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God Liveth Still. %HUH • God liveth still, God liveth still, Trust my soul and fear no ill. Trust my soul and- fear no ill. God is good ; from his compassion He who gave the air its mission, Earthly help and comfort flow ; Shall he slumber once or sleep ? Strong is His right hand to fashion iS He who gave the eye its vision, All things well for men below ; Sees He not when mortals weep ? Trial, oft, the most distressing,. God is good ; His ear attendeth In the end has proved a blessing, When the sigh our bosom rendeth. Wherefore, then, my soul, despair? Wherefore, then, my soul, despair ? God still lives, who answers prayer. God still lives, who heareth prayer. Tbe 12e$urreetiop of Tbe Dead. HU crowning hope that comes to us through the resurrec- then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Their glory 'C tion of Christ and assured to us through no other source, pertains to the future kingdom. " When the Son of man shall is the certainty that the dead shall live. All through the ages come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he the resurrection has been the favorite theme that has palliated sit upon the throne of his glory." Matt. xxv., 31. And the the sorrows caused by separation through death and with long- kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom ing hearts God's believing people have ever looked forward under the whole heavens. shall be given to the people of the to that day which will bring the reward of their faith. saints of the most high, and all dominions shall serve The prophets have foretold it. Isaiah knowing that he and obey him." Dan. vii., 27. too, must pass under the dominion of death expressed the To the righteous the resurrection means immortality. divinely inspired hope. " Thy dead men shall live, together " Behold, I show you a mystery ; we shall not all sleep, but we with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at dwell in dust ; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the the last trump : for-the trumpet shall sound, and the dead earth shall cast out the dead. Isa. xxvi., 19. David said, " I shall be raised incorruptable, and we (the living) shall be shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." Job in changed. For this corruptable must put on incorruption, and his deep affliction, breathed forth the spirit of assurance iu the this mortal must put on immortality. . . . Then shall be expression.—" If a man die shall he live again ? All the days of brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Thou up in victory. Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave (hades) .shalt call, and I will answer thee." The Saviour in confirma- where is thy victory." Although the grave holds the Millions tion of all this, exclaimed--•" Marvel not at this : for the hour of this world, its power is broken ; for the proclamation has is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his been sounded to all the earth, " I am he that liveth, and was ;voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the dead ; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen " ; and have 'resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the the keys of Hell (Hades—the grave) and of death." Rev. i., 18. resurrection of damnation." John v., 28,:29. " I am the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me The Inspired Paul bears a soul stirring testimony when he though he were dead, yet shall he live." John xi., 25. -says, i Thess. ii., 13, 18. " I would not have you to be igno- The only hope of life beyond the grave is in the fact that Tant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sor- Christ having passed under its dominion, came forth a con- row not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe queror. Our confidence is in the merits of his resurrection. that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep " For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen ; " " Then in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." " But by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits 'unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent theni which of them that slept. For as in Adam all died, even so in Christ are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven shall all be made alive. " But every man in his own order : with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the'', trump Christ the first fruits; afterwards they that are Christ's at his ,of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : Then we which coming." " The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death, `ire alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in Cor. xv., 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25. " And God shall wipe away the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so shall we ever all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain words." Herein is set, forth the comfort, wherewith we are to for the former things are passed away." Rev. xxi. ,comfort one another,—" So shall we ever be with the Lord." Then can we not say from the heart " Blessed be the How ! Through the resurrection, at his coming. God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to This makes clear Col. iii., 3, 4. "Your life is hid with his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto .a Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life shall appear, lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from 2 (9a) TH!-SAIII.gBEAN WATCHMAN,/ [Vol.. I[.—No. 8.] the dead, to an inheritance incorruptable, and undefiled, and to answer for his life for believing and teaching` contrary to that. fadeth not away ; reserved in heaven for you ? " Comfort the accepted views of the Roman World. There was being yew cOmfort ye, one another with these wonderful assurances. waged a great conflict, between truth and error in which Paul 'BY the merits of Christ's death and resurrection the grave lost his present life. Mark 8 : 35., but Paul had said, " This ha§ lost its power. Blessed be his name. Our loved ones shall is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ rill/again. Those who sleep in Jesus shall come forth glorified Jesus came into the world io save sinners of whom I am. and immortal, in a state of complete restitution. Sin and its chief." Now see if he is so confident ; look at him as he attendant results will have dominion no more. comes up the aisle With bent form, hair sprinkled with gray as _The greatest joy of all their blessedness, will be, the being he comes forth from the dnngeon ; the light hurts his eyes Vvithbinf ; who for our sakes became .poor and suffered that he can scarcely see. Now ask him, do you think that is a w Might live. Oh the rapture of looking upon that face, as faithful 'saying, do you know that Nero will behead you weloin in the song of victory over sin and death and further to-morrow ? His bent form becomes erect, his eyes sparkle, •unite in the, song of Moses and the Lamb upon the sea of glass. I knaw it "for I am now'ready to be offered up and the time Shall we not let these few thoughts from among the many of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight. as set forth in the Word lead us into a fuller acknowledgment have finished my course. I have kept the faith (bless the of the virtue of his atonement, and like Paul be determined Lord) henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteous- not to know anything. . . . Save Jesus Christ and him cru- ness, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that cified ? day, and not to me only but unto all them also that love His D. E. WELLMAN. appearing." Was he alone? Read Matt. to : 18-2o. It is human to stand with the crowd, it is divine to stand alone. It is natural to compromise conscience and follow the social and religious fashions for the sake of gain or pleasure, it is _5) divine to sacrifice both on the alter of truth and duty. . "'Men Sbalt See nese Truth has been out of style since man changed his robe Zbings." of fadeless light for a garment of faded leaves. The church JESSIE ROGERS. in the wilderness praised Abraham and persecuted Moses. The church of the, Kings praised Moses and killed the " War !" the dreadful news comes flashing, prophets. The church of Caiphas praised the prophet§ and Bloodshed, agony, and strife, persecuted Jesus, and said if we had lived in, the days of the C Man his 'fellowman depriving prophets we would not have stoned thein. Multitudes to-day Of the boon of mortal life. both in the church and in the world applaud the courage and " Crash 1" a mighty building totters, Hurling into painful death fortitude of the apostles and martyrs, but condemn as stub- Full three hundred souls, who lately bornness, like faithfulness to truth and duty now. But truth Breathed with joy life's fleeting breath. will triumph for there is the invisible power connected with it, for " straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth " F ire !" the awful conflagration unto life and few there be that find it." There is now placed Sweeps like sceptre grim and gaunt ; Yesterday was smiling plenty before the world a great struggle between two powers of Where to-day are woe and want. earth, it may seem to be an unequal contest, but who dare to "Lost !" a pilot's reckless daring predict the iultimate results. But in this one all-absorbing On a treacherous, rock-bound shore ; contest between truth and error there is no question. Ap- And with all its human cargo pearances do not form any part of a basis for Calculations ; Sinks the ship, to rise no more. what the true warrior must have is the power froth on high. Down the rails a mighty engine We hear much said about it. Preachers preach about it, Dashes on at fearful speed— men talk about it, it is prayed for, and saught, and the Hark ! an awful cry is ringing, As for help the dying plead. church generally has re-ached the conclusion it is the supreme- Comes the dreadful cry from India,— need of the hour. Indeed this has almost become a fad-, but Famine, pestilence, and woe,— we do not hear a great deal about the preparation necessary Telling how a thousand victims in order to receive this heavenly gift. This part is all impor- Daily through death's portals go. tant. Those ten days of prayer in the upper room just before Ye who fondly look for glory, Pentecost are Woderfully significant. The disciples must get Fondly cherish dreams of peide,-- ready for the promised gift, " Jesus Christ the satne Of a golden age supernal, yesterday, to-day and for ever." Heb. 13 : 8. When all crime and woe will cease,— Read, 0 read ! the awful story The promise now is the latter rain. Will any one receive- Of earth's woe, and pain, and erfine ; it without a preparation ? He Cannot. God will not bestow- Fail not then to see its import,— His power upon a wicked man for he would use it in the These are closing scenes of time. interest of his master, Satan. Neither upon a selfish, ambitious man, for he would use it for his own personal ends. Nor upon. Soon adown heaven's ringing arches There will sound the glorious cry, a vindictive man, for he would work wrath upon his enemies, " Lo ! He comes ! by hosts attended nor yet upon a cowardly man for he would not use it at all. From the mighty home on high !" Surely, steadily unfailing, Before we can get 'the power there must be a giving up of Does God's word itself fulfil ; all that is wicked. A complete willingness to suffer anything Surely, steadily, are all things for His sake. While there are many praying for power, we Yielding to his sovereign will. notice btit few receive it. Then why is it not received? James 4 : 3. "Ye ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lust." The Holy Ghost wilt come upon every one who will prepare the way. .FlIone and met not .Filone. Wanted to-day, men and women, young and old, .who. will obey their conviction of truth and duty at the cost of " T my first answer no man stood with me, but all men fortune and friends and life itself. A forsook fife." 2 Tiim 4: t6. Thus Wrote the battle scarred apostle in describing his first appearance befare Nero I. G. KNIGHT.

VOL. IL—No. 8 ] THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN. (;D) 3 The Ble$ed Hope. J 114o 3Sounbs in 'Love. first. Then we which ,are alive and believer believes that he went up, --- remain shall be caught up together with and that he will come again just as There are no bounds in love—its yearnings fond them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in plainly and visibly. Can traverse alien shores and wastes of foam; the air; and so shall we ever be with the ' Christ himself describes this scene : Forgetting blame and loss, it goes beyond Lord." r Thess. 4 : x6, 17. • All space and time to woo the wonderer home. " Then shall all the tribes of the earth How could language be made plainer ? mourn, and they shall see the Son of man So strong, so world-wide, is dear human love ; Think of those wretched spiritualizing coming in the clouds of heaven with But what must be the quests by angels trod, perversions of this doctrine. Compare And what the yearning impulses that move power and great glory," Matt. 24: 3o By day and night the Father-heart of God ? them with the language of Inspiration This language can never be made more —Selected. concerning the real event as God has clear, more emphatic, more forcible than described it. Christ himself has made it. . Our Coming That our Saviour was literally upon earth, we all believe. He ascended per- We have not given a tithe of the he cometh with clouds ; evidence on this point of the manner of .4 EHOLD, sonally to his Father above. Let the Christ's coming that we could give V and every eye shall see him; and sacred writer describe it : " While they from the Bible. All through the Scrip- they also which pierced him ; and all [the disciples] looked steadfastly toward tures of truth this glorious doctrine is kindreds of the earth shall wail because heaven as he went up, behold, two clearly stated. of him. Even so, Amen." Rev. r : 7. men stood by them in white apparel ; Think but for a moment of the frivolous, which also said, Ye men of Galilee. why Dear reader, are you ready for these vapid, belittling theories in vogue in stand ye gazing up into heaven ? This scenes, here so forcibly portrayed by ,comparison with such a statement as same Jesus, which is taken up from you the sacred writers ? If not, as one who this. into heaven, shall so come in like man- loves your soul we entreat of you to Here Christ himself describes his own ner as ye have seen him go into get ready. Then you may say, " Lo, .coming : " If they shall say unto you, heaven." Acts 1 : ro, r1, this is our God ; we have waited for Behold, he is in the desert [perhaps near Either he never went up at all or his him, and he will save us." Isa. 25 : 9. Salt Lake], go not forth ; behold, he is coming will be just as literal. The true GEO. I BUTLER. in the secret chambers [perhaps at the bedside of one sick when death comes], believe it not. For as the lightning H Warnipg Meffage. cometh out of the east, and shineth even Will there be a Warning Message to prepare the world for Christ's Second Coming. unto the west, so shall the coming of the By GEO. I. BUTLER. Son of man be." Matt. 24: 26, 27. Were you ever out in the dark night, ILL there be a warning message to was warned by Jonah the prophet, and when heavy, black clouds obscured W prepare the world for Christ's the city was spared just because the everything, and a tremendous flash of coming ? This question admits of but people believed the message- God sent lightning blazed forth, giving the light one answer : Of course there will be such them. So much for faith in God's word. of noonday at midnight? If so, this is a message. The character of God, his Have you ever read the book of Jere- a faint conception of the blinding light mercy and love, his great interest in our miah ? If not, read it carefully. It is of Christ's corning, when in a radiance welfare and salvation, his justice and largely filled with that great prophet's that outshines the sun at noontide he compassion for his creatures, demonstrate efforts to warn the Jews of the destruc- appears in view. beyond all question that when their tion of their wonderful temple and the The revelator beholds the scene in eternal well-being is in jeopardy, he will city of Jerusalem. The most solemn prophetic vision. " The kings of the surely give them warning of their appeals were made to cease living in sin earth," he says, " and the great men and, danger. and rebellion against God. They were and the rich men, and the chief captains, In all the great crises of the past, he plainly told that if they did not, their and the mighty men, and every bondman has ever done this. When he was about city should cease from being a city, and and every free man, hid themselves in the to destroy the antidiluvians by a flood lie utterly waste and desolate. Such dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; of waters, he sent forth his servant Noah, proved to be the result, and that awful and said to the mountains and rocks. Fall " a preacher of righteousness." God's captivity of seventy years followed. on us, and hide us from the face of him Spirit strove with them one hundred and Even the Egyptians were fully warned that sitteth ou the throne, and from the twenty years. He warned them by of the results of their sins in oppressing wrath of the Lamb ; for the great day of preaching ; he warned them still more the Israelites. Moses and Aaron plead, his wrath is come, and who shall be able effectually by the preparation he was with Pharaoh, and mighty signs and to stand ? Rev. 6 : 15-17. making to save his own family and the wonders were performed. These were Ah, then people will come to the their animals and birds that were to be pre- unheeded, and their whole army was senses. Then the little puerile, insignifi- served to repopulate the earth. 2 Peter engulfed in the waters of the Red Sea. cant things called modern civilization, 2 : 5 ; Genesis 6. Christ's remarkable discourse recorded now sedulously cultivated in our won- The flood came, and swept away every in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21, derful fashionable society, will appear in inhabitant. So it will be when Christ was a clear prediction of the destruction their truly trivial nothingness, and God comes. " As it was in the days of Noah, of Jerusalem. The Jews heeded not the and his claims will stand out in their so shall it be also in the days of the Son warning. The siege under Titus was supreme importance. But, 0 my sonl, of man." one of the most terrible the world ever the harvest will be past, the summer Wicked Sodom and the cities of the saw. Women ate their own children. ended, and the poor sinner unsaved. plain were visited, even by angels of Hundreds of thousands were carried off " The Lord himself shall descend from God, and righteous *Lot and his daugh- as slaves ; the nation was scattered, and heaven with a shout, with the voice of ters that believed were cared for and has never been gathered, and their city' the archangel, and with the trump of rescued. was utterly obliterated. God ; and the dead in Christ shall rise Even proud, wicked, Gentile Nineveh But not a disciple of Christ was in the

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city ; all had heeded Christ's warning, comes, will be looking for him and pre- Thank God, we live now just before " When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed pared to receive him. Why ?-Because the dawning of that day, 0 weary, with armies, then know that the desola- they have believed the warning message sorrowing, sin-sick, perishing souls, look tion thereof is nigh." They fled away that preceded his coming. up. The morning breaketh. We see to the rmountains, and were saved. .So What says the apostle Paul concerning from the " sure word of prophecy " that much for believing God. this matter ? " But ye, brethren, are we are Hearing that happy day when life We see from these references to the not in darkness, that that day should and immortality will take the place of past that it is ever according to God's overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the woe and corruption, sickness, sorrow, plan to warn the people of danger. Then children of light, and the children of and death. It comes, 0, 'it comes, yea, those who believe him will be in safety. of the day ; we are not of the night, nor it is near at hand. Are you ready for What, then, shall we say of the great- of darkness." i Thes. 5 ; 4, 5. the glad transition ? Can you say with est event that has ever been or ever will The apostle had just been speaking the beloved apostle, " Come, Lord Jesus, be-the second coming of Christ? Will about the world's being overtaken as a come quickly "? If not, why not? Ah, all that have an interest at stake in that thief in the night. Why ?-Because they do you love this poor sin-cursed world solemn event be left in unconscious ig- believei not the " sure word of prophe- too well-its fashions, its pleasures, its norance of its approach, never know of cy," which Peter says is a " light that lusts, its wealth ? If so, you are without it or have any chance to know of it till shineth in a dark place, until the day hope and without God in the world. like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky dawn, and the daystar arise in your When the world .perishes, you will it is everlastingly too late to prepare .for hearts." 2 Peter r :• 19-21. perish with it. " Love not the world, it?-Oh, no, not by any means, God The dawn of the day is the glorious neither the things that are in the world. has not so changed in character as this event of which we speak in this paper- If any man love the world, the love of would imply. There will be a warning the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Father is not in him. For all that is message proclaimed to the ends of the gather his people home. We are now in the world, the lust of:the flesh, the lust earth. All who will believe God's word living in the long night of moral and of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of and make preparation, will have a spiritual darkness, where the curse the Father, but is of the world ; and chance to be ready for it. They will say, reigns, sin and rebellion against God run the world passe/A away, and .the lust when they see him come in his glory riot, and sickness, sorrow, woe, oppres- thereof ; but he that doeth the will of with all the holy angels, "Lo, this is our sion; bloody war, and universal death God abideth forever." r John 2: 15-17. God ; we have waited for him, and he triumph over mankind. The world passes away when the will save us .;this is the Lord, we have It is not always to be so. The time morn of eternity breaks at Christ's waited for him ; we will be glad and is soon to come when the Almighty God second coming. It is near, and hasteth rejoice in his salvation." Isa. 25 : 9. will say, " There shall , be no more greatly. Ah, yes : there is a message of - Did you know anybody to wait for a death ; " " no more tears, neither sorrow warning going forth to the world even thing that he did not expect? .It is im- nor crying, neither shall there be any now. Its notes are sounding even as you. possible. This scripture is positive evi- more pain, for the former things are read this paper. It is the key-note of the dence that God's people, when the Lord 'passed away." Rev. 21 : 4. whole system of our faith. Tbe Tsast Gel)erati01). " This Generation shall not /Sass till all things be done." HE Saviour announced that before of the Lord. The signs are minutely referred to are the 126o of persecution T his return to the earth there would described, and the time of their occu- which came upon the church between " be signs in the sun, and in the moon, rence definitely marked. A careful 538 and 1798 A.D. and in the stars." Luke 21 : 25-27. Of study of what is given by these writers 19. The signs in the sun and moon the time when the first sign would be will enable any one to recognize and were to occur after the tribulation, but displayed in the heavens, he said, "Look locate the signs in the heavens. Below before the days ended. Mark 13 : 24. The up, and lift up your heads: for your re- we zive fourteen different characteristics tribulation ceased about 1776. The days demption draweth nigh ; " but when ye given by these eight writers:- ended, 1798. Mark said between these shall see all these things come to pass, I. A mighty earthquake would pre- two dates the suit would be darkened. " know that it is near, even at the doors." cede the signs. Rev. 6 : 12, 13. " The stars shall fall from heaven." Matt. 24 : 33 ; Luke 21 : 28, 31. 2. The signs were to be in the sun, Matt. 24 : 29. Christ very clearly defines the last moon, and stars. Luke 21 : 25. 14. " The stars of heaven fell unto generatiom of men who will live upon 3. " The sun and the moon shall be the earth, even as a fir-tree casteth her the earth. He makes the description darkened, and the stars shall withdraw untimely figs, when she is shaken of a forcible by the parable of the fig-tree. their shining." Joel 3 : 15. mighty wind." Rev. 6 : 13. He says : " Now learn a parable of the 4. The sun shall become " black as It will be clearly seen that these texts fig-tree: When her branch is yet tender, sackcloth of hair." Rev. 6: r2. refer to events that have taken place in and putteth forth leaves, ye know that 5. " The sun shall be darkened in his the past. We will give a few quotations summer is near ; so ye in like manner, going forth," z'. e., in the forenoon. Isa. showing what standard writers have when ye shall see these things come to 13 : 10. written in regard to them. pass, know that it is nigh, even at the 6. The darkness will be most intense " The Dark Day, May 19, 1780.-Se doors. Verily I say unto you, that this at noon. " I will cause the sun to go called on account of a remarkable dal k- generation shall not pass before all these down at noon." Amos 8 : 9. ness on that day extending all over Eng- things be done. Heaven and earth shall 7. " I will darken the earth in the clear land. . . . Birds sang their evening pass away ; but my word shall not pass day." Amos 8 : 9. song, . . . and became silent ; cattle away." Mark 13 : 26-31; Matt. 24: " I will cover the sun with a cloud." sought the barnyard ; fowls went to 31-35. Eze. 32 : 7. roost ; candles where lighted in the From this we learn that the coming 9. The night following the dark day houses. The obscuration began about of the Lord is near at hand when it is will also be dark. Amos 5: 8. ten o'clock in the morning. . . . The true within one generation. A generation is ro. " The moon became as blood." Rev. cause of this remarkable phenomenon a lifetime, a step from father to son. 6: 12. is not known."- Webster's Unabridged Eight of the Bible writers speak of I I. The sun and moon were darkened Dictionary, page £604, ed. 1885. the signs in the heavens which were to "immediately after the tribulation of those We will quote selected sentences herald to all the world the near coming days." Matt. 24: 29. The days here from " Our First Century," by Devens, VOL. 8.] THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN. (101) 5

Chapter 4 is entitled " The Wonderful dark day." The student. of the Bible were 97, and 104. 1846,. ,Since, that Dark Day,-1780." alone can understand it. time the tecord is even more apparling. " Almost, if not altogether alone, as Of the falling of the stars we quote as The rapid increase of this phenom'enon the most mysterious and as yet unex- follows : -` The most sublime phenome- is very significant in the light of prophecy. plained phenomenon of its kind in non of shooting stars of which the Upon their increase the Christia7 Slates- nature's diversified range of events, world has furnished any record, was man. says :— during the last century stands the Dark witnessed throughout the United States " The continual occurrence and great Day of May 19, 1780. A most unac- on the morning of the 13th of Novem- severity of earthquakes have distin- countable darkening of the whole visi- ber, 1833. The: entire extent of this guished the period in which we are now ble heavens and atmosphere in New astonishing exhibitition has not been living abave all others since the records England. . . . The commencement of precisely ascertained ; but it covered of such pheno:nena began to be generally this extraordinary darkness was between no inconsiderable portion of the earth's- perceived." the hours of ten and eleven in I'm fore- surface. The whole heaven seemed in Our. Saviour adds to his prophecy re- noon. . . . At twelve the darkness was motion, and suggested to some the awful garding these calamities. " All these greatest. . . The dat kness of the following grandeur of the image employed in the are the beginning of sorrows." Matt. evening was probably as deep and dense Apocalypse, . . . when the stars fell xxiv., 8. And the prophets of both the as ever had been observed since the unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth Old and the New Testament foretell a Almighty's fiat gave birth to light. . . . her untimely figs when she is shaken of last, final, terrible earthquake, in which Thunder was heard a number of times a mighty whld.."=Burrit's GeograpV of the whole earth will be involved. in the morning. The clouds soon began the Heavens, page 163, ed. 185i. '` The foundation of the earth do shake. to rise from the southwest, although The earth is utterly broken down, the several The Saviour's words will be fulfilled, the tn9rning had been cleat." and the gen-ration that saw these signs earth is clean dissolved, the earth is writers state that when the moon was moved exceedingly. The earth shall seen that night it had the appearance of will not all pass off the stage of action until the Saviour comes in the clouds reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall a ball of blood. of heaven. be removed like a cottage." Isa. xxiv., • Hershel, the great astronomer, says, 18-20. " Philosophy is at a loss to explain this S. N. HAsKELL. This is just prior to the coming of Christ • and the destruction of the wicked, when Disaster Tsand and Sea. "the Lord himself shall reign." See By James Edson White. verses 2 I -23. F the increasing frequency of cala- yen will be seen, and there will be great Of this earthquake the apostle-prophet O mities by fire, wind, and water, tempests." John says :— a prominent New York newspaper com- The statements of these texts indicate " And there was a great earthquake, ments as follows :— no ordinary calamities. And while such as was not since men were ;upon " Old mother earth has been indulging earthquakes, volcanoes, and storms on the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and in some odd caprices within the last ten land and sea have occurred during the so great." "And every island fled away; years. . . . Tornadoes, waterspouts by ages of the past, yet as signs we may and the mountains were not found." land as well as by sea, freshets, vol- look for them to increase in frequency Rev. xvi., 18-20.. canic eruptions, and earthquakes have and destructive power as we near the In this earthquake the mountains will become of almost daily occurrence and end. And as we study the history of be thrown down, and the islands will of continually augmenting intensity. these calamities, we find it responding to sink beneath the waters of the sea, and Moreover, they embrace a larger and • larger area of territory at each recur- rence. The shock which so fearfully devastated South America was felt over one-thud of the earth's surface. These portentous phenomina are seriously en- gaging the attention of the scientific world." To this enumeration may be added the Iroquois theater horror, the fires which devastated Baltimore, Rochester, and other places, and the fearful railroad accidents chronicled in almost every newspaper. What do these things mean ? To the student of New Testament prophecy the answer is simple and plain. They are forerunners of the end as foretold by ,our Saviour and the apostles. Our Lord, in his wonderful prophecy regarding his second coming and the end of the world, as recorded in Matthew EARTHQUAKE. xxiv., states, in verse 7, " And there shall prophecy in a remarkable manner. the steel and granite buildings of earth's be famines, and pestilences, and eatth. Regarding earthquakes, the history of cities will totter and fall. quakes in divers places." eighteen hundred years, ending with This calamity will occur under the Luke, in his account of the same pro- the first century of the Christian era, seventh plague of Rev. xvi., .•17-21, phecy, writes that there shall be " upon records an average of one in one hun- which is -the last event preceding the the earth distress of nations, with per- dred and twelve years. coming of Christ. plexity ; the sea and the waves toaring." The next eighteen hundred years givee •And what can be said of the volcanoes Luke xxi., 25. an average of one to every eight years. which from time to time burst forth, pro- The Syriac version of Luke xxi., if During the next fifteen years one was ducing such awful havoc as did Mt. reads : " And there will be terrors, and reported for each year, and five a year for Pelee which in 1902, in a few moments trepidatious, and great signs from hea- the next three years. 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the body by joints and bonds " receives nourish- yielding this day to one temptation and to- ment and is knit together, there can be no unity morrow to another ? Why should lie be light or spiritual power in that body. A perfect sym- or frivolous, careless or indifferent ? There is metrical body is the illustration chosen to an High Priest over the house of God. Blessed represent the close union and co-operation be His name. isting between Christ and his church. A body This High Priest has provided a new and without a head or one whose members refused living way, through which we can draw nigh to obey the instructions of the head would to God, seeing that he ever liveth to make . GEO. F. ENOCH ... ... Editor. therefore represent a divided, contentious intercession for us. He knows just how to sympathize with each of us. He understands ... Office Editor. people Without any recognized head or organi- S. A. WELLMAN zation through which the will of God could be our peculiar trials and difficulties. " For we Editorial Contributors. properly presented to men. have not an high priest which cannot be W. G. KNEELAND ... Order and co-operation char- touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; Organize- acterize all the movements of the but was in all points tempted like as we are, necessary.fion heavenly intelligences, God is yet without sin. Let ,us therefore come boldly August 1, 1904. not the author of confusion unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain " and He directs that all thing s be done decently , mercy. and find grace to help in time of need." and in order." i •Coe xiv, 33-4o. Discord Heb. iv. 15, 16. tbe Cburcb. ' and contention are the sad result of disobe- It is very helpful for the tried and tempted dience, God is now calling his people out of soul, suffering under the buffetings of the 64DEHOLD I lay in Zion for a foundaton a " Babylon " into paths of peace and order and enemy to know that there is One who under- 17 tried stone, a precious corner stone. a is thus preparing them to enjoy the harmony stands, who will not in any way fail of grasping sure foundation," " better foundation can no and joy of heaven, the situation as it is, " for sin that he himself man lay than is laid which is Jesus Christ " and Because positions of trust have bath suffered being tempted be is able to suc- ye " as lively stones." " are built upon the Powers sometimes been used for selfish cour them that are tempted." Heb. ii., 18. foundativ'n of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus abused. advantage, it does not follow No one is beyond the reach of His mighty Christ himself being the chief corner stone." that all church officers and organi- arm, No one is too vile. No case is hopeless Isa. xxviii, th ; I Cor. iii, It ; x Peter ii, 5 ; zation should be abolished, The trouble is with if they will but turn to the stronghold, for .Eph. fl, 2o: The church of God is built on a the individuals rather than in having rules of " He is able also to save them to the uttermost sure foundation, the Rock of Ages which order. In Apostolic times when believers that come unto God by him, seeing that he neither the storm of time or the floods of error turned to the Lord they were " added to the ever liveth to make intercession for them." can ever overthrow. - church." Those who " neglect to hear the The only cry necessary from a sincere heart Christ is " he that was in the church " are out of the ark of safety and ex- is the familiar words of the hymn,— The Church church in the wilderness" when posed to the rising tide of error and super- just as I am without one plea of the Ages. " they all drank of that spiritual Rock that went with them and stition. But that thy blood was shed for me, The true church of God does not consist of And that thou bidst ma come to thee that Rock was Christ." Acts vii, 36 ; x Cor. grand, expensive 'buildings, gorgeous ceremo- x, 4. The Apostles and Prophets all stand on 0 Lamb of God I come, I come. nials and magnificent display, These often con- THE SAVIOUR'S PROPOSITION. the foundation of the universal church, Christ ceal rather than reveal the body of Christ. the " head stone of the corner." 'I hou art " They that worship Him must worship Him " Wherefore the Holy Ghost also is a witness Peter and upon this Rock (Christ) I will build in spirit and in truth." of forgetfulness, depends entirely Whether the my church." Matt. xvi, 18. If Peter is the The church of God is a con- individual soul will submit to the cleansing rock referred to, on which the church of Christ Where the gregation of faithful men where- work of the Holy Spirit, allowing every wrong is builded, then where was the foundation of Church soever assembled in which the principle to be rooted up from the heart and that church before the days of Peter? the principles of righteousness as expressed in At the time these words were spoken Peter is found, pure Word of God is preached and the sacraments are duly God's law to be written therein. Until God's was not in full harmony with the Lord's plan, administered according to Christ's ordinance." law is put in the mind, written in the heart, for he 4 rebuked him ' because He spoke of his The " hired house " of Paul at Rome and the the sins cannot be blotted out. That is a most death to save mankind. Matt. xvi, 22-23. just and reasonable proposition, for it is the Neither was he soundly converted and qualified humble homes of the believers in the early days often served amthe place where " the church of safeguard placed to us ; for after that he said to guide the church, for Christ said to him before, this is the covenant I will make with " when thou art converted, strengthen thy the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth " assembled. Acts xxviii, 3o, xvii, 7.; them after those days, saith the Lord,'I will brethren." Luke xxii, 31-34. In spite of oft put my laws into their hearts, and in their repeated warnings, he three times denied his Tim iii., 15 The Lord has given instruction that minds will I write them, then he said, their • Lord with cursing and swearing. Matt. xxvi, sins and iniquities will I remember no more." 69-74. After he repented and was restored to his MEN OF ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE Heb. K., 15-17 margin. position as an Apostle, Paul " withstood him should be chosen to lead in Note carefully that the promise of remem- to the face because be was to be blamed " for Officers the various departments of bering our sins and iniquities no more, that his conduct towards the Gentile conveits. Gal. needed. church work. God has not left they shall be cast behind God's back, and his church to suffer from the sad buried in the sea by the Allwise and loving As a representative of the results of self:appointed, careless, and ineffi- Father to prevent sin from passing to the No Pope Church, Peter received the " keys cient workmen. The Apostle Paul sent Titus eternal shore. enthroned. of the kingdom" and power on to " set in order the things that were wanting Let those who are ignorantly found reviling earth to " bind or loose " ac- and ordain elders in every city." Titus i, 5, the Law of God, calling a yoke of bondage, cording to the decisions of heaven. This was Until such persons have been carefully selected and a burden, ponder well this text that says, not a special gift that was only conferred on and set apart for their respective duties, the that very law must first be written in their Peter, for the same authority here mentioned organization of the church is incomplete. hearts and then " their sins and iniquities will was given to the church to enable it to perform The adminiStering of the holy rites of bap- I remember no more." its duties, " Whatsoever ye (the church) shall tism and the. Lord's Supper by persons who Do you say it is impossible to keep this law? bind on earth shall be bound in heaven." Matt. have never been ordained for that work brings Oh remember the blessed truth of our text, xviii, 17-18. To all of the spirit-filled disciples disgrace upon the church and encourages con- " having an high priest over the house of Gcd Christ said, " whosoever sins ye remit they are fusion and disorder in the work of the Lord, let us draw near with a true heart, in full as- remitted unto them ; and whosoever sins ye The sacredness of the gospel ministry should be surance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled retain they are retained." Jno. xx, 20-23. upheld for it is the most important work that men from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed Confess your faults one to can engage in and only those who give clear with pure water. Let us hold fast the profes- The Con- another and pray one for another evidence in their daily life that God has called sion of our faith without wavering ; (for he is fessional. that ye may he 'newel. The them to that holy office should receive the ap- faithful that promised). . . . Cast not away effectual fervent prayer of a right- proval of the church to engage in the ministry therefore your confidence, which bath great eous man availeth much:" his, v, to. We are of the Word. " Be ye clean that bear the ves- recompense of reward. For ye have need of authorized to confessour faults to each other and sels of the Lord." patience that after ye have done the work ye our sins to Christ the sinner's Advocate. W. G. K. might receive the promise. For yet a little ' THE INFALLIBLE HEAD OF Till; CHURCH while and he that shall come will come and will is Christ whom the Father " gave to be the It 'MO 11JVieSt not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith ; Head over all things to the church which is his over tbe Mouse but if any man draw back my soul shall have body." " NOW ye are the body of Christ and of Gob. no pleasure in him. But we 1.g 7)01. pf them members in particular " and " He is the Head who draw back unto perdition ; hut of them of the church " who by the Holy Ghost directs Cr is an unmeasured source of strength to that believekto the saving of thu • ul." Heb. x. the movements of toe entire body. In him the members of the Church of Christ to know With such an High Priest over the house of dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily that we have " an High Priest over the house God, with such promises and power within our and ye are complete in him which is the. Head of God." Tco often is this blessed truth for- reach, how can we remain carelt,s or indiffer- of all principality and power." Eph. f, 22 ; gotten. Why should the Christian go on day ent, or neglect longer the yielding of our heart COr. xii, 27 ; Col. i, IS, ii, 9, x, 19. When after day with his head bowed down as a to the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls? there is failure to hold the " Head from which bulrush ? 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In Scandinavia also the Advent message was proclaimed, and a wide-spread interest was kindled. Many were roused from their careless security, to confess and forsake their sins, and seek pardon in the name of Christ. But the Tbe Bible clergy of the State Church op:o. ••il the move- ment; and through their influence some who JJ preached the message were thrown into prison. B great 'Religious awakening. the time of the judgment, Dr. Joseph Wolff, In many places where the preachers of the " the missionary to the world," began to pro- Lord's soon -coming were thus' silenced, God GREAT religious awakening uoder the claim the Lord's soon coming. was pleased to send the message, in a miracu- A proclamation of Christ's soon coming, is Wolff believed the coming of the Lord to be lous manner, through little children. As they foretold in the prophecy of the first angel's •at hand, •his interpretation of -the prophetic were .under age, the law of the State could not message of Revelation 14. An angel is seen periods placing the- great consumation within a restrain them, and they were permitted to speak flying " in the midst of heaven, having the very few years of the time pointed out by unmolested. everlasting gospel to preach unto them that Miller. To William Miller and his co-labourers it dwell on the earth, and to every nation; and During the twenty-four years from 1821 to was 'given to preach the warning message in kindred, and tongue, and people." " With a 1845, Wolff travelled extensively : in Africa, America. This country became the centre of loud voice " he proclaims the message. " Fear visiting Egypt and Abysinia ; in Asia, travers- the great Advent movement. It was God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of ing Palestine, Syria, Persia, Bokhara, and here that the prophecy of the first angel's His Judgment is come : and worship him that India. He also visited the United States. message had its most direct fulfilment. The made heavens and earth, and the sea, and the Dr. Wolff travelled in the most barbarous writings of Miller and his associates were fountains of waters." countries, without the protection of any Euro- carried to distant lands. Wherever mission- The fact that an angel is said to be the pean authority, enduring many hardships, and aries had penetrated in all the world, were seat herald of this warning, is significant. By the surrounded with countless perils. When the glad ticlkngs of Christ's speedy return. Far purity, the glory, and the power, of the heavenly warned against going among savage and hostile and wide the message of the everlasting messenger, Divine Wisdom has been pleased tribes unarmed, he declared himself provided Gospel, "Fear God, and give glory to Him; to represent the exalted character of the work with arms,—prayer, zeal for Christ, and confi- for the hour of his Judgment is come." to be accomplished by the message, and the dence in his help. Everywhere the searching testimony was power and glory that were to attend it. ••Thus -he persevered- in his labours till the heard, warning sinners, both worldlings and And the angel's flight " in the midst of heaven,' Message of the Judgment had been carried to a church members, to flee from the wrath to come. the "loud voice " with which the warning is large part of the habitable globe. Among Many sought the Lord with repentence and uttered, and its promulgation to all "that dwell Jews, Turks, Pharsees, Hindoos, and many humiliation. The most humble and devoted on the earth,"—" to every nation, and kindred, other nationalities and races, he distributed the in the churches were usually-the first to receive and tongue, and people,"—give evidence of the Word of God in these various tongues, and the message. Those who studied the Bible for rapidity and the world-wide extent of the everywhere heralded the approaching reign of themselves could not but see the unscriptural movement. the Messiah; character of the popular views of prophecy, and The message itself sheds light as to the time As early as 1836 the Advent Message began wherever the people were not controlled by the when this movement is to take place. It is to be preached in England. Mourant Brock, 'influence of the clergy, wherever they would declared to be a part of the " everlasting gospel ; an English writer, states that about seven search the Word of God for themselves, the and it announces the opening of the Judgment. hundred ministers of the Church of England Advent doctrine needed only to be compared The message of salvation has been preached in were engaged in preaching "this gospel of the with the Scriptures to establish its divine all ages ; but this message is a part of the Kingdom." The message pointing to 1844 as authority. the time of the Lord's coming was also gospel which could be proclaimed only in the Angels of God watched with the deepest last days, for only then would it be true that preached in Great Britain. In South America, in the midst of barbarism interest the results of the warning. When there the hour of Judgment had come. The pro- was a general rejection of the message by the phecies present a succession of events leading. and priestcraft, Lacunza, a Spaniard and a Jesuit, found his way to the Scrip- churches, angels turned away in sadness. Yet down to the opening of the Judgment. This is there were many who had not yet been tested in easily true of the book of Daniel. But that tures, and thus received the truth of Christ's speedy return. Impelled to give. the regard to the Advent truth. Angels were part of his prophecy which related to'• the last bidden to keep-faithful watch over these souls ; days, Daniel was bidden to close up and seal warning, yet desiring to escape the censures of Rome, be published his views under the name for another light was yet to shine upon them " to the time of the end." Not till we reach from the throne of God. this time could a message concerning the of " Rabbi Ben Israel," representing himself as Judgment be proclaimed, based on a fulfilment a converted Jew. God desired to prove his people. His hand of these prophecies. But at the time of the In Germany the doctrine had been taught in covered the mistake in the reckoning of the end, says the prophet, "many shall run to and the eighteenth century by Bengel, a minister of prophetic periods. Adventists did not discover fro, and knowledge shall be increased." the Lutheran Church, and a celebrated Biblical the error, nor was it discovered by the most The apostle Paul warned the chuich not to scholar and critic. Bengel's writings have been learned of their opponents. The latter said : look for the coming of Christ in his day. "That spread throughout Christendom. The move- "Your reckoning of the prophetic periods is day shall not come," he says, " except there ment continued after his death, and the Advent correct. Some great event is about to take come a falling away first n i that u a of message was heard in Germany at the same time place ; but it is not what Mr. Miller, predicts ; Si ' that it was attracting. attention ib other lands. it is the conversion of the world, and not the At an early date some of the believers went to Second Advent of Christ." Russia, and there formed colonies, and the faith The time .,of expectation passed, and Christ of Christ's soon coining is still held by the did not appear for the deliverance of his people. (German) churches of that country. Those who with sincere faith and love had The light shone also in France and Switzer- looked for their Saviour experienced a bitter land. At Geneva, where Farel and Calvin had disappointment. Yet the purposes of God were spread the truths of the Reformation, Gaussen being accomplished ; He was testing the hearts preached the Message of the Second Advent. of those who professed to be waiting for his As he pursued the investigation of the pro- appearing. There were many among them phecies, he arrived at the belief that the com- who were actuated by no higher motive than ing of the Lord was at hand. Impressed with fear. Their profession of faith had nut affected the solemnity and importance of this great their hearts or lives. When the expected event truth, he desired to bring it before the people, failed to take place, these persons declared that but, the popular belief that the prophecies of they were not disappointed ; they had never Daniel are mysteries and cannot he understood believed that Christ would come. They were was a serious obstacle in his way. ° He finally among the first to ridicule the sorrow of the, determined—as Farel had done before him in true believers. evangelizing Geneva—to begin with the chil- But Jesus _and all the heavenly host looked dren, through whom he hoped to interest the with love and sympathy upon the tried and ,parents. faithful and yet disappoin!ed ones. Couid. the The effort was: successful. As lie addressed veil separating the visible- from the invisible s, the children, older persons came to listen. -The world have been swept back, angels would have res, galleries of his church were filled with attentive been seen drawing near to these steadfast vent hearers. Among them were men of rank mid souls, and shielding them from the shafts of learning, and strangers and, foreigners visiting Satan. arrived Geneva, and thus the message was carried to nting to other parts. Mrs. E. G. WHITE. 8 (104) THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN. [Void. 11.--4o. 8.

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" That our sons may be as plants grown up in theirlyouth : that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after tile similitude of a palace." Ps. cxliv., 12. Zen 3Days. unless one is master of himself, and is and every ten days that follow them ? true to the best, to the highest. I wish --Youth's companion. HRISTINE LENNOX had been ill you'd think about it when I'm away." • C a fortnight. The boy did think, and he became a VraiseAbe Son. " I can't see that there's much the power for good among his fellows. . matter," she told the doctor. " I believe So full were those ten days ! Through IT often costs one.quite a struggle to you are keeping me abed just to make the influence of the dying girl two es- do his simple duty ; and when one does me rest," and she laughed up at him. tranged lovers were reunited, a home his simple duty in spite of his tempta- The physician was the cheeriest of was provided for a destitute cripple, a tions to do differently, he.destrves credit men, but now he had no smile of res- church contention was resol red into for his doing. One has no need to live ponse. He had been the girl's friend harmony, and a desparing woman found long in this world before finding out since her babyhood, and he looked at peace and joy. Besides this, there were this truth. A bright little boy about her tenderly. two and a half years old, recently " Christine," he said, " I have never showed that he apprehended it. He lied to you, and I am going to tell was on the eve of doing something you the truth. You are not so well that was very tempting to him. as you think." " No, my son ; you mustn't do Her startled eyes searched his own. that," his father 'said. " Do you mean "—she began. The little fellow looked as if he would " I mean, my dear child, that all I ik like to do it in spite of his father's can do is to make you comfortable for $4 prohibition ; but he triumphed over his a little while." His eyes were wet. inclination, and answered resolutely,— " How long ? " she asked, softly. ` Probably about tell days." " All right, papa, I won't do. it." She drew a quick breath. " Do the There was no issue there, and the rest know ?" father turned to somethitig else. The The physician nodded. boy waited a . minute, and then said, " Poor mother ! " she murmured. in a tone of surprised. inquiry,--- Then she looked up with a smile. " I " Papa, why don't you tell me thank you for telling me." That's a good boy ' ? " Her father sat with her at the noon hour. Her slender fingers nestled in The father accepted the suggestion, his big, warm hand. and Commended his son accordingly. " Will you ask Uncle Norman to A just recognition of a child's •well doing is a parent's duty, even though 'came up to see me ?" she said. %ttt[e ChM). " This evening will be a good time." --- a cllild's well doing ought .not to The man's face darkened. • He and There's nothing more pure in heaven, hinge on, such recognition. And, as his brother had not spoken for five And nothing on earth more mild, with little folks, so' with larger ones. years. More full of the light that is all divine, Just commendation is every one's "You'd better send a note." Than the smile of a little child. due. Even our Lord himself has I'd rather you'd take the message The sinlesS lips, half parted, proMiSed to say, " Well done," to With breath as sweet as the air, every loved. one of his who doe's well. —please." And light that Seems so glad to shine " All right. I'll tell him," and the In the gold .of the sunny hair. girl felt a tear on her cheek as he 0 little one, smile and bless me I stooped to kiss her. For somehow—I know not why— " If I could only see them friends I feel in my soul, when children smile before I gol" she whispered to That angels are passing by. herself. I feel that the gates of heaven Her longing was granted. At her Are nearer than I knew, bedside the barrier of years was That the light and the hope of that sweeter world, broken down, and the two were Like the dawn, are breaking through. brothers again. —Selecf&z'. Christine's favourite cousin was in college. He was not making the best uncounted deeds of love that lived in of himself, and friends were anxious. many hearts long after the doer of then A note from her brought him INme for had passed from sight. a parting visit. " Theodoric, do you Ten days! They are waiting ju know the meaning of your name ? " she ahead. One by one they will cons, asked. within the grasp of all of us. Shall they " No. Something I'm not, I presume." be filled with frivolities, or blessed by " Something you can be," the gentle deeds of love and Christian service ? voice replied. " It is ' powerful among Shall those days which are to be dedi- pu the people,' and I think it is beautiful. cated to God be only the last ten days of " an Only one can not be that, you know, life, or shall they be the next ten days, versi

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xmotbseassastwa Lewis had been the fun-loving boy, and they smart as a steel trap, too, but he'll never do 050011=3/111--, no.• .4 0*API% missed him perhaps more, if such a thing anything dishonourable to gain a point. I THE HOME :TZ`t could be possible, than any of the others. He wouldn't be a mite surprised if they sent him to EVE had brought his father's wool once at sheep- Congress sonic day." MONMINIMINIMI shearing time. That was the great joke of the Rebecca's letter came the next day telling family.. Lewis had dressed up in borrowed them about the children, and enclosing a picture the Olb clothes, with wig and spectacles, and letting of the baby whom they had never seen—a fat, one of the neighbours into the secret, pursuaded smiling little creature, with a dimpled face. There's lots of music in 'em,—the hymns of him to bring him into the farm house and in- On the fourth day the postman stopped again. long ago ; troduce him as Mr. Alexander McComber, a He smiled as he handed another letter to Mrs. An' when some gray-haired brother sings the buyer of wool. Wheelock. ones.I used to know, Lewis was now a professor in college, and so When she opened it, a slip of blue paper fell I sorter want to take a hand I—I think of days engrossed in instilling knowledge into the into her lap, gone by, youthful minds about him that he seldom wrote " Dear mother and father, " P rank began " On Jordan's stormy banks I stand and cast a home. "I send you herewith a check for one hundred wistful eye ! " Charles had been the " smartest," quickest dollars. It occurs to me that perhaps the one of all the boys,—his father always said house needs painting or the fences fixing up. There's lots of music in 'em —those dear, sweet that,—and had early taken a liking to the law. Use it in any way you see fit." hymns of old, So his father and mother, with many self-deni- Then he went on to tell them of his wife, his With visions bright of lands of light, and shin- als and sacrifices, had sent him to a law school, children. and himself, closing with affectionate ing streets of gold ; wherehe had graduated with high h mors He had messages from them all. And I bear em ringing,—singing where mem'ry a large and growing practise now in a thriving Thus it went on for eleven days until every dreaming, stands— city, and had gone a little in to politics besides. child had written. What a joyful time it had " From Greenland's icy mountain to India's But, preoccupied with the interests of his clients, been Mrs. Wheelock, as. she penned with coral strands." he, too, neglected to write to the gray-haired her trembling hand a letter to each one told couple on the farm. them of it. And as they read the touching They seem to sing forever of holier, sweeter The girls, for there had been seven daugh- letters, they determined that their father and days, ters, had such large families and increasing mother should not be neglected agin. When the lilies of the love of God bloomed cares that they failed to remember, by cheering So it came about that the long and dreary white in all the ways ; word of pen, their lonely, expectant, and anxi- silences were broken at last by cheering, thought- And I want to hear their music from the old time ous farther and mother. It was Rebecca who ful letters from the children. lJohn Wheelock meetings rise first thought of it. stands more erect now, and his winkled face Till " I can read my title clear to mansions in " They are going to have rural free delivery has lost its wistful look, and his wife sings hap- the skies." in father's neighbourhood," she wrote John one pily in the sunny old farmhouse kitchen. day. John had been her favourite brother, and We never needed singing books in them old with all her duties she managed to keep in — Youth's Com,hanon. days—we knew touch with him. " Won't it be a great thing The words—the tunes of everyone, the dear old for them? Only think, the mail will be de- hymn book through ! livered every day in the week, except Sundays, We didn't have any trumpets then—no organs at their own gate. Poor father ! I often think Solving the Orea;: 'Problem. built for show ; of him driving those long miles to the post- We only sang to praise the Lord "from whom office and getting nothing for his pains but the al! blessings flow." little country newspaper. We must do better A young man graduated with the highest John." honours of his Alma Mater. He was brilliant. An' so, I love the old hymns, and when my That was the beginning. John wrote to He was the finest mathematician that had ever time shall come— Charles telling him about it, and the word walked the halls of the great university. Soon Before the light has left me, and my singing lips went on, until all the eleven were apprised of after graduation, a minister, who had known are dumb, the fact that hereafter letters would be delivered him from boyhood, met him and said, "I If I can only hear 'em then, I'll pass without a at the gate. understand that you are 'celebrated for your sigh John Wheelock saw the postman coming mathematical skill. I have a problem I wish " To Canaan's fair and happy land, where my that first maiming. He was sitting in his chair you to solve." possessions lie ! ' by the window—the window that faced the blue "Tell me what it is," said the young man, —Atlanta Constitution. ridge of hills over which the children had dis- and I will try." appeared one by one, never to return. The clergyman answered, " What is a man Eleven Beautiful Daps. " Not likely we'll get a letter, 's it, mother ? " profited; if he shall gain the whole world, and he had asked, a wistful expression crossing his lose his own soul ?" HE eleven children were all married and face. " I wish the children would write oftener. The young man walked away in silence, T gone. John Wheelock and his wife were I expect they forget how much we miss them, saying to himself, " It is a great problem." quite alone. The farm did not look as it had but I'm not complaining. I know they have The question rang in his ears by day and by done when Frank, the youngest boy, was at cares enough of their own." night. Everywhere he went it seemed to sound home. His wife had come over to his side. She, louder and louder, " What if I gain the whole Everything had a prosperous, well-cared-for too, was looking anxiously toward the little world, and lose my soul ?" Finally he said, look in those days. Frank had made the soil two-wheeled cart. "I will solve the problem." He weighed the yield a rich liarvest. But when he was twenty- • " He's stopped, father !" she cried, and hur- matter carefully. He looked at the problem four years old, the mining fever had seized him, ried down the path." in a business-like way, and said to himself, and he had gone West. He was married now "A letter for you. ma'am," the man said, "There is no profit if I gain all the pleasures and had two beautiful children. touching his hat. and all the wealth and all the honours of the Intent on money-making, Frank seldom Mrs. Wheelock took the letter with fingers world, and lose my soul." He at once sur- wrote home, but once in a while he remembered that trembled a little in their nervousness and rendered himself to God, accepted Christ as that he had a father and mother, and sent them joy. All at once her face lighted up. " Why, his Saviour, and afterwards became an eminent 'a handsome check. it's from John !" she cried, happily. minister of the gospel.--The Christian Uniox John came next. John was the earnest one, She and her husband had a beautiful time Herald and when he was a baby Lydia Wheelock, that day because of that letter. John told them after the fashion of Hannah of old, had set him all about his work, about every little detail be aside for the Lord. She always thought of the thought would be of interest, and he ended -41P- sixth verse in the first chapter of John when with a tender and loving message to them both. she thought of him : "there was a man sent His father and mother were crying when they from God whose name was John," for no un- had finished the letter, and Lydia laid it care- PRAY ; though the gift you ask for kind word, look, or action had ever marred his fully away among her treasures as something May never comfort your fears, gentle life. infinitely precious, to be read again and ag ain. May never repay your pleading, " My John shall be a minister," she had The postman stopped again the next day- It Yet pray, and with hopeful tears ; fondly declared, and unlike many sons, he did was another letter, and from Charles this time, An answer—not that you long for, not disappoint her. Early in life, he went who, with all his keenness, had a loving heart. But diviner—will come one day : West to be a missionary. Absorbed in his " Charlie's a good lad," John Wheelock Your eyes too dim to see it, work, and often exhausted from his long jour- said, drying his dim glasses when Lydia had Yet strive, and wait, and pray. neys across the white, dusty stretches of alkali, finished reading. " We're not sorry we sent he too, seldom wrote home. him to a law school, are we ? Charlie's as —Adelaide A. Proctor. "a

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aged by it? Will they not rather consider it Our courage in the work is good, and we their duty to replace these books by others ? expect to see the truth of God triumph in this Nearly five hundred years ago priests of similar island. disposition--and their disposition never changes MR. & MRS. B. E. CONNERKY, —burnt a similar pile outside the door of the Mayaguez, P.R. Cathedral of Constance, and dragged John ittis Promises. Huss out to see the burning mass.--EfiiscoPal Recorder. When the tempests round thee gather, —414- Our Work & Worker6. Hiding all that lies before, 21 Cboice Jesus whispers through the darkness, Elder Phillip Giddings and family were"re- " I will guide' thee safely o'er, A CONGREGATIONAL missionary tells of a Where the surges quested to locate in' Dominica and open the Hindu boy, son of a village priest, who was work there. Shall assail thy barque no more. allowed to attend a Christian hoarding-school for a couple of years. The teacher, aside from " When the joys of friendship perish, Bro. T. M. Spencer will connect with the the ordinary school studies, interested the boy work in Tobago for the year to come. Leaving thee distressed, alone, in the Scriptures. He was an apt scholar, and I will cheer thee with a friendship, came to be a firm believer in Christ. Soon after Changeless as the deep unknown ; this decision to be a Christian, vacation time Elder A. J. Haysmer and family have re- moved to Barbados to open up the evangelical For all sadness, came, and the boy went home. And the pain it will atone But a few days afterward he came back to the work in the country parts of that island. school, and said that his father had given him " When earth's gilded trophies tarnish, a choice of two things ; he had said : " I will Four adult candidates were baptized recently And its riches flee away, send you to school and give you a higher edu- in India. Two of these were medical students I will give thee gold of heaven, cation, on condition that you renounce Chris- from the Government medical college. Gems that never ran decay ; tianity and take your old name of Karupanan Heavenly treasures, [the name of a Hindu idol]. If you will not do Bro. J. H. Matthews was asked to make the Lasting through eternal day. this, I will disinherit you. Choose ye this day." Leeward Islands his field of labor for the And " Paul " chose Jesus, with the cross, but coming year under the direction of Elder D. E. " I'll be with thee, child of sorrow, with a full hope of winning the crown. Wellman, Bro. J. J, Smith will also labour in With thee through all changing years, this field, Bearing burdens that oppress thee, the /Message in Porto 'Rico. Chasing doubts, dispelling fears, We note in the Review and Herald a call Till forever from Sr. T. H. Branch of the Nyassa Land I san wipe away thy tears. We have long wanted to report to the breth ren something of the work in Porto Rico, but Mission, for S, D, A. Hymn and Tune books. R. HARE. have waited to have something of real en- Perhaps there is some one in these islands who -41 couragement to report. would be glad to help furnish a copy or copies tl Bonfire of Eible, It seems that the enemy has made pow- to this mission station in interior of Africa. The erful resistance to the truth's entering this publishers of this paper will gladly receive THE Austrian priests are getting at the root part of the West Indian field, as the first donations for this purpose, and see that they of the " Away from Rome " movement. They worker sent here failed in health, the second are used as designated.' maintained for a long time that it was only S. D. Adventist who came to the field yielded The world's wars are matters, so far as time • political spite, or the desire in some cases for to the enemy and turned to the world, a goes, of passing moment. The battles of worldly advancement, that induced so many third, Brother Fischer, as many know who Christianity continue to the end of time. Yet disaffected Catholics to join the Protestant has faithfully borne the standard was forced we are near the end of the conflict ; it will not ranks. to lay it down at the call of death, and then be long till the trumpet call will resound in But these reasons were too feeble to satisfy the burden fell on us, and for a little over a victory, Already we can see the scouts of God's them for very long. They saw men going over year now we have tried our best we could to army in the midst of the enemy's country and to Protestantism who knew little and cared less get the truth before the people though it the army is advancing. Let us all have our for politics, who were indifferent whether they had been a slow work on account of the lan- part in its battles even tho' it be but to bind were ruled by Kaiser or King, and knew guage. For nir.e months Sister Fischer was with up the rear, or keep the supply trains ever nothing of the strifes which tore asunder the on the way. various factions in the Reichsrath. They saw us, but the first of last October she was forced men going over to Protestantism who forsook to leave for the States on account of failing , We have thirteen tent companies in England all their worldly prospects rather than remain health and after that time we were left alone this surnnier, prosecuting a vigorous evangeli- in a church which famished their souls. So until last week when .our hearts were rejoiced cal campaign. The President of the Confer- the clergy hit on a new idea to account for the by the arrival of brother Moulton from Ja- ence reports that, " Four new churches have numerous conversions. It was the circulation maica, who is to help in the canvassing work been organized in the North England Confer- of the Scriptures which lay at the root of the Our little paper El Centinela de la Verdad ence, the present year, two in the South Eng- movement. has little by little through much effort found land Conference, one in Scotland, and one in They are partly right. For more than a its way into the homes of the people in all Wales ; and in Ireland a good company is quarter of a century the Scriptures have been parts of the island, and we now circulate from -eady for organization. At Newport in the circulated more or less freely in Bohemia, t,000 to 1,50o each month. The paper found Welsh Mission a church of 33 members was Carinthia. Styria and Carniola. The priests one young man working in a tobacco factory, organized, 27 of whom have recently accepted have done all in their power to hinder Bible and he was so stirred that he sought out a min- the truth ; and a number of others have since colportage, but they have not been able to sup- ister and was baptized, and is now keeping the done so, and will join at the first opportunity." press the work entirely, with the result that Sabbath, and preaching the gospel, and we hope hundreds of thousands of copies of the New that he will soon be proclaiming the Third Dr. A. W. George, our Missionary physician, Testamant have come into the hands of Angel's Message. There are others who have who recently went to Turkey to assist our Roman Catholics. In Carniola and Styria the acknowledged the truth of the message among brethren there who have been laboring under priests say that this circulation must cease, the native ministers but are waiting " a more great difficulties, has successfully passed his and are enlisting the fanatical members of their convenient season " to obey. examination, and received the "permit d'exer- flocks to assist them in destroying the work of Two promising young men have now kept cise " which is good for the entire empire, and the colporteurs. In Laibach they have had two Sabbaths, and one of them has gone out gives our Doctor the right to practice anywhere their first great auto da fe. From several vil- to work for El Centinela de la Verdad. in the Sultan's wide dominion. He is now lages in the neigbourhood, and from the town The Holy Spirit seems to be influencing men mastering the French, and Turkish languages. of Laibach itself, a large number of Bibles and to enquire after the truth of God, and here and He reports, " there is no other English Doctor New Testaments have been collected. At the there we find souls who are earnestly asking here except an old doctor who is about to desire of the priests these were piled in the open " How are we to know the truth amidst all the retire. I am satisfied that tie medical work street of Laibach ; petroleum was poured confusion that has arisen since the Americans will succeed when a start is made. The people over the pile ; it was then ignited and the books came here with all their differences and divi- seem to know as much about the use of fomen- were burnt to ashes. It was doubtless regarded .sions." To all such we have the privilege of tations, baths, etc., as they do in America. as.a most heroic act, and one can well under- pointing to the Bible as the only way of truth. There is no prejudice against natural agencies stand the pride of the priest who alluded to it Brother Moulton will begin canvassing as in treating disease, but on the contrary, a from the altar of his church in Laibach as•a good soon as he can add a little to his Spanish ; his growing sentiment demanding the use of these work. But how futile an act ! Will the distri- coming seems to bind us closer to the general things. I realize that-the world is more ready butors of these books he deterred or discour- West Indian field. for us than we are for it." VoL. THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN.

0.^."-^.-or•i-0"."0"...-"-7 Much-difficulty Is being experienced in Colo- rado. U.S.A., in settling the riots brought about by the strike in the mining regions. Aid from federal sources has been necessary in order to March of Events. ,cr obtain justice for either side. Dynamitings, riot, murder and lynchings have been frequent. Our 2,onbon %otter. additional taxation on tobacco, it was taken on the whole with very good grace. The Licen- Theodore RooseveltRoosevelt and Senator Fairbanks sing Bill has also passed its first reading with a have been nominated by the Republican Not least interesting by any very fair majority, though it is liable to further National Convention as their candidates for May Meetings. means among the many institu- attack while passing through the committee President and Vice-President respectively. The tions peculiar to London are the stage. The bill provides for the remuneration Democratic party have nominated Judge so called " May meetings" which have been of publicans whose licenses are withdrawn ; Alton b. Parker for President. under way for some weeks, and which will con- it also limits the power of the magistrate to re- tinue for a few weeks to come, though the fuse to grant licenses at his discretion. Thus it majority are now in the past. These gatherings, operates to strengthen the hands of the publi- During the past five years the crimes in which take their name from the fact that the cans, and to hinder the efforts of reformers to Scotland due to drink have increased from 36o largest number fall in the month of May, have lessen the trade in intoxicating liquors which is per ro,000 to 417. While the population has their centre in the well known Exeter Hall on proving such a terrible evil at the present day. increased only 4 per cent., the number of per- the Strand, the head-quarters of the London How critical is the situation of the country sons charged has increased twenty-one per Y.M.C.A., and they bring to London every from the standpoint of intemperance can only be cent." year representatives from missions in all parts realised by one who spends some time here of the world, as well as a large number of people and studies the real situation of the working in other parts of the British Isles who are es- people. Whole families are besotted ; thou- It seems a settled thing that conscription pecially interested in missions. Not only For- sands of children are cruelly treated and half will be resorted to in Great Britain to supply eign Missionary Societies, but various organiza- starved owing solely to drink. The other day recruits for the army in the near future. An tions working at home, as missions to London a father gave his five-year old boy a drink of exchange states that public opinion is rapidly Jeivs, Missions to Seamen, to Prisoners, Open whisky, which resulted in the little fellow's dying turning in that direction. Thus is the war Air Missions, etc., have their annual meetings within a few hours. Here is an item occurring spirit adding one more to the number of nations at this time, and the careful attendant at Exeter in a London daily a couple of days ago : — where force is the clnminating element in sup- Hall, Queens Hall, the Metropolitan Taberna- " For being drunk while in charge of their plying its defenders. cle, Newington Green, and other large halls seven-year-old son, who was also found help- used in connection with these gatherings will be lessly drunk in the street, a shipmaster and his brought in contact with a wealth of missionary wife were yesterday fined at Swansea." effort of every kind and nature. Passive resistance is still an Summarg of Mar 'Pews. The Educational an active force in the country's The missionary breakfast of the Religious Situation. politics, and there is considerable Tract Society was a most interesting occasion, talk of coming to terms. So Several striking incidents have occured This Society has been especially active the past many of the first citizens of the country have re- during the past month in connection with the year in India and Africa. In the former coun- fused to pay the school rate owing to the pro- war in the far East. Some fighting has taken try it circulated in one year 918,000 tracts in the visions of the late education bill for instruction Bengali language, and over toopoo books. place both on land and sea, and there has been in the tenets of the church of England that the considerable loss of life. However, reports dignitaries of that body are beginning to realise The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea vary as to the exact number as well as the the need of some understanding. It stands to exact time and place of engagements which FiShermen reported to,000 patients treated the reason that dissenters, who make up about half past year, 5,000 missionary visits made, 2,323 were fought. It seems practically certain that the population of Great Britain, shouid not sub- the Japanese have been everywhere victorious Services held, 431 pledges taken, and over fifty- mit tamely to having their children taught daily twO tons of literature distributed. This mis- in the land battles. Port Arthur is most in the public schools that there is no salvation closely invested, some of the hills ,overlooking sion Ministers to the forty 'thousand men who outside the pale of the Church. are always afloat in the home waters. The the city being, it is said, in the hands of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gos- The Ritualists are stronger and Japanese. Once during the month, it was pel to the Jews reported numerous serious dif- Ritualism. more self confident than ever. reported that the Japane2e attempted carrying ficulties which make the work go slowly. Only Owing to the increased prevalence Port Arthur by assault, but were repulsed with forty converts had been baptised buring the of Popish customs in churches all over the the loss of 28,000 men. This report has since past year, bat this was partly Owing to the country a Committee has been appointed to make been ascertained to be false. The Russian Severe pains and penalties incurred by under- a careful enquiry into the whole matter, with a Port Arthur Squadron attempted to break going this right, as a result of which some were view of disciplining the Romanising clergy- through the blockade in the latter part of June, Said to believe in secret without making an men ; but these have no fears whatever, and it but were forced to return. It is thought Port open confession: is altogether likely that the Commission was Arthur will fall before another month is past. The China Inland Mission has appointed simply as a convenient means of To the north the army under Generals Oku The China In- had on the Whole a proSperous shelving an unpleasant problem for a couple of and Kuroki has pushed the Russian force back land mission. year, and its meetings were years. upon Mukden, capturing Wafangow, Fenshin- marked by much of the LOrd's Naturally the war in the Far ling, Kaichow, and Liao Yang, and the Motien, spirit and real enthusiasm. A few years ago the The War. East continues to be watched with Fenshi and Tatien passes. A decisive battle Christian Endeavourers held their fourteenth deep interest, and in nearly all is expected somwhere between this point and British convention. This bOdy has made a re- cases open sympathy is expressed with Japan. Mukden toward which the Japanese army is markable growth in the past tea years. In 1894 The recent understanding with France is con- rapidly advancing. there were only 16o societies in the metropolis ; sidered a great diplomatic triumph for which the King gets full credit. The feeling in Eng- The Russian Vladivostock aquadron has to-day there are 707, with a membership Of made it rather unpleasant for the, Japanese 32,361. The Royal Albert Hall was crowded land is that Germany is now isolated. Still this country is by no means at ease. Just as I am admiral in the Japan Sea by evading him on at the opening rally, there being considerably several occasions and doing some damage to over io,000 people in attendance. An afternoon writing these lines news comes that the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the to Japanese shipping. The Vladivostock fleet is demonstration in Hyde Park was one feature of in command of Admiral Skrydaloff. the meeting, at which temperance reform re- nations defences, has definitely advised conscrip- ceived considerable attention, a stirring address tion—that is, compulsory military training for all the males. Sonic of the leading newspapers In the near east some excitement has been being given by Dr. J. Q. A. Henry, in which he caused by the action of Russia in sending denounced the church's complicity with the have been calling for this for some time, and in the writer's belief it is bound to come before vessels which purported to be merchantmen, Trade. through the Dardanelles and then turning them So much for the religious very long. into cruisers on the high seas, contrary to the gatherings of the past month. M. ELLSWORTH OLSEN. treaty of Pads and , international law. Politically it has 'been a rather Among some it is considered that such favourable time to tho present government, London, May 29, '04. boats are really nothing but pirates and. whose sun seemed almost ready to set a couple should be, dealt with Accordingly, England of "months ago. The budget has been disposed and Germany, 'both of whose Merchant marine of, and while it called for the addition of an The most recent reports give the loss of life have been"tampered with 'have taken steps:to extra penny in the pound on the income tax and on the S S. " General Slocum" in New York as bring Russia to terms and it is hoped that a another twopence per pound on tea, with some 938 and 98 are still missing. Only 286 escaped. peaceful solution will be found for the probl4m, 12 (108) THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN. [VOL. II.—No. 8.

ing at the Second Advent of our Saviour. If of his followers. Then professed Christian the dead rise not then those who have fallen rulers would temper justice with mercy, and asleep in Christ are perished. But Christ has regard as sacred the rights of their fellow men." been brought from the grave by the Father and those who sleep in Jesus, shall God also bring from the grave. Praise His Name. The im- mortal saints, in the resurrection morning on DISASTER BY LAND AND SEA. the other side the tomb, can look back into Devoted to the Proclamation of the Faith once their open grave and cry 0, death where is delivered to the Saints. thy sting, 0 grave where is thy victory !" " Then shall be brought to pass the saying, (Continued from page 5.) Death is swallowed up in victory." i Cor. xv. August 1, 1904. 0 hasten, blessed day. " Even so come, Lord Jesus.' of time, destroyed St. Pierre, a city of The devil is satisfied if he can administer 30,000 inhabitants ! error in homeopathic doses. What can be said of the cyclonc:s and We are sorry to announce to our readers that we were unable through circumstances which tidal waves which are becoming so fre- He who has most of the fear of God, will be quent and so fearfully destructive ! the least afraid of His fellow men. were uncontrolable to obtain the manuscript on Spiritualism for this issue. We trust, however. What can they be but precursors of to be able to supply the same in the next num- more terrible calamities, which will in- Better be called a pessimist with your eyes ber, and are sure that our readers will find our crease as the powers of evil are allowed open than be an optimist with your eyes shut. leading article this month on The Resurrection to do more and more destructive work of The Dead, equally interesting and instructive. in which they delight ! Satan is " the The arrival of the age of gold has evidently done nothing to hasten the coming of the prince of the power of the air." Eph. ii., 2. golden age. In many of the newspapers and magazines of The name is well applied, for he late we read of the self-sacrifice, and intense deights in bringing upon the world the Man's way of getting to heaven is by a tower patriotism of the Japanese people as manifested awful cyclone, the tidal wave, and dis- of Babel ; God's way, and the only true one, is in their attitude during the present war with asters of all kinds. Only the restraining by Jacob's Ladder. Russia. Among the examples quoted are ser- hand of God prevents him from bring- vants who have sacrificed their daily meals to ing universal ruin upon the world. aid in the war fund, fathers and mothers who The law of God is not the measure of our have given every son in the family for service But as man " shall wax worse and ability to do right, but the measure of God's at the front, rejoicing that they were thus worse," the Spirit of God and his restrain- ability to make us righteous. honored, and rich and poor alike by every ing power will be withdrawn from available means aiding in the raising. of the the earth, and Satan gain greater power If you fail of the blessing that you need, it is funds for the prosecution of the conflict Would to work his wicked will. because you are not as willing to receive it as that Christians were, as enthusiastic about the The experience of Job is evidence that God is to bestow it. eternal realities, were as anxious to press to speedy victory the battles of the Kingdom and where God permits, Satan controls the make known to the world the name and works elements of destruction. He controls In fulfilling the injunction to love our neigh- of their King ! 'Then would the warning mes- wicked men as he did the idolatrous bor as ourselves, it may frequently be found sage go quickly, and the redeemed of God be helpful to lower our estimate of ourselves. Sabeans and Chaldeans. He controlled received into that better country in which con- the elements of fire which burned the flicts are not known. sheep, and the " winds from the wilder- For weakness of character there is nothing better than to drink daily of the " spiritual ness," which smote and destroyed the Rock," as did ancient Israel in the wilderness. " The fuller the concert, the sweeter the har- house in which the sons and daughters mony ; the more cord, the easier draft ; if of Job were feasting. And when God " If you would be discouraged, look within ; twenty pull at a rope there is more force than if permits, Satan to-day brings these and 1f you would be distracted, look around ; but if there be two ; so it is with the power of united, other elements into his work of destruc- you would be strengthened, look up." interceding prayer." tion and death. Intensity of action is taking possession It is very hard work to be half a Christian, "The worst slavery that humanity can expe- of all Satanic agencies. Calamities will • because " no man can serve two masters ; but rience is slavery in sin. The worst of it all lies increase as we near the end. Of this it is twice as easy to be a whole Christian as in the fact that it makes one indifferent to its time the Revelator says, " Woe to the half a Christian. awful bondage." inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having • One of the precious promises of the Bible is great wrath, because he knoweth that he found in Cor. xv., 25. "The last enemy that "Oppression in whatever form it may appear hath but a short time." Rev. xii., 12. shall be destroyed is death." The inspired is rewarded at last by a return in its own coin. Word of God clearly states that death is an The assasination of General Bobrikoff, the The last great storm that is to break enemy. That this is true is so self-evident that Governor-General of Finland, at the hands of upon the earth just before Christ appears, it seems impossible that men should doubt it. a discontented Finlander is bat another illus- is foretold in Rev. xvi., 21 : " And there Yet sad to say the great enemy of righteousness tration of thi*truth. Finland, which prior to fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, has so perverted even this, that there are pro- 1899 was a contented and happy province of the every stone about the weight of 'a talent fessed Christian teachers who are telling us Russian Empire, has since that time suffered [from sixty to one hundred pounds] ; that death is one of the greatest blessings corn- much at the hands General Bobrikoff and his ing to men. Mr. C. W. Leadbeatter of London fellow Russians who have done all in their and men blasphemed God because of the •• in a recent lecture at the Carnegie Lyceum power to reduce Finland to the status of ser- plague of the hail; for the plague thereof among other things is reported as teaching as vility which marks the usual Russian commu- was exceeding great." follows,—" There is no death, king of terrors," nity. Previous to 1899 Finland had a constitu- But during this time God will protect but rather death is an angel bearing a golden tion of its own, a legislative assembly, and his people as he did Israel during the key." " Death after all is a most unimportant enacted its own laws. These privileges were thing, a little point in a great circle—the great removed and the constitution practically plagues of Egypt. " At that time thy circle of incarnation." Thus men openly set abolishsd, Russian was made the official lan- people shall be delivered, every one that aside the plain truths of God's Word. Death guage and Russian compulsory military service shall be found written in the book." is an enemy. God will blot it out of His Uni- introdued. -These conditions were becoming Dan. xii., I. And David says of this verse. There is no place for death in the unbearable to the Finlanders, thousands of time, "Only, with thine eyes shalt thou plans of Jehovah. Such teaching as the above whom were leaving home for other lands. This behold and see the reward of the wicked. sets aside the death of our Saviour as a small summary act of vengeance is but the legitimate thing and robs of its meaning the gift of the fruit of the course of tyrany which preceded . . . There shall no evil befall thee, Father in our behalf. 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