BRO. WHITE: June 5th I commenced a series of meetings in New Denmark, some in that place being anxious to hear the truth. I held sixteen meetings. Six individuals decided to keep the commandments of God, and unite with the remnant people. Two were baptized. Several others have commenced to keep holy the Sabbath of the Lord, but have not yet fully decided to receive present truth. May the Lord help them to see their duty clearly.
I held two meetings in Manitowoc. Some interest was manifested.
June 29th, commenced meetings near Appleton. Found two brethren trying to keep the commandments. Held five meetings. Some gave heed and believed the word spoken. They were desirous to hear more, but circumstances at home called me away. I trust our kind heavenly Father, who has commenced to bring his remnant people into the unity of the faith, will also open the way here, and raise up a church to his own glory.
July 4th, I arrived home and found the brethren still enjoying good meetings and pressing on their way to the kingdom. There is a wide field in this northern part of Wisconsin, where the third angel's message has never been preached. May the Lord work with his people, and we be ready for the coming of our beloved Master.
JOHN MATTESON
Poy Sippi, Wis.
L. G. BOSTWICK
By L. G. Bostwick
From Bro. Bostwick.
BRO. WHITE : Since Bro. Sanborn left this place, I have been doing all I could to advance this blessed cause.
June the 24th, I commenced a series of meetings in the town of Sylvan, Richland co., Wis. The interest was good, and the people manifested a desire to hear. They turned out on first-day so that the school-house could not hold the people, so we were obliged to hold the meeting in a grove. I have given in all at this place ten discourses. Several acknowledged that we have the truth. But when we talked to them of the importance of laying aside all filthiness of the flesh, they thought that they could not do that. I think that several will make up their minds to obey the truth; and may God help them to walk in the light. I here got two new subscribers for the Review, and sold a few books. Yours in hope.
L. G. BOSTWICK
Port Andrew, Wis.
Obituary Notices.
DIED, of congestion of the lungs, in Marion, Iowa, June 18, 1864, our beloved sister, Ruth Halloway aged 54 years. Her last rational conversation was an expression of her hope that she would have part in the first resurrection. She leaves to mourn her loss a family of two sons and a daughter, who have all embraced the truth, and an aged husband ripening for the harvest. The funeral services were held in the Disciple church, where the writer addressed a large and deeply interested audience. B. F. SNOOK.
DIED in Oswego, N. Y. of consumption, July 7th, 1864, Richard Gorsline, aged about 58 years. Funeral discourse by Alexander Ross. ELIAS GOODWIN.
DIED of dropsy, in Washington, N. H., Apr. 8, 1864, my dear father, Daniel Farnsworth, aged 82 years, and one month. He had kept the Sabbath for about twenty years previous to his death. C. K. FARNSWORTH.
Advance in the Price of Prayers
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF PRAYERS.—A writer in one of our cotemporaries tells of an Irish domestic in her family, who, having heard of the death of her mother in the old country, went to the priest to make provision for the good woman's soul. On her return her employer asked the result. She freely related it, saying that the priest had consoled her on her loss, and sympathized in her affliction. Her mother's soul was in purgatory, whence it could be relieved by prayer; and cheerfully the loving girl gave two dollars, that as many prayers might be said for its repose.
"Were the prayers said in public?"
"No, mam; the priest wrote down my mother's name in a book, that there might be no mistake. He will say them in private. When my sister died, before the war I only paid half a dollar each for prayers for the same purpose; but the priest assured me the present charge was right—that 'prayers had riz.'"
Adversity and Virtue
By Taylor
No man is more miserable than he that hath no adversity; that man is not tried whether he be good or bad. And God never crowns those virtues which are only faculties and dispositions; but every act of virtue is an ingredient in reward: God so dresses us for Heaven.—Taylor.
Faith and Works
FAITH AND WORKS.—It is an unhappy division that has been made between faith and works. Though in my intellect I may divide them, just as in the candle I know there is light and heat, yet put out the candle and they are both gone—one remains not without the other; so it is with faith and works.
Judging Actions Wisely
By Bishop Hale
Fools measure actions after they are done by the event; wise men before hand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end to God.
—Bishop Hale.
Wesley’s Advice on Prayer Meetings
WESLEY'S ADVICE ON PRAYER MEETINGS.—"Let the prayers be very short—a few minutes—and frequent intervals of singing; and let different persons pray for different things."
Pope’s Donation for Wounded Soldiers
Of the $1,000 donation which the Pope sent to the United States to be distributed by Bishop Timon, of Buffalo, for the benefit of the wounded soldiers, $500 was for the wounded of the federal army, and $500 for that of the rebels.
Business Department.
By Editor
Business Notes.
H. G. Buxton. We mail the Review regularly to your address.
Who is it? Some person sends us $10, for a share in Publishing Association. The letter bears date July 14, 1864. Postmarked "Belle Plain Iowa."
L. Drake. The letter you refer to has never been received. We will credit the amount on your paper.
RECEIPTS.
For Review and Herald.
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Cash Received on Account.
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General Conference Missionary Fund.
Sydney C. Perry $2. M. G. Kellogg 45c.
Michigan Conference Fund
Received from Churches. Church at Colon $9, Jackson $10. Vergennes $7. Hanover $20. West Windsor $32.50. Parkville $8.95. Allegan $10. Wright $10. Eureka and Fairplains $25. West Plains $5. Convis $8.
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For Shares in Publishing Association.
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Review to Poor.
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Soldiers' Tract Fund.
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Eastern Mission.
James White $25.
Appointments.
Meetings in Ohio.
BRO. Hutchinson will hold meetings in Ohio in the following places:
Gilboa, July 23, 24.
Ayersville, " 30, 31.
Portage, Aug. 6, 7.
Lovett's Grove, " 13, 14.
Jackson, " 20, 21.
Brethren at Jackson will meet Bro. Hutchinson at the station in Fremont, on the 19th of Aug. (As this notice will be inserted but once, brethren will please keep this in mind.)
Republic, Aug. 27, 28.
East Townsend, Sept. 3, 4.
Wakeman, " 10, 11.
Columbia Station, " 17, 18.
Chardon, " 24, 25.
Orwell, Oct. 1, 2.
By order of the Committee.
J. CLARKE, Sec'y.
PROVIDENCE permitting, Elders I. Sanborn and J. Bostwick will commence a course of lectures in Bro. Peter Erb's neighborhood, Winona Co., Minn., the 17th of July and continue three weeks.
We will also meet with the church at Pleasant Grove, August 13, 14, and with the church at Oronoco, Aug. 20, 21, and with the church at Deerfield in Steele Co., 27, 28.
Meetings to commence at each place Friday evening at 7½ o'clock. Hope that all that can possibly, will attend these meetings, as there will be some very important things brought before the churches at each meeting.
ISAAC SANBORN.
JOHN BOSTWICK.
PROVIDENCE permitting, I will meet with the church in Jackson, evenings of July 13 and 14, Tompkins, Sabbath and first-day, July 16 and 17, Bunkerhill, July 23 and 24, Hanover, July 30 and 31, and Hillsdale, August 6 and 7.
JOSEPH BATES.
July 12, 1864.
Take Shares in the Publishing Association
By James White
What an excellent time to take shares in the Publishing Association! Brethren and sisters who have not taken stock, will never find a better time. If you want information relative to this matter, send for pamphlet containing Constitution and By-laws of the Association. Your help is needed in these times of high prices, while our publications generally stand at former low prices. Whatever may be the times, hard or easy, God's work must move on. A few thousands could be raised in shares, and the friends not feel it, only they would feel sweet consciousness of doing right.
J. W.
A Painful Revelation.
THE unscriptural doctrine of the eternal conscious suffering of the wicked has been a source of trouble and perplexity to many minds. We gather from an exchange the following respecting Dr. Cumming:
"IN his excellent work, 'The last of the Patriarchs,' Dr. Cumming gives vent to his feelings in relation to the sufferings of the lost. The second chapter, page 41, relates to the laws of God, and the obedience of Joseph to the law under temptation. He then speaks of the holiness of the law and its terrible penalty to the transgressor, and adds: 'The only part of the Bible that ever perplexes me—about which, however, we may rest satisfied that what we know not now, we shall know hereafter—is that which tells us that there is one nook in this grand universe where there shall be the wail of ceaseless sufferings, and the poison of irremediable sin. That is the most painful revelation in all God's word. One could wish, in our present unenlightened state, that it were not so.'
How much better to have a theory which by taking God as he says, and the Bible as it reads, avoids all these painful features, and gives us a consistent ground of faith to stand upon now, and a clean universe in the future.
Special Notice.
By Editor
To CORRESPONDENTS.—Please notice the following rules. If you will notice them, you will save our Secretary much perplexity and time.
1. State all your business items distinctly, and put them all on a sheet by themselves, or on the last leaf of your letter, so that it may be torn off when the letter is opened.
2. Always, in writing to this Office, give your Post Office, State, and County. If your Post Office be one name and your town another, give both, stating which is which.
3. If you wish your paper changed to another Post Office, first state the name of the person, the Post Office, County, and State where it is sent, then the person, Post Office, County, and State where you wish it sent.
The Fall of Babylon
By Editor
THE FALL OF BABYLON.—We are sometimes accused of being very severe in our exposition of the second angel's message of Rev. xiv, and especially in applying the term Babylon to the popular churches of the land. But there is nothing reproachful in the term Babylon. It is only a name expressive of a great fact which is apparent to every one, namely, that the different religious creeds of the Protestant sects of the day, as compared with each other, are all "mixture" and "confusion." The trouble after all is, in the fall. And if any think we are too severe in this respect, let them read the extract from the sermon of E. Bowen, given in another column, who deals with this subject in as strong language as any S. D. Adventist has ever presumed to use.
Death of J. C. Jackson’s Son
In that organ of Spiritualism, The Herald of Progress, published by A. J. Davis and Co., we find the first announcement of the death of the son of J. C. Jackson of "Our Home," Dansville, N. Y.
Who Is Our Neighbor?
By Editor
E. F. D. We think that a "neighbor" in the Christian sense, is determined by the same rule that Christ gave in Matt. xii, 50, to determine who was his brother and sister and mother; namely, whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in Heaven.
Subscribers Removed from the Lists
By James White
Last week we erased from our lists the names of ninety subscribers, who had not paid up to Vol. xxii. Many of these will pay up and renew their subscription.
J. W.
J. W
By James White
It makes one feel strangely sometimes to have their paper stopped simply because they do not pay up. But some have to be jogged in this way before they can wake up and pay their debts. It would be much more pleasant for us and them if they were prompt.
J. W
Names of Unpaid Subscribers Removed
By James White
Next week we shall erase the names of those who have not paid up to Vol. xxiii. J. W.
The Review Sent to Interested Readers
By James White
We wish to send the Review to all who read it with interest and profit, whether they pay full price, half price, or receive it free. J. W.
Policy on Free Subscribers
By James White
Several hundreds of our subscribers were marked free. Most of these are being erased, as the cost of stock and labor demands full pay, with the exceptions of a few hundreds at half-price, to meet expenses.
J. W.
Let the Worthy Poor Have the Paper
By James White
Let the worthy poor have the paper! How? Ans. Churches and brethren can send in their names, with one dollar each for the paper, one year. But let the names come in, money or no money, of all who should have it. Then let the brethren donate for the Review to the poor sufficient to pay up for all who cannot pay themselves, and for those not paid for by personal friends.
J. W.
Review for the Poor
By James White
We received the following from Western New York: “Inclosed find $10. Five I send for Review to the poor, and five A. H. O. sends for the same purpose.” These young men have set a good example for others. This will furnish the Review to ten families for one year.
J. W.
Support for the Eastern Mission
By James White
Two thousand dollars are wanted to sustain the Eastern Mission. We claim the pleasure of giving twenty-five dollars of this sum. Receipts in this direction have been light recently. J. W.