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Signs of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 37.

General Articles
Earlier text: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's

Some Excuses for Drinking.

By John Bartholomew Gough

"It is a very cold day to-day, I shiver from head to foot; I must have a little something because it is so cold, and I need it." Or, "It is very hot to-day. Dear me! such weather as this swelters a man to death; I must have something to keep me up in such hot weather; I need it." Another man drinks a little in summer time because there are insects in the water, and spirits kill them. Another thinks he needs something in winter time because it is so hurtful to drink cold water. Another man is very ill; for eighteen years he has taken the same remedy, and he will go and try a little more of it. Another is tolerably well, but the weather-glass is falling, and the last time the wind was in that quarter it gave him a terrible pain; he needs something as a preventive, and he will try it once more. This reminds me of the man who wanted some brandy and water. "I must have it this morning," he said, "because I am so thirsty, but what makes me thirsty I do not know, unless it is that I am going to have some salt fish for dinner." One man said he would sign the pledge if they would let him drink when they washed sheep, that being usually done only once a year. He took the pledge accordingly, and obtained a sheep which he kept in his barn and washed regularly four times a day all the year round, till he washed the poor creature nearly to death. I heard a man say that because he heard a sentiment advanced at a temperance meeting that he did not like, he went home and began drinking again. That was just as silly as the boy that said, "Mother, if you don't give me a penny, I know another boy that's got the measles, and I'll go and catch 'em." We have to meet with many such contemptible excuses for drinking.
One obstacle to our success is the tenacity with which some persons cling to the fashionable drinking customs. I know but little of the custom of persons at table "taking wine together," though I know enough to be aware of what it is. It is a silly custom. You smile at a lady and ask her to take wine. She smiles and bows. The waiter then fills her glass and fills yours. Then you take the wineglass in your hand, and smile. You must smile. Even if you have the toothache very badly, you must smile. It may be an agonizing smile, but you must smile. Then she smiles and bows and sips, and you smile and bow and sip, then both smile and bow together, and it is all over. Now, suppose I should ask the lady, "May I take a small piece of bread and butter with you?" She bows and smiles. The waiter gives her a piece of bread and butter, and I take a piece; and she takes her piece of bread and butter, and smiles and bows and bites; I do the same, and while we both masticate, we smile and bow together. It would be perfectly ridiculous, but not more so than this custom of drinking and bowing and smiling over a glass of wine, and far less injurious. It does not, and cannot, hurt a man or woman to eat a small piece of bread and butter, but it may do a vast deal of harm to take a glass of wine. I do not say it will, but it may. There is a risk.—Gough.

International Tract and Missionary Society Directory.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

ORGANIZATION AND OBJECT.

THE International Tract and Missionary Society was organized August 13, 1874. It furnishes health, temperance, and religious publications to co-operative missions and individuals in every State and Territory in the United States, and to every civilized nation on the globe. Some years it has placed in free public libraries in this country over 10,000 volumes of standard religious books, at a cost of over $10,000. In addition to this, it has placed valuable books in many libraries in England, Australia, and elsewhere, and supplied reading-rooms in all parts of the world with health and religious periodicals. It has also furnished sets, consisting of ten bound volumes, to a large number of steamships visiting our own and foreign ports. Branch societies are being organized in all parts of the United States, Europe, and Australia.

FREE PUBLIC READING-ROOMS.

ALBANY, N. Y.—Parlor reading and lecture-rooms at 205 State Street; open from 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. N. S. Washbond, superintendent.
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Parlor reading and lecture-rooms at 13 West Huron Street; open from 2:30 to 9 P. M. Alex. Gleason, superintendent.
BOSTON, MASS.—Mission and lecture-rooms at 21 Boylston Place. In charge of J. R. Israel.
CHICAGO, ILL.—Free reading-room at 3652 Vincennes Ave. Elder Geo. B. Starr and James Sawyer, managers.
CLEVELAND, O.—Mission rooms at 230 Bridge Street. In charge of E. C. Penn and H. W. Cottrell. Meetings or Bible-readings are held every Sabbath (Saturday).
COLUMBUS, O.—Depository, city mission, and reading-rooms in rear of Citizens' Savings Bank. In charge of Mrs. Ida Gates. Meetings every Sabbath (Saturday) at 2:30 P. M. and Sunday evening.
DENVER, COLO.—Depository, parlor reading-room and lecture hall, No. 247 Fourteenth Street. Elder Wm. Ostrander, superintendent.
EAST PORTLAND, OR.—Free reading-room and book depository, on L Street, near corner of Fifth. Wm. Potter, superintendent.
FREMONT, NEB.—Book and tract depository on Fifth Street between Main and F.
GREAT GRIMSBY, ENG.—Tract and book depository at 72 Heneage Street, in charge of Miss Jennie Thayer. The ship work at Liverpool, Eng., is under the charge of Geo. R. Drew, 32 Grange Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire; J. H. Durland, Southampton.
HONOLULU, H. I.—Free reading-room, tract and book depository, at 189 Nuuanu Avenue. L. A. Scott, city missionary; A. LaRue, ship missionary.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Reading-room and book depository at 32 Cherry Street. A. W. Bartlett, superintendent.
LINCOLN, NEB.—O. W. Bent, city missionary, corner Nineteenth and E Street.
MOBILE, ALA.—Free reading-room in Gulf City Hotel. City missionary, Peter H. Clark.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.—Free reading-room and book depository at 35 Prytania Street. Elder G. K. Owen, superintendent.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.—Mission rooms at 488 Acushnet Avenue. A. T. Robinson, manager. Noon prayer-meeting every Saturday. Bible-reading, Sunday, at 5 P. M.
NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.—Free reading and lecture-room, 744 Broadway. Ships visiting this harbor are supplied with reading matter. M. B. Patterson, manager.
OAKLAND, CAL.—Book and tract depository at 1059 Castro Street. Address, Anna L. Ingels, care of Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.
PORTLAND, ME.—Depository, parlor reading-room, and lecture hall, at 113 Pearl Street. Elder A. O. Burrill, superintendent. Exercises in lecture-room: Preaching, Sunday at 7:30 P. M., and Saturday at 3:15 P. M. Bible class (2 Tim. 2:15), Saturday at 2 P. M.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Free reading-rooms at 148 High Street. H. B. Tucker, manager.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Free reading-room at 1526 Brown Street. G. W. Knapp, manager. Rooms open from 2 to 7:30 P. M. Preaching or Bible-reading every evening except Mondays and Saturdays.
PITTSBURG, PA.—Mission at 41 Frankstown Avenue. Elder F. Peabody, manager.
RICHMOND, AUSTRALIA.—Mission and reading-rooms at Sumarlide, 46 Highett Street. Henry Scott, secretary.
ROME, N. Y.—Office and depository of the New York State Branch. E. W. Whitney, president; Miss May Taylor, secretary.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—Free reading and lecture-room, 914 Laguna Street. All ships that enter the harbor are visited. Andrew Brorsen and H. C. Palmer, city missionaries.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.—Parlor reading and lecture-rooms, 52 Crouse Building, Warren Street; open from 2:30 to 9 P. M. N. J. Walsworth, resident manager.
ST. LOUIS, MO.—Mission and free reading-room at 2339 Chestnut Street. Joseph Clarke, superintendent.
At the above mentioned places the public are cordially invited. The society is sustained by the liberalities of friends of missions. Donations by draft or otherwise will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged by any of the above-mentioned agents, or Miss M. L. Huntley, Secretary, South Lancaster, Mass., U. S. A.
S. N. HASKELL, President.

SECULAR.

—Heavy rains have done much damage in Spain.
—It will now cost a circus $1,000 a day license, to show in Los Angeles.
—The raisin crop of Los Angeles County, Cal., this season will be 125,000 boxes.
—Gold in large quantities has lately been discovered in China on the Amoor River.
—Four men were drowned in Snake River, Oregon, Sept. 25, by the capsizing of a skiff.
—A Nevada man is going into the business of canning rabbits for shipment to the East.
—There is a prospect that the Oregon and California Railroad will be finished in about a year.
—The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been swindled out of over $500,000 by contractors and engineers.
—The big elephant Jumbo was killed by the cars Sept. 15, while trying to save a baby elephant from being run over.
—August 15, the town of Canta, in Peru, was desolated, and most of its inhabitants massacred by revolutionary forces.
—A gang of ruffians near New Orleans recently assaulted, tied, and unmercifully beat several inoffensive colored citizens. The desperadoes belong to the Anti-prohibition Party, and the colored people had been supporting the temperance movement. A reward is offered for the apprehension of the ruffians.
—It is announced that the Canadian Pacific Railway will be opened for the carrying of freight and passengers to British Columbia on October 5.
—The Indian agent of the Umatilla Reservation has given all trespassers upon those lands ten days' time in which to leave or be ejected by force.
—Tonquin advices are that the Black Flags are preparing for active guerrilla war on the French troops, and will soon begin aggressive operations unless terms are made with them.
—Under permission from the Government, the Oakland ferry boats have been arranged for burning petroleum instead of coal. By this change, a saving of from 17 to 44 per cent. in fuel is effected.
—At Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 26, a party of non-union mill men were attacked by a party of armed men, and 200 shots were exchanged. No one was killed, but several persons were seriously injured.
—Smuggling by cabin passengers on the ocean steamers plying between New York and European ports has grown to such dimensions that it has recently been the subject of a special order from the Treasury Department.
—The Russian Admiralty has ordered two fast cruisers to be built at Copenhagen, and the police of St. Petersburg have been ordered to renew the measures of increased strategy introduced during the darkest days of nihilism.
—At Celina, Ohio, lately, three or four youths, not yet of age, were placed under bonds for burglaries committed in that town. One of them is the son of the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, and another is a son of the county clerk.
—The Director-General of the North, Central, and South American Exposition at New Orleans, states that the buildings, grounds, etc., are now ready in every particular for the reception of exhibits, and exhibitors are requested to forward articles at once.
—A dispatch from Rome, dated Sept. 13, says: "Baron Von Schoezen is going to Rome, bearing an autograph letter from Emperor William to the pope, looking to a settlement of the religious disputes that have been pending between Germany and the Vatican."
—A Scotch colony of eighty-two persons are on their way to locate at Lancaster, Los Angeles County, Cal. As there is not sufficient hotel accommodations, their three sleeping cars have been side-tracked to accommodate the settlers until they can build their houses.
—The night of Sept. 12, a terrible storm swept over the island of Malokai, Hawaiian Islands. A church, dedicated only a few days before, was lifted from its foundation, and so badly wrecked that it had to be pulled down. Trees two feet or more in diameter were torn from the roots, or snapped like pipe stems.
—In Harney Valley, Or., is a tract of land which was taken up as swamp, but upon which the owner is sinking an artesian well for irrigating purposes. An ex-State official is said to hold a large block of these "swamp" lands, which he informed some possible purchasers was "capable of cultivation if thoroughly irrigated."
—Rebecca Jarrett, of the Salvation Army; Thomas William Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette; Sampson Jacques, one of the staff of that paper; Mrs. Combe, Bromwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, and Louise Mowrey, defendants in the abduction case of Eliza Armstrong, have been held for trial. In connection with the examination Mr. Stead made additional damaging charges against the king of the Belgians, princes, dukes, and members of parliament.
—September 13, in Marin County, Cal., Frank Marshalls shot his son, eighteen years of age, while hunting, by mistaking him for a deer. It is frightful to contemplate the number of such deaths this year in California. It is absolutely dangerous to go into the woods. Another case is reported near Red Bluff, where one man shot another, whom he mistook for a bear. We believe that a law should be passed that would inflict a severe penalty for such careless shooting.
—The French Radicals demand among other things the expulsion of the Bonapartist and Orleanist princes, and the confiscation of the property of the latter; the reduction of the military service; a special tax on foreigners residing in France; the maintenance by the nation of the sick and indigent and aged among the working classes; the separation of Church and State and the confiscation of clerical property; the abolition of the national debt. Some of these demands savor strongly of socialism.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—Two brothers of nearly the same age are settled as pastors of a church in Springfield, Mass.
—The Presbytery of San Francisco has now upon its roll two Chinese, one Japanese, one Welsh, one Spanish, and one French church.
—The Republican of Binghamton, N. Y., remarks: "Henry Ward Beecher announces that he has no intention of retiring from the pulpit. Is it necessary? Has not the pulpit and what it represents already parted from Mr. Beecher?"
—The income of the National Bible Society of Scotland for 1884 was $149,390, an increase on the previous year of about $6,000. The issues had been 557,329, of which 177,839 were Bibles, and 209,505 Testaments. The total circulation was 49,091 copies above that of 1883.
—"He takes his text from the Bible and preaches from the newspapers," was the pithy characterization of a popular preacher by one of his auditors. Quite a contrast to the man who lived before the days of newspapers, and was satisfied to preach Christ and him crucified.—Observer.
—A Presbyterian church recently dedicated at Carroll, Iowa, contains something new. It is nothing less than a "nursery." On each side of the vestibule there is a little room, each furnished with rocker and crib. Into these, mothers can go with restless little ones, and can find relief from the burden of sleeping ones. We abhor church kitchens and dining-rooms, but we vote for the church nursery.
—A religious exchange says: "A strange, but not altogether melancholy, result of the English crusade against vice is the mobbing of Mormon missionaries in the low parts of London, in consequence of rumors that they were engaged in procuring girls for immoral purposes." Well, are they not engaged in procuring girls for immoral purposes? They bring them to this country to be fourth or fifth on the list of a Mormon elder's "wives." No one would bother the Mormons if their religion were not a religion of immorality.
—Here is a case of heathenism, not in Africa, but in Springfield, Mass., and right under the shadow of a church: "A little girl happened in a neighbor's house, one morning, at the time of family prayers. She was asked to stay, and, accepting the invitation, remained an interested participant in the proceedings. When they all rose from kneeling, she startled the company with the exclamation, 'I like this game first-rate. What is the name of it?'" Of course the little girl's parents are included in this, for they were responsible for her ignorance. It is safe to say that the number of families in this "Christian country," where the children know nothing of God and his worship, is not small. If they were all in a country by themselves, how the missionaries would flock to them.

TEMPERANCE BOOKS.

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Any of the above books sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. Ten per cent. discount on orders of $5.00 and upwards. We have a full line of pamphlets and tracts upon health and temperance topics. Catalogue sent free to any address. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

THOUGHTS ON DANIEL,

CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.

By Eld. U. Smith.

AN EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE.

We are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19:42-44), and shall meet a similar fate. 416 pp. Price, $1.25. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

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Clarke's Commentary, 6 vols....................................... $24 00 Barnes' Notes, 14 vols............................................. 21 00 Smith's Comp. Dictionary, sheep.................................... 6 00 " " " cloth............................................ 5 00 History of Reformation............................................. 5 00 " " " (condensed)...................................... 1 50 " Romanism, cloth............................................ 4 00 Young's Concordance................................................ 4 00 Cruden's " ........................................................ 2 00 Whiston's Josephus, large.......................................... 3 00 " " small........................................... 1 00 Hand Book of Bible Geography....................................... 2 50 " " " Manners, etc....................................... 2 50 Dictionary of Bible................................................ 1 75 Smith's New Testament History...................................... 1 75 Geikie's Life of Christ, large..................................... 1 75 " " " small............................................. 75 Blunt's Coincidences............................................... 1 50 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress........................................ 1 50 Sketches of Jewish Social Life..................................... 1 25 The Temple and Its Services....................................... 1 75 From Exile to Overthrow............................................ 1 25 Life of Apostle Paul (C. and H.)................................... 1 00 Sketches from the Life of Paul (Mrs. White)........................ 80 Giant Cities of Bashan............................................. 1 00 Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

BIBLE-READINGS.

IN TWO NUMBERS.

EMBRACING A PORTION OF THE

BIBLE COURSE AT HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.

(Including also the readings given at the State Meeting in Oakland.) By Eld. E. J. Waggoner.
These Readings differ in two respects from other series of readings that have been published. They were prepared especially for the use of colporters and those who intend to conduct Bible-readings in missionary fields, and they present a connected chain of argument upon the fundamental doctrines of Present Truth.
NUMBER ONE contains 57 pages, embracing sixteen readings, as follows:—
No. Ques. No. Ques.
Daniel 2 93 The Law of God No. 4 32
Daniel 7 93 " No. 5 31
Daniel 8 60 Ephesians 2:15 26
Daniel 9 94 Romans 6:14 23
The Sanctuary 19 Romans 10:4 17
The Law of God, No. 1 30 Galatians 3:13 19
" " No. 2 31 Romans 3:20 10
" " No. 3 28 Tithing 99
NUMBER TWO contains 46 pages, embracing twenty-two readings, as follows:—
No. Ques. No. Ques.
The Sabbath, No. 1 51 2 Corinthians 5:8 18
" " 2 49 Luke 23:39-43 16
" " 3 42 1 Peter 3:18-20 10
Colossians 2:14-17 19 Luke 16:19-31 37
Psalms 118:24 13 Living Souls 14
Penalty of Transgression 10 Nature of Man 18
Sanctification 43 Punishment of the Wicked 70
Second Coming of Christ 54 Work of the Spirit, No. 1 47
The Resurrection 59 " " 2 51
Immortality 18 Church Membership 61
Philippians 1:23 5 Missionary Labor 52
PRICE FOR THE TWO, 50 CENTS. A small edition has been printed on very thin paper for the use of those who wish to paste them between the leaves of their Bibles. Price for the two, 50 cents. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Obituary.

By Mrs. S. M. Lowell

ALBRIGHT.—Died of a broken hip, in Waseca, Minn., April 14, 1885, Mrs. Margaret Albright, in the ninetieth year of her age. Her maiden name was Brice. She was born near Albany, N. Y., and removed to Minnesota in 1863. She embraced the Sabbath eight years before her death, from convictions received from reading her Bible, and was a model of patience and cheerfulness. The funeral discourse by Rev. R. M. Carter (Methodist), from the text, "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Ps. 91:1. MRS. S. M. LOWELL.

Appointments.

OAKLAND.—House of worship, northeast corner of Clay and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11 A. M. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Seats free.
SAN FRANCISCO.—House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45 A. M. Classes in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Preaching at 11 A. M. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:45. Preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30. Mission Reading-rooms at the church.

Nebraska Camp-Meeting.

By A. J. Cudney

THE time for this very important meeting is drawing near. Oct. 14-20 is the time, and Lincoln, the capital of our State, is the place, where the meeting will be held. Lincoln, though not the largest, is the most important city in Nebraska for our work, and we have long been looking forward to the time when meetings could be held under the most favorable circumstances. We think the time has now fully come. There has been a great deal of missionary work done in the city, and as a result a few have been led to embrace the truth. We expect to pitch a large tent in the city about three weeks before the camp-meeting commences, for the purpose of holding a short series of advance meetings.
During the time the advance meetings are being held, there will be a great deal of work to be done in addition to the preaching, and we would like about ten or twelve persons to volunteer to assist us. Those who can come should write me at once. This will be an excellent opportunity to help directly in the work and at the same time attend the meetings, take notes, and receive instruction. The time for one week before the camp-meeting commences will be wholly devoted to instruction in Bible study, canvassing, and missionary work. We expect instruction from the Chicago Mission. There will be a sufficient number of small tents pitched to accommodate all who will be present during the three weeks of advance meetings.
Don't let any one stay away from the meeting on account of it being late in the season. Bring a good supply of clothing, and come warmly clad, so you will be comfortable in case the weather should be a little chilly. I have noticed that in this State, for several years, the month of October has been pleasanter than the month of September. September has usually been a stormy month, while October, though sometimes cool, is free from storms.
This meeting will evidently be the largest we have ever held in the State, hence all should bring tents who can, and those who cannot should order them at once. Address all orders for tents to Nebraska Tract Society, Fremont, Nebraska. Tents complete will be sold at the following low prices: eight ounce wall tents 10x12, $9.00; 12x14, $10.25; 14x16, $13.00. These tents have been pitched a few times, but are in good repair. They can be rented for $2.00, $2.50, and $3.00 each. Lumber for floor from $1.00 to $1.50 extra. In ordering, state whether you wish to buy or rent, and what size you want.
A. J. CUDNEY, Pres.

MATTER AND SPIRIT:

OR,

THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT.

By Eld. D. M. Canright.
A PHILOSOPHICAL argument on an important theme, indicated by its title. 66 pp. Price, 10 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Publishers' Department.

By Editor

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STATE AGENTS' DIRECTORY.

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October Renewals.

By Editor

QUITE a large number of subscriptions expire during October. We would be pleased to have you renew early that your names may not have to be dropped.
For $1.00 we will send you the SIGNS OF THE TIMES from the date your letter is received at this office to Jan. 1, 1886, and will mail your choice of either one of the following books: "Sketches from the Life of Paul," by Mrs. E. G. White; "The Life and Words of Christ," by Cunningham Geikie, D. D.; or "The History of the Waldenses," illustrated. Please write name and full address.

Mormons Seek Protection for Polygamy

By Editor

ONE of the Mormon bishops, H. B. Clawson, was recently in San Francisco, and to a reporter expressed himself quite freely on the present position of the Government, on the polygamy question. He stated that they had no intention of giving up their polygamy, and expressed a hope that California would extend an invitation to them, to settle in this State. He said that they could exercise more rights in a State than in a Territory, and the immigration of 150,000 people would go far towards building up the State. When asked what he would consider an invitation from California, he said that it would be an assurance of protection by the State, the protection, of course, to have special reference to their polygamy.
It is evident that the Mormons are getting uneasy; they would like to have Utah made a State, with polygamy as a recognized institution; and knowing that that is impossible, they would like to have some State take them under its wing. Clawson's request is certainly a cool one. The Chronicle hits the case exactly, when it says: "We shall next be hearing that the thieves of Paris, London, and New York are negotiating for territory, on the condition that they shall not be molested by the police when they commit thefts." We think California will say, with the good Quaker: "Thee is not wanted here." She has plenty of criminals within her borders, without negotiating for more.
DISPATCHES from St. Louis say that Maxwell, the one who is charged with the brutal murder of his friend Preller, is daily receiving letters of sympathy, and especially from lawyers all over the country. Prominent jurists, so says Maxwell's attorney, furnish him with valuable legal advice, pointing out devices by which he can baffle or befog the prosecution. It is stated that the sympathy of a large portion of the legal fraternity is enlisted on the side of Maxwell, and that thus he is receiving gratuitously the best legal advice to be obtained in the United States. If this is really so, we think the following comment by the S. F. Chronicle is just:—
"It only confirms the general opinion that lawyers are innately depraved, and would sooner assist in defeating justice than in enforcing it. It by no means proves that Maxwell did not take his friend's life."
We do not believe that this applies to all lawyers, or that even the lawyers to whom it does apply are more depraved than other men. But it is a fact that a large portion of lawyers take delight in defeating justice; they would rather assist a known murderer to escape than to aid in enforcing the law. And since they are but men, it proves that the pronounced socialists are not alone in their opposition to law, but that a large share of those who pass for "law-abiding citizens," are at heart opposed to all authority and restraint. If this sentiment did not largely prevail, depraved lawyers could not flourish as they do.
It is proper that every man should have a trial, and some one to represent his case in court; but when a lawyer succeeds, by trickery and technical quibbles, in clearing a willful murderer, he makes himself an accomplice in the crime.
We do not expect to see any general improvement in this matter. When men so far forget God that even professed Christians and ministers of the gospel will claim that his law is not to be regarded, we cannot expect that men will feel any real respect or any authority.

Salvation Labors.

By Editor

A CERTAIN preacher, giving an account of his "salvation labors," speaks thus of a meeting where he preached:—
"I laughed, cried, jumped about, and shouted at the very top of my voice. I really did not know what to do with myself. Presently the saints caught the flame and the whole congregation were moved."
There are a great many with whom shouting is contagious, and to them the best preacher is the one who jumps the highest and shouts the loudest. And this "bodily exercise" is called a baptism of the Holy Spirit. If Peter, on that day of Pentecost, had laughed, and cried, and jumped about, and shouted at the top of his voice, not knowing what to do or how to act, the first impressions of the multitude concerning the condition of the apostles would doubtless have been confirmed.
But instead of that he gave a clear, sensible, straightforward, argumentative discourse on the words of the prophets, and thousands were converted. In all the Bible we never read of such exercises, except, perhaps, in the case of the prophets of Baal, when they opposed Elijah. That such men are honest we do not doubt, but we have strong doubts of that being the proper way to preach the gospel.

Remaining Camp-Meetings in 1885.

By Editor

IOWA, Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., ........... Oct. 7-12 ILLINOIS, Marshall, .............................. " 8-13 NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Traverse City, .... " 8-14 NEBRASKA (State Meeting), Lincoln, .... " 14-20 KENTUCKY, Litchfield, Grayson Co., .... " 14-20 KANSAS, Newton, Harvey Co., ........... " 15-25 CALIFORNIA—Southern, Santa Ana, .... " 15-26 TENNESSEE, Greenbrier, Robertson Co., .. " 21-27
OWING to the absence of the editors, we are unable to give in this number of the SIGNS any report of the California camp-meeting, which is still (at the time of closing this paper) in session at Stockton. Full reports of the meeting will be given next week.

Sensible at Last.

By Editor

THE following we clip from the Christian Standard, a Disciple paper of Cincinnati:—
"In your issue of January 31, 'M' says in reply to 'S:' 'As sure as our God reigns, the unbeliever is exposed to that lake of fire of which Jesus so often spoke.'
'QUERY—When or where did the Saviour say this, or name gehenna to any except Jews?'
'Newton Falls, Ohio. PRESBUTEROS.'
'Pretty much all Jesus said was addressed to Jews, to the Jews of Palestine, to the Jews of the first century. But we must be careful how we seek to exclude from the sweep of his words those not directly addressed, whether they be Jews or Gentiles.
'It may help us to understand such passages as contain the word gehenna to remember that they were addressed to Jews, who were familiar with its use and origin, but it will not do to infer that Gentiles are not in danger of the same condemnation as the Jews—whatever that may be—simply because the language of Christ was not directly addressed to them. The religion of Christ regards Jews and Gentiles as being in danger of the same condemnation. Rom. 2: 8, 9.'
That is good doctrine, and in strong contrast with the idea presented by so many Disciple teachers that nothing applies to us that was spoken before the day of Pentecost. So Alexander Campbell taught that the Lord's prayer is not proper to be used in this dispensation; and the Christian Record, published by Elias Goodwin in Indianapolis, in regard to a case of church discipline, said that Matt. 18: 15-20 did not apply, as the Lord spoke these words before the kingdom was set up on the day of Pentecost! Such teachings of course ignore everything that the Lord Jesus spoke, yet they loudly proclaim, "Hear him." If this "new departure" of the Standard should be followed by the whole Disciple "kingdom," it would produce an entire reformation in their faith and practice.
We hope they will soon see and accept another point. If the Jews and Gentiles are all subject to the same condemnation, as Paul taught in Rom. 2: 8, 9, they are also amenable to the same law, as Paul taught in Rom. 2: 17-29; chapter 3 entire; and compare Matt. 21: 33-44. The "oracles of God" which the Jews received, and against which Jews and Gentiles are all sinners, and by which all the world are condemned as transgressors, are the same "lively oracles" which the first Christian martyr, Stephen, said Moses received "to give unto us." On this subject there is harmony in all the word, "the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus" (Rev. 14: 12) are the true foundation upon which all the faithful will stand.

Transportation to the Nebraska Camp-Meeting.

By A. J. Cudney

Persons coming to the Lincoln meeting by rail, will pay full fare (three cents per mile) in coming, taking a certificate or receipt of the agent where the ticket is bought, showing that full fare has been paid one way. These certificates will be indorsed at the meeting by Mrs. Cudney, after which they will enable the holder to purchase a return ticket for one-third fare.
Upon arriving at Lincoln, those coming over the B. & M. R. R., will take the Tenth Street Lincoln horse-car at the depot, for the camp ground. Street-car fare is five cents.
All checks for baggage should be given to the Ensign Transfer Company as soon as you arrive at the depot. Arrangements have been made with this company to carry all baggage to and from the grounds, trunks for ten cents and hand baggage five cents each way. Those coming over the U. P. R. R., will either have to walk three blocks to reach the street-cars, or take the Ensign bus, direct to the grounds, fare fifteen cents. A. J. CUDNEY.
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