No sickness there—
No weary wasting of the frame away;
No fearful shrinking from the midnight air—
No dread of summer’s bright and fervid ray.
No hidden grief!
No wild and cheerless visions of despair;
No vain petition for a swift relief—
No tearful eyes, no broken hearts, are there.
Care has no home
Within the happy realms of ceaseless song;
Its billows break away and melt in foam,
Far from the mansions of the holy throng!
The storm’s black wing
Is never spread athwart celestial skies;
Its wailings blend not with the voice of spring,
As some too tender, floweret fades and dies.
No night distills
Its chilling dews upon the tender frame;
Nor moon is needed there. The light which fills
That land of glory from its Maker came.
No parted friends
O’er mournful recollections have to weep;
No bed of death enduring love attends
To watch the coming of a pulseless sleep.
No blasted bower
Or withered bed celestial gardens know;
No scorching blast or swift descending shower
Scatters destruction like a ruthless foe.
No battle word
Startles the sacred host with fear or dread;
The song of peace creation’s morning heard
Is sung wherever angel minstrels tread.
With faith our guide,
White-robed and innocent to lead the way,
Why should we fear to plunge in Jordan’s tide,
And find the ocean of eternal day?
Paulding Co., Ohio.
By Wm. Cottrell
I COMMENCED labor last November in Paulding Co., Ohio. Gave sixteen discourses. Was taken sick and returned home. After I recovered my health, I returned, but found no interest to hear. I then went about twenty miles to another point, near the county town. Gave twenty-nine discourses. Eight or ten have commenced keeping the Sabbath; others are convinced, and say that we have the truth, and I think that some of them will embrace the truth. Baptized two, organized Sabbath-school, and appointed a leader. To the Lord be all the praise. I am of good courage in the Lord. Pray for me. Wm. Cottrell.
C. L. BOYD
By C. L. Boyd
Nebraska.
I came here the 9th of December, and gave a short course of lectures at Maple Creek. Two are keeping the Sabbath and others are interested.
About the 10th of January, I commenced lecturing at Hooper, and continued till the 23d of February, giving thirty-six discourses. The congregations were good, and manifested an interest to hear. There was a minister in the neighborhood who did all he could against us, keeping some from the meetings. Twenty-two signed the covenant, and S. B. was pledged to the amount of $75.00.
C. L. BOYD
Hooper, Neb., Feb. 25, 1874.
J. BYINGTON
By John Byington
Michigan.
I SPENT Sabbath, Feb. 14, with the church at Cedar Springs, Mich. Had three meetings with them and the ordinances. On first-day, I visited Bro. Town and family, living about three miles out of the village, he being sick with the palsy, and not able to meet with the church. There are a few active members in this church who are circulating tracts, and doing what they can to advance present truth. They very much desire that the tent may go to Cedar Springs the coming season.
The 21st, met with the few brethren in Hastings, and attended the funeral of Alice P. Owen on first-day. Some here are becoming interested by reading our publications. How much consecration to God is needed by all professing present truth.
J. BYINGTON
Kent Co., Mich.
By Charles Russell
I COMMENCED lectures in what is known as the Star school-house, eight miles west of Grand Rapids, Tuesday evening, Feb. 5. On account of poor health and some counteracting influences, have given but twenty-one discourses up to date. Many are convinced of the truth. Six have voted to keep the Sabbath (all adults), and it is hoped that several more will soon take their stand for the truth. Have sold and given away quite a number of pamphlets and tracts, and obtained five subscribers for the REVIEW. I have been conscious of the help of the Lord in these meetings, for which, I trust, I am duly grateful. My courage is good to labor what I can in this cause till the warfare is over. CHARLES RUSSELL. Walker, March 2, 1874.
Drunkenness
Drunkenness is the parent of most other vices. It quenches the salutary power of reason, and makes us the sport of raging passion.
In proportion as we ascend the social scale, we find as much mud there as below, only it is hard and gilded.
Napa City, Cal., Feb. 16
By Merritt E. Cornell
California.
At the time of my last report, I was at Little River on the coast where several persons embraced the truth, and are now observing the Sabbath. Two were baptized. I felt well paid for my stay there, though I had to labor against strong opposing elements; for those who came out, have taken hold of the whole truth, and received it with great gladness of heart. The family of Bro. Reuel Stickney did all in their power to make my stay with them pleasant. My health was greatly improved by the rest and recreation along the ocean beach. I can never forget the kindness of friends there, and I trust the seed sown in that place may yet bring forth more fruit unto eternal life.
On my return, I spent three days very pleasantly and profitably at the home of Bro. and sister White. I was greatly encouraged by their courage, and I rejoiced to find them in such good health and spirits. I was glad also to meet sister Van Horn and sister Hall. It seemed almost like being back in old Michigan, to see so many of the old hands in the cause. They all seemed to do what they could to make this lone pilgrim feel at home with them, and they succeeded well. I noticed that all these were workers! There is not a drone in that hive. The very height of their ambition and pleasure seemed to be in doing what they could to advance the cause of present truth. Their zeal for God made me feel that I could do a little more in the good cause. From this on, I want to feel at the close of each day that I have done what I could.
Since my return, I spent a few days at St. Helena trying to encourage them in their meeting-house enterprise both in word and deed. They have met with some opposition, but they seem to be doing nobly in the battle and are of good courage.
At the present, I am giving a course of lectures in the old Methodist church in this city. The prospect is good for several additions to our numbers here. The interest to hear is as good as ever, and several are hearing who never heard before. Our new meeting-house is now receiving the finishing coat of plastering, and will be ready for dedication in about four weeks. It is the neatest and best finished house in the city, and all seem pleased with it.
Bro. and sister White are earnestly requested to come and dedicate this house of worship, and speak a few times to the people. All of our people, and the public generally, are anxious to see and hear them. We think a visit from them would give a new impetus to the cause in this valley. May the Lord direct. M. E. CORNELL.
Napa City, Cal., Feb. 16
Be Filled With the Spirit.
By Jos. Clarke
“BE not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.” Eph. 5:18.
The human heart is so darkened by sin, and so taken up with the love of the present world, that it is a hopeless, fruitless attempt to serve God without his special aid, which is given mostly by the influences of the Holy Spirit attending the word and providence of God.
It appears from the above quotation that as wine, by its stimulating properties, fills the human frame, so may the influence of the good Spirit, but with this great difference: The wine degrades and lowers man in the scale of being, while the Spirit elevates, enlarges, strengthens, all that is good.
Christianity, without the Spirit of God, is an empty, dry theory, and the mind, which is taken up with knowledge without the good influence of God's Spirit, is like an observatory without a telescope, or a lantern without oil.
The Spirit of God is a reality. It is as really a living reality as God himself, and is the great moving agent of God in the establishment and continuation of Christianity in the world: “I send the Comforter,” says Jesus, and how futile would have been the efforts of the apostles without the special, powerful aid of the Spirit, and how powerless are the efforts of many even now for the want of this aid.
From the above quotation, we certainly infer that we may be filled with the Spirit. Oh! how cheering this influence is to our hearts; and how good will be the fruits. The absence of the Spirit has caused all our present indifference; and its presence will cause all our hardness and indifference to melt away.
When, by the foolishness of preaching, the hearts of men are melted into contrition, and we see old and young all weeping and lamenting their sins, and turning to God, and we see the powerful influence of the Spirit, then we feel that we need such manifestations to soften our own hearts. Moses and the prophets, and all holy men, became useful and eminently holy because they were filled with the Spirit.
Jos. Clarke.
A Good Confession.
EDWARD BEECHER, D. D., in a recent article in the Christian Union, has the following:—
“GROUNDS OF BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY.
“But before doing this it will be expedient to consider the real foundations of any reliable belief in immortality. Plato sought to find them in the inherent nature of the deathless soul, existing from eternity to eternity. Others have sought them in the aspirations of the soul, and the imperfect development of retribution in this life. But the fundamental positions of the system of the Bible are not of this kind. It does not recognize, nay, it expressly denies the natural and inherent immortality of the soul. It assures us that God only hath immortality (1 Tim. 6 : 16). By this we understand that he only has immortality, in the highest sense—that is, inherent immortality. All existences besides himself he created, and he upholds. Men are not, as Plato taught, self-existent, eternal beings, immortal by their very nature. There is no such being except one, and that is God. There is no inherent immortality of the soul in this sense. What God created he sustains in being, and can annihilate if he will. It is by his will that we live, and move, and have our being.”
How to Make Yourself Unhappy.
In the first place, if you want to make yourself miserable, be selfish. Think all the time of yourself and your things. Don't care about anything else. Have no feelings for any one but yourself. Never think of enjoying the satisfaction of seeing others happy, but rather, if you see a smiling face, be jealous lest another should enjoy what you have not. Envy every one who is better off in any respect than yourself; think unkindly toward them, and speak lightly of them. Be constantly afraid lest some one should encroach upon your rights; be watchful against it, and if any one comes near your things, snarl at him like a mad dog. Contend earnestly for everything that is your own, though it may not be worth a pin; for your “rights” are just as much concerned as if it were a pound of gold. Never yield a point. Be very sensitive, and take everything that is said to you in playfulness in the most serious manner. Be jealous of your friends, lest they should not think enough of you; and if at any time they should seem to neglect you, put the worst construction upon their conduct you can.
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died, in Battle Creek, Mich., Jan 29, 1874, of paralysis, Mrs. Deborah Lyon, aged 77. She embraced the Advent doctrine on its first introduction into Michigan, and twenty-two years ago commenced the observance of the Sabbath, which she kept till the time of her death. Her first shock of paralysis occurred June 25, 1869, the second, in January, 1870. Thus the early friends of the cause are passing away; but they rest from their labors, and they will soon realize the hope they have so long loved. Remarks at the funeral to a large congregation, from Rev. 14: 13. U. S.
Died, near Hastings, Barry Co., Mich., Feb. 19, 1874, of consumption, Alice P. Owen, in the eighteenth year of her age. Alice commenced a praying life four years ago last September, soon after the Ceresco Camp-meeting. She experienced a brighter evidence of her acceptance with God two years since at the camp-meeting near Battle Creek. She has always regarded as sacred all the commandments of God. In her last illness she was resigned, and said, “The will of the Lord be done.” Discourse at the funeral by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4: 18. J. Byington.
Died, in Fine, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 1874, of diphtheria, three children of Edgar and Laurett Butterfield. Nellie B., Feb. 4, aged three years and fourteen days. Bertie, Feb. 9, aged eleven months and twenty-five days. Lillie, Feb. 11, aged four years, six months, and fifteen days. The father only remains, sister B. having died Oct. 2, 1873. Thus they quietly rest until the Lifegiver bid them arise. Words of comfort on these occasions by the writer. H. H. Wilcox.
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.
By request of the presidents of the Tract Societies in Ohio and Michigan, I will meet with the brethren at Bowling Green, Ohio, March 21, 22. There will be a district quarterly meeting of the Tract Society in connection with this meeting; also their general quarterly meeting at Clyde, March 28, 29.
Hillsdale, Mich., April 4, 5. There will be a quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 1 in connection with this meeting; also, the general quarterly meeting of the Tract Society of Mich., at Potterville, April 11, 12. There are special reasons why the officers of these Tract Societies and others should attend these meetings.
S. N. Haskell.
WILLIAMS, Bay Co., March 21, 22. Will some one meet me at Freeland's, on Friday, the 20th? With the churches of Vernon and Grant, March 28, 29, where the brethren may appoint. Will some one please meet me at Clare, on Thursday morning, the 26th?
J. O. Corliss.
QUARTERLY meeting of the Greenbush church, at the house of David Sevy, March 28, 29. All the members are desired to be present. Others are cordially invited.
O. B. Sevy, Clerk.
THE next quarterly meeting of the 6th district of Iowa and Neb. T. & M. Society will be held at Decatur City, Iowa, March 21 and 22. Let all the members send in their reports in time for the meeting. Hope there will be a full report and a general attendance.
Jacob Shively, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting of the T. & M. Society for District No. 4, Ohio, at Clyde, March 21, 22, 1874. It is hoped the church librarians and members will be prompt to send in their reports.
O. F. Guilford, Director.
QUARTERLY meeting of the church at Hundred Mile Grove, Wisconsin, April 4 and 5, 1874. We cordially invite Eld. Isaac Sanborn to meet with us on this occasion.
N. M. Jordon.
QUARTERLY meeting of the churches of Locke, Alaiedon, Bunkerhill, and Genoa, will be held with the brethren at Leroy, Ingham Co., Mich., Sabbath and first-day, March 14, 15, 1874. T. and M. Society quarterly meeting of Dist. No. 11, will be held in connection. Brn. Lawrence and Corliss are expected to attend and organize a church. Invitation is extended to scattered brethren and friends, with request that all will come prepared to care for themselves as far as possible. Those wishing to come by rail can stop at Leroy.
Albert Avery, Elder.
THERE will be a quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 2, at Richmond, Maine, March 14 and 15. Meeting to commence Sabbath evening, March 13. Eld. J. B. Goodrich is expected to be present. Let all who desire to work for their Lord and Master come to this meeting and secure a blessing.
Will E. Morton, Director.
MONTHLY meeting at Richmond, Me., March 14, 15, 1874, commencing Friday evening at 6½ o'clock. It is expected that the Maine T. and M. Society, District No. 2, will hold its quarterly meeting at this time. Let all see that their reports are sent in in season, so that a full report can be given at this meeting. Let all come to work.
J. B. Goodrich.
THE church at Rockville, Mo., will hold their first quarterly meeting Sabbath and first-day, March 28, 29. We invite all the brethren within reasonable distance to meet with us. We should be glad if Eld. T. J. Butler could be with us at that time.
I. F. Klostermeyer.
DECATUR City, Iowa, March 14, 15; Afton, March 21, 22.
Quarterly meeting in Dist. No. 7 at Winterset, March 28, 29. This is the most central place in the district; and as there are matters of importance to consider in this meeting, we shall expect a general turnout from Peru and Adel especially. Don't fail, dear friends, to be at this meeting. I will have publications with me to supply your libraries for missionary operations.
H. Nicola.
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The True Missionary Again.
By George Ide Butler
The third number of this excellent monthly will soon be issued. Judging from the two past numbers, we are certain that it will be excellent. Thus far, the True Missionary has contained just that kind of matter which is of special interest to the old friends of the cause.
We have been sorry to ascertain that not quite one thousand persons have yet subscribed for it. And we confess great astonishment that so many of the old friends of the cause are willing to deprive themselves of just that instruction which is specially intended for their good.
While the REVIEW is designed to set before the people in general our special doctrines, and give the great reasons of our faith, the True Missionary has a more special mission, viz., to give that practical instruction which is calculated to encourage and benefit the old friends of the cause, and inspire in them an earnest desire to work for the Lord.
The articles thus far given, have been very valuable; and those who have neglected to obtain them have deprived themselves of that which would be of great benefit to them. We hope, for their good, they will do this no longer.
It will contain, from time to time, experiences of thrilling interest in this cause. The next number will contain an account of the trials and labors of Bro. Chas. Lee among the Swedes. I wrote out these facts, as they were of great interest to me; I think they will be to many of our people.
The True Missionary is only fifty cents per year. If our people, in general, do not subscribe for it, the main object of its being issued will be defeated. It was designed to contain those things only which were of special interest to our own people, leaving the REVIEW to its special work. But if our own people, in general, do not want it and do not subscribe for it, then there is no propriety in continuing it. We think the tract and missionary society should take hold of this matter, and speak a word for this excellent paper. Send in your names, brethren, for the True Missionary. GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Gen. Conf.
Health Reformer.
By Editor
The Health Reformer is a Monthly Magazine, containing thirty-two pages of reading matter, devoted to Physical, Mental, and Moral culture. Price, $1.00 a year, in advance. Those who wish to subscribe for the Health Reformer for their friends, and actually pay for it for their friends, can have it for 50 cents a year.
The several branches of the Tract and Missionary Society are invited to continue to send the names and addresses of thousands of subscribers at 50 cents a year, when paid for out of the T. and M. treasury, according to the rules and regulations of the Society.
The leading object of the Health Reformer is to teach those who are well how to remain well, and the sick how to gain health. It is devoted to mental and moral culture so far as these are connected with physical improvement.
Each number of the Health Reformer is complete in itself, so that the subscription can commence any month in the year. Those wishing this journal will please inclose One Dollar, at the risk of the Publishers, in a note stating their name, the name of their post-office, county and State, safely enveloped, and addressed,
HEALTH REFORMER,
Battle Creek,
Mich.,
and they will in return receive the monthly visits of a Health and Household Journal that reveres God, honors the Bible, and leads in the path of health, purity and happiness in this life, which are necessary to a good hope of the life which is to come.
PUBLISHERS.
The Christian at Work.—
Since T. De Witt Talmage became editor of this paper, and Spurgeon and H. Bonar, D. D., regular contributors, it has grown, as was to be expected, into a large and popular paper. Mr. Talmage now writes for no other paper; and his name alone is a pledge that it will contain a constant supply of pointed and practical thoughts. H. W. Adams, publisher, 102 Chambers St., New York.
Opposition to the Sunday Movement
By E. Engles
E. ENGLES : We hold nothing in common with those who oppose the Sunday movement on “Free Thinking,” or infidel grounds. We neither claim nor ask sympathy from them in our opposition to that movement. But that many of that class seem at the present time to show a disposition to favor it, is a sign of the times.
The Bible Banner
The Bible Banner still makes its monthly visits to our table from New York City, published by H. A. King, 14 Murray st. A. A. Phelps, Vineland, N. J., conducting editor, assisted by a board of fourteen editorial contributors. Each number contains one, two, or more, illustrations of Bibles scenes. It is a high-toned, ably conducted journal, both in style and matter. Terms, $1.00 a year, with a premium.
A Caution.
We learn that a swindling concern in Chicago, under the name of “Union Furnishing Co.,” or “Geo. B. Hodge & Co.” has been, and is, flooding the country with certificates at 25 cents each, entitling the holder to wonderful bargains in the purchase of goods, &c., &c. It is a swindle. They do not design to return the goods ordered. It is estimated that they have already robbed their customers of seventy-five thousand dollars. Their place of business is now closed by the sheriff; but the mails are still open to them to draw money from all parts of the country. Don’t send a penny to them, nor to any other parties who offer to furnish goods at less than cost. Men are not given in these days to such disinterested benevolence.
The Next Term of School.
By George I. Butler
To those who desire to attend the spring term of school, we would announce that it will commence Wednesday, March 25, 1874. The price of tuition ranges from three to six dollars for a term of twelve weeks. It is possible the spring term may continue longer than this, because it will not be advisable to have a full term during the three warm months, but have a long vacation at that time. Should the spring term be lengthened out to reach into the summer, tuition will be in the same proportion as above stated.
There are plenty of opportunities for board at most reasonable rates, not exceeding $2.50 per week for board, lodging, and washing. Rooms can be obtained reasonably, and persons can board themselves cheaply. There is a committee appointed to find all applicants proper places, to whom they should always apply.
Bro. Smith's Bible lectures will continue during the spring term, and we desire a large attendance. Our winter term, just closed, has been a very pleasant and encouraging one. There has been a good moral influence pervading the school, which has been very encouraging, and scholars have made good progress in their studies. We trust there are many young and middle-aged persons who will avail themselves of this excellent opportunity to prepare themselves for usefulness.
GEO. I. BUTLER.
Battle Creek, Mich., March 8, 1874.
Our School Pledges.
By George Ide Butler
We desire to call the attention of those who have not yet paid their pledges made for the year 1873, to the importance of doing so at once. But little more than half of those pledges have yet been paid. Nearly three months have passed since they were due. We have purchased a site for the school-house soon to be erected, and are obliged to pay interest on quite a portion of the price. We wish to erect our building the coming season, and should be purchasing material at once. We want all our friends to know that we need this money which is now due. Indeed, could our friends without loss to themselves pay a portion of that subscribed for 1874 it would be very acceptable, though of course we do not urge them to pay it till it is due. But that which is due should be paid. We know our friends will not wish to hinder the erection of the building this year by a neglect to pay their pledges. Therefore send them in at once. Let our Tract Societies look after this matter. They generally have copies of the pledge papers. If they have not, let them send to the REVIEW Office and obtain them.
GEO. I. BUTLER.
Youth's Instructor.
By Editor
The Youth's Instructor is published monthly by the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, and is a noble sheet. Relative to size, general taste, richness and variety of matter, it is decidedly the very best juvenile paper in our country. Who has not been disgusted with the dog and cat stories, and a thousand and one silly things in nearly all the children's papers in the land? And what seems the very climax of folly, is the effort of many writers to come down to an insipid, baby-talk style in their chaffy productions.
As with very many of the books in the Sunday-school libraries, so in many of these youth's periodicals, they are cursed with a sort of religious fiction. We are glad to see the Instructor dealing in, not only the great matters of religion and the world to come, but also the most interesting and instructive matters of fact relative to this world and this life. It is expected that the subscription lists of the Instructor will be so increased that it can be afforded to all for 25 cents a year. It is now offered at the following
TERMS IN ADVANCE.
Old Subscribers, 50 cents
New “ 25 “
When furnished by Tract Society, 25 “
When a present to friends, 25 “
We now appeal for new subscribers for the very small sum of 25 cents a year. Specimen copies sent free.