Paul, in writing to the church in Thessalonica, says, “Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he, as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.” 2 Thess. 2: 3–8.
Some few modern expositors of prophecy have taken the position that the words above quoted relate to some individual who is yet to figure largely in a blasphemous work against God. Before me lies an English work, entitled “Signs of Our Times,” published as late as Nov. 1, 1872, in which the writer claims Napoleon III. as the great power who is to accomplish twelve wonderful acts, and his career end by his “fall at the battle of Armageddon.” But as Napoleon III. is dead, and his dynasty has passed away, it is time for calm reflection. We wish to make some inquiries and present some facts relative to the great apostasy and “the man of sin.”
Adam Clarke, at the close of his comments on 2 Thess., chap. 2, says: “The general run of Protestant writers understand the whole as referring to the popes and church of Rome; or of the whole system of the papacy.” Still further on, he says: “Bishop Newton has examined the whole prophecy with his usual skill and judgment. The principal part of modern commentators follow his steps. He applies the whole to the Romish church, the apostasy, its defection from the pure doctrines of Christianity and the man of sin, &c., the general succession of the popes of Rome.”
Newton says: “The apostasy here described is plainly not of a civil, but of a religious nature; not a revolt from the government, but a defection from the true religion and worship. In the original, it is the apostasy, with an article to give it an emphasis; the article being added, signifies, ‘that famous, and before-mentioned prophecy?’ So likewise is the man of sin, with the like article, and the like emphasis. If, then, the notion of the man of sin be derived from any ancient prophet, it must be derived from Dan. 7:25, and 9:36. Any man may be satisfied that St. Paul alludes to Daniel’s description, because he has not only borrowed the same ideas, but has even adopted some of the same phrases and expressions. The man of sin may signify either a single man, or a succession of men. It is agreeable to the phraseology of the Scripture, and especially to that of the prophets, to speak of a body or number of men, under the character of one; thus a king, Dan. 7:8, Rev. 17, is used for a succession of kings.”
“Who opposeth, &c., is manifestly copied from Daniel. He shall exalt himself, &c. The features exactly resemble each other. He opposeth and exalteth himself above all; or according to the Greek, above every one that is called God, or that is worshiped.”
“After the death of Christ, the temple of Jerusalem is never called by the apostles, the temple of God; and if, at any time, they make mention of the house, or temple of God, they mean the church in general, or every particular believer. Whoever will consult 1 Cor. 3:16, 17; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Tim. 3:15; Rev. 3:12, will want no example to prove that, under the gospel dispensation, the temple of God is the church of Christ; and the man of sin’s sitting, implies his ruling and presiding there; and sitting there as God implies his claiming divine authority in things spiritual as well as temporal; and shewing himself that he is God, implied his doing it with ostentation. If the apostasy be rightly charged upon the church of Rome, it follows of consequence that the man of sin is the pope; not meaning any pope in particular, but the pope in general, as the chief head and supporter of this apostasy. He is properly the man of sin, not only on account of the scandalous lives of many popes, but by reason of their most scandalous doctrines and principles; dispensing with the most necessary duties, and granting, or rather selling, pardons and indulgences to the most abominable crimes.”
“He opposeth. He is the great adversary of God and man, persecuting and destroying, by crusades, inquisitions, and massacres, those Christians who prefer the word of God to the authority of men. The heathen emperor of Rome may have slain his thousands of innocent Christians; but the Christian bishop of Rome has slain his ten thousands.”
“He exalteth himself above all that is called God, or is worshiped; not only above inferior magistrates, but likewise above bishops and primates; not only above bishops and primates, but likewise above kings and emperors; deposing some, obliging them to kiss his toe, to hold his stirrup, treading even upon the neck of a king, and kicking off the imperial crown with his foot; nay, not only kings and emperors, but likewise above Christ and God himself, making even the word of God of none effect by his traditions, forbidding what God has commanded, as marriage, the use of the Scriptures, &c., and also commanding, or allowing, what God has forbidden, as idolatry, persecution, &c.”
“So that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God. He is therefore in profession a Christian and a Christian bishop. His sitting in the temple of God implies plainly his having a seat, or cathedral in the Christian church; and he sitteth there as God, especially at his inauguration, when he sits upon the high altar in St. Peter’s church, and makes the table of the Lord his footstool, and in that position receives adoration. At all times he exercises divine authority in the church, shewing himself that he is God; affecting divine titles, and asserting that his decrees are of the same, or greater, authority, than the word of God. So that the pope is, evidently, according to the titles given him in the public decretals, the God upon earth, at least, there is no one like him, who exalteth himself above every God, no one like him, who sitteth as God in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
“The foundations of popery were laid in the apostles’ days, but the superstructure was raised by degrees, and several ages passed before the building was completed, and the man of sin revealed in full perfection. The tradition that generally prevailed was, that which hindered was the Roman Empire. This tradition might have been derived from the apostle himself, and therefore the primitive Christians in the public offices of the church prayed for its peace and welfare; as knowing that, when the Roman Empire should be dissolved and broken in pieces, the empire of the man of sin would be raised upon its ruins. In the same proportion as the power of the empire decreased, the authority of the church increased, and the latter at the expense and ruin of the former, till at length the pope grew up above all, and the wicked, or lawless, one, was fully manifested and revealed.”
“But how much soever the man of sin may be exalted, and how long soever he may reign, yet, at last, the Lord shall consume him. This is partly taken from Isa. 11:4 (And with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked one), where the Jews put an emphasis upon the words, the wicked one, as appears from the Chaldee, which renders it, ‘He shall destroy the wicked Roman.’ . . . The Lord Jesus shall gradually consume him with the free preaching of the gospel, and shall utterly destroy him at his second coming, in the glory of the Father. The former began to take effect at the Reformation, and the latter will be accomplished in God’s appointed time. The man of sin is now upon the decline, and he will be totally abolished when Christ shall come in judgment.”
Dr. Macknight quotes verse 3: That man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. Greek, Ho anthropos tes hamartias, ho huios tes apoleias, and says, “The article, joined to these appellations, is emphatical, as in the former clause, importing that the ancient prophets had spoken of these persons, though under different names, particularly the prophet Daniel, whose description of the little horn and blasphemous king agree so exactly in meaning with Paul’s description of the man of sin, and son of perdition, and lawless one, that there can be but little doubt of these being the same person.”
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
The Promises of God: Ordering Our Conversation Aright
By H. A. St. John
The Promises of God.—No. 2.
“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.” Ps. 50:23.
To behold the salvation of God in the sense of this promise is to experience its joys in our hearts here, and dwell at his right hand forever. And this great blessing is here based upon the condition, strange as it may appear, that we order our conversation aright. Simple and easy as this condition may appear at first thought, I maintain that it cannot be complied with by any of our fallen race out of Christ; or, in other words, that no individual, without having the carnal mind removed by thorough conversion to God, can possibly order his conversation aright. And so far as my experience goes, I apprehend that he that has embraced Christ will find it absolutely necessary to constantly watch and pray, if his speech is always with grace, seasoned with salt. That I say but the exact truth in this, I refer the reader to one item of the Saviour’s instruction. I do this that we may examine ourselves thereby. “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.” Matt. 18:15.
Has a brother injured us in any way, to go and tell it is duty, and, so far, the Saviour’s direction is generally complied with; but it should be observed that the Saviour is very explicit in pointing out to whom we should go, “Go and tell him his fault, between thee and him alone.” Right here then is a very general failure on the part of Christians to obey the Saviour’s plain, yet important, instruction. Bro. A. feels that Bro. B. has injured him. He tells it to Bro. C. and Bro. D. and so on, till perhaps all in the church know it, and not unfrequently it is freely disseminated among unbelievers, and perhaps as the last one, Bro. B. hears it, to his great grief. Naturally enough he feels tried with Bro. A., and, whether he has really injured Bro. A. or not, the work of reconciliation is made more difficult by the wrong course of Bro. A. Oh, what a grievous sin has Bro. A. committed! His part of the trouble may be, and perhaps generally is, the most difficult to settle. Generally I would prefer to be the subject of a report, than the one to carry an evil report about. Now all this kind of trouble in churches, and it is very abundant, too, comes from not ordering the conversation aright. It destroys the confidence of brethren in each other, dampens the fervor of brotherly love, and, in short, grieves away the tender Spirit of God, and leaves a church cold, formal, and lifeless.
How many of my readers can plead innocent here? Can you say that you speak evil of no man? And do you not agree with me that constant watchfulness and prayer are necessary if we would order our conversation aright in this particular? The Saviour’s prayer for his people, that they might be one, even as he and his Father were one, can never be realized unless brethren understand their duty to each other, and cheerfully do it. Oh, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! But this can never be unless they learn how to order their conversation aright.
When we view the matter properly, we can see why the Holy Scriptures, in so many places, makes the subject of conversation of so much importance. Says James, “If any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” James 1:26. Says Paul, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Eph. 4:29. Again, to the youth he says, “Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of a contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.” Titus 2:8. The youth are apt to think that they are justified if they indulge in lightness because they are young, but Paul did not think so; nor Jesus, when he said, “That every idle word that man shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of Judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Matt. 12:36, 37, did not refer to a privileged class. He did not except even the youth.
To those who believe that the end of all things is at hand, and that the Saviour is soon coming, Peter says, “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,” &c. 2 Peter 3:11, 12. Of all people on earth, they should have their conversation in Heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. 3:20. For to such as order their conversation aright, and are without guile in their mouths, will the dear Saviour soon appear without sin, and unto their salvation. Reader, shall we be of that number?
We sometimes see a garment coming from the laundry imperfectly washed; and, to complete the negligence, the ironing imperfectly done. You feel that your money is wasted, and you are greatly annoyed at the slackness of the work.
Again you receive from the same place your nice garments, all washed white and clean, and the laundress has taken pains to fold so evenly and smoothly that you are fully satisfied and well pleased, and you wear the same with sensible delight.
Now the apostle here would convey to us the idea that our sins and errors and mistakes are spots and wrinkles in the character; and for the love of God and man, he wishes to remove these spots and wrinkles, and present you faultless before God in the last great day.
How is it, brother, or sister, Are you willing to have the spots all removed? It will probably require much labor to remove these spots and to smooth down all the wrinkles. It will give you much pain; but will you shrink from the task? Perhaps the hot water and the soap have terrors for you, or the heavy smoothing-iron all heated has pain in store for you; but do not shrink, and say, I am clean enough, and I need no smoothing down. Depend upon it, Paul understood this thing. Some careless launderer had suggested this illustration in his experience, and he would improve upon the idea. Let us submit to be thoroughly washed from all our sins, have all spots removed and all our roughness smoothed down, our impatience, harshness, anger, and fretfulness.
Jos. CLARKE.
Keeping Promises Made to Children
NEVER make a promise to a child without fulfilling it.
WILL some one give us the P. O. address of James Ray, of Indiana?
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J R Irish, Horace F Chester, George S Crandall, C B Burdick, Mrs W Lillibridge, Rev D W Sharts, Rev J H Phelps, Rev Asa Countryman, Rev H T Evans, John Ellison, James I Hall, Robert Benedict, Joel Batty, I M Gidley, M A Blanchard, James Denio, F B Shelman, E Abel, Oren Marshall, Eld H Haskiss, Eld J G Kern, Dudley Carrier, Ann Dickerson, J Ward, R Johnson, Wm Arnold, A Sage, Eld G L Foster, E G Douglass, Martha Butterfield, Eliza Freeland, John Chapman, Philip Crankshaw, Oliver F Gilbert, Mrs Wm Reed, Joseph M Hockett, Henry Crownhart, Wm Tepping, David Burton, Mrs Z Flock, Mrs C J Axford, J Swanton, Wm McKeever, E N Burton, Mrs Cora More, Eld W Bradley, Miss M Miles, W H Brooks, Chas White, C E Mogg, H O Turner, Wm S Lockman, A J Hills, W B Stetson, R H Wheeler, Mrs O Carter, Harriet Prince, Lydia Parkhurst, Eri K Woods, H F Mansfield, Martin Chase, John Cheney, Emily Dodge, Jefferson Barney, J G Rowell, Mrs Lucy Sanborn, Samuel Hall, Jessie Bailey, H H Hoyt, John Frazer, Mrs Rebecca Badgley, Cordelia Lewis, E Truman, Eld J N Todd, Aaron Coon, H E Palmer, E J Hostler, Tryphena Judd, Mrs E Althouse, H L Jones, Mrs H Titus, Lauson Clark, A B Putnam, S W Landon, Knowlton Barber, Jno Stroud, James M Leonard, Wm Duncan, John Rainey, Emma Erwin, Geo Waller, Sarah J Medder, Clara A Henderson, John H Farber, Ephraim Briller, Wm Hoover, James Pollock, Thos Clements, Michial Flynn, Louis D Holmes, Sally Farnsworth, Mary A Wilson, Geo Mellen, Geo Livermore, Mrs A G Newman, Miss Abbie Hackett, T P Howard, Renna Kendall, Clara E Marr, Mrs Justin Buzzell, Eld Josiah Kitteredge, John Putnam, John Moody, Zadoc Norton, C Stevens, Asa Viles, Eld Samuel Savage, Ammon Savage, B F Choate, Mrs Susan Stearns, Benjamin Ela, Franklin Hearie, H E Henderson, George Drew, Luther Read, Edward C Parker, T W H Walter, John French, Mrs Mary E Follensby, James M Young, Mrs John Prince, J F Skinner, John M Gilmore, J W Kittrege, Reuben Melvin, John Barnes, Carrie L Wallace, H H Parkhurst, M A Parkhurst, H A Parkhurst, Martha Upham, James Prince, John O’Brien, A N Stackpole, Carrie M Brown, F C Bills, A S Wilkins, H W Marvell, C S Parker, H W Parker, A B Bennett, Elesia Court, A L Barrett, Mrs A N Bemis, Geo S Lewis, Mrs Sarah E Pickens, S Myrick, G H Bingham, Mrs Julia Chipman, Jeremiah, Mrs Webster, John Mathews, John D Kiser, Philip McKinstry, J E Densmore, S E Jenison, J M Allis, A Bryant, A H Parsons, D Crosby, J Taylor, E W Hart, S B Potter, Richard Carman, J B Turnell, Martin Nichols, Emily Conlie, E Paine, Andrew Hainer, Emery Smith, Susan Birmingham, Wm Tweed, O A Dennis, Eld J LaGrange, O J Spaulding, Wm Ferrier, M Stevens, John Fry, Solomon Shellenberger, A F Cowel, M E Morris, J F Cressman, E H Peterson, N B Abro, Addison Hults, Lorenzo Randolph, Samuel McKinstry, Cornelius E Densmore, Charles Stocking, S B Nailer, Burr Morgan, Clara Donaldson, Armetia Blanchard, J W Blodgett, Jeremiah Miller, Samuel Ormeston, Williams Eerns, Elias Haneford, Rev McFrost, Ole Hanson, Peter E Grunde, Godde Gunderson, Christian Rue, Thurston Hanson, Ales Boer, Maryette Clark, Marshall Dow, Wm Ede, L N Bangs, S M Bangs, E Taylor, Eli Sabin, Alfred Gill, Wm Dowell, S Rogers, I A Cummings, Ella Lewis, Clementine Hutchinson, D F Kumrine, B Waid, Obed Ware, Eld William Poole, T V Partridge, Mrs S C Tibbetts, E G Choate, G Savage, Joseph Smiley, Philanson Shepard, Mary Flanders, John Hammond, Aidin Bailey, Abram Peterson, C Lovejoy, Alfred J Riggs, Emerson Gooding, Wm M Bryant, Rufus Davis, Annis Deooll, Timothy Tripp.
Books Sent by Mail.
Geo F Fowler $1.25, Pamela Alvord 1.00, A M Card 10c, C W Olds 3.00, Saml W Pack 1.25, Mrs E H Bramhall 1.35, Albert G Heaton 1.25, Hiram Westover 50c, Mary Sharp 25c, A P Van Slyc 25c, Warren I Gibson 1.00, Alfred Nettleingham 1.00, Geo Hendry 1.00, Lorana Haynes 1.25, Sarah M Cushman 50c, Mrs Mary Hale 15c, Eliza Rousseau 25c, Dr G L Holiday 50c, Mrs Courtland Briggs 1.00, R Lockwood 1.00, A Boyen 1.05, Isadore Abraham 60c, E A Davis 75c, R Hunter 75c, M Clark 75c, Jonas H Howe 40c, E C Hendree 20c, J O Corliss 48c, M S Kellogg 25c, Mrs Augustus Parsons 20c, James A Parsons 20c, J J Breed 1.00, J L Dubois 50c, Dr G L Holiday 1.00, Sarah M Lowell 25c, D W Clay 2.00, Wilson T Robb 20c, Geo F Hutchings 25c, Mrs Mary J Shattuck 1.50, A H Hall 6.00, I H Mercer 1.00, Harvey Pierson 1.25, Jos G Wood 1.50, Isaac Zirkle 1.10, J A Baldwin 1.00, S H Marshall 5.00, Geo A King 1.00, E Engles 20c, E H Bragg 1.00, A T Hoffman 20c, B G Jones 1.00, Isaac Palmer 2.00, Celia S Archer 2.00, Anson W Sanborn 50c, H R Perine 2.00, Mary Rutter 75c, M Dennis 1.00, Hattie Crosby 50c, Edward Branch 40c, Chloe Ecker 25c, Rev Hosea Pierce 1.25, Elias Siple 1.15, Mrs P S Dorchester 1.80, Abraham Bray 3.00, Wm Curslar 1.00, James M Bates 1.50, A J Waid 60c, F A Freeman 1.00, Sanford Rogers 1.00, T J Minor 1.00, J J J Wilson 20c, M J Price 3.00, A Stierle 1.50, Ophelia Newton 35c, M I Moon 1.15, George McElroy 2.00, Z Davis 1.00, J F McIntire 45c, E McMillan 1.15, T R Brown 1.00, O B Thompson 1.25, Geo C Mack 1.00, Ransom F Powers 2.12, E L Gates 1.00, Mrs S S Day 20c, Mrs John Dutcher 20c, A Lyon 20c, A Switzer 1.00, A J Craig 15c, J J McNamara 30c, S E Emerson 50c, F A Elwell 50c, C F Deen 1.20, G H Wilber 25c, Wm Cruzan 2.50, C F Dee 1.20, E G Bolter 20c, Wm Trenholm 20c, Jason Powers 15c, M A Wolf 15c, S M Patman 15c, I Sheffield 15c, W C Wolf 15c, M Ashley 15c, T Andrews 20c, F P Patterson 60c, D D Stewart 10c, F A Stanford 1.00, Mrs H N Farnum 10c, H Munch 2.40, A M Potter 1.00, Thomas Thornton 1.20, F S Newkirk 60c, E Lauder 2.00.
Books Sent by Express.
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Donations to S. D. A. P. Association.
T & E Demmon $5.00.
Cash Received on Account.
Wisconsin T & M Society per P S Thurston $10.00, Ohio T & M Society per J Q A Haughey 24.05, Louisa Upson 2.00, Geo F Hutchings 1.00, J H Lonsdale 25c, G W Colcord 15.00, G P Dykes 2.00, Jesse Hiestand 5.00, Ill T & M Society 129.00, E H Root 48.61, J Matteson 25.00.
Book Fund.
A friend of the cause 75c, A friend 4.50, E F Reynolds 2.00.
Michigan T. & M. Society.
John Byington $25.00, District No 7 0.50, Dist No 1 34.75, Dist No 6 43.50.
Michigan Conference Fund.
Received from the church at St Charles $20.00, Danish brethren in Montcalm Co 18.40, Almond 16.64, Ithaca 32.00, Lapeer 37.50, Alma 11.75, Vergennes 5.00, Allegan 30.00, Monroe Center 1.95, East Saginaw 14.39, Greenbush 22.50.
S. D. A. Educational Society.
$200.00 EACH. Hiram Bingham.
$100.00 EACH. John Byington.
$75.00 EACH. M Wood.
$50.00 EACH. James Minnisee, Wm V Fields, H C McDearmon.
$25.00 EACH. Gideon G Dunham, S D Covey.
$20.00 EACH. J B Goodrich, Alex Carpenter.
$10.00 EACH. Eliza Carpenter, Amos P VanSyoc, Maria Minnisee, David Brewer, Amanda J Goodrich, Amanda Carpenter, Geo A Carpenter, Wm C Shireman, John Adams, John W McReynolds, Wilson Hastings, Geo Vickery.
$5.00 EACH. Geo Tenney, Josephene Morton, Burton McReynolds, Dr J D Hough, R S Tilton, Susan B Webber.
MISCELLANEOUS. Albert G Heaton $1.75, Mary Bredon 2.00, Gracie Bredon 1.00.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand
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.
General Meeting in Indiana.
There will be a general quarterly meeting for the T. and M. Society of Indiana, with the Ervin church, eight miles west of Kokomo, meeting to begin Sabbath evening, Feb. 21, 1874, and continue over Sunday. We desire to see a general attendance of the officers and friends generally. A full report from all the districts is expected. We expect the assistance of Brn. Geo. I. Butler and S. H. Lane. Wm. Covert.
The Vermont T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 5, will hold its next quarterly meeting at Jamaica, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1; Dist. No. 4, at Bristol, Feb. 7 and 8; Dist. No. 1, at Bordoville, Feb. 14 and 15; Dist. No. 2, at Brownington, Feb. 21 and 22; Dist. No. 3, at Wolcott, Feb. 28 and March 1. Lewis Bean, Pres.
Partello, Mich., Jan. 31, and Feb. 1, 1874. M. B. Miller.
Quarterly meeting of the Bowersville, Ohio, church in connection with quarterly meeting for the T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 1, of Ohio, at Bowersville, Feb. 14, 15. Members will please hand in their reports. Brethren, we hope to see you at this meeting. J. Q. A. Haughey, Clerk.
Quarterly meeting of the churches of Little Prairie, Oakland, and Johnstown, at Johnstown Center, Rock Co., Wis., the first Sabbath and Sunday in February, 1874. Bro. and sister Sanborn have been requested to attend. May the Lord open the way. C. B. Staples, Clerk.
Quarterly meeting of T. and M. Society at Lapeer, Mich., for Dist. No. 10, to be held in connection with the church quarterly meeting, to commence Feb. 14, and hold over Sabbath and first-day.
I will see that some one meet with the church at Holly, Sabbath, Feb. 21. Will Bro. R. J. Lawrence please inform me whether he can meet them at this time? R. McConnell, Director.
The quarterly meeting of the T. M. Society for Dist. No. 7, of Mich., will be held at Ithaca, Feb. 7 and 8, in connection with the church quarterly meeting. A general attendance is desired. Wm. S. Nelson, Director.
Key to Masonry.
A friend has sent us a book bearing the above title, written by Rev. John Levington, which claims to be a thorough exposure of the disgusting follies and gross iniquities of Free Masonry, and kindred secret organizations. It is a work of 425 pages. Price $1.50. Published at the United Brethren publishing house, Dayton, Ohio.
C. P. W. — We think Rev. 13: 15-17, is proof that civil legislation on religious matters will lead to persecution.
The History of the Sabbath.
ELD. S. S. GRISWOLD, Hopkinton, R. I., writes: Accept my thanks for the copy of The History of the Sabbath you sent me. From the examination given it, I consider it a most valuable book, and would recommend every Sabbath-keeper to become an owner.
Horace Greeley on Diet.
HORACE GREELEY, in his “Recollections of a Busy Life,” says:— “I profoundly believe that there is better food obtainable by the great body of mankind than the butcher and the fisherman do or can supply, and that a diet made of sound grain ground, but unbolted; ripe, undecayed fruits; milk, wholesome vegetables, etc., and very little spices or condiments, will enable our grandchildren to live, in the average, far longer, and fall far less frequently into the hands of the doctors than we do.”
History of the Sabbath.
By Editor
We have received the revised edition of J. N. Andrews' History of the Sabbath. It contains 27 chapters and 528 pages. It is published by the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association at Battle Creek, Mich. The book is printed and bound in a creditable manner. Price $1.25 per volume, in cloth.
We are glad of the appearance of this book. In its production, Eld. Andrews has shown great patience, energy, and perseverance, as well as skill, learning, and judgment. Its author has spared no pains in his researches after truth, nor has he wanted candor or courage in the presentation of the facts which his painstaking has brought to light. Nor is Eld. Andrews alone worthy of honor in the production of this book, for the Publishing Association at Battle Creek have nobly stood by him in the work.
Believing this book will become a standard work, we earnestly wish it a wide circulation. We hope that all our ministers will at an early day supply themselves with a copy, and we especially call the attention of our young men who are looking forward to the ministry to it. In this we do not forget the value of our own works, but believe in sowing beside all waters, that we may reap an abundant harvest.—Sabbath Recorder, Dec. 4, 1873.
Babylon Is Fallen.
By R. F. Cottrell
THE fall of Babylon is a moral fall, and not her overthrow. This is evident from the fact that after her fall she becomes the habitation of demons and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Rev. 18. Rome is admitted to be the mother of harlots. But the announcement of Babylon's fall is made after that of the hour of God's judgment come. It would be stale news to proclaim the moral fall of the Roman church after her bloody reign of 1260 years is all past. Hence the announcement of Babylon's fall must have reference to the daughters.