Earlier text: A SUGGESTION.THE apparition of Garibaldi on the frontier of the Papal States is the answer of European republicanism to the apotheosis of St. Peter—the canonization of the martyrs of the Romish faith. It is an Italian translation of the celebrated line, “Let the dead past bury its dead;” and a really spirited rendering of the accompanying injunction, “Act, act in the living present.” It is due to the sagacity of the Holy Father to add that he has not been slow to follow this advice. He has acted promptly; and his appeal to Napoleon, while it can hardly fail to promote the growth of the grace of loveliness of spirit in the Papal heart, will also, in all probability, at once provoke a powerful intervention in defence of the territory of the Holy See. Whether Garibaldi succeeds or suffers defeat, his attempt to free Rome and add to the Kingdom of Italy can hardly fail to attract the attention of Christendom to the present condition of the Papal States. Both the form and spirit of the government are despotic there. It has no liberal feature. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free schools, free pulpits, liberty of worship, liberty of action, liberty of trade, are utterly unknown in the territorial domains of the Pope. The power of the priesthood is unlimited. The people have no rights which the Church is bound to respect. Popular elections have not been introduced, nor any of the safeguards of personal freedom. Laws are made and taxes imposed without the consent or advice of the people. The rule of the English in India and Ireland is the widest and wildest license as compared with the civil or personal liberty that is tolerated by the Government of the Church. There is not a more absolute autocracy on earth. It follows, inevitably, that the Papal rule is obnoxious to the people. Nothing short of immediate and perpetual inspiration from Heaven could render such a form of government either popular or just. Rulers who are not obliged to consult the people can never hope to satisfy their expectations; nor do they continue long to seek to justify their policy by its practical results. The people of the Papal States—592,000 in number—are taxed to support an army—chiefly composed of mercenaries—ten thousand strong, and a vast legion of ecclesiastics of all grades and of different orders. The Pope alone receives, as sovereign, an annual income of £121,000, or about $600,000 in gold—and this, it will be seen, for governing about thrice the number of people (without their own consent,) who to-day inhabit the city of Boston. In addition to this income, the Pope receives from other countries contributions that swell his annual receipts to nearly five millions of dollars in gold! The Papal territory now embraces only 4,891 square miles—a little larger than Connecticut; while its population is slightly greater than that of Maryland. The city of Rome is not quite so populous as Boston. It has 201,000 souls, including an ecclesiastical force 6,500 strong. Rome is the natural capital of Italy, and until it is the seat of its government the new kingdom is insecure. The existence of a power within a power in Italy—the continuance of the temporal dominion of the Pope in the heart of its territory—is an intolerable inconvenience and a badge of national dishonor. It is a sign of the practical vassalage of Victor Immanuel to “the Man of December.” For, without the aid of France, Pius IX, as sovereign—we are not dealing with him as pontiff—would have been hurled from power a long time ago. As pontiff he is the accredited and revered head of the Catholic church; but as sovereign he is the rapacious and despotic usurper of the Italian domain. The Italians would willingly yield to him religious homage in return for political freedom. But, withholding freedom from his state, he daily perils the safety of his church. Using Rome as the headquarters of an anti-national sentiment, and his priests as the propagators of unpatriotic ideas, the obstinacy of Pius IX is preparing the way for a great religious reaction in Southern Europe. Napoleon, we are told, has notified Victor Emmanuel of the condition of affairs on the frontier, as they have been represented to him by the Papal minister of state. This is doubtless a warning to “enforce the terms of the treaty of September, 1864, by which Napoleon agreed to withdraw his troops from Rome; while Italy undertook “not to attack the present territory of the Pope, and even to prevent by force any attack proceeding from the exterior.”—Independent. HYPOCRISY.—Many who would not for the world utter a falsehood are yet eternally scheming to procure false impressions on the minds of others respecting facts, characters, and opinions. HENRY WARD BEECHER ON THE ADVENT.
By C. Cunningham
In his Christmas sermon for 1866, Henry Ward Beecher made the following remarks,—some expressions in which I have italicized:— 'I know not whether the second advent of Christ is at hand or not. I know not even what the meaning of it is. That there is to be a literal visit of Christ to the earth again they may believe who are wedded to physical interpretations of the Scriptures. I do not so read the word of God. But that there is to be a power of Christ upon the earth that may be fitly called his second coming; that the world is to be so filled with his glory that no man shall have occasion to say to his fellow-men 'Know the Lord,' because all shall know him from the greatest to the least; and that there is to be a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwelleth righteousness, I do profoundly believe. I believe in a glorious period of development, that is to make the world's history as bright as noon-day. What it may be I know not; and how near we may be to it, I know not. The signs of the times are auspicious, and they all point in one way.' Is the above "meat in due season" to the "household" of faith? Is it not giving the trumpet an "uncertain sound," so that none by it will be led to prepare themselves "to the battle?" What is the cause of this ignorance as to the nearness of the "day of the Lord?" Has not our Saviour bidden his church to know when he is near, yea, "even at the doors," by the occurrence of specified signs, with the same certainty they know that summer is nigh when the trees begin to send out their buds and leaves? And were not the signs to be as unmistakable in one case as in the other? Is not ignorance of the nearness of that day unjustifiable, therefore, and a plain violation of a positive command? Is not the cause of this ignorance, not a lack of evidence, but of warm affection for Christ, which cares not to see him, and has no especial regard for the Saviour's own interest and glory? Does he not desire to enter into the "joy set before him when he endured the cross," and "see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied?" and will not the heart beating in sympathy with Him, long for the arrival of that day, particularly on the Saviour's own account, saying with Cowper, 'Come, then, and added to thy many crowns,
Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth,
Thou who alone art worthy ?' And has it come to this, that Christ's professed servants, who are commanded to watch for his coming, "know not even what the meaning" of that coming may be? "If I go away, I will come again." "This same Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner, as ye have seen him go into Heaven." "The Lord himself (not his Spirit) shall descend from Heaven." "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him." In the face of these plain declarations, to profess ignorance as to their significance, does not speak very highly for one's scholarship, or candor. If H. W. B. should send word to any place that he would come there to lecture on a given evening, what would he think, if those receiving the message should declare ignorance as to the meaning of it, saying that all might believe he intended a "literal visit" to the place who were "wedded to physical interpretations" of language; but as for them they did not "so read" the letter of H. W. B.? If a certain "power of Christ upon the earth," will fulfill the prophecies of his second coming, why were not the prophecies of his first advent fulfilled in the same way? Can men thus trifle with the word of the Eternal with impunity? Is a "glorious period of development" all that is intended by the grand exhibition of the second advent of Jesus Christ to judgment, the resurrection and translation of his people, the conflagration of the earth, and its restoration to Edenistic beauty, and the reign of the Son of God conjointly with his saints forever and ever? No wonder H. W. B. does not know what this development may be, or how near we may be to it, as he is unable to understand what the Saviour means, when he says, "Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." We agree with him in the closing statement that the "signs of the times are auspicious, and they all point one way." The blindness, ignorance, and indifference manifested by the ministry and laity relative to Christ's second glorious appearing and kingdom, are one of the prominent "signs of the times," which are indeed "auspicious," and "point one way," as with one clear and united voice they proclaim "The great day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly;" for when they shall say "peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them." Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh will he find the faith in the land? May God have mercy upon the masses who are being led astray by the "blind guides" of this day, and rescue some to be the everlasting trophies of his grace in his coming, hastening kingdom.—C. CUNNINGHAM, in Advent Herald. Publication Department.
By Editor
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. 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. 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 these 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. 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 Health-Reform Institute. Terms $1.00 in advance for a volume of twelve numbers. Address Dr. H. S. Lay, Battle Creek, Mich. 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 the127 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. Obituary Notices.
By R. O'BRIEN
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. DIED, in Walton N. S., March, 1867, Clara Jennison, aged four years. For a child, she was much beloved and deeply lamented. Think not of her but with the hope,
That she to endless life will wake,
And from her slumbers in the tomb,
Will rise to Heaven’s immortal bloom. Magnificent Present to the Pope.
THERE are at present assembled in Rome upwards of 250 bishops and 20,000 priests. The gifts made by them to the Pope are very costly. America sent a model of the yacht Henrietta filled with gold coin. The donations in money alone amount to 1,500,000 crowns, or 7,500,000 francs, and their other gifts are of great value. Cardinal Mathieu, Archbishop of Besançon, has presented him with an ostensorial several feet high, and having its massive gold disc enriched with diamonds and rubies of rare brilliancy. The bishops of Canada have brought a work of art in the shape of a silver ship, with every detail beautifully executed. The ballast of this costly toy is composed of gold nuggets, and each of the cabins contains a heap of gold money from a different country. The masts and cordage are gaily dressed with bank notes of every color, and from every country in the world. A very old bishop sought an audience with the Holy Father, leaning on a large thick staff. Monsignor Pacca, master of the ceremonies, told him that he must first lay his staff aside, as the etiquette of the court did not permit of his carrying it into the Pope’s presence. The bishop claimed exemption from the rule, and the Pope, hearing what was going on, ordered him to be admitted. Accordingly he appeared before the Holy Father, and, rendering his homage, stated that his diocese was so poor that he had nothing to bring him but his stick. This the Pope took in his hand and found very heavy, on which he looked at it more closely and perceived that it was formed of solid gold. The Archbishop of Mexico has sent the Holy Father 80,000 crowns, and an English bishop has presented him with the large sum of £100,000 sterling.—Boston Journal. —The report that negotiations are in progress for the acquisition of British Columbia is discredited by those Washington reporters who did not get the first chance at the item. It is a way they have. The probability is that the subject has been broached in some shape. The inhabitants of Vancouver’s Island, which is the most important part of the British Pacific possessions, express themselves strongly in favor of annexation to the United States, since our purchase of Russian America, and especially since the consolidation of the other British provinces in the kingdom of Canada has left them “out in the cold.” They complain of neglect from the home government, and what little attachment they have had to it has mostly disappeared. So far as the people of British Columbia are concerned we can take possession at any time, and it is believed that the government of Great Britain can be readily persuaded to part with a domain now less than ever of any material or political value. A SAD TRUTH.—The Macon Telegraph is informed that the statistics at Milledgeville show the alarming aggregate of seventy thousand paupers in the State of Georgia. 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We call the special attention of the reader to the subjects of the nature of man, his condition in death, and the destiny of the wicked. More than ordinary importance attaches to these subjects, at the present time. We would confidently recommend to all a thorough reading of the work by H. H. Dobney entitled, Future Punishment, as advertised in our book list. The reader will find it a work exhaustive in its investigations, and remarkable for its candor, and the strength and clearness of its reasoning. Which? Mortal or Immortal? is a lower-priced and more-condensed work on the same subjects. While “The End of the Wicked,” and the one, two and three cent tracts may be found sufficient to awaken interest with those who would not commence with larger works. For the convenience of those who may wish to purchase these books for general circulation, we have put up assorted packages of tracts in two sizes, which we will send post-paid at 50c., and $1.00, respectively. 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Three witnesses should state that the testator declared this to be his last will and testament, and that they signed it at his request, and in his presence and in the presence of each other. THE NEW ENGLAND MISSION.
By John Nevins Andrews
I HAVE spent the third and fourth Sabbaths in July in Washington, N. H. The first Sabbath was a day of much rain and few of the brethren from other towns attended. But our second Sabbath in this place brought together quite a goodly number of those who love the law of God. Tuesday before this meeting I was happy to welcome Bro. Howard, with whom I hope to spend a considerable season in labor. I think the meetings in this place have already accomplished some good. Our friends here have labored under very great discouragements, but we think that there is a prospect of better days. Next Sabbath we design to spend in Amherst where Bro. Gage labored for some time preceding his removal to Battle Creek. In two weeks from last Sabbath one or both of us will return to this place again. We wish to assure the brethren in N. H. that we will meet all the calls made on us as fast as in the order of God's providence we can. Duty plainly demanded that our labors should begin at this place. Others who have long-standing promises of labor in their places shall not be forgotten. Pray for us. Address us at this place till further notice. J. N. ANDREWS. Washington, N. H.