—New York, Aug. 27.—The steamship Bothnia, from Liverpool, brought £131,000 in gold.
—Yesterday, Aug. 25, $340,000 in gold was drawn from the Bank of England for shipment to New York.
—London, Aug. 27.—Sir Rowland Hill, whose dangerous illness was announced a few days ago, died to-day. He was in his 85th year.
—London, Aug. 27.—The bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance to-day, £382,000—$1,910,000, is for shipment to New York.
—London, Aug. 25.—A great fire has occurred at Sophia. The barracks have been destroyed and a magazine exploded. Intense excitement and disorder prevailed.
—The number of miles of new railroads opened in the United States during the past year is 2,694. This makes the total mileage in operation in the United States 81,841 miles.
—London, Aug. 27.—The Russian newspaper, the Truth, states that in consequence of the supplies sent by Russia, Bulgaria will soon be in possession of 47,000,000 ball cartridges for rifles, with which all the militia are armed.
—New Orleans, Aug. 30.—The work of disinfecting the city has again been begun, and the whole city is to be gone over again in the same manner as a few weeks ago. Weather hot at midday, but cold enough at night to render covering necessary.
—It is stated that diplomatic relations between the Austrian and Russian Cabinets are less cordial than between any other two Cabinets in Europe, and the friendly intercourse which existed between the two courts for many years has also entirely ceased.
—The differences between Russia and Germany are considered as passing from the stage of newspaper controversy to that of diplomatic precaution. The entire press asserts that the friendship between Austria and Germany will be proved in case of need by deeds.
—A dispatch from London, dated Aug. 25, states that six hundred more colliers have struck in North Staffordshire. The Fife and Clackmannan colliers resolved to ask for an advance of 12½ per cent in wages Aug. 23, which the masters declare they are not able to grant.
—Pittsburgh, Aug. 25.—The hard storm this morning did much damage on the lines of the Lake Erie, Pan Handle, and Fort Wayne railroads. Several serious washouts and slides occurred, and trains are seriously delayed. The suddenness and severity of the rain fall were remarkable.
—London, Aug. 28.—We have had thirty consecutive hours of rain. The corn fields are submerged, and the season has so far advanced that no hope now remains of retrieving the injuries inflicted by this unprecedented continuation of wet weather. Landlords as well as farmers are in a state of great agitation and depression.
—Memphis, Aug. 30.—The total number of yellow fever deaths since the fever began is 280. It is now taxing benevolent societies pretty heavily. The Knights of Honor have buried ten members, and including members and their families, 22. The Oddfellows have had 55 sick, including members and their families. Of these 14 have died.
—The Boston Bicycle Club went out on Sunday afternoon for a ride on their two-wheeled vehicles. Ten of them were arrested on a charge of violating the Sunday law, and a Justice fined them $10 each, on the ground that they had been “playing or sporting on the Lord’s day.” They appealed, and the legal question will be brought before a higher court.
—There are made in Kentucky about 250,000 barrels Bourbon whisky, consuming 3,000,000 bushels of corn, and 500,000 bushels of rye and malt. More than half this whisky is handled in Louisville, which has $3,750,000 invested in buildings for its manufacture and sale. The value of the whisky handled in Louisville is $8,000,000, thus making it the largest straight whisky market in the world.
—The immense export of fresh meat to European markets from the United States is attracting the attention of the world. Nearly every steamer has more or less of her cargo made up of this production of the great West. There never was a period in the history of the United States when the supply of every valuable production was so nearly inexhaustible, and, at the same time, the demand so great. It is a year of sunshine to the American people.—Inter-Ocean.
—London, Aug. 27.—The Financier says: “The American food purchases are now beginning to be considerably in excess of those thought of a week or ten days ago, and notwithstanding the purchases of iron and other manufactures, a conviction prevails that gold will be taken in payment to a considerable amount. It is known that large amounts of bills against wheat shipments, with the usual sixty days to run, have been steadily accumulating during the last month.”
—London, Aug. 25.—A Calcutta correspondent gives terrible reports of the starvation and misery that still prevail in Cashmere. Affairs in Eastern Bengal are also causing much anxiety. The Duke of Buckingham has not yet carried out his idea of visiting the scene of the Rumpa rebellion. The 17th and 29th Madras infantry are suffering severely from fever. Cholera is increasing at Cabul. The number of deaths in the regiments which lately returned from Criel is variously estimated at from 365 to 1,000.
—Nothing but trouble, sorrow, and disaster in the news from the old country, where nature seems to have engaged in a conspiracy to destroy mankind. It is nothing but rain, rain, rain, in the British islands, until the farmers are well nigh in despair. In France, where they wanted rain they got drought, where they wanted drought they got rain, where they got neither of these in excess they got snow, and where the weather suited them the phylloxera came and devoured everything. In northern Italy they first had floods which washed everything out of the ground, and then droughts to kill the seed on the surface. Austria, Germany, and Hungary have been drenched to barrenness, and insect pests in Russia have destroyed much of what the plague and tyrant ridden peasants could plant. It is a sad season altogether, and portends much misery for mankind in the coming year. Quiet Portugal and sleepy old Spain are the only countries from which the dispatches are not a daily complaint of disaster.—Detroit Evening News.
TO THE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD.
By S. A. B.
Have you met so much opposition, and do you find so little relish for these truths, that you have become discouraged and finally decided that you could not be the one for a missionary? Now if you say, Yes, may it not be that you are somewhat in fault yourself? Let me suggest that it should be a principal motive to let the people see that your heart is glowing with love for those truths which you wish them to investigate, and that you firmly believe they are just what they need. Avoid giving the impression that you are anxious they should read because you are out on such a mission and have these tracts to offer the people. Do not give them to understand that if they will only hear and read, they will do all that you expect of them. This would be too much like forcing a person to eat food for which he had no relish. Be very careful not to disgust those whom you wish to save. You may have “meat in due season,” to offer them; and yet if they do not accept it willingly, do not crowd it upon them. Let us also shun the opposite extreme, never for a moment allowing the spirit of the world to come in and take possession of our minds, while we say with the unprofitable servant, “My Lord delayeth his coming.”
Dear brethren and sisters, why this stupor that we hear deplored everywhere? It is inconsistent with our faith. Let us arouse ourselves and labor for the Master, remembering that the close of each day brings us one day nearer the night “wherein no man can work.” If we can only impress the minds of our friends and of strangers with the fact that we have a saving truth which is important for the present time, then we may be true workers, and our influence will tell in the salvation of precious souls. God will help in this work if we humbly seek his blessing. Let us trust in the Lord, and each one go to work somewhere. The warning must be given.
S. A. B.
A REQUEST.
By Mrs. H. T. H. Sanborn
Where is the brother or sister, in whose hands God has placed talents of means, who is willing to use a share for the Virginia mission? A great field white for harvest lies before us. We pray, and plead, and weep before the Lord to open the way before us for successful labor. But we are crippled by lack of means. Who wants to show love for the Lord and his cause by paying for Signs for our use? The V. M. society at Soliloquy, organized July 16, is using eighteen copies; but names of interested persons come to us, and we are powerless to help them. Shall men and women perish all around us while there are means in the hands of God's people to do this work, and they claim to be co-laborers with God? Who will order a club of twenty-five or fifty copies for the use of the writer? Who will correspond with me concerning this matter at once?
MRS. H. T. H. SANBORN.
Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., Va.
THE LORD'S TITHE.
By J. H. Cook
“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house.” Mal. 3:10.
As I travel from place to place, I find many who, instead of obeying the above scripture literally, as duty would demand, when they sell their wheat, or corn, or cattle, take all the proceeds and pay their own debts, or supply their own necessities, and leave the Lord’s house empty. What right have we thus to use the Lord’s money to meet our necessities? I see no reason why we might not just as well use money belonging to our neighbors without their permission, as to thus use the Lord’s tithe. Again, it often happens that money thus used cannot be conveniently raised when needed, and thus the cause of God suffers because we have used his money to carry forward our own ends. Brethren, this is all wrong. There is but one safe way; that is, when you sell anything, separate the tithe as sacred to the Lord and put it into his treasury. Never use it for other purposes. J. H. Cook.
BE DILIGENT.
By L. F. Davis
“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, [margin, negligently].”
“The fields are all ripening, and far and wide
The world now is waiting the harvest tide;
But reapers are few, and the work is great,
And much will be lost should the harvest wait.”
Shall we fold our hands, while this mighty work is before us? God might, if he chose, carry on this work without any assistance from us; but he gives man the exalted privilege of giving of his time and means to advance the work, and to lead precious souls from the darkness which surrounds them into the light of truth.
Let us awake. Let us put on the whole armor. The time has come for the sheaves to be gathered. If we cannot proclaim the truth to the multitudes, if we cannot visit from house to house, yet one channel of usefulness remains open before us,—we can send forth the silent messengers, and much can be accomplished in this way. After reading your papers, don't lay them aside as useless; fold and direct them neatly, and scatter them far and wide, for many are desiring to know the truth.
Brethren and sisters, bring in your reports. Don't excuse yourselves because you have done but little. This is a glorious enterprise, and demands our best talents; and if we have done but little in the past, let us consecrate ourselves anew, and sow the seed beside all waters; for we know not which shall prosper, this or that. L. F. Davis.
Ipswich, Mass.
Small Insects.
Lewenhoeck tells of an insect seen with a microscope, of which 27,000,000 would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may be seen in the cavities of a common grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves, flowers and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like fish; a single grain of sand would cover one hundred and fifty of these scales, and yet a single scale covers five hundred pores. Through these narrow openings the sweat forces itself out like water through a sieve. The mites make five hundred steps a second. Each drop of stagnant water contains a world of animated beings, swimming with as much liberty as a whale in the sea. Each leaf has a colony of insects grazing on it, like oxen in a meadow.
IN MEMORY
By Annie Teague
Of Mrs. Wm. H. Brown, who died Aug. 21, 1879, at Adams Center, N. Y. The obituary was given last week.
FINISHED the steps of her journey,
Past all its sorrows and pain;
Resting and waiting for Jesus,
Promised “home-coming” again.
Busily wove the fair fingers
Raiment of purity white;
Bought with rare wisdom the treasure—
Tried gold, in the city of light.
Fragrant her life was with blessing;
The cross no burden to bear,
Twined with the blossoming garlands
Fresh from her tenderest care.
Ever her memory lingers
Like a silvery sounding bell;—
A crushed rose’s dying sweetness,
Breathing its odorous spell.
Fearful we question the wherefore;
But, safe from sorrow and sin,
God holds the precious casket,
And numbers the pearls within.
Chastening is but for a season,
Yielding its fruits by-and-by.
We shall forget, at Christ’s coming,
We questioned how, or why.
ANNIE TEAGUE.
Beloit, Wis.
NEW YORK CAMP-MEETING
Appointments.
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10:7.
NEW YORK CAMP-MEETING.
This meeting will be held at Jefferson Park, Sept. 11–16, on the Utica and Black River R. R., 1½ miles west of Carthage, N. Y., on the same ground occupied two years ago. The U. and B. R. R., and the R. W. and O. R. R., give reduced fare to persons attending the meeting. Ask for tickets for Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting at Jefferson Park, which, on being indorsed by the secretary of the meeting, will be good for return passage. All trains stop at the ground. Provisions, straw, etc., will be furnished on the ground as usual. All should supply themselves with plenty of bedding and clothing. There will be extra tents furnished for those who may have failed from lack of time to order; so let none stay away on this account, as they will be provided for. We hope to see a general attendance.
B. L. Whitney, N. Y.
A. H. Hall, Conf.
P. Z. Kinney, Com.
The annual session of the N. Y. Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held at Hornellsville, N. Y., Sept. 18–23, in connection with the Pa. camp-meeting. As it was but recently decided to hold our Conference in connection with this camp-meeting, it will be necessary for the church clerks to act promptly in preparing their reports. We make a special request that each church, if possible, represent themselves by delegate at this Conference; or, in case this is not possible, that the clerk of the church will make out the proper reports and forward to the State secretary, so that every church shall be represented, either by delegate or by letter. The secretary will immediately furnish all clerks with blanks. Let these be filled out immediately, and the delegates be furnished with proper credentials.
N. Y. Conf. Com.
A general convention of the N. Y. S. S. Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting to be held at Carthage, N. Y., Sept. 11–16. We have extended an invitation to Bro. W. C. White to attend, and we trust that every one of our people will co-operate with and second the efforts of those who may labor to advance the interests of this department of the work. A general Sabbath-school exercise will be held in the large pavilion at 9 o’clock Sabbath morning, Sept. 20, and we hope that all persons on the ground will be prepared with perfect lessons for that occasion. The lessons for the Second, Third, and Fourth Divisions will be found in the Instructor that contains the lessons for the third Sabbath in September. Second Division, Bible Lessons for Children; Third Division, Bible Lessons for Youth; Fourth Division, the third lesson in September Supplement of Instructor; First, or Infant Division, Bible Lessons for Little Ones, No. 14.
M. H. Brown, Pres.
The annual session of the Pa. Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held in connection with the N. Y. Conference, at Hornellsville, N. Y., Sept. 18–23. Every church in this Conference should be fully represented by delegate, and we strongly urge upon all our churches that they see that such delegates are duly elected, and that immediately, as we have no time to lose. Each church of twenty members or less is entitled to one delegate, with an additional delegate for each fifteen additional members. We particularly request that each church clerk at once see to it that the delegates are furnished with proper credentials, and that all blanks are properly and carefully filled out, so that they may be prepared to represent their respective churches at this coming Conference. The secretary of the Conference will furnish each church clerk with the necessary blanks. We look for a full report and representation of our churches at this meeting.
B. L. Whitney, Pa.
J. W. Raymond, Conf.
D. B. Oviatt, Com.
THIRD MICHIGAN CAMP-MEETING.
It is decided that the third Michigan camp-meeting will be held at Lyons, in a grove near the depot, on the D. L. & N. R. R. This is about one and one-half miles from the depot at Muir, on the D. & M. R. R. Arrangements have been made with the ’bus men at Muir to carry passengers from the Muir depot to the camp-ground for 10 cents each, and with draymen to carry trunks for 5 cents each. All coming on the D. & M. R. R. will get off at Muir. Barn room and feed for teams will be furnished a short distance from the camp-ground at reasonable rates. It is expected our brethren and sisters will come prepared to bear their share of necessary expenses. Efforts will be made to get reduction in fare on the D. L. & N. R. R. and D. & M. R. R. Wm. Potter, F. Howe, and W. R. Slade will act as camp-meeting committee at the Lyons meeting. The date of the meeting is changed to Sept. 18–22.
J. Fargo, Pres. Mich. Conf.
NEBRASKA CAMP-MEETING.
Camp-meeting for south-western Nebraska, to be held at Beaver City, Furnas Co., Sept. 19–24. We want to see all the friends in this part of the State present, and will do all we can to make the meeting a profitable one. Brethren from northern Kansas are invited, and those at North Platte and all along the line of the U. P. R. R. west of Grand Island. Let us labor personally to forward the notice to isolated brethren. Do not trust to the paper, as many do not take it.
Geo. B. Starr.
A. J. Cudney.
The first annual session of the Nebraska State Conference of S. D. Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Seward, Neb., Oct. 2, 1879, at 2:30 P. M. Let every church be represented by delegate or letter, with particulars concerning numbers and condition of the church.
Chas. L. Boyd, Neb.
Henry Shultz, Conf.
Geo. S. Richard, Com.
The first annual session of the Neb. T. and M. Society will be held at Seward, Neb., Oct. 2, at 4 P. M. Let all the officers and interested members be present at the first meeting.
Chas. L. Boyd, Pres.
Mrs. Annie E. Shepherd, Sec.
The first annual session of the Neb. S. S. Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, at Seward, Neb., Oct. 2–7.
Chas. L. Boyd, Pres.
Miss Mary V. Burk, Sec.
The second annual T. and M. meeting of the Conference of Ky. and Tenn., will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Powder Mills, Hart Co., Ky., Sept. 30 to Oct. 6. The business proceedings connected with the meeting at Edgefield Junction, Tenn., Oct. 10, will be similar to those to be transacted at this meeting. We want to see every Sabbath-keeper in this Conference at these meetings. Do not stay away. Make every reasonable sacrifice to attend. We hope to see Brn. D. M. Canright, R. F. Andrews, S. Osborn, and G. K. Owen and wife at these meetings. Come.
Clinton Owen, Pres.
Baraboo, Wis., Sept. 6, 7.
Tomah, Sept. 13, 14.
H. W. Decker.
NEW YORK.
By Roswell F. Cottrell
T. AND M. SOCIETY, DIST. NO. 1.—As I am at present confined at home by the sickness of my son, I wish to say to every officer and every member of the society in this district that I desire your co-operation in the work of clearing the society from debt as far as we are able, at the end of this closing quarter of the year. Let us do our duty. Collect all old dues and unpaid pledges, give the added one-third, and donations as the Lord has prospered us. This district is the most favorably situated, financially, of any in the State; let us do accordingly. We have a responsibility individually. Time is closing, and the work of God on earth is being brought to a close. Let us see to it that we share in the work, as we would not be excluded from the glory which is to follow.
R. F. COTTRELL.
REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1879.
INDIANA, No. 2, Rochester, Sept. 30–Oct. 7.
VERMONT, Essex Junction, Sept. 11–16.
MICHIGAN, No. 3, Lyons, " 18–22.
NEBRASKA, No. 1, Beaver City, Sept. 19–24.
No. 2, Seward, Oct. 2–7.
IOWA, ———, Sept. 25–30.
NEW YORK, Carthage, " 11–16.
PENNSYLVANIA, Hornellsville, N. Y., " 18–23.
CALIFORNIA, No. 2, Healdsburg, Sept. 18–23.
KENTUCKY, Powder Mills, Sept. 30–Oct. 6.
TENNESSEE, Edgefield Junction, Oct. 10–16.
MISSOURI, ———, " 9–14.
PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE.
THE following telegram received from Bro. B. L. Whitney, Sept. 1, explains the change in the location of the Pennsylvania camp-meeting:— Fine location secured for Pa. camp-meeting at Belknap’s Park, Erie railway, one and one-half miles east of Hornellsville, N. Y. All local trains stop. Special trains run from Hornellsville each day. Reduced fare from all stations on Erie.
CAMP-MEETINGS IN NEW YORK AND THE WEST.
By Geo. I. Butler
AFTER counseling with the president of the General Conference, and after a prayerful consideration of matters in connection with these meetings, it is thought best that I should attend the camp-meeting at Hornellsville, New York, Sept. 18-23; then go directly west, and attend the Iowa meeting, Sept. 25-30; then to Seward, Nebraska, Oct. 2-7; and attend the Missouri meeting, Oct. 9-14. The places where some of these meetings will be held have not yet been fully decided, but will be soon. The time is given, so that all interested can plan accordingly. We trust there will be a general attendance at these meetings. They are all annual Conferences, and our important societies, such as the tract and missionary society and the Sabbath-school association, will hold their annual meetings. It is very important that we should have a general attendance of our people.
GEO. I. BUTLER.
MISSOURI CAMP-MEETING.
By George I. Butler
It will be seen that the camp-meeting in Missouri is appointed for Oct. 9-14. The place will soon be given. It will not be far from Sedalia, Mo., as this is quite central for those living either side of the river. This will be a most important meeting for the State. We want a general turnout of the friends of the cause. The selection of officers for the coming year will be a matter of great importance to the cause in the State. It will probably close my connection with the Conference as an officer. There are matters of great importance to be considered. Let every one interested in the welfare of the Conference attend this meeting. Other help will be with us. GEO. I. BUTLER.
THIRD MICHIGAN CAMP-MEETING.
By E. B. Lane
DEAR BRETHREN OF DIST. NO. 3: As I am laboring in this district, I feel very anxious to have you all attend our camp-meeting to be held at Lyons, Sept. 18-22. Had I opportunity, I would esteem it a privilege to see you personally and do what I could to induce you to attend. I am sure the rich blessing of the Lord will be there and more than repay you for all the sacrifice it will cost. If you lack in spiritual life, you above all others should attend, for there you can be helped. If worldly cares forbid, do not let them come in between you and spiritual blessings; arrange them, and leave them at home. Make up your minds now that you will go, and you will succeed. If you who take the REVIEW know of brethren who do not, please furnish them with this urgent request, and do what you can to induce them with you to attend the camp-meeting, and it will be a great help to this district. May God put it into all your hearts to attend. E. B. LANE.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
By B. L. Whitney
CHANGE OF APPOINTMENTS.
AFTER consultation with Bro. White, it is decided to change the appointments for the N. Y. and Pa. camp-meetings. They will now be held as follows:—
N. Y., Carthage, Sept. 11-16.
Pa., Hornellsville, N. Y., “ 18-23.
It will also be noticed by the appointments this week that the sessions of the N. Y. and Pa. Conferences will be held in connection with the last-named meeting. This is quite different from the plans that had been made, but we are satisfied that it is much better than as at first arranged. As the notice of this arrangement is so short, however, it will require prompt action on the part of our churches in electing their delegates, and especially on the part of the clerks in preparing the proper reports for their respective churches. We call especial attention to this matter, and ask that those upon whom the responsibility of this matter rests will consider their duty and act at once. Bro. and Sr. White, and Bro. W. C. White and wife, will attend both these meetings, and we are assured that special efforts will be made that there may be a large attendance at both meetings. Specially favorable arrangements have been made with the railroads for the Carthage meeting; and as this meeting comes a week earlier than was expected, and the time is so short, we appeal to the brethren of the northern part of the State to make every possible effort to have all come who should do so. We certainly need the benefit of such a meeting; and if we make special efforts to come, we may expect a special blessing in so doing. Let all in the extreme northern part of the State come via Ogdensburg over the Utica and Black River R. R., as they give special rates from that point. They give reduced fare from all stations from which our brethren will come. The Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg R. R. also give the same reduction as last year.
Owing to the shortness of the time before this meeting, we have ordered extra tents for those who may not have had time to send in their orders, so that all will be provided for. Let none stay away, therefore, as ample provision will be made in this respect. Every effort possible has been and will be made to have the expenses of the meeting as light as possible.
We expect to be able to make very favorable rates for those who go as delegates to the Conference from the northern part of the State, particulars of which will be given next week. The Erie road gives reduced fare over all its lines, which is very favorable. We feel that the brethren of the Pa. Conference are under obligations to do all in their power to make a success of this, their first camp-meeting, not only by attending, but by doing all that should be done by way of preparation for the meeting. This we believe they will do. Every church in the Conference should be represented by delegate. I feel especially thankful that we can have the labors of the faithful and tried servants of the Lord, Bro. and Sr. White, and particularly so at the Pa. meeting, as the Conference is to be held in connection with this meeting. They have not visited this section of the State for years, and there are scores of brethren and sisters here who have never seen them.
Once more we urge all our brethren to make their arrangements at once to attend these meetings. We need the benefit of them, and may God greatly bless them to the advancement of the cause among us. B. L. WHITNEY.
TWO WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY.
By R. Crawshaw
Two went to pray? Or rather say,
One went to brag, the other to pray;
One stands up close and treads on high,
Where the other dares not lift his eye;
One nearer to God's altar trod,
The other to the altar's God.
—R. Crawshaw.
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“Astronomical Etiology, or Star Prophecies concerning Coming Disasters on the earth from 1881–1885. By M. L. Knapp, M. D., and others.” Thomas Wilson, Publisher, Chicago, Ill., Price 25 cts. The first 47 pages of this book contain a paper from Dr. Knapp arguing that the perihelia of the great planets will cause unparalleled pestilence, disease, and convulsions of nature, on this earth, from 1881–1885. Then follows an Essay by Prof. E. Colbert, of Chicago, denouncing the theory as absurd. And finally some direful predictions are given from an ancient Danish writer, Peter Hansen, pertaining to the same time. He wrote over 250 years ago, and based his predictions on astrology, which has so long been considered one of the great, but now happily exploded, superstitions of the past. While we look for “a time of trouble such as never was” soon to come on the earth, we are obliged to dissent from that theory which attributes this to the perihelia of the planets. We look for this trouble, which is to culminate in the second coming of Christ, not from the influence of the stars, but because prophecy has declared it. The perihelia of all the planets in the universe about their respective suns, would not bring Christ from Heaven to this earth, were there not some power involved other than these influences, and had he not some purpose to perform besides the ordinary operations of nature. We have no doubt events will apparently justify the theory of the perihelionists; but we fear that many will be led by their claim to regard as merely the operation of natural laws, those occurrences which are the direct judgments of God, and so the moral effect of these calamities upon them be lost; for some will learn righteousness when the judgments of God are abroad in the earth, if they know them to be such. Isa. 26:9. If this shall be the effect, the promulgation of such a theory is to be deprecated.
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