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Review and Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 17

The Sermon.

Earlier text: News and Miscellany.

Review to the Poor.

By J. M. A.

WE are pleased to record in this No. the worthy example of a few brethren in donating to furnish the Review to the poor. We call the particular attention of our brethren to this noble work. May we have hearts to sympathize with the poor among us; and not simply say, “Be ye warmed and filled,” &c., but do whatever is “needful.”

We have many poor brethren and sisters among us, who feel that they cannot do without the Review, and yet are not able to pay for it. Brethren, shall they have it? You all say, Yes, they shall.

But, it cannot be furnished without means. All of you, therefore, who in the kind providence of God are blessed with means beyond the reach of want (and there are many such among us,) are loudly called upon to aid in this great work. Will you do it? Let this question be answered by the proper acknowledgements through the Review. J. M. A.

NEVER.

“I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.”

LET every believer grasp these words, and store them up in his heart. Keep them ready, and have them fresh in your memory; you will want them one day. The Philistines will be upon you, the hand of sickness will lay you low, the king of terrors will draw near, the valley of the shadow of death will open up before your eyes. Then comes the hour when you will find nothing so comforting as a text like this, nothing so cheering as a realizing sense of God's companionship.

Stick to that word, “never.” It is worth its weight in gold. Cling to it as a drowning man clings to a rope. Grasp it firmly, as a soldier attacked on all sides grasps his sword. God has said and he will stand to it, “I will never leave thee.”

“Never!” Though your heart be often faint, and you are sick of self, and your many failures and infirmities—even then the promise will not fail.

“Never!” Though the Devil whispers, “I shall have you at last; yet a little time and your faith will fall, and you will be mine.” Even then the word of God will stand.

“Never!” When the cold chill of death is creeping over you, and friends can do no more, and you are starting on that journey from which there is no return—even then Christ will not forsake you.

“Never!” When the day of judgment comes, and the books are opened, and the dead are rising from their graves, and eternity is beginning—even then the promise will bear all your weight; Christ will not leave his hold on your soul.

O, believing reader, trust in the Lord forever, for he says, “I will never leave you.” “Lean back all your weight upon him, do not be afraid. Glory in his promise. Rejoice in the strength of your consolation. You may say boldly, “The Lord is my helper, I will not fear.”

PROGRESS OF SPIRITUALISM.

By W. C. G.

In an article under the above heading, the Banner of Light gives the following statistics relative to the rapid increase of Spiritualism:

“In a work recently published in New York, by the Appletons, entitled ‘Christianity and its Conflicts, ancient and modern,’ the Spiritualists of the United States are set down at six millions, three hundred and thirty-three thousand. A convocation of Roman Catholic Bishops at Baltimore, last spring, brought out the estimate, made from the statistics furnished by each Bishop from his own diocese, that there were above ten millions of Spiritualists in this country, with fifty thousand mediums. It likewise appeared that the sum total of Romanists and Protestants in the country is not quite nine millions, with forty-five thousand priests. Judge Edmonds’ estimate, which we have spoken of before, puts the whole number at ten or eleven millions.”

Those who are disposed to ridicule the manifestations of Spiritualism as “trickery and humbug,” can find food for reflection in the astounding fact that ten millions of people in the most enlightened country in the world, and some of these men and women of the greatest intelligence, have been “humbugged” into this belief.

Had they not better accept the Scriptural solution of the mystery, that they are the “spirits of devils, working miracles,” and give up the popular fable of the soul’s immortality, which is the basic foundation for this gigantic error? W. C. G.

Dedication.

By M. E. CORNELL

THE new meeting-house at Tittabawassee, ten miles north-west of Saginaw City is now about completed, and as the plastering and paint will be thoroughly dry in three or four weeks' time, it is proposed to dedicate the house Sabbath, October 26. Bro. and sister White and Bro. Uriah Smith are especially invited to attend and conduct the dedication meetings, and for one week following.

The friends here will do their best to provide for all who may attend from other places round about.

In behalf of the church, M. E. CORNELL. Sept. 20th.

RELIGION AND RUM. At Napoleon, Indiana, directly across the street from the Roman Catholic meeting-house, stands a drinking saloon, and “both are said to be crowded on high church days.”

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It is said of Martin Luther that the more he had to do, the more frequently and fervently he prayed. On one occasion he remarked to a friend, “I have so much to do to day that I shall have to pray three hours.” May not this custom of the great reformer contain a valuable suggestion to us, who in the midst of a continual pressure of duties are in danger of being “overcharged,” and forgetting to seek that relief and strength which alone can be obtained in prayer, in earnest supplication to God? G. W. A.