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DARE TO1ISTAND ALONE. 
BY FRANCIS D. GAGE• 
Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true, 
And dare to stand alone ; 
Strive for the right xvhate'er ye do, 
Though helpers there be none. 
Nay, bend not to the swelling surge 
Of popular sneer and wrong ; 
'Twill hear thee on to ruin's verge, 
With current wild and strong. 
Stand for the Right!. Humanity 
Implores with groans and tears, 
Thine aid to break the festering links 
That bind tier toiling years. 
Stand for the Right! Tho' falsehood reign, 
And proud lies coldly sneer, 
A poisoned arrow cannot wound 
A conscience pure and clear. 
Stand for the Right!—and with clean hands 
Exalt the troth on high 
Thou'it find warm, sympathizing hearts 
Among the passers-by— 
Men who have seen, and thought, and felt,—
Yet could not boldly dare 
The battle's brunt, but by thy side 
Will ever danger share. 
'Stand for the Right !--proclaim it loud, 
Thou'lt dud an answering tone 
In hottest hearts, and thou no more 
Be doomed to stand alone! 
Genesis.- 
FROM THE LONDON "QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF PROPHECY." 
(Continuded from our last.) 
CHAP. III. 
V. 7—" And the eyes of them both were opened, 
and they knew that they were naked and they sewed 
fig-leaves together and made themselves aprons." 
Their eves Were opened ! They in that mo-
ment saw—things which they saw not and could 
not have seen before. They saw into a new 
region, but that region was a sad and dark one. 
Their eyes were opened, and they seemed as if 
suddenly placed before a mirror, for the first 
object that met their view was—THEMSELVES. 
And the first thing that struck and startled 
them about themselves, was their nakedness ! 
They were naked before, but nakedness had 
brought with it no sense of shame. But the 
moment they disobeyed, the consciousness of 
being unfit to be seen arose within them. For-
merly, all parts of their body were " comely ;" 
now certain parts became " uncomely." (1 
Cor. 12:23.) Just as certain animals were 
afterwards set aside as unclean, so were certain 
parts of man's body, that there might be about 
man the perpetual token and remembrance of 
sin. It would seem as if when Adam ate of 
the fruit, the grosser passions of his nature 
were let loose, and rose into mastery. All 
parts of his nature had hitherto been in equal 
and harmonious proportions ; now the flesh 
rose up, and sin revealed shame. As in the 
case of bodily disease the general virus which 
may be pervading the whole frame fastens or 
settles down upon some special part, so was it 
in the case of the moral poison which now shot 
through the whole man, in consequence of that 
fatal act of disobedience. 
A sense of shame either in regard to soul or 
body is not natural. 
It does not belong to the 
unfallen. It is the fruit of sin. The sinner's 
first feeling is, " I am not fit for God, or man, 
or angels, to look upon." Hence the essence 
of confession is, being ashamed of ourselves.—
We are made to feel two things—first, a sense 
of condemnation ; and secondly, a sense of 
shame; we are unfit to receive God's favor, and 
unfit to appear in his presence. Hence Job 
said, " I am vile ;" and hence Ezra said, " I 
am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to 
thee, my God." (9:6.) Hence also Jeremiah 
describes the stout-hearted Jews, " they were 
not all ashamed, neither could they blush." 
(6:15.) Hence Solomon's reference to the " im-
pudent face " of the strange woman (Prov. '7: 
13),and Jeremiah's description of Israel, "Thou 
hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be 
ashamed." (3:3.) It was the shame of our sin 
that Christ bore upon the cross ; and, therefore, 
it is said of Him that He " despised the shame." 
It was laid upon Him, and he shrunk not from 
it.. He felt it, yet He hid not his face from it. 
He was the well-beloved of the Father, yet He 
hung upon the tree as one unfit for God to look 
upon,—fit only to be cast out from his presence. 
He took our place of shame that we might be 
permitted to take his place of honor. In giving 
credit to God's record concerning Him we are 
identified with Him as our representative ; our 
shame passes over to Him, and his glory be-
comes ours for ever. 
It was this sense of shame that led Adam 
and Eve to have recourse to fig-leaves for a 
covering. Suddenly possessed with the awful 
thought that they were unfit to be seen, even 
by each other, they eagerly betook themselves 
to the first thing that lay within their reach, 
glad to get hold of anything which would hide 
them from each other's eyes, or prevent that 
strange feeling of shame which had thus arisen. 
It is to the eye that the sense of shame ap-
peals, and it is only in the light that its appeal 
can be made good. To prevent this appeal the 
sinner seeks the darkness, and hence it is that 
deeds of shame and deeds of darkness are the 
same in import. Hence it is also that our Lord 
speaks of men hating the light and loving the 
darkness because their deeds are evil. But 
whether it is to fig-leaves or to darkness that 
the sinner betakes himself, the feeling that leads 
to the act is the same. His object is to get 
where no eye can see him. He forgets the 
eye above, that can look through every human 
covering; and hence, as Adam tried his fig-
leaves, so he tries his good deeds, his prayers, 
and his repentance, forgetful that the eye of 
flame (Rev. 2:18)can look through them. The 
covering he needs is one which will hide from 
the eye that is Divine. He learns this when 
the Holy Spirit begins his work of conviction 
in him. For then it is as if God's eye of awful 
holiness were piercing through his coverings 
and flashing through the darkness in which he 
had wrapt himself. Then he learns that the 
covering he needs must be divine. It must be 
as divine as that eye which is looking into him 
from above. It must be something which will 
hide his shame even from the eye of God ; 
something that will do for him not merely in 
the darkness or the twilight, but under the bril-
liance of a cloudless noon. 
What is it but this same consciousness of 
shame that leads man to resort to ornaments ? 
These are intended by them to compensate for 
the shame or the deformity under which they 
are lying. They feel that shame belongs to 
them ; nay, confusion of face. They feel that 
they are not now "perfect in beauty," as once 
they were. Hence they resort to ornament in 
order to make up for this. They deck them-
selves with jewels that their deformity may be 
turned into beauty. But there is danger here 
—danger against which the apostle warns us, 
specially the female sex. (1 Pet. 3::1,4.) There 
is nothing indeed innately sinful in the gold, or 
the silver,or the gems which have been wrought 
by the skill of men into such forms of bright-
ness. But in our present state they do not suit 
us. They are unmeet for sinners. They speak 
of pride, and they also minister to pride. They 
are for the kingdom,. not for the desert. They 
are for the city of the glorified, not for the tent 
of the stranger. They will come in due time, 
and they will he brilliant enough to compensate 
for the shame of earth. But we cannot be 
trusted with them now. 
We add the following extract from a work 
already quoted, which helps to illustrate the 
whole passage over which we have gone : 
"Those who are so averse to admit the 
figurative language of Scripture, are puzzled 
extremely to account for the vehicle of Satan's 
first temptation—a serpent. Let such writers 
and readers as feel so disposed, amuse them-
selves with answering the cavils of critics, and 
the sneers of fools on this subject ; it shall be 
our province to attempt a plain and scriptural 
investigation of it. We have already stated 
that it appears the situation of Adam in Para-
dise corresponds with our situation now ; he 
lived by a commandment, as we do ; for this 
is his commandment, that we should believe on 
the name of the only-begotten Son of God,' 
who is the true tree of life. In like manner 
we observe, that there is nothing uncommon, 
nothing contrary to what is daily experienced 
in the first temptation ; otherwise Paul was 
wrong to say, 'But I fear, lest by any means, 
as the serpent beguiled Eve, through his sub-
tlety, so your minds should he corrupted from 
the simplicity that is in Christ.' (2 Cor. 11:3.) 
As the serpent is characteristic of guile, subtlety 
and deceit, so his form was assumed by Satan, 
as his character daily is by the tempter, cor-
rupting the truth of the Gospel. God had 
placed our first parents in Paradise, setting be-
fore them life from the tree of life, and death 
from the tree of knowledge. There are no 
proofs mentioned as adduced, simply the Divine 
Word, as to these trees. Satan, by the serpent, 
reasoned their minds out of the belief of the 
simple truth God had set before them. And 
he gradually persuaded them, not only that 
they should not die from eating the tree of 
knowledge, but that the brightest happiness, 
and most perfect attainments, would infallibly 
ensue. So is it at this hour—the Gospel sets 
the tree of life before us, as connected with 
present and future bliss—the tempter sets this 
world, and assures us that everything gratifying 
to man is to be found in it, while certain death 
is by no means the penalty. In every age and 
xration, Satan's temptation has had the same 
object—we had almost said the same language. 
Believing this father of liars, as we are all most 
prone to do—persuading herself that every 
gratification would follow—Eve ate and gave 
her husband, who partook in her transgression, 
and became subject to the same penalty. Their 
conduct under the impressions of guilt was the 
same as in all future ages: their eyes were 
opened ; they found themselves naked and ex-
posed to shame and everlasting disgrace; they 
therefore betook themselves to the only frail 
covering they could devise—fig-leaves."—Mor-
rison's Key to the Pentateuch. 
The Pastor's Joy and Crown. 
" For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of re-
joicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our 
Lord Jesus Christ at, his coming ? For ye are our 
glory and joy."-1 Thess. 2:19, 20. 
What, then, is the principle that sways the 
heart of a true minister of the Lord Jesus 
Christ ? It is disinterested love to the souls of 
his people. For what is our hope, or joy, or 
crown of rejoicing? Ye are our glory and joy. 
Apart from every thing personal to himself, he 
has an interest in the everlasting welfare of the 
flock, which subordinates all aims and efforts 
to itself. Their souls are the precious things, 
the pearls of great price which he covets.—
Each soul is to him a mine, the Kohinor, " the 
Mountain of Light,"—aye, a kingdom, a world. 
Never did a miser so value his hoarded treas-
ures; never did monarch so glory in his sceptre 
and crown. " Therefore, my brethren, dearly 
beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so 
stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. So, 
being affectionately desirous of you, we were 
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel 
of God only, but also our own souls, because ye 
were dear unto us." It was nothing strange 
that Ignatius should spend a considerable inter-
val before his martyrdom in praying for the 
peace and prosperity of the church, or that 
Polycarp, under similiar circumstances, should 
continue night and day doing the same. What 
was there unnatural, or that should be unusual, 
in Rutherford's exclamation, " My witness is 
above, that your heaven would be two heavens 
-- — 
to me, and the salvation of you all as two sal-
vations to me ?" 
But when does this apostolic aim find its con-
summation ? For what is our hope, or joy, or 
crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the 
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 
The end is not yet ; not yet, when the Sab• 
bath sun sinks beneath the horizon ; not yet, 
when the pastor and preacher finishes his course 
on earth. Are not even ye in the presence of 
our Lotd Jesus Christ at his coming ? 'The 
minister stands charged before God and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick 
and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom, 
to preach the word. To that future and stu-
pendous era, do all his aspirations look forward. 
" The Lord make you to increase and abound 
in love one toward another, and toward all men, 
even as we do toward you ; to the end he may 
stablish your hearts unblamable in holiness 
before God, even our Father, at the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints." In 
view of that, his appeals gather solemnity and 
earnestness : " Holding forth the word of life ; 
that 1 may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I 
have not run in vain, neither labored in vain 
And now, little children, abide in him, that 
when he shall appear, we may have confidence 
and not be ashamed before him at his coming." 
'That is the grand epoch when the issues of 
time, and of the whole dispensation of things 
in this world, will be made manifest. Every 
thing will want completeness and final adjust- 
ment, till then. Not till then, will believers 
have those glorious bodies in which their ran-
sorned souls are to reside through everlasting 
ages ; not till then, will the full and final retrib-
utive discriminations and allotments be made, 
and :he last, the infinitely sublime dispensation 
of eternity commence. To that period does 
the faithful minister look evermore forward.—
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of re-
joicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of 
our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? 
Still another question occurs : Why will the 
disinterested love of a Christian minister for 
the souls of his people have its consummation 
at the coming of Jesus Christ? Is it because 
the redeemed will then be publicly and finally 
sealed for everlasting blessedness ? because his 
responsibilities and their exposures will have 
ceased forever ? because they will be certainly 
and safely in heaven ? By no means. His 
aim looks farther and higher. Are even ye in 
the presence of Jesus Christ at his appearing? 
The pastor's love for them is his love to Christ 
reflected. It is Jesus Christ, who has called 
him to the ministry of reconciliation ; it is 
Christ, whose presence sustains him in the 
work ; it is in Christ's name and for Christ's 
sake, that he preaches and labors in behalf of 
the flock; his first, most immediate solicitude 
is, that Christ may be found in them ; his per-
severing effort is, that each of them may come 
unto the measure of the stature of a perfect man 
in Christ; but he knows that the blessed result 
cannot be made fully manifest, till Christ shall 
come to be glorified in his saints, and to be ad-
mired in all them that believe. There rests 
his heart, in the manifested glory of the Re-
deemer beaming from that brotherhood, whom 
the Redeemer himself will then present to him-
self, a glorious church, not having spot or 
wrinkle, or any such thing. For what is our 
hope, or crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye 
in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his 
coming ? 
And what a presentation morning will that 
be ! when a particular church, so far as formed 
and moulded chiefly by the ministrations of 
some one pastor, shall appear in the complete 
likeness of Jesus Christ, each a distinctive 
monument to redeeming and sanctifying grace! 
Then, with emotions which the celestial body 
alone can sustain, will that spiritual father 
cry out, " Behold I, and the children which 
God bath given me !" Then will his long 
cherished desires be satisfied, for he will see 
Christ perfectly and supremely glorified in 
them ; and the Saviour, too, beholding the com-
pleted results of the travail of his soul, will then 
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first be completely satisfied. It was Augustus 
Caesar's boast, that he found Rome of brick but 
left it marble. Yet what was that transforma-
tion to the change wrought in a community of 
believers, who, as lively stones, are built up a 
spiritual house ? Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God ? and that the sons and daugh-
ters of the Lord shall then be as corner stones, 
polished after the similitude of a palace ? 0, 
the rapture of that hour when old men, and the 
mothers in Israel, those taken away in the 
midst of their days, and youthful disciples, 
shall be found gathered there ; yes, and the 
little children in Christ's arms, all effulgent 
with the glory diffused by his person and spirit ! 
That will be the minister's jubilee. Each par-
ticular household of faith will be seer, as a bride 
adorned for her husband ; and if there be joy in 
the harvest home, joy over the lost piece of money 
when found, joy when one findeth great spoil, 
what will be the rapture of Christ's faithful am-
bassador then ? In St. Paul's cathedral may 
be seen the epitaph of its architect, ending, 
Cireunzspice,—" If thou seekest his monument, 
look round." The minister's monument is his 
beloved church, built by him, under God, upon 
the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, 
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner 
stone ; in whom all the building, fitly framed 
together, groweth unto a holy temple in the 
Lord. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown 
of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence 
of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For 
ye are our glory and joy. A. C. Thompson. 
was wholly opposed to the doctrine of the gos-
pel in relation to the forgiveness of sin, and was 
made subservient to worldly and selfish gains ; 
that the doctrine of purgatory, as taught and 
urged by the ecclesiastics, was a vain conceit 
and device ; that whatever supremacy belonged 
to the Pope, it was wholly unconnected with in-
fallibility, and that he could not forgive sin, &c. 
It is well known that Luther, when an Augus-
tinian monk, was led when in the monastery, 
by the reading of the New Testament, gradu-
ally to entertain those evangelical views which 
he afterwards so ably taught and vindicated. 
In subsequent years he read the writings of 
Gansevoort, and made this remark : that his 
enemies might, with some show of probability, 
have suggested that he had early read these 
writings, and drawn his doctrines and their 
illustrations from them ; but he could solemnly 
declare that it was only at a late period that he 
had perused them, and that then they proved 
sources of rejoicing, as they clearly unfolded 
and vindicated the doctrines he had been led to 
embrace ; and this tended to tile confirmation of 
his faith. 
Rudolph Agricola was a countryman and a 
contemporary of Gansevoort. He was born of 
respectable parents in moderate circumstances, 
at Baffelt, a village in the province of Gronin-
gen, in 1442, and he died at Heidelberg, in 
1485. He was educated under the same aus-
pices with Gansevoort, and for the greatest por-
tion of his active life was professor in the Uni-
versity of Heidelberg. He was pre-eminent in 
his day for his acquirements in Greek and Latin 
literature, and in several of the sciences. This 
is the concurrent testimony of the learned of 
that age : Erasmus most emphatically gives 
him this praise, and no one was better qualified 
than he to judge of comparative merit in profi-
ciency in classical and general literature. Agri-
cola was the first who cultivating the taste for 
and knowledge of Greek literature, appropriated 
it to the critical investigation and interpretation 
of the New Testament ; and in this respect he 
was the forerunner of Erasmus. He was also 
a good Hebrew scholar, though not so profoundly 
critical as in Greek. He labored to restore the 
knowledge of the pure doctrines of the Word of 
God, in the midst of the prevailing errors and 
corruptions. In these a harmony of views ex-
isted between him and Gansevoort, and they 
appear to have co-operated by correspondence, 
and occasionally by conference and public elu-
cidation and enforcement of the truths they to-
gether embraced. Both Gansevoort and Agri-
cola were highly respectable in the circle of 
literature : but Agricola excelled in classical 
and general literature, while Gansevoort was 
more eminent in theological investigations and 
discussions. When Luther arose and com-
menced his active opposition to the Pope and 
the Papal Church, translated the Scriptures innp 
the mother tongue, giving them free and ex-
tended circulation, arid preached and published 
the pure truths of the gospel with his character-
istic spirit of intrepidity, unwavering zeal, un-
tiring perseverance, and warm affection, the 
seed sown by the previous reformers was 
warmed into life, and bore luxuriant growth. 
Heidelberg, the capital of the Palatinate, be-
came early known as distinguished for the prev-
alence and diffusion of evangelical and Protest-
ant doctrines, and was the birth-place of the 
branch of the Protestant Church called the " Re-
formed," in distinction from the " Lutheran." 
In the contests of the Reformation with impe-
rial and Papal power, the Palatinate appears 
quite in prominence. In this vicinity, and so 
also in the north-eastern provinces of the Neth-
erlands, as Groningen, East Friesland, &c., the 
very fields where Gansevoort and Agricola la-
bored, the Reformation had early free course. 
Heidelberg came in close connection with the 
early history and onward course of the Re-
formed Church of Holland. During the almost 
exterminating oppression by Spanish and Papal 
power in the Netherlands, many of the profes-
sors of the Reformed faith sought refuge else-
where, as in England, some parts of Germany, 
&c. A considerable colony established them-
selves near Heidelberg, where they organized 
a church, whence afterwards some returned, 
who, educated at Heidelberg, proved burning 
and shining lights in the Church of Holland, 
while the University is indebted for her most 
gifted professors and leading reformers to that 
Church. It was during the existence of that 
colony that the Heidelberg Catechism was in-
troduced into the churches by the order of Fred-
erick, the Elector Palatine, in 1563. A trans-
lation of it by Vanderheyden, the minister of 
the colony referred to, was published simultane-
ously in that year with the German and Latin, 
and was almost immediately after adopted by 
the Synod of the Reformed Church of Holland, 
and introduced as an acknowledged formulary 
in her churches. A close sympathy and co-
operation between the Reformed Churches of 
Holland and Germany was thus formed, and 
continued to exist. This might be elucidated 
in .a number of particulars, for which space is 
not allowed. We only make a reference to the 
ecclesiastical action of the Reformed Church of 
Germany, and extracts from her best authors in 
reference to the adoption by the Synod of Dort 
of the canons on Doctrine. So also we may re-
fer to the first planting and extension of the 
German Reformed churches in Pennsylvania by 
the care, supervision, and support of the Classis 
of Amsterdam and the Synod of North Hol-
land. The peculiar and interesting character 
of this sympathy and co-operation might be 
shown from existing correspondence between the 
churches of Pennsylvania and the Classis of 
Amsterdam, which has not been published, and 
also the ecclesiastical records of the proceedings 
of both. 
Christian Intelligencer• 
The Sure Word of Prophecy. 
There never was a time when we were called 
upon to adhere more rigidly to the plenary in-
spiration of the Bible, and to the written word, 
as the only standard of truth, than the present. 
Whenever any one adopts a theory of inspire, 
tion, which allows him to subject the written 
word to his own reason, to determine what is 
inspired or what is not, he at once finds himself 
afloat, without rudder, compass, or anchor. 
Hence we find among such men, men of talents 
and learning running after everything new and 
strange, and embracing the wildest vagaries of 
enthusiasm and imposture. The pretended re-
velations of spirits are eagerly caught up and 
published, as veritable communications from the 
spirit world, and received as truthful descrip-
tions of things unseen. Arid we venture to say, 
there is nothing too absurd for the credulity of 
those who reject the " sure word of prophecy." 
But we are told that here are certain facts, 
attested by many witnesses, which cannot be 
explained or accounted for, unless we yield to 
the pretensions of mesmerism, of psychology, 
or the intercourse with spirits ; and that we are 
bound to examine these facts, in search of the 
truth. The Apostle Peter, however, appeals 
even from the vision which he saw upon the 
holy mount, to the " more sure word of pro-
phecy," whereunto he says we are bound to 
take heed, as unto a light which shineth in a 
dark place. This world is a dark place. The 
human heart is a dark place. And no spiritual 
light can shine upon either, except by the word 
and Spirit of God. We are especially cautioned 
against following after any ignis fituus that 
may arise to attract us away from the " old 
paths." " If any man shall say unto you, Lo 
here is Christ, or there, believe it not. For 
there shall arise false christs and false proph-
ets, and shall show great signs and wonders, 
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall 
deceive the very elect." We are not called 
upon to examine any such pretension, but to 
" believe it not." 
There is nothing more won-
derful in any of these things than have ap-
peared in the feats and tricks of jugglers and 
mountebanks, in all ages. When Moses 
wrought miracles before Pharaoh, " the imag-
clans did so with their enchantments." Moses 
and Aaron did not think it necessary for them 
to account for the magicians' rods being turned 
into serpents. * * * A miracle is wrought 
by the power of God for the attestation of truth, 
performed in such an open and public manner, 
in answer to a direct appeal to Him, as leaves 
no ground for collusion or imposition. And 
no instance is on record in the Scriptures of a 
miracle being performed, except for some object 
worthy of the Divine interposition ; while these 
wonders transpire for purposes and on occasions 
the most trifling and puerile. 
But we have another serious objection to 
having anything to do with these wonder-
workers. We are not at all sure they do not 
come under the denomination of the " witch-
craft," so pointedly, and with such fearful penal-
ties, forbidden to be practiced or consulted in 
the Scriptures. A witch, or a wizard, was a 
person who, either by pretence or imposture, 
or in reality, " called up the the spirits of the 
dead to converse with the living." (See Isa. 
8:19; 29 : 4.) Commentators are not agreed 
whether these persons really maintained inter-
course with spirits, or only pretended to such 
intercourse. If the pretensions of those who 
profess, in our day, to hold intercourse with 
spirits are real, they certainly fall under one 
horn of the dilemma ; and if they are false, 
then they fall under the other. It is immaterial 
which horn they take. The language of the 
prophet Isaiah applies with equal force, in either 
case : " And when they shall say unto you, 
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and 
unto wizards that peep and that mutter : should 
not a people seek unto their God ? for the liv-
ing to the dead ? To the law and to the testi-
mony : if they speak not according to this word, 
it is because there is no light in them." 
N. Y. Observer. 
Who is the Fanatic? 
Lord Chesterfield said, at the close of his 
life, " I have recently read Solomon with a 
kind of sympathetic feeling. I have been as 
wicked and as vain, though not as wise as he ; 
but now I am old enough to feel the truth of 
his reflection, • all in the world is vanity and 
vexation of spirit.'" Goethe, the distinguished 
German philosopher and poet, declared at the 
age of eighty-four, as the lights of time went 
out, and the great load-stars of eternity were 
beginning to oper, on his vision, that he had 
scarcely tasted twenty-four hours' solid happi-
ness in the whole course of that protracted 
career. Lord Byron, the great poet gifted be-
yond measure in genius, destitute more than 
many of grace, wrote his experience in his own 
beautiful but unhappy strain, when he said, 
upon the verge of the tomb :— 
" Though gay companions o'er the bowl 
Dispel a while the sense of ill ; 
Though pleasure fill the maddening soul, 
The heart—the heart is lonely still. 
" Ay, but to die, and go alas! 
Where all have gone, and all must go ; 
To he the nothing that I was 
Ere born to life and living woe ! 
" Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, 
Count o'er thy days from anguish free ; 
And know, whatever thou bast been, 
'Tis something better not to be. 
" Nay, for myself, so dark my fate, 
Through every turn of life bath been, , 
Man and the world so much I hate, 
I care riot when 1 quit the scene." 
The bitter sarcasm of the poet contrasts in-
deed with the glorious pman of the apostle, " I 
have fought a good fight, I am ready to be of-
fered up. There is reserved for me a crown of 
righteousness." Voltaire, the French atheist, 
pronounced the world to be full of wretches, 
and himself the most wretched of them all. 
Mirabeau, one of the same school, died—calling 
in his last moments for opium to deaden the 
terrible forebodings of coming woe. Paine died 
intoxicated and blaspheming. But Paul, of 
far different character, breaks forth, as he de-
parts, in the enthusiasm indicated in the text, 
" I have fought a good fight." 
Why should there be this contrast ? Was 
Paul a fanatic? He was the soberest of men. 
Was he a mere mystic dreamer? He was the 
most logical of reasoners. Was he a novice ? 
He had been in perils by land, in perils by sea, 
in perils amongst false brethren, arrested, tried, 
beaten, scourged, imprisoned ; and yet, at the 
close of all, conscious that he had a rock be-
neath him and a bright light above him, and a 
glorious hope before him, he breaks forth in 
these thrilling, almost inspiring, certainly in-
spiriting, accents, "I am now ready to be of-
fered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 
I have fought a good fight ; I have finished my 
course ; I have kept the faith ; henceforth there 
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, 
which God, the righteous Judge, shall give me 
at that day." I do indeed believe, that a sober 
and extensive comparison of the death-beds of 
those who have repudiated the gospel, with the 
dying moments of those who have accepted and 
rejoiced in it, would alone convince mankind 
that Christianity is true, and that infidelity, 
practical or theoretical, is a deception, a delu-
sion, mischievous in life, and miserable in 
death. 
Society as it Is. 
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." 
That the prevailing social organization is not 
the one best suited to secure the highest amount 
of happiness is apparent to all. Even in the 
best regulated communities, those of our own 
New England, which we are wont to place be-
fore the world as a model for all to follow, there 
is much, very much injustice. We refer par-
ticularly at this time to the social and domestic 
evils that are so prevalent, and increasing so 
rapidly, in our large towns and cities. 
We give below some extracts from New York 
journals, concerning the social condition of that 
city. The same remarks will apply, with equal 
force, to Boston. That this is a subject that 
deserves the attention of all, need not he argued ; 
and let us hope that the time will soon come 
when the public mind will be fully awakened 
to the importance of a due action in a matter of 
such great moment. 
We commence with an extract from the 
New York Christian inquirer : 
" In walking our stateliest streets, we are con 
stantly met" by youthful faces marked by fea-
tures of primitive suffering or shrewdness, 'or 
both, that haunt us for days, and start fearful 
convictions as to the probable condition of chil-
dren in quarters where vice and misery have 
their home. The undoubted facts of the case, 
whenever stated, strike us like the shock of an 
earthquake, and we can hardly feel any firm 
ground beneath our feet. More than one-fourth 
of the entire number committed to our city-
prison, and nearly one-half of all charged with 
petty offences against person and property, are 
under twenty-one years of age. According to 
the presentment of the Grand Jury this year, 
four-fifths of the complaints have been against 
minors, and full two-thirds of all the complaints 
Reformers Before the Reformation. 
No. II. 
WESEL GANSEVOORT—RUDOLPH AGRICOLA. 
In a recent article treating of the impulse 
given to popular education, and, to some extent, 
the avowal of evangelical doctrine, by the labors 
of Geert Groete and the association of the 
" Fratres Conzmunis Vita," in the fourteenth 
and fifteenth centuries, Wessel Gansevoort and 
Rudolph Agricola were referred to as proceed-
ing from one of their schools at Zwolle, and af-
terwards acting an important part in opposing 
the corruptions of Popery, and clearly stating 
the leading evangelical doctrines. They thus 
sowed seed which sprang up, and afterwards 
bore rich fruit at the time of the. Reformation. 
A very brief biographical sketch of them is here 
given. In the previous article, Gansevoort 
and Agricola were referred to by mistake as pu-
pils of the learned Alexander Hegius, as well as 
Erasmus. They were the contemporaries, and 
not pupils of Hegius, and were brought up un-
der the same auspices with him. 
\Vessel Gansevoort was born at Groningen, 
in Holland, in the year 1419. His original name 
was John Wessel Hermansrom, to which Ganse-
voort became attached, and he became generally 
known as Wessel Gansevoort. He is, however, 
frequently referred to as John Wesselius. It is 
well known that one of the early Dutch families 
settled at Albany was that of Gansevoort; and it 
is a little remarkable that the christian names of 
Wessel and Herman have been preserved in the 
family descent here. Losing his parents in 
childhood, he was brought up by a highly re-
spectable lady of Groningen, who sent him with 
her own son to the school at Zwolle, where he 
prosecuted for some time his literary studies. 
He afterwards went to Cologne, where a num-
ber of Greeks, banished from their own land, re-
sided, and were engaged in reviving the know-
ledge and study of classical literature ; where 
he applied himself to the careful study of the 
original text of the New Testament. He then 
spent some time at Heidelberg and Louvain, 
and for longer periods at Paris and Rome. In 
these different cities he sought to be useful by 
giving instruction in the different sciences, par-
ticularly in the Platonic philosophy, but above 
all in Christian theology. in this latter (theol-
ogy) he was frequently brought into contro-
versy with the ecclesiastics, who at the same 
time hated and admired him ; but in the result 
evangelical light was elicited, which spread 
around and was handed down to following gen-
erations. He finally settled down, at the age 
of fifty, in his native city of Groningen, where 
he spent the remainder of his life, and died in 
1489, at the age of seventy. Near to Gronin-
gen was the Abbey of Adeweid, where a cele-
brated school had been instituted, and in the di-
rection and government of which he exercised a 
controlling influence. He was a learned man 
in the various departments of science, but he 
particularly excelled his contemporaries in the-
ological knowledge. He taught that the Holy 
Scriptures were the only rule of faith, rejecting 
the traditions of the Church, the decrees of 
Councils, and the writings of the Fathers, as 
such. He taught that no one could be justified 
by the works of the law, and that the only 
ground of salvation was the righteousness of 
Christ, graciously imputed to us, and received 
by faith. He taught that the sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper was desecrated by the entirely 
perverted use of it in the mass ; that priestly 
absolution, in connection with the confessional, 
The Standards of Orthodxoy. 
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn, (in 
an article upon the subject,) makes the follow-
ing allusion to the standards of " orthodoxy :" 
" But what earthly motive can an American 
clergyman have to pretend to be Orthodox, if 
he is not so ? Do Orthodox sects treat each 
other with any such profitable tenderness as to 
make it a man's interest to dwell among them 
with feigned opinions ? In fact, the Orthodox 
sects are a vast compound threshing machine, 
flailing away at each other as if the chief end 
of man was to thresh his neighbors, 1 have 
never yet seen an acknowledged Orthodox man. 
Every body is Orthodox as compared with those 
below him ; and no body is Orthodox compared 
with those above him ; and Orthodox reputa-
tions, like country bank bills, circulate only in 
asnarrow circle, very near home. If one is 
Orthodox in Hartford, he is a heretic in New 
Haven ; if he is sound at New Haven, he is too 
loose for Andover; if he is up to the mark at 
Andover, he is ye' hopelessly below East Wind-
sor; if he climbs up the toilsome cliffs to the 
eyrie of East Windsor, it is only to bring him= 
self within the reach of the Princeton Ortho-
doxy ; and when yet climbing up, out of sight 
of all sublunary things, he sits down on these 
pinnacles of Old School Presbyterian Princeton 
Orthodoxy, and divides his time between Tu. 
refill and efforts at breathing on such thin-aired 
august heights, then, down comes the good old-
fashioned Scotch Presbyterian Orthodoxy, carry-
ing him away at one swoop, to be devoured in 
a yet higher eagle's nest. In fact, it is a very 
hard thing to be Orthodox. It is a thing of de-
grees ; it is a question of the scale ; and be-
ginning at zero, all the degrees above pelt all 
the degrees below. Now, if a preacher is 
heterodox he is but suspected, and shampooed; 
and flailed; and he gets that if he is Orthodox. 
So that, if a man's convictions do not keep hint 
among the Orthodox, he is a fool who stays. 
The company is no great things." 
Bunyan's One Book. 
A writer in a late foreign review upon the 
genius and writings of Bunyan, makes the fol-
lowing remarks upon the influence exerted upon 
that wonderful man by the study of the Scrip-
tures : 
" The Bible we have called Bunyan's one 
book; and his case corroborated the common 
notion,—beware of the man of one book ; of 
one who, by frequent perusals, has drunk so 
deeply into a book's spirit—has got so much 
into its thought and feeling—travels, in short, 
so easily and naturally in its track, that, without. 
any conscious imitation, his works become du-
plicates of the original. This is true of other 
books, but much more of the Bible. It is a 
Pactolus, and he who bathes in it -comes 
dipped in gold ; nay, it resembles that othe 
fabled stream which made the bather invulnera-
ble and immortal. Bunyan had read little else ; 
he had read it, too, in circumstances which burnt 
and branded its language upon his soul ; he 
had read it as its blessed words swam on his 
eyesight through tears ; he had read it amid 
the Slough of Despond—by the red lightnings 
of Sinai; and as he gazed upward from the 
Delectable Hills to the far-streaming glory of 
the city ; even in the Valley of the SIMow of 
Death he had continued to clasp while unable 
to see it; every chapter in it was a chapter in 
his history, and every verse touched and thrilled 
some chord in his heart. Like the poor man's 
lamb, " it lay in the bosom and was to him as 
a daughter." Many millions have loved the 
Bible, but we question if any one surpassed or 
equalled Bunyan in the depth and fervor of his 
love. Many have framed concordances and 
made entire transcriptions of it, but Bunyan's 
concordance was his memory, and it lay all 
transcribed, every word and syllable of it, in his 
heart." 
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Earth's Gloom; God's Glory. 
though it was late, there were still lights in ft, 
and as he came nearer, he heard loud voices 
and great confusion within. He hastened to 
the door, but it was fastened ; and without wait-
ing to knock, he ran to the window close hy, 
and looking in, saw the clergyman surrounded 
by four armed robbers. They had just tied his 
hands and feet, and were threatening to murder 
him if he would not tell where his money was 
to be found. The soldier instantly forced his 
way in, fired his gun at one of the robbers, and 
killed him on the spot. The others attacked 
the soldier, but he disabled one with his bayo-
net, and the other two were then seized with 
fear, and rushed out of the house, leaving the 
clergyman, as may be supposed, overpowered by 
astonishment and gratitude for his sudden de-
liverance. And then his still deeper and hap-
pier feelings may be imagined when he found 
that the poor man, whose life he had saved only 
a few hours before, had now been made the 
means of preserving his own. 
Episcopal Recorder. 
marts is found in the notorious and disgraceful 
fact, that there is no security for life and prop- 
erty in this city, except so far as one maybe 
able to defend himself. The insane, demoniac 
spirits of rum and rowdyism rule the city.—
The gangs of wretches who acknowledge no 
ruler but brute force, and no law but knives and 
gunpowder, are completely masters in some 
parts of the town ; and the magistracy and exec-
utive authority, down to the most insignificant 
station-house door-keeper, stand in fear and 
trembling before the ruffians, submit to their 
demands for money, liberate them from prison, 
hush tip complaints against them, and act just 
in such a manner as the villains dictate." 
The New York Courier and Enquirer re-
marks : 
" It is believed that there are fifty thousand 
females in this city who earn their subsistence 
by the work of their hands. A few are highly 
paid, and acquire a competence ; more are tolera-
bly paid, and live in comfort ; but multitudes 
are wretchedly paid, and drag out days and 
years of misery. The average of the wages 
of the whole fifty thousand, we suppose, is about 
three dollars a week ; but there is a vast num-
ber of them who are remunerated with a half, 
or even a third of this sum. They are the 
sewing women who labor for the scantiest pit-
tance, simply because they are unqualified for 
better work, and have no alternative. There 
are thousands of them in New York, hidden 
away in obscure streets and wretched attics,—
victims of crushing toil and destroying priva-
tion,—friendless, helpless, hopeless. Their 
hard lot has often been presented to the world, 
and never without exciting commiseration in 
benevolent hearts. But no mode of relief, of 
the least practical efficiency, has ever been ap-
plied. Attempts have sometimes been made to 
raise the rewards of their labor by artificially 
enhancing the price of their products. But the 
stern, irreparable, unalterable law of political 
economy, which makes price supremely depen-
dent upon relative supply and demand, has uni-
formly thwarted all such schemes." 
Prisoner's Friend. 
The following beautiful illustration of the 
world in its relations to Jehovah's government, 
was employed with great force in the pulpit, a 
few years since. 
" Who can look over the world and behold its 
selfishness and sorrow—its violence and delu• 
sion—its pains and death, without wishing it to 
be changed, of wondering how such darkness, 
madness, and disorder can add to the glory of 
God in the sight of angels and pure beings. 
We feel that they must mourn over a blemish 
on God's administration. We cannot tell how 
they regard us, still we can easily conceive that 
it does not injure but illustrate the glory of God. 
" After a summer shower has passed away, 
and through the transparent atmosphere the 
green mountains seemed to lean against the 
calm blue sky, you have seen a solitary cloud 
slowly lift itself above the hill-tops, and float 
along the radiant West. Bathed in the rich 
sunset, glittering like a white robe, how beauti-
ful, how resplendent ! Like a morning glory, 
it looked as if some angel's hand had rolled it 
away from the golden gate of heaven. You 
have watched it till your spirit longed to fly 
away and rest itself in its bright foldings. But 
were you in its midst, it would be a heavy bank 
of mist, damp and chill. Like the morning va-
por, it would cool the blood and ruffle the spir-
its, until you would pray for a straggling sun-
beam to pierce the cloud and disperse the dark-
ness. But seen in the distance and shone upon 
by the glowing sun, how glorious that passing 
cloud ! So this world, with its agitations and 
changes—its blasphemies and songs—its revel-
ries and violence—its light and darkness—its 
ecstacies and agonies—its life and death, so 
strangely blended, is indeed a gloomy dwelling-
place, whose cold air and frequent storms chill 
and weary us who walk in their embrace. Dim-
ming our spiritual vision, these scenes shut out 
the celestial radiance beyond, and we long for a 
ray of heavenly light. But seen by angels and 
shone upon by God's perfect government, and 
grand designs of love, it doubtless does appear 
as glorious to them as that evening cloud to us. 
The brightness of the throne is cast over us ; 
the glory of the Infinite One changes this tur-
bulent planet into a harmonious part of his vast 
plan." 
And often when I have seen families and in-
dividuals suddenly overwhelmed by calamity, 
and sitting dumb with grief, " under the shad-
ow of a great affliction," I have thought of the 
summer cloud. The mourners are wrapped in 
the folds of the storm ; but to Him who has 
said, "all things shall work together for good to 
them that love God,"—and to guardian angels 
who encamp about the righteous, the cloud is 
luminous with coming blessedness. For a pass-
ing moment only is " the bright side toward 
God." We shall yet thank the Lord evermore 
for the eclipse of our earthly joys, which cannot 
for crime acted on during the term have been 
against persons between the ages of fourteen 
and twenty-one. Out of 16,000 criminals 
committed to the tombs last year, over 4,000 
were under twenty-one ; and, of these, about 
800 were between nine and fifteen. Of 2,400 
thieves confined there, 1100 were under twenty-
one, and some 600 under fifteen. Mr. Matsell, 
the chief of police, who two years ago estimated 
the number of vagrant children at 1,000, re-
gards this as a low estimate for the present 
year. There are boys in this city who have 
no known home, and who live in the streets, 
and sleep in stables or carts, or under door-steps. 
Some have been found dead by disease or ex-
posure, and no parent or friend has appeared to 
claim their bodies." 
We present another from the New York 
Tribune : 
" Is our most Christian community aware of 
this ? A mighty multitude growing up among 
us of child-thieves, and of prostitutes, who are 
scarcely out of their leading-strings ; children, 
numbering by the thousands, who have no 
home, and 'sleep in stables or carts, or else-
where ;' who are without friends, except an oc-
casional employer, selling them, body and soul, 
for gain ; who were never in a school ; who do 
not know how to read ; who never heard of the 
Bible ; and whose life is steeped in disgusting 
crime and pollution. The writer of this has 
been engaged of late in visiting our city-prisons, 
and in giving his aid to those gentlemen who 
are laboring among this class of vagrantchildren, 
and he had no conception before of the fearful 
extent of this evil. 
" Ail this in our most Christian city of New 
York ! 
" During the last two years the writer of this 
has had a considerable opportunity of observing 
the degradation of Europe ; and to him it is 
sadly ominous of evil that our future society 
rests on such a basis of guilt and wretchedness. 
There is nothing in Europe worse than the 
black side of New York. The lanes of Liver-
pool, Westminster,and St. Giles ; the faubourgs 
of the Seine, and the suburbs of Vienna, do not, 
any of them, present au aspect of such un-
mingled poverty and unchecked vice as our low-
est wards. 
" And be it remembered with this fearful 
addition : our proletairiat, our outcasts and va-
grants, are our voters, our future citizens, al-
most our legislators. 
" But the saddest aspect to this is, that it 
should begin so with children. 
" Did any of your readers ever enter one of 
the vagrant schools now being started • in the 
city ? You would be surprised. There are no 
keener and shrewder faces often than those of 
the vagabond boys of a large city. But they 
are so old—the furrows of passion, the stamps 
of disease and want, where there should be the 
smooth bloom of childhood ; the eye, which 
should be brightened with boyish merriment, 
cunning, glassy, heavy; such endless capabili-
ties looking out from all the young faces,—and 
yet you are sure such a black history of crime 
and shame and want is before each ! 
" Look at this, Christian men ! Little girls 
like your girls, boys like your sons, growing. 
up in a pollution and wretchedness such as the 
mind sickens to contemplate ! We talk of la-
bor among heathen,' and give generously for 
it ; but there are no heathen like the boys of 
Five Points ; boys with the sharpness, the un-
tiring energy, of our American character, and 
with the tremendous passions and ungoverned 
vices of savages. There is no romance about 
labor among them ; no idea of tropical odors 
and oriental scenes ; no heroic self-denial 
watched by a nation. It is plain, dry, hard 
work ; the odors' are of rotten garbage and 
foul sewers ; the scenes, the dark, reeking noi-
some cellars of a great city ; the reward, to see 
a boy, made by God for the same destiny as 
our own children, put in the way of honest la-
bor, and rising into a consciousness of his man-
hood and his immortality. 
" It is easy to talk severely of resisting 
temptation,' and to pack these boys away to 
prisons and work-houses. Temptation ! For 
them it has been incessant and infinite to evil. 
An organization inclining to crime ; the lessons 
of childhood, debauchery, a-nd drunkenness ; 
home, a filthy cellar; curses and blows, hard 
talk and worse practice, want and filth, the in-
fluences working on the ripening mind and 
body; passions like the whirlwinds in the 
breast, and reason hardly acting.; no kind word ; 
no good influence ; a choke soon between bitter 
hunger and crime. These the vagrant's advan• 
woes for resisting temptation ' 
°Again the Tribune says : • 
" We understand that the demand for revolv. 
ers, bowie-knives, and other deadly weapons, 
has been rapidly on the increase for a few weeks 
past, until it has excited attention and remark 
from nearly all who observe the extensive busi= 
ness going on at shops where such things are 
sold. Since the close of the Mexican war, 
there has been no such demand for weapons in 
this city. The cause of this rush to the pistol 
fail to reveal the love and glory of the present 
Deity. 
N.Y. Observer. 
Inscriptions for Graves. 
One of the gloomiest tokens of the emptiness 
of all worldly gaiety, fashion, and power, is in 
the uniform tone of faithless despondency among 
the inscriptions of Pere la Chaise—itself a sad-
der monument than any in the field. French 
vivacity and genius have found no serene 
thoughts to chisel on the splendid marbles of 
rank and fame. But go from Paris to Rome ; 
read the epitaphs of those first Christians who 
worshipped and suffered martyrdom in the cata-
combs. They were cut by unlettered gravers, 
on rough rocks, with rude instruments, in sub-
terranean chambers, where converted sand•dig-
gers nursed the early Church, and where the in-
domitable confessors of Christ hid from the 
fierce cruelties of royal persecutors. Often they 
were scratched in haste and in the dark ; and 
the ill-spelt plebeian names show how God, as 
his economy so often is, chose the witnesses of 
his religion out of lowly places, and made the 
weak things of the world to confound the wis-
dom of the mighty. For they have confounded 
it. When the cross had triumphed over the 
Prwtorian Eagles, and the despised religion of 
Nazareth had gone up to sit on the throne of 
the Caesars, those humble grave-stones were 
lifted from the shadows of the catacombs into 
the light, and installed in honored niches among 
the pomps of the Vatican. There you may 
read, in impressive contrast with the formal 
flatteries and inflated threnodies of more artifi-
cial days, what phrases men who stood very 
near to the Master thought worthy to be stamped 
on the sepulchres of their friends. Simple as 
the Saviour's beatitudes. Brief, as if a life so 
sorely straitened by trial had no time for diffuse 
eulogies. Patient, as if they had lived long 
enough when they might go home to their God, 
or when they could shed their blood for Christ 
—words actually carved on the tomb of Marius, 
a young soldier, slain for his faith. No petu-
lant murmurs at their losses and separations ; 
'no arrogant suspicions of the Providential Mer-
cy; no vengeful anathemas on their murderers ; 
but such sweet, plain, sublime sentences as 
these, mostly from evangelists and apostles : 
" In peace ;" " In Christ ;" " At rest with 
God ;" " Maximius, friend of all men ;" " Gor-
gonius, enemy of none ;" " Our beautiful boy, 
Ireneus, borne away by angels ;" " My husband, 
faithful unto death ;" " A wi(e, fallen asleep in 
Jesus ;" " To Claudius, the well-deserving, who 
loved me ;" " Victorina sleeps ;" " Arethusa, 
in God ;" " Lannmeus, Christ's Martyr, rests 
here ;" " Petronia, a deacon's wife, the image 
of modesty. Spare your tears, and believe that 
it is forbidden to weep for one who lives for 
God." All speak of love and peace, victory and 
life eternal. 
Remarkable Providence. 
A few days before Christmas, in the year 
1840, a Russian clergyman was going home 
from a place at some distance from the village 
where he lived. Evening was coming on, and 
it was growing so bitterly cold that it was al-
most dangerous for any one to be out. He was 
wrapped in a fur cloak, and traveled in a sledge, 
which went fast over the hard, smooth snow. 
As he went along, he saw something lying on 
the ground, and stooped to see what it was. 
He found that it was a soldier, who seemed to 
have fallen down exhausted with the cold, and 
to all appearance was dead. The good clergy-
man, however, would not leave him on the road, 
but lifted him into the sledge, with his gun, 
which lay beside him, and drove as fast as he 
could to the next inn, which it took about half 
an hour to reach. He was not satisfied with 
leaving the poor soldier in the care of the peo-
ple there ; but, although he was very anxious to 
reach his home, he stayed for an hour, directing 
and helping them to do all that was possible in 
order to bring the man to conscious life again, 
in case he was not really dead. And at length 
their endeavors were successful, and his senses 
and the use of his limbs gradually returned. 
Then the clergyman set off homewards, having 
first rewarded the people of the inn, and also 
given them money to pay for a good meal for the 
poor man, before he should go forward on his 
journey. As soon as the man was refreshed, 
and felt able to go, he insisted upon doing so, 
although the people did all they could to per-
suade him not to venture out again that night. 
But he said that he was carrying letters 
which were important, and he must not delay 
any longer than was quite necessary. So, tak-
ing his gun, he proceeded on his way, which he 
found would very soon bring him to the village 
where the clergyman lived to whom he owed 
his life. He reached the place before long, and 
though it were now very late at night, he could 
not forbear going to the clergyman's house, that 
he might, if possible, see and thank him for 
what he had done. 
As he went up to the house, he saw that, 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
lie 'burnt ficralb•. 
"BEHOLD! THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!" 
BOSTON. SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1852. 
All readers of the HERALD are most earnestly besought to give 
it room in their prayers ; that by means of it God may be hon-
ored and his truth advanced; also, that it may he conducted in 
taitti and love, with sobriety of judgment and discernment of the 
truth, in nothing carried away into error, or hasty speech, or 
sharp, unbrotherly disputation. 
THE OFFENCE OF THE CROSS. 
" We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-hlock, 
and unto the Greeks foolishness. But unto them which are called, 
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of 
God."- I Cor. 1:23, 24. 
The word " stumbling-block" [Gr. crzay4Xoy] is 
the same as the word " offence," in the following : 
" If I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer 
persecution ? then is the offence of the cross ceased." 
Gal. 5:11. 
The preaching of the gospel, has ever been unpal-
atable to the unsanctified, and divers means have been 
devised to make it popular, and sought after by the 
people of the world. Many have endeavored to im-
prove upon the revelation which GOD has given,—to 
smooth its rough edges and round off its sharp cor-
ners ; but all that has been gained in popular favor 
by such means, has been at the expense of truth. 
Some in denying the atonement, others in teaching 
the salvation of all men, and others still in various 
ways, by adding to or taking from the word of GOD, 
have added to the Hombres of the nominal followers of 
CHRIST : But have the numbers of actual Christians 
been thereby multiplied ? No reflection is intended 
on the motives of those who have mutilated or adul-
terated Bible truths : they may have verily thought 
they were doing GOD'S service. The fact alone of die 
admixture of error, and the suppression of truth, un-
der various forms and circumstances, in all ages, will 
not be denied ; nor will it be claimed that thereby 
multitudes have been induced to call themselves by 
the name of CmusT, who otherwise would have 
either repudiated or neglected him. It is the fact 
alone with which we have to do : to his own Master, 
each one will stand or fall in this matter. But it may 
be safely affirmed that any who are won by its par-
tial presentation,—to whom the whole truth would 
have been unpalatable or revolting, and who would 
hate and despise any actual revealed doctrine it fairly 
and apostolicall y brought to their notice,—do not give 
such satisfactory evidence of actual conversion, as is 
furnished by those who study to know the mind of 
the Spirit, and yield ready assent to every well at-
tested doctrine. 
To preach acceptably to the unconverted, so as to 
gain popular favor, requires in one age a pandering 
to one form of error, and in another age to another. 
As men and circumstances change, so must the form 
of address be changed, to win applause. As their 
habits, and modes of thought are gratified, so will 
men the more readily fall in with whatever is not ob-
jectionable ; but to consent to mortify the flesh, so 
as to become assimilated to that which is irksome and 
Contrary to the natural man, requires the gift of the 
grace of GOD. Man can so sweeten up and disguise 
any obnoxious truth, that it may be nominally ac-
quiesced in : but Goo alone can change the heart, 
so that it shall cherish and love the doctrines of 
CHRIST. 
In the apostolic age, Christianity was an " of-
fence " to the Jew, only because it dispensed with 
the long observed Jewish ritual ; and the utter worth-
lessness of all Pagan sacrifices and philosophical at-
tainments, as a means of grace, as shown by the gos-
pel, made it " foolishness," to the refined and intel-
ligent Greek. Its opposition to heathen rites, was 
no offence to the Jew ; nor did the Greek regard it 
with any the less favor, because sacrifices thereby 
ceased to smoke on Jewish altars. The opposition 
of each, was elicited by the neglect it effected of long 
established and popular customs, practiced and loved 
by themselves. In all the journeys of the apostles, 
in all the places where they encountered the opposi-
tion of the multitude, in each separate instance, 
doubtless, the popular mind was moved by something 
peculiar to the given locality, as well as by those 
general questions which alike affected distant places. 
Had Joust the Baptist admitted to HERon, that he 
might innocently have the wife of his brother PHILIP, 
his head would probably never have been given to the 
daughter of HERootAs in a charger. (Matt. 14:3-10.) 
Had not PETER and the other apostles so plainly 
.taught the resurrection of the dead, they would not 
have so grieved the Sadducees. And had PAUL, fa-
vored the making of shrines for DIANA the wrath of 
tqe Ephesians would not have been exerted by the 
fear that their craft was in danger. (.1h. 19:27.) 
Because of the tenacity with which men cling to 
former opinions, teachers of religion are very much 
inclined, perhaps unconsciously, to soften the doc-
trines of the Bible, and to favor the forms of error 
which most affect them. In this way the Roman 
Church became corrupt. By its conforming to Pagan 
rites and forms of worship, they regarded Christi-
anity with less abhorrence, and the more readily sub-
stituted JEHOVAH for JUPITER in their theological be-
lief. But the corrupt Christianity which was the re-
sult of such accessions was more of a hinderance 
than a help to the evangelizing of the world. 
Among the Jewish converts, the tendency was to 
incorporate their former customs with the require-
ments of the gospel. PAUL circumcised TIMOTHY, 
" because of the Jews which were in " Derbe and 
Lystra ; so that his uncircumcised Grecian origin 
should not make him unacceptabe to them as a 
Christian teacher. (Acts 16:3.) In so doing, he 
did what he afterwards virtually reprobated, when 
false brethren sought to abridge their liberties by 
compelling Tyres, another Gteek, to be circumcised : 
" to whom " he says, '' we give place by subjection, 
no not for an hour."—Gal. 2:1-5. Even PETER 
" was to he blamed " for withdrawing and eating 
separately from the Gentile converts, with whom he 
had associated previous to being visited by some of 
the Jewish Christians,—" fearing them which were 
of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled 
likewise with him ; insomuch that BARNABAS was 
carried away with their dissimulation."—Gal. 2: 
11-13. This conformity of PETER and PAUL, to Jew-
ish prejudices, was subsequent to the great discussion 
at Jerusalem, where they were both present, and 
where the question of circumcision was unanimously 
decided against those who taught that " except ye 
be circumcised after the manlier of Mom ye cannot 
be saved."—Acts 15:1-29. If such apostles were 
so tempted to conform to what might be regarded as 
innocent customs to gain the favor of man, we need 
not wonder that less gifted religious teachers should 
have made so much greater and more questionable 
concessions to the prejudices of their hearers. 
The crucifixion of CHRIST, his atoning death, and 
justifying resurrection, was the great stone of stum-
bling and rock of offence to the natural Israel, and 
was a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; 
but not on that account did the apostles hesitate to 
preach clearly and distinctly that great fundamental 
doctrine :of Christianity. Had they done so, they 
might have avoided the " offence of the Cross," and 
raised up a body of Christians without a CHRIST for 
their SAVIOUR and intercessor. But their success, 
would have entangled them again in a yoke of bon-
dage. 
Some of the believing Galatians were so foolishly 
bewitched, that they thought to add to the require-
ments of the Spirit, the works of the law. This was 
the cause of PAUL'S epistle to them ; and in it he 
admonishes them that " if ye be circumcised, CHRIST 
shall profit you nothing ;" for " every man that is 
circumcised," thereby assumes an obligation " to do 
the whole law ;" and whoever seeks thus to be justi-
fied, is fallen from grace, and CHRIST becomes of no 
effect to him. (Gal. 5:1-4. The " persuasion " to 
conform to the abolished ordinance,—the observance 
or non observance of which forms no part of the 
Christian economy (v. 6)—he assures them " cometh 
not of Him that calleth you."—Ib. v. S. It was a 
suggestion of the Adversary, who by little and little, 
leads men away from the acknowledgment of the 
truth, as the whole lump is ultimately affected by the 
presence of a little leaven. (V. 9.) 
Had PAUL preached circumcision as an essential 
Christian rite, the Jews would have been more read-
ily gained ; they would have ceased to persecute 
him, and " the offence of the cross," would have 
" ceased " with them. Their prejudices were not 
complied with, and the great body of the nation 
stumbled at that stumbling stone. In later times, as 
before said, Christianity has received great acces-
sions in numbers, though riot in graces, by conform-
ing to the requirements of the world. One truth after 
another was corrupted ; one error after another was 
ingrafted to the faith once delivered to the saints ; 
and one heathen rite after another was added to the 
simple forms of Christian worship, until the Apostacy 
was fully developed, and the Man of Sin was seated 
in the temple of GOD. The history of the past, illus-
trates the extent to which a conformity to prejudice 
may lead men astray. We may learn from it the im-
portance of giving no place to suggestions of worldly 
prudence in matters of Christian doctrine. But have 
we no reason to fear that the consideration of popular 
favor, and of the loss of the good opinion of valued 
friends, even. note deters men from proclaiming the 
whole truth ? 
It is pleasant to see the smile of a friend on the 
face of each one we meet. Nor is the good opinion 
of the wise and good to be lightly esteemed. We 
are not, however, to hesitate in the path of duty, be- 
cause of the opinions of men. How can ye be- 
lieve; which receive honor one of another, and seek 
not the honor that cometh from Goo only?"—John 5: 
44. It requires no little resolution to act in opposition 
to the wisdom of our superiors in age, attainments, 
and particularly when they are supposed to be sustained 
by the accumulated wisdom of ages. And therefore 
a man is strongly tempted, when his convictions com-
pel him to maintain an unpopular view of truth, to 
make it as little objectionable as possible, by some 
propitiatory concession that shall save his reputation. 
We have often noticed this in connection with the 
doctrine of the Advent. It cannot be denied that the 
doctrine of CHRIST'S near personal conning is a stum-
bling block to many an educated refined Greek, and 
foolishness to many a Jew, who realize not that it is 
a doctrine blessed of GoD to the salvation of multi-
tudes of souls. While all Christian truths are un-
palatable to the unsanctified, there seems to be some-
thing peculiarly so in this. And this odiousness is 
not confined to non professing, but is indulged in by 
professed Christians. We doubt not that the opposi-
tion which any real Christians feel towards it, is all 
owing to wrong impressions respecting it, and a want 
of acquaintance with the Scriptural evidence by 
which it is sustained. But there being a strong preju-
dice against the doctrine, it is as much as a man's 
theological standing is worth, to say nothing of his 
social position, for a man, in some places, to confess 
that he believes in the personal reign of CHRIST on 
earth. This is riot universal. All are not so bigoted 
or sectarian ; but some are. And this fact (;is the 
cause of so many silent Advent believers, who hold 
their opinions somewhat as some did who believed in 
the SsvrouR—" secretly, for fear of the Jews." 
In other places, where the personal advent of 
CHRIST is not denied, the prejudice is equally strong 
against the view of its nearness, which after all is 
the great " offence " in the doctrine. We were on 
one occasion very much edified with a discourse, by 
a clergyman with whom we have no personal ac-
quaintance ; but which strongly reminded its of the 
natural desire to avoid this " offence" of the doc-
trine. It was from these words : 
" And if I go and prepare a place for you, 1 will 
come again, and receive you unto myself ; that where 
I am, there ye may be also."—John 14:3. 
We were the more interested in the discourse from 
the fact, that we had never been decided in the ap-
plication of this to the second advent. And we 
were particularly gratified, when he proceeded to 
show that this scripture could not have reference to 
the SsviouR's subsequent appearing after his resur-
rection, nor to the death of those whom he addressed' 
but to his second glorious appearing, when he shall 
come to judge the quick and the dead. He proceeded 
to show that the second advent was the great epoch 
when should be perfected the work which was com-
menced at the first ; and that looking for Christ's ap-
pearing had a purifying effect on the hearts of be-
lievers, and very plausibly argued that the neglect 
into which this doctrine had fallen was one great 
cause of the apathy of the church respecting the 
evangelizing of the world. For men having ceased 
to look on the day of CHRIST as a period of personal 
interest to themselves, they had become selfish in 
looking to death for the perfection of their eternal 
destiny. 
After a very fair presentation of the subject, while 
we were admiring his outspoken boldness and were 
regretting that the inclemency of the weather had 
permitted only a small congregation to listen to so 
admirable a discourse, what was our surprise to hear 
him remark to this effect : " Think not that I have 
any sympathy with those who would trouble you 
either by word or by letter, or by any other mode of 
teaching that the day of the LORD is at hand. Proph-
ecy is independent of chronology, and one day is 
with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand 
years as one day." 
This was virtually saying : I do riot wish to be 
understood me that we are near that glorious day, 
for which prophets prayed, and holy men have looked 
forward to with joyful anticipations. But if not 
near, where is the offence in its proclamation. Say 
what we please about the day of the Lotto, if we ad-
mit that it is in the distant future, will it offend the 
most violent opposer of gospel truth. It is the im-
minency of peril, which causes the blood to course 
nimbly through the veins, and startles man from his 
thoughtless security. And it is the nearness of the 
event which causes the Christian to lift up his head 
rejoicing that his redemption draweth nigh. 
When PAUL taught the revelation of the man of 
sin before the coming of the LORD, it was because 
that great event must first transpire ; but is his 
language in relation to that event applicable to those 
who live after his revelation, and when his appointed 
time must be nearly run Or is Prophecy indepen- 
dent of Chronology? Why those great prophetic 
numbers; why the marked succession of epochs and 
periods; why the several continuous chains of suc-
cessive events, extending to the resurrection, with 
their marked fulfilment down near to their termina-
tion, if GoD takes no note of time ? Why did he 
give us the succession of day and night, seed time 
and harvest, month and year, or specify so exactly the 
duration of periods in Bible history, if Bible proph-
ecy is independent of such computations? Why 
is DANIEL reckoning the number of years, whereof 
the word of the LORD came to JEREMIAH the prophet 
that lie would accomplish in the desolations of Jeru-
salem? How is it that when the fullness of time was 
come that GOD sent forth his Son? and how came 
the prophets inquiring what or what manner of time 
the Spirit of CHRIST which was in them did signify, 
when they prophecied beforehand the sufferings of 
Cum's, and the glory that should follow, if all their 
predictions are independent of dates and numbers ? 
The response of JOHN, " Even so, come, Lorin 
JEsus," to the announcement " Surely I come quick-
ly," is such as we ought to expect from every fol-
lower of the blessed SAVIOUR. 
ARE YOU REGENERATE? 
BY J. C. KYLE, OF ENG. 
(Continued from Herald of Aug. 2(15.) 
III. Let me in the third place, point out the marks 
of being regenerate, or born again. 
It is a most important thing to have clear and dis-
tinct views on this part of the subject we are con- 
sidering. You have seen what Regeneration is, 
arid why it is necessary to salvation. The next step 
is to find out the signs and evidences by which a man 
may know whether he is born again or not,—whether 
his heart has been changed by the Holy Spirit, or 
whether his change is yet to come. 
Now these signs and evidences are laid down 
plainly for us in Scripture. Gon has riot left us in 
ignorance on this point. He foresaw how some 
would torture themselves with doubts and question-
ings, and would never believe it was well with their 
souls. He foresaw how others would take it for 
granted they were regenerate who had no right to do 
so at all. He has therefore mercifully provided us 
with a test and guage of our spiritual condition in 
the First Epistle general of St. JOHN. There he has 
written for our learning what the regenerate man is, 
and what the regenerate man does,—his ways, his 
habits, his manner of life, his faith, his experience, 
Every one who wishes to possess the key to a right 
understanding of this subject, should thoroughly study 
this First Epistle of St. JOHN. 
Reader, I invite your particular attention to these 
marks and evidences of Regeneration, while I try to 
set them in order. Forget everything else in this 
subject if you will, but do not forget this part of it. 
I might easily mention other evidences besides those' 
I am about to mention. But I will not do so. I 
would rather confine myself to the First Epistle of 
St. Jois, because of the peculiar explicitness of its 
statements about the man that is born of GOD. He 
that hath an ear let him hear what the beloved apos-
tle says about the marks of regeneration. 
1. First of all, St. JOHN says, " Whosoever is 
born of GOD doth not commit sin ;" and again, 
" Whosoever is born of GOD sinneth not."-1 John 
"; 5:l8. 
Aregenerate man does not commit sin as a habit. 
He no longer sins with his heart and will, and whole 
inclination, as an unregenerate man does. There 
was probably a time when he did not think whether 
his actions were sinful or not, and never felt grieved 
after doing evil. There was no quarrel between him 
and sin ;—they were friends. Now lie hates sin, 
flees from it, fights against it, counts it his greatest 
plague, groans under the burden of its presence, 
mourns when he falls under its influence, and longs 
to be delivered from it altogether. In one word, sin 
no longer pleases him, nor is even a matter of indif-
ference : it has become the abominable thing which 
he hates. He cannot prevent it dwelling within 
him. " If he said he had no sin, there would be no 
truth in him ;" (I John 1:8,) but he Can say that he 
cordially abhors it, and the great desire of his soul 
is not to commit sin at all. He cannot prevent bad 
thoughts arising within him, and short-comings, 
omissions, and defects, appearing both in his words 
and actions. He knows, as St. JAMEs says, that " in 
many things we offend all." (James 3:2.) But he 
can say truly, and as in the sight of GOD, that these 
things are a daily grief and sorrow to him, and that 
his whole nature does not consent unto them, as that 
of the unregenerate man does. 
Reader, I place this mark before you. What 
would the apostle say about you ? Are you born of 
GOD? 
2.Secondly,—St. JOHN says, " Whosoever be-
lieveth that JESUS is the CHRIST is born of GOD.."-
1 John 5:1 
A regenerate man believes that JESUS CHRIST is 
the only SAVIOUR by whom his soul can be pardoned 
and redeemed, that He is the divine person appointed 
and anointed by GOD the Father for this very pur-
pose, and that beside Him there is no SAVIOUR at 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
293 
talives of the United States of America in Congress as-
sembled, That from and after the thirtieth day of Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, the postage 
upon all printed matter passing through the mail of 
the United States, instead of the rates now charged, 
shall be as follows, to wit : Each newspaper, period-
ical, unsealed circular, or other article of printed mat-
ter, not exceeding three ounces in weight, shall be 
sent to any part of the United States for one cent, and 
ler every additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce, 
one cent additional shall be charged ; and when the 
postage upon any newspaper or periodical is paid 
yearly or quarterly in advance, at the office where the 
same is mailed, and evidence of such payment is fur-
nished to the office of delivery in such manner as the 
Post Office Department shall by general regulations 
prescribe, one half of the said rate only shall he 
charged. Newspapers and periodicals not weighing 
over one ounce and a half, when circulated in the State 
where published, shall he charged one half the rates 
before mentioned : Provided, That small newspapers 
and periodicals, published monthly or oftener, and 
pamphlets not containing more than sixteen octavo 
pages, when sent in single packages, weighing at 
least eight ounces, to one address, and pre-paid by at-
fixing postage stamps thereto, shall be charged only 
half of a cent for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, 
notwithstanding the postage calculated on each sepa-
rate article of such package would exceed that amount. 
The postage on all transient matter shall be pre-paid 
by stamps or otherwise, or shall be charged double 
the rates first above-mentioned. 
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That books, 
bound or unbound, riot weighing over four pounds, 
shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charge-
able with postage of one cent an ounce for all dis-
tances under three thousand miles, arid twti cents an 
ounce for all distances over three thousand miles, to 
which fifty per cent. shall be added in all cases where 
the same may be sent without being pre-paid, and all 
printed matter chargeable by weight shall be weighed 
when dry. The publishers of newspapers and peri-
odicals may send to each other from their respective 
offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of 
each publication ; and may also send to each actual 
subscriber, enclosed in their publications, bills and 
receipts for the same free of postage. The publishers 
of weekly papers may send to each actual subscriber 
within the county where their papers are printed and 
published one copy thereof free of postage. 
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That no newspa-
per, periodical, magazine, or other printed paper or 
matter, shall be entitled to be sent at the rates of 
postage in this act specified, unless the following con-
ditions be observed : 
First. It shall be sent without any cover or wrap-
per, or in a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, 
so that the character of the matter contained therein 
may be determined without removing such wrapper. 
Second. There shall be no word or communication 
printed on the satne after its publication, or upon the 
cover or wrapper thereof, except the name and address 
of the person to whom it is to be sent. Third. There 
shall be no paper or other thing enclosed in or with 
such printed paper ; and if these conditions are not 
complied with, such printed matter shall be subject to 
letter postage ; and all matter sent by mail from one 
part of the United States to another, the postage of 
which is not fixed by the provisions of this act, shall, 
THE NEW POSTAGE LAW. unless the same be entitled to be sent free of postage, 
, be charged with letter postage. 
Congress, just previous to adjournment, passer a SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if the pub- 
new law regulating the postage of all printed matter lisher of any periodical, after being three months 
transmissible by mail, to take effect on the first day previously notified that his publication is not taken 
out of the office to which it is sent for delivery, con- 
of October. The postage on letters is not affected finite to forward such publications in the mail, the 
by it. Under the new law the postage will be as Postmaster to whose. office such publication is sent 
follows : 
may dispose of the same for the postage, unless the 
Any single newspaper, or periodical that is not publisher shall pay it ; and whenever any printed 
sealed up, and weighs less than THREE OUNCES, may matter of any description, received during one quarter 
of the fiscal year, shall have remained in the office 
be sent any distance within the United States, for without being called for during the whole of any suc- 
ONE CENT ; and one cent in addition for each addi- ceeding quarter, the Postmaster at such office shall 
tional ounce, or fraction of an ounce. 
sell the same and credit the proceeds of such sale in 
Newspapers that weigh less than one and a half his quarterly accounts, under such regulations and 
after such notice as the Post Office Department shall 
ounces, as does the Herald, may circulate for one prescribe. 
half a cent a copy within the State where it is printed. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much 
Newspapers may circulate free of postage in the of the second section of the act entitled " An act to 
modify and reduce the rates of postage in the United 
county where published. 
States, and for other purposes," approved March 
Newspapers that are paid yearly or quarterly third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, as relates to 
in advance at the office where they are mailed will be the postage or free circulation or transmission of 
charged one half the above rates — provided the newspapers, periodicals and other printed matter, and 
Postmaster at the office whete it is delivered, has all other provisions of law inconsistent with the pro- 
visions of this act, are hereby repealed. 
evidence of such payment from the Postmaster where SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That when a list 
it is mailed, i e., 26 cents a year out of the State, of uncalled for letters shall be published in any news-
and. 
 13 cents in. This will probably have to be done paper printed in any foreign language, said list shall 
be published in such newspaper having the largest 
through the agency of the Postmaster where the pa- circulation within the range of delivery of said office. 
per is delivered. 
Approved, Aug. 30,1852. 
Books, bound or unbound, of a less weight than Canada subscribers will see that the new law re- 
FOUR POUNDS if pre-paid will be charged ONE CENT duces their postage somewhat, and make it alike to 
for each ounce or fraction of an ounce, for any dis- any of the British Provinces. 
tance under three thousand miles ; and twice that 
amount, for any distance over three thousand miles. 
If not pre-paid, they will be charged one and a half 
cent an ounce, under, or three cents over three 
thousand miles, at the office of delivery. 
This law will greatly favor the sending of books by 
mail, over five hundred miles,—making it the same 
for three thousand, that it is now for five hundred 
miles. For newspapers on account of the difficulty 
there will be in pre-paying at the offices of mailing, 
to secure the deduction, it will practically make the 
postage for all distances out of the State thirteen 
cents a quarter, instead of the present rates. 
The following is a copy of the new act, which it 
will be seen goes into effect from and after the 30th 
inst. 
AN ACT to amend the act entitled " An act to re-
duce and modify the rates of postage in the United 
States, and fir other purposes," passed March 
third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- 
The crowd increased on Boni, Mason, and Front- with his type, and a portion of his edition already 
streets, and in a few moments the madman dashed worked off, into a coffin which was buried in a ceme-
through an open window, on the first floor, armed tery outside the walls of the city. He then took pas-
with the murderous weapon. Persons in the crowd sage in the Crescent City, and arrived safely at this . 
were terrified by his appearance, and rushed in every port in that vessel." 
direction, while the madman made an attack upon 
them, using his bloody knife in cutting right and left ris 16, 
'RE i UBLICATION OF THE WHOLE TRIAL has not 
all who were before him. He was completely naked, been responded to in a manner to warrant its at-
with the exception of a red flannel shirt, and his hair tempt ; so that we no longer continue the list of 
standing upright, and beard unshorn, his very appear- pledges for that object, and release those who have 
ante was frightful. 
pledged. The publication of the Defence and of Mr. 
Mr. Joseph Hunnewell, who was attracted to the PAYNE'S able and lucid argument, the friends have 
spot with others, received a severe stab in the groin, considered as sufficient to show the recklessness and 
which although skilfully dressed by Drs. Hays and falsehoods of the agents and abettors in this relent- 
Hurd, it is feared will prove fatal. 
less crusade. It is worthy of note that not " a red 
Mr. McLaughlin, who lives in Wesley Place, cent " has been volunteered front that side of the deep 
Hanover-street, Boston, was walking with a lady gulf which lies between us, for the publication of a 
near the scene, when Mahoney approached them with report to be issued by the sanction of the counsel on 
uplifted knife. Mr. McLaughlin, seeing that escape both sides. 
was impossible, averted the blow about to be inflicted We shall preserve the report for future use. It 
upon the lady, which would doubtless have proved fa- was carefully taken by Mr. THOMPSON, in phoriog-
tal, by springing before her and telling her to run for raphy ; and its accuracy can he judged of by his re-
her life ; and in saving the lady, he was struck down port of Mr. PAYNE'S argument. 
by a blow from the weapon in his groin, which sev- They have circulated a story on the other side, that 
ered a large artery, and inflicted a ghastly wound, we paid Mr. THOMPSON $3 an hour for reporting the 
which it is feared will prove fatal. 
trial. They have more to make this story out of than 
The lady took the proffered arm of a gentleman, they usually have, if it is correct, as we are informed 
and hastened away, unconscious of the injury sus- it is, that they applied to Mr. T. before we did, for 
tained by Mr. McLaughlin. The madman, who was the same object ; but he not liking their looks refused 
still using his knife, caught a glimpse of her, and to report for them for less than that sum. When we 
pursued her again. She ran and hid behind a hogs- afterwards sent to him (he being a stranger to us) 
head in a yard in Bow-street, but had scarcely taken he gave us his terms at $3 per day which was very 
that position when Mahoney entered the yard in pur- reasonable, and we cheerfully paid it. 
suit of her, and was at one time within a few feet of When we get the balance of the expenses which 
her. She managed to escape without injury. the court assessed on them to pay, and get a full set- 
One O'Hurn received a severe stab in the abdomen, dement with all parties, the chairman of the finance 
and another person of the same name was stabbed in committee, Bro. BROWN of Providence, will make a 
the thigh, and though in both cases the wounds are report. 
very severe, neither of them will probably prove fatal. 
One Mahan, an Irishman, about sixty years old. 
The New Postage Law. 
received a severe wound in the lower region of the We find on examination of the New Postage Law 
hack. Several persons whose names we did not which has „just been published, and which we had 
learn were slightly injured. He made a pass at a supposed was an improvement upon the old law, that 
lady, but although her dress was cut she was not it contains one provision which will make more 
wounded. 
trouble and confusion than even the present law with 
A watchman employed at the Fitchburg depot was its many headed schedule of rates. We allude to a 
cut in the arm. An Irishman named Jeremiah Mc- provision that newspapers, periodicals, unsealed cir-
Carthy was cut in the hand. John Donovan was culars, &c., weighing not over three ounces, are to 
wounded in the arm. A boy employed in the pro- pay one cent each, to any part of the United States, 
vision store of Ladd & Jones, was stabbed in the or half that rate, where paid quarterly or yearly, in 
thigh. 
advance, at the qffice where the paper is mailed. This 
Mahoney rushed into the City Marshal's office, is an outrageous provision, the adoption of which 
having thrown away his knife, and Constable Sander- shows that there is a great want of practical men in 
son seized him and confined him in the lock up. In Congress. By this section a subscriber to the Journal, 
attempting to dress the prisoner, officer Sanderson living in the interior, who wishes to secure a commu-
received a severe blow, either from Mahoney's foot tation of postage, must forward his money to the 
or fist. 
Postmaster at Boston, take his receipt, and exhibit it 
Mahoney is a gardener, and has generally been re- to his own Postmaster, who must make a record of 
garded as a peaceable man. Of late he has at times it, and deliver the papers during the time mentioned 
been insane from some cause—probably from intoxi- in the receipt. For this service he will receive no 
cation. On Friday night he entered his wife's room compensation, the office at Boston taking the commis- 
with a hatchet in his hand, declaring he would kill sion. This we presume to he the practical operation 
her, but she anticipated no harm, and consequently of this absurd provision, and it will be troublesome to 
gave no intimation to the police. 
the newspaper subscriber, vexatious to the mailing 
Daring the evening Mahoney was conveyed to the Postmaster, and unjust to the Postmaster who de- 
East Cambridge jail. 
livers the papers. It will give rise to endless dis- 
At a late hour yesterday afternoon, the wounded pates, and probably deprive the subscribers entirely 
Boston Journal. 
parties were more comfortable. 
of the benefits of cheap newspaper postage. If' we 
To Correspondents. 
Al. Green—We suppose its meaning is that which 
is conveyed in the obvious meaning of the words. 
While we suppose the departed are conscious in the 
intermediate state, we do not understand that any 
one has ascended into the heavens where GOD is, ex-
cepting the Son of Man who descended. To depart 
and be with CHRIST is far better than to abide here; 
but the resurrection state is that which accompanies 
the victor's crown. 
OUTRAGEOUS CRUELTY.—Sometime last week one 
of the slaves of Matthew Raynor, who resides in the 
vicinity of Raleigh, in this county, ran away. He 
apprehended him in this city, and took him home. 
The next day he commenced his cruel and fiendlike 
punishment, and after inflicting upon him hundreds 
of lashes concluded by cutting off both the negro's 
ears close to his head. The shocking facts spread 
through the neighborhood, and news was some way 
conveyed to Raynor that a warrant had been issued 
for his apprehension. Upon hearing this he imme-
diately left the county, and arrived at the residence 
of Mr. Beard, in Tipton county, where he died the 
next day, and was buried at his residence on -Sunday. 
Memphis (Tenn.) Enquirer. 
"THE PHENOMENON OF THE RAPPING SPIRITS," 
writes a subscriber, " excites curiosity. I lent the 
tract the day after receiving it, and it has gone from 
one to another, so that I have not read it yet." 
all. In himself he sees nothing hut unworthiness, 
but in CHRIST he sees ground for the fullest confi-
dence, and trusting in Him he believes that his sins 
are all forgiven and his iniquities all put away. He 
believes that for the sake of CHRIST'S finished work 
and death upon the cross he is reckoned righteous in 
GoD's sight, and may look forward to death and 
judgment without alarm. He may have his fears 
and doubts. He may sometimes tell you he feels 
as if he had no faith at all. But ask him whether 
he is willing to trust in anything instead of CHRIST, 
and see what he will say. Ask him whether he 
will rest his hopes of eternal life on his own 
goodness, his own amendments, his prayers, his 
minister, his doings in Church and out of Church, 
either in whole or in part, and see what he will 
reply. Ask him whether he will give up CHRIST, 
and place his confidence in any other way of salva-
tion. Depend upon it he would say he found a 
preciousness in CHRIST, a suitableness to his own 
soul in CHRIST that he found nowhere else, and 
that he must cling to Him. 
Reader, I place this mark also before you. What 
would the apostle say about you ? Are you born of 
Gon ? 
3. Thirdly,—St. JOHN says, " Every one that do-
eth righteousness is born of Him."-1 John 2:29. 
The regenerate man is a holy man. He endeavors 
to live according to Goo's will, to do the things 
that please GoD, to avoid the things that Goo hates. 
His aim and desire is to love GOD with heart and 
soul, and mind and strength, and to love his neighbor 
as himself. His wish is to be continually looking 
to CHRIST as his example as well as his SAVIOUR, 
and to show himself CHRIST'S friend by doing what-
soever He commands. No doubt he is not perfect. 
None will tell you that sooner than himself. He 
groans under the burden of indwelling corruption, 
cleaving to him. He finds an evil principle within 
him constantly warring against grace, and trying to 
draw him away from Goo. But he does not consent 
to it, though he cannot prevent its presence. In 
spite of all short-comings, the average bent and bias 
of his way is holy,—his doings holy,—his tastes 
holy,—and his habits holy. In spite of all his 
swerving and turning aside, like a ship beating up 
against a contrary wind, the general course of his 
life is in one direction,—toward Goo and for GOD. 
And though he may sometimes feel so low that he 
questions whether he is a Christian at all, in his 
calmer moments will generally he able to say with 
old JOHN NEWTON, " I am not what I ought to be, 
1 am not what I want to be, I am not what 1 hope 
to be in another world, but still I am not what I 
once used to be, and by the grace of GOD, I am what 
I am."—(To be continued.) 
Tragic Affair in Charlestown. 
About eight o'clock on Saturday evening, one of 
the most exciting and tragic affairs occurred in 
Charlestown that has taken place before for years. 
At half-past seven, a man named James Mahoney, 
who lives in Mason-street, Charlestown, while in a 
fit of delirium tremens, leaped out of bed, and seizing 
a sharp pruning knife, rushed into an adjoining room, 
and attacked an Irishman named John Calnan, inflict-
ing a terrible stab in his abdomen, which, from sever-
ing the viscera, &c., will, it is feared, prove fatal. 
Mrs. Mahoney rushed into the street, and her cries 
of murder attracted a large concourse of people to 
the vicinity of the house in which the deadly assault 
was committed. Police officers Blanchard and Kelley 
hastened to the spot, but learning that he was armed 
with so formidable a weapon, they hastened to the 
Marshal's office to arm themselves with hooks, &c. 
A New Cuban Expedition. 
" Veritas," the Washington correspondent of the 
New York Courier and Enquirer, says : 
" Notwithstanding the attempts in various quar- 
ters to treat the recent disclosures of a threatened 
revolution in Cuba with levity, they are known to be 
sufficiently grave to have attracted the attention of the 
Spanish Minister here, and to have been brought to 
the notice of the Government in such a manner as to 
authorize the adoption of precautionary measures. It 
is pretty well ascertained that individuals connected 
with the proposed movement have recently been vi-
brating between New York and New Orleans, con-
certing plans for holding conferences, looking, it is 
supposed, to a hostile demonstration in the month of 
October. With all the secresy which has been ob-
served by these conspirators against the public peace 
and the good faith of the United States in the observ-
ance of treaty stipulations, they have been tracked 
so closely as to warrant the belief that a new plan 
has been devised, and that another invasion may be 
attempted, unless the present intelligence should lead 
to its frustration. 
" The os del Pueblo Cubano, the revolutionary 
print, the publication of which was the primary cause 
of all the late commotion in Havana, was published 
in the capital, by Don Jose Luna, within fifty yards 
of the palace of the Captain-General ! The printing 
office and editorial room was in the rear of a small 
segar store on the Plaza d'Armas. The brothers of 
Sr. Luna were arrested for having munitions of war 
in their houses, when Don Jose thought that it was 
time for him to fly to the United States. Accord-
ingly, he took his little press to pieces and packed it 
had practical business men to make our laws, we 
should not see so many crudities as are invariably in-
corporated into the postage acts, arid which render it 
necessary to revise and amend at almost every session 
of Congress. 
Boston Journal. 
 
Of 
ss 
THE ADVENT HERALD, 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
THE KINGDOM DELIVERED UP TO GOD 
THE FATHER. 
BY J. W. BONHAM. 
" Then corneth the end, when he shall have deliv-
ered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when 
he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and 
power."-1 Cor. 15:24. 
(Concluded.) 
Instead of the kingdom of Christ and his reign termi-
ating with the thousand years, it is much more reason-
able to believe that they will be in a cert-in sense in-
troductory, and be occupied in its complete establish-
ment. As Christ and his saints are spoken of by the 
Revelator as to reign a thousand years,—as the devil 
is to be loosed at the end of that period,—as Christ 
will reign until he hash put all enemies under his 
feet, and the last enemy that shall be desttoyed is 
death,—the period allotted for the complete establish-
ment of his kingdom may extend over the whole of 
the thousand years ; at the end of which Satan will 
be loosed, the wicked dead will live again, the ar-
mies of Gog and Magog, with Satan as their deceiv-
ing leader, will make another attempt to regain his 
lost dominion, and compass the beloved city with the 
intention of doing so ; but Satan with his host, in-
numerable as the sand of the sea, will find their 
united efforts vain. God will send fire from heaven 
to devour them ; and their eternal home will be the 
lake of fire. 
Satan tempted the first Adam, accomplished his 
end, and gained a victory. He tempted the second 
Adam, but failed and was frustrated ! He will make 
a last attempt on a grand scale, with his numerous 
hosts of fallen beings, to regain the kingdom from 
its rightful owner, but will find its foundations as se-
cure as the pillars of heaven, and fail. His head 
will be successfully bruised by the conquering power 
of the woman's promised Seed ! Then, with the last 
enemy conquered, with Christ the King of saints, 
and the conqueror of nations, what shall make the 
saints afraid ? The kingdom which he came to res-
cue will be fully organized—completely and immov-
ably established. This work will then, speaking af-
ter the manner of men, be done. On Calvary he paid 
the price, and cried, " It is finished !" And when 
as" King of kings and Lord of lords " he shall have 
crushed and destroyed the power of the last enemy, 
lie will see in the most exalted sense, of the travail 
of his soul, and be satisfied ! When he shall have 
put down all rule, and all authority, and power op-
posed to his own, he will deliver up the kingdom to 
God, even the Father. In what sense will he deliver 
up * the kingdom? Not in the sense of relinquish-
ing it, or giving it up to terminate at what some have 
termed the " general judgment." It appears that the 
period here referred to will be after the judgment, 
because it will be after the destruction of the last 
enemy. The Saviour may " deliver up the king-
dom " in the sense of presenting it for the inspection 
of his Father, as a piece of work finished—completed 
—perfected. If he is to present his Church, or the 
subjects of his kingdom, to his Father as pure and 
perfect, without spot or wrinkle, why is it unreason-
able to suppose that he will present or deliver up his 
kingdom organized in a similar manner ? As God 
conceived the whole plan for the removal of the curse, 
and the restoration of man, and also provided the 
means, by sending his only begotton Son to accom-
plish his purposes, and fulfil this gracious promise of 
and languages, should serve him : his dominion is an ing to previous arrangement no evening services were 
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and to be held during the meeting. The day was very 
his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."- fine and the stillness and retirement of the grove so 
7: 13, 14. In verse 27 the same kingdom is referred agreeable—the word of God so sweet to our taste 
to as the kingdom of the Most High, and to be pos- that all countenances beamed with joy arid all felt 
sessed by the saints. 
that the good work of God had truly commenced. 
The Scriptures clearly teach that the kingdom of On Wednesday morning we listened to a discourse 
God, of Christ, and of his saints, are identical. The from Bro. Rimes. Text Rev. 2:23. He dwelt es-
territory spoken of is the same—the earth on which pecially on the omniscience of Jesus Christ. This 
his will shall be done as in heaven ; its extent from was presented in a very lucid light — and many 
sea to sea and from the river unto the end of the hungry souls were fed with the bread of life. It 
earth ; its subjects the redeemed, to whom the Judge was a heart searching time. At two and five o'clock 
will say : " Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the discourses were delivered by Brn. Roney and Bent-
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the ley. The interest continued to increase through the 
world ;" and the period of its duration will he eternal. day. Brethren were arriving from different places 
4. The testimony of the Revelator : " The king- who were ready to engage in the work of the salva-
doms of this world are become the kingdom of our tion of men. There were a number of tents on the 
God and his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ground, others no doubt would have been there had 
ever."—Rev. 11:14. " And there shall lie no more it not been for unavoidable circumstances. 
curse; the throne of God and of the Lanni) shall be Bro. 0. R. Fassett being present preached Thurs- 
in it ; and his servants shall serve him ; and they day morning from 2 Pet. 1:10. He spoke of the im-
shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their portance of making our calling arid election sure, by 
foreheads. And there shall be nu night there ; and adding to our faith virtue, knowledge, &c., perfect-
they need no candle, neither light of the sun ; for the ing holiness in the fear of God. The character of 
Lord giveth them light and they shall reign for ever such as finally receive an abundant entrance into the 
and ever."—Rev. 22:3-5. 
everlasting kingdom was clearly and pointedly pre- 
How erroneous to assert in opposition to such an sented. He was followed by Bro. limes with some 
amount of positive testimony that Christ's kingdom interesting remarks on the same subject. The sea-
will end, and to interpret such striking scriptural son was truly a feast to such souls as were in a suffi-
language Pxpressive of eternity to signify a period of 
limited duration ! The striking declarations pre- 
 ciently healthy condition to appreciate it. We are 
confident that such " meat " came in due " season," 
and will be of great service to us at this period of our 
sented prove conclusively that the kingdom will ex- 
 history as Adventists. Bro. .1. P. Farrar discoursed 
ist for ever and ever ; that God, and Christ, and the 
at two o'clock from the parable of the Nobleman, 
saints, will reign for ever and ever : " God all and 
which was listened to with interest. At five o'clock 
in all." " He shall reign for ever and ever ;" " of 
the audience was deeply impressed by a sermon from 
his kingdom there shall be no end ;" " the righteous Dr. Huntington. Text Acts 22:9. His subject was 
shall inherit the land and dwell therein for ever !" 
Divine Influence—in the conversion of sinners—in the 
Satan, who usurped the dominion, so soon to be 
qualification of God's people for the duties, labors, 
rescued from his grasp and restored, has retained 
trials, and events of his providence. Although the 
possession thereof and reigned as the God of this 
day was rainy our hearts were refreshed with the 
world for 6000 years since he marred its beauty ; 
grace of God. 
and is it consistent to believe that the period of Sa- 
On Friday the weather continuing rainy, we met 
tan's reign will exceed in point of time the reign of 
in the Lowell tent which was commodious, when 
Christ by 5000 years ? No ! Whee the dominion Bro. Fassett preached again from 2 Cur. 7:1. He 
was first created God pronounced it " very good." 
brought before us some of the exceeding great and 
The morning stars sang together and the sons of God 
precious promises of God ; which should lead us to 
shouted for joy ! And when its restorer shall remove 
forsake sin—the world—that we should follow after 
the curse, and all things be created anew it again will 
holiness without which no man will see the Lord. In 
shine in splendor, and the new made earth be filled 
the afternoon Dr. Huntington spoke from the stand. 
with God's resplendent glory. All shall acknowledge 
His text was the words of the Psalmist : " Thou 
his power, majesty, and sovereign right to reign. 
shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward re- 
The saints will sing the triumphant song of victory 
ceive me to glory."—Psa. 73:24. He presented the 
over death and hell ; and ascribe praises unto God 
counsel of God, as given in his word, by his provi- 
and the Lamb, who " shall reign for ever and ever." 
dence, and Spirit. These being followed, the Chris- 
What a prospect-0 how captivating ! What a 
tain would be conducted to a glorious end. This dis- 
vision-0 how bright ! 
course was very instructive and practical. 
How cheering the words of the Revelator to those 
who have passed from death, and are walking in the At five, the audience listened to a sermon by Bro. 
road that leads to life, clothed in the spotless robes C. R. Griggs on the judgment. The day was one 
of Jesus' righteousness, and cherishing the " blessed of solemnity, yet rejoicing, because of the manifest 
hope " of rejoicing when his glory shall be revealed, presence of Christ. The Spirit of God was with us 
and of reigning with bins fur ever and ever. " Be- of a truth. 
hold, I come quickly : blessed is he that keepeth the Bro. J. Pearson, jr., having arrived Friday even- 
sayings of the prophecy of this book."—Rev. 22:7. ing, preached Saturday morning. He read a portion 
While travelling on our way to the promised " rest of Scripture from Luke 21:24-36, and proceeded to 
that remaineth," 0 how sweet to ascend the height give a most excellent sermon which was food indeed 
of Pisgah's top, and gaze at the glory and proximity to the children of God. P. M., Bro. W. Burnham 
of its realization ! When by an eye of faith we view addressed the audience from Eph. 2:8—" By grace 
the shore of Canaan, breathe its fragrant odors, see are ye saved through faith ; and that not of your-
its glories, and in imagination converse with its celes- selves it is the gift of God." After speaking of the 
tial inhabitants, and behold our Redeemer seated on a connection of grace, and faith—that we are saved on 
throne of ineffable brightness, then we feel the vanity the condition of faith,. as well as by grace he went on 
of all things earthly, and can sing the hymn and un- and dwelt more particularly on the ever-important 
derstand its sentiment, and appreciate its sublimity : subject of faith. 
At five o'clock we spoke front 1 Con 1:30. After 
" When for eternal worlds we steer, 
And seas are calm, and skies are clear, which the public services of the day closed. The 
Arid faith in lively exercise, 
Sabbath dawned upon us in storm. It was so incle- 
And distant hills of Canaan rise— 
ment that comparatively few strangers could attend ; 
My soul for joy, she claps her wings, 
And loud her lovely sonnet sings, 
nevertheless we were comfortably convened beneath 
Vain world adieu !" &c. 
a large tent, which was crowded. Two discourses 
were delivered ; one in the morning by Bro. Pearson 
WESTFORD CAMP MEETING. —and in the afternoon by Bro. limes. While the 
truth came from the lips of these servants of Christ, 
I left Lowell on Monday August 23d in com- 
 in its richness and power all felt as Peter did when 
pany with Bro. Himes and a goodly number of breth- 
 in the holy mount, " It is good to be here." The 
ren and sisters from Lowell, Lawrence, and other seed sown this day will not be lost. God grant by 
places, arrived at the Depot in Westford at twelve his blessing that it may bring forth an abundant har-
o'clock, after a pleasant ride of about thirty minutes. vest. 
We immediately started for the camp ground situated 
This terminated the best camp-meeting we ever 
in a very beautiful grove but a few rods front the De- 
 attended. The saints were revived and encouraged, 
pot. The day was further occupied in puttting up backsliders were made to return to their first love—
our tents, so that there were no public exercises this and sinners were convicted of their sins, and resolved 
day. On Tuesday morning, Bro. 1). I. Robinson to serve the Lord. The melting, contrite, heart-
having arrived, though in feeble health, preached a broken spirit evinced that God was at work. The 
very appropriate discourse from Dent. 23:14: " For love, unity, and harmony which pervaded the entire 
the Lord thy God walketh in the camp," &c., on the meeting will not soon be forgotten. Not a jarring 
propriety, usefulness, and effect of camp-meetings. string was touched, but all seemed governed by that 
At half past one Bro. J. P. Farrar preached from the heavenly spirit which rules above, and which we 
words of Paul to the Hebrews 9:28, and at 5 o'clock could wish reigned in the hearts of all, who profess 
Bro. S. Heath spoke from Col. 3:1-4. He presented to be looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious 
the Christian 1st, as a risen character, 2d, as elevated appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
in his pursuits, 3d, as dead in a certain sense—hav- 
The prayer and conference meetings were full of 
ing a hidden life, 4th, in his final glorified state with life, and interest. In conclusion ,we would exhort 
Christ. The public exercises here closed as accord- 
redemption intimated to our first patents, it is not tin-
scriptural to suppose that when he shall have com- 
pleted the work appointed him, he will deliver up 
the kingdom in the sense referred to. The kingdom 
may be delivered in the sense of being restored to its 
original state, rescued from the usurper, and pre-
sented to God as his revolted dominion restored.—
When Satan shall be vanquished, his dominion most 
certainly will end ; and as the kingdom of Christ is 
to be eternal the end of Satan's rule, and power, and 
authority must be " the end " referred to, and riot 
the end of the restored kingdom. 
In reply to the oft-repeated question, " How can 
Christ and his saints reign when their enemies shall 
all be destroyed, so that there will be none to reign 
over ?"—They will reign before this period in judg-
ment over their enemies ; and afterwards reign in 
eternal peace arid harmony with nothing to cause a 
jarring note. A kingdom does not cease when firmly 
established, and all its enemies are conquered, but 
reigns as much after their subjugation, as while en-
gaged in conquering them. 
The Saviour who will act as the agent appointed 
by God to subdue all things and put all things under 
his feet, will be excepted : " But when he saith, All 
things are put under him it is manifest that he is ex-
cepted which did put all things under him. And 
when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall 
the Son also himself be subject unto him that put al 
things under him, that God may be all, and in all." 
—vs. 27, 28. Therefore, when all things shall be 
subdued unto Christ according to the appointment of 
the Father, then shall Christ himself be subject unto 
God who appointed him this glorious work. Then 
God will be all and in all—God will be supreme. 
The kingdom will exist as the kingdom of God and 
of Christ—the kingdom prepared from the founda-
tion of the world. 
" Then rang'd thy blazing throne around, 
The Saviour's honors we'll proclaim ; 
While heaven's transported realms resound 
Thy glorious deeds and precious name." 
III. The Duration of the Kingdom. 
The kingdom of God and of his Christ will not 
be destroyed or end, whatever change there may be 
in its administration in connection with the " thou-
sand years." This the Scriptures clearly prove, and 
in the mouth of two or three witnesses let the matter 
be established. 
The testimony of the Psalmist : " Break thou 
the arm of the wicked and the evil man : seek out 
his wickedness till thou find none. The Lord is 
King for ever and ever ; the heathen are perished 
out of his land."—Psa. 10: 15, 16. " Gird thy 
sword upon thy thigh, 0 most mighty, with thy glory 
arid thy majesty Thy throne 0 God is for ever 
arid ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right scep-
tre. . . . . I will make thy name to he remem-
bered in all generations : therefore shall the people 
praise thee for ever and ever."—Psa. 45:3, 6, 17. 
The apostle's application of this quotation is as 
follows : " But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, 
0 God, is for ever and ever : a sceptre of righteous-
ness is the sceptre of thy kingdorn."—Heb. 1:8. 
Hear the Psalmist again : " Thy kingdom is an 
everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth 
throughout all generations."—Psa. 145:13. " The 
Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, 0 Zion, unto 
all generations."—Psa. 146:10. 
" Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will 
not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be es-
tablished for ever as the moon, and as a faithful wit-
ness in heaven."—Psa. 89:35. 
The prophet Isaiah, who described so vividly 
and minutely the sufferings and work of the Saviour, 
as the mouth-piece of Jehovah speaks also of Christ's 
reign and the perpetuity of his kingdom : " For 
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given : 
* The definition of our English word " deliver " is and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and 
very different from that which is usually assigned to his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The 
it in this connection. According to Dr. Webster it 
is, 1, " To free, to release as from restraint, to set at mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of 
liberty." 2, " To rescue or save." 3, " To give Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace 
or transfer," which, according to Professor Bush, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, arid 
and also Professor Mills of Andover, is the sense of upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it 
its original. " To surrender, to yield, to give up, w 
to resign," are given by Webster as only the fourth with judgment and with justice from henceforth even 
 
signification of the term. Thus the " delivering up for ever."—Isa. 9:6, 7. Luke the Evangelist applies 
of the kingdom " is the rescuing it from the usurpers this to Christ : " He shall be great, and shall be 
that now administer its government, from the prince called the Son of the Highest ; arid the Lord God 
of the power of the air, and the restoring it to its 
rightful Lard. 
shall give unto him the throne of his father David. 
The following is Professor Mills' translation of And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; 
this passage :—ED. 
aad of his kingdom there shall be no end."—Luke 1: 
Then corneth the end, when' he shall re-establish 32, 33' 
the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when lie shall 3. The testimony of the beloved Daniel : " And 
subdue all [opposing) rule and all authority and in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set 
power ; fur he must reign until he put all enemies up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : and 
under his feet. The last enemy, death, shall be des- 
troyed ; for he [the Fatherj bath [by decree) sub- the kingdom shall not he left to other people, but it 
jetted all things beneath his feet. But since it is shall break in pieces and consume all these king-
said all things have been subjected, it is plain that he dams, and it shall stand for ever."—Dan. 2:44. " I 
is excepted who did subject all things to him. But saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the 
when all things shall be [actually]. subjected, even 
then the Son himself shall be subject to Him, who Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and 
did subject all things to him, that God may be all in came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him 
all."—Henry Mills D. D. Prof. Bib, Lit. An. Theo. near before him. And there was given him, dominion, 
Sem.—Bib. Repos. Vol. 3d. p. 753. 
and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, 
295 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
OBITUARY. 
((e 
This learned writer on the Prophecies, was born 
in 1704, educated at Litchfield, Westminster, and 
Trinity College Cambridge ; and after having filled 
various minor preferments, one of which was the 
chaplaincy of George II., was made bishop of Bris-
tol in 1761. He died 1782. The hiographie Unvier-
selle says of him, " Ce prelat se fit estimer par sa con-
duite exemplaire, sa charite, et son erudition." * 
His 
Dissertations on the Prophecies, a work of 650 large 
octavo pages—of great learning united with clear- 
ness, and adapted both to the learned and general 
reader,—was published in 1754,—soon translated 
into German and Danish, and is not only well worthy 
a place in the library of every studious Christian, but 
is almost indispensable to the student of Prophecy. It 
is a standard work among writers on the prophecies, 
even those who are not happy to know that he was a 
Millenarian. 
The following extracts from his remarks on the 
20th of Revelation show his views of the millennium. 
" Nothing is more evident than that this prophecy 
of the millennium, and of the first resurrection, bath 
not yet been fulfilled, even though the resurrection he 
taken in a figurative sense. For reckon the thousand 
years with Usher from the time of Christ, or reckon 
them with Grotius from the time of Constantine, yet 
neither of these periods, nor indeed any other, will 
answer the description and character of the millen-
nium, the purity and peace, the holiness and happi-
ness of that blessed state. Before Constantine in-
deed the Church was in greater purity, hut was groan-
ing under the persecutions of the heathen emperors. 
After Constantine the Church was in greater pros-
perity, but was soon shaken and disturbed by heresies 
and schisms, by the incursions and devastations of the 
northern nations, by the conquering arms and prevail-
ing imposture of the Saracens and afterwards of the 
Turks, by the corruption, idolatry, and wickedness, 
the usurpation, tyranny, and cruelty of the Church 
of Rome. If Satan was then bound, when can he be 
said to he loosed? Or how could the saints and the beast, 
Christ and Antichrist, reign at the same period ! This 
prophecy therefore remains yet to be fulfilled, even 
though the resurrection be taken only for an allegory, 
which yet the text cannot admit without the greatest 
torture and violence. For with what propriety can 
it be said, that some of the dead who were beheaded 
lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years : but 
the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand 
years were finished ;' unless the dying and living again 
he the same in both places, a proper death and resur-
rection ? Indeed the death and resurrection of the 
witnesses before mentioned (chap. 11,) appears from 
the concurrent circumstance of the vision to he figura-
tive, but the death and resurrection here mentioned 
must, for the very same reasons, be concluded to he 
real. If the martyrs rise only in a spiritual sense, 
then the rest of the dead rise only in a spiritual sense ; 
but if the rest of the dead really rise, the martyrs rise 
in the same mariner. There is no difference between 
them ; and we should be cautious and tender of mak-
ing the first resurrection an allegory, lest others 
should reduce the second into an allegory too, like 
those whom St. Paul mentions, (Tint. 2:17, 18) 
Hymeneus and Philetus, who concerning the truth 
have erred, saying, that the resurrection is past al-
ready, arid overthrow the faith of some.' It is to 
this first resurrection that St. Paul alludes, when he 
affirms . . . . (1 Cor. 15:23) that every mars shall 
be made alive in his own order, Christ the first fruits, 
afterwards they that are Christ's at his coming, and 
then corneth the end ' after the general resurrection. 
" In the general, that there shall be such a happy 
period as the millennium, that 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,) that Christ shall have 
'the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts 
of the earth for his possession ' (Psa. 2:8,) that the 
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as 
the waters cover the sea' (Isa. 11:9,) that the ful-
ness of the Gentiles shall come in arid all Israel be 
saved ' (Rom. 11:25, 26,) in a word that the king-
dom of heaven shall be established upon earth is the 
plain and express doctrine of Daniel and all the 
prophets, as well as of St. John : and we daily pray 
for the accomplishment of it, in praying Thy king-
dom come. But of all the prophets St. John is the 
only one who has declared particularly and in ex-
press terms, that the martyrs shall rise to partake of 
the felicities of this kingdom, and that it shall con-
tinue upon earth a thousand years : and the Jewish 
Church before him, and the Christian Church after 
him, have further believed and taught, that these 
thousand years will be the millenary of the world. 
A pompous heap of quotations might be produced 
to this purpose both front Jewish and Christian writ-
ers : but I choose to select only a few of the most 
material of each sort ; you may find a great number 
in Dr. Burnet, and other authors who have treated 
of this subject. . . . . In short the doctrine of the 
millennium was generally believed in the three first 
and purest ages ; and this belief, as the learned Dod- 
* This prelate made himself esteemed for his ex-
emplary conduct, his charity and his great learning. 
our brethren and sisters who attended this meeting, 
as they return to their several places to stir up their 
brethren to the work of the Lord, and the salvation 
of souls. Let not your interest die with the close 
of the camp-meeting. The night is far spent, the 
day is at hand, it is time, high time, that we all 
awake to the work before us. Soon our release will 
come. There remaineth a rest to the people of God. 
Our labors, trials, sufferings, anxiety, and self-denial 
in the cause of Christ will soon be rewarded if we 
faint not. 
A. SHERWIN. 
Aug. 31st, 1852. 
THOMAS NEWTON. 
well hath justly observed, was one principal cause of 
the fortitude of the primitive Christians; they even 
coveted martyrdom, in herpes of being partakers of 
the privileges and glories of the martyrs in the first 
resurrection. 
" Afterwards the doctrine grew into disrepute for 
various reasons. Some, both .lewish and Christian 
writers, have debased it with a mixture of fables ; 
they have described the kingdom more like a sensual 
than a spiritual kingdom, and thereby they have not 
only exposed themselves, but (what is infinitely 
worse) the doctrine itself to contempt and ridicule. 
It hath suffered by the misrepresentations of its ene-
mies, as well as by the indiscretions of its friends ; 
many, like Jerome, have charged the Millenarians 
with absurd and impious opinions which they never 
held ; and rather than they would admit the truth of 
the doctrine, they have not scrupled to call in ques-
tion the genuineness of the book of Revelation. It bath 
been abused even to worse purposes ; it hath been 
made an engine of faction ; and turbulent fanatics, 
under the pretence of saints, have aspired to domin-
ion and disturbed the peace of civil society. Besides, 
wherever the influence and authority of the Church 
of Rome have extended, she hath endeavored by all 
means to discredit this doctrine ; and indeed not 
without sufficient reason, this kingdom of Christ 
being founded on the ruins of the kingdom of Anti-
christ. No wonder therefore that this doctrine lay 
depressed for many ages, hut it sprung up again at 
the Reformation, and will flourish together with the 
study of the Revelation. All the danger is on one 
side, of pruning and topping it too short, and on the 
other, of suffering it to grow too wild and luxuriant. 
Great caution, soberness, and judgment are required, 
to keep the middle course. We should neither with 
some interpret it into an allegory, nor depart from time 
literal sense of Scripture without absolute necessity 
for so doing. Neither should we with others indulge 
au extravagant fancy, nor explain too curiously the 
manner and circumstances of this future state. It is 
safest and best faithfully to adhere to time words of 
Scripture, or to fair deductions from Scripture ; and 
to rest contented with the general account, till time 
shall accomplish and eclaircise all the particulars." 
A. MERRILL. 
WIN AND WEAR IT. 
" Win and wear it '—is inscribed on the crown of glory which 
fadeth not away."—Bishop Latimer. 
Christian, hast thou received command, 
To say God's kingdom is at hand ? 
Go declare it ; 
Though men condemn thee, ne'er go back : 
True honor lies in virtue's track, 
Win and wear it. 
Art thou defamed, reviled, despised, 
By those who once thy talents prized ? 
Stand and bear it ; 
Seek Jehovah's approbation, 
It will fit thee for thy station, 
Win and wear it. 
Do pain and trouble make thee groan I 
Hast thou to grieve, and grieve alone,—
None to share it ? 
Do not repine, for soon life's crown 
Will bring thee joy and great renown, 
VVin and wear it. 
Though earth is cursed, its groans will cease, 
For, soon will come the Prince of peace, 
And repair it ; 
Then a robe of spotless white 
Will adorn each child of light, 
Win and wear it. 
J. M. ORROCK. 
BRO. RIMES :—The drought which has afflicted us 
in this section of our state was dissipated on the night 
of the '25th inst., when at about nine o'clock in the 
evening it commenced raining and shower followed 
shower in rapid succession until about noon on the 
28th when it ceased to rain. The air being now 
more cool and balmy than it had been wont to be for 
several weeks we began to' congratulate ourself on 
having a good sabhath rest. But our anticipations 
of good were premature. The rain, it would seem, 
was suspended merely for a change in the scene—
when, at about half past seven o'clock in the evening 
of the 28th, an alarm of fire was given, we repaired 
to the place of interest and found the new Saw Mill, 
owned by the L. W. P Co., enveloped in flames.—
The workmen had not been absent but for a few mo-
ments when the fire was discovered. The mill con-
tained, besides two saws, two planing machines, 
lath and shingle machines, and machinery for the 
manufacture of sash and blinds, and so rapidly did 
the flames spread that, despite the vigorous efforts 
of our very efficient fire departments, the whole was 
consumed in a very short spoce of time. The mill 
was valued at from between $9000 to $10,000 and 
was insured. The machinery was principally owned 
by private individuals and I am informed that it was 
not insured. 
The site upon which the mill stood is a portion 
of the ledge of rock which forms the Falls in the 
Androscoggin at this place, and is located at the ex-
treme end of the ridge near the Falls. The company 
will immediately go about erecting another on the 
same site. 
The scene which we witnessed on this occasion 
was one of awful grandeur. There being quite a 
rise of water in the Androscoggin the Falls presented 
a terrific aspect insomuch that one would hardly know 
which of the raging elements most to admire, the 
rushing waters down those cragged rocks anon dash-
ing against others throwing high into the air images 
arrayed in white, made more transparent by the in-
tense illumination, and on which a storm of fire in 
the form of sparks and burning embers were constant-
ly falling, forcibly reminding one of the scenes of time 
last day, and affording a pleasing contrast between it 
and the sea of glass mingled with fire, as seen in 
vision by time apostle John, or the apparently burning 
crater from whose maw proceeded forth flame and 
smoke reminding us that soon, perhaps sooner than 
most are willing to allow, the earth being dissolved 
with fervent heat all the works therein shall, in like 
manner, he burnt up. 
It will be well for those at that time who shall 
have been found to have laid up their treasures above. 
Very truly your brother in Christ. W. H. F. 
Lewiston (Me.), Aug. 30th, 1852. 
Scintillations of Truth. 
Mr. Thompson pastor of the Broadway Taberna-
cle Church, in a letter from Liverpool, where he had 
just arrived, in his progress on a European and Asi-
atic tour for his health, drops a gem or two of truth, 
which we pick up. He says : 
" I remember having once discoursed theoretically 
upon the advantages of the sea in the present consti-
tution of the world and society ; but that was long 
ago in a lecture upon the Creation and I have since 
pondered much more familiarly the end of this dispen-
sation, when we are toldthere shall be no more sea,' 
that its physical benefits and its moral uses will be 
all superceded in that higher eternal existence that 
awaits emancipated and ennobled mortality upon the 
new earth." 
In speaking of a burial at sea he adds : 
" Sad and sorrowful was such a disposition of a 
body no doubt dear to many, God grant me to rest 
by the side of those whom he has called before me ; 
yet blessed be his name, He hath promised that the 
sea shall give up the dead that are in it. He will not 
forget his children though they lie many fathoms deep 
beneath the cold rolling wave." 
It is refreshing to see such scriptural allusions in 
the midst of the general dearth of correct views res-
pecting our inheritance and the hope of a resurrec- 
tion. 
M. 
NOTE.—We fear that we sometimes weaken our 
arguments for the truth by taking it for granted that 
only a few besides Adventists believe in the resur-
rection and new creation. In the old school churches 
of the prevailing denominations, the resurrection is a 
cardinal doctrine, and large numbers believe in the 
restoration of the earth. In the new schools the most 
deny them.—ED. 
" I am the RESURRECTION and the LIFE he who believeth in 
ME, though he should die, yet he will LIVE: and whoever liveth 
and believeth in rile, will never die."—John 11:25, 26. 
Mrs. ELIZABETH GORDON wife of JAMES GORDON, 
died at Brooklyn, N. Y., August 29th, aged forty-
eight years. Bro. Gordon had but recently removed 
from Boston, where he had resided for many years, 
when unexpectedly called to part with his beloved 
companion and bury her in the midst of strangers 
Sister Gordon has been for many years a professor of 
religion, and has left her friends the cheering hope 
of a resurrection to eternal life. She was formerly 
a member of the Baptist church ; and when Mr. Mil-
ler visited Boston, and preached the coming of the 
Lord, she cordially embraced the hope of Christ's 
coming. Her latest theme was the glorious doctrine 
of the Saviour's return, at which time she expected 
to be with him and like him. Her husband feels 
keenly his loss, but submits to the Divine will. Her 
only daughter, with whom she resided was almost 
overwhelmed with grief, but it is to be hoped this 
great affliction will he sanctified to her. 
The Lord has seen fit in his providence to afflict us 
by taking away one of our little ones. NANCY CARO-
LINE,.the daughter of Robert and Selana Tibbets, she 
sweetly fell asleep in Jesus August 13th, 1852, aged 
six years one month and thirteen days. She was a 
beloved child by all who knew her, she was the dar-
ling of my heart. I was told to give her up. It was the 
desire of my heart that she might live with me a lit-
tle longer, but the Lord was pleased to take her from 
me to wean my heart and affections from this world 
and place them upon heaven and eternal things, and 
while I mourn the loss of her company 1 rejoice in 
God my Saviour in providing a place of rest for all 
his saints. God is too good to be unkind, too wise to 
err, He has done it—it is right. It is my prayer that 
the time will soon come when this earth shall be re-
deemed from the power of sin and death, that we shall 
reign with Christ and all his saints in that kingdom 
of glory, where there is no sickness nor sorrow, pain 
nor death, but one eternal day to praise God and the 
Lamb for ever and ever. Little Nancy was a peace-
ful lovely child, it might well he said of her, "Blessed 
are the pure in heart for they shall see God." I 
would not live on this earth only to do the Lord's 
will and do wait his time and be prepared to reign 
with Jesus for ever. 
0 when we shall see that bright day 
United with angels above, 
No longer confined to our clay 
O'erwhelmed in the oceans of love. 
S TIBBETS. 
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The object of this periodical is to discuss the great question of the 
age in which we live—The near approach of the Fifth Universal 
Monarchy ; in which the kingdom under the whole heaven 8111111 be 
given to the saints of the Most High, for an everlasting possession. 
Also to take note of such passing events as mark tiro present time , 
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flee from the wrath to come. 
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The principles prominently presented, will be those unanimously 
adopted by the " Mutual General Conference of Adventists," held at 
Albany, N. V., April 29, 1845 ; and which are in brief— 
The Regeneration of this earth by Fire, and its Restoration to 
Its Eden betuty. 
The Personal Advent of CHRIST at the commencement of the 
Millennium. 
His Judgment of the quick and Dead at his Appearing and 
Kingdom. 
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The Resurrection of those who Sleep in Jesus, and the Change 
of the Living Saints, at the Advent. 
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event, and their confinement under drains of darkness till the Sec-
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The New Earth the Eternal Residence of the Redeemed. 
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THE ADVENT HERALD. 
From Tahiti.—News has been received front the Society 
Islands as late as the 8th of May. The nature of the intel-
ligence is such as to show that the designs of the French are 
unmistakeable. There can be no question that, if possible, 
the spirit of Protestantism will be stifled and smothered ; 
and unless the English missionaries succumb to the dictation 
of the Governor, they will be ultimately banished front the 
Islands. The facts and statements we now publish, our read-
ers may rest assured, were not communicated by any mis-
sionary resident at Tahiti, because, should it become known 
to the authorities there that any missionary was sending 
abroad an account of the state of timings, it would subject 
hint to persecution and banishment. 
The following are among the persecuting acts of the 
French Protectorate Government at Tahiti. The English 
Protestant Missionaries have been forbid to preach until they 
had formally acknowledged the Governor as their head, and 
promised to submit themselves to the control of the Govern-
ment. On or about the 10th of May, the missionaries as• 
sembled at Papiete to consult upon the course for them to 
pursue. No native would be allowed to preach without the 
sanction of the Government. The Rev. Mr. Chisholm, a 
German, employed by the London Missionary Society, had 
been prohibited from preaching out of a certain district, un-
der pain of arrest and banishment.—N. Y. Times. 
THE ADVENT HERALD. 
BOSTON, SEPT. 11, 1 852. 
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NEW WORK. 
" The Phenomena of the Rapping Spirits, &c.: A revival 
of the Necromancy, Witchcraft and Demonology forbidden 
in the Scriptures : Shown by an exposition of Rev. 15-18 
to be symbolized by the Frog-like spirits which were to pro-
ceed from the mouth of the Dragon, Beast and False Prophet. 
For they are the spirits of devils working miracles, which 
go finth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, 
to gather them to the battle of that great (lay of God Al-
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This is the title of a pamphlet published at this office. It 
begins with the 15th chapter, and gives an exposition of that 
and the three chapters next following—ending where the 
tract called the Approaching Crisis begins. It gives : 
The Victors on the Sea of Glass.—Rev. 15:1-4. 
The Angels with the Seven Vials.-15:5-8 ; 16:1. 
The First Vial.-16:2. 
The Second Vial.-16:3. 
The Third Vial.-16:4-7. 
The Fourth Vial.-16:8, 9. 
The Fifth Vial.-16:10, 11. 
The Sixth Vial.-16:12. 
The Unclean Spirits.-16:13, 14. 
The Admonition.-16:15. 
The Success of the Spirits.-16:16. 
The Seventh Vial.-16;17-21. 
The Judgment of the Harlot.-17:1, 2. 
A Woman on a Scarlet Colored Beast.-17:3-18. 
The Fall of Babylon.-18:1-3. 
The Voice from Heaven.-18:4—S. 
The Destructioteof Babylon.-18:9-24. 
The evidence is given that we are under the sixth vial—
that at this time there were to be the manifestations symbol-
ized by the Unclean Spirits—that it was to be a body of re-
ligious teachers, who should present a belief common to Pa-
ganism, Romanism and Mohammedanism, which religions 
tire respectively the mouth-piece of Imperial Rome, decent-
regal Rome, and the eastern Roman Empire,—that demon-
worship is common to those three religions—that the teach-
ings of the rapping spirits, are in accordance with that de-
mon-worship—that as the necromancy of the Canaanites 
(Dent. 18th) preceded their destruction, so these are to be 
instrumental in gathering the nations to the battle of Arma-
geddon—that this battle will commence in a violent conflict 
between the opinions of men and the word of God—that 
these new lights have arrayed themselves in direct conflict 
with the Bible—and that it will terminate by the destruction 
of the wicked from the earth. 
BRO. BLISS :—I have seen no mention made of the meas-
ures proposed at the last Conference at Hartlord, and as 
many are likely to forget, would it not be well to speak of 
the "Quarterly Collections fur the Disabled Ministers," and 
of the "Sectional Conferences," which were to be held ev-
ery six months `I At our quarterly collection fur Aug. 1st, we 
received $16,50, which has been distributed to Bro. Turner, 
Southard, and Ingrnire. 
L. D. M. 
NOTE.—We are glad to see that this is not forgotten in 
New York city, and hope that it will be remembered in other 
places. There are several brethren who need more help than 
they will be likely to receive from any and all sources.. Let 
every one do as the Lord bath prospered biol. 
Another thing : it is well for brethren themselves to look 
out for these things, and not depend on the editor to think of 
everything. Therefore we are much obliged to our Bro. 
Mansfield for his note on the subject. 
SUGAR HILL.—Bro. Himes arranged to visit Sugar Hill 
on the 8th, and had a notice put in the laSt Herald accord-
ingly. Just as the paper was going to press, a list of.ap-
pointments was received from Bro. Hutchinson, which ren-
dered the fulfilment of the one at Sugar Hill impossible. In 
putting these in the paper, the printer omitted to leave out 
the former, which was not discovered until too late. Bro. 
H. immediately wrote to Bro. Shipman, withdrawing the 
appointment. He regrets this, as some !nay have been dis-
appointed ; bat he will endeavor to unite amends by hold-
ing a conference with them at a future time, concerning 
which he will consult with Bro. Shipman. 
BRO. that ES :—We have concluded to move to Provi-
dence, R. I. If God permit, I shall commence labor there 
the first Sabbath in October. 
I have just returned front West Martinsburg, N. Y. The 
church there is steadfast and gaining. There was a crowded 
house last Sabbath, and great atttention was paid to the 
preaching. Prejudice is giving away. Bro. Keeler was 
with me last week, and preached a part of the time, to good 
acceptance, The labors of Bro. V. R. Leonard, who is a 
esident there, and formerly a Methodist local minister, are 
well accepted, arid have proved a blessing to the church. 
Homer, Aug. 29th, 1852. G. W. BURNHAM. 
In Berks county, Pa., the grape crop is likely to prove a 
complete failure by reason of the grape rot. 
The South Carolina arid Florida palters complain of the 
ravages of the caterpillar in the cotton. 
"Youth's, Guide." 
The Sept. number (No. 5, Vol. 6) of this interesting and beautifu 
little monthly paper is now out. 
CONTENTS. 
Richard Bakewell (Chap. 5.) The Enemy Within. 
Guard against Vulgarity. A Knowing Thrush. 
Kossuth and Lola at ontel.„ For Disobedient Children. 
A Fight with a Linn. Persevera»ce Rewarded. 
The Notorious Glutton. The Art of Swimming. 
Home Influence. 
What a Lie Will Do. 
Truthful and Untruthful Habits. A Tribute of Affection to Boys. 
Warning to Buys. 
For the Curious. 
Charlie on the Bridge. Enigmas, &c. &c. 
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Appointments, &c. 
NOTICE.—As our paper is made ready for the press on Wednes 
day, appointments most he received, at the latest, by Tuesday 
morning, or they cannot be inserted until the following week. 
Bro. Himes will preach as follows : 
Shipton, Wednesday, 15th, at 10 o'clock, and continue two days. 
Melbourne, Friday, 17th, and over the Sabbath. 
Lawrenceville, Tuesday, 21st, at 4 o'clock. 
Sheiford, teat-meeting at 'Waterloo, Wednesdi.y, 22d, and over 
the
Tuesday, 28th, at 4 o'clock. 
eSsatbsb:yLite 
iv ord, 
East Farnham, in the chapel at fitallnirt's Corner, Wednesday, 
29th, at 10 o'clock, and continue two days. 
Stan bridge, fn the Baptist house, Staubridge Ridge, Friday, 1st 
Oct. at 10 o'clock, and continue over the Sabbath. 
Bro. Orrock will accompany Bro. Himes, and do part of the 
preaching. 
1 will preach at Richford, Vt., Sept. 10th, and remain over the 
Sabbath ; Montgomery, 14th—two meetings ; Morrisville, the 16th, 
where brethren may appoint Waterbury, 17th; Burlington, Sab-
bath, 19th • Bristol, 21st and 22d ; Castieton, 24th ; Low Hampton, 
N. Y., Sabliath, 26th; Greenfield, 30th—one meeting; Middle Grove, 
Oct. tot, anti remain over the Sabbath ; Lansingburg, 5th ; West 
Troy, 6th ; Albany, 8th, and remain over Stinday.—N. BILLINGS. 
Elder Wesley Burnhain and myself will hold couferences in the 
following places:—New Durham Ridge., N. H., Sept. 24th West 
Parsonsfield. Me., Oct. 1st, where my father and Bro I. Titelt may 
appoint; Waterboro', Me. Oct. 8th, where Bro. Wnt Taylor may 
appoint. Each to continue over the Sabbath. We hope to see a 
general gathering of the friends.—CHASE TAYLOR. 
The friends in Kentiebunk, Me., are hereby informed that I will be 
with them on the first, third, and fourth Sabbaths in October, but 
cannot remain during the week time. 
The friends in Peacedale, It. 1., are informed that I will visit them 
on the second Sabbath in October, and reinainEt Ans'wo LoNr iiithurneeNitil;24.. 
Providence permitting. I will preach at Densmore hill, Hartland, 
Vt., Sunday, Sept. 19th, at 101 A M ; Vernon, 22d, 7 r M ; Northfield 
Farms, Mass., 2311, 7 p SUTHERLAND. 
Providence permitting, I will meet with the brethren at Dens-
more Hill, Woodstock, Sept. pith, find remain in that section a 
week. 
S. B. Eras. 
Elder C. R. Criggs will preach in Holden, Mass., Sunday, Sept. 
12th. 
Fatal Accident in Roxbury.—On Thursday afternoon a man 
named Patrick McCarty, in the employ of Patrick Sharkey, 
fell from the shafts of his team, which was heavily loaded 
with wood, and both wheels passed over his abdomen. He 
passed the night in most intense suffering, and died at noon 
Friday.—Journal. 
Emigration across the Plains.—A gentleman has furnished 
the following statement of the number of emigrants for Cali-
fornia and Oregon, who passed Fort Kearney up to the 14th 
of July last. The list was accurately made out by a person 
engaged in the public service : —Men, 18,756 ; women, 
4,270 ; children, 5,500 ; horses, 7,703 ; mules, 4,993 ; cat-
tle, including cows, 74,782 ; wagons, 7,516; sheep, 23,980; 
hogs, 7. Four Germans with wheelbarrows, and several 
with handcarts, and sonic on foot, carrying their packs tot 
their backs.—Cincinnati Commercial. 
Bo'y Drowned in Cambridgeport.—On Saturday' afternoon, 
the 4th, a lad about seven years old, named William Cowen, 
was drowned in the old canal in Cambridgeport, while fish-
ing from Crossman & Cutler's wharf.—Journal. 
Father Leahey, the Monk of La Trappe, well known as a 
lecturer against the Catholic religion, killed a man named 
Manley at Pardeeville, W is., in court, where he had just 
been acquitted on the charge 'of seducing Leahey's wife. 
Leahey also fired twice at Strike Morton, the second ball 
lodging in Morton's arm. Leahey has been committed to jail 
to stand his trial for murder.—Milwaukee Sentinel. 
Great Earthquake at St. Jago de Cuba.—A great earth-
quake occurred at St. Jago de Cuba on the 20th, causing a 
terrible destruction of property. All the houses were more 
or less injured, and the city is blocked up with the fallen 
buildings. Three shocks were experienced in the course of 
a few hours, and many others followed during the next two 
days.—Journal. 
Capture of a Wild Girl.—Alf. Burnett informs us that a 
wild girl was captured last week in the woods back of Co-
lumbia, a few miles above this city. She %vas first observed 
climbing trees with a rapidity only equalled by a monkey. 
Capt. McCullough, with it large party, went out to capture 
this singular being, and after great trouble succeeded in doing 
so, when they learned front her incoherent expressions that 
she had been a lunatic in the asylmn at Columbus, whence 
she escaped some months since, and had lived in the woods, 
subsisting upon nuts and roots.—Cis. Com. 
Horrible Accident.—On Sunday, the 29th ult., George Ide, 
a son of Mr. Amos Ide, of Pawtucket, %vas playing in a hay-
loft with some other boys,- when, in jumping from one beam 
to another, he fell a distance of about ten leet, striking on a 
stake in a wagon below. He was literally impaled, the stake 
entering his back and coming out of his abdomen. The ac-
cident happened at 11 A. M., and the poor sufferer died at 9 
in the evening.—Woonsocket Patriot. 
Irish Fight and Probable Murder.—An Irishman named 
John Doherty was dangerously stabbed in the abdomen yes-
terday at the house of Timothy Conlan, on Pond-street. He 
had also several other stabs in the breast, but not deep 
enough to be dangerous. Thomas Conlan and another man 
named John Harney were arrested on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the outrage.—Worcester Transcript. 
Lost their Tempers.—A dispatch to the " New York Tri-
bune" says :—" An earthquake occurred at Augusta on 
Wednesday, which lasted for six seconds. The people were 
touch irritated, but no serious damage was done. It is evi- 
dent the citizens of Augusta don't like to be disturbed by 
such trifling matters as earthquakes. 
Plums.—The pitons which were beginning to ripen before 
the last rain-storm have been very generally blown off. 'The 
sudden accession of moisture, too, swelled them so that they 
cracked open. Bushels now lie upon the ground in the fruit 
gardens of this vicinity, completely ruined, and few remain 
upon the trees.—Journal. 
Since the late heavy rains, the potato crop in various parts' 
of Baltimore county, Md., has exhibited evidences of rot to 
a serious extent. 
During the storm which commenced on Saturday evening, 
28th 
ire Boston.
hult., andended on Monday night, 4 4-10 inches of rain 
fell 
 
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CANADA EAST SUBSCRIBERS.—Bills have beensent for 
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convenient. 
BRO. OSLER has returned from his tour to Western New 
York, in good health, and nitwit cheered by his visit. It is 
hoped that we shall soon hear from hint. 
Bro. Himes left for Canada on Tuesday. Letters for hint, 
not on }nosiness of the office, may be directed to. Waterloo, 
Canada East. 
ON our return from Canada East, and after taking a little 
rest, we intend visiting the brethren in Montgomery and vi-
cinity, in Vermont, and Meredith and vicinity, in N.H. 
ADVENT BOOKS, of all kinds, may be had at Derby Line, 
Vt.. or of Bro. Hutchinson or Orrock. 
The Massacre on board the " Robert Bowne."—A friend has 
handed us the following extract from a letter of an officer of 
the U. S. ship Saratoga, dated Hong Kong, June 21, 1852, 
giving an account of the energetic and successful measures 
adopted by Commander Walker, of the Saratoga, to capture 
the mutineers engaged in the massacre of the officers and 
crew of the Robert Bowne :—" We have just returned from 
a cruise to the Madjicosemah Islands, the object of which 
was to pursue the pirates that captured the American ship 
Robert Bowne, on a voyage from Amoy to California, with 
five hundred Chinese Coolies on board. When ten days out 
they rose upon the officers and crew of the ship, killed the 
captain, two mates, and three of the men, and took the ship 
to Patchungsan, one of the islands in the above mentioned 
group. These islands are in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 24 
25 W., long. 124 E. On our arrival at Patchungsan, Com-
mander Walker had an interview with the High Hong, or 
Chief Mandarin, informed hint through our interpreter of the 
object of our visit, and requested his assistance in arresting 
the outlaws who had landed from the Robert Bowne on his 
island. The Chief expressed his readiness to do all in his 
power, which amounted only to furnishing us guides and 
horses. As soon as the pirates saw us in the offing they fled 
to the mountains. Commander Walker then landed one hun-
dred and fifty men from the Saratoga, well armed, and taking 
the command, followed them. After six days' hard work, 
and excessive fatigue, we succeeded in taking fifty-three and 
brought them to this place. Fifteen of the ringleaders will 
 
be sent to Canton to be executed, and their heads will fall 
very soon after they are delivered to the Mandarins. The 
remainder we are to take to Annoy, it is said, to be delivered 
to the authorities there. " * We hope to leave China 
for the United States by the 1st January, 1853, and to be 
home early the following May."—Boston ,Tournal. 
Deplorable Accident.—As a pic-sic party, consisting of a 
large number of young ladies and gentlemen from the town of 
Stockton, were crossing Casadaga Lake on the 2d inst. at 
about half-past one o'clock P. M., in a scow and a skiff, ow-
ing to the breaking of a row-lock in the skiff the ladies be-
came frightened, and it upset. Those in the scow seeing the 
accident, also became panic stricken, and rushed to the side, 
upsetting it, and all were thrown into the water. The boats 
were some forty rods from the nearest shore. No other boats 
were at hand, and the lake was quite rough. There were 
five persons in the skiff, all of whom were saved, but of nine-
teen in the scow, seves young ladies were drowned, with the 
boatman, who, after rescuing seven-al, perished in endeavor-
ing to save the lives of others. The ladies were all from six-
teen to twenty years of urge. But two of the bodies had been 
recovered up to 9 o'clock of the same everting. The names 
of those lost were Miss Emily M. Goodrich, of Ithaca, Miss 
Philena Sadler, of Randolph, Lacy and Cecilia La Heell, of 
Delanti, Charlotte Moore, of Stockton, Mary Harrison, of 
Delanti, Alice Wilkins, of Delanti, and James Wilcox, of 
Casadaga, the boatman.—Buffalo Commercial. 
Indian Troubles.—The Indians have of late become very 
troublesome on Rogue river. On the 14th ult. they stopped 
two travellers, and demanded their horses, money, &c., 
which being refused, the Indians left in a sulky mood. On 
Saturday, 's party of whites went to settle any difficulty there 
might be existing between them, and met a deputation of 
twenty-one warriors ; but before they had come to any terms, 
an Indian drew an arrow out a white man, which was the 
signal for a general fight. The Indians were whipped, leav-
ing eighteen of their number cold on the sod. A second en-
gagement took place in the afternoon of the same day, 
when thirteen more Indians were killed. On Sunday a third 
meeting took place, when four Indians were killed, making 
thirty-five in all. No white men were killed in any one of 
these engagements, and but few wounded. The citizens of 
Siskiyou county have sent a petition to Gov. Bigler, asking 
for assistance. " We understand," says the F— Herald, 
"that a large number of Indians—two thousand, it is said—
will hold a Grand Council at the head waters of the San 
Joaquin in a tew (lays, with the view it is feared of uniting, 
for the purpose of a general war on the white settlers. If 
such be the intention of the savages, we are on the eve of a 
serious and protracted war with the Indian races, which will 
not be terminated without a vast outlay of money, and the 
sacrifice of a great many lives. We have been apprehensive 
of such a sad state of things for sonic months past, but we 
hope the threatened calamity will be averted, although we 
do not think it probable." 
Another Steamboat Disaster on the Hudson.—A sad disas-
ter happened to the steamer Reindeer, running on the Hudson 
river between New...York and Albany, on Saturday, in conse- 
quence of the bursting of the pipe which connects the flues. 
The accident occurred at Malden, Saugerties Landing, at a 
quarter past one o'clock. The steam rushed out between 
decks, tearing down a temporary bulkhead, and passed into 
the lower cabin, every person there being either killed or 
badly injured. The lullowing is the list of the dead, as far 
as ascertained up to Sunday evening :—James Brown, of 
New York ; Frederick Merrill, barkeeper ; S. Duane, fire-
Irian ; Peter Foucke, waiter ; John Bowers, waiter ; R. 
Farrell, waiter; Solomon Savoy, (colored, of Rhinebeck,) 
drowned ; Mrs. Mary Ann Bowers, wife of Daniel Bowers, 
of Albany ; John G. Rionfeldt, an employee of the Danish 
Consul ; D. J. Holdridge, of Albany ; Thomas J. Barnes, 
of Richmond, Va. ; Hugh Rileigh, of do ; Margaretta and 
Cammella Andrews, step daughters of Rileigh ; H. B. Cox, 
second engineer ; Joseph Brown, deck hand; Estella Loupe, 
aged 12 years, daughter of Mr. Loupe, of the firm of War-
ren, Loupe & Bliss, of N. Y. ; Garwood Renswity, steward, 
of Pine Plains ; John Savoy, of Rhinebeck ; a German, 
name unknown ; Dennis Savoy, colored ; Mrs. Sarah N. 
Lockwood, of Albany ; Augustus W. Whipple, of Cam-
bridge, Mass. ; Rev. Geo. R. Williamson, of Amity, Sara-
toga county, N. Y. ; Norman Platt Williamson, son of the 
preceding ; Wm. H. Snell,. Richmond, Va. So far, there 
are twenty-seven deaths, and it is pretty certain that others 
of the badly scalded cannot live.—Boston Journal. 
N. Trine, 560-81,77 due at mid of vol. ; D. Mixter, 612 ; J. E. 
Pierce, 612 ; N. Gould, 612 ; T. Ware, 612 ; B. Richards, 586 ; M. 
M. Smith, 612 ; J. D. Cole, 614 ; M. Needham, 616 ; N. Young, 642 ; 
E. P. Wentworth, 612 ; W. Pulling, 606 ; J. Walton, 606 ; C. G. 
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J. Nocake, 638 ; B T. Libbey, 612; P. Whiting, 560; I,. N. Wat-
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V. G. and tracts ; J. Telford, 612 ; G. W. Burnham, 580, and 61 on 
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