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On Character and Death

If some men died and others did not, death would indeed be a most mortifying evil.

Keep clear of a man who does not esteem his own character.

Interesting Letter from London.

By W. M. Jones

Our readers will not fail to be interested in the following letter from Bro. W. M. Jones of London, England. Since the visit of Bro. Andrews in Great Britain, every fact and landmark of Sabbath-keeping in England is invested with a new interest to us; and the kind reception given to our missionary, as well as an earnest love for the down-trodden Sabbath of the Lord, has endeared Bro. Jones to the Seventh-day Adventists of America. The letter explains itself, and its facts are worthy of remembrance.—ED. REVIEW.

Dear Bro. Andrews:—In the crowd of interesting associations in London and elsewhere, which in a very short time you tried to number, it is no marvel that a few inaccuracies should be found in your favorable notice of the Sabbath-keeping landmarks in Great Britain. These I will now correct, and also add descriptions for the benefit of our friends who may be anxious to preserve in their scrap-books every reliable item of Sabbath history, be it biographical, geographical, or doctrinal.

In the REVIEW of Nov. 3, for Bull Stake court read Bull Stake alley. This was the name in John James’ time, and is so called in the account of his martyrdom. It is true as you say, “names seem never to change in London,” or if they do change it is only partially so, as in this case. On a corner, at the entrance to the alley, now named court, you saw a public house, or ornamental grog-shop, the gilded sign of which reads, “The Horse and Leaping Bar,” an institution not a little significant as may be seen when taken in connection with other circumstances.

Your readers can trace on the maps of London the route through which Mr. Trask was whipped, beginning near the Houses of Parliament and following (on the northwest side of the Thames) the Strand and Fleet streets to Farringdon street and Blackfriars’ Bridge. The Fleet prison, at or near the east end of Fleet street, was standing within the remembrance of Mrs. Jones. The prison, or the place where it stood, in which Mrs. Trask suffered so long and so heroically, we did not visit. In that time it was called the “New Prison in Maiden Lane” which is near Euston Station, where we met you all on your arrival.

At Tyburn there was a stream of water: burn meaning brook. There was a tree by the side of the brook, and if the gallows stood there it is said to have been built over the water.

Instead of St. James’ Park, read Hyde Park, which is close on the south side of Oxford street, across which the Tyburn flowed. For Pinner’s Hall, read Pinner’s Hall, and for Notton read Natton. Newgate prison where John James was confined, and Mrs. Trask for a time, was also the place where Francis Bampfield was last imprisoned, and where he died. It is a very formidable looking building, and is nearly midway between St. Paul’s Cathedral and Smithfield.

The first place occupied by Joseph Davis after he came out of Oxford Castle, was a garret in the Little Minories, near to a house where Isaac Newton lived. Afterward he made use of a middle room, till at length he was so prospered that he took the whole house, or another house in the same locality. In less than eight years “a general storm arose,” and he retired to private lodgings for some years. The last twenty years of his life he was in business in a house on Sparrow Corner in the Minories, a place that was pointed out to you. The house now there is four stories high, and is used as a public house, with the euphonious name on the top, and figures to match, of “The Crown and Shield.” It looks upon the Tower of London and the Thames.

Though he suffered so much in prison, lost his wife, and several times had his property confiscated, he prospered beyond all his expectations. He purchased two estates for the benefit of the Mill Yard church (Pinner’s Hall not included). Five pounds annually were to be given to each of the seven churches in the country, of which Natton only survives. One of the estates has been squandered by mismanagement. The Mill Yard property was bought by the church in Davis’ lifetime, he and the Steads, who were wealthy, contributing largely for this object.

In passing Pinner’s Hall I always feel like taking off my hat, for the place was chosen by very earnest prayer and by lot. The last place of meeting for this church was in the White Baptist Chapel in Eldon street. It was gathered by Francis Bampfield, who was the Whitfield or Apollos of the Seventh-day Baptists. From his church went the indefatigable Stephen Mumford to plant Sabbath truth in America. From his children, a sister, took the torch and lighted your Sabbath fire; and you have your prototype in Mrs. Trask, who subsisted in prison fifteen years as a voluntary vegetarian. Doubtless she would have hated the use of tobacco as much as you do had it been in use in her day. Think of it! Fifteen years in prison for the Seventh-day Sabbath! Her last will and testament was: “Bury me neither in church nor church-yard, but in the fields.” No one knoweth her grave unto this day, but she will not be missing in the bright morning. Noble woman! God grant that her fidelity and sacrifice may be largely imitated.

The following are the principal Sabbath memorial places in London:—Bull Stake Alley, where was the “Meeting-place” in which John James was apprehended while preaching the gospel on the Sabbath day. Tyburn, where he was hung and “suffered to be dead before he was cut down; the Hangman taking out his Heart, and burning his Members and Intrails, returned his head and Quarters back to Newgate, put in a basket in a cart, and from thence were disposed of by the King, (viz.) his Quarters to the Gates of the City, and his Head first upon [London] Bridge, but afterwards (by appointment) taken down thence, and put upon a Pole in White-Chappel over against the passage to the Meeting-place, where he and his company were apprehended.” [Extract and a true copy. W. M. J.] It is perhaps well to notice that Oliver Cromwell was buried at Tyburn.

London Bridge : where the head was exposed. White-Chapel High street : opposite the Alley where the head was also exposed. See above. The Four Gates of the City : of which Aldgate was one, not a quarter of a mile from the Alley. Westminster Pillory ; The Strand and Fleet Streets : The Fleet, Newgate, and Maiden Lane Prisons : The Anabaptist Burying Ground : in Alder’s gate street, where Francis Bampfield was buried.

Abney Park Cemetery : where Elds. Shentone and Black are buried. Mill Yard Cemetery : where Joseph Davis, Carathwaite, Noble, Burnside, Slater, and others of blessed memory, are buried. These all died in the faith that the blessed Sabbath would yet be acknowledged by all the earth.

Little Minories : where Davis first did business and from which the second anointed Charles’ servants drove him.

Sparrow Corner : where Davis lived twenty years and died in peace.

Mill Yard Chapel and parsonage : and to complete the list should be mentioned Wedgewood’s building near the Royal Exchange. He was a seventh-day keeper, and an ardent one, though not a Baptist.

And still another point of interest is the house in Trinity Square where President Kenyon died. It overlooks the place of execution on Tower Hill, the Tower itself, the Thames, and the beautiful Square or Park just in front of it.

The cause of the low state of Sabbath interest in England you have stated fairly and truthfully; and you might have added that the sneering, frowning influence from the religious world around them had much to do with the diminishing of the numbers of the faithful.

You observed, to your disgust, the public house or gin shop at the entrance of Mill Yard Passage on Leman street. Profligacy and vice attend and support these institutions.

The approach is unpleasantly blocked, and who can help it? Our memorial places are desecrated by the shame of humanity. But shall we murmur? The very Sabbath of the Lord in our language and in the French, is made to bear a heathen and idol name, Saturday. It is the butt end of the mop-scrub and rush-business of the week; and as if confident that God had not abolished his Sabbath the Antichristian power has used sixteen-hundred years in fierce endeavors to load with odium the day of his choosing, and blot its sacredness from the memory of the church and the world. Still let us not murmur but rather cry, “How long, O Lord, how long?” Let us gird on afresh the armor, for the promise is sure: “It shall come to pass that . . . from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.” Isa. 66:23.

Pardon the length of the additions to your valuable article, and with kind regards I am, dear Bro. Andrews, Yours very truly, W. M. JONES. 15 Mill Yard, Goodman’s Field, London, Nov. 18, 1874.

THE UNKNOWN FUTURE.

I know not what may befall me, God hangs a mist o’er my eyes, And before each step of my onward way, He makes new scenes to rise; And every joy he sends me, comes As a sweet and glad surprise.

I see not one step before me, As I trace the days of the year, The past is still in his keeping, The future his presence will cheer; And what seems dark in the distance, May brighten as I draw near.

Perhaps the dreaded future Has less bitter than I think; The Lord may sweeten the waters, Before I stoop to drink; And if Marah must be Marah, He will stand beside the brink.

It may be he has waiting, For the coming of my feet, Some gift of such rare blessedness, Some joy so strangely sweet, That my life can only tremble, With the thanks I cannot speak.

Lo! I go on, not knowing, I would not, if I might; I rather walk with God in the dark, Than go alone in the light; I rather walk with him by faith, Than walk alone by sight.

—Sel.

Death of John Huss.

WHEN John Huss, the Bohemian martyr, was brought out to be burnt, they put on his head a triple crown of paper with painted devils on it. On seeing it, he said, “My Lord Jesus Christ, for my sake, wore a crown of thorns; why should not I then, for his sake, wear this light crown, be it ever so ignominious? Truly, I will do it, and that willingly.” When it was set upon his head, the bishop said, “Now, we commend thy soul to the devil.” “But I” said Huss, lifting up his eyes to heaven, “do commit my spirit into thy hands, O Lord Jesus Christ, to thee I commend my spirit, which thou hast redeemed.” When the fagots were piled up to his very neck, the Duke of Bavaria was officious enough to desire him to abjure. “No,” said Huss, “I never preached any doctrine of an evil tendency; and what I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.”

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

The family circle of Bro. Hiram Bingham of Morristown, Vt., is again broken, and another vacancy caused by the removal of the head of the family. After a distressing sickness of one week, Bro. Bingham died of congestion of the lungs, on the 30th of November, 1874, aged seventy years and four months. He publicly professed the Christian religion in 1831. Twelve years later he embraced the hope of the near coming of the Saviour, manifesting a living interest in the promulgation of those truths which have moved the world on this great and glorious subject. About twenty-four years since, the light shone upon his mind on the subject of the sanctuary and the Bible Sabbath, which he readily received, from which time his helping hand has been felt in various ways in advancing the great work of the third angel’s message. We attended his funeral Dec. 2, and spoke from 2 Tim. 4: 7, 8. A Baptist minister present, who had been acquainted with Bro. B. and his companion over forty years, testified before the large audience, that within that time, they had done more to relieve the poor, afflicted, and destitute families than any other two persons of his knowledge. “Many” said he, “of this class will arise in the Judgment and call him blessed.” A. S. HUTCHINS.

DIED, Oct. 1, 1874, in Orleans, Mich., Bro. Wesley Gould. Services by the writer, from Heb. 2: 14. P. STRONG.

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Smithland, Iowa.

By J. Bartlett

I have been lecturing in Smithland almost four weeks. Twenty-four are keeping the Sabbath, and the Lord is still working by his sweet Spirit. The interest is on the increase, and I hope many more will embrace the truth.

Spiritualism had a great influence here, but it is dying out. The Lord has been good to me, and I have had liberty in presenting the truth. Some of the most prominent members of the M. E. church are keeping the Sabbath. I gladly welcomed Bro. Bryson to my assistance, as I had spoken every night and on Sunday for three weeks. Pray for me.

J. Bartlett.

Dec. 9, 1874.

Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota

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And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

** Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 209 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.

There will be a quarterly meeting of the church and T. and M. Society of Dist. No. 2, Kan. and Mo. Conference, held in the Cordonier school house near Palermo, Jan. 2 and 3, 1875. T. H. Wakeman, Director.

Quarterly Meetings in Minnesota.

Hutchinson, ............ Dec. 26, 27, 1874 Litchfield, ............ Jan. 2, 3, 1875 Kingston, .............. “ 9, 10, “ Koronas, ............... “ 16, 17, “ Grove Lake, ............ “ 23, 24, “ West Union, ............ “ 30, 31, “ Harrison Grant.

The T. and M. Societies of Kansas, will hold their first quarterly meeting, in Dist. No. 10, including the Counties of Cherokee, Neosho, Labette, and a part of Montgomery; at the Stover school-house, 4 miles south of LaBette, and 6 west of Oswego, commencing with the Sabbath, Jan. 2 and 3, 1875. Let us work, as well as pray. A. J. Stover, Director.

Quarterly meeting of T. & M. Society of District No. 7, of Missouri and Kansas, will be held with the church at Drywood, Vernon Co., near Bro. Kendall's, Sabbath and first-day, Jan. 2, 3, 1875. We would earnestly invite all the brethren to attend, and those who cannot come will please send in their reports in time for the meeting. Bro. J. H. Rogers is expected to be with us. John T. Klostermyer, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the Norridgewock church at South Norridgewock, Me., Jan. 2, 1875. All members who cannot attend are requested to report by letter. F. J. Kilgore, Clerk.

The regular quarterly meeting of the church in Greenup, Cumberland Co., Ill., will be held the first Sabbath and Sunday in January, 1875. All the scattered brethren are invited. Let those who can, bring food and provision, and thus be as little burden as possible to the brethren residing at the place of meeting. No postponement on account of weather. C. H. Bliss.

Quarterly meeting of All. church, will be held on Nile's Hill, N. Y., Jan. 2 and 3, 1875. All are invited to attend, and members that cannot, will please report. Josiah Witter, Clerk.

General quarterly meeting of the Wis. T. & M. Society at Oakland, Jefferson Co., Jan. 9, 10, 1875. We hope all the directors will be prompt in reference to the quarterly meetings in their several districts. These meetings should be held about the last Sabbath in December, and the report of them sent to the State secretary, Mattie Babcock, Monroe, Wis., so that we may have a full report at the general meeting. We earnestly invite Bro. Butler or Haskell to meet with us. O. A. Olsen, Pres.

I will meet with the friends of the cause at Johnstown Center, Wis., Dec. 19, 1874; Little Prairie, Dec. 26, 1874; Raymond, Racine Co., Jan. 2, 1875. Hope for a good attendance at these places. A. Olson, Director.

No providence preventing, I will meet with the churches in Maine, as follows:— Hartland, quarterly meeting in the church, Jan. 2, 3, 1875. Woodstock, Me., Jan. 9, 10, “ Brunswick, evenings, “ 13, 14, “ Richmond, monthly meeting, “ 16, 17, “ Canaan, “ “ 23, 24, “ Cornville, “ “ 30, 31, “ West Athens, evening, Feb. 2, “ No postponement on account of weather. J. B. Goodrich.

Quarterly meeting for Civil Bend church, Daviess Co., Mo., first Sabbath in January, 1875. Cannot some minister meet with us? Freeman Ramsey, Clerk.

Quarterly meeting of the church at Patricksburg, Owen Co., Ind., Jan. 2 and 3, 1875; also the T. & M. Society will meet Jan. 3 in connection with the quarterly meeting. We would like to have every member of the T. & M. Society present on the 3d. There is some important business to attend to, in which all should be interested. Brethren and sisters, let us all unite our hearts together in the good work of the Lord, and prepare to labor as never before. We expect Bro. Harvey will be present. N. Carahoof.

Quarterly meeting of T. & M. Society Dist. No. 1, of Kansas will be held in connection with the church quarterly meeting for north-western Kansas, January 9 and 10, 1875, at the school-house near Bro. Y. Swearingen's in Cloud Co., four miles South of Concordia. Hope the brethren of Parallel church will attend if possible, and all try to deepen the interest, and make the tract and missionary work more effectual in our country, that at last we may be counted among the good and faithful. O. O. Bridges, Director.

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$10.00 EACH. G L Holiday, E M Crandall, B Myers, A M Covey & wife, S B Hare, Carrie Nichols, O T Noble.

$5.00 EACH. Mary Jane Evans, H M Wilkinson.

Swedish Mission.

Emma Hoag $5.00, Assenath Coy 2.00.

Cash Received on Account.

C H Bliss $3.00, Harrison Grant 10.00, Minn. T & M Society 17.55, O J Bartlett 1.00, Wm Cottrell 2.25, David Downer 1.85, D F Quinby 5.92, L E Rathbun 25.00, A S Hutchins 25.00, S N Haskell 29.14.

Danish Monthly.

Nels Docken $10.00, John F Hanson 2.08, N Peterson 10.00, Chr Mikkelson 10.00, Mads Jorgenson 5.00, Jorgen Hanson 1.00, Emma Mikkelsen 5.00, Jens Nielsen 5.00, Ole Hanson 5.00, Hans Jenson 5.00, Jens Sorenson 2.00, Rasmus Johnson 1.00, Margarette Johnson 1.00.

Book Fund.

Wm R Carpenter $25.00, Eliza Carpenter 5.00, S H Lane 20.00, John Francisco 20.00, Mary Thurber 5.00, C L Sweet 10.00, E Holly 10.00, Eugene Tefft 10.00, S Martin 5.00, Carrie Nichols 10.00, John Smith 25.00, L A Weber 25.00, Hattie Smith 8.00, A H Bradford 10.00, Mary Bradford 25.00, M A Kilgore 25.00.

Share in Health Institute.

Mary J Lowrey $25.00.

Share in the S. D. A. P. Association.

G P Bailey $10.00, E P Booth 20.00, Almira M Potter 10.00.

Swiss Mission.

G P Bailey $1.00.

Michigan Conference Fund.

Received from the Church at Bunker Hill, $15.00, Orleans 39.00, Bushnell 22.00, Charlotte 20.50, Hastings 30.00, Colon 30.30.

Michigan T & M Society.

J S Day $25.00.

Hygienic Book Fund.

R D Benham $1.00.

Books Sent by Express.

L S Bristol, Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y., $2.00, C. N. Ford, Richmond, Wash. Co., Iowa, 13.00.

O. A. OLSON

By O. A. Olson

Notice.

The general quarterly meeting in Wis., Jan. 9, 10, will be an important meeting. We speak for a large attendance. We especially call for the older and leading men in our Conference, and for a general gathering of all the brethren in the southern part of the State. We want to make this a special time for seeking the Lord.

In view of the amount of business to come before the meeting, we request the brethren to be present so that we can have our business meeting on sixth day, so that we can use Sabbath and Sunday for devotional exercises. And we also request those coming to the meeting to come prepared to stay till its close, Monday morning.

Those coming from the west on the M. and St. P. R. R. will stop at Edgerton, and those coming from the north, south, and east stop at Fort Atkinson. At both these places there will be teams to meet trains Jan. 7, Thursday, before the meeting.

We extend an earnest request to have Bro. Butler or Bro. Haskell meet with us.

O. A. OLSON

Correction.

By R. M. Kilgore

IN REVIEW, Vol. 44, page 190, article, Bread Found, next to the last paragraph, instead of a Minister, it should read, a Member of the Baptist church. R. M. KILGORE.

To the Directors of the T. & M. Societies in Wis.

By O. A. OLSEN

DEAR BRETHREN: You have been placed in a position where no small responsibility rests upon you. We have reached that season of the year which is specially favorable to tract and missionary labor, and every moment and opportunity should be improved. You have also seen from the articles in the REVIEW and True Missionary from Bro. Haskell and others that a greater effort than ever before must be made to put our publications and periodicals in the hands of those who will read. The truth which God has committed to our trust and the time in which we live demand this.

But this cannot be done without an effort. If we assume an indifferent position, the Lord will remove us and raise up those that will labor and feel the responsibility. At the present moment, men and means are wanted—men that feel the burden of souls and go forth into the fields to work for Jesus, and means to carry forward these enterprises.

As directors, it becomes your duty to visit the churches in your districts, and stir them up to the importance of present and decided action. Here is the different publications to be put in the hands of all that will read, and here is the 2700 names to be obtained for The Voice of Truth, and The Health Reformer, as you see stated by Bro. Haskell in the REVIEW for Nov. 24. Immediate action is necessary. These names should all be obtained before Jan. 1. It will therefore be necessary for the directors and all the brethren and sisters to go to work at once to obtain the names called for.

The amount will be proportioned to each district and each director will soon receive the quota of names his district is to furnish, but do not wait for that but begin at once.

And we say to our brethren and sisters who as yet do not belong to the T. & M. Society, Do not feel yourselves excused, whether you live lonely or connected with some church, but go to work at once, remembering the suggestion of Bro. Haskell in reference to obtaining names in a reckless manner. Report your labor and send what names you get, stating whether for The Voice of Truth or the Reformer, to the State secretary, Mattie A. Babcock, Monroe, Wis. Let all the directors make an effort at their coming district quarterly meetings to raise means, that the Lord's treasury be not empty. The Lord will bless his work.

O. A. OLSEN. Sparta, Wis., Dec. 4, 1874.

To Correspondents.

H. B. For answer on Rev. 13:18, see Thoughts on Prophecy, pp. 239–241.

For an exposition of 1 Peter 3:18–20, we refer you to a work published at this Office entitled, “Man’s Nature and Destiny.” See our Catalogue.

S. W. RANDALL. The word translated charity in 1 Cor. 13:13, is in the Greek Testament, agape. This word is defined by Greenfield to mean love, plural, love feasts. He gives no other words in the definition. Liddell and Scott say, “Love, brotherly love.” Robinson says, “Love;” and he adds that this word is peculiar to the New Testament, not being used by Greek writers. It is the only noun translated “love” in the New Testament. It is the only word translated charity. It is eighty-six times translated love, and twenty-eight times charity.

Holiday Presents.

BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!

The following list of books we offer for sale for the especial benefit of those who wish to purchase holiday gifts for their friends. We offer none but what, on examination, have been found to be the best of this class of books, and comparatively free from popular theological errors. We offer them at publishers’ prices, post-paid. We discount 20 per cent to Sabbath schools, or to individuals by the quantity when sent by express:—

The Great Reformation, by Martin, 5 Vols., $7.00 D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation, 5 Vols., 4.50 Scripture Biography, 4.50 Cruden’s Concordance, sheep, 2.00 “ “ muslin, 1.50 Bible Dictionary, sheep, 2.00 “ “ muslin, 1.50 Cole’s Concordance, 1.50 Prince of the House of David, 2.00 Pillar of Fire, 2.00 Throne of David, 2.00 The Court and Camp of David, 1.50 The Old Red House, 1.50 Higher Christian Life, 1.50 The Golden Heart, 1.50 “ “ Life, 1.50 “ “ Work, 1.50 “ “ Fruit, 1.50 Anecdotes of the Wesleys, 1.25 Pilgrim’s Progress, large type, 1.25 “ “ small “ .60 Biography of George Whitfield, 1.25 History of English Puritans, 1.25 Story of a Pocket Bible, 1.25 Captain Russell’s Watchword, 1.25 The Upward Path, 1.25 Ellen Dacre, 1.25 Little Nellie, 1.25 Lenore’s Trials, 1.25 Tim the Scissors Grinder, 1.25 Sequel to Tim, 1.25 The Brother’s Choice, 1.15 Climbing the Mountain, 1.15 The Two Books, 1.15 Awakening of Italy, 1.00 Life of Joseph Bates, 1.00 White Foreigners, 1.00 Lady Huntington, 1.00 Young Man’s Counselor, 1.00 Young Lady’s Counselor, 1.00 Paul Venner, 1.00 Among the Alps, 1.00 Poems of Home Life, .80 Edeth Somers, .80 Nuts for Boys to Crack, .80 The Better Life, .75 Anecdotes for the Family, .75 Sabbath Readings, .60 Pictorial Narratives, .60 Bertie’s Birthday Present, .60 Songs for Little Ones, .60 Memoir of Dr. Payson, .60 Mirage of Life, .60 Huguenots of France, .50 Evelyn Percival, .50 The Boy Patriot, .50 Springtime of Life, .50 May Coverly, .50 Glen Cabin, .50 The Old, Old Story, cloth, gilt, .50 Poems by Rebekah Smith, .50 Ethel Seymour, .45 Horace Carlton’s Essay, .45 Oakfield Lodge, .45 Frank Merton’s Conquest, .45 Dora Felton’s Visit, .45 Alice Maitland’s Trial, .45 Rachel White’s Fault, .45 Concert Programme, .45 Charlotte Elizabeth, .40 Save the Erring, .40 Blanche Gamond, .40 My Brother Ben, .40 What Now? .40 Child at Home, .40 Lizzie Blake, .40 Hannah’s Path, .35 Star of Bethlehem, .30 Father’s Letters to a Daughter, .30 Bible Stories, .25 Christian Use of Money, .20