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to the disciples, says, "Go ye into all the world, natural eyes. There would then be no propriety for THE REVIEW AND HERALD and preach the gospel to every creature, and lo l God to say he would put his hand over Moses' face IS PUBLISHED I am with you alway, even unto the end of the while he passed by, (seemingly to prevent him from At South St. Paul-st., Stone's Block, world. Now, no one would contend that Christ seeing his face,) for he could not see him. Neither NO. 23, Third Floor. had been on the earth personally ever since the dis- do we conceive how an immaterial hand could ob- TERMS.—One Dollar for a Volume of ciples commenced to fulfill this commission. But struct the rays of light from passing to Moses' eyes. Numbers. 916 his Spirit has been on the earth; the Comforter that But if the position be true that God is immaterial, J. N. ANDREWS, }) Publishing lie promised to send. So in the same manner God and cannot be seen by the natural eye, the text R. F. COTTRELL, Committee. URIAH SMITH. manifests himself by his Spirit which is also the above is all superfluous. What sense is there in power through which he works. "But if the Spir- saying God put his hand over Moses' face, to prevent rirtancommunications, orders, and remittances should be addressed to ELD. JAMES WHITE, Rochester. N. Y it of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell him from seeing that which could not be seen. (post-paid.) in you, he that raised, up Christ from the dead shall Says one, I see we cannot harmonize the matter aw,.. With 4000 paying subscribers we can publish the RE- also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that buy other way, than that there was a literal body VIEW at 60 00, Volume. dwelleth in you." Rom. viii, H. Here is a plain seen by Moses; but that was not God's own body, it distinction made between the Spirit, and God that was a body he took that he might show himself to IS THE SOUL IMMORTAL I raises the dead by that Spirit. If the living God is Moses. Moses could form no just conceptions of An Examination of the Scripture Testimony Con- a Spirit in the strictest sense of the term, and at the God unless he assumed a form. So God took a cerning' Man's Present Condition and his Fu- same time is in possession of a Spirit, then we have body. This throws a worse coloring on the matter ture Reward or Punishment. at once the novel idea of the Spirit of a Spirit, than the first position; for it charges God with de- something it will take at least a Spiritualist to ex- ception; telling Moses he should see him, when in BY 3. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. plain. fact Moses according to this testimony did not see • There is at least one impassable difficulty in the God, but another body. A person must be given [Continued,] way of those who believe God is immaterial, and to doubt almost beyond recovery, that would attempt heaven is not a literal, located place: they are ob- thus to mystify, and do away the force of this tes- THIS leads us to the investigation of the neces- liged to admit that Jesus is there bodily, a literal timony. sary inquiry, person; the same Jesus that was crucified, dead, and Ex. xxiv, 9. "Then went up Moses and Aaron, • IS GOD A PERSON I buried, was raised from the dead, ascended up to Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Is- Whatever may be the truth in this matter, it heaven, and is now at the right hand of God. Je- rael: and they saw the God of Israel: and there certainly cannot be wrong for us to examine what sus was possessed of flesh and bones after his resur- was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sap. the Word says respecting it. Many there are that rection. Luke xxiv, 39. " Behold my hands and phire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its would refrain from the investigation of unpopular my feet, that it is I, myself; handle me, and see; clearness." They were permitted to see his feet, but truths because the cry of heresy is raised against for a spirit bath not flesh and bones as ye see me no man can see his face and live. No mortal eye tliem, We shall not consider ourselves subjects have." If Jesus is there in heaven with a literal can bear the dazzling brightness of that glory of the , of the appellation, neither are we prying into the body of flesh and bones, may not heaven after all be a li t- face of God. It far exceeds the light of the sun. secrets of the Almighty, as we pursue the investi- eral place, a habitation for a literal God, a literal Sav- For the prophet says, "The light of the moon shall gation of this matter. The Bible certainly con- iour, literal angels, and resurrected immortal saints? be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun tains testimony upon this point, and we again re- Oh no, says one," God is a Spirit." So Christ said to the shall be seven fold, as the light of seven days, in the peat, "Things which are revealed belong to us." woman of Samaria at the well. It does not neces- day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his peo- We inquire then, What saith the Scripture? sarily follow because God is a Spirit, that he has no ple, and healeth the stroke of their wound." Isa. The very testimony we have been examining in body. In John iii,' 6, Christ says to Nicodemus, xxx, 26. Notwithstanding this seven-fold light that regard to man's being formed of the dust in the "That which is born of the Spirit is spirit." If is then to shine, the prophet speaking of the scene image of God, proves conclusively that God has a that which is born of the Spirit is spirit, then on the says, "Then the moon shall be confounded, and the form, although the sentiment is contrary to what same principle, that which has a spiritual nature is sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in we have been taught, while children, from the spirit. God is a spirit being, his nature is spirit; he mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his an- catechism: is not of a mortal nature; but this does not exclude cients gloriously." Isa. xxiv, 23. The testimony . "Question. What is God ? the idea of his having a body. David says, [Ps. of John is, [Rev. xxi, 23,] "And the city had no "Answer. An infinite and eternal spirit; one exiv, 4,]" Who maketh his angels spirits;" yet an- need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: that always was and always wil. be. gels have bodies. Angels appeared to both Abra- for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is "Q. Where is God? ham and Lot, and ate with them. We see the idea the light thereof." "A. Everywhere." that angels are spirits, does not prove that they are' Infidels claim that there is a contradiction in the But we inquire, Is not God in one place more not literal beings. testimony of Moses, because he said, he talked with ;than'another ? Oh no, say you: the Bible says It is inferred because the Bible says that God is God face to face. We reply, there was a cloud be- the is a spirit, and if so he must be everywhere a Spirit, that he is not a person. An inference tween them, but God told Moses, "No man shall *like. Well, if when man dies his spirit goes to should not be made the basis for an Argument. see me and live." The Testimony of the New Tes• God, it must go everywhere. But the Bible cer- Great Screpture truths are plainly stated, and it will tament is in harmony with that of the Old upon tainly represents God as located in heaven. " For not do for us to found a doctrine on inferences, con- this subject. "Follow peace with all men, and ho- he bath looked down from the height of his sanc- trary to positive statements in the word of God. If liness without which no man shall see the Lord." tuary : from heaven did the Lord behold the the Scripture states in positive terms that God is a Heb. xii, 14. Who with mortal eyes could behold -earth." Ps. cii,•19. Then certainly heaven can- person, it will not answer for us to draw an infer- a light that far outshines seven fold the brightness of pot be everywhere, for God is represented as ence from the text which says " God is a Spirit," the sun? Surely none but the holy can behold him, hooking down from it. "Elijah went up by a that.he has,no body. none but immortal eyes could bear that radiant iwhirlwind into heaven." 2 Kings ii, 11. But, We winnow, present a few texts which prove that glory. Although the Word says we cannot see God says one, does not the Bible represent God as God is a person. Ex. xxxiii, 18, 23. "And he now and live, the promise is, that the pure in heart )everywhere present? Ps. cxxxix, 8, 9, 10. "If I (Moses) said, I beseech thee shew me thy glory." shall see him. Matt. v, 3. "Blessed are the pure lascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make Verse 20. "And he said, Thou canst not see my in heart, for they shall see God." Rev. xxii, 4. my bed in hell, behold, thou art there; if I take face, for there shall no man see me and live." Vers- "And they shall see his face, and his name shall be the wings of the morning, and dwell in the utter- es 21-23. "And the Lord said, Behold there is a in their forehea(Js." most parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: and Paul, [Col. i, 15,] speaking of Christ, says, "Who lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by, is the image of the invisible God, the first born of We reply, the subject is introduced in verse 7, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock; and will every creature." Here Christ is said to be " the 4.s follows : " Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? cover thee with my hand while I pass by; and I image of the invisible God." We have already inr whither shall I flee from thy presence ?" The will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my shown, that Christ has a body composed of sub- tpirit is God's. representative. His power is man- back parts; but my face shall not be seen." If stance, flesh and bones; and he is said to be, "the -Rested wherever he listeth, through the agency of God is an immaterial Spirit, then Moses could not image of the invisible God." Well, says one, we his Spirit. Christ, when giving the commission see him; for we are told a spirit cannot be seen by admit his divine nature is in the image of God. If 42 THE REVIEW AND HERALD. by his divine nature you mean the part that existed All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all to obey. If he refrained from eating the fruit of a in glory with the Father before the world was, we that was in the dry land, died." certain tree, he should live; if be partook of it, and reply, that which was in the beginning with God, If we must admit, because the breath of life came thus transgressed God's commandments, he should (the Word,) was made flesh, not came into flesh, or from God, it must be a part of himself, and hence die. Here was a test of character: the point was to as some state, clothed upon with a human nature, immortal, we get ourselves- into a grand difficulty. be settled by Adam whether he would obey, or dis- but made flesh. But says another, God is said to be Sinners, you say, are to be punished with eternal obey. invisible. Because he is invisible now, it does not misery, because God cannot destroy a part of him- Adam was on probation. It seems to be the will prove that he never will be seen. The Word says, self; but your theory makes out that God is going of God, instead of unalterably fixing the destiny of " The pure in heart shall see" him. Willing faith to torment a part of himself to all eternity. If the all men, to leave them to choose for themselves, at says, Amen. above sentiment were true, we might perhaps find the same time holding out inducements to obedience Paul's testimony in Phil. ii, 5, 6, shows plainly in it, a solution for the difficulty of the Predestinari- before them. We inquire, What was Adam on pro- what may be understood by the statement, that an, who states, that God decreed from all eternity bation for? Certainly not for life; for he was a liv- Christ is the image of God. " Let this mind be in that some men should be lost, and they cannot alter ing soul: not for happiness; for bliss surrounded you which was in Christ Jesus: who being in the their fate, but they are to be tormented eternally for him on every side: not for possession of the garden; form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal being sinners, something they could not avoid. But for God had given him that, as also dominion over with God." How Call Christ be said to be in the if God has placed a part of himself in man, and all the earth. There is but one thing he could have form of God, if God has no form 1 Rom. viii, 3. finally punishes that soul, (a part of himself,) to all been on probation for; and that is, to decide wheth- "God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful eternity, it may be after all, that the guilty one er he should eternally enjoy that state of bliss. He flesh." Christ is in the form of God, and in the would be punished. was on probation for eternal life. If be was on pro- form of men. This at once reveals to us the form But here is the truth, plainly stated: " Than be- bation for eternal life, then he could not have been of God. came a living soul." The same original term which immortal. If he had been immortal he could not Daniel speaking of God, calls him the Ancient of is rendered living soul in this text, is, in other por- have died. And on the other band, had he been days. Dan. vii, 9. "And the Ancient of days did tions of Scripture applied to beasts, and sometimes mortal, his case was already decided for death. We sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair rendered living creature, and sometimes living soul. conclude he occupied a position between them both, of his head like the pure wool." This personage is "Moses uses nephesh,, chay, chayiah, and chayini, to and was left to attain to either. He was incorrupt, refrained from paftaking of the tree of said to have a head, and hair; this certainly could express animal life and creature; and these words and had he- not be said of him if he was immaterial and had are generally translated soul, life, living, lives, and the knowledge of good and evil, he never would have no form. But Paul's testimony in Heb. i, 3, ought creature. Gen. i, '24 reads, Let the earth bring seen corruption. Adam was not left in darkness as to what the to settle every candid mind in regard to the person- forth the (nephesh chayia,h) living creature after his consequence would be if he partook of the forbidden ality of God. Speaking of Christ, he says, " Who kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beast of the tree. The penalty consequent on the transgression being the brightness of his glory, and the earth after his kind.' In Gen. xi, 19, Moses states express that these living souls are brought before Adam, and of that command, God himself expresses in the fol- image of his (the Father's person." Here then it every living soul, (nephesh lowing words: "In the day that thou eatest there- is plainly stated God .bas a person. Christ is the whatsoever he named chayiah,) that was the name of it." Adam Clarke, of thou shalt surely die." But says the objector, God express image of it. Then we can understand commenting upon verse 24, acknowledges that (ne- could not have meant to tell Adam that he should Christ where he says, " He that bath seen me, bath phesh, chayiah) living soul, is " a general term to ex- seen the Father." John xiv, 19. He could not literally die in the day be partook of the forbidden Bible fruit; for he did not die in that day: he lived 930 have meant, that he was his own father; for when press all creatures endued with animal life." vs. Tradition. years, and then died. The Lord must have meant he prayed he addressed his Father as another per- We notice this point thus definitely, from the fact to tell him that he would die a spiritual death. By son who had sent him into the world. He styled that this is the first and primary signification of the spiritual death, we suppose you mean " dead in tres- himself the Son of God. Then he could not be the term soul, and here it applies to the whole person. passes and sins." A person dead in sins, must be Father of which he was the son. When he says, It is stated in Rev. xvi, 3, when the second vial is one that is lost to all sense of the obligation he is "He that bath seen me hath seen the Father," he living soul under to obey God. We claim that this could not must mean, that as he was the express image of the poured out, "And every died in the sea." Here the same expression is used, doubtless applying have been held out before Adam as a penalty: it Father's person, those who saw him saw the likeness to fish. We see then, if the term living soul was a natural consequence. If a man commits sin, of the Father in him. when applied to man proves him to be immortal; it can and continues in those sins, he is spiritually dead. But we will now return to the subject of The prove no less when applied to beasts. But ritu one What should we think if the legislators of this Un- creation of man. We have. seen already that contends the application of this term to beasts proves ion, or any of its States, should pass a law stating man's being made in the image of God, could not them to he immortal, neither does it prove man to that if a man committed murder, he should lose all refer to a moral image, for it would involve the ab- be immortal when applied to him. sense of his obligation to keep that law, and that surdity that the lifeless clay of which man was fi)rm- "God planted a garden eastward in Eden." That should be the penalty of his transgression. ed, had a character like God. We now see the garden he beautified with flowers of every tint, ev- Again, if the death threatened was spiritual, we Scriptures clearly teach, that God is a person with a ery thing which was pleasant to the sight was there, find ourselves involved in a difficulty. Says Paul, body and form. Then Gen. i, 26, may be under- spontaneously blooming: Every thing which was [1 Cor. aim,' "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ stood to teach the fact, that man was made in the good for food the earth did bear. The trees, beau- shall all be made alive." If the death they died in form of God. Other scriptures agree with this tes- tiful flowers, and tall grass waved in the soft pressure Adam was a spiritual death, then being made alive timony. See Gen. ix, 6. Whose sheddeth man's of the spicy breeze. The gentle stream murmured in Christ from that death must be to he made holy. blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the slowly along, as its Ailver surface glistened in the- This also would be the first resurrection, as it brings image of God made he man." This testimony can- rays of the noon-day sun. The beautiful birds war- lien to life from the first death. This would make not apply to a spirit, or immaterial part of man: bled forth their merry songs from every bower. out that all men would finally be holy; for in Christ that which is in the image of God has blood. 1 There all was peace, love, joy, and harmony. No shall all be made alive. Rev. xx, 6. "Blessed and Cur. xi, 7. " For a man indeed ought not to cover evil beasts were there, but the delight of all was to holy is he that bath part in the first resurrection: his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of see their fellows happy. There God placed that on such, the second death bath no power." Then God." James [Chap. iii, 9] speaking of the tongue happy pair. No sorrow e'er had filled their breasts, they that were once made holy would remain ever- says, "Therewith bless we God, even the Father; they knew no pain, and in childlike innocence they lastingly holy; but the Word says, "Take heed lest and therewith curse we men, which are made after walk forth to view their first abode. Their cup of ye fall.' But we inquire, did God say, "In the day the similitude (likeness, resemblance—Webster) of joy was full, and as they beheld the God who thus thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die?" The God." The foregoing testimony settles the point, had wrought for them, they struck a note of praise marginal reading of the text says, (Heb.,) "Dying that the image of God does not refer to character in honor of his blessed name. Fair angels looked thou shalt die." In the clay he partook of that fiat' but to form. upon the work of God; he had finished it and pro- he would be a subject of death, become corrupted Gen. ii, 7. "And the Lord God formed man of nounced it very good. "The morning stars sang and a prey to disease. the dust of the ground, and breathed ir.to his nos- together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." The divine command had gone forth. The pen- trils the breath of life; and man became a living When Adam was thus placed in the garden, God alty of disobedience had been stated, and Adam soul." Grave Doctors of Divinity (as they are call- said to him, "Of every tree of the garden thou may- was left to choose life, or death. The serpent it is ed) assert that what God breathed into man was a est freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of said "was more subtile than any beast of the field part of himself. This, say they, is what became a good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the which the Lord God had made: and he said unto living soul. It must be immortal; for God cannot day that thou eatest thereof thou sit. It surely die." the man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of die, neither will he destroy a part of himself. But We have already stated that we would show that ever tree of the garden ? And the woman said the text says, "Man became a living soul." Man Adam was left to form his own character. By this unt the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees was made of dust; then the dust became a living we do not set aside the testimony of the word, that of t e garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is soul after being inspired with the bath of life. If God made man upright. It must be apparent to in t e midst of the garden, God bath said, Ye shall it is a fact, that because God breathed into man the the mind of all, with a few moments' considera- not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. breath of life, that breath is immortal, then beasts tion, that no character can be developed without a And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall.not must have immortal souls. Moses, in giving the ac- law. We should have no conception of wrong, un- surely die: for God doth know, that in the day ye count of the flood, [Gen. vii, 21, 22,] says, " And all less we knew how matters ought to be, to be right. eat thereof; then your eyes shall be opened; and ye flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowls, Then in the formation of character, there must be shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." The tes- and of cattle, and of beasts and of every creeping some test, some rule by which we are to walk. One timony of the serpent prevailed, the woman partook thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man. great command, at least, God laid down for Adam of the fruit, gave to her husband, and jointly they THE REVIEW AND HERALD, 43 hrolto God's command. The serpent said, Ye shall Says the objector, your testimony from Seripturo that spirit, as has been claimed, then we should ex- not surely die, As the serpent was the most sub- seems to show that Adam was not created immor- pect the nearer death we came, the brighter the in- tile beast, he was the agent used by Satan in the tal, yet I believe we are immortal, We inquire, tellect would be; but we find it the reverse. A deception of that happy pair. Since manilas yield- from what source do we derive our immortality 1 It sound mind in a sound body expresses the truth of ed to Satan, he has an agent he can nse better for mutt he either htherent, derived from Adam, or else this matter. the work of deception; he now uses man, This was it conies to us directly from God, We reply, we There is one fact that cannot he explained in har- the, first great deceptive work performed by Satan, did not get it from Adam; for he did not have it mony with the theory, that the mind is not depend- The card he then turned was, " Thou shalt not sure, himself. If he had immortality, and imparted it to ent upon matter for its existence. When the skull /y die," In that Feine he won, the world. He has us, his poeterityythee the soul cannot be immaterial of man becomes fractured, and depressed upon the not yet forgotten it; and although men are familiar as claimed by the advocates of natural immortality. brain, the sufferer is immediately unconscious, and with the history of those scenes, yet still they per. Immaterial is the opposite of material, ,iliaterial is yet the breath of life is in him. Many curious cir- mit themselves to be deceived, while Satan, in var- something; (matter ;) has length, breadth and thick. ouinetances might be related, illustrative of this point, ious ways, whispers into their ears, " re shall not ness; and one of its properties is said by Philoso- of individuals who remained unconscious for days, surely die." We fear the sentiment taught, at the phers to be pivisibility, Immaterial, is the oppo. and after being restored to their senses again, were present time, that all, men have immortal souls, and site, not material, not matter; then it does not pos. not conscious that any time had elapsed. We refer therefore cannot die, (although its present advocates seas those properties. Matter is capable of snbdivis, the reader to ..Mental Philosophy for testimonies up- may honestly consider it to be truth,) came from the ions; for divisibility is one of its properties, But on this subject, What folly to talk of the mind of Same source of deception. immateriality' being the opposite, is subject to no man being immortal, and independent in its exist- After man had partaken of the fruit of the forbid. such divisions., Then if the soul of Adam was im- ence, if disease of the body can affect it. What a den tree, and thus broke God's . commandment, the material, it was not susceptible of subdivisions so as sentiment• to teach, that a man is conscious after Lord proceeded to pass sentence on the several ones to give immortality to his posterity. • Then if mai; death, when the facts are, injury of the brain makes engaged in this transgression. Ile explained to man has an immortal seta or spirit, it meet come di- a men unconscious while living. what hie punishment was to be, Gee, iii, P. 44 In rest from the heed of the Creator at the birth of f To be Continued,] the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou' each individual. This position would be monstrous; return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou tak- for they tell us the soul is the life of the person, and 64 Who went About doing Good." en; for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou re, unless this soui was imparted there would be no life. Thus we see 'that God is charged with giving souls This was said of Jesus. How descriptive of his turn," There could certainly be no doubt in the life. What a beautiful exhibition of character. Do- mind of Adam, es to what God meant by saying, to every being that lives, no matter how miserable ing good: thus his efforts were direetedi thus his •" dying thou shalt die," The Levi had expleined their birth, And again, they tell ua the soul is the energies spent, Wherever he went blessings were it to him. He does not tell Adam that his Minor, mind : then some of these souls must be very limit- borne ; the sad were comforted, and the weary found tat soul shall go to heaven or to torments, but Sim. ed in -intellect when formed, as appears by the idiot- 'rest. - ply he should die; cease to live; return to duet, A,fs ic portion of the commimity. Some men are content with wishing good,tins7 ter this curse was pronounced upon man, the Lord One great reason erged that man is in possession have many brave thoughts respecting it, but their "said, "Behold, the man ie become as one of es, to of some principle of a higher nature than matter, is thoughts never ripen into deeds—they shrink from toil and sacrifice. Their words may be those of kind- know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his that man thinks; end with all candor we are told ness, but their acts are wanting in love. The Lord hand, and take also a the tree of life, and eat, and that matter cannot think; has not the power of self. Jesus did, His whole life was but an expansion of live for ever; therefore the Lord God sent him motion, and would eternally remain inactive, were it the principle of benevolence, large, warm-hearted be- forth from the garden of Eden." God also eumed cot for the immortal power of volition which man nevolence. He went about doing good. He did not the ground for man's sake, and emit him forth to till possesses, We inquire. Do boots possess an immor- wait for the needy and suffering to be brought to it, but said, Thorns and thistles shall it bring -forth tal will? They certainly have the power -to will and him ; he sought them out—put himself in their wa.y, unto thee. (It is said by some, that God wills the move their bodies about. Philosophers have only And who can measure the good he wrought, while eternal misery of the wicked,. but here it is stated, given us the properties pf unorganized matter; but on earth ? How many homes did he gladden. How many crushed and wounded spirits did he lift and • God drove man from the garden, lost he should eat every one meet admit, that by combination of mat. heal. How was he ever seeking and saving the wan- i of the tree of life and live for ever.) ter, results are produced, and properties made meni. dering and the lost. And he _did good to Men in . Sorrow then filled the hearts of that hitherto hap- Vest, which did not OW in the, original matter un, their higher interests.. He labored for their spiritual py pair. Their state of bliss was now changed for organized. Organized in a certain form, matter is welfare. This brought him f. one heaven--this was a life of toil and perplexity to end in death, Satan made to produce music, and yet music is not a prop, the great thought of his life. How unlike Alexan- triumphed that he had molested the work of 00(1 erty of matter, but is the result of a peculiar organi- der, who led his armies from province- to province re- and caused man to sin, The awful scene of misery, eetion of matter. But says one, " The music is not gardless of human happiness, intent only on self-ag- and wretchedness, that has followed as a consequent in the material instrument, but in the mind." But grandizement ; how unlike all thosegreatmen whom worldlings love to honor, and around whom multi- upon Adam's transgression cannot be described, the mind does not produce the sound : sound is pro.. tudes slavishly fawn and smile. Beauty has vanished, love is debased, sorrow, sin heed as the result of the organization of the mater- Christ did good, not evil; he committed no blun- and death are in the world's cup; the last remains ials of the instrument, the air- being the medium ders—was guilty of no wrong, Yet iris life was an of Paradisean matter are swept awry by the curse. through which it is conveyed to the nice organism active one; ho mingled largely with men in laboriens While God pronounces the penalty upon Adam; of the ear, and there the mind takes cognizance of ancl.self-clenying exertion. But he was so single in he leaves•him room to hope, " The seed of the wo- those sounds. ' heart, and his aims were so pure and excellent, that man shall bruise the serpent's head," In this, as all But says the objector, Man reasons, hi capable of light and gladness sprung up wherever he moved. The disciple should be like the blessed Master. Use= .commentators claim, we have the promise of the. choosing arid refusing, We reply, The same may be fulness should be his aim, doing good- his delight Saviour, who was to be manifest ." that he mi ht said of beasts: they choose. But, say you, this mare Not ((reed, but easy and natural. The whole heart . destroy him that had the power of death, that is the ifeetetion of knowledge in them is instinct. Ie ,in. should be in such a work--ea heart overflowing with idevil." 0 God so loved the world that he gave his, stinct a property of Matter? Instinct as it is term- love and good will. only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him ed, if traced through the family of the brute creation, Are you laboring thus, my brother ? Are you ,should not perish, but have everlasting life," Ad- would he found to exist in a variety of forms, and so giving yourself to noble enterprises-? In this way „-ain still had room for hope, and although he had .nearly allied in some, to the operations of the hu- happiness comes, in the forgetfulness of self. .,When 'thrust himself away from the tree of life -by tenni- man mind, 'that some men would doubtless call it the heart goes out for others, it meets with sweet:joys But . few, however, would contend. that at every step, and the whole progress is one of sun- emsioti, and must die, faith in Christ would bring reason, shine. The luxury of doing good should be tasted by m up again, 11e should not perish everlastingly, beasts possess immortal souls, Then instinct as every man, and once known, one will be loth to de- would have been the ease had not God provided it is termed, is the result of organization, and yet ip prive himself of its pleasures. Think not thou canst ransom for him, But we pass this matter of rec. some animals is pronounced. reason. Then we in- do nothing. This is. the prompting of indolence"-'the- uciliatioe through Christ fur the praiieet, as it will quire, if beasts are in possession of intellect without suggestion of Satan, The fields are white for the e noticed in its place, immortal smile, why may not man with an orgaei• harvest. Some burdened one thou canst aid, some s In the examination we have made of the creation cation more refined, and a greater number of mason- sorrowing one thou canst comfort--that desponding t f man, his fall, &c, we sse no record of immortality ing faculties, he in possession 'of reason, and Intel. heart thou canst strengthen by thy sympathy; that sinning brother thou canst lead to Jesus. for of any spirit being given to him that can possess lect of a higher tone; and yet not be immortal , We onsoimeinese separate from the body. We thick do not wish to be charged with the position, that Mo RM ON correspondent of the Philadelphia hat the testimony from Solomon, Peel, xii, 7,1 may we claim mind is material; for we do not, We be- Ledger, writing from Nauvoo, states that "Mormon- ,]now be understood. "Then shall the dust return to lieve, however, that thought is an effect produced by ism is as different and distinct from any thing which 110,be earth as it was, and the spirit to God wile gave material organization, For this we will assign our the Prophet Smith ever taught or ordained, as Ma,- t." We find no record, that God gave any spirit to reasons briefly. 1st, The mind is develoPed in pro- hometenisin is different from Christianity. The sect an except the breath of life, which in•Gen, vii, 2, portion to the volume of brain, and temperament of is already split into seven different bodies, each reties lithe margins is called the "breath of the spirit of the body. The brain of an ordinary man is about diating the othet These are as fellows :—Bigdonites, ifs" The same original term that is rendered Or, one twentieth part the size of the body, while that of who are the simon-pure of the sect, are scattered through the land; Brighaniites, usurpers, occupying 't itrEcel; xii, 7, (ruseh, breath, spirit, &a.,) is-used the borne is only one,two-hundredth part. the valleys of Utah; Strangites, a la force, Beaver Is- a Gen: ii, 7. Then Ecclesiastes xii, 7, states mare. If the mind was immortal, and not the result of land, Lake Michigan ; Hydites, squatters on the un- y the disorganization of man: dust returns to dust, the action of the body, why should earnest study surveyed public lands in Western 1)%A'a—Kanesville nd the breath to God who gave it. Says Job, 'di, cause weariness of body I If the contrary were the their head quaters ; Cutleri tips, sett]eld on Silver Creek. . 0, ” In whose hand is the soul of every livieg thing, ease, that the mind exists independent of the body, Mills County, Iowa; Brewsterites, at Socorrot, New. 'Auld the broads -of all mankind." - and, that the body was as , a clog to the powers of Mexico /3ishopitesi at Kirkland, Lake County; • Oh% 44 THE REVIEW AND HERALD.

The Straugites, Brewsterites, and Bishopites„ are have of en said and often proved, we were expecting tion and deliverance comes. For this time we can but reformers ; and the new lights; the Cutlerites are that which we had no warrant for in tho Scriptures earnestly long, while in these days of our exile and Hydites are the Whig branch of the usurpers of the government of the church after the assassination of of truth. We drew a wrong conclusion; but yet ev- pilgrimage; and also for that fullness of time, when Prophet Smith." ery argument on which we rested our hope is as good sin and its agents, dating far back, from the first now as it was then. apostasy, that of Satan himself, shall be swept frosts THE REVIEW AND HERALD, Those clear chains of prophecy given us in the creation, its effects, all repaired; and tbo whole uni- book of Daniel, still remain sterling truth ; and their verse shall he as fair and holy as it was before sin 'Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth." fulfillment, as far as it has been developed, stands as had ever entered to mar the handiwork of God. U.S. ROCHESTER, THIRD-DAY, SEPT. 18,1855. a veritable pledge that that which still remains, will surely be accomplished. The commencement and the The Original Advent Faith. 'Unity of the Third Message. ' termination of the prophetic periods, as we then held WE have received a friendly letter on this subject them, we see no necessity and no reason for chang- THE message of the third angel is one message. from Bro. E. B. Newton. We give below as much ing. We only mistook the event to occur at the end And as it. is the last step in the restoration of primi- as is necessary to answer his inquiries. He says:— of those periods, and being corrected on this one tive christianity, and the last merciful warning to prepare a people for translation, it wIll unite God's "I see in the Review and Herald, Apr. 18th. point, all is harmonious and clear. 1854, you say, It may now be said, You admit that your expec- people in one. It will not divide and scatter the We claim to stand on the original Advent faith. tations in then looking for the Lord, were wrong ; flock of God, but will move orr harmoniously, and therefore do not reject the past movements on, this why then do you not reject a movement which was accomplish its destined work. There is no danger great question, which has called out a.people to pre- that the ship will split upon some rock ; for our pare for the coming of the Lord. We claim all the the result of those expectations. Here, for our en- light of past time on this glorious theme, and cherish couragement and comfort, our past experience and Father is at the helm. it as from Heaven.' disappointment are not without a precedent in the The first message (lid not finish the work, neither "if it were from heaven I don't see how you could history of God's people. Go back with me to the did the second, therefore they must be succeeded by surrender one inch of faith ; for if that voice and that the third. But there is no fourth message marked out cry, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to time of Christ's entry into Jerusalem. and explain meet him,' was from heaven, then Christ did come on the meaning of that shouting niultitode. Why are by the Holy Spirit to correct the errors of those who the tenth day, seventh month, 1844; for many de- all classes, young and old, pressing in the way before should give the third—the third message finishes the clared that he would come as sure as there was a and behind him, and, absorbed in one emotion, shout- work. It will not be corrected by another message. God in heaven, and time would be no longer, This What! do you believe that those who first preach- is the original faith you claim to stand upon. And ing, Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed be the if it was the revelation of Jesus Christ which God King that cometh in the name of the Lord ! Hosan- ed the third message had no errors? gave unto him to shew unto his servants things na in the highest! They cut down branches from By no means. They have already discovered some which must shortly come to pass, then Christ has the trees and strewed them in the way, and they of their errors and repudiated them. Men are not come ; and you are bound by the original faith, spread their garments before him, an act which was infallible, but the message is. What I mean to say and every principle of truth and righteousness to prove that Christ has come, how and when. That den° to royalty only. Doubtless they expected that is, that the work will move on harmoniously till, all was what the Apostles labored to prove after the his kindom should then be set up. In their rejoic- the errors of God's children will be corrected, and death and resurrection of Jesus. You admit all the ing they quote from a psalm which probably applies they stand without fault before the throne of God. prophetic periods have run out, and now what wait to the future reign and triumph of the Messiah. They This is the last message, and the Lord has set his we for ? hand to fulfill it; and those who will labor in har- "I want you to give me all the light you have up- thought the time had come for those events to be re- on this all-important subject. The truth is what we alized. In these expectations they were to be disap- mony with it, may correct their own faults and those want." pointed ; but were they therefore wrong in shouting of others; but wlioever attempts to reverse the en- The above remarks would seem to make the whole and rejoicing as they did? Let Jesus answer: "I gine will only switch himself off on some fallacious Advent faith depend on the personal appearing of our tell you that if these should hold their peace, the track. May God help me, and all my dear brethren, Lord in 1844 ; and since that event did not then oc- stones would immediately cry out." to work in harmony with the work of God. cur, we may be assured that what would be under- In this light we are disposed to regard the great The last message before the time of trouble is the stood by the original Advent faith, has proved an ut- movement which took place upon the Advent doc- sealing message. The sealing angel ascended from ter failure. Very many of the world's people, who trine in.'44. A faith was there manifested, seconded the east. Now we are not told that in his westward were observers of that movement, wonder why we by works, which like that of Noah, will rise up in course he met another angel who informed him that still persist in our belief of the Advent doctrine. They the judgment and condemn an unbelieving world. he was sealing the people fbr destruction, and conse- say, Has not your time passed Has'nt your theo- We regard the message of the first angel as there quently the work must be reversed. Therefore, since ry failed you? Hav'nt you been disappointed in all having its fulfillment; and we believe that it was there is no such work marked out in the prophecy, your expectations ? And they laugh at our creduli- accomplished according to the purpose of God. Fur- nothing of the kind will need to occur in its fufillment. ty or stubbornness (for they hardly know to which ther light has shown us the work that was to be ac- There is no uncertainty in the filfillinent of all that to attribute it) in still clinging to what they term complished by our great High Priest in the heavenly is specified; and there is no safety in trusting in our folly and delusion. How completely is the way Sanctuary; it has shown us another angel with a that which is not specified. thus paved, that, when a few more days are passed solemn message who must fulfill his mission; and All doubts then must turn upon the question, Is and the great event finally comes, it shall steal upon those who reject the past reject some of the plainest the third angel's message being fulfilled ? If it is, them like a thief in the night, and take them una- portions of a chain of prophecy through which God we are safe in moving on in harmony with it; for wares. is now leading his people. Those who reject the God will surely carry it straight through to its des- tined result. But, if it is not, we certainly shall do True, the Lord did not appear in 1844. Our ex- light of the past on this subject, have let go their on- wisely to give it up.'and "look about us for a posi- pectations failed ; and the disappointment fell upon ly anchor, and are now adrift among the perilous de- us—how heavily, those can best judge who felt it,; lusions of these last days. This is attested by the tion which we may occupy with safety and profit," and we would that all such would prove the sinceri- numbers who have sought out many strange and dis- as some have already done.. Their downward course, ty of the love they then professed for Christ and his cordant theories since that time. Either apostasy or in denying almost every important, life-giving truth coming, by heeding the greater light which now some baneful systems of error, have swallowed up connected with the message, is a sufficient gum arty shines upon this subject, and accepting the explana- the mass of those who have forsaken their first love. that the Lord will confound the language of all who tion which God, in his word, has given us. There is an And last, but not least, those who will not acknowl- shall attempt to create a faction, or disturb the har- explanation for all this, and in that explanation, a edge the validity of the great movements of the past, mony and unity of the message. new flood of light is thrown upon our pathway. on this question, are absolutely unable to present the, The work is the Lord's ; therefore let us subdue We do not claim that the Lord came, as it is prom- inquirer with a harmonious system of truth, on this every evil passion and keep in harmony with the all-vital subject. This is a significant fact, and wor- work of God. R. F. C. ised that ho shall come, visibly in the clouds of heav- Olcott, N. Y., Sept. 5th. 1555. en, in 1844; and if this is the coming the writer thy of due regard. above refers to, we are not bound to prove " how and The writer, above, says, You admit that the pro- Communication from Bro. Hart, when" it took place; for we frankly admit that it phetic periods have all run out; and now what wait DEAR Brto. WHITE :—Perhaps it might not be un- has not yet occurred. Well, then, the inquiry comes we for 7 The answer is easy: We are striving in all interesting to the brethren and sisters to hear from Up, are you not surrendering the Advent faith 7 We honesty to heed the admonition of Paul when he our Tent-meetings. think not. The Advent faith is founded wholly on says, For ye have need of patience, that, after ye After leaving Bristol we went to Stockbridge. We the word of God; and it is a cheering fact, that, not- have done the will of God, ye might receive the prom- there secured a piece of land and pitched our Tent, withstanding our disappointment, not one single ise. We are waiting till he who is our life shall ap- there being none of like faith in the place. As it was promise or prophecy has yet failed. The declaration pear, and then we expect to appear with him, in glo- a very busy season of the year, we had no meeting of our Saviour that heaven and earth should pass ry. We are waiting till the last solemn ministration on the Sabbath. On First-day a good congregation away sooner than his word should fail, still holds of our High Priest shall be accomplished, the desti- came out to hear: The meeting was very interestine, good. When we expected the Lord in '44, as we nies of mankind decided, and the day of our redemp- so that it was thought best to stop another week. THE REVIEW AND HERALD. • The next First-day the congregation was some larger. ing the Word, and to see souls brought to acknowledge ology is true, and he is not; but grant that he is, Quite a number of our hearers were those who were the truth, then let them enter new fields. which is here more than intimated, and popular the- disappointed in the late Time movement, some of But it is'a fact that some of our preaching brethren are ology is not true. obliged_to labor on the old ground, where but little or whom heard the reasons of our faith with joy. Slav- A great fact is here incidentally presented. We nothing can be done, for want of means to go out as mis- eral promised to walk in obedience to all the com- have no claim on life except through the Son of God, sionaries into new fields, where much can be done. I mandments of fled, with tearful eye. which bespoke would here suggest that before another Tent season comes and all who at last enter immortality, will possesS the feeling heart. on, a sum of $500 be raised for each Tent company that the precious boon through his merits alone. Hence Prom this we went to Waterbury, and pitched our shall go out, to sustain them in new fields. Let there there is a peculiar propriety in calling that book the Tent on the laud of Bro. Butler. A goodly number be as many Tents in the field as can be well manned Lamb's book of life in which are recorded the names of the brethren and sisters came together. There with preachers, exhorters, and good help, let them enter of those who shall finally take their station with the was a good gathering also of those who were but lit- upon the work with energy and faith, and let the church redeemed upon Mount Zion. Christ will be the cen- tle acquainted with our faith, only by report, and sustain them. But I have said more on this subject than ter and sun of the ransomed hosts. lie is the only that quite unfavorable. They listened to the reasons I designed to when I took up my pen. Would it not be door by which man can regain the life he has forfeit- of our faith, behaving themselves kindly towards us; well, for others to speak out on this subject? J. W. ed; and he himself proclaims to us in our fallen and helpless state, "I am the way, the truth, and the and as we have made it our practice to leave the Tent TENT MEETINGS. alene, they had an opportunity to climb one of the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." ropes and put on the top of the pole a flag in large TN our last we gave an account of the meeting at " Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the letters, " Hear, then Judge." Roosevelt. Our next meeting was held in Vanbn- sheep." "By me if any man enter in, he shall be From this we went to Johnson, and held our meet- ren, on the farm of Bro. Walker, who spared no pain's saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." ing on the land of Bro. Peck. Had a large gathering to make preparations that the truth might be brought "He that believeth on the Son bath everlasting life: of believers on the Sabbath. There was also on before the people. In the above place we tarried two and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; First-day a large congregation. many of whom knew Sabbaths and First-days. Our congregations were but the wrath of God abideth on him." " Verily, but little of our faith, and had no disposition to learn. quite large and attentive, especially the second First- verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me lath Our next place of meeting, was in Irasburgh, on day, when the solemn conviction seemed to rest on everlasting life," It is then his book, because with- the land of Bro. Barrows. There seemed to be, at the people that we had the truth. Many furnished out him no man will find his name recorded therein. :this meeting, a desire on the part of the church for a themselves with books, seeming desirous to under- It is his, because all who shall be written there will deeper work of grace, and a closer walk with God ; stand more perfectly the things they had heard. be those who shall be ransomed by his sacrifice. which made our social meetings interesting. Our Among the rest, two men who had previously avow- 2. It is the Lamb's book of Lire. There is sig- meeting on First-day was not so pleasant. The mass ed their principles to be infidel, purchased each of nificance in this also. It does not read a book of of unbelievers who came were very unwilling to keep them a set of bound tracts, saying they wished to happiness, and declare that an existence in misery their seats, were quite noisy, and somewhat disposed understand this subject. This was a new field, Bro. will be the portion of those whose names are not io Show the dragon spirit, but did no damage to the Walker and family being the only Sabbath-keepers written therein. But it is the book of life. Whoev- Tent, in the place previous to the meeting. er would line in the future state must have his name We next went to Richford, where there are none Our next was held in Olcott, as appointed in the written in that book. It is life to these: it is death of like faith. A number of the Advent brethren came Review, The congregations were not as large as in to all besides ; for whosoever was not found written Out on the Sabbath, and were deeply interested in some of our meetings, but those who came were at- in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." what they heard. On First-day there was a good tentive. On the second Sabbath and First-day Bro. This is the second deatif." U. S. Congregation, with none on the outside disposed to White took a part in preaching the word. The Lord make light of the truth which we presented. On the gave him freedom in speaking on the Sabbath ques- .c Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do not the evenings of Sabbath and First-day the Academy was tion, especially in the last discourse, We trust that things which I say ?', Luke vi, 46. we shall yet see souls obeying the commandments of opened for us. There was truly an ear to hear.. 'We THE above and many parallel passages, demand have the very best of reasons to believe that there God as the result of the effort in Olcott. our careful and thorough investigation. When we Will be quite a number there who will Step out on I have seen the proposition of Bro. Hart and the say Lord, it implies that we are servants ; and servant the truth, and those too, who will be an ornament to remarks of Bro. White in the present No. of the Re- implies obedience to that Lord. We cannot effectu- the cause. view in regard to operating with the Tents in new ally call Christ our Lord except we do as he says. From the evidence that we have of the prosperity fields. I am satisfied that much more good can be " Not every one that saith unto the, Lord, Lord, shall of the cause of truth the past season, it is evident acomplished in new fields, than to endeavor to reach enter into the kingdom of heaven," &c. Christ is that those who labor in this cause must change their the hearts of those who have had the clear light of our example that we should follow his steps whb plan of operation. We have been accused by our present truth set before them, and have hardened did no sin, neither was guile found -in his mouth, He opponents of having a nutshell faith ; but it is not so. their hearts against it. In looking over the meetings came and fulfilled the law, an example for others to But they might reasonably say that our labors were of the past Summer, I can testify that we have had fulfill. His example was love, not hatred; mercy, not sacrifice ; long-suffering, not revenge ; meekness; such. There must be more of a thrusting into new more freedom in speaking the truth, and more real not stubbornness ; gentleness, not harshness. These 'fields. The church must feel more of a missionary interest in the word spoken, in new places, than we sublime principles shone through all his walks of Spirit. Let them send out into new fields with the have had where the reasons of our faith have been life: setting forth examples, illustrating them by say- previously set before the people. The expression of rent and otherwise, such as they think are qualified ing, " Love those who hate yo 1, pray for those who to Bro. White in his remarks, that " the harvest of the present the truth, and sustain them in such places. despitefully use you ; and he that stniteth you on if there is much more done in such places as Ver- earth' is fast ripening," is a solemn truth that should one cheek, turn the other, and he that taketh away Mont, it will cause a sacrifice on the part of the church. rest with weight upon us. While the truth is being thy goods, ask them, not again." kayo we forgot, brethren and sisters, the labors of presented in old fields of labor where but little can Christ laid the axe at the root of all cosetousness Sire servants of God to bring the truth to us, that we be accomplished, if the Tent was in a new field hearts and selfishness. Sacrifice for injury, and revenge for esteem dearer than life 7 If so, God grant that by might be reached that have no prejudice against our insult, were abrogated by the Master of Christians. calling to mind the past, our minds maybe refreshed, position. Dear brethren, during the present Winter Love and mercy are the chief attributes cf pure And our hearts feel for those who, as yet, know but will be the time to enter into arrangements for oper- christianity ; and living out these principles, as set little about the present truth. Let those that have ations another season. , Who will take hold of this forth by our Saviour, gives us the right of calling the truth, send laborers into the geld, and with their work J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. him Lord, and no other. This is what constitutes a Mayers and means sustain them there. Rochester, N. P., Sept, 18th, 1855, Christian, completes a man's conversion and fits him J. HART. for Paradise. The last angel of mercy says, "Here Waterbury, Vt., Sept. 12th, 1855. The Lamb's Hook of Life. are they that keep the commandments of God and "AND there shall in no wise enter into it anything the faith of Jesus." If we keep the faith of Jesus, that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomina- we shall have confidence in his principles and hie NOTE ON THE ABOVE. them. There are many close points, a few of which tion, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in I wish to notice. The Word informs us that what- 1 I fully agree with Bro. Hart as to future operations. the Lamb's book of life." Rev. xxi, 27. But it has seemed necessary to hold Tent-meetings where soever we do, we should do all to the glory of God, I. It is the Lams's book of life. There is sig- 4tere were believers to sustain them, and so the old Without faith We cannot please God; and by works ' pound has been occupied to little profit, only to the nificance in that. But why is it called the Lamb's faith is made perfect. We may have works to be thurch, while new fields, where the people will hear book of life? Has not man from his very nature a seen of men; but this is not of faith, and does not candidly, and where much good can be accomplished, principle within him which will Hite for ever whether please God. have been neglected. I am More than ever satisfied that or not his name is written in that book of life? and Our Saviour says, " When thou doest alms, let 14be " harvest of the earth" is fast ripening. If preach- how is he dependent, as far as his existence only is not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth; , tog brethren wish large and attentive congregations, let concerned, on that Lamb or God which was offered that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father ;ACM enter new fields. Do they desire freedom in preset'. for the sin of the world 7' Grant that popular the- which seeth in secret, himself shall reward thee opens 46 THE REVIEW AND HERALD.

ly." Alms given in this way e ill more likely .be more(patient, meek. gentle and-forbearing and yet no they do." And when we are afraid of a few acres of done in faith, which will please God. Jesus says true virtue. The Christian Will possess these graces, land, our name, or our lives, look at our Master and there is no reward to that which is done to be seen of but he will have td deny self and strive for them, and his faithful followers, wandering about in sheep-skins men. A maxim of Wm. Penn is, " Do what good is tested by the declaration of our Saviour, " Love and goat-skins, dwelling in caves and dens of earth, thou canst unknown, and he not vain of what ought thy neighbor as thyself." a valuable principle, but and then blush at our sacrifices, and tremble for our rather to befell than seen." If we can give a large more valuable when reduced to practice. faith, Cwhr heiiitswear heimso fid the principles which sum for the cause of God, or write a gotd letter, we " And as ye would that men should do to you, do teach and crucified. are apt to think much of it because we did it, and our ye even so to them." This develops itself in buying In order to be a true witness of Jesus, our testi- name will be extolled. This is not of Christ nor of and selling, in giving and receiving, in injuries and mony must correspond with'his teachings. 0 wake faith, and does, not please God. The humble, in the trespasses, in faults and mistakes, and has been heard up brother, wake up sister, to these last and solemn parable of the day of judgment, forgot their good many times, but imperfectly practiced ; for how much truths, and seek for a holy state, lest we deceive our- works, and said, Lord, when did we so and so; while easier it is to receive favors than to bestow them. If selves and be left out when God for his children shall others remembered theirs and claimed favor; but we would forgive as we would be forgiven, how easy call. Remember that the life of our Master was not they were cast off. to adjust all our difficulties. If we would love others one of ease or of selfishness, but of toil and labor for We are apt to tell how much re have done for the as we would have others love us, how easy to go to the good of others. Then let us yield ourselves to cause, that others may know and make much account them with their faults, and not report them to whom not in word only, but in deed and in truth ; and of what we do for God, while the things that we do it does not belong; and be more ready to diminish let hi:4,1We be our life, his willingness to suffer for us to please ourselves are forgotten. If we have but than to magnify. If we would have others love to our willingness to suffer for others, his reproaches two mites and give all, pride may lead us to keep oblige us, we must love to oblige them, and do it our riches, his cross, our glory. Then he will be our this secret. But if we have much, and give a part, from principle, and not from selfishness. It is self- Lord and we his servants, and when he comes we or all, it would seem that we should lose part if not ishness to he kind to others for the purpose of hav- shall reign with him fee ever and ever. all our reward, unless it was trumpeted that oth- ing them kind to us ; but it is of pure love to be kind C. W. SPERRY. ers might know our acts and deeds. 0 let the testi- to the evil and unthankful. If we would not desire Family Worship. mony search us lest we be deceived. It is not so easy others to speak of our faults, we should not speak of a matter for self to think that the widow's two mites theirs, for the same that we measure to others will WHAT can be more beautifully appropriate than the were doing more in the sight of God than they who be measured to us again. When we are overtaken worship of God in families'- cast in their abundance. in a fault, we desire others to show us love and mer- Here is a little company of human beings, joined together in the most intimate connection—dwelling On the entire consecration of property, John Wes- cy, and we should do the same to them under like under one roof, fed at one table, supplied with the ne- ley says," Must we not rank among those that de- circumstances. When we observe these rules, our cessaries of life from sources of income that are com- sire to be rich, all that, in fact, lay up treasures on trials will be greatly diminished. If our enemy sue mon to them all feeling themselves to have altogether earth,' a thing as expressly and clearly forbidden by us at the law and take away our coat, forbid not to common interests, common wants, and common ex- our Lord as either adultery or murder. By riches, I take our cloak. If a man compel you to go with posures. It is granted that they all ought to wor- mean not thousands of pounds, but any more than him a mile, go with him twain. Overcome evil with ship God; is it not appropriate that they should wor- ship him together? Each of them ought to thank will procure the conveniences of life. Yet who takes good. If we forbid the cloak, or refuse to go the sec- God for his daily food, and daily to ask God for the warning 7 Who seriously regards the awful declar- ond mile, we are disobedient to our Master. Some needed supply. But the family take their food to- ation of the Apostle; even `they that desire to be said, " These are hard sayings, who can bear them ;" gether. it is supplied from a common store, and -rich fall into temptation and a snare and into divers but " why call ye me Lord. Lord, and do not 'the spread upon a common table. and the daily gather- foolish and hurtful desires, that plunge men into de- things which I say." ings around that table are the recognized symbol of struction and perdition.' their close intimacy. Is there any other scene which To be a Christian is to be Christ-like. Do you ought to be sanctified with prayer, if not that where Do you that possess more than food and raiment, ask, Will it be safe to let the world know that we a family most frequently look in each other's faces— ask, ' What shall we do ? shall we throw into the believe these principles? Jesus says, " Whosoever where the responsible providers distribute the liber- sea what God has given us? God forbid that you is ashamed of me and my word before this wicked al provision—where parental love lavishes itself up- should. It is an excellent talent, and may be much and adulterous generation, of him will I be ashamed on its tender objects-.-and where the- children not employed to the glory of God. Your way lies plain only have their bodies nurtured, but their minds and before my Father and the holy angels." Shall we manners cultivated? before your face: if you have courage, walk in it.- put our light under a bushel, or on a table 7 How A prayerless family meal is a most unchristian, a Having gained, in a right sense, all you can, and can I say, I am a Christian, or Christ-like, unless most 'ungodly thing, and seldom does that graceless saved all you can, then,- in spite of nature, and cus- I am willing to suffer the loss of all things. When spirit whose plainest name is fashion, show her im-. tom, and worldly prudence, give all you can. I do we live these principles before the world, then, and piety more plainly than when, at a social entertain- not say, Be a good Jew, giving a tenth part of all you not till then, shall we be clear lights in the world. ment, she whispers that, as the family table would possess. I do not say, Be a good Pharisee, giving a be too narrow for so numerous a company, so the By these we shall know whether we think of life, family custom of giving thanks at table is too home- fifth of all your substance. I dare not advise you to more than meat. Some think they cannot keep the ly for so splendid an occasion: just as if the larger give half of what you have; no, nor three quarters, Sabbath, for fear they shall suffer for want of meat. and costlier provision did not need the divine bless- but ALL. How is this done? 1st. Provide things But did God give commandments that were not es- ing, an I did not call for thanks, as much as the ordi- needful for yourself, food, raiment, what nature mod- sential ? D-d Jesus, give testimonies that were vain ? nary meal; and just as if an unblest meal. partaken by a numerous company scattered through the am- erately requires for preserving both health and Nay, verily ; and " Here are they that follow the strength. 2. Prey* for your family or others who ple spaces of a parlor, were any more Christian than Lamb (not occasionally, not when it is convenient, the same thing at an ordinary table. belong to your household. If when this is done,sthere but) whithersoever lie goeth." If we are afraid of Nor is it only at table that families should wor- is an overplus left, • do good to them who are the our name, reputation, property or lives. Christ will ship. Sheltered by one roof, the family have laid household of faith.' If there is an overplus still, as be ashamed of us before his Father. If practicing them down in peace and slept, and awoke in safety, you have opportunity, do good unto all men. In these principles takes my name, I have a new name, because the Lord hath sustained them. Coining from their several chambers, they meet and exchange their so doing, you give all ycu can, nay: in a sound sense, above every name. If it takes my reputation, I have all you have." affectionate salutations, glad to feel, " We are all that honor that conies from above. If it takes my here." It is a common protection they have shared. Under this last message of mercy, let us not de- life, I shall live forevermore. They have together been kept from the assassin ceive ourselves, bat be sure to lay up our treasure in But our unbelief and fearfulness will bring before from the fire, from "the pestilence that walketh in. heaven, that when we are turned out of our steward- us many frightful images of robbers and ruffians; but darkness." Should not they kneel together, and ship we " may be received into everlasting habita- give thanks to their heavenly Guardian ? They are faith in the promises of God will drive them all away, goine• forth too to duties, and to dangers, and they tions." Let us remember the terrific woes denounced and we shall be prepared to say with the poet, needa' common guidance; shall they not ask for it against those that lay up a treasure upon earth : The What beauties in my Saviour dwell ;" and, " A together? And at the close of the -day. have they rust of them shall be a witness against us, and eat palace would a toy appear, and prisons palaces prove, not equal reasons for united prayer and thanks- our flesh as it were fire. The Lord help us to meas- if Jesus but dwell with me there." Tnen we could giving? They have all been led and kept by one Providence, and they all need to commit themselves ure ourselves by his word. say, " The reproaches of -Christ are greater riches to one divine Guardian. On both occasions it is ap- Again, let us examine ourselves.. We may claim than the treasures of Egypt." propriate, besides the prayer, to read the divine word much virtue fur the graces we possess. Says Penn, 0 let us not in heart call Christ a hard Master, together, and to unite, if they are able, in sacred song. " Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the reaping where he has not sown. We have not yet There will of course be mornings when all have general, for one link being wanting, the chain is de- resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Don't let not come from their chambers in the glow and the joy of health; there will be evenings when the fami- fective. Perhaps thou art rather innocent than vir- us claim a title under the last message of mercy, or tuous, and owest more to thy constitution than to ly will sadly gather, returning from a new grave. think we follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, Thenceforth, at the table and at the fireside, there thy religion. To be innocent is to be not guilty, but until we can sympathize with him in coming down will be "one vacant chair." All families may have to be virtuous, is to overcome our evil inclinations to earth clothed in, swaddling clothes, wearing a crown these days of sorrow. What shall they do with this If thou had not conquered thyself in that which is of thorns, blindfolded and smitten ; sweating as it sorrow? To whom shall they tell it? On whose thy own particular weakness, thou hest no title to were drops of blood, his locks wet with the dews of friendly strength shall they lay it? There is no such • virtue, though thou art other place for a bereaved family to soothe and com- free of other men's." Some night. and at last stretched between the heavens and fort themselves as their family altar. Is it the fath- may be more liberal and less covetous than others, the earth with the cold spear piercing his body, while er that is gone 7 Nowhere else will they find such but it may be constitutional and not virtue. Some he cried, "Lord forgive theiu for they know not what comfort as kneeling, in their tears, at the family al- THE REVIEW AND HERALD. 471

tar, and pouring out their prayers from their- broken sin I have found to.'be death instead of eternal life in g the minds of the people to resist •the truth, an hearts; through the channel perhaps of a feebler and in misery; and the sleep of the dead untill the res- rejec' the law of God. softer voice than that to whose manly tones they urrection, and eternal life through Christ, make a Your sister in Christ. were accustomed. beauty and harmony in the plan of salvation unfath- ELIZABETH N. HARRIS. Or has one of the little ones been taken? The ta- omed by orthodox creeds ; and I can truly say that Kilworth, Sept. 6th, 1855. ble must henceforth lack the light of his happy face I never prized my Bible as I do now. 'Tie a precious —the house will no more ring to his merry laugh; beacon light to cheer the lonely pilgrim. OBITUARY. but there is no sweeter memory, when you see the May God speed his truth, .and may we individual- HEAR Bno. Wertz :—It becomes my painful duty white hands laid together on the still breast, than ly let our light shine and have salt in ourselves, that to record the death of Cynthia, my companion, who that you had seen them folded on the edge of the we may be hid in the day of the Lord's anger, is the fell asleep in Jesus on the 10th inst., aged 57 years, table at the giving of thanks, or on the chair by your prayer of your unworthy sister. after suffering about seventeen days illness, of the side at the daily worship. F. M. PALMITER. lung and typhoid fevers. Cynthia, two daughters In joy and sorrow, amid all the varieties of domes- Oneida Co., N. Y. and myself, have been cheerfully observing the for- tic experience, they who live together may most ap- ever blessed, memorable Sabbath of the Lord about propriately and beneficially worship together. From Sister Harris. 4 years. She had no doubts relative to the truthful- To the Editor of the Envinw and Hanson. ness of the position she occupied in the present truth, COMMUNICATIONS. connected with the near coming of our Lord. DEAR BROTH ER :—After being for months a wan- She had been passing through severe trials pre- derer from my family and home, I can here raise my From Bro. Friable, vious to her sickness, but she kept above the billows, Eben-ezer. and say, Hitherto bath the Lord been my and was apparently weaned from the world, and BEAU BRO. WHITE :—I have been watching affairs helper. In every hour of trial and affliction, I have closely for the last two years. Perhapsno one knows seeking an inward conformity to the divine will. She realized that as a father pitieth his children, so the could look to the all-absorbing work of God in '44 mere of the'state of the cause in the western part of Lord pitieth those that fear him ; and that he will MiChigan than myself. • I. have just visited most of when our great High Priest entered the Most Holy, never' leave nor forsake those who put their trust in to cleanse the Sanctuary. She manifested her sub- the Sabbath-keeping families, and have been preach- him. ing among them, and in some new, places, lliission to the divine will, whether in life, or death. During the months in which I have been visiting We find her place empty at the family altar, and In some places there is quite an ear to hear ; oth- friends, both in Upper and Lower Canada, it has not in ers scarcely any, There are quite a number of new raising her voice in singing hymns of praise. Many been my lot to meet with one Advent Sabbath-keep- of our Sabbath brethren and sisters are being laid places open for lectures in the 'north settlements, er, and my Sabbaths have been spent among those where all that is needed is faithful labor, and no aside until the resurrection morn. Should not those who were busily engaged in preparing to observe the who survive, renewedly engage in the all-absorbing. doubt many would'embraCe the truth. In some pla- first day of the week ; thus taking the Lord's time ces Sabbath keepers have sprung up without any work connected with the near coming of our Lord. to prepare for keeping the commandments of men ; From your afflicted brother. preaching, by the means of papers, books, &c. I bap- though at times I have felt lonely, yet I thank God tized some twelve, 'and more will soon go forward LUTHER PAINE. that my peace has often been as river. Would that Springfield, Sept. 14th, 1355. when an opportunity is presented. My health is my righteousness was as the waves of thesea. Feel- poor. Perhaps I ought to say with Paul, " I glory ing that I am a helpless worm of the earth, it has in mine infirmities." This may be- the only means been my constant endeavor to seek for grace and wis- SELECTIONS. of my salvation. My poor health has greatly hum- dom from on high, that I might not dishonor the bled me. I sometimes get greatly discouraged over cause of truth. or east a stumbling-block in the way Christ the Mies of Heaven. it, and think to cease traveling with the message. and of any. I feel thankful to say, that I have met with would not hesitate in so doing if I could be sure the I think not of the stairy crown, some of like precious faith with regard to the second Or robes the saints in glory wear ; Lord would not be displeased with me. advent of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : man 'Twere heaven enough to bow mo down, Here is a wide field of labor, north, west and'south, who, loving the Saviour, king for hie return to earth; Before my Saviour, Jesus there. in this State. The harvest is ripening for the truth, and whose eyes are now turned to the East, anxious- but where are the laborers. I have, large fields ly watching the signs of the times, that they may be I think not of those harps whose notes of acquaintances, formed When a Methodist trav- Swell sweetly o'er the heavenly plains; able to answer the inquiry, " Watchman, what of the The Savior's voice in ITUSiO floats, eling minister, that I have not 'et been able to night." In some denominations in Canada, there In richer, sweeter, dearer strains. break upon. One, south of Adrian ; another, La- seems to be a general spirit of inquiry, both among porte, Ind. Both of these places I have been looking ministers and people, and sermons are frequently I think not of these golden streets, upon as important. I learn the No-Sabbath and No- preached upon the relation the present war sustains Where arches rise o'er pearly gates; law arguments are of little or no account where there Or Hanoi, ns in whose blis,ful seats, to prophecy. • .,,.* Rest for the weary pilgrim waits. are no nominal Adventists. But among the sects, The brother with whomI ani-now residing in Can- the fulfillment of praphecies as laid down upon our ada. is at present engaged in examining the subject But oh! the Saviour's f,ice to see, chart, the signs of the tithes, and by whom and how of man's nature. and future deStiny ; should he em- The blest Redeemer's voice to hear; the Sabbath was changed, at once brings a whole brace what we consider the Bible view on the sub- To be from sin for evor free, community into 'conviction that we have the truth. ject. who may tell the good which he may accom The tempter's wiles no more to fear. B0t it is much easier to convince a new community ;Ash. His position in the church, and his wide- To feel immortal vigor fill that we have the truth than it is to make then, keep spread influence, would enable him to be much more My soul, and quicken every power; God's hely- Sabbath ; for there is a cross over which useful than any Stranger could be in the Province. On angel's wing to do His will, thousands, must and will stumble to destruction. Even now he is wielding a great influence in bringing And wit]Pa seraph's love adore Yours believing we have the truth, these truths, and also time Sabbath question, before ['American Messenger. J. B. Femme. the people ; as ;day after day brother ministers call Courteous Iletily to an Infidel. Battle Creek, Sept. llth, 1855. in and these subjects are freely canvassed.and a general spirit of inquiry awakened, both among ministers, An American traveler being unexpectedly detained From Sister Fanner. and. people. at the mole or quarantine in Odessa, was very civil— DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS, -scattered abroad, The M. E. church in Canada has always been fore- ly offered " half of his apartments. and a sofa to lie whose testimonies make the Review a welcome Mes- most in all questions of reform, and from what oppor- on," by a young Englishman who acted as translator senger. to you I would say, that it is nearly two tunity I have had of becoming acquainted with her to the mole. After they had formed an intimate years since I commenced by the help of God to keep ministry, I can truly say I have never met with a acquaintance. and one evening had retired to rest, all his commandments, and I cannot say that I have more holy, humble. and zealous class of men. They the traveler asked his fr:end how he could endure suffered loss; on the contrary, had t knOivn what seem calm. reasonable, and intelligent, and on an the blasphemy which was so constantly heard there. advantages are derived spiritually; in the increase 'of equality with their Christian brethren, having no The young Englishman replied, that as a gentleman knowledge by a study of his word and seeking after disposition to act as lords over God's heritage. When these things were' disagreeable to him: but as to their truth, proving all things that come up before me. looking abroad upon this wide field, whicb seems being intrinsically wrhng, it was no matter of con- and investigating by the helps within my reach, I White already unto harvest, I am often ready to ex- cern to him, as he denied the truth of revelation, and could have made the sacrifice long before. claim, Who is sufficient for these things? But I re- believed Jesus Christ to be an imposter." I had always felt from a child that the seventh joice to know that the work is the Lord's, and do The traveler, without supposing the remark would day was the Sabbath, and yet peter knew a person pray him to Send forth laborers into his vineyard. be heeded except by courtesy, replied, " Either Christ' that kept that day. Some thirteen years ago, when The so-called Sabbath question is exciting great was an imposter, or he was not. If he was an im- recovering from a bed of sickness, and reading the interest in all parts of Canada. Sermons are preach- poster, we have the inconceivable phenomenon of a New Testament through by course, the Sabbath fas- ed, and tracts on Sunday-keeping are distributed, and base man practising virtue, self-denial, charity, for- tened itself upon my mind more forcibly than' ever the mind of church members--generally seems pre- giveness of injuries, through his whore life, in spite before,' so that I spoke of it occasionally to Method- pared for a law 'rigorously enforcing the strict ob- of scourging, contumely, and even crucifixion. Is it. ist_ ministers; of which chilittit"waS a member, hop- servance of the first, day of the week. In Lower philosophical to suppose that a bad man would take ing that I might get some evidence for a First-day Canada especially they seem very anxious upon the -so much pains to make-men g6od? Sablerth; but none of them could bring a thus: saith subject, as. e qitholics who form so large a class of But if he was not an imposter, then be has told the Lord, but I still consoled myself with the thought the.commi ty, do not keep the day in accordance the trrth, and we must believe him." that it was not my duty to keep it, feeling that I with Prete . nt ideas of propriety. Conversing up- "Is it possible \that I never saw that before?" was must inevitably backslide, having-no helps in the path on the eubject a short time ago at the house of a the only reply of the young Englishman, but the ar- of duty, as I could not meet with any people that friend, a very intelligent gentleman who was present gument sunk deep into his heart; and when the trav- kept that day. Thus I continued on trying, as I said, t. If I were not a Roman Catholic, I *mild cer- eler had arrived at Alexandria, he received a letter thought, to live a Christian, but bow far from godli- tainly beripon your side of , the question ; but of from the former sceptic acknowledging him as "the negs!. The way. grows Straiter and narrower the course I consider the authority of the church suffi- best friend he ever had," encouraging him to be farther I advance in a knowledge of the will of God Cierit." I find church members generally, much op- equally faithful to others ; and praying him not to as revealed' in his word, and if the righteous scarcely posed to our views of the Sabbath; 'Hiving labored forget " his Odessa convert." be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner ap- for years to }Mare the -observance of Sunday. they pear? 1 Pet. iv, 18. Many I believe come under feel anxious to preserve their ranks from division; SLANDER.—Surgery may heal a bodily wound; the class of sinners, who are saying, Lord, Lord, be- and argue. that it is better to have one day well kepk but what balm can bind up the bite of a slanderous cause they transgress the law by keeping another than two partially, even if the law is still in force, tongue? It runs like a contagion over the whole day which 'he has not commanded ;. and the wages„ot 'Thus we see the. enemy has been going ahead prepar- country, and cannot be recalled. Robbery may be 48 THE REVIEW AND HERALD.

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History of the Sabbath-40 pp.--5 cents. see clearly to pluck the note out of your brother's In this battle it is plain that Pelissier was taken by sur- The 2300 days and the Sanctuary-36 pp.--5 cents. eye. When you have heard for yourself the gra- prise, and that but for the important aid rendered by the Sar- Christian Experience and Views-6 cents. cious invitations of the gospel, you are to invite others dinian artillery the French might have fared very badly. In- Supplement to Experience and Views-6 cents. to come. deed, such is the opini900 Paris, where people do not re- Youth's Instructor, Vol. I & II, in paper covers-25 cents. gard him with ridmirati just at present. With respect to Liberal discount on these works where $5 worth are taken, God has promised to bless personal efforts for the Russians it is equ ally notorious that in this instance Address Elder James White, Rochester, N. Y. the salvation of souls. He has filled these promises they maintained their Jong-standing reputation, and were in innumerable instances. When Ilarlan Page was beaten according to the rule which prevails whenever they A G E N T S . on his death-bed, though oppressed with a sense of come in contact with European troops. The same system MAINE. NEW YORK. his unworthiness, he could say, "I think that. which they tried at Inkermann with such fatal results was N. N. Lunt, Portland. J. Byington, Buck's Bridge, here experimented upon again. Dense masses of men were S. W. Flanders, Canaan. through the grace of God, I have been instrumental flung upon the enemy as if to overwhelm him by sheer quan- A. Ross, Caughdenoy. in the conversion of more than one hundred souls." Cyprian Stevens, Paris. David Upson, Moreland. tity of weight, but on these masses the Sardinian artillery, Oh, how many there are who might, like hint, even which took them in the flank, and the rifles of the Zounves S. Howland, Topsham. R. F. Cottrell, Mill Grove. W. T. Hanniford, Orrington. John Wager, Orangeport. in private life, win many souls for Christ. Be en- did the most murderous execution, and they were obliged to Wm. Bryant, L. Lathrop, yield. The same absence of generalship, and of all maneu- Oswego. couraged to sow the good seed of the gospel wherever C. Dingley, B. Pittsfield. A. H. Robinson, Sandy Creek. you can find soil to receive it. It will nut be lost. vers calculated to facilitate the struggle and assure the de- NEW HAMPSHIRE. sired victory was conspicuous here as at Inkermann. The E. A. Poole, Lincklaen. The grain of wheat that was wrapped up for three J. Stowell, Washington. J. A. Loughhead, Elmira. men fought bravely but the incapacity of their commanders S. Bunnel, Claremont. thousand years in an Egyptian mummy, at last found rendered their courage vain. Indeed, while we incline to John Hamilton, Fredonia. MASSACHUSETTS. PENNSYLVANIA. a congenial soil, and sprang up and bore fruit. And agree with an opinion which a Brussels journal attributes to 0. Nichols, Dorchester. M. Omer Pasha, we must extend its application. According to L. Dean, Ulysses so 0. Davis, N. Fairhaven. J. H. Haggle, Allegheny. "The seed that in these few and fleeting hours this authority, "Omer Pasha freely expressed himself at L. Paine, Springfield. C H.Barrows, Constantinople that the allied commanders—especially Gen. PortAlleghany. Thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow, VERMONT. A. Southwie, Snethport. Shall deck thy brow with never-fading flowers, Pelissier—were humbugs, and that he should twice have lost R. Loveland, Johnson. his army if he had followed their advice." MICHIGAN. And yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers., II. Bingham, Morristown. Albert Avery, Locke. Omer, by the way, is going with his army to Asia, to fight S. H. Peek, Wolcott. Ira Gardner, Think of the value of a soul. Who can estimate there against the Russians, now under Muravieff besieging Vergennes. it? The world and all it contains is as nothing in Lewis Bean, Hardwick. David Hewett, Battle Creek. Kars Edwin Churchill, the comparison. God has shown his estimate by the Stowe. C. S. Glover, Sylvan. E. P. Butler, Waterbury. A.B. Pearsall, Grand Rapid* price he paid for its redemption. The angels show E 7- As it is probable that the REVIEW Office will be moved Josiah Hart, Northfield. A. A. Dodge, Jackson. how much they value it by their joy over one sinner to Michigan this Fall, it would be well for Eastern brethren R. G. Lockwood, Waitsfield. Wm. M. Smith, that repents. The dominion of the soul is the great to supply themselves with books before it is moved. Those Jesse Barrows, Irasburg. A. C. Morton, Alonzo Lee, Derby Line. J. M. McLellan, subject of strife between the powers of light and of indebted to me for books will do me a favor to pay me at Hastings. darkness. E. Everts, Vergennes OHIO, their earliest convenience. Those sending drafts to the Of- H. Gardner, Penton. J. B. Sweet, Milan., Hell moves below tl work its death, fice will please have them payable to S. T. Belden, in whose S'. Willey, Wheelock. WISCONSIN. Heaven stoops to give it life." hands I leave my business. JAMES WHITE. CONNECTICUT. E. S. Sheffield, Koskonong. "Know that he who converteth a sinner from the EL HChamberlain Md'town. P. Hall, .Rosendale. error of his way, shall save a soul from death and APPOINTMENTS. A. Belden, Kensington CANADA BAST. hide a multitude of sins." B. Hills, Melbourne permitting, Elder J. N. Loughborough will A word as to the manner in which we should PROVIDENCE preach in the 1% esleyan meeting-house at Olcott, Sunday, Letters strive to win souls. Do it with gentleness and hu- Sept. 30th at 101 A. M., and 2 P. M. H. Lyon, M, E. Cornell, J. P. Kellogg, L. 0. Stowell. mility. Never speak to an impenitent sinner as TENT MEETINGS. though it were your office to rebuke and punish him. _Jr the Lord will, there will be Tent-meetings in the follow- Never bring a railing accusation against him. Re- Receipts. ing places M. Porter, S. L. Hallock, P. Morton, Wm. Gifford, J. M member, he is your brother. You were once in the Walden, Vt., commencing Sept. 22d, Hall, C. Osborn, P. Scarborough, L. Drew, J, Lamson, (fo Chelsea, " 29th, same condemnation; and if you are not now under R. Judd,) J. R. Green, E 0. Fish, J. M. Ballow, J. J. On God's wrath no credit is due to you; you are saved Warreni " Oct. 6th. I. HART, derkirk, L. Mann, H. Flower, A. B. Smith, L. C. Paine, by grace. O. W. SPERRY, E Harris, S. Carby, 0. B. Stiles, C. B. Spalding, J Barrett, Pray much for those you would lead to Christ. A. S. Hurcants. E. Boyers, W. W. Rue, each $1. "Effectual, fervent prayer availeth much" in two Lebbeus Drew, J. M Mills, A. B. 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