Earlier text: **“PRAYERS vs. SERMONS.”**Steam to the Rocky Mountains.—Travelers from the Atlantic coast can now make an uninterrupted railway journey to the eastern base of the Rocky mountains, the Union Pacific Railroad Company having completed 525 miles of their road west from Omaha, and expecting to reach Evans' pass, the highest point on the road, by January. The Central Pacific road has built over 100 miles east from California, across the Sierra Nevada; so that over one-third of the 1,830 miles between Omaha and San Francisco is already completed, and the whole road will undoubtedly be finished in 1870. The net earnings of the way business of the road the past season have been more than sufficient to pay the interest on the whole cost. Minute Division of Particles.—A drop of water will take a perceptible blue tint from one millionth of a grain of indigo. Sea water contains silver only in the proportion of one part of silver to every 100,000,000 parts of water; and yet its presence is proved by chemical tests. A grain of gold may be divided into 95,000,000,000 parts, each visible under a microscope. Iron has been rolled into sheets so thin that it would require 200 of the sheets to make the thickness of note-paper. National Debts.—According to Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of the English Exchequer, the debt of Prussia is $215,000,000, or nearly $12 per head; of Russia, $1,395,000,000, or $23 per head; of Italy, $760,000,000, or $34 per head; of Portugal, $175,000,000, or nearly $40 per head; of Austria, $1,580,000,000, or $45 per head; of France, $2,400,000,000, or $53 per head; of Turkey, $255,000,000, or $115 per head; of Holland, $425,000,000, of $121 per head; of the United States, $8,000,000,000, or $100 per head; of Great Britain, $3,994,945,000, or $125 per head. The British people have never raised more than $370,000,000, of revenue in a year exclusive of loans. Our people raised a revenue in 1866 at the rate of $540,000,000. The Atlantic Cable.—Within the past fourteen months, the rates for messages over the Atlantic cable have been very much reduced, putting its benefits within the reach of almost any one. The cable was landed at Heart's Content, Friday, July 27, 1866, and since that date, communication across the Atlantic has never ceased. The line was open for public use Saturday, July 28, 1866, at a tariff of one hundred dollars, gold, for a message in plain language of twenty words, inclusive of address, date, and signature. Two hundred dollars was then charged for cipher or code messages of the same length. Nov. 1st, 1866, the rate was made fifty dollars for a plain word message of twenty words, including address, date, and signature; one hundred dollars for cipher or code. December 1st, 1867, the rate was reduced a third time, giving, free of all charge, five words employed for address, date and signature, abolishing extra charges on messages in code, making the minimum message ten words for twenty-five dollars, and granting the press an additional reduction of fifty per cent. on general and political news. The Publishing Association.
The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was incorporated in Battle Creek, Mich., May 3, 1861. Its object is to issue “periodicals, books, tracts, documents, and other publications, calculated to impart instruction on Bible truth, especially the fulfillment of prophecy, the commandments of God, and the teachings of Jesus Christ.” Its capital stock is raised by shares at $10 each; and every shareholder is entitled to one vote in all the deliberations of the Association, for every share that he or she may hold. The Association has now a large and well-furnished Office of publication, established in Battle Creek, Mich., and employs two steam power presses in carrying on its business. A meeting of the stockholders is held each year, at which a board of trustees is elected to manage its business, and editors chosen to conduct its periodicals, till the ensuing meeting. All persons employed in the publishing department, are engaged at stipulated wages, and all profits accruing from the business, are strictly applied by the Association to the carrying out of the object of its formation, and to its charitable uses and purposes. All lovers of truth, who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus,” are still invited to take shares in the Association, and have a voice in all its deliberations. The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
Is a large sixteen-page religious family paper, issued weekly by the S. D. A. Pub. Association, and devoted to an earnest investigation of all Bible questions. It is designed to be an exponent of momentous and solemn truths pertaining to the present time, some of which are set forth by no other periodical in the land. The fulfillment of prophecy, the second personal advent of the Saviour as an event now near at hand, and mortality through Christ alone, a change of heart through the operation of the Holy Spirit, the observance of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, the divinity and mediatorial work of Christ, and the development of a holy character by obedience to the perfect and holy law of God, as embodied in the decalogue, are among its special themes. And while it will endeavor to present impartially both sides of all important questions, it has a definite theory to teach—and hence will not devote its space to an indiscriminate and aimless mass of conflicting sentiments and views. Regular price, $3.00 per year, or $1.50 for a volume of 26 numbers. On trial for six months $1.00. No subscriptions taken for less than six months. To the worthy poor—free, by their reporting themselves and requesting its continuance, once in six months. The friends of the Review are invited to earnest and unceasing efforts to extend its circulation. Is a monthly sheet, published as above, and designed to be to the youth and children what the Review and Herald is to those of riper years. You who wish to see your children instructed in the great truths which so interest you, will here find a sheet in which these things are set forth in a plain and interesting manner, free from the popular fables and errors of the age. It should not only visit regularly every youth and child who professes to be a follower of Jesus, but should be taken and read in every Sabbath-keeping family. Don’t forget the children. See that they have the Instructor. Terms, 50 cts. per year in advance. This is the title of a monthly health journal, “devoted to an exposition of the laws of our being, and the application of those laws in the preservation of health and the treatment of disease.” It is an earnest advocate of the true philosophy of life, the only rational method of treating disease, and the best means of preserving health. Practical instructions will be given from month to month relative to water, air, light, food, sleep, rest, recreation, &c. Health, its recovery and preservation, is a subject of world-wide interest, whatever may be a person’s tenets in other respects; and to this the Reformer will be exclusively devoted. Edited by H. S. Lay, M. D., Managing Physician of the Health-Reform Institute. Terms $1.00 in advance for a volume of twelve numbers. Address Dr. H. S. Lay, Battle Creek, Mich. Is becoming a theme of wide-spread and absorbing interest. To those who wish to give the subject a thorough investigation, we recommend the History of the Sabbath. As a work setting forth a connected Bible view of the Sabbath question, its history since the111Christian era, and the different steps by which the human institution of the first day of the week has usurped the place of the Bible institution of the seventh day, it is unsurpassed by any publication extant. Between two and three hundred quotations from history are given, to each of which is appended a full reference to the authority from which it is taken. It is replete with facts and arguments which challenge denial or refutation. Other works on this subject, from the penny tract to the largest size pamphlet, will be found noticed in our book list. There is no other Bible subject upon which a more extensive misunderstanding exists, than upon the Sabbath question. Circulate the books, and spread abroad the light on this subject. The works upon this important subject to which we would call especial attention, are, The Prophecy of Daniel, The Sanctuary and 2300 Days, and The Three Messages of Rev. xiv. The first gives an exposition of the plain and thrilling prophecies of Daniel ii, vii, and viii, showing from the course of empire that the God of Heaven is about to set up his kingdom. The Sanctuary question is the great central subject of the plan of salvation, and yet there are but few, comparatively, who have any acquaintance with it. It gives a new interest to a great part of the Bible, leads to an intelligent view of the position and work of Christ as our great High Priest in Heaven, completely explains the past Advent movement, and shows clearly our position in prophecy and the world’s history. The three messages bring to view present duty, and future peril. All should read these books, and ponder well their teaching. Immortality through Christ Alone.
We call the special attention of the reader to the subjects of the nature of man, his condition in death, and the destiny of the wicked. More than ordinary importance attaches to these subjects, at the present time. We would confidently recommend to all a thorough reading of the work by H. H. Dobney entitled, Future Punishment, as advertised in our book list. The reader will find it a work exhaustive in its investigations, and remarkable for its candor, and the strength and clearness of its reasoning. Which? Mortal or Immortal? is a lower-priced and more-condensed work on the same subjects. While “The End of the Wicked,” and the one, two and three cent tracts may be found sufficient to awaken interest with those who would not commence with larger works. For the convenience of those who may wish to purchase books for general circulation, we have put up assorted packages of tracts in two sizes, which we will send post-paid at 50c., and $1.00, respectively. The 50c. package contains Sabbath Tracts Nos. 1, 2, and 3, End of Wicked, Mark of Beast, Sin of Witchcraft, Objections to Second Advent, answered, Death and Burial, Positive Institutions, Much in Little, Truth, Preach the Word, Law by Wesley, and Miscellany. The $1.00 package contains The Three Messages, Which, Mortal or Immortal? Prophecy of Daniel, Saints’ Inheritance, Signs of Times, Seven Trumpets, Celestial R. R., Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts, Scripture References, Wicked Dead, Sabbath by Elihu, Infidelity and Spiritualism, War and Sealing, Who Changed Sabbath, Seven Reasons for Sunday-keeping Examined, Institution of Sabbath, Thoughts for the Candid, Appeal to men of reason, Personality of God, Seven Seals, and Time Lost. Those who order these packages, save their postage. We cannot too strongly urge upon all the circulation of our publications, books and papers. Many, now rejoicing in the truth, can attribute their first interest in these things to these silent preachers; while in some instances they have opened the way for the formation of well established and flourishing churches. —THOUGHTS ON THE REVELATION, a volume of 528 pages, containing the entire text of the book of Revelation, with Thoughts Critical and Practical on the same. A new and harmonious interpretation of the prophecy. Cloth, $1.00, weight 12 oz. —THE HISTORY OF THE SABBATH, and First Day of the Week, showing the Bible Record of the Sabbath, and the manner in which it has been supplanted by the Heathen Festival of the Sun. pp. 242. Cloth, 50c., weight 12 oz. —FUTURE PUNISHMENT, by H. H. Dobney, a Baptist Minister of England. An elaborate argument on the destiny of the wicked; with an Appendix containing “The State of the Dead,” by John Milton. Cloth, 75c., 16 oz. —SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. I; or, the Great Controversy between the forces of Christ and Satan, as shown in Vision. pp. 219. Cloth, 50c., 8 oz. —SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. II; or the Experience and Views of E. G. White, with Incidents that have occurred in connection with the Third Angel’s Message. pp. 390. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. Volumes I & II bound in one book, $1.00, 12 oz. —SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. III; or, Facts of Faith in connection with the history of holy Men of Old, as shown in Vision. pp. 304. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. —SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. IV; or Facts of Faith continued, and Testimonies for the Church. pp. 220. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. —SABBATH READINGS; or, Moral and Religious Stories for the Young, from which the popular errors of the age are carefully excluded. pp. 400. In one volume, cloth, 60c., 8 oz. In five pamphlets, 40c., 8 oz. In twenty-five tracts, 40c., 8 oz. —HOW TO LIVE, treating on Disease and its Causes, and all subjects connected with healthful living. An important work. pp. 400. Cloth $1.00, 12 oz. In pamphlet form, 75c., 10 oz. —APPEAL TO THE YOUTH: The Sickness and Death of H. N. White; with his Mother’s Letters. Excellent instructions for both youth and parents. Cloth, 40c., 8 oz. Paper, 20c., 4 oz. Without likeness, 10c., 2 oz. —THE BIBLE FROM HEAVEN: or, a Dissertation on the Evidences of Christianity. 30c., 5 oz. —BOTH SIDES: A series of articles from T. M. Preble, on the Sabbath and Law. Reviewed. 20c., 4 oz. —THE MINISTRATION OF ANGELS, and the Origin, History and Destiny of Satan. This is a new and interesting work; being a clear and forcible argument, and showing all that the title imports. 20c., 4 oz. —SANCTIFICATION, or Living Holiness. Many common mistakes on this important subject, corrected. One of the best works ever published on this subject. 15c., 4 oz. —THE THREE MESSAGES of Rev. xiv, especially the Third Angel’s Message, and Two-horned Beast. 15c., 4 oz. —THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL; or, Immortality the Gift of God, and the State of Man in Death. 15c., 4 oz. —WHICH? MORTAL, OR IMMORTAL? or, An Inquiry into the Present Constitution and Future Condition of Man. Third Edition. 15c., 4 oz. —MODERN SPIRITUALISM: Its Nature and Tendency. The Heresy condemned from the mouths of its own advocates. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 20c., 8 oz. —THE KINGDOM OF GOD: The Time and Manner of its Establishment. A Refutation of the doctrine called, Age to Come. 15c., 4 oz. —MIRACULOUS POWERS. The Scripture testimony on the Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts, illustrated by Narratives of Incidents that have transpired all through the Gospel Dispensation. 15c., 4 oz. —APPEAL TO MOTHERS, on the Great Cause of the physical, mental, and moral, ruin of many of the Children of our time. 10c., 2 oz. —REVIEW OF SEYMOUR. His fifty “Unanswerable Questions” on the Sabbath Question, Answered. 10c., 3 oz. —THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL. An Exposition of the Prophecy of the Four Kingdoms, the Sanctuary and the 2300 Days, Dan. ii, vii, & viii. 10c., 3 oz. —THE SAINTS’ INHERITANCE, shown to be the kingdom under the whole heaven, in the Earth made New. 10c., 3 oz. —SIGNS OF THE TIMES, in the Moral, Physical, and Political Worlds, showing that the Coming of Christ is at the Door. 10c., 3 oz. —THE LAW OF GOD, its Observance from Creation, its Immutability and Perpetuity, proved from the testimony of the Old and New Testaments. 10c., 3 oz. —VINDICATION OF THE TRUE SABBATH, by J. W. Morton, late Missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church to Hayti; with a Narrative of the Author’s Personal Experience, of thrilling interest. 10c., 3 oz. —REVIEW OF SPRINGER, on the Sabbath and Law. 10c., 3 oz. —BAPTISM, Its Nature, Subjects, & Design. 10c., 3 oz. —THE COMMANDMENT to Restore and Build Jerusalem. A conclusive argument that it is to be dated from the 7th year of Artaxerxes, B. C. 457. Just the book for these days of wild conjecture on the prophetic periods. 10c., 2 oz. —THE SEVEN TRUMPETS: An Exposition of Revelation viii and ix. A New Edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. 10c., 2 oz. —KEY TO THE CHART. An Explanation of all the symbols illustrated upon the Prophetic Chart. 10c., 2 oz. —THE SANCTUARY, and 2300 Days of Daniel viii, 14; its Cleansing and the time of its accomplishment. 10c., 2 oz. —THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD, a most happy exposure of the inconsistencies of popular religion. A new edition revised, and adapted to the present time. 4c., 1 oz. —THE SABBATH OF THE LORD: A Discourse by J. M. Aldrich. 5c., 2 oz. —THE END OF THE WICKED. 5c., 1 oz. —MATTHEW XXIV: A Brief Exposition of the Chapter, showing that Christ is at the Door. 5c., 2 oz. —MARK OF THE BEAST, and Seal of the Living God; showing how we may avoid the one, and secure the other. 5c., 1 oz. —THE SABBATIC INSTITUTION, and Two Laws; showing when the Sabbath was Instituted, and the plain distinction between the Moral and Ceremonial Laws. 5c., 1 oz. —BIBLE STUDENT’S ASSISTANT: A compend of Scripture References on Important Subjects. 5c., 1 oz. —AN APPEAL for the Restoration of the Sabbath: An Address from the Seventh-day to the First-day Baptists. 5c., 1 oz. —REVIEW OF FILLIO, on the Sabbath Question. 5c., 1 oz. —MILTON on the State of the Dead. 5c., 1 oz. —EXPERIENCE of F. G. Brown on Second Advent. 5c., 1 oz. —SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE, An Address, &c. 5c., 1 oz. —THE SECOND ADVENT: Sixteen Short Answers to Sixteen Common Objections. 4c., 1 oz. —SAMUEL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR: an exposition of this remarkable portion of Scripture, showing the state of the dead, and the sin of witchcraft. 4c., 1 oz. Tracts in Other Languages.
—LIV OG DÖD: “Life and Death;” a work in Danish, on the Nature of Man, the Saints’ Inheritance, and the Destiny of the Wicked. 280 pp., paper cover, 40c., weight 12 oz. —THE BIBLE STUDENT’S ASSISTANT, in Danish. A work on the plan of the Assistant in English, containing scripture references on a variety of subjects, adapted to the Danish Bible. 5c., 1 oz. —FORTY QUESTIONS ON IMMORTALITY, in Danish. 2c., 1 oz. —THE SABBATH. Its Nature and Obligation, in German. 10c., 2 oz. The Sabbath, in Holland. 5c., 1 oz. In French. 5c., 1 oz. In Danish 10c., 1 oz. —AN EXPOSITION of Dan. ii and vii, in French. 5c., 1 oz. —THE SEVEN SEALS: An Exposition of Rev. vi.
—THE TWO LAWS. The Distinction shown between them.
—PERSONALITY OF GOD. A popular error disproved.
—THE LAW of God, the Ten Commandments by John Wesley.
—APPEAL to Men of Reason on Immortality.
—THOUGHTS for the Candid on the Nature of Man.
—STATE OF THE DEAD, Brief Thoughts. Author unknown.
—TIME LOST; or Old and New Style Explained.
—WHAT IS TRUTH? A series of Questions and Answers relative to the subject of Immortality.
—THE HEAVENLY MEETING; a thrilling rhapsody on the joy of the saint as he first meets his Saviour and the heavenly host. —GEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE; or a Pre-Adamic age of our world doubtful; showing that no true claims of Geology are against Bible facts.
—SUNDAY-KEEPING. The reasons for it examined and refuted.
—THE SABBATH: The time of its Institution.
—THE SABBATH: A stirring Argument by Elihu.
—INFIDELITY and Spiritualism, shown to be of like character.
—WAR and the Sealing, an Exposition of Rev. vii.
—WHO CHANGED the Sabbath? Roman Catholic Testimony.
—PREACH THE WORD: An Argument for the Sabbath.
—DEATH AND BURIAL; or, Scriptural Baptism.
—MUCH IN LITTLE: A Collection of Choice Extracts on eternal misery.
—TRUTH.
—POSITIVE INSTITUTIONS; their Nature and Claims. —THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, popular objections to this scriptural doctrine briefly considered. This thorough little treatise removes in a masterly manner the difficulties supposed to lie in the way of the resurrection of the identical matter that goes into the grave.
—THE LAW of God, By H. H. DOBNEY, England.
—JUDSON’S LETTER ON DRESS: An appeal to the female members of the Christian churches of the United States.
—SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. Same as B. S. Assistant without cover.
—MARK of the Beast, and Seal of the Living God.
—SPIRITUAL GIFTS: An Argument to show that the Gifts set in the Church, 1 Cor. xii, Eph. iv, &c., were to continue to the end of time.
—THE WICKED DEAD: A thorough and Scriptural Exposition of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. —THE LAW OF GOD on a Chart of a size to be used by Preachers, varnished and mounted, $2.00. —THE PROPHECIES of Daniel and John, illustrated upon a Chart, to be used by Preachers, varnished and mounted, $2.00. The two Charts with Key, $4.00. The two printed on cloth, with Key, $3.00. The two on cloth without rollers, by mail, postpaid, $2.75. —SMALL CHART. A Pictorial Illustration of the Visions of Daniel and John, on paper 20 by 25 inches. Price 15c. by mail, postpaid. The law requires the prepayment of postage on books as follows: Bound Books, four cents for each four ounces or fractional part thereof; Pamphlets and Tracts, two cents for each four ounces or fractional part thereof. In the foregoing list, the weight of each book is given in connection with the price; and all who order books can estimate the amount of postage required, which should invariably be sent with the order, in addition to the price of the books. Thus, two 2 oz. books can be sent for the same postage as one; or four 1 oz. books for the same postage as one, two or three of the same kind and so on. All communications in reference to the Publishing Association, the Review, Instructor, and any of the foregoing books, should be addressed to J. M. Aldrich, Battle Creek, Mich. All business pertaining to the Health Reform Institute, or Health Reformer, should be addressed to Dr. H. S. Lay, Battle Creek, Mich. Important bequests are frequently lost to the Association through informality. Those who wish to will property to the Association to be devoted to the spread of the truth, should adopt the following form of bequest: “I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of——dollars in trust, to pay the same in——days after my decease, to the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, located in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, to be applied by the Trustees of that Corporation, to its charitable uses and purposes.” Three witnesses should state that the testator declared this to be his last will and testament, and that they signed it at his request, and in his presence and in the presence of each other. Female Gamblers.—It is said that at Saratoga, female gamblers have become quite common. The most fashionable play against each other, and enter into games of hazard with fierce excitement. Cards are their weakness, and they have lately adopted “poker” as their favorite. They bet their jewelry and articles of dress, when they have no money, and have been known to pawn their watches, diamonds and bracelets to obtain means to regain their losses. Some of the private rooms of the hotels have been the scenes of such determined and desperate encounters between women as no one who saw them under the circumstances would deem possible. They have sat all night at the table, pale and haggard with excitement, unsexed and deformed by the passions of avarice, and have started from each other with affright when the grayish daylight revealed the ghastliness of their unnatural occupation. NAPOLEON’S protestations of peace have little influence upon the real feeling of the European world. To speak plainly, he has become so notorious a liar or so false a prophet that his declarations of peace are generally interpreted into declarations of war. Bismarck’s simple announcement that war between Prussia and France was a phantom, was accepted at once as decisive on that point. But the army of France is being vastly enlarged by its new organization. It is to be raised to an effective force of 800,000 men, the term of service is increased from seven to nine years, and the conscripts in the reserve corps only to be allowed to marry during the last three years’ service; as married men are considered worthless for soldiers in France. With the national guard, the standing army of France will consist of 1,200,000 men. Italy has a permanent army of 900,000; with the national guard and volunteers, 1,800,000. Austria, independently of her national guard, has 1,200,000, though a reduction is talked of. Russia had nearly a million and a half, and Prussia can put into the field in forty-eight hours’ notice, almost as many. This is a terrible drain on the resources of any country. Each of these nations has a permanent army equal to, and in some cases larger, than the whole force raised by the Northern States during the four years of the rebellion. Of course, there are some equivalents for this in the fact that the modern science of war in Europe, with its well-disciplined and well-equipped armies does not prolong the contest; the result is quickly achieved, as in Italy in 1859, in Austria in 1866. But for all that, these “effective” forces are, as M. Javal remarked in the legislative body, “the ruin of Europe.” Rouher, Napoleon’s Minister, announced in the debate on the military bill that he, too, ardently desired the hour of disarmament to arrive; but, Mon Dieu! what can we do? one can imagine him saying with a French shrug of the shoulders. There is Russia and Prussia, Austria and Italy, each with hundreds of thousands of men all in arms, and “we can not in this matter give way to sentiment.” So the army is to be reorganized. France has always maintained strict military discipline as an element of progress. We have seen somewhere, recently, a remark from Michelet, that the French was “a nation of barbarians civilized by conscription,”—that is, ideas of duty and obedience could be impressed upon the mind of the masses only through the military service. De Quincey, in his essay on “Charlemagne,” says that that monarch “found the universal people, patrician and plebeian, chieftain and vassal, with the left foot in the stirrup; Napoleon the First, in an age when the use of artillery was first understood, found every man standing to his gun.” The same writer, in a fine burst of British vanity that almost perverts his praise into the keenest satire, says: “The British nation is by original constitution of mind and by a long enjoyment of liberty, a far nobler people than the French. And hence we see the reason and necessity that the French should, with a view to something like a final balance in the effect, be trained to a nobler profession. Compensations are everywhere produced or encouraged by nature or Providence; and a nobler discipline in the one nation is doubtless some equilibrium to a nobler nature in the other.” There is, undoubtedly, some truth in this way of putting it, though, when it is recollected that the army and navy of England by no means consist of a few train-band companies and an occasional man-of-war, the enthusiasm of the essayist is not so well sustained. None of the great nations of Europe dares to reduce its defenses against the aggressions and selfishness of the others. As Rouher thought, in the case of France, to declare that 300,000 Frenchmen could successfully oppose a foreign force of four times that number, is to show great reliance on the courage and solidity of the troops. And so, all distrusting their own strength and fearing that of the others, never “rest arms” from one year to another. I take this opportunity to say that the letters, enclosing liberalities from brethren and sisters Hilliard, Nicola, Palmer, Craig, Gargett, Oleson, Langdon, Olds, Clarke, Gardner, Jones, Sheldon, Chase, Lockwood, Kerr, Loomis, Blanchard, Paton, Hodges, Decker, Witter, Whitney, Ira Gardner, T. Hare, J. Hare, Rich, Royle, Merry, Mears, Van Horn, and Robinson, were gratefully received. Most of them we found at Greenville on our return home, and this is our first opportunity to acknowledge them. JAMES WHITE. We are pleased to resume this week the publication of the Bible Class Report, which, for obvious reasons, has not appeared for two weeks. Although the preparation of this report involves no small amount of labor, we are amply repaid in the interest and appreciation manifested by our brethren abroad.
W. C. G. How Shall It Be Done ?
By N. Fuller
BRO. and Sr. White ask this question in Review No. 5, vol. 31, in Appeal to the Friends of Truth. This article meets my hearty approval, and I wish to make a special appeal to those within the circle of my labors. What can we do in order that this work may be accomplished? There are but few that are unable to do anything. Nearly all can do something. Put your names on the subscription paper, use your money prudently, and your hours diligently, and you will be prepared to meet it. Heaven smiles upon those who work with a liberal hand in this cause, but angels turn away grieved from those who are selfish and stingy. May God's Spirit find way to all your hearts, that they may be fully opened in his work. Nile, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1868. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand. PROVIDENCE permitting, I will attend Monthly Meeting in Parma, Mich., Sabbath, Feb. 1, 1868. The ordinances can be celebrated the evening following, if the brethren think best. A. S. HUTCHINS. THE next Monthly Meeting for Western N. Y. is to be held with the Clarkson church, on the third Sabbath in February. Teams will meet the Accommodation from the east at Adams Basin, and the Chicago Express from the west at Brockport. It is hoped that Bro. Andrews will be at liberty to attend. R. F. COTTERILL. THE next Monthly Meeting of the Marion, Anamosa, and Lisbon churches, will be held at Lisbon, Iowa, on the first Sabbath and first-day in February. R. D. TYSON, Clerk. Quarterly Meetings in Minn.
Feb. 15, 16, at Greenwood; Feb. 22, 23, Pine Island; Feb. 29, March 1, Deerfield; March 7, 8, Bass Lake; March 14, 15, Brush Creek. STEPHEN PIERCE, for Committee. THE next Monthly Meeting for Newton, will be held the second Sabbath in February. JOHN BYINGTON. A Good Day.
By A. S. HUTCHINS
To my mind, and I think to many others, yesterday, Jan. 25, was a day long to be remembered by those who enjoyed the meeting at Battle Creek. After making a few remarks from John xvi, 33, I listened to 54 testimonies from the brethren and sisters, which were cheering and soul-refreshing. As I reflect upon what the Lord has been doing for this people since Bro. and Sr. White were here in October, I am reminded of the words of the fervent prayer of David: “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.” Ps. li, 12, 13. This is the good work now going on in our midst, for which we praise the Lord. And unto him we cry, “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” In the afternoon I was present at the Bible Class, which was one of the best I ever attended. In view of such precious privileges as these, I can say with all my heart, “A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” A. S. HUTCHINS.
Jan. 26, 1868. REPORT FROM BRO. MATTESON.
By John Matteson
During the last three weeks I have continued meetings with the Danes in Raymond. This protracted effort is now closed at present. The efforts against the truth have been so strong, and the people have been so faithfully warned not to go, that the number of people attending meetings has been rather small. The prevailing idea is that our doctrine is the most powerful delusion extant; and if any venture to listen, they will surely be caught in the snare. Yet some have ventured, and most of those have continued to attend faithfully. The Lord has truly blessed us, and the result is encouraging. Last Sabbath twenty-five attended the meeting. We commenced a Bible Class, and had an interesting prayer and social meeting. Some who never before cared for religion have been awakened; and it is joyful to hear such begin to pray. All seemed to feel the power of the truth, and the gentle workings of God's Holy Spirit. Thirteen have commenced to keep the Sabbath, and several others are convicted, who, we trust, will also obey. We have appointed meeting every Sabbath, and prayer meeting once a week. I expect to stay here yet for some time to come, and meet with these brethren. During the time mentioned, I have also preached once a week to our American friends in the neighborhood. They have manifested good interest to hear, and filled up a good-sized meeting-house every time. I have also had invitations to come to other places in the neighborhood. I have preached twice in a school-house two miles south of here, to a crowded house. The rumor goes that new things are set forth, but it is sound doctrine. We shall now commence protracted meetings in the Congregational meeting-house and continue as long as the interest may demand. Pray for us that the Lord may direct and bless the preaching of the truth to his own glory, and the salvation of precious souls. Thompsonville, Racine Co., Wis., Jan. 20, 1868. Acknowledgment.
By N. FULLER
I would acknowledge with gratitude of heart the following sums which have been sent me to help defray the expenses of our sickness.
D. M. Canright and wife, $5.00; E. C. Hendec and wife, 5.00; J. A. Loughhead, 5.00; Wallace Eggleston and wife, 10.00; E. A. Hurd, 1.00; Charles Drew, 10.00. N. FULLER. INFALLIBLE RECIPES.—The following are infallible recipes:—For preserving the Complexion—Temperance. For Whitening the Hands—Honesty. To remove Stains—Repentance. For Improving the Sight—Observation. A Beautiful Ring—The Home Circle. For Improving the Voice—Civility. The Companion to the Toilet—A Good Wife. To keep away Moths—Good Society.