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"ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME." 
This favorite hymn had always been attributed to Toplady, till the 
learned Richard Watson claimed the authorship for Charles Wes-
ley. A correspondent of the New York " Observer" sets the ques-
tion at rest, and gives also a copy of the hymn as originally pub-
lished by the author :—" The hymn was first published, so for as I 
can ascertain, not in one of the numerous hymn-hooks of the Wes-
leys, but ill the Gospel Magazine' for March, 1776, with the sig-
imture 
A. T.' ( Augustus Toplady), of which magazine Mr. Top-
lady was at that very time the editor. It appears, moreover, not in 
the department of ' Poetry,' but at the close of an editorial article, 
in which Mr. Toplady presents, in the form of a dialogue, the abso-
lute impossibility of a sinner's paying the immense debt of sin with 
which he is charged before God. As a suitable conclusion to the 
article, and as an embodiment of its grand truth, lie then adds the 
following :" 
A LIVING AND DYING PRAYER FOR THE HOLIEST BELIEVER IN 
THE WORLD. 
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
Let me hide myself in Thee ! 
Let the water and the blood, 
From thy riven side which flowed, 
Be of sin the double cure, 
Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 
Not the labors of my bands 
Can fulfil thy law's demands ; 
Could my zeal DO respite know, 
Could my tears forever flow, 
All for sin could not atone; 
Thou must save, and Thou alone. 
Nothing in my hand I bring ; 
Simply to thy cross I clieg ; 
Naked, come to Thee for dress ; 
Helpless, look to Thee for grace ; 
Foul, I to thy fountain fly 
Wash me, Saviour, or 1 die! 
Whilst 1 draw this fleeting breath, 
When my eye-strings break in death, 
When I soar through trncts unknown, 
See Thee on thy judgment throne, 
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 
Let the hide myself in Thee. 
Concerning the New Heavens and 
New Earth. 
BY THOMAS BURNET. 
[Mr. BURNET, a learned English writer and 
Secretary to King WILLIAM, was horn A. D. 
1635. His " Theory of the Earth," from which 
these extracts are taken, does not favor probation 
after the advent.] 
(Continued from our last.) 
You have heard the voice of the prophets and 
apostles, declaring the future kingdom of Christ : 
next to these, the primitive fathers are accounted 
of good authority; let us therefore now in-
quire into their sense concerning this doctrine, 
that we may give satisfaction to all parties ; and 
both those that are guided by Scripture alone, 
and those that have a veneration for antiquity, 
may find proofs suitable to their inclinations and 
judgment. 
And to make few words of it, we will lay 
down this conclusion ; that the millennial king-
dom of Christ was the general doctrine bf the 
primitive church, from the times of the apostles 
to the Nicene Council, inclusively. St. John 
out-lived all the rest of the apostles; and to-
wards the latter end of his life, being banished 
into the isle of Patmos, he wrote his Apoca-
lypse ; wherein he hath given us a more full 
and distinct account of the millennial kingdom 
of Christ, than any of the prophets or apostles 
before him. Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, and 
martyr, one of St. John's auditors, as IrenTus 
testifies, (Iren. lib. 5, chap. 33), taught the same 
doctrine after St. John. He was the familiar 
friend of Polycarp, another of St. John's dis- 
ciples ; and either from him, or immediately 
from St. John's mouth, he might receive this 
doctrine. That he taught it in the church, is 
agreed on by all hands; both by those that are 
his followers, as Irenmus; and those that are 
not well-wishers to this doctrine, as Eusebius 
and Jerome. 
There is also another channel wherein this 
doctrine is traditionally derived from St. John, 
namely, by the clergy of Asia, as Irenmus tells 
us in the same chapter. For, arguing the point, 
he shews that the blessing promised to Jacob 
from his father Isaac, was not made good to hire 
in this life, and therefore he says, " without 
doubt those words had a farther aim and pros-
pect upon the times of the kingdom : (so they 
used to call the millennial state) when the just, 
rising from the dead, shall reign ; and when na-
ture, renewed and set at liberty, shall yield 
plenty and abundance of all things ; being 
blessed with the dew of heaven, and a great fer-
tility of the earth, according as has been related 
by those ecclesiastics or clergy, who saw St. 
John, the disciple of Christ ; and heard of him 
what our Lord had taught concerning those 
times." This, you see, goes to the fountain 
head : the Christian clergy receive it from St. 
John, and St. John relates it from the mouth 
of our Saviour. 
So much for the original authority of this 
doctrine, as a tradition ; that it was from St. 
John, and by him from Christ. And as to the 
propagation and prevailing of it in the primi-
tive church, we can bring a witness beyond all 
exception, Justin Martyr, contemporary with 
Irenmus, and his senior : he says, " That him-
self, and all the orthodox Christians of his time, 
did acknowledge the resurrection of the flesh 
(suppose the first resurrection) and a thousand 
years reign in Jerusalem restored," or in the 
new Jerusalem, (Dial. with Tryphon the Jew.) 
According as the prophets Ezekiel, arid Isaiah, 
and others, attest with common consent. As 
St. Peter had said before, (Acts. 3:21) " that all 
the prophets had spoken of it." Then he quotes 
the 65th chapter of Isaiah, which is a bulwark 
for this doctrine, that never can be broken. And 
to shew the Jew, with whom he had this dis-
course, that it was the sense of our prophets, as 
well as of theirs, he tells him that "a certain 
man amongst us Christians, by name John, one 
of the apostles of Christ, in a revelation made 
to him, did prophecy, that the faithful believers 
in Christ should live a thousand years in the 
new Jerusalem ; and after that, should be the 
general resurrectioa and day of judgment." 
Thus you have the thoughts and sentiment of 
Justin Martyr, as to himself; as to all the re-
puted orthodox of his time ; as to the sense of 
the prophets in the Old Testament, and as to 
the sense of St. John in the Apocalypse; all 
conspiring in confirmation of the millenary 
doctrine. 
To these three witnesses, Papias, Irenwus, 
and Justin Martyr, we may add two more with-
in the second acre of the church ; Melito, bishop 
of Sardis, and 'St; Barnabas, or whosoever was 
the author of the epistle under his name. This 
Melito, by some, is thought to be the angel of 
the church of Sardis, to whom St. John directs 
the epistle to that church, (Apoc. 3:1) but I do 
not take him to be so ancient; however, he was 
bishop of that place, at least in the second cen-
tury, and a person of great sanctity and learn-
ing : he wrote many books, as you may see in 
St. Jerome : and, as he notes out of Tertullian, 
was by most Christians reputed a prophet, (De 
Script. Eccles.) He was also a declared mil-
lenary, and is recorded as such both by Je-
rome and Gennadius, (Dogm. Eccl. chap. 55 ) 
As to the epistle of Barnabas, which we men-
tioned, it must be very ancient, whosoever is 
the author of it, arid before the third century ; 
seeing it is often cited by Clemens Alexan-
drinus, who was himself within the second cen-
tury : the genius of it is very much millena-
rian, in the interpretation of the Sabbath, the 
promised land, a day for a thousand years, and 
concerning the renovation of the world. In all 
which, he follows the footsteps of the orthodox 
of those times ; that is, of the millenarians. 
So much for the first and second centuries of 
the church. By which short account it appears, 
that the millenary doctrine was orthodox and 
catholic in those early days; for these authors 
do not set it down as a private opinion of their 
own, but as a Christian doctrine, or an apostolic 
tradition. It is remarkable what Papias says of 
himself, and his way of learning, in his book 
called, " The Explanation of the Words of the 
Lord," as St. Jerome gives us an account of it : 
(De Script. Eccles.) He says, in his preface, 
" he did not follow various opinions, but had the 
apostles for his authors : and that he considered 
what Andrew, what Peter said : what Philip, 
what Thomas, and other disciples of the Lord, 
what they spoke. And that he did nor profit 
so much by reading books, as by the living voice 
of these persons, which resounded from them to 
that day." This bath very much the air of 
truth and sincerity, and of a man that, in good 
earnest, sought after the Christian doctrine, from 
those that were the most authentic teachers of 
it. I know Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical His- 
tory, gives a double character of his Papias; in 
one place he calls him " a very eloquent man 
in all things, and skilful in Scripture ;" and in 
another, he makes him a man of a " small un-
derstanding," (Vide Hieron. Epist. 28, ad Lu-
cinium.) But what reason there is to suspect 
Eusebius of partiality in this point of the mil-
lennium, we shall make appear hereafter. How-
ever, we do not depend upon the learning of 
Papias, or the depth of his understanding; al-
low him but to be an honest man and a fair wit-
ness, and it is all we desire. And we have lit-
tle reason to question his testimony in this 
point, seeing it is backed by others of good cred-
it ; and also because there is no counter-evi-
dence, nor any witness that appears against 
him ; for there is not extant, either the writing, 
name, or memory of any person that contested 
this doctrine in the first or second century : I 
say, that called in question this millenary doc-
trine, proposed after a Christian manner, unless 
such heretics as denied the resurrection wholly ; 
or such Christians as denied the divine authority 
of the Apocalypse. 
We proceed now to the third century ; where 
you find Tertullian, Origen, Victorinus, bishop 
and martyr; Nepos Egyptius, Cyprian, and, at 
the end of it, Lactantius ; all openly professing, 
or implicitly favoring, the millenary doctrine. 
We do not mention Clemens Alexandrinus, con-
temporary with Tertullian, because he bath not 
anything, that I know of, expressly either for, 
or against the millennium : but he takes notice 
that the seventh day,hath been accounted sacred, 
both by the Hebrews and Greeks, because of 
the revolution of the world and the renovation 
of all things. And giving this as a reason 
why they kept that day holy, seeing there 
is not a revolution of the world every seven 
days, it can be in no other sense than as 
the seventh day represents the seventh mille-
nary, in which the renovation of the world and 
the kingdom of Christ is to be. As to Tertul-
lian, St. Jerome reckons him, in the first place, 
amongst the Latin millenaries. And though 
his book, about the hope of the faithful, as also 
that about paradise, which should have given 
us the greatest light in this affair, he both lost 
or suppressed ; yet there are sufficient indica-
tions of his millenary opinion in his tracts 
against Marcion, and against Hermogenes. St. 
Cyprian was Tertuilian's admirer, and inclines 
to the same opinion, so far as one can judge, in 
this particular; for his period of six thousand 
years, and making the seventh millenary the 
consummation of all, is wholly according to the 
analogy of the millenary doctrine. As to the 
two bishops, Victorinus and Nepos, St. Jerome 
vouches for them : the writings of the one are 
lost, and of the other-so changed, that the sense 
of the author does not appear there now. But 
Lactantius, whom we named in the last place, 
does openly and profusely teach this doctrine, 
in his divine institutions, (book 7) and with the 
same assurance that he does other parts of the 
Christian doctrine ; for he concludes thus, speak- 
ing of the " millennium; this is the doctrine of 
the holy prophets, which we Christians follow ; 
this is our wisdom," etc. Vet he acknowledges 
there, that it was kept as a mystery or secret 
amongst the Christians, lest the heathens should 
make ony perverse or odious interpretation of it. 
Arid for the same or like reason, I believe, the 
book of the Apocalypse was kept out of the 
hands of the vulgar for some time, and not read 
publicly, lest it should be found to have spoken 
too openly of the fate of the Roman empire, or 
of this millennial state. 
So much for the first, second, and third cen-
turies of the church : but by our conclusion, 
we engage to make out this proof as far as the 
Nicene Council, inclusively. The Nicene Coun-
cil was about the year of Christ 325, and we 
may reasonably suppose Lactantius was then 
living ; at least he came within the time of Con-
stantine's empire. But, however, the fathers of 
that Council are themselves our witnesses in this 
point; for. in their ecclesiastical forms, or con-
stitutions, in the chapter about the providence 
of God, and about the world, they speak thus : 
" The world was made meaner, or less perfect, 
providentially ; for God foresaw that man would 
sin : wherefore we expect new heavens and a 
new earth, according to the holy Scriptures, at 
the appearance and kingdom of the great God, 
and our Saviour Jesus Christ." And then, as 
Daniel says, (chap. 7:18) " The saints of the 
Most High shall take the kindom," and the 
earth shall be pure, holy, the land of the living, 
not of the dead. Which David foreseeing by 
the eye of faith, cried out, (Psa. 27:13) " I be-
lieve to see the good things of the Lord, in the 
land of the living." Our Saviour says, " Happy 
are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth:" 
—Matt. 5:5. And the prophet Isaiah says, 
(chap. 26:6) " The feet of the meek and lowly 
shall tread upon it." So you see, according to 
the judgment of these fathers, there will be a 
kingdom of Christ upon earth ; and moreover, 
that it will be in the new heavens and the new 
earth : and, in both these points, they cite the 
prophets and our Saviour, in confirmation of 
them. 
Thus we have discharged our promise, and 
given you an account of the doctrine of the mil-
lennium, or future kingdom of Christ, through-
out the three first ages of the church, before any 
considerable corruptions were crept into the 
Christian religion. And those authorities of 
single and successive fathers, we have sealed 
up altogether, with the declaration of the Ni-
cene fathers, in a body. Those that think tradi-
tion a rule of faith, or a considerable motive to 
it, will find it hard to turn off the force of these 
testimonies : and those that do not go far, but 
yet have a reverence for antiquity and the primi-
tive church, will riot easily produce better au-
thorities, more early, more numerous, or more 
uncontradicted, for any article that is not funda-
mental : yet these are but seconds to the proph-
ets and apostles, who are truly the principals in 
this cause. I will leave them all together, to 
he examined and weighed by the impartial 
reader. And because they seem to me to make 
a full and undeniable proof, I will now, at the 
foot of the account, set down our second propo-
sition, which is this, that there is a millennial 
state, or a future kingdom of Christ and his 
saints, prophesied of and promised in the Old 
and New Testaments ; and received by the 
primitive church as a Christian and catholic 
doctrine.—(To be continued.) 
Opening of New College, London. 
Address to the Students. 
BY REV. T. BINNEY. 
GENTLERIEN—If this service was simply con-
nected with the commencement of a session, or 
if you were to be regarded as about to enter on 
a collegiate course, I should probably deem it 
right to give you some advice with respect to 
the proper prosecution of your studies. The 
service, however, is connected with the opening 
of this edifice—it is a part of the ceremonial 
(I may so call it) of its public consecration to 
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the great object for which it has been built—
you, therefore, are contemplated, this day, not so 
much as students commencing a new session, 
or entering on an academic career, as a num-
ber of young men, through whom, and through 
whose successors, the object of this institution, 
and of all its terms, sessions, and studies, is to 
be carried out. That object is your personal 
preparation for sustaining hereafter a public func-
tion—the office of the ministry in the Church 
of God, It is true (and I hope well of the ar-
rangement) that lay students will be admitted 
to the college ; the training of such, however—
though 1 trust it will be encouraged, and be 
productive of great and beneficial results—is 
yet, unquestionably, but a secondary and subor-
dinate aim of the establishment. It exists, pri-
marily, for a higher purpose : to that higher 
purpose, I think I shall be justified in confining 
my attention, and in contemplating you as look-
ing forward to its attainment in yourselves. 
You anticipate, then, the ministerial office. 
Now, this office, even among Nonconformists,—
stripped of all that is externally imposing in the 
discharge of its duties, and of all that is priestly 
and mystic in its pretensions,—is yet not so ut-
terly destitute of attraction as to be incapable 
of becoming the object of ambition. Properly 
understood, indeed, the ministry is not a pro-
fession, to which a parent may devote any of 
his sons, or which any individual may select for 
himself;—it is a vocation. It is not a thing 
which a man may choose, but for which he is to 
be chosen ; it is that to which he is called—
called of God, and which, therefore, instead of 
thinking he may select it or not, it is at his 
peril, when called, if he decline. This spiritual 
vocation, however, in places where Christianity 
has long been established, in times when per-
secution has ceased, and in circumstances when 
the ministry is educated and respectable, though 
still real in all true ministers, is not so obvious 
as in extraordinary periods ; while, at the Fame 
time, the probability is of course increased of 
the force of secondary influences being felt—of 
men being " moved " to desire the office from 
the attraction of its intimate relations with 
learning,—or from that of its public and popu-
lar aspect, conferring, as it does, official dis-
tinction, opening the way to personal influence, 
and affording facilities for the culture and the 
exercises of intellectual power and eloquent dis-
course. 
state. A corrective was administered in the 
form of a great admonitory sentiment, involving 
a principle applicable to the ministry through-
out all time. Jesus looked upon the disciples 
with reproving tenderness,—perhaps with sor-
row,—and then, with mingled solicitude and 
solemnity said,—" In this rejoice not, that the 
spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that 
your names are written in heaven." 
Adapting these words to the ordinary minis-
ter, I should say, that you sufficiently secure 
their import and force by attaching to them a 
meaning of this sort : for " spirits to be subject 
to any one," expresses what he can do ;—for 
" his name to be written in heaven," express-
es what he is. The contrast is between office 
and character ; external distinctions and spirit-
ual life ; gifts and grace ; powers or position 
eminent and illustrious, and a state of heart 
regenerate and sanctified. I think it unneces-
sary to defend the propriety of this exposition, 
—partly, because I am avowedly adapting our 
Lord's words to a particular purpose,—taking 
as much of their meaning as I need, without 
asserting that I have nothing behind ; and, 
partly, because every one will admit that the 
exposition is true as far as it goes, for I know 
none who will say that any man could derive 
comfort from the belief that his name was writ-
ten in heaven, if he himself was not consciously 
holy : or that any one who will be admitted to 
heaven at last, and find his name " written in 
the Lamb's book of life," can be other than a 
spiritual and good man. The unholy, as such, 
are threatened with having their names " blot-
ted out of the book of life ;" the names, there-
fore, that remain there must be the names of 
those who, whatever else they may be, are spir-
itually distinguished by " all holy conversation 
and godliness." The contrast, then, in our 
Lord's language, we again say, may be justly 
considered and adequately represented as a con-
trast between office and character ;—between 
external distinctions and internal ;—between 
doing and being ;—the exercise of ability and 
the possession of grace ;—tnental endowment, 
natural faculty, acquired resources, and that in-
ward principle which sanctifies them all,—which 
alone can impart to them, in their exercise and 
display, anything of the nature of acceptable ser-
vice, or give them value and worth in the sight 
of God. 
You are already separated to the ministry. 
One day, you will be invested with the office, 
and sustain it in the church. You may come 
to occupy distinguished stations, and to develope 
in yourselves eminent gifts. The mere fact of 
official position is itself a distinction ; but when 
held in connexion with rare endowments, large 
influence, great success, or other outward and 
visible things, there will be danger of your fall-
ing into the sin of the disciples, and need for your 
remembering the admonition of the Lord. I wish 
to show you, by a few suggestive remarks, the 
grounds and compass of that admonition. 
1. In the first place, you will do well to re-
collect, that office and gifts, in themselves con-
sidered, are no proof of spiritual character at 
all. 
This statement admits of illustration from 
an historical fact and a prophetic announce-
ment. Judas was invested with the apostolical 
function by our Lord himself. Externally and 
officially he was as much an apostle as Peter 
or John. He had probably equal powers with 
the rest ;—could heal the sick, and cast out 
devils, and perhaps preach as eloquently as any. 
Yet he never was what we should call a truly 
converted or spiritual man. He did not fall, as 
Peter did ;—he was never on any eminence, re-
ligiously speaking, from which he could fall. He 
was inherently had,—bad always, bad from the 
beginning. He never was in spiritual harmony 
with Christ. He was always destitute of ear-
nestness and sincerity. His ultimate behavior 
was the natural development of what was in 
him. When Peter " denied," he was not him-
self ;—when Judas " betrayed," he was. In the 
one case, the cloud was on ;—in the other, it 
was off. The true disciple was concealed and 
disfigured by his sudden excitement ; the false 
was revealed, in his proper light, by his deliber-
ate deceit. Our Lord knew from the first who 
it was that should betray Him. " Have I not 
chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil ?" 
It may seem mysterious that with his knowl-
edge he should have acted as he did. I know 
not, however, but that it was done with the de-
sign of illustrating the very lesson I am put-
ting before you. To a human observer, there 
might have been everything about Judas that 
would seem to recommend him for the apostle-
ship. All external appearances might be in his 
favor, and on these Jesus might choose to act, 
for the purpose of showing, in a conspicuous 
example, not only the possibility of office and 
gifts being possessed separate from spiritual 
character, but the probability, also, of that being 
the case, when external appearances, and per-
sonal professions, would be all on which the 
choice of ministers would proceed, and fallible 
men the agents in selecting for, and conferring 
The point in question is further illustrated 
by our Lord's prophetic announcement in res• 
pect to the proceedings at the last day. He 
describes a fact which is then to be revealed, 
but which involves in it other facts, that must 
previously occur in the history of the church : 
" Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? arid in 
thy name have cast out devils ? and in thy name 
done many wonderful works ? And then I 
will profess unto them, I never knew you : de-
part from me, ye that work iniquity." Here, 
again, you will observe, there is no falling in the 
case—no change in the individuals is referred 
to, as if they had once been in a better state. 
They are described in language which seems 
to imply their inherent and habitual wicked-
ness ; while, in relation to himself, Christ says, 
" I never knew you." The point to be pondered, 
however, is that their description of themselves 
is not contradicted, that is, of their powers and 
doings. It is not said that they had not prophe-
sied, or preached, in the name of Christ,—or 
that they had not cast out devils, and not done 
other wonderful works. It is rather admitted 
that they had. The truth of their representa-
tion is not denied. But in this very way is the 
lesson taught us, that gifts and powers the most 
splendid may exist separate from spiritual char-
acter. A man may " prophesy," and " cast out 
devils," and achieve wonders ; and yet " his 
name " may not " be written in heaven." His 
inward spiritual state may not he in harmony 
with his external office or his public gifts. Those 
things, then, cannot be in themselves a proper 
ground for satisfaction and joy, which may 
actually exist, separate from those other and 
greater things, which belong to the union of the 
soul with God. 
It is not necessary to multiply illustrations 
of this melancholy truth, or we might show you 
how terribly the topic is illustrated by the apos-
tles' suggestion of the possibility (tor such, I 
think, we must deem it) of a man " speaking 
with the tongues of men and of angels, having 
the gift of prophecy, understanding all mys-
teries andall knowledge, possessing a faith that 
could remove mountains, bestowing his goods 
on the poor, and giving his body to be burnt," 
—arid yet being destitute of spiritual life—hav-
ing no more claim to goodness or intelligence 
than " brass or a tinkling cymbal."—(To be 
continued.) 
Gospel to the Masses. 
Arrangements, especially in large towns and 
cities, prove to be inadequate to bring the Gos-
pel to the masses. The recent movement in 
the city of New York, is an auspicious omen, 
that American Christians are beginning to feel 
the importance of making special efforts for the 
unevangelized in their midst, especially when 
a half million of foreigners are pouring in an-
nually upon us. There is some truth in the 
biting sarcasm of Cardinal Hughes in his re-
cent speech in behalf of the Irish Universities, 
though it comes with bad grace from a Papal 
Cardinal, and is uttered in a satanic spirit.—
Fit theme for a Roman Catholic, a cardinal 
jeer—the spiritual destitution of the land ! It 
is the same spirit that exulted at the martyrdom 
of John Huss, and sling paeans at the massacre 
of St. Bartholomew. Papacy has always with-
held the Gospel from the masses. The Cardi-
- said : 
call attention to a recent movement. It 
is that among the Protestant clergymen of this 
city, within a few days past, of nearly all the 
different denominations; an agreement was come 
to, since the people would not come to the 
church, to bring the church to the people.—
[Roars of laughter.] Churches they have in 
abundance. In their churches there is no want 
of room, and it is the easiest thing in the world 
to exercise the politeness of handing a stranger 
to a seat. It is not, therefore, for want of 
church-room that they go into the street, but 
for want of people. They complain—and I, 
who read their religious newspapers, see their 
complaints from almost every section of the 
country—deploring the circumstance that, for 
fifteen or twenty years, the Holy Spirit, as they 
call it, has not visited the churches." 
One of the saddest facts among evangelical 
Christians in large towns and cities is the ten-
dency to build temples, extravagant in cost, in-
stead of devoting the surplus over and above 
that which is necessary for the erection of com-
fortable houses of worship to the preaching of 
the Gospel to the poor. We know one church 
not a thousand miles from Cincinnati that re-
cently pulled down a very substantial and com-
fortable brick house, good and comfortable for a 
half century longer, and erected a costly one in 
its place, with a spire, it is said, higher than 
any other in the United States, rivaling even 
that of the celebrated Catholic cathedral in this 
city. We know an Episcopal church, not a 
thousand miles likewise from the same city, 
that before it began to build, did not count the 
cost, and there the house stands uncompleted 
for want of funds, an odd piece of extravagant 
and architectural folly. Hundreds of thousands 
have been expended, thousands more are needed 
to complete the Catholic cathedral in this city, 
beautiful in architecture, it is true, and fine for 
the eye to rest upon, but a building dedicated to 
priestly flummery and canonical superstition, 
while the people that crowd into it are hood- 
winked and led blind-fold to eternal ruin The 
Catholics of Buffalo contemplate the erection of 
a cathedral in that city to cost a million of dol-
lars. Methodists and Baptists, as denomina-
tions, have repudiated the erection of extrava-
gant houses of worship, but we saw, not long 
since, a description of a magnificent building 
in an eastern city, built by the Methodists, fin-
ished internally as sumptuously as any of the 
neighboring churches, and with as tall a spire. 
We have read of Baptist houses in this country, 
in Gothic style, with their bowed-windows, 
stained glass, and groined ceilings. 
We have remarked, that the recent move-
ment in New York is an auspicious omen. It 
is so in various respects. With others, it is in-
dication, that Christians have swung town ex-
treme in their religious scheming, and that they 
are beginning to feel the necessity of reverting 
to first principles as taught in the Bible, and to 
study the examples of Christ and his apostles 
as model plans in doing good. 
The Bible has 
stood the tests of centuries, and it will ever 
stand. God's plan will prove to be the best. 
How safe ever to turn to the Bible. Though 
Christ taught in the temple, and in the syna-
gogues, we find that he spent much of his time 
in the thronged resorts of men, in the highways, 
by the sea shore, where the multitude could be 
found. So did the apostles. Have not Chris-
tians in all times a hint in the parable contained 
in Luke 14th ? 
It was shown by calculation, that a large por-
tion of the 520,000 in the city of New York, 
never enter any house of worship, evangelical 
or unevangelical. The same might be said of 
all large towns and cities, Cincinnati included. 
Christ and his apostles aimed to bring the Gos-
pel to every man's heart. Let us follow their 
example. 
Journal and Messenger. 
Ancient Money Transactions. 
Abraham is represented, in the Hebrew Writ-
ings, to have purchased " a field for a posses-
sion," " with a cave, and all the trees, as a bu-
rying place for Sarah, his wife," paying for 
them " four hundred shekels (or weighed pieces) 
of silver, current with the merchant." This is 
a very intelligible announcement of a large cir-
culation, and also of some exact regulation in 
the quality or "standard " of the " pieces " of 
metal designated by the very notice of their 
weight. The formal witnesses and the syste-
matic transfer of values, exhibit the prevailing 
civilization of the age in which Abraham lived. 
The affinities of weights among ancient na-
tions are thought to prove that the Roman 
weights came from Greece, the Grecian from 
Phoenicia, and the Phcenician from Babylon, 
near Abraham's birth-place. Thus our own 
weights claim a very respectable antiquity., 
In the book of Job, considered more ancient 
than the other Hebrew writings, we read that 
after his recovery from sickness, " every man 
of Job's friends and relations gave him a piece 
of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.." 
The words " ear-ring " and " money " have 
been used synonymously, for ornaments of gold 
were often delivered " by weight" as "money," 
their title of fineness being appreciated •by the 
parties. 
" The images " which• Rachel " hid in her' 
camel's furniture " " were called gods," proba-
bly from their devices or forms, being in the 
shape of animals, which were worshipped. La--
ban's " images " or " gods " were also plainly 
termed " money," which his daughter Rachel 
" stole,' in the language of the Scripture, as a 
feminine assertion of her right to an inherit-
ance from her father's house, where she says, 
" she was treated as a stranger." The merhant-
men from Mid ia n, " with camels bearing spicery 
into Egypt," who bought Joseph from his breth--
ren, appear to have had their " silver " " pieces 
ready for that trade, and counted them without 
delay. Jacob's sons carried " money " into 
Egypt " to buy corn," which money was after-
wards found tied up in their corn sacks, and 
was tested "by weight," when it was returned 
the second time. 
The arts of casting small images or orna-
ments of gold, stamping or graving impressions 
on "pieces " of metal, like coins, as well as the 
more difficult process of graving on gems, were 
known and mentioned at a very early period of 
history. 
Payments in metallic money, " weighed pie-
ces," " images," ornaments, or coins, are men-
tioned frequently in the Hebrew writings. They 
are also exhibited in the descriptions of ancient 
Egyptian paintings. 
We perceive in the accurate details of the 
Hebrew writings, that Jonah " paid his fare," 
like a passenger, from Joppa, a port on the 
Mediterranean, to Tarshish, probably Issus, on 
Now in this address I wish to fix your at-
tention on only one thing, and to present it, as 
much as possible, through the medium of scrip-
tural illustration and argument. 1 want to im-
press upon you the difference between liking 
the ministry on account of some of its subordi-
nate attractions, and being ministers, or rather 
Christian men, by the possession of an inward 
spiritual life. I want to urge you to cultivate 
a deep, habitual, earnest religiousness ; to pur-
sue your studies, prepare for your office, enter 
upon your work, and go through life, "walking 
with God ;" for be ye well assured, young men, 
that this, while it will fit you for doing all that 
is official in the best manner, is itself that 
without which, everything else is nugatory and 
vain. 
I go, for the ground of my remarks, and for 
authoritative guidance, to Him whom we rever-
ence as our Lawgiver and Lord. I select an 
incident from the evangelical narrative of his 
life, which bears directly on the one lesson that 
I wish to inculcate. The ministry we regard 
as a divine institution. In the form in which 
it at present exists, indeed, it came into use 
subsequent to the establishment and extension 
of the Church, after the resurrection of Christ, 
and the descent of the Spirit. But in our 
Lord's life-time there was an official ministry ; 
—one which he ordained and endowed, and in 
relation to which he uttered an admonition, ap-
plicable, in spirit, to any, anywhere, who may 
sustain the office, however modified. Jesus, we 
are informed, chose seventy disciples, and sent 
them away " into the cities and villages whither 
He himself would come." They were employed 
in a sort of preparatory mission, and the better 
to secure attention to their message, our Lord 
conferred upon them miraculous powers. When 
they went forth, they were hardly aware, per-
haps, of what they were to achieve by the exer-
cise of their splendid official gifts. When they 
returned and reported their success, they seemed 
more impressed with what they had witnessed 
of their own doings, than with the moral effects 
of their message on the people. They failed 
not, indeed,. to refer the prodigies to the power 
of the Master s but still it was with a sense of 
their personal agency, and an exulting con-
sciousness of their own importance. " Lord, 
even the devils are subject to us "—(subject to 
us, observe)—" through thy name." Our Lord, 
saw, there can, be little doubt, in the substance 
and tone of the remark, the symptoms of a 
feeling which it was necessary to repress. 
His 
servants were in danger of loving their work 
on wrong grounds,—they were getting dazzled 
by a splendor that was merely external ; elated 
by what was subordinate and secondary and 
they needed to be preserved from so perilous a the office. 
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his route to Nineveh ; where Mr. Layard is 
said to have discovered a monument erected to 
his memory ; at any rate, inscribed with his 
name. But Mr. Layard mentions that " no 
coins have been discovered among the Assyrian 
ruins, nor is there anything in the sculptures to 
show that the Assyrians were acquainted with 
money, as in Egypt." It is also remarkable 
that no coins of great antiquity have yet been 
found in Egyptian ruins, although the Egyp-
tians are known to have had a metallic currency. 
Herodotus visited Babylon, " which once gave 
laws to all nations of the East," about 2,300 
years ago, and then described the signs of its 
decay. He relates that "all the coins which 
remained from the surplus revenues of Asia, 
after defraying the current expenses of the year, 
were melted into earthen jars. When the met-
al cooled, the jars were broken, and the bullion 
placed in the treasury." 
It has been discovered, both in Nineveh and 
Egypt, that letters and places were engraved 
on earthen tiles, and it would be a curious dis-
covery- if some of these ornamented cylinders, 
tiles, or bricks, should prove to be receipts for 
funds drawn from the ancient Assyrian, or 
Egyptian treasuries, or bonds which have been 
presented, redeemed, and paid. 
Let us suppose that, for " the dispatch of busi-
ness," tiles, thin bricks, or cylinders of clay 
and earthenware, stamped with the sovereign's 
seal, bearing his name and titles, (figured ima-
ges within a scroll,) were employed as eviden-
ces of deposites in the public treasury, or were 
issued by the proper officers as durable receipts 
for bullion, valuable ornaments and money, lent 
to the government !—in fact, to have answered 
all the purposes of modern stocks, and to have 
been tokens of loans and receipts for subscrip-
tions to ancient Egyptian and Assyrian invest-
ments. 
In times of adversity or pressure such tokens 
would be handed in for payment. With the 
declension of the parent countries, the precious 
metals would take the course of emigration to 
distant colonies, and gradually change their 
forms and devices, as they do at the present day. 
If these receipts are found, the " coins " and 
bullion have passed elsewhere. 
Although our translation of the Bible asserts 
that " usury," understood as " the excess of in-
terest above a lawful standard," was the subject 
of prohibition by the Mosaic laws, Hebrew 
scholars now interpret the command as an inter-
diction of all payment whatever ! By an abso-
lute law, the destitute Hebrew was prevented 
from paving any interest to his richer brother, 
who was not permitted to refuse to lend " for 
his necessities." 
" A pledge," or " security " for the repay-
ment of loans, was allowed, with well-defined 
exceptions, in cases of extreme destitution, when 
even this practice of security was forbidden. 
Even the feelings of a poor debtor were kind-
ly protected from the intrusion of a creditor 
within his door. 
" When thou (lost lend thy brother any thing, 
thou shalt not go into his house, to fetch his 
pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man 
to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the 
pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be 
poor, thou shalt. not sleep with his pledge."—
Deut. 24:10-12. 
The Egyptians sometimes pledged their mum-
mies for the repayment of a debt. Among that 
people a mummy was considered among the 
very best kinds of security. It is not improba-
ble that on this account, among other reasons, 
the Hebrews were told, " Ye shall not spend 
money for the dead." 
The custom of impressing letters and impor-
tant pub!ications upon clay, stone, alabaster, 
terra-cotta, mortar, or cement, was one common 
to many ancient nations; as well as the pro-
cesses of writing and painting upon skins and 
parchment, upon leaves, bark, and papyrus, or 
paper. " The Ten Commandments of the He-
brews " are represented as having been written 
or graven " upon both sides of two tables (tab-
lets) of stone, which Moses carried in his two 
hands." These were easily broken when cast 
down, in his anger at the idolatry of the peo-
ple. Did Moses employ brick or tile for stone 
—a practice mentioned elsewhere in the scrip-
tures—or did he use tablets of alabaster or ter-
ra-cotta, according to the most ancient method 
in Assyria, as related by Mr. Layard ? The 
instructions to the people, in Deuteronomy, " to 
set up great stones and to plaster them with 
plaster, and to write upon the stones " " all the 
words of the law," " very plainly," afford us 
another reference to the common mode of pub- 
lication peculiar to that age, and to the former 
associations of the Hebrews ; for some of the 
most ancient pyramids in Egypt have been cov-
ered with cement, and are found inscribed in a 
similar manner. 
' All these Things are Against me." 
A grievous mistake the patriarch made when 
he uttered that complaint ! All these things 
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against him ? Was it " against him " to have 
that favorite boy, Joseph, (whose supposed loss 
he was bewailing,) made the lord of Egypt ? 
Was it " against him " that Benjamin was ta-
ken from his arms to be brought back again la-
den with a brother's munificent bounty ? Was 
that all-wise Providence, that he so faithlessly 
distrusted, working against him " when it at 
last evolved such a merciful preservation for 
him and all his house from famine ? The man 
who had wrestled with the angel at Penile!, and 
experienced the deliverances which the brook 
Jabbnk had witnessed, should never have vented 
such words as those. 
But the race of distrusting Jacobs have not 
yet passed away. The assurances of the Chris-
tian experience of forty centuries, have not been 
sufficient to hinder those who have been tried 
as Jacob was, from complaining as he did. " All 
these things are against me." I stand beside 
the sick-bed of one who is but ill accustomed to 
such hours of suffering and pain. His frame is 
wrecked with anguish. The fever is drinking 
dry his blood. On his uneasy bed he tosses to 
and fro ; and as he remembers many require-
ments of his neglected business, he is ready to 
say, " All things are against me !" But in that 
lonely chamber he is brought near to the gates 
of eternity—flames of the pit flash in his face. 
His sins rise with appalling terrors before his 
awakened conscience. He cries out—God be 
merciful to me a sinner ! 
As he rises once more from the couch of suf-
fering—which has been to him the birth-place 
of his spiritual life, and goes back again into a 
world, now less dear to him than before, his 
grateful song is—" It was good for me that I 
was afflicted ! Blessed be God for that near 
view of eternity ? But for that my soul had 
been lost !" 
Mayhap these lines may reach some one who 
can recall the remembrance of an earthly idol 
which once held far too high a place in the 
temple of her affections. Her life was bound 
up in the life of the lad. To that idol she was 
" joined ;" but a merciful God would not " let 
her alone " in her idolatry. At length the trial 
came. In terror and dismay she saw how the 
color began to fade out from the cheek, and the 
much loved voice has died into a murmur. Each 
sweet word fell fainter and fainter from his 
tongue. The mark of the destroyer grew fatally 
vivid, and in her wild despair she cried out—
" All these things are against me." " Let me 
not, 0 God, see the death of the child !" And 
when the breath of the departed one no longer 
fanned her cheek, like David has she exclaimed 
—" Would to Ged I had died for thee, my son !" 
But when the first gush of maternal anguish 
has passed away, she has had time to look 
about her and see her danger, a danger from 
which she is now delivered. Now she beholds 
with terror and compunction how ungrateful 
was that idolatry ! how completely her affec-
tions were stolen from the Saviour—how she 
was leaning on a reed, and perilous was the 
guilty idolatry to her soul. It is not, therefore, 
the melancholy pleasure of knowing that the 
tender plant—taken away by angel reapers from 
the "evil to come,"—now blooms amid the par-
adise of God, which alone sustains her, but the 
sense of rescue from a state of guilt and forget-
fulness of God, and a rescue too by the merci-
ful hand of that very neglected and forgotten 
Father in heaven. This, more than all, fills 
the smitten soul with a strange and trembling 
gratefulness, and prompts the heart-breaking 
confession—" What have I now to do with idols ? 
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is 
none on earth whom I desire beside thee." 
The record book of Christian experiences has 
many such narratives to disclose. In this way 
earthly bereavements have been sent to save 
the soul from the worst of all bereavements—
the loss of God's favor. Many a commercial 
bankruptcy has saved from a bankruptcy of the 
soul. As the idolized riches of this world have 
taken to themselves wings and flown away, the 
disappointed soul has been led to look higher— 
even toward those treasures that no moth can 
corrupt, and no thief can reach. Many a sick 
bed has delivered the sufferer from a bed in hell ! 
" There," said a young man once, as he pointed 
to a diseased limb that was destroying his life 
—" there it is; and a precious treasure it has 
been to me. It saved me from the folly of youth 
—it made me cleave to God as my only portion ; 
and I think it has now brought me very near to 
my Father's house." it may be " against " 
the ungodly worldling to go to the house of 
mourning, but the true saint finds it often a meet 
preparation for the marriage supper. It may go 
" against " the enemy of God most fearfully, to 
lay his head on a dying pillow, but to the saint 
that pillow is one of down; for 
" While he feels his heart-strings break, 
How sweet the moments roll ! 
A mortal paleness on his cheek, 
But glory in his soul !" 
All things are indeed " against " the sinner, 
while he remains a sinner; but in my Bible I 
find that " all things work together for good to 
them that love God, to them who are called ac- 
cording to his purpose." Stray Arrows. 
 
Songs in the Night. 
In disturbing the rubbish of mY library, I 
stumbled upon the following beautiful extract 
from one of the Rabbis. The Rabbinical writ-
ings, as most of your readers are aware, though 
generally characterized by the loftiest strains of 
allegory, still, often contain passages, in beauty 
of allusion and tenderness of expression, very 
rarely surpassed, as I trust the following will 
attest. 
Y. Y. Observer. 
"Light is the countenance of the Eternal," 
sung the setting sun. 
"I am the hem of his garments," responded the 
rosy tint of twilight. 
The clouds gathered and said, " We are his 
nocturnal tent," and the waters in the cloud, 
and the hollow voice of the thunders joined in 
the lofty chorus. 
" The voice of the Lord is upon the waters, 
the God of glory thundereth, the Lord upon 
many waters." 
" He did fly upon my wings," whispered the 
wind, and the silent air replied—" I am the 
breath of God, the aspiration of his benign 
presence." 
" We hear the songs of praise," said the 
parched earth : " all around is praise, I alone 
am silent and mute." And the falling dew re-
plied, 
" I will nourish thee so that thou shalt be 
refreshed, and rejoice, and thy infants shall 
bloom as the young rose." 
"Joyfully we bloom," replied the refreshed 
meadows. The full ears of corn waved as they 
sung, " We are the blessing of God, the Hosts 
of God against famine." 
" We bless you from above," said the moon. 
" We bless you," responded the stars. And 
the grasshopper chirped, " We too He blesses 
in the pearly clew-drop," 
"He quenched my thirst," said the roe ; " and 
refreshed me," continued the stag ; " and grants 
us our food," said the beasts of the forest ; 
" and clothes my lambs," gratefully sung the 
sheep. 
" He heard me " croaked the raven, " when 
I was forsaken and alone." " He heard me," 
said the wild goat of the rocks, " when my time 
came and I calved." 
And the turtle dove cooed , and the swallow, 
and all the birds joined their song ; " We have 
found our nests—our houses ; we dwell on the 
altar of the Lord, and sleep under the shadow 
of his wing in tranquillity and peace." 
" And peace," replied the night, and echo 
prolonged the sound when Cnanticleer awoke 
the dawn and crowed, " Open the portals ; the 
gates of the world ! the King of glory ap-
proaches ! Awake ! arise ! ye sons of men, 
give praises and thanks to the Lord; for the 
King of glory approacheth." 
Fixed Principles. 
The same yesterday, to day and forever; here, 
there, everywhere, the same; without variation, 
parallax, or even " shadow of turning," or seem-
ing of deflection; such is the God we worship. 
Such is the prime attribute of His being; the 
feature of His God-head which the uplifted eyes 
of the human soul first meets and adores in its 
humble supplication. Its impress is stamped 
upon every page of His material universe and 
moral government. His character is fixed. He 
cannot himself change his attributes, and while 
they remain immutable, he cannot change his 
laws, or the great principles upon which they 
are based. These are fixed forever; for all 
time, for all eternity. In them there is no va-
riableness nor shadow of turning, among all 
the vicissitudes of time and the mutations of 
mortality. Man may drift about like the helm-
less wronaut or mariner upon every wind or 
wave of temporary expediency ; he may make 
a law unto himself six days in the week, to 
bend his course to the bias of the cross-currents 
of his experience ; he may steer his bark by 
the delusive light of a vessel, frail as his own, 
and floating seaward on the same stream ; but 
firm as a rock the truths of God shall stand for-
ever. Among all the aberrations of humanity, 
a fixed throne, fixed stars, fixed laws, fixed prin-
ciples, will abide in their power and permanen-
cy, the same yesterday, to-day and forever. As 
in the material world, the power, the principle, 
or the law of gravity is fixed ; is the same to-
day as at the first day of creation ; so in the 
moral world, the power, the principle, or the 
law of love is fixed ; is the same as when the 
morning stars sang for joy over the infant world, 
or the angels of God over the manger-cradle of 
its infant Saviour. These two great powers or 
principles are fixed; unchanged and changeless. 
Arid equally so are the laws through which 
they act, the one upon matter, the other upon 
man. As the law of gravity will never act 
with a greater force of attraction upon the ma-
terial world than at the present moment : so 
the law of love will never act upon mankind 
with a greater force of obligation than to-day. 
Once, for all and forever, was the Son of Man 
lifted up ; once, for all and forever, was that 
crowning manifestation of God's love to man-
kind. "It is finished !" The book of Divine 
revelation is forever closed. Were there a 
blank leaf remaining the sword of the cherubim 
would strike the daring pen that should venture 
to add thereto promise or prophecy, Neither 
Sinai, nor the Mount of Olives, or of the trans-
figuration, will ever tremble or glow again with 
the presence and will of the God-head.. The 
fires of Divine Revelation will never be rekin-
dled on their sacred summits. "It is finished ;" 
there will be no new gospel, no other gospel 
than this we now have, given by God to man ; 
no other premise, prophecy or command, than 
is now written therein. 
Elihu Burritt. 
Obituaries and Epitaphs. 
It is not true—as by some may be thought,—
that conductors of religious journals regard all 
obituary records with dislike. They would 
have them—if allowed to suggest in this mat-
ter, generally briefer and sometimes more shad-
ed and appropriate in their representations of 
character. On this subject, the Christian " Reg-
ister" has some pertinent comments, which it 
can be no disadvantage to read : 
" Among the lesser cares which fall upon us 
in our editorial capacity, there are none which 
disturb us more than the many obituary no-
tices that are sent in to us. A correspondent. 
last week, in his preface to a brief and appropri-
ate notice of an aged friend, says, I suppose 
that few persons ever read " obituaries," espe- 
cially since they appear so frequently in the 
" Register." ' We suppose so, too ; but there are 
reasons, we think, why they should be published, 
and we never decline one which is accompanied 
by a responsible name, and written with any 
tolerable degree of accuracy, conciseness, and 
propriety. But it would seem as if every one 
deeply interested in a friend, feels competent to 
write an obituary of him for the public, and 
some of the notices sent to us, in, the slaughter 
they make of good words, good taste, and ap-
propriateness of imagery and sentiment, make 
us sympathize with the feelings of the ancients, 
who sacrificed what was most valuable over the 
graves of their friends. We have just been 
spending nearly an hour unsuccessfully in try-
ing to put into some reasonable shape and lim-
its an article which has evidently been written 
with deep emotion, and which should be the 
beautiful notice of a beautiful life. And this 
is one of the unsatisfactory and painful duties 
which we often have to perform. May we here 
give a few words of advice to those who would 
write obituary notices ? 
By the grave of a friend, as in the house of 
God, let your words be few, and unless the few 
and fitting words come to you, remain in silence. 
God will take care of your friend ; arid they 
who knew and loved him, will treasure up his 
memory and keep it sacred without any public 
eulogium. Still, when they are properly pre-
pared, there is a fitness in these affectionate me-
morials of the dead. It is well not only to re-
member the pure and good, with whom we have 
been associated, but that we should, by words as 
chaste and simple as those on a marble tomb-
stone, and with feelings as subdued as those 
with which we stand by the dying, extend and 
perpetuate the knowledge of their faithfulness 
in life, and the serenity of their hope in death. 
We may thus perform an office of grateful 
friendship to the dead, and at the sante time do 
something to awaken the piety and strengthen 
the faith of the living. 
Some of Mr. Wordsworth's remarks on epi-
taphs may be quoted here as applying equally 
to Obituary Notices : " The writer of an epi-
taph is not to be an anatomist. The character 
of a deceased friend is not seen, no, nor ought 
to be seen, otherwise than through a tender haze 
or luminous mist that spiritualizes and beauti-
fies it. Such an epitaph is written by truth, 
hallowed by love, the joint offspring of the 
worth of the dead, and the affections of the liv-
ing. * * Its story should be concise, its admo-
nitions brief. * * A grave is a tranquilizing 
object ; a resignation springs up from it as nat-
urally as the wild flowers which besprinkle its 
turf." " An epitaph," says Weever, " is a su-
perscription * * briefly declaring (and that 
with a kind of commiseration) the name, the 
age, the deserts, the dignities, the state, the 
praises both of body and mind, the good and bad 
fortunes in the life, and the manner and time 
of the death of the person there interred." 
All this is to be done briefly and with the se-
verest taste. " Bring forward," says Words-
worth, " the one incidental expression," " a kind 
of commiseration ;" unite with it a concern on 
the part of the dead, for the well being of the 
living, made known by exhortation and admo-
nition ; and let this commiseration and concern 
pervade and brood over the whole, so that what 
was peculiar to the individual, shall be subordi-
nate to a sense of what he had in common with 
the species ; and our notion of a perfect epitaph 
would then be realized." 
Ass 
The visit of KOSSUTH to this country, is the great 
topic of newspaper comment at the present time. It 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Paul deemed it highly expedient to warn even Chris-
Elihu was present when the three friends of Job tiaras of the dangers that beset their path. "Exhort 
visited him, and held a protracted controversy with one another daily," says he, " whilst it is called to-
him respecting the particular cause of his peculiar day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceit-
fulness of sin. Be not deceived. Let no man de-
and complicated afflictions. Although he was more 
or less dissatisfied with both parties 
ceive himself. I fear lest by any means as the ser- 
 
, and felt a strong pent beguiled Eve, through his subtilty, so your 
desire to offer his opinion, yet he remained silent, and 
listened to their arguments with commendable pa- minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is 
Bence and rese 
 
 
for him to speak. Before he in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another 
ct until there came a crisis and a fa- 
 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COM 
 
 vocable opportunity
ETH:" 
Jesus whom we have not preached, or if ye receive 
presumed even then to communicate his thoughts he another spirit which ye have not received, or another 
BOSTON. SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1851. offered a very excellent apology for his past silence, gospel which ye have not accepted.—Would to God 
 
 and the liberty he felt prompted to take in speaking 
that ye could bear with me. For I am jealous over 
 
It was on the ground of his being a young man,—a you with a godly jealousy." Now if the children of 
All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to giveis 
light are so liable to be led away from the principles 
room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be honored and reason worthy of the consideration of youth, who are of the Gospel, what must be the imminent danger of 
his truth advanced ; also, that it may be conducted in taith and love, prone to be self-confident and forward in expressing 
with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the truth, in nothing 
those in whose hearts sin reigns, and who are taken 
carried away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly did- their opinion. 
putation. 
" I am young and ye are very old ; wherefore I was by the enemy captive at his will : " With all deceive- 
 
 afraid and durst not show you mine opinion. I said bleness of unrighteousness in them that perish, be- 
THE present being a short voinine of twenty numbers, end- Days should speak and multitude of years should cause they received not the love of the truth," says 
 
teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man and the the apostle. 
log with the year, 77 cents in advance will pay for it. On 
 
 
Let us take a moment's glance at facts, and see 
inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understand- 
ing.
English subscribers, 4n. 8d. pays for the same.
how prone men are to be deceived and to err in their 
Great men are not always wise; neither do opinions. All the world, except Noah and his family, 
the aged understand judgment. Therefore I said, were deceived and wrong in their opinions, and 
s,suo sum, lit 
 
 1,41 „op u Hearken unto me, I will also show mine opinion." 
pails(
would retain them more than a century, right in oppo- 
And in this strain he continues through the chapter. 
• 
Jo notragaj iunoaaa ups ‘awntoa p Ship(' 
oys a 
Our object in the present article is, briefly to show sition to special, divine counsels and warnings. Thus 
 
th ays, 
asaad at •utns, lit Enaddn mu op am It'll 19°J what right men have to their opinion in respect to the it was also with the inhabitants of Sodom. Lot, at 
OM 'MOM ano pun 'sn tihm aztrondwSs oym asoyr oj, great truths of religion, and the duties and responsi- the direction of the angels, warned his sons in 
law, but he seemed to than as one that mocked. 
bilities resting on them in exercising this right. This 
Sihlwold Satay pain 01 papinua are am 
flow blinded and infatuated were Pharaoh and his 
is a subject of no ordinary importance, inasmuch as 
! 
sem °says jo cans alit Sy gpio tit 'aapuas alit 01 every thinking mind should and will entertain some host The friends of Job erred in supposing that 
 
men receive according to their works in this world. 
Haws ri2nolit aoj 'papremaoj Strdwoad ay ittm tiara views respecting a subject of such'solemn and univer- Often, too, did the ancient covenant people of God 
aptu asaqt alloy aM •urillum alit tro palanur sal concern, and their sentiments have so much to do pass into idolatry. We might follow the Scriptures 
.1! punoj saayt0 
 .ndoloAna 
 Jo 
 uo in making up their moral character. 
through ; come into the New Testament and see how 
Our first point of discussion respects the right or 
palanw sty( punoj 'Etas aifuts tit saaducl atayr asp° liberty of opinion; how far mankind can in truth the hearers of Christ misunderstood him, and how 
-al oyas asou, •Gess 'Sannunr Jo iseu alit II Liras° claim this right. Many have not correct notions in a great part of the Jews were severed from the visi-
giashoadsaa 0(1 Him Say sums °yr adotanua alit uo ao regard to liberty of opinion. They claim too much ble kingdom of God through unbelief. hi a word, 
the moral state of the world to the present moment 
or do not make proper distinctions. Liberty of opin- 
'4aam Ise[ stadtd atayi jo u0.1nua uo maim punoj 
demonstrates that man is an erring being, and the im- 
ion is without question what all have a right to enjoy, 
Nun"' aoj pautoput asou—•sasarsasans oj, if duly restricted by a sense of obligation and ac- p:ArTtacnHc.e,,of the injunction of Christ, "I say unto ALL, 
countability. None have a right to dictate to others 
Alain. Men need to exercise much solicitude and 
what they shall believe. None have a right to im- 
" RELIGIOUS OPINIONS." 
care in forming their opinions, as God will be honored 
pose their sentiments on others, and attempt to corn- or dishonored according as they embrace the truths he 
Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities, respecting pel them to embrace them, and thus deprive them of 
them. 
has taught or reject them. While they are worthy 
the natural, inalienable right of all men, who are 
Some weeks since, in conversation with a person free born, and created by their common Creator free of all acceptation, and his authority demands it, he is 
 
honored by their filial docility and submission; but 
of intelligence, but who was strongly persuaded that moral agents. It is an unwarranted power which 
he is made a liar, and contempt is cast upon his au- 
some have assumed, in claiming for themselves infal- 
our views of the nature and epoch of the coming king- 
 
 
thority and name by unbelief and rejection of the doc- 
libility, and attempting by coercion to bring others trine he has revealed. 
door were " a deadly heresy," we reminded him that to a submission to their creeds. This has been one 
possibly he entertained wrong views respecting our gross and mischievous error in the church of Rome, Further. Deep anxiety should be felt, and much 
 
precautionary care and labor exercised, by every 
actual belief, arid volunteered to state the precise as- or in the system of popery ; and even Protestants individual, in determining the important question, 
have not been wholly free from it, Much mischief 
pest in which we regarded the question. To our , 
 
" What is truth r in reference to its practical bear- 
has been done to the cause of truth by attempts to 
surprise we were met with the reply, " Idon't know, coerce mankind into a uniformity of faith in matters ing on his own life and destiny ; because the cordial 
 
and I don't want to know." Since then we have re- of religion. 
reception of the great leading principles of divine 
 
revelation will render him meet for the kingdom of 
But while we plead the equal right which the Su- 
fleeted considerably on man's responsibility for his re- 
heaven, but the disc
lienation
arding
from 
 God, unholiness, and 
of them will involve him 
ligious opinions. It is undeniably true that our opin- preme Ruler of the universe has given to all men, as in awful guilt, a 
accountable beings, to their opinion, free and undis- 
ions influence our conduct, and thus affect our eternal turbed, some things should ever be kept in mind in fit him for everlasting ruin. Divine truth is a type, 
 
destiny. It is therefore of the utmost importance that connection with this fact. After all, mankind should a mirror, an image of heaven, and he who is born of 
 
the Spirit is cast into its mould and is spiritual in his 
ever consider themselves as having a connection 
they should be correctly formed, and conscientiously
affections, perceptions, desires, motives. hopes, and 
with each other, as being under obligation to one 
abided by. But how shall we know that they are tor- 
 
 
enjoyments. " He that is spiritual judgeth all things." 
another, as having an influence in forming one ano- His is the path of the just that, like the rising light, 
rectly formed ?—or that we do no injustice to those ther's character, arid therefore are bound, most solemn- shiffeth more and more unto the perfect day. But, 
whose opinions we reject I We can get no such assur- ly, to be very cautious as to what opinions they inn- on the other hand, " the natural man received' riot 
bibe, not simply for their own sake but for the sake 
ante by choosing ignorance respecting opinions which 
 
 
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolish- 
of others, and how they show them, that they may 
we denounce ; nor, if we understand what is the pre- not mislead but help them in the way of duty and ness unto him ; neither can he know them, becanse 
cise view opposed, can we get this assurance by refus- happiness. * * * * they are spiritually discerned." Ile navigates the 
 
perilous sea of life without compass, rudder, or bal-
ing to examine such opinion in the light which is It is important to notice once more, and it ought to last, and instead of finding a safe harbor, the treas- 
shed upon it by the word of GOD—the only standard lie with solemn weight on the mind and conscience of ures of his immortal mind are dashed on the rock of 
of truth. Such a rule of action, would prevent the every individual where the Bible is enjoyed, that unbelief. 
 
Christ, by his word and Spirit, is the great teacher, and Opinions, it must appear evident to every reflect- 
Mohammedan from ever being other than a Moham- that all are sacredly bound to improve his word as ing mind, have a material influence on the heart and 
medan ; and the pagan from being other than a pa- the ample, sure and only source of instruction, in ac- life, and of course in forming the character and Be-
gan. Abided by, and no error entertained would quiring those principles of moral action which are to tiding the destiny of the soul. Wrong opinions, in 
ever be abandoned ; and no truth previously veiled by be their guide to an immortal existence. None are regard to fundamental points of religion, are the 
free from law to Christ, but are accountable to Him principal cause of that insensibility to eternal things 
sin, ignorance, or prejudice, or obscured by the mists for their opinions. God has endowed men with facul- which is so common among men, and so ruinous to their 
of unbelief, would ever be permitted to shine in splen- ties, qualifying them to understand truth ; and he has immortal interests. They have a direct and powerful 
dor on such a mind ; and consequently the heart of revealed that truth which is necessary for them to em- tendency to shield the conscience against conviction, to 
such is forever shut out from the genial life and brace, in a plain manner, wisely adapted to their ca- exclude from the mind the awakening and renewing in- 
pa6ties, and of course he has laid them under obligation fluence of divine truth, amid lull time soul to security in 
warmth, to be imparted by it. 
to receive it. Men are not left at their option wheth- sin, regardless of duty and fearless of danger. They 
On the other hand, that which is advanced as" new er they will receive the truths of God's word or not. operate as a slow poison, destroying the moral sensi-
truth "* is not to be hastily caught up and at once They are not at liberty to entertain opinons in direct Why of the soul and diffusing through all its powers 
embraced ; for those who do so are tossed to and fro, opposition to what he has taught. If lie has given the coldness and torpor of spiritual death. It is be-
his word for the instruction of men, it must certainly cause of the soul-destroying influence of fundamen-
and carried about by every wind of doctrine, and are be or importance that they should regard and under- tally wrong opinions that Paul with such vehemence 
fitly called" unstable souls," " wandering stars" &c. stand it in the light he intended. Surely his truth is says, " Though we or an angel from heaven preach 
It is therefore necessary that we should possess a not of such a dubious and trifling nature that be any other gospel unto you than that we have preached 
of 
said 
It isChrist that he 
this. 
 
should 
hou not demand 
 
candid teachable spirit—disposed to prove all things, s
unto you, let him be accursed." Peter says, " There 
spake as having authority. Having unlimited au- shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall 
and to hold fast that which is good ; but at the same thority, he claimed that his truth should be received, bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord 
time, we must watchfully guard every avenue to the and he plainly told unbelievers the cause why they that bought diem, and bring upon themselves swift 
mind, and riot permit any error to be palmed off on did not receive it.—" Ye seek to kill me because my destruction ; and many shall follow their pernicious 
us as truth. We are always to consider the weak- word bath no place in you. And because I tell you ways." Is it not then a fact, that there are some 
the truth you believe me not. ‘Vhich of you con- great and leading truths which we cannot relinquish 
ness of our natures, our liability to err, to misunder- vinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth why do without forfeiting our own salvation, nor oppose with-
stand and to fail of comprehending, except as we feel you not believe me? He that is of God heareth out endangering the salvation of others? 
our dependence on the Spirit of truth to lead us in God's words ; ye therefore hear them not, because ye Again. We offer one more reason that should in- 
the way of all truth, and are illuminated by his gold- are not of God." In this pungent address Christ duce us to be solicitous and cautious in forming our 
shows that he taught truth ; that there were those opinions. It is the most momentous that can he con- 
who did not receive it, and that all such were highly ceived by the mind of man. We must most solemnly 
of human imperfection should also cause us to be criminal and without excuse. It is abundantly plain, account for them to God. We have already sug-
tender of others' prejudices, and not rudely assail, or it is a self-evident fact, that mankind are not at liberty gested that we are accountable to God for our faith. 
scornfully reject opinions unexamined ; but while we to adopt and retain opinions contrary to the Scriptures We bring it into view here, more fully, to be re- 
of divine truth, which were given fur the express fleeted upon as a motive that should make us cautious 
are ever ready to give a reason of our own hope, be purpose to guide our faith and practice. 
to what opinions we entertain. God has graciously 
also equally willing to listen to the reasons adduced Having considered the right of opinion, we pass given his word to guide benighted pilgrims through 
in support of opposing views—pointing out with a to consider another particular pertaining to it which 
the moral wilderness of this world. It originated 
most 
 
There 
viz.,are 
im-
hould not be overlooked, 
kind and Christian meekness their unscripturalness s
from the same boundless source of wisdom and be- 
and unsoundness. 
 
 
portant reasons that should induce all persons to be nevolence which induced the Good Shepherd to come 
very solicitous, vigilant and cautious as to what opin- from heaven to earth, to offer his soul a sacrifice for 
In reflecting on this subject, our eye has fallen on ions they adopt. One is, their proneness to embrace human guilt, and to become the light of the world, 
a sound and well written article in the Panoplist, such as are contrary to the instructions given from and a commander and leader of his kingdom- on 
which we give below almost entire : It presents the heaven. The true and faithful witness who came to earth. Through and by him it was given. Every 
hear witness to the truthr testified of the world that pa 
y
ge and ever line is filled with love and wis- 
true view of our " rights, ditties, and responsibili- the works thereof were evil, and that men loved dom. The warnings and threatenings, as well as 
 darkness rather than light, and would not come to the the counsels and promises, are all the fruit of the 
a There is really no such thing as new truth—till truth. being old. light lest their deeds should be reproved. The heart same perfect benevolence. Truly a sacred deposit 
qfl)e lbuent ricralb. 
ties, in relation to religious opinions." It is worthy is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked ; 
of being many times re-read by those who are natu- the world puts on a false and tempting appearance, 
rally disposed to say respecting any truth, " I don't and the enemy of God and man, who first cheated 
 
man out of his holiness and happiness, still sties 
know, and don't want to know " anything respect- about seeking whom he may devour. The apostle 
ing it : 
in the hands of mortal men, the highest privilege 
they can enjoy, which they are under infinite obli- 
gations thankfully and sincerely to improve ! 0 what 
reverent regard and attention should they pay to it ! 
With what readiness and joyfulness yield to its dic- 
tates ! But 0 with what irreverent lightness do men 
generally treat it, and not unfrequently with most 
hardened contempt ! How solemn the account which 
all such as despise it, and unbelievingly spurn it from 
being their friendly counsellor and guide, must ren- 
der to God ! Of this the conclusion of the Bible 
solemnly forewarns us.—" 1 testify unto every man 
that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book. ' 
If any man shall add unto these things, God shall 
add unto him the plagues that are written in this 
book ; and if any man shall take away from the 
words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take 
away his part out of the hook of life, and out of the 
holy city, and from the things which are written in 
this book. HE which testifieth these things saith, 
Surely I come quickly." 
In regard to the last particular, the manner in which-
men should form their opinions, we have space only 
for a few' suggestions. 
They must not lean to their own understandin. s, 
for the light thst is in fallen man is darkness. The 
world by wisdom never knew God. No one ever 
gained any true spiritual light only as he derived it 
from the word of God and the teachings of his 
Spirit. Read the former part of the first epistle to 
the Corinthians, and see the wisdom of men weighed 
in the balance of the sanctuary, and estimated to be 
nothing but foolishness ; and the wisdom of God to 
be everything, inestimable in the matter of salvation. 
" The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God!, 
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they 
are vain. 1 will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 
and bring to nothing the understanding of the pru-
dent. Let no roan deceive himself. If any man 
among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him 
become a fool that he may be wise." 
Again. In forming their opinions men should ever 
be ,watchful against the occasions and temptations 
continually occurring, tending to lead them to em-
brace false principles. Ever since man was led astray 
from the truth and the service of his Maker by the 
arch-deceiver, and his heart became depraved, and 
his understanding darkened, there have existed in 
every age ,and in every place, in the hearts of men 
and around them, a countless variety of things that 
wear a deceptive appearance, tending to make on 
them false impressions, toinfluence them to conceive 
and harbor notions most irrational and distant from 
truth, and thus to bewilder their path, and to cause 
them to walk in darkness, or " a vain show," and the 
road to death. Against unnumbered inlets to wrong 
and destructive opinions to which men are daily ex-
posed, they should sedulously guard. Cease, my son, 
says Solomon, to hear the instruction that causeth to 
err from the words of knowledge. But what is the 
instruction which caused) to err from the words of 
knowledge? We must try every thing honestly, or 
with a heart truly desirous of finding truth and the 
way of life by the only unerring standard, the word 
of God; and whatever abides not this trial, is that 
instruction which causes to err from the words of 
knowledge. We say, honestly, or with a heart truly 
desirous of finding truth and the way of life, or of 
knowing the will of God and doing it. 
This leads us, in conclusion, to observe, that the 
only authorized and successful way to gain right views 
in religion, is, the daily reading the Bible with pious 
meditation and humble prayer. If this inspired vol--
urne contains the only spiritual light to man, the di-
rectory of his faith and practice, as we are assured, 
then how important appears the direction of Christ, 
" Search the Scriptures, for they are they which tes-
tify of me." It is our duty and privilege to search 
them daily, because we need the daily application of 
the doctrines they inculcate, the duties they prescribe,. 
and the nourishment to the soul which they adminis-
ter. The soul of the Christian as much needs daily' 
spiritual supports and refreshments from the commu-
nications of divine grace, and the hopes and promises 
of the gospel, as his body temporal food. And we 
need to accompany the daily study of the Scriptures 
with prayer for the influences of the Holy Spirit.-
For though the essential doctrines and duties of Chris 
tianity are revealed as plainly as infinite wisdom could-
make them and is needful, yet such is the carnality 
of our affections, and the consequent darkness and' 
insensibility that pervade the powers of the soul, that 
without the renewing power, the sanctifying and 
teaching influences of the Spirit, we shall never have 
any spiritual knowledge or perceptions of the great 
principles of God's moral government and kingdom. 
No man," says the apostle, can say that Jesus is 
the Lotd but by the Holy Ghost." Hence we need to 
look up to God by daily, humble prayer, as we are 
not only dependent on him, as creatures, for every 
temporal hle.ssing, but as entirely depraved, unworthy 
sinners, for the smallest spiritual grace, every de-
gree of spiritual light and holiness ; as Paul ac-
knowledges in relation to himself,"—" Bi/ the grace 
of God 1 am what I am." 
Filially. Be fully assured, no one belonging to 
the wandering race of Adam can have any true in-
terest in forming a wrong opinion in relation to re-
ligion. There is no person but must be infinitely in-
terested in forming a right opinion about this all 
important subject.. For opinions will influence and 
govern the heart and conduct in time and eternity. Let 
us then entreat every person who may cast his eye 
on what is here feebly written, as he would regard 
his own as well as others good, to seek for truth at 
the word of God on his knees, or with a humble, 
supplicating spirit ; and he may be assured, that in 
so doing, he will come to the possession of those 
opinions which will have a happy influence in form- 
big that character which will be acceptable to God, 
and will make him meet for the realms of everlasting 
day, where the blissful inhabitants see as they are 
seen, and know as they are known. 
THE MISSION OF KOSSUTH.- 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
357 
cal aid, and procure the co-operation of our govern-
ment in his great designs to achieve independence for 
his native land. 
Arid the addresses of welcome with which he has 
been greeted in New York, seem calculated to en-
courage these expectations on his part. He has been 
promised not only sympathy, but assistance. He has 
been told that two hundred thousand bayonets---
wielded by Americans—were at his disposal ! He 
has been taught to believe that the people of this 
country are ready to rise, en masse, hurl the proud 
Czar from his high seat, and establish a new govern-
ment—a government of the people—over the whole 
Germanic Empire. In his eloquent speech replying 
to the address of the Mayor of New York at Castle 
Garden, which appealed iu full in our columns yes-
terday, and is worthy of an attentive perusal, the 
Hungarian patriot, coming among us as " the harbin-
ger of the public spirit of the people of England," does 
not seek to conceal the object of his visit to this 
country. He emphatically, clearly, and with his 
characteristic, frankness and candor, avows his wishes 
and his expectations. He says, addressing through 
the Mayor of New York, the people of the United 
States : 
" Your generous act of my liberation has raised 
the conviction throughout the world, that this is but 
the manifestation of your resolution to throw your 
weight into the balance where the fate of the European 
continent is to he weighed. You have raised the con-
viction throughout the world, that by my liberation 
you were willing to say, ' Yea, oppressed nations 
of old Europe's Continent be of good cheer ; the 
young giant of America stretches his powerful arm 
over the waves, ready to give a brother's hand to your 
future.' " 
Again he says :—" Your generous act of my 
liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of 
the fact that the United States are resolved not to al-
low the despots of the world to trample upon oppressed 
humanity. * * * It is hence that even those na-
tions which most desire my presence in Europe now, 
have unanimously told rue, hasten on, hasten on to 
the great, free, rich and powerful people of the Uni-
ted States, and bring over its brotherly aid to the cause 
of your country—so intimately connected with Euro-
pean liberty.'" 
There is no misunderstanding this language of the 
distinguished Magyar. His aim in crossing the At-
lantic is clearly unfolded. And with regard to his 
course of proceeding, while he remains with us and 
partakes of our hospitality, he is equally clear and 
decided. He says : 
" It is not a party, but to the united people of the 
United States that I confidently will address my hum-
ble requests for aid and protection to oppressed hu-
manity. I will conscientiously respect your laws, 
but within the limits of your laws I will use every 
honest exertion to gain your operative sympathy and 
your financial, material, and political aid for my coun-
try's freedom and independence, and entreat the reali-
zation of those hopes which your generosity has 
raised in me arid my people's breasts, and also in the 
breasts of Europe's oppressed nations." 
The " mission " of the great Hungarian statesman 
is thus openly proclaimed, when he first sets his foot 
upon our shores. But let him not be deceived by 
the civic demonstrations in New -York, in regard to 
the real intentions of our government and our peo-
ple—for in an enlightened and free nation, the peo-
ple and the government are one and indivisible--
let him not suppose that this Republic is about to 
clothe herself with armor, and madly rush into a con-
flict with other nations, with whom our relations 
have ever been of the most amicable character—with 
the view of giving freedom to Hungary, and hum-
bling the pride of Russia. 
Tine President of the United States, in his Mes-
sage, is supposed to have alluded to this when he re- 
marks:: 
That the interest we feel in the spread of liberal 
principles "forbids that we should be indifferent to a 
case in which the strong arm of a foreign power is in-
voked to stifle public sentiment and repress the spirit 
of freedom inn any country." 
On this the N. Y. Spectator thus comments : 
The President will of course be understood as al-
luding to the case of Hungary, and the whole sen-
tence derives peculiar interest and importance from 
the special circumstances which are now flowing 
from that revolution. The appearance of Kossuth 
upon the stage of action, and the knowledge which 
the President had of the doctrine he avows, naturally 
cause much importance to be attached, not to the 
sentiments only but to the very phraseology of suet' 
a document as the President's Message. Taking the 
sentience with what precedes it, the President's mean-
ing, we apprehend, is that while this country will 
not interfere by force with the political affairs of 
other lands, she will be so far consistent with herself 
as to throw the moral weight of her opinions and 
policy in the scale with a people struggling for free-
dom, and protest against foreign =Mils combining 
to crush the oppressed. 
As KOSSUTH has more opportunity to give utter-
ance to his plans, we shall learn mote clearly what 
his expectations are ; but if he supposes that our 
government will give more drain its sympathy, and 
exert its moral power in favor of European freedom, 
we fear he will be disappointed. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS.—"Enquirer "—Y ou give no 
evidence to show that Christians of the present day 
are the Babylon of the Apocalypse, without which 
such a supposition amounts to nothing. Neither do 
you advance any arguments to prove that the seven 
headed ten horned beast of Rev. is the papacy, arid 
not the Roman empire as we believe, or that the two 
horned beast is something different from the Eastern 
empire. Without any reasons in their support, propo-
sitions never become demonstrations. 
elected Governor of Hungary, was defeated in his 
efforts to give liberal institutions to his constituency, 
by the combined armies of Austria and Russia. That 
betrayed by the perfidy of one of his own gene-
rals, KOSSUTH had retired to the empire of Turkey, 
from whence by one of our national vessels, the 
MISSISSIPPI, despatched for that purpose by an act of 
Congress, to proceed to Gibraltar, from thence he 
visited England, and that on Friday the 5th inst. he 
arrived in this country. 
There is no question hut KOSSUTH is one of the 
most remarkable men of this age ; and as an orator 
he is equalled by few, in ability to sway the popular 
mind. It is therefore a question of some importance 
to learn his purposes among us, and the probability 
of his success. He is evidently impressed with the 
idea that Europe is verging on a crisis of no small 
moment, and his plans all have respect to that emer- 
gency. In an address to the people of Manchester, 
Eng., he said : 
The very source of these demonstrations is the in-
stinctive feeling of the people —(hear, hear)—the 
destiny of mankind has come to the turning point of 
centuries; it is the cry of alarm upon the ostensible 
approach of universal danger; it is the manifestation 
of the instinct of self-preservation, roused by the in-
stinctive knowledge of the fact, that the decisive 
struggle, the destiny of Europe, was near, and that 
no people, rio country, can remain unaffected by the 
issue of this great struggle of principles. (Applause.) 
The despotic governments of Europe feel their ap-
proaching death, and therefore they will come to the 
death-struggle. (Hear.) And I hope this struggle is 
unavoidable, and because it is called forth by them, 
it will be the last in mankind's history. That is the 
state of the case, as I conceive it, gentlemen. Or 
else, how could even the most skilful sophist explain 
the fact of the universality of these demonstrations, 
not restricted to where I am present—not restricted 
to any climate—not restricted to the peculiar charac-
ter of a people—not restricted to a state organiza-
tion ; but spreading through the world like the pul-
sation of one heart—like the spark of heaven's light- 
ning. (Cheers.) * * * * How can I say 
that this struggle is so near? Why, ladies and gen-
tlemen, 1 state it because it is. (Loud cheers.) Every 
man knows it ; every man feels, every man sees it. 
A philosopher was once questioned, how he could 
prove the existence of God. " Why," lie replied, 
" by opening my eyes. God is seen everywhere; 
in the growth of the grass, and in the movement of 
the stars; in the warbling of the lark, and in the 
thunders of heaven." (Loud cheers.) Even so I 
prove that the decisive struggle in mankind's destiny 
draws near. I appeal to the sight of your eyes; I 
appeal to the pulsations of your hearts, and to the 
judgments of your minds. You know, you see, 
you feel that the judgment is drawing near. (Loud 
cheers.) How blind are those men who have the 
affectation to assert, that it is only certain men who 
.push to revolution the continent of Europe, which, 
but for their revolutionary plots, would be quiet 
and contented? (Laughter.) Contented ! (Renewed 
laughter.) 
With what t (Loud and long shouts of 
laughter.) With oppression and servitude? France 
contented, with its Constitution subverted? Ger-
many contented—with being but a fold of sheep, pent 
up to be shorn by some thirty petty tyrants? (Loud 
cheers and laughter.) Switzerland contented, with 
the threatening ambition of encroaching despots? 
Italy contented, with the King of Naples? or with 
the priestly government of Rome—the worst of hu-
man inventions ? (Cheers.) Austria, Rome, Prus-
sia, Dalmatia, contented, with having been driven to 
butchery, and alter having been deceived, plundered, 
oppressed, and laughed at as fools? Poland con-
tented with being murdered? (Cries of indignation.) 
Hungary, my poor Hungary, contented with being 
more than murdered—buried alive—(loud cheers)—
for it is alive. What I feel is but a weak pulsation 
of that feeling which pervades the breasts of the peo-
ple of my country. (Cheers.) Russia contented with 
slavery ! (Hear.) Vienna contented ! Lombardy, 
Pesth, Milan, Venice, Russia, contented ! Contented 
vitt' having been ignominiously branded, hurried, 
'undered, sacked, and its population butchered, and 
14 of the European continent contented with the 
sftbld, with the hangman, with the prison, with 
bring no political rights at all, but having to pay 
inunerable millions for the highly beneficial pu-
p: of being kept in serfdom ! (Cheers.) That is 
thetondition of the continent of Europe—(hear, 
hea—and is it not ridiculous and absurd in mein to 
prailbout individuals disturbing the peace and tran-
quilly of Europe? (Hear.) 
In speech at New York, he used the following 
langae 
Thevents of Europe are pointed out by the finger 
of Goethe words " metre, mene, lekel, upharsin," 
are wrin so plainly on the wall that we know not 
tire hour hen the trumpet of the resurrection of the 
enslaveCistions shall sound. 
The dire of KOSSUTH evidently is, that England 
and Ames. shall be prepared to take some active 
part int tt expected struggle. Says the Boston 
Journal: 
The eloqice of Kossuth is effective, and in all 
his address,he is evidently inspired by the holy 
feeling of riotism. His elegant language, his 
noble sentims, and powerful appeals to the feel- 
ings, qualify , especially to excite the sympathy 
and elicit the niration of his hearers. Hence his 
appeals for asanee are made to the masses. His 
aim in .Francel in England has been to create—to 
build up by hissence,Illy his soul-stirring address-
es—a public opal, which shall give a decided tone 
to the action of,se governments. And front all 
.which we cang`rfrom the character of the man, 
from his actions ,e he left the shores of Turkey, 
from his speeches.oad, and since he has reached our 
own shores, he sesnot merely to enlist the sym-
pathies of our peolbut through them obtain physi- 
C. MARSTON—We do not see the relevancy of your transcript of the original, why should pious and learned 
questions to the texts referred to. Those you quote men constantly send forth " improved translations," 
standing alone, would not prove two resurrections, and thus deceive the multitude? 
one[ thousand years apart; neither do they disprove What denomination can consistently demur against 
it. Because "many who sleep in the dust of the a revised version of the English Scriptures? Can 
earth will awake," and all shall hear his voice and Episcopalians with consistency object ? Dr. ROBERT 
come forth, it does riot follow that both classes will LOWTH, in 1778, gave an improved version of the 
awake and come forth at the same time. Therefore prophesy of Isaiah. MICHAEL Donsosn, a learned 
those Scriptures tures do not contradict those passages lawyer, who died in 1799, put out a new translation 
which accord to the righteous a priority in the time of the same book. Dr. BENJAMIN BLAYNEY, who 
of their resurrection. Because the plagues appointed died in 1801, furnished a new translation of all the 
to the wicked, written in the Apocalypse, will be the minor prophets. RICHARD STOCK translated the 
portion of such, it does not follow that the specific book of Job. GILBERT WAKEFIELD translated the 
ones called "the seven last," are the ones referred whole of the New Testament. He was horn in 1756. 
to in the other case. 
Dr. WILLIAM NEWCOME, Archbishop of Armagh, 
And because the kingdom of heaven in its forma- who was born in 1726, gave an improved version of 
rive process is likened to a grain of seed sown in the Ezekiel, and the minor prophets. A few years since, 
earth, it does not follow that after its establishment Rev. Mr. MEUNCHER, once a professor in Gambier 
and it becomes as it were the full grown corn in the College, Ohio, issued a prospectus of an improved 
ear, that it will then be subject to mutation and version of the book of Psalms. Has the world con- 
change. 
demned the efforts of these Episcopalians? 
0. SCHLAGER.—The No. 666 cannot refer to the Can the Presbyterians complain ? Dr. DODDRIDGE, 
number of the popes; for not half of that number in 1747, published a new version and paraphrase of 
have ever existed. It is literally a number equiva- the New Testament. In a short time afterwards, he 
lent to the name of the beast—Romith or Latinos, its prepared " A Propel and New Translation of the 
Hebrew and Greek names contained' the letters, Minor Prophets." In 1788, Dr. GEORGE CAMPBELL, 
which, used as numerals in those languages, are President of Marischal College, Aberdeen, published 
equivalent to 666,—proving that the beast is the wes- a " New Translation of the Four Gospels." In 
tern or Latin kingdom. 
1795, Dr. MCKNIGHT issued a new translation of 
the Xpostolical Epistles. In our own country, Dr. 
 
NEW VERSION. 
MOSES STUART, and ALBERT BARNES, and Dr. AL- 
EXANDER, have published improved translations of 
 
(Concluded from our last.) 
various portions of the Sacred Scriptures. 
The inaccuracies of the commonly received English Can Methodists consistently complain In 1754, 
version, have given rise and plausibility, in many in- 
stances, to infidel objections. 
Mr. JOHN WESLEY published an improved transla- 
tion of the New Testament, in the preface of which 
This version makes Gon command the Israelites to he says, " I have never, knowingly, so much as in 
borrow what they never intended to restore. SHAAL, 
the Hebrew verb, is rendered to borrow in every in- one place, altered it for altering's sake ; but there, 
where reference is made to this transaction. and there only, where first, the sense was made bet-
stance
ter, clearer, stronger, or more consistent with the 
—Exo. 3:22; 11:2; 12:35. THOMAS HARTWELL context : secondly, where the sense being equally 
HORNE, an Episcopal divine, in his Introduction to good, the phrase was better or nearer like the origi-
the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scrip- nal." All these efforts are superfluous, if the com-
tures, vol. 1, p. 409, affirms that the proper meaning monly received version is correct. Every new trans-
of the Hebrew term is to ask or demand, and that all lotion of the Scriptures into the English language 
the ancient versions, and every modern translation, is a tacit admission of the imperfection of the corn-
except our own, has so rendered it. The same word 
occurs in Psa. 2:8, and reads, " Ask of me." 
monly received version. 
A similar discrepancy occurs in the history of 
PHARAOH as recorded in Exo. 4:21 ; 9:12 ; 15:16. The Sheep's Clothing thrown off. 
 
The same author declares that the proper translation We have often been told that Roman Catholicism 
 
is another thing in these clays than it was centuries 
of the first passage is as follows :—" I will permit 
ago, and that it is more mild, tolerant, and amiable in 
his heart to be so hardened that he will not let the 
people go." And of Exo. 9:12, " Yet the LORD its hearings, and has put away the ferocity of the 
lion for the gentleness of the lamb. Look at the 
suffered the heart of PHARAOH to be so hardened 
proof of it! The Shepherd of the Valley, a Romish
that he hearkened not to them." Concerning Exo. 
: 
9:15, 16, he states that the Hebrew verbs are in the paper published at St. Louis, speaks thus 
 
past tense, and not in the future, as the English ver- 
" We are not, for our own part, the advocate's of 
religions toleration ;"—" the Cat holic is forbidden to 
sion has rendered them—making GOD say that PHA- look upon religious error as a matter of indifference, 
RAOH should die of the pestilence, which was never and obliged to consider toleration of error, in the 
verified. HORNE translates the passage thus :—" For sense in which Protestants use the word, as unjusti-
if now I had stretched out my hand, and had smit- fiable, except in cases of necessity." 
In this country at present, the Catholics are.obliged 
ten thee and thy people with the pestilence, thou 
to tolerate Protestantism, because they have not the 
shonldst have been cut off from the earth. But truly 
on this very account I caused thee to subsist, that I power to imprison and burn heretics ; but had they 
 
that power, they would unscrupulously use it. They 
might cause thee to see my power ; and that my 
This must do so, if they carry out their acknowledged 
name might be declared throughout this land." 
principles. " Liberty of conscience, in the sense inn 
rendering is also supported by AINSWORTH, HAUBI- 
which Protestants use the words,—is not admitted by 
GANT, LATHE, SCHOTT, WINZER, BOOTHROYD, and 
the Catholic church ; to say that a man is a Catholic 
ADAM CLARK. See HORNE'S, VOL 1, p. 409 
The rendering of the Hebrew word van by the is to say that he rejects it ; and the sooner our Prot-
copulative conjunction and, in Lev. 27:28 ; Judg. estant friends understand this, the better." Reading 
11:30, instead of the disjunctive or, has made the and thinking Protestants have long understood it, and 
Bible appear as favoring human sacrifices.—Ibid, vol. will be very grateful to these Romish priests and edi- 
t 411. 
tors for their full admission of the fact, that " Liberty 
p.
, 
In 2 Sam. 12:31, the Hebrew prefix bells is trans- of conscience " is unknown to Rornanism. It has 
hated under instead of to—making DAVID the author been charged upon them again and again, and they 
 
of the most unparalleled cruelty. He put the Amon- have denied it, and accursed us of base slander in ut- 
ites under saws and harrows of iron), according to tering the charge; they will deny it again, if occa-
the English version. The original simply says that sion arise, for according to their published creed, it 
is no sin against GOD to lie for the benefit of the 
he put them to saws and to harrows of iron. The 
idea of labor is designed to be conveyed—not torture, church; but whoever is deceived by them is not wise. 
 
To put a man to the plow, to the anvil, to the facto- We are thankful that they are beginning to throw 
ry, implies labor—not torture. The same injustice off the mask they have so long worn, and under cover 
is done in 1 Chr. 20:3, where DAVID is said to have of which they have gatherpd thousands of dollars 
 
from Protestants to build their churches and nunneries 
cut them with saws. Seven of the manuscripts col- 
-and thousands of Protestant youth into their schools 
lated by Dr. KENNICOTT, 1776, use the verb VAY- 
to receive instruction, causing them to err from the 
ASEM—put them to saws, &c. With reference to 
thuse passages which are said to be offensive to mod- words of knowledge. Pray for them, labor to en- 
lighten them, show them the kindness due them as 
esty, we are told by Mr. HORNE that this is owing to children of the Most High; but Gon forbid that they 
mistranslation.—Intro. vol. 1, p. 413. Those passa- be trusted in aught they do or say, until they re-
ges which contain imprecations inconsistent with ltu- trounce principles now avowed, and at least consent 
manity and the benign spirit of the Christian religion, tin the right of every man to act in matters pertain- 
ing to Gon agreeable to the dictates of his own con-
are pronounced by the same writer entirely nnauthor- science, nor until they do heartily renounce them so 
ized by the original.—Ibid, vol. I, p. 413. as to leave no doubt that they have be(coo,rrlureegnaewnaciirseta- 
Another evidence of tine necessity of a revisedversion lures in CHRIST JESUS. 
tio 
of the English Scriptures, may be adduced from the 
multitude of new translations which constantly make 
THE TRIAL.—Nothing has yet come to our knowledge 
 respecting the time when the trial will take place. This 
their appearance. These are issued by individuals at appears to be among the " hidden" things of the prosecutors, 
their own responsibility, and constantly sustain which we are as yet unable to fathom.. 
kind of religious speculation. Almost every denomi- 
nation 
 OPENING OF A NEW CHAPEL IN NEW YORK.—Provi- 
dence 
engage in the enterprise, and claim no s all dence permitting, Elder J. V. Hines will preach at the open-
degree of honor for enlightening the people. If the ing of the new Advent chapel on Seventh Avenue, near 
Eleventh-street, New York city. 
commonly received version is regarded as a faithful 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
LETTER FROM Win. M. INGHAM. 
that God's children will cry in the greatest earnest-
ness for him to come, that they may rest in security. 
my brother, be unmoveable. If you ate called to 
pass through many trials, be assured that the Lord 
will deliver you ; and may you come out as gold 
seven times tried. The Saviour has commanded his 
servants to preach his gospel, and says " Lo, I am 
with you to the end of the worid." He also says, 
that those who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer 
persecution ; but they that endure unto the end, the 
same shall be saved. Full indeed is the word of 
God with such-like precious promises, and the truth 
shall stand ; for as he who holds the winds in his fist, 
and at his word the waters fled, the sea divided to 
let his people pass, when the enemy came upon them, 
" And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these so will he cause error to divide and flee before the 
three ; but the greatest of these is charity."-1 Con trut I often think of the division that will be made by 
13 : 13. 
the Judge, when he shall separate the wicked from 
the righteous. It will be a joyful day to the saints, 
Majestic star ! the first of night, 
but where will the ungodly and the sinner appear ? 
Dispelling darkness in its flight, 
When I think of their awful fate, a gloom comes 
It penetrates the gloom ; 
over my soul, and I feel to hang my harp upon the 
It shows us glory far from sight, 
willows, and mourn over their lost condition. I pray 
And guides our wary feet aright, 
God to open their eyes before it is too late, that they 
To bliss beyond the tomb. 
may prepare for the coming day. When I turn to a 
Faith, as a cable, stays our hark, 
brighter scene, and meditate on the glories that will 
As through the night, so drear and dark, he revealed to the righteons,—for this mortal to put 
We plough the raging main ; 
on immortality,—to see God in his glory,—to meet 
Faith prompts her sons to mighty deeds, the Lord in the air,—to receive a crown of life,—to 
As on to victory she leads, 
worship him in the beauty of holiness,—to stand on 
Till they their glory gain. 
the new earth, and reign with Christ a thousand 
years,—to walk the golden streets of the new Jeru-
salem,—to see the city of God, and walk in the light 
There is a hope, whose beauteous tread thereof, and to bow and worship before the throne, 
Illumes the regions of the dead, 
free front all the incutnbrance of this mortal body,— 
And bids the sleepers rise; 
my heart leaps for joy. There our sisters will not 
With joys transporting and serene, keep silence because the brethren are present ; for 
To view the most exultant scene— Christ has said that there is neither Jew nor Greek, 
The promised earth and skies. bond nor free, male nor female, but all are one in 
him. There we shall meet all our Christian friends 
Thou art a buoy, and anchor, too, 
who have long slept in the dust, and unite with them 
While we the guiding star pursue, 
and all the redeemed of the Lord, in one general 
A pledge of endless life; 
From thee all shame shall fly apace, song of praise to hint that sitteth on the throne, and 
And thou thy righteous sons shall place to the Lamb, forever and ever. 
 
Beyond the bounds of strife. 
In view of these things, what manner of persons 
ought Christians to be? Should we not live as stran-
gers and pilgrims on the earth, and make it manifest 
0 Charity ! thou queen of light, 
by our lives and conversation that here we have no 
Thou perfect source of pure delight, continuing city, nor abiding place ? We should strive 
Thou solace of the soul ; 
to obey the commands of God, and so cast a holy in- 
When Faith and Hope their course have run, fluence on all around, that others may take knowl- 
Thy glory shall eclipse the sun, 
edge of us that we have been with Jesus. When I 
While endless ages roll. 
draw from the fountain of living water, my soul is 
filled with joy unspeakable and full of glory. It is 
Thou art the bond of union strong, then that I desire to depart and be at rest with my 
By thee Faith purifies her throng, 
Saviour. 
Thy sons now reign above ; 
This from a sister in Christ, waiting patiently for 
0! consolation's ceaseless fount ! 
the coming of our Lord. 
Than thee, no grace can higher mount, Roxbury (Ct.), Dec 3d, 1851. 
For God himself is love. 
J. W. DANIELS. 
Morrisville (Pa.), Dec. '28th, 1851. 
LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN FRIEND. "1 will not forget thy word." 
So wrote the inspired bard and king of Israel. 
— 
BRO. HIMES :—Though a stranger to you, having The guilt and misery of the wicked, in their present 
never seen your face, yet in reading your excellent and future conditions, are to be found in the fact, 
paper I feel somewhat acquainted with you. I write that God has spoken, and they have forgotten his 
to you because I desire to cast a mite into the tress- word. The wicked have ears, but they will riot 
ury of the Lord. I therefore send you the enclosed, hear; they have eyes, but they will not see; they 
to help von in your arduous work of proclaiming the have memory, but they will forget God's word. 
truth of God's word, as did the apostles, that Christ's When Lot spoke to his sons-in-law, he said, " Up, 
second coming is near, and the hour of his judgment get you out of this place, for the Lord will destroy 
at hand. I knew not that there was such a paper this city." But they would not hearken, and of 
published till within a few months past. A neigh- course were burned up in the shower of fire. 
bor of mine takes the " Herald," and after reading Before the plague of the hail in Egypt, God gave 
it hands it to me. I think it is the best religious pa- warning, that man and beast might obtain shelter and 
per I have ever seem—it is a feast to my soul. Its escape. Those who obeyed were saved ; but those 
spirit is kindred with my own feelings, and I find who would not hearken were destroyed. 
nothing in it but the pure doctrines of the Bible. God spoke to Moses in the wilderness, and said : 
When any one brings the speedy coming of Christ " How long will this people provoke me ? how long 
before my mind, it touches a chord in my heart, will it be ere they believe rue? I will smite them 
which vibrates at once. 
with the pestilence, and disinherit them." So their 
A few years since I was led to study the Scrip- carcasses tell in the wilderness. The provocations 
tures on this subject, that I might draw from them of the children of Israel were so many and aggra-
the truth, and riot lean on what others said. To this vated, that the Lord said, " I will hide my face from 
end 1 earnestly prayed night and day, that God would them, for they are a very froward generation, chil-
enlighten the eyes of my understanding, that I might dren in whom is no faith : so 1 sware in my wrath, 
comprehend his holy word aright ; for some would They shall not enter into my rest." '"They believed 
explain one way, and some another. Most of the not in God, and trusted not in his salvation." Their 
clergy put the second advent a thousand years dis- children who were born in the wilderness, however, 
tant, and then censure Mr. Miller fur setting the and those who were under twenty years of age at the 
time. 'They preached a temporal millennium, a time time of the exodus, according to the word of Jeho-
of peace in all the world, when all the inhabitants vah, entered the promised land. But they also soon 
would be converted, and there would hardly be a forgot the word of the Lord,—as a nation, they ceased 
death till the thousand years expired ; a theory that to believe the testimony of Gcd. So the Lord sold 
Christ and his apostles never taught. It was a doe- them into the hands of the king of Mesopotamia eight 
trine, however, that I loved, and it was hard for me years, and soon after they served the king of Moab 
to give it up. But in searching the Scriptures, 1 for eighteen years. The land then had rest for fifty 
could find nothing satisfactory to my own mind in years. But the children of Israel again did evil in 
support of it,—hut exactly the reverse. Let the the sight of the Lord : they forgot his word, rejected 
Scriptures speak, and they sweep this theory all his testimony, and God sold them successively into 
away. I was therefore led to believe it to be a great the hands of the Canaanites, Midianites, Philistines., 
error, originated by the Adversary of souls to de- and Ammonites. In the days of their kings they re-
ceive. As I understand the Bible, and from viewing belled against the Lord, and rejected his testimony 
the signs of the times, I, fully believe that the time by the holy prophets. Again they were subjected 
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven by the Assyrians and Babylonians, who destroyed 
with his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking ven- their magnificent temple. The temple was re-built, 
but again, with the holy city, it was burned by the 
Romans, and the inhabitants destroyed and scattered 
among the nations. All these calamities and judg-
ments have come upon that sinful nation, because 
they rejected the testimony of God—they forgot his 
word. But a far greater calamity still awaits the 
unbelieving Jew ; and not only the Jew, but all the 
unbelieving and wicked of the earth. " There shall 
be a time of trouble, such as never was since there 
was a nation, even to that same time." 
That awful day is near, even at the doors. The 
faces of the wicked will be as flames ; the earth, the 
air, the water, will all be dissolved in flames of liquid 
fire. The wicked will all be burned, and the whole 
frame-work of the world will be broken down in this 
final catastrophe. God has spoken, 0 sinner ! hear 
and live forever.—" The day of the Lord will come 
.as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall 
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works 
that are therein shall be burned up." 
N. BROWN. 
00Mlaginikilaff 
FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. 
CHARITY. 
FAITH. 
HOPE. 
[We shall be glad to hear from our friend again.] 
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD. 
geance on them that know not God, and obey not his 
gospel, is near, even at the door ; and I think every 
atnbassador of Christ ought to preach it. But I hope 
the " Advent Herald " will not cease to proclaim it 
till it reaches every quarter of the globe ; for this 
gospel of the kingdom must first be preached in all 
the world for a witness to all nations, and then shall 
the end come. 
Dear Sir, you are laboring in a great and glorious 
cause, and you must expect to meet with opposition. 
I hear that you are persecuted by some who have 
gone out from you, and who have circulated slander-
ous reports against you in order to destroy your in-
fluence and hinder your work. As the prince of the 
kingdom of Persia withstood the angel that was sent 
to Daniel one-and-twenty days, till Gabriel came to 
his help, so will that prince of darkness stand up to 
oppose you, to destroy all good, to ruin souls, and to 
stop the progress of this gospel. Fear him not, for 
the Lord will send help in due time. His angels are 
as a wall of fire round about you, who will preserve 
all those who fear and trust him. Then be steadfast, 
Sister L. M. RICHMOND writes from Lebanon (N. 
Y.), Dec. 4th, 1851 : 
DEAR BROTHER :—As the consolations of the Holy 
Spirit are freely and alike extended to all those who 
in patience and well-doing seek for honor, glory, and 
immortality, I avail myself of a few leisure moments 
to write a few words of comfort to God's chosen and 
tried ones. But what can I say, my dear friends, 
that you do not already know 1 Surely God is no 
respecter of persons, but in every country and city, 
,those who fear God and work righteousness are ac-
cepted by him. Be diligent, then, to make your call-
ing and election sure, and give no occasion to the ad-
versary to speak reproachfully. I know you will 
say amen to these admonitions, because they are 
scriptural requirements. But how are we to attain 
to a life of holiness? for even the beloved apostle 
Paul groaned beneath the infirmities of the flesh. 
Were Ito express my humble opinion on this sub-
ject, I should say that we must constantly feel our 
own weakness, and not for a single moment indulge 
the thought that we can do anything of ourselves. 
Let us then go in child-like simplicity and humble 
faith to the throne of grace, seeking guidance and 
direction from on high, believing, in all the confi-
dence of well-trained children, that God will with-
hold no good thing from those that walk uprightly. 
Though enemies appear, temptations assail, and al= 
fiction be our portion here, yet we shall reap in due 
time if we faint not. Remembering you all in my 
daily prayers, and desiring the same in return, I re-
main your sister in Christ. 
Sister S. CAMPBELL writes from Lottsville, Nov. 
24th, 1851 : 
BRO. HIMES :—We send you an offering, to put to 
just such use as you may think best for the cause. 
You know in what place it is most needed. We 
think that you have given yourself wholly to God, 
and have full confidence in your ability and integrity. 
When we see one whom the devil hates more than 
others, he is the one at whom he aims his most poi-
soned arrows,—and what is more poisonous than 
slander ? Hell does not hold a meaner devil than 
such a man. One author (I forget his name) has 
said that the noble devils would not undertake so 
mean a business. But you will come forth as gold 
seven times tried. If God is for us, who shall be 
against us and prosper? David says, " He shall 
send from heaven and save me from the reproach of 
him that would swallow me up." I feel that " trou-
blocs times" are not far distant. 
I would not wish 
to say the time is not yet, but I feel that there are 
trying times for us to see before the end, so fearful 
Extracts from Letters. 
European affairs have a peculiar interest for us at 
present. The old world is fast approaching that 
state of things, which clap-trap politicians call a 
" crisis." Once again Democracy is stirring under 
the nightmares which oppress it, and preparing for 
a leap from the phantoms. " '52 " will be a con-
tinuation of " '48 ;" and every one—from the mer-
chant, who is interested only in the markets, and con-
siders immediately, when he hears of French revolu-
tion, not what reforms may be the result of it, but 
what will be the probable condition of the Bourse—
to the solitary student, wino grows pale with hope 
as he reads that liberty has triumphed, and God has 
crushed Lucifer again ; every one who has eyes 0 
see, is intent on the progress of the drama. 
Silently and steadily the rival forces are prepr 
ing for the grapple. In France, amid the insee 
clamor of parties—in Germany, through the (las 
of philosophic trifles—in Italy, under the very sid-
ow of the scaffold—in London, like miners creong 
beneath a fortress,—everywhere the fierce worlOro-
gresses. 
Bitter lessons have been taught, bitter trutheave 
been learned, and we fear that the flag whir, will 
wave in Europe over the democracies one yeafence, 
will gleam with a redder hue than that whichamar-
tine resisted at the Hotel de Ville 
That the great fight will be fought—that world-
battle is as inevitable as to-morrow, is no eau] of 
dyspepsia, or threat of a lunatic ; it is evidt to any 
one who will take the trouble to open hiqes and 
look around him. Nay, the proclamatiothd pro-
gramme of the struggle have been printed London,. 
and signed with the sign of Guiseppe 
The Democracy is putting on its harts for ano-
ther contest, is no longer a secret coraed to the 
councils of the exiles—for it is boldly 'own before 
the nations, 64 plain for all folk to see."e read it in 
the letters of Rollin—in the fire-wordy Kossuth—
in the bold speculations of Blanc—isle steady or-
ganization of Flocon, and in the actieropagandism 
of Mazzini. We feel the prefatorhadow of the 
time upon our hearts, and they arePressed by the 
weight of prophecy. 
There are two fearful alternativo efore Europe, 
equally dark, equally terrible to ,oe man--anar-
chy or despotism. There may bother issue, the 
 
most glorious but least likely to Falized—enlight-
ened liberty. 
If the anarchists prevail, we r expect to see the 
 
guillotine raised on the ruins of ernment—the mil 
lions tossed from theory to the' and bleeding for 
each, and a Marat or a Pere res" 
the personifi-
cation of society. 
If the'despots triumph—if baby-faced Austrian 
strike hands with Nicholas the wreck of Repub. 
THE LEADERS OF EUROPE. 
Obituary. 
BRO. HIMES :—I am yet striving for the kingdom, 
believing still that it is nigh at hand, and trying, with 
Bro. LEVI DUDLEY writes from Perry's Mills (N. 
what ability the Lord has given nre, to sound the 
alarm to a slumbering church and a dying world, Y.), Dec. 8th, 1851 : 
that the day of judgment is just at hand, giving them DEAR BRO. HIMES:-1 returned from the East the 
the evidence, from the fulfilment of prophecy, that last day of November, and had the privilege of meet-
we are close to the end. Soon, very soon, the Son ing with the converts in Odelltown, where we had a 
of man will appear in all his glory, and then we blessed meeting. The friends have established prayer 
shall all be called to give an account to Him for our- meetings in the neighborhood on Sunday and Wedries-
selves. While we show the world from the word day evenings, and seem to be strong in the Lord, and 
of the Lord that his coming is near, we also tell willing to take up their cross and follow the Lord. 
them to repent and }relieve, and obey the gospel ; When I arrived in my own town, I found that the 
showing them, from the word of the Lord, that all Lord had been reviving his work there in a glorious 
that truly repent and believe the gospel, and have manner. Old professors have been revived, back-
the faith and hope it teaches, will show them by their sliders have been reclaimed, and sinners converted, 
fruits. The right kind of faith works by love, and under tire labors of the 'True Wesleyans. The Ad-
purifies the heart, and overcomes the world ; and ventists have taken an active part with them, and all 
those that have the hope that Jesus speaks of, puri- classes of professors joined in the work. The Lord 
fieth themselves, even as He is pure. This is the has blessed their labors in a wonderful manner. I 
true test whereby we may all try ourselves, and see have to confess that I have been too circumscribed in 
whether we are in the faith or not. Paul tells us to my views, charity, and labors. I thank God that I 
examine ourselves, and to see whether we are in the have been enlightened of late. 0, may God give us 
faith. (2 Cor. 13:5.) 1 hope we shall do it in the new courage to take hold of his work afresh, and be 
fear of the Lord. 
more in earnest for the salvation of souls. 
I will now give a short account of my travels and 
labors for a few weeks past. I left Nova Scotia the 
Bro. JOHN NOCAKE writes from Kingston (R. I.), 
29th of Sept. for St. John, N. B., arrived there the 
30th, and stopped there till the 3d of Oct. 1 then went Dec. 6th, 1851 
 
up the St. Jonn River, and stopped at Long Island, DEAR BRO. HIMES :—I see that wicked men and 
to attend a district meeting of the Free Christian seducers are waxing worse arid worse, and striving 
Baptists. I had the privilege of speaking to them to deceive all that they can. But it will be well not 
once from Heb. 9:28. There were few ministers to fret because of evil doers, for they will soon be 
present. Some spoke in favor of what I said, hut cut off. I am glad that God has set bounds which 
others said but little about it. One minister object- they cannot pass. May the time speedily come when 
ed to what he supposed I believed and said. What the inheritance shall be given to the saints. 
he opposed was the kingdom yet future. He talked 
as if the kingdom was established at the first advent, 
or near that time. 
Oct. 8th I went to Fredricton. I have spent the 
last eight weeks here and in different neighborhoods, 
fifteen miles up the country. 1 held meetings in 
six different places, some in meeting-houses, school-
houses, and Orange Lodge halls. There were quite 
good congregations, considering the places, who gave 
good attention with but very few exceptions. In some 
places there was quite an interest to hear on the sub-
ject of the second advent. 1 can but hope that some 
4, .. am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who believeth in ME, 
though he should die, yet he will LIVE : and whoever liveth and lie-
good has been done, some prejudice removed, some lievethin me, will NEVER doe. John 11:25, 26. 
light thrown on the word of the Lord, and some seed 
sown in good ground, that will yield fruit to the glory 
 
of God. 
DIED, in Patchogue, Nov. 4th, 1851, Bro. WIL- 
I have had some ministers to hear, who spoke in LIAM C. SMITH, aged 41 years. He embraced the 
favor of the doctrine. One, who formerly belonged Advent doctrine with his whole heart in 1842, and 
to the Christians, I think, has embraced thedoctrine, adhered to it, t.rrough evil as well as good, report, to 
as far as he understands it. He wishes the " Her- the day of his death. His house was ever open for 
ald " sent to him. I speak to the people front six Advent meetings, and he was ever ready to do his 
to seven times a week ; I have called to see over one part. He often spoke of his bodily infirmities, but 
hundred different families since I came to this Prov- he rejoiced in the hope of a new body at the first 
ince. I do not know how long I shall stay ; there resurrection, no more to be subject to sickness and 
appears to be quite an anxiety among some here for death. He has been a great sufferer during the last 
me to stay longer, but I shall try to seek for duty year, and for the last three months especially so ; but 
and do it. 
he bore it without a murmur. He wanted his wife 
Brethren and sisters, be faithful to the Lord. Pray to let him go home. He has left a widow and six 
for me that my faith fail not. 1 commend you all to children to mourn his loss ; but they mourn not as 
the Lord and to the word of His grace. Yours in those who have no hope. His funeral was attended 
by a large congregation, and a discourse preached by 
love, hoping for speedy redemption. 
Fredricton (N. B.), Dec. 2d, 1851. 
Mr. Hunt, at the request of the widow, from Jer. 
25:26. 
JOSHUA SMITH. 
 
 
11! 
 
 
 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
359 
from the tower mowed down the ranks of the Arabs 
within the fortification, and, after some hard fighting, 
the tri-colored flag floated in triumph over Bone. 
Whenever a conquered district has been particu-
larly difficult to pacify, General Useff has been sent 
down to let it see the flash of his sabre or feel its 
edge. Terror is his only mode of governing, for he 
confounds mercy with poltroonery ; he says the Arabs 
are irreconcilable, and the only thing left is to make 
them tremble like chained wolves under the lash. 
Once, as governor of part of Algeria, he had pub-
lished a proclamation that any native found guilty of 
communicating with Ahdel-Kader should be shot. 
He was at dinner, one day, with about thirty of the 
native chiefs, when some letters were handed him ; 
he read them without changing countenance, and 
stuffed them into his pocket, and went on eating and 
talking with his guests. Before the desert was 
brought on, however, he rose, stepped into the ante-
chamber, gave an order and returned instantly. A 
few moments after a servant entered and whispered 
to two of the guests that some persons wished to 
speak with them. They went out. Two minutes 
inore, and a discharge of musketry under the win-
dows made the dinner party leap from their seats. 
" Be seated, I beg you," said their bland host, " it's 
nothing at all. They are only shooting— and — 
for sending messages to Abdel-Kader. 
At the time of his visit to France he was only 
captain, and his whiskered ferocity, sunburnt face, 
abrupt manners arid savage gallantry, set off as they 
were by his Spahi uniform, made him a great favor-
ite in society. He married as great a contrast to 
himself as possible,—a gentle-hearted, delicate, pret-
ty little lady, with soft blue eyes and golden hair, 
whose truly feminine graces had made her a belle in 
the Paris saloons. The lion is still enamored of the 
nymph, for one of the standing subjects of jests in 
the African army is that the general, no matter where 
he may be, never fails to write once a day to his 
lady, and sends the letter by a military courier. 
N. 0. Delta. 
GENERAL DEPOSITORY 
OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH WORKS ON THE PROPHECIES RELATIN 
TO THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST AND THE MILLENNIUM. 
W
E have made arrangements with a house in London, to far 
nish us with all important English works on the Advent. and 
wilt engage to supply those desiring works of the above character at 
the earliest possible moment. Address, J. V. FUMES, Office of the 
"Advent Herald." No. 8 Chardon-street. Boston. 
licanism, there is little before the European world be- " 79," and talks a vast amount of bloodshed and re-
side the revival of the dark ages, the era of the In- venge, which lie does not mean—is a little of a 
quisition, the dagger and the whip, 
" blower," in fact—hut is still a very able man, and 
But if the Ruler of the universe, in his merciful we are convinced, means right. He holds a high 
dispensation, should vouchsafe the last, then indeed reputation as a constitutional lawyer, and his political 
the millennium of dreamers will have come, and talents are acknowledged by every person. His last 
hymns of joy will be chanted in every land, " from book, written in London, and called by the hold title 
the palm-tree to the pine." 
Decadence d'Angleterre, is very powerful and search- 
It may be well to glance at the men whom we re- ing, and the fact that its author is particularly ohnox- 
gard asthe personificationsof the three principles. To- ions to the London Times, the object of its fiercest 
day we will confine ourselves to a notice of those who hate, is sufficient proof of his being honest and no-
are the hope of enlightened liberty, and at some future table. 
time we will sketch the anarchical and despotic par- Rollin has been attacked on the score of insincerity, 
ties of Europe. 
and the thousand other faults which are attributed to 
First in position, in power, in genius, stands Maz- every democrat by the despotic press. We do not 
znii—the great acknowledged leader of democracy, believe a word of it. We cannot say that he is a 
the prophet and the guide of Italy. Personally, he martyr—that he would suffer as much as Mazzini and 
is without stain, and politically, without a rival in still persevere—but we would laugh in the face of 
the ranks of the party which he governs. His past any one who says he is not honest and noble hearted. 
is a guarantee for his future. We know that his The record of his life is before us, arid unless his 
moderation is as marked as his genius. He is as brave hatred for England may appear a crime, (to the pres-
as he is brilliant, and wise as brave. He has suffered, ent writer it is a virtue,) there are few offences 
and tl erefore has pity for the people. He has en- against the cause of Republicanism and truth to be 
dured defeat, and he knows how to triumph without found in it. The man who sought liberty under every 
vengeance. A man of ideas rather than of passions, sun—who was the first to proffer his sword and purse 
whose faith in liberty is chastened by the very suit- to poor Ireland in '43, and whose voice sealed thefate 
limity of conscience, whose greatness would be as of the Bourbons, by proclaiming a Provisional Gov-
eminent in martyrdom as in victory, on the car of ernment and a Republic in '48—is not to be de-
the executioner as on the chair of the tribune—he spised or distrusted. 
holds, perhaps, the fate of Europe in his hands. Somehow, we always find the name of Louis 
Mazzini has been a conspirator for Italy since he Blanc associated with that of Rollin. They are dis- 
was a boy, and now he isalmost an old man. Through similar in everything, except their Republican faith. 
fourteen years of bitter exile—living by his pen in One is emphatically a man of action, the other a man 
London—he labored for Italian liberty. He hoped of theories. Rollin grapples with real difficulties, 
against hope, and fought not only against tyranny, while Blanc is hacking and hewing at imaginary 
but against despair. " '48 " saw him seated in ones ; and for our part, we can see no reason for coup-
Rome, a triumvir, an officer of a Republic, a living ling their names and deeds together. But they are 
evidence of the restoration of liberty and glory. And both useful subordinates, and very well in their place. 
then he fell. Why 2 the cause is evident. He la- Here we must pause for to-day. But Kinkel will 
bored for Italy, not for man ; he endeavored to crush be soon amongst us, and we will hear from him the 
Austria, not the principle she represented. He for- true history of the leaders. 
got—and we ,nay learn a moral from the fact—that In contrast to these leaders of Freedom, we present 
if our neighbors are slaves, we may sooner or later a sketch of one of those " dogs of war," ready to be 
share their sorrows. 
slipped on Europe whenever their masters shall make 
But the lesson whiehhe has learned has been Irene- the sign. The sketch is given by the Paris corres- 
ficial. He no longer attempts to make liberty sel- pondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser. 
fish or sectional ; he knows that to free Italy is to free " General Useff has not been in France since 
Europe, and that the converse of the proposition is 1835-6. He is the French Suwarrow, minus the 
equally true. He stands alone no more, but groups dirtiness and shirtlessness of the Russian. Such a 
around him the men of every nation who had the same disciplinarian was never known. Beyond the line of 
aspirations and ideas ; all people are represented in his military duties he knows nothing and thinks noth-
his councils ; he has a heart and hand fur each of ing to be known, having been born, brought up and 
them, and so he stands to-day the great head of the passed his early life amid the clash of arms. With 
democracy of the old world. 
the exception of about one year's sojourn in France, 
Kossuth next. We rank him next in influence and he has never come into contact with civilization. He 
genius, though not in political foresight. The Hun- was born at Tunis of French parents. His father 
garian is brave and honest—a Republican in the true was in the employ of the Bey as a military officer, 
sense of the word—the wisdom of some of our con- and often took his family with him on martial ex-
temporaries to the contrary notwithstanding—and sin- peditions. 
cerely anxious to benefit his country and " the rest of The boy was left an orphan at the age of fourteen. 
minkind." But he is not a leader by nature ; the He was already accustomed to all the horrors of 
mark of the great race—like the imprint of God's Moorish warfare : he had heard tales of courage, of 
own hand, is not on his brow, and if we are not mis- reckless daring, and of blood, around the camp-fires 
taken, there is something very like a simper of cum- —was familiar with the ribaldry and debauches of 
placent vanity on his lip. He loves praise, is eager the soldiery—and had seen villages sacked and burned, 
to hear the clapping of greasy hands and the mut- towns pillaged, and the inhabitants, men, women, and 
tered whisper, " There he is !" and not of such ma- children, put to the sword. This part of his educa-
teriais are the prophets fashioned, who can lead a Lion was not lost on Useff; he profited as much by it 
people through the Red Sea, which is between Eu- as by the able instructions of his father In mathe-
rope and the Promised Land. Besides, he is some- matics, engineering, fbrtification, and other matters 
what of an agitator—has too much of O'Connell and appertaining to military science. At the death of his 
Girardin in him—likes to hear his own voice more father he entered the service of the Bey of Titterrie, 
than enough, and is not constitutionally so great as a subordinate to the Dey of Algiers. The energy 
to work in silence, like Mazzini, and he satisfied with and bravery of the young Useff soon attracted the 
success, though others get the credit of it. And attention of his master, who gave him a post in his 
heroes must he satisfied with that. 
body guard, and an apartment in his palace. These 
But Kossuth will make a good second—and excel- and other qualities of a showy character gained him 
lent propagandist—an invaluable underworker. Let the heart of the Bey's sister. A pair of brilliant 
Mazzini be tin pilot, and you could have no better black eves soon destroyed the remains, if there were 
deck-hand ; but the cause would be better without any, of Useff's prejudices of race. The intrigue was 
a rudder at all, than one which he managed. This conducted for a long time with secresy ;—at last the 
may be unjust ; we hope and believe it is not.— lovers were discovered by a Christian slave, who 
We speak our present speech, " trippingly on the hastened jealously to gain the favor of the Bey by 
tongue," it may be, but not without sincere and anx- denouncing them. As he entered the room of his 
ions meditation, for we, too, are interested parties. master, he did not see that Useff had followed after 
We love the man heartily, and though we may laugh him. The revelation was made ; the Bey's counte-
a little at his pomposity, we too, say with affection nance darkened with passion ; he seemed to nerve 
and respect—elgen—Kossuth ! 
himself up for a terrible deed. At his command the 
[This is too low an estimate of Kossuth.] slave wrote out the charge and signed it. 
And who holds the next place! A man, whose If the informer had hoped to gain his liberty by 
pointing out Useff as a victim of the executioner, he 
name is little known—who has lived a life of danger h 
and daring, and always, as Schlegel says, '° worked had not taken the necessary precautions for enjoying 
 it. As he was passing to his quarters, along the cur- 
under ground ;" a hold, unchangeable, impurchase- 
able, passionless man of the people, who has lost his ridor of the inner court, a sinewy arm was thrust 
 
'individuality in the cause which he joined years ago, from a side door, a strong hand seized him by the 
 
and lives, not for himself, but for the ideas of his neck and drew him with violence into a chamber 
 
time. We speak of M. Flocon, one of the editors Half an hour afterwards, the Bey's sister received a 
of the " National," and Secretary to the Provisional basket of roses. Under the bouquets were an eye, a 
 
Government of '48. Flocon is the greatest conspira- tongue, and a hand. A note which accompanied them 
tor of the present day ; he has organized more clubs, ran thus: 
caused more insurrections against despotism, and " Madame—I have the honor to present you the 
lived more years in political imprisonment, than any eye that played the spy on you, the tongue that be-
of his contemporaries, except Silvio Peltier), Alarm]. trayed you, and the hand that denounced you. 
celli, or Barges. He is never at rest, never defeated. 
" UsEFF." 
 
He is thrown down and trampled upon to-day—his This is, certainly, a pithy epistolary style for a 
best hopes swept away, like leaves on the wind—his young gentleman of sixteen, but some of his letters, 
comrades banished or chained—his machinery dashed written at a more mature age, are still more remarka-
to pieces at one blow ; to-morrow he is at work again, ble models of brevity. It was fortunate for Useff 
pale, passionless, and determined as ever, rebuilding that the French had just taken Algiers, for the Bey 
the fabric of his conspiracies. But he is no leveller would not probably have pardoned him, even in ant-
or theoretic fool withal ; his aim is Republicanism. knowledgment of his wit. A day or two later he 
and he means nothing more or less. His foe is nut was a common soldier in the French army. His fa-
society, and he would break no link of religion or tniliar knowledge of the Turkish and Arabic lan- 
order by snapping the chains of the people. guages and the manners of the Arabs, his military 
At this moment there is scarcely a man in Europe attainments and qualities, soon raised him above the 
whom we regard with greater respect and hope, and ranks. He passed rapidly to the grade of captain, 
as we watch him plying his nnwearied plans, weav- and obtained that of colonel by one of the most stir; 
ing scheme after scheme— a masked conspirator, prising feats on record, nothing less than the capture 
whose whisper is heard while his face is unseen, we of the fortress of Bone by himself. This he did by 
cannot help saying with Emerson, " Beware when having himself hoisted into the fortress, in a vegeta- 
God lets loose a thinker on the earth." 
ble basket, under a layer of cabbages, carrots, and 
Ledru Rollin ! we do not forget your burly figure, turnips. As soffit as the basket was dragged in at 
your bold words, your rather hasty temper, and world- the window the contents leaped out, armed to the 
wide sympathies. We see many faults in your ; much teeth, firing pistols and slashing about him with a 
sensualism, a great deal of mere material passion, for marvellous energy. In five minutes Useff had pos-
instance ; but we regard you as a useful man in the session of one tower, had made fast the doors and 
struggle, after all. 
given the signal for the troops to march to the attack. 
Rollin is something of a demagogue, and occasion- He pulled up some in the basket which had served 
ally grows foolishly sentimental about the men of to introduce him, these pulled up others, the firing 
A Dark Day. 
Among the effects of those terrible fires which 
will make the 6th of February, 1851, memorable in 
the future annals of this colony, was one of which 
is perhaps almost unknown to the public generally, 
but which excited the greatest awe, and even terror, 
in the minds of many who witnessed it. We allude 
to a total darkness, which overspread the whole of 
Gipps' Land, and literally changed day into night. 
This darkness according to the accounts which we 
have received of it, began to be perceived about one 
o'clock in the afternoon, and gradually increased un-
til it became so intense as to hide from sight even the 
nearest objects. Settlers were obliged to feel their 
way from their out-buildings to their huts. One 
gentleman told us that, in unsaddling his horse, he 
actually could not see the animal, while he was 
standing close beside it. Throughout the remainder 
of the day it continued perfectly dark, and many went 
to their beds fearful lest they should never see the 
break of day again. 
Such a phenomenon was indeed calculated to in-
spire in all a vague and undefined dread of some im-
pending evil. For the smoke which, carried by the 
north wind from the burning forests on the ranges, 
over the plains below, totally intercepted the sun's 
light, was so high as scarcely to be perceived by the 
smell, and to produce none of that suffocating sensa-
tions which might have been expected ; and hence 
few conjectured the real cause of the sudden and 
complete darkness in which they were enveloped. 
We do not wonder, therefore, that thus, unaccount-
able as it appeared to them, accompanied moreover 
by the rolling of distant thunder arid flashes of light-
ning ; deepened also rather than relieved, in many 
places, by the blaze of the fires, which were crack-
ling in the neighboring woods, running with a fear-
ful rapidity through the open country, or perhaps 
threatening their home-stations with destruction,—it 
should have suggested to many the thought that the 
end of the world was at hand ; and that many trem-
bled under the expectation of the immediate coming 
of the Lord to judgment. On the following morning, 
the sun rose in unclouded brightness, and the terrors 
of the preceding day were dissipated. Fain would 
we hope, however, that these terrors were not alto-
gether without profit to such as experienced them. 
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stomach of a man named Levy. 
" Now, these cases are all taken from the ordinary police 
sheets of a single week, nor do we think the display at all 
above the average. In one point, indeed, there is a decided 
improvement, for it is very remarkable that no case of wife-
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L. KOSSUTH. 
New York, Dec. 12, 1851. 
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ancient Israel ; so that Romaine calls it "The Gospel ac-
cording to Leviticus." Mr. Bonar shows that it contains no 
unmeaning ceremonies, or idle observances ; but that each 
act required is full of significance, typifying some spiritual 
truth. The entire work is fall of practical remarks, on the 
exceeding sinfulness of sin which required such constant 
shedding of the blood of bulls and of goats, to typify that 
great atonement which was often to be made, without which 
there could have been no remission of sins. 
We intend to enrich our columns by extracts from this vol-
ume. It is an octavo of over 500 pages, and for sale at this 
office. Price, $1 50. 
CONFERENCE AT WORCESTER.—The devotional and 
preaching meetings were tolerably well attended, and we 
trust some good was done. The business meeting, through 
mistake, was announced for New England, instead of Mas-
sachusetts. The notice was put in the paper in our ab-
sence, and we did not see it till it was too late to correct. 
We are sorry for the mistake, as it misled some of the breth-
ren. We will take this occasion to say, that we have no 
such views as have been imputed to us, and have no plans or 
objects that our brethren will not fully approve when we see 
them, which we intend to do, by the blessing of God, as soon 
as practicable. We wish :ill to be free to do their work in 
the way that they believe the Scriptures teach. Then they 
will have a good conscience, will please God, and be blessed 
of hint. 
English Morality. 
A recent number of the London Times contained the fol-
lowing remarks on the morality of London. The statement 
is true, and shows how low and brutal man can become. 
Confessedly gloomy as the picture is, we not unfrequently 
have to deplore as notable specimens of depraved humanity, 
on this side of the Atlantic, as any here recorded. The 
Times says : 
"We are a remarkably moral, self-restrained, and well-
conducted people. All opinions concur in rendering this ac-
knowledgment to our national virtues. The Prefect of the 
Seine tells the Lord Mayor as much, M. Kossuth makes the 
same remark to the Mayor of Southampton, Commodore Ste-
vens carries home the report for the benefit of his country-
men, and Lord Palmerston was unable to resist taking the 
compliment in its fullest dimensions to himself anti his Tiv-
erton constituents. In the main, this reputation is doubtless 
well-founded, but another side, we fear, may be discovered 
for the picture. It is quite true that we do not turn the hang-
man's office into a popular privilege, as ill Califfirnia, or pull 
down the houses of peaceable sujourners,as in New 01-leans, 
or maintain standing conspiracies against the law, as in Paris 
and Lyons. But in examples of brutal and ferocious savagery, 
of murderous outrage and systematic disrespect for human 
life, we very much doubt whether London can be surpassed 
by any city on this side of the Atlantic. 
" To make our meaning clear, we will just turn over the 
file of last week's papers, and go through the police rsports 
as there published, without exaggeration or comment. On 
Tuesday .a man nained Scotches fell upon a potboy in a pub-
lic-house, who had given evidence against his comrades, and 
pounded his head so frightfully as to beat the bones in. On 
the same clay, an Irish laborer, meeting an inoffensive little 
girl, about twelve years old, struck her down with a poker 
out of pure wantonness, and left her senseless in her blood. 
After this exploit, he ran stealthily behind a man passing 
through the street, flew at his cheek, mind bit it with the 
gripe of a bull-dog. On Thursday a man named Mansfield 
rushed upon a woman—his own mother—with a knife, and 
after slicing her face as deeply as he could, took her ear be-
tween his teeth and bit it almost off. A previous convic-
tion was proved against him of having stabbed his sister. 
On the same day, a man administered poison to a woman, 
for a lark,' before a roomful! of people. On Friday, the 
potboy above-mentioned re-appeared on the scene. After the 
former occurrence, he had been especially recommended by 
the magistrate to the protectien of the police ; but the po-
lice were anticipated. Two men of the gang caught him in 
the open-street in broad daylight, struck hint down, and beat 
him about the body and lower part of his body with a piece 
of iron till he became insensible. When this was done, infor-
mation was given to his 'protectors,' who picked him up in a 
To the Friends of the "Herald." 
Brethren, permit me to call your attention to a few facts 
for your serious consideration : 
You do not doubt that the " Herald " may be justly 
called the best religious paper published in the country, of 
which you have any knowledge. 
That the Advent cause in this country owes, in a great 
measure, its extent, prosperity, and permanence, to the teach-
ings and influence of the "Advent Herald." For you know, 
my brethren, that the " 1 erald " has never been like au ig-
nis ffituus, or a comet ; but like a heavenly luminary, gov-
erned by settled laws, giving a clear and steady light to guide 
the way-worn traveler to his heavenly home. 
'Phe " Herald " has not only had, from the commence-
ment of its existence, to stem the tide of opposition from 
without, but to endure the still more fierce and cruel orrent 
(raised by disaffected elements) from within. And all this 
because of its steady and undeviating course. No one can 
justly charge the " Advent Herald " with being a misnomer ! 
You know the means that have been anti are still being 
used to destroy the circulation and influence of the " Herald." 
if believe the principle laid down by the Saviour at his first 
advent, relative to himself, will hold good in this case : " He 
that is not for me is against me ; and he that gathereth not 
with Ilse scattereth abroad." 
The " Herald " is not sustained by magic. It was got 
np and has been continued by constant, faithful, persevering., 
and self-sacrificing labor. 
The existence of any paper is dependent upon the inter-
est, integrity, and promptness of its patrons. 
In conclusion, allow me to say to each friend of the 
" Herald," when you read this, ask yourself the question, 
Have I paid my just dues for this paper I My Bible tells the 
to " deal justly ;"—have I done so in this matter 1 If I 
have not, then I will, before I go to meeting and tell how 
much 1 love God, his cause, and truth. 
Finally, if every reader of this paper would do what he 
ought and might do, its conductors would have their hearts 
cheered, and find themselves placed beyond embarrasment, 
by having presented to them a noble and worthy New 
Year's gill, in the form of an enlarged subscription. By so 
doing, the patrons of the "Herald "would suffer no injury. 
L. OSL ER.- 
HERALD OFFICE DONATION FUND. 
From June 4th, 1851. 
Previous receipts 
 41 25 
Previous donations 
 67 45 . 
A. Davis 
 27 
Books to M. L. Bentley 
 1 13 
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 47 05 
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Previous donations 
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APPOINTMENTS, &c. 
NOTICE.—As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednes-
day, appointinents must be received, at the latest, by Tuesday 
evening, or they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
Bra. Wesley Burnham and Philo Haw kes will be at New Dur-
ban) Ridge, N. H., Sunday, Dec. 21st ; Loudon village, 22d ; War-
ner, (Waterloo village), N. H., 24th ; Claremont, 26th, 27th, and 
Sunday, 28th; Mount Holly, Vt., 29th ; Low Hampton, N. Y., 31st ; 
Addison, Vt., Jan. 2d-and Sunday, 4th ; Bristol, 6th, 9th, lath, mud 
Sunday, 11th; Waterbury, 15th, 16th, 17th, and Sunday, 16th. 
Bro. N. Billings will preach in Claremont, N. H., Sabbaths, Dec. 
21st and 28th ; Vernon, Vt., 29th ; Athol, Mass., 30th ; Templeton, 
31st; Lynn, first Sabbath in Jan. 
Bro..1. I01. Orrock will hold a conference with the Advent clinch 
in Cabot, Vt., to commence Dec. 24th ; Dorrill, 31st ; Hardwick, 
Jan. 7th—each to continue over Sunday. 
Bro. K. S. Hastings will preach at Bridgeport, Ct., Dec. 21st. 
Receipts from Dec. 9th to the 16th. 
The No. appended to each name below, is the No. of the Herald to 
which the money credited pays. By comparing it with the 
present No. of the Herald, the sonde: will see how Jar he is in 
advance, or how Jar in arrears. 
F. Smith, 560; A. Dillingham, 580; II. Breasted, 560; A. Roberts, 
580 ; R. Delano, 560 ; J. Wiggin, 560 ; VVr Brown, 560 ; J. Traver, 
566 ; Mrs. Wilcox, 60th ; W. Wilcox, 606—Jan. I, 1853 ; S. North, 
560 ; E. Tompkins, 580 ; D. Horgarth, 567 ; R. Jackson, "ri6 ; M. A. 
Starr, 580 ; T. Parker, 580 ; M. D. Richardson, 566 ; S. Farnsworth, 
560; W. Stacy, 534; H. E. Twin, 521; R. Rothwell, 580; D. Vt arts, 
547; T Cardwell, (if new sub.?) 580; Isaiah Butler, (mistake in the 
name,) 547—each $1. 
N. Johnson, 560; M. Sprague, 612; A. Colby, 599; M. Thayer, 664; 
W. Cook, 568 ; J. W. Daniels, on acct ; .1 Lawrence, 611 ; J. 1. 
Tutzel, 596; H. A. Parsons, 591 : R. Phelps, 586 ; S. Hayes, 599; B. 
Holden, 586; R. Everson, 482-83 77 due; Israel Godfrey, 606; L. S. 
'rattle, 560 ; W. Hall, 586 T. Fassett, 560 ; Geo. Herron, 586 ; W. 
Kitson, (and C. H.), 580; 11. Jenkins, 612—each $2. 
A. H. Brick, (and C. H.), Wiz N. Sleeper. 554—each $3. D. W. 
Sornberger, on acc't—$4. T. M. Preble, 580 ; B. Locke, 560—each 
81 77. J. Wright, 586-50 cts. due-81 25. L. S. Phares, 566 ; M. 
M'Keen, 580—each $1 50. C. G. Crane, 554 ; J. Dean, 554- ; L. R. 
Parker, 554 ; A. Davis, 554 ; A. Stacy, 554 ; A. D. Whitemore, 580—
each 77 cts. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, DECEMBER 20, IS 51. 
BOOKS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, 
NO. S CHARDON-STREET, BOSTON. 
Bishop Latimer. 
"Gu N NE R's Ess AYS."—Bro. Himes : Permit me through 
the Herald to call attention to the new work recently pub-
lished by Bro. F. Gunner, of this city, with the above title. 
it consists of twelve essays on subjects connected with the 
glorious advent and reign of Christ on earth; beginning with 
the purpose of God in the creation of the world, tracing its 
history through the fall, the great work of redemption by 
Christ, the recovery of believers from guilt and pollution, as 
a preparation for the kingdom, the relation of the Jews to 
the promises of the everlasting inheritance, the nature of the 
kingdom of heaven, the evidence of the speedy approach of 
the kingdom, and all its glorious concomitants, as evinced by 
the fulfilment of the long chains of prophecy, &c. The work 
is designed, and admirably calculated to lead the mind, step 
by step, to the grand awakening, and, to the Christian, soul-
cheering conclusion, of the speedy personal manifestation and 
reign of the Saviour with his redeemed saints, on a renewed 
and glorified earth. It is a manual such as every Adventist 
would do well to keep by him, to put into the hands of those 
who are inquiring after truth, or those whom he may wish to 
lead to its investigation ; and I earnestly hope it will have 
an extensive circulation among us. J. LITCH. 
Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1851. 
The Diploma of the Massachusetts Institute, awarded to 
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral by Prof. Webster when chairman of 
their committee on Chemicals, is now on exhibition at the 
American College in this city. It is set with the medallion 
awards of the three great Institutes of Art in this country ; 
and also the Gold Medal of the Medical Institute at Naples. 
Surely this discovery has received the honors of the gm-eat, 
as well as the gratitude of the humble it cures.—Phil. Sat. 
Courier. 
Bro. S. 1. Roney will preach in Lynn Sunday, Dec. 21st. 
Let the brethren rally and give him a hearing. 
Elder J. W. Bonham's Post-office address is Worcester, 
Mass. 
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