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" HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS: HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS."— HEY, 14:12,

VoL. 59, No. 46. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1882. WHOLE No. 1490.

when we are receiving special blessings ; but it and water. The people cried mightily to God, is fitting when we are in deep sorrow, in times and put away their sins, and the city was spared, 1)c. • oo# of backsliding and spiritual declension, and when though the message of God's prophet seemed to we need to make special efforts to seek God. In threaten unconditional ruin. Jonah 3. THE LARGEST PROPHETIC JOURNAL IN AMERICA, Matt 6 : 16-18, in words left for the instruction Wicked Ahab, a murderer and an idolater, had . 18 ISSUED WEEKLY, BY THE of his people in after ages, Christ gives directions his life spared for years because he fasted and "SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, how we should conduct ourselves when we fast. humbled himself before God. 1 Kings 21 :27- Battle Creek, Michigan. Surely he would not give this counsel, if he did 29. not intend we should ever fast at all. Queen Esther, when the king's decree had TWO DOLLARS A TEAR (50 NUMBS) IN ADVANCE. We have many examples of fasting in the gone forth giving the enemies of her people gospel dispensation, and examples of such a authority to destroy all the Jews throughout the Address all communications and make all Drafts and Money Or- ders payable to character as show it to.be proper for us to follow realm of Persia, took her life in her hand, and REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. them. Christ himself fasted forty days. Math went in before the king to intercede for them. 4: 2. The apostle Paul fasted often, and his But she first appointed a three-days' fast for her YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOREVER. language implies that Christ's ministers would people, in which she and her maidens participated. LET not the days be passed in hope or fear be following an approved example in doing the She had success, and her people a glorious deliv- Of joys and cares that future time may bring; same thing. " But in all things approving our- erance. Esther 4 : 15, 16. To-morrow is not thine for any thing. selves as the ministers of God, in much patience, When Ezra went up to Jerusalem with help The need for love and duty lieth near. in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in for his people to advance the -work of God, he Nor brood o'er faults and follies of thy past; It is too late for thought or action there. stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, went through a dangerous country. Ashamed From " all existence " learn thy lesson vast, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowl- to ask soldiers from the king of Persia for their And put to shame thy life of petty care. edge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy protection, they committed themselves to the To-day is all that thou canst call thine own; Now is the hour for noble thoughts and deeds. Ghost, by love unfeigned," etc. 2 Cor. 6 : 4-6. Lord's care by fasting and seeking him. The Let Truth, Love, Beauty, speak to thee alone, " In weariness and painfulness, in watchings blessing of God preserved them in safety, and Or give thyself to help the common, needs. often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in success attended their efforts. Ezra 8 : 21-23. Thus shall thy life grow ever more sublime, And thou shalt learn of deeper things than time. cold and nakedness." 2 Cor. 11 : 27. Paul, ex- In the time of Nehemiah, when the people —Isabel Frances Bellows. posed to the dangers of the deep in the tempest- were in a backslidden condition, they . sought

Mel uous voyage to Italy, when a prisoner, fasted, God by prayer and fasting. N eh. 9: 1. with others, even fourteen days or more. Acts The Old Testament is full of such instances. 27 : 21-33. Cornelius fasted, and brought the We know these fasts were acceptable to God ; blessing of God to himself. Acts ,-10 :30. The for most wonderful results were seen where his Ototfit$t ordination of Paul and Barnabas to the apostle- blessing was poured out immediately after such ~ "Then they thatfeared the Lord spoke often one to another; and th:, Ship, and the opening up of their great work occasions, when the people had fasted, and hum- 'fiord hearkened, indlieard it, and a book at remembrance was written be. among the Gentiles, was preceded by fasting. Tao bite. for'llienithatfeared the Lord, and that thought upon his uame:' bled their hearts. The most holy men of the 8:16. Acts 13 : 2, 3. Bible participated in such seasons ; yea, they These instances clearly demonstrate that the were the ones who perceived the necessity of most important movements of Christ and the SEASONS OF FASTING AND SEEKING GOD. them and appointed them. The, prophet Daniel, apostles in the establishment of the Christian when full of perplexity because the prophecy of THE Genera). Conference Committee have ap- church and the furtherance of the gospel, were Jeremiah did not seem to be fulfilled at the end (pointed a season of fasting, and prayer and seek- preceded and accompanied by fasting and special of the seventy years allotted to the captivity of bag for the blessing of God,- of three days' dura- seasons of seeking God. his people, and their deliverance was not accom- rtion,—Dec. 1, 2, and 3. This time is- rapidly ap- OLD-TESTAMENT INSTANCES OF FASTING. plished, set himself to seek God with prayer and fasting, that the mystery might be solved. While ;proaching, and we feel a 'deep- interest' that it In the former dispensation, the record indicates shall be a period of .great spiritual profit to our engaged most earnestly in confessing the sins of ' that such seasons were still more numerous. himself and his people, the angel Gabriel came 4)eople. It occurs just before the next session of When great calamities came upon the people, 4he General' Conference. We hope it may bring to him with perhaps the most remarkable mes- and they realized that God's favor was withdrawn, sage of the Bible, announcing God's great love upon that gathering- God's ,special blessing. We it was customary to seek him with fasting and wish in thra:ai/ticle: to give some to Daniel; and the time message of the 2,300 of the reasons humiliation of soul, and many instances are ;why such seasons .Should be appointed,—what days was explained, and the seventy weeks also. given where great deliverances were the result. The season of fasting and seeking God was made they have occonipliihed in, the past, the special On the great day of atonement, the tenth day of reasons now _existing that make them necessary, the Very occasion of this great blessing. the seventh month, when the whole nation of ;the spirit that Should characterize them, the Israel were to assemble at the Tabernacle, they THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR HAVING SUCH A SEASON. manner of their observance, etc. were to spend the day in afflicting their souls Having seen that seasons of fasting and prayer FASTING A CHRISTIAN DUTY, before the Lord, that their sins might be removed were authorized and employed in both dispensa- -" And they said unto him', Why do the disciples from them and the sanctuary. Lev. 23 : 27-32 ; tions, and that they were of great benefit to the "'of John fask-often, and make prayers, and like- 16 : 29-34. Those who would not thus "afflict people of God, we inquire why we should not 'wise the diSciples of the Pharisees ; but thine eat their souls " were cut off from God's people. We have the benefit of their influence now ? Are we 'and drink ? And 'he said Unto them, Can ye cannot doubt but this afflicting of the soul con- not in as needy a condition as they ? There ltake the Children of the bridechamber fast, sisted in fasting, and humbling themselves, and never was a people who needed to avail them- while the bridegroom is ' With them ? But the confessing their sins before the Lord, and abhor- selves of every means of grace more than we days will come when the bridegroom shall be ring their wrong course in the past. need to do so. We live in the perils of the last taken away from them, and then shall they fast Moses fasted forty days on Mount Horeb. Ex. days, when Satan works with mighty power; in those days." ' Luke- 5 :3345 ; Matt 9 : 14, 15. 34: 28. Elijah did the same. 1 Kings 19 : 8. Of when the love of many has grown cold ; when Fasting iniplies sorrow. It would be out of course, these fasts were miraculous ; but there the form of godliness prevails, and the power is Plate to manifest sorrow while the Lord of glory is a meaning in them, as also in the fast of our lacking ; when the people of God are lukewarm, was with hia disciples. His presence should Saviour of the same length as those mentioned and in great danger of being swept away by the joy. Hence fasting was improper while above. They all preceded the pouring out of great current of the world. Jesus remained on earth. But Jesus plainly blessings upon the people, and an important era The work the people of God have to do is a teaches-in these words that his followers should in God's work. great one. They have a message to give to the fast after his ascension. He appointed no regu- The king of Nineveh saved his people from world which must go to' peoples, nations, tongues, : lair days for- fasting. It should be engaged in destruction by proclaiming a fast, which his and kings." It must " enlighten the earth with only when the time and occasion demand it. It people carefully performed, and it was so thor- its glory." We are a backslidden people. Many is not consistent with a period of rejoicing, or ough that all, even the beasts, refrained from food of us are far from God, conforminfz to the world. 7Q2 TIIER 1,1 VIEW AND HERALD. 2I_Vob. 59, No. 46, lovers of pleasure, " Making haste to be rich," has had to carry from overloading, has made of the Lord, of the proclamation concerning t covetous, and selfish. We greatly need a baptism heavy drafts upon the blood and the nerve power and of the way we should prepare for it. "There of the Spirit of God. Out of this condition of at the expense of the brain power. The mind fore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to lao lukewarmness, a people are to beoleveloped who becomes sluggish and inactive, and a fast clears with all your heart, and with fasting, and with. will be " without fault before the throne of God." the clouded brain, and unclogs' the system. As weeping, and with mourning. And rend your Indifference must he shaken off; new zeal must the result of a better physical condition, spiritual hearts, and not your garments, and turn unf4j; be obtained. The progress of the work is greatly things can be better comprehended. the Lord your God ; for he is gracious and moi retarded because of our unconsecrated condition Fasting is an act which shows to God and man cif slow to anger, and of great kindness, antl as a; people. We think we have as much or that we desire spiritual good. It is unpleasant repenteth him of the evil." " Let the priests, thl even more zeal as a people than other denom- to feel the pangs of hunger,—to experience the ministers of the Lord, weep between the Nil inations, and because of this may feel satisfied ; weakness consequent on abstinence from food. and the altar, and let them say, Spare th yet when we compare ourselves with the apostolic When we voluntarily accept this deprivation of people, 0 Lord, and give not thy heritage to church, what a sad contrast do we present ! To our ordinary comforts, we give evidence of such proach," etc. How plainly these scripts! compare favorably in zeal with fallen Babylon a strong desire for heavenly blessings as testifies speaking of this time present our duty hefor may satisfy some ; but if it does, their spiritual to our appreciation of them, if our act springs us ! And how reasonable that such seasons slum! perceptions must be very obtuse. Such a condi- from a pure motive. It is a part of the process be appointed ! tion will never meet the approbation of God. We of "afflicting the soul," and bringing ourselves THE KIND OE FAST WE SHOULD CELEBRATE. must, if prepared for translation, compare favor- where we can realize our true condition. It ably with the ancient worthies whom God helps us to do this. The mere act of fasting The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah contains accepted. alone will never bring us to the proper condition, striking prophecy of the religious condition hi There are many things in our condition which but it may be a great help if entered upon under- the last days. It tells of a people who pay should humble us down in the 'dust before God. standingly and with proper motives. It is only much respect to the outward forms of religioN Our ministry, as a whole, is weak in spiritual a means to reach a desired end. That end is to but God is not pleased with them. His servants'- power. Their labors do not accomplish the results realize our true condition before God, our utter are commanded to " cry aloud and spare not, and in gathering souls which were seen among us helplessness and unworthiness, our proneness to show my people their transgression, and the years in the past, though the opposition to our sin, our selfishness and depravity, and our lack house of Jacob their sins." views is not nearly as bitter as then. Pride, of wisdom and spirituality, Yet this people delight to know the ways of the Lord, and seek him daily. They ask for tlie vanity, and love of pleasure have greatly increased HUMBLING THE SOUL BEFORE GOD. among us. Fault-finding, murmuring, and cen- ordinances of justice, and love to approach God soriousness, and a criticising spirit, are far too We are naturally filled with self-conceit and " Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not ? Wherefore have we afflicted ot.0 prevalent. Heinous sins crop out among us, and vainglory, and take exalted views of our own come to light from time to time among our mem- wisdom and importance. We must realize that soul, and thou takest no knowledge ? Behold, iDi bership. We are doing but little in circulating our own wisdom is foolishness, our strength the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact our publications to what we should do. Many weakness itself, and that we need the help of God all your labors. Behold, ye fast for strife and act as though we hail ages in which to do our work, in everything that pertains to his work. Every debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednes4 whereas we are just upon the brink of the eternal move which is truly successful in advancing his ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make you world. Many of our young people who ought to cause must have the impulse of his Spirit to voice to be heard on high." Here is a faithful picture of niodern religion; be giving themselves to the work of God,are devot- guide it. Human power alone can never make ing themselves to the world and to money-making. his work a success. When we become the chan- People want to be saved, to appear religious, to Our institutions are in debt, and our College nels through which his Spirit operates, then take that part of religion which is pleasing to them, to go through the form, and to be respeets closed. because of the wrong course of those who human effort is mighty for good, because con- should have been its true friends. nected with the omnipotence of Deity. One man able and well thought of. A religious profession These are sad, humiliating facts, which we are with God on his side is a majority over all, be- is a passport to respectability. The world is full cause God alone is almighty. The power of God of such religion, and most people think it is the forced to admit. We are ashamed to write them. But God knows them, and many of our fellow- is the true source of all success in the work of simon-pure article, and all that' is no essay men know them ; and in view of them it becomes man's salvation. Man, the creature, must realize They have no conception of a religion which for-, lows Jesus to the cross, and endures sufferingi us all to humble ourselves under the mighty this constantly, in order to have God work with hand of God, that he may turn away his anger him. He ought to do it because it is the truth. shame, ignominy, self-denial, and the crucifixioq from us. God has very plainly revealed to us But man's natural conceit and love of self make of the flesh. The modern sort appoints fa.A our condition in the recent Testimony. If we him often forgetful of this fact, and he thus de- even State fasts, in sonic States, by executive, humble our hearts and confess our sins, God will prives himself of the blessings Heaven would authority ; and the day is kept in a sort of oak] turn upon us his face in mercy, and " endue us gladly bestow. God cannot then work with him ward, formal way. But these fasts are not real with. power from on high." If he does not do till he comes to a sense of this great truth. Hence such as God accepts. There is no humbling this, we have little to hope for as a people. the need of these seasons for afflicting the soul the soul in them. The love of pleasure is therei before God. Hatred, ambition, and oppression are not give4 HOW AND WHY IS FASTING BENEFICIAL ? We are in the antitypical day of atonement. up. Debate and contention are still continue Fasting is an expression of sorrow. Often Once a year 'all Israel assembled around the There is truly no forsaking of sin. It is all outs when in great affliction we refuse our usual food ; Tabernacle, and, humbling their hearts, wept and ward. ,Such fasting God hates. Such seaSo4 we do not desire it. The load of anguish upon mourned and fasted before God. Every one deaden the spiritual sense, and leave the soul be- the heart overcomes the appetite. One great who did not thus " afflict his soul," was to be cut numbed and deceived. reason why such seasons are necessary is becauge off, and no longer acknowledged as one of God's The fast which God accepts is one where the we have become too well satisfied with the creat- people. The day of atonement was the day for Soul is afflicted with a sense of its own .w6akireSo ure comforts of our earthly life. Our tables are sin to be remembered and repented of. No other and unworthiness. The wrongs of the past are daily loaded with food, and we never really know state of mind could be acceptable at such a time searched out, repented of, and put away. The, what it is to suffer for the want of it. Our minds than deep humiliation of soul. The sanctuary, love of pleasure is crucified and abhorred. Tla are constantly dwelling on the things of time and was to be cleansed from sin, and justified. Sins soul is lifted up to God with longings for son* sense, and our souls become earthy, conformed to were to be removed from it, and from them. thing better than this poor world has to giVe; our surroundings. Our thoughts continually rove Repentance is necessary in order that sin be re- The vanity of worldly good is disceined, and its over worldly scenes, and God and eternity are not moved, and humbling of heart before God and unworthiness realized. so much the subjects of contemplation. The a deep sense of our unworthiness is essential in While the mind is seeking for these results; senses hold the mind on a low level, and occupy order to repentance. there will be deep contrition. Self and all the the realm of the spiritual. We seem chained That typical day pointed forward to the time selfish brood,—hatred, ambition, jealousy, envy; down to earth, body, soul, and spirit. We have of the Investigative Judgment and the blotting evil-surmising, murmuring, and censoriousaeg no freedom in prayer, and little communion with out of sin. Since the expiration of the '2300 will be abhorred ; and a meek and quiet spiriq Christ. The appetites and their gratification be- days in 1844, we have been in that period. How which is in the sight of God of great price, ;will come the principal objects of life ; " what we plain, then, that repentance, afflicting the soul, be desired above all things. A draught from Of shall eat, and what we shall drink, and where- and deep humility should characterize us as a spiritual fountain is the only thing which wi withal we shall be clothed," the main interests people ! This is necessary because of the nature satisfy. of our existence. Vast numbers of professed of our work, and the condition of the religious The prophet continues : " Is not this the fast Christians are in this condition, and it is a sad one. world in which we find ourselves. that'I have chosen ? to loose the bands of wicked' A season of seeking God by fasting and prayer A people must be, developed out of this state ness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the op., is then needed. Fasting makes us feel our de- of things who will be' pure and holy and without pressed go free, and that ye break every yokel. pendence upon God. A very short experience in fault before God. Never was a people more in Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and it shows us how dependent we are upon him and need of his special blessing than we are. Yet that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy his providence. It leads the mind to think upon how cold and careless many of us are ! " Be house ? when thou seest the naked, that thoq him as the source of our life and all our bless- zealous and repent," the True Witness saith: cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself frog ings. Zephaniah says to those gathering together just thine own flesh ? Then shall thy light break To many, fasting is a great physical benefit. before the day of the Lord, " Seek ye the Lord, forth as the morning, and thine health sha,,, As a rule, we eat too much. Our systems are all ye meek of the earth ; seek righteousness, spring forth speedily ; and thy righteousne' often clogged, and our powers of thought are seek meekness ; it may be ye shall be hid in the shall go before thee, the glory of the Lord' shall thus crippled. The extra burden the stomach day of the Lord's anger." Joel tells us of the day be thy rearward," NOV. 21, 1882.]8 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 723

We have here-the result - of., such a fast as the We should confess them before God, and abhor AN ENEMY TURNED INTO A FRIEND. d accepts, - ,a -fast accompanied with - genuine them, and ask his help to overcome them. ntrition . for i,our: selfishness- ,and our 'wrongs, In our public meetings we should confess our DURING one of Luther's journeys, a noble,. hi a putting of them away from us. , Then the worldliness, selfishness, and lack in doing the knight, learning that he was to tarry at a cer- urified -soul turns from the selfish motives and work of God, and all our public sins. We should tain place, and yearning for the honors and is of life to the nobler-one of laboring to do all pray most earnestly that God will revive his emoluments that would accrue could he be safely ahers good, to relieve the distress of theafflicted work among us, give us more of the missionary caught up and transported to Rome, resolved to lid to impart- Consolation. 'When:such motives spirit, wean us from the world, and dispel the hazard the attempt. He ordered his armed ret- tuate us; we shall feel like laboring to save the cloud of darkness which has been hovering over inue to prepare hastily; for there was no time uls of our fellow-men, and to imitate Christ, us, and let his light and power be revealed to he lost, the aspirin(); noble being urged and ho came to save those who were lost and ruined. within us. We should pray for the conversion commanded to the task by his confessor, who as- his is the spirit which we as, a people greatly of our children and our neighbors, and that God sured hiin that he would- be doing a good work, eed in order to accomplish Abe work God has would give us hearts to feel for others. We and would save many souls. lie set out at early yen us to do. We must see our need of it, and should pray especially for his blessing on the dawn, making his way along the picturesque btain it, or we shall be classed with the unfaith- General Conference about to be held, that it may Berg-Strasse, or mountain road, that skirts the ul servants. Here is our greatest lack. • The result in great good to the cause. forest of the Odenwald, between Darmstadt and ast, then, which God has chosen, is truly to af- If we take the interest in this work that we Heidelberg. Arriving at the gate of Miltenberg ct our souls-, not merely seem to do so; to put should, we shall not think the period of three in the evening, he found the city illuminated, way our sins, not merely profess to do So, and to days too long. The disciples, while waiting to and the town itself full of people, who had come hange our -practice, and live .for higher and no- be endued with power from on high, as Christ thither to hear 'and see Luther. ler objects. commanded them to do, spent ten days in an up- More indignant than ever was: the noble OK' SHALL WE OBSERVE THE APPOINTED FAST ? per room seeking God's blessing. What power knight indignation grew to rage when, arriving came upon them, and what light enlightened the at his hotel, the host greeted him, " Well, well, Dec. 1, ' 2, - and 3 are the days appointed for world at the close of that season ! " They all Sir Count, bas Luther brought you here too ? asting -and seeking God. . This is a longer time continued with one accord in prayer and suppli- Pity you are too late, You should have heard an we have ever beforeappointed for, such- an cation." This is what we want to do. him. The people cannot cease praising him." bject.; Some. rear- think the season too . long. When prayer was made without, ceasing in In ,no mood for eulogy, the knight sought the he prophet Daniel set apart -three whole weeks. Peter's behalf, the angel of the Lord delivered privacy of his rooin. Awakened in the morning e ate no pleasant bread during this whole pe-. him. Christ tells us that without prayer and by the matin bell of the chapel, sleep had as- od, :and - deprived himself of .-all the -ordinary fasting certain possessed with devils could not be suaged his ire, and his thoughts were at home, atifications,:of taste and, -appetite - In the delivered. There is great power, then, in fast- where be had left an infant daughter at the ictest sense of the term, this was not a fast, ing and prayer. point of death. As he drew aside his curtain, he r that- would -imply entire abstinence from In the vision of the future, Testimony No. 4, saw the flicker of a candle in the window oppo- od ; but practically it amounted to that. How p. 33, the servant of the Lord gives us the his- site, and Waiting a moment heard a deep, manly trange, that this holy- Man- should think of such tory of God's people in the last days, and shows voice utter the- words, " In the name of the painful.step: as this ! We. Should not,naturally us how some of them will plead with God, what Father, and of the Son, and of the :Holy Ghost. appose he would feel the need of it, since -he earnestness will characterize them, and what, will Amen." He heard the voice further continuing as such a -goad- man: Gabriel •had told him -a become of some who do not take this course. in a strong,. fervent petition for the whole Chris- ew. years 'previous to this time that ,he was -a She •also describes the glorious results which fol- tian church, and the victory of the holy goSpel an'" greatly beloved." Why did 'he -need to be, low. This would be a good article for all our over sin and the world. self-denying :for twenty-one days ? People, people to read on the days set apart for fasting, Being a devout man, his interest was aroused, ow would think Daniel was fanatical. Why' prayer, and seeking God. and donning his armor, he inquired of the land- re we so diffbrent in this age ? The reason-is Dear brethren and sisters, we lay these lord who that earnest man was that he heard is-: - -The more.we become acquainted with God, thoughts before you. We greatly desire to see across the street. " That earnest man," re- he more anxious We are for- .his.-presenee.- . The the power of God manifested among us as we sponded the landlord, " is:the arch-heretic Luther ss we, know .;of. hi.m. the less are will- have never seen it before. We must be a con- himself. Has your grace a message for him ? " ng to iriake'lonbtain a knowledge ,of hina.. . But verted people. We must seek God with all the " Ay," said the knight, " but I will deliver it aniel obtained--a great ble4Sing as the' result of heart. There is great power in store for us. with my own lips," and with a dubious shake of is fast. Gad, :revealed to him a 'Vision of 6ur- God's " arm is not shortened that it cannot save, the head he crossed the street, entered the house, assing glory.: ' . nor his ear heavy, that he cannot hear." It is and in a moment stood before the object of his We would. -not advise all Wholly- to abstain our sins which have separated us from the great search. Luther instinctively arose from his chair, Om food during the- three days appointed. We source of Divine Power. Let us put them away, surprised and not a little disconcerted by the hotild not- injure- y-6r' health, but we should 'fast renew our consecration, humble our hearts be- sudden appearance of a stalwart armed knight, far we cart 'do so- witholit,p1Xysicalinjury, and, fore him, and return unto him, that he, may re- perhaps having an unpleasant suspicion of his king as much tune - as - passible from-our, turn in greater power unto us, and heal all our errand. " What is the object of this visit ? " in- worldly' business, we should devote these days to backslidings, quired Luther. Twice and thrice he repeated he service of God. .Our churches should meet GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Gen. Conj. his question before receiving a reply. At length gether in their places of, worship, and ministers the knight, having recovered somewhat from the spell upon him, said, " Sir, you are far better nd people should seek God together. Several —You ask me why I gave my heart to Christ? - hours each day could, be profitably spent in their I can reply: than I. God forgive me for intending to harm places, of worship.. If trialsuxist,,,and ,there is It is a wondrous story; listen while you. I came here to make you a prisoner ; you I tell you why have made a prisoner of me instead. It is im- aek of union„all, these roots of bitterness should My heart was drawn, at'length, to seek his face: be put away.., , I..indness, tenderness,. peace, - and I was alone, I had no resting-place; possible for a man who can pray as you pray to love shotild,be welcomed in. :Bitterness and I heard of how he loved me, with a love be an enemy of the holy church, a heretic." Of depth so great—of height so far above " God be praised," said Luther, now relieved from *path ,should.:, be put away, with ;all -malice. All human ken; Where „ our ;ministering brethren are present, I longed such love to share, his suspicions ; " it is his word and Spirit that has they should take -a 'portion of the time to talk to ' And sought it then, subdued you, not mine, though I may be chosen the people, on,stich- subjects as will lead the mind Upon my knees in prayer. to bring his word to Honor in Christendom. Go -to-penitence, . confession .of .sin, and: humility of You ask me why I thought this loving Christ now your way, therefore, in peace, my lord. He .89'11. Earnest 'prayers should,...ascend to God for Would heed my prayer? that hath begun a good work in you will perforin Tardon,. 40 , for ,more spiritual.. power. We I knew he died upon the cross for me— it to Christ's coming. If it be God's will, you I nailed him there! shall yet behold miracles ; how the Lord will abould most,parnestly, plead- ,witix .him for his I heard his dying cry, "Father, forgive!" Spirit to cleanse, our soul-temples of all. unright- I saw himflrink death's cup that I might live; break many swords like yours, and cut the spear aeuShess apd,every, stain, and, to make us-, like My head was bowed upon my breast in shame, in sunder, as he has to-day." He called me, and in penitence- I came. Convinced and confirmed, the knight lost no Or divine Lord. , The leaders ,of .pur , churches He heard my prayer— ould, de Well to, .select , such. portions of., , the I cannot tell you how, time in making his way homeward, attended by scriptures, to read, as treat ;of_ such occasions, of Nor when nor where; his retinue, now still more curious to know the ;humiliation and.nmurning for sins. There are Why I have told you now. object of this hasty expedition. Arriving at the many in the: Bible., The ,spirit characterizing —F. G. Brown, xri Weekly Evangelist. bedside of his daughter, he found her now con- such occasions. is the, one, weneed now. There valescent and out of- danger, and falling on his (ore portions of the Testimonies, also, which could —Let not any man deceive himself with the knees he thanked God for all that had happened. lo read with-great profit. thought that, because the general spirit of his A few years later, when Luther confessed his faith before Charles V., among the assembled nobles As: far as possible,- We should lay aside worldly life is right, his minor shortcomings shall bear ieare at-our- homes,: and devote the -time to medi- no bitter fruit. No man sins and does not suffer who stood on Luther's side was this knight, who fation upon sacred. things, reading the Bible, the for it. Toward our infirmity, God has infinite' had 'once thought to overthrow and destroy him. Testimonies,,- and other religious reading, with tenderness ; but he never lets us do wrong and —Sword and Trowel. much secret - prayer for God's blessing. - We escape the evil consequence. This is his kind- • -• should pray in -private for our own conversion, .ness toward us, that by his chastisements he for- —Behind the snowy loaf is the mill-wheel ; be- to be cleansed; from, all sin, 'especially from se- ever seeks to turn us back into the way that hind the mill is the wheat-field; on the wheat- 'mret sins and weaknesses known- to- -ourselves. leads to blessedness.---George Merriam. field falls the sunlight; above the sunlight is Ood. 724 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 4[VoL. 59, No. 46,

THE LULL OF ETERNITY. The first ten years, the sum would amount to we believe them to be, take root. Does anybo MART a voice has echoed the cry for "a lull in life," about— $290.00 suppose that the growth of popular unbelief Fainting under the noontide, fainting under the strife. At the end of 20 years, to about— 1,060.00 owing to the logical force of certain argumen Is it the wisest longing? is it the truest gain? At the end of 30 years, to about— 2,976.00 It is in the air ; a wave of it is passing over Is not the Master withholding possible loss and pain? At the end of 40 years, to about— 8,009.00 We are in a condition in which it becomes Perhaps if he sent the lull, we might fail of our heart's desire! At the end of 50 years, to about— 20,896.93 demic. That is a doctrine which one influent Swift and sharp the concussion striking out living fire, At the end of 64 years, to about— 87,731.37 school of modern disbelievers, at all events, ci Mighty and long the friction resulting in living glow, Tobacco made him homeless. not but admit. What then ? Why, this,—t1 Heat that is force of the spirit, energy fruitful in flow. to change the opinions you must change the What if the blast should falter, what if the fire be stilled? A GOD-DISHONORING HABIT. mosphere ; or, in other words, the true antai What if the molten metal cool ere the mold be filled? A few weeks since, as a Norwegian subscribed nist of a diffused skepticism is a quicken What if the hands hang down when a work is almost done? What if the sword be dropped when a battle is almost won? for one of our periodicals, the subject of tobacco Christian life. Brethren, if we had been wh came up in the conversation. He pleaded that we ought, would such an environment have el, Past many an unseen maelstrom the strong wind drives the its use was harmless. been possible as that which produces this mode. skiff, When a lull might drift it onward to fatal swirl or cliff; " Are you a professor of religion ?" I asked. unbelief ? Faithful the guide that spurreth, sternly forbidding"repose, " Yes," he replied. Depend upon it, we shall do more for Chn When the treacherous slumber lureth to pause amid Alpine " Can you, my friend, get down on your knees, by catching and exhibiting more of his spit snows. and ask God to bless that tobacco, as you do than by many arguments,—more by words The lull of time may be darkness, falling in lonely night, your food at the table ? Did you ever meet a prayer to God than by words of reasoning But the lull of eternity neareth, rising in full calm light; men. A higher tone of spiritual life would pro The earthly lull may be silence, desolate, deep, and cold, man who said he did it, or could have the pre- But the heavenly lull shall be music sweeter a thousand fold sumption to do such a thing ?" that the gospel was mighty to mold and ennoll He could not reply. character. If our own souls were gleaming wi Here it is "calling apart," and the place may be desert indeed, the glory of God, men would believe that we hi Leaving and losing the blessings linked with our busy need; A few weeks passed, and we called at this There [—why should I say it? bath not the heart leapt up, man's house. He was not in, but his wife said, met more than the shadow of our own person Swift and glad, to the contrast, filling the full, full cup? "Are you the man who got my husband to take ity in the secret place. If the fire of faith we that paper ? " bright in us, it would communicate itself Still, shall the key-word, ringing, echo the same sweet "Come!" " Come " with the blessed myriads safe in the Father's home; " And suppose I am ? " others, for nothing is so contagious as earned " Come "—for the work is over; "come" for the feast is " Well, what you .said to him about tobacco, ness. If we believed, and therefore spoke, ti spread; caused him to quit the habit altogether, and how accent of conviction in our tones would can "Come" for the crown of glory waits for the weary head. thankful I am for it !" them deep into some hearts. If we would ten, When the rest of faith is ended, and the rest in hope is past, The women know, if the men do not, that this Christ's cross to stand firm without our stay The rest of love remaineth, Sabbath of life at last. habit " defiles the temple of the Holy Ghost." and, arguing less less about it, would seldomi No more fleeting hours, hurrying down the day; try to prop it, and oftener to point to ito But golden stillness of glory, never to pass away. would draw men to it. Time with its pressure of moments, mocking us as they fell THE TRUE ANTIDOTE. When the power and reality of Scripture aw ith relentless neat of a footstep, hour by hour the knell Of a hope or an inspiration, then shall have passed away, the revelation of God are questioned, the bei Leaving a grand, calm leisure, leisure of endless day. I DO not wish to exclude other things, but I answer in the long run will be a church whit believe the true antidote to a widespread skepti- can adduce itself as a witness, and can say to tiff Leisure that cannot be dimmed by the touch of time or place, Finding its counterpart measure only in infinite space; cism is a quickened church. We may indeed gainsayers, " Why, herein is a marvelous thing Full, and yet ever filling, leisure without alloy, desire that in other ways the enemy should be that ye know not from whence he is, and yet Eternity's seal on the limitless character of heavenly joy. met. We ought to pray that God would work bath opened mine eyes." Brethren, do you gei Leisure to fathom the fathomless, leisure to seek and to know by sending forth defenders of the truth, by es- to it that your life is thus a witness that yoe Marvels and secrets and glories eternity only can show; tablishing his church in the firm faith of dis- have heard his voice; and make it your contri Leisure of holiest gladness, leisure of holiest love, puted verities, and by all the multitude of ways bution to the warfare of this day, that if you de Leisure to drink from the Fountain of infinite peace above. in which he can sway the thoughts and tenden- not bear a weapon, you lift your hands an' Art thou patiently toiling, waiting the Master's will, cies of men. But I honestly confess that I, for heart to God. Moses on the mount helped thi For a rest that never seems nearer, a hush that is far off still? Does it seem that the noisy city never will let thee hear my part, attach but secondary importance to struggling ranks below in their hand-to-haul The sound of his gentle footsteps drawing, it may be, near? controversial defenses of the faith. No doubt combat with Amalek. Hezekiah's prayer, whet' he spread the letter of the invader before thi Does it seem that the blinding dazzle of noon-day glare and they have their office : they may confirm a wa- heat verer ; they may establish a believer ; they may Lord, was more to the purpose than all his mu Is a fiery veil between thy heart and visions high and sweet? show onlookers that the Christian position is nitions of war. Let your voice rise to Heaved What though "a Intl in life" may never be made for thee; tenable ; they may, in some rare cases of tran- like a fountain. Blessings will fall on earthi Soon shall a " better thing " be thine, the lull of eternity. —Selected. scendent power, prevent a heresy from spreading " Arise, 0 Lord, plead thine own cause. The to4 and from descending to another generation. But Inuit of those that rise up against thee increasedi FACTS FOR TOBACCO-USERS. oftenest they are barren of result ; and where continually."—Alexander il'laclaren, D. D., ii they do their work, it is not to be forgotten " The Secret of Power, and Other Sermons." BY JAMES SAWYER. there may remain as true a making void of God's law by an evil heart of unbelief as by an under- " TURN YE!" AN EXPENSIVE HABIT. standing cased in the mail of denial. --- A FEw weeks ago, an aged man in Des Moines Therefore, while giving all due honor to other VERY few persons, even the most depraved, appealed to a dealer for employment, saying that forms of Christian opposition to the prevailing would be willing to admit, if the question were he had toiled all day and had only three pounds unbelief, I urge the cultivation of a quickened put to them, that they were permanent travelers of rags in the sack which hung upon his shoul- spiritual life as by far the most potent. Does on the road to ruin. They might tleknowledge der. Not succeeding in getting employment, a not history bear me out in that view ? What, that their habits were bad an,1 their moral pur- by-stander asked him if he could not get labor for instance, was it that finished the infidelity of poses iniquitous ; that they drank, or swore, or on the street. He replied that he could not. the last century ? Whether had Butler's " Anal- stole, or lied, or were ill-tempered, or idle, or im- " Then," said the by-stander, " were it my case, I ogy " or Charles Wesley's hymns, Paley's " Evi- pure, or even admit that they were growing should stop the use of tobacco, and save that dences " or Whitefield's sermons, most to do with worse all the time ; but they would, nevertheless, much any way." He replied that he had tried it ? A languid church breeds unbelief as surely if really compelled to consider the question, be- to stop, but could not, having formed the habit as a decaying oak fungus. In a condition of de- lieve, or at any rate say that they believed, that when he was twelve years old. pressed vitality, the seeds of disease, which a somehow or other, at some time or other, things "How old are you now ? " full vigor would shake off, are fatal. Raise the would take an upward turn. But just here lies " Seventy-six.' temperature, and you kill the insect germs. A one of the most fatal fallacies of sin. Things do " Have you a family ? " warmer tone of spiritual life would change the not take a turn unless the individual makes them " I have a wife." atmosphere which unbelief needs for its growth. do so; and reform is quite sure to grow hard " About how much do you spend daily for this It belongs to the fauna of the glacial epoch, and rather than easier, as the hours, days, and yea weed?" when the rigors of that wintry time begin to hurry on. There is no slipping up hill again, " It will average five cents." melt, and warmer days to set in, the creatures of and no standing still, when Once you have begun The gentleman ran it over hastily in his mind, the ice have to retreat to Arctic wildernesses, to slip down. And yet the sole hope which and said to the listeners, " This habit has cost and leave a land no longer suited for their life. many a man and woman has of escaping earthly that man, without doubt, $3,000." A diffused unbelief, such as we see around us woe and future penalty, is the hope of slipping " Is it possible ? " thought I. On reaching to-day, does not really arise from the logical ba- up kill on some lucky day which a more propi- home, I reckoned it. Five cents per day for one sis on which it seems to repose. It comes from tious future shall bring. The sooner a soul finds year would amount to $18.25. That sum, put something much deeper,—a certain habit and set that deliberate sinning is not to be followed by out at ten per cent, compound interest, each year of mind which gives these arguments their force. accidental salvation, the sooner will it be ready for sixty-four years, would amount to much more For want of a better name, we call it the spirit to respond to the call of the Holy Spirit. —Se- than $3,000. We wish every young man who of the age. It is the result _of very subtle and lected. reads this, would take the trouble to reckon it, complicated forces, which I do not pretend to and see if we have a correct result--or a very analyze. It spreads through society, and forms —There is nothing more fatal to comfort or near approximation. the congenial soil in which these seeds of evil, as decorum of behavior than fuss, Nov. 21, 1882.7 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 725

TRUST BEGETS HELP, of electricity conducted into the system by the cross. And he never hesitates ; never wavers ; oxygen of respiration. Variations, he says, are trembles not ; interposes no plea for pity, no Thou wouldst not thrust the bird away caused not by natural selection, but by the ac- word of self-defense. Oh ! for the courage so to That from the eagle in the air Flew to thy bosom, and would stay tion of electricity on reproductive germs. Mr. be silent and be brave ; to bear false accusation, Her panting fears, and nestle there. Towne holds to the theory of evolution, but not and wait for the far-off future to prove it false ; to the form which gave a world-wide reputa- to meet the hot tempest of a simoon of wrath Her terror would thy pity move, If pity in thy bosom dwelt; tion to Mr. Darwin. The famous Prof. Helm- and malignancy in silent waiting for it to blow Her confidence would waken love, holtz, one of the highest authorities in Europe, its baleful breath to the end unresisted. There If love thy bosom ever felt. is said to agree with Mr. Towne. is no figure of history more grandly heroic than this figure of the silent Christ in the midst of And shall we fear that He whose breast It may not be to the point to ask who shall With tenderest love and pity glows, decide when scientists disagree. But it is cer- the tempest. We can never exaggerate his ten- Will spurn the trembler, that would rest tainly pertinent to say that such disagreements derness and sensitive sympathy ; we constantly Secure in Him from fiercer foes? should make philosophers modest and cautious. do underrate- hisi patient heroism. We know 0 Saviour, that were far from thee; —Youth's Companion. him only as the Lamb of God ; we forget that Thy words and deeds of love declare he was the Lion of the tribe of Judah. That none so safe, so blest, shall be As they who fearless trust thy care. A VIVID. CONTRAST. — Selected. THE contrast between the highest type of fidel- THE POWER OF GOOD HABITS. CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD. ity to principle and a vacillating, time-serving HABITS of temperance, economy, truthfulness, course, is vividly brought out in the following honesty, generosity, once thoroughly engrafted BY C. C. LEWIS. extract from an article on " Christ before Pilate," upon the life of an individual, will accomplish by Lyman Abbott, D. D.:— • for him what years of seeking and effort without SAYS the N. Y. Observer," It cannot be denied would fail to produce. They will open wide for Thus before the world stand these three fig- t the great sin of the church at this time, him the gates of success, of honor, of respect, of ures evermore : Priest, Pilate, Christ,—Malig- d perhaps at all times, is conformity to the affection, thorough which so many seek in vain orld." " Yes," echoes my poor, sinful heart nity, Cowardice, Heroism. In the priest all the to enter. Working spontaneously and almost un- malignant passions are supreme ; in the Christ ways less disposed to see the application of a consciously, as they will after constant and in- all the divine powers are supreme ; Pilate's soul am truth to its own case than is for its best telligent culture, they release the power that .d), " Babylon is fast becoming the hold of is a battle-field in which the better and the produced them for still higher efforts ; they form worse are contending for the mastery. Pilate ery foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean a foundation on which to build, without fear of brought forth his Prisoner, placed him before the d hateful bird.'" And I would fain breathe overthrow, all the finest traits of excellence ; to the ear of Conscience, with the view of mob, placed him before the world, and cried, " Behold the Man ! " By this very act he placed they prepare the way for progressive virtue, and filling her upbraidings, the statement that I for the beauty of goodness, which is so rare, but himself also before the world. It is in the con- long to a people who have come out of Baby- so admirable.—Selected. n, and, consequently, to whom these denuncia- trast between the two that the lesson of this ions do not apply. But Conscience and Reason scene lies. bine to overthrow my supposed impregnable Pilate knew what was right, and would fain —Evolutionary philosophy has received a se- sition of carnal security, and, being strongly have done it. He had no inclination to yield to vere blow in some of the recently discovered inforced by " the pure testimony put forth in the malignant demands of the priesthood, or the Egyptian manuscripts. Those containing the e Spirit," they proceed to the assault as fol- clamor of the crowd. To save the Prisoner he histories of the fifth and sixth dynasties, taken W8 :— resorted to every expedient except that which from the pyramids at Sakkara last spring by M. Suppose you do belong to a people who have could alone succeed,—courageous, manly, decisive Maspero, and about to be published in Paris, are e out of Babylon (which, however true in action. He sent him across the Tyrophinan valley said to establish the fact that the oldest religion me respects, is by no means without contro- to the palace of Herod, the Tetrarch of Galilee, of the Egyptians was the most nearly monothe- ersy in others), you will do well to bear in for judgment. He proclaimed him innocent, istic, and that the grosser forms of idolatry came ind the fact that this is an individual work, and offered to chastise him, and let him go. He later in the history of the country. Fragments nd that the virtues of the church at large will seized on the annual custom of releasing a pris- of the texts in the possession of Maspero, hither- lot be attributed to you, unless you have them oner of state to the Jews on their great holiday, to not supposed to have any relation to each in your own character. In the sight of God, or, and offered to release Jesus. He endeavored to other, are found to have been used in many la- indeed, in the judgment of good men, the de- awe the mob by calling down upon their heads ter temples and tombs. Commenting on this nominational name or practice will not shield the responsibility for the crime he was about to fact, a writer in The Nation says, " This adds ou from the charge of conformity to the world commit. He appealed to their patriotism : Shall force to the growing conviction among Egyptol- with its results, if pride and love of the world I crucify your King ? He appealed to their ogists that the earliest Egyptian civilization we dwell in your heart. The mostprofitable ques- pity ; ordered Jesus to be scourged, and brought know of is the highest, and that all we know of tions for you to consider are these : Are you him out, pale and bleeding, in the hope that the is its decadence. The oldest pyramid is the lar- worldly minded ? Do you conform to the un- suffering might awaken their compassion, though gest and best built, the oldest temple, that beside holy customs of the world, politically, financially, the silent grandeur of the Sufferer had no power the sphynx at Gizeh, shows masonry since unap- or socially ? Have you a living connection with to touch their hearts with awe. proached ; the oldest papyrus, though as yet Heaven ? Do you really believe the Master is All was in vain. He could not appease the hardly understood, is the wisest ; and the tombs soon coming to this earth ? Do you act as though mob ; and he dared not brave it. He shrank in and the temples of the Theban period are filled you believed it ? terror before the hissed-out menace, If thou let with extracts from the ancient books not yet Defeated, humiliated, I bow before the logic this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend. Of all found complete. Three or four of these books of this attack, and resolve to seek God anew for the Caesars, Tiberias was the most suspicious and furnish five-sixths of the texts of the tombs of myself, to pay less attention to the course of exacting. °Pall crimes, that of indifference to the kings."—Interior. others and more to my own, and, remembering his interests was, in his eyes, the worst. To his that each for himself must stand or fall, to keep jealous judgment, suspicion was evidence; in his myself, by God's help, unspotted from the world. tribunal, accusation was equivalent to conviction. A QUESTION AND REFLY.—Said a caviler at Pilate saw himself accused, convicted, stripped the Bible and religious truth, whose delight it of his robes of office, degraded, dishonored, happy was to propound questions which might puzzle RAPID CHANGES IN SCIENCE. if he escape with his life. He would have met and confuse the Christian professor, to a good man death without flinching on the battle-field ; he whose face had been set heavenward for many a THE': great leaders in science need to be modest dared not brave disgrace to the Judgment seat. year, " What do you think of this doctrine of in claiming that their propositions are absolutely He would not have brooked the insult had one annihilation ? As for me, the more I think of true, and should be cautious in announcing that called him a coward ; but his crime was the it, the more I believe in it. It does not seem they have made a new discovery. Prof. Huxley crime of cowardice. And he was a coward be- like God to punish the wicked eternally. What gained for a season a brilliant reputation by an- cause he was a skeptic. He lived in the visible do you think about it ?" nouncing that lie had discovered protoplasm to and by the visible. He knew no God, hoped for " I do n't think much about it," was the reply. be the source of all organic life. But soon after, no immortality. This is the one figure before " It does n't concern me, for I am not ooing that Dr. Lionel Beale, the great English microscopist, us ; skeptical, superstitious, cowardly Pilate. way. I have started for Heaven, andI mean by denied the truth of Prof. Huxley's theory, and How is it possible to paint the other ? Un- the grace of God to get there and take others asserted that bioplasm must be put in the place moved he stands in all the tumult ; silent amid with me. I don't care whether it is hell or an- of protoplasm. all the opposition ; calm in the midst of a sea of nihilation. You must not come to me. Ask The eulogies over Mr. Darwin's grave are yet wrath and anger. No shade of passion and none those who are traveling that way. They ought fresh. They lifted him to a place among the of fear crosses his serene face. He knows the to know what kind of a place they mean to fetch immortals, for his wonderful discovery of prog- end from the beginning ; knows the cruel up at." ress in creation by the law of natural selection. scourging ; knows the fearful march and the The 'caviler was silenced at the questions thus But now comes a Mr. Towne, who has for fainting beneath the weight of the cross ; knows thrown back upon him in away he did not expect. years been studying with the best naturalists the agony of the nails driven into the quivering An honest doubter deserves consideration, but a and biologists of Europe, and announces that life hands and feet, and the long anguish of the slow caviling spirit merits more of slight than rebuke. is not due to protoplasm, but to atomized charges hours of thirst and fever and throbbing upon the —American Messenger. 726 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 6[VoL, 59, No. 46,

heart lighter than did the announcement of her the center-piece of the altar of, thankfuln husband, To his matronly housekeeper, whose heart iv " To-morrow, Ellen, I will have work. Oh, if ever open to deeds of charity, he told the s to-morrow were but here !" story, and promised to find the next day whet

“that• our eons may be as plants grown up In their youth; that out Before half of his fellow-laborers were think- they lived, that from the bounties with whid, isughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a pal Inc, of their daily task, Giles presented himself he had been blessed, Giles Davis's home might b aeb"—Pia 144: at the office door of Hamilton Brent, to receive yet happier and pleasanter. The next mornin his share of the duties that fell to the lot, of the lie did not forget to ask Giles where he live NO MAN'S LAND, lumber-dealer. Brent met him at the door. HiA and after dark the housekeeper and her so BY MARY MARTIN. punctuality, or rather extra punctuality, very paid a St. Nicholas visit to the room designated pleasantly impressed his employer, himself , a leaving their basket- upon the platform in fron 'TwAs the morn of a lovely summer day man of hard work, always first and invariably of the door, with nothing to show from whene As our boat went steaming adown the bay; Flecked was the harbor with dory and yacht, last, around the yard and in the office. it came but the two letters, " H. B.," burnt Some with gay pennons, and others not; " Ah, my man, I'm glad you have come, I upon the handle. The sea-gulls screamed, and the blue waves tossed, did n't know but you would forget the num- Early and late was Giles Davis at work, an But whispered no word of the loved and lost Who lay in their lowly ocean bed, ber, or something of that sort. What is your the ragged " charity hand," that at first the me With coral pillows beneath their head. name ? " in the yard had shunned, grew to be respecte I asked, "What's that strip of snowy sand?" " Giles Davis." by all; from his employer down to Tip, the litti And they said, "'Tie a portion of No Man's Land." In a moment it stood on the daybook and fellow who made fires and did the errands of th No Man's Land! and can it be so— ledger, in the great round letters for which office. The old housekeeper, after 'being caugh Land of our dreams in the Long Ago, Hamilton had been praised when a school-boy. in her second visit ala St.' Nicholas, used to d Where our hopes have centered through all these years, " Now, go with me.' Where is freedom 'from pain, and no more tears? in and chat with the little woman whose has Ah no! but it whispers through breezes bland At this juncture Porter came in, the formal and life grew marvelously strong as the bette Of a better world, the true No Man's Land. "hand of the hands," and toihis less tender mer- time coming gleamed upon her.- cies, the new comer was given over. After the ' The winter went by, and 'March came,,th There are dimpled hands that rest in our own, There are lives that a part of ours have grown, two had gone into the yard, Giles set at his task -month of winds and snow, of hails and- rains,-o There are velvet cheeks that our pillows press, assigned him, and Porter had returned to the days that are cheerless, and nights that1 ar And lips whose kiss is a 'heart caress, Office, Mr. Brent said to him, gloomy, even to the-gayestb heart—and- still-mat But childhood passes 'neath magic wand, Do not allow Davis to work too hard ; I As on it hastens to No Man's Land. ter and man stood as firm and as high in - tae guess the poor fellow has seen hard times." other's confidence 'as ever. Often, - as he--sa,, There are arms that cradled Our childish head, " I should n't wonder," was the reply, "but he alone, Hamilton Brent conceived' an 'impede( And hands that won us, our daily bread, works as though he meant to do his duty." upon hitm And words of wisdom like ,rubies that fell, knowledge of his 'proverb shining it But all is changed' by a wondrous spell, - "I hope he will; I like a man thoroughly-in the kind effort of Giles Davis, but the full tun' The summons that comes from the shining strand,- earnest in whatever he undertakes, and there is had not yet come for him to see, " after inaii Brought by the "pale boatman" of No Man's Land. an expression in Davis's eye that 1 like. I be- days," the wealth of its promise. Our heads—bow they ache to be cradled once morel lieve I can rely on a man who owns such a pair Upon one of these stormy days you and- Our hearts -- how they pine for the " lost "—"gone of eyes as he does." have seen in March, came an order forfship thni before!" During the day his mind did not revert to the her, which Brent must attend to hiuiself. :'.41 Our ,homes—oh, how silent and deathlike they seem! " charity hand," as the foreman called Davis, but Was their light but the will 'o the wisp of a dream? day long he staid in that drenching and chillini Our hopes raised to Heaven, then dashed on the strand. when at night he went to look about the yard, storm. That night his walk home seemed lbagor„ As onward we're drifting to No Man's Land. he found him hard at work piling some oak tim- than usual, the house colder, the matronly heuse ber which he had promised to have measured Thou toiler, and ,mourner, and stricken to-day, keeper " crusty." His great visions were''s4 There cemeth a eliange that enclureth for aye. and delivered early next morning. ones, his dreams more like spiritual visitations) No seed shall e'er p-erish,Ahough it sleep 'neath the sod, "How is this?"said the careful merchant to than like visions that we love to think' lirigef If 'twas'sown for the love of mankind and of God. himself ; " should he be waiting to steal or burn, Instead of the thorn tree shall spring up the fir, around and aboveus in our sleeping moments And the myrtle Shall grow where the sharp briers were; I must see the last of him before I leave," and so The next day at his office ' passed sadly an The desert through; which thy rough pathway now goes, he came up to his new hand, with distrust in the drearily, until it grew nearly night; when. heal Shall be glad, and rejoice, and bloom like the rose. heart where confidence had reigned in the morn- No hunger of body or soul shall be known, and flesh failed him, and he fell fainting to `th" Nor thirst, for each heart will receive back its own. ing. Thus quickly do the hour and the impulse floor. In the hour of excitement that followed There'll be fulhiesS of joy for the agony thrill; make sad havoc sometimes of our nature's high- Giles Davis stepped into the position of . couriFiel6 For the tempest-tossed, sea that is placid and still. est and holiest qualities. and nurse. Every one in and arouind, the offie6 " Why have you not quit, Davis ? the other The fingers that slipped from the grasp of our own, gladly followed his directions or . asked hi; ;-,I: The voices whose music Our earth-life has known, men have been gone a long time." vice. He it was who they agreed shotild support The eyes whose cleat depths left no room for a doubt, "Mr. Porter wished me topile this timber, Brent home, 'and stay with him. During the slid The light of which earth-blasts have somehow swept out, and I staid to do it, sir." The velvety cheek that our pillow has pressed, ness of many weeks that followed this rash With the silver-haired saints that long since went to rest " I believe I hired you to work from seven un- posure, Giles's strong arm was the one on whiehi All these we may Claim, and rest on his word,— til six, did n't I ?" the ,good old housekeeper leaned for help iali4; From the "enemy's land" they shall come, saith the " Yes, sir." guidance. The quiet little woman was breu0' Lord. " Then you have no business here after that Be glad, 0 my heart, for- the time draweth near, from her humble tlellie, to the grander one iuf I iiil Thou that sittest in gloom, sing in strains soft and clear; hour, unless I bid you. Porter has no right to husband's employer, to assist in the 'oneroi* -111„ There's a crown, for thy brow, and a palm for thy hand impose upon you more than ten hours' labor.". ties 'of nurse. - The; sick man looked, in 1,ii,-, Awaiting thy coming, in fair No Man's Land. "He offered me a shilling for doing this job, ments of consciousness, the gratitude' he cqu'Itk and—and---" the man's voice grew very hoarse, not speak, every day, as Giles would go- M J.14 " times have been very hard with me, AFTER MANY PAYS. sickness office to consult with Porter, and report faivdra- and no work have kept me pretty" low, and I am bly to his employer. glad to earn an honest penny whenever I can, • "CAST thy bread upon the waters, for thou It was not until " April showers "had brotigh,t, shalt find it after many days." sir." "May flowers," that Hamilton Brent 'took laS, " I wonder what that means " said -Hamilton " That's all right ; but I want to shut up my- old seat in the office, and Giles his acCuSt6in4 self, and I can't wait until you get through. Brent, half aloud, as he sat looking into the place in the lumber yard. But the strongest iii' You must go home now." bright anthracite, blazing with such a pleasant that can bind humanity together united,ta.-i-c. " But then—" and the man stopped. His light before him. " I'm quite sure that I under- hearts, and he never forgot that, under God; lac stand what that man meant when, after he; voice could not trust itself in words. owed his after prosperity to " the cha,rity,hav stopped me, asked for ,work, and, looking, at " But then what ? " said Brent, beginning to Ddring the summer evenings, when his bpi:- grow cold arid impatient. his rags, I gave him something to do -in the lum-1 can home grew silent,, he would think, with a her yard, more for humanity's sake than for the " I was going to say, sir, that I should have lingering regret,,of a pleasanter one in a, aniek work, he took my warmly-gloved hand in his! nothing to eat until to-morrow ; I was to go to street, and devise some plan to insure that . 11 cold one, and repeated the Scripture proverb Porter's house on my way home, and get the as a part of his own. It was not until Chrisg shilling, and I would not go and ask for it be- that my mother had. so often taught nm. I'm mas that his plan was perfected. , Tnen, whoq fore my work was done." sure I was not casting bread' in the sense I! the other hands received the slip of papert witl't have always thought of it." "Do you do this for money to buy something " A merry Christmas" written on it, and a Thus in the heart of the employer the matter to eat ?" lar note pinned to it, Giles received A little pit,. was laid to rest ; but in a pair of other ones, the. " That is all, sir." age, and, opening it in his pleasant home, promise of work, boding of many good things yeti " Here is your day's earnings," handing him, it to contain, the gift of ,oire,-fourth interii-Ht ,in in, store, kept hope front growing feeble and as he spoke, a dollar. " Let the lumber go. I the lumber yard, providing Mrs. Awls would sick, and then dying in despair. From the ,home will see to that in the morning." consent to occupy the home in ,Beaconstree.t,c.,in of:Giles Davis-a home rendered cheerless now Who shall describe that home made glad by a company -With her husband, Hamilton Brent4ncl by, want and sniffprting--7went .up.many blessings few comforts to which it had been a stranger ? her old friends, the matronly housekeeper .0,11''4 for ,lina 44, 4,04494. hour befriended; All the way to Beacon street, Hamilton Brent her son. Mrs. Davis was riot unreasonable; HhA tam, and: I doubt-, whether 1ti e intelligence of thought of it, and after he sat down to his own went,,carrying with her nothing but the sWel geart fortune would have made that young wife's dinner, pictured the supper table in Davis's room, smiles that had. made her humble- home a!PtirO N9v. 21, 1882.1- THE .REVIEW AND HERALD. 727

ilise for her husband ; and as Hamilton Brent us; but it must exercise a sleepless vigilance, of the strained relations of the two countries .1trnoyed the pleasantness of the group that lin- and must insist that its sister republic, Switzer- may be found in the request for recall of the lered in the moonlight of his ancestral mansion, land, which was used by the hatchers of the con- German ambassador at St. Petersburg, on Ac- heart understood at length the blessedness of spiracy as a safe meeting-ground, co-operate in count of the changed policy in Russian court the command, " Cast thy bread upon the waters, preventing the plotters against humanity and circles toward Germany. On the west, Germany for thou shalt find it after many days." civilization from spreading their organization keeps a watchful eye upon France. The an- and holding further conference.--N. V. Inde- nouncement of extensive maneuvers of French pendent. cavalry in the eastern provinces is followed by a • statement that German troops are being concen- i0.0 HURRICANES AND WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE TAHOE. trated on the frontier. Everything indicates the ottiook presence of a great and growing danger, and the

"Can yo not discern the signs of the times?"—Alatt.16:3. LAKE TAHOE, Nev., is famous for its squalls, determination of all the powers that the burst- hurricanes, and waterspouts. At Tahoe City a ing of the war-cloud shall' not find them . unpre- remarkable display was recently observed. The pared. THE FRENCH ANARCHISTS. attention of a fishing party at the outer end of a IT is not probable that the serious disorders long pier was attracted by a loud roaring, and, --The recent attempts of Minister Logan and looking across the lake toward Glenbrook, they Calderon to patch up a peace between Chili and :which have occurred in Montcean-les-Mines, Ly- saw a hurricane approaching, with a long wave ons, and other places in France, will issue in a Peru seem to have ended in failure. Advices general insurrection. The municipal authorities, or water swell, fifteen feet high, in advance. are meager and contradictory, but leave no doubt with the aid of a few troops, will, doubtless, be Knowing that this would sweep the whole that negotiations had progressed almost to com- line of the pier, all present beat a rapid retreat pletion when they were suddenly broken off by - able so to deal with them, as to preserve the peace and prevent, in most eases, the destruction to the shore. When at a safe distance, the party Chili. Minister Logan seems to have visited of life and property. The outbreaks, however, turned to gaze upon the incoming wall of water. Calderon in captivity in Chili, and to have acted While thus employed, they we're startled by a with him in the conduct of the negotiations. Show how very grave and difficult the question is which Russia, the two Germanic empires, and tremendous roaring to the northward, and a mo- The terms are understood to have embraced the France, , Spain, and Italy have to deal with. ment after a cyclone from that direction struck cession of the whole strip of Bolivian coast and the lake. This sent before it a huge wave which the Peruvian province of Tarapaca, and the Russia trembles and is almost powerless in the clutches of Nihilism. Germany knows that had soon attained the height of that coming maintenance of Chilian troops in Arica and Socialism is no- mere specter, that will vanish southward. In a few minutes the two waves Taclana until arbitration should determine to came together. When they struck, a column of whom that territory should belong. In return when boldly, pursued. Italy has plenty of in- for these concessions, Chili was to withdraw her -flammable material, that only needs the spark of water and spray was sent into the air to the occasion to burst into a destructive flame ; and height of at least one hundred feet. The collis- claims for war indemnity and pay $6,000,000 to ion of the two waves was followed by a report one has only to recall the terrible days of the Peru and $2,000,000 to Bolivia, and, to keep gar- that sounded like a heavy clap of thunder. A risons in Lima and Callao for one year, in order reign of the- Commune in Paris to imagine what would be the state of France if the satanic spirit moment after this grand shock of the waters, to enable Calderon to establish a government. of Socialism should again be in the ascendant. five or six huge waterspouts made their appear- The failure of the negotiations and the return ance, all within an area of three or four miles, of Calderon to confinement at Angol, is said The socialistic element appears to have formed a new organization, but its principles are the and carried great columns of water and spray to to rest with Chili, which hopes to effect better same. Whether it calls itself Nihilism or Social- the height of several hundreds of feet. These terms with Pierola. That worthy has not yet circled to and fro over the lake for some ten or made his appearance, but his late war minister, ism, Communism or Red 'Republicanism, the In- Iglesias, has formed an assembly in nine north- ternationale- or the International Anarchist fifteen minutes, and then one after the other League (its latest title) its purpose is one,--the subsided, and for a tune thereafter there was ern departments of Peru, in order to have a destruction of government, law, society, religion. almost a dead calm. Waterspouts are very fre- council at hand if the nation does not invest his quently seen on the lake at this season. This is chief with the dictatorship. The feeling along Hell itself could not produce a crew with more infernal aims. Civilization could not outlast a owing to the peculiar situation of the lake, under the whole west coast favors peace at any price, generation of its ascendencyi and it were better the crest of the main ridge of the Sierra Nevada and it is probable that this sentiment will soon have its effect. At the same time, public opinion that Europe. should sink beneath, the waves of range of mountains. When a fierce gale from is averse to American intervention. Chili the Atlantic and the Mediterranean than yield to the west crosses the ridge, it plunges down the it. In no 'country, however, does it promise a great canyons, and thus are brought to bear would prefer to make the best arrangements on the lake conflicting currents of air. When a possible with Peru independently, while in Peru development- so threatening as in Russia, and hurricane is blowing from the west, immense it is thought that the United States had better there the source of its life and growth is chiefly in the evils- and wrongs and repressions of des- volumes of air appear to be dammed up and com- render substantial aid or leave them to do the „potic government. Nihilism is the extremity of pressed behind the ridge of the Sierras, which at best they can.—Interior. the revolt from absolute despotism. It is an at- times escape and come over and down the gorges 40- • --.10 in tremendous puffs. ” No navigator of the tempt to escape Scylla .by steering straight for —In Russia there is a strong revival of Nihil- Charybdis.. Nihilism, therefore, may seem less ocean," remarks the Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise, " sees half as many waterspouts in a three years' istic agitation. Placards have appeared in the hateful than Communism elsewhere, because of royal palace declaring revolution imminent, and voyage as are seen by persons residing at Lake the intolerable evils which it is meant to cure. urging traders to join the organization. Nihilistic Tahoe in a single season."—Scientific American. In France and Switzerland, Communism is the pamphlets claiming that under the despotism{ of aggregation of the bad, restless, reckless elements the Czar there can be no legal and peaceful way to -Which all restraint of law and order is oppress- --How long the tense relations of the three for the improvement of affairs, are largely circu- ive, and by which license is regarded as true lib- great monarchies of Europe can bear the heavy lated throughout the empire. These publications erty. The organized society in which these ele- armaments now in progress without precipitat- indicate that many N ihilists, and even ,roam of ments are found is not, of course, without op- int-, a conflict, is a question that is creating a good the regicides, were at first in favor of a peaceful pressive features. The weaker classes in our own deal of uneasiness. Russia is pu thing her war- propaganda as a means of obtaining constitu- free and prosperous land have causes of com- like preparations on an immense scale and with- tional government ; but that as their efforts were plaint ; and, doubtless, the pool. in France have out pretension of secrecy. The formidable for- regarded as treason against the State, they de- crying grievances. Their condition is not, prob- tifications near Gradno, in Eastern Poland, are termined to strike at the very root of despotism. ably, very much better than it was under the being strengthened under the direction of Gen- The liberal elemen I among the masses aredispose(I ancien regime.. The acme of political liberty' in eral Todleben, Russia's greatest military engi- to accept this explanation, and are, ready to s ide France is a vote for ineinber of the Corps Legis- neer, and a well-equipped camp has been estab- with the government on condition that a consti- latif. Municipal and clepartmental government lished on the right hank of the Bug, near the tution be proclaimed ; if not, while not actively is quite the creature of the national administra- Austrian frontier. Advices from St. Peterburg abetting the conspiracy, they will leave the Czar tion, as it was under the monarchy. This may report a heavy concentration of troops in South- to face it alone. The Czar's ministers consider help to explain why the Communist sets his face ern Russia, ready for a march into Asiatic Tur- St. Petersburg an unsafe place for their master, - against all government. Government to him is key and Persia. ,Large depots of supplies are and it is likely that the imperial family will pass but another word for oppression. In Lyons, being established at different points, particularly another winter at Gatschina, which is supposed Marseillesi and the south of France,'this element along the lines of railroad to the west. Recruit- to have been made dynamite-proof, and where is b th large and explosive, The dissemination ing is in active progress, and the whole empire they have recently moved 'from Peterhof. That of the Nihilistic, principles of the Anarchic is being rapidly placed on a thorough war foot- the conspirators aim at the Czar's life there is no Lengeo at a time when, doubtless, there was ing. To meet this military expansion on the doubt. As the Czarowitch is but fourteen years more distress than usual prevailing, prepared for part of Russia, Germany is already at work old, in the event of their success it would be the recent rioting, in which the aim of the riot- strengthening her line of forts on the Baltic necessary to establish a regency. But as a ers was ruthless destruction. The Anarchist has coast. The territory threatened by the Russian regency has never been respected, the contingency as little' moral principle, as little control of his works at Gradno is to be fortified, and the ex- would lead to the convocation of a national. passion, as a rabid dog, and his presence in any tensive fortifications of Eastern and Western assembly, which would be the end of imperialism. community is a- danger of the most terrible kind. Prussia and Posen pushed rapidly forward. A Notwithstanding the energy shown by the Ni- As to what measures the French Government project fora network of railways in the eastern hilists, and the fact that their funds have been may take to suppress this league and bring its German provinces for strategic purposes will be largely increased, the imperial government re- leaders to punishment, the cable has not informed submitted to the next Reichstag. An indication mains apathetic and inactive. 728 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 8[VoL. 59, No. 46.

thousand copies of subsequent numbers. All seem Many'millions of the most intelligent people in the to be satisfied that the effort was timely, and will world, the countrymen of Luther, Carlstadt, and 11.1041 ttiti not prove in vain. There will probably be no at- Melanethon, are yet to become acquainted with za tempt to restrain the lawful labors of S. D. Ad- the truth of God for this time. Are we ready to "Sanctify th,m thro igh Thy Troth : Thy Word is Truth." ventists in California for the present. provide the facilities for giving them this inesti- We do not look upon the result in this State or mable privilege ?' How soon shall we take hold of BATTLE CREEK, MICH., NOVEMBER 21, 1882. in other States as tending in any wise to re- this ? , U RI A H SMITH, - - Editor. tard the final fulfillment of the prophecy. State Shall we have an English paper ? Shall we T. N'- _A_ IT ID P.,71-77-8, 7.7ST.A.G-C3-01,T,M1Z, action alone in behalf of Sunday would not be CORRESPDXDINo EDI ror:S. continue to ship our papers from the western ex- sufficiently comprehensive. What must ultimately tremity of the American continent to enlighten come is national action, to cover those avocations the most powerful nation of the Eastern world? THE RESULT REACHED, and pursuits in which the Sunday question is in- Or shall we consider it worth our while to establish LONG before we even commence to pen these volved, which are beyond Sate control. And we a paper in that great nation itself'? England it lines, our readers will have learned the result of apprehend that the apparent set-back which this the moneyed and intellectual and commercial the religio-political contest in California. The question has received by recent State action, will center of the world. The sun never sets upon its State went heavily :Democratic, as it became quite only give more vigor to the national movement, territory. Its flag floats on every sea and in every evident that it would for some time before the day through which alone the real end is to be reached. clime. Its colonies are in all parts of the world, of election came. Nov. 10, we started for the East by the south- and these look to the mother-land of Old England A more marked attempt is seldom witnessed ern route, stopping over to spend Sabbath and for light, and knowledge, and guidance. What is than was made by the Republicans to secure votes Sunday at Los Angeles in Southern California. printed there has more influence with them than from all parties, not on principle, but on a purely Here our people have a meeting-house, which, what is sent from a country which they look upon partisan and time-serving policy ; and it is seldom though small, is neat and sufficiently commodious as far behind them in intelligence and culture: that one has the privilege of recording a more for their use. We spoke twice on Sabbath and There is probably no country in the world where complete failure of such an attempt. They ig- twice on Sunday. The brethren seemed to appre- printing can be done so cheaply as there. What nored the temperance question, and thus offended ciate highly the privilege of listening to the pres- shall be done about having an English paper? the temperance vote. They adopted the Sunday entation of some of the great amount of Script- We are doing more, proportionately, for the ure testimony which shows our present position, plank to catch the church vote, and mixed in Scandinavian peoples than for these just men- " recreation " to catch the anti-Sunday vote. But and consequently our present duty. They antic- tioned. God be praised for what is being done, the Sunday action was not Sunday enough for ipate good from the soon-coming visit of Eld. in this country and in Norway, Sweden, and Healey, as the population has so largely changed the church people, and was too much for the anti- Denmark, to shed abroad the light of present church ; and the temperance reform assumed to since his tent-meetings there, which resulted in truth. There are several important questions, be involved in the Sunday movement was not suf- the organization of the present church. however, for the General Conference to consider Nov. 13, we resumed our journey. About nine ficient with the temperance people to counter- in this branch of the work. Our publishing work balance their utter silence upon the question as a in the evening our train suddenly came in collision in our own land, and how to get our' ublications with some formidable obstructions placed upon separate issue. Hence, as was meet, there was out before the people ten times more extensively failure all along the line. With a Democratic ad- the track. Investigation showed that a mass of than we are now doing, is a most momentous and ministration, the question of the repeal of the pres- stones had been heaped upon the rails, some of important question, which our people cannot ent Sunday law as a religious enactment may them boulders as heavy as three or four men could nore. come before the Legislature of California the com- lift. This was supposed to be the work of tramps Our educational interests are assuming nelitr_ ing winter. Our people will make an effort sim- with whom the train men had had some difficulty phases and bearings. Since our last general ply to have an exemption clause secured in favor the day before, and who, as an act of revenge, had meeting, two new schools have started prosper.' of those who conscientiously observe the seventh thus endeavored to wreck the train. It was a ously, one on the Atlantic and the other on the day. Had the Republicans done this, as they marvel that immense damage was not wrought. Pacific coast. The question of having schools ii were requested to do, it would have prevented the As it was, only the engine was thrown from the being agitated in other Conferences, which look, effort made in behalf of our rights under the prin- track, and that in such a way that about two forward to this meeting to have this matter con- ciples of American freedom, in the publication of hours' work sufficed to replace it. A landslide sidered. They wish to act in harmony with the. the Special Edition of the Signs ; and had the north of Los Angeles had put it behind time, and General Conference. They wait for instructiorq Prohibitionists done this, their cause would have this put it so far back that connection was not and guidance. And what shall be done concern been one which we could freely espouse. But as made with the Atchison, Santa Fe, and Topeka ing the closing of our College in Battle Creek? .44. train here at Deming, N. M., last evening. We it was, there was a demand that the unjust and Our ministry, and the advancement of the wor are consequently obliged to lie over here seven- intolerant spirit of the campaign should be ex- in all our Conferences, and in the South,--hoT4 teen hours ; and from this point we pen these lines. posed, as has been attempted in the manner above can we make improvement in these directions?? We intend to spend next Sabbath and Sunday at indicated. And it has been asserted by political There is certainly groat need of it. We must bef' Boulder, Colorado, and the Sabbath and Sunday men that the Special Edition has had as much in- come a purer, better people, more zealous, morei,; following at Knoxville, Iowa, from which place fluence to determine the issue as any paper pub- faithful, more humble, more like Christ our Lord. we return direct to Battle Creek. lished in the State. These, and many other important questions, The results reported in many other States will demand the attention of the next General Confer- pass as Democratic victories. But in many of THE NEXT GENERAL CONFERENCE, AND THE PLACE ence. Officers aro to be elected to manage all the them, notably in Now York and Pennsylvania, WHERE IT IS TO BE HELD, interests of the cause. How shall our limited foroq. they may rather be sot down as Republican tri- As the time for holding this most important of efficient workers be best arrayed to work mojt umphs ; for it was Republican votes which de- meeting approaches, our anxiety in reference to it effectually in the cause for another year? cided the issue. The people will not consent to be increases. It must be made a success. 'The pros- It will be readily seen that those questions dictated to and tyrannized over, oven by their own perity of the cause demands this. This cannot be should interest our people in all parts of the field. leaders. The time had come for " bossism " to be unless we have a general representation from our It is not enough that a few should come togother5 rebuked, and the Republicans have done it. Conferences in all parts of the field. This meeting from the Eastern Conferences to decide such_ Never have we seen such results regarded so com- is to be preceded by a special season of fasting, questions as these. We greatly desire, and shall placently by unswerving Republicans as in this and earnest prayer and seeking for the blessing of continue to hope, that we shall be favored instance. God. We greatly desire that this season may be the presence of sister White at this meeting. W4; In these movements as merely political questions faithfully devoted to these important objects, so know it seems like asking a great thing to ask and issues we have no interest whatever. Only that at our annual meetings the blessing of our her to come so far amid all her cares and abuili as in connection therewith questions affecting our God may rest upon us in more than usual power. dance of labors, and in view of her recent illnes religious rights are brought into the arena, in ful- El d. Haskell has just returned from a visit to all But the cause of God greatly needs the benefit of, fillment of prophecy, have we given, or do we or our foreign missions. A CODICrOCCO of our mis- her counsel, and of the light which God has giveY, shall we give, any attention to them. sionaries has been held recently, and he will be her in reference to those important questionk The tenth and last number of the Special Edi- able to impart to the delegates much useful infor- We think no General Conference that ever assem tion was issued Nov. 9. Subscriptions from the mation concerning the prospects, growth, and bled has prized her help more than our fortheerning East aggregated nearly three thousand, which wants of this branch of the work. Some questions Conference would value it. Our brethren of infin; was very encouraging. Calls increased from other of great interest will doubtless require considera- ence all feel greatly the need of it. The practical directions, so that thirty-nine thousand copies of tion. experience of Bro. W. C. White in the publishing thefirst` two numbers were issued, and thirty-six Shall we establish a German paper in Europe ? and other branches of the work, will be of great Nov. 21, 1882.]° THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 729

utility in the counsels of our brethren at the Con- it without a loss to themselves and the cause. seem from certain expressions that when these ference. And though there are doubtless exceptions in far seasons are properly entered upon, they impart The Conference is appointed at Rome, N. Y. distant Conferences at times, yet the general prin- that power of God's Spirit and wisdom which can- Some of the reasons have been given why a change ciple holds good. not be obtained in any other way. Matt. 17 : 14- has been made. We expected 'many would pies_ We have reached an important point in this 21 : " Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by tion the propriety of this change. Some have al- message. This is an important time, and this a prayer and fasting." The Saviour, with his wisdom ready done so. Several of our Western delegates most important meeting. We expect to see a and power, found it necessary to fast forty days have expressed a doubt about the advisability of large Conference the present year and an excel- and nights while in the days of his flesh, before going so far to attend, on account of the extra lent meeting. Let all our appointed delegates entering upon the work of, his public ministry. expense. We do not propose in this article to come without fail. The apostle Paul frequently fasted. 2 Cor. 6 : 5 ; give all the reasons why a change was made from GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Gen. Conf. 11 :27. The piophet David humbled his soul the usual place of holding the Conference. It is with fastings until he became weakened physically not necessary to do so, Suffice it to say for the thereby. Ps. 35 : 13 ; 69 : 10 ; 109 : 24. From the THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, present, we think there are excellent reasons for above references, it appears that those upon whom it, and we are perfectly willing to bear the re- TILE importance of this meeting has already been God has seen fit to confer special honors, to whom sponsibility we have had in making it. spoken of in the REVIEW, but perhaps a few addi- he would reveal himself in the most remarkable Changes are oftentimes expedient. W here so tional thoughts may not be out of place. Each of manner, and who have known what it was to many meetings are held as in Battle Creek, and these annual gatherings brings us so much nearer walk with him, were those who felt the importance these annual gatherings come year after year as a the end, hence they naturally increase in import- of thus seeking him. matter of course, they become something like an ance; but there are many things which render this If it has been thus in the past, how much more old story to many. Some lose their interest in session of the General Conference of special inter- important for us as we near the second coming of them. A state of things not the most favorable is est. We have reached a critical time in the his- our Lord, when the perils are thickening on every liable to be obtained ; whereas if changes were tory of this work. There is much connected with hand, and the work to be accomplished is far made, different localities would be benefited. The our educational interests which needs attention. beyond any human power. We are not discour- meetings would be much more highly prized, and More effective efforts should be made to gather aged because of its magnitude; far from this. We a better influence would prevail around the meet- together the youth and children among our peo- were never of better courage. But we are ex- ing itself, which would be a help to it. ple, and place them under good influences, where ceedingly anxious to see the salvation of God. We But we have seen no objections of any force they will receive proper instruction. long to see the triumph of God's work in the urged against this change. It will be a little in- What more effective measures can be taken to earth, which he has committed to his chosen convenient for some of our Western delegates to prepare men and women for usefulness in the people. When we come to sustain the right rela- go solar East. But in these days of rapid travel, cause of God as the work is closing ? and what bet- tion to God, we shall see of his stately steppings. thing for God to work. Nothing is that will not amount to much. The extra ex- ter means can be devised to advance the general It is an easy pense to our Western delegates will be partially interests of the cause at this juncture ? are among too hard for him ; but unbelief and wrongs shut balanced by the saving to those in the East, and the questions to be considered at this meeting. him away from his people. common most of our Western Conferences are not poor. We Plans should be laid for enlarging our missionary We should not be satisfied with any hope to get some reductions of fare, to make it as work, both in Europe and America. In many of blessing. Our ministers need a holy unction. light as possible. And if another year our annual these things the providence of God is far in ad- Our institutions are needy of God's prospering meetings are held in the West, the extra expense vance of us. In view of these facts there should hand in a more marked degree. Our foreign mis- would then be balanced. The matter of expense be a general attendance of our people. Every sions need more than human aid. Plans should and inconvenience will weigh little, if it is better State Conference throughout the country is more be laid which are adequate to the needs and for the cause that this change should be made, or .less interested in these practical questions. wants of the whole field, such as will directly con- We trust our brethren who place men in positions They should therefore be well represented. The tribute to the accomplishment of God's design in of responsibility, will have confidence enough in change in the location of the meeting will give his closing work. We look forward with the them to believe they have good reasons for the many of the brethren in our Eastern Conferences deepest interest to the next few weeks, to see changes made, till they have had a chance to test an opportunity to learn about the work in its dif- what part will be taken by our brethren and sis- the matter, and prove the contrary. ferent branches, which they have never before en- ters. The final results will be seen and known We expect this Conference will be a solemn joyed. when the ledger of Heaven is laid open. meeting, and one of deep religious interest. We We need especial help from God. If he gives S. N. HASKELL. hope it will not be a meeting for debating, so his Spirit, our meeting will be a success. It is he much as for counseling together and seeking to who must go before us. It is his wisdom that TO CANVASSERS IN MISSOURI. obtain the mind of the Spirit of God. In a work must guide us. It is his counsel that we need; AND SISTERS : Having been ap- of such magnitude and importance as this, cover- and this he has promised to those who seek him DEAR BRETHREN agent of the canvassing enterprise, ing so wide a field, and involving so many inter- with all their heart; , hence all should take part pointed State engage in the work in earnest, ests, once a year is none too often for all our in the season of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, I am now ready to received instruction at leading men in every Conference to come together, which has been appointed. Wfto will come up to and hope that all who camp-meeting and purchased outfits are already and counsel for the management of the work, the help of the Lord? is an important considera- in the field, or will be soon. The Lord is merci- and form plans for its furtherance. tion. - There have been frequent seasons of fast- ful in prolonging the time for us to engage Those Conferences prosper the best that keep ing and prayer in the history of Seventh-day Ad- in this good work. Let us not slight the oppor- in close connection with the general interests ox ventists. On each occasion marked results have pre- the cause, and that regard them as the most sa- followed. It has been in the order of God that tunity, but begin at once to sow the seeds of cred. Their delegates go home from the annual there should be seasons of humiliation and confes- cious truth, that they may spring up and bear fruit in saving souls for the everlasting kingdom of meeting filled with the spirit of the work, and sion of sins among his people. Daniel's case, as I would like to hear at once from those ready to carry out the plans there formed for its related in Dan. 9 : 3-19, clearly illustrates this God. who took lessons of Bro. King at Sedalia, and all advancement; while the Conferences which fail fact. The twenty-third verse contains marked canvassing this fall and win- to send delegates become in a measure indifferent expressions, especially when we consider the cir- others who think of _RUFUS LOWE. to the general interests of the work, and fall be_ cumstances under which they were made by Ga- ter. hind for lack of the very ideas and plans they briel: " At the beginning of thy supplications the ---The President of Guatemala, J. Rufino Bar- would have obtained had they been present. commandment came forth, and 1 am come to show rios, after saying that " one of man's most precious This is a work in which unity of effort and spirit thee; for thou art, greatly beloved." liberties is that of worshiping God according to is of vast importance. This occurred some over one hundred years after the dictates of his conscieneo," and much more in We say, then, in conclusion, Our Western Con- Isaiah penned the fifty-eighth chapter of his spirit, made proclamation of entire liberty of ferences cannot afford to have their delegates stay prophecy. Here the true nature of a fast is this religious worship. This secures protection to the at home because of the little extra expense in- clearly set forth, and the chapter can be studied American Presbyterian Board, which has just en- volved by the change of place. That is compara- with profit. When we can realize that it is sin upon a now mission in Guatemala. tively a small matter. We know some delegates that has separated us from God, and that the ob- tered will say, It cannot be important for me to be ject in our humiliation is to renounce these sins, there ; it will make no difference, etc. But that then God comes near and hears our cries, and —He is truly great, that is great in charity. is not a safe principle to accept, for if' all should grants his special blessing. He is truly great, that is little in himself, and that act upon it we should have no Conference. It is Our Saviour and also the prophets teach the maketh no account of any height of honor. And important.that all our Conferences be represented necessity of seasons of fasting and prayer. Matt. he is truly learned, that doeth the will of God and in our general meetings, and they cannot neglect 9 : 14, 15 ; Joel 1 : 14, 15 ; 2 : 12. And it would forsaketh his own will.--Thomas a Kempis. 730 THE REVIEW AND HERALD, "[Yu. 59, No. 46.

TEMPERANCE A CHRISTIAN DUTY. It is not an easy matter to overcome estab- instant before them, might secure the coveted lished habits, to deny the appetite for narcotics treasure. BY MRS. E. G. WHITE. and stimulants. In the name of Christ alone This is not the case in the Christian warfare can this great victory be gained. Our Saviour All may run this race, and play be sure of vic- MAN came from the hand of God perfect in paid a dear price for man's redemption. In the tory and immortal honor, if they submit to the every faculty of mind and body, in perfect wilderness of temptation he suffered the keenest conditions. Says Paul, " So run that ye may ol3. soundness, therefore in perfect health. It took pangs of hunger; and while emaciated with fast- taro." He then explains the conditions which more than two thousand years of indulgence of ing, Satan was at hand with his manifold temp- are necessary for them to observe in order to be appetite and lustful passions to create such a tations to assail the Son of God, to take advan- successful: "And every man that striveth for state of things in the human organism as would tage of his weakness and overcome him, and thus the mastery is temperate in all things." lessen vital force. Through 'successive genera- thwart the plan of salvation. But Christ was If heathen men, who are not controlled,by en- tions the tendency was more swiftly downward. steadfast. He overcame in behalf of the race, lightened conscience, who have not the fear of Indulgence of appetite and passion combined, led that he might rescue them from the degradation God before them, would deny themselves of every to excess and violence ; debauchery and abomi- of the fall. Christ's experience is for our bene- weakening indulgence merely for a wreath of nations' of every kind weakened the energies, fit. His example in overcoming appetite points perishable substance and the applause of the and brought upon the race diseases of every out the way for those who would be his follow- multitude, how much more should they who are type, until the vigor and glory of the first gen- ers, and finally sit with him on his throne. The running the Christian race in the hope of im- erations passed away, and man began to show Son of God sympathizes with the weaknesses of mortality and the approval of Heaven, be willing signs of decay in the third generation from man. His love for the fallen race was so great to deny themselves unhealthy stimulants and in- Adam. Successive generations after the flood that he made an infinite sacrifice to reach man in dulgences which degrade the morals, enfeeble degenerated more rapidly. his degradation, and through his divine power the intellect, and bring the higher powers in ,All this weight of woe and accumulated Stiffer- elevate him finally to his throne. But it rests subjection to the animal appetites and passionS. ing can be traced to the indulgence of appetite with man whether Christ shall accomplish for Multitudes in the world are witnessing thi8 and passion. Luxurious living and the use of him that which he is fully able to do. game of life, the Christian warfare. And thisU wine corrupt the blood, inflame the passions, and Will man take hold of divine power, and with not all. The Monarch of the universe, and the produce diseases of every kind. Parents leave determination and perseverance resist Satan as myriads of heavenly angels are spectators of this maladies as a legacy to their children. As a rule, Christ has given him example in his conflict with race—anxiously watching to see who will be suer every.. intemperate man who rears children, the foe in the wilderness of temptation ? God cessful overconiers, and win the crown of glory, transmits his inclinations and evil tendencies to cannot save man, against his will, from the that fadeth not away. With intense interest, his offspring, and the evil does not end here; he power of Satan's artifices. Man must work with God and heavenly angels mark the self-denying, gives to them disease from his own inflamed and his human power, aided by the divine p !wer of agonizing efforts of those who engage to run the corrupted blood. Licentiousness, disease, and Christ, to resist and to conquer at any cost to Christian race. The reward given to every man imbecility are transmitted as an inheritance of himself. In short, man must overcome as Christ will be in accordance with the perseveringseir woe from father to son and from generation to overcame. And then, through the victory which ergy and faithful earnestness with which he hag generation, bringing anguish and suffering into it is his privilege to gain by the all-powerful performed his part in the great contest. . the world, which is no less than a repetition of name of Jesus, fie may become an heir of God In the games referred to, but one was sure of the fall of man. and joint-heir with Christ. the prize. In the Christian race, says the apos0e, The continual transgression of nature's laws This could not be the case if Christ alone did I run " not as uncertainly." We are not to ha is a continual transgression of the law of God. all the overcoming. Man mu-t do his part. disappointed at the end of the race. To all The present weight of suffering and anguish Man must he victor on his own account, through those who fully comply with the conditions in which we see .everywhere, the present deformity, the, strength and grace that Jesus gives him. God's word, with a sense of their responsibiliti decrepitude, disease, and imbecility now flooding Man must be a co-worker with Christ in the la- to preserve physical vigor and activity of body; the world, make it, in comparison to what it bor of overcoming, and then he will be partaker that they may have well-balanced minds and might'be, and what'Ood designed it should be, a, with Christ of his glory. It is a sacred work in sound morals, the race is not uncertain. They lazar-house. The present generation are feeble which we are engaged. The apostle Paul ex. all may gain the prize, and win and wear the in mental, moral, and physical power. horts his brethi en, " Having therefore these crown of immortal glory, All this accumulated misery from generation promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves The apostle Paul tells us that " we are made to generation is because fallen man will break from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfect- a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to the law of God. Sins of the greatest magnitude ing holiness in the fear of God." men." A cloud of witnesses are observing our are committed through the indulgence of per- It is a sacred duty that we owe to God to Christian course. "Wherefore, seeing we also verted, appetite. keep the spirit pure, as a temple for the Holy are compassed about with so great a, cloud 'of The- effort made to create a taste for the dis- Ghost. If the heart and mind are devoted to the witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and thin'1 gusting, filthy poison, tobacco, leads to the, service of God, obeying all his commandments, sin which cloth so easily beset us, and let us tun desire for stronger stimulants, as liquor, which is if we love him with all the heart, might, mind, with patience the race that is set before us, look taken, en one plea or another, for some imag- and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves, we ing unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our inary infirmity, or to prevent some possible dis- shall be found loyal and true to the requirements faith, who, for the joy that was set before 144, ease. Thus an unnatural appetite is created for of Heaven. endured the cross, despising the shame, and is s$, these hurtful and exciting stimulants. The in- Again the apostle says: "Let not sin there- down at the right hand of the throne of God,'/ crease of intemperance in this generation is fore reign in your mortal body, that ye should The world should be no criterion for us. kia'c alarming. Beverage-loving, liquor-drinking men obey it in the lusts thereof." He also urges his fashionable to indulge the appetite with lukatt may be seen everywhere. Their intellect is en- brethren to earnest diligence and steady persever- ous food and unnatural stimulants, strengthening feebled, the moral powers are weakened, the sen- ance in their eiThrts for purity and holiness of by indulgence the animal propensities, and -Crit;: sibilities are benumbed ; the claims of God and life, ,in these words : " And every man that pling the growth and development of the motat Heaven are not realized, and eternal things are striveth for the mastery is temperate in all faculties. not appreciated. The Bible declares that no things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible There is no encouragement given to the, sdnii drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God. crown ; but we, an incorruptible." and daughters of Adam that they may beeetae Every intemperate person renders himself ac- Ile presents before us the spiritual warfare victorious overcomers in the Christian, warfare countable, not only for the sins which he com- and its reward, in contrast with the various unless they decide to practice temperance in nl mits in his own person, but for the evil results games instituted among the heathen in honor of things. If they do this, they will not fight-as - "irkt that : his dissipated course of life has brought their gods. For these games, young ;mien were one that beateth the air. upon his family and upon the community. trained by the most severe discipline. Every If Christians will keep the body in subjection The race is groaning under a weight of accu- indulgence which would have a tendency to and bring all their appetites and passions unht mulated woe, because of the sins of former gen- weaken the powers of the body was forbidden. the control of enlightened conscience, feeling erations. And yet with scarcely a thought or Those who submitted to the training process a duty that they owe to God and to their neighs, care, men and women of the .present generation were not allowed luxurious food or wine ; for her to obey the laws which govern health ;anti indulge intemperance by surfeiting and drunk- this would lessen personal vigor, healthful activ- life, they will have the blessing of physical *id enneSs, and thereby leave, as a legacy for the ity, fortitude, and firmness. It was considered mental vigor. They will have moral power,,tp next generation, disease, enfeebled intellects, and the highest honor to gain a simple chaplet which engage in the warfare against Satan; and in the polluted morals. would fade in a few short hours. name of Him who conquered appetite in t -Intemperance of any kind is the worst sort of Many witnesses, kings and nobles, were pres- behalf, they may be more than conquerota'on selfishness. Those who truly fear God and keep ent on these occasions. The competitors for this their own account. his commandments look upon these things in the perishable crown, after they had exercised strict light of reason and religion. How can any man self-denial, and submitted to rigid discipline in or woman keep the law of God, which requires order to obtain personal vigor and activity with. —It is a fact well worthy of notice, that the: man to love his nbighbor as himself, and indulge the hope of becoming victors, were even then religions established among at least eight intemperate appetite, which benumbs the brain, not sure of the prize. The prize could he dyed millions, or two-thirds of the whole hinaari weakens the intellect, and fills the body with awarded to but one. Some might labor fully as race, strictly prohibit the use of intoxicating disease.? intemperance Inflames the passions, bard as others, and put forth their utmost efforts drink. This is the case with Buddhists, the wor- and gives loose rein to lust. Reason and con- to gain the crowning honor, but, as they reached shippers of Brahma, and the followers 'Of seiencear etblinded by the lower passions. forth the haml:to secure the prize, another, an hornet. NQY. 2 k , 1882,j" THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 731

THE SON OF MAN COMETE IN CLOUDS. OHIO. 'TENNESSEE. SEP at last the signs portending Fitehuille—I commenced a series of meetings in Springville, Henry Co., Nov. 7.—Oct. 21, 22, we Earth's full ripeness for its ending, this new field, in the Baptist church, Oct. 29. Our spent with the Ridge church. On the Sabbath When the Judge shall be descending. meetings opened with a good prospect; but after three were baptized, two of whom. had just :com- Sup and moon in gloom appalling, holding four services, I was taken sick, and was menced to keep the Sabbath. In the evening we Starry sphere froin heaven falling, obliged to leave. My improvement thus far has celebrated the ordinances. The Spirit of the .Lord Palsied fear the world enthralling. been very slow, and the physicians tell me it will was present. Confessions were' made, and one tie some time before I dare engage in the work who had been discouraged for nearly a year, and In the clouds with awful splendor, again. had not taken any active part in the cause during Dooms to sea], re*ards to render, that time, started.. anew for the kingdom of God. Comes the saints' beloved Defender. I ask an interest in the prayers of the brethren, that I may be restored to health. We trust the effect of our good camp-meeting will not soon he forgotten, and that we shall keep the Scene all other scenes transcending, Bast Norwalk, Nov. 10. G. G. RUPERT. Power and glory interblending, solemn vows we there made. Sunday we spent in Far beyond our comprending. the interest oftho Sabbath-school and the T. and M. work. The brethren manifested a good interest Sight sublime to mortal vision! Youngstown.-4 separated from Bro. Underwood Angels from the blest Elysian at Richmond. fie will report the meetings while in these branches of the cause. Now reveal the soul's decision. we were together. From Oct. 27 to 30, I was with Nov. 31, we left for West Tennessee, and were with the brethren on the Sabbath. On the evening Day of terror, work of wonder! the little company at Youngstown. This is indeed Trump of Cod, like mighty thunder, a little company. Their situation renders it quite after the Sabbath, we commenced a course . of Rends all sepulchers assunder! improbable that an organization will be maintained meetings about two miles front Springville. Thus very long without more help. One reckoned far a good interest has been shown. Bro. Finch Dead In Christ with rapture rising, will be with me during the lectures, and will help Living saints thro' change. surprising, among them has never yet kept the Sabbath, and Now their full hopes realizing. two of the remainder have given up. The weather in the work. The brethren show a commendable was rainy, and my meetings were poorly attended spirit in the meetings, and assist greatly in singing. All the saved together meeting, and quite unsatistitetory, at least to myself; but I Brethren, pray for the cause in the South. First and last in joyous greeting, S. FULTON. Sweet redemption's song repeating. hope some good was accomplished. Spoke in the . — Methodist church on the last evening. Come, ye blessed! Christ the giver KANSAS. Calls to kingdoms fading never, kron.—Began meetings in Akron Wednesday Heaven's all-glorious life forever! evening, Nov. 1, and continued till the following Clarion and Elivon—Oet.- 17-26, was with the Tuesday evening. A part of these meetings were Clarion church. As the brethren entered upon While thy triumph, Lord, is nearing, May I, faithful, nothing fearing, held in Union hall. The company in -Akron ap- the work of especially seeking the Lord, the, good Love and look for thy appearing. pear to be growing in the knowledge of divine Spirit of God came into their hearts, and nearly truth, and in love for one another. Our meetings all felt that they had been strengthened for the Oh, thin precious, great salvation! were encouraging to myself, and, we trust, en- work before them. Several wore converted, and Grander in the consummation Of the.ilnal new creation! couraging and profitable to the society. Learned six baptized. --Selected. of four more that have accepted the. truth as the Came to Elivon, Oct. 27, and remained two •••••••=••••••••••...... result of our tent-meeting in Akron. We look for Sabbaths. Found the church in a backslidden quite a large society 'in this city, if believers let state ; but as we bore a plain testimony to them, their light shine, and ministerial help is supplied. they saw their condition, and nearly all engaged a Sf. Eld. Underwood intends spending a portion of the in the work of seeking the Lord, and their efforts 11,4tim ttic winter here. We feel a deep interest in the pros- were not in vain. Three were converted from the perity of this little band, and hope ever to hear of world, four were baptized, and the ordinances "He that 'gohth forth and weepoth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless some again With rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."— Ps.l.:26 th i growth in grace. celebrated. If' this church will he faithful, they will sec others added to their number. We have Ceueiand.-±Came to Cleveland Nov. 8, and re- read largely from the Testimonies in these meet- MISSOUR I. mained till the following 'Monday. Nov.-9, I visited our esteemed sister, L. C. Tolhurst, who has been ings, and find them to be a great help. The Spirit Boonville.—I have just returned from holding a in deep affliction for nearly two months. For a of God attends them. Here, as'at Clarion, all our sisters promised to adopt the plain dress recom- teit-dayS' 'meeting with the little company near time, hope for her recovery was abandoned.. Her Booriville, that lately came out in the truth. many warm friends will be glad to learn that she mended in Testimony No. 30. Every family pr.. Kuund them all holding on, and growing in grace. is now convalescent—can sit up a little. She is chased the last Testimony ; have sold twenty-one They encountered much opposition from their happy in the Lord. copies on this trip. Bro. I. E. Kimball of Vermont former brethren, which only served to strengthen is with me, and renders efficient service. Our meetings were held at Bro. Edgerton's. The them in the faith. A few others are interested, We are new at Sterling, and of good courage to attendance was very small, only four more than for whom we have hope. Obtained one subscriber labor on. The Lord is good, and works with us the family on the Sabbath, and two on Sunday. for the REVfEw, and one for Good Health. when we trust in him. R. F. BARTON. I now expect that about the first of January I. Appleton City, Nov. 10. J. G. Woof). Nov. 12. shall go to Diet. No. 1 to spend the remainder of the winter.. We hope that two church buildings WEST VIRGINIA. ILLINOIS. will be ready for dedication by that time. We hope our friends in that district will do a liberal Jerry's Run, Wood Co., Nov. 9.—We left home Kinnittady.—Some here have taken their stand part toward the tent fund, as we wish to run a Oct. 10, and reached Berea, Ritchie Co., at 3 P. lu. . on the Sabbath, and others are investigating. new tent there next season. H. A. ST. JOHN. • Through a misunderstanding, Eld. A. A. Meredith, Quito a:number. seem to be interested in,the meet- who labored with me in this effort, did not wait P. S. A ddress .mc at Battle Creek, Mich., Box ings, and are thinking the matter over. I find for me, but started the same day at 7 A. m. for the people hero are slower to make up their minds 1192. am— Webster county. Bro. Davis Meredith furnished than they are up North. I shall try to be patient me a .horse to ride to Webster, and handed me Until they Make a decision, and if possible induce N.t.,W YORK. sufficient money to defray all my expenses-there them to take a stand on the truth. and hack. Other brethren at Berea also donated Our brethren here will he benefited by the, Fine and West Pierrepont.—After three months rest among the Adirondack Moun I liberally. These brethren are worthy of being meetings. They had been so long without meet- tains, returned home Oct. 25, Stopping but one day at home, 1. imitated, not only for their liberality, but for their ings and preaching, that they needed help. May at West Pierrepont, good works generally. the Lord revive his work in all their hearts, and attended the quarterly meeting We were three days traveling through to Web- qualifytheinfor his work and his kingdom. Pray and then drove forty miles to meet with friends in Fine and Pitcairn. Stopped five days, and vis- ster, and passed thruugh Gilmer .and Braxton for me. . T M. STEWARD. ited nine families. Some were backslidden ; one counties, circulating reading matter as we. went. P-- sister had said there was no use of going any fur- We preached three times on the Sabbath gliestion MICHIGAN. ther, and did not attend meetings. After visiting at Addison, the county seat of Webster county, Greenville.—Sabbath and Sunday, Nov: 11 and and praying with her, she came to the: meeting, fOur times at Sugar Grove, which is about ten' 12, 1 spent with this church. It was my first visit confessed her wrong course, and decided to go miles from Addison, and once at the Adkinson to the place, and a very pleasant one. 1 stopped thrward with the people of God. The most of the school-house, where we found a man and Isis. wife at the hospitable home of Eld. Fargo. The notice church are firm in the truth. There was a good who had been keeping the Sabbath for over four of the Meeting was very short, but nearly all the attendance at our Sabbath and Sunday meetings. years. They expect to be baptized when wo return , Sabbath-keepers within a radius of twenty 'miles Bro. Dana and wife came nearly twenty miles to to labor there, which we expect to do in a few around were preseet,„and the house looked quite help us. The Lord blessed in speaking, and all weeks, if' possible. They received their first well Ailed. I talked to them of the time of the seemed to be encouraged to go forward. Sold $5 knowledge of present truth about five years ago, " saints" patience," and of the importance of keep- worth of sister White's works. Every family but while 'living in Missouri, from reading the tract, ing bright in our hearts, the blessed hope of the one has the last Testimony. Wherever 1 have " Why not Found out Before?" which was.given soon coming Of our Lard. True faith in this will been, there is an interest to purchase No. 31. them by some brother. Brethren, do not become keep the people of God from many perils and evils. At West Pierrepont, where Bro. Plum and my- weary in circulating these "silent messengers of We had a good social meeting after the dis- self are now holding a protracted meeting, many truth ; " for the good they are doing will not all course, and many expressed themselves thankful are. taking a firm stand for the Testimonies. We be revealed till eternity shall dawn. for the privilege of being present. On Sunday have held eight meetings. Backsliders have re- We also spoke once, at the beginning.ol:a revival, we also "had' good congregations. 1 spoke twice turned to the Lord, confessing their sills ; and meeting held by the Methodists, after repeated practical 'subjects. The Word spoken seemed shiners are deeply moved: Two men who have invitations from the minister. We spoke on the to "be highly anreeiated, and all appeared inter- been at enmity for three years, have come together subject.of conversion, thinking it very appropriate ested. tutjOYed this visit much, and I trust it upon friendly terms, and say that all is right be- at that time, and had great freedom in showing was of profit to others. GEo. 1. BnTLER. tween them. A. 11. HALT,. what genuine conversion is. A 732 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. TroL. 59, No. 46.

We left Webster county Oct. 29, believing that by a few of the citizens to write out such proposi- Sept. 20-26, 1882. The first meeting was called good was accomplished, as Many seemed desirous tions as we would discuss. This we did, requiring by the President, at 6:15 P. at., Sept. 21. It being of hearing more on " these doctrines of S. D. Eld. H. to affirm what they as a people teach and held immediately after the meeting of the Sabbath- Adventists." We are glad to see that some of our practice ; viz., that "the first day of the week is school Association, opening exercises were omitted. people who have heretofore doubted the Testimo- the Lord's day since the resurrection of Christ, The last annual report was not read. nies, are compelled to say of Testimony No. 31, and is enjoined by Christ and his apostles to be On motion, the Chair appointed the following " Surely it is from God." observed as a day of religious worship, in breaking committees 'On Nominations, Eld. F. Wheeler, Brethren, pray for the cause ,in West Virginia. of bread, and in commemoration of the resurrection E. M. Plumb, W. N. Parker ; on Resolutions, Eld. W. R. FOGGIN. of Christ." We would affirm the seventh day to M. H. Brown, E. E., Miles, N. L. Burdick. be binding on Christians since the resurrection of Adjourned to call of Chair. Christ. VIRGINIA. SECOND MEETING, SEPT. 24, 9 A. M.—At this When these propositions were submitted to his meeting was held a very interesting temperance Liberty, Shenandoah Co.—The brethren and sis- people, they were very sure that Eld. H. would school, conducted after the manner of our camp- ters here held their quarterly meeting Oct. 28, 29. accept them, and accordingly sent him a dispatch meeting Sabbath-schools. Many lesson sheets A goodly number were assembled, and we had to come at once. The next morning we received were distributed, and forty of the accompanying quite a spirited meeting. The Lord was with us, a line from Eld. H., requesting an interview at the sets of helps were sold. We hope these will serve and blessed us with his Spirit as we obeyed him hotel. We met the gentleman, but found him as to awaken a greater interest, and give a new im- in his ordinances. The brethren in the ministry unwilling to accept our propositions as we had petus to the work in this State. all preached during the meeting, and enjoyed been to accept his. The best he would do was to much of the Spirit of God. The amount of tithes affirm his practice of keeping Sunday on the THIRD MEETING, SEPT. 25, 5 P. M.—Opened with paid this quarter at Liberty amounted to $96.00, authority of apostolic example, and also the ex- prayer by the President. The minutes of the last which, added to the tithes which were received at ample of early ChristiSns. He would not affirm meeting were read and approved. Mt. Zion, Page Co., at their quarterly meeting on that they had any precept, or that they had even The Committee on Nominations presented the the 14th and 15th ($13.08), amounts to $109.08. the example of Christ for their practice, and following report : For President, N. C. Wilcox; Secretary, Kate A. Wilcox ; remaining members Mt. Zion.—Nov. 3, 4, I gave three discourses claimed that they did not teach it. Here he contradicted his brother, who had just been labor- of the Executive Committee, M. H. Brown, G. W. here,—ono on repentance, one on baptism, and by Bliss, E. M. Plumb. These -persons were unani- request one on the subject of the Sabbath. The ing so hard to prove that Christ and his apostles mously elected. efforts of the brethren in the late revival resulted taught, both by precept and example, the observ- ance of the first day in honor of the resurrection. The Committee on Resolutions presented the in the conversion of four young persons whom 1 following :— baptized during these meetings. May the Holy Neither party was willing to modify their prop- Spirit accompany them through lith. ositions, and so we parted, inviting Eld. H. to at- Whereas, The Lord in his providence has given us tend meeting at the tent in the evening. After great light upon the subject of health and temperance, Rileyville.—Nov. 5, I gave three discourses the discourse in the evening, Bro. McCoy stated and whereas we have in our monthly journal, Good Health, here. Spoke on the great importance of thorough the reasons why we would have no debate ; viz., and our health publications, efficient helps in extending repentance, and afterward baptized five willing that Eld. H. was unwilling to affirm what they as to others a knowledge of the true principles that underlie souls. These Sabbath-keepers have been raised the temperance reform ; therefore— a people taught. Eld. H. replied to this statement Resolved, 1. That we earnestly recommend that all our up by the united efforts of Brn. Stillwell, Purd- in a half-hour's speech, accusing us of dishonesty, people, and especially our health and temperance workers, ham, and Stebbens. and talking in a spirit to disgust even many of his put forth persevering efforts to increase the subscription Brethren, pray for us that we may all be faith- own members. We then submitted the question list of Good Health, and give wide circulation to our ful, and receive a crown when Jesus comes. of discussion to the audience, when only about a health and temperance literature. HENRY A. RIFE. dozen, excluding the Disciples, manifested a will- Resolved, 2. That we cordially invite our T. and M. ingness to accept Eld. H. as their representative societies and workers to co-operate with us in this lauda- ble and important enterprise. MINNESOTA. man. This brought the Elder to his feet again. Resolved, 3. That we urge upon all our H. and T. clubs He said such an action was without precedent ; Antony the Churehes.—Oct. 14, 15, we were with the importance of not neglecting the 'missionary work, as that it was a work of demagoguery-, and done to we believe, if diligently attended to, it may be productive the church at Sauk Rapids. There was a good 'avoid discussion, etc. At this point the people of even greater good than our club meetings. interest in the Sabbath-school. The meetings manifested their lack of sympathy with the speaker Resolved, 4. That we urge that H. and T. clubs be or- were good. On Sunday there was some outside by beginning to leave, and the meeting would ganized in every T. and M. district, and in every church interest. The brethren expressed a determination soon have broken up in confusion had we not of sufficient size to maintain regular club meetings. to do more in the cause of God than they had called to order and dismissed the audience. Resolved, 5. That we heartily approve the Temperance done. Lesson Sheet recently issued by the American Health and So anxious was Eld. H. to debate, that he came Temperance Association, and we earnestly urge upon all Oct. 21, 22, we were with the 'church at Fair over the next morning to see whether Bro. McCoy Haven. On the Sabbath the Lord blessed in all our people the importance of becoming acquainted with would not in some way modify his propositions ; these lessons, and we recommend our H. and T. clubs to the religious exercises of the day. On Sunday we but Bro. M. told him it was no use to talk ; that hold temperance schools in connection with their regular had an attentive audience consisting mostly of he would not now discuss with him under any club meetings, in which said lessons shall be used ; and people net 'of our faith. The brethren hope for considerations, because of the spirit he had mani- we invite our Sabbath-schools to connect these lessons good results. At our business meeting, a club of fested, and because the people would not indorse with their work. Signs was, raised. . Resolved, 6. That we invite all our members to pay their him. Here the Elder called Bro. M. a " scoundrel ; ", annual dues with promptness. Oct. 28;29, we were with the church at Hutch- and yet he claims to be a disciple of Christ, and to inson. Our brethren here have an excellent have the spirit of Christ. After remarks by Eld. C. W. Stone and the Sabbath-school. The Lord gave liberty in preach- The Elder, seeing, a debate was out of the ques- President, the resolutions were adopted. ing both forenoon and evening. On Sunday the tion, announced to speak in the Disciple church, Adjourned sine die. T. and 14 . 'meeting was a success. Sunday evening Meetings to continue over Sunday. He spent two We would not forget to mention the interesting a very aceeptable sermon was preached by Bro. evenings in discussing to his people (for but few and instructive lecture given Sunday afternoon by E. A. Curtis, others would go to hear him) the propositions he Eld. C. W. Stone, illustrated by various experi- Nov. 4, 5, we were at Bonniwell's Mills. On had sent us, and especially in denouncing Bro. ments and Dr. Kellogg's temperance charts. It Sabbath there was a full house. Brethren were McCoy. Our meetings continued •each evening was listened to by the large audience with marked present from Hutchinson East IiIutchinson, and with a good attendance ; and on Saturday evening, attention. M. C. WiLoox, Pres. Dassel. The Lord gave liberty in preaching. All when Eld. H. took the train for home, because of KATE A. WiLeox, Sec. took part in the Sabbath-school. On Sunday the the inclemency of the weather, we held meeting 11. T. and M. meeting was thinly attended, owing to in the tent as usual. We have the sympathy of Sister Mary A. Cummings of Allegan Co., the prevailing rain. A V. M. society was organ- the best people in the community, and they com- ized, and it is expected that others not present mend the course we pursued to avoid discussion, Mich., wishes to acknowledge the goodness of God will soon unite with it. At each of the above though they were at first very anxious for the in restoring her to health, as she believes, in an- swer to the prayer of faith. She says, " Jesus is places, liberal contributions were made to pay off discussion. very precious to my soul, and I feel as though I district indebtedness. H. W. BABCOCK, We think this has been a perfect defeat to the .10IIN OLIVE. Disciples, even more so than if we had gained a could not praise him enough for all he has done victory in discussion ; for the Elder's unwillingness for me." IOWA. to affirm their teaching and practices betrays a Drakeoille, Nov. 8.—Closed meetings in the tent weakness in their position which some of the OUR PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES. Nov. 5: The weather was favora,ble, so that with honest ones may now be able to discover. our large heater we were able to -keep the tent We know not what will be the result of this BY PAULINE ALDERMAN. comfortable to the close of our meeting. eight-weeks' labor. Three or four are now keep- WHAT a blessing to us as a people is our dear Bre. Medoy was with me from Oct. 29 to Nov. ing the Sabbath, and many good people are in- paper, the REVIEW. Among us are many isolated 1. There was no public opposition to our views vestigating. People seem desirous to know the ones, like myself; who seldom have the privilege till one week before the meeting closed. A Disci- truth, but they are slow to move. " of attending any large meeting of our people. But ple minister from an adjoining town preached two We have rented rooms, and will remain for a the paper tells us of the work, and enables us to diseoursea on the Sabbath question, which were time to carry forward the work here and in thank God and take courage as we learn of the reviewed before a good audience in the tent. In Bloomfield. Pray for the work here, that wisdom organization of' churches, and of little companies the midst .of this opposition, we were challenged may be given to move aright. here and there being brought into the truth. And to discuss the question. Bro. McC,statedofy why IRA . HANKINS.. when our ministers say, "Pray for us and our ' we are.oppesed to set discussions,'but also stated work," shall it not send us to our closets? Should that we are always ready to .defend the truth. we not count it a precious privilege thus to pray? Two propositions were then presented from Eld. NEW YORK H. AND 7'. SOCIETY. No doubt many think they would like to be out in Iledrix of Fairfield, one Of their champion debat- THE third annual session of the New York the great harvest field, who do not realize that ers. Tbege vve. could not accept, because they Health and Temperance Society was hold in con- they are already in the field. But the field is the were so indefinite. The nexeday we were urged nection with the camp-meeting at Union Square, world, and we are all gathering or scattering life. Ohthatoureyesmaybeopenedereweare overcome. in itstruelight,Ithinkwewouldspendhours to everycreature."—Mark1615. Let usprayasneverbeforeforthosewhoare prayer, thatnowwedevotetothecaresofthis preaching theword.Ifwecouldseethismatter of light.Letusreachoutaftertheperishing. abroad. Awfulthought!whatismyinfluence? ourselves andsearchourownhearts,withtrue Angels maketherecorddaybyday,hour us insomuchmercy,and,asapeople,humble repentance? Letusawakeandputonthearmor hour. Shallwenotheedthetestimonygivento "And hesaiduntothem,Goyeintoalltheworld,andpreachgospel Nov. 21,1882.]" Form Christwithinus;letuslive Our heartswithburningzealandpower 0 Father!cleanseourinmostsouls Make thouourlandImmanuel'sI Thy greatest The lifewhichthouthroughhimshaltgive. Our sunthatnevermoreshallset, Oh Iletourland,whichthouhastblessed And Christineverybosomreign. Shall weseeourbrothersdying, Let allourpeoplerighteousbe, While withinourpowerofgiving On theSoutherngrovesofcypress, There ourcountrymenandneighbors, In NewEngland'sfragrantforests, 'Mid heraridplainsabsorbing And findeternallifeinthee. Let Antichristandsinbeslain, Wheresoe'er ourstarrybanner Where thecanegivesupherjuices, Give thyreapers,Lord,success! Send us!useusasthouwilt; Sea thefieldsofripenedgrain Be thououreverlastinglight, By thinealmightygrace,andtill Send, 0Lord,thyreapersforth! Bending inthesummerbreeze, May leadingsoulstoChristbecome To thewindsitsfoldsmaygive, Through whichthytrustingsaintsbelieve. To learnanddothyholywill. All waspurchasedbyourLord, E'en inourhappyland, Let loveandfaithinusrevive, Paid thisverygraintosave, CbriStians Ithereourbrethrenlive! Hungering, thirsting,starving,die, Meat anddrinkimmortallie To alltheworldhissavingword, 'Mid Nevada'sruggedhills, Are thosewhoknownotChrist,butdwell Lord, fillourheartswithlove, Let, then,thatsavingword When Jesusroseonhigh, With nncreatedglorybright. On theNorthwest'sopenfields; All hermyriadsnow-fedrills; Above allotherlands,receive Soon theautumnrainswillfall. Where thehillhisgraniteyields; Purchased atafearfulcost. Fail tomakethepurchasegood. Jesus bidsusthustopray: We wouldworkwhileitisday. Shall thispreciousgrainbelost Ready forthereaper'sblade, Or byfiercertempestsswayed. Touch thouourtongueswithfire; In allitsnoondaylight, Amid eternalnight. And selfbecrucified. Let notCalvary'spriceofblood, Our workandourdesire. He badehisfollowerspreach Through usbeglorified; And everycreatureteach. MISSION HYMNS, oft —Thomas HillI). ,D.,inIndependent gift, L. M.,6 8s AND7s. 8 that quickeninggrace 7s. M. ofictic$. THE REVIEWANDHERALD. of debt.Thereasonswhythisisnotdoneinour such menwouldsellthirty-twohundredbooksat should becaredforif'necessary.Wereweto they willaidlargelyinsoundingtheloudcryof an averageof$3.50each.Thisamountsto$11,- a conspicuousplaceinmanyefthebestlibraries reason whytwentythousanddollars'worthof preached inthefuture. others thathavetheability toactasagents,but sides hewouldgainanexperiencethatbe should bemorethanfourtimesthatnumberwho in oneyearforthemissionarywork,itwouldbe in theland;andwhenmarkofbeastis we aredoinginotherbranchesofthework.An we donotappreciate. work, andourpublishinghousewouldsoonbeout word fromasisterwhotooknineordersinfour " ThoughtsonDanielandtheRevelationshould and theydonotcareto engage inthework. are notdoingone-twentiethpartthatshouldbe and ahalfdays.Othersofmoreexperiencehave two hundreddaysinayear,countingoutSab- two sales,ifnotmore,inaday.Ifheworksonly they areselling otherbooks,pictures,maps, etc.; they wouldlovetohavepart inthework.Ifind months. TheTestimoniesspeakplainlythatwe this work;letusheedlessonwell. the thirdangel'smessage.ThehandofGodisin trance whereitcannotbepreachedbytheminister. they aretoosmall.AndinthisConferenceor timates toohigh,buttheexperiencedwillsaythat baths andSundayssixtydaysforpoorsea- not besoldinthisStateduringthenexttwelve being enforced,theywillberead,anddecide believe noonewillsaythatIhavemadethesees- own people.Itisnotsointhis.Theagent of ourworkmustbelargelysupportedby reported fromMainetoCalifornia.ButGodin raise intheOhioConferencetenthousanddollars double thatamount,andstilldojustasmuch done. Carrythesefiguresoutinthegeneral done farbetterthatthis.Severalhundredbooks ing thisbookastheycanat someotherbusiness, son, hissaleswillbefourhundredayear.Eight work istoolowacalling. If'theycouldpre4h, would engageinthework. light allthroughourcities,villages,andtowns." There isanotherclassthat thinkthecanvassing makes hisownwagesfromthepeoplehebenefits, their livestospreadingthetruth? many soulsforthetruth.Ifirmlybelievethat his providencehasmadeitpossibleforustoraise have alreadybeensoldinthisState. nearly ninehundredSabbath-keepers,there up arichrewardintheworldtocome.Now,I average agent,asnearIcanlearn,will and isnoexpensetotheConference,althoughhe Conference, asnearIcanlearnareas,follows: 200. Theagent'sshareoftheprofitswouldmake getting beforethepublicourpublications,which class arrangetheiraffairssothattheycandevote some sacrificeonthepartofthosethatdowork. work moreimportantthananother,itisthatof that theywillreceivemuchmorethantheir money's worth. his incomeequaltothatoftheminister;andbe- beneficial inthislife,andwouldaidhimlaying are taken,andalsofromlaterTestimonies.From reports ofcamp-meetingsinalmosteveryState,we On trades,etc.Wbycannotsomemenofthis professing, aswedo,tohavethelastmessage dreds ofmenshouldbeengagedincarryingthe carry outtheaboveinstructions.Butwork cannot regardthemtoohighly."2.Ofallthe is amongthemostimportant."Ifthereone see thatourleadingbrethrenareendeavoringto ways devisedforspreadingthetruth,canvassing It willtakemenwhohaveabilitytofarm,early and individuals,thiscannotbedonewithout people and will leadmentosearchtheScriptures."3."Hun- must gofurtherthanthat.Itreachchurches be quotedfromtheworkwhichabove be giventoaperishingworld.Muchmoremight One classcannotmakeas muchmoneysell- 2. 3. 4. 1. 1. GODhassaid,"Carrythepublicationsto There areadvantagesattendingthisworkthat If' theabovestatementsaretrue,there The abovearesufficientreasonsforapeople In thismannerthetruthcangainanen- It These booksaresoboundthattheywillhave It helpsusfinancially.Everyotherbranch will openthewayfortruthtobe urge REASONS FORCANVASSING. Exalt thevalueofbooks.You BY ELI).G.GtRUP1LRT. them to accept, showingthem 1 have justreceived is no $33.25; societies atDunkirk,Gilboa.Litchfield,1Vlendon,Norwalk,Leipsic, $71.80; onperiodicals,$117.79. Signe, VIEW, 8; Lyons, cluded intheabove,isfortwoquarters. the poorreceivemedicines andadvicefreeof a ChristiantractinArabic. Fourschoolshave of Englandhasnowadispensary there,at charge. Eachapplicant is requiredtoheara with apopulationoftwentythousand.Ithadno missionary untilwithinthree years. been openfor GreekandMoslemboys and girls. portion oftheScripturesread, andtocarry in those whoarecanvassingjustformoneymaybe better purpose.Ihopeweshallnotlosethispre- cious season legitimate inthesightofworld,wehope them todevotetheirtalentsandenergiesa tents ofwickedness.Andalthoughthework think moneyisofmoreimportancethaneternal power ofGodmaygetholdthemalso,andlead things, anduponthosewhowouldnotratherbe and unlessthepowerofGodrestsuponthosethat done, willnotaccomplishthedesiredresultsun- door-keepers inthe'houseofGodthandwellthe the truth,buttheycannotdoall.What is moreofthis while therearesomewhowouldsupportthecause, less ourbrethrenawaketoasenseoftheirduty, Conference canpass,allthesupervisorsof work theycanappoint,allthewritingthatbe canvass, ordoanythingtheycould,toadvance UPPER COLUMBIATRACTANDMISSIONARYSOCIETY, ‘,6 2 45 1 *Agents. 3 34 3 ... 1 6 22 5 79 2 70 NOTE.—ReceiVed onmembershipanddonations,$45.75;sales, 4 75 Nova. —Receivedon Pages oftractsmailed, REPORT FORQUARTERENDINGOCTOBER1,1882. Donations received, Annuals distributed, Other veriodicalsgivenaway, No. ofmissionaryvisits, Subscribers obtained, Signs —Gaza isoneoftheoldestcitiesinworld, The reportofthesocietyatMilton,Oregon,in- REPORT FORQUARTERENDINGsEPT.30,1882. " received, " earnest. REPORT FORQUARTERENDINGSEPT.30,1882. " loaned, " 1081 7211245270 cc 2 300 8 26 Van 37; 54 on periodicals. " letterswritten,

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9 27 membership 1 ..... o 8; 6 25 12 82 40 91 0 . 1 6 Instructor, MR8. ••••••••••• MRS. G.W.COLCORD, Now, alltheresolutions 153 45 22; otherperiodicals,1.Thelocal New 56 47 27 and donations,$28.60;onsales, MRS. IDAGATES, G. W. io subscribers obtainedforRE- 2 13057 643 11004 400 42463' 1772898 10; otherperiodicals,4. :2; 'A' aR 43 6917 136 6738 693 4747 a S C.4 COLCORD, The Church F i10 903 we want 733 $8.05 6,941 2,764 which $ 40'69 See. Sec. Sec. away' 209 640 244 389 779 145 42 295 84 ...... 12 78 14 89 15 23 57 40 Vq) 7

734 THE REVIEW 'AND HERAL.D. 14[VoL.. 59',- NO. 46.

— All the signs of religious movement in Ger- —The Turkish Government has informed the Khedive the market. The work on the Old Testament is going many go to show that that country is fast pre- that treaties made with England must be submitted to steadily on. The whole has been twice revised, and.all paring fbr a genuine evangelical awakening. the Sultan for ratification. that now remains is to adjust the differences of rendering Not only are evangelists springing up over Ger- —Suleiman Daoud testified at Cairo, Egypt, that between the British and the American committees, to er- many to carry on the work already begun, but Arabi Pasha gave him peremptory orders to burn Alex- consider all points of difficulty, and to come to a final de- termination. This work will require from one to -two the cry for more of such workers is becoming_ im- andria, and stated he was also commissioned by Arabi to kill the Khedive in the Ramleh Palace. Although his years. portunate. A. German lady, writing to some Eng- testimony was corroborated, it is discredited in Cairo. lish-speaking Christians, gives this picture of the THURSDAY, Nov. 16.—It is stated that distinct shocks present state of things in Germany : " Our preach- of earthquake were felt in portions of Illinois on the ers are asleep, dead, and are afraid of really vital 14th. The vibrations were accompanied with brilliant Christians. They speak smooth things, and preach electrical discharges. #11111+ 1 in .a learned way. We must halo evangelists. The —A fierce wind and snowstorm raged in England', caus- people are barren in the knowledge of God's word. ing many shipwrecks and much loss of life. "Blessed are the deed which die in the Lord from henceforth."—Rev.-14:13 Therefore, think ye on us. The Lord has given —FRIDAY, Nov. 17.—The Spanish Minister of Finance much grace ; send us help in our need." reports an increase in the revenues of the country, not- withstanding the meager crop yield this year. THE POWER OP THE LORD SHALL PILL THIS FRAME. —The religious, or rather irreligious, inactivity _of the average church-member is due in part to —In a fire at Crozan, France, a teacher and 8 children lost their lives. IN the hour of death, after this life's whim, his inability to find a satisfactory answer to the When the heart beats low, and the eyes grow dim, question, " What can I do ? " / —A dynamite explosion in Wales to-day caused the a portion of the death of two men and three girls, and wounded seven And pain has exhausted every limb, power expended in exhorting him to work were other persons. The lover of the Lord shall trust in him. devoted to showing him some specific service When the will has forgotten the life-long aim, adapted to his gifts and opportunities, the result --An electric storm, which experienced telegraphers And the mind can only disgrace its fame, • would be' a marked increase in the effective activ- say is the worst that has occurred in years, prevailed over And a man is uncertain of his own, name, ity of the church. a wide stretch of territory in the United States and The power of the Lord shall fill this frame. Canada to-day. In some cities the instruments were —There is a sermon in the fact that Stanley, the worked without a battery, and in the Milwaukee Western When the last sigh is heaved, and the last tear shed, African explorer, has so completely won the con- Union office the current was so strong as to keep an elec- And the coffin is waiting beside the bed, fidence of the natives that the white men at the tric lamp burning. The telegraphic service was retarded And the widow and child forsake the dead, posts he has established do not carry weapons to an extent hitherto unprecedented. The storm was The Angel of the Lord shall lift this head. any longer. still more r, markable from the fact that in the greater portion of the district disturbed the weather was rainy For even the purest delight may pall, and muggy. The power must fail, and the pride must fall, And the love of the dearest friends grow small, —President Grevy of France has been urged to resign, But the glory of the Lord is all in all. on account of the critical condition of his health. Leon 0#$ Of !Ott Say's name is mentioned as his probable successor. - Selected MISCELLANEOUS. DAYTON. —Died of consumption, at Richmond, Macomb Co., Mich., Oct. 22, 1882, sister Melissa Dayton, aged —The land embraced in the public domain amounts to fifty-five years. She leaves a-husband and three children MONDAY, Nov. 14.—The examination of the prisoners 900,000,000 acres. arrested kir Participation in the late riots in Vienna to mourn their loss. Sister D. has been a lover of the shows that the disturbances were instigated by Social- —Up to Nov. 4, there had been 2,079 cases of yellow truth for a number of years, and in her death the church ists and anti-Jewish leaders. The printers of that city fever at Pensacola, Fla., 183 resulting fatally. at Memphis lose one of their most devoted members. are on a strike for higher wages. '--French enterprise is rapidly redeeming the desert of Discourse by the writer, from Isa. 44 : 6-8. H. M. KENYON. —The rivers Seine and Marne are rising rapidly, Sahara by means of artesian wells, a large number of threatening disastrous floods in the northern part of which have been successfully sunk along the northern France: border. Beim —Died at Redden, Butler Co., Kan., Oct. 27, 1882, sister Hannah Burr, aged sixty-eight years, nine —A boiler explosion in the Forest City Iron Works at —A volcano at Vallecitos, New Mexico, fills.the people in the neighborhood with fear. It is burning, and emits months, and three days. In early life sister Burr made Cleveland, Ohio, resulted in killing five men and wound- a profession of religion, and united with the Baptist de- ing 20 others. lava constantly, and there is no telling what it may do at any time. nomination. About eight years ago, with her companion, —In' the: intense darkness early this morning, the who still survives her, she embraced the Sabbath of the American steamer Westphalia collided with an unknown —There is much excitement in British Columbia, owing Lord and other Bible truths, and afterward united with steamship, which sunk immediately with all hands on to the discovery of gold in the Cariboo and Bridge River the Clarion church. She could not attend their meetings board. A boat containing an Officer and 6 men, sent by districts. Bands of miners have departed to search for on account of her health, but was always happy, in the !the Westphalia to make a search, is also missing. The the glittering dust. society of God's people, and loved to talk of the truth \accident occurred off Beachy Head, Sussex, England. —George Brimmer, a noted incendiary, who was ar- and the Christian's hope. We believe ,she sleeps in =Burglars at Hot Springs, Ark., Sunday night at- rested at Lancaster, Pa., a few days ago, confessed to Jesus. Funeral remarks by the writer, from 1 Thess. ' tempted to rob a safe in which dynamite cartridges were setting fires that destroyed property worth $1,000,000. 4 : 16- 18. R. F. BARTON. stored, -and the terrible explosion which followed aroused His statements show the existence of an organized band the town. Seine coins which had been in the safe were of incendiaries. SANFORD. —Died at La Valle, Sauk Co., Win, Oct. 19, driven into an adjoining wall, and great damage was —The State Bureau of Labor shows that Illinois ranks 1882, at 4 o'clock A. NI., Mrs Ruthama Sanford, wife of done to the interior of the building. The burglars es- next to Pennsylvania in the production of coal. The J. F. Sanford and mother of Frank P. and George P. caped, apparently. without injury. yield for 1882 was 9,000,000 tons at a value of nearly Sanford of the -same place. Her maiden name was TuEsDAY, Nov. 14. —Emperor William, in his speech $14,000m0. The coal mines are found in 45 of the 100 Parker, she being a daughter of Joel Parker She was . at the 4ennig of the Pruisian Diet to-day, said that the counties of the State. born near Munsville, Madison Co., N. Y., April 6, 1807; relations of Germany with foreign powers justified the —Arabi Pasha's tent, which was captured at Tel-el- consequently she was seventy-five years, six months, and belief that the-benefits of peace are assured. Kebir, is in Portsmouth, England. It is a gorgeous af- thirteen days old at the time of her death. She was a fair, lined with silk and ornamented with bullion. It is good, kind, and loving mother and wife, and was re- --For the first time since Sept. 3 the yellow fever bul- spected by all who knew her. She was very patient letin at Pensacola was a blank record—no new cases and closely guarded, as one of the most interesting trophies of the campaign in Egypt. during her long sickness, and a very great suffeirer dur- no deaths. ing the past two years. She died in the Adventist faith, ryphoid.lever is epidemic at Providence, R. I. —General Crook has thrown the Apaches upon their with a bright hope for the future. G. P. S. There are between 1,200 and 1,500 cases in that city, and own resources as to getting a living. They are to select great uneasiness prevails. lands on the reservation for cultivation under the care of the chief, who will be responsible for the behavior of his —The report of the Irish Land Commission says agree- STERNES. —Died in South Branch, Crawford Co., band. White soldiers will not be employed except in Mich., Oct. 26, 1882, Jennie S. B. Sternes, aged twenty- ments for fair rents between landlord and tenant are in- cases where the Apaches fail to govern themselves. creasing, while an indisposition to purchaSe holdings is four years, eleven months, and two days. Her diseas'e was apoplexy and dropsy of the heart, from which she evident, although many .landowners are willing to sell. —The British Parliament has virtually adopted Mr. suffered for about one year. Besides parents, two The arrears clause of the act is not taken advantage of by Gladstone's cloture programme, and the minor details of tenants to-any considerable extent. the new anti-obstruction act are now under discussion. brothers, one sister, and a numerous circle of friends, As previously explained, the object of this bill is to pre- she leaves a husband and a babe six weeks old. She was —Constantinople is celebrating the 1300th year of the vent the obstruction of important legislation by--a small baptized by Eld. Lamson at the time that he and Eld. Mohammedan calendar, and business is forsaken for par- minority in Parliament; by means of prolonged and use- Jones held a tent-meeting in Howell, and she has since 001040n In processions and religious' festivals. The tried to keep the commandments and to lead a Christian astrologers have assured the Sultan that he is 'the new less debate. —M. Giffard, a well-known Parisian inventor; left to life. When her feet had well-nigh touched the dark prophet-of Islam predicted to make his appearance. this river, and her speech was partially gone, she seemed very year. the French Government a: generous legacy, under most singular conditions. It is to be devoted to the establish- happy, and uttered words of joyous praise. Funeral dis- —Mr. Gladstone says it -will be necessary for 12,000 ment of suieidaria, or public institutions in 'which persons course by Rev. J. Armstrong, Congregational minister, BritishAroOPS to remain in Egypt for the present, and suffering from painful and incurable diseases may bring from 1 Sam. 20 : 3, last clause. that the treaty soon to be made with Egypt will provide their own lives to an end, under the direction of medical MRS. CAROLINE BELDEN. that the cost of maintaing this army will be defrayed by experts and with the consent of their immediate relatives. England. —At a reception given in New Ycrk to the American BANKS.—Died at Cato, Mich., Sept. 18, 1882, our „WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15.—The New York Board of Trade Revision Committee, some interesting facts were brought much-esteemed brother, Jackson Banks, aged sixty-three .consider the 'result Of the recent elections an indication out concerning the new version. Within seven months years and nine months. Bro. Banks was-born in Not- that-the people are determined to support only such can- after its publication, nearly three million copies had been inghampshire, England, from which place he removed didates as will make an effort to restrain the power of sold,—a fact surpassing anything in the history of books. thirty-three years ago. He • embraced the Seventh-day corporations. Two daily papers at Chicago (the Tribune and the Times) Adventist faith in 1860, under the labors of Elds. -,,,r----Two,freight trains collided at Roberts, Win, yester- printed the whole of the New Testament in the Sunday Frisbie and Lawrence when the tent was in Greenville. /day, causing a general wreck, and the burning of a Ca- issue of May 22, two days after the publication in New He has since been a firm believer and a consistent Chris- ', beese. , One man _perished hi the flames, another was in- York. The Tribune employed for the purpose ninety-two tian, and he rests in hope of a part in the reward prom- stantly killed, and three persons were mortally injured. compositors and five correctors, and the whole job was ised to the faithful when the Lifegiver comes. A com- knumber:Of battle Were sh.d4ingly Mangled. completed in twelve hours. The Timis had the Gospels, panion, seven children, and a large circle of friends, young' Colombian Minted' Portes, accompanied by the Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistle to the Romans mourn his loss. The children are all grown up, and four some friends= Wlib. had settle&in a dense forest tract on telegraphed from New York. This portion of the New of them are in the truth. By his request, the writer at- :the Putunitayo River, a tributary of the Amazon, were Testament contains about 118,000 words, and constituted tended the funeral, and spoke words of comfort to the recently kliled .by capped their atrocious many times the largest dispatch ever sent over the wires. bereaved family and friends from Rev. 14 : 13, a text work by cooking and eating, the bodies of their victims. Fifty American reprints of the new version are already in chosen by the deceased. J. Faawo,

Nov. 21, 1882.]15 TRE REV LE W A .A 1) HERALD. 735

MORE ABOUT DR. RIBTON. DEATH OF ELD. 1. B. FRISBIE. MUSIC BOOKS.

A INHEP paragraph in last week's IlawiEw an- By .4. N. White. Acknowl• THE October number of the Sabbath Memorial Tonverance and Gospoi Songs. edged by competent judgea nounced the death of our brother ; but it, is to be, tliti beet book of the kind t:ver issued. 11111Kie iii now, by contains an account of the murder of Brn. 14ibton, our best authors:. Price iu hoard ;4),.rra, 30 cents. proper that further particulars of his decease Rupp, and Allegretti, at Alexandria last Juno, as By .1. 14. White and Frank M. should be given. Bro. Prisbie died very suddenly, nooks for Class and School, Ditvis. For singing-school, Day given by sister Ribton and her daughter Nina, ci.oveiit and Vire,..ifle. Nearly every 1)4410 is written probably of heart disease, in Chelsea, Mich., Nov. nodally for this book by oar best alitliorS. A new system of instruci We learn from this article that the murderers of mil is licrocmccii. whieh is invaluable to the new tisietier as Well as 8, 1882, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. A f, the old; as it. maps ,at the work far each less011, and tells how lit Dr. Ribton were hanged at Alexandria, Oct. 9. pp. brit e in board covers, 35 cents. Sister Ribton and her daughter are now at the coroner's inquest gave this verdict in regard to his I !Wend disE(M.IML to teachers. death. He had not been well ler several days, .A New C ollect ion or the best Gospel Songs home of a widowed sister in Ireland, and an ap- 1.tter-I than Pearls m 'canes f,,,• in 'Vent.. and having a difficulty in his side, with fluttering of atop- cc well is 111 I:eV 'Val, anti Praise Service. By peal is made to the charitable in their behalf'. the heart, but had worked most of the time. d. 144.WhiNi, Oyen, and W. Mono, A carof al selertion has been made from a Vast amount of material, As some interesting particulars are given which With the aid of his wife and youngest son, he was which render, toe nook or special %AIM! for the purposes indicated. removing- some household goods from an upper 11B'PT le. It 11`11 AN PEARLS 112 pages, the first 70 or which have not been published in the Ilxvinv, we quote dc‘iiiell #itleeled with regard 1,0 11111111. only f rum story window by means of' a ladder. They had lie lies! author, of the day. The remainder or the book contains over sister .Ribton's account, as follows :-. in limes and 201 tiiottularit hymns for eliiirelt service, selected left hint alone, to prepare the dinner, supposing he hid adapted will' great care, willi variety stillicient for ail occasions. it will be recollected that Dervish Pasha ar- would rest meanwhile, but were suddenly startled (11..0T11. 40 cents per copy. BOA III) I lie named sl yin Singi n g-books -30 rived at Alexandria from Constantinople on Sab- by hearing him call " Willie !" as if' in distress. per copy . bath, the 27th of May, and virtually took com- Running to him, they found he had attempted to Address. Review & Herald, Battle Creek, Mich. mand. On Sunday the soldiers patrolled the take a secretary down the ladder, and was evi- streets with fixed bayonets in favor or Arabi Pa- dently attacked with the disease while doing so. sha. Ile must have had presence of mind to push the A MODEL SUPERINTENDENT, it was the custom of Brie Rupp, A Ilegretti secretary one side M it fell, and as he neared the and De Vito, to meet at our house on Sunday after- foot of•the ladder, be fell over upon the ground, A Sketch of the Life, Character, and Methods of Work of noon, between two and three o'clock, to select Sab- and almost immediately expired, the call to his 11\TS, bath and other religious tracts and papers, and son being the only word uttered. Of the International Lesson Committee, then, accompanying my husband, go on board Joseph Hire. ard Pliable was born in Sehoharie By H. CLAY vessels in the harbor, distribute the papers, talk Co., N. 1., 1 )et. 15. 1816. He was the tenth lin- eal descendant from John Rogers, the martyr who with the fsailors, and, when opportunity offered, QHOWPTO that however closely connected with business a person my husband-would conduct services ; but the po- was burned at Smithfield, .England, in 1554, un- 13 may be, there C/1.11 always be found time for devotion Lo the &abbath- der Queen Mary's reign. .Bro. P. was converted school. Tel Havens might have been presented as a model man of litical excitement prevented him from going out modoess, as a mode' citizen, 11:4 a model Christian steward, but his on this Sunday. On the following Sunday, the at the age of fourteen, and received license to pre-eminent success was as a Sunday-school Superintendent. preach from the Protestant Methodists in 1843. A good book for Superintendent or Teacher. Consuls, by public proclamation, prayed the peo- Price, by mail .81.00 ple to be quiet and not make any demonstration. lie was ordained in the same church in 1846, thus This being strictly regarded, the day passed off having a religious experience extending over fifty quietly, and the Doctor did not venture out. years. At that tints he was a diligent student of THE STORY OF THE BIBLE, Meanwhile the stories of the street were that Ar- the Scriptures, the New Testament being his con- From Genesis to Revelation, abi had guaranteed peace to all the Christians, so stant pocket companion, which ho so studied and Told in Simple long as he had command. The soldiers were for memorized that he could repeat passages for hours Language, Arabi ; the 1.71emas, BedaVveen, and Pellaheen together, giving book, chapter, and verse. POP, ri'l= YOUN G were for the Khedive. He was united in marriage to Delphia Jane Glover in 1847, They have seven children, all of THE author of this work, during many years' experience as a teacher The morning of Sunday, the 11th of June, all whom were present at the funeral, except one, now of the Scriptures both in the Sunday-schooland the home circle, felt was quiet. De Vito and Allegretti came at three the need of a simple Version of the main portions of the Bible, which in Oakland, California, a laborer in the office of would not only give its stories:, its precepts and its doctrines in a con- in the afternoon, to accompany my husband to tinuons form, but would also show the connection and unity between the Sifpts of the Times. This is the first time the the Old and New Testaments. visit vessels in the harbor. They said that there family circle has been invaded by death. Price, by mail, School Editio0, $1.00 had been a fight between a Maltese and an Arab, Frisbie commenced observing the Bible over a matter of twoAiaatres ; that the Arab had Address REVIEW & HERALD, Sabbath and preaching " present truth" in 1853, Battle Creek, Mick, had his-) kciad; Mbkorr, bOt _ all; was now quiet. and for many years gave himself to the work with My husband was 'at his writing in another room, much success. The churches of Wright, Caledo- and Nina with him, and did not hear of the quar- nia, Orleans, Orange, Convis, and others, are some HOOKS 11; PAPER COVERS. rel. He was very busy copying notes of his ideas of them living fruits of his labors. His friendly Coustittnionai Amendment. Condensed, 386 pp. 40 ets. on the law of God, and wished to be let alone for ways and mild words found ready access to many Sanctuary and 2300 Days. Condensed, 224 pp. 2350 :tilts: two hours mores He said twice that day that he hearts. Our lamented Bro. White once remarked Facts for the Thues. A collection of wadable extracts did not wish to go out, as he desired to complete to the writer, " I know of no man equal to Eld. Jrom eminent. authors. 224 pp. this work, on which he was very intent, and wrote Frisbie to go into a new field, and awaken an in- Eleven Sermons on the Sabbath and Law. By Eld. J. very fast. Bro. Rupp came much later than usual. terest in the word of God." But difficulties and A p.ir. ,q t)2k 45 eta, They all left together ; my husband, Nina, Rupp, changes came. Bro. F. was not above tempta- Allegretti, De Vito, our' landlord's wife, child, and tion. Although laborers were badly needed, he TRACTS.-1 cent e_ c11. The Coming of the Lord- nurse, at about 4 o'clock. They were to return at decided to retire awhile from the gospel field, and Perfection of the Ten Commandments-Without Excuse- 6:30 for an evening service in our house. I retired Thoughts for the Candid--A Sign of the Day of God-Brief labor at his trade for the maintenance of his fam- Thoughts on Immortality-Which Day 9-Can We Know or to my room to pray for God's blessing, as was my ily. It was in war times ; prices were high, and custom; on my dear husband's work. Can the Prophecies be Understood 9-Is the End Near ?-Is his family was large. The tithing system was Man Immortal 9--The Sleep of the Dead-The Sinner's Fate- Five minutes seemed scarcely to have elapsed not then perfected as now. But the enemy did The Law of God--What the Gospel Abrogated-100 Bible before I heard something unusual from without ; not leave our dear brother to pursue his secular Facts about the Sabbath-Sunday not the Sabbath-"The Christian Sabbath "-Why not, Found out Before I it greatly disturbed, me • -and, presently, there was occupation unmolested. Doubts 'came into his a crashing of glass,' and then a rapid, loud knock- mind ; old skeptical difficulties in reference to the ing at the door opening from the street , for there Bible arose, and ere he was aware, in his be- CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y. were several familiei in the large house. I called clouded state of mind he wavered and ceased the Time Table, in Effect October 29,18'.. to the door-keeper," 'What is it. pray, what is it ? " observance of the Sabbath. At a later period he g tirwt, it D. r..5 STWARD. only drunken Greeks !" A lot of recovered himself from this error, and for a time cocci., 1 ehicage !zqATION S. I mot. Atlantic Night "0- Signora,• ro.scogr• F.xpreas. goods was pushed in nt the door for sate-keeping. labored in the cause as formerly. Bro. Ftisbie .55pra1 6.10asi'Dc..Port [iron. Aroo.20ps 5.50 am 10.25 1M The 'aise became distracting,-shutting doors and was a great student of the Bible, and being quite 11.22 I 0.10 Lapeer 8.52 4.18 9.10 windev;;'s, crashing of glass and furniture. Lock- an independent thinker, lie was led to adopt sonic 10.05 9.55 8.30 ...... Ffint., .... 8.10 8.40 8.35 10 :01 10.97 , 9.08 .... _Durand. 7.25 2.56 7.50 ing my door, I ran to the house-top, where all the views which his ministering brethren could not 35 :ii 30 110 .... .Lansing 9.53 1.40 6.12 .10ami;2406 limpo. 45 Chariot t 5.05 t2t47pa 5,22 familieti'were gathered, looking over the parapet. well indorse. lie finally ceased preaching, and 1 15 I 4;0 11 I 40 4.0.5 11.40 • 4 20 The house was three stories high. There was an worked at his trade, in' which excelled. 1.20 1.20 i12 00 Battle Creek ai 4,00 11.95 4.15 2.061 c.trt ha 48p .. "Vicksburg. 3 10 10.50 3.20 indescribable. scene in the street. I tried again Eld. Prisbie was a man of excellent reputation 2.17 I 2.19 11.00 Stchoolcraft 2.54 10.89 3.07 and again to focus an .eye-glass on the crowd, but from without. In the little village of Chelsea, 3.10 13.08 I 1 5Z, Cas6opolia 1.55 9.53 2.0fit 3 58 1 3.05 ''..12 South !tend.,., 1,10 9,10 1.12 failed. The uproar and confusion were awful,, where he lived, he was much respected as an up- 4.461 Stillwell . 12.23 am ...... 12+18 pm right citizen, and occasionally filled the pulpits of 5.22 4.05 11,47 ...... 11.39 People seemed to fall; but I could n't tell. House 5.40 4.27 Valparaiso 11,30 7. 45 11.20 ' and shop effects were hurled about, windows and the different denominations in the absence of the 5.00 7,45 5.,0 Ar... Chicago-De: 8.50 5.15 9.00 doors broken ; and people barricaded their doors, minister. Situp• only on signal. Where no time to given, train done not stop. All • 1-1/1, by ['blew", but were resisted by the rioters. Our landlord, a His remains were brought to Battle Creek Nov. Christian Syrian- 9, accompanied by his faithful wife and three chil- Arab, commanded us to lie down, MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. - as the crowd must not see us, or we would all be dren ; and at the funeral services which were held killed. The uproar and killing in our quarter in the Tabernacle Sabbath, Nov. 11, the house GOING ens?. tOtINU WOOS. .`,1'A'1.110N8. ow41 Ergo, lasted till 6 o'clock. Shortly after it ceased, De was crowded with mourners and sympathizing 0.,l'. kap. Itzp.

Vito came to tell me that on returning iron, the friends. By the request of the family, the writer A.M. r. 51. of 1.35 11.40 6.30 6.15 Ar. - Detroit, • Dep. 7.116 9.3.5 4.00 8.00 9,50 harbor, they were attacked, and 'that he had es- spoke words comfort and exhortation on the oe-. 12.40 9.28 4.06 3.05 - - Jackson, 10.20 12.15 7.02 11,09 12.45 11.08 8.13 2. l5 1.03 - BATTLE C,i55E, - 12.19 1.55 8.32 r2.47 2.07 caped he could hardly tell how. An Arab had casion, Bin. Stone, Corliss, and Gage assisting in 2.31 10.25 7.37 1.38 12.12 - - Kalamazoo, - - 1 13 2.36 9.18 1.2,5 '2.47 the services. Our brother was then followed to 7.38 5.30 11.13 91V- Michigan City, - -1.23 5.18 12,12 5.03 5.25 struck at him, but he warded the blow by his um- 2.10 5.15, 3.30 2.1k 5.45 Dep. - Chicago, - Ar. 0.50 7.4u 2.50 7.30 8.80 brella. He thought Dr. Ribton and Nina bad es- Oak Hill cemetery, to be buried beside his par- P. tf. 8. M. }.x, Grand tOpidn and Detroit Express leave, Kalamazoo a 6.511 z. u., Battle Crsei#1.811. caped. At 9 o'clock Nina was brought to me fear- ents, there to await the voice of the Son of' God to 14###VIDetnit11.20A.m.lieuniN0eavesne###itp.t.4,05p.M.r Batas Ci4e..#46,1,61, ri. "Th.laul: m. Al trOinIA run iv Chicago time. • fully bruised, and her - dress and shoes covered call forth the sleeping dead. May we be ready. Day Neil viz and Mail, oast and wool, doily exeept t#1l day ruin° and Chicago Ea- 'wellies lees , and Atlantic and 1#• Y. Expresses east, daily Night and Keening Express- with blood. What a night I spent no one can tell. JOHN BYINGTON. at daily exoept Saturday. 0. W. kt700128, Gtm. Para. Aga* • 736 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. "[Vol,. 59, No. 46,

at 9 A. m., for the election of a Board of Directors, and t1i To THE BRETHREN IN MAINE. transaction of any other business that may come before tali meeting. As a majority of the stock must be represented a, I.wises to call the attention of our brethrem;,and make the meeting legal, stockholders who cannot attend will fnicuA oo# please see at once that their stock is represented by proxy] sisters in Maine to a resolution that was passed at if they have not already made such provision. S. N. HASKELL, Pres, Battle Creek, Mich., November 21, 1882. the last quarterly meeting of the Maine T. and M. In behalf of the Directors, every Society. The resolution recommended that S. D. A. E. SOCIETY. .136r Is it your desire to present your body " a believer in the third angel's message make a dona- THE Seventh-day Adventist Educational Society will hold its living Sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which tion quarterly to the Maine T. and M. Society, for eighth annual meeting at Rome, N. Y., Wednesday, Dec. 13, is your reasonable service ? " Do you wish to the purpose of paying the present indebtedness of 1882, at 9 A. AI., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that know what are the foundation principles of Chris- the society. This donation is not to be credited may come before the meeting. GEO. I. BUTLER, tian living? You will find valuable instruction to the districts, but is a special donation to the S. N. HASKELL, on these points in sister White's article, " Temper- Maine Society. Some may ask why this is not to J. H. KELLOGG, Beard of ance a Christian Duty," in this issue of the REVIEW. be credited to the district by which it is paid. C. W. STONE, H. W. KELLOGG, I Trades. The answer is, Because the State would thereby W. C. SISLEY, *kir In the article " An Enemy Turned into a be in debt to the districts, instead of to the Office, A. B. OPEN, Friend," we wish to call attention to Luther's re- and the society would be as much in debt as be- ply to the Count who came to take him prisoner, fore the donation was made. Now, if all our THE next annual session of the General Tract and Mission- ary Society will be held in connection with the Genefal Con- but was conquered by the earnestness of Luther's brethren and sisters in the State will donate each ference to convene Dec. 7, 1882, at Rome, N. Y. It is hoped prayer. After assuring the knight that it was quarter the sum of ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty- that there will be a good delegation from the various State the word and Spirit of God that had subdued bim, societies at this meeting, as important matters in conneetieli five, or fifty cents, or a dollar or more, as they are with advance steps in the missionary work will be considered. the great Reformer adds : " Though I may be able, every dollar of our indebtedness can be paid S. N. HA swami, Pres. chosen to bring his word, to honor in Christen- before another annual meeting of the society, and Charlotte, Mich., Sabbath, Nov. 25. I. D. VAN KORN, dom." Is not this the highest honor to which no one will feel any the poorer for it. Now the mortals may aspire,—the most precious privilege question is, Will we do it? It is of but little use NOTHING preventing, I will meet with the friends of th0 that can be accorded them ? cause at Fonda, Iowa, Sabbath and Sunday, NOV. 25, 20i to pass resolutions unless they are carried out. Meetings will commence Friday eve. The friends at Sac City There were quite a number of our brethren and and Storm Lake are cordially invited to meet with us. THE SEASON OF FASTING. sisters who pledged toward raising a " reserve Dayton, Nov. 21, 22, evenings. R. C. ?owns% hundred dollars. These pledges WE ask, attention to the article in this issue of fund" of five No providence preventing, Eld. C. W. Stone and others frofn the REVIEW concerning the three days appointed were to be paid on or before the first of September, Battle Creek, will meet with the church at Kalamazoo, Mielsii but there are quite a number that are not paid as Nov. 25. Tract and missionary meeting in the evening. Let for seeking God. We would suggest the propriety all attend who can possibly do so. of its being read by sorne good reader in those yet. We hope that all who have made a free-will WM. C. SISLEY, Director. offering in this way, will forward the same to the churches where no minister ie present, in the first NOTHING preventing, I will be with the church at Vert publie meeting which will beield. It may possi- secretary of the society or to Eld. J. B. Goodrich, Howard, Wis., Dec. 1-3, On ' this occasion I would like to Hartland, Me., at the earliest convenient time. meet the brethren from Wrightstown and Seymour, and others bly lead some to think of the importance of the that can come. 0. A. OLSEN.- object of appointing this season and some may Don't forget the cause, brethren. Now is the time to work and use our means to the advance- I EXPECT to begin a series of meetings at Wintersiet, IOWA, not have the REVIEW. We greatly desire that Friday evening, Nov. 24, to continue as the interest: may God shall bless us, and give us more of, his Spirit ment of the cause of present truth. A little from demand. The new meeting-house will be dedicated Sunday, this, and the work for the salvation of men will be Dec. 3. The brethren invite all who can, to attend. Bre. R. 4.; to enable us to do his work more efficiently. He Hart is expected to assist in the meetings. L MCCOY. certainly will do this, if we humbly seek him in finished, the earth will melt with fervent heat, and faith and earnestness, and confess our sins with the works that are therein will be burned up. penitence and contrition. If any think three days 2 Pet. 3 : 10. Then how much better for us that 11/1 our surplus means be used in the cause of God. too long a time to devote to the work of seeking #14011cf$ **Olt God, it is pretty good evidence that they do not S. J. HERSUM. feel about this as Israel did anciently (they often Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 15, 1882. "Not slothful in business."—Rom. 12:11. spent a week at a time in this manner) ; or as Es- iter Notice of expiration of subscription will be given by special stault ther did, who provided for a strict fast for a sim- —No father's house is full on the margin of the paper. We should be pleased to receive your renews, E'en though there seems no resting-place for more; at once. ilar,period; or as Daniel did, who spent three Forgiving arms and doors do open wide, If one repentant child implore NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all came, full weeksin this way. How much we need an a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do Apt Outside. in due time appear, and if books ordered by mail are not received, notice increase of earnestness in God's work, and of long- should be given. All other business is acknowledged below. G. I. B. No mother's heart is full, ing desires for his blessing ! Unless it be with longing, burning wild— • Heart-thobbings that no cheerful face can hide— Env. E. W. WHITNEY'S address is Decatur, Wise Co., Texas. REDUCTION OF FARE TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE. The wish to clasp her sinning child Outside. JOHN C. M. Rumex, of Virgil, Greenwood Co., Kan., would be pleased to receive a call from any Sabbath-keeper who may be passing through AFTER some delay, we have secured reduction God's flock is never full; that place. 'He also requests the address of H. T. Hoover. of fare from Chicago to Rome, N. Y., to all Fear not to enter boldly at his door, None ever were refused who there applied; T. H. GIBBS, secretary of the Kansas Conference and president of e attending the General Conference ; on the Michi- Sabbath-school Association, and Clara A. L. Gibbs, secretary, of the Kan He hath abiding place for more T. and M. Society and Sabbath-school Association, wish to•Say that the r gan Central and Canada Southern railroads, one Inside. permanent post-office address is Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kan. and one-third fare for the round trip between the points where the passenger takes the train and Books Sent by Express.—D A Wellman $11.22, G C Tenney 24.72,M S Burnham 3.22, W H Littlejohn 12.60, A D Galutia 5.25, Oliver Mation Buffalo,; on the New York Central, from Buffalo 4.00, J M Hugnley 14.65, G W Brower 36.00, Maria Cartwright 8:10.' to Rome, one and a half fare for the round trip. Books by Preight.—J Sawyer $35.00, 0 F Brown 81.60, S N Haelat 205.L4, ilosa Ryan 41.40, Ames J Tinker 38.10, Rachel A Shane 27.45. As the regular fare on this road is only two cents Cash on Account.-0 A Olsen per D T Biggs $50.00, F Howe per Bid "And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand."— Butler 6.00, J S Day per 0 B Jones 4.00, E G Alvard 1.00, Pa T &'M Society a mile, theIround trip from Buffalo to Rome and Matt. 10:7. per B L Whitney 307.19, Mrs C M Shepard 15.00, Signs of the Thnes,Xxs, return will be only three cents per mile. Excur- C M Sfrepard 35.00, R T Payne 5.00, Pa Conf Fund, Walter A Graves tithe 4.00, Wilson Pottenger per A 0 Tait 36.07, U C T & II Society per sion tickets to the Seventh-day Adventist General Colcord 54.21, Iowa T and M Society per L Hornhy 947.69, Ohio TA201 GENERAL CONFERENCE. Society per Ida Gates 244.90. Conference and return can be obtained, when THE twenty-first annual session of the General Conference Shares in S. D. A. P. Association. —S G Knight $5.00, Mrs C.__ called for, at Chicago. Battle Creek, and Detroit, of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Rome, N. Y., com- Shepard moo, C E Buck 1.50, Daniel Wilcox 10.00, Wm Wakel00010.00 mencing Thursday, Dec. 7, 1882, at 9 A. M., and continuing as Mrs Laura Faris 10.00, Win Winn 10.00. to Buffalo and return, at the above rates, and from long as may be necessary. The object of the meeting is to Donations to S. D. A. P. Association.—Adaline Lanitt116011 Buffalo to Rome and return. elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact all other Mrs Addle Armstrong 1.00. business pertaining to the cause at large, that may come before Gen. Conf. Fund.—Mich Conf tithe $1,101.09, "J M" 25.00, ktg4d Nearly all our Western ministers will have half- the meeting. All State Conferences and missionary fields in Ohio 16.31. fare permits on the roads leading into Chicago. should be represented by delegates or letters. Miele. Conf. Fund. Hickory Corners per G E Risley $5.00, Byrb. GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Center per John T Terrell 5.00, Blendon per Al Dennis 6.00. If they do not have them now, they can probably Mich. T. & M. Society.—Dist 3, 51 IC White $3.00, Dist 14 per, obtain tbem, ago that the cost of the whole trip S. D. Miller 1.45. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. Gen. T. & Society.—"J 51!' $5.00. will be. only a little over halqare rates. This THE Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold S. D. A. E. Society.—J B Dunlap $10.00. its twenty-third annual session at Rome, N. Y., Thursday, Dec. will be quite reasonable, and, nay perhaps be an European Mission.—J C Borden $2.50, "J M " 10.00, Mrs C M men inducement to some desiring to go East who could 14, 1882, at 9 o'clock A. m., for the election of trustees for the and 10.00, Lizzie Grassell 4.00, Nancy Miles 2.00, Rachel Buck 1.00, Mae ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that Marvin 5.00. not otherwise *Ake the trip. It will be seen that re the meeting. may come befo For J. N. Andrews.—Sarah Haysmer $5.00, L S Shear 200, KM tickets fof the ittiund flip must be obtained at the In behalf of the Trustees. M. J. CHAPMAN, Sec. Edmunds (deceased) 2.80. places ofstarting thentioned above, in order to English Mission.—J C Borden $2.50, Mrs C M Shepard 10.00, Anna P "secure: the vednetion. HEALTH REFORM INSTITUTE. Hough 1.00, Ellerellaynes 1.00, Jasper Pitsonbarger 1.09, Louisa Filer 1.00, Fuitlie*Oftleula,rs next week. TRE stockholders of the Health Reform Institute will hold Danish Mission.—Nes C M Shepard 10,00. .P:Eo. I. RIITLER, Pres. Gen. Conf. their sixteenth annual meeting at Rome, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1882, Aikent Tidende.—Marla Johnson $2,50,