p. 80 | Review and Herald, Vol. 41, No. 10. (2/18/1873)

Among the Swedes.

By Charles Lee

THE WRATH OF THE DRAGON.

The gathering of God's people among the Swedes is slowly progressing. Few have been added to our number since I last reported. The friends who came out last summer begin to be firm in the truth and reach out hearts and hands to advance the cause of God. Our opponents have done their part to cut short our influence, and they have given us several evidences of the truthfulness of the prophetic word of God, applicable to the church of Christ in the last days. The “wrath of the dragon” was to manifest itself in making war with the remnant of the seed of the church of Christ, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. The following article, which I cut from the press, will give some idea of the nature of the dragon's wrath, as he will appear when the present limitation of his power is taken off.

WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE NAME OF THE CHURCHES AT CHICAGO LAKE.

“Last Monday, the sixth of this month, about half past ten o'clock in the evening, while we were united in family worship—having with us a few of our friends—we were annoyed by three men, who manifested the most degraded actions. One of them entered the house and demanded, “by order of the two churches at Chicago Lake,” that Mr. Lee, one of the friends with us, should promptly meet with them outside of the house. They still gave the promise ‘that his life should not be exposed while in their hands.’ They were each one holding in their hands a government gun with fixed bayonets. Mr. Lee is a minister of the gospel, and has been laboring among the people at Chicago Lake for some time. When they found that their efforts in getting Mr. Lee out did not succeed, they became enraged, and gave orders, by authority above named, for Mr. Lee to leave the community before the eighth of January. When one of the ladies of the house looked through the window to notice their peculiar garments (for they were all dressed in an uncommon way, with masked faces), two of them pointed their guns toward the window where the lady stood, and the third one at the same time fired his gun. At the risk of our lives, we went out to see who they were, but then they left the premises. We have since heard that the next time they will come by the hundreds, and several hard threats have been brought about. We hope that this time our friends will leave their guns at home, and, instead, take their Bibles with them, and meet us in the name of God.

“A. J. DEEDON,”

Brethren, let us humbly walk in the footsteps of Jesus. Let our hearts be full of the loving Spirit of God. May our religion not consist in vain hope and feeling, but in doing the will of God. We are to be brought upon the platform where the disciples of Christ stood, when the holy angels spake to them, and said: “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

Brother Adventist! do you believe with your whole heart that the words spoken by the angels, concerning the coming again of Jesus, are soon to be fulfilled? Does your mind receive the impression left upon the minds of the apostles when their watching eyes could no longer discern him, as he disappeared in the blue sky of heaven? If so, how sweet to your soul are those blessed words that the angels spoke to the men of Galilee: “This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

May our watching for the soon coming of the lovely Jesus be of such a nature that even to us this question may be asked: “Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?” Let us not forget, dear brethren, the watchword Jesus left with his church.

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”

CHARLES LEE.

Chicago Co., Minn.

Tract and Missionary Department.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell; M. L. Huntley

Quarterly Meeting of the New England T. & M. Society.

The New England T. and M. Society convened at the time appointed, Feb. 2, 1873. Meeting opened with prayer by Eld. J. N. Andrews. It being also the time appointed for the quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 2, business pertaining to that district was first transacted, after which the report of the last general meeting was read and accepted. The report of missionary labor for quarter ending Feb. 2, showed the following results:—

Dist. No. 1, number of subscribers obtained for the REVIEW, 4; Instructor, 5; Reformer, 11; distribution of publications, 6,413 pages.

Dist. No. 2, subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 114; Instructor, 53; Reformer, 81; distribution of publications, 67,829 pages.

Dist. No. 3, subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 7; Instructor, 9; Reformer, 53, distribution of publications, 6093.

Dist. No. 4, subscribers obtained for REVIEW, 31; Instructor, 5; Reformer, 62; distribution of publications, 6093 pages. Total number of subscribers for the REVIEW, 156; Instructor, 72; Reformer, 164, of periodicals distributed, 580; of publications, 84,917 pages. No. of visits made, 157; letters written, 163.

Number of copies of the REVIEW furnished by the society on trial for six months, 169; the same for one year, 13; number of copies of the Reformer for one year, 6; number of libraries supplied with United States in Prophecy, 171; also 250 ministers have been furnished with Sunday Seventh-day and Seventh part of Time, increasing the number of publications distributed to 124,917 pages.

Number of letters written by the Vigilant Missionary Society during the past quarter, 88; received, 75, visits made, 62; subscribers obtained for periodicals, 86; number of periodicals distributed 263; distribution of publications, 10,300 pages.

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRACT SOCIETY.

| | Amount |

|---|---:|

| Amount on hand Oct. 10, | $488.03 |

| Received for membership, | 10.00 |

| ” on donations, | 126.25 |

| ” ” sale of books, | 2.54 |

| Total, | $626.82 |

| Paid for publications, | $156.34 |

| ” on periodicals, | 54.41 |

| ” ” widow and orphan fund, | 45.25 |

| ” for postage, express, &c., | 50.55 |

| Books on hand last quarter, | 100.00 |

| Cash on hand, | 220.27 |

| Total, | $626.82 |

Opportunity for remarks was then given, and it was highly recommended by Eld. J. N. Andrews, H. B. Stratton, and others, that

other works should be distributed among the ministers of different denominations; especially the Vindication of the True Sabbath by J. W. Morton. The time was also improved by those present in relating incidents which had come under their observation. These showed a lively interest in the work, and gave the strongest evidence that good had been accomplished, especially during the past quarter.

The subject of the Danish Mission was then introduced, and explanations and remarks were made with reference to it, and also with regard to the delinquent subscribers in this Conference.

On the various enterprises which were considered at this meeting, the sum of $223.28 was pledged, and $136.65 paid, including 110.23 to the Danish Mission, of which $65.35 were paid.

Adjourned for fifteen minutes.

SECOND SESSION.

Meeting opened with prayer, after which the Health Reform Association met. After reading the report of its organization, the constitution which had been previously adopted was again read, together with preliminary remarks. Stirring remarks were made by Eld. Haskell with reference to the importance of the reforms, &c., after which three essays were read upon the general principles of the dress reform, an appeal to the sisters’ in its behalf, and the present style of ladies boots, upon which a vote of thanks was tendered to the writers. After some further remarks, the meeting adjourned.

S. N. Haskell, Pres.

M. L. Huntley, Sect.

NO NIGHT THERE.

By P. A. Clough

“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.” Rev. 22: 5.

THERE'LL be no night, no darkness there, To dim our vision bright; In that bright world, so free from care, The Lord will be the light.

They need no candle, neither sun, To light that city fair; Where all is love, and joy, and peace, No gloom can enter there.

Within that city, they shall dwell Forever with the Lord, Who in this life have done his will— Been guided by his word.

Then, if we wish with Christ to stand On the immortal shore, With palms of victory in our hands Forever—evermore,

Let us each day apply the rule That God to us has given To measure life, correct our faults, And guide us safe to Heaven.

Obedience to the law of God, And faith in his dear Son, Will gain for us eternal life, When our work on earth is done.

Be patient, then, the time is near When toil will be o'er; Then in a land of perfect rest, We'll reign forevermore.

P. A. CLOUGH. Dyer Brook, Jan. 24, 1873.

Richfield Center, Mich.

By E. R. Jones; M. B. Miller

COMMENCED meetings at this place the fourteenth of December last. Have given thirty-seven discourses in all. Notwithstanding the cold and stormy weather, and three protracted meetings which, for some purpose, were commenced in the immediate vicinity soon after our lectures were in progress, our congregations have been good, and have listened with much interest. Four have fully decided to obey the truth, and others are investigating it seriously. We have met with no open opposition. Found many warm friends, who have kindly cared for us. Obtained a few subscribers for REVIEW AND HERALD. Have held two Sabbath prayer-meetings.

E. R. JONES, M. B. MILLER.

Iowa.

By R. M. Kilgore

Since my last report, I have spent two Sabbaths with the church at Hook's Point. Both were profitable seasons. I am glad to report progress on the part of the brethren. Tears flowed freely, because of sins in the past; for mercies and blessings received; and for joy that others were giving their hearts to the Lord. Six more have commenced to keep the Sabbath. One of these told me, after having a season of prayer with the family, that it was the first time that he had bowed the knee for thirty years. He, with his wife and daughter, are now rejoicing in the truth, and with them coffee and tobacco are being abandoned as articles of luxury. May the Lord help all these to fully overcome.

I am now at Bro. Bowen's, and begin meetings this evening four miles south-west of Cherokee, Cherokee Co. I beg for the prayers of the people of God. R. M. KILGORE.

Goodhue Co., Minn.

By H. F. Phelps; L. H. Ells

As some may be looking for a report from me, I will try to make one in brief. “God’s ways are not our ways.” I had desired to find a field some distance from home, but here we are within four miles of home.

We commenced meetings in a large school-house about seven miles away, where the way seemed to open. Now we do not suppose that an account of our trials, disappointments, mistakes, and drawbacks, would be of any particular interest to the readers of the REVIEW, so would only say that several times the interest has risen to quite an encouraging point, when the cold weather, the epizootic, and again the terrible storm of Jan. 7–9, and, last of all, a severe difficulty of my lungs, have broken the interest. But we have struggled on, sometimes with a congregation of sixty, and then down to some half dozen, then again all the way up to seventy perhaps.

We have been at work in two districts, in school-houses about five miles apart. By force of circumstances, the greater part of the meetings are now at the stone school-house, the place where we last commenced.

We commenced these meetings with much fear and trembling. Many wakeful hours have been spent while others were asleep, many prayers have been put up to God, and many tears have been shed; but God knows it all.

Seven are now rejoicing in all the truth. Four had once kept the Sabbath, but did not leave their idols, and soon went back. They all now seem determined to go through, and if they go on as they have commenced, they will overcome. May God bless them. We hope for more, and labor on. Pray for us. H. F. PHELPS, L. H. ELLS.

Where Is the Sign of His Coming?

By H. F. Phelps

Where are the signs of his coming, do you ask? Here; yonder; everywhere. We cannot look amiss. Look above: The sun, the moon, the stars, all show that His coming is near. Look beneath: The very waters tell us by their angry tidal waves, and would fain convince us that the day of his wrath is near, by the reckless destruction of life and property. Marine disasters, without a parallel in earth’s history, would add their testimony as signs of his coming. The very earth trembles, and trembles as never before, engulfing her thousands of human beings, and millions of property, as if to say, Earth’s dissolution is near. Fires and floods, droughts and inundations also give their powerful testimony as witnesses in the case. Some of earth’s more favored regions enjoy plenty, while in those less favored, thousands of skeleton forms and dead bodies declare but too plainly the want of bread. And pestilence follows, mowing down her thousands, perfectly regardless of the station of her fated ones. Tornadoes, storms and gales, by land and by sea, swell the tide of witnesses. Go where you will, and ask the question, “Where is the sign of his coming,” and the answer is ever the same, “Here.” If the years 1871 and 1872 have been noted for a multiplication of signs and wonders, the year 1873 bids fair to be none behind its predecessors. The fair, fertile and heretofore undisturbed country of the north-west has been visited by the most desolating storm that has been witnessed by its oldest inhabitants. And it will be remembered as the terrible storm of January 7–9, 1873. It is impossible for us to picture the amount of suffering that was endured during these three days. News comes in from all quarters. The sympathizing heart can but heave, and the eye moisten, at their terrible recital. We will copy a few as samples of the many from some of the Minnesota papers:—

DEATHS FROM THE STORM.

Three men and four women found dead in a sleigh. Six section hands on the Sioux City road met the same fate. A woman frozen to death in her own house, not being able to go out for wood.

Twenty-one deaths near Mankato. And from St. James comes the same sad tale of disaster. Seventeen persons frozen to death in that vicinity; and snow piled so high one could step from the second story window upon the snow drifts.

A sleighing party of six young people and the driver frozen to death. But we cannot particularize. Men and teams found dead within a few feet of shelter, and in many cases near their own dwellings. Twenty-six found dead along the Sioux City road; eleven in the vicinity of Minnesota Falls; six near Red Wood Falls. Seventeen coffins were taken from New Ulm to bury the dead in its immediate vicinity. Six children were frozen to death on their way from school. But the papers give account of some saved by burying themselves in the snow, and of one man, a Mr. Hugh Jones, who kept forty scholars for forty-eight hours, traveling a mile or more to obtain food for those committed to his care. We think this worthy of mention. How unlike the general deportment of man to man.

The storm covered an extent of nearly all of Minnesota, Northern Iowa, and all of Dakotah, traveling at the varied estimate of from eighty to one hundred and thirty miles per hour. The day of its commencement opened very mild, thus many were away who otherwise would not have been. It is estimated that from three hundred to five hundred lives have been lost, and probably a thousand head of stock. Truly this must be a sign of the times.

H. F. PHELPS.

Impressions.

By CHAS. L. BOYD.

It is generally known that the metallic plates, on which daguerreotypes are taken, are often repolished after having been used, and thus prepared for future use. But great care is necessary in removing every particle of the former picture, or there will be an impression thereof left after the plate has been exposed to the camera obscura.

A lady, on examining a picture of herself, just taken, was greatly surprised to find it contained a faint impression of another individual, appearing to stand in the background. Another artist found on a picture just taken a part of a political speech, which impression the plate had received from the paper to which it had been folded; but which was invisible till exposed to the camera obscura.

I have often thought how much our lives are like these plates—how they retain impressions received in former years. We cannot indulge in sin of any form without being marred, stained, and polluted, therewith. One eminent writer goes so far as to say, “We cannot indulge in one sinful thought without its affecting our after life.” Says the inspired penman, “Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Impressions made on our minds in our childhood affect our daily lives. To forget that which we would have removed, as well as to remember that we would retain, has cost us many a struggle.

How careful then ought we to be to set such examples before the young as will be worthy of their imitation. They are forming characters for the Judgment. What excuse shall we have to offer if the influence of our lives has been unfavorable to their spiritual welfare? We shall be “speechless.” Peradventure these souls will be lost and required at our hands?

How is it with ourselves? We are sinners by nature, and have made ourselves much more so by practice. How shall we become fit for our Master's use? We cannot cleanse ourselves from these guilty stains; but we can come and wash in the atoning blood of Jesus and thus be made clean. Have we done this? or has the work been half done, so that when we are exposed to the camera obscura of this world's temptations, we still behold those hateful, sinful stains, which remain?

We want a deep and a thorough work. We are living in a solemn time—the time of God's “preparation.” Jesus is soon coming.

Instead of mourning that temptations beset our pathway, which bring out these evils that still adhere to us, let us seek to have them wholly removed, entirely washed away by the precious blood of Jesus, so freely shed for us, so that our lives will only reflect the religion which we profess, and the image of our dear Redeemer.

CHAS. L. BOYD.

Cherokee, Iowa.

Prayer Answered.

By William Boynton

I DESIRE to express my thanks to God, through the REVIEW, for his great goodness to me. Thursday, Jan. 9, 1873, he graciously raised me up from a severe illness, in answer to prayer. And I can say with David, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”

What a blessed thought, that the God of Heaven will stoop so low as to listen to the cry of us poor mortals, and make our extremity his opportunity to show his wondrous love. How apt we are to forget his benefits! hence the admonition, “Forget not.”

I desire to consecrate myself anew to his service, and strive with more earnestness to advance the cause of truth. The Lord is in this work. Let us be co-workers with him, that we may share in the final victory.

WILLIAM BOYNTON.

Spiritual Apathy.

By A. Smith

In religious social meetings, complaint of spiritual apathy is frequently heard; and, without discerning the true cause of it, resolutions to be more attentive to the duties of religion are expressed, and the following Sabbath witnesses to confessions of broken promises, and renewed resolutions to amend. Vainly do such wait for some compelling power to rouse them from their stupor, overlooking the true and only means which God has provided to effect it.

He designs that we should make ourselves useful in his vineyard. If we would increase the glow of our spiritual fervor, there is nothing like disinterested efforts to rescue our fellow-men from their lost condition. The sympathetic tear; the warm pressure of the hand; the word fitly spoken; the meek reproof; the tract or book judiciously given; the helping hand—food, raiment, money, influence, muscular strength—all are potent agencies in reclaiming the straying and lost, and raising us to a fellowship with the benevolence of Christ.

It is hard work to learn the lesson of being “instant . . out of season.” The cold, the heat, the storm, our feelings, the appearances, the probabilities, all, in order, are against us. Our efforts at times to accomplish the desired good may prove unsuccessful. For,

“Many a flower is born to blush unseen, To waste its fragrance on the desert air.”

Is it therefore less acceptable to Him who formed it?

“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand.” God giveth the increase. It is sufficient that we labor as he directs. “Did ever any labor in his harvest who were defrauded of their wages? Is the labor hard and wearing? It will be forgotten, by very contrast, in the joy of the harvest feast.

A. SMITH.

Interesting from Without.

By J. DORCAS

The Rev. Hollis Read, author of “God in History,” &c., says, in his work, “The Coming Crisis,” p. 39, speaking of the sealing of Rev. 7: “It is represented as some remarkable act or protest, or some distinctive and prominent mark, whereby the servants of God should be known in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation. It seems to have reference to some public and decided withdrawment from all those churches that have an alliance with the State. The separation from such a communion shall be a notable event, a marked event, and they that separate themselves shall do it in so conspicuous a manner, and shall so distinguish themselves and their principles in the act, that they shall hold up before the world a token of their decision as prominent as if it were written on their foreheads.”

How cheering it would be, if such men could see that this which he has reference to will consist of a shining forth of God’s holy law, seventh-day Sabbath and all, as well as the requirements of the gospel, unadulterated, and without detraction, in the hearts, minds, and lives, of the true people of God in the period to which it refers, the present time, and onward to the end.

J. DORCAS.

Obituary Notices.

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

DIED, in Galena, Ill., Jan. 15, 1873, of lung and heart disease, our daughter, Margaret E. Williams, aged twenty years and four months.

We have every reason to believe that our daughter sleeps in Jesus, and will be found of that happy number that will meet the Saviour in the air and be forever with their Lord. Our mourning will soon be over, for Jesus is soon coming to take his waiting people where parting will be no more. C. P. & B. L. WILLIAMS.

DIED, in Richburg, Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1873, of congestion of the lungs, Mrs. Lydia Griggs, widow of the late Reuben Griggs, aged seventy-eight years and eight months.

Sister Griggs experienced religion in early life and united with the Methodist church, of which she remained a member for between forty and fifty years. At that time her attention was called to the questions of the Sabbath and baptism, and, after a careful study of the Scriptures concerning them, she was baptized and commenced keeping the Sabbath. Her religious feelings were most in harmony with the Seventh-day Adventists, although she never united with any of their church organizations. She continued faithful till death, trusting in the Lamb of God for the crown of life. G. J. CRANDALL.

DIED, in Fulton, Gratiot Co., Mich., Dec. 29, 1872, Adalaide Daniels, aged twenty-seven years, six months, and six days. She leaves a husband, two children, and a large circle of friends, to mourn their loss. The deceased embraced present truth about eight years ago. She has lived a consistent Christian, and we hope she sleeps in Jesus. Words of comfort were spoken by Bro. F. Squires. H. W. MUSSERT.

DIED, in Richmond, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1872, Mary Davis, in the seventy-seventh year of her age.

Our dear mother was in the first message, and attended meetings with father Miller. She retained her Advent views. When she moved West, there being no Adventist church there, she joined the Baptist church, of which she remained a member until her death; but she had been keeping the seventh-day Sabbath for over twelve years. She said she should rest in the grave only a little while. She died in the blessed hope of having a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services by the Baptist minister. ELIZABETH C. CHIPMAN.

DIED, at his residence in Parkville, St. Jo. Co., Mich., after an illness of seven months, Leonard Claflin, aged sixty-three years. Bro. Claflin has been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Parkville ever since the truth was first preached there by Bro. Loughborough and Andrews.

He leaves an aged widow to mourn her loss. L. A. OLMSTEAD.

DIED, of measles, in Marion, Iowa, Jan. 26, 1873, Major Morton, son of Nathaniel and Eveline Morton, aged fifteen years and twenty-six days. Remarks by J. T. Mitchell, from Job 14:14. D. T. SHIREMAN.

News and Miscellany.

“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”

KING Amadeus, of Spain, has abdicated, a Republic has been declared, and a revolution is thought to be inevitable.

A BROAD-STREET (N. Y.) broker puts Jay Gould’s profits on Erie, at $3,500,000 since resigning his position in the company, and his profits on North-western, at $2,500,000.—Boston Traveler.

A Whirlwind of Fire in England.

On Saturday, a most remarkable phenomenon occurred at King Sutton, near Banbury, by which a man had a narrow escape. No less than seventeen trees were torn up by the roots, thirty-six, more or less injured, and 116 yards of stone wall thrown down. About one o’clock in the day the people in the neighborhood saw something in the shape of a haycock of great size, revolving through the air. It was accompanied by fire and a great deal of smoke, and sometimes was seen high in the air, and at others, near the ground. It made a great noise, something like a railway train traveling, and progressed with great rapidity. It passed over the estates of Col. North, M. P., Sir William Brown, Bart., and Mr. Leslie Melville, Cartwright, sixty-one yards of whose park wall at one place has been thrown down from the foundation. It tore up one of the largest beech trees on Sir William Brown’s estate, and about twelve to fifteen tons of earth with it, and the branches were carried about in all directions. A man named Adams, who was breaking stones on the road, says he heard a great noise as if a railway train was coming up. There was a dense smoke, and a tree that he had been standing under a minute before was torn up. There was a heavy rain at the time, and, a few minutes before, a vivid flash of lightning. For a mile and a half there are traces of the destruction caused by the phenomenon, which seems to have traveled almost in a straight line from south to north. It was followed by a whirlwind that swept everything before it; and a pond it passed was dried up. Stones were carried a distance of forty yards, and railings knocked down. Frightened cattle ran about the fields, many of which are strewn with the branches of the trees struck. The people were greatly alarmed—some of them say the noise was terrific—and they thought the earth was about to open and swallow everything up. After traveling for about two miles the fire meteor seems to have expended itself.—Liverpool Mercury, Dec. 6, 1872.

Business Department.

Not slothful in Business. Rom. 12:11.

RECEIPTS

For Review and Herald.

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$2.00 EACH. Sarah Rowe 42-24, J C Cogswell 42-1, J N Tunt 42-1, Mary A Howe 42-1, Franklin Howe 43-10, J N Wilkinson 41-14, Mrs A C Green 43-14, L Manley 43-1, S H Maycroft 43-1, J Blair 42-14, G Minor 43-1, J Francisco 43-12, A B Brant 43-1, A F Rathbun 42-1, J B Foster 43-10, F C Castle 43-9, N G Spencer 42-1, I S Bramer 43-10, George A Thomas 42-17, M Boyers 43-1, N Eldridge 43-1, S B Whitney 43-1, H S Giddings 42-14, T B Dewing 42-20, J A Davis 43-1, Mary Hayden 44-9, Leonard Baker 43-7, J M Brigham 40-21, C A Mitchell 43-7, George Beech 43-10, C E Childs 44-1, Mrs J D Hill 43-7, C E Cole 43-1, Samuel B Doe 43-1, J E Bane 43-1, I W Shaw 44-1, Samuel F Grant 43-1, John Andrews 41-14, Jacob Larson 40-1, A G Wilbur 43-1, G W Bennett 43-1, T D Babcock 43-10, J F Ballenger 42-1, Mary A Burnett 43-10, Wm Langdon 43-1, S M Swan 43-9, H Lindsay 43-1, Mrs C Adams 43-12, Eld S Pierce 43-1, L Graves 43-1, G W Chamberlain 43-1, J Snyder 42-1, Mrs D B Staples 43-6, Samuel Rexford 43-1, M S Tyrel 43-1, Mary B Obrist 42-1, Wm Adams 43-1, M A Dayton 43-17, Wm Heaton 42-15, James L Syp 43-8, Mrs N Truesdell 43-16, Daniel Smith 41-21, Mrs E P Perdon 42-2, Mary Parmenter 43-14, M Hale 44-1, T V Cartwright 43-14, Wm Brown 42-1, A J White 41-9, Caroline Colson 43-1, S Kennedy 43-15, S Martin 43-9, Deborah Evans 42-1, J P Saunders 42-20, E A Stillman 42-10, J M Clark 42-1, M E Holland 43-1, Lillie Welch 43-12, Mrs F C Clark 43-1.

$1.50 EACH. Mary Steckle 42-1, John McVane 41-1, W G Bralliar 43-1, Mrs Westbrook 42-14, Jas O'Neil 42-1, Wm Stewart 44-4.

$1.00 EACH. S Cecil 42-14, Chas Seward 42-14, Jane A Horner 35-1, C Wright 42-9, R Peebles 40-1, I A Olmstead 43-1, A G Heaton 42-7, Peter Owens 42-6, Wm Tawner 42-10, D Kellogg 41-3, P A Gammond 42-14, J S McCord 42-8, H VanVlack 40-24, J Gifford 43-10, L Willhite 39-1, W W Sharp 42-8, C Van Horn 42-5, J T Upson 42-10, J H Acton 42-7, L J Shaw 42-14, B R Mallory 41-20, W Kas 42-10, M S Cole 42-10, W Reed 42-1, J Deming 42-7, M Alderton 41-14, M J Farnsworth 41-14, M J Keeter 40-1, Peter H Clark 42-1, M J Prosser 42-1, D T Rodman 42-1, W C Haws 43-10.

MISCELLANEOUS. W P Baker $4.00 42-1, G G Wheeler 68c 41-9, R H Hollady 32c 41-9, Mrs R Grover 1.25 42-1, G G Dunham 2.50 43-1, J T Boyers 25c 43-6, P Pambla 1.40 43-1, S K Ross 1.20 42-15, M E Rathbun 3.25 43-7, Mrs J Conley 4.00 43-1, H S Woolsey 60c 43-1, H A Crawl 4.00 43-1, D Upson 2.50 41-14, Wm Schively 2.50 42-14, N Carpenter 2.65 43-12, Wm P Rathbun 2.45 42-18, J Y Wilcox 6.75 43-14, S Osborn 2.25 41-20, J G Gage 50c 41-14, M F Blake 2.25 43-1, J Brown 3.95 43-8, J W Randolph 2.44 43-1, J P Stillman 54c 41-6, R E Tefft 2.50 43-1, Lillie Welch 3.00 43-1, A E Beverley 75c 41-10, S S Grinnell 1.25 41-10, Jacob Truel 5.00 42-11, Eld A M Weeks 25c 42-1, A Locke 1.00 42-4, G Kloppenstein 1.00 42-4.

75 Cents Each, Paying up to 42, 4. Elijah Scott, M P Woodbury, H J Caldon, Ruth Morrill, J F Harvey, Henry Flowers, Mrs S E Bates, W E Althouse, S B Crandall.

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Review to the Poor.

S M Booth $2.00, G W Colcord 2.00, Benj Armitage (thank-offering) 10.00, E Lobdell 5.00.

Cash Received on Account.

R M Kilgore 85c, A O Burrill $8.43, James Sawyer 2.00.

Books Sent by Express.

H Nicola, Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa, $25.00, E G Rust, 295 Sedgwick St., Chicago, Ill., 10.00.

Books Sent by Mail.

A N Hobson 70c, Chas Seward $1.00, Henry Mack 5.00, M Ashbaugh 1.00, R L Parks 13c, I Dompier 1.25, Alfred King 25c, H M Erway 25c, S D Smith 50c, S C Menasco 25c, S Rands 50c, Q E Dickerman 20c, Emily C Day 25c, W Kas 35c, C E Bushnell 1.00, J Crandall 25c, I D Cramer 35c, C E Cole 25c, W T Carson 35c, D Glunt 50c, L B Hoyt 1.25, J E D Short 50c, E Carpenter 25c, H G Gardner 25c, M H Robinson 1.13, F L Archer 25c, B G Allen 25c, Emma Pugh 25c, S H Burlingham 35c, J N Jones 20c, John N Schenck 40c, G W Spicer 70c, John Y Wilcox 3.30, Mary A Sherwin 23c, Chas Barber 40c, James Sawyer 25c, S B Whitney 1.50, Mary W Darling 1.10, J M Ogden 25c, C E Childs 50c, A C Bourdeau 2.91, Nellie T Holl 25c, C Hamilton 75c, J Kimble 20c, Amy E Dartt 7.00, J Martin 60c, M Thompson 25c, Chas Magnuson 50c, A J Prescott 25c, D H Gould 50c, Wm P Rathbun 55c, H S Gurney 1.75, W Boyington 50c, Jacob Nobles 52c, A O Burrill 1.50, O Mears 50c, A J Deedon 4.90, Mrs J D Hill 20c, L Haynes 35c.

Michigan Conference Fund.

Church at Oceana $100.00, Leighton 42.64, R D & Susan M Guild (S B) 80.00.

Book Fund.

Amanda McDowell $1.50.

HYGIENIC BOOK FUND.

$5.00 EACH. G W Colcord, B G Jones, E B Holly, Chapin Harris, Wm Boynton.

MISCELLANEOUS. R E Tefft $2.00, M E Murphy 3.00, Nellie Wilkinson 50c.

Donations for the Danish Monthly.

H R Severstrup $4.00, C D Sevenstrup 5.00, L B Hoyt 5.00, Esther Olson 2.00, Sarah Guisinger 2.00, S N Haskell 5.00, Chas Buck 2.00, F W Mace 2.00, C W & L D Comings 25.00, Carrie Haskins 5.00, Hattie E Haskell 1.00, Mary Haskell 1.00, S W Randall 5.00, A W Smith 5.00, C K Farnsworth 5.00, R B Wheeler 1.00, D C Webber 1.00, A Green 1.00, M L Huntley 2.00, L G Huntley 2.00, Samuel Martin 50c, Nellie Wilkinson 25c, C W Priest 10c, Mary Martin 50c, M E Harris 1.00.

Delegate Suggestion for General Conference

☞ Bro. R. J. Lawrence wishes, in this manner, to suggest to the Missouri and Kansas Conference Committee, that Bro. T. J. Butler act as delegate from that Conference, to the next General Conference, to be held in Battle Creek, March 11.

The Second Advent of Christ

By Editor

To the friend who sent us the long piece of poetry copied from the Fireside Friend, entitled, “Coming,” we would say that the poetry is beautiful, but the sentiment we cannot indorse. The writer doubtless meant death by the coming of Christ, as he has it come in so calm and quiet a manner. The second advent of Christ will not take place in that way.

Quarterly Meeting at Newton

The quarterly meeting at Newton, Mich., was held last Sabbath (Feb. 15), according to appointment. The brethren of the three churches, Convis, Newton, and Burlington, manifested a commendable zeal in coming together on this occasion. Over eighty were present. A majority of them having reached the place nearly an hour before the time of meeting, we spent the interval in singing some of the good songs of Zion which we have to cheer the path of our pilgrimage while we “smooth it with hope.” Most of the congregation were together from 10 A. M., till 2:30 P. M., with an intermission of only a few minutes between the meetings. After a short discourse in the afternoon, fifty testimonies were borne. A large proportion of those who spoke, seem to be earnest in the truth, and spoke with feeling. The meeting was an encouraging one. Office duties demanding our return evening after the Sabbath, Brn. Jones and Miller remained to continue over that evening and first-day.

A Reader Discovers the Review

A friend in Omro, Wis., who has had the privilege of seeing some numbers of the REVIEW, writes:—

“Your paper has opened a new world to my view. I am greatly interested in it; and though not yet a subscriber, I may some time have that pleasure.”

The Latest Glimpse of the Curry Movement.—

The Detroit Post of Feb. 12, 1873, contained the following item of information concerning the leader in this astonishing delusion:—

The Rev. Mr. Curry, the head of a community of religionists who have established themselves in Georgia, has been arrested. He called himself “Yahveh, the Great Ruler of the Universe,” and under that imposing title proceeded to carry on in a manner that was highly improper. He was arrested, and held to bail like any other man.

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