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BOSTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2D, 1863. 
VOLUME XXIV. NO. 38. 
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Public Meetings at Toronto, C. W, 
FOR ADDRESSES UPON LOUIS NAPOLEON BEING 
THE FUTURE ANTI-CHRIST. 
Several meetings, which were largely attended, were 
recently held in the spacious St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, 
Canada West, for the purpose of delivering addresses upon 
the ominous aspect of affairs viewed prophetically, and 
particularly in reference to the weighty Scriptural evidence 
and growing indic,tions that Louis Napoleon is the healed-
seventh or eighth Head of the Beast or Roman Empire, and 
is therefore predicted to gain power over all nations, and 
then to make war with the saints and overcome them for 
forty-two months, or three and a half literal years, and 
ultimately to perish at Christ's personal '',escent at the 
Battle of Armageddon [Rev. xiii., xvii., xix., xx.] Two 
ministers of the Church of England, the Rev. Mr. Baxter 
and Rev. Mr. Brookman, Rector of Thamesford, as well as 
Dr. Williamson and Dr. Robinson. and Mr. Geo. Reynolds 
made speeches, expressing this to be their decided convic-
tion. The following outline contains the substance of the 
report given of one of the meetings in the Toronto Leader 
and Globe, the latter of which, in its various editions, cir-
culates 30,000 copies through Canada: 
The chair was taken by Dr. Williamson, and 
after the meeting had been opened with singing 
and prayer the chairman made some preliminary 
remarks. He regarded the. subject they were 
met to consider, to be of the profoundest im-
portance. He was a firm believer in the imme-
liate nearness of the Second Advent. The grand 
prophecy of Daniel relating to Nebuchadnezzar's 
image, showed that there were to be four great 
universal empires—the Babylonians, the Medo-
Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman—before 
the setting up of the universal millennial king-
dom of the Lord, and as we were now living at 
the end of the Roman or fourth universal Em-
pire, therefore the establishment of Christ's 
millennial monarchy must be close at hand. 
The four empires in question were respectfully 
symbolized by the head of gold, the breast of 
silver, the thighs of brass, and the legs of 
iron, terminating in ten toes of miry clay, upon 
which finally the stone cut without hands de. 
scended, and shivered the image into fragments. 
That stone represents not the progress of Chris-
tianity, but the personal descent of Christ at 
the battle of Armageddon, which would take 
place when the Roman earth should be divided 
into exactly ten kingdoms. With respect to 
the views and arguments brought forward by 
Mr. Baxter in his work called "Louis Napoleon 
the Destined Monarch of the World," he would 
say that his intellectual apprehension was fully 
convinced as to the correctness of the main posi-
tions upheld by them. A spirit of humility and 
teachableness was essential to the successful 
prosecution of prophetic inquiry, and he would 
Counsel every ore to lay aside undue prejudice 
and high-mindedness, and to approach the sub-
ect with fervent prayer for the gift of the Spirit 
of God to guide them into all truth. He re-
amed his seat, after stating that he was writ. 
 
ing on the subject, so that the public would soon 
be in possession of his views in a connected 
foi m. 
Dr. Robinson next addressed the meeting. 
He said he felt it to he a matter of unspeakable 
gratitude to God, that He had given us the 
book of Revelation as a supplement to the Old 
Testament prophecies. He had studied that 
blessid book, in the spirit, he trusted, of one who 
dssired to sit at the feet of Jesus and learn of 
Him. The very preface to it contained what 
should be sufficient to incite all Christians to 
study it, for it said, "Blessed is he that readeth, 
and they that hear the words of this prophecy, 
and keep those things which are written there-
in." Dr. R. proceeded to read remarks by 
John Wesley and by an eminent continental di-
vine, Bengelius, urging the importance of study-
ing the Book of Revelation. He had felt, how-
ever, that the study was to be approached with 
the greatest humility of spirit, for God would 
not reveal His mind to the proud and self-con-
conceited. Nor should it be forgotten that the 
great end which God had in view, in giving tills 
as well as other portions of Scripture, was our 
salvation. The spirit of prophecy is the testi-
mony of Jesus, and the great end of all our 
study of Scripture should be, that we should be, 
brought to Christ to be saved. On this point 
he read some remarks by Rev. Mr. Bicersteth, 
and proceeded to say that the signs of the times 
showed that the coming of the Lord draweth 
nigh. By studying the Revelation and the 
other prophecies, and taking notice of what was 
fullfilled, we could ascertain at what point we 
were. He considered, as did very many others, 
that we were now uuder the sixth vial, which is 
poured upon the river Euphrates, drying up its 
waters, evidently symbolizing the decay of the 
Turkish nation. That this was now taking 
place was so apparent, that it had long been the 
phraseology of the journalists, that the Sultan 
was the "sick man." 
We are under the sixth vial and cannot be 
far from the seventh. Now, what great event 
is declared to transpire between the pouring out 
of the sixth and seven'h vials ? The Lord 
Jesus says, between those two vials, "Behold, I 
come as a thief." The sixth vial then being 
nearly exhausted, because it has almost done its 
work, and, as the seventh is to be poured out 
to fulfill the wrath of God on an apostate word, 
we know that the coming of the Lord must be 
near. He acknowledged there was an uncertainty 
as to the precise hour, or day, or year, of that 
event. He would not insist upon a precise date, 
but he would say that the event must be new. 
A gentleman remarked to him, "It may bs a 
thousand years yet before that takes plae." 
He replied — Impossible ; unless it take- a 
thousand years for the sixth vial to be poured 
out _and the Turkish power to be dried up, For 
the Lord says, just before the seventh vial, "Be- 
hold, I come as a thief"—not, however, to }tit 
an end to all things and burn up the world, hut 
to take up his wise virgins, to be present at he 
marriage of the Lamb, and then the sevelth 
vial brings in the great tribulation of wh'ch 
Daniel speaks, when his people should be re-
stored and delivered. That could not be he 
destruction of Jerusalem, as some supposed, or 
the Jews did not at that time receive deliwr- 
ance, but on the contrary, were destroyed or led 
away into captivity. He thought there were 
many blessed results of there being an uncer-
tainty as to the precise date. It kept Christ's 
people waiting and watching for His appear-
ance. 
Dr. Robinson then referred to Mr. Baxter's 
view that Louis Napoleon is the personal Anti-
christ, the eighth head of the beast in Revela-
tion, who is to make war with the saints, and 
overcome them, and finally be destroyed by 
Christ at his coming. For some years he (Dr. R.) 
had been of opinion that this view was very 
probable. The beast was the Roman Empire, 
and the heads its various forms of government. 
Of these the Germanic Emperorship was the 
sixth, and when that was taken from the Em-
peror of Austria after the battle of Austerlitz, 
Napoleon I. became the seventh head of the 
beast. That head received a deadly wound at 
Waterloo, but, as predicted in the Revelation, 
the deadly wound was healed when Louis Napo-
leon ascended the French throne, revived the 
Napoleon dynasty, and became the eighth head 
of the beast. Louis Napoleon answered to the 
description, "The beast that was, and is not, 
even he is the eighth, and is of the seven." Na-
poleon the nephew stood in the place of Napo-
leon the uncle, cherished the same designs, and 
was carrying out the same policy. The journals 
of the day were constantly bringing us fresh in-
telligence of the development of Napoleon's 
plans. He had just got possession of Mexico, 
and he saw by the remarks of the Globe of 
this very day, that he had long had his heart 
set on obtaining Mexico as a permanent posses-
sion for himself. In the first instance, he invit-
ed Spain and England to join him in obtaining 
redress for the capitalists to whom Mexico was 
indebted, but tbese powers saw that he had ul-
terior views, and left him to pursue his course 
alone. His conduct in that matter was an illus-
tration of how his policy and his ambition were 
leading him to a universal monarchy. Lord 
Palmerston said the other day, "With regard 
to peace and war, east and west, the policy of 
this Government is one with that of the Em-
peror of the French." This showed what an in-
fluence he had gained over the English Govern-
ment, and was it to be wondered at that such a 
man should fulfill prophecy ? It would be very 
remarkable, if' such men as Napoleon the First 
and Napoleon the Second were not noticed in 
prophecy. 
Dr. Robinson went on to specify a number of 
points in which Louis Napoleon answered to the 
Antichrist and eighth head of the beast. One 
was his taking possession of Rome and keeping 
his army there. He [Dr. R.] had often said 
that Rome would never be the capital of Italy. 
Garibaldi had previously been successful in all 
his enterprises, but the moment he stood up to 
lead on the forces of Italy to take Rome, that 
moment Providence was against him, and it was 
shown that he was going contrary to the designs 
of Providence. Napoleon being the eighth head 
of the beast, Rome would remain in possession 
of his troops. 
He was expected to gain "power over all kin-
dreds and tongues and nations," in fulfillment of 
Rev. 13: 7, and subsequently to lead up the ar-
mies of the nations to the castle of Armageddon, 
and there perish at the personal descent of 
Christ, as described in Rev. 19. Although we 
perhaps did not at present know the day or the 
hour or the actual year of our Lord's return, 
yet it could not be far distant, seeing that it 
was indicated to occur in the lifetime cf Louis 
Nopoleon—the seventh revival or eighth head 
of the Roman empire, as stated in Rev. 13 : 17. 
And it should be remembered that Christ was 
foreshown to come into the air to take to heaven 
the wise virgins, several years before he de-
scended on the earth to destroy Antichrist at 
Armageddon. He undisguisedly aimed at, and 
was clearly intimated in prophecy to succeed in 
acquiring a universal monarchy. His seizure 
of Mexico was for thepurpose if gaining a per-
manent foothold in that country, It was re-
markable how accurately he corresponded with 
the portrait of Antichrist in Dan. 8, as a king 
of fierce, or in the original, sphix-like countenance; 
understanding dark sentences, or as an exposi-
tor interpreter it, practising witchcraft or sor-
cery, of which spiritualism was the modern mani-
festation—and also destroying many by peace, 
that is, crying out 'the empire is peace' and yet 
preparing for warfare and aggression by build-
ing iron-plated men-of-war and equipping his 
armies with the most deadly weapons. He was 
well known to be a confirmed spiritualist, and 
was proverbial for his unfathomable duplicity. 
It was also obvious that he was identical with 
"the vile person" or "king who should do according 
to his own will," in Dan. 9 : 21-45. The prox-
imity of the unparelleled Great Tribulation 
spoken of in Dan. 12 : 1, and in which he was 
to figure so prominently, was a solemn consider-
ation which should lead men more urgently than 
ever to prepare at once to meet their God, to re-
pent of their sins, and to seek by faith and ear-
nest prayer to God in the name of Jesus for 
pardon and for a new heart, that thus by be-
coming truly converted and born again they 
might be saved from dwelling with everlasting 
fire, and might receive at Christ's appearing a 
crown of glory that fadeth not away. 
[Concluded next week.] 
'Written for the Advent Herald. 
The Third Woe—The World's Conversion, 
"The age to come" is a phrase by which is 
designated a belief in the conversion of the na-
tions after the second advent of Christ. Those 
who thus designate their faith do not materially 
differ from Millenarians of the English school. 
The following, from Zion's Herald, presents tho 
position of this class of theorists : 
"For what a false idea is that prevalent one, 
that the second advent of Christ terminates his 
mediatorial career. Such would seem to be the 
case if then the final judgment shall transpire ; 
but it does not. Not till the millennial age 
shall have closed up its golden cycle, and tempt-
ing power, like a sirocco blast from the desert, 
shall have swept again through human society, 
(Rev. 20 : 7, 8,) and the Petrine and Johanean 
fire (2 Peter, 3 : 7 ; Rev. 20 : 9,) shall have 
purged and renewed the physical world, will tEe 
judgment set. (Rev. 20: H.)" 
The third woe will, perhaps, be as fair a 
touchstone for this theory as for the doctrine of 
the world's conversion before the adient. It is 
a two-edged sword. That the world cannot con-
sistently with Rev. 11 : 14-18, be converted 
before the second advent of Christ has already 
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pensation, must be realized in their exact ma- I billows; it is His smile that soothes it into rest. 
The blue sky that bends over us, is but the visi-
ble image of His loving bosom holding myriad 
worlds in the infinite depths of its tenderness. 
Ah, let it never be hidden to the eye of faith, 
by the showers of blessings Which come from it, 
borne on the wings of natural law.—Gold Foil, 
been shown. Is it a "false idea" "that the sec-
ond advent of Christ terminates his mediatorial 
career ?" That the third woe, or seventh trum-
pet, introduces the coming and kingdom of Christ 
is an established fact, proved by the plain state-
ment, of holy writ. "The kingdoms of this world 
are become the kingdoms of our Lord and his 
Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." 
That this is to take place at the coming of Christ, 
we learn from 2 Tim., 4 : 1—"I charge thee 
therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall judge the quick and thee dead at his 
appearing and his kingdom." According to 
Paul, then, the judgment of both living and dead 
is to take place at the appearing and kingdom 
of Christ. So, also, the "Johanean" testimony, 
Rev. 11; 16-18. After stating that the king-
doms of this world are made over to Christ where 
he shall reign forever and ever, he proceeds to 
say, not, that under this dispensation the nations 
are penitent and submissive,—but "were angry ;" 
not, God's grace came so abundantly as to bring 
them into subjection—but, "Thy wrath is come." 
Not that the judgment shall come after a thou-
sand years of the dispensation of mercy to man 
in the flesh,—but "the time of the dead that they 
should be judged" is come. Not that Christ 
and his royal priesthood shall dispense blessings 
to the nations in the flesh, but that "thou 
shouldst give reward unto thy servants the pro-
phets, to the saints and to them that fear thy name, 
both small and great ; and shouldst destroy them 
that destroy the earth." This presents the day of 
judgment on both quick and dead at the second 
advent of Christ. How can we reconcile the fol-
lowing passage from Zion's Herald with this 
Scripture testimony ? "Not till the millennial 
age shall have closed up its golden cycle, and 
tempting power, like a sirocco blast from the 
desert, shall have swept again through human 
society, . . . . will the judgment set." "Till 
then, grace ; till then, the mediatorial reign. 
For what is the plain significance of 1 Cor. 15 : 
24-28 ? "Then cometh the end, when he shall 
have delivered up the kingdom to God even the 
Father," &c. 
What is here of mediatorial work during this 
reign, even hinted at in the passage quoted ? 
There is judgment, conquest, subduing of all 
things through the whole passage, but no hint, 
even, of the conversion of those whom he sub- 
jects to his authority. It is a reign of judg-
ment over his enemies rather than a reign of 
grace in their conversion. 
The blessings of his grace shall be upon all 
his saints culminating in their eternal glory. 
But for all who are out of Christ at the moment 
the seventh angel begins to sound, "the mystery 
of God is finished." 
dence without complaint. These are the per-
sons who are pronounced blessed, and to whom 
is given the promise that they shall inherit the 
earth or land. 
This expression, "inherit the earth," occurs 
but once in the New Testament, but is often met 
with in the old ; and is in the Hebrew yarash 
arets, more commonly translated inherit or pos-
sess the land. The verb is not restricted to what 
is obtained by bequest ; and the noun is often 
used to designate a particular country as well 
as the whole ea'th. We find the expression 
first in the promise made to Abraham, Gen. 15 : 
7, "I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur 
of the Chaldees to give thee this land, (arets) to 
inherit (yarash) it." It occurs frequently in 
Deuteronomy, and is rendered inherit or possess 
the land, manifestly referring to this promise 
made to Abraham. In the Hebrew, it is found 
five times in the 37th Psalm ; three times it is 
translated "inherit the earth," and twice "inher- 
it the land." But its origin in the promise 
made to Abraham shows that it should uniform-
ly be translated "inherit" or "possess the land ;" 
as in every instance there is an allusion to this 
promise to the ancient patriarch. Those who 
wait on the Lord and keep his way, such as are 
blessed of the Lord, the meek, the righteous, 
have this promise given them. 
The possession of the promised land was the 
crowning blessing to be given to the natural 
seed of Abraham. It was the termination of 
their long pilgrimage in the wilderness, and the 
issue of their sufferings, trials and conflicts. An 
expression around which clustered such inter-
esting and thrilling associations in the experi-
ences aad hopes of the ancient people of God, 
imbedded in the covenant made with their great 
ancestors, and constantly repeated through the 
centuries of their sojourn in Egypt, would not 
fail to be caught up by the Psalmist and the 
prophets, and made to image forth the higher 
blessings which God hath prepared for those that 
love him. As the workman makes this mould 
from the valueless sand, in which the metals are 
cast into forms for use, so the seemingly unim-
portant events of Jewish history are employed 
to give tangible form and shape to the great 
truths of redemption. Thus under the dispensa-
tion of types and shadows expressions were 
coined with which to set forth the truths of the 
Gospel : and not only does the temple-service, 
but even the events in the history of the people 
of Israel give shape to the forms of phraseolo-
gy to be employed in coming time. 
"To inherit the land," then, becomes the sym-
bolic expression of the attainment of the highest 
favors that God has to bestow on his people. 
It is the assurance to the meek, that though they 
are here humble and lowly, they shall at last in-
herit heaven's richest blessings. Unpracticed 
in the arts of rapidly gaining wealth and the ti-
tles to large estates, modest and unaspiring, and 
hence not exalted to the seats of the highest 
earthly honor and authority, they have the as-
surance that they "shall inherit the land," not 
here, but in the heavenly country ; for the dis-
ciples of Jesus rejoice, because "great is their 
reward in heaven." 
It is held as a general opinion among all Bib-
Heal scholars, that the Gospel of Matthew was 
written for the special benefit of Jewish Chris-
tians. Expressions of a peculiarly Jewish cast 
sometimes occur here, for which the other evan-
gelists substitute something else that would be 
better understood by Gentile readers. Where 
Matthew uses "the kingdom of heaven," the 
others always say "the kingdom of God." Mat. 
thew never stops to explain Jewish customs, 
while the others sometimes do. Now it is wor-
thy of notice, that this expression, "inherit the 
land," is used by no New Testament writer ex-
cept Matthew, and by him only once. And this 
fact lends confirmation to the view that has been 
given, that the allusion is to the promise made 
to Abraham. Hence it was a form of expres-
sion specially adapted to interest Christians of 
Jewish birth. 
That bald literalism which makes the type 
circumscribe the antitype, and changes the 
shadow into the substance ; which insists that 
the promises cast in the mould of the old dis- 
Providence. 
Let no man be deceived by that subtlest of all 
infidelities which dethrones a God of Providence. 
The very hairs of our head are numbered by 
Him, and not even the life of a sparrow that He 
has made is extinguished without His notice. 
There is not an infant's wail, a sigh of anguish, 
a groan of pain, or a word of prayer, breathed 
in the humblest abode, that He does not hear. 
Over all our struggles and toils He stoops with a 
loving eye, and with a heart anxious that the 
discipline He has established for us may do us 
goad. He knows all our doubts and fears ; He 
rej)ices in all our worthy hopes and joys. 
Wien we kneel he sees us ; when we pray He 
heirs. His presence envelopes us, His knowl-
edge comprehends us, His power upholds us. 
Al law and all being are alike dependent, mo-
ment by moment, upon Him for existence. The 
ulfmate root of every flower that bends beneath 
its weight of dew, is planted in His will. It is 
Hit breath that breaks the bosom of the sea into 
Graces of the Spirit. 
says Faith, "See yonder! there's my crown, 
Laid up in Heaven above." 
Hope saith, "And soon it will be mine—" 
" I long to wear it," saith Love. 
Desire saith, "What's there my crown? 
Then to that place I'll floe, 
FOR here I can no longer stay— 
My rest I fain would see." 
But here saith Patience, "Wait awhile; 
Crowns are for those who fight, 
Fer those that run the heavenly race, 
By faith, and not by sight. 
Then Faith she takes a pleasing view; 
Hope waits; Love sits and sings; 
Desire she flutters to be gone, 
But Patience clips her wings. 
Curious Habits of the Mole, 
Some young persons captured a mole and 
brought it to a naturalist, the Rev. J. G. Wood, 
secured in a large box. It ran about with gre'at 
agility, thrusting its long and flexible snout in-
to every crevice. A little earth was placed in 
the box, when the mole pushed its way through 
the loose soil, entering and re-entering the heap, 
and in a few moments scattering the earth toler-
ably evenly over the box, every now and then 
twitching with a quick convulsion shaking the 
loose earth from its fur. At one moment the 
mole was grubbing away, hardly to be distin-
guished from the surrounding soil, completely 
covered with dust ; the next instant the moving 
dust-heap had vanished, and in its place was a 
soft velvet coat. 
The creature was unremitting in its attempts 
to get through the box, but the wood was too 
tough for it to make any impression, and after 
satisfying itself it could not get through a deal 
board, it took to attempts to scramble over the 
sides, ever slipping sideways and coming on its 
forefeet. The rapid mobility of his snout was 
astonishing, but its senses of sight and smell 
seemed to be practically obselete, for a worm 
placed in its track within the tenth of an inch 
of its nose was not detected, although no sooner 
did its nose or foot touch one, than in a moment 
it flung itself upon its prey and shook the worm 
backwards and forwards and scratched it about 
until it got one end or the other into its mouth, 
when it devoured it greedily, the crunching 
sound of its teeth being audible two yards away. 
Worms it ate as fast as supplied—devouring 
fourteen in thirteen minutes, after which it was 
supplied with a second batch of ten. It was 
then tried with millipedes but ievariably reject-
ed them. 
Having heard from popular reports, that a 
twelve hours' fast would kill a mole, Mr. Wood 
determined to give his captive a good supper at 
eight and an early breakfast the next morning 
at five or six. So he dug perseveringly a large 
handful of worms and put them in the box. As 
the mole went backwards and forwards it hap-
pened to touch one of' the worms, and immedi-
ately flew at it, and while trying to get it into 
his mouth the mole came upon the mass of 
worms and flung itself upon them in a paroxysm 
of excitement, pulling them about, too overjoyed 
with the treasure to settle on any individual in 
particular. At last it caught one of them and 
began crunching, the rest making their escape 
in all directions and burrowing into the loose 
meuld. 
Thinking the animal had now a good supply, 
two dozen worms having been put into the box, 
Mr. Wood shut it up with an easy conscience ; 
but it happened, the following morning, that the 
rain fell in a perfect torrent, and hoping for 
some remission, he waited until nine o'clock be-
fore he opened the box. Twelve hours had just 
elapsed since the mole had received its supply, and 
taking as it had probably another hour in hunting 
about the box before it had devoured them all, 
not more than eleven hours had probablye. 
1 apsed 
since the last worm was consumed. But the 
mole was dead. 
Inheritance of the Meek, 
During the twenty-five years we have had our attention 
turned especially to the subject of prophecy, among all 
the opponents of our views who have written on the sub-
ject, not one, so far as has come under our observation, 
has seriously attempted to meet the argument from the 
fifth chapter of Matthew, 5th verse—" Blessed are the 
meek, for they shall inherit the earth." But the hero 
who dares grapple with it has at last appeared, in the 
columns of the Christian Secretary, of Hartford, Ct. We 
herewith present the result of his labors, and in the edi-
torial columns we give our review of the article. We are 
always glad to see signs of life, even though it may not 
be so much in accordance with what we conceive to be 
truth. The effort now before us shows that men still 
think.—En. 
The Blessing to the Meek. 
In one of the beatitudes the Saviour has said, 
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 
earth. In Psa. 37 : 11, it had been written cen-
turies before, "The meek shall inherit the earth." 
Meekness is a pleasing virtue; and yet it is 
one not likely to be commended by those who 
have been educated solely by worldly maxims. 
It seems to such persons a tame and cowardly 
trait of character. It endures injuries without 
showing resentment. It threatens no revenge 
under provocations. It discards the worldly 
code of honor, and declines to assert its rights 
by violence and contention. The name employed 
by the old Hebrews to designate the meek im-
plies that they were sufferers, chastened into hu-
mility and gentleness by trials and sorrows. 
Divine grace has taught them to bear wrongs 
without attempting to avenge themselves, and to 
submit to the afflictive dispensations of Provi- 
terial form under the new economy, is but the 
old spirit of Judaism that insisted upon an 
earthly kingdom for the Messiah, and would put 
the civil government of the world into the hands 
of the Jewish people. It would here insist up- 
on raising the meek to the seats of earthly au-
thority and giving them the gold and silver of 
earth. And yet it must not be this in its pres- 
ent condition. It is the earth regenerated and 
purified, with all the wicked removed. This is 
to be the everlrsting abode of the saints. And 
the blessing which the Savior promises to the 
meek furnishes one of the pillows to the theory. 
We see that it obviously overlooks the origin of 
the expression "inherit the earth,"—a transla- 
tion grammatically correct, if we disregard the 
historical origin of the phrase, we still are in- 
volved in a difficulty, There is everywhere in 
the Bible a marked distinction between heaven ;. 
the home of the saints, and this earth. Lay 
not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth ; 
but lay up treasures in heaven, is the instruc-
tion given. Could Christ as well have said, 
great is your reward in the earth, as to say 
what he did, "great is your reward in heaven ?" 
When an inspired writer asserts that "Christ 
has entered into heaven itself, now to appear in 
the presence of God for us," surely he cannot 
mean a regenerated and purified earth ! When 
he prays, "Father, I will that they also whom 
thou hest given me, be with me where I am, 
that they may behold my glory"—that glory 
which he had with the Father before the world 
was—he cannot refer to the glory on this earth 
regenerated. 
Whether this earth will come out of the fires 
of the last day to be re-moulded into a glorious 
habitation, or be a worthless abandoned wreck, 
is a question undecided by the Scriptures. Peter 
uses a very strong expression, when he says, 
"the earth also and the works therein shall be 
burned up." The verb is used, when it is said, 
the chaff will be burned up, the tares are gather- 
ed and burned, the bodies of the beasts whose 
blood the high priest brought into the sanctuary 
are burned without the camp, Babylon shall be 
utterly burned with fire ; and in all these and 
other instances where it occurs, it involves no 
idea of purification, but rather that of being en- 
tirely consumed. And while it may be unwise 
to draw too positive inferences from the intensity 
of meaning attached to a single word ; it cer- 
tainly is equally unwise to construct a theory 
concerning the turning of this earth into heaven, 
upon inferential speculations growing out of a 
doubtful and unsubstantial interpretation of a 
Scriptural phrase. 
Like the promises in the other beatitudes, the 
blessing pronounced upon the meek looks to the 
future life. It involves freedom from the an- 
noyances and trifles of this life. It exalts them 
to honors and possessions in the heavenly land. 
It assures them of a permanent inheritance in 
that country where none shall say, "I am sick," 
and where the Lord God shall wipe away tears 
from all eyes. It is a promise peculiarly adapt-
ed to encourage them under all the reproaches 
and the neglects, the injustice and the griefs 
wlich they endure here. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
Mission Life in Newfoundland. 
From a notice, in the Athenaeum, of "Life 
and Work in Newfoundland, by Rev. John More-
ton," we copy the following : Of the climate, 
with its almost unintermittent fogs and keen 
frosts, Mr. Moreton speaks with a force that 
chills the heart of a warm-blooded listener. For 
nights together the cold would not let him sleep, 
and he lay between the sheets counting the mo-
ments till morning, while the moisture of his 
breath turned to ice on the bed-linen nearest to 
his mouth. Not a little astonished, and by no 
means altogether pleased, was he on discovering 
the expedient, commonly employed by New-
foundland housewives to protect their bread from 
the atmosphere. "While cutting bread and but-
ter for me," observes the missionary, "my host-
ess complained of the difficulty of keeping the 
bread thawed, 'and yet,' she said, put the loaf 
in the bed, and wrapped it up close as soon as 
ever the boys turn out.' Alas, for a weak stom-
ach ! However, it was that food or none for me 
then, and I had to overcome all qualms. Lit-
tle did I suspect that in my own house any such 
mode was used. One night, however, near the 
same time, my brother, who had lately come to 
me from England, wanted supper in my absence. 
The two servant girls were gone to bed, and upon 
searching tho pantry for himself he found no 
bread. In the morning plenty was on the table, 
and he asked how it was that none was to be 
found the night before. The girls' reply was, 
'0, sir, we always wrap up the bread and place 
it at the foot of our bed at night !'" 
The pastor's flock was composed, for the most 
part, of fishermen descended from Hampshire 
and Dorsetshire peasants, and in intellectual life 
they had not risen much above the standard of 
their emigrating ancestors. Of the three hun-
dred and thirty-four persons married in seven 
years prior to September, 1857, only forty-nine 
could write their names. But many of them 
were keen, acute, money-loving, cunning fellows, 
ever ready to drive a knavish bargain, but some-
what slow in rendering due respect to the cloth 
of their parson. . . . . ..No, I can't write," 
observed a blunt fisherman ; "I must trust to 
others, like most poor men. But I suppose there 
will always be some well-taught enough to live 
by their neighbors, and do nothing for their 
bread." 
The Paris correspondent of the London Times 
affirms that., in consequence of the physical de-
terioration of the French population, for which 
various causes are assigned, and which is said 
to be on the increase, the number of men rejected 
under the conscription for the army is far greater 
than those who are declared fit for service. 
More factories are being erected and will soon 
go into operation at various points in Wisconsin. 
The wool interest of that State is destined to be 
a great and important one in the future. The 
immense prairies produce, spontaneously, nour-
ishment for thousands of flocks of sheep. 
"I forgot," Mr. Wood says, "to weigh the 
worms which he devoured, but as they would 
have filled my two hands held cupwise, I may 
infer that they weighed very little less than the 
animal who ate them." The extreme voracity 
and restless 'movements of the little creature 
here recorded, show its value to the agricultur-
ist "as a subsoil drainer who works without 
wages," and its great usefulness in keeping 
down the prolific race of worms—themselves 
useful in their way as forming, in the main, the 
fertile soil itself. 
New England Manufacturing. 
Manufacturing operations in New England 
appear to be comparatively prosperous, notwith-
standing the war and the large diminution it 
has caused in the ranks of the operative class. 
In Boston, the Bay State Iron Company are 
about to extend their works and commence the 
munufacture of plate-iron on a large scale. 
The Merrimac and Massachusetts Corpora-
tions at Lowell have each been erecting large 
buildings, the former one two hundred and 
eighty-six by seventy-two feet, two stories high, 
and the latter one hundred by sixty feet and six 
stories high. At Holyoke, a new woollen mill 
has recently commenced running, and in other 
towns new factories of one description and an-
other are springing up. At Haverhill, shoe-
making is now done extensively by women, who 
work in gangs of six or seven hands each, the 
same as most of the young men do, and make the 
shoe entire, from the lasting to the finishing. 
In Maine, also, manufacturing operations are 
much improved. In Lewiston, a full resump-
tion of mill business is to be made at once. In 
North Vassalborough one company employs 
three hundred bands in the manufacture of black 
cassimeres, doeskins, etc. This company works 
up about seven hundred thousand pounds of 
Mestiza wool yearly. 
In Rhode Island, the manufacture of woollen 
fabrics is rapidly overshadowing every other 
business. At this time the woollen mills in Pas-
coag and vicinity, seven or eight in number, are 
all in full operation, except one, which is stopped 
temporally for repairs. A new mill of the 
largest size is about to be erected ; it will con-
tain eight sets of machinery, with broad looms, 
which will be two sets more than any of the 
present mills contain. Fancy cassimeres are 
made of an excellent quality.. One of the mills 
in this vicinity has in process of production some 
imitation Scotch goods ; some of the mills are 
running on army goods ; others are largely en-
gaged in the manufacture of satinets. 
In Harrisville, and Graniteville in Rhode Is-
land, the mills are in full operation, and new 
factories are to be erected. 
In Vermont, business presents the same en-
couraging aspects, while in Connecticut mills 
which have been idle for months are about to re-
sume operation.—N. Y. Evening Post. 
Effective Speaking. 
Lord Erskine, who is so greatly celebrated 
for the delicacy and tenderness with which he 
sometimes describes scenes of domestic endear-
ment and felicity, and the lofty tone of indigna-
tion with which he lashes and scourges their in-
vaders, remarks, in the latter introductory of the 
published speeches of Fox, that intellect alone, 
however exalted, without strong feelings, with-
out even irritable sensibility, would be only like 
an immense magazine of powder, if there were no 
such element as fire in the natural world. It is 
the heart which is the spring and fountain of el-
oquence. To be eloquent, a man must himself 
be effective. He must be sincere. He must 
be in earnest. In his own heart must burn the 
fire which he would kindle in the bosom of others. 
"Si vis me flere, doldendum est 
Prim= ipsi tibi," 
says Horace, and the maxim will hold to the 
"crack of doom." There trust be a certain hon-
esty and open-heartedness of manner ; an ap-
parently entire and thorough conviction of being 
right; an everlasting pursuit of, and entire de-
votion to the subject, to seeming neglect and un-
concern as to everything else—emotion, feeling, 
passion. Even in discourses of a logical char-
acter, where the reasoning approaches almost to 
mathematical demonstration, the hearers will not 
be impressed, they will scarcely listen with pa-
tience, unless they are persuaded that the con-
clusions to which the speaker would force them, 
are the deliberate and solemn convictions of his 
own mind. A cold-blooded, phlegmatic preach-
er, may produce a discourse irresistible in argu-
ment, elaborately perfect in rhetorical embellish-
ment, and painfully correct in style ; but noth-
ing can give it that electric fire which darts 
through and through an audience, kindling each 
heart into enthusiasm, save natural feeling ex-
pressed with the fervor of earnest sensibility. 
The only way to be eloquent in the pulpit is 
to banish every thought of self—to forget ev-
erything but God and duty. The triumphs of 
true eloquence, touching, grand, sublime, awful, 
as they sometimes have been, are seen, it has 
been remarked, only when the orator stands be-
fore you in the simple majesty of truth, and 
overpowered with the weight of his convictions, 
forgets himself and forgets everything but his 
momentous subject. You think not of who 
speaks, or how he speaks, but of what is spoken ; 
transported by his pathos, your rapt imagina- 
tion pictures new visions of happiness; subdued 
by the gushes of his tenderness, your tears min-
gle with his; determined by the power of his 
reasoning, you are prompt to admit, if not pre-
pared to yield to, the force of his arguments; 
entering with his whole heart and soul into the 
subject of his address, you sympathize in those 
emotions which you see are in his bosom, burn-
ing and struggling for utterance, and soon find 
yourself moving onward with him in the same 
impetuous and resistless current of feeling, and 
pass on. 
"It is amusing," says Goldsmith, "to what 
heights eloquence of this kind may reach. This 
is that eloquence the ancients represented as 
lightning, bearing down every opposer; this is 
the power which has turned whole assemblies 
into astonishment, admiration and awe; that is 
described by the torrent, the flame, and every 
other instance of irresistible impetuosity."—Par - 
ish Visitor. 
Feathers may be dyed a scarlet color by boil-
ing them in a clean tin vessel with some water, 
ground cochineal, a little cream-of-tartar, and a 
few drops of the muriate of tin. Put these in-
gredients into the vessel, and, when boiling, 
place the feathers therein, and boil for fifteen 
minutes ; then take them out and wash them in 
Influence of llymus. 
Madgeburg is memorable in the story of 
hymns, for it was at the cruel sacking of it by 
Tilly, that the school children marched across 
the market-place singing, and so enraged him 
that he bid them all to be slain ; and from that 
day, say the chroniclers, good fortune departed 
from him, nor did he smile again. Other hymns 
were more fortunate ; for we read of a rough 
captain who would not bate a crown of the thirty 
thousand he levied off a captured town, till at 
last the archdeacon summoned the people together, 
saying : "Come, my children, we have no more 
either audience or grace with men, let us plead 
with Gsd ;" and when they had entered the 
church, and sung the hymn, the fine was remit-
ted to a thousand. The same hymn played as 
merciful a part in another town, which was to 
be burned for contumacy. When mercy had 
been asked in vain, the clergyman marched out 
with twelve boys to the general's tent, and sung 
there before him, when, to their amazement, he 
fell upon the pastor's neck and embraced him. 
He had discovered in him an old student friend, 
and spared the place ; and still the afternoon 
service at Pegan is commenced with the memo-
rable hymn that saved it. Of another, it is 
said that a famous robber having been changed 
himself, sang it among his men, so that many of 
them were changed also. Rough hearts, indeed, 
seem often the most susceptible, A major in 
command of thirty dragoons entered a quiet vic- 
arage, and demanded, within three hours, more 
than the vicar could give in a year. To cheer 
her father, one of his daughters took her guitar, 
and sang to it one of Gerhardt's hymns. Pres-
ently the door softly opened ; the officer stood 
at it, and motioned her to continue, and when 
the hymn was sung, thanked her for the lesson, 
ordered out the dragoons, and rode off.—Mac-
millan's Magazine. 
Authority of the Bible. 
The Rev. Adolph Monod gives the following 
of the benefits arising from the reading of the 
Bible : "The mother of a family was married to an 
infidel whn made a jest at religion even in the 
presence of his children; yet she succeeded in 
bringing them all up in the fear of the Lord. 
I one day asked her how she had preserved 
them from the influence of a father whose senti-
ments were so openly opposed to her own. 
This was her answer :—'Because to the author-
ity of a father I did not oppose the authority of 
a mother, but that of God. From their earliest 
years my children have always seen the Bible 
upon my table. This holy book has constituted 
the whole of their religious instruction. I was 
silent that 1 might allow it to speak. Did they 
propose a question, did they commit a fault, 
did they perform any good action, I opened the 
Bible, and the Bible answered, repoved, or en-
couraged them. The constant reading of the 
Scriptures has alone wrought the prodigy which 
surprises you." 
A Bird's Egg. 
I think that, if required, on pain of death, to 
name instantly the most perfect thing in the uni-
verse, I should risk my fate on a bird's egg. 
There is, first, its exquisite fragility of material. 
strong only by the mathematical precision of that 
form so daintily moulded. There is its absolute 
purity from external stain, since that thin bar- 
rier remains impassable till the whole is in ru-
ins—a purity recognized in the household prov- 
erb of "an apple, an egg, and a nut." Then its 
range of tints, so varied, so subdued, and so 
beautiful—whether of the pure white, like the 
martin's, or pure green, like the robin's, or dot- 
ted and mottled into the loveliest of browns, like 
the red thrush's, or aqua marine, with stains of 
moss-gate, like the chipping sparrows, or blotched 
with long, weird ink-marks on a pale ground, 
like the oriole's, as if it bore inscribed some mag- 
ic clew to the bird's darting flight and pensile 
nest. Above all, the associations and predic-
tions of this little wonder—that one may bear 
home between his fingers all that winged splen- 
dor, all that celestial melody, coiled in mystery 
within these tiny walls ! Even the chrysalis is 
less amazing, for its form always preserves some 
trace, however fantastic, of the perfect insect, 
and it is but moulting a skin ; but this egg ap-
pears to the eye like a separate unit from some 
other kingdom of nature, claiming more kindred 
with the very stones than with feathery exist-
ence, and it is as if a pearl opened and an angel 
sang.—Higginson. 
The introduction of machine-made bags dates 
subsequent to the Exhibition of 1852, and all 
branches of trade are now using them. The 
manufacure of the bags consumes an immense 
quantity of grey and brown paper. One of the 
large London works turns out 130,000 bags per 
day. 
The Earthquake at Manilla. 
A private letter received in Boston, dated at 
Manilla, June 5th, gives the following incidents 
of the terrible earthquake which occurred there : 
The worst of it is, that the houses are not to be 
trusted, although still standing. Every day 
they are falling. Last night a large stone store 
of Ker & Co.'s, (near the Quinta or Suspension 
Bridge,) which was considered as saved, fell in. 
I much fear the first gale of wind. And now I 
suppose you would like to know where I was. 
We were seated ten at dinner at Santa Ana, and 
thinking the shock only a slight one, stopped at 
table until we saw a piece of one of the walls 
fall in the parlor just behind us. Immediately 
all made for the stairs, and found the oscilla-
tion so strong that our legs went from under us. 
I being long-armed and strong, braced myself 
between the banisters, and with one jump cleared 
the rest of the party, and landed on the tiles be-
low, on my feet. The shock continued after we 
reached the garden. Just as we reached the 
ground a tremendous crash made us aware of the 
strength of the earthquake, and all was over. 
On examination, we found the dinner table un-
disturbed, the roof still on the house, but the 
back part of the building, facing the river, was 
quite out, and all the shell windows on the 
ground. Of course we gave up the pleasant 
cold water. This color is permanent, and one little dinner, and took a snack in the yard. On 
ounce of cochineal will die one pound of feathers, reaching Manilla I found what I have told you. 
which should be washed in soap before being The old house in Binondo stood it famously. I 
dyed. Feathers may also be dyed yellow by found my room all in a mess, everything in the 
boiling them in a strong decoction of quercitron way of books and furniture scattered about the 
and a few drops of the muriate of tin, floor. The partition between the small room 
and the next fell, and with the exception of' a 
The amount of money found in letters at the little plaster on the walls, and a few tiles moved 
Dead Letter Office, during the last year, was on the roof, sustained no further damage. I 
over $80,000, being an excess of $30,000 over never wish to see a second earthquake like this 
the previous twelve months. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
 
speaking of scenes following Christ's coming and 
the judgment,. "The kingdom, and dominion, and 
the greatness of the kingdom under the whole 
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of 
the Most High." Dan. 7 : 27. 4. Christ promi-
ses the righteous the kingdom prepared for them 
from the foundation of the world, which we karn 
from Gen. 1st chapter, was the earth in its prime-
val glory. Matt. 25 : 32. 5. At the day of judg-
ment the kingdoms of this world are proclaimed to 
"become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ ; 
and he shall reign forever and ever." Rev. 11 : 15. 
But says "E. B. P.," Could (not ?) Christ as 
well have said, Great is your reward in the earth, 
as to say. Great is your reward in heaven? No 
doubt. And it is just what the Spirit has often 
said, Prov. 11 : 31—"Behold the righteous shall be 
recompensed in the earth." When ?' Not in this 
world. They suffer and are oppressed here ; but 
shall be rewarded "when the Son of Man shall sit 
in the throne of his glory, and before him shall be 
gathered all nations," and he gives them the king-
dom prepared for them, &c., because he was hungry, 
and they gave him meat, &c. But why say "in 
heaven," then ? 1.. Because there is where the 
great Rewarder is. "Otherwise ye have no reward 
of your Father which is in heaven." 2. Because 
the glorious city, the home of saints is there, "ready 
to be revealed in the last times." 1 Peter 1 : 3-5 ; 
Rev. 21 : 2, 3. 
"Christ has entered into heaven itself." True, 
but to them "that look for bins" "shall lie appear 
again the second time." "I will that those whom 
thou hast given me, be with me where I am that 
they may behold my glory.'' And so they will. 
Where is he to be? "And there shall be no more 
curse : but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall 
be in it ; and his servants shall serve him. And 
they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in 
their foreheads." Rev. 22: 3, 4. Thus in that 
holy Jerusalem, not in heaven, but "which cometh 
down from God out of heaven," Christ and his ser-
vants will be, and "reign forever and ever." 
But says "E. B. P." "'Whether this earth will 
come out of the fire's of the last day, to he remould-
ed into a glorious habitation, or be a worthless, 
abandoned wreck, is a question left undecided by 
the Scriptures." Marvellous ! Then did Abraham 
in vain look for a heavenly country, for an everlast-
ing possession, where he once sojourned; and both 
his living and dying faith were vain ! Then did 
God in vain swear by his own life, "The whole 
earth shall yet be filled wiih my glory !" Then did 
he in vain swear with an oath that David's seed 
should sit on David's throne as long as the days of 
heaven continue ; and that he has chosen Zion and 
desired it for his habitation, and will dwell there 
forever, because he has desired it. If undecided by 
the Scriptures, why do they say, speaking of re- 
stored Israel in the Holy Land, "This land which 
was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ?" 
Ezek. 36: 35. "Blessed," then, "are the meek, 
fur they shall (literally) inherit the earth"—the 
New Earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
Napoleon ill. 
We give another interesting report of Mr. Bax-
ter's great meeting in Toronto, C. W., and the 
speeches made on Napoleon. He is unquestionably 
the man of the age, so far as yet developed ; and 
we can but look upon his movements with the most 
intense interest. But we are as yet far from being 
satisfied that he is the seven-headed beast of the 
Apocalypse, or the future Antichrist. But we 
would not be dogmatical on this subject in any way. 
All that pertains to him is a matter of interest, and 
we intend to keep our readers in informed respect-
ing his movements and developments of character. 
We have a reply to D. I. R. on a personal Anti-
christ, which we shall give as soon as we have space. 
New Subscribers. 
Our next number commences a new quarter. 
We shall print an extra number, so as to supply 
new subscribers with hack numbers. After Confer-
ence we expect to be able to furnish our readers 
with a rich treat, by publishing the essays delivered 
at the Conference. These, as will be seen by an 
examiniation of the list of subjects, embrace a large 
number of important doctrinal questions. Let 
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and always at it, should be our motto. 
Our News Columns. 
It is thought by some of our readers that we de-
vote too much space to the news of the day. To 
such we would say, that many of our subscribers 
take no ether paper, and look to us to keep them 
informed on matters of general interest. If all did, 
as many of our readers do, read the daily or weekly 
secular papers, it would not he needful to keep them 
informed on these subjects. 
ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1863. 
JOSIAH LITCH, EDITOR. 
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to give it room in their prayers; that by means of it God 
may be honored and his truth advanced ; also, that it 
may be conducted in faith and love, with sobriety of judg-
ment and discernment of the truth, in nothing carried 
away into error, or hasty speech, or sharp, unbrotherly 
disputation . 
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Our list still continues to increase. Thanks 
to many kind friends. Keep at work. 
mourn, for they shall be comforted?" Or is 
neither class to receive what is promised, but some-
thing else in its stead ? 
"It is used," says "E. B. P.," "by no New Tes-
tament writer except Matthew, and by him only 
once." Why not hut once? Clearly because he 
only once gave the history and record of that ser-
mon wherein Christ made the promise. 
"That bald literalism" "which insists that the 
promises cast in the mould of the old dispensation 
must be realized in their exact form under the new 
economy, is but the old spirit, of Judaism, that in-
sisted upon an earthly kingdom fur the Messiah, 
arid would put the government of the world into the 
hands of the Jewish people." 
Will "E. B. P." please explain to us how it is 
that St. Paul insisted on this "bald literalism '?" 
flow Stephen, full of faith and the Holy Ghost, his 
face radiant with glory, should still insist that this 
ancient promise made to Abraham, but never ful- 
filled, still remained good to the father of the faith-
ful ? Listen to his words : "The God of glory ap-
peared unto our father Abraham," &c. "Ile brought 
him into this land wherein ye now dwell. And he 
gave him none inheritance in it ; no, not so much 
as to set his foot on. Yet he promised that he would 
give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after 
him, when as yet he had no child." Acts 7. 
Did God promise that land wherein the Jews 
then dwelt to Him for a possession? Did he also 
Promise it to his seed after him ? Did Abraham 
ever have for a possession "so much as to set his 
toot on 7" If he did not, will not God's promise 
fail if he does not yet in the future have it ? Is it 
objected, that the possession by his descendants was 
a fulfillment? Then Stephen had a very blind way 
of expressing it. "Yet he promised that he would 
give it to mat for a possession, and to his seed after 
him." Was it not as certainly to him, as to his 
seed? But Paul, Heb. 11 : 8-10 ; 13-17, says, 
that Abraham "obeyed and went out ;" "by faith 
he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and 
Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise " 
From this we learn, 1. That the country to which 
Abrsham went was one that he should "after receive 
for an inheritance." 2. That the land where he, 
and Isaac, and Jacob sojourned, was "the land of 
promise." It was riot in heaven. 3. They be-
lieved the promise, embraced it, and died in the 
faith of it. 4. That although they were "in the 
land of promise," which they "should after receive 
for an inheritance," and believed and embraced the 
promise to the day of their death, they did not re-
ceive the fulfillment, but still died in the faith. 
"Bald literalism," truly, for Abraham, Isaac and 
Jacob, even unto death, to adhere to such promises. 
Perhaps "E. B. P." will say, as an eminent D. D. 
of Hartford, more than twenty years ago said to us, 
"That Abraham was an old barbarian, and that the 
only way God could get an idea of spiritual things 
into his mind was by some tangible illustration." 
But even this does not excuse the refined, educated, 
divinely instructed and inspired Paul, and seraphic 
Stephen, for still insisting that God means what he 
says, and that he did promise that very land of 
Canaan to Abraham for a possession. 
But says "E. B. P.," "And yet it must not he 
this earth in its present condition. It is the earth 
regenerated and purified. This is to be the ever-
lasting abode of the saints. And the blessing which 
Christ promises the meek furnishes one of the pil-
lars to the theory." Even so, Brother P., nothing 
is clearer. 
But says our friend, "We see that it obviously 
overlooks the origin of the expression, 'Inherit the 
" Not at all. Our belief in the literality of 
the Saviour's promise rests securely on that origin. 
We believe that so far as the original promise has 
been fulfilled it has been literally accomplished. 
But the remainder was the object of the faith of pa-
triarchs, apostles and saints, living and dying. Why 
is not it literal also ? It is. But these worthies, 
we are told, "looked for a better country, that is an 
heavenly." Then although it is the very land 
where they sojourned, which is promised them for 
an everlasting possession, it is to be in an improvsd 
and "regenerated" condition. That he looked for 
the New Heavens and Earth in which the New Je-
rusalem is established, we learn from these three 
expressions of Paul, 1. "He looked for a city which 
hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." 
2. "They desire a better country, that is a heaven-
ly." 3. "God is not ashamed to be called their 
God, for he has prepared for them a city." The 
New Earth and New Jerusalem, then, are the home 
they sought. 
The prophetic testimony is all to the same point. 
1. The decree of God has promised the uttermost 
Tarts of the earth for his "possession" to his Son. 
Pea. 2 : 9. 2. Isa. 9 : 6, 7, promises the throne 
and kingdom of David to Christ as the scene of his 
everlasting reign. 3. The prophet Daniel says, 
A Sabbath in Paris. 
Our first Sabbath in Paris was a bewilderment. 
It was not so much a variation in the mode of keep-
ing Sunday, as a total destruction of all our ideas 
of Sabbath keeping. Business goes on ; the streets 
are thronged with people bent on pleasure, and the 
very air is filled, not with peace, but with social ex- 
hilaration, with pleasure and bustle, in short, with 
not any suggestion of another world, but with every 
phase of the enjoyment of this world. In our land, 
it may be that the cheerful and social elements are 
too much excluded from religion ; but here, it is 
religion that seems to be shut out from the Sabbath 
and from all its worldly enjoyments ! Beneath my 
room I count a hundred laborers to work upon the 
new opera-house. In the streets teams trail their 
usual loads, The shops display their wares, and 
nothing in the exterior aspect of the city would 
have revealed to inc the day if my calendar had not 
indicated it. Yet, I am assured that a great change 
has taken place, and that at the wish of govern-
ment, there is far .less secular business transacted 
than formerly, and that even those stores that keep 
open in the morning are closed at noon, that their 
occupants may mingle with the universal amuse-
ments of the day. 
On the second Sabbath the tidings came to us of 
the fall of Vicksburg and the retreat of Gen. Lee. 
One must be in a foreign land, among unfriendly 
and unsympathizing people, to know how sweet, 
good news of one's country is. I sat in our Ameri- 
can minister's slip at church, on Sabbath morning, 
having just heard the tidings. After the prelimi-
nary service, and while Dr. McClintock was giving 
out "notice," I turned to Miss Dayton, by whom I 
sat, and whispered in a few words the good tidings, 
saying in apology that I hoped it would help her to 
sing the hymn of praise, which came next in the 
service. She dropped her head in tears of joy, and 
wept for singing, during all the hymn ! It pleased 
me—she shall have a place in the book of my re- 
membrance with all who love God and our dear 
country !—II. W. Beecher, in the independent. 
Pre-pay your Postage. 
Subscribers should remember that by pre-paying 
five cents at their post office, at the commencement 
of the quarter, Oct. let, their paper will be dcliv-
livered free of charge for delivery. If this is neg-
lected, each paper is chargable with four cents post-
age. So be prompt in pre-paying. 
To Correspondents. 
D. YODER —You was credited in the paper of 
Sept. 1st, first name in the list. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
Summary of War News. 
The battles reported last week resulted in forcing 
Rosecrans back to Chattanooga, where he remains 
unmolested, and is being heavily reinforced by 
Burnside and Grant. Late accounts render it prob-
able that he will soon advance on Bragg and at-
tempt his repulse from his present position. The 
confederates regard Rosecrans' expulsion from Chat-
tanooga as essential to the Success of their cause, if 
not to its existence. Hence the terrific struggle at 
that point. The slaughter on both sides during the 
three day's fight was dreadful. Richmond is re-
Ported as left almost defenceless on account of the 
large numbers of men sent to reinforce Bragg. 
Mead's army, by latest advices, is said to be in 
motion ; but its destination is as yet unknown. 
Affairs at Charleston remain as they were last 
week. 
It is thought that the great battle field of the fail 
campaign will be in Georgia. 
New York, Sept. 27. A Memphis letter of the 
22d says a formidable expedition against Mobile is 
being inaugurated, and hints that the feint against 
Texas will not intefere with it. The iron-clads 
from the Mississippi are to co-operate with a large 
land force. 
The same letter says Sherman's corps is on its 
way to Gen. Rosecrans, and gives a rumor that 
McPerson's corps is also en route in the same di-
rection. The two corps amount to some 40,000 
men. 
St. Louis, Sept. 27. A dispatch from Little 
Rock, Ark., dated the 21st, to•the Republican, says 
Col. Cloud, with 100 of the 2d Kansas cavalry, had 
arrived at Little Rock on the 19th, between Perry-
ville, in the Indian Territory, where Gen. Blunt de-
feated the rebels under Gen. Steele and Cooper, and 
captured Fort Smith. Col. Cloud, with 500 of the 
2d Kansas cavalry and Robb's battery, attacked 
2000 rebels under Gen. Cahel, in a, strongly fortified 
position, and routed them with considerable loss. 
The rebels retreated towards Arkadelphia. 
At Dardenelle, on the 9th, Cloud attacked 1000 
rebels under Col. Stirman and defeated them, cap-
turing their camp and a large quantity of commis-
sary stores. Over 2000 Unionists had joined Cloud's 
Inheritance of the Saints. 
REVIEW Or "E. B. P." IN THE CHRIATIAN SECRETARY. 
Differences of opinion on various scriptural ques-
tions exist among confessedly good men ; and it is 
well that they should be discussed, and that all the 
light which can be shed on them should be brought 
out. Hitherto, Matt. 5 : 5, has been accorded to 
the pre-Millennialists as peculiarly their own. But 
it now seems that even this plain Gospel promise is 
not to be left in their peaceable possession ; but if 
they hold it, it must be by victory in contest 
Well, then, if the combat must come let us have it. 
The promise is too precious to as to yield till it is 
fairly taken from us; and the principles of inter-
pretation involved too important for us to consent 
to their overthrow without a struggle. 
The writer, "E. B. P.," says : "'Inherit the 
earth,' occurs but once in the New Testament, but 
is often met with in the Old." This is true. But 
what is his inference ? It is this : That " 'to in-
herit the land,' then, becomes the symbolic expres-
sion of the highest favors that God has to bestow on 
his people." Then in this simple announcement of 
Christ, we have only a symbol that the meek "shall 
inherit heaven's richest blessings.'' But in symbol-
ing this, it does not embrace at all the very blessing 
promised, but only assures them that they shall 
leave it, in penury, and be transported to some dif-
ferent and distant sphere. This symbol of all good 
things, except the very thing promised, was first 
made known to Abraham. "The possession of the 
promised land was the crowning blessing to be given 
to the natural seed of Abraham." True, but was 
it not also the blessing promised as well personally 
to Abraham ? Did not the same God who said, 
"And to thy seed," also say, "1 will give unto thee 
and to thy seed" "the land wherein thou art a 
stranger, all the land of Canaan?" 
Could that man of simple faith in his Maker's 
word, understand anything else than that very land? 
Did his seed, after four hundred years of sojourn, 
come into that very land to possess it, in accordance 
with God's promise to Abraham ? if so, it was not 
a symbol of all good things to them, but excluding 
the very thing promised, together with all good 
things in the promised land. But if Abraham's 
natural send have received a literal fulfillment of the 
promise at the appointed time, will it fail to the fa-
ther of the faithful ? For to him as an individual, 
as well as unto them, was the promise made. "I 
will give unto thee and to thy seed," was the prom-
ise. 
But "it is held as a general opinion," "that Mat-
thew was written for the special benefit of Jewish 
Christians," &c. Granted. But did Matthew write 
what Christ said, as he professes to do ? If he did 
not, we are done with him. If he did, then we ask, 
Did our Lord use a symbol when he said, "Blessed 
are the meek, for they shall inherit the land?" and 
speak literally!when he said, "Blessed are they that 
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THE ADVEN r HERALD 
Tenth Annual Advent Conference in Maine. 
The Tenth Session of this Conference will be holden in 
 
Richmond Red Meeting House, commencing Thursday, 
October 8, at 2 o'clock P. M. 
We hope to see a large gathering at this meeting, to 
participate in the worship of God, the business of the 
church, and mission enterprise. These conferences have 
proved a great blessing to many from year to year, and to the 
cause in general; and as we draw close to the end of time, 
and are witnessing the last scenes to transpire in proba-
tion, our interest in the work of bringing sinners to Christ 
should be increased. We desire especially to see all the 
Advent ministers If Maine, who are in union and fellow-
ship, and can work together in harmony, present to coun-
sel and labor in the work of the Lord. Let as many other 
brethren and sisters of the same kind come also, as can 
well do so, each praying in the Holy Ghost. Our mission-
ary work, which has prospered the past year beyond all 
expectation, should share our special attention to decide 
whether it shall be continued. We shall hear cheering re-
ports of its properity. Other business will be considered. 
Those coming from the North and East by railroad will 
arrive in Richmond at noon. Those from the Western 
part of the State, coming by rail from Portland, or on 
Grand Trunk via Yarmouth Junction, and those on Farm-
ington and Bath Railroad, via of Brunswick, will arrive 
at 3 o'clock P. M. at Richmond, where they may find con-
veyance to the meeting, three miles. Those coming by 
boat from Portland, start from there at 6 o'clock A, M. 
The church and friends will do all they can to provide 
for those who come, and for horses. Strangers should call 
for Bro. Low, Curtis, David Robinson, H. D. Read, who 
will either entertain them, or direct them to other brethren 
who can do so. S. K. PARTRIDGE, President. 
September 12, 1863. I. C. WELLCOME, Scribe. 
Anniversary of the Bible Union. 
The Bible Union Anniversary will take place in New 
York, at the First Baptist Church, October 28th and 29th, 
commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning. 
The second portion of the New Testament, revised by 
the Final Committee, extending to the close of the 2d 
Corinthians, will be ready at that time for circulation. It 
will be bound the same as the Gospels, and will be about 
the same size. 
The past year has been a prosperous one. A good meet-
ing is anticipated. Many excellent speakers will be pres-
ent. About $3,000 are needed by the Treasurer for his 
Report. Contributions, to be included in this year's re-
port, should be forwarded by October 15th. 
Delegates are requested to report at the Bible Rooms, 
350 Broome Street, immediately on their arrival in the 
city, on Wednesday, October 28th, where they will meet 
the Committee, and be assigned places of accommodation 
during the meetings. C. A. BUCKBEE, 
Recording Secretary. 
American Millennial Association. 
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the A. M. Association 
will be held in Lake Village, N. II., during the October 
session of the A. E. A. Conference, at such particular 
time and place of meeting as may then and there be de-
termined. 
OFFICERS. 
President-Elder Josiah Litch, Boston. 
Vice Presidents-D. I. Robinson, New Jersey; J. B. Huse, 
C. Dutton, New York; James Colder, Pennsylvania; I. II. 
Shipman, New Hampshire; Stephen Foster, Vermont; and 
John Pearce, Canada West. 
Treasurer-R.. R. Knowles, Providence, R. I. 
Corresponding Secretary-O. R. Fassett, Massachusetts. 
RecOrdiag Secretary-F. Gunner, Massachusetts. 
Auditor-R. R. Knowles; Rhode Island. 
Directors-R. Hutchinson, J. M. Orrock, Canada East; 
G. W. Burnham, J. Pearson, Jr., Massachusetts; A. W. 
Brown, L. Osier, A. Pearce, Rhode Island; N. Brown, New 
Hampshire; 0. Dowd, D. Bosworth, E. W. Case, Vermont. 
F. GUNNER, Recording Secretary. 
Lowell, Mass., August 7, 1863. 
The Christian Conference of Iowa 
Will hold its annual meeting in Strawberry Point, Iowa, 
Oct. 7th to 13th. Elder Himes, from Boston, has been 
invited to be with us, and speak on the prophecies relating 
to the speedy coming of Christ. Brethren in the ministry 
and membership, and all interested, are most respectfully 
and earnestly invited to come up to the feast. Come, 
brethren and sisters, one and all. Elder H. will be with 
us. 
CASTLE CHURCHILL, President. 
P. S. W. DEYO, Secretary. 
Providence permitting, I will preach in the Gilbert 
School House, in Dunham, Monday evening, Sept. 28th; 
Clarence%ille, 29th; Odell Town, (near Bro. Schutt':,) 
30th, and Oct. 1st; Champlain, 2d; Roxham, 3d, and in 
the forenoon of Sunday, 4th. At 2 1-2 in the afternoon 
and in the evening I will preach in Mooers, as Bro. Angell 
may arrange; and on my return, will preach in Clarence- 
ville, Oct. 6, and in Dunham, the 7th. J. M. ORROCK. 
GOLDEN SALVE.-Bro. C. P. Whitten, of Lowell, Mass., 
manufacturer of that excellent article, so widely and fa-
vorably known among our people, informs us that he has 
quite an amount due him from readers of the Herald, 
which, if immediate remittance was made to him, it would 
be very thankfully received, and would relieve him from 
perplexing embarrassments. He needs his pay to meet 
current expenses. "Owe no man anything," is the divine 
command. 
MESSIAH'S CHURCH in New York worship temporarily 
in Metropolitan Hall, No. 95 Sixth Avenue, nearly opposite 
Eighth street. Preaching on the Sabbath, at 10 1-2 A. M. 
aed 3 P. M. The prayerful support and co-operation of 
all Christians is solicited. 
ABrENT CHAPEL, Hudson Street, corner of Kneeland 
Street; Pastor-Rev. 0. R. Fassett. His Post Office ad-
dress is No- 18 Hudson Street, or 4.6 1-2 Kneeland Street, 
Boston. 
command, anxious to serve in defence of their 
homes. 
The first train on the Memphis and Little Rock 
railroad started on the 21st. 
From ten to fifty deserters reach Little Rock daily, 
who take the oath of allegiance and are then re-
leased. 
By the exchange of prisoners, just effected our 
army will gain twenty thousand men. 
Gen. Burnside is reported as being safe, and as 
having fully prevented a flank movement by the 
rebel troops in the South of Virginia. 
Advises have been received from Admiral Dahl-
gren stating that all is going well in the siege of 
Charleston. 
There is in Washington a general spirit of cheer-
fulness regarding future military movements. 
Foreign News, 
Paris, Sept. 13. M. de Presigny has been created 
a Duke, in testimony of regard for the service he 
he has rendered to the State, and for his personal 
devotion to the Emperor. 
The Pays of this evening believes itself able to 
state that the Maratime Prefect of Brest has opposed 
the seizure of the Florida in consequence of an or-
der from Paris, issued, as the Pays asserts, with the 
ehject of preserving the inviolability of the harbor 
as a military port. 
Vienna, Sept. 12. The semi-official General Cor-
respondent of to-day denies the statement of the 
Europe that Prince Metternich had assured the 
French Government Austria would unconditionally 
ally herself with France in the Polish question, 
even to the extent of a war with Russia. 
St. Petersburg, Sept 12. The replies to the 
Notes of the Western Powers were dispatched on 
the morning of the 10th inst. 
Cracow, Sept. 12. The statement that Lelewel 
fell on the 3d in the engagement of Batorz is con-
firmed. Six detatchments of insurgents are still 
operating in the government of Lublin. The gates 
of Warsaw have been closed for ten days to any 
person entering or going out. Two hundred in-
habitants have been transported to iberia. The 
Russian authorities have imposed enormous taxes 
upon the ancient provinces of Poland. 
General News Items. 
Tom Thumb is about to retire for private life on a 
fortune of $250,000. 
Gen. Gillmore formerly taught the High School 
at Haverhill, Mass. 
It is estimated that there are over 5000 colored 
men in the U. S. Navy. 
The English harvest is very large-estimated worth 
$140,000,000 more than last year. 
A new grape from Japan, called the Yeddo grape, 
is advertised at $10 each for plants of• fWo eyes. 
Are you Going to the Prayer-Meeting To-night. ? 
Why not? "But it looks as though it might 
rain." Ah, yes ! I know there are a few clouds in 
sight ; but I have had a sort of dream in which I 
thought if you could obtain fifty cents by going, 
you would not hesitate a moment for fear of getting 
wet. 
"But it is a long walk to go." Very true ; but 
didn't you walk twice as far yesterday, simply be-
cause you wanted to ? 
"But I don't like to be out evenings." My dear 
friend, how came you to be out the three past nights 
till after nine o'clock, on errands in the neighbor-
hood. 
"But Mr. Smith wont be there." Perhaps Mr. 
Smith wont be in heaven, but is that any reason 
why you should not be there ? 
"But I'm afraid the minister will ask me to take 
a part in the meeting." I hope he will, brother. 
You spoke very fluently at the school-meeting last 
night, and have you nothing to say for your Sa 
vior ? 
BIG SHOES.-A firm in this city have recently 
"built" a pair of shoes for a Norwegian, a man of 
gigantic proportions. The size is No. 20, and the 
measure as follows :-Heel 16 inches, ankle 12 
inches, instep 12 inches, toes 11 3-4 inches. He is 
a Color Sergeant in an artillery regiment of the 
army, and is at present at Fort Hamilton, New 
York harbor. 
DEATH OF ELDER JOSEPH MARSH.-W e learn by 
the Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser, that 
Elder Joseph Marsh, formerly publisher of the 
"Voice of Truth," &c., died in Michigan, on the 
13th inst. 
WEEKLY OFFERINGS.-Elder Fassett's church in 
this city have adopted this plan for supporting 
their meeting, with a fine prospect of success. 
NOTICES. 
The 23d Annual Conference. 
Tickets at half fare will be furnished to brothers and 
sisters attending the Annual Conference at Lake Village. 
This Conference will convene at Lake Village, N. II., 
Oct. 12th, and continue its sessions one week. 
In addition to the regular business, necessarily attend-
ant on these gatherings, essays on the following impor-
tant and interesting subjects will be delivered: 
The Christian Dispensation; when commenced, its 
Characteristics, when and how concluded-1. H. SHIPMAN. 
The Jewish People; the Peculiarities of their Pres-
ent State, and their Destiny, as revealed in the Scrip-
tures-D. BOSWORTH. 
The Four Universal Kingdoms; their Prophetic His-
tory, as recorded by the Sacred Writers; what will be the 
Political Condition of the Fourvh and Last, at the Time 
of the End; where, in the History of these Gentile Em-
pires have we an existence-J. LITCH. 
The Prophetic Periods; the True Principles of their 
Interpretation; Symbolic, Literal and Definiteness-D. I. 
ROBINSON. 
The Sixth Trumpet; the Events that immediately 
followed its Sounding; the Subsequent History of the 
"Woe," and its Terminating Events-J. M. ORROCK. 
The Interval between the Second and Third "Woe;" 
its Duration and its Events-W. H. EASTMAN. 
Where we are living in the History of the Trum-
pets-O. R. FASSETT. 
8, Probationary Time; when will it Terminate-L, OILER. 
The Millennium; the Time and Manner of its Intro-
duction ; its Peculiar Characteristics ; its Duration-
C. CUNNINGHAM. 
Sabbath Schools; their Importance, and the Best 
Mode of Conducting them-D. I. ROBINSON. 
The Moral Aspects of the "Last Days"-F. Gratin, 
Religious Prosperity, Individually and Collectively; 
its Characteristics; how Promoted-H. CANFIELD. 
Our Mission; its Peculiarities ; its Necessities ; 
when Accomplished-DR. R. IDarmaissoN. 
0. R. FASSETT, 
I. IL SHIPMAN, 
Committee. 
L. OSLER, 
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The mayor of Baltimore has vetoed resolutions al-
lowing city passenger railway cars to run on Sunday. 
A Southern paper reports thirteen blockade run-
ning vessels at Wilmington, N. C., all laden with 
whiskey. 
The Secretary of War estimates that three-fourths 
of the men called for by the draft will be forth-
coming. 
Gen. Grant is to be presented with a sword by the 
people of Jo. Davis County, Ill., of which he is a 
citizen. 
In the small town of Andover, in Hampshire, 
England, the stocks are still used as a means of 
punishment. 
The breech-loading rifle invented by Gen. Burn-
side, won the first prize at the Swiss shooting festi-
val in New York. 
Milton Babcock, of Wareham, was knocked down 
and his body fearfully larcerated by a savage heifer, 
On Thursday last. 
A firm in Essex, Mass., are building a henery 
which will occupy six acres of ground. They intend 
to raise fowls for the New York market. 
John W. Reese, of Circleville, Ohio, has sued 
Gov. Tod for $30,000, for damages resulting from 
his arrest and imprisonment in Fort Warren. 
Swart's Iron Works in Buffalo were destroyed by 
a boiler explosion, a day or two ago, and thirty 
persons were supposed to he buried in the ruins. 
A smooth bore gun, weighing 49,550 pounds, 
which will throw a solid shot weighing 400 pounds, 
was shipped from New York for New Orleans last 
Saturday. 
A Mrs. Fletcher, of Lynn, fell down stairs a few 
ago, and broke her neck. Her husband was absent 
at the time, and the accident was discovered by the 
neighbors. 
Some villain lately entered the churchyard in 
Bethel, Me., and battered and distorted the head-
stone over the grave of a child buried there, out of 
spite to its parents. 
Coal is now selling in Louisville, Ky., at the 
enormous price of 55 cents per bushel, or $12 per 
cart-load. It is now beyond the reach of many 
poor families. 
The Cape Cod Republican says the cranberry-
pickers are about to commence their work. So far 
the prospect is favorable. The crop in Harwich 
will be worth near $30,000. 
The Poughkeepsie Press says that a society of 
Mormons actually exist in that city, and that it in- 
creases almost every day. They propose leaving 
for Salt Lake City about the first of April next, at 
least one hundred and fifty strong. 
The Pictou (N. S.) Chronicle says that the pota-
to blight has made rapid progress during the past 
few days in that country. In many localities the 
tops are all blackened, and the tubers affected with 
the disease. In some cases half the potatoes are 
diseased. 
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THE ADVEN T HERALWr 
• 
In this department, articles are s olicited, on the general 
subject of the Advent, from friends of the Herald, over 
their own signatures, irrespective of the particular views 
which it defends. Views of correspondents not dissented 
from, are not necessarily to be considered as editorially 
endorsed. CorresOndents are expected to avoid all per-
onalities,and to study Christian courtesy in all references 
to views and persons. Any departure from this should be 
regarded as disentitling the writer to any reply. Christian 
and gentlemanly discussion will be in order ; but not 
needless,unkind, or uncourteouscontroversy. 
MY JOURNAL. 
SECOND TOUR WEST.—NO. IV. 
Laporte, Ind.—Chicago. 
Monday, June 29. Took leave of friends in Terre 
Coupee, and came to Laporte in company with Bro. 
Boone, and many others, on their return from the 
camp-meeting. On my arrival, Bro. Shaw took me 
into his carriage and showed me the most prominent 
places, where our tent could be pitched for a meet-
ing-house. Having arranged this, I left Bro. Clark 
to prepare for the meeting, and I went by the night 
train to Chicago, to look out a place to pitch the 
tent there. I put up with Rev. II. Sugden, a Ger-
man Baptist, and a lover of the coming and king-
dom of Christ, with whom I had correspondence in 
Louisville, Ky., years ago. He is a poor man and 
works for his support, but is truly pious and useful 
among his German brethren. He and his family 
greeted me most heartily, and I enjoyed their hum-
ble hospitalities much. 
Tuesday, June 30th. I spent most of this day in 
looking for a. place to pitch the tent within the 
city limits. I found many good. places on the Lake 
shore, and in groves without the city ; but very 
few in the city proper, in the midst of the people. 
I failed to find a place to-day, but am not discour-
aged. There is a place for us, and I will find it by 
the guidance of Him who suffereth not a sparrow to 
fall to the ground without his notice. 
I spent the evening in the Baptist church, by in-
vitation, to hear the prose declamation of the Fresh-
men class of the University of Chicago. Eleven 
young gentlemen spoke. I never heard the young 
men of Old Harvard do better. The students were 
young men of great promise. May God lead them 
to see and enter on the proper work of this last 
time. 
Having it in my way, while looking for the tent, 
I visited Camp Douglas, three miles from the city. 
It is one of the finest and largest camps of the coun-
try. Two companies only remain here to guard 
the camp, and look after abut fifty secesh prisoners. 
They are sick and tired of this terrible war. And 
many of them are taking the oath of allegiance. 
The ale houses here, as elsewhere, are demoralizing 
the poor soldiers. For a little gain, men will deal 
out poison and death to their fellow-beings, and to 
that class, too, who have offered themselves on the 
altar of their country, it may be to die, or be crip-
pled for life. But so it is. We are in a fallen 
world ; and, till Jesus comes, we shall have war, 
crime, sorrow and death. Come, Lord Jesus, and 
come quickly. 
I spent the night with Dr. Thomas, at his resi-
dence, fifteen miles out on the Milwaukie railroad, 
in the village of Evanston, Ill. This is a Methodist 
settlement, of about 1200 inhabitants. There are 
three Institutions here. The North Western Fe-
male College, North Western University, and the 
Biblical Institute. Dr. Thomas resides here, and 
is the only family of Adventists, and takes the Her-
ald, as their only preaching of this faith. They 
moved formerly from Bristol, Vt. I enjoyed a 
precious visit with them. 
Wednesday, July 1st. Returned to the city. 
With the mercury at 90°, I looked over most of the 
city alone, deriving guidance from above, to find a 
place for a tent and altar for a meeting of ten days. 
I found the lot, and received a lease of it from entire 
strangers to me, with every accommodation. So I 
praised the Lord for his guidance in this matter. 
I returned to Laporte in the evening, and put up 
with Bro. Shaw, who had invited and prepared for 
me to stop with him. I felt weary and oppressed 
with the heat and soon sought repose. 
Thursday, July 2d. Rose refreshed. Find the 
tent pitched, and all ready for our meeting this af-
ternoon. We have a few friends here, and hope to 
make more, by the blessing of God, who will become 
witnessess of the speedy corning of Christ. Even-
ing. We have had a small but appreciative audi-
ence, to whom I spoke from Rom. 13 : 11-13. 
Friday, July 3d. Three services to-day. Friends 
from the country, with those interested in the city, 
made up a pleasant company, and we had a very 
good day. The excitement about the 4th of July, 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
together with the new phase of the war, now re-
moved from Eastern Virginia to Pennsylvania, gives 
additional excitement ; and there are few who are 
looking with any interest to the things which God 
hath spoken in relaiion to this time, and the signs 
of the better day. But, thank God, there are "No-
ahs" and "Lots" who hear the voice of God, and 
believe, in every place, and some will be ready for 
the coming kingdom. JOSHUA. V. RIMES. 
From Sister Abigial Massey, 
BRISTOL, Conn. Sept. 21, 1863. 
Bro. Litch—Once more I seat myself to write a 
few lines for the Advent Ikrald, for the first time 
since the death of our old editor, Bro. Bliss. He 
has gone to the silent tomb ; peace be to his slum-
bers ; he rests in hope, and will wake in the morn-
ing bright and early, with all our loved ones who 
sleep in Jesus. 0 hail, happy day, bright morning 
of Zion's glory and eternal deliverance from death's 
cold iron hand ! how can we but exclaim from the 
fulness of our hearts, "When will the morning 
come?" "When will the Life-Giver come ?" "How 
long, oh Lord, how long?" For more than twenty 
lung years we have been looking, we have been 
watching, we have been praying, "Let thy kingdom 
come ;" and still we watch and still we pray. 
Our loved ones have fallen by the way, which in-
creases our desire for the Life-Giver to come, to end 
our tears and sorrows, give us rest and a meeting 
with loved ones in our own Eden home. 0 I long 
to be there, but with patience I wait. 
Thou, my brother, bast taken the responsible 
station of the departed ; and I trust will be able, 
through grace in Christ Jesus, to fill the station 
assigned thee. Twenty-one years ago I heard thy 
voice in the town of Whitefield, N. H., proclaiming 
in trumpet tones the coming of the Messiah to reign 
on 'David's royal throne. Never a sweeter sound 
entered the hearts of the lovers of Jesus, than you 
brought us there. It was like balm, and a sweet 
cordial to our soul. It was the first course of lec-
tures we ever heard, and that solemn, inciting, and 
sublime season will never be forgotten by us who 
were there, and I trust 'tie not forgotten by you, my 
brother. God was there, you felt his power ; the 
multitude gathered around to listen to thy solemn 
message, and we, the levers of Jesus, quaffed the 
heavenly breeze as it blowed, and drank the dews of 
Hermon as they fell. That message was from God, 
and the mighty move under that message was a ful-
fillment of his word. 
From my dear brethren, with whom I there wor-
shipped, I am now separated. Many have fallen 
by death. My own dear family are scattered ; 
kind companion and son are laid away in the cold, 
dark grave; my youngest son went into the army 
six long years ago ; a mother weeps in his absence, 
not knowing what bis lot may have been, whether 
,ast among the slain in battle, and buried beneath 
a. Southern soil, or whether he may be among the 
wounded in the hospital, writhing in agony with 
crushed limbs and parched tongue ; or whether he 
may be a prisoner, bound and suffering with liunr 
ger. God knoweth all things, he knows I need his 
grace, and grace is freely giyen. I have needed 
strength, and as my day has been,strength has been 
imparted. Thanks to the widow's God, I have 
one dear son, but he is many miles away ; but a 
mother's prayers do follow him that he may he 
good—be a Christian, and live forever. I wander 
a lone pilgrim ; on earth have no abiding place, but 
am seeking a City which bath foundation, whose 
builder is God. He is my Father, and his will I am 
trying to do. His presence is with me and his 
smiles are upon me ; and with the psalmist I can 
truly say, "Hitherto the Lord bath helped me," 
blessed be his holy name ; "And let everything 
that bath breath praise the Lord." 
The first article 1 ever attempted to write for the 
public gaze, was published in the Signs of the Times, 
(now Advent Herald,) in 1842 ; from that time un-
til now, I have not ceased to look, I have not ceased 
to pray, and am still a lone watcher on the tower, 
looking for day to break and morning to dawn. 
Though oft disappointed and sometimes mistaken, 
my hope is deferred and sick is my heart—yet still 
the blessed hope clings to me fast, and on that 
promise I lean :—"1 will come again ," stands sure. 
And although my views differ somewhat from many 
of the readers of the Advent Herald, yet I allow 
them not to separate me from my brethren in the 
Lord. I have many dear friends and brethren from 
whom I am separated, that peruse the columns of 
the Advent Herald weekly. To such I would say, 
I am on my way to Canaan ; and I expect soon to 
be there. Shall I meet you on that ever peaceful 
shore ? Shall I greet you 'neath the bowers where 
life's river runs so pure ? Then our sorrows will he 
ended, and all tears be wiped away. There we'll 
meet with all our loved ones in the fields of endless 
day. 
I am in the vineyard of the Lord, laboring to 
save my dying fellow men ; am wandering lonely 
and alone, over hills and through the vales, sowing 
ia tears ; through God I trust, weak and feeble as 
I have reached some poor sinner that will be saved 
in the day of the Lord Jesus ; I hope to have a few 
stars, and to reap in joy. I am am willing to weep, 
1 am willing to labor ; I am willing to be a pilgrim 
and a stranger ; I am willing Ito spend the golden 
moments as they pass in trying to save poor sinners 
by telling them of a suffering, dying, glorified com-
ing Savior. Yea, I am willing to suffer ; to suffer 
with Jesus here, if I can be glorified with him and 
sit upon his throne. 
Some of you may doubt my calling, and perhaps 
think might be better employed and do more 
good in a more private capacity. But, my friends 
and brethren, God has surely called me to labor in 
the way I now am. Angels in heaven witnessed the 
scene, when upon the cold damp ground in the 
shades of the evening, when God spoke so loud to 
me I could not misunderstand him ; when I made 
my excuses like Moses, that I was not sufficient for 
those things ; that I had not learning, that I did 
not know how to preach hiA word ; and I was a fe-
male, and they would call me a woman preacher, 
and I did not know how to preach. My Father 
said, "I'll show you how, I'll teach you, I'll go 
and stand by you ; you'll call out and reach some 
that others more competent cannot do." I made 
the promise to God ; a bright star appeared in the 
heavens among the clouds, and through that star I 
looked to the leading star, Jesus, believing there 
was one bright star to guide me on. I gave a shout, 
glory ! with my promise, and God's everlasting arm 
was thrown around me as be raised me up from the 
pit of sorrow and trial I was then in ; aid the an-
gels of God were a witness to my tears of joy, and 
my shouts of praise. 0 glory to God ! 0 glory to 
his blessed name, for the witness of the sph it I then 
receiVed,that I was his unworthy child. I have 
obeyed, and doors are opened. I have obeyed, and 
people listen. I have obeyed, and God is with me. 
I have obeyed, and sinners. weep and tremble. I 
have obeyed, and some have been converted to God. 
I have obeyed, and the backslider has been reclaimed, 
and my brethren and sisters have been comforted. 
I have obeyed, and God has taught me as man never 
did ; to his name be all the glory. And now let 
all the lovers of Jesus, and the whole church of 
God say, Amen and amen. God bless you all, and 
pray for me. 
By the grace of God I'll meet you there; 
And in God's kingdom claim a share, 
When on that peaceful happy shore, 
We'll shout and sing forever more. 
Selections for the Advent Herald.* 
It is astonishing how composedly Christian men 
will. look when the inspired writers are wrested and 
travestied, so as to be compelled to mean the very 
opposite of what they really said. The friend of 
an ordinary author would loudly complain of such 
misrepresentation.; but when it is only an Evangel- 
ist, or an Apostle of the Lord of both that is trifled 
with, the matter may be left. Private judgment 
must not be interfered with. No ; certainly not. 
God has.given us that right, and we prize the boon 
too highly to let it fall from our hands; but the 
right of private judgment does not mean the right 
of private folly, or private absurdity. But this va-
gary—for we cannot call it interpretation—is per-
fectly in keeping with the notion that finds in all the 
passages where our Lord speaks of coming back to 
this world, only an assurance that we shall go to 
him at death. When he says that he will come, he 
of course means quite the opposite ; namely, that 
he will send for us. When he says, "I will come 
to you," his meaning is, "You shall come to me." 
It is melancholy to reflect on the amount of error 
that has thus been promulgated in the name of 
Jesus and his illustrious prophets and apostles. 
The ho/y oracles hare been made snore enigmatical 
than those of ancient Greece ; and the true sayings 
of God have been reduced to inexplicable riddles by 
the perverse ingenuity of professed expositors. The 
verities of heaven have been removed from the stat-
ute roll to make room for the whims of a reinless 
imagination. The plainest hook in human language 
has been turned into a mountain of mystery by the 
capricious annotations of scholastic theorists. The 
light of heaven has been compelled to reach us 
throngh the colored media of theological artists, in-
stead of falling upon our understandings in its own 
native brilliants. Hence we have been perplexed 
and bewildered, instead of walking erect with cheer-
fulness in our eye, and a song upon our lips. The 
food of heaven, which should sustain us, and the 
water of life, which was intended to refresh us in 
our journey, have been presented in vessels of such 
*From "THE HAPPY YEARS AT HAND: or, the Outlines 
of the Coming Theocracy. By William Leask, D. D. Lon-
don: Ward 3c Co., 27 Paternoster Row. 1861." We cor-
dially recommend this work to all readers of prophecy, as 
one of the ablest and best, and second only to Dr. Seiss's 
Last Times," which we consider the most able work on 
prophecy in this or any other country. A. P. J. 
A. B. 
construction that we cannot get enough, and are 
consequently compelled to cry out, "Alas ! our 
leanness ! our leanness!" The Sun of Life has 
been shorn of his beams, and we plod along with 
miserable lanterns in our trembling hands, which 
any passing breeze may extinguish. In proportion 
to our convictions of the necessity of faith, is the 
depth of our perplexity what to believe. The fine 
old prophetic formula, "Thus saith the Lord," with 
its positive certainty and Divine grandeur, has been 
exchanged for the shrill cry of "Thus with the 
sect," with its palpable uncertainties and human 
littleness. The sure word of prophecy was sent 
down from heaven with the sacred injunction, 
"Take heed to it ;" but instead of walking in its 
serene light, the multitude are either climbing the 
mountains of vain speculation, or exhuming the dust 
of the Fathers in search of ecclesiastical relics. And 
when an earnest man here and there throws himself 
in the breach, and cries to the wanderers to reas-
semble around the Son of God, and to take the Lord 
at his word, in unquestioning faith and childlike 
simplicity, leaving it to him to conquer all difficul-
ties and to realize his own magnificent purposes in 
his perfectly wise manner, men stare, and say with 
the sons of Jacob, "Behold this dreamer cometh !" 
He also has resolved at all risks that his faith shall 
not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power 
of God, will act wisely to lay his account with side 
glances, instead of the direct look of open confidence 
which greeted him in the day when he walked with 
the multitude. If he says that all sects are too nar-
row to hold him, and that the Bible alone is the 
platform of his theology, he may expect for a while 
to work single handed ; but let him take courage, 
for the cause is that of God and humanity, of truth 
and eternity, and though he fall in the struggle, he 
shall not have struggled in vain. The rectification 
of one error is a great thing ; the redemption of one 
forgotten truth from beneath the pile of human tra-
dition is a greater still ; and the successful appeal to 
men to rally around Christ, the Saviour-King, is the 
greatest of all. May this loftiest of honors wreathe 
the brow of every man who is holding out the Bible 
to poor wandering humanity, and crying, Lo!! it is 
the proclamation of God that he intends setting up 
a glorious kingdom upon this long distracted and 
bleeding planet. 
Happily the number of such men is rapidly on 
the increase. Great and long forgotten truths are 
beginning to reappear. Thoughtful men had been 
for years ill at ease. Results of efforts to evangelize 
the world have been sadly out of proportion to the 
efforts themselves. 
Phonography. 
Phonography means writing by sound. It is the 
invention of Isaac Pitman of Bath, Eng., and has 
been in use about thirty years. Benn Pitman, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, (brother of the inventor,) is a 
publisher of phonographic and phonetic works in 
this country, and has done much for the dessemi-
nation of the art in America. Phonography is 
composed of conventional characters, variable by 
rule, and completely supplanting our alphabet. 
The Hebrew and Chinese are examples of phonetic 
languages, oftenest seen in this country. Next to 
telegraphy, phonography is the most wonderful in 
vention of this age. The fastest writer in long 
hand can only record forty words in a minute ; a 
good phonographer can report two hundred—just 
five times as many. It is the only way in which 
rapid discourses and fluent orations can be recorded 
verbatim. It is by this wonderful art that we get 
all that is said in Parliament or Congress. Pit-
man's characters are not so even and beautiful to 
look at as Morse's dot-line space reading, yet they 
are, equally wonderful as an invention, and as indis-
pensible in their utility. Phonetic printing, or 
printing by sound, does not seem to take in Amer-
ica, though it has been adopted in the common 
schools of Massachusetts and California. The Bible 
has been printed in it in England. 
TILE FRENCH ARMY.—By the last report, the total 
land forces of France amount to 400,000 of all ranks, 
with 85,705 horses, and 5657 enfans de troupe, in-
dependently of troops in French colonies (besides 
Algeria,) whose' numbers are not given, but whose 
cost is charged to the Navy and Colonial Budget, 
and of 2894 men, 663 horses, in the Garde de Paris. 
The army is distributed-334,310 men, with 69,-
809 men, with 15,896 horses in Paris, and 65,690 
men with 15,896 horses in Algeria—namely, in 
France ; Staff, 4184 ; Cent Gardes, 221 ; Imperial 
Guard, including all arms, 29,896 ; Gendarmerie, 
20,042 ; Infantry, 190,669 ; Cavalry, 45,809 ; Ar-
tillery, 30,831 ; Engineers, 4249 ; Train, 2348 ; 
Veterans, 648 ; and Administrative Services, 6147. 
In Algeria : Staff, 423 ; Infantry, 40,762 ; Caval-
ry, 9996 ; Artillery, 4057 ; Engineers, 1826 ; Train, 
2374 ; and Administrative Services, 2589. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
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THE ADV EN T HERALD 
29S 
Giving a Cup of Cold Water. 
There is a pleasant story told of a man living on 
the borders of an African desert, who carried daily 
a pitcher of cold water to the dusty thoroughfare, 
and left it for any thirsty travellers who might pass 
that way. And our Saviour said, "Whosoever 
shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a 
cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, 
verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his 
reward." But cups of cold water are not given in 
African deserts alone. A spiritual Sahara spreads 
over the whole earth, and to its fainting travellers 
many a ready hand holds forth the grateful "cup." 
A lady, whose home looks out upon a beautiful 
common, called to ask me if I would tell her of 
some poor and sick persons to whom she could be 
Of service in furnishing good books. The names of 
two were given ; and the Testament, in large type, 
which shortly found its way to the old man's abode, 
also the green tea and white sugar—rare luxuries—
for the feeble woman in the cellar kitchen, and the 
dollar bill, slipped into her hand at parting—were 
they not "cups of cold water ?" 
A poor Scotch comb-maker's wife, whose gener-
ous heart is larger than her purse, gave me fifteen 
combs, asking, in a half doubting way, if I thought 
some poor children, who had none, would not like 
them. And so fifteen young hearts were made glad. 
By what? Surely by "cups of cold water" in no 
wise to lose their reward. 
Several young misses met in our pastor's parlor, 
in the early part of the season, to sew for poor chil-
dren. From time to time they have come together, 
plying busy fingers with happy hearts. And we 
have sixty-two garments as a result. Sixty-two 
"cups of cold water !" How the heavenly inventory 
runs up ! 
A pious German woman, herself an invalid, heard 
that her neighbor in the yard below was yet more 
'feeble. The bottle of wine, provided for her at the 
doctor's suggestion, would surely do that neighbor 
good. And so, nimble little feet are soon at the 
widow's door, a bright face looks in, and with a 
"Mother sent you this," the little flask stands upon 
the table. Wine to the sick woman it may be ; 
but the divine chemistry, which years ago changed 
water into wine, can show this also to be a "cup of 
cold water !" • 
Late one Saturday evening, a pious widow, in 
humble circumstances, who had not walked, save 
from one chamber to another, sent me a loaf of 
bread, with the message : "The Lord sent it to me 
fur some poor woman." The lateness of the hour, 
and our Lord's saying, that it was lawful to do 
good on the Sabbath day, determined me to leave it 
until the m Hling, when I took it where I thought 
it would be welcome. "The Lord has sent you a 
loaf of bread, Mrs. S.," I remarked as I went in. 
Lifting up her hands toward heaven, her eyes filling 
with tears, she exclaimed, "The Lord be praised." 
Then pointing to the neatly-spread table, with its 
Scanty breakfast, she said, "There is all we had for 
to day." Was it s.range that the ringing of the 
church bells made glad music in my ear that morn-
ing ? And may we not believe notes of joy were 
heard above, as the heavenly chronicler noted down, 
in that wondrous book, another "cup of cold water 
in tl e name of a disciple ?" 
And so streams of refreshing flow through the 
parched desert. So to fainting lips is pressed, by 
loving hands, the overflowing "cup."—Life of Su-
san M. Underwood. 
MEMORIAL OF GETTYSBURG.—The trunks of two 
trees have been sent from the battle-field of Gettys-
burg, one for the Pennsylvania Historical Society, 
.the other for the Historical Society of Massachu-
setts. The trees were growing in a part of the field 
where the fiercest encounter took place, as shown by 
the fact that one of them has two hundred and fifty 
bullet holes in the trunk within the space of twenty-
one feet ; the other one hundred and ten bullets in 
about the same space. The trunks are not more 
than twelve or thirteen inches in diameter. Both 
th trees stood on an eminence near the entrance to 
the cemetery. 
DRUNKENNESS IN ENGLAND.—In the year ending 
Michaelmas last 94,908 persons, 260 a day. were 
proceeded against before justices in England for 
drunkenness, or for being drunk and disorderly, 
and 63,265 of them were convicted. The returns 
show a great increase over the previous year, for 
only 82,196 were then charged with drunkenness, 
and only 54,123 convicted. Of the persons thus 
charged in the last year 22,560 were females. Cor-
oners' inquests in the year 1862 found 241 verdicts 
of deaths from excessive drinking ; 145 men and 66 
women thus ended their days. 
In the Austrian Parliament the members vote by 
te'egaph. Each deputy has before him, at his 
desk, a pair of black and white knobs, and his vote 
is given affirmatively or negatively by pressing one 
of thefts 
NAPOLEON AND MEX/C0.—Pariti letters say it has 
been discovered that the silver keys of the City of 
Mexico, which were received some time ago by the 
Emperor Napoleon, were manufactured some eigh-
teen months ago in Paris, after a pattern submitted 
to the Emperor and Empress for their approval, 
and that they were sent to Gen. Furey, who receiv-
ed them from the Mexicans, to whom they were 
lent, and then duly returned them to the Emperor 
at Vichy. They are now in a military museum, 
with the Mexican guns presented to the Prince 
Imperial, are and said to bear no marks of antiquity. 
It is hinted that- the guns also were manufactured 
in Paris after patterns approved by the Emperor. 
OBITUARY. 
Ralph Merry. 
In Magog, C. E., July 30th, Ralph Merry, in the 
78th year of his age. 
The deceased was born in Providence, R. L, July 
1, 1786, and lived there till he was six years old, 
when his father moved with his family to St. Johns-
bury, Vt., where they resided about seven years, 
and then moved to Canada East, and settled id that 
part of Bolton now called M agog. When about 
eighteen years old he injured his stomach while pil 
ing logs, from which difficulty he never entirely re-
covered. This affliction led him to think more seri-
ously than lie had before of the necessity of a prep-
aration to meet God ; and so frequently did lie re-
sort to a particular spot in the woods for prayer, 
that a beaten path was formed to the Bethel which 
he had chosen. But while he often prayed, and had 
deep conviction of sin, it was not till five years later 
that he discovered so clearly the way of salvation as 
to be able to cast himself unreservedly on the Re-
deemer's merits, and to enter into that peace which 
passeth understanding. This relief to the heavily-
laden soul was given in the autumn of 1809, and 
about the first of December of that year his confine-
ment to the bed began, which lasted four years and 
eight months. The greatest cause of his confine-
ment was weakness in the back, and at times his 
sufferings were intense—but God did not forsake 
him. 
On the 12th of July, 1817, while visiting More-
town, Vt., on business, he was baptized with six 
others, by Elder Steel, and, like the eunuch, "went 
on his way rejoicing." His faith in the promises 
of God was very strong. He seemed ever desirous 
of doing his duty as a witness for Jesus ; and, 
though somewhat eccentric, the general tenor of his 
life proved that he had "the power" of godliness, 
as well as "the form." 
Being interested in the doctrine of the speedy com-
ing and kingdom of Messiah, he united with the 
church of Adventists in Magog, of which he re-
mained a consistent member till his decease. There 
was a large attendance at his funeral, when a ser-
mon was preached by the writer from Eccles. II. : 3. 
"And if the tree fall toward the south, or toward 
the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there 
it shall be." Asa tree falls in the direction it leans, 
we concluded that our departed brother had not 
fallen into perdition,—he having leaned for more 
than half a century towards God and glory. 
J. M. ORROCR. 
Mrs. Lydia Parker, 
Bro. Ltleh—I send you the enclosed obituary of 
our respected sister, Lydia Parker, taken from the 
New Hampshire Patriot. 
At the residence of her son, Hon. Levi Parker, 
in Lisbon, (Sugar Ilill,) Aug. 31, Mrs, Lydia 
Parker, aged 93 years and 4 months, the oldest per-
son in town. Mrs. P. was the daughter of the late 
Capt. Rufus Whipple of Richmond, N. H., who 
was a member of the Convention which framed the 
Constitution of this State, and was distinguished 
for his enterprise and integrity of character. She 
was the mother of ten children, (four of whom, only, 
all sons are now living,) and reckoned among her 
surviving descendents, thirty-two grand-children, 
and three of the fifth generation. With her hus-
band she came to Lisbon in 1796, among the first 
settlers of the place, occupying for many years an 
humble house of logs, without glass, and like her 
compeers in the early settlement of New Hampshire, 
enduring the privations and necessities of a life in 
the wilderness with cheerfulness and fortitude. 
She has lived to see her descendants scattered over 
New England, occupying positions of honor and 
trust at home and abroad. 
Sister Parker was one of our faithful members 
in the church. She truly loved the appearing of 
Christ, and has finished her course and kept the 
faith. She rests in glorious hope of meeting all the 
faithful on the other shore. Although deprived of 
her speech for several months before her death, she 
evidently retained to a good degree her reason, and 
manifested unmistakably her love to all the chil-
dren of God. She was a great favorite with the 
young, as her naturally lively turn of mind endeared 
her to the rising generation, who all around her 
feel her loss. 
J. H. SIIIPXAN. 
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THE ADVEN T HERALD. 
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. 
"FRED MT LAMBS."--John21:15. 
BOSTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1863. 
Children's raper ! 
What say our friends to having a paper 
for the little folks? Will they give us a 
hundred dollars as an outfit for the paper, 
and 1500 subscribers, at the rate of five 
papers for a dollar, or 25 cents for a single 
copy? if so. let us know. We will give 
them a monthly; and when they raise the 
list to 2000, we will give them two a 
month. 
The Doers Waking Up, 
Dear Treasurer —W e were very much 
pleased with your proposition to print a 
paper for the children ; and in order to 
start the thing, we will pay $25 of the 
bonus you ask to start with, and will take 
25 copies of your paper which we think 
we can soon make 100 in this section. 
Yours, 
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE DO SOCIETY 
IN WATERBURY, VT. 
Obituary, 
FRANKLIN, August 29, 1863. 
Dear Brother Liteh—I write to inform 
you of the death of a member of your Do 
Society. Dear little Abbie Eliza, daughter 
of Hiram and Sylvia H. Fellows, died 
Aug. 26th, of scarlet fever, after an illness 
of one week, aged two years and twenty-
five days. She was a lovely and affec-
tionate child, and her mother's all. 
ABBY C. OBER. 
Good manners, 
Good manners can he cultivated : and 
dear children, you do not know how easi-
ly they will grow, even on pretty rough soil, 
if only cultivated carefully. But the soil 
must be right--or the growth will not be 
enduring. 
Love your neighbor as yourself, and do 
not even let a harsh or ungentle word be 
spoken or even thought. 
1 know a great many children, I am 
sorry to say, who are always pushing 
themselves forward, and seem to have no 
deference or respect for older and better 
persons. 
I was very much struck with this one 
afternoon, at a lecture I attended, Many 
ladies were present, when I entered, and 
some children besides. Among others, I 
noticed two little girls, who sat by the stove 
warming themselves, and chatting away 
as little girls love to do. By and by, as 
the people were coming in pretty fast, one 
of the little girls said,— 
"Come, Cora, let us go ahead and get 
those good seats over there before the old 
folks get them." I never saw such a look 
of blank surprise as on Cora's face, and 
she said— 
" No Jenny, I think we had better wait 
until all the ladies have chosen their seats. 
It would not be right for us to push in ; 
the lecture is not for little girls—it is more 
for older people." 
I thought, I will remember that little 
girl, and see if she carries out what she 
has said here. She remained by the stove 
until the lecturer appeared, and then she 
quietly took a vacant seat in a retired 
place, and kept very still. Since then, I 
have become acquainted with that little 
girl. I wanted to know her, though she 
had no idea that I heard the conversation ; 
and I never have heard a harsh, or un-
gentle, or impolite word come from her 
lips. Ah, thought I, it is from the heart 
proceeds all this courteousness and gentle-
ness. 
I wish I could speak as pleasantly of 
the other young lady. Her rough and im- 
pertinent manner grows upon her as she 
increases in years. I scarcely ever see her 
that something a little uncourteous is not 
spoken. One day I heard her speak dis-
respectfully, nay, most unkindly, to her 
old grandmother, who is so kind and pa-
tient with her. One of her aunts was upon 
a visit to her house, and she spoke to her 
in such a pert way, that I thought if she 
had been my little niece I should have, sent 
her from the room. I have often noticed 
this same child come into a room where 
older persons were present, and never 
speak to them or look at them at all. Ah, 
thought I, little Jenny, the heart is not 
right. You cannot be a Christian child. 
May God give her grace to overcome 
this harsh manner, and this corrupt and 
evil nature, and make her kind, courteous, 
tender-hearted, and forgiving.—Letter in 
the Well Spring. 
Turn the Carpet : or the Two Weavers. 
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN DICK AND JOHN. 
As at their work two Weavers sat, 
Beguiling time with friendly chat, 
They touched upon the price of meat, 
So high a Weaver scarce could eat. 
What with my brats and sickly wife, 
Quoth Dick, I'm almost tired of life ; 
So hard my work, so poor my fare, 
It's more than mortal man can bear. 
How glorious is the rich man's state ! 
His house so fine ! his wealth so great ! 
Heaven is unjust, you must agree ; 
Why all to him? why none to me? 
In spite of what the Scripture teaches, 
In spite of all the parson preaches, 
This world—indeed, I've thought so long—
Is ruled, methinks, extremely wrong. 
Where'er I look, where'er I range, 
'Tis all confused, and hard, and strange : 
The good are troubled and oppressed, 
And all the wicked are the blessed. 
Quoth John, our ignorance is the cause 
Why thus we blame our Maker's laws ; 
Part of His ways alone we know, 
'Tis all that a man can see below. 
See'st thou that carpet not half done, 
Which thou, dear Dick, hast well begun ? 
Behold the wild confusion there ! 
So rude the mass it makes one stare. 
A stranger, ignorant of the trade, 
Would say no meaning's there conveyed. 
For where's the middle? where's the border? 
Thy carpet now is all disorder. 
Quoth Dick, my work is yet in bits, 
But still in every part it fits ; 
Besides, you reason like a lout—
Why, man, my carpet's inside out. 
Says John, thou say'st the thing I mean, 
And now 1 hope to cure thy spleen ; 
This world, which clouds thy soul with doubt, 
Is like a carpet inside out. 
As when we view these shreds and ends, 
We know not what the whole intends; 
So when on earth things look but odd, 
They're working still some scheme of God. 
No plan, no pattern can we trace, 
All wants proportion. truth, and grace ; 
The motley mixture we deride, 
Nor see the beauteous upper side. 
But when we reach the world of light, 
And view these works of God aright—
Then shall we see the whole design, 
And own the workman is divine. 
What now seem random strokes, will there 
All order and design appear ; 
Then shall we praise what here we've spurned—
For then the carpet shall be turned. 
Thou art right, quoth Dick, no more grumble, 
That this sad world seems such a jumble ; 
My impious doubts are put to flight, 
For my own carpet sets me right. 
If you would relish your food, labor for 
it ; if you would enjoy your raiment, pay 
for it before you wear it ; if you would 
sleep soundly take a clear conscience to 
bed with you. 
Do You Love the Bible. 
The question is not, do you love to hear 
or read an interesting story ? or do you 
love a pretty story book 7 but do you love 
the best of all story books the Bible? The 
Bible a story book, do you ask 7 Yes, it 
is indeed ; some of the best stories are to 
be found in the Bible; and, what is better 
than all, they are all true. This cannot 
be said of other books ; parts of the stories 
may be true, but the rest is not true. 
Need you be reminded of some of the 
many true stories or histories to be found 
in the Bible ? There is that wonderful 
account of Jacob's dream at Bethel, and 
his dream when he saw the ladder whose 
top reached to heaven. Joseph and his 
brethren is another deeply interesting ac-
count of God's kind and watchful care over 
those who put their trust in Him. Then 
we may read about Moses ; his birth, and 
how lie was kept from being drowned ; his 
adoption by the king's daughter ; his inter-
view with God at the burning bush ; and 
his appointment as the leader of the Jews. 
Then there is the journey of the Jews 
through the wilderness, led by the pillar of 
cloud and fire ; the parting of the Red Sea, 
and their passage through the other side ; 
with the many other events connected with 
this wonderful journey. 
Besides these are the histories of Samuel, 
David, Samson, and of the rest of the Old 
Testament worthies, all which are full of 
interest and instruction, which, if you have 
not already often prayerfully read, you 
would do well to do so at once. 
But best of all there is that "Sweet Story 
of Old"---the sayings and doings of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, which most 
of you must have read many times; and 
it is to be hoped some of you are never tired 
of doing so, but love to hear of the Babe of 
Bethlehem, and do so because you love him 
as your Saviour, in whom you are trusting 
for salvation. 
In the year 1802, the Rev. Thomas 
Charles, of Bala, was walking in one of 
the streets in that town, when he met a 
child who attended his ministry. He in-
quired if she could repeat the text from 
which he had preached on the preceding 
Sunday. Insteal of giving a prompt re-
ply,, as she had been accustomed to do, she 
remained silent. 
" Can you not tell me the text; my little 
girl ?" repeated Mr. Charles. 
The child wept, but was still silent. At 
length she said : 
The weather, sir, has been so bad that 
I could not get to read the Bible." 
This remark surprised the good man, 
and he exclaimed : 
" Could not get to read the Bible; how 
was that ?" 
The reason was soon ascertained : there 
was no copy to which she could gain ac-
cess, either at her own home or among her 
friends ; and she was accustomed to travel 
every week seven miles over the hills, to a 
place where she could obtain a Welsh Bi-
ble, to read the chapter from which the 
minister took his text; and during that 
week the cold and stormy weather had 
prevented her usual journey. Surely the 
word of the Lord was precious in those 
days to this Lamb of the Saviour's fold. 
What say you now ? Do you love the 
Bible like this little girl ? You are not 
compelled to go seven miles to find a copy, 
but have it in your own house; and can 
read it as often as you wish. -There were 
no cheap Bibles then, as the Bible Society 
was not formed ; but this event helped to 
form it, and very soon afterwards Bibles 
were to be found in almost every part of 
Wales. I do hope, dear children, that you 
will not only read but study, and pray over 
the Bible, so that you may become wise 
unto salvation. 
A Game for Little Folks, 
'The American Agrieultutist thus de-
scribes -a game that used to afford " ns 
children'' much mirth : One Of the party 
being provided with slate and pencil, calls 
on each of the others in turn to name some 
descriptive adjective, as good, pretty, ugly, 
long, short, &c. These are mitten in a 
column at the left of the slate. The writer 
then places his pencil opposite one of the 
words, and calls for the name of one of the 
party, which being given, is written next 
to the adjective, and then the names of the 
whole company are written in turn, each 
opposite the adjective which comes in the 
order of the list. The writer now com-
mences at some other part of the list, and 
each company names some locality, as " on 
the house," '' under the barn," " in the 
woods," &c., and these are added, one to 
each name. In the same manner some 
act is next written, to complete the sen-
tences, as " hauling saw-logs," "sleeping 
soundly," " shelling corn," &c. When all 
is completed, the sentences are read aloud. 
The ludicrous situations described will 
often-cause great merriment. Thus it may 
happen that " Sweet Susan was before the 
looking-glass, making faces ; " or that 
" Slow John was on the railroad, running 
a race with the engine ;" or that " Long 
John was hunting in the wash-tub." Of 
course, much fun will depend on keeping 
the sentences secret until all are read. 
" Mother I Do See Christ." 
Such was the language of a child six 
years of age, while in the agonies of death, 
after a long illness, during which he was 
incarnation of lovely resignation. It was 
his farewell to earth. Why not see Jesus, 
then ? Stophen beheld him while dying a 
martyr at Jerusalem. 'Thousands since 
his day have had the same open vision of 
the Redeemer. We think it is more com-
mon than the announcement of it. Saints 
do see him with a cohort of angels, it may 
be, waiting for his messenger Death to 
strike off the last fetter upon the ransomed 
spirit. 
Courage, then, disciple of Christ, while 
it is yours to say, " Come, Lord Jesus, 
come quickly !" But what will you do 
who now reject him, when no other friend 
cen smile amid the gloom of a darkening 
world 7— Tract Journal. 
VALUE OF EARLY RISING.—The difference 
between rising every morning at six and 
at eight, in the course of forty years, sup-
posing a man go to bed at the same time 
he otherwise would, amounts to 26,000 
hours, or 3 years, 121 days, and 16 hours, 
which will afford eight hours a day for ex-
actly ten years ; so that is the same as if 
ten years of life were added, in which we 
could command eight hours every day for 
the cultivation of our minds or the despatch 
of business. 
VicKsBuaG.—This " terraced city," as 
Mr. Fillmore called it, derives its name 
fiorn Mr. Newitt Vick, and was originally 
incorporated by an act of the Legislature 
of Mississippi, passed January 26, 1825. 
Its rapid growth' is attributable to the 
cotton trade, which is (or was) nearly 
300,000 bales per annum. 
HEROINE is perhaps as peculiar a word 
as any in the English language. The 
first two letters of the word are male—he, 
the three first female—her ; the four first 
a brave man ; and the whole word a brave 
woman. 
Enjoy your own life without comparing 
it with that of another.