FROM THE BIBLE, THE LAWS OF HUMANITY, SCIENCE, HEALTH, AND ECONOMY.
1. Because the primitive injunction of the Almighty to man, when in a state of purity and holiness, was, “Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” Gen. 1: 29.
2. Because neither Scripture nor any other authority shows the mechanism or physical structure of the human body to be in anywise different now from what it was when the Creator pronounced it “good.”
3. Because during the time man abstained from the flesh of animals as food (i. e., from the creation to the deluge), the average length of his life was much greater than it has been since.
4. Because although the divine permission was given to man to eat flesh, as divine permission was afterward given to the children of Israel to have a king (1 Sam. 8.), there seemed to have followed a punishment in like manner; for we find that his days gradually shortened from that period.
5. Because the anger of the Almighty was raised against the children of Israel, when they demanded flesh of Moses (see Num. 11: 19, 20; also 5: 33, where we are told that “while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague”).
6. Because the eating of flesh is constantly used in the Old Testament as a symbol of the worst abominations; while the praise of the promised land was, that it yielded grapes, figs, and pomegranates,—a land flowing with milk and honey.
7. Because Daniel and his companions, who ate pulse and drank water, were “fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.” (Dan. 1: 15.)
8. Because those who abstain from animal flesh as food (other habits being correct), live to a good old age. Among others may be cited the early Christians, many of whom lived from one hundred to two hundred years of age, Lewis Cornaro, Old Parr, Henry Jenkins, and a host of others. The “riotous eaters of flesh,” on the contrary, seldom attain longevity.
9. Because I find, from the unvarying testimony of vegetarians, that they enjoy a comparative immunity from disease. Many who have lived to old age have scarcely had a day’s sickness since adopting the vegetarian practice. Not a single case is known, although a rigorous inquiry has been instituted, of a vegetarian being attacked with cholera, during the late visitation, either in this country or in America, where, especially in New York, they are very numerous, and where the disease was extremely destructive. When the epidemic did enter the house of a vegetarian, it was to take some flesh-eating member of the family. John Howard, the philanthropist, visited, while living on a vegetarian diet, dungeons and other abodes of wretchedness, where fevers and malaria were raging so violently that his guides durst not enter. The most flesh-eating nations are always the most diseased.
10. Because “the brave Spartans, who, for muscular power, physical energy, and ability to endure hardship, perhaps stand unequalled in the history of nations, were vegetarians, as well as the armies of Greece and Rome, in the time of their unparalleled conquests; the departure from their simple habits being soon followed by their decline;” also, because, “in the training for the public games in Greece, where muscular strength was to be exhibited in all its varied forms, vegetable food was adhered to; but when flesh-meat was adopted afterwards, those hitherto athletic men became sluggish and stupid.”—See Vegetarian Messenger, vol. i. p. 25; also, Preface to Rollin’s Ancient History.
11. Because many of those bright geniuses who have opened out to the world fresh tracts of thought, and traveled the untrodden paths of knowledge, have, from their own private convictions, become vegetarians. Among others, may be named Pythagoras, Plato, Plutarch, John Wesley, Benjamin Franklin, Emanuel Swedenborg, John Howard, Alphonse de Lamartine, and others.
12. Because those who live on a vegetarian diet are, as a class, heavier, and capable of lifting greater weights than those who live on a mixed diet; as proved by Professor Forbes from experiments on flesh-eating Englishmen, porridge-eating Scotchmen, and potato-and-bread-eating Irishmen; the Scotchmen being superior in height, weight, and strength to the Englishmen, and the Irishman superior to both. (Chamber’s Information for the People, sheet on the Physical History of Man.) “The Laplanders, living on flesh, are a diminutive race, while the Finns, who inhabit the same climate, and live chiefly upon the products of the soil, are as fine a race as the Swedes or Norwegians;” the difference, says Dr. Lambe, “must be attributed mainly or entirely to diet.”
13. Because vegetarian diet gives a more youthful and beautiful appearance to the “human face divine.” Adam Smith, in his Wealth of Nations, informs us that the greater part of the most beautiful women in the British dominions are said to be from the lower ranks of the people of Ireland, who are generally fed with potatoes.
14. Because those animals which, for power of endurance and rapidity of motion, are made subservient to the wants of man, derive the whole of their strength and nutriment from the vegetable kingdom: such are the horse, the camel, the elephant, &c., &c.
15. Because my feelings are shocked by the quivering limbs, the horrid moans, and the melancholy whinings of the poor animals, as they receive from the “butcher” those wounds necessary to end their existence; and because I cannot believe that, if Infinite Wisdom designed me to use flesh as food, he would have implanted in my bosom an instinctive abhorrence of such deeds of blood.
16. Because the matured convictions of the most eminent naturalists known, namely, Linnæus, Daubenton, Gassendi, Sir Everard Home, Baron Cuvier, Ray, the botanist, Professor Lawrence, Lord Monboddo, Mr. Thomas Bell, and others, are, that the teeth, the stomach, the cellulated colon, and indeed the whole of the internal and external structure of man, clearly indicate his adaptation to a fruit, farinaceous, graminivorous, and vegetable diet.
17. I am a vegetarian, because I find the testimony of the most eminent organic chemists, Liebig, Boussingault, Playfair, and others, is—(1) That, in consuming the flesh of animals, we consume, strictly speaking, only the vegetable productions which have served for their nutriment; and consequently obtain them at “second hand.” (2) “That vegetable albumen and animal albumen, and vegetable fibrine and animal fibrine, are identical, scarcely differing even in form.” (Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry.) I should therefore obtain not the slightest advantage as regards the quality of the article by feeding on flesh. (3) That flesh contains only 36 per cent of solid nutriment, 64 parts being water, while many vegetable productions, such as grain and other farinaceous food, contain from 80 to 90 per cent of solid nutritious matter. (4) That man requires in his food a large proportion of carbonaceous material to keep up the heat of the body. That “butchers’ meat” contains much less of this than vegetables, as it consists of flesh-forming principle, with 14 per cent of fat for animal heat; while all vegetable productions used as food contain flesh-forming principle, more heat-forming principle, more ashes for the bones, and a portion of innutritious matter. I am therefore a decided gainer in every point of view by obtaining my food direct from the vegetable kingdom.
18. Because the experiments of Dr. Beaumont on the body of Alexis St. Martin (who was accidentally wounded in the side by a gun-shot, in such a manner as to leave an opening to his stomach, and enable Dr. Beaumont to examine the operation of digestion in the human body), prove that, when flesh is taken into the stomach, it causes an excited and inflamed appearance of the coating of the stomach, somewhat similar to that produced by taking alcoholic drinks; so much so, that Dr. Beaumont calls flesh “heating and stimulating.”
19. Because economy being one of the grand distinguishing features of nature, and the productions of the vegetable kingdom four or five hundred per cent cheaper than the same weight derived from the flesh of animals, it is unnatural, as well as unphilosophical and unbusiness-like, to pay so much dearer for an inferior article.
20. Because I find the Almighty has implanted in those animals which feed upon flesh, instincts to seek their food by night; while man’s natural instincts lead him to sleep by night, and eat and work by day.
21. Because a large proportion (some say 19 out of every 20) of the animals slaughtered for the public market, are diseased; which is caused by putting the animals into an unnatural condition, absolutely necessary to fatten or otherwise prepare them, by bleeding, &c., for the public market. Charles Lane, in his essays on dietetics, says, “There can be no doubt that to the eating of swine is to be attributed the exceeding prevalence of scrofula, measles and other cutaneous diseases so common in Great Britain.”
22. Because those animals which live on flesh are vicious, savage, and dangerous; while those that live on vegetable productions are mild, docile, and tractable. Even animals naturally savage, by being fed on meal-porridge, bread, milk, &c., seem to lose their natural ferocity and become domesticated, as, for instance, the dog and the domestic cat; while sheep, and other gentle animals, have become savage and dangerous when fed on flesh.
23. Because a vegetarian diet, by contributing to the physical health of man, improves likewise his moral condition, besides conducing in no small degree to the healthy development of the intellectual faculties; since it must naturally follow that, by rendering the instrument clear and pure, the acts of life will be materially influenced, in being identified with that which is clear and pure also.
24. Because the principle contains within itself a protest against slavery, capital punishment, war, intemperance, and other evils of society; also, because the active benevolence of its principles fosters and encourages all movements having for their object the well-being and moral elevation of the human family.—Published by the Vegetarian Society, Manchester, England.
Greenville, Mich.
By A. S. Hutchins
I have been in this section nearly two weeks. Some eighty brethren and sisters have attended our meetings each Sabbath, some coming a long distance to meet with us. One sister said she had not heard preaching before for four years. Our social meetings have been indeed encouraging. The first Sabbath I was here, there were seventy-three testimonies given in about that number of minutes.
But there is a more pleasing feature than this, which inspires our hearts with hope and courage of brighter days for this and other churches in this section. The work of God is manifestly settling deeper into the hearts of his dear people. The counsel to the Laodiceans is taking hold of the lukewarm. I trust they will heed it; that they will buy the “gold tried in the fire,” and be rich in good works. Old pilgrims, who have been long in the way, can see that there is for them, a higher attainment in the spiritual life. Oh! that this transforming power of the truth and Spirit of God might be experienced by every one of us who has a connection with the present truth. Oh! that we might feel for the salvation of souls around us as we should.
Last week, in company with Bro. Fargo, I spent one night at the Danish settlement. Found the friends in this section, except the sick, convened at the house of Bro. Larsen, to whom I spoke from Acts 10: 34, 35. Brotherly love and Christian union unite their believing hearts. They hold the truths of the Bible as presented to them at first, by Bro. John Matteson, as very choice; and appear to be trying to walk in the light as it shines upon their pathway. They spoke with earnestness of their desire to overcome, and to be prepared to meet the Saviour when he comes.
In their devotions, in their own tongue, we could much better understand the Spirit witnessing to God’s approval than we could their language. In this, they have decidedly the advantage of us, as they can not only understand quite well our language, but they also know the good Spirit which attends the message we bear.
Last night, we held a meeting for celebrating the ordinances of the Lord’s house. One was added to the church, and I think all were benefited as we commemorated the matchless love of Jesus. Next Sabbath, I expect to be at Bushnell.
Old friends here deeply sympathize with Bro. and sister White, in their affliction, and would most gladly welcome them here again. May the Lord bless them with strength to once more fill their place in the work they have ever held so dear, and for which they have suffered so much.
A. S. HUTCHINS.
Oct. 20, 1873.
Consolations of Religion Amid Worldly Trials
SAID Mrs. Jenks, on her return from church, “When I see the shawls of those Johnsons, and then think of what I have to wear, if it was not for the consolations of religion I don’t know what I would do.”
ALL that is good must be tried, to prevent it from being lost or spoiled. The cross is therefore mere grace and goodness.
DO NOT dread possible worldly trials; perhaps they will never come; and if they do, God will strengthen you.
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
DIED, in North Liberty, Indiana, Oct. 3, 1873, my beloved wife, Elizabeth Harvey, aged forty-eight years. She was converted in early life and joined the Methodist church, where she maintained an unimpeachable Christian character. Some ten years since she was convinced, by careful examination of the Scriptures, that we are living in the hour of God’s judgment, when she withdrew from the Methodist church and embraced the seventh day Sabbath and nearly all the doctrines held by the Seventh-day Adventists. She leaves her husband and one son and a large circle of relatives and friends, who mourn their loss, but not without hope. Very appropriate remarks were made at her funeral by Elder S. H. Lane, from 1 Cor. 15:20, 21. JAMES HARVEY.
DIED, of consumption, near Greenville, Mich., Aug. 26, Abijah Noyes, aged sixty-two years. Bro. N. suffered much, but we hope that his will be the reward of the just. P. STRONG.
DIED, in Chicago, Oct. 7, 1873, Chas. Wegener, aged thirty-eight years. Short discourse by a German Adventist minister, from Job 1:14.
Bro. Wegener had been a sea-faring man and quite a missionary among the sailors, until conviction that the seventh day was the Sabbath of the Lord drove him from his occupation, and he came to Chicago and opened a small store. He was a German by birth, had kept the Sabbath some five years, and held, on most points, with Seventh-day Adventists. He bore a plain testimony wherever he was, and for some time previous to his death had united with us in social worship and Sabbath-school exercises. He had not a relative in this country. Among his last rational words were, “The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin.” I think he was a very upright, conscientious man, and will have part in the first resurrection. E. G. RUST.
DIED, Sept. 25, 1873, at his residence near Uniontown, Bourbon Co., Kansas, Bro. David W. Stuck, aged forty-five years, three months, and twenty-five days.
Bro. Stuck embraced the present truth and united with our little church at Uniontown, which was organized by Brother Cook, April 20, 1873. He lived a consistent Christian until called away. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn, but not as others who have no hope. We miss him from our little band, but we humbly commit him into the hand of the Lord, who doeth all things well. May the Lord comfort the lonely widow and children, and guide them on in the way of truth. A. W. CONE.
DIED, in Washington Co., Kan., Sept. 10, 1873, of consumption, Elizabeth D. Curl, after suffering severely about ten months. Her loss is deeply felt by the family and friends, but we trust she sleeps in Jesus, who was her only hope. At the funeral, words of comfort were spoken by W. H. Knight, Methodist. A. L. CURL.
DIED, in Caledonia, Boone Co., Ill., Sept. 13, 1873, of cholera infantum, our youngest child, Lydia Isora, aged three months and ten days. Although we greatly miss her, we sorrow not as those without hope, for we do hope, if faithful a little longer, we shall meet the loved ones where
Sickness and death cannot harm them,
Nor tear them again from our side.
J. & E. F. HUNTER.
DIED, in East Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 25, 1873, at the residence of Dr. Hough, of pulmonary consumption, Almon W. Flint, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. He embraced present truth above five months ago. He was a patient sufferer, and died in hope of a part in the first resurrection.
Deceased was formerly a resident of Vermont. J. G. BENTON.
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General Conference.
Providence permitting, the twelfth annual meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., Friday, Nov. 14, 1873, at 9 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of considering such matters pertaining to the general prosperity of the cause as may properly come before this body. Geo. I. Butler, S. N. Haskell, H. Lindsay, Gen. Conf. Com.
S. D. A. P. Association.
The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association will hold its fourteenth Annual Session at Battle Creek, Mich., Monday, Nov. 17, at 9 o’clock A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any business that may come before the meeting. James White, Harmon Lindsay, A. P. Van Horn, C. W. Comings, M. S. Merriam, Geo. I. Butler, S. N. Haskell, Trustees.
Quarterly meeting of S. D. Adventists at Mt. Hope, Gratiot Co., Wis., will be held on Sabbath and first-day, Nov. 15 and 16, 1873. All the brethren and sisters of adjoining churches are cordially invited. Wm. Proctor.
The next monthly meeting for Western New York will be held at Lancaster, Erie Co., Nov. 8 and 9. In connection with this meeting the quarterly meeting for District No. 1 of the N. Y. and P. A. and M. Society will be held. Let there be a general gathering, and bring or send in all your reports. T. H. Lindsay, Director.
The next quarterly meeting of the churches of Saginaw Co. will be held at Chesaning, Sabbath, Nov. 8, and T. and M. quarterly meeting for District No. 8 will be held the 9th. Come, brethren and sisters, to these meetings prepared to take hold of the work of the Lord in earnest; also prepared to pay your pledges as far as possible. John McGregor, Director.
Providence permitting, there will be meetings in District No. 4, of Michigan T. and M. Society, at Otsego, Nov. 2, 10 A. M.; Allegan, 6.30 P. M. Leighton, Nov. 9, 10 A. M. Hope all the members will come prepared to report.
The next quarterly meeting for Allegan Co., Mich., will be held at Otsego, Dec. 6 and 7. The quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society, Dist. No. 4, will be held in connection with this meeting. J. L. Rumery, Director.
The next quarterly meeting of the church in Vernon will be held the 8th and 9th of November. Theo. Phinisey.
No providence permitting, I will meet with the church at Richland, Iowa, Nov. 1, 2; Sigourney, “ “ 8; Soldier Valley, “ “ 15, 16; Onawa, “ “ 22, 23; Decatur, Neb. “ 29, 30. H. Nicola.
There will be a quarterly meeting of the T. and M. Society for District No. 3, Michigan, in connection with the quarterly meeting to be held at Newton, Nov. 8 and 9. All members are requested to bring their quarterly reports. I. A. Olmstead, Director.
The next monthly meeting of the Jackson church will be held at Bro. H. H. Bramall’s in Springport, Mich., Nov. 1. E. P. Giles.
The next quarterly meeting for Newton and Burlington will be held in Newton, Nov. 8 and 9—a two day’s meeting. The churches of Convis and Dover are invited to meet with us. A minister is expected to attend. Ambrose White.
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The quarterly meeting for district No. 9, New York, will be held at South Putney, instead of Wheeler, as appointed in last REVIEW. P. Z. Kinne.
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DAVID HONEYWELL: On Acts 7 we refer you to pages 77–79 of the book entitled “Man’s Nature and Destiny,” published at this Office.
C. O. T.: In the General Conference Address on Organization, page 13, you will find as follows:—“We understand the duties of a deacon to be confined exclusively to the temporal matters of the church.” This is the view now generally held; and this is, perhaps, a sufficient answer to your question.
W. M.: In the tract above referred to on Organization, directions for electing officers are as follows:—“Let the minister read the scriptures setting forth the qualifications requisite to the office of elder and deacon, and then let the minister select two brethren of good judgment who with him shall act as a nominating committee to nominate candidates.” And their nomination is to be ratified by a three-fourths vote; and provided that no valid objection is offered by those not voting in the affirmative. These directions, are, however, for the organization of a church. In churches already organized it is customary to vote by ballot, both in nomination and election. All elections of officers should either be by ballot or by the course marked out in the Address, to prevent confusion.
H. H.: The texts quoted to prove the “return of the Jews” have often been noticed in the Review. You will find the subject examined more fully in the pamphlet on the “Age to Come,” than we could now examine it in the paper. We hold to the doctrine of “the restoration of Israel,” but only on the gospel plan. If there are any promises of special or temporal benefits to the Jews, we have mistaken the intent of the gospel.
“Is the original word for death ever translated separation?” G. A. K.
Never. No word in either Testament signifying death is ever translated, separation; nor is any word which signifies separation ever translated, death. The words are not kindred, and are perverted if used interchangeably.
The question concerning the keeping of boarders who do not observe the Sabbath, has been before the Literary Society a number of weeks. Several essays on the subject were read, and it was brought up for discussion, in order to give it a full examination. Finally, by a unanimous vote, the following was adopted as the opinion of the Society: “Circumstances are so various that it is impossible to lay down a rule to govern all cases.” J. H. W.
News and Miscellany.
“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
Financial and Commercial.
ONLY a light business is done in stocks. Foreign exchange is dull and nominal. Money is in better supply, and lent on call loan and on renewal at 7 per cent, gold. A better demand is reported in discounts. Greenbacks command a nominal premium of only ⅛ to ¼ per cent. Government bonds are quiet. The amount of English gold thus far received at New York is about $7,500,000; the amount on the way, $8,500,000. Of the sums received, over 5,000,000 have gone into the Assay Office for reco[in]age.—The Methodist.
In Brooklyn, last week, A. B. Trowbridge brought an action to recover the amount of a bill for furniture sold to Mrs. Barnum about two years ago. It was shown that T. W. Barnum, husband of the defendant, was insolvent, and that all he had was in his wife's name. He asserted that he purchased the goods, and that his wife had nothing to do with it, but the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. This is a just judgment. We do not know a meaner act than that of a man who puts his property into his wife's hands, then contracts debts and refuses to pay them on the ground of his poverty. A prison is the proper place for such a man.—Golden Censer.
A DISPATCH dated Mexico, Oct. 2, says: “The priests of the Church of St. Lorenzo and all parishes have excommunicated all who recognize the constitution and reforms instituted by the government. The Jesuits have been ordered to leave the country at the first opportunity. The President issued a decree the day following the publication of the reforms and additions to the constitution proclaimed on the 25th ult., commanding all functionaries and government employees to affirm without reservation the reforms and guard, and cause to be guarded the additions to the constitution under penalty of forfeiture of position. Church and State shall be separated. Congress cannot make laws establishing or prohibiting any religion. Matrimony is to be a civil contract. Religious institutions cannot hold property.”
INSTEAD of abating its ravages at the approach of cool weather, the yellow fever is worse than ever at Shreveport, La. We print the following appeal from the Howard Association, as setting forth the state of affairs in authoritative language:—
To our fellow-citizens: Yellow fever, an epidemic that has already swept away more than 400 of the community, is still raging with unabated fury in our midst. We have now at least 700 sick of all ages, sexes, colors, and nationalities, all of whom, from the peculiar character of the disease, require constant and skillful nursing. In addition to this, there are hundreds of people left without a cent and without employment. Among these are many women and little children. All of them must for the present be provided for and fed by the Howard Association, for there is no work to do and no money to be had. The destitution in our midst is as heartrending as the disease itself, and there is a fearful number of deaths. The drain upon the funds of the Association has thus far been enormous, and the liberal aid sent us by our sister cities is nearly exhausted. Under these painful circumstances we are forced to make this general appeal to the country for additional aid. We have people among us suffering, in want, and dying, from all sections of the Union and from all nations, and we feel that the great public heart will respond to this appeal, extorted by the most dire necessity. Our own resources are nearly exhausted. The wealthy are broken down, the poor are threatened with actual starvation, the sick and dying are about to be deprived of the commonest comforts humanity can offer them. We appeal, not to our fellow-countrymen, but to our fellow-men, for aid.
L. E. Simmons,
President Howard Association.
THE Committee of Liquidation of Ecclesiastical Property, appointed under the law for the abolition of religious corporations in Italy, yesterday took possession of six convents in Rome. The rectors read protests, which the committee accepted, and then handed to each inmate a certificate for his future income. The United States and Portuguese Consuls also protested against the seizure of certain portions of the Franciscan convent, on the ground that they were the property of citizens of their respective countries.
The General of the Society of Jesuits was officially notified by the Government that the order must immediately vacate the premises now occupied by them in Rome.
A Contrast.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC paper published in New York furnishes the following testimony to the difference between the Methodists and the Roman Catholics as to the intelligence of the people:—
“The sales of the Methodist Book Concern amount to nearly one million dollars per annum—a sum more than equal to the receipts from all the Catholic books published in the United States by the English Catholic publishing houses of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Then look at the circulation of their Sunday-school papers—304,000 copies of one—while with us the Young Catholic has only reached 154,000 copies, and the other two or three papers do not reach 3000 each; yet be it remembered the Catholics number twice as many as the Methodists. Within the last three years, leaving out school books and a few controversial books, one could count on the fingers of one's two hands all the Catholic books within a year after publication, which reached a bona fide sale of 1500 copies. After the first year they circulate at the rate of 250 per year, hardly enough to pay interest on the capital invested. The Catholic laity, as a body, buy no books. Those that would buy are too often without money, and those who have the money are too often without taste for reading.”
General Conference.
See call in this paper of General Conference for Nov. 14, and Publishing Association for the 17th.
Testimony No. 23.
This number contains a very important message to the church of the Laodiceans, and other matter. Price, 25 cents. Every believer in the Third Angel's Message should have a copy.
The General Conference Committee.
By John Nevins Andrews
The efficiency of our system of organization depends very much upon the existence and the action of this committee. During the interval from one Conference to another, the general management of our affairs as a people is in their hands. They constitute an executive board to carry into effect the measures which are determined upon by the Conference. Without their action, much of the Conference business would end in mere talk. By their means we are able to act as a body, and at all times are represented by those who are authorized to act for us.
This committee is selected annually with especial reference to the important and responsible work to be done. It is but just to say that our present committee in the general performance of their responsible duties have acted with great wisdom and prudence. Upon them have devolved very great labors, and these have been performed with diligence and faithfulness. Especially at Battle Creek have fallen many and great responsibilities. I believe that God has helped them in their proper discharge. It is certainly duty for every one to aid in strengthening the hands of those who stand in this place of chief responsibility. I am glad to believe that there is an increasing disposition on the part of our people to do this.
J. N. ANDREWS.
Reports, &c.
By Editor
At the commencement of the Tract and Missionary work it seemed to be necessary to publish quite fully the proceedings of meetings, including statistics, as it might lead to unity of design and effort, and sometimes might prove an important means of suggesting methods of action to the uninstructed. But for some time it has been evident that these reports must be much abridged, as the work enlarges, or resort must be had to some other medium of publication than the Review. It is probable that a Missionary Journal will eventually be published. But in the meantime we are obliged to say that reports of labor of all kinds must be written in brief, or abridged at the office, if they are published. The best way is for the writers to condense, as it is a very difficult task, and one of much labor, to abridge a writing and fully preserve the ideas of the writer; while it is comparatively easy for the writer to condense in writing.
Many lengthy reports have been received for months past of, perhaps, a two days’ meeting, giving minute particulars of each sermon and social meeting. They have been thrown aside. The writers must know, on a little consideration, that if all the laborers should report thus, the Review would not contain their reports. Those who labor constantly and diligently cannot report so; and therefore we are forced to conclude that, when a report is strung out to unnecessary length, the writer is not doing much.
The Progress Department should be kept up with lively interest by frequent, brief reports; and circumstances seem to require that brevity shall be the general rule hereafter.
To the S. B. Treasurers of the N. Y. and Pa. Conference.
By S. B. Whitney
As the quarter draws to a close, allow me to call your attention to your duty, as we want to start right this year.
Please remember that the time for the first quarterly report is the first of November, and you should see that S. B. dues are paid, and forward them to the Treasurer, so as to have something to report. Let us hear from you promptly. The address of the Treasurer is E. S. Lane, Locke, Cayuga Co., and mine is Pottersville, Warren Co., N. Y.
If any wish blanks or instructions, they can obtain them by applying to me. S. B. WHITNEY, Sec.