Earlier text: REPORT FROM BRO. WHITNEYBRO. SMITH: I send you this short extract from a letter received from my husband, written May 11. Please give it a place in the Review.
F. M. B. To-day is the fast for the church, as appointed in the Review. I am examining myself by the standard given. I find that a great work is to be done for me, and that it devolves upon me to make an effort equal to the prize to be gained. How crossing to the lust of the flesh but these must be cast out, and room made for the graces of the Spirit.
I hope it will be our every day work to gain a little that we may keep pace with the purifying process, and be prepared for the latter rain, and finally be fitted for translation. This is an individual work, and I am trying to have a share in it. Truly we are favored with every needed help to accomplish this work; and the prospect is glorious that after toil and suffering we shall gain an eternal life; for if faithful to perform on our part the Lord will give us the victory.
S. BRAGG. God’s Poor and the Devil’s Poor
There is God's poor, and the Devil's poor; the first from misfortune, the other from vice. Exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Heb. x. 25. This Department is designed to fill the same place in the paper that the Conference or Social Meeting does in the worship of God. Speak often one to another to comfort, edify and aid each other in the way of holiness and true Christian experience. The Third Angel’s Message
By Josiah Hebner
BRO. SMITH: The third angel’s message is evidently the last call the world will have before the Son of man comes to receive his people, and establish his kingdom. May we each realize the solemn and awful time in which we are living, and order our lives in obedience to the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Christ. When looking back some fourteen years to the time when Bro. Bates brought the Sabbath to me, I can see that the Lord sent him in the right time to preach the truth, and the proclamation of the kingdom. I praise the Lord that the truth found lodging in my heart, and that its purifying influence has kept me to this present time, endeavoring to obey the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Christ. I mean to stand the trials of the way, and the persecutions of a wicked world, and in the time of trouble be safely kept, and at last stand upon the sea of glass, and sing the song of the redeemed. Jesus says, “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” And again he says, “In my Father’s house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you.” And, glory be to his holy name! he will soon come again to receive his people to himself. My prayer is that I may be a perfect overcomer, and inherit all things, and live when the tabernacle of God shall be with men. And oh! how sweet the thought that we shall dwell with Jesus in glory even forever and ever. Praise the high King of Heaven for his goodness toward us. The Review is all the preaching I have. May the Lord in his own time send some of his ministers this way, is the prayer of Your brother waiting for the kingdom. JOSIAH HEBNER.
St. Clair Co., Mich. Love for Present Truth
By E. O. Jones
BRO. SMITH: The cause of present truth I love, not because it is truth in itself considered, but because it is truth upon which the world is being tested. Yes, the third angel's message is drawing a more distinctive line than any other truth that it has ever been the lot of men or angels to proclaim to this lost world; and what makes it vastly more important is, it is the last message or warning to be given. It is connected with, and just precedes, the coming of the Son of man. Were I called upon to recommend a paper to the world to be universally read, I would point them to the Review and Herald. Oh, that its sanctifying influence might be felt in every honest heart who is seeking after truth. In hope of eternal life when the Lifegiver comes. A Good Result.
By Bro. R. Town
BRO. R. TOWN writes from Franklin Co., N. Y.: Some time ago I gave you notice at the Review Office that my paper had stopped, and that in consequence of two or three years' sickness I could not pay at present. Soon after I received the paper again with all the back numbers, which I esteem a great blessing to be conferred on an unworthy person like me. And it made me think of the time when the poor had the gospel preached to them, to find that there was a people in these last days doing likewise. But I felt somewhat embarrassed as I knew that my brethren in Ingham Co., Mich., had not forgotten that my wife and I were both lovers of tea and meat of all kinds, and that it would take only a small piece of meat to bring money enough to pay for the Review a year. I now want to say that I never used tobacco. Tea and coffee were laid aside when I left Mich.; and when I commenced taking the Review the last time, I laid aside all kinds of meat. My wife has done likewise, and we think our health is improving, although we were told that we could not work without meat. Had I seen my duty sooner I should have obeyed; for I can not regard it as Christian to knowingly indulge in an evil habit. God will not be mocked with our ceremonies, while our disobedient hearts are far from him. Half-way work will not do. God wants the whole heart. I am a lonely pilgrim here, but my trust is in God, and I expect to wear the conqueror's crown in a short time. Many of my neighbors are already convinced of the truth of the Sabbath and the mortality of man. They say that there is no denying these truths. I don't know that they will ever break off their sins by obeying. I fear they will be among those who know their duty but do it not. I would not put my light under a bushel lest their blood be required at my hand. Publication Department.
By Editor
The Publishing Association.
The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association was incorporated in Battle Creek, Mich., May 8, 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. 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 twelve-page religious family paper, issued weekly by the S. D. A. Publishing 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, $2.50 per year, or $1.25 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 Western 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 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. The works upon this important subject to which we would call especial attention, are, The Prophecy of Daniel, The Sanctuary and 2300 Days, and The Three Messages of Rev. xiv. The first gives an exposition of the plain and thrilling prophecies of Daniel ii, vii, and viii, showing from the course of empire that the God of Heaven is about to set up his kingdom. The Sanctuary question is the great central subject of the plan of salvation, and yet there are but few, comparatively, who have any acquaintance with it. It gives a new interest to a great part of the Bible, leads to an intelligent view of the position and work of Christ as our great High Priest in Heaven, completely explains the past Advent movement, and shows clearly our position in prophecy and the world’s history. The three messages bring to view present duty, and future peril. All should read these books, and ponder well their teaching. 1. THE HISTORY OF THE SABBATH, and First Day of the Week, showing the Bible Record of the Sabbath, and the manner in which it has been superseded by the Heathen Festival of the Sun. pp. 342. Cloth, 60c., weight, 12 oz. 2. FUTURE PUNISHMENT, by H. H. Dobney, a Baptist Minister of England. An elaborate argument on the destiny of the wicked; with an Appendix containing “The State of the Dead,” by J. Milton. Cloth, 25c., 6 oz. 3. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. I; or, the Great Controversy between the forces of Christ and Satan, as shown in Vision. pp. 219. Cloth, 50c., 8 oz. 4. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. II; or the Experience and Views of E. G. White with incidents that have occurred in connection with the Third Angel’s Message. pp. 300. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. Volumes I & II bound in one book, $1.00, 12 oz. 5. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. III; or, Facts of Faith in connection with the history of holy Men of God, as shown in Vision. pp. 304. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. 6. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOL. IV; or Facts of Faith continued, and Testimonies for the Church. pp. 220. Cloth, 60c., 8 oz. 7. SABBATH READINGS; or, Moral and Religious Stories for the Young, from which the popular errors of the age are carefully excluded. pp. 400. In one volume, cloth, 60c., 8 oz. In five pamphlets, 5c., 8 oz. In twenty-five tracts, 40c., 8 oz. 8. HOW TO LIVE, treating on Disease and its Causes, and all subjects connected with healthful living. An important work. pp. 400. Cloth $1.00, 12 oz. In pamphlet form, 75c., 10 oz. 9. APPEAL TO THE YOUTH: The Sickness and Death of H. N. White; with his Mother’s Letters. Excellent instructions for both youth and parents. Cloth, 40c., 8 oz. Paper, 25c., 2 oz. Without covers, 10c., 2 oz. 10. THE BIBLE FROM HEAVEN; or, a Dissertation on the Evidences of Christianity. 30c., 5 oz. 11. BOTH SIDES: A series of articles from T. M. Preble, on the Sabbath and Law, Reviewed. 20c., 4 oz. 12. SANCTIFICATION, or Living Holiness. Many common mistakes on this important subject, corrected. One of the best works ever published on this subject. 15c., 4 oz. 13. THE THREE MESSAGES of Rev. xiv, especially the Third Angel’s Message, and Two-horned Beast. 15c., 4 oz. 14. THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL; or, Immortality the Gift of God, and the State of Man in Death. 15c., 4 oz. 15. WHICH? MORTAL, OR IMMORTAL? or, An Inquiry into the Present Constitution and Future Condition of Man. Third Edition 15c., 4 oz. 16. MODERN SPIRITUALISM: Its Nature and Tendency. The Heresy condemned from the mouths of its own advocates. Third edition, revised and enlarged. 20c., 5 oz. 17. THE KINGDOM OF GOD: The Time and Manner of its Establishment. A Refutation of the doctrine called, Age to Come. 15c., 4 oz. 18. MIRACULOUS POWERS. The Scripture testimony on the Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts, illustrated by Narratives of Incidents that have transpired all through the Gospel Dispensation. 15c., 4 oz. 19. APPEAL TO MOTHERS, on the Great Cause of the physical, mental, and moral, ruin of many of the Children of our time. 8c. 2 oz. 20. REVIEW OF SEYMOUR. His fifty “Unanswerable Questions” on the Sabbath Question. Answered. 8c., 5 oz. 21. THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL. An Exposition of the Prophecy of the Four Kingdoms, the Sanctuary and the 2300 Days. Dan. ii, vii, & viii. 10c., 3 oz. 22. THE SAINTS’ INHERITANCE, shown to be the kingdom under the whole heaven, in the Earth made New. 10c., 3 oz. 23. SIGNS OF THE TIMES, in the Moral, Physical, and Political Worlds, showing that the Coming of Christ is at the Door. 10c., 3 oz. 24. THE LAW OF GOD, its Observance from Creation to Immortality and Perpetuity proved from the testimony of the Old and New Testaments. 10c., 3 oz. 25. VINDICATION OF THE TRUE SABBATH, by J. W. Morton, late Missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church to Hayti; with a Narrative of the Author’s Personal Experience, of thrilling interest. 10c., 3 oz. 26. REVIEW OF SPRINGER, on the Sabbath and Law. 10c., 3 oz. 27. BAPTISM, Its Nature, Subjects, & Design. 10c., 3 oz. 28. THE COMMANDMENT to Restore and Build Jerusalem. A conclusive argument that it is to be dated from the 7th year of Artaxerxes B. C. 457. Just the book for these days of wild conjecture on the prophetic periods. 10c., 2 oz. 29. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS: An Exposition of Revelation viii and ix. A New Edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged. 10c., 2 oz. 30. KEY TO THE CHART. An Explanation of all the symbols illustrated upon the Prophetic Chart. 10c., 2 oz. 31. THE SANCTUARY, and 2300 Days of Daniel viii; its cleansing and the time of its accomplishment. 10c., 2 oz. 32. THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD, a most happy exposure of the inconsistencies of popular religion. A new edition revised and adapted to the present time. 4c., 4 oz. 33. THE SABBATH OF THE LORD: A Discourse by J. M. Aldrich. 5c., 2 oz. 34. THE END OF THE WICKED. 5c., 1 oz. 35. MATTHEW XXIV: A Brief Exposition of the Chapter, showing that Christ is at the Door. 5c., 2 oz. 36. MARK OF THE BEAST, and Seal of the Living God; showing how we may avoid the one, and secure the other. 5c., 1 oz. 37. THE SABBATIC INSTITUTION, and Two Laws; showing when the Sabbath was Instituted, and the plain distinction between the Moral and Ceremonial Laws. 5c., 1 oz. 38. BIBLE STUDENT’S ASSISTANT: A compend of Scripture References on Important Subjects. 5c., 1 oz. 39. AN APPEAL for the Restoration of the Sabbath: An Address from the Seventh-day to the First-day Baptists. 5c., 1 oz. 40. REVIEW OF FILLIO, on the Sabbath Question. 5c., 1 oz. 41. MILTON on the State of the Dead. 5c., 1 oz. 42. EXPERIENCE of F. G. Brown on Second Advent. 5c., 1 oz. 43. SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE, An Address, &c. 5c., 1 oz. 44. THE SECOND ADVENT: Sixteen Short Answers to Sixteen Common Objections. 4c., 1 oz. Tracts in Other Languages.
45. THE SABBATH, Its Nature and Obligation, in German, 10c., 2 oz. The Sabbath, in Holland, 5c., 1 oz. In French 5c., 1 oz. In Danish 10c., 1 oz. 46. AN EXPOSITION of Dan. ii and vii, in French. 5c., 1 oz. 47. THE SEVEN SEALS: An Exposition of Rev. vi. 48. THE TWO LAWS. The Distinction shown between them. 49. PERSONALITY OF GOD. A popular error disproved. 50. THE LAW of God, the Ten Commandments by John Wesley. 51. APPEAL to Men of Reason on Immortality. 52. THOUGHTS for the Candid on the Nature of Man. 53. STATE OF THE DEAD, Brief Thoughts. Author unknown. 54. TIME LOST; or Old and New Style Explained. 55. SUNDAY-KEEPING. The reasons for it examined and refuted. 56. THE SABBATH: The time of its Institution. 57. THE SABBATH: A stirring Argument by Elihu. 58. INFIDELITY and Spiritualism, shown to be of like character. 59. WAR and the Sealing, an Exposition of Rev. vii. 60. WHO CHANGED the Sabbath? Roman Catholic Testimony. 61. PREACH THE WORD: An Argument for the Sabbath. 62. DEATH AND BURIAL; or, Scriptural Baptism. 63. MUCH IN LITTLE: A Collection of Choice Extracts. 65. POSITIVE INSTITUTIONS; their Nature and Claims. 66. THE LAW of God, By H. H. DOBNEY, England. 67. JUDSON’S LETTER ON DRESS: An appeal to the female members of the Christian churches of the United States. 68. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. Same as B. S. Assistant without cover. 69. MARK of the Beast, and Seal of the Living God. 70. SPIRITUAL GIFTS: An Argument to show that the Gifts set in the Church, 1 Cor. xii, Eph. iv, &c., were to continue to the end of time. 71. THE WICKED DEAD: A thorough and Scriptural Exposition of the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. 72. THE LAW OF GOD on a Chart of a size to be used by Preachers, varnished and mounted. $2.00. 73. THE PROPHECIES of Daniel and John, illustrated upon a Chart, to be used by Preachers, varnished and mounted, $2.00. The two printed on cloth, with Key, $3.00. The two on cloth without rollers, by mail, postpaid, $1.75. 74. SMALL CHART. A Pictorial Illustration of the Visions of Daniel and John, on paper 20 by 20 inches. Price 15c. by mail, postpaid. The law requires the prepayment of postage on books as follows: Bound Books, four cents for each four ounces or fractional part thereof; Pamphlets and Tracts, two cents for each four ounces or fractional part thereof. In the foregoing list, the weight of each book is given in connection with the price; and all who order books can estimate the amount of postage required, which should invariably be sent with the order, in addition to the price of the books. Thus, two 2 oz. books can be sent for the same postage as one; or four 1 oz. books for the same postage as one, two or three of the same kind and so on. All communications in reference to the Publishing Association, the Review, Instructor, and any of the foregoing books, should be addressed to Eld. James White, Battle Creek, Mich. All business pertaining to the Western Health Reform Institute, or Health Reformer, should be addressed to Dr. H. S. Lay, Battle Creek, Mich. Infidel Objections to the Bible.
By J. M. A.
It is proposed to begin, at the commencement of the next volume, under the Commentary Department, a series of answers to infidel objections against the Bible. These will be of great value, as we should all post ourselves, and be able at any time to answer the cavils of the skeptic against the word of God. We hope, also, to be able to find time and opportunity to report some of the interesting Bible Classes, held in connection with the Sabbath School in this place. All business for the Health Reformer should be addressed to Dr. H. S. Lay, Health Institute, Mich.
If, however, our brethren insist on sending Reformer business to us in connection with business for this Office—as many of them seem to do—we request that they place the same invariably on a sheet by itself, that we may forward it to the Institute, where it belongs, without being put to the necessity of copying it for that purpose. A strict observance of either of the above suggestions will not only save extra labor at the Office, but insure the prompt transaction of the business sent.
J. M. A. A Spiritualist's Opinion of Trance Speakers.
THE Editor of Hull's Monthly Clarion, in No. 5 of that Journal, in an article headed, "Settle your Speakers," says:— It may be necessary for us, at some future time, to present some facts upon this subject. At present suffice it to say that when some of our best trance speakers inform their audiences that "Solomon commanded the sun to stand still,"—that "David killed Ahab to get his wife,"—that "Paul says, 'The Spiritual body is the same shape as the Natural body,'" and that "the Constitution of the United States says, 'Every man shall worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, under his own vine and fig tree.'" they impart information which, had they carefully prepared their discourses, they never would have given. Henry Gardner’s Address Changed
THE P. O. address of Henry Gardner is changed from Battle Creek to Elk Horn Grove, Carroll Co. Ill. NOTICE.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
Providence permitting, I will meet with the church at Norridgewock, Me., June 15, and 16. IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS! See CATALOGUE inside. S. W. MORRISON. The $1.00 was not received. Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the Review & Herald to which the money received pays. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, immediate notice of the omission should then be given. $1.00 each. James Brown 31-1, L W Morrison 29-1, F Nichols 31-1, Lovina Chandler 30-17, H Olmstead 30-1, W W Beach 30-28, C H Beach 30-23. $2.00 each. E H Higley 32-9, Lebbeus Drew 31-1, P Stone 31-1, Jonathan Chase 32-2. Miscellaneous. David Varner $1.25, 31-1, W W Wilson $8.50, 31-1, Robert Ladle $1.50, 31-1, John Buchart $1.50, 31-20, James Hale acct $1.00, Mrs Ann Pennell $1.5, 31-1, John Webber $2.13, 31-3, Ira Cooper $2.50, 30-1. Subscriptions at the Rate of $3.00 per year.
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A Cleveland (Ohio) paper says that 11 boys were turned out of one of the district schools in the city one day last week for being drunk. Inquiry showed that nearly half the boys at school, between the years of ten and eighteen, were in the regular habit of frequenting the low groggeries in the city.