WE send 3000 copies of the March number of the Reformer, one each, to those subscribers of the REVIEW AND HERALD that do not take the Reformer, with the expectation that they will subscribe for it. The next volume will begin at July next. We offer the remaining four numbers of the current volume, and the next volume complete, reaching to July, 1872, for the small sum of $1.00. Friends, we want your patronage in the enterprise of furnishing the best health journal in the country. Please send us your names and addresses, accompanied with the small sum of $1.00 each. JAMES WHITE.
To the Churches of the Vt. Conference.
By D. T. Bourdeau
As I look over the quarterly reports, I see that several of the churches have not reported for the last quarter, and that some of our churches have not paid their pledges for a long time. Now these things ought not so to be. The cause of God should not be thus neglected. Our efforts to advance the truth should increase as we near the end. It is expected that the Vermont tent will be in the field the coming season, and means will be needed to run it, and to meet the wants of the cause in other branches. Whatever may have been the lacks under which the cause in our State has struggled in the past, we have some reasons for encouragement. Vermont has never suffered much under the effects of rebellion. We have aimed to move in harmony with the body of Seventh-day Adventists; and though much of our State has been run over with the truth, yet there are good openings before us. Even on the hardest ground we find some who are anxious to hear the truth spoken. The Spirit of God is at work upon the hearts of the people. Brethren and sisters, let us come up unitedly to the help of the Lord against the mighty; emerge out of indifference, worldly-mindedness, self, and all those things that would hinder us in our journey heavenward. Let us not be discouraged by our failures in the past, but improve upon the light given us, hoping for better days.
D. T. BOURDEAU, Conf. Sec’y.
For Ohio Tent.
By O. F. Guilford
THE Ohio State Conference Committee requesting me to have all monies received for Ohio tent credited in Review, I would acknowledge the following:
Oliver Mears $15.00, I. H. Moser $10.00, Eli Glascock $10.00, E. W. Hutchins $5.00, Thomas Alverson $5.00, E. B. Herbert and wife $3.00, W. T. Carson $2.00, Jennie Herbert $1.00, S. A. Chamberlain $1.00, E. N. Chamberlain $1.00, Margaret Arnold $1.00, I. S. Nedry $1.00, Elizabeth Nedry $1.00, Mary Glascock $1.00, Sarah Glascock $1.00, H. Keeney 1.00.
O. F. GUILFORD, Ohio Conf. Treasurer.
Spurgeon on Religion in England.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
THE following startling words from this great minister should show us that we are in the last times. 2 Tim. 3: 1-5.
“ “MR. SPURGEON” has formed a bad opinion of the religious condition of England. He is reported to have said in a recent sermon: ‘The Church of England seems to be eaten through and through with sacramentarianism; but non-conformity appears to be almost as badly riddled with philosophical infidelity. Those of whom we thought better things are turning aside one by one from the fundamentals of the faith. Through and through, I believe the very heart of England is honey-combed with a damnable infidelity which dares still go into the pulpit, and call itself Christian.’ ”
Are we any better off in America? I fear not.
D. M. CANRIGHT.
News and Miscellany.
“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
How the London “Times” was sent to Paris.
The long columns of announcements in the London Times, intended for friends in Paris have been a frequent subject of remark, and people have wondered what chance there was of their ever reaching the eyes for which they were meant. The means adopted for this purpose are explained in the Times of January 30th:
“Those pages of the paper which contained communications to relatives in Paris were photographed with great care by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company on pieces of thin and almost transparent paper, about an inch and a half in length by an inch in width. On these impressions there could be seen by the naked eye only two legible words, the Times, and six narrow brown bands representing the six columns of printed matter forming a page of the newspaper. Under the microscope, however, the brown spaces became legible, and every line of the newspaper was found to have been distinctly copied, and with the greatest clearness. The photographs were sent to Bordeaux for transmission, thence by carrier-pigeon to Paris. When received there, they were magnified by the aid of a magic-lantern to a large size and thrown upon a screen. A staff of clerks immediately transcribed the messages and sent them off to the places indicated by the advertisers.”
The Removal of Mr. Sumner.
The removal of Mr. Sumner from the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations continues the exciting topic of conversation in all political circles, its probable effect upon the future of the Republican party, and the renomination of President Grant, are fully discussed. All Republicans, except a few of Mr. Sumner’s personal enemies in the Senate, agree that the occurrence is very damaging to the party, and may prove disastrous. In short, that it was a gross political blunder. The Democrats are highly elated about the affair. They say the renomination of President Grant is inevitable, because there is no man of sufficient strength to oppose him, but that his defeat will follow as a sure result of the dissensions among the Republicans. Many leading Republicans, on the other hand, assert that Grant’s renomination is now out of the question, and that is necessary to begin to look about for a more available candidate if the party is to be saved from defeat. They argue that the entire body of New England Republicans will be hostile to him on account of Mr. Sumner’s removal, and that it has alienated also all the original antislavery men throughout the country, who have always formed the active working element of the Republican party. There is already much canvassing in relation to the merits and popularity of many prominent public men, with a view of their possible candidacy for a Republican nomination. Among other names those of Colfax, Blaine, Sumner, Logan, Cox and Schenck are chiefly mentioned.
The Treaty of 1856.
LONDON, March 13.—In the house of Lords, tonight, Earl Granville announced that the Conference of the Powers on the Eastern Question had closed, and a treaty been signed at the Foreign Office, abrogating the restrictions on the admission of foreign men-of-war, into the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. The Porte, in times of peace, may admit in those waters the naval vessels of friendly Powers when needed to enforce the treaty of 1856. The Danubian Commission is prolonged 12 years. The protocol expressly declares that no Power can relieve itself of the obligations of the treaty without the consent of all the signatories.
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
MONTHLY meeting of Seventh-day Adventists of Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., and vicinity, at Cottage, the first Sabbath and first-day in April next.
We would be pleased to have Bro. Cottrell or some other preacher meet with us. Come out, brethren and sisters, remembering that the coming of the Lord is near. B. B. WARREN.
MONTHLY meeting for Western N. Y., at Olcott, April 8 and 9, 1871. J. G. Lamson, Clerk.
Books, Pamphlets, Tracts, &c.,
ISSUED BY THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
Hymn Book. This is a book of 320 pp. of Hymns, and 96 pp. of Music. In plain morocco, $1.00; in extra binding, $1.50.
Thoughts on the Revelation, critical and practical. By Uriah Smith. This is a work of 328 pp., of great value to the student of prophecy. $1.00.
History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week. By J. N. Andrews. 342 pp., $1.00.
Life Incidents, in connection with the great Advent Movement. By Eld. James White. 373 pp., $1.00.
The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. I. By Ellen G. White; 416 pp. Vol. II, will be ready soon. Each $1.00.
Autobiography of Eld. Joseph Bates, embracing a long life on shipboard, &c., with a brief account of the author's experience in the great Advent Movement of 1840–44, with portrait of the author. 318 pp., $1.00.
How to Live; comprising a series of articles on Health, and how to preserve it, with various recipes for cooking healthful food, &c. 400 pp., $1.00.
Sabbath Readings; or Moral and Religious Reading for Youth and Children. 400 pp., 60 cts. The same in five pamphlets, 50 cts.
Appeal to Youth; Address at the Funeral of Henry N. White; also a brief narrative of his life, experience, and last sickness, with his mother's letters, &c., 96 pp., muslin, 40 cts. Paper covers, 10 cts.
The Game of Life Illustrated, with Explanatory Notes, and Introduction by Eld. James White. This is one of the most instructive and impressive little works ever published. It has three illustrations, 5x6 inches each, representing Satan playing with man for his soul; 1. The game in progress; 2. The game lost; 3. The game won. In board, 50 cts.; in paper, 30 cts.
The Advent Keepsake; comprising a text of Scripture for each day of the year, on the Second Advent, the Resurrection, &c. Muslin, 25 cts.; do., gilt, 40 cts.
A Solemn Appeal relative to Solitary Vice, and the Abuses and Excesses of the Marriage Relation. Edited by Eld. James White. Muslin, 50 cts.; paper, 30 cts.
Sermons on the Sabbath and Law; embracing an outline of the Biblical and Secular History of the Sabbath for 6000 years, and a refutation of the Sunday-seventh-day theories of Mede, Jennings, Akers, and Fuller. By J. N. Andrews. 30 cts.
Our Faith and Hope, No. 1. Sermons on the Millennium, Second Advent, the Kingdom, the Judgment, the Time, the Sanctuary, and Saving Faith. No. 2 will be ready soon. 20 cts. each.
The Atonement; an Examination of a Remedial System in the light of Nature and Revelation. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.
The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.
The Bible from Heaven; or, a Dissertation on the Evidences of Christianity. 25 cts.
History of the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul. By D. M. Canright. 25 cts.
Review of Objections to the Visions. 20 cts.
Discussion on the Sabbath Question, between Elds. Grant and Cornell.
The Ministration of Angels; and the Origin, History and Destiny, of Satan. By D. M. Canright. 15 cts.
The Three Messages of Rev. 14, and the Two-Horned Beast. By J. N. Andrews. 15 cts.
Which? Mortal or Immortal? an Inquiry into the Present Constitution and Future Condition of Man. By Uriah Smith. 15 cts.
The Resurrection of the Unjust; a Vindication of the Doctrine. By J. H. Waggoner. 15 cts.
The Seventh Part of Time; a Sermon on the Sabbath Question. By W. H. Littlejohn. 10 cts.
The Truth Found; the Nature and Obligation of the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment. By J. H. Waggoner. 10 cts.
Review of Gillfillan, and other authors, on the Sabbath. By T. B. Brown. 10 cts.
Vindication of the True Sabbath. By J. W. Morton. 10 cts.
The Date of the Seventy Weeks of Dan. 9; an Explanation of the Commandment to Restore and Build Jerusalem. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
The Seven Trumpets; an Exposition of Rev. 8 and 9. 10 cts.
Matthew Twenty-Four; a full Exposition of the chapter. By James White. 10 cts.
Key to Prophetic Chart. The symbols of Daniel and John explained, and the periods determined. 10 cts.
The Position and Work of the True People of God under the Third Angel's Message. By W. H. Littlejohn. 10 cts.
An Appeal to the Baptists, from the Seventh-day Baptists, for the Restoration of the Bible Sabbath. 5 cts.
Milton on the State of the Dead. 5 cts.
Three-Cent Tracts: The Second Advent—The Millennium—The Kingdom—The Law and the Gospel—The Seventh Part of Time—Much in Little—The Sin of Witchcraft—Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts—Celestial Railroad—Scripture References.
Two-Cent Tracts: The Sufferings of Christ—Seven Reasons for Sunday-Keeping Examined—Who Changed the Sabbath?—Sabbath by Elihu—The Rich Man and Lazarus—Institution of the Sabbath—Popular Objections to the Resurrection of the Body—Positive Institutions.
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