BRO. SMITH:—There are no Sabbath keepers here but myself and companion. We feel very lonely, and I know not what we should do without the Review. I thank the Lord that he ever had mercy on us, and led us to see that we were keeping the traditions of men instead of the Commandments of God. Praise the Lord that we ever had an ear to hear and a heart to believe. Thanks be to God that I was ever led to embrace the Third Angel's Message. I have had many troubles and trials, and have been scoffed at for believing God's holy word, but I will strive to obey his Commands and heed the counsel of the faithful and true Witness. I want to keep the Commandments of God, because they are holy, just and good. We have nothing to fear. If we are faithful to the end, we shall receive a crown of life that fadeth not away. Though we are very weak and have many troubles and temptations, if our trust is in God he will never leave nor forsake us, but he will be with us even unto the end of the world. O what a blessed promise! Who would not rely on his promises, assured as we are that none of them will ever fail.
It is our prayer that we may have more strength to overcome every besetting sin, and live with an eye single to the glory of God. We desire to be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. We must not be slothful, content with a small measure of grace, and satisfied with being a little better than the world; no, this will not do. If we would be the children of God we must be entirely separate from the world, and walk in all the Commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. I realize that we must possess holiness of heart to stand the test of that day when the Lord Jesus will appear the second time without sin unto salvation to all those who look for him. I desire to walk consistent with the truth, and show my faith by my works, adding to my faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity; for if these things abound in us we shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of God. O I realize that there must be a deep work of grace in our hearts, and that we must have on the whole armor of God in order to stand. Dear brethren and sisters, let us take heed to ourselves, lest at any time our hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon us unawares. Let us seek to be crucified to the world, and have the world crucified to us. I have long been sick of this world, and I long for that better land where the inhabitant “shall not say I am sick,” where there shall be no more pain nor death. Brethren and sisters, my prayer is, that we may be permitted with you to walk the golden streets of the beloved city, and join in the song of redemption through the blood of the Lamb.
E. B. WAIT
Russell, Mass., Sept. 29th, 1857.
Sacrificing.
By J. CLARKE.
“Present your bodies a living sacrifice,” Rom. xii, 1. A sacrifice consumes. Does the body consume away in being offered as a sacrifice? Let Paul answer, “In much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in fastings.” 2 Cor. vi, 4, 5. The physical system, together with the mental powers, are all laid upon the altar to be worn out in the Lord’s work. This sacrifice does not directly disappear, as did the Jewish offerings, upon altars of stone; but the devoted saint is no less a sacrifice still. Young Samuel was devoted to God in infancy. So was Timothy. It may be said that they increased continually: therefore they could not be a sacrifice. This would be a play upon words. Herein is the great beauty of the work of Christ. Here is a true offering. “The wise shall understand.”
A sacrifice must be without blemish, holy. Can this body be fed with poison, or hacked with razors, for fashion’s sake, and still be without blemish, holy? Truth and candor answer, No! Can it be decked with gold, and jewels, with silks and laces, “with broidered hair,” and “costly array,” for fashion’s sake, and still be an acceptable sacrifice? No, truly.
Oh, how terribly has man defaced his moral and physical image. Oh, how are we sunk in the dregs of Papal—Babylonish mire. Our very consciences are seared. Truth must be like a thunderbolt before we hear it. J. CLARKE.
Portage, Ohio.
A Prediction of the Temporal Millennium.
Of this fact be assured, that in the last days very safe times will come; for all mankind will be lovers of each other, benevolent, retiring and reserved, humble, jealous of God's name, obedient to parents, grateful, holy, possessing great natural affection, covenant-keepers, peace-makers, chaste, docile, reverential, faithful to trust, mild, lowly-minded lovers of God more than lovers of pleasures, having the power of godliness and the essential fruits of Christianity, and with this class connect yourselves with all possible dispatch. See 2 Tim. iii, 1-5.
Religious Training.
"Samuel ministered before the Lord"
Be patient! Oh, be patient! put your ear against the earth;
List, how noiselessly the germ of the springing seed has birth,—
How noiselessly and gently it upheaves its little way.
Till it parts the scarcely broken ground, and the blade stands up in day.
Be patient! Oh, be patient! go watch the wheat-ears grow,
So imperceptibly that we can mark no change nor throe,
Day after day, day after day, till the ear is fully grown,
And then again day after day till the ripened field is brown."—Sel.
APPOINTMENT.
By J. C. Day
PROVIDENCE permitting, there will be a general Conference held in Hartland, Me., to commence Sixth-day, Oct 30th, at 1 o'clock, to hold over the Sabbath and First-day, and as much longer as the brethren may deem expedient. I am requested to give a general invitation to any and all that can come, whether in or out of the State; and it is also hoped that those who come will arrange their business, if possible, so as to remain until the meeting closes, as there will be important business to come before the meeting, and it is desirable that there should be as many present as possible, especially those who reside in Maine. It is expected that Brn. Barr, Smith & Pierce, will be present to minister the word.
In behalf of the brethren.
J. C. Day.
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Necromancy, Demonology, Fascination, &c
By Editor
NECROMANCY, DEMONOLOGY, FASCINATION, &c. — Such was the programme of an entertainment given in this village in the evening following last Sabbath. We are not surprised at performances in Necromancy, Demonology, Witchcraft, &c., in these days of demons and spiritual delusions; but our attention was arrested by the following announcement of the advertisement: "There is nothing connected with these entertainments to offend the most fastidious, scrupulous, or religious!"
What kind of a religion, thought we, must that be which would not be offended at exhibitions of necromancy, &c.? Perhaps the popular religion of the present day would not be; for the performer claimed to have "thousands of testimonials from the clergy" to that effect. But is that a Bible religion? Is there nothing in the Bible against these things? If you are not already certain, search and see. We are happy in believing that there are yet a few in the land who adhere to the Bible as their text book, and are offended at anything that outrages its spirit and principles.
Babylon Falls, God’s Church Rises
As Babylon falls to rise no more, the church of God rises to fall no more.
Departure from the Faith
1 Tim. iv, 1. Now the Spirit expressly declareth that in later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines about dead men. Wakefield's Trans.
A full explanation of these scriptures would require much to be written; and should such an explanation be given, we apprehend it would contain many a declaration and many a rebuke which would come close home to professors of the present day. Hebrews xi, is a portion of scripture worthy of earnest contemplation and study. It contains a definition of faith, and many illustrations of the same in the lives and actions of the ancient worthies. From what is written in that chapter as a whole, the Apostle makes an application in the first verse of chap. xii: "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, (who are these witnesses? Those just mentioned in the previous chapter. And what did they bear witness to? To the efficacy of saving faith,) let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, (what is this sin? That which these witnesses have testified against, which is the want of faith, or unbelief,) and run with patience the race set before us."
So Heb. xi, is a lesson on faith illustrated—not with the pencil and graver, but with an inspired record of what it has accomplished in ages past for its possessors. It will accomplish the same for us now, if we will but exercise it. It has lost none of its efficacy. Then let us lay aside the sin of unbelief which besets so easily, which ere we are aware creeps in, and strikes at the very root of every plant of a religious growth, till it droops and dies. Let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
On 1 Cor. xiv, 39, it will be sufficient to remark that it can not be found in the writings of the New Testament, that the gifts were ever designed to cease from the church. When therefore the church shall get on to gospel ground, we shall see a speedy restoration of those gifts which were exercised in gospel days. In 1 Cor. xii, the Apostle instructs us concerning the gifts of the Spirit, and tells us to covet earnestly the best gifts. The gift of prophesying as defined in chap. xiv, 3, is the most valuable, because the most useful of the gifts; therefore, says he, [verse 39,] brethren covet to prophesy.
To the other texts we are disposed to give their literal and obvious meaning. We know not in what other light to look upon them; and if this be right how far beneath our duty and our privilege are we living!