ROCKS, FOSSILS, AND MAN
HE attention of the world nowadays is constantly being called to the fact that at one time the earth was all of one climate and inhabited by creatures of huge size. In the Antarctic regions there have been discovered fossil remains of dinosaurs and mammoths larger than any found heretofore. At the present time, aside from the penguin, there is no animal life to be found in the south polar region.
And yet evolution is a theory which teaches that life on this planet developed from a primordial germ,—how' produced and how and when introduced being a matter for perpetual speculation; but, that life being once introduced, evolution was established upon a sure footing, with progress always upward to higher and more complex forms, until man himself appeared upon the world stage.
Beginning a little over a century ago, at a time when factual knowledge was limited, and “the great unknown was a rich mine of possibilities from which they could freely draw” by prefacing their conclusions with the suggestive “if,” “perhaps,” “possibly,” or “we may suppose,” it was a favorite pastime of the savants to bolster their evolutionary theories by stressing anatomical comparisons, little dreaming of the difficulties in which it would involve their theory when challenged by a world-wide knowledge of incontestable facts.
It was taught that in long periods of time, as life developed, the requirements of environment added new features to the creatures struggling for existence. Today all scientists are agreed that the facts disprove this theory.
In these days when an abundant knowledge of the structure and habits of birds, fishes, reptiles, and animals has revealed the wonders of creation, the perplexity of the evolutionist has become great indeed. For a long time a common ancestry was claimed for all forms of life, but the absurdities made manifest by larger knowledge made it necessary to advance a new theory named “parallel development.” But even this subterfuge fails to bridge the widening chasm of difficulties.
For instance, the eye is one of the most wonderful organs known to science. It has many forms and extraordinary powers.
By Walter E. Gillis
But to find the same eye structure in the cuttlefish or devilfish as is to be found in man certainly indicates a divine creation, and not an evolution. One is for use in the sea, and the other for use in the free air and sunlight. A third instance of nearly as wonderful eye structure is found in the pecten, a shell fish entirely different from the cuttlefish; but in this instance it is not two eyes only, but two rows of them around the edge of its body. Who can believe that such a marvel just developed by reason of environment?
Then there are the many kinds of fishes having electric organs capable of marvelously ingenious uses. In some, these organs are situated in the head; in others, they are in the tail. Certainly no common origin here, for further closely related species do not have the electric organs at all.
Most people know that birds and fowls have an extra stomach called the gizzard, which, like a mill, grinds up the unmasticated food and grit that has been eaten. There are four types of anteaters that are, in some organs, very different in structure. One of them lays eggs; another is a marsupial; the other two are mammals. All of
Cinder-Laden Wind
By Alexander Clark
he brakes screeched loudly, and the train came to a quick, grinding stop.
' Everyone was curious, sensing the unusual. Several crowded to the door attempting to look out, while others just pressed their faces hard against the windows.
There were two young women, however, who were more enterprising than most of the others, so, in order to get first-hand information as to the cause of this unscheduled stop, they opened the window wide and put their heads out. This all happened just as a heavy gust of wind carried the cinder-laden air back along the
these have gizzards as part of their digestive tract. What a crime against reason to say that these animals have evolved! Crocodiles and other reptiles have gizzards, as also had the great extinct dinosaur. And there are several species of fish that have a gizzard digestion. These facts remove the most trusted foundations from the theory of evolution.
Then we have the caste system as found among the wasps, ants, termites, and bees. Marvelous indeed are some of the features of these social insects. The peculiarity of this caste system among the bees is that the workers that gather the honey are different in structure, in habits, and in instincts from either the father or the mother, neither of which engage in honey gathering at all. Indeed, they could not gather honey or pollen if they tried. This instance alone leaves the theory of evolution without wings or sails, stranded high and dry on a barren island.
Why not believe the Bible record of creation, with its scientific detail, verified by all known facts? God created all these marvels, and ordained that they should perpetuate themselves after their kind, as they are doing and always have done. And in this same record we find that their food was assigned to them, and is still provided as the seasons roll.
train. As a result both these young women’s eyes were filled with the sharp, stinging particles. Quickly they drew in their heads, their eyes streaming with tears. For a few moments they wiped them in a vain attempt to dislodge the annoying material. Finally one called on the other to help her. She promptly replied: “How can I help you when I cannot see?”
There they sat, a picture of utter helplessness in their suffering; and I think, too, somewhat of a parallel case to all who find themselves in the condition pictured in Matthew 7:4, 5. “How wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”
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SEPTEMBER, 1942 - No. 10
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JHE fact must not be overlooked that meeting the spy, the saboteur, and the sub-verter is a problem that must be handled on a nation-wide basis. An isolated incident in the Middle West may be of little significance, but when fitted into a national pattern of similar incidents, it may lead to an important revelation of subversive activity. It is for this reason that the President requested all of our citizens and law-enforcing agencies to report directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation any complaints or information dealing with espionage, sabotage, or subversive activities. In such matters, time is important. It is unfortunate that in a few states efforts have been made by individuals not fully acquainted with the far-flung ramifications of this problem to interject superstructures of agencies between local law enforcement and the FBI to shift what might be vital information, thus delaying its immediate reference to the FBI. This cannot be, if our internal security is to be best served. This is no time for red tape or amateur handling of such vital matters.
There must be a direct and free flow of contact between the local law-enforcement agencies and the FBI. The job of meeting the spy or saboteur is one for experienced men of law enforcement.
We appreciate everything which the well-meaning citizen may do for us. He can be of tremendous aid in the field of observation, but not of activity. Sooner or later, the spy, the saboteur, the dynamiter, or the subverter will be exposed and observed by the honest American citizen. It is then that the alert American, alive to the evils of the foe who has shown his hand, will decide whether to report his unusual, or seemingly subversive, actions.
To this challenge there is only one answer. In justice to himself, to his country, and to the person under suspicion, the citizen should report anything which seems to him to be out of the ordinary, and once having reported it, clear his mind and his conscience of the matter. It is then the task of experienced men of training and good judgment to function, protecting the innocent and identifying the guilty.
Much has been accomplished in recent months, but the task has only begun. The FBI, for instance, at the request of the War and Navy Departments, inaugurated long ago a program of surveying protective facilities of manufacturing plants engaged in the production of defense materials.
SEPTEMBER, 1942
* Edward John Kerling, reputed ringleader of the four Nazi saboteurs who landed with a quantity of explosives, from a submarine near Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to these, four German saboteurs who landed at Amagansett, Long Island, were arrested by the FBI, and all are being tried as spies.
THE SPY,
THE SABOTEUR, THE SUBVERTER
By J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
There are thousands of factories in America which we need in time of war. Already subverted have sought to impede our program. They do not want American industry protected. The FBI has been accused by these willful obstructionists as being anti-labor, in an effort to stir up dissension and unrest. Everybody knows this is a malicious falsehood, and nobody knows it better than the propaganda-purveyors themselves.
In making plant survey, we are concerned only with our nation’s safety. Airplane plants, munition works, and other vital industries must be made impervious to attack. Here and now, I want to give
my thanks and appreciation, as well ad that of every other patriotic law-enforcement officer in America, to the farsighted and wholly American labor leaders, who, knowing the truth and sincerity of our efforts, have stood shoulder to shoulder with us against the vile attacks of forces which have attempted to undermine our efforts.
So far, we have been able to avoid much of the violence which characterized the early days of the World War of 1914-1918. However, this does not mean that any of us can relax our vigilance for a single instant. The skilled saboteur carries out his acts with cunning and cleverness. Schools actually exist for these despicable subverters, wherein they may be taught the most terrible means of creating destruction.
Incendiary bombs have been devised no larger than a cigar, which will create disaster. Plans have been discovered to place chemicals in boilers, with the idea of creating wholesale destruction.
The immediate task is to marshal and co-ordinate every protective facility. Industries once open to visitors, with little attention given to the background of key employees, should now scrutinize all comers and entrust secrets of production only to persons whose Americanism is thoroughly established. Gullibility must cease. These are times when too much trustful innocence may be repaid by a stab in the back. Remember that the craven propaganda-purveyors of ism forces are not concerned with the future of America but with the power, the secretiveness, the aggressive greed of their unholy foreign cause. And their advice should be taken exactly for what it is worth.
For such statements I shall be charged as standing for the abrogation of civil rights. Such falsehoods are self-evident. I hold that for every right there is a duty. I insist that no one can claim civil rights and at the same time work for the overthrow of the civil liberties which we all cherish. The subverter is not content merely to discard freedom of thought. He wants to kill freedom in any form in which it exists. He sneakingly seeks the thralldom of our America. This means that we must not relax in our vigilance.
Every city, for instance, should survey its utilities to insure a maximum of protection. Think for a moment of the chaos that would ensue if a city’s water power were shut off, even for a day. The demoralization of cities by means of water famine has (Continued on page 5)
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SggSaN JUNE 16, 1941, the Detroit
fifja News contained an article by S. L. A. Marshall, entitled, “The PfVi Enigma of Turkey.” In part, it read as follows:
“With most of the war’s recent events making profound sense and fulfilling a normal expectation, it is the more remarkable that the score with regard to Turkey does not seem to add up right. Ever since Solonika fell . . . the Turks have been dangling on a precipice. But for some reason the extra shove which would have put them over has been withheld and they are still there, and little or no attention is being given to their precarious position. . . .
“Everything pertaining to the Turkish position has this same fraudulent look as if a situation were developing there behind an elaborately prepared screen. . . . When one regards these events, and then gives due weight to Hitler’s military problems in the eastern Mediterranean and how a free hand with Turkey would contribute to their solution, the puzzle of what keeps Turkey upright is the most baffling question of the hour. . . .
“Turkey, unaided, could not hope to hold even the eastern shore of the Straits against a German mechanized advance. . . . Turkey could not defend the Straits, and defeat there would mean the practical end of the campaign. . . . Here, then, is a profile of a military position which is much too weak to compel German respect. But look at the map. It says clearly that Turkey is the broad highway for conquest of the eastern Mediterranean.
“Then what is holding Turkey up, and why does Herr Hitler appear to be looking in ever}^ direction except the one indicated?
THE TURKISH ENIGMA
By William Wallace Ellis
Again it can be assumed that the answer is to be found in the traditional attitude of Russia toward the question of the Straits, and it is a reasonable speculation that the passes now being made between those two nations are concerned with Turkey’s fate. Hitler wants a free hand with Turkey. Russia is obdurate. Before anything is done with Turkey, therefore, Russia must be given new reason to think it over— carefully.”
That was written almost fifteen months ago. Since that time Germany and Russia have been engaged in one of the most devastating wars of all time. Millions of men have died on both sides. Great stretches of the world’s most fertile soil have been plowed by shot and shell and overturned by massive bombs. Cities have been pulverized; towns and villages wiped out. Why? Although in the words of Mr. Marshall it “does not seem to add up right,” it seemed safer for Germany to attack Russia and gain a highway to the Near East with its immense oil deposits than to enter directly by the door of Istanbul, with the possibility of an alienation of Islam, which would have rendered Germany vulnerable to an attack by Russia.
To the careful student of Bible prophecy, the foregoing article is full of meaning. Turkey, in fact, cannot be thought of as a free nation, because, for over a century it has existed only as a buffer state, preserved
■¥> Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African Prime Minister, and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the Union of South Africa, autographs an apron while visiting a South African general hospital in the North African war zone. These forces are battling to keep General Rommel out of Palestine and the Near East.
by a system of treaties among the great powers for their own convenience and protection.
Ever since August 11, 1840, when the Turk placed his future safety in the hands of England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to prevent an invasion by Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt his very existence has been hanging by a diplomatic thread. Lord Salisbury, when Prime Minister of England, on November 9, 1895, in his Mansion House Speech, summed up the situation in these words:
“The danger, if the Ottoman Empire falls . . . would be the danger that the fire there lighted should spread to other nations, and should involve all that are most powerful and civilized in Europe in a dangerous and calamitous contest.”
Turkey is an Asiatic nation with a European heartbeat. With one foot in Asia and the other in Europe, it forms a land bridge to three continents. Moreover it is on the direct route to Mosul (ancient Nineveh), near which almost half of all the world’s oil and mineral resources are to be found. It also leads to the Dead Sea, where nearly four trillion dollars worth of valuable war minerals are said to be in solution. While only three per cent of Turkey’s 294,000 square miles is in Europe, }^et its sixteen million people have faced in that direction ever since their Republic emerged from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire.
As owner of the Dardanelles, gateway to the Black Sea, Turkey has been ardently wooed for many years by the rival camps of Europe. This ancient outlet to the sea has been the object of continual warfare ever since 1200 b. c., when Agamemnon led his Greeks against the walls of Troy near the Dardanelles’ southern shore. One of the greatest campaigns of the first world war was fought here, when the Allies battled nine months, and suffered 130,000 casualties, in a futile attempt to dislodge the Turks. Ever since 1453, except for the sixteen years when they were demilitarized, Turkey has controlled the Dardanelles.
Since the days of Peter the Great Russia has coveted the Turkish position on the Bosporus. Napoleon well understood the Russian desires when he was told by the Czar: “We want the key to our house.” His invasion of Russia was an attempt to create a barrier state between the two countries in order to prevent Russian designs on Turkey.
There are three Bible prophecies that tell of the origin, history, and destiny of Turkey; and in these will be found the solution to the Turkish “enigma.” The ninth chapter of Revelation traces the rise of Mohammedanism, the development of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of Turkish prestige resulting from the support of the
*¥* Alexandria, a city of six hundred thousand, the great British naval base guarding Egypt, the Suez Canal, the gateway to Palestine, and the Near East with its fabulous oil fields is the objective of the present Axis drive.
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Sultanies of Aleppo, Bagdad, Damascus, and Iconium, and the invasion of Europe in 1453. The time is also set for the end of Turkish independence in 1840.
The eleventh chapter of Daniel gives some of Turkey’s historical highlights as the “king of the north.” The present capital is Ankara, in Asia Minor—the territory of the ancient “king of the north.” This prophecy tells briefly of his war with Napoleon in 1798 (Daniel 11: 40); his conquest of the Holy Land (verse 41); his victory over the Mamelukes of Egypt in 1811 (verse 42); his placing of Egypt under tribute (verse 43); and his last titanic struggle (verse 44).
The forty-fifth verse would seem to indicate that just prior to the end of the world the seat (palace) of Turkey will be shifted to Jerusalem. When the Sultan of Turkey was dethroned in the last war, the Caliph of Jerusalem became the spiritual head of the Moslems. It is the religious belief of Islam that in the last days there will be a general flight to Jerusalem. For some time certain quarters in England have been advocating that the deposed Turkish Sultan, now in exile in Switzerland, be installed in a small territory in Jerusalem, similar to that of the Vatican in Rome, and be proclaimed Caliph, the religious head of Islam, again.
His holy places are already in Jerusalem; for the city contains seven mosques which are the center of Mohammedan pilgrimages. Although the city has been under British mandate, England has guaranteed protection and freedom to these holy places, and her soldiers do not enter the precincts of the mosques. On the ancient site of Solomon’s temple is located the Mosque of Omar, known as the “Dome of the Rock.” To all Islam this mosque is known as “the august, the holy place, the tabernacle.” That “to Jerusalem will all nations be gathered for the final judgment,” is the sacred teaching of Islam. Soon the predictions of Daniel 11:45 will have been fulfilled. Until the proper moment arrives, Turkey will continue to totter on the yawning brink of oblivion, to the wonder of the world.
A parallel prophecy in the New Testament declares that the nation watered by the Euphrates River will eventually “dry up” to enable the “kings of the east” to march down to Armageddon. (Revelation 16: 12-16; 17: 15.) For evidence that this prediction is in process of fulfillment, one has only to remember that Turkish territory once stretched from Tripoli in Africa, including Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, and Iraq, to Southern Russia, and included parts of Austria-Hungary and the Balkan States on the North. Yet little by little its political influence has been drying up. One well-known writer has declared, “Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.”
SEPTEMBER, 1942
The Spy, the Saboteur, the Subverter
0Continued from page 3) already been used by totalitarian saboteurs.
In this period of national emergency, the strength of law enforcement is as important as the strength of our Army and Navy. Yet to the discredit of the civic spirit in many communities, local police departments are sorely undermanned and ill-equipped. In time of war, uprisings and domestic violence can do more to undermine public morale than squadrons of screaming dive bombers. This is one of the techniques used, when a nation is attacked. In such times, a community must depend upon its law-enforcing agencies to maintain order. Where law enforcement is weak, it should be strengthened without delay, and above all it should not be hampered by impractical theorists.
More than seven years ago, in order to lift the standard of professional law enforcement, the FBI National Police Academy was created. One of the things we had in mind at the time was the need for a mobile force of highly trained men throughout America in case of great emergency. Because of this Academy and the training which its graduates have been able to impart to others, I am proud to say that America can today depend upon the greatest body of specially trained law-enforcement officials in her entire history—thousands and thousands of them, who know exactly what to do in emergency and when and how to do it. Thus we are exerting every effort in closing up the holes through which the serpent of infiltration has penetrated.
Remember always that the spy, the saboteur, or the destroyer carries no badge. He hides behind a hundred fronts. He pretends innocence. He likes to rub elbows with patriotic men because he thus can seek
to break down morale, to preach unpreparedness, and undermine honesty. It is his job to sap the national strength by untruth, by confusion, by fomenting unrest in the community, the school, the factory, and the mill.
Little has been published of the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in carrying out its responsibility of co-ordinating the handling of matters dealing with espionage, sabotage, and subversion. That very fact has aided us materially in our work. The enemy does not know our actions and cannot anticipate a time when he might plan his devious task with a minimum chance of detection. The effectiveness of our activities would be hindered unless our work were conducted with the utmost secrecy. There will be honor and glory for all in the meeting of this challenge, and the public will be fully advised of all the facts in every matter when it is ready for presentation in a court of justice. There should be no trials in the newspaper columns or persecutions by word of mouth in such a vital situation.
I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the loyal governors, mayors, state and county officers, law-enforcement officials, and patriotic citizens for the unselfish, eager co-operation which they have given to the FBI in its efforts to combat the inner enemies of this nation. We have depended upon you in the past; we shall depend upon you more and more in the future, feeling sure that you understand our problems and the necessities of our many common tasks.
Unfortunately, the spy is not a person who can be arrested and prosecuted like a gangster. That would only allow his comrades to outwit our further efforts. So we must combat him in ways and by means which have been evolved from long experience, trusting always to the confidence, the support, and the assistance of you who form (Continued on page 17)
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1H0RTLY after Edison’s death there appeared in large headlines in the leading city papers the following: “ Edison late in life changes views on the soul’s immortality.” The reporter said, “What brought Edison to change his views may never be known.” In an interview, Edison is reported to have said: “I cannot believe in the indhortality of the soul. . . . This speculative idea of the immortality of the soul needs but to be analyzed to fall wholly to the ground.”
On another occasion he said: “Soul? Soul? What do you mean by soul? The brain? There is no more reason to believe that any human brain will be immortal than there is to think one of my phonographic cylinders will be immortal.”
In reading the headlines calling attention to Edison’s changed views regarding the soul’s immortality, and the statement, “What brought Edison to change his views may never be known,” naturally I thought of a letter I addressed to Mr. Edison several years before this, at a time when the public press came out with glaring headlines saying Edison was conducting experiments to prove the soul’s immortality, and that if this could be proved his next step would be to communicate with departed souls. The letter referred to, I have since re-read with considerable interest. It reads as follows:
“My dear Mr. Edison:
“You have been accredited by the public press with conducting a series of scientific experiments, the aim of which is to communicate with the dead. As a friend, and an admirer of the great service you have been instrumental in rendering mankind, and as a believer in the Bible as a communication from God to man to aid him in his scientific investigations and research, I am writing this letter.
“I understand full well that the almost universal belief of both the Christian and the heathen world is, that man is immortal and is conscious after death. This is based upon a fundamental error, for the Bible teaches that lthe dead know not anything, . . . neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.’ (Ecclesiastes 9: 5, 6.) Again we read that when man dies ‘his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.’ (Psalm 146:4.) This state of total unconsciousness continues until the resurrection. This makes the resurrection a necessity in the great plan of salvation. In fact it is the culmination of the plan of redemption. Paul recognized this, and said: ‘If the dead rise not, . . . then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.’ (1 Corinthians 15: 16-18.) He says, ‘For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.’ Verse 22. The resurrection is man’s only hope of eternal life. ‘But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come [forth]? ’ Verse 35. He then gives the assurance of identity. Using as an illustration the grain, its death and resurrection, he says that as each
¥ A magician demonstrates his ability, by magnetism, to keep a ball twirling in the airy but the careful observer will notice the small thread by which it is suspended. Mr. Edison had investigated all the phenomena of magic and spiritism. His pronouncements as mentioned by Dr. Kress are interesting.
THOMAS A. EDISON ON IMMORTALITY
By Daniel H. Kress, M. D.
seed’s identity is preserved, so will each individual’s identity be preserved.
“When Paul, as a prisoner, appeared before Felix to answer to the charges brought against him, he began his defense thus: ‘Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.’ Acts 24:21. Later he said to Agrippa: ‘ Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?’ Acts 26: 8. If at death our friends go to the place of bliss and are in an exalted sphere, conscious of all that takes place on the earth, why should there be a resurrection?
“The Bible teaches very clearly that not until Jesus comes the second time will those who have fallen asleep in Christ be resurrected and taken to their heavenly home. In His farewell address to His disciples Jesus said: ‘I go to prepare a place for you. ... I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.’ (John 14:1-3.) This assurance led Paul to say: ‘The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.’ 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-18. We are to be comforted with the thought that the sleep of the righteous is not eternal, but that at Christ’s second coming, and not until then, there will be a resurrection, and a reunion. The dead are not alive and in heaven, they are unconscious in sleep. The prophet Isaiah, referring to this deception of seeking to ‘the dead for the living,’ said: ‘ When they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, . . . should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.’ (Isaiah 8: 19, 20.)
“In the last days there will be communications carried on, not with the dead, but (Continued on page 18)
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FTER tomorrow, what?
After the present world-wide upheaval, constituting beyond question the greatest crisis our world has ever entered, what is to follow?
This question is the ground for much interesting speculation. It is evident that a new world must emerge from the death grapple of opposing empires, races, and ideologies; but the vastness and complexity of the question exceeds the scope of the human intellect, and the situation is one to which history has furnished no precedent.
There is however one source of information from which may be obtained a definite and reliable view of the outcome of present world conditions That source is the word of God, the prophetic Scriptures; a source which, strangely enough, men have neglected to consider.
There is a God in heaven; a supreme Being who holds the affairs of the nations in His hands; and the question of a nation’s attitude toward God, and of God’s attitude toward a nation, is of more vital importance for the future of that nation than the question of military preparedness.
On the basis of inspired prophecy, the statement can be made with all confidence that what is to happen to our world is nothing less than that it is to go into the hands of a receiver. “And the seventh angel sounded; and 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.” Revelation 11:15.
The kingdoms of this world are to be delivered over to Christ, and the liquidation of their affairs will follow. The Psalmist wrote of this:
“I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto Me, Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten Thee. Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Psalm 2:7-9.
The apocalyptical woman,—symbol of the Christian church,—“brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.” (Revelation 12: 1, 5.) Christ was the man child.
In the prophecy of Daniel, the kingdom of Christ is pictured as being established on the earth to endure forever, after the kingdoms of this world shall have been shattered and swept out of existence. (Daniel 2: 35, 44.)
Human enterprises go into the hands of a receiver when and because they have become bankrupt. That is the condition of our world today. The world is not bankrupt in material things; it produces all that is required to enable all its inhabitants to live in comfort, and science is continually adding to that which makes life interesting and enjoyable; but all this is nullified by other and adverse conditions.
Mankind has had thousands of years in which to learn the science of government.
SEPTEMBER, 1942
AFTER TOMORROW?
By Leon A. Smith
He has had centuries of time in which to learn how to settle international differences without resort to war. And what has been the result?
Today, after the world has had the benefit of all that education could do to show the advantages of peace, all that scientific progress could do with its marvels to satisfy human needs and desires, all that peace treaties and pacts innumerable could do to bar the way of conflict, all that peace societies could do to spread peace sentiment, all that the unprecedented horrors of a World War could do to furnish object lessons of war’s cost and folly,—in short, after the mind of man has exhausted every resource in its power to banish war and establish peace, the world is convulsed by the greatest war in which nations have engaged since the beginning of time. Today the supreme efforts of all the greatest nations of the earth, and of most of the lesser ones, are directed to accomplish the taking of human life and the destruction of the fruits of civilization.
What more complete picture of bankruptcy as regards that upon which the world must depend for prosperity, could be imagined? The financial bankruptcy involved is only a small part of the picture. Can the Almighty be blamed for looking upon the world in this condition and decid-
ing that the time has come when divine intervention is a necessity? Where is there any hope for the race apart from this?
If men would read God’s Word, particularly the prophetic Scriptures, they would know what to expect as the outcome of present conditions in politics, in religion, and in society. They would understand that, in the very nature of things, this world cannot go on forever in rebellion against God; and that the present picture of world upheaval and disintegration is a sign of the coming liquidation of its affairs.
The prophetic discourse of Christ given to His disciples upon the Mount of Olives (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) throws clear light upon this subject. There is foretold the present “distress of nations, with perplexity,” .. “men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” (Luke 21:25, 26.)
Present political conditions are foretold in connection with the prophecy of the taking over by Christ of the kingdoms of this world. (Revelation 11:15.) Note the language of verse 18: “The nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, (Continued on page 19)
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¥• King Peter II, of Yugoslavia, is shown making a ten-minute speech to the House of Representatives, in Washington, when he pledged his regime-in-exile to adhere to the Four Freedoms of the United Nations. Speaker Samuel Rayburn is seen on the rostrum at the right. The King hopes that future tomorrows will bring brighter days for Yugoslavia. What is in prospect for our world? Read Mr. Smith’s engrossing article for the answer.
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Eighty Thousand Abstainers
rom the Christian Advocate of July 9, 1942 we quote: “Generally speaking, the Roman Catholic Church has not been out in front in the war on alcohol. It is cheering now, therefore, when Archbishop John Gregory Murray, of St. Paul, announced that he has obtained promises of total abstinence from 80,000 new members enrolled by that church during recent months. With all our heart we congratulate the Archbishop for his interest and effort in behalf of this cause.”
What a splendid example Archbishop John Gregory Murray is setting for Protestant pastors of America. When some of us were young, considerable attention was given to the signing of pledges. Abraham Lincoln signed a teetotaler’s pledge and kept it throughout his entire life. General Ulysses S. Grant, who early in his career was noted as a heavy drinker, later on became as abstemious as President Lincoln. He was quoted by his friends as saying that his abstemiousness greatly aided him in obtaining victory for the northern cause.
Hundreds of thousands of men and women past middle life today assign as a reason for their lives of sobriety that as children they took upon themselves the vow never to drink liquor, and signed the pledge. The cause of temperance suffered a great loss when the practice of signing the
pledge was abandoned. Total abstinence never made a drunkard, nor brought anyone to a drunkard’s grave.
King Peter II
hile America is becoming accustomed to the visits of European royalty who have lost their thrones, examples being Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, and King George II of Greece, perhaps no one has captured the hearts and the imaginations of these people of the United States as has King Peter II, of Yugoslavia.
Tragic have been the years of his life. While still a lad attending school in Britain his father, King Alexander of Yugoslavia, was assassinated in France. Then came the World War and the demand that Yugoslavia should take its position with the Axis. A failure to accede brought invasion to the country and a most brutal manhunt for those who were opposed to totalitarianism, but despite that, all sections of the dauntless little nation have kept up their struggle for liberty.
The Serbians and Montenegrans, under the leadership of General Draja Mikhailo-vitch, have resisted the savage invaders most effectively, tying up a number of divisions which are badly needed on other fronts. Neither the hangman, the firing
squad, nor the pitiless destroyer of villages and towns has availed to crush the spirit of independence which manifests itself by tirelessly harassing the German and Italian regulars who are quartered upon the country.
While the Axis aggressors thought it would be easy to deal with Yugoslavia because of the youthfulness of their king, perhaps remembering the word of Ecclesiastes 10: 16: “Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child,” they overlooked the fact that the closing clause of that verse qualifies it, “and thy princes eat in the morning.” They should have read the seventeenth verse, which tells us, “Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!”
Were Army Planes Needed?
rom “America” of July 18, 1942 we quote: “Great plans have been made for a nation-wide tribute to Our Lady of the Scapular on her feast day, July 16. There will be a solemn high Mass and a parade to the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Scapular in New York; and seven army planes will roar over dropping roses as a salute to the Virgin. The Directors of the devotion are particularly anxious to enlist the service men in the ancient and richly indulgenced confraternity of the Scapular.”
Since this service has particular interest for Catholics, but does not make a special appeal to Protestants, the question naturally arises as to why seven government army planes were assigned to “roar over (Irepping roses as a salute to the Virgin?” Surely such a service is far removed from winning the war, which demands every plane for combat service. There is no more reason why our planes should be assigned to such a sectarian religious celebration than that a battery of our best artillery should fire a salute to Moses. Both are alike inappropriate. Should the “Directors of the devotion,” who “are particularly anxious to enlist the service men” find their example followed by every other Catholic and Protestant body with a flare for publicity, where would be the planes for the prosecution of a war which threatens the very life of our nation?
Most Christians believe the words of Romans 5: 12: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Many believe the Bible record that all that comprises a man dies, even “the soul that sinneth it shall die.” Ezekiel 18: 4, 20. Then why should army men participate in a service which would honor one whom they believe to be (Continued on page 17)
* This is one of the first pictures of the Battle of Midway Island, and shows a side view of a Japanese cruiser of the Mogami class after it was bombed by carrier-based naval aircraft. Uncle Sam’s forces are taking drastic steps to even the score of the treacherous attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, and their efforts are bearing fruit.
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-¥■ Major General Maxwell watching British tank crews under instruction by American technical experts at the tank training wing.
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A Red Light Blackout
aul V. McNutt has sent a copy of a | letter from President Roosevelt to some 8,500 executives of war-production plants, calling attention to the pernicious red-light districts that have grown up in war-industrial communities. While the President holds that the solution of the problem presented “ depends ultimately upon the people themselves and their moral fiber,” he demands “the united efforts of government—Federal, State and Local—of business and industry, of the medical profession, of the schools, and of the churches—in short, of all citizens, for the establishment of total physical and moral fitness.”
The New York Times editorially points out that it will be difficult to “depend ultimately upon the people themselves,” because this nation consists of forty-eight states, each a sovereignty in itself, while quiet little towns with a population of 5,000 which have mushroomed to 50,000 because they have become munition-producing centers, will not wish to give unfavorable publicity to their communities by citing conditions which actually exist.
In Scandinavian countries the nations have dealt with this disease. In Sweden, for example, syphilis is a rare disease, be-
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cause public opinion demanded that it be controlled precisely as scarlet fever, diphtheria, or typhoid. As a result, the source of infection was hunted down, and free compulsory treatment was given.
In this country we are confronted with both a moral and medical task. Unless the Scandinavian method is adopted by our government, the result will be to drive offenders elsewhere, thus contaminating other communities when certain communities have undertaken to deal with this moral plague. Hence, in these days of centralized government, it would be well for our federal government to undertake to regulate conditions which produce situations such as are becoming all too common near great army camps and munitions centers. “The moral and physical danger to this government is too formidable to be ignored,” says the New York Times, “all the more so because of the commercialized character that the red-light districts have assumed.”
Second Anniversary
n the second anniversary of his surrender to Adolph Hitler, Marshal Petain spoke to the French people. It was a strange speech consisting -©f confessions of loss of confidence in his own regime, and of the complete failure of the
armistice by which he sought to bring peace to France. Among his confessions are: “I do not at all hide from myself the feebleness of the echoes my appeals have met with. . . . The workman suffers. . . . The peasant grows impatient. . . . Discontent is growing. . . . Anger is rumbling.”
And that is the Marshal’s appraisal of the situation following two years of attempts to make France into a new nation. Two years ago he boldly announced that the experiment with democracy was at an end, that those responsible for the plight of France would be brought to justice, that he would establish a new order, forgetting; equality and fraternity, that the church would have a place in the affairs of state,, and that France would eventually hold her head high among the nations of Europe.
How could the aged Marshal expect that Adolph Hitler would keep his pledges when Petain had treated lightly his responsibility as a Marshal of the French Republic? Today the Marshal no longer believes in the invincibility of the German army. He hopes for an Allied victory, which will rescue a million and a half soldiers left to languish in prison camps.
In these days when nations are being swept with the besom of destruction and when peoples are being purified as by fire, it is well for them to heed the word of God as found in Jeremiah 18:7, 8: “At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.”’
Turkey, the Question Mark
tudents of Near Eastern affairs are fearful lest the Turkish drama will be played, and that Turkey will no-longer be a question mark. Germany’s concentrated drive against Russia is forcing one of the steel bands around Turkey . Hitler’s desire to control the Black Sea and gain a dominant position over Turkey explains why the onslaught against Sevastopol was not counted too costly, for Turkey carries with it the Dardanelles, and its dominance will influence the eastern Meditarranean as well as the Black Sea, but before that is attained Turkish compliance with the Axis, something after the manner of southern Sweden, is essential.
There are two reasons why Hitler has not yet attacked Turkey. He may be able to surround him with an Axis encampment. Secondly, Turkey is a Mohammedan country, and although its Government is no longer theocratic but nationalistic, yet Turkey retains its influence over the Moslem world. Axis propaganda promises “deliverance” to the Mohammedan world.
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IS OUR WORLD DOOMED?
By H. F. De’Ath, London Correspondent
HEN W. E. Gladstone entered British politics in the Victorian era, he did so determined strictly to follow out Christian principles. But he found this seemingly impracticable, so he had to content himself with adhering as closely as he could to those principles.
Now this was commendable so far as it went. But no true Christian would regard such a compromise as satisfactory. Far from it. Yet Gladstone did at least strive to maintain Christian standards, which striving served to keep the political atmosphere much purer than it might otherwise have been. Thus did he and those of like mind seek to produce and preserve the lofty character and greatness of the British nation. Moreover, the example of British integrity had its influence on the leaders of other nations, and so helped to maintain a measure of integrity in international affairs.
But the world has changed lamentably since the days of Gladstone. Today there is far less effort to maintain Christian standards in national and international affairs. Indeed, in many quarters, responsible leaders have ceased to strive altogether in this direction. The result is inevitable decline in character and morals. This is a hard, wicked world, we are told, and to make good in any direction you must be hard and wicked too.
Such, for instance, was the attitude of the late distinguished Premier of France during the World War of 1914-1918. Of him Mr. Webb Mills, American foreign correspondent, says: “He knew there were no morals in international relations, and did not pretend that there were.”
What a terrible indictment of world politics! Nor have things improved since that premier’s time. Indeed, they have gone from bad to worse, for, according to a recently published book by another American correspondent, Thomas Kernan, who was in France at the time of her capitulation to Germany, the personnel of the French government at that time would hardly bear inspection. “Few governments,” says Mr. Kernan, “have existed in a shabbier moral atmosphere.” He cites examples of what he calls “boudoir intrigue”—that is, to put it plainly, the political wire-pulling of notorious courtesans, the mistresses of national leaders. Evidently, French Government circles at the time were as bad morally as they could be. No ship of state could steer a safe course for long with such men at the helm. When responsible Frenchmen are asked, says Mr. Kernan, why Franee fell, they reply: “What did you ex-
pect? We were rotten, absolutely rotten.”
But this foul rot is by no means confined to one nation. Some national rulers have whole-heartedly accepted lying and murder and plunder and persecution as legitimate political instruments by which they hope to advance the interests of their nation and bring other nations to the dust. Christian principles are openly denounced and derided, even by those who should most strongly uphold them.
Some rulers resort to murderous treachery as a legitimate means of achieving power. Relatively, of course, the weight of justice and righteousness in the present conflict is with the Allied cause. No government is perfect in this imperfect world. But when nations claim to be fighting for freedom and justice, their leaders need to watch their steps very closely.
It has been said that President Wilson, when at the Peace Conference, was no match for “wily” European statesmen. His own wife has left it on record that she was glad he was not, for he could not and
would not descend to the political chicanery practiced by them. A man of such sterling principles and meticulous honesty must have felt out of place with politicians who were admittedly cynical and unscrupulous. He made a bold but apparently ineffective stand for righteousness as he saw it, but lost. Selfishness and self-seeking were much more in evidence than they should have been.
The President attempted an impossible task. The odds were against him, and broke even his indomitable spirit. The final reckoning alone will reveal how nobly he fought for lofty ideals, which it seems were, and are, impossible of achievement in this evil world.
Even in free and less corrupted England, there are sinister signs that moral standards are not what they were. Nor is the Christian religion the virile force it once was. As taught in Holy Writ, it is still as virile as ever,—“ the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” (Romans 1: 16.) But the Gospel of Christ has been so watered down by critics, so shorn of its essential truths to meet the demands of rationalistic thinkers, that its own inherent power has been cut away.
The result has been that the drink and gambling evils have not been strongly and courageously dealt with. Home and family life n-re becoming disintegrated by loose moral standards, which contemptuously (Continued on page 17)
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* The Pacific War Council in session at the White House. Seated are: Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt. Standing, left to right, are: Dr. Eelco van Klee fens, Netherlands Foreign Minister; Owen Dixon, Australian Minister; Leighton McCarthy, Canadian Minister to the United States; Canadian Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King; Lord Halifax, British Ambassador; Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese Minister of Finance; Manuel Quezon, Philippine President; and Walter Nash, New Zealand Minister to the United States. Will these benevolent-minded statesmen save an apparently doomed world? Let Mr. DefAth answer this question.
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0 MAN now living has ever witnessed, nor has any historian recorded so strange and unusual a time as that through which we are passing today. It is an age of wonders, of changes, of upheavals. No thinking man can look out upon this tumultuous, restless world without inquiring the significance of these passing events, and without being impressed that even more important scenes are soon to be opened to the view of an astonished world.
Serious-minded men are certainly looking upon the present convulsed state of the world as portending great changes. And in view of the unprecedented turmoil, depression, unemployment, famine, tempests, inundations, earthquakes, and trouble of the past few years, and the present extraordinary perplexity and commotions among the nations, students of Bible prophecy cannot avoid the anticipation of events incomparably more important than any that secular commentators forecast.
There are evidences all about us, significant evidences, unmistakable evidences, showing that we are # nearing the end of time. We see them in the abounding corruption and wickedness; in the coldness, indifference, and lukewarmness of a formal, lifeless church; in the appalling departure from the old-time Christian faith; in the vast warlike preparations of the nations; in the crushing burden of taxation; in the alarming increase of crime and lawlessness; in the strange phenomena in the heavens;
IS THIS THE WORLD’S FUNERAL?
in the fateful crash of the earthquake’s shock; in the fear and perplexity and confusion of statesmen; in the widespread perils of these days; .and in the steady advance of “this gospel of the kingdom” into all the world. (Matthew 24: 14.)
Certainly the times in which we live are different from all other times of which we have read or heard. This is an age marked and peculiar. It is peculiar in its financial, religious, moral, intellectual, scientific, mechanical, national, international, political, physical, and social aspects. And the man who sees this and frankly acknowledges it need not be looked on as a pessimist, a visionary, a dreamer, or an enthusiast. The facts are open and obvious to all. To those of candor, clear perception, and common sense, they carry a significance of mighty import.
Indeed, there are many careful and serious thinkers, who, after profound study of the past, deep search of the ancient prophecies of the Bible, and careful comparison with the present, do not hesitate to declare their conviction that we are nearing the end of time.
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¥ While representatives of other United Nations stand each in front of his country’s flag, Mexican Ambassador Dr. Don Francisco Catillo Majera, President Roosevelt, President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull sign documents aligning Mexico and the Philippines with the United Nations cause. These men devotedly labor to avert what Mr. Haynes fears would otherwise be the world’s funeral.
By Carlyle B. Haynes
By all believers in the Bible, and particularly those who have given special attention to Bible prophecy, it is agreed that very mysterious scenes await our world. We are approaching commotions and changes such as never have been since time began. God’s purposes are fixed, and the wheel of His wonderful providence is rolling us on to the funeral of the world that now is. Every day we are approaching nearer to a period, if we have not already entered upon its margin, when the whole present arrangement of things is to be broken up and pass away.
What, then, do these things mean? To the student of Bible prophecy they mean but one thing,—that “the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” (James 5.: 8.)
It is not a coincidence that these times are an exact reproduction of the prophetic picture of the last times. Rather are they the fulfillment of what the prophets proclaimed.
The second coming of Christ was foretold to take place in a period of abounding apostasy, unbelief, and wickedness. Such was the condition when God sent the flood. Such will be the condition when Jesus comes the second time. Our Lord Himself declared: “As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.” Luke 17: 26.
Peter wrote: “There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming?” (2 Peter 3: 3.)
Paul declared: “That day shall not come, except there come a falling away first.” (2 Thessalonians 2: 3.) “In the last days perilous time^ shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” (2 Timothy 3: 1-5.)
Such statements need no comment. Christ will come in a period of abounding guilt and faithlessness. Christ’s second advent will take place, too, in a period of revolutionary troubles, political perplexities, and great national and international agitations. Said Jesus: “There shall be . . . upon the earth distress o nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud (Continued on page 17)
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By Clyde Rosser
HE day spoken of not only in the fourth commandment but also in all other parts of the Bible as the Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. Many Christians observe another day, giving various reasons for doing so. Let us examine a few of these reasons, and see whether there is really any ground for keeping another day.
“Time lost” is an argument that has confused the minds of some. Is Saturday really the seventh day, and Sunday the first? Or has there been at some time a mistake in the count of the days? Is it possible for us to know?
In considering the lost-time problem, we need not fear that there were any mistakes in the former dispensation that would affect us: for, first, nowhere do we read of any question arising between Jesus and the rabbis as to the identity of the day; and secondly, “the Sabbath day according to the commandment” is definitely located between the day on which Jesus was crucified and the day on which He rose from the dead. (Luke 23:54-56; 24: 1.) Hence no time was lost prior to the days of the apostles.
Christianity had its beginning in Palestine, a small but populous country. And right here let it be noted that in the book of Acts there is no record of any controversy between the apostles and the Jews about the Sabbath. There is not even an accusation that the apostles were desecrating the day; and there surely would have been controversy had the apostles either deliberately set aside the seventh-day Sabbath or made a mistake in the reckoning of their time. During the lives of the apostles the gospel was carried to all the then-known world, and strong churches were raised up in many widely separated cities and communities. It occasionally happens that a lone individual, a family, or (very rarely) a small, isolated community will lose its reckoning of the days of the week; but is it at all possible that scores,—yea, hundreds, of widely separated Christian communities, and thousands of Jews scattered over all the known world, together with many historians and astronomers. could all simultaneously make one and the same mistake in the reckoning of their time? Such an idea is unthinkable; and surely God is not so unreasonable as to command us to keep the seventh day and then allow it to be lost.
When other arguments fail, some say that it makes no difference which day we keep so long as we keep one day each week. But how would such an idea work if tried in common, everyday life, or in matters of civil law?
Suppose that at a Fourth-of-July picnic someone is seen hoisting a piece of blue shirting on the flagpole, and shouting, “Three cheers for Old Glory! ” Would that kindle any patriotic enthusiasm? And if the same person were seen putting the Stars and Stripes to common uses,—to repair
torn garments, or to wipe dust off the furniture,—would loyal citizens of the United States be unconcerned about that? Would the argument that the Nation's flag differs in no way from any other piece of cloth be accepted as a reasonable plea for insulting it? How then can we say that it makes no difference whether we devote to common labor the day that God has blessed and sanctified, provided we put in its place some other day—some common workday— on which He has placed no blessing?
And how would the idea work in the ordinary walks of life?
“Johnnie,” says mother, “please get me an armful of wood.”
Johnnie assents and goes to the wood-pile. But Johnnie would rather do any other chore than carry in wood, so he splits a little kindling, gathers the eggs, and waters the rosebushes, all the time trying to ease an accusing conscience with the thought that anyhow, he is helping his mother. And the poor, tired mother has to get her own wood to finish cooking the evening meal.
Johnnie finds out that it really does matter,—when a piece of dry bread is substituted for a fresh cookie!
“Thomas,” says the teacher, “name all the -States that border on the Gulf of Mexico.”
“Florida touches both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean,” he begins;—but instead of going on with the assignment he proceeds to tell all he has learned about Florida.
“Charles, you name them,” says the teacher; and then Thomas realizes that it really makes a difference how he answers his teacher.
“Samuel,” says the farmer to his hired man, “I want the vegetable garden plowed today.”
Samuel goes out with the team and plow, and his employer goes to town on business. “Now,” says Samuel to himself, as he leans on the plow handles, “that stubble field is to be plowed, too; and I might just as well plow right across both pieces of ground. It doesn't matter which way I do, seeing it is all to be done anyway.”
Samuel’s employer comes home expecting to find the garden ready for the seed he has just bought. Instead he finds a narrow strip plowed across the garden and another field that did not need to be plowed for a month. When Samuel receives his honorable (?) discharge (and new jobs are not always easy to find), he finds that his “It doesn't matter” policy does not work so well after all.
Now if in human affairs it makes so much
difference, is it reasonable to suppose that to the Ruler of the universe it matters not whether we obey Him or give Him some man-made substitute for obedience? Nadab and Abihu may have said, “Fire is fire, and it makes no difference whether we take fire from the altar or from the campfires by our tents.” But it did make a difference— the difference between life and death. (See Numbers 26: 61.) King Saul reasoned that if he offered the cattle and sheep of the Amalekites to the Lord, and thus saved those belonging to Israel, his substitute service would be accepted instead of strict obedience to the command of God to spare nothing; but it meant the loss of his kingdom. (1 Samuel 15*)
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The inspired record says plainly, “God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.”’ Genesis 2:3. He did not bless all the days and then tell us to take our choice; nor did He ever transfer His blessing from the seventh day to any other. So when a mail knowingly keeps a common workdayr which he cannot keep holy because it was never made holy, and works on God's holy rest day, he is doing like the man who says that his country's flag is but a piece of common cloth, and that any piece of cloth will do for a flag. Of such the Lord says: “Her priests have violated My law, and have, profaned Mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, . . . and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.” (Ezekiel 22: 26.)
While Protestants attempt to prove that Sunday-keeping is in harmony with the Bible, Catholics freely admit that the New Testament furnishes no authority for Sunday sacredness. They say that the church has authority to make such changes, and that Sunday-keeping is an act of obedience to the church. This claim they base on Matthew 16: 19, which reads: “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Let us now consider this matter of having keys. A certain man who lives in the city and follows a professional line of work, owns a farm some miles away, and hires men to clear land and care for the place. One of these men carries the key of a certain building on the property in which are kept the owner's tools and a supply of dynamite for blowing stumps. Now suppose that employee should say, “ I have the key to that house; I can make any use of
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-¥> While great ruined areas are seen surrounding magnificent St. Paid’s Cathedral, yet this monument to the worship of God still stands after fire and blitz have destroyed many other like structures in Europe.
Like this great monument to religious devotion another stands undisturbed through the ages. Let Mr. Rosser tell you of this.
the dynamite I please, or of anything I find there.’’ Is that the purpose for which employers entrust their goods to certain of their employees?
And what shall we say of the kingdom of heaven? Who is the owner, the employer? Christ, or the church? And if this position belongs to Christ, what is the church commissioned to do? This last question is answered in the closing words of Matthew’s gospel: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28: 19, 20. The work of the church is to teach what Christ has commanded, and not to alter His commands, nor add to them. Since Christ did not command His disciples to set aside the Sabbath, or to keep another day, the church has no authority to make such changes.
The words of Jesus on this point are clear and decisive: “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” Matthew 5: 18. And again,
“It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Luke 16:17.
According to these words, no church or body of any kind can alter the
law of God. It would be an easier undertaking to destroy heaven and earth than to set aside any part of the law. Men may think that the church has changed the Sabbath, but it still remains an unchangeable fact that “God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” (Genesis 2:3.) “Whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever.” (Ecclesiastes 3: 14.) “The word of our God shall stand for ever.” (Isaiah 40:8.)
Thomas A. Edison on Immortality
(Continued from page 6) with wicked spirits purporting to be the dead friends of the living.
“Satan, we are informed, will work ‘with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.’ 2 Thessalonians 2: 9, 10. Without a knowledge of the written word, ‘The dead know not anything;’ none are secure against this deception.
“Through the ministry of angels God carries on communication with the living. Referring to this, Jesus said: ‘ Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.’ John 1:51. Referring to these heavenly messengers, Paul said: ‘Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? ’ Hebrews 1: 14. Through these ministering spirits communication is made possible between heaven and earth, between man and God. Daniel said: ‘Whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man [or
angel] Gabriel, . . . being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me.’ (Daniel 9:21, 22.) Cornelius also, a devout man, while praying, was visited by an angel of God, who said to him: ‘Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.’ (Acts 10: 4.) Such instances might be multiplied to show that there is communication between the inhabitants of heaven and those of earth. But these inhabitants of heaven and visitants to the earth are not our dead friends; they are the angels of God, which ‘excel in strength, that do His. commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word.’ They are ‘ministers of His, that do His pleasure.’ (Psalm 103: 20.)
“There are good angels and there are wicked angels; there are good spirits and there are evil spirits; hence the admonition is given: ‘Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.’ (1 John 4:1.) Jude speaks of fallen ‘angels which kept not their first estate,, but left their own habitation ’—angels who are ‘reserved . . . unto the judgment of the great day.’ (Jude 6.)
“John, in vision on the Isle of Patmos,. beheld the scene which made necessary their expulsion from heaven. He said:
‘ There was war in heaven: Michael [Christ] and His angels fought against the dragon;, and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.’ (Revelation 12:7-9.)
“Being confined to the earth,understanding fully the plan of salvation, and that through the ministry of angels God communicates with earth’s inhabitants, it is not surprising that Satan should counterfeit the word of God, appearing ‘as an angel of light,’ and through his angels carrying forward his deceptive work. ‘And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.’ 2 Corinthians 11: 14. He ‘deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by the means of those miracles which he had power to do.’ (Revelation 13: 14.) Referring to the agencies through whom he works, the Word says they ‘shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.’ (Matthew 24: 24.) All but the elect will be swept into this great deception, which, like a huge tidal wave is. sweeping over the whole world.
“The Word of God, which says that the dead know not anything, affords the only protection from deception. The promise is:
‘ Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.’ Revelation 3: 10. The apparent .
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KEEPING EDDL
IN HOT WEATHER
By Waldemar Schweisheimer, M. D.
CONTEST was held in America to solve the question of what to do to keep cool in hot weather. The prize was given for the following suggestion: Take a hot bath during the hottest part of the day, followed by a hot drink.
This sounds like a strange idea at first, but it is a good one. The hot bath opens all the pores, enlarging all the skin cells so that heat can be given off rapidly by the body. After a cold bath the pores contract and warmth is insufficiently exuded, so one may feel warmer after a cold bath than before. Of course if the cold bath is long drawn out, more heat escapes, and it is therefore suitable for the hottest days, but if one’s vocation does not permit the lengthy process, a hot shower is better than a cold one.
The hot drink causes a gentle perspiration and has a cooling effect. The perspiration evaporates on the skin, drawing off heat from it, and is thus an important cooling factor. Perspiring in dry heat is most effective, for the perspiration is greedily absorbed by the dry air around. On warm, damp days, when the air is saturated with moisture, it has little effect.
The hot drink, however, must not be of alcoholic nature, but water or lemonade. Alcoholic drinks are stimulating. For the same reason foodstuffs rich in calories are to be avoided in hot weather. Fruit, fruit juices, vegetables, and uncooked salads are preferable. Eat little fat or sugar. Ice-cooled fruit juices and ice cream, if they contain little sugar, are most suitable.
The right choice of clothes is also of great importance. Light, porous materials allow the breathing process of the skin to go on undisturbed. Clothes open at the neck should be worn, to allow vapors to escape in this way. Men’s high collars, soft as well as stiff ones, are more than likely to cause sunstroke on hot days. Bare arms are beneficial.
Light colors are preferable for clothing. The darker the material, the more the sun’s rays penetrate, and the less the body is protected. White material keeps out the warm rays of the sun best, which makes it eminently suitable for hot weather. Pale yellow is next best. Putting the capacity of heat absorption for white material at 100, we get 102 for pale yellow, 150 for light grey, 168 for red, 198 for light brown, and 208 for black. Tight or uncomfortable clothes make the wearer feel warm and are therefore to be avoided. For this reason suspenders are better than a tight belt.
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The development of women’s clothes has advanced farther than men’s. A student of hygiene checked the weight of his own clothing in summer and the weight of his wife’s. The man’s weighed four times as much as his wife’s. Both included a hat. The man had to carry about five per cent of his own weight in clothes, the woman only 1.2 per cent. The weight of a dog’s winter coat is 1.4 per cent of his own weight.
Holding the wrists under running water is extremely refreshing. At the wrist the artery is just under the surface of the skin, so that running water cools the blood almost immediately. In time it draws the heat from the blood. Bathing the area just above the ears is also very refreshing.
Keeping the surroundings cool is a great factor in refreshing the body. Thus it is well in hot weather to air the rooms at night, and keep the windows shut during the day, whether your house is air-conditioned or not. Lower the blinds and draw the curtains to keep the sun out. If cloths
or curtains are hung up wet, the evaporation cools the air.
A draught of wind replaces hot air with cooler air. It can be obtained by opening opposite doors and windows, or by electrically driven ventilators. The kitchen, where heat is produced, requires especially good ventilation. It should be shut off from the rest of the house.
To avoid unnecessary discomfort from heat, keep placid. If one must quarrel or get upset, winter is the time for it. Excitement accelerates the circulation of the blood and produces warmth. It is no vain saying when we speak of someone being “hot-headed,” and contrast him with the 11 cold-blooded” man. Those who are easily aroused give way to superfluous gesticulations which are not the thing for a hot day. Serenity is a splendid adjunct in conquering the unpleasantness of a sultry day. Where it is wanting in one’s make-up, it should be applied, at least temporarily, as a “ cooling mixture.” In the case of impressionable people, the feeling of coolness can be produced by thinking of winter walks through snow and ice. It is not everyone, however, who is subject to this sort of autosuggestion, but for those who are, it is a good thing to hang pictures of the North Pole expeditions and snowy landscapes on the walls.
Extreme heat tempts people to move as little as possible, and do no work. That is a mistake. To a great degree, work helps to overcome the disagreeable feeling of heat. Always thinking of heat makes it worse. Interesting activity distracts the thoughts,

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and the more we forget the heat the easier it is to endure.
Care When Swimming
Someone is swimming quietly in deep water. Suddenly he is seen to make despairing movements. He almost disappears under water and cries for help. He has been attacked by a painful cramp in the calf of the leg. The cause of it is usually a clumsy or a too-violent kick in which he has inadvertently indulged, but it may also be due to overexertion in swimming. Many people are markedly prone to seizures of this kind, which frequently attack the predisposed victims by night as well as by day. Swimmers subject to cramps should, whenever possible, keep close to some kind of support, and avoid all overexertion.
There is less danger to swimmers attacked by sudden cramp if they do not become panic-stricken. If the swimmer turns quietly on his back and makes use chiefly of his arms and his sound leg to get along, the cramp generally soon ceases to trouble him. Some swimmers advise spreading out the fingers of both hands to their fullest extent during an attack of cramps. The seizure is sometimes checked in this way. If possible the group of leg muscles affected should be simultaneously exercised. In any case it is advisable to make for the shore at once, for attacks of cramps are very liable to recur. On reaching the shore, the foot should be energetically massaged and its joints moved upward and downward.
Intense Sensitiveness to Cold
A swimmer plunges into cold water. Suddenly he feels weak, a black mist forms before his eyes, and he loses consciousness. If the beach does not happen to be near, or no help comes, he drowns without making a sound. At the same time the joints become red and badly swollen, as in a case of severe nettle-rash. Even practised swimmers, used to the cold, may fall victims to this accident, which may be connected with some disturbances of the digestive organs. If drowning does not result, the experience may recur two or three times, then not perhaps for years afterward. Victims are, however, as a rule sensitive to cold in other ways, such as to draughts.
A man makes a sensational dive into the water from some high point. Instantly he feels a stinging pain in the ear. He has sustained a lesion of the ear-drum. The result of the lesion is that water penetrates into the middle ear and disturbs the organ of equilibrium by irritating the neighboring passages. In many cases of ear affection, a permanent small hole in the ear-drum is the consequence. If water then penetrates the middle ear, the swimmer may be afflicted with such a violent fit of giddiness that he simply drowns at once, without uttering the least sound. It was formerly assumed that sudden and inexplicable drowning fatalities were due to heart fail-
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ure. But it far more frequently happens that the cause is water penetrating into an ear already damaged by lesion.
One who knows that he has a hole in his ear-drum need not, however, give up swimming. Before going into the water he should place some greased cotton wool in the ear, or put on a close-fitting rubber cap, covering the head and ears. Swimmers with a tendency to ear trouble should be particularly careful to abstain frcm diving and total immersion. This advice also holds for those whose sinuses have at any time been diseased. Diving and total immersion, by altering the condition of pressure in these regions, may sometimes introduce water into the sinuses. Former symptoms of the old disease may reappear in a highly disagreeable manner.
Swimming is the healthiest exercise for children and adults. It has an excellent liberating effect on the mind and the nerves. But diving should be indulged with caution. It is not suited to everyone, and those who find that such practices disagree with them should discontinue them at once.
One should allow some time to elapse
Sinus Trouble
I have three daughters all affected with sinus trouble? One was operated upon by draining the sinus. What can be done? A.J.S.
Disease, like blue or brown eyes, may be inherited, or at least the tendency toward a certain disease may be manifested in relatives. Again conditions in the home may react on its members in the same way. For example, many homes are kept too warm. Nothing will more quickly cause sinus trouble than overheated and poorly ventilated living rooms. In countries where little or no artificial heat is used, colds and sinus infections are much less common.
If less heat is provided, this may require that more clothing be worn in order to keep warm in the cool season. All rich foods, such as sugar, cream, starches, butter, and sweet desserts should be avoided, or eaten sparingly. For cereals, middlings with wheat germ may be used, all kinds of fruits, and especially fresh fruits and juices may be used, all kinds of green and yellow vegetables, and an occasional egg or egg yolk may be used. Meat should largely be replaced with proteins of vegetable origin, together with some cottage cheese. A dry climate is more favorable. Sun bathing and the cool morning shower, followed by a vigorous rub down of the skin using a coarse turkish towel, all are helpful. Secure
after a meal before beginning to swim. This rule, based on long experience, is often disregarded. Many Italian bathing-stations, however, are closed after luncheon precisely on this account.
Recent investigations have shown that in almost all cases of drowning the organs of the stomach are excessively filled with blood. Swimming, in any case, leads the blood to stream into these deep reservoirs, and when the increased supply of blood required for digestive purposes is added to the amount already in the stomach, excess results. Hence too great a quantity of blood is withdrawn from the brain, and the consequence is attacks of giddiness and sudden loss of consciousness. The victims drown in silence.
Heart failure may occur in men who have a tendency to arterio-sclerosis, and who enter cold water too hastily. It is necessary for elderly people first gradually to lower the temperature of their bodies in order to expose the blood vessels by slow degrees to the severe contraction undergone in cold water. It is not even good for young people to chill their overheated bodies too suddenly by hastily diving into cold water.
free bowel elimination by natural means, and avoid useless surgery, which helps but little, except the operation for the drainage of pus where it exists or the operation of submucous resection for allowing free breathing through the nose. All hygienic measures for building up the vitality, and especially the use of vitamin A, will be helpful.
Tic Douloureux
I have had an operation for tic douloureux and at present am troubled with difficulty in swallowing, and raise much mucous, which gives some relief. E. C. H.
It is too late to suggest that you try the new treatment for trifacial neuralgia, consisting of large doses of vitamin B complex. This treatment relieves about seventy-five per cent of the cases treated, provided they are treated with adequate doses properly given, namely, intravenously, by foods, and by concentrates. Your difficulty with the mucous probably comes from other factors. There should be a carefully chosen diet, together with correct hygiene, such as sun bathing, cool showers, and well regulated sleep and exercise to build up a good tone of the digestive, nervous, and glandular systems. Failing this I would advise that you have the condition checked with an X ray to eliminate any possibile pockets or diverticula which may sometimes be found in the esophagus.
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The DOCTOR REPLIES to HEALTH QUERIES ...
Medical and hygienic information of value to the general reader is given here by Owen S. Parrett, M. D. Inquirers may address the doctor in care of this magazine.
JROM a child I had been taught that this world belonged to God, for the very reason that He made it, and everything in it; but for the moment, I seemed to have forgotten; and all because of the roar of planes flying Tound and round above the open field north of The Little House.
Up, and up, and up they would soar, then down they would drop, turning completely over from three to five times, and then up in the sky again, leaving fancy figures, pretty curlicues, or just a smoke screen which for the moment hid them from my sight.
While I realized that all this performance was a part of the pilot’s training, the noise of the planes coming with the noise of the machine guns down on the rifle range, was decidedly depressing.
Guns and planes and radio commentators would not let me forget that this nation is all out for war, and as I thought about it, a darkness seemed to envelop me and hold me fast; a darkness which I could not shake off.
It had been weeks, months, since I had been able to walk out of doors, and I so wanted to get out, to run away, to go up in the woods where all was peace and quiet, and think this thing out. But wanting is one thing and going is another. I could not go, so it seemed to me that I had a per-
HE mission worker was visiting a large city hospital. Her heart was saddened by the sight of so much sickness and sorrow, things she could do so little to relieve. The thought of the Master’s words flashed across her mind, “I was sick and in prison and ye visited Me.” Surely these poor wrecks of humanity were “sick and in the prison house of death, but what could she do?
As she passed down the hallway she met the head nurse, who stopped her and said, “Miss Northcut, will you stop in at room twenty-one and see what you can do for the little boy you will find there? He was run over by an automobile and badly hurt. I am afraid he will not live long, and even the doctor has given up all hopes of his recovery. We cannot locate any of his relatives. Perhaps he has none,—just a little street waif. We can get no response from him, but perhaps you can; will you try? ”
Miss Northcut assured her that she would do her best, and with a prayer on her lips for divine aid she hastened to room twenty-one. Softly she opened the door and entered. The tense, quiet figure on the white hospital bed made no move to show he recognized her presence. What could she say that would arouse his interest? She stepped lightly to the side of the bed and bending over the child repeated quietly: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever be-lieveth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
She waited almost breathlessly for some
My Father’s World
By Martha E. Warner
fectly good reason to indulge in a bit of self-pity.
Just as I was getting nicely started, a knock came at the back door, and before I could answer it, the door opened and a little black-eyed girl danced in. Holding out her tightly closed hand she commanded, “Guess what I have for you?” Remembering the stones that accumulated upon the back porch from time to time, I guessed, “Another pretty stone?” “No. Guess again,” she told me.
“Well, then, it must be some candy;” while inwardly I groaned at the thoughts of the numerous times that a none-too-
LIGHT
By Lois Hossfield
In the dense darkness Light will glow.
Even in the desert Flowers grow.
Though the way is narrow, Never fear.
Though the tempest linger, Hope is near.
Man was ne’er forsaken. Though he trod Ways of sin and evil— There was God.
God is always watching Through the night.
Though there yet is darkness, God is light!
I Never Thanked Him!
By Buth Lees Bison
sign that the boy heard her, but only closed eyes and motionless lips met her anxious gaze. Could it be that he was dead? She placed her hand upon his lips. There was a faint breath. Again she besought the dear Lord who loved this bit of broken humanity better than His own Son to send her help, and awaken the lad to a realization of what she was saying.
She laid her lips close to the boy’s and
clean little hand had in the past brought me many a piece of sticky candy.
“No, no, no!” she cried, as she opened her hand, disclosing three heavenly-blue forget-me-nots!
“Oh, Marjorie!” I exclaimed. “How lovely! And you brought them all the way for me?”
“Yes,” she answered. “Daddy said I could. I found them in the pasture lot. I’ll go hunt for some more for you.” And off she went.
As I paused for a moment at the open door, to my mind came these words, “A little child shall had them.” And I needed to be led, oh, so much.
True, the planes were still roaring overhead, but the sun was shining. The air was redolent with perfume, and in the apple tree a big fat robin was challenging me to “cheer up, cheer up.”
As I listened the darkness lifted, disappeared, and into my heart came the assurance that never, never, never could war black out the sun, the moon, or the stars. And always just so long as time would last, somewhere on this old earth, there would be little children, and flowers, and birds that sing. For “ This is my Father’s worlds 0 let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet.”
said, oh, so slowly, stressing the words “whosoever believeth”: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth—there was a pause—“in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Suddenly the eyelids parted, big brown eyes looked into her own, and a weak voice said, hesitantly,
‘ ‘ And-I-never-thanked—Him. ’ ’	There
was a fluttering sigh and then—silence.
The head nurse came into the room and found Miss Northcut kneeling beside the hospital bed with one hand clasping the hand of the little waif, who “never thanked Him,” because he did not know about Him.
The nurse laid her hand gently on the head of the sorrowing woman. “Never mind grieving for him. He is much better off. He was only a street urchin and never had a chance.” Miss Northcut rose to her feet and wiped her eyes. “Perhaps so, but he has a chance now and has accepted it, for the God who so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, has accepted him and promised him a home where there will be no more pain, neither sorrow nor suffering, and the little bruised, broken body did thank Him for the sacrifice.”
I wonder if we ever really thanked Him for John 3: 16? The whole gospel is embodied in that verse, and too often we repeat it glibly, without a thought of what it really means. However, “A little child shall lead them,” and perhaps the story of this little street urchin may teach us to be more thankful to God for the wonderful gift of His Son.
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Thomas A. Edison on Immortality
(Continued from page 13)
forms of our dead friends may be seen, their voices may be heard and recognized, and occurrences which none but they knew may be related; but with our feet planted upon the word of God, we shall be able to meet these deceptions as Christ met the tempter, with the words, ‘It is written.7 ‘The dead know not anything.7 . . .
“Instruments may be invented sufficiently delicate to carry on communication with unseen beings. This is possible. The communicants will not be our dead friends. They will be the ‘spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world.7 (Revelation 16: 14.)
“I am sure, Mr. Edison, that you will pardon me for writing this lengthy letter, but I have felt concerned, knowing what I do about the deception that confronts us all. Communication has been established between earth and heaven. When the Saviour prayed on the banks of Jordan, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him; and it is our privilege to see the open heaven and the angels of God, who are sent to be ministering spirits, ascending and descending on the Son of man.
“I am
“Yours sincerely,
“D.H. Kress.77
That Mr. Edison changed his views in regard to the popular belief that the soul is immortal, there exists no doubt. “What brought Edison to change his views may never be known,77 but there is a possibility that my letter may have had something to do with it.
Is This the World’s Funeral?
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with power and great glory.77 (Luke 21: 25-27.)
Christ will come the second time when but few will believe His coming is near, even though they have heard the proclamation of His return in a great world-wide message. “When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?77 asked Jesus. Luke 18: 8. “In such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.77 (Matthew 24:44.) But He also warns of evil servants who would say in their hearts, “My Lord delayeth His coming.77 (Matthew 24:48.) Paul represents the people as looking for peace and safety just as sudden destruction comes upon them. (1 Thes-salonians 5:3.)
From these plain statements of the word of God two things may be discerned with great clearness. First, there certainly is to be no millennium of universal righteousness and peace previous to Christ’s coming. Second, we need fix upon no other times for the return of our Lord than the times in which we live.
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To the devout believer in the Bible there is, there can be, no doubt at all that we are on the confines of the greatest crisis which the human race has ever seen.
Were Army Planes Needed?
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dead? It is possible that airmen holding such beliefs would be compelled by military law to engage in a religious ceremony which violated all their convictions.
But that which troubles us most is the fact that when “army planes roar over dropping roses as a salute to the Virgin,77 this gesture commits our government to a religious program whereas the genius of this government from its foundation has been to keep the church and state forever separate. Let our Catholic friends serve their Lord in any way they desire. Let them worship as their consciences dictate, but let them not seek to involve the military in any such worship. Surely in these days our airplanes have enough to do in taking care of the enemy on two fronts without indulging in any pyrotechnics of a religious nature.
Turkey, the Question Mark
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How can the Axis attack the most important power in it? Therefore the Axis prefers Turkish subservience to Turkish defeat.
If Axis propaganda can this year incite the Moslems to revolt, such a revolt is sure to influence Turkey. Therefore Hitler is afraid to attack this Moslem country while he is wooing the rest of the Moslem world, and he believes that his success among Moslems outside of Turkey will materially help him win Turkey to the Axis without war.
And thus it is that the so-called “Sick Man of the East77 escapes while all other powers of equal size have been overrun by the Axis armies. The fear of Moslems, whose former conquests are definitely pointed out in the ninth chapter of Revelation, is that which holds Hitler. He chooses rather to woo than to offend a religious sentiment which was supposed to have been on the wane for generations; and Turkey, cunning, astute, is watching to see which side promises the most and exacts the least, for his own religion teaches that the time will come when the Turk will be driven out of Europe and will make his final stand at Jerusalem, where he expects Mohammed to return to his aid.
Significantly the word of God points to such a contingency. While Revelation 16: 12-16 refers to the time when the territories of the Turk will be dried up under the sixth plague and the way to Armageddon will be paved by the downfall of this ancient Moslem power, Daniel 11: 44, 45 indicates clearly that he will make his final stand “between the seas in the glorious holy
mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.77
A sombre picture for the Moslem world? Yes. But the demise will be the signal for the kings of the east to march to the west to measure strength with the nations of so-called Christians. But notice this word of hope for the child of God: “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: . . . and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.77 Daniel 12: 1. Thank God for this bright prospect! Deliverance from all that harrasses and annoys when Michael shall be our prince, and sin and sorrow shall have an end.
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our main bulwarks, our listening and observation posts, without which we could not succeed.
May we as Americans live up to our sacred trust by protecting our flag and all that it symbolizes. This is the first order of the day for every patriotic citizen. Until our land becomes impregnable, there must be no cessation of co-ordinated, nationwide effort in that direction. Let us press on as of one purpose to the high calling— preserving the traditions and ideals of established Americanism, whose militant spirit is our proudest heritage and surest hope for the future.
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rule out the time-honored Ten Commandments.
In political circles, too, the leaven of unrighteousness is stealthily but surely at work. According to a letter which appeared in The British Weekly of Jan. 1, 1942, over the signature of Pendril Bentall, a prominent Free Church minister, Catholic priests were exempted from the recent registration of all males up to sixty years of age, for Civil Defense duties. This has not been made public, but according to Mr. Bentall, was a last minute back door arrangement between the Government and the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church. This means that in a Protestant country Protestant ministers are denied the privileges granted to Catholic priests.
Now this is a sad reflection on a nation that claims to be fighting for all that is just and true. A Church that claims temporal as well as spiritual authority constitutes a danger to any state. All this may seem a very gloomy picture, but the fact is that in reality it is much blacker than it could possibly be painted in the short space of this article. In spite of the brave and noble (Continued on page 18)
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Two Witnesses
Please give a brief exposition of the verses in the eleventh chapter of Revelation. T.L.C.
Verse 3 says: “I will give power unto my two witnesses.” Doubtless this refers to the Old and New Testaments. Speaking of the Old Testament and that which he knew would constitute the New Testament Jesus said: “ Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.” John 5:39. A witness is one who testifies, and the Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are witnesses to Christ.
These were to prophesy in sackcloth a thousand and two hundred and threescore days. A day in prophecy represents a year of literal time. (See Ezekiel 4:6; Numbers 14: 34; and Isaiah 34: 8.) Then the one thousand two hundred and threescore days would be twelve hundred and sixty literal years. This period of 1260 years is mentioned seven times in the Bible. It is spoken of as “a time [Jewish year] and times [two years] and the dividing of time [a half year].” A Jewish year consisted of three hundred and sixty days. One year and two years and a half year would total twelve hundred and sixty days or years. (See Daniel 7:25.) In Daniel 12:7 it is mentioned as a “time, times, and an half,” while in Revelation 11: 2 it is mentioned as “forty and two months.” The Jewish month had thirty days, making twelve hundred and sixty days, or literal years.
In the third verse, as we have already seen, it is mentioned as “a thousand two hundred and threescore days.” Revelation 12: 6 mentions it in the same manner, whereas the fourteenth verse of that chapter speaks of it as “a time, and times, and half a time,” while Revelation 13: 5 mentions it as “forty and two months.” This period was allotted to the papal supremacy, which began in 538 a. d. and terminated in 1798 a. d.
In the fourth verse are introduced the figures of the “two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.” From Uriah Smith’s “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” pages 531, 532, we quote:
“Evident allusion is here made to Zechariah 4:11-14, where it is explained that the two olive trees are taken to represent the word of God; and David testifies, ‘The entrance of Thy words giveth light;’ and, ‘ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.’ Written testimony is stronger than oral. Jesus declared of the Old Testament Scriptures, ‘They are they which testify of Me.’ In this dispensation, He says that His works bear witness of Him. By what means do they bear witness of
Him? Ever since those disciples who were personally associated with Him while on earth passed off the stage of life, His works have borne witness of Him only through the medium of the New Testament, where alone we find them recorded. This gospel of the kingdom, it was once declared, shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations, etc.
“These declarations and considerations are sufficient to sustain the conclusion that the Old and New Testaments, one given in one dispensation, and the other in the other, are Christ’s two witnesses.”
The fifth verse shows the power which attends the preaching of the word, as exemplified in many experiences in Old Testament history. Their power to shut heaven was emphasized in the days of Elijah.
Verses seven and eight speak of the experience of the word and the regard in which it was held in spiritual Sodom, an evident allusion to the attitude of France toward the word of God during the period from the overthrow of the monarchy until the end of the Reign of Terror during the closing days of the 1260 years. It mentions that period as three and a half days, or three and a half literal years, during which the word of God was interdicted, and it was not permitted that this word should be preached. The long dreary three and a half literal years of French vengeance is pointed out; but after the three and a half years had passed, verse eleven says, “the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet,” and the Holy Scriptures once more were revered in France.
In 1793 a decree was passed by the French Assembly suppressing the Bible. Just three years thereafter a resolution was introduced in the Assembly superseding the decree and giving toleration to the Scriptures. That resolution lay on the table six months, when it was taken up and passed without a dissenting vote. Thus in just three and one half years the witnesses “stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.” Nothing but the appalling results of the rejection of the Bible could have induced France to take her hands off the two witnesses.
Verse twelve tells us that “they ascended up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies beheld them.” Of Nebuchadnezzar’s greatness Daniel 4: 22 says: “Thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven,” which really means great exaltation of favor. Have the two witnesses, the Scriptures, attained such? Let us observe that shortly after this time the British and Foreign Bible Society was organized in 1804 and
then the American Bible Society in 1817 and others followed. The home of the great agnostic, Voltaire, in France became a depository for Bibles, and the Scriptures still remain the world’s best seller.
Verse thirteen mentions a great earthquake which affected a great city, when a tenth of it fell. Revelation 17:18 indicates that the great city “reigneth over the kings of the earth.” That city is papal Rome. France was one of the ten horns which supported Rome but the overthrow of the dynasty in France and the introduction of the Republic with consequent religious liberty definitely weakened papal Rome, hence its strength was depleted to that extent, and thus it is said a “tenth part of the city fell.”
With the opening of the fourteenth verse, scenes are introduced which usher in the finishing of the work and the establishment of the kingdom of Jesus Christ; however verse eighteen indicates that prior to the complete establishment of His kingdom comes the anger of the nations, the wrath of God, the judgment of the dead, the reward of the righteous, and the punishment of the wicked. To show how this would be brought about the servant of the Lord was permitted a vision of the temple of God in heaven as recorded in verse nineteen. There was seen in this temple the “ark of His testament,” wherein were kept the Ten Commandments, showing that in the days when men should largely depart from God emphasis once again would be placed upon obedience to the Ten Commandment law. All churches just now are emphasizing the fact that disobedience to that law has brought about our world debacle. Men like Archbishop Spellman of New York, the Archbishop of Canterbury of Britain, J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, and Mahatma Gandhi of India trace our present ills to a disregard of that law which John evidently beheld when he saw the ark of God’s testament in heaven.
Since John beheld “the ark of His covenant,” it is evident that attention will be called again to the claims of the Ten Commandments, the fourth included, which enjoins the observance of Saturday as the Sabbath.
Is Dur World Doomed?
(Continued from page 17) efforts of the few to lead the nations into right paths, the whole civilized world appears to be morally rotting.
For millenniums God has been biding His time. He has given man every chance to set his house in order. But moral failure and hopelessness are written large on the international horizon. Whether the invasion of England by her enemies comes or not, the whole world seems ripe for that direct “invasion” of God which will establish His own everlasting kingdom, and which is an essential part of the Christian faith. In the government of that kingdom there will be no depraved standards of conduct, no disreputable twists and turns of
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selfish, designing politicians. Righteousness will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
That day and that kingdom are inseparably bound up with the return of God’s Son from heaven, so long promised by the Son Himself, and by the prophets and apostles. Opportunity is given all, here and now, through obedience to the moral law of God and the complementary gospel of His Son, set forth in the Bible, to qualify for a place in the sinless, deathless kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
After Tomorrow?
0Continued from page 7)
and them that fear Thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.”
The distress and perplexity of nations; the fearfulness in men’s hearts as they look into the future; angry peoples waging “total war” upon each other; the presence of dictators who, to satisfy their ambitions, would destroy the earth,—all these are certain signs of the times. But even more definite than these is a sign given by Christ to His disciples in answer to their question, “What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world? ” (Matthew 24: 3.)
“This gospel of the kingdom,” He said, “shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.” Matthew 24: 14.
Prophetic reference to this last gospel work in the world is made by the Prophet John, in Revelation 14: 6, 7. “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”
This great world-wide movement symbolized by an angel flying in the midst of heaven proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and announcing the judgment hour, has been in progress since the middle of the last century, and today it is nearing completion. Full of sin and evil as the world is, God bears with it all until the gospel invitation has been given to all men everywhere, and the offer of salvation has been accepted or rejected. Thus it will be a witness unto all nations, for or against them, in the judgment day.
Today the great fact that the omnipotent God is intimately concerned with the affairs of this world, is not taken into account. God is ignored; men have Him not in all their thoughts. (Psalm 10:4.) Men are talking about what must be done following the war to insure world peace, as if some
new plan of government could be devised, or some new peace formula discovered, that would succeed where all previous efforts have failed from the beginning of time to make quarrelsome human beings peaceful. Such attempts are inherently doomed to failure.
Today more than ever before, it is abundantly clear that the world’s great need is not the discovery of some political Utopia, not more scientific progress, not more educational advancement, but men with changed hearts. There can never be lasting peace while there are world leaders whose lives are actuated by greed, lust for power, ambition for conquest, hatred, intolerance, and all the evil propensities of human nature. The one great trouble with our world, too deep-seated for removal by any means human minds can devise, is sin. The gospel of God, and that only, can deal with sin.
The psalmist must have been looking forward to our day when he wrote, “The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved.” (Psalm 46: 6.) Before the contending nations and the exploits of ambitious dictators, God will vindicate His sovereignty. “He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth” (verse 9), and in the display of His power, far exceeding all human might, He will say to earth’s peoples, “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Verse 10.) The final establishment of world peace will not be by man's hand, but by God’s.
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NEWS ■ PICTURES
1. Two members of the Second American Eagle Squadron, now active with the R.A.F. They are, left to right: Sergeant Pilot John Joseph Mooney, of Long Island City, New York, and Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod, of Blackstone, Massachusetts. 2. Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, makes some Goodrich synthetic rubber, while K. D. Smith, of the Goodrich Company, Senator Charles McNary, of Oregon, and Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, look on. 3. Upon his arrival at Pennsyvlania Sta-
tion, King George II of Greece was welcomed to New York City by Mayor La Guardia. 4. A view of a village on the little island of Attu, where the Japanese forces made a small-scale landing. Enemy ships are also reported in Kiska Harbor. Both places are on the extreme western tip of the Aleutian chain which stretches for 1,500 miles from the Alaskan mainland toward Japan. 5. Major General Maxwell, Chief of the United States Military North African Mission, receives an early telephone call.