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WHO CHANGED THE SABBATH?
Answers of the Bells
WHo changed the Sabbath?
Is a question asked to-day
By honest-hearted people
Who seek to know the way.
Not I,
Chimed the Church of England bell;
It must have been — ah, well,
I cannot say
Just who did change the Sabbath day.
Who changed the Sabbath,—
The fourth command, so deep and broad,
Fixed by the firm decree
Of the eternal God?
Not I,
Rang out the Methodistic bell;
The Bible, it must be, will tell;
I cannot say,
But think that Jesus changed the day.
Who changed the Sabbath,—
An institution well designed
To keep the Creator’s work in mind?
Not I,
Came a sound from another steeple;
Don’t charge that sin to the Baptist people;
We only say
It makes no difference about the day.
Who changed the Sabbath,
That day of holy rest
Which God not only sanctified, but blessed?
Not I,
Rang out in lusty tones a bell;
I have no faith in Sabbaths, or in a burning
hell.
Don’t dare to say
The Congregationalists ever changed the day.
Who changed the Sabbath,—
The day that Christ adored,
And said ‘twas made for man,
And he its Lord;
The day the Marys kept
While Christ lay in the tomb;
The day the disciples spent
In their own upper room;
The day which martyred hosts
Observed ‘mid scorn and jeers,
On which they sealed their faith
With earnest cries and tears;
The day that now is kept
By many to their loss;
By noble men who bear
The burden of the cross?
I'—1!1—1!
Rang out at last a bell;
I changed the Sabbath, and that so well
That nearly all the sects agree
That I have power to thus decree;
I, Church of Rome, did change the day,
And this I do not shrink to say.
Search the Bible’s inspired range,
You'll find no text that proves a change
From seventh to first by God's command,—
A fact well settled in every land.
Ha! ha! ha!
I am he
That changed the Sabbath,—
The Papal See. = —E. P. Daniels.
THE WATCHMAN
NDER this heading, E. Ben-
jamin Andrews, Chancellor
of the University of Ne-
braska, says, in the Febru-
ary number of the University
Journal: “ Manual training
is a form of art work, a
road to the ability to do
things not taught by nature. Walking
is not an art, but dancing a minuet is.
“Art is forever attractive to the mind.
Children are especially influenced by it.
A boy who will not eat bread and butter
in the slice eats it readily when cut into
strips and built into a house, best of all
if he helped build the house. In the
nature of youth inheres the love of con-
struction. Give a boy tools and blocks,
locks and clocks, to work upon, and he
will be happy unless he is abnormal.
This inventive genius is at least recog-
nized and given healthful direction in
IS IT TIME TO AWAKE?
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without form, and void; and the heav-
ens, and they had no light. I beheld the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all
the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and,
lo, there was no man, and all the birds of
the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo,
the fruitful place was a wilderness, and
all the cities thereof were broken down
at the presence of the Lord, and by his
fierce anger. For thus hath the Lord
said, The whole land shall be desolate;
yet will I not make a full end.” Jer.
4:23 - 25.
The Lord is calling upon all people
now, to “keep the commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:
12. When this earth is shaken down
at the presence of the Lord, this class
will “enter in through the gates into the
city” (chap. 22: 14) ; the city for which
Abraham looked. My friend, are you
keeping the commandments of God?
HOME MANUAL TRAINING
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For 0 HL _ Happiness
Hegel
our best schools. Hundreds of boys and
girls are learning useful arts in the
schoolroom. Invaluable training in con-
centration and attention to detail is thus
received.
“Tt will, however, be long ere schools
in general can give children all the man-
ual training they need. Home manual
training must supplement. Earnest par-
ents, put up to it and shown the way by
good teachers, can make this neglected
resource a great power. Taking a wob-
bly table, removing its rheumatism and
placing it solidly on its legs, is a fine les-
son in accuracy. Such work also devel-
ops self-respect, ambition, and the habit
of dropping out non-essentials, saving
time and energy. All this 1s educative
as truly as algebra or grammar.
“Valuable manual training may be
given with almost no expenditure.
Hatchet, saw, hammer, nails, sticks, and
pieces of board suffice for a start. With
encouragement and trifling outlay for
stock, boys will soon learn to make ser-
viceable chairs, stands, chests, brackets,
and a host of others things, which will
take on more and more graceful lines
as the lads master their tools, and as the
artist idea sinks deeper into their souls.
Upholstering, painting, simple repairs of
trunks, fences, door fastenings, clocks,
locks, and machinery are equally feasible.
So is the sharpening of tools with hone,
grindstone, or file. Filing a saw is easy
and useful.
“All girls should be taught and ex-
pected to keep their scissors in order and
to do ordinary making and repair of their
clothes. They should learn to cook and
often practice this art. If young people
are in it, a family should regard it a dis-
grace to have to hire outsiders for any of
the easy constructions or repairs needed
in or upon the house or premises.
“Training and caring for animals is
profitable occupation for boys and girls,