Work and Education 
Never can the proper education be given to the youth in this country, or any
other country, unless they are separated a wide distance from the cities. The
customs and practices in the cities unfit the minds of the youth for the
entrance of truth. The liquor-drinking, the smoking and gambling, the horse
racing, the theater going, the great importance placed upon holidays,-- are all
a species of idolatry, a sacrifice upon idol altars. If people conscientiously
attend to their lawful business upon the holidays, they are regarded as
mean-spirited and unpatriotic. The Lord cannot be served in this way. Those who
multiply the days for pleasure and amusement are really giving patronage to
liquor-sellers, and are taking from the poor the very means that should
purchase food and clothing for their children, the very means that, used
economically, would soon provide a dwelling place for their families. These
evils we can only touch upon. 

General Hygiene 
The Lord has shown me that Sabbath-keepers as a rule labor too hard, without
allowing themselves change or periods of rest. Recreation is needful to those
who engage in physical labor, and is still more essential for those whose work
is principally mental. It is not essential to our salvation nor for the glory
of God to keep the mind laboring constantly and excessively, even upon
religious themes. There are amusements, such as card-playing, dancing,
theater-going, etc., which we cannot approve, because Heaven condemns them.
They open the door to great evils. By their exciting tendency they produce in
some minds a passion for gambling and dissipation. All such amusements should
be condemned by Christians, and something perfectly harmless should be
substituted in their place. There are modes of recreation which are highly
beneficial to both mind and body. An enlightened, discriminating mind will find
abundant means for entertainment and diversion from sources not only innocent,
but instructive. Recreation in the open air, and the contemplation of the works
of God in nature, will be of the highest benefit. 

An American Reformer 
Many who did not accept his views as to the exact time of the second advent,
were convinced of the certainty and nearness of Christ's coming and their need
of preparation. In some of the large cities his work produced a marked
impression. Liquor-dealers abandoned the traffic, and turned their shops into
meeting-rooms; gambling dens were broken up, infidels, deists, Universalists,
and the most abandoned profligates were reformed--some of whom had not entered
a house of worship of years. Prayer-meetings were established by the various
denominations, in different quarters, at almost every hour, business men
assembling at midday for prayer and praise. There was no extravagant
excitement, but an almost universal solemnity on the minds of the people. His
work, like that of the early reformers, tended rather to convince the
understanding and arouse the conscience than merely to excite the emotions. 

Work and Education 
Never can the proper education be given to the youth in this country, or any
other country, unless they are separated a wide distance from the cities. The
customs and practises in the cities unfit the minds of the youth for the
entrance of truth. The liquor-drinking, the smoking and gambling, the
horse-racing, the theater-going, the great importance placed upon holidays,--
all are a species of idolatry, a sacrifice upon idol altars. If people
conscientiously attend to their lawful business upon the holidays, they are
regarded as mean-spirited and unpatriotic. The Lord cannot be served in this
way. Those who multiply the days for pleasure and amusement are really giving
patronage to liquor-sellers, and are taking from the poor the very means that
should purchase food and clothing for their children, the very means that, used
economically, would soon provide a dwelling-place for their families. These
evils we can only touch upon. 

Notes of Travel. Portland, Me. 
"At some of our meetings since Bro. Miller left, as many as two hundred and
fifty, it has been estimated, have expressed a desire for religion by coming
forward for prayers; and probably between one and two hundred have professed
conversion at our meetings; and now the fire is being kindled through this
whole city and all the adjacent country. A number of rumsellers have turned
their shops into meeting-rooms, and these places that were once devoted to
intemperance and revelry are now devoted to prayer and praise. Others have
abandoned the traffic entirely, and are converted to God. One or two gambling
establishments, I am informed, are entirely broken up. Infidels, deists, and
Universalists have been converted. Prayer-meetings have been established in
every part of the city by the different denominations or by individuals, and at
almost every hour. Being down in the business part of our city on the 4th
inst., I was conducted into a room over one of the banks, where I found about
thirty or forty men, of different denominations, engaged in prayer, with one
accord, at about eleven o'clock in the daytime. 

Speculation in Lands and Mines 
You cannot set aside the light God has sent to shine upon your pathway, and yet
walk in its rays. You are to deal justly, never oppressing your fellow-men. We
must study God's word to find out His way. No one who does this in sincerity
will walk in darkness. Those who are trying to secure means by speculating in
mines or land might better cease this work, and find some steady, honest
business. Those who encourage the thirst for gaining riches by speculation will
extinguish the light God has set for his feet. If he makes money fast, he will
spend it unwisely, and this prodigality will be his ruin. He must continue to
make largely in order to keep up his habit of living. Thus many are drawn into
the gambling hells to gain money fast enough to meet expenses. 

Huss and Jerome 
Upon arriving at Constance, Huss was granted full liberty. To the emperor's
safe-conduct was added a personal assurance of protection by the pope. But, in
violation of these solemn and repeated declarations, the Reformer was in a
short time arrested, by order of the pope and cardinals, and thrust into a
loathsome dungeon. Later he was transferred to a strong castle across the Rhine
and there kept a prisoner. The pope, profiting little by his perfidy, was soon
after committed to the same prison. Ibid., vol. 1, p. 247. He had been proved
before the council to be guilty of the basest crimes, besides murder, simony,
and adultery, "sins not fit to be named." So the council itself declared, and
he was finally deprived of the tiara and thrown into prison. The antipopes also
were deposed, and a new pontiff was chosen

Huss and Jerome 
The pope, however, profiting little by his perfidy, was soon after committed to
the same prison. He had been proved before the council to be guilty of the
basest crimes, besides murder, simony, and adultery, "sins not fit to be
named." So the council itself declared; and he was finally deprived of the
tiara, and thrown into prison. The anti-popes also were deposed, and a new
pontiff was chosen.