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Watchman Publishing Association MARCH, 1910 Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama Three Phases of the Law of God

AS GIVEN BY JEHOVAH AS CHANGED BY ROME AS CHANGED BY PROTES- TANTS

"I will not alter the thing that Is gone "He shall think himself able to change out of My lips." times ant laws " Daniel 7:25, "I., vain they do worship Me, teaching for Douay Bible doctrines the commandments I of men." Jesus. Thou shalt have no other gods before me II I am the Lord thy God; thou Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven shalt not have strange gods before Thou shalt have no other gods before me, image, or any likeness of any thing that is in me. heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, II II or that is in the water under the earth; thou Thou shalt not take the name Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven shalt not bow down thyselfto them, nor serve of the Lord thy God in vain. image, or any likeness of any thing that is in them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath. God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon - or that is in the water under the earth; thou the children unto the third and fourth gener- shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ation of them that hate me, and showing serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a mercy unto thousands of them that love me. jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the and keep my commandments.. fathers upon the children unto the third and III — III fourth generation of these that hate me, and Remember that thou keep holy showing mercy unto thousands of them that Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord the Sabbath day. love me, and keep my commandments. thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. III IV Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord IV thy God in vain; for thh Lord will not hold Remember the Sabbath day to keep it him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. holt. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all Honor thy father and thy IV thy work; but the seventh day is the Sab- mother. bath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt Remember the first day to keep it holy. not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- work; bin the first day of the wt ek is i he vant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is Sabbath of 'all Christians: in it thou shalt not within thy gates; for in six days the Lord do any work, thou; nor thy son, nor thy made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid. in them is, and rested the seventh day; servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, is within thy gates; for Jesus Christ arose and hallowed it. from the dead on the first day of the week, .V V therefore all Christians and all the world should keep it holy. Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy Thou shalt not kill. V days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth the. Honor thy father and thy mother, that VI thy days mat be long upon the land which VI Thou shalt not commit adultery. the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. VII VI VII Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII VII VIII Thou shalt not bear false wit- Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. ness against thy neighbor. VIII, IX Ix Thou shalt 'linOtt steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against Thou shalt not coviet thy IX thy neighbor. neighbor's wife. X Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, Thou shalt not covet thy X thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor neighbor'sgooes. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his [See Butler's Catechism, p. thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy 28, edition of 1877, published his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor neighbor's. by Heiman Bros., Milzuau- his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy [See Ex. 20 :3-17.] kee, Wisconsin.] neighbor's. THE Caribbean Watchman Vol. 8 Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama, March, 1910 No. 1 THE OUTLOOK

A New Nation of them. These colonies are under the care of a committee which administers all The United States of South Africa is the the affairs of the colony, providing instruc- name of the new nation which has been tions in gardening, encouraging self de- born in South Africa as a result of the fed- pendence in the people and, when needed, eration of the British and Boer colonies. appeals are made to the philanthropic Like the Commonwealths of the Dominion societies to help secure the lumber to build of Canada and Australia the new federation the houses. Mr. Hall in speaking of the has a constitution and central government. benefit derived by the children of these Mr. Herbert Gladstone is to go to South families says:— Africa as the Governor-general representing "It is not play, nor even easy work that the British Empire. the children do, because the use of the The population is close to five and one- spade and rake require muscular effort; half millions of which the predominating but it is ennobling work, teaching the stock is Dutch. children independence, self-respect, respect 0-- for others, and afl forms of labor. Besides "Homes in Waste Places" boyish destructiveness is largely diminished by the interest created in preserving the Is the attractive title of an article by fruits of their own soil, and there is devel- Potter Hall in World's Work, in which the oped a spirit of willingness to aid others." writer shows how students of the modern conditions of want and suffering have found a practical solution to the perplexing A Glimpse of Jamaica problem by bringing land and labor into Jamaica is now in a prosperous condi- closer relation. tion, at least in most of the parishes; and The movement in Berlin, Germany, is notwithstanding the fact that for half of a undertaken in large part by the munici- decade she has sent thousands of laborers palities and is known as "Arbor Colonies." to Panama and Central America, the inhabi- Undesirable land, such as is cut up by rail- tants have steadily increased, and the road tracks and newly laid out streets, etc. record for 1910 begins with a population of is rented out to city dwellers, and parti- 900,000. cularly to the poor who construct primitive Kingston, which was almost completely homes in which they can be comfortable destroyed by the earthquake three years during the summer months while they culti- ago, is being rebuilt as fast as it is pos- vate "intensively" the land. These arbor sible and, the work of repair would have gardens are established on every square rod been much more rapid, had not the people of unused land about Berlin, and it is esti- been obliged to wait two years for their in- mated that there are altogether about 50,000 surance, and then they only received eighty 2 THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN

four per cent. of the eleven million dollars The loss of the Hotel Titchfield is sorely due. felt in Port Antonio, but Jamaica's It is evident that the Jamaicans are genial climate and beautifnl scenery will adopting some American customs and to a never fail to attract tourists, and especially limited extent patronizing American indus- now since all fear of malaria is being re- tries, but they are for England to a man. moved by the war that is being waged In all of Great Britain's colonial posses- against the germ-carrying mosquito. sions there could not be found more loyal supporters of the crown. After seeing the results of the corrupt Opium politics in some of the. Latin-American Opium is said to have been introduced -republics it is easy to see that it has been much better for both the mother country into China by the Arabs in the year 1280 and the colony itself that the Jamaicans to 1295, during the reign of Taitsu, and with have contented themselves with religion the exception of the year 1368 when its use instead of politics. However, there is a seems to have temporarily ceased, has been lively interest manifested in the present the bane of the nation. At different times •elections in England. We note here that the government authorities have made it was through free trade that the London desperate efforts to rid the country of the market, for the past decade, has been sup awful curse, and in 1769 opium smoking plied with continental beet sugar, thus ex- was punished with severe penalties, which cluding the cane sugar from the West In- were ultimately increased to deportation dies. This robbed Jamaica of her best crop and death. and fifty per cent. of her exports, hence the Notwithstanding, the trade has con- Jamaicans most naturally oppose Mr. As- tinued and increased alarmingly; the his- quith's free trade government and support tory of its progress being marked by re- the Unionists who advocate tariff reform volting incidents of deception and outrage. and are led by Mr. Balfour. Of all drugs, opium is the most perni- The Jamaicans lost a great benefactor. in cious in its effect upon the system. It the late Sir Alfred Jones. He was one of takes an accustomed smoker from fifteen the leaders in the great banana industry minutes to half an hour to prepare a pipe which now produces nearly fifty per cent. to his satisfaction, smoke it, and rouse of their exports: but the banana is a deli- himself to begin the operation again. As cate plant, and now that the bounty has soon as the effects of one smoke begin to been removed from the sugar industry in wear off, the whole system begins to France, it is very probable that the old clamor for more opium, and if he does estates will again be planted in cane. not begin smoking again he suffers an Last year Jamaica's exports amounted to agony of physical and mental torture. The nearly $35,000,000, while the imports were devotees of this awful vice smoke from ten less than $20,000,000. This is financial to twenty pipes a day, and there are, among prosperity. The island officials receive the wealthy Chinese, those who smoke good salaries and there is a balance of from forty to sixty pipes daily. $500,000 in the treasury. An English scientist who has traveled The Jamaicans are a strong healthy extensively in China puts the proportion people and seventy-five per cent. can read of opium smokers as low as seventy per and write; but we are sorry to see that here, cent. of the total population; while another like in many of the tropical islands the cynically observes that, "Eleven out of ten people are too fond of rum and tobacco. Shensi men are opium smokers." THE OUTLOOK 3 The last stages of the existence of the new interest—an interest that will be noth- opium fiend beggars description. We quote ing less than the very height of fascination? again from our English scientist:— What a splendid picture the future would "Later on the smoker buys opium, not thus become, and how wisely we should so much to gratify his selfish vice, as to live, so as to carry out this ideal picture in keep himself alive. He becomes frantic, all its fulness ! What a contrast from the he sells anything he has to buy the stuff. old 1 And how much there will he to live His moral sense is destroyed; he becomes for that we never dreamed of before . . . a decrepit, diseased, insane being who That this new plan will appeal to every- forgets even his family. He will sell his one is most evident." furniture, his children, his wife or even his But the editor is quite mistaken, for the own soul to buy the drug." assurance that they must live in this world "China awakening" sounds a glad note for two centuries would appeal to the great in comparison with this sad picture, and majority of the followers of Christ as a with the full assurance that the Gospel is great calamity. It is the wisdom of God the remedy which saves from all bondage, that has dictated that, "The days of our we renew our prayers to the Lord that He years are three score years and ten;" and will send workers to China to help spread He has added that "If by reason of strength the Good News there. they be fourscore years, yet is their 0 strength labor and sorrow." The testimony of the scripture is com- Two Centuries of Life pletely in harmony with the experience of "The first century for achievement; the humanity since the beginning, and at the second century for enjoyment. That looks same time there is presented the most fas- attractive, and it is an ideal that will be cinating anticipations for the encourage- made real in the not far distant future. To ment of the faithful. To him who is pre- live for two hundred years is not an impos- pared for it, a life, not of two centuries, sibility. In fact, modern science has al- but of an endless eternity with unlimited ready placed such a feat within the reach achievement and pleasure is promised. of all who are willing to comply with the From Education, written by Mrs. E. G. requirements." White, we quote the following, and as we The above is the first paragraph of an write our hearts assure us, that fopnded on interesting editorial in The Progress Maga- the word of Truth, this will produce a true zine in which the editor seems to have stimulation of soul and implant a new in- given himself over to the happy anticipa- terest in preparing for that eternal life: tion of a two-century existence in this "In heaven every power will be devel- world of achievement and pleasure, shut. oped, every capacity increased. The grand- ting outside every consideration of failure, est enterprises will be carried forward, the defeat and sorrow which marks so great a loftiest ambitions realized, and still there chapter in the general history of our world, will arise new heights to surmount, new and enters largely into every page of na- wonders to admire, new truths to compre- tional and private history. He says fur- hend, fresh objects to call forth the powers ther:— of body, mind and soul." "When we begin to look forward to the idea of giving the first century to achieve- 0 ment and the second century to enjoyment, "While it is yet day I must be about my will there not be a marked change in all Master's business; and he who helps me on- our motives, and will not life take on a ward is twice my friend." cLa`:=ENS202,DDIM-1,MFMFADD2Sra?D'Ilasz12)7.,s2 elEetg.47€.='€€',.€€€€€€IEeZESS.-4=Maa€E3 GENERAL ARTICLES rjaasassw-m7,•olssa,c.rz.szs,..c.c.ricvzi2,2,oc.2,ofr,Tp-€cz,s ,,F,e7e,.?,€yav,.(azx'. s•Eza€E,F,€KKER -,0 God the Creator H. C. GOODRICH HERE was a time when there was no God began to bring into existence the earth. This world did not exist, and heavens and the earth and the worlds. T there were no stars. The sun did And the Scriptures plainly teach that all the not shine, for there was none, neither was burden of this work, or perhaps we ought there any moon. The universe was only to say the responsibility of this work, was space, it was empty; and only God existed. laid on the Son, as the active agent in this It is of this time that Moses wrote; and work of making the worlds. "God hath in surely no one is better qualified than he, these last days spoken unto us by His Son, a man who had talked with God face to whom He hath appointed heir of all things, face, as a man talks with his friend; one by whom also He made the worlds." Heb. whom the Lord called by name, when He I: r, 2. And again John gives us absolute talked with him. Ex. 33:11, 12. And this proof that it was Jesus the Son of God who is what Moses said: "Before the mountains was with God in the beginning, and that all were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst things were made by Him. formed the earth or the world, even from "In the beginning was the Word, and everlasting to everlasting Thou art God." the Word was with God, and the Word was Ps. 9o: 2. God. All things were made by Him; and Then Christ was born, "The only begot- without Him was not anything made that ten of the Father, full of grace and truth." was made." John. I: 1-3. This makes it John I: 14. He is before all things. Col. absolutely certain, as certain as that God's I: 17. John says "In Him was life." John. word is true, that God sent His Son, whom 1:4. And Jesus says of Himself, "As the He Himself calls God, and gave Him the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He power of life in Himself to bring into given to' the Son to have life in Himself." existence all the worlds and everything John 5: 26. Therefore it is as plain as that has life; and this power God uses to words can make it, that with God the Father prove that He is the true God. Insomuch the beginning of life, the source of all is is this true that in every place where the existence and power. Scriptures speak to designate the true God, It is also just as plain that the Father He is always spoken of as the One who associated His Son with Him in the king- made the heavens and the earth. Thus dom that was to be established, and made Jeremiah speaks: "But the Lord is the Him equal to Himself in that kingdom, true God, He is the living God, and an "But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne 0 everlasting King. . . . He hath made the God, is forever and ever; a sceptre of right- earth by His power, He hath established the eousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom . . . world by His wisdom, and hath stretched And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid out the heavens by His discretion." Jer. the foundation of the earth, and the heavens 19: ro, 13. Isaiah says : "0 Lord of hosts are the works of Thy hands." Heb. I: 8, ro. God of Israel, that dwellest between the This brings us to the beginning; when Cherubims, Thou art the God, even Thou GENERAL ARTICLES 5 alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; tory of creation. Only that story could Thou hast made heaven and earth." Isa. reveal to created beings the almighty 37: 16. John in the Revelation also tells us power of our God. Only this could make who we should worship. "Fear God, and it possible for the heavens and earth and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judg- all the worlds to be created in six days. ment is come; and worship Him that made Unbelief tries to reason it out, and fails. the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and Science tries to understand it by scientific the fountains of waters." Rev. 14; 7. wisdom; but that is impossible. Only by Another point to be considered is the faith in the creative power of God can power by which all things were made. The man grasp the truth of it. As Paul says: Bible calls it creation. "For by Him were "Through faith we understand that the all things created, that are in heaven, and worlds were framed by the word of God, so that are in earth, both visible and invisible, that things which are seen were not made whether they be thrones, or dominions or of things which do appear." Heb. 11: 3, It principalities, or powers; all things were is only when we accept God as He is,—the created by Him, and for Him." Col. I: 16. Creator, it is only when we have confidence To create is to bring into existence by a in that power which He has manifested in word of command the thing spoken. For His works, that we can believe the Bible example, "Let them praise the name of the with simple confidence in His creative Lord: for He commanded, and they were power, and yielding our minds to His will created." Ps. 148: 5. Again,—"By the word as created beings should do, the way is all of the Lord were the heavens made; and all plain. He becomes our God, and we be- the host of them by the breath of His mouth; come sons and daughters of the Lord God for He spake and it was done, He com- Almighty. Let us sing with Isaac Watts manded and it stood fast." Ps. 33: 6, 9. those beautiful words: Again Paul says: "Through faith we under- I sing the mighty power of God, stand that the worlds were framed by the That made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas abroad word of God so that things which are seen, And built the lofty skies: were not made of things which do appear." I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule by day; Heb. 11:3. The moon shines full at His command, This is a power exercised by God alone And all the stars obey. and by His Son Jesus Christ. This is the I sing the goodness of the Lord, "life in Himself," of which Jesus says: "As That filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, the Father hath life in Himself; so bath He And then pronounced them good. given to the Son to have life in Himself." Lord how Thy wonders are displayed Where'er I turn my eye ! John 5: 26. No other being in the whole If I survey the ground I tread, universe of creation has this power. Or gaze upon the sky ! I may make a table, a house, or a steam There's not a plant or flower below, engine; but I must have material of which But makes Thy glories known; And clouds arise and tempests blow, these are made to begin with; but not so By order from Thy throne. with God. He only speaks the word and Creatures that borrow life from Thee Are subject to Thy care; the thing spoken comes into existence. There's not a place where we can flee, This is why the Bible begins with the his- But God is present there. Inconsistent Theology BY LILLIAN S. CONNERLY T is a strange inconsistency in modern the works of the law: for by the works of the theology which attempts to teach that law shall no flesh be justified." I since Christ's great sacrifice for sin was This scripture is perfectly plain in itself, completed on the cross, the law of God has but let us read with it Acts. 4 : 12, "Neither been abrogated. We invite our readers is there salvation in any other: for there is to consider one or two points of the reason- none other : name under heaven • given ingusually pre- among men, sented, and whereby we comparing must be saved." these carefully We need not with the testi- linger on this mony of the point for it is scriptures to conclusive. All "Judge right- men who have eous judg- been saved, ment." from Adam to One of the the last sinner arguments usu- to whom re- ally given is pentance a n d found in John forgiveness 1: 17, which shall be granted says: " For the by a merciful law was given God, have been by Moses, but saved only grace and truth through the came by Jesus name of Jesus. Christ;" and The giving of the conclusion the law, in its is then drawn written form, that all the peo- t o the people ple who were was particular- saved underthe ly delegated to old dispensa- Moses; and the tion were saved grace and truth by the law, and of God, which all under the man had hid- new dispensa- den by his in- tion by the ventions, was grace of Christ. Is this conclusion logical ? especially brought to view by Christ. Let Paul answer the question from Gala- The holy law acting as a detector and tions 2 : 16. "Knowing that a man is not revealer of sin,—for "By the law is the justified by the works of the law, but by knowledge of sin,"—(Rom. 3: 20) places the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have be- man where he sees himself a sinner and lieved in Jesus Christ, that we might be needing grace and forgiveness. The two, the justified by the faith of Christ, and not by law and the grace acting in harmony with GENERAL ARTICLES 7 each other accomplish the conversion of tory either for that permits the keeping of the soul. These two agencies have worked the seventh day according to the command- together since the beginning for this pur- ment. pose in every soul that has ever been Now what could be done under such cir- born into the kingdom of God. cumstances ? To say that the entire law is Why, then, should there be on the part abrogated is to charge God foolishly and of Christian teachers and preachers so open the way for every evil passion of the mighty and persistent an effort to bring soul to enter the religious life. He wants contempt upon, and get out of the way, the the law, all but the fourth commandment, law of God? Is —he wants it that they are t h a t,—but he so anxious to wants it to say have`.`other something gods," to bow beside "the down and wor- seventh day." ship images, to Unwilling to take God's holy yield to the name in vain, only logical to dishonor settlement of their parents, the question, to kill, to com- and keep the mit adultery, to day God desig- steal, to bear nates, he has f al se witness, finally to come to covet ? 0 no, onto Rome's no, it is none reasoning of these speci- ground and, fications of the assuming that law that so the church has greatly trouble more authority our present day than the com- theologian, he mand of God, ac k nowledges he accepts the that all of this theory that this law must be command has fulfilled in the been changed life of the fol- because of lower of Christ. Christ's resur- Only one pre- rection on the cept in this first day of the holy and just week. Thus he law troubles him and that is the the fourth soothes hig own conscience, while he delib- one which persistently reads so plainly erately tramples upon the command of God; "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord and teaches this doctrine to the flock over thy God." which he has been made steward. First of all he says that it means one day But this is not all. Unwilling to stand in seven, and that it makes no difference by his first argument that " It makes no which one is kept: but that is not satisfac- difference which day is kept," he sets THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN

himself, with a zeal that is worthy of a bet- Why not cease the struggle, which can ter cause, to compel by civil law both saint only end in defeat, and take God at His and sinner to observe the false unscriptural word, and in belief and obedience find the Sabbath of the church. peace and blessing He has promised and a Our illustrations well represent the di- logical theology which will effectually shut lemma in which he finds himself, and one the doors against the flood of infidelity and can but feel a sense of sorrow and solicita- skepticism which is threatening to over- tion for the multitude of religious teachers whelm the church of God. of to-day who find themselves thus situated.

Studies on God's Closing Message SIGNS OF THE COMING OF CHRIST GEO. I. BUTLER T must be evident to all thoughtful heaven as He went up, behold two men people that previous to the full procla- stood by them in white apparel; which also I mation of the messages of warning being said, Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing given, which shall close human probation up into heaven ? This same Jesus which is and usher in the coming of Christ the taken up from you into heaven shall so second time, clear evidences of His second come in like manner as ye have seen Him coming being near at hand will exist and go into heaven." Acts 9-11. His going be made known to the world. Much is was literal: plainly visible to all standing said in the sacred writings of His second by; and the angels in bright apparel de- advent. It is spoken of in a vast number clared to His disciples His second coming of passages, and the signs of His coming should be just as plainly visible as His as- are clearly given. . cension. For the sake of brevity we will present "For the Lord Himself shall descend three statements only in which the cer- from heaven with a shout, with the voice tainty of His coming is stated. "Let not of the archangel, and with the trump of God, your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. believe also in me. In my Father's house Then we which are alive and remain shall are many mansions; if it were not so I be caught up together with them in the would have told you. I go to prepare a clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so place for you. And if I go to prepare a shall we ever be with the Lord. Where- place for you, 1 will come again and receive fore comfort one another with these words." you unto myself; that where I am ye may be Thess. 4: 16-18. No language could pos- also." John 14: 1-3. 'These words were sibly be framed which could make the per- spoken by Jesus Himself just before His sonal coming of Christ the second time death. The fact of His coming again is plainer than these words. Christ will surely very clear and must have been a great com- come in a literal personal manner. The fort to His disciples. word of God teaches it. "And when He had spoken these things, May people know anything about when while they beheld, He was taken up; and that coming is near at hand? Just before a cloud received Him out of their sight. Christ's crucifixion, as He was upon the And while they looked steadfastly toward Mount of Olives in familiar converse with GENERAL ARTICLES 9 His disciples, they asked Him this ques- place. These messages are now going tion : "Tell us when shall these things be ? forth to all nations of the earth. The and what shall be the sign of Thy coming Bible is now translated into four hundred and of the end of the world ?" And Jesus different languages. Such a thing was answered this question. He gave quite a never known in the world before. lengthy discourse and set before them as The special signs Christ was to give pre- they requested the special signs which vious to His coming are brought to view in should immediately precede His coming. verses 29 to 35. "Immediately after the (The interested reader should carefully tribulation of those days" (the terrible per- study the twenty-fourth chapter of St. secution of the Papacy) "shall the sun be Matthew's gospel.) The first portion of darkened and the moon shall not give her the chapter is a gen- light and the stars eral statement of the shall fall from leading events of the heaven and the pow- Christian dispensa- ers of heaven shall tion. "Wars and be shaken. A n d rumors" should pre- then shall appear the vail. A 11 sorts of sign of the Son of calamities would man in heaven. And occur. Persecutions then shall a 11 the of His true disciples tribes of the earth would take place. mourn and they False prophets shall see the Son of should arise and man coming in the many be deceived. clouds of h ea v en A period of great with power and great spiritual declension glory. And He should prevail, shall send His an- which is very appar- gels with a gr ea t ent at the present sound of a trumpet time. But a great and they shall gather missionary w ork together His elect should be done just from the four winds before the coming of from one end of Christ. "And this heaven to the other." gospel of the king- Matt. 24: 29-31. dom shall be If the above is not preached in all the a description of world for a witness unto all nations, and Christ's second coming it would be vain to then shall the end come." Verse 14. The look for one in the whole word of God. It "gospel of the kingdom" is the gospel of is plain that three special events, viz., the the coming kingdom—the near approach of darkening of the sun, the darkening of the glorious kingdom of our God; Christ's the moon immediately following the dark- soon coming. ening of the sun, and the falling of the The proclamation of this coming kingdom stars, take place as preludes to the coming s is really the result of the proclamation of ofthat Christ, His coming constituting is near. the History leading records sign the last warning message which is to go the striking fulfilment of each and all of forth just before Christ's coming takes these signs. io THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN

On the 19th day of May, 178o, the sun 29.) "When his branch is yet tender and was supernaturally darkened. Nothing putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer like it has been since Christ's ascension to is nigh. So likewise when ye shall see all heaven. There is one day spoken of as these• things, know that it is near, even at "THE DARK DAY." It has passed into the doors. Verily I say unto you, This history with that name. In Webster's Un- generation shall not pass till all these abridged Dictionary in his list of common things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall phrases he says, "The 19th day of May, pass away, but My words shall not pass 178o, is so called." The day commenced away." Verses 32 to 33. clear It began to be dark about nine or How emphatic are our Saviour's words. ten a.m. In a short time it became so dark They could not be more so. The putting that candles were necessary in all houses. forth of the leaves is a never failing evi- The stage coaches had to light their lamps, dence of the near approach of summer. A the fowls went to roost as at night, the failure of it was never known. He likens cattle came lowing homeward as at night, the certainty of His coming, after these and all nature was clothed in sackcloth. great signs are fulfilled, to it. He says we Many felt it was a sign of the great day of may know His coming is near with all the God. No satisfactory explanation has ever certainty that we may know that summer been given of this wonderful occurrence. is near when the leaves put forth. Then. It was no eclipse of the sun. It continued He adds with all His heavenly authority, much longer than an eclipse. It came at "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My the time Christ said it would. At the close words shall not pass away." Shall we not of the great papal persecutions it fulfilled believe these solemn words of our Saviour ? our Saviour's prediction. The darkening It is impossible in one article to give a of the moon occurred the following night. tithe of the evidences of Christ's soon com- The same supernatural darkness continued ing. Indeed, these evidences would fill a through nearly the entire night. Though respectable volume. There are some thir- it was the time of the full moon, it was teen great lines of prophecy given in the "the blackness of darkness." "A sheet of Bible demonstrating the fact that Christ's white paper held before the eyes was appar- coming is dear. Every one of them point ently as the blackest velvet." "In many to our times and give clearest evidences cases horses could not be led out of the that we are living in the very last days of stables. Not a ray of light appeared." this world's history. We have very briefly • The falling of the stars came November noticed one of them. In our next article 13, 1833. This most wonderful display of we shall take up the subject of the last falling stars ever recorded in history ex- message of warning to the world, which in tended from the middle of the Atlantic on itself constitutes one of the clearest evi- the east to the middle of the Pacific Ocean dences of the fact that the Lord is soon on the west, embracing the continent of coming. America. Multitudes beheld it and felt in their souls it was a sign of the great day of He who hears the tiny sparrow God. There are abundant testimonies on When they lift their feeble cry— this point. The sign came at the right He who formed the transient flowerets, time; it perfectly fulfilled the Saviour's Will, not pass the children by. prediction. Every broken wail of sorrow, Every pleading, earnest prayer, Our Saviour proceeds: "Now learn a In the tender heart of Jesus, parable of the fig tree;" (Luke in his ac- Finds a throbbing echo there. count adds "and all the trees." Luke 21: —Julia M. Dana. GENERAL ARTICLES

The Jews and Sunday Laws have the state foster such offensive service to God, devoid of principle, by legislation Some humorist is credited with the ob- providing Him with a lot of worshippers servation that "we could all of us be hon- in whose worship there is neither faith nor est if we had the money to be honest with." love,—worshippers who would transgress Similarly, it might be observed that a great God's law if it cost them a little money to many people would be Christians if it do otherwise. Verily the state can be in wasn't for the fact that Christianity costs better business than that. something. We would all of us obey the There are nearly mo,000 people in this dictates of conscience if we never had to country to-day, not Jews, who observe the make any sacrifice to do it. seventh-day Sabbath of the decalogue by There are some people who think (and doing no business on that day, and they argue) that it should be the business of the live and prosper and are not calling for any state to make it easy for people to do right. legislation to make it easier for them to This idea often crops up in arguments for serve God. This is certainly a demonstra- Sunday legislation. Here is an illustra- tion of something. tion taken from a report of a recent hear- The fact that a thing is commanded by the ing on a Sunday bill before the legislature law of God, is proof to any Christian that of Massachusetts, U. S. A. the thing can be done. All the power in "The most striking feature of the hearing the world cannot prevent any soul from was the plea to bestow upon Hebrew shop- obeying God who chooses to obey God. keepers the legal right to do business on This truth has been demonstrated number- Sunday. Many rabbis and Jewish citizens less times in human history. The devil and spoke in support of the measure. . . . One all his hosts are laboring incessantly to of the rabbis said that 'in order to meet prevent people from obeying God; but God competition and keep up with the struggle has provided for it all, and anyone who for existence, many Jewish storekeepers looks to Him in faith will be enabled to are forced to transgress the tenets of their obey Him even under the bitterest test. own faith by remaining open for business Legislation in the domain of religion can do on Saturday, when if they knew they could nothing but harm. We want no bargain- remain open legally the following day, counter Christianity.—Selected. they would live up to their religious duty and stay closed." Let Us Remember Now how much principle is there in We are constantly forgetting things we obedience to God under such circum- should remember, and remembering things stances ? and how much value has such that we should forget. It is a blessed thing worship in God's sight? We do not find for us to rehearse the promises of God, and any such preface to the ten commandments renew them in our remembrance. It is a as, "If convenient, thou shalt not," etc. fatal thing for us to retain in our minds God does not demand service from conveni- those things that should be forgotten. By ence, but service from principle, even doing the former, we are enabled to estab- though one should be required, as very lish ourselves against temptation, and to many have been, to die at the stake for ren- discern evil. By doing the latter, we weaken the mind by burdening it .with dering such service. Any worship of God useless trash, thereby lessening its power which is performed or omitted according as to grasp divine truth. the consequences may be pleasant or other- wise, is not from principle at all, but from "We can never work well when there is policy only. And now these people would friction in our lives."

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Home American waters, manages and works every Where is the happiest home on earth ? motion by the waving of the hand, or by 'Tis not mid scenes of noisy mirth. the signs that pass in silence, issuing no But where God's blessing sought aright order at all, save in the gentlest undertone Fills every heart with joy and light. of voice ? So when there is to be real order The richest home? It is not found in the house, it will come of no hard and Where wealth and splendor most abound. boisterous, or fretful and termagant way of But whereso'er in hall or cot Man lives contented with his lot. commanding. Gentleness will speak the word of firmness, and firmness will be The fairest home ? It is not placed clothed in true gentleness.—Selected. Mid scenes with outward beauty graced. But where kind words and smiles impart A constant sunshine to the heart. "The Light of a Cheerful Face" On such a home of peace and love, There is no greater every-day virtue God showers His blessing from above, than cheerfulness. This quality in man And angels watching o'er it cry: among men, is, to the gentle, like sunshine "Lo this is like our home on high." to the day, renewing moisture to parched hearts. Accuracy The light of a cheerful face diffuses itself Accustom the children to close accuracy and communicates the happy spirit that of statement, both as a principal of honor, inspires it. The sourest temper must and as an accomplishment of language, sweeten in the atmosphere of continuous making truth the test of perfect language, good humor. As well might fog and cloud and giving the intensity of a moral purpose and vapor hope to cling to the sun-illumin- to the study and art of words; then carry- ated landscape, as the blues and morose- ing the accuracy into all habits of thought ness to combat jovial and exhilerating and observation, so as always to think of laughter. things as they truly are, as far as in us Be cheerful always. There is no path rests,—and it does rest much in our power, but will be easier traveled, no load but will —for all false thoughts and seeings. come be lighter, no shadow on heart or brain but mainly from our thinking of what we have will lift sooner in the presence of deter- no business with, and looking for things mined cheerfulness. It may sometimes we want to see instead of things which seem difficult for the happiest temper to ought to be seen.— Thoreau. keep the countenance of peace and content, but the difficulty will vanish when we Authority truly consider that sullen gloom and pas- It is a great mistake to suppose that sionate despair but multiply thorns and what will make a child start or tremble im- thicken sorrows. presses more authority. The violent em- Ills come to us as providentially as phasis, the hard, stormy voice, the menac- good, and are good, if we might apply the ing air, only weaken authority. Is it not lesson. Who will then cheerfully accept well understood, that a bawling and violent the ill, and thus blunt its sting? teamster has no real government of his Cheerfulness is the fruit of Christianity. team? Is is not practically seen that a What is gained by peevishness and fret- skillful commander of one of those huge fulness, by perverse sadness and sullen- floating cities, moved by steam on our ness ? If we are ill, let us be cheered by HOME AND HEALTH (3 the trust that we shall soon be in health. Our Mighty Helper If misfortunes befall us, let us be cheered "A mighty helper is our God, by hopeful visions of better fortunes. You To lead His church 'gainst hosts of sin. He heads His army ransom bought will do and bear every duty and burden In battle's dress the victory to win. better by being cheerful. That mighty host is marching fast It will be your consoler in solitude, your Against Thy saints, 0 Most High God! The r torm of wrath will soon be past, passport and commander in society. You To Zion, Lord, the victor's lot. will be more sought after, more trusted and Since ages has the conflict raged, esteemed for your steady cheerfulness. Against the church on earth below, Genuine cheerfulness is an almost certain But in the last we're now engaged To end, at last, sin's full o'erthrow. index of a happy and pure heart. Our Mighty Helper has o'ercome "Give me a calm and thankful heart The tempter's power in human form, From every murmur free. But while as Lord His strength is shown, The blessings of thy grace impart, He will his wicked host consume. And make me live to thee." --E. H. Hall. As soldiers then, we'll onward go, Nor fail to keep our Helper's lead. Though struggles come, we'll meet the foe, The Deadly Fly And see the last of sin's defeat." By our fathers the fly was regarded as a persistent nuisance, nothing more; but in The Beautiful Home the light of to-day's investigations he be- comes a deadly enemy to mankind. I never saw a garment too fine for a man It is demonstrated that the fly is the or maid; there never was a chair too good chief agent in the spread of Asiatic cholera, for a cobbler or a cooper or a king to sit in; typhoid fever and diarrhea. never a house too fine to shelter the human On examining a fly you will see how head. Elegance fits man. But do we not rough and hairy he is, and how he is capa- value these tools a little more than they are ble of carrying millions of bacteria. Re- worth and sometimes mortgage a house for search has shown that in passing over a the mahogany we bring into it ? I had plate of food, he may leave as many as rather eat my dinner off the head of a 30,000 of these death dealing germs. barrel, or dress after the fashion of John The fly breeds in filth, in fact, can hardly the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on a exist without it, and it is well to remember block all my life, than consume all myself this when he comes buzzing about your before I got to a home, and take so much face. It is quite possible that his last rest- pains with the outside that the inside was ing place was in some near by garbage box, as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a and he is well loaded with the deadly bac- great thing, but beauty of garment, house, teria to scatter broadcast. am:. furniture are tawdry ornaments com- It.is in the home that the fight of exter- pared with domestic love. All the ele- mination must begin; and the most suc- gance in the world will not make a home, cessful method to adopt in the beginning of and I would give more for a spoonful of the fight is to clean away everything that real hearty love than for whole shiploads could call the fly there. Keep your house tf furniture and all the gorgeousness the clean, your yard clean, and do all in world can gather.—Olives Wendell Holmes. your power to keep your neighborhood and your city clean. "And say to mothers what a holy charge When the deadly fly finds nothing on Is theirs; with what a kingly power their love which to subsist in your home he will leave Might rule the fountains of the new-born mind; it, and to be free from him is worthy of Warn them to wake at early dawn and sow your most careful efforts. Good seed, before the world has sown its tares." • '4 THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN irr====to=====ui "Also the strangers, that join themselves to the Lord [not to the Jews] . . . every one that no Our Bible Reading keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and hold- eth fast by My covenant; even them will I bring L...1=====i0=1=10===1 to My holy mountain." Is. 56: 6, 7. The Perpetuity of the Sabbath 7.. Jesus kept the Sabbath. [All quotations in this article are taken from "He came to Nazareth, where He had been the Revised Version] . brought up: and He entered, as His custom was, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood 1. When God acts, for how long is it ? up to read." Luke 4: 16. " I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be 8. The disciples also kept the Sabbath; for ever." Eccles. 3: 14. there is not a text in the New Testament 2. Does this apply to His law ? which speaks of any other day as a day of "All His precepts are sure. worship. Paul declared publicly; and un- They are established forever and ever." Ps. disputed, to " those who were the chief of III: 7, 8. the J ews" "Verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth "I, brethren, though I had done nothing against pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise the people, or the custom of the fathers, [and no pass away from the law, till all things be accom- custom of the fathers was held to more strongly plished." Matt. 5: 18. than Sabbath-keeping] yet was delivered prisoner It is evident that all things are not yet accom- from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans." plished. We may therefore conclude that the Acts 28: 17, 18. law of God still stands, with neither jot nor tittle taken away. 9. John was shown that in the last days of earth's history the law of God would be 3. The Sabbath, for the observance of observed by a loyal few. which the eternal law of God provides, was instituted at creation. "Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of "On the seventh day God finished His work Jesus." Rev. 14: 12. The very next verses tt 11 of which He had made; and rested on the seventh the coming of Christ to reap "the harvest of the day from all His work which He had made." earth." Gen. 2: 2. Jo. When the earth is purified and beau- 4. The law was obeyed during the patri- tified, and becomes the eternal home of the archal age. redeemed, the Sabbath will still be. kept. "Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My "As the new heavens and the new earth, which charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the laws." Gen. 26: 5. Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new The children of Israel observed the Sabbath before reaching Sinai. When the manna fell in moon to another, and from one Sabbath to an- the wilderness, the people gathered a double por- other, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, tion on the sixth day, as instructed by Moses: saith the Lord." Is. 66: 22, 23. "This is that which the Lord bath spoken, To- morrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath unto Then though "all things be accomplished," the Jehovah." Ex. 16: 23. Sabbath will still endure, unchanged in observ- ance, time or purpose. The words of the Psalmist 5. At Sinai the law of God was given to therefore apply to time and to eternity as well: — man in a specific, written form, the Sal;- "Thy name, 0 Lord, endureth for ever; bath with the rest. Thy memorial, 0 Lord, throughout all gener- ations." Ps. 135: 13. "And God spake all these words." "And in all —Signs of the Times. things that I have said unto you take ye heed." Ex. 20: r: 23: 13. " In the sublimest flights of the soul, rec- 6. The law was not given to the Jewish titude is never overtopped, love is never nation alone. outgrown." MISSIONS 15

everlasting righteousness, because it is a transcript of its Maker's character,—eternal Missions purity, and righteousness, and truth. Throughout Inspiration the attributes des- r cribing the character of Jehovah are ap- From the Dark Continent plied also to His holy law. N the heart of the Dark Continent, What It Means to Disparage the Law where hitherto the white man's feet had It is a fact that nowadays we may hear, I never passed, a missionary was asked even iu religious circles, disparagements of to give some message from the God of the Ten Commandments. It is to some an heaven, some words of the Lord Himself. out-of-date " Jewish code." But this is only Ile studied with these men of the wild the an evidence that the falling away has come -words spoken from Sinai by the Lord's own and the " mystery of lawlessness" is at lips, and written upon tables of stone by work. 2 Thess. 2 : 7, R.V. The spirit of the finger of God. antichrist is the " spirit of lawlessness," The missionary and hearers sat beside a because whatsoever is opposed to Jesus spring from which the pure, fresh stream of Christ is necessarily opposed to the law of life-giving water had bubbled forth from God. It is the " carnal mind" that " is time undated. It was to the native mind a enmity against God," and is " not subject symbol of eternal purity. They studied the to the law of God " Rom. 8 : 7. Ten Commandments, one after the other, Jesus was the eternal Word made flesh, discussing something of the length and the Word that was with the ?father before breadth and depth of each. the world was, "Jesus Christ the same yes- When the study was completed, the terday, and to-day, and forever." And in spokesman of the band rose gravely and His heart was enshrined the law of eternity. said: "These are right words. They are As He came into the world as our example clean words. They are like the waters of and Saviour, He declared, " I delight to do this fountain; not as the water down the Thy will, 0 My God ! yea, Thy law is stream where it has become soiled and within My heart." Ps. 4o : 8. dirty, but like the pure, clear water spring- Out of the heart " are the issues of life." ing up at the fountain-head." The life of Jesus—the perfect life—was the This child of nature had caught in his living of the law of God—the perfect law. soul a clear gleam of the eternal light of None, therefore, can disparage the law of God's righteousness, shining from His holy God without belittling the life of the law. The Psalmist said of the same words: Saviour of the world. Christ's Regard of the Law " The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; It is a false idea that in the days of The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlighten- ing the eyes. Christ the Pharisees and the Jews were The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever." standing by the law of Ten Commandments " Thy Word is very pure; " Therefore Thy servant loveth it." while Christ was endeavoring to bring in a Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteous. new way. The very reverse is the truth. ness, And Thy law is truth." Ps. 19: 8, 9; 119: 14o, 142. They were making void the commandments of God by their tradition, while Christ was These inspired words show clearly how a standing by the divine commandments. heart touched by the Spirit of God regards Matthew 15. the law of Jehovah. That law is the foun- God spoke His law on the Mount of tain of all morality and the standard of Sinai because " He loved the people." 16 THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN

Deut. 33: 2, 3. And the same love on the Consistent Protestantism Mount of Beatitudes declared: "Verily I say "The Bible, I say, the Bible only, is the unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one religion of Protestants !" Nor is it of any jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from account in the estimadon of the genuine the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever Protestant how early a doctrine originated, therefore shall break one of these least com- if it is not found in the Bible. He learns mandments, and shall teach men so, he from the New Testament itself that there shall be called the least in the kingdom of were errors in the time of the apostles, and heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach that their pens were frequently employed them, the same shallbe called great in the combating these errors. Hence, if a doc- kingdom of heaven." Matt. 5 : 18, 19. trine be propounded for his acceptance, he And when He offered Himself upon the asks, Is it to be found in the Inspired cross to meet the penalty of the broken Word ? Was it taught by the Lord Jesus law in man's behalf, Christ set the seal of Christ and His apostles ? If they knew eternity upon the everlasting integrity of nothing of it, no matter to him if it be dis- the law of God. The Author of the law covered in the musty folio of some ancient could die, but the law itself could not be visionary of the third or fourth century, or •set aside. No transgression of it could be whether it sprung from the fertile brain of overlooked or excused. Sin could be for- some modern visionary of_ the nineteenth, given, but only as the Son of God Himself if it is not found in the sacred Scriptures, met the penalty and tasted death for every it presents no valid claim to be received as man. "All His commandments are sure. an article of his religious creed . . . They stand fast forever and ever, and The great question at issue between are done in truth and uprightness." popery and Protestantism is this: Is the Ps. III : 7, 8. Bible only to be received as a rule of faith, A Witness of the Law's Righteousness or the Bible and tradition together? Is no Ever since sin, " the transgression of the doctrine to be received as a rale of faith unless it is found in the Bible, or may a law," came into the world, the " everlasting doctrine be received upon the mere author- Gospel" has been the witness to the " ever- ity of tradition, when it is confessedly not lasting righteousness " of the law of God. to be found in the sacred Scriptures ? The last proclamation of the Gospel in this The whole Christian world, both nomi- world is declared by the Revelator, who be- nal and real, are by this question divided into two great divisions: the consistent and true- held a mighty advent movement, symbolized hearted Protestant, standing upon this by an angel crying out " the everlasting rock, the Bible and the Bible only can admit Gospel" to every nation and tongue, in pre- no doctrine upon the authority of tradition; paration for the second coming of Christ in the papist and the Puseyite place tradition the clouds of heaven. Rev. 14 : 6, 7. He side by side with the Bible, and listen to its bears the witness of inspiration to the prac- dictates with a reverence equal to, or even tical work which the Gospel does for those greater than that which they pay to the who receive it. Of those who heed the final sacred Scriptures themselves; and he who warning, he says, "Here are they that keep receives a single doctrine upon this mere the commandments of God, and the faith of authority of tradition, let him be called by Jesus." Rev. 24 : 12. The two are one and what name he will, by so doing steps down inseparable. The commandments of God, from the Protestant rock, passing over the divine perfection itself, can be kept only by line which separates Protestantism from the faith that brings Christ to dwell in the popery, and can give no valid reason why heart with all His fulness of life and power. he should not receive all the earlier doc- Wheresoever the faith of Jesus is kept there trines and ceremonies of Romanism upon also must be enshrined the eternal law of the same authority.—Dowling, "History of God. W. A. SPICER. Romanism," book 1, p. 67.

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THE With this volume THE CARIBBEAN Caribbean Watchman WATCHMAN begins anew year and, as is the case with people, we almost involuntarily MARCH, 1910 take account of ourselves, making new_re- Published monthly by The Watchman Publish- solutions and reforms. Realizing more and ing Association, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. Entered February 25, 1909, as second-class mat- more each passing year the responsibility of ter at Cristobal, C. Z., Panama, Post-office, under a WATCHMAN, we renew our prayer, with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. deeper desire, to become faithful, giving to EDITOR B. E. CONNERLY. our readers the true message as it appears in AssocIATE EDITOR H. H. COBBAN. the events of this momentous time. Manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor. Address all business and make all money-orders, There comes to our table this month a etc., payable to the CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN, Cris- new Signs of the Times from Kenilworth, tobal, Canal Zone, Panama. South Africa; a neat well edited magazine Date of Expiration.—The WATCHMAN wrapper bears date of last issue due on your subscription. of forty-eight pages, filled with the mes- Unless renewed in advance, paper will stop with sages of truth for this time. "The people expiration date. If herewith is an order blank, you will know you have overlooked sending in a re- which sat in darkness saw great light; and newal. You will not wish to miss a single issue. to them which sat in the region of the Back numbers often cannot be furnish—ed. - Change of Address.—When a change of address shadow of death light is sprung up." We is ordered, both the old and the new address should wish for our far away colleague a prosperous be given. The notice should be sent at least one month before the change is to take effect. career with abundance of fruit for the How to Remit.— Remittances, should be,sent by kingdom of God. Draft on New York or P. 0. Money Order, payable to THE CARIBBEAN WATCHMAN. Cash should al- There is an interest amounting to enthu- ways be sent by registered letter. If otherwise sent. the remitter is responsible for its safe delivery. siasm being manifested in the sale of the Subscription Rates. WATCHMAN in the Canal Zone. One of our One Year, Post-paid, 5o cents. churches h a s steadily augmented its Six Months, " 3o cents. club until it now numbers eight hundred. Five or more copies to the same address, 45 cents. per each, post-paid. The West Caribbean Conference has put Five or more copies t(i. the same address, six in an order for 2200 of the March number. months, 25 cents each, post-paid. This is certainly encouraging to the work- ers in the office and those in charge of "Joy is not in things, it is in us." the field work, for from such efforts with the literature, fruit for the Kingdom is sure to "Apt quotations carry conviction." result. " No rogue e'er felt the halter draw, In this time when the subject of creation With good opinion of the law." is only discussed under the phases of evolution, the history in Genesis being "Unless a tree has borne blossoms in the considered altogether behind the times, we _ spring, you look vainly for fruit on it in are glad to present to our readers a clear, the autumn." logical argument on this subject, which I have never found a thorough, prevad- will, we are sure, satisfy the soul. Those ing, enduring morality but in those that who enter the mental laberinth of evolution fear God.—Jacobi find themselves ever confronted with great questions of, How? When? Who? which "With regard to one's work, the desirable no phase of the arguments can/ ever satisfy. feeling is 'always to expect to succeed, and It is better, infinitely better, to accept what never to think that you have succeeded." God says.

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