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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 11.

LESSONS FROM THE CHRIST-LIFE
Earlier text: World News Briefs

Two New Books!

THAT WILL BE READ WITH INTEREST AND PROFIT BY OLD AND YOUNG

Best Stories from the Best Book

By JAMES EDSON WHITE
In the preparation of this book, the author has succeeded in combining two volumes in one.

THE INTRODUCTORY DEP’T

By ELLA KING SANDERS
was prepared with special reference as an A B C book, primer and reader for the children.

THIS DEPARTMENT

contains forty-seven lessons in natural history considering birds, bees, butterflies, insects, etc., also the beautiful trees, flowers, and shrubbery. Each lesson is profusely illustrated, many of the illustrations being color plates.

BIBLE STORY DEPARTMENT

While the children are learning to read from the “Easy Lessons” department, the parents and elder brothers and sisters can read to them these Bible stories, explaining the beautiful pictures accompanying them. The intention of the author has been to present a connected chain of the events from creation, through the ministry of Christ on earth, and to the restoration of the first dominion.
These stories have been prepared with special reference to teaching the truth. Many vital points of present truth are considered in a manner to cause a deeper investigation of these subjects from the Bible.

What Others Say of It.

I take pleasure in saying that, to my mind, “Best Stories from the Best Book” is the best work of its kind I have ever seen. I find that it is exceedingly interesting to children of all ages from four to fourteen.
FREDERICK GRIGGS. Principal South Lancaster Academy.
I like “Best Stories” very much. It is a ready seller, and an excellent book for our young people to sell.
F. E. PAINTER, State Agent.
I find “Best Stories” very attractive to the children, as the illustrations are so beautiful, and the story so simply and impressively told. This is by far the best book I ever saw for young people. The truths presented in this book certainly make it a work that can not fail to bring much-needed light to many who have been reading the Bible for years. It is an excellent help for our canvassers.
GEO MATTESON.

IN FOUR LANGUAGES

“Best Stories” has been carefully translated from the English into the German, Danish, and Swedish languages.
This volume contains 194 large pages, and is issued uniformly in all four languages, in the following styles of binding:—
Thin paper edition, heavy paper covers........25c Board cover, heavy paper, cloth back, paper sides, 50c Heavy paper edition, fine presentation cover.....75c

Easy Steps in the Bible Story

By ADELAIDE B. COOPER Editor of the Youth’s Instructor. Introduction by ELDER S. N. HASKELL.
Contains the very lesson which God instructed the patriarchs of old to instill into the hearts and minds of their little ones. The Lord commanded them, saying, “Thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates,” and “thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
The illustrations were designed expressly for this book, and are practical. They have been prepared for the special purpose of aiding the child in gaining a correct and intelligent idea of the Bible story—not simply to please the eye.

The Opinion of Those Who Have Read It.

The morning my copy of “Easy Steps” came, I removed the wrapper, and, beginning with the title-page, read every line in the book before laying it down. I found it to be just what its name implies, “Easy Steps in the Bible Story.” My little boy, not quite five years old, can not read a word. Yet he can give a connected account of almost the whole story by the simple, yet expressive illustrations. I hope that thousands of children will be provided with this book, and will get the instruction and pleasure from it that our little boy has.
ELDER A. G. DANIELS, President Australasian Union Conference Field. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 17, 1901.
That best of all the Bible books for the children, “Easy Steps in the Bible Story,” gains the unqualified approval of the children themselves. And that is the best possible testimonial in its favor. They are glad to read it more than once. And the book will bear reading more than once; that is its strength.
ELDER A. T. JONES.
My little ten-year-old girl was so eager to read “Easy Steps in the Bible Story” that I could hardly get hold of it at first. It is safe to say that for the child who has read this book, and gazed upon its impressive illustrations, the Bible will possess new attractions. It is alike helpful to parents and teachers.
MRS. VIOLA E. SMITH. Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
My copy of “Easy Steps” is at hand, and I have read it with much pleasure. The book arrived before I came home, and my wife read it to our little girl, three-and-one-half years old, and she is completely carried away with it. I brought her home some other books of a like description, but my wife and little girl think “Easy Steps” the most interesting of all. It is a veritable jewel in text and gem in art. I believe that book bids fair to have a large sale.
When the little girl was asleep, I sold the book to a canvasser to use as a sample book; and when she awoke, I had to put her off by telling her that I would find it for her. I made haste to procure another one at once.
S. E. WIGHT. Bedford, Mich., Dec. 6, 1900.
God would have the story of the creation; of the flood; of his servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; of Joseph and Moses; and the deliverance of the children of Israel,—of his wonderful dealing with mankind,—repeated in the language of the people. This is what “Easy Steps” does. It gives the story of what God says, and what he has done in his dealings with the children of men.
ELDER S. N. HASKELL.
The book contains 160 pages, table of contents, and list of illustrations. There are more than 150 pen drawings illustrating the text. It also contains many full-page illustrations. Beautiful cover design. Two styles of binding:—
Paper covers.........................25c Cloth................................50c

AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY CHURCH

Address your State Tract Society; the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; or the Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.

HYPNOTISM—WHAT IS IT?

By Augustin J. Bourdeau

By
AUGUSTIN J. BOURDEAU
••••• Words of Truth Series, No. 28 •••••
One of the most timely tracts ever published. The tract, “Hypnotism—What Is It,” gives in full the meaning of the term hypnotism, contains the history of this false science, tells what it really is, and shows the relation between hypnotism and Spiritualism—two great last-day delusions.
“Hypnotism—What Is It?” should be circulated everywhere by the tens of thousands. A copy should be placed in the hands of every minister, lawyer, doctor, and teacher in your neighborhood, and also in the hands of your neighbors and friends.
The tract contains 48 pages, and goes easily into an ordinary six-inch envelope, the size being 3⅛ x 5⅜ inches. Large type and clear print.
Price, 3 cents.
Place your order with your —
Tract Society: the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.; or the Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R'Y.

Taking Effect Dec. 16, 1900.
Trains arrive and leave Battle Creek.

West-Bound.

No. 6. Mail and Express, to Chicago................ 12.15 P. M. No. 1. Chicago Express, to Chicago.................. 8.30 A. M. No. 3. Lehigh Valley Express, to Chicago............. 9.50 P. M. No. 5. International Express........................ 2.17 A. M. No. 75. Mixed, to South Bend........................ 8.30 A. M. Nos. 9 and 75, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 1, 3, and 5, daily.

East-Bound.

No. 8. Mail and Express, East and Detroit........... 3.45 P. M. No. 4. Lehigh Express, East and Canada................ 8.22 P. M. No. 6. Atlantic Express, East and Detroit............. 2.10 A. M. No. 2. Express, East and Detroit...................... 6.50 A. M. No. 74. Mixed (starts from Nichols yard).............. 7.15 A. M. Nos. 8 and 74, daily, except Sunday. Nos. 4, 6, and 2, daily.
W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent, BATTLE CREEK.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

By O. W. Ruggles; R. N. R. Wheeler

"The Niagara Falls Route."
Corrected Nov. 25, 1900.
EAST 8 17–21 8 10 14 20 86
1Night Express. 2N.Y. Bos. & Chi. Sp. Mail & Express. N.Y. & Bos. Sp. 1Eastern Express. Jackson Ac’m’n. 1Atlantic Express.
Chicago pm 9.35 am 6.45 am 10.30 pm 3.00 pm 11.30
Michigan City 11.25 8.45 pm 12.00 4.40 am 1.20
Niles am 12.40 10.15 1.00 5.57 2.80
Kalamazoo 2.10 am 7.30 pm 12.10 2.08 6.52 6.00 4.10
Battle Creek 3.00 8.10 1.00 2.42 7.28 6.43 5.05
Marshall 8.38 1.30 3.09 7.51 7.10 5.80
Albion 4.00 9.00 1.50 3.30 8.11 7.30 5.52
Jackson 4.40 10.05 2.35 4.05 8.50 8.15 6.40
Ann Arbor 5.65 11.10 3.47 4.58 8.43 7.45
Detroit 7.16 pm 12.25 5.30 6.00 10.45 8.15
Falls View am 5.02 pm 4.13
Niagara Falls 5.17 4.33
Buffalo am 12.20 6.14 5.30
Rochester 3.13 10.00 8.40
Syracuse 5.75 12.15 10.45
Albany 9.05 4.50 am 2.50
New York pm 1.30 4.45 7.00
Springfield 12.16 6.15 7.40
Boston 3.00 9.00 10.34
WEST 7 17–21 8 5 23 18 87
1Night Express. 2N.Y. Bos. & Chi. Sp. Mail & Express. 1News Express. 1Western Express. Kalamazoo Accom. 1Pacific Express.
Boston pm 2.00 pm 3.30 pm 6.00
New York 4.00 6.00 am 12.10
Syracuse 11.30 am 2.00 pm 12.25
Rochester am 1.20 4.05 pm 2.25
Buffalo 2.20 5.20 pm 3.50
Niagara Falls 6.02 4.32
Falls View 6.34 5.05
Detroit pm 8.20 8.25 am 7.15 pm 12.40 4.85 11.25
Ann Arbor 9.43 9.30 8.40 1.38 5.45 7.45
Jackson 11.15 10.20 11.05 am 8.30 2.40 7.30 1.35
Battle Creek am 12.40 11.34 pm 12.25 4.35 3.50 9.08 3.00
Kalamazoo 1.40 pm 1.20 1.20 5.15 4.28 10.00 3.35
Niles 3.15 1.22 3.25 6.05 5.05
Michigan City 4.26 2.20 4.45 7.05 6.01
Chicago 6.30 4.00 6.40 8.55 7.50
*Daily. †Daily except Sunday.
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.10 p. m., and arrive at 12.30 p. m. and 6.15 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

Growing Opposition to Emancipation

A few days ago a prominent writer denounced the book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” as the most “vicious book that ever appeared,” “an appalling, an awful, and criminal mistake.” As that book was one of the mighty elements that worked to the abolition of slavery, it follows that the abolition of slavery was of the same sort as that book is thus said to be. Of course this man was apologizing for slavery. And that is just the point: as steadily as the days go by, there is growing in the United States a sentiment which can easily crystallize into a purpose, to undo all that was done in the emancipation of the slaves.
It is announced from Washington that “Russia’s action in Manchuria will not be tolerated by the United States.”

China’s Territorial Integrity

THE premier of Britain has declared that “the territorial integrity of China must be preserved at all hazards.”

The American Sabbath Union’s Importance

The Christian Advocate expresses its “fear that the value and importance of the American Sabbath Union are not properly appreciated by most of our [Methodist] ministers and congregations.” That is good. For the less that thing is appreciated everywhere, the better it will be for both the world and the Church.

Cuban Self-Government and the Platt Amendment

It is now announced from Washington that “until they comply heartily, fully, and in detail with the terms of this country, the Cubans can not even have a trial at self-government;” and that “it is not doubted here that as soon as the leaders among the Cubans appreciate fully the terms and mandatory spirit of the Platt amendment, they will realize the utter folly of holding out longer against the inevitable.”

Freedom of the Press in the Philippines

AN American editor has been deported from the Philippines. It is said that there is not a state of war there. Then what ground could there be for this abolition of “the freedom of the press” guaranteed by the Constitution? Ah! that need not be asked; because “the Constitution is not of force” in that part of the jurisdiction of the United States. And how long will it be of force in any other part of her jurisdiction?

Papal Rule and the Breeding of Anarchy

A CATHOLIC, writing from Rome, says that even if the pope were not the lamented “prisoner in his palace,” this would be “the case in any circumstances,” because “there is little doubt that if he went about freely, the pope would be assassinated.” And this because “the country seems to breed numerous anarchists.” How could thirteen hundred years of anarchy under the rule of the popes be expected to breed anything else than anarchy?

NOTICE !

By G. A. Irwin

In harmony with Article V, Section 1, of the General Conference Constitution, notice is hereby given that the thirty-fourth session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A., April 2–23, 1901. The meetings will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist Tabernacle, beginning Tuesday, April 2, at 9 A. M. The membership of the Conference is defined in Article III of the Constitution, as follows:—
SECTION 1. This Conference shall be composed of such local Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists as are or may be properly organized, in any part of the world, under the direction of the Executive Committee; provided such Conferences shall have been accepted by a vote at a session of the General Conference.
SEC. 2. The legal voters of said Conference shall be such duly accredited delegates from the local Conferences, such members of the General Conference Executive Committee, and such other persons in the employ of the General Conference as shall receive delegates’ credentials from the Executive Committee, as are present at any duly convened regular or special Conference session.
SEC. 3. Each local Conference shall be entitled to one delegate in the sessions of this Conference, without regard to numbers, and one additional delegate for every five hundred church-members in the Conference. Such delegates shall be elected by the local Conference, or appointed by its Executive Committee.
G. A. IRWIN, Pres. Gen. Conf.

REDUCED RATES TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

By L. A. Hoopes

In the last Review we stated that the Michigan Passenger Association will grant reduced rates to the General Conference, at one and one-third fare for the round trip; and that application had been made to the other associations. The secretary of the Michigan Passenger Association informs me that a concession has been made on all the roads in the lower peninsula of Michigan, of an ironclad signature ticket, of one fare for the round trip, tickets to be sold from March 31 to April 3, inclusive; to be used going on date of purchase, with return limit, April 25.
We have received a telegram from Chicago, stating that the Central and Western Passenger associations will concur in the rate made by the Michigan Passenger Association; namely, one fare for the round trip. The territory covered by these associations is all east of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Buffalo, Pittsburg, and Ohio River points. States south of and including Kentucky and Tennessee, and east of and including Mississippi, are in the territory of the Southeastern Passenger Association, the officials of which have informed us that they will grant a concession of one fare and a third, on the certificate plan, providing one hundred are in attendance holding certificates. We will explain details next week; have sent notices to the Conference papers. Notice has been received from the Trunk lines, in New York, stating that they can not concur in the plan of the Michigan Association.
L. A. HOOPES.

The Marshalling of the Nations

THE marshalling of the nations in China is still going steadily forward. And “The Marshalling of the Nations” that tells the secret of it, is also still steadily selling wherever it is given a chance. Orders are received almost daily for it; and by the fifties and the hundreds. Keep it a-going; it will never be out of date. Price, ten cents. Address your tract society, or Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal., or Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich.

NOTICE I

By Allen Moon

The regular meeting of the International Religious Liberty Association, for the election of the officers and the transaction of other business connected with the association, will be held in connection with the General Conference at Battle Creek, beginning April 2 and ending April 23.
ALLEN MOON, Pres.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION

By G. A. Irwin; S. H. Lane; G. W. Amadon; U. Smith; C. M. Christiansen; I. H. Evans; C. D. Rhodes

THE forty-first annual stockholders’ meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association (tenth annual session under the new charter) will be held in the Tabernacle, at Battle Creek, Mich., Tuesday, March 26, 1901, at 10 A. M., local time, for the election of two directors for three years, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
G. A. IRWIN, S. H. LANE, G. W. AMADON, U. SMITH, C. M. CHRISTIANSEN, I. H. EVANS, C. D. RHODES, Directors.

The Popes in Medieval History

IN the Omaha high school there is in use “A Short History of Medieval Europe.” The Catholic bishop of that diocese has denounced it in his “Lenten Pastoral Letter,” because, in his own words, the author “dwells with some emphasis upon the shortcomings of the popes and other ecclesiastics, and has little to say of their good deeds.” He says that “such a book can do much harm to the inexperienced youths.” But there can not be any history of medieval Europe that would leave out the popes; because the popes are that history. And there can not be a history of medieval Europe, which is to say, a history of the popes, without noticing their shortcomings; for there is nothing in their history but shortcomings. It is the darkest, bloodiest, and in every way wickedest and most corrupt system and succession of men, that ever was in the world. As for “their good deeds,” there are absolutely none. And it is impossible for anybody, inexperienced youth or experienced old man, ever to be harmed by knowing that this is so.

Missionary Indemnity Claims Against China

A PART of the indemnity to be laid upon China is made up of a claim by the Presbyterians for $200,000; by the Methodists for $240,000; by the American Board—Congregationalist—for $525,000. The others have not yet been heard from. The Congregationalist says that “it is gratifying that our government recognizes the justness of these claims;” and that “it is to be hoped that every dollar of this estimate, which is doubtless a very conservative one [such estimates are always “very conservative”], will in due time be received.”

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Review and Herald · Mar 12, 1901