"Behold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Rev. 22: 12. 
VOLUME 12. 
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FIFTH-DAY) JULY 29, 1886. 
NUMBER 29. 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, FOR THE 
International Tract and Missionary Society. 
(For terms, etc., see last page.} 
Entered at the Post-Office in Oakland. 
"BY GRACE ARE YE SAV:ED." 
BY A. J. MORTON, 
Is IT by grace that I am saved? 
Will not the world's fierce wrath I've braved, 
The many duties, too, 
Which I have done in Jesus's name, 
Relieve my soul from all its shame, 
And make him count me true? 
Ah no; for all that thou hast done 
Was but thy duty, purchased one, 
And not an act remains 
To gain for thee that wished-for place 
Among the ransomed by his grace; 
Past sin thy soul retains. 
Yes, it is true; whate'er I do, 
Cannot repay the debt I owe 
To Him who died for me. 
It is his precious blood alone, 
Unbounded love and grace unknown, 
Can cause me life to see. 
So when I stand before his throne, 
Triumphant o'er the wiles unknown 
Of right's most deadly foe, 
I'll praise him for the wondrous grace 
Which brought me through the weary race, 
Within this Yale of woe. 
Healdsbu1·g, Cal. 
Christ and the Law. 
BY MRS. E. G. WHITE. 
TrrE law of God is cbn.ngeless. .For this ren.-
son, Christ died, taking upon himself the guilt 
of the transgressor, and making it possible for 
every penitent, repenting sinner to ta.ke bold 
of his strength, and through him to make 
peace with the offended Lavvgiver. 
"Sin is the transgression of the law;" and 
"the wages of sin is death." It was sin that 
brou~ht death into the world. Had there been 
no sin, there would have been no death. Christ 
died as the sinner's substitute, to save him from 
the penalty of his disobedience. Could the law 
of God have been changed or abolished, Ubrist 
need not have died; for death was not neces-
sary in order to abolish the law. The fact that 
God spared not his own sinless, beloved Son 
from the penalty be pledged himself to bear as 
the sinner's substitute, is the most telling argu-
ment that could be produced to show that the 
claims of his law will not be released, even in 
the slightest degree, to save the transgressor. 
So in the death of Christ we have evidence, 
not only of God's love for sinful man, but of 
the changeless character of his law. 
The law 
could not be abolished; one precept could not 
be altered to save the sinner and meet man in 
his fallen condition; but God so loved the world 
that he gave his Son to suffer the penalty of 
its transgression in the sinner's stead. 
It is by grace that the sinner is saved, being 
justified freely by the blood of Christ. But 
Christ did not die to save the sinner in his sins. even to our time in the words: "Think not 
The whole world is coudemned as guilty before thn.t I am come to destroy the law, or the 
God, for they are trn.nsgressors of Lis holy la-vv; prophets; I am not come to destroy: but to 
and they will certainly perish unless they re-fulfill. 
.For verily I say unto you, Till heaven 
pent, turn fi:om their di,sobedience, and tbrongh ttnd earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no 
faith in Christ claim the merits of his preciun:-4 wise pass fi·om the law, till all be fulfilled. 
blood. 
The sin of Adam and Eve lost holy Whosoever therefore shall bren.k one of these 
Eden for themselves and their po::;teritr, and least commandme11ts: and shall teach men so, 
those who continue to live in the transgression be shall be called the least in the kingdom of 
of God's law will never regain the lost pa.radise. Heaven." 
But through the grace of Christ man may 
These are the words of the great Teacher; 
render acceptable obedience, and gain a home but they are often perverted, and made to 
in the beautiful Eden restored. 
mean something altogether different from the 
There are some who do not understand the lesson be designed to give to his disciples, and 
plan of redemption: but make the death of through them to all who should believe on his 
Christ an argument to prove that the law of name. He came to fulfill the dema.nds of the 
God is abolished. 
.M.en who claim to be teach-
law, to mrtgni(y and make it honorable, to 
ers of the people blind the eyes of the igno-show to all that God will not remit the penalty 
ra.nt by blending the moral law with the cere-of its transgre::;sion. 
The Most High will ful-
mooial, and u::;ing the texts which speak of fill his word; it shall not return unto him 
the cercmonin.l law to prove that the moral law void. 
has been abolished. 
'l'bis is a perversion of 
AfLer his resurrection, when Jesus revealed 
the Scriptures. There are two distinct laws himself to the two disciples ·who were on the 
bt·ought to view. 
One is the law of types ancl way to .Emmn.us and to those assembled in 
shn.dowR, which reached to the time of Christ, Jerusalem, be did not point to the mighty 
and ceased when type met antitype in his works which be bad done, to revive their faith 
den.tb. The other is Lhe law of J ebovah, and is in him as the promised Mcssia.b; but be went 
as abiding n.nd chnngeloss as his eternal thl'onc. bn.ck to :Moses and the propuets, and explained 
Arter the crucifixion, it was a denial of Christ tuc scriptures coneerning himself. Holy propb-
for the Jews io continue lo offer thG burnt of-ets bad foretold the manner of hiR birth, the 
ferings ancl sacrifices which were Lypicn.l of uis events of his life, Lis mission, and his death 
dcatl1. It was sn.ying to the world that they and resurrection; and Jesus impressed upon 
looked for a Redeemer to come, and hn.d no his disciples the fact that in his life and death 
faith in Him who bad given his life for the sius these prophecies bad met their fulfillment. 
of the world. Hence the ceremonial law ceased Hope revived in the hearts of the disciples, as 
to be of force at the death of Christ. 
for them the words of the pl'ophcts were 
Tbe gospel of Chri::;t reflects glory upon tbe clot.hcd with new life and power, and they 
Jewish age. lt sheds light upon the whole were ready to accept Jesus of Nazareth as the 
Jewish economy, and gives significance to the Son of God, the long-expected .Messiah. 
ceremonial law. 
The tabernn.cle, or temple, of 
'l'here is no discord between the Old Testa-
God on earth was a pattern of the original in mont and the New. In the Old Testament we 
Heaven. All the ceremonies of the Jewish law find the gospel of a coming Saviour; in the 
~vere prophetic, typical of mysteries in the Now 'l'estament we have the gospel of a Sav-
pln.n of redemp"tiou. 
'l'be rites and ceremonies iour reven.led as the prophecies bad foretold. 
of the law were given by Christ himself, who, While the Old 'festamcnt is constantly pointing 
enshrouded in a pillar of cloud by day and a forward to the true offering, the New 'festa-
pilln,r of fire by night, was the leader of the ment shov.rs that the Saviour prefigured by the 
hosts of Israel; and this law should be treated typical offerings bas come. 
'l'be dim glory of 
'vVith great respect, for it is sacred. 
Even after the J ewisb age bas been succeeded by the 
it was no longer to be observed, Paul pre-
brighter, clearer glory of the Christian age. 
sented it before the Jews in its true position But not once bas Christ stated: that his com-
and value, showing its place in the pl!tn of re-ing destroyed the claims of God's law. 
On 
demption a.nd its relation to the work of Christ; the contrary, in the very last message to his 
and the great apostle pronounces this law glo-church, by way of Patmos, be pronounces a 
rious, worthy of its divi11c Origiuator. Tbat benediction upon those who keep his Father's 
wbteh was to be done away was glorious, but law: "Blessed are they that do his command-
it was not the law instituted by G-od for the ments, that they mn.y have right to the tree of 
government of his family in Heaven and on life, and may enter in through the gates into 
earth; for as long as the Leavens shall remain, the eity." 
so long shall the law of the .Lord endure. 
'rbe world is full of evidences of the great-
Christ came to teach men the way of salva-ness, majesty, and benevolence of God; but 
tion; and we might expeut thn.t when the tbe strongest evidence of his love for fallen 
shadowy service was no longer of any value, if man is contained in the gift of his Son, who 
the law of ten commandments were no longer took the nature of man, descended to the office 
binding, be would declare its abrogation. If of a servant, tasted 
lif~'s bitterest pain, and 
the Old-'festament Scriptures were no longer even died a terrible and ignominious death, 
to be regarded as a guide for ChrisLians, be that through him we might be restored to obe-
would make known the fact. 
But this was dience and the favor of G-od, and gain eternal 
not the work of Him who came to seek and to life. Christ, as our exemplar, kept his Father's 
save that which was lost. In his memorable l!tw. As he overcame, so may we. And ho has 
sermon on the mount, in which be announced promised: "To him that overcometb will l 
to his followers the object of his miRsiou, be grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I 
expressly declared the perpetuity of the moral also overeame, and am set down with my 
law 
His solemn warnings to the neglecters Father in his throne." 
and despisers of the law of God, ecbu down 
Basel, Switze1·land. 
450 [ 21 
']-,I-IE SIGNS OF TI-IE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
The Law of the Sabbath. 
THERE is now a very enrnest effort be~ng 
made by Advent.iRts and SGventh-dny Jhpt~s_ts 
to bring about a return to Sab.bnt.h-keepmg 
nccordincr to tho law. If I have understood 
them co1~·,}ctly, their positions are as follo~vs:-. 
1. The Sabbath was given at tho creatiOn of 
the world. 
. 2. It was given to all men, and was to be ob-
served dnring all time. 
3. It was to be obfwrved on the seventh day 
of tho week. 
4. The law of which it. was a part has never 
been done away. 
. 
. 
. 
Now, beyond all question, 1f their theory 1s 
rio·ht their prncLi<:e cannot be wrong. 
I un-
. d~~·st~nd the religious world genemlly to agree 
with their views concerning the giving of that 
law as to form, 1imc, and extent. Indeed, 1 
am ~ot aware that either of the four positionR 
taken by SabbatarianR is dis::~en ted from ?Y tho 
avcr:we relio·ious teacher of to-day. 
Still, the 
prncti~e is v~ry dit~tinct. 
The whole religious 
world, aside from the pnrties already named, 
keep the first dn.y of the week instead of tho 
seventh, which was required to be observed 
by the Jaw. 
Hero is a manifcBt inconsistency, and no mall 
can deny it. If God required_ us to keep tl~e 
Rcvcnth day of the week, keepmg the first w!ll 
not be obeying that command. And it i£ vain 
to talk of keeping the Rpirit of a law when we 
deliberately violn.te its letter. It is impossible 
to be religiously right and scripturally wrong 
at the Ramo time. lf God commanded all men 
to l<ccp th~ seventh day of the week, ~md hns 
never chnno·ed or removed that law, then we 
must eithcrl<:eep tho sovent.h day or violate the 
commandment of God. 
'rhis is so self-evident 
that to elaborate ot· repeat it would indiuate a 
want of confidenec in my readers. 
Some have been board 1o sn.y, however, that 
the Sabbath has been changed f1·om the seventh 
to the first day of the week. 
Bnt the Bible 
does not know anything of any such a chango. 
No inspired man ever called the first day of the 
week the Sabbath. It was centnries aftct· the 
last apostle was dead before men began to 
speak of keeping the Sabbath by observing 
the first day. 
It will be said, however, that the Sabbath, 
as required of the Israelite, could not be ob-
served in cold elimntoH, and hence the rigor of 
the law must nccosRarily have been somewh~tt 
abated. But if any snch necessity has existed, 
He who gave the law bas surely known it qnito 
as well as any of his creatures, and has tbet·e-
fore, somewhere in his word, removed the 
Reverities of the law, or be has not inte11ded it 
to be regarded in these cold climates. But if 
it was not inten-ded for those northern coun-
tries, then it was not moa11t to be universal. 
Hence all that may be legitimately argued from 
the fact of a needed change in the severities of 
tho fourth commnncl, is that it wns not intended 
for persons li\u00b7ing in cold climates. No one can 
change a law in any feature, except be wbo 
gave it. 
And if God hnd made any such a 
change, such amending enactment could be 
found somewhere in the Bible. 
But as no such 
enactment can be found, the law remains as it 
was. 
I have heard a peculiar argument against 
the Sabbath to the effect that all men cannot 
observe tho Sabbnth at the same time; that 
when it is daylight on 011e side of the globe, iL 
is night on the other. 
Hence, while one-half' 
of the world are keeping the Sabbath, tho other 
part will be busily at work. 
1'hey illn:;;tmte 
by starting two men around the world from the 
;;ame plf~ce, but in opposite dirnctions. 
With 
)De the days get shorter, and with the other 
~hoy grow longer, so that the man going east 
has gained a day on his neighbor, at their next 
meeting; hen<:e one wiU be keepin,g one day fm· 
:hbbatu, and the other will be keupi ng tL · 
poncment. 
He can swal~ow the wafer with the 
Papist, receive the cup wtth_} he. Pr?tostan t, and 
thrust. the Wostmi nstor Co11fess10n and the 
.Methodist Discipline into the same pocket. 
You can never find Liberalism at home, or, 
rather, "he is never at homo bnt when from 
home." He snils all waters under all colors; he 
exhibits the paper$ of all nations; but he haiiR 
ft·cm no port; he charters to no eonntry;_ a.~d 
therefore we strongly sm;pect that he Is, m 
reality, a pirate.-G. G. Goolcrnan. 
John Buuyan. 
next. And some ingenions person ba.R n:ade ~ 
rec·koning, showing clearly on?ngh, to h1mself, 
that we are really now keop1ng the seventh, 
not the first dav. 
All this seems to me very 
mnch like sunendering the qncf:'tion. 
'rhese 
men say-without intending it-that the Sab-
bath-keepers are ri,e;ht in their demands, and. 
that it is necessary for us to find Rome way of 
excusing ourselves. · 'Vhatcver rlifficulti_es there 
may be fonnd in keeping tho Sabbnth mother 
countries or under other ci I'(' II mst nnces than 
could be found in Palestine at the time it was 
intended for the Israelites, may show that it 
was not given to other peoples, but en~ have 
no effect to provo that tl1e law hns m any 
Bu:'l'YAN was the opposite of a mystic. His 
Hcns~t changed. 
common senRe in his sermons of advice is ex-. 
Agai.n, it is argued that Jesns taught the traordinarily close-packed and hard, and exhib-
Rnpcriority, not only of man, but also of tbe its acute observation of the ways of human 
be:u-;t, to tho strict demnndR of! be Sabbath. It nature in practical life. 
He wrote once what 
is claimed that JcsnR violated this law when was almost a novel, a history of one Mr. Bud-
oecnsion required, and juHtified himself in doing man, which is probably truer to contemp?rm:y 
so on the oTound that human vvant was of more life than the n.dventnrcs of Jonathan W1ld m 
importanc~ than the letter of the _law .. But no the next century. If he did not weaken his 
man has yet boon able to find a stngle lllStanco eyesight over books, be sharpened it on men 
in which Jesus violated an)· declaration of the and women. 
All his volumes abou11d with an-
law <.tiven by Moses. 
He eould not do so after ocdote; and incidents which he bad evidently 
the ~atemcnt we find in Matt. 5:17-19:-
seen in the towu streets or by the road-side, 
"Think not that I am eome to destroy the :wd ,vith phrases and proverbial sayings close 
law or the prophets; 1 am not come to destroy, to the soil. 
bnt to fulfill. 
.For verily l Kay unto you, 'l'ill 
Not the h'ast agreeable of the sign~ of this 
heaven aud earth pasR, one jot or one tiLt.le realism, this sight for the bare fact m sense 
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be alone, are those descriptions of the country! of 
fnltilled. 
WhoBoever therefore shall break one the bin!s, and flowers, and fields, and the sun-
of these least commandments, and ~ball teach pie chccrfnlncss of them to the country,-bor11 
men so, J1e shall be cnllod the least in tbo king-
boy, wh,ch strew his pages from cover to cover. 
dom of Heaven-
but who:->oevor Khall do and So when he came to write his great book, be 
teaeh them, tbe 'same shall be called great in 
1nnited in a perfectly natural way, and without 
tho kingdom of Heaven." 
I l'orethonght, tho reality of a jonmcy on earth 
No 01:1e could be the author of that language with that of the search for Heaven. 
and then violate the Jaw himself ~itho.ut f?ro::;s 
The sncecss ":ith whi?b, in a litem1:,y w~rk, 
inconsistency, such as would unfit btm tor a truth is fuRed wttb fact, IS a measure 9t gemus. 
public teacher. 
. 
. 
Lt is, perhaps, ~norc striking in ~his. cn.so be-
Christ neither VIOla.tcd tbe law nor Winked at enuRe the work 1s n.n allegory, wbwh 1s usually 
8uch conduct on the part of any.one else. No so drearily pale a kind of composition. 
Tile 
case has yet been reported, and no such teach-characters t~nd action of the "Pilgrirn'& Prog-
ino· can be found as coming from him. 
ress," on the contrary, are a transcript of Jit'e, 
Snbbatarians are claiming, and with some so vivid that it cannot went· ont. It is not 
show of reason, that a large majority of the more realistic, however, than other portions of 
Protestant clergy believe just as they do re-1 Bunyan's voluminou~ writings, 1n which one 
specting the sanctity of the_ Sabb;lth, and that, may get an idea of English provincial_ chnrac-
it' their popularity and salartes wot·e n_ot ondan-
tor of high historical v:Liue_and human Jnterest. 
gored, they would ad\u00b7ocate the koepmg of the 
Bunyan's memory 1s Singularly agre~able. 
seventh day juflt as they do. They conclude this Personally he was free from the defects or as-
from their adrnissio11S, as before stated, which snmption, dogmatism, and spiritual pride which 
legitimately bind thorn to the lnw of the Sab-entered largely into the religions C'hnrnctcr of 
bath. 
1
1hoy further claim, too, that the devo-his epoch, and his sensitive conscience seems to 
tion of tho Christian world to the first day or have kept him bumble after be had won a name. 
the week, is a superstition which has 110 higher The t\VO great elements of his work, the homely: 
origi11 than the ~diet of a bea~hen king. 
. 
. quality ai1d the Christirtn qunli~y, ~ere deep-
Now to my mmd the questiOn resolves Itself seated in his nature, and gave h1m charm. In 
into this: Are we now unde.r the law of _which an age of sectaries he was n_ot a nan:ow bigot, 
the Sabbath was a part. 01' IS the Sabbath now and did not stickle for mennmgless thmgs; and 
binding on Christians? 
}i,or it is certain, if we in a time of political strif'e growing out of relig-
are to keep the Sabbath, then we are bound to ious differences, and thongh himself a sufferer 
observe the seventh day of the week.-.Elde1· by twelve yean;' imprisonmout in early man-
D. R. Dungan, Disciple. 
·bood he did not confuf'lc Heaven with any fan-
tast.i~ monnrchy or commonwenltb of Christ in 
London. nor show any rancor or revengeful 
spirit as a subject. 
Tho life of the man who 
could evolve such a story must have been vet-y 
simply typieal of the Christian life itself'.-
Evening Post. 
Liberalism Person.Hied. 
IT was annonnced some years ago that old 
Bigotry was dead and fairly buried. 
I am 
sorry to be under the necessity of infonning 
this audience that it hns been discovered ot' late 
that he left behind him an only child, a prodigal 
son, who bas arriverl at man's estate. 
This son 
is known l>y the name of Liberalism. 
Young 
Liberalism is the very antipodes of his old 
f'nthcr. He is handsome, polite, insinuating, 
and, although somewbnt ~:~nperficial, possesses 
that polish and tact which impose upon general 
obBcrvers. He speaks all languages, subscribes 
to all creeds, holds a levee with all sects and 
partic8, is friendly with everybody, but stands 
ident i tied with nobody. 
He professes to abhor 
n1l i!.!ions co11 trovcrsy, and disposes of all doc-
Lri11:d que,'lions by a motion of indefinite post-
SATAN's first effort at the destruction of tho 
Cbri:::;tian church was bv the fires of pcr::~ecu-_ 
tion · be has sit1ce learnti'd Lhat his purpose can 
be n~ore effectually consummated by putting on 
a sanctimonious air and joining the church, and 
then seeking to popularize the church with tho 
world, and thus effect the union of tho two.-
Methodist Recorder. 
WHATEVER is affected by sin can and rnay be 
saved by grace f1·om that sad efft~ct; '''hate\Ter 
has been e'ffected by Satan can be de~::!Lroyed by 
Uhrist.-Sel. 
JuLY 29, 1886. 
THE BIG NS OF THE TIMES. 
[S] 451 
Concerning Adoption. 
THE word adoption is used only five times in 
the Bible, and these are confined to the New 
Testament. But the idea of adoption wns not 
a new one at the time of its being verbally ex-
pressed in definite phraseology in 
apostoli~..: 
times. 
Tbronghout the olJ dispensation, the 
idea and princi plo mny be more or less dis-
tinctly trnced. But, like some other truths, it 
was brought out into mnrked prominence in 
N ew-~restamen t revelatio11; and at the pres-
ent time it deserves far greater consideration 
than it receives at the hnuds of many who take 
superficial views of the plnn of :'lalvn.tion. 
A 
certnin class of people, who allow their fevered 
imaginations to picture distorted representa-
tions of the fnthcrhood of God, quite overlook 
the fundame11tal truth, that, by reason of nat-
ural depravity and actual sin, all men are rc-
gat·ded by both God's Jaw and gospel as being 
alienated from Uod; and hence Lbot·e does not 
exist, nattually, any true and spiriLual rehttion-
ship between God and the unpardoned sons of 
men. 
The fact and doctrine of adoption take this 
for geanted. It is an axiomatic truth, that, if 
there existed nntun-tlly and vitally such a rela-
tionship between God and men as to constitute 
a veritable fatherhood nnd sonsbip, the idea of 
adoption would be an absurdit.y. 
Men do not 
adopt into their families tbeir own children. 
No legal enactment not· grncious act is required 
to establis!1 a true relationship beL,Yeen a 
bnnun:). fnther and his children. 
H is only 
when a man determines to take a child who is 
not his own, either natumlly or legally, nnd 
make him his own by a sovereign a0t alld 
O'l'acions favor, and in harmony with the la.w of 
his government, that the idea and fact ofadop-
tion appear. 
All of God's true children are adopted chil-
dren. 
And it wn.s neces'3ary that Christ should 
come into this world and die, in order that t.he 
children of the devil might receive the adoption 
of the sons of God. 
Hence Paul says: "God 
sent forth his. Son, made of a woman, made 
under tbe law, to redeem them that were under 
tqe law, that we might receive the adoption of 
sons." And then, having become sons by a 
truRtful fctitb in Christ, the Spirit of Christ enn-
bles such ones to cry, "11'athet·." 
So Paul 
de0lares: ''Because ye nre sons, God hath scr.t 
forth the Spirit of his Son into our heart~, 
crying, Abbn, Father. 
So thon nrt no longer a 
bondservnnt, but a son." 
Wi Lhout adoption, no 
one can be an heit· of God.-Watchman. 
Repose. 
'raE men of power and inflnence are those 
who nre composed. 
Fretters do not command 
our respect. 
'rhose \Vho are so 
uuea~:;y that 
they never come to a posiLion of rest, are not 
the ones to whom we can tie and feel secure. 
Those whose counsel and judgment we honor 
are the men of' serene nature and cn.lm bearing. 
Those who mid the turmoil and strife of this 
world quietly repose in God, are the men of 
powct·. 
Repose docs not mean inaction, but a 
condition of mind that sustains mental equi-
poise, no matter what duties, n.nd cares, and 
perplexitie8 may press the soul. 
Jesus was a 
perfect example, nnd his conduct ever exempli-
fied the working of a power sustained by calm 
repose. 
See him at the maniage feast, at the 
grave of Lazarus, in Gethsemane, in the judg-
ment ball, and finally on the cross. 
What self-
possession was ever manife&t! 
This true Chris-
tian repose i~ the sLrongest expression of faith 
in onr heavenly .Father, and loving COilfidence 
in his promises. 
There nrc many poor, tempest-tossed souls 
who would find svveet comfort in this re-
pose if they vvould only c.tst their burdens on 
the Lord, and retlt in Lim. 
].;ct that perplcxccL 
over-anxious, care-worn, vveary, uervous 011e 
sit down patiently n.nd 1 nke a little Flweet re-
pose. It will do her good. 
A 11d let the ~en 
who have heavy burden!'! to cal'l'y, under whwb 
they sometimes chafe and fret: seek u. condition 
of repose. It will add to their power in the 
world, and mnke them stronger to ben.r bm·dens 
for God. It is worry, not work, that kills. 
.M:nnv a sick one wonld recovet· if he wonld 
lenrr~ to rest in God. 
How can God grant any 
of us blessings when e do not mnnil'est confi-
dence in hi~? "Rest in the Lord, and wait 
patiently for Lim;" "trust n.Iso in him, nnd he 
shall bring it to pass." 
More power will be 
manifest in the church of ChriBt 'vhen n.ll hn,·e 
len.med the lesson of repo~e. 
"Retltrn unto thy 
rest, 0 my soul; fur the I.;ord hnth dealt boun-
tifully wiLh thee." 
G. D. BALLOU. 
JESUS PLI-cAD;:;:_, Ii'OR Mil~. 
BY FRANK HOPE. 
CoME, let me for a moment pause, 
And try by faith to see 
Into the holy place above, 
Where Jesus pleads for me. 
Ah ! there before the throne of God, 
Upon the crystal sea, 
Before the mighty cherubim, 
There Jesus pleads for me. 
How piteously he lifts his hands, 
All broken by the tree ! 
How meekly now he bends his head, 
And softly pleads for me! 
How often when in sin I sink, 
And struggle to be free, 
With tender love, within the vail, 
Still Jesus pleads for me. 
His tender love with love I'll pay, 
Anci to him bend the knee, 
And tell to all. in Mercy's name, 
How Jesus pleads for me. 
Oakland, Cal., July 12, 1886. 
An Unselfish Religion. 
INFIDEL critics have discovered thn.t the 
Christian faith is essentially selfish. "It \Vraps 
men up in their individual desires nncl hopes, and 
makes personnl future felicity the sole aim of 
life." 
The ground for this statement is the ad-
mitted fact tbat Christianity requires men to 
seek their own salvation, to look first and well 
to their own characters and lives, nnd promises 
them reward for so doing. 
Seeking one's own 
spiritnnl safety cannot be selfish, since t be ele-
ment of injnry to others is not involved. 
It is 
bnrely possible that some mny seek their own 
salvation in wn.ys that injure others; but thei1· 
obvious nntngonism to the whole tm1or of Chris-
tian teaching should certaini.r exempt it from 
blame for theit· course. It com1nn.nds us to la-
bor for, help, love, sympn.thize with, suffer for, 
and save en.eh other. No other book teaches 
self-sncrifice for others so abundantly a1.d im-
pressively as the Bible. 
If anything more were needed to show the 
snpt·cme absurdity of the accusation that the 
Ch1·istian religion is selfi:;;h, it is that we are 
tanght that we can only be saved ourselves by 
laboring to save others, n.nd that wo n.re saved 
ft·om sin 01ily in proportion as we n.re saved 
itual lennness and apostasy are sure to result 
from disoberlience to this law. 
In othet· words, 
he thn,t endenvors to be a selfish C!Jristian 
ceases to be a Christian. 
Thus all the manifold miniBtrntions of the 
Spirit to believers are intended to be a bless-
ing to others. Not one is to be selfishly appro-
priated by or limited to the individnnl recipie11t . 
Paul ten.ches thn.t divine comfort jn sorrow is 
given tbn.t we may comfort others: 
"Blessed be 
tbe God of all comfort, who comforteth us in 
all om· tribulations, that vve may be n.ble to com-
fort them which arc in any trouble by the com-
fort wherewith we oursel vcs are comfort.cd of 
God" .No mn.n can consciouslv receive comfort 
fro~ God withont perceiving "Lbnt it is meant 
fot· others as well as himself. 
If he is not sure 
that any mercy comes to him from God, if the 
recovery of his heal tb, or the saving of his 
fortune seems to him to be merely a piece of 
good luck, then he mny be men.nly and miser-
ably selfish about it. If he recogni;r,es God as 
the giver of his blessings, be will sec thnt tb~y 
are too gren.t for him to keep to himself, nnd 
thnt they mnst be mennt for a circle wider 
than his liLLie life. 
The joy of his divine com-
fort will overflow him and bleqs others. 
There is no Christinn c:x.cellence n.Ltainnble 
except by devotion to the ·welfare of men. 
Christian perfecLion is not a negative .~race. 
It is not mere! y freedom from low tcmptation.s. 
It is postive, aggressive, self-forgetful, selt~snc­
rificing devotion to the welfare of our fellow-
men; a constant, joyful effort, inspired and 
sustained by the in-dwelling, constraining love 
of Christ to make our lives a blessing to hu-
manity. Puillips Brooks says: "No rnnn has 
come to true grcntncss who bas not felt in 
some degree that his life belongs to his race, 
and that what God gives him, be gives him 
for mankind. The truLh is, we are at our best 
when we try to be it not i(n· ourselves alone, 
but for our brethren; nnd that we take God's 
gifts most completely for ourselves, when we. 
renlize that he sends them to us for the bene-
fit of other men."-N. W. Clwistian Advocate. 
Be Not Discouraged. 
WE are too much disposed to be discouraged 
in Christian work unless we see the immediate 
results of our labors. This we cannot reason-
ably expect. It is not in accordance with God's 
method of working. 
While t.here are excep-
tiont:l, which must be admiLted, great and im-
portnnt results are usually bronght about by 
slow and gradual processes. 
'l'hiR is so in the 
natural world, nnd it is also so in the m1wal 
world. 
The progt·ess of truth is compared by 
Christ to leaven, which gradually and imper-
ceptibly extends its inflnellce u11Lil it penncales 
the whole mass. It is for us to do our duty 
and trust in t.be Lord for resnlts, assured that 
our labor sb:1.ll not be in vain in the .Lord. 
Dr. Judson, n.fter years of apparently fruit-
less toil in Burmah, was asked ·what was the 
prospect, to which he replied, "As sure as 
the promises of God." 
That is t.be spirit. 
We . 
must walk by faith: and not by sigbt.-Sel. 
from selfishness. 
One object of our conversion 
A BAPTIST paper snys: "In these days, when 
is that we may be fitted to win men to Christ. smooth words conceming Romanism are so 
We are blessed that we mny be a blessing to often utLered, it may be profitnble to read some 
others. ''Freely ye have received, feeely give." choice sentences from a book by one of the 
The converted soul becomes a blessing by the I Canadian Jesnits, a book, too, whic~h has rc-
power of his ex.n.mpl.e. 
He is n. 
~iving witness. c~ived the highest comm~ndaLion of the Rom ish 
of the power of Christ. 
Hnppy m the love of I b1shop of Montreal: 'lt IS cnstomary to regnrd 
God and in assurance of pardon, the Christian's Protestantism as n religion which hns its rights. 
strongest impulse is to lend others to the same I This is an error. 
ProtesLantism is not a re-
experience. He can retnin the experience that ligion; it bas not a single right. It possesseR 
enriches hit) life only by making it a blessing the force of seduction. 
It is a rebellion in 
to others. 
'J1he law of l1is spieitual life is that triumph; it is nn error which flatters human 
be shall rer.eive grace to us.e for God's glory, nnture. 
Brror can h:Lve no rights.' 'l'hat bas 
and shall be miniRtet·ed u11to by the didne always been Lhc doctrine of the Church of 
Spirit rmly n.s he miniRters to others. "He Rome. 
When she is weak, however, she is 
that watereLh shall be watered himself." 
Spir-'tolerant.' "-Converted Catlwlic. 
452 
141 
THE BIG NS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
Establishment of the Vandals in Africa. 
(Concluded.) 
"BY the skill of Boniface, and perhaps by 
the ignorance of the Vandals, the siege of 
Hippo was protracted above. fourteen months 
[A. D. 431]; the sea was contmually open; and 
when the adjacent country h~d been exhausted 
by irregular rapine, the besieger~ th~mse~v~s 
were compelled by famine to relinqUish tbe1r 
enterprise. The importance and 
dang~r of 
Africa were deeply felt by the regent of the 
West. 
Placidia implored the assistance of her 
Eastern ally; and the Itn.lian fleet ~nd a~my 
were re-enforced by Asper, who sa1led from 
Constantinople with a powerful 
ar~1amcn t. 
As soon as the force of the two empn·cs was 
united under the command of Boiiifaee, he 
boldly marched against th~ Vandals; ~tnd the 
loss of a second battle itTetnevably deCided the 
fate of Africa. He embarked with tbe pl'ecip-
itation of despair; and the people of Hippo 
were permitted, with their families an~ effects, 
to occupy the vacant place of th~ Roldicr~, the 
greatest part of whom were etther slam or 
made prisoners by the Vandals. The co.unt, 
whose fatal credu1ity bad wounded the VItals 
of the republic, might ~nter the. palace of Ra-
venna with some anxiety, whiCh was soon 
removed by the smiles of Placidin. .. l3on!f~ce 
accepted with gr·atitude the rank of patri~I:Ln 
and the dignity of master-general of the Ro-
man armies; but he must have bl ushcd at tbc 
sight of those medals in whic? he was .repre-
sented with the name and attribntes ot VICtory. 
1: The discovery of his ft·aud, the displcaRnre 
of the empress, and the distinguished favor ?f 
his rival, exasperated the b~a~gbty and pel:~dl­
ous soul of Mtius. He bastdy returned trom 
Gaul to Italy, with a retinue, or rttthcr with 
an army, of bal'barian followers; and such was 
tbe weakness of the govemmcnt thn,t the two 
CTenemls decided their privn.te qnnncl in a 
bloody battle. Bonif:~ce wai3 successful; but he 
received in the conflwt a mortal wound fl'om 
the spear of his adversa1·y, of which he ex-
pired [A. D. 433] w.ithin a fe~ days, in such 
Christian and charitable Rent1ments that he 
exhorted his wife, a rich heiress of Spain, to 
accept JEtius for 
h~r secon.d hus?and. But 
.Attius could not dcrJvc any Immediate advan-
tage from the genCl'OSity Of his dyinf? cr:-emy. 
He was procln,imcd a. rebel by tbe JUStwe of 
.Placidin; and though be ::tttcmpted to def'cnd 
some strong fortresf\es el'ected on his patrimo-
nial estnte, the Imperial power soon compelled 
him to retire into Pannonia, to the tents of 
his faithful Huns. 
The republic was deprived, 
by their mutual discoed, of the service of her 
two most illustrious champions. 
"It might naturn.lly be expected, after the 
retreat of Boniface, that the Vandals would 
achieve, without resistance or delay, the con-
quest of Afl'ica. 
Eight years [A. D. 431-439] 
however, elapsed, from the evacuation of Hippo 
to the reduction of Carthage. In the mtdst 
of that interval, the ambitious Genseric, in the 
full tide of apparent prosperity, negotiated a 
treaty of peace, by which he gave his son 
Hunneric for a hostage; and consented to leave 
the Western empet·ot· in the undisturbed pos-
session of the three Mauritanias. 
'fbis mod-
eration, which cannot be imputed to the justice, 
must be ascribed to the policy, of the conqueror. 
His throne was encompassed with domestic 
enemies who accused the baseness of his bieth, 
and ass~rted the legitimate claims of his neph-
ews the sons of Gonderic. 
Those nephews, 
·ind~ed he sacrificed to his safety; and their 
mothe~ the widow of the deceased king, was 
precipitated, by his order, into the river Amp-
saga. But the public discontent .bur~t forth 
in dangerous and fl'equent consptrames; and 
the warlike tyrant is supposed to have shed 
more Vandal blood by the hand of the execu-
tioner than in the field of battle. 
"The convulsions of Afeica, which had fa-
vored his attack, opposed the fi.rm 
esta.b~ish­
ment of his power; and the vanous s~ditJOns 
of the Moot·s and Germans, the Donatists and 
Catholics, continually disturbed or threatened 
the unsettled reign of the conqueror. As he 
advanced towards Carthage, he was forced to 
withdraw his troops from the western prov-
inces· the sea-coast was exposed to the naval 
enterrn·ises of the Romans of Spain and .Italy; 
and in the heart of Numidia, the strong mland 
city' of Cot·ta still pe.rsiste~ in obstinate inde-
pendence. 
These ddficulttes were gradually 
subdued by the spirit, the perseverance, and 
the cl'uelty of Genseric, who alternately ap-
plied the arts of peace and war to the estab-
lishment of his Aft·ic.:an kingdom. He sub-
scribed a solemn treaty, with the hope .of 
deriving some advantage from th? ter~n of. Its 
continuance and the moment of 1ts vwlatwn. 
rrhe vigilance of his .enemi~s wa~ relaxed by 
the protestations of frtendsbtp whiCh concealed 
his hostile approach; and Carthage was at 
length surpl'isud [A. D. 439, Oct. 9] by the Van-
dals, five hundred and eighty-five years after 
the destruc.:tion of the city and republic by the 
younger Scipio. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
"A new city had ar1sen from Its rums, w1th 
tho title of a colony; and though Cn.rthnge 
might yielsf to the royal prerogatives of Con-
sLantinople, and pol'haps to the ~rade of Ale~­
andria, ot· the splendor of Antwcb, she st1ll 
maintained the second rank in the West as the 
Rome (if vve may use the style of contempora-
ries) of the African world. 
Th~t wealtuy and 
opulent metropolis displayed, ~n .a dcpcnde!It 
condition, the image of a flounshmg rcpub!Jc. 
CuLha(Te 
contained tbe manufactul'es, the 
arms, ~nd the treasures of ~b.e six provinces. 
A reCTular subordination of CIVIl honors gmdu-
ally bascendcd from the r:·ocurators o.f the 
streets and quarters of the CJty to ~be tribn.nal 
of the supreme mngisti·n.tc, who, w1tb tb? i1.tle 
of proconsul, represented the stn.te and dtgnity 
of a consul of ancient Rome. 
Schools and 
gymnasia were insti tu Led for t.be education of 
the African vonth · and the ltbcral arts and 
manners, grri'rnma;, rhetoric, and philosophy, 
were publicly taught in the Greek and Latll1 
lanO'uao·es. 
The buildings of Carthage were 
b 
b 
'fi 
l d 
uniform and magnt cent; a s 1a ..V grove was 
planted in the midst of. the cap1tal; the new 
po1·t,, a secure and capa~Iou~ harbor, wa.s. sub-
set·vient to the commerCial mdustl'y of Citizens 
and stranp;cl's; and the splen~i~ games of t~e 
circus and theater were exhibited almost 111 
the presence of ~he bn.rbaria~s. 
. . 
1' 'rhe reputation of the Uarthagm1ans was 
not equal to that of tbei:· country, and t~e 
reproach of Punic faith st11l adhered to .thetr 
subtle and faithless character. The habtts of 
trade and the abuse of luxury had corrupted 
their manners; but their impious contempt of 
monks and the shameless practice of unnatural 
lusts ~re the two abominations which excite 
the {)ious vehemence of Salvian, the preac.:her 
of the age. The king of the Vandals severely 
reformed the vices of a voluptuous people; 
and the ancient, noble, ingenuous freedom of 
Cartharre (these expressions of Victor are not 
without energy) was reduced by Genseric to 
a state of ignominious servitude. 
After. he 
bad permitted his li?entious. tro.ops to sattate 
their rage and avance, he mstttuted a more 
regular system of rapine ~nd opp~ession. An 
edict was promulgated whwh enJome.d all pe:-
sons without fraud or delay, to dehver their 
gold: silver, jewels, and valuable furniture or 
apparel to the royal o~cers;. and t~e attempt 
to l'!em·ete any part of their patnmony was 
inexorably punished with death and torture, 
as an act of treason against the State. The 
lands of the proconsular province, which formed 
the immediate district of Cal'tbage, were ac-
cul'ntely measured, and divided among tb.e 
barbarians; and the conqueror reserved for h1s 
peculiar domain the fertile territory of Byza-
cium and the adjacent parts of Numidia and 
Getulin."-Dec. and Fall, chap. 33, par·. 11-13. 
Thlls the kinrrdom of the Vandals was 
permanently :fi.xcdin Afric.:a, where it remained 
as lono· as it was a kinO'dom at all, and as long 
b 
::-:. 
as the Vandals were a nation. 
J. 
"Flames of Fnn and Frolic." 
SucH is the bending of a large poster adver-
tising the Fourth of July cdebration at Cen-
tralia, Illinois. ln the programme of sports 
and games are advertised, two horse r~ces and 
a mule race four foot races, one of whiCh wns 
to be run by colored boys on their .bands and 
feet; and a furniture set was to be gtven to the 
couple who would come on the speaker's stand 
and get married; a base bttll match and a m~ck 
battle between Indians and cow-boys; which 
latter was to repl'csent sensational scenes of 
the wild West. 
At the bottom of the poster 
it said, "For further particulars, see small bills." 
"Rev."--was advertised to deliver the ora-
tion. 
· 
We had always been taught that the Fourth 
of July was cel~bl'nted to keep alive the mem-
ory of the Declaration of Independence. 
~ut 
bow such a programme as the above c.onlcl m-
spil'e patriotism in the risin~ gcnera~wn, a.nd 
cause tbeie hearts to swell wtth emotions ktn-
drod to those that wore in the Lcarts of the 
founders of our Govel'nmcnt, we are uimbie to 
tell. 
How can tbel'e be any fitting similn.rity 
between Lorsc and mule 
racing, base 
ball 
rnalches "fttn and frolic," and the seriouflly 
importa~t ·work of signillg the ~cclara.~ion of 
Independence? Instead of show1 ng thc1.r. pat-
rioti!:lm by sllch pcd'ormances, our Citizens 
show more plainly that they have lost m.uc.:h 
of the tl'ue patriotic spirit, and tHe 
rap~dly 
degrading onr memorial of independence mto 
a day of ridiculous revelry. . 
. 
But the most Rignifie::tnt polllt IS, that a man 
who prefixes "R'cv." ~o hi's name 
wil~ allow 
himself to be advertised as Ol'a,tor m 
the 
midst of a progmm~e of such ",f'!ln an.d fl'olic." 
From the conversatiOn I have nad w1Lb those 
who were on the grounds, I learn t~at .cln:rc? 
members, worldii1gs, and all were Jndtscrtml-
nately reprcsen ted as the eager spectators of the 
excitJIJO' SC(;tlCS. In the :firt)t bor~e race one of 
the ho~ses flew the track, dat)bcd 
into the 
cro'vvd, and severely injured scvcml. persons. As 
soon as these wounded wore hastily cared for, 
another race was run, and at the same place 
where the other accident happened anoLbee 
hol'se ran from the track into the crowd, this 
time killinO' a mnn almost im<tantly and also 
badly crip1~in(1' a number of others. 
After the 
dead and wo~nded were carried out of the 
way, they were all ready for the third race, 
when the pl'esident of the day stopped them 
and would not allow them to run any more. 
How can those who profess to be followers of 
Christ, engage in such 
scen~s? Paul teaches 
us in 2 Tim. 3 : 1-5, that, m the last days, 
men "havinO' a form or godliness" will be 
" lovers of pYeasures more than lovers of God." 
The great lines of prophecy all tell us that we 
are in the last days. 
And here, sure enough, 
we find that Paul's prediction is being literally 
fulfilled. 
For the above is only a t)ample of 
the manner in vvbich "Christians" are being 
lost sight of in the world, as they are both to-
gether wildly seeking after plea ure. 
M..av the r.~ord help us to escape from the 
whirlpool of "fun and frolic" into which 
Satan is tryincr in these last days, to drag not 
only the world: but also the professed ch-urch. 
A. 0. TAIT. 
1: How AMIABLE are thy tabernacles, 0 Lord 
of hosts! 
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth 
for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my 
flesh crieth out for the living God." Ps. 84: 
1, 2. 
JULY 29, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
[5] 453 
Snags. 
EVERY one knows what snngs arc; and almost 
evet·ytbing that moves, from the bare-footed boy 
who roams the woods to the largest steamer 
that 11avigates the Mif'sissippi or Missouri Riv-
ers, is in more ot· less danger of being snagged. 
Snags ~re constanlly in the way, ::mel have to 
be av01ded; even in our ions and cities care 
must be exercised if one would avoid injury 
fro~n things that nre closely akin to them, 
while all know that they are the constant dread 
of river pilots; and many a valuable steam-boat 
has been lost because of snags. 
But snags are not confilJCd to materia.l things, 
nor is the injury ':vhich they itd1ict ahvays 
physical. 
'l'he pathway of each one of us is 
beset with spiritual snags, and if tuese are not 
carefully avoided, we are liable not only to 
suffer minor injuries, but there is danger that 
we shall make sbipwruck of faith and go down 
in the dark waters of everlasting death. 
.But let us exnmine one of Lhet:le snags. Per-
haps the biggest of all is the inconsistencies 
·of false professors and the failures of true 
Cbri~:>tians. 
A great many are wrecked on this 
snng; a~d the strangest thing about it is, that 
so few try to avoid it. 
Suppose that there is a 
dangerous snag in one of our largest rivers. 
It cannot be removed, but its location is de-
scribed, and everything that can be done is 
done to warn people against it. w uat 'vould 
we think of a pilot who should deliberately 
search for that snag until ho had found it, aud 
then, with a full head of steam, run his boat 
right upon it? Every 011e would say at once 
that be was a madman. But that is just the 
way people do in spiritual things. Ask almost 
any worldly man you meet, why be is not a 
Christian, and most likely be will tell you that 
it is because of faults whiuh be sees in this or 
that person .. Ir~ short, he bas been Sllaggod ! 
But how dtd 1t happen? Well, he once felL 
that he ought to be a Christian, but was not 
willing to make the sacrifice required; so be 
sought for some excuse; be went hunting 
around for a snag, and presently be found it in 
the life of a poor, struggling fellow-mortal who, 
though fighting against sin, was someti.mes 
overcome by temptation. He could not see Lbe 
poor man's heart; he never witnessed his heart-
felt grief, nor heard his broken cry as upon bis 
knees he sought the forgiveness of Him whose 
law he had t.ransgrest:led; no, he only saw the 
mist~tke, the failure-the sin if you please-
and straightway he says," 'l'here's a snag· that 
man is no better than I am; I want n~o~1e of 
his religion." 
A Christian friend says: "You 
will not be called to account for another's sin. 
The short-comings of that man will not excuse 
you; the Saviout· alone is to be your example,'' 
etc.; but it makes no difference, he won't pass 
that snag; the sens~Ltion of being· snagged is 
too pleasant! Of course it won11ds his soul 
and injures his character, but then it eases 
his conscience, and that is what he wants; and 
so be steams up full force, strikes the ~nag head 
on, and settles dovvn into Lhe mud of infidelity, 
consoling himself the while that he is about as 
good as b is neighbor; nnd perhaps be may be, but 
he is not good enough lor 41. place in the kino·-
dom of God, and rJ<wer will be till he puffs 
away from that snag. 
· 
.But eveu professed ChriRLians are sometimes 
snagg;ed. 
The writer once knew of a ma.n who 
was led to investigate the claims of the la.w of 
God, nnd was convinced of his duty to obey; 
but to do so would require a sacrifice, and so: 
to use his own expression, he began to cast 
about for" snags;" and where do you suppose 
he found them? Well, stran~e as it may seem, 
though 
a professed 
CbrisLi{m 
himself he 
sought and found them just where the world-
· ling did,-in the lives of other professed Chris-
tians; only, instead of looking among Sun-
day-keepers, be went snag-uunling among Sab-
bath-keepers, and, like any one who looks 
away from Christ and the Scriptures of trulb, 
he soon found what be wanted and settled 
down satisfied with himself, his conscience fully 
at ease and quiet! 
But is it not surprit:ling that any one with 
even a limited knowledge of the principles of 
tbe goRpel should seek such an excuse'? Such 
a uourBe can only be accounted ior in the li<rht 
of the dcclaraLion that "the heart is deu~it­
fnl above nil things, and desperately wicked." 
'rhe aposLle Paul thus condemn8 tl1ose who, by 
looking at their follow-men, are enabled to build 
themselves up on thcit· self-righteouness: ''For 
we dare not make ourselves of the number or 
compare ourselves with some that comrn~nd 
themselves; but they, measuring themselves by 
themselves, and comparing themselves amollg 
themselves, are n0L wise." 
2 Cot'. 10: 12. 
Even amoug the twelve apostles the1·e was 
one traitor, and one weak disciple who denied 
his Lord even with oaths; dare we then COil-
d~~~~ rel.igioll i~ general, or any speuial system 
of fa1th HI parl1eular, beeause all its adherents 
are not all that they should be? If we trust 
now in such snbtol'fuges, what shall be our 
con_fidence when the Lord brings to pnss that 
w~11ch he has spo.ken, saying: "Judgment alt:lo 
WJli I lay to the hne, and righteousness to the 
plum1~~t; and the hail shall sweep away the rd'-
uge of ltes, and the waters shall overflow tbe bid-
ing-place. And your covenant with death shall 
be disannulled, and your agreement w.ith hell 
shall not stand"? 
ln following Christ \1e are safe; in keeping 
the commandments of God and the faith of 
Jesns (R.ev. 14: 12), we have the promise of 
eternal life. 
More than this no man can do 
and less than this is not acceptable to God fo;· 
it is written: "Fear God, and keep his c~m­
mandments; for this is the whole duty of man. 
F?r God shall bring ~very work into judgment, 
With every secret th1np;, whether it be good, or 
whether it be evil." 
Eccl. 12: 13, 14. 
c. P. BOLLMAN. 
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The Messiah's Inheritance. 
. "A~k of me, and I shall give thee the heathenfor thine 
lllhent~nce:, and the uttermost parts of the earthfo?' thy 
possesswn. 
Ps. 2 :..8. 
THE italics are supplied by the translators. 
'rbe word goim is properly translated nation. 
It is equivalent to the Greek ethnos, Gentiles, 
and applied by the Jews to all foreigners. 
'l,be 
correct rending of the passage is: ''Ask of me, 
and I will give thee thine inheritance-the 
nations, and thy possession-the whole earth." 
Four scenes of fearful interest are introduced in 
connection with tbef'e nations. 
1. :.L'hey belong to 
Ch1·ist~· not simply as God, 
but as the second Adam, the Son of man the 
beir of all things, who by covenant eno·arre~hmt 
. 
. 
h 
b 
JS to t1'Jumph and rule over tb is earth w b ich 
rejected him, and restore it to its originnlrigbt-
eousness and splendor. They are his inherit-
ance; he is bead of the race, the first-born and 
proprietor. 
As the Son of man, he will possess 
and dwell upon and rule the earth and its 
inhabitants. 
2. 1'he 
nc~tions are in allied opposition to 
Clwist. 
Why do the nations (the heathen) 
rage or roar-properly, make a noise ?-Alex-
nnde?'. 
Why boast of might and culture? 
Why take council together against the Lord 
and his anointed? 
God, from his throt1e, sn-1iles 
at their vain and ·wicked opposition with con-
tempt. He looks upon the atheism of philoso-
phers, .the go-dlessness of diplomacy and states-
manslllp, and the combinntion of kino·s and 
priests to defeat his purposes, with d~rision 
bending their plans and plll·poses to his sover~ 
eign will, aud making thei1; wrath subserve 
his designs. 
3. Chr,ist will be enth1·oned in his inhe1·itance 
in the rn'idst of the all,ied opposition. 
~rhe 
language of the psalmiRt is peculiar and em-
phatic: "Then shall he [God the .F~tther] speak 
to them [the nations] in his wrath, and vex 
them [cause tbem to tremble] in his sore dis-
pleasure." 
"And will set [or establish] his 
King on his holy bill of Zion." "And" is 
acknowledged to be more correct than "yet." 
(See Barnes.) And in tho midst of the darin<r 
and combit1ed opposition of tbe nations "1:1~ 
will. set bit:; King upon uis throne." 
(1) The 
nat1ons reach the ueigbt of their audacious 
godlessness and dufia11Ce. 
(2) God causes 
them to tremble-the meaning of the Hebrew 
word balutl, translated "vex." 
(3) And be 
sots his Son, or inaugurates LiR personal reio-n 
Hmid fury,-juclgments. "Vex tl1em in his 
1j()I'C displeasure," is literally" in Lis heart or 
b1trnit1g ang;t.:r." 
(Barnes At al.) "Who shall 
abide. the day of his comittg, and who shall 
stand when he appeareth?" 
.M::Li. 3: 2. 
".He 
shall be Tevenled from heaven in flaming fire." 
4. Chn:st claims the 1·ight to rule the nat'ions. 
Ilo is tbe speaker in the seventh verse: "I will 
declare the decree." 'l1bnt decree prononnces 
him the Son of the eternal .Father. lt includes 
the covenant engagement. 
He recites its 
pledge: ''Ask of me, and I will give you the na-
tions-thine inheritance as the second Adam." 
lt i~ the wic~<ed nations-the allied opposing 
Cbrtstletls nations-that arc to be given to him. 
Given to him in the height of their rage and 
boasting opposition. 
Given to him while trem-
bling beneath the burning wrath of God poured 
upon them. 
Given to him for what? 
5. Ch1·ist witl judge and punish tAe heatlLen, 
or literally those nations. 
.M.en generally, in 
!'lpeeches and sermons and prayers, quote part 
of this decree. "He sbn11 have the heathen 
for his inheritance" is on so many lips which 
are dumb as regards w b~tt follows: "He shal.l 
rule or judge tuem with a rod of iron." "He 
sllall dnsh [or shiver] tuem to pieces as a pot-
ter's [or clay] vessel "-and be will order to 
'~ t~lay his enemies before his face." He will 
take vengeance on those that know not God. 
''.For, behold, the clay cometh, that shall burn 
as an oven; and a11 the proud, yea, and all 
that do wiukedly, shall be stubble; attd the day 
that cometh shall burn them up, saitb the Lord 
of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root 
nor branch. 
But unto those that fear my name 
shall the Son of righteousness arise with heal-
ing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and 
grow up as calves of the stall. 
And ye shall 
tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes 
uncler the soles of your feet in the day that I 
shall do this, saith the I;ord of Hosts." 
.M:aL 4: 
1-3. This is not a time of universal rio·hteous-
ness; his coming to reign upon 
thi~ planet 
wbiuh rejected Lim will be the day of ven-
geance. 
Obse1·ve,-Thero is not one instance in God's 
W~rd i1~ which the reign of Christ is promised, 
wbwh 1s not accompanied with threatened 
jndgmenls upon the wicked, who will be fou11d 
in the height of their opposition whun be 
comeR.-1J'O?·d's Clwistian Reposito?''!J jo1· Feb. 
1879\ 
' 
More Odious. 
THE tyranny of strikers and Knights of Labor 
becomes more and more odious, as its details 
are known. A master plumber is forbidden to 
employ his own sons as appren I ices; a widow 
who keeps a little Rhop is tbreaLelled with the 
loss of patronage unlesc; she stops her subscrip-
tion to a newspaper that bas offended some un-
ion printerR; five peacenble workmen, minditw 
tbmr own business, are Rct u po11 and beaten bj;' 
members of the Empire Protective Assouiation 
because tboy will not rot in idleness at the de-
mands of its officinls. Let us bave done with 
all nonsem;e about tbe rights of labor, and with 
milk and water compliments to demagogues, 
who are posing as phila1llll ropists. It is -tirne to 
uall tbem by their right names, and to treat 
them as conspirators against liberty~ and as 
law-breakers and pluuderers.-. .New York Sun. 
454 [6] 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
"Can ye not discern the signs of the times?" 
E. J. WAGGONER,} 
EDITORS. 
ALONZO 'l'. JONES, 
CORRESPONDING EDITORS. 
J. H. WAGGONER, 
s. N. HASKELL, 
URIAH SMITH, 
GEo. I. Bu'l'LER. 
OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, JULY 29, 1886. 
Comments on Galatians 3. No. 4. 
"TILL the seed should come to whom the promise 
was made." There is no question of course but that 
the "seed" is Christ. The sixteenth verse plainly 
says so. Then what is the coming of the seed? 
Some have supposed it to be Christ's first advent, 
but a little study will show that the second advent 
is here spoken of. The" seed" is never mentioned 
except in connection with the promise, and the 
promise is fulfilled only at the second coming of 
Christ. 
The following texts and argument will 
make this appear:-
In Gen. 3:15, the Lord, in pronouncing the curse 
upon the serpent (Satan), said, "And I will put 
enmity between thee and the woman, and between 
thy seed and her seed; it [the seed] shall bruise thy 
head, and thou shalt bruise hi!' heel." Paul, in his 
letter to the H.omans, many years after Christ had 
come and had ascended to Heaven, said, "And the 
God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet 
shortly." Rom. 16: 20. 
The bruising of a serpent's 
head is its destruction; but this was not accom-
plished at Christ's first a(lvent, but was something 
still future. The destruction of Satan begins only 
at Christ's second coming. See Rev. 20. 
Again, jn the promise to Abraham it was said, 
"And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies." 
Gen. 22 : 17. This was not fulfilled at the tirst ad-
veut of Christ. On the contrary he was then de-
livered into the hantls of his enemies, and they did 
to him whatsoever they would. He will poss{'SS the 
gate of his enemies only when the following promise 
is fulfilled: "Ask of me, and I shall give lhee the 
heathen for thine inheritance, and the uLtermost 
parts of the earth for thy possession. Tllou shalt 
break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt clash them 
in pieces like a potter's vessel." Ps. 2:7, 8. And 
this is fulfilled at Christ's second advent, when he 
takes vengeance '' ou them that know not God and 
that obey not the gospel," as is described by the 
revel:.t tor:-
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white 
horse; anll he that sat upon him was called Faith-
ful and True, and in righteousness he cloth judge 
and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, 
and on his bead were many crowns; and he had a 
name written, that uo man knew, but he himself. 
And be was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood; 
and his name is called The \Vortl of God. And the 
armies which were in Heaven followed him upon 
white horses, clothed in-fiue linen, white and clean. 
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that 
with it he should smite the nations; and he shall 
rule them with a 1·od of iron; and he treadeth the 
winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty 
God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh 
a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lord:;. 
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he 
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that 
fly in the midst of Leaven, Come and gather your-
selves together unto the supper of the great God; 
that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of 
captains, aud the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh 
of horses, and of them that sit ou them, and the 
flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and 
great. • • • And the remnaut were slain with 
the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which of the earth," and to receive as his own a great mul-
sword proceeded out of his mouth; and all the fowls titucle whom no man can number. Compare Rev. 
were filled with their flesh." Rev. 19 : 11-21. Thus 7 : 9 and Gen. 13 :16. In short, he comes as "the 
he possesses the gate of his enemies. 
Again, another part of the promise to the seed 
was that he should possess the whole earth. SeePs. 
2:7, 8, where the uttermost parts of the earth are 
seed to whom the promise was made." 
w. 
Plain Facts on the Sunday Question. 
promisetl to Christ for a possession; also see Gen. 
AMONG the letters on the Sunday question, pub-
13: 14-17, and Rom. 4: 13. 
But when Christ was lished in the St. Louis Republ-ican of July 4, is one 
on earlh, he possessed not so much as a place where from a Catholic priest, D. S. Phelan, of St. Louis, 
he could lay his head. Matt. 8:20. When, how-
which states the facts relative to the Sunday in such 
ever, the seventh angel sounds (when the mystery plain language that we reproduce it entire. We 
of God is to be fi uished, Rev. 10: 7), then it will be earnestly invite all Protestants to give it a careful 
said: "The kingdoms of this world are become the perusal:-
kingdoms of our Lortl, and of his Christ." Rev. 11: 
"St. Louis, July 3.-EDITOR REPUBLICAN: 
I 
15. The eighteenth verse says that this is at "the have been asked my views Oil the question of Sun-
time of the dend, that they should be judged," show-day observauce. 
I have no views. It is a matter 
of pos'itive law. 
Dogmas of faith and canons of 
ing conclusively that H is at the second coming of discipliue are grave and stubborn things; views -are 
Qhrist. Compare 2 Tim. 4:1. 
trifles light as air. The Sunday is an institution of 
Still further, in th~ prophecy of Ezekiel the the church. The attempt to identify it wiLh the 
promise of the earth to Christ is directly associated Jewish Sabbath, or to make it heir to its rights and 
ceremonies is futile and absurd. The ceremonial 
with his second coming. The prophet foretells the law of Moses is abrogated-buried in the same grave 
captivity of the Jews, the succession of the four with the synagogue. The Lord's day is the creation 
universal monarchies, and the setting up of the of the church in its specific form, although the obli-
kingdorn of God, as follows:-
gation to sanctify one day iu the week would seem 
to be of divine origin. When the church set apart 
"And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose the first day of the week for public worship, she 
day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus enacted that all her children who reachetl the years 
sai th the Lord God: Remove the diadem, and take of discretion should first hear mass, and secondly 
off the crown; this shall not be the same; exalt him abstain from servile works on that day. This is 
positive law, and any man's views contrary to this 
that is low, and abnse him that is high. 
I will over-enactment are treasonable. The ma:;s is the one 
turn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more, <rreat s:\crifice of the new law, anti all the faithful 
until he come whose right it is; and I will give it ~re ouliged to assist at it Oil the Lord's day. Sun-
him." EzC'. 21:25-27. 
day is likewise a day of rest-111ade so by the church's 
r 'I d 
enactment. She says we may uot do any work on 
I 1e iaclem was taken from tl1e king of Israel when that day which is of servile or ordinary wage-earn-
he and his people were carried away to Babylon. ing chantcter. 
At that time Babylon was a universal monarchy. 
"But how about games and amusements on the 
Then three "overturnings" are me11tionetl, which Lord's day? 'What saith the law?' The church 
reach to the second coming of Christ. Thus: The does not condemn them, alLltough she eneourHges 
the faitllful to works of piety and prayer. She 
first overlunling made Medo-Persia a universal do-
knows the worltl too well to illlpose a burden on men 
minion; the second gave the dominion of the world they cannot bear. She is satisfied with what is es-
to Grecia; ami the third overturning made the ern-sential, while counseling what is of supererogation. 
pire of nome fill the world. This was the state of It would be well for all Christiaus to speud the 
things at Christ's first advent, and for four hundred whole of Sunday in church, but the church obliges 
Lhem Lo about one hour. 
years later, and the prophet dC'clared that there 
"Why do our separated brethren lay so much stress 
should be no more general revolution "until He in observing this Sunday ordinance of the C;~tl1olic 
come whose right it is." Note the parallel between Church r They are more Catholic than the Catholic 
this ancl the clause in Gal. 3:19, which says, "Till Church. But they are Catholic only on Sunday. 
On Friday they are pagans. Why do they eat meat 
the seed should come to whom the promise was on the latter day? The church, who presen t.ed the 
made." In the light of Eze. 21:25-27 we think method of Sunday observance, forbids the u::;e of 
there can be no question but that in the latter pas-flesh meat on Friday. Why, too, do they not ob-
sage the second coming of Christ is referred to. 
serve the laws of the Lenten season? They em a-
Once more: The promise to the seetl was that in nate from the same authority which fixNl the time 
and method of the weekly public worship. 'l'he 
him all the families of the earth should be blessed. Pharisees were in the habit of higgling about trii1es, 
This of course could not be fulfilled as long as any while they neglected the weightier things of the 
wicked are in existence. But when Cl1rist comes, Mosaic law. 
Our separated brethren are in the 
sitting on the throne of his glory, to destroy sinners same predicament. 'l'hey take the Sunday from the 
church, and make it the scare-crow of,Christeudorn, 
out of the earth, "Then shall the King say unto while they throw away the Friday abstinence, aud 
them on his right hand, Corne, ye blessed of my the Lenten fast, not to speak of the auuual coufes-
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from sion and communion." 
the foundation of the world." 
Matt. 25:34. 
The only thing in the above that we would criti-
From the above quotations and references it cise is the implication that by the abrogation of the 
will be seen that the promises to "the seed" are ceremonial law the Sa')baLh was also abolished. 
not fulfilled until the second corning of Christ;; The fourth commancllllent had in it nothitJg of a 
they all culminate at his second advent. It was ceremonial nature, consequently it was not affected 
willful forgetfuluess of this fact that caused the by the blotting out Oti.' the handwriting of ordinances. 
Jews to reject Christ. They read the promises to the, So when "the church" set apart the Sunday as a 
seecl,-prornises of glorious triurnph,-and applied clemi-semi-holy day, there were two weekly clays of 
them to the corning of the Messiah; and when they worship claiming man's allegiance: one given by 
saw none of those promises fulfilled in him, they man himself; the other, the original Sabbath which 
rejected him. Let us not, like them, fall into grievous God gave to man. We wish now to call the reader's 
error by referring to his first advent those promises special attention to the following points in the let-
to be fulfilled only at his second glorious coming. ter of "Father" Phelan:-
That was the time of his humiliation, not of his 
1. "The Sunday is au institution of the church." 
triumph. Christ then carne as an offering for sin, It has no connection with the Sabbath, and derives 
and not as the seed to whom the promise was made. none of its" authority" from the command enjoin-
When he comes the second time he comes as King ing the observance of what is termed the'' Jewish 
of kings and Lord of lords; he comes to take posses-Sabbath." 
sion of the gates of his enemies, whom he will dash 
2. "'I'he Lord's day [an erroneous title for Sun-
in pieces as a potter's vessel; he comes to take pos-clay] is the creation of the church, in its specific 
session of his inheritance, even" the uttermost parts form, although the obligation to sauctify one day in 
JULY 29, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
(T] 455 
the week would seem to be of divine origin." But 
One thing more. The writer intimates that if she to death; and his deadly wound was healed." Verse 
wl1y should it" seem" that the obligation to observe had a decision from us, she would have authority. 8. 
And in verse 10 it is said of him: "He that 
one day in the week is of divine origin? If the This is a mistake. No man is authority as to what leadeth into capti'ity shall go into captivity." In 
Sabbath commandment be abolished along with the is right or wrong. 
\Ve may declare the word of the 1798 A. D., at the ·end of the 1260 years of its su-
cerernoniallaw, the obligation to observe one day in Lord, or direct people to it, but that al0ue is au-premacy, the Papacy was abolished, and the Popr, 
the week must also begone; for the fourth command-thority. Our opinion, or that of any other person, Pius VI., carried into captivity, where he died the 
ment is the only place where such obligation is ex-is of no consequence whatever, in such matters. next year. There was given the deadly wound. 
pressed. 
But if there is now obi igation to observe "To the law aud to the testimony." 
In 1800 the deadly ound was healed by the res to-
one day in the week, and that of Jivine origin, it 
ration of the Papacy in Pope Pius VII., but with 
must be derived from the fourth commandment, 
its power greatly reduced; for then began the tak· 
Restoration of the }">apacy. 
which specifies particularly which day of the week 
ing away of his dominion, which never ceased till 
shall be ouserved. Note this point: Our Catholic 
IN Da11iel 7 :21, 22, we read: "I beheld, aud the the last vestige of it was swallowed up by Victor 
friend distinguishes between the obligation that is same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed Emanuel in 1870. 
of "divine origin," and the "obligation" which against them; until the Ancient of days came, and 
As the light of the Reformation and its principles 
originated in the" church." This is as it should be. judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; of liberty, civil and religious, gained in power 
The observance of one day in the week is enjoined and the time carne tl1at the sai11ts possessed the among the nations, the persecuting power of the 
by the Creator, in the fourth commandment; the kingdom." These are the closing words of Daniel's Papacy faded away. In the closing years of tlle 
setting apart of the fit·st day, instead of the seventh inquiry of the angel abont the truth of the fourth sixteenth century, and the beginning of the seven-
" according to the commandment," rests solely on beast, and of the horns which were in his head, and teenth, the persecuting power of the Papacy was at 
the authority of man. There is nothing divine of the other one before whom three of the first horns its height, and was almost resistless. "That En-
about it. 
were plucked up by the roots, and they apply to gland, Germany, and the Scandinavian kingdoms 
3. The same power that set apart the Sunday also that one of which he said he had a mouth _which escaped the doom of Italy and Spain is one of the 
originated the mass; and the Sunday wa·s set apart spoke great things, and whose look, was more stout marvels of history." In the latter part of the seven-
solely for the celebration of this mummery. Notice: than his fellows. 
teenth century, the ave1;age yearly number of vic-
The church "is satisfied with what is essential, 
The specifications that are given in regard to this tims gradually diminished; but as the numbers 
while counseling what is of supererogation. It power are such that they absolutely fix to the Pa-
were enormous, the yearly average conlJ gradually 
would be well for Christians to spend the whole pacy the application of the prophecy. It is estab-diminish for a great many years before the dreadful 
of Sunday iu church, but the church obliges them lisheJ after the development of the ten kingdoms, work fina11y ceased. Napoh·on crushed the Inquisi-
to about one hour." Outside of that hour, the peo-and upon the ruin of three of them; it speaks great tiou, and destroyed its prisons wherever he came 
pie may engage in anything except servile work. words against the Most High; it wears out the across them, but they were afterward renewed. It 
Thus the only essential thing about Sunday is the saints of the Most High; thinks "to change the was after the middle of the nineteenth century 
mass. If professed Protestants want to know how times and the law" of the Most High; and this before persecution entirely ceased; and it was not 
to keep Sunday, why do they not go to the only domi11ion and power were to be held for "a time till the occupation of Rome, in 1870, drove the 
source of authority on that subject? 
and times, and half a time,"-1260 years,-when the Papacy and the Inqui!!ition into the Vatican, that 
The remainder of the letter speaks for itself. 
We dominion should be taken away. But though the men felt secure. 
commend to all Protesta11ts the questions which it dominion was to be taken away" to consume and to 
Yet it is after the captivity, after the healing of 
contains. If they are determined to follow, and destroy it unto the etl<.l," it appears that the power the deadly wound, aftet: the taking away of his do-
even to exceed, the Catholic ordinance concerning of persecution,-of making war upon the saints,-1 minion, that the Scripture says, "All that dweli 
Sunday, why not be consistent, and attP.nd mass is only checked, or suspended, for a season, because, upon the earth shall worship ltim, who,;e names are 
on that day, abstain from meat on Friday, and go' says the prop11et, "'l'he same horn made war with not riLten in the book of life of the Lamb slain 
to confession? But if they are determined to be the saints, and prevaileJ against them; nnLil the from the foundation of the worlu." Rev. 13:8. 
'Protestants indeed, the way is plain. 
We do not Ancient of days came, and judgment was given And it is just at the time when this power went 
iteknowledge the Pope's authority, and the only to the saints of the Most High." 
into captivity, 1798, that t.he prophet sees another 
treasou that we know of in matters pertaining to 
Now, according to Rev. 20 :4; 1 Cor. 6:3, and power arising, of wldch he says:" He exerciseth :-tll 
morals, is disobedience to the commandments of 4:5, judgment is not given to the saints in this life, the power of the first beast in his sight. And he 
God. 
w. 
but in the life to come. Rev. 20:4 says: "I saw maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to 
What Shall Be Our Guide? 
thrones, and they [the "much people in Heaven," worship the first beast whose death-stroke was 
chap. 19: 1-8] sat upon them, and judgment was healed." Thus there was seen a power arisiug 
A YOUNG friend in the interior of the State writes given unto them; . 
. . and they lived and which will exercise the power of the Papacy, in be-
us in regard to the propriety of attending school 
exhibitions or amateur theatrical performances. 
She sends us a program of one, and states that it was 
midnight before the play was over. She says:-
" There was some doubt in my mind whether H 
was right or not, and I asked some of the brethren 
about taking part in it, a11d they thought it was all 
right. After I promised to take part, I talked with 
some of the others, and they did not think it right 
to have anything to do with such things. I do not 
think myself now that it is right, as I could not ask 
God's blessing on it; but I ask you the queRtion, 
that I may have authority on the subject. I also 
ask for the sake of those who do not see any harm 
in it." 
The question is already answered. She says that 
the exhibition was such that she could not ask the 
blessing of God upon it. That co1Hlemus it. No 
other rule is needed to enable one to determine 
whet'her a thing is right or wrong. Let every one 
adopt this rule, and none will need to ask concerning 
any particular case. We would not presume to de-
clare specifically what things may be done and what 
may not, for even if we had the wisdom to do so the 
list would be iuterminable. There are general rules 
of conduct laid down in the Bible, and GoJ has 
given each of us reason and a conscience, and rx-
pects us to decide individual cases for onrsel ves ac-
cording to those principles. As we said a short time 
ago, in answering a similar question, this rule will 
cover every case: "Whether therefore ye eat, or 
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory or 
God." 1 Cor. 10: 31. 
reigned with Christ a thousand years." 1 Cor. 6:2,3 half of the Papacy, and which will compel people to 
says: "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge obey the Papacy. Tl1is power is called "the image 
the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, to the beast." 
Verse 14. He causes the people to 
are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters'( worship (obey) himself aud the Papacy; in fact, the 
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much worship of himself will be the worship of the Fa-
more things that pertain to this life?" 1 Cor. 4:5 pacy. 
And iu the exercise of this power, he 
says: "Therefore judge nothing before the time, declares that no man may buy or sell save he who 
until the Lord come, who both will bring to light honors the Papacy, and even goes so far as to 
the hidden things of darkness, and will make maui-cause that as many as would not worship the 
fest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every image of the beast shoulcl be killed." 
Verse 15. 
man have praise of God." From these texts it is 
l'hat this is immediately preceding the comiug 
phlin that the judgment that is given to the saints of the Lord, is plain from Rev. 14 : 9-15. There it 
is a judgment both of the world and of angels (the is said: "If any mau worship the beast and his 
evil angels); that it does not pertain to this life; image, ... the same shall drink of the wine of the 
that it is with Christ in Heaven, where they reign wrath of God, 'vhich is poured out without mixture 
with him a thousand years; and that it is giveu to into the cup of his indignation." And immediately 
the saints at the corning of the Lord. This is made following this warning, it is said :"I looked, and 
emphatic by the closing words of Daniel, quoted behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat 
above: War was made with the saints till judgment like unto the Son of man, having on his head a 
was given them and till "the time came that the golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And 
saints possessed the kingdom." 
~wother angel came out of the temple, cryiug with 
As the Papacy has uot for some time made, and a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust 
is not now making, war upon the saints, and as the in thy sickle, and reap; for the time is come for thee 
word of God declares that he does make war upon to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And 
them at the time when they possess the kingdom, he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the 
which is at the corning of the Lord, therefore it earth; and the earth was reaped." Jesus himself 
seems clear accordi ug to the prophecy that there is said, "The harvest is the end of the world." These 
to be a revival of the persecuting power of the scriptures show that just before the end of the world 
Papacy. This view is confirmed by the parallel all will be compelled, under pains and penalties, to 
scripture iu Rev. 13. There it is said of this same honor and obey the papal power. And this corre-
power: "I saw one of his heads as it were wounded sponds exactly with Daniel's word that the "little 
45() 181 
TI-IE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
horn" "made war with the saints" "till the time 
came that the saints possessed the kingdom." In 
view of these prophecies, we deem it certain that 
there will be a restoration of the Papacy to honor 
and power among the nations. 
This we have believed for several years, and cer-
tain events which have occurred lately have greatly 
strengthened this belief. 
One of these, shown last 
week, is the voluntary humiliation of Prince Bis-
marck, and by him of Germany, before the Pope, 
and the way in which it is viewed, not only by the 
Papacy, but by others. 
In addressing him a::: 
"Sire," Bismarck certainly did recognize in the 
Pope the dignity of a sovereign. 
This is 11othing 
else than the court address of a sovereign. This 
piece of diplomacy, followed so soon by the revision 
of the May Laws, really by the Pope himself, is but 
the practical demonstration of the truth of Bis-
marck's declaration that "In so far as I am con-
cerned, I shall a! ways seize-and with the greatest 
eagerness-every occasion offered me in the fullill-
ment of my duty toward my master and my coun-
try to manifest toward your Holiness my deep grati-
tude and my most l1nmhle devoLion." And we 
believe that it is but one step, which will be fol-
lowed by other nations toward the restoration of the 
Papacy. Indeed, it has been followed already by 
our own nation. 
Mention has been made in these columns of the 
action of our Government in furnishing the Catho-
lic committee a revenue cutter, flying the papal flag, 
at the reception of the papal messengers as they 
bore the papal trappings to Cardinal Gibbons. The 
request that was sent to the secretary of the Treas-
ury was that the "usual courtesies" should be 
shown by the Government. In the term "usual 
courtesies" there was nothi.ng else meant than the 
usual courtesies which one nation, or one sovereign, 
shows to the ambassadors of another. And, as be-
fore remarked, when our Government extended the 
usual courtesies to these messengers of the Pope, i L 
did just what Germany has done-acknowledged 
the sovereignty of the Pope, and placed him on au 
equality with other sovereigns. 
This, too, in the 
plainest way; for mark, these messengers were not 
from the Pope to this Gove1·nment; then there 
might have been some excuse for extending the 
usual courtesies; but they were simply messengers 
from the Pope to a private citizen of tl tis eou n Lry, 
and at this a Govemment vessel must. be sent off, 
with the papal flag in the place of honor, and with 
orders to show "the usual courtesies''! 
Nor is this all. In ILaly itself there is a move-
ment looking to a "reconciliation between the 
Vatican and the Italiau Kingdom." The example. 
of Germany is appealed to. The champion of tl1e 
movement, Signor Achill Fazzari, declares that 
reconciliation with the Pnpacy "is the only means 
to make Italy great, and win respect." He has 
reason for the declaration too. It was only a short 
time ago that Bismarck said it was not worth whiiP 
negotiating with the Italians, for Lhey were "only 
a race of singers a11d dancers." Yet he negotiates 
with the Popr, thus holding the Papacy above the 
Italian Kingdom. Now Signor Fazzari argues LhaL 
if the Italian Kingdom can only come to an under-
standing with the Pope, and obtain his good offices, 
then Bismarck will recognize the Italians, and will 
Le willing to negotiate ·with them as well as witlt 
the Papacy. Thus he argues the absolute" necessity 
of an understanding with the Papacy," not only 
on behalf of Italy in itHelf, but in "its relations to 
other uations." 
He declares that "two hund1·ed 
membe1·s" of the ]aLe Italian Parliament "would 
have lent their aid to an understanding with the 
Vatican if only some had led the way." 
Next week, if the Lord wilL we shall pursue this 
study f'urLhrr. 
This is an important subject and we 
ask our readers to give it careful attrnLion. Tber(' 
is thaL in it which concerns every one. 
J, 
Willing-ly Jg·noraut. 
THE apostle Peter, speaking of those who, in the 
last days, will try to deny or to evade the truth i u 
regard to the Lord's corning, says they will be" will-
ingly ignorant" of certain things. 
The Revi::>ed 
Version uses a singular expression-" they will will-
fnlly forget." The idea ~s just, W'illing ignora11ce 
is only willful ness. In this important matter, fort-
unately, ignorance is not necessary, for abundant 
evidence is given in the wonl of God to afford as-
surance to the humble seeker for truth. 
A lady in one of the Eastern States having advo-
cated the doctrine of the Lnrd's near coming, the 
editor of the village paper replied as follows:-
"Since 'the day uf the Lord shall come as a thief 
in the night,' and no man is to know' the clay or 
the hour when the Son of man cometh;' and since, 
as Jesus himself has said, 'of the day and hour 
knoweth no man; no, not even the anQ:els of Heaven, 
but my Father only,' is it ll'>t sheer presumption in 
any person to talk of 'signs' inclicating its approach? 
We are positively assured by Jesus himself that no 
rnan, not even the angels, can possibly know any-
thing concerning his second coming, and yr.t here is 
an intelligent, eELimable. and sincere lady raising 
a warning cry, and insisting that that end is just 
around the corner, as it were, all the astronomers to 
the contrary, notwithstanrliug. Indeed, she as good 
as intimates that the astronomers themselves are 
gradually coming round to her way of thinking." 
Now we could readily excuse the ignorance be-
trayed in the above paragraph, were it not for the 
self-assurance manifested by the writer, which gives 
so strong a coloring of willfulness to his language. 
And yet we are not. surprised at the position taken 
by this editor, for we have known the same ideas to 
be put forth from the pulpits of orthodox churches. 
We pity the secular editor where we would blame 
the minister. The former may not be expected to 
examine Biblical questions closely; but the latter 
has taken upon himself the most solemn obligation 
to do so,-to search the Scriptures and to give the 
mind of the Spirit of God to the people, as it is re-
vealed in his word. Let us briefly examine these 
points put forth with so much confidence, and see to 
what they amount. 
1. The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the 
night. True, but to whom? The Saviour says his 
coming will be as unexpected to the world as was 
the coming of the flood to that generation. But it 
did not come unexpectedly to those who were saved. 
And all to whom it did come as a thief were lost. 
And "so will it be when the Son of man is revealed." 
Paul, speaking of that day, says," But ye, brethren, 
are not in darkness that that day should overtake 
you as a thief." 
Did the opposers ever read and 
coJJHicler this text r It will come as a thief on the 
careless, the indifferent, the worldly, the faithless. 
2. Of that day and hour knoweth no man. True 
again. All Adventists fully accept this statement, 
and he who quotes it against them does it to no pur-
pose. While we accept this, why is it that the op-
posers will not accept the words of the Saviour in 
irnmrdiate connectio11 with this? 
He says that 
when they see certain things come to pass, then 
they may know he is necu· even at the doors-" just 
around the corner," if you like the expression bet-
ter. 
More than this, it is in the imperativA form in 
the original-it is a precept, "know ye that he is 
near." It is both the privilege and the duty of 
Christians to know that it is near. And he who 
refuses to know it, who speaks against it, is, in the 
same chapter, called an evil servant. 
3. "We are positively asHured by Jesus himself 
that no man, not even the angels, can possibly know 
anything concerning his coming." 
\Vhat a state-
ment is this! We are astonished that any man has 
the presumption to pen it. \Vhen the Saviour him-
self gives the sigus; commands us to know; gives 
an illustration from nature which is almost une-
the ability to read the texts, dares to say that we 
"cannot possibly know anything conceming it." 
Jesus said nothing to that import, but decidedly to 
the contrary. The day and hour he did not reveal; 
the signs of its nearness he did reveal. And he 
who denies or covers up this truth incurs the fear-
ful penalty for taking from the words of Scripture. 
4. "The astronomer!'! to the contrary, notwith-
standing." This is enough to cause any one to 
smile, who has any just idea of the subject. The 
truths of astronomy have no bearing whatever on 
the doctrine of the second advent, more than they 
had on the first advent. He who intimates that 
asLronomy ]wows anything of facts of this nature 
only shows his own folly. 
Inspimtion points to this 
very kind of opposition to this truth. There shall 
come "in the last days scoffers, walking after their own 
lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his com-
ing? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things con-
tinue as they were from the beginning of the crea-
tion.'' But we do not learn concerning "the power 
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" from the 
works of creation, or the changes in nature, but 
from the "sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do 
well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth 
in a dark place." When men shut their eyes a~ainst 
this light, when they would rather than not be ig-
norant of its teachings, because they do not coincide 
with their feelings, we cannot wonder that they run 
to great lengths in etTot·. 
We pity them; and much 
more we pity those who are blindly led by them to 
reject the truth of God in matters which pertain to 
our salvation. 
We have already said enough to prove that it is 
the Lord's will and intention that we shall know 
when his corning is near. We will add but a little 
to this evidence. 
By the prophet Joel the Lord commands that an 
alarm shall be sounded when the day of the Lord 
is near. "The day of the Lord" is a period of time 
which is to immediately succeed" the day of salva-
tion." 
As to the nature of that day, see Isa. 13: 6 
-13; Joel 2:1, 2; 1 Tltess. 4: 13-18; 5: 1-4; 2 Peter 
3: 3-10. These texts not only show what is the 
nature of that day, but also connect its coming with 
tlte second advent of our Lord, who will then .take 
"vengeance on them that kuow not God, and obey 
not the gospel of our Lord .Jesus Christ." But who 
shall sound the alarm, and warn the world of its 
near approaching, if we" can not possibly know any-
thing concerning it" r This prophecy of Joel can 
no more fail than any other word of the holy Script-
ures. The alarm must, aud will be sounded, "whetller 
they will hear, or whether they will forbear." The 
world will be warned, notwithstanding evil servants 
may say, "My Lord delayeth his corning," and 
scoffers may deridingly ask, "Where is the promise 
of his coming?" 
Paul says to the Hebrews, t.hat to them that look 
for him Christ shall appear the second time without 
sin unto salvation. Following this he counsels them 
to faithfulness," and.so much the more as ye see thG 
day approaching." If they pay heed to the Sav-
iour's answer to the question, "What shall be the 
sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?'' 
they cannot fail to see the day approachiug; they 
will be able intelligently to sound an alarm. In-
stead of saying, "You cannot possibly know any-
thing concerning it," the Lord said that as surely 
as we know that summer is nigh when the trees put 
forth their leaves, so surely may we know, when we 
see these signs, when he is near, even at the doors. 
This is quite plain enough to satisfy faith. 'l'o the 
evil servant, and to the scoffer, nothing would be 
satisfactory. Rejecting the words of prophecy, they 
would not believe though one rose from the dead. 
\Vhy will people set themselves against the doc-
trine of the second advent? 
What is there in it to 
qnaled for certainty; and says so surely must we displease them? It is the time when the saint!'! 
know when it is near-how is it that a man who has 1 shall appear in glory (Col. 3 :4); when they shall 
JULY. 29, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
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inherit the kingdom (Matt. 25: 31-34); when they 
slu:tll,receive a crown of glory (1 Peter 5 :4); when 
they shall receive the reward of all their labors 
(Matt. 16: 27; Rev. 22: 12); when they shall be re-
s~ored to the sweet companionship of their friends 
who sleep in Jesus (1 Thess. 4: 13); when the right-
eous shall triumph over death and the grave (1 Cor. 
15: 51-55). It is the blessed hope. Titus 2:11-14. 
What more need we say to incite every lover or 
Jesus to love Ids appearing? Who can read these 
Scriptures and not heartily say, "Even so, come, 
Lord Jesus" r May the Lord by his Spirit and his 
truth prepare us for that day-day of joy and of 
glory to every faithful soul-day of terror and alarm 
only to the worldly, the unfaithful. Rev. 6: 15-17; 
2 1'hess. 1 : 6-10. 
J. H. w. 
The Effects of the Death of Huss and 
Jerome. 
"Russ had been burned, and his ashes, com-
mitted to the Rhine, had been borne away to 
their dark sepulcher in the ocean." 
Jerome 
had shared the same fate. 
rrhese events were 
occasions of horror to the Bohemians; but by 
others the execution of Jerome, amid the clash-
ing schemes and conflicting interests which 
marked the council, was lightly regarded. 
The 
membe-rs of the council thought that, by putting 
to death Huss and Jerome, they bad cut off the 
head of the Bohemian heresy, and that it would 
soon become extinct; but they under:::;tood not 
the task that they bad undertaken. It was the 
work of God with Christ at its bead that they 
were attempting to overthrow. In destroying 
his messengers, they only gave an impetus to 
the work that all the ann them as of popes and 
councilors could not hinder. Says the histo-
rian, in speaking of the death of Jerome: "A 
gallant ship bad gone down upon a stormy sea, 
and the wild waves of passion rolled on as 
madly and fiercely as if there had been no 
human victim of their murderous play. No ex-
pression of regret or remorse bubbles up visibly 
to the surface, to speak in the actors, any bit-
ter memory of the deed." But those deeJs of 
violence did aftenvard cause them immense 
trouble. 
There were Bohemians in the council 
who were dissatisfied on account of the execu-
tion of Huss, and the condemnation and death 
of Jerome did not soothe their feelin&ts or re-
press their indignation. 
'""' 
It was soon after this that the Em pero1· Sigis-
mund went to Avignon to bring into subjection 
the rival Pope. He also went i.o England to 
confer with the king on matters that pertained 
to the interests of the German nation. 
"As the 
vessel that bore him across the channel ap-
proached the English coast, several English 
lords, headed by the Duke of Gloucester, 
stepped into the water with their drawn swords 
in their bands, and stopped the boat. 
The 
emperor, surprised at such a reception, in qui red 
the reason of it. 
'Fhe duke replied, that if he 
had come to challenge any authority in En-
gland, he bad orders to forbid his landing; but 
if be came only as a mediator of peace, be 
should be treated with all the respect due to 
his imperial dignity." Finally be Jan <led; but 
a portion of the time while in England, be was 
a sort of a State prisoner in London. 
For 
nearly two years be was away from Constance. 
It seemed that the power which the emperor 
bad before he violated the safe-conduct with 
· Huss and the part he acted in the execution of 
these two martyrs, had, to a great extent, left 
him. 
It was the same with the council at Con-
stance. It elected a new Pope, and sent forth 
its mandates against the Bohemians, excommu-
-nicating all who still adhered to the doctrines 
of Huss; but the execution of Jerome following 
upon that of Huss, was, in the eyes of the Bo-J play the most zeal against this obnoxious heresy, 
bemians, a new outrage, tending to clcslroy Lbe by shedding the greatest amou11t of Boben1ian 
last vestige of respect they could ever have blood. 
':rhus everything was clone tlwt could 
entertained for those by whose order the deed be on the part of the council, the new .Pope, 
was done. 
'They therefore treated with indif-and the emperor, to awe those of the reform 
ference all documents coming from that body. faith. 
But the greater the display on the 
'J1hey looked upon the counc·il as an evil-de-
part of the papal party, the more determined 
signed body. and were prepar.ed to resort to the Bohemians became to resist everything that 
arms rather than to snbmit to the council or to in any way abridged their religious pri,·ileges. 
tho emperor who bad violated a safe-conduct, The whole nation was moved. Priests were 
and forfeited every right which he had to gov-
driven from their parishes, and ministers substi-
ern them as a people. 
tuted who would preach the word of God. 
'rhe 
They sent repented remonstrances to the death of lluss roi.1scd scores of preachers who 
council, and finally a large number of the nobles before were silent. 
Persecution emboldened 
and most influential men of Bobernia were them to stand in defense of those whom the 
snmmoned to appear before it. 
This httd no Catholics bad burned at the stake. 
effect whatever. 
'l
1Lcn the council sent a dele-
The Hussites were divided into two parties, 
gate to Bohemia to bring into subjection the one called the Calixtines, the otber, the Tabor-
heretics; but upon arriving and finding tho ites. The latler carried the reform further 
Rtate of feeling that existed there, be returned than the former. 
Matters in geueral were in a 
without daring to sbovv himself in public. state of disorder and confusion. 
Men without 
King Wence.:dnus, the brother of Sigismund, principle ·were not wanting to bolp on the work 
reigned over Bohemia; but he would at one of civil discord. 
Hobbers and bandits gladly 
time favor the Hussites, and at another, tbe seized the occasion to commit deeds of viole1tce, 
papal party. In fact, he would sooner have which were charged to the reformers, but of 
f:Well both parties overthrown and his kingdom which they were innocent. The timid king, 
become a desert than have had his own indo-Wenceslaus, abandoned the duties of his post, 
lence or gluttony disturbed. 
He bad yielded to and fled to his castle in the country. After a 
his passions and the gratification of his appetite time, however, he came back upon urgent en-
until be cared more for his wine than for his treaty, but was unable to quell the tumult, and 
kingdom or the respect of his subjects. He was not disposed to interfere with either party. 
dared not to commit himself to either party. 
At this time, in the providence of God, a man 
The followot·s of Russ were the overwbelmi11g by the name of Ziska came upon the stage of 
majority in Prague, the capital of the h:ingclom. action in behalf of the Bohemians. 
His true 
Every attempt to bring into subjection tho name was John Trocznowsk, but he was known 
Bobemi.ans only enraged them, and tbe p1·otests as Ziska, that is, one eyed. He had formerly 
which they returned made the papal party still distingnisbed himself in the wars of Poland. 
more bitter. 
':l_lhe breach between them grew On returning to his native land, be became 
wider and wider until the new Pope took steps chamberlain to King Wenceslaus. He warmly 
to bring them into subjection. 
The Emperor espoused the cause of Huss, and was deeply 
Sigismund thought the faction but a small one, shocked by his martyrdom. 
which could be brought into subjection with 
One day while walking in a thoughtful mood 
but little trouble; but be miscalcnlated on the in the palace, the king observed him, and inL 
strength of a people who in their hearts be-quired what he was thinking about. 
He re-
lieved that they were right, and who were plied, "I cannot brook the insult offered to 
rendy even to fight till they died for the word Bohemia at Constance by the murder of John 
ofGod and liberty of conscience. 
'l'hey scorned Huss." "Where is the use," said the king, 
every proposal of the eniperor Ol' the Pope "of vexing one's self about it? Neither you 
which in any way conflicted with the free nor I have the means of avenging it. 
But," 
preaching of the word of God. At one time, in said the king in a doubtful way, thinking that 
writing to the council, they eulogized Huss in the fit of meinncboly would soon pass away, 
Lho bigbost terms, calling him "the apostle of "if you are able to call the emperor and the 
Bohemia, a, man innocent, pious, holy, a f<titbful council to account, you have my permission." 
teacher of the truth." Holding the pen in one "Very good, my gracious master," replied 
hand, while the other rested on. the sword, Ziska, "will you be willing to give the promise 
they said, "Whoever shall affirm that heresy in writing?" The king, who liked a joke, 
is spread al>road in Bohemia, lies, and is a thinking that it would be perfectly harmless in 
traitor to out· kingdom; and while we leave tho hands of one who had ncitbel' friends, 
vengeance to God, to whom it belongs, we shall money, nor soldiers, gave him what he asked 
cal'l'y our complaints to the footstool of the in-under the royal seal. 
Thus it was that Ziska, 
dubitable apo~tolic pontiff, when the church in the providence of God, obtai11ed the author-. 
shall again be ruled by such an one, declaring ity to cull a council, aud place himself at the 
at the same time that no ordinance of man bead of the Taborites, to defend the liberties of 
shall hinder our protecting the humble and the people, aud secl!re the preaching of God's 
faithful preachel's of the words of our Lord word. 
Jesus, and our defending them fearlessly, even 
We have no correct estimate of the number 
to the shedding of blood.'' In this remon-of the inhabitants of this small naLion, but the 
strance the nobles of Moravia concurred; and tcnitory embraced about nineteell thousand, 
the feeling thus expressed continued to deepen four hundred and ninety-two square miles,-
among those who received the light presented nearly as much as New Hampshire aud Ver-
in the preaching of Huss and others of there-
mont. 
1'he people were therefol'e compara-
form party. 
tively few in number, and, judgiug from a 
About this time a new Pope was elected, human stanupoint, would be unable to with-
and assumed the title of Martin V. 
The om-stand the foree of the German Empire backed 
peror entered the conclave, and in tbe first up by the Pope. But God regarded the people 
burst of his superstitious joy, falling down who loved his word; he had also taken notice 
before this newly-elected Pope, kissed his feet. of the violation of the principles of righteous-
The Pope in his turn embraced the emperor ness in the burning of two of the noblest men 
fraternally. 
The disturbance in Bohemia was who lived in that age of the world. 
Of all the 
one of the first questions that came before the wars that are recorded in history, excepting, 
new pontiff. Instead of siding with the Bo-perhaps, those of the Israelites, none bear some 
bemians, be required the emperor to give the of the characteristics of the Bohemian wars. 
Papal See worthy and substantial proofs of God wrought for his people and miraculously 
devotion by his efforts to exterminate that defended them. 
s. N. H. 
"sacrilegious and accursed nation." He made 
liberal promises of rewards,-crowns and high 
FoLLo-wiNG Christ makes any way plensant. 
places in Paradise,-to those who should dis--Leighton. 
458 [lO] 
THE SIGNS OF TI::IE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
The Cause iu New Zealand. 
THE fo11owing Jetter to the SIGNS from one 
of the first SabbatiJ-koopers in New Zealand 
speaks for itself:-
lt is with the deepest plcnsure we lonm 
through the colt~mns of tho SIGNs of tho prog-
resR of your work in America. 
\V e 011 Now 
Zealand's siJOros nrc not privileged in every 
way as you are; nevertholesH we can truly say 
that tb~ truth of God is breaking in upon n~, or 
has already shone forLh, and now we feel like 
children adopted into the family of the lLng. 
For those i11 America who wish to kuovv 
respec:t i ng the work in Auddand, I submit 
the following. 
As tho re~mlt of J3rother Haskell's visit to our 
island, our Biblc-c:lass, hold on rl
1uosday and 
Friday evenings, we have renson to believe, bas 
been greatly blessed of the IJord, as have also 
our Sabbath-school and aftornoou servic:e. It iR 
not nec:el:isary to staLe rninutely every particu-
Jar; but, although we have fierce opposition 
from those who call themselves Cbristi:llls, we 
are fully convinced tl1nt the time is not far dis-
tnnt when many will take their stand on the 
side of truth. 
This brief statement may serve 
to show the position of things at present in the 
city of Auckl:wd. 
It is with pleasure we mnke allusion to the 
success of our brethren and sisters in Kaoo and 
vVha11garou. 
Vof eekly reports from them give 
sntisf'a<.:Lot·y proof that the work is taking 
deeper root in tile hearts of all those who em-
bnwed tho tru tl1, nnd were bnptized by ~lder 
Haskell. 
rl'hey have organized a system of 
tmct distribntion, anJ have purchased some 
thousands of tracts for gmtuitous cir<.:ulation. 
These trn<.:ts are sent by post, or otherwise, 
from one to one hnudred miles distant. 
':rheir 
Billie-readings arc also full of intct·csL, and oc-
cupy in differe11t places every evening in t be 
week. 
rrho Sabbath-school is iu a promi~iug; 
'co11dition. 
1'be S:tiJbaLil service, C:OJiducted o)· 
BroLI1er Hare: Scuior, is utteuded with muc·b 
spiritual life. 
In this field there is much op-
portunity for labor, and we offet· up our pmyer, 
as taught by tho .Mnster, that tho Lord of the 
L'arveBt will scud forth lal,orer.s iu Lis vinevard. 
EDWARD HARE. 
A uclcland, New Zealand. 
Colorado Conference. 
AFTER the close of the camp-meeting in Den-
vel', Brother Ostrandur, with one of tho tentt-l 
und a corps of workcrf\, went to Uanon City, an 
enterprising place of some four or tive tbout;and 
itillabita.uts. 
The State pri::;oJJ, w!Jieh now con-
taiiiS over three l1undred <.:OIIYids, it> located 
here. 
rrhe brethren were well received at tllit3 
place, :tnJ l>rother Ostrander, by invitati(m, 
tilled the desk in the peniLontiary, and said 
tLat be nc\u00b7or hnd a more altcntive. congre-
gation. 
The warden purc;hat:wcl "'fJJO~Igh t~ on 
Dauiel and tile Hevelation," ': Mnn's Nature and 
Destiny," and ''Marvel of Nations," and told 
Brother OsLrandor to ha vo his men corne down 
and feel perfec:tly free to leave any reading 
matter th·ey chose, and to do all tbe mission-
ary labor they felt Jike doing. At last accounts 
several in Lhe c:ity had commenced to keep the 
Sabbath according to tbe <.:ommandrnont. 
'rile meetings, which, under the direction of 
Brother Pogg, wore <.:OIItiJiued in Denver after 
the <.:amp-meeting c;loscd, resnltoJ iu enabling 
several to fully make up their minds to obey 
God; so that tive ·were baptized in addition to 
those who wont forwarJ at the camp-meeting. 
A notice of this sorvic;e was pleasingly made iu 
one of tbe daily papers. 
A uou t the 20th of June, .Brother Pogg and 
his aRsociates took the tent and started for 
Fort Collins, in tbe northern part of the State. 
A communic:ttion from Brother Pegg to-day, 
states that they have a gooJ inten\st. 
People 
are very friendly, and the invitations lo visit are 
numerous. 
All connected with the tent arc of 
good courage. 
vVo believe it' our brethren are 
fully COIISect·ntecl to the work, the prayers 
w!Iich are ascending all over the State, that 
::;ouls may be gathered, will not be in vain. 
~ h 
~ <J1 n nt 1n ~ n t a r Jl • 
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON. 
Gentiles Seeldng-Jesus. 
'n1e Denver mission is just beginning to gt:t 
down lo vvork. 
Tue <.:bnngo in location, camp-
meeting, 
etc:., unt:>oLtlcd us for a 
time: but 
now e:tgain we are trying to work ill earnest. 
(August8.-Johnl2:20-36.) 
Our morning-school is l'articul:triy intor<.:sting. 
A 
h 
(" 
1 
b 
u 
...., 
" 
ND t ere were certain Tree <:s among t em 
We have rcasOJl to be. tha11 kful for the success that came up to worship at the feast. 
'fhe 
our workers are having, coni:iidering they have -same came therefore Lo Philip, which was of 
been but a few weekt> engaged in the work. Bethsaidtt of' Galilee, ~wJ desired him, saying, 
May God help the mis::;ion wvrkcr8 to be faith.-·Sir, we would soc Jel:lus. 
Philip cometh and 
ful. 
C. P. HAsKELL. 
telletb Andrew, and again Andrew and .Philip 
J'uly 9, 1886. 
tell J csut;." 
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Lincoln, Nebraska. 
OuR tent-meetings have been going on in this 
city five weeks. This, 'vVith three weeks of tent-
meetings helJ last Oc;tober, inc:luding camp-
meeting week, constitutes all tbe public services 
we have been able to bold in the place. 
As n 
result of thct:>e meetings, nnd the Bible readings 
conduc:ted in private families !nat winter, there 
are now about thirty-five adult:::; here who are 
keeping the Snbbath of tho Lord. 
'rhese, with 
some others who were keeping the Sabbath be-
fore c:oming here, swell the numbet· of SabbnLh-
kcepers now in the eity to about forty-five. 
We hope to see others start soon. 
About two-thirds of those who have embraced 
the truth have boon members of other denom-
inations, while the remainder Lave had their 
heat·ts quickened by the Spirit of God for tho 
first time, under the preaciiillg of tho rrhird 
An.!.!.·cl's .Message. 
Several different trades and 
prol'essions are represented by those who have 
identified themselves with us. 
AI tbongh some have greatly feared that keep-
ing the Sabbath would throw thorn out of em-
ployment, yet t.ho"e vvho have tried it find but 
little difficulty in that direction. 
"Where 
tl1ere is a will, there is a way,'' and" God will 
always help him who helps himself." 
'vVe trust 
that onr pe<Yple will pray that the truth may 
gain a firm foothold here in our capital city. 
1817 .M St1·eet. 
A. J. CuDNEY. 
Peculiar Means. 
NoTHING is more remarkable in the Bible 
than to see how God, as if to ten<.:b u:::; to trust 
in nothi11g and in none but himself, selects 
means that seem the wot·l:it fitted to a<.:compli::>h 
his ends. 
Docs he choose an umba~sador to 
Plwraoh ?-it is a man of t"tammcriug tongue. 
Are the streams of Jel'icbo to be ~weelcncd? 
-salt is cast into the spring. 
Are the eyes of 
Lbe blind to be opcued ?-they arc rubbed with 
clay. Are the battlements of a city to be Lh rown 
down ?-the means employed is, not Lhe blast 
of a mine, but the breath of a trumpet. 
ls a 
rock to be riven ?-the lightning is loft to sloop 
above nnd the earthquake with its throes to 
sleep below, while a rod is used whi<.:h is more 
likely to be shivered on the rock thnn to shiver 
it. 
Are men to be converted by preaching and 
won from sensual delights to a faith whose sym-
bol is the cross and w bose crown is to be won 
among; the fires of mart.yrdom ?-leaving schools 
aud halls and colleges, God summons his preach-
ers from the $bores of Galilee; the helm of 
chur<.:h is intrnsted to bands that had never 
steered anght but a fishing-boat; and by the 
mouth of one who had been iLs bitterest perso-
c:utor, Christ pleaded 1Jis caut:>e before the pbi-
losophers of Athens aud in tho palaces of Rome. 
-
G'Uthr·ie. 
"WE never know through what divine mys-
teries of com pcnsalion the great Fnthel' of the 
univetse may be carrying out his sublime plan; 
but the words, "God is love," ougb t to contain 
to every doubting soul the solution of all things.'' 
These Gentiles wore exc:luded from the tem-
ple court where Jesus was sitting over against 
the treasury. 'rhey had heard much in favor 
of nnd agaillst Josus, and were desirous to see 
and hear him for themselves. 
They could not 
come to Lim, but were obliged to wait in the 
court of the Geu tiles. 
As the disciples bore ihe 
message of the Greeks to Jesus and awaited his 
aru:;wer, he seemed to be in a deep study, and 
answered them: "'J1he hour is come that tho 
Son of mau should be glorified. 
Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into 
the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it 
die, it bringeth forth much fruit.'' 
The request 
of the Greeks to see Jesus bt·ought the future 
before him. 
'l'be Jews Lad rejected the only 
one who coulJ save them. 
They were soon to 
imbrue their ballds in his blood, anJ place him 
with thieves and robbers. 
rrhe Saviour, re-
jected by tbe bouse or' Israel, was to be rec~ived 
by the Gentiles. He looked forward with joy 
to the period when the partition wall between 
Jew and Gentile would be throwu down, and 
the broad harvest field would be the world. 
JEsus regarded these Greeks as rep1·csen ta-
tives of tho Gentiles at large. In them he dis-
cerned tho :first-fruits of an abundant harvest, 
when nil nations, tongues, and people upon the 
face of the earth should hear the glad tidings of 
salvation through Christ. He savv that the gath-
eriiig of the Gentiles was to follow his approac:h-
ing death. He tborc.fore presented to his disci-
ples and to tho listeuing crowd the figure of the 
wheat, to represent Low his death would be 
produc:tive of a groat harvest. 
If he should 
draw bnc:k from the sacrifice of his life, be would 
abide alone, like the kernel of wheat that did 
not die; but if he should give up bis life, he 
would, like the kernel of wheat that fell into the 
g1·ound, rise again as tho first-fruits of the great 
harve8t; and he, the Life-giver, would call from 
the graves, tho deu.J that were united with him 
by faith and there would be a glorious harvest<*-
ripe gt·ain for the hettvenly garner. 
[n Lbe gos-
pel of tho death and resurrection of Christ, and 
the resurrection of tbe cl0ad, lifo and immor-
tality are brought to ligbt, and the kingdom oh' 
Heaven is thrown open to all believers. 
THE message of the Greeks, indicating as it 
did the breaking down of the partition wall 
between Jew and Gentile, brought before Jesus 
his entire mission, from the time when it was 
first doc:ided iu Heaven that he should r.ome to 
earth as man's :Redeemer, to the death that he 
knew awaited him in the immediate future. 
A 
mysterious cloud seemed to ellshrouJ the Son 
of God. lt was a gloom that was felt by those 
who wore in close contact with him. 
He sat 
wrapped in thought. At last the silence was 
broken by his mournful voice: "Now is my soul 
trc,ublod; and what shall I say? 
Father, save 
me from this hour; but for this cause came I~ 
unto this hour." 
A foreboding of his coming 
conflict with the powers of darkness, by reason 
of the position he bad voluntarily taken in re-
gard to bearing the guilt. of fallon man and 
taking upon himself the Father's wrath, be-
cause of sin, causoJ the spirit of Jesus to faint, 
JULY 29, 1886. 
.·THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
[11] 459 
and the pallor of death to overspread his coun-
.Heaven itself 'vvas thus to be washed away; a11d 
tenance. 
no sin could overrno1·e enter there to all eter-
As THE Son of God meditated upon these 
things, and the whole burden of his mission 
passed before his mind's eye, he lifted his head 
and said, ".Father, glorit}r thy name." 
He 
thought it not robbe1·y to be equal with God, 
and called upon him to glorify himself in his 
Son. 
A response carne from the cloud which 
had hovered above the head of Jesus: '' 1 .ave 
both glorified it, and will glorify it again." 
A LIGHT darted from the cloud, as the voice 
was Leard, and encircled Christ, as if the arms 
of Infinite Power were thrown about him like 
a wall of fire. 
The people beheld this scene 
with terror and amn.zemen t. 
No oue ven turecl 
to utter a word. 
\Vith silent lips and bated 
breath they stood with eyes riveted upon J e-
sus. 
The testimony of Almighty God having 
been given, the cloud lifted and schtte·red in 
tl1e heavens. 
The visible communion between 
the Father and the Son was ended for that 
time. 
THE spectators now began to bren.the more 
freely and exchange opinious upon what they 
bad seen and beard. 
Some solemnly declared 
their faith in Jesus as the Sou of God, while 
others tried to explain away the remarkable 
scene they bad just witnessed. 
"r:eLe people, 
therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that 
it thundered; others said, An angel spoke to 
him." 
But the inquiring Greeks saw the cloud, 
beard tile voice, comprehended its meaning, 
and discemed Christ indeed; Jesus was revealed 
to their understanding as the Messiah. 
THE voice of God had been heard at the bap-
tism of Jesu::; at the commencement of his 
ministry, and again at Lis tmnsfiguration on 
the mount; aud now, at tho close of Lis minis-
try, it was heard for the third time, and on tbis 
occasion by a larger number of persons and 
under peculiar circumstances. He had just ut-
tered the most solemn 
truth~ regarding the 
condition of the Jews. He bad made his last 
appeal, and pronounced theit· doom. 
'rhe wall 
of partition between J ow and Greek vvas totter-
ing and ready to fall at the death of Christ. 
THE thoughts of the Saviour now returned 
from con Lemplating the past and future. 
While 
th·e people were endeavoring to explain wb:tt 
they bad seen and heard aceordiug to the im-
pre~sions made upon their minds, and according 
to the light they possessed, "Jesus answered 
and said, 'l'bis voice came not because of me, 
but for your sakes." It was the crowning evi-
dence of his Messiahsbip, the 'signal of the 
Father that Jesus had uttered the truth, and 
was the Son of Gnd. 
Would the Jews turn 
from this testimony of high Heaven? They 
had once asked the Saviour, What sign showest 
thou that we may see and believe? 
Innumer-
able signs had been given all through the min-
istry of Christ; yet they had clmwd their eyes 
and hardened their hearts lest they should be 
convinced. 
The crowning miracle ot the resur-
rection of Lazaru~ did not remove .their unbe-
lief, but filled them with increased malice; and 
now that the Father bad spoken, and they 
could ask for no further sign, their hearts were 
not softened, and they still refused to believe. 
JEsus now resumed his diRcourse where he 
had left it: "Now is the judgment of this world; 
now sball the prince of this world be c~tst out. 
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will 
draw all men unto me. 
This he said, signif}'ing 
what death he should die." In the act of Christ 
dying for the salvation of man, Heaven was 
not only made accessible to man, but God and 
his Son were justified before all Heaven in deal-
ing with the rebellion of Satan, and in his ex-
pulsion. 
The blot which Satan had placed upon 
nity. 
THE holy angels, and all created intelligences 
of the worlds where sin had not entered, re-
sponded in hallelujahs to tho judicial sentence 
pronounced upon Sn.tan, applauding the act of 
Christ ·w hiuh removed tbe mortgage Sntn.n hold 
upori the souls of men. 
rrho holy angel~, as 
well as those who are washed by tho blood of 
Christ, arc drawn to him by his crowning act 
of giving hi8 life for the sins of the \Vorl d. 
Christ, in being lifted up upon the cross to die, 
opened the way of life to both Jews and Gen-
tiles, to all nations, tongues, and people. 
Alas for the haughty Jews who knew not 
the day of their visitation ! 
Slowly and regret-
fully, Christ, with his disciples, left forever Lhe 
precincts of tho temple.-.M1·s. E. G. White, ·in 
Great Controve1·sy. 
THE LAW OF GOD. 
Sanctifying· the Sabbatl1. 
(Lesson 17.-Sahbath, Augu:,t 14.) 
1. IN how many days were the heavens and 
the en.rth completed? 
"For i11 six days the I-'ord made heaven and 
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day; where foro tho 
I.~ord 
blessed the Sabbatl1 day, and hallowed it." .Ex. 
20 : 11. 
2. What can you say of the seventh day?-
On the sovoulb day God rested from all his 
work? 
3. After God had rested on the seven t.h day, 
what did he do ?-"And God blessed the sev-
enth day, and sanctified it." 
Gen. 2: 3. 
4. Why did he hallow, or sancLi(y the sev-
enth day?-'' Because that in it he had rested 
fi·om all his work which God created and 
made." 
Gen. 2: 3. 
5. When Moses, according to the Lord's in-
struction (Ex. 19 : 12) had set bounds about 
.Mount Sinai, what did he say bad been done 
to it'? 
"And Moses said unto the Lord, 'l'be people 
cannot come up to Mount Si11ai; for thou 
chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about tho 
mount, and sanctify it." 
Ex. 19: 23. 
6. vVbat did the children of Israel do with 
certain cities? 
"And they appointed [::;ancLifiod, m:ngin] 
Kedesh in Galilee in Mouut N n.pbtali, and 
Sbochem in .Mount Ephraim, and Ki1~atb-arba, 
whiuh is Hebron., in tue mountain of Judah." 
Josh. 20:7. 
7. In what words did the Lord, through one 
of his prophets, command that a fast should be 
appoiuted? 
"Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast1 
call a solemn as~embly." Joel 2 : 15. 
8. From tbese instances, wbat must be the 
meaning of "sanctify" ?-To appoint; to set 
apart for a special use; to make sact·od or holy. 
9. 'l'hen what is really meant by the expres-· 
sion, ''God blessed the seventh day and sancti-
fied it" ?-That God appointed or set apart tue 
seventh dny for a special use; in short, that be 
commanded that the seventh day should be 
kept holy. 
10. Was any one living to whom such a com-
mand could have been given? 
"And God said, Let us make man in our 
image, after our likeness; and let them have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all 
the earth, and over every creeping thing that 
creepetb upon the earth. 
So God createJ man 
in his own image, in the jmage of God created 
be him; male and female created he them." 
Gen. 1 : 26, 27. 
11. For who·m did Jesus say the Sabbath was 
made? 
"And he said unto them, The Sabbath was 
made for mnn, and not mhn for the Sabbath.'' 
Mark 2:27-. 
12. I 11 what sense is the word "man" here 
used ?-l11 the Rense of" the human rac·e; man-
kind; tho totality of men."-Webste-r. 
13. Did Lho Saviour moan that the Sabbath 
belongs to man'? 
• 
"But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the 
Lord tl1V God; in it thou shalt not do any 
work, th.ou, 11or thy i30n, nor thy daughter, thy 
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within t.hy 
gates." 
Ex. 20 : 10. 
14. ':Chen is it proper to speak of the seventh 
d<"LY as the Sabbath of any particular class of 
people '?-Certainly not; it is God's own prop-
ertv. 
l5. Did God bless the Sabbath instit~~tion or 
the Sabbath day? 
"For in six: days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord 
blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." 
I1Jx. 20: 11. 
16. What is the great design of the Sabbath? 
"Moreover also 1 gave them my Sabbaths, 
to be n. sign between me and them, that they 
mio·ht know that I am the Lord that sanctily 
th:;.n." 
"And hallow my Sabbaths; and they 
shall be a Rign between me and you, that ye 
may know that I am the Lord your God." 
11Jze. 20 : 12, 20. 
17. How is the true God distinguished froln 
false gods'? 
"For the Lord is great, and greatly to be 
pmisod; be is to bo feared above all gods. 
For 
nil the gods of the 11ations are idols; but the 
I1ord made the heavens." 
Ps. 96: 4, 5. 
"But the Lord is the true God, he is the liv-
ing-God, and an evorlnsting King; at his wrath 
the earth shall trom blo, and the nations shall 
not be able lo abide Lis illdignation. 
Thus 
shall ye sny unto thorn, 'rho gods that have 
not made tho heavens and tbo eartb, even they 
shall 
pori~h f;t·om tho earth, and frum under 
these heavens. 
I:I.c bath made tho earlb by his 
power, Le hath ostabli~lled tbo world by his 
wisdom, alld hatb stretcl1ed out the heavens by 
his discretion." Jer. 10: 10-12. 
18. From what may we learn the power and 
glory of God? 
c; The heavells declare the glory of God; and 
the firmament showeth his baudiwork." Ps. 
19: 1. 
"Because that which may be known of God 
is manifest in them; f(
 God hath showed it 
uuto them. 
For the invit>iblc things of him 
from tho creation of tho world are cleal'ly seen, 
being understood by tho thing8 tbnt are made, 
oven his etemal power alld Godhead; so that 
they are without excuse." 
Rom. 1: 19, 20. 
19. ':l.
1hen how does tho Sabbath serve as ·a 
sign to remind people of the true God? 
"Thns the heavens and the earth were fin-
ished, and all the host of them. 
And on the 
seventh dny God ended his work which be bad 
m:1de; and he rested on the seventh clay frnm 
all his work which he bad made. 
And Hod 
blessed the seventh day, and s:wctifi.ed it; be-
cause that in it he had ro~ted from all his work 
which God created and made." 
Gen. 2: 1-3. 
20. Docs the Lord wish to be remembered by 
only a few? 
"Let n.ll the e::trth fear the Lord; let all the 
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him." 
Ps. 33: 8. 
21. Then how extensively should the Sabbath 
be kept ?-By "all the inhabitants of the 
world." 
HE who lets Christ dwell in his heart, only 
that he may have from him a household bless-
ing or a joyful consolation, sells him his heart; 
but he who surrencler·s himself to Christ out of 
pure love, at the same time thinking himself 
unworthy the least look of his grace, giv·es him 
his heart.-A. Mueller. 
4nO {121 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIM:EB. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
LOVING "W"ORDS. 
LoviNG words will cost but little, 
Journeying up the hill of life, 
Dut they make the weak and weary 
Stronger, braver for the strife. 
Do you count them only trifles? 
'Vhat to earth are sun and rain. 
Never was a kind word wasted, 
Never one was said in vain. 
When the cares of life are many, 
Aud its burdens heavy grow 
For the ones who walk beside you, 
If you love them, tell them so. 
·what you count of little value 
Has an almost magic power, 
And beneath their cheering sunshine 
Hearts will blossom like a flower. 
So as up life's hill we journey, 
Let us scatter all the way, 
Kindly words to be as sunshine 
In the dark and cloudy day. 
Grudge no loving word, my br-other, 
As along through life you go, 
To the ones who journey with you; 
If you love them, tell them so. 
-Eben E. Rexford. 
The Truthful Pioneer's Boy. 
NEARLY sixty years ago a guant, awkward 
boy of sixteen, lookeJ in at the open door of 
a small log cabin on the outer edge of one of 
our Western frontiel's, and pleasantly inquired, 
"Any chores you wish done, mother? I came 
home early on purpose this evening; for I want 
to begin that job of chopping to-morrow, and I 
shall want to take an early start." 
"You are a good son, Abra'm, to think of 
me," replied the wom:::m proudly, turning at the 
sonnd of his voice. 
"I am snee I know of no one who bas a bet-
ter right to be in my thoughts," the boy returned. 
'l'he woman smiled upon him pleasantly, and 
then handed b i m a couple of buckets, saying, 
"If you are a-mind to give me a lift, you may 
fill the tubs with water from the spring, as to-
monow vvill be washing day; and then, if you 
would just see where the cow has strayed, and 
bring her in and milk her, I am sure I would 
be greatly obi iged." 
"I'll have her pailed in good time, mother, 
never feae. · Come, Srdlie, and ride dowri to the 
spring," he continued, perching his little seven-
year-old step-sister on his broad shoulders. 
I am persuaded that very few of my young 
friends ever looked upon such an ungainly spec-
imen of humanity as was this tall, awkward 
prairie boy, v,rbo went striding to the spring, 
chaLting merrily with his little sister, who de-
clared that he was far better than real brothers, 
who were always teasing their sisters. 
I am sure the tired woman who watched him 
from the cabin door thon.gbt him very beauti-
ful in spite of his homely features and uncouth 
ways. 
"Come, Srrllie," called her mother, just as the 
little gii·l mounted her brother's shoulders for a 
fine race throngh the tall gmss in search of the 
cow. 
The cl.1ild, not wishing to be cheated out 
of the sport, showeJ no disposition to obey, un-
til her brother placed bet· on the ground, say-
ing, "Mother called, Sallie; run and see what 
she wants." 
The little girl bung her head, but obeyed her 
brother without questioning. 
"God bless the boy! 
He could not be any 
better to me if he were mv own. 
I do not 
know bow I could get along uwithout him." 
"'Without him!' I don't know as you need 
worry about that, mother," replied her husband. 
"Abra'm will not leave us for many a day." 
"I hope be will think it best to make his 
home with us; but. take my word for it, that 
boy will not be shu.t in by hewn logs much 
longer. 
You will be proud of him yet, father." 
"I am in no way ashamed of him now," the 
The last and most formidable rival will be 
old man returned. "Mayhap he will make a the Simplon 'l'nnncl, by which the existing line 
plnce for himself in the world yet, for he takes from G·eneva to Martigni and Brieg will be 
to book larnin' like a fish to water.'' 
. 
I carried through the moulltain to Domo d'O:-<sola, 
"You will bear from him if you live long and so on to Pallanza or Stresa on the Lake 
enough, father; never fear," the woman re-Maggiore. 
As this tunnel will be commenced 
sponcled, with an emphatic nod of her head. 
at a much lower level than any of the others, 
Long-before the sun was up, the boy had com-it will necessarily be longer, the rough estimate 
plcted his work in and around the cabin. 
Sal-being twenty kilometers, or twelve miles and a 
lie was anxious to go with him to the woods, half, and the estimated cost somewhere about 
but her mother objocLed, and he set out alone. 100,000,000 francs. 
The difficulties of -venti-
\V"ith his ax slung over his shoulder, he made luting so long a tunnel, which were once thought 
lonO' strides over the trodden path, whistling insuperable, have been pretty well di::~posed of by 
me~rily as he went. 
tbe experiences of St. Gothard, whieb is lighted 
vVhen over a mile from home, he was startlrd by lamps plaood at intervals of 1,150 J:,ards; 
,bY, a 
litll~ figure springing from a way-side and altl.10ugh the tempet·aturo is certain!~ some-
thiCket, with," I boat yon, Abra'm;" bLlt the what }ugh (about seventy-five degrees 11 ~hren­
lauo·h chnnn·eJ into a piteous cry, for the lit-
beit), the traveler feels no discomfort, while the 
tie 
0
1Tid st.r~ek the ax and cut a deep gash freedom from smoke is far greater than ill the 
just~1.bove her ankle. 
shorter tunnels. 
'There are thirty-six of those 
"Sallie, how came you here when mother latter, extending over an aggregate of tw~nty­
told you to remain at .home?" inquired her five miles, and some of them are so pecuh~l.rly 
bl'other, as be tried to stop the flow of blood by spiral that the traveler performs an uncon.sciO~ls 
applying broad plantnin leaves. 
After he had co1·kscrew course under ground, emerging m 
partially succeeded, be tore half the sleeve an entirely opposite part of the defile to that 
from the coarse white shirt he wore, and band-at which be cu tered.-Ciwistian at Wodc. 
aged the injured limb as gently as her mother 
would have done. 
"There now, Sis! 
Tell me how you got 
here?" And the girl told how she had cut 
across lots in order to frighten him. 
"You frigb tened yourself much worse than 
you did me," he said with a smile; "but the 
saddest thing a bon tit is, you disobeyed mother." 
"You wo1l't tell, Abra'm?" sobbed the child. 
"No; you must tell her all about it yourself, 
Sallie. 
First, tell the truth, no matter what 
happens," be said, as he lifted her in his great, 
strong arms and walked rapidl.Y homo. 
Plac-
ing her on the door-step; he ·whispered: "Now 
hop in and tell her the truth. Better be whipped 
than to tell a lie. 
Now good-by; I must be off, 
for the mot·ning is running to waste." 
Sallie did tell the truth, and received her 
mother's forgiveness; nor did she ever forget 
the two lessons--those of obedience and truth-
fulness-that her brother tried to teach her 
that bright autumn morning. 
I need not tell 
that honest A braham Lincoln preserved l1i.5 
truthfulness and integrity even in the most 
trying hours of our country's existence, for a. 
boy with hiR sterling principles may always be 
relied upon. 
AI ways tell the truth, no matter 
what may happen.-Ch1·istian Standa·rd. 
Alpine '.runnels. 
THE Simp1on Tunnel, which will very shortly 
be completed, is another, and the most fol'mid-
able, of the gig an tic rail way connections under-
taken of late years to facilitate the communi-
cations between Italy and the rest of Europe; 
and the project suggests a comparative note on 
the existing Alpine tunnelB. 
At the present 
time the Alps are pierced by three remarkably 
long tunnels, entering Italy from France, Switz-
el'iand, and the Austrian Tyrol, respectively, 
and called, according to the mountain chains 
that are traversed, the Mont Cenis, St. Gothard, 
and Arlberg Tunnels. Of those, the Mont Cenis, 
which connects Cbambery with Turin, is seven 
and three-quarter miles in length, and between 
3,000 and 4,000 feet above the sea. Its cost 
was 75,000,000 francs. 
The St. Gothard Tunnel, which connects Lu-
cerne directly with lakes Maggiore and Como, 
and so to Milan, is nine miles and a quarter in 
length, and cost 57,000,000 francs, the diminu-
tion in expense being owing partly to the softer 
strata, but principally to the more rapid prog-
ress of the work by improvements in the 
drilling machines. 
The Arlberg is shorter than 
either Mont Cenis or St. Gothard, being only 
six miles and a half, although its summit level 
is nearly one thousand feet higher. 
By this 
tunnel a communication is given between Inns-
pruck, in the Austrian Tyrol, and Zurich. 
Peasant Proprietorship in Norway. 
NOR WAY presents us with the grandest pict-
ure of the effects of peasant pl'oprietorsbip. 
There the land has, from time immemorial, 
been the property of the laborers who till it-
it has never been poisoned by the foul curse of 
feudalism. 
The title deeds of many of these 
peasant holdings are in a dead language, and 
the names of the peas-ants at·e those of the 
district. 
The results are marvelous. 
Land 
which no English farmer would 01• could culti-
vate under our agricultural system, even if 
receiving a liberal bounty per acre instead of 
paying rent, is there made to support -vvhole 
families, and that by the same race as ourselves, 
and in latitudes hundreds of miles farther north 
than John o' Groat's House, some of it even 
within the Arctic Circle. 
Sailing along the Arctic coast of Norway, 
the tourist passes here and there liLtle oases 
called "stations," where the steam omnibus 
halts to land and embark a passenger or two. 
If a careful observer, he may Jearn Lhat in the 
midst of the rocky desolation there is a deposit 
of rock fragments and gravel left by an ancient 
glacier in a hollow formerly filled by the ice. 
This is cultivated, is a dairy, farm, and fishing 
station, farmers and fishers being all freeholders 
and canitalists, no such class of laborers without 
properly existing there. 
One of the grandest of the Norwegian fjords 
is the Geirallger. It is walled by perpendicular 
precipices from 1,000 to 3,000 feet high. 
Sail-
ing along the fjord, a boat-house is seen h_ere 
and thel'e at the foot of the dark wall. 
Loo!nng 
skyward direetly above it, may be seen what 
appear to be toy houses on a green patch. 
Closer observation reveals moving objects; a 
field glass shows that they are cattle, goats, 
and children, tethered to bowlders to prevent 
them from stl.·aying over the edge of the prec-
ipice. 
A family re::;ides up there, cultivating 
tb is bit of ancient glacier ground, backed by 
cra~gy mountain tops, with a foreground of 
precipice above the fjord. 
rrhe only communication between these eagle-
nest farms and the outer world is by the boat 
below. 
How that boat is reached, where is 
the staircase of ledges on the face of the pree-
ipice, is incomprehensible to the passing tourist. 
ln most cases no indication of a track is visible. 
Nothing but absolute proprietorship by the 
cultivator could bring such land into cultivation. 
Latitude 62°, altitude 2,000 to 3,000 feet, sum-
mer three to four months long; the ground 
covered with snow during six or eight months 
of every year.-The Gentleman's Magazine. 
"WHoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge." 
JULY 29, 1886. 
TF-IE SIGNS OF TI~E TIMES. 
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A Queer Genoese Fashion. 
WE soon pass an immense bouse which was 
once tt palace, but is now used for other pur-
poses. 
Looking up, we see that one of the 
great windows in the second story is open, and 
tt lady is sitting at it. 
She is dresRed in very 
bright, though somewhat old-fashioned, atti"ro. 
Flowers and vines cluster inside the window, 
and there is a hanging cage with a bird. 
AR 
we stop and look at her, the lady does not 
move, and in a few minutes we perceive that 
the window, the lady, the open shutters, the 
sash, the flowers, and the cage are all painted 
on the wall in a space where you would natu-
rally expect to find a window. 
This used to be 
a favorite way of decorating houses in Italy, 
and in Genoa we shall freq ncntly see these 
painted windows-some closed and some partly 
open, some with one person looking out, some 
with two, and some with none. 
rrbe lady at 
this window bas sat and looked out on the street 
for hundreds of years. 
U ndor her window, 
into the great en trance of the palace, used to 
pass nobles and princes. 
Now there are shops 
in the lower part of the palace, and you can 
have your shoes mended by a cobbler in the 
court-yard.-From "Per·sonally Conducted," by 
F'J·ank R. Stoclcton. 
The Carpet Worm. 
A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia P1·ess 
says: "Last ye:1r I noticed inquiries innumer-
able for protection against the buffalo moth, or 
carpet worm. 
Although my neighbors have all 
suffered from its invasion to the extent of ru-
ined carpets, elothing, etc., I have never, during 
my twenty yo:1rs of housekeeping, bad a moth 
of any descriplion, and I attt·ibute my immnnity 
entirely to the use of turpentine. 
After each 
of my carpets is well swept it is at once gone 
over with the following mixture: To tb roe quarts 
of pure, cold watet· add th eee tablespoons of tur-
pentine. In this thoronghly saturate a sponge, 
sqeeze about two-thirds dl'y, and go over each 
bt·eadth separately and in all the corners. 
As 
often as the water becomes· soiled Lnke a fresh 
supply. 
You will be surprised to soc how be:Lu-
tifnlly it will clennse your carpets, besides being 
one of tho best of disinfectants. 
My fntber, an 
eminent phyP.ici::tn, bad this always practiced in 
his family, and we were never troubled with fe-
vers a11y more than moths." 
DoN'T worry t.be birds, boys! It's mean. 
"There he goes!" shouted a crowd of youth 
running pnst us on election day, and we canght 
sight of our first robin. 
High up in an elm we 
tbonght him safe, but not to re:;;t; for from~ 
half-dozen slings, pebbles and shot were burled 
at him. 
Away be went, and we were sad. He 
was out bouse hnnting. 
We think he migbt 
have engaged a" sky parlor" in that very tree 
if he bad'nt discovered the character of those 
rude neighbors, tho boys. 
His bride would jnst 
love to have set up bouse keeping there, and 
while she was attending to her maternal duties 
he would have waked you up every morning 
with his golden notes of joy and gladness. 
The 
dear fellow! 
He would have sung away for 
dear life every evening to that pretty wife of 
his, and you could have had t.he benefit of it 
all free, with no one to pass around the hat. 
Sweetest of all street concerts. 
Boys, don't 
frighten the birds.-Work at liome. 
PRUSSIAN botanists claim to have discovered 
the different species of trees from which the va-
rious kinds of amber once oozed. 
From their 
researches it would appear that once upon a 
time the land which is now the Baltic SP-a was 
a superb forest of conifers, some of them those 
giant trees that are to-day the pride of Califor-
nia, others the cedars which tower sup-reme in 
the East, together with the firs, spruce, and cy-
press of England and other countries. 
~enltlt ~nul ~entp.erance. 
Lost Her Hair. 
MANY a person has had cause to regret using 
hai1· dyes and invigorntors. Many of those 
advertiseJ as such are positively injurious. If 
one is anxious to improve the gro'vvth of the 
hair, the best way to do it is to assist nature 
by keeping tho scnlp in a healthy, vigorous 
condition by fi·equent brushings with a bristle, 
not a wire, brush, and an occasional bathing of 
the bead in castile soap and water. 
An acquaintance of the writer bad the fol-
lowing peculiar experience from trying a hair 
wash in her youth. 
The young girl had an abundant growth of 
light browni~:d1 hair; but, to her regret, it lacked 
luster. 
She one day-chanced to call on a fi·iend 
who had fine, glosRy hair. 
· 
"What beautiful hair you have!" she ex-
chimed, looking admiringly at her fi·iend's 
shining tresses. 
"YeR, it's pretty good, what there is of it," 
was the reply, "but I wish it were thick like 
yonrs." 
"Ob dear, I have hair enough, but it's dead-
looking! 
I'd give anything if it were only 
dark and glosRy like yom·s. 
Do yon put any-
thing on yonr hair to make it so nice?" 
"Not often," s:1id tho fi·iend. 
"Once in a 
while I put on Dnsbo's' Invigorator.' lt's very 
nice, I think." 
Soon after tho young woman took her leave. 
On her way home she purcbnsed a bottle of 
Dashe's ''Invigorator." 
That night, jn~t before going to bed, she 
made an applic:Ltion of the new remedy, and 
for a week she kept up this nightly application, 
wetting her hair and brnshin.~ it in. 
'Jlo her delight., her hair began to grow darker 
and, she thought, more gloRRy. She also ob-
served that ber brush and cum b g:1thered more 
hair than formerly when sho nRod them. 
Feeling of her hair one day, she discovered 
a bald spot, about tho size of a silver quarter 
of a dollar, on the back of her head. 
rrhis was the beginning of tremble. 
Her 
hnir fell out of itself, or with a touch, after 
this. Bald places came bore and t.herc, and in 
loss than six weeks the top of her bead was 
gnite bare. 
'_Cbis was a sorrowful time for the unfortunate 
girl. Her father laughed, and indnlged in a 
gvod deal of ban teri 11g at her expense; and 
fnr a time inRisted on her goi11g to school daily. 
He considered it a just punishment for her not 
lotting well enough alone. 
But when she became qnite bald, save for 
the fringe of hair around her head, she left off 
going to school, nnd would not see any one wbo 
called. 
She was filled wilh grief and chagrin. 
A lace cap was made, and in this, for two 
months, the poor girl appeared before bet· fam-
ily. Her faLber thought her hair would soon 
grow out again, but it didn·t. 
He at length 
bought her a wig, hich she waR obliged to 
wear for two years. ·By that time a short 
growth of perfectly white hair covered her head. 
Sixteen years later there was no change. 
Her hair is still wbite and about an inch in 
length. lt bns never grown longer. It was a 
hard experience; and naturally she is a bitter 
enemy of all hair dyes and invigorators.-
Youth's Companion. 
BETTER sanitary arrangements would do 
much toward preventing the death of thou-
sands of children under one year of age in our 
large cities fi·om preventable diseases in one 
summer. 
In a tenament house in Boston, 
where diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever~ 
and measles ravaged, traps were put under the 
sinks in December, and there bas not been a 
case of sickness since. 
The Brain. 
rfHE bmin, when healthy, is so soft that it 
would not retain its shape bnt for tho skuH. 
The Rharpest knif'e is required to cut it without 
mangling its strueture. It is nocesRary to im-
merse tbe organ in alcohol for weeks or mon t.bs 
in order to harden it, wbon a eareful examina-
tion is essential. 
A drunkard's brain presents 
a contrast. It is already hnrdened, pickled al-
most. 
In the dissecting room, it affords rare 
pleasure to a medical student to secure the des-
iccated brain of an old toper. 
A celebrated 
anatomist declared that he could tell a drunk-
ard's brain in the dark, by the sense of touch 
alone. 
A London physician reported a case in 
which he found, upon making a post-mortem 
examination, so strong an odor of alcohol emn-
nating from the brain that he applied a malch 
to it, when it burst into a flame. 
Tbe quantity 
of alcohol in the brain is E.ometimes so great 
that it can be collected by distillation after 
donth. 
It must not be supposed that every drunk-
ard's brnin is as hard as a pickled one; but it 
may be fairly supposed that the hardening effect 
of alcohol has no little influence in the produc-
tion of degenerations of the brain, such ns re-
sult in various forms of progressive paralysis. 
Numerous functional disorders of the brain 
are also traced directly to the habitual use of 
alcoholic liquors. 
Locomotor ataxia, an almost 
hopeless malndy, involving tho brain and spinal 
cord, is very often the result of intemperance. 
-l'emperance Refor·mer. 
Stoo]Jiug Sltoulders. 
A CURE for the evil habit of stooping shoul-
ders, all too provnlent among American cbil-
dron, is suggested by Dr. Dio.I1ewis, as fol~ows: 
"Unless you rid yourself of tllis crook: whtle at 
school, you will probably go bent to your grave. 
':l_1here is one good way to cure it. 
Shor~ld~r..: 
braees will not help. 
One needs not an art1fic.:1:.d 
substitute, but some menns to develop the mus-
cles whose duty it is to hold tho head and shoul-
ders erect. 
I know of but one bull's-eye shot. 
It is to carry a weight on the hc~d. A sheep-
skin or ocher strong bag filled wtLb twenty to 
ei(l'hty pounds of sand is a good weigl1t. 
When 
o~gn!..!;od in your morning sLudies, either before 
or after· breakfast: put this bag-of sand on yo~r 
head, hold your bead erect, draw yout· clnn 
close to your nook, and walk slowly about the 
room comin~ back, if you plense, every mi11Ute 
or v.vo to your book) or carrying the book as 
you walk. 
'rho muscles whose duty it is to 
bold your bead and shoulder:-:; erect are hit, not 
with seatlering shot, but with a rifle-ball. 
WE have a great horror of arsenic, and fifty 
other thinas; the faet is, all these Luings are a 
mere baga~elle in relation to the mo:-:;t direct, 
absol u le, immediate, and certain poisonings 
whieh are caused by alcohol. 
There are more 
men killed-so far as I know En!o!lisb staLisLics 
-more men poisoned by alcohoL than are poi-
soned by all other poisons put together.-Jatnes 
Edmunds, M.D., London, England. 
THE only Protestant Spanish newspaper in 
America, El Ancicmo, published at Alamosa, 
Colorado, has thrown open its columns totem-
perance. 
This bas great ::;ignificance, wh.en it 
is remembered that there are 25,000 MexiCans 
in Colorado and manv more in New Mexico, 
and through this mea~s a temperance gospel 
can reach these needy ones. 
HousE PLANTs.-One of the old exploded 
notions is that. plants in living rooms are un-
healthful. Strong-seen ted flowers may be so, 
but a single lainp burning in a sleeping room 
vitiates the air more than a window full of 
plan ts.-Sel. 
462 [l4) 
THE BIG NS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
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RELIGIOUS. 
-The first local Sunday trains on Massachusetts 
railroads were run to accommodate people who had 
moved into the country and wished to t:ontinue t.o 
attend church in Boston. 
-A church for the sole use of the Chinese in 
Brooklyn will probably be erected. Some sixty con-
verted Clliuese were present at the recent opening 
of rooms in Raymond Street for worship. 
I 
-The London corre~ponden t of the American 
Register asserts that twenty-eight persons died of 
hydrophobia in Lha.t city last year. 
-A circular has rocen L1 v been isRued at Portland, 
Maine, calling upon those"interested in the fisheries 
to unite in boycoLting Canadian producls. 
-A Mojave Indian medicine-man in Arizona was 
recentl/ clubbC'd to death and then cremated for 
allowi11g too m:111y of his patients to die. 
-The railroads of the United States give em-
ployment to 630,000 people, and transport 400,000-
UOO tons of freight annually, one-half of which is 
food and fuel. 
-It is stated that the losses by fire in the United 
States and Canada amount to about $100,000,000 
:lllnuallv, exclusive of cases in which the loss is 
less thai; $10,000. 
-The Wesleyans of London have raised $200,000 
with which to establish a mii:i::;ion in the \Vest End. 
There are no worse heathen in China or Africa thnn 
tl_1ere are in Loudon, or, indeed, in any other large 
c1ty. 
--At Warsaw, Poland, June 20, a secret Nihilist 
. -'~he editor of the Golden Gate calls upon Spir-
meeting was surprised by the police. In the scrim-
It_uahs_ts to" make provision ror the a2:ed arid infirm mnge which ensued two detectives were killed. 
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Man.v arrests were made. 
o _t11eir own faith," by establishing a lwnw in some 
qu1et place" wlrere mediums, broken down iu health, 
-It is stated that out of the twenty-six Russian 
can go for rest and recreation." 
peasant-; inocul:ited by Pasteur, eight have already 
__ -It is reported that a few days be:ore Dr. died of hydrophobia. Five died in Paris and three 
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sut:cumbed on their return home. 
~~ t tree ge . eft Chica<ro for his new pastorate in New 
York, he was called"' upon to open a poultry show 
-July 19 twenty-fi,·e Icelanders arrived at New 
w~Lh prayer. 
\Ve don't know whL!ther ht~ cornplied York bound for Salt Lake City. They are recent 
~VJL!r th_e request, or not, but we lJUpe not. Prayer convert::; to the Mormon faith and are the first Mor-
H; too often turned into mockery, a.nd thus the infiu-mon proselytes ever made in Iceland. 
ence of real religious service is weakened. 
-Associate Justice Boreman, of the Second Dis-
-It is a fact that infidels, Spiritualists, and others trict, in Utah, says: "Polygamy is filling Southern 
o_f that cla~s, _originate nothing; their "religion" is Utah with outlaws. The sons of polyg:llllb;ts will 
srmply Chn:-stianity perverted. 
As an instance of give our courts trouble for years to come." 
Jro'~ depen~leu~ they are, we read that in a Spirit-
-The gc1vernor of Algeria has discovered a use 
ual1st meetmg In Sau Francisco a "sacred solo'' was for standing armies in times of peace. Tire greater 
~ung, eutitled, "Simply to the Truth I Cling," a part, of the grain crop, he reports, has ju::;t been 
p:irody on that grand old Christian hymn, ".Rock of saved by turning the military loose on the locusts 
Ages." 
and crickets. 
-The Nashville Christian Advocate says: "Is 
-An unprecedentedly heavy rain storm at Vir-
~lre ~-reval_ent type of" Clrri;:;tian character in your ginia, Nev., July 17, did a large amount of damage. 
c~n~regation._such as you ~ou.,d commend to a_ body There were numerous wash-outs on the Virgiuia and 
ot conve~t~ hom heatl:emsm: It not, wou}d It 11ot I Truckee Railroad. One near the Julia Miue carried 
be ~ell for you to do some e.trnest work ,tt home 'tw·ty several hundred feet of track. 
while yon are praying for far-off lands?" Here are ' 
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two religiousopinionsof different dates. The Ch1'is-
-At an early hour on the morning of July 18 
tian, Unwn: ''This is the whole or righteousness-
Benz Ramage, a merchant at tllf~ Union Coal 'Yorks, 
to be unselfish, to obey reason and to Jove beauty." 
t>leven miles from Wheeling, \u00a5. Va., down the 
The prophet Micah: •· What doth the Lord require river on the Ohio side, wHs killed and his store 
of thee but to do justly and t9 Jove mercy, aud to blown to atoms by dynamite deposited beneath it. 
walk humbly with thy God?" 
-A recent London dispatch states that Sevasto-
-In the St. Louis Republican, of June 20, 1P86. pol and other Black Sea port.s are nuw protected by 
a Catholic writer, James Keegan, has the followin(; electric apparatus placed in the sea, to destroy hos-
to say about Sullday: "It is by no means certai~ tile torpedo boats. The construction of the appara-
~lra_t the obligation to rest ou Sunday was rigidly tus, which is the work of American engineers, has 
1ns1sLed Ol! amo~1g the early Christians. It was only been kept sPcret. 
\~h.eu Chnstiamty became, or was becoming. there-
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-Judge Bone, of the UmteJ States Couxt, has IS-
f"t·0om labors 0. 11 tl,"t d
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power, and afterward;:; iusbted on and confirmed b Ileal Umor~ a_n 
t_he e 1tor of the Labo1· 1£erald 
various councils of the church. It was not untD from puhlrslung III that pa_Per or elsewhere tl_1e 
the twelfth ceutur tl t tl 
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names of persons who patromze a boycotted firm 111 
lin~lly se~tled· ber,orelatl 1te t~ml .s_o 
un aylwere thllt city. The order i$ the mo;:;t far-reaching ever 
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the vigil or eve began the 'Sunday.' Like must Issue Ill 
e uec 1011 o preveu mg oycott1ng. 
othC'r salutnry customs, the S11nday observance grew 
-Six men are in jail at \Vyandotte, Kan., charged 
by slow degrees to be wl!at it is." 
with having wrecked the Missouri P<tcific freight 
train between Wyandotte and Kansas City, April 
SECULAR. 
26 last, during the great Southwestern l~ailway 
strike. The alleged wreckers are members of the 
-A fire in St. Louis, July 18, destroyed 25,000,000 Executive Board of the local ~oclge of Knights of 
feet of lumber. 
Labor at Wyandotte and Hamilton; the man who 
-Glass is now largely used for flooring in Paris 
business l10uses. 
-Maximilian ·wolfgang Duncker, the German 
historian, is dead. 
-Cholera is said to be decreasing in Italy but is 
spre:~di ng in to Au::; tria. 
-July 19 a large part of the town of Madera, 
Cal., was destroyed by fire. 
-July 20 the explosion of a locomotive boiler 
nenr Colurnbia, Tenn., killed several persons. 
-'l'hi::; Government has been oflicially informed 
that clrole!a is epidemic at Kanagawa, Japan. 
-Gladstone has resigned the premiership and 
t})e Marquis of Salisbury will form a new ministry. 
-At Barstow, San Barnardino County, Cal., July 
16, the thermometer for two hours registered 123° 
in the shade. 
-Jack rabbits (hares) are so numerous along the 
Humboldt River, Nev., that they do a great deal of 
damnge to crops. 
-A cyclone recently visited a mining camp in 
Arizona doing .considerable d.rlllage to property. 
No Jives were lost. 
is represented as the ringleader in the crime, is 
Chairman of the Board. 
-Recent advices from Mexico state that the rev-
olution in the Montezuma district of Sonora, is 
gaining strength daily and the trouble has extended 
into Chihuahu::~, adjoining Montezuma. 
No State 
or national troops are in the field, and the revolu-
tionist:;; have their way. Hostilities are being carried 
on vigorously. The condition of nffairs is such that 
Americans are claiming to be British subj,cts iu 
order that they may be secure from violence. 
-A dispatch from Ottawa, dated July 23, says: 
"Over 500 families are starving in Northern New-
foundland, while in Labrador 1,000 families are in 
the first state of destitution. One hunch·ed and 
twenty person have died so far. The thermometer 
on the 1st of July stood at zero. From Cape Bauld, 
N. F., to Cape Mugford on the Labrador coast, 
there is a solid barrier of ice, and no fishing has 
been possible. Large numberR of starving fisher-
men from Indian Harbor and Sandwich Bay have 
just arrived to implore food from the Goverument. 
No crops can be grown. It is probable that 1,000 
prople will clie withiq auother mouth if help is not 
afforded tl!em." 
-An evidence of the high state of civilization 
prevailing in Arizona, may be found in the fact 
that the scalp of an Apaclte, recently killed in that 
Territory, is to be ::;ent to Mrs. Cleveland. 
-Friday afternoon, July 23, a m:tn jumped from 
Brooklyn Bridge into East River, a distance of 135 
feet. He was but slightly injured, but was promptly 
arrested and charged with an attempt at suicide. 
-The case of the AmC'rican editor now con-
fined in a Mexican pri~OII, is thus stated by the San 
Francisco Ch1·onicle: "Mr. Cutting, the editor of a 
paper published in the American town of Paso del 
Norte, printed 
some strictures on the Mexican 
officials in the Mexican town of Paso del Norte, 
just opposite. Having occasion to cross the river 
shortly afterward, he was arrested, thrust into a 
filthy dungeon and refused bail. 
His case was 
brought before the Government at \Vasl!ington and 
M:r. Bayard promptly demanded his immediate re-
lease. The Federal Government of Mexico at once 
acceded to the demand and ordered that Cutting 
be set at liberty. But ihe authorities of Paso del 
Norte refuse to obey the order, on the ground tha~ 
it is a State matter." 
'l'he Mexican Government 
has sent several companies of soldiers to Paso del 
Norte to resist any effort which may be made tore-
lease Cutting by force. 
Q9hitunr~. 
BusH.-Died, at the residence of her parents, in 
Oakland, July 21, 1886, Mrs. Mary J. Bush, aged 
28 years, 1 month, and 7 days. She had been grad-
ually declining in health for about a year, suff'uring 
from a complication of dise:tses, her entire system 
being affected. 
Mary J. Yerba was born in Cache-
ville, Yolo County, Cal. In 1875, one year before her 
marriage, she united with the Seventh-day Advent-
ist Church in \Voodland, under the labor.:; of Elder 
Lough borough. She remained a member of this 
church until her deat.h. 
She was pos:;essed of a 
singularly amiable disposition, endearing herself, 
by" her uniform kindness and unselfishness, to all 
who knew her. During her suffering, which was 
borne with the utmost patience, she reviewed her 
pa-;;t life, and renewed her conseeration to God, de-
termining to be more devoted to the cause of God. 
This consecration was 110t made in view of death, 
as she fully expected to recover. She felt prepared 
to die, but desired to live that she might be useful 
to others. Parents, brothers and sisters, a husband, 
and three children mourn her Joss, but they feel 
assured that she sleeps in Jesus. 
A larg-e congrega-
tion of sympathizing frienus at the funeral listened 
to words of Christian comf"ort spoken by Eluer Wm. 
Healey, from 1 Cor. 15: 26: "The last enemy that 
shall be destroyed is death." 
E. J. w. 
~p p nint nttnt s. 
0AKLAND.-House of worship, northeast corner of 
Clay and Thirteenth Streets. :5abbath-school every Sab-
bath at 9: 30 A. 
M:. 
Preaching at 11. 
Prayer and 
missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7 : 30. 
Seats free. 
SAN FRANCJSCo.-House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, 
between McAllister and Tyler. 
Sabbath-school every 
Sabbath at 9:45, and preaching at l1 A. l\L; also preach-
ing every Sunday evening at 7 : :~0. 
Classes in the En-
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THE SIGNS OF THE TI~~ES. 
VoL. 12, No. 29. 
OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, JULY 29, 1886. 
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'V'E are glad to see on our table a copy of the 
fift'ieth Lhousand of the "Marvel of Nations." Such 
a circulation of this valuable book is truly gratify-
ing. 
JULY 24, Elder Wm. Ings and wife sailed from 
New York for Europe, on the Cunard steamer 
8e1·via. Their address will be Great Grimsby, En-
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THE Pacific Health Journal for August and 
September is 110w on our table, increased from 24 to 
32 pages, and with a new dress. Notwithstanding 
the increase in size, it is furnished at the old price, 
50 cents a year; it is worth more than twice that 
amount. 
WE have lately received questions signed only 
with the initials of the questioner. The persons 
sending them have doubtless supposed that nothing 
more is required, because in publishing the questions 
we print only the initials. This is a mistake. 
We 
print only the initials, but we require iu every case 
the full name. We wish to know who we are an-
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WE have some valued correspondents whose man-
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and the editors will thank you from the heart. 
FROM the Publishing House in Basel, Switzerland, 
we have received a copy of the first part of "Ge-
schichte des Sabbaths und des ersten Tages der 
lTToche," being a translation into the German lan-
guage of the first eleven chapters of" History of the 
Sabbath and the First Day of the ·week," by Elder J. 
N. Andrews. We knew a German lady in Michigan, 
who, at the age of eighty, le!Lrned the English lan-
guage in order that she might be able to read the 
"History of the Sabbath." Any one who has read 
the book will agree that its perusal would well rr-
pay so great an effort; but we are glRd that our 
German friends can now have the uook in their 
native language, and that it can be placed iu the 
hands of those whose interest is not great enough 
to prompt them to master a foreign language in or-
der to read it. This volume contains 176 pages, 
6x9 inches in size, the paper is good, and the print 
is beautifully clear. We are sorry that we are not 
able at present to state the terms on which it may 
be obtained; w~"'. all clo so as soon as possible. 
THE attention of the reader is called to the article 
on the second page or' this paper on the Sabbath 
and the Law, in which it is most conclusively 
proved that according to the law of God nothing 
but the seventh day of the week should be observed 
as the Sabbath. The writer is one of the leading 
men in the body known as Disciples, and does not 
believe that the law is binding on Christians. 
However, his argument ought to be convincing to 
those who do profess to revere God's holy law. 
As for the law of God itself, nothing is easier than 
to show that it is as unchangeable as are the good-
uess and mercy of God, and as unending as the 
days of eternity. 
THE new cardinal, Gibbons, in his address to the 
Ablegate, who brought to him the insignia of his 
office, felt it incumbent on him to render to his lord 
and master the following bit of blasphemous pala-
ver:-
" But, in truth, distance, howsoever vast, cannot 
deter those who are charged with a mission from the 
Vicar of CJ1rist, whose is the earth an<l the fullness 
thereof. For such the whole world is their home." 
This speech is reported in the Catholic Mirror of 
July 3, 1886. David said, "The earth is the Lord's, 
and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that 
cl well therein." The Catholic says that this applies 
to the Pope, thus exalting the Pope above God. 
And Catholics claim for the Pope only what he 
claims for himself. 
THE Stockton Evening Mail of July 16, has as 
its leading editorial an article over half a column 
in length, entitled, "Religious Perseeution Re-
vived." 
The article is devoted to an account of 
the trial of Seventh-day Adventists in Arkansas 
aud Tennessee for not resting on Sunday. It gives 
a clear and impartial statement of the case, clearly 
showing that the prosecution of those men was per-
::>ecution, inasmueh as they were conscientious ob-
servers of the Sabbath of the fourth commaudmen t, 
while thousands of others have done all manner of 
work and play on Sunday and have not been molested. 
We are pleased to see so candid a statement of the case 
in a secular journal. Erelong the attention of the 
whole country will be diverted to the movement 
that is on foot by the "N atioual Reform Associa-
tion," the object of which is to make persecution 
for conscience' sake a feature of this Government. 
Health Leaflets. 
WE have received from the publishers, the Health 
Publishing Company, Battle Creek, Mich., a series 
of twenty-five "Health Science Leaflets." As the 
best means to give in brief an idea of their range, 
we here insert the titles as they come. 1, The Code 
of Health; 2, How to Live a Century; 3, Pure Air; 
4, How to Ventilate; 5, A Back Yard Examined; 
6, Inventory of a Cellar; 7, What's in the Well? 
8, Cayenne and Its Congeners; 9, A Live Hog Ex-
amined; 10, A Peep into a Packing House; 11, Con-
tents of a Tea-Pot; 12, Tea-Tasting; 13, Tea and 
Nervousness; 14, A Tea Toper; 15, Tea and Tip-
pling; 16, Tobacco Poison; 17, A Relic of Barbarism; 
18, Tobacco Blindness; 19, Science vs. Tobacco U:;-
ing; 20, The Smoke Nuisance," 21, The Rum Fam-
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24, A Rum Blossom; 25, Alcoholis;n. 
Each one is a four-paged leaflet, and is packed 
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homes by following the directions given, especially 
in the ones on tea, the packing house, the· hog, the 
well, the cellar, the back yard, how to ventilate, and 
pure air. In the well, the cellar, the back yard, bad 
ventilation, and bad air, there lie numberless dis-
eases and thousands of deaths; and we are glad 
indeed to see good instruction on these things put 
in such a shape that they may reach every body. 
Every family in the land should have a complete 
set of these leaflets; and every family can have 
them, for the whole number costs only ten cents. 
Now don't say languidly, "Well, I'll send for 
them some time," but go at once and put ten 
cents in postage stamps, or in some other shape, in 
an envelope, and send to Pacific Press, Oakland, 
Cal., or to Good Health Publi::;hing Company, Battle 
Creek, Mich.; get these leaflets; follow their advice; 
and so be healthy, happy, and wise. 
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LAST week there was a death in Oakland which 
should, but probably· will not, serve as a warning 
at least to parents. 
A woman left a glass of sherry 
wine standing on the table; and her four-year-old 
son, finding it there, drauk it. Two or three hours 
afterwards his mother noticed that he " acted as if 
he was 'tight,'" and put him to bed. In a short 
time the boy was attacked with tetanic spasms, and! 
in spite of all efforts, soon died. The symptoms 
were those of poisoning by strychnia, but an exam-
ination of the wine in the bottle showed no trace 
of poison, other than the alcohol which it contained. 
The verdict is that the boy died from alcoholic 
poisoning. This will probably make no cliffereuce 
in the amount of wine that will be drank, either. 
by the young or the old, for we have been solemnly 
assured again and again that wine is a harmless 
drink. 
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