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TRAVEL CONVENIENCES IN INDIA Stands Fourth in Railway Mileage — Freedom from Fatalities and Accidents — The Imperturbable Missionary

By ARTHUR G. DANIELLS

NE of the questions that deeply interests and sometimes how much clearer one's vision becomes, and how much more seriously concerns a traveler whose time in a new real and tangible everything seems, when one is on the ground. 0 country is limited, is the mode of conveyance he may This visit had a number of surprises for me. I was aware find. Knowing that India, including Ceylon and Burma, is a that the South India Mission embraced the Madras Presidency country of long distances, and knowing that I must needs go to and the island of Ceylon ; but it was not until I traveled over all its extreme parts, I felt some degree of anxiety before tak- the territory, getting hurried glimpses of the country, the ing my first railway journey in that empire. I found, however, cities, the villages, and the people in their varied conditions, that my concern was unnecessary. From the railway guide, that I obtained anything approaching a true conception of this I learned that there were very few places I had to visit in mission. Its western boundary is washed by the Arabian Sea India that could not be reached by rail, and my first train for a distance of about 500 miles, while the eastern shore ride assured me of good stretches 1,200 miles accommodation and effi- along the Bay of Ben- cient management in gal — farther by 200 the railway service. miles than from New York City to Chicago. INDIA STANDS FOURTH And in this territory Although railway there are over 50,000,- building in India did 000 people — equal to not begin until 1860, more than half the en- there are at the present tire population of the time about 35,000 miles United States. of railway in operation. The system is so WHERE THE PIONEERS planned that all the BEGAN principal seaports, and It was in this mis- the largest cities in all sion field that Ziegen- parts of the country, balg, Pliitschau, a n d can readily be reached Schwartz, t h e first by rail. India holds the Protestant missio v- fourth place in the aries to all India, car- world in railway mile- A NATIVE PLOWMAN IN INDIA ried forward their won- age. Three hundred An American residing in India sent for a modern American plow, and gave it to one derful work. The two thirty million persons of these men to use. Shortly afterward, the American went out to find his modern former located near the plow hanging on the fence. The native gave as his excuse for returning to his prim- are reported to have itive implement, that the American product kept him so far away from his bullocks coast, in the district of traveled on these lines he could not twist their tails. Trichinopoli, in 1706. during 1913. With all Schwartz located in the this traffic, only seven persons lost their lives in accidents. city of Trichinopoli, in 1750. These men were missionaries of This gives a basis for the claim that railway traveling is the the apostle Paul's stamp. Great success attended their efforts; safest in India of any country in the world. and to-day, after nearly two centuries of missionary endeavor Beginning at the extreme southern points of both Ceylon in India, more than one half of all the Protestant Christians and India, I traveled to the Himalaya Mountains on the north, in this entire land are to be found in the Madras Presidency, and nearly to the Afghan border in the west. This made where these pioneers did their work. it possible for me to visit all our mission stations in India The program that had been arranged for us included a visit and Burma in the course of three short months. Professor .to our Nazareth mission station, in the extreme southern part Salisbury, president of the Indian Union field, had planned of the field. An all night's ride from Trichinopoli brought us the tour so well that in only a few places were we obliged to to Tinnevelli. Here we changed from the railway train to travel over any part of the road a second time. bullock carts, called bandies in this region. A bandy is a two- Our first visit was to the South India Mission, under the wheeled cart, with a cover of some sort stretched over a frame- superintendence of Pastor J. S. James. Through the reports work, to protect the passengers from the sun. The box of the that had been placed before our Mission Board, I had felt fairly cart is about six feet long, four feet wide, and six inches deep. well acquainted with this mission ; but once more I learned The cover, at its highest point, is about three feet above the 418 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915

Three "spirit" trees and temple of devil worshipers of South India. Typical group of Tamil people of the poorer class living in one house 'Worship of this class is one of the most pitiful of superstitions. in the village of Nazareth, South India.

bottom of the box. As there are no seats in bungalow, the school, and the dormitory. twenty miles doing this work. They are the bandy, the most comfortable way to ride The bungalow is a brick structure well making a good impression in all that region, is lying full length in the cart box. Rugs planned and substantially built. It provides and men are bringing their boys from all were spread on some straw in the bandies, a good home for those in charge of the mis- directions to place them in the school. When pillows were provided, the bullocks were at- sion. It cost a little less than $2,000. The I was there, two men came from villages tached, and we crawled in for a twenty-four school building cost only $400, and the dor- miles away in opposite directions, to see mile ride. There were six in our company. mitory for boarding students but $83. Both about getting their boys into the school. There was also the formidable stack of lug- the school and the dormitory are too small gage a company of that number usually for the work now carried on at this mission. SACRIFICING TO HELP carries in India. Four bandies were re- At the time of our visit, there were 118 stu- During the week of prayer, some of these (-mired for the journey. We started at nine dents attending the school — 87 boys and 31 Christian boys gave a part of the rice al- in the morning, and reached our mission at girls. The regular schoolrooms were full, lowed for their daily food, in order to make six in the evening. and one class was held on the veranda of the offerings to foreign missions. They denied school building, another in the dormitory, themselves the food they really needed for WELCOMED WITH THE BAND and a third on the veranda of the bungalow. their growth and work. When two or three miles from the mission I was greatly pleased with the work done None of these boys use tobacco in any station, we were met by some of the teachers at this station. For two or three years, al- form, and they have abandoned everything and students and a number of the members most the entire work has been carried on by that savors of heathenism. The girls who of the church. They had come with a native our Tamil ,brethren, no European being on have become Christians have shown the same band to welcome us and escort us to the the place. Brother E. D. Thomas is in zeal. They have done what is probably the station. After cordial greetings, the band charge, and is assisted by seven teachers, five hardest thing for a girl in India to do — led the way, being followed by teachers, stu- of whom are our own baptized members. taken off all their jewelry,— bracelets, finger dents, and our caravan of bandies. The Brother Thomas and his assistants have all rings, neck rings, anklets, toe rings, and all. music and the unusual procession attracted embraced the message since Brother James The ears of some were so disfigured by the large numbers of villagers, many of whom began work in Nazareth seven years ago. heavy rings hanging in them from infancy, kept joining us, and our number became As nearly as I could judge, these teachers that it was necessary to perform surgical ite imposing by the time we reached the are doing excellent work. The students are operations to restore them to something ap- st,:tion. From the veranda of the bungalow, Hindus, Roman Catholics, Anglicans and proaching their natural condition. All this w.; gave a brief address, expressing our ap- other Protestants, while some have no re- they have done for their Lord and Master. preciation of the enthusiastic reception given ligion. Yet with this medley, we found a They are good girls, who will make good us. Then all separated to get ready for the strong spiritual influence pervading the wives for the Christian boys who are pre- evening service. school. Thirteen of these students have paring for missionary service. I was very much encouraged by what I given their hearts to the Lord and united In an address presented to us by the fac- found at this mission station. Pastor James with the church. They are earnest, wide- ulty of the school on the occasion of our and his wife began work here seven years awake young missionaries. Every month, visit, they said: ago. The response made by the people to they are allowed to go out to the villages to "The object of this work is to lay a true the message he presented led to the establish- sell papers and tracts. Sometimes they walk foundation, in the lives of the students, for ment of a permanent sta- a future Christian build- ticn. A nice block of ing; to teach them the three acres of land could special truths for which be secured just outside we as a people have been the village. But before a called into existence; to final decision was made to encourage them to prac- loeate on this site and tice these truths, and to erect buildings, a well was spread them throughout sunk on the place, to as- the sphere of their influ- certain whether an abun- ence; to develop a dant supply of good water thorough Christian ex- could be secured. The perience, and beget in to:.1- gave the fullest sat- them a lasting desire to isaction. Then the become earnest workers ground was secured, and for the Lord in carrying the buildings wer e this message to the mil- erected. The precaution lions of South India. to be sure of having "Believing the Scrip- plenty of good water, tures to be the foundation should always be taken by of all true education, and mi-.:sionaries before pur- recognizing i t s impor- chasing land and erecting tance in a school curricu- buildings for mission sta- lum, much emphasis is Group of our Tamil workers in charge of the Nazareth mission school, South India tions. Brother E. D. Thomas, superintendent of the mission, with his wife, are seated at the placed on the teaching of We have three build- right. They are natives of India, and were carved out of raw heathenism by the gospel. the Bible. We have al- in zl at this station,— the Sister Thomas, with her first baby, is shown in the upper left-hand corner. (Continued on page 8) Page 2 THE IMPARTIAL REWARD He Who Came in Last, Received the Full Benefits— Selfishness c;--?d. the Love of Supremacy — Jealousy Rebuked

By MRS. E. G. WHITE HE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is has entered the Master's vineyard at the eleventh hour. His an householder, which went out early in the morn- time of service seems so short, he feels that he is undeservh:g ing to hire laborers into his vineyard." Matt. of reward ; but he is filled with joy that God has accepted hi; 20: 1. It was the custom for men seeking em- at all. He works with a humble, trusting spirit, thankful' fcr ployment to wait in the market places, and thither the privilege of being a coworker with Christ. This spirit the employers went to find servants. The man in the parable God delights to honor. is represented as going out at different hours to engage work- THE REWARD NOT UPPERMOST men. Those who are hired at the earliest hours agree to work for a stated sum ; those hired later leave their wages to the The Lord desires us to rest in Him without a question as discretion of the householder. to our measure of reward. When Christ abides in the soul, "So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith the thought of reward is not uppermost. This is not the unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, motive that actuates our service. It is true that, in a subordi- beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came nate sense, we should have respect to the recompense of that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every ward. God desires us to appreciate His promised blessings. man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they But He would not have us eager for rewards, nor feel that for should have received more ; and every duty we must receive they likewise received every compensation. We should not man a penny." Verses 8-10. 111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111 11111111111111 111111111111111111111111111S be so anxious to gain the re- ward as to do what is right, ir- HIGHER THAN THE HUMAN respective of all gain. Love to STANDARD The Dead Past God and to our fellow men T h e householder's dealing and the Living Present should be our motive. with the workers in his vine- This parable does not ex- yard represents God's dealing '‘Forgets:ng those things which are behind, and reaching cuse those who hear the first forth unto thow things which are before." Phil. 3:13. with the human family. It is call to labor, but who neglect to contrary to the customs that WHY mourn for the mercies we've scorned in the past? enter the Lord's vineyard. Why weep that we journey life's desert alone prevail among men. In worldly Why lament that the roses eluded our grasp, When the householder went to business, compensation is given While the thorns were our lot through some fault of our own ? the market place at the eleventh according to the work accom- Why weep for the blessings that vanished with years? hour, and found men unem- plished. The laborer expects to That sunshine was darkened when fell the sad rain? ployed, he said, "Why stand ye Why add to our darkness the blur of our tears, be paid only that which he And fill up our hearts with the anguish of pain ? here all the day idle?" The earns. But in the parable, All our weeping, life seasons can never restore. answer was, "Because no man Christ was illustrating the Past daisies no longer look up to the skies. hath hired us." None of those The roses once perished shall bloom nevermore. principles of His kingdom,— a No more life for the love that is scorned till it dies. called later in the day were kingdom not of this world. He But the present—its pages press close to our face, there in the morning. They is not controlled by any human Fair, white, and unsullied, for mortals to write. had not refused the call. Those standard. The Lord says, Shall we trace there a record of angelic grace, Or mar its fair pages with darkness of night? who refuse and afterward re- "My thoughts are not your pent, do well to repent; but it Ah, the present—what conflicts, what victories to win ! thoughts, neither are your ways Then, brother, be valiant, and arm for the fray. is not safe to trifle with the first My ways. . . . For as the heav- What grand deeds for Jesus, what battles with sin, call of mercy. What loving acts done, may be yours for to-day ! ens are higher than the earth, L. D. SANTEE. When the laborers in the so are My ways higher than vineyard received "every man your ways, and My thoughts a penny," those who had be- 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111 than your thoughts." Isa. 7 gun work early in the day were 55 : 8, 9. offended. Had they not In the parable the first laborers agreed to work for a worked for twelve hours? they reasoned, and was it not right stipulated sum, and they received the amount specified, noth- that they should receive more than those who had worked for ing more. Those later hired believed the master's promise, only one hour in the cooler part of the day? "These last have "Whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive." They showed wrought but one hour," they said, "and thou hast made them their confidence in him by asking no question in regard to equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the wages. They trusted to his justice and equity. They were re- day." Matt. 20: 12. warded, not according to the amount of their labor, but ac- cording to the generosity of his purpose. "I DO THEE NO WRONG" "Friend," the householder replied to one of them, "I do HIS KINDNESS FILLED THEM WITH JOY thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Not the amount of labor performed, or its visible results, but Take that thine is, and go thy way : I will give unto this last, the spirit in which the work is done, makes it of value with even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will God. Those who came into the vineyard at the eleventh hour with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good ?" were thankful for an opportunity to work. Their hearts were "So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be full of gratitude to the one who had accepted them ; and when called, but few chosen." Verses 13-16. at the close of the day the householder paid them for a full The first laborers of the parable represent those who, be- day's work, they were greatly surprised. They knew they had cause of their services, claim preference above others. They not earned such wages. And the kindness expressed in the take up their work in a self-gratulatory spirit, and do not countenance of their employer filled them with joy. They never bring into it self-denial and sacrifice. They may have pro- forgot the goodness of the householder, or the generous com- fessed to serve God all their lives ; they may have been foremost pensation they had received. in enduring hardship, privation, and trial, and they therefore Thus it is with the sinner, who, knowing his unworthiness, think themselves entitled to a large reward. They think more Page 3 420 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 of the reward than of the privilege of being THE GREATEST CANNOT BUY IT — THE receive. Heaven's golden gate opens not to servants of Christ. In their view their labors HUMBLEST MAY RECEIVE IT the self-exalted. It is not lifted up to the and sacrifices entitle them to receive honor And however short our service or humble proud in spirit. But the everlasting portals above others, and because this claim is not our work, if in simple faith we follow Christ, will open wide to the trembling touch of a recognized, they are offended. Did they we shall not be disappointed of the reward. little child. Blessed will be the recompense bring into their work a loving, trusting That which even the greatest and wisest can- of grace to those who have wrought for God spirit, they would continue to be first; but not earn, the weakest and most humble may in the simplicity of faith and love. their querulous, complaining disposition is unchristlike, and proves them to be untrust- worthy. It reveals their desire for self-ad- vancement, their distrust of God, and their jealous, grudging spirit toward their breth- ren. The Lord's goodness and liberality is to them only an occasion of murmuring. Thus they show that there is no connection between their souls and God. They do not know the joy of cooperation with the Master worker.

NARROWNESS AND SELF-CARING OFFENSIVE There is nothing more offensive to God than this narrow, self-caring spirit. He can- not work with any who manifest these at- tributes. They are insensible to the work- ing of His Spirit. Christ warned the disciples who had been first called to follow Him, lest the same evil should be cherished among them. He saw that the weakness, the curse of the church, ALLIES LANDING AT THE DARDANELLES UNDER COVER OF GUNS OF THE BATTLESHIPS would be a spirit of self-righteousness. Men would think they could do something toward earning a place in the kingdom of heaven. They would imagine that when they had THE FALL OR THE RESURRECTION made certain advancement, the Lord would come in to help them. Thus there would be OF THE TURK an abundance of self, and little of Jesus. Many who had made a little advancement Definite Points in Turkish History — How They Fulfill Prophecy would be puffed up, and think themselves superior to others. They would be eager for flattery, jealous if not thought most im- By ALBERT M. DART portant. Against this danger Christ seeks to guard His disciples. The reward is not of T is an evidence of God's love for the his establishment at Jerusalem, where he works, lest any man should boast; but it is I human family, that in the last days of comes to his end. all of grace. earth's history, events attracting the at- tention of all the world most strikingly ful- THAT "SINGULARLY ACCURATE" DATE THE FIRST SHOULD WELCOME THE LAST fill prophecy.. The Ottoman empire is notably "A nail in a sure place" is found in the illustrative of this point. statement of the historian Gibbon where he The first and the last are to be sharers in says that Othman invaded the territory of the great, eternal reward, and the first should THE WHOLE WORLD INVOLVED Nicomedia July 27, 1299, and pronounces it gladly welcome the last. He who grudges the Mr. Ed. Tallichet, editor of the French a singularly accurate date. reward to another, forgets that he himself is For 150 years from this date, the attacks saved by grace alone. The parable of the magazine Bibliotheque Universelle, published at Lausanne, in writing upon "Fall or Resur- of the Mohammedans on Constantinople ful- laborers rebukes all jealousy and suspicion. filled the prophecy of the fifth trumpet,— Love rejoices in the truth, and institutes no rection of the Ottoman Empire, Which?" at the time the Young Turks came to the front the first woe trumpet of Revelation 9, which envious comparisons. He who possesses love, states that their power was to hurt men five compares only the loveliness of Christ and a few years ago, said: "The above question applies not only to months. his own imperfect character. The prophecy also says that "they had a This parable is a warning to all laborers, Turks, but to the entire world; for the pres- ent crisis contains the winding up of all that king over them, . . . whose name in the He- however long their service, however abun- brew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek dant their labors, that without love to their has occurred since the beginning of the Christian era. . . . Constantinople has be- tongue hath his name Apollyon ["a de- brethren, without humility before God, they stroyer," margin]." are nothing. come again what it was for a long time, the center and pivot of the world. . . . The re- Othman had organized the roving bands of It is not the length of time we labor, but Saracens, and they went forth in their char- our willingness and fidelity in the work, that cent Turkish revolution has entirely changed the political situation of the world — not acteristic destructive manner. makes it acceptable to God. In all our serv- Five months — 150 years — from Gibbon's ice a full surrender of self is demanded. The only of the Mediterranean world, but of the universe." singularly accurate date, July 27, 1299, smallest duty done in sincerity and self-for- brings us to July 27, 1449, at which time the getfulness, is more pleasing to God than the ONE OF THE LAST MOVES ON EARTH Greek emperor having died, his brother Con- greatest work when marred with self-seek- stantine ascended the throne only by con- ing. He looks to see how much of the spirit Dear reader, do you know that the exit of sent of Amurath, the Turkish sultan. Thus of Christ we cherish, and how much of the the Turk from Europe is one of the last was Constantinople virtually in the hands of likeness of Christ our work reveals. He re- moves among nations before the second ad- the Turks, and the "destroyer" went forth gards more the love and faithfulness with vent of Christ and the end of the world? not only to "hurt men" but to slay. which we work than the amount we do. Prophecy makes this fact plain. And as And now the prophecy points out the Mr. Tallichet says — and his statement is WHEN SELFISHNESS IS DEAD period of Ottoman supremacy, "an hour, and confirmed by many other statesmen of repute a day, and a month, and a year." Only when selfishness is dead, when strife and by fact — the whole world is involved A year is 360 days. A day for a year, for supremacy is banished, when gratitude in the Turkish problem. Therefore in Turk- prophetic time, would be 360 years ; a month, fills the heart, and love makes fragrant the ish history to-day, viewed from the stand- on the same reckoning, would be 30 years; life,— it is only then that Christ is abiding point of Bible prophecy, the whole world is a day, one year; and an hour, 15 days,— all in the soul, and we are recognized as laborers warned of God of the end of the world. amounting to 391 years and 15 days. Otto- together with God. With what concern, then, does the student man supremacy began July 27, 1449. 391 Not in our learning, not in our position, of prophecy look upon the fierce bombarding years and 15 days from this date would reach not in our numbers or intrusted talents, not of the Dardanelles and the preparation of to August 11, 1840. in the will of man, is to be found the secret the Turk to leave Constantinople! of success. Feeling our inefficiency, we are We will now further consider the points FULFILLED TO THE DAY to contemplate Christ, and through Him who in Turkish history mentioned in our last This date marks the end of Ottoman su- is the strength of all strength, the thought article; namely, the Turk's establishment as premacy, in accordance with the prophecy — of all thought, the willing and obedient will an independent power; the loss of his inde- another of the interesting points in Turkish gain victory after victory. pendence; his expulsion from Europe; and history. Page 4 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 421 On August 11, 1840, the sultan of Turkey name in His book? — Not if you are at Bible student. But the writings of men who surrendered his independence to England, variance with His law; for in that blessed spiritualize away the real meaning of some Russia, Austria, and Prussia, who had under- land to which the delivered go at that time, of the plainest statements of God's word taken the settlement of difficulties existing there are no more tears, sorrow, pain, nor are most dangerous to read. These writings between Egypt and Turkey. death; and all these are the result of sin — are surely indited• by the spirit of Satan, An ultimatum had been drawn up by these the transgression of God's law. and for this reason, are hypnotic in their in- powers, and placed in the hands of the sultan Never did the truths of prophecy stand out fluence. of Turkey on the very date above named. more clearly than to-day. Carl we meet, at Remember there are two separate and dis- Just prior to 1840, students of prophecy had the Judgment bar, Him who died for us, and tinct spirits at work in the world,— the taken the position that the Turk would lose say we did not know? Spirit of God, and the spirit of Satan. Not his independence on that date, and they so The din of battle around Constantinople, all the impressions that men have, come from published it to the world. Thus the world, viewed by the spirit of prophecy, says in God. Satan can impress the minds of people, at this point, had an opportunity to see the tones louder than cannon's roar, "Prepare to and lead them to believe a lie. We are to hand of God in Turkish history. meet thy God." test the suggestions and impressions that come to us, by the test given us in the Bible: HIS EXPULSION FROM EUROPE O "To the law and to. the testimony: if they The next point of special interest is his The. Infallible Source of Truth speak not according to this word, it is be- expulsion from Europe. Prophetic informa- cause there is no light in them." Isa. 8: 20. tion on this point is found in the eleventh We Should Ourselves Go to the Fountainhead — We chapter of Daniel. No extended study of the Should Not Depend upon a Fallible THE INFALLIBLE INTERPRETER prophecy is possible in this article, only al- Fellow Man It was never given to man to interpret the Scriptures. That is the office of the lusion to prominent points. By J. W. LOWE In the first part of the chapter, Persian Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will not and Grecian history is briefly sketched by lead one person to believe one thing, and the angel. The work of Alexander the Great N matters of religion and religious doc- another person to believe something differ- is thus mentioned: I trines, do not resort to the theories and ent, relative to the same matter. If two "And a mighty king shall stand up, that writings of men for instruction relative persons differ widely concerning some Bible shall rule with great dominion, and do accord- to what is truth, but go directly to the Bible doctrine, one of them at least is not fully ing to his will. And when he shall stand up, itself. To know what the Bible itself says, taught by the Holy Spirit. They may both his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be is worth a thousand times more than to be in error, but both cannot be right. divided toward the four winds of heaven; know what any man may say with respect to When we take into consideration the great and not to his posterity, nor according to his what the Bible teaches. number of religious denominations, and their dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom WHICH IS RIGHT? differences in opinion as to what the Bible shall be plucked up, even for others beside teaches, it ought to serve as a warning to those." Dan. 11: 3, 4. Even the most intellectual and conscien- us against placing our confidence in mere This prophecy was fulfilled in the division tious persons differ widely in opinion con- human wisdom for our knowledge of Bible of Alexander's kingdom, after his death, cerning Bible doctrines and Bible teaching truth, or even in any line of intellectual among his four generals, who fell to quarrel- in general. And if we depend on mere thought. God's word is the truth; and it ing, the territory eventually being divided human authority for our religious faith and is so very abundant in true knowledge, that between what prophecy mentions as the belief, how can we know for a certainty it has light and truth for every soul. And "king of the north" and the "king of the which of these individuals or classes have if you desire knowledge that is free from south." the truth? adulteration, search your Bible for it. KINGS OF NORTH AND SOUTH Territorial lines indicated the kingdom. The occupant of Constantinople and adjacent countries is denominated by the angel "the king of the north"; of Egypt, "the king of the south." Since the Turk to-day is in possession of Constantinople, he is the prophetic "king of the north," of whom the prophecy says : "But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble. him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace [seat of government] between the seas in the glorious holy mountain [Jerusalem] ; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." Dan. 11: 44, 45. Here the expulsion of the Turk from Europe and his establishment at Jerusalem are pointed out. DELIVERANCE COMES THEN All will see that this cannot occur without much trouble — world-wide trouble. This is also mentioned by the prophet: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince © Underwood & Underwood [Christ] which standeth for the children of SCENE IN MILAN, ITALY thy people: and there shall be a time of The people in the streets of Milan clamoring and cheering for war, as Italy joined the allies in trouble, such as never was since there was the conflict. a nation even to that same time." Dan. 12: 1. 0, to be delivered at such a time! What nation will unfurl her banners for our The word of God — the Bible — is the The Salutation of Peace safety? What flag shall we seek? All na- truth. And the Bible is its own exposition tions are involved in the deadly conflict. of the truth. If we believe what the Bible ff~EACE be unto you" was a common sal- The horrors of war, with modern possibili- says, and believe it says what it means, we utation among the Hebrews. It was ties for destroying men's lives, make the shall have no serious difficulty in coming to often a mere form, having no meaning stoutest heart shudder. Whither shall we a knowledge of the truth. But if we per- aside from the custom of the day. Jesus, flee? sist in believing that God does not mean what however, did not thus use it. When He said Listen, reader : "And at that time thy He says, and put our own construction upon to His disciples, "Peace be unto you," He people shall be delivered, every one that shall as much of the Scriptures as we possibly can, meant something more than a mere conform- be found written in the book." we will be likely sooner or later to possess ity to a worldly custom. When He uttered The awful day is near. It would almost more error than truth. the words, "Peace I leave with you, My peace seem that complications and rapid develop- I give unto you: not as the world giveth, ments might rush us on to the last great BIBLE HELPS give I unto you (John 14: 27), He taught battle with no more than a brief cessation I do not mean to say that Bible helps of a great truth, which comes down through the of war. Are the arms of the Saviour thrown every description have no value, for many ages to us like a benediction. around you in shelter? Can He write your of them are exceedingly valuable to the ELIZA H. MORTON. Page 5 The Prophet Foresaw the Papacy Three Kingdoms Fall Before It — A "Little Horn" with Stout Look —"The Eyes of a Man"— A Persecuting Power— Assumes Right to Change the Bible—Time It Was to Continue—Its Apparent Destruction

By JEAN VUILLEUMIER

In reading this article, keep in mind that sixth century; namely, the Heruli in 493, the succession,— factors that have enabled the Elder Vuilleumier presented last week that por- Vandals in 533, and the Ostrogoths in 538. papacy to place itself in intimate relationship tion of the prophecy of the seventh chapter of with the common people, and to follow up its Daniel which, tells of the four world monarchies that were to exist, and that the last one of the SMALLER AND YET GREATER THAN THE TEN schemes from generation to generation. four was to be broken into ten parts. The ASTOUNDING WORDS prophet saw that among these ten kingdoms, "That horn . . . whose look was more another power would arise. The last named, stout than its fellows." Verse 20. "At the "In this horn" was "a mouth speaking the ecclesiastical empire, is the subject of this outset, the bishops of Rome were very hum- great things. . . . And he shall speak words article. ble and retiring, having nothing else in view against the Most High." Verses 8, 25. It Next week, the theme will be the eternal king- dom that is soon to supplant all these govern- but the propagation of the religious, moral, is a well-known fact that the pope is com- ments of earth. Incidental mention will be and democratic teachings of the Nazarene. monly called by his followers "holy father," made, in the article, of the reestablishing of They played no role in the state until the "most holy father," "sovereign pontiff," the papal power that .seemed broken in 1798. time when Constantine, after making Chris- "head of the church," all of which are th3 EDITOR. tianity the religion of the empire, made Con- names of God the Father and of Jesus Christ. 661 CONSIDERED the horns, and, behold, stantinople the new capital of the Roman John 17: 11; Eph. 1:22. In Heb. 8: 1, the there came up among them another world. . . . The bishop of Rome, protected words "high priest" are translated "sover- horn, a little one, before which three of by the emperor, gained influence over the eign pontiff" in some Catholic versions. the first horns were plucked up by the roots: masses, and this influence grew still more Pope Gregory VII says, in his "Maxims," and, behold, in this horn wen "There is only one name in the eyes like the eyes of a man, and world, that of the pope." This a mouth speaking great things." is what the apostles Peter and "Then I desired to know the Paul said of Jesus Christ. Acts truth concerning . . . the other 4: 12; Phil. 2: 9. Pope Martin horn which came up, and before V called himself "the most holy which three fell, even that horn and happy, who is the arbiter of that had eyes, and a mouth that heaven and the lord of earth, spake great things, whose look . . . the master of the universe, was more stout than its fellows." the father of kings, the light of Dan. 7: 8, 19, 20. the world." Again these are The foregoing describes the names and prerogatives that be- vision the prophet had concern- long to God alone, and the usurp- ing that mysterious power. ing of which, on the part of a man, brands him as a blas- INTERPRETATION IS GIVEN phemer. "Thus he said, . . . And an- With reference to earthly other shall arise after them [the powers, the popes have made ut- ten kings] ; and he shall be di- terances that no other human verse from the former, and he being has ever dared to make. shall put down three kings. And In his "Maxims," just quoted, he shall speak words against the Pope Gregory VII wrote: "All Most High, and shall wear out earthly princes must kiss the the saints of the Most High ; pope's feet. . . . He has the and he shall think to change the right of deposing emperors." times and the law; and they Innocent III compared his power shall be given into his hand until in relation to that of other kings a time and times and half a to the light of the sun as com- time." Verses 23-25. pared with that of the moon. Next to the division of west- PAPAL GRANDEUR ern Europe into the different states, living side by side for "Whose look was more stout over a thousand years, the most than its fellows." Dan. 7 : 20. conspicuous fact in the history Several kings had to experience of the Middle Ages and of mod- the bitterness of these claims. ern times is the supremacy of Horace I erne Robert, king of France, excom- the bishop of R o m e. This POPE LEO XII IN ST. PETER'S AT ROME municated by Pope Gregory V, power, both political and ecclesi- had to humble himself to the astical, answers exactly to the description of during the invasions of the barbarians.. . . dust before him in order to retain his throne. the eleventh horn, which represents another Great is the contrast between the humble be- Henry IV, emperor of Germany, had to take king, different from the other ten, endowed ginnings of this Christian republic and the the famous trip to Canossa before he could with almost superhuman insight, surrounded spectacle offered by Christianity a few cen- resume his imperial dignity. His son, Henry with greater pomp, whose utterances are turies later — that of an absolute monarchy, V, and Frederick I, called Barbarossa, went more startling even than its deeds, who lays in which the clergy forms a separate class, through the most humiliating ceremonies in its hands upon the saints of God and upon enjoys special privileges, and in which the the presence of Popes Pascal II and Adrian His law, who is to exercise a supremacy over bishop of Rome, heir to the authority of the IV respectively. Europe nearly until the coming of Christ. councils, sovereign arbiter of nations, as- The culmination of papal grandeur was sumes the right of governing consciences, of Let us briefly compare the salient point of reached under Innocent III, in the beginning this prediction with a few historical facts distributing kingdoms, and of ruling over of the thirteenth century, half way between that will show the marvelous exactness of both soul and body." ("Larousse Diction- this vision. ary," article "Papacy.") the rise and the fall of papal supremacy. "The pontificate of Innocent III is only a mo- THREE KINGDOMS FALL BEFORE THE A MARVELOUS INSIGHT ment in history," says Larousse Illustre. RISING PAPACY "But what a moment! . . . What glory ! "In this horn were eyes like the eyes of "Before which three of the first horns a man." Verse 8. Heir of the shrewd di- Everything around it is magnificent, as if to were plucked up by the roots." Verse 8. plomacy of the Roman Senate, the papal gov- enhance the brightness of this throne of Few persons are acquainted with the fact ernment has for hundreds of years exercised thrones occupying the center of the scene. that the triple crown worn by the pope rep- its policy with astuteness and sagacity. This . . . The pope is not only the greatest of resents really three kingdoms that had to wisdom can be attributed to four main fac- popes ; the other kings, the events, the genius yield their place to the growing papacy, at tors : the confessional, the celibacy of the of the century, everything, is in harmony the end of the fifth and the beginning of the clergy, Jesuitism, and the unbroken papal with his grandeur." Page 6 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 423

A PERSECUTING POWER the second commandment is completely left ordered, in their laws, that all should "er.:- "The same horn made war with the saints, out. In the second commandment, the words brace the religion of the Roman pontiff." In and prevailed against them." He "shall wear "Thou shall not bow down thyself to them" 534, Pope John thanked the emperor Jus- out the saints of the Most High." Verses 21, (graven images) are changed into "Thou tinian for "submitting all things to him," 25. Sadly notorious are the barbarous per- shalt not adore them," which is an unwit- the pope, and for "publishing an edict re- secutions organized and carried on by the ting admission that to bow before an image quiring the destruction of heretics." In 538, papal government for more than a thousand is to adore it. Vigilius caused Pope Silverius to starve to years. The massacres of Waldenses, of Al- The fourth commandment, numbering death, and became pope in his place, thanks bigenses, Hussites, and Calvinists, the Saint more than ninety words in the Bible, has to a party in the empire which had pledged Bartholomew, the "holy Inquisition," the only seven in the catechism. All specifica- to elevate him above the council. dragonades, the revocation of the edict of tions about Sabbath keeping, all mention as The year 538 A. D., therefore, is the start- Nantes, are too well known to require more to what day of the week is the Sabbath, and ing point of papal supremacy. This suprem- than a passing mention. all reference to the creation of the world as acy European nations accepted and sub- The victims of persecution under pagan a basis for the commandment, are left out. mitted to until the end of the eighteenth Rome have been estimated at three millions, In the explanation of the second command- century, when it disappeared in a storm, but while the victims of papal Rome for con- ment, the same catechism justifies the invo- not without having undergone a process of science' sake, according to a moderate esti- cation of saints, the honors paid to relics, decay. and the kneeling mate, mount up to fifty millions. before pictures, images, FORCES THAT OVERTHREW IT and crucifixes. And in the explanation of HERETICS MUST BE EXTIRPATED the fourth commandment, it justifies "the The Reformation of the sixteenth century Far from denying the facts of history church" in "commanding us to keep the Sun- gave the papal theocracy an irreparable blow. branding her as a persecuting power, the day holy instead of the Sabbath." In the eighteenth century, the prestige and papacy has erected persecution and influence of the church were se- bloodshed against heresy as a riously undermined by the philo- dogma; to wit, clause 5 of the act sophical movement led by Rousseau of abjuration (June 2, 1697) of and Voltaire. At that time, most Frederick Augustus, a Saxon of the Catholic kingdoms of Europe prince, when he took the throne of No Need of Law? expelled the Jesuits; and in 1773, Poland under the name of Augus- Pope Clement XIV was compelled to tus II: "I profess that . . . all By RUTH LEES OLSON sign the suppression of this order, heretics . . . must be extirpated loathed by all intelligent people. by sword and by fire without ex- And now a great storm breaks ception or consideration, and that out. The French Revolution in they must all be sent to hell body Men say: "We have no need of law, for all men are free-horn, 1793 vents its rage upon the French and soul." Supreme within themselves; free as the orb of day clergy, and in 1798 upon the pope That sweeps across the sky with an effulgent light, himself. In February of that year, A similar declaration is embodied Luminous within itself until it sinks into the night. in the oath of allegiance of all the Rome was entered by the French, Roman bishops. Intolerance and "We have no need of law, for heights and depths and the pope was taken away as a persecution as a doctrine is taught Will open wide their portals at the touch of him who holds the key captive, while a republican govern- To that mysterious life that dwells within, and speaks imperiously, ment was proclaimed in the "eter- to-day by many authorized Catho- And, listening, we obey; for such as heed the voice of inmost soul, lic books a n d periodicals, and Can reach as high as heaven, or sink as deep as hell, and yet beyond, nal city." Pius VI, at the advanced preached from Catholic pulpits. Where life is self-existent, and death enters not." age of eighty-two, and though af- flicted with many infirmities, was LAW OF GOD CHANGED BY THE No need of law? And yet the planets in their course must bow before driven through Italy in a carriage, PAPACY Omnipotence in answer to "Thou shalt" and "Thou shalt not." E'en mighty suns that sweep their satellites in train, carried in a litter over the bitter "He shall think to change the Must yield obedience to the voice of Him who rules on high; cold passes of the Alps, and finally And as Arcturus guides his sons across the starlit sky, left in Valence to die, 1799. times and the law." Verse 25. His steps are guided by the law that thunders from Jehovah's throne. This accusation of the prophecy is The papacy remained beheaded corroborated by the papacy itself. The star-eyed daisy smiling up from dusty wayside road, for nearly a whole year. Thus ex- The above quoted abjuration, Or timorous violet peeping from her dark green shade, actly 1,260 years after it had begun, Must follow laws that bid them bloom in spring, this power that had been lent the framed by the high clergy, says: Or slumber soft 'neath winter's snow. "I profess that a decree made and All things in heaven above or in the earth beneath papacy to lord it over the world, proclaimed by the pope, however Obey the law of seedtime and of harvest fold. had suddenly disappeared. Thus, new it may be, whether or not through a long course of centuries, Yea, man himself is governed by the laws of birth and death. had every detail of this prophecy based on the word of God, is of The very breath of life that fluttered on his lips divine origin, and must, as such, When first he opened eyes upon a newborn world, met its fulfillment , bringing us be respected by believers, more Came as a law that bade him "live and grow." finally to the threshold of eternity, And ringing through the ages, soft as time's footfall, and proving to us the absolute cer- highly than a command of the The echo of that law is heard, and, listening, men are born. living God." (Clause 2.) tainty of God's promises. "I profess that the reading of And so from earliest time, adown the little span of life, We follow on until at last we sink into the arms of Mother Earth, O the Bible is the origin of all per- From which we came, there to abide, safe resting in her fond embrace nicious sects and associations, as Until the dawn of that great day when from Jehovah's throne More Acceptable than also the fertile source of all blas- The word goes forth, and man shall live again. phemies." (Clause 6.) Sacrifices A mighty throng shall rise from dusty bed, The Thing Desired Above Everything Else "I profess that the Roman pon- Or come from cradled depth of ocean wave. tiff has the power to change the The earth shall tremble 'neath their tread, By J. W. RICH Holy Scriptures, to add thereto, The heavens echo back triumphant shout of victory; And blazoned high in burning scroll of fire, and to take from." (Clause 10.) Jehovah's law shall reign supreme. 66TO obey is better than sacri- From such assertions, we may fice, and to hearken than the confidently expect that the papacy fat of rams." 1 Sam. 15: 22. has not failed to change the law of the Most TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY YEARS OF To Saul had been given the commission of High. SUPREMACY destroying the Amalekites, both man and What are these changes? Read the Ten beast, for the part they had taken in hinder- Commandments in the Roman Catholic cate- "And they [the law and the saints] shall ing the passage of the children of Israel in chism "prepared and enjoined by order of the be given into his hand until a time [one their desert wanderings. third plenary council of Baltimore" (Boston, year, or 360 days, a Jewish year] and times The critical moment came, and Saul was 1885), and compare them with the divine [two years, or 720 days] and half a time brought to the test as to whether he would text in Exodus 20. The wording of those [half a year, or. 180 days,— in all, 1,260 listen to the voice of God, or yield to his own holy statutes spoken by the voice of God on days]." Verse 25. These are prophetic short-sighted reasonings. The sound of the Mount Sinai has not been faithfully tran- days, each of which represents a literal year, bleating sheep, and the lowing of the cattle, scribed in this catechism for the Catholic according to the rule given in Eze. 4: 6. The reminded him of what he thought would be people who have no access to the Bible. whole period, therefore, equals 1,260 literal a great offering to God — devotion to His years, during which the papacy was to exer- cause. What an opportunity to show one's THE COMMANDMENTS MUTILATED cise its baneful power over the saints and the allegiance! What a great sacrifice can be The second, third, fourth, fifth, and tenth law of God. offered to God! And would this not be commands are mutilated. The second is The supreme power of the pope was as- better than uselessly slaying these animals joined to the third, and the tenth cut in two, serted by churches, bishops, and councils as and casting them aside? Then, too, there thus changing the numbering, so as to make early as the fourth century. From that time was the king, a goodly personage; why should it match with European catechisms, where onward, the Roman emperors of the East he die, when he could just as well be spared?, Page 7 424. The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915

Thus Saul reasoned, and thus he acted upon We also see a great change for the better in instances. Thus Isaiah, prophesying seven his reasoning. How often do men and women the lives of the Hindu children of our school." hundred years beforehand of the Saviour's reason thus in these days! It is true that The church membership at this station is first advent, wrote: "When we shall see Him, the Lord has told us what we should do; but close to 70, with a Sabbath school of 135. there is no beauty that we should desire Him. after all, we get the idea well grounded, in They are faithful in the payment of tithes . . . We hid as it were our faces from Him. some way or other, that the Lord does not and offerings for the support of the cause. . . . We esteemed Him not." mean exactly what He says, and that a large The total amount paid in 1913 was $260; and Lest any should be disposed to maintain latitude is given us in deciding what we in 1914, $400. This is not a large amount; that both these Bible writers misapprehended should do and what we should not do. but they are poor people, and it means much the chronology of the events they predicted, to them. let us observe the positive assertion of Paul COST HIM HIS KINGDOM It was surely a great privilege to visit in 2 Thess. 2: 2, 3, that the coming of Christ Thus did Saul reason, and it was that very these dear fellow believers, who are so happy was not then near. reasoning which cost him his kingdom. and earnest in the truth. I could but wish It is not unusual for present-day writers When the prophet came into his presence, and that we had hundreds of such stations scat- and speakers to class themselves with those heard the noise of the flocks, his first in- tered over India. whom they address. An instance of this sort quiry was : What meaneth this bleating and occurs in the preceding paragraph, where, by lowing that I hear? Have you obeyed the ENTERING A FRENCH SETTLEMENT way of inviting the attention of the reader to Lord in the destruction of the Amalekites, In August of last year, work was begun in a scripture, the writer says, "Let us ob- as He gave word? Pondicherry, a French settlement on the serve." ADELAIDE D. WELLMAN. Undoubtedly Saul trembled at the scath- coast about one hundred miles below Madras. ing question. ("Thy backslidings shall re- Brother and Sister V. E. Peugh and a Tamil O prove thee," Jer. 2: 19) ; but thinking that an brother located here to follow up an interest offering to the work of God would be an ac- that had been awakened. In November, The Liquor Interests Scared ceptable tribute for his disobedience, he en- Brother James visited this place, and bap- deavored to shield himself from further criti- tized seven believers — four men and three NTE of the greatest signs of the progress cism. women. Others are being taught and pre- of the prohibition movement is the It was not because Saul misunderstood or pared for baptism. O genuine panic of the liquor interests did not know the Lord's directions that he Brother and Sister Morrow, who came to at the present time. Whatever the average went astray, but because he presumed upon India last year, have located in Bangalore. newspaper reader thinks of national prohibi- God's word, and thought to substitute his They are studying the Tamil language, with tion, the liquor men themselves believe they own ideas for a plain "Thus saith the Lord." a view to engaging in the vernacular work. are facing a really pressing problem. Ac- Then it was that the kingdom slipped from All the workers in the South India Mis- cording to their own story, ruin stares them under the control of Saul, and passed to one sion, and in all India as well, were delighted in the face. Everywhere they are sounding who would obey. Then were those memo- to have Brother and Sister Lowry return. the alarm against the approaching fire of rable words uttered, "Behold, to obey is They will begin work in a new center. what they call fanaticism. better than sacrifice." Brother Lowry has a good knowledge of the Having had abundant experience in fight- Those words were spoken to Saul, but they Tamil language. He loves the field, and it ing the temperance workers, they certainly carry a weighty message to every man and is believed his work will be blessed to the take at face value the claims now set forth woman to-day. We are not to obey merely salvation of many souls. by the reformers. Brewers' and liquor deal- when everything is favorable to our com- At the recent biennial conference, it was ers' associations everywhere are collecting pliance, but we are to obey Him when it is decided to establish the headquarters of the money for what they regard as the fight of difficult. Obedience, and not personal con- South India Mission in the city of Madras. their lives. In their publications are pre- venience, is the test of allegiance. Hear the This will enable Pastor James to carry on monitions of approaching woe. The National venerable man Job saying, "Though He slay evangelistic work among the European Liquor Dealers' Journal, for example, last me, yet will I trust Him." Obedience is the people. September detailed the circumstances which highest type of worship. Simply trust Him. THE STUPENDOUS TASK it described as spelling doom to the liquor interests. "The prohibition fight hence- SLIPPING FROM THE GRASP OF THOUSANDS The task in this mission field alone is stu- forth," that article declared, "will be nation- pendous. Besides the 17,000,000 people wide, and contemplates writing into the na- How many there are to-day who are meet- speaking Tamil, there are 20,000,000 who ing with the same conditions, and — shall we tional constitution a prohibition of the manu- speak Telugu. Although no direct effort has facture and sale of alcoholic beverages. To say it? — with the same results ! The king- yet been made by us for the Telugu people, dom of God is slipping from the grasp of us there is the handwriting on the wall, and a few have embraced the message and united its interpretation spells doom. For this the thousands because they presume that a sub- with us. Great opportunities are now in stitute service will be accepted. Do not be liquor business is to blame; it seems inca- sight among these people, and we must begin pable of learning any lessons of advancement deceived into believing that God will accept work for them without delay. Plans are laid a number of versions as to what His require- or any motive but profit. To perpetuate it- to have a couple located among the Telugus self, it has formed alliances with the slums ments are, when He has spoken plainly so before this year closes. that all may understand. that repel all conscientious citizens. It de- Then there is Ceylon with its millions. liberately aids the most corrupt political "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Every worker in India feels that Ceylon Lord thy God." No amount of reasoning will powers. Why? — Because it has to ask im- should be entered now. It should be made munity for its own lawlessness." ever change the wording or its meaning. a separate mission division under permanent God has spoken, and let the puny ideas of The liquor interests have reason to feel leadership. We hope to have a couple lo- thus alarmed. Last fall, nine states had men be kept veiled so long as God is God. cated in Colombo in a few months. To offer a substitute to God in this matter state-wide prohibition. The elections since Knowing the value of literature in this that time have exactly doubled the number. will only mean ruin and disaster, just as it work, Brother and Sister James are strug- did to Saul. God is particular as to what There are now eighteen states. The anti- gling hard to produce and circulate papers liquor forces had been working sixty years He says, and will allow no human reason- and tracts in the five different languages ing to discount His word. to get the first nine prohibition states. Their spoken in their field. But their facilities and labors seem to have been justified even so; "Judgment also will I lay to the line, and physical powers seem so limited for this righteousness to the plummet: and the hail but suddenly, in six months, nine more were great task ! How terribly we need workers added to the prohibition column. The first shall sweep away the refuge of lies." Isa. and means for this stupendous undertaking! 28: 17. nine were Maine, Kansas, Oklahoma, North If ever the church of God should pray the Dakota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missis- It will make a difference through all eter- Lord to send forth laborers into the field, it sippi, Georgia, and West Virginia. Now Vir- nity whether we take God at His word or not. is now. ginia, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Washing- "Forever, 0 Lord, Thy word is settled in ton, Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, and Idaho are heaven." Ps. 119: 89. May it be with us added to the list. Other states, too, that have each and all! Was Paul Mistaken? not gone in for state-wide prohibition, have 0 county option on a scale that amounts almost Travel Conveniences in India OME superficial readers of the Bible have to the same thing. S concluded that Paul expected the second In the last twenty years, thirty million (Continued from page 2) advent of Christ in his time. As evidence votes have been cast for prohibition; and as a ready seen some of the results of our efforts that the great apostle cherished that falla- result, forty-six million American citizens, in this direction. Of our students, thirteen cious hope, reference is sometimes made to nearly one half our total population, are liv- have been baptized. One boy has connected 1 Thess. 4: 15, where he uses the expression, ing under no-license laws. One half the with the office work at Trichinopoli; another "We which are alive and remain unto the American people have outlawed so cherished boy has taken up duties in the school while coming of the Lord." an institution as the rum shop. 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THE GLORY SONG IN THE KAFIR HUT were touched with a new tenderness by the sincerity of the song, and by the thought of the wonders of redeeming love that Dark-Skinned Children in Darkest Africa Singing in Beautiful English—Pathos and Soul Expression in the Song had begun a new era in these kraals. Clear and strong, again, rose the hymn : GRIPPA, the teacher at Batlani's kraal, on the Fish "When, by the gift of His infinite grace, River, is a good singing master as well as school-teacher. I am accorded in heaven a place, A His children were lined up on one side of the Kafir hut Just to be there, and to look on His face, in which seventy of us were packed that afternoon. The Will through the ages be glory for me." narrow door and the two tiny windows in the mud walls, God grant it you, little children of the mud-walled hut seemed only to remind one that every law of ventilation de- amidst the Fish River bush. Heaven seems nearer, and the manded that seventy persons should have love of Jesus dearer, for the view given more breathing space than that hut was us of God's wondrous, saving grace in giving us. these villages. W. A. S. South Africa. THE CHILDREN WERE TO SING But all was expectation ; for the children of Agrippa's school were to sing for us — visitors from afar, and fond parents GOING BACKWARD TO from the kraals. There were children of SUPERSTITION our Christian believers, and children from the Red Kafir huts round about, where UST before the recent Easter season, raw and sunken heathenism holds on its J great preparations were made by va- way in ignorance and darkness. rious classes of society to celebrate the At a signal, the children rose from the SCENE ON THE ZAMBEZI R1VER), BELOW advent of Good Friday with becoming earth floor, every eye on the teacher. VICTORIA FALLS ceremonies. Accordingly, in some parts "Will we hear a Kafir song?" I was of California, throngs led by church pas- asking myself, "or will they try an English gospel hymn ?" tors climbed the highest neighboring hills before daylight, to Agrippa sounded the note on his little tuning harp. The greet the first rays of the rising sun. With the first strug- baton dropped, and the air began. "Stop," the leader called; gling gleams of light shining through the mists of the distant "you have missed the note." horizon, the crowd dropped upon their knees, with faces toward Then again the note was sounded ; and this time, at the wave the orb of day, and joined in hymns of praise. of the leader's hand, in clear; ringing voices, with good enun- ciation at every word, the hymn rolled out : SUPERSTITION OR WORSHIP Was this superstition, or was there in it genuine worship "When all my labors and trials are o'er, of Jehovah ? A guess that a large portion of those so gathered, And I am safe on that beautiful shore, Just to be near the dear Lord I adore, went through the ceremony according to instruction, without Will through the ages be glory for me." any particular thought of devotion, would not be far from the mark. Reformers of the sixteenth century would have scorned The first thought was of the strangeness of the song's set- such ceremonies, because they knew too well that the origin ting,— the mud hut, with the reed-thatched roof ; the English of such an attitude was in paganism. language as the medium among these children of the Fish River, One may say, 0, well, this is altogether different from pagan with huts of Red Kafirs all about, and even children from these sun worship; it is simply a form by which to worship the Lord heathen homes joining in the soul-inspiring gospel song. of glory. Then why go to the top of a hill so early in the But very quickly the serious morning to perform the cere- earnestness of this service of mony? And after arriving song took away all suggestion there, why await the appear- of incongruity. The children ance of the sun before begin- knew what they were saying, ning the observance, and then evidently; and most of them, at go through it with the face to- least, were singing of a Sav- ward the sun ? Again, if that iour whose love they had but is a proper form of worship, recently learned. This love had why delay it for a whole year, changed the lives of fathers and when there are so many sunny mothers, and had opened the mornings throughout the pass- most wonderful door of hope ing seasons? and opportunity before these The fact is, in such perform- children. ances, the church harks back to the days of dark supersti- THEY TOUCHED OUR HEARTS tion, when sight, instead of So the visitors ceased to be Biblical faith, was the basis of mere auditors, and our hearts ZULU WOMEN GRINDING CORN worship. Indeed, so strongly Page 9 426 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 EDITORIAL has the religious world begun to lean toward the externals of away from the worship and service of the true God, which the ancient days, that in the absence of these, very few care to Lord's Sabbath always enjoins : take part in even the formalities of religion. A certain meas- A DIVINE AND STIRRING WARNING ure of dry rot has eaten the vitals out of the church, until little sympathy for its external forms is shown by the world. "Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 0 Israel, thy prophets are like the NO DRINKING ON GOOD FRIDAY foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, Indeed, it was reported in the San Francisco Call of March neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in 31 last, that in that city by the Golden Gate, so strong was the the battle in the day of the Lord. They have seen vanity and endeavor to have Good Friday decently recognized, according lying divination, saying, The Lord saith : and the Lord hath to church ideas, that the Police Commission of that exhibition not sent them : and they have made others to hope that they municipality issued an order forbidding the hilarity commonly would confirm the word. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and indulged in liquor resorts during Good Friday. But here is have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord the reported order. It only need be read to see how ready civil saith it; albeit I have not spoken? power is to enforce supposed Christian ordinances : "Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith "POLICE BAR GOOD FRIDAY DANCING IN CAFE, HOTEL the Lord God. And Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that "No dancing will be permitted in cafes, hotels, or other places see vanity, and that divine lies : they shall not be in the as- where liquor is sold, on the evening of Good Friday. This sembly of My people, neither shall they be written in the order was made to owners to-day by the Police Commission. writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into Failure to comply with the instructions will result in revocation the land of Israel ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God. of dancing privileges. This is the first time in San Francisco Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, that the Police Commission has lent its aid in the support of Peace ; and there was no peace ; and one built up a wall, and, lo, Good Friday observance." J. 0. C. others daubed it with untempered mortar : say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall : there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, 0 great hailstones, shall fall ; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Lo, when the wall is SABBATH APOSTASY AND FALSE VIEWS fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing OF THE KINGDOM wherewith ye have daubed it ? Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I Hailstones and Stormy Wind Shall Rend It—Fearful Arraignment —God's will even rend it with a stormy wind in My fury; and Kingdom and Man's Views Concerning It at Variance there shall be an overflowing shower in Mine anger, and great hailstones in My fury to consume it. So will I break down the Last week, Mr. Porter told of the doctrines of old Babylon. He spoke wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring of their very ancient origin, and how they have worked to counterfeit God's plans in all the ages. it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be This week, he shows how these Babylonian doctrines worked through discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the paganism, before the time of Christ, to supplant the Sabbath of Je- hovah, and also to give false conceptions of God's kingdom. midst thereof : and ye shall know that I am the Lord." Eze. Next week, he will show how these Babylonian principles have worked 13 : 3-14. through the papacy; and the week following, he will present how they are at work through organized Protestantism. He will close with the FEARFUL ARRAIGNMENT stirring warning from God against the iniquity and deception `of it all. EDITOR. This is a fearful arraignment of those who were making a gap in God's law, and building up a wall in place of the gap LIJAH encountered the Babylonian system, with its four they had made. To evade the truth, these apostate Babylonian hundred fifty prophets of Baal and its four hundred priests had dodged from one position to another, as foxes in E prophets of the groves. 1 Kings 18 : 19. The contest be- the desert dodge to avoid the trap of the hunter. When they tween the two religious systems in the days of Elijah was saw their wall falling under fair and candid criticism, they over the question of obedience to the law of God. "And it would come to the rescue, and daub it over with untempered came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto mortar. him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I In what particular part of God's law was the gap made have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, and a new wall built?— The Sabbath precept, which announced in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and and enjoined the worship of the true God by a perpetually re- thou hast followed Baalim." curring weekly memorial. This is no sophistry or guesswork. Elijah's appeal was: "How long halt ye between two opin- Let the prophet speak, as he spoke to the teachers in ancient ions ? if the Lord be God, follow Him : but if Baal, then follow Israel, in terms too plain to be misunderstood : "And the word him." Verse 21. Obedience is the test of discipleship. "Know of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, say unto her, ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, day of indignation. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in or of obedience unto righteousness?" Rom. 6: 16. the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they Through a most wonderful miracle, the Lord expressed His have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and pre- decided approval of Elijah's religious system, which main- cious things; they have made her many widows in the midst tained a loyal attitude toward the law of. God ; and He'caused thereof. Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned all the assembled worshipers of Baal to cry out, "The Lord, Mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy He is the God ; the Lord, He is the God." 1 Kings 18: 39. and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My Sab- AN INVARIABLE APOSTASY baths, and I am profaned among them." Eze. 22 : 23-26. With apostasy from God to sun worship and to the worship THE MOST PROMINENT MEN REACHED of other deities, there has always been an apostasy from the This apostasy to sun worship and observance of the day of creation Sabbath, by which the Lord designed to preserve a the sun reached even some of the most prominent men of Israel. knowledge of Himself as the true God that sanctifies and "And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, saves His people. Eze. 20: 12. and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the Not only did Elijah meet this Babylonian system with de- porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their cided rebuke in the name of the Lord, when it sought by in- backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward trigue and force to introduce its system of polytheism instead the east; and they worshiped the sun toward the east." Eze. of the worship of the true God ; but Ezekiel gives the following 8: 16. With the apostasy from the true Sabbath to the day scathing denunciation of the Babylonian system, and its at- of the sun came the demand for Sunday enforcement by civil tempt to lead the people away from the true Sabbath, and hence enactment. Page 10 EDITORIAL The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 427

Webster says of Sunday, "So called because anciently dedi- a colt the foal of an ass," they looked for the coming of a mighty cated to the sun and its worship." The North British Review temporal monarch, who should dethrone all earthly kings, and calls it "the wild solar holiday of all pagan times." The ob- place himself at the head of a universal dominion. Herod in servance of this "venerable day of the sun" was made com- fear issued an edict that all children two years old and under, pulsory by a decree of Constantine A. D. 321. See "Encyclo- living within his jurisdiction, should be slain at the time of the paedia Britannica," article "Sunday." birth of the promised Messiah, in order to slay the infant King and save his kingdom. But the Child of promise escaped into APOSTASY FROM A RELIGION OF LOVE the land of Egypt, and was safe. Matt. 2: 13-18. In giving the history of the cruel oppressions of the nations This temporal view of the kingdom was so general that al- under the Babylonian system, Jeremiah says : "Israel is a though Christ from first to last protested that His kingdom was scattered sheep ; the lions have driven him away : first the not of this world, in the very last audience He held with His king of Assyria hath devoured him ; and last this Nebuchadnez- disciples, they still raised the question, "Wilt Thou at this time sar king of Babylon hath broken his bones." Jer. 50: 17. restore again the kingdom to Israel ?" Acts 1: 6. Thus the Daniel presents the oppression of the people of God under this minds of men were led to look upon Christ as a temporal king persecuting system, as seen in the compulsory worship of false in place of a Saviour from sin; and His mission left them gods in the cases of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. unbenefited, because they were wedded to a false creed. Daniel 3. In Dan. 6: 1-24 is described the passing of a law the sole A CREED AGAINST CHRIST purpose of which was to entrap Daniel, who was prime minister The climax of the iniquitous Babylonian system was reached of the kingdom and a worshiper of the true God. The law was when Christ came from heaven to save a lost world. Through passed under a pretext altogether different from the purpose the government of Rome, a creed was established, by civil enact- for which it was designed. This is the custom of this Babylo- ment, that no man should have particular gods of his own. In nish system in laying its foundation for persecution. Israel, Jewish tradition required worship only according to The persecutions in the days of Nero, when many Christians Jewish custom. But He came proclaiming a particular God, were torn by wild beasts in the amphitheater, and the early and introducing customs which were innovations on Jewish disciples suffered imprisonment, torture, and death at the hands traditions. With this creed He was confronted. Having re- of pagan Rome, are too familiar to require extended comment. pudiated it, He was brought before the judgment bar of Pilate, tried, condemned, and crucified. The object sought was the de- A FALSE VIEW OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD thronement of the King, and the usurpation of His dominion. Ever since his fall, Satan has determined to overthrow the They said: "This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the kingdom of God. Failing in this, it has been his fixed purpose inheritance shall be ours." Mark 12: 7. so to misinterpret that kingdom as to inculcate false views, in HALTED WITH CONSTERNATION order that men may be prevented from preparing to inherit it. Through the pagan division of the Babylonian system, instead With what consternation they beheld Him rise from the dead of the humility and simplicity of the kingdom of Christ, he the third day, as He had predicted before His crucifixion! Then established a system of self-exaltation, which was an entire in the majesty of resurrection power they saw the gospel of this perversion of the principles of the kingdom of God. With crucified and risen One march through the length and breadth satanic skill and cunning he sought to satisfy the minds of men of the earth, conquering and to conquer. The world halted, and with forms of religion without the power. for a time beheld "the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1: 14. Public senti- THE BABYLONIAN CREED ment for a time turned so favorably toward Christianity that The doctrines of baptismal regeneration, or infant sprin- the very Jews who had said, "His blood be on us, and on our kling, justification by works, purgatory, and prayers for the children," now cried in consternation, "Ye . . . intend to bring dead, and the sacrifices of the mass, followed by idol proces- this man's blood upon us." sions, relic worship, the clothing and crowning of images, the Heaven could make no mightier appeal than had now been rosary, and the worship of the sacred heart, lamps and wax made for the recovery of the pagan division of the Babylonian candles, and the sign of the cross, with the religious orders of system from apostasy. There might have been a universal vestal virgins, nuns, monks, priests, and sovereign pontiffs, reformation if those hearing the call had accepted it and sur- and multiplied holy days, constitute the great body of the rendered their hearts for salvation. Thus the Lord said, pagan system. See "Two Babylons," pages 128-224. "We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed." Her Instead of looking for the coming of a King who was "just, rejection was due to having persecuted her benefactors and and having salvation ; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon forsaken and crucified the only One able to save her. R. C. P.

persons; and at one time appearances indicated 151 — WINE FOR THE LORD'S SUPPER that France would banish from the earth God's Please give the Bible texts that un- word. But they failed. fermented wine should be used for the At the time that they put forth their effort, Lord's Supper. R. P. W. Question Corner some of the leading men boasted that in a little Conducted IV M. C. Wilcox while there would be no such thing as worship First, the very account of the supper itself. of God upon the earth, the Christian religion We do not have the term "wine" even men- 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i!1111111111111111111111111111111i1111111111111111111illilliiillilillilliiihiliiliiiiiIIM would be mentioned as a far distant tradition; tioned. The only thing mentioned is "the cup" and they rejoiced and made merry over it. and "the fruit of the vine." But "the fruit of 150 — THE TWO WITNESSES, REV. 11: 8-11 But not all the people of the earth fell under the vine" would be wine freshly pressed from Will you please explain this passage the spell of France. There were true souls in the grapes, would it not? Consequently it would in the Question Corner? .1. N. England and elsewhere who still held up God's not mean fermented wine. That of itself would word. And the very revolution against God's clearly show that the wine was not wine which It is almost too much to undertake to explain word worked itself out; it was self-destructive, would make men drunken. the eleventh chapter of Revelation in the Ques- so that after that revolution had spent its force, Secondly, the occasion was in connection with tion Corner. We would like to cite our querist men began to look to God after all. A short the Passover. But at the time of the Passover, to the book "Daniel and the Revelation" or to time after that, the great Bible societies were there was nothing used that had to do with fer- "Great Controversy." In brief, God's two wit- organized, and the word of God grew and in- ment. The bread itself must be unfermented nesses are His word in the Old and the New creased. In other words, His witnesses were bread. The Jews faithfully searched their Testament — His word in prediction and ful- brought to life again. God raised them up, houses, at the Passover season, to take from fillment, His word as He gave it, and His word gave them a position that is indicated in verse them or destroy anything and everything that as it is carried out or fulfilled when the time 12 as ascending into heaven — that is, lifted spoke of ferment or leaven; consequently the comes. up in the sight of their enemies, according to wine they used at the Passover feast would not When the atheistic power of France arose, their true worth. be fermented wine. The pure juice of the grape, spiritually "called Sodom and Egypt" (1793- The whole passage refers to men's effort to or "fruit of the vine," was the only thing that 1796), it put forth special effort to destroy the destroy God's witnesses in His word, and the could fitly represent the blood of Christ shed word of God, here personified as two living utter futility of their efforts. for mankind. Page 11 HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY

OOD health is a good Some Choice Health Hints — Simple form of life insurance. Means for Keeping Well G When you sell health for money, y o u exchange By DAVID PAULSON, M. D. wealth for trash. If you want to preserve your health, you must fight those things which cause disease. rhythm. When we persist in breaking into that, we FRESH AIR AND SUNSHINE speedily break down the di- Your lungs cannot be washed, but they gestive system. can be aired. Eat more natural There is no fresh air trust. No one has foods. Such green a "corner" on the air market. garden truck as cold- You would not offend your stomach with slaw, lettuce, spinach, dirty water. Then why fill your lungs with filthy air? and carrots cleanse A flood of sunshine in the home may fade the alimentary canal carpets, but it puts the bloom of health upon by their bulk, and the blood by their "vita- Mustard plasters may be applied externally, your cheeks. Take your choice. mines" and mineral salts. but they should not be used internally. An open window is better than an open Do not fry starch foods in grease. In It is because we have so little scientific grave. frying them, the grease percolates down cookery that so many have to resort to crude Warm, stuffy rooms have killed more through, and covers every little particle of flavors that give the palate a "twist," but people than ever froze to death. starch with a coating of fat, so that it is that also injure the nervous system. bomb-proof to both mouth and stomach di- If you sleep out-of-doors, you can get WATER DRINKING along with an hour's less sleep than other- gestion. The digestive juices cannot get at wise. You save that much time by breath- it until the food reaches the small intestine, Do not drink while eating, nor eat while ing fresh air. and the bile cuts off the grease. drinking. One of the most certain ways of producing Genuine, old-fashioned Graham flour is If you do drink at mealtime, you should unhealthy blood and also unhealthy mucous better for the health than white flour, be- drink between the mouthfuls instead of with membrane is to poultice the lungs sixteen cause God has put the "vitamines" and much the food. times a minute with impure air.- Why not of the mineral in the covering of the grain. Drink a glass of water on rising and on re- do the heroic thing — that is, screen your The same is true of natural brown rice. tiring, and as frequently as convenient dur- veranda and fit it up for an outdoor bed- Fowls that were fed exclusively on polished ing the day. room? rice for three weeks, began to be paralyzed, During the winter, many people almost forget to drink water. Such should be re- DEEP BREATHING minded that water drinking is simply bath- You will live longer if you take longer ing on the inside. The average mortal would breaths, for you will have better blood. live much more comfortably if he drank a You ought to practice deep breathing until (Ile Untrammeled Jog larger quantity of water. it seems as natural as saying your prayers, EXERCISE and then you are not far from the kingdom 13:1k WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN of health. When we are resting, two thirds of the blood is in the internal organs; when we are Deep breathing improves the digestion. For the aching limb and the tired heart, exercising, two thirds of it is out in the Practice it frequently during the day. More There is rest that will nevermore depart ; muscles. Active exercise is the best means die of air starvation than of food starvation. For the longing soul, with its vague desire, to relieve internal congestion. The benefit After each meal, breathe as deeply as you There is every goal to which hearts aspire ; remains a long time after the exercise has can, ten times in succession, then breathe For the tears, the suffering, and the pain, been taken. naturally for a minute, then take ten more There is joy and health and a glad refrain; There is no better all-round exercise than deep breaths. Increase this by one round For sin and death 'mid this night of woe, vigorous, energetic walking. It should be every day until you take from three to four There is love and life that His beams bestow. taken with the head erect, chest up, abdomen hundred deep breaths daily as a regular 0, the undreamed bliss and peace that waits,— drawn in, breathing deeply through the nose, habit. The untrammeled jo9 within the gates maintaining at the same time a cheerful To live in its sunshine forever there, DIETETIC SUGGESTIONS state of mind, trying to be in harmony with Will be hope fulfilled that each lif e may share. Do not eat a morsel between meals. nature and nature's God. To live e'en here with His earnest given, If you keep your digestive mill constantly A capital way of strengthening the abdom- Is a foretaste sweet of our home in heaven. grinding, it will soon wear out. inal muscles is to sit well forward in a chair, Food must be well relished in order to be and then tilt forward and backward, raising well digested. the knees each time. Do this a few times a Avoid iced foods and drinks. day, when you have nothing else to do, and Do not make a cold storage plant of your and suffered other symptoms of disease. you will be astonished, in a short time, to stomach. When they were fed oh whole rice, they were find how it strengthens the abdominal mus- Many a man feels "put out" because of soon restored. cles ; and it is far more important to have what he "takes in." It is a mistake to suppose you must eat strong abdominal muscles than it is to have Fletcherize. If you taste your food be- flesh in order to be strong. The ox does not strong muscles in the arm. fore you swallow it, you will not have to get its strength by eating another ox. Corn The prevailing athletic mania, which is so taste it afterwards. is not improved by being changed into pork ; "highly esteemed among men," we may be Chew for your lives. If you chew long, in fact, it may have trichinae or tapeworm sure is an "abomination in the sight of God." you will live long ; and you will not need to added to it. There is no advantage in eat- Luke 16: 15. eat so much. ing secondhand food, any more than there is The United States Public Health service Eat your bread with gladness. in wearing secondhand clothes. says "that the champion athlete often dies Some one has well said, "Do not eat when young. It recommends moderate exercise DRUGS, SPICES, AND CONDIMENTS you are mad, or bad, or sad ; only when you outdoors every day. Walk to your business. are glad." "Avoid patent medicines as you would a Walk for the sake of walking. Keep chick- It is not only necessary to bring a good pestilence." ens, make a garden, wheel the baby, take appetite to the table, but it is also impor- Intemperate eating is much more common two hours' outdoors exercise every day." tant to come with a good state of mind. than intemperance in drinking. The present athletic craze is unquestion- When one eats in an ugly, dissatisfied, Tea and coffee are drugs, not foods, and ably of the devil; the "work cure" is of God. contemptible state of mind, he is sinning should come from the drug store instead of Take your choice. against God, and is wronging himself. The the grocery. correct ideal is to thank God at the begin- Use salt sparingly. Condiments should RELIGION AND HEALTH ning of the meal, and then continue feeling be wholly discarded, because they irritate the Health and happiness result from obedi- thankful during all the meal. stomach, tending to produce gastric and in- ence to God's laws. Misery and unhappiness Do not eat between meals. Children should testinal catarrh. result from disobedience. not be permitted to piece at all hours of the Foods that taste hot when they are cold, We shall make but little progress in this day. Nature does everything in regular continue to be hot after they are swallowed. campaign for better health until our souls Page 12 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 429 are gripped with the great truth that the to our own good and to the good of His work 1111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111 laws of health are the laws of God, that sick- whatever infirmities He permits us to re- ness and suffering are directly or indirectly tain, just as He did in Paul's case. In other due to the violation of these laws. words, He will make them work together If we cooperate intelligently with God in for our good. "Most the restoration of health, making use of such Every invalid should heed the divine in- opportunities as are within our reach, dis- junction, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor carding such things as God has clearly shown and are heavy-laden, and I will give you Assuredly" us are wrong, God will give us all the health rest," and have implicit, personal faith in the that He sees, in His infinite wisdom, we will God who upholds the universe, and has prom- put to good use in this life; and He will bless ised He will never leave us nor forsake us. HAT'S what Dr. Paulson says in reply to the question, "Are T these various mental healing cults getting results? " Our Bodies and Our Religion Read all he says about this, and about the blighting influence of mind We Are to Serve God in a Practical Way — This Includes cure, in the August number of the the Proper Care of the Body

By L. A. HANSEN

ELIGION is more than a thing of the stand why we should present our "bodies a mind. It is not confined to a mental living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God," R assent or acquiescence to certain tenets which is our "reasonable service." Rom. 12: or doctrines. It does not lie in creed or 1. The body is for the Lord, and is to be dogma. It is not mere acknowledgment of sanctified by Him. faith and belief. It does not consist in in- This does not mean that works of the flesh tellectual reasoning or philosophic deduc- fulfill the requirements of God's law and tions. It is not merely "a way of thinking." gain for us eternal life. It does not at all Religion is more than sentiment. It means ignore the exercise of faith. It does not more than a response of the emotions. It deny the place of the will or the sphere of does not stop with ecstasy of feeling. It thought, purpose, and choice in relation to sin does not lie merely in beautiful reflection or righteousness. It only emphasizes the im- or spiritual meditation. portance of recognizing the real channel or means by which we are to express our wor- NOT ABOVE THE PLANE OF MORTALS ship. Spiritual living does not mean an exist- ence somewhere above the plane of mortal CANNOT DRINK IN, BUT MAY DRINK OUT life, in a realm of abstract contemplation. It We cannot eat or drink ourselves into the is not an experience outside the world of kingdom of God, but we can eat or drink August Magazine Cover in Miniature real things, in which we are taken out of in a way to be kept out of it. The aged Paul, ourselves, as it were. It is not even a life after years of preaching to others„ and after Here are twelve other good reasons of negative experience alone, where all one enduring many trials and much suffering, why you should get a copy for your- is to do is not to do wrong. realized that he was in danger of being cast self ; twelve other reasons why you Genuine Christian experience, "pure re- away through lack of body control. He urges ligion and undefiled," is something very posi- the necessity of temperance in all things in should circulate the magazine among tive, very real. It has to do with doing ord3r to gain the mastery and be a victor in your friends and neighbors: things. It involves the whole life and all its the race for eternal life. 1 Cor. 9: 24-27. activities. It brings into action the use of True service to God brings us to a recog- Enlightenment Our Empty Boast not only our mental faculties, but our physi- nition of His laws of health and their de- cal functions as well, and includes the exer- mands. We must give thought to our manner Spiritualism Foretold in cise of the material members of our material of living. We cannot eat or drink merely to Prophecy bodies. It comprehends organs and their please ourselves. We have to use moderation Providential Agencies for a service. It embraces the expenditure of in work. We must regard the need of proper Quick Work in This Gen- physical strength and energy. It takes in rest and sleep. We will clothe ourselves eration the proper care of the body. properly. We will keep clean, in body and premises; and we will do everything in our Christ's Prophecy — Distress of SERVE HIM WITH WHAT WE ARE power to safeguard sacredly our health, for Nations In other words, we are to serve God with it is to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10: 31. Breathing War and Strife what we have and what we are. The Chris- PHYSICAL CONDITIONS MUST BE RECOGNIZED Man Destined for Immortality tian says, "The life which I now live in the Wars Foretold in Prophecy flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, It is not only fitting and consistent that a No Bible Support for Sunday who loved me, and gave Himself for me." religious movement should include the pro- Gal. 2: 20. True consecration acknowledges mulgation of health and temperance princi- The Clock of the Universe the whole individual as God's and the body as ples : it is essential. Gospel effort must take Marking His Unmeasured ••=1 a temple of the Holy Ghost. We are to into account physical conditions and needs. Ages glorify God in the body, and in the spirit. Spiritual interests are inseparably associated Avoiding Moral Shipwreck 1 Cor. 6: 19, 20. with the material life. In fact, the material Christ's Sabbath Observance We have no other life than the one we life becomes what we are pleased to term the know in the body, lived in the exercises of spiritual life, when in all its relations it is Knowledge Shall Be Increased the bodily members and functions. The use yielded to God. of hands, feet, eyes, ears, and mouth, gives O Save $2.00 by sending five yearly expression to the real service we can render subscriptions. The regular price is to God. These physical members are to be No Change of the Sabbath Possible $1.00. A 60c rate is given on orders yielded to Him as instruments of righteous- ness. Rom. 6: 13. It is in this body and in By ADOLPHUS SMITH of five or more from one individual. this mortal flesh that the Christ life is to We will send to separate addresses if be made manifest. 2 Cor. 4: 10, 11. In HE seventh-day Sabbath was given to desired. fact, there is nowhere else that we can man before sin entered our world. See serve God than here in the body, where we TGen. 2: 1-3. Please order through our representative are; and there is nothing else with which The Sabbath, therefore, could not be Jew- in your state. See list on page 13. we can serve Him than this life. ish, Christian, nor gentile; but God calls it His, and it is universally binding. If the BALANCED IDEAS Sabbath had not existed in the law from SIGNS OF THE TIMES MAGAZINE Here, then, we have the importance of eternity, it could not have been drawn out MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL. cleansing ourselves from all filthiness of the of it into the fourth precept of the Deca- flesh, as well as of the spirit. We can under- logue. 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The Ten Commandments were not a new law given at Sinai, but were a drawing out or ultimate application of the basic law of Do You Wish to The Three Best Ways to and God. Of what God has once spoken He from California says, "My covenant will 1 not break, nor Know More c:=1 alter the thing that is gone out of My lips." Ps. 89: 34. See James 1:17. The Overland Route via God declares His law, of which the fourth about the signs which herald commandment is an integral part, to be per- our Lord's return to earth ? Ogden fect, and ever enduring. See Ps. 19: 7-11. Do you know how He will But man has thought to change the law of The Overland Limited God, thereby undertaking to stultify the act come ? How long He will re- Extra Fare Train of its Author in its enunciation, and to exalt main ? What He will do ? human judgment above that of Jehovah. The Pacific Limited See Dan. 7: 25. Have you absolute confi- No man or church is competent or has dence in Bible prophecy ? Do The San Francisco Express authority to read into any precept of the vou understand those which 1=1 Decalogue any wording or meaning not em- have to do with our time ? All Making Less than Three Days t(i bodied therein by the Author of the law. God Himself will not nor can He change The following illustrated CHICAGO the Sabbath, without confessing His original pamphlets are to the point: law to be imperfect. What folly, then, for man, like Lucifer, to exalt himself above the Sure Word of Prophecy, 10c "The Sunset Route" wisdom of God! Matthew Twenty-Four, 10c Via the Elegant Sunset Limited His Glorious Appearing, 15c Three Days to New Orleans Connecting with Palatial Southern Wails of Despair Yield to On orders for 10c or less, 2c for post- Pacific Steamers, or Trains age should be added. for the East Triumph Order through our depository in your =3 Israel's March from Egypt to the Red Sea- Their Old state. See list on page 15. 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A powerful 8-page temperance document. papers, and tracts, which set forth the same Printed in two colors, in the form and appear- A KING WHO KNEW NOT JOSEPH views that appear in these columns from week ance of a railroad time-table, with names of sta- "But there arose up a new king over Egypt, tions, time of trains, and map of the route. Be- to week. Such publications may he obtained gins at Cigaretteville and ends at Perdition. $1.50 which knew not Joseph." When the new in all the leading languages. a hundred, postpaid. Address our depository in king saw that the once small Hebrew colony your state or had become a mighty multitude, he feared If interested, write to the Pacific Press Pub- PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION they would join his enemies in time of war; lishing Association, College View, Nebraska, Mountain View, California so set taskmasters over them, who afflicted for further information. . 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Then the king sent for Moses in the night, and urged them to go out in haste. Underwood When the people left plague-stricken Egypt, it is said of them, "And the children Is the machine upon which all world's speed and accuracy typewriter records of Israel went out with an high hand." The have been established. seventy souls had increased to an exceeding great multitude. More than six hundred thousand people threw off the shackles of The slavery, and went out of Egypt a free nation.

FACING CANAAN Underwood is the holder of the Elliott Cresson medal for With faces Canaan-ward, and but a short superiority of mechanical construction. distance intervening between them and the "land flowing with milk and honey," they journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, and for- 1==1 ward to Etham, journeying or camping as the "pillar of cloud" by day and the "pillar of fire" by night indicated. When the Underwood friendly "pillar" rose to lead them from —The Machine You Will Eventually Buy" Etham, it turned their faces from Canaan, and led to the Red Sea. UNDERWOOD BUILDING NEW YORK As the people turned their eyes toward Egypt, they observed in the distance a slowly PUUr 14 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915 431

moving cloud, which they took for a caravan of merchantmen returning from Egypt; but Our Representatives It's— soon they could distinguish chariots and UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN SAFE horsemen advancing toward the sea. All Alabama Tract Society, Room 816, Lyric Building, Bir- WEFT eyes were fixed on the strange spectacle; and mingham. Ala. URE as it drew nearer, they recognized the fa- Alberta Tract Society, Lacombe, Alberta, Can. Arizona Tract Society, 417 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, TO TRAVEL ON THE miliar Egyptian armor. Oat. Arkansas Tract Society, 37 E. South St., Fayetteville, Ark. There was no doubt as to the object of British Columbia Tract Society, 1708 Maple St., Van- Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Pharaoh's pursuit; and as Egyptian servi- couver, 13. C., Canada. California Bible House, 537 25th St., Oakland, Cal. Railway tude faced them again, they turned to flee California-Nevada Missionary Society, 841 E. Lodi Ave., Electric Service to and from Water Gate of before the enemy. But before them was, the Lodi, Cal. - California. Tract Society, Northwestern, 687 25th St., Oak- EXPOSITION GROUNDS spreading sea, and beside them were tower- land, California. and ing mountains, while the armies of Egypt California Tract Society, Southeastern, 417 W. bth St., SACRAMENTO were closing their only way of escape. Los Angeles, Cal. California Tract Society, Southern, 417 W. 5th St., Los Chico, Oroville, Marysville, Woodland, Filled with terror, the people gave way to Angeles, Cal. Dixon, and Other Sacramento Valley Points wild confusion. Some were crying to God, Central California Bible House, Box 1304, Fresno, Cal. Reduced From Every Day Chesapeake Tract Society, 1011 Tenth St., Baltimore, Md. Round Trip All During the and others were censuring Moses for their Colorado Tract Society, Eastern, 1112 Kalamath St., Den- Rates Points Exposition awful situation, and murmuring because he ver, Colo. Colorado Tract Society, Western, 122 So. 8th St., Grand TICKET OFFICES had not left them in Egypt. Their bright Junction, Colo. Key Route Ferry Fortieth and Shatter visions of Canaan were transformed into Connecticut (See New England, Southern). in San Francisco Avenue, in Oakland Cumberland Tract Society (Eastern Tennessee), Grays- Kearney 2339 Piedmont 870 graves in the wilderness, or to Egyptian ville, Tenn. bondage again. District of Columbia Tract Society, 708 McLachlen Bldg., Washington, D. C. WANTED FOR MISSIONARY WORK IN THE CONFUSION, HOPE REVIVES Florida Tract Society, Room 11, Yowell-Duckworth Block, Orlando, Fla. T. Godfrey, 1520 East Fifth Street, Olympia, Amidst the confusion, the voice of Moses Georgia Tract Society, 169 Bryan St., Atlanta, Ga. Washington: clean copies of SIGNS, weekly and Greater New York Tract Society (See New York). magazine, Watchman, Liberty, and Protestant sounded out over the camp. The tumult was Hawaiian Tract Society, 767 Kinan St., Honolulu, H. T. Idaho, Northern (See Upper Columbia Tract Society). Magazine. hushed, and they caught the inspiring words Idaho Tract Society, Southern, Room 327 Sonna Building, Paul Gallion, Arapaho, Oklahoma: late, clean of their leader: "Fear ye not, stand still, and Boise, Idaho. Illinois Tract Society, Northern, 3645 Ogden Ave., Haw- copies of SIGNS; also tracts. see the salvation of the Lord, which He will thorne Sta., Chicago, Ill. show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom Illinois Tract Society, Southern, 304 W. Allen St., Spring- field, Ill. FOR SALE ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again Indiana Tract Society, 521 E. 28d St., Indianapolis, Ind. Twenty acres of alfalfa land, good stand, no more forever. The Lord shall fight for Iowa Tract Society, Nevada. Iowa. stripped, checked. Kansas Tract Society, Room 615 Butts Bldg., cor. First you, and ye shall hold your peace." Ex. 14: St. and Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan. Located on state highway, one fourth mile 13, 14. Kentucky Tract Society, Box 398, Nicholasville, Ky. from Salida, seven miles from Modesto, Cali- Louisiana Tract Society, 810 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, fornia, in the noted Modesto Irrigation District. These words of faith and courage from La. Four-room plastered house, electric lighted, Moses inspired the hearts of the people with Maine Tract Society, 75 Grant St., Portland, Me. with all modern improvements, well, windmill, Manitoba Tract Society, 290 Bannerman Ave., Winnipeg, new hope, and the Lord told Moses to "speak Manitoba, Canada. barn with room for 20 head of stock. unto the children of Israel, that they go for- Maritime Tract Society, Can. Pub. Assn., Oshawa, Ont., In addition to irrigation water from open Canada. ditch, you have access to an electric pump which ward." Maryland (See Chesapeake Tract Society). throws 1,100 gallons a minute ten feet to water TRIUMPH OF FAITH Massachusetts Tract Society, 607 Tremont Temple, Boston, level. Mass. Michigan Tract Society, East, 426 Trumbull Ave., Detroit, Price, $8,000; $2,000 or $3,001) cash, balance In obedience to the words, "Go forward," Mich. on easy terms. Near S. D. A. church and school that mighty host broke camp and faced the Michigan Tract Society, North, 510 Petoskey St., Petos- with two teachers. sea, trusting the God of Moses to bridge the key, Mich. I am not a real estate man, but have sixty Michigan Tract Society, West, 1214 Madison Ave., Grand acres adjoining this. For further information, water or part the waves and lay a path for Rapids, Mich. Minnesota Tract Society, 336 East Lake St) Minneapolis, address J. B. Huguley, Salida, California. their feet in the deep. The "pillar" that went Minn. before them rose in majesty, passed over Mississippi Tract Society, 982 Union St., Jackson, Miss. MOTTOES, MOTTOES, MOTTOES the camp, and stood between the two camps. Missouri Tract Society, 203 W. Franklin St., Clinton. Mo. Montana Tract Society, 411 S. Black Ave., Bozeman, Mont. BIBLE mottoes are selling as they once did. To Israel it was a light to illuminate their Nebraska Bible Supply House, 905 N. California Ave., One agent who has sent in for another 1,000 forward march; but to the Egyptians it was Hastings, Neb. to-day, says to rush his order. We would like Nevada (See California-Nevada Missionary Society). blackness, and hid from view their prey. New England Tract Society, Northern, 186 N. Main St., to see many more agents in the field. 200 for The armies of Israel advanced till the Concord, N. H. $7.50, 1,000 for $25.00, express prepaid. New England Tract Society, Southern (Rhode Island and We are headquarters for fine Vegetable Cook- feet of the foremost ranks touched the Connecticut), 51 Whitmore St., Hartford, Conn. Newfoundland Tract Society, Box 217, St. Johns, New- ing Oil. Two 5-gallon cans, $7.50. The more water's edge, and the Lord said to Moses: foundland. you buy, the less the price will be. Hampton "Lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine New Hampshire (See Northern New England). Art Co., Nevada, Iowa. New Jersey Tract Society, 200 Columbus Ave., Trenton, hand over the sea, and divide it: and the N.J. New Mexico Tract Society, Box 286, Albuquerque, New children of Israel shall go on dry ground Mexico. through the midst of the sea." Ex. 14: 16. New York Tract Society (Greater), Room 902, 32 Union Why Don't You Quit Square, New York, N. Y. When Moses stretched his hand out over the New York Tract Society, Eastern, 317 W. Bloomfield St., Eating meat? Doctors tell us that it is the chief sea, the waters divided, and stood in walls Rome, N. Y. New York Tract Society, Western, 527 Gerson Ave., Roch- cause of cancer; of rheumatism, too. on "the right hand, and on the left"; and by ester, N. Y. There are ever so many better, cleaner, even North Carolina Tract Society, 234 Summit Ave., Greens- more nutritious things to eat. the light of the cloud, the people walked boro, N. C. through the deep as on dry land. North Dakota Tract Society, Drawer N, Jamestown, N. Dak. Vegetarian Cook Book Ohio Tract Society, Box 8, Mount Vernon, Ohio. Written by a chef who has prepared and served SAFETY IN OBEDIENCE Oklahoma Tract Society, P. 0. Box 644, Oklahoma City, Okla. healthful, palatable vegetarian dishes to the public When the morning dawned, the last of Ontario Tract Society, Box 808, Oshawa, Ont., Canada. for years. Oregon Missionary Society, Western, 508 E. Everett St., Get a copy, and learn to live right and well. Israel's multitude had finished the walk of Portland, Ore. Oregon Missionary Society, Southern, 1164 Military St., $t.00 postpaid to any place in the United States; faith, and stood on the shores of deliver- Roseburg, Ore. $1.to in Canada. Our depository in your state ance. Instead of graves in the wilderness Pennsylvania Tract Society, Eastern, 4910 Arch St., Phila- (see list on this page) will fill orders promptly. delphia, Pa. for Israel, as they feared, Moses stretched Pennsylvania Tract Society, Western, 7155 Mt. Vernon Pacific Press Publishing Association forth his hand over the sea again, and it re- St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Rhode Island (See New England, Southern). Mountain View, California turned to its place, and buried the Egyptians Saskatchewan Tract. Society, Box 244, Regina, Sask., Can. South Carolina Tract Society, 1208 Calhoun St., Colum- in one common grave in the deep. bia, S. C. For the Lord's wonderful deliverance, the South Dakota Tract Society, Drawer R, Redfield, S. Dak. Tennessee, Eastern (See Cumberland Tract Society). people manifested their grateful thanksgiv- Tennessee River Tract Society (Western Tennessee), 509 The Christian Sabbath ing in appropriate services. Moses led that Cole Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. Texas Tract Society, North, Box 15, Keene, Texas. For a thorough understanding of the Sabbath mighty chorus of voices as they sang the in- Texas Tract Society, South, Box 755, San Antonio, Texas. question, read the above-named 48-page tract, by Texas Tract Society, West, Amarillo, Texas. H. W. Cottrell. Presents every phase of the sub- spired anthem of deliverance found in the Upper Columbia Tract Society, College Place, Wash. fifteenth chapter of Exodus; while Miriam, Utah Tract and Bible Society, 776 E. 6th South, Salt ject — Sabbath on a round world, the nine texts Lake City, Utah. mentioning the first day of the week, our Lord's with a timbrel in hand, led the women in the Vermont (See Northern New England). observance of the Sabbath, the attempt to change glad refrain, "Sing ye to the Lord, for He Virginia Tract Society, 2705 W. Main St., Richmond, Va. Washington Missionary Society, Western, 228 S. Bran- the Sabbath. Many New and Old Testament hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his nan St., Auburn, Wash. scriptures quoted. West Virginia Tract Society, 124 Marion St., Fairmont, One of our best publications on this important rider hath He thrown into the sea." W. Va. Wisconsin Tract Society, Box 57, Grand Rapids, Wis. theme. Recommended for a generous circulation. Wyoming Tract Society, Crawford, Neb. 3c a copy. On orders of less than ioc, add 2C extra Wanted.— Substantial, well recommended for postage. young Seventh-day Adventist to work my alfalfa Above is a list of our authorized agencies and Our depository in your state (see this page) farm on shares. Irrigated land in New Mexico. will attend promptly to your wants. Prefer one who understands irrigation, and can depositories, and we invite you to communicate furnish own team power. Begin 1916. Write with them if you wish to secure any books of peri- Pacific Press Publishing Association Box 652, Vermilion, South Dakota. odicals advertised in this journal. Mountain View, California Page 15 432 The Signs of the Times for July 13, 1915

the plain statements of the divine Book, we 819 delegates present, they indorsed both state need to be on our guard. And how occurrences and nation-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic. of this kind emphasize the importance of each One of the delegates said: "Engineers of zligos of flit non individual's knowing the Bible for himself! We America have been trained for years that drink are not told by the Master to follow the minister, and efficiency do not run hand in hand. If any be he ever so learned, but we are bidden to fol- one needs a clear head, it is the man in the cab." MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, JULY 13, 1915 low the divine Book. • God's Spirit and the study of His word will place us on a sure foundation, and will guide us Internationalism and World Union "The So-Called Second Coming of Christ" into all truth. But let the fact be emphasized that we need to read and to know the Bible for NE of the most strongly pronounced WELL-KNOWN doctor of divinity, occupy- ourselves, so that the teaching of no one can be- O ments is that favoring world organization A ing one of the most influential pulpits in wilder us and lead us away from the clear foun- and a world combine. In a recent speech in one of our large American cities, recently an- tain of divine truth. Pennsylvania, former president Taft expressed nounced as the topic for his sermon, "The So- • the belief that when the present struggle in Called Second Coming of Christ and the Imag- Europe is ended, "the evident trend of interna- ined End of the World (The Clash of Sober The Problem of Storms tional public opinion will be toward a universal Sense with Frantic Nonsense)." The name of league whose interest in the maintenance of uni- the doctor could be given if that were material, UR common observation is sufficient to show versal peace will make them recognize the ad- but the fact may better be considered apart from 0 us that storms of various kinds and of a vantage of a union against war." Mr. Bryan the individual. very destructive character are rapidly on the suggests an international conference, following The very manner in which the doctor an- increase. On page 8 of the last issue there was the war, to arrange for international peace. nounces his subject, shows that he sneers at the a note from Mr. Rouse, with a photograph united church to aid nations in preventing wars." second coming of Christ and the end of the showing some of the work of a hailstorm that The idea of such an international union is world, regarding the literal coming of the visited a portion of Missouri some weeks ago. sounding from many pulpits, and the press is Master and the destruction of this wicked world The news dispatches of June 18 told of a full of it. It will be brought about, without much as "frantic nonsense" opposed to "sober sense." storm that visited Missouri, Kansas, and Okla- question, possibly with whirlwind rapidity, im- When Christ was here in person, His disciples homa. Seventeen persons were killed and many mediately following this war. But in the heart asked Him, "What shall be the sign of Thy com- others injured. In some sections, the storm took of this sentiment in favor of international union ing, and of the end of the world?" Matt. 24: 3. the form of high winds and heavy rains, but and combination is the thought that the church The positive form of this question shows that other sections were visited by the dreaded tor- must take a stronger part than it has ever had. the disciples understood, from the Master's nado. The next day, the storm continued in There is a revolution away from the atheistic teaching, that He was to come again, and fur- portions of Missouri and Nebraska, a tornado sentiments of the past generation, and toward thermore, that there was to be an end to this visiting Lamar, Missouri, and vicinity. At Su- the church idea. In one of his recent speeches, wicked world. perior, Nebraska, there was a terrible hailstorm, Mr. Taft made "a plea for world peace with the In answering these questions, the Lord says, "chunks of ice falling of such size as to kill A great many people are making the mistake among other things, "This gospel of the king- cattle and other stock." June 22, an earthquake of believing that this shows that the world is dom shall be preached in all the world for a wit- visited southern California and northern Mexico. getting better, and that religious sentiment is ness unto all nations; and then shall the end Many persons are reported killed, and much growing. There may be, indeed, a very rapid come." Matt. 24: 14. This text specifically damage done. Martial law was declared in increase of a certain sort of religious sentiment, speaks of a time when the end will come, and some of the towns along the Mexican border. and it may be labeled Christianity; but we the words are those of the Master Himself. These things are terrifying, without any ques- should not make the mistake of regarding it as The question is not one of theories or a sub- tion, if we do not understand what they mean; such in reality. This world is about to try the ject for debate. It is simply, Will we accept the but the individual who knows what they mean, experiment over again of placing the church in sneering statements of the doctor of divinity, has no thought of fear concerning them. He the lead in settling the problems and difficulties or will we take the words of the Divine One knows the mighty Personage who is at the helm; of the age. Himself, without any doctoring whatever? and while the prince of the power of the air Have you studied what the prophecies of the may be permitted to spread destruction, and Bible predict concerning this experiment? Have If we are prepared to accept the Bible as au- while the divine Father Himself may see fit in you read the story as foretold in the book of thority, there can be no question in regard to its some ca.,e s. to send His judgments upon the Revelation, of how all the world would wonder teaching that Christ will corn,. again the second earth, yet live know His pro...e2ting power. We after the beak, and that all, under the penalty time. Do we not have the words, "For as the know that He will keep and save; and we know, of death, would be ordered to worship him? All lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth furthermore, that these stormy conditions can the Bible prophecies point with unmistakable even unto the west; so shall also the coming of only continue a little while longer. The Master clearness to this as the time when the realiza- the Son of man be"? Matt. 24: 27. Another is soon coming to put an end to it all, and to tion of this vision of the prophet will be mani- one of the clear statements upon this topic bring in the joys of eternity. fested. Men will become greatly confused in reads: "In My Father's house are many man- Do you know this blessed hope? Are you rest- these times unless they stand in the distinct sions: if it were not so, I would have told you. ing in the consolations of the everlasting joys light that the Bible alone gives. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go that come through a knowledge of the divine and prepare a place for you, I will come again, purpose and plan for the redeemed inhabitants and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, of this earth? The Successful Will there ye may be also." John 14: 2, 3. At the ascension of Christ, the angels who N influential editorial writer has sought to came to comfort the disciples when they were A show that "the power of will is everything." gazing at their Lord as He was disappearing in Wanton Extravagance He has the artist help him express his idea by , drawing a very vigorous figure that is deter- the clouds of heaven, said to them: "Ye men HE widow of one of the multimillionaires minedly riding over every obstacle. of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? who went down with the Titanic has filed a T Man needs to cultivate his will; but at the this same Jesus, which is taken up from you statement in a New York court complaining that same time, he must keep in mind the fact pre- into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye the $20,000 a year allowed for the maintenance sented by the inspired apostle: "To will is have seen Him go into heaven." Acts 1: 11. of her little son is not nearly enough to sup- present with me; but how to perform that which That text is plain enough. Any one can under- port him. The detailed account of expenses for is good I find not. For the good that I would stand it. And if the text does not say that the mother and her son, filed with the court, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that Christ will come again, there is no dependence amounts to $166,000 for a period of about two I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no' to be placed in language at all. The words are and a half years. Of this amount, she has $64,- more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. too simple, too clear, and too direct to be mis- 000 charged against her son. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, understood. Another one of these plain prom- Facts of this character, so widely published, evil is present with me." Rom. 7: 18-21. If we ises reads, "So Christ was once offered to bear cause much discontent. The man who supports break this law of sin that is in our carnal the sins of many; and unto them that look for a wife and family on $500 a year is not made natures, we must have a power outside of the Him shall He appear the second time without more contented and happier by learning that human will. The human will must be connected sin unto salvation." Heb. 9: 28. some woman finds it impossible to take care of with divine power through faith if we succeed. He will appear "the second time without sin her infant son on $20,000 a year. When God unto salvation." How could language be any says to the rich men living in these last days, plainer? And what could that text possibly as recorded in the fifth chapter of James, that THE Laymen's Missionary Movement of the mean if it doesn't positively state that Christ they are to weep and howl because of the mis- United States and Canada has inaugurated an will come the second time? eries that shall come upon them, they ought extensive campaign for 1915 and 1916. They "Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every to give heed. There is arising in this world will hold a series of seventy-five great conven- eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced an awful social storm that will direct its tions in as many cities in the various parts of Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail furies against this extravagant, wealthy class the United States, beginning in October, and because of Him." Rev. 1: 7. This text is from of people. We can see arising on every hand continuing to April. The campaign will cul- the last book that went to make up the sacred the clouds that betoken it; and what is more, minate in "a national missionary congress in canon. He will come "with clouds; and every God's word has sent out the warning signals Washington, D. C., April 26-30." eye shall see Him"— so this text declares. In concerning its approach. So we may be doubly the face of such clear statements as this, how sure that it will come. SECRETARY of the Navy Daniels has awarded can any one arise in the Judgment and say that to a Connecticut firm the contract for construct- God did not make plain the message of the ing the first American dirigible war balloon. second coming of His Son? THE Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Doctors of divinity may be a great help to us with a membership of 74,000 in the United THE statistics show that the average life of if they teach the Bible; but when they use the States and Canada, recently held its convention a British officer, after he goes to the field of influence of their position to lead us away from in Cleveland, Ohio. By a unanimous vote of the action, is only twenty-three days.