DEAR BRN. AND SISTERS: Let us exhort one another more as we see the day approaching, than we have in the past, nor think it strange concerning the fiery trial. 1 Pet. iv, 12. All trials are not the one here designated the fiery trial. We should not think strange of a common trial; but this will be so unnatural, protracted, and fiery, or a succession of new ones some way so unlooked for, so peculiar, that we shall think it strange and be led to despond, unless we are fortified, armed, and equipped, which means a great deal. Being baptized, speaking and praying in meeting, writing for a paper, paying our systematic benevolence money, is not half of it. The pruning knife is already among our thick boughs; and as one fair branch after another falls, and the beautiful leaves are borne away on the ruthless blast, we sometimes shrink from the process; but we learn where our treasures, yea idols, are enshrined. “As many as I love I rebuke and chasten.” Rev. iii, 19. This then is the “love token;” and as Jesus is doing his last work of mercy in the heavenly sanctuary, I truly desire to be remembered, if it be by rebuke and chastening. We are in the Laodicean state, and not only the gold, but the white robe and eyesalve, are bought by the same fiery process. The fiery trial that we are exhorted not to think strange of, is to bring out the beautiful graces, and fit us for an intimate communion with Jesus, where he is represented as coming into our poor hearts, and supping with us and we with him.
We are exhorted to “endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” Oh! yes, many will exclaim, we’ll do that. But when God uses a figure, he means all that the figure represents. Now if we should ask a soldier, that had been sick and had camped out on the cold ground, been starved awhile in the Georgia prisons, lost a limb or two, or an eye, &c., if it was a hard campaign, what would he say? I think we shall all know the meaning of “endure,” before we are pronounced overcomers.
In Malachi iii, 16, we read, “Yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.” Will this try God’s children? yes! and bring out true faith. The tide will be set against them, the wind drive them upon the rocks, and in the anguish of their souls they will cry mightily for help; but will God let the oppressor prosper? He will. So I returned and considered all the oppressions done under the sun, (mark!) and on the side of the oppressor there was power, but on the side of the weak there was no comforter. See Eccl. iv, 1. And will it try God’s elect that cry unto him day and night, when, “blameless and harmless, without rebuke,” they are found in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation? but crushed in the midst of false brethren? But will God suffer it? He will. And will foes rise up in the household and condemn the innocent, and will God let them prosper? He will; for thus saith the Lord, “A man’s foes shall be those of his own household;” and the prophet tells us that there will be conspiracies, and they will prosper for a while. Will it try a man’s faith? It will, if he has got any; if not, he will not stand it a moment. And they will call the proud happy, or blessed. In short, the evil servant will smite not the world, but his fellow servant. But while he smites, the Master comes. Amen.
Thus, our voyage as we near shore must be a stormy one, and short too; and God will never leave us nor forsake us. We need not be troubled about these things being against us, they are all for us. Let us remember Job, and all that have suffered in the past. But we must “be zealous and reform.” We must “seek peace and pursue it.” In short, we must suffer as Christians. Sometimes my heart faints; but I keep on pursuing. Glory is worth many struggles, yea, life itself. God help us to leave all our baggage and go, and gain all to the truth we can. If they are saved, Jesus will know where to put the stars, if not, where the cause is.
V. N. CUDWORTH
Springfield, Mass.
Bro. Wattles’s Testimony
Bro. A. Wattles, sen., writes from Troy, Mich.: I have not been able to walk any for about one year and a half, on account of erysipelas, which has troubled me severely for over five years. But I feel very thankful to my kind heavenly Father that I am permitted the exercise of my mental faculties. As I review the unbounded mercies of my God and Saviour, especially the light of divine revelation which has shone so brightly on my mind in these last days of my pilgrimage, I can say that I love the dear Saviour still, yea, more than ever. My heart cries out daily, Come, Lord Jesus, and come quickly.
Obituary Notices.
By P. C. Rodman; Wm. S. Ingraham
DIED, in New Shoreham, R. I., Apr. 21, 1866, Mrs. Lucy A. Sheffield, wife of Mr. Edmund Sheffield, and only daughter of Peleg and Lucy Champlin, in the 86th year of her age. She died in hope of a better resurrection. She leaves five children, commended to God, desiring her husband to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. May he, with them, prepare to meet her at the resurrection of the just.
“Wife and mother now has left them,
And her loss they deeply feel,
But while God has thus bereft us,
He can all their sorrows heal.”
P. C. RODMAN.
DIED, in New Shoreham, R. I., June 14, 1866, Mary L. Dunn, aged 15 years, only daughter of Barrilla B. and Mary R. Dunn. They deeply mourn, but not without hope. About eight months before her death, Mary gave her heart to the Saviour, whom she loved to confess, and became remarkably fond of reading good books, especially the Bible.
“Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore
thee.
Though sorrow and darkness encompass the tomb;
The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee,
And the lamp of his love is the guide through the gloom.”
P. C. RODMAN.
SISTER MARGARET I. HELLIGAN was born in Ireland, in 1832, came to this country in 1860, embraced the truth in 1859, under the labors of Bro. John Bostwick, died in Waukon, Iowa, June 5, 1866. She fell asleep looking forward to the time when the saints of all ages shall meet to be parted no more.
WM. S. INGRAHAM.
Books Received.
“THE BIBLE TRIUMPHANT; being a Reply to a work by A. J. Davis, entitled, ‘144 Self-contradictions in the Bible.’ By Mrs. H. V. Reed.” 148 pp. Price 50c. For sale by H. V. Reed, Harvard, Ill.
“CHRISTIAN BAPTISM: Its Duty and Object scripturally considered and enforced. To which are added copious extracts from important histories on immersion, pouring, sprinkling, lustration, exorcism, &c., &c., showing some curious doctrines and workings of pagan traditions and Christian superstitions. By L. C. Wellcome, Yarmouth, Me. 84 pp. For sale by the author.
SPIRITUALISM UNVEILED, and shown to be the work of demons. An examination of its origin, morals, doctrines and politics. By Miles Grant. 80 pp. For sale at the Crisis Office, Boston, Mass.
THE PROPHETIC TIME QUESTION; or, Bible Time Examined. By Wm. Sheldon. 132 pp. For sale by the W. A. C. P. Association, Buchanan, Mich.
AN INQUIRY. Do the Scriptures teach that God’s people will know the time of the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. By P. B. Hoyt. 24 pp. For sale as above.
We have also received a package of tracts from H. L. Hastings, 19 Lindall St., Boston Mass., of from 4 to 40 pp. each, consisting of the following: Fishers of Men, De Gruchy and De Carteret, Consecration, Pray for the Sailor, What is Man? What is God? The Good Master, The Double Freedom, New Things, A Thousand Guineas, Sowing Wild Oats, Can’t Kill God, Conformity to the Will of God, I Feel Forehanded, Marks Good and Bad, Remember Jesus, Christ’s Money, Why Don’t You Shout? Sam the Sailor, One Single Verse, Tom and the Judge, Guidance for the Inquirer, The Life Boat’s last Turn, A Mess of Pottage, Sold Cheap, The Prospect.
General Convocation Meeting in Wis.
CHANGE OF DATE.
The General Convocation Meeting appointed to be held in Monroe, Wis., commencing Sept. 19, is hereby appointed to commence one week earlier, namely Sept. 12. There are three reasons for this change: 1. It was voted at the Wis. Conference that it should be two weeks after the Iowa meeting which is the 29th of August. 2. The Brn. Bourdeau will not be able to leave their field of labor in Iowa so long as to Sept. 19. And 3. Bro. Loughborough will not have sufficient time to get back to the N. Y. Conference unless the Wis. meeting is held as early as Sept. 12. The N. Y. Conference will probably be postponed to Sept. 28, in order that Brn. Andrews, Van Horn and Loughborough may attend.
GEN. CONF. COMMITTEE,
Major General Howard on Freedom
At the late anniversary of the American Tract Society, Major General Howard, in the course of his remarks is reported to have said:
“It is true that trouble is now coming on, but it arises from the incompetency of our rulers. If we do wrong we must suffer for it. We have done right through the war, and shall we do wrong now? Deliver us from any such compromises. Let us build up our institutions on the basis of freedom. If we become timid now, we shall have the question of State supremacy again, and slavery also, if not in name, at least in all its bad influences.
Health Reformer Subscription Notice
Those who subscribe for the Health Reformer will please state whether or not they have received the first number.
To Correspondents.
I. SANBORN. Concerning your appointment, you will hear from Bro. Loughborough.
A. S. Hutchings. The book you inquire for, can be had of Geo. F. Coolidge, N. Y. city. It is the design of the Health Institute to issue a work on Physiology for youth and children, as soon as possible.
ARTICLES DECLINED. The Health Reform: Was not sufficiently condensed.—Thoughts on the Sabbath and Sealing: These points should be fortified with the most logical and critical reasoning. We think the words, “Throughout your generations,” as spoken to Israel, mean only so long as they were set apart as God’s people.
ARTICLES ACCEPTED. The River of Death.—Beyond the Power of Sin.—Rome, the Unsolved Question.—Meetings in Wis.—This Generation.—The Bargain.—Nahum ii.—Watch.—Our Influence.—Our Trials.—Interested Interpretation.—Spiritual Infidelity.—Paul’s Mode of Raising Up Churches.—Obituary Notice of Sister C. S. Saxby.—Report from Bro. Hutchins.—Quarterly Meeting in Iowa.
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By J. M. A.
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Notice to Missionaries.
THE first quarter of the General Conference year closed Aug. 15th. All ministers in the employ of the Conference, or those who have performed missionary labor during the quarter, are hereby requested to make their reports of their receipts during said quarter to the Gen. Conf. Secretary, as required by Sec. 5 of Art. V of Gen. Conf. Constitution, passed at the session of May, 1865. GEN. CONF. COMMITTEE.
Notice.
To the Ministers and S. B. Treasurers of the Michigan Conference: All ministers belonging to the Michigan Conference,—whether laboring in the State or out—are hereby notified that the first quarter of the Mich. Conf. year expired Aug. 16th. Their reports of receipts during said quarter should now be made to the State Secretary. It is also the proper time for the Systematic Treasurers of each church in the Michigan and Northern Indiana Conference, to make their reports to the Secretary of what they have paid to ministers, or sent to the Treasurer during this quarter.
MICHIGAN CONF. COMMITTEE.
Note to Brn. in Mich.
By John Norton Loughborough
AFTER returning from the Conference in the State of New York. I design to immediately commence a series of meetings among the churches in the State of Michigan. Those desiring meetings, please address me at Battle Creek, Mich., before the time of my return from New York. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Note from Bro. Waggoner.
By John Harvey Waggoner
SINCE we came to Memphis, Mich., it has been very wet, so as greatly to interfere with our meetings. There seems to be a good interest, however, and so far as I can judge by observation and inquiry, the cause is prospering here. The discussion has been productive of good; the opponents of the truth seemed to think it would put down the third angel's message here; but they have been much disappointed. Several have presented themselves for admittance to the church recently. All are strengthened, and of good cheer. J. H. WAGGONER.
Memphis, Mich., Aug. 13.
Appointments.
By John Norton Loughborough
No providence preventing, I will be at the Convocation Meeting in Pilot Grove, Iowa, Aug. 29th to Sept. 2. Will Bro. Robert Andrews meet me at Rock Island, Tuesday morning, Aug. 27, and accompany me to the Iowa meeting?
From Friday morning, Sept. 7, to first-day, the 9th, will attend a three days' meeting at Clyde, Ill. The Brn. Bourdeau are expected to be with me at this meeting.
From Wednesday, Sept. 12, to first-day, the 16th, in company with the Brn. Bourdeau, at the Ills. and Wis. Convocation Meeting at Monroe, Wis.
Sept. 28 to 30, at the N. Y. State Conference.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Ohio Tent Meetings
By I. D. Van Horn; R. J. Lawrence
The Ohio tent will be pitched, and meetings commenced, in Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, Thursday, August 16, 1866.
Our P. O. address as above.
I. D. VAN HORN.
R. J. LAWRENCE.
Business Department.
Business Notes.
G G Green. Received.
Correction. E Goodwin was credited in last Review for W H R Institute $25:00. It should have been $250.00. We credit the balance this week.
J Crosby. Where is your Review now sent?
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Another Sermon
By Editor
We are happy to present to the readers of the Review this week another Sermon. Read it; and your love will be increased for that Book of books, the Holy Scriptures.
The N. Y. State Conference.
POSTPONEMENT.
IN order to secure the labors of Brn. Loughborough, Andrews, and others, the N. Y., and Pa. State Conference is postponed two weeks, and will commence Sept. 28, instead of the 14th, as first appointed.