THE Emperor's speech has set all Europe agog. It is rather pitiful to see how this one man cows the continent, and not merely the continent, but Great Britain as well. His proposal of a Congress is certainly a master stroke, both as an illustration of his power virtually to dictate terms to Europe, and also as a means of increasing that power in the future. It is not likely that Europe will reject the appeal. The Congress will doubtless meet; but it will only meet either to record submissively the decisions of the Emperor of the French, or else to dispute and to separate, leaving everything unsettled. And then? Why, then—the Emperor gives fair warning of it—there will be war! The Spectator deduces this result in the following forcible words:
'A careful perusal of his whole speech, so far as it bears on Poland, will, we believe, leave this impression on the mind. The Emperor has determined with inflexibility which the public always attributes to him, but which only manifests just before his blow, to set Poland free. So clear is this one decision that he goes out of his way to afford to the insurrection a kind of official sanction, as one which "by its duration has become a national movement." If this freedom can be accomplished by Congress, well—if not, it must be by war; but by what war he has not quite decided. It might be possible to revive Poland by finding for Russia compensation in Turkey, and the Emperor, resolved on his end, hesitates as to his road. Is it to be war for Poland alone, or for Poland and the re-settlement of the whole Eastern question? The English alliance will, in all probability, decide his course, and the net result of his speech is, we submit sufficiently clear—a Congress of Paris to erase the memory of that of Vienna and "reconstruct the edifice," or a general war in the spring.'—Dr. McClintock.
Consolations of Heaven.
How oft have hope's visions
Deceived the fond-hearted.
Like the rainbow they shone—
Like the rainbow departed—
When their light, that once sparkled,
Is darkened and gone;
See! the rainbow that fades not,
It arches God's throne!
Earth's grounds, oh, how tempting
Their flowers and their fruit,
How we love their sweet shadow;
But a worm's at the root!
When thy gourd, that once sheltered,
Is withered away,
Be the shadow of JESUS
Thy shelter and stay!
As the Dove, when of old,
From the ark it went forth,
Some green spot to rest on,
To seek through the earth;
When it found that the deluge,
So deep and so dark,
Left no green spot uncovered,
Returned to the ark,—
So when floods of affliction
Have deluged all round,
And no green spot of gladness,
No hope-branch is found,
Then flee to the SAVIOUR,
The true ark of rest!
Oh, there's no place of shelter
Like His pitying breast!
From Him thine own SAVIOUR,
Whate'er may betide thee,
No distance can sever,
No sorrow divide thee:
Earth's friends may forsake—
But He'll forsake—never;
Earth's loved ones may die,—
But He lives—forever.—Sel.
E. R. WHITCOMB
By E. R. Whitcomb
From Bro. Whitcomb.
BRO. WHITE: I feel greatly encouraged every week by receiving the Review, and I wish to say to my brethren and sisters that I feel assured that God's grace will prove sufficient for me, if I put my trust in him. I feel that the way is narrow and full of dangers, in which I must walk if I would have an entrance into that blessed city whose builder and maker is God.
There are six or seven Sabbath-keepers in Olivet, desirous of going with the remnant to Mt. Zion.
I was made to rejoice and praise God to meet with the brethren and sisters in Charlotte, to hear from Bro. and sister Byington, and remarks on Revelation from Bro. Van Horn. It was good to wait before the Lord. We had one meeting on the Sabbath, and a communion season in the afternoon. We all felt that it was good to possess such humility of heart as to wash each other's feet. May the Lord help us all to seek for that holiness of heart and purity of character that will fit us for an inheritance in God's everlasting kingdom. Christ, whose right it is to reign, will be Lord of lords and King of kings; and may we by fulfilling the conditions of his kingdom, become joint-heirs with him to the inheritance which God has promised to them that love him. Christ says, Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me to give—yes, praise the Lord! a free gift, a free reward—eternal life.
E. R. WHITCOMB
The Love of Mercy
SCARCE any virtue in the whole Scripture has been returned with greater interest than the love of mercy.
Obituary Notices.
By Abram Barnes, Jr.
FELL asleep, in Eddington, Me., Nov. 11, 1863, our beloved sister, Betsey E. Oakes, in the 64th year of her age.
Our sister had been afflicted with the loss of her eyesight, and inflammation in her eyes, for about two years. Near the close of her life the consumption and dropsy set in, and it became evident that she was sinking away. She fell asleep without a struggle. She was one of the first in Maine to embrace the Sabbath, and has lived a Christian life, and been a mother in Israel to give counsel and admonition to the erring. A discourse was preached by the writer from 1 Cor. xv, 21, 22, when we consigned her to the silent grave, to wait until the resurrection morning.
Abram Barnes, JR.
Healthfulness of Woolens.
THE most suitable clothing for our variable climate, is a subject of much importance to all. In the last report of the National Agricultural Department, there is an essay upon this topic, some parts of which we condense with comments. Wool being an excellent non-conductor of heat, it is very suitable as material for clothing. Surgeons uniformly recommend it. Dr. Hall, in his Journal of Health, says: "In winter and summer nothing can be better worn next the skin than a loose, red woolen shirt; loose for it has room to move on the skin, thus causing a titillation which draws the blood to the surface and keeps it there, and when this is the case no one can take cold. Cotton wool merely absorbs the moisture from the surface of the body, while woolen flannel conveys it from the skin and deposits it in drops outside of the shirt, and by this exposure to the air it is soon dried without injury to the body. Having these properties, red woolen flannel is worn by sailors even in the mid-summer of the warmest countries. The common observation of all nations leads them to give their sailors woolen flannel shirts, for all latitudes, as the best equalizers of heat for the body."
In the French "Annales d'Hygiene" the following remarks occur: "Diseases of the chest are early contracted by exposure to the cold without sufficient clothing. The greater portion of the children, from one to fifteen months old, who die in winter, are killed by the cold, or diseases resulting from cold. The use of woolen clothing in winter is necessary for all, at least about the upper parts of the body; and even in summer, the man who, from his profession, is compelled to work in damp places, and is exposed to drafts, should not wear light clothes. Woolen socks should everywhere be adopted, for cold feet are almost always the cause of catching cold (catarrh,) and an obstinate cough is known to cease from the exclusive use of this sort of clothing."
We have heard some persons say that their feet have been kept as warm with cotton as with woolen stockings; and there are some persons who cannot wear woolen flannel next the skin without suffering from cutaneous irritation. There are exceptions to all general rules, but undoubtedly woolen flannel affords the best clothing to be worn next the skin in our variable climate for at least nine months in the year. But white flannel is just as good for shirts as colored flannel.
The cause of flannel fulling and becoming thick is owing to the rubbing which it receives in washing, and flannels of all colors full up (felt) under similar treatment. All broadcloth dyed in the wool is fulled after it is colored. Flannels should never be rubbed upon a wash-board. The best way to wash flannels is to steep them in some strong soap-suds for about half an hour, then squeeze them between the hands for a short period, rinse them thoroughly in warm water and hang them out to dry without wringing.
Woolen flannels are more extensively worn now than heretofore by ladies and gentlemen. This is due in a great measure to the very high price of cotton flannel, which is about 50 cents per yard—the quality being the same as that which sold for ten cents three years ago.—Scientific American.
Jesus Christ Deserves to Be Everything or Nothing
JESUS CHRIST deserves to be every thing or nothing; if he is all you say he is, how is it you do not make more of him? If he is not, why do you talk so much about him, or at all profess him.
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Appointments.
PROVIDENCE permitting there will be a quarterly meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists at my house in Waitsfield the first Sabbath in January 1864. Brethren and sisters in neighboring churches are invited to attend. This meeting will continue over Sunday. Messengers from abroad are expected. We will try and get a meeting-house for Sunday meeting.
SAMUEL DANA.
I will preach a sermon in reference to the death of sister Bowers (who fell asleep in Jesus Nov. 17) at Clinton Junction, Ills., Dec. 13, at 1 o'clock p. m.
WM. S. INGRAHAM.
Notice of Meetings in Ohio.
THE next quarterly meetings will be held at Ayersville on the 19th and 20th of December, 1863, and at Green Spring on the 16th and 17th of January, 1864.
Brethren generally are invited to attend these meetings, especially those living in the towns adjacent.
Bro. St. John, or some other brother will please to be at the rail road station at Defiance with a team on the day previous to the meeting, for the conveyance of those who may come by R. R. to this meeting. Meeting to commence at ½ past 10 a. m.
CON. COM.
OUR next quarterly meeting in Johnstown Center, Wis., will be held the last Sabbath and first-day in December. We hope to have a general attendance.
ISAAC SANBORN.
How Clear.
By J. Clarke
Rev. xiii contains an account of a government, beast, which should enforce a certain mark, religious test.
Rev. xiv, 9-11, contains an account of a warning against said mark or test.
Rev. xvi contains a description of the seven plagues destined to destroy those who receive the above described mark, or test. See especially the second verse.
Rev. xiv, 1-5, and xv, give a glowing picture of the high destiny awaiting those who listen to, and heed, the warning of Rev. xiv, 9-11.
Ezekiel gives in his ninth chapter a general view of the whole, in a few brief sentences.
The final and complete extinction of the beast (government) enforcing said mark, or religious test, is summarily given in Rev. xix, 20.
That this chain of evidence is too strong to be broken, is evident. Prophecy it has been for 1800 years. History it is now, in part, and soon will be wholly.
These seven last plagues, with all the varied calamities of the last days, are evidently the last in the history of our race. The stone of Dan. ii, 34, then crushes to atoms the governments of earth, symbolized in the image of gold, silver, brass, iron, degenerating to clay.
That the beast (government) enforcing the mark, comes up after the ten-horned beast has come to its dotage, is evident from Rev. xiii. That this beast enforcing said mark is engulfed in the final closing scenes of earth's history while enforcing it, is clear from Rev. xix, 11-21. Could prophecy be more distinct? J. CLARKE.
If I Regard Iniquity in My Heart
By Editor
STUDY the article in another column entitled, If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. As a practical article it is to the point. There is much instruction in it for all; while many may be able to detect some secret idol in their own hearts, in the light of its reasoning.
The Nations Prepare for War
WITH a seemingly instinctive foresight of what is coming upon the earth, the nations are making universal preparation for war and strife. Some idea of the formidable agencies to be brought into the coming contest may be gathered from the description of the great iron-clad found in another column. The ring of the hammer, and the hum of the manufactory is everywhere heard; but it is not in beating swords into plowshares. "Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning-hooks into spears," is a divine command; and the world is everywhere heeding it. But "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks" is only a human announcement; and the deceived dreamers of peace and safety will wait in vain for its fulfillment.
The Nation’s Growth and Prophecy
By Editor
In this number will be found some interesting statistics relative to the rapid growth, progress, prosperity and wealth of this nation, which well illustrate the prophecy of Rev. xiii, 11-17.
Dr. Aker’s Sabbath Chronology
By Editor
We would remind Bro. J. M. Aldrich that we understood it was left with him, at the last General Conference to show through the Review the fallacy of Dr. Aker's chronology in regard to the Sabbath. Several have made inquiries on the point, and are anxiously waiting a reply.
Lectures in Richmond, Wisconsin
By Isaac Sanborn
I COMMENCE lectures this evening Dec. 1, in the town of Richmond, Walworth Co., Wis., and continue some time. Would say to those brethren who have sent me their urgent requests, that I will send appointments and visit them as soon as possible. ISAAC SANBORN.