Earlier text: A GENERAL EXPECTATION OF ALL NATIONSA GOOD WORK BEGUN.
By J. H. W.
SABBATH, May 30, was a good day for our people at Battle Creek. We think we could give the readers of the REVIEW nothing more acceptable and pleasing—nothing of greater interest to the youth, especially—than to relate what took place on that day. In the forenoon, Bro. White spoke to us in a plain, practical, and feeling manner, on faith; what it is, how to show it, and the evidences of a lack of it among professors, especially the young. In the afternoon, Sr. White spoke on the fruits of faith, or the Christian character. Before closing the meeting, an invitation was given to those who desired the prayers of God's people to come forward. To our surprise and joy, about forty came up in the sight of that congregation; from the little child to the middle aged, but mostly youth. Some of them were backsliders; some have recently started in the good way; and some now, for the first time, are “seeking the Lord and his goodness.” A meeting was appointed for the evening, for their especial benefit, in which a large number of them spoke. Confessions and strong resolves were made to deny self, and try to get ready for the great and terrible day that is just before us. We feel inclined to offer a few suggestions on this event, which we hope may not come amiss in any place where the young are becoming interested in the truth. 1. This has greatly increased the responsibility of the church here. Without the active sympathy and co-operation of the church, these will soon turn back to the allurements of the world and of gay companionship. They want help. They want the friendly word of encouragement, the evidence of a kind interest in their welfare; they want a godly, self-denying example set before them; a cheerful sobriety, which will ever show them that Christianity is neither trifling nor gloomy. May the Lord help the members of this church to realize that every word and action will now be watched more closely than ever before; and that, if these young people are saved, they must exert a saving influence over them; if they are lost, God may require them at the hands of his professed people. 2. An increased responsibility is laid upon the officers of the church; (fortunately four more elders have been elected for this church.) Here are a number of little children and youth that need to be watched over with the tenderest care: to be instructed in Christian life and trained to the Christian warfare. Many of them but faintly realize the importance of the step they have taken, and what they must do to carry out their resolutions to serve God, and prepare for the time of trouble and the coming of the Lord. How much labor will devolve on these elders to look after and guard these young lambs of the flock, to keep them from straying into the way of the enemy! How kindly and carefully must it be bestowed! We trust these officers will strive to fulfill their whole duty; that they will consult and pray together for wisdom to do the work of the Lord for these little ones as the Good Shepherd himself would do it were he here. 3. A great—a very great responsibility rests on the parents. Though some of them have not parents to work for them by daily example and counsel. The most earnest and prayerful efforts of the church and its officers may all be neutralized by a little careless or injudicious action on the part of parents. Neglect to advise or warn when they need it; indifference to their trials and troubles; a few cross or fretful words when they are beset by the enemy, may discourage them and cause them to backslide. Even a necessary correction given in a harsh, unkind manner, without proper instruction and prayer, may be the means of their discouragement and ruin. Oh that the parents may realize how much the eternal interests of their children are in their keeping! 4. A new responsibility rests on the persons who have made this move. God has heard their vows; Jesus is pleading his blood for them; angels watched every one that arose to speak, and noticed every tear of penitence that was shed. Shall this all be in vain? O Lord, help them to realize how solemn is the present hour—how great the necessity of making strong efforts to escape from coming destruction. Now we invite the youth all over the land to join in this effort to seek salvation. Our prayer is for you all. Dear children, strive for the blessing of the gospel; to have the love of God shed abroad in your hearts. This is a matter of importance; let nothing hinder you. May the Lord gather you to himself in the day when he makes up his jewels. J. H. W. VARIOUS MATTERS.
By Jos. Clarke
Beauty is enhanced by humility, and condescension, and appreciation of others' talents; so mental endowments are made acceptable by forgetfulness of self, and a seeming forgetfulness of, and inattention to, your own superiority, if you have it, which will not, or need not, detract at all from your true standard of decorum and dignity. He who very highly values and appreciates himself, will soon have the sole monopoly of this branch of business; while he who appreciates others, is sure to be appreciated by his associates. People sometimes say of a highly gifted and cultivated mind, that such a person is smart; would it not be better to say, he is gifted, or talented. We say of a nimble horse, he is a smart horse; thus limiting this word to physical abilities; as we say of a good, faithful, capable work-hand, that he is smart to work; while we should say of mental powers, thus: he is an able statesman; an eloquent speaker; a talented author; a gifted orator; and thus reserve the word smart, for the activity or nimbleness and strength of the physical powers. We need this word for this purpose, while to apply it to mental endowments is unbecoming and incorrect, as it introduces confusion of terms. Wandering thoughts may often be disposed of by making them (each one in particular) subjects of secret-prayer. If they are cares, cast them as burdens upon the Lord; if sinful thoughts, repent of them; if of a doubtful character, and we can get rid of them in no other way, present them, in particular, as such to God for his direction; thus, if Satan is the cause, he is foiled, if not, we are free. Sometimes God gives to leaders and king, dreams of a public nature and interest; but this does not prove that every dream of the obscure person is invested with importance to all. Even if God condescends to help the lonely one by a dream, it should be a question whether it would be as edifying to all, especially if the dreamer is a little vain. Dreams are as various as our thoughts, and we distinguish the wise man from the fool by this: the wise man culls his words from his thoughts, while the fool tells them all; so of dreams. DR. BOND'S VISION.
By J. H. W.
Among the consequences resulting from the predicted outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days, it was declared that “your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” And though this scripture seems almost abandoned to the mercy of enthusiasts and fanatics, yet the numerous “visions and revelations of the Lord,” recorded in the books of the New Testament, as well as in the annals of the church of Christ in all ages, afford sufficient and convincing evidence that this word of the Lord was never spoken in vain, but has received, and may be yet receiving, an abundant fulfillment; and that, not among the fanatical and extravagant and half-crazed followers of new notions and strange doctrines, but among those whose piety, sobriety, intelligence, and usefulness, mark them381as chosen vessels to bear the words of Christ to the perishing sons of men. While infidelity has been struggling for years to mock each trace of supernatural power away from the church of God, and, taking advantage of the unbelieving cowardice of formalists and skeptics, has caused Christians to hide the knowledge of such facts as this in their own hearts; and while fanatics have brought God's work into disrepute by extravagant pretensions and unfounded claims; and while Satan, having driven the church to cringing silence and the world to blind and unreasoning incredulity regarding all supernatural powers and spiritual blessings, has taken advantage of this to pour upon an unreasoning multitude the signs and lying wonders wrought by seducing spirits, whose aim and purpose is to deceive, if it were possible, the very elect, and persuade the people that there is no divine power but that which comes through their profane witchcrafts and devilish incantations,—we rejoice that God gives us grace to lift up a standard for the people in the midst of a flood of scoffing unbelief, and testify and prove by credible witnesses and by numerous facts the presence and the might of the Holy Ghost in the church, yet working by mighty signs and wonders to convict the sinner, to comfort the saint, to save the perishing, and to glorify the Lord. And we are glad that from day to day fresh evidences and facts are brought to our knowledge, which show that there is yet a God in Israel, whose might and power are manifested in the experiences of his humble, trusting ones; and that the Lord's arm is not shortened that he cannot save, nor his ear heavy that he cannot hear. But while we recognize these facts, we also see in the wreck and ruin that has marked the paths of those whose pretensions to spiritual gifts and powers have been loud and boastful, a most solemn warning to the humble children of the Lord to 'believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.' The prince of the power of the air seems to be marshaling his unclean legions for the final fray; and, if he can persuade men to accept all spiritual pretensions, and so receive the “strong delusions” and “lying wonders” of the devil, or else discard all supernatural experiences, and so reject the mighty working of the Holy Ghost;—in either case he succeeds in his purpose of deception and destruction. But if any man do God's will 'he shall know of the doctrine,' and a loving obedience and strict adherence to the written word of God with a proper apprehension of the character of the “perilous times” in which we live in these last days, will prove a safeguard against fanaticism on the one hand and formality on the other, and thus “the shield of faith” shall “quench all the fiery darts of the adversary.” The above we copy from The Christian, by H. L. Hastings. Eld. Hastings has always opposed the no-spirit theory so prevalent in these times of peril. That unscriptural idea, first extensively proclaimed by those who call themselves “Reformers,” of the school of Alexander Campbell, has been adopted by certain bodies of Adventists, “by reason of whom, the way of truth” has been “evil spoken of.” God ordained and provided that in the gospel of his Son, his Holy Spirit should be the great agent to carry on the work of enlightenment, of sanctification, and salvation; and we have ever found that where the direct influence of the Spirit was denied, there was a lack of spirituality in worship, a lack of the power of godliness; there was confusion and every evil work. We are pleased to see Eld. H. so consistently contending for the fulness of the great gospel blessing in the perpetuity of spiritual gifts. And while we rejoice in that blessing which is uniting us in faith as a people (see Eph. iv), which inculcates a “strict adherence to the word of God,” and more than all things else, preserves in us “a proper apprehension of the character of the perilous times in which we live,” and which has so far proved a perfect “safeguard against fanaticism on the one hand, and formality on the other,” we would not boast nor exalt ourselves therefor, but humble ourselves before the gracious Giver with thankful hearts. But we dare not defer to the “unbelieving cowardice of formalists and skeptics,” and “hide the knowledge of such facts in our hearts,” while the plagues of God's wrath are impending, and the world is blindly rushing on to ruin. Our prayer is that we may be faithful to the trust committed to us, and live to the praise of our crucified Lord, and not to self. “Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.” The vision of Dr. Bond, to which the remarks quoted above refer, will be found in the work entitled, Miraculous Powers, pp. 79–81. J. H. W. TO CORRESPONDENTS.
By J. H. W.
We have on our table a well-written article with a text of promise in quotation marks at the head, upon which the article is based. The exhortation is good, and it would give us great pleasure to publish it, but having carefully searched the Scriptures with the aid of Cruden's Complete Concordance, we can find no such text in the Bible. The sentiment of the quotation is Scriptural, and by bringing together a number of texts we may find the various expressions contained in it, but we do not feel justified in publishing as quotations from the sacred Scriptures ideas merely grouped together in that manner. We improve this opportunity to make another appeal to our correspondents. The careless manner in which many quote the word of God is highly irreverent, and adds greatly to the burden of the editor. It is irreverent, because it professedly gives the words of the Lord when the Lord had not so spoken. In such cases the sense of the Scripture is often entirely changed. See Eze. xiii, 7. It increases the labor of the editor, who is subjected to the work of looking up, and correcting the texts. Sometimes texts are erroneously quoted, chapter and verse not given; these have all to be found by the Concordance. Frequently every text in a lengthy communication is misquoted, and the labor of correcting is equal to writing the same amount. “Brethren, these things ought not so to be.” God promises a blessing to them that tremble at his word; and such will surely fear to mutilate it. While we are working out reforms in various points may we not have a reform in this matter? Let the text be followed both in the words and the punctuation. J. H. W. The following extracts from “Testimony No. 6,” we re-publish in the Review, to refresh the memory of our readers. Let all examine them with care, and weigh well the solemn truth. Some seem to think the subject of “Systematic Benevolence” is settled with us as a people, and that, on this point, our victory is complete. This is a great mistake. Very many among us must stand reproved by this Testimony. If this is “a constant, living test,” and character is being developed under it, how important that our lives and actions come up to the divine standard. “In the arrangement of Systematic Benevolence, some have not come up, and united in this work, and have excused themselves because they were not free from debt. They plead that they must first ‘owe no man anything.’ But being in debt does not excuse them. I saw that they should render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. Some feel conscientious to ‘owe no man anything,’ and think that God can require nothing of them, until their debts are all paid. Here they deceive themselves. They fail to render to God the things that are God’s. Every one must bring to the Lord a suitable offering. Those who are in debt should take the amount of their debts from what they possess, and give a proportion of the remainder.” “Some have felt under sacred obligations to their children. They must give them each a portion, but feel themselves unable to raise means to aid the cause of God. They make the excuse that they have a duty to do to their children. This may be right, but their first duty belongs to God. Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. Rob not God by withholding from him your tithes and offerings. It is the first sacred duty to render to God a suitable proportion. Let no one throw in his claims, and lead you to rob God. Let not your children steal your offering from God’s altar for their own benefit.” “I saw that anciently the covetousness of some led them to withhold a suitable proportion. They made their offering stinted, which was recorded in Heaven, and they were cursed in their harvest and their flocks just as they withheld. Some were visited with affliction in their families.” “God would not accept a lame offering. It must be without blemish, the best of their flocks, and the best fruits of their fields. And it must be a free-will offering, if they would have the blessing of the Lord rest upon their families, and their possessions.” “I saw that in the arrangement of Systematic Benevolence, hearts will be tested and proved. It is a constant, living test. It brings one to understand his own heart, whether the truth or the love of the world predominates. Here is a test for the naturally selfish and covetous. They will put down their possessions at very low figures. Here they dissemble. Said the angel, ‘Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully.’ Angels are watching the development of character; and the doings of such are carried to Heaven by the heavenly messengers. Some will be visited of God for these things, and their increase will be brought down to their figures. ‘There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself.’ Prov. xi, 24, 25.” SATAN IN THE CAMP.
By D. F. Newton
At the thirteenth anniversary of the “Young Men’s Christian Association,” Brooklyn, N. Y., H. W. Beecher made a speech in which he recommended Bowling Alleys and Billiard Tables as necessary to the contemplated building for the Association. He says the times are changed, but how greatly has he himself changed. Oh! for an angel’s trump to ring peal on peal—louder than seven thunders through the land—from pole to pole, against him who kindles these fires that burn to the lowest hell! The man in the pulpit and out of it, that rides in Satan’s car, writes novels for “Ledgers,” writes novels for theatres—is not he the guilty one that sets the world on fire—scatters firebrands, arrows and death! murders in cold blood? It is folly here—folly there. It is nonsense here—it is nonsense there—it is Satan here, it is Satan there, wherever novels, romances, silly love tales are tolerated, there you see worldly conformity, foolish talking and jesting, theatres in full blast—and souls rushing on to hell—to fires unquenchable, by millions. And society will have it so. This soul-damning sin is winked at, covered up—looked upon with a smile of complacency by some religious editors, and by some ministering at God’s altar. Is not wrath pending? fearful, terrible, that will cause ears to tingle? Look at the impetuous rush at the theatre, the opera house, the pleasure party, the billiard room, and to other popular amusements, that kill time and murder the soul, since the placarding through the cities of New York and Brooklyn in large capitals, “H. W. BEECHER AT THE NEW YORK THEATRE SUCH A NIGHT.” “H. W. BEECHER WILL BE AT PIKE’S OPERA HOUSE SUCH A NIGHT.” Was the priest’s office ever more shamefully and wickedly degraded since the four hundred prophets ate at “Jezebel’s table?” What sympathy hath the spirit of Christ with theatrical and operatic performances—billiard rooms and other unfruitful works of darkness? Wherever you plant the theatre and opera, there, instantaneously, sprouts up a crop of gambling hells, drinking saloons, and brothels. A very godly minister suggested in my hearing, that whenever “Norwood is performed at any of the theatres, the service be opened with one of Mr. Beecher’s devout and beautiful prayers, as recently published, and closed with one of the devotional hymns appended.” Alas! “How is the gold become dim, how is the most fine gold changed.” You speak of fine gold, where? Indeed! where has there been any gold, has it not been chaff, hay, wood and stubble from the first, “clouds without water, carried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth, twice dead, plucked up by the roots?” Jude, 11–13. When has this novel-writing minister ever gone forth weeping, bearing precious seed? When has he ever imitated the meek and lowly Jesus who resisted unto blood, striving against sin? When has been the time he did not advocate worldly conformity in dress and equipage, carnal and popular amusements? When was the time he did not indulge the ludicrous, low witticisms, levity, foolish talking and382jesting in the pulpit and out of it, in direct opposition to the Spirit of Christ? “’Tis pitiful to court a grin when we should win a soul.” Who is likely on a sick or dying bed, to send for a punning minister, to talk or pray with him? A joking minister will seldom have persons coming to him with tears, to ask what they must do to be saved. “’Tis not for man to trifle, life is brief.” Mark also the sustaining of that rebel institution, Washington College, of Virginia, with General Lee at its head, manufacturing traitors and copperheads. Is not this devilish? Could Satan devise a more efficient, successful agent? “Before his breath the healthy shoots and blooms,
Of social joy and happiness decay.”
And yet, strange as it may seem, he has his admirers, that uphold him in his wickedness, succumb to this awful, Heaven-daring, God-defying iniquity! Not a few of both ministers and editors hold on to his skirts. Oh! what blindness! “They are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.” 1 John iii. 5. “Many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.” “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.” 2 Tim. iii, 13. “But though we, or an angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.” Gal. i, 8, 9. Archippus. True, Sylvanus, every word, and the half is not told, but allow me to make one inquiry. Have you raised the warning voice duly? Spoken out in the face and eyes of this Retrograde, done your duty to him faithfully hitherto? Cleared your own skirts of blood? It is a fearful thing to suffer sin to rest upon our neighbor unrebuked. “The words of the wise are as goads.” Sylvanus. Sin is gradual, creeps in by degrees. Conscience searing is little by little—Jezebel did not become a Jezebel all at once. A bloody Manasseh did not become a bloody Manasseh all at once. This “Plymouth” man has been nibbling at Satan’s bait a long time; he did not jump into that pit of miry clay, this slough of iniquity all at once. The truth is, he lacked ballast—he became top-heavy. Popularity killed him! Satan has a powerful intellect, yet he is Devil, and always will be. The very moment I saw the serpent’s tongue darting forth, I cried aloud, Stop, stop! Turn, Turn, for why will ye die? “Cease to do evil, learn to do well.” Why will ye crucify your Lord afresh? First of all I entreated, besought earnestly, weepingly. I said to him frankly—ere a word was sounded out publicly. Sir, you wrong yourself—the public,—dishonor the cause you profess to love, your dearest and best friends are grieved, and not only grieved, but disgusted at your course in the pulpit and out of it, your siding with the enemy of all righteousness!—Respect you, sir, how can we! “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; and what will ye do in the end thereof?” Jer. v, 30, 31. What fearful curses are denounced against apostates, false teachers, and hypocrites, wolves in sheep’s clothing? “But woe unto you, scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.” Matt. xxiii, 13. See also Luke xi, 11, 52; 2 Peter ii, 3. You have friends, not a few, who flatter you, bolster you up in their wickedness; so had the false prophets of old, and those who sat at Jezebel’s table; and what became of them? and what will become of you, without a speedy, heart-felt repentance? Woe to you when the world speaketh well of you; for so did their fathers of the false prophets. You cause Satan to rejoice, and all hell to be in jubilee. God is the same, yesterday, to-day, and forever; and he says: “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then shall ye be trodden down by it.” Isa. xxviii, 17, 18. A. Did you in very deed sound this faithful appeal in the ears of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher? S. Certainly I did brother, in good faith, in a spirit of the utmost kindness, positive, solemn; solemn as death, fearful as eternity, knowing as I did his downward course to perdition, with multitudes in his train. S. Furthermore I said to him, If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves a servant to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Rom. vi, 16. “He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.” Matt. xii, 30. If Satan is your master, go on, serve him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. You profess to be God’s minister, a watchman on the walls of Zion, and yet what multitudes of the rising age will go down to hell, through your example and false teaching. And in whose skirts will their blood be found, if not in yours? Oh! that the shrieks of lost ones might reach your ear ere you meet them with the wailings of the damned—ere the flames of hell gather around you, the hell of hells—the lowest, fiercest of all hells! Those sins of which you are guilty, will come down on your own pate, as certain as there is a God in Heaven, of truth and justice! “There is a line by us unseen,
That crosses every path,
The hidden boundary between,
God’s patience and his wrath.”
Deem this uncharitable? Not a word of it. We weep over you, shed tears of pity and tender compassion, while we abhor, with perfect loathing, “your garments spotted with the flesh.” The Lord have mercy on you, if any there is for one who has crucified the Lord of glory afresh, and done despite to the word of grace.
D. F. NEWTON. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.
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THESE trains all run by Chicago time, which is fifteen minutes slower than Detroit time. —IN France alone 1,350,000 men, or nearly the whole of the able-bodied male population of the country, may now be said to be under arms. Consequently, trade, commerce, and industry are becoming paralyzed. Each family in Paris is taxed commonly more than £20 on an average! —LONDON, May 22. The case of Home, the Spiritualist Medium, which has been before the Court of Chancery for a long time, has at length been decided. The Court requires Home to repay Mrs. Lyon the sum of £60,000 and costs, on the ground that undue influence and hallucination induced her course of action. —LONDON, May 22. A dispatch from Rome states that the Pope has invited the Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States to raise one thousand volunteers for the Papal army, and authorizing them to make such terms with recruits as they may deem necessary and proper. —OF late years a new and terribly loathsome disease—the fruit of sin—has made its appearance among the Hawaiian people, and is slowly spreading among them. It is a kind of leprosy, is slow in progress, and, though as yet few have actually died, yet many have been maimed and deformed by it. Government has set apart a small district on the Island of Molokai, and thither lepers from Oahu, Maui, and Lanai have been sent, and there is now quite a settlement. Within the last six years the Hawaiian population has decreased by nearly 9,000, leaving but 60,000 of the Hawaiian race. —A letter from Paris says that the Chassepot rifle, of which so much has been written, is a fragile weapon, and that it will be worn out by the use to which it is put in teaching the French troops how to handle it, while in six months all the German troops will be armed with a new weapon much superior to it. —The Prussian military chemists have succeeded in precipitating the explosive liquid known as nitroglycerine, and reducing it to a solid. The advantage of this transformation is, that its combustibility is considerably diminished, while its explosive force remains the same, and it is thus rendered more manageable for military purposes. It produces astonishing results. Masons and Methodists.—THE Methodists of Northern Illinois have a fashion of requesting the Masonic fraternities to lay the corner-stone of their churches. It has been done lately at Kankakee, Genesee, and Pecatonica. At the last place the pastor, in extending the invitation, expressed the hope that “no one will defame the occasion by visiting a saloon, or mar our best hopes for the prosperity of the cause, in the effort to erect a holy temple to the Grand Architect of the Universe.” The address was delivered by Rev. T. M. Eddy, who was one of the candidates for bishop at the Conference in Chicago, and who addressed and lauded his brother Masons as “the ancient and venerable order.” HE who glories in wounding others, will finally wound himself. Interesting to Tea-drinkers.
If you pour a few drops of strong tea on a piece of iron—a knife-blade for instance—the tannate of iron is formed, which is black. If you mix it with iron filings or pulverized iron, you may make it a fair article of ink. If you mix it with fresh human blood, it forms, with the iron of the blood, the tannate of iron. Now, when we remember that the liquids which enter the stomach are rapidly absorbed by the veins and absorbents of the stomach, and enter into the circulation, and are thrown out of the system by the skin, respiration, and the kidneys, it is probable that a drink so common as tea, and so abundantly used, will have some effect. Can it be possible that tannin introduced with so much warm liquor, producing perspiration, will have no more effect upon the skin? Look at the tea-drinkers of Russia, the Chinese, and the old women of America, who have so long continued in the habit of drinking strong teas—are they not dark-colored and leather-skinned? When young they were of fair complexion.—Herald of Health.