BRO. WHITE: September 28, I stopped in Neenah, being on my return home, and found three families keeping the Sabbath, as a result of the meetings which had been held. These brethren were Danish, in which language the meetings had been conducted. We feel very much the want of books in that language.
I think here would be a good field to labor in the English language, but I believe that a more efficient workman than myself would be needed to present the truth in its beauty and strength.
We have now closed our quarterly meeting in this place, and the Lord has been with us and blessed us. His good Spirit united our hearts together, and we felt encouraged and strengthened. Five sisters joined our church, three of whom were baptized. May the Lord revive his work and prepare his people for the everlasting kingdom.
JOHN MATTESON.
Poy Sippi, Wis., Oct. 4, 1864.
D. CARPENTER
By D. Carpenter
From Bro. Carpenter.
BRO. WHITE: I have often thought while reading the cheering testimonies in the Review from others that I would like to give in my testimony on the side of present truth. I love the Review for its instruction and reproof which it brings from week to week. I can say with the Psalmist, “O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me.” I love to see and hear of the prosperity of the cause of present truth. I love to see system and order. I want to be one that shall bring all the tithes into the store-house that I may share in the promised blessings.
D. CARPENTER
Extracts from Letters.
Sister L. A. Bramhall writes from Braceville, Ills., Oct. 2, 1864, accompanying her letter with appropriate donations from herself and family: When Review No. 15, came to hand, I thought if it was my place to speak I should say, Let publications remain at present prices and let us have the privilege of making up the deficiency by donations; but I know there were older and wiser heads than mine connected with the cause.
Bro. Gurney spoke, in No. 16, the sentiments of myself and husband.
Dear sisters, cannot we offer the Review to new subscribers at the old price of one dollar; then by a little sacrifice on our part, add the other dollar, so that $2, shall be received for every subscriber that we obtain.
A Testimony of Renewed Faith
By Amelia F. Stansell
From Sister Stansell.
BRO. WHITE: I wish to tell my friends, through the Review, that I attended a course of lectures, at St. Johns, Mich., by Brn. Van Horn and Canright, and was greatly blessed by the power of truth; and I would testify to all the lovers of Christ and his appearing, to the joys unfolded to me, within the past few weeks. Oh that God would touch my lips that I might express to you the wondrous light and glory shed upon my heart. His goodness and mercy have followed me ever, yet now when I least deserved it, he has snatched me as a brand from the flame, and "delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling," and placed his light before me, the glorious, shining light of his love and truth. Oh the joy there is in believing and feeling a living faith in Jesus. I have many years previously, experienced the power and love of God; for I believed in his word, and his Spirit rested upon me to uphold and bless; but in my ingratitude I have many times grieved that dear interceding voice, made myself unworthy his favor, and become bankrupt to my trust. But I called upon God in the name of our blessed Redeemer to wash away my sins which were many and grievous, cleanse and renew my heart, and my life should ever be devoted to him. And I received light, life, and love. And now, "What shall I render unto my God for all his benefits toward me?" I will declare unto you, dear brethren, that with his assisting grace, I will keep his precepts and laws, and love his judgments and ways, ever seeking his favor; "for in his favor is life."
Let us all accept that "mantle of charity" so freely offered us, and trim it with faith, hope and love, and adorn it with patience, meekness, obedience, longsuffering, and godly sorrow: yet still are we of the earth, earthy,* and to the pure eyes of God, impure still. But let us purify ourselves that we may be made holy and sanctified. Oh that Jesus may draw very near us and cause us to feel that we are his children, and may he enshroud us in his loving mercy. May we ever remember that "the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit and a contrite heart," and that frequent prayer will be our strength and shield. At last may we all meet in that transcendently bright and pure Heaven that awaits the servants of God, there to dwell with Jesus forever.
Your sister, looking for the soon coming of our Saviour:
AMELIA F. STANSELL.
Waukegan, Ills.
Business Department.
By Editor
RECEIPTS.
For Review and Herald.
Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW & HERALD to which the money receipted pays. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, immediate notice of the omission should then be given.
J G Whipple for J Bending 24–13, Jud J Robarge 27–17, Mrs. J C Carter 26–8, L Green 25–11, S Whituey 26–13, J Lindsay 26–1, Emily Booth 26–21, R Tallman 26–21, Joel Witter 26–1, Nancy Clair 26–21, A Harmon 26–1, L Lyman for H J Stone 25–21, O Wilcox 27–8, A Hall 28–1, J H Grandy 26–15, Church at Bangor, N. Y., for H W Lawrence 27–1, Caroline Butler 26–1, & S Wright 26–1, H Hitchcock 25–8, Sr Burt 26–1, L Harris 26–1, A Porter 26–21, E Sappington 26–1, S Richards 26–21, J Bartholf 26–1, M A Beasley 27–1, $1 each.
B M Osgood 28–1, B M and E P Osgood for Mrs. S W Bell 27–1, Marilla Brown 26–11, Henry Bunce 26–11, C B Preston 27–1, N C Walsworth 26–11, R Torrey 26–18, Mrs. J Day 27–1, W Treadwell 27–1, D Griggs 26–1, Nancy Claflin 27–1, D Griggs for Paulina Griggs 27–1, S Vincent 27–1, J Stillman 27–14, T Kibby 26–21, L Lyman for B Coats 26–21, J D Brown 26–21, N C Wheeler 26–22, L Haskell 27–1, H Spencer 26–21, D Arnold 27–1, S B Craig 27–1, A G Smith 27–1, F M Palmiter 27–1, N H Saterlee 27–1, G W Holt 26–1, M McConnell for Almira Belden 26–21, G Rhodes 26–19, W C Gage 27–1, J Egglestone 27–1, A M Green, 26–11, L A Grover 27–1, T Ramsey 26–19, C W Olds 27–1, W Carthy 27–1, A Carpenter 27–1, D N Fay 26–1, Mrs. O J Dayton 28–17, $2,00 each.
S Brackenberry 25–21, T Miller 25–21, L H Collins 25–21, F J Biddler 25–21, J T Walker 25–21, Geo. Howland 25–21, Mary Haskell 25–21, Eleanor Eaton 25–21, Hannah Warren 25–21, E Houghton Jr. 25–21, E C Church 25–21, G Webster 25–21, J Linney 25–21, 50 cts. each.
H S Pierce $3,00 29–1, H H Wilcox $1,50 26–1, R Miles $2,50 27–1, C Bailey $3,50 27–1, D Crumb $3, 26–1, W Hastings $2,50 (for one year) 26–14, E Smith $2,50 26–1, A M Rathbun $3,35 in full of acct.
Subscriptions at the Rate of $3,00 per year.
N R Rigby $3,00 27–1, J Whipple $3,00 27–1, E O Fish $3,00 27–1, H Hilliard $3,00 28–1, W Belamy $3,00 26–10, J T Orton $3,00 26–3, J Q Foy $3,00 27–1, J Parmalee $3,00 27–1, H S Woolsey $3,00 26–1, Isadore Green $3,00 26–20, J D Pierson $1,00 26–1, Henry Gardner $3,00 27–1.
Books Sent By Mail.
M A Mills 83c, James Dubois 83c, John Newton 83c, Rival T Payne 83c, Ira J Andrews $3,60, David Belsinger 10c, D W Fay 83c, Francis Greenman 83c, E S Decker 83c, B Simmonton 83c, F Jeffrey 83c, Mrs. F Winchell 83c, Lucy Harris $1, A True $4, M M Nelson 83c, Abraham H Clymer 83c, L G Morgan 53c, James Messersmith 40c, Thomas Hare 40c, Lyman Drake 50c, H A St John 75c, Margaret Heligass $1,08 Alex. Carpenter $2,35, Jacob Stover $1,66, A F Fowler $5,00, Geoge Smith 83c, R L King 30c, J M Wilkinson 85c, E S Lane 83c.
Donations to Purchase a Stock of Paper.
Mary Mills $2,50. H S Gurney $2,35. O Mears $5,00. J B Gregory $10,00. John Mears $10,00. John Clarke $5,00. Joseph Ralston $5,00. W Avery $5,00. L S Gregory $5,00. P F Ferciot $5,00. W Peabody $5,00. W Weaver $1,00. S Drake $2,00. Betsey Landon $5,00. M M Nelson $5,00. T Hare $1,00. Bro. Frothingham $5,00. Stephen Lawton $10,00. Irwin Edgarton $5,00. T Ramsey $3,00. Daniel Carpenter $5,00. A Carpenter $0,65.
General Conference Missionary Fund.
N R Rigby $2,00. Mary Mills $2,50. O Mears $5,00. P F Ferciot $5,00. Church at Adam's Center, N Y, $36,00. John Parmalee $10,00. N Y State Conference $40,00. J G Whipple $10,00. Betsey Landon $2,65. Bro. Frothingham $5,00. Stephen Lawton $10,00. E B & B M Osgood $1,00. Irwin Edgarton $5,00. Ch. at Topsham, Me., $92,60, Ch. at Manchester N. H. $27,55.
Cash Received on Account.
Mrs. A F Stansell for I D Van Horn $1,75. C W Olds for Isaac Sanborn $1,75. C W Olds 83c. B F Snook $17,00.
For Shares in the Publishing Association.
P M Cross $10,00. Ezra S Laue $10,00.
Books Sent as Freight by R. R.
J N Loughborough, Brunswick, Me., $154,97.
Vermont Conference Fund.
Received from churches. Ch. at Suttou, $16,17, Wolcott, $24,00. Roxbury, $22,00. Eden and Johnson, $20. Irasburgh, $15. Stowe, $50. Richford, $17. Jamaica, $23. Andover, $15. Vernon, $10,50. Eaton and Westbury, C. E. $15,50. Troy and Potton, $25.
Received from individuals, J. E. Hool, $29. H. Everts $5. Sr. Ruiter, $1, silver.
A. C. BOURDEAU, Treasurer.
Books sent by Express.
G W Mitchell, Olney, Ill., $9,54.
Appointments.
THERE will be a General Meeting of the brethren of Vermont and Canada at the new Meeting House at West Enosburgh, Vt., Oct. 29th and 30th.
Providence permitting, Mrs. White and self will attend.
JAMES WHITE.
PROVIDENCE permitting, we will meet the brethren at Roxbury, Vt., Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
JAMES WHITE.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
THE next Quarterly Meeting of the church at Rockton, Ill., will be held Oct. 29, and 30.
Will Bro. Ingraham attend? Come, all who can. In behalf of the church.
T. M. STEWARD.
THE next Quarterly Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists, of Marquette, Green Lake Co., Wis., will be held the last Sabbath in Oct., being the 29th. Come brethren and sisters, prepared to work for the Lord.
A. THOMAS.
THE first series of Quarterly Meetings of the S. D. A., in the state of Minnesota, for the present Conference year, will be held as follows:
With the church at Enterprise, Winona Co., the first Sabbath and first-day in November.
With the Pleasant Grove church, at the village of Pleasant Grove, the second Sabbath and first-day in November.
Oronoco, the third Sabbath and first-day in November.
Deerfield, the fourth Sabbath and first-day in November.
Meetings at all these places to commence at 7½ o'clock Friday evening. We hope to see a general attendance at all these meetings. The committee will be present at each one.
WASHINGTON MORSE,
JNO. BOSTWICK,
W. M. ALLEN, Conf. Com.
By the advice of the Wis. State Conf. Committee, I appoint as follows: I will, the Lord willing, meet with the brethren and sisters at Sand Prairie, Richland Co., Wis., Oct. 22 and 23.
Kickapoo Center, Vernon Co., Wis., Oct. 29 and 30, as Bro. Demmon may appoint.
Duran, Pippin Co., Wis., Nov. 6 and 7, as Bro. James Jones may appoint.
All the above meetings to commence with the Sabbath, come brethren and sisters praying that the Lord will meet with us.
L. G. BOSTWICK.
Clyde, Ill., Oct. 10th 1864.
The N. Y. Conference—Important Resolutions.
By Editor
As we were about going to press, we received the report of the N. Y. State Conference, and make room for the three closing resolutions which it was voted to publish in the Review, as follows. They are such as will commend themselves to every enlightened conscience throughout the land.
Resolved, That we regard slavery as the great sin of our nation, and the prime cause of the existing rebellion; and that we regard Southern slave-holders, and Northern sympathizers with slavery, as alike guilty in this matter.
Resolved, That in the present crisis of our national affairs, this Conference, though holding non-combatant views, deem it their duty to say that we are a thoroughly loyal, as well as anti-slavery people; and that our sympathies are with the national government in its struggle against this wicked rebellion.
Resolved, That in view of the fact that the national administration is doing a great work toward the suppression of slavery, we consider it a criminal act to cast our votes for those whose business, we have reason to believe, would be to restore to slavery the many thousands already delivered therefrom.
Voted, That the last three resolutions be published in the Review.
Conference adjourned sine die. Prayer by brother White.
A. LANPHEAR, Pres't.
J. M. ALDRICH, Sec'y.
Ten Turned to the Truth
Bro. Frisbie reports this week a series of meetings under circumstances which to all human appearance were about as discouraging as well might be; yet it seems that a very good work has been begun in the turning of ten to the truth. Persevere, brethren. When the servants of God move out energetically in the path of duty, angels go before them to prepare the hearts of the people.
Prayer for the Cornells
By Editor
WE ask the sympathy and prayers of the church for Bro. and sister Cornell, in their affliction. Sr. Cornell, as many of our readers are probably aware, is very sick with the typhoid fever. At last accounts, the fever had run twenty-seven days, and she was very low. They are with the family of Bro. S. Howland, Topsham, Me.
Keeping the Sabbath
By Editor
T. H. R., of Minn. On no account whatever, suffer your business to so encroach upon your time as to oblige you to return home from your labor on the Sabbath. Returning home can be nothing less than a part of your day's labor, and should by all means be done on the sixth day, not on the seventh. And not only should work be closed in season to reach home before the Sabbath, but in season also for all items of choring that can just as well be done on sixth-day, to be attended to before the Sabbath. Devote the Sabbath, the whole of it, to the service of God, and rest from worldly labor. Don't mar its commencement or its close. You will find an exposition of Rev. xxii, 8, 9, in "Which? Mortal or Immortal?" published at this Office. Price 15 cts.
Child-like Submission
M. M. O., of N. Y. The poetry, "Child-like Submission," was published in Review, Vol. xvii, p. 145.
Pamphlets Temporarily Exhausted
By Editor
THERE has of late been an unusual demand for the pamphlets, "How to take Baths," and "How to Prepare Food," so that our present stock is exhausted. We are expecting another lot soon, when all orders will be filled.
Confessing the Dodge
CONFESSING THE DODGE. H. W. Beecher thus ingeniously confesses the dodge that is necessary to get over a difficulty in popular theology: "We, who believe that Christ is God, dodge the declaration that he died, and change it so that it shall mean something else. We do not like to see it in a hymn, or in a sermon, that God died. And so we attempt to say that it was the human that died in Christ."
A $60 Response.
By O. Mears
BRO. WHITE: I was pleased with the remarks of Bro. Gurney, and sent $5 to purchase stock. After reading your remarks in number 18 of the Review, we inquired of our brethren of the Lovett's Grove church, if they had read Bro. White's remarks, and what they thought of them. We send you the response by express.
O. Mears $10; $5 for eastern mission, and $5 for stock. P. F. Ferciot $10; $5 for eastern mission, and $5 for stock. J. B. Gregory $10 for stock. John Mears $10 for stock. John Clarke $5 for stock. J. Ralston $5 for stock. William Avery $5 for stock. L. S. Gregory $5 for stock.
We would like to hear from all the churches in Ohio. What do you say brethren? Do you love the truth? Do you love the care-worn servants of the cause? If so, will some one lead in each church and let us hear from them by the receipts in the Review? Let us bring all the tithes into the store-house of the Lord, and prove the Lord, and see if he will not pour us out a blessing.
In love of the truth. O. MEARS.
Lovett's Grove, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1864.
End of the Wicked
By Editor
Bro. Canright furnishes this week, an article on the "End of the Wicked," the substance of a discourse on that subject, in which the advocates of the popular error, are pretty thoroughly "fenced in." It is somewhat lengthy, but we thought best not to divide it, as those interested in such arguments, usually prefer to have it all before them at one view.