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Signs of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 23.

THE LESSON OF THE RUINS
Earlier text: "GO, WORK TO-DAY IN MY VINEYARD." No. 2.

SAVING SOCIETY.

THE Gospel of Jesus Christ is an appeal to the individual. The commission is: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation. He [the individual] that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned." Mark 16:15, 16, R.V. There is no such idea in the Scriptures as men being saved because they are a part of any community—not even because of membership in a church organization.
Within the last few years, however, there has been quite a departure from this principle, and we hear much talk of saving society. This is a part of the "Christian nation" doctrine, and a prominent feature of the modus operandi is the compulsory enforcement of religion by the gospel of civil law. The saving of society is another of the dogmas which backsliding Protestantism has borrowed from Rome. It is essentially a Roman doctrine, as Rome teaches that all in the Roman Church will be saved; so that a Roman society may be saved, and, of course, a nation all Roman Catholic would be saved. Thus when Protestantism adopts the society-saving scheme, it is adding one more round to the development of the "image." That it is a Catholic doctrine is shown by the following extract from a letter written by Pope Leo XIII., soon after his elevation to the pontificate, in 1878:—
"In the very first days of our pontificate, and from the height of this apostolic chair, we turned our eyes to society as it is at present, to ascertain its condition, to examine its needs, and to discover proper remedies. Since then, in the encyclical letters addressed to all our brother bishops, we lamented the decadence not only of the supernatural truths made known to us by faith, but of the natural truths, both speculative and practical, the prevalence of the most fatal errors, and the very serious peril of society from the ever-increasing disorders which confront it on every side.
"We said that the chief reason of this great moral ruin was the openly proclaimed separation and the attempted apostasy of the society of our day from Christ and His church, which alone has the power to repair all the evils of society."

NOT CHRISTIAN WARFARE.

By G.

The London Present Truth says:—
“No fewer than 110,000 copies of the New Testament have been issued from the Bible House of the British and Foreign Bible Society, to soldiers proceeding to the front. To each one of the City Imperial Volunteers a Bible was presented.”
According to the foregoing figures, at least half of the British army in South Africa were armed with the New Testament, in addition to their carnal weapons. The inharmony of such accoutrement is seen when we consider that if those soldiers would heed the teaching of their Testaments, they never would use their weapons of deadly strife. Virtually, those who put the Word of God into the hands of the soldiers were giving them that which, if heeded, might cause every soldier of them to be counted a traitor to the government; for no one can live out the principles of the Sermon on the Mount, and go out deliberately into the field to hunt and kill his fellow-man.
On the other hand, the South African Boers also carry their Bibles with them to the war. They read the Word, hold religious meetings, and pray for success in battle. It is hardly probable, tho, that they pray much for their enemies, as the Bible enjoins. The reports from the war do not indicate that either party are actuated by the counsel of the Saviour: “Resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” There is nothing to show that the Bibles have in any degree softened the animosity of the contending parties, or that the bullets and shells have carried with them any of the Spirit of the sacred Word.
A combination of Bibles and rifles is a fit emblem of Church-and-State union, which is the religion of both Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic, and is fast becoming dominant even in the United States. But war conducted on that principle can not in any sense be deemed Christian warfare; for, says the apostle Paul, “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal;” and again he says, “We fight not against flesh and blood.” So, whatever the Christian pretensions of both Boer and Briton, there is nothing in their death-dealing conflict that savors of Christian warfare.
G.

LEPER AT LARGE IS A MAKER OF CIGARS.

By George B. Thompson

UNDER the above heading the Sunday World of April 8, 1900, says:—
“Charles Seerapparo, a cigar maker, living at No. 123 Elizabeth Street, called at Bellevue Hospital last evening for treatment. He said he was eighteen years old, a native of Sicily, and had been in this country for three years.
“His hands and face were a mass of repulsive blotches. His complexion was of a saffron hue, and he was weak and emaciated.
“Seerapparo was taken into the dispensary where skin diseases are treated, and Dr. Sinch examined him and found that he was suffering from a well-defined case of leprosy. It was found that the sores extended over the entire body. All the physicians and students in the hospital were called in to inspect the victim of the terrible disease.
“The man’s body was covered with a soothing ointment, and he was sent away. A box of ointment was given him for future use. Seerapparo admitted that when well enough he still occupied himself in making cheap cigars. The attention of the board of health will be called to his case.”
It would be well for those addicted to the use of the “filthy weed” to think seriously about this matter. It is bad enough to inhale the poisonous nicotine, and impregnate the free air which other people will breathe with the foul fumes of tobacco, but where there is a possibility of the dreaded leprosy germs being mingled with it, the case is much worse.
It is both strange and sad that intelligent human beings will prostrate themselves at the altar of such an unhealthful practise. How poorly do those who are professed followers of the Saviour represent Him in so doing!
G. B. THOMPSON.
Rome, N. Y.

RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF NEW YORK CITY.

A LATE press despatch gives the following statistical information regarding the religious status of New York City and its northern suburbs:—
"About half the population of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx is outside of the 'sphere of church influence,' according to a chart prepared by the New York City Baptist Mission Society. The 103 Catholic Churches have 543,163 members. The membership of the other denominations is as follows: First, Episcopal, 121 churches, 65,900 members; second, Presbyterian, 70 churches, 28,766; third, Lutheran, 33 churches, 21,157; fourth, Methodist, 67 churches, 15,511; fifth, Baptist, 50 churches, 15,310; sixth, miscellaneous, 37 churches, 15,153 members; seventh, Hebrew, 46 churches, 10,892 members; eighth, Congregational, 14 churches, 3,018 members.
"With a membership in the 103 Catholic Churches, therefore, of 543,164, a membership in all the other 439 churches of 180,009, and 360,018 persons added as being within the 'sphere of influence' of these churches, the number of persons within the 'sphere of church influence,' according to these figures, is 1,083,191, leaving 916,809 persons outside of church influence.
"'In no other American city,' says William H. Brearley, corresponding secretary of the Baptist Mission Society, 'may so large a percentage of the population be classed as habitual non-church goers; nowhere else is so large a proportion of the children out of the Sunday-school. I believe the time will come when the columns of the secular New York press will be largely used by the Christian church to supplement its effort in trying to reach and elevate the submerged million.'"
It is to be hoped, most sincerely, that they may be reached some way. Here is work for Christians to do.
SECRETARY-OF-WAR ROOT has sent to the House Committee on Military Affairs a collection of opinions on the army canteen question gathered by the Adjutant-General. This was done in view of the pending bill, whose enactment would prohibit the sale of liquor upon military premises. The Secretary accompanied these documents with the following remarkable statement: "I think the enactment of the proposed bill would be injurious to the temperance, morals, and discipline of the enlisted men of the army." The inference to be drawn from the Secretary's remark is that, by permitting liquor to be sold in all the military reservations and army camps, the temperance, morals, and discipline of the soldiers will be enhanced. In like manner are the temperance, morals, health, and domestic happiness of a city or village enhanced in proportion to the increase of saloons and the saloon element, and the happiness, morals, and temperance of the family are enhanced as the facilities for dispensing strong drink are increased. If this were true, then it could be truly said that all the work ever done by temperance advocates and temperance organizations had tended to increase intemperance. The one statement is as true as the other.
THE British relief column entered Mafeking on May 18, after a rapid march of five days. For much of the distance the relief column was marching parallel with the Boer army, which sought to head them off. On May 13 a determined effort was made by the Boers to capture the city. The attack was repulsed, the Boers losing over a hundred men in killed, wounded, and captured. On May 22 the advance guard of Lord Roberts' army was reported to be within forty miles of Johannesburg, and General Buller's army has advanced as far as Laing's Nek, where serious opposition is expected. The railway tunnel through Laing's Nek has been blown up, to impede the advance of the British. Reports from Pretoria state that the exodus from the Boer capital has already begun in expectation of an early siege. The British War Office has issued a statement of the casualties during the war in South Africa. This shows the number of those killed, wounded, captured, and invalided to be 28,936.
THE strikes of street-car men in Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo., are still in progress, altho most of the car lines are in operation. As reported last week, a federal injunction was issued against interference by the strikers in the running of the cars of Kansas City. An injunction has also been issued against the strikers of St. Louis. The injunctions have served to keep down most of the demonstrations in both places, and make it possible for most of the lines to be operated; but this only contributes to a widening of the breach between employer and employee, and incenses the employee against the general government as well as the firm that had employed him. Thus are the forces of strife arraying themselves in preparation for the coming storm. The true Christian, in these times of unrest and strife, will heed the admonition of the Lord through Timothy, "The servant of the Lord must not strive."
A PARTY of eighty American soldiers were ambushed by Filipinos in the northern part of Mindanao, May 20. The Americans routed the natives, killing 51.—The sultan of Mindanao asks the United States authorities to approve the selection of Dato Mandi as heir to the sultanate. This approval, if given, will be a unique affair in the history of the American republic. It is difficult to reconcile the true democratic idea with the authorization of the establishment of an unlimited monarchy.—The order to General Bell to organize municipal governments in Southern Luzon has been rescinded, owing to the fact that the small American garrisons there are surrounded by Filipinos, and are unable to do more than hold the towns.
IN the advocacy of Sunday laws, and in the presentation of the claim that they are an essential factor in the promotion of temperance and social morality, it has been quite common to refer to Scotland as a prominent example of strict Sunday observance. But the following late press despatch is rather counter to the stereotyped argument: "Scotland is fast losing its reputation for stolid piety. Last year's statistics just issued show the prisons were full to overflowing, and that the officials were at their wits' ends to know where to confine the culprits. The number of prisoners shows an increase of over 600, chiefly due to husbands attacking their wives, and indecent assaults, which the commissioners declare spring from intemperance."
THE city of Sydney, Australia, is reported to be in the midst of a serious epidemic of the bubonic plague. Up to April 25 there had been 144 cases, with 52 deaths. A systematic house inspection and house cleaning have been inaugurated, and an army has been organized to exterminate rats, 12,000 of which had been destroyed up to the above date. Medical examiners have found the plague germs in the stomach of fleas. Thus through vermin, flies, and rodents the stopping of the plague in any place where it gains a foothold becomes almost an impossibility. It is spreading to many other cities in Australia, both along the coast and in the interior.
THE envoys of the Dutch republics were received by the State Department at Washington on May 21, and were informed that the United States could do nothing for them, but would maintain strict neutrality.
TURKEY has entered the world's race in the preparation for war. A consignment of 220,000 rifles, 16 batteries of artillery, and 96 rapid-fire guns, made in Germany, has just been shipped from the factory to Constantinople, and the army is being remodeled after the fashion of the German army. Foreign shipbuilding firms have been asked for bids for renovating Turkish gunboats, and the Turkish admiral is in America now visiting navy-yards, and carrying with him the authority to purchase or contract for war ships in this country. Of course, the meaning of this is clear to him who is familiar with God's Word. The consummation is approaching.
HARROWING reports of death from starvation continue to come in from the famine districts of India. The conditions are specially distressing in the native States, which are not entitled to government charity, as they pay no taxes for imperial support. During the month of March, in the small State of Marwar, 3,667 deaths occurred in the famine camps, hospitals, and poorhouses, while at Dhaulera, out of 30,000 persons, 1,719 died from starvation during the month from February 23 to March 25.
THE recent death of the grand vizier of Morocco is another disturbing element in international politics. The sultan is a mere boy, and a weak ruler, and complications with France are threatening. France, it is reported, has already shown signs of a readiness to take advantage of Morocco's internal troubles, for the purpose of increasing her own possessions in Northern Africa. A cable from Algiers states that a religious war has begun in the southern part of Morocco.
JAPAN has just closed a very successful naval maneuver, in which all her war vessels took part. The maneuvers were arranged for the purpose of impressing foreigners with the strength of the Japanese navy, and seem to have achieved their object in that particular. The fighting machines of Japan are among the most formidable in the world, and Japan seems destined to make herself felt in the controversies of the nations.
THE city of Boston now requires physicians to report all cases of consumption, as they would any other contagious disease, and the health authorities will disinfect all houses in which deaths from tuberculosis occur. The board of education of Oakland, Cal., has decided to employ no teachers who are suffering from tuberculosis. Teachers must pass a medical examination before they can enter upon their work.
THE Supreme Court of the United States has rendered its decision in the matter of the governorship of Kentucky, which is to the effect that it has no jurisdiction in the matter. This leaves the case entirely with the State, and, as the State Legislature had already decided that the Democratic lieutenant-governor should succeed to the office of Gobel, who was assassinated, the governorship contest is closed.
THE American section of the World's Theosophical Society met at Chicago on May 20. Delegates were present from many of the State organizations. Permanent officers were chosen, and arrangements made for the spread of this seductive branch of Spiritism. The secretary reported an encouraging increase in membership and funds.
A SEVERE earthquake shock swept across Mexico on May 16, doing considerable damage along the west coast, especially in the towns of Morelia, Jalisco, Colima, Pintos, and Zapatillo. The earthquake along the western coast was followed by a tidal wave, which destroyed many fishing boats and drowned several natives.
DR. KOLDEWEY, director of the excavations at Babylon, has informed the Oriental Society of the discovery of a canal built of Aramean bricks, which is believed to be the long-sought East Canal. A temple called Ernach, of the goddess Niniach, was laid bare, and stones found inscribed from the time of Nebuchadnezzar.
OWING to the revolution now in progress in Colombia, the finances of the country are in a desperate condition, paper dollars being worth only five cents. A battle is reported to have occurred recently between the rebels and government troops, in which the former were defeated, with a loss of 500 killed.
THE St. Louis Exposition of 1903 is now a certainty, the municipality having raised the $10,000,000 required as a guarantee to secure an appropriation of $5,000,000 from the general government. The Exposition will be held primarily in honor of the purchase of Louisiana by the United States.
THE investigation of the postal frauds in Cuba show that there are millions of counterfeit stamps in circulation. The postal affairs of Havana are in a hopeless tangle. The director of posts has been suspended, and will not be allowed to leave the island until he is cleared of suspicion.
THE anti-foreign movement is spreading in China. Seventy-three native Christians were murdered recently in Pechili province, many of the victims being burned alive. Missionaries declare that the persecution is more bitter than for many years.

SEED FOR MORE TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES

By Editor

UNDER date of April 15 the Associated Press correspondent at Manila furnishes the following, which will be of interest to those watching the trend of religious events:—
"The most sensational of the events of the past week has been the general distribution by the Jesuits of a pamphlet in which are set forth the 'truths which Christians must observe.' Some of the things most strongly condemned by the Jesuits in this pamphlet are those which the American Government has pledged itself to carry out, notably, religious tolerance and the recognition of civil marriage. Consequently, this act of the Jesuits is considered by many to be an attack upon the American administration. The pamphlet in question says:—
"1. The commands of the church must be obeyed in the same manner as the law of God.
"2. You must subject your own judgment to that of the church, and think exactly as the church thinks; for the church can not be overcome.
"3. You must reject and condemn the Masonic sect, so frequently rejected and condemned by the supreme pontiffs.
"4. You must also reject and condemn liberty of worship, liberty of the press, liberty of thought, and the other liberties of perdition.
"5. You must also reject and condemn liberalism, and also modern progress and civilization as being false progress and false civilization.
"6. You must utterly abominate civil marriage and regard it as pure concubinage.
"7. You must also condemn and reject the interference of the civil authorities in any ecclesiastical affairs, so much in vogue nowadays.
"8. Finally, you must hold the belief that the church, by its origin, has a divine and supernatural authority, and is, moreover, superior to the civil authorities. And reject and condemn the doctrine that the church should submit to the State, or that the church is independent or ought to separate itself from the State. Children must be brought up in the above views, condemning whatever the church condemns. And children must be educated solely in Catholic schools by genuinely Catholic teachers, and not on any account in unsectarian or mixed schools, which are strictly forbidden by the church."
These commands, we are told, are enforced by many quotations from the Bible, encyclicals, syllabi, and letters from different popes. While it is "issued without duly-expressed church authority, the organ of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, a Spanish newspaper, called the Libertas, admitted the fact that the Jesuits had published, and, with every right, the pamphlet in question." If the government of the United States would only meet the thing as it should, it would, indeed, be a blessing. The whole thing is an effort to shut out from the Philippines all other religions save that of Roman Catholicism. The government ought absolutely to recognize none, but give equal freedom to all. But will it? Having yielded as much as it has to Rome, will it do otherwise than continue to yield? Discrimination against her teachers is not what we wish, but equality of privilege to all teachers.

WHAT CONSTITUTES THE TOBACCO FAMILY.

By David Paulson, M.D.

THERE are some persons whom we understand very much better after we have compared them with some of their relatives. There are thousands of tobacco users who have never dreamed of the stern fact that tobacco, whisky, morphine, and cocaine all belong to the same tribe, so far as their effect on the human system is concerned.
It is well-nigh impossible for a victim of any of the drug habits to become permanently free from them, without at the same time giving up the use of tobacco. The man smokes the cigar to borrow a good feeling which he does not possess. This is possibly the only reason why he used the drug. But sooner or later he comes to a point where he does not secure enough felicity from his favorite weed, and so in desperation he falls back again to morphine.
One of the important factors in the uniform successful cure of several hundred cases of morphinism at the Battle Creek Sanitarium is that it is invariably insisted upon that the patient must be willing to be cured of the entire drug habit. This includes not simply morphine, but tobacco, whisky, tea and coffee, and the laying aside of such irritating substances as condiments and spices, and those containing quantities of waste material, such as flesh foods. Some will naturally inquire if it is safe to deprive a patient of all these at once, or if it is better to take one at a time. A patient who has several of these poison habits is in the same condition as is a man who has several fingers in the fire at once. The safest thing to do is to pull his fingers out as quickly as possible. It is, however, necessary to substitute something for these artificial stimulants. This must not be, however, some other delusive drug, but a physiological stimulant in the way of tonic hydrotherapy, electricity, and massage.
The morphine fiend needs the moral influence of thoroughly trained attendants to administer the treatments. He needs above all to have the divine assurance that God is co-operating with him in the painful process of retracing some of his erring steps.
To emphasize the kinship of tobacco to morphine, I have only to state that I have never seen a man who persisted in the use of tobacco after overcoming the drug habit who did not lapse back to it again within a year's time.
We have reached a time when humanity is not willing to be satisfied with the amount of strength and vigor that nature affords, so the attempt is made to gain some overdraft by the use of these hurtful drugs. As a result, drug fiends are to be seen on almost every street corner.
DAVID PAULSON, M.D.

THE POWER OF MUSIC.

By J. S. Washburn

THERE is something in it that lays hold upon the human heart, and sets all its chords vibrating. How lovely must have been the human voice when there was no sin! In Zephaniah 3 we are told that God will rejoice with singing over those who have been saved and brought back to His fold. What must be the sweetness and beauty of His voice who is the Author of every lovely sound! In Heb. 2:12 we have the words of Christ, “In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto Thee.”
There are so many admonitions about music in the Bible. The Psalms are full of music; they are hymns to be sung. The song for the Sabbath day (Psalms 92) says that it is a good thing to sing praises unto the Lord with an instrument; so do not shut up the instrument on the Sabbath day. It is a Christian duty to cultivate the musical talent that we have.
Several instances were noted of the Spirit of God working through music. Saul met a company with psaltery, pipe, harp, etc., playing and prophesying, and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he was changed into another man. 1 Samuel 10. Elisha said, “Bring me a minstrel,” and as he played before the prophet, “the hand of the Lord came upon him,” and he prophesied. 2 Kings 3:15. David played skilfully upon the harp, and the evil spirit was driven away from Saul.
See also what the Lord says to us about singing. Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16. Being filled with the Spirit, we are to sing spiritual songs unto the Lord. When our hearts are full of the Spirit of God, and we sing for Him, the Lord will bless in singing just as in speaking. We are told to “make a joyful noise unto the Lord,” to “play skilfully with a loud noise,” and this would apply just as well to singing. Everybody should have liberty to sing, but do not make a loud noise until you can do it skilfully. Give all your musical talent to the Lord, and ask Him to help you to play and sing correctly, and make you just what He wishes you to be.—J. S. Washburn.

"PAPA, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE FOR ME?"

By Eugene Field

SHE was ready to sleep, and she lay on my arm, In her little frilled cap so fine, With her golden hair falling out at the edge, Like a circle of noon sunshine; And I humm'd the old tune of "Banbury Cross," And "Three Men Who Put Out to Sea," When she sleepily said, as she closed her blue eyes, "Papa, what would you take for me?"
And I answered, "A dollar, dear little heart." And she slept, baby weary with play; But I held her warm in my loving, strong arms, And I rocked her and rocked away. O, the dollar meant all the world to me, The land and the sea and the sky, The lowest depth of the lowest place, The highest of all that's high!
All the cities, with streets and palaces, With their people and stores of art, I would not take for one low, soft throb Of my little one's loving heart; Nor all the gold that was ever found, In the busy, wealth-finding past, Would I take for a smile of my darling's face, Did I know it must be the last.
So I rocked my baby, and rocked away, And I felt such a sweet content; For the words of the song expressed more to me Than they ever before had meant. And the night crept on, and I slept and dream'd Of things far too gladsome to be, And I waken'd with lips saying close in my ear, "Papa, what would you take for me?" —Eugene Field.

ARE YOU IN DEBT?

HERE is some good advice from Franklin, if we rightly remember:—
Make a full estimate of all you owe, and of all that is owing to you. Reduce the same to a note. As fast as you collect, pay over to those you owe. If you can not pay, renew your notes every year, giving the best security you can. Go to business diligently and be industrious. Waste no idle moments; be very economical in all things; discard all pride; be faithful in your duty to God, by regular and hearty prayer morning and night; attend church, and do unto all men as you would they should do unto you.
If you are too needy in circumstances to give to the poor, do whatever else is in your power, cheerfully; but, if you can do so, help the poor and unfortunate.
Pursue this course diligently for seven years, and if you are not happy, comfortable, and independent in your circumstances, come to me and I will pay your debts.
But, first of all, render duty to God. A tithe of your income is His; render that to Him, as His, first of all. By always yielding to do your duty, you make Him your partner in all your business transactions.

POWER OF DESTRUCTIVE INVENTIONS.

According to the Popular Science Monthly, "a $3,000 square safe of the most approved construction was attacked by inserting in the crevice about the locked door four and eight-tenths ounces of nitro-glycerine, and in eight minutes after the operation of loading was begun, the charge was fired, with the result that the whole of the jamb below the door was blown out and a hole made in the door of sufficient size to admit the hand and arm, while the doors and divisions of the interior compartments were completely shattered. On repeating the operation with four ounces and a quarter of forcite dynamite, the door was completely torn off. Among experiments made to demonstrate the resistance of structures to attack by a mob, was one upon a safe twenty-nine inches cube, with walls four inches and three-quarters thick, made up of plates of iron and steel, which were re-enforced on each edge so as to make it highly resisting, yet when a hollow charge of dynamite nine pounds and a half in weight and untamped was detonated on it, a hole three inches in diameter was blown clear through the wall, tho a solid cartridge of the same weight and of the same material produced no material effect."

A FEW THINGS ABOUT SALT.

COMMON salt is known in chemistry by the term sodium chloride. It has been in common use as a flavoring and preserving substance from the earliest times. We read in Job, "Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt?" The Romans formerly used salt as money. It was called by them "salarium," from which comes our word "salary"—and doubtless the proverb, "He is not worth his salt," that is, "he is not worth his salary." Salt money—cakes of salt—is used in Abyssinia and Tibet at the present.
"Salt-horse" is a slang term of sailors for salted beef. "Salt-foot" was a large salt-cellar placed midway on the tables in old baronial halls to separate the noble and favored guests from the vulgar. From this arose the expressions "above the salt" or "below the salt," the former denoting a favored position; the latter, the opposite.
Look up by a concordance or Bible index the places where salt occurs in the Scriptures.

JESUS DIED FOR YOU

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How can any one who is in fellowship with Christ's sufferings, refuse to obey His will and do His work? Yet there are people who know the terms of salvation, which are plainly revealed in the word of God. They listen to the message which the Lord sends through His delegated servants, but, although they assent to the truth, they will not obey. They have not genuine faith to appropriate God's promises to themselves. They do not regard Him as their personal Saviour, in whom they may trust as a child trusts in loving parents. They do not regard God as a loving heavenly Father, who has provided for them a perfect Saviour, a never failing Friend, an infallible Guide and Teacher.

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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
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THE CHRISTIAN'S PRIVILEGE

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.

APPLES OF GOLD

By Charles Haddon Spurgeon

LIBRARY. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO. No. 3. Oakland, Cal., September, 1891. 10c per Year.

THE SURE PROMISES OF GOD

BY C. H. SPURGEON
THESE WORDS remind us that the mercies of

APPLES OF GOLD

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

EXTRA

APPLES OF GOLD

LIBRARY.

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
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HOW TO GET KNOWLEDGE

BY E. J. WAGGONER
"Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in

APPLES OF GOLD

LIBRARY.
"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
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THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.

The Church and the World walked far apart

APPLES OF GOLD

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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
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THE ELECT OF GOD

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BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.

APPLES of GOLD LIBRARY.

By Mrs. T. A. Reynolds

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver."
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HOW ESTHER READ HER BIBLE.

BY MRS. T. A. REYNOLDS.
Mrs. Lason was the wife of a popular Congress-
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