p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 50. (12/12/1900)

Earlier text: Scripture Answers to Worldly Questions

Three Thoughts

By Editor

for the Holidays

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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing

A neat volume of over two hundred pages, with cover design in three colors, and twenty-seven delightful illustrations by Charles Mente. The author is Ellen G. White, who dedicates the book "To His disciples, whom still the Master is calling to choose the spiritual above the earthly kingdom, in the hope that its pages may unfold to them more clearly the glory of the unseen." The beautiful instruction found in the fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of Matthew is the theme of the book. There are six chapters—On the Mountainside, The Beatitudes, The Spirituality of the Law, The True Motive in Service, The Lord's Prayer, Not Judging But Doing—and these are subdivided into many little chapters, a subdivision to each striking thought. It is a book to read in odd moments, when one is weary, and the soul needs rest and refreshing. The language is simple, quiet yet forcible, dignified, and laden with spiritual food in every line. 218 pages, 5x7 inches, bound in cloth, 75 cents post-paid.

Power for Witnessing

To say that this book tells this or that would be to accuse it of empty doctrine, lifeless theory. It does not tell; it is and does. It is a witness, and with it is a power. It does not preach doctrine, nor about the Holy Spirit, but it is a living testimony of what the Spirit can do because it has already done it for one man, the writer, A. F. Ballenger, and for scores of others. You can not read it without meeting on every page a moving, breathing epistle, warm with an inner fire of life. It is full of experiences—facts—of what the power of God through the Holy Spirit has done for the sinner, the unbeliever, the infidel, the professor, the backslider, the drunkard, the fearful, the discouraged, the trembling soul, and the tried and perplexed ones. If you need help and want power, the Holy Spirit's power, this book can put you in the way of getting it. Not at all stilted, but face to face with you, and no beating about the bush. Short chapters, 44 of them to 201 pages; large type, heavy paper, beautiful cover design in three colors, size 5½x8, cloth binding, 75 cents post-paid.

The House We Live In

This is a story of the body-house, the house we live in. It is told for the children, by Vesta J. Farnsworth, but many an older child will follow with peculiar interest, somehow sustained from cover to cover, the questions and remarks and conversations of Helen and Amy and Percy and their mother. The house, with its frame, and doors, and windows, and halls, and its several rooms, and its various appurtenances, finds a counterpart in our wonderful house of flesh and blood and bones. Physiology and its scientific names are tabooed words in this book. But every page contains little and big bits of items that everybody ought to know, but which a great many do not know, about the body, how it is made, what injures it, and how to care for it. And in a perfectly natural way, without labored effort, the book keeps the Master Builder in the foreground, and thus the narrative is permeated with a high moral tone. There are twenty-six chapters, not long ones, with an original design in pen and ink for each heading. And besides these drawings there are about 130 characteristic illustrations tastefully set through its 218 pages. A striking design in red and dark green embellishes the cover. Size 6x9 in., cloth, 75 cents post-paid.

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Baptism: Its Significance, Its Nature, and the Necessity for It

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Christianity and Gilded Barbarism

The quality of “Christianity” now passing current in the world is shown in the demand of the “allied powers” for the heads of eleven Chinese princes, as part of the price to be paid for damages by the recent uprising against foreigners in that country. These allied powers include all the great powers of earth, and they all pose as Christian nations, and are universally recognized as such. Whatever may be said of the expediency or propriety of such a demand from a world's political standpoint, it surely is not Christianity. If such a demand had been made by Turkey or China or Persia, or any professedly antichristian power, it would have been shocking to the senses of all “Christendom.” But the war spirit that is crowning the century in its expiring years is fast changing civilization into gilded barbarism. Christianity says, “Recompense to no man evil for evil” (Rom. 12:17), but “overcome evil with good” (verse 21). Any other principle, whatever its necessity, or supposed necessity, in the civil government of a sinful world, is not Christianity; and, therefore, Christians can not legitimately have any part in it.

St. Helena Sanitarium Prospectus

By Editor

There has come to our table a neatly-printed, finely-illustrated prospectus of the St. Helena Sanitarium, giving a description of the institution, its location and environments, its advantages, its methods of treatment, its medical staff, its rates, etc., etc. Its illustrations are mostly from photographs of buildings, grounds, or surrounding scenery, and are charming in the extreme, and peculiarly inviting. New and extensive improvements are being made, which will add to the effectiveness of treatment and the comfort of guests and patients. It is sent free, we believe, on application to the Medical and Surgical Sanitarium, St. Helena, Cal.

Satan is "prince of the power of the air." When man was given dominion over this earth, under God, he had control of every agency. When he yielded himself to Satan, he yielded all that was under him. Since then the storms of evil, death, and destruction have been of Satan's own planning, but not always operating to his will. He is the Destroyer. For infinitely wise purposes God permits the evil to develop, and yet He interposes to frustrate the destruction of Satan when it is to His glory or the good of souls. When Satan sends out his minions of evil spirits—demons, fallen angels—God also sends forth His legions of angelic spirits to succor, shield, and save. In no other way can we account for the marvelous things which occur in some of the fearful storms which sweep the land. For instance, in the recent cyclone in Tennessee, what drove a pine shingle into a solid brick wall? How was the life of a young woman preserved who was literally stripped of every shred of clothing, carried 200 yards, and lodged in a fruit tree, to the branches of which she was unconsciously clinging when she came to herself? God preserved her life for some good. What preserved the lives of four adults and a baby when the five-roomed house in which they were, was blown to pieces and scattered? Where the door-step had been, the little one was found sweetly sleeping and uninjured. Satan is still the prince of this world, de facto, but not de jure; but his reign is nearing an end. He whose right it is, is coming to reign. But even now God ruleth, and frustrateth the work of the enemy.

Knowledge of God Is Life Eternal

Mechanical knowledge will not prolong the life, but knowledge of God is life eternal.

Christianity Against Error and Sin

Christianity is for men but against error and sin. Its war is against evil principles, doctrines, issues, passions, but always in order to free the souls that are bound.

Sentinel of Liberty

By Editor

Do you wish a paper that deals clearly and fully with the questions and dangers affecting Church-and-State union?—We commend to you the Sentinel of Liberty, published at 324 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. It is only $1.00 a year. Send for a sample copy.

The Sabbath Made for Man

"The Sabbath was made for man," are the words of Jesus. The miracles and works of mercy which Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, performed on that day, signified how it should be used for man. And when He asked, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?" there could be, logically, but the answer, "To do good; to save life." And so Jesus said, "It is lawful [that is, according to law, the filling full of the law] to do good on the Sabbath day." It is not only a day of spiritual blessing, but a day of blessed service for God.

China to Be Dismembered

And now China is to be dismembered. There is said to be no other logical way. So much indemnity is demanded by the "powers" that China can not pay it. And then the kings of the West will become the kings of the East.

Vengeance Belongs to God

By Editor

The people of a county in Colorado the other day burned a poor wretched criminal negro at the stake. He read his Bible to the last, in fact, posed for a photograph reading it with a rope round his neck just before the burning. Then his Bible was torn to pieces and divided among the spectators as souvenirs. Some will get such texts as these, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." And many others will find divine instruction breathing a similar spirit. The safety of society may demand the death of such men as this one burned, but let it be in legal way, and leave vengeance with God

The Fruits of War and Greed

What a lurid commentary is shed on our "Christian" civilization by the glorifying of war, manifest in the welcomes of American troops from the Philippines, and more manifest in London's welcome of the London Imperial Volunteers from South Africa. First, there was the farce of thanksgiving service at St. Paul's, then a civic reception, and then an eight-hour march through a mob-jammed street, filled with enthusiastic patriots, and whisky-drunk, war-mad humanity. It is reported that ten persons were killed, over two hundred seriously hurt, and more than one thousand treated by the ambulance corps. The mad mob could not be managed by 22,000 troops and 4,000 police. In the evening a saturnalia of drunkenness reigned. One report says that "women were insulted, kissed, or thrown down with impunity in street fights. Pursued at the sweet will of inebriate brawlers from the sidewalks, they streamed along historic thoroughfares shouting, sobbing, brandishing peacock feathers with insane depravity. Many of them offered no exception to the rule of drunkenness." Few of the returning soldiers, it is said, participated in the orgies. "They seemed to be forgotten in the general desire to take advantage of the opportunity of unbridled debauch, and the defiance of all law, order, and decency." And this is the logical outcome of the war and greed spirit, which is coming to possess men.

Quit You Like Men

By Editor

"Quit you like men," is the apostle's exhortation. It was also that of the old heathen Philistines to their soldiers. But the education that men are now receiving is that they are poor slaves, forced by circumstances to do wrong. For instance, one of the great evils of the army life is the "canteen," in which drink is sold under government supervision. It has by its influence and prestige ruined thousands, and yet it could be abolished in a moment by those in authority. Here are some sample excuses from army officers that men make for its existence:—

"It would drive the men to resorts of vilest kind."—Capt. —, Third Cavalry.

"It would drive the men to low dives that always collect in the vicinity of a post."—Lieut.-Col. —, First Cavalry.

"It would force the enlisted men into low dens and vile resorts."—Capt. —, Second Cavalry.

"It would force the enlisted men into rumshops of the worst description."—First Lieut. —, Second Cavalry."

We have omitted names. To point the moral is sufficient. It is unworthy of Christian manhood to teach men that the absence of an opportunity to do wrong will force or drive them to a greater wrong. "Quit you like men; be strong."

Faithfulness and Love of the Husband

By Editor

The Household series of articles which began with "The Creation of the Home," in our World's Outlook Number, is continued in this issue. The article is entitled, "Faithfulness and Love of the Husband." This will be followed in subsequent numbers by "The Vexed Question," "Social Duties of Husbands," "The Responsibility of the Father," "The Husband and Father as a Companion to Wife and Children," "The Wife as a Homemaker," "The Wife as a Companion to Her Husband," "The Mother and Her Children," "The Mother as a Companion to Her Children," "The Boy as a Son," "The Boy as a Brother," "The Girl as a Daughter," and "The Girl as a Sister." These articles are written by one of long Christian experience, and contain valuable instruction for all members of the household. We hope all will read them.

Exemption-of-Churches Amendment

Exemption-of-Churches Amendment.—There are some clear-sighted counties in California. Voting on the amendment to exempt churches from taxation, the following counties gave majorities against it: Butte, 743; Calaveras, 124; El Dorado, 658; Humboldt, 1,740; Lake, 63; Nevada, 25; Mariposa, 86; Modoc, 81; Mono, 36; Orange, 469; Placer, 330; San Diego, 64; San Joaquin, 276; San Luis Obispo, 42; Shasta, 956; Sierra, 124; Siskiyou, 14; Sonoma, 635; Stanislaus, 16; Tehama, 542; Trinity, 311; Tulare, 164; Tuolumne, 10; Yolo, 161. Alpine, Inyo, Lassen, and Plumas are not yet heard from. The other counties in the State gave a majority in favor of the amendment of 12,331. Catholic San Francisco furnishes more than one-half of this majority, namely, 7,264.

One of the Trial Ones

One of the Trial Ones.—Thomas F. Lochhart, Wellington, Mo., writes that he has been for fourteen long years a helpless cripple, lying in one position, without rest or change, all of which is the result of one disobedient act. He asks the prayers of Christians that he may endure to the end. He has written a sketch of his life, which he sells at 15 cents a copy, his only means of support for himself and mother.

The Prison Missionary

By Editor

"The Prison Missionary," published by a Christian prisoner in the Oregon State Penitentiary, for October and November, comes to us in a new dress, with a pretty border, filled with excellent, generally well-written, and appropriate matter. It is published for the betterment of all who read it. Its price is only 25 cents a year. Address L. J. Sprague, Box 338, Salem, Oregon.

God’s Rule Over Human Kingdoms

"The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the basest of men," is truth for this generation as well as for any in the past. "Man proposes; but God disposes."