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VIJ.i.., 71, NO.2!. November 20, 1911 " A Historical Work of Untold Value to' Se\'enth-day Baptists' and Others. SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN EUROPE AND at AMERICA A series' of historical papers written' in commemoration of the one 'hundredth an~. niversary of the organization of the Sev· enth-day Baptist General .conference. COMMENTS BY· SUBSCRIBERS. "By far the most complete and exhaustive history- of·, Seventh~day Baptists that has .. ever been published." , "It will De nothing less than a mis fortune if a Seventh-clilY Baptist home must gounsupplied with this adequate and The real evidence of miracles is found by living attractive source of information." the, Iif~ of prayer. .'. The man of science, ,,~'A work of which we may justly be proud.... The mechanical work is of the highest order." obs~rvlng the succession of cause and effect in "I -thought I was going to give one .dollar . for, a paper-bound' volume of about wh~t~he calls. pature, and allowing his own spiritual 400 pages, and here I have two large, well bound, beautiful, valuable books for $3'.00." aC~lvlty to he ~dorm~nt, perhaps to become atro '~A work .ot 'inestimable importance." , : "The possession and reading of these books would' do· very much towards preserv- . , phIed., may be incredulous of the will and the ·ing and increasing our devotion to the faith of olir fathers." IntellIgence which are' at wqi'k in, and even pro "Portraits of more than 200 men and ,women who have been prominent in Seventh- duce, the yery u~iformities which he is examining. day Bapti'st history, ... several of rare yalue.'~ .. B~t . let hIm begin to pray, to exercise his own "Few denominations, if any, have ;hadso'exhaustive a history written of themselves." re.hglous ~aculty; let, him, just as he brings his "Really encyclopedic in its scope." - '.,. dl "A monumental work, ... rriarks an' important epoch." , . w: ~nd In~ellig~nce to investigate "nature," brinK "\Vill be ,the reference book of S. D. B. history for the next hundred years." hiS wlll ~nd lntelhg~nce to·test that other part of na '~Exceeds our expectations in every way." , ' . tu~e which he has Ignored-the religious part; and ''Hundred fold more valuable than if only the, original plan had ,. been' worked out." qUIckly he too, like the saints in all ages, dis-' "Pictures, worth more than the price of the_two ,'volumes." cove~s ~pe amazing power which is latent in him. Sample pages sent on application .. Prices: bound in cloth, $3.00 per set; h~1f morocco, He .flnds that ,he can affect other minds, even at $5.00; not prepaid. , ,Send orders to ) a dlst~~ce,that even physical forces are adjusted and diverted ':=tt ~he instance of his prayer; and , AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY, Plainfield, New Jers~y a$ he recognIzes the miraculous in himself he can understa,nd it in the Bible, and more pa~tic SPIRITUAL S AB B A,-T H I SM ularly in Christ.-Rohert F.' l!orton, M,. A,., D. D. By the late ABRAM HERBERT LEWIS, D. D., LL~ D. , _ This is' Doctor Lewis' last and m<Jstimportant book, written during the last two years of his' life and revised after his· death by, his. son, Prof. E. H. Lewis" of the Lewis Institute, Chicago. " ' The author says in 'his preface: "Three great crises in' the Sabbath question have appeareri in history. A fourth crisis 'is at hand. The key to the present situation -CONTENTS- is a spiritual key. The coming epoch 'is to be met on higher .ground than was' oc- EDITORIAL-Action in the African Mat he .' cupied at any time in the past history of Christianity. It demands an' upward step ter Deferred; Home Work by the TW ,,:"ork in AfrIca .................. ~. 653 so: important that it must be called revoh,ltionaryas well' as evolutionary.. The en OMAN S WORK- Our Missionaries Ar- Tract Board; A New F.olding Ma ~ive at Shanghai ............ .. ..... 655 tire Sabbath question calls for a new, spiritual. basis-new. in, comparison: with positions chine; The Reason is Obvious' "The T ract Society-Meeting of Board of E Fifth G ospeI" ...................... , 641-643 hitherto taken by Christians. • All questions w·hich are. at bottom spiritual are im DITORIAL NEWS, NOTEs-The King Goes Directors ............ '..•... ~ ..... ~ . .• 656 portant.' One ot these is the question of Sabbath observance: . Spiritually apprehend to India; Crown' Prince Reprimand .T,rip to the Southwestern Association 659 ed, Sabbathism becomes of timely, vital, practicaL .significance. to the twentieth century.· ed; Affairs in China Growing Worse' YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK-Echoes of Peace Explains the Atrocities'· and Blessing; Topic Cards; Meeting . The question of Sabbath reform' becomes 'a large question ' . '. whether time is ~taly Mex~ of Young People's Board; The Presi t\. Ie? :Has a Real Pr~sldent ..... : .. 643-645 merely ametaphysicaf puzzle, or whether men ca'n transcend time' by consecrating it, "F orr,ection ...... ~ ..... ~ .............. ,645 dent and the Corresponding Se.cre and live in the eternal while yet in time." , rom' th e N or thwes t ....' '. .'• . •• 645 ta\y at Walworth; A Special Oppor Churches Federated for Social Service 646 tunity; Studies on the Sabbath' N N t - , The book is 6 x 8~ inches in size, ,I %' inches thick, pages xvi+224; / printed on SABBATH R~FORM-Not a Question of' ews 0 es . ~ . • . .• 660-68& Days; "Secularizing" Sunday; The . Education at'SalE'm College ........... 665 highest quality antique paper, bound in dark green cloth" gold top, back stamped in ,,..Dodge Center RevivaL ....... ; ... 647-649 CHILDREN'S PAGE-Tim's One Good Day. 667 gold; photogravure frontispiece of the author. lUISSIONs--Obsprvations on· the Rebel-. , 11on; The Southwestern Association' ~OME NEWS ........ '0' •••••••••••••••••• 669 Price $1.50 postpaid. ~end orders to S ARRIAGES S .... • ....••..•.••...•.•1. • • • •• 671 Missionary Board Meeting; Monthly ABBATH C~OOL. .. .. .......~...... 671 Statement ..•......•..•....... ...• 650-653 AMERICAN' SABBATH TRACT'SOCIETY, Pl~infield, New Jersey ~ . • . • . • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • •• 672 • ....... -. - - --: ••- ,* -_. '. - --" .. --- . - .. ametican t§abl1atb «Ctact ~ocfttp Alfred Un i vers.ity EXECUTIVE BOARD. Presid~nt-Stephen Babcock, 48 Livingston Ave., The Sab_bathRecorderf . Founded 1836 ALFRED, N. Y. Yonkers, N. Y. h PI' fi' Id N J Recording Secretary-,-A. L. Tltsw~rt.. ~In e , ',' Corresponding Secretary-Rev., Edwin Shaw, Plam- A Seventh-day Baptist Weekly, Published by The American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, N. J' FOR· PARTICULARS ADDRESS fie~;ea~;r!"'-F. J.' Hubbard, Plainfield, N: J. ' VOL. 71, NO. ·21. Regular meeting of the Board, .at Plainfield, N. J .. PLAINFIELD, N.J.; NOVEMBER 20, 191 1. \VHOLE NO. 3,481. ' Boothe Colwell Davis, Ph. D., D. D., Pres. 'the 'second First-day of each m·onth. at 2 P. M. THEO. L. GARI)INER~ D. D., Editor. L. A. WORDEN Business Manager•. be deferred for the pre~ent, and the matter 1 referred again to the JoirttCommittee. Alfred Academy Entered as second-class Plainfield, N.· .~atterat J~' It will be seen by the minutes of both TERMS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSES: Single. ~onies' per year ... _; .................. 60 cents . :Per year ••••••••••••••.••.' .................... ~. '.' $2.00 boards elsewhere in this paper that ef-' GENERAL ACADEMIC TRAINING.' Ten copies, or upwards, per copy •. _ .•...••••• 50 cents , TEACHERS' TRAINING. COURSE .. -' tommunications should be addressed to· The Sabbath Papers to foreign countri~s, including Canada," will forts are being made to proceed as nearly Visitor; Plainfield. N. I. __ .______ ._ be charged So cents additional, on account 'of postage. as possible in accordance with the wishes 'For catalogue,. illustrated booklet and further informa No paper discontinued until arrearages are, paid, except tion, address ~HELPINGHANn IN BIBLE SCHOOL WORK. at the option of the publisher.' " , of the people as expressed_ in the General '., G. M. ELl.IS, M. S., PRINCIPAL. A Quarterly, containing carefully prepared helps on An communications. whether 011 business or fo:-: puo ,Conference. Nothing is clearer than that - the International Lessons. .conductea by the. Sabbath lication, should be addressed' tQ the SABBATH RECORDER, . School Board. Price, 2S cents a coVy per year; 7 cents Plainfield, N. J. ' the Joint.· COlnmittee and the two boards a Quarter. S' bb I are anxious to do the very best things for, ' ,Address· comm).tnications to TIle Am~ncan a at I -milton £olltgt . Tract Society, PlaiJtfi~ld, N. I. Africa that lie within the reach of the peo -- AJU.NI~QUARTERLY FOR SEV.l!~NTH-VAY ple, and that will meet their approval. A college of liberal tr<lmmg f or young men and, BAPTIST SABBATH SCHOOLS.d h l' EDITORIAL Only 'those fanliliar ,vith the case know women. All gr ... uuates reCt:lve the degree of Dachelor A Quarterly, containing carefully. prepar~ . e ps on f . the International Lessons,. for Jumor~. Conducted ~y anything of the heart burdens and anxieties o EntranceArts. , requirements and re9t11r~.. d co 11'ege. s't u'd' !es.' the Sabbath Sch,ool Board of the Seventh-day Baptist borne bv the nlen who have wrestled with I'dentical with those of the. Umverslty of\Vlsconsln.. General COriference. ' S I d f th st dy Price,' 1 S cents per year; scents .per Q'!arter.• this 'problem. They feel' that they need ofMany the electiveEnglish courses. language peClaand hterature,.~ vantages Germam.cor e. and,u , Send subscrintions to the American Sabbath Tract Action in the African Matter D~fe~red. the sympathy and prayers of all the people. ' Romance languages.' Thorough courses 10 all SClenC,es_, Society, Plainfield, N. J. The Academy of Milton College is an excelh;ntf!re In harmony with the decisions 9f Con-, .l\Iay God lead both1 boards and people, to paratory school - for the College or for the UmverSl~y.