THE ADVENT REVIEW BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 187~.

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1 If.! ffi ;.,! THE ADVENT REVIEW ~n ltttnl n~ t~ jnnt. "Here is te patience of te Saints: Here are tey tat keep te Commanments of Go, an te Fait of Jesus." Rev. 4: 2. VOLUME 40. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 87~. NUMBER ~..', IS ISSUED WBEKLY BY T Sevent ay Aventist Publising Association, BATTLE CREEK, MICH. --oo~oo--- ELDER JAMES WHITE, PRESIDENT. See Last. Page. A,rooe REVIEW & HERALD, BAT!LJ: 0RUE, MICH. BE OF GOOD O.BEEB.. Cristian pilgrims, O I look upwar, Jesus calls us to rf'joiae. 'l.'ime raws nig for our reemption, Soon we'll ear our Saviour's voice Saying, Len ones, come up iter, From tis worl of pain an woe; Come an reign wit me forever : Cristian pilgrims, onwar go. On Wll.l \ upwar, let us asten; Faint not! we sall soon recieve Palms of victory, crowns of glory, Harps of gol wit perfect peace. Cristians, on! wit eas uplifte, Fear not troubles, pain, or strife, Fea-r no sorrow; if we faint not We sall reap eternal life. 0 be ceerful, 0 be prayerful, Watc te coming of te Lor; For we see te signs fulfilling Spoken in is oly wor. For te Lor sall roar from Zion, An te eavens an eart sall sake. Soon will come te King of Heaven, An ie saints to glory take. Help us, Lor, wile now preparing For tat great anti trying our, :May our lamps be brigt an sining, Waiting, wa.tcing unto prayer, O! tat appy, appy meeting, Wen te Lor receins is guests, Ob! sall I receive te greeting, An wit im forever rest? MARY BRADFORD. West Ringe, N. II., July, 872. I carge tee terefore before Go, an te Lor Jesus Crist wo sall jnge te quick an te ea at is appearing an is kingom; Pl~EACH. TilE WORD. 2 Tim. 4: 2. W E ll US T AWAKE. BY B. F. MERRITT. TEXT: "Terefore let us not sleep, as o oters: but let us watc aa be sober." 'ess. 5: 6. MY bretren, I must lay before you some tings concerning our conition, anger, an ~ty, as a curc. I want to sow,. Tat we ave fallen into a eep sleep. 2. Te cause of it. 3. Te means of awakening. 4. Te awful consequences of sleeping now. I ave feare ts.t wors from me on tis subject woul a.vail but little, but as I am to o wat I c&n to save myself an yon, I sall, wit te ability tat Go gives, speak wat I ave to sa.y, an leate te result wit te Master, praying is blessing upon us. Unerstan I o not use te wor sleep in te sense of taking rest wen tire nature wants restoring, nor in tat oter sense in wic it is so commonly use in te Bible viz., of eat, but to enote tat stupor tat comes over souls, causing tem to be in a great measure unconscious of te anger tey are in, an wic frees tem from esire to sun impening evil. U nonbtely tis is te sense in wic te wor is use in te text, an in suc passages as, " Knowing te time, tat now it is ig time to awake out of sleep." Rom. 3:. "Awake tou tat sleepest, an arise from te ea, an Crist sall give tee ligt." Ep. 5: 4. It was tis state te proigal son was in w}te~ ~e l~ft ~is. fat~r's ouse, an spent ~~ v~~ m r0tmg, till poor.an suffering, t IS saul, ".He came to imself," i.. e., awake out of sleep. He ten sougt is fater's ouse. Now,. tat we o not realize our conition, is evient from te course we pursue. We o not aet consistent wit our profession. We are poor, mortal beings. We arc not certain of life one our. We ave all been poisone by sin; an if we ave not tis vi- rus purge before our eyes close in eat, octrine of Crist,. go on unto pereternal estruction is surely our portion. fection" ( He b. 6 : ), but, oling te Tere is now no conemnation to us if we teory, we ave neglecte te practice of are in Crist J esns, an walk not after te te Cristian, an ave not become transfles, but after te Spirit. But wo of us forme, tat we migt u prove [or sow J can say tat we are, an ave been, so walk- wat is tat goo, an acceptable, an pering? Now we may be mae free from sin. feet, will of Go." Rom. 2 : 2. Now we We may secure tat great rewar, if wit rea of te glorious curc of Go, in wic all our earts we seek it. We may be save, all te parts, working in armony, o sow an ave an eternal ome in te glorious fort te excellency of te gospel, to te city of Go. Di we but see an realize praise of Go. Go woul ave intelligent wat is at stake, an compreen te great worsipers, in wom te gifts an graces of consequences tat will follow our present te apostolic curc woul be manifeste. course, woul we not act ifferently? A, But ow can e bestow tose gifts upon us? my bretren, were we awake, every moment We ave been exorte to "grow in grace of our time woul be wisely employe, tat an te knowlege of te trut," wic, we migt be on safe groun. if we a striven to o, as te impor- Again, all Heaven is intereste in our tance of te case emans, we migt salvation. Te Lor J esns sowe is in- ave been vessels fitte for tese gifts... terest in our welfare, by ying for us. We ave a too little fait in Go. We Mercy yet lingers, an te Spirit ealls. A ave forgotten, to a great egree, our miscertam amount of long-suffering, a certain sion. We ave not presse forwar, imamonnt of warnings, a certain amount of proving ourselves by te performance of opportunities, an te Lor will say, "It is present uties, tat we migt be instruments enoug. Let im alone." Te grieve to accomplis a greater work for Go. Spirit will ten forever cease its gentle Troug inactivity we ave fallen asleep. promptings, an we will be left to arness Tis is no ile tale. Te Bible means wat of eart. Were we sensible of our anger it says about Crist's people. If we a in tis respect, woul we not act ifferently? not fole our ans. in sleep, we woul Time is a.lmost past. We are in te clos- view tings far ifferently. ing scenes of uman probation. Te oor O! tat our eyes may be opene, an of mercy will soon be close. Satan is wit we be mae to realize tat life is real, an migty power pressing us wit arkness be awakene to a practical sense of uty. an a spirit of slumber, an we are not ac- I will speak of te way we may become tive in te strife. groun. We must be on encante awake. You may tink it necessary for a work to be accomplise for us, an tat I saw te picture of te man wit te tere is no use of our trying to arouse ourmuck-rake, on is knees in te filt, raking selves. My bretren, if we wait for a mirup te filty rags, an esteeming tem as acle to be wrougt to make us sensible of treasures, wile just above im stoo a brigt our conition, an to cause us to feel like angel offering im a glorious crown. As putting fort suc efforts as are necessary te poor man i not seem to ear or ee to secure salvation, we will never be save. te kin offer, I coul but tink e was "Be zealous, an repent," was sai to asleep. So it is wit us wen we so grasp te curc in Laoicea. " Repent an o for te faing tings of eart, an ave our te first works," was sai to te curc in mins an earts set on tem, wile our Epeus, wic a eparte from its first eternal interests so little concern us. We love. If inactivity as cause our ecline, are asleep., activity will cause new life. If te muscles Once more, our ying fellow-mortals. of te boy are inactive, tey will become because of our neglect. O! my soul, it is a fearful ting to live. Only by being in te ans of Go can we be safe. Dream not of. peace, an a :flowery roa to Heaven. Arouse, awake, "escape for ty life." Now is te accepte time. Te strong bans wit wic te foe as boun us are easier broken to-a.y tan ever tey will be in te future. Te longer we neglect to arouse, te eeper will be our sleep. Te about us, wo kinly greet us wq.en we meet, small an weak; but if properly exercise, Spirit. tat calls to-ay may be oing its are many of tem in te way of eat. Di tey will grow an become strong. So wit last work. It may be grieve, an we no we really unerstan tese tings, woul we te Cristian an is work. more feel its gentle promptings, but be left not try to warn tem of teir anger, an Wat greater motives coul be place to sleep. Now is te time to yiel to its tell tem of te better way? before us, to cause us to be energetic in te power an cast ourselves into te ans of It is neeless for me to talk more upon cause of Go, tan tose el out in te Go. tis point. Te message to te Laoiceans Bible. I call attention to te parable of We know not te ay nor te our wen is tat tey are lukewarm, miserable, blin te talents (Matt. 25 ), also te parable of te great ay of te Lor will be usere an nake, an know it not. Suc are we, te ten pieces of money. Luke 9. in. "In suc an our as ye tink not," my bretren. I will try to point out te Solomon saw ow men woul sleep over sai Jesus, " te Son of man comet.'' cause. important an eternal tings, an sougt Tat voice wic will not only sake te Sai te Lor, by Solomon, "Slotful- to awaken tem by referring to tings in eart, but also eaven, will soon be ear ness castet into a eep sleep." I believe nature. Prov. 6, also 24. If it is late, te from on ig, saying, " It is one.''_ Alas! our great ifficulty as been inactivity. Lor yet says, "Go ye.also into my vine ten, for sinful men. Sai te blesse J e Wen uty as been presente before us, yar." If we stan ily waiting for a sus, "Watc, lest coming suenly e fin we ave not iscarge it. Wen te ligt greater work to o, we o wrong. " Watof present trut first glaene our earts, soever ty an finet to o, o it wit My bretren, let tese wors sink into you sleeping." an we mae our vows to Go, we were ty migt," &c. Eccl. 9: 0. If yon want your earts. Now is te accepte time. blesse. We felt like consecrating all our a fiel of labor, yon can fin it anywere. O! elay no longer. May te blessing powers to te service of te Lor, an were Tose uties wic you consier small are of te Lor atten. Amen. gla to speak a wor for J esns at any time ; te very, ones tat will prepare you, an an to bear a cross for im was to us a e- open te way, for a more extene fiel of. Political Romanism. ligt. Wile tus we trie to live, our labor. It is not for oing no arm, nor for earts were full of love an praise. But great acts in te sigt of men, tat Crist IT is concee by a large proportion of opportunities for oing goo were presente, commens te eirs of te kingom. Matt. our intelligent, patriotic. citizens tat Romanism, politically, is a angerous element an we neglecte to act. Peraps it was a 25. It is activity-work in te vineyar kin ee to te poor; peraps it was an of te Lor-tat will revive us. An it in our population. If it were a strictly re act to suppress prie, or to qonfess te trut is te only ting. I ave tougt muc on before scoffing men an women, or to resist tis subject, an am convince of tis trut. a strong temptation of te.evil. Watever We may come before te Lor wit songs it was, we neglecte uty. I appeal to yon, of praise, an bow an plaintively plea for my bretren, was it not a failure on your Go to refres us, but tis will not avail. part to aat in te goo cause, tat as Go will o is part, never fear. Don't cause you barrenness of soul? act as toug e was an unfeeling sovereign, We ave a te example of nominal an is mercies an blessings coul only be professors about us, wo ave not realize obtaine by exciting is pity. By so oing, te importance of walking circumspectly I believe yon sin. Do your uty, an e before te Lor. Unconsciously ave we. is reay, an will bless. patterne after tem. We too ave not Our work is to bring our being into abewalke circumspectly, an were are we? ience to te will of Go, an to sow to "Were art tou," Aam~ Were art our neigbors an all tat we can, tat we tou, my broter? my sister? an wat truly fear Go an tremble at is wor, an as brougt tee tere? " Slotfulness tat te religion we profess as a sanctifycastet into a eep sleep.". ing influence upon us. We are to o ajl Vfe ave not followe te injunction of in our power to let te ligt tat as sone te apostle, " Leaving te principles of te upon us, sine upon oters. I ave often sai ow I tougt we soul act towar oters; but, o! ow I 3ile faile; ow we all ave faile. Our neigbflrs arly know wat we profess, as we ave kept our ligt so uner a busel, an tey arly tink we believe wat we appear to profess, since our lives ave been so inconsistent. Now I want to speak a few wors about te consequences of going on, neglecting uty. Tongue cannot tell te wole.. We can never be appy an enjoy te smiles of Go wile we neglect uty. "He tat knowet is master's will, an oet it not, sall be beaten wit many stripes," will ever, wile our earts are susceptible of being full of love an peace, be souning in our ears an leave us in istress. 2. We will be sure to ecline spiritually. Tere is no staning still on groun gaine in te Cristian course. To stop is to go back. A abit of neglecting present uty is sure ruin, unless it be broken. 3. It follows ten tat unless we awake to life an uty, certain estruction is our lot. O! tat we coul see it as it is. O! tat we coul feel. Wit Heaven's brigt gates open before us, will we ream of rest an glie own to eat? O! Heaven forbi. My broter, in te name of Israel's Go, arouse an gir on te armor, an struggle for life, or you will lose it. Let te worl talk. Let tem consier us wil. Tey surely will if we act consistent, but eternal life is at stake, an wat sall we care for te jeers of a goless worl if we can but gain it. 4. But our own estruction is not only inevitable if we o not arouse, but we know not ow many souls will go to estruction ligious system, its growt in tis country woul not excite alarm, because its errors an superstitions can never supplant te truts of Protestant Cristianity. Inee, prominent Romis perioicals an priests alreay complain tat te cilren of Catolic parents are eparting from te fait, an as comparatively few converts are mae from te eretical curces, te prospect of mere_ numerical superiority in our lan is not very encouraging. Te preponerance of numbers, owever, is. not absolutely essentia;l to secure political power. Te Romanists conquer by policy. For centuries tey ave been celebrate for intrigue in. te successful manipulation of public men. History reveals te fact tat papal a~t~~ty as controlle te trones of. 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2 90 ADVENT REVIEW AND IIERALD OF THE SABBATI-I. [Vol. 40, No. 2. crime, in orer tat its rule migt be per- ifferences, will combine against te enemies te elp of te Lor we can overcome, an rive a loa of golen seaves into te barn, petuate. Believing tat te civil power is of our institutions. to "im tat overcomet will I grant to but were are te Ruts wo woul consier suborinate to te ecclesiastical, tis corrupt Never in te istory of te nation as sit wit me in my trone, even as I also it a privilege to gater up a anful of grain Curc as always sougt to govern te tere been suc ~ vi"olent crusae agabst overcame, an am set own wit my Fater for te eternal garner? State, an as been remarkably successful. te Cristian Sabbat as at te present in is trone." E. R. DEWEY. I accost you to-nigt in te wors of For wisom in preparation an bolness in time. At a large mass-meeting of Germans Naomi to Rut as in te evening se came execution, te iplomacy of te Vatican an_ oters, recently el in Baltimore, res- ome wit a sack full of barley, "Wer~ cannot be surpa.sse. o I utions. were a opte, protestmg. agamst. Te First Blow in Conversion. ast tou gleane to-ay?" By wat river Te increasing numerical strengt of Ro- ~e Sunay l~ws of Marylan,_ an request- THE work of te law in te process of of promise? By wat poor man's cot? ' b t L t t 0 r... By wat trouble soul? Wat prayer mamsm in t IS country gives It te a ance,mg e egts a ure mo Y or repea conversion. s well set _fort..by T. De 'Vtt ast tou offere? Wat. goo ee ast of power at te ballot-box, an enables it tem, so as to allow every place of am:use- T ~,., to ictate terms to political parties. It ment to be opege after one o'clock on Sun- a mage m t e 0 owm5 artie e : - tou one? Wat inviting wor ast tou votes as a unit an marces in soli col- ay afternoon, incluing inns, restaurants, Men must ave teir sins cut own, or spoken? May te Go of Rut bless tee! ums. He:ce our politicians are anxious to concert-garens, an saloons, cigar an you can o noting wit tem. In tis ay Te Go of te arvest-fiel rewar tee! secure its support, an will present inuce- confectionery stor~b, mineral-water stan*s, an attempt is mae to popularize religion He tat goet fort bearing precious see menta of te ~ost :flattering caracter to te teaters, an te ke. * * by taking out te repenting element. Ac- sall oubtless come again wit rejoicing, priests. After tese negotiations at ea- Tis same foreign element is arraying it- coring to te notion of some, cange of bringing is seaves wit im! quarters, resulting in te transfer of te self against te temperance cause. Several eart is only a " removal of te clot" votes to te favore party, te esigning States ave recently enacte stringent but after te banquet is close, an you are Evience of our Opponents-Baptist Testimony. priests eman, as a compensation, special just laws, wic make liquor-sellers respon- reay for "te toasts." It as been a legislation for te benefit of teir Curc. sible for amages resulting from teir traf- course of prie, an a course of worl Extract from a. Sermon Preace May 2t, 879, by.re'l. JusTIN D. FuLTON, D. D., at Tremont In return for teir valuable services in New fie. Tis wolesome legislation as arous- liness, an a course of sinful inulgence. 'l'emple Gurc, Boston, Mass., publise in te York, tey ave receive from te public e our "foreign bretren," an in teir Nowreligion comes in, removes te orinary Examiner an Cronicle, June 6, 872. treasury tousans of ollars to buil up mass-meetings an State conventions, tey vians, an puts on te tablealittlerarerwine, an calls out a little finerexileration. Now TExT. "Te Lor of osts at sworn, saying, Sure!) t eir sectarian institutions. treaten to efeat any political party t at I b t t s sall I'' come t pass n a" my iea is tat te first ting religion oes is as ave oug 0 0 ; a " Our politicians are so completely uner favors t~e ~nforcem~nt. of tese ~a~~ Some ave purpose, so sall it stan." Isa. 4: 24. t e control o f t IS. 0reign c J esmt. e ement, o f t l t to upset te table, an as to pieces te It becomes our uty to reassert our fait o~r. ~, unprmcip e po I Imans. ~ay. A tat tey fear to offen it. Several weeks be mtmate, but te moral, law-abimg poisone cups, an te t e guests, " way in te wor of Scripture. Wen Go cres S f N sr ago, enator tewart, 't' b'. t t. t wit tis swine-troug an come to banquet ate man I'n is own image, e create im 0 eva a, ouere c Izens are com.mt~g? e en e. rig,. K' J f" A k f te following amen ment to t e C onstitu- an preven t t e. ms t t u t 0~s o f. C on t me~ t a Wit mg f esus s eptic, a ter rea - to fulfill a purpose, wic was to sow ~ort tion of te Unite State)!: " Sec.. Tere Europe from bemg establu~e m Amenca. mg one 0 my sermons t e ot er ay, is Maker's glory by obeience to laws tat T attempte to put upon me an extinguiser woul secure is continuance in life an sall be maintaine in eac State or erri- It is evient, ten, tat te "coming" b ' t f f l b y te mg me t a t ose were t e octrmes appiness, if obeye. Law an esittn neetory a system o ree common sc oo s, ut party will be one of moral as well as of civil t t f t R' U s s T a e rea or Y years ago m 0 nett er te mte tates, tate, errtory, reform, an, of course, will encounter te op- B " C t u, ar I essarily precee te creating act. Law is or municipal corporation, sall ai in te position of our professional party leaers. ' axter t s f a t o t e nconverte T fi t " efine to be a rule of conuct, enforce by support o f any sc oo I w erem t e pecu ' Iar We sall fin a powerful enemy. R oman- t I no ee t a a msu te t 't e rs W t mg an autority superior to tat of te moral b 0 0 tenets of any enommation s a e taug t. ism is a political organization wit ecclesi- Wit e gram IS to cu f E own. en being to wom it is given. Te laws of Go Sec. 2. Congress sall ave power to en- astical forms, an as suc is te best isreviva W s came m f t e time b o war s " an are emboie in is wor. Te counsel o.f '.I c 0rce tis artie e b y approprxate egs a- cipline force in te lan. Tey are confi- es ey, It was a ter t ey a W een preac mg " Go is ere set.fort to all generations. To J' " I 'fi c F k t e aw an ItS pena ties. e ave m t 8 t0n. t IS a sgm cant act t at t e po - ent of success. at er Hec er says : ~'If b b I' f innore " it, or trow contempt u:pon it, is to ItiCians an papers o f a certam c ass ri 'i - our membersip s all increase for te next ay a nam y-pam Y re IgiOn, f manu acture repeat te sin, not onlu o.f ourfirst parents,.c " '.I to suit ourse ves, mstea o t e at t at but to act te part o.f Satan, te tempter. cule an enounce t is proposition. tirty years as it M! for te tirty years t C f '.I ma e e rtstian eroes o ot er ays. * * * * Is not tis being one? One Te Romanists are not satisfie wit past, in 900, Rome will ave a majority, y l t k t t f ou cou no ma e mar yrs ou o sue eclares, "I o not tink we ave receive tese enormous appropriations of public a. n be boun to take tis country an keep t ff S t l t t t s u. a an wou no nee o come a our Lor's ay on te groun of absolute funs for te benefit of teir institutions, It." 't ~ 't k 'bb t T I s proessors Wl rae s, an gi e s, an comman." To assert tat, gives up te but after receiving te money of Protestant e present effort of te Romis Curc inquisitions, to overcome tem. A swt~,rm Bible an at one fell blow strikes out te tax-payers, tey now eman te exclusion ~o control te colore ~eople of te Sout of m~squitoes woul o te work. We seem corne~-stone from te jurispruence of te of te Bible from our free scools. Of IS too apparent to be misunerstoo. Wy to tmk tat. G~ as trown overboar~' worl. Blackstone, Kent, an Story, an course, tese unscrupulous politicians are tis suen zeal for. te conversion of tis one-alf of s Bble to please te umam- oter istinguise law-writers eclare te reay to support te claims of teir perse- class? Te Romams~s favore slavery an tarian critics. We seem to say, "0 Lor l commans given to te worl ami te cute fellow-citizens, an talk eloquently oppose te.enfrancisement of te slaves t t t' f b t ' B we canno s an IS sme 0 nms one tunerings an ligtnings of Sinai is te about religious liberty. An yet tese W en emancipate ut now tat tey Gi~e us musk. Give us cologne!" I founation of law. ' same emagogues wo esire to exclue are voters, te priests regar tem as "men believe from wat I. ear ~~t. tere are "To rob te ecalogue of one of its te Bible from te scools, because it ia, in an bretren.,. Tis movement is a politi- unres of ~emb~rs m CalVImsttc curces brigtest an most precious gems-to abase teir opinion, a sectarian book, favore cal one to secure te colore vote. ;Let us wo are U mversasts, but u.re too great te fourt commanment from its lofty te appropriation of public money to secta- efeat it by eucating te freemen, an cowars to say. so. _But unless you. ma~e bigt as one of te great an immutable rian institutions because tey were Roman tus countera. ct t. e effo.rt.s of Rome. t.o over- t l t It t b e wor ee I s gm an anger WI laws of Go-an to treat te ivine statute Catolic. It may be tat "circumstances t row our erties, cml an religious.- never repent. T~e first ti~g to o is to, Remember te Sabbat ay to sanctify it,~ alter cases," but in tis case tey o not H. H. FAIRALL, A. M., in Metoist. cut own te. g!am.. Be km,, be gentle, as a mere ceremonial or ritual appointment, ie inconsistency an treacery. be sympatetic m tis p~es~ntat0n of trut, te observance of wic as passe into Te bolest step of te Jesuits is teir Will my Name Be Terel but be toro~g, no mmcmg ~e matter. esuetue wit te types an saows of opposition to our public-scool system ; By te law ~s te knowlege of sm! te Mosaic ispensation-tis as long been b t t t t t f "An anoter book was opene, wic is te book T u can ey expec e sympa Y o any of life.'' e next step IS bin mg t e s eaves. te esire of te 'wise an pruent, in teir politician in tis crusae against our eu- WILL my name be in tat long list of re- Tere is a vast amount of material aroun own eyes, wose religious sensibilities, not cational interests? We woul tink not, eeme souls wo ave been wase in te loose. It nees to be combine in Sabbat- being sufficiently spiritual to iscern te an yet facts must testify. As far back as precious fountain of Jesus' bloo? Tere scools, in prayer-meetings, in missionary true excellency of te esign of te Sab- 839, Governor Sewar, of New York, in will be te names of many worties, an of aseociations, in curces. Let members bat an its sanctifying influence, weris annual message to te Legislature, favore faters, moters, an cilren, wose robes of session be busy wit teir rakes an ever faitfully uner~too an use, ave te ivision of te scool fun to accom- ave been wase an mae wite in te gater up tis material into seaves. Tere tus encourage tem to lower an isonor moate our fellow-citizens of foreign birt. bloo of te Lamb; tose wo were enable are, I tink, attening our curc tree or Go's oly ay, an by aiing te worlly He sai : " We must secure to tem, as by fait to lay ol on te promises of Go, four unre people wo are followers of an te issolute wit teir false an apelargely as we ourselves enjoy, te immuni- an become te eirs of an eternal inerit- Crist wo ave never been.brougt out. cious arguments, av~ tereby given great ties of religious worsip. An we soul ance. But in te long list will mine ap- Men of Go! go out an bm up tese occasion to te enemies of te Lor to blas act no less wisely for ourselves tan gen- pear? As te voice of Jesus proclaims, seaves!. Te great. lack of t~e ~burc all peme. erously towar tem, by establising scools " Come, ye blesse of my Fater, inerit over.. Cristenom IS or~a~nzat~on. Te "Destroy te bining force of te comin wic teir cilren sall enjoy avan- te kingom prepare for you from te army of Go nees to be tvie mto com- man to observe te Sabbat orinance, an tages of eucation equal to our own, wit founation of.,te worl," sall I go wit panies, regiments, battalions, sarpsooters, you set asie every oter part of te ecafree toleration of teir peculiar crees tem into everlasting life, an sing wit artillerymen, infantry, sappers an miners. Iogue. We are forbien to murer-to lie an instructions.', In is message of840, tem te song of reeeming love? None We ave too many in te reserve corps. -to steal-or to commit any oter crime te same recommenation was urge: ''Te can enter in troug te gates into te city Wat is te use of saving tese ile troops against Go or man, no more tan we are cilren of foreigners are too often eprive except tose wose names are foun written any longer? If we o not nee tem now forbien to esecrate te Sabbat an te of te avantages of our system of public tere. "An wosoever was not foun we ne.ver w.ill. If all te. troops of Go injunction 'Try it' in reg~r to any comeucation in consequence of prejuices aria- written in te book of life was cast into te were m action we coul take all te castles man of Go is but repeatmg an re-ecoing from ifference oflanguage or religion. lake of fire." of sin, an s":eep te ear~ for King ing te inju~ction by wic te aversary I o not esitate, terefore, to recommen One sin unrepente of an foun against Immanuel. It IS not enoug m te arve!lt of souls inuce Eve to eat te forbien te establisment of scools in wic tey our'names at last will be enoug to blot fiel of Boaz tat some cut own te grain, fruit an by wic e tempts te untrie may be instructe by teacers speaking te tem from tat book. O, solemn tougt l tere must be oters to bin it. to e~ter pats wic lea own to ell. same language an professing te same Wy are we so slow to put away everyting Te tir ting to be one is gleaning. " * * * * * Turn for a moment fait." tat separates us from Go wen te con- However careful te men of Boaz may be to te question of te observance of te Wen te above official suggestions were sequences to ourselves are so great? Can wit te rake, at te corners of te fiel, Sabbat. By referring to te wor of Go, mae by Mr. Sewar, bot political parties we bear te tougt tat some cerise sin an ere an tere bein te reapers, we fin tat it was Go,s earliest gift to eagerly sougt te Roman Catolic vote, sall ceat us of eternal life? " Searc me, tere will be anfuls of grain tat were man. It was mae for im. Te manate especially in New York, were it was a 0 Go, an know my eart: try me, an misse. Tey must not stay tere to be for its observance was aresse to te wole power. Politicians woul promise any- know my tougts: an see if tere be pelte of te rain, or picke up by te uman species alike, an continues, unless ting, an even sacrifice principles for sue- any wicke way in II~j, an lea me in te fowls of te air. So ere an tere in te repeale by some subsequent revelation, cess. Suc a truckling policy soon is- way everlasting.'' Soon te solemn ecree worl you fin tose wo ave been misse. bining upon all wo come to te knowlguste te people, an te result was a will go fort, "He tat is unjust, let im Wen te barns of te curc in 857 were age of it. It marks te ivisions of time wonerful reaction in te popular min, be unjust still; an e wic is filty, let fille, tese persons were left on te fiel. for all gene;rations an for all climes. Te wic swept like a migty wave over te im be filty still; an e tat is rigteous, Tey say, "No ma.n caret for my soul!" foot-prints of tis Sabbat orinance are seen lan, completely isintegrating one party let im be rigteous still; an e tat is Some of tem are ric, an tey ave been in te ages before Abram was calle, or Moan almost anniilating te oter. Tis oly, let im be oly still." Rev. 22:. misse. Some of tem are poor, an tey ses wrote, an are seen in lans were te political reformation rapily accomplise Of wic class sall we be? We ave ave been passe by. Some of tem ave autority of Go is unrecognize." its work an ten cease, leaving te coun- now a sort time to prepare for tat ay.. srunk back in syness wen any one ap- Here is ig Baptist autority tat te try purer an stronger tan ever. But it is We know not ow soon our cases will come proaee. Were are te gleaners for my Sabbat of te ecalogue is sacre an imevient tat. we are approacing anoter up in review, an if once jugment is Lor's arvest-fiel? Wo is tere willing mutable, an tat all propositions to class crisis, wic will again require te unite passe an our names are crosse out, our to o small work for Go? Tere are Sabbat observance wit te ceremonial efforts: of all patriots of every party an tears. an prayers will ten be of no avail. plenty wo woul be willing to preac at a law are te promptings of Satan. sect. U nimportant/olitical issues will be O! wat anguis will fill our earts if suc Pentecost, plenty wo woul feel competent Wy o Baptists refuse to commune wit abanone, an goo men, forgetful of past soul be our lot, but it nee not be; by to speak on Mar's Hill~ plenty willing to tose wo, refusing or neglecting to be ap-

3 September 3, 872. ADVENT REVIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH. 9 tize, substitute sprinkling or pouring. Because,. It is not wat Go commane wen e gave te orinance to man. 2. It was not so Crist oeye te orinance, an i't is our bounen uty to follow is example. 3. Te apostles i not so preac or practice. 4. Tere is no autority in te N. T. making any c:wge from just wat Go commane-jesus taugt an obeye. Tftese positions are uncontrovertible, because in strict accor wit te wor of Go. Will our Baptist friens inform us wy te very same reasons soul not apply to te Sabbat as to baptism. " Te Lor at sworn, saying, Surely as I ave tougt, so sall it come to pass, an as I ave purpose, so sall it stan. Isa. 4: 24. Blessings by tile Way o GRATITUDE is one of te sweetest emotions of te soul ; an a tankful eart is a appy eart. We lose muc of life's sweetness, its glimpses of eavenly joy, by a spirit of ingratitue, murmuring, an iscontent. We forget te aily blessings tat istill upon us like te ew upon te flowers, an are as constant as te air we breate. Tere are many precious blessings by te way, if we were but watcful to gater an treasure tem up. But waysie blessings like waysie flowers often pass unnotice. Te Giver of all goo is ever minful of is cilren, an is tener mercies are over all is works. We see te evience of is gooness on every an. Te elicate an varie ues of te flowers sow fort is skill, wisom, an benevolence. Tey silently wisper, "Go is love." Teir faing petals remin us of, an bi us long for, tose flowers tat never fae.. Te sky is a source of beauty an blessing. It is alwajs beautiful, an its brigt beauty is for all to enjoy. Wo can, beol te varie forms, te wite peaks, an silver-ege clous, tat gil te orizon at noonay; or, watc te ever canging scenery of te eavens at sunset, or at early awn, an not feel to exclaim, "Te eavens eclare te glory of Go ; an te firmament sowet is aniwork." Te canging sea.sons as tey pass, are loae wit is benefits, an replete wit te lessons of is provience. If our earts respon wit love to Go, we may recognize troug all a loving Fater's an; an wy not be content since e orers our lot? He knows wat spot in all te eart, wat surrounings, an just te circumstances tat are best fitte for eac one. He, in infinite wisom, as planne our lives, an place us just were we can best fulfill is plans an evelop Crist-like caracters, fitte to well in is own blesse presence. Every ay brings fres proofs of is watcful love tat sapes our course. " Beol, e tat keepet Israel sall neiter slumber nor sleep." Sall we repay suc love wit ingratitue? Will it not grieve Him if we murmur, an are iscontente at our lot? Yet ow often we o tis, an manifest a selfis an impatient spirit. How often we allow te aily iscipline of trials an annoyances to cafe an fret te soul till we grieve away te goo angels an lose te blessing we migt ave obtaine. It is by watcfulness an prayer tat we can overcome an obtain te sweet grace of patience. It is te spirit of gratitue tat will enable us to appreciate te blessings by te way. Go is please wit a tankful eart. " It is a goo ting to give tanks unto te Lor, an to sing praises unto ty name, 0 Most Hig." Paul says, "In everyting give tanks; for tis is te will of Go in Crist Jesus concerning you.", Te privilege of meeting wit tose of te same precious fait, on te Sabbat or at oter times, is one for wic we soul be eeply tankful; especially wen we are favore wit te labors of Go's faitful ministers. Tese trie soliers of te cross are spening teir energy an strengt to oify te boy of Crist, an elp us on in te way to Heaven. Our opportunities of listening to te faitful preacing of te wor are to te scattere ones oubly precious. Like refresing sowers, in a ry an tirsty lan, tey ceer an refres te soul. May we wisely, an wit eep gratitue, improve tese precious seasons as tey pass, an at te en of our pilgrimage fin rest, an a ome in Heaven. Temple, N. H. N. F. HEALD. Go's Opportunity o ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS WILLIAMs, te founer of te Royal Naval Female Scool for te eucation of naval officer's augters, was in comman of a sip crossing te Atlantic Ocean. His course brougt tem witin sigt of te Islan of Ascension, at tat time uninabite, an never visite by any sip except for te purpose of collecting turtles, wic aboun on te coast. Te islan is barely seen on te orizon ; but as Sir Tomas looke at it, e was seize wit an unaccountable esire to steer towar it. He felt ow strange suc a wis woul appear to is crew, an trie to isregar it; but in vain! te esire of te straigtforwar an excellent commaner became more an more urgent ; an seeing tat tey were fast leaving te islan bein tem, e tol is lieutenant to prepare to "put about sip,'' an steer for Ascension. His lieutenant venture respectfully to represent to Sir Tomas tat canging teir course woul greatly elay tem; tat just at tat moment te men were going to teir inner ; tat, at least, some elay migt be allowe. But tese arguments seeme to increase te captain's anxiety, an e gave te wor of comman wic is never resiste. He saw in te countenances of is officers an expression of woner an even blame, as strong as is ever sown on an orer from te captain; but e was obeye, an te sip was steere towar te uninteresting little islan. All eyes an spy-glasses were immei ately fixe upon it, an soon someting was perceive on sore. "It is wite-it is a flag-it must be a signal!" were te cries wic at intervals broke from te excite crew. Wen tey neare te sore a painful spectacle met teir view. Tey foun tat sixteen men, wrecke on tat coast many ays before, an suffering te extremity of unger, a set up a signal, toug almost witout ope of relief. Te sipwrecke men were taken on boar, an te voyage complete. Wat. a proof we ave in tis of te power of te ivine Arm to save wen all ope seems to ave vanise! an wat an encouragement it soul be for us always to pray an not to faint! Te Coming of Crist.-No. 6o BY S. S. GRISWOLD. I WILL now pass to consier tat series of iscourses commencing in te 24t capter of Mattew an continue troug te 25t capter. Tese capters contain a grapic escription propetically of te utter estruction of te Jewis nation politically, an incluing its civil, political an religious polity or arrangements; an en of tat ispensation; an also te establising of te Cristian ispensation, te kingom of Heaven; te principles by wic its aministration was to be conucte, an its results in separating te tares from te weat, te rigteous from te wicke; an te final estiny of eac class; an te coming of te Son of Man in teir accomplisment. Te language of tese iscourses is most sublime, an te imagery employe as selom been excelle altoug muc use by te ancient propets of te Jewis nation. In propetic language, great commotions upon tis eart are often represente uner te notion of commotions an canges in te literal eavens. Te fall of Babylon is represente by te stars an constellations of eaven witrawing teir li~~:t; an te sun an moon being arkene. See Isaia 3. Te estruction of Egypt is portraye by te eaven being covere, te sun envelope in a clou, an te moon witoling er ligt. See Ezekiel 32. Te estruction of te Jews by Antiocus Epipanes, by casting own some of te ost of eaven an te stars _to te groun. See DanielS. An te estruction of Jerusalem, by sowing woners in eaven an in eart, arkening of te sun, an turning te moon into bloo. See Joel2: 30, 3, an Acts 2. Ligtfoot says, "Te Jewis eavens sall peris, an te moon of its glory an appiness sall be arkene, brougt to noting. Te sun is te religion of te curc : te moon is te government of te state; an te stars are te juges an octors of bot." In te 23 capter, Crist a pronounce te most terrible maleictions upon te.jewis nation, especially upon te scribes an Parisees, an enounce te most severe jugment as about to fall upon tem, affirming in te most solemn manner tat tose jugments sall come upon tat generation. Verse 36. In verse 38, Crist tol tem tat teir ouse, teir temple was left esolate. Go a eparte from tem, an ence utter ruin was teir portion. Te isoiples wo a been listening to tose terrible enunciations eviently saw tat if tose preictions were ever realize it woul involve te utter estruction of teir nation an teir temple.. Suc a eatastrope to tem seeme impossible, wen tey looke at te eoli founation upon wic te temple was built, an te urable materials of wic it was constructe. Terefore, as tey were leaving te temple, tey calle te attention of Crist to tat fact: "Master, see wat. manner of stones an wat builings are ere," as if it were impossible tat is preictions coul be fulfille. But in is answer Crist but increase teir woner by saybig tat tere soul not be left one stone upon anoter, tat soul not be trown own. 24 : 2. Tese were te last worils te Lor spoke in te temple, into wic e never again entere. Wit is isiples e a.scene t:j.te Mount of.olives, from wic tey a a full view of te temple. Fille wit amaze ment at teir Lor's preictions, te isciples aske im to tell tem "wen tese tings eoul be; an wat soul be te sign of is coming, an of te en of te worl." Mark says, "Tell us, wen sall tese tings be? an wat sall be te sign wen all tese tings sall be fulfille?" Luke, "Master, but wen sall tese tings be? an wl\t sign will tere be wen tese tings sall come to pass?" Now, noting is plainer tan tat te isciples' questions all relate to tose maleictions an preictions wic Crist ail been uttering against te nation an te temple. For e a not sai a wol' about te estruction of te worl, te eart, but a enounce te nation of te Jews. Te isciples terefore a.ske im only concerning te calamity, an noting else. Tey wise to know by wat signs tey migt know wen all tose tings aoul be fulfille, te tings of wic Crist a been speaking, viz., te estruction of tat temple an nation. Tis was te en of te worl, to wic tey referre in teir question, te en of tat ispensation, te en of tat age. For te wor in Greek tere use is (aiwvo) aionos meaning age-tere, te Jewis ispensation. From te last verse of te preceing capter te isciples oubtless inferre tat a coming of te Lor was connecte wit te ire calamities wic Crist as been preicting. But accoring to teir use of Scripture language, tey woul unerstan tat, coming as referring to te provience of Go in te overtrow of teir nation. Tat suc is te general meaning of te Ol-Testament scriptures wen speaking of te coming of te Lor, seems to me cannot be seriously questione. Wen, terefore, Crist eclare in capter 23: 39, "Ye sall not see me encefort, till ye sall say, Blesse is e tat comet in te name of te Lor," te isciples if tey unerstoo tat expression as a preiction of a coming of te Lor, woul unerstan it as preicting some special provience of Go inicative of te ivine ispleasure against tat people. Hence, Crist proceee to answer teir interrogations accoringly, viz., wen tat calamity woul take place, an wat woul be te sign of is coming in tat ivine provience by wic te en of tis ispensation woul be consummate. In verse 4, Crist warne tem against being eceive. "Take ee tat no man eceive you," te isciples, tose to wom e was ten speaking. As is coming was near at an, an as tey a esire to be informe ow tey migt know wen e woul come, e cautione tem against teir being eceive. "For many sall come in my name, saying, I am Crist; an sall eceive many." It woul terefore be necessary for tem to be cautious, be on teir guar, carefully question every event an penomena, an compare tem wit wat e tol tem. Woever will rea te istory of te time just preceing te culmination of tose ireful calamities, in te overtrow of te nation, knows tat many i come in te name of Crist-many of tose false Crista appeare of wic Jesus warne is isciples, an eceive many. How truly was ta.t sign fulfille to tose to wom it was aresse, an for wose benefit it was spoken, te istory of tose times abunantly proves. In verses 6, 7, 8, "Ten let tem wic be in Juea flee into te mountains: Let im wic is on te ousetop not come own to take anyting out of is ouse: Neiter let im wic is in te fiel return back to take is clotes." Suc language is absur wen applie to te secon avent, but is literaly applicable to te siege of Jerusalem. After mentioning various events tat woul transpire, inicating te near approac of Crist, e again most solemn!:- cautions te isciples in verse 25, "Beol I ave tol you;" an ten in verse 27 announces is coming as suen an unexpecte, "For as te ligtning comet out of te east, an sinet even unto te west; so sall also te coming of te Son of man be," an verse 28, bot te time wen te coming woul take place an were, "For weresoever te carcass is, tere will te eagles be gatere togeter." Tat carcass was te Jewis nation, especially Jerusalem. Hence te time of te coming of te Son of man was at te en of tat ispensation, calle te en of te worl. --<»::>- REMARKS. THAT our Lor in is great propecy recore in te 24t ofmattew, refers to te estruction of Jerusalem an te overtrow of te Jewis nation, we know of none wo are ispose to eny; but tat e refers to no more tan tat, tere are very many wo cannot easily be persuae to believe. Te question of te isciples, in verse 3, seems to embrace two points:. "Wen sall tese tings be?" incluing all e a sai respecting te overtrow of te temple, so tat not one stone soul be left upon anoter, an 2. "Wat sall be te sign of ty coming an of te en of te worl? " anoter an a subsequent event, respecting wic our Lor an is isciples a eviently a some unrecore con~ versation. In is answer, following a frequent propetic style, Crist goes over te fiel of is iscourse several times, following one line of tougt own troug to its termination, ten going back an taking up anoter. From verse 3 to verse 5 e takes us once own troug tis ispensation. Tis cannot all refer to te estruction of Jerusalem. See verse 7 : "Nation sall rise against nation an kingom against kingom." How wa.s it at te estruction of Jerusalem? Tere was virtu~~olly but one nation. All te worl (all tat portion of it wic inclue nations of sufficient strengt an importance to war against eac oter) lay prostrate cbeneat te iron eel of Rome. After te breaking up of tat empire into ifferent kingoms tis verse coul be fulfille, but not before. Again, verse 4: "An tis gospel of te kingom sall be preace in all te worl for a witness to all nations an ten sall te en come." Te en of wat? Not te en of tat ispensation wic introuce tis gospel to te nations, but te en of tat ispensation wic tis gospel itself introuce. Te gospel invitation was itself to go to all te worl, its benefits to be proffere to all nations, for a. wit- ness, an ten its offers were to cease an te en to come. Going back in verse 5 to te seige. of Jerusalem, e again takes up te line of tougt from tat point to verse 28, embracing te overtrow of te Jewis nation, verses 5-20, te long ages of persecution against te curc from tat time on troug te perio uring wic te pap9l power soul wear out te saints of te Most Hig, verse 2 ; Dan. 7 : 25; Rev. 2: 4; 3: 5, 7, te sortening of te persecution by te gl'eat Reformation, verse 22 ; Rev. 2: 6, te arising of false crists wo woul sow great signs an woners (a. work wic was not one before te estruction of Jerusalem, but wic is being fulfille to te letter in moern spiritualism), vel'l!es 23, 24, te literal an p~rsonal coming of Crist as startling an visible as a. gleam of ligtning sining from te east to te west, verse 27, an finally, te estruction of te living wicke at tat time, upon wom te jugments of Go will ligt, as eagles upon teir prey Again be goes back in verse 29 to a point just subsequent to te persecution before mentione, an takes up te signs in te p;yeical eavens wic soul ~eral is coming, an after assuring us tat all te tribes of te eart soul beol im coming in power an great glory, an mourn because of im, an te great soun of a trumpet soul be ear, an te angels soul gater te elect, not from Juea only, but from te four wins from one en of eaven to te oter, e takes us forwar beyon tat point even at wic te eavens an eart sall pass away. Verse 35. Suc ie o. synopsis, in brief, of tis part of te capter. Wen persons eneavor to quibble aroun te fourt commanment by asserting tat it only means one ay in seven an no ay in particular, we sometimes ask tem bow Go soul ave wore it, if o :ta meant te efinite sevent ay. So we ask on te capter before us, if Crist a meant to assert tr~t te tings e mentions woul literally take place, ow soul e ave wore it? Let us now see ow Bro. G. "telescopes" tis capter to save is teology. Wit im te arkening of te sun an moon, an falling of te stars, enote te casting own of persons in places of autority an power among te Jews; in oter wors, te overtrow of te Jewis nation. Te coming of te Son of man, an te treatenin~~; tribulation, enote te same ting. But ow oes our Lor locate tese events? First we ave te tribulation (wic accoring to Bro. G. is te overtrow of te Jewis nation); an "after te tribulation," expressly says te recor; te sun an moon are arkene, an te stars fall (wic is again te overtrow of te Jewis nation) ; an after tese commotions in te eavens, te Son of man comes (wic is still again te overtrow of te Jewis nation). Tus te Jewis nation is overtrown not once only but again an again, an tus Bro. G. runs tree lengts of te telescope nto one, an trows te recor into inextricable confusion. Tat te signs in te sun moon an stars are entirely istinct from any movements among men, Luke, in is recor of tis very iscourse of our Lor's very clearly sows. In capter 2: 25, e says: An tere sall be signs in te sun, an in te moon, an in te stars ; an upon te eart istress of nations wit perplexity, te sea an te waves roaring." Here te signs in te sun moon an Rtars, wic are beyon question te same as mentione in Matt. 24: 29, are one ting an te calamities of nations on te eart, quite anoter ting. Verily if tis language means anyting, it meaa wat it says. For a toroug refutation of t!je Universalist view tat Matt. 24 was all fulfille in te estruction of Jerusalem, we refer te reaer to an eminent Baptist work of nearly 500 pages, entitle, "Harmony an Exposition of our Lor's Great Propecy," by Rev. D. D. Buck, wit an Introuction by J. R. Graves, eitor or te Tennesee Baptist. We ave room for only one paragrap instea of te pages we woul be gla. to quote. On p. 257, be says:- "Tis loose an fanciful meto4 of expouning tis [Matt. 24: 30], a.n oter similar portions of te ~criptures, is most eviently te source of teoretic Universalism, an oter forms of semi-infielity. An it occasions a lack of inten8ity in te impressions wic tese portions of te Bible were eviently esigne to prouce. Te injury is incalculable an orinarily incurable. Tis painful trut meets us at every point, an probably eternity will isclose an extent of injury from tis source tat will be absolutely appalling. Great must be te necessity ten, tat soq.l justify any eparture from literality in expouning suc passages as tis. It ougt to be ascertaine, first, tat a literal interpretation is absolutely impracticable, tat it eiter clases wit oter portions of te Bible, or wit inubitable facts.. Noting less tan tis soul be eeme sufficient to warrant us in concluing tat te Lor i not mean just wat e sai, in a iscourse intene for te common min. "But are tere any suc reasons for wresting tis passage from its literal an na.tural import No tere is not one.* * * * It' men soul reason so loosely an unpilosop~ically on almost any oter subject, tey woul be m anger of losing teir repuil&tion for common intelligence. An wy te worl as so long tolerate tis superficial meto of explaining away te most so!emn an literal teacings of Inspiration, is really wonerful." THE Berlin corresponent of te Lonon times, writes, respecting te next papal conclave.... " Looking upon tese moves an counter moves, wic are tus early being mae on te political cess-boar in expectation of te approacing conclave, it is easy to foresee tat te election of te next pope will be a political count of immense consequence, an peraps may give rise to a fres grouping of te powers.'' Provience, B. I., Journal.

4 92 ADVENT REVIE'V AND IIER.A.LD OF TIIE SABBATH. [Vol. 40, ~o. I 2. "Sanetif,y tem twollll 'l';r but T;r wor is trut." BATTLE CREEK, Mrcn., TnrRDDAY, SErT. 3, 872. ELD. lames WHITE, } " J. N. ~DREWS, " J. B. WAGGONER, URIAH SMITH,. EDITORS. RESIDENT EDITOR. Te Ric Man an Lazarus. LAsT week's intestigation of tis subject left us wit te problem on our ans weter it were better to try to overtrow all tat \Ioses an te propets ave written respecting seol an te conition of tose wo enter terein, for te purpose of sustaining te common view of te ric man an Lazarus, or to try to account for te use of te language use in tat narrative, in armony wit wat Moses an te propets ave sai respecting tat place. a irect assertion. " Tere was a certain ric man," &c. But oters wic are parables, are introuce in exactly te same manner. Tus, verse, "Tere wa3 a certain ric man wie a a tewar." &c. An capter, 5: : "A certain man a two sons," &c. 3. Te propets, to wom we are referre, speak of te ea in seol, in te neter part!'l of tbe eart, as conversing togeter, taunting eac oter, weeping bitterly, refusing to be comforte, &c., representations exactly similar to tose mae in te e~e of te ric man an Lazarus, an full as striking, but wic no one can regar as setting fort te actual conition of te ea. Tus in Isa. 4: 9-20, it is represente tat wen te King of Babylon is overtrown, e goes own into. seol, an te DEAD (for tere are no oters in its ark omain) are stirre up to meet im. Te kings tat a been estroye by te king of Babylon, are represente as aving trones in seol beneat, an wen te king of Babylon joins tem in teir ark aboe, tey rise up from teir trones, an mock im wit feigne obeisance, as in life tey a renere In te first place we cannot set asie wat :Moses an te propets ave written; for Crist in te very case uner consieration enorses tem an refers us to tem for instruction. How ten can we account for te fact tat te ric man is represente as conscious, intelligent an active, in aes, wen Moses an te prop im real omage. An tey say, "Art tou become weak as we? Art tou become like unto us? Is tis te man tat mae te eart ets ave taugt us tat aes is a place of ark- to tremble, tat i sake kingoms?" No one ness an silence, witout knowlege, wisom or can suppose tat tey literally act or speak tus. evice? If te recor of te ric man an But all tis is a striking figure to represent tat Lazarus is a parable, te use of suc language eat woul reuce te king of Babylon to te is at once accounte for; for if it is a parable same level wit is subjects an prisoners. te language is allegorical; an in~allegory, life Again in Eze. 3:5-8, an 32:7-32, an action are often attribute to inanimate ob- Parao an is ost, slain in battle wit te jeots, for te sake of enforcing or illustrating king of Babylon, is set fort in te ~me man~er. some particular trut. Te strong among te migty are represente Some notable instances of tis style of writing as speaking to im out of te mist of seol, as are furnise us in te Ol Testament. In Jos e enters terein. An tis seol, in " te 9: 7-5 te trees are represe~te as going fort neiter parts of te eart," full of graves an of to anoint a king over tem; an tey appeale te ea, is contraste wit te lan of te livto te olive tree an te fig tree an te vine, ing. Tese victims of slaugter went own to an receive answers from tem, eclining to seol wit teir weapons of war, an teir swors leave teir stations of usefulness to be promote tey "lai uner teir eas;" an wen Paraover tem. Finally tey appeale to te bram- o, lying among tem, saw te multitue of is enble, an te bramble accepte te trust. Now emies tat were slain also, e was comforte at tis representation was not esigne to teac te sigt. tat trees orain civil government, walk about, Anoter case, peraps still more remarkable, an converse togeter; but it was to illustrate is tat of Racel. Jer. 3: 5-7; J\Iatt. 2:. te folly of te men of Secem in electing 7, 8 ; Gen. 25 : Long ages after Abimelec king. Again in 2 Kings 4: 9, we Racel a ie, an entere into slwol, a rearea tat te king of Israel sent to te king of ful slaugter took place among er posterity. Jua saying, " Te tistle in Lebanon sent to Tereupon se is represente as breaking fort te cear tat was in Lebanon, saying, Give ty into lamentation an bitter weeping, an refusaugter to my son to wife." Tis is not to ing to be comforte because er cilren were teac tat tistles an cears ave sons an not. An te Lor says to er,," Refrain ty augters wo unite in marriage, but to illustrate voice from weeping an tine eye& from tears ; te contempt wic te king of Israel felt for for ty work sall be reware sait te Lor." te proposition wic te king of Jua mae No one can suppose tat Racel literally wept to im. at te murer of er cilren nearly 2000 years Lanis, p. 88, claims tat it makes no iffer- after er eat, nor tat te slaugtere Egyp enoe weter te case of te ric man an Laz- tians put teir swors uner teir eas as tey arus is a parable or not, since a parable soul were lying in seol, an converse togeter in not be so wore as to convey a wrong impression te neter parts of te eart, some 'being comto te min, wic tis woul o, if te soul is forte an oters asame; nor tatte kings not conscious in eat. We reply, it makes all overtrown by te king of Babylon rose up from te ifference in te worl; for if it is a parable, teir sepulcral trones in mock solemnity, an ie life an action attribute to te inanimate taunte im wit becoming weak as tey. inabitants of aes, is not to teac anyting But tese were all figures to set fort great respecting teir. real conition, any more tan an salutary truts. May not our Lor ten for te life an action attribute to te trees an once be permitte for a like purpose to use a brambles in te cases referre to, is esigne to like figure, so largely employe by te propets, teacb wat teir conition is; but tis intelli- an so well known to is earers, by personify. gence an action are attribute to tese inanimate ing persons in aes to perform actiqns wic objects, to illustrate some great trut wic te were not tere literally to occur? We ave carspeaker wises to enforce. tainly as goo reson to suppose tat Racel, te In te case ofteric man an Lazarus wat Egyptians, an te king of Babylon were real was te object in view? Answer: To rebuke personages, an teir escent into seol an te te Parisees for teir covetousness ("An te accompanying circumstance as relate by te Parisees also, wo were covetous, ear all propets, veritable istory, as to suppose tat tese tings; an tey erie im verse 4); Dives was a real caracter, an is torment in to sow to tem, since tey tougt tat rices aes an is conversation wit Abraam, a in tis life was a mark of te ivine favor an real transaction. woul secure Go's blessing in te next, tat if tey gave temselves up to te sensual enjoyment of teir rices, neglecting an oppressing te poor, tey woul in te future meet Go's ~at instea of is favor; an tat te poor wom tey espise an oppresse, migt attain to tat very state of felicity, set fort uner te figure of Abraam's bosom, of wic tey tougt temselves so sure. Tat tis is a parable seems abunantly evient.. It stans in connection wit a long list of parables. Te preceing capter, Luke 5, contains tree. Tis capter opens wit te parable of te unjust stewar; an tere is no intimation of a cange from parable to literal naration in tis case. 2. It is sai tat tis cannot be a parable 'because it is introuce by Tose wo el in teir ans te Ol Teetament scriptures were perfectly familiar wit suc figures. Tere te " trees of te fiel" converse an" clap teir ans," te "floos" lift up teir ''voice," te ills an mountains" sing," stones from te wall " cry out," an beams " answer," te bloo of Abel fins a "voice," an " cries out from te groun," an ea men rejoice over te fall of teir rivals, slain by te swor. In a volume abouning wit suc figures, cannot for once a ric man, representing a class of living persons, be enowe in aes wit life an speec? must tis one figure of personification be single out from all oters, as a rigily literal narrative, an be mae to sustain te weigt of te most terriftc octrine of wic te min of man can eonceive? Sufficient evience as been prouce to sow tat tis is a parable. An now we intite te r~ttention or t:e reaer to te te!ltimony of two eminent autorereepecting te use wic soul be mae of parables. Dr. Clarke (note on :\Iatt. 5 : 26) says: "Let it be remembere tat by te consent of all (except te basely intereste), no rnetapor is ever to be prouee in proof of a octrine. In te tings tat concerl'l our eternal salvation, we nee te moi'it pointetl an4 txprt-ss evience on wic to establis tae fait of our souls." An Trenc in i!! work on parables, lays own tis Tery important rule :- " Te parables may not be mae first sources of ootril'le. Doctrines oterwise an alreay groune, may be illustrate, or inee furter confirme by tem, but it is not allowable to oonstitute octrine first by teir ai. Tey may be te outer ornamental fringe, but not te main texture of te proof. For. from te literal to te figurative, from te clearer to te more obscure, as ever been recognize as te law of Scripture interpretation. Tis rule, owever, as been often forgotten, an controversialists, looking roun for arguments wit wic to sustain some weak position, one for wic tey can fin no oter support in Scripture, often invent for temselves supports in tese." But some persist tat tis is not a parable, but a literal narrative; an not to seem captious, we will consier in tis ligt. If tis is veritable istory, all te particulars mllst be taken literally. Ten te wicke, tormente in te flames of ell, are witin sigt an speaking istance of te save in Heaven. In otir wors Heaven is but te sore of ell, an on tat sore te reeeme can sit an watc te amne in teir fearful contortions of ago~:~y for wic tere is no name, an listen to teir entreaties for relief an teir srieks of fatomltss espair, to an extent, it woul seem, sufficient to satisfy te fiercest vengeance an te most implacable revenge. If tis be so, our friens must certainly abanon te argument tey buil on Rev. 6: 9, 0, were tey ave it tat te souls of te martyrs, isemboi~ an conscious, cry to Go to visit vengeance upoa teir perseeu ors. If tey were were tey coul look over iato.te fiery gulf, an beol teir persecutors vainly battling wit its flaming billows, or if not alreay tere, estine in a few sort years to be plunge terein, let no one say of te oly martyrs tat tey woul, uner suc circumstances, cry impatiently to Go to asten or intensify is vengeance. Te arguments base on te narrative ofte ric man an Lazarus, an Rev. 6:9, 0, must, one or te oter of tem, be given up; for tey evour eac oter. Let te avocates of te popular teory look to tis. Te beggar ie, an was carrie by te angels into Abraam's bosom. Te ric man also ie an was burie. Let it be note tat te persons temselves, as a w~ole, are spoken of, not any of teir essential elements, or immaterial appenages. Noting is sai of te eoul of eiter te ric man or Lazarus. As we are now consiering tis!-s a. literal transaction, a question vital to te argument is, Wen o te angels bear tose wo ave ie, as persons (for tere is noting anywere sai about te angels carrying teir souls), into Abraam's bosom or te state of te blesse? Suc scriptures as Matt. 24:30, 3; Tess. 4:6, 7, answer tis question very explicitly: "An e sall sen is angels wit a great soun of a trumpet an tey sall gater togeter is elect from te four wins from one en of eaven to te oter." Wen? At te secon avent of te Son of man in majesty an ~lory; for ten it is tat te voice of te arcangel, ringing troug te long galleries of aes, sall wake te rigteous ea from teir silent slumbers, an angels bear tem upwar on wings of ligt, to be forever wit te Lor. Te ric man ies an is burie; an is next experience is te suffering of torment in consuming flame. How long after is burial e fins imself in tis torment, we are not irectly informe. But e as boily organs ; for e as eyes to see, an a tongue to be coole; but tese te ea are not usually consiere to possess till te resurrection. Tis rives Lanis, p. 9, to te unusual amission tat te soul retains te uman form, Wit its corresponing organs, ans, feet, eyes, tongue, &o. Again, te ric man sees Lazarus in Abraam's bosom ; but, as we ave alreay seen, Lazarus is not literally oorne tere by te angels till te resurrection. As a literal transaction, te scene is inevitably locate, by te concurrent testimony of all Scripture, beyon te resurrection. How ten it can be sai to transpire in aes we leave tose to ecie wo beliete tat it is a literal transaction. Certain it is tat 0 suc scenes can really occur in aes, if te reprei'lenta.tions of tat place given uil by.tloses an te propets, are correct; wile analogous scenes will really take place b& yon te resurreetion : tere te rigteous are reware, an te wicke punise in evouring fire ; tere te Lor tol te impenitent Jews tat tey soul see Abraam 7 Isaac, an Jacob, in te kingom of Go, an tey temselves trust out, an tat ten tere woul be weeping &n gnasing of teet. Luke 3 : 28., One Tiew, only, maintains armony between tis an oter portions of te sacre writings ; an tat is te one wic is ero, imperfectly is may be, but yet sincerely, avocate: tat Crist, following te example of te propets, troug te figure of personification, anticipates as transpiring in te grave, scenes wic substantially occur beyon te resurrection; an tat te object of te parable was to rebuke te Parisees for teir oovetousness by inicating te fate ta' awaite a life of avarice an oppression ere, owever sumptuous tat life migt be. Tat it oes not teac te existence of conscious souls between eat an te resurrection, is forever settle by te fact tat La~arus coul return only by a resurrection from te ea. Wen te ric Dian requeste tat Lazarus migt be sent to warn is bretren, Abraam replie tat tey a Moses an te propets, an if tey woul not ear tem, tey woul noi " be persuae toug one rose from te ea." Te conversation i not terefore relate to te coming back of te immortal sonl of Lazarus; an inee no mention is mae of any suc ting in te wole transaction. Terefore, interpret it as we may, it cannot be reasonably or scripturally use to prove te entrance of man's nake unclote spirit into bliss or woe at te our of eat. Our Journey. WHEN we left Battle Creek in \iay last, we esigne to atten te several camp-meetings, West an East, closing up for te season wit one in California, te last of September. But we became satisfie at te close of te Iowa Campmeeting tat our ealt an strengt was not sufficient to enure te toil an care of tese meetings, owever favorable te bretren migt make te circumstances. We terefore ecie tat after a few ays' rest we woul immeiately start for California. But as our ealt an strengt graually faile, we waite still longer in ope tat by rest an careful ygienic treatment, we migt be better able to journey. Wile waiting an rettting, we receive a letter from Bro. J. H. Mallory, Civil :Ben, \Io., pertaining to te state of te cause tere, wic seeme to make it nece!!sary tat we soul visit tat place on our way to California. Mrs. W., fearing te result of labor upon us, soul we go to Missouri, was in fator of taking te nortern branc of te Cicago, Rock Islan, an Pacific line, irect by way of Omaa. Eut our convictions were so very strong in favor of te soutern branc to.missouri an Kansas, an onwar by te way of Denver, Colorao, tat se yiele te poil'lt, an in company wit sister Hall an Willie, we left Wasington, Iowa, to meet our friens in \Iissouri. Te result of tat goo meeting we ave given. We a arrange to spen two ays only wit Mrs. W.'s sister near Ottawa, an te Sabbat wit friens near Oswego, Kansas, an te following week to make our journey to California, to reac San Francisco about te mile of July. But at te close of our goo meeting in Missouri, we coul not armonize our feelings wit te plan of making so rapi a trip. An wile conversing upon te subject at te ome of Bro. an sister Evans at Hamilton, Mo., we state our impressions, uner a most istinct sense of uty, in tese familiar wors:- " I o not see California yet for several weeks. \fy spirit rests in prospect along te way in Kansas an Colorao." Our impressions were so very strong tat we felt certain tat tey were mae by te Holy Spirit. Te next morning. we took te train for Ottawa, an before nigt were at te goo ome of broter an sister Cloug. We were mae so very welcome tat we tarrie wit tem tirteen ays. Mrs. Cloug went on orseback ani gave appointments, an te last first-ay we were tere, Mrs. W. spoke tree times in tree ifferent parts of te county, an travele a istance

5 September 3, 872.] ADVENT REVIE'V AND HERALD OF TilE S_ABBATH. 93 '' :'i: or eigteen miles te same ay. Te interest to.bear was very great. :Broter an sister Cloug informe us tal tey a four cilren in Colorao Territory, an expresse a strong esire tat we soul visit tem. We ecie to stop at Denver an years, as we ave wit friens in Kansas an spen a ay or two wit teir augter, Mrs, Colorao. We ave attene but few meetings,. Walling. But as we reace Wamego Station, in fact, ave seen but few people excepting our Kansas, we saw te augter of Ml'S. Dr. Camberlain of our Healt Institute looking for us. rel:t"tives. some? If it be aske, Were you not lone Blesse lonesome! To be comparatively Se a come wit Capt. Mitecl, er sister's usban, to take us to teir goo ome about free from care an to enjoy a. feeling of freeom from responsibility, as been to us te tree miles from te station. Tis wa.; unexpecte, an it require a.ctivity to gater up &ll our an baggage, containing four ays' ygienic rations for our journey to San Francisco, outer garments, etc., etc., an get off te train in season. Wit Mr. l\iit.cel an. family we spent two ays, enjoying teir ospitality an care, an wat was most to be prize, teir ceerful an very next ting to Heaven. We ave enjoye intellectual con>ersation. It is no marvel tat Dr. Camberlain enjoye a appy last winter wit tese er cilren at teir Kansas ome. Tey were from ol Connecticut, an we sall call teir ample ome te New Englan House. Our journey to Denver was fatiguing. We were very f<jeble. Symptoms were alarming. For some time we were not able to Btan. In tis conition, wile lying up on te station ouse floor, wit our sawl for a. mattress, an traveling bag for a. pillow, we were very gla to see Willie, wo a been in searc for Mr. Walling, an a gentleman riing up to te epot in a carriage. Willie introuce im to us as l\ir. Walling. He took us to is ome, were we met \Irs. W.'s two nieces, l\irs. Walling an l'tliss Mary L. Cloug. Hero again, poor ealt an te urgent invitation of kin friens inuce us to remain in Denver a few ays, an finally to come to te mountains, about forty miles, to a. retire, ealtful place calle Walling's Mills. l\ir. Walling oes a large business in te mountains; but as locate is family in Denver to eucate is cilren. We ave now been in te mountains about five weeks, enjoying te most favorable circumstances for ealt, wit te exception of receiving an answering too many business letters, an oing too muc writing generally. In tis, we feel tat we ave not one justice to friens ere wo ave felt a eep interest for our rapi restoration to ealt, an ave one all for us tat kinness an respect coul ictate. Te mountain air ere is eligtful. Wat if it be ligt at tis altitue? take more of it, an let te lungs expan. Water ere is te purest of te pure. Coming own from tose mountain igts, were lie te eternal snows, it is cool an pure. Te scenery is gran beyon escription. We ne Inian ponies at our comman for te sale, to climb te passable mountains, an orses an carriage to go were we please. We are now making preparations for a company of seven of us to go over te Snowy Range to te \Iile Park. We take tents, blankets, provisions, &c., on orseback, as transportation on weels is next to impossibl~, an tary. It will require an " outfit," to use a Colorao expression, of nine.orses to take seven an necessary baggage. Tis trip will occupy twelve or fifteen ays. Provisions in tis Territory are ig. But we fin te best weat an vegetables ere we ave ever seen. Fruit is scarce. Besies natural strawberries, raipberries an gooseberries, we ave only tat wic is brougt from Calicfornia an States east. Pears are twenty-five cents per poun, an apples, fifteen. Potatoes are tree cents per poun, an oter vegetables in proportion. Here are invalis from all parts in searc of ealt. Tey usually travel in plain covere wagons, an camp out in tents. An tus tey move slowly among te mountains, viewing te ever-canging scenery as tey pass troug tis natural ospital of America, stopping at villages as seeme to us tat te an of Provience as el us, an we ave as often isappointe our friens in California. An, notwitstaning our feebleness, we ave not spent a. summer so pleasantly for twenty a peaceful rest of spirit, sweetene wit fres eviences of te presence of te Holy Spirit, an te guiing an of Provience wic as almost every waking our remine us of our exercises of min at Bro. an sister Evans, of Hamilton, Mo., wen we gave utterance t<> our feelings an views in wors wic we will again repeat:- " I o not see California yet for several weeks. My spirit rests in prospect along te way in Kansas an Colorao." Wat seems very remarkable, an as been to us evience tat te special provence of Go as been leaing, is te fact tat at tis time we a no intimation tat we a a relative, or especial frien, in te territory of Colorao. We sall probably spen six monts, or more, in California, covering te perio of col weater ere in te mountains. Tis is a eligtful summer resort; but ooi, stormy, an isagreeable in winter. Wile our friens east, an te secular papers, report. intense eat in Micigan, an farter east, an many cases of 6unstroke, we ave not witnesse fort.y.eigt ours for te past six weeks too warm for wintpr cloting. We now esign to spen our bummers ere, an our winters in a more favorable climate, until ealt sall be confirme, an te General Con. ference Committee get te rigt men at :Battle Creek to bear te burens. Ten, if our services are wante tere as a counselor, wile oters, competent to execute, an willing to o te work, will stan by our sie, ten, Go willing, we will make Battle Creek our eaquarters. Our interest in, an ope for, te speey an glorious triump of te cause, is increasing. Te REVIEW AND HERALD is improving. It is receive eac week wit joy, an rea wit te eepest interest. An te intelligence from te tent companies, in te severa~ Scates, of te victories of te trut, is wonerful. Go is raising up an army of young men valiant for te trut, an earnest in te figt. An it is a fact, ever encouraging, an soul-sustaining, tat our people are reay to sustain te cause in all its brances were faitfulness is maintaine by tose wo manage. We take our' position wit te people, an plege faitfulness to tose wo ave been true to te cause, an to us in our efforts to avance it, from te beginning. JAMES WHITE. Black Hawk, Col., Aug. 27, 8i2. Climbing up Anoter Way. SoME speak of climbing up to Heaven some oter way tan tat appointe by te wor of Go. Tere is no arm in tis fi.o'ure but tis is not te figure employe by te 0 Saviour. He is te goo Seper an is people are is seep. Wen e mae is avent to eart, e came to te seepfol by te gate, te proper ent:ance-te?fay pointe out in propecy by wic te Crist soul come. Hence it was te first business of tose wo wrote te istory of is life on eart, to sow tat e came of te proper lineage an in te very way tat te propets a preicte. On te co~trary false crists coul present no suc creentials. Instea of coming to te seep by te oor of propecy, tey were like te tief tat comes in te ark an climbs over te fence. Jesus eclares all tese to be tieves an robbers. " Te tief comet not but to steal, an to kill, an to estroy : I am come tat tey migt ave life." Te figure is somewat cange wen e says, " I am te oor of te seep." Tis allues to te fact tat tere is no oter way into te fol of Go, but by im. Tere is no oter name an cities for supplies. Tis' manner of life is by wic we may be save. generally attene wit great expense, especially to tose wo come by railroa from oter ear is voice an follow im. Te Jews tat Te goo Seper knows is seep, an tey States, an ire teir teams in te Territory. woul not bear is voice were not of is seep.. But tat wic is more unpleasant to invalis, He also a oter seep, of te Gentiles, an not of te Jewis fol. Tese were brougt in is to feel tat tey are in a lan of strangers, wen te mile wall was broken own; an wo ave no interest in teir cases. tere is one fol an one Seper. Not so wit us. Go in is provience a Te seep ave been scattere in te ark JD.ae tings reay for us, an ten, contrary to an clouy ay of apostasy; Eze. 34 : 2; an all our plans, le us ere. An since we came ave been coope up in ifferent pens; but te gatering call is souning, an tey will ear ere we ave lai our plans to leave several te voiee of te goo Seper, an be brougt timet~, an go irect to San Francisco; but it togeter to te one fol. R. F. CoTTRELL. Way-Marks. MrLESTONES along te igway, an ligt. ouses on te rock-boun coast, are very important to te weary traveler an weater-beaten mariner. Tey serve several purposes. Tey tell te traveler ow far e a.s come, ow muc f~rter e as to go. In aition, te ligt-ouse points out te angers to te sailor. He as long been separate from love ones. He woul reac te arbor. He woul not sipwreck now. He strains is vision forwar until e catces a glimpse of ligt. Toug im at :first, e QeS not lose sigt of it. His safety epens on keeping it in view an sailing by it. He is coming nearer to it. It affors im ample ligt. He is safe wile by it. It is now at is sie. He as passe it. It is in te rear, now far in te istavce. He still stears by it. He watces it till nearly lost to sigt. He 0.sts is eye forwar, an beols anoter. He now irects is course by it, as e i by te first. He continues to see ligt after ligt. He governs by eac as by te first. He keeps is course by tese ligts till te last is passe, an e rops ancor in te safe arbor, or rouns te pier an is safe from every storm an anger. His safety an tat of oters epens on is watcing. He knows it. Toug ie eye is eavy at times, still e watces. Toug te nigt Le long an ark, e watces. Wat te mile-stones are to te traveler, an te ligt-ouses to te sailor, te propetic wor of Go is to te curc of Crist. As te former is in great anger witout tese, so is te latter. Tese ligts are place by te government. Te great Governer of all worls as place ligts an way-marks all along te stream of time, to warn te curc of angers, an to bring er safe to te rest tat remains for er. He as increase tese ligts, as te curc gets nearer ome, or comes into te perils of te last ays. Of te many, we ave only time to mention one, "Te angry nations." Rev. : 8. By looking, we can but see tat tis ligtouse to te curc is far own te coast of time; wat follows is te wrat of Go, te Jugment, te giving rewar to te goo an ba. Look were you will, nort, sout, east, or west, were tere is a nation, an tis ligt,. ouse as been in sigt for te last fifteen or twenty years. We nee not go from our own nation to see a clear fulfillment of tis propecy. I copy a part of a corresponence written from Albany, N.Y., to te Jefferson County Journal w~c utters te feelings of tousans in every na.t0n: "Arrivin~ in ~lbany, I foun tat a goo eal was bemg sai about te Alabama claim, an te prospects of a war wit Englan. Not a man ave I ear say, ' Let us ave peace,' even if it must be bougt by a little backing own on te part of te American people. T.e wor of our Presient as gone fort, an tere is not a man in te country tat will not fiot, 0 if nee be, to back it up." Te talk of figting sows te pent-up feelings tat will r.ve vent wen te curc as passe anoter ligt, now in sigt. Rev. 7:. We see te re torc of war, wen nations will ave figting to teir full, an will wipe eac oter out on te blooy plains of Armageon. Jer. 25:5-33. C. 0. TAYLOR. Men an Tings. JOHN LOCKE tus briefly states te obstacle~ wic always oppose any reformation. ~very reli~ious an political innovation is oppose by te timiity o:i some, te obstinacy an prie of oters, an te ignorance of te bulk of mankin. All improvement, terefore, in religion an politics, must be graual. Anoter eminent man says, truly too, Doctrines are of use only as tey are practice. l\ien may go to perition wit teir eas full of trut. To ol te trut an figt for it is one ting. To be sanctifie troug it is anoter. Let us look out, friens, wile we are pulling oters out of te fire tat we o not slip in ourselves. Here is anoter ric trut wic selfis men soul learn by eart. It is one of te beautiful compensations of tis life tat no one can sincerely try to elp anoter witout elping imself.-0. ]), Warner.?LERICAL DRINKING IN SCOTLAND. An American gentleman, one mont abroa, writes from Einburg to a frien in tis city : " Saturay nigt, Cork an Dublin seem to be given over to one uge runk-glasgow te same. I on't know ow it may be ere to-nigt, but if te Presbyterian ministers wo are attening te Gran Presbyterian Council ere are a fair sample, Einburg must be te ' runken est' place in te worl. I saw a number of tem at inner at our otel yesteray take enoug serry, campagne, claret, brany, an ot Scotc, to sen a great many Yankees uner te table." One woul arly suppose tis possible, but tere is too.muc proof of it to be oubte. Tis is a sign of te last ays. See Matt. 24 : 48-5; lsa. 56: 9-2. Ba men can say some goo tings as witness te following : Moamme once sai, "Wen a man ies, men inquire wat e bas left bein im; angels inquire wat be as s~nt before im." THE CHURCH'S POWER. Te following wors most clearly an forcibly point out were our strengb as a curc must ciefly be foun. If' we are wanting ere, we are but a ea carcass, a souning brasa, an a tinkling cymb&l. We ask our lay bretren an sisters to give tis a careful reaing. "Tere is one ting better tan being seen. It is goo for a curc to be visible, but it woul be muc better tat it SJoul be felt; for, after all, it is not te size of te curc, it is not even te power of its preacers, or te excellence of its aministration, or te empasis wit wic it can use its voice on public questions, social or political. It is not in tat te true power of a Cristian Curc consists. It is in te spiritual force by wic it propagat~ te Gospel of Crist. Tis is a ting wic cannot be measure by te multitue of te congregation, te size of its Assembly, or te eloquence of its ebates. It consists in te quiet, solitary, an secret working of its ministers an members, by te purity of its teacings from te pulpit, iu teir enligtene zeal for every goo an onorable cause. Numbers are to be greatly esire, talent to be covete, means to be wise for, influence to be sougt, learning to be cultivate,-all tese an muc more, are not to be espise ; but tey are only te ans an feet wit wic we are to work. Tere must be a warm eart, a full soul, an a melting spirit back of all tese to give tem life an power. We want te power of te Holy Gost welling up in te eart, running over in our prayers, an watering all in every wor we say. D. M. CANRIGHT. Roman Catolic Internationals. THE following article from te Watcman an Reflector speaks for itself; but it speaks of new elements of strife an swiftly-coming trouble wic te worl woul o well to ee. Poner well te testimony an prepare for te coming storm. Te Watcman says :- Te Internationals, of wom we ave ear so muc of late years, woul exalt uman broteroo above te acciental istinctions of race an te factitious istinctions of rank. But, owever goo teir en, tey aim at it by te worst of means. Tey woul succee, not by a universal iffusion of te iea an spirit of broteroo, but by te extirpation of te classes above temselves an te abrogation of all law. Tey woulq establis anarcy, an call it peace. Tey woul repeat te reign of terror an te ees of te Communists all over te worl, only tey woul pus bot to a blooy success. But a new an worse class of Internationals are springing up. Te name of te organization is "Te Catolic Militant Union of te Cross." It was first suggeste by te pope, an te ting is being puse by te bisops. It proposes to inclue witin it all male Catolics fifteen years ol an upwar trougout te worl. Females eigteen years ol an upwar form temselves into auxiliary societies. Cilren wo ave a teir first communion become Aspirant Members, an cilren from teir birt up to teir first communion are enrolle as "Co-operative \iembers." Eac member avows is belief in te pope's infallibility. Its object is to efen te curc an te. pontifical cair; i. e., to labor for te restoration of te pope's temporal rule, an te universal recognition of is infallible autority. Its means are prayers instructions, sermons, an EVERY ACT APPRO~ED BY THE PoPE. Its name, " Jlfilitant Union," suggests wat some of tese acts will be wenever te pope issues is infallible o;er as "Commaner-in-Cief" of all te papal ores trougout te worl. We may as well look tis ting in te face. It means figt. It means war to te knife wit carnal weapons of te latest ~n most effective ~atterns, an wit ample materml, wenever te ngt moment sall come. It means te plunging of all Europe into war, so soon as t?e necessary combinations can be effecte, an ts support by contributions from all lans. Some may riicule all tis, but it is only in keeping w!t te ":ole p~st istory of pope?; an tis tstory, wt allts oly wars, an Inquisitions, an auto a fes, an unprinciple strategy, is now fully accepte, from pope to priest, as involving te true ie~l or curc.. It bolly rejects all te current teas respectmg te spirit of te age, uman progress an ciyilization. Te pope claims to be, as Go's VIcegerent, not only ea of te u~iversal curc, but te supreme ruler of te nat0ns ; an every Roman Catolic bisop is plege by oat to ~o is utmost to securing te reoognitio!l, an wen te time is rigt for it, te assertmn of tese claims by force. Hence, te pope calls on all Catolics to lay asie all national an personal views, an to enter eart an soul into te work of te Militant Union. We regar bot classes of Internationalists, wit all teir lofty professions, as equally enemies of te uman race,-te latter, owever, as vastly te worse of te two. 'I: :.I

6 94 ADVENT REVIE'V AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH. [Vol. 40, No. 2. THE LAST GA~G MESSAGE. To BAY we want to overcome, An ope to be forgiven, Will not effect te work we nee, In fitting us for Heaven. For tose wo an not living fait Implante in te eart, Will from te oly "little flock," Soon falter an epart. Te curc from all ea weigts will rise, Te Acans be purge out; An tose wo stan eac trying test, Te victory soon will sout. Te truly onest ones will come, Te last lou cry will ee, Till tere will be a company Of Israelites inee. Wat is te pure cementing trut. Tat bins as wit a cor, Tat takes us from all oters? Tis Te Sabbat of te Lor. REBEKAH SMITH. West Wilton, N. R. July, 872. WE reace te groun Tuesay nigt at ten o'clock an foun quite a number of te bret. ren an sisters present, an some tents up, toug tere was some elay occasione by te rain. Te weater, troug te meeting, was against us. I believe it raine every ay some, an Sabbat nigt it poure all nigt, so tat it tore up te roas, carrie off briges, an renere it ifficult for many to get tere on Sunay. Pails staning out in te open air were nearly fille wit water. Our camp-groun was situate on te top of one of te Vermont ills, wic save us from being enangere by te streams. As it was, a few tents pitce in grouns lower tan oters were flooe, but no serious accient occurre more tan to wet te inmates torougly. No sickness resulte tat I am aware of. Te outsie attenance was small. Sunay, several unre were present in spite of te ba roas, an gave goo attention. But many, no oubt, were kept away from tat cause., Te attenance of our own people was fair, toug te lateness of te season, an te fact tat teir grain crops were not gatere, kept some away. Tere were about tirty tents up, of fair size, an not far from tree unre Sabbat-keepers present. Te course of te meeting ran very muc as tat of te oter campmeetings wic ave been reporte. Te preacing was esigne to be solemn, w cause te people to see te principles of true religion just as it is reveale in te wor of Go, in plainness an force, an to sow wat sort of people we ougt to be in view of te trut wic we profess. Comparing ourselves as we are wit tose principles must necessarily result in our seeing a very great lack on our part an woul naturally cause us to feel te nee of being ifferent if we ope to meet te measure of Go's stanar. Te convicting power of te Spirit of Go was present, juging from te tearful eyes an earnest testimonies given. Wen an opportunity was offere for tose to come forwar for prayers wo- esire tem, as many as two unre came at once witout urging, an afterwar many confesse tat tey a seen teir earts as never before, an many expresse teir joy at fining te blessing of Go.. Our social meetings were all seasons of interest, an te time well fille: At te close of te meeting, seven were baptize. Tis Conference seems to be growing strong, slowly, juging from te reports. An if union an armony prevail among tose laboring in te work tere is no reason to fear tat te work will go own in Vermont. May Go's blessing rest upon it. Many expresse temselves as muc benefite by te meeting, an tat its influence a been to unite an bring te mins of all to a contemplation of tose truts wic were especially neee to be welt upon. Flusing, Mic. WE close our meetings in tis place an vicinity for te present on Sunay evening, Aug. 25. Te wole country for miles aroun as been arouse. Te Bible an te points of present trut proclaime at te tent ave become te principal teme of conversation. To say te least, te majority of te people wo ave ear us are convince of te trut, an many are convicte of teir uty. Sabbat, Aug. 7, was a goo ay for te cause wit us. We a no meeting at te tent, but we all assemble in general meeting at Flusing village. One unre or more were present, te greater part of wom a recently begun to keep all te commanments of Go. After a sort iscourse, we a a goo social meeting in wic between tirty an forty testimonies were given. Arrangements were also mae for future meetings ere after te tent soul be taken own, an Bro. Hiram Fenner was appointe leaer. On Sunay, te 8t, we a tree meetings in te tent, all of wic were well attene. We introuce te subject of Spiritual Gifts, wic mae quite a stir among te people, but finally resulte favorably. During te week following we spent nearly all our time in te ay Betatgoetfortanweepet,bearlngprooionseee,salloubt- visiting from ouse to ouse, wile evenings we less come again, wit rejoicing, bringing isseaves wit im. a meeting at te tent. Te weater was goo =======c:=<========x::==:::::;===-==== an te congregations range from one unre Vermont Camp-Meeting. to two unre eac evening. Te people seeme to rink own te trut as tey woul col water in a. sultry ay. On Sabbat, te 24t, we a meeting in te Personally speaking, te visit to Vermont was one of interest to me. Seventeen years ago I left my native State an infiel. I came back after tis long perio for te first time, preacing to many of tose wo knew me as suc te truts I fomerly riicule. I took time to visit Waterbury, my native town, one ay, an view te ol familiar scenes of yout an ciloo, wic leave te strongest impress upon te min an eart. How strange it seeme. A few were left wom I.il. known in former years. Many were scattere over our great country. Many more familiar names were inscribe upon te curc-yar eastones. Passing away! Passing away! How vivi it seeme. How great Go's mercy. to me as been, an ow faitfully I ougt to labor to sow my appreciation of it. Te green ills of Vermont never seeme more beautiful. I enjoye my sort stay very muc. GEo. I. BUTLER. Puon'a F6'ry, Me.,.Aug. 2, 872. Tm: noblest talents rust in inolence ; an te most moerate, by inustry, may be astonisingly improve. tent. About one unre were out, an we a a most excellent meeting. We gave a sort iscourse, an ten followe a social meeting in wic tirty-one spoke of te gooness of Go in giving tem te opportunity to ear te trut, an of teir etermination to keep te Sabbat. Tere not being time for all to speak, we calle on all tat a not spoken, wo wise to bear testimony to te trut an a mae up teir mins to keep te commanments of Go, to manifest it by rising up. Over tirty arose. Tus, between sixty an seventy testifie in favor of te trut. Tis was ceering to our earts, an we felt to say, To Go be all te praise. Te following ay was pleasant, in wic we a tree meetings, an te attenance was large, especially in te evening wen about four unre were present. We counte sixty-one teams, most of tem wit lumber wagons, itce along te roa by te tent. A goo«f, an we ope lasting, impression was mae upon te people by te truts presente to tem toay. Invitations for us to preac in scool-ouses were given us from as many as alf a ozen places. A large fiel is open for te trut, an te people seem very anxious to ear. We sall return to tem soon an carry on te work. Te result of te effort mae wit te tent in tis place may be summe up as follows: Tere are seventy-five or eigty now keeping te Sabbat. We ave sol $45.00 wort or more of books, besies giving away many tracts. We ave obtaine twelve subscribers for te REVIEW, tree for te Instructm, an one for te Rejorrner. We a to pay $0.00 rent for te groun on wic our tent stoo in Flusing, but te laies wo became intereste in our meetings, unknown to us, mae up te sum of $.0, wic tey ane to us to meet tat expense. Our boar bill at te otel was $4.00, an te bretren wising to make tis up ane us $4.35, wic tey a raise witout our knowlege. May it be te privilege of all tese friens to live te trut, enjoy te ric blessing of Go, an at last reac te ome of te saints. As a tent-company, we ave labore togeter in perfect armony, an our association wit eac oter as been pleasant. Go as conescene to bless us in our labors, an we will praise im; for it is is work.. I. D. VAN HORN, SANDS H. LANE. West Bolton, Vt. THE Sabbat preceing our camp meeting, I spent wit te curc ere. After a meeting, in wic all seeme refrese an strengtene to prosecute te eavenly joarney, we repaire to te water sie, were I baptize two. Dark, eavy clous ung over us in te eavens above. Te ligtnings flase an leape from clou to clou, an te tuners rolle, remining us of te great ay of Go's wrat, so soon to burst upon te ungoly in te seven last plagues. But tere was peace, calm, sweet, an sacre, in te earts of te believers.. Te two baptize were women somewat avance i~ life. Tey ave ear muc preacing, an passe troug many reformations, but not till our tent-meetings ere one year ago i tey fully resolve ro enlist in te army of te Lor. May muc of te blessing of te Lor rest upon tem. Two oters also were unite to te curc. We ave been favore wit an excellent camp-meeting in tis vicinity, wic, it is evient, as left a eep an lasting impression upon te mins of many, for goo. Te servants of Go spoke wit power, yet affectionately, te most solemn an pointe truts. To te wor spoken, we most arently pray tat te Lor may give increase. If we are not all te better for tis meeting, wo attene it, we certainly sustain a great, an it is to be feare, an irrepar- Go at eart, wo can carry te wors of l,ife to able loss. perising souls? Let every one ask te ques- Many of us were isappointe tat Bro. an tion Haven't I a. work to o? Is tere no sister Wite coul not atten te meeting. But buren of souls resting upon me? Let us all tese worn servants of Go cannot be at all quicken our pace an take a stan at te ea places, were many earts woul welcome tem of te ranks, equippe wit tq armor of Go, wit joy. We must learn tat it consists not so prepare for te battle tat is before us. Te muc in wom we see, or wo speaks te trut cause of Go soul lie near our earts an ten to us as in our evotion to tis cause an fait-. we woul be reay to make any sacrifice for its fulne~s on our part, tat secures te blessing we avancement. E. BRACKETT, JR. nee. A. S. HuTCHINS..Almont,.Aug. 22, 872..Aug. 22, 872. Nebraska. Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. BRo. D. M. McWILLIAMS writes from Harrison Co., Nebraska: We continue to ol our experience meetings an Sabbat-scool every THOUGH te work ere moves slowly, yet it moves. Te quarterly meeting at East Otto, just past, was te largest gatering of Sabbat-keepers ever convene in tis county. Over forty, I tink, were present; some of wom ave recently embrace te trut. Bro. Pillips of Allegany County met wit us, an Bro. an sister Truesell of Wyoming County. Our meetings were interesting. One was baptize. Some friens were present from a few miles istance wo manifeste an earnest esire to ear, an some near neigbors still come out, even on te Sabbat, to atten tese meetinl!s. R. F. CoTTRELL. East Otto, N. Y., Aug. 9. Te Nortern lllinois Tent. THE interest as been eepening an wiening since our last report. Te t inst., Dr. Scott mae an effort to prove te immortality of te soul, an te 8t inst., Prof. Doig eneavore to prove a cange of time for te observance of te Sabbat. Bot of tese men belong to te Faculty of te Unite Presbyterian College in Monmout. After a labore effort to prove te cange of time for te observance of te Sabbat, te learne Professor mae te following frank amission : " I am aware tat tere is no irect comman for a cange of time in te wor of Go." Tus e squarely isagrees wit te "W estminster Assembly." See answer to question 59 of teir sorter catecism. His iscourse was reviewe in te evening, after wic we took an expression ro see ow many believe tat te commanments of Go were now bining just as Go spoke an wrote tem. About one unre testifie tat tey so believe by arising to teir feet. Ten we aske all to arise to teir feet tat believe te first-ay of te week was now bining upon us, an coul give one text of Scripture to sustain it. Of course no one arose. About twenty ave commence to keep te Lor's Sabbat, an we ope for a goo many more. We struck our tent te 20t inst., an at te request of quite a number of friens an after prayerful consieration ave pitce it in te City of ~Ionmout, Warren Co., Ill. We commence meetings tis evening. Bretren, pray for us. T. M. STEWARD, R. F. ANDREWS. Monmout, Ill., Aug. 22, 872. llicigan. JuLY 28, I left ome to join Bro. Kenyon in te tent at Holly in te absence of Bro. E. B. Lane. I remaine tere one week. Te interest seeme to be goo an increasing. August 7, left for Almont, were Bro. Lamson still remaine after moving te tent from tere. Here I foun many warm friens to te cause of trut, an ave enjoye muc of te blessing of te I~or wile wit tem, in visiting an conversing wit_ tem at. tei~ omes. Tere is a great excitement m ts place at present over spiritualism. A lay an gentleman arrive ere last week claiming to be sent by te spirits. Tey ave el one meeting in te bah at wic tey performe some woners. Te' rest of teir time as been employe in receiving communications from te suppose spirits of te ea, an wile influence by tese spirits rawing pictures to represent te family of te' one wo esires suc a pictme. Tese rawings, in te form of a bouquet or wreat, contain as many flowers as tere are members of te family bot ea a~ living..tey are painte wit a brus, w~le.t~e men;tm IS securely blin-fole an Is glvlng a story of eac membep of te family, or escribing any person tat may be passing on te street. I ave seen several of tese pictures, an tink Sabbat. Our meetings are attene wit muc interest. All tat ave taken ol of te goo work, an ave resolve to keep te Sabbat an all te commanments of Go, are proving temselves faitful. We tink tat te Lor's blessing attens us. We are Ft.riving to become better acquainte wit te Holy Scriptures, tat we may grow in grace an in te knowlege of te trut. We ope some broter approve by te curc will call tis way soon an fully organize a curc. We are etermine to seek after glory, immortality, an eternal life. Switzerlan, ALTHOUGH my reports are becoming less frequent, te work of Go is not stopping in Switzerlan. An altoug we cannot report te conversion of tousans, or of unres, nor even of ten at once we are appy to tell of te etermination of two more to keep te commanments of Go. An as tere is joy in Heaven over one sinner tat repents more tan over ninety an nine just persons, wo ave no nee of repentance, sall we not rejoice over two wo turn to te Lor. An as our ear bretren of America are enjoying special seasons of blessing, so i we, July 26 to 28. Baptism being esire by most of tose wo accepte te trut last winter an spring, it was ecie to accept te corial invitation of te Curc at Tramelan to go tere for baptism. Tis rook place July 26. An I sall never forget te earty welcome of te ear ones tere as we arrive, teir pleasure to loge tose wom tey never saw before, an te goo spirit wic prevaile in our several meetings. July 27, twelve caniates were -burie wit Crist in baptism, an in te evening of te same ay te Lor's supper was celebrate. It was a solemn an blesse season to all. An as we bowe own before te Lor in prayer before te parting an was saken, wic took place in te afternoon of July 28, we coul feel te sweet presence of Go an te trut of is oly wor, as written in Psalm 33:. To te Lor be all te praise. J. ERTZENBERGER. Bienne, July 2, 872. Sout-West Missouri. MEETINGS commence in ~Iilfor, Mo., Aug. uner te labors of Bro. Blancar, wo, after preacing a few times, was taken own wit a fever, an te meetings close. Wen we arrive on te 9t, it was ecie at first to close te meeting te evening of te lot, for want of efficient laborers; but after more mature reflections an muc prayer we conclue to comply wit te request of te bretren present, trusting in Go to water te wor an give te increase. Since te first evening te attenance as been goo. Te people are intereste in te truts we present. All are reaing teir Bibles. About a ozen ave C(}mmence to keep te Sabbat. Many oters are convince, an te interest seems to be on te increase. Yesteray, we reviewe a manuscript against. te Sabbat an in favor of first-ay observance wit goo effect. To-morrow evening we expect te Metoist preacer of te place to present is views of te Sabbat question in te tent wit te unerstaning tat it will be reviewe. Pray for us, tat we may in meekness an umility present te trut. L. D. SANTEE, J. G. WooD. Tennessee. WE are still oling on to te fait, are maintat tey cannot be surpasse in execution an taining a weekly prayer-meeting an Sabbatesign... scool, an looking an longing for a preacer. T?ese rep~esentatwns are execute 0. open. But we praise Go tat we ave te ligt ayg~t an m te presen~e of_as man~ as uoose tat we enjoy, an ave suc an excellent to be wt~esses. Ho~ fast s tis eluswn ~prea- weekly visitor as t.e REVIEW. ing. If t werl3 possble, tey woul eceve te very elect... Davi&on Co., Tenn. We ave prayer-meetmgs two evenmgs m te week, besies speaking in te all Sabbat an Sunay, an twice a week four miles nort, in a scool-ouse. ' Te prayer-meetings are well attene, nearly all taking ~art, an ~e caracterize by te eepest of feengs an spirituality. Te interest in te country emans a full course of lectures, wic I trust can be given after te camp-meeting. ~ouls are fam ising for want of te brea of life. Calls are coming up from all parts of te lan for elp, but were are te men tat ave te cause of R. K. McCuNE. THE following are te imensions of te great brige now being erecte between New York an Brooklyn: Total lengt, 5,862 feet; lengt of central span,,600 feet~ elevation above ig water, 30 feet ; Wit of brige floor, 80 feet; igtof towers above ig water, 268 feet ; base of towers at water ~e, 34 by 56 feet.-new York Tribune.

7 September 3, 872.] ADVENT REVIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH. 95 iratt aua \i~snuny ~tpartmtut. -:o:- Report ofn. Y. an Pa. Tract an Mission ary Society. THE T. an M. Society el its first annual meeting in connection wit te camp-meeting at Kirkville, Aug 8, 872. Tlie meeting was calle to orer by te presient. Te secretary's report was ten calle for,. wic rea as follows: Wole number of members, 469. Donations, $ Money receive on book sales, Wole amount of money receive, Number of new subscribers for REVIEW 5, Reformer 38, lnst~tctor 6. Number of famllies visite, 57. Amount raise on Wiow an Orpan Fun, $3,25 Pages of tracts istribute, 9,359, value at $ REVIEWS istribute, 279, Reformers, 87, Instructors, 36. Report accepte. Owing to te incompleteness of te reports at te quarterly meeting at Aam's Centre in May, it was tougt best to inclue wat a been one previous to tat time. Te above report terefore covers all te work one by te Society since its organization in Marc last, as far 88 reporte to te secretary. A committee on nominations was appointe, an te meeting ajourne to call of Cair. Anoter meeting was calle Aug. lot. Te general agent's report was ten presente. Accoring to tis report, te elinquency on te perioicals in tis Conference a year ago, was $ Of tis amount, as been collecte, $500. Te net gain at present staning, $300. Te net gain of subscribers to te perioicals stans at about two unre eac on Instructor an Reformer, an a small avance on REVIEW. Tis report was accepte. Te committee on nominations ten reporte as follows :- For Presient, P. Z. Kinnie, Sec. an Gen'l Agt., B. L. Witney, Treasurer, E. B. Gaskill, Director, Dist. No., J. M. Linsay, " " " 2, Daniel Bowe, ': " " 3, S. N. Walswort, " " " 4, A. H. Hall, '' " " 5, I. N. Russell, " " " 6, \I. S. Tyrel, " " " 7, S. I. Abbey, " " " 8, E. S. Lane, " " " 9, D. B. Welc, " '' " 0, Wm. Coats, " " ", Report accepte. Jon Linsay. Te subject of obtaining new subscribers for a trial trip for te Reformer, as suggeste in REVIEW an Reformer, was consiere, an te Society plege itself to o wat it coul in tat irection. Intersperse wit ie business proceeings of te meeting were interesting an practical re Ir\arks relative to te work by Brn. HaskeJl, Littlejo~, an Butler. J. l\l LINDSAY, Pres. llarmon Linsay, Sec. Love One Anoter. te eavenly sanctuary, an tere beol teir great Hig Priest, an te love of Go troug im, te min is enrapture wit sweet eligt, an tey feel te transforming power of is love se abroa in te eart, wic unites, an cements in one. te copy of a letter, allege to ave been written by Josep T. Curry, te "Elija" so calle, an containing te octrines in brief as taugt by im. It is, inee, wonerful tat in tis enligtene age tere are people so ignorant as to be elue into believing suc octrines as are tere set fort. Te following is te letter :- Te Saviour's prayer is answere. Tey are one, as e an is Fater are one. Tank te Lor, I love te sweet spirit of "EvERET, Nov. 22, 8 ~. Heaven. No separate interest ere. No selfisness in te Cristian eart. " Not " DEAR BROTHER ORCUTT : I commit to a particle of covetousness or selfisness your care, tat it may be rea only to tose can Go approbate." I praise is great wo ave taken ol of te new covenant, name for te victory e as given me for a tese tree propositions or requirements. few weeks past, an for tat love I feel for. Tis may be copie for te rigt of every is trut, an for is ear people. Tis one : st. To take ol of te new covenant work is te Lor' a, an it will go forwar. as it is written in Isa. 56 : 2 ; looking stea! cannot love im enoug for is un- ily to Yava for te fulfillment of tis part, boune love towar fallen man. as written-jer. 3: 33. Tis first prop- Jesus as ie for us, an we are save osition being unerstoo an settle, tose by grace, troug is precious bloo. How wo ave attaine it are reay for te next. ungrateful, if we o not love im, praise im, 2. To believe in Josep T Curry as te an magnify is blesse name, wit all te Elija of Malaci, te Cyrus of Isaia, te eart. " O.! magnify to Lor wit me, propet like to Moses; an te ro of Mica an let us ex~lt is name togeter." 6: 9; terefore te ivinely commissione "Let all tose tat seek tee rejoice an Governor, Jer. 20: 2, of tis nation; conbe gla in tee: let suc as love ty salva- sequently not to obey witout question, even tion say continually, Te Lor be magnifie." in tougt, is octrine or praatiae, or to 0 ye servants an watcmen of te Lor, set up te will against im in any matter, tat o is will an pleasure, bearing te owever trivial, is a violation of Yava's buren of te tir message, be strong, an commanments. Wen tis is settle, ten, of goo courage, an te Lor will give you an not till ten, comes te next proposition. eternal life wen e gaters is reeeme 3. To move Sout to te place tat sall unto imself. J. PHILBRICK. be inicate by te Cyrus. As persons West Wilton, N. B., 872. Capt. Heley Vicars. THE American Tract Society furnises an interesting Sabbat-scool volume in te biograpy of Capt. Heley Vicars. It is for sale at te REVIEW Office. Te book is a useful little treatise, an sows ow a young Britis officer, even ami te surrouning issipations of camp-life., gave is eart to te Saviour, an to te ay of is eat was " a burning an sining ligt," a living, working isciple of Jesus. His useful life was sacrifice in te Crimean war, Marc 22, 855, in elping repulse a nigt attack of te Russians. Te following paragrap from pages 8, 9, of is "Memorials," is a part of a letter to is moter. It is ate" Sebastapol, Feb. 9, 855," an sows ow Capt. Vicars regare te subject of our Lor's soon-coming. He says:- "As I gaze on te magnificent scenery, on te wilness an graneur of te istant, lofty ~J>n snow-cappe mountains, giving an aitional carm to te surrouning loveliness, all aroun was so still an calm tat my tougts wanere to more peaceful climes, an to tat not far istant ay wen JESUS SHALL RETURN to tis beautiful, altoug sin-marre, worl; wen wars sall cease forever, an love an oliness fill te breasts of is reeeme people. O! earest moter, tere are times wen I IN Jon 5: 2, Jesus says, "Tis is my long for tis final consummation of all tings. commanment, tat ye love one anoter, as Wat a blesse ting it will be to serve I ave love you." An St. Paul says, Crist wit a eart wolly renewe an "An let us consier one anoter to pro- mae like unto is, wen sin can no more voke ~nto love an t? goo works : not affiict us wit its presence, or bow us own forsakmg te assembling of ou;selves to- uner its intolerable buren. But it is get.er, as te manner of some IS, but ex- not aiways tus tat my soul longs an ortmg one anoter; an a~ mu~ te more,,pants for tat great avent of my glorious as ye see te ay approac~ng.. an precious Saviour. O! tat I were ever ~ext to earmg oters IS rea~mg from waiting an reay to welcome im, on is te.ir pe~s. Are tere not many Silent pens triumpant return to a worl were once e wic migt an soul be use to exp~ess took upon im te form of a servant, to resuc wors.of cee.r as woul cause brigt eem an save sinners." ope to sprmg up m te eart of some lone.. pilgrim, or call a song of praise from some.no on~ can rea~ tis biograp~ of Cap.t. saene soul? VIcars Witout bemg greatly (j_uickene m te eavenly life. G. But, alas! ow many tere are, an some w. A. from wom we migt ope better tings, wo will manifest ispleasure if you say anyting to tem of te importance of living te letter an spirit of reform, wic Go in is infinite mercy as given us. But to live out te precious truts unfole by te tir angel, ow blesse. To raw sap an nourisment from Crist, te living vine, makes us one in im, an we sall love one anoter as e as given us commanment. We sall, too, eligt to encourage eac oter, an strengten eac oter, an wen we see te oler, afllicte, trie, an tempte, it will be our joy to take taem by te an an sare wit tem in teir sorrows an trials, until tey are mae free.in te Lor. See te following texts. Jon, 7 : 20, 2 ; Pet. : 22, 23 ; 2 Cor. 3: ; Jon 6: 6, 7. Tank Heaven for te ligt of te tir angel's message. It causes te precious pages of te Bible to sine wit eavenly.ligt as ' never before. As te saints look into te open oor of Te New Canaanites. IN te Heral of Life, of Aug. 7, 872, we fin te following, from wic it may be inferre tat anoter unaccountable elusion is about playe out: We copy te. following article from a Georgia paper of te 7t ult., presuming, from circumstances familiar to us, tat it is reliable. We give it as information interesting to mariy of our reaers, painful toug it will be to tem : "We were calle on yesteray morning by E. Cawick, of Boston, an Jon Swail an Jon Parks, of Springfiel, Massacusetts, late members of te " New Canaanite " or "Elija Message" settlement, in Columbia county. Tey informe us tat te colony is reuce to about twentyone persons, men, women, an cilren, man;r of wom are sick, an tat all are in esttute circumstances. Tey ane us sall come up to te 3 proposition, let tem write to me. JosEPH T. CuRRY." Augu-sta, Georgia. Prayer an \leitation. ARE we as often foun at te mercy-seat pleaing for elp an strengt from Go to perform every uty an overcome every sin as we soul? Many wo are striving for eternal life sometimes woner wy teir progress is so slow. Tey look over te past an cannot see werein tey ave erre. Tey say, I ave sougt my closet as often as is require of me an I ave not mae a failure ere certainly. But o tese persons realize ow tey ave sougt Go? Have tey come wit teir earts wolly in te work, fully believing tat te Lor woul verify is promises to tem? or ave tey come wit lip-service, teir tougts wanering an at te same time 'isbelieving wat Go as sai? If tis is te way we come to Go in secret prayer, tere is suffi~ent reason wy we make no more progress ; for te Lor will not listen to suc prayers. Better, it sometimes seems to me, woul it be if tose prayers (if suc.tey can be calle) a not been uttere. If we come to Go in te way wic is first notice, certainly tis is not were we lack. We soul ten examine a little closer an see if we ave meitate upon tese tings sufficiently. Many come sort ere. If we ave sougt Go in te manner ere last escribe, or if we ave not a complete control of our tougts so as to keep tem in te rigt cannel, it is certainly time for us to reform. Time it~ sort, an we ave not a moment to lose. Many times ave I a to regret tat I ave live so far from Go in tese tings. Let us arouse, one an all, an strive by Go's grace assisting us to reeem te time. ALLIE CHURCH. Steele Co., Minn., Aug. 3, 872. Di No One Keep te Law bnt Crist~ WHILE in conversation not long since wit one tat claime tat Go's law was abolise, e state tat no one ever kept te law of Go but Jesus Crist, an e broke te Sabbat. Wen e was referre to Jon 5: 0, to te wors of Jesus, "I ave kept my Fater's commanments," Well, e replie, e i not keep it as te Jews i ; notwitstaning e a just sai tat no one ever kept it but Crist. ment in Gen. 20: 6. Tis was more tan 400 years before Sinai. But to return. Davi sai, I ave kept ty law. Ps. 9 : 55. Again, it is recore of Caleb an Josua tat tey followe te Lor wolly. Num. 32: 2. Webster's efinition of te wor follow, is to obey; ence tey obeye Go. Again, it is sai of Jeroboam, tat e a not been as is (Go's) servant Davi a been wo kept Go's commanments, following te Lor wit all is eart. See Kings, 4: 8. Even Daniel's enemies confesse tat e was a servant of te living Go (see Webstars tir efinition of servant) ; for tey confesse tey coul :fin no fault wit im, unless tey foun it concerning te law of is Go. Dan. 6 : Now if te law was not kept by any one but Crist, will tey armonize suc a teory wit tese recors an wit Luke : 5, 6. Will tey tell us ow Zacarias an Elizabet coul ave been rigteous an not ave kept te law; for it is recore of tem tat tey walke in all te commanments an orinances of te Lor blamelm~s. Te tir message says, " Here are tey tat keep te commanments of Go, an te fait of Jesus." O! tat men woul not be willingly ignorant of te -trut. J. H. TOTMAN. Ricmon, Me. Can We AJfor IU IN tese ays of peril can we lay own our armor for a moment of time? Tink of our vigilant foe wo is ever on te alert to fin us off our guar, tat e may strike ut~ a eat blow if possible. Can we affor to slacken our pace for a single moment wen te prize is so near? Te perils of te last ays are upon us. Te great conflict is just before us, an a little from tis, te prize of eternal life. Soon we sall see te great King coming in all is glory, wit is glittering army of angels, to gater togeter is jewels from out te wicke nations of te eart, an can we affor not to be among te save? We know tat te setting up of te kingom of Go is very near inee, an sall we not be subjects of tat kingom? Aaain, I say, How can we affor to neglect ~ny means tat are in our pow~r tat will elp us to prepare for a ome Wit Jesus an te sinless angels? Te jewele city of Go is almost in sigt, an we can, if we will, ave a ome witin its glorious walls. O! no; we cannot affor to lose all tis. " Ten on let us press ; for J esue is near ; An strengten eac oter wit wors of goo ceer; Wit zeal ever buoyant, an courage ne'er slack, Let's be true to our King, an never raw back." R. F. PHIPPENY. Gratiot Co., Mic. Significant Items. Compile for REVIEW by F. A. Buzzell. THERE are many clergymen in New York wo ave wine upon teir tables, an wo furnis it to teir guests.-dr. J. G. HoLLAND in Saribner' s Montly. THE number of young men :fitting for te ministry in our teological siminaries as been steaily ecreasing.-rev. D. DoRCHESTER in Metoist Qurterly Review. "A WRITER in te Roak says, te Sunay iols of Protestantism are te 'favorite minister,' te wealty congregation, an te ot inner." "RoMAN CATHOLICS in tis country ave accommoations for,990,54, an te Evangelical Protestants for 6,642:83, te ifference being eigt to one." <9bituary Blesse are te ea wic ie in te Lor from encefort. Te fallacy of suc assertions will appear..._._,..,._,_,._~..,...~~~ _,_..._ by consulting te wor of Go. DIED, in Cesaning, Sag. Co., Mic., Aug. 2, We rea tat Abraam obeye Go's voice, 872, Roa May Lola Tompson, youngest an kept is laws. Gen 26 : 5. O! says augter of I. 0. an H. E. Tompson, age one, te' law i not exist until tey got to year 2 monts an 2 ays. Deat cause by a Sinai, so it coul not ave been Go's moral fall. law (wic conemns sin). But Paul says tat sin is not impute wen tere is no law. Rom. 5 : 3. An again, "Sin is te transgression of te law." Jon 3: 4. Again it is recore of te Soomites tat tey were wicke, an sinners before te Lor exceeingly. Gen. 3: 3. An again, see te pl'inciple of te seyent comman!. 0. THOMPSON. DIED in Branon, Vt., J nly 22, 872, after a lingering illness of some six monts,. Samuel Tower. He enjoye a eeper experience in religious tings for some time before is eat, an fell asleep in confient ope ot a part id te first resurrection.

8 96 ADVENT RE-VIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH. [Vol. 40, No. 2 Battle Oreek, Mic., Tir-ay, Sept. 3, 872. ;::x::::; ---- c:x:::::::at:,j=: : = ~ Oio, Iniana, Central Camp-Meetings. Sept GEN. Con. CoM. Jti.ii"'We elay tis paper a a.y to!ive te report from Bro. Wite, wic was receive just as we were going to press. Notice. Oun. po.por next week will be a. few ays late, on account of te camp-meeting, at tis place. ~Remember te commencement of te next term of scool, Monay, Sept. 6., l!l'j- AMHERST College, te training scool for ortoox ministers, it is sai, is to ave its professional corps increase by te aition of a ancing mas-. ter. Tilton, in is Golen Age, tinks it will be a goo ting to ave a. genera.tion of ancing ministers, an tat te ivinity will be improve by te ancing. To Corresponents. JAs. SMITH. Te next term of te scool will probably close some time in De~mber next. Te best route from your place to Battle Creek, is by tile Boilton an Albany, N. Y. Central, Great Western, an Mic. Central railways. L. H. DENSMORE. On te question of Sunay being te true sevent-ay, we refer you to te articles by Bro. Ca.nrigt, wic appeare in Nos. 25, an 23, of REVIEW, last volume, an wic ave just been issue in pamplet form, entitle Lost Time. Place tis pa.mplet in te bans of your friens wo eny te present numbering of te ays of te week. just ue, an sa.ve us te trouble of sening bills, a.n te officers of our Tract an Missionary Societies te trouble of o.r~ssing you by letter. Pay up! Pay up!! JAMES WHITE, Pr~s. S. ]), A. P. A. Hymns an Tunes. WE ave just compile a book of Hymns an Tunes, of about 200 pp, for te use of Camp-meetings an oter Religious Gaterings. It embraces te best from our large Hymn Book, wit some new Hymns an Tunes of great ~alu~. It is not esigne to take te place of our larger work; but for a wier circulation, especially wen new fiels are entere. Its superior value, an very low price, will secure its circulation everywere. Price, in strong paper covers, post pai, 25 cents. If any wis it boun in Morocco tey can ave it, post pai, for lio cents. JAMES WHITE. Tile Healtll Reformer. A GOOD movement is going on wit te friens of te RBformer, to circulate te last four numbers of tis journal to tousans on trial. Tey offer te Reformer for September, October, November, an December for te small sum of 25 cents. All te true friens of te Healt Reform are urgently invite to act as agents, an, all far as teir means will allow, sen in te names of teir istant relatives an friens, accompanie wit 25 cents eac from teir own pockets. Tose wo orer tere; former for friens woul o well to notify tem by letter. At te close of te year, te tousans wo receive te four numbers will be invite to renew teir subscription for te Reformer for 873, by te payment of one ollar, an te names of tose wo o not renew tem will be promptly stricken from te lists, unless teir friens renew for tem. We learn tat from twenty-five to fifty names were coming in per ay about te mile of August for te four monta' trial. Let tis work go on until te mile of October. Four numbers will be furnise, toug one or two of tem be back numbers. ~THE notice from Bro. F. Simonson, Hillsale, JAMES WHITE. Rock Islan Co., Ill., in last REVIEW, calle for mar~ Black Hawk, Col., August 22, 872. rie men. It soul ave been unmarrie. Te case of Bro. S. is one wic as peculiar claims upon te attention of Sa.bba.t-keepers, wo woul Like to engage Tile Avent Tiene. in te work e offers. He is running a saw-mill, A PROSPECTUS as been issue for tis excellent employing quite a number of ans; an is Sunaykeeping elp, are manifesting teir petty spirit of montly Danis journal, wit wic to obtain new subscribers, similar to te one use on te Reformer. bigotry, in trying to emba.rra~s an iner is operations in every wb.y in teir power, tereby to break Our bretren wo ave Danis or Norwegian friens or neigbors, soul put tis into teir ans, an so im own in is efforts to keep te Sabba.t, an licit teir subscriptions. Four numbers of te Tiene are offere, as a trial trip, for 25 cents. inuce im to return to Sunay-keeping again. We ave no oubt a sufficient number of goo reliable Sabbat-keepers will be reay to go to is elp wen ( New Works. tey learn te circumstances in te case..!mnce Pay System. THE only proper plan for publisers of perioicals to aopt, in orer to secure prompt payment an success, is te strict a vance pay system.. All publisers are lot to part wit patrons, an tere are always a few wo will plea to be truste six monts, or a yea.r. Te publiser yiels to te fevr, an oes not oa.rry out te avance pay pl:n strictly. In yieling to te few, e a.s opene te oor for many elinquents, an e soon fins,tat is patrons, wom e as labore to serve faitfully, owe im tousans. TIIE Publising Associ&tion as te past summer issue new eitions of some of its stanar works, an publise some new ones, of wick we gite notice below:. Te Sanctuary an Twenty-tree unre Days. Te original work of Bro. Anrews, carefully revise by te autor. Te most toroug. an complete work we ave ever a on tis subject. 96 pp. Prioe loc. 2. Te Atonement, by Bro. Waggoner, revise an enlarge. Tis is just te work to place in te ans of tinking men an women on tis funamental an most important subject: H\8 pp. Price 20c. Tis is our unpleasant experience. Tere is ue 3. Te Tree Messages of Rev. 4, particularly te S. D. A. Publising Association more tan Ten te Tir Angel's Message, an Two-orne Beast, Tousan Dollars from elinquent subscribers for by J. N. AnrewR. Tir eition, revise. 25 pp. te REVIEW AND IfERALD, Healt Reformer, an. Price 5c. Yout's Instructor. Tis is all wrong. It was an 4. A Reruta.tion of te octrine calle Te Age to error on our part in complying wit te expresse Come, by J. H. Waggoner. Tis book appears as a wises of a few persons asking us to sen tem our secon eition of a former work on tis subject, enpublications on creit, an tus opming te way for title Te Kingom of Go; but te autor in is so many to become careless in regar to paying on- preface says, " Tis is more ta.n a secon eition or est ebts. But te wrong as not been all.on our revision of te former work on te Kingom of Go. eie by any means. Te great wrong in tis ~atter One entire capter (III) as been ae, an te as been on te part of tose persons wo a.ve taken rest of it as been mostly rewritten." It is an unanu.vantage of our willingness to accommoate all, an swerable refutation of te reary error it attacks. &till retain all our subscribers. 68 pp. Price 20c. We are now eciing tat it woul be bauer 5. Te Ten Commanments not abolisecl. A never to enter a name on our lists on creit. Tere review of te position so often resorte to to evae are but very few wo cannot avance t~ small sums te claims of te Sabbat, tat te ten comma.nr.equire for our perioicals one year. An tese mente are abolise. By J. H. Waggoner. A little few a better ave tem sent to tem free te first work tat soul be kept oing constant execution. year.tan to be in ebt. An we esign tat every 32 pp. Price 4c. subscriber to our perioicals sall pay in avance 6. Witout Excuse. A brief ~urvey of te many by January, 873, or te name be stricken from our ways in wic Go as warne te worl of te comlists. W o terefore call on all elinquents to pay up. ing of te great ay. 8 pp. I> rice $.00 per unre. An we also ask for te vigilant co-operation of.7. Te Coming of te Lor, by an Englis writer. Tract an Missionary Societies in te several Stutes, 6 PP $.00 per unre. in tis work of plaoitig te subscrib~rs of our several 8. Te Lost Time Question, by D. I\. Canrigt. A perioicals on te strict avance pay system. We complete exposure of te oft-repeate quibble reeall sen bills of inebteness to elinquents soon. specting lost time, confusion in numbering te ays Wen all sall a.ve pai up, ten, from tat time of te week, &c. 24 pp. l'rice 3c. onwar, eac subscriber wo sall suffer is time to nearly run out will be notifi.(l(j. a week or two before te time, for wic e as pai, as run out. An Te ontll of Eartquakes. if e oes not ten renew is subscription by paying THE mont of April, 872, will long be remempromptly in avance, te name will be stricken from bere, an will occupy an important position.in geoom lists. Tis will relieve our Tract an Missionary logio&l istory as te mont of eartquakes an volcanoes. Societies of muc labor, yet we sall ~ant teir co- Te series of isturbances in question com mence on :Marc 26 wit an eartquake at Ine- O}),eration, in seeing tat all ave our publications penence, Inyo County, California, a.n laste for :five wo soul rea tem, wile carrying out te. a- ours, uring wic time "te ear~ was never for vance pay system; wic will make it necessary to a moment perfectly quiet, an enry few moments cut off more or leas names. Pav up elinql,lents,. eavy socks, of a few secons' uration, were oc- " 5urring: in all, tere were more tan ft.fty eavy pay up, an let te Publising Association ave its socks." During te isturbance, flases of ligt were seen to issue from te Black Rock, a volcano of te Sierra Nevaa range about fourteen mile~ istant. On April 3 te terrible eo.rtquake of Antioc lai tat ancient city in ruins. In tis commotion te eart was isturbe over a consierable extent, te socks being severely felt from Aleppo to Orfa, beyon te Euprates, an occurring at intenals for more tan a week. On April4 an 5 violent socks of eartquake were felt at Accra, on te Gol Coast of Africa, an tese were attene by a urricane wic wrecke nearly every vessel in te arbor of Zanzibar. On April24 Vesuvius again burst er bons an became more active tan at any time since~ te eruption tat overwelme Hercull\lleum an Pompeii. Europe, Asia, Africa, America,-four, out of te five great ivisions of te globe, sowing serious isturbance of teir surfa.ce at almost te samt~ time. It is as if Moter Eart were saking te finger of &monition at tose wo eny te ol geological octrines, an avance te ypotesis tat te globe is not flui in its interior, but is soli troug an troug.-&ribner for August. France Preparing for War. THE war between France an Germany b not at an en. Tere as been no peace, only an ajournment of ostilities. No fact is more evient tan tis. Te one iea tat controls te Frenc min is "te settlement of accounts wit Germany." Altoug little is sai about it in te papers, an tere ave been iscreet reservations in te ebates, te Government as been making strenuous efforts to bring te army up to its fullest capacity. Tere ave been large purcases of orses in Hungary, Englan, an Germany. Te worksops for te manufacture of artillery an firearms are in full blast. Tere are more cannon now tan tere was before te war, an more small arms, Paris is being strengtene by new lines of forts. Great quantities of provisions ave been introuce into te city of Paris, enoug for two years' consumption in case of a siege. Wen te new works are complete, a successful siege of Paris will require te investment of a line of circumvallation ninety miles in extent-a feat not witin te resources of any army. Te.soliers are uner constant an severe iscipline.. Tey are kept in camp, away from Paris an te large cities. You see fewer soliers in Paris tan in Lonon-a group ere an tere, at te Invalies an public builings, for instance, but no more. Watever ifl:"erence tere may be as to ynasties, an parties in tis work of re-organizing te army an strengtening te resources of }'ranee, every one is intereste. Te Frenc army to-ay is te strongest army in Europe, except tat of Germany. Beyon an above all, tere is a public spirit., a sense of inustry an selfenial, a esire for information an stuy tat are a wolesome evience of improvement. It may be, an I woul not be surprise if istory so recore it, tat te appalling isasters tat fell upon France an serve to sow te strengt an weakness of te country, an to teac tat strengt tat comt>s from a true knowlege of weakness an a resolution to overcome it. FAULTS. Wat are anoter's faults to me? I've not a vulture's bill, To pick at every fl&w I see, An make it wier still. It is enoug for me to know I've follies of my own, An on my eart te care bestow, An oters let alone. ~pplliutmtnt~. An BS yv go, preac, saying, Te kingom of Heaven is at an. Oio Camp-meeting. Tms meeting will be el at Ma.n~fiel, Riclan Co, Oio, on te same groun occupie last. year, oommencing Sopt 2 an continuing to te lit. We kope all our bretern will make an effort to come to tis meeting, to work for te Lor. Be on te groun at te commencement of te meeting an stay until te close. Ample provisions will be mae for man an beast. 0. F. GuiLFORD,} Camp- GEo. BISEL, meeting W:rn. Cn.ousE, Com. Ollio State Conference. THE Oio State Conference will ol its next annual session at Mansfiel, Oio, in connection wit te Oio Camp-meeting, Sept We earnestly request all te curces in tis Conference to sen elegates, also te companies tat are not organize. We wis all to be represente eiter by elegate or by letter. WM. CHINNOCK, } Oio SANFORD RoGERS, Conj. J. Q. A. HAUGHEY. Com. Iniana Camp-Meeting. Tii:IS meeting will be el near te Burlington an Kokomo Pikt-, eigt miles west of Kokomo, Sept Te bretren will meet tose coming on te oars at te station in Kokomo, Sept. 8 an 9, an collley tera to te camp groun free of carge.. We nry muc ee ire to see all te friens on te groun in time to pitc teir tents an make all te arrangements necessary for teir comfort before te time set for te meeting, so tat we can spen te entire time in getting nearer to te Lor, Bring your families, friens, an neigbors, if you wis to enjoy te meeting. Bring your earts full of love, an your souls full of energy. W. R. CARPENTER,} Camp-.. CHARLBB SEAWARD, -~fetting Wlii; CoVERT, Vuut, Oio T. an I. Society. THE Oio Tract an Missionary Society will ol its first annual meeting at te time of camp-meeting, Sept. 2-7, 872. All te irectors an as many members as can, soul be present, as officers for. te ensuing year are to be electe an oter important matters pertaininp; to te interest of te Society to be consiere. 0. MuRs, Prts. Oltio '. J-.. SociMy. THE next quarterly meeting for te curces of Orleans, Orange, Greenvill!}, Vergennes, Busnell, Montcalm, an Deerftel, will be el wit toe Greenville curc te first S&bba.t in 'November; an te curces will be visite as follows:- Orange, Sept. 4, Brn. Wm. Alcin an Mtynar. Orleans, Aug. 9, Brn. Stepen Alcin an Hoges. Vergennes, Sept. 2, Brn. L. Kneelan an Howe.. Greenville, Sept. 28, Brn. E. Vanusen an Towle. Busnell, Oct. 5, Brn. King an Spencer Vanusen. Montcalm, Oct. 5, Brn. Banks an Staines. S. H. KING. QuARTERLY meeting at Pontiac, Ill., ~ept. 7 an 8. " " " Griley, Sept. 4 an 5. Let ~ll te scattere ones make an effort to get ou~ to tese meetings. Come prepare to seek tbe Lor. TeM. an T. Society in eac of te above plaoes will ol teir first quarterly session at te abon meetings. Let te reports be reay. J. W.. MARSH, Director, 3 Di~t. QuARTELY meeting at A Ton, Wis., Sept. H ad 5. Bretren an sisters from oter curces are invite. Bro. Sanborn is expecte. II. W. DECKER. QuAUERLY meeting at Waukon, Iowa, Sept., 4, C. A. 'WASHBURN. I DESIGN to be at te Avon quarterly meeting Sept. 4, 5. Also at Mackfor Sept..2, 22, appointe by Eler Tur&ton. Will some one meet me at Branon Station, Friay morning te 20t, an carry me to Mackfor. I sall reac te Station Tur~ay evening.. I. SANBORN. MONTHLY meeting for Western New York, a.t Parma, Sept. 4, 5. Tea.ms will be at Brockport, at four o'clock P. M. on Friay te 3t. s. B. CRAIG. MoNTHLY meeting at Green, Oceana Co, Sept 28 an 29. I will, notiilp; pretcnling, atten tis meeting. Will Bro. Newman meet me a.\ Mears' Station, Tursay, te 26t? JonN BnNoTo~. Quarterly Meetings in California. Santa Rosa, Sept.. 2 an 22. Bloomfiel, " 28 " 2D. San Francisco, Oct.. 5 " a. Green Valley, 2 " 3. Petaluma, Hl " 20. Healsburg, 2H " 27. Preacing eac ay at A.. ; oter services an meetings notifie by letters. CoiMITT:EE of CAL. STATE MEETING. Not slotful in Business. Rom.2:. RECEIPTS Fol' Review an Heral. Annexe to eac receipt in te following list, is te Volume an Number of te REviEw.t HERALD TO wic te monoy receipte pays-wic soul correrpon wit te Numbers on te Pasters If money to te. paper is not in ue time acknowlegeil, immeiate notice of te omission soul ten be given. $200 EACH. J R Lewis 69-, Davi Putnam 4-9, J J Townsen 42-, JH Capmn 42-4, H Crosbie 43-, ClE Camplin43-l, F DOrans42-l, E S Finc 4-4, J S Smit 42c Z Tyler 43, W &rren Harris 4-5, 'YmCamp43-,EPCram42-7, Mary Olmstea 43-, S D Yan 42-, S Serman 42-, Mrs A Austin 43-, M M Wilson 42-J, H N Austin 427,.M&.ry A Howe 42 9, C Amy 42-9, Wm Fox 42-9, Evi Speir 4-3, F W Mace 42-, J Fiser 39-4, J Hobbs 4:2-. $.50 EACH. Hur House 42-2, Ilibbnr House 42-2, Young l\ien's Association 42-l-2, ' E RboaJa 42-2, M A Hartsorn 42 2, Ran~ome Roas 42-2, Oliver Cusman 42-2, A C Brown 42 8, l C Roas 42-2, E Dalgrien 4-, J W Forbs 42-2, Wm Palmer 42-2, J L Jenkin 42-2, James A Asb.ug 42-2,.Jon Williams 42-2, S::tmul!l Watt>on 42-2, S H Holloway 42-8, H SponslrJ.' 4-2, J G Camp 42-, Solomon Narcross $.00 EACH. \lrs T Wilson 4-, N Truet'tell4- G, J Hunter 4-~, Sopia Jonson 42, B Stiles 4-7, Mary Kinney 39-, S Sumner 40-0, ll Morrill 4-, S Dana 4-, J Dunam 4-7, Mary Jons 40-8, T J llostwort 40-. \IBCELLANEOus. E A Hil~is 75c 4-2, George Busk 50c 4-, L B Miller 60c 43-, Wm L Jaycox: , E S , W Ernst , Ricar Davis 75c 4-2, A B Selon 75c 4-2, Wm M Emry 75c 4-2, N J Dubois , W Goron 5c,40-9, J Roscoe , H A Flint 50c 4-, E H Tefft , W R Iris Book Sent by llfau, J Heric 25e, J R Green 20c, G N True3ell25c, JO Tompson25c, D Warren 4 57, Wm Canler 20c, Mrs M F Bisbey 45o, B Serman 3.60, J Larson 25c, R Cocran 3.00, C B Tower 2.75, II Tower 20o, AD Wa,ste 20c, Progressive Community 20c. J W Forbs 25c, Mrs V Pug 3.00, Wm L Jtycox 75c, F F Camp 25c, Box 25c, N Moser 7c, J Boswort 25o, F H Capman 4 00, F A Carpenter 3 60, N E Nicola 25c, D C Pillips.00, L H Cunningam 20c, A Korb 5.06 l\ A4Remley 2.25, II W :Musser.50, A W Seper 20c, J Dorcas.75, R J Moffat 5_00, L C Bartow 25c. Book.'l Sent by E;cprees. R. F. Cottrell, l\ie.ina., N.Y. $ A. Olson, Ft. Atkinson, Jefferson Co., Wis., ~S \Iortiroor S. Tyrel, Nort Creek, Warren Co, N.. Y. $7.00. Davi Downer, Wooman, Grant Co.. Wrs., $0.00. El F. Weeler, Auburn N.Y. $ll.go. ~~Ooaferenoe.Frut. C. H. Tubbs $5:00. Vermont Conference Cas Beoe«teon.Aeeou;n.t, It. F. Anrews $ A Calwell 75c. A. S. Hutcins Micigan Conference Fttn. Curc Itt Newton, $Hl 00. Book Fun,-$0.000 Wat~trtl. Amount previously acknowleg'i!, $55~. ;6.. Mi.!cellaneCiua. Emily C. D~y $3.00. M. 0. $2.00. Abraam Conert $4.60. llu 5tttit".& ~tral4.. Tlii... S: If ~ ln ava.nce,... n... $~.00 a year. If not pai in tree montbl, $'.60 a :year Wen~re by oters for te poor,.. ;;... l.io a ye!ll'. Wen orereb:yfriena, >rteirt'rlene ~n trial, $.69 year. AUress REVIEW AND HEBALD\ ll!ulll Clu~K, Mrca.