The whole Bible might be labeled, “The Word of Christ,” it is so full of him; in all parts of it you find a word from him, or a word about him; take him away from it, and it would be a book without a meaning. It has been well said—“What a babe’s clothes are when the babe has slipped out of them into death, and the mother’s arms clasp only the raiment—that would the Bible be if the Babe of Bethlehem and the great truths that clothed his life and death should slip out of it.” But there is no possibility of putting Christ out of the Bible, for he is its very substance.
In ancient times a celebrated artist made a most wonderful shield, and worked his own name into it, so that it could not be removed without destroying the shield. It is just so with the Bible and Christ. As long as the Bible stands, his name must be above every name in it. His name shall endure forever.
One of the kings of Egypt employed a renowned architect to build an important light-house, and desired to have the royal name sculptured on the front; but the architect thought that the king, who only supplied the money, ought not to have all the credit; he secretly carved his own name in the lasting granite, and then covering it with imitative plaster, he formed the king’s there; so in the course of time the plaster wore away, and the king’s name was gone, but the architect’s name appeared in characters that could not be effaced!
Thus, notwithstanding the schemes of ungodly men, it will be with the name of Christ; it will still remain in the Bible to be as the light and glory of the sacred page; and thus the Bible will be to all generations what the star was to the wise men of the East, a light to guide mankind to the Saviour. You may still take up the Bible and say:
This volume of my Father’s grace
Doth all my griefs assuage;
Here I behold my Saviour’s face
Almost on every page.
Sorrow
SORROW.—Sorrow sobers us, and makes the mind genial. And in sorrow we love and trust our friends more tenderly, and the dead become dearer to us. And just as the stars shine out in the night, so there are blessed faces that look at us in our grief, though before their features were fading from our recollection. Suffering! Let no man dread it too much, because it is good for him, and it will help to make him labor for immortality. It is not in the bright, happy day, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in their long, long distances. And it is in sorrow—the night of the soul—that we see farthest, and know ourselves to be natives of infinity, and sons and daughters of the Most High.
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Appointments.
By N. B. MORTON; JOSEPH BATES; I. SANBORN; PHILIP STRONG; J. BYINGTON
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
THE next Monthly Meeting of the churches of Anamosa, Fairview, Marion, and Lisbon, Iowa, will be held at Fairview June 15 and 16, 1867.
N. B. MORTON.
PROVIDENCE permitting, we will meet with the churches in the Eastern District in Mich., as follows:
Oakland Oak., Co., Sabbath and first-day, June 14, 15.
Memphis, June 22, 23,
Lapeer, June 29, 30,
Holly, July 6, 7,
Milford, July 9, 10,
Notice to the other churches in the district will be issued in season.
JOSEPH BATES.
Monterey June, 1867.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will preach at Avon, Wis., Sabbath and first-day, June 22 and 23, at half past ten and two each day. I hope to see all that love the present truth.
I wish also to say to scattered ones at Tafton and Brockville, in Grant Co., that I expect to visit them soon.
Also to Bro. Ingalls, of Trempealeau, in Trempealeau Co., Wis., I am making arrangements to go there to give a course of lectures as soon as I can.
I also intend to visit Victory, Wis., as soon as I can. I hope none will become impatient.
I. SANBORN.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will hold meetings with the brethren in Caledonia, Sabbath and first-day, June 15 and 16.
And at Duplain, June 22 and 23, and shall remain in that vicinity as long as duty calls, and the way opens.
Meetings at the above places will commence at the regular hour of appointments.
PHILIP STRONG.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the church in Greenbush, at the house of Bro. Richmond, June 20, 5 o'clock P. M.
Ithaca, June 22,
Alma, June 29,
J. BYINGTON.
Death of Professor C. F. Hudson
We learn from the World's Crisis that Prof. C. F. Hudson, author of "Debt and Grace," and other works in defense of the truth of eternal life only through Christ, died of consumption in Haddonfield, N. J., May 27, 1867.
J. M. A
By J. M. A.
For some cause, we have lately lost considerable sums of money sent to us through the mail. Our attention has been called repeatedly to this fact within a few months past.
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Correction
By J. M. A.
CORRECTION. The $10,40 credited in No. 24 to Gen. Conf. by C. G. and J. Langdon, should have been credited to the same by John Langdon and Margarette Langdon $5,20 each. J. M. A.
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By J. M. A.
Review, Vol. xix.
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The Youth's Instructor.
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New Question Book on Prophecy of Daniel, &c.
By J. M. A.
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News and Miscellany.
Can ye not discern the Signs of the Times? Matt. xvi, 3.
PARIS, June 6—Evening.—An attempt upon the life of the Czar of Russia was made to-day. While he was returning from the grand review in the Champ de Mars, given in his honor, by Napoleon, the emperor of the French, who also accompanied him, a shot was fired at the carriage by some person in the crowd. Neither of the Emperors was injured, but the incident created great excitement and confusion for a time, which was, however, quieted when it was found that the intended assassin had failed. He has not yet been arrested, but cannot long escape.
LONDON, June 6—Evening.—Lord Naas, Chief Secretary for Ireland, announced in the House of Commons to-night that the sentences of all convicted Fenians had been commuted.
Advices from the Continent report a rising against the authority of the Porte in both Bulgaria and Servia.
—Russia is reported to be concentrating troops in her southern and western provinces—probably with reference to the settlement of the Eastern question.
ATHENS, June 6—Information from Crete confirms the previous reports that the Turks are everywhere badly defeated, and the Cretan insurgents uniformly successful.
General News Items
An approximate estimate of the grand total of the Methodist centenary fund, contributed in 1866, gives the sum of $3,166,906.84.
—A fresh coolness has sprung up between France and Prussia. Count Bismarck has discovered that a treaty offensive and defensive has recently been concluded between France and Sweden, and then a new fortified camp has been formed at Nancy, a point nearer the Prussian boundary than Chalons.
—London has ten Mormon congregations, 93 elders, 54 priests and 1,030 members. Liverpool is, however, the headquarters of Mormonism in England.
—A great number of priests and monks in Sicily have not only adopted the new law for civil marriages, but have availed themselves of its advantages. At Syracuse, a priest named Rizza has married a nun, and among the monks who have become husbands, is a Jesuit, Perrez de Verra.
—The authorities at Havana hesitate to finally condemn the American bark seized some months ago for alleged infraction of the custom regulations, evidently feeling that the government of the United States would seek reparation.—South American items are that President Prado will soon declare himself dictator of Peru, as revolution is rife all over the republic; and Peru and Chili mistrust the United States and will refuse the offer of mediation with Spain. Mosquera has given up his intended movement against Panama. Three American and two British vessels arrived there May 4, and had an attack occurred, and the transit route been interfered with, the United States forces would immediately have seized and occupied the town.
—In Louisville, Kentucky, a young lady of piety, refinement and culture, was refused permission to unite with the Baptist church of that city, in accordance with the advice of the pastor, solely because she had been a teacher in a freedmen’s school. They evidently need missionaries in Louisville.
—Paris, June 4.—Evening.—It is understood that as the result of a meeting between the emperor Napoleon and the Czar, they have agreed upon a plan for settling the Cretan difficulty, which will be proposed to the other great powers, and it is hoped, adopted by them and urged upon the Sultan with their united influence.
—Latest advices from Mexico indicate that Maximilian will certainly be shot or be hanged by order of President Juarez.
—A terrible plague is raging in the island of Mauritius, formerly known as the Isle of France, an island in the Indian Ocean eastward from Madagascar. The number of deaths up to the 13th of April was estimated at 13,564. The disease is an epidemic fever.
—In England and Wales there are nearly a million of paupers. The number of parishes supporting them is 14,880.
—The work on the fortifications at Luxemburg has ceased, but rumor says the Prussians are about reproducing them at some point on the river Moselle, commanding the Rhine country.
—Dr. W. W. Hebard, who lectured upon the effects of alcohol on the human system, at Boston, on Sunday night, said he thought the time would come when legislation would restrain the sale of opium, tobacco and pork, as well as liquor.
—The population of London is over 3,000,000.
—A convention, to consider the proposition to so amend the Constitution of the United States that it shall recognize “God the moral governor of the universe, as the source of all rightful authority among men, and his will revealed in the Holy Scriptures, as the supreme rule in civil affairs,” was held in the Fourteenth street Presbyterian church (Dr. McElroy’s), on Thursday evening, May 16. The call, was signed by a number of theological professors and distinguished clergymen.
—A religious fancy party was the last novelty in New York. All present assumed Scriptural characters or those of pious celebrities, and the exercises opened with prayer. Queer times, these.
Hard Times in Germany.—A communication from Manheim, in the Europe, of Frankfort, Germany, says: “The price of corn continues high, and the situation is considered as very unsatisfactory both by the Baden population and by our neighbors the Palatinate. The increase of our ordinary war budget is estimated at from two and a half to three millions of florins per annum (the increase in the wealth of the whole country was between eleven and twelve millions in 1866, according to official statistics); moreover, the interminable agitations connected with religious subjects do not leave any hopes, as yet, of a durable peace at home.”
The Impeachment Question.—The house Judiciary Committee adjourned June 4, to the 26th, when they will meet to be ready for a July session of Congress, with their report. The final vote on impeaching the President stood four in favor and five against. A resolution of censure declaring the President to have been guilty of acts which merit the condemnation of the people, passed, seven to two.
Sunday Law.—The following items on the Sunday law question we find in the last Sabbath Recorder:
Boston is exercised on the Sunday Law question. A large number of barbers petitioned the Legislature for a law to close barbers’ shops on Sunday, and the House passed an act complying with their request, but the Senate rejected it. Possibly the matter may be reconsidered. There is no law compelling the barbers to work on Sunday, but their desire for moral edification or out-doors recreation on that day is not strong enough to overcome the determination to get their fair share of Sunday custom. Each barber petitions that his neighbor may be made to shut up shop—that is the amount of it.
James Gopsill, the Republican Mayor elect of Jersey City, in response to a serenade, on Friday evening, declared that he would use all the power of his office “to protect, preserve and defend the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath, and circumscribe the fearful vice of rum selling.”
The perils of Sunday labor in Baltimore have just been illustrated. Frank Smith, having no regard for the “Christian Sabbath,” undertook to paint a barber’s pole on Sunday. He did not finish, and had to pay $5 and cost for what he had done—more than he would make by the job.
One of our exchanges says that another attempt will soon be made to stop the Boston horse cars from running on Sunday.
Anecdote of Rowland Hill.—The popularity which Rowland Hill, during a long series of years, enjoyed as a preacher, was partly owing to his eccentricities. He once commenced a sermon, by shouting “Matches, matches, matches!” You wonder,” he continued, in a loud voice, “at my text; but this morning, while I was engaged in my study, the Devil whispered me, Ah, Rowland, your zeal is indeed noble, and how indefatigably you labor for the salvation of souls! At that very moment a man passed under my window crying ‘Matches!’ very lustily, and conscience said to me, Rowland, Rowland! you never labored to save souls with half the zeal that man does to sell matches.”
Cholera in New York.—Two cases of cholera are reported in Roosevelt street, New York.
Causes for Divorce.—The following clipped from a Chicago paper, is a startling comment upon the state of these times. How utterly hollow and heartless must society be, governed by such motives! Men by misfortune become so reduced in circumstances that they cannot support their wives in all their former extravagance and luxury, and the latter, so wedded to fashion that they cannot brook such deprivations, seek a separation from those to whom they have pledged their affections, instead of standing by their side when of all times they ought most to do it, in their afflictions. Do not such persons come into the catalogue of those whom Paul speaks of in the last days, as “without natural affection?”
“Chicago is a good place to live in in some respects, but something—is it the air or water, or both, or lack of either in a state of purity?—makes it a terrible place for matrimonial infelicities. In no other city in the country are so many divorces granted and sought, and a correspondent gives the following as some of the reasons presented by ladies for separation from their lords:—
“One of our leading city clergymen, in his pulpit this morning, in commenting upon this alarming matrimonial demoralization, related a case that came under his own observation. During the past week, a lady, hitherto regarded as highly respectable, came to him and wished to consult him, as her pastor, in relation to getting a divorce from her husband. The clergyman, greatly astonished, asked for what cause she sought a divorce. She replied that her husband, when she married him, was quite wealthy, but had lately become so reduced in circumstances as to be unable to supply her with the luxuries to which she had been accustomed, and this was the whole ground for seeking a divorce. The clergyman dismissed her with a sharp admonition. Another lady, a few days since, went to a lawyer and sought his advice as to the quickest way of getting a divorce from her husband. When asked for a cause, she replied that her husband was so cross she could not tolerate him. She acknowledged that he never showed any signs of violence toward her, and that he supplied her with every necessity. Another quite well known lady, some time since, sought by letter the protection of a well known banker, because her husband was unable to gratify her fashionable tastes.”
LAY UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN.
By H. M. Kilgore
Tune—“Old folks at home.”
Far down upon time's rapid river,
Our frail bark we see;
Onward, still onward drifting ever,
Nearer eternity.
Round the eternal shore there's breakers—
E'en now we hear
The murmur of their distant thunders,
And we know the shore must be near.
CHORUS.
Soon the world with all its pleasures,
Will have passed away;
Oh then in Heaven lay up your treasures
Where they will never decay.
More narrow is the channel growing—
On every hand.
The waves are hidden reefs o'ерflowing,
And dangerous shoals of quicksand.
The heav'ns above with dark and threat'ning
Clouds are o'ercast—
Over the waters gloom is settling—
A storm is gathering fast.
CHORUS.
A moment now the sky is bright'ning,
As night draws near;
But soon we'll see the vivid lightning—
Soon will the storm be here.
Although the tempest overtake us,
To the Lord we'll cling;
For he has promised ne'er to leave us;
Our bark to port he will bring.
CHORUS.
Then the world with all its pleasures,
Will have passed away;
But we'll possess the heavenly treasures,
Treasures which never decay.
H. M. KILGORE.
Maine.
FORBEARANCE,
By F. W. MORSE.
“DEARLY beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.’ Rom. xii, 19, 20.
Of all the trials encountered by the Christian pilgrim, none are more difficult to bear than abuse and wrongful treatment from our fellow men; especially those that owe us gratitude for good deeds we have rendered them.
In tribulation of this kind, the believer has a good opportunity for presenting his faith, sustained by the convincing evidence of works. He professes unlimited confidence in every word of divine revelation. That holy word declares that the man of God should be so well furnished in the grace called forbearance as not only to keep himself innocent from the chastisement of those who have done him evil, but even more; no word, thought, or design of evil toward them will find a place in his mind; and yet more noble; if occasion presents itself, his hand opens wide in deeds of goodness to enemies and slanderers.
Such conduct will be recorded upon the book of God’s remembrance as evidence that this noble, magnanimous believer really acknowledges his Creator as that being who executes vengeance upon the wicked: a testimony proving that he admits the justice of God’s wrathful threatenings against evil doers, and also his entire ability to fulfil them. But to take their case in our own hands, thinking to show by our own individual might the ability we possess to revenge an abuse, like acts of devotion performed with similar motives,—the desire to proclaim self-greatness, brings its own recompense in the empty voice of fickle, man-made praise or censure. Christians earnestly pray for the speedy overthrow of oppression and wrong; but when these come upon themselves; and their fellow men heap abuse and slander upon them; they should beware lest they contradict their petitions by fretful chafing and impatience. Every moment of patient waiting and resignation to the will of the great Avenger of saints hastens the day of downfall upon their oppressors.
F. W. MORSE.
Steele Co., Minn.
The Lasting Reward of Charity
Though charity may make your purse lighter one day, yet it will make it heavier another.
A Subscriber's Acknowledgments.
By Alonzo H. Ennes
I WOULD make my acknowledgments to all the contributors and writers for the Review, who from time to time have spoken words of encouragement to the brethren and sisters scattered here and there. Those who enjoy the benefit of society and church organization, cannot perhaps well realize how essential and how beneficial those stirring appeals are to the comparatively lonely ones. I hope they will continue to exercise their ability in this respect, and so much the more as the end approaches, and troubles thicken around us. Shall we not need each other's support and encouragement to stimulate each other to holiness of life and conversation, that by the help of God we may be enabled to endure those peculiar trials that an ungodly world and an apostate church will not be slow to heap upon all the truly faithful? Some of these for the last few days I have had to endure. Let us pray for each other, daily, that we may have patience and meekness, and a rich supply of that spirit that was exhibited by our Lord when he had to endure such unexampled contradiction and opposition from sinners. One thing is, and should be, to us an encouragement. If we suffer with him we shall be glorified with him; and if we are faithful, and continue to manifest the proper disposition when we are under trial, we shall soon find deliverance.
ALONZO H. ENNES.
Henry Co., Ohio.
Letters from the Brethren
BRO. N. GRANT of Ohio, writes: I am glad to say there are a few here trying to keep the commandments of God and practice truth as fast as they learn it. I some times feel almost discouraged by seeing so few interested in the cause of God; but when I hear from brethren and sisters in different places who are trying to make their way to Mount Zion alone, it makes me thankful that there are enough believers here to meet together and claim the promise. I kept the Sabbath alone here about two years. My prayer to God was, that he would send his servants here and raise up a people that would keep the truth of the Lord.
There are some forty or fifty I should think in the vicinity of Bellville and Fredericktown, keeping the commandments; and I thank God that two of my own children are in the little flock that have started to brave the perils and persecutions of the last days, for Mount Zion. I believe that God through his servants has sown the good seed here. I trust that some has fallen on good ground, and will bring forth fruit to the glory of God. I still feel by the assisting grace of God like trying to fight the good fight, and when the warfare is ended, wear the crown.
SISTER P. A. HOLLY writes from Whiteside Co., Ill.: I think it is a duty we owe to our scattered and lonely brethren and sisters to speak to each other through the columns of the Review. Many we may never see in this dark vale of sorrow, but perhaps we may encourage them by writing a few lines for our paper. I feel that in this respect I have been very deficient. Many times the cares of this life have hurried me day by day so I could not see a spare hour for meditation and writing; but now I think we have found a remedy for all of this in the Health Reform. I trust and hope this Reform will in many families lighten many cares, remove many troubles, and make the home circle more attractive with cheerful faces and more amiable dispositions. We cannot expect mild and pleasant dispositions of those whose habits are mostly marked with intemperance. Years ago the King of Heaven was expected to come and redeem his jewels from this sin-cursed earth and take them to that bright and holy land of love. No one was prepared then to go to that beautiful clime. The light that now shines upon our pathway reveals to us that the gold was not then refined. When we remember that we must be without fault, pure and holy, we see we have much yet to overcome before we are ready for the glorious advent of the King of kings and Lord of lords. We can look back on our past life and see where we have gained some victories over our evil besetments. This should cheer us and give us courage to still strive on. Many of us have sorrows and afflictions here. Our family circle has a link severed now and then from the chain. Some loved one is taken under the dominion of the enemy. But let the precious thought cheer our aching heart that they shall come again from the land of the enemy to their own border. If it is through the furnace of affliction we are to be purified and made white, we should be willing to endure.
NO WRONG SIDE.
By Jos. Clark
Sometimes, we see a yoke of oxen, or a span of horses, that can be approached with safety only on the near side; go around on the off side, and approach them, and you soon feel the weight of their heels, accelerated by such a motion, as you cannot dodge. So it is sometimes with many men. If you can keep the right side of them, all right; if you get on the wrong side, no matter how innocently, it is all over with you; you are doomed.
Now I like to see a man good natured all over. Some such we happen to know; and it does one's soul good just to think of them; always smiling, always polite, no off side, no disposition to kick.