p. 271 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 17. (5/6/1889)

Earlier text: HEALDSBURG, ST. HELENA, AND FRESNO

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By Editor

RECEIPTS.

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DONATIONS TO AMERICAN SENTINEL.—J. Spangler $5, Pastor Baptist Church $5.

RURAL HEALTH RETREAT CHARITY FUND.—Rosa Buckner $5, Theo. Anthony $5.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.—First-day Offering Los Angeles by E. L. Cauken $25.92, St. Helena $19.16, San Francisco by Jos. Figer $3.50, San Pasqual $1, Calistoga $4, Napa by Miss Hammond $3.55, Woodland $17.60.

EUROPEAN MISSION.—I. G. Knight $27, Carrie A. Knight $27, A. L. Bond $21.60, Walter Bond $1.08, E. C. Bond $5.40, Wm. Bond $10.80, Flora Kripps $10.80, J. E. Bond $10.80, Mrs. C. E. Smith 80 cents, C. E. Smith $4, E. Kripps $5.40, Nettie Hutchings $27, M. E. Graves $5.40, C. Spinks $5.40, A. C. Morton $40, W. R. Smith $4, A. A. Smith $5.40, Maud Otis $1.10, F. S. Bond $5.40, R. J. Gray $10.80, C. A. Gray $16.20, B. E. Bond $1.85, J. H. Thorp $2.40, Mrs. M. Kripps $10.80, Mrs. M. McNamee $2.70, J. W. Gorrell $4, J. J. Gorrell $1.60, E. M. Slocum $21.60.

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NOTICE TO MISSIONARY WORKERS.

By Editor

PLEASE stop sending the Signs to any of the following names, as this office has received notice that the papers are refused, unclaimed, or sent to the wrong post-office:— William Anstell, Miss Mary Hogerty, Miss Lillie Hibbard, John A. Greeting, W. Scott, Harriet Swart-out, Rev. F. E. Butterfield.

Yellow Fever; Absolute Protection Secured by Scientific Quarantine

"Yellow Fever; Absolute Protection Secured by Scientific Quarantine," is the title of a 50-page pamphlet by Wolfred Nelson, C. M., M. D., Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Quebec, Canada, Correspondent State Board of Health, California, etc. The author has been connected with the Board of Health in the State of Panama, and has had practical experience in yellow fever. He contends that Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama are constant menaces to the United States, as yellow fever is there to abide. The only means of prevention is scientific quarantine; and he recommends as the really ideal quarantine that evolved by Dr. Joseph Holt, of New Orleans. The work is written in an interesting style, and contains information worthy of consideration. Published by the author, 32 Nassau Street, New York.

The Sufferings, the Death, and the Glorious Return of Jesus Christ

By Editor

"Les Souffrances, la Mort, et le Glorieux Retour de Jésus-Christ" (illustrated), is the title of a little work in French issued by the Société Internationale de Traités, Basel, Switzerland. The title in English would be, "The Sufferings, the Death, and the Glorious Return of Jesus Christ." The character of the book is indicated by its title. The first part is by Mrs. E. G. White, the second by Elder James White. We are glad to see these excellent pamphlets put in this attractive form. The book is neatly bound in muslin, with illuminated title on back and cover. It contains six full-page cuts, and is a work worthy of a large circulation among the French.

CRAM'S SUPERIOR MAPS.

WANTED.—Salesmen for Cram's Superior United States and World Maps, State Maps, Charts, etc. They sell rapidly because

THE PEOPLE NEED THEM,

Want them, and will have them. Commission very liberal. For terms and territory, address our general agent,

A. K. ATTEBERRY, Keenville, Ill.

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"Views of National Reform, Series I,"

Is the title of No. 3 of the Bible Student's Library. This is a pamphlet of 151 pages, and contains all that the package of 13 tracts formerly published under the same name contained. The volume is paged consecutively, has an index, so that any tract may be instantly referred to, and is much more convenient and attractive than when issued as a package of separate tracts. Price of this number is 15 Cents, with liberal discount when ordered in quantities. Address,

PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY,

Or 43 Bond Street, New York. Oakland, Cal

Death in a San Francisco Prize Fight

On the night of April 26, a man was killed in a prize fight in San Francisco. For reasons which it is unnecessary to state, one of the parties to a fight, which had been announced to take place, failed to put in an appearance, and as the secular papers tell the story, "bankers, brokers, lawyers, doctors, men from all the professions and fresh from the Jackson-Cardiff fight, crowded the café and boxes, and, flushed with wine, yelled lustily for a fight."

To meet the demand, the manager of the affair induced a young man to take the place of the absent pugilist, and in a few minutes the substitute was dead, killed instantly by a blow over the heart, to gratify the brutal instincts of "bankers, brokers, lawyers, men from all the professions," in the city of San Francisco. In what respect is a civilization which tolerates such things better than that of Rome two thousand years ago?

"TEN LECTURES ON CATARRH."

By Editor

Of all diseases which drive away buoyancy of spirits and darken everything, next to dyspepsia is nasal catarrh; in fact, we do not know but the latter will bear off the palm as the destroyer of comfort and blighter of hope; and hopeful indeed is the individual who will rise above their combined attacks. Catarrh is almost a universal disease, and as harmful as universal. It is not alone the discomfort attending it which makes it so much dreaded, but its results are many times very serious. Blindness and deafness often result, and hoarseness, chronic inflammation of the tonsils, chronic sore throat, and other affections, are sure to follow if the disease is neglected. If present only in a mild form, it renders the one affected peculiarly susceptible to such diseases as diphtheria. Many have tried patent nostrums till they have become discouraged, and many others believe that either the disease does not amount to much or that it cannot be cured.

It is with satisfaction that we notice a pamphlet now before us treating on this very subject, entitled, "Ten Lectures on Nasal Catarrh." The author, J. H. Kellogg, M. D., a thoroughly scientific physician of large experience, has demonstrated the truth of the principles and methods which he advocated. He contends that catarrh can be cured, not by the much-advertised "catarrh remedies," against which he warns his readers, but by means within the reach of all. He gives the hygiene of the disease, one of the most essential features in its successful treatment, and the best methods in use by experienced specialists, as well as his own experience in thousands of cases of catarrh. In ordinary cases, the patient with this book of instructions can treat himself, while the inexperienced physician can gain much by the study of this work. Valuable prescriptions are given for the disease, which can be made up of remedies to be found at any first-class drug store. It is a book which all ought to have, and which, if followed, will be of great value. Price, 30 cents. Address, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal., or 43 Bond Street, New York.

CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889.

By Editor

It is announced by the General Conference Committee that the camp-meetings this year will begin on Tuesday evening and close the following Tuesday morning. Those marked with the star (*) in the following list, will be preceded by a workers' meeting. The committee states that where workers' meetings are to be held, and they are not thus marked, notice should be given at once. The list, which is subject to change, is as follows:—

North Pacific, May 14-21 *Kansas, Ottawa, “ 21-28 *Upper Columbia, Colfax, Wash., “ 22-29 *Iowa, Des Moines, June 4-11 *Pennsylvania, Williamsport, “ 4-11 Minnesota, “ 11-18 *New York, Rome, “ 11-18 Wisconsin, Mauston, “ 18-25 Dakota, June 25 to July 2 Michigan (Northern) “ 25 to “ 2 Georgia, July 2-9 North Carolina, “ 9-16 Virginia, “ 16-23 West Virginia, “ 23-30 Michigan (Southwestern), Aug. 13-20 *Ohio, “ 13-20 *Missouri, “ 13-20 Arkansas, “ 20-27 Maine, “ 20-27 Tennessee, “ 20-27 *Michigan (general), Aug. 27 to Sept. 3 Texas, “ 27 to “ 3 Vermont, “ 27 to “ 3 Colorado, Sept. 3-10 Canada, “ 3-10 Nebraska, “ 10-17 Illinois, “ 17-24 Indiana, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1

The Current Setting Romeward

By Editor

The First Congregational Church of this city celebrated Good Friday this year, "the first time," says the Examiner, of San Francisco, "that Good Friday has ever been observed in Oakland by any sect except the Catholics and Episcopalians."

This is only another straw which shows that the current is setting Romeward. Easter is generally observed, Good Friday is growing in favor, and many of the leading religious papers outside of the ritual churches are advocating a modified sort of Lent. And the end of the journey is Rome. She advocates no compromise. The compromise is all on the side of the Protestant churches, so called.

Selling Animals That Died Naturally

A CORRESPONDENT asks an explanation of the permission given in Deut. 14:21 to the Hebrews to sell to the heathen that which died of itself. The solution to the matter lies in the fact that the "strangers" and "aliens" to which they were permitted to sell that which died of itself, were in the habit of using just such things for food. Some Indian tribes still eat that which "dieth of itself," and they frequently buy or beg such carcasses from their civilized neighbors, and would feel that they were greatly injured if the owner of such animals should bury or burn their bodies instead of allowing them to have them for food. This was undoubtedly true of the heathen neighbors of the children of Israel, hence the permission given in Deut. 14:21.

Those Tent Meetings

By Editor

"THOSE TENT MEETINGS," by Malcolm B. Duffie, Battle Creek, Michigan. Address the author. Price, 25 cents. This little monograph is a "rhyming recital, founded on actual facts and every-day experiences," as many of our laborers in tents will recognize. It is indeed novel, and he who begins to read will wish to finish. It takes up in rhyme the whole course of a tent-meeting, with its varied lights and shadows, true to life, with each point pressed home with appropriate texts from the Book of books. It is neatly printed, and the nine cuts which embellish the work are, on the whole, very natural. It is worth its price, and we do not see how it can fail to do good.

The Genealogy of Christ

By Editor

IN reply to a question relative to the genealogy of Christ we would say that the lists of the ancestors of Jesus given by Matthew and Luke have been the ground of a great deal of controversy, and numerous theories have been advanced. According to one of these theories, both the lists are intended to present Jesus as the reputed or legal son of Joseph, that of Matthew being the royal and that of Luke the private genealogy of the heir to the crown and throne of David. With this theory is connected the supposition that Mary and Joseph were first cousins.

Another and more widely accepted theory is that Matthew gives Joseph's genealogy, and Luke that of Mary. This view makes Joseph the son-in-law and Jesus the grandson of Heli, who, according to the Talmud, was Mary's father. This includes Christ in the royal line of David in two ways: Legally, through Mary's marriage with Joseph; and naturally, through Mary herself being a member of the royal family.

NORTH PACIFIC CAMP-MEETING.

By Editor

THE North Pacific camp-meeting will be held in East Portland, Oregon, May 14-21, on the same ground occupied last year. Reduction of fare has been secured over both east and west side divisions of the Oregon and California Railroad. Those who pay full fare coming, can return at one-fifth the regular rates. The brethren coming from the Sound country over the North Pacific Railroad, can secure the same reduction if twenty-five or more persons come over that road.

Tents will be provided for all who wish to rent them upon the camp-ground. We cannot now say exactly what the rent of tents will be; but the price will be very reasonable.

We confidently expect a good meeting. Elders J. N. Loughborough, E. P. Daniels, and R. S. Owen, of California, will be in attendance to assist by their counsel and labors.

It is hoped that a special effort will be made on the part of all to attend this meeting. The attendance ought to be much larger than ever before in this Conference. It is only once a year that we can enjoy such a privilege, and vast importance should be attached to these gatherings of God's people. Matters of deep import, to each individually, and to the cause throughout the entire Conference, will be considered. Brethren and sisters, let nothing keep you away. Lay plans at once to attend. Bring your interested friends and neighbors with you. Come, praying that God's blessing may be experienced in rich measure. CONF. COMMITTEE.

Reno Camp-Meeting Date Changed

By John Norton Loughborough

As the haying season in Nevada is coming on earlier than was anticipated when the Reno camp-meeting was first appointed, to accommodate the brethren there, we change the time of the meeting from June 5-12 to May 22-29. Now let all lay their plans to attend without fail. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

The Pacific Press Publishing Company

By Editor

It is hoped that our readers and friends will not pass lightly over the report of the annual meeting of the Pacific Press Publishing Company, found on another page. There is much in it of interest. While the report does not show a large profit, it shows a greater work than any year previous. Over eleven million pages more of the truth have been given to the world from this office than in any previous year. The friends of the cause of present truth will note the evidences that the work is enlarging in the change that has been made in the American Sentinel from a monthly to a weekly; in the greater advantages which the Sentinel soon will have, and which are demanded by the increased agitation on the question of Church and State; in the success that has followed the establishment of the branch offices, especially in New York; and in the proposed establishment of an office in the great center of the commercial and literary world, London. All these enlargements and additions call for consecrated men and means. Some are going from us, Brethren Saunders, Gibson, Hope, and others to England, Brother Morrison and wife to Australasia. May God go with them, and may he help his people to consecrate themselves and their means to his work, that these new enterprises may be supported, and that other men may be found whom God can choose to go forth into the great harvest-field. It is too late to falter now. God has no place for laggards. He will choose the clean vessels that are nearest. He will honor those who honor him.