Review and Herald, Vol. 25, No. 26.
The First and Second Advent of the Messiah,Page 1
Earlier text: The First and Second Advent of the Messiah,Labor in Michigan.
By Mich. Conf. Committee.
As brethren in Michigan may be anxious to learn the prospect for labor in this State the coming year, we make the following statement, designing to give more particulars hereafter. The plan of district labor as adopted the past year was approved by the Conference, and the same arrangement will be continued the coming year. To the Eastern District the churches of Ithaca and Alma are added. Brn. Byington, Bates and Lawrence will continue their labors in this department. Bro Lawrence takes the Eastern District the present quarter, Bro. Bates the Western, and Bro. Byington the Central. Elders I. D. Van Horn and D. M. Canright labor with the Michigan tent. Bro. P. Strong goes as tent-master, and to speak according to the judgment of those with whom he labors. This arrangement the committee design, and he accepts, as a school in which he may, through the tuition and co-operation of his brethren, discipline himself in mind and manners. Elder Frisbie will labor in new fields. Should Christians Fight? No. 3.
By R. F. Cottrell
"And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." Rev. xii, 16. In this prophecy, the woman represents the church of Christ; the dragon, her persecutor, the Roman power; the flood, the papal persecution of 1260 years, during which the church was in her hidden, wilderness state; and the earth which helped her, earthly, civil government. The earth began to help the woman when the civil rulers of Europe began to throw off the shackles that bound them to the papal hierarchy, and the flood was consummately swallowed up, when at the end of the 1260 years, Bonaparte had the Pope in his power and disposed of his dominion as he pleased. The earth and the woman were not identical but distinct. The earth helped the woman; but in helping her did not become the woman. The world did not become converted to Christianity at the period of the Reformation. Henry VIII, of England and other rulers who threw off the tyranny of Rome to establish their own, did not thus become the fathers of the church of the Reformation. They cared not for the lambs of Christ, though they attacked and drove away the pack of papal wolves that were pursuing and devouring them. It was from no good will to the woman that the earth helped her, but by God's overruling providence these earthly rulers did it, while earnestly pursuing the objects of their own ambition. The simple truth ought to have been learned ere this, that the church and the state are two distinct institutions. The church should teach and exemplify the doctrines and spirit of him whose kingdom is not of this world. The state is an institution permitted and overruled for the good of men. The civil magistrate "beareth not the sword in vain;" but the only205 sword which a Christian may wield is "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." The church should maintain the high position in which she is placed as the light of the world. She has the right to require her members to live up to her discipline, the word of God. This requires all to be loyal and obedient to civil government, and to respect the rights of all men. If any do not, but favor oppression or rebellion, by their votes or in any other way, the church has the right to call them to an account; and that without any just imputation of meddling with politics. If they persist, and will not hear the discipline and the church, she may inflict her capital punishment—the withdrawal of fellowship. If on the other hand, they go beyond the discipline—the Bible—by taking up arms in defense of civil government, the church has the same remedy, and are bound to the law of Christ, and are not justly chargeable with the crime of disloyalty.
R. F. Cottrell. Missionary Labors.
By Gen. Conf. Com.
THE General Conference Committee decide to take the field, as far as possible with other duties, the present year, as missionaries. Elder Andrews goes to the New England Mission. Elders Loughborough and White will labor in the Western and central divisions of the field. Elder Cornell will remain at present in New England. Elder Rodman will continue his labors the same as during the past winter and spring. It is hoped that a Conference will soon be organized on New England Missionary ground, with sufficient strength to support those ministers within its limits who may cheerfully throw their whole interest and energy into the cause. Gen. Conf. Com. We gratefully acknowledge liberal donations from the church at Battle Creek, and from other brethren in Michigan, who were invited by letter to assist in raising means to purchase us each a suit of clothes, and also to purchase us a library. To the Battle Creek church especially do we feel indebted for their liberality and hospitality, and for the care which they have manifested for our prosperity as young ministers of the gospel. May God bless all these kind and liberal friends, and may his presence attend us, and we have wisdom to make a right use of the means given us, to his glory and the advancement of the cause. D. M. CANRIGHT.
I. D. VAN HORN. Battle Creek, May 26, 1865. Note of Explanation.
By John Norton Loughborough
In the last Review the Treasurer's Report to the General Conference says, Paid to J. N. Loughborough $1156,71. Lest any should think this was for my personal benefit, I would say, it includes running expenses of tent, and money paid to Stephen Pierce, D. T. Bourdeau, M. E. Cornell and P. C. Rodman. Frank Admissions.
By M. E. Cornell
"CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH, BUT FOR IT." A WRITER in the Gospel Banner, although opposed to our views of the Sabbath, yet makes some very important criticisms and admissions in our favor. The fact that "admissions in favor of truth from the ranks of its enemies, constitute the highest kind of evidence," is all the apology necessary for introducing the following extracts: "It is quite an error to imagine the Christian ordinances a mimicry of the Mosaic; their expressiveness is thus quite lost. It is by a rule of this kind that baptism is supposed to be in the room of circumcision; that the Lord's Supper is the New Testament order of the Passover; and that the first day of the week is the Christian Sabbath. This is most unwarrantable liberty to take with divine appointments. In such matters, there is something in a name: the name leads superficial thinkers to be contented with that character which is so improperly predicated of it. Hence the absolute need for the adoption of the Bible nomenclature, with strict attention to its meaning. The first and the seventh have been recognized as the festival days of the week; and a very common idea is, that what is predicated of the seventh, applies with equal propriety to the first day; any hesitancy on this point being overruled by that apocryphal saying, 'The Sabbath was changed at the resurrection of Jesus.' But this bare assertion should not satisfy any intelligent student of the divine word. Let us look into the matter. "The phrase in Rev. i, 10:—'I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day,' is usually presumed to refer to the first day of the week. It is rather unfortunate for that idea, that there is no proof that such was meant by the writer." Also, Eld. T. M. Preble, in his work on the parable of the ten virgins, fully justifies our position on the great Advent movement of 1843, by making it a fulfillment of the parable. He says, 1. "Definite time was preached to the church in 1844 for the Saviour to come on 'the tenth day of the seventh month.'" 2. "The church having confidence in the time preached, took their lamps, or the sacred Scriptures, and went forth to meet their Bridegroom." "This appears to indicate that there can be but one real definite time movement, for the church that can claim justification by the word of God." This is our position exactly. The angel of Rev. xiv, 6, 7, has a message of definite time, and according to the above position, that message was given in 1844. Now as the second and third messages were to follow before Christ comes, we must certainly be now in the time of the third message. Eld. P. admits then, that the first message is past, and believes that probation will soon close, and hence he is shut up to the conclusion that the third angel's message is now going. But why is he silent in regard to it? Did the first message go in silence? Is it true that Eld. P. and others fear the cross in the last message? "Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus," is the test in the last message. This message has moved on like the first angel, and will still continue to move, in spite of all the opposition. Better to be consistent. We can do nothing against the truth. The message will triumph. Praise the Lord. "Now rises the message, lo! onward 'twill move,
By the third mighty angel, it is brought from above.
It brings the commandments which we must obey,
Or receive of the plagues in that terrible day." A Proclamation by the Governor of Michigan.
WHEREAS, A Proclamation by Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, has been issued, appointing Thursday, the first day of June next, "as a day of humiliation and mourning, wherever in the United States the flag of the country may be respected;" And Whereas, It is recommended in said Proclamation that the People on that day "assemble in their respective places of worship, there to unite in solemn service to Almighty God," in consequence of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States; And Whereas, By this dire calamity "our country has become one great house of mourning," and sorrow and anguish fill every loyal heart; And Whereas, The unprecedented atrocity of the terrible crime by which this bereavement has been caused, is but the culmination of a great national sin, which has been aggravated by a vain boast that ours was a land of civil and constitutional Liberty; of freedom from oppression; a land where the principle that "all men are created equal" was fundamental; whilst at the same time we have held—even by virtue of our organic law—millions of human beings in abject servitude and bondage; depriving them of all mental and moral culture; of all improvement and progress; thereby enslaving their minds as well as their bodies; Now Therefore, In accordance with said Proclamation of the President, and in view of the great national calamity which has called it forth; and in view also of our manifold sins, both as individuals and as a nation, as well as of our entire dependence upon Him who rueth the Universe and who is ever ready to grant mercy and pardon to all who are truly penitent, and with the hope that this great affliction may be more surely sanctified to us as a nation, I do hereby most earnestly enjoin upon the people of the State of Michigan, a strict and solemn observance of the day thus set apart as a season of national mourning and sorrow, of humiliation and prayer, and that they suspend all secular employments, and attend religious services in their respective places of worship. Let us devoutly supplicate Him that He will utterly subdue the spirit of Treason and Rebellion—of bloodshed and strife—in our land; that He will again restore to our distracted country the blessings of peace; that He will purge us, as individuals and as a nation, from all our iniquities; and that in this day of our affliction He will grant unto us his forgiving mercy, and His sustaining grace. And while we thus humble ourselves before Him, and seek His forgiveness and implore His blessing, let us tender unto him the homage of grateful and devout hearts, bearing ever in mind that He chastens only to correct, and that His severest afflictions are intended only for our good. { L. S. } Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, at the Capitol, in the City of Lansing, this 8th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-ninth. By His Excellency the Governor: JAMES B. PORTER,
Secretary of State. The Household.
By Jos. Clarke
If there is any thing left upon earth, at all resembling the Eden, from which Satan managed to banish our first parents, it is the household where peace, and truth, and piety reign. To the weary traveler on the desert waste, how animating the sight of a human habitation, and how much gratification does he enjoy, in finding a resting place where God is worshiped, and obeyed, and honored; and with what a feeling of security does he repose his aching head, and tired limbs, upon the couch which true hospitality has provided. How dreary and cold would even Eden's bowers become if solitary and lone, no habitations or blissful homes, where intelligent beings might dwell and enjoy the rich and beautiful possessions. Even in this thrice-sin-cursed earth, how beautiful is home to us; whether our home is the costly mansion, prepared with artistic care and skill; or the rustic cabin, in the primeval forest, or on the wide spreading prairie. But, alas! How few, happy, peaceful homes! Look at that elegant building over the way, with its tasteful and costly surroundings, its well furnished rooms, and its polished and intelligent inmates. Are they happy? Certainly, happy, says echo; but says rumor, It is doubtful. Let us notice the lord of that home as he returns from his office, where he has been wholly absorbed in business by means of which he has attained to wealth and fame. How noble his demeanor, with what politeness does he treat his clients, with what affability does he address his friends; but follow him to his home, hear his tones as he addresses his family, has he studied to win his family as closely as he has to gain the good will of those whose votes he may need at some future day? Is it a wonder that his family is unhappy? Where in all the rustic cottages of the poor, do you see a countenance so utterly miserable and care-worn as hers, who sits at his table as a wife, but who trembles as much in fear as if she were a slave? Can you wonder at the dissoluteness of his children who can see no beauty and delight in home? Can you wonder at the misery of her who has committed her happiness to one who only makes his household a step for his own advancement? How brutal is man! As the roaring lion would ruthlessly tear and rend the beautiful gardens of Paradise, heartlessly disarranging the beautiful flowers, and crushing them under his feet: or as the heavy206 tread of the warhorse on the day of battle is among the dead and wounded, treading as heavily upon the bodies of men, as upon the clods of the field, so do men often regard the feelings of a household. With such men, virtue is no defense, with them a broken, sobbing heart is no defense, childlike innocence is no defense, weakness is no defense, sickness is no defense. On the other hand, feminine hands sometimes break down the bands of the house; but this is too dreadful to dwell upon. Let us draw the veil here, over many a deserted hearthstone, many a ruined home. The house, how beautiful it is, with its windows, and doors, and rooms, and furniture, be they ever so rustic, if only adorned with honest simplicity and home virtues; the walls of unhewn logs surpass in excellence the kingly palace, and the roof of oaken boards is more beautiful than the dome of St. Peters, at Rome. Households are so many Edens, which Satan visits, and succeeds in most cases in turning them into deserts; broken hearts, and ruined fortunes, and ruined characters; in these he delights. By means various and crafty, he pulls down the pillars of the house, and laughs in fiendish joy, as the falling edifice crushes its inmates. As he visited our noble ancestors in the garden of Eden, instigating them to rebellion against God, so now does he work in mighty power, instigating inferiors to rebellion and stubbornness, and superiors to slackness and negligence, or to harshness and tyranny. Into the household he instills all of his venom, and where he can find the way open, his work is easy and rapid; and most unnatural and hateful are the fruits of his labor. To head off this enemy, and keep him at a distance, a strenuous effort is required, and constant vigilance and care. Great responsibility rests upon the head of the household. Let him be a good shepherd, caring for his flock, supporting the weak, and guiding the strong, instructing with patience and love, reproving with firmness and decision, not with overbearing, carefully abstaining from partiality, and favoritism, and invidious comparisons. No man of discernment will reprove his wife in the presence of others, especially of children and domestics; and, if a gentleman, he will not chide her at all, but will seek some gentle way of enlightening her, if she needs such help, and vice versa. We can hardly esteem that man (extreme cases excepted) who will talk even to his intimates, of the frailties of any of his family, especially of his wife and children; and even his domestics have a right to claim his protection. The practice is too common, of wives speaking freely of the faults of their husbands, and husbands in like manner of their wives. Such conduct is suicidal and churlish. That heart which is too small to contain a veil for the frailties of its nearest friends, is too small to contain the grace of God. Let each member of our households, seek to emulate each other in acts of humility and diligence, and see who will be most forbearing and powerful for good. Meetings in Mich. and Northern Indiana.
By Joseph Bates
BRO. WHITE: From April 20-25, held six meetings with the church in Hillsdale, Mich. With a few exceptions they are struggling to go forward in union with all God's loyal people in the third angel's message. They were laudably raising their figures on Systematic Benevolence. Our meetings were encouraging. April 26 to May 1, was occupied visiting and holding meetings with the church in Salem Center, Ind. Three were united to the church, and their Systematic Benevolence Fund revised, and increased about one-third. We held six meetings with them, and closed with celebrating the ordinances of the Lord's house, and were very much strengthened and blessed of the Lord. May 1-4 held meetings, and visited the company of Sabbath-keepers in South Bend, Ind., most all of whom have united with the church in North Liberty, Ind., fourteen miles distant, because they have no Brother of sufficient experience to lead their meetings. We held four meetings with them, and then from May 5-8, including Sabbath and first-day, most of them attended the meetings we held with the church in North Liberty, where we enjoyed five profitable meetings, and were much blessed of the Lord in celebrating the ordinances of the Lord's house. Two were added to the church. Returned home in season to keep the appointed fast, Sabbath 13th inst. with the church in Monterey. In conclusion I wish to say that I have been much encouraged and blessed during this year's labor in the harvest field, in witnessing the increasing desire of God's dear people to move unitedly onward in the third angel's message. To God be all the praise through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Coming Meeting.
By J. A. Dayton
WHILE God's loyal people are watching the unmistakable signs of the near coming of their Lord, and we begin to realize fully that now "it is high time that we awake out of sleep," all have been looking forward to the late Conference at Battle Creek, with eager hope, and joyful anticipation, in view of the expected blessing of God to be outpoured upon his people, in answer to the earnest prayers of humble faith, which have been ascending from all over the land, borne upward with fragrant incense of obedience and love. But, though many have been able to enjoy this "feast of tabernacles," hundreds of the scattered flock, deprived of the blessed privilege, have felt an ardent longing to be present also in the body. Now a few of these find a large recompense in the opportunities they enjoy of meeting with those of "like precious faith," and mingling their voices together in prayer and sacred praise. But though you, who are numbered as the "lonely ones," have neither of these, yet, dear brethren and sisters, soon, full soon, your reward will come. Even now it is yours to feel "a sweet prelibation of the joys that await you," when with exulting shouts of victory you join the holy throng, borne swiftly onward in the cloudy chariot, and oh, can language paint your joy, as you behold the open gates, and wafted to your raptured ear, you hear the strain, "O, righteous nation! enter in,
That kept the law of truth below,
Enter the place, all free from sin,
Where life's pure waters gently flow." Oh, glorious hope! Oh, happy meeting! Is not the thought transporting? Does it not kindle within you a holy zeal to be in waiting for your coming Lord? How precious now his words of tender parting, "I go to prepare a place for you." True, while sojourners and strangers here, you meet with disappointments; but soon it "will be overpast." Here have you been longing to greet the dear saints who preach the word, and to see those whose cheering exhortations through the "Review" have so often encouraged you to battle bravely on, just as you had become "so tired," almost ready to yield the struggle; but at the meeting, "There'll be the good and blest,
Those we love most and best." "Jesus himself will be there." Here, his presence is felt, there we shall behold him face to face. And though for a season if need be, we are in heaviness through manifold temptation, yet leaning on his promise we may feel the "everlasting arms" around us, bearing us safely through the angry surges. Here, had some kind friend, passing by your home, offered to convey you to the place of the Conference, freely providing for your every need, bidding you only to make the needful preparation, would you not, with a heart bounding with grateful joy, have hastened to be in readiness? Jesus has promised to come again and receive you unto himself. Will you not then do as much to become prepared to meet him when his angels shall gather the company who come up through great tribulation, with all the martyrs whose labors and sufferings are recorded in Heb. xi, for our admonition, of whom the world was not worthy, and who without us will not be made perfect. "Let us then be diligent to be found of him in peace without spot and blameless, for the Lord is not slack concerning his promise," and we know that if faithful on our part, we soon shall be. "Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Saviour, and brethren transported to greet,
Where anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul." Effects of Smoking Tobacco.
By M. E. Cornell
THE following is an extract from an Essay on Smoking Tobacco, submitted by Dr. Richardson, to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Being an apology for smoking, the frank acknowledgment of its injurious effects should have weight with all. "The water vapor of smoke is not injurious, but the carbon in it settles on the mucous membrane, and irritates the throat. The narcotic effect of tobacco smoke, if received into the lungs, resides in the carbonic acid, the ammonia causes dryness, a biting of the mucous membrane of the throat, and an increased flow of saliva—experiences familiar to smokers. Absorbed into the blood, it renders the fluid too thin, causing an angularity of the blood corpuscles, suppression of the biliary secretion, and yellowness of skin, quickening and then reducing the action of the heart. In young smokers it produces nausea." "The empyreumatic substance seems to have little effect except in giving the peculiar taste to tobacco smoke, and after a while of making the breath of tobacco smokers unbearable. Nicotine is rarely ever imbibed by the cleanly smoker. It affects only those who smoke cigars by holding them in the mouth, or dirty pipes saturated with oily matter. When absorbed, its effects are injurious, such as palpitation of the heart, tremor and unsteadiness of the muscles, and great prostration. It will not of itself, produce vomiting; it is the bitter extract which is the cause of this, imperceptibly swallowed and taken into the stomach." WERE a young man to write down a list of his duties, health should be among the first items in the catalogue. This is no exaggeration of its value; for health is indispensable to almost every form of human enjoyment; it is the grand auxiliary of usefulness; and should a man love the Lord his God, with all his heart and soul and mind and strength, he would have ten times more heart and soul and mind and strength to love him with, in the vigor of health, than under the palsy of disease. Not only the amount, but the quality of the labor which a man can perform, depends upon his health. The work savors of the workman. If the poet sickens, his verse sickens; if black, venous blood flows to an author's brain, it beclouds his pages. Not only "lying lips," but a dyspeptic stomach, is an abomination to the Lord. At least in this life, so dependent is mind upon material organization,—the functions and manifestations of the mind upon the condition of the body it inhabits,—that the materialist hardly states practical results too strongly, when he affirms that thought and passion, wit, imagination and love, are only emanations from exquisitely organized matter, just as perfume is the influence of flowers, or music the ethereal product of an Æolian harp.—H. Mann. SATAN will seldom come to a Christian with a gross temptation; a green log and a candle may be safely left together, hut hring a few shavings, then some small sticks, and then larger, and you may soon bring the green log to ashes. My principle method of defeating heresy is by establishing truth. One proposes to fill a basket with tares; now if I can fill it first with wheat, I shall defy his attempts. There are critical times of danger. After great services, honors and consolations, we should stand upon our guard. Noah, Lot, David and Solomon, fell in these circumstances. Satan is a footpad; a footpad will not attack a man in going to the bank, but in returning with his pockets full of money. Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; he has left us on earth with his nature to represent him. God's word is certainly a restraint; but it is such a restraint as the irons which prevent children from getting into the fire. If we were upon the watch for improvement, the common news of the day would furnish it; the falling of the tower in Bioloam and the slaughter of the Galilions, were the news of the day which our Lord improved. A PUPIL of Ahbe Sicord gave the following extraordinary answers: “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” “Hope is the blossom of happiness.” “What is the difference between hope and desire?” “Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in flower, and enjoyment is a tree in fruit.” “A day without yesterday or to-morrow—a line that has no end.” “A line that has two ends—a path which begins at the cradle and ends in the tomb.” “The necessary being, the sun of eternity, the merchant of nature, the eye of justice, the watchmaker of the universe, the soul of the world.” “Man reasons because he doubts: he deliberates; he decides. God is omniscient. He never doubts—He, therefore, never reasons.” W. F. DIBBLE
By W. F. Dibble
BRO. WHITE: I am an inquirer after truth. I have for the last ten years been a reader of the Morning Star, a Freewill Baptist paper, and have tried to live a devoted Christian among that people. For the last two years I have taken the Crisis, and have been interested in the truths developed there. Last January, by the providence of God I attended the Seventh-day Adventist Quarterly meeting in Hamlin. This was about the first of my acquaintance with that people. I was very much impressed with the truths I learned there, and resolved to put the same in practice. Since that time I have been keeping the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and find that every one brings a blessing with it. The friends there gave me a few copies of the Review, and other works of like faith, which created a thirst for more. I have taken the Review since then, and feel that I cannot do without it as a weekly blessing, for it leads me (as I think it will every thoughtful reader) to search the Scriptures to see if these things are so. I feel unshaken in the belief that the ten commandments are binding upon us at the present day, although I stand alone in this respect from my Advent friends in this place. May I have the prayers of God's people. Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW & HERALD to which the money receipted pays. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged, immediate notice of the omission should then be given. G M Foster 27-14, W Newland 27-1, A J Richmond 27-1, M Luse 28-1, H Anway 26-1, E Houghton 26-21, G Webster 26-21, L Canright 28-1, J W Blake 26-1, H N McClenathan 28-1, N C Porter 26-18, Mrs J F Coville 28-1, W Bruin 26-1, F Broderick 27-1, Mrs J M Baily 27-1 Lucy Partee 27-20, M C Steward 27-1, P Z Kinne 26-1, M Cryderman 27-1, A Kenrison 28-1, Jacob Berry 28-1, N M Gray 29-1, John Brant 28-1, H Van Deusen 28-1, C E Cain 28-1, L Robbins 28-1, T Brown 28-1, A H Butler 26-1, W Caviness 27-1, E B Stevenson 27-1, Joseph Bates for Dr J B Johnson and H S Meade each 28-1, B S Shaw 27-1, L Marks 28-1, J Lane 27-1, A G Hart 27-1, W Carpenter 27-1, J F Carman 27-1, H Haigh 27-14, Geo Davis 27-1, each $1.00. B Crandall 27-3, M A Collins 28-1, D Honeywell 28-1, E M Owen 28-1, E G Rust 28-1, W Burden 28-14, P Mills 28-1, J D Carpenter 28-3, M McAvoy 28-1, H M Hadden 27-1, A A Fairfield 28-1, W Phinisy 28-1, I C Vaughan 27-20, A Dingman 28-1, D Griggs 28-1, P Chaffee 28-1, J Muntz 28-1, S M Bond 27-1, E Witter 29-1, J Witter 27-10, M F Dibble 29-1, E Tucker 28-1, J Grimes 28-1, M A Johnson 28-1, E Stone 28-1 J A Clark 28-1, M A Park 28-1, P Z Kinne 27-1, W Atherton 27-11, I Tubbs 27-14, S Berry 27-17, D Berry 27-17, M Hutchins 28-14, H L Doty 26-4, B Dutton 28-1, E Nash 28-14, W Landfair 28-1, E H Root 28-5, W Gifford 28-1, I C Tompkins 26-2, R R Jones 27-1, P Scarborough 28-1, Mrs S Wells 28-7, H Allen 27-8, A A Marks 27-1, Henry Allen 27-1, B Hill 28-1, N J Dubois 28-1, A J Terrill 27-13, J P Hunt 28-1, E Griffith 27-1, L Schellhous 30-13, Mrs E D Scott 28-1, J Young 28-1, D H Lamson 28-1, L Hadden 27-22, each $2.00. Mrs Sarah Brown 27-1, J Ragan 27-22, W Dunning 27-1, H Washburn 26-1, A Foot 27-1, M A Nugent 27-9, each 50c. Sarah A Lake $1.50 28-1, J S Thompson $1.50 28-1, W Phinisy on acct $1.00, M Demill $4.00 30-1, S Treat $2.50 28-14, Cynthia Fox $3.00 50-1, W F Minisee $2.50 (1 year) 27-1, E M Davis $1.50 27-1, N J Berry 75c 26-1, W D Sharpe $3.00 acct in full, D Kellogg $1.50 27-1, C G Hayes $2.50 28-14. Subscriptions at the Rate of $3.00 per year.
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Sarah Robinson $10.00, Mrs G W Pierce $10.00, P Strong $10.00, P M Bates $10.00 To Pay Expenses on Draft Publications.
S A McPherson, E H Root, J M Aldrich, E Van Deusen, H F Baker, G W Newman, and P Strong each $1.00. Michigan Conference Fund.
Received from Churches. Church at West Plains $12. Monterey $108.16. Eureka & Fairplains $75. Salem Center Ind $12. Vergennes $38.67. Colon $6. Bunkerhill $2.50. Wright $110. Orange $13. Oneida $6. Convis $25. Charlotte $18. Tompkins $3.50. St Charles $50. Caledonia $5. Greenbush $25. Owasso $15. Newton $30. Milford $3. Jackson $25. North Liberty Ind. $50. Battle Creek $80. Received from Individuals. Brn at Cato Mich $13. A H Adams of Parkville Church $5. J A Strong of Parkville Church 75c. Brn in Saginaw Mich $1.50. John Landon & wife from Parkville Church $10.40. Mary A Reed from Parkville Church $2. Mrs J H Aldrich from Parkville Church $2. Joseph A Demill $10. The Review and Herald.
By Editor
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY MAY 30 1865.
On Sunday, May 28, between the hours of 6 and 7 P. M., a severe hail storm passed over the western portion of this city, exceeding in severity anything that has been witnessed here for many years, at least. Hailstones were plentiful of an inch and a quarter in diameter. Windows were broken extensively on the sides of buildings exposed to the storm, fifteen lights of glass being destroyed in the Review Office. But gardens and fruit suffered most severely. The young and tender plants of almost all kinds, that were just reaching a vigorous growth, were beaten into the ground, as if brayed in a mortar, and trees were stripped of their fruit, and of a great portion of their leaves. Fortunately the path of the storm was only about one mile in width. As it is, the damage is incalculable, but had it been more extensive, it would have been one of the most terrible visitations this generation has witnessed. At this hour, ½ past 8 Monday morning, beneath the shining of an unclouded sun, bushels of hailstones could be shoveled up within sight of the Office in almost any direction. A Sudden Change in Our Mails
By Editor
THERE has been a sudden change of late in our mails. From being plentiful, or containing many letters, they have become from some cause, very light If any brethren who have written, do not see in due time, an acknowledgment of their letters, we would request them to inform us immediately.