WERE called for many times by the General Government during the late rebellion. Each time there was a prompt answer to the call, but the money always had to come first. A greater rebellion than this has the legion of darkness been in thousands of years, and now, when the inroads are becoming so deep and dangerous upon the little remnant of light, more men and more money are again called for. Which shall we have first?
“The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light;” so in this great warfare, the men are expected first. “Even from the days of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes.” Mal. iii, 7-11.
Bring in the money, then pray the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.” Luke x, 2. Return unto the Lord. Prove him, and he will pour out the promised blessing promptly. He will not tell us to ask for that which he intends to withhold after we are prepared to receive it. The order cannot be reversed—more money in tithes and offerings—God loves a cheerful giver; then more men in the great harvest field will be given.
ETTA BOOTH.
ORA B. STILES
By Ora B. Stiles
From Bro. Stiles.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: It is a long time since I have written to let you know where I stand; but it is not because the present truth is less plain or dear to me. No, fifteen years experience in the present truth, and study of the same, has convinced me beyond a doubt that we are living near the end of time, just before the wrath of God is poured out upon our guilty world. God's people should arise from their lukewarm state in the power and might of Elijah's God, that the message may rise and go forth with power. God works by means. He works through his people. Therefore, he will have a people prepared for this work. I do want to be one of his chosen ones. I am resolved to stand in his counsel, to have on the whole armor, and to perfect holiness in his fear. Pray for me brethren, that I may overcome, and stand with you on Mount Zion. It is seldom that I can meet with those of like precious faith; therefore the REVIEW is very precious to me. It is meat in due season, for it is laden with present truth, and with the cheering testimonies of the brethren and sisters. I am very thankful for the REVIEW, and I endeavor to receive it as a blessing from God. I wish to tender my thanks to the brethren that donate of their means, that the poor may have the REVIEW. God will bless them abundantly if they are faithful to the end.
Yours in hope of eternal life.
ORA B. STILES
New Haven, May 29, 1869.
ELIZA A. STONE
By Eliza A. Stone
From Sr. Stone.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I have often thought I would like to write to the saints scattered abroad, that I am striving for a home in the kingdom of God, where our blest Saviour has gone to prepare mansions for his children. The way looks very straight and narrow; so narrow that but few will walk therein, but all that will, may partake of the water of life freely. Oh! then let us strive to enter in at the strait gate. Yes, I want to walk in that narrow road prepared for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. Are we reconciled to God? Can we approach him as a friend? Do we love him as a Father? And do we obey him as a Master? Do we love his word? his people? and his holy day? In vain will it be to profess to love him if we do not keep his commandments.
Are we, like Jesus, going about doing good? Do we visit the sick, and administer to their wants? And do we care for the poor, and seek the salvation of all around us? Do we daily live under the impression that we are responsible for our time, talents, and opportunities to do good? Are we growing in grace? Are our hearts hard or tender? Is Christ precious to our souls? Are we willing to do all he bids? To make a complete Saviour of him we must imitate his example, as well as trust in his blood. Are we preparing for his coming? We shall soon be summoned to the Judgment. How much better to be called from a field of labor, than from a state of sloth! Let us work while the day lasts; for soon the night cometh, when no man can work.
Are we looking for the glorious appearing of the Lord Jesus, who will come to be glorified in his saints, and to reward every man according to his works?
“Oh! for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that's sprinkled with the blood,
So freely shed for me.”
ELIZA A. STONE
State Center, Iowa.
A New Sabbath-Keeping Family
By Lydia F. Russell
From Sr. Russell.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Were it not that I might cheer some poor, lone pilgrim, I should feel unworthy to write anything for the columns of the REVIEW. Through the influence of a dear brother and sister of Franklin Co., we were led to investigate the Sabbath question. Praise the Lord for his goodness and mercy to fallen man. He has given us strength and grace to yield our all to him, to bear the scoffs and frowns of our friends and relatives, and to come out from among them, and keep the Sabbath of the Lord. We love its weekly return. We have all been trying to live religion from childhood, but it seems as though everything was new. Portions of the Bible that were enshrouded in darkness stand forth brightly under the light of present truth.
We can truly say that we love the precious truths of the last message. There are three of us, my husband and myself, and our aged mother, who love the precious truth of the Bible. She is seventy-two years of age, and has left off the use of tea and tobacco, after having used them nearly all her life, and her health is not impaired by it. We trust that the Lord will send some messenger here to labor. The REVIEW is all the preaching we have, but it comes to us as meat in due season. Oh! how we long for the society of those that believe as we do.
Pray for us, that we may perform our duty faithfully, being led by the Holy Spirit in all things, submitting ourselves to the will of Him who doeth all things well. Hoping to gain an entrance through the pearly gates into the golden city, I remain,
Your Pilgrim Sister, LYDIA F. RUSSELL.
Essex Co., N. Y.
D. R. LEIGHTON
By D. R. Leighton
From Bro. Leighton.
DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I have been a reader of the REVIEW about ten years, but have been a Sabbath-keeper not quite a year, and having been cheered and encouraged by reading the letters from the brethren and sisters, I thought a letter from me might be the means of encouraging some one to struggle on in his good way. I commenced to keep the Sabbath last June through the immediate influence of our dear Bro. and Sister Canright. Never shall I forget the few weeks they spent at my house. It was by their consistent and godly course that I was led to commence to keep the Sabbath, although convinced for some time that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. We miss these dear servants of God. Their memory is sweet. They have a large place in our hearts. If we never meet again on this earth, may we meet them in the earth made new. I would say to the lonely and scattered ones, Be of good cheer. Jesus is soon coming, and then he will reward all the faithful. Since I commenced to keep the Sabbath, my path has been strewn with losses, disappointments, and trouble of different kinds; but God is good. I think he has been with me all the way. I think I have needed all these things to wean my affections from this world. I want to be willing to lose all that this world can afford for the sake of a home in Heaven. Dear brethren and sisters, let us press on. The battle will wax hotter to the end. Pray for me, that I may hold out to the end of the journey.
D. R. LEIGHTON
New Haven, May 30, 1869.
Existence
EXISTENCE.—It is a sacred trust, and those who misemploy or squander it away, are treacherous to its Author. Hardly is there any feeling of the human heart more natural, or more universal, than that of our being accountable to God. It is what the profligate can never totally erase.
Obituary Notices.
By S. Drake
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
DIED, in Hastings, Oswego Co., N. Y., May 18, 1869, of quick consumption, Sr. Sarah Ann Smith, aged 40 years and 8 months. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her loss. Funeral services held at the Advent house in Roosevelt. Discourse by A. Ross, from Heb. ix, 27, 28.
S. DRAKE.
A Question.
WHAT should be done in the case of a member who moves away from the church without taking a letter, and after an absence of two or three years, without reporting, applies for a letter, having settled perhaps in another State? Should the church give a letter?
A. B. W.
We think not. The church can have no assurance as to the standing of a member who has been absent two or three years, without reporting. If the person wishes to join another church, he must give satisfactory evidence of good standing, independent of a certificate of good standing at the time of separation might help the matter somewhat, but could not be a sufficient guide.
Meetings in Wisconsin.
By J. Sanborn
SINCE my last report I have held meetings with the church at Monroe; it was their Quarterly Meeting. I had good liberty in speaking, and there seems to be a rising interest in this church, to work in the vineyard of the Lord. I think if they are faithful in circulating tracts, and show their faith by a well-ordered life and godly conversation, that by next winter they should have a protracted meeting there of three or four weeks. I think much good might be done by such a meeting.
From Monroe, I came to Darlington and spent a few days trying to encourage the little company there. Held three meetings with them, and organized a Sabbath School and Bible Class. Two were baptized.
I then came on to Cassville, Grant Co., and on the twelfth and thirteenth, we had our Quarterly Meeting, which was quite interesting, and very solemn. I shall, the Lord willing, continue to labor with this church the next two weeks, then go to Trempealeau, and from there to Victory, Wis. J. SANBORN.
Cassville, June 14, 1869.
The New Volume of the Review.
By Editor
WITH this number, the REVIEW enters upon a new volume. It ought to enter upon a higher sphere of usefulness. It should be a more spiritual paper. Every article in its columns ought to be indited by the Spirit of God. The truth should shine out with clearness from its pages. It should give the trumpet a certain sound. It ought to be, and it must be, the means of instructing its readers in the truths of the Bible, and inciting them to advancement in the things of the Spirit of God. We must as a people live more in the spirit of consecration to God. The REVIEW is the only preacher to many of the scattered people of God. It must itself constantly advance if it lead forward its readers toward the heavenly kingdom. Not a few of those who have read the REVIEW in the past, will close their eyes in death ere the present volume is finished. Shall its teaching cause such to set their houses in order for that solemn event?
The REVIEW has a definite object to accomplish. It is to lead men to the observance of the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus, that they may prepare for the swiftly-hastening Judgment. Every volume brings us nearer this grand event. With every volume the responsibility of the REVIEW increases. Shall the REVIEW be such a paper as we need? Shall it discharge its weighty responsibilities in such a manner as to truly serve the cause of Christ, and promote the salvation of perishing men? Let all its readers remember the REVIEW in their prayers. Let all who write for its columns seek the unction of the Holy Spirit, and may God make the REVIEW a blessing to his cause.
The Cases of Insanity at Monterey, Mich.
THE Allegan Democrat having published a statement that two cases of insanity of recent occurrence in the town of Monterey, Mich., was caused by Adventism, the report has been copied into the Detroit papers and probably into many others by this time, and thus given to the world at large. And mark how a story gains in strength and importance as it passes from one to another. The Allegan Democrat, which is published within a few miles of the scene of this insanity, took care to state that it did not vouch for the correctness of the report. But the Detroit papers no sooner receive this story thus introduced with a disclaimer of all responsibility for its truthfulness, than they pronounce it undoubtedly true. Yet so far as the real point of the story is concerned, it is entirely untrue. The church at Monterey has given to the public a candid statement of facts pertaining to this matter. The circumstances of the case are such that when once understood no reasonable person will charge the responsibility of this insanity upon our people or upon our cause. The insane persons have never been believers in the Advent doctrine, nor ever present at any meeting where this doctrine was urged upon them. But there were sufficient causes for this insanity with which Adventism had no connection whatever. The tract pertaining to this occurrence can be had free of charge by sending to this office. It will be found of interest to the general reader. Address REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. Those who wish a quantity should send a stamp to pay postage.
What Is the Matter?
WHAT IS THE MATTER?—We have not received a copy of the Bible Repository for some time. Has Bro. Wendell forgotten our “x”?
Lecture Bills for Preachers
By Editor
We have in type a form of lecture bill now coming into general use among our preachers. If our brethren wish them printed with name inserted, we can furnish them at low rates. We will send a sample to those who wish, on receipt of address and postage.
Tent Meeting in Orange, Mich.
By Uriah Smith
THIS meeting, of which I gave a brief sketch last week, rose in interest to the close. The meeting, Sabbath afternoon, was one of deep feeling with those present. On first-day, there was a good representation from those without, the tent being well filled in the afternoon by those who listened with the utmost attention and apparent candor to Sr. White, who occupied most of the time in that meeting. She spoke with much freedom. The Lord evidently led by his providence, and assisted his servants in presenting his word to the people. A good impression was left; the brethren were much encouraged; and the results of this meeting will be good.
U. S.
Greenville, June 22, 1869.
Meetings in Michigan.
By Joseph Bates
According to appointment we met with the church in Gaines, Sabbath, June 5. First-day, the churches in Gaines and Leighton came together to the Michigan tent meeting in Wayland, where Brn. Strong and Lane were laboring. There were a goodly number of people from the surrounding country present. The meetings were interesting, and we hope they will prove profitable to all who desire eternal life.
June 7, visiting the sick in Caledonia; enjoyed a profitable season praying and conversing with Bro. Cory, aged 79, who has been in a very feeble and low state of health for many weeks. He expressed himself perfectly willing to be laid away in the grave, and wait until his Lord shall call him forth. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth."
June 8–10, with the church in Bowne, visiting from house to house. Our meetings closed with the celebration of the ordinances of the Lord's house.
June 11, Bro. J. Aldrich brought me to Lowell; from thence I came to Vergennes. Our Sabbath meetings with this church were interesting; some new ones inquiring the way to Zion. Here we also found others sick and deeply afflicted, with whom we labored and besought the blessing of the Lord.
In passing to and from these churches we found many who thankfully received and eagerly commenced reading our religious tracts. Yesterday we had a good meeting with the church in Allegan.
JOSEPH BATES.
Monterey, June 20, 1869.
Camp-Meeting in Ohio.
By I. D. Van Horn
ON Sunday, June 13, the Clyde church met at the house of Bro. W. D. Sharpe, to make some arrangements for a Camp-meeting. Bro. Oliver Mears of Bowling Green, Bro. Hodgson from Fremont, and Bro. Smith from Norwalk, were present. Arrangements were fully made, persons chosen to secure a site, lumber, &c., and the time fixed upon for holding the meeting was to begin August 16, 1869, and hold one week.
The friends in Ohio seem determined to have a Camp-meeting. They very much desire the labors of Bro. and Sr. White on that occasion.
A full appointment will be given through the REVIEW at some future time. I. D. VAN HORN.
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Our next Monthly Meeting for this part of Maine will be held with the Cornville church, July 3 and 4. Let there be a general gathering.
L. L. HOWARD.
Providence permitting, I will attend the Monthly Meeting in Jackson, July 3. Will meet with the brethren in Johnstown, July 10 and 11, and attend to baptism, &c.
JOHN BRINGTON.
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