"Uchold I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Itev. 22: 12. 
VOLUME 12. 
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FJFTH-DA Y, SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
NUMBER 37. 
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. FOR THE 
International Tract and Missionary Society. 
(For terms, etc., see 'last page.) 
Entered at the Post-Office in Oakland. 
NOT FAR. 
NoT far, not far from the kingdom, 
Yet, in the shadow of sin, 
How many are coming and going, 
How few are entering in! 
Not far from the golden gateway, 
Where voices whisper and wait, 
Fearing to enter in boldly, 
So lingering still at the gate; 
Catching the strain of the music 
Floating so sweetly along, 
Knowing the song they are singing~ 
Yet joining not in the song; 
Seeing the warmth and the beauty, 
The infinite love and the light, 
Yet weary, and lonely, and waiting, 
Out in the desolate night! 
Out in the dark and the danger, 
Out in the night and the cold, 
Though he is longing to lead them 
Tenderly into the fold. 
Not far, not far from the kingdom, 
'Tis only a little ~pace; 
But it may be the last and forever, 
Out of the resting place. 
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-Enylish Oongregationatu;c. 
®ttttral ~rticlt$. 
liOJne '£raining-Its Importance and 
Results. 
BY MRS. E. G. WHITE. 
''THAT our sons may be as plants grown up 
in their youth; that our daughters may be as 
corner-stones, polished after the similitude of 
a palace." It should be the objeet of every 
--parent to secure to his children a well-balanced, 
symmetrical character. 
This is a work of no 
small magnitude and importance. It will re-
quire earnest thought and prayer, no less than 
patient, persevering effort. 
A right foundation 
must be laid, a framework, strong and firm, 
erected, and then day by day the work of 
building, polil'lhing, perfecting, must go forward. 
Upon the mother rests, to a great degree, the 
responsibility of the early training of her chil-
dren. 
Did mothers but realize the importance 
of their mission, they would be much in secret 
prayer, presenting their children to Jesus, im-
ploring his bleRsing upon them, and pleading for 
wisdom to discharge aright their sacred duties. 
Let the mother improve every opportunity to 
mould and faEthion the disposition and habits of 
her children. Let her watch carefully the de-
velopment of character, repressing traits that 
are too prominent, encouraging those that are 
deficient. Let her make her own life a pure 
and uoble example to her precious charge. 
The mother should enter upon her work with 
courage and energy, relying constantly upon 
divine aid in all her efforts. 
She should never 
rest satisfied until she sees in her children a 
gradual elevation of character, until 'they have When we come pleading the merits of OhriRt's 
a higher object in life than merely to seek their blood, and trusting with implicit faith his prom-
owu pleasure. 
Children should be taught at ises, we shall secure the blessing of the Lord. 
home to exert every faculty of mind or body. 
Redeem the precious hours worse than wasted 
Thus they gain an understanding of their own in talking of your troubles, or gossiping over 
capabilities, and at the same t.ime strengthen the faults of others. Seek earnestly to God for 
and develop every power by calling it into ac-
help, and you will become strong in his strength. 
tion. 
You may have Christ as ·a guest in your home. 
Parents, your own home is the first field m Be not satisfied merely to bear his name. 
Be, 
which you are called to labor. 
The precious in truth fo'lowers of Jesus. 
I.~et your be~rts be 
plants in the home garden demand your first warmed with his love. 
.Make him your friend, 
care. 
To you it is appointed to watch for souls your helper, your counselor. 
as they that mnst give account: Carefully con-
The most valuable rules for social and family 
sider your work, its nature, its bearing, and its intercourse are to be found in the Bible. Here 
results. 
J.Jine upon line, precept upon precept, we have not only the best and purest Mtandard 
here a little and there a little, you must instruct, of morality, but the most valuable code of po-
warn, and counsel, ever remembering that your 1itencs!:'. 
Our Saviour's sermon on the mount 
looks, words, and actions have a direct bearing contains instruction of priceless worth to old and 
upon t.be future course of your dear onet;. 
Your young. It should be often read in the family 
work is not to paint a form of beauty upon can-circle, and its precious teachings should be ex-
vas, or to chisel it from marble, but to impress emplified in the daily life. 
The golden rule, 
upon a human soul the image of the Divine. 
" W batRoever ye would that men should do to 
Mothers, will you not dispense with useless, you, do ye even so to them," as well as the 
unimportant labor for that which must perish apostolic injunction, "In honor preferring one 
with the using? 
vYill you not seek to draw another," should be. made the law of the family. 
near to God, that his wisdom may guide and Those who cherish the Spirit of Christ will man-
his grace assist you, in a work which will be as ifest politeness at home, ~a spirit of benevolence, 
enduring as eternity? Aim to make your cbil-even in little things. They will be constantly 
dren perfect in ebaracter. 
Remember that such seeking tb make all around them happy, for-
only can see God. 
getting self in their kinq atteHtions to others. 
I speak the more freely and earnestly because This is the fruit which grows upon the Chris-
! know that many parents are neglecting their tian tree. 
God-given work. rrhey are themselves far from 
Few realize the influence of the little things 
purity and holiness. They do not see the de-1 of life upon the development of character. 
fects of their children as they would if their Mothers, cease to spend your time and strength 
own eyes were beholding and admiring the pet·-for that which is merely attractive to the eye, 
fection of Christ's charar-ter. 
but which does not minister to comfort or real 
For Christ's sake, for the sake of your cbil-happiness, and you will cut off a large share of 
dren, seek to conform your own life to the di-the cares and worries that make you nervous 
vine standard. 
I.~et nothing come in between and irritable, impolite and unchristian. The 
you and your God. Be earnest, be patient and I precious moments heretofore given to needless 
persevering, instant in season, out of season. labor should be devoted to beautifying the 
Give your children intelleetual culture and souls of your children, teaching them how they 
moral training. 
l.J~t their young hearts be for-I ma,y obtain the inward adorning, that m. eek 
1 tied with firm, pure principles. 
While you and quiet spirit which God accounts of great 
l1nve the opportunity, lay the foundation for a,. price. 
t.llble manhood and womanhood. Your labor 
If real politeness were practiced by all the 
will be rewarded a thousand fold. 
.,. followers of Christ, if obedience to the golden 
You must make the Bible your guide, if you 1 rule were made one of the corner-stones of 
would bring up your children in the nurture and i Christian character, we should see fewer church-
admonition of the Lord. Let the life and char-I trials, less hardness and animosity among breth-
:wter of Christ be presented as the pattern for I rcn. 
There would be no bar::;h, thoughtless 
them to copy. If they err, read to them what words, no strife for the highest place. 
God's 
the Lord bas said concerning similar sins. people will be tested. 
Every one will be ex-
There is need of constant care and diligence in posed to the fierce fire of trial and temptation. 
this work. 
One wrong trait tolerated by par-If '"e would not be consumed as dross, we must 
ents, uncorrected by teachers, may cause the 1 have the love of God-the gold that has been 
whole character to become deformed and unbcd-tried-abiding in us. 
Now is the time to soften 
anced. 
Teach the children that they must have and subdue onr rough, hnrsb traits of character. 
n new heart, that new tw.:;tes must be created, We must cherish kindness, forbearance, Chris-
new motives inspired. 
They must have help tian integrity. 
Ungenerous criticism, bard 
from Christ; they must become acquainted with speeches, questioning the motives of another, 
the character of God as revealed in his word. I or magnifying his faults, opens the doot· to Sa-
Family prayer receives too little interest and tan's temptations, and leads mauy away from 
attention. In many cases, the morning and God. 
'rhe Holy Scripturef:l give us a safe and 
evening worship is little more than a mere form, profitable rule for thought and conversation. 
a dull, monotonous repetition of set phrases, in "Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever 
which the spirit of gratitude or the sense of things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 
need finds no expression. 
The Lord accepts -.v hatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things 
not such service, but the petitions of a humble are lovely: whatsoever things are of good re-
heart and contrite spirit be will not despise. port; if there be any virtuel and if there be any 
The opening of our hearts to our heavenly praise, think on these things." If we would 
Father, the acknowledgment of our Olltire de-have our children practice kindness) courtes:v. 
pendence, the expression of our wallts, the and love, we ourselves Jr�St. aet them the ex~m­
homage of grateful love,-this is true prayer. ple. 
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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
"Charity suffereth long, and is kind." It '£he Relation of 'l'rue Israel to the World. 
"thinketh no evil,"-another fruit borne on the 
tree ot' love. 
Our souls must be staid upon God, 
THERE is a feeling among Christians in gen-
im bued with his Spirit, if we would learn these eral that when Christ came to earth there 
sacred lessons. 
Said the apostle: "Gird up the was a grand change made in the plan of re-
Joins ofyonr mind." If the thoughts are rightly demption; that prior to that time the Jews 
dis0iplined, it will be a far less difficult ta8k to were saved by outward acts-God dealing with 
control the feelings. Looking unto Jesus, the them in stern justice; while since Christ's ad-
author and finisher of our faith, will give us vent people are saved in an entirely different 
courage, hope, and constancy. 
ShaLl we not w~y-God now dealing only in mer0y and love. 
obey the teachi11gs of God'~!! word? 
Shall we 1'bey believe that the Jews had to obey the 
not make it our guide and counselor? 
Shall Ia w, keep. themselves separate from the rest of 
we not de'Ote time and thought to its pel'usal? the world·, and, in short, be saved by works, 
How can Christians neglect the book in which while the Christian's duty is only to believe. 
God has revealed his will to men? Our chil-"Christ bas d011e it all; there is nothing for_ me 
dt·en need help to understand the Scriptures. to do," is a sentiment.that is entir_ely too Wl~e­
Thev should become acquainted with the life spread. The truth of. the m_att~r IS _that Ch_rls-
and ucharacter of J e~ms, that they may love him I tians, _the true Israell~CS ot ~hiS dlt-~peu~atiOII.' 
and choose to obey him. 
stand m the same relnLlon to Go~, to each o~he.~, 
Parents and guardians must themselves main-1 and to ~h~ worl:J, that t~e J e~Vi:i and ~he lMtil-
tain purity of heart and life, if they would hn.ve 
~rchs d1d In then· r_e~pect1ve ~I8pent-~aLwns; and 
their children pure. 
They must give the 
1~ we except th_e drfterence of t;rpe and n:.~mo­
needed instrudion, and in addition to thif:l, they rtal they stand m th~ same ~·elat1011 to Chtil:it. 
must exercise uuceasirw watchfulness. Every 
The Lord sp?ke m unmll:lt:dcable lnngnn.ge, 
day new thoughts are t~wn.kened in the minds commandir:g his a~cient people to be sepamte 
or'the young, w impressions made upon their from the ':ICked wh1ch were e~~r~
7~v.~e.rear~n,:d 
hearts. 
The assoeiations they form, tile books t~em. 
If they wot~ld obey his "o_we .and 1 e_e~ 
they read, the habits they cherif<h-
all mul:it be h1s eovenant they should be to h1m d.p_eculi.at 
guarded. 
The interests of your ehildren, for treaf:lure above all people. In -?eut. 2~ · 24, 26 
this life and the next, are at stake. 
he Rays: "I am_ the Lord your God, whteh have 
"What now you do, you know not, 
separated you hom other people. 
And 
But shall hereafter know, 
ye shall be holy unto me; fot 1 the l;ord am 
When the seeds your hands are sowing, 
holy, and have severed you from other people, 
To a ripened harvest grow." 
that ye should be mine." 
And in Psalms 135 : 4: 
When you stand before tbe great white "For the Lord has chosen Jn0ob uuto himself, 
throne, then youl' work will appear a!-1 it is. and Israel for his peculiar treasul'e." 
"For 
The books will be opened, the re00l'd of every thou art a holy people unto the Lot·d thy God; 
life made known. 
Many in that vast cornpany the [;ord thy God Lath d1oseu thee to be a 
will be unprepared for the revelations that 'vvi
 special people to himself, above all people tb~tt 
be made. 
Upon the ears of some the 'vvords are upon the face of the eal'th. 
'l'h_e Lord d1d 
will fall witb startling distinctness, "Weighed not set his love upon you, nor choose you, be-
in the balance, and folind wanti11g." 
To mttny cause ye were more in number than any people; 
parents. the Judge will say in that day, ''You foe y1~ were tbe fe,vest of all people. 
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bad my word, plainly settiug forth your duty. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, 
vVhy have you not obeyed its t0acbings? and the statutes, and the jud~mentt>, which 1 
knew ye not that it was the voice of God? command thee this day, to do them." 
Deut. 
Did I not bid you search the Scriptures, that 7 : 6, 7, 11. 
you might not go astray? 
You have not only 
'rhiR same distinction is kept up, or rather, re-
ruined your own souls, but by yout· pt'etensions newed, in this dispensation. 'rhe J evvs bad be-
to godliness you have misled many others. come idolatrous, self-righteous, and instead of 
You have no part wiLh me. 
Depart, depart!" teaching and keeping the law of God, they 
Anolher 
clas~::~ stnnd pale and trembling, taught "for doctri11es the eommarrdments of 
trusting in Chrif:lt, and yet oppressed with a men." Mark 7: 7-9; .Matt. 15:3-9. 
sense of their· own unworthiness. 
They hear 
But Christ "gave himself for us, that be 
,.vith tears of joy and gt·atitude the Master's might redeem us from all iniquity, and p'unfy 
eommendation. 
The days of incessant toil, of 'unto himse(f a pecul,iar people, zealous of good 
burden-bearing, and of fear and angnish are wo?·ks." 
1'itns 2: 1-!. 
'' Wherefore come out 
fol'gotlt'll, as that voice, sweeter than the musie from among them, and be ye separate, saith the 
of angel harps, pronounces the words, "Vvell Lord, and touch not the unclean. thing; and 1 
done, good aud faithful servant, entet· ye into will receive you, and will be a father unto you, 
the joy of your Lord." 
There stand the host nlld ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith 
of the redeemed, the palm branch of victory in the l;ord Almighty.'' 
2 Cor. 6 : 17, 18. 
A~a.in 
t!Jeit· bands, Lhe crown upon their heads. in 1 Peter 2:9 \Ve read: "Bnt ye are a cboseu 
1'hese are the ones who by faithful, earnest generation, tL royal priesthood, a holy nation, a 
labor have obtained a fitness for Heaven. 
'l'he pe0uliar people:" thus the New Te8tament re-
life-work pe1·formed on earlh is acknowledged peats nearly word for wot·d, expressions f1·om 
in the heavenly eotll'tl:i as a work well done. 
Ex. 19 : 5, 6: ,, Ye Hhtdl be a pecnliar treasure 
\ViLh joy UllULLerable, p::trents oee the crown, u11to me above all people," "a lciugdom of 
the robe, the harp given to their children. 
The priests, and a holy nation." It was aneiently 
days of hope and fear tu·e ended. The seed the duty of the people of God to be separate 
sown with tears and prayers may have seemed and distinct from the wo1·ld; it is the duty of 
to be sowu in vain, but theit· harvest is rea !Jed the Christian to-day. "Pure reli~>·ion and un-
with joy at last. 
'l'beir children have been defiled [in all ages] before God and the Father 
redeemed. 
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is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in 
Father, mothers, shall the vo1ces of your their affliction, and to keP)J h'imself unspotted 
children swell the song of gladness in that day? from the wo?'ld." 
Jas. 1 : 27. 
·No SCIENTIFIC discoveries '"'ill ever find in 
nnture m·ore than God made. llOl' a better ex-
planation than that" He made it," nor a more 
satisfying provi::iion for man's i11capacity and 
indefinite longings than in the mercy of the 
CrosE!, and tLe kingdom" which be hath prom-
ised to them that love Him."-Sel. 
A most decided distinction between God's 
people and the world is brought to view in the 
New r.J'estament Sc.:riptures. "Know ya not 
that the friendship of the world is enmity with 
God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of 
the world is the enemy of God." 
Jas. 4: 4. 
"Love not the ·world, neither the things that 
are in the world. 
If any man love the world, 
the love of the Father is not i11 him." 
1 Joh11 
SATAN always rocks the c1·adle ~;vhen we sleep 2: 15. 
"And be not 0onl"ormed to tbis world; 
at our devotions.-Bishop lla,ll. 
·but be ye transformed by the renewing of your 
mind, that ye may prove what is tbat good, 
and acceptable, and perfect will of God." 
Rom. 
12 : 2. 
A noble example of sueh a life we find 
in Enoch, who, although he lived long before 
these scriptures were written, ''walked with 
God" even when "the wid:edness of man was 
great in the earth, and every imagi~1ation 
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil con-
tinually;" a11d thongh livi11g 011 this earth for 
three hundred and sixty-five years, he main-
tained such a close connectio11 with God that 
be was translated. It is the privilege, nay, 
more, the duty, of all to live in the same way. 
Christ set us a perfect example; and "he that 
saith ·be nbideth in Him ought himself also so 
to walk. even as He walked.." 
1 J obn 2 : 6. 
But a I though it is duty to keep unspotted 
from the world, it i.s just as much duty to" let 
your light so shine before men, that they may ~ee 
yonr good works, and glori(y your F~tther wh10h 
is in Heaven." 
Matt. 5: 16. 
"Ye are the 
light of the ''vorld;" and" your conversation" 
(manner of lif'e) should be" ho11est among .the 
Ge11 tiles; that, whereas they may speak agamst 
you a8 evil doers, tbey may by your good 
works, whic~h they shall behold, glori(y God in 
the day of visitation.'' 
1 Pet. 2 : 12. " That ye 
mav be blameless and harmless, the sons of 
God, without rebuke,
 the midst of a crooked 
and perverse nation, among vvhom ye shine as 
lightr:; in the world." 
By living righteous li~es 
and keepi 11g aloof from the pleasures and follies 
of the world, an example will be set that will 
exert tL weighty influence. 
Ma11y an unbeliever 
has accepted tho gospel througb the noble ex-
ample of Rome devoted Uhristia11. 
'rhis is the 
rel:ttion that we bear to the world. 
God's 
peculiar people should nevet· be so conformed 
to the world that it would be diflkult to 
'' disct~rll between Lheri: .. hteous and the. wicked, 
between him that servetb God and him that 
servet.h him not." 
1\ial. 3: 18. 
"For God so loved the world, that he gave 
his only begotten Son, that v~·hosoevet· believeth 
in him l'dwuld not perish, but have everlasting 
life." 
Jobn 3: 16. 
If, then, the Son of God 
gave his life for sinners, bow impot't:mt it is 
that we labor for theit' COIWet':;ion; that we 
bring tbil':! fact to their kllOWleuge; anu by OUI' 
lives show what this faitb .Joes for us. 
The 
psnlmist.'s prayer was, "Upl1olJ me with thy 
fl'ee Spirit. 
Then will I Leael1 t1·a 11sgressorR thy 
way; aud sinnet'f:l shall be COI!Yerted unto thee." 
Ps. 51 : 12, 13. 
Aided by the Spirit he C:OilSid-
ered it his duty to labor fot· the uneonverted. 
So should we. 
"'rhy word is a lamp unto my 
feet, and a ligb t unto my path;" says David, 
but we •· are the lio·ht of the wol'id." 
'l.'hen the 
way that the light of God's word reaebes the 
world is through us. 
rl'he following foreible 
language gives a good idea of brael's relation 
to the world:-
" The Lord called out his peop1e ls1·ael, and 
separated them from the wodd, that he might 
c:ornmit to them a sact'ed trust. 
He made Luem 
the depositaries of his law, and he deRigned, 
through them, to preserve among men the 
knowledge of himself. 
rrhrough them the 
light of Heaven was to 8hine out to the dn.t'i-:: 
places of the earth, and a voice was to be beard 
appealing to all people8 to turn from their 
idolatry to serve the living and true God. Had 
the 1 ebre\VS been true to their trust, they would 
have been a power in the world. 
God would 
have been the:r dc~ren~(~, and he 'would have 
exalted them above a11 othet· natio11s. 
His 
lio·bt and truth woulu have been revealed 
tl~·ough them, and they would have slood forth 
under his wise and holy rule as an exam pic of 
the superiority of his govemment over every 
form of idolatry. 
"But thoy did not keep their covenant with 
God. They followed after the idolatrous pl·ac-
tir.es of other nations, and instead of making 
their Creator's name a praise in the earth, their 
c:ourse held it up to tbe_contcmpt of the heathen. 
Yet the purpose of God must be acuomplished. 
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THE BIG NS OF THE TIMES. 
LIJ 579 
The know ledge of his will must . be spread 
abroad in the earth. 
God brougb t the hand of 
the oppressor upon his people, and li!Cattered· 
them as captives among the 11ations. 
In afflic-
tion many of them repented of their trans-
gt·esHions, and sought the J.;ord. 
Scattered 
throughout the countries of the heathen, they 
spread abroad the knowledge of the true God. 
Tbe principles of the divine law came in eon-
flict with the customs <Wd practices of the na-
tions. 
Idolaters endeavored to crush out the 
true faith. 
rrhe Lord in his providence brought 
his servants, Daniel, N eheminh, E.zra, face to 
face with kings and rulers, that these idolaters 
might have an opportunity to receive the light. 
'l'hus the work which God had given his peo-
ple to do in prosperity, in their own borders, 
but which bad been neglected through their 
unfaithfulness, was done by them in captivity, 
under great trial and embarrassment." 
"Christ in the Old 'Testament." 
Again he 
says: "A11 things must be fulfilled, which were 
Roman Idolatry. 
written in the law of MoseR, and in the proph-
WHEN John, the seer of Patmos, would have 
ets, and in the Psalms,. c?~1cerning me." ;rLese worshiped at the feet of the angel who showed 
are the three grea~ drvr.:srou~ ot the Old
1 Testa-· bim the o·lorious thinO'S which are in store ior 
ment, and we can Imagme tbe Great '1 each or 
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opening the eyes of his'tollo>vcrs and declaring, the people of ?od, t at 
eaven _Y 
emg sar ' 
''In the volume of the Book it is written of me." "See thou do It not; I am thy fellow-servant, 
No wonder their hearts burned within them as und of thy brethren that have the testimony 
he talked witb.the~ bJ:" the way. 
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of Jesus; worship God." Rev. 19: 10; 22:8, 9. 
The .study of Chnst tn the -?ld ~estam:nt ts Likewise the a )Ostle Peter, who accordino-to 
exceedingly profitable. In Genes1s he IS de-
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scribed as the seed of the woman; in Exodus as papal tracl!tion was the first pope, refused to 
the "passover lamb," in Leviticu::;. the high receive homage from Cornelius, but said unto 
pt·iest; in Numbers, tbe smitteu rock and the him, "Stand up; I myself also am a man." 
uplifted serpent, and in Dentet'??omy, the yer-But the Pope of Rome, the pretended successor 
son of Moses. 
All of t?ese typlty and set, fo~·-Lh of Saint Peter re uires hi8 fellow-men to pros-
the person and work of the Lord Jesus Ch nst. 
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The Psalms also are full of references to him. trate themselves before htm and very graciOusly 
All tbe prophets, either in type or in prediction, allowstbefaithful "to kiss the golden cross which 
"testitied beforehand of his sufferi1Igs a11d the is embroidered on his white i:ilipper! 
The fol-
g~orJ:" that should follow:" 'l
1he gospel~ renord lowing extract from an E:.tsLern paver affords a 
" Every one that doeth evil hatet!J the light, 
neither cometh to the ligb t, lest hi:; deed:;; should 
be reproved;" yet if in our effortt> to bring the 
light to those in d.a,rkness, we c~au!:le the world 
to hn te us, we know t bat Christ said, "If the 
world l1:tte you, ye know that it hated me before 
it bated you. lf ye were of tbe world, the wol'ld 
would love his own; but because ye are IJOt of the 
world~ but 1 have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hatetb you." 
John 15 : 
18, 19. 
Even though we know our efforts are 
not nppre0iated, it should not discourage us. 
Cbri~Jt "came unto his own, and his own re-
ceived him not." But knowing thnt he would 
be "despillled," "stricken, sm i Lten of God, and 
afflicted," and that he would fii1ally pour" out 
l1is soul unto death;" he ·Jeft the glory of 
Heaven and passed through it all. 
With this example before us, we should keep 
in mind his admonitions: ".l1ove your enernieti, 
blei'3s them that curse you, do ~ood to them 
that hate yon, and pray for them which de-
spitefully use you, and perseeute you." 
.M:att. 
5 : 44; Luke 6 : 27, 28. 
"Bles~ them which 
perf!lecute you; bless, and cur::;e not. 
. 
. 
Therefore if th.ine enemy hunger, feed him; if 
be thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou 
shalt heap coals of fire ou his bead." 
Rom. 11: 
14, 20. 
"Love is the fulfilling of the law," 
therefore if there be any enh1ity or ill will, it can 
only be on the side of the sinner. There can be 
no pl:::tce in a Christian's heart for malice. 
This 
thought was beautifully expressed by the poet 
in the following words:-
" Hate the sin with all thy heart, 
But still the sinner love." 
w. A. BLAKELY. 
Christ the Subject of the Bible. 
THE subject of the Scriptures is Christ. 
All 
seripLure is abont Lim and his eomiug. 
rrhe 
voi<;e of the Old 'festament is," He is 0oming;" 
that of the go~:> pels, "He has come;" of the epis-
tles and Revelation," He will come again." 
'l'he 
l1ord himself says: "Sea1·ch the Scriptures, for 
they are they which testit)r of me." It is said 
tb:.H in the Swedish language there it:; no word 
wbicb can be translated" search" so they have 
used another word, "ransack," and this is what 
we ought to do, ransack the Scriptures, for 
"they are they wl!ich testify of" CbrisL. 
We shpulJ begin and continue all Rtudy with 
this thought in mind. 
As every picture has its 
"point of sight," so each book in the Bible has 
Cb1·i::;t as its con ter and its object. The disci-
ples thought thoy knew the Scriptures; but 
they did uot see Je:;,ns in them, for the Lord re-
buked them for their failure in tbis very par-
ticular, saying: "0 fools, and slow of heart to 
believe all that the prophets have spoken." 
"And begi1ming at Moses and all the prophets, 
Le expounded unto tuem. in all tho bcriplures 
the thiiws COllCernino· himself." Here we have 
a Bible-7-eadiiig COllducLeJ by the Master, on 
the road to Emmaus, aud this was his subject: 
uis hfe, death, resurrection and ascension; the 
d .11 
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1. th 
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·. ble 'dolat ·v of' 
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goo 
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e a Olllliia 
I 
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Acts, the establishment of hrs cb ui·cb; the ep1s-
. 
, 
" 
tles, the development of his doctrines; and the the Roman Catholw Church:-
Apocalypse, the revelation of his coming glory. 
"THE POPE's TH.EATMENT OF VISITORS. 
The great worlc of the Holy Spirit is to tc·sti(y 
"Popei.;eoXIll.is morefondofceremonythan 
of Cl:irist. "He shall glorify me." "He shall his predecessor, as the follovving accouut of a 
take of mine and show them unto you.'' ln private audience illustrates: As soon as the Pope 
faet the whole Bible may be expressed by two IS at liberty, Monsignor NLwcbi opens the door 
words~ Christ, Jesus; Christ in tbe Old 'l'esta-and announces the visitor. Entering the roorn, 
ment, J osut> in theN ew. 
Tbei·e is a very beau-tbe Pope is found seated in an arm-chair, and 
tiful hymn in OUL' collection, which vve like to u.s soon as be raises hi.s baud in twt of benedic-
bcar the children sing, "Every LescOil Points to tiou, the vicitor falls on his knees once near the 
Thee:"-
door, the secoud time in the middle of the room, 
While we look within thy Word, 
and the third time immediately in front of the 
Show thy face to us, 0 Lord, 
Holy Bather, who extends his foot fot· the visi-
In these pages may we see 
b 
d 
d 
Every lesson points to thee. 
tor to kiss tb e go! d cross w bi0h it~ em roi ere 
on his w bite ::dipper. After subsequently kissing 
the superb sapphire which form::; his pastoral 
ri1Jg, the visitor rises aud rema,ins staiJdi11g dur-
ing the iuteniow. 
'l'he Pope hi~nseif geuer-
ally likewise rises and leans agamst a large 
taule which constitutes almost the sole furniture 
of this apartment. 
Ouly the cardinals are 
tdlowed to sit in his presence on two stools 
w bich are placed on either side of his arm-
chair for the purpo8e. 
Symbol, precept, Judgment, law, 
Melting love and holy awe. 
Teach us, Lord, whate'er it be, 
Every lesson points to thee. 
-Rev. William Walton Clark. 
The Spirit of Christ. 
THE spirit of the world is a selfish spirit. The 
men of the world live for themRelvcs. 
Selfish-
ness, which never fails to manifest itself in some 
form or other, is the ruling, govemiug principle 
of their lives, the inspiration of their acts. 
They form their plans, they prosecute their en-
teqn·ises, and thoy hoard up their wealth for 
selfish purposes. Even when their conduct as-
. sumes the appearance of benevolence, it is to 
gratifY some secret, selfish arr..bition. 
They nre 
often imperious and resentfuL 
·whatever inter-
feres with their selfish designs and intcrestR, 
calls forth a spirit of vindictiYeness. 
But a 
truly godly man manifests a spirit far different 
from this, even the spirit of the great Father 
himself, who causeth his sun to rise on the evil 
and the good, and who sendeth rain on the 
just and on the unjust. 
The Christian exhibits 
a spirit of self-sacrifice, of patient endurance, 
and of sincere bene\u00b7olence. 
He does not, in 
the spirit of the world, resist every evil, resent 
every insult, and, as opportunity offers, avenge 
every injury, but instead of this, he sho'rvs a 
spirit of meeknAss, gentleness, and forbearance. 
This is the spil'it of the Master, who, " w ben 
he -vvas reviled, reviled not again; when he 
suffered, threatened not; but committed him-
self to him that judgeth righteously." 
This is 
tho spirit that evel'y 
Chri~:>tia.n must posse~G 
and manif'est to the world; for "if any mail 
have not t.he spirit of Christ, he is none of Lis.'' 
This is the spirit ·which Paul manifested. 
He 
says,': Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, 
we suffer it; buing defamed, we entreat."-Sel. 
THE laws of Natul'e are not the laws which 
'' 'fhe Pope always begins the conversation. 
He talks much and at great leugtb. He seems 
to listen to the sound of bis own Yoice, and his 
conversation, which become::; 
auimated: fre-
quently struck me as being rema.rkaule for a 
pic;Luresqne eloq ue11Ce which he is careful to 
avoid in his publiC speeches. 
When be motions 
that the audience i~:> at an end, the slipper aud 
the ring are again kissed \V bile he is in the aet 
of pronounc;ing the benedic;tion, aud theu one 
has to back out, makiug the sa.m_e three genu-
flexions as on entering." 
The First and tbe Second Advent. 
WHAT a difference between the first and the 
secoud corning of out· LorJ! 
Wheu he shall 
come the second time it will be to be glorified 
and admired, but w ben he came the first time 
it was to be det'pised and rejected of men. 
He 
comes a second time to reign with unexampled 
splendor, but the first time he came to die in 
circumstanceH of s!Jnme and sonow. 
Lij't up 
your eyes; ye sonB of light, and anticipate the 
change w hie:h will be as great for you as for 
your'L~l'd; for uow ye ar~ hidden even as he 
was hidden, and misunder8tood even as he was 
misunderstood when he walked among the sons 
ofmen. "We know that, when he shall appear, 
we sball be like him; for we t\hall 8ee b im as he 
is." Hitt manifectation will be our manifestation, 
and in the day in which he is revealed in glory 
then shall his saints be glorified with him.-Sel. 
N atnre imposes a!ld carries out, but those im-
CHRIST, and Christ only, bas revealed that he 
po~ed on Nature, tLnd by which Nature is con-~ who has ened rna_y be re.!:ltored, nnd made pure 
stituted, controlled, an<j regulated.-Sel. 
and clean and whvle agam.-.Hobe1·tson. 
580[4] 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
. VoL. 12, No. 37. 
The Herulian Kingdom of Italy. 
majesty of a sole monarch is sufficient to per-
valle and protect, at the same time, both the 
Concluded. 
East and tbe West. 
In their own name, and 
"THAT successful barbarian [Odoacer] was the i11 the name of the people, they consent that the 
son of Edecon; who, in some remarkftble trans-
{Jectt of universal empire shall be t1·ansferred from 
actions, particularly described in a pl'eceding Rome to Constantinople; and they basely re-
cbapter, had been the colleague of Orestes him-nounce the right of choosing theit· master, the 
self: The honor of an ambassador should be ex-only vestige that yet remained of the authority 
empt from suR pi cion; and Edecon bad listened to whieh had given Ia ws to the world. 
a conspiracy against the life of his sovereign. 
"'The republie (they repeat that name with-
But this apparent guilt was expiated by his out a blnsh) might safely confide in the civil 
merit or repentance; biR rn,nk was eminent and and military virtues of Odoacer; and they 
conspicuous; he enjoyed the favor of Attila; and humbly request., that the empero1· would invest 
the troops under his commn,nd, who guarded, him with the title of Patrician, and the admin-
in their turn, the royal village, consisted of a istration of the diocese of' Italy.' The deputies 
tribe of Scyrri, his immediate and hereditn.ry of the senate were received at Constantinople 
subjects. In the revolt of the nations, tbey with some marks of disple:..~sure and indigna-
still adhered to the Huns; and more then twelve tion; and when they were admitted to the 
years afterwards, the name of Edecon is honor.-audience of Zeno, he sternly reproached them 
ably mentioned, in their unequal contests with with theil' treatment of the two emperors, An-
the Ostrogoths, which was terminated, after them ius and Nepos, whom the East had success-
two blovdy battles, by the defeat and dispersion ivcly gran ted to the prayers of Italy. 'The 
of the SQyrri. 
Their ~allant leader, who did first' (continued be)' you have murdered; the 
not survive this national calamity left two sons, Reeond you have expelled; but the second is 
Onulf and Odoa.cer, to struggle with adversity, still alive, and whilst he lives he is your lawful 
and to maintain as they might, by rapine or sovereign.' 
But the prudent Zeno soon de-
service, the faithful followers of their exile. serted the hopelew~ cause of his abdicated col-
Onulf directed his steps towards Constantino-league. 
His vanity wa"l gratified by the ·title 
pie, where be sullied, by the assassination of a of sole emperor, and by the statues erected to 
generous benefactor, the fame which he had his honor in the severaJ quarters of Rome; he 
acquired in arms. 
entertained a friendly., though ambiguous, cot·-
" His brother Odoacer led a wandering life respondence with the patrician Odoacer; and 
among the barbarians of N oricum, with a mind he gratefully accepted the Imperial ensi,gns, 
and a fortune suited to the most desperate ad-
the sacred omaments of the throne and palace, 
ventures; and when be bad fixed his choice, which the barbarian waE~ not unwilling to re-
he piously visited the cell of Severinus, tbe move from the sight of the people. 
popular saint of the country, to solicit his 
"In the space of twenty years since the 
approbation and blessing. 
rrhe lowness of the death of Valcntinian, [A. D. 455, Mar. 16] nine 
door would not admit the lofty stature of Odoa-emperors had sucQessively disappeared; and 
cer; be was obliged to stoop; but in t!Jat hum-
tbe son of Orestes, a youth recommended only 
ble attitude, the saint could discern the symp-by his beauty, would ~e the least entitled to 
toms of his future greatness; and addreBsing the notice of postet·ity, if his reign, which was 
him in a prophetic tone, "Pursue" (said he) ma'rkecl by the extinction of the Roman empi1·e in 
"your design; proceed to Italy; you will soon :,he West, did not leave a memorable era in the 
cast away this coarse garment of skins; and history· of mankind. 
rrhe patrician Orestes 
your wealth will be adequate to the liberality bad married the danghter of Count Romulus, 
of your mind." The barbarian, whose daring of Petovio in N oricum; the name of Augustus, 
spirit accepted and ratified the prediction, was notwithstanding the jealousy of power, was 
admitted into the service of the Western em-known at Aqnileia as a familiar surname; and 
pire, and soon obtained an honorable rank in the appellations of the two great founders of the 
the guards. His manners were gradually pol-city and of the monarchy, were thus str·angely 
ished, bis militn,ry skill was improved, and the united in thf'. last of their successor·s. 
The son of 
e-onfederates ot' Italy would not have elected Orestes as~umed and disgraced the nameofRom-
him for their genernl, unless the exploits of ulns and Angnf;t nR; but the first was corrupted 
Odoacer had established a high opinion of his into Momyllns by the Greeks, and the second has 
courage and capacity. Their military acclama-been r.han~ed by the Latins into the contempti-
tions saluted him with the title of king [A. D. ble diminutive, Augustulus. 
The life of thiR 
476 Aug. 23]; but he abstained, during his inoffensive youth was spared by the generous 
whole reign, from the use of the purple and clemency of Orloacer; who dismi~sed him, with 
diadem, .lest he should offend those princes, hiR whole fam:J.y, from the Imperial palace, 
whose subjects, by their accidental mixture, fixed his a.nnual allownnr.e nt. six thouBand 
had formed the victorions army, which time pieceb of gold. and assigned the cnRt le of Lu-
and policy might insensibly unite into a great eullus, in Campania, for the place of his exile 
nation. 
or retiremPnt. 
"Royalty was familiar to the barbarians, 
'' OdoaP-er waR the first barbarian who reigned 
and the submissive people of Italy was pre-in Italy, over a people who 1H1d once asserted 
pared to obey, without a mut·mur, the authoriLy their jnst FlnperioriLy abm'e the rest of mnnkind. 
vvhicb be should condescend to exercise as tho The disgrace of the R.omans still excites our 
vicegerent of the emperol' of the West. 
But respecdul compassion, and we fonrlly sympa-
Odoacer had resolved to abolt:sh that useless and thize with the imaginar'y grief and indignation 
expensive o.ffice; and such is the weigbt of an-of their degenerate poRterity. 
But the calami-
tique. prejudice, that it reqnired Rome boldness ties of Ttaly had gradually subdued the proud 
and penetration to discovet· tbe extreme facilit.y conscionRness of freedom and glory. 
In the 
of the enterprise. The u11fortunate Augustulus age of Roman virtne the provinees wet·e subject 
was made the instrument of his own disgrace; to the n,rms. and the citizens to the Jaws, of the 
be signified his resignation to the senate; and republic; till those lawH were subverted by civil 
that assembly, in their last act of obedience to diBeord, and both the city and the provinces 
a Roman prince, still affected the spirit of free-
ber.ame the servile property of a tyt·ant. 
rrhe 
dom, and the forms of the constilution. 
An forms of the eonstitntion, which alleviated or 
epistle was addressed, by their unanimous de-
diBguised thei1· nbject slavery, were aboliBhed 
cree, to the emperor Zeno, the son-in-law and by time and violence; the Italians altemately 
successor of Leo; who had lately been restol'ed, !amen t.ect the preRence or the absence of the 
after a 
:~hort rebellion, to the By zan Line throne. sovereigns, whom they detested or despised; 
They solemnly' disclaim tlu~ necessity, or even the and the succession of five centuries inflicted the 
wish, of continuing any lonqe1· the Imperial suc-
v::n·ion~ evil~ of military license, capricious des-
cession in Italy; since, in their opinion, ti 
1putism, and elaborate o~pression. During the 
P.ame period, the barbarians had emerged from· 
obscurity and co11tempt, and the warriors of 
Germany and Scythia were introduced into the 
provinces, as the sel'vants, the allies, and at 
leng·th the m:1sters, of the Romans, whom they 
insulted or protected. 
The hatred of tiH~ peo-
ple was suppressed by fear; they respected the 
spirit and splendor of the martial chiefs who 
were invested with the honors of the empire, 
and the fate of Home bad long depended on 
the SWOI'd of those formidable strangers. 
rl'he 
stern Ricimer, who trampled on tbe ruins of 
italy, had exercised the power, witbout assum-
ing the title, of a king; and the patient Romans 
were insensibly prepared to acknowledge the 
royalty of Odoaeer and his barbaric successors. 
"rrhe king of Italy was not unworthy of the 
high station to which his valor and fortune had 
exalted him; his savage manners were polished 
by the Labit.s of conversation; and be respected, 
though a conqueror and a barbarian, the insti-
tutions, and even the prejudices, of his subjects. 
"J.1ike the rest of the barbarians be bad been 
instructed in the Arian Leresy; but he revered 
the monastic and episcopal characters; and the 
silence of the Catholics attests the toleration 
which they enjoyed. The peace of the city 
required the interposition of his prefect Basilius 
in the choice of a Roman pontiff; the decree 
which restrained the clergy from alienating 
their lands was ultimately designed for the 
benefit of the people, whose devotion would 
have been taxed to t·epair the di lapidations of 
the church. ltaly was protected by the arms of 
its conqueror; and its ft·ontiers were respected 
by the barbarians of Gaul and Germany, who 
had so long insulted the feeble race of rrbeodo-
sius. 
Odoacer passed the Adriatic, to chastise 
the assassins of the emperor Nepos, and to 
acquire the maritime province of Dalmn,tia. 
He passed the Alps, to rescue the remains of 
N oricum from .Fa.va, or Feletheus, king of the 
Rugians, who held his residence beyo11d the 
Danube. 
The kiug was vanquished in battle, 
and led away prisoner; a numerous colony of 
captives and subjects was transpln,nted into 
Italy; and Rome, aft.er a long period of defeat 
and disgrace, might claim the triumph of her 
barbarian master. "-Decline and Fall, chap. 36, 
par.29-33. 
. 
Thus by tho establishment of the Herulian 
Kingdom of Italy A. D. 476 the final destruc-
tion of the Western empire was accomplished. 
Rome, that mighty "fabric of human great-
ness" was fallen. 
That power, "the fourth 
kit1gdom" "strong as iron" which had broken 
in pieees and subdued all kingdoms, was now 
itself broken to pieces. rrhe kingdom was now 
divided. 
Ten ki11gdoms, ten distinct and in-
dependent natio11s, no more, no less, had fixed 
Lhemselves within the boundaries of Western 
Rome, and the prophecy, spoken and written 
more than a thousand years before, was liter-
ally fuifilled. 
"All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; 
The grass withereth, the flower fndeth;"-na-
tions rise and nations fall, empit·es rule the 
world and are brought to ruin, but over it all 
there appears the fact that "the Most High 
rulcth in the kingdom of men," and in it and 
by it all ther·e is ill u:strated not only the truth 
that" the grass witheretb, the flower fadeth," 
but also that, "the word of our God shall stand 
forever." Is a. 40 : 6-8; Dan. 4: 17, 25, 32; 2 : 
40-43. 
J. 
"PRAISE ye the Lord. 
I will praise the Lord 
with my whole heart, in the as!'lembly of the 
upright, and in the eongregation." "rrhe Lord 
is gracious and full of compassion." "The works 
of his hands are verity and judgment; all his 
commandme11ts are sure. 
They stand fast for 
ever and ever, and are done in truth and up-
rightness. 
He sent redemption unto his peo-
ple; he hath cnmmn,nded his covenant for ever; 
holy and reverend is his name." 
Ps. 111. 
SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
161 ·sst 
Morality and Relig"ion. 
To BE moral according to the standard of the 
world at large, is a very different thing from 
being moral according to the Bible standard. 
People say of an individual, "He is a good 
moral man," when they only mean that be does 
not commit outbreaking sins. According to 
their standard, so long as one does nothing that 
would shut him out of refined society he is 
:c moral;" but the Bible recognizes no such 
morality. To be tl'uly moral is to be con-
formed "to the divine law." 
Morality and religion (by which I mean true 
religion) are generally regarded as two separate 
and distinct things; but they are not; for with-
out religion there can be no true morality. 
Ac-
cording to lexicographers "morality describes 
the duties to man," while "religion is the rec-
ognition of God as an object of worship," etc., 
but the apostle James says," Pure religion and 
undefiled before God and the FathH is this, To 
viRit the fatherless and widows in their affiiction, 
and to keep himself unspotted f1~om tbe world." 
Thus be combines "social'' and "religious" 
duties and says that together they constitute 
true religion. 
But it may be fo'aicl, that, this 
shows that the social may be performed apart 
from and without reference to the other; but 
not so. Wobstee defines morality as "conform-
ity 
to the divine lav,r respecting social 
duties;" but as "the carnal mind is enmity 
.against God; for it is not subject t.o the law of 
God, neither indeed can be" (Rom. 8: 7), there 
can be no real COJtformity t.o Hlty part of the 
divine law without that change or heart, that 
renewing of the mind, known as conversion. 
And this of course, involves a benrty acceptance 
of Christ, "who of God is mnde unto ns wisdom, 
and righteousness, and sanclification, and re-
demption." 1 Cor. 1 : 30. 
And not only is 
Christ's righteousness (true morality) imputed 
to the believer, hut through grace the renewed 
soul is enabled to live in harmony vvitb the law, 
a thing wbieb before he could not do. 
And so 
the apostle says, "For w bat the Ia w could not 
do, in that it was weak throu~b the flesh, God 
semling his own Son in the lii<o_I'JCss of sinful 
flm;h, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; 
that the righteousness of the law might be ful-
filled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but 
after the Spirit." Rom. 8.: 3, 4. 
But while it is shown that religion. and re-
ligion only, js true morality, and th~t tr;te moral-
·ity is religion, it must not be understood that 
that which is generally known as" morality" 
is religion; for it is not. 
That is just where 
the trouble lies: people recognize something 
. which they call mornlity and then they put it 
in the place of religion and so feel well satisfied 
with themselves and with the world generally 
because religion is making so much progress! 
But in reality a very gt·eat deal of the so-called 
Christian teaching of the present day does little 
more for tbo::~e who reeeive it than would the 
doctrine of Confucius; for it teaches license to 
sin instead of freedom from sin; and unlike the 
doctrine of the apostles (Gal. 2 : 17) makes 
Christ the minister of sin,· by teaching that 
they who are in him are free fi·om obligation to 
keep the law of God. 
Such a view of Christianity degrades it into a 
mere system of favoritism, with no higher ob-
ject than to confer benefits upon its votaries. 
Of course Christianity does offer rewards, but 
its first and great object is to bring a race of 
rebels into harmony with the just laws of 
Hen.ven; for while God is no respeeter of per-
sons, be is a respecter of character. 
Acts. 10: 
34, 35. 
And as already shown (Rom. 8: 3, 4) 
Christ died, not alone that men might be for-
given for past sins, but that they through the 
Spirit migb t yield obedience to the law of God. 
Man unaided cannot attain to pei·fect moral-
ity, which is nothing more nor less than perfect 
obedience to the law of God as a whole; and 
thus the Saviour says, '"He that abideth in me, 
I 
and I in him, the same bringetb forth much by the brightness of his coming. 
2 Thess. 2 ·: 8. 
fruit; .fo1· without rne ye can do nothing." And In another column the paper states that, "a 
neither will perfect obedience, both present foreign lady who lost £12,000 at the Monte 
and future, even if it were possible, atone for Carlo gaming tables has committed suicid~ in a 
past transgressions; and so the plan of redemp-village near Grenoble. This makes the seventy-
Lion not only offers pardon, but it provides the sixth case of suicide owing to losses at Monte 
necessary help to enable him who will to form Carlo since the beginning of the season." It 
a righteous character. In this connection one would certainly seem that tb~ millennium ~as 
thin()' should be borne in mind, and that is that a good way off from that fashwnable gambhng 
whether we look at the pardon, or at the grace place. The same paper contains, beside the 
whereby we may overcome temptation, the above, a record of seven cases of murder and 
praise alike belongs to Him who died for us; embezzlement; and as a climax to the long list 
for we are equally indebted to him for poth. of iniquity, it gives an account of a man starv-
It is through bis blood that we have forgiveness, ing his three little children to death in the most 
and it is through him, and him alone, that we heartless and cruel manner. 
. 
can do any good thing. 
When one paper, that is only a sample of 
A failure to grasp this truth causes very those published every day, records so many as 
many to make a fatal mistake, some in one di~ this one 
doe~5, bow is it possible for men to 
rection and some in another; that is, some cry, think that the world is getti11g ao much better 
"only believe," and refuse to do the things u11d will soon be converted? The man must be 
which are comma:nded; while others, losi11g blind who will, in the face of such plain facts, 
sight of faith, imagine that in some way or argue for the dogma of a temporal-millennia! 
other their works will contribute somewhat to reign of righteommess. 
A. 0. rfAIT. 
their salvation, quite forgetting the words of 
the apostle: "By grace are ye saved through 
faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift 
of God; not of works, lest any man shonld 
boast." The Scriptures teach that while faith 
lays ho-ld upon pardon for past sins, it should 
likewise grasp the strong arm of Him who says, 
"My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength 
is made perfect in weakness," and of vvbom 
Paul said, "I can do all things throngh Christ 
which strengtbeneth me." 
God has joined to-
gether faith and works and be who separntes 
tbem does it at the peril of his soul; and speak-
ing especinlly or the last days, and of the last 
people, the seer of Patmos said: "Here is the 
patience of the saints; here are they that keep 
the commandments of God, and the faith of 
Jesus." 
Nothing short of this is religion, nothing 
short of it is true morality; for morality is 
"co11formity to the divine law," and as we have 
seen, without the faith of Jesus there can be no 
such conformity. 
To eliminate faith from t,be 
plan of salvation is to destroy the very life of 
the system, while to reject works as the per-
fecter of faith (James 2: 22) is to introduce the 
poison of antinomianism into the very spring 
whence salvation flows, and so to set nt naught 
the words of Him of whom it was said: "Never 
man spake like this man." 
c~ P. BoLLMAN. 
Does It Look Like the Millennium? 
WE are frequently assured by popular min-
isters that the world is getting bettor and will 
soon be converted to Christianity preparn.tory 
to the reign of the temporal millennium. 
The 
word of God, however, does not so teach. It 
A Proper Estimate. 
rl1HE Christian manifests the excellency of his 
cbarncter by the estimate be places upon the 
world, its wealth, its pride, its fashion, its folly. 
Although in the world, be is not of the world. 
He is not conformed to its spirit. His treasure 
is not here. 
Hence the apostle exhorts, "Love 
not the world, neither the things that are in 
the world." And Christ teaches, "Lay not up 
for yourselves treasures upon earth, where 
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves 
break through n.nd steal; but lay up for your-
selves treasnres in Heaven, where neither 
moth nor rust doth cormpt, and where thieves 
do not break through nor steal." 
It is not surprising that the men of the 
world love the things of the world, its wealth, 
its pleaRures, its show, for these consti.tute 
their treasure-their all. 
But the Christian 
should show his superiority to the world by 
placing a comparatively light estimate on these 
tbings. They do not constitute his treasure, 
they are not the source of his chief joy. He 
bas a richer inheritance and a more abiding 
source of comfot't and 
con~olation. 
While 
this is the case, be should not permit his mind 
to be engrossed with the things of this world, 
and his spirit to be captivated with the pleas-
ures of sense. 
While a partaker of true riches 
and spiritual joys, he should despise the gain 
of ungodliness and the sinful pleasures and 
gratifications of tbe world, showing that be 
has a higher and purer source of enjoyment. 
'l'bis the true Christian does. He esteems the fa-
vot· of God above riebcs, and ·the pleasures and 
comforts of religion above earthly joys.-Sel. 
tells us that the last days shall be perilous, and 
Obedience Based on Right. 
that "evil men and seducers shall wax worse 
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." 
2 
PARENTS who wish to be cheerfully obeyed 
Tim. 3: 1, 13. 
rrhe Saviour, furthermore, tells by their children, must themselves obey the laws 
us that both the righteous and the wicked are which they seek to enforce. Louis XlV. wrote 
to grow together till the harvest which is the to his grandson, "If you wish to have your 
end of the woild. 
Matt. 13: 24-30, 36-43. 
will habitually respected, you must show that 
The Bible is the word of God, and. when men you yourself are a. slave to it." Interpreting 
advance ideas that are contrary to it they will this counsel as meaning that a ruler must be 
always find the facts to be against them. In nothing more than the application of a law to 
the case before us, the man who bas his l'yes his subjects which he recognizes as the rule of 
open will see plainly that what God bas said is his own life, it contains the secret of all success-
true. A few facts from a recent copy of the ful authority in civil society~ or in the home. 
Inter Ocean will serve to tlhow that what the Law, not arbitrary will-the will of God, not 
Lord has foretold on the subject under consid-the caprices of passion-must be the manif~st 
eration is being fulfilled. 
rule of family life. 
The thing required of the 
A large portion of the paper is given t::> the child must be required not merely because the 
account of the deposttion of Prince Alexander parent wills it, but because it is 1·ight-because 
of Bulgaria, and the trouble that is liable to God wills it. 
When this is made obvious, even 
result from it among the powers of Europe.: to willful children, and is calmly enforced as 
The general unrest that is causing these disturb-growing out of principles which the parent 
ances in the European nations, indicates any-himself accepts as the rule of his own life, it 
thing but a time of peace when the nations will compels respect, and, since it appeals directly 
lC'arn war no more. 
That longed-for time of to the conscience, it compels a responsive "I 
peace ca~not come till the world's Redeemer ought," and often produces a resultant obe-
makes his appearance and destroys wickedness dience.-Zion's Herald. 
582 [6) 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
"Can ye not discern the signs of the times ? " 
E. J. WAGGONER,} 
ALONZO '1'. JONES, 
CoRRESPONDING EDITOR~. 
EDITORS. 
J. H. wAGGONER, 
s. N. HASKELL, 
URIAH SMITH, 
GEo. I. BuTLER. 
O.A.KL.AND, C.A.L., FIFTH-D.A.Y, SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
Cluist and tile Law. 
by faith. And the law is not of faith; but, The death of Christ, it could not have been a school-
man th:1t doeth them shall live in them. Christ master many years afterward to bring the Galatians 
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law.' Gal. to C111'ist. Paul testifies that he 'H.A.D NOT KNOWN 
3:11-13. 
"This abundantly proves the doctrine that the 
law condemns the whole world, and that none can 
be justified in the sight of God, except through faith 
in the Lord Jesus Christ. He has 'redeemed us 
from the curse of the law.' But how? By abolish-
ing it? No! verily. By offering up himself in our 
stead. 1 Peter 2 :24. He took the curse upon him-
self. Gal. 3: 13. 
He did not 'destroy the law;' 
he submitted himself to its penalty. But bow many 
are delivered from the curse of the law? Is it all 
LUST, EXCEPT THE L.A. W HAD S.A.ID, THOU SH.A.LT 
NOT COVET.' 
But an abolished law could never 
have convinced him of sin as a transgressor. James 
2:8, 9; Rom. 4:15. 
We cannot know sin 'but by 
the law;' but if the law wRs abolished by the death 
of Christ, the world has never known its sinful state, 
or realized its need of a Sa\u00b7iour. We may state on 
the highest authority, that the law brings us to 
faith for justificRtion, ~1nd that faith does not make 
void the law, but establishes it. Gal. 3 : 23; Rom. 
3:31. The fact that the law is our schoolmaster to 
THE following from the pen of Elder J. N. An-the world? or is it such only Rs make a personal show us the cl~ims of God, and our own just con-
drews appeared in the Review and He1·ald years application of the atonement to themselves'? If the demnation, is direct evidellce that it has not been 
ago, but age has not caused it to lose any of its force former view be correct, then the doctrine of Univer-abolished; hence though we have been pardoned 
or point. Elder Andrews was the pioneer Seventh-salism is true, for the atonement avails equally for through the death of Jesus, and thus rescued from 
day Adventist foreign missionary, and died in Switz-those who do not, as for those who do, accept it. If, its righteous sentence, we can never violate its pre-
erland a few years ago. He was one of the first to however, it is those only who ·believe on the Son of cepts without being convinced by it as transgress-
d 
God, who are redeemed from the curse of the law, ors." 
a vocate the doctrine of the Third Angel's Message, ·then the world is left under it, and remains in the 
What Was Blest and Sanctified. 
by means of the pen, and though he was a prolific fearful state described in Rom. 3:19, and will have 
writer, he wrote with the greatest care. His "His-to answer, not only for breaking the law, but also 
tory of the Sabbath" is justly regarded by all who for tre:l<ling under foot the Son of God, who died to 
IN the teachings we received in our early days! 
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"Dwight's Theology" occupied an important place·, 
ave rea I as a c asstc on 
1a su Ject. 
1e arti-redeem them. The reason why the law could not 
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with many it was the standard of truth. When :first 
c e w ncb fol ows is an extract from a review of one give life, wns not because the law was not 'holy,' converted, we were compelled by force of Scripture 
who had argued for the abolition of the law. It 'spiritual,' flnd 'perfect,' but because men had 
b 
evidence to reject the teachings of the" Theology" 
shows that Christ is truly honored only by those 
roken it; and it could only condemn them, and on the subject of baptism. 
On the subject of the 
who acknowledge and insist upon the f_act that show their guilt before God. Hence the apostle S abbath the Doctor appeared to be equally faulty. 
God's law is now and forever binding upon all men. says that 'by the law is the knowledge of sin.' Spe:tki ng of the fourth commandment he said that 
There is seen, therefore, the absolute necessity of the 
"The doctrine stated by Paul in th. e tl11.rd cl1"pter 
the ules::;ing and the sanctification ·was conferred, 
•• · 
death of Jesus Christ. When, therefore, the New 
of Romans i>~ worthy of careful stt1dy and l"st1'n(1' 1·e 
not upon the seventh day, but upon the Sabbath. 
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.... 
o 
-TE'stament holds out pardon through him, it is be-
membrallce. The great truth that the law of God cause the law condemns us, and we are exposed to He distinguished between the Sabbath and the sev-
condemns the whole world is her·e unequt'vocally 
enth day in the commandment, thou0f1'h Jehovah 
' 
its just sentence. 
stated. The reason is also given in distinct terms: 
"The idea that the law is our schoolmaster to said. in that commandment," the sevenLh day is the 
'All have sinned and come short of the glo 
f 
Sabbath." 
The obJ'ect of his assertion was to make 
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bring us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith• 
God' Verse 23 
And such is tl1e J·ust1'ce of' tb' 
it appear that God sanctified the Sabbath as an in-
. 
· 
lS is often urged ns proof that the law is abolished. 
condemnation that 'everv mouth' 1·s 'sto 
ed' 
stdution, and that the seventh d~ty was an unimpor-
• 
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• How is the law our schoolmaster to bring us to 
What is now brou,.,.ht to view "S tl1e I1ope of' 1 t 
tfl.nt pari. of the precept·, that the institution did not 
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Christ? Weanswer,itshowsourguiltandjustcon-
men? Is it that God will take back his law, and demnation, and-that we are lost without a SRviour. depend upon the day, but any other day could be 
recel.ve tl1ose 1.11to l1t's f·1·vor· wl1o "I'e JlOW co11de 
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inserted without affecting the validity or the perpe-
. 
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mne 
Hear the apostle Paul, who was converted since the 
before him? Sooner would heaven and earth pas,; time when it is said the law was abolished. 'I H.A.D tuity of the instiLution or of the commandment en-
' than one tittle of the law' of God. 
How then may NOT KNOWN SIN BUT BY THE L.A. w.' Rom. 7:7. forcing it. 
men be justified before God who now are condemned I, BY THE L.A. w IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN.' 
Rom. 3: 
Against this reasoning we have the express state-
~nd .gui~ty in his 3ight ~ The apostle answers: • Be-j2o. 
Read a full aceounL of Paul's experiPnce in this ment of the Bible: "Alld God blessed the seventh 
mg JUStified freely by Ius grace t.hrough the redemp-school also his deli VPrance from the carnal mind day, and sanctified it.'' Gen. 2:3. It was the day 
tion that is in ~h:is~ Jesus; whon: God bath set which', is not subject to the Jaw of God.' Rom. 7~ that was blest; the day that was sanctified; and the 
f~rth to be a prop1tH1t10n through fa1th in his blood, 7_25; 8 :1_7. 'l'he instruction of the law is abso-day that was required to be kept. 
A very literal 
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins lutelv nPce5sarv for without it we can never know translation of the fourth commandment would read: 
that are past, thron~b ~he fo~·be~rance of God; to our gnilt in th~ ~ight of God. It shows our just con-"Remember the day of the rest.'' "The seventh 
decla~e, I say: at tlns t1me ~ns _righteousness; that I demnation, iti'l penalty hRngs over our heads; we day is the rest of the Lord thy God." "God blest 
he might be JUst, and the JUStifier of him which 1 :find ourselves lost, and fly to Jesus Christ. '\That the day of the rest and hallowed it." This is the 
believeth in Jesus.' Verses 24-26. That God, in-does he do to save us from the curse of the law? exact truth. Thus we see that to maintain a the-
stead of aboli::hing his law, should give his own Son Does he abolish the law that he may save its trans-ory, the D. D. ventured to contradict the express 
to die in the place of those who have broken it, and gressors? He assures us that he did , not come to words of Scripture as found in Gen. 2:3. 
should offer pardon to such only as should avail destroy • it; and we know that the law being 'holy. 
We will further show the fallacy of his reasoning. 
themselves of this propitiation, is proof of the strong-just, and good,' cannot be taken back without de-God blest and sanctified the seventh day because 
est character possible, that that law is immutable. stroying the government of him who gave it. Does Lhat in it he had 1·ested. The seventh day was his 
Those only who avail themselves of this propitiation the Saviour modify its character and lessen its de-rest day, or his Sabbath day, before it was blest or 
are 'delivered from wrath;' the claims of the law mands? Far from it. He testifies that 'one jot or sanctified; but there was no institution. When tlYe 
remain good on all beside; for they are left to an-one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all day was blest and sanctified, then it became an in-
swer the demands of the broken law. The great be fulfilled.' Matt. 5: 18; Luke 16: 17; James 2:10. stitution. The sanctifying of the day was the set-
idea held out in the New TestamPnt, is that of par-And he s:.ows that those who in heart commit any ting of it apart to a s:1ered use; it made its observance 
don through faiLh in the blood of Jesus; but if his act of iniquity, are transgressors of the law. Matt. obligatory, and tl1erefore it was the making of the 
death abolished the law, the consequences are pre-5:22, 27, 28; 1 John 3:15. If the Saviour did not institution. Instead of God blessing and sanctify-
cisely the sam<>, whether men avail t~e~selves ~f
1
1 abolish ?r relax the l_aw, how· can tho~e who have i~g th~ Sabbath i1~stit":tion, and no~ t~e day, the 
pardon or not. If they are pardoned 1t 1s well; lf fled to lnm 'for refuge,' hope for salvatiOn r What tmth IS that, before Ius act vf sanctifymg the day 
they are not, there is no law which condemns them.· does he do, to save the transgressors from the sen-there was no institution to sanctify. The act of 
The fact that we are so urgently entreated to seek tence of the law? He gives up himself to die in 1 sanctifying turned the day into an institution. The 
pardon through the blood of Jesus, shows that we their stead. He Javs down his own • life a ransom I day thus became an institution; remove the day and 
may expect the fearful sentence of the law to be exe-for many.' Matt. 2.0:28. 
• God so loved the world, I the institution is destroyed. 
cuted upon us, if we do not avail ourselves of it. I that he gave his only begotten Son, that who.-;oever 
But now an objector arises and says: "Conceding 
Paul has set.tled the question, however, as. may be believeth in him should not perish, but have ever-the grou~d th.at the day is an instituti_on,-that 
seen by readmg on to verse 31: 'Do we then make lasting life.' John 3:16. Man, though justly con-they are IdentiCal, then what may be sa1d of one 
void the law through faith? God forbid; yea, WE I dernned, can now be pardoned without dishonoring may be said of the other. Hence, it is true, after all, 
ESTABLISH THE LA 'V.' 
I God, or making void his law. God can be just, and that he blessed the institution. If he blessed the 
. '"But that .n~ ma~ is jus~ified by.the law in the yet the justifier of him which believe~h in Jesus., day he must have bless~~ :?e institution, for they 
Btght of God, 1t Is evident; for, The JUSt shall live 1 Rom. 3:25, 26. Had the law been abolished at the are one and the same thing. 
SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
THE BIG NB OF THE TIMES. 
Tile Time of the Third Ang·el's Message. 
WE have shown that the sixth of the seven 
trumpet angels ceased to sound August 11, 184-0, 
and that then, says the Scripture, "the second woe 
is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly." 
Rev. 11 :14. The third oe and the seventh trumpet 
are identicaL And when the seventh angel sounded, 
said the prophet, "There were great voices in 
Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are 
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; 
and he shall reign forever and. ever." He also said, 
"The nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, 
and the time of the dead, thfl.t they should be 
judged, and that thou slJOuldest give reward unto 
thy r;;ervants the prophets, and to the saints, anrl 
them that fear thy name, small and great; and 
shouldest destroy them which des~roy [margin, cor-
rupt] the earth. And the temple of God wa:>. opened 
in Heaven, and there was seen in his temple the 
ark of his tcstamen t; and there were lightnings, and 
voices, and thunderings, and an earLllquake, and 
great hail." Verses 18, 19. 
Now we want it to be clearly seen, and it may be, 
that the events here named are identical with those 
of Rev. 14: 6-20; 16:1-21, and that the latter are 
but an explanation in full of the former. To show 
this we shall here bring together the statements of 
Rev. 11 : 18, 19, and the corresponding ones of chap-
ters 14 and 16. 
1. "And the nations were angry, and thy w1·ath is 
come." Rev. 11:18. The third angel says, "If any 
man worship the beast and his image, ... the same 
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God." Chap-
ter 14:9, 10. And in the seven last plagues is filled 
up the wrath of God. 1!5: 1, 6-8; 16. 
2. "The time of the dead, that they should be 
,judged. 
Rev. 11:18. "I saw another angel fly in 
the midst of lteaven, 
. saying with a loud 
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the how· 
of his Judgment is come." Chapter 14:6, 7. 
3. "That thou shouldest give retom·d unto thy two tables of stone like unto the fin;t, and went up 
servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them into the mount, having the two tablrs in mine hand. 
that fear thy name, small and great." Rev. 11:18. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first 
This time of reward is at the coming of Christ; for he W'riting, the ten commandments, 'vvhich the Lord 
says: "Behold, I come quickly; and my 1·eward is spake unto you in the mount, out of the midst of 
with me, to give every man according as his work the fire, in the day of the assembly; and the Lord 
shall be." 
Chapter 22:12. Again he said: "Thou gave them unto me. And I turned myself and came 
shalt be recompen~ed at the resurrection of the just." down from the mount, and put the tables in the a1·k 
Luke 14:14. But his coming follows immediately which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord 
the Third Angel's Message; for says the prophet, commanded me." 
Deut. 10 :1-5. 
This ark was 
"I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the called the ark of the testimony or testament because 
cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on that in it were the tables of the testimony which 
his head a golden crown, an.d in his band a sharp God gave to Moses, and tllat tesLimouy was the ten 
sickle." 
"And he that sat on the cloud thrust in commandments. It is this alone which gave it the 
his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped." title of the ark of the testimony. 
Rev. 14:14, 16. This harvest is the end of the 
Now we have shown that this sanctuary or temple 
world. Matt. 13: 39. 
on the earth was only a pattern or figure of the 
4. "And shouldest destroy them which destroy the sanctuary pr temple in Heaven. Therefore, that 
earth." Rev. 11:18. "Another angel came out of testimony which gave to the ark of the earthly sane-
the temple which is in Heaven, he also having a tuary the title of the ark of the testament must be 
sharp sickle. And another ;1ngel came out from the identicn.l with the testimony which gives to the ark 
altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a in Henven the title of the ark of His testament, that 
loud cry to him that had. the sharp sickle, saying, is; the ten commandments. Now this temple of God 
Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters in Heaven is opened at the sounding of the seventh 
of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully trumpet. There is shown the heavenly ark of his 
r-ipe. 
And the angel thrust in his sickle into testament; and connected directly with this stands 
the earth, and gathered tlte vine of the earth, and Rev. 14:12. The Third Angel's Message says: 
cast it into the great wine-press of the wrath of "Here are they that keep the commandments of 
God." 
Rev. 14:17-19. 
God." 
Here are shown two reapings. 
One is by the Son 
of God reaping the harvest of the earth, gathering 
the wheat into tlte garner of God. 
The other is to 
gather togetltei· those who are to be cast into tile 
wine-press of the wrath of God. The former are the 
fruits of the Lrne Vine, Christ Jesus. For he says: 
"I am the true Vine." "I am the Vine, ye are the 
branches." 'l'itis is the Vine of Heaven; for Christ, 
the true Vinl·, came down from Heaven to do his 
Father's wi II; and of tit is Vine the "Father is the 
Husbandman." 
All who abide in Christ, the true 
Vine, wii1 be gathered by the angels iuto the king-
dom of God, when he comes on the white cloud to 
reap the harvest of the earth. The others are called 
the clust.ers of the vine of the eaTth. Those have 
no connection with the heavenly Vine, but are of 
the earth, earthy. 
A11d when the clusters of this 
vine are gathered, i-t is only to be cast into the wine-
press of the wrath of God. 
This same result is shown by John the Baptist 
under another figure: "He that cometh after me is 
migl;tier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to 
bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and 
with fire; whose fan is in his hand, and he will thor-
oughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into 
the garner; but. he will bum up the chaff with 
unquenchable fire." Matt. 3: 11, 12. 
5. ·"And the temple of God was opened in Heaven, 
and there wns seen in his temple the ark of his 
testament.'' Rev. 11:19. Why is this called the 
ark of his testament r Because within it is his testi-
mony, as there was in the earthly temple, which 
was a pattern of the heavenly. "In the ark thou 
shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee." 
Ex. 
25 :21. But what was the testimony or testament 
that was put in the ark? "He gave unto Moses, 
when he had made an end of communing with him 
upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of 
stone, written with the finger of God." Ex. 31:18. 
"And the tables were the work of God, and the writ-
ing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables." 
Ex. 32:16. These tables Moses broke when he c:~me 
down from the mount and found the people given 
up to idolatry. Then said the Lord to Moses: "Hew 
thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come 
up unto me in to the mount, and make thee an ark 
of wood. 
And I will write on the tables the words 
that were in the first tables which thou breakest, 
and thou shalt put them in the ark." Then says 
Moses: "I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed 
6. "And there were lightnings, and voices, and 
thunclerings, and an earthquaJn .. , and great hail." 
Rev. 11: 19. This is identical with the record of the 
events of the seventh plague. For says the Scripture, 
·'The seventh angel poured out his vial in to the air; 
and there came a great voice out of the temple of 
Heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 
And 
there were 1JOices, and thunde?·s, and lightnings; 
and there was a g1·eat earthquake such as was not 
since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earth-
quake, and so great." 
·~And every island fled away, 
and tile mountains were not found. And there fell 
upon men a gTea.t hail out of henven, every stone 
about Lhe weight of a talent; and men blasphemed 
God becauseoftheplagueofthehail; for the plague 
thereof was exccedi ng great." Rev. 16: 17, 18, 20, 21. 
But the seven last plagues comprise the wrath of 
God. This wrath is poured upon those who worship 
the beast and his image, upon those who refuse to 
keep the commandments of God and the faith of 
Jesus. And the Third Angel's Message is to warn 
men against that worship that they may escape this 
wrath, and calls them especially to keC>p the com-
mandments of God and the faith of Jesus. These 
things show that these three messages of Revelation 
14, and the wrath which is foretold by the third of 
these, and the coming of the Lord which follows the 
third, represent events n:'ferred to as occurrent when 
the seventh angel shall sound. It is therefore abso-
lutely certain that in the days of the voice of the 
seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the 
Third Angel's Mes3age of Revelation 14 is due to the 
world. 
Here we must refer again to Rev. 10 :7, where 
the angel declares with an oath that "in the days 
of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall be-
gin to soui1d, the mystery' of God should be fin :shed." 
We have shown that the mystery of God is the gos-
pel, and that the gospel is the power of God unto 
salvation, and that therefore in the days of the voice 
of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound, the 
power of God for the salvation of man shall cease to 
be exercised. Note especially that this is in the 
days when the seventh angel begins to sound. From 
the texts presented in former articles, as well as all 
already given in this, it is plai_n that the events 
connected with the Third Angel's Message end with 
the end of the world. Therefore the Third Angel's 
Message is the means by which God makes his last 
effort for the salvation of men. Thus it becomes of 
584 [S] 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
the utmost importance to the children of men to 
know when the Third Angel's Message is due to the 
world. In our article last week, in discm;sing the 
eubject of the mystery of God and its fini~hing, we 
cited the sanctuary and its services, the Levitical 
law, and showed that they were typical of the 
heavenly sanctuary, and the work of Christ in his 
priesthood. We showed that the services ended 
with the cleansing of the sanctuary, and that 
Christ's priestly service ends at the cleansing of the 
heavenly sanctuary, and we showed that this cleans; 
ing began in 1844. 'J'herefore this last service of 
the gospel, the finishing of which is identical with 
the finishing of the mystery of God, began in 1844. 
Again: we showed that the cleansing of the sanct-
uary was really a work of judgment. It was so un-
derstood by the people who performed the service; 
it was so intended to be understood by the Lord who 
plagues which are pronounced by this mes!'!age 
against those who worship the beast and his image, 
shall be poured out upon them which shall have 
the mark of the beast, and upon them which worship 
his image,-with the pouring out of the last of these 
comes the end of the world. 
Therefore now is the time when there is danger of 
being drawn into the wors!Jip of the beast and his 
image. The people now living are the ones who 
are concerned in this. The people now living are 
they who will be called upon to make an image to 
phe beast, and to worship the beast and his image. 
These are also the pe~ple who will be warned by 
the message of God against all those things under 
penalty of suffering the seven last plag'ues, and will 
be called to the keeping of the commandments of 
God and the faith of Jesus. 
J. 
established the service. This is made certain by 
Camp-Meeting in Maine. 
the voice which instanced that whosoever was not 
THIS meeting was held near the city of Portland 
partaker of the services that day was cut off without on the ground occupied two years ago. Last year 
mercy when the services closed. He had no further the camp-meeting was held in this city also. There 
chance. His probation was gone. This was but have been two courses of meetings held here during 
typical of the work of Christ once for all, and the the past summer with but little m:mifest interest. 
cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary must be like-There were a few, however, that took their stand for 
wise a work of the Judgment. This answers exactly the truth, and many others were interested to heat~. 
to the words which describe the scenes of the sev-
It wns in this city that Sister White lived when 
enth trumpet when it begins to sound, that then a girl, and is well known by the oldest inhabitants. 
was come "the time of the dead, that they should Notwithstanding they are unbelievers in her mission 
be judged." And as we have seen, this cleansing of and work, yet they have confidence in her and in 
the snnctunry, this work of jnclgment, this time of her family. The cause in Maine is not as prosperous 
the dend, that they should be judged, began in 1844. as in some other Conferences, but some of the oldest 
Bnt this time of the dead, that they shonlrl be friends of the cnuse dwell in tl~is State, and from it 
judged, is the same time referred to in Rev. 14:6, 7, mPn of influence in the cause of present truth have 
in that message which carries ~till the everlasting gone to other fields. There is no doubt that there 
gospel to them that dwell on the earth, and to every will yet be a Ltrge number who will embrace the 
nation, and kindred, and tong;ue, and people, yet truth in thi~ Conference. The First-day Adventists 
saying with a loud voice to all, Fear God, and give are very numerous here and many of them are not 
glory to him; fot· the how· of his Judgment is come. an honor to any cause that should be respected in 
Paul preached this same gospel, but not that the any part of the country. There are others who are 
hour of his Judgment was come, but simply a judg-of the best class of citizens. 
ment to come. Acts 24:25, and 17:31. But when 
The1:e was a good attendance over the Sabbath 
the time comes when the seventh angel shall be-and at the close of the meeting. On Sabbath a 
gin to sound, then it is declarerl in accordance with goodly number came forward for prayers; and on 
the same gospel, the hour of his Judgment is come. Monday morning some of the same interest w:1s 
But this, as we have shown, is identical with the manifested, but in a less degree than is often seen at 
cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary which began in this stage of a camp-meeting. We feel deeply for this 
1,844. 
Therefore it is certain that the seventh angel State. They need labor of a different character from 
began to sound in 1844. That this hour of Judgment that which they have had in the past. 
Two years 
is not the great clay of Judgment which comes at the ago there were plans laid for an exchange of laborers, 
end of the world, but is a time which precedes the bnt owing to certain nrrangements that seemed to 
end of the world, answering to the time of the be necessary they were not carried out, and this in 
cleansing of the sanctuary, is shown by the fact that j1nrt at least contributed to somewhat discour:~ge 
two other messages follow this one bej01·e the com-the brethren. It is not well to have the same labor-
ing of the Lord and the end of the world. 
But these. ers year after year without change in any field; 
two do follow this one, and the third of these is the there should be a diversity of gifts. And those Con-
'l'hird Angel's Message which warns all men against ferences where this is the case always flourish the 
the worship of the beast and his image, and against best. There is no one perfect, and the stamp of one 
receiving his mark, nn_der the dreadful penalty of class of minds on any community is not a::~ good as 
having to drink the wine of the wrath of God, and though there were a variety. 
wliich at the same time calls all to keep the com-
In the cause of Christ it is the divine mould that 
rnandn1entR of God and the faith of Jesus. 
should be seen and not the human. When there is 
This wine of the wrath of God is the seven last a reliance on some one man, or class of men, to do 
plagues, with the last of which come the lightnings, the work, with the idea that none others can do as 
and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, well, then it is that some other spirit than that of 
and great hail, which come at the sounding of the God comes in. The apostle says: "Now this I say, 
seventh trumpet. 
These commandments are the that every one of you saith, I am of P:lUl; and I of 
testimony of God which was brought forth promi-Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ 
nently when the temple of God was opened in divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye 
Heaven, and there was seen iii his temple the ark baptized in the nnme of Paul? I thank God that I 
of his testament. And all these things are but the baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gains." The 
events that occur in the days of the voice of the apostle wns thankful that there were other laborers 
seventh angel, when he begins to wund. And as who acted a part. 
we have found that this seventh angel began to 
The apostle continues: "For ye are yet carnal; 
sound in 1844, the-n it was and onward the Third for whereas tl1ere is among you envying, and strife, 
Angel's Message is due to the world. When t!Jis and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? 
message is finished, the mystery of God will be fin-For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I 
ished. ·when this message closes, the work of the am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is 
gospel will be closed. And when the seven last Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye 
believed, ·even as the Lord gave to every man? I 
have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the 
increase. So then neither is he that planteth any 
thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giv-
eth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that 
watereth are one: and every man shall receive his 
own reward according to his own labor." 
It is perfectly natural for brethren to esteem very 
highly, for their work'g sake, those who first brought 
them the truth, and this is right. It is as it should 
be for the joy in the kingdom will be to see those 
who, by the blessing of God, we have been instru-
mental in bringing into the truth. Upon this point 
we have the following words: "As also ye have ac-
knowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, 
even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord 
Jesus." And again, "For what is our hope, or joy, 
or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the pres-
ence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For 
ye are our glory and joy." But when personal feel-
ings come in so that there is a feeling of partiality, 
then it is that a spirit of selfishness takes the place 
of that disinterested benovelence whi'ch is the es-
sential element of Christianity. The cause of truth 
is the Lord's, and is in his hands, and he will carry 
it forward. There is nothing that we really can do 
against the truth, but all will, in the end, tell for its 
advancement. For" the foundation of God stand-
eth sure, the Lord knoweth them that are his." 
We have reached perilous times when it becomes 
us all to have a living connection with God and 
build on the rock. Soon there will be times that 
will try men's souls, and then there will be many 
that now expect to be saved in the ki ngrlom of God, 
who, for want of a livi.ng connection with God, will 
fail. "I am the vine, ye are the branches," says 
the Saviour. It is from him that we must draw 
real nourishment if we shall stand in the evil time. 
There were never more solemn times than the pres-
ent. In almost every congregation of Christian be-
lievers, there is a possibility, and even a probability, 
that there are some who will be translated and some 
who will drink of the seven last plagues. 
May the 
Lord help us to prepare for the coming events. 
About sixty tents were pitched and some 300 
brethren were present Sabbath and first-day. The 
eighty-five foot circular tent was well filled qi1 Sun-
day. The speakers from abroad were Elders G. I. 
Butler, U. Smith, and the writer. 
s. N. H. 
The Sabbath Agitation. 
No OBSERVING person will deny the fact that the 
Sabbath question is assuming a prominent place in 
the public mind. We consider this fact to be a 
special indication of the nearness of Christ's advent, 
a fulfillment of prophecy, and a striking evidence 
that Seventh-day Adventists have an important 
message to give to the world. To make our meaning 
more plain we will elaborate these statements some-
what, that the reader may get a clear idea of the 
subject. 
In reference to the suggestion that a spirit of 
inquiry is abroad concerning the Sabbath question, 
such as has not been seen for generations', or even 
many centuries, we call attention to a few facts. 
We are living in an age of inquiry. Scarcely 
anything in the world is considered settled. It is a 
reading age. Minds are active and everything is 
being scrutinized closely. It is an unbelieving age. 
Sacred things are lightly regarded. 
Everything 
supernatural is questioned. 
A great effort is made 
to explain away God's agency in many things, and 
ascribe to natural law the works of Omnipotence: 
the origin of the world, the creation of man, and 
th.; miracles of the Bible. 
Therefore it is not 
strange that the Sabbath question should come in 
for its share of consideration. 
The spirit of this age is secular, lax in spirituality, 
earthy, and pleasure loving. The current is strong 
SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
[9] 585 
in these directions and it sets against any sacredness 
of regard for any day. A strong tendency exists to 
make all Sabbaths days of pleasure merely. This 
tendency alarms the most devoted people of the 
churches, and they fear that all piety and reverence 
for God will be swept away from the public mind. 
These know that a weekly Sabbath is a great bulwark 
of true religion, and they greatly fear that the day 
they have considered sacred will become a mere 
pleasure day, as Sunday is regarded on the continent 
of Europe. Therefore they raise their voices loudly 
in behalf of SunJay sacredness as they view it. 
This adds to the agitation of the subject. 
· 
During the last forty years a body of people has 
arisen in many parts of the world who believe in the 
sacred obligation of the seventh-day Sabbath. These 
are advocating it by public speakers, missionary 
workers, and many other agencies; talking with the 
people, giving their reasons for observing it, claiming 
for God's original Sabbath the same sacredness it 
had ever had, though it lay trampled under feet by 
the great apostate power which has thought to 
change it. They have used millions of dollars in 
the aggregate in creating agencies and sustaining 
them in bringing this important institution before 
the public mind. 
In carrying forward this work, they are publishing 
many periodicals, books, pam ph lets, and tracts in all 
the leading languages of Christenclom, and strenuous 
and persistent efforts are being made to circulate 
them in all directions. Tract and Missionary Soci-
eties are organized in many States and countries, to 
scatter tltese publications. In the leading commer-
cial cities of the world, ship missionaries are placing 
them on a large numbet· of ships and steamers going 
to every part of the globe. It would be strange in-
deed if these efforts had no effect. The result is seen 
in all directions. The public prints both secular and 
religious often have in them refere11ces to the Sab-
bath question. Those papers which have a question 
department often have in them questions and an-
swers upon this subject. Much is being said about 
it everywhere. 
A respected brother connected with one of the city 
mission:; in one of our metropolitan cities, informed 
the writer that in a dozen successive i:;sues of one of 
the leading dailies there were some nine or ten which 
had articles bearing on the Sabbath question. In 
another instance the editor of one of the leading re-
ligious journals, when personally solicited to answer 
in his journal some leading questions' concerning the 
Sabbath, said he could not open the columns of his 
paper to this subject, giving as a reason that every 
week a score of such questions come in to be an-
swered. These straws show which way the wind is 
blowing, and how great is the interest upon this 
subject. 
These efforts of Sabbatarians to uphold the claims 
of the ancient Sabbath of the Bible, necessarily 
disturb the adherents of Sunday keeping, as the 
Sunday institution is shown up in its true light 
as devoid of all Bible authority. The effect is two-
fold at least upon first-day. observers. The reasons 
for keeping the seventh day, lead the more candid 
and those who are seeking for light and truth to be-
come unsettled, aud they question the grounds of 
first-day observance, and many change their practice. 
The effect upon those who make no profession of re-
ligion, is to make them lose what little respect they 
had for Sunday. 
While with many others who are thick and thin 
supporters of Sunday, the effect is opposite. They 
are stirred up and enraged because Sunday author-
ity is questioned. Th.e stronger the arguments used 
against it the more bitter such become in their feel-
ings, and the more they are determined to sustain 
tlieir pet institution. So the greater the agitation 
in behalf of the ancient Sabbath, the more ener-
getic the supporters of" Sunday become. Already 
a atrong party is formed who are exerting them-
selves to the utmost to create a public sentiment the sun, as a weekly holiday in honor of sun worship, 
wfficient to enforce the observance of the day by can be traced back into the remotest ages of antiq-
the pains and penalties of the law of the land. This uity. This very fact should forever stamp it as a rival 
appeal to the secular power is always the last step to the ancient Sabbath. It was set up in honor of 
taken by supporters of a crumbling, falling, man-idolatry, and its adoption by the Catholic Church 
made in,titution, when it has lost the respect of the when it observed a vast number of heathen rites, is 
people. 
What they lack in argument they propose not to be wondered at. But that the Protestant 
to make up in force. 
So it has been in the past. church, which has professed to take "the Bible and 
And it would seem that this experience is to be re-the Bible alone" as its sole authority, should adopt 
peated in our own free Government. 
this ancie1;t idolatrous memorial appropriated by 
To the careful observer it is wonderful what a the Roman church, is indeed astonishing, when not 
change has come over the public mind on this Sab-a text of Scripture could be foutJ<.l in its favor. 
bath question. The agitaLion is not confined to 
But it would seem as though the ancient Sabbath 
America but it is going ou in Great Britain, and on had been entirely supplanted by this successful 
the continent of Europe, and in Australia, and really rival, when so many centuries had passed and Prot-
throughout Christendom. Plenty of evidence can est.antism had adopted the Sunday of "Pope and 
be given to sustain these statements. 
pagan." All did seem quiet and settled, very few 
How can we account for this fact? 
After centu-voices were raised against it. Sunday had the field, 
ries of apparent quiet, where at least little stir and and the conflict seemed to be settled forever. 
But 
interest has been manifested in the subject, all at when the great Advent message was proclaimed, it 
once the agitation begins upon the question of what contained one clause which had in it a disturbing 
day is the true Sabbath for Christians to keep. 
element, "Here are they that keep the command-
The history of the ancient Sabbath of Jehovah ments of God and the faith of Jesus." Rev. 14:12. 
from the creation of the world to the present time The prophet. of God had foretold the rise of a power 
is one· of the most interesting of theological studies. which should think to change the "times and the 
For 4,000 years it was always recognized as the only law." Dan. 7 :25, Revised Version. 
These were 
Sabbath day. History is perfectly clear in recording given into his hands for "a time and times and the 
its conLinued observance for several hundred years· dividing of time;" i. e., 1260 prophetic days, o~ 
after Christ. Gradually, however, another day be-years. 11his time covers the supremacy of the Pa-
gan to assume a certain degree of prominence among pacy. This language implies a change. 
When the 
Christians. First it received a sort of voluntary eon-last message is proclaimed God's commandments are 
secration as not a hint can be found in the Script-again prodaimed in their purity. When lo! the 
ures requiring any such consecration, then a custom agitation commences and extends by land and by 
was established in its favor as a mere festival day. sea, and never has there been-seen such an agitation 
Then some 200 ye-ars after the birth of Christ, the of the Sabbath question as we are now entering 
Roman Catholic Church began to bestow upon it upon. 
special favors, calling it the Lord's day and making 
Dear reader, this agitation is but ·rairly com-
it a joyful festival, while at the same time the an-,meucing. It will stir the world more and more. It 
cient Sabbath was turned into a fast day. After a will.reach to every land and every clime. There-
little a heathen emperor made a law that the towns-Iigious bodies cannot stop it. The secular powers 
people should rest on "the venerable day of the sun," with their pains and penalties cannot squelch it. 
while farmers might still work upon it. This was It is going in all directions through the land. The 
the first law ever made in behalf of this day. Then nations must and will hear it. God's ancient Sab-
the Oatlwlic Church, taking advantage of the exist-bath will have such a consideration as it has not 
ence of this heathen law, exalted it still higher. recl'ived for ages. Hoary fables will be exploded. 
Finally the Catholic council of Laodicea, A. D. 364, Man's inventions in behalf of Sunday sacredness will 
pronounces a curse upon all who should keep the be exposed. God has reserved this grand, ancient 
ancient Sabbath. The new day is still further ad-memorial, the Sabbath of the Bible, as the last great 
vanced and all labor upon it finally forbidden, truth with which Christendom will be tested. That 
and pains and penalties are inflicted tipon those Sabbath which patriarchs, prophets, the church for 
who will not kerp it. Bogus miracles are invented 4,000years, Christ, and the apostles kept as the Sab-
to add to its sacredness. It was never called the · b~th of the Lord, and which will be kept in the new 
Sabbath however till more than a thousand years heavens and new earth (Isa. 66 : 23), will be kept ~y 
after Christ. Every effort of the Roman Catholic' the true church when our Lord and Saviour shall 
Church was put forth to bolster up and add to the return. 
G. I. B. 
sacredness of the new day till the time of the Refor-
mation. 
SAID Chrisl": "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, 
The Reformers at first treated it like other festival because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel 
days of the church and did not regard it as any more to the poor.'' Luke 4 :18. Here is a direct state-
sacred than Easter or Christmas. But in 1595 Rev. ment and proof. No one should fail to. see the force 
Nicholas Bound invented the modern .seventh-part-of the word "because." The fact that Jesus was 
of-time theory, si nee which the new day has under-commissioned to preach the gospel to the poor, was 
taken to hide under the sacred folds of the fourth an evidence that the Spirit of the Lord was upon 
commandment. For more than twelve hundred years him. To the same effect, when John sent, inquiring, 
after Christ not an instance can be found in history "Art thou he that should come?" he gave as one 
where such a claim was ever made, that the new day evidence of his eli vinity the fact that, •• the poor 
could be enforced by that commandment, and very have the gospel preached to them." While this is 
few instances indeed till after Dr. Bound made this not the sole evidence, it is an important one; and 
great discovery. Since that time this is the popular while many teachers of false religion may pay great 
claim. 
attention to the poor, it may be accepted as a set-
What was this new day which thus invaded the tled fact that any religious teacher, even though 
sanctity of the ancient Sabbath kept for 4,500 years? his theory be true, who does not teach in such a 
All understand that it was the Sunday. .What was way that the poor and unlearned can understand 
the Sunday? It was "the wild solar holiday of all and be profited thereby, is not called of God to 
ancient times," as a high authority dignifies it. It teach. The Bible contains "the deep things of 
was the weekly memorial of s.J.n worship, the most God," but these must be unfolded to the compre-
ancient form of idolatry. The worship of Bel, Baal, hension of the simplest minds. Christ commissions 
Apollo, and many other gods of ancient times was his teachers to feed his sheep; and sheep, as well as 
really homage of the sun. Sunday, i. e., the day of -lambs, must be fed from a low rack. 
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THE SIGNS OF T-HE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
Progress of tile Work in Scandinavia. 
AT the close of the annual Conference in 
Sweden, Elders Matteson, and 0 . .A. Olsen went 
to Denmark, and attended the annual Confer-
ence, which was held this year in Jerslev, a. 
small town in the northern part of J uti and. 
This meeting, which continued five days, wae 
well attended. At the bul'!inel'\!11 meetinge, there 
were eight cburches represented by fourteen del-
egates. ln these eigut churches there ie a mem-
bership of 177 persons, and be~ides these there 
are 116 Sabbath-keepers in Denmark. 
Beeidee 
. .Elder. K. Brorsen, who Jabore continuously, 
there are four other preachcre who labor for the 
Conference part of the year, but epend the sum-
mer months working their farme, from which 
they receive most of their support. About $450 
bad been paid into the Conference treasury dur-
ing the year, which is quite a sum for the hand-
ful of poor brethren, and which enabled them 
to pay all their laborers according to their ex-
pectations. 
The brethren of the Danish Conference were 
pleased with the steps that had been taken at 
Orebro, Sweden, in the organization of a Scan-
dinr~vian Tract and Missionary Society, and Sab-
. bath-school Association, and voted to join the 
organization. 
Elder 0. A. Olsen was chosen 
president of the Conference for the coming year, 
with .Elder J. G. Matteson, and 0. C. Haneen as 
exeeuLive committee. 
Five persone were bap-
tized at this meeting. 
At the close of the Conference in Sweden, we 
went to Christiania, where we fo11nd Brother 
and Sister Clausen and Brother Lorentz, who 
had latelv come from America to assist in the 
Scandinn.~·ian publishing work. July 6, Elders 
Matteson and Olsen returned from Denmark, 
and several days were spent in con~ultation 
about the translation and publishing of our lead-
ing denominational books in tbe Danish and 
Swedish languages, and in planning for the fut-
ure management of the publishing work. Un-
til about two years ago Elder Matteson had had 
the entire care of the publishing work in Scan-
dinavia, whi.cb, as it increased, absorbed nearly 
all of his time. When Elder Oyen came, he took 
charge of the publishing work, thus enabling 
Elder Matteson to preach the message in other 
places. A good-sized active church in the cap-
ital city of Sweden, and another in the capital 
of Dcnmal'lc, show the wisdom of this move. 
But since Elder 0. A. Olsen has also been sent 
to labor in Scandinavia, Elder Oyen is much 
needed in America. 
He will return to the next 
Ge11eral Conference. And it is hoped that our 
brethren lnteiy come from America will take 
hold of the pnblisbing work in sue"!~. a way as to 
still leave Elder 1\i.nttcEion free to labor in the 
principal cities of Scandinavia. 
The new mission printing-office and meeting-
house which was in progress of erection when 
we were in Christiania last October has been 
completed. It is a fine-looking brick building 
46x69 feet in size, witb two stories and base-
ment. 
rrhe uppe-r story is used as a meeting 
room. It is a fine room 22 feet high, well 
lighted and ventilated, and neatly furnished. 
vVith the gallery it will seat nenrly 500 per-
sons. 
The first floor and basement of the build-
ing are devoted to the publislting work. 
On 
the first floor we find the office, sales-room, 
composing-room and bindery. In the base-
ment are located the press-room, stereotype 
foundery, and the engine and boiler room. The 
whole building is heated by steam. 
The pres!'!-
room is furnished with two cylinder pres8e!ll, 
and a peerless job press. At present there are 
over twenty persons employed. 
The cost of the 
building alone is abont $10,000. 
The cost ofthe 
building, fixtul'es, heating apparatus, engine, 
and machinery is something more than $1B,OOO. 
There iA a great work before this office. 
The 
Scandinavians are a religioul!'l people and reli-
gious books find a ready sale among them. If 
our books are printed in pleasing form and can 
still be offered at moderate prices, they will 
meet a ready sale. So successful have been the 
agents who have been selling the new illustrated 
edition of the" I;ife of Ohril!'lt" in both Danish 
and Swedish, that our brethren telegraphed 
to Battle Creek to have a set of plates of each 
of these bookl'! immediately made and shipped 
to Christiania so that they could be priuted 
therE1 and the agents could be furnished with 
any quantity without delay. 
While we were in Christiania it wae decided 
that the new 40x60 foot tent which had just 
arrived from England should be pitched in Moss, 
and that some of the laborers from each of the 
three Scandinavian coun Lries should join Breth-
ren 0. A. and E. G. Olsen in the work at this 
place. In these European countries where we 
have no colleges and no city missions where 
young men may rece.ive a special training for 
the work, it is necessary that those of less 
experience should be so associated with thoRe 
who have a broad experienc;e that they ma.y 
be thoroughly taught how to labor in con-
nection with these tent meetings. 
A regular 
course of daily inRtruction will be carried on, 
each one of the you11ger laborers studying part 
of the day, nnd engaging part of the day in 
missionary work. 
From Christiania we went to Copenhagen, 
where a nine days' meeting had been appointed 
for the benept of the Copenhngen church, and 
for the instrnction of some who were preparing 
to engage in the colporter work. 
This church 
which numbered only about sixteen members 
last October has been enlarged by the addition of 
twenty, among whom are those having talents 
which may be made useful in the \u2022vork. 
Here, 
as at Orebro, mothe~· spoke to the people about 
half fin hour every morning, giving practical 
instruction as to the Christian's duty and priv-
ileges. These talks were usually followed by 
a social meeting. 
Elders Matteson, Olsen, and 
Oyen, occupied the remainder of the day with 
Bible-readings, and i11strnction to colporters, 
and in the evening there were given sermons 
for the benefit of those who had not accepted 
the truth. The interest to hear was good, and 
Elder Matteson remained at the urgent re-
quest of the people to continue the meetings. 
The brethren of Copenhagen, seconded by some 
of the lending brethren from other palLs of 
Denmnrk, passed a resolution requesting .Elder 
E. G. Olsen to move his family to Copenhagen, 
and make Denmark his field of labor. 
Of' the tent meeting in Moss, Eldet· 0. A. Ol-
sen writes: "We pitched our tent at Moss 011 
the tenth of August and commenced meetings 
the evening of the twelfth. It rained both days 
which made it very unpleasant. 
Onr tent was 
qnite a cnriosiLy. 
We could not make it very 
attractive in the rain, but we were happily Rnr-
prised to see the tent quite well filled t.he first 
evening. 
It was estimated tbat some over 
four hundred were present. 
My brother Ed-
ward spoke, and the congregation listened 
with the closest attention. After the meeting 
was closed many came up to us, and bade us 
welcome, and desired that the blessin~ of God 
mirrbt follow our labors. 
from Copenhagen; two sisters from Christiania; 
my brother with his family, and myself. 
vVe 
have rooms almost opposite our tent, so we cn.n 
sit in the window and see all about the tent. 
I expect our company will be larger after 
awhile." 
Letters from Christiania state that the work 
on " rrhoughts on Dnniel and the B.evelation " 
in Danish, is }Jl·ogre".sing finely. More than 
half of the book is !!let, and stereotype matrices 
sent to Battle Creek. It is hoped that the 
American edition will be completed before the 
next General Conference. 
W. C. WHITE. 
<lt ,a tn tn e n t a r Jl • 
NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON. 
J csus Betrayed. 
(October 3.-John 18: 1-14.) 
THE Redeemer, in company with his disciples, 
slowly madl3 his way to tbe garden of Getbsem-
ane. The passo,·er moon, road and fnll, shone 
ti·om a cloudless sky. The city of pilgrims' tents 
was hushed into silence. 
Upon entering the garden he said to his com-
panions, "Sit ye here, while I go and pray yon-
der." Selecting Peter, James, and John to ac-
company him, he proceeded farther into the 
recesses of the garden. He bad been accus-
tomed to bra<.:~ his_ spirit for trial anc1 duty by 
fervent prayer m this retreat, and had frequently 
spent the entire night thus. 
On these occaRions 
his disciples, ~fter a little senson of watching 
and prayer, would sleep undisturbed at a littie 
di~tance from their Master until he awoke them 
in the morning to go forth and labor anew. 
So 
this act of Jesus called forth no remnrk fi·om 
his companions. ------
He went a t<bort distance from his di:::ciples-
not so far but that they could both see and hear 
nim-and fell prostrate with hi~ face upon the 
cold ground. He was overpowered by a terri-
ble fear that God was removing his presence 
from him. 
H~ felt bimRelf being separated 
ft·om his Father by a gulf of f\in, so broad, so 
bltwk and deep that his spirit shuddered before 
it. 
He clung convnl~ively to the cold, unfeel-
iHg ground as if to prevent himself from being 
drawn still farther from God. Tho cllilliiw dews 
of night fell upon his prostrate form, b~1t the 
Hedeemer heeded it not. From bis pale, con-
vulsed lips wniled the bitter cry, "0 my Father, 
if it be possible, let this cnp pass from me; nev-
erthclcRs not as I will, but as thou wilt." 
Three times he uttered that prayer. 
Three 
timeR bnmnnity shrunk from Lhe last crownino-
sacrifice. 
But now the history ot' the h n ma~. 
race comes up before the world's Redec~mor. 
He Bees that tho transgressors of the law, if left 
to themselves, mnst perish under the Fathe1·'s 
displeasure. 
He sees the power. of sin, and Lhe 
utter helples~mess of man to save himself. 
The 
woes and lamentations of a doomed world arise 
before him. 
He beholds its impending fate, 
and his decision is made. 
He will save man at 
any cost to hi mRelf. 
He accepts hi~ baptism of 
blood, that perishing millions through him may 
gni11 eve.rlnsting life. 
He left tbe courts ~f 
Heaven, where all was purity, happiness, and 
glory, to save the one lost sheep, the one world 
tbat h~td fallen by transgression, and he will 
not turn from the mission he has chosen. He 
will. reach to the very depths of misery to res-
cue a lost and ruined race. 
''On Sunday at 10 A. M. we had a .Bible-read-
ing. 
We thought we would not appoint 
preaching at that hour as that was the time 
for preaching at the other churches. About 
sixty persons attended the Bible-rending; many 
of tham had brought their Bibles, and all 
were free to take part. 
They seemed to enjoy 
it much. At 3 P. M. I spoke to a congregation 
of two htmd1·ed on the !llnbject of prophecy. 
The beRt of attention was given. 
Having made the decision :;tnd reached the 
"Our tent company is composed of Brethren final crisis, be fell in a dying condition to the 
J ohnRon an_d Anders?n. fr~m S":eden; Brother .
1 
earth from w?ich _he_had partially risen. Where 
Jacobson from Chr1stiama; S1ster Malstrom now were h1s disciples, to place their hands 
SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
THE BIG NS OF THE TIMES. 
[ll] 587. 
tenderly beneath the head of their fainting 
Master, and bathe that brow, marred indeed 
more tban the sons of men? The Saviour trod 
the wine-press alone, and of all the people there 
was none with him. 
Thongh tbe disciples bad 
failed to sympathize with their Lord in the try-
ing hour of his conflict, ftll Heaven was full of 
Rympathy and waiting the result with pnioful 
i11terest. 
When it was finally determined, an 
angel was sent from tho throne of God to min-
ister unto the stricken Redeemer. 
The disciples were sudden!y aronsed from 
their slumber by a bright light shining upon 
and around_ the Son of God. 
They started up 
in amazement, and beheld a heavenly being, 
clothed in garment~'! of light, bending over their 
prostrate Master. 
With his right band he lilted 
the bead of the divine sufferer upon his bosom, 
and with his left he pointed toward Heaven. 
His voice was like the sweetest muf:<ic, as be 
uttered soothing words presenting to the mind 
of Christ the grand results of the victory be had 
gained over the strong and wily foe. 
Christ 
was victor over Satan; and, as the rcsul t of his 
triumph, millions were to be victors with him 
in his glorified kingdom. 
Well was it for the children of men that the 
angel's errand was not to notify the Saviour 
that his thriee-repeated prayer, Let this cup 
pass from me, had been granted. Then indeed, 
might the disciples have slept on, locked in t.he 
slumber of hopeless despair. But the nngel 
was sent from Hl!nven to support the Redeemer 
in drinking the cup that was presented him. 
The language of his prayer was now changed; 
in the spirit of submission he prayed: "If this 
cup may not pass away fr9m me, except I dri11k 
it, thy will be done." 
A heave1dy serenity now 
resLed upon the Saviour's pale and blood-stained 
face. 
The Saviour of the world arose and songht 
his disciples, and, for the tbit·d time, fonnd them 
fast aRleep. 
He looked sorrowfully upon them. 
His words, however, aroused them: "Sleep 
on now, and take your rest; behold, tl1e hou1· 
is at band, and the Son of man is betrayed into 
the hands of sinners." 
Even while these words were upon his lips, 
the footsteps of the mob that was in search of 
him were heard. Judas took the lead and was 
closely followed by the high priest. 
Jesus 
turned to hie disciples, as his enemies ap-
proached, and said, "Rise; let us be going; be-
hold, he is at band that doth beti·ay me." 
The 
countenance of the Saviour wore au expression 
of calm dignity; no traces of his recent agony 
"" ..... e visible as he stepped forth to meet his 
betrayer. 
He stood in advance of his disciples, and in-
quired, "Whom seek ye?" They answered, 
"Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus replied, "I am 
be." 
As these words were uttered, the mob 
staggered back; and the priests, elders: soldiers, 
and even Judas, dropped powerleRs to the 
ground. 
This gave Josus ample opportunity 
to escape from them if be had chosen to do so. 
But be stood as one glorified amid that coarse 
and hardened band. 
When Jesus answered, 
"I am he," the angel who had lately minis-
tered unto him moved between him and the 
murderous mob, who saw a divine light illumi-
nating the Saviol1l·'s face, and a dove like form 
overshadowing him. Their wicked hearts were 
filled with terror. They could not for a mo-
ment stand upon their feet in the presence of 
this divine glory, and they fell as dead men to 
the ground. 
'fbe angel withdrew: the light faded away: 
Jesus was left standing, calm and self-possessed, 
with the bright beams of the moon upon his 
pr~le face, and still surrounded by prat.ltrate, 
helpless men, while the disciples were too much 
amazed to utter a word. 
When the angel de-
parted, the Roman soldiers started to their feet, 
and withthe priests and Juda.s, gathered abont 
Christ as though ashamed of their weakness, 
and fearful thnt he would yet escape from their 
bands. Again tho question was asked by the 
Redeemer, "\.Vhom seck ye?" 
Again they 
answered," Jesus of Nazareth." The Saviour 
then said, "I have told you that I am be. If 
therefore, ye seeh:: me, let these go their way" 
-pointing to the disciples. In this hour of 
humiliation Christ's thoughts were not for him-
self, but for his beloved disciples. 
He wished 
to save them from any farther trial of their 
strength. 
J udns, the betrayer, did not forget his pnrt, 
but C'nme close to Jesus, and took his hand as a 
fnmiliar friend, and bestowed upon him the 
traitor's kiss. 
Jesus said to him, "Friend, 
wherefore art thou come?" His voice trem-
bled with sorrow as be addressed the deluded 
Jndns: "Betrayest thou the Son of man with 
a kiss?" This most touching appeal sbonld. 
have roused the conscience of the betrayer, 
and touched his stubborn heart; Gut honor, fi-
delity, and human tenderness had utterly for-
saken him. 
He stood bold and defiant, showing 
no disposition to relent. 
He hnd given himself 
up to the control of Satan: and he had no power 
to resist him. 
Jesus did not rejcut the traitor's 
kiss. 
ln this he gives us an example of forbear-
ance, love, and pity, that is witbou t a parallel. 
Though the murderous throng were surprised 
and awed by what they bad seen and felt, their 
nssurance and hardihood returned as they saw 
the boldness of Jndas in touehing the per;on of 
Him whom they had so recently seen glorified. 
They now laid violent bands upon Jesus, and 
proceeded to b~nti those precious bands that had 
ever been employed in doing good. 
Whe? the disciples saw that bnnd of strong 
men lymg prostrate and helpless on the ground 
they thought surely theit· Master would not suf-
fer himself to be taken; for the same power 
tbnt prost1·ated that hireling mob collld cause 
them to remain in a state of helplessness until 
Jesus and his companions should pass unha1·med 
beyond their reach. 
They were disappointed 
and indignant as they saw the cords brought 
forward t.o bind the hand~ of Him whom they 
loved. 
Peter in· his vehement anger rashly cut 
off, with his sword, an ear of the servant of the 
high priest. 
When Jesus saw what Peter had done, here-
leased his bands, though held firmly by the Ro-
man soldiers, and saying, "Suffer ye thus far," 
be touched the wounded ear, and it was instantly 
made who!~. He then said to Peter, "Put up 
again thy sword into his place; for all they tbat 
take the sword shall perish with the sword. 
Tbinke~t thou that I cannot now pray to my 
Father, and he shall presently give r.nB more 
than twelve legions of angels? But bow then 
shall the Scl'iptures be fulfilled, that thus it must 
be 't" "The cup which my l?ather hath given 
me, shall I not drink it?" Jesus then turned 
to the chief priest, ana captainf:l of the temple, 
who helped compose that murderous throng, 
"and said, are ye come out as against a thief 
with swords and with staves to take me? I 
was daily with you in the temple teaching, and 
ye took me not; but the Scriptures must be ful-
filled." 
When the disciples saw that Jesus did not 
deliver himself fl'om his enemies, but permitted 
himself to be taken and bound, they were of-
fended that he should suffer this humiliation to 
himself and them. They had just witn~ssed an 
exhibition of his power in prostra1.ing to the 
gt·otmd those who came to take bim, and in heal-
ing the servant's ear, which Peter bad cut off, 
and they knew that if be chose he could deliver 
himself from the murderom; mob. 
Tbev blamed 
him for not doing so, and mortified and terror-
~tricken by his unaccountable conduct they for-
sook him and fled. 
Christ had foreseen this 
desertion, and in the upper chambet· bad fore-
warned them of the course which tbev would 
take at this tjme, saying, "Behold, t'6e hour 
cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scat-
tered every man to his own, and shall leave me 
alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Fa-
ther is with me." 
Judas was himself surprised that Jesm:; should 
ueliver himself into the h:wds of those who 
Rought to destroy him. 
He had frequently 
k110Wn the Saviour's enemies to lay plans to 
tnke him, but Jesus would quietly depart and 
defeat their murderous designs. Now the be-
trayer saw with astonishment that his .M:aster 
suffered h imRolf to be bound and led away. 
The 
false disuiple flattered himself, however, that 
Jesm:, had only permitted himself to be taken 
t.hnt. he might manifest his power by delivering 
h im"'elf from his enemies in a miraculous manner. 
He knew that nothing else could free him from 
tbn.t. armed band. 
For three years the Jew~ 
bad been secretly planning to take him, and 
now that they had accomplished this they would 
not let him escape death, if they could prevent it. 
Jesus \Vas b urried off by the hooting mob. 
He moved painfully, for his hands were tigbtly 
bound and be was closely guarded. He wae 
first conducted to the bouse of Annas, the fa-
ther-in-law of the high priest, the man whose 
counsel was sought and carried out by the J 0W-
ish people as the voice of God: 
Annas craved 
tire feal'f'ul satisfaction of firRt seeing· .ToRus of 
Nnzareth a bound captive. lla,·ing onue ·been 
shown to Annas, he was hurried away; for the 
priests and rulet'H had decided that if they onue 
had poHsession of his perR.on, thet·e sbonld be no 
dehws in his trial and condemnation. 
This was 
beca'use they feared that the people, remember-
ing his acts of charity and mercy amOilf! them, 
wonld rescue him out of their bands.-Jlfrs . .E. 
G. Wltite, in G'reat Gont1·oversy. 
THE PARABLES OF JESUS. 
Lesson 2.-The Wheat and the '!'ares and 
other Parables. 
(Sabbath, October 9.) 
1. To WHAT did our Jjord liken the kingdom 
of Heaven in )1att. 13 : 24? 
"Another parable pnt he forth unto them, 
saying, The ki11gdom of heaven is likened unto 
a man which sowed good seed• in his field." 
Matt. 13 : 24. 
2. What took place while men slept? 
"But while men slept, his enemy came and 
sowed tares among the wheat, and went his 
way." 
Verse 25. 
3. What was observed when the blade had 
sprung up and brought forth fruit? 
. "But when the blade was sprung up, and 
brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares 
also." 
V erf:le 26. 
4. What did the servants of the householder 
say to him'? 
"So the servants of the householder came 
and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow go·od 
seed in thy field? from whence then hath it 
tares ? " 
Verse 27. 
5. How did be answer them? 
"He, said unto them, An enemy hath done 
this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou 
then that we go and gather them up?" 
Verse 
28. 
6. "What inquiry did the servants then make? 
Same verse. 
7. Why did the master object to having the 
tares plucked out from among the wheat? 
(Concluded on page 590.) 
588 [l2) 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
~ht ~nmt ~ircit. 
BE JUST AND Ii'EAR NOT. 
SPEAK thou the truth. Let others fence 
And trim their words for pay; 
In pleasant sunshine of pretense 
Let others bask their day. 
Guard thou the fact. 
Tho' clouds of night 
Down on thy watch-tower stoop; 
Tho' thou shouldst see thine heart's delight, 
Borne from thee by their swoop! 
Be true to every inmost thought; 
And as thy thought, thy speech, 
What thou hast not by suffering bought, 
Presume not thou to teach. 
Hold on, hold on! Thou hast the rock, 
Thy foes are on the sand; 
The first world-tempest's ruthless shock 
Scatters their shifting strand; 
While each wild gust the mist shall clear, 
We now see darkly through, 
And justified at last appear 
The true, in Him that's true. 
-Dean Alford. 
Bible Scenes in a Land without the Bible. 
ONE need not brave the dangers and discom-
forts of a sea voyage, and of tent-life among the 
Arabs, in order to visit a land where mnny 
things are done almost as they were done in the 
time of Christ. 
In this Mexican ciLy of Chihna-
hua, and in the surrounding fields, are many 
novel sights which seem to belong to Egypt 
and Palestine. 
A prominent feature of our city is the princi-
pal fountain to which, all day long, come the 
poor people with pitchers and jars to carry the 
precious water to their homes, and to the better 
houses of those who can afford to pay for hav-
ing it brought. (Rev. 21 : 6.) 
~rhe women, 
and even little girls, after filling their earthen 
jars, will deftly lift the heavy burden to the 
waist, then to the shoulder, and often to the 
head, and walk away under it with wonderful 
steadiness and grace. 
(Gen. 24: 46.) 
The 
water for the mission house, distant a block and 
a half, is carried in a Hmall barrel slung on a 
pole between two men, who keep step in a kind 
of slow trot, and receive three cents apiece for 
each trip. 
While there are ~rand houses for the wealthy 
classes, provided with fine carpets, furniture, and 
pianos, the homes of the poor generally consist 
of but one room, in which is done the cookin.g, 
eating, sleeping, and work of an entire family. 
'l'he floor is the beaten earth; the walls are 
built of mud bricks, mixed with straw and dried 
in the sun (Ex. 5 : 7), and the roof is flat, made 
also of mud supported on rafters. Window there 
is none, the light and air having to pass through 
the open door. There is no stove, and some-
times no table, chair, 110r bedstead. The people 
squat on the ground, or use low stools. 
The 
bed may consist of ari oxhide or a piece of mat-
ting, lying upon which the Mexican wraps him-
. self in the blanket which bas been worn during 
the day in place of coat or shawl. 
In tlte fire-
place is cooked the simple meal, consisting of 
a thick soup of vegetables and meat, and per-
haps some to1·tillas: or griddle-cakes. These 
are made of boiled and hulled Indian corn, 
which is ground by women between two stones 
(Isa. 47: 1, 2), mixed with W[l.ter and fried 
withont seasoning. The pale-looking cake is 
torn in pieces with the fingers, and a piece bent 
into the shape of a rude spoon is used to dip up 
some of the pottage (John 13 : 26), both spoon 
and contents being passed into the mouth. 
Firewood is too precious to be used for beating 
a room, and the cooking for the day is often 
done with two small .sticks, costing about a cent 
apiece. 
(1 Kings 47 : 12.) 
In the countrv sometimes we find little round 
ovens, like a hemisphere, built outside the hut. 
ranging from sixteen to thirty-five dollars. It 
is very wonderful to this people that they can 
buy of the missionary a copy of the Psalms or 
a gospel for five cents, a Testament for fifteen, 
and a whole Bible for thirty-five cents. Not 
half of the men and women know how to read, 
but the children are learning, and many of the 
old and young together are finding great joy 
in studying and committing to memory the 
words of the Book.-Rev. J.D . .Eaton, in Mis-
sionary He'rald. 
A Gern1an Pastoral Scene. 
SEPTEMBER 23, 1886. 
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
(lS] 589 
bent, and calloused. 
They clump alon<Y in 
wooden clogs, are stunted in size sallow>:> and 
wrinkled in face, awkward in m;vement and 
' 
are not very prepossessing in appearance any-
bow. 
They may be good. 
I think they are. 
But they are not gracefuL-Rev. J. K. M~Lean, 
in Oalcland 1',ribune. 
The Mummy of a King. 
~ealtlt antl 
~~tnp~ranct. 
Hereditary Diseases. 
I~ is not difficult for well people to injure 
~he1r he~lt~. Many well people could be sick 
I~ they did JUSt as the sick people do; and many 
swk people would recover if they would do 
THE Paris correspondent of Science writes:-what well people do. 
Persons inherit from 
"A. very interesting meeting was recently t~eir parents various types of weakness and 
held at the Academy of Inscriptions. Some disease, and they often also inherit ~:~tubborn­
days after I sent my last letter it was rumored ness, indifference, self-sufficiency, and unteacha-
that M. Maspero, the very modest and able di-bleness;. and that by doing the same things 
1:ector of the Boulaq Museum of Cairo, had ~hat thmr parents did, refusing counsel, despiR-
found some very antiquated and interesting mg reproof, and sticking to old ways, they Ewf-
mummies. 
T~ese were found, as he wrote to ~er the sar~e di"eases which tbey suffered. A 
the acade~y, 1~ a cachette of De1r el Bahari, little hered~tary comrnon sensP-and a willingness 
not at all m the1r tombs; they had been bidden to. be instructed and directed, ·would do away 
to prevent violation. 
The mummies were un-w1th many of the hereditary diseases of the 
do11e in presence of N ubar-Pacha, Sir Drum-present day. 
Persons make themselves sick 
mond "\Volff, and the Khedive. 
by gluttony, imprudence, and by bad methodH 
"~t wa.s t~en easily ascertained, by means of of ~ating, drinking, and dressing; and after 
the mscnpt10ns on the cloths surrounding the havmg a:ffiicted themselves with innumerable 
mummies, that one of them was the body of P~~ins and miseries, seem to solace themselves 
Ra~eses lL 
'rhis is certai111y a very inter-. :-v1th the thou . .ght that their parents suffered 
est~ng fact; and it is easily believed that to as-JUSt as they d1d, and that their infirmities are 
sist at the unveiling of the corpse of tt great. "heredita~-y" and therefore u~avoidable. 
co~queror,sucbasRameses,whodiedfortycent-
?-'he .children of consumptive parents are 
urws ago, causes an emotion of a ra1:e and qmte likely to have consumption, provided 
novel nature. 
A photograph of the mummy the~ do just as their consumptive parents did, 
was produced at the meetina of the academy but If they have sense enough to take counsel 
and cr~ated quite a sensation~ Although forty from o~ber par~nts. who are not consumptive, 
centuries have passed over this dead bodv the they w1ll be qmte likely to escape the scourge. 
face is in an excellent state of preserv~ation. And if persons, instead of sitting do1vn con-
The expressi?n is tha~ of a man of high blood, 
t~nted unde~· thei.r miseri~s and saying,." This 
grave, and full of w1ll. 
The bead is rather d1sease was m hen ted, as It was always m my 
~mall, the hair white and rather thin especially family," would sit down and think," What did 
m front. 'fhe jaw is very stron<Y· there are no my father and mother do to bring this dis0ase 
teeth in the mouth. The hand~.., ~re very ele-upon themselves and me?" and having found 
gant, and are yet reddened by the henne which tbe. anser to. this question, would learn to 
was used for the body's last toilet. 
avOid these ev1ls and errors, we should hear 
"Two other corpses have been found. 
One much less about bet·editary diseases, and many 
was in the sarcophagus containing the remains people who. are grop.ing thei.r way .along the 
of Rameses ~I. 
~be body was not as well pre-paths of pam and mi~er:y: wbiC!:l their p~rents 
served. It 1s beheved to be one of the sisters trod, would turn thmr faces toward hte and 
or daughters of Rameses. 
The other corpse is h~alth, and conclude to liv~ their own li.ves as 
that of Rameses III. The face is that of an in-vnsely and as well as poss1ble. and avotd the 
telligent and refined man, but. the expression heredita;ry miseries which vexed their parents 
of pow.er and will ·is less pronounced~ The and wbw~J vex other people who do as their 
month Is very large, and the teeth are all in parents dtd.-Safegua'rd. 
good order. 
M:. Maspero intends to have these 
royal ~orpses renovated and set in good order; 
they will then be exposed in the Boulaq Museum, 
where everybody can look and wonder." 
Grandeur of an Alaskan Forest. 
A Physician's Verdict on Tobacco. 
FEw, even of inveterate adult smokers, will 
commend the weed to young men. 
However 
inuch they may justify the use of tobacco in 
tGeir own cases, they are yet clear-headed 
IN an undiscovered country-so it seemed to enough and reasonable enough not to encour-
us-we came to a smooth and sandy strip of age boys to form a habit which they know to 
shore. and landed ~afely: But a few paces from be expensive, useless, and disagreeable to many, 
the hghtly brealnng ripples was the forest-
while it proves positively injul'ious to brain and 
and. such a fo~·est ! There were huge trees, health. 
Dr. Pope, a professor of hygiene, and 
looking centur1es old, swathed in thick blank-lecturer on the special staff of the Health 
ets of moss, and the very moss gray with age. Society, London, lifts an energetic warning 
Impenetrable depths of shadow overhead im-voice against allowing boys to use tobnceo at 
penetrable depths of litter under foot. 'Log all. He desuribes the oil which is distilled from 
ha;d fallen upon log crosswise and at every con-the tohacco in smoking as of "an acid and 
ce1vable angle. 
Out of the fruitful dust of most poisonous nature, prod11cing a sensation of 
these deposed monarchs of the forest sprang a bur11ing in the mouth, and paralyzing particu-
numerous progeny-lusty claimants, every one larly the spinal cord and motor nerves, while 
of ~hem-their f~liage feathery and of the most the nicotine-another oil, but volatile-affects 
de!ICate gre~n, beiug fed only by tbe thm sun-more directly the heart through the brain 
sbwe that sifts through the dense canopy, sup-itself:" 
And after telling how the use of to-
ported far aloft by the majestic columns that bacco is likely to derange in the most serious 
elustered about us. 
Under Joot the russet moss way the digestive organs, he adds:-
was of a~tonishing depth and softness, but one 
"There is this undoubted fact also-nothing 
walks With care upon it, for the foot breaks can be more pernicious for boys and growing 
through. the thick maLtin.~ ~hat basin many cases youths than the use of tobacco m any of its 
spread from log to log, h1d111g treacherous traps forms. 
'J.1bere can be no hesitation about this 
ben.ea~h. 'l'he ferns luxuriate in this sylvan matter; it points directly to physical degenera-
paradise, and many a shrub, n~w to us, bore tion, and is probably the greatest source of 
flowers that blushed unseen until we made our physical evil that the next generation will have 
unexpected and perhaps unwelcome ap;)ear-to lament. Boys, it is indeed a deadly poison 
~nce.-CI~arles War~·en Stoddard, inS. F. Chron-1 to you! It stunts your growth; it destroys 
~cle. 
1
. 
your ;stomach, which should be organizing 
/: 
" 
your food into flesh and blood; it blunts vour 
brains, which should be brilliant and 
ac~tive 
and it threatens your very manhood." 
' 
Such testimony as this from one of the high-
est medical authorities ought to be heeded by 
e:very parent and guat·dian of the young. The 
c1garette, especially, is both a nuisance and a 
curse-a nuisance to many delicate people, into 
whose unwilling nostrils the reckless urchin 
puffs its poisonous fumes, and a curse to the 
urchin himself in many ways. It is time we 
all should join in creating a public sentiment 
strong enough to stamp tbis infantile vice out 
of existence. It could not survive a week if 
grown-up people would only frown on it as it 
deserves.-Christian at Work. 
Packing the Lungs with Air. 
DEEP br-eathing and holding of the breath is 
an item of import:mce. Persons of weak vi-
tality fi~d an u.nin~errupted succession of deep 
and r.aptd reRpn·atwns so distressing that they 
a:·e discouraged from persevering in the exer-
Cise. 
J:et sueh persons take into the lungs as 
much mr as they can at a breath and hold it as 
lo~g ~ts t.hey can; they will find a grateful sense 
of relief m the whole abdominalre<Yion. 
Prac-
tice will increase the capacity of the lungs and 
the ability to hold the breath. 
After a time the art of packing the lungs 
may.be learned. This is done by taking and 
h?ldmg the long breath and then forcing more 
mr down the trachea by swallows of air. 
The 
operation may be described by that of a fish's 
mouth in water. 
To ·those who have never 
learned, it will be surprising to what an ex-
tent the lungs may be packed. Caution at first 
is needful, but later practice will warrant large 
use of the treatment. The whole thoracic and 
abdominal cavities will receive immediate ben-
efit, an.d continuance, and temperance in eating, 
~ood air and right exercise, will bring welcome 
llU,LJL'OVement.-He7·ald of Health. 
Warm Work. 
INVESTIGATION shows that the limit of tem-
perature at which men can work depends upon 
the length of their exposure, the amount of ex-
ertion they put forth, their condition, and the 
nature of the atmosphere, particularly as to its 
degrE:Jes of moisture. It is stated that men 
have been employed on rail ways at one hundred 
and four degrees; in mines, under very favor-· 
able conditious, at one hundred and twenty-five 
degrees; and are said to work occasionally in 
the stoke hole of tropical steamers at one hun-
dred and fifty-six degrees. 
Professor Dubois is reported to have esti-
mated that a temperature of one hundred and 
twenty-two degrees can be endured when the 
air is as dry as possible, bnt that even one hun-
dred and four degrees is likely to be fatal in an 
atmosphere saturated with moisture. It is also 
considered certain that men cannot become ac-
customed to stand for any considerable time a 
higher tempe1·ature than from one hundred and 
forty-five degrees to one hundred and sixty-five 
degrees, even when they keep perfectly still 
and are in quite pure air.-Sel. 
THE use of tobacco shortens life. Its direct 
tendency is to ddile, emaciate, enfeeble, and un-
dermine the whole man. Dr. Shaw specifies 
over eigb ty diseases which may be traced tAt 
this as a cause. 
German physicians, also, state 
that of the deaths in Germany of young men 
from the age of eighteen to twenty-five, more 
than half are from tobacco. 
Tobacco is a de-
ceiver. "I did not realize its power," said a. 
doctor of divinity, "till I gave it up;" and 
thousands thus emancipated have confessed its 
subtle in:fluence.-Sel. 
"LooK not thou upon the wine when it is red." 
590 [l4l 
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good into vessels, but cast the bad away." 
"But be said, Nay; lest while ye gather up Vet·ses 47, 48. 
the tareR, ye root up ah;o the wheat with them." 
Verse 29. 
8. How long were the wheat and the tares 
to be left to grow together? 
"Let both grow together until the harvest; 
and in the time of harvest I will say to the reap· 
ers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind 
them in bundles to burn them; but gather the 
wheat into my barn." 
Verse 30. 
9. ·what was to be done when the grain should 
be harvested? Same verse. 
10. \Vhat did the disciples say to Jesus when 
the multitude had been sent away, and be had 
gone into a bouse? 
''Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and 
went into the house; H.nd his disciples came unto 
him, saying, Deelare unto us the paru.ble of the 
tares of the field." 
Verse 36. 
11. According to the Saviour's explanation, 
who sows the good seed? 
"He an:::;wered and said unto them, He that 
soweth the good seed is the Son of man." 
Verse 37. 
12. What is the field? 
"The field is the world; the good seed are 
the children of the l<:iugdom; but the tares are 
the children of the wicked one." 
Verse 38. 
13. What does the good seed represent? 
14. What do the tares represent? 
15. vVho sows the bad seed? 
"The enemy that SO'vved them is the devil; 
the harvest is the end of the world; and tue 
reapers are the angels." 
Verse 39. 
16. When does the harve:::;t come'( 
17. Who are the reapers? 
18. \Vhat comparison does the Saviour make? 
"As therefore the tares are gathered and 
burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of 
this world." 
Verse 40. 
19. On what mTand will the Son of man send 
his angels when the end of the world shall come? 
"The Son of man shall send forth b is au gels, 
and they shall gaLber out of uis kin~dom all 
things that offe11d, and them which do iniquity." 
Verse 41. 
20. What shall be done with these offend··rs? 
"And shall cast them into a furnace of fil'e; 
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." 
Verse 42. 
21. What will be the condition of the right-
eous? 
"Then shall the righteous shine forth aR the 
sun in the kingdom of their 
F111 bet·. 
Who 
bath ears to bear, let him hear." 
Verse 43. 
22. What is dearly taught in tb i~ parable?-
Tlwt neithe1· the 1·ighteo·us nor· the w,cke'l 'tm:U re-
ceive thei1· nward until the end of the wodd. 
23. Repeat the pan~ble concet'ltillg the bidden 
trea~ure. 
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto 
treasure hid in a field; the which whell a mnn 
bath found, be hideLh, alld lot· joy thereof goeLh 
and selleth all that he LaLh, and buyeth that 
field." 
Verse 44. 
24. ·what lesson does thiR parable seem to 
teach ?-'l'hat the kingdom of hectven is more to 
be valued than all th1"ngs else, and that whosoever 
would obtain ·it must be witting to give all things 
jo1· it. 
25. ·what other parable teaches the same 
lesson? 
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto 
a merchanL-man, seeking ~oodly pearls; who, 
when he hn.d found one pearl of' great price, 
went and sold all he had, and bought it." Verses 
45, 46. 
26. Relate the parable of the drag net. 
"Again, the kingdom of heaveu it'; like unto 
a net, that was caRL ittlo the sea, a.nd gathered 
of every kind: vVhicL, whett it was full, they 
drew to shore, and sat dowu, and gathered the 
27. Give tho Baviour's explanation of this 
parable. 
"So it shall be at the end of the "vodd: the 
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked 
from among th<~ just, and shall cast them into 
the furnace of fi1·e: there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth." Verses 49, 50. 
SECULAR. 
-The Porte hns given notice that Turkey accepts 
Alexander's abdication. 
-.A.t Bath, Me., 550 shipbuilders have struck on 
account Qf a cut in wages .. 
-Lightning caused a $250,000 fire at Chippewa 
Falls, \Vis., on the 16th inst. 
-The deaths from cholera in Seoul, Corea, now 
average about five hundred daily. 
-Another slight shock of earthquake was felt at 
Charleston on the morning of September 15. 
-Two bakers were each fined 10 shillings and 
costs, in Loudon, recently for baking bread ou Sun-
day. 
-On the 16th inst. a terrible storm swept over 
Southeastern Michigan, doing a great deal of dam-
age to property. 
-The bark Lizzie Orot~ reached Boston from 
Matanzas, Cuba, September 12, having lost five ol 
her crew from yellow fever. 
-The Philadelphia Ledger of September 3 says 
that tltPre 
wa>~ frost in p:uts of New York aud 
Pennsyl 'ani a the day before. 
-Cholera is dying out in Yokohama, Japan, but is 
still raging in Tokio and vicinity. The total num-
ber of cases up to August 23, was 59,087; deaths 37,-
544. 
-The main shaft of the Delaware and Hudson 
Canal Company was the scene of an extensive 
cave-in on the 13th inst. Several miners lost their 
lives. 
-Fifteen thousand do11ars will be paid by the 
Government for each design which is accepted for 
the two armored vessels which it is proposed to 
build. 
-September 13 the French authorities at Havre 
seized eleven English fishing-boats for infringing 
international maritime and fisheries laws iu the 
channel. 
-The Albert bridge, spanning the Lagan River, 
at Belfast, collapsed on the 15th inst. 'fwen ty per-
sons were thrown into the river, four of whom were 
drowned. 
-A suspension bridge over the Ostrawitza River, 
in Moravia, collapsed on the 15th inst., while a 
squadron of ulans were riding across. Several li v.es 
were lost. 
-The Sultan is insisting on the withdrawal of all 
British force:-; !rom Egypt. In the demand Turkey 
is being open I y encouraged by France, and secretly 
by Russia. 
-Damage to the amount of $1,000,000 was re-
cently done in Paris and its enviro11s by a hailstorm. 
The Bois de Viucenues resembles a forest riddled by 
cannon-balls. 
-Minneapolis, Minn., is said to be turning out 
more than 25,000 barrels of flour a day, or enough 
to supply the three largest staucliug armies of Eu-
rope with bread. 
-Cholera is said to be gaining ground in Austria. 
The people disLrust the cloctors and conceal their 
sick as long as possible. The doctors are frequeutly 
stoned in the streets. 
-The Viceroy of Canton, China, has announced 
a compulsory loan of about $3,000,000 to be taken 
by wealthy persons. Many threaten resistance, but 
all will have to subscribe. 
-Twelve persons were 'killed and seven seriously 
wounded by a railroad coHision near Silver Creek, 
N. Y., on the 14th inst. The train was an excursion 
train from Asb tabula, Ohio. 
-The Labradol' fisheries are an entire failure. 
The catch tltis yt>ar will not pay the co::;t of trans-
portation and supplies. There is said to be great 
destitution among thousands of people who are de-
pendent upon the::~e fisheriei. 
-El Coyote, the noted Me-xican bandit leader, 
who for three years has been causiug tue authorities 
of tha.t couutry as much trouble as Geronimo caused 
this country, has at last. been killed. 
-One-third of the native police of Hongkong have 
been detected in takiug bribes f'rom gambliug-house 
hepers. S(> it seews that Hongkong is not so very 
far behind some of our large American cities after 
all. 
-On the 13th inst a yacht propelled by eledricity 
made a trip from Dover to Calais aud return in eight 
llours and six nliuutes actual running time. Her 
accumulators were charged only ouce for the whole 
trip. 
-On the ni!--!·ht of the 12th inst. a small cyclone 
swept down upon New York doing considerable dam-
age to telegntph poles, small sailing craft, etc. 'l'he 
same storm did some damage in Connecticut. No 
lives were lost. 
-A Lt te London dispatch st:tys: "Great excitrment 
has bren created at Clwtham by the uncxpt'CLed 
receipt of urgent orders from the Admiralty to ex-
pedite the completion of the men-of-war. 'l'hiH is 
reg .rdecl as indicating possible continental compli-
cations." 
-A. band of ab0ut 200 robbers uear Canton, China, 
a few days since, defeated a body of 500 troops sent 
to capture them, killing and wounding a large num-
ber. 
In Mexico such an occurrence would be called 
a "revPlll Lion," and the robbers would be known as 
"revolutionists." 
-Lord Randolph Churchill proposes to reform the 
English civil service. The ttbuses are said to be 
high salaries, short hours, excet>sive staffs, extrava-
gant pensions, imperfect supervision over accouuts, 
antiquated methods of business, and general incom-
petence and mismanagement. 
-Sargent Brainard, one of the six survivors of 
the late Greely expedition, proposes to return to the 
Arctic regions in 1890. The expedition will have 
f'or its sole object the exploration of Hayes's Sound, 
and bring:llg back of the original records and the 
scientific collection of specimeus abandoned by the 
Greely party at Fort Conger. 
-A pitiful story of the condition of working peo-
ple in Belgium is told by a delegate to the Iu terna-
tional Trades Union recently in sesoiou at Paris. 
He says that miners work for 38 ceo t8 a day, and 
that some of them toil 500 feet below the surface of 
the grouud for as little as 20 cents a day. Even 
these small wages are not always paid in cash, some 
of the employers paying their hand& in flour and 
other neces~aries, and trading in these supplies. 
-The gale which struck Galveston last month 
passed over the island of St. Vi.11cen t, in the \VEst 
Indies, on the 16th, laying waste the whole southern 
part of the hiland. Tl10usand" of vrduable trees 
were destroyed, particul:uly the nutmP.gs nnd the 
bread-fruit t.rees. Five churches ar1d mis::;ion-houses 
were blown down, besides three hundred houses, 
with many more seriously dH.maged. Five persons 
were killed and thirty injured. One thousand five 
hundred persons were reported destitute. 
®hituar~. 
YouNG.-Died at Orange, Los Angeles County, 
Cal., September 5, 1886, of iufl;~mmation ol tl1e bo,v-
els, my beloved mother, Eliza Young, ageu 65 years, 
9 mouths, aud 25 days. 
'l'he subject of this notice was born near Albany, 
N.Y., in 1820, and some years laLer removed with 
her parents to Chautauqua Couu ty iu that State, 
where she was converted and joined the Pxesbyteriau 
Church. 
A. little later iu lite, owing to a removul 
to Ohio, she became a member of the l.YI. E. Cit urclt, 
in whicb communion she remained more tltan tltinv-
t;wo v0ars. 
She theu etll bnl<.:ed the Sabbath th rou;h 
readlug •· Life Sketches," and in July, 1872, was b:;-p. 
tized and uuiLed with the beveuth-day Adventist 
Church at Healdsburg, Cal. 
Her faith in prest-nt truth grew brighter and 
brighter till her death; aud she often declared in 
her last sickness that she was perfectly reconciled 
to God, and was ready either to live or die, according 
to his will. ·Her life was ever Lhat of a cousistent 
Cbristian; and though at times she was a great suf-
ferer, both in her last and in previous siekness, site 
always mauifested great patience a11d resignation. 
She !eaves a husband, three sons, two dau:.::ltters-in-
la w, and nine ~rranclchildren who mouw tbeir lo:,;s. 
Funeral services were conducted iu the Presby-
teriau church, by Rev. Alexander Parker. 
'\V. R. YOUNG. 
SEP'l'EMBER 23, 1886. 
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:Sabbath-school every Sab-
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M. 
Preachiug at 11. 
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It is e:;pecially desired that the 
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Delegates should be elected in good season, accord-
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Associatiou. 
THE ninth anuual session of the California State 
Sabbath-school As:::lociation, for the election of officers 
and the transaction of other business, will he held 
in connection with the camp-meeting, at Woodland, 
October 6-19, 1886. 
Aside from the regular rou-
tine business, special instruction will be given in the 
differeut branches of S. S. work, and we hope that 
e\u00b7ery school in the Conference will be represented. 
Come prepared to take an active part, and not only 
to get good but to do good. 
Advance steps ought to 
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may be devised which will make this branch of the 
work much more efficient and orofitable. 
If you are in doubt or perplexity in reg'trd to any 
point in the lessons or iu the man<tgerneut of your 
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Special lessons have' L•een prepared for those study-
ing boob Nos. 1 to 7, and they w·ill be giyen out 
on the camp-ground. 
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found in the Instructor will recite the regular les-
son for Oetober 0 and 16. 
Copies can be obtained 
on the ground. 
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ginning to the close of the meeting, and will be 
pleased to answer questions, or give instrucLion in 
regard to keeping the records, and in other branches 
of the work. All who can should bring their record 
books with them for examiuation. \Ve want to be-
come intelligent workers. 
\Ve hope that all will come up to this important 
meeting praying for a blessing, and with a desire 
and determination to gain all tbe iustruction possi-
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iu the futu1e. 
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FACULTY CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN I'"STRUCTORS OF EXPERIENCJ!I, 
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. 
1. Instruction in the various trades, with two hours per day 
spent in active work with tools. 
2. Methods in the Class Room are such as to secure the best 
kind of '11l4ntal discipline. 
8. A ri{,r:iu parental discipline to cultivate high moral character. 
i. Expense~» within the rea.ch of all. Twenty dollars per mouth 
covers all expense of tuition, board, lodging, wai;hing-, lig-hts, fuel, etc. 
Tl•e Fall 1'erm began August 2, 1886, term closes l•ucember 23. 
Spring Term begins Monday, January 3, 1887. 
Hea/dsbur,q. Cal. 
S. BROWNSBERGER, A.M., President. 
DIPHTHERIA: ITS CAUSES, PREV.EN. 
TION, AND PROPER TR.EAT)iENT. 
BY J H. KELLOGG, M.D. 
The increa.sing prevalence of th-is devastating disease, and its 
a.larrning fatality in so many cases, renders the subject of its Nat-
ure•and Trea.tmeut one of the ::-reate~ importance. 
This work ~ves a concise account of the Nature, Cause, liJ.:des of 
Prevention, and 
THB :U08T SUCCESSFUL MBTHODS OF TRI'.A1'MKX1' 
Of this prevalent a.ud fatal malady. It should uc in e,·ery house-
hold, as it:.i instructions, it faithfully <'.an·ied out, will sn.ve matJ,Y a. 
precioua life. 
l'1·i~.:e, ill buanl corerii, 25 ceut~ 
Addresa, 
FAC1.H~,; l'ltESS, Oakland, Cal. 
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THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
VoL. 12, No. 37. 
0AKI,.AND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, SEPTEMBF.R 23, 1886. 
Jti,rWe send no papers from this office without pay in 
advance, unless by special arrangement. When persons 
receive copies without ordering them, they are sent by other 
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Persons thus receiving copies of the SIGNS are not indebted 
to the office, and will not be called upon for pay. 
Please 
read the papers and hand them to your friends to read. 
Camp-Meetings for 1886. 
MINNESOTA, Sauk Center, ........ Sept. 29 to Oct. 4 
IowA, Smithland, Woodbury Co., 
" 
" 
4 
MISSOURI, Harrisonville, Cass Co.,. 
5 
INDIANA, Wabash ..... ,.......... 
" 
5 
KANSAS, Wichita, ...................... Oct. 7-17 
IOWA, Brighton, Washington Co,......... 
" 6-11 
WISCONSIN, New London, Waupaca Co.,. 
" 6-12 
KENTUCKY, Bowling Green,............. 
" 6-12 
CALIFORNIA, Woodland, State meeting,... 
" 6-19 
TENNESSEE, Paris, Henry Co.,........... 
"13-19 
CALIFORNIA, Santa Ana, .......... Oct. 28 to Nov. 8 
THE papers state, and we are also informed by 
private letters, that simultaneously with the Charles-
ton earthquake, springs of water broke out in many 
places in the East, especially in Michigan, Ohio, 
and Texas, and that Lhe water in many wells was 
rendered totally unfit for use. 
A SPIRITUALIST paper in telling of a man and his 
wife (Spiritualists) who bad concluded "that they 
could no longer be true to themselves without a 
separation," says:-
" We honor that decision,-we honor them for 
making it. Marriage is, with us, sacred, too sacred 
to be lightly trampled under foot. 
When it has 
ended, let the outward semblauce cease." 
That is to say, with Spiritualists marriage is sa-
cred as long as a certain man and a certain woman 
choose to live together. In other words, with Spirit-
ualists marriage is just as sacred as human passion 
is coustant. Such ideas of the sacredness or mar-
riage are strictly compatible with the loosest of adul-
terous connections. 
THE Christian at Work in its remarks upon the 
late Charleston earthquake, cites "Major Powell, 
who has given the subject of seismic convulsions 
careful study," to the effect that ,; the Atlantic 
Coast must henceforth be considered within the 
earthquake region." Well, we shouldn't wonder if 
it must! since an earthquake has shaken the At-
lantic Coast and nearly all the rest of the country 
east of the Mississippi River. But what a wonder-
ful thing is science, and especially a scientific knowl-
edge of it. It enables a person to state so wisely 
and with such majestic weight of authority, the 
existence of facts after they are known to every 
man, woman, and child in all the country. 
LAST week we had a call from Professor Browns-
berger. He gave a very encouraging account of the 
college, saying that everything is progressing finely. 
and that teachers and students are taking great in-
terest in their work. Professor Brownsberger says 
that be bas been assured by the members of the 
General Conference Committee who are in the East, 
that an experienced missionary worker and teacher 
will be sent to the college this fall, to give instruc-
tion in all branches of the missionary work. In-
struction will be given to State secretaries, officers 
of local societies, and also in the conducting of socie-
ties and the performance of general missionary work. 
Classes will be formed to do actual work, so that 
the instruction will be practical. Here is a chance 
that should not be neglected. Every church should 
have at least one representative in this class. If 
ycu ~ver intend to engl'lge in the-work, you must 
learn how. M.9re ">bQJ.l~ ~.ll~_r. ~~1. nreek. 
THE World's Advance-Thought quotes Johu 3:7, 
and says: "These were the words of the great 
Teacher, spoken to Nicodemus, a Roman Centurion, 
who occupied at that time the position of military 
governor· or provost marshal of Jerusalem." 
This 
statement is several thoughts in "advance" of the 
truth; it is so far away from the truth as to have 
lost sight of it. Perhaps, however, the writer erred 
unintentionally; for how could it be expected that 
a Spiritunlist should know enough about the Bible 
to know that Nicodemus was a Pharisee, and a 
member of the Jewish Sanhedrim? Infidels and 
Spiritualists, and all who are accustomed to rail at 
the Bible, only fulfill the words of the apostle: "But 
these speak evil of those things which they know 
not." Jude 10. 
IN addition to the camp-meeting appeal from the 
Conference Committee, which the brethren on this 
Coast have already received, they will, by the time 
this prrper reaches them, receive another from Elder 
Haskell, a copy of which has just come to us. 
We 
hope that these addresses will be read in the 
churches, and that .each individual wil1 give them 
a careful perusal. Let every one note also the ap-
pointment of Sabbath, October 2, as a day of fasting 
and prayer. This will be the day for the church 
quartP-rly meetings, and the last Sabbath before the 
camp-meeting. May it be a good day for the cause on 
the Pacific Coast, a day of seeking God, so that we may 
receive greater blessings at the camp-meeting. "Let 
us search and try our ways, and turn again to the 
Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto 
God in the Heavens." 
Tents for the Camp-Meeting. 
WE will once more repeat what bas been said 
about the rent of tents, so that there may be no 
misunderstanding. The prices are the same as they 
have been heretofore. Tents 10x12 will rent for 
$4.00; 12x16 for $6.00; 14x19 for $7.00. A 14x19 
t0nt will be fitted up with partition, so as to accom-
modate two families, for $8.00. Those who have 
not already ordered tents should do so at once, so 
that they may be prepared before the meeting be-
gins. Those who have tents of their own, should 
also notify the committee of the fact. If possible• 
send your tents to the camp-ground before you go' 
unless you go very early, so that the workers 
will not be hurried at the last. It should not be 
necessary to do a single thing in the line of prepar-
ation after the beginning of the meeting. Please 
attend to these matters promptly. 
The Question Settled. 
THE great earthquake in Charleston bas set the 
people to conjuring up some cause for the great dis-
turbance, so that they may fortify their minds 
against any fear of a repetition of the calamity. 
For it is a strange peculiarity of human nature, that 
when men think that they know the cause of any 
event however calamitous, they cease to fear it, even 
though . they are powerless to remove the cause. 
The wiseacre of the Christian Union has set his 
wits to work, and has figured out the following con-
cerning the recent earthquake:-
" The best explanation of the present shock at-
tributes it to a combination of causes. (That of 
course is more satisfying than if there were only one 
cause.-Ed. SIGNS.] The granite formation• of the 
Appalachian Mountains runs nearly horizontally as 
far east as Columbia, at which point the granite 
crope out; it then drops suddenly, ~o that at Charles-
ton; it is 3,000 feet below the surface, which is com-
posed of clay, marl, gravel, and other superficial 
formation. It is supposed that a disturbance of the 
Appalachian Mountains, due either to volcanic action 
or the cooling of the earth's surface, has caused ajar in 
the granite foundation such that the composite rocks 
and fragment!:! resting upon it have slipped down, 
-producing a dislocation and disturbance of this vast 
area. If this explanation is correct, it is not proba-
ble that the present disturbance will be repeated for 
hundreds of years. The soil, having readjusted it-
self, may be expected to remain stable." 
This "explanation'' will no doubt be eminently 
satisl'actory to the majority of the readers of the 
Union. It has such an air Of grandeur about it; it 
considers great things in so lordly a way that earth-
quakes are made to seem but trifles. The "expla-
nation" itself amounts simply to this: "Earth-
quakes are caused by the shaking of the earth." 
Thus, according to the sage who has spoken, when 
the earth has readjusted itself, it will probably not 
shake again for hundreds of years. Perhaps the 
people are so glad to be "satisfied" on this subject 
that they will not think to ask how it is that the 
soil in other portions of the world doesn't stay "re-
adjusted" longer at a time. 
It is such "vain babblings" as this falsely called 
'• science" that leads people to say, "Where is t.he 
promise of His coming 't for since the fathers fell 
asleep, all things continue as they were from the 
beginning of the creation." And it is of men who 
get off such trash as this that we have quoted, that 
people say, "If the seventl1 day were indeed the 
Sabbath, surely these learned men would have 
found it out long ago." If the blind trust in the 
blind, shall not they both fall into the ditch? 
Excursion Cars to the Woodland 
()amp-Meeting. 
WE have made arrangements with the C.P.R. R. 
whereby special excursion cars will be run from San 
Francisco and Oakland to Woodland on Tuesday, 
October 5. These cars will be attached to the regu-
lar trains which leave San Francisco at 7 :30 o'clock 
A.M. and 4 P.M., and will run through to Woodland 
without change. Fare for the round trip from San 
Francisco and Oakland, $3.45; children half price. 
These tickets will be good to return at any time up 
to October 22. Call for excursion tickets to the Sev-
enth-day Adventist camp-meeting at Woodland. 
These tickets will be on sale at the office of the 
Pacific Press, Cor. 12th and Castro Sts., Oakland, 
any time after October 1, and we request all who 
can to procure their tickets at this place. They 
will also be on sale at the ticket office, foot of 
Market St., San Francisco, on the day the trains 
leave-Tuesday, October 5. Only cars containing 
fifty or more persons holding these tickets will be· 
run through without chang·e, so it will be necessary 
for our brethren and sisters t.o keep together as much 
as possible. The tickets, however, are good in any 
of the cars on the train. 
All who cannot go on these excursion cars on the 
5th will pay the regular fare to Woodland, taking a 
receipt for the same from the ticket agent. These 
receipts, after being signed by the secretary of the 
Conference, will entitle the holder to a return 
ticket at one-third the regular fare. 
This will 
apply to those coming from any point on the line of 
the Central or Southern Pacific Railroad. These 
tickets will be good to return at any time up to Oc-
tober 22. 
C. H. JONES. 
BoYs and girls may be had-particularly boys-
for service at wages, for indenture, or for legal adop-
tion, by applying with recommendations to E. T. 
Dooley, Superintendent Boys' and Girls' Aid Soci· 
ety, Baker Street, comer of Grove Street, San Fran-
cisco. 
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