ThE Christian Inquirer says, that as a certain gentleman was soliciting subscribers for the Inquirer he called on a certain farmer, who refused to subscribe on the ground that he took so many papers for his family that he needed no more. Mr. — asked what papers he took. The farmer replied that he took a political paper, an agricultural paper, and a Magazine of fashions. Mr. — then answered very wisely and very shrewdly, “It seems, then, that you must have agriculture, politics, and the fashions, all represented in your family, but religion you do not deem to be necessary.” The farmer immediately subscribed.
Obituary Notices.
DIED, Oct. 29, 1865, at Loraine, N. Y., of typhoid fever, Leonard B. Stillman, aged 44 years.
Bro. S. is the first member that has died in the Mannsville church. He had been a believer in the Advent since 1844. He loved the truth—loved to meet with the people of God—was peaceful in life—patient in sickness, and calm in death. We laid him away in hope.
C. O. TAYLOR.
'Mid the sighs and tears of mourning,
Sweetly he fell asleep,
Fell asleep to wake in glory,
When the sorrowing cease to weep.
S. A.
DIED, in Alabama, Genesee Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1865, of consumption, Sarah J. Smead, in the 25th year of her age.
“Sleep, dear sister, kind and tender,
To friendship true,
While with feeling hearts we render
This tribute due.”
E. G. RUST.
DIED, in Deerfield, Montcalm Co., Mich., Nov. 2, 1865, of congestion of the lungs, Delia A., eldest daughter of Stephen and Mary Richer, in the 23d year of her age.
“Weep not for me my parents dear,
I am not dead, but sleeping here
As I am now, so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.”
E. G. RUST.
DIED, in Columbus, Wis., Sept. 26, 1865, of consumption, Bro. Joseph P. Benedict, in the 31st year of his age.
N. M. JORDON.
Note from Bro. Bates.
By Joseph Bates
The Allegan Co. Monthly Meeting in Watson, Sabbath, Nov. 4, was encouraging, the Lord blessed and strengthened his waiting people. Last Sabbath, 18th inst., some four teams with brethren and sisters from Monterey, met with the church in Allegan, and enjoyed a free and profitable season before the Lord.
The next Allegan Co., Monthly Meeting will be held in Otsego, Sabbath, Dec. 2.
JOSEPH BATES.
Monterey, Nov. 21, 1865.
Notice.
By H. C. Miller
BRO. WHITE : I want to request those brethren who have the truth at heart and can tell when the Sabbath commences, to meet with us when they are stopping in this city. We hold our meetings at No. 25 West Monroe st. at the house of sister Mills.
Also request all preaching brethren who pass this way to stop. And if they will notify either Bro. E. B. Stevenson, or myself, of the time of their arrival, we will meet them at the depot and provide for them.
Yours on the part of the brethren here.
H. C. MILLER.
807, West Madison St., Chicago, Ill.
Letter from a church where practicable would be in order.
Bro. E. B. Stevenson, No. 248 West Monroe St.
Ophir Was in India
By Max Muller
OPHIR WAS IN INDIA.—“You remember the fleet of Tarshish which Solomon had at sea, together with the navy of Hiram, and which came once in three years, bringing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. The same navy is said to have fetched gold from Ophir, and great plenty of almug trees. A great deal has been written to find out where this Ophir was; but there can be no doubt that it was in India. The names for apes, peacocks, ivory, and almug trees, are foreign words in Hebrew, as much as gutta-percha or tobacco are in English. Now, if we wished to know from what part of the world gutta-percha was first imported into England, we might safely conclude that it came from that country where the name gutta-percha formed part of the spoken language (Malay.) If, therefore, we can find a language in which the names for peacocks, apes, ivory, and almug-tree, which are foreign to the Hebrew, are indigenous, we may be certain that the country in which that language was spoken must have been the Ophir of the Bible. That language is no other than Sanscrit.”—Max Muller.
The South’s Losses from the Rebellion
THE "Richmond Republican" has an estimate of the losses experienced by the south in consequence of the Rebellion, which sums up $5,800,000,000. The official valuation of the fifteen slave States, by census of 1860, footed up $7,000,000,000; and, providing the losses aggregate as above stated, the total value of what is left of the South would be reduced to $1,200,000,000,—about a sixth of what it was in 1860.
Sensible Advice
SENSIBLE ADVICE.—Prof. Sillman, of New Haven, recently closed a Smithsonian lecture by giving the following sensible advice to young men: “If you wish for a clear mind, strong muscles, quiet nerves, long life, and power prolonged in old age, avoid all drinks above water, shun tobacco, opium, and every thing else that disturbs the normal state of the system; rely upon nutritious food, and mild, diluted drinks, of which water is the base, and you will need nothing beyond these things, except rest, and due moral regulations of all your powers, to give you long, happy and useful lives, and a serene evening at the close.”
True Grace Makes All New
TRUE grace makes all new, the inside new and the outside new; “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”
Appointments.
THE Lord willing, I will meet with the brethren as follows: Greenbush, Wednesday, Nov. 29. Ithaca, Sabbath and first-day, Dec. 2, 3. Alma, “ “ 9, 10. Seville, “ “ 16, 17. The brethren will please arrange for meetings to suit themselves. Come out, brethren and sisters, one and all, even though it be bad weather, as it probably will be. D. M. CANRIGHT.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the church at Lapeer, Dec. 9, and 10. Brethren, let the intervening time be a season of self-examination and prayer. I. D. VAN HORN.
No preventing providence, I will hold meetings with the Sabbath-keepers at Money Creek, McLean Co., Ill., Dec. 9 and 10, where Bro. Sloan may appoint. Will Bro. Sloan meet me at Elpasso, Thursday the 7th. First meeting to begin with the Sabbath. If the Lord will, I will also meet the friends in Coles Co., Ill., Dec. 16 and 17. Will some one meet me at Mattoon Station, Friday the 15th. First meeting to begin with the Sabbath, the evening of the 15th. H. C. BLANCHARD.
THE next Monthly Meeting for Western, N. Y. is appointed to be held at the house of Bro. J. B. Lamson, in Rochester, on Sabbath, the 9th of December. C. A. OSGOOD.