ABOUNDING OF INIQUITY, AND SAYING OF PEACE AND SAFETY
By S. B. WHITNEY
LAST-DAY TOKENS.—NO. 4.
ABOUNDING OF INIQUITY, AND SAYING OF PEACE AND SAFETY.
At the risk of surfeiting or disgusting the reader with sickening descriptions of the present moral condition of the world, I venture to offer the following articles, as indicative of what it is, and as a verification of the prediction that “iniquity shall abound.” The first is from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle of Dec. 21, 1875. Perhaps some may think, with the editor, that “Bro. Talmage” is “unnecessarily violent,” but we think none can accuse him of being unjustly so.
“Brother Talmage preached last Sunday against Brooklyn and the politicians. ‘What a horrible sink of iniquity it is,’ he said, speaking of Brooklyn. ‘We here have much for us to weep over. Sin is on every side of us, and it seems as though it was impossible to find anything that is good and true. The shriek of blasphemy rolls up from dens of hell, blasting the heavens; the cry of the lost soul is heard at every street corner; there is the clash of the decanter and the clink of the gambler’s dice, and everywhere a horrible wail rises that is enough to make the denizens of the infernal pit close the doors, put their fingers to their ears, and rattle their chains with utter despair.’ Without stopping to call for the police, the good man went on to bewail the present commercial dishonesty. The Shylocks of trade were greatly in the majority; they were rotten through and through, ‘and they will go down to hell.’ The whole commercial world is rotten, rotten. And worse and worse and more of it.
“‘The political history of our city and of our whole country is the history of fraud and dishonesty. There is not one man in a thousand of our politicians who is pure and upright. If an honest, a benevolent and Christian gentleman steps into the arena, and proclaims his intention to stand on a pure platform, and purify the slums of politics, then he is at once beset by the press, which so blackens his character that he is soon led to think that he is better fitted for Sing Sing than for public office. Oh! what a creature one must become in order to enter the political arena. The respectable young man who goes from a Christian home must clasp hands with the lecherous wretch from the rum cellar; he must associate with the lowest villains, chuckle with them over their coarse jokes, and join in their blasphemy. The most God-forsaken people in our city are the politicians. I can pray for the prisoner in Raymond-street jail, but I don’t think there is any use in praying for an old politician. Fraudulent election inspectors sit around fraudulent ballot-boxes, taking fraudulent votes from fraudulent voters, making fraudulent returns, which send men to our legislatures that are better subjects for the penitentiary or the asylum for idiots than for legislators.’”
“The good doctor saw a costly funeral train, a long line of carriages filled with—bloats. Politics meant delirium tremens. He concluded with a declaration of bitter war against social iniquities, whether encountered in the dens of poverty and disgrace or under the blaze of parlor chandeliers. ‘I shall smite them with the two-edged sword of the Lord,’ said the preacher. ‘You may call this thing fast life, high life, or eccentricity; but I call it the vomit of hell; and the man or woman whose life is secret rottenness, garnished by gold, will be wrapped around the fierce fires in hell and will drink the dregs of a deeper damnation. A great yell will go up as they go down to the pit, and the fiends will cry out, “See what you have done! See what you have done!”’ It will be observed that the good man continues—if we may be pardoned the term—to shake ’em up lively; but we do wish he would cease to be unnecessarily violent.”
The other is from the Golden Censer under the title of
A SAD PICTURE.
“Enough corn in the United States and Great Britain is annually wasted in brewing and distilling to feed five million men. Every grog-shop, every house of infamy, every gambling saloon, every dishonest store, bank, insurance company, declares there is no God, or if there be, let him strike if he dare! Corruption in the most of the city governments—corruption reaching from the weather-vane on the top of the city halls down to the lowest stone in the foundations; thousands of men anxiously waiting for Tweed, the apostle of scoundrelism, to get out of jail; churches with men in their membership not clean enough to swab the doorstep of the pit; the theaters, huge houses of shame; three-fourths of the newspapers, with their editors, reporters, and printing-presses suborned of the devil; American and European society, rotten until the filth drips hissing through into the world beneath and smells sickening to the world above; France and Prussia feeling for each other’s throats; and although the dead in battle outnumber five times all the present population of the earth, yet nations longing for war, and this hour six million men in Europe arming for conflict, while applauding nations look on, and the cry is ‘Blood! give us more blood!’ the earth staggering under the successive shocks like a foundering ship at the moment when the passengers cry, ‘She’s going down!’”—T. De Witt Talmage.
But to show how even such things may be made to contribute to the support of modern fables, I offer the following, from a later issue of the same journal, and also to show the fulfillment of the prediction that men will say “peace and safety” just before the day of the Lord comes. 1 Thess. 5: 1–3.
“A distinguished clergyman, president of one of our Eastern Colleges, in closing a letter to the N. Y. Observer, adds: ‘As I have read, of late, the multiplied accounts of peculations, robberies, burglaries, murders, suicides, and of gross disorders in a large number of our leading colleges, I have come to the conclusion, strange as it may seem, that the millennium must be near. That passage in the Revelation has occurred to me: “The devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” I profess no special skill in the Apocalypse; but from these abounding “devilisms,” as our good Dr. Skinner used to call them, am I wrong in catching a gleam of light? At all events, let us hope that “he hath but a short time!”’”
That the devil’s time is short is not questioned, but it would seem that those who will not admit that these things point to the “end of all things” must be willingly ignorant. S. B. WHITNEY.
OSKALOOSA, KANSAS.
By GEO. KENNEDY.
I came to this place the 28th of November. Have given sixty-four lectures thus far. Forty-eight have signed the covenant, and several more are keeping the Sabbath. Have sold eleven dollars' worth of books, and obtained ten subscribers for the REVIEW. I have been laboring in two places about four miles apart, and have a good interest—from one to two hundred every night. Bro. Ayers, Lamont, and Stansbury have come to lend a helping hand, as I have more than I can do. I feel grateful to them; for I am inexperienced in the work. Bro. Adams and family have also helped me in the work. We intend, by the help of the Lord, to go up into the camp of the enemy and take the fort. I ask the prayers of all of God's people, that I may have strength of the Lord to do his work.
GEO. KENNEDY.
OMENS OF PROGRESS.
By H. A. St. John
It is a pleasure to note omens of progress. We should exhort one another and so much the more as we see the day approaching. We see the day approaching, brethren, why not commence our exhortations? It is not for the president of your Conference or T. & M. Society to do all the exhorting. Words of good cheer should not come from one side alone; the obligation is mutual—“exhort one another.” Directors, secretaries, elders, church clerks, treasurers, members, one and all, exhort one another. If you will do this, you will see how faith, hope, and courage, will kindle in every breast. Did some one speak words of encouragement to you, reader? Then do not be so selfish as to withhold the same from him and from others.
We note some encouraging omens of progress in this respect. Bro. Haskell, of New England, with very much to do, has found time to write to us twice, giving words of instruction and good cheer. But to come nearer home. The secretary writes words of good cheer, valued highly. The treasurer says he has done the business sent him, and expects to be at the next quarterly meeting. He does not say, “Be of good courage,” but I think the inference is admissible. One director wants German tracts. This means work, and, to me, says, Courage. Another director writes to know the extent of his district. To me, this means, “I am going to do something, but do not want to get out of my territory.” This, again, is encouraging. An elder writes that their meetings are interesting, and the way is opening for a good work in their midst. Encouraging again. A church clerk writes for a little instruction. Very encouraging! I have found one church clerk, who had clipped from Review the article on “Duties of Church Clerks,” and had put it into the clerk’s book. This was very encouraging. It is true he had not pasted it in yet, but I hope he will soon. I might mention other things that give courage, but I forbear.
Now I suggest to both officers and members of the churches and tract societies that you “exhort one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.” Why not do some missionary labor among yourselves? Why not write a missionary letter occasionally to your president or director or others bearing responsibilities? Why not? If you can say but this: “We pray for you, be of good courage,” it will be prized, I am sure.
Be of good courage in the Lord, brethren. Look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh. Walk in the light. Let hope be bright in every eye. There is more virtue in one ray of sunshine than in a whole hemisphere of clouds and gloom.
H. A. ST. JOHN.
Two Relatives Stand for the Truth
Bro. O. SOULE writes from Montcalm Co., Mich.:—
I have been laboring privately with such of my friends as were willing to investigate our faith; and, as the result, have seen two of my relatives take a firm stand upon the truth, and have had the consolation of mingling my tears with theirs in thanksgiving for light, and in earnest pleadings for help from the sanctuary above.
Lectures on the Sabbath in Fulton County
Bro. A. Parker writes from Fulton Co., Ill., that some are partially persuaded to accept the Sabbath, and he is certain a course of lectures would bring out a good company on the truth. He can be found by inquiring at Brad’s Station, six miles east of Canton.
On Ridiculing Common Practices
It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has no one to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind.—Johnson.
Obituary Notices.
“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”
Died at Leon, Monroe Co., Wis., Jan. 15, 1876, of heart disease, Bro. Harry Burr, aged 72 years, 2 months, and 26 days. Until the time of Bro. Burr’s decease, he enjoyed excellent health, and was then staying with his brother-in-law, Mr. O. Arnold, who was sick. In the forenoon of Jan. 15, Bro. B. was sent to notify one of the neighbors that Mr. Arnold was at the point of death. On his return, he fell dead within a few feet of the door. Bro. Burr embraced the present truth in the spring of 1874, and has ever since tried to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
A few hours after Bro. Burr’s death, Mr. Arnold, who was respected by all who knew him, died. These deaths were a severe blow to the relatives of the deceased, who deeply mourn the loss of their departed friends, but with the hope of meeting them where death will never separate tender ties of love. Discourse by the writer, from Job 14:14, at Bro. Burr’s funeral; Prof. Spencer, a Unitarian, spoke at Mr. Arnold’s. O. A. JOHNSON.
Fell asleep, we trust, in Jesus, Jan. 26, 1876, near Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., Rosa E. Whitham, daughter of V. C. Trovillo, and step-daughter of I. F. Trovillo. Rosa was an interesting little girl, aged thirteen years, one month, and twenty-five days. Her disease was that of the brain, and although her suffering was great, she bore it with patience. She was sick something over two weeks and was most of the time delirious. The year 1876 opened upon Rosa, to all appearance, in perfect health; but ere one short month had passed she was numbered with the dead. She was a member of my class in Sabbath-school; she had a good knowledge of the Bible, and was prompt in answering questions; her place was never vacant. Last spring, about the time her parents embraced present truth, she remarked in conversation with her mother that if people would look into their Bibles they would find no other than the seventh-day Sabbath. On the funeral occasion, portions of Scripture were read, and appropriate remarks made, by P. B. Turnbull, minister of the U. B. church of Aledo. E. M. WHITHAM.
Died, near Richland, Iowa, at his late home, Jan. 18, 1876, Henderson G. Talley, aged seventy-eight years. Bro. T. was for many years a member of the Baptist church. He embraced present truth fully, though mostly by reading, as he was unable to attend meetings on account of his health. When the tent was at Richland six years ago, aged and feeble as he was, he thought it his duty to live the health reform. By degrees he left off tobacco and other hurtful and unnecessary stimulants, upon which his health improved so much that he was able to do considerable labor. His last sickness was lung fever, which continued eleven days. He suffered extremely; but endured all with patience, and cherished a bright hope of a part in the future kingdom. W. G. BRALLIAR.
Died, in Washington Co., Kansas, Jan. 9, 1876, Sister Celestine E., wife of Joseph U. Coffman, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. Her disease was consumption. Sister C. embraced the doctrines of the third angel’s message over three years ago, under the labors of Eld. R. J. Lawrence. She bore her last testimony in meeting three weeks before her death. Her last sickness was borne with patience and submission. She leaves a companion and four children, to mourn their loss. Sister C. was a meek and humble Christian, a faithful wife and mother, and much respected in the neighborhood where she resided. We have hope that when the last trump of the Archangel shall sound, she will come forth clad with immortality. Funeral discourse by the writer, from Ps. 116: 15. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” A. L. CURL.
On the 15th of December last, our dear mother, Mrs. C. I. Woolsey, aged 62 years, fell asleep, to rest from her labors until the Lifegiver appears. She left her home and numerous friends in Chemung Co., N. Y., where she had resided forty years, to have the care of the last of her four sons who had emigrated West. Her constant and faithful attention in sickness and in health, ever refusing to allow any one to debar her of the sacred pleasure of service, will leave an indelible impression on her surviving ones. Her disease was an abscess on the lungs. As soon as she was apprised of danger, she found comfort in repeating the hymn, “Jesus can make a dying bed,” etc. She died while with her only daughter, who had followed her West, and with whom she resided most of the time for the last four years. She was patient in her sickness, and we have reason to hope that in that glorious day, when we shall know as we are known, we shall see her, to part no more. F. A. DAYTON.
Died, of cholera infantum, at Nelson, N. H., Nov. 18, 1875, Hattie M., only daughter of E. and S. P. Barton, aged five months and twenty-eight days. H. M. WILKINSON.
Appointments.
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
By request of Bro. Canright, I will meet with the brethren at Charlotte, Mich., Feb. 19, 20, where Bro. Hill may appoint. Partello, Calhoun Co., Feb. 26, 27. Hope to see a general attendance of our brethren at these meetings. H. M. KENYON.
THE March monthly meeting will be held with the church at South Norridgewock, Me., commencing March 10, at 6½ P. M., and continuing over Sabbath and first-day. J. B. GOODRICH.
THE La Bette Co., quarterly meeting will be held at the Stover school-house, six miles west of Oswego, Kan., Feb. 26 and 27. Eld. Cook will be present. We want a general rally of all the friends, and want all the T. & M. reports, at that time. A. J. STOVER, Elder.
MONTHLY meeting at Somerset Mills, Me., Feb. 19, 20, 1876, commencing Friday evening at half past six o'clock. J. B. GOODRICH.
QUARTERLY meeting at Mount Hope, Grant Co., Wis., Feb. 26, 27, 1876, meetings to commence with the Sabbath. The brethren and sisters of Waterloo and Sand Prairie are cordially invited to attend. Will Bro. Atkinson meet with us? WM. PROCTOR.
QUARTERLY meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. T. & M. Society, Dist. No. 4, will be held at Pierrepont, N. Y., Feb. 27 and 28, 1876. We request as general an attendance of the brethren of the district as possible, as it will be an important meeting. Please also be prompt with reports. A. H. HALL, Director.
LAPEER, Mich., March 3-5, 1876.
Memphis “ “ 10-12, “
Surrounding churches are invited to attend these meetings. D. M. CANRIGHT.
DIST. No. 3, Kan. T. & M. Society, will hold quarterly meeting at Centerville, March 4, 5, in connection with the general quarterly meeting. Let all the librarians see that they forward the reports to me in time for the meeting. Hope to see a general attendance of the brethren and friends. Come, praying for the blessing of the Lord, and that we may have more of a missionary spirit in our midst. S. N. AYERS, Director.
QUARTERLY meetings of Vermont T. & M. Society as follows:
Dist. No. 3, at Wolcott, Feb. 26, 27, 1876.
“ “ 2, “ Irasburgh, March 4, 5, in connection with the general quarterly meeting. A. S. HUTCHINS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“Is it right for Seventh-day Adventists to attend Methodist revivals on the Sabbath?” L. M. WITTER.
Ans. Go wherever you can get good or do good, and feel that the Lord goes with you. But from our knowledge of modern revivals, and the spirit and manner in which they are conducted,
Slavery not Dead.
The Washington correspondent of the Detroit Evening News, makes the startling statement, which appeared in the issue of that paper dated Feb. 9, 1876, that slavery is practically re-established in the South. Here is what he says:—
“I infer from the tone of the News that it is one of that class of papers which believes that the reports of this unrelenting and unreconstructed sentiment of the South, of their hatred to this government and the North, and of their determination to disfranchise and practically re-enslave the colored race, is all clap-trap and falsehood. But if you could see the real representatives of this rebel population, and see for yourself what progress has already been made in curtailing the rights of the negro, you would preach a different gospel if you are as honest as I believe you to be. Professor Seelye, of Amherst College, elected to Congress as an independent, came here with the notion that everything is lovely in the South, the people entirely reconciled and peaceably inclined, the colored people perfectly protected and generously treated; but within the last two weeks he has declared that his brief service in the house has completely undeceived him, and taught him how false are all the professions of good-will and loyalty by southern politicians.”
“Not only are there the strongest proofs that the old feeling of hatred to the North exists in all its original intensity, but also of their purpose
TO RESTORE SLAVERY
in some shape. Within a few days I have seen an advertisement in a Macon, Georgia, paper, offering a reward for the recovery of a fugitive colored man, whose services the advertiser had bidden off at auction for a certain period. Such advertisements are an every-day occurrence in Georgia and Alabama.
“Gen. N. B. Forrest, notorious for his wholesale murder of negro prisoners in Tennessee (Fort Pillow) during the rebellion, has recently furnished the country with an equally convincing proof of the purpose of old slaveholders to restore slavery. Some months ago a negro was arrested in Memphis for having a pointless knife in his possession, in violation of a Tennessee law, enacted for just such purposes. The fine was $200. To pay it, his time was sold to Forrest until he could work out this fine at twenty-five cents a day, his clothing being charged to him in the meantime, and two days charged to him for every day he was sick. It is asserted that Forrest has fifty other slaves bought in the same way for some technical violation of a Tennessee law made to entrap negroes. If they fail to do their task of one hundred pounds of cotton during the day they
ARE FLOGGED AT NIGHT,
precisely as in the days of legalized slavery. Restore the democratic party to power and there is not one of the old slave States but would establish such a system of slavery.”
Fast-day Address.
By James White
The Address by the General Conference Committee, prepared to be read on the occasion of the special fast observed by S. D. Adventists, Jan. 1, 1876, is for sale at this Office. It should be in the houses of all our people, and be read and reread, and pondered well. Price, post-paid, 10 cts. Address,
REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
JAMES WHITE.
To Nations, Tongues, and Peoples.
By Uriah Smith
Our full catalogue of the publications issued at this Office, now embraces thirteen different works in French, twenty-one in Danish, fifteen in Swedish, nine in German, and one in the Holland language, besides the two monthlies in the Danish and Swedish languages. A good beginning is thus made in the occupation of the field assigned to this message, which is to go to “many peoples, nations, tongues and kings.” U. S.
Good to Be There.
By Uriah Smith
THE social meeting, Sabbath afternoon, Feb. 12, was another good occasion for the church in Battle Creek. The voice of praise was in the meeting. The spirit of the Advent message was powerfully revived in many hearts. Some of the veterans in the cause testified that they felt much as they did in 1844, and others as they did twenty years ago when they first received the truth. The young rejoiced to see the older soldiers who have long borne the trials of the way, of such good courage; and the old rejoiced to see so many, in the strength and vigor of early manhood, dedicating themselves to God and his cause. It was good to hear some of these, both of our own and other tongues, testifying to the blessing they had received while attending school here, and avowing their determination to prepare themselves as speedily as possible to go forth with gleaming sickles into the great harvest field; at the same time showing by their earnest and weighty words that they felt the true burden of the gospel upon them. Some were led out to speak at some length, so that but sixty in all spoke; but the testimonies were all of the most encouraging character. The Spirit of the Lord was present in a marked degree; and it was good to be there. U. S.
The Bird's-Eye View.
By Uriah Smith
WE have received orders for five thousand of these the past week. In sending them by the quantity to the T. & M. Societies, we will roll them, wrap and secure with twine, in packages of 25, 50, and 75, each. They will then be ready to be distributed to directors either by express, mail, or otherwise. To send by mail it will be necessary only to write the address on the package and put on the postage stamps: 20 cts. postage on 25, 40 cts. on 50, and 60 cts. on 75. No larger package than 75 can be sent by mail. We prepare the packages in this manner for the convenience of the Tract Societies. A full descriptive catalogue of all our publications in English and other languages will be printed on the back. U. S.
T. & M. Society Looking-Glasses.
By Uriah Smith
READ the advertisement of these articles in another column. We do the advertising free, for the interest we feel that all our brethren should procure and use them. U. S.
A Request.
By E. H. Root
WILL the S. D. A. preachers in Michigan let me know where they are, and their prospects for fields of labor, as often as once a month. This would help in answering some of the many calls I am continually receiving for labor. There are quite a number of urgent calls for help now waiting for some one to fill.
E. H. Root, Pres. Mich. Conf.
G. W. COLCORD
By G. W. COLCORD.
Notice.
DIRECTORS of the several districts of the Illinois Tract and Missionary Society, please hold your district quarterly meetings first-day, March 26, and forward your reports to F. M. T. Simonson, Aledo, Ill. Do not fail to attend to this.
G. W. COLCORD
To Sabbath-keeping Farmers.
By H. W. Jackman
I WISH to hire, or take on shares, a small farm, which will occupy about half my time. The rest of the time, I want to hold meetings, as the way may open. Have had some experience in preaching. If I cannot hire a farm, I will work a part of the time for some of our farming brethren, if a house can be obtained near by for my family to occupy. Family consists, of four persons.
Address, H. W. JACKMAN.
No. 6, Farnham St., S. Lawrence, Mass.
Harvey’s Appeal to the Brethren in Indiana
Bro. Harvey’s Appeal to the Brethren in Indiana is calculated for other latitudes besides that State. Let brethren everywhere see if it don’t have a bearing in their section.
Systematic Benevolence Questions
Inquirers on the subject of Systematic Benevolence are referred for an answer to their questions to the sermon by Bro. Canright, the first part of which is given in this paper, the remainder to appear next week.
U. S
By Uriah Smith
it would be our judgment that the prospect for good in either direction would be, at such places, very slim.
Ans. No man hath ascended up to Heaven to come back and teach us in regard to heavenly things. Neither Enoch nor Elijah ascended to Heaven to come back to tell us of the place.
G. C. TENNEY: We republish this week the article on Church Gambling, containing the extract from the message of Gov. Washburn, of Wisconsin.
R. M. LAMPARD: See explanation of the transfiguration, Matt. 17 : 3, in State of the Dead, published at this Office.
ANSWERED BY LETTER. J. W. Wood, A. Van Kirk, J. H. Waggoner, W. M. Jones, P. M. Hill, S. Rogers, S. W. Dake, O. Soule.
U. S
Church Gambling.
[Republished by request, from Vol. 41, No. 6, Jan. 21, 1873.]
THAT church-fairs with their lotteries, raffles, prize packages, grab-bags, etc., are great nurseries of the appalling sin of gambling, a terrible reproach upon the cause of Christ and a terrible evidence that those churches which indulge in them have departed from the high standard of piety of former days, has long been the conviction of those who are striving to maintain the simplicity and purity of the gospel.
It is a matter of congratulation that men of high official position are coming to the support of this sentiment by declaring that laws should be enacted sufficient to suppress this iniquity. The Governor of Wisconsin so speaks. A late Detroit Post, in an article headed, “A Bold Governor,” says:—
“The Governor of Wisconsin is a bold man. If he were here, we should shake hands with him, and dub him ‘the bravest of the brave,’ not excepting Gen. Grant, Gen. Sheridan, or any other hero. Why? Because the Governor of Wisconsin, in his annual message, has had the moral courage—and a most desperate courage it is in a politician—to declare, point blank, the too-long whispered truth that church fairs, charitable raffles, concert lotteries for charitable and other purposes, prize packages, ‘grab-bags,’ Sabbath-school and other religious chances by ticket, are nurseries of crime, inasmuch as they promise something for nothing, are games of chance, and are really gambling. The governor says that the pernicious spirit of gambling is fostered, encouraged, and kept alive by these agencies to a degree little known by good citizens; and that, but for them, the ordinary laws against gambling would be much less violated and much more easily enforced. He says these practices ought not to be permitted any longer to debauch the morals of the young. Think of the row this plain speaking will stir up! Think of the courage necessary to say this in a public official, depending upon the votes of the people for future official honors! Then think how true and well deserved it is, and join us in crying: Good for Governor Washburn!”
The following is an extract from this part of his message:—
“The laws of the State as applicable to professional gamblers are doubtless all-sufficient, and only require to be enforced. But some law seems to be required to break up the schools where gamblers are made. These are everywhere. Even the church (unwittingly, no doubt), is sometimes found doing the work of the devil. Gift concerts, gift enterprises and raffles, sometimes in aid of religious or charitable objects, but often for less worthy objects, lotteries, prize-packages, etc., are all devices to obtain money without value received. Nothing is so demoralizing or intoxicating, particularly to the young, as the acquisition of money or property without labor. If you can devise some law to break up these practices and bring them into disrepute, you will deserve the thanks of all good people.”
Our P. O. address until March 15, will be Locle, Switzerland. J. N. Andrews, D. T. Bourdeau.
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Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the Review & Herald to which the money received pays—which should correspond with the Numbers on Pastors. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged immediate notice of the omission should be given.
$2.00 EACH. Clark Swingle 49-7, H C Heatley 49-?, C C Craig 49-7, A White 49-7, A S Allen 49-1, Wm Frisbie 48-16, Mrs Mary O Galloway 49-1, Wm Ings 49-10, D D Woods 49-7, J E White 49-8, R M Pierce 49-12, Maria Silvers 49-7, T M Chapman 48-2, R W Miller 49-7, Mrs M E Jackson 49-6, Esther Smith 49-13, H Gardner 49-7, A D Jones 49-1, Robert Patton 49-?, Mrs R Meggison 49-9, Daniel Newcomb 49-7, James Kimble 49-6, Freeman Robinson 49-6, J H Bedford 49-1, John Thomas 49-6, Eliza Muzzey 49-6, Geo Rose 49-7, Mary J Parmenter 49-14, Fanny Van Fossen 49-?, Orris Casson 49-7, Harriet Silver 49-9, Phineas H? 49-7, J Curry 49-7, Lucy J Herrick 49-7, R Babcock 49-10, David Honeywell 48-1, Elizabeth Miner 49-?, Henry Atwood 48-24, John S Johnson 49-1, Lizzie Alton 48-16, Sarah Christianson 47-1, Geo Fels 47-14, Wm Wilson 48-23, Leonard Ross 49-7, S B Emery 49-7, George Russ 48-7, Mrs Bertha D? 7, L G Ranger 49-1, Horace Bowen 49-7, Agnes Hull 49-1, O A Olsen 48-10, A A Cross 49-7, W H Mills 49-1, J C Bunch 51-1, F Hayden 49-7, John Berrien 49-1.
$1.00 EACH. G H Wardell 48-7, E Tolbert 48-7, S H Daniels 49-7, Geo L Ashley 49-1, Gilman Phillips 49-1, Mary C Percival 49-1, J Hyatt 49-7, Emily T? 49-7, H I Cardy 48-3, Edwin Judd 48-12, R T Barnes 48-7, R J Carr 49-7, Hugh Pritchard 48-6, I P R? 48-7, Isaac Covey 48-24, Adam Walter 49-7, A G? 48-5, Sophia Gerould 48-7, L B Crouch 49-7, R Duff 48-7, Stephen Hayward 48-7, S N Ayer 48-7, John B? 49-1, C Black 49-1, Addie Stafford 49-7, Calvin C W? 48-7, C W Vanderstine 49-7, J F Mauk 48-7, Mary? 48-6, D Overmire 48-7, Mrs E C Mallow 49-6, Mary Clark 49-7, R H Goss 49-6, Wm Fisher 49-6, Cook 49-6, J Dickey 49-6, Chas Burrell 49-6, Zeluff 49-6, B Mattern 48-6, Myron Cornell 48-7, Henry Saterlee 48-6, Wm Coon 48-1, Polly Conklin 48-7, Shepard 48-1, Sarah Calvant 49-7, G S Howell 48-?, A Kellogg 48-11, Mrs A Sharp 49-7, F L Archer 49-?, John Davison 48-7, A M Halleck 48-1, R M Lamphere 48-12, L Edmunds 48-1, Mrs H G Washburn 48-1, Robinson 48-1, Dennis Sams 48-6, Mrs Letitia A? 48-7, R Howard 48-9, Mrs S B Bailey 48-6, Wm P H? 49-7, J P Chapper 48-1, Abram Kisner 48-7, Stewart Mott 48-7, D R Marvin 49-7, Mrs B Wood 48-6, Overton 49-6, Russell Gleason 49-6.
MISCELLANEOUS. Otis Reynolds 25c 47-19, H P Bailey 25c 47-19, A M Read M D 25c 47-19, R L Clason 25c 47-19, J M White 50c 47-16, Z R Parker 50c 48-7, H Stowel 75c 47-25, H A Bartlett 50c 47-20, W B Ings 50c 47-21, Harmon Allen 50c 47-26, Justus Fleming 50c 47-26.
Books Sent by Mail.
Mattie A Babcock 50c, M E Norwood 50c, Jacob Mauk 10c, Michael Stevens 25c, P Elie Delharlee 25c, J Hanson $2.30, Henry O Hart 15c, Isaac Morrison 1.50, Mrs Robert Meggison 50c, Mrs T J McFarland 1.50, J B Constantine 1.00, Wm Dawson 4.50, A E Sturtevant 1.50, D R Marvin 40c, J N Berry 1.50, John Wood 25c, A Belden 1.50, Jerusha B Wisel 1.00, Mrs H L Bishop 27c, Lizzie Artley 2.00, Mary Bowers 6.50, David Downer 2.00, R E Childs 20c, Paseley 25c, H I Booth 40c, P H Booth 1.50, Elizabeth Cooke 10c, A P Bump 1.75, Amelia Tubbs 10c, John Howe 86c, A C Bourdeau 50c, John Wood 10c, Greenwood 25c, Chas L Gates 1.25, Calvin Wadsworth 50c, Noah Carabao 50c, C W Middleton 30c, G F Pierce 1.35, J J Boardman 2.51, Hiram Patch 1.00, Rosenthal 60c, L McCoy 1.00, Mrs Margaret W? 1.00, M C Smith 1.50, J W Adams 43c, L G Meek 2.00, A G Adams 20c, James Ertzenberger 5.00, H M Thurber 1.00, E Seward 1.00, Joseph Davenport 4.00, R R Crawford 85c, Rudolph Landes 1.10, D W Fuller 25c, J Blake 25c, Wm H Wild 67c, Vashtie A Brewer 1.50, Mrs Daniel A Clarke 38c, Mrs Norman Young 50c, Irving Lovett 55c, Nahum Orcutt 3.05, Wm Paper 3.50, John G Hedrick 50c, H W Decker 2.45.
Books Sent by Express.
Wm Coats, Genesee N. Y., $18.75, D M Canright, Potterville, Mich., 18.22, Tho F Kendall, Rock Island, Ill., 3.77, C D Daniels, Détiane, Ohio, 18.57, R J Lawrence, Pine Run, Mich., 4.24, Geo Kennedy, Oskaloosa, Jeff. Co., Kan., 8.40.