It is certainly very consistent for a man to profess to be a Christian, but very inconsistent not to live as a Christian should.
It is very consistent and easy to profess to be a Seventh-day Adventist, but indeed very inconsistent if he does not live up to his profession. To profess and to live are two different things.
It is consistent for a man to be very careful in keeping the Sabbath, but inconsistent to see such a one coming home from his labor at the close of the week, after the Sabbath has commenced. Indeed it would be more in accordance with consistency to see every Sabbath-keeper at home, all labor that is possible to be done before the Sabbath completed, and ready with his family (if he has one, if not to go to his closet,) to bow down before God and thank him for mercies past, and the privilege of another sacred rest-day.
It is consistent to profess to believe in the coming of Christ as very near, for such is the case, but it is rather inconsistent for that individual to be continually adding to his property, saying that by-and-by they mean to help the cause of God; but that time seems never to come. Rather let them add, and as they add to one side of the pile, let them take off more from the other, and in this way the sacrifice which they claim they have made will be consuming instead of increasing.
It is consistent for Christians to take heed and not forget the assembling of themselves together, but very much the opposite, if they forget to exhort one another, and so much the more as they see the day approaching.
It is consistent for brethren to put down their property on the Systematic-Benevolence book, but how extremely the opposite is it to see them put down about one-half what they are worth, and then—never pay that.
It is very consistent for an individual to believe in the Health Reform, but inconsistent if he does not live it. For instance, one may say, I believe the Health Reform is right, and obedience to it will secure health, yet if he still continues in the use of tea, coffee, and unwholesome flesh meats, and is still holding communion with his favorite pipe, or tobacco in some of its forms, and failing to be free in the use of pure water with which to cleanse his body from physical uncleanness, is not this individual very inconsistent?
And further, is there not a little danger of this inconsistency when our sisters fail to adopt the Dress Reform, when it is so much more modest, convenient, and healthful, than the common style of dress?
H. F. PHELPS.
Pine Island, Minn., Aug. 31, 1867.
Appointments.
By John Nevins Andrews; Joseph Bates
And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
The next Monthly Meeting for central N. H. will be holden with the church at Washington, the first Sabbath and first-day in October. Bro. S. N. Haskell will be present. I trust our brethren in N. H. and Mass. will feel interested to keep up the Monthly Meetings already established. Bro. Howard and myself will return to the N. E. Mission at as early a date as possible, and we will then arrange to district the entire field and to meet our brethren in these general gatherings.
J. N. ANDREWS.
West Enosburgh, Vt., Sept. 16, 1867.
Providence permitting, we will meet with the church in Convis, Sept. 24, 25. Burlington, Sept. 28, 29.
Will Bro. Miller, or one of the brethren meet us at the depot in Marshall, Sept. 26, at noon?
JOSEPH BATES.
Battle Creek, Sept. 20, 1867.
Quarterly Meeting in New York.
By E. B. Saunders
THE next Quarterly Meeting of the Clarkson and Rochester churches, will be held in the school house near Bro. Demorest's in Clarkson, on the second Sabbath and first-day in October. Teams will be in Brockport to meet those coming on the cars, on sixth-day about three o'clock.
Annexed to each receipt in the following list, is the Volume and Number of the REVIEW & HERALD TO which the money receipted pays,—which should correspond with the Numbers on the Papers. If money for the paper is not in due time acknowledged immediate notice of the omission should then be given.
$1.50 each. John Davis 31-1, Julia C Wilson 32-1, Mrs M Chapman 31-14, T D Brackett 31-16, A Hopkins 31-1, L F Harriman 31-13, Mrs C Patterson 31-15, E P Sanborn 31-11, N June Lucas 31-1.
$3.00 each. D P Bisbee 31-14, Capt R Reid 31-4, Sarah Green 32-8, Jane Shafer 32-1, Wm Kelly 32-13, Mrs H Allen 32-13, A W Brown 32-13, A Adkins 32-13, S M Abbott 32-13, Mrs Polly Brown 33-13, I Colcord 33-1, Mrs C A Hawes 31-13, W James 32-15, O Gleason 31-13, J B Taber 32-1, J McCourt 32-18, W E Chesebro 33-1, Polly Holcomb 33-1, L B Peterson 33-14, Sarah Chase 32-6, W Hale 31-21.
Miscellaneous. John Snow $5.50 33-9, Lovina Keay 1.00 31-13, A Bonney 2.00 31-1, Celestia Starr 2.00 31-20, H E Bryant 2.00 31-14, Fanny Palmer 1.00 31-23, W S Bedient 2.75 31-1, E D Brace 1.00 31-13, D Gorton 2.00 31-21, C B Fox 2.50 32-5, S A Gile 1.00 31-13, J Brown 1.00 31-13, Jas Quillen 1.00 31-13, M T Taylor 1.00 30-16, Geo Buck 5.60 32-1, G G Green 5.2 32-15, B Armitage 1.00 32-1, L H Russell 1.00 30-17, D W Clay 5.00 32-1, E Lawton 4.00 37-5, C Tosh 2.00 32-1, Marietta Nelson 2.00 31-1, R R Cogshall 1.00 31-5, A W Smith 2.00 30-14, Mrs L A Sprague 3.00 32-14, A Rives 1.00 31-15, L Davis 1.00 31-15, E D Willey 1.00 31-15.
"To make up Advance Credits,
Warren Coon, 25c.
Cash Received on Account.
J W Wright $15.00, I Sanborn $16.00.
Books Sent By Mail.
Richard Town 35c, H B Miller 15c, P B Allen $1.12, J M Wilkinson $1.24, Walter Ernst 25c, M E Rust 15c, H E Bryan 30c, C Carpenter 25c, H C Crumb 50c, W S Beedient 25c, N Keyser $1.00, S M Abbott 25c, Dr. J Grover $1.15, J W Raymond 15c, C H Barrows 50c, A J Richmond 15c, John Leland 15c, C Carpenter 15c, W W Lockwood 15c, S R Twist $1.25c, J M Lindsay 90c, S B Gowell, 4 packages, $9.72.
Books Sent by Express.
J W Wright, St. John's, Mich., $15.00, I Sanborn, Janesville, Wis., 46.92.
General Conference Missionary Fund.
RECEIVED FROM CHURCHES. Church at Woodstock, Me., $3.10, Portland, Me., $15.00, S. Lancaster, Mass., $119.38, Washington, N. H., $65.40, Newport, N. H. $35.00, Manchester, N. H., $5.00, Vermont Conference, 75.00, Warren Sanborn $10.00.
For the Health-Reform Institute.
The following amounts are subscribed for shares in The Health-Reform Institute at $25.00, each share.
W Sanborn, $25.00, D W Johnson $100.00, P Potter $25.00.
On Shares in the H. R. Institute.
The following amounts have been paid on pledges previously given to the Health Reform-Institute.
S B Craig $60.00, Mrs S B Craig 25.00, M Kneeland 10.00, A P Van Horn 25.00, D W Johnson 100.00, E Lawton 50.00, J M Lindsay 125.00.
Charitable Fund of the Institute.
A W Maynard $7.08, S B Craig $2.08, Porter B Allen 62c.
One of the most potent so-called philosophical arguments for the inherent immortality of man, is that he is endowed with reasoning powers,—can trace cause to effect and effect to cause. We are frequently called upon to show that the same reasoning would give immortality to the brutes. The following item illustrates this point:
A FRIENDLY HORSE.—A few days since, as we were leaving our residence on our usual morning visit to the office, a sorrel horse belonging to us galloped up and caught our arm, and made an attempt to pull us in the direction he wished to go. He then left, and went off in a quick gait toward a pasture on a farm about a quarter of a mile distant from our residence. In a few minutes, he approached us again, making an unusual noise, and seemed by his actions to desire us to follow him. This we did, and when we reached the pasture we observed the mate of the horse entangled in a bridge which had broken through with him. After we had extricated his companion from this dangerous position, the horse which had given us notice of his companion's danger, came up and rubbed his head against us, showing great signs of satisfaction.—Christian Advocate.
Our readers will notice this week the close of the discussion between Elds. Hull and Cottrell on the immortality question. Although its publication has been protracted so that it has appeared only at long intervals, we trust some good will be accomplished by it. We have been pleased to notice the good feeling and Christian spirit which has characterized the writers, and hope its publication in the Sabbath Recorder and the Review will not tend to widen the distance between the two bodies of commandment-keepers who have been more or less interested in the examination of this great question, and that those who have a desire to keep the “commandments of God” may also be perfectly united in the “faith of Jesus.” Rev. xiv, 12.
W. C. G.
We hope our contributors will consider that Bro. Smith’s absence throws an increased responsibility upon them as well as upon the brethren in the office. As less-experienced hands shall search the “editor’s drawer” for available matter, let the communications from the friends of the Review pour in to keep it well filled.
W. C. G.
From the editorial correspondence we conclude that the Editor is having a good time “out west” among the brethren.
This change—from long confinement, and close application to the performance of his duties in the Office, to a free range in the pure country air, and among the friends of the cause—is just what he needs. May his journey be pleasant and prosperous,—a blessing to himself and the brethren abroad.
J. M. A.
JUST PUBLISHED!
By Editor
A BRAND-NEW TRACT, of eight pages, with a prominent advertisement on the last page of our Publishing Association, bearing the significant name of
“WHAT IS TRUTH?”
This tract is just the thing for a General Circulation. It is short, comprehensive, and scriptural. It briefly treats, in the way of questions and answers, on the nature of man, state of the dead, punishment of the wicked, and reward of the just.
Brethren, let this tract be on the move. Price, 1 cent. Orders promptly filled.
In bringing up children, if we oppose violence to violence, passion by passion, we try to put out the fire with boiling oil.