THE manner in which the message of the gospel should be communicated is apparent, if we consider the nature of the message and the persons to whom it is addressed. Here is a company of human beings about to enter an eternity in which there can be no change. This short and uncertain life is their only period of probation. The decree must soon go forth, “He that is holy, let him be holy still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still.” All are sinners against God, and deserving his condemnation. In infinite love, he has provided, through the atonement of his Son, a way of pardon and reconciliation, the benefits of which he offers freely to all who will repent and believe. He has sent this man to make known this good news to this people, and to plead with them to accept of it. If they reject it, they sink under the condemnation of the law which they have broken; if they accept it, they rise to glory and everlasting life. Most of this audience are unreconciled to God, liable at every moment to plunge into a lost eternity. Others profess to have embraced the message of salvation; but they are liable to self-deception, and, in a world abounding in temptations, may be seduced into apostasy. Such is the message, and such the condition of the people, whom a minister addresses every time he rises in the pulpit. Was not the question of the apostle appropriate, “Who is sufficient for these things?”
But it is to be observed that this audience is of a very miscellaneous character. They are of every age, from the child in the Sabbath-school to its venerable grandparent. There are assembled men and women of every variety of cultivation. A small portion of the audience may be persons of educated and disciplined minds; the greater part belong to the middle walks of life; some are poor; many are young persons, just entering upon the realities of the world, or, if more advanced, are men of active business, of strong common sense, though destitute of the advantages of literary culture. Great as may be these differences, in one respect they are all on a level. All are tending to the same judgment-seat, and all must hear the announcement, “Come, ye blessed of my Father,” or, “Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting fire;” and their final condition depends upon the reception which they give to the message of salvation.
Such being the audience, and such the occasion of his address, it is obvious that the first requisite in the manner of the minister’s communication is, that he be thoroughly understood by every one of his hearers who is of sufficient capacity to comprehend his message.
1. His words must be such as all his audience, of ordinary capacity, can understand. The message of salvation was first communicated to men, by the Son of God, in such language that the common people heard him gladly. The gospel may be understood by little children, else what is the use of Sabbath-schools? Janeway’s “Token for Children” relates many cases of conversion in quite young persons. The daughter of President Edwards gave unequivocal evidences of piety, I think, at the age of four years. In a very interesting revival with which I was acquainted, one of the most interesting converts was an intelligent young person, of eight years of age, who has lately finished her course with joy. We all believe that Sabbath-school teachers should labor for the immediate conversion of their pupils; but this, of course, supposes it possible that they can make themselves understood. It may be said that these teachers are young persons and imperfectly educated, and it cannot be expected that learned men can render their weighty thoughts comprehensible to children and ignorant men and women. Then, I say, if the effect of learning is to keep men from being understood by the common people, the less we have of it the better. The use of learning is to make these truths perfectly plain; and he who renders it the means of making them obscure, deserves to be esteemed a smatterer and a sham. We may be pretty sure that his learning is little, and his common sense less.
Whatever may be said to the contrary, I can hardly conceive that a minister can use the language of the Scriptures in the pulpit too freely, provided he use it appropriately and reverently. Let a man read the sermons of Leighton, and Baxter, or Jay, or Payson, if he would learn how greatly familiarity with the language of the Scriptures adds to the power of him who addresses his fellow-men on the subject of their salvation.
I remember, nevertheless, that John Foster, a very high authority, attributes the aversion of men of taste to revealed religion, in part, at least, to the irreverent, and frequently ludicrous manner, in which the Scriptures are quoted in the pulpit. There may be, no doubt, a foundation for the censure of the great essayist; though it must be a very slight one, for the preachers whom he condemns, and the persons whom he supposes to be injured by them, do not often come in contact. Be this, however, as it may, the effect of the essay has been, I think, upon the whole, decidedly mischievous. It has led many preachers to suppose that it was out of taste, or indicative of a want of education, or, in fact, decidedly rustic, to quote frequently from the Scriptures. It has led to the belief that the language of the pulpit must have nothing to distinguish it from that of any secular composition, and that a popular article in a review may well serve as a model for the style of a sermon. Hence the style of the pulpit is becoming secular; and frequently, after the reading of the text, you will not hear a scriptural expression until the final amen, which has not yet been dispensed with. The same paper has not very unfrequently been put to triple duty. It first appears as a sermon, then as a platform address, or as a lecture before some literary society, and then as an article for some popular magazine, to which it may easily be adapted by cutting off the text and omitting a few sentences of the closing paragraph.—Dr. Wayland.
Are You a Worker?
By R. F. Andrews
WHAT are you doing for the cause of God financially? You say you believe the truth, and that those who are proclaiming “the commandments of God and faith of Jesus” are giving the last merciful warning that this world will ever hear.
Well, do your works correspond with your faith? Faith alone will not save. “The devils believe and tremble.” It is no profit to say to the hungry and naked, “Be ye warmed and filled,” and withhold from them “those things which are needful to the body.” “Faith without works is dead.” But you say, I have works, I keep the Sabbath, pray in my family (when other matters do not crowd too hard), and attend meeting when it is practicable, are not these good works? Yes, all these should be attended to even if things “crowd” ever so hard, and many other things besides. But I have a few direct questions that I wish you to answer. Since you have been enlightened by the glorious truths of the third angel’s message, how much of your means has been paid in to carry on this blessed work? Do you make it a sacred duty you owe to God to lay by a portion of your gains upon the first day of every week for the sustenance of the cause of God? 1 Cor. 16:2. As the cause of God has grown, and its borders have been extended, when calls for means have been made, have you promptly, cheerfully, and liberally, responded? To be particular, have you paid anything to the S. D. A. Publishing Association? How much have you in the Health Institute, in the California Mission, Swiss Mission, Book and Tract Fund, Danish Monthly, and last, though not least, how much have you pledged or paid toward our denominational school? Now you will have to acknowledge that all these are important agencies in carrying out the present truth. Now, if you have been working in harmony with those agencies by your life, sympathies, prayers, and means, you doubtless have been in the path of duty. But if you have been grumbling along, murmuring at this, and finding fault with that, and being displeased and dissatisfied with the other, holding a tight string around your purse, and feeling really provoked because others give liberally, I want you to stop for a moment and just look at the ground you are occupying. You are worse than a “dead weight.” You are a real hindrance to the work, and an outright enemy to the cause, though you may not realize it.
Now, my brother (or sister), I want to ask you a plain question. I want you to candidly reflect upon it, and, in the fear of God, answer it, in that way that you will not be ashamed in the Judgment. Suppose that every professed Seventh-day Adventist should take exactly the same course that you do in sustaining the cause of God, how would it stand? Now, if you are right, every one would be right in doing just as you do. Just think of it. No Publishing Association, Health Institute, Swiss Mission, California Mission, nor anything else; no effort made to get the truth before the public; all that there would be of Seventh-day Adventism, and the “third angel’s message,” would be a set of murmuring, grumbling, complaining, unhappy, and STINGY observers of the seventh day. Can’t you see the ground you occupy? Oh! make a desperate effort to break the fetters that Satan would bind you with. Come, forsake the company of “Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,” and press into the ranks among the workers, with heart, soul, and pocket-book.
R. F. ANDREWS.
Pontiac, Ill., Sept. 15, 1873.
Moral Strength.
Perhaps there is no virtue which to-day is at so great a discount as moral strength. But who can say but what it is that very virtue, which, among the young of our age, should be at the highest premium. Without it, what can they do? With it, though much else fall short, what is impossible? And yet this very strength is appreciated and almost revered by all lookers on. Only know for yourself, that another possesses it, and how much more highly is he esteemed. Why is it, then, that it is possessed by so few, if so highly esteemed by so many? Why does not every person for himself try to increase it, and perfect himself in it? When once there is a strong determination to do right, when once we feel and know, and put that feeling and knowledge into one determined effort to be firm and true to our own better nature, trusting and relying on him for strength from above, how much more easy to say no to every sinful thought, and every wrong doing; and how much better satisfied with our actions, and with ourselves we shall be.
God has not placed us here for naught. We each have a work, and a purpose, and exert an influence, and we are accountable to him for the manner in which we do that work, and the extent and kind of the influence which we exert. Some, we are well aware, do not by nature possess the strong will and firm principles which others do. With them, we must be gentle, yet firm, bold and true, trying to show that when leaning on Christ’s arm, at the same time doing all that we can, then all are safe. He will not let any fall. Some have the erroneous idea that when we lay our burdens on the Lord, we can lay all the work he has given us to do, there also; and that he will do the whole for us. The Bible way is, we think, that we are not to be slothful, that we must work while the day lasts, doing all cheerfully, asking for all needful help from the Source which never fails, and then, when the night comes, laying all our burdens, and all of the results, on Him who doeth all things well, sweetly rest in hope. He will never do our work, but will always help and direct.
Obituary Notices.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
DIED, in Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 19, 1873, Willie J., infant son of Asahel C. and Susannah R. Smith. With submission these dear parents bow to the afflictive dispensation, and lay their sweet babe away to rest till the Life-giver shall come. Remarks at the funeral from the words, “We do all fade as a leaf.” A. S. HUTCHINS.
DIED, in Morrisville, Vt., Aug. 30, 1873, of typhoid fever, Bro. Lyman W. Kenny, aged twenty-five years. Bro. Kenny embraced the truth about two years ago, and leaves a good record of Christian character. A wife and one child mourn their loss. Discourse by the writer from Job 33:14. ALBERT STONE.
DIED, in Campton, N. H., Aug. 27, 1873, Mrs. Ruth Morrill, aged seventy-three years. She was one of twelve persons who organized the Baptist church in that town, and remained a worthy member of the same until last winter. She heard the lectures given there on the truths for this age, became interested at once, and began to read our works, and read the Bible with renewed interest; became fully satisfied that the messages of Rev. 14: 6-12, belonged to the last age of the church, and were to prepare her to meet the Saviour. She commenced to keep the Bible Sabbath, embracing also all the truths of this three-fold message, and died with confidence increasing. The last six months of her life, with all their trials, were the most joyful in the Lord. P. C. RODMAN.
Love and Gratitude Preserve Our Comforts
We are more likely to lose our comforts from want of love and gratitude, than we are from want of gifts and wisdom.
A Fine Sermon “Smashed.”
The following actual incident was related by Bro. Shaw in one of his discourses in this city, as illustrative of the modern practice of spiritualizing texts of Scripture, and giving them a meaning foreign to that intended by the inspired writer.
A young preacher—a graduate of one of the theological schools of the country—preached a very nice discourse from the following words: “Then, fearing lest they should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.” Acts 27: 29.
Said the young preacher, “The ship represents the church. The four anchors are Faith, Hope, Love, and Prayer. Christians are the crew. The sea represents the great ocean of life. The storm that prevailed is the trials to which we are incident here, and the island of Melita, where ‘they all escaped safe to land,’ means Heaven.” The preacher dwelt with becoming fervency on the importance of casting out the anchors—faith, hope, love, and prayer, the necessity of abiding in the ship in order to be saved, and the consolation to be found in the fact that not a hair of their heads should be hurt, but that they (the members of the church) should all reach the shore in safety. The preacher concluded by asking one of our aged preachers, whom he had invited into the pulpit out of respect to his gray hairs, to close the meeting with a few remarks. The old brother arose, and, placing his hands on the young theologian’s head as if giving him a phrenological examination, proceeded in his plain, uneducated style substantially as follows:—
“My young brother, you’ve preached us a mighty purty discourse to-day, but I’m afeared you’ve made some awful big mistakes. You said that the ship meant the church. If that’s so, we haven’t got no church, now, for the ship was all smashed to pieces and destroyed. You also said that the four anchors were faith, hope, love, and prayer. If that’s so, we hain’t got any faith, hope, love, and prayer in the church, as they have been cast out. And you said that Christians are the crew. If that’s so, they are a mighty blood-thirsty set, for they wanted to kill Paul. You told us also that the island of Melita meant Heaven. Well, if that’s true, Heaven must be a mighty snakey place, as one bit Paul as soon as he landed.”
It is stated, as a historical fact, that the young preacher was never known to preach that “purty” discourse again, in all that region of country.—The Christian, Quincy, Ill.
Children's Claims to Kindness and Attention
NOBODY appreciates a little attention so much as a child, and with no one will a little go so far. Children have claims upon us all the more sacred if they are friendless and neglected. They have rights which older people are bound to respect.
“Mine Own Vineyard Have I Not Kept!”
CHRISTIAN sat wistfully watching the sun decline toward the western sea. Heavy clouds floated upward from the horizon, and through the clefts came a glare, lurid and awful. As he gazed, a hushed voice, close at his side, uttered these words: “O Christian! to thee it is made known that yonder sun now bids farewell to thousands!”
Then said Christian, “Let me, I pray thee, make it known to them, that the blood of souls be not upon me.”
And the voice replied, “Hast thou not surely known that every sunset is the last to myriads?”
Then said Christian, meekly, “It is the truth; nevertheless, let now thy servant warn them that they be doomed, that they may flee for refuge, and blood be not upon me.” And he wept sore! Then he looked up, and behold the sun had set.
Then he hastened to go unto those who should never see the morrow. But he found no sign whereby he might know them. In the lazar-house, the sick said, “Comest thou to hasten our end? Are not our woes enough?” Then passed he to the house of vanity, and they said, “Behold this dreamer cometh,” and they mocked him. So he came into the streets and lanes of the city, and cried with a loud voice, and warned men to flee from the wrath to come. And men pitied him, and passed by on the other side.
Then the day dawned again, and the sun rose high in the heavens, and he went into his own home. As he drew nigh, one met him weeping, and saying, “Alas, master! we have sought thee in vain. Thy son, even thine own son, sleepeth.” And he hastened and ran into the house, and behold they said unto him, “Thy son sleepeth.” And Christian smote upon his breast, saying, “I have sinned in that I have forsaken them of mine own house to seek after others, and God hath visited me with sore affliction. They made me a keeper of vineyards, but mine own have I not kept.”—Sel.
Reaching the Heart
A teacher, now in the First Presbyterian church in Elmira, says the Sunday School Times, had, years ago, the following interesting experience:—
A child came into her class for a Sabbath, whose father was a well-known infidel. He had carefully kept her from all religious reading and instruction, but had at length yielded to her request to go for once to the Sunday-school. The teacher resolved to make the most of the opportunity, and, laying aside the usual lesson, went over the life of Jesus. The child listened more eagerly than to a romance, and when, at the close, the teacher asked if people ought not to love such a Saviour as that, the little pupil answered, “Yes; they would if they knew it; and why don’t you tell everybody of it?”
Full of the narrative, which, from the moment of hearing it, seemed to have won her to an implicit faith, she went home to tell her father and friends of what she had heard. No audience could resist such a preacher. The father no longer objected to her attendance at Sunday-school, but when necessary, carried her in his arms to religious services. Jesus was to her the nearest and dearest of friends, to whom she went with every interest and anxiety, as if he was a dweller in the house, as once he was at Bethany. She and her mother are now members of the church.
Failure Is Part of Every Success
THE man who never failed is a myth. Such a one never lived, and is never likely to. All success is a series of efforts, in which, when closely viewed, are seen more or less failures. The mountain is apt to overshadow the hill, but the hill is a reality nevertheless. If you fail now and then, don't be discouraged. Bear in mind it is only the part and experience of every successful man.
Martinsville Meeting
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 269 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago, are invited to attend.
Martinsville Meeting.
WE are very desirous of seeing many of our friends in the cause present at this meeting. Let all that come, either by rail or private conveyance, be mindful to bring a good supply of wearing apparel and bed-clothing. Bring sheeting tents, or put up board tents on the ground. But come, whether you can furnish tents or not; be on time; come on Wednesday, and stay till the close of the meeting. Remember this effort is put forth for Southern Illinois; and we hope you all will earnestly endeavor to avail yourselves of this spiritual favor. Teams at the depot on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 1, 2. G. W. COLCORD.
THE monthly meeting of the Jackson church will be held at Jackson the first Sabbath, the fourth day, in October. E. P. GILES.
MEETING at Holly, Mich., October 4 and 5. It is hoped that all belonging to the Holly church will be present, and as many as possible from the sister churches. Will the Conference Committee send us a minister? As I am going to remove from Holly I wish to resign my office as elder, and have another ordained in my stead if possible. As I shall not see the brethren and sisters again for a long time, if I ever do, I shall be pleased to see them all at this meeting. W. W. LOCKWOOD.
THE next quarterly meeting of the Greenbush church will be held at the house of David Sevy, Sept. 27, 28. Bro. Stoddard is expected; sister churches are invited. Come, brethren and sisters, one and all, praying that good may be done to all. O. B. SEVY, Church Clerk.
THE time for the next monthly meeting for the Little Prairie, Oakland, Johnstown, and Raymond, churches will be Oct. 4, 5, next. It is requested that all of the members of the Little Prairie church be present or report to the Clerk. P. O. address of the Clerk is Hebron, Jefferson Co., Wis. HIRAM HUNTER, Clerk.
THE next monthly meeting for Jefferson Co., N. Y., will be held at Adams Center, the first Sabbath and first-day in October, 1873. SAMUEL N. WALSWORTH.
Answer to Correspondents.
THE American Bible Union give us the eighth verse of the fifth chapter of second Corinthians in these words: “We are confident and are well pleased rather to leave our home in the body and to be at home with the Lord.” Does the original warrant this change of language? Is the new translation better? J. C. N.
ANSWER.—The change is allowable, and perhaps barely that; but we cannot see that it makes any difference in the sense of the passage. In regard to the language, Bloomfield favors the construction given by the Bible Union, and so also the translation of Wakefield, and a French version. But neither Henry, Clarke, nor Olshausen recommend any change, while the Diaglott, Syriac, Douay, French of Martin, and the German, and Macknight, Whiting, Sawyer, and Tyndale, give the same as the common version. Greenfield and Robinson also favor the Authorized Version. J. H. W.
Last Sabbath Meeting.
WE think the influence of the late good camp-meeting is not lost to the church of Battle Creek. Last Sabbath was a day of encouragement; the meetings were good; in the afternoon, sixty-seven testimonies were given inside of sixty minutes. A spirit of heart searching was present, and we trust minds are looking in the right direction for light and liberty in the Lord.
Our School.
By Editor
We are happy to say that the school has opened far more favorably than was anticipated. For want of suitable room, no general invitation was given for students from abroad, and it was a matter of question whether much would be done this term. But classes are now in progress in the common branches, and in German, French, Latin, and Greek, and these are led by well qualified teachers. A thoroughly competent teacher of Hebrew is among the teachers, so that a class will be formed in that whenever it may be required. When the new building is completed, we look for a very successful school. Bro. Brownsberger, the principal, is an earnest educator, whose heart is in the work as it is being established here.
S. D. B. General Conference.
THE last Sabbath Recorder gives a partial report of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Baptists. Eld. Burdick, Delegate to our last General Conference, gives a very interesting report of his visit here, and of the work of our Publishing Association. When we receive the report in full, we shall give at least a synopsis of it.
Financial Troubles.
The celebrated Banking House of Jay Cooke & Co. has failed. This was one of the largest firms in the country, and supposed to be the most secure. It had a branch office in London under the charge of Mr. M'Culloch, late Secretary of the Treasury. At last reports eighteen heavy Houses had gone down with it.
Note—Michigan Conference Report.
By I. D. Van Horn
THERE are two additional items of business done by the Michigan Conference in its first session that do not appear in the report as published in last Review. 1. The church at Mount Morris, Genesee Co., was admitted, by vote, into the Conference. 2. According to the action of the General Conference, Eld. J. N. Loughborough was, by vote, transferred from this Conference to the California Conference. I. D. Van Horn.
Note to the Brethren in Southern Missouri and Kansas.
By J. G. Wood
You are aware that one year ago last June, at our State Conference, pledges were taken to raise means for the purchase of a tent for the south-west. I was one of the three that gave my word to see that the money should be raised; on the strength of this, our General Conference Committee purchased the tent for us. Some have been prompt in paying their pledges, and the money has been forwarded to the Office; but we are about sixty or seventy dollars behind, and it is time this matter should be settled. You see also by the REVIEW that they are in need of money at the Office. We hope therefore that you who have not paid your vows will make an effort to do so as soon as possible.
You can send it to H C. Blanchard, Avilla, Jasper Co., Mo., or to the REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich., stating plainly what it is for.
J. G. Wood.
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D. T. BOURDEAU
The National Convention of Spiritualists in Chicago.
This Convention was held last week, and was largely attended. We procured the Chicago Times, which gives the fullest report of proceedings, intending to give extracts from it if anything new in their working was developed. But we find but one feature worthy of special remark, which is the increasing boldness of the advocates of free lust. The speeches are unfit for publication. One speaker announced that she was free from the slavery of marriage, and the child born since her separation from her husband is perfect! This will give an idea of the Status of Spiritualism at present, and justifies the heading of the Times’ report one day as follows:—
“Evil Spirits—They move a Gang of Shameless Men and Women to come to Chicago—Another day among the Free Lovers at Grow’s Hall—An exciting debate upon the adoption of an obscene Platform—The Woodhull System formally accepted by the Convention of Spiritualists.”
Mrs. Woodhull was re-elected president by a very large majority. In the resolutions adopted, and in every respect, the triumph of the Woodhullists was complete.
Waukon and West Union Quarterly Meeting Announcement
By C. A. Washburn
The next quarterly meeting of the Waukon and W. Union churches will be held at Waukon, Sabbath and first-day, Oct. 4, 5. Cannot the friends from Victory, Wis., meet with us? The scattered friends of the cause are especially invited. Come, brethren, praying the Lord to meet with us. We hope Bro. J. H. Morrison will be present. We would hereby request all members of the Waukon church who have moved away and have not yet joined other churches, to report to this church by letter, quarterly, in compliance with a resolution passed by the Iowa State Conference. We must consider a total neglect of this duty on their part a sufficient reason for the church to take action in their cases.
C. A. WASHBURN, Elder.
A General Meeting in Iowa.
By George I. Butler; S. N. Haskell
In harmony with an article in this REVIEW, we hereby appoint a general meeting at Osceola, Iowa, Oct. 9-13, at which the general quarterly meeting for the Iowa Tract and Missionary Society will be held, instead of at Knoxville, the appointment for that place being hereby taken up. We want to have a general rally of all of the friends of the cause who can come to this meeting. See note inside this paper.
GEO. I. BUTLER,
S. N. HASKELL.
THE next quarterly meeting of the Hundred-Mile Grove church of Wis. will be held Oct. 4 and 5. Our neighboring churches are cordially invited.
N. M. JORDON.
Fires.
Chicago has recently had a heavy fire, which, at one time threatened to be very large. Havana, Cuba, has suffered by a very extensive fire. People are getting used to these fires, and have almost ceased to regard them with alarm, or even as calamities! So many, and such extensive fires, were never known as have occurred within the last three years.