FORTY times had the sun risen and set upon the land of Israel. Forty times the watchful stars had spread their spangled canopy in the heavens; forty times had our sin-burdened planet turned her ponderous face toward the sun, since was enacted the horrible tragedy of Golgotha; and still, as tho loath to bid adieu to His favored but deluded and cruel nation, the Lion of the tribe of Judah—the Shiloh of Jacob—still lingered, their unhonored and rejected Guest.
Unhonored rejected?—Yes, but not by all; thank God, there were a few who received Him into their hearts and homes, and whose lives He transformed.
It was late in the evening of the fortieth day. The upper room in Jerusalem where the disciples met with their families, and where many other of the believers took up their abode, on this night was crowded with guests. For the news had been carried as on the wings of the wind, that the crucified and resurrected Master, He whom they had learned to love, had been taken from them and received into glory; and more wonderful still, that His bodily departure was not without witness; and that the eleven disciples who had followed Him so closely for the three years and more of His ministry, had been chosen to witness the sublime spectacle of His departure.
Many disciples from adjoining and even from distant cities were in Jerusalem,—many of those whose thrilling histories we have been following, and whose names we have learned to love. These were gathered together that they might listen to an account of the wondrous happenings of this day, by those who witnessed them.
Lazarus, the resurrected, sits by the open window. The faint rays of the moon fall upon the noble head, and the light from many glimmering candles bathes the upturned face as with celestial glory. Mary Magdalene sits at his feet, her soft tresses falling over her shoulders. Even Martha has left her serving, that she may listen to the story of the wonderful departure of her Lord. By her side is Adah, her cousin, the widow of Nain, who sits holding the hand of her son who was dead and lived again.
About the room, we see the familiar forms of many friends. Cleopas the merchant, of Emmaus, at whose hospitable home in Bethlehem, three and thirty years before, had tarried the man Joseph and the woman of Nazareth with her infant Son, and whose withered hand had been healed upon that Sabbath day at Capernaum, sits close by the side of Matthias.
Here also sits Sylvanus the shepherd, who, thirty and three years before, had listened to the music of the angel choir above the hills of Bethlehem. Here is Zilpha, the wife of Machbor, of Jericho. Tears are trembling in her dark eyes, for her thoughts are of her worldly-minded husband, and the words of the Master are ever ringing in her ears: "What shall it profit a man, tho he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
Sitting in the shadow is the giant form of Varro; and Heber, his one-time companion among the tombs of Gadara, is by his side.
Joseph of Arimathea is in close converse with Nicodemus, who no longer seeks to hide the truth that he is a disciple of the Master. The eleven disciples,—called apostles,—are all present.
The sweet face of Huldah, the sister of Jazer, looks up at us sadly. She is thinking of her misguided brother, the scribe of the temple,—sitting indeed in the Sanhedrin, but in a seat purchased at the costly price of his soul; and we wonder not at her sadness.
Peter Bar-jona, the impulsive, the warm of heart, the quick of speech, has been chosen to relate the events of the day—than which more wonderful have never been related by tongue of man or angel.
The impetuous Galilean is already upon his feet, that he may be the better understood. The old-time fire is in his eye, but the aggressive, self-assertive manner to which we are so accustomed, has given place to deep earnestness and contrite humility.
"Of a truth," he exclaims, "the Man of Nazareth, our Master, will be with us as aforetime no longer; for He hath gone into the heaven of heavens, and is now on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him. For we follow not cunningly devised fables, when we make known these things unto you. Even this day the Master led us out through the gates of Jerusalem, eastward, toward Bethany. We passed the Garden of Gethsemane, over the brook Kidron, and up the side of the Mount of Olives."
"Ah," exclaimed the young man whom they called John, "ah, we knew not, then, that the heavens would so soon receive Him, nor our beloved Master! But this we do know," continued John, while a heavenly smile illuminated his countenance, "we do know that God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
"But we passed slowly onward," continued Peter Bar-jona, "until we all stood upon the crest of Olivet. Continually the Master instructed us as He had been wont to do, until as I turned to look at Him, I beheld the light of the glory of Jehovah about His head; and I thought of the day when the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, stood with me beside the Man when He was transfigured before us. But now I saw that the eyes of my ten companions were fastened upon Him; and even as we gazed, He was parted from us, and arose heavenward."
"I saw Him also, from the foot of Olivet!" exclaimed Matthias, unable longer to hold his peace, "for I followed the Man, our Master, and His company, even as I had been wont to do. And I also heard His voice, as He ascended to the heaven of heavens; and His tones were full of melody, and loving as those of a mother when she stills her child upon her breast; and He said, 'Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.'"
"And verily," continued Bar-jona, "the heavens were filled with voices, and we heard them singing:
"'Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in.'"
"Then the hosts in heaven were joined by a multitude who rose from the earth; and I saw that they were those who had arisen from their graves with Him, on the day of His resurrection; and they also sang till the heavens rang with their voices. Then—
"Asunder, 'mid a mighty shout,
The massive, glittering portals rolled,
And hallelujahs glad rang out
As opened wide each gate of gold;
Then heaven's celestial armies, tried and true,
Escort the conquering King of Glory through."
"But while we stood straining our eyes to catch one last glimpse of our ascending Lord,—for behold, the cloud of seraphim had received Him,—there stood by our side two angels in shining garments, who also said:
"'Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus whom ye have seen go away into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.'"
"Yes," exclaimed one of the apostles whom they called Matthew—he who was the publican, "verily it is even the same as said our Lord unto us when we did ask Him, saying, 'What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?' For He
answered us and said: 'As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, even thus shall the coming of the Son of Man be. For they shall see Him coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.' Rememberest thou not, O Peter, how He said this unto us?"
"Ah, well I remember this," interrupted Matthias. "We all sat upon the Mount of Olives when He told us."
"Of a truth," replied Bar-jona; "and we know He will come again. And knowing these things, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness!"
Reader, my task is ended; and I have only to add that shortly thereafter, in choosing a man to fill the place of the traitor Judas Iscariot, it is said, "And the lot fell upon MATTHIAS; and he was numbered with the twelve apostles."
In the fast hastening judgment-day, when those who have done evil shall rise in the second resurrection, and shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the city of God, and they themselves shut out, who can tell but the eyes of Judas of Kerioth will search eagerly among the names engraved upon the glittering foundations of the city of God? For "the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb."
And if so be that he search, he will find instead of the name "Judas Iscariot," another name engraved in letters of living light—a name which we have come to love—even the name of MATTHIAS,—the last chosen of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
And instead of the thorn-crowned Man of Sorrows, betrayed, reviled, spit upon, will be seen the same Master—but glory-crowned forevermore, King of Kings and Lord of Lords; while the voices of all the shining choirs in the heaven of heavens and in all the infinite universe of God, will unite in ascribing honor and glory and majesty and power to Him who hath been slain, and hath redeemed us by His own blood.
Then as the bridegroom rejoices over his bride, even so shall He rejoice with joy everlasting over His redeemed.
"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign forever and ever." AMEN.
Notice
THE fourteenth annual meeting of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, for the purpose of electing four or more members of the Board of Directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting, will be held at Sanitarium, Napa County, California, on Wednesday, March 8, 1911, at twelve o'clock M.
H. W. COTTRELL, President.
H. E. RANDALL, Secretary.
A Boon to the Housewife
If you want to wash easy, read the following from a minister's wife:
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Oakwood Training School Bulbs
The Oakwood Training School, Box 414, Huntsville, Alabama, offers some very choice bulbs very cheaply; for instance Gladioli, mixed colors, 3 cents each, 25 cents per dozen, $1.50 per hundred, not prepaid; also Excelsior Double Pearl Tuberoses; Dahlias, white, red, pink, and mixed colors; Cannas; Caladiums, a fine foliage plant for the lawn. Write them for particulars.
How We Were Called to Korea
By W. A. Spicer
By W. A. Spicer
KOREA, the "hermit nation," the land of mystery and of demon dancers, one of the darkest and least known countries, is now one of the most interesting of mission fields.
Korea tried to shut itself away from the world, like a hermit in his hut. Its coasts were patrolled to keep out the foreigner. Cities and villages were laid in ruins along the Manchurian border, in order to make a wide waste, more easily guarded.
But the day of opening doors came, and Korea's long-barred gates were swung ajar. The treaty of 1882, with the United States, permitted foreigners to enter. In 1884 the Presbyterians planted the first mission. Even before this, however, the Scriptures had entered, and the Word of God was bringing forth fruit.
A missionary in Manchuria, John Ross, of Mukden, sent a Chinese servant to the border towns to seek for a Korean who would teach him the language. It was a hard quest, for Korean laws forbade such intercourse with foreigners. One day a Korean merchant had his barge of goods sunk in the Yalu River, and landed on the Manchurian side a ruined man.
Just then the missionary's servant arrived, still looking for a teacher. The merchant engaged himself secretly, and the result was the translation of the New Testament into Korean.
Another providential "accident" then brought a Korean to set the type. In the process, the typesetter became a Christian.
Before ever the full Testament was brought out, this man was set free to go back to his native valley in Northwestern Korea with a supply of the Gospel of Luke and a few tracts.
He came back with the books all sold, and word that people wanted baptism. His story was not credited; and again he was sent out to other valleys with the printed Gospels. Erelong wandering Koreans brought word to Mukden that many people in Korea were praying to the "God of heaven."
Then the missionaries scaled the mountain passes and entered these valleys. Scores were found anxious for baptism, and hundreds were reading the Scriptures and praying. Later came the opening of the country, and fruitful mission work was begun in Seoul, the capital.
Our First Korean Call
The director of our Japanese mission, Prof. F. W. Field, had called for special prayer among our societies for Korea, to us an "unentered field." We little thought, at the time, that within two years companies of Sabbath-keeping believers would be calling from Korea for us to go to their help, and to send missionaries to instruct and lead them.
THE GATE AT FORAI, KOREA
In May, 1904, a Korean passing through Kobe, Japan, stopped to study a sign, written in Japanese and Chinese characters: "Meeting Hall of the Seventh-day Adventist Church." A brother within saw the stranger, and beckoned to him to enter. That friendly wave of the hand brought the first Korean to the study of the message of Sabbath reform and advent truth for which this movement stands.
It was a silent conversation, for they could talk only by writing in Chinese characters on a slate. The Korean could not speak Japanese, and none of our Japanese brethren could speak Korean. Again the Korean came, bringing a younger man. Both were hungering for more light, and the truths of this message captivated their hearts. The last study, which was on baptism, lasted till midnight. The older man, Ryn Un Hyun, was to sail in the morning, and with tears our first two Korean Sabbath-keepers begged for immediate baptism.
By the light of paper lanterns, after midnight, they were buried in baptism in a pool, below the Nunobiski Falls,—the older to go on to Hawaii; the younger, Song Fun Cho, to return to Korea.
On the return passage Song Fun Cho taught the new-found truth to another Korean journeying to Chinnampo, on Korea Bay, across from Port Arthur. The light spread in the region about Chinnampo. Then came this message to Kobe:
"Dear Brother: When you read this, hasten to take a boat and come to us. In your letter you wrote that you can not understand our language; but if God is with you, why need you fear?"
Then our Kobe preacher, Elder Kuniya, went over, and later Professor Field, director of the Japanese mission, followed. Seventy-one persons were baptized in the brief fortnight's visit, four churches were organized, and the Sabbath truth was "spreading like a blaze," they reported. This was their method of work:
"Elder Kuniya talks the little Korean that he has picked up, and what little Japanese the Korean brother knows, with an occasional English word. When words fail, he writes on a slate in Chinese characters. Then Brother Lim Ki Pan speaks to the inquirer in good Korean."
But notwithstanding all, the Word of God had free course and was glorified. No wonder the brethren reported that "this message is let loose in Korea," and called for a missionary to locate there.
Thus we were called to Cho-sen, as its people call it, which means the Land of Morning Calm.
O, THE keeping power of Jesus!
'Tis so glorious, 'tis so grand,
That my heart is filled with rapture for His love.
He will keep my feet from slipping
While I let Him hold my hand,
And will lead me safely on to heaven above.
I'm so glad I learned to trust Him
In my early childhood days,
While my heart could yield obedience to His
will;
Even for the heaviest crosses
My glad heart is full of praise,
And I'm trusting Him to keep and guide me
still.
Kept from sighing and repining,
Kept from sin's destructive way,
Kept delighting and rejoicing in His Word,
Safely resting, sweetly trusting,
Ever longing to obey,
Praises ever for the keeping power of God.
The Cheerful Sorrowful
BLESSED are the sorrowful who carry a cheery face.—New York Observer.
50-Acre Home for Sale on Payments
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This plan to deliver good homes to worthy families on their terms of payment.
We raise corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, melons, peas, peanuts, grasses. Good water and plenty of timber. Fine dairy land. Healthy. Mild winters. Sandy loam, clay subsoil. Well located. Bank references furnished and required.
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Shiloh: The Man of Sorrows
By Editor
"Shiloh: the Man of Sorrows," Mrs. Stuttle's story of the Master, closes with this issue. Some have criticized it from the one view-point of using with the life of Jesus imaginary or fictitious characters, or giving imaginary names to persons whom the Bible left nameless. We confess that for the purpose for which the author did this we see no validity to the objections. This treatment only made the scenes and actors more real than they are to the ordinary reader of the Bible. Other readers, those who have grasped the deeper spiritual things of God, think that the Bible is all that is necessary; yet these delight in listening to sermons vividly descriptive, or in books like "Desire of Ages" and March's "Night unto Night." In all the story, we recall no instance where it has misinterpreted the Master or shaded the high morality or intrinsic value of His teaching. Its chief objection was that it tied up too long a valuable department of the paper. Yet very many have delighted in it, and have turned from worse than worthless perusal of worthless publications to a story which brought before their mind in a new and sympathetic way the wonderful life of Jesus, the Saviour of the world, the Shiloh of the tribe of Judah, the Man of Sorrows, the Prince of Life. May its truths take hold of the hearts which have followed it, and may they be ready to welcome the Master when He comes.
Mr. Carnegie's $10,000,000 for peace looks large when considered alone, but a mere trifle when compared with $700,000,000 for battle-ships. It is like a native war canoe beside a modern Dreadnought.
Sunday Sacredness in the Early Church.—
The noted Roman, Pliny, is sometimes quoted in proof of early Sunday sacredness. He says that the greatest crime of the Christians was meeting together on "a certain day" (we are not told what day) before daylight and singing hymns to Christ as unto God, and covenanting together to do right. On this Dr. Peter Heylyn, a learned member of the Church of England in the seventeenth century, in his "History of the Sabbath" (part 2, chapter 2, paragraph 2) remarks:
"Now for the day there meant by Pliny, it must be Saturday or Sunday, if it were not both; both of them being in those times, and in those parts where Pliny lived, in special honor. . . . For demonstration of the which, we must first take notice, how that the world as then, was very full of dangerous fancies, and heretical dotages: whereby the church was much disquieted and God's worship hindered."
Heylyn holds that neither day was divinely sacred, that Sunday observance was only by human authority. It certainly was among the dangerous fancies which took possession of the Christian church. We shall again quote from Heylyn.
Contained in This Issue
By Editor
General
PAGE
Willing Obedience
3
The First Day of the Week in the New Testament
4
A Living Sacrifice
5
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
6
Lessons in Liberty
8
The Peace of God
8
Is Faith Unreasonable?
9
Question Corner
Questions Nos. 3346-3353
2
Our Bible Band
2
Our Bible Reading
Special Warnings of Christ's Second Coming
9
The Outlook
Abraham Lincoln — His Principles
10
Book Notices
11
The Story
Shiloh: the Man of Sorrows.—Chapters LIV, LV
12
Missions
How We Were Called to Korea
14
Poetry
God's Care for His Creatures
5
Liberty
8
The Coming King
9
Kept by the Power of God
14
Panama Exposition for San Francisco
It looks at this writing as tho the Panama exposition will come to San Francisco, and Californians are jubilant. The vote in the House over the resolutions of the two cities was 188 to 159 in favor of San Francisco; and the vote appointing San Francisco as the place for holding the 1915 fair was 259 to 43. The Senate will probably acquiesce.
China Progress Against Opium
By Editor
Thank God that China is making progress against the opium traffic. Whether the International Reform Bureau of Dr. Crafts, or the prayers of Christians, or the awakening of China, or all together and more, are responsible, we do not know. We are glad of the progress made. To the "Celestial Empire" it is a celestial blessing.
Questions and Answers
By Editor
Our Signs of the Times premium book "Questions and Answers" is nearing completion. If set in twelve-point or pica type, as are many books, with wide margins, it would make a book of nearly 600 pages, this by actual test in a book received for review, the price of which is $1.50. This book contains 132 of our pages. Yet the type in "Questions and Answers" is clear and readable. It will have a full table of contents, and topical and Scriptural indexes.
The book is divided into nineteen sections or chapters, as follows: The Bible, Christ, Nature of Man, Prophecy and Second Advent, The Moral Law, The Sabbath and Sunday, The Ceremonial Law, The Covenants, Historical, The Church and its Ordinances, Religious Liberty, Christian Experience, The Spirit — Its Work, Marriage and Divorce, Meats and Drinks, Satan, Tithing, Seventh-Day Adventists, Miscellaneous.
The questions answered number more than two hundred and fifty.
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Prepare War and the Panama Canal
"Prepare war," cry a host of men. And so the prophet, 800 years before Christ, declared the cry would go forth. See Joel 3:9-14. Fortify the canal, demand a mass of men. Yet the Isthmian Canal Commission of 1899-1901, with a membership of two expert army and one navy official, declared that a "neutral canal operated and controlled by American citizens, would materially add to the military strength of the United States; that a canal, whether neutral or not, controlled by foreigners, would be a source of weakness to the United States rather than of strength; and that a canal not neutral, to be defended by the United States, whether by fortifications on land or by the navy at sea, would be a source of weakness." And the Springfield Republican of January 26 says that the Shonts Canal Commission of 1906 declared in a letter to the Secretary of War, "In that opinion we concur." And yet the cry, "Prepare war, wake up the mighty men," will go on just the same. It is one of God's omens of the last times.
Hat Pin Shields for Public Protection
At a meeting in New York of the Federation of Woman's Clubs will be an exhibition of numerous devices in hat pin shields to be used for public protection by users of long, hat pins.
The Brotherhood of Men
Socialists long for the brotherhood of men — a grand ideal, possible in one way only, the spirit of brotherhood. But the spirit of brotherhood can only come through Jesus Christ. Only as men, men as individuals, receive His Spirit by faith, can they come into that ideal, holy brotherhood. It is possible, but only by faith. No political scheme or plan or law can effect it or change the heart of man; and therefore and forever Socialists will never realize their hoped-for object.
Protecting the Red Cross Emblem
The "Red Cross" used by the Red Cross associations is to be held exclusively to that one purpose. It may not be used for advertising purposes in this country, and this Government is working to secure the same prohibitions and limitations in other lands. "The Greek Red Cross on a white ground, or any sign or insignia made or colored in imitation thereof, or the words 'Red Cross' or 'Geneva Cross,' or any combination of these words" is prohibited by law for advertising purposes.
A Good Work.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis is doing a good work. Educational posters to the number of 20,000 are to be posted on bill-boards throughout the United States for three months. These posters are of six different designs, printed in three colors, 7x9 feet. They emphasize the evils of poor food, overwork, bad air, and spitting on the floor. The bill-board space and printing of these posters are a donation by the Bill Posters and Poster Printing Associations, worth $100,000.
An Alleged Communication from Mrs. Eddy
An alleged communication from Mrs. Eddy.—Mr. C. E. Bull, an "automatic writer" of psychic messages, declares that he received, about two weeks ago, a message from Mrs. Eddy, who criticized a minister for calling her a liar. The message said, "What a pity that mortal man should become so self-conceited in his own mentality." She expressed the hope that some of the Christian Science Publication Committee would take up the matter. In the meantime Mrs. Stetson is waiting daily for Mrs. Eddy's demonstration of life before the world in her appearance from the dead. Poor woman, she will wait in vain; and those who believe in these messages are deceived. "The dead know not anything."
The Gospel and Great Benefactions
By Editor
The benefactions of 1910 reach the sum of $150,000,000; and while the year was not a record year in the amount given, the number of givers exceeds those of former years, and there is a larger range of recipients. Andrew Carnegie heads the list with a donation of $17,816,000. While these donors are to be commended on their liberality in giving to educational institutions and other worthy enterprises, it is sad to think that the greatest enterprise in which men should be engaged—the direct promulgation of the Gospel—receives so little interest financially from these great wealth holders. The most mighty means of civilization, and the greatest power that brings light and intelligence out of superstition and ignorance, has not for its foundation man-made science or Grecian art, but the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Willing Obedience
Read "Willing Obedience;" it is the only kind acceptable to God. There is real joy and satisfaction in obeying Him gladly.
