place, was 
run user by one of King's oundbusses near the corner of W aatrtng- 
ton and Castle streets, and severely injured. 
Over three thousand cartloads of dirt have been removed from 
the streets of the city since the work wait begun, about three weeks 
ago. 
According to the City Marshal's report to the board of Aldermen, 
there have been, is all, ten fatal cases of cholera iii this city. None 
have been reported the present week. 
The Police Gazette sums up twenty-four murders for the month 
of May, iu the United States. 
A convict in the New Jersey State prison, named Sherman, was 
placed in the same cell with rue named Cox, with had been sick. 
As the runner was asleep, Cox approached him and cut his throat. 
Cox appears to have been insane. Sherman's time would have ex-
pired the following Saturday. 
BUSINESS NOTES. 
M. Fall-Yon will see by a tiote in another column, the state of 
Bro. Weethee'a work. 
F. Gladdiug- 11 e can't state your bill, till we learn whether the 
whole of the present vol. is to be charged to you, or a portion to 
Bro. Needham. You can send money in email sums by letter, or 
larger ones in drams. 
P. Weston-We have sent each week, but send again. We have 
just received a line Iron G. H. Brown, Postmaster of Groton, Ms., 
returning your paper, and saying that it is not called for. 'hive tbr-
warded it to you in a letter. As you write that you have called tin' 
it, and are told that it does not come to the Post-unite, there must 
lie some mystery about it. Hit did sot collie, lie could not have re-
turned a copy to its. 
H. Woodbury-We did not inform you through the Herald, that 
we had received $1 Sa to pay your paper to No. 430, trout the fiict, 
that you paid at the office, and there heard that we received it, and 
how far it paid to. 
H. P. Buttrick-1t was directed as you wished. 
J. Smith-The 82 sent in May wits not received. The last pay-
ment was in November last, and paid to No. 443. 
P. C., $ �
letter 
1-Your leer had Only the initials, dated North Leverett, 
(with poetry in it). We suppose your name is P. Clark, and have 
thus credited the $1 to 456. 14 e wish those sending money would 
lie particular to sign their full name. Had seen the prophecy of 
N apoleon. 
TRACT DISTRIBUTION AND MISSION FUND. 
Lucy Keene. 
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S. S. Knight. 
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S. Blanchard. �
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SUMMER CAMPAIGN. 
TOUR TO THE NORTH.—Providence permitting, Bto. 'limes will 
attend meetings as follows :- 
Champlain, June 25th to 30th-Camp-meeting, to be held on the 
land oh' uro Pettiuger, two stiles west of the landing at Rouses Point. 
Malone, July �
to tatt-Canip-meeting. Bro. Buckley will ar- 
range fur Malone, or Masseur, us be shall tkink best, and give imme-
diate notice for' the Herald. We shall not be able to carry our tent 
in this tour. �
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TOUR TO WESTERN NEW YORK.— We shall hold a large tent 
meeting in the vicinity of Homer and Syracuse, as the !newts Monet 
region shall desire. It will commence oil the 7th of August, and 
continue a week, or more. This will be a general amenity, and we 
hope there will be a good attendance of the friends and the public. 
On our return front the West, we shall hold a tent meeting in 
New York or Brooklyn. Notice will he gavel) hereafter. 
The Committee on Public Meetings, appointed by the t ,onference, 
will :Arrange to supply other portions of the field. Their limes will 
be giVen next week. They will be ready to aid those who wish 
meetiugs in their respective sections. 
TENT MEETINGS, &c. 
Providence permitting, a camp-meeting will be held on the farm 
of Bro..lacob Childs, iu the town of Constable, N. Y., three miles 
north of Malone village, and one mile west of the Hapgood school-
house, on the groutid occupied tor a camp-ineeting last tear, to com-
mence July id, and continue over Sunday. It is hoped that the 
friends trout Clinton, Chatuaguity, Berk, Bangor. Dickitison, Moria, 
Massena, and other places, will provide themselves with tents, at-
tend the meeting, and make a general and thorough effort now fin 
a revival of the interests 01 the cause in this section. Bro..I. V. 
!dimes will attend. �
H. BUCKLEY. 
A tent meeting will be held in South Adams, Mass., commencing 
June 311th, at 10 A.M., and continue over the Sabbath. Brethren are 
i invited toattend, and to bring their provisions with theta. 
Another will be held in North Attains, commencing July 5th, at 
10 A.M., and continue over the Sabbath. Will Bro. Benton select 
t he best location? �
R. V. LYON, A. BROWN. 
, A PPOIN TMENTS. 
Bro. H. H. Gross will preach at Balaton Spa July 3d to 6th; Sara-
toga Spa, 8th ; and hi vicinity, as Bro. White may arrange, 9-12 ; 
.lamesville, 1:3-151 and vicinity, as Bro. Barber may arrange. 17-19 ; 
Rock City, s0-22 ; Mayfield (uranberry creek), Fulton county, 23-29. 
Appointments farther West in due season. Letters will be inquired
tor at Albany, Balston Spa, Saratoga Spa, and Mayfield. , 
Bro. W. S. Campbell will preach at Jawbuck, CL,June 23, at 4 
P.M ; Square Pond, Sunday, 24th Willington, 25th ; Thompson-
villa, 2tith ; New Britain, 21th ; Plymouth, asth ; Bethel, 29th; New 
Milford, Sunday, July 1st ; Kent, ad ; Sharon, 3d ; Chapinsville, 4th ; 
Roxbury, 5th ; Bristol, 6th ; Three Rivers, Sunday, 8th. 
Bro. I. R. Gates will preach at West Troy, N. Y., JUly 1st ; attend 
meeting in Milton Centre July 4th to 6th ; Albany, the 8th ; vari-
ously in Saratoga county, 9th to 2sd, as may be heat ; attend meet-
ing iu illayhield, 23d to 29th. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach at Abington the first Sunday in July ; 
South Berwick, Me., the second ; New Durham Ridge, N. II., the 
third. 
Bro. Hale may be expected to preach at South Reading Sunday, 
June filth. 
AGENTS FOR HERALD, ice. 
ALBANY, N. Y.-F. Giadding, —
Ill Jefferson-street. 
AUBURN, N. Y.-H. L. Smith. 
Be FFALO, N.0.-10. McWilliams. 
CINCINNATI, O.—Joseph 'Vs' ilsou. 
DERBY LINE, Vt.—S. Foster, jr. 
DETROIT, Mich-L. Armstrong. 
EDDINOTON, Me.—Thos. Smith. 
GRANVILLE ANNAPOLIS, N. S.- 
Elias Vs oodworth. 
HARTFORD, Ct.—Aaron Clapp. 
HOMER, N. Y.-J. L. Clapp. 
LOCKPORT, N. Y.-H. Robbins. 
LOWELL, Mass.-I.. L. Knowles. 
Low HAMPTON, N.Y.-L. Kimball. 
MAtosiE, N. Y.-H. Buckley. 
IffiswAuEEE,Wia-Stini I. Brown 
MORRIsVILLE, Pa.-J. F. binning 
NEWBUItYpORT, Mass.-J. Pear-. 
NEW...,0 
PORTLAND, Me.-Peter Johnson, 
24 India-street. 
BEDFORD,
tri 
Water-street. 
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G. A. Fuller, 443 ;- H.L. Fuller, 456 ; C. A. Fuller, 456 ; J. Vs eaton, 
on acc't ; S. Hayden, 430; It s Schellhous, 430 ; A. D. Whitmore, 
404 ; A. C. White, 430 ; L. Fuller, 456 ; D. Melvin, 413 ; M. L. Law-
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at end of this vol.; S. V1 bite, 430 ; S. Dolton; 434 ; W. B. Weeks, 
456 ; J. M. Mersin), 456 ; E. M'Ginley, 404 ; .J. W. Marden, on acc't: 
 
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A. Spoor, 456-each $1—M. C. Philbrick, 443-sit 50—at Helm 
(two copies), 456 ; Thos. Ragsdale, 456 ; M. Fall, 462; It. W inches-
ter, 401-what was dune when it was discontinued ;'I'. Godfrey ttwo 
copies), 430-each $12-0. N. :Stocking, balanced old acc't to 352-54. 
Geo. Morgan, 482-$5. 
MEETINGS. 
A meeting will be held at Brockest's Bridge, Herkimer county, N, 
Y., commeneiug evening of July 5th, and at Utica Sunday, July 
kith. We want our brethren generally 'to attend these meetings, 
and help sustain us. Conte, esbecially those within the vicinity of 
those places. Cannot some come from Albany, Troy, Cooperstown, 
Cherry Valley, Little Falls, Herkimer, VS bitestown, &c? 
J. U. BYWATER. 
Bro. Edwin Burnham will preach at New Hartford Aug. 8th, and 
in Kent Aug. 10th, and continue over the Sabbath. As this will be 
a special meeting for the cause in this vicinity, it is particultulv re-
quested, that all the brethren and sisters will make special effort, to 
attend, and make it a profitable One. �B. G. hIATHEM SON. 
A three days' meeting, to commence July 4th, will be held at Mil-
ton Centre, Saratoga co., N. Y., about two amid a half milts west nt 
Ballston Spa. Meetings hethe church each day at 10 A. M. tosl 2 P. 
sm. Evening meetiegs lit diffbreut places, within one to three miles. 
Urn. lugloire (who will labor with me in my appointments limn 
jug 4th to the ati) amid Gates will labor with me during the meet- 
ing. Let there be a general rally. �
B. H. (:Rosa. 
Bro. Ilimes having received ft letter from Bro. E. Burnham, 
stating that he will attend a confereece here the 1st of July, we 
have made arrangements to have it cennineece the first Sabbath, 
and continue over J my 4th. the couterence will be held in the 
Methodist meeting-house in Fiskville four corners, near Hopeville. 
It is hoped that all in the adjoiuitig [owes who love the Lout, will 
attend this meeting. �
H. D. Boss, A. S. Mates. 
Brethren in Springfield have hired a commodious hall on Sanford. 
Street, second door from Main-street, up one flight of stairs, where 
public meetings will lie held regularly. Advent meetings:are also 
held regularly, as usual, in Bro. Currier's hall, 
Meetings in Baltimore every Lord's-day, at the usual hours of 
public worship, in Saratoga hall, con of Culvert and Saratoga tils. 
CIIEAP SEATS.-We have still left about fifteen seats, which 
were used in the vestry in Milk-st., and would dolor a small chapel, 
or hall. Enquire at No. a Chardon-tit. 
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