We have never seen a more truthful remark upon "the book of all books" than the following: "The Bible," says Rome, "is dangerous." But dangerous for whom? It is dangerous for infidelity, which it confounds; dangerous for sins, which it curses; dangerous for Satan, whom it dethrones; dangerous to false religions, which it unmasks; dangerous to every church which dares to conceal it from the people, and whose criminal impostures or fatal illusions it brings to light.
"SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES."
Glance not with careless eye
The sacred pages o'er;
Nor lightly lay the volume by,
To think of it no more.
Ungrateful!—pause and think,
Nor madly throw aside
The passport to eternal life—
The sure and only guide.
Be not content to hear
What others say; but go,
Like the Bereans, daily search
"Whether these things are so."
Search deeply, prayerfully;
There is no promise given
To those who will not strive t'obtain
Admission into Heaven.
Sure 'tis our highest end
Eternal life to gain:
"Search," then, "the Scriptures;" they alone
The words of life contain.
They point our wandering feet
To Christ, the living way!
O read, believe, repent, obey—
Thus reign in endless day.
Obituary Notices.
Died in Mackford, Wis., of consumption, Sept. 13, 1864, sister Ann Marette Rathbun, in the 29th year of her age. She had been a sufferer for years, but had learned to bear patiently the will of her heavenly Father. For some weeks before she died, her sufferings were intense, yet she died as she had lived, a humble, devoted, patient Christian, and calmly sunk away in the arms of Jesus, and resigned her breath to him who gave it. Her friends sorrow not without hope. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. Text Rev. xiv, 13. T. M. STEWARD.
LINES written by request, on the death of our departed sister, Ann M. Rathbun.
Gone from earth! a cherished sister;
Death has laid a loved one low,
One who shared our joys and sorrows
In this lonely world of woe.
But she fell, as falls the conqueror,
Clad in armor, tried and true,
Bright her eye, with holy triumph,
Victory sure, and full in view.
Though we shed the tear of anguish,
As they bear her form away,
Slowly to the silent church-yard
There to join its fellow clay :
Though as thus alone we leave her,
Grief and pain our bosoms swell,
Yet it was the will of Heaven,
And we feel that "it is well."
"It is well," our Heavenly Father
Took her while her heart was pure,
"It is well," he did not leave her
Coming trials to endure.
"It is well," her feet no longer
Tread life's rough and thorny track ;
And although we miss her sadly,
Yet we would not call her back.
Faith looks forward to the dawning
Of redemption's day, as near,
"Beautiful, will be her waking,"
When the Saviour shall appear.
Then she'll rise o'er death triumphant,
Joyful leave her house of clay ;
Oh! the bliss of that glad moment,
All life's sorrows will outweigh !
L. M. GATES.
J. H. WAGGONER
By J. H. Waggoner
Our little Ellsworth F. died on the 11th Sept. inst., of diptheria, aged nearly 4 years. When I came home from the tent, I found him very sick, and soon became assured it was the Lord's will that he should rest through the time of trouble. Bro. U. Smith attended the funeral, and presented the precious promises and tender compassion of the Saviour.
J. H. WAGGONER
Death of Cecelia Shireman
DIED in West Union, Iowa, on the 14th of August 1864, Cecelia, daughter of Daniel T., and Amelia Shireman, aged eight months and one day. We feel to trust in the Lord, and say with the poet,
> "By thy hands the boon was given,
> Thou hast taken but thine own;
> Lord of earth, and God of Heaven,
> Evermore thy will be done."
D. T., and AMELIA SHIREMAN.
STEPHEN PIERCE
By Stephen Pierce
DIED in Northfield, Vt., the 28th of May 1864, Charlie L., son of Willard P., and Marion S. Dunsmore, aged about two and a half years.
STEPHEN PIERCE
C. N. & E. R. PIKE
DIED in Jamaica, Vt., July 25, 1864, our dear boy Eugene, N. Pike, aged one year and six months. We deeply feel the loss of our only child, yet we sorrow not as those who have no hope.
C. N. & E. R. PIKE
E. S. W
By E. S. W.
Fell asleep in Jesus, at Glasgow, Iowa, August 2, 1864, after a short illness, Bro. Fredrick Harpster.
Bro. Harpster embraced the truth when the tent was at Knoxville, Iowa, in the fall of 1859, and has since lived an exemplary life, much beloved by his brethren and by all who knew him. May the Lord bless this dispensation of his providence to the good of his companion and friends.
E. S. W
The Price of Excellence.
By A. R. C.
Goodness is a commodity for which the possessor must pay more than the market value. Whoever attempts to lift the public sentiment above its wonted level, must expect that his efforts of self-sacrifice will be set to his debit, not to his credit. The higher qualities of character are obtained by a cost proportionate. Socrates possessed a sincerity which might be called divine. He also drank the hemlock. Kepler traced the divine footsteps on the scroll of heaven, until touched with inspiration, he exclaimed, "Almighty God, I think thy thoughts after thee." He entered his house and heard his children cry for bread. A Spanish General said of Toussaint, "He was the purest soul God ever put into a body." The price he paid for that purity, was to fall into the treacherous hands of Napoleon, and the man who "never broke his word" starved in a damp prison. Foxes had their hiding-places, and birds of the air their quiet nests, but the world's Redeemer had no resting-place. So it will ever be. If you are a minister possessed of the higher qualities of a good conscience, expect to suffer for it. If you are a lawyer, pure from all subtle devices, expect to lose your caste. For men will wear the Nessus' shirt because of its gold lace, though it grow fast to the living flesh. If you are a woman, devoting your most earnest labor to enrich the heart rather than the body, expect a life unblest in the companionship of spirit; it is your fate, but it is your laurel; wear it. He who makes the one aim of life that of usefulness, must clothe the faith of his heart in a coat of mail. But the higher qualities of genius are disturbed by none of these things. Kepler did not murmur that his children lacked bread. He broke for them the bread other men could not break. The hard earth did not hurt the bare feet of Socrates. If you must keep the fourth commandment alone, warring with neighbors, wife, and children, keep it. The seal of heaven is never set in wax. Goodness is immortal. An unmarked grave, holding the debris of innocence, may be the rich soil which is growing patience, hope, love, in the heart of a mother.—A. R. C.—in Sabbath Recorder.
The World at War.
THE whole world seems to be in a state of convulsion. Germany and Denmark are still in arms—England looks on uneasily, France is kept quiet only at the point of the bayonet. Poland is always under the Russian heel. Italy, Austria, and Spain, watch the progress of events vigilantly. Russia is rapidly constructing an iron-clad navy. The Swedish navy is already on a war-footing, and one squadron has gone to sea. All the great Powers of Europe mistrust each other's intentions; and it would seem that only a slight provocation was needed to precipitate the whole eastern Continent into war.
It is the same on the other side of the Atlantic. Besides our own great struggle for national life, Mexico is torn by intestine troubles, Chili and Peru are at loggerheads, and the South American States generally are in a chronic state of uproar and confusion. The whole world seems tending to war most rapidly.
The Punishments of Vice and Folly
Every vice and folly has a train of secret and necessary punishment. If we are lazy, we must expect to be poor; if intemperate, to be diseased; if luxurious, to die prematurely.
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Keith's Signs of the Times
By Editor
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The Day Star of Zion Movement
By Editor
Number 2 of the "Day Star of Zion," is received from which it appears that the "Stone cut out of the mountain without hands" in Celesta, Pa., is beginning to roll, preparatory to filling the whole earth. In other words a number of families have joined the community that is being formed in that place, others are on the way, and others still are preparing to go there. Among the writers who appear in the paper, speaking favorably of the movement, we notice a name or two, of individuals who have for some time been subscribers for, and to some extent contributors to, the Review. But if they have not become sufficiently settled and grounded in the truth yet, so as not to be shaken by any movement that is so evidently chimerical as this is, if they are so unstable as to be the creatures of novelty and excitement, here is a chance for them; perhaps they had better try it awhile at Celesta. If the experience does not ruin them, it will do them good.