How many times the anxious cook has asked herself this question; especially when about to prepare a meal for fashionable company. And in the majority of cases, no doubt, the question has been raised more with reference to what would suit the palate, than what would be nutritious, healthful, and life-preserving. With many, these are items of minor importance, while taste and appetite hold the highest point, and turn the scale in settling the question, What shall we eat?
Now if the great object of eating and drinking was to gratify the taste, and nature had no other demands to be satisfied therefrom, then might we say in the same thoughtless, heedless manner that thousands do, “Let us have something good to eat.” Yea, we might adopt the Epicurean creed, “Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.”
But health reformers have a higher motive before them. They eat to preserve life; to give strength, mentally and physically. They eat to glorify God. If the Health Reform finds them blessed with health and strength, they should eat and drink with reference to the preservation of these. If they are invalids, they are to have their food prepared with reference to the recovery of these. Otherwise they are unworthy of the name of health reformers.
With these facts bearing upon the mind, I have desired for months to say a word to our friends relative to my diet when I come among you, that you may be relieved from all anxiety in regard to what I can eat with safety and real satisfaction, though I may have just come from the Health Institute.
And first I would say that such is the state of my digestive organs, that I cannot eat rich food. Rich pies and cakes, and highly-seasoned food, or bread prepared from fine flour I cannot eat without serious injury to myself. Restless nights, with suffering and debility of mind and body are the result if I do. Please, then, excuse me from these things.
But you ask, “What do you eat?” Answer. The principal articles of diet with me are, graham puddings, made of unbolted wheat flour and water, thoroughly cooked, and hard or soft biscuits, made of the same material, and both cooked without salt. These, with wholesome fruit, in its natural state, canned, or in the form of simple sauce, or made into plain pies, are what I most invariably choose, yet sometimes I use vegetables with a good relish, and no ill effects were it not for the seasoning, which in the majority of cases spoils them both for my taste and for the stomach. The salt which frequently finds its way into these dishes is, to me, an active poison; and you would perhaps hardly believe what I have suffered from eating of them when I have been assured that there was but a “very little salt there.” Here is the difference. Your “very little” and my “very little,” do not agree. Probably I should not use one-tenth part of the salt in food where I use it at all, that most families even among health reformers do.
Let us, dear brethren and sisters, hasten to lay aside every unnecessary article of diet, and be in earnest to heed the exhortation of the apostle: “Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
A. S. HUTCHINS.
POWER OF EXAMPLE.
By S. McIntosh
“How much did you give to-day?”
“Ten cents.”
“And ten last Sunday; you are getting liberal.”
“But I mean to hold on for awhile.”
“And why?”
“Mrs. C. and T. put nothing on the plate to-day, or last Sunday either.”
“And is that any reason why you should not? One Sunday there was only seventy cents from my class of twelve, and I gave fifty of that.”
“Well, I am going to wait and let others take hold and do a little.”
“It don’t make any difference to me what others do; that is no excuse for me; I shall do my duty.”
This conversation I heard not long ago between two individuals; and often since it has recurred to my mind. It led me to reflect on the influence our acts have upon others. Here was one willing to neglect duty because others failed to come up to the standard.
And is it not more or less so with all. Could we only see the influence one selfish or wrong act may exert, it would fill our minds with astonishment, and lead us to consider well our ways.
Christian friend, do you realize that some are looking to you as an example? That their very acts are but the reflection of your own? Others are looking to them and each to the other. They know that Christ is the perfect pattern; you profess to be following him, and they think it safe to follow you. Perhaps you have had greater experience or may possibly hold a more exalted place in the church, or may feel as if you were the least of all: but wherever you are your influence will be felt. Oh, be careful to cast it on the right side!
S. McINTOSH.
Battle Creek.
A RECIPE FOR DESTROYING BED-BUGS.
By M. W.
Seeing the “Hint to House-keepers” from Bro. Matteson, in Review No. 14, I send you the following recipe, which is an effectual remedy against the annoyance of bed-bugs, and which I hope may be made public for the benefit of all whom it may concern.
M. W.
One ounce of quicksilver well mixed with the white of one common hen’s egg, and applied to a bedstead (that is clear from dust) where the bugs are most likely to go, will prove effectual in destroying them, until it is washed or otherwise taken off, even if it should be ten years, no matter how often bugs may be brought into the house.
To prepare it, the egg and quicksilver should be put into a flat dish like a saucer; and a stick made flat and thin like a knife to beat it. While beating, the dish should stand where it will be kept about milk warm, as it will take about three hours to mix it cold, and about one hour if kept warm.
Caution: Children should not be allowed to touch it; but when dry, it will not easily rub off.
If any will try this remedy, and apply it this fall, I will warrant them no bugs next summer.
Obituary Notices.
By J. T. MITCHELL; L. W. HASTINGS; C. H. ROGERS
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
DIED, at his residence, near Mechanicsville, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1867, George W. Mitchell, aged 55 years, 4 months, and 25 days. Bro. Mitchell embraced the Advent doctrine in 1843, and the Sabbath in 1852. The second coming of Christ and the glorious resurrection were consoling themes to him, especially in affliction. He was a kind husband and conscientiously tried to train up his children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Though his affliction was long and severe, he bore it with Christian fortitude. A short time before he died, while suffering severe pain, he told a friend that though his suffering was severe, there was nothing like it to cut one loose from this vain world, and God sent it in mercy. He also told the brethren and sisters that his hope of eternal life was worth more than worlds upon worlds like this. He believed he would sleep in the grave but a short time before the Life-giver will come and call him forth to enjoy the glorious immortal state. There being no preacher to be had, of like faith, a few remarks were made by the writer.
J. T. MITCHELL.
DIED, in Rindge, N. H., Oct. 4, 1867, of cancer tumor on the liver, Thomas Gardner, aged 63 years and 10 months. He died in hope of the resurrection.
L. W. HASTINGS.
DIED, in the town of New Lisbon, Juneau Co. Wis., of bloody dysentery, Clinton Ulysses, youngest son of Benj. and Henriette Carter, aged two years, six months, and twenty-six days. Bro. and sister Carter feel that a strong yet tender cord has been broken which bound them to this weary world; but they mourn not as those who have no hope.
Words of comfort were spoken on the occasion by Bro. J. R. Goodenough, from 1 Thess. iv, 18.
C. H. ROGERS.
The Mississippi River.
THE “Father of Waters” is not only the greatest and grandest, but also the most peculiar of rivers; and his ways, though not past finding out, are certainly very queer and singular and mysterious. It was only the other day that either he or one of his tributaries, having no respect for State lines, suddenly indulged in an extensive crevasse, and transferred one of the most enterprising towns of Iowa to the State of Wisconsin. Along the upper Mississippi the soil consists of sand deposits, without cohesiveness, “and is cut,” says Richardson, in his admirable book Beyond the Mississippi, “by the water like sawdust. The shifting channel sometimes moves forty or fifty yards in a single week.” “Its water will deposit a sediment an eighth of an inch thick upon the bottom of a tumbler in five minutes.” “Navigating the Missouri, (or upper Mississippi) at low water, is like putting a steamer upon dry land and sending a boy ahead with a sprinkling pot.” This is on the upper Mississippi; more than thirty thousand miles of large rivers are collected to form the volume of the Mississippi; and this mighty current below the mouth of the Ohio is less in width, but increased in depth and volume, and rushes with a greater velocity than above that point, thus naturally producing another character of country. And in this is displayed one of its greatest peculiarities. One would imagine that it would require a mountainous country to confine this volume of water to proper limits, while the fact is that the Southern country through which it passes is almost entirely level. Sir Charles Lyell records that an old Mississippi pilot pointed out to him an island in the Delta of the Mississippi which he described as “very high land,” and explained, in answer to a second query, that by high land he meant “3 or 4 feet above the sea.” “In all Louisiana there is not,” says Parton, in his Life of Jackson, “a hill two hundred feet high.” The streets of New Orleans are only 9 feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico, and are actually below that of the levees which confine the river to restricted limits. “The Mississippi,” says Parton in the work from which we have just quoted, “is apparently the most irresolute of rivers; the bed upon which it lies can not long hold it in its soft embrace. Wearing away the concave side of its numberless bends, rushing through new channels, slicing off acres in an hour, leaving lakes where it found forests, holding dissolved in its yellow tide land enough for a plantation, and carrying down in one season more trees than the Black Forest can boast, it reaches at last the Delta—that cess-pool and general emptying-place for half a continent. Arriving there with its deep, narrow volume of waters—two hundred rivers in one—it can no longer contain itself, but breaks into several channels, and passes its way through the black ooze of its own depositing, in a manner which looks helpless and sprawling, but which is in reality the shortest and directest way by which that prodigious torrent could find its way to the deep waters of the Gulf. There are so many streams, bayous, lagoons, and branches of the great river in the Delta, that it looks on the map like a damaged spider’s web, with New Orleans in the midst thereof representing the spider.”
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
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The Youth’s Instructor
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, 25 cts. per year in advance.
The Health Reformer.
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.
The Sabbath Question
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 the313Christian 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 Second Advent.
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.
Packages of Tracts.
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.
Our Book List.
—THOUGHTS ON THE REVELATION, a volume of 328 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. 342. Cloth, 80c., 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, 50c., 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. 300. 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, 50c., 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, 70c., 10 oz.
—APPEAL TO THE YOUTH: The Sickness and Death of J. R. White, with his Mother’s Letters. Excellent instructions for both youth and parents. Cloth, 40c., 8 oz. Paper, 20c., 2 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.
—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., 5 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, its meaning 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. 5c., 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, 4c., 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 DØD: “Life and Death;” a work in Danish, on the Nature of Man, the Saints’ Inheritance, and the Destiny of the Wicked. 200 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. 5c., 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.
—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.
Three-Cent Tracts.
—THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, popular objections to the 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.
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Address.
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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.
The Roman Question.
The French troops have ere this taken possession of the Papal States, and the Garibaldian revolution may be considered as at an end for the present. But the French protectorate can only be temporary. The Papal throne cannot be upheld except by external aid, and may therefore be regarded as virtually at an end. French protection cannot be continued; a throne dependent upon it has but a frail existence, and must fall. Italy may be overpowered by France, but the very fact that it is so only renders the Papal government more obnoxious to the populace. The Papal government presents the anomalous condition of having no effective Roman or Italian support. Its military force is chiefly foreign, either mercenaries or volunteers, who do not even speak Italian. The presence of such a soldiery is of itself enough to create popular discontent. The Pope dare not entrust his person to the protection of his subjects, or of his countrymen, and persists in attempting to rule and govern the only spot of earth where he is in danger of assassination. Outside of his own States he would need no military force to protect his person; within his own State he is threatened with assassination in every form. In Rome he does not celebrate the mysteries of the altar without precautions against poison in the chalice; outside of Rome, or divested of his temporal power, he would be as safe as the humblest of his clergy.
The French government, in explanation of the recent intervention, declares it is merely provisional until such time as there can be a convention of the Great Powers to make a definite settlement of the Roman question. Who are the Great Powers that are to decide upon the overthrow or permanency of the Papal government? Are Prussia, England and Russia to be included? Is the Sultan to have a voice? Is it to be a conference exclusively of Catholic sovereigns—Italy, Spain, Austria, France and Portugal? These may resolve that the Pope abandon his government, and surrender it to Italy, in which case the world will accept it; but if they decide that the Pope is to remain temporal Prince of the States of the Church, what guarantee can they give that their judgment will be respected? The Italian government cannot expect to live after becoming a party to such a compact, and any attempt by the others to coerce Italy may cause a war that neither Austria, Spain or Portugal is in any condition to engage in. In fact, the tenure by which the Pope retains his power is frail, but hardly more so than that of France, Austria or Spain. The death of Napoleon will see a new and an anti-Papal dynasty in France. Spain has hardly strength enough to suppress rebellion and discord at home, and a revolution in France will be the signal for another in Spain that will expel the Bourbon Queen. Austria has work enough for the present generation in consolidating its diverse peoples and in liberalizing its own constitution. The separation of Church and State is now the all-engrossing work of reform in Austria, and a war to force the union of Church and State upon the Italians will hardly be popular.
A conference, such as proposed, can only end in demanding the abdication of the Pope, or in an invitation to a general war, in which the spirit of revolution will exercise a commanding power.—Chicago Tribune.