Earlier text: NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON—The will of the late ex-Vice-President Wheeler gives $25,000 to home missions, and $5,000 to foreign missions. —Since July 9, 1862, the Bible stands in Crystal Palace have circulated over 19,959,253 copies of the Gospels, including a large number of Testaments, Scripture cards, and leaflets. —The late General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted a resolution re-affirming the action of the assembly of 1884 in recommending unfermented wine for communion purposes. —The Christian Union thus enumerates the signs of improvement in reference to Sunday observance in Germany. "In Stuttgart 600 shop keepers have engaged to close their shops on that day. In Carlsruhe a second distribution of letters has been stopped. In Alsace-Lorraine public houses are legally closed till noon." —Some idea of the moral condition of this country may be gained from the statement made by the New York correspondent of the Congregationalist, that "taking the country together, there is about one saloon to every church; but in New York City an assembly district can be found where there is but one church to every 12,000 souls, while a saloon exists for every eight votes." —The total cash receipts of the American Bible Society in May were $38,008.93, of which amount $4,971.28 were given upon such terms that only the income can be used. The issues from the Bible House during the month were 96,315 copies; issues since April 1, 212,059 copies. Five societies were recognized as auxiliary—two in Kansas, two in Wisconsin, and one in West Virginia. —The Weekly Witness says: "Since taking possession of the Cameroon country on the west coast, Germany has sent there 1,524,928 liters of rum, 37,800 bottles of gin, 1,588 old muskets, 1,000 cartridges, and 56,039 kilograms of tobacco. As an offset to the pernicious influence of these things the fatherland has also sent a few missionaries to take the place of the English Baptist missionaries, whose presence in the district was not wanted." —An exchange says, "The great want of the times is an increase of family religion." The fact is that the great want of the times is an increase of pure and undefiled religion. If there were plenty of that it would be in the family and everywhere else that anyone happened to be who possessed it. The Christian religion is something which can be experienced only by individuals, therefore family religion and State religion are not Bible religion. —The Christian Standard remarks that "it is reported that Bernhardt took back to Europe many times ten thousand dollars as the fruit of her short theatrical tour in America," and adds: "There are hundreds of church members who contributed more to this magnificent sum for the shameless woman than they contribute to the salaries of their earnest, faithful, poorly-paid pastors. Hundreds contributed to the salary of this assassin of chastity who never gave a dollar for the support of a Christian missionary. How can they explain this at the Judgment-seat? or, do they never expect to stand there?" —Speaking of the evils growing out of too great display at funerals, the Catholic Mirror, of July 2, says: "These big funerals are not infrequently a cause of scandal, as everyone knows who has watched their progress to the burial-place and their return. The sight of a long string of carriages full of mourners halted before the numerous saloons that line the route to nearly every cemetery is not one that inspires much respect for the sorrow of the occupants, and yet it is one that may be seen almost any day in the vicinity of a Catholic cemetery." This must be a most humiliating confession for one of the leading organs of "the only true church" to make. —Dr. McGlynn has at last been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church, and by the time this note reaches the reader the decree of excommunication will in all probability have been published in the church journals. McGlynn's offense is in one sense political rather than religious, but that makes no difference; the Pope has decided that his theory of land ownership cannot be tolerated by "the church," and after that decision was reached it was folly for McGlynn and his friends to imagine that he could continue to hold and teach his views and remain a Catholic. The Papal idea of what constitutes a Catholic was thus expressed some years since by Pope Pius IX.: "I alone," said he, "despite my unworthiness, am the successor of the apostles, the vicar of Jesus Christ. . . . They who are with me are with the church; they who are not with me are not with the church." HUMBOLDT COUNTY CAMP-MEETING.
This meeting will be held at Eureka, Humboldt County, commencing Thursday evening, August 11, and closing Monday morning, August 22. We hope to see a full attendance of all our people in the county, and as many of their friends as they can induce to come with them. Those wishing to rent tents, or those who may have tents of their own to pitch upon the ground, are requested to report immediately to J. N. Loughborough, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal. Give the size of your tents. The price for rent is the same as last year: 10x12, $4.00; 12x16, $6.00. The Conference Committee take the liberty to appoint as Camp-meeting Committee for Humboldt meeting, G. D. Hager, Elder N. C. McClure, and G. H. Gibson. OAKLAND.—House of worship, southeast corner of Jefferson and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:15. Seats free. EAST PORTLAND (Or.)—House of worship on G Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Sabbath-school every Sabbath (Saturday), followed by services. Preaching or Bible-reading Sunday evening. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening. The public cordially invited. SAN FRANCISCO.—House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45, and preaching at 11 A. M.; also preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30. Sabbath-school classes in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:15. THIS is a candid examination of the question as to what the Lord expects from his children as an acceptable manifestation of gratitude for his gifts and care. It treats the important subject of tithes and offerings in a new and interesting way. Its arguments are clear and concise. It is a plain and faithful presentation of the truth of God's word on this subject. It ought to be in every house, and carefully studied by all who love the Lord and his appearing. A pamphlet of 64 pages. Price, 10 cents. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. SPIRITUAL GIFTS, VOLUME ONE.
By Editor
THE readers of the SIGNS need no introduction to the writings of Mrs. White. The article on the first page of each paper, from her pen, is always eagerly read; and those who read it need no guarantee that her writings are elevating in their nature and marked by a high moral tone. This book has long been out of print, and is now republished, as much that it contains has never appeared in any other work. It is a brief but vivid sketch of the great controversy between Christ and Satan, from the rebellion in Heaven to the establishment of Christ's Kingdom. The book is well adapted for extensive circulation, as it contains a great amount of important matter in a small space. Much of the matter is of special interest to the church at the present time. In paper covers, 154 pp. Price, 25 cents. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. Publishers' Department.
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NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not appear in due time, and if books ordered by mail are not received, please notify us. All other business is acknowledged below. AFRICAN MISSION.—California Sabbath-School $112.56. RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.—Minnesota T and M Society $400, Iowa T and M Society $200, Dakota T and M Society $100. CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FUND.—Healdsburg $179.85, Turlock $90, San Pasqual per E McKibbin $114.25, Mrs L Sprague $3, San Jose $42, San Pasqual per J Judson $100, E Warren $100. CALIFORNIA T. AND M. SOCIETY.—Dist No 3 $175.60, Dist No 4 San Francisco $11.75, San Jose $16.80, Dist No 5 Sacramento $5.30, State S S Association $9.50, San Francisco City Mission $5.55, Mrs E C Haworth $5. THE SENTINEL FOR 1886.
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WE have on hand a few copies of the American Sentinel of last year, with index; bound in manilla covers—being Vol. 1 of that paper. Price, post-paid, sixty cents. The bound volume and a complete set of the Sentinel tracts for seventy-five cents. Address, Pacific Press, publishers, 1059 Castro Street, Oakland, Cal. THE "Great Controversy" between Christ and his angels and Satan and his angels during the Christian dispensation, by Mrs. E. G. White, is meeting with favor by the reading public. Canvassers are having excellent success in the sale of this valuable book. We are now binding up 6,000 copies more for immediate shipment. The general agitation throughout the United States upon the Sunday Question, Modern Spiritualism, and the Coming Conflict, causes people to read the "Great Controversy" with special interest. Many honest souls are making inquiry for the present truth concerning those subjects, and hundreds of active agents should be in the field this summer. For terms to agents, etc., write to Pacific Press, publishers and general agents, Oakland, Cal. TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH.
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BOUND IN FOUR VOLUMES OF ABOUT 700 PAGES EACH. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A COMPLETE INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Volume One.—This volume contains a brief sketch of the early life and Christian experience of the writer of the Testimonies, Mrs. E. G. White, together with Testimonies numbers 1 to 14. 724 pages. Bound in Muslin, $1.50; Sheep, $2.00; Half Morocco, $2.25. Volume Two.—Contains Testimonies numbers 15 to 20. 712 pages. Bound in Muslin, $1.50; Sheep, $2.00; Half Morocco, $2.25. Volume Three.—Contains Testimonies numbers 21 to 25. About 600 pages. Bound in Muslin, $1.50; Sheep, $2.00; Half Morocco, $2.25. Volume Four.—Contains Testimonies numbers 26 to 30. About 675 pages. Bound in Muslin, $1.50; Sheep, $2.00; Half Morocco, $2.25. Price of the Complete Set of Four Volumes, bound in Cloth, $6.00; Sheep, $8.00; Half Morocco, $9.00. Testimony for the Church No. 31.—Contains 244 pages of most interesting and important matter. Neatly bound in Muslin. Price, 50 cents. Testimony for the Church No. 32.—Contains 240 pages, and is full of warnings, counsels, and reproofs, very important to all Seventh-day Adventists. Bound in Muslin (uniform with No. 31). Price, 50 cents. Sent post-paid to any address, at the above prices. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal., REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich., Or any State T. and M. Society. A TRACT of 24 pages, which fully answers this question, and shows how Sunday displaced the Bible Sabbath. Extracts given from Catholic writers. Price, 3 cents. PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. HEALDSBURG COLLEGE,
By W. C. Grainger
A MODEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION,
FIVE YEARS OF GREAT PROSPERITY BECAUSE FOUNDED ON SOUND PRINCIPLES. LABOR COMBINED WITH STUDY. FOUR courses of instruction, classical, scientific, biblical, and normal; also preparatory instruction given in a primary and a grammar course. Instruction thorough and practical, not only in the collegiate courses but especially so in the preparatory courses. Discipline rigid, yet parental, combined with strong moral and religious influences. Expenses moderate. The whole cost to the student for tuition, board, lodging, lights, washing,—all expenses except for books and clothes, from $16 to $22 per month of four weeks. Fall term begins July 26, 1887. For descriptive catalogue and further information, address the secretary,
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Healdsburg, Cal. HOME HAND BOOK.
By John Harvey Kellogg
-OF- DOMESTIC HYGIENE AND RATIONAL MEDICINE.
Member of the American and British Associations for the advancement of Science, The Societe' D' Hygiene of France, The American Public Health Association, The American Social Science Association, The American Society of Microscopists, etc. Contains over 1,600 Pages. Is Illustrated with 500 Engravings, Including 26 Full Page Colored Plates, and a Paper Manikin. The "Home Hand Book" tells in plain, every-day language, how to preserve health, and if lost, how to regain it. It is, by far, the most important medical work for domestic use that has yet appeared, and is rapidly making its way into the homes of the Pacific Coast. It is written in the light of the most recent scientific investigation by a physician of large experience and acknowledged ability, and contains the most approved methods for the treatment of more than 600 diseases. It is the most complete work of the kind ever issued. THIS BOOK IS SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION. For sample copies, territory, and terms, address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. OUR COUNTRY—THE MARVEL OF NATIONS.
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ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, AND WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY OF IT. AUTHOR OF "SMITH'S PARLIAMENTARY RULES," ETC., ETC. THIS is a new and popular work on a subject of the deepest interest to all American citizens. It takes a brief but comprehensive view of our Government from a Historical, Political, and Religious Standpoint. The Sunday Question,
Modern Spiritualism, and
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By J. A. Wylie, LL.D.
ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS. THIS work describes the conflicts waged by the Waldenses and the martyrdoms they endured in defense of their faith and their liberty. Recent events have brought the Waldenses to notice, and thrown a new light upon the grandeur of their struggle and the important issues which have flowed from it. To them are we to trace the Constitutional liberties that Italy now enjoys. In their mountain fastnesses they maintained the faith of the early Christians, and by their untiring missionary labors this faith was diffused to all the nations of Europe, thus preparing the way for the great Reformation. Contains 212 pp. Price, 90 cents. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. THE AMERICAN SENTINEL.
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An Eight-page Monthly Journal.
Devoted to the defense of American Institutions, the preservation of the United States Constitution as it is, so far as regards religion or religious tests, and the Maintenance of Human Rights,
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A RELIGIOUS FAMILY JOURNAL, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH., BY THE S. D. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. SIXTEEN large, closely printed pages of choice reading matter, treating upon all the Prophetic themes of the Bible, the Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ at Hand, Closing Reforms in the Church, the Gospel of Christ, Conversion, Practical Godliness, etc. This is the organ of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, the oldest journal of this people. It is now in its sixty-second volume. Contains full reports from the ministers and the doings of the different organizations of this denomination. No one should fail to take the Review and Herald. Price, in advance, $2.00 per year. Address, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. HISTORY OF THE SABBATH
By John Nevins Andrews
AND FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
THIS WORK CONTAINS A MINE OF INFORMATION. The Bible record of the Sabbath; the secular history concerning it; the successive steps by which the change to the first day was made, and the work of restoration, are given in detail. Every text of Scripture concerning the Sabbath is commented on at length; and the complete Testimony of the Fathers in regard to the Sabbath and first day is given. The comparative merits of the seventh and the first-day Sabbaths are fully shown. A copious index enables the reader to find any text, or the statement of any historian. Should be read by everybody. 548 pp. Price, $2.00.
Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. NEW HISTORICAL ATLAS
By Robert H. Labberton
As a Class Text-book it is superior to any other in Unity, Brevity, Clearness, Logical Arrangement, and Suggestiveness. As a Reference Book it should be in the Library of every school-room in the country; every Student of History should possess a copy. In your Reading Circle or at home when you wish to consult an Atlas you need a map for a particular date. Your modern Atlas will not give it. This is the only Atlas which has a map for every period. A Map for any particular date can instantly be found by anyone, each map having over it in figures, the year or period it covers. It is the only Atlas in which each nationality has, and always retains, its own distinctive color; hence every period has a map, and they are progressive, forming in themselves a panorama of events effective in the highest degree. New Maps of Ancient Empires. It contains, now made for the first time, maps of the Chaldean, Elamitic, Egyptian, Kossean, Armenian, Hittite, and Assyrian Empires. The text is brief, suggestive, fascinating, but gives in an attractive form the leading events in the history of the world (not a bundle of particular histories), free from unnecessary details. It has an index. Labberton's New Historical Atlas and General History is indispensable to Libraries, Reading Circles, School Officers, Teachers, Students, etc. It contains 198 Maps, printed in colors, 30 Genealogical Charts, and is complete in one volume, 4to. Cloth, 312 pages. Sent by Mail or Express, prepaid, for $2.50.
Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. THE TRUTH FOUND.
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
THE NATURE AND OBLIGATION OF THE SABBATH
OF THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
THE title of this little book sufficiently explains its character. It contains more scriptural information in regard to the Sabbath than any other book of twice the size, and yet it is so simplified as to be easily comprehended. The author quotes the opinions of many learned men concerning the Sabbath, and their conflicting theories are strongly contrasted with the clear, straightforward teaching of the Bible. 64 pp. Price, 10 cents. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. PACIFIC HEALTH JOURNAL
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A THIRTY-TWO PAGE BI-MONTHLY, devoted to the dissemination of true temperance principles, and instruction in the art of preserving health. It is emphatically A JOURNAL FOR THE PEOPLE,
Containing what everybody wants to know, and is thoroughly practical. Its range of subjects is unlimited, embracing everything that in any way affects the health. Its articles being short and pointed, it is specially adapted to farmers, mechanics, and housekeepers, who have but little leisure for reading. It is just the journal that every family needs, and may be read with profit by every member. Price, 50 cents per year. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal. ONLY THE LIVING GIVE.
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AMONG the resolutions adopted at the recent meeting of the American Home Mission Society, was the following:— "That legacies shall be appropriated and expended the year after their receipt, to the end that the society shall always have on hand some resources commensurate with its ever-enlarging work. We urge especially in this transition period, a great increase in the gifts of the living." The last sentence is the one that particularly caught our attention. When we read the plea for an increase in "the gifts of the living," the thought instantly arose, Who else but the living ever give anything? Careful thought has not enabled us to find any other givers. "But," says one, "you seem to forget the great legacies that have been left by people who are dead." No, we do not forget the legacies, but they are not given. That word "left" expresses the situation exactly. No matter how much a man has, he leaves it all when he dies. But how much credit is a man entitled to for leaving that which he cannot by any possibility carry with him? When a man gives of his means as he goes along, we know that he has an interest in something besides himself; but when a man with large wealth clings to it just as long as he possibly can, is it altogether uncharitable to suppose that if it were possible he would cling to it after death? No matter how benevolent a person may have been in his life-time, we still insist that he does not in any just sense give that which he leaves. He may indicate in his will that he wishes a certain institution to have that which he leaves, but if the institution gets it, it is only after a severe struggle. So in reality his "giving" amounts to this statement: "This money is of no more use to me, and you may have it if you can get it." The moral is, If you want to give, and thus lay up treasure in Heaven, don't wait until you die, when you cannot give. A FEW weeks ago we noticed a blasphemous eulogy of Cardinal Gibbons, which was uttered by a zealous Baltimore priest. In that eulogy the prophecy concerning Christ, in Isa. 63:1-3, was applied to the Cardinal. But this man worship has recently been equaled by more than one Protestant. The Christian Advocate (New York) quotes, with expressions of the highest approval, the following from a eulogy of Henry Ward Beecher, which appeared in the Homiletic Review:— "Farewell, O sun! Glorious, indeed, wert thou in the zenith of thy sphere! Some of us can remember when thou wast as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoicing as a strong man to run a race. What fair, fresh splendor then was thine! How the heavens rejoiced, how the earth was glad, with thy shining! Almost it seemed for a season that God through thee was going to renew the face of the earth. That was thy morning. Alas, that there should have been an evening and a morning to thy day! At least, why did not God make such a day cloudless, if it could not be endless?" How much higher flight would such "gush" have to take before we should have Beecher worshiped as a god? Inasmuch as the majority of people believe in the continued existence of the soul after death, which is the basis of heathenism, it does not seem as though it would be long before America, as well as Greece and Rome, will have her demi-gods. SPEAKING of the study of the Sunday-school scholars and teachers, during the past six months, the Congregationalist says:— "We doubt if the Old Testament has ever been studied with more eager interest, or with greater profit and delight." And yet the lesson for June 5, on the falling of the manna, a copy of which now lies before us, has the following questions and answers, exactly as we here insert them:— Question—"How often did they gather it?"
Answer—"Every day except Sunday."
Q.—"Could they keep it overnight?"
A.—"Only Saturday nights."
Q.—"Why was this?"
A.—"So they need not break the Sabbath." So ho! The children of Israel kept Sunday for Sabbath did they? We know that there has never been a more "eager interest" to make out that Sunday is the Sabbath than there is now, and it may have been a source of great "delight" for the lesson writers to corrupt the word of God that it might be made to appear so to the Sunday-school scholars; but when the day of reckoning comes, we think that they will not find it so profitable as they now imagine it to be. With what eager interest indeed the Scriptures must have been studied, especially by those who wrote the lesson helps, to learn from it no better than to teach that the manna did not fall on Sunday, and that it would keep only on Saturday night. It is hard to see how the writers of these lessons can escape the just imputation of turning the truth of God into a lie. For how else shall the shameful thing be characterized? If that is not the proper charge, we wish somebody would tell what would be proper in the premises. As the school opens at Healdsburg July 25, and as the new church building will be ready to occupy at that time, it has been decided to have dedication services, holding over Sabbath and first-day, July 30 and 31. The church at Healdsburg would be glad to see as many present from surrounding churches as can make it convenient to attend this opening service. Meetings will commence on Sabbath evening, the 29th. Come up to the meeting praying. Bring the blessing of God with you, and we all shall be benefited. In behalf of the Healdsburg church. "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." Psalm 122:1.