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A Testimony of Repentance

By M. E. L. BROWN

From Sr. Brown.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: Quite a length of time has been permitted to pass by since penning my testimony for the REVIEW, but while I have remained silent, my heart has oftentimes been cheered and encouraged by perusing the exhortations of others. Oh! how sweet is the communion of saints. Truly can I say that my love for God’s people, and the cause of Christ, has increased much of late. Nearly six years have come and gone since I sought and found my Saviour, and took upon myself a profession which should be adorned by a well-ordered life, and godly conversation. As I arose from the water to start anew in life, everything seemed to possess a lovelier appearance, and I thought I would never again, in any way, grieve God’s Holy Spirit; but oh! how frail and sinful is human nature! and how cunning and full of deceit is the enemy of our souls. I have only to regret that since then I have strayed from the narrow path leading unto life, and, in some respects, broken the law of God. Oh! how good and merciful is the Lord that he has not stricken me down without hope. I feel that I have great reason to praise his holy name.

I attended the Conference at Adams Center, desiring greatly to be benefited, and think I was in a measure, as I never before felt such a deep solemnity resting upon me in view of the shortness of time, and my perilous condition; and oh! how sad did it cause me to feel to see the burden of prayer resting so heavily upon Bro. and Sr. White, in behalf of souls there present. I felt, for one, ashamed of my negligence, and to humble myself low in the dust that I had ever wounded the cause of Christ, or brought sadness upon those dear servants. I feel determined, by the help of the Lord, and your prayers and words of encouragement, to fully arouse, and become wholly consecrated to the Lord.

But a little while longer, and our work will be completed. Shall we not then spend the remainder of our days in the service of the Lord? Time’s career is swiftly closing. Soon probation will cease, and then will be no hope in the case of the sinner. How solemn to think upon. We must work while the day lasts; for soon the night cometh wherein no man can work. I feel for one that I want to lead such a life, that I may at last be counted worthy of a place among them

“When the saints of all ages in harmony meet Their Saviour, and brethren, transported to greet, When anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.”

M. E. L. BROWN. Jeff. Co., N. Y.

REPENTANCE.

By M. A. HOLT.

Jesus, my precious Saviour, In want, I come to thee; I see my heart’s pollution, My hands deep stains I see.

I feel, dear Lord, my weakness, My soul’s extremest need; Wash me, I ask in meekness, And make me clean indeed.

I long for sweet communion With Him who died for me; Oh! grant me closer union, My soul’s sweet Love, with thee.

In weariness I languish, In sorrow and in shame; Remove, dear Lord, this anguish, And set me free again.

Accept my deep repentance, Is now my burdened prayer, And teach me in temptation To cast on thee my care.

M. A. HOLT.

Bordoville, Vt.

The Bolide of Warsaw.—It explodes Fifty Miles from the Earth.—Supposed to possess a Surface of 2,000 Acres.

[Paris (Sept. 4.) Correspondence New York Times.]

But what are we to think of the wonderful bolide of Warsaw, of a few months ago? Here is something more fantastic than anything the astronomer ever dreamed of. On a starlight night, the citizens of Warsaw gazed, petrified with fear, at the rapid approach of an immense ball of fire, which at last burst over their heads, with a noise and shock such as never had been heard nor felt before on the surface of the earth. After the globe burst, each of the pieces in turn broke up, until parts of the mass, before reaching the earth, were in powder, the first discharges representing, for the sound, the discharges of artillery, and the smaller pieces the rolling discharge of many regiments of small arms. M. Daubree, of the French Academy of Sciences, who has just been lecturing on the subject, has obtained for the Academy 942 pieces of the broken bolide. M. Krantz, of Bonn, gathered up, for himself, 1,612 pieces. Other professors have done the same, and millions of pieces yet remain strewed over the section of country where it broke.

It was computed that this globe had a surface of 2,000 acres, and was consequently large enough to maintain the life of many microscopic nations of infusoria. Where did it come from, and what was the force that directed it thus in a straight line against the earth? When first seen it appeared half as large as the moon, and never appeared larger till it struck our atmosphere and exploded. This fact shows its frightful rapidity of motion, for, from the distance at which it appeared less than the moon till the time it exploded, it must have shot so rapidly that the eye had not time to perceive its enlargement!

Then, again, what was the cause of the explosion, and especially of an explosion so complete as to almost triturate the particle? Was it the density of the earth’s atmosphere that broke it, or was the explosion due to the contact of certain gases of the meteor with the constituents of the air? It is more consoling to adopt the first theory, because we will then feel as if our atmosphere served as a cuirass to the earth, and would continue to protect us from the shocks of stray globes like that of Warsaw. The shock and the spring of the air must have been something beyond the computation of man, for it did not knock people down, and yet it occurred at something like fifty miles from the earth, and the pieces picked up show it to have been a tolerably hard stone.

Conference Department.

Exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Heb. 10, 25.

This Department is designed to fill the same place in the paper that the Conference or Social Meeting does in the worship of God. Speak often one to another to comfort, edify and aid each other in the way of holiness and true Christian experience.

Health Reform in Typhoid Fever

By R. F. Cottrell

From Bro. Cottrell.

DEAR BRETHREN: To the praise of God I would speak of his mercies to me and mine. Sickness has again visited us. My wife has passed through an experience of typhoid fever, very similar to that I passed through a year ago. I am grateful to be able to say that she is regaining her health. After eight weeks of prostration, she has been, for the last two weeks, rapidly recovering. I hope soon to be in the field again. May God help me to labor to acceptance, and with success.

I would also encourage you to believe in the health-reform treatment of disease. Some favor the reform, but, when sickness comes, dare not venture upon it, but resort to drug medication. This is the third case of typhoid fever we have had in our family, and all have recovered without a particle of medicine. The hygienic treatment has been successful every time. Some say it is best in some cases; we believe it is in every case. It is said that some physicians have learned that in cases of typhoid fever it is not best to give much medicine. The patients cannot bear it. Would it not be well to learn that they need not bear it in diseases less critical?

Brethren, we enjoy great light, both as to our temporal and eternal salvation. Let us walk in the light, trusting in God. He will not fail those who put their trust in him. R. F. COTTRELL.

H. S. GURNEY

By H. S. GURNEY

From Bro. Gurney.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: I find my love increasing for the present truth. There is no more doubt in my mind that the third angel’s message is heaven-born, than that John’s message was from Heaven, as a forerunner of Christ. We are a favored people. God designs to do us good. The third angel is speaking to us. Let us listen with all our hearts with a firm desire and purpose to obey and overcome. I love to hear of the prosperity of the cause. I love the Sabbath in the message, which I have tried to keep for more than twenty years. I love and prize every point that has been brought out for our consideration and practice.

The health reform, as considered by our people, is doing me much good. How thankful I am that I find it not in my heart to treat with neglect the health-reform movement. It is an angel of mercy started out by our Lord. See Luke xxi, 34; Rom. xii, 1, 2. Having proved its benefits in our own family we rejoice in it, and recommend it to others. It is always safe to move with the body. It is dangerous not to thus move. Let us be found on the safe side, and move together in the great work of preparation for the coming crisis. An end is coming. Let us be ready and waiting.

H. S. GURNEY

Memphis, Mich.

A Young Believer’s Christian Hope

By P. J. Jessup

SR. P. J. JESSUP writes from Grant Co., Wis.: I am young in the cause, but am striving to keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. I want to so live that others seeing my good works may be constrained to glorify their Father which is in Heaven. I want to be prepared to stand; for soon the day is coming when the wicked will cry, “Rocks and mountains, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.” That will be a solemn time. How I desire that such would come out, and be Christians; for the dear Redeemer has shed his blood for all. I want to keep in the straight and narrow way that leads to eternal life, and at last meet you all on Mount Zion.

The Enduring Power of Great Thoughts

ONE great and kindling thought, from a retired and obscure man, may live when thrones are fallen, and, the memory of those who filled them is obliterated; and, like an undying fire, may illuminate and quicken all future generations.—Channing.

The Difficulties of Proof-Reading

—There are a good many people who think proof-reading one of the easiest things in the world, and who get very impatient over mistakes in books and newspapers. A writer in the June number of The Galaxy gives some interesting instances of typographical errors. He mentions one edition of the Bible which contained 6,000 mistakes. He gives the following example of the difficulties in the way of getting out a perfect book. Some professors of the University at Edinburgh resolved to publish a book which should be a model of typographical accuracy. Six proof readers were employed, and after it was thought to be perfect, the sheets were pasted up in the hall of the university, and a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars was offered for every mistake that should be discovered. When the book was printed, it was found that it contained several errors, one being in the title-page and another in the first line in the first chapter. The only books that are believed to be entirely free from errors, are an Oxford edition of the Bible, a London and Leipsic Horace, and an American reprint of Dante.

Business Department.

Not Slothful in Business. Rom. xii, 11.

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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 received pays, which should correspond with the Numbers on the Posters. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged immediate notice of the omission should then be given.

$1.00 each. C M Shepard 33-9, A W Smith 33-19, F Crummet 33-21, H J Crummet 33-21, Dr J Grover 34-1, R C Wellman 34-20, L Chandler 33-16, Mrs C Townsend 34-1.

$2.00 each. M A Olwin 33-21, L Newcomb 34-10, L Fuller 34-18, C S Briggs 35-1, W P Longmate 34-13, A G Foster 34-19, R Hicks 33-21, Mrs T Maddox 34-9, W Prang 34-7, J Vaughan 34-21, L Eggleston 33-1, Mrs J Alexander 35-1, P Chaffee 33-9, D Potis 34-18, L R Chapel 36-1, W Treadwell 35-5, W Harris 34-21, C S Brockway 34-10, M Lowell 35-1, E Morrow 34-18, H Everts 34-21.

$1.50 each. P L Jewitt 34-22, Jas Parm 34-22, M Spear 34-22, M V Taylor 34-22, L W Mason 33-9, J B Pratt 34-7, Mrs D O Wood 34-21.

Miscellaneous. H H Pierce $3.00 33-9, E S Faxon 3.00 33-9, W L Moshier 3.00 33-9, M B Ferree 1.50 34-6, L Sprague 3.00 33-1, A M Potter 1.20 33-1.

Books Sent by Mail.

M M Stringer $1.26, M E Williams 72c, C M Shepard 85c, J T Jewell 15c, L W Locke 2.25, A A Fairfield 3.00, W H Reynolds 1.25, G H Truesdell 2.75, H Bowen 1.35, E G Foster 15c, John Russell 3.22, R Hicks 25c, T Gilbert 25c, W Cheever 1.12, J W James 2.00, M B Ferree 61c, A W Smith 1.25, D Huggins 50c, Mrs L A Grover 88c, C B Preston 15c, N Wheeler 35c, Wm Cattell 2.00, H I Farnum 2.68, W Harris 1.00, R O Farrar 50c, C S Brockway 2.00, M P Styles 1.25, N Blood 30c, H O Miller 2.31, M M Stowell 50c, E Morrow 33c, Jas White 5.78.

Cash Received on Account.

A A Fairfield $2.00, I D Van Horn 5c, D M Canright 11.60, John M Orrock 3.60, H O Miller 14.00, J McMillan for T M Steward 27.20.

Books Sent by Express.

A H Clymer, Bluffton, Allen Co., O., $12.15, J N Andrews, Rochester, N. Y., 25.00, O Mewes, Rochester, O., 5.50, G W Davis, St. Johns, Mich., 2.00, D M Canright, South Lancaster, Mass., 4.50.

Michigan Conference Fund.

J Langdon (s. n.) $20.40, Emily A Langdon (s. b.) 2.50, Church at Oneida 8.00.

Received on Book and Tract Fund.

Hiram Edson $1.00, Mrs D Richmond 1.00, Almira M Potter 2.30.

Receipts for Benevolent Fund.

Hiram Edson $1.00, Mrs E A Preston 2.00, M P Styles 1.00, E A Hopkins 5.00, E H Hopkins 5.00, Sarah C Hopkins 2.50, Libbie Hopkins 2.50, Almira M Potter 10.00.

For California Mission.

H W Gordon $5.00, A W Smith 2.00, Mrs E A Preston 3.00.

Shares in Publishing Association.

Horace Hopkins $10.00, Jonathan Lamson 15.00.

General Conference Missionary Fund.

Green Hill, R. I., $30.00, Exeter, R. I., 7.90, Ashaway, R. I., 23.81, Abington, Conn., 20.00, New Shoreham, 20.75.

Appointments.

By H. Nicola; Olen A. Olson; A. A. Fairfield; Joseph Bates; G. W. Sheldon; P. C. Rodman

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

The next Quarterly Meeting for Pilot Grove, Iowa City, and Washington churches, will be held at Pilot Grove, Sabbath and first-day, Dec. 12 and 13. Meeting to commence with the beginning of the Sabbath. We hope that, if consistent with other duties, one of the ministers will be present. Cannot Bro. Mitchell come? A general gathering is expected. Come, dear brethren and sisters, in the name of the Lord. H. NICOLA.

The next Monthly Meeting for the church at Little Prairie, Johnstown, and Oakland, Wis., will be held at Oakland, Dec. 5 and 6. We hope for a general attendance. OLEN A. OLSON.

The next Quarterly Meeting for the Mt. Pleasant church, and the brethren of Vernon and Fairfield, will be held at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Dec. 5, 6, commencing with the Sabbath. Cannot Bro. Cornell or Butler be with us at that time? A. A. FAIRFIELD.

Providence permitting, I will meet with the church at Bunker Hill, Mich., Sabbath and first-day, Nov. 21, and 22. Locke, 24, 25. St. Charles, 28, 29. JOSEPH BATES.

The next Monthly Meeting for the churches of Mackford and Marquette, will be held at Marquette, Wis., the first Sabbath in December. By order of the church. G. W. SHELDON.

Our Monthly Meeting at Curtis Corners for November is put off until Dec. 11-14. Bro. and Sr. White will then be with us. Come one, come all that can, to this meeting. These servants of God cannot often be with us. Let us reap the benefit of their testimony when they do come. P. C. RODMAN.

Comparing Scriptures.

By John Nevins Andrews

Do you ever make a business of looking out the references when you read the Bible? Do you ever observe marginal readings? I am aware that this is a slow process, but it is full of interest and profit. Perhaps you can read only a few verses a day in this manner, but if you will do this, you will be not only instructed but even delighted with the exercise. Beside your other Bible reading, as often as possible read a few verses in this manner. You will do well to take your Bible in course, and as you thus slowly read it, “comparing spiritual things with spiritual,” you will be ready to exclaim with Paul, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” Rom. xi, 33; 1 Cor. ii, 13. J. N. A.

Effectual Covering of Sins.

By John Nevins Andrews

MEN CANNOT cover their own sins. It is labor thrown away to attempt it. Nay, it is a fatal, ruinous business to engage in. There is a better way to act. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Prov. xxviii, 13. This confessing and forsaking our sins is the way to have them covered, “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.” Rom. iv, 7. This very work of covering our sins by the Lord, is made dependent upon our not covering but confessing them ourselves. 1 John i, 9. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” The Lord will do this work most effectually, if we will co-operate with him. True repentance causes us to confess our sins, and to forsake them. On this condition God forgives us our sins, cleanses our hearts from their stain, and finally blots out the record of them, so that he himself will remember them no more. How full of meaning the declaration of James: “He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” Shall we cover our sins ourselves, or shall we have the Lord cover them for us? Sins covered by us shall every one stand out with fearful distinctness in the day of Judgment; but sins repented of, confessed, forsaken, washed away, blotted out, and remembered no more, shall be hidden and covered, even from the sight of Him that is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity.

J. N. A.

JOHN MATTESON

By John Matteson

1 Cor. iii, 12-15. The foundation spoken of is Christ. Chap. v, 11. The gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, is that which is builded upon this foundation—the members of the church. Proof: “Ye are God’s building,” v, 9. The apostles and ministers of Christ are the builders. v, 10. They build on Christ, or, in other words, establish churches according to the faith of Jesus. Some of the members prove faithful. They are compared to precious metal, which is purified by fire. In the day of God, their precious faith will prove victorious, and they will endure to the end. But many are like the wood, hay, and stubble; when the fiery trials come, they are devoured. This will be made manifest in the day of God. All such stuff will be a dead loss to the faithful servant of God. The labor he bestowed on such is lost; but himself will be saved if he is victorious over sin and Satan. And for that work which abides, souls who endure to the end and are saved, he shall receive a reward. “Ye are our hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing at the coming of Christ.” 1 Thess. ii, 19.

JOHN MATTESON

Appointments.

By James White; Ellen G. White

In consequence of appointments not reaching the Office in season for No. 19, the meetings at South Norridgewock, Me., the 12th and 13th were nearly a failure so far as the scattered brethren are concerned. We therefore decide to remain here another week, which makes it necessary to change the Portland meeting one week later, and the Rhode Island meeting two weeks later. We now arrange to meet with the brethren as follows: Portland, Me., Nov. 27–30; South Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 4–7; Curtis Corners, R. I., Dec. 11–14.

JAMES WHITE, ELLEN G. WHITE.

Norridgewock, Me., Nov. 14, 1868.

The Proposed Meeting at South Lancaster, Mass.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

As may be seen by the REVIEW, Bro. and Sr. White appoint to be at this place Dec. 4–7. With them we earnestly desire to see a general gathering of brethren from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and all others who may wish to come. Especially do we request the scattered ones to come. There are many who have not attended a single meeting this year. They greatly need the benefit of this meeting, though they are so lukewarm that we fear they will make but little effort to come. We can provide for a large company here—all who will come; yet we would like to have them bring bed-clothes, food, and the like, as far as is consistent, so that our sisters here may enjoy the meeting. D. M. CANRIGHT.

Michigan Conference Quarterly Reports Due

By W. C. GAGE

NOTICE.—The church clerks and ministers in the Michigan Conference are reminded that their quarterly reports are now due. Please send them to the Office immediately. W. C. GAGE, Conf. Sec.

Note from Bro. Byington.

By J. Byington

BRO. SMITH: By request on the 7th inst. I attended the Monthly Meeting for Jackson church which was held in the village of Leslie. This was the first time of a Monthly Meeting in this place. It was some rainy in the morning, but there was a good attendance, and a good interest manifest. Some members of other churches came in and took part in the meeting. One sister was baptized who with her husband came seventy miles to attend this meeting. Their next Monthly Meeting will be held in Jackson the first Sabbath in December.

J. BYINGTON.

Ceresco, Mich., Nov. 16, 1868.

A Request.

By D. T. Bourdeau

WILL those brethren who have a supply of my work on Sanctification which they do not need, please send me as many copies of said work as they can spare, by mail, to Petaluma, Sonoma Co., Cal.? Also inclose the cost and expense, and I will return the means immediately.

D. T. BOURDEAU.

WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM,

We shall be like Him! Oh! beautiful thought, Well may our souls unto rapture be wrought; After the sorrow, the woe, and the tears, We shall be like Him when Jesus appears.

After the conflict, in peace to sit down, After the cross, to be wreathed with a crown, After the dust and the toil of the way, With him, and like him, forever to stay.

Never again shall the throbbing head ache, Never again shall the beating heart break; Never the task drop from wearying hands, Nor the feet ever fall in the brightest of lands.

Never shall sin, with the trail of its shame, Shadow love's sunlight, or chill its clear flame; Saviour, oft grieved in the house of thy friends, We will not wound thee, when life's journey ends.

Address Changes for Correspondence

By James White; Ellen G. White

Having moved from Greenville, our friends will please address us at Battle Creek. When it is known by the REVIEW that we are from home, those who wish to correspond with us direct, will please address us at the place of our appointments in season for their letters to reach us before we leave. JAMES WHITE, ELLEN G. WHITE.