p. 55 | Review and Herald, Vol. 15, No. 7. (1/5/1860)

A FEW WORDS FOR THE REVIEW.

By C. Lawton

This little weekly messenger is winging its way through the length and breadth of the land from week to week, laden with its precious fruit to the hungry, scattered flock. With what joy we hail its arrival, and with what eagerness we peruse its contents and refresh ourselves with its spiritual food! If it is so rich a treasure to those who have brethren and sisters with them in the truth, how much more so to those who are alone, and have no one to meet with on the Sabbath. O, what a privilege it is to such to have this little sheet to read on the holy Sabbath, especially if their spiritual appetite is good. With this, the Bible, and prayer, the Sabbath passes away pleasantly and profitably.

To me the Review is next to the Bible. O what a precious treasure is the word of the Lord! Thank God, we can have both to read. The light that emanates from these, with the books, is sufficient to guide us in the way of the truth, if we never hear a sermon. And it seems to me we should be without excuse if we did not embrace the truth with no other help than these. But I would inquire with Bro. Clarke, Why is it we do not hear more from the brethren and sisters through the Review? Perhaps it is with many of them as it is with me: they feel incapable of saying anything to edification, and may be saying with me, Why do not those who are capable of giving instruction and have much of the Spirit write more? O, how I wish they would. How I like to feast on their spiritual food. But I fear there is a fault here; all have not the same gifts, but salvation is free, and one may be as pure and devoted as any other. Many of us know by experience when we love God supremely and our neighbor as ourselves, that though our gifts may be small, this pure love will constrain us to speak out our feelings to each other. And though we cannot be as eloquent as some, nor instruct as a messenger, yet we can talk of the love of Jesus. We can speak of the trial of our faith and the victories we have gained through Christ, and this will encourage others. The love of Christ will enable us to sympathize with each other in all our trials and afflictions. We can weep with those that weep, and rejoice with those that rejoice.

Dear brethren and sisters, let us put on the whole armor, and be found wholly on the Lord's side, that we may be prepared to let our light shine, and others may be led by our holy living to embrace the truth and with us receive a crown of life. C. LAWTON.

OBITUARY.

By D. T. Bourdeau

Died of typhoid fever, in Jamaica, Vt., September 26th, Clarke Wilder, son of Bro. James Wilder, in the 17th year of his age.

This young man gave his heart to the Lord a few weeks before his death, and left good evidence that he would have a part in the first resurrection. The funeral sermon was preached last Sabbath by Bro. Sperry.

D. T. Bourdeau.

Afflictions and Sanctification

Saints are appointed to afflictions as a means of their sanctification.

The Third Angel’s Message

Bro. Geo. Adair writes from Monroe, Wis., Dec. 11th, 1859: "The third angel's message found me a stranger to Jesus; but, blessed be God, I heard his voice, and have of late been trying to live in accordance with his teachings. O that my friends and relatives might see the beauty and harmony of the present truth! I think all must see that our position is correct, who investigate it with an impartial mind. I can say I love the truth more and more every day, and I am determined to obey it, that I may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city."

Preparing for Christ’s Soon Coming

Bro. J. Ponfret writes from Orion, Mich.: ―I begin to see the necessity of giving up the world and the things of the world, and making ready for the soon coming of our Lord and Saviour. It is about seventeen months since I heard, for the first time, the sound of the third angel's message; and since then I have not walked with my Jesus as closely as I might, but have followed at too great a distance. I know it is our privilege to walk perfect before God, and I pray that he would sanctify me wholly—through his truth.’

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FOR REVIEW AND HERALD.

Jos Palmiter 0,64,xiv,8. J Day 1,00,xvi,1. C Farr 2,54,xiv,1. M Hutchins 0,54,xv,14. P Mott 1,00,xvi,1. J Clarke 1,00,xv,21. H W Brown 0,22,xvi,1. L Hadden 1,00,xv,22. J H Warren 2,65,xvii,1. N Hiddleson 1,00,xv,1. D W Emerson 1,00,xiv,16. J D Law 1,00,xvi,1. E Wick 1,00,xxi,4. R G Lockwood 2,00,xvii,1. Wm Wick 1,00,xiv,1. J H Summers 1,00,xv,16. J Lindsay 1,00,xxi,1. C Kelsey 1,00,xii,1. Geo Adair 1,00,xv,15. E Church 1,00,xvi,1. J W Learned 3,00,xvii,1. J Averill 1,00,xv,17. P Hoffman 1,00,xiv,1. J Hebner 5,00,xxi,1. J Wilder 2,00,xxi,1. D Howard 1,00,xxi,1. S Dana 1,00,xvi,1. H Grant (1,00 each for E Kimball & E P Cram) 2,00, each to xvii,1. H Grant 1,50,xiv,14. D J Shirly 2,00,xv,17. L Gerould 1,50,xvi,14. J Harvey (for J Reeder) 1,12,xv,7. H C Crosby 1,00,xxi,1. I Harmon 2,00,xv,20. J A Blackamore 3,00,xv,1. J Harvey 0,84,xviii,10. C Butler 0,50,xv,1. A Putnam 1,00,xvi,1.

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A False Issue on Hell and Insanity

In the Advent Herald of Dec. 17th, 1859, we notice an extract from Gerritt Smith's discourse on hell, embracing that portion in which he claims that a thorough belief in an eternal hell is sufficient to make a man insane, to which the Herald appends the following note:

"The above is from a discourse given a short time since by Gerritt Smith on hell. He did not believe it and yet has gone crazy. His steps have brought up at the mad-house—showing that a disbelief of it is not a sure preventive of insanity."

It will be seen that the Herald has here raised a false issue. No one claims that the Bible doctrine of the destiny of the wicked is a preventive of insanity. It is only claimed that the popular view, when sincerely believed, tends to that result. There are many other causes also calculated to produce insanity. To say then that the belief of eternal misery is one of these, is altogether different from saying that a different belief on this question is a preventive. The latter does not follow from the former. This is what Whately would call the "fallacy of irrelevant conclusion."

Publications.

By James White

Much good have they done! Brethren, let us keep them moving. Those preachers who are the best booksellers have the best success. Now lay aside your delicate feelings about urging your books into the market, and take hold of the work like a successful peddler. If anything can be recommended, it is our publications. If anything should be urged upon people, it is our books.

Come, brethren, East and West, send in your orders and your one hundred and two hundred dollar drafts on New York, or Boston, and we will send you books by Railroad at 40 per cent discount from published prices. Your books will cost you a little more than one-half what they do sent by Mail, and much less than when sent by Express. Every State should have a repository so that preachers can often fill up their trunks with a good assortment. J. W.

"Every Sabbath."

By R. F. C.

"AND he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and preached to the Jews and the Greeks." Acts xviii, 4.

The no-Sabbath man can find his theory abundantly refuted by reading the Acts of the Apostles. The inspired writer repeatedly declares that certain things were done upon the Sabbath. This could not be true if no Sabbath existed at the time. Hence, the Sabbath had not ceased at the cross, but still existed when the labors and travels of Paul were recorded.

Paul was in the habit of preaching on the Sabbath-day. But it is objected by no-Sabbath and first-day Sabbath men, that Paul did not himself observe the "Jewish Sabbath," but only preached to the Jews that day, because he could then find them assembled.

Very well. What day of the week was that?

"All admit that the Jewish Sabbath was the seventh day of the week, or Saturday."

But look at this, friend. Paul abode at Corinth a considerable length of time, laboring at the trade of tent-making on other days, while he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, persuading both the Jews and the Greeks. Mark, The inspired record says, "every Sabbath." Now if these meetings were held on the seventh day, that was the only Sabbath existing at that time; for they were held every Sabbath. But if the first day was the Sabbath at that time, then Paul reasoned in the synagogue every first-day, or Sunday. Hence the Jews must have changed their day of meeting in the synagogue to the (so-called) "Christian Sabbath." No one will pretend that this was the case. Hence, the first day was not the Sabbath at this time.

R. F. C.

Charts.

By James White

We have on hand about twenty of the large Pictorial Chart of the prophecies of Daniel and John, which we will send by mail post-paid on the receipt of $2,000.

J. W.

Encouragement from Ayersville

Bro. D. Stites writes from Ayersville, Ohio: "I would say in behalf of the little church here, that we are striving to overcome by the help of the Lord, and keep all of his commandments blameless. We are in no wise discouraged, but feel encouraged to press our way through, though foes thicken on the way. We want to run all the race that we may obtain the crown that lies at the end. We desire that some one of God's messengers call here as soon as convenient."

APPOINTMENTS.

If providence permit, Bro. and Sr. Byington will meet with the brethren as follows: Parkville, at Bro. Keeney's, Sabbath, Jan. 7th, at 11 o'clock A. M. Centerville, as Bro. Pratt may arrange, Tuesday evening, Jan. 10th. Colon, Sabbath, Jan. 14th.

PROVIDENCE permitting I will meet with the brethren of western Iowa as follows: Decatur City, Jan. 5. Afton, " 12. Bro. Deeker's, " 19. Oceola, " 23. Bro. Jones', or where he may appoint, " 26. All the above meetings commencing at early candle-lighting. May the Lord give us a good time. M. HULL.

Providence permitting, we will hold meetings as follows: Kensington, Ct., Jan. 7th and 8th. Dartmouth, Mass., Jan. 21st and 22d, and continue as long as thought best. Princeton, Mass., Feb. 4th and 5th. Washington, N. H., Feb. 11th, 12th. C. W. SPERRY. D. T. BOURDEAU.

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Business Notes.

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Letters.

Under this head will be found a full list of those from whom letters are received from week to week. If any do not find their letters thus acknowledged, they may know they have not come to hand.

J Clarke, H Decker, D T T, V O Edson, J Ayers, P Barrows, E Goodnow, H W L, T J Butler, D T Bourdeau, D Howard, A M Lindsley, H Clough, E C Foster, E Wick, J Lindsey, J Averill, L M Locke, E Church, Wm F Johnson, J F Ballenger, E Wood, M M Osgood, A C Stone, H W Dodge, A Dewitt, J Newton, P Hoffman, G N Collins, S A Hallock, J Hebner, H Olmstead, L Gerould, J Harvey, D J Shirly, H Grant, H C Crosby, Wm Lawton, H C S Carus, L J Richmond, E B Saunders, N P Stearns, I G Camp, E S Huntley, H W Lawrence, F M Palmiter, E Hutchins, M Harlow, J Marvin, H C Crumb, Jno. Clarke.

For Missionary Purposes

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