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Review and Herald, Vol. 30, No. 1.

JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD
Earlier text: AT THE HEALTH INSTITUTE

DO NOT DRAW BACK.

By A. C. BOURDEAU

TRULY we have no reason to draw back. We are too near the end to think of looking back. We are well able to go up and possess the goodly land. Every thing around us, and in connection with the cause shows, that “now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far, spent the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” Rom. xiii, 11, 12. Soon the third angel’s message will go with power, and we want to prepare to have a part in the good work then. In order for this we must awake out of sleep, realize the solemnity of the times in which we are living, and come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. May we be up and doing, and so occupy the little time we have in which to prepare, that when our Redeemer shall come to gather his people to himself in glory, we may be enabled to say, “Lo this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us; . . . we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
A. C. BOURDEAU.

MONTHLY MEETING IN MICH.

By E. P. GILES

By request, I send a report of the Monthly Meeting of the brethren of Jackson, Tompkins and Leslie, held at Parma, Mich., June 1. There was a good attendance of the brethren and sisters; and while listening to the remarks of Bro. Byington we felt encouraged to press on and honor the Lord here that he may finally accept us in his kingdom.
In the afternoon we felt a good degree of the Spirit of the Lord, while, by the permission of the Conference and help of Bro. Byington, the church of Tompkins united with that of Jackson. Most of them were received but a few were postponed until some other time and to give a chance for further consultation with each other. We elected an elder, clerk, and treasurer.
The next Monthly Meeting of Jackson county is appointed to be held at Jackson, the first Sabbath in July. E. P. GILES.

TO THE MEMORY OF SISTER SQUIRE.

By L. M. Ogden

My mind has been occupied this evening with thoughts of this dear sister, whose obituary notice we saw in Review No. 21. I was reminded of my short acquaintance with her which commenced when the Michigan tent was here. It was in a place of worship that I first saw her. It is there that our minds have been made solemn as we have listened to her fervent supplications before the throne, and been cheered by her willing testimonies and cheerful songs of praise. It was there, that we last met, until
We looked upon her marble face, All free from thought and care. We saw her in cold death’s embrace— How hard to leave her there!
They laid thee in thy narrow bed, With tenderness and care, To wait the morn that wakes the dead— In hope we leave thee there.
Thus for awhile, unconscious rest, Till Jesus does prepare A home for all the good and blest; And he will take thee there.
And soon he’ll come and burst the tomb, And place a crown so fair, Upon thy brow in yon bright home— Oh! may we meet thee there.
L. M. OGDEN.
Gratiot Co., Ithaca, Mich.

NEW EXPOSURES TO INTEMPERANCE.

There was never more need than now for vigorous moral agitation to promote temperance, or for the exertion of personal influence to save the young from the fascinations of the intoxicating cup. However temperance men may differ as to questions of license and prohibition, they cannot fail to see that the temptations to drinking are taking new and more dangerous forms, under the effort to enforce the present laws. Excluded from their old haunts, drinkers have adopted the “co-operative” system in procuring their regular potations, and combine to keep liquors of their own on tap at convenient places, as the law permits. As the drinks in this way cost less than half as much as when bought at a bar, there is a temptation to take more of them, and the secrecy induces many to frequent these places who would not be seen taking liquor in a public saloon. Then there are social drinking clubs organized, the members of which spend their evenings together in drinking bouts, and naturally make rapid progress toward drunkenness. The old fashion of keeping liquor in the house for private use is also coming into vogue to an extent that many temperance men do not dream of. It is possible that laws may be so constructed as to reach these sources of temptation, and the innumerable others that human sagacity can invent, and yet it is not obvious how it can be done unless there shall be absolute prohibition established, and drinking liquors in any place and in any quantity, except upon the prescription of a physician, shall be punished as a crime. Certain it is that no existing law can remove the perils to which our young men are exposed, and there is therefore absolute necessity for the use of argument, example, and all legitimate moral and social influences to induce men to voluntary self-control. Here in fact lies the only security for any man, for there is not as yet, and probably never will be, any such thing as absolute immunity from temptation in this world.—Sel.

Prayer at the Review Office

By Editor

It is our custom to open each week's labor in the Office with prayer, all the employes being assembled in the Editor's room at the hour of commencement, 7 A. M. on the morning of the first day of the week. The special objects sought, are, more consecration to God and to the work, on the part of all connected with the office, the blessing of God upon our efforts, his counsel to guide in the management of the business, and his Spirit to accompany the silent messengers, books, tracts and papers, as they go from this place, that they may be instrumental in the accomplishment of great good. Will our brethren remember us in these seasons.

Changes in the Paper

By Editor

The enlargement of the paper gives room for some new departments and a better arrangement of matter, which we trust the reader will find acceptable. We have found it necessary to add another column to our Publication Department, to make room for additional works and other statements we wished to make under that head. Other minor changes will be found in different parts of the paper.

MY SAVIOUR.

By L. J. S.

How beautiful and impressive are these words, My Saviour! Methinks I hear the heavenly host proclaiming him as a Saviour to the shepherds, the men of Samaria, acknowledging him to be the Saviour of the world, the apostles going through the earth to declare that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. My soul responds to the song of angels, to the acknowledgment of the Samaritans and to the declaration of the apostles. I ask, I desire, I trust no other but him whom with patriarchs and prophets, with apostles and martyrs, I own and love, I adore as my Saviour. He is the beloved of the Father and of his people. There came a voice from Heaven saying, This is my beloved Son. He is the chiefest among ten thousand; he is altogether lovely. And dare I, would I, can I, withhold anything from him? Forbid it, O my Saviour, and bring me to make an unreserved surrender of myself to thee, that I may lose sight of all besides in the vision of thy glory.
My Saviour! He was promised to Abraham as a source of blessing to all nations, and while he is, or ought to be, and shall be, the blessing of all nations, can he be less than the desire of my soul? Can any need him more than I do? Can any sanctification short of him fill my breast? Is the day hastening on upon the rapid wings of time when Jesus will be the desire, the all-comprehensive desire of all nations? Then let me earnestly implore an outpouring of his influence upon my heart. Yes, let all the desires of my soul center in him who is the one altogether lovely. Oh! that my heart may be drawn after him with an intensity of desire which nothing else shall be able to abate, to divert, or satisfy, even for a moment, until I see him, embrace him, and exclaim as did the patriarch when he heard of Joseph, “It is enough.”
My Saviour is my righteousness. The prophet foretold my joy and my privilege. Surely shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength. I have neither in myself, I have both in him, he having given himself for me. Therefore, being my righteousness, I have a clear indisputable and unalterable title to the favor, the love, and eternal enjoyment of God. Therefore, my Saviour is the refuge of my soul. What fear is there to alarm me? From what danger have I to flee?
As a sinner, I am guilty. I have violated the law, and its avenger, Justice, exclaims in my startled ear, Thou shalt surely die. My danger is eternal death, to which, one stroke of God's righteous judgment, may in a moment consign me. But behold the very hand that barred up lost Paradise with the flaming sword, opens a refuge for my soul, a place of security, whither I may flee and be safe. The way that leads to my city of refuge is so plain that the wayfaring men though fools need not err therein. He is both my refuge, and the way, the door, and the life, which I am to find there. Have I, then, fled to Christ for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us in the gospel, this refuge from the storm, and covert from the tempest of divine wrath? When the hail of judgment shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and leave its deluded victims to inevitable destruction, I shall be lodged in God, the Rock of my refuge.
Oh that my name may be found written in the Lamb's book of life, that I may not be filled with consternation when he cometh, whether at even or midnight; for I shall lift up my eyes not upon an unknown Judge, from whom I have everything to dread, but upon him whom with affectionate confidence I have called my Saviour.—Copied for Review by L. J. S.

News and Miscellany.

Can ye not discern the Signs of the Times? Matt. xvi, 3.
The release of Jeff. Davis has been followed by that of Joel Lindsley, the New York clergyman who beat his little boy to death because he wouldn't say his prayers. As both claim to be very pious, and it would be hard to tell which is really the more loathsome criminal, if one had his liberty the other ought to have his. Lindsley's punishment is the payment of the enormous fine of $250! This infamous leniency is a disgrace to the whole New York bench.—Chicago Journal.
—A former slave of the Davis family holds the valuable plantations of Jeff and Joe in Mississippi, having purchased them of the government for $400,000, on easy payment, no doubt; and he is said to be a skillful manager and will make $80,000 a year profit.
—There is now in bond in the first district of Cincinnati 5,838,120 gallons of whisky equal to 85,000 barrels, the tax on which, if it could be collected, which it cannot, would be $7,676,240.03. There are five barrels of whisky in store in this district to one of flour.
—A letter in the N. Y. Independent of June 13, from Moses Coit Tyler, now residing in London, states it to be a fact generally known and admitted by the higher classes of London, especially by those best acquainted with royal affairs, that Queen Victoria is a woman of dissolute habits, a drinker of brandy, and a spirit medium.
—A convention of Jews has been in session at Philadelphia, nearly every synagogue in the United States being represented. It was resolved to co-operate in the removal of the Jews of the Turkish provinces and the Barbary states to Palestine, and to encourage the development of agriculture and the arts there. A paper read by Rev. Mr. Leeser claimed that the Falashas tribes of Abyssinia, and the people of the interior of China, are the lineal descendants of the lost tribes. Their manners, customs, and forms of prayer, show this to be the case. As efforts are making to convert them to Christianity, a messenger is about to be sent out by the Universal Israelitish Alliance of Paris to counteract the movement.
A New Gun.—A French paper tells us, with provoking caution and reserve, that modern gunnery has been enriched by a most destructive little copper cannon. The inventor is said to be an artillery captain, attached to the little armory which Napoleon started a year ago at St. Cloud. The new fire-arm is in three pieces. It is loaded with musket balls. Its range is between one thousand eight hundred and two thousand metres. By means of a very ingenious tourniquet, it can be discharged forty and even fifty times a minute. A cannon of this kind can be served by five men. Some experiments have been made in the ditches of the fortifications with the most astounding results. Artillery officers who were present say that this little piece will mow down the front rank of a battalion of infantry at a single discharge. During these experiments the cannon used was covered with a heavy curtain of cloth, so that nothing of it could be seen except its wonderful power.
How to Get up Early.—Place a basin of cold water by the side of your bed; and when you first wake in the morning, dip your hands in it and wet your brow, and sleep will not again seal you in its treacherous embrace. This is the advice given by an aged man, who had been in the habit of rising early during a long life. By attending to this advice, you may learn to rise every morning at five o'clock. The editor has found it a better plan to go to bed at one regular hour; leave your bed the moment you awake of yourself, after daylight; nature will thus regulate the sleep to the exact amount required by the system.—Hull's Journal of Health.
Critic on Women.—Ruskin abates not a jot of his sharp, biting, sarcastic style in his new essays. This hit from one of them is exceedingly pungent: You women of England are now all shrieking with one voice, you and your clergymen—because you hear of your Bibles being attacked. If you choose to obey your Bibles, you will never care who attacks them. It is just because you never fulfill a single, downright, precept of the book that you are so careful of its credit. The Bible tells you to dress plainly, and you are mad for finery; the Bible tells you to have pity on the poor, and you crush them under your carriage wheels; the Bible tells you to do judgment and justice, and you do not know nor care to know so much as what the Bible word justice means.
Tickets of the Pastor.—The following notice lately appeared in a paper in this State. In what kind of pastures are the shepherds leading their flocks?
A tea meeting will be held on Thursday, the 20 inst. Tickets $1.00, children half price. Ice cream, extra. Tickets can be had at 66 Washington Street and of the Pastor, W. D. Skelton.
The Clergy handsomely Rebuked.—At a certain Philadelphia conference, at Harrisburg, scarcely had the opening services concluded, before a lad of fourteen years and a girl of the same age, passed up and down the aisles, putting into the hands of the preachers the following circular:
DEAR PASTORS: Allow us to inform you that we have a Eureka Band of Hope connected with this church. We are only young girls and boys. We are pledged to abstain from the use of tobacco. Will you please set us a good example? Don't use tobacco in or about the church during the Conference.
The Indians.—A white boy who has been a captive among the Cheyenne Indians since 1865, has reached Denver and reports that the savages contemplate a general and simultaneous attack all along the Platte river early in June. The American express company has ordered its employees on the Smoky Hill route to shoot every Indian that comes in sight, and it is thus evident that both whites and Indians are preparing for war to the knife. Gen. Meagher has raised 1000 men to take the field against the hostile savages in Montana. In Dacotah no new outrages have been committed since the opening of navigation on the upper Missouri river.
Paper Boats.—It begins to be evident that paper has been put to but few of the uses of which it is capable. The principal demand may continue to be for printing, writing, wrapping and paper collars, but experiments now in progress show that paper makers will soon find extensive use for their product outside of these present principal sources of consumption. It has already been found that paper can be used advantageously for water-pipes and tanks, and in the construction of frost-proof buildings; it is almost certain that it can be made to take the place of leather for machinery belting, and George A. Waters of Troy, N. Y., has demonstrated that paper makes the best material for shell boats, by constructing one thirty feet long, which weighs only forty pounds, and is in every respect superior to boats made of wood.
Religious Items.—The Swedenborgians have established a theological school at Waltham, Mass. The number of weekly publications belonging to the Methodist church in this country is 57. An effort is making to endow a professorship in St. Lawrence University, the only Universalist college in New York. The American Chapel at Rome is still open and services are held every Sunday. Over 250 persons worship there. A remarkable desire to read the Bible has shown itself in France, which is said to be due to the sensation produced by the works of Renan. The number of Bibles sold in France last year was 66,873.
Southern Political Prospects.—A competent friend has made a careful computation by which it appears that of the million of white males over twenty-one in the military districts about three hundred thousand will be disfranchised, leaving about seven hundred thousand white and as many colored voters. It is this which makes the great importance of the colored vote, and each party will spare no effort to secure it. We have little doubt that the new voters will unite with their old and not with their new friends. There is a great deal of human nature in man, and those who made war to enslave their colored fellow-citizens hope-lessly and forever will need all their eloquence to prove to those fellow-citizens that they have always been the best friends to the colored man. The colored man understood the war and he has not lost his wits since it ended. There will be remote districts in which by various persuasions a part of the new vote will be cast against the Republican party; but a general and hearty union of the truly loyal white and colored vote against the party which still reveres “the lost cause,” will reorganize the States upon the best basis. In this union we count many who were sincere secessionists. It is not impossible that where this union is strong enough to control the conventions it may propose a much more stringent disfranchisement than that of the military bill. But we trust that our friends will see that where they have the power such a disfranchisement is unnecessary, and where they have not the power it would not, of course, be ratified by the voters. Meanwhile the tendency of the new vote will be indicated by the election in Washington, where the white registry is only eleven hundred more than the colored. The whole vote is more than seventeen thousand, nearly three times as many as have ever voted before.—Harper's Weekly.
Austria and Hungary.—Dispatch by the cable. Pesth, June 8. The Emperor and Empress of Austria were to-day crowned king and queen of Hungary. The city was crowded with visitors from all parts of the world, and was splendidly decorated. Ambassadors of all nations having diplomatic relations with Austria, except the United States, were present. The coronation took place at Ofen (or Buda), across the Danube, and the concluding rites were held in this city. The coronation was witnessed by 8,000 Hungarian and Austrian nobles, 60 peers, 100 diplomats, and 1,000 strangers. Bishops of the Roman Catholic and of the Greek Churches assisted at the ceremony. The display was gorgeous. The Emperor was anointed in the ancient robes, crown, mantle, and shoes of St. Stephen, the first Christian king of Hungary. The Empress was anointed under the right armpit. A special mass, composed by Liszt, was sung by the Imperial choir from Vienna. After the coronation, the king knighted several Hungarians, and then rode in person to Pesth, where he took the coronation oath, in which he promised to reconquer the ancient limits of Hungary. The coronation ceremonies closed by the king riding up a mound of earth, formed of soil brought from the different departments of Hungary, and waving his sword successively toward the four points of the compass, at the same time swearing that he would defend the kingdom against the world. There was immense cheering during the rites. There is a grand illumination and a banquet to-night. At the banquet the peers act as servants. The Hungarian Diet voted 100,000 ducats as a present to the king and queen. There were ten Archdukes present, together with the Austrian Prime Minister, Von Beust. Mr. Deak was absent. Mr. Andrassy crowned the king and queen. A general amnesty for political offenses was proclaimed.

TO ARMS!

“Fight the good fight of faith.”
Up Christian soldier—to your arms! God's sentinels the host alarms, Up! gird you with your armor bright, If you would conquer you must fight.
Set hope, your helmet, on your brow, Let faith your shield be with you now: Let righteousness your breastplate prove, And truth your girdle, knit with love.
And let your feet with peace be shod, Your two-edged sword, the word of God; Thus armed, obey your captain's call, And by his grace you'll conquer all.
Legions of foes around you press, In subtle forms and specious dress; Satan who knows his time is short, Doth lure with wiles of every sort.
The worst of foes you'll find within, The foes of lust, and inbred sin; But inward foes your captain sees, And grace he'll give to conquer these.
If outward foes do you assail, His proffered grace can never fail; And as the conflict grows severe, Your Lord to succor will appear.
Your captain's skill you need not doubt, For all the hosts of hell he'll rout; When single handed and alone, The foe by him was overthrown.
Then courage, soldier! to the fight! A crown you'll win of glory bright; Up, then! and gird your armor on, And fight—for thus the crown is won.—Sel.

Obituary Notices.

By J. McMILLAN; H. J. W.; Joseph Bates; R. C. BAKER

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. Rev. xiv, 13.
DIED, of congestion of the lungs, in River Falls, Pierce Co., Wis., on the 25th of April, Unie May, youngest daughter of John and Maria McMillan, aged 8 months and 3 days.
“They shall come again from the land of the enemy.” Jer. xxxi, 16.
J. McMILLAN.
DIED, March 5, of chronic bronchitis, Andrew Edson Wescott, son of Andrew A. and Harriet J. Wescott, aged four months and twenty days.
H. J. W.
DIED, very suddenly, in Allegan, Allegan Co., Mich., May 29, Bro. C. Southwell, in the 68th year of his age. He left his house soon after eating his dinner in usual health to turn some cattle out of his lot, and put up the fence. About fifteen minutes after, his son passed that way and saw his father lying on the ground. As he attempted to raise him up he breathed twice and expired. The doctor pronounced it a fit of apoplexy.
Bro. Southwell was a quiet, peaceful citizen, who gave his attention to his own household. Hence his children are deeply afflicted in his sudden death. He had lived a widower eleven years, and left five sons and four daughters. The four daughters have been members with us in the Monterey church several years. About three years since Bro. S. made profession of his faith and was baptized and united with us. It seemed that the Lord suffered him to pass away in as quiet and peaceable manner as he had tried to live. We believe he sleeps in Jesus. The commodious school house was filled to overflowing, with sympathising friends who listened attentively to the funeral services.
JOSEPH BATES.
Monterey, June 3d, 1867.
DIED, at Marquette, Wis., April 29, 1867, of convulsions, Florence, daughter of James E., and Mary E. Farrar, aged 3 years and 2 months.
Another little suffering life is ended, another precious treasure is enshrined in dust to sweetly sleep till the Life-giver comes. Appropriate and comforting remarks were made at the funeral by Bro. T. McDowell.
R. C. BAKER.

The Cloud in Italy.

The English papers now generally concede the truth of the story which we published some time since that Victor Emanuel has been, and perhaps is, seriously contemplating a coup d’état. The King is anxious for reunion with Rome, and it is understood that the Pope has actually been consulted upon the character of the propositions to be submitted to the Italian Parliament in regard to the sale of the ecclesiastical property. A congregation of cardinals has decided that it is not desirable for the Church to hold land any longer, and therefore that it may in a lofty manner and as a benevolence merely pay six hundred million of francs to the treasury of the state. The King is said to have given his written pledge that, if the Parliament refuses to pass a bill which, in consideration of this benevolence, will release the priesthood from the control of the state, he will suspend parliamentary government, assume absolute power, and reconcile himself with Rome.
Such a coup d’état would hardly succeed. The King, as the London Spectator says, is liked but not respected. He has alienated the love of Piedmont, and that of Tuscany has had no time to grow. The army admires him, but he has led it to defeat only, and his hold upon the soldiers is, therefore, not sure. The priests are hated by the towns, and the army is national and patriotic. An army of Italians enthusiastically educated to free Italy from Austria will not easily fire upon Italians to protect a Pope who has been the symbol of reaction. Garibaldi and Cialdini are names graven upon the Italian heart—the one a volunteer chief, the other a General of the regular army—and they are both bitterly hostile to the new policy. Garibaldi’s manifesto before the election, which seemed extravagant, is now explained. He knew the intrigue. His reluctant confidence in Victor Emanuel is now justified. He knew his want of radical conviction. If the King should attempt a coup d’état there could scarcely fail to be a serious civil war, which would end in his overthrow and a terrible distrust of the royal house. The conviction would probably lead to a general war, for the Pope and the King would appeal for aid. But the Liberals are, of course, prepared for every emergency, and we therefore doubt if there will be any. An advertised coup d’état is a foregone failure.—Harper’s Weekly.

The Sabbath Question

Is becoming a theme of wide-spread and absorbing interest. To those who wish to give the subject a thorough investigation, we recommend the History of the Sabbath. As a work setting forth a connected Bible view of the Sabbath question, its history since the Christian era, and the different steps by which the human institution of the first day of the week has usurped the place of the Bible institution of the seventh day, it is unsurpassed by any publication extant. Between two and three hundred quotations from history are given, to each of which is appended a full reference to the authority from which it is taken. It is replete with facts and arguments which challenge denial or refutation. Other works on this subject, from the penny tract to the largest size pamphlet, will be found noticed in our book list. There is no other Bible subject upon which a more extensive misunderstanding exists, than upon the Sabbath question. Circulate the books, and spread abroad the light on this subject.

Crime in New York.

By D. T.

THE startling fact that nearly seventy murderers are now lying in the prison in this city, awaiting trial or under the sentence of death, gives a sad insight into the moral condition of the lower classes of our society. The proportion is, we believe, unequalled in any other country that calls itself Christian and civilized. Even in Paris it is not reached. That city, wicked enough in other ways, is singularly behind New York in murders. A recent letter from that gay and abandoned capital, mentions in terms of horror that ‘fifteen murderers are at the present moment lying in the prisons of the Seine.’ We should think this ‘hideous’ statement very moderate. ‘Only fifteen?’ A New Yorker might exclaim; ‘look at our statistics of crime, and acknowledge our bad pre-eminence.’
What are the causes of this great difference? Why should there be more murders in New York than in Paris? Is our population more demoralized and wicked than hers? Has the spirit of Cain descended on our island and taken possession of men’s hearts? How can the dreadful problem be explained?
Answer: The horrible wickedness of these times can be explained by the fact that we are in the “last days;” the “vats overflow, and wickedness is great,” because “the harvest is ripe;” that the evil in men and women has culminated to its height; that the “sinful flesh” of mankind is become thoroughly impregnated with the quality of the serpent; that the times of Noah and Lot are come back again; that the judgment is near, and the devil who knows his time is short has come down in great wrath.”
But just so long as the church and world ignore these things, they will still cry out in alarm and wonder for a solution of the problem of these fearfully evil times.—D. T. T., in World’s Crisis.

The Publishing Association.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was incorporated in Battle Creek, Mich., May 3, 1861. Its object is to issue “periodicals, books, tracts, documents, and other publications, calculated to impart instruction on Bible truth, especially the fulfillment of prophecy, the commandments of God, and the teachings of Jesus Christ.” Its capital stock is raised by shares at $10 each; and every shareholder is entitled to one vote in all the deliberations of the Association, for every share that he or she may hold. The Association has now a large and well-furnished Office of publication, established in Battle Creek, Mich., and employs two steam power presses in carrying on its business. A meeting of the stockholders is held each year, at which a board of trustees is elected to manage its business, and editors chosen to conduct its periodicals, till the ensuing meeting. All persons employed in the publishing department, are engaged at stipulated wages, and all profits accruing from the business, are strictly applied by the Association to the carrying out of the object of its formation, and to its charitable uses and purposes. All lovers of truth, who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus,” are still invited to take shares in the Association, and have a voice in all its deliberations.

Publication Department.

Buy the truth, and sell it not. Prov. xxiii, 23.

The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald

Is a large sixteen-page religious family paper, issued weekly by the S. D. A. Pub. Association, and devoted to an earnest investigation of all Bible questions. It is designed to be an exponent of momentous and solemn truths pertaining to the present time, some of which are set forth by no other periodical in the land. The fulfillment of prophecy, the second personal advent of the Saviour as an event now near at hand, immortality through Christ alone, a change of heart through the operation of the Holy Spirit, the observance of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, the divinity and mediatorial work of Christ, and the development of a holy character by obedience to the perfect and holy law of God, as embodied in the decalogue, are among its special themes. And while it will endeavor to present impartially both sides of all important questions, it has a definite theory to teach, and hence will not devote its space to an indiscriminate and aimless mass of conflicting sentiments and views.
Regular price, $3.00 per year, or $1.50 for a volume of 26 numbers. On trial for six months $1.00. No subscriptions taken for less than six months. To the worthy poor—free, by their reporting themselves and requesting its continuance, once in six months. The friends of the Review are invited to earnest and unceasing efforts to extend its circulation.

The Youth's Instructor

Is a monthly sheet, published as above, and designed to be to the youth and children what the Review and Herald is to those of riper years. You who wish to see your children instructed in the great truths which so interest you, will here find a sheet in which those things are set forth in a plain and interesting manner, free from the popular fables and errors of the age. It should not only visit regularly every youth and child who professes to be a follower of Jesus, but should be taken and read in every Sabbath-keeping family. Don't forget the children. See that they have the Instructor. Terms, 25 cts. per year in advance.

The Health Reformer.

This is the title of a monthly health journal, "devoted to an exposition of the laws of our being, and the application of those laws in the preservation of health and the treatment of disease." It is an earnest advocate of the true philosophy of life, the only rational method of treating disease, and the best means of preserving health. Practical instructions will be given from month to month relative to water, air, light, food, sleep, rest, recreation, &c. Health, its recovery and preservation, is a subject of world-wide interest, whatever may be a person's tenets in other respects; and to this the Reformer will be exclusively devoted. Edited by H. S. Lay, M. D., Managing Physician of the Western Health-Reform Institute. Terms $1.00 in advance for a volume of twelve numbers. Address Dr. H. S. Lay, Battle Creek, Mich.
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