Bro. White : As it has been some time since I have written to the dear saints through the Review, I conclude to give you a brief report of my labors, and the state of the cause. I have labored considerably in Allegany Co., N. Y., to try to bring the church into the unity of the faith. We have had to work against a distracting influence; but victory has turned on the side of truth, and our labor has not been in vain in the Lord. We are trying to carry on the work of organization in the different churches in Pennsylvania, knowing it is our only remedy for a state of confusion and distraction into which we have been thrown by following our own counsel against the counsel of God.
Organization is doing that for us which nothing else could. Those who think more of their filthy habits, and superfluities of dress, vain ornaments, and those things that dishonor God, grieve his holy Spirit, and those angels which are sent to minister to those that shall be heirs of salvation, than they do of the blessed hope, the company of the dear saints, the commandments of God and testimony of Jesus Christ (which is the spirit of prophecy), or eternal life in that blessed world where there is no more death, can have their choice. It will be said, They are "joined to their idols, let them alone." If they will sell their birthright for a mess of pottage, God will let them; but by and by they will find no space for repentance. But our object should be to get rid of those things that displease God, and save the honest.
I attended the State Conference at Roosevelt, and there met our dear Bro. J. N. Andrews for the first time, and a number of others whom I have long desired to see. Trust our meeting was not in vain. Bro. Andrews has been doing a good work in Central N. Y. He has had a baneful influence to contend against in this part of the State. Some feel their wrongs and are trying to make amends. Others confess because they see there is no other way to get the approbation of God, and of his people, but at the same time do not see the depth of the wounds they have made in the cause of Christ, and get the sympathy of those who are against the order and work of God. This is the very way that leads to darkness, and if pursued, God will leave them in strong delusion.
I am astonished at the course of some who say they have unshaken confidence in the first and second angels' messages, and that the third, last and solemn message is now going to the world, and say it soon will end, probation will end with it, and then turn and oppose and fight against those that are carrying forward what they acknowledge to be the last message of mercy to a perishing world; try to distract, scatter, and destroy those churches God is gathering by the solemn voice of the third angel. O, what heaven-daring sin! Out of their own mouths God will judge them. They are described in Jude 13-19. O, may each of us look well to our ways, and see that we are not found fighting against God and his truth.
I gave seven lectures at East Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., on my return. Those who came out to hear gave good attention. One Eld. Crandal undertook first to smooth it over by saying that he had preached the coming of the Lord twenty-five years, and believed it as much as I. But anything that would get his neighbors converted he would say amen to. But still he failed to see that it was near at hand; thought it was many, many years in the future; thought it was our duty to prepare for death, and not trouble ourselves so much about the coming of the Lord.
I applied Matt. xxiv, 48-57, "But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken, the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
When I introduced the prophecies, he was silent. But when the law of God and Sabbath were introduced, it stirred the spirit we so often meet. The last evening he was there, he talked until several young lads, and some not so young, went into the entry and made the whole house ring with their boots on the floor, and others rapped on the windows, and two spoke out and told him they did not want to hear such abuse. Those that spoke were professors of religion.
I had but a few books with me. They were all taken that evening, and more spoken for. The harvest truly is great, and the laborers are few. Are God's people prepared to take hold of the work in good earnest? If so, let us organize, so as to be one, east, west, north, and south, and as one man, push forward this last and solemn message. Let us unitedly take hold of the plan of systematic benevolence, that there may be means to carry forward this great and glorious cause.
I have just returned from Smithport, McKean Co., Pa., where there is great need of order in the church. Unless the church is brought into order in that county, there will be no more growth of spirituality. After the subject of the unity of the church was presented, a vote was taken and carried almost unanimously, that the church should be one. Will the brethren in that county take hold of this work in good earnest? If so, they shall have all the aid I can give them, promptly.
I see a lack in regard to reading matter in families. Brethren, can you not take the Review? You certainly can. You can raise two dollars; if not, you can have it for one. Every thorough Sabbath-keeping family can be supplied with this organ of truth on the terms given in the paper. Young Sabbath-keepers get much discouraged when they see how dilatory those are who have long professed the faith. How long shall they be so? O God, stir thy people to a new engagedness in this glorious cause! is my prayer.
Your brother in Christ.
N. FULLER.
Ulysses, Pa.
I will Come Again.
By Geo. Wright
Of all the precious promises that fell from the lips of our blessed Lord, from his sermon on the mount to his last prayer on the cross, none are sweeter to my soul, or administer more comfort to my heart amid the varied vicissitudes of life than this. I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also. John xiv, 3.
To the way-worn pilgrim in this vale of tears while pressing on to his native country, how cheering is the thought that this sweet promise will soon be realized by the visible, literal, personal coming of the Son of God. Then will these poor, vile bodies, so subject to disease and death, be changed and fashioned like the glorious body of that dear Saviour who is now interceding for us. Then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of their Father. I fear that many of us are sleeping at our post, and few are fully awake to the impending judgments that are about to burst upon a world lying in wickedness. Anon the storm will come, and who will be able to stand? is the solemn question. Let the Lord by his prophet answer: Say ye to the righteous, it shall be well with him. Yes, a covering will be provided for them. Fear not, little flock, says the Saviour, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
How vividly does the apostle Peter describe the closing scene. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, ye ought by a holy and pious course of life to expect with eagerness the presence of the day of God. Wakefield's version.
Dear brethren, let us double our diligence to make our peace, calling, and election sure. Let the watchword be, The Lord is coming. Let us strengthen each other's faith by conversing, writing, praying with and for each other, about this glorious event.
I love the Advent doctrine. It is dearer to me than all this mortal life can bestow. Having been associated directly and indirectly for the last eighteen years with the Advent people, I can say, Their joys are mine; their sorrows are my sorrows; their hope is my hope; and I expect if faithful to share with them in the glory soon to be revealed. Let us heed the exhortation of the beloved disciple, And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 1 John ii, 28.
“Christ, the Lord, will come again,
None shall wait for him in vain,
I shall then his glory see,
Christ will come, and call for me.”
GEO. WRIGHT.
Lapeer, Mich.
L E T T E R S.
By J. D. Morton
"Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another."
From Bro. Morton.
Bro. WHITE: Permit me to say to the brethren that organization has proved a blessing to the church in this place. We organized last winter, with seventeen members, and we now number thirty-two. The church are being more and more united, and I hope the time is not far distant when every jar and discord will be done away from among God's people, and we be a building fitly framed together, an holy habitation of God through the Spirit. I fully believe that organization is the plan that God has chosen to unite the hearts of his people, and better fit them to engage in the great work that is before us. And when we are fully united in this plan as a people, we shall be prepared to work more effectually for the young in our midst.
The Lord has heard the prayers of his people in this place, and has moved upon the hearts of some of the young to take hold of the truth. Ten have taken a decided stand on the side of truth. May the Lord help them to hold out unto the end. We hope the rest of the young here, and not here only, but throughout the remnant church, may see the importance of taking hold of this work in earnest, and with right motives, that God may be glorified and they secure eternal life. And while the servants of God bear the strait testimony, we will endeavor so to live as not to get between it and them, but with our prayers and good examples help lead them into the truth.
Yours in the blessed hope.
J. D. MORTON.
Burlington, Mich.
Christ Blessing the Bread.
By T. Dale
Onward it speeds! the awful hour
From man's first fall decreed,
When the dark Serpent's wrath shall bruise
The woman's spotless seed;
The foe He met—the desert path
Triumphantly He trod;
But now a darker, deadlier strife
Awaits the Son of God!
Soon shall a strange and midnight gloom
Involve the conscious heaven,
While in Jehovah's inmost fane
The mystic veil is riven!
Soon shall one deep and dying groan
The solid mountains rend,
The yawning graves shall yield their dead,
The buried saints ascend!
And yet, amid his little flock,
Still Jesus stands, serene,
Unawed by suffering yet to be,
Unchanged by what hath been.
Still beams the light of love undimmed
In that benignant eye,
Nor, save his own prophetic word,
Aught speaks him soon to die!
He pours within the votive cup
The rich blood of the vine,
And, "Drink ye all the hallowed draught,"
He cries, "This blood is mine!"
He breaks the bread; then clasps his hands,
And lifts his eyes in prayer,
"Receive ye this, and view by faith
My body symbolled there!
"For, like the wine that crowns this cup,
My blood shall soon be shed;
My body broken on the cross,
As now I break the bread;
For you the crimson streams shall flow—
For you the hand divine
Bears the red sword, although the heart
That meets the blow, be mine!
"And oft your willing vows renew
Around the sacred board,
And break the bread and pour the wine
In memory of your Lord!
To drink with me the grape's fresh blood
To you shall yet be given,
Fresh from the deathless Vine that blooms
In blest abodes of heaven."
[T. Dale.]
A Letter from Lewis Martin
By Lewis Martin
From Bro. Martin.
Bro. White: It is still a pleasure and comfort to me to read the Review and Herald. I thank God for the privilege of hearing from the dear brethren scattered abroad. I feel truly to sympathize with you in your arduous labors. May the Lord give you grace and strength equal to your day. A short time since, I came across the first paper you printed, No. 1, Vol. i, of the Present Truth. I laid it up as a choice treasure. I felt to say, What hath God wrought! God has truly been merciful to his people in these last days.
I still love the truth, and rejoice in it; but I do feel that I need a deeper work of grace in my heart. The time of trouble such as never was is just before us, and those only who have pure hearts and clean hands will be able to stand. May God revive his work among us, is my prayer.
I have the privilege of meeting the dear saints at West Wilton occasionally, and the Lord blesses us abundantly. Two weeks ago last Sabbath we had a refreshing, comforting time there, waiting upon the Lord. Bro. Huntley, our elder, is faithful, and we have blessed, happy union among us. May the Lord increase our faith, and add to our numbers such as shall at last stand on mount Zion.
We have you and sister White in kind remembrance. May the Lord bless you abundantly, and all his dear people at Battle Creek, and all through the wide field, and may he soon come and save us.
Yours in love and hope.
Lewis Martin.
Bennington, N. H.
Extracts from Letters.
Bro. A. Pierce writes from Eldora, Iowa: I am still trying to hold on to the truth of the gospel of these last days, as is taught by the third angel's message. But oh how hard to keep the mind calm and composed amidst the excitement that prevails at the present day.
The war cry is up. Our friends and neighbors are taken from us, and many of them are slain in battle, while others are called to fill their places. It appears that the mighty men are waking up, and all the men of war are drawing near. The weak also appear to be saying, I am strong; and it almost seems that we are entering the time when men's hearts will fail them for fear of those things that are coming on the earth. But notwithstanding all the circumstances, I still feel that I want to make my way forward. I feel that it is death to go back and give up. No, I must go forward. I must see the inside of the New Jerusalem.
Bro. H. W. Dodge writes from Stoddard, N. H.: Were it not for the Review, I might have remained in darkness concerning the third angel's message; but I feel thankful for the light of present truth. I feel that time is short, and there is none to waste, for,
“On just yoner, O how cheering,
Bloom forever Eden bowers.”
Christian Faith and Practice
To know Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, is the sum and substance of Christian faith. To be like unto Him, who left us an example that we should follow his steps, is the perfection of Christian practice. In this Christian country, blessed be God! the lay members of our church have full opportunity of knowing these things; and happy are they if they do them."
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
Business Notes.
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W. S. Moon: We have no bound Testimonies 1-8 on hand at present. Expect to have some more soon.
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RECEIPTS.
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T. S. McDonald 2,00,xxi,11. J. Collis 2,00,xxiii,1. I. Dompier 2,00,xxii,1. E. M. L. Corey 1,00,xxii,1. W. Martin 4,00,xxi,19. W. W. Wilson 1,00,xxii,1. H C B Blanchard 1,00,xxii,1. L. Haskell 2,00,xxii,1. Edson Dow 2,00,xxii,1. W. W. Miller 1,00,xx,1. Church at Norfolk, N. Y. for Mary Hall 1,00,xx,19. Mary B. Cady 2,00,xxiii,1. John Berridge 3,00,xxii,1. Amos Prescott 1,00,xxii,1. Mary H. Lyon 1,00,xxiii,1. L. Martin 1,00,xxii,1. S. Martin 1,00,xxii,1. C. Osborn 0,50,xxii,1. G. M. Burnett 0,83,xx,16. P. L. Cross 2,00,xx,12 S. W. Bean 1,00,xxi,1. E. Stevenson 2,00,xxiii,1. M. H. Brown 3,00,xxi,9. Mrs. E. A. Brown 2,00,xxiii,9. Elisha Dean 1,00,xxi,6. S. T. Fowler 2,00,xxiii,1. W. Grant 1,25,xx,13. L. C. Carroll 2,00,xxii,1. A. Taber 2,00,xxii,1. W. S. Bedient 2,00,xxiii,1. W. E. Caviness 3,00,xxiii,1. Joel Gulick 2,00,xxii,10. Geo. Crownheart 2,00,xxii,11. E. A. Davis 2,00,xxii,2. B. Hostler 2,00,xxiii,1. G. A. Gilbert 1,00,xxiii,1. P. Robinson 2,00,xxiii,1. W. S. Moon 2,00,xxiii,1. H. H. Bramhall for Mrs. S. Bramhall 1,00,xxiii,1. H. H. Bramhall 1,00,xxii,1. W E Chesebro for E. Whistons 2,00,xxiii,14. W. E. Chesebro 2,00,xxiv,10. C. G. Daniels 2,00,xxiii,1. J. Tillotson 2,00,xxii,1. R. E. Copeland 1,00,xx,1. G. W. Newman 1,00,xxii,1. H. Miller 2,00,xxiii,1. A. H. Clymer 4,00,xxiv,1. J. Burbridge 2,00,xxiii,1. M. W. Porter 4,00,xxii,1. W. F. Cross 1,00,xxi,13. C. G. Saterlee 1,00,xxii,1. Melinda Slayton 3,00,xxi,1. A. H. Robinson 1,50,xxi,1. E. O. Fish 4,00,xxii,1. T. S. Harris 2,75,xxiii,1. W. Harris for Mrs. C. Pixley 1,00,xxi,1. D. A. Babcock 4,00,xxii,22. D. Kellogg 0,50,xx,14. M. S. Kellogg 0,50,xx,14. J. Stover 2,00,xxii,9. C. M. Holland 0,50,xxii,1. M. W. Hargrave 2,00,xxii,21. L. Finch 1,00,xxi,7. S. H. Burlingame 1,00,xxii,1. R. Gorsline 2,00,xxiii,1. L. Carpenter 2,00,xxiii,1. M. & L. Dickenson 2,00,xxiii,1. E. Goodwin 2,00,xxiii,1. E. B. Saunders 2,00,xxiii,1. J. S. Mathews 5,00,xx,1. E. S. Bennett 2,00,xx,1. E. Vedder 2,00,xxi,1. O. F. Guilford 1,00,xix,1. M. H. Irish 2,00,xxiii,1. C. H. Tubbs 0,50,xxii,1. S. E. Merrill 0,50,xxii,1. E. S. Decker 2,00,xxiii,1. Maria Fifield 2,00,xxiii,1. D. Hewitt 1,00,xxii,1. Mary Becker 2,00,xxiii,1. S. Chase 1,50,xxii,14. I. Camp 0,50,xxii,1. E. D. Cook 1,00,xx,1. H. D. Corey 1,00,xxiii,1. Mrs. A. Ridgeway 1,00,xxiii,1. A. Adare 3,00,xx,13. E. Tarbox 2,00,xxiii,1. D. Richmond 2,00,xxiii,1. J. Heth 1,00,xxiii,1. N. Beister 1,00,xxiii,1. M. Dains 1,00,xxiii,1. S. I. Starmer 1,00,xxiii,1. N. Ward 2,00,xxiii,1. E. A. Hillis 1,00,xxi,1. A. Whitmore 0,50,xxi,1. J. Saxby 2,00,xxiii,20. P. Stone 1,00,xx,15. G. G. Dunham 1,50,xxi,14. C. H. Barrows 1,00,xxi,1. J. Stover 2,00,xxii,9.
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Michigan Tent Fund.
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Michigan Conference Fund.
RECEIVED FROM CHURCHES.—Church at Battle Creek, $20,00. Convis $5,00. Charlotte $4,00. West Windsor $1,00. Parkville $12,00. Oakland $3,00. Milford $2,50. Otsego $23,00. Lapeer $5,00.
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PUBLICATIONS.
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History of the Sabbath, (in paper covers), ... 30 10
The Three Angels of Rev. xiv, 6 12, particularly the Third Angel's Message, and the Two-horned Beast, ... 15 4
ONE CENT TRACTS. Who Changed the Sabbath? Unity of the Church Spiritual Gifts Law of God, by Wesley Appeal to men of reason on Immortality—Much in Little—Truth—Death and Burial—Preach the Word—Personality of God.
TWO CENT TRACTS. Dobney on the Law Infidelity and Spiritualism—Mark of the Beast.
English Bibles.
We have on hand a good assortment of English Bibles, which we sell at the prices given below. The size is indicated by the amount of postage.
The figures set to the following Bound Books include both the price of the Book and the postage,
The Hymn Book, containing 464 pages and 122 pieces of music. ... 80 cts.
History of the Sabbath, in one volume, bound Part I, Bible History Part II, Secular History, ... 60 "
Spiritual Gifts Vol. I, or the Great Controversy between Christ and his angels, and Satan and his angels, ... 50 "
Spiritual Gifts Vol. II. Experience, Views and Incidents in connection with the Third Message, ... 50 "
Scripture Doctrine of Future Punishment. By H. H. Dobney, Baptist Minister of England, ... 75 "
Home Here and Home in Heaven, with other Poems. This work embraces all those sweet and Scriptural poems written by Annie R. Smith, from the time she embraced the third message till she fell asleep in Jesus. Price 25 cents.
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To the Brethren
By J. J. Shepley
WHO DESIGN TO ATTEND THE MEETING AT ROCHESTER, MICH.
By request of Bro. Hough I would state to the brethren the misfortune that has befallen him. Last night he lost his store, and all the houses connected with it, by fire, except his small dwelling-house. He expected to keep about twenty-five or thirty of the brethren and sisters who might attend the meeting, but now he can keep only about ten. Therefore he wishes them to bring all the blankets, &c., that they can, for the brethren are widely scattered.
Any of our brethren coming from the south-west will please give due notice, and there will be an extra stage for them at Royal Oak. Those from the north-west will meet with a team at Pontiac if they will give us notice.
J. J. SHEPLEY.
Rochester, Mich., Nov. 24, 1862.
Love for Souls.
WHAT frivolous excuses we make to our consciences for our neglect of perishing souls! We would consider it too inconvenient and too much trouble to go half across our village, or a dozen blocks in the city, to converse with an impenitent friend about his spiritual danger.
We let a guilty diffidence or irresolution prevent us from speaking a word for Jesus, even when in the immediate society of some thoughtless sinner, though a fitting opportunity offers.
We think it too cold, or too warm, or otherwise too unpleasant for us to go to the prayer-meeting, where wrestling Jacobs assemble to plead for a dying world. What a rebuke to our lukewarmness and our unwillingness to make even trifling self-denial for our Master, is the example of some of the devoted Moravian missionaries!
APPOINTMENTS.
Quarterly Meetings.
The Michigan Conference Committee appoint Quarterly meetings as follows:
One or more of the Committee will be in attendance at these Quarterly meetings. Should any changes be necessary in the appointments, they will be made in season to save disappointment.
JAMES WHITE,
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH,
JOHN BYINGTON.
} MichiganConferenceCommittee.
Providence permitting, we will hold meetings with the brethren as follows:
The time of some of these appointments is simply the time for commencing the meetings. It is our design to hold the meetings in Woodhull each evening until Thursday evening. We shall try to have meetings with our brethren at these appointments day-times.