The English press in commenting on the late congress in Moorfields, thus state matters: “One hundred millions sterling will not cover this year the military budgets of the various European Powers, while to counteract this sinful expenditure the peace-gospelers propose to expend just £4,654.
England a Dreadful Well of Fire
The Earl of Shaftesbury “lately stated in Exeter Hall that he had consulted with several of the most eminent British geologists, and was fully authorized by these learned persons to state that England was but the lid of a dreadful well of fire; that there might at any time come a crumbling of the surface, which would convert the whole island into one huge volcano!”—N. Y. Tribune.
Temperance in the Pulpit
—Rev. Dr. Olmstead in warmly commending in the Watchman and Reflector the recent action of the Baptist clergymen on the subject of temperance, and at the same time rebuking the clergy for their neglect of the subject heretofore, makes this rather remarkable statement: “We have ourself occupied the pew for the last quarter of a century, and have sat under the ministrations of half a dozen or more pastors, but we are compelled to say that from no one of them have we ever heard a single sermon or lecture on the subject.
Boston Journal.
Narrow Escape from Train Wreck
A disaster of frightful proportions was narrowly escaped by the extra train returning to Chicago from the Springfield Convention. At 11 o'clock P. M. on Thursday a long train, laden with fully 1,000 people, and, as was well known, contained the Greeley delegates. Many of the foremost men of Illinois were also on board. Shortly after leaving Springfield most of them had retired in the sleeping cars. Six miles northward of the city, while the train was running at the rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour, the engineer, looking out into the blackness ahead, saw the track cumbered with a great stack of timber. Instantly the machinery was reversed and the air brakes sprung, and the train brought to a stop with a shock that routed the crowd from their seats, causing the wildest confusion. The engine had not stopped a second too soon. A series of massive ties were firmly spiked to the rails, and beyond them a great heap was carefully laid to secure beyond the possibility of failure the utter destruction of the train and its passengers. The engine tore up three or four before coming to a final halt, but fortunately, the reduced impetus prevented a leap from the track. The local press makes little speculation on the matter, and the most curious indifference is manifested as to penetrating the mystery of the dastardly affair. It is generally thought that vindictive political spite is at the bottom of the attempt, and that its authors will be found to have been suborned for the atrocious work.—N. Y. Tribune.
JOANNA COLLINS: The History of the Sabbath is not completed.
To those who have ordered Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 2, Faith and Hope, Vol. 2, and History of the Sabbath, we would say, that those books are not yet printed.
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