In bright and glorious Eden,
The kingdom of the Son,
Behold what new-made valleys,
And new-made rivers run!
What wondrous land is this,
What glories bursting forth,
Who formed and framed this cloudless sky,
This renovated earth?
It is the promised kingdom;
The night of sin is past;
The souls beneath the altar
Have been avenged at last.
Here flowers of faultless beauty
Bloom on the sinless shore,
The fresh green fields and pastures
Are green forevermore.
The curse is all removed,
And clad in shining grace,
The second Adam has restored
The ruins of the place;
And here the sons of sorrow,
The trembling and afraid,
Have found these verdant valleys,
And bowers of cooling shade.
The trembling beast and bird
Shall be pursued no more;
The leopard and the lamb shall feed,
When the hunter's chase is o'er;
For here the nations of the saved
Shall walk in endless day;
No night is here, no cloudy sky,
No ravening beast of prey.
This Abram saw with eye of faith,
This Moses too beheld,
And all the ancient worthies knew
This promised kingdom well.
They knew, and loved, and trusted God,
And sought a rest to come,
The recompense of their reward,
An everlasting home!
What matter though we're counted poor,
If children of the Lord,
The broad dominions of the earth
Shall be our free reward!
The smiling fields and crystal floods,
These meadows fresh and green,
Shall be our bright inheritance,
If we the Lord's have been.
Abiding in Christ
Experimental abiding in Christ is a clear display of practical wisdom, and an indubitable evidence of the love of God shed abroad in the heart.
He that clearly discovers the nature, and inwardly enjoys the grace of the gospel, loves the law.
OBITUARY.
By R. J. Lawrence
DIED of consumption in Avon, Oakland Co. Mich., after an illness of eighteen months, Adell, youngest daughter of Bro. and sister Fenner, aged fifteen years. In the early part of her sickness she did not like to talk about dying, or even on the subject of religion; but about six months before her death she began to be serious, and two months after, manifested a change. From that time her only desire to recover was that she might live out the truth. The funeral was attended by the writer at the Stony Creek meeting-house.
R. J. LAWRENCE.
Extracts from Letters.
Bro. O. Hoffer writes from Attica, Ohio: "I am a member of the \"Church of God\" at this place. About half of the church believe the Advent doctrine; and if one of the preachers could come here and preach a few times, I think great good might be done. Come this way, brethren. We shall look for you. We are extremely anxious for some one to come. Do not fail us. We want to hear the word of life. The time is short. Again we say, Will some one come?"
Faithful Despite Discouragement
Sister C. Prentice writes from Red Rock, Iowa, Dec. 16th 1860: "Something over a year has elapsed since Bro. M. Hull came to our village and showed us that we were in error and darkness, and pointed out the true way. Ever since I have tried to keep "the commandments of God," and have sought for the pure and perfect "faith of Jesus." I have many difficulties to encounter and discouragements to overcome (as I stand almost alone here), yet I am assured that those who pass through great afflictions for Christ's sake, will have a lasting reward, even a home in the New Jerusalem. Short is life, and our troubles here but a moment compared with eternity; then what a little thing it is to give for heaven. Brethren and sisters, you who are enduring earthly afflictions, think of the soon coming of our Saviour, and be faithful, be steadfast in the cause."
Sabbath Keepers in Pompey
Sister F. Broderick writes from Pompey, N. Y.: "We feel thankful to our heavenly Father that we were permitted to hear the third angel's message. My prayer is that we may be faithful, for it is only those who endure to the end that will be saved. There are nine of us here in Pompey who still feel determined to keep holy the Sabbath of the Lord. We meet together on the Sabbath to talk of the goodness of God, and we feel the promise verified that where two or three are met together in his name he will meet with them. The Lord is not slack concerning his promises. If we receive not the blessing the fault must be in us. I love to meditate on the perfect law of God. It is just what we need to make us holy, just, good and pure in heart; and such I feel we must be if we are accepted of him in the great day of accounts."
The Lord Blessing His Scattered Few
Bro. D. E. Gibson writes from Melrose, Wis.: "The Lord is still blessing his few here. We are still trying to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. We long to have some of the preaching brethren come this way. I am glad to hear that the Lord is still reviving his work in the hearts of his scattered few. Sing on, pray on, brethren and sisters, and give glory to God, for the victory will soon be ours if faithful."
New Sabbath Keepers in Midland
By a letter from sister L. A. Marsh, we learn that there are a few in her neighborhood, Midland, Mid. Co., Mich., including herself, who have become Sabbath-keepers from reading the books and papers. She says: "None of us have ever heard any of the preachers on the faith of the third angel's message. I think that there are a few honest ones here, who if they could hear the truth, would believe. We request the prayers of the church."
BUILDING.
By James White
The New Office building probably will not be erected till another fall. By hiring a store-room we are relieved in the old building somewhat, yet about these times the cold makes its way into the old shell in spite of heated stoves, so that business is carried on to poor advantage, but it is the best we can do this winter. We shall be relieved again in warmer weather. We have concluded to wait until the completion of the Publishing Association, and let that do its own building.
Those who wish to become members of the Association, (and it is hoped that a majority of them will) and thereby furnish the necessary means to build, pay borrowed money, and raise a sufficient publishing fund, would do well to have their means for this object at their command.
J. W.
TO THE AFFLICTED.
By P. A. HOLLY.
You can remember that you are not alone buffeting the waves of adversity, that this world is full of sorrow, and all have to drink of the bitter cup. Family circles are broken by the hand of the enemy. A father or mother, brother or sister, or perhaps a dear companion is laid away beneath the clods of the valley to mingle with us no more. Or it may be an innocent babe breathes out its little life to God who gave it. What can we need more at such times than pure and undefiled religion? This only will buoy the spirits up when passing through affliction. Let us be truly thankful that the Lord does not willingly afflict nor grieve the children of men, but for our eternal good.
We are numbered with the afflicted. Our kind and merciful Father has permitted the enemy to lay our loved one in the grave; she sleeps in Jesus waiting the resurrection morn, when the Life-giver shall call for the sleeping saints. How could we endure to see our loved ones laid away to moulder back to dust without the hope that in the resurrection morning when God calls they will answer and come forth blooming with immortality. O what a salvation Jesus has purchased for us—salvation from sin and from death.
We are striving to overcome, to have on the whole armor, our lamps trimmed and burning, that we may be ready for the marriage supper of the Lamb.
From your unworthy sister. P. A. HOLLY.
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APPOINTMENTS.
We wish to say through the Review that the brethren and sisters at Parkville, Mich., request a conference at their place commencing Jan. 11, at 6 P. M. We invite brethren J. N. Loughborough, J. H. Waggoner, J. White, J. Byington, and as many more as can come to labor with us.
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By request of the Parkville Church, their conference is postponed to Jan. 11th. J. N. L.
The Rage for Pleasure
The following description of the rage for pleasure, which is more and more engrossing all classes of people, will remind the reader of the divine delineations of these very times, in which we are told that the days just preceding the coming of the Son of man should be like the days of Noah and of Lot, and men should be lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God:
"There is current at this day a strong disposition to turn life into a holiday. Pleasure, pleasure, is the cry of multitudes. Invention is tortured to suggest some new form of amusement, or to give a new zest to old ones. Many do nothing else; attempt nothing else, but simply flirt from pleasure to pleasure through the live-long day. The first thing, the last, and the only thing with them is sport. They seek it now in one form and place, and now in another. Preparation for it, and engagement in it, and anticipations, engross the whole thought and time. Amusement is in order to work; to lighten its burden and enhance its reward; but must not be allowed to displace it. The industrious only know how to enjoy their leisure. The idler, the pleasure-seeker, is often a burden to himself, and always to others. To the young of both sexes I would say, have an honest business, either of the head, or the hand, all your lives; be diligent in it, and be not above any work which God in his providence shall set to your hand. Hear what the wise man saith, 'The desire of the slothful killeth him, for his hands refuse to labor.' 'He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man, and he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.' What an exact description is this passage of the sporting gentleman of this day! Pleasure, wine, and cosmetics. These are his gods. The wise man has also a word for our daughters. 'Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.' The thirty-first chapter of Proverbs has much more of the same style, a pattern certainly very unlike that seen in the belle of modern fashionable society, but as much superior as the delineator of the former excels in wisdom the contrivers and exhibitors of the latter.—Congregationalist.