SABBATH forenoon, April 29, I met with the church in Clyde, O., at the house of Bro. Sharpe. Quite a number came together at the time appointed for worship, and I spoke to them about an hour on present truth and present duty. At three o’clock P. M., met with the Sabbath-keepers in Townsend, in prayer and social meeting, at the house of Bro. Greenman. Had a good meeting. In the evening spoke in the Methodist church in Townsend, about one mile from Bro. Greenman’s; also, Sunday forenoon and evening had meeting in the same house.
On Tuesday evening, commenced meetings in a school-house about five miles distant. Had seven meetings. Bro. A. A. Hutchins assisted in these meetings, speaking three times. Thursday, May 11, in company with Bro. Hutchins, came to Appleton, Licking Co., Ohio. We trust this move is in the order of the Lord, and that he has a work for us to do here. The Lord willing, we commence meetings a few miles from here Sunday forenoon, May 14, to continue as long as the interest may demand. Pray, brethren, that the Lord may use us to his glory.
H. A. St. John.
Appleton, Ohio, May 12, 1871.
Letter From Bro. R. Miles on the Third Angel's Message
Bro. R. Miles writes: It is over twenty years since I embraced the third angel’s message. It cheers my heart to think the Christian’s hope is soon to be realized.
News and Miscellany.
“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”
LONDON, Wednesday, May 31, 1871.—Paris is still under military jurisdiction, but communication with the city is now unrestricted, and entrance and exit are free to all. It is said that the number of prisoners now in the hands of the Government exceeds 40,000, and that many of them will be sent to the seaports for trial.—N. Y. Tribune.
ALGIERS.—The London Times says: Accounts from Algiers to the 6th of May state that the insurrection continues to rage as fiercely as ever, and some dreadful massacres had been perpetrated by the Arabs at Delly, Bougie and Palestro. At the last-mentioned village the whole male population, consisting of 46 individuals, were murdered with the greatest brutality and the women and children carried off into the interior. It is satisfactory to learn, however, that in almost every engagement with the French forces the Kabyles have been driven back with loss.
CHINA.—Our minister in China, Gov. Lowe, has forwarded to the Secretary of State a translation of a report of a terrible earthquake, from the Chinese Governor-General of the province in which it occurred. The place of the calamity was Bathang, which lies on a very elevated spot beyond the borders of the province, about 260 miles west from Li T'ang, and more than 30 post stations from the district town of Ta-tsien, on the high road to Thibet. The earthquake commenced on the 11th of April, and continued at intervals for ten days. As nearly as is ascertained, there were destroyed two large temples, the offices of the collector of grain tax, the local magistrate, and the colonel, the Ting-lin temple, and nearly 700 fathoms of wall around it, and 351 rooms in all inside; six smaller temples, numbering 221 rooms, beside 1,849 rooms and houses of the common people. The number of people, soldiers, and lamas killed by the crash was 2,298! among whom were the local magistrate and his second in office. The earthquake extended from Bathang eastward to Pang C'bahmeuh, westward to Nantun; on the south to Lin-tsah-shih, and on the north to the salt wells of Atimtz, a circuit of over 400 miles. It occurred simultaneously over the whole of this region.—N. Y. Tribune of June 7, 1871.
A TERRIBLE cyclone devastated a narrow strip of country near Mason City, Ill., last Friday morning. The storm-cloud was first observed gathering on an open prairie, six miles from Mason City, and from this cloud soon shot out three narrower and spire-like cloud columns, which continued to ascend rapidly, until they reached and seemed to amalgamate with a passing cloud above. This startling phenomenon then moved slowly toward Mason City, but finally changed its course, much to the relief of the people of that place. A mile from its track, an odor, much like that of burning sulphur, was inhaled by several persons. A gentleman, who was within a hundred yards of the cyclone when it passed, says that small flashes of electricity were constantly visible in the storm column, passing from the earth to the clouds above, and that rapid, crackling reports were heard, reminding him most forcibly of volleys of musketry. The pathway of the cyclone was nearly three miles in length, and from 20 to 80 feet in width, and in that pathway not a spear of grass, not a stalk of corn or wheat, not a shrub, and not a particle of vegetation, was left alive. For some distance the earth was literally plowed up to the depth of six inches. The column of whirling air must have been intensely hot, as every green thing in its path was dried to a crisp. Another feature of the cyclone was that, while its rotary motion must have been of inconceivably great velocity, its forward motion was only about six miles an hour. The outlines of its pathway were so well defined that five feet from the outer line of total destruction of vegetation of every kind, not a vestige of its effects could be seen. Fortunately, no house stood in the line of the tornado.—N. Y. Tribune, of June 7, 1871.
The recent papers report matters in France as being more settled. The rebellion is quelched, and the German troops are marching homeward.
Western Camp-Meetings
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
Western Camp-Meetings.
PROVIDENCE permitting, the western camp-meetings will be held as follows:—
Milton Junction, Wis., June 22-26
Medford, Steele Co., Minn., June 29-July 4
GEN. CONF. COM.
Wisconsin Camp-Meeting.
PROVIDENCE permitting, there will be a camp-meeting at Clear Lake, on the farm of Mr. Stone, one and one-half miles north of Milton Junction, on the Chicago and North-western and Milwaukee and Prairie Du Chien railroads. The meeting will be held June 22-26, 1871. We hope to get reduced fare for those coming on the cars to this meeting. We expect this will be a very important meeting. We hope to see a general attendance of our people. Do not let worldly considerations keep you from coming and bringing your neighbors and friends with you. Bring your tents and camp equipages. Come in time for the commencement of the meeting. Come to stay till the close. There will be teams to convey to the ground those that come on the cars. Provisions can be obtained on the ground; and hay and oats for teams. We confidently expect Bro. and Sister White to be at this meeting.
I. SANBORN, Wis.
M. J. BARTHOLF, Conf.
C. W. OLDS, Com.
Wisconsin State Conference.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Wisconsin State Conference will hold its next annual session in connection with our camp-meeting, to be held at Milton Junction, June 22-26, 1871. Let all our churches elect delegates to represent them according to the following ratio: twenty members or under, one delegate, and one delegate for every additional fifteen members. Let all the churches send to the Conference a written report of their standing, their losses and additions during the year, and the yearly amount of their Systematic Benevolence fund.
I. SANBORN,
M. J. BARTHOLF, Wis. State Conference Committee.
C. W. OLDS,
Minnesota Camp-Meeting.
PROVIDENCE permitting, the Minnesota Camp-meeting will be held near the village of Medford, Steele Co., Minn., June 29-July 4, 1871.
HARRISON GRANT, Minn.
CALVIN KELSEY, Conf.
D. McALPINE, Com.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Minnesota State Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will hold its next annual session in connection with the Minnesota Camp-meeting to be held at Medford, Steele Co., Minn., June 29-July 4, 1871. And it is requested that all our churches in the State be represented by delegate or letter, giving a report of their standing, their losses, and additions during the year; also the yearly amount of their Systematic Benevolence fund.
HARRISON GRANT, Minn.
CALVIN KELSEY, Conf.
D. McALPINE, Com.
The next quarterly meeting for Alleghany County, will be held at Nile Settlement, the first Sabbath and first-day in July. All the members are earnestly requested to report personally or by letter. Come, brethren, prepared to pay up your Systematic Benevolence for the last year, as that will be the last chance before the State Conference. It is hoped that there will be a faithful laborer sent this way.
G. G. GREEN, Church Treasurer.
QUARTERLY meeting for the Alaiedon church will be held at Alaiedon the last Sabbath and Sunday in June. Bro. Byington will be present.
By request, I will meet with the brethren at Otsego, Mich., Sabbath, June 18. I hope to see a general attendance, as the Sabbath-school will be organized at this meeting. I will also meet with the brethren at Leighton, Sabbath, June 25.
H. M. KENYON.
QUARTERLY meeting for the church at Hundred Mile Grove, Wis., will be held July 1 and 2.
N. M. JORDON.
QUARTERLY meeting in Amherst at the “Hillside,” July 1 and 2. The two days’ storm that preceded the quarterly meeting held at Washington prevented many attending that otherwise would and makes this meeting necessary at this time. The cars for Amherst will leave Nashua on arrival of the cars from Worcester.
S. N. HASKELL.
Obituary Notices.
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
DIED, at Wright, Mich., March 31, 1871, Bro. Thomas J. Hilliard, aged sixty-two years. Bro. Hilliard embraced the truth under the labors of Eld. J. B. Frisbie, and he has been a devoted follower of Christ. He was happy in the prospect of soon seeing the Lord, and would exclaim: I am happy; my sleep will be short; do not weep for me. Remarks by the writer from 1 Cor. 5:22.
JOHN L. EDGAR.
DIED, in Brookfield, Vt., April 4, 1871, of congestion of the lungs, my dear husband, Samuel Buzzell, aged eighty-one years and six months.
About sixteen years since, he embraced the third angel's message. From that time until his death, he has been a firm believer in the second coming of the Lord, and died as he had lived, with a hope to have a part in the first resurrection.
He bore his sufferings with patience and Christian resignation, and has gone to his rest, to rise again when Jesus the Lifegiver shall appear. He leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his loss, but not as those without hope. May God's Holy Spirit sustain us and help us to make a preparation to meet him in the resurrection morn, there to form an unbroken family in that land where death and sorrow can never come.
LOUISA N. BUZZELL.
DIED, in Battle Creek, May 13, of asthmatic consumption, Cyrus P., son of Bro. Henry Hilliard, in the twentieth year of his age. Bro. Cyrus had been suffering for years from hereditary disease, and notwithstanding all was done for him that could be, nature finally gave way. During the past winter and spring, he had been making special efforts to get nearer to God, and gave good evidence of a fixed principle to do right, and serve the Lord. His remains were taken to his home for interment, where his funeral was attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends and neighbors; and we laid him away, believing that his flesh rests in hope. Discourse from 1 Cor. 15:25. 26.
S. B. WHITNEY.
The Way of Truth, the Way of Peace.
By E. W. B.
THE REVIEW comes to our home a welcome messenger. Being unable to meet with those of like faith, we hail with joy its arrival, for it brings light, truth, and encouraging words; leading our hearts more firmly to trust the sure foundation, the “Rock of Ages.” For one year I have felt great interest in this paper. Once I threw it aside as dry and uninteresting.
I felt the power of the truth from seeing it lived out before me, and saw in it beauty and harmony. But the name Adventist was a terrible weight for my proud heart. The Sabbath troubled me very much. I could see the plain command, yet hesitated for some time to obey, for fear of opposition from friends professing a different doctrine. I feared that I could not endure the opposition without faltering; but I trusted then in my own strength. This constantly rung in my ears: Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.
I weighed the subject on every side, and decided that it was safe to keep God’s commandments; but a great uncertainty rested upon the safety of keeping the commandments of man.
After accepting the Sabbath, light beamed upon the other points of faith so clear that I could but accept them as truth. I have found sweet peace in obeying the truth which I never before experienced. I want to realize more the narrowness of the way that leads to eternal life.
It is my earnest desire to see others rallying around the standard of truth. The day of preparation for the great tribunal is short, and laborers, earnest, faithful laborers, are needed. E. W. B. Williamsburg, N. Y.
A Test.
By Lydia J. Shaw
If our life be one of daily progress, if we are indeed growing better as we advance in life; if we are more penitent and kind, more meek, humble, and obedient, more diligent and self-denying, more anxious about being what we ought to be, and less anxious about appearing so that we may gain the favor and the applause of the world, but rather seeking to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service, and are transformed by the renewing of our minds, then may we have hope that our religion is not in vain, that it can stand against scorn and contempt without, and also against the foes within, and that we are in some degree at least, unworthy as we are, adorning our profession. Then shall we know that the path we have entered upon is the path of the just, and will be found to be illuminated by that light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day, even that glorious day, when to Christ’s humble and obedient children the Lord shall reveal himself as their everlasting light, and the ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads.
LYDIA J. SHAW.
Do Not Fear the Power of the World
Do NOT fear the power of the world. When a blind man runs against you in the street, you are not angry with him. You say, “He is blind, poor man! or he would not have hurt me.” So you may say of the world when they speak evil of Christ, “They are blind.”
Character Injured Only By One's Own Acts
Your character cannot be essentially injured, except by your own acts.
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Appointments and Business Notices
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New Tract.
By Uriah Smith
“SPIRITUALISM A SATANIC DELUSION.”
Such is the title of a new tract written by Eld. M. E. Cornell, and just published at this Office. The tract contains the substance of a number of discourses against spiritualism, delivered by Bro. C. within the past few weeks in this place. An idea of the nature of this work may be gained from the headings of its different divisions, which we subjoin:
“The works of spiritualism are positively forbidden by the word of God.—They are not the spirits of the dead, but of devils or fallen angels.—Led captive by the devil at his will.—Seducing, deceptive spirits.—They deny God.—Satan, the god and father of spiritualists.—They are Antichrist.—Man is deified.—They justify sin.—They deny the Bible.—An inquiry by Tillie Hull.—Known by its fruits.—They oppose marriage.”
Testimony from standard spiritualist writers, so far as there is anything standard among them, is given under each of these headings. Out of their own mouths they are condemned, being suffered to define their own work and character. As a concise and pointed work on this subject, we commend it to general circulation. 32 pp. Price, 3 cts. Covered, 5 cts.
U. S.
To whom it May Concern.
By Merritt E. Cornell
WHILE absent from home, about six weeks since, I received the first intimation that my companion was attending spiritualist meetings. Returning home, I found her a confirmed spiritualist. She said her mind had been exercised on the subject for three years. Of late she had attended their meetings, circles, conversed freely with them, and read their papers. She was decided in the matter, but not yet prepared to give her reasons. I have done all in my power (others have also tried in vain to help her) to get her to reconsider the matter and to see how corrupt the fruit growing on the spiritualistic tree, but with a sad heart I have had to give it up. If any desire to know what I have presented, they will find something of it in my late tract “Spiritualism a Satanic Delusion,” to be had at the Review Office, price five cents a copy.
I would admonish all to beware how they come under the direct influence of demons. “Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.” Believing as we do, the only reasonable course for us to pursue, is to keep away from that which the Bible so much warns us against. If any are presumptuous, they may be left to sink under the power that is to “deceive if possible the very elect.”
In these days of peril and apostasy the truth is more precious to me than ever. I rejoice to say that my health is improving, and the depression of spirit I have had for weeks is fast passing away. I feel more than ever like engaging with zeal and courage in the good cause of present truth. Spiritualists have prophesied that I would give up the Bible and advocate spiritualism; but I will, by God’s grace, prove them false prophets in this also.
For about six months, I have been contemplating a visit to the Pacific coast, thinking a change of climate might benefit my health, and also that I might labor, as far as able, in behalf of the truth in that distant field. Providence favoring, I start this week for California. My address until further notice will be, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California. I crave an interest in the prayers of the faithful.
M. E. CORNELL.
Battle Creek, June 5.
How to Go to Camp-Meeting to Be Blessed.
By I. Sanborn
Come in season to pitch your tents before the meeting commences; as it not only disturbs the meeting to have the noise and bustle of pitching tents after the meeting has commenced, but you are unprepared to engage in the worship of God, as it is your duty to do in order to secure the blessing that God would be pleased to have you receive by going to such a meeting if you go as you should. Those coming to the Wisconsin Camp meeting should be on the ground Wednesday in time to have their tents pitched before Thursday morning. And those coming without tents should not forget to bring a straw tick and sufficient bedding for their use while here. There will be plenty of tent room on the ground in which they can make their beds.
One thing more very important is, to not overcharge the stomach with food while here. Not only does doing this blunt the finer sensibilities, but such persons are liable to be sick on the ground; and then they go home from the meeting feeling that it has been a failure. So it has, in their case. But it was because they violated the command of Jesus in Luke 21:34. Please read it before you go. I. SANBORN.
Editor Leaves Office to Aid Sabbath History Research
By Uriah Smith
We have spent the past week chiefly in preparing to be absent from the Office for two or three months. We go to assist Bro. Andrews in collecting material for the new edition of his History of the Sabbath. Our address will be till further notice, 65 Dorchester St., South Boston, Mass. URIAH SMITH.