The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-30
Sunposcd Fulfillment of Prophecy.

on the probable bearing OF currehc
events on the fulfillmcnt of scriptural
predictions and forcshadowings.
Taking Daniels '.seven times as be-
thinning at the birth of Nebuchadnez-
gar. and as divided into two equal
periods of 1,260 years, it ends tile the
first period at about A. ID. COB to 6I5,
and the second at A. D., 1868 to 1919.
The same prosecuting power, typified
bv Daniels {" little horn," and by the
ten-horned beast ;" "the false proph-
ct" and the /" harlot" of the Apoca-
lvpse, is to close its career Mt the end
of the second period. Recapitulating
the stirring events in Europe, it adds
that "but one feature, the conversion
ofthe Jews, remains to complete the
yerification of the theory of the great
commentators, that the decade In
which we are living is at the close OF
tbs great prophetic period, and the
beginning of Daniels time of the
end"
Methodist Missionaries have been
lahoring with great success during
the past winter in Norway and SWe-
den, and give encouraging accounts
of the growth of religious feeling in
those countries. 1r. +,...,
CONFERENCE OF TEACHERs.-An in
ternational conference of teachers is
TO take place at Brussels, on the 18th
of Scptpmber next. The subject OF
discussion will be "The Ideas of
Peace. Benevolcnce and Gentleness,
which ought to prevail i'll the educa-
ton of youth" .,,.......-...>
BAPT1sTs IN EUROPE follow
ing figures show the Baptist member
ship in the European countries named:
France, SIG; Germany, 13,54S; Den
mark. 1866; Holland, 90; lSwitzer-
land, 1876 Poland, al Russia, l,O43;
Turkey, 100; Sweden, S,l4S; Africa,
$50: total, 26,SlS-a gain of about
100 over last year, ,-,-f-.
MINISTERS ON THE PAC1FIC.-The
| excursion tickets Of the Pacific Rail-
road Company have induced many
clerovmea to pass their vacations in
that region. The San Francisco Pa
cific states that there are more mill
listers of ,arious denominations now
in the State as visitors, than have been
at any one time during the last tW enty
years. ~ -.
A Rich CARDINAL.-Cardinal Anto-
nell has lust married one of his neph-
ews to a Spanish lady of fortune, and
has proved himself equal to the occa-
sion BY bcstowing on the happy pair
the sum of a million dollars. The
salary of Papal premier is not large
in itself; and the Romans laugh, and
saw there must be more where this
come from. mi
LIBERAL REQUESTS Tile late Ches
d ter Adams, OF Hartford, Conn.,, be-
oueathea! over 100000 to various
charitable and religious societies.
Among the beneficiaries are the Soci-
ety for the Increase of the Ministry,
the Widows Home, the Parish OF
Christ Church, the Hartford Hospital,
Trinity College and the Domestic and
Foreign Mission Society of the Epis-
, copal Church. "' %
PoLYNEsIA.-The nominal Chris
:. tians clustering around the native
churches under the London Mission
). ary Society in Polynesia are very
+ numerous. and the church members
number nearly 1900, with 249 native
preachers, and 26 native ordained pas
TORS. There are also under lnstruc-
, ton in mission schools nearly 1901
bovs. and the same number of girls.
! OUARTETTE SINGING.-A exchange,
5 probably afflicted with quartette sing
, ING in some of the Reformed Church
es. saws: ais there no way of stopping
the murderous style of singing which
. executes some of our best hymns, or
rather garrctes them in the following
stvle THE ye-he-he-he-hear of jew
Billy, of Jew Billy, Of Jew.ew.ew-
Billy-ey-cy, Je-eW7ew Billie, he he is
GOMEZ 3D. ,r
The Japanese Government has de-
termined to establish two schools in
Japan for the education of the chill
dren Of the higher cases, and has
called two Reformed (Dutch) mission
aries, the Rev. S. *. Brown, ID. d.,
and the Rev. G. +. Verbeck, to take
charge of them. Both have consented,
and will be in most responsible po-
sition. Mr.. Verbeck is now in Yed-
do. engaged in his school. ts'-.
RAISING THE v IND.-An extraor-
binary sale has just taken place at
Saragossa, in Spain. The Roman
Catholic Archbishop of that city, hav-
ing been anxious TO restore the cele-
brated Cathedral Of Our Lady OF the
Pillar, and being short-of funds for
that purposeshit upon the expcdient
of selling by auction ABORTION of the
votive offerings Of the pilgrims to the
cathedral during the past century.
THE THREE R's.-Hc (thc Rev. Row
land Hilr used to like DR.. Ryland's
advice to his young academicians ::
"Mind, no sermon is of any value, or
likely to be, useful, which has not
three RS in it: Ruin By THE FALL;
REDEMPTION BY CHRIST; REGENERA-
TIoA BY THE Holy SPIRIT. OF him.
self he 1.-THE Rev. Mr.. Hill remarked,
"My aim in every sermon is stout
and lustv call TO sinners, to quicken
the saints, and to be made universal
blessing 10 all."--SidRey's Life Of
Rec. ROwland HUI.
The STORY OF A DEowsY ID. D.
The story is told of drowsy D. d.,
who preached in the Disciples
Church, Charlottesville, Va, and has a
\ nice dog. The dog always accom-
panies tie divine to church, and the
other Sunday, in the middle Of the
sermon, the dog got up and yawned
il sympathy with the congregation,
and straightway took his masters hat
to him IN the pulpit. The doctor con-
tinncd his sermon, and the impatient
\ dog produced the old mans cane and
!. placed it beside the hat, with an ap-
pealing wag of the tail. The doctor
took the HUT, and remarked that the
dog was probably right, dismissed the
congregation. .Io. ~
CHINA AND THE GosPEL."- The
Rev. Mr.. Muirnead, IN his :" China ana
the Gospel" says that the English
societies have liinety-three mission
aries in China, the American seventy
eight, and the German and Swiss
! eighteen, making total of one hun
dred and eighty-nine, of whom one
hundred and forty-three are ordained,
twenty-three are laymen, and twenty
: three are females, exclusive of wives
of missionaries.
WHAT HE WOULD TAKE.-Arte-
mus Ward was fond of telegraphing,
and studied it for amusement. He