Earlier text: I Must Do MoreThe provisions of grace are such that the strongest habits can be overcome, the most depraved hearts can be made clean, the most abandoned character can be saved, the most desponding spirit can be made happy, the most fiery trials can be patiently endured, and finally, a home in Heaven, where all is love, joy, and peace, can be eternally possessed. Then, brother man, lift up thy fallen head; for you there is plenteous redemption. Genesee, Wis.
By C. W. OLDS
Dec. 29, I commenced meetings in Genesee, Waukesha Co., Wis., in a school-house. This is a new field. The congregation was quite small at first, but increased, until the house was filled with attentive hearers. The Lord gave me liberty in talking to the people. Bro. M. E. Crandle came and helped me one week, for which I feel very thankful. I have given twenty-four lectures, and close them for the present, that I may attend the General Conference, and the lectures at Battle Creek. The people have become much interested in the truth, and wish to learn more. A number voted in favor of the Sabbath. May God give them strength to carry out their convictions. I still feel to do what I can in the great work of preparation for the solemn scenes of the Judgment. May the Lord help me to go to work as I should. I intend to return to this place again as soon as I can. C. W. OLDS. Truro, Ill.
By C. H. Bliss
JAN. 1, I commenced meetings in a school-house in Truro, four and one-half miles west of Rochester, Knox Co., Ill., and continued them till the 12th, when bad weather, and a heavy snow-storm a few days after, made it necessary to postpone them for one week. Jan. 20, I commenced again, and continued till Feb. 1. Held in all about twenty-two meetings in this neighborhood. The congregations were generally quite small; yet those persons that came were deeply interested. Twelve or thirteen testified that they would in the future obey all God's commandments. Only one of these persons ever made a profession before. These, with those at Eugene and Rochester, will make a company of over twenty Sabbath-keepers in this vicinity. Regular Sabbath meetings will be established at one of these places. I obtained three subscribers for the REVIEW, and one for the Instructor. C. H. Bliss. Northville, Ill.
By T. M. Steward
I AM still trying to labor for my Master as the way opens in this section of the country. We have in this vicinity about seventy Sabbath-keepers; and there are others who attend our Sabbath meetings and Bible-class. We have organized a Bible-class of thirty-one members, and the whole congregation attends. We are going to organize a Sabbath-school as soon as we can get the families supplied with the Instructor. The interest still seems to be spreading. Opposition rages; but I believe the cause is steadily moving onward. Praise the Lord! The arm of flesh is weak; but in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. The Lord will give strength unto his people. How weak is the arm of flesh that rises in opposition to God's truth! I want to do my part faithfully. May the Lord help. Faith and Works.
By Thirza M. Foster
The life of Jesus our pattern was consistent with his teachings. In him there was no unbelief, nor was there anything like a spirit of disobedience. Although his faith was so strong that he believed every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God, yet it did not lead him to neglect good works. Jesus did not use the shield of faith as a weapon to destroy obedience; but was himself careful to fulfill all righteousness. He kept his Father’s commandments and abode in his love. In order to save mankind from their sins, he had to be without sin; and against its commission, either in word, thought, or deed, he constantly watched and prayed. His faith and obedience both proceeded from the pure fountain of love to God and man. Thus we see that faith which is not productive of good works is not the Christian faith. It has no conformity to that which appeared in Christ. It is not the fruit of his Spirit; nor does it bear his image. True faith, while it hangs on the promise, inquires for the path of duty, saying, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” The religion of Jesus not only excites us to trust in God with all our heart, but also to love his law, and try diligently to fulfill all its requirements. There is a class of professors in these last days who exalt faith, to the casting down of good works. Jesus says, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” Their depraved hearts do not delight in the law of God; they disobey its precepts, and teach others to do so. They even treat with contempt those who do and teach them, calling them reproachful names. They seem not to consider that they are disregarding Christ’s example, and gratifying Satan. They turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, by making it an excuse for disobedience. Many of these poor, deluded souls once walked in the light of truth; but they have departed from God. The light that was in them has become darkness; and how great is that darkness! It is right to trust in God to save us; but that should not make us feel that we have nothing to do with his commandments, of which he says, “If a man do he shall even live in them.” We want to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and imitate his example; then we shall have faith that is genuine; and obedience to the law of God will be its legitimate fruit. The Stuff Men Are Made Of.
WHO are the men that are needed in this world? Young men that shall bear burdens. We have enough mullen-stalks; we want oak trees! We have enough mushrooms; we want timber! We have enough men that are willing to do anything for the sake of getting along; but what are they worth? They are bridges for men to walk over. They are tools. Men use them, like sandpaper, to scour with, and then throw them down, and trample them under foot. A young man that does not know how to say, “No;” a young man that has not the power to resist the cup when it is presented to him—what is he but a poor, miserable wash-cloth—but a rag, dishonored and put to the vilest uses? Who cares for him, or mourns over him, but some Christian mother or Christian minister? But a young man that knows how to say, “No;” that knows how to resist evil; that knows how to give buffet for temptation—is not he hardening himself? Is not he making his bones tough—particularly his back-bone? He is becoming columnar. And it is such as he that are sought after in business. A man says, “Here is a difficult department in my establishment, and I would pay almost any price if I could find a man that I could trust.” Says the man whom he addresses, “I know an impracticable sort of a fellow I think might suit you. He will stick to what he thinks is right at all hazards. You cannot turn him from it by any power on earth.” Says the other man, “I want a lignum-vitæ man; send him to me.” Let it once be known that a man cannot be cajoled; that he will not lie, even for himself; that he will not steal, and has a prejudice against stealing; let it be known that he has been tried, and that there is inward principle in him, and let us put him up at auction, and I will get a million bid on him. Meetings at Farlinville, Kansas
By J. H. COOK
I am now holding meetings at Farlinville, Kansas, where Bro. Matteson labored last spring for seven or eight weeks. A merchant of this place has been keeping the Sabbath about one month, closes his store on Sabbath, and opens it on Sunday. He meets with great opposition, but appears decided and firm in his love for the commandments. Some of his neighbors give him six months to be forced to close out his business. The people here are yet interested to hear on present truth, and there are probably twenty-five or thirty advocates of the Sabbath here who are strong friends of the Adventists. We hope others will commence with them to keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus, before we leave. I remained there eight days, and gave nine lectures. Organized a Bible-class, and left three more keeping the Sabbath. The prospects in this place I think are good. Many more are convinced, and those who have taken hold, are men of good report, who will exercise a gathering influence. A pressing invitation was given me to commence a course of lectures in an adjoining neighborhood as soon as I closed at Farlinville. But I was compelled by business at home to decline for the present. J. H. COOK. Sister M. H. C., of Orangeville, Mich., writes: Mother and self have been the only Sabbath-keepers in this place for the last five years. But last winter we took a boy to live with us through the winter and go to school. He embraced the Sabbath and other truths, left off bad habits, and became a Christian. This winter, another young man is living with us; and last Sabbath he commenced to keep the rest-day of the Lord. And to-day another man has taken his stand upon the Sabbath. He is a Methodist, and expects to be expelled from the church for the step he has taken. If we could have a course of lectures here, I think a good number would come out upon the truth. Hope and Faith in the Lord
Bro. B. F. Merrit, of Princeville, Ill., writes: I still cherish the fond hope of final deliverance. The cause of truth has a large place in my heart. Zion is my chief joy. For her my care, and toils, and prayers, shall be, while the Master permits me to labor. Bright are the prospects of the people of the Lord. Strong is he that commits all his interests to the Lord. A glorious victory will the Lord give the faithful. Praise the name of the Lord! The Lord Is Blessing His Cause
By A. G. Pixley
BRO. A. G. PIXLEY writes: I have been a reader of the REVIEW nine or ten years, but was convinced that the seventh day was the Sabbath twenty years before that, by being acquainted with two Seventh-day Baptists, although I never heard them allude to the subject. When I heard of the Seventh-day Adventists, and heard a few sermons from them at Milford, Oakland Co., Mich., I embraced the doctrine joyfully, and have taken the REVIEW ever since. The paper and a few books are all the society I have on present truth. The Lord is blessing his cause. Blessed be his holy name. May the truth run and be glorified. THAT is often lost in an hour which cost a lifetime. A Caution.
By R. M. KILGORE
In passing through Chicago, on my way to Battle Creek recently, an incident occurred which I witnessed, and will relate for the benefit of others who may have to pass through that great city. While on the cars, before we reached Chicago, we purchased our omnibus tickets to carry us across the city to the Michigan Central depot. A man, at the same time, purchased tickets to carry himself and wife, his parents, and five children, to the same depot. When the cars stopped, a rush was made for the omnibuses. This family was divided, and seated in different omnibuses; while one of the family, a young man, was urged to get into one of those black, two-horse cabs, which are so numerous at such times, with drivers so anxious to “accommodate” the traveler. On arriving at the M. C. depot, this man found one of his sons missing. He soon arrived, however; but for his passage they had to pay two dollars, this sum being allowed the hack drivers by the city authorities; while the omnibus line charge but fifty cents per passage, and baggage free. I inquired of the police why such swindling was permitted, and was told that it could not be avoided, that travelers must look out for themselves. I was also told that similar cases occurred every day; and that sometimes travelers by taking passage in those black cabs, have never been heard of afterward. I have reason to believe it is so. A word to the wise is sufficient. Battle Creek, Feb. 14, 1871. Being Purified.
By L. E. MILLNE
THIS is a painful process. As gold is tried in the fire, so must the Christian endure the fiery ordeal. The trial of our faith is precious in the eyes of our sympathizing Redeemer. His eye neither slumbers nor sleeps; but he watches the furnace, and his loving arms are around us; and we shall come forth without even the smell of fire upon our garments. Oh! then, can we not say, Let the fire burn till all the dross is consumed, and we reflect the image of our divine Lord? Then, indeed, shall we not be barren nor unfruitful in the garden of the Lord, for so shall an abundant entrance be ministered unto us, into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. L. E. MILLNE. By Their Fruits.
By L. P. Harriman
BRO. L. P. HARRIMAN writes from Wisconsin: Some four years ago, through the pride of my unconsecrated heart, and a desire to better my circumstances in life, I left a good church in the East and removed to the West, where I did not soon find good, warm-hearted brethren; but when in search for some, I unfortunately met with some of the Brinkerhoff party, of whom I knew about as much as poor Eve knew about the serpent. I did not, however, yield to the siren voice; but alas, there were evil seeds sown in my heart from which roots of bitterness sprang up, and I became cold and unfruitful. In this lost, undone, and hopeless condition, I grew worse and worse, till the Lord, in his infinite love and mercy, through the faithful labors of our dear Bro. Sanborn, called after me once more. I felt it to be the last call. I returned to the Lord, and feel that he has forgiven me much, and I love him much. I will learn obedience from the things which I have suffered. “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.” “Gray and Worldly.”
By M. E. Piper
THESE words were written me of a friend, of whose spiritual condition I had inquired; and what a pang it sent to my heart! Must I believe it of one who has once tasted so freely of heavenly things, who has known what sore afflictions mean, and passed through the fire, leaning on the arm of a living God? Can it be that at length he could so far forget his high obligations as to depart from the lowly, narrow way his Saviour trod, and turn to the weak, vain things of earth, preferring the pleasure of sin for a season, to that enduring substance which fadeth not away? I could almost say, Impossible, if I did not realize how surely the power of the enemy is increasing, and with what vigilance he works, to deceive if possible even the very elect. Knowing where to place his cloven foot, he takes advantage of the weakness of this, and covers the idol of that, until actual sin is looked upon as but innocent pleasure. Yet will not God's people learn wisdom? Will not the downfall of many admonish a few? Shall we give Satan a foothold by parleying with temptation? No! away with his deceitful devices; rather let us deny self, the lusts of the flesh, the pride of life, and patiently continue in well-doing, satisfied with the joy that comes through cheerful performance of duty for Christ's sake. Better, ah, yes! better be seeking the bread of Heaven and the water of life to distribute to needy souls around us, than feeding the soul on husks and chaff, the vanities of earth, and at last be weighed in the balances, and found wanting. Make the World Better.
By C. E. C.
“We must take the world as we find it,” says one. “Life is what we make it,” says another. There is truth in both remarks; but more, I think, lies between the two. We can never make our lives what they might be under more favorable circumstances. Were we ushered into a world, in which a sin was seldom committed; where all, by common consent, were actuated by a love of the good, the true, and the beautiful; it would be much easier for us to lead lives in conformity with these principles than it is to do so in a world where wickedness abounds. In this view, life is not altogether what we make it; but, in part, is what we find it. We may deplore the wickedness of the world, as it is, and wish it were better; but to spend our time in lamentations, or unavailing regrets, would be to neglect making our lives what they might, and ought to be. I fear many of us are apt to think that what one individual in the humbler walks of life may say or do, is of small account; what one may enjoy or suffer affects but little the sum total of human happiness. But is this so? Is it true that each individual, however humble his or her position in life, has an influence for good or ill? If so, are we obliged to take the world as it is? or is it our privilege to do something to make it better? Let us look to it then that our actions are regulated by the principle of Christian integrity, that our motives are all pure, that our record for each day is what it should be, and that our influence tells, every time, on the side of truth and right. We can do something, if but little, to aid the cause of true reform. The cause is made stronger by every champion who joins its ranks. The light shines forth with greater brilliancy with every added ray. May it not be our privilege, then, to light our taper, and, placing it upon a candlestick, thus assist in dispelling the darkness of human ignorance, and lessening the amount of human woe? It is our privilege to increase our own happiness and the happiness of all around us, by seeking the path of righteousness, and walking therein; and, ever relying upon divine guidance and the grace of God, to go forward, not taking the world as we find it and leaving it as, or worse than, we found it; but with every effort in our reach striving to better its condition, and leave it improved for our having lived in it. The great thing now is to make men know what wickedness is. The tables of the law want brightening up. The old lettering has been so often and so badly washed over with modern gilt, that men can hardly make out the true reading. The age is intelligent enough; but its moral conceptions are woefully confused. Men lie, steal, commit adultery, commit murder, without knowing it. Conscience scarcely stirs under a load of guilt which, if it were rightly felt, would wring from it a sweat of blood. But fashion has made it common, and sophistry has filed off its sharp edges, until it sits comfortably upon the poor soul which is sinking into a gulf of perdition. There is no remedy for this but plain speaking. The finger of the preacher must be put upon the very sin. This which you call the course of law, or the custom of trade is stealing. This skillful evasion of the truth is lying. This defeating of the law of nature is murder. The invasion of your neighbor's domestic rights, though sanctioned by human law, is adultery. The use of the Lord's day for your own pleasure is Sabbath-breaking. And not only should these things be plainly said, but they should be strongly proved. The commandment and its breach should be laid side by side, and the utter repugnancy of the principles upon which they severally move, be demonstrated so that none can sin in ignorance. Then when the conscience is torn and smitten with a sense of guilt, and the soul lies humbled in the dust before its God, the gospel will find place for its gentle ministries, and Christ be looked to, not as a “minister of sin,” but as a Saviour from sin.—Exchange. I REALIZE that it is a blessed attainment to live for each day, and for each day only. We have grace promised to bear present circumstances, but not anticipated ones. If we would have peace, we must leave planning and wishing; and taking our heart's desire, lay it before the throne, saying—“Thy will be done.” We also have a cross to bear, a victory to gain. I often ask myself what is mine. It is subduing my will to God's will; to have every idol overthrown, every rebellious feeling stilled. This I am striving for from day to day. Oh! there is a great and wonderful work to be wrought in the heart of every one who hopes for eternal life; but the promise is sure. “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.”—Selected. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. DIED, in Hart, Oceana Co., Mich., Chloe Brooks; aged 71 years. I was invited, Jan. 14, to hold a Sabbath meeting in their house. Friends came in, and it was good to be there. Her sister living near Battle Creek, whom she had not seen for thirty-four years, being there on a visit, had presented them the Sabbath question; and this aged couple decided to obey. The next Sabbath I met a different company at the same place; and the circumstances—how changed! Paralysis of the brain had smitten sister Brooks down in a moment. The Lord gave liberty in speaking from these words: “Prepare to meet thy God.” Amos 4: 12.
P. STRONG. DIED, in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 30, 1871, Robert W. Macomber, aged 20 years. A funeral discourse was preached Sabbath afternoon, Feb. 4, from Rev. 14: 13. He died in hope. His last words were, “I am going; good bye.” “Around his dying bed we come,
And from his lips we hear him say,
Good bye, good bye to every one,
Prepare to meet me in that day.”
S. N. HASKELL.
DIED, in Warren Co., Pa., Dec. 25, 1870, Orpha May, daughter of C. D. and Ira Bates, aged 7 months, and 12 days.
IRA BATES. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. At the close of our annual meetings we find ourselves too much worn, and with too many important things upon our hands, which demand immediate attention, to fill our appointment at South Lancaster, Mass., next Sabbath. We design to fill the appointment at Boston, March 4 and 5.
JAMES WHITE,
ELLEN G. WHITE. California State Meeting.
The third annual session of the California State Meeting of S. D. Adventists will be held with the Santa Rosa church, Sabbath and first-day, April 8 and 9, 1871. We hope to see a general rally of the friends of this cause in California at this meeting. Brethren and sisters, pray to God for the success of his truth on this coast, and come to the meeting determined to act your part in the work.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, } Committee of Cal. State.
JOHN BOWMAN, } Meeting of S. D. Adventists. Quarterly Meetings in California.
HEALDSBURG, March 11; Santa Rosa, April 1 and 2.
As the meeting-house at Santa Rosa is being completed, it is the design to dedicate it at this quarterly meeting. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the church at Tuscola, Mich., Sabbath and Sunday, Feb. 25, 26. First meeting Friday evening. Preaching on the Sabbath at 10 A. M. Don't be late Sabbath morning. Want to see all the friends in the county. Can only stay till Monday. D. M. CANRIGHT. MONTHLY meeting for Western New York at Lancaster on Sabbath and first-day, March 11 and 12. Providence permitting, I will meet the friends from East Elma, on that occasion. CHAS. B. REYNOLDS. OUR next quarterly meeting at Princeville, Ill., will be held March 4 and 5. All the friends of the truth are cordially invited to attend. B. F. MERRITT. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will attend the monthly meeting at Potterville, Mich., Feb. 25, 1871.
JOHN BYINGTON. THE Allegan County quarterly meeting will be held at Monterey, Sabbath and first-day, March 4, 5. It is desired that there may be a general gathering of the churches and scattered brethren.
In behalf of the church. JOSEPH BATES. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will preach in Peru, Iowa, beginning Friday evening, March 3, and holding over Sabbath and Sunday at my usual hours. Will Bro. Gifford meet me at Bro. Koon's, Friday morning? We invite all the Winterset church to meet with us on the Sabbath at 10 A. M. Also other churches in that vicinity.
Sabbath, March 18, at Pilot Grove.
March 21, will begin a discussion at Pilot Grove with Rev. Mr. Evans on the Sabbath question.
D. M. CANRIGHT. “Can ye not discern the signs of the times?” LONDON, Feb. 12.—The copy of the correspondence relating to the war, to be submitted to Parliament, shows that Favre’s party were always willing to conclude a peace on any terms which did not include a cession of territory; that Germany pursued the war for territory; that England has been continually urging peace on the French terms; and that the Orleanists are confident that the Count de Paris will be King of France in a few weeks. The government state that they will be able to dispatch 115,000 men at once in case of war. PARIS, Feb. 13.—Everything has been arranged at Bordeaux. A committee to negotiate a treaty of peace has been selected, and the draft of the treaty has been approved by Bismarck and Moltke. The treaty will be signed immediately and the German troops will march through Paris to Strasbourg station, and there take trains for home. The trains will follow each other as rapidly as possible. The Assembly will then adjourn to Paris, and proceed with the reorganization of France. PARIS, Feb. 13.—The departments not occupied by the Germans are ravaged by bands of francs-tireurs, who are pillaging travelers and houses. Terror reigns in those departments. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Provisions in immense quantities are continually arriving, and soldiers are used for unloading trains. BERLIN, Feb. 13.—The Prussian Cross Gazette judges from the result of the elections in France, that a resumption of war is not to be expected, and thinks there is scarcely a doubt that the armistice will be prolonged. LONDON, Feb. 13.—The steamship Cuba, that sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, had on board, the Earl de Grey, Lord Tenterden, Montague Bernard, and Viscount Goderich of the Joint High Commission for the settlement of the fishery question and Alabama and other claims of the United States upon Great Britain. The commissioners are accompanied by a number of diplomatic attendants. BERLIN, Feb. 14.—The Kreuz Zeitung estimates that the French elections have resulted in at least a two-thirds vote in favor of monarchical institutions, and says that scarcely one-third of the number chosen to the Assembly are republicans. The imperialists are also badly beaten, and the future of France seems to be between the Bourbons and Orleanists. LILLE, Feb. 14.—Railway communication with Paris is partially suspended, and trains hence for Paris are stopped by the Prussians, but trains from Paris bound north are not interfered with. BRUSSELS, Feb. 14.—It is stated that Gen. Faidherbe, in a recent communication to the French government, urged that the Army of the North is in readiness again to meet either foreigners or internal disturbers. BRUSSELS, Feb. 14.—It is reported in diplomatic circles that Germany has refused the request of the British government to communicate the conditions upon which she is willing to make peace. It is reported that the armistice is prolonged until the 28th inst. LEIPZIG, Feb. 17.—A petition to the French National Assembly is circulating among the prisoners in Germany, expressive of a desire for the submission of the question, whether the form of government for France be a monarchy or a republic, to universal suffrage. LONDON, Feb. 17.—The Paris Figaro says it is reported that the German propositions for peace run thus: The cession of Alsace and Lorraine, and a portion of the department of Doubs, and an indemnity of one and a half billions of thalers, the Prussians to keep all material of war they have captured, and the French fleet, and the colonies to remain intact. DISCREDITABLE revelations are making concerning the provisional government. It is said that the members hold immense sums of money made out of stores of provisions, and that in the Hotel de Ville 43,000 bottles of wine were drank. Provisions are pouring in, and prices are low. A TELEGRAM from Bombay says the steamer Gen. Putnam, from Cochin, bound to Bombay, foundered in a cyclone in the Indian Ocean, and 53 lives were lost. CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 14.—Much excitement prevails at Columbia, in this State, owing to the late outrages by the Ku Klux in the upper counties. A body of 500 masked horsemen surrounded the jail in Union County, on Sunday night, tied the jailer, and took out ten negroes, prisoners confined on charges of murder and arson. Six of these were shot, two hung, and two are missing. The pretext for the crime was that the prisoners were about to be removed to Columbia on a writ of habeas corpus. Much indignation at the lynching prevails among the masses of the people, without regard to party. THE census returns of the whole country are now very nearly complete, and show the population to be 38,307,399—nearly 38,500,000—exhibiting an increase of seven million during the decade. IN the battle of Sedan, 200,000 French were opposed to 300,000 Prussians. The line of battle was five miles long; 250 mitrailleuses answered the Prussian artillery. Five villages were burned. The Meuse was choked up with corpses. The losses were frightful; they were estimated at 80,000 killed and wounded. A PESTILENCE is raging in the region of the Saskatchewan, in British Columbia, which, in proportion to the population on which it feeds, calls to mind the terrible scourges described in the Old Testament, and the ravages of the plague in medieval times, or, in oriental countries to-day. It is the confluent small-pox. The malady has been so fatal that 2,000 Indians and white men have been carried off. Some villages have been almost depopulated. At Big Lake ten people died every day. This would be equivalent, doubtless, to a daily mortality of 200 in Detroit. The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Catholic missionaries and Sisters of Charity are doing what they can to assist the sufferers. They are also threatened with famine in consequence of the absence of buffaloes this season, on which they depend chiefly for food. THE bombardment of Paris killed within the walls of that city 44 men, 16 women, and 26 children; and wounded 107 men, 72 women, and 29 children—a total of 86 killed, and 208 wounded. The casualties, as a general rule, occurred in the streets. The expenditure of powder and shot was prodigious. On the night of the 16th of January one man was killed, and four men and nine women wounded. But it required 189 shells to accomplish the comparatively small amount of murder. After the range of the Prussian guns was ascertained in Paris, orders were issued, based upon scientific calculations, which served as “a guide to the besieged.” They were to avoid the northern side of one street, the western side of another, the southern side of a third, and the eastern side of a fourth, etc. The crowds which gathered at the shops for food seemed to be most exposed. Five women were killed at a butcher’s, one morning—not to be served up to his customers, as one might think at first—but by the shells, while the victims were waiting their turn to procure a breakfast. SUNDAY DECLARATION IN CINCINNATI.—The Sunday question is occupying to a considerable extent the attention of the clergy of Cincinnati. Rev. F. W. Browne has lately preached an earnest, able, and from a hasty reading we should say, discriminating sermon on Sunday newspapers, Sunday libraries, and other matters involved in the question of a right Lord’s day observance. The Ministerial Association has discussed the theme with a good deal of energy and evenness of sentiment, although some difference of opinion in detail has been manifested.—Interior