Vol. XVI No. 47 Price 5 Cents The Southern Publishing Association, Nashville, Tennessee BY C P BOLL MAN WHAT does the future hold in store for this world — peace or war'( Whether one realizes it or not, this is a question of great moment to every human being1. The peace conferences at the Hague, and in Boston and other American cities, attest the world-wide desire for universal and enduring peace. With what joy would all rian ism has endeavored to assuage its horrors; the gospel of the Prince of peace gives it no countenance; nevertheless the fear and dread of it are still with us. Note how values fluctuate in the great money centers of the world at even tin* rumor of war! The financial, the industrial, and the social world alike shrink from this monstrous and unnatural thing. awaken to the stern realities of devastating war. A few brief months after the czar called the first peace congress at the Hague, his own armies were engaged in a life-and-dcath struggle with the forces of the; Mikado; while at home his empire from the Baltic to the Urals was filled with internecine strife. Practically nothing was accomplished by LAVING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE TEMPLE OF PEACE AT THE HAGUE, JULY 30, 1907 peoples hail the certain knowledge that everlasting peace, based upon the golden rule, had settled down upon the world! But desirable as peace is, we are still without the pleasing assurance that it will ever be realized. Civilization has tried to supersede war by arbitration; humanita- And yet much of the wealth of the nations is spent in preparation for war. Civilization is groaning under the burden of building and equipping navies, and of drilling, accoutering, and maintaining armies, but finds no way of escape from it. Men fondly dream of peace only to the first peace congress; and aside from laying the corner-stone of the great Peace Palace, or Temple, as Mr. Carnegie prefers to call it, the second congress has been equally fruitless of practical results. Indeed, the difficulties to be encountered in securing disarmament and arbitration have The above is a one-color reproiuctioa of one paje in the attractive message-filled Special Issue, description and prices of which may be found on page 751 of this week's issue. The WATCHMAN Vol. XVI NASHVILLE, TENN., NOV. 19, 1907 No. 47 “ The path of the just is as the shining light, that shin-eth more and more unto the perfect day.” " The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.” ================== 1 SHALL ARISE— = Suggested by a tombstone bearing only the words. "I shall arise." and the date A. D. 1609. “ I shall arise.” For centuries Upon the gray old churchyard stone These words have stood; no more is said; The grand old promise stands alone, Untouched, while years and seasons roll Around it. March winds come and go, The summer twilights fall and fade, Or autumn sunsets burn and glow. “ I shall arise.” O wavering heart, From this take comfort and be strong! “ I shall arise,” nor always grope In darkness, mingling right with wrong; From tears and pain, from shades and doubt, And wants within that wildly call, “ I shall arise ” in God’s own light, Shall see the sum and truth of all. ~ "] RACE and peace be multi- t plied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that per-l__J tain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue ; whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” “ Partakers of the divine nature.” Is this possible? Of ourselves we can do no good thing. How, then, can we be partakers of the divine nature? — By coming to Christ just as we are, needy, helpless, dependent. He died to make it possible for us to ’be partakers of the divine nature. He took upon himself humanity, that he might uplift humanity. With the golden chain of his matchless love he has bound us to the throne of God. We are to have power to overcome as he overcame. To all he gives the invitation : “ Come unto me, . . . and I will give you rest. Take mv yoke upon Like children here we lisp and grope, And till the perfect manhood, wait At home our time, and only dream Of that which lies beyond the gate, God’s full, free universe of life,— No shadowy paradise of bliss, No realm of unsubstantial souls,— But life, more real life than this! I shall arise.” O clarion call! Time, rolling onward to the end, Brings us to life that cannot die, The life where faith and knowledge blend. Each after each the cycles roll In silence, and about us here The shadow of the great white throne Falls broader, deeper, year by year. — Christian at Work. you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” In order to be partakers of the divine nature, we must co-operate with God. Man is no passive being, to be saved in indolence. Let no one think that men and women are going to be taken to heaven without engaging in the struggle here below. We have a battle to fight, a victory to gain. God says to us, “ Work out your own salvation with fea and trembling.” How? — “For it is God which worketh in you, both to w and to do of his good pleasure.” M&n works, and God works. Man is called upon to strain every muscle, and to exercise every faculty, in the struggle for immortality; but it is God who supplies the efficiency. God has made amazing sacrifices for human beings. He has expended mighty energy to reclaim man from transgression and sin to loyalty and obedience; but he does nothing without the co-operation of humanity. Paul says: “ This one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, ... I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” The Christian life is a battle and a march. In this warfare there is no release; the effort must be continuous and persevering. It is by unceasing endeavor that we maintain the victory over the temptations of Satan. Christian integrity must be sought with resistless energy, and maintained with a resolute fixedness of purpose. “Ye are God’s husbandry; ye are God’s building.” This figure represents human character, which is to be wrought upon point by point. Each day God works on his building, stroke upon stroke, to perfect the structure, that it may become a holy temple for him. Man is to co-operate with God, striving in his strength to make himself what God designs him to be, building his life with pure, noble deeds. No one is borne upward without stern, persevering effort in his own behalf. All must engage in the warfare for themselves. Individually we are responsible for the issue of the struggle; though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the land, they could deliver neither son nor daughter by their righteousness. There is a science of Christianity to be mastered,— a science as much deeper, broader, higher, than any human science as the heavens are higher than the earth. The mind is to be disciplined, educated, trained; for we are to do service for God in ways that are not in harmony with inborn inclination. Often the training and education of a lifetime must be discarded, that one may become a learner in the school of Christ. Our hearts must be educated to become steadfast in God. We are to form habits of thought that will enable us to resist temptation, ^e must learn to look upward. The principles of the Word of God,— principles that are as high as heaven, and that compass eternity,— we are to understand in their bearing on our daily life. Every act, every word, every thought, is to be in accord with these principles. The precious graces of the Holy Spirit are not developed in a moment. Courage, fortitude, meekness, faith, unwaver- CO-OPERATION =n Mrs. E. G. White r= 740 THE WATCHMAN ing trust in God's power to save, are acquired by the experience of years. By a life of holy endeavor and firm adherence to the right, the children of God are to seal their destiny. Wrongs cannot be righted, nor can reformation of character be made, by a few feeble, intermittent efforts. Sancti- "I F ye be Christ's, then are ye f Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Gal. 3:29. Abraham’s seed, means Abraham’s children. This text says that ______ if we are Christ’s, we are --------— Abraham’s children. When Christ was speaking to those vain scribes and Pharisees, “ they answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.” John 8: 39. God says that he made the promises to Abraham, “ because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,” etc. Gen. 26:3-5. Put these statements together, which are all equally God’s word, and we have this central thought: If we belong to Christ, then we are Abraham’s children. If we are Abraham’s children, we will do as he did, and he kept the commandments of God. It is summed up that if we are Christ’s, we shall keep the commandments of God. Doing as Abraham did, we shall share in the inheritance promised to Abraham, for we are “ heirs according to the promise.” My professing friend, do you belong to Christ? There is no salvation outside of him. The evidence of your connection, as we have read, is in keeping the commandments of God. We have proved by many texts that they could not be done away nor changed. Can you, then, be surprised that when these facts came to us, we began keeping the Sabbath of the Lord? fication is the work, not of a day, or of a year, but of a lifetime. The struggle for conquest over self, for holiness and heaven, is a life-long struggle. Without continual effort and constant activity, there can be no advancement in the divine life, no attainment of the victor’s crown. A Blessing in Its Observance Isaiah is called “the gospel prophet,” because much of his writings apply to the gospel age. He says, “ Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.” Isa. 56: 2. This applies in the last days ; the Lord through the prophet says in verse 1 that this blessing is pronounced when “ my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.” This blessing is pronounced upon the person “ that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it.” The call is to those who have not been keeping God’s Sabbath, because he asks them to lay hold of it. You cannot lay hold of that which you already have in your hands; but it is proper to ask you to lay hold on that of which you do not have a hold. Listen further: “For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant: Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger [Gentiles] that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant.” Verses 4-6. Turn to the 58th chapter, and you will notice in the first verse a message from God to those who have given themselves to him. He calls them “ my people,” yet says they are transgressing, and committing sin. Sin, you will remember, is “the transgression of the law.” Then; when this message is due, God’s people will be transgressing the law of God, and will not know it, because he says, “ Show my people their transgression.” It will also be a point that will not readily be accepted, because after calling upon his servants to “ cry aloud,” he adds, “ Spare not.” My Christian brother, what part of the law of God have we transgressed, and did not know it? The prophet does not point to all our failures in this call. He says, Show them “ their transgression ” (singular number),— one thing to which their attention must be called. Passing down through the chapter, where a true fast to the Lord is defined, I will read verses 12-14: “They that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thv pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” This certainly refers to the law of God, because the Sabbath, which he mentions, is only found in the bosom of that law. Please consider these verses: “ Thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day.” There is, then, a breach, or broken-down place, in the law of God, which must be repaired. If you heed the call, God says you will be called, “ The repairer of the breach.1’ He also tells where the broken place, or breach, is. You will be called the repairer of the breach, “If thou turn away thy foot from the < Sabbath.” Is it not plain that the breach in the law of God is found in the Sabbath command? We repair the breach when we restore the Sabbath. This is the statement of this scripture. 1 11 ' f : 1 TENT MEETING THEMES Lesson Twenty-three THE SABBATH _ 1 .^mSm* HMw CLARENCE SANTEE THE WATCHMAN 74i Another proof: “ If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath.” This expression could not be used in speaking to God's people, unless they had the Sabbath under their feet. In trampling the Sabbath of the Lord under our feet, we have made a breach, a broken place, in the law of God. He says if we will take our feet off from the Sabbath, we will repair the breach. To-day, the larger part of professed Christians do not keep the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. They rest on the first day, while the commandment says, “ The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work.” Conscientious Christians have for generations placed the Sabbath beneath their feet. They have done their pleasure on God's holy day. They did not know. The time has come to “ cry aloud, spare not, . . . show my people their transgression.” We are to repair the breach by taking our feet from the Sabbath. “ Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord,” the prophet says; “ and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” Verse 14. The “ heritage of Jacob ” is to be possessed by Abraham’s children, and of it, if we are Christ's, we are “ heirs according to the promise.” We can pass this way but once. Like a resistless flood the world is hurrying on. It will pay to take our feet off from all of the commandments of the Lord. Building upon a human foundation brings no promise, no assurance, but instead, like the sand, it is washed from beneath, and all goes down. God's word abides forever. Are you willing with me to try it alone? S # ^ WALK IN THE LAW H. W. Reed We know that the blessing of God is upon those who walk in his law, for the inspired word says, “ Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.” To walk in the law of the Lord means to walk in the way it directs, and to the one who desires to walk thus Christ will impart the power. The sixth commandment says, “ Thou shalt not kill.” In order for man to walk in this commandment, he must refrain from taking human life. He must love and not hate his fellow-man. He must walk in, and not contrary to, this divine law. What is true in regard to the sixth commandment is just as true in respect to the other nine. This same truth is again taught in the following quotation from God's word: “ Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity; they walk in his ways.” The law of God is God's way, it is the way he lives, it is just like him, it represents his character, and therefore the law of God is the right- eousness of God, which righteousness Christ tells us to seek. All who desire God's blessing must walk in his law, and they will surely have it; for it is impossible for God to break his promise. By faith in Christ we are kept from the consequences of sinning, as also by faith in the Saviour we are kept from sinning. The remnant church will thus walk in the commandments of God, and enter through the gates into the city of God. May this be our happy lot is my earnest desire. DISAPPOINTED J. N. Loughborough ISAPPOINTED: “ Defeated of expectation or hope.” — Webster. “ Without coun- sel purposes are disappointed.” Prov. 15:22. One may purpose in his heart that he will at last have a part in the kingdom of God; but unless he follows the counsel of the Lord relative thereto, he is sure of disappointment in his purpose. “ There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.” Prov. 19:21; Ps. 33: 11. In his counsel the Lord has said, “ Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.” Deut. 29: 9. “ Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.” Joshua 1: 7. Again: “ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Ps. 1:1-3. In view of all these solemn truths, how important the counsel given through King Jehoshaphat to Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “ Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.” 2 Chron. 20: 20. Alas! how many there are at the present day who have a mere form of godli- ness, but fail in their daily life to manifest the fruits of the power of true godliness. The world attracts, its tinsel charms, and its approbation flatters them; so they stand in the line of those addressed by the Saviour, “ Strive [agonize] to enter in at the strait gate.” Luke 13:24. The reason why such earnest effort must be made, is thus expressed in Matthew: “ For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that Jeadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matt. 7:13, 14. “ Broad is the road that leads to death, And thousands walk together there; While wisdom shows a narrow path, With here and there a traveler.” How sad the condition at last of those who have sought simply the things of this world — to gratify the “ lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,” which the apostle John says is “ all that is in the world.” 1 John 3: 16. How terrible to be, at the execution of the judgment, aroused to the fact that they have lost eternal life. “ What is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? [soul, the eternal life which the faithful receive] or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matt. 16:26. What would he not give at that time, if he could but secure that eternal life? He would do more than that dying queen who cried out, “ The half of my kingdom for a day more of life!” If he held in his hands deeds and mortgages of the whole world, he would immediately give all for such a prize. He may be one of those who had a 742 THE WATCHMAN 3be..rHome Health Happiness -THE CONFLAGRATION- name to live a Christian, while in fact the world was the absorbing theme of his thoughts, and the great object of his pursuit. His position at the great day is thus delineated by the Saviour, and recorded by the apostle Luke, “ When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, and say, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence .ve are. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and ye yourselves thrust out.” Luke 13:25-28. There is a statement made in “ The Wisdom of Solomon,” as recorded in the Apocrapha of the Old Testament, which not only shows the disappointment of the wicked respecting themselves, but also with reference to those who shall be saved: “ Then shall the righteous stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labors. When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all they looked for. And they, repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit, shall say within themselves, This is he, whom we sometime had in derision, and a proverb of reproach. We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honor; how is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints.” “ Wisdom of Solomon ” 5: 1-5. ----------- Being partakers of the divine nature will make us willing always to reach forth a helping hand to those in need of relief. Christ’s heart was ever touched with pity at the sight of human woe. He died on the cross of Calvary to lift from man the penalty of transgression. He came to our world to make it possible for sinful human beings to obtain salvation. He wept over the sorrow and suffering that he saw on every hand. He groaned in spirit in behalf of the tried and tempted, but he would not fail or falter in order to make it possible for them to gain eternal life.—E. G. W. It started in the garden ground, And no one was to blame; We only filled a little mound With dancing tulip-flame. We thought it quenched in June; but O, Just where the roses grew, A tiny ember smoldered low, And when the south winds blew, They scattered petals full of coals; The mischief had begun, Nor might we then, to save our souls, Undo what had been done. Nasturtium fires crept out, and flared Along the garden walk; The hollyhocks like torches glared, A light on every stalk. ing forward as champions of a meatless diet, and what they say on the subject may be considered as coming from good authority. One of the latest of these to express an opinion on the subject is Professor Chittenden of Yale University. A recent press telegram from New Haven, Conn., says:— “ The vegetarian idea has started a heated discussion throughout the university. Professor Chittenden is director of the Sheffield School, and has long favored the vegetarian diet. To support his theories he had a squad of United States soldiers at New Haven for a year and showed that they could thrive without meat. Professor Chittenden not only regards the training table as of no ad- lhe Scotch-mist puffed its clouds of smoke, The hills were dim with haze, And goldenrod and sumac broke Into a mighty blaze. Across the fields the fire-tide turned, O’erleaping stream and road; The hillside like a furnace burned, Ihe forest gleamed and glowed. We watched the conflagration grow Till, one November night, A tempest blast of sleet and snow Put out its splendid light. Now we have no excuse to bring, There’s nothing to be said; But every one of us, next spring, Will guard his tulip bed! —Ellen Hamlin Butler, in Youth's Compan- wanting to hang up the following card:— notice ! This spare bed is warranted to produce neuralgia, rheumatism, colds, consumption, doctor’s bills, death. The spare bed is always as near a mile away from the rest of the sleeping rooms as it can possibly be located. In it everything is as prim and stiff as may be ; the sheets are slippery, clean, and clammy, and the stiff pillow-slips rustle like shrouds. The mattress is of feathers, a family heir-loom, the last earthly resting-place, perhaps, of many a case of measles, whooping-cough, scarlatina, and consumption. Shake me down on the kitchen floor; VEGETARIANISM THE BEST DIET LOWLY but surely the world is finding out that a meat diet is inferior to a vegetarian diet in strength-producing qualities, to say nothing of other advantages which vegetarianism is acknowledged to possess. Athletic directors at the universities are now com- ion. vantage, but says it is a positive hindrance. He maintains further that a vegetable diet will make the young athletes much stronger and give more powers of endurance than meat, no matter what the quality.” & & THAT SPARE BED M. H. Tuxford I never see a “ spare bed ” without THE WATCHMAN 7 43 —---------A SUCCESS MOTTO = “ Don't grumble, don’t bluster, don’t dream, and don’t shirk, Don’t think of your worries, but think of your work; The worries will vanish, the work will be done; No man sees his shadow that faces the • sun.” let me sleep in the hay loft; let me stand up in the corner; anywhere but on the feather mattress on the spare bed in the spare room. Did any one pass a winter night in a spare bed such as I have vainly endeavored to describe, without waking up with a start under the impression that a dead man was pulling at his chilly nose? We must suffer in silence. This spare bed is lovingly reserved for those whom the family most esteem. & & & SPARE MOMENTS Earnest Lloyd ~| WAS reading the other day f about the value of gold-dust or filings that fall from the work in jewellers' shops. The writer said an old waist-coat would be worth *_J more than a new one. That, in fact, the story of Aladdin and the magician who offered to exchange new lamps for old is paralleled in modern times by the second-hand clothes-men, who give new vests for old ones, because of the quantity of fine gold which accumulates in the cloth, and which is collected again and sold. Spare moments are the gold-dust of time. Of all the portions of our life, spare moments are the most fruitful in good or evil. They are the gaps through which temptations find the easiest access to the garden of the soul. And they also afford the most precious opportunities for doing good. Yet how much we lose of this gold-dust, scattering it not in single grains, but casting it away by the handful. Men of business say that time is money; but it is more: the proper improvement of it is self-culture, self-improvement, and growth of character. “ Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or treatment, but lost time is gone forever.” Learn to improve the time until it becomes a habit. Hundreds of eminent characters attribute their success, not to genius, but simply to the careful employment of those invaluable fragments of time called “ odd moments.” The hours perish, and are laid to our charge. How sad to think that such a gift from God should be wasted in thoughtlessness. “ Only a few minutes; only a few hours; only a few days; ” only a few days — why, the whole of man's life is but “ a few days; ” and he has to prepare in them for eternity. Let us strive to redeem the few that may still remain. J* J* THE ABSORPTION OF WATER Few people understand that water, as well as food, requires to be assimilated in order to perform its work in the body properly. In order to be taken into the blood, and incorporated with the blood serum, there must be a real need for water, and this is best created by means of brisk exercise carried to the point of perspiration. * Fever also creates a demand for water, and vigorous sweating-in whatever way produced. Water taken into the stomach without the drinker being thirsty or having a desire for it, lingers in the digestive tract, even producing a feeling of weight and discomfort, accompanied by splashing, gurgling noises, which are very annoying; and unless exercise, hot baths, or some other means are used to create a demand for water, it is not advisable to force too much on the system. A single glass on rising, before dinner, at tea-time, and again at retiring, will wash out the stomach, and supply the needed fluid to the body just as well as several glasses hurriedly swallowed, with a feeling of actual repugnance to water. It is abnormal not to experience thirst, inasmuch as the body consists so largely of water; but the treatment consists in establishing the physiological need for water in the system, rather than in forcing this fluid upon the unwilling digestive system.— Good Health (Australia). jt jt THE CREEP CURE FOR CHILDREN Professor Klapp, of the University of Bonn, believes that creeping is the true and natural remedy for half the troubles of infancy. Every child should be allowed to creep freely before it is taught to walk, he says; it is nature's law, and when this is neglected he prescribes a return to creeping to undo the injuries to the spine, joints, and muscular system that result from a premature habit of standing erect. His attention was first called to the subject by dogs which had suffered nervous breakdown and showed symptoms of paralysis as a result of training in tricks for the stage or circus ring. He undertook to treat some of these, and naturally began with a rest cure, including stoppage of the requirement to stand upright on their hind legs. To his surprise he found that the dogs recovered strength and nervous tone without further treatment, and he concluded that the strain on the spinal column from the unnatural erect position was the sole cause of the symptoms. From this it was an easy step to the deduction that children of from one to four years of age who showed nervous symptoms and general breakdown were victims of strain placed on the vertebral system too soon, too suddenly, and before they were fit to bear it. He experimented with a creeping treatment, and it is said has achieved such results that several children's hospitals are adopting the system that he has introduced in Berlin.— Cleveland Plain-dealer. *5* GETTING EVEN—WITH WHAT? When one person has wronged another, the unjustly injured person is always, for the time being, on a higher plane than the one who has done the injury. The wronged one has not lost what the other has lost. The only way to make the loss equal is for the injured one to “ get even.” Then, in addition to his hurt feelings, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he is now no better than the other fellow. What an ingenious tempter Satan is, to persuade us to add injury to insult unto ourselves! For that is what “ getting even ” accomplishes ; it is lowering ourselves and our standards to the level of the one who lias wronged us. How much better to help the other to “ get even ” with the higher standards which Christ alone can enable us to hold to — love and forgiveness.— Sunday-School Times. j* Ji J* I think you might dispense with half your doctors, if you would only consult Doctor Sun more, and be more under treatment of these great hydropathic doctors — the clouds.— Beecher. 744 THE WATCHMAN THE WATCHMAN PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE Southern Publishing Association NASHVILLE, TENN. Price, $1.00 per Year Single Copy, 5 Cents G. I. BUTLER L. A. SMITH Editors P. T. MAGAN I Associate E. J. BURNHAM f Editors FILTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT NASHVILLE, TENN.t AS SECOND CLASS MATTER, APRIL 12, 1906. Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 19, 1907. CHRIST’S METHODS OF WORKING SOME GLIMPSES OE ITS WONDERFUL RESULTS mHE Father has committed to his Son the special management of the great scheme of redemption. The prophet declares, “ He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth.” He will,, in short, bring back this one lost world to its allegiance to God, cleansing the universe from all the defilement of sin; and the great rebellion of Satan and his adherents will be forever put down. Then peace, joy, and happiness will reign, and in the vast universe of God no evil will exist forevermore. But as yet this prediction remains unfulfilled. Never did evil raise its head in prouder form, nor seek more persistently to intrench itself. But it is doomed; and we gladly welcome the advancing signs of its utter overthrow, when Christ shall come in his glory. For nearly six thousand years Christ has been engaged in gathering his precious jewels from the rubbish of the disloyal hosts of wicked men, with which to people the new earth when it is rescued from Satan’s grasp. He has, by his wisdom and omnipotence, guided, directed, and interfered at important crises to hold evil in check, carry out his purposes, and fulfil the predictions of his prophets, and no word of his has ever failed of its accomplishment. It is encouraging to the child of God, while buffeted here below, struggling as he is in the heat of the conflict, and pressed under heavy temptations, to get glimpses of our beloved Captain’s special interference in the affairs of men, to rescue his followers and give them victories over all their foes. Could the curtain be lifted, how many of these special providences should we behold! As it is, the blessed word brings many of these to light. Yea, and in our own experiences we can doubtless recall instances where Providence (but another name for Christ’s wonderful care for his people) has specially cared for us in times of peril. Let us notice a few out of the vast number introduced in Scripture. The call of Noah to warn the world of the deluge, and save a seed to populate the earth after he had purged it of a race of rebels, is a special instance of Christ’s interference. The Calling of Abraham The call of Abraham to leave Chaldea, and in Canaan prepare the way for planting his descendants there to serve as a channel of light to the world, is another. Christ’s visits to him, instructing him concerning the coming of himself as the promised Seed, and the greatness of his promises to prepare him to be the father of the faithful, thus marking a new era in the development of the plan of salvation, is a matter of deep interest. His visit when sending his angels to save Lot and to destroy Sodom and the other cities for their awful wickedness, is a striking interference, showing his watchfulness of the affairs of the cities given to iniquity and his care for his people. Jacob’s Great Victory That great crisis in Jacob’s life, when confronting Esau and his four hundred men, trembling for the safety of his family and all that was dear to him, and conscious of his sins against his brother, is a wonderful circumstance. Jacob, though a believer in God for a long time, had now come to the point where it was most important for him and for the well-being of his posterity and the full accomplishment of God’s plans * through them, to be fully cleansed from the sins of the past, and to lead a higher life and be fully consecrated to God. Doubtless he could not readily discern all that needed to be done for him; but Christ could, and so caused affairs thus to culminate to bring matters to this crisis. Jacob knew great dangers were before him, and sought God in retirement. Then Christ in the darkness appeared to him as an enemy about to destroy him. And poor Jacob, the supplanter, had to meet a terrible conflict, where his life trembled all night in the balances. No doubt with death apparently so imminent, all the sins of his life passed rapidly before his mind, and he longed to be forgiven, and to be certain that his peace was made with God. When weak with the long-protracted struggle, his soul overwhelmed with a sense of his peril and great need, and his feelings roused to their utmost tension, he was made aware that his antagonist was a divine Being, his Saviour and his God. How quickly he grasped him by faith, and clung to him with all his soul, claiming a blessing. The loving Saviour gladly forgave the sins of the past, now that Jacob realized them, and called his name Israel. What a new man Jacob was from this on! He had no fears now of his brother. His peace was made, and he could trust all in the hands of his Lord. #This change in him gave a wonderful influence to his after life, and deeply affected his posterity. The great Captain knows just how to touch these hidden springs of human conduct at the critical point. Israel’s Experience in Egypt Jacob’s strange way of getting to Egypt to accomplish an impprtant work in God’s great scheme is another special providence. What a peculiar training he received, and what consequences grew out of it! So of the birth, education, and training of Moses for the great part he was to act. That Rock that went with Israel, not only in all their wanderings, but in Egypt also, guiding them out of slavery by way of the Red Sea and Mount Sinai’s awful thunders, simply shows Christ’s constant supervision and watchcare in the carrying out of his design to plant Israel in the great thoroughfare of the nations, to be a light to the heathen world. Joshua met the Captain of the Lord’s host at the critical siege of Jericho, and no doubt thousands of angels were with him unseen, who at that critical point, when the loud blasts of the trumpets rang through the air, toppled down every stone of Jericho’s four walls, leaving a clear pathway for Israel’s hosts to march into the Canaanite stronghold. The Mission of Elijah and Elisha The wonderful mission of Elijah and Elisha was another special intervention of Christ our Lord,— a last mighty effort to save the ten apostate tribes from ruin. It did preserve them for a season, but they were too far gone on the downward pathway to be rescued. Proud Ephraim was joined to his idols, and finally disappeared as a nation in the Assyrian captivity. A few pious souls, joining themselves to Judah, came back from the captivity— enough seed to preserve a skeleton of the commonwealth of twelve tribes. The mighty power of God manifested through Elijah and Elisha, brought some at least to their senses. It was Christ’s almighty power that caused the water to be licked up in the trenches and consumed the bullock, in the great test to determine who was the true God. It was he who sent the rain; and at last snatched his servant away in the fiery chariot, as a type of the translated saints at the second advent. Christ was present to raise the dead at his servant’s entreaty; and with a mighty host of angels surrounded Elisha when his attendant was permitted to have a glimpse of the heavenly guard that attended the prophet. What a mighty Saviour he is! G. i. b. (To be continued.) J* ^ ^ THE ORIGINAL SABBATH DAY S CORRESPONDENT who is sure that the original seventh day of the week, the creation Sabbath, has lost its identity and cannot be known from other days at the present time, says:— The claim that successive Sabbaths from the day on which our Lord rested, can be identified and pointed out in exact chronological order down to the present time, must require a wonderful stretch of the imagination. That there is not the thin shadow of testimony to prove such claim is evident from the fact that there was no law from Adam until Moses, 2,500 years before there was any account of the creation, so far as recorded. It is absolutely certain that Sabbaths cannot be traced back to the creation, nor can they be traced back to Moses. Why not? Because Moses was instructed by the Lord to remove Israel from Egypt on the night of the 14th day of Abib, the first month of the new year. The Lord THE WATCHMAN 745 THE RUIN OF THE PAPAL EMPIRE (Concluded.) here made a change in the dating of months, or days. Abib was the beginning of months, and was the first month of the year. The beginning of the year was changed. Who can identify the year that Israel left Egypt?” This or similar objections to the seventh-day Sabbath are frequently heard when the claims of the seventh day are presented. The original seventh day on which God rested after creation has lost its identity, these objectors say, so it is foolishness to think to keep the creation Sabbath by observing the seventh day of the present weekly division of time. We reply:— 1. God set apart a particular day at creation, and by resting upon and blessing that day made that particular day and no other the Sabbath day. Only that particular day could be the Sabbath (or rest-day) of the Lord, because he did not rest on any other day. He sanctified the Sabbath, which means to set it apart to a sacred use. He made the Sabbath for man. Hence if that particular day has lost its identity, God has made a failure of instituting a Sabbath for mankind. We are not ready to admit that God has ever made a failure in anything. 2. God said that Abraham obeyed his voice and kept his commandments. Gen. 26:5. Abraham must therefore have kept the Sabbath, and the Sabbath must have been known to him and his descendants. 3. God himself pointed out the Sabbath day after the Israelites left Egypt, before {hey reached Sinai. Ex. 16:4, 5, 22, 23. Therefore the Israelites had the knowledge of the original seventh-day Sabbath from that time forward, if God knew which day of the week it was. 4. The holy women who came to anoint the body of Jesus on the day of his resurrection had on the previous day “rested the Sabbath day, according to the commandment.” Luke 23: 56. Thus it is certain that the true seventh day was known at the time of the crucifixion. 5. There is no question but that this same seventh-day Sabbath has been observed by the Jews, and by some Christian churches as well, from that time down to the present, nor has there been any trouble in identifying the first day of the week. 6. Changes in the calendar affecting the beginning of months and of the year, do not in the least affect the division of time into weeks. Julius Caesar reformed the calendar, and Pope Gregory did likewise, and the Gregorian calendar is now in use in most countries; but in Russia the old style calendar still prevails, so that the new year begins in that country about two weeks later than in other countries; but the seventh day of the week is the same in Russia as in other parts of the world. The weekly division of time is absolutely the same throughout the world. Thus the objection that the original creation Sabbath day cannot now be identified falls to the ground, and constitutes no reason whatever for failing to observe the Sabbath day “according to the commandment.” 1* a. s. EVEN to the kings of the earth the papacy had become a byword and a hissing. Thus King Edgar of England, addressing the assembled bishops of his kingdom, declared: “ We see in Rome but debauchery, dissolution, drunkenness, and impurity; the houses of the priests have become the shameful retreats of prostitutes, jugglers, and Sodomites; they gamble by night and day in the residence of the pope. Bacchanalian songs, lascivious dances, and the debauchery of a Messalina, have taken the place of fasting and prayers.” 1 In the year 904 began the reign of Pope Sergius III. Of him, Cardinal Baronius says that “ he was the slave of every vice, and was the most wicked of men.”, But more than this; it was during his reign of seven years, and by him that the papacy was delivered to the influence and power of three licentious women and their paramours. For then began that time never to be forgotten, the reign in Rome of “the celebrated Theodora and her two daughters Marozia and Theodora. They were of a senatorial family, and no less famous for their beauty, their wit, and address, than infamous for the scandalous lives they led. Theodora, and afterward her daughter Marozia, were the mistresses of Adelbert, Duke of Tuscany. Adelbert seized the castle of St. Angelo, in the city of Rome, and gave it to Theodora and her daughters, who, supported by the Marquis and his party, governed Rome without control, and disposed of the holy see to whom they pleased. To Adelbert was born a son by Marozia, named Alberic; but she nevertheless lived scandalously with the pope, and gave to his Holiness a son called John, whom we shall soon see raised to the papal chair by the interest of his mother.” 2 To her son John, Theodora first gave the archbishopric of Ravenna, and later translated him to Rome, where he became pope through her power in a. d. 914. He organized an army to make war on the Saracens, and the world was astonished and edified at the appearance of this warlike pontiff marching at the head of his troops. “ By the love of Theodora, as was said, he had maintained himself in the papacy for fourteen years; by the intrigues and hatred of her daughter Marozia he was overthrown. She surprised him in the Lateran Palace; killed his brother Peter before his face; threw him into prison, where he soon died, smothered, as was asserted, with a pillow.” 3 After a short interval Marozia made her own son pope under the title of John XI, a. d. 931. But his brother Alberic cast both 1 Quoted by DeCormenin, “History of the Popes,” Benedict IV. 2 Bower, “Lives of the Popes,” Sergius III, par. 1. Also DeCormenin, under Sergius III. 3 Draper, “ Intellectual Development of Europe,” chap. 12, par. 55. him and his mother into prison, and then made his own son pope. This young man was only nineteen years of age when he assumed the pontificate, the amorous Marozia having now given a son and a grandson to the papacy. He took the title of John XII. His reign was characterized by such shocking immoralities that the Emperor Otho I was compelled to interfere. “A synod was summoned for his trial in the Church of St. Peter, before which it appeared that John had received bribes for the consecration of bishops, that he had ordained one who was but ten years old, and had performed that ceremony over another in a stable; he was charged with infamous conduct with one of his father’s concubines, and with so many adulteries that the Lateran Palace had become a brothel; he put out the eyes of one ecclesiastic and committed mayhem upon another, both dying in consequence of their injuries: he was given to drunkenness, gambling, and the invocation of Jupiter and Venus. When cited to appear before the council, he sent word that ‘he had gone out hunting:’ and to the fathers who remonstrated with him, he threateningly remarked ‘that Judas, as well as the other disciples, received from his Master the power of binding and loosing, but that as soon as he proved a traitor to the common cause, the only power he retained was that of binding his own neck.’ Thereupon he was deposed, and Leo VIII elected in his stead, a. d. 963; but subsequently getting the upper hand, he seized his antagonists, cut off the hand of one, and the nose, finger, tongue of others. His life was eventually brought to an end by the vengeance of a man whose wife he had seduced.”4 After such details it is almost needless to allude to the annals of succeeding popes: to relate that John XIII was strangled in prison; that Boniface VII imprisoned Benedict VII, and killed him by starvation; that John XIV was secretly put to death in the dungeons of the Castle of St. Angelo; that the corpse of Boniface was dragged by the populace through the streets. The sentiment of reverence for the sovereign pontiff, nay, even of respect, had become extinct in Rome; throughout Europe the clergy were so shocked at the state of things, that, in their indignation, they began to look with approbation on the intention of the Emperor Otho to take from the Italians their privilege of appointing the successor of St. Peter, and confine it to his own family. But his kinsman, Gregory V, whom he placed on the pontifical throne, was very soon compelled by the Romans to fly; his excommunications and religious thunders were turned into derision by them; they were too well acquainted with the true nature of those terrors. They were living behind the scenes. 4/d. 746 A terrible punishment awaited the anti-pope John XVI. Otho returned into Italy, seized him, put out his eyes, cut off his nose and tongue, and sent him through the streets mounted on an ass, with his face to the tail, and a wine bladder on his head. It seemed impossible that things could become worse, yet Rome had still to see Benedict IX, a. d. 1033, a boy of less than twelve years, raised to the apostolic throne. Of this pontiff, one of his successors, Victor III, declared that his life was so shameful, so foul, so execrable, that he shuddered to describe it. He ruled like a captain of banditti rather than a prelate. The people at last, unable to bear his adulteries, homicides, and abominations any longer, rose against him. In despair of maintaining his position, he put up the papacy to auction. It was bought by a presbyter named John, who became Gregory VI, a. d. 1045. “More than a thousand years had elapsed since the birth of our Saviour, and such was the condition of Rome. Well may the historian shut the annals of those times in disgust ; well may the heart of the Christian sink within him at such a catalogue of hideous crimes. Well may we ask, Were these vicegerents of God upon earth — these, who had truly reached that goal beyond which the last effort of human wickedness cannot pass ?”5 Subsequent popes were purer and more moral men. But the germs of evil had been planted, and in spite of all they could do to cleanse the church, the leaven of wickedness worked, and kept on working — till at last with giant downward curves the political world empire of the papacy hastened to its doom. And the heavens thickened, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and the thunders of Luther and Melancthon, of Zwingle and Farrell and Tyndale roared, and the Great Reformation of the sixteenth century rolled in and swept away the world-empire of the church which the dragon had planted on the ruins of pagan Rome. Now all that is written above in regard to the evils which like demons took possession of the soul and body of the church is not written to prove that all of her adherents were bad men and women. The men who have recorded her shame, and cried the most loudly against the evil deeds of her leaders, were members of her own communion. The great Cardinal Baronius was a Roman Catholic. And it must ever be remembered that the reformers Luther and all his host came forth from the bosom of this same church. But the awful condition of society written above is written to show that the world-empire scheme, first inaugurated at Babel and tried again from Babylon to Rome, had come to an end once more and from the same causes as did its predecessors. Once again the hand of God had been outstretched to annihilate this gigantic and oft-tried conspiracy, upon the success of which Satan seemed almost to stake his all, and which he had erected for the oppression and persecution of all who would worship God according to the dictates of con- */ BEST Satisfaction guaranteed. For more than five years we have been furnishing to our people, everywhere, the very best Salad, Table and Cooking OH America affords. Ah absolutely pure vegetable product, containing no chemicals or animal fat of any kind. Easily digested, does net become rancid, and next to Olive Oil. Sole Agent for America. FIVE GALLON CAN, $3.85 TEN GALLON CAN, 7.70 70 cts. per gal. In bbl. (about 60 gal.) and )£ bbl. (about 30 gal.) lots. 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LeSUKUl 752 THE WATCHMAN The Watchman NASHVILLE, TENN., NOV. 19, 1907 CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER POETRY. page “ I Shall Arise ” ................. 739 The Conflagration ................. 742 A Success Motto.................... 743 Good News from Afar................ 747 What of the Day?................... 749 GENERAL ARTICLES. Co-operation, Mrs E G White......... The Sabbath, C Santee............... Walk in the Law, H W Reed........... Disappointed, J N Loughborough...... THE HOME.— Vegetarianism the Best Diet—That Spare Bed, M H Tuxford —Spare- Moments, Ernest Lloyd—The Absorption of Water — The Creep Cure for Children .................. 742, EDITORIAL.— Christ’s Methods of Working, g. i. b.—The Original Sabbath Day, l. a. s.—The Ruin of the Papal Empire, p. t. m.—The Russian Church on the Commandments, W A Spicer 739 740 741 741 743 ......................... 744 - 746 EDITORIAL NOTES.................. 746 THE MISSION FIELD.— British East Africa, A A Carscallen—San Paulo Mission, Brazil, F W Spies—The Philippine Islands, J L McElhany... 747-749 THINGS HERE AND THERE.—Death VaIley .................... 749, 750 OUR SCRAP BOOK.—Admissions Con-cerning the Sabbath ............. 750 SUBSCRIPTION RATES DOMESTIC MAILS 12 Months in advance - - - - $1 00 6 Months in advance - 50 In Clubs of five or more in one wrapper, per year, each - 75 Five copies three months to one address 94 Five copies six months to one address 1 88 Ten copies one year to one address 7 50 Ten copies six months to one address 3 75 Ten copies three months to one address 1 88 CANADA AND ALL FOREIGN MAILS 12 Months in advance - - - - $1 50 6 Months in advance - 75 Clubs to Canada, each copy, per year 1 00 Clubs to other foreign countries - - 1 25 Persons receiving copies of the Watchman without having ordered them will not be asked to pay for the same. Such papers are forwarded by other parties or sent from this office at their request. Please read the Watchman and hand it to your friends. When requesting change of address, be sure to give both your old and your new address. The unconverted man always prefers the counterfeit of gospel truth to the genuine truth itself. The familiar inscription “ In God we trust,” seen on American coins, is to be dropped from the new gold pieces to be coined at the United States mints. We can see no objection to dropping the inscription, though objection was raised to it at a meeting of Presbyterian ministers in New York City. Such an objection might be urged with more force if it was less apparent that money is the god of most people in the average American community to-day. Wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic has become an established fact, and we are given the promise of wireless power as one of the next products of man’s inventive genius. It is time to revise the list of the “ seven wonders of the world.” The American Federation of Labor has begun an aggressive fight for the establishment of an eight-hour working day for all classes of laborers in the United States. The leisure that will be gained if this effort is successful will be beneficial if it is properly used. Time spent in ways that degrade rather than elevate might much better be employed in honest work. There is room for the wish that the general tendency among people was less in the direction of seeking amusement at the expense of health and morals. An earthquake in Russian Turkestan does not attract the notice in this part of the globe that is caused by one at San Francisco or Kingston; but the sudden blotting out of 14,000 lives by an earth convulsion, which occurred recently in Karatagh and the adjoining districts is no less terrible an affair than the catastrophe that came upon the metropolis of the Pacific Coast in April of last year. It is no less a reminder that this world is becoming more and more subject to these dread visitations which no human foresight or precautions can guard against. The Caribbean Sea, with its numerous tropical islands, is a very interesting part of the surface of our globe, but one about which most people even in the most highly civilized lands, know almost nothing. “ Glimpses of the Caribbean ” is a booklet that has been prepared to enable people in other quarters of the globe to take a look upon this portion of the Creator’s handiwork, and presents not only its natural wonders but the wonderful work that is going forward there in the conversion of the natives and the building up of Christian communities. The booklet is profusely illustrated, and is worth much more than the price, 24 cents, post-paid. Order of the Caribbean Watchman, Port of Spain, Trinidad, W. I. The special issue of the Watchman is now on the press, and copies will soon be in the hands of our workers. We have aimed to present in this issue the special soul-saving truths which are just now so greatly needed by all classes of people everywhere, and to present them in the clearest and most attractive way. We have aimed to furnish an opportunity which everybody can improve to get these truths before their friends and neighbors. We think we have a much better selling special number this year than the one which sold so readily last year. Many who are selling our publications report that they are meeting with almost astonishing success. Surely every one who desires the spread of this message can devote some time to the sale of this paper; and we would like to hear from any who find that this issue will not sell itself, with almost no effort on the part of the agent. There are two general classes of sick people,— those who think they are sick, and those who are sick. The November number of Life and Health will be a great help to both of these classes. While it does not advocate the practice of hypnotism, or in the least approve of such methods, it reveals the intimate relation between the mind and the body, demonstrates the power of the mind over the body, and directs in the rational, hygienic, and spiritual development of both. Send for sample copy, or order a good supply and sell them to your neighbors. Everybody appears to like Life and Health. Address Life and Health, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. The Bishop of London, whose recent visit to this country was an event of interest in the religious world, said in a sermon at Richmond, Va.: “ The greatest danger of the church on both sides of the Atlantic is worldliness.” This statement is all the more true because that is the danger least realized by the church, if we may judge from all that the church is saying and doing. There is no apparent anxiety on the part of the churches, both the Episcopal, for which the bishop spoke, and others that have become great in numbers and influence, to shun worldliness. Rather is it evident that the churches desire closer relations with the world, so as to be a greater power in politics. The idea now is to control elections and legislation, rather than to depend upon the power of God through the preaching of Christ and him crucified. Not the power of God in the gospel, but the power of federation, is now eagerly sought. Was it not of the churches of these days that Paul wrote to Timothy (2 Tim. 3:1-5), “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof”? The federation idea is very much in evidence in world-politics just now. We are hearing about the United States of Australia, and the United States of Central America; a United States of South Africa is talked of, and a United States of the World is a vision which floats before the minds of men who are hoping to bring about universal peace. Just what will actually come in these closing days of earth’s history, however, is shown by the second chapter of Daniel, and any one who will read that chapter, and believe it, will be wiser regarding the world’s outlook at this time than the wisest statesman who is trying to get up a world-wide federation to uplift the world to the plane of righteousness and peace. The nations of the world, the prophet said, would remain divided, indicated by the toes of the great image shown in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream; and this divided state will continue until the “ stone ” smites the image upon the feet, and breaks the whole image in pieces. It is the “ stone ” — the kingdom of God — which is to fill the whole earth, while the whole of the image — earthly governments — is swept away and disappears completely. How much better if men would only work in harmony with God’s revealed purposes instead of working in ignorance of and contrary to them.