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Signs of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 53.

The Teaching Is Wrong
Earlier text: TIME AND ITS STORY

SOME GOOD WORDS FOR THE “SIGNS.”

By Editor

We would be glad, had we space, to publish the many letters which we receive in commendation of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. We are thankful indeed to receive these letters, to know that the precious truths which the SIGNS is bearing to the world, have reached hearts who have responded to them; and we are the more glad of this because we know that these letters are not written with any idea of flattering those who are conducting the SIGNS, but because of gratitude to God for the truths which the SIGNS has brought to them. For all this we say with our readers, “To the Lord be all the praise.” Below we give some of the expressions gleaned from the many letters which we have received the last few months.
One subscriber in Portsmouth, Ohio, whose circumstances are very straitened indeed, having to earn her own living, while in ill health, feels that she must have the paper. She says:—
I can only send for six months, and at the end of that time perhaps I can do better, but I must have the paper.
Another writes from Wallace, Washington:—
I am so much pleased with your noble and true paper, the SIGNS, that I wish to say a word just to encourage the publishers. I have been changed from Sunday keeping to the true Sabbath of the Lord through reading this noble little journal. This seems to be a time of general waking up among the Christians throughout the land on the subject of the Sabbath. The SIGNS is doing a wonderful lot of good among the people of this neighborhood, more than the publishers know of. May the good Lord bless his work and keep it in purity as it is now until the Master comes and sets up his kingdom.
Another writes from Nanaimo, B. C.:—
I take pleasure in letting you know that the SIGNS is much prized in this part of the field.
Two others write us from Schell, S. C., in regard to our literature:—
It seems to be the most difficult matter to get the people interested in the plain, simple teachings of the Bible. We trust that your helps may continue to a far greater extent to present the truth in its power and purity, and that you may be blessed of the Lord abundantly in the great work, which has already carried light and blessing to a few hearts rejoicing in the truth.
This is the way one writes from State Run, Pa.:—
A kind friend has been sending me the SIGNS OF THE TIMES for some time, and I like it so well that I wish to subscribe for it myself, and desire one of the books which you send with it, “Prophetic Lights.” Inclosed find $1.75. My husband wishes also to send it to his uncle.
The same person also sends two other subscriptions for six months. Still another, from Waseca, Minn., writes:—
I read the SIGNS in the summer of 1893, and was very much pleased with it, and feel that I can be without it no longer lest I miss some truths of vital importance. Enter my name as a subscriber to the SIGNS. I wish to be one of the fold and worship the true God. What a mighty fortress is our God! How small all else looks beside him! Peace and power be with you in giving meat in due season.
May God bless these dear friends and the many thousand others whom they represent. Pray for the editor.

FIELD NOTES.

ELDER N. C. MCCLURE is visiting the churches in Southern California.
ELDER D. A. BALL reports the addition of five members to the church at Brookfield, N. Y.
A NEW house of worship at Schroon Lake, N. Y., was dedicated on the 28th ult., Elder S. H. Lane officiating.
ELDER H. A. ST. JOHN recently made a tour of the four churches in Napa Valley, Cal., and reports them of good courage.
AT Williamstown, N. Y., on the occasion of a recent visit by Elder J. W. Raymond, three members were added to the church:
THE church at North Creek, N. Y., has erected a new house of worship, which was dedicated October 14. Elders S. H. Lane and A. E. Place were present.
As the result of the labors of Brethren F. M. Roberts and J. M. Wormich, a church of twenty-two members has been organized at Frankton, Ind., and a house of worship is being erected 28x41 feet.
BROTHER BAXTER HOWE, who has been holding a short series of meetings at Armona, Cal., reports sufficient interest to justify a continuance. Two heads of families have come out on the Lord’s side.
At the recent annual session of the Colorado Tract Society the following officers were elected: President, N. W. Kauble; Vice President, G. W. Anglebarger; Secretary, Chas. T. Shaffer; Auditor, Watson Zeigler.
BROTHER F. C. GILBERT, of Boston, speaks encouragingly of labor for the Hebrews. He says that many are not only glad to accept the New Testament when offered them, but frequently send strong appeals for them.
FROM Lehigh, Indian Territory, Brethren R. H. Brock and W. H. White report interesting meetings. They say: “We have tried to present the truth in a plain and simple way, and the power of God has attended the preaching of his word in a remarkable manner. The interest to hear has been good from the first and still continues the same. Twenty-nine, all adults but four, have decided to follow their Lord and keep the Sabbath.”
ELDER O. S. FERREN reports as the result of meetings that were held in Horton, Kansas, since the camp meeting at that place, that seven have accepted the truth and united with the church. Still others are observing the Sabbath.
BRETHREN S. M. COBB and H. L. BRISTOL report that as the result of their labors at Dickenson, N. Y., thirty have decided to follow Christ, keeping the commandments of God. They have begun the erection of a meeting house 26x40 feet.
ELDER H. F. PHELPS reports from Minnesota the baptism of eight persons at St. Cloud and thirteen added to the church. On October 6 six persons united with the church at St. Paul, making twelve which have been added to that church this season.
NOTWITHSTANDING the inclemency of the weather and fearful storms which occurred at the time of the Colorado camp meeting, it is reported to have been one of the best meetings ever held in the State. After the meeting closed services were held in the Delta church by Elders States, Kauble, and Truby. As the result of these meetings six persons were baptized.
ELDER E. W. WEBSTER reports a company of twenty-five Sabbath keepers as the result of his efforts at Bushy Creek, S. C. At Spartanburg, in company with Elders Kilgore and Sharp, August 7 to 10, a church was organized of seventeen members. October 6 and 7, through the labors of Elders Webster and I. E. Kimball, three more were baptized at Spartanburg and four united with the church.
In the Review of October 30 Sister White has an article on missionary enterprise and object of Christ's church, which we wish all our workers would read. Here is one sentence: "To misapply means or influence or any intrusted capital of mind or body, is to rob God and rob the world, for it is turning the energies into another channel than that in which God designed they should be for the salvation of the world."
ELDER R. M. KILGORE reports two being added to the church at Atlanta, Ga., largely under the labors of Elder Owen, and nine baptized at Graysville, Tenn., where Brethren Smith Sharp and W. E. Haskell have been laboring. The enrollment of the students at the Graysville Academy now numbers sixty, which, considering the financial depression, is remarkable. He says, "The study and deportment on the part of the students far exceed that of any previous year."
THE camp meeting at Gainesville, Ga., is reported to have been an excellent one. The change of sentiment among the citizens of the place was marked. It will be remembered that it was at this place that our brethren were persecuted for Sunday labor some time ago. It is said that several of the prominent men of the place, including two or three lawyers, "have changed their minds squarely about in the matter of Sunday laws and religious legislation in general."
THERE were 760 persons camped upon the Missouri camp ground at Warrensburg, from September 19 to October 1, and the meeting is reported to have been excellent throughout. The increase in membership in the Conference was 300, and 4 new churches were admitted. Tithes increased about $2,000. One church of 40 members was organized among the Germans during the past season. There was raised for foreign missions, including Sabbath school donations, $1,896.70.
THE Workers' Bulletin, of Iowa, in giving a summary of the reports of tent labor in that State at seventeen different places, says that one hundred and fifty have embraced the truth during the season. In addition to this one church building has been erected, another is in process of erection, and considerable money has been raised for the erection of another. The State meeting at Beaman is reported to have been a success in every respect. Brethren P. A. Hansen and N. C. Bergensen report the baptism of six willing souls at Ruthven.
AT the recent annual Conference of Michigan the following officers were elected: President, Elder I. H. Evans; secretary, J. S. Hall; Treasurer, Review and Herald; Executive Committee, I. H. Evans, J. Fargo, E. H. Root, H. D. Day, and M. J. Cornell. The treasurer's report showed that the total receipts for the year were $51,378.26; the disbursements, $42,815.85, leaving a balance of $8,562.41 in the treasury. The officers elected for the Tract Society were as follows: President, I. H. Evans; Vice President, C. D. Rhoades; Secretary and Treasurer, J. S. Hall.
ELDER R. S. DONNELL, president of the Upper Columbia Conference, reports some sixteen in Spokane who have embraced the faith, and others are interested. Before the tent was taken down at Medical Lake, a church of seventeen members was organized. Some have taken their stand at Yakima. For the last two and a half years he says there has been a steady growth in this Conference, and its membership has nearly doubled. One hundred and twenty-two were baptized at the last camp meeting, and their present membership is stated to be more than one thousand.
BROTHER F. H. WESTPHAL gives an interesting account in the Review of his meeting with German Sabbath keepers in the Argentine Republic, twenty-seven of them having covenanted together to keep the commandments of God at Crespo. After two weeks' work there a church was organized of thirty-six members. At the end of three weeks four more were baptized, and five united with the church, and the next Sunday eleven more decided to keep the Sabbath. He says it seems good to preach to such thirsty souls. At Esperanza, in the Province of Santa Fe, a company of French-speaking people are keeping the Sabbath.
THE International Tract Society sends out an appeal for funds to circulate literature in the States of Delaware and Maryland. Elders Moon and Howard write that our brethren who have been arrested in Maryland, and still others who may be, will probably have to go to jail. Regular church services have been interrupted in our own church building, windows have been broken, the people stoned and rotten-egged, smitten with the fist, dragged through the dust, and even worse things threatened. One brother was saved from being stabbed to death only by the interference of others. And all this hatred and malice simply because men preach and keep the commandments of God. It is not regard for Sunday or State law, for that is violated in many ways without interference. It is the fulfillment of Rev. 12:17.

ONLY.

By The Christian

Only a tiny candle Lit by Him, Not lost, though He has many Lamps to trim.
Only an earthen vessel Used to-day, Although in the Master's pathway Gold ones lay.
Only a cup of water Given in love, But the Saviour saw and owned it From above.
Only the world's derision Meekly borne, Yet he notes the word, the action, Done in scorn.
Only a little service By the way; He'll reward the smallest effort In that day.
Only following Jesus To the end, And then his promised glory He will send.
—The Christian.

The Law of God as Changed by the Papacy

By Editor

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International S. S. Lessons.

"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." —Neh. 8:8
LESSON VIII.—SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1894.

OPPOSITION TO CHRIST.

[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]
Lesson Scripture, Mark 3:22-35.
  1. AND the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the devils casteth He out the devils.
  2. And He called them unto Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  3. And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
  4. And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
  5. And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
  6. But no one can enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
  7. Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme;
  8. But whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness; but is guilty of an eternal sin;
  9. Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
  10. And there came His mother and His brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto Him, calling Him.
  11. And a multitude was sitting about Him; and they say unto Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren without seek for thee.
  12. And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
  13. And looking round on them which sat round about Him, He saith, Behold, My mother and My brethren!
  14. For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.
Golden Text: "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not." John 1:11.
NOTE.—The time of these lessons is supposed to be some weeks after the sermon on the mount. The place is Capernaum, on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had been teaching and healing the multitude until the common people had come to believe him a great prophet, if not the promised Messiah. The Pharisees began to think that the whole world had gone after him, and they themselves were losing popularity. This aroused great opposition in their minds, and, therefore, every charge which they could bring against him they did. They sought to know how they might accuse him. Our lesson opens with Jesus in Capernaum, in a house, and the multitude surrounding it and hanging upon his words so that he could not get time to eat, his friends thinking that because of his zeal he was beside himself.
  1. What did the scribes say of Jesus at this time? Verse 22.
  2. What question did Jesus ask them?
  3. What did he say of a kingdom or a house divided against itself? Verses 24, 25.
  4. What application did he make of this to Satan? Verse 26.
  5. What did he say was necessary before the goods of a strong man could be taken away? Verse 27.
  6. What sins did he say should be forgiven unto man? Verse 28.
  7. What blasphemy should never be forgiven?
  8. Of what sin did he say those were guilty who blasphemed against the Holy Spirit? Verse 29, last clause.
  9. Why did he thus speak? Verse 30. Note 1.
  10. When surrounded by this crowd, what did the mother and friends of Jesus do?
  11. As they were calling to him, what did those sitting about him say? Verse 32.
  12. What question did he ask in reply?
  13. What answer did he give to his own question?
  14. On what conditions could all come to these close relations with him? Verse 35. Note 2.

NOTES.

1. "Hath never forgiveness."—The mighty power of God was manifest in the teachings of Jesus and in his miracles. The scribes and Pharisees had before told him that only God could forgive sins. They knew also that only God could create. But Jesus showed that he had power to forgive sins, and that he could create, for he not only forgave the sins of the sick with the palsy, but bade him to rise and walk. He had cured multitudes of people of every kind of disease before their eyes. He had cast out the unclean spirits which afflicted many, and now the only charge which they could bring against him was in saying that he did all these things by Beelzebub, the prince of devils. In thus saying they ascribed to the Satanic agency the work of the Spirit of God. It was not a mere charge against Jesus as a man. It was a charge against the mighty power of God which wrought through him. Now, the only means which God has of saving men is the power of the Spirit of God. Man is redeemed by the blood of Christ, but he is quickened into new life, and kept from the power of sin by the Spirit of God through faith in Christ. He, therefore, who rejects the only means by which God can save him, makes himself an eternal sinner. He rejects the only means by which he can be saved from sin. It is not an arbitrary act of God to cut him off because he blasphemes against the Holy Ghost. It is his own deliberate rebellion which cuts him off, because he will not be saved by the only power by which God can save him. We learn, therefore, that the sin against the Holy Ghost is in deliberate rejection of the means by which the Lord saves men.
2. "Whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother."—The will of God is God's holy law. Jesus, speaking through the Psalmist, says, "I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart." Ps. 40:8. Man of himself cannot do this, because the carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. He only can do it through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith in Christ will bring him into the heart, and through the power of his life God's holy law can be kept.

LESSON VIII.—SABBATH, NOVEMBER 24, 1894

BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT.

Lesson Scripture. Luke 22: 63-71; 23: 1-12.
  1. AND the men that held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.
  2. And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophecy; who is he that struck thee?
  3. And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.
  4. And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,
  5. If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe;
  6. And if I ask you, ye will not answer.
  7. But from henceforth shall the Son of Man be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
  8. And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
  9. And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.
  10. And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate.
  11. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
  12. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest.
  13. And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
  14. But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
  15. But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.
  16. And when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.
  17. Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad; for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.
  18. And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
  19. And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
  20. And Herod with his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and arraying him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate.
  21. And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day; for before they were at enmity between themselves.
  1. WHAT did the men that held Jesus do?
  2. When they had blindfolded him, what did they do?
  3. What was done as soon as it was day?
  4. What question did they ask him?
  5. What did he say to them?
  6. What did he say that they should hereafter see?
  7. What direct question did they then ask him?
  8. How did he reply?
  9. What did they say to this?
  10. To what did they then lead him?
  11. Of what did they accuse him?
  12. What false witness did they bear against him?
  13. What had Jesus said about giving tribute to Cæsar?
  14. What question did Pilate ask him?
  15. What did Jesus say to him?
  16. What was Pilate's verdict?
  17. How did this affect the Jews?
  18. What did they say?
  19. As soon as Pilate heard that Jesus was of Galilee, what did he do?
  20. How did Herod feel when he saw Jesus?
  21. Why did he want to see him?
  22. What did Herod draw from Jesus by his questions?
  23. What did the chief priests and scribes continue to do?
  24. How did Herod and his men of war treat Jesus?
  25. What relations had previously existed between Herod and Pilate?
  26. What took place that day?
  27. What was that day fulfilled? Ps. 2: 1-13.

CHRIST IN THE GOSPELS,

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The Life of our Lord in the Words of the Evangelists,

By James P. Cadman, A. M.
Is, as its Name Indicates, a Compilation in which the four Narratives of # THE LIFE OF CHRIST ARE WOVEN INTO ONE CONNECTED STORY, MAKING A COMPLETE HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS IN THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF THE SCRIPTURES.
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