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	“ The path of the just is as the shining light, that shin-eth more and more unto the perfect day.”	The WATCHMAN Vol. XVI NASHVILLE, TENN., OCT. 15, 1907 No. 42	” The way of the wicked is as darkness; they k«uw not at what they stumble.’	
SUFFICIENT UNTO THE HAY
“ Let not the heart a future grievance borrow
Nor o’er our path one faintest shadow lay; Let not the clouds which may arise tomorrow
Obscure the fairer sunshine of to-day. To-day is ours — the past has passed forever. Its joys and griefs alike are ours no more; The future lies beyond Time’s silent river,
A dim and distant and untrodden shore.
“As to the day, its burdens or its sorrows,
So is our strength, by Love all-wise decreed: Beyond the trust which looketh to the morrow Not ours the striving, nor is ours the need. He knoweth best — the sowing and the reaping—
Who left the power of will unfettered, free; The great kind God, who holds within his keeping
Each day and hour through all eternity.”
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
-----=r\ Mrs. E. G. White i.-	=
RAYER is the breath of the soul, the channel of all blessings. As, with a realization of the needs of humanity, with a feeling of self-loathing, the repentant soul offers its prayer, Gocl sees its struggles, watches its conflicts, and marks its sincerity. He has his finger upon its pulse, and he takes note of every throb. Not a feeling thrills it, not an emotion agitates it, not a sin stains it, not a thought or purpose moves it, of which he is not cognizant. That soul was purchased at an infinite cost, and is loved with a devotion that is unalterable.
Prayer to the Great Physician for the healing of the soul brings the blessing of God. Prayer unites us one to another and to God. Prayer brings Jesus to our side, and gives new strength and fresh grace to the fainting, perplexed soul. By prayer the sick have been encouraged to believe that God will look with compassion upon them. A rav of light penetrates to the soul, and becomes a savor of life unto life. Prayer has “ subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire,”— we shall know what this means when we hear the reports of the martyrs who died for their faith,—“ turned to flight the armies of the aliens.”
We shall hear about these victories when the Captain of our salvation, the
glorious King of heaven, opens the record before those of whom John writes, “ These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
Christ our Saviour was tempted in all points like as we are, yet he was without sin. He took human nature, being made in fashion as a man, and his necessities were the necessities of a man. Day by day he followed his round of duty, seeking to save souls. His heart went out in tender sympathy, for the weary and heavy-laden. And he spent whole nights in prayer in behalf of the tempted ones.
Christ has given his disciples assurance that special seasons for devotion are necessary. Prayer went before and sanctified every act of his ministry. He communed with his Father till the close of his life: and when he hung upon the cross, there arose from his lips the bitter cry, “ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Then, in a voice which has reached to the very ends of the earth.
he exclaimed, “ Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.”
Strength for the performance of daily duties is derived from worshiping God in the beauty of holiness. The night seasons of prayer which the Saviour spent in the mountain or in the desert were essential to prepare him for the trials he must meet in the days to follow. He felt the need of the refreshing and invigorating of soul and body, that he might meet the temptations of Satan; and those who are striving to live his life will feel this same need.
The Christian is given the invitation to carry his burdens to God in prayer, and to fasten himself closely to Christ by the cords of living faith. The Lord authorizes us to pray, declaring that he will hear the prayers of those who trust in his infinite power. He will be honored by those who draw nigh to him, who faithfully do his service. “ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trust-eth in thee.” The arm of Omnipotence is outstretched to guide us and lead us onward and still onward. Go forward, the Lord says, I understand the case, and I will send you help. Continue to pray. Have faith in me. It is for my name’s glory that you ask, and you shall receive. I will be honored before those who are watching critically for your failure. They shall see the truth triumph gloriously. “All things, whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” God will let his light shine into the chambers of the mind and into the soul-temple, if men, when they lack wisdom, will go to their closets in prayer, and ask wisdom from Him who gives to all men liberally and upbraids not. The promise is, “ It shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.”
Christ has pledged himself to be our substitute and surety, and he neglects no one. There is an inexhaustible fund of perfect obedience accruing from his obedience. In heaven his merits, his self-denial and self-sacrifice, are treasured
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up as incense to be offered up with the prayers of his people. As the sinner’s sincere, humble prayers ascend to the throne of God, Christ mingles with them the merits of his life of perfect obedience. Our prayers are made fragrant by this incense. Christ has pledged
N that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.” Lev. 16:30.
The last day of the typical year was called the day of atonement. It came on the tenth day of the seventh month. During the whole year the sins of the people had, in figure and by faith in the true sacrifice which was typified, been transferred to the sanctuary. Then on the day of atonement, there was a cleansing from all the sins which had accumulated there. Remember, this was all an example and shadow of the real work accomplished in heaven. Paul says, “ In those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Heb. 10: 3, 4.
That day, as we have learned from our text, wras a day for the cleansing from all sin, “ that ye may be clean from all vour sins before the Lord.” Those who did not join in seeking that cleansing, were cut off. “ For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.” Lev. 23 : 29.
This divided all into two classes, .those whose sins were all cleansed away, and those who were cut off. You can see that this was a most solemn representation of the judgment day of God. It could be nothing less. It was a deciding of all cases. First came the transferring of sins, then the blotting out. Some have thought that when a man was for-
himself to intercede in our behalf, and the Father always hears his Son. Pray then; pray without ceasing; an answer is sure to come.
But let me speak in warning: “ If any man regard iniquity in his heart, the Lord will not hear him.”
given, then his sins were blotted out; but as in the type the sins were transferred, but a remembrance kept of them, so, in the sanctuary above, the record is-all written down. When a man confesses his sins, pardon is recorded for him. Then in the day of atonement, the cleansing of the sanctuary, or the judgment, the final blotting out, takes place. That the blotting out does not take place when the sinner is forgiven, is clearly shown. Peter when exhorting to repentance, said, “ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” Acts 3 : 19.
Repentance and forgiveness came at once, but the blotting out came later. The judgment day did not cover the whole year in the type, neither does it continue through the whole Christian dispensation. Paul says, “ He hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world.” Acts 17:31. Peter says, “ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” 2 Peter 2 : 9.
A Jewish Rabbi, when asked what he understood by the day of atonement as viewred by his people, answered that it represented the day of judgment. Before that day, as the priest transferred the sins of the one who confessed them to the earthly sanctuary in figure, so Christ, our priest, in fact transfers to the sanctuary in heaven the sins of those who with true hearts confess them, laying them upon the head of the offering.
When the angel told Daniel that at
the end of the long prophetic period ending in 1844, the sanctuary should be cleansed, he must have referred to the sanctuary in heaven. It was the only one in existence at that time, Christ was the only priest, and it is stated plainly that he is a minister of the true tabernacle which is in heaven. The heavenly sanctuary is not to be cleansed from physical defilement, but from sins transferred to that place by the mediation of Jesus Christ. That such a cleansing must take place is stated in Heb. 9: 23, 24: “ It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.”
While the earthly priests offered the “ blood of others,” Christ offers his own blood, “ offers himself.” Verses 25, 26.
They offered year by year; he “ once in the end of the world ” puts away sin “ by the sacrifice of himself.”
On the day of atonement, two goats were brought before the sanctuary, one for the Lord, one for the scapegoat. Lev. 16:8. The margin reads “ Aza-zel,” which is taken from a term meaning Satan.
The one on whom the Lord’s lot fell was offered as a sin-offering. His blood was taken into the most holy place and sprinkled upon the mercy-seat above the sacred law, and before the mercy-seat. As “ sin is the transgression of the law ” (1 John 3:4), and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22), how fitting that the seat from which mercy is extended to the sinner over a broken law, should be sprinkled with blood, and that the one taking his place upon that seat must walk through a pathway of blood.
Christ was offered, his blood was shed. This he offers in the sinner’s stead. As the man confessed his sin over the head of the innocent sacrifice, then took its life with his own hand, so we, placing our sins upon Jesus, must confess that our disobedience has caused his death. Our own hands have shed his blood. As our high priest passes in before his Father in the most holy place in the heavenly sanctuary, “ now to appear in the presence of God for us,” the words of

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Christ recorded in Matt. 10:32, 33, will be fulfilled: “ Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” (The judgment, with its results, will form a separate study so we will the more briefly refer to it now.)
When Christ, our high priest, shall have finished the cleansing of the sanctuary, embracing all cases, either as cleansed from all sin, or cut off, he will then come from the sanctuary, and as in the type the high priest, having finished his work in the sanctuary, confessed over the head of the scapegoat “ all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat/’ so Christ will confess over Satan, “ all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon ” his head. He, the author and instigator of sin, will have to reckon with the account he has made. God says, “ Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his oum head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.” Ps. 7:14-16.* Christ places it there as he closes the sanctuary work in behalf of fallen man.
This cleansing of the sanctuary began in 1844. No Bible date admits of more definite proof than this. How long it will continue, God alone knows. It must be near its close. Then probation for man will be forever ended. Quickly following this, Christ will come. He says, when laying down his work as priest, “ He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev. 22: 11, 12.
In that solemn hearing every soul will have an equal part. There will be no respect of persons with God. Has pov-
* By comparing verse 14 with John 8:44 it will be seen that this text primarily applies to Satan. It is also an additional proof that Satan is represented by the scape-goat.
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erty with a relentless hand held you down, you will be equal with the rich man then. Has fortune filled your coffers here, and as a consequence, men united in calling you great, it will be a vain stay then. This has been beautifully set forth in Ex. 30: 14, 15: “ Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.”
As they stepped into the balances of the Lord to make an atonement for their souls, they were divested of all earthly surroundings, and an equal amount represented the poor and the rich. In vain might the millionaire offer his handfuls of gold to distinguish him from the poor
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f history we are warned to look for deceptive doctrines, backed up bv lying signs and wonders. Spiritualism Comes into active operation i	at the very time that such
a movement might be looked for. Its teachings concerning Christ and his second advent are just such as we might expect from the forecast given of Spiritualism by the Scriptures. A few words regarding the history and character of modern Spiritualism will be appropriate.
The date of its rise is significant. In the year 1844 the longest prophetic period of the Bible, the 2300 days of Dan. 8: 14, reached its termination, and there began to go to every nation and people the warning message that was to prepare mankind for the Saviour’s return to this earth. A few years later, in 1848, began the proclamation of the spurious advent, foretold by Matt. 24: 24. In that year the Fox family, living at Hydesville in the state of New York, were visited by a supernatural intelligence with which they entered into communication by means of a code of raps. The wonder was soon blazed abroad, and in many places circles were formed for the pur-
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beggar who perchance was just before, the priest must turn him away, saying, Your soul ranks with his; put in the half shekel the same as he, or depart with no part in Israel. With bowed head methinks I see this man of wealth, lay away his bounties that he could so freely give at any other time if he willed, and with a truer view of life, he selects the paltry half shekel, places it before the Lord, and acknowledges his nothingness. Thus the relation of soul to soul was kept before all from year to year. In this great day of atonement above, God cannot require less. Will you be cleansed from all your sins now while the priest lingers, or, unwilling to make the sacrifice, will you be “ cut off ” ?
It meant a great deal to be cut off from earthly Israel then, but it means infinitely more to be cut off from the Israel of God now.
pose of inviting spirits and receiving their communications.
In the course of time new methods of communication were tried and proved successful. The tedious mode of eliciting messages by rapping was largely superseded by spirit-writing, trance-speaking, and other devices. Many remarkable signs and wonders were given in connection with the communications. Men of science investigated the phenomena, and although some refused to be convinced, many others of high rank were persuaded of the genuinely supernatural character of the wonders wrought.
The effect of Spiritualism upon the minds of scientific leaders is very evident. The old materialism has been largely driven out by the new Spiritualism. Among the churches it is granted that Spiritualism affords the only scientific demonstration of the immortality of the soul, and inasmuch as this unscrip-tural dogma is tenaciously held by the bulk of professing Christianity, the churches cannot but recognize their indebtedness to Spiritualism. Whether it is to be explained by this obligation or not would be hard to trace, but the fact remains that the modern theology which has displaced the old in the bulk of the churches, is identical with the ideas
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taught by the spirits in modern Spiritualism. Thus, even though the churches may be ostensibly hostile to Spiritualism, they are permeated with its ideas. Mrs. Besant, the official head of the Theos-ophists, and Theosophy is Spiritualism in an Oriental garb, said a few weeks ago that she was well pleased with the success of that movement, that although comparatively few identified themselves outwardly with Theosophy, its ideas are molding thought everywhere, and she instanced the New Theology of the western world as an illustration.
One remarkable feature of the communications is their adaptability to the recipient. They range from vulgar blasphemy to the most exalted strains of morality. This is explained by the spirits as being due to the fact that like attracts like in intercourse with the spirit world. It’ might more truly be explained by the fact that the fallen angels are adepts in the art of deception, and know how to set their snares for all. The cultured and refined will be led on by appeals suited to them, and the already debased are drawn deeper into sin. No communication of a helpful character has ever come from them. The Western Christian Advocate lately wrote: “ When we ask whether in all the years during which disembodied spirits have purported to speak to us through mediums, any important truth in science, philosophy, or religion has been given us through them, the answer must be: Not one.” Distrust of the Bible is the one point continually urged, together with the innate divineness of man as an immortal being.
It is to the Bible we must go to learn the outcome of modern Spiritualism. It does not do to get the idea that a certain form of evil is the only one we have to fear. A man may hate the papacy because of the evil it did in past centuries, and yet be identified with it in spirit today. So we may be opposed to Spiritualism in one form, while we are embracing it in another. The devil is cunning enough to change his tactics as soon as his plans are uncovered. The Spiritualism which the Scriptures recognize as the enemy, they depict as intensely deceptive, so we may expect to be tricked by it unless we become so fully identified with truth that we shall perforce recognize the evil in its every manifestation. Spiritualism in one guise or another is going to deceive the whole world, and
H HIS is a term used by medi-cal men to designate a con-SB	dition of self-poisoning due
ral	to the failure of the system
SR	to eliminate the poisons that
are continually being formed S	in the alimentary tract, or
~	canal. Ordinarily, the ex-
excretory organs of a healthy body take care of these poisons, and they are thrown out, so that the physical health is not impaired. But the human system is not prepared to resist indefinitely the effects of an improper diet. By taking into the stomach unwholesome articles of food, and by insufficient mastication, the formation of poisons in the alimentary tract is so much accelerated that instead of being thrown off by the eliminative organs, they are carried into the circulation and irritate the nerves and the various organs with which they come in contact, causing in time serious disease. An eminent physician discourses as follows on the relation of these poisons to disease and premature old age:—
“A locomotive, when actively at work, produces poisonous residues in the form of ashes and smoke. The same is true of the human body. So long as these poisons are eliminated as rapidly as produced, the body may continue its work, provided, of course, its activity is not interrupted bv external violence.
“ These poisons are chiefly carried out through the lungs and the kidneys. Some portions escape also through the skin and the intestines. So long as these
even the very elect, if that were possible. It is going to triumph by means of its lying wonders, and its victims will be those who receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved. We must know the truth and love it: then we shall always know falsehood and hate it. — Present Truth.
important emunctories continue to perform their duty perfectly, the machinery of life runs on smoothly, without friction, and apparently without wear; but as these doors for the exit of body poisons begin to closef so that the accumulation of the body wastes begins, a deterioration of the living cells of the body is set up which develops gradually, and slowly or rapidly according to the rate at which poisonous wastes accumulate. Most important of all the means of exit for the body poisons are the liver and the kidneys. Failure on the part of these organs is quickly followed by general degeneracy and death.
Macrophages
“ But accumulation of poisonous wastes, according to Metchnikoff, the bacteriologist of the Pasteur Institute, is not the immediate cause of old age, but only a predisposing condition. The actual degeneracy of the tissues is due to a destruction of the tissue cells by wandering cells found in the body and which he describes as macrophages.
“ These cells move about from place to place, and while the body remains in its normal condition, devote their energies to the destruction of waste particles, organic debris. They, in fact, play the role of scavengers, like the turkey-buzzards which regularly visit the backyards and allies of tropical cities to consume the daily accumulating refuse.
“ So long as the macrophages confine themselves to this work, all is well; but when the vigor of the body cells has been reduced by the accumulation of tissue poisons, these scavenger cells attack the living tissues and actually destroy them. This is one of the remarkable discoveries which Metchnikoff has made in relation to the causes of premature old age.
“ The practical question which the philosopher asks himeslf is, How may this attack of the macrophages upon the
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LITTLE KINDNESSES
“ You gave on the way a pleasant smile,
And thought no more about it;
It cheered a life that was sad the while,
That might have been wrecked without it; And so for the smile and fruitage fair,
You’ll reap a crown sometime—somewhere.”
“You spoke one day a cheering word,
And passed to other duties;
It warmed a heart, new promise stirred,
And painted a life with beauties;
And so for the word and its silent prayer You'll reap a crown sometime—somewhere.
“You lent a hand to a fallen one,
A lift in kindness given;
It saved a soul when help was none,
And won a heart for heaven;
And so for the help you proffered there You’ll reap a joy sometime — somewhere.”
living cells be prevented? We cannot attack the macrophages, even if this were desirable, without at the same time doing damage to the body itself, for these cells are more hardy and vigorous than the higher cells by which the bodily functions are performed, so that whatever means might be brought to bear to weaken the attack of these cells would to a still greater degree damage the body itself. The only direction in which we can hope for success in the attempt to prolong life is in giving attention to those predisposing causes which weaken the vitality of the higher body cells, and thus expose them to the attack of the macrophages. Long life must be a simple life.
“Attention is especially directed to the diet as having a direct bearing upon the length of human life. While it is noted that certain flesh-eating birds, as the eagle and falcon, are very long-lived, attention is called to the fact that carnivorous animals in general are short-lived; and the reason for the greater longevity of carnivorous birds is found in the fact that flesh-eating birds have a very short colon,— special study of this subject showing in general a direct relation between the length of life and the length of the colon,— the longer the colon and the longer the retention of fecal matters in it, the shorter the length of life. The reason for this interesting fact Metchni-koff finds to be the enormous development of poisons by germs which find entrance to the colon, take up their abode there, and subsist upon the remnants of foodstuffs which have escaped digestion. Strasburger has claimed to have proved
that some trillions of bacteria are discharged from the colon daily. Nearly all of these produce poisons, some of which are highly deadly in character.”
It has beeen found that various lactic-acid-forming germs are antagonistic to the disease-producing microbes in the colon, and Metchnikoff advocates the use of foods containing these germs to
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combat and drive out the colon germs; but common prudence will dictate the necessity of avoiding those articles of diet which afford the most favorable medium for the growth of the poison-producing microbes. To quote further:—
“ There are certain foods which are well known to have this character. Metchnikoff calls attention to the danger of using raw milk because of the great number of colon germs and germs of various sorts with which raw milk is always contaminated. Cheese and even ordinary sour milk are shown to abound with germs of different kinds. Such foods encourage the growth of germs in the colon in enormous quantities, not only by introducing dangerous germs, but by supplying the material upon which they rapidly grow, and from which they are able to produce the most deadly poisons.
“ But the substance which constitutes the most suitable food for these poison-producing germs, and in which they develop with the greatest rapidity and produce poisons of the most deadly character, is the flesh of animals. Thus it is that animal flesh becomes so quickly putrescent, offensive, and poisonous when left to itself after the death of an animal. The conditions of warmth and moisture afforded in the human colon are those which in the highest degree promote putrefactive processes; hence flesh is of all substances the best calculated to encourage the conditions in the colon which Metchnikoff has shown to be the chief cause of old age, not only in man, but in other of the higher animals.
“ One of the best means of fighting old age, then, will be found in wholly eliminating from the dietary those substances which encourage the growth in the colon of germs which poison and destroy the body, and substances which add unnecessarily to the labor of the liver and kidneys. To the list of dangerous foods, including raw milk, cheese, and meat preparations, must also be added eggs, especially when eaten in the ordinary way. Undigested por-
tions of hard-boiled eggs lying in the colon furnish the very best sort of food for old-age-producing germs. Mustard, pepper, vinegar, excess of salt and other condiments, as well as alcohol, must be added.
“ The vegetable world affords an amply sufficient variety of fruits, cereals, legumes, and green vegetables to support human life under the best possible conditions without involving the risk of poisoning the body and shortening life, which necessarily accompanies the use of the flesh of animals, and which is even connected more or less closely with the use of animal products of all sorts.”
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RESTFUL PEOPLE
M. H. Tuxford
“ Very pleasant, but slow ! ” How often we hear simple-minded people called this. And we frequently smile at these quiet, steady-going people. But while we agree that they are pleasant, are they not also restful — restful to others who are bustling about, so occupied as to seem to have no time for repose.
There is something refreshing about their manner, their tranquil talk. They know something of what is going on, of course, but there are so many things into which they have entered only slightly. And when you talk of those things of which they know so little, their remarks cause you to think and to ask yourself whether there is so much in the hurly-burly as you imagined. Is it worth while ?
You must go through it perhaps; but you go away with the feeling that you would like to pass an hour or two with them more frequently. That afternoon visit with refreshment has been very restful, and has given you fresh energy, and has helped you to take a more rational view of life.
They enjoy life, those simple, “ slow,” out-of-date people. They have their troubles, which they bear bravely. They have a mission, if we can only see it. To come in contact with them is like the pouring of oil on troubled waters.
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The one who drifts,
And seldom lifts A burden from the dust,
Can never know The heart-felt glow That yonder reapers must.
— M. A. Kidder.
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IDLE WORDS
mSAY unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Matt. 12:36, 37. Webster’s first definition given of “ idle ” is, “ Of no account; useless; vain,” etc. The definition would naturally include unnecessary words,— words which might as well have not been spoken; subserving no useful purpose, needless, etc.
It is safe to say there is hardly a person living of whom it could be said, Every word he speaks is essential and really demanded by the occasion. Is it such words as these of which our Saviour speaks? or rather words of malice, wicked words concerning God and things excellent and sacred; words that injure others and manifest inward depravity and the spirit of Satan? Perhaps a careful consideration of the context will shed some light upon this point.
Our Ford gave a short discourse containing some very important points embraced between verses 22 and 37 of Matthew 12, closing with the words at the beginning of this article. This discourse was called out by the fact that when he had cast out a demon from one blind and dumb whom he completely healed, causing great amazement among the people and leading them to think that he, as the son of David, should be their deliverer and king, the Pharisees, to break his influence, showed the terrible malice of their hearts by saying, “ This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.” It would seem from the connection that they did not say this to him in a public manner, but did it in a private way, going about among the people using their strongest efforts to destroy his influence among them.
The Pharisees were the leading religionists among the people, looked up to with even more reverence than the leading clergy are now among us. It was they who had charge of the synagogues and filled many of the most honorable positions among the religious classes. And we may readily suppose that their efforts to make the people believe that Jesus was a bad man, and hence one that Beelzebub would work through, was due to the fact that the Saviour paid so little heed to their various traditions, especially those
they had heaped upon the observance of the Sabbath, as they very often accused him of Sabbath-breaking. Their traditions were dearer to their hearts than the commandments of God, and this is the same condition we see to-day among the observers of the Sunday-Sabbath. It is very probable that by their cunning sophistry in this use of their powerful influence as religious teachers, they did much to destroy the effect of Christ’s wonderful miracles upon the public mind. Hence Jesus felt it necessary to strip off this hypocritical covering and expose their wickedness.
'* And Jesus knew their thoughts [from which it would seem that their words had not been spoken in his personal presence], and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand; and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?” In these few words he clearly demonstrated the utter absurdity of their statements. It was a special triumph of Satan and his angels, to obtain complete possession of individuals, thus depriving them of their freedom of will, and having full control over them to their utter ruin. Unless this power was broken, such persons were irretrievably lost. Would Satan, when he had once secured this object so much desired, empower Jesus to come and utterly drive out the demon and restore the poor sufferer to his normal condition of a free moral agent? Most absurd.
Having clearly demonstrated this point, Jesus proceeded to show that his power thus to defeat Satan was a demonstration of the power and presence of the kingdom of God; for none but a stronger than Satan could thus dislodge this mighty foe, since he is much stronger than any human power. “ He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.”
Christ next set before them the awful nature of this wicked, malicious accusation. It was nothing less than blaspheming the Holy Spirit by attributing the work of that divine agency to God’s greatest enemy. This sin in its consequence is utterly ruinous. “ Either make [or declare] the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by his fruit.” There is nothing surer in nature than the fact that the fruit always shows the nature of the tree. It was impossible to counterfeit such works as Jesus did. There was no possible excuse for attributing them to a Satanic source.
What Christ said about idle words is the logical deduction, the final conclusion, of his quoted remarks. This passage cannot properly be disconnected from the theme upon which he had been dwelling, and the connection seems fully to demonstrate that the kind of words which our Saviour so strongly denounced are malicious, wicked words, calculated to ruin souls, and such as are prompted by the spirit of Satan. The Diaglott renders the term “ pernicious words.” Greenfield’s Lexicon, “ unprofitable, useless, by implica-
tion injurious words.” Evidently this is the true sense of the passage. The words we speak indicate the spirit we are of, so “ by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”	G. 1. b.
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“GRAFT” AND SIN
mHE following resolution was adopted at a recent session of the Anglican Synod in Toronto, Canada:—
“ That it is the conviction of this Synod that a great purification of politics, financial, social, and business methods in this country is imperatively demanded to-day, and that the church, her bishops, clergy, and laymen, should take a leading part in the immediate improvement of the present deplorable state of affairs.”
Has it not been equally true all the time that the purification of men’s hearts and the salvation of their souls from eternal ruin was also “imperatively demanded,” which is just the work the Christian church is commissioned to do? Which is demanded most imperatively, the purification of hearts from sin, or the purification of politics from “ graft ” ? Apparently the latter, in the estimation of this Anglican Synod of Toronto. Evidently the Synod has decided to devote its energies to the next political campaign. And this is true not only of the Anglican Synod, but of Canadian church bodies in general, according to the Montreal Star, which says:—
“ Wherever church bodies have assembled this spring and summer, they have been moved to make strong declarations against the rising tide of corruption which is threatening to overwhelm our politics. The significance of this must be apparent to every man capable of putting two and two together. These churchmen are not party politicians. . . . These protesting church representatives, clergy and laymen, are the religious leaders of the bodies for which they speak and the sections from which they come; and they find, with alarming unanimity, that the greatest bar to religious progress at this time is the predominant sin of political graft/’
“ The next election,” says the Toronto Mail and Empire, “ will not be run on any tariff issue, but simply on the question whether graft and theft shall prosper or whether we shall be ruled by common honesty.”
And the churches, according to all this testimony, will be the leaders in conducting the campaign.
Which, then, we may inquire, is the worse, sin or “graft”? Which is doing the most damage in Canada? The Christian at once replies that “graft” and sin are the same thing, the former being but one form of the latter. This being so, as must be admitted, it follows that sin in its general sense is as much worse than “graft” as it is broader in dimensions. If there were no sin, there would be no “graft,” but sin finds expression in many other ways than this.
Christianity teaches us to view things as God views them. Our minds have been darkened by sin, and our conceptions of right and
wrong perverted, so that we need to be taught of God in order to know what is the truth. Many people are shocked at the revelations of “ graft ” who look upon sin with perfect complacency. That evidently is the situation in Canada with many people, and it is fast coming to be so even in the church.	The
average man is quite content to have sin in his own heart and in the hearts of others, only he is averse to some particular forms of sin. He is against those forms of sin which interfere most with his temporal prosperity. But sin itself, in certain other forms, does not trouble him in the least; indeed, he holds onto it as if it were something very precious.
Now the Bible presents to us a view of sin which shows sin itself, in any form, to be a most hateful, deadly thing. Let sin get into the heart, and it becomes “ deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked/’ Jer. 17:9. There is no telling what a sinful heart will lead any person to do. It is the self-same thing in the heart, sin — enmity against God’s law — which leads to the very respectable sin of covetousness, or the abhorrent sin of murder. One sin as surely separates the soul from God and leads it to destruction as another. All sins lead to one and the same place — perdition. The purpose of Christianity is to save people from sins; not from particular forms of sin, but from sin itself.
When a case of small-pox is discovered, the health board does not concern itself with the inquiry whether it is a mild case or whether it is a virulent form of the disease. The patient is promptly isolated, and the sufferer from variola is no more allowed to mingle with other people than is the one stricken with a malignant type of the malady. Any health board would be thought idiotic which instead of seeking to isolate small-pox itself in every form would merely seek to isolate the virulent forms of the scourge. It is all the same disease, and a mild form may give rise to the most severe type. So with sin. Let a person possess a sinful heart, and he is liable to commit any sin in the catalogue. He may think not; but let the right circumstances come about, a powerful temptation come upon him, and he finds that he did not know what was in his heart. He is often surprised and horrified as he sees what he has done. This is human experience the world over and has been such since Adam fell.
The great thing, then, the all-important thing, the thing most imperatively demanded, in Canada and everywhere else, is that sin itself be driven out of the human heart. And only the divine agencies, working through human instruments, can accomplish this result. This is what the church of Christ is commissioned to do in the world; and in doing it, in fulfilling the divine commission just as Christ gave it to her, she will be doing vastly more for the benefit of mankind, everywhere and always, than any worldly organization could ever do, or than she could d® working on any other plan. In other words, the Christian church, in Canada or any other land, can do vastly more to eliminate graft by preaching
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the gospel of salvation from sin, in the power of the Holy Spirit, than she can ever do by conducting a special campaign against graft in particular. This is as true as the principles of the gospel.
And not only that; but in keeping out of politics the church would avoid the most dangerous position into which the Christian church was ever led, and the greatest harm which was ever done to both state and church,
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that zoere before him. And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jereboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him. . . . And Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
1 Kings 16:30-33.
There was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
1 Kings 22 : 25.
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Rev. 2 : 20 - 22.
HERE is no name of woman more execrated in all the Bible than that of Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Tyre. [It is interesting to note, this name of such fearful import to Hebrew ears has reappeared in later years under the innocent form of Isabella.] Of her husband Ahab, it is written that he did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him, and that as if this were “ a light thing,” “ he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians.” I Kings 16:30, 31. His connection with this wicked woman is recorded against him as a crowning sin. Again, of both of them it is written that “ there was none like unto Ahab, . . . whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.” 1 Kings 21: 25.
Now the Scriptures bear ample testimony that to stir Ahab up,— to incite him to lengths of wickedness which he would never have dreamed of, was one of Jezebel’s chief characteristics. When Ahab desired the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, and the latter refused to sell, “Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; . . . and he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.” 1 Kings 21: 4.
In other words, the extent of his wickedness in this particular case, was to act like a spoiled boy instead of like the king of a great nation. He had a bad fit of the sulks because he could not have his own way, so he
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as history so abundantly shows. When the church descends into the arena of politics, under whatever seeming necessity, the way is open for religious questions to enter the same arena and civil power be exercised to force the conscience. The first step in this direction may look as innocent as the first glass does to the youthful imbiber; but all experience testifies what will follow, and from it every church may well take warning. h. a. s.
lay on his bed, and turned his face to the wall, and refused to eat his supper. To be sure, these were not acts befitting a monarch of Israel or of any other nation. But in themselves they were not dastardly or outrageous. If he had been let alone, this would probably have been the end of the matter, and the extent of his wickedness.
But no — he had to be “ stirred up ” by Jezebel.	She went away beyond the sin of
sulking.	She laid a plot and set up a con-
spiracy. She wrote letters and signed her husband’s name to them, sealed them with his seal, hired men of Belial to give perjured testimony, and caused the innocent Naboth to be stoned to death on a trumped-up charge of blasphemy against God and the king. Thus did Jezebel fulfil her vow to Ahab: “ I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth.”
And so it was when the wickedness which she would do was so bad that even Ah&b could not bear to do it, she did it herself, forging his name to documents and surreptitiously using his seal.
Further, this same Jezebel set about it to establish her idolatrous worship in the nation which God had chosen for himself. To aid her in this, she employed and fed at her own table eight hundred and fifty “ celibate priests.” With this army she searched out and put to death every worshiper of God whom she could find. She persevered in this effort until there could be found but seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal. These were hunted like wolves and beasts of prey till they took refuge in the caves of the earth and the most desolate and solitary places; and so complete was their isolation that they were not known to one another. “Even Elijah, the prophet of the Lord, supposed that he alone was left of all who worshiped Jehovah; and, even he was so persistently hunted that, when he could not be found within the limits of Israel, messengers were sent into all the kingdoms, and amongst all the nations round about, to seek him; and, when he was not found, each nation and kingdom was required to take an oath that he was not there.”1
Such was that woman Jezebel of Old Testament times. During her reign the arts and luxury grew apace in Israel. A palace built wholly or in part of ivory was erected at Samaria. (1 Kings 22:39) Celibacy was proclaimed, t but polygamy was practiced. (1 Kings 20:5; 2 Kings 10:7.) Truly the mar-
1 “Ecclesiastical Empire," chap. 19, p. 457.
THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL”
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riage of Ahab with this princess was one of those turning points in the history of a nation, where a new influence entered and ran like poison to the uttermost end of the land. Shrewd, yet reckless, luxurious and licentious, fierce and cunning, was this oriental queen. Under her rule arose the first long series of like events in ecclesiastical history — the first great persecution — the first persecution on a large scale, which the church had witnessed in any shape.2
In the last book of the Bible, the book of Revelation, the book which foretells and records the great apostasy which began while the apostles were yet alive, and is to continue to the end of time, this Jezebel is cited by the Lord as an illustration of that very corrupt, deceiving, destroying apostasy itself. And here a warning is given against the seductions of “ that woman Jezebel,” which has direct reference to the workings of the papacy. And that the expression “ that woman Jezebel ” fits the papacy with a nicety to be found only in the Scriptures, can be seen in a moment by a glance at the history of the times.
In the counsel which Christ gave to his church against this apostate power which he designates under the name of Jezebel, warning is given against two things in particular — fornication and the honoring of idols. Both of these sins were inculcated by the papacy. As we study the history, we shall see that for years the Church of Rome kept up a constant warfare against the institution of marriage. Primarily it was the marriage of the clergy, but indirectly it was the marriage of all.
And by this doctrine and warfare this world-power-church filled all Europe with fornication and adultery.
Still further it is written of “ that woman Jezebel” that she “ calleth herself a prophetess.” Now a prophet or prophetess is a spokesman, a mouthpiece for God; one especially commissioned to give direct messages from God to men. (Ex. 4:15-16; Deut. 18:18.) And who has made this claim so loudly as the Church of Rome? She it is who styles herself the one and only interpreter of the Scriptures, “ the infallible channel of the divine will to man.”
“ That characteristic of the original Jezebel manifested in her ruling the king and stirring him up to do more than the usual evil of kings, and more than he would otherwise have done, is seen displayed throughout the whole course of the papacy after her establishment as a world-power; and is specifically fastened upon her by the Scripture in describing her as “ the woman ... which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” And the unanimous voice of history for a thousand years witnesses to the truth of that word. The further characteristic of Jezebel manifested in herself doing in the king’s name, and under his seal, enormities at the which even the king balked, will equally
2 Dean Stanley, “History of the Jewish Church,” Lect 30.
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appear in the history which we will trace: so also that supreme characteristic of Jezebel, the persistent persecution of the worshipers of the true God.”
It is perfectly plain that in essence, Europe in the Middle Ages was but the papacy in the Middle Ages. It is equally plain that it would be difficult to conceive a worse condition of human society than was this papacy in the Middle Ages. All know that the papacy claims to have been in the Middle Ages, not only Christianity, but the only Christianity. None can hide the fact that the condition of human society under the sole dominion of the Church of Rome — and more than anything else the product of her genius — was about as bad as it could be and survive.
Because of this, many people justly repudiate the papacy. And accepting the statement that the papacy was then Christianity, when they repudiate the papacy they think that they repudiate Christianity. Others, accepting the claim that the papacy was Christianity, and also desiring to hold fast to Christianity, are at an utter loss to find their bearings as to Christianity, in view of the indisputable character of the papacy in the Middle Ages. The difficulty in both these cases centers in their acceptance of the premise, that the papacy was Christianity.
This is an utter error. The papacy was not Christianity in the Middle Ages, nor at any other time. The papacy and Christianity are antagonistic systems. How far the papacy is from being Christianity is made plain by the words of Christ in his third letter to his own church, in which he designates as his . faithful martyr, those who believe in him who were against the papacy —“ Antipas . . . my faithful martyr.” The papacy in the Middle Ages was only “that woman Jezebel.” p. t. m.
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THE *4 GIFT OF TONGUES ” MOVEMENT
0NE who has fallen in with the movement of which “ speaking with tongues ” is the leading characteristic, accounts of which have frequently been in the papers of late, writes in this vein of his experience:—
“ While praying in our place of worship, we all felt very happy, more so than common. We were praying for the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and we prayed at least two hours, and suddenly there appeared a light to me such as I never before saw, and something powerful took possession of my vocal organs, and I never spoke in so many different tongues in my life, and my soul was so filled with power that I shouted at the top of my voice for joy, and ever since I am a new creature for Christ and speak in three or more different tongues that I never knew before. . . . God our Father knows how happy I am since I got this blessing.”
We give this quotation in order to call attention to two things. First, according to the Bible, speaking in an unknown tongue is not in itself any evidence of the presence of the Spirit of God. According to all reports, in
no instance has any one been benefited by the talk given in an unknown tongue. Nobody understood what was being said, and of course no one could be edified by listening to unintelligible jargon. On the day of Pentecost, the disciples spoke with tongues, but it was for a purpose. They were heard by " devout men out of every nation under heaven,” and “ every man heard them speak in his own language.” Acts 2:5, 6. These devout men, who would not have understood the disciples if they had spoken in the Jewish tongue, heard the gospel proclaimed to them in their own language. When the “ latter rain ” is poured out, the gift of tongues will doubtless be seen again; but it will be for the accomplishment of a quick work in the proclamation of the gospel, as it was on the day of Pentecost. Of the mere speaking in an unknown tongue, the apostle Paul said: “ I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” 1 Cor. 14: 19.
Secondly, feeling is not in itself any evidence of nearness to God on the part of the one experiencing it. There is nothing more deceptive than feeling. The basis of Christianity is not feeling, but faith. Faith holds the soul to God when everything looks dark, and when feeling is all on the wrong side. Consider as an illustration the case of Jacob wrestling with the angel. Jacob supposed he was contending with a robber, and might lose his life. Satan was on hand to try to make him feel that God had forsaken him on account of his sins. It is very evident that Jacob’s feelings during the hours of his wrestling were far from pleasant. But it was right there that Jacob showed true faith. He held fast to the promises God had made to him, and would not yield to the temptation to give up in despair. And at last, finding his antagonist to be an angel and not a man, he cast himself on the mercy' of God and claimed his blessing. And the angel, who was the Lord Jesus Christ, said to him: “ Thy name shall no more be called Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [prince of God], for as a prince hast thou power with God and with man, and hast prevailed.” Gen. 32:28. That experience of Jacob is left us as an illustration of the nature of true faith.
When people speak with an unknown tongue, and are carried away with a happy flight of feeling, it is time to ask, What of their teaching This is the important point. Do they magnify and make honorable the law of God, as Christ did? What about the fourth precept of that law, which commands the seventh-day Sabbath? Do they believe, practice, and teach that? Or do they teach that God’s holy law has been changed, or that it is done away? “To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa. 8:20. This is an infallible rule by which the spirits are to be tested, as to whether or not they are of God. 1 John 4: 1.
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FROM THE FIELD
ECUADOR
On the west coast the most northern mission held of the South American Union Conference is that of Ecuador, embracing the republic of the same name. As its name indicates, this country is located on the equator. In area and in the number of its inhabitants there are only two South American republics smaller, namely, Paraguay and Uraguay.
Quito, a city of 80,000 inhabitants, located in the interior and only twelve miles from the equator, at an altitude of over nine thousand feet, is the capital and largest city. It is also considered to be the oldest city of the western hemisphere, having been the capital of an Indian kingdcmi which was conquered by the Inca empire a generation or two before the conquest of the latter by Spain in the sixteenth century.
Guayaquil is the principal port, having for its harbor the river of the same name. On account of its filth, lack of proper drainage, and its low, flat situation and surroundings, it is a most unhealthful place during the warm rainy season.
Unlike Peru, the coast of Ecuador for many miles into the interior is low and covered with a beautiful verdure, and considering the latitude is necessarily unhealthful. A large part of Ecuador consists of an elevated plateau, and the climate is both pleasant and healthful. The citizens of Ambato, at an altitude of over eight thousand feet, where Brethren Casebeer and Davis reside, boast of having the most healthful climate in the world. As it never becomes very hot, and frost is unknown, there is an abundance of fresh fruits, grains, and vegetables at all seasons of the year. To new-comers the rarity of the atmosphere is an unpleasant feature, but to this one may readily accustom himself.
The population is said to be about 1,200,000; but the exact number cannot be known. East of the Andes, there are sections unexplored, inhabited by savage Indian tribes that make it dangerous to enter. It is claimed that some of these as well as some in eastern Peru, are cannibals. Many who have entered their haunts have never returned. From my limited observations, I would be inclined to place the number above the above mentioned figures. Along the coast the Ecuadorian is a cholo, a mixture of white and Indian. There are also many Chinese, and Chinese mixed with native blood. All the cities east of the mountains contain whites and cholos. The Indian is everywhere in evidence, and especially in the country. They are the tillers of the soil, and their well-kept fields along the mountainsides show a thrift and skill truly surprising. Eight hundred thousand of Ecuador’s inhabitants are full-blood Indians.
The government is a liberal one. A revolution not long since overthrew the Catholic party. Church and state were separated by a hitherto most dutiful child of the papacy, the schools were made secular, and theoretically there is the most perfect liberty. Naturally
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the clergy still% have a strong hold upon the people, which will occasionally manifest itself in counter-revolutions against the government. Along the coast towns where the people come in touch with the civilization of the outside world, the liberal sentiment permits the preaching of the gospel freely. In many interior places, fanaticism makes gospel work beset with dangers.
Three years ago Brother F. H. Davis came to Ecuador as the pioneer Seventh-day Adventist missionary. He had already had a good experience as a colporter in Chile, where he had also served as a pioneer. Since his arrivel in Ecuador, he has been laboring in the same capacity, and he has succeeded in placing considerable literature in the homes of the people. More than a year and a half ago, Elder George Casebeer came to assist in the work, and when Ecuador was separated as a mission field a little more than a year ago, he was placed in charge as superintendent. The brethren cannot boast of many souls gained, but on the part of Brother Davis it has been a period of seed-sowing, and Brother Casebeer came to this field a stranger to the language. They are now prepared to enter upon a more vigorous, aggressive campaign in that dark and needy land.
Notwithstanding the above disadvantageous circumstances, they have probably not been less successful than missionaries of other denominations. A minister who has labored in Quito for a number of years told me that he counted four hopeful conversions as a result. A report of a missionary in Ecuador made at the close of last year said that the number of really converted souls numbered less than a quarter of a hundred, and this after ten or more years of labor by a number of workers. This only emphasizes the difficulties of the field.
Two persons have fully accepted the third angel’s message in Ecuador; one, a brother at Guayaquil who came to us from a Protestant congregation. There are two other young men somewhat interested, both of whom are Catholics.
At Arubato a young man of twenty-six years of good family and education and of good character, has received the message, and it was my privilege to baptize him, the first Seventh-day Adventist baptized in this mission field. He has been in the United States over two years and speaks English quite well. He had been reared in the Catholic fold, and was a very firm believer in that church, so that he considered it a great sin to entertain the least doubt with reference to her. But the Lord has wonderfully opened his eyes to see and receive the truth. May he continue his blessings to him, and make him a willing and useful instrument in the work of the last message.
I enjoyed very much my short stay and acquaintance with the brethren, and counseling about the work. They have the work at heart, and are anxious for its advancement. They may be counted on to lift all they can. All has not been sunshine, nor need we expect it to be. The day is all the brighter because
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of the night. I am of the firmest conviction that we shall see more rapid strides in the development of the work in the future. The early and the latter rain will cause the seed to spring forth, and the harvest to ripen quickly. Remember the work in Ecuador in your prayers.	J. W. Westphal.
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AN EXPERIENCE OF A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST IN PERU
In its issue of April 23, one of the daily papers of Callao, Peru, reported the following experience of one of our brethren in a town called Pacaran, not far from Lima:—
Mr. Francis Rivadeneira of Lima makes a complaint which is more than just against a Spanish priest in Pacaran.
“ Rivadeneira is a Protestant Christian and therefore propagates his religion.
“ He says that he is a native of Pacaran, having in that place his crops and his family, and that he went there recently for the purpose of harvesting his crops. While theie, one of his children died. He went to the priest to get the necessary permit to bury him, paying the necessary tax for burying in the Catholic cemetery, as there was no other in the place.
“ The priest received him very roughly, notwithstanding that it is usually the opposite when the matter of money is involved, because he knew that this brother was circulating Protestant tracts and papers in the place. He apostrophized him very harshly for his propaganda, denouncing it as heretical, and threatened to have him shut up in the public prison.
“ Rivadeneira answered him directly to the point, telling him that this he might be able to do with ignorant people who do not understand their just rights, but not with him who was a Seventh-day Adventist, and that in Lima he circulated without hindrance the periodical Las Senates de los Tiempos to give light to the people.
“After a long series of injurious recriminations, the priest turned his back on him without giving him the permit to bury his child, saying that he was occupied, and he would have to call back later. Later he went back, and found the priest talking with the lieutenant who is in charge of the public police force. The priest took the opportunity to reproach and insult him again, but at last he gave him the necessary permit, after receiving his pay for it.
“ This occurred the 10th of March. After that this man was watched and badly treated. The 24th of March the Chief of Police arrived in the place, and put at the disposition of the priest the public police force to persecute Rivadeneira. Immediately an official and a soldier went to take him prisoner, but did not find him at home. His wife, who was alone, told them that her husband would not return from his work until night, as the farm where he was working was some distance away.
“The official remained in the house to be
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sure that no one left it, while he sent the soldier to inform the priest of what was taking place. The priest returned with the soldier to the house, and accused the wife of having advised her husband. When she denied this, the priest threatened to send her to the lock-up. The official had a long conference with the priest, after which they both retired, leaving the soldier in charge, armed with his rifle. Finally the Chief of Police arrived, and told the soldier that if Riva-deneira did not return by half past five, he might return to the barracks. It so happened, and the following day Rivadeneira with his wife and child escaped to Lima, fleeing from the Spanish priest and from the Chief of Police.”
Catholicism is ever the same, be it in old Spain, Cuba, or South America.
N. Z. Town.
DOMINICA
Dominica, an island of the West Indies, was discovered by Columbus in 1493, on his second voyage, on a Sunday — hence its name, for Domingo is the Spanish for Sunday, from Dominus, Lord,— the “ Lord's Day.”
First under Spanish rule, then under French, it eventually fell into English hands. By conquest it became British in 1756; in 1763 it was ceded to oreat Britain by the treaty of Paris; in 1778 it was retaken by the governor of Martinique (French), and restored in 1783; in 1795 it was invaded from the other side by Victor Hughes of Guadeloupe, but repulsed by the English governor Hamilton. Again it was invaded in 1885 by Count La Grange from Martinique, who met stubborn resistance.
“ During the conflict, Roseau, the capital, accidentally caught fire, and the British capitulated, paying £12,000 to the enemy to retire.”
French persistence to hold Dominica is still evident although in another way. What French soldiers have failed to acquire, French priests have succeeded in, holding spiritual dominion over 24,000 in a population of about 28,000. Although the island is in the possession of the English, the tendencies of the people are more French than English. You will go through villages where, to many persons, the English language is as yet unknown.
Dominica is a ragged, craggy country, well described to Isabella of Spain by Columbus, when he took a piece of paper, clutched it and opening his hand said, “ This is Dominica.” Its topography well illustrates the “ ups and downs of life,” and its rugged contour is a fair symbol of the strenuous efforts necessary to make evangelical progress.
A few weeks ago I made a complete tour of the island on foot to learn its conditions, physical and otherwise, and to supply it with our literature. Where night befell me, there I slept. I met hospitable people all the way. I spent a night at a Carib Indian's place. The first thing he did was to spread the “ board ” for dinner; the next, the bed for sleep. Unlike the Indians of British Guiana, these Indians know nothing of a native tongue or dialect, but speak the patois (pronounced
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pat-wa), a corruption of the French, like the rest of the people.
No one doubts Dominica's volcanic character in the presence of its Soufrieres, which is so perceptible to our senses at times and tarnishes our silver; and the evidence of the boiling lake, whose thermic water registers 1800. This boiling lake is said to be the focus of volcanic action in the Grande Sou-friere, a region in the southern part of the island embracing about five square miles, acting as a safety valve to what would otherwise be a very dangerous position and condition.
“ The Boiling Lake claims attention, not only as a remarkable natural phenomenon, but from various points of view peculiar to itself; by the mysterious obscurity of its unsuspected existence for ages; by the accidental circumstances which brought about its discovery; by its subsequent changed condition. . . .
“ The most noteworthy fact, and one bearing witness to the chaotic ruggedness and inaccessibility of the region in question, is that in an island of less than three hundred square miles, colonized by the Spaniards since the
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seventh century, cultivated continuously by the French to the middle of the eighteenth century, and progressively exploited by the French and English ever since, nature secreted in her inmost wilds, far from the ken of the industrious colonist and the adventurous, hunter, a striking and wonderful object of curiosity, a spectacle which now invests Dominica with a unique attraction among her sister islands, bringing travelers hitherward from distant lands, and which has been deemed worthy of a place among the wonders of the world.”
“The topographical and physical conditions of the Boiling Lake may be summarized as follows: It is situated on the eastern side of the longitudinal mountain chain of the island, at an altitude of about 2,425 feet above
the sea level, and it lies in a deep depression in the midst of a wide area of rocks and other volcanic debris.”
On a Sunday forenoon, Jan. 4, 1880, there was an explosion. Fine white ash covered the neighboring region, and rocks of tremendous proportions were hurled hundreds of yards.
The forests of Dominica are harmless. There are no fierce beasts; no venomous snakes or insects to speak of. The climate is very healthful. With such a plentiful rainfall, vegetation flourishes even on rocks. There is an abundance of fruit of some kind or other all the year round.
With the majority of the people Catholic, there is the accompaniment of “ blissful ignorance” of the blessed Book. We met many who, when offered literature, said, “ Can't read.”
Wedded to their church, it seems almost impossible for anything to move them; but once they are converted to the truth, you do not find a people more devoted to every Christian duty. Three of our young people have gone to the Jamaica school. We have started our church building. It is on the same street with the government house, the library, police station, and the court-house. It commands a view seaward as well as landward. Some of the people are very wroth to see us build. We are reminded of Nehemiah’s time. Pray for us.	Philip Giddings.
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Our meetings at Thomasville, N. C., closed September 24. As the immediate result five are beginning to keep all the commandments. Some others are yet undecided. It is hoped they will decide aright. During the time of our meeting, there have been three different tent-meetings held by as many different denominations ; also two of the local churches have conducted revival meetings. Great interest, large attendance, and much enthusiasm have marked all these efforts. At our services there has not been a great attendance, partly, of course, because of the counter-attractions offered by these other things, but mostly, perhaps, because the great majority were either indifferent or positively hostile to our work.
The latest effort has been a tent-meeting conducted by people calling themselves Pentecostals. They claim all the gifts of the Spirit, but seem to make a specialty of the gift of tongues. Their meetings are marked by great fervor, enthusiasm, and extravagance of voice, actions, and gesture. They believe in the near coming of Christ. Their theology seems to be a composition of Mormonism, Rus-sellism, with a heavy admixture of the “ holiness ” thought.
Their chief attraction to the masses is that under the inspiration of their religious efforts, they break forth into what they call “speaking in tongues.” This is accompanied by violent contortions of the body and much confusion and babble of voices. They rejoice in this, and regard it as evidence that they have
the real message for the world. They admonish people to come and have this experience, declaring that without it there is no salvation.
While of course the greater number go to these meetings out of curiosity and to be amused by the things they see and hear, it is also true that many are genuinely interested, and are inclined to look with favor upon that which we full well know is a deception. These people see the fallen condition of the churches, and this seems to offer a relief. In the promulgation of their doctrines, they know well how to read the promises of the latter rain and the gifts of the Spirit.
Of the people who listen, few are able to apply the Bible tests which would detect for them the spurious. Their only recourse is either to reject the whole doctrine of spiritual gifts, or else to accept the teachings presented by these people. Many honest but misguided people are lending an ear to this new thing. With some the noise, fuss, and confusion are distressing, and yet in their anxiety to take what they become persuaded is right, they endure it. They speak of it as “ bearing their cross.” Thus people of refinement, whose inherent modesty and good taste revolt at making themselves conspicuous, feel in duty bound to engage in these exercises that require them to become a gazing-stock to the curious and worldly. Others, of course, are in their element and delight in it all.
Never have I been so thankful for the truth of God as since I have seen the true doctrine of spiritual gifts contrasted with this counterfeit. Inasmuch as our meeting has been in progress all through the time of these, there have been many remarks, both commendatory and otherwise, with reference to the different methods of conducting religious meetings. Adverse criticism has been freely expressed with reference to the tameness, simplicity, and quietness of our work. A frequent remark is, “ O, you have the Bible argument all right, but you have n’t the ‘ power.’ ” While we recognize and feel very keenly our lack of strength, yet it is good to know that “ the truth of God is not bound.”
Those who have here laid hold on the message can testify as to the power of the truth. Tobacco has been laid aside, snuff boxes discarded, and pork discontinued. While our meetings have not been exciting, there has been present the mighty power of God to convict of sin. The power to accept an unpopular truth is more to be desired than the power to jump, shriek, dance, or kick over tables. The power to lay aside tobacco is preferable to the ability to talk gibberish. The power to have the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, and to do things decently and in order, is better than any amount of rant and noise.
For twenty years the Lord has been warning his people concerning just such manifestations. See “ Great Controversy,” chapter on “ Modern Revivals.” Satan, knowing that soon the Lord will pour out his Spirit in the latter rain, is counterfeiting this work. Instead of being disconcerted or perplexed, we
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should look up and rejoice; for it is only a fulfilment of the sure word of prophecy. Further, the presence of these spurious gifts should move us to desire of our God the genuine outpouring of the latter rain. This, instead of making us disorderly or bringing in confusion, will humble us, and unite us, so that we shall all “ speak the same things.’’ Those who have laid hold on the truth here have been carefully instructed along these lines, and they are rejoicing in a truth that saves from sin and helps to do things decently and in order.	T. H. Jeys.
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LIFE IN INDIA—No. 3
To give my readers an idea of the Indian climate would be almost as difficult as to describe the country itself in detail. One can find almost any kind of climate he may desire.
The temperature along the coastal countries is generally high, but equable the year
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round, with the atmosphere highly charged with moisture. Here the rainy season is quite prolonged. As we proceed inland to the higher altitudes, the air becomes dryer and cooler with shorter seasons of wet weather. It is possible for the Indian to sing, “ From Greenland’s Icy Mountain to India’s Coral Strand,” with about as much meaning and appropriateness as those living in some far-away land. The only change necessary in the song would be “ Himalaya’s ” in place of “ Greenland’s'.”
If you are looking for cold weather, all you need do is to visit Murree or Simla in the Himalayas, where you can, at times, toboggan on six feet of snow. If this should be too chilly for your limpid blood, the process of thawing can be helped greatly by taking a trip to the Province of Sind, where the thermometer frequently looks down at 130° in the shade. If you should prefer a dry climate, you can find districts where twenty-four months may pass without a drop of rain. Or, on the other hand, if a moist climate is more suitable to your disposition, you can safely repair to Assam or Burma, where you are likely to be treated to a rain-fall that often exceeds four hundred inches a year.
With all this variety of weather it would seem that no one should suffer for want of proper climatic surroundings in India; and yet India’s climate, as it is shared by the missionary, is one of his greatest enemies. If his work takes him on the plains, where is to
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be found by far the greatest majority of India’s millions, he must there endure ten months of unbearable heat of the most trying kind; and the chances are that the remaining two months, will be warm enough to allow him no chance for recuperation. If he seeks a cool climate in the hills, he will find only a class of people who have some civil or military appointments, those who are living off the interest of their money or their pensions, or the “ upper crust ” of society who are there from the plains to escape the heat. Living in such places is usually too expensive for the income of the average missionary, and the class of people he meets do not, as a rule, constitute a fruitful field for missionary effort. So for the most part the missionary is confined to the more unfavorable zones of India as far as climate is concerned, for the greater part of his labor.
No one can appreciate Indian heat until he has experienced it. Lying so near the equator, the rays of the sun are more direct, and consequently more penetrating. In America if we have a period of more than two weeks of sultry weather, people begin to think the earth is going to be struck by the sun and burned up. Such people would live in mortal fear the greater part of the year if they lived in India. Here we are treated to a hot spell when punkahs (fans) are kept going night and day for the better part of eight months, owing to your location.
In fact, “sweating” in all its phases is endured without any let up during the hot season. You arise in the morning after a long night of tossing and turning (some nights in India are said to be eighteen hours long), and take a long cold soak, after which you don 3 fresh white suit throughout. If you require exercise, you must be out early and get it before nine a. m. By ten o’clock a. m. the chances are that you are ready for another change of white throughout, preceded by a cold bath. From 11 to 3 o’clock p. m. it is unsafe to be out in the sun, even when well protected, and very few except those whose duties call them out ever go out during this time.
Contrary to our custom in America, every door and window is tightly closed to keep out the heat and keep in the cool. During the day you may change for dry clothing at least three times, and often many more, owing to your ability to keep a large stock of hot weather clothing. Heavy pith or cork helmets must be worn to protect the head and neck from the sun. Straw hats such as are commonly used in the States would be absolutely worthless. It is positively dangerous to step out into the sunshine with the head uncovered.
Not long ago I had to make a trip to Ceylon on business, and while on this journey I had an experience of the heat of the hot plains of Southern India. If you ever took a Turkish hot-air bath, you will know about what I got for ten days. You can readily see that such intense prolonged heat is very trying to those who must work in it. It takes the life and energy out of a person in a very short time,
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A GOD IN THE MAKING
L. C. F. Tomkins writes from Hankow, says the Missionary Review of the World, that on a recent trip he came across an interesting instance of how idols come into being. A man belonging to one of the Buddhist vegetarian sects started on a pilgrimage to a famous temple dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, distant three or four hundred miles from Hankow. Unfortunately, he became ill on the way and had to return home, where he died. His fellow vegetarians, instead of burying his body, placed it in a sitting posture in a large water pitcher, half filled with water, and covered it with another earthen vessel, plastering the whole over with lime. They then induced a man who was reputed to be deaf and dumb, to worship before this, and gave out that he had been healed, whereupon scores of people from the immediate neighborhood came to be healed also. Mr. Tomkins says:—
“ When we passed the spot we noticed that timber was being brought to build a temple in honor of the modern Esculapius, where succeeding generations may worship. It was
and great care must be exercised on the part of those who are strong and vigorous not to overestimate their power of endurance, and go to pieces in an instant.
The work in this climate must be carried forward in relays. It is literally a dash into the fire to save people and drive a stake here and there, and then retreat to a cooler zone for recuperation and a fresh start. It has only been within the past six months that we have had a place of retreat in the refreshing invigorating climate of the hills. Heretofore our worn-out standard-bearers have had to seek a new lease of life and strength in the cooler climates of some distant shore, which was a great expense and drawback to the work in India. But recently the Lord has put it into the hearts of some of our dear brethren at home to furnish means with which to purchase a commodious yet modest property in the mountains, whither the worn and exhausted workers may repair for a quiet rest, and gather strength to continue their labors.
Remember India's workers in your prayers, that God may preserve us all in health amid the trying climatic conditions which surround us.	J. S. James.
Bangalore, India.
sad to see one after another doing obesiance before the rude shrine that had been erected, burning their incense sticks and muttering meaningless prayers, and then paying their money, and carrying away some river water in bottles, with a little incense dust mixed in it — a sure remedy for every disease from toothache to leprosy ! ”
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ROMAN CATHOLIC TEACHING CONCERNING THE POWER OF THE PRIEST
The following is from a work by M. Gaume, approved by nine bishops and archbishops, and by Pope Gregory XVI. As a token of his appreciation of the said work, this pontiff sent him the cross of the order of Saint Sylvester. In this book Gaume says of the priests:—
“ What human tongue can describe the dignity of the priesthood, and the greatness of the priest? The kings of the earth are mighty, who command armies, and shake the world by the sound of their names. But behold! there is a man still greater. There is a man who daily, when it pleases him, opens the gates of heaven, addresses himself to the Son of the Eternal, to the Monarch of worlds, and says, * Come down from your throne, come.' Obedient to the voice of this man, the Word of God, by whom all things were made, leaves instantly the abode of glory, incarnates himself in the hands of this man, more mighty than kings, than angels, than the august Mary. And this man says to him, ‘ You are my son, this day have I begotten you. You are my victim.' And he allows this man to immolate him, to place him wherever he wishes, and to give him to whomsoever he pleases. This man is the priest.
“ The priest is not only almighty in heaven, and over the God-man, but he is also almighty upon earth, and over the mystical body of Jesus Christ. Behold a man is fallen into the hands of the devil; what power will be able to deliver him? Call to the assistance of this unhappy man the angels and archangels, holy Michael himself, chief of the heavenly host, conqueror of batan and his revolted legions: they will never be able to sever the chains of the sinner who has placed his confidence in the wicked one. . . . The priest can do it.
“ Much more. Suppose that the Redeemer visibly descends in person to his church, and stations himself in the confessional to administer the sacrament of penance, while a priest occupies another. The Son of God says, ‘ I absolve you,' and the priest says, ‘I absolve you,’ and the penitent finds himself absolved just as much by one as by the other.
“ Thus the priest, mighty like God, can instantly snatch the sinner from hell, render him worthy of paradise, and a slave of the devil be made a son of Abraham, and God himself is obliged to submit to the judgment of the priest, to grant or refuse his pardon according as the priest may grant or refuse absolution. The sentence of the priest precedes, God submits to it. Can any one con-cieve of a greater power?"
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Brethren, we are now erelong to part asunder, and the Lord knoweth whether I shall live ever to see your faces more; but whether the Lord hath appointed that or not, I charge you before God and his blessed angels to follow me no further than I have followed Christ. If God should reveal anything to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it as you ever were to receive any truth by my ministry; for I am very confident that the Lord hath more truth and light yet to break forth out of his Holy Word.
For my part, I cannot sufficently bewail the condition of the reformed churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go no further than the instruments of their reformation. The Lutherans cannot be drawn to go any further than what Luther saw, and the Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God, who yet saw not all things. This is a misery much to be lamented; for though they were burning and shining lights in their time, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Remember your church covenant, in which you have agreed to walk in all the ways of the Lord, made known or to be made known unto you. Remember your promise and covenant with God and with one another, to receive whatever light and truth shall be made known to you from his written Word. But, withal, take heed, I beseech you, what you receive as truth. Examine it, consider it, compare it with other scriptures of truth before you receive it; for it is not possible that the Christian world should come so lately out of such thick antichristian darkness, and that perfection of knowledge should break forth at once.— From the Farewell Address of Pastor John Robinson to the Puritan Pilgrims on Their Departure for America.
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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER
POETRY	page
Sufficient for the Day......... 659
Little Kind nesses ............ 663
GENERAL ARTICLES.—
Pray without Ceasing, *Mrs	E	G	White 659
The Day of Atonement, C	Santee..660
Spiritualism .................. 661
THE HOME.—Autointoxication—Restful People, Mrs M H Tuxford....... 662, 663
EDITORIAL.— Idle Words, g. i. b.— “Graft” and Sin, e. a. s.—“That Woman Jezebel,” p. t. m.—The “Gift of Tongues” Movement, e. a.	s. 564-566
FROM THE FIELD.— Ecuador, J W Westphae—An Experience of Seventh-day Adventists in Peru, N Z Town— Dominica, P Giddings—Power, T H Jeys — Life in India.— No. 3, J. S. James ........................ 667 - 670
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God in the Making................. 670
OUR SCRAP BOOK.—Roman Catholic Teaching Concerning the Power of the Priest—The Right Attitude toward the Truth ............................ 670
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The many friends of the senior editor of the Watchman, Elder G. I. Butler, will be pleased to learn that as the result of a brief ceremony performed before a few assembled guests at the residence of his nephew, Dr. F. A. Washburn of the Nashville Sanitarium, on the evening of October 8, he is again happy in the blessing of a companionship which was interrupted by death some years ago. The bride is the widow of Elder W. C. Grainger, the last years of whose life were spent in missionary labor in Japan. All who know Elder Butler will join in extending him congratulations on the event, which under Providence will be blessed to his future happiness, and further usefulness in the cause with which he has so long been connected.
Some interesting testimony is given in our Scrap Book column as to what is taught in Catholic literature regarding the power of the priest. Where could there be a greater power, the question is asked, than the power of the priest, who pronounces a judgment which God himself is compelled to sanction? A fitting question, truly! God is almighty, yet the priest can compel the Almighty to sanction his decree, thus possessing even more than almighty power! This is great power indeed!
The following from the New York Sun, which has no reputation for sensationalism, is worthy of note:—
“The navy is going to the Pacific Ocean for war with Japan, and Japan recognizes the fact, and is energetically preparing for it. Once the operation of transferring our ships to Pacific waters has been accomplished, war is inevitable.”
The Washington Post scouts the idea that this action of the navy will bring on war, but says that war with Japan would be absolutely certain if the government should exhibit a fear to send the navy to the Pacific. On the whole the situation looks disquieting, though we do not anticipate war just now.
What is to become of the Constitution of the United States? It is proper to raise this question, in view of the increasing sentiment that the Constitution has become antiquated and no longer fits the nation’s needs. This sentiment was voiced in a recent speech at the Jamestown fair grounds by President Edmund J. James of the University of Illinois, who said that “ our present Constitution has been so changed by construction and interpretation that its authors would never recognize it,” and that three courses are open to the people, —“ one, to observe the Constitution strictly, which would be suicidal; second, to keep interpreting it away, which will undermine the respect of the people for all law; and, third, to call a national convention and frame a new Constitution.”
In any case, it is evident that constitutional guaranties cannot be longer depended on to safeguard American liberty.
“ We are informed,” says the Independent, “ that in one of the small towns of Western Pennsylvania as high as ten per cent, of the population have become the slaves of cocaine, because of the criminal connivance of one or more druggists in the matter.” Such state-•ments remind us that the battle for temperance cannot be won by the prohibition of the liquor traffic alone. “ Even where prohibition prevails by law.*’ the Independent continues, “ it is the druggists who are responsible for such violations, of the spirit of the law at least, as in some places make it ridiculous.” In some towns in the prohibition state of Maine, the corner drug store largely replaces the saloon, and in nearly all prohibition territory, there is a large sale of “ pe-ru-na ” and other
patent medicines containing alcohol, to say nothing of those “ medicines ” which contain cocaine or opium. The battle for temperance is one that must be waged with ceaseless vigilance and with the co-operation of every agency of righteousness in heaven and earth.
The questions remaining to be decided at the Hague conference, are those relating to compulsory arbitration, the collection of contractual debts, and the establishment of a permanent court of arbitration. The last-named project has already been discussed to some extent, and as it is opposed by several of the powers represented at the conference, it is not expected that an agreement on this question will be reached. If the conference should succeed in establishing compulsory arbitration as the method of settling international disputes, it will be a great gain for the world, truly; but it remains to be seen whether the delegates will be more successful in dealing with this problem than they have been with others. If they do not succeed here, the whole conference will come little if any short of an absolute failure.
A new theory comes to us to account for the things done by Spiritualist mediums. It comes irom the camp of science, or what man calls such, being put forth by Professor Filippo Bottazzi, head of the department of physiology of the Royal University of Naples, “ a man whose position guarantees his good faith and his scientific acumen,” says the Review of Reviews. Professor Bottazzi conducted a series of careful and very scientific experiments with a Spiritualist medium with a view of determining the source from which the manifestations proceeded, and sums up his conclusion in these words:—
“ Mediumistic phenomena, when they are not entirely hallucinations of those present at the seance, are biological phenomena entirely dependent on the organism of the medium, and if so, they occur as if accomplished by prolongation of the natural limbs, or as if by additional limbs which spread from the body of the medium and re-enter it after a variable time, during which time they show themselves, as far as the sensation they bring about in us, as limbs differing in no essential matter from natural or physical members.”
This theory, the professor says, printed over his name and with all the weight of evidence which he has collected back of it, cannot but give food for thought to all except obstinately incredulous skeptics who have no faith in the methods of science.
With all respect to scientific authority, however, we find it very much easier to believe the Scriptural explanation of the phenomena of Spiritualism, which ascribes them to the agency of unseen evil spirits. It requires much less credulity to believe the Bible than to believe that which contradicts the Bible.