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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." Rev. 14 : 12. VOLUME 37. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1871. NUMBER 8.

Zlze xttrirm and WeraId quickly, and my reward is with me." Rev. 2. Because it was subversive of all those Offices are in operation. The orders issued rep. 22 11, 12. " And at that time shall Mi- forms of fanaticism which had made their resented $34,054,000, being more than $9,000,- IS ISSUED WEEKLY BY chael stand up, the great prince which stand- appearance somewhat in connection with the 000 over the previous year. The number of or- The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, eth for the children of Thy people, and there second-advent cause. These were at once ders paid represented $34,000,000, being an in- BATTLE CREEK, MICH. shall be a time of trouble, such as never swallowed up by the solemn power of the crease over last year of $9,500,000. After pay- was." Dan. 12 : 1. , midnight cry, as the rods of the magicians ing expenses, there was a net profit of $90,000. ELDER JAMES WHITE, PRESIDENT. But the shut door of the parable illustrates were by the rod of Aaron. The number of post-offices in the United States, &a-TERNS: See Last Page. the closing of Christ's work in the holy place 3. Because the work was marked with so- June 30, 1870, was 28,492 ; number of post-qf- of the heavenly sanctuary, at the end of the briety, humility, solemnity, reverence, self- fices established during the fiscal year ending June 2300 prophetic days of Dan. 8 : 14, when examination, repentance, confessions, and 30, 1870, 2,359 ; number of post-offices discon- SHALL I EVER DWELL THERE? the heavenly Bridegroom entered upon that tinued during the fiscal year ending June 30, tears, instead of lightness, exaltation, trifling, 1870, 962; increase of post-offices, 1,397. WHEN the glorified saints, a holy band, last work of atonement which is to terminate irreverent expressions, self-justification, pride Whole number of domestic letters originating in On the sea of glass triumphant stand, with his union with the throne of the immor- in spiritual things, voluntary humility, and Shall I with that holy and happy throng, tal kingdom.* the United States received, 3,932,045 ; increase Be permitted to join in the victor's song? will-worship, which generally characterize over previous year, 4.58 per cent. Letters orig- Shall I that beautiful city see ? At that time Christ closed one distinct the conduct of fanatics. inating in foreign countries and addressed to places Those pearly gates, will they ope for me? ministration, or shut the door of the holy 4. Because the work bore the fruit of the in the United States, 220,415; increase over Shall I walk in those golden streets so fair, place, and opened another distinct ministra- And gaze on the glories glowing there? Spirit of God, as set forth in the New Testa- previous year, 18.09 per cent. tion, or opened the door of the most holy ment. It was evidently guided b.)* wisdom Ah ! the only way to that city of God, place, as he, the great high priest, entered it from above. The apostle James declares Is a rough and narrow and thorny road ; to cleanse the sanctuary. The Sabbath. It leads through a gate that is strait and low, this wisdom to be "first pure, then peaceable, No worldly business can through it go. This open, and this shut, door are thus gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of " IT is God's first command. The patriarchs And none but the pure will be taken there; spoken of in the address to the Philadelphia mercy and good fruits, without partiality, kept it. Sinai preached it. The holy tables For no sin can ever its beauty mar. church : " These things saith He that is gave it central place. The holy ark incased it. But I am unholy, my sins I view, and without hypocrisy." Chap. 3 : 17. By nature vile, what shall I do ? holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of Paul says that the fruit of the Spirit is love, The Jewish Church revered it. Prophets en- David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth, joy, peace,' long-suffering, gentleness, good- forced it. Jesus upheld it. The apostles sanc- A fountain I see ; it is opened wide ; and shutteth, and no man openeth ; I know ness, faith, meekness, temperance. Gal. 5: tioned it. The Christian church throughout all It flows from my Saviour's wounded side; time has prized it. The prophetic finger still I'll wash in that fountain till free from sin ; thy works. Behold, I have set before thee 22, 23. These are the good fruits of the an open door, and no man can shut it." points to it as a last-day blessing (Isa. 66 : 23). And I'll shrink not from trials, from toil, and pain, work and Spirit of God, and these did all Eternity waits to be an eternity of Sabbath. Though the way is rough, and my weary feet Rev. 3: 7, 8. The term, " key of David," appear in an eminent sense as the results of Are pierced with thorns, and strong foes I meet; What profane indifference would tread it down ? Yet firmly I'll walk in the narrow way, in this text, has direct reference to Christ's the midnight cry. Vain is the effort. It must still live. It has an Till I reach the bright realms of eternal day. reception of the throne of David, which is his Of all the great religious movements since innate life. The will which made it is divine. rightful throne, the throne of the immortal the days of the first apostles of our Lord, As in the ark it rode triumphant over ungodly A little while longer I'll patiently bear kingdom. And the entire address to the Earth's sorrows and trials, they soon will be o'er. none stand out more pure and free from the graves, so now it strides above ungodly foes. It A little while longer—and then, oh ! then, Philadelphia (brotherly love) church applies imperfections of human nature and the wiles must march on till time is lost in one Sabbatic A golden harp and a diadem ; to that glorious period in the history of Ad- of Satan, than that of the autumn of 1844. rest."—Dean Law. A beautiful home in those mansions fair— ventists, when, by the power of the midnight With the pure and good, I may ever dwell there. In fact, after looking back upon it for more The preceding words of Dean Law are stl'on., There Jesus shall reign, and his presence will be, cry in the autumn of 1844, every heart beat than twenty-six years as the greenest spot and to the point, if we make them all apply to the The sunlight and joy of eternity. in union, and every voice was raised in the on all the way in which God has led his peo- true Sabbath, instead of a part of them to a coun- F. BIDELER. joyful proclamation, " Behold, the Bride- ple, we do not see how it could have been terfeit, It is true, as Alex. Campbell said, " that Beeuben Co., N. Y. groom cometh ; go ye out to meet him." better, at least so far as the direct provi- the Sabbath never was changed, nor could it be, Was the door of mercy then shut ? No ! dence and work of God are concerned. It unless creation were to be gone through again." OUR FAITH AND HOPE ; The truth is so far from this that the Com- was beyond the control of human hands, or But what Sabbath did Jesus uphold ? Let ing One declares to his dear, waiting people, human minds. Men and demons sought to those who believe in the Sunday, prove that Je- Or, Reasons Why We Believe as We Do. "Behold, I have set before thee an open hinder and to mar this work; -but the power sus did not uphold the same Sabbath which his Father had instituted, "the patriarchs kept," and NUMBER EIGHT.—PARABLE OF TEN door." This door our great High Priest that attended it brushed away their influence opened when he entered upon the work of " the prophets enforced." It is very plain that VIRGINS. as you would remove a spider's web, and Jesus recognized the law of the Sabbath, when he cleansing the heavenly sanctuary from the there stood the work of God, free from the BY ELDER JAMES WHITE. said, Whosoever shall break one of these least sins of all his people. Before the ark of print of a man's hand. commandments and teach men so, the same shall " What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the the ten commandments and the mercy-seat, • The Advent Shield published in January, be called least in the kingdom of Heaven; but end of the world?"—DISCIPLES. he stands, ready to offer his blood in behalf 1845, bears testimony to the character of whosoever shall do and teach them,the same shall " When ye shall see all these things, know that it is of all who will, by faith, enter with him. that work, in words of truth and soberness. be called great in the kingdom of Heaven. Matt. near, even at the doors."—JRsus. Matt. 24: 8, 33. Verses 11-13: "Afterward came also the And let it be borne in mind that the Shield 5 : 19. Therefore in recognizing the law, he up- IN the parable, while the foolish 'virgins other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to was a standard work, of 440 pages, for all held and enforced the Sabbath and not the Sun- were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came ; us. But he answered and said, Verily I say Adventists at that time, and that the follow- day. those that were ready went in with him to unto you, I know you not. Watch, there- ing testimony from it was not published till But what Sabbath did the apostles sanction ? the marriage, and the door was shut. Our fore ; for ye know neither the day nor the about three months after the seventh-month Certainly not the first day of the week, for had position is, that before the second advent, hour wherein the Son of Man cometh." movement, when Adventists had taken time Paul kept that, how could he say that he had events take place on earth and in Heaven, The wise virgins represent those who occu- to review the past, and settle, as was supposed, done nothing contrary to the customs of his fa- connected with the experience and history of pied a correct position in 1844, and those upon a firm, united position : thers? Acts 28 : 17. Surely the Jews would have those who are called out to wait for the Lord, who still receive it and adhere to it. These accused him of breaking the Sabbath, had he not " It produced everywhere the most deep kept it; and there is no proof that he kept two which may be, and will be, likened, or com- were in a state, of acceptance with Christ, searching of heart and humiliation of soul days in the week. pared, to the several events of an eastern and could be represented as going in with before the God of high Heaven. It caused marriage named by our Lord. The bride- him to the marriage. And do not the fool- It is true that the prophetic finger points to the a weaning of affections from the things of Sabbath as a last-day blessing • but the proof text groom, in the parable, represents Christ. ish virgins, who came afterward represent this world, a healing of controversies and (Isa. 66 : 23) must refer to what will be in the The coming of the bridegroom, and the mar- those who in 1854 occupied an erroneous animosities, a confession of wrongs, a break- new earth, instead of the last days. The context riage, in the parable, represent events that position in regard to the prophetic periods ? ing down before God, and penitent, broken- seems to prove this; in fact, all must admit it, tak place in Heaven in connection with the The light upon the cleansing of the heav- hearted supplications to him for par,don and unless the position is taken that the new heavens reception of the throne of the immortal king- enly sanctuary had been given. The open acceptance. It caused self-abasement and and new earth are spiritualized to mean the moral dom by the rightful heir, Jesus Christ. The door of the most holy place, revealing the prostration of soul, such as we never before condition of the church. This position is taken marriage of the Lamb takes place before the ark of the ten commandments, had been set witnessed." by some of the orthodox spiritualizing commenta- second advent, so that at Christ's second before all Adventists. But many closed their tors. appearing he eyes, and rebelled against the law of God in Dan. 7 : 25, plainly refers to the Sabbath in the returns from the wedding. United States Postal System. These facts will appear evident from a close that ark. The rejection of so clear light last days, and other texts which might be quoted. examination of Ps. 2 : 8, 9 ; Dan. 7 : 13, 14 ; left them exposed to the terrible delusion of THE following figures and statistics are from How true it is that the Sabbath is now marching above " ungodly foes." Is not the dragon waging Matt. 12 : 36. a false time movement in 1854. And the the summary of operations of the Post-office De- his most skillful warfare against those " who keep The shutting of the door, in this parable, folly of these timeists is manifested in that partment of the United States for the fiscal year they have departed from the true position on the commandments of Go, and have the testi- does not represent the closing of human pro- ending 30th June last :— mony of Jesus Christ" ? But notwithstanding bation, sometimes called the shutting of the time, have rejected the open door, and are in this opposition, commandment-keepers are increas- door of mercy. That last decisive event is rebellion against the law of God. The stamps and stamped envelopes and wrappers ing; for " truth is mighty and will prevail." sold during the year by postmasters amounted to at the close of Christ's ministration in the CHARACTER OF THE WORK. WILLIAM PENNIMAN. most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary, $18,581,000, being an increase over the previous Woodburn, Ill. and is spoken of by our Lord thus : " When As to the character of the work which year of $1, 409,000. once the Master of the house is risen up, and resulted from giving what was called the There were in the' service of the Department midnight cry, in 1844, it evidently was the on the 30th of June, 7,295 contractors for the IT is a sad thing to see a person, or a family, hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand transportation of mails ; of mail-routes in operation, who makes one day just like another; who does without, and to knock at the door, saying, special work of God. It was not, as many suppose, the result of fanaticism. there are 8,861, aggregating in length, 231,232 not care to make one day better than any of the Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall an- others; that regards all things as good enough. 1. Because it bore the marks miles ; in annual transportation, 97,924,996 miles; swer and say unto you, I know you not whence -of the espe- and in annual cost, $10,884,653. Adding the On a low level, it is a moral influence that leads ye are." Luke 13 : 25. That is when Jesus cial providence of God. It was not charac- compensation of railway post-office clerks, route one to dress better on some occasions than on rises from his mediatorial work, lays off his terized by those extremes ever manifested agents, mail passengers, mail-route messengers, others, and to spread a better table on some occa- priestly garments, and puts on his royal where human excitement, and not the word and baggage-masters in charge of registered pack- sions than on others. Although I should not robes. Then will the King of kings pro- and Spirit of God, has the controlling influ- ages, amounting to $1,470,890, the annual aggre- dignify such efforts as these by calling them reli- claim in Heaven, to be repeated by the church ence. It was in harmony with those seasons gate cost was $12,355,543, being an increase over gious, I do say that they are minor forms of the on earth : " He that is unjust, let him be un- of humiliation, rending of heart, confession, the preceding year in length of routes, 7,501 miles; inspiration of moral feeling, and indicate the die- just still; and he which is filthy, let him be and complete consecration of all, which are on annual transportation, 6,301,593; and in the position that is so necessary—the disposition to cost, of $478,152. Adding the increased cost for go up; to leave lower forms in favor of higher filthy still ; and he that is righteous, let him, matters of history in the Old Testament, and are made matters of duty in the New. railway post-office clerks and agents, $195,663, developments, both in material things, in social be righteous still ; and he that is holy, let making a total increase of cost of $672,815. elements, in intellectual progress, and in moral es- him be holy still. And behold, I come * See works on the cleansing of the sanctuary. Two thousand and seventy-six Money Order tate. It is aspiration, in one of its lower forms 58 ADVENT REVIEW AND HE RALD OF THE SABBATH.

European Events in 1870. which rested on the man who drives into war and between the 1st and 7th Prussian army corps and citadel was blown up, killing 200 French soldiers havoc two great and tranquil nations, yearning French forces, who were driven into the city with and 150 Prussians. July 13.-In the Ecumenical Council, the for peace and the enjoyment of the common bless- a loss of 4000 men. Sept. 12.-The troops of Italy, under the dogma of papal infallibility was finally adopted by ings of Christian civilization and prosperity, and August 16.-Battle of Doncourt, fought by command of General Cortona, crossed the bound- a vote of 450 to 88. for contests more salutary than those of blood. General Steinmetz, of the 1st Prussian army aries of the papal territories with the intention of July 14.-Count Benedetti the French ambas- " Those who rule France have shrewdly stud- corps, against the French center and left, with a advancing upon Rome and occupying it. Proc- sador, demanded an audience of the King of ied the proper method of hitting the sensitive design of forcing the French upon the 3d army lamation was made that the local authority in the Prussia, at Ems in Nassau, to exact that Hohen- pride of that great neighboring nation, and to corps under the Crown Prince. papal territories would be respected, and that the zollern's renunciation be made perpetual, and that promote selfish interests have misguided it. Then, Battle of Pont a 'Mousson, fought by pope would be protected by the Italian troops. the royal veto be applied to any fresh approach to as our fathers have done, let us fight for liberty The papal troops made no resistance to the Ital- the Prince on the subject of the Spanish crown. and our rights, against wrongs inflicted by a for- General Alvensleben with the 3d and 10th Prus- sian army corps, and the 8th and 7th army corps ians. In some instances they withdrew be- The King declined to receive the ambassador, and eign conqueror; and as he was with our fathers, fore them ; in others they fraternized with them. answered him, through an aid-de-camp, that he so God will be with us in a struggle without commanded by Prince Frederick Charles, and the French army under Generals De Caen, L'Ad- Proclamation issued by the King of had no further communication to make. which Europe can never enjoy lasting peace." mirault Frossard and Canrobert. The fight con- Italy, who said : " Peace, order, and self-govern- July 15.-The Duo D'Grammont, in the French The French troops passed the frontier ment, and not war, are brought and offered by Senate, made the following declaration in refer- of Prussia near Saarbrucken, and seized the Prus- tinued, twelve hours. The Prussian Generals Doering and Widel were killed, and Generals the Italians, and the papacy will remain inviolate.' ence to the causes of the dissatisfaction with Prus- sian custom-house, being the first open act of war. Roucy and Gruseher wounded. The French re- Sept. 13.-General Cortona advancing into the sia : July 20.-In the French Corps Legislatif the treated to Verdun. The French lost in killed papal territories, was resisted at Civita Castellana, " Messieurs :-The manner in which the coun- Due D'Grammont announced that war had been Generals Le Grande and Montain. by the papal Zouaves of the garrison, who opened try received our declaration of the 6th of July declared with Prussia and her allies in the fol- fire upon the Italians. After a battle of about an led us to commence negotiations with Prussia, to lowing words : August 17.-Battle of Mars la Tour, between hour, the papal forces surrendered. secure her recognition of the validity of our griev- " Messieurs : The expose presented to you on Metz and Verdun, which continued for five The pope protested to the foreign di- ances. We did not treat with Spain, whose in- the 15th inst. made known the causes we have hours ; the French were defeated, and retired plomatic body against the invasion of the Roman dependence we have no wish to trammel, nor with for war against Prussia. According to the rules upon Metz with a loss of 2000 prisoners, 2 eagles, territory by the Italian troops. the Prince of Hohenzollern, whom we consider and usage of nations, and by order of the Em- 17 cannon, and a large number of killed and Sept. 15.-Peace propositions made by the wounded. to be under the shadow of the King. Nor have peror, I have requested the Charge d'Affairs at Prussian embassy-the cession of Alsace and we advanced any other grievance than the candi- Berlin to notify the Cabinet of Prussia of our res- August 18.-Battle of Gravelotte (by the French Lorraine, and the dismantling of the French for- dacy of the Prince of the Spanish throne. olution to seek, with arms, the guarantee we called the battle of Rezonville) between the Prus- tresses on the German frontier-were refused by " The Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs op- could not obtain by discussion. This has been sians and French under Bazaine ; the battle lasted the French Provisional Government. posed to us a determination not to receive our done, and I have the honor to make knoyvn to the ten hours; the French were repulsed and driven Sept. 16.-The French Provisional Govern- representation, pretending to ignore the affair. Corps Legislatif that, in consequence thereof, a back on Metz, and communication between Metz ment raised the blockade of the Baltic and North We then addressed ourselves to the King, who state of war exists since the 19th, between France and Paris and Bazaine and McMahon destroyed. Sea ports. maintained that he was a stranger to the affair, and Prussia. This declaration applies to all Loss 40,000 in killed and wounded. The Italian troops took Civita Yee- and could not intervene except as head of the friends of Prussia who give her armed assistance." August 19.-General Trochu was declared Gov- chia without resistance. family, but he avowed that he had instructed July 21.-The French Minister of foreign af- ernor of Paris. Sept. 17.-The Prussians being in front of, Bismarck. We could not accept that answer, fairs addressed a diplomatic circular to French August 24.-Chalons was evacuated by the and nearly surrounding, Paris, the foreign Minis- and we demanded that the King should influence agents at foreign capitals, setting forth the rea- French. ters left that city and went to Tours. the Prince of Hohenzollern. Desistance in sons which impelled France to war. August 25.-Battle at Stenay between the Sept. 18.-Five divisions of Italian troops, un- the project came from the quarter whence it July 23.-The Emperor of France issued a French and Prussians, in which the latter were der General Cortona, invested the city of Rome. was least expected. We then demanded that the proclamation to the people of France. successful, and the railway was cut between Chau- Sept. 19.-Battle of Chatelon. The 2c1 Bav- King should give a promise for the future. July 27.-The Emperor Napoleon III. pub- vanges and La Mouilly. arian Corps, supported by the Prussians, were ""This moderate demand, made in moderate lished a decree, conferring the title of regent upon The garrison,of Vitry La Francais sur- attacked by the French under General Du Crat. terms, we declared to be without any reservations. the Empress, with authority to exercise the func- rendered to the Prussians 1000 men, 16 guns. The French were defeated and driven back, los- The King declined to say that he would refuse in tions of that office during the absence of the Em- August 28.-Battle of Mouzon between Prus- ing 9 cannon and over 1000 prisoners. future to interfere with the candidature, and he peror from the capital. sians and French, being a flank movement by the Sept. 21.-Rome was occupied by the Italian refused to authorize us to transmit to you a dec- August 1.-In consequence of negotiations be- Crown Prince against the army of McMahon, with troops after a short fight with the papal Zouaves. laration that he would in future oppose the can- tween Italy and France, in which the former intention to cut off his junction with Bazaine. The pope ordered the white flag to be hoisted. didature. He declared that he reserved to him- government undertook to protect the pope in the The French were defeated. The Italian troops then entered the city, and they self the right to consider circumstances. Even occupation of Rome, and guaranteed the preserva- August 30.-Battle of Beaumont between the were received by the inhabitants with demonstre- after this refusal we did not break off negotia- tion of order in that city, the French troops com- French and Prussians. The French, under Mc- tions of joy. tions, but adjourned our explanation to you until menced an evacuation of that city. Mahon, were driven upon the Belgian frontier, , Sept. 23.-The fortress of Toul, France, ca- this date. Yesterday we were apprised that the 'Austria gave notice to the pope that their camp fell into the hands of the Prussians, pitulated to the Prussians, with the garrison and King of Prussia had notified our ambassador that the Concordat was abrogated in consequence of the and the pursuit continued for several miles; 12 all the material of war. he would no longer receive him, and to render a promulgation of the infallibility dogma. guns and several thousand prisoners were taken. Sept. 24.-Negotiations for peace, between M. rupture more obvious, he gave notice of his ac- August 2.-French troops crossed the frontier, August 31.-Battle of Sedan between the Favre, on the part of France, and Count Bismarck,' tions to the Cabinets of Europe. invaded the hights which overlooked Saarbruck, French and Prussians, in which the latter were at the Prussian headquarters, having failed, the " At the same time he announced that Baron carried them, and drove the Prussians from the successful. French Government issued the following, giving Werther might take leave, and the armaments of town. The Prussian force was but two compa- September 1.-Second day of the battle of Se- the proposed terms of the Prussians : Prussia had commenced. nies. The losses were light on both sides. The dan. The French were beaten, and retreated on TOURS, Sept. 24.-The following news is offi- " On our part, we yesterday called out the re- Emperor Napoleon sent to the Empress the follow- Mezieres. 10,000 officers and soldiers were forced vial serves, and have taken such other measures as ing despatch : "Louis has received his baptism into Belgian territory, where they were required " PROCLAMATION TO FRANCE.-Before the siege the interest and honor of the country demanded." of fire. He was admirably cool and little impressed. to immediately surrender their arms. of Paris, M. Jules Favre desired to see Count von July 16.-The French Senate waited upon the A division of Frossard's command carried the Sept. 2.-General Wimpfen, commanding the Bismarck, to know the intentions of the enemy Emperor and Empress at St. Cloud. M. Rucker, hights overlooking the Saar. The Prussians French army in place of McMahon, who was and the following is the declaration of the enemy : the President, said " the Senate thanked the made a brief resistance. Louis and I were in wounded, capitulated to the King of Prussia, sur- " Prussia wishes to continue the war in order Emperor for permission of expressing to the front where bullets fell about us. Louis keeps a rendering to the latter his whole army, estimated to reduce France to a second-rate power. She throne its patriotic sentiments. A monarchical ball he picked up. The soldiers wept at his tran- at 122,000 strong. On the same day the Ern- demands Alsace and Lorraine as far as Metz by combination, imperious to the prestige and secu- quillity. We lost an officer and ten men." peror Napoleon III., who was with McMahon's right of conquest, and before consenting to an rity of France, had been mysteriously favored by August 3.-Prussians crossed the frontier, and army, also surrendered to King William of Prus- armistice she demands the rendition of Stras- Prussia. On our representations, Prince Leopold attacked Weissenburg, which was taken by storm sia. bourg, Toul, and Fort Mont Valerien at Paris. renounces the throne of Spain, who returns our by the army of the crown prince and Bavarian Sept. 5.-The Corps Legislatif, the members of " Paris is exasperated, and will rather bury friendship, then renounces a candidature so wound- troops. General Douay's division of Marshal the left and left center voting, pronounced a decree herself beneath her own ruins than agree to such ing to us. Without doubt, immediate danger was McMahon's corps was defeated and driven from of " decheance," or exclusion from the throne, of insolent pretensions. We can respond but by thus avoided, but a legitimate complaint remains. its camp, and General Douay was killed. the Emperor Napoleon and his family. The Re- resistance to the last extremity. France accepts " Was it not evident that a foreign power, to August 6.-Battle of Woerth (called by the public was proclaimed in the Hotel de Ville. the struggle, and counts upon her children. the prejudice of our honor and interests, wished French, battle of Froschweiler) fought by the A Government. of National Defense, (Signed) " GLAIS BIZOIN. to disturb the balance of power in Europe ? Had Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia and Marshal composed of eleven members and all deputies of " FOURICHON." we not the right to demand of that power guar- McMahon, in which the latter was defeated and Paris, constituted and ratified by popular acclam- " CREMIEUX. antees against a possible recurrence of such an retired upon Bitsche. The French lost two ea- ation. Their names are MM. Arago, Emanuel Sept. 28.-Strasbourg, which had been be- attempt ? This is refused, and the dignity of gles, six mitrailleuses, 4000 prisoners, and 30 Cremieux, Jules Favre, Jules Ferry, Garabetta, sieged by the Prussians, was surrendered by the France insulted. Your majesty draws the sword, guns; 5000 killed, wounded, and missing. The Gamier Pages, Glais Bizoin, Eugene Pelleton, French commander, General Ulrich, with 17,000 and the country is with you, eager for and proud Prussian loss, killed, wounded, and missing, 3500. Picard, Rochefort, and Jules, Simon. General men and 451 officers. of the occasion. You have waited long; but Battle of Saarbrucken, or Hagenau, Trochu was reappointed Minister of War in place Sept. 30.-Battle before Paris;troops of the during this occasion you have raised to perfectiona near Spiehren Hills. The French were attacked of General Palikao. The officers of the Provi- Crown Prince were attacked by te French, and the military organization of France.. by the Prussians of Steinmetz's corps, under Gen- sional Government at Paris were distributed as, some heavy fighting took place. The French " By your care France is prepared. Her en- eral Kamess. General Frossard, commanding follows : Minister of the Interior, Leon Gambetta; were finally repulsed, and took refuge under the thusiasm shows that, like your Majesty, she will the French army, was defeated, and retreated to- Marine, Martin Furechon ; Foreign'Affairs, Jules guns of the forts. not tolerate wrong. Let our august Empress be- wards Metz. Favre; Finance, Ernest Picard; Public Instruc- Oct. 2.-The Plebiscitum was taken in the late come again the depositary of imperial power. August 7.-The Empress-Regent Eugenie de- tion, Jules Simon ; Justice, Isaac Cremieux ; 'War, Papal States upon the following question : " Is a The great body of the state surround Her Maj- clared Paris in a state of siege. General Louis Jules Trochu; President of the union with the Kingdom of Italy under the con- esty with their absolute devotion. The nation has August 10.-Great agitation in Pula in conse- Council, M. Grevy ; Secretary, General Andre stitutional rule of Victor Emanuel and his sue- faith in her wisdom and energy. Let your Maj- quence of the news of the defeat of the French Laverlejon ; Public Works, Pierre Doreau ; Com- cessors desirable ?" The vote was as follows : In esty resume with noble confidence the command troops. In the Corps Legislatif violent attacks mace, Joseph Magnin; Mayor of Paris, Etienne the province of Rome, ayes 47,961, noes 68; of the legions, as you did at Magenta and Sol- were made by members upon the ministry, in Arago; Prefect of Police, Keratky. In the Province of Viterbo, ayes 24,207, noes 228; ferino. consequence of which, M. 011ivier and his col- streets of Paris there was much agitation, but no Province of Frosinone, ayes 25,536, noes 271. " If peril has come, the hour of victory is near; leagues resigned. The Empress Regent called serious disturbance. The imperial insignia, were Oct. 7.-Battle near Streamy, in the neighbor- soon a grateful country will decree to her children upon Count Palikao (General Montauban) to torn down by the people wherever they were hood of Metz. Marshal Bazaine, commanding the honors of triumph. Soon Germany will be form a new ministry. within reach. The statue of the Emperor Na- the garrison, made a desperate attempt to break freed from the domination which has oppressed Strasburg was invested on all sides by poleon III., at the Bourse, was thrown down. through the Prussian line with his entire force. her, and peace will be restored to Europe through the Prussians, who summoned the city to sur- • Sept. 5.-Jules Favre,ister in of Foreign Af- After a fight of several hours, he was repulsed, the glory of our arms. Your Majesty, who so render. General Beyer, commanding the city, fairs of the French Republic, issued a circular and driven back into Metz. The loss was severe recently received a proof of the national good will, refused. Siege was then commenced. containing the following points : on both sides. may then once more devote yourself to the re- August 12.-The Prussians bombarded and " The policy of France is peace, leaving Ger- Oct. 9.-Battle of Artenay. The French troops forms, the realization of which is only retarded. captured the fortress of Dulzelstein and Lichten- many mistress of her own destinies. The King were attacked by the Prussians, and finally driven Time only is needed to conquer." burg in the Vosges mountains. of Prussia had said that he made war against the from their positions into the forest. The battle July 19.-The Reichstag or North German Nancy was evacuated by Marshal Mc- dynasty, and not against France ; yet the dynasty lasted 6 hours. Parliament m.et at Berlin. The King of Prussia Mahon's army, and entered by the army of the is gone, and France is free; yet this impious war Oct. 10.-At Havana, the proclamation of opened the session with a speech, in which he Crown Prince of Prussia. continues. Will the king face this responsibility Serrano, regent of Spain, was published, decree- said : Pont a Mousson, south of Metz, was before the world and before history ? France ing, under the sanction of the national Cortes, " Prussia had no interest in the election of the taken by a force of Prussians and held for some yields not one foot of soil, not one stone of a for- that slavery should be abolished. Prince of Hohenzollern for the Spanish throne, time. tress. A shameless peace means extermination of Oct. 12.-Battle of Orleans, France. French except that it might bring peace to a friendly Fourichon, Vice Admiral of the French ousr cause and that of Europe. We are undis- troops holding the approaches to the town were - people. It had, nevertheless, furnished the Em- navy, commanding naval forces in North Sea, is- ma,yed. The army is resolute and provided." attacked by the Prussians, driven in, and the city peror of the French with a pretext for war un- sued a proclamation declaring a blockade after Sept. 6.-The garrison at Strasbourg made a finally taken by assault. 10,000 prisoners were known to diplomacy, and, scorning peace, he had the 15th August, 1870, of " the coasts of Prussia successful sortie on the Prussians, capturing taken by the Prussians. indulged in language toward Germany which and the North German Confederation, extending many guns. The Prussians attempting to cross Oct. 16.-The city of Soissons (France) ca- could only have been prompted by a miscalcula- from the island of Borkum to the north of Eider." on pontoons, between Port Juifs and Port Aus- pitulated to the Prussians; 4000 prisoners and 132 tion of her strength. August 14.-Battle of Longueville. The terlitz, were repulsed by mitrailleuses. From guns were taken. " Germany was powerful enough to resent such French army retreating on Metz, crossing to the 8000 to 10,000 Prussians were killed and wounded Oct. 18.-Chateau D'Eau was captured by language and repel such violence. He said so in left bank of the Moselle, were attacked by the in these movements. the Prussians after a siege of 10 hours. all reverence, knowing that the event was in God's Prussians and defeated. Sept. 11.-Laon, France, surrendered to the Oct. 24.-The city of Schlestadt (France) ca- hands. lie had fully weighed the responsibility August 15.-Battle under the walls• of Metz Prussian advance. After they had entered, the pitulated to the Prussians after a severe bombard- ADVENT REVIEW AND HE RAID OF THE SABBATH. 59

ment. There were surrendered 2400 prisoners, niture. If secret dissatisfaction is ready to spring It is a terrible fact that the choice of nearly all disheartenment with those who, having put on 120 cannon. up, go a step further, and visit the homes of the our functionaries is really controlled in the dram Christ, have a rough time of it in trying to keep Oct. 27.--Marshal Bazaine, holding the gar- suffering poor; behold dark, cheerless apartments, shops. It is a terrible fact that the Romanists him on. rison of Metz, capitulated to the Prussians. insufficient clothing, and absence of all the com- receive about everything they demand—whether As well hold the sun in the heavens responsible They took possession of the fortress, 3 marshals forts and refinements of social life, and then re- it be immunity in an " Elm Park Riot," or an for the clouds that obstruct its rays, as to hold of France, 66 generals, 6000 officers, and 173,000 turn to your own with a joyful spirit. You will appropriation of public moneys to a sectarian in- the Sun of Righteousness responsible for the ob- troops. then be prepared to meet your husband with stitution. It is a terrible fact that human life is structions he meets with in his illumination of Oct. 30.—The French Government at Tours a grateful heart, and be ready to appreciate• the becoming fearfully insecure; and justice is bought mankind. The water that bubbles up so crystal- issued a proclamation to the people of France toil and self-denial which he has endured in and sold in the city court-rooms. It is a terrible line in the spring among the mountains, is not to charging Marshal Bazaine with having betrayed the business world to surround you with the de- fact that laws for closing dens of debauchery on be confounded with the same water after it has France in the surrender of Metz, and having lights of home; and you will be ready to co-oper- God's day are openly set at defiance. It is a ter- washed the feet of the cattle in the meadow, and " made himself the agent of the man of Sedan, ate cheerfully with him in so arranging your ex- rible fact that legislators in our city halls and in the turned the wheels of a hundred distilleries. and an accomplice of the invader." The proc- penses, that his mind will not be constantly bar- State Capitol are bought up at so much per head, It will relieve us of much vexation and be the lamation appealed to Frenchmen to maintain the rassed with fears lest his family expenditure may like bullocks in the shambles. For how else saving of the souls of some of us, to settle it once, republic under every sacrifice, and in every dan- encroach upon public payments. Be independent. under the sun could men get rich by legislation and for all, that Christians are imitators, not ex- ger. A young housekeeper never needed greater moral at three or four dollars a day 7—T. L. Cul- amples. They have no right to set themselves Dijon, France, capitulated to the Prus- courage than she does now, to resist the arrogance ler, D. D. up as examples, neither have any the right to sians after a bombardment of 8 hours.—Frank- of fashion. Do not let the A's and B's decide make them their examples. Let us distinguish, lin Almanac for 1871. what you must have—neither let them hold the then, between the business of making ourselves Too Anxious to Reap. strings of- your purse. You know best what you ensamples, and being ensamples as the result of our imitation of the only Ensample set before us in Don't Live beyond Your Means. can and ought to afford. It matters but little AN over-anxiety to see the result of their la- what people think, provided you are true to your- bor is a prevailing weakness of the professional the gospels. I may not make the forsaking of my " Tms is pleasant !" exclaimed a young hus- self and family. ministry of our day. They seem to forget that impenitence turn upon my being furnished, from band, taking his seat in the rocking-chair as the sowing is the peculiar business of Christ's minis- among my companions, a specimen of ideal peni- supper things were removed. The fire, glowing ters; and though a Paul may plant and an Apol- tence. There is no such by-law of Christ's law. in the grate, revealed a pretty and neatly-fur- The Pope of Rome. los may water, God must give the increase. Any Even human legislation scouts the plea. And I nished sittin,-room, with all the appliances of com- may not sicken with self-depreciation, because there A. D. SEPTEMBER 13, 1870. The Italian increase gathered in any other way is not legiti- fort. The fatiguing business of the day was over, the least, premature and is a Christian before me who is outwardly my su- troops of' Victor Emanuel, king of Italy, are mate fruit—it is, to say and he sat enjoying what he had all day been an- perior, nor because there are so few who adorn entering Rome, to occupy the papal territory. unripe. " Sow thy seed in the morning, and in ticipating, the delights of his own fireside. His the evening withhold not thy hand "—no part of the holy doctrine by a holy behavior. The out- We might say, Now the papal tyranny ends; but pretty wife, Esther, took her work and sat down the day set apart for reaping. Men are too anx- ward life is as deceptive as the inward heart. we dare not. What the end will be I know not. by the table. ious to manifest great results of their labors—too For the rebuke of the ungodly and of the dis- It is not 1116 years since Pope Stephen wrote to " It is pleasant to have a home of one's own," anxious to number their host and thereby meas- heartened, there stands one among them whom Pepin, king of Pari4, sending him a letter, a he again said, taking a satisfactory survey of his ure their strength and importance; so much so they know not as they should. He is the only forged letter, purporting to be from St. Peter, little quarters. The cold rain beat against the that they do not scruple to " gather where they example which the New-Testament policy of hu- ordering him under pains and penalties to render windows, and he thought he felt really grateful have not strewn," and place the gatherings to man reconstruction has agreed to furnish. Ecce certain assistance to the See of Rome. Up for all his present comforts. their own credit. Better be patient, content in Homo I He is the only sample specimen of his to this time, the Pope, as any other ecclesias- " Now, if we only had a piano," exclaimed the the humble calling of a sower, foregoing the own, religion, the only pattern believer of his own tic, was subject to the ruling monarch. A. D. wife. praises and titles of men, bestowed upon those faith, the only ideal obeyer of his own law, the 755, Pepin, on receiving this order from Heaven, " Give me the music of your own sweet voice apparently the most successful. If the sower la- only perfect servant of the only perfect Master, and the rude barbarian supposed it to be from before all the pianos in creation," he observed bors faithfully, and sows only the pure seed, it is the only immaculate subject of the only immacu- Heaven, moved his savage troops immediately complimentarily; but he felt a certain secret dis- none of his business about the result. He is not late King. Why do any, and especially, why do upon the Italian States. There was but a feeble appointment that his wife's thankfulness did not even responsible for the kind of ground it falls Christians, look to, or look for , any other than the resistance, and here I will repeat the words of happily chime with his own. upon—whether by the wayside, in stony places, only Example—Jesus Christ el.—S the Catholic writers :— " Well, but we want one for our friends," said among thorns, or upon good ground—his reward " In one short campaign, of the year 755, the Esther. is the same. Paul no doubt did his duty just as valiant monarch of France wrested from the The " Word Only.” " Let our friends come to see us, and not to faithfully and acceptably when he preached with- Lombards, the exarchate of Ravenna, with the hear a piano," exclaimed the husband. out apparent result to the idle and curious Athe- greater part of its dependencies, Bologna, Ferrara, IN the International Exhibition of 1862 were " But, George, everybody has a piano nowa- nians as when he gathered a promising church at and the Pentapolis, which stretches along the two pictures which I shall never forget. The days—we do n't go anywhere without seeing a Corinth. God has only given the seed of the Adriatic coast, from Ramini to Ancona, and in first was called " Waiting for the Verdict." piano," persisted the wife. word into the hands of his ministers ; he has its midland directions as far as the Appennines. Standing at the door of a room where a trial was "And yet I do n't know what we want one for; never intrusted them with the sickle. " The All this extent of territory, with two and twenty going on, there was a little gathering of people. you will have no time to play on one, and I do n't harvest is the end of the world," when God will towns (cities), now by right of conquest belonged to A woman—oh, what agony was in her look ! and want to hear, it." "send forth his reapers."— The Nazarene. King Pepin, either to be retained or to be dis- a dear little child lying against her asleep; an- " Why, they are so fashionable; I 'think our posed of by him, as in his wisdom he should other who looked like the grandmother, holding room looks nearly naked without one." judge fit. By a solemn grant, he bestowed the the youngest child; the grandfather with one "I think it looks just right." Imitators and the Example. whole upon Pope Stephen III." " During the hand fallen down between his knees, the other " I think it looks very naked—we want a piano first seven centuries the See of Rome, like other THERE is no thought more distressing or repress- covering his face, from which the big tears were shockingly," protested Esther emphatically. Episcopal Sees, had no temporal possessions.' ing to the devout disciple, than that of his being a rolling ; the dog looking up, and wondering; the el- The husband rocked violently. By a new revolution of human events, the tem- stumbling-block to the impenitent and wicked. der sister standing against the door, all anxiety. " Your lamp smokes, my dear," said he, after a He is sorrowful' on account of his sins, not only What meant it all ? Before the bar in that court long pause. poral power may be torn away, the spiritual power will remain unimpaired to the end of time." because they are an offense in the sight of God, of justice, the father was standing, and they were "When are you going to get a camphene lamp ? (Reeves' Cath. Ch. Hist. pp. 294, 295.) These but because they are an obstruction in the path of " waiting for the verdict." There was a second I have told you a dozen times how much we needed " events " seem to have arrived. man. Alas alas I he cries in great pain. Alas ! picture. The same people standing at the same one," said Esther, pettishly. On Friday, Sept. 2, Napoleon, with McMahon that I should be so wretched an example, and, in- place, only one is among them we did not see be- " These are very pretty lamps; I never can and 120,000 soldiers, was surrounded in Sedan stead of helping, should continually hurt the hal- fore. A man is sitting on the bench, his wife see by a camphene lamp," said her husband. (in the north east of France) by the Prussians, lowed cause by the manner of my life and the with joyful look embracing him; the dog licking " These lamps are the prettiest of the kind I ever and captured. When Pepin the French king fashion of my behavior his hand; the grandmother with eyes swollen with saw." bestowed the temporal possessions upon Pope weeping, only they are team of joy now, holding " But, George, I do not think our room is com- And this Christian, going out and coming in, Stephen III., A. D. 755, the Prussians were un- up a dear little child for a kiss from the father, plete without a camphene lamp," said Esther, tormented with the reproaches of conscience, will converted. The Prussians were, by a bloody war have a deep longing for the sight of a human ex- who, a few minutes before, had been standing be- sharply. " They are so fashionable ! Why, the fore that bar. Why are they all so changed ? Morgans and Millers, and many others I might waged by the knights of the Teutonic order, ample. He will make a great account of any he " compelled " to be Catholics, in A. D. 1230, by Why joy where there was sorrow? happiness mention, all have them; I am sure we ought to." may find among his acquaintances who are radi- the " execrable ruffians," says Jortin iii. 311. where there was misery ? A " word only" had " We ought to, if we take the pattern by other ant with the graces of a Christian experience, and Now they are largely Protestants (sixty per cent), well reported of for consistency in Christian con- done it all. Not guilty. " The acquittal." people's expenses, and I do n't see any reason in Does not this remind us of a bar before which that." and have broken the vertebra of popery. duct. He loves them'with tenderness, and points Saturday night, Sept. 3, a mob tore down the to them with pride, and would have their shadow we must stand—a Judge before whom we must ap- The husband moved uneasily in his chair. pear ? We shall be " Waiting for the Verdict." throne in the Tuileries. Sept. 4, a republic was fall upon him. " We want to live as well as others," said Es- The " word only" of Jesus will have power to fix ther. officially proclaimed. Sept. 15, the Prussians And yet, like the ungodly, he may be hindered are massing their army around Paris. The great our state forever—" Come," " Depart."—Sel. " We want to live within our means, Esther," rather than assisted by the example of the exem- danger is, that Prussia will now face about, and exclaimed George. plary. For, says he sadly, these are the excep- fight for Napoleon instead of fighting against " I am sure we can afford it as well as the Mor- tions, the others are the rule. The few attain, him ; and assist the tyrant in crushing the peo- The Birthplace of Genius. gans, and Millers, and Thorns; we do not wish to the many fall by the way. ple. Austria and Russia, it is said, have formed appear mean." • And then, he will see that this admirable de- IT is one of the mysteries of life, that genius, George's cheek crimsoned. an alliance; but this may mean no evil. God portment may be the result of natural disposition, that noblest gift of God, is nourished by poverty. .of the " Mean I I am not mean !" he said angrily. grant that it may mean the annihilation rather than that of supernatural influence. The Its greatest works have been achieved by the sor- Turkish power in Europe. In any event, we " Then we do not wish to appear so," said the amiable and decorous by nature are not to be rowing ones of the world, in tears and in despair. wife. " To complete this room, and make it look hope that the pope will not be able to assume, in classed with those who are made so by grace. Not in the brilliant saloon, furnished with every like other people's, we want a piano and a cam- future, any temporal power in Italy, but that God Those who shine with noble qualities which are comfort and elegance—not in the library, well phene lamp." may overrule coming events to his own glory. the trophies gained in the battle with self, are fitted, softly carpeted, and looking out upon a " We want !--we want !" muttered the hus- Sept. 20, 1870. The Italians have surrounded more worthy of our applause than those who ob- smooth, green lawn, or a broad expanse of scen- band; "there's no satisfying woman's wants, do Rome. tain these qualities with their father's blood or ery—not in ease and competence, is genius born Sept. 21. The pope urges resistance. what you may ;" and he abruptly left the room. their mother's milk. The lives of some are all and nurtured, but more frequently in adversity Sept. 22. Some ten are killed, fifty wounded. How many husbands are in a similar dilemma! battle and few victories; while others, having ob- and destitution, amidst the harrassing cares of a How many houses and husbands are rendered un- Sept. 23. Rome is taken, and the pope de- tained the victory by inheritance, do not have to straitened household, in bare and fireless garrets, comfortable by the constant dissatisfaction of a throned. fight for it. So far as a person behaves circum- with the noise of squalid children, in the midst wife with present comforts and present provi- Sept. 24. All political prisoners are liberated. spectly, he is a proper example for our imitation ; of the turbulence of domestic contentions, and in years.—Christian sions ! How many bright prospects for business Perino had been in prison 17 but it does not follow that he is therefore a strictly the deep gloom of uncheered despair, is genius have ended in bankruptcy and ruin, in order to Pulpit. Christian example; since it were better for us to born and reared. This is its birthplace, and in satisfy this secret hankering after fashionable nec- take knowledge of him who is inwardly in commo- scenes like these, unpropitious, repulsive, wretched tion with the war among the members, than of essaries ! Could the real cause of many failures be Political Reform. men have labored, studied, and trained themselves, known, it would be found to result from useless him whose composition is such as to render such until they have at last eliminated out of the gloom expenditures at home—expenses to answer the de- THE wisest and best men of this State are be- a war unnoticeable, if not impossible. of that obscurity, the shining lights of their times mands of fashion, and " what will people think " ? coming alarmed at the political dangers that See, then, how utterly without a touchstone we —become the companions of kings, the guides " My wife has made my fortune,"said a gen- threaten us. They have too good reason for the are in the matter of a Christian example among and teachers of their kind, and exercised an in- tleman of great possessions, " by er thrift, and very worst apprehensions. The " Empire State" men. We have no rules to go by, no date to fluence upon the thought of the world amounting prudence, and cheerfulness, when I was just be- is fast becoming ruled by its great cities, and its judge by, no lines to hew by, no poles to plough to a species of intellectual legislation. ginning." great cities are being ruled by the vicious and by. We are reckoning without figures, writing "And mine has lost my fortune," answered his dangerous classes. without ink, putting to sea without rudder, chart, companion, " by useless extravagance and repining Huge and horrible facts are continually being or compass. VALUE OP IMMIGRANTS.—From the report of when I was doing well." brought to the surface to warrant the worst fears Look you, then ; it is quite unfair and unrea- the chief of' the Statistical Bureau of the United What a world does this open to the influence of every honest Christian citizen. It is a terrible sonable to judge the Christian religion by the de- States, it is learned that for the fifty-one years which a wife possesses over the future prosperity fact that the elections in New York and Brook- portment of those who do or do not profess it; ending September 30, 1870, the total immigration of her family ! Let the wife know her influence, lyn have become so wicked a farce through the de- since the person whom you crown with your admir- has been 7,441,619. Regarding these immigrants and try to use it wisely and well. vices of ballot-box stuffers and repeaters, that the in- ing commendation may be far less a Christian in as worth $1,000 each, they brought to us $7,441,- Be satisfied to commence on a small scale. It terposition of Congress has been invoked to protect every introspective and incisive sense, than he 619,000. If worth $500 each, they brought us is too common for young housekeepers to begin the purity of suffrage—with what success remains whom you brand with your stern condemnation. $3,720,800,500. The best year for immigration where their mothers ended. Buy all that is nec- to be seen. It is a terrible fact that the election The best behavers are not always the best Chris- was 1854. It then gradually decreased in 1856, essary to work skillfully with; adorn your house of such men as Wm. E. Dodge or ex-Mayor Lam- tians. And so, while on this account they are 1857, and 1858, and then began again, and went with all that will render it comfortable. Do not bert to the chief-magistracy of New York or Brook- without excuse who refuse allegiance to our Lord, up until 1861, and then up until the present year, look at richer homes, and covet their costly fur- lyn, is now recounted as an utter impossibility. for the same reason there is no warrant for when the number is reduced by war. 60 ADVENT REVIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH.

it nothing less) by saying that the word since on ;" that is, before sunset on the Sabbath, came In Esther 6, we have an account of a feast 31/ot aud p.trald. means from the first day; that is, the third day' the two Marys to the sepulcher. Previous to their given by the queen to Haman and the king. from the first day of the occurrence of these coming, there had been [margin] a great earth- The next day she gave another; and that next "Sanctify them through thy Truth; thy Word is Truth." things. But it looks to us that this is not even re- quake, the stone was rolled away, and an angel, day is called the second. Esth. 7 : 2. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY, FED. 7, 1870. spectable sophistry. If we are to reckon from some assuring them that the Lord was not there, but So in reckoning backward, the day on which had arisen, bade them go quickly and tell the dis- IIRIAIE SMITH, EDITOR. point subsequent to the occurrence of the events, the person spoke was the first:day, and the day but then we are cut loose from all moorings, and ciples that he was risen, and would go before them one before that, was called the third. See the might just as well say that that was the third day into Galilee where they would see him. This, it marginal reading of Ex. 4 : 10; Deut. 19 : 4; The Third Day Since These Things Were Done. since Jonah was put into the whale's belly. is claimed, is the record of a previous visit, which Josh. 3 : 4; 1 Sam. 4 : 7; 19 : 7 ; &e. ON what day of the week was Christ crucified ? The original is very definite. 44 T9irriv ravrnv none of the other evangelists mention,: they all From this it is evident that when Christ pre- and, On what day did he arise from the dead? ipt9av ayettw,uepov, 60' o'v ravra iyieero. This day speaking of a visit on the following morning, after dicted that he was to suffer certain things, be put These are questions which have been the occasion is the third day from the time when these things the Sabbath was past. to death, and rise the third day, he reckoned the of no little discussion. There are substantially took place." Suppose, now, that the crucifixion We showed two weeks since that the language day of his suffering as the first day in the compu- two views held in reference to them. The first is, took place on Wednesday. He was laid in the of Matt. 28 : 1, is clearly susceptible of the trans- tation. that Christ was crucified on Wednesday, was tomb that day. All was accomplished before lation given it in our common version, and that But how can a portion of Friday, the Sabbath, laid in the tomb near the close of that day, and Thursday began. Would not Thursday then, be the it means, after the Sabbath, in harmony with the and a part of Sunday be called, three days and rose from the dead at a corresponding hour on the first day following those events ? Would not Fri- other evangelists. Let us now inquire whether three nights ? There is no difficulty, if such was Sabbath, or Saturday, having lain in the grave day be the second, and Sabbath the third, even this idea of a previous visit, in Matt, 28 : 1, is the manner of speaking in use among the Jews. exactly seventy-two hours ; this being the three stretching the time all that it is possible to stretch consistent with the record of the other evangel- What did they understand by it ? This is the days and three nights during which the Son of it ? The expression, since these things occurred, ists. only question to be settled. There is a passage of Man was to be in the heart of the earth, cannot exclude Thursday; for Thursday was not 1. According to the view under notice, this in Esther which would seem to throw some light as Jonah was three days and three nights in the the day of the occurrence of these things, but the visit was made on the Sabbath. But Luke says upon the question. She told Mordecai (4 : 16) to whale's belly. The second view, and the one day following their occurrence; and the disciples (23 : 56) that the disciples rested the Sabbath gather the Jews together who were in Shushan, most generally entertained, is, that Christ was cru- did not say, To-day is the third day from the day day according to the commandment. It is hardly and fast for three days, neither eating nor drink- cified on Friday, and rose early on the morning following the occurrence of these things; but the probable that they would thus clip the end of the ing night or day; and she would do the same, of the first day of the week. There are others third day from the time when they occurred. Sabbath by a journey to the sepulcher, work from and so would go in unto the king. This expres- who place the crucifixion upon Thursday instead This is a nail in a sure place; for, in view of this which they had `so scrupulously abstained at its sion is certainly equivalent to three days and three of Friday, thinking this necessary to make har- testimony, we cannot go back more than two commencement; nor could such a course easily nights. And how was it fulfilled. In chap. 5 : 1, mony between all the statements of the evangelists days from the first day of' the week for the cruci- be reconciled with the testimony of Luke, above we read that on the third day Esther appeared concerning that event. This view, however, does fixion, making it occur on Thursday, the third day, referred to. before the king. So Joseph put his brethren into not obviate the difficulty which the first view is according to the most liberal reckoning, from that 2. The same Marys, according to Mark (16 : 1, ward three days, but on the third day he released designed to meet; namely, the apparent failure of point. We do not say it did occur then, but only 2), came to the sepulcher very early in the morn- them and permitted them to depart to Canaan. the words of Christ that the Son of Man should that we cannot go back farther than that day. ing of the first day of the week; and they From these instances it appears clear that, ac- be three days and three nights in the heart of the The seventy-two-hour theory thus falls to the brought the spices they had prepared to anoint cording to Jewish usage, it did not require three earth, if a period of time less than seventy-two ground; and we are held to the conclusion that the Lord, Luke 24 : 2, and wondered who would' full days and nights to answer to the expression, hours elapsed while he lay in the tomb. The the expression, " three days and three nights," roll away the stone for them. But how can " three days and three nights; " but that it was main question lies between the first and second cannot be taken to mean absolutely that length of it be supposed that they would come for this pur- applied to a period of time covering the part of views here stated. time. The way is, therefore, now all open to ad- pose on first-day morning, if they had been to the one day, the whole of another, and a portion of a As already intimated, the first view rests wholly just these events in such a manner as a harmoni- sepulcher the night before, and found the stone third. upon the testimony respecting Jonah. No other ous interpretation of all the testimony shall de- rolled away, and been assured by an angel that The day following the crucifixion the chief reason, at least of which we are aware, exists for mand. the Lord was not there, but had risen ? Were priest came to Pilate desiring a guard to be set; placing the crucifixion so early in the week as And first, we call the attention of the reader to they so forgetful, or so thoughtless ? and it is objected that they would not do this Wednesday, except the statement of Christ that those passages which declare that Christ would rise upon the Sabbath. This is not the way, to be as Jonah was three days and three nights in the 3. While the women were returning to tell the on the third day from the time of his trial and sure, we should expect the Sabbath to be body of the fish, the Son of Man should be three disciples, as the angel had bidden them, according crucifixion. There are eight of them, as follows : spoken of; but as to the chief priests and Phari- days and three nights in the heart of the earth. to the record in Matthew 28, the guard went into Matt. 16 : 21; 17 : 23; 20:19; Mark 9 :31; 10: sees, we do not think we can presume much on Assuming that the phrase " heart of the earth," the city, and between them and the chief priests 34; Luke 9 : 22; 18 : 33 ; 24 : 7 ; and two passages the piety of men who were just then so infuriated means the grave, which may perhaps be ques- the story was fabricated that the body of Jesus state that he did rise on the third day : Luke 24 : with the spirit of the devil, as to condemn the tioned, all rests upon the meaning of this phrase, was stolen while they slept. Now, the supposi- 46; 1 Cor. 15 : 4. Take these texts with the Saviour to the cross. It is far easier to suppose " three days and three nights." What do these tion that Jesus rose in the daytime before the declaration of the disciples, " To-day is the third they would come to Pilate upon the Sabbath, words signify ? Must they be taken absolutely as close of the Sabbath, involves the absurdity of day since these things were done," and, as it seems than to think that the Sabbath which followed they would be understood if used at the present 'supposing that the guard would acknowledge that to us, the day of the resurrection is clearly identi- that preparation 'day, Mark. 15 : 42; Luke 23 : day ? or, was there in that age a uses loquendi, in they were asleep in the daytime and that the fied. Christ was to rise on the third day after 54, and which the women kept according to the accordance with which they could be taken in an body was taken in broad, daylight ! To avoid certain events, and the disciples naming those this, it is said that only the first eight verses of commandment, Luke 33 : 56, was only a ceremo- accommodated sense ? There is nothing in the nial sabbath. record in Jonah to throw any additional light very events, and speaking on the first day of Matt. 28 refer to the Sabbath visit, the language the week, say, " To-day is the third day since of verse 9, and onward, referring to the morning But, says one, if we could show that Christ did upon the expression ; that is, there is no' other not rise on the first day of the week, how it would testimony there, and no other events recorded, these things were done." The 'day on which visit which is noticed by the other evangelists. the disciples uttered these words, if they were But this is a most forced and unnatural inter- sweep away the argument for Sunday-keeping, which show us that a period of time, absolutely To be of any service the argument to this end correct in their reckoning, was the very day on pretation; for there is nothing in the language to seventy-two hours in length, is meant by the term must be very plain and positive; for all the world which Christ was to rise, according to his own pre- denote a jump of a whole night between verses 8 "three days and three nights." We do have, almost are established in the belief that his resur- dictions. Did his predictions fail ? If not, his and 9, and not an intimation that the record from however, in the evangelists, records of predictions rection was on Sunday. The evidence is not so resurrection is immovably fixed upon the first day verse 9 applies to an occasion different from that and narrations of events, from which we can de- clear; and to try to use it, is to seize the maul by of the week. introduced in the preceding verses. But this termine something respecting the time during the head instead of the handle; for it would be a There is a passage in Mark which we consider a view involves an absurdity equal in magnitude to which Christ lay in the tomb. Now, instead of hundred-fold harder to make a person believe direct declaration that Christ did rise on the first the other; for it follows that the guard, after be- taking the bare expression, " three days and three that Christ's resurrection did not take place upon day of the week : Mark 16 : 9 : " Now when Jesus ing struck down as dead men by the glorious nights," assuming that the meaning attached to it the first day of the week, than to show him that was risen early the first day of the week, he ap- manifestations attending the resurrection of when it was used, was the same as we would give if it did, it proved nothing in favor of a Sunday appeared first to Mary Magdalene. Greek : Christ, on Sabbath afternoon, waited a whole it at the present day, and then using that as Sabbath. Were we arguing with a Sunday-keeper, 4"Avaarac de 7r9tdi 7r9c5rii crapparov, 454v27 rearov Mafia night, till first-day morning, before they went into proof that Christ was for seventy-two consecutive we would prefer to admit Christ's resurrection on Maria2vvv," &e. Literally, " And having arisen the city to acquaint the chief priests with the hours in the grave, and trying to make all other rn Sunday rather than otherwise; for we like to early the first day of' the week, he appeared first wonderful events which had taken place. testimony harmonize with this view, it seems, to agree with an opponent as far as possible; and to Mary Magdalene," &c. The only question here Having now found that Christ's resurrection us it would be fully as legitimate a mode of rea- because, after he has carefully built up his argu- soning to try to ascertain from the evangelists how is, whether the words, " early the first day of the took place on the first day of the week, the only ment, it is so easy to show that point after point long Christ was actually in the tomb, and use week," are an adjunct of the participle, having ris- importance attached to fixing the day of the cru- is only assumption, and that the whole structure that as a key for the interpretation of the ex- en, or of the verb, appeared. We think they cifixion is to show a fulfillment of Christ's words, falls in hopeless ruin to the ground. qualify the participle; for, first, the verb has a pression, " three days and theft nights." and make all the statements of the evangelists And farther, to undertake to prove Christ's qualifying word, in the word first, which seems to The words placed at the head of this article, harmonize. It has already been shown that we resurrection upon another day, is a tacit admission be all that the evangelist wished to assert respect- give us, if we mistake not, a good clue to the solu- cannot go back farther than Thursday for the that if he did rise on the first day of the week, it tion of this question. They are the words used ing his appearing. There would be no propriety date of that event. The question here, then, lies is of force in behalf of a Sunday Sabbath; whereas by the disciples to Christ when on their way to in saying that he appeared first to certain ones on between Thursday and Friday where it is generally if ten thousand resurrections could be shown upon the first day of the week, unless it is told to whom Emmaus. The time when they were used is, be- placed; and it is only material to take that day that day, it would prove nothing whatever in its yond dispute. It was in the latter part of the he appeared first upon some other day. Secondly, which is required by the testimony in the case. favor as a day of rest and worship. first day of the week. And they said, " To-day is it would appear more important that the time of his Let us suppose it to have occurred on Friday. the third day since these things were done." resurrection should be named, than the time when The betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and entombment, Events in Europe. From this day, then, as a starting a point, let us he appeared to his disciples. But if it is said of Christ, then, occupied almost that entire day. count back and see how early in the week it is that this is the important point, then we reply Could this be taken as the first day in the compu- THE reader will be interested in the tabular possible to place the crucifixion. If the first day that this certainly took place on the first day of tation ? If so, then Sunday would be the third view of the principal events which transpired in of the week, was the third day, the day before the the week, and hence Sunday-keepers retain all the day, as the disciples said. In Luke 13 : 32, we Europe in the latter part of 1870, presented in first day, or the Sabbath, was the second day, and force of their argument for first-day, based on the read that Jesus sent this word to Herod : " Go another column. We take it from the " Franklin the day before that, or Friday, the first day, since the resurrection of Christ, even though the resurrec- ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, Almanac," published by A. Winch, 505 Chest- events of which they were speaking took place; tion itself be removed to another day. and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the nut St., Philadelphia. In view of the course and and this would forbid our placing the events This brings us to another difficulty involved in third day I shall be perfected." The to-day in results, so far, of the war between France and themselves farther back than the preceding day, the view that Christ lay in the tomb, seventy-two which Christ speaks, is here made the first in the Prussia, the address of the French Senate to Na- or Thursday. Reasoning from this statement of hours, from near the close of Wednesday to near order of reckoning. poleon sounds bitterly sarcastic. Another point the disciples, we see not how the trial and cruci- the close of the Sabbath ; namely, it makes the In Acts 27, we have an account of some of will not fail to strike the reader ; namely, the fixion of Christ can possibly be placed earlier in resurrection of Christ occur on the Sabbath. Is Paul's perils by sea. In verse 17, he speaks of a contrast between the boastful, independent spirit the week than Thursday. there any testimony to show that Christ arose on certain day of their distress. The next Say, he manifested by the French, and the humble ac- How, then, do those who place this event on the Sabbath ? Matt. 28 : 1, is claimed for this continues, they lightened the ship; and the third knowledgment on the part of the king of Prus- Wednesday, meet this testimony? We have purpose. It is held by some that this language day, cast overboard the tackling. Verse 19. sia, of entire dependence upon God. We regret never heard any one try; but we have heard that means, "Late in the Sabbath [the day ending at Here it is evident that the day mentioned in verse that the record comes down no later than Oct. some do attempt to get around it (for we can call sunset] as the first day of the week was drawing 17, is called the first. 30. ADVENT REVIEW AND HE RALD OF THE SABBATH. 61

Thoughts on the Book of Daniel. the head of her infamous troop of eunuchs, fool- shall by any chance be seen. There is nothing ers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye ishly threatened the Roman capital with approach- for it when the brain is on fire with the whirling men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhort- CHAPTER XI (CONTINUED). ing ruin. of its wheels, but to spring against the stone wall ation for the people, say on." Here we see and silence them with one crash. Ah ! they re- that Paul not only spoke by permission, but by VERSE 24. He shall enter peaceably even upon Cmsar Augustus, on the other hand, displayed membered that—the kind city fathers—and the request. Acts 14 : 1 ; 17 : 1, 2, 17 : " And it the fattest places of the province; and he shall less pomp but more utility. He had but half as do that which his fathers have not done, nor his walls are nicely padded, so that one can take such came to pass in Iconium, that they went both many ships as Antony, and only eighty thou- fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the exercise as he likes without damaging himself. together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so prey, and spoil, and riches; yea, and he shall sand foot. But all his troops were chosen men, If anybody would really contrive some kind of a spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews forecast his devices against the strongholds, even and on board his fleet were none but experienced lever that one could thrust in among the works and also of the Greeks believed." " Now when of this horrid automaton and check them, or al- they had passed through Amphipolis and Apol- for a time. seamen; whereas t ntony, not finding mariners ter their rate of going, what would the world lonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a The usual manner in which nations had, before sufficient, had been obliged to man his vessels give for the discovery ? Men are very apt to try synagogue of the Jews; and Paul, as his manner the days of Rome, entered upon valuable provinces with artisans of every class, men inexperienced, to get at the machine by some indirect system or was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days and rich territory, was by war and conquest. and more calculated to cause trouble, than to do other. They clap on the brakes by means of reasoned with them out of the Scriptures." Rome was now to do what had not been done real service in time of battle. The season being opium, they change the maddening monotony of " Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the rhythm by means of fermented liquors. It is the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in by the fathers, or the fathers' fathers, namely, far consumed in these preparations, Caesar made because the brain is locked up and we cannot the market daily with them that met with him." receive these acquisitions through peaceful means. his rendezvous at Brondusium, and Antony at touch its movements directly, that we thrust By this we see that they would allow Paul to The custom, before unheard of, was now inaugu- Corcyra, till the following year. these coarse tools in through any crevice by come into their synagogues and dispute with rated, of kings' leaving by legacy their kingdoms As soon as the season permitted, both armies which they may reach the interior, alter its rate them and argue his cause. Acts 18 : 4 : " And of going for a while, and at last spoil the machine. to the Romans. They came into possession of a were put in motion by sea and land. The fleets he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and — Oliver Wendell Ilolmes. persuaded the Jews and the Greeks." Many large portion of their tributaries in this manner. at length entered the Ambracian gulf in Epirus, more places might be quoted, showing the same And those who thus came under the dominion and the land forces were drawn up on either shore conduct. This ought to put to shame our mod- of Rome derived no small advantage therefrom. in plain view. Antony's most experienced gen- Be Zealous, and Repent. ern Pharisees who are even more selfish and ex- They were treated with kindness and leniency. erals advised him not to hazard a battle by sea, THERE can be no greater folly than to make clusive than their ancient fathers. D. M. CANRIGHT. It was like having the prey and spoil distributed with his inexperienced mariners, but to send our reception of reproof the occasion of settling among them. They were protected from their Cleopatra back to Egypt, and hasten at once into down in sullen unbelief. God sends us reproof What Shall We Do in Trouble? Thrace or Macedonia, and trust the issue to his and chastening for our sins. It has a voice to us enemies and rested in peace and safety under the which we ought to heed without delay. By it mgis of the Roman power. land forces, who were composed of veteran troops. God says to us, " Be zealous, and repent.' If we WE must seek God. It is to remind us that To the latter portion of this verse, Bp. Newton But he, illustrating the old adage, " Whom God would but do this, how excellent would be the result we are sinful men that affliction comes upon us. It is not to drive us from God, but to lead us to gives the idea of forecasting devices from strong- wishes to destroy, he first strikes mad," infatu- of our humiliations. And why do we not do it? him, that God sends us affliction. It is for us to holds, instead of against them. This the Romans ated by Cleopatra, seemed only desirous of It is simply because our hearts are too proud to yield. Yet we shall have to meet our wrongs in draw near to God, that the very causes of our did from the strong fortress of their seven-hilled pleasing her; and she, trusting to appearances the Judgment, unless we rightly put them away affliction may be removed. We should not be so city. "Even for a time," doubtless a prophetic only, deemed her fleet invincible, and advised im- now. We had better yield while it can avail for much troubled at our own sufferings as at the sin time, 360 years. From what point are they to mediate action. our salvation. J. N. ANDREWS which causes them. When we have put away our date ? Probably from the event brought to view The battle was fought, September 2, B. c. 31, sin, we have done what God has designed to effect in us, by our affliction. We may leave the afflic- in the next verse. at the mouth of the gulf of Ambracia, near the Difficult Problems. tion to take care of itself if we only repent of our Verse 25. And he shall stir up his power and city of Actium. The stake was the world for sins with true repentance, so that God accepts his courage against the king of the south with a which these stern warriors, Antony and Caesar, WE find men who will acknowledge the entire our humiliation before him. moral law—every jot and tittle—to be binding, great army; and the king of the south shall be now played. The contest, long doubtful, was at J. N. ANDREWS. who will still argue that, since we cannot be justi- stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty length decided by the course which Cleopatra army; but he shall not stand; for they shall fore- fied and saved by the law, we need not keep the pursued. For she, frightened at the din of bat- cast devices against him. Sabbath of that law. And they find it a very Faith in God. tle, took to flight when there was no danger, and difficult problem to demonstrate how the law can By verses 23 and 24, we are brought down this THE great lack in men is the lack of faith. drew after her the whole Egyptian fleet. Antony, be binding and not binding at the same time ; side of the league between the Jews and the Ro- how it can be in force and yet abolished; and how Hence they are fearful—they dare not trust in beholding this movement, and lost to everything mans, B. 0. 161, to the time when Rome had ac- the Sabbath can be abrogated, as a Jewish insti- God. When duty is presented, they fear that if but his blind passion for her, precipitately fol- they obey, their worldly interests will suffer. quired universal dominion. The verses now be- tution, and yet the same commandment bind us to lowed, and yielded a victory to Cmsar, which, had keep another day, as a Christian institution. They have a farm, a mill, a shop, or a store, on fore us bring to view a vigorous campaign against his Egyptian forces proved true to him, and had When I witness their undertaking such tasks, their hands, and they cannot see what will become of these interests, if they obey the truth, and keep the king of the south, Egypt, and the occurrence he proved true to his own manhood, he might I wonder if the Creator has given them minds so the commandments of God. of a notable battle between great and mighty have gained. illogical and obtuse that they cannot see the armies. Did such events as these transpire in the falseness of their position. If so, they cannot be Supposing they should lose all these things, This battle doubtless marks the commencement and become poor in consequence of obeying God; history of Rome, about this time ? They did. accountable. But if their willfulness thus per- of the" time " mentioned in verse 24. And as' verts their understanding, then they are justly the and, as the result, be rich in faith and heirs of the The war was the war between Egypt and Rome; during this " time," devices were to be forecast objects of God's displeasure and fit• subjects of di- kingdom that God has promised to them that love and the battle was the battle of Actium. Let us from the stronghold, or Rome, we should conclude vine wrath. him. Would they lose anything ? Would they not rather be infinitely the gainers? Why is it take a brief glance at the circumstances that led that at the end of that period, western suprem- My mind has been led to these reflections by to this conflict. what occurred at a meeting lately. I had been that acy would cease, or such a change take place speaking of the respective claims of the seventh, "The mote of worldly interest fills the eye, Mark Antony, Augustus Cmsar, and Lepidus, in the empire, that that city would no longer and of the first, day, to our observance. A man And hides from view the worlds of bliss on high ?" constituted the triumvirate which had sworn to be considered the seat of government. From B. arose and made some remarks in which he admit- Would it not be a happy exchange to give all of avenge the death of Julius Cmsar. This Antony c. 31, a prophetic time, or 360 years would bring ted that the ten commandments were binding in this world, and even life itself, for a portion in the became the brother-in-law of Augustus, by mar- us to A. D. 330. What took place in that year? every jot and tittle; but claimed that we could not world to come, and eternal life? Why do you be justified by keeping them; and therefore he rying his sister Octavia. Antony was sent into The seat of empire was removed from Rome to hesitate, 0 you of little faith ? Ah I it is because thought it was not necessary for us to keep the you do not confide in God and believe his prom- Egypt on government business, but fell a victim Constantinople, by Constantine the Great. See Sabbath of that law. 1. They are all binding. 2. to the arts and charms of Cleopatra, Egypt's dis- ises. If you venture upon the promise of God, Encyclopedia Americana, art., Constantinople. They cannot pardon their transgressor. 3. There- he is pledged that you shall lose nothing by it. solute queen. So strong was the passion he con- fore we are not required to keep them, at least But you dare not trust him ! And so failing to ceived for her, that he finally espoused the Egyp- the one that happens to be unpopular. How do trust in him, you insure a portion with " the fear- tian interests, rejected his wife Octavia to please The Maddening Mechanism of Thought. men come by such intellectual faculties ? Is ful and unbelieving." Rev. 21 : 8. such reasoning natural and necessary, or acquired? Cleopatra, bestowed province after province upon WHO would imagine, after reading the follow- But your fears are false and groundless. You The true solution of this question will fix the re- will not be left to poverty and woe, because you the latter to gratify her avarice, celebrated a tri- ing, that, when death has broken the case, seized sponsibility where it belongs. umph at Alexandria instead of Rome, and other- believe and obey God. His promise is pledged the pendulum, and silenced the " clicking of the R. F. COTTRELL. for all that you need in this life. Your Heavenly wise so affronted the Roman people, that Augustus terrible escapement," the maddening mechanism Father knows that you have need of these things. had no difficulty in leading them to engage heart- of thought is strengthened and accelerated a Ancient and Modern Pharisees. Seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteous- ily in a war against this enemy of their country. thousand-fold, as popular theology would have us ness required by him, and all these things shall be The war was ostensibly against Egypt and Cleo- ALL Christians unite in condemning the big- added unto you. You shall receive a hundred- believe ? Such is not the law of mechanics as otry, exclusiveness, and sectarianism, of the an- fold in the present time, and in the world to come opatra ; but it was really against Antony who now illustrated by any other piece of machinery. cient Pharisees. They opposed Christ and his life everlasting. The only obstacle is the want stood at the head of Egyptian affairs. And the Mr. Holmes has come well nigh bearing testimony apostles, and did all they could to impede the of confiding faith in God. It is better to trust true cause of their controversy, was, says Pri- in favor of the Bible doctrine of the unconscious progress of the gospel. They were sure that they in God, than to trust in the " uncertain riches " of and their doctrine, it being the old and com- deaux, that neither of them could be content with state of the dead:— this world. R. F. COTTRELL. only half of the Roman Empire; for Lepidus monly-received theory, were right, and that all Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The an- new doctrines must necessarily be wrong. For having been deposed from the triumvirate, it now gel of life winds them up once for all, then closes this they are justly condemned by all Christians; Items. lay between them, and each being determined to the case and gives the key into the hands of the yet if we look a little more carefully at their con- 'WE receive comfort in the performance of duty. angel of resurrection. Tic-tae ! tic-tac ! go the possess the whole, they cast the die of war for its duct we shall see that they were really more lib- If we do right, God will defend us. wheels of thought; our will cannot stop them; possession. eral than the old and most popular sects of Chris- There is no protection like God's protection. they cannot stop themselves; sleep cannot still tians at the present time. There is no love like God's love. Antony assembled his fleet at Samos. Five them; madness only makes them go faster; It is now quite generally almost impossible for There is no wisdom like that from above. hundred ships of war, of extraordinary size and death alone can break into the case, and seizing an Adventist minister to obtain the privilege of Those see best whom God enlightens. structure, having several decks one above another, the ever swinging pendulum, which we call the speaking in their churches. The doors are locked None are so secure as those who trust in God. heart, silence at last the clicking of the terrible against him whenever he comes. Much less is he with towers upon the head and stern, made an Gratitude to God begets praise to him. In- escapement we have carried so long beneath our allowed to preach to their congregations in their imposing and formidable array. These ships gratitude begets murmuring. wrinkled foreheads. If we could only get at them, houses at their regular appointed seasons of wor- carried two hundred thousand foot, and twelve Faith and love are twin angels : unbelief and as we lie on our pillows and count the dead beats ship. If he has the privilege of the house at all, hate, twin reprobates. ,thousand horse. The kings of Libya, Cilicia, of thought after thought, arid image after image he must do it at some other time, and run his At every turn and trial in life, we should turn Cappadocia, Paphlagonia, Comagenia, and Thrace, jarring through the over-tired organ I Will no- risk of a congregation. to God. body block those wheels, uncouple the pinion, cut were there in person; and those of Pontus, Ju- This is something that the ancient Pharisees, When we feel more than usually blest, we the string that holds those weights, blow up the dea, Lycaonia, Galatia and Media, had sent their with all their bigotry and hatred of the Chris- should expect some unusually strong temptation. infernal machine with gunpowder ? What a pas- tians, did not do. Everywhere they went, the troops. A more splendid and gorgeous sight A tendency to levity is a sure sign of the pres- sion comes over us sometimes for silence and apostles were not only freely allowed the use of than this fleet of battle ships, as they spread their ence of evil influences. rest—that this dreadful mechanism, unwinding their synagogues (their meeting-houses), but they A disposition to triumph in the fall of others, sails, and moved out up& the bosom of the sea, the endless tapestry of time, embroidered with were invited to preach to them at their regular is a strong indication that there will be another the world has rarely seen. Surpassing all in spectral figures of life and death, could have but assemblies of worship. This we read in a few fall soon. one brief holiday ! Who can wonder that men passages which will give us an idea how they did magnificence, came the galley of Cleopatra, float- Kindness will hurt no one : unkindness hurts swing themselves off from beams in hempen lassos? in those times. Acts 9 : 20 : " And straightway ing like a palace of gold, beneath a cloud of pur- every time. that they jump off from parapets into the swift he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is We pity the physically blind; should we not ple sails. Its flags and streamers fluttered in the and gurgling waters beneath ? that they take the Son of God." Chapter 13 : 5, 14, 15: "And wind, and trumpets and other instruments of also pity the spiritually blind ? counsel of the grim fiend who has but to utter when they were at Salamis, they preached the Men are sometimes proud of their unbelief. As his one peremptory monosyllable, and the restless war, made the heavens resound with notes of joy word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and well might Gehazi be proud of his leprosy. and triumph. Antony followed close after in a machine is shivered as a case that is dashed upon they had also John to their minister." " But Jos. CLARKE. galley of almost equal magnificence. And the a marble floor ? Under that building which we pass when they departed from Perga, they came to every day there are strong dungeons, where neither Antioch in Pisidia, and went info the synagogue giddy queen intoxicated with the sight of the hook, nor bar, nor bed cord, nor drinking vessel on the Sabbath day, and sat down. And after A nErmroN that does not prompt a man to warlike array, short-sighted and vainglorious, at from which a sharp fragment may be shattered, the reading of the law and the prophets, the rul- try to save others, will never save him. 62 ADVENT REVIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH.

SOWING AND REAPING. Dec. 2, went to visit the brethren at Allentown, made it honorable. How did he do it ? By that were there no people to proclaim to the Clark Co. Commenced meetings on Sabbbath keeping it. Hence he said if he had not come world a more stirring, heart-searching message BE not deceived; God is not mocked; Whate'er you sow, you'll surely reap ! evening. Had a good congregation, for that place. and done those works which no man had ever than that of the popular religion of the day, there Yes, when Christ comes, and earth is rocked, Held six meetings. Labored to set things in or- done, they had not had sin; but now they have would be less vigilance and activity required on And graves are opened wide and deep, der. We hope there are some here who will go no cloak for their sin. . . . Some fifteen years the part of the enemy of all righteousness. But The saints of God shall wake to life, through. Bro. Moser is doing all that he can ago, I heard Stephenson, in Wisconsin, lecture if those who have not the light of the truth de- To reap the harvest they have sown; for the cause here. on the third angel's message. The seventh day signed by God for this time, are forced to ac- But those who fleshly sowed in strife, Shall by their Maker be o'erthrown. Commenced meetings at Bowersville on Sabbath then looked to me to be the Sabbath, and I com- knowledge the untiring zeal and energy, and we evening, Dec. 10. Continued until the 18th. menced keeping it, thinking that the safer way, might add, the increasing success of the evil one, Now is the time to sow the seeds Held seventeen meetings. Confessions were although our good old Christid# minister tried to what reason have we, who have professed to have Of "present truth" all o'er the field. made, and we were enabled to draw near to the explain to me that he that keepeth the day keep- mord light, and to understand and obey the word That some may ripen into deeds— Lord. A good work was done for the church of God more perfectly, to fear lest we be unpre- Good, loyal fruit, a bounteous yield; eth it unto the Lord, &c., that is, that it made no To this end, Lord, to labor rouse here. Such a work is needed in all the churches. difference; but let every one be persuaded in his pared to meet the increased wrath and power of Thy people, one and all, and cause This church has been occupying a higher stand- own mind. A few months after, we moved into the wicked one which those will surely bring The saints of God ne'er more to drowse, point than ever before, since our organization. a place where people were strict Sunday-keepers, against themselves who seek more fully to con- But vindicate thy righteous laws. Baptized one during this meeting. and became one among them ; though with my form their lives to the divine will. Jan. 12, went north to join Bro. St. John in But, solemn as it is, we know, mind troubled with doubts, I eagerly devoured. It has ever been Satan's work to oppose the That most will sow to flesh and sin; his meeting at Whartonsburgh, Wyandott Co. every book treating on the subject of the soon truth of God, and hinder those who would serve Although they're warned of coming woe, Assisted him some, and baptized one. The Lord coming of Christ. The Prophetic Times and him. Whenever there has been a people who They sow, to reap destruction in! is good, and I will try to praise his holy name, World's Crisis were all I could get hold of; how- would stand steadfastly for the truth, toward Oh, that we all might feel the weight and do his holy will, that I may be ready to meet ever. I searched the Scriptures, reading their them has been directed the fiercest efforts of the And worth of souls, for whom Christ died; him at his coming. That we, before it is too late, quotations, but I found myself groping in dark- powers of darkness; and never have those efforts May bring them to the Crucified. Wai. COTTRELL. ness until moving to this place five years ago, God been suspended or abated while there remained G. W. COLCORD. sent me instruction. I read the " History of the a hope that they might be overcome or led to Sabbath" and REVIEW, lent me by a kind neigh- change their purpose. From the time when man, North Elba, N. Y. bor, commenced again to keep God's whole law, in purity and innocence, was placed in Eden, PriptgiO of t1e Cam. AT my last writing, I had commenced a course and, with the help of God intend to remain faith- down through all the history of God's people to of lectures in North Elba, with small attendance, ful to the end." the present time, we have evidence of this bitter, De that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless unfavorable weather, and strong opposition on the My two dear boys are keeping the Sabbath determined, increasing opposition. The crime come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. part of the religious portion of community. Con- with me, and some two or three others of my and iniquity so alarmingly prevalent at the pres- tinued the meetings as long as the interest seemed dear friends are also keeping the Sabbath. I ent time, and the depraved mental and physical California. to warrant, though the attendance was small dur- feel so thankful to God, and it is so cheering to conditions of mankind show us but too plainly ing the whole time, yet better than usual, I was hear of accessions to the cause of truth, that I the success which has attended his efforts. So AT the time of my last report, Dec. 10, 1870, told, for that place. Strenuous efforts were made write this. May you be blessed abundantly. far has man departed from God that his cup of I had held five meetings in Bloomfield. I con- on the part of the trustee and a few religious par- CAROLINE R. RICE. iniquity is nearly full. Not one of all these years tinued there until Jan. 15, holding, in the time, tisans, to close the school-house against us; but of unceasing toil and arduous devotion to his thirty-seven meetings. These meetings have been the greater portion of the district were too public The Truth Working. ' work has failed to add its weight of experience to well attended, and some new ones have taken spirited and had too high a sense of justice and the artful cunning, and wily deceitfulness, pos- their stand on the truth. Six were baptized last equal rights to allow it to be closed against one, BRO. H. VAN VLECK, Vernon Co., Wis., sessed by the great enemy when he made his first Sabbath, only one of whom had ever made a pro- and still be open to others; and as all denomina- writes : God speed the REVIEW. We have a attempt to ensnare our race. Against such a foe fession before receiving present truth. There tions used it, every such attempt failed. The trus- little company of twenty here who are trying to as this, we, in these days of especial danger, have are now some fourteen who have taken their stand tee took some steps to enforce his authority, by keep the Sabbath. One year ago there was not to contend; and he knows best what means to em- to keep, the Sabbath there. Systematic Benevo- law, but his efforts proved abortive, and we were one here. God has raised a little church here, ploy to lead us from the right way. lence is organized, amounting to over $100.00 per left in quiet and peaceable possession of the house. and the way is clear. The ice is breaking all The servants of God in all ages have been sub- year. They have also a very interesting Bible- Thus a good blow has been struck in favor of around us. God be praised. God is surely in ject to his temptations, and too often have been class and Sabbath meeting. the cause, and this people stands higher in the re- this great work. May it take the wings of the taken by his devices; but especially will those During the time of my labors in Bloomfield, I spect of other communities around. Yet the im- morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the who in these evil days are striving to obey God's spent two days at Petaluma. Found those there mediate results of the meetings are not what I could earth. Oh ! could I say to every brother and holy law and maintain the honor of his word, still with a mind to work. I also attended the wish. Only one family have as yet decided to sister, Get ready for that great day. God help feel his wrath; for he has come down with great quarterly meeting in Santa Rosa, Jan. 7 and keep the Sabbath; but others are still investiga- us all to be faithful. power, knowing that his time is short. 8. Although this was an occasion of some trial ting and I hope will yet decide right. While there have ever been those who, 'walk- and perplexity to the cause in this State, yet the The church here is doing well, growing in ex- Extracts from Correspondence. ing in the light and being led by the spirit of Lord was with us by his Spirit, and our hearts perience, and receiving some accessions. They truth, have maintained their special character as were encouraged and strengthened. desire especially to express their gratification and A SISTER writes from Milwaukee, Wis., that the children of God, thousands have fallen a I stated in my last report that Bro. Kellogg de- gratitude for the enlargement, and improvement in when she and her family came to that place, they prey to his devices, and yielding to the inclina- signed to enter the field again soon. Since that appearance, of the papers; which we all look upon did not intend to stop there, but she was taken tions of the human heart, have made shipwreck time, his affairs have so shaped that he will preach as a step in the right direction, and a good omen sick. Her daughter attended the Presbyterian of their faith. What cause, then, have we to no more at present, so I am alone in my labors in of the prosperity of the cause of present truth. As church, and mentioned her mother's sickness. A fear, lest having the promise left us we shall fail California; yet I trust I shall have the Lord with there is a prospect of fields of labor in this region benevolent lady went to visit the sick stranger, to so overcome that our characters shall stand the me. Our labor is not in vain if wrought in God. for some time in the future, I have removed my and learning that she was seeking light on the test of the Judgment ? We, may be sure that our By the recent disarrangement of our plans I shall family to this place, and we are now settling in Advent doctrine, told her that she had a 'son in weakest points are well known to him, and that our be detained among the churches at least a fort- our new home preparatory to entering more heart- the place who was taking an Advent paper. This natural dispositions and inclinations will be forced night more. There are some good new fields ily and zealously into the work of the Lord. paper was the REvsEw ; and in it this sister found into his service in the warfare for eternal life. here which I long to enter. S. B. WHITNEY. what she had long been seeking—a harmonious No means will be left untried by which he may While in Bloomfield, a Bro. Wm. Hunt of Ne- Keene, Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 20, 1871. interpretation of the word of God. She embraced hope to accomplish our destruction. And how vada, spent two weeks with us attending the the truth, and is now rejoicing in it. are we prepared to resist his work ? What have meetings. This brother has embraced everyspoint we to give us hope against such odds ? In what Illinois. M. E. STILES, of Mercer Co., Ill., has never of present truth by reading our publications and may we trust for deliverance from his power ? regretted starting in the cause of present truth; the REVIEW. He first had his attention called Not in our own hearts, surely. Not in our own DEC. 23, I visited the brethren at Northville, loves the holy Sabbath, and feels that it is a sacred to our work by an article in the California Chris- weak, erring, human judgment; for this would La Salle Co., Ill. Tarried with them till Jan. 9. day ; believes that God is in the work. The tian Advocate, written by the editor with the de- prove no safeguard against the cunning and de- The cause is advancing steadily. They are hav- truth never looked so precious to her as now. sign of slurring our work here in Healdsburg. ceit of our adversary. 'Only in the sure promises ing considerable opposition; but I believe it will Asks the prayers of the church for her uncon- When Bro. Hunt learned that there were such of God may we trust with safety. But what a be an advantage to them in the end, if they will verted family. books being sold in Healdsburg, he wrote on for only endure it patiently. Bro. Steward has been tower of strength we have in these When sur- them. He read, embraced the truth, and sent laboring in the vicinity, and a few precious Thos. DEMMON, Richland Co., Wis., has taken rounded with temptation, when passing through us $50.00 in gold to help on the work in Cali- souls have taken hold of the truth. Our labor the REVIEW nearly ten years, and wondered each trials, where we are left to feel the enemy's power, fornia. He has now had the privilege of meeting together the past season has been agreeable. I year if the next would be as interesting as the when perplexed to know what course to take, with Adventists, which he has long desired. look back with pleasure upon it. The Lord has past. He says : " But in my opinion there is a and what duty is, with what comfort and assur- Pray for us. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. worked for us, for which I feel truly thankful. marked improvement. How the articles, ' Our ance of hope to the tried soul come these words of Healdsburg, Jan. 18, 1871. Jan. 8, we met at the house of Bro. Foreman, Faith and Hope,' cheer the flagging spirit ! How promise, " The meek will he guide in judgment, and presented the matter of organization as encouraging the Reports' ! How replete with and the meek will he teach his way." the spirit of the message are the articles ! And Although the way before us may seem dark Pleasantville, N. Y. adopted by our people. Twenty signed our church covenant, and pledged $99.34 s. B. in every part of the paper there is something to and dangerous, though beset with temptation on GOD has heard believing prayer. Never did There are others who are not yet prepared to reprove, instruct, encourage, admonish, exhort to every hand and surrounded by influences calcu- the cause stand so well in Pleasantville. Souls take hold with us, that design to as soon as they faithfulness, and to labor in the Master's vineyard, lated to lead us from the right way, though our are added to us, that are an ornament to the pres- can. We have a great many warm friends in La and lay up treasures in Heaven by using the hearts may prove treacherous, and frailest where ent truth. We have passed through some severe Salle Co. Oh ! that they might all become the means in our hands, to advance the cause. By they seem the best, though the world with its al- trials; but out of them all the Lord has delivered friends of God, and heirs of eternal life through the grace of God, I mean to be of the number of lurements may seem to call us from our life of us. The Lord is good. A few months ago our Lord Jesus Christ. those who have overcome their faults and done care, watchfulness, and toil, to some promised good there were two of us here; now we number Left Bro. Steward to care for the cause at N., their work well." to be found in the way of transgression, yet we twelve. Some were backsliders; others never and labor in new fields as the Lord may open the E. 0. UNDERHILL, Clinton Co., Mich., writes : may be sure that the voice of the Good Shepherd calling us to leave all these and follow him, if' before confessed the truth. Last Sabbath we way. There are so many avenues to the heart, so many enjoyed one of the most refreshing seasons that Jan. 9, I left to fill my appointments at Aledo, feelings, emotions, and motives, of the presence of obeyed, will prove a safeguard against all the we have enjoyed here for some time. It was Ill. There are a few precious souls here, that are which we are scarcely aware, that at no moment wiles of the deceiver, and will guide us at laststo a heart•searching time. All wept when we saw still holding on, through discouragement and op- can we safely lay down our watch. If the devil the fold. B. L. W. the wife of Bro. B., and the husband of Sr. Y., position, to the precious, though unpopular, truths cannot overcome us in one way, he will try hard arise and confess their determination to go to of God's word. May the Lord bless them, and to do it in another. Confession. Mount Zion with us, and be found among the help them to live so that their light may shine. remnant that shall escape the plagues which are I am now holding meetings in Bro. Dungan's C. P. WILLIAMS, Jo Daviess Co., Ill., being de- " IF we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to fall upon the shelterless heads of those who re- neighborhood in their fine new school-house. I prived by deafness of the privilege of hearing the to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all un- fuse to keep the commandments of God, and the have good congregations and seemingly quite an sound of any human voice, and the proclamation righteousness." 1 John 1 : 9. faith of Jesus. interest. I design to continue as long as the in- of the truth by the Lord's servants, thanks God Dear brethren and sisters, if we renounce sin How much we can endure when we know we terest demands. Then if the Lord will, I will for the light which comes to him every week and determine to lead pure lives, let us make thor- are walking in the old paths, cast up by patri- visit the brethren in the northern part of the through the REVIEW. ough work by confessing all to God, and to man, archs, prophets, and apostles. The hill of diffi- State. Hope our friends in Pontiac and Central so far as it has affected them in any way, publicly, culty will not turn us back; for over it we must Illinois, will be patient, and we shall render them The Work of the Enemy. privately, or personally; confess great sins, small go, though steep and rugged, to Beulah's land. all the help we can, as soon as possible. sins, and all sin; confess heartily as though we Neither can the lions frighten us back. No, no ! R. F. ANDREWS. NOT long since, while listening to a discourse hated it and meant to put every vestige of it, It is blessed to be free from doubts in this age by quite a successful minister of the Baptist de- from us. Have we done so ? If so, what means of infidelity. Toil on, dear brethren and sisters. Seeking the Right Way Again. nomination to the members of a church among this dearth of mind ? this want of the favor of Soon the King will come. Oh, to be ready! To whom he was about to labor, I was forcibly im- God ? this constant inclination to do wrong ? this all who have access by faith to the throne of grace, A SISTER writes.from Lee Summit, Mo. : I am pressed by a remark he made to this effect : "At absence of spirituality ? Is it not the result of we would say, Pray for us, the little band in thankful that the REVIEW has been allowed to no time during the history of the church, have this proud spirit, that holds back the confession of Pleasantville. WILLIAM H. WILD. visit my dear parents' house so long. Father the influences which are at work against the our wrong ? spent part of last season with us, perused all the cause of God been more positive or persistent Not ashamed to sin, but ashamed to confess ! Ohio. books we had treating on present truth, became than at the present." How can God give you his smiles until you are convinced, and is now keeping the Sabbath. Such is the testimony of one who, although willing to acknowledge you have dishonored him ? Nov. 17, 1870, went to Highland Co. Spoke Since his return home he writes perhaps faithful and earnest in the work of do- How can he love you when you are so full of self- at night in the Methodist meeting-house, to a large " The more I have examined the subject, the ing good according to the light God has given love ? You think it will bring you down so low congregation. Had a good hearing. Held two more I am convinced that the law has not been him, is not holding up the high standard to which in the eyes of others. What if it does, if God meetings in Kainesborough, but fOr want of a annulled or changed by any scriptural authority. God requires his people at this time to conform loves you ? But it will not; for nothing will so house, had to leave. Our Saviour fulfilled the law to be sure, and themselves. We have good reason to believe endear you to your brethren as a humble, thor ADVENT REVIEW AND HERALD OF THE SABBATH. 63

ough confession of your faults. " He that hum- THE TWO WARNINGS, ism of which it is an attribute. Attraction, ca- with the blessing of his mother's kiss still upon bleth himself shall be exalted." loric, weight, elasticity, density, etc., are proper- his forehead, if he lose that purity of character, WHEN Noah built his ponderous ark l upon the solid ties of bodies ; but they never exist independently it is a loss that he never can regain—never ! But let thoughts of self die. Think how you land, have dishonored God, and abused his love, and Do you not think the people laughed, and cried, " That of material organisms. In other words, all prop- Such is the fearful c msequence of -crime—the provoked his wrath. When we have a right view foolish man "? erties or attributes of entities are immaterial, and deep stain of sin : its effect cannot be eradicated— of sin, we shall want to confess it. But shall No doubt but some at first believed the message Noah never exist any longer than the bodies to which it can only be forgiven, and that forgiveness we ever get into, Heaven with this willful self- brought; they belong. For instance, if a being feels pain, comes only from the God of all purity. But as the years rolled slowly by, their faith all came sorrow, or joy; love or hatred; all those attributes love? Shall we ever join the blood-washed to naught. "Nor bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, throng ? No. We may come up to the Judg- cease when that personality is no more. No at- Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, ment with our sins unconfessed, but then it will, "Who, Noah, of our wisest men, thinks that it will be tribute, or property, ever can exists by itself; any Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, be too late. The cleansing comes after the con- so ? more than we can have a shadow without a sub- Can wash the dismal stain away. fession. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and Who is there, now, of all the world? But very few stance, or a hole in a body after the body is en- Jesus, thy blood, thy blood alone, you know." Hath power sufficient to atone; just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse up from "Are you so wise that you know more than all the tirely destroyed. Thy blood can cleanse us white as snow— all unrighteousness. world beside? No amount of immaterial properties, or attributes, No Jewish types can cleanse us so." We want to be cleansed from all unrighteousness. Or good, that true light comes to you, to all the rest can make a material, personal entity. Hence, We feel the galling yoke of sin, and long for that denied?" love, thought, desire, life, patience, meekness, purity of heart and life that will make us truly mercy, justice, etc., have no existence, but in name, What It Would Do. `Perhaps their great men reasoned thus, "The world the k hildren of God, and fit us to stand the test is thriving fast, without a real, personal entity. In the case of of the Judgment that is just before us. Then let The arts and sciences progress, and genius does its our Creator, mind and personality are co-eternal; " GIVE me," said one, " the money that has us freely and fully confess. With what love must best; as in man mind and personality are co-extensive. been spent in rum, and I will purchase every foot our Heavenly Father look upon that one who is God meant these things should all unfold, else they They begin together, and the mental properties of land on the globe. I will clothe every man, willing, yes, anxious, to own every wrong and put had not been planned, never extend, or exist, beyond the life of the phys- As yet there lies, all unimproved, a great extent of woman, and child, in an attire that kings and it all away I How he takes them to his bosom land." ical constitution. queens might be proud of. I will build a school- and enriches them with the peace that passeth all All personalities are organized bodies. All im- house upon every hill-side, and in every valley understanding "Now what if Noah has a dream, shall all men faint material things are but properties of material over the whole earth. I will supply that and fear? bodies, and cease with them..' The mind of man school-house with a competent teacher. I will That monstrous boat shall never float, decay shall "Rivers of love from God's own throne is not an entity, but a collection of attributes, or build an academy in every town, and endow it; Shall constantly supply, waste it there." properties, peculiar to that wonderful organ called And angel pinions hover near, But, reader, did good Noah cease for argument or a college in every State, and fill it with able pro- To waft that soul on high." scorn? the brain ; hence when that is deranged or de- fessors. I will crown every hill with a church No, God had said, "I bring a flood," he must not fail stroyed, the mind is also deranged or destroyed. consecrated to the gospel of peace, and support in The writer can say by experience, It is blessed to warn. It is as impossible for man to think without an its pulpit an able teacher of righteousneas; so to confess. " He that covereth his sins shall not active brain, as to live without breathing. So on he hammered, planned, and preached, and thus that on every Sabbath morning, the chime on one prosper ; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them condemned the world. No attribute of an object is an entity; neither hill shall answer to the chime of another around shall have mercy." Prov. 28 : 13. It showed his faith in God's sure word, though bitter is it a component part of that with which it is the earth's circumference, and the voice of' prayer, E. M. WARREN. lips were curled. connected. The weight of water is not water ; and the song of praise, shall ascend as one uni-- And did it come—that dreadful flood—to which so few the motion of a watch is not a watch; the soul of versal offering to Heaven." gave heed? a man is not a man. In these cases, " weight," The Cross of Christ. Ah ! yes; they could not stay the wrath against their This is no voice of enthusiasm, but simple sins decreed. " motion," and " soul," are only attributes of the utterance of what is literally true and practicable, LIKE Paul, we may glory in the cross of Christ. bodies. When we speak of the soul of a man, we as any one else can see who will consult facts His yoke is easy and his burden is light. How But Noah and his family, through all that dreadful mean either his life, or a state of feeling; and and history. love to run in the way of his commandments. All storm, both of these are immaterial properties, which Pass it around, then, ye lovers of temperance, hail the cross of Christ this glad New Year ! Its Triumphant rode upon the waves, within the ark's exist no longer than his personal organism. When huge form, and let the people see where the money goes to, light burdens are waftina• me along to the beauti- "God shut them in ;" he held them safe, though heav- we say man is a soul, then the word soul stands that might feed the hungry, clothe the naked, ful land ! Already the breezesb from the " shining ing billows tossed, for man as a personal entity. This is a common and give to all the nations the bread of eternal shore " fan my weary brow, and chase away my Though all else died' pon the earth, not one of them use of the word in the Scriptures. life. Pass it around, and let all see that intem- was lost. tears and sorrows. Soon, oh ! soon, if we are No property, or attribute, is organized, and, perance wastes more by untold millions than am- therefore, cannot be an entity. No entity can faithful, we shall enter the " Eden of love." If Again the Lord Jehovah speaks, "The elements shall bition grasps, or avarice covets; and they that we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him. melt," ever become a property. No collection of prop- find fault with our benevolence, or our social Transporting thought ! Let us walk up the " Also the earth ;" and even now the pent-up fires are erties can make a personal entity; hence the mind, organization, let them learn that the social disor- King's highway of holiness, all radiant with felt. which is a collection of mental properties, such as ganizations, crimes, and miseries, which intemper- They shake the earth and rend it oft, and dart forth heavenly light. The pathway of the just is as memory, love, hatred, reason, desire, etc., resulting ance produces are a thousand-fold more expensive, tongues of flame, from the action of a material organ, can never a shining light that shineth brighter and brighter Which in their hissing, frightful voice, the coming and grievous to be borne.—Nat. Temp. Advocate. even unto the perfect day. Can we not, then, doom proclaim. make an entity, or a personal, intellectual, moral glory in tribulation, and take joyfully the spoiling agent. No attribute has an independent, con- of our goods here, because in " a little while," we When Christ's disciples asked of him, the signs that scious existence.— World's Crisis. "Life without Trials." are expecting to remove to a fairer clime where should appear, "'t is one bright summer, always bland, and He said the darkened sun and moon, should shoW the WITHOUT trials you cannot guess at your own end was near. Purity of Character. storms do never come"? L. E. MILLNE. The falling stars, too, should attest it "even at the strength. Men do not learn to swim on a table. door," NEVER in any age was it more important to They must go into deep water, and buffet the sur- "This generation shall not pass," till all these things impress our youth with the value of this great ges. If you wish to understand their true char- are o'er. "Been Baptized, Massa." essential principle than at the present time. acter—if you would know their strength—of what they are capable—throw them overboard. Over, " WELL, Cato, what ground have you for believ- These signs have all appeared, we know, and strange " Time is money." How important then is it to enough that some us all ! Here is pure gold unalloyed, without with them, and if they are worth saving, they will ing yourself a true Christian ? " said a minister Should tell us that the end may be a thousand years swim ashore themselves. one day to an old colored man whose life was not so which our time will be a " drug" upon the mar- to come. ket, before entering the world's great banqueting- much in harmony with his profession as it ought And many look for happiness and universal peace, to be. Though earth is filled with violence, and sin and crime hall. " Been baptized, massa," replied Cato, placing increase. Young man, stop a moment and think. What is life ? It is a vapor—a dream when one awak- Obituarg otirto. marked emphasis on the word baptized. But all this Jesus did forsee ; he told us long before, The minister vainly tried to convince Cato that eth. Yet life is more than mere mist—it is not Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. That when he came, the clays would be, as were "the a phantasm, but a reality. Yes, mere baptism could not make him a Christian. days of Noah." Cato was stubborn on this point; for he thought And in the days before the flood, feasting and mirth "Art is long, and time is fleeting, that the water in baptism cleansed the heart of held sway, And our hearts, though stout and brave, DIED, in Hammondsport, Steuben Co., N. Y., its sinfulness. The poor fellow knew nothing of " They knew not till the waters came, and swept them Still, like muffled drums, are beating Dec. 15, 1870, of consumption, Emma Shults, all away. the work of the Holy Spirit on the heart. Funeral marches to the grave." only daughter of E. S. Decker, in the 22d year Just then a happy thought struck the minister's So now for pleasure reaching forth, the multitudes we And we are passing away. Whither are we of her age. mind. He led Cato into his study, took an empty see; drifting? Has it well been asked: " Young We visited sister Emma several times during ink bottle from the shelf, and holding it up, The dance, the picnic, festival; eat, drink, and merry man, what is your life ?" It is a precious boon. her sickness, and each time found her free in the be. said : But oh! the few who sigh and cry, for crimes that Now, then, in youth, lay the foundation of a Lord, and sweetly resigned to his will. At times " Cato, do you suppose I can clean this bottle now abound, good, manly character; let purity be the beau ideal she enjoyed seasons of holy triumph. This was by washing the outside with water ?" Believe God's sure prophetic word, and haste the alarm of thy beautiful life; let thy thought be pure, especially cheering to her mother. In her re- "No, massa; you must wash de inside, too, if to sound, then shall you go forth well equipped for thy moval she sees the providence of God, and rejoices you would have him clean," said Cato with a grin warfare ; for life, indeed, is often a struggle. Be that she has at least one child whom she hopes to Shall, when the rioters all fall, in that soon-coming meet in the morn of Zion's triumphant glory ; of self-approval. day, prudent, thoughtful; " speak evil of no man." " Very good, Cato," rejoined the minister. Be carried up by angel hands to God's blest home on Remember that charity suffereth long and is and they with Jesus ever live. And may this " Now do you suppose that water applied to the high ? kind—beareth all things; endureth all things. not be all. May God bless to the salvation of' outside of the body of a man can cleanse sin from Lord, speed ,the message, and increase the all-prevail- " Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are remaining friends, her dying entreaties in their his heart which is within him .?" ing power Of thine own chosen little flock, in this eventful hour. the issues of life." The fountain being pure, the behalf. " I see it now, massa, I see it," said Cato, plac- stream will be pure. Remember this fact—" you Discourse by the writer. ing his hand on his brow. " My heart be like de Reader, are you and I among those who believe the are really what you are in secret." When alone, J. W. RAYMOND. inside of dat bottle. Baptism no cleanse de Lord ? your meditation, your reflection, will give shape inside. I will seek de power of de Hoty Spirit to Whose spotless lives and earnest calls lead others to to your conduct, and your character will thus be make my heart clean inside." his word ? DIED, in Keene, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, Oh! think of the unending life, of love, and joy, and formed. You have admired the loveliness of the Thus by means of an old ink bottle, did the rose, the flower, and " the beautiful snow." 1870, Aaron S. Beedy, aged 75 years. song, Bro. B. made a profession of religion and minister overthrow Cato's faith in baptismal re- They may enjoy with all the good, eternal ages long. You have looked upon the plum and the apri- united with the Free-will Baptist church at about generation and led him to see the inward washing, E. M. WARREN. cot—did you notice the bloom and beauty of the age of twenty; but in an evil hour he was of which baptism is only the symbol. these ? That soft, delicate flush overspreading overcome, and undoubtedly the language of Christ Reader, are you like an ink bottle washed on the cheek is said to be more exquisite than the Material and Immaterial. in Matt. 12 :45, was true in his case. But last the outside only ? Have you, like Cato, substi- fruit itself. Now, if you strike your hand over winter and spring, during my labors in this place, tuted the form for the spiritiof religion ? If so, it, it is at once gone forever; for it never grows EVERYTHING that has a name is either mate- he gave attention to the present truth; and I commend you to the prayerful study of the true but once. The flower that hangs in the morning rial or immaterial ; either an entity, or a property although unable, from lameness, to attend meeting way of salvation, as described long ago in the fol- impearled with dew, arrayed as no queenly wo- of an entity; a personality, or an attribute of a much, he became interested in the study of the lowing apostolic words man ever was arrayed with jewels, once shake personality. By entity, we mean a " real being or Bible, and soon commenced the observance of the " Not by works of righteousness which we have it so that the beads roll off, and you may sprinkle existence." By property, we mean some peculiar Sabbath; and during his last illness, he gave done, but according to His mercy he saved us, by water over it as you please, yet it can never be quality of the entity, which exists because of the good evidence of having repented of, and having the washing of regeneration, and renewing of existence of the entity. By attribute, we mean made again what it was when the dew fell silently the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abund- upon it from heaven. On a frosty morning, you been forgiven, the error of his ways. the same thing, though perhaps more properly ap- Discourse at the funeral to a large and attentive antly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that may see the panes of glass covered with land- plied to living, intelligent beings. Property and audience, from Isa. 38 :1, last clause; a text of being justified by his grace, we should be made attribute are used as synonymous terms. When scapes, mountains, lakes, and trees, blended in The his own choosing.' We laid him away in hope. heirs according to the hope of eternal life."-- we speak of an apple as being sweet or sour; of a beautiful fantastic pictures. Now, if you lay S. B. WHITNEY. Reaper. s body as soft or hard, heavy or light, dense or porous, your hand on the glass, and by the scratch of the tough or brittle; these are properties of the bodies finger or the warmth of the palm, all the delicate tracery will be obliterated. So there is in youth CHRISTIANS might avoid much unhappiness named. Love, mercy, and justice, are attributes DIED, in Greenwood Prairie, Minn., Jan. 17, a beauty and purity of character which, when if they would but believe that God is able to make which can exist only in living, intelligent agents, 1871, of scrofulous tumors, my dear companion, once touched and defiled, can never be restored; a them happy without anything else. God has been entities, or personalities. These properties, or at- aged 38 years, 2 months, and 28 days. She em- depriving me of one blessing after another; but tributes, do not exist after the entity, or personality, fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which, when torn and broken, will never be re-embroid- braced present truth about six years ago, and has as every one was removed, he has come in, and is destroyed. ever since tried to live it out. She leaves five filled up its place, and now when I am a cripple, Pain, sorrow, hatred, thought, life, desire, sym- ered. A man who has spotted and soiled his garments in youth, though he may seek to make children to mourn her loss. I would express my and not able to move, I am happier than ever I pathy, etc., are properties of certain living entities; thanks for the sympathy and assistance of relatives but when the personality is destroyed, these pecul- them white again, can never wholly do it, even wag in my life before, or ever expected to be ; and friends during her sickness. and if I had believed this twenty years ago, I iar properties perish at the same time. No prop- though he wash them with his tears. BROWN. might have been spared much anxiety. erty can exist any longer than the material organ- When a young man leaves his father's house M. H. 64 ADVENT REVIEW AND HE RALD OF THE SABBATH.

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In all probability the voice of the country Foreign Missionary Fund. to Feb. 6, 1871, has been $3654.19 cents. The entire will be for taking the offered territory. The American Judson on Dress-Personality of God-Sign of the S Rider $5.00. Day of God-Time Lost; Old and New Style-The • sum given in books during conference year, has been soul lusts for territory, and will cry for more, until the Michigan, Conference Fund. Two Laws-What is Truth? $1869.92. There is in the treasury, Feb. 6, 1871, the North American continent and the islands are under our flag. Church at Charlotte $46.04, church at Jackson Half-Cent Tracts: God's Answers to Man's Excuses sum of $6852.70. JAMES WHITE. If Dominica is obtained, it may be regarded as $60.00. for not Keeping His Sabbath-The Heavenly Meeting marking the beginning of a new policy and a new Cash Received on. Account. --Some Features of our Times-Which Day do You The proper way to stop your paper, after you era. It will at once add largely to the Catholic in- L McCoy 20c. Keep, and Why ? have paid up, is to notify your post master that you fluence, for if Dominica and Hayti are brought in CHARTS: The Prophetic and Law of God Charts, the separately, as proposed, four Senators of that Church General Conference Missionary Fund. size used by our preachers; varnished and mounted, do not wish to receive it longer. It is then his duty will be ere long in their seats, the representatives of a Lois It Carr $5.00, S Rider 10.00, Betsey Osgood each $2.00 to notify the publisher. J. W. 10.00, Eunice P Osgood 1.50, Betsey M Osgood 1.50. foreign population, a foreign priesthood, and a differ- bar The two Charts, on cloth, by mail, with Key, ent race from ours. In its most important aspect, Book Fund. without rollers, $2.50. THE P. 0. address of E. B. Lane is for the present, this is a religious question of the gravest character. M J Chapman $2.00, Gertrude Brown 50c, E P& B The new policy, as it is worked out, will also demand * *Address REVIEW & HERALD, Box 1261, Battle Creek, Mich. M Osgood 1.13. * a rapid increase of the army and navy, and conse- BATTLE CREEK, MICH. quently of the power and patronage of the central Western Camp-Meeting Fund. Calumny. government. Henry Clark $5.00, T F Emans 10.00, Alfred L What will the Protestant church do with the popu- Hussey 10.00. CALUMNY is like the brands flying from a large fire, lations of the islands and Mexico ? Will the dream Michigan Camp-Meeting Fund. alit prim and et d. which quickly go out if you do not blow them. of Louis Napoleon be realized, and will the prestige of G W Amadeu $5.00. TERMS: the Latin Church and race be re-established on this If paid in advance $2.00 a year. A cheerful word of sympathy Review to the .Poor. May scatter clouds away ; continent ? Can our increasing masses of such ma- If not paid in three months, $2.50 a year. One little act performed in life, terial be controlled by less than Imperial power ? M J Chapman $1.00, A friend from Walled Lake When ordered by others for the poor, $1.50 a year. Turns darkness into day. By this influx of foreign material, shall we become 13.00, I D Cramer 1.00. When ordered by friends, for their friends, en trial $1.50 a year.