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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 30, 1880

WHICH?

IN the first Sunday-school established in Philadelphia, in the year 1791, the sessions were held from 8 to 10:30 A. M., and from 4 to 6:30 P. M.,—five hours of solid work for one Sunday. Who now would tolerate the like of that?

Aforetime—and not so very long ago—there were ministers whose discourses were protracted for hours; and they were not only tolerated, but highly appreciated as wise and faithful men. Let a man try it now, however, and see how long he will wear his head.

Is it that we are growing wiser, or are we getting weaker?

Is homeopathy superseding allopathy in spiritual concerns?

And is there not a possibility of our reaching the condition of an ancient swain, who writes:—

In short, so well I've learned to fast, That sooth, my love, I know not whether I may not bring myself, at last, To do without you altogether. —Baptist Teacher.