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him, and the voices of. the prophets, heard 
throughout the land, met a response in his heart. 
Such was the training of :doses in that lowly 
cabin home in Goshen; of Samuel, by the faithful 
Hannah; of David, in the hill-dwelling at Beth-
lehem; of Daniel, before the scenes of the cap-
tivity separated him from the home of his fathers. 
Such, too, was the early life of Christ, in the 
humble home at Nazareth; such the training by 
which the child Timothy learned from the lips of 
his " mother Eunice, and his grandmother Lois," 
the truths of Holy Writ. 
Further provision was made for the instruction 
of the young, by the establishment of the " school 
of the prophets." If a youth was eager to obtain 
a better knowledge of the Scriptures, to search 
deeper into the mysteries of the kingdom of God, 
and to seek wisdom from above, that he might 
become a teacher in Israel, this school was open 
to him. 
These institutions were missionary seminaries, 
designed to maintain a higher standard of morals 
and religion at a period when the deplorable con-
dition of degeneracy and corruption called loudly 
for such reformatory effort. The aged Eli •had 
dishonored the Lord by his neglect to restrain 
and control his children. These degenerate sons 
called license liberty, and under the cover of their 
holy office practiced the most debasing sins. The 
character of these men as leaders of the nation, 
indicates clearly the state of things existing at 
that time. Had Eli restrained his excessive fond-
ness for his sons, and performed his duty to them 
as a father and a priest, theirs had been a nobler 
life and a happier fate. They might have been 
an honor to their father, the crown of the nation, 
and the guardians of the sanctuary. But their 
crimes had polluted the ordinances of the Lord, 
and corrupted his people. To prevent the moral 
degeneracy from becoming universal, be resorted 
to a speedy and powerful remedy. Divine justice 
destroyed the father and the sons. 
MY ONLY REFUGE. 
LET me fly to Jesus' arms! 
Let me find a refuge there, 
When the foe my soul alarms, 
And would tempt me to despair; 
I will trust the changeless love, 
That< hath pledged itself to save; 
Jesus! help me from above, 
While life's beating storms I brave. 
To thy cross I lift mine eyes, 
There in thy dear wounds I see,—
Though my sins before me rise,— 
That thy death is life to me! 
On this Rock my soul shall rest, 
No keen dart shall reach me here, 
Leaning on thy loving breast, 
Thou wilt calm each rising fear. 
Jesus near thy wounded side, 
Let me walk from day to day; 
Ever with my soul abide, 
While I tread life's thorny way; 
When the evening shadows fall, 
Fading in the darksome west, 
0, he thou my all in all, 
Thou my everlasting rest. 
Griterat Article s. 
4` The Schools of the Prophets." 
BY MRS. E. G. WHITE. 
THE institutions of human society find their 
best models in the word of God. For those of 
instruction in particular, there is no lack of both 
precept and example. Lessons of great profit, 
even in this age of educational progress, may be 
found in the history of God's ancient people. 
The Lord reserved to himself the education 
and instruction of Israel. His care was not re- 
f stricted to their religious interests. Whatever 
affected their mental or physical well-being, be-
came also an object of divine solicitude, and came 
within the province of divine law. 
God commanded the Hebrews to teach their 
children his requirements and to make them 
acquainted with all his dealings with their people. 
The home and the school were one. In the place 
of stranger lips the loving hearts of the father 
and mother were to give instruction to their 
children. Thoughts of God were associated with 
all the events of daily life in the home dwelling. 
The mighty works of God in the deliverance of 
his people were recounted with eloquence and 
reverential awe. The great truths of God's prov-
idence, and of the future life, were impressed on 
the young mind. It became acquainted with the 
true, the good, the beautiful. 
By the use of figures and symbols, the lessons 
given were illustrated, and thus more firmly fixed 
in the memory. Through this animated imagery 
the child was, almost from infancy, initiated into 
the mysteries, the wisdom, and the hopes of his 
fathers, and guided in a way of thinking and 
feeling and anticipating, that reached beyond 
things seen and transitory, to the unseen and 
eternal. 
From this education many a youth of Israel 
came forth vigorous in body and in mind, quick 
to perceive and strong to act, the heart prepared 
like good ground for the growth of the precious 
seed, the mind trained to see God in the words of 
revelation and the scenes of nature. The stars of 
heaven, the trees and flowers of the field, the 
lofty mountains, the babbling brooks, all spoke to 
Then amid the moral darkness there shone 
forth once more the light of purity and holiness 
and truth. The chosen leader was a youthful 
Levite, whose infant years had been guarded by a 
faithful, praying mother, whose boyhood had been 
unsullied by the surrounding corruption. Samuel 
was now invested by the God of Israel with the 
threefold office of judge, prophet and priest. 
Placing one hand in the hand of Christ, and with 
the other taking the helm of the nation, he holds 
it with such wisdom and firmness as to preserve 
Israel from destruction. 
By Samuel, the schools of the prophets were 
established, to serve as a barrier against the wide-
spread corruption, and to promote the moral and 
spiritual welfare of the youth. These schools 
proved a great blessing to Israel, promoting that 
righteousness which exalteth a nation, and fur-
nishing it with men qualified to act, in the fear 
of God, as leaders and counselors. In the accom-
plishment of this object, Samuel gathered com-
panies of young men who were pious, intelligent, 
and studious. These were called the sons of the 
prophets. 
As they communed with God and 
studied his word and his works, they were im-
bued with wisdom from above, as well as richly 
endowed with intellectual treasures. The in-
structors were men not only well versed in divine 
truth, but those who had themselves enjoyed 
communion with God, and had received the spe-
cial endowment of his spirit. They enjoyed the 
respect and confidence of the people, both for 
learning and piety. 
In Samuel's day there were two of these schools 
—one at Ramah, the home of the prophet, and 
the other at Kirjath-jearim where the ark then 
was. Two more were adde
d in Elijah's time, at 
Jericho and Bethel, and others were afterward 
established at Samaria and Gilgal. 
The pupils of these schools sustained them- 
selves by their own labor as husbandmen and 
mechanics. In Israel this was not considered 
strange or degrading; indeed, it was regarded a 
crime to allow children to grow up in ignorance 
of useful labor. In obedience to the command of 
God, every child was taught some trade, even 
though he was to be educated for holy office. 
Many of the religious teachers supported them-
selves by manual labor. Even so late as the time 
of Christ, it was not considered anything degrad-
ing that Paul and Aquila earned a livelihood by 
their labor as tent-makers. 
The chief subjects of study in these schools 
were, the law of God with the instructions given 
to Moses, sacred history, sacred music, and poetry. 
The manner of instruction was far different from 
that in the theological schools of the present day, 
from which many students graduate with less 
real knowledge of God and religious truth than 
when they entered. In those schools of olden 
time, it was the grand object of all study to learn 
the will of God and the duties of his people. In 
the records of sacred history, were traced the 
footsteps of Jehovah. From the events of the 
past were drawn lessons of instruction for the 
future. The great truths set forth by the types 
and shadows were brought to view, and faith 
grasped the central object of all that system, the 
Lamb of God who was to take away the sins of 
the world. 
The Hebrew language was cultivated as the 
most sacred tongue in the world. A spirit of 
devotion was cherished. Not only were students 
taught the duty of prayer, but they were taught 
bow to pray, how to approach their Creator, how 
to exercise faith in him, and how to understInd 
and obey the teachings of his Spirit. Sanctified 
intellects brought forth from the treasure-house 
of God, things new and old. 
The Spirit of God was signally manifested in 
these seminaries, in prophecy and sacred song. 
Upon one occasion a company of prophets met 
Saul at the " hill of God," not far from Gibeah, 
with psaltery and tabret, pipe and harp. Under 
the influence of the Holy Spirit, these men were 
prophesying and praising God with the music of 
instruments and the voice of song. The Spirit of 
the Lord and his converting power came also 
upon Saul, and he prophesied with them. 
The art of sacred melody was diligently culti-
vated in those schools of the prophets. No frivo-
lous waltz was heard, nor flippant song that 
should extol man and divert the attention from 
God; but sacred, solemn psalms of praise to the 
Creator, exalting his name and recounting his 
wondrous works. Thus music was made to serve 
a holy purpose, to lift the thoughts to that which 
was pure and noble and elevating, and to awaken 
in the soul, devotion and gratitude to God. 
How different the objects to which musical 
talent is often devoted! How many who possess 
this gift employ it to honor and exalt self, instead 
of glorifying God! A love for music leads the 
unwary to unite with world-lovers in pleasure 
gatherings where God has forbidden his children 
to go. Thus that which is a great blessing when 
rightly used, becomes one of Satan's most success-
ful agencies to allure the mind from God and from 
eternal things. 
Music forms a part of God's worship in the 
courts above. We should endeavor in our songs 
of praise to approach as nearly as possible to the 
harmony of the heavenly choirs. I have often 
been pained to hear untrained voices, pitched to 
the highest key, literally shrieking the sacred 
words of some hymn of praise. How inappro-
priate those sharp, rasping voices for the solemn, 
joyous worship of God. I long to stop my ears, 
or flee from the place, and I rejoice when the 
painful exercise is ended. 
Those who make singing a part of divine wor-
ship should select hymns with music appropriate 
to the occasion, not funeral notes, but cheerfUl 
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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. �
VoL. 8, No. 24, 
Special Promises Respecting The Earth. 
BY ELD. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH. 
WE have, in the unfulfilled promises of God 
concerning our earth, conclusive evidence that 
there is to be a future inheritance. This evidence 
we will state in the form of a logical argument. 
The first premise is: God has made certain infalli- 
ble promises respecting this earth. Second, These 
promises have not yet been accomplished, and, 
according to the description the Bible gives of the 
last days, they cannot meet their accomplishment 
this side the second advent of Christ. From these 
premises we must draw the following logical con-
clusion: Therefore, there is a future for this earth, 
beyond the second advent of Christ, when the 
saints of God shall possess it, and when these 
promises shall be fulfilled. 
The first promise of this character to which we 
will call attention is that of the Lord to Moses, 
" But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled 
with the glory of the Lord.' There can be no 
doubt as to the certainty of the fulfillment of this 
promise; for the Lord has pledged his own life for 
its accomplishment. The history of the past pre-
sents no testimony that the earth has ever thus 
been filled with the Lord's glory. But, in every 
age since this prediction, violence, anarchy, and 
sin, have reigned predominant. It seems in the 
days of the prophet Habakkuk, the Lord was still 
pointing his seers to that glorious time as yet 
future. We read, " For the earth shall be filled with 
the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the 
waters cover the sea." To evade the conclusion 
that this refers to a perfect state, when " the peo-
ple shall be all righteous,' some have suggested 
that " there are islands in the sea which are not 
covered by the waters, so there may be people, 
even in this glorious time, that are still rebellious." 
To show that this cannot be the meaning of the 
prophet, we refer again to the first promise quoted 
above, " All the earth shall be filled with the glory 
of the Lord." Jeremiah, the prophet, when speak-
ing of that glorious time in the future, when God's 
people shall receive the final benefits of the new 
covenant, says, " And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, 
saying, know the Lord; for they shall all know 
me, from the least of them unto the greatest of 
them, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their ini-
quity, and I will remember their sin no more."' 
Surely there will be no " islands" of sinners re-
maining on earth when that blessed time comes. 
As these Promises have not yet been fulfilled, so, 
also, we claim that they will not be fulfilled this 
side the second advent of Christ. Some have 
taught that all the world is to be converted and 
enjoy a thousand years of peace and quietness 
prior to Chist's second coming, and that during 
that thousand years these promises will be fulfilled. 
The testimony of Christ and that of St. Paul is 
against the view of any such world's conversion. 
First we will notice the parable of our Lord con-
cerning the tares of the field: " So the servants of 
the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst 
not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence 
then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy 
hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt 
thou then that we go and gather them up ? But 
he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, 
ye root up the wheat with them. Let both grow 
together until the harvest, and in the time of har-
vest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together 
first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn 
them; but gather the wheat into my barn.' 
Now mark the Saviour's explanation of this 
parable: He answered and said unto them, He 
that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the 
field is the world; the good seed are the children 
of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of 
the wicked one. The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil; the harvest is 'the end of the world; 
and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the 
tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall 
it be in the end of this world. The Son of man 
shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather 
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and 
them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into 
a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth." From this we see that both right-
eous and wicked are to be together on earth until 
the end of the world. Then it is evident that the 
world will not be converted prior to the second 
advent. 
1. Num. 14 : 21. 2. Hab. 2 : 14. 3. Isa. 60:21. 4. Jer. 31: 34. 5. 
Matt. 13 :27-30, 37-42. 
yet solemn melodies. The voice can and should 
be modulated, softened, and subdued. 
The proper training of the voice should be 
regarded as an important part of education. The 
singer should train himself to utter every word 
distinctly. It should be remembered that singing 
as a part of religious service is as much an act of 
worship as is the prayer. The heart must feel 
the spirit of the words, to give them right expres-
sion. Parents should not employ to instruct their 
children, a teacher of music who has no reverence 
for sacred things, nor should they allow them to 
learn and practice dance songs and frivolous 
music. 
How wide the difference between the schools 
of ancient times, under the supervision of God 
himself, and our modern institutions of learning. 
Few schools are to be found that are not governed 
by the maxims and customs of the world. There 
are few in which a Christian parent's love for his 
children will not meet with bitter disappointment. 
In what consists the superior excellence of our 
systems of education ? Is it in the classical liter-
ature which is crowded into our sons ? Is it 
in the ornamental accomplishments which our 
daughters obtain at the sacrifice of health or 
mental strength ? Is it in the fact that modern 
instruction is so generally separated from the 
-word of truth, the gospel of our salvation ? Does 
the chief excellence of popular education consist 
in treating the individual branches of study, 
apart from that deeper investigation which in-
volves the searching of the Scriptures, and a 
knowledge of God and the future life ? Does it 
consist in imbuing the minds of the young with 
heathenish conceptions of liberty, morality, and 
justice? Is it safe to trust our youth to the guid-
ance of those blind leaders who study the sacred 
oracles with far less interest than they manifest 
in the classical authors of ancient Greece and 
Rome? 
" Education," remarks a writer, " is becoming a 
system of seduction." The most bitter feelings, 
the most ungovernable passions, are excited by 
the course of unwise and ungodly teachers. 
There is a deplorable lack of proper restraint and 
judicious discipline. The minds of the young are 
easily excited, and drink in insubordination like 
water. 
The existing ignorance of God's word, among a 
people professedly Christian, is alarming. The 
youth in our public schools, have been robbed of 
the blessings of holy things. Superficial talk, 
mere sentimentalism, passes for instruction in 
morals and religion; but it lacks the vital charac-
teristics of real godliness. The justice and mercy 
of God, the beauty of holiness, and the sure re-
ward of right-doing, the heinous character of sin, 
and the certainty of punishment,—these great 
truths are not impressed upon the minds of the 
young. 
Skepticism and infidelity, under some pleasing 
disguise, or as a covert insinuation, too often find 
their way into school-books. In some instances, 
the most pernicious principles have been incul-
cated by teachers. Evil associates are teaching 
the youth lessons of crime, dissipation, and licen-
tiousness that are horrible to contemplate. Many 
of our public schools are hot-beds of vice. 
Mow can our youth be shielded from these con-
taminating influences ? There must be schools 
established upon the principles, and controlled by 
the precepts, of God's word. Another spirit must 
rbe in our schools, to animate and sanctify every 
'branch of education. Divine co-operation must 
be fervently sought. And we shall not seek in 
vain. The promises of God's word are ours. We 
may expect the presence of the heavenly Teacher. 
We may see the Spirit of the Lord diffused as in 
the schools of the prophets, and every object par-
take of a divine consecration. Science will then 
be, as she was to Daniel, the handmaid of religion; 
and every effort, from first to last, will tend to 
the salvation of man, soul, body, and spirit, and 
the glory of God through Christ. 
IN discussing school discipline, the Toronto 
Globe says that a sunny face and a kindly tone 
are mightier forces with the average boy or girl, 
than the darkest frown or the sternest accents 
can possibly be. The child is framed by nature 
to delight as much in activity of mind as of the 
body, and one does not see why the mental 
gymnasium should be more irksome than that for 
the exercise of the muscles, or why the skillful 
director of the former should not find his work 
more enjoyable than that of the other. 
St. Paul says, " This know also, that in the last 
days perilous times shall come; for men shall be 
lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, 
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, 
unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, 
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those 
that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers 
of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a 
form of godliness but denying the power thereof; 
from such turn away.' 
It seems from St. Paul's description that a very 
degenerate mass of nominal professors (having a 
form of godliness) are to exist in that very time 
when it is claimed that the world will be converted 
and enjoy a millennium. There can be no days 
later than the last, so the " last days " must include 
the very last day before Christ's coming. The 
above, then, is a description of the state of things 
just before our Lord's return. In this same chap-
ter St. Paul says of their course, As Jannes and 
Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist 
the truth." It 'cannot be that " all the earth " is 
filled with the glory of the Lord while such a class 
are still upon it. 
We quote again from this apostle, "Now the 
spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times 
some shall depart from .the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits and doctrines of devils."' The 
doctrines of devils will be taught by seducing 
spirits, and many will give heed to them. This 
we understand is already being accomplished in 
the teachings of modern Spiritualism. The state 
of things just described, and which we see so 
rapidly drawing on, does not look like a triumph 
of the gospel in tie last days, or a binding_ of 
Satan before the second advent. 
Dr. Priest, and other advocates of a world's 
conversion, say, " Christ is coming spiritually, Satan 
is to be bound, and a thousand years of millennium 
be enjoyed by God's people on earth prior to 
Christ's coming to Judgment." The word of God 
tells of no spiritual second coming of Christ. His 
testimony to his disciples, when giving them their 
commission to preach the gospel, was, " Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in 
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost, . . . and lo, I am with you 
alway, even unto the end of the world." He 
promises, in this testimony, that his Spirit shall 
abide with them, even as we read concerning the 
Comforter which he promised to send, " I will pray 
the Father, and he shall give you another Com-
forter, that he may abide with you forever." It 
would be folly to talk of a spiritual second advent 
of Christ before the end of the world, unless it 
could first be shown that the above promises had 
failed, and his Spirit had left the world. 
Our Lord's coming will be real. When he had 
given to the disciples their commission to preach 
the gospel, he ascended up before them literally 
and bodily into heaven, " And while they looked' 
steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold 
two men stood by them in white apparel; which 
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing 
up into heaven ? This same Jesus which is taken 
up from you into heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." 
His coming will be as literal and visible as his 
ascension into heaven. There is, then, no grounds 
for the claim that the promise that " the earth 
shall be filled with the glory of the Lord," can be 
fulfilled this side the literal coming of our Lord 
from Heaven. With reference to the promises of 
earthly glory thus far noticed, we have sustained, 
 
our two premises, and now respecting them, draw 
the logical conclusion: Therefore, there must be, 
beyond the second advent, a future state for this 
earth, when the " glory of God shall fill the earth 
as the waters cover the sea." 
To any who still urge the idea of a millennium 
prior to Christ's coming, we would say, If you 
locate a millennium this side of his coming, it will 
be strongly infected with lienanism. We read in 
the book of Daniel respecting this " little horn," 
" I beheld, and the same horn made war with the 
saints, and prevailed against them, until the An-
cient of days came, and judgment was given to 
the saints of the Most High; and the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom."" 
St. Paul, when speaking of the same time, and 
of the same power, calls it, " That man of sin, the 
son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth .him-
self above all that is called God, or that is wor-
shiped." He further says of this same power, 
" Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of 
6. 2 Tim. 3 :1-5. 7. 2 Tim. 3 : 8. 8. 1 Tim. 4 :1. 9. Matt. 28 :19, 20. 
10. John 14 : 16. 11. Acts 1 .10, 11. 12. Dan. 7 : 21, 22. 
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his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness verted through any other means. The principle 
of his conning."" Dr. Adam Clarke says, " The laid down in the parable of the rich man and 
general run of Protestant writers understand the Lazarus—" They have Moses and the prophets, 
whole of this as referring to the popes and church if they will not hear them they will not believe 
of Rome; or of the whole system of the papacy.' though one rose from the dead "—holds good to 
If the power thus described is to continue till the this day. Men are not convinced of sin by means 
coming of Christ, and continue to make war on of architecture and drapery, nor by fashion and 
God's saints, then there cannot surely be a state popular music, nor by creeds and litanies, nor 
of millennial glory until after his coming. This by religious theaters and social revelings, nor by 
doctrine of a world's conversion and a temporal any other man-made schemes. " By grace ye 
millennium before our Lord's coming is of very are saved, through faith." " Faith comes by hear-
modern date. The first man who proclaimed it to ing, and hearing by the word of God." " Sane-
any extent was Daniel Whitby, who died A. D. tify them through thy truth; thy word is truth." 
1726. Previous to his time, as shown in a former All Judea followed John the Baptist into the 
article, the almost universal sentiment was that wilderness, attracted by the simple truth, although 
the final inheritance of the new earth would be he continually confronted them with rehearsals of But if you have to stand to your post, perilous 
the fulfillment of the promises respecting the earth. their sins. The multitudes followed Jesus from though it be, lift your heart to Him who ca4, neu- 
place to place, attracted by the plain tidings of tralize the poison, and who will so pour health 
The Gospel Its Own Attraction. �
salvation, without any modern embellishments into the veins of his servants that, in the execution 
whatever. Peter spoke but a few words of plain of his commands, "they shall take up serpents, 
BY W. N. GLENN. 
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truth on the day of Pentecost, when three thou- and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not 
sand were turned to the Lord. Paul entirely hurt them." The affairs of this life must not 
d "vain philosophy " and the "enticing 
THE numerous worldly attractions attached to ignore �
entangle us; that is the one. indispensable condi- 
and
words of man's wisdom, as well as every species 
thrown around the popular church and popu- 
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tion to pleasing him. That they may not, they 
of ostentation and worldly folly, yet his preach-
lar preaching, at the present time, would lead one
must always be rigidly subordinated, and used as 
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to suppose that there were no attractions in the ing proved
helps to our higher life. Sometimes, when they 
tion." 
gospel itself. The house of worship is constructed 
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cannot be so used, they must be abandoned alto- 
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on an aristocratic basis, with everything neces- 
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let us make it our one great purpose in_life that, 
improvements and substitutes. " How beautiful 
what a burden of debt it may entail—on the plea 
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whether present or absent, we may be well-pleas- 
upon the mountains are the feet of him that ing 
of attracting men " under the sound of the gos- �
to him; and that single, lofty motive will 
bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that 
pel." All manner of worldly entertainments are �
breathe unity into our life, and giving us clear, 
bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth 
put upon the tapis by professors, to show that 
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sure insight into good and evil, will instruct us, 
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reign- 
" Christianity is not all gloominess," and that
by the instinct of hearts and wills tuned to har-
eth. " Isa. 52 : 7. 
Christians may enjoy themselves as others do, �
mony to his, to shun the evil and cleave strenu- 
The children of the Sunday-schools are much of �
ously to the good. So living, ever looking to his 
the time kept under the excitement of drilling �
Christian Warfare. �
face to catch his smile as our, highest reward, it 
for public attraction at the Christmas entertain- 
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will not be hard to give up anything that hinders 
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs 
ment, benefit concerts, or the May-day festival. �
the light of his countenance shining upon us. So, 
of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to 
All this is supposed to be the attraction of the be a soldier. 2 Tim. 2 :4. �
surrendering, we may hope to be his obedient, 
gospel.
IN Paul's time' there were no standing
and therefore in highest reality his victorious 
The fact is, all these things only tend to allure 
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armies, soldiers. So fighting, we may possess in our 
men were summonedfrom their ordinary avo-
the mind away from the gospel, and to inculcate but
hearts the assurance that his wonderful mercy 
When 
field. 
the 
sent 
and �into 
�
the hasty 
the idea that without these additions it has no cations,
accepts even our poor service as well-pleasing in 
call went forth, the plough was left in the furrow? 
attraction; that of itself it is a gloomy, monoto-
his sight, and may lay ourselves down in peace 
and the web in the loom; the bridegroom hurried 
nous proclamation, needing the skillful manipu- �
on the field where we seem to ourselves to have 
from his bride, and the mourner from the bier. 
rations of the architect, the painter, upholsterer, �
borne ourselves so badly and been so often beaten, 
All home industries were paralyzed while the 
musician, and dramatist to make it at all presenta- �
with the wondrous hope to keep us company in 
That 
field. 
 
of the nation were in the 
ble to the refined sensibilities of proud humanity, manhood
the grave, that when the triumph comes, and our 
t 
sate of things suggests the language here. The 
These worldly follies produce far more of spiritual �
King goes up as conqueror, we, even we, shall 
word rendered "that warreth" might be more 
dearth in the church than of' spiritual life out of' �
follow, and receive from his lips the praise, and 
it. �
It is "giving the trumpet an uncertain sound." vividly translated, as the Revised Version has it, from his face the smile, which make the highest 
" �
long 
 
that as �
as a. 
 
idea 
—the 
 
"being 
Men, women, and children, attracted by means of on service
heaven of reward for all Christ's soldiers.—Dr. 
nothing 
 
b 
is on a campaign, e can do �
else but 
such devices, are generally interested only to the man
ilfaciaren. 
extent of the attraction. �
soldiering. When peace is proclaimed, he may 
But can the teaching surrounded and overhung go back to farm or merchandise; but in the field, 
by such trimmings be properly styled the gospel? he has but one thing to do—and
' 
 that is to fight. 
Can those who sanction such things preach a pure He will scarcely win the generals good word on 
 
gospel in the midst of them ? Is not their preach- other terms. �
WORDS are of value only as they represent ideas 
Now it is to be noticed, that the parallel of the If a word is misused, it is likely to so far misrep-
ing, to a great extent, like their paraphernalia and soldier on service and the Christian in his war- resent a truth. A common and a vicious misuse 
religious revelings, executed with. a view to pleas- 
e 
�
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fare, fails in this one respect: that the soldier had of' this sort is in applying the word " worth " to a 
ing the multitude ? Do they, who think the gos- to abandon entirely all other occupation, even the man's moneyed possessions. " He is worth a hun-
pel needs these worldly additions to make it at most needful and praiseworthy, because he could dred thousand dollars." " He is worth millions." 
tractive, really appreciate it or understand what 
it is ? Do the �
not both do them and fight; but the abandonment Nonsense Yes, and worse than nonsense. The 
who still "count 
 reveling for a day, pleasure" 
honor the Saviour with their lives , ? of the affairs of this life is not necessary for us, truth is that the man has a hundred thousand dol- 
because occupation with them is not incompatible Lars, or has two or three or perhaps twenty or 
Let the Scriptures answer: "They that are Christ's with our Christian warfare. Nay, so far from thirty millions of' dollars, while perhaps he isn't 
have crucified the flesh, with the affections [pas- that, these " affairs " furnish the very fields on worth fourteen cents as a citizen, or as a neighbor, 
signs] and lusts." " All that is in the world, the which a large part of that warfare is to be waged. or as a fellow man. Many a man who has a great 
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the If these are abandoned, what is left to fight about? deal of money isn't worth anything to speak of; 
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the What is our Christian warfare, but the constant and many a man without a hundred dollars in the 
world." 
struggle with evil in ourselves, and temptation in world is worth millions to the world. But is there 
I cannot see wherein is the Christian's self-de- the world; the constant effort to bring all the any harm in using a word in this way, in its pop- 
nial, if he is to live on in fellowship with the activities of our spirits and hands under the power ular sense as distinct from its legitimate meaning? 
world, and if pomp and gayety are to be the of Christ's law, and to yield our whole selves, in Of course there is. It accustoms one to the idea 
attractive features of the gospel. Let the gospel heart, mind, will, and deed, to him ? Hov then that the two meanings are interchangeable. A 
stand on its own footing. " What fellowship bath can that warfare be waged, and that ennobling confusion of words brings a confusion of ideas.' 
righteousness with unrighteousness, and what self-surrender achieved, but by the heroic, patient When a youth finds that a man's bank account is 
communion }lath light with darkness ? and what effort to deal with all the affairs of this life in a spoken of as the measure of that man's worth, he 
concord hatla Christ with Belial ?" I cannot im- Christ-like temper, and to Christ-pleasing ends? sees a new meaning in Pope's declaration, 
agine anything more attractive to man under The Christian who aban.dona any of these is much 
sentence of death than the proclamation of life— nearer the frightened deserter who, runs from his 
eternal life. 
post, and may expect a stern rebuke, if nothing And he is not unnaturally inclined to ask with 
What L.,3 the gospel? It is simply the glad worse, than the faithful soldier, whose face will Butler, 
tidings of life for a race of' creatures doomed to one day brighten beneath the smile of his chief. �"For what is worth in anything, 
die. The plain publication of the fact of eternal 
We must put stress on that word "entangled," �
But so much money as 'twill bring." 
life through the resurrection of Jesus Christ is if we would rightly understand this saying. It is �
If you want to keep character from being 
God's appointed way of converting men to him, not occupation with the things of life, but entan- bought and sold in the market, never, never speak 
and we have no assurance that they can be con- glement in them, that is fatal to the possibility of of a man as " worth " so many dollars. If that 
13. 2 Thess. 2. 14. Clark's comments on 2 Thess, 2. He further states: pleasing the King. The metaphor is plain enough, phrase means anything, it means that that is the 
"Bishop.Newton has examined the whole prophecy with his usual skill and vivid enough. As some poor struggling fish price of the man's manhood ; and if it means 
and judgment. . . . He applies the whole to the Romish Church, the in the meshes of a net vainly beats its silver scales that, it isn't kind to speak it out plainly. Say, if 
apostasy, its defection from the pure doctrine of Christianity, and the 
man of sin, etc., the general succession of the popes of ome � off, and gasps out its life, and swims no more in you will, that the man has so much money, and 
If then, the notion of the man of sin be derived from any ancient prophet, 
it must be derived from Dan. 7:25, and 9 : 38. And any man may be the free deep; or as some panting forest creature that you hope he came by it honestly ; but don't 
satisfied that St. Paul allud s to Daniel's description, because he has not is checked in its joyous bounding, and, tangled in say he is " worth " that much, as if you knew 
only borrowed the same ideas, but has even adopted some of the same 
phrases and expressions." �
the half-seen snares, only tightens the cords by what he could be bought for.—S. S. Times. 
its wild plunging; or as some strong swimmer is 
caught in the long, brown seaweed which clings 
to his limbs till it drags him under and drowns; 
so men are snared and caught and strangled by 
these multitudinous cords and filaments of earthly 
things. 
We are not bound to abandon the affairs of this 
life, but we are called upon to prevent their inter-
fering with our warfare. If we are caught in the 
thicket whilst we are pressing on to the fight, out 
with the bill-hooks and hew it down. It may be 
full of pretty peeps, where there are shade and 
singing birds; but if it stands in our way, it has 
to be grubbed up. " If thy right eye cause thee 
to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for thee." 
Correct Use of Words. 
"Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; " 
280 �
THE SIGNS OF TII �
VoL. 8, No. 24. 
sok 
Europe," reveal the motive which has induced almost to poverty-stricken Asia Minor, and with 
the great powers to tolerate so long the existence her finances at present in a condition of absolute 
on the continent of a nation which is false in chaos, it is difficult to see where she is going to 
religion, destitute of humanity, and a disgrace to get the money, however ready her present rulers 
CHAPTER YI.—A LITERAL PROPHECY. , �
modern civilization. Constantinople is regarded, may be to sign the contract." 
 
THE ostensible reason urged by Russia, for her by general consent, as the grand strategic point �
"The proposition amounts to giving the Czar 
movements in this direction, was that site might of Europe, and the powers have each sagacity or a permanent mortgage on the whole empire, and 
have a sea-front and harbors in a warmer climate Jealousy enough to see, or think they see, the fact contains an implied threat that he may foreclose 
than the shores of the Baltic; but the real design that if any one of the European powers gains at any time, by the seizure of the remainder of 
was against Turkey. Thus the Churchman, of permanent possession of that point, as Russia European Turkey. In this last aspect, all Europe 
Hartford, Ct., in an able article on the present desires to do, that power will be able to dictate has a vital interest in the matter, and particularly 
" European �
edley," states that Russia in her terms to the rest of Europe. This position none England, even if the conditions were not in them- 
encroachments upon Turkey, is not merely seek- of the powers are willing that any other power selves calculated to drive English creditors crazy, 
ing a sea frontier, and harbors lying on the great should possess; and the only apparent way to by destroying their last hope of ever getting a 
highways of commerce, unclosed by arctic win- prevent it is for them all to combine, by tacit or cent of their large investments in Turkish bonds. 
tors, but that, with a feeling akin to that which express agreement, to keep each other out, and It makes Russia a preferred creditor of the bank-
inspired the Crusades, she is " actuated by an suffer the unspeakable Turk to drag along his rupt Porte, with the additional advantage of being 
intense desire to drive the Crescent from the soil, sickly Asiatic existence on the soil of Europe. assignee in possession, leaving creditors with prior 
of Europe." �
This is preserving that "balance of power" over claims out in the cold." 
This desire on the part of Russia, has been which they are all so sensitive. But this cannot �
The following paragraph taken from the Phila- 
cherished as a sacred legacy since the days of always continue. " He shall come to his end and delphia Public Ledger, August, 1878, sets forth an 
Peter the Great.. That famous prince, becoming none shall help him." The sick man seems deter- instructive and very suggestive exhibit of the 
sole emperor of Russia in 1688, at the age of 16, mined to reduce himself most speedily to that de- shrinkage of Turkish territory within the past 
enjoyed a prosperous -reign of thirty-seven years, gree of putrefaction, that Europe will be obliged sixty years, and especially as the result of the 
to 1725, and left to his successors a celebrated to drive him into Asia, as a matter of safety to its late war:— 
"last will and testament," imparting certain im- own civilization. �
"Any one who will take the trouble to look at a map 
portant instructions for their constant observance. �
When Russia in 1870 announced her intention of Turkey in Europe dating back about sixty years, and 
The 9th article of that will enjoined the following to disregard the treaty of 1856, the other powers, compare that with the new map sketched by the treaty 
policy:— 
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�
though incapable of doing anything, nevertheless, of an Stefano as modified by the Berlin Congress, will 
be able to form a judgment of a march of progress that 
" To take every possible means of gaining Con- as was becoming their ideas of their own impor- is pressing the Ottoman power out of Europe. Then, 
stantinople and the Indies (for be who rules there tance, made quite a show of offended dignity. the northern boundary of Turkey extended to the Car-
will be the true sovereign of the world); excite A congress of nations was demanded, and the pathian Mountains, and eastward of the river Sereth it 
war continually in Turkey and Persia; establish demand was granted. The congress was held, 'embraced Moldavia as far north nearly as the 47th 
fortresses in the Black Sea; get control of the sea and proved, as everybody expected it would degree of north latitude. That map embraced also 
by degrees, and also of the Baltic, which is a prove, simply a farce, so far as restraining Russia what is now the kingdom of Greece. It covered all of 
Servia and Bosnia. But by the year 1830, the northern 
double point, necessary to the realization of our was concerned. The San Francisco Chronicle of 
project; accelerate as much as possible the decay of March, 1871, had this paragraph touching " The 
frontier of Turkey was driven back from the Carpathi-
ans to the south bank of the Danube, the principalities 
Persia; penetrate to the Persian Gulf; re-establish, Eastern-Question Congress ":— �
of Moldavia and Wallachia being emancipated from 
if possible, by the way of Syria, the ancient COM- �
" It is quite evident that, as far as directing or controll- Turkish domination, and subject only to the payment 
merce of the Levant; advance to the Indies, which ing the action of the Muscovite government is concerned, of an annual tribute in money to the Porte. South of 
are the great depot of the world. Once there, we the Congress is little better than a farce. England orig- "the Danube, the Servians had won a similar emancipa-
inated the idea of the Congress, simply because it afforded tion for their country. Greece also had been enabled 
can do without the gold of England." �
her an opportunity of abandoning, without actual dis- to establish her independence. Then, as recently, the 
The 11th article reads: "Interest the House of honor, a position she had assumed rather too hastily, Turk was truculent and obstinate. Russia and Great 
Austria in the expulsion of the Turks froM Europe, and Russia was complacent enough to join in the 'little Britain proposed to make Greece a tributary State, 
and quiet their dissensions at the moment of the game,' feeling satisfied that she would lose nothing by retaining the sovereignty of the Porte. This was re-
conquest of Constantinople (having excited war her courtesy. Turkey is the only aggrieved party in fused, and the result was the utter destruction of the 
among the old States of Europe), by giving to this dextrous arrangement. She is left face to face with powerful Turkish fleet at Navarino, and the erection of 
Austria a portion of the conquest, which after- her hereditary and implacable enemy; for the nations the independent kingdom of Greece. Thus Turkey in 
that previously assisted her, ostensibly through friend- Europe was pressed back on all sides. Now, the north- 
ward will or can be reclaimed." �
ship and love of justice, but really through motives of ern boundary, which was so recently at the Danube, has 
The following facts in Russian history will show self-interest, have evaded the challenge so openly flung been driven south to the Balkans. Roumania and Servia 
how persistently this line of policy has been fol- into the arena by the Northern Collossus. It is easy to have ceased even to be tributary, and have taken their 
lowed: "In 1696, Peter the Great wrested the Sea foresee the end of this Conference. Russia will get all place among independent States. Bosnia has gone 
of Azov from the Turks and kept it. Next, Oath- she requires, another step will be taken toward the real-- under the protection of Austria, as Roumania did under 
erine the Great won the Crimea. In 1812, by the ization of Peter the Great's will, and the Sultan will that of Russia, in 1829. ' Rectified' boundaries give 
peace of Bucharest, Alexander I. obtained Mol- receive a foretaste of his apparently inevitable doom— Turkish territory to Servia, Montenegro, and Greece. 
davia, and the prettily-named province of Bessara- expulsion from Europe." �
Bulgaria takes the place of Roumania as the self-gov- 
bia, with its apples, peaches, and cherries. Then �
From that point, the smouldering fires of the erning principality, having no dependence on the Porte, 
came the great Nicholas, who won the right of " Eastern Question " continued to agitate and and paying only an annual tribute. Even south of the 
Balkans the power of the Turk is crippled, for Roumelia 
the free navigation of the Black Sea, the Dardan- alarm the nations of Europe till in 1877 the is to have `home rule' under a Christian governor. And 
elles, and the Danube, but whose inordinate greed flames burst forth anew. On the 24th of April so again the frontier of Turkey in Europe is pressed back 
led him into the Crimean war, by which he lost in that year, Russia declared war against Turkey on all sides, until the territory left is but the shadow of 
Moldavia, and the right of navigating the Danube, —ostensibly to defend the Christians against the what it was sixty years ago. To produce this result has 
and the unrestricted navigation of the Black Sea, inhuman barbarity of the Turks—really, to make been the policy and the battle of Russia for more than 
This was no doubt a severe repulse to Russia, but another trial to carry out her long-cherished de- half a century; for nearly that space of time it has been 
it did not extinguish the designs upon the Otto- termination, to drive the Turk from Europe. The the struggle of some of the other ' powers ' to maintain 
the ' integrity' of the Turkish empire. Whichpolicy 
man power, nor did it contribute in any essential events and the results of that war of 1877-78, has succeeded, and which failed, the comparison of maps 
degree to the stability of the Ottoman empire. the general reader will at this writing (1881) dis- at intervals of twenty-five years will show. Turkey in 
Patiently biding her time, Russia has been watch- tirctly remember. It was evident from the first Europe has been shriveled up in the last half century. 
ing and waiting, and in 1870, when all the western that Turkey was overmatched. Russia pushed It is shrinking back and back toward Asia, and, though 
nations were watching the Franco-Prussian war, her approaches till the very outposts of Constan- all the ' powers ' but Russia should unite their forces to 
she annouuced to the Powers that she would be tinople were occupied by her forces. But diplo- maintain the Ottoman system in Europe, there is a 
no longer bound by the treaty of 1856, which macy on the part of the alarmed nations of Europe manifest destiny visible in the history of the last fifty 
restricted her use of the Black Sea; and since again stepped in to suspend for awhile the contest. years that must defeat them." 
that time that sea has been, as it was one thou- The Berlin Congress was held, Jan. 25, 1878. Tur- �
A correspondent of the Christian Union, writing 
sand years ago, to all intents and purposes, a mare key agreed to sign conditions to peace. The con- from Constantinople under date of Oct. 8, 1878, 
Russicum." �
. �
ditions were that the straits of the Dardanelles said:— 
Napoleon Bonaparte well understood the designs should be open to Russian ships; that Russians 
"When we consider the difficulties which now beset 
of Russia, and the importance of her contemplated should occupy Batoum, Kars, andErzeroum; that this feeble and tottering government, the only wonder 
movements. While a prisoner on the island of St. Turkey should pay ussia £20,000,000 sterling, is that it can stand for a day. Asid from the funded 
debt of $1,000,000,009 upon which it pays no interest, it 
Helena, he spoke to Governor Hudson as follows:— as a war indemnity; and that the treaty should has an enormous floating debt representing all the ex-
"In the course of a few years, Russia will have Con- be signed at Constantinople. In making this an- penses of the war, its employes are unpaid, its army has 
stantinople, part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold nouncement, the Allegemeine Zeitung added, "The not been disbanded or even reduced, and its paper money 
to be as certain as if it had already taken place. All eventual entry of the Russians into Constantinople has become almost worthless. The people have lost 
the cajolery and flattery that Alexander practiced upon cannot longer be regarded as impracticable." �
heart, and expect every day some new revolution or a 
me was to gain my consent to effect that object. I would �
The Detroit Evening News of Feb. 20, 1878, renewal of the war. The government does not know 
not give it, foreseeing that the equilibrium of Europe said; " A7ccording to the latest version of the which to distrust most, its friends or its enemies." 
would be destroyed. Once mistress of Constantinople, peace conditions, Turkey—besides her territorial �
Thus all evidence goes to show that the Turk 
Russia gets all the commerce of the Mediterranean, 
becomes a naval power, and th:m God knows what may losses, and the surrender of a few iron-clads, the must soon leave Europe. Where will he then 
happen. The object of my invasion of Russia was to repairs of the mouth of the Danube, the re-im- plant the tabernacles of his palace ? In Jerusa-
prevent this, by the interposition between her and Tur- bursement of Russian capital invested in Turkish lem ? That certainly is the most probable point. 
key of a new State which I meant to call into existence securities, the indemnity to Russian subjects in Newton on the Prophecies, p. 318, says: " Be- 
as a barrier to her eastern encroachments." �
ConstantincZple for war losses, and the mainten- tween the seas in the glorious holy mountain, 
Kossuth, also, took the same view of the politi- ante of about 100,000 prisoners of war—will have must denote, as we have shown, some part of the 
cal board, when he said: "In Turkey will be to pay to Russia in round figures a sum equivalent Holy Land. There the Turk shall encamp with 
decided the fate of the world." �
to about $552,000,000 in our money. The unesti- all his power, yet ' he shall come to his end, and 
The words of Bonaparte quoted above in refer- mated items will easily increase this to six hundred none shall help him '—shall help him effectually, 
epee to the destruction of "the equilibrium of millions. With her taxable territory reduced or deliver him. 
Thoughts on Daniel. 
BY ELDER U. SMITH. 
JUNE 22, 1882. �'I'll N. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. �
281 
Time will soon determine this matter; and it 
may be but a few months. And when this takes 
place, what follows? Events of the most moment-
ous interest to all the inhabitants of this world, as 
the next chapter immediately shows. 
How TO PRAY.-An article found among the 
unpublished papers of the late Dr. J. A. Alexander, 
on " Circumlocution in Prayer," closes with the 
following " pradtical suggestions to young men 
who are forming their habits " in respect to 
prayer. They are equally applicable to all who 
pray in public, and especially to those who pray 
in the Sabbath-school:- 
Let your prayer be composed of thanks-
giving, praise, confession and petition, without 
any argument or exhortation addressed to those 
who are supposed to be praying with you. 
Adopt no fixed forms of expression, except 
such as you obtain from Scripture. 
Express your desires in the briefest, simplest 
form, without circumlocution. 
Avoid the use of compound terms in place of 
imperfect tense. 
Hallow God's name by avoiding its unneces-
sary repetition. 
Adopt the simple devotional phrases of 
Scripture; but avoid the free use of its figures, 
and all quaint and doubtful application of its 
terms to foreign subjects. 
Pray to God and not to man. 
Zhe abbath-*chool. 
Christ Weeping over Jerusalem. 
groans, and for a brief space a mysterious awe in-
terrupted their joyful demonstrations; but they 
could not understand the meaning of his lamen-
tation over Jerusalem. Meanwhile, reports were 
brought to the rulers that Jesus was approaching 
the city attended by a great concourse of people. 
In trepidation they go out to meet him, hoping 
to disperse the crowd by means of their author-
ity. As the procession is about to descend the 
Mount of Olives, it is intercepted by the rulers. 
They inquire who and what is the cause of all 
this tumultuous rejoicing. As they, with much 
authority, repeat their question,-Who is this? 
the disciples, filled with a spirit of inspiration, 
are heard above all the noise of the crowd, re-
peating in eloquent strains the prophecies which 
answered this question. Adam will tell you, It 
is the seed of the woman, that shall bruise the 
serpent's head. Ask Abraham, he will tell you, 
It is Melchisedek, King of Salem, King of 
Peace. Jacob will tell you, He is Shiloh of the 
tribe of Judah. Isaiah will tell, you, Immanuel, 
Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the ever-
lasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Jeremiah 
will tell you, The Branch of David, the Lord, 
our righteousness: Daniel will tell you, He is the 
Messiah. Hosea will tell you, He is the Lord 
God of Hosts, the Lord is his memorial. John 
the Baptist will tell you, He is the Lamb of God, 
who taketh away the sin of the world. The 
great Jehovah has proclaimed from his throne, 
This is my beloved Son. We, his disciples, de-
clare, This is Jesus, the Messiah, the Prince of 
Life, the Redeemer of the world. And even the 
Prince of the powers of darkness acknowledges 
him, saying, "I know thee who thou art, the 
Holy One of God." 
A Dangerous Method. 
" THERE is a method of Sabbath-school instruc-
tion largely practiced and most pertinaciously 
adhered to, which, in a great measure, lacks the 
catechetical. It consists more of the exhortatory 
and illustrative. It is common among young 
teachers, in the ardor of their first love and 
awakened zeal, and among females, from the na-
ture of their minds. The earnest and the luke-
warm both practice it,-the one from excess, and 
the other from a defect of zeal. The former is 
anxious to impress, and is impatient under the 
slow process of catechizing; the latter does not 
wish annoyance, or the trouble of preparing. 
Hence both practice declamation and telling sto-
ries, for the purpose of awakening and keeping 
alive the interest of their scholars. This prac-
tice is much easier than the catechetical, requires 
less knowledge and study, less skill and serious-
ness. It is much easier to give good advice to 
children than to break down truth by way of 
question and answer. It is much easier to relate 
exciting stories than to interest them by questions 
for illustration from Scripture. And many teach-
ers, by such means, secure attention and esteem 
from their scholars. But we shrewdly suspect 
that the exercise and its result are not wholesome, 
or calculated to do the good desired. It is mis-
directed effort; it tends to dissipate the mind. 
" Constant exhortation and story-telling have 
the same effect upon young minds as novel-read-
ing upon older persons. It makes the mind im-
pulsive. It feeds by excitement. It seeks to 
secure and keep up attention by impulsive efforts. 
Without them the class or school, it is imagined, 
would fail to attend, and hence their frequent 
introduction. It prevents sober thought. There 
is no patience for anything but the exciting. The 
mind wanders, and does not fix upon truth pre-
sented. Can an habitual novel-reader peruse any 
work of solid matter? How often do we hear 
the humiliating confession that such exciting read-
ing has dissipated thd mind, and prevented sober 
thought! In like manner, though under the garb 
of sanctity, and in the Sabbath-school, the prac-
tice of teaching by impassioned exhortation and 
light story-telling is operating very injuriously 
upon the minds of youth, and training up a gen-
eration of novelLreaders. They will not find in 
sermons or good books the excitement that inter-
ests their minds. Hence, if mercy prevent not, 
they seek to satisfy their hunger by perusing 
novels, and these by no means the best." 
WEALTH in this world is just so much baggage 
to be taken care of, but a cultivated brain is easy 
to carry, arid is a never-failing source of profit 
and pleasure. 
How to Win and Fix Attention. 
HE who would gain attention must give at-
tention. A public speaker famous for his control 
over the attention of his audience, was asked for 
the secret of his power. He replied, "I do not 
know unless it is because I pay attention to my-
self." It was the truth. He was always intent 
upon his thoughts, and his attention was conta-
gious. There is a fascination in the very tones of 
a man deeply absorbed in the thoughts he is utter-
ing. Men gaze upon an earnest man as upon a 
spectacle, and soon they glide into the same earn-
estness. " Was. not our teacher earnest to-day ?" 
was the comment of a boy whose heart had been 
more than usually touched with the truth. The 
earnestness begat earnestness. Attention wins 
attention. 
But the teacher must have a double attention, 
-attention to the lesson and to the class. He 
must be at the same moment conscious of his own 
words and of their eyes and ears. But nothing 
in their actions must make him forget his theme. 
No tell-tale look or tone must betray that his 
mind wanders from its work. 
A practical rule of great value is never to be-
gin the lesson till all the class is stilled, and to 
pause as often as the quiet is broken. A child's 
power over its own thoughts is small, and the 
slightest noise or movement will often distract 
its attention. The teacher's pause and silence 
recall the mind, and tell the little wanderer that 
it is wanted and waited for. The silence is often 
more impressive and reproachful than any words 
could be. The most skillful teachers know this 
rule best and employ it most. They never teach 
but to a silent and watchful class. 
The two precepts given are both based on 
the teacher's personal power and presence. There 
are deeper facts in the pupil's mind, which must 
be reached in order to rouse his whole power of 
attention. Of these, the first met is the mind's 
interest in the senses. The intellectual life of child-'* 
hood resides mostly in the sensations. Where the 
eyes see, the thoughts follow. He who would 
command a child's thoughts, must control the 
child's senses. Give your little pupil nothing else 
to look at while you are teaching, and he will 
study your buttons or boots, and when you think 
he is listening to your words, he is only examining 
your watch-chain or spectacles.-Dr. Gregory. 
As THE boy begins, so the man will end. The 
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THE following extract from the last chapter of 
"Spirit of Prophecy," Vol. 2, is one of peculiar 
beauty, and will bear being read many times, not 
only for the elegance of the language, but for the 
thoughts that it contains:- 
Jerusalem had been the child of his care, and 
as a tender father mourns over a wayward son, 
so Jesus wept over Jerusalem. How can I give 
thee up ! How can 1 see thee devoted to de-
struction and desolation ! Must I let thee go to 
fill up the cup of thine iniquity ! One soul is of 
such value that, in comparison with it, worlds 
sink into insignificance; but here was a whole 
nation to be lest. When the fast westering sun 
should pass from sight in the heavens, Jerusa-
lem's day of grace would be at an end. While 
that vast procession was halting on the brow of 
Olivet, it was yet not too late for Jerusalem to 
repent and be saved. The Angel of Mercy was 
then folding her wings to step down from the 
golden throne and give place to Justice and 
swift-coming judgment. But Christ's great heart 
of love still pleads for Jerusalem, which -had 
• 
scorned all his mercies, despised his warnings, 
and was about to finish her iniquitous work by 
imbruing her hands in his blood. If Jerusalem 
would but repent, it is not yet too late. While 
the last rays of the setting sun are lingering on 
temple, tower, and flashing minaret, will not 
some good angel lead her to the Saviour's love, 
and avert the fearful doom that awaits her? 
Beautiful and unholy city, that had stoned the 
prophets, that had rejected the Son of God, that 
was locking herself, by her impenitence, in fetters 
of bondage,-thy day of mercy is almost spent ! 
Here had lived a favored people; God made 
their temple his habitation; it was " beautiful 
for situation, the joy of the whole earth." The 
record of more than a thousand years of Christ's 
guardian care and tender love, such as a father 
bears his only child, was there. In that temple 
had the prophets uttered .their solemn warnings. 
There had the burning censers waved, while in-
cense, mingled with the prayers of the worship-
era, had ascended to God. There the blood of 
beasts had flowed, typical of the blood of Christ. 
There Jehovah had manifested his glory above the 
mercy-seat. There the priests had officiated in 
flowing robes and jeweled breast-plates, and the 
pomp of symbol and ceremony had gone on for 
ages. But all this must have an end; for Jeru-
salem has sealed her own doom, and her destruc-
tion is at hand. 
Contemplating the fate of the city he had loved, 
the soul of Jesus yearned over the child of his care. 
Unrequited love broke the heart of the Son of 
God. Little did the multitude know of the grief 
that weighed upon the spirit of Him whom they 
worshiped. They saw his tears and heard his 
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Otte signs of the 
"Can ye not discern the signs of the times ?" 
J. H. WAGGONER, �
 EDITOR. 
 
J. N. ANDREWS, 
CORRESPONDING EDITORS. 
URIAH SMITH, 
OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, JUNE 22, 1882. 
Precedents in Religion. 
THE Lord said (and still says) to his people: " In all 
things that I have said unto you, be circumspect." Ex. 
23 :13. To be circumspect is to be watchful, prudent, 
careful, cautious. To be circumspect concerning God's 
requirements is to be watchful of what he requires, and 
to be prudent and careful to do exactly what he re-
quires, neither more nor less.' To add to or to subtract 
from the word of God, in any matter of worship, is to 
so alter the word as to make it an expression of our 
will; it is then no longer an expression of the divine 
will. Obedience to the word of God with such emenda-
tions is not acceptable, because it is will-worship; in 
such cases the fear of God is taught by the precepts of 
men. Col. 2 : 18-23; Isa. 29 : 13. 
The offense is not extenuated by the fact that th.tt 
which is taught has divine truth for its basis; for to 
amend or to pervert the word of God is as great pre-
sumption as to reject it altogether. Therefore the Lord 
says: " Ye shall not add unto the word which I com-
mand you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye 
may keep the commandments of the Lord your God 
which I command you." "What thing soever I com-
mand you, observe to do it; thou shalt not add thereto 
nor diminish from .it." Deut. 4 :2; 12 : 32. This is 
spoken with direct reference to the commandments of 
God. Just what he has said—no more, no less—is that 
which is required of us. Again he says: " Add thou 
not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be 
found a liar." Prov. 30 :6. 
But man, in the pride of his heart, is always seeking 
some other way than that which is pointed out in the 
word of God. Even while acknowledging the author-
ity of Jehovah, and professing to reverence that author-
ity, he has ever shown a desire to make void the com-
mandments of God by his tradition. Seldom, very seldom 
is the question raised, What says the word of the Lord? 
But the inquiry is often raised, What have the Fathers 
taught ? What have our wise men said upon the sub-
ject ? What has been the practice of past generations ? 
But our inquiry should not be, What have people 
done ? It should rather be, What ought they to have 
done ? What they have done, what is established as a 
precedent or custom, we may find in history; but this 
indicates no duty—it defines no obligation. What they 
ought to have done—and what we ought to do—can be 
found only in the word of God; and this always has 
the force of obligation, for God shall bring every work 
into judgment on the authority of his own command-
ments. 
It must not be supposed that customs have been fol-
lowed and precedents established without reasons. 
However much they may obscure the word of God; 
however great the departures from the precepts of the 
Lord to which they lead, reasons will be found in their 
favor. There is not a dogma in the whole series of 
Catholic superstitions for which reasons are not given; 
and sometimes these reasons are very plausible. Every 
usurpation has its justification. Every doctrine or ob-
servance which cannot be supported by the direct evi-
dence of the Scriptures, is yet found to have a pious in-
tention and a pious use. If they are not strictly in 
obedience to that which God has spoken, they are yet 
offered for his glory, and admitted and supported on 
that ground. But according to the scriptures which 
we have quoted they are not admissible. We think that 
Alexander Campbell was right in his declaration that 
any institution for which men must devise reasons, 
stands self-condemned. For every scriptural institu-
tion, the reason is found in the Scriptures, and that 
ends, or ought to end, all controversy. When an insti_ 
tution is found in the Scriptures, no human inventions 
are needed to uphold it; for no amount of human rea-
sonings can strengthen the word of the Most High. 
On the subject of circumspection in the service of 
God, as well as on the nature of precedents, we have a 
lesson in the case of Uzzah, whom the Lord smote for 
putting his hand upon the ark of the testimony. King 
David was startled by this judgment, and, moved by 
fear, he desisted from his purpose to bring the ark to 
his own city. Many a reader has wondered at this 
transaction, and felt that it was needlessly severe to 
slay Uzzah under such circumstances. And what 
were the circumstances ? The ark was placed upon a 
new cart. It was a cart which had never been used for 
any other purpose. This was, probably, as a token of 
respect to the ark. But the cattle stumbled, and the 
ark was like to fall to the ground. Uzzah was too rev-
erential—too anxious for the safety of the ark—to bear 
the thought of this, and he put forth his hand to stay it 
up, to avert any injury which might befall it. With 
such a pious intention prompting his action, ought not 
Uzzah to have been spared ? 
Before this question is answered let us consider an-
other fact. God had expressly forbidden any one to 
touch the ark. It was presumption on the part of Uz-
zah. His piety was no excuse for the action—it was 
disobedience to God's expressly revealed will. These 
orders lay back of his action: 1. None but the Levites 
were to have charge of it; any others coming near to'it 
were to be put to death. 2. The Levites were not per-
mitted to put their hands upon the ark. It was to be 
moved only by means of the rings which were placed 
in the sides of it. 
It may, indeed, be said that these were but small 
matters compared to the duty, unexpectedly presented, 
of preserving the ark from great injury. Here, if ever, 
was a case where a departure from the merely ceremo-
nial requirement was justified; where an order would 
be more honored in the breach than in the observance. 
But not so. However small and unimportant man 
might consider these rules, they were of sufficient 
weight to receive the sanction, to be subjects of the di-
rect action, of the Almighty. His word had gone forth; 
and this is, first of all, and at all times, to be regarded 
Uzzah broke the commandment of God, and was slain 
for his presumption, though his action was, professedly, 
very pious, and very respectful to the ark of God; or 
he was at least very, regardful of its welfare and its 
safety. 
One error leads directly to another. Precedent grows 
out of precedent. There was a wrong lying back of 
the act of Uzzah. Had there been no previous error 
there would have been no occasion for Uzzah to act 
presumptiously. The first error was that of placing 
the ark upon a cart. The Lord gave direction that it 
should be moved only by hand—carried by the staves 
which were run through the rings in its sides. If this 
commandment had been obeyed; if the ark ha4 been 
thus borne, the other commandment would not have 
been broken. But here comes in a reason, founded on 
precedent. It had been done before. 
When the ark was in the hands of the Philistines, 
they were smitten of God, and their wise men gave 
counsel to place the ark on a new cart, and to put 
thereto mulch kine, and if the cows left their calves and 
went to the land of the Israelites, then it should be 
known that the Lord had smitten them because of the 
ark. And it was so. 
But there is some excuse for this transaction. It is 
possible that the Philistines did not know how the ark 
was to be borne, nor who were to bear it. Putting it 
upon a new cart, made for that purpose, was, no doubt, 
the highest respect which they could render to it. Nor 
was it yet clear in their minds that they had been 
smitten on account of the ark. As heathen, they per-
haps did as well as they could under the circumstances. 
But for Israel we have not the same excuse. They 
were the people chosen of God, to whom were com-
mitted his oracles, to whom Jehovah had revealed his 
will. They knew better than to thus follow the exam-
ple of the heathen; they knew that it was contrary to 
the commandment which he had given them. But this 
was the precedent for their action; the custom upon 
which was based their departure from the law of their 
God, which had resulted so disastrously to Uzzah. It 
was an imitation of the action of the heathen; an ac-
tion comparatively harmless in them, as they had not 
the full knowledge of God's will in the matter: But it 
was not a small matter with Israel to follow the way of 
the heathen, because they had. the commandment of 
God with them, and they knew that this precedent of 
heathen origin was directly contrary to the word of 
God. These are the facts in the case. 
The things which were written aforetime were writ-
ten for our learning. Rom. 15 : 4. They are " ensam-
ples, and written for our admonition." 1 Cor. 10 : 11. 
We should profit by their disasters, and avoid their er- 
orrs. And there is an error now existent which is, in 
many respects, exactly parallel to that in which the 
children of Israel indulged ; and it has become very 
popular in the Christian world. The parallel is easily 
traced. 
In the beginning God set forth the seventh day as 
his rest day—the memorial of his work of creation. It 
was blessed and sanctified, and thereby became " the 
holy of the Lord." He also cautioned his people 
against following the ways of the heathen. Deut. 18 : 
9, 12, and others. He directly warned them against 
worshiping "the sun, the moon, and the stars, even all 
the host of heaven." Deut. 4 : 19, and others. 
But the heathen, who did not like to retain God in 
their knowledge." did worship the host of heaven. 
Great numbers of them became worshipers of the sun, 
and in honor of this bright luminary named the first 
day of the week " the day of the sun," or Sunday, and 
consecrated it, or held it as sacred, to the sun. So pop-
ular was this superstition of heathendom that Constan-
tine, in the very might of his power, issued a decree in 
the year A. D. 321, enjoining upon towns-people and 
tradesmen to rest "on the venerable day of the sun." 
Dr. Schaff, in his Church History, says that Constan-
tine was a worshiper of Apollo, the sun-god, and this 
decree was conformable to that worship. All authori-
ties agree that the supposed sacredness of the first day 
of the week had no other origin than the -consecration 
to the sun which it received from the heathen. Its ob-
servance has no basis in the word of God, To the con-
trary, it is directly opposed to the fourth commandment, 
which requires the observance of the seventh day—the 
Sabbath of the Lord God. 
And now comes the wonder. With the decalogue in 
their hands; with the direct testimony of the Most 
High that the seventh day is his day—his holy Sabbath 
—the only day which can be enforced by the fourth 
commandment; with the evidence of the Scriptures that 
the weekly Sabbath is based entirely upon the facts of 
creation, and these can be applied to the seventh day 
alone; with the testimony of all history that Sunday-
keeping and Sunday-consecration had their origin in 
heathen superstition; with all this evidence before 
them, and without any intimation in the Scriptures 
that Jehovah has altered or amended his law, or that 
he requires the observance of the day of the sun, al-
most the entire Christian world—the professed " Israel 
of God " of this dispensation—openly depart from the 
commandment of their God, and follow the way of the 
heathen ! Their wisest men confess that it was of 
heathen origin; confess that God has never required it 
in his word which is given as a perfect rule of faith 
and practice;" but—somebody did so before them, and 
they will do so too ! They have 'exactly the same rea-
son for their practice that Israel had for putting the 
ark upon a cart, with the evidence in their hands that 
it is contrary to the commandment of God. 
Thus far the parallel. Now we will notice some dif-
ferences, and these will be found to be in favor of the 
action of the Philistines, and against this modern relic 
of sun worship. 
The Philistines trembled before the judgments Of 
God, and their wise men said: " Give glory to the God 
of Israel." 1 Sam. 6 : 5. 
In counseling to return the ark to its place they 
said: " Make a new cart, and take two mulch kine. on 
which there hath come no yoke." Verse 7. In appro-
priating both a cart and cattle which had never been 
used for other service, they showed the highest possible 
respect for the ark. 
The order for transporting the ark in a certain 
manner was but temporary, and a part of the law reg-
ulating the Levitical service. After the temple was 
built it was no longer of use, and must in any event 
have ceased when the Levitical priesthood ceased. 
The children of Israel might urge that this prac-
tice was a reminder of the subduing of the Philistines 
before the ark of the Lord; an event worthy to be com-
memorated. 
On the other hand, the worship of the sun did not 
originate with any regard to the authority of Jehovah. 
It was not practiced out of any respect for the 
law of God. 
It is not merely in conflict with a temporary or 
ceremonial law, but with an important precept of the 
decalogue. It leads to a desecration of that which God 
sanctified at the creation of the world, and which will 
continue when " the heavens and earth which are now," 
have passed away. Isa. 66 :22, 23. 
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8. It was not instituted or enforced as a reminder of 
any event connected with the service of God. It was 
instituted, enforced, and perpetuated, as the sun's day; a 
monument to idolatry, to the worship of " the host of 
heaven." And all reasons drawn professedly from the 
word of God in its favor are modern. They were never 
offered to justify the institution, or as reasons why it 
was originated. They are the result of an after-thought, 
given to justify a practice already established on other 
grounds. 
Who will rise up and gainsay these things ? Is it a 
marvel that God, in these last days, should institute 
means to correct an error so great, so nearly all-prevail-
ing as this ? The words of the Psalmist well apply to 
this time: " It is time for thee, Lord, to work; for they 
have made void thy law." Ps. 119 : 126. In the prov-
idence of God, and in fulfillment of his " sure word of 
prophecy," a message is now going forth to all the 
world, to turn the people away from all false worship, 
and restore to their proper place " the commandments 
of God." Rev. 14 : 9-12. Light and darkness have no 
communion. Christ and Belial have no fellowship. 
We cannot unite heathen superstitions with the com-
mandments of God, and truthfully say that we are still 
keeping his commandments. The message is going. 
The call is being made : " Who is on the Lord's side ?' 
Not long will mercy linger, for the harvest of the earth 
is soon to be reaped, when the warning has been given, 
and the people have been tested by the truth on " the 
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." See 
Rev. 14 : 9-20. May God remove from our hearts the 
fear of the world, and a desire to follow its vain customs, 
and grant us grace to walk in his testimonies, thative 
may be accepted " in the day of the Lord Jesus." 
Upper Columbia Camp-Meeting. 
THIS meeting was held at Dayton, Washington Terri-
tory, May 31 to June 6, on the same ground that was 
occupied last year, on the creek flats, in a cottonwood 
grove. As there is yet considerable snow on the moun-
tains, there is more water running around and through 
the camp than there was last year; the creek runs in a 
number of channels. The water is excellent, and the 
shade good. Were the soil and climate the same as in 
California it would not be safe to camp on this ground 
a single night. Some parts of the ground were quite 
wet, yet it is not considered dangerous here. The 
weather was remarkably fine during the entire time of 
the meeting. 
The attendance was smaller than it was last year, 
just as we expected. However they think we were only 
partly right in looking for the next camp-meeting to be 
far to the north. They expect to need one in the neigh-
borhood of Walla Walla, and another somewhere about 
one hundred miles northward. We hope their prosperity 
may be such that their expectations will be realized. 
Sister Colcord, who has labored zealously in the cause 
of the missionary work in this Conference, has been 
severely sick. But it was thought best for her to try 
camp life, and a couch was prepared on the cars, and 
from the cars she was carried to the camp across the 
creek. She was able to render good service in assisting 
those who had to attend to the business, though she was 
not able to leave her tent to attend a meeting. But she 
improved in health all the time. 
Meeting opened Wednesday evening; speaking from 
1 Peter 4 : 7. On Thursday morning Bro. Colcord was 
taken with a severe chill; this prostrated him very 
much, and on Sabbath afternoon he had another, which 
so reduced him that he was not able to preach during 
all the meeting. He attended all the meetings ever 
which he was called to preside, which was more than he 
was really able to do, without speaking at all. Eld. 
Jones was present and shared with us the labor of speak-
ing; but Eld. Colcord's sickness made this one of the 
most laborious meetings of the kind we ever attended. 
Quite a number of the brethren were slow to arrive, 
not a large proportion being present at the very com-
mencement. This was unfortunate, as it delayed the 
business, and made it necessary to transact a large 
amount of business on Monday. However it was all 
disposed of in good order, and to the satisfaction of all. 
Tke election of officers for the Conference and all the 
Associations was unanimous, and heartily so. We never 
saw a better feeling existing over the selection of officers. 
The social meetings were not more numerous than 
could be profitable, and were generally spirited. In the 
spirit of devotion there seemed to be an advance on last 
year. On Sabbath afternoon the sermon was from Heb. 
2 :10. The feeling was deep in the congregation, and a 
quite general movement was made to renew their conse-
cration to God and to his service. As there were very 
few on the ground who were not professors, only three 
were baptized, though others requested baptism, to be 
attended to elsewhere. Baptism was administered in 
the camp, about 25 or 30 yards from the large tent. 
Considering the size of the meeting, the book sales 
were unusually good, amounting to $60. It seems sin-
gular that in these northwestern Conferences it is im-
possible to obtain canvassers. In other fields they are 
successful with our works, and we believe there is no 
better field for enterprising canvassers than this. 
The outside attendance was larger this year than it 
was last, and the preaching was listened to with close 
attention. All were respectful, and the order was uni-
formly good. 
The brethren did not wish to have the care of a pro-
vision stand, and the privilege was obtained by a citizen 
of Dayton. On Sunday he had a good run of custom, as 
a large number of people was on the ground, who, of 
course, wanted something to eat. But on Monday he 
had to pay a fine of $25 for violating the Sunday law of 
the Territory ! This law was recently enacted, and is 
very stringent. 
In the Conference report will be found reference to an 
offer by the citizens of Farmington, Whitman Co , W. 
T., for aid to establish a school, an Academy, in that 
village. The place is on the Idaho line, about 4611 miles 
north of Lewiston. The offer was liberal, but after very 
carefully examining the matter it was decided that the 
brethren of this Conference are not prepared to under_ 
take such a work, especially as the terms of the offer 
required the immediate commencement of a building. 
But the discussion of this subject brought out a plan 
which is feasible, and we hope it may be acted upon, 
A vote was taken recommending that a school, such as 
present wants may demand, be opened in Walla Walla, 
and that the meeting-house be used for that purpose. 
The church there has become weak, most of the brethren 
having gone away, so that there are few male members 
left. It has been feared that the house would become 
useless, if the moving spirit continued to prevail. Walla 
Walla is as central as any place that can be selected, 
and if this vote is carried into effect it will insure a 
profitable use of the house, and it may be the means of 
resuscitating this church, and perhaps save the oldest S. 
D. A. Church in this country from being obliterated. 
Immigrants are literally pouring into Eastern Washing-
ton and Oregon, induced to come by the opening up of 
the country by the building of railroads, and the facili-
ties offered to get land. We judge that most of them 
become settlers on land, as a gentleman who told us the 
Chinese were a curse to the country, as we noticed the 
large number employed constructing the roads, also 
informed us that white laborers could not be procured, 
and of course the railroads could not be constructed, 
unless at a very slow rate, were it not for the Chinese 
laborers. Considering that the railroads are very desir, 
able, and much needed to open the country to settlement, 
we could not appreciate his logic. But the moving 
mania seems to seize all classes, and our churches are 
seriously affected by it. The opening of new countries 
is tempting, but we believe that many of these moves 
are unprofitable in every respect. 
The inducement to take up land has been quite strong, 
but Brother Colcord has resisted it, and given his whole 
being to the work of the message. What he has lost in 
worldly gain he has gained in the affections of his breth-
ren, and the confidence of all classes in him as a preacher 
of the advent near. 
The financial standing of the cause in this Conference 
is encouraging, though not nearly all are coming up to 
their duty in the matter of tithing. Much credit is due 
to the vigilant labor of Sister Colcord, for the good result 
already attained. Knowing the discouraging effect of 
debts over religious enterprises, she has labored, as Sec-
retary of the T. and M. Society, to keep the work moving. 
and keep it free from debt. Her efforts have proved 
quite successful, and a feeling of confidence is established 
throughout the Conference, which will insure the enlarge-
ment of the work unless there is a sad neglect of duty on 
the part of the members. The field is growing, and the 
labor of the missionary societies should increase to keep 
pace with the growth of the country. 
Not much attention has been paid to the Health and 
Temperance work during the past year, the brother to 
whose hands it was committed not being able to attend 
to it. At this meeting it was given to Elder Jones and 
wife, as President and Secretary of the Association, who 
are expected to bring it up in the year to come by 
establishing clubs, and increasing the interest and 
spreading information among the churches. We are all 
learners on the subject of living according to the laws of 
health, and we have all considerable to learn on the 
subject. Our meetings have been too nearly like com-
mon temperance meetings, having little reference to 
health further than it is related to abstinence from 
intoxicants. Our club meetings should be schools of 
instruction in hygiene; a means of spreading the best 
health and temperance literature; and examples to the 
world of a higher standard of temperance work than is 
elsewhere presented. 
The Presidency of the Sabbath-school Association was 
given to Bro. Gibson, a new hand, and it is hoped he 
will make the work a subject of study. and bring all the 
schools in this Conference up to the very highest state 
of efficiency. He will be assisted by Sister Beck as Sec-
retary, who is not a new hand. 
We close this writing (June 7) under the shade of the 
trees as the tents are being taken down. There were 
twenty-four tents on the ground. We soon take the 
cars toward Portland, on our way to Salem, Oregon. 
One feature may be mentioned which speaks well for 
the future of the cause: the brethren and sisters left the 
ground very much encouraged. There was no excite-
ment on the ground at any time, but a deep feeling of 
satisfaction with the meeting and the prospects of the 
work seemed to prevail. We bid them adieu, expecting 
never to meet with them again, as the labor of this 
meeting has confirmed the resolution we had formed, no 
longer to take double burdens upon us, in acting as 
preacher and editor at once, but to do that which we 
can do according to our health and strength, without 
laboring under a continued feeling of weariness. But 
we shall ever remember the friends of Upper Columbia, 
and hope to meet them in the land of rest. 
The Three Messages. 
TIME WHEN THE PROCLAMATIONS OF REVELATION 14 
ARE MADE. 
(Continued.) 
THE next inquiry relates to the past. Have not 
these messages met their fulfillment in the history of 
the church in past ages ? We think not. Our reasons 
for this conclusion are, in part, the following:- 
No proclamation of the hour of God's Judgment 
come, has ever been made in any past age. 
If such a proclamation had been made many cen-
turies in the past, as some contend, it would have been 
a false one. 
The prophecies on which such a proclamation to 
men in a state of probation must be based, were closed 
up and sealed to the time of the end. 
The Scriptures plainly locate the message of warn-
ing respecting the Judgment in a brief space immedi-
ately preceding the advent of our Lord; thus directly 
contradicting the view that locates these messages in 
past ages. 
We now offer proof in support of the foregoing propo-
sitions. If they are sustained, they establish the fact 
that the present generation is that one to which the 
angel's messages are addressed. We earnestly invite all 
who wish the truth, to weigh this part of the argument 
with especial care. 
1. Has the proclamation of the hour of God's Judg-
ment come, been made in any past age ? If such a 
proclamation has never been made in past centuries, 
there is an end to controversy on this part of the subject. 
No persons have ever been able to show any such proc-
lamation in the past. The apostles did not make such 
a proclamation. On the contrary, they plainly inform 
us that the day of the Lord was not then at hand. 
Martin Luther did not make this proclamation; for he 
thought the Judgment about three hundred years in the 
future. And finally, the history of the church presents 
no such proclamation in the past. Had the first angel 
preached to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and 
people, that the hour of God's Judgment had come, the 
publicity of such a proclamation would be a sufficient 
guaranty that the history of the world would contain 
some record of the fact. Its total silence respecting 
such a proclamation, is ample proof that it never was 
made, and should put to silence those who make such 
an affirmation. 
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VoL. 8, No. 24. 
We are on firm ground, also, when we say that had 
such a proclamation been made to the world in past 
ages, it would have been a false proclamation. Four 
reasons sustain this statement: (1) There is no part of 
the Bible on which such a message, centuries in the 
past, could have been based. Hence had such a proc-
lamation been made, it would have been without script-
ural foundation, and consequently not from Heaven. 
(2) It wo Id have been in direct opposition to those 
scriptures which locate the Judgment, and the warning 
respecting its approach, in the period of the last gene-
ration. The scriptures which sustain these two reasons 
we shall presently cite. (3) The history of the world 
amply evinces that the hour of God's Judgment had not 
come ages in the past. (4) Nor would it be true of past 
ages, if limited to Babylon. For Rev. 18 : 8-10 clearly 
shows that the hour of Babylon's judgment is yet in the 
future. It is certain, therefore, that the angel with the 
proclamation respecting the hour of God's Judgment 
has not given it at a time when it would be not only 
destitute of scriptural support, but would absolutely 
contradict their plain .testimony. 
The prophecies which give us the time of the Judg-
ment, and which present the succession of events, lead-
ing down to that great crisis, were closed up and sealed 
till the time of the end. We refer particularly to the 
prophecies of Daniel. See chaps. 8 :17, 26; 12 :4, 9. 
Hence it is evident that God reserves the warning to 
that generation which alone needs it. Noah's warning 
respecting the flood, was alone applicable to those who 
should witness it; thus also the warning respecting the 
Judgment is alone applicable to that generation which 
lives in the last days. 
The Bible locates these messages in the period which 
immediately precedes the second advent, and plainly 
warns us against the proclamation of the Judgment 
at hand prior to that time. Here we join issue with our 
opponents. Instead of finding that the apostles gave 
this proclamation, as some teach, we shall find indubit-
able evidence that they located this warning far in the 
future, and that they admonished the church to heed 
none that should precede a given time. If we recur to 
the book of Acts, we shall find Paul preaching before 
Felix of the Judgment to come; and before the Athe-
nians, that God hath appointed a day in the which he 
will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ. 
Acts 24 : 25; 17 : 31. But that book nowhere intimates 
that Christ was immediately coming to judgment. 
Peter points his hearers to the future, saying that the 
heavens which had then received Christ, must retain 
him until the times of the restitution. Acts 3 : 21. 
The first epistle to the Thessalonians may seem to 
teach that the apostles expected the coming of Christ to 
judgment in their day. Indeed, it is evident that such 
an idea was received from it by the Thessalanian 
Church. • Hence it was, that in his second epistle to 
them, Paul found it necessary to speak explicitly on 
the point. He tells them that the coming of Christ to 
the Judgment could not take place until the great' 
apostasy; and as the result of that apostasy, that the 
Man of Sin should be revealed, showing himself that he 
is God, and exalting himself above all that is called 
God, or that is worshiped. That this mystery of in-
iquity is the great Romish apostasy, none but a papist 
will deny. 
Paul reminds the Thessalonians that he had told 
them of these things when he was yet with them. And 
where could Paul have learned this fact, which he had 
thus stated to them ? He was accustomed to reason 
from the Scriptures, and not to deal in assertion. 
Hence it is very evident that he refers to the prophecy 
of Daniel, which in its seventh chapter has given the 
successive events which intervened between its time 
and the Judgment. In this series of events it has with 
wonderful precision described the power to which Paul 
has referred, as the Man of Sin. No Protestant will 
deny the identity of Daniel's little horn and Paul's 
Man of Sin. And as Daniel has brought it into a series 
of events which ends with the Judgment and the set-
ting up of the everlasting kingdom, it was an easy 
matter for Paul to tell where in this series of events he 
stood, and whether the Judgment was its next event or 
not. The apostle, therefore, plainly tells them that 
that day was not at hand. For the Man of Sin, the 
little horn, must arise and perform his predicted work, 
and when that should be accomplished, the coming of 
Christ should transpire, to consume " that Wicked " 
with its brightness. 
Now when was the little horn to arise ? Daniel was 
told that it should arise after the ten horns upon the 
fourth beast; or, in other words, after the fourth empire 
should be divided into ten kingdoms, which was accom-
plished about five hundred years after Christ. The 
Judgment, therefore, could not come prior to that time. 
But how long was this little horn to have power to 
wear out the saints? Daniel informs us that it should 
be for " a time, and times, and the dividing of time." 
How long is this period Rev. 12 shows that it is 1260 
prophetic days, or years. Verses 6, 14. It follows 
therefore that the apostle carries the mind forward five 
hundred years to the development of the Man of Sin, 
and thence 1260 years for his triumph, before the Judg-
ment could be preached as an event immediately im-
pending. Whoever will carefully read Dan. 7, will get 
the original of Paul's argument in 2 Thess. 2, and will 
not fail to see the force of his statement. 
The papal supremacy began 538, and ended in 1798, 
with the overthrow of the pope's temporal power. The 
warning of Paul against a false proclamation respecting 
the Judgment at hand, therefore, expires at that time, 
and not before. For we have then reached the point of 
time where the last important event in Dan. 7, before 
the Judgment has transpired. An angel from Heaven, 
preaching the hour of God's Judgment come, many 
years in the past, would be giving a different gospel 
from that preached by Paul. Those who locate the 
angel of Rev. 14 : 6, 7, in past ages, virtually place upon 
his head the anathema of Paul in Gal. 1:8. 
Arid what is of very deep interest, the point of time at 
which Paul's warning expires. is the commencement of 
the time of the end—the very point to which the visions 
of Daniel were closed up and sealed. Compare chap. 
11 : 33, 35; 7: 25, and the fact that the 1260 years' per-
secution of the saints terminates with the commence-
ment of the time of the end, will appear obvious. How 
gloriously does this view of the subject make the truth 
of God shine out! For the warning of the apostle 
against a false proclamation of the Judgment at hand, 
expires at the very point where the seal is taken from 
those prophecies which show when the Judgment sits. 
And it is respecting this period, the time of the end, 
that it is said, Many shall run to and fro, and knowl-
edge (on the very subject which was before concealed) 
shall be increased. Then the time of the end is the 
period in which the Judgment-hour cry, and the subse-
quent messages are to be given. Dan. 8:17, 2.6; 12:4. 9. 
J. N. A. 
The Iowa Camp-Meeting. 
THIS meeting was held at Des Moines, Iowa, June 1 
to 6, on the State Fair-grounds. The grounds are well 
watered and nicely fitted up with numerous large build-
ings, which were used instead of tents by a large number 
of our brethren. 
The attendance was about 500, and one good feature 
of it was that a good number were on hand at the com-
mencement of the meeting. Probably more would have 
attended, were it not that owing to the very late season, 
many have not yet planted their corn. It has rained a 
great deal for several week's, and the ground is full of 
water. The first four days of the meeting the weather 
was cold, and it rained about half the time. Overcoats 
were indispensable. However, the people were of good 
cheer, and the interest of the meeting did not seem to 
suffer from the state of the weather. 
Nearly one hundred of our Scandinavian brethren and 
sisters were present, which was three or four times as 
many as have generally attended. They were much 
encouraged and benefited by the meeting, having the 
privilege of hearing in their own tongue from Eld. 0. A. 
Olsen. The growth of the cause among the Scandinavi-
ans in this Conference during the year, is a matter of 
great encouragement. 
The preaching at this meeting was of a practical 
nature, designed to arouse the people to a sense of their 
true condition, and the dangers which surround the 
people of God in these last. days. They were pointed 
to the Testimonies as a source of instruction, and urged 
to see the necessity of a close walk with God, a separa-
tion from the world, and a whole-hearted engagedness 
in the service of God. 
Though it seemed at first that the work was not going 
deep enough, yet on Sabbath afternoon over sixty came 
forward to seek the Lord. Most of these were children 
and young people. Monday forenoon Eld. Butler 
preached a very earnest sermon. The Lord helped him 
to speak very plainly and with much feeling. Hearts 
were melted. Opportunity was given, and without urg-
ing, about one hundred and fifty came forward to seek 
the Lord. In the afternoon sixty-one persons were bap-
tized by Elders Butler and Olsen. 
Tuesday morning Brn. A. G. Daniells, J. S. Hart, 
A. W. H. Millard, and J. D. Pegg, were ordained to the 
work of the ministry. 
On closing, the general feeling and expression was 
that this had been a good meeting, while some said it 
was the best they ever attended. �
C. W. STONE. 
Infidel Superstition. 
IN treating these great problems of life, Mr. 
Ingersoll has a fascinating and a plausible way of 
stating things, but they certainly are as unphil-
osophic as they are untenable. " Water always 
runs down hill," says Mr. Ingersoll. But it does 
not. Sometimes it runs up hill, and we call it 
capillary attraction. We have a mode of explain-
ing it by the attraction between the particles of 
mobile matter and the inert matter of the tube 
in which the fluid rises. Mr. Ingersoll would 
explain it by saying that the fluid rises because 
it rises l That is certainly childlike and simple, 
but it is hardly in keeping with the role of a phil-
osopher who proposes to dethrone God—the God 
who is the designer and creator of the universe. 
We not only find that Mr. Ingersoll is mistaken 
in asserting " water always runs down hill," but 
there is a wonderful process of nature that exceeds 
even capillary action. The life-bearing sap as-
cends the tree and carries with it nourishment 
that sustains and enlarges the plant. The tree 
has a system of water works that actually extends 
its own water mains. This phenomenon, we are 
told by Mr. Ingersoll, happens because it happens! 
If that is not superstition that eclipses anything 
of the kind so vehemently denounced by him, we 
do not know what superstition is. Its genesis is 
clearly traceable to the pagan belief that the 
world is a great plane resting upon the backs of 
four mighty oxen, and the oxen rest upon a great 
elephant. What the elephant is resting upon, the 
pagan belief failed to state. Mr. Ingersoll goes 
one step further and affirms that the elephant 
rests upon himself.—Burlington Hawkeye. 
Zhz gis.sionarp. 
Upper Columbia Conference. 
THE second annual session of the Upper Colum-
bia Conference of S. D. Adventists convened at 
the camp-ground in Dayton, W. T., June 1, 1882, 
at 9 o'clock A. M. President Eld. G. W. Colcord 
in the chair. Prayer by Eld. J. H. Waggoner. 
Credentials of delegates being called for, the fol-
lowing were presented: Walla Walla two, Dayton 
one, Pataha one, Meadows one, Farmington one, 
Alpowai one, Medical Lake one, Spokane Co. one. 
Voted that Eld. J. H. Waggoner be accepted as 
representative of the General Conference. Min-
utes of last session read and approved. Instruct-
ive remarks were made by Eld. Waggoner on the 
idea of attendance at camp-meeting, and repre-
sentation in Conference. 
Voted that all committees be appointed by the 
Chair. 
Committees were named as follows: Nomina-
tions, M. 0. Beck, W. A. Gibson, E. E. Vinson; 
Resolutions, J. H. Waggoner A. T. Jones, Wm 
I. Goodwin • Credentials and Licenses, B. F. Wink-
ler, T. A. McCoy, I. M. Johns; Auditing, I. M. 
Johns, T. Chabor, B. F. Winkler, E. E. Vinson, L. 
Butler, T. S. Ragsdale. 
Adjourned to call of Chair. 
SECOND MEETING, JUNE 4, 8 A. M. 
President in the chair. Prayer by Eld. Colcord. 
Credentials of other delegates presented as fol-
lows: Milton two, Snipe Valley one. Minutes of 
last meeting read and approved. 
The Committee on Nominations reported as fol-. 
lows: For President, Eld. G. W. Colcord; Secre-
tary Eld. A. T. Jones; Treasurer, Wm Nichols; 
Ex. Committee, Ambrose Johnson, T. L. Ragsdale. 
The nominees were elected. The Committee on 
Credentials and Licenses recommended that cre-
dentials be renewed to Elders G. W. Colcord end 
A. T. Jones, and that licenses be renewed to 
Brethren Wm Russell and W. A. Gibson. The 
report was accepted, and the Committee retained 
for further inquiry. Credentials and licenses were 
renewed according to report. 
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285 
Voted that the Camp-meeting Committee be 
secured by the Executive Committee, who were 
empowered to pay for the services of such Com- 
mittee if necessary. 
The question, Shall we accept the proposition 
of the citizens of Farmington for the establish-
ment of an Academy in that Town ? was dis-
cussed by Elders Jones, Colcord, Waggoner, 
Brethren Ambrose Johnson, Wm. Goodwin and 
I. M. Johns with theAuestion pending Conference. 
Adjourned to call of Chair. 
THIRD MEETING, JUNE 5, 2 P. M. 
Prayer by Eld. Waggoner. Minutes of last 
meeting read and approved. Consideration of 
pending question was resumed, and voted that a 
committee of five be appointed by the Conference 
to further consider the matter. Carried. The 
committee was named as follows: Elders Colcord, 
Jones, Brethren Goodwin, Johns, and Ragsdale. 
The Committee on Resolutions, reported as fol- 
lows:— 
Resolved, 1. That we have unabated faith in the 
Testimonies which are given to the church, and we ex-
press our regret that Sister White was not able to meet 
with us this year. And we hereby extend to her our 
earnest invitation to meet with us in our camp-meeting 
in 1883. 
2. That we extend the thanks of this Conference to 
the 0. R. and N. C. Railroads for the favor granted in 
returning to their homes at reduced fare all who came 
over their lines to this meeting. 
The Auditing Committee reported all business 
settled. 
Moved that Bro. Wm. Russell be requested to 
report labor to the Conference Committee. 
Adjourned to call of Chair. 
FOURTH MEETING, JUNE 6, 6 A. M. 
• 
President in the chair. Prayer by Eld. Wag-
goner. Minutes of last meeting waived. 
The Committee on Credentials and Licenses 
finding nothing further to report, requested to be 
discharged. Discharged accordingly. 
Remarks by the President upon plainness of 
dress. Unanimously voted that the church is 
better off without tobacco and jewelry. 
Committee on School reported that after mature 
deliberation on all points, we are compelled to 
decline the offer. Report adopted. 
Moved, that agents be requested to give re-
ceipts for all money received. Carried. 
A vote of thanks was tendered to the General 
Conference for the efficient help rendered by the 
labors of Eld J. H. Waggoner. 
Adjourned sine die. 
G. W. COLCORD, President. 
ALONZO F. JONES; Secretary. 
Upper C9lumbia T. and M. Society. 
THE second annual session of the Upper Colum-
bia Tract and Missionary Society was called to 
order by the President, Thursday, June 1, 1882, 
at 5 P. M. Meeting opened with singing. Prayer 
by Eld. A. T. Jones. Minutes of last session were 
read and approved. Instructive remarks were 
made by Eld. S. H. Waggoner in reference to the 
work of missionaries in this cause. On motion, 
the Chair appointed the following committees: 
On Nominations, T. L. Ragsdale, B. F. Winkler, 
and Dennis LaGres, On Resolutions, J. H. 
Waggoner, T. A. McCoy, and W. A. Gibson. 
[ne report of labor is said to have been the 
next thing in order, but it was not sent. It will 
be published when received. Ed. SIGNS.] 
SECOND MEETING, JUNE 5, 9 A. M. 
Committee on Nominations reported as follows: 
for President, Eld. G. W. Colcord; Vice-President, 
Wm. J. Goodwin.
' 
 Secretary, Mrs. G. W. Colcord; 
Directors—Dist. No 1, I. M. Johns; No. 2, Am-
brose Johnson; No. 3, G. H. Beck. Report 
adopted. 
Remarks were made by the President, on the 
needs of the T. and M. Society; and the points 
made were considered with interest. 
TREASURER'S REPORT. 
Receipts. 
Cash on hand, 
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$35.07 
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From Districts, 
 278.21 
" Agents, �
274.62 
For Reserve Fund, �
56.50--$644.40 
Disbursements. 
Paid to **Ts Office, �
$342.78 
" " Review " �
192.67 
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for Freight, Postage, etc. 
 23.92—$559.37 
Cash on hand,. �
. $85.53 
Liabilities. 
Due Review Office, . 
 $24.00 
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Assets. 
Due from Agents, 
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$183.95 
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Districts, �
 30.42 
Publications on hand, �
255.61 
Due on pledges to Reserve Fund, �
166.00 
Cash on hand, �
 85.53—$722.08 
Balance in favor of the Society, �
 . $679.73 
The report was accepted. 
THIRD MEETING, JUNE 5, 6 P. 31. 
Committee on Resolutions reported as follows:— 
Resolved, 1. That we will make an effort to increase 
the membership of our T. and M. Society; and we urge 
all to labor to this end; and we invite the scattered 
brethren and sisters to unite with us in the missionary 
work. 
That we invite our brethren to take a more active 
part in this work, and not leave it so much to the sisters 
as has been done in time past. 
That we consecrate ourselves anew to God, with a 
view to doing more work in the missionary cause than 
we have done in the past, and that we recommend the 
use of more printed matter in tracts and books, and 
especially of a greater number of the SIGNS OF THE 
TIMES. 
That a special effort be made to increase our effi-
ciency in the work, by the employment of more agents 
and colporters. 
That we deem it necessary in order to carry out 
the work of the T. and M. Society effectually, that the 
Reserve Fund be increased; and we recommend that it 
be increased to such sum as shall be advised by the 
Conference Committee. 
Eld. Waggoner made remarks, calling attention 
to resolution 3, and giving a list of the premiums 
offered to those who obtain subscribers for the 
SIGNS. The resolutions were adopted. 
A call was made for members, and five were 
added. 
Some local business was called up, but was 
finally left to the Board of Directors. Adjourned 
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without date. �
G. W. COLCORD, President. 
A. T. JONES, Sec. pro tem. 
From the Field. 
OHIO, Spencer, May 28.-1 have spent the last 
three Sabbaths in ibis place, and have met with 
some success. A church of eleven members was 
organized. Five were baptized. Nine were add7 
ed to the T. and M. Society. A Sabbath-school 
is sustained, consisting of sixteen members. The 
tithing system was duly considered. I sold nearly 
fifty dollars' worth of our publications. I also 
secured a subscription of several hundred dollars 
for a house of worship. I shall follow up this 
enterprise, and hope to see a meeting-house built 
this summer. The truth has in this place many 
friends whom we-hope to see obey it and become 
connected with us. I tried to explain all our faith 
and customs, as a people, so that they might move 
understandingly, and become co-laborers with us 
in the work of saving men. I desire the blessing 
of God to attend the work in this place, and that 
others may be gathered with them. 
G. G. RUPERT. 
TEXAS, Brushy Knob and Denton.—Since my last 
report, I have visited Brushy Knob twice. Since 
the debate with Eld. Stirman at that place, several 
have commenced keeping the Sabbath; and dur-
ing my visit, a Sabbath-school of sixty-eight 
members was organized, and eight precious souls 
were received into the church by baptism. With 
the results accomplished during and since the 
debate, we are much gratified. The interest cre-
ated throughout the community in favor of the 
truth is greater than at any time previous to the 
discussion. �
R. M. KILGORE. 
Bro. Richard Conradi writing from Milltown, 
Dakota, May 22, gives the following interesting 
items: " Yesterday I visited a German-Methodist, 
thirty-five miles west, who, against the bitterest 
opposition from his wife, commenced to observe 
the Sabbath a few weeks ago. We had a blessed 
interview, and he, with renewed zeal, seeks to 
spread the truth way out on the frontier. I have 
received twenty subscriptions for the Stimme, one 
for the Instructor, one. for the Tidende, and sold 
over twenty German Bibles. In this field, eighty 
miles in length, there are now about sixty families 
reading the Stimme, hundreds well supplied with 
our tracts, and several places in which to hold meet-
ings; there are also about twenty-five churches, 
of various creeds, that have considered the Sab-
bath question, more or less. 
Q.em eranct. 
Cigar-Stubs and Opium. 
I RAN across a cigarette factory the other day. 
Whew ! I wouldn't write—or, rather, you wouldn't 
dare print what I saw. Dirty butts of cigars fresh 
from the filth of the muddy streets are the clean-
est and nicest of the material used in compiling 
these precious roads to ruin. I came down town 
on a Madison Avenue car recently, and on the 
tail end there were three little chaps, the oldest 
about 14. Each smoked a cigarette, and spat his 
little life away. I ventured to ask if they enjoyed 
the odor. They said they did. And the taste ? 
Certainly. On inquiring, I found they had a well-
known brand of cigarette, noted for its " opium 
soak " and its terrible smell when burning. 
Day by day vice grows stronger. There was a 
time when cigarette smoking was confined almost 
entirely to Cubans, who knew what good tobacco 
was, and made their own cigarettes. Gradually 
the habit spread. Dealers followed suit. Makers 
became unscrupulous. Little dirty boys were sen t 
out to pick up cigar stumps. Other equally dis-
gusting material was also utilized. Opium was 
made to do duty. Cheap paper took the place of 
rice paper. I wish these boys could see the stuff 
their paper is made from. 
The cheap paper, the old stumps, the opium, 
and the chemicals used to make them " strong " 
deserve to be shown up. Parents have no influence 
with their sons. Why not? Because they smoke 
cigars or pipes, themselves. The boys charge all 
the good advice they get, to their fathers' desire to 
keep them down. There is but one way to deal 
with American boys. Reason with them through 
their eyes. If every nicotined stomach was made 
public, if every time a fellow died of too much 
cigarette, the fact was made known, if the proud 
boys could be shown a rag factory and stump 
grindery, it seems to me the cigarette business 
would be wound up very soon.—Set. 
Temperance in Ohio. 
THE Rev. J. M. Driver, of Toledo, Ohio, writes 
as follows to the Central Christian Advocate:— 
" Our city election has just passed, and the re-
sult is such as to cause rejoicing among the tem-
perance people. It was a square fight, the tickets 
being headed: For License' and Against Li-
cense.' There was considerable uneasiness on the 
part of the temperance people, but it was all dis-
sipated when the result of the election was made 
known. More than three to one had voted against 
license. There is not a saloon in this county. 
Every town in the county is almost unanimously 
opposed to the licensing of saloons. It is a rare 
thing to see a man under the influence of liquor. 
Our county jail is tenantless, and paupers are 
scarce. Peace, and order, and morality prevail. 
A magnificent brick school-building is just com-
pleted." 
MEDICAL DRUNKARDS.—Let me say that of all 
persons that have not yet become drunkards, the 
most pitiable are they who are drinking liquor 
under medical advice. Others drink it upon their 
own responsibility, and therefore with more or 
less caution. But these drink it upon the highest 
authority, and therefore with no fear of conse-
quences. Other tipplers restrain their appetite 
through shame of being seen to indulge in it 
boldly; these drink under the impervious plea 
that they are but taking medicine. Other tipplers 
are open to admonition and reformation. In a 
word, whilst the one drinking intoxicating liquor 
without excuse and therefore against conscience 
—against that voice of God in the soul—may stop 
ere it be too late; the other drinking it for health, 
and therefore with an approving conscience, will 
probably never stop until life stops. Emphatically 
true is it that no other tippler is going so surely 
to the drunkard's grave, as the one who lets his 
doctor lead him to it.—Ex. 
AT a meeting, recently, a clergyman told how 
he became a total abstainer. He had previously 
been connected with a moderate society, and hav-
ing one evening presided at one of its meetings, 
he was accosted while walking along the street 
the next morning, by one of his parishioners, who, 
endeavoring to put his arms around his neck, 
hiccuped out, "I do so love you, good Mr. Vicar; I 
goes witif you for moderation." The good vicar 
became a total abstainer the next, day. 
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beint Tirries 
THOU KNOWEST. 
WE do not know! Thou knowest! 
As children in the dark 
We lift our hearts, our hands to thee, 
And find a rest, an ark; 
We trust thee in our ignorance, 
0 Wise, 0 Good, 0 Strong! 
And though the shades encompass us, 
We find thee with our song. 
We think we know, thou knowest. 
We dream, and hope, and plan, 
And make mistakes, and sigh to know 
How frail and weak is man; 
But thou, from the beginning 
Canst see the end of all. 
We rest upon thy knowledge, 
Father, on whom we call. 
We do not know the best for us, 
And so we strive in vain, 
And for our sowing often reap 
A harvest dire of pain; 
We fail and fall, and then at last 
We cry to thee for aid, 
And only rest when thou dost say 
" 'Tis I, be not afraid." 
o God, we would be wiser yet, 
And only pray, " Choose thou!" 
Lead as one leads the little ones, 
We are thy children now; 
And day by day, and step by step 
We need the guiding hand; 
Oh, let us cling to thee, until 
We reach the safe Home-land. 
And then, let days be fair or dark, 
The journey short or long, 
Our hearts will rest in comfort, 
And we will sing our song; 
Since thou dost know, our ignorance 
And weakness matter not, 
We trust in thy great love, 0 God, 
And thou dost choose our lot. 
—Marianne Farningham. 
The Hadleys' Mottoes. 
" MAN never is, but always to be blest,'" read 
Belle, out of her parsing-book. " I wonder what 
that means. ' Man' is a noun "—then she drop-
ped her book and looked out of the window. It 
was very pleasant outside. Peach blossoms and 
apple blossoms, violets and lilies of the valley, 
green grass and glad sunshine, with rippling wa-
ter, murmuring bees, and busy, joyous birds—all 
did their part toward making a happy world. 
Annie, sitting by the other window, sewing, 
scarcely noticed the beauty and fragrance around 
her, and heard neither the brook nor the birds, 
so busy was she planning and dreaming of the 
nice time she hoped to have in the White Mount-
ains, where she expected to go with a party of 
young friends. Every little detail was gone over 
in her mind, and she thought of all sorts of pleas-
ant little incidents and adventures which might 
happen during the trip, and which she would 
enjoy to the full. " Two weeks of perfect enjoy-
ment, I hope," she said to herself. "-Oh dear, I 
almost wish it was August now. It is so dull here 
at home;" and she gave a little sigh, and a rather 
impatient pull at her needle. 
Little Minnie came running in just then, with 
her hands full of dandelions. " See, Annie," she 
said, " are they not pretty ? " 
" Very," said Annie, smiling; " they are like 
condensed sunshine." 
" I don't like dandelions much," said Belle, 
rather discontentedly. " Wait till the roses come, 
Minnie, and the pinks•' 
 then you'll have pretty 
flowers to play with. Won't it be nice when the 
roses come," she added, " for then vacation will 
come, too!" 
" Won't it be nice when the roses turn?" echoed 
Minnie, sitting down on the floor, and proceeding 
to pull her dandelions to pieces. 
" How queer you girls are ! " said Tom, who 
was just outside the window, helping Willie mend 
their velocipede. " Two weeks ago you were all 
wishing for the apple and peach blossoms, and 
telling Minnie about the violets, and now that 
they are all here, you are wishing for roses and 
pinks. When everything is nice, why can't you 
be satisfied. If every one of those blossoms was 
only a ripe peach now, I'd be happy; won't we 
have a good time next fall, though I" And 
Thomas smacked his lips at the thought. 
" There, now I " said Willie, " you're as bad as 
the girls, wishing. It's wicked to wish fig• things 
you can't have; mother says so." 
" I'm not wising for things I can't have," said 
• 
Tom, argumentatively. " I'm only thinking how 
nice it will be when something I expect to have 
comes." 
" It's about the same thing, though," rejoined 
Willie. " You're not satisfied, and you ought to 
be satisfied. I am. There, now, this old veloci-
pede is fixed. Won't it be nice if papa buys 
Smith's pony. I wish he would; we'd be just 
happy then." 
Annie had been listening to the children's clat-
ter, and she couldn't help laughing at Willie's 
sudden fall into the fault he had just been so 
virtuously condemning. " Man never is, but 
always to be blest,'" she quoted. 
" What are you laughing at, Annie ? " asked 
Tom. 
" I could not help laughing at Willie," she said, 
"for doing the very thing for which he has been 
scolding you." 
" I wasn't dissatisfied, Annie," said Willie, in 
rather an injured tone; " I was only thinking 
that we will have more fun when -we have the 
pony. There's no harm in that, is there ?" 
Annie paused a minute before replying: " Well, 
if there is, Willie, I will have to plead guilty, too; 
for I have been doing about the same thing all the 
afternoon—thinking about the White Mountains. 
But I believe there is harm in it, though I never 
thought of it before; but we can't really appreciate 
our present comforts and blessings, if we are all the 
time thinking how much more we will enjoy our-
selves when things are different." 
"What made you say that sentence out of my 
parsing-book, Annie—' Man never is, but always 
to be blest'—what does it mean ?" asked Belle. 
"It means just what we have been talking 
about," said Annie: "that people never are really 
happy and contented, but that they always expect 
to be happy as soon as they get or accomplish 
something that they have set their hearts on, and 
then, when they get it, they don't stop to think 
what a blessing it is, and how they enjoy it, but 
begin right away to wish for something else." 
" Well, if every one does that way, it must be 
all right," said Tom. 
" Because every one does something, doesn't 
make it right, Tom, and besides, leaving out all 
question of right and wrong, it is certainly very 
foolish and short-sighted in us never to think of 
and enjoy the blessings we have, because we are 
all the time longing for those we hope to have, 
and thinking how much better they will be. 
Now, for instance, if instead of Belle's and Min-
nie's wishing for roses, and you boys wanting 
peaches and ponies"—(" I only want one," inter-
rupted Willie)—" and, instead of my thinking so 
much about the White Mountain trip, we were all 
to stop and consider what a pleasant time we are 
really having now—how nice blossoms and veloci-
pedes are—what a lovely world this is, with its 
beauty and birds and sunshine—what a comforta-
ble home we have, and how nice it is for us all to 
be at home together—I think we should be hap-
pier and better for it. It really seems to be 
wicked for us to have all these great blessings, 
and then scarcely to take the time to think about 
them and be thankful for them, because we are 
so busy planning and wishing for other ones." 
" Does the Bible say anything about not wish-
ing for things, Annie ?" asked Belle. 
" I don't remember anything about wishing, but 
I know there is a verse, Godliness and content- 
ment is great gain;' and Paul says, �
have 
learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to 
be content," and gives the command, Be content 
with such things as ye have.' They are about 
contentment, but if we are contented with what 
we have, we won't wish for anything." 
" What a long talk we've had, just because I 
wished for roses," said Belle. " Now I suppose 
we must stop wishing, and just 'think of our mer-
cies,' as Aunt Chloe says." 
" Humph! " said Tom, contemptuously, " would 
you have us all the time saying: Oh, how nice 
this is? "Aren't we having a good time ?'" 
"Yes," said Annie, laughing. "I think it would 
be a good plan. Perhaps Belle will paint for us a 
motto, 'Don't we have a good time,' and put it up 
where we can all see it all the time. I think it 
would be an excellent reminder to make us think 
of and be thankful for our present blessings." 
"There come papa and mamma," said Belle; "I 
wonder what they will say." 
Mr. and Mrs. Hadley came in from their walk, 
and after chatting a minute, Mrs. Hadley said: 
" It is a lovely day. Everything is so fresh and 
bright out of doors, it makes the house look dingy. 
I wish we had the new carpet and hangings; it 
would make the room look so much prettier." 
(Belle began to smile.) 
" We ought to be in the house as little such 
weather as possible," said Mr. Hadley. " I shall 
be so glad when you get a good girl in the kitchen, 
Margaret, so that you and the girls can have more 
time to enjoy the beauties of nature." 
At this the children all laughed. 
" Papa and mamma are wishing, too," said Tom. 
" What is the matter, children ? " asked Mr. 
Hadley, in his mild way. 
Then Belle told what they had been talking 
about, and finished by saying that Annie had said 
she might paint for a motto, "Aren't we having 
a nice time ? " 
Mrs. Hadley laughed her cheery, motherly 
laugh. " Well, dear," she said, " I hope you will 
do it. It will do me good to look at it, as well as 
the rest of you. Don't you think it's a good plan, 
Papa ? " 
" Excellent," said Mr. Hadley; " it will help us 
all to be happy, and then, Belle, you must paint 
another: Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget 
not all his benefits;' and we will hang the two 
together, so that we may remember to be thank-
ful as well as contented." 
Belle was very fond of painting, and she brought 
out her materials and began at once to sketch her 
designs for the mottoes.—New York Observer. 
Inasmuch. 
" DON'T you want to read to me a little while, 
Jennie ? my poor old head is so tired." 
" Oh dear! grandma, you're always wanting me 
to read or do something for you when I'm busy: 
I'd try and get along without quite so much wait-
ing on, if I were you;" and Jennie Colman impa-
tiently threw down the tidy she was embroidering, 
and with a heavy frown took up the paper her 
poor old grandmother bad laid down. 
" Never mind, dear; I can wait till Floy gets 
home," said grandma, sadly. " I didn't notice 
you were doing anything in particular." 
" Well, I was," Jennie snapped out. " There's 
that tidy must be done Thursday for the fair, and 
it isn't hardly begun yet. But there, who could 
do anything if they had to leave their work every 
ten minutes to wait on some one else ? Well, 
there's no use talking. What do you want me to 
read ? Come, hurry up." 
" I don't want you to read at all, Jennie,' said 
grandma, in a trembling voice. " I wouldn't have 
asked you if I had known you had anything to 
do. Go right on with your work." 
" Oh, well, if you don't want me to, very well. 
I'm not at all anxious," and Jennie returned to 
her work. 
Grandma sat awhile with closed eyes, thinking 
of the happy past, when there were always will-
ing hands and happy hearts at her service, when 
suddenly a click of the gate-latch roused her from 
her musings, and a glad smile lighted up her tired 
old face. 
" There's Floy!" she exclaimed brightly. 
" Oh, yes, there's Floy, of course. You think 
Floy is almost an angel, I do believe, grandma 
Colman." 
" Well, who don't love Floy ?" grandma re-
sponded. " No one could help it." 
And, indeed, few could help loving the bright-
faced young girl of fourteen who came bounding 
into the room, seeming to bring with her a touch 
of the outside glow and brightness of the Janu-
ary day. 
"Well, grandma, how do you feel ? Is your 
head any better ? Isn't there anything I can do 
for you ?" And the rosy lips met grandma's, lov-
ingly. 
" No, dear, my head is no better, but you must 
sit down and get warm, and not be thinking what 
you can do for me the first thing." 
" 0 yes," said Jennie impatiently, " of course 
Floy must not hurt herself. It don't make any 
difference about me." 
" Jennie Colman !" Floy burst forth indig-
nantly, " I'd be ashamed to talk so to,. dear old 
grandmother. You know she thinks just as much 
of your comfort as she does of mine. But you 
think so much of yourself no one need worry 
about your getting along without any trouble." 
" You look out for yourself, and I'll do the 
same," was Jennie's response. 
Floy had hardly seated herself when she espied 
the paper grandma had been reading. 
JUNE 22, 1882. �
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. �
287 
" Oh, sha'n't I read to you grandma, dear?" she 
asked. " I feel just like it." 
" If you are not too tired," said the old lady, 
wistfully, I should like you to read a little while. 
I was in the middle of that article," pointing to 
the one she had been reading. 
" All right," said Floy, cheerfully, though the 
article in question was dull reading for a girl of 
her age. And for several hours she read patiently 
on, while Jennie sat sulkily bending over her 
embroidery. 
And which, think you, enjoyed the afternoon 
more—Floy, who gave up her own wishes to min-
ister to her grandmother's, or Jennie, in her utter 
disregard of all but her own selfish desires ? Which 
are you like, reader, and which do you wish to be 
like ? Remember the Master has said, " Inasmuch 
as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, 
my brethren, ye have done it unto me."—Little 
Pilgrim. 
No " Affinities " in Vice. 
IT is idle to talk of the vices as a sisterhood. 
There may be association, but no affiliation. 
Knaves may be companions, but not friends. 
The vain dislike the vain; the proud hate the 
proud; the covetous hate the covetous; but the 
virtuous are never at war. The just love the 
just; the chaste esteem the chaste•' 
 the benevo-
lent admire the benevolent; in short, all good 
things harmonize; all bad things are discordant, 
both with the good and with each other.—Sel. 
News and Notes. 
—A fire in Victoria Square, Montreal, June 14, de-
stroyed property to the value of nearly a million dollars. 
—Ex-Governor William Dennison, known as the War 
Governor of Ohio, died June 15, aged sixty-seven years. 
A severe storm on the night of the 15th inst., pros-
trated four railroad bridges between Guilford, Ind., and 
Indianapolis. 
The gold obtained in Australia during the past year 
is valued at £838,378, the largest yield reported for the 
last five years. 
—The four robbers of the Brookfield (Mo.) bank 
pleaded guilty, and were each sentenced to twenty-five 
years' imprisonment. 
—The steamship Pera, from Montreal to Great Brit-
ain, foundered off Cape Race, June 14. The cargo and 
ten persons were lost. 
—During a severe storm at Indianapolis, the 13th 
inst., a bridge was carried away by the flood, and ten 
persons were drowned. 
A gang of horse thieves are operating in the vicinity 
of Gridley, Cal., and several valuable animals have dis-
appeared within the last week. 
—People are being warned against the danger of 
taking small-pox from cigars made by Chinese. There 
is one sure preventive: don't smoke. 
—A man in Los Angeles, while digging a well, June 
15, struck a bed of rock salt at a depth of twenty-two 
feet. The find is considered valuable. 
—The net loss to strikers in Cleveland, for the month 
ending June 15, was $160,000. There is evidently more 
money to be made by working than by striking, 
Attorney-General Nash, of Ohio, has decided that 
organizations forming to resist the execution of the pro-
hibitory laws, cannot be incorporated under the laws of 
the State. 
—A member of the Chinese Legation says that the 
Chinese Government will return fifty students to Amer-
ican colleges, having discovered that their removal was 
a mistake. 
—A locomotive provided with an electric head-light 
has been placed on the French Northern Railroad. The 
electricity is furnished by the application of the surplus 
power of the engine. 
—It is said that the Czar, in his self-imprisonment 
for fear of nihilists, gets the exercise necessary to his 
health by sawing wood. Tastes differ; but we should 
prefer to saw wood at liberty. 
—The captain of the British Steamer Genelg was 
fined $5,250, in the United States District Court, in 
Portland, Oregon, June 14, for carrying 105 passengers 
in excess of the legal number. 
— The prospects for an abundant harvest, it is stated, 
were never before so good in Colorado. The cool weather 
in May, and the abundant rains, have insured a large 
yield of wheat and oats. 
—In the case of the People vs. the Gold Run Ditch 
and Mining Company, the injunction is sustained and 
made perpetual, preventing- the company from running 
mining debris into the American River. 
—The Illinois Department of Agriculture publishes 
reports which show the growing corn crop to be in a 
backward condition. The indications are that there 
will not be more than three-fourths of a crop. 
Miss Lizzie Sargent, the younger daughter of the 
minister to Germany, intends to pursue her medical 
studies at a German university. She is already a quali-
fied physician, having been graduated at the Pacific 
Medical College. 
—A report comes from North Queensland, Australia, 
that the brig Jane Stewart was taken by the natives of 
Maylayta, one of the Solomon Islands, and that all on 
board of her, except one seaman, were murdered, and 
the vessel set on fire. 
General Ignatieff, the Russian Minister of the In-
terior, has been relieved from his position, at his own 
request. In a conversation after his resignation, he 
stated that it had been a part of his policy to rid the 
country of the Jews. 
—An effort is being made in Canada to stop swearing 
on the public streets. If it succeeds, conversation may 
be limited in quantity, but it will be vastly improved in 
quality. There is a law which imposes a sentence of 
three years in the penitentiary for such an offense. 
—A heavy rain storm, accompanied by waterspouts, 
swept over Denver, Col., June 11, doing thousands of 
dollars worth of damage in the city and surrounding 
country. Cellars and basements were filled with water, 
and several houses were swept away. Five persons are 
known to have been drowned. 
—British Columbia is now suffering from severe floods. 
Frazer River is higher than ever known before, and is 
still rising. The latest news from the farming districts 
of Chillinhack and Sumas is that everything is sub-
merged. The loss of stock and crops is very great, and 
considerable damage has been done to the railroads. 
—For months past the West, and especially the Yel-
lowstone Valley, has been swarming with eastern specul-
ators, who were buying up large tracts of the Nothern 
Pacific lands, to hold them for a rise. These operations 
have been checked by an order that hereafter not more 
than 160 acres of these lands shall be sold to one person. 
—The first consignment of frozen meat from New 
Zealand has reached England in fine condition. The 
shipment was by a sailing vessel, which was ninety-
eight days on the passage, and the hold of the ship con-
taining the meat was kept at 200 below freezing point, 
by mechanical refrigeration. The vessel had on board 
5,000 sheep. 
A Dayton (0.) Journal's special from Warren and 
Butler Counties states that the army worm is totally 
destroying the grain. The worms appeared in millions, 
and are passing northward through the Mississippi Val-
ley. In a few hours they almost totally destroyed fields 
of hay and of wheat in fine condition and ready for 
harvest in a week. 
The British steamer Strathairly, now in San Fran-
cisco Bay, has been taken possession of by the authorities, 
under a libel filed against her to recover $22,580 penalty 
for bringing a surplus of passengers into port. One 
hundred and fifty Chinese passengers have also sued to 
recover $4,000 damages for a breach of contract to land 
them at Honolulu. Bringing Chinese to the United 
States is not particularly paying business to ship owners 
just at present. 
—There is no present prospect of quiet in Egypt; but 
what the result of the trouble will be, no one can well 
determine. The Khedive is powerless, and the natural 
jealousy existing between the powers, keeps them from 
interfering to any purpose. On the 11th inst. , there 
were serious riots in Alexandria, between the natives 
and Europeans. The soldiers were called out, but they 
looked on without interfering with the work of blood-
shed. They were evidently in sympathy with it. The 
British Consul was dragged from his carriage, and 
beaten. The number of bodies of Europeans that have 
been found, who were killed in the riots, is said to be 
340. Thousands of foreigners are leaving the interior, 
and all the men-of-war are crowded with fugitives. All 
the countries of Europe have troops in readiness to send 
to Egypt. 
Obituary. 
SMITH.—Died in Williams, Colusa Co. Cal., May 30, 
1882, my wife, Annie M. Smith, aged 21 years and 10 
months. Two years ago she took cold, which settled on 
her lungs, terminating in that dreaded disease, con-
sumption, In 1876 she united with the M. E. Church, 
South, at Santa Rosa. She believed in the near coming 
of ,Jesus; and after a careful study of the Bible, and 
writings on both sides of the Sabbath question, she com-
menced to observe the seventh-day Sabbath in Novem-
ber, 1881. She was a great reader of the Bible, and 
loved God's people. She bore her sufferings with Chris-
tian patience, and expressed a willingness to die. Fu-
neral sermon by Rev. Atkinson, of the M. E. Church. 
Text, " The last enemy that shall be destroyed is 
death." �
JASPER G. SMITH. 
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OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, JUNE 22, 1882. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Camp-Meetings. 
 
 
 
MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, 
DAKOTA, Parker, 
TEXAS, Waxahachie, 
June 21-27. 
June 29-July 4. 
July 21-31. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WE hear good reports from the different tent compa-
nies in this State. The meetings continue in San Fran-
cisco, with good interest. We shall expect full reports 
next week. 
IN the report of the Upper Columbia camp-meeting, 
in another column, will be seen the statement that the 
man who had charge of the restaurant on the ground 
was fined $25 for keeping it open on Sunday. Our 
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cline to the opinion that in this arrest there was some-
thing more than simple zeal for the strict observance of 
Sunday. The world seems to be moving—backward 
toward the time of the Inquisition. 
A Poor Weapon. 
WE have received a pamphlet entitled " Ingersoll 
Unmasked," which claims to be an expose of the life 
and real character of the arch infidel of the United 
States, by Clark Braden. Any one who has listened to 
one of Ingersoll's blasphemous tirades would have little 
difficulty in believing the statements of this book, and 
we have no doubt but that the greater portion, at least, 
is true; yet we do not favor such publications. The 
infidel's chief argument against Christianity is calumny, 
and the defaming of its followers. But after he has 
said all that is possible against individuals, the great 
truths of the Bible remain unchanged. Now as we do 
not accept the blackening of any professed Christian's 
character, whether deserved or not, as any argument 
against Christianity, we should be slow to use a method 
of warfare which we condemn in others. The Christian 
has a far better weapon than this, even "the sword of 
the Spirit, which is the word of God." 
The Sunday Law. 
IT seems that all who, in the coming election next 
fall, do not vote for a law that will allow a Police Court 
to sit in judgment on a man's conscience, are to be 
branded as "lewd fellows," "incapable of understanding 
and appreciating our most cherished institutions," and 
" indecent people." This is what the Home Protection 
Association says, in a circular issued recently. It says, 
further, that "in the coming political campaign, the 
decent, law-abiding portion of our citizens,"—by which 
remark reference is made to the Home Protectionists,—
" propose to vote for such legislative candidates as are 
pledged to sustain an efficient and judicious Sunday 
Law, be they Republican or Democrat. No former 
party affiliations can possibly influence us to vote for 
candidates not thus pledged. If neither party places 
such candidates in nomination, the Home Protection 
Association of California will put Sunday-Law candi-
dates in the field, and in such case we expect and believe 
that all decent people will vote with us." 
The Iowa Temperance Fight. 
THE following is the amendment to the Iowa consti-
tution, to be voted upon June 27:— 
Section 26. No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, 
or keep for sale, as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors 
whatever, including ale, wine, and beer. The General 
Assembly shall, by law, prescribe regulations for the 
enforcement of the provisions herein contained, and 
shall thereby provide suitable penalties for violation of 
the provisions thereof." 
The liquor men naturally feel that the passage of this 
bill would put an end to their traffic, and are exerting 
themselves to the utmost against it. The activity which 
they manifest in fighting it, is a sufficient answer to the 
question, " Does prohibition prohibit ? " We hope that 
every temperance man in Iowa will remember that 
every vote counts. We wish them God speed in their 
efforts to put down the soul and body destroying liquor-
traffic. 
Sanitarium in Washington Territory. 
THE subject of a Sanitarium among our people in 
this Territory may possibly reach a solution before it 
becomes a theme of discussion. Somewhat more than 
one hundred miles north of Walla Walla lies " Medi-
cal Lake," a small body of water, so named because of 
the peculiar properties ascribed to its waters. Of the 
analysis we have not been able to learn. It has been 
visited by many people who profess to have received 
great benefit from the wat-rs in rheumatism and other 
complaints. The location is a healthful one, and all its 
surroundings seem to be favorable as a health resort. 
Bro. Wood, of Walla Walla, whose health was very poor 
a year ago when we were here, gave up all hopes of re-
covery in this valley, and went to the lake. He is so 
far recovered that he is starting a hotel there for the ac-
commodation of other visitors. Brn. Goodwin and 
Russell, of Milton, have also gone; the first because 
his health was not sufficiently good to enable him to 
carry on his farm, and the second, who had received 
license from the Conference, because he was compelled 
to do something to better his condition financially. Bro. 
Russell is a good nurse. These brethren are putting 
up a bathing establishment, and expect a large amount 
of custom, as the reputation of the lake seems to be 
growing. 
Without any knowledge of the qualities of the waters, 
or offering any opinion in reference to them, we think 
there is a rare opening before these brethren for doing 
good, if they will take advantage of it from the begin-
ning. If they take the position of missionary workers 
from the very commencement, they will command a 
respect, and exert an influence which will tell for the 
glory of God and the good of his cause, and the result 
will be a rich blessing to themselves. But if the first 
opportunities be neglected, it will be difficult to ever re-
cover the ground which is lost. 
We understand from Bro. Goodwin that it is their 
firm determination to put a difference between the holy 
and the profane, and not to hide their eyes from the 
Lord's Sabbath, in the bathing establishment at Medi-
cal Lake. Eze. 22 : 26. We pray the Lord to give 
them favor with the people, such as will insure their 
financial prosperity and cause them to be a blessing to 
his work in the Upper Columbia Conference. 
Marriage and Divorce Laws. 
THE United States Government has taken hold of 
polygamy, and if it results in no greater good than a 
public condemnation of the evil, it will have been worth 
while to pass the bill in Congress. We need a general 
law on marriage and divorce. The State laws on these 
matters are a mere burlesque of right and justice on the 
most solemn subjects—the most important relations. 
We are glad that the subject is being agitated. The 
Christian at Work speaks as follows:— 
" The marriage and divorce laws of scarcely two 
States in the Union are similar. They are stringent in 
some States and lax in others. Persons can marry in 
one State who cannot marry in another; they can be 
divorced in Connecticut when they cannot be separated 
in New York; they can get divorced in some States for 
mere incompatibility of temper, and in other States 
only for criminal conduct. Whether people are married 
or not would almost seem to depend on the State they 
happen to be in. So long as the people of different 
States had little intercourse with each other, and 
removals from one State to another were unfrequent, 
there was no urgent necessity for uniformity in laws re-
lating to marriage and divorce. But now that railroads 
have made communication easy, and people are con-
stantly changing their place of residence, it is of the 
greatest importance that an approximately uniform 
system of laws on these topics should be adopted." 
The People Awakening. 
THE following statement and request was sent to the 
editor of an esteemed religious contemporary, by whose 
courtesy we are allowed to publish it:— 
" I wish to obtain a copy of the sermon or essay on 
The Authority for Changing the Sabbath from the 
Seventh to the First Day of the Week.' The Adventists 
have a stronghold here, particularly at Lemoore. They 
have captured a number of Bro. B—'s converts, 
and are quite aggressive at all times. The Methodists 
seem to be weakening, and the Baptists are certainly 
waking up." 
We rejoice to know that our friends are waking up, 
and especially that they are sufficiently awake to see 
the light on the Sabbath question. May their slumber 
be still further broken. As to the request made, we 
know of nothing which gives, in small space, the true 
authority for the change of the Sabbath from the 
seventh to the first day of the week, except a little tract 
published at this office, entitled, " Who Changed the 
Sabbath ? " This gives reliable and conclusive testi-
mony on the subject, and we shall be pleased to supply 
the demand for it. For price, also for books giving 
further information on this subject, see adveAisements 
in this issue. 
"Saints." 
THE action of the New Testament Revision Commit-
tee, in giving the prefix " Saint " to the authors of the 
four Gospels, and withholding it from the writers of the 
epistles, has caused much comment as to the authority 
for giving any of them any such prefix. With many it 
is considered little less than blasphemy to speak of the 
evangelists or apostles without calling them saints. 
Now while we firmly believe that they were saints, we 
do not believe that their reputation will suffer if they 
are spoken of by their own names simply, just as they 
are in the Bible; neither do we believe that they were 
the only saints that ever lived. We have the best of 
authority for saying that Abraham, Moses, Enoch, Noah, 
Elijah, Job, Samuel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and a 
host of others, were good men, and irreproachable in their 
lives; that some " walked with God," and that others 
" walked in all the commandments and ordinances of 
the Lord, blameless;" and yet we never see the word 
" saint " prefixed to their names. Why not be consist-
ent ? We have no objection to the use of the word 
" saint," unless it is overdone; but if it is used, let it be 
understood that it is not done because of any obligation, 
but as a concession to a practice which has nothing 
stronger than custom for its support. 
Appointintitt,5. 
Oakland and San Francisco. 
OAKLAND.—Church N. E. corner Clay and 13th Streets. 
Meeting every Sabbath (Saturday) at 11 A. M. Preaching 
every second and fourth Sunday evening of each month. 
Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening. Eld. J. H. Wag-
goner, Pastor. Sabbath-school at 9:30 A. M. Dr. E. J. 
Waggoner, Superintendent. Seats always free. 
SAN FRANCISCO.—Church on Laguna Street, between Mc-
Allister and Tyler Streets. Meeting every Sabbath (Satur-
day) at 11 A. M. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening. M. 
C. Israel, Elder. No regular preaching. Sabbath-school at 
9:45 A. M. E. A. Stockton, Superintendent. Street-cars of 
the Hayes Valley Line, and Central and Lone Mountain Line, 
pass close to the meeting-house. 
A MINE OF INFORMATION. 
History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week 
BY ELD. J. N. ANDREWS. 
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the first day was made ; and the work of restoration, are 
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EVERY TEXT OF SCRIPTURE 
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COMPLETE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHERS 
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