will come the establishment of the * union
label.” ‘That is to say, the union label will
be placed on all goods manufactured by the
unions, and a boycott will be instituted against
all manufactured products not bearing this
union imprint. This will more
force all factories into the labor trust, and ex-
tend more and more the boycott against those
outside of it; and this will affect every class
of people in the country.
more and
And as there is
nothing more essential to material prosperity
than the right and the opportunity to labor
and to sell the products of the same — as civil
government, in fact, would amount to nothing
if it did not maintain the privileges of trade
— it is evident when the union label becomes
as general in this country as the labor trust
designs that it shall, this trust will be the real
governing power in the country; and any per-
son who will not conform to the laws of the
trust will find this country an untenable place
of residence. This is what, from present ap-
pearances, we are coming to, and that at no
very distant date.
REGARDING the question of the propriety of
omitting the name of the deity from United
States coins, we note the following in the
New Orleans Picayune, which is quite to the
point :—
“The United States is the only nation which
has so fully incorporated into its charter and
Constitution the principles enunciated by Jesus
Christ, namely, ‘Render to Cesar the things
that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that
are God's’ The circumstance which leads
to this teaching should be referred to, as the
subject of money is made part of the incident.
“An attempt was made to get Jesus to say
something of a seditious character which could
be used against him by the civil government.
This is always the policy of religious perse-
cutors. He was asked, ‘Is it lawful to give
tribute unto Cesar?’ He replied, ‘ Show me
the tribute money. Whose image and super-
scription is this?’ ‘Caesar’s.” ‘Render unto
Cesar the things that are Ceasar’s, and unto
God the things that are God's.
“Up to that time there had been no relig-
ious inscriptions upon coins, and for the most
part images of the family ruling were used.
Hence Cmesar having coined the money, his
image and superscription were found thereon.
It remained for Constantine the Great, the so-
called first Christian emperor, to mint a coin
of interesting character. About the time, or
soon after signing the first Sunday law, aA. D.
321, Constantine had some coins made, and ac-
cording to Stanley's ‘History of the Eastern
Church, ‘his coins bore on the one side the
letters of the name of Christ, on the other the
figure of the sun-god and the inscription, “ Sol
invictus” (the unconquerable sun), as if he
could not bear to relinquish the patronage of
the bright luminary which represented to him,
as to Augustus and Julian, his own guardian
deity.
“There is an interesting parallel in the times
of Constantine and our own when we consider
the Sunday law and coin questions.”
THE WATCHMAN
BAHIA, BRAZIL
For a long time I have desired to make a
visit to this part of the North Brazil Mission;
but with the many and varied duties resting
upon me in this large field, this visit was de-
layed time and again. I at last, however,
found myself in Bahia. This is a large and
interesting province, estimated to contain
3,000,000 inhabitants. The capital, the city of
Bahia, I was told, has a quarter of a million.
The chief articles of export are coffee, cocoa,
tobacco, India rubber (an industry which is
just being introduced), also some manganese
is being exported to Europe and America;
while for home consumption all things usually
grown in tropical climes are produced.
For nearly two years we had been in cor-
respondence with some who have been keeping
the Sabbath in this province, and who long
ago invited me to visit them. Having at last
arrived here among them, I could again see the
Lord’s wonderful working. A young man
once decided to obey. This was in June, 1904.
As he began the observance of the Sabbath,
he had no knowledge of any one else in the
world keeping it, save the Jews, and he had
always been taught that they were God's en-
emies, having crucified Jesus, the world’s Sa-
viour. But having accepted the light thus
sent him of heaven, he endeavored to instruct
others; and when I finally arrived there, he
had gained two other young men to the Sab-
bath truth, and his own two sisters were in-
terested in the Bible.
After my arrival, for several days I held
Bible studies, and as on the first Sabbath of
my stay I held a Bible study on the subject
of faith and prayer, the study showing that
faith would bring us great victories in the
Lord, but that only the willing and obedient
could have this strong confidence, the two
young ladies above referred to took their stand
on the side of the Lord’s truth, promising
evermore to serve and obey him. ‘Thus in
this city—Santo Antonio
RIACIHUELO SQUARE, BAHIA
who had been born and raised a Catholic,
and who as such had no knowledge of God's
word, one day chanced for a few moments to
have fall into his hands a Bible, and opening
it his eyes rested for the first time in his life
on the ten commandments, which he read.
The fourth commandment especially impressed
him; and he wondered why it was that people
kept Sunday, while the commandment said
“ Sabbado” (the Portuguese designation for
the seventh day of the week, and which is the
same in common language as in the Bible)
was the day to be kept holy. But for the time
being things remained as they were.
Later on, the Baptists induced him to read
the Bible, and while one day reading the last
part of the 15th chapter of the first epistle to
the Corinthians, he became convinced that
transgression of that holy law that he had read
a long time before was sin, and right there,
although that chapter said nothing about ob-
serving the Sabbath, the duty to observe the
Sabbath was presented before him, and he at
de Jesus—a small city in
the interior, five dear
souls are walking in the
light, and on October 2,
we one afternoon toward
evening, repaired to a
small river just outside
the city, and buried these
dear ones with their
Lord in baptism. May
God’s grace ever
strengthen them, and
cause them to shine as
a light on a candlestick,
so that many other souls
may through their con-
sistent walk be won for
F. W. Spies.
On board steamer Cape Verde, October, 1907.
IE IN
PONOKA, ALBERTA
Writing from Ponoka, Elder J. W. Boyn-
ton makes the following report of his recent
labors in that section of the Canadian North-
west :—
“Farly in the spring I held meetings ten
miles northeast of Stettler, where several per-
sons embraced the truth, and in July 1 bap-
tized six souls at that place. 1 spent some
time visiting the isolated ones, and holding
meetings as the way opened. After our good
camp-meeting, I went to Mannville, and held
a few meetings in the town, and later in the
country, Here I had the privilege of bap-
tizing five persons, and organizing a church of
twenty-two members. Some others have
given themselves to the Lord, who will be
baptized later on. In all IT have baptized
the truth.
twenty-seven persons this season, and next