I PASS into the region of mind, invaded and shattered to utter ruin by the abuse of alcohol. Of all the fair gifts of God to man the gift of reason and sound intellect ranks among the noblest. To be deprived of these is to come under the shadow of a great woe. He who voluntarily parts with his reason is a fool. He who by any method robs another of this gift is a villain. Now the liquor men are peopling the earth with fools and madmen. This indictment is a terrible one—alas! it is too well sustained.
Idiocy is increasing, just in proportion as drunkenness by drugged alcoholic liquors increases; in a like ratio fools multiply. True, there are other causes of such mental deformity, but alcohol is the prime cause. Dr. James C. Brown, of England, in 1872, testified officially that the drunkard begets idiotic and insane offspring. Dr. Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Mass., said the same. Dr. Charles Story, of Chicago, says the same. Dr. H. R. Storer, of the Birkshire Medical College, and Dr. Albert Day, formerly of the Binghamton Inebriate Asylum, unitedly assert, "Idiocy, and Insanity are among the direful effects so often seen by medical men, in the persons of the children of those who are addicted to habits of intoxication." Dr. F. Winslow, of England, says, "The human race, morally, mentally, and socially, is deteriorated by that poison; drunkards have drunken children. I was looking at some statistics the other day in a list of criminals; there was a father a drunkard, grandfather a drunkard, grandmother an idiot, and in the whole line of these figures, that family were drunkards, they were criminals, they were idiots; all the forms of vice were hereditarily transmitted." Dr. D. G. Dodge, of Rouse's Point, N. Y., found at Binghamton, that of 379 patients, 189 inherited intemperance from parents or ancestors. Dr. S. G. Howe, in a report to the legislature of Massachusetts, said, "The habits of the parents of 300 of the idiots were learned, and 145 are reported as known to be habitual drunkards." "This," says Dr. Story, "accounts for one-half of all the idiots." When this report of Dr. Howe went abroad, it created intense excitement; the world was startled, the medical school alarmed. Now, mark! In 1850, the census showed there were in our country, 15,787 idiots. In 1860, there were 18,865 idiots. In 1870, there were reported 24,527 idiots; an increase of 3,000 in one decade, and 6,000 in the next. I believe, with many others, that this last should be 40,000. Shame prevents the reports of idiots. I have been assistant marshal, taking the census of over 5,000 people, and I know this to be true. We have, then, all the way from 12,000 to 20,000 idiots in our fair land, directly or indirectly made so by the rum-demon, and horrible drugs combined with alcohol constantly increasing the number. Only think of it; 20,000 imbecile creatures, many of them slobbering, mindless fools that might have been strong minded, cultured, noble men and women, now shame our families and darken this land to please the rum power! Great God! how long!
Insanity is increasing. Alcohol produces temporary and also chronic madness. The deadly drugs now mingled with alcohol, such as stramonium, strychnine, belladonna, etc., in large doses will produce insanity. The continued intemperate use of these, causes mania and lunacy. I could, by the use of that terrible herb, belladonna, keep you insane many months. The cyclopedia says, under the word "Insanity," that, "of the physical causes, intemperance in the use of alcoholic liquors is by far the most important." Go to France; how is it there? Motet examined nearly 900 cases of insanity, and found that over thirty-three per cent. were drunkards. Behics, a learned Frenchman, went further and wrote that thirty-four per cent. of the insane in France were directly made so by the intemperate use of alcohol.
Take Germany: Dr. M. H. Romburg, of Berlin, during a third of a century, saw 50,000 cases of mental disease, and then wrote a book of 2,000 pages about them, in which he says of alcohol and the popular deadly drugs—they destroy the nerves, deprave the blood, poison the brain, and largely cause insanity.
Come to England: In an official report to the House of Commons, in 1872, the select committee said: "The habit of frequent or prolonged intoxication leads to insanity." Again they say: "There are strong reasons for believing that some considerable amount of helpless drunkenness and frenzied intoxication is due to adulteration." And they attribute 20 per cent. of the existing insanity to this cause direct. This committee examined twenty-six witnesses, a majority of whom were the ablest physicians in the realm; all said the prevailing intemperance was fast destroying the morals, the sanity, and the lives of the people. Dr. J. C. Browne had 700 cases of drunken insane persons in his charge, of whom 200 were epileptics; epilepsy and general paralysis were on the increase in England, and he traced these to the beers. Dr. Kavanaugh goes beyond the figures I have given from this committee, and declares that "forty per cent. of the lunatics in the kingdom have gone mad through the poison of alcohol." I don't question the accuracy of his estimate.
Look at Ireland: The evidence of Dr. James Neugent was sad. He was General Inspector of Lunatics for all Ireland. He said that although Ireland's population had diminished from 7,500,000 in 1845 to 5,500,000 in 1872, yet the number of insane had not diminished; it was the same as when the island had 2,000,000 more population. The awful drinking habit was the prime cause—he could see no other. The figures concerning Ireland's madness are these: In 1845 there was one insane person to every 661 souls, but in 1872 there was one insane person to every 300 souls. Is this not alarming indeed? Yet, Ireland's physicians tell us the cause—alcohol, "the greatest curse and bane of society," said Dr. Neugent. Dr. Thomas B. Christie, Superintendent of the Insane in the Army, testified that in India the wretched drinks caused 20 per cent. of the cases of insanity with the soldiers. In England, no less than 1,731 persons went mad in a single year, 1863. The total number of idiots and insane in England's asylums to-day is 87,000. Only think of it, and tell all the earth that King Alcohol has in a single country—a Christian land, too, as we call it—robbed nearly half of these bar-bound souls of their reason, and shut the unfortunate, wretched, agonized and lost creatures up in a mad house. Hear it, ye who persist in drinking, selling, and licensing the trafic in this poison!
Our own land; our great, noble people! How is it here? Let the doctors—let the stubborn, indisputable figures reply. Nearly fifty years ago Dr. Kerk wrote: "As to madness, every one knows that it is a common effect of excessive drinking." And he adds: "It is stated on good authority that one-third of all the cases of insanity in the United States may be traced to intemperance as a direct cause." Now what does the government say? It sharply recognizes the existing evil. The census report for 1860 says: "The use of intoxicating liquors is a very great source of mental derangement." This is high authority, and of great weight. Dr. Hiram Cox furnishes the proof. He examined 400 cases of insanity in Ohio, and then wrote these burning words: "Two-thirds of their number became insane from drinking the poisonous liquors sold at the groggeries and taverns of our city and county." I come to the terrible figures: In 1850, we had 15,610 insane persons in our asylums, or one to 1,485 of our population. In 1860 there were 23,999 insane persons, or one to 1,312. But in 1870 the number of insane was 37,432, or one to every 1,030 souls. Look at this increase and ponder it well. Now, I have the highest authority for stating that nearly, if not quite one-half, of these cases of mental madness, are directly or indirectly traceable to the awful drinking habit. The drugged beverages shatter the nerves, destroy human tissue, indurate delicate internal organs, blister the stomach, engorge the blood vessels, craze and unbalance the brain, causing utter madness. Think again—from fifteen to twenty thousand raving maniacs, and as many more fools from the poison alcohol alone! Hide these dreadful facts longer we cannot. Alcohol saps the foundation of human reason, and the liquor party is fast turning the world into a gigantic mad-house.
Idiots and insane, say 80,000. Cause of 40 or 50 per cent., alcoholic drinks. One day, not far hence, this army of ruined souls will confront the rum party at the bar of an avenging God. What answer, when the stern inquiry comes, "Who wrought the eternal ruin of these?" What answer from him whose voice, and vote, and every act, aids and gives comfort to the damning liquor traffic? Banish the bar and the bottle. I plead with the voters in every town in our country to set down their feet and resolve it shall be done. Heavy judgments are at hand. Let us not provoke His lifted thunders by our sins, lest He in righteous anger launch them in fury upon our nation.—From a Lecture delivered by D. T. Taylor, in St. Albans, Vt.
Religious News and Notes.
By Editor
-The American Bible Society issued 91,190 volumes in the month of May.
-At a Sunday-school picnic in Woodward's Gardens, June 26, 12,000 children were present.
-The Bible Banner, in a lengthy article, complains of injustice at the hands of the World's Crisis.
-At the New York State Sunday-school Convention a school was reported having 1,900 scholars.
-Mr. Moody has promised to engage with Mr. Sawyer in the gospel temperance work this summer, in New York.
-Beecher lately used strong expressions against the lack of Christianity in the Christian church. It is only retaliation.
-A religious paper—the first one—has been started in Servia. Infidelity is said to be the creed of the masses in that country.
-Viscount Bury, Under-Secretary of State for War in Beaconsfield's Government, was lately received into the Catholic church.
-A well-organized effort is soon to be made by clergymen in the State of New York, to break up the immoral Oneida Community.
-Prof. Nelson of Sacramento, at the Yo Semite assembly, said, "California sinners were on a large scale, twenty inches to the foot."
-Prof. Asa Gray is appointed to deliver a course of lectures in Yale Theological School next winter on the "Antagonisms of Science and Theology."
-The Jews in Bulgaria are oppressed in a shameful manner since the Russians have left that country. With all their faults, the Russians were more liberal and humane.
-Dean Stanley in a sermon said that the Episcopacy grew out of the Presbytery, and was unknown in the first state of the church. It were well if all Episcopalians were thus liberal and modest.
-Dr. Newman, now Cardinal Newman, is said to believe in the reality and immortality of musical sounds! Why not? we believe that idea is as susceptible of proof as some other popular ideas of immortality.
-Under the sanction of Atlanta Presbytery a deacon was expelled from a Presbyterian church for allowing dancing at his house. The Assembly, Southern, rescinded the action, and ordered his full restoration.
-The Reformed Presbyterian Synod, which lately met in New York, strongly urged the churches to a greater activity in opposition to secret societies, denouncing them as a species of idolatry and a means of screening crimes.
The California Christian Advocate is alone responsible for this: "CAPITAL JOKE.—The Kearney Areopagus last week investigated the moral character of Eld. Kalloch, the candidate for Mayor. He was found to be immaculate!"
-The Christian at Work has an argument by Dr. Patton which he urged before the General Assembly of Presbyterians, to prove that the Catholic church is a branch of the church of Christ. What relation does Prof. Swing sustain to the church of Christ?
-St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia, had a special service of the mass for the repose of the soul of the late Dr. De Koven, and the Churchman asks, "Is there any special necessity for such a service in his behalf? Was he a sinner above all the others who have labored here in the ministry?"
-Bishop Haven, of the Methodist church, who has been "doing" Texas, declares "lawlessness" to be its most pronounced feature, and says it was reported to him by a Judge of one of the courts that a current saying there was, "Wife, give me my revolver, I guess I will go to prayer meeting."
-Prince Galitzin, a young Russian nobleman, converted by a Bible given him at the Paris Exposition, proposes to build thirty Bible kiosks and to fit up seven Bible carriages. He intends to travel seven months in Russia, with Mr. Clough, of Paris, whom he has engaged, expressing his intention to give his whole life and time and fortune to the service of Christ and the gospel.
-The San Francisco Sunday Chronicle opens an article on "Our Deserted Churches," thus, "One of the most popular of our city pastors recently uttered a loud lament over the fact that our churches were generally but thinly attended, while crowds filled the theatres even on Sunday evening. And the worst of it was, he said, that this defection in church attendance seemed to be increasing from year to year."
-A deacon in a Presbyterian church in San Francisco analyzed the collection, and found as follows: Persons attending, 200; amount of collections, $10; 8 persons gave $4 (halves); 12 persons gave $3 (quarters); the rest, $3, apiece; 140 persons gave nothing. Considering that these collections make the bulk of the gifts of the congregation, the showing is anything but creditable.
-Joseph Cook did not seem to be fully appreciated by San Francisco papers—they thought he could do that for himself. The Argonaut, in a racy notice of his lecture, said: "Mr. Cook is fully aware that until his advent the world was clothed with ignorance as with a garment, and that henceforth the term 'B. C.' should become divested of its wonted sacred significance, and that all mankind should now look upon it as having but one interpretation, viz.: Before Cook."
Secular News:
—The insurrection in Algiers is at an end.
—Cholera is spreading in Afghanistan.
—The Khedive of Egypt has been deposed by the Sultan.
—A violent storm deluged the streets of Baltimore, the 28th.
—John M. Langston, Minister to Hayti, has the yellow fever.
—Operations in Zululand are active, but not strikingly successful.
—The Turkish forces have defeated the Macedonian insurgents.
—Albert Weber, manufacturer of the Weber pianos, died in New York, June 25.
—The Chapel Street Cotton Mills in London have been burned. Loss $400,000.
—Two of the Nebraska man-burners have escaped jail, by overpowering the jailor.
—The Afghan war is at an end, England of course, getting the territory she desired.
—The long expected strike of operatives in Fall River, Mass., is not likely to occur.
—Incendiary fires are of alarming frequency in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia.
—Chili has ceded Patagonia to the Argentine Republic. It is of little value to either.
—Some fifty saloon keepers were arrested in Boston, June 29, for violating the excise law.
—Nine hundred feet of snow sheds were burned on the Central Pacific Railroad, June 24.
—The loss of the Prince Imperial so affects the Empress Eugenie that her life is considered in danger.
—On account of the unsettled state of things in Thessaly, etc., Turkey is busy making preparations for war.
—Speculators in Chicago are "cornering" wheat in a manner unprecedented. Somebody is likely to lose a fortune.
—D. O. Mills, of San Francisco, has purchased a block of 32 lots on Fifth Avenue, New York, where he will erect a residence.
—An engine and three cars of an express train went through a bridge near Wytheville, Va., June 28, and fell a distance of eighty feet.
—Eight inches of water fell in a rain storm at Fort Griffin, N. W. Texas, on the night of June 20. Much damage was done by the flood.
—Captain Eads recommends a ship railroad across the Isthmus. He says it can be built in one-third the time, and at one-fifth the cost of the canals.
—"Grant's Travels around the World," will be published by the American News Company, which has refused $250,000 for the privilege of the contract.
—M. de Lesseps says the Panama Canal will be finished in eight years. But he will find many difficulties in keeping laborers on duty in that region.
—Since our acquaintance with California, high crimes were never so frequent as of late. It seems as if the powers of evil were on a strife to excel in malignity.
—The entire line of railroad from St. Louis to Texarkana, 700 miles, was changed from broad guage to the standard guage, in one day, June 28. 3000 men were employed.
—The State law of Illinois, requiring private organizations to deliver up their arms, is being carried out in Chicago, and the fears of an outbreak in July are allayed accordingly.
—The pleasure steamer May Queen, on Lake Minnetonka, in Minnesota, exploded her boilers, June 28, and sunk a complete wreck. Captain and engineer were killed, and others were injured.
—Great distress is reported in the west of Ireland on account of continued rains. Crops in all parts of France are much injured by the rains. Several persons were killed in Paris in a heavy thunder storm, June 29.
—Is Kentucky civilized? June 24, the residence of Samuel Faulkner, twelve miles from Frankfort, was assaulted, Mr. S. severely wounded, his house burned with two of his children, and a young man of 17. No cause assigned.
—Indian troubles are expected in North Park, Colorado. The mining prospectors complain of outrages, and the Governor has notified the Agent to remove the Indians to their own reservation, which, it is thought, he will not be able to do.
—The work of filling in Long Wharf, from Oakland Point to the ship landing, with rock, has commenced. Travelers throughout the whole country will be glad to learn this, as many entertain fears of the condition of the piles on which the tracks run.
—From the Idaho Avalanche we learn how Indian wars are made up. Two peaceable Indians were lately shot at Stein Mountain, and the paper says, "Settlers are well armed everywhere, and will kill Indians on sight whether they are peaceably disposed or otherwise."
—A terrible explosion occurred at a mill in Philadelphia, June 27. The engine house and a portion of the mill were blown in all directions, flying bricks and iron doing much damage. Several dwelling houses in the vicinity were completely wrecked. The dead body of the engineer has been taken from the ruins. The boiler, by the force of the explosion, was driven into the second story of the dwelling occupied by a family. Several persons were killed—some missing.
Wisconsin Camp-Meeting.
By Ellen G. White
I CAME upon the ground very weak, but have labored much harder than it seemed possible when I came. Sabbath after speaking I invited those who desired to seek the Lord to come forward; about one hundred responded. I also spoke twice on Sunday. Monday morning resumed our labor for those who had been invited forward. Candidates for baptism were examined, and twenty-six were baptized in the beautiful lake. One poor paralytic, a young man, who had lost the use of his limbs; he was taken in the arms of Brn. Olsen and Decker and buried with Christ in baptism and came out of the water, his countenance lighted up with beams of the Sun of righteousness.
At this meeting a temperance society was organized. The teetotal pledge was circulated and one hundred and fifty signed it. Tuesday morning we had our closing meeting. The deepest feeling was beginning to take hold of the people, just as we must separate. We deeply regretted that many commenced moving from the ground Monday morning, which was a great injury to the meeting. We feel that it is not right for our brethren to delay to come to the meeting until it has been in session one or two days. They lose the labor put forth to advance and bring up the interest, and they lag behind all through the meeting. Others become uneasy and home cares draw them away before they have a chance to be benefited by the meeting.
We had some sweet, refreshing seasons. We were blessed ourselves and know that many were convicted that we had the truth. My husband was free in spirit, and spoke with great clearness and power. We rejoice that many were comforted and strengthened in God. But we feel sad as we think of the far richer blessings God was willing to give us at this camp-meeting, which we did not receive because our minds were not prepared to accept them. For the lack of appropriating faith many are apparently content to receive little from God's storehouse. Their lives are, therefore, not rich in faith, hope, and noble courage, and do not abound in good works. They have a sickly faith, a dwarfed and defective religious experience. My heart aches, as I see the low standard our people are becoming too willing to retain. They do not follow on to know the Lord. They are not connected with God. They are like salt that has lost the savor. They have not vital godliness, or heart-holiness; therefore they are like the fig tree destitute of fruit. As a people, unless we cherish the light that shines upon our pathway, we shall have darkness, and great will be the darkness. Our privileges and opportunities are great, and we must make persevering, determined effort to keep pace, in our daily experience, with the onward march of truth. E. G. WHITE.
A Living Death.
A YOUNG man who wanted a place in some government office, asked a cabinet Minister for his assistance.
"My young friend," said he, "do not apply. Saw wood, drive cows, do anything honorable, but preserve your independence. I have a man in my department who has been in forty years."
"Forty years?"
"Yes, every day of it. He came in in 1826. Well, he gets about the same salary he had to commence with. The other day he came to me, saying, 'I ought to have died forty years ago.' 'You don't mean that,' I said. 'Yes,' said he, 'I mean that. I have been buried in this building forty years, and I had just as well been buried in the grave. What is the difference between tombs? Of what advantage have I been to myself in here? I had nothing when I came in, and have nothing now. I am disqualified for anything. If I was turned out to-day I would starve to-morrow.' So much for a government position that young men are so anxious to get. They had better let it alone."
Appointments.
By Editor
State Quarterly Meeting.
The State Quarterly Meeting of the California T. and M. Society will be held in Oakland, Sabbath and Sunday, July 19 and 20. It is earnestly hoped that all of the Directors and other officers of the different societies will be present and as many of the brothers and sisters as can.
Elder Haskell will be with us and will instruct us in regard to our duties as officers and members of the society, and especially in regard to how the business should be done and the accounts kept. Institutes have been held in the east for this purpose by him, but his stay with us will only give him a few days to devote to this work.
M. C. ISRAEL, Vice President.
Camp-Meetings For 1879.
California, Fresno City, Aug. 28 to Sept. 2.
“ Healdsburg, Sept. 17-23.
No providence preventing I will meet with the friends
In Santa Rosa. . . . . . . . . . July 12-14.
“ Napa . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ 26-28.
“ Woodland. . . . . . . . . . Aug. 1-4.
The above meetings will be general meetings, and each will commence Friday evening, and close Monday noon, so as to give our friends time to return to their homes Monday. We shall expect to see at these meetings all of our friends in the respective sections.
S. N. HASKELL.
Church Quarterly Meetings.
The church quarterly meetings will be held the first Sabbath and Sunday in July. On the Sabbath the list of members is to be read by the clerk and each member is expected to respond in a personal testimony or by letter. Evening after the Sabbath or Sunday the church tract and missionary meeting will be held, at which time all dues for the past quarter should be paid.
District Quarterly Meetings.
The quarterly meetings of the several districts will be held on Sabbath and Sunday, July 12 and 13, as follows:—
No. 1 at Santa Rosa. | No. 5 at Woodland.
“ 2 “ Lemoore. | “ 6 “ Red Bluff.
“ 3 “ St. Helena. | “ 7 “ Oakland.
“ 4 “ Santa Ana. | “ 8 “ San Francisco.
At these meetings there should be a full report from every church in each district.
M. C. ISRAEL, Vice President.
OAKLAND—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday) at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7 : 30. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7 : 30. Sab-bath-school at 9 : 30 o'clock Sabbath morning.
SAN FRANCISCO—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, on Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7 : 30. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening at 7 : 30. The Hayes Valley cars of Market street and the Lone Mountain cars of the Central railroad, cross Laguna street near the church.
To prevent misunderstanding, and to enable the friends to aid others in attending the meetings, my appointments will stand as follows: The first and third Sabbath of each month in Oakland; the second and fourth in San Francisco. And the evenings of the first and third Sunday in San Francisco; the second and fourth in Oakland.
This will be the order after July 1.
J. H. WAGGONER.
Business Department.
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Four-cent Tracts: The Second Advent—The Seventh Part of Time—Celestial Railroad—Samuel and the Witch of Endor—The Ten Commandments not Abolished—Address to the Baptists—Present Truth—The Sufferings of Christ—The Two Thrones—The Third Message of Rev. 14—Spiritualism a Satanic Delusion—Redemption—Systematic Benevolence—The Two Covenants—Origin and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists—Milton on the State of the Dead—The Rejected Ordinance.
Three-cent Tracts: Much in Little—The Lost Time Question—Argument on Sabbath—Infidel Cavils Considered—The End of the Wicked—Scripture References—Who Changed the Sabbath?—The Second Message of Rev. 14.
Two-cent Tracts: Christ in the Old Testament—The Sabbath in the New Testament—The Old Moral Code of Ten Commandments not Revised—Definite Seventh Day—Seven Reasons for Sunday Keeping Examined—Elihu on the Sabbath—The Rich Man and Lazarus—The Sanctuary of the Bible—The Millennium—Departing and Being With Christ—Fundamental Principles of S. D. Adventists—The Judgment, or the Waymarks of Daniel to the Holy City—The Two Laws—Spirit of Prophecy—One Hundred Bible Facts—The Law and the Gospel—God's Memorial—The Sabbath, the Day—First Message of Rev. 14.
One-cent Tracts: Appeal on Immortality—Thoughts for the Candid—Nahum's Chariots—The Perfection of the Ten Commandments—Coming of the Lord—Without Excuse—Which Day Do You Keep, and Why?—Geology and the Bible—The Sleep of the Dead—The Sinner's Fate—Can We Know?—Is the End Near?—A Dialogue—Brief Thoughts on Immortality—The Christian Sabbath—Why Not Found Out Before?—100 Bible Facts upon the Sabbath.
Address— THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, OAKLAND, CAL.
The National Holiday.
By Editor
THERE will be no paper issued next week.
Camp-Meeting Notice!
THE Camp-meetings for California were appointed to be held at the times given in the SIGNS because Eld. Haskell considered it necessary for him to return East the last of August. We regretted their being appointed so early. And we received letters from various directions to the effect that it would be impossible to have a general turn-out at the times given.
We accordingly corresponded with Eld. Haskell and obtained the privilege to postpone them one or two weeks, as we should think best. Since that we have received a letter from the President of the General Conference which meets our wants. He says there is not so urgent need for Eld. H. to hasten his return east,—that it is better for him to remain longer and attend to the wants of the cause here than to return soon, and send another here, as would have to be done.
After consultation we appoint as follows :—
Southern, Fresno City, Aug. 28 to Sept. 2.
Northern, Healdsburg, Sept. 18-23.
This places the Northern meeting about its usual time, and gives sufficient time between the two meetings, which the former arrangement did not, and will afford Eld. Haskell opportunity to spend some time in the Southern field if he shall judge it necessary.
Now let all prepare to attend the Camp-meetings. Come early, and stay till the close.
Will the Committees send notices giving particulars, in good season?
Bishop Ames' Estate.
By Editor
IN our news items we noticed that the estate of Bishop Ames was estimated at $250,000. We took it as we found it in the papers. The San Francisco Christian Advocate makes a correction, saying his estate did not exceed $50,000; and that it was not increased any during the time he filled the office of bishop, a period of twenty-seven years.
The Spread of the Truth.
By R. F. Cottrell
It is a matter of the deepest interest to every believer in the truth which God promised for the closing up of his work on earth, and which he is now fulfilling before our eyes, that it is rapidly spreading throughout the earth. The commandments of God, as written by himself, and the faith of Jesus, unmixed with the traditions of men, are being speedily brought to light in all the earth.
With Christiana, Norway, for its central fort, the glad tidings is speedily spreading through the three Scandinavian countries; from Bale, Switzerland, it is being sent out to the European countries where the French, German, and Italian languages are spoken; and Alexandria, Egypt, the city anciently celebrated as the seat of learning and philosophy, bids fair to be another great center from which the truth is to be scattered, not only in Egypt and adjoining countries of Africa, but among the Greeks, Jews, and Arabians; while Australia is stretching one hand toward this station, and the other toward Oakland, California, and thus the earth is being encompassed with a girdle of light. And the last I mention, not the least in importance, is the mission in England, from which the English speaking people throughout the entire British Empire can be speedily reached.
Who that loves God cannot see his hand in this work? True believers in all the earth are being aroused by this last message of merciful warning, and are seeking a preparation to meet their coming King. They are rallying to the Bible standard—its commandments and its faith. How long ere all lovers of God will see and acknowledge this truth? The Lord speed the day, is my prayer.
Now, brethren in America, you who have for years enjoyed this light, how is it with you? Your interest in this work waxing, or waning? Are you dead to the world and alive to God and his cause? Are you doing what you ought for the advancement of the truth and the salvation of men? Are you walking in the light as God has given it to you? When you see what God is doing, are you inspired with new zeal to be a co-worker with God and always found at your post?
Can it be that any are so indifferent as not to read the good news from week to week? Are any so filled with the cares of this life as to neglect such privileges? Remember the words of Jesus,—"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, so that day come upon you unawares." Have you turned back in your affections to the world and worldly wealth? "Remember Lot's wife." There is still opportunity to turn to God; but it must be improved speedily and heartily. Oh, that backsliders knew their condition and would repent.
While the truth is spreading, numerous calamities are abounding in the earth. The goodness of God ought to lead men to repentance; but this failing, sore judgments are sent. Many will admit that God sent plagues upon Egypt; but do not recognize his hand in the calamities that are being sent just before the final deliverance of the Israel of God. Fires, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, famines, pestilence and the earth are abounding, sweeping away the inhabitants of the earth. The nations are angry, and preparing to drench the earth in blood. And who are walking in the light, and thus preparing "to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man"?
My brethren, walk in the light lest darkness come upon you. R. F. COTTRELL.