p. 48 | Review and Herald, Vol. 6, No. 6. (9/19/1854)

THE SABBATH OF THE LORD.

By Alvares Pierce

IN attacking an old theory it appears as it does in making an attack on a fortified town or castle, it requires a good degree of skill and experience. The siege must be carefully and judiciously planned, and all the avenues should be strictly and diligently guarded: the attacking party should be well entrenched with good and sufficient breast-works, and then with a magazine well stored with ammunition and the siege properly prosecuted, it seldom happens but that the besieged must in time yield to the besiegers, though it may take weeks, and months, and even years, to effect it. So in the subject before us, "Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isa. xxviii, 10.

I commence this article with hesitancy, knowing my weakness, and inability to write any thing that will be edifying to a Christian public, it having been but a short time since I embraced the present truth; yet I can say with our dear brother Wm. Miller, that since then, I have felt that I had a new Bible, as it never read so plain before. "Days should speak and the multitude of years should teach wisdom; but there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Therefore I said hearken unto me, I also will shew mine opinion." Job xxxii, 7, 8, 10.

In treating of the law of the Sabbath we must begin where the Sabbath first began, which carries us back to the first work of time. Gen. ii, 2, 3. "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God had created and made." After God had finished his work he rested on the seventh day. He then blessed and sanctified it; and he here assigns the reason why he blessed and sanctified it; and it was because that on it he had rested from all his work. We hear no more about the seventh day until after the children of Israel left Egypt; though there is no doubt but that the Sabbath was observed by all the holy men of old. But we will pass to the time that the Israelites left Egypt. On that fifteenth day of the second month they came to the wilderness of sin.

Ex. xvii, 22–30. "And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. "And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning." Verse 25. "And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a Sabbath unto the Lord: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day."

Here is plain and positive scripture testimony that the Sabbath had been previously instituted as the Lord speaks of it as a thing that was well known and understood among the people; as he says, "How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws;" and Moses tells them too that "the Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath." We have no other account of any but the one instituted on the first week of time; and although the Israelites might not have had the privilege of keeping holy the day in Egypt, yet in all probability the theory of it was taught and they well understood it; if they had not it would have been inconsistent to have accused them of breaking his commandments and laws.

We will pass to the time when the Israelites encamped in the wilderness of Sinai, which was on the fifteenth day of the third month after leaving Egypt. The Lord here proclaims with an audible voice, the law of the ten commandments; and when he comes to the law of the Sabbath he tells them to remember the Sabbath and speaks of it as a subject well-known, and charges them to remember it, not forget it, but remember it to keep it holy; for it is his Rest-day, his holy Sabbath. Here, too, a definite time is specified: it was the seventh day. And had the Sabbath day been always remembered there would have been no Pagans, no Idolaters, no Heathen: we should have heard nothing of deism or atheism: God would always have been worshiped in the beauty of holiness: times and laws would never have been altered: we never should have had Sunday instituted by "His Holiness Lord God the Pope," for the holy Sabbath of the Lord.

When I think how God’s holy day has been desecrated by the professed followers of the Lamb, and by myself in particular, through the tradition and commandments of men, and Sunday substituted in its place, and at last that I should be brought to hear the truth in my old age, when the lamp of life is about flickering in its socket, I am led to cry out, "Mercy and truth have met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other."

In further treating of this subject we will consider the number seven, and there is no other number so often mentioned in the Bible, as that of seven. The first seventh day brought the holy Sabbath of the Lord; and when Noah had built the ark, to the saving of himself and family, he was commanded to take of clean beasts and of fowls by sevens, while of the unclean only by pairs. See Gen. vii, 2, 3. Verse 4, reads, "For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth." And seven is so often mentioned, not only in the Old Testament, but also in the New, that if it were possible to attach divinity to numbers, I would say that seven was a divine number; but I think our opponents cannot accuse us of sacrilege, if we at least call it a sacred number.

In Deut. xv, we have the law of release, or where the poor were sold, or become bond men. Verse 12 reads: "And if thy brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee." Here the number seven is recognized again. And not only were the inhabitants to keep the seventh day holy, but the land was to have the privilege of resting every seventh year. See Lev. xxv, 1–7. "And the Lord spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai saying, Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed; for it is a year of rest unto the land, and the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that sojourneth with thee, and for thy cattle and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat." Thus they were neither to sow their fields on the seventh year or to reap the fruit of that which grew of itself; and if it should be asked what they should subsist on, we will give the answer that the Lord gave. Verses 20–22. "And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold we shall not sow nor gather in our increase, Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year; and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth year and eat yet of the old fruit until the ninth year until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store."

Here blessing and mercy and goodness are promised as the reward of obedience and these are but temporal blessings in this world, while glory immortality and eternal life await the faithful to the world to come.

But we pass to the time of some of the prophets. Neh. ix, 13, 14, speaks of God's giving the people right judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments, and making known to them his holy Sabbath. In Chap. xiii, Nehemiah speaks of closing the gates on the Sabbath; of the merchants' lodging about the walls on the Sabbath day and bringing wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath. God tells the eunuchs that keep his Sabbaths [Isa. lvi,] that he will give them in his house and within his walls, a name better than of sons and of daughters, even an everlasting name that should not be cut off. Also the strangers that joined themselves to the Lord and kept his Sabbaths from polluting them, their sacrifices and offerings should be accepted upon his altar, and he would bring them to his holy mountain, and make them joyful in the house of prayer. Now all these blessings were promised on a strict obedience to the Sabbath and "the Lord is not slack concerning his promise." 2 Pet. iii, 9.

Isaiah lviii, 13, 14, speaks of the blessings promised to Sabbath-keepers. "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable, and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob, thy father, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." All the honor that one could wish for in this life, is here promised; for he would make them to ride on the high places of the earth and feed them with the heritage of Jacob. Ps. lxi, 5. "For thou O God hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name." Ps. cxix, 111. "Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart." Isa. liv, 17. "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me saith the Lord." We here see that Sabbath-keeping is the corner stone and foundation of every other blessing. No weapon formed against them should prosper, and their righteousness should be of the Lord, and he would feed them with the heritage of Jacob.

From Jer. xvii, 21-27, we may learn the high estimate that the Lord puts on Sabbath-keeping. Speaking of the Sabbath to his ancient people, he says that if they would diligently hearken to the Lord and bear no burden through the gates into the city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, "then shalt there enter into the gates of this city, kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever. And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bring sacrifices of praise unto the house of the Lord. By the two verses quoted above, we see the great joy and rejoicing it produced in the hearts of those who then observed the Sabbath to keep it holy, and blessed be God! it produces the same now. Now see by verse 27, the contrary effect, or the curses that follow the Sabbath-breaker: "But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the Sabbath day and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched." Sabbath-keeping, then, was to decide the fate of Jerusalem. The contrast is truly drawn, that if they would keep the Sabbath of the Lord, the city should remain forever; but if they desecrated the Sabbath, then the city should be burnt with fire that should not be quenched.

The Sabbath was also given to be a sign between God and his people. Eze. xx, 12. "Moreover, also, I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them." Verses 19-21. "I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them, and hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Notwithstanding the children of Israel rebelled against me; they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my Sabbaths: then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness." Eze. xxiii, 38. "Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths." Also Chap. xxii, 8, 26. "Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my Sabbaths." "And have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths and I am profaned among them." Eze. xliv, 24, speaking of the priests, says: "And they shall keep my law and my statutes in all mine assemblies, and they shall hallow my Sabbaths."

In Mal. iii, 7-9, the Lord accuses his people of going away from his ordinances, and not keeping them, one of which was Sabbath-keeping. "Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse; for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation." Thus the people, in profaning and desecrating the holy Sabbath of the Lord, were accused of robbing God, and of being a nation of robbers, and were cursed with a curse for so doing. The same language is used in these days that is found in verse 14; that is, "It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance." In Matt. xii, 8, Christ claims the Sabbath as his day. He says, "For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day."

It is often stated by our opponents that if the law of the Sabbath was perpetuated in the New Testament, Christ would have some where mentioned it; but this is not the case even with the rulers of this world; for when our legislature meets to enact a code of laws, those laws are of force until the meeting of the next legislature, and then if there is any defect in any of those laws, they are called up and altered or repealed. Now is not this the case, in a measure, with the laws of God, or what he gave at Sinai, both the moral, the ten commandments, and the ceremonial, and they were in force until Christ came, and he then tells us by his servant Paul what laws or sections are repealed and taken out of the way: Col. ii, 14. "Blotting out the hand writing of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross." Thus as the law of the Sabbath was not specially acted on, it stands good, according to the rule of all legislation. Only the law of ordinances was done away. Eph. ii, 15. "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace." Here we see what was abolished and taken out of the way, and that it was no part of the law written on the tables of stone.

But may it not be said in these days, as in the day of ancient Israel, "Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my Sabbaths." Eze. xxii, 8. The clergy, also, may be compared to the ancient priests. Verse 26. "Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them." In Matt. xii, we have an account of Christ's healing the man with the withered hand; and the Pharisees asked him if it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him; and he reasons with them to show them their hypocrisy, and that they were placing a false estimate on the Sabbath. Christ tells his followers to "search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me." Now as Christ came to be the captain and leader of his people, if any part of the law was to be done away, he certainly would have informed his disciples of it, and what part it was; but he frequently enjoins it upon them to keep the commandments, and thus he sanctions the law.

Not long since I had conversation with a Presbyterian minister and he stated that he thought he had apostolic example for the first day; but when we turn to Mark vii, 7, we find that Christ taught differently. He says, "In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." He said likewise that it was not so much the day, if we only entered into the spirit of it; but I conceive that this is making void the law. In Matt. xxviii, 1, and Mark xvi, 1, and Luke xxiv, 1, we have an account of certain women who came to the sepulchre to embalm their Lord. Matthew says "In the end of the Sabbath;" Mark says "When the Sabbath was past;" and Luke xxiii, 56 says: "And rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment;" and Chap. xxiv, 1, "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre." John xx, 1. "The first day of the week."

Thus it appears that not only Christ, but also all his disciples rested over the Sabbath according to the commandment; but on the first day of the week they were ready again to commence the avocations of another week.

Christ in giving his disciples instruction respecting their conduct at the destruction of Jerusalem, tells them to pray that their flight be not in the Winter neither on the Sabbath day; and thus looks forward and recognizes the Sabbath thirty-seven years after his death. The writer of the Acts recognizes the Sabbath something like thirty years after the cross. Acts xiii, 14. "And went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down." Verse 22 "And when the Jews were gone out of the Synagogue the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath." Verse 44. "And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God." Acts xvi, 13. "And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a river side where prayer was wont to be made and sat down and spake unto the women that resorted thither." Acts xvii, 2. "And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures."

In all the texts above quoted, the seventh-day Sabbath is recognized, not only by Christ, but by his apostles; and if the Sabbath has been altered, it must have been since the days of the apostles; as they all recognize it. Paul declares [Acts xxviii, 17] that he had "committed nothing against the people or custom of the fathers; yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans." Now this declaration would have been false, had he not been a Sabbath-keeper. In speaking of the commandments they are universally enforced not only in the Old Testament, but also in the New. No less than eighteen times are they mentioned in Psalm cxix. Christ repeatedly enforces them. St. Paul says in 1 Cor. vii, 19. "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God." James speaking of the royal law, says, If we keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, we are guilty of all. 1 John v, 3. "For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not grievous." Rev. xii, 17. "And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev. xiv, 12. "Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." Rev. xxii, 14. "Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city." Verse 18, 19. "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book; and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city; and from the things which are written in this book."

ALVARES PIERCE. Allegany, Potter Co. Pa., Sept. 2d, 1854.

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By Joseph Bates

From Bro. Bates.

DEAR BRO. WHITE:—Since I wrote you last from Arkwright Chautauque Co., N. Y., the way has opened for me to visit some of the destitute parts of the harvest-field further west. The last week I have been laboring in the State of Ohio. At the close of a series of meetings in this place on First-day evening, the Lord was pleased to graciously deepen the work of his last message upon our hearts, by the manifestation of his divine Spirit; which gave edge to his truth, and caused a deep feeling to rest upon the congregation, of the great importance of keeping all the commandments of God, and all the testimony of Jesus Christ, and making speedy preparation "against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war."

Who that reads their Bibles, and watches the signs of the times, will fail to know that the nations are angry. Rev. xi, 18. "And the nations were angry." What is the next event? Ans. "And thy wrath is come." What is that? Ans. Rev. xv, 7, says that it is the seven last plagues. What effect will the seven last plagues have? Ans. Destroy all the wicked. Rev. xvi, and xix, 19-21. What is the next event? Ans. "And the time of the dead, that they should be judged." By whom? Ans. "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?" When? Ans. "When the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also(the twelve apostles when called forth at the resurrection of the just) shall sit

upon twelve thrones, judging, &c. Matt. xix, 28; Rev. xx, 4.

Then the consecutive order of Rev. xi, 18 is, 1. The angry nations. 2. The seven last plagues. 3. The resurrection of the just, and the commencement of the judgment of the wicked dead.

Dear reader, if you are satisfied that the first event is upon us, viz., "And the nations are angry;" and that the second is coming in quick succession, to destroy all that violate the commandments of God; is it not time to flee the wrath to come. Shall we not begin, with earnest supplication as Daniel the prophet did, in his distress and fasting, and cry, "O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;" [Dan. ix, 4;] beseeching him to arouse us from stupor and supineness, and clothe his people with more than mortal energy, to sound with trumpet tone the third angel's message; the last call of mercy; that honest souls may flee from the snares of Satan, and disentangle themselves from the amalgamated mass of religious error, and superstition that is now sweeping over this guilty world. Satan will soon fix his fatal grasp upon the finally impenitent, whose distressing cries will then rise above the roaring of the winds, and raging of the seas, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."

JOSEPH BATES. Oxford, Erie Co., Ohio, Sept. 12th, 1854.

Strength Through Trials and Christ's Suffering

By Emily J. Paine

From Sister Paine.

Dear Brethren and Sisters:—How cheering to the weary, way-worn pilgrim, to read the encouraging epistles of those of like precious faith. Many times has my heart been cheered, encouraged and strengthened in hearing from you through the Review. Though we have some fiery trials to pass through, which seem sometimes too grievous to be borne; yet we have a strong arm to lean upon; a mighty God to trust in, who is acquainted with all our trials and knows best how to deliver us out of them all.

I do not ask for less trials, for I know that it is through trial and suffering that the saints are to be purified and fitted to enter the kingdom. But I do pray for sustaining grace, that I may bear all things patiently and not sin, that they may work out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

While reading in a book, entitled The Sacred Mountains of Mt. Calvary, Christ's agony in the garden, and the sufferings of that lovely, sinless being, as he bore the sins of the whole world, of his love for those who stood weeping around him as he exclaims, "Weep not for me, but for yourselves and your children;" and then in the last and darkest hour when it seemed that the frown of even his Father was upon him; hear that piercing, heart-rending cry, "My God! my God, why hast thou forsaken me," and then to think that all this was endured by the Son of God to redeem us from the curse of a broken law, I felt to exclaim, O that all might see the necessity of keeping all the commandments of God, that they through his death and suffering might be saved.

As I read on in the same book I came to a description of the mount of God, or mount Zion, on which stood this same lovely Lamb, and with him an hundred and forty-four thousand, with his Father's name written in their foreheads, and of that new and lovely song which they sang; my whole soul cried out, I want to be there, I must be there; and by the grace of God I will be there.

From your unworthy sister and companion in tribulation. EMILY J. PAINE.

Barre, N. Y.

Tent Meeting at Stoddard

By Frederick Wheeler; J. Hart

PROVIDENCE permitting we will hold a Tent-Meeting at Stoddard, N. H., on land occupied by Hosea W. Dodge, about one mile north of Stoddard Center, on the road leading to Washington, to commence Sixth-day, Sept. 29th at 5 o'clock P. M. and continue over the Sabbath and First-day.

The above appointment is in a new field where the Advent doctrine has not been preached. We received a letter from a friend, kindly offering to furnish the ground, and provide for preaching Brethren and their horses free. We invite our Brethren who are willing to make the sacrifice, to meet with us, and occupy the small tent, prepared to take care of themselves and unite with us in the work of the Lord.

F. WHEELER. J. HART.

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Alone, Yet Serving the Lord

By James E. Titus

From Bro. Titus.

DEAR BRO. WHITE:—I esteem as a blessing of great moment, the privilege of hearing from the brethren and sisters through the Review; the more, as I am situated at a distance from all who are endeavoring to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Yes, I am here emphatically alone, but I will say, As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv, 15.

It has not been long since I became fully decided with regard to the Sabbath; yet my eye has ever followed with delight the unfolding of Bible truths, since first the guilty world was aroused by the sound of the midnight cry.

The Lord has graciously held me from the follies of this age, and established me firmly in the present truth; and I expect to be one of those of whom the Lord says, [Mal. iii, 17,] "And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels," &c.

I meet but little of the spirit of opposition; and whenever I attempt to present Bible truth, it is met by chilling apathy. The question with most minds is, is the thing popular? as usually no subject is worthy of attention, on which public opinion is not already made to their hands. This is a bad state of things. Far better to meet with genuine opposition—something out of which a spirit of investigation, and desire for the truth, might grow. Indifference with regard to present truth, on the part of the churches, is a powerful weapon in the hands of him whose working is with all power, and signs, and lying wonders. 2 Thess. ii, 9. O that God would send laborers into this part of the field.

Some of the brethren speak of having trials. This is well; for now is our hope of you steadfast: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, [of Christ,] so shall ye be also of the consolation. 2 Cor. i, 7. We cannot always expect to glide along in a perpetual course, between calm and storm; for the troublous times under the administration of the beast with two lamb-like horns, is just upon us. Let us stand fast, knowing that whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." 1 John v, 4. JAS. E. TITUS.

Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 1st, 1854.

FOREIGN NEWS.

THE BALTIC.—France and England have decided to dismantle and abandon the fortifications at Bomarsund and in the Aland Islands. They were so badly damaged and wanted so large a garrison to hold them against the enemy, that it was not considered expedient to retain them. It is said they were offered to Sweden on condition of her declaring against Russia, but Sweden refuses to accept on these terms.

On the 26th ult. Napier and Marshal d'Hilliers, proceeded to Hango, in the sight of the Russians, blew up the fortifications and retreated to Abo, where there are 15,000 men in garrison.

The cholera was very bad at Bomarsund, particularly among the French troops. It is stated from Copenhagen that Gen. Baraguay d'Hilliers had offered the king of Sweden fourteen millions of francs for the first month, and seven millions for the succeeding months, as a subsidy to be paid on his actively joining the western powers. The British Envoy had had several audiences of the king.

THE BLACK SEA.—The expedition to the Crimea was appointed to sail on the 20th August, although some reports stated the 30th. It was composed of 70,000 men, of whom 20,000 were Turks. The cholera was rather less virulent. The damage done by the fire at Varna was estimated at half a million sterling, and the allied troops were put to great straits by the destruction of part of their Commissariat.

Dates from Constantinople to the 17th of August do not confirm the defeat of the Turks at Kars.

On the 22d Omer Pasha, with 25,000 men and 30 guns, entered Bucharest. His reception was enthusiastic.

The cholera continues at Varna. Stormy weather prevailed on the Black Sea. A private dispatch from Varna, dated the 24th ult., says, five ships with troops sailed yesterday, and six to-day. Destination a secret. Opinions gain currency that the first destination of the expedition will be Anapa, and that the fleets will winter there.

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AGENTS.

By Editor

MAINE.	RHODE ISLAND.
N. N. Lunt, Portland.	Ransom Hicks, Providence.
S. W. Flanders, Canaan.	NEW YORK.
Cyprian Stevens, Paris.	J. Byington, Buck's Bridge.
S. Howland, Topsham.	A. Ross, Caughdenoy.
W. T. Hanniford, Orrington.	David Upson, Moreland.
Wm. Bryant, Wilton.	R. F. Cottrell, Mill Grove.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.	John Wager, Orangeport.
J. Stowell, Washington.	L. Carpenter, Oswego.
S. Bunnel, Claremont.	A. H. Robinson, Sandy Creek.
MASSACHUSETTS.	E. A. Poole, Lincklaen.
O. Nichols, Dorchester.	J. A. Loughhead, Elmira.
O. Davis, N. Fairhaven.	John Hamilton, Fredonia.
Wm. Saxby, Springfield.	PENNSYLVANIA.
VERMONT.	M. L. Dean, Ulysses.
R. Loveland, Johnson.	J. H. Heggie, Alleghany.
H. Bingham, Morristown.	MICHIGAN.
S. H. Peck, Wolcott.	Albert Avery, Locke.
Lewis Bean, Hardwick.	Ira Gardner, Vergennes.
Edwin Churchill, Stowe.	David Hewett, Battle Creek.
E. P. Butler, Waterbury.	C. S. Glover, Sylvan.
Josiah Hart, Northfield.	A. B. Pearsall, Grand Rapids.
R. G. Lockwood, Waitsfield.	A. A. Dodge, Jackson.
Jesse Barrows, Irasburg.	Wm. M. Smith, “
Alonzo Lee, Derby Line.	A. C. Morton, Delhi.
E. Everts, Vergennes.	OHIO.
H. Gardner, Panton.	J. B. Sweet, Milan.
S. Willey, Wheelock.	WISCONSIN
CONNECTICUT.	E. S. Sheffield, Koskonong.
E. L. H. Chamberlain, Md’town.	T. R. Sheldon, Rosendale.
A. Belden, Kensington	CANADA EAST.
	B. Hills, Melbourne.

Letters.

S. Howland, J. N. Andrews.

Receipts.

M. Storr, B. O. Sutherland. R Smalley, (for F. F. M.) J. R. Towle, H. M. Ayres, D. Beardsly, E. S. Maltby, Geo. Smith, J. Tillson, C. Wikel, J. Erskine, J. W. Stewart, B. Landon, B. B. Brown, Sr. E. Gibson, J. W. Becker, L. W. Nuttall, M. Dennis, W. H. Hilton, R. J. Waterhouse, H. Clark, A. Woodruff, Andrew Woodruff, A. Tinney, I. S. Chaffee, A. G. Adams, each $1. C. S. Bissell, $0,50.

To pay Arrears on Vol. V. B. B. Brown, $0,75. J. W. Becker. $0,25.—$17,32 still due.

Meetings in Eaton, Dudswell, and Farnham

By C. W. Sperry; E. L. Barr

PROVIDENCE permitting we will meet with the Brn. in Eaton, C. W. Sept. 23d and 24th; Dudswell, Sept. 30th, and continue over First-day; Farnham, Oct 7th, and 8th

C. W. SPERRY. E. L. BARR.

Appointments.

WE would say to friends at Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin, that Providence permitting, we will be at that place, Fourth-day, Sept., 27th, in readiness to commence a series of meetings if desired.

J. M. STEPHENSON, D. P. HALL.

To Correspondents.

By Editor

1. In writing to this Office, let everything of a business nature be put on a part of the sheet by itself, or on a separate sheet, so as not to be mixed up with other matters.

2. Be careful to write all names of persons and places, plainly and distinctly.

3. In all cases give the name of the Post Office, County and State. When a Town or Village is called by one name, and the Post Office by another, be sure to give the name of the Post Office.

4. When the direction of a paper is to be changed, do not forget to mention the Office to which it has been sent.

5. Let everything be stated explicitly, and in as few words as will express the writer's meaning.

6. In writing texts of scripture, be sure to copy from the Bible correctly. It is no small sin to carelessly mangle the Word of God as some do.

If the above directions are complied with, we shall be saved much time and perplexity, and be less liable to mistakes in transacting the business of the Office.

☞ The above is for our Correspondents to read and observe. But very few seem to regard it.