p. 15 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 27. (7/16/1912)

Earlier text: The Infidel and the Preacher

The Magazine with the Message

By Editor

Vacation and Recreation

In addition to its usual line of timely matter, the Signs of the Times Magazine for August contains several articles suitable to this hot month of the year. The cover design is a view of Yosemite Valley, with its high arching trees, showing the waterfall and the green valley, between the trees, in the distance. An oil-painting. Following is a partial list of contents:

"Come Apart and Rest" is a vacation article, written from Christ's invitation to His disciples. It gives some very suggestive lessons, and draws practical suggestions with reference to true recreation.

"How to Be Comfortable in Spite of the Weather" is the title of another article, especially timely for August. It is written by Dr. Paulson, medical superintendent of the Hinsdale Sanitarium, Illinois, whose writings are well known and appreciated by the readers of this magazine.

"Spiritualism; Its Latest Phase," by the editor, brings the development of Spiritualism down to date. It shows the real power behind this movement, and the wonderful advancement which this modern delusion is making at the present time.

"The Responsibility of Capital" is another article dealing with current events, bearing a moral, and pointing out logical results that are certain to eventuate as warranted by the facts and the predictions of prophecy.

"The Second Coming of Jesus—Greed as a Sign of the End," by Prof. George W. Rine, is another contribution in a series of articles which have appeared in the greater portion of the magazines this year, from the pen of this graphic, trenchant author.

"The Heavens Declare His Glory" is an astronomical article by Guy M. Green. In the past there has been a great interest on the part of the readers in our astronomical articles. We commend this to their interest and attention.

"The Value of Sanitation in Panama," by B. E. Connerly, is an article of interest just now, as the work of Panama is rounding out toward completion. It shows what sanitation will do in what was one of the most disease-ridden sections of the country.

"An American Reformer," by Mrs. E. G. White, continues the series of articles appearing from this well-known author.

"The Creative Word and the Sabbath," by the editor, presents some considerations from the evolutionary and scientific aspects of this subject.

The articles on China, which were temporarily broken into, are resumed by an illustrated description of "Chinese Dwellings," by Mr. Stafford.

The Signs of the Times Magazine for July was a record breaker in the matter of sales. The largest number that has been printed for several years, 55,000, was printed. At the time of this writing, there is no question of complete sale of the edition, and it has further been demonstrated that five or six thousand more copies could have been sold had they been printed. July is always a good month with the Magazine, and we will have to lay our plans another year to print close to 75,000 copies of the July number. This shows that the work, with this magazine at least, is growing.

We are glad for the increase in our audience, as it means greater possibilities for good in reaching the additional number with our message.

Ten cents in coin or stamps to the Signs will bring you a copy of the August number. It is well worth your time and money.

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Sabbath

By Editor

The day of the Sabbath confuses many honest inquirers. What day is it? or is it any particular day? These questions are carefully answered in "The Day of the Sabbath," Apples of Gold Library, No. 50. A copy of this little help, post-paid, 2 cents; $1.00 a hundred. This office.

Prophecy

By Editor

A small work which you will appreciate as a help in the study of the prophetic Word is "The Sure Word of Prophecy," by Pastor M. H. Brown. Primarily it deals with the prophecies of the book of Daniel and their fulfilment, shedding forth the light that this book contains upon present-day movements and conditions. Price, 10 cents. This office.

Whether fully acquainted, or partially so, with the history given in Daniel 7, you will find its careful outline in "Waymarks to the Holy City" intensely interesting. It is what its name suggests, a tract pointing out the events which are truly waymarks of prophecy. Single copy, 2 cents, post-paid; $1.00 a hundred. This office.

As a brief work to assist in the study of any phase of Christ's prophecy relating to His second coming, we can recommend nothing more highly than the pamphlet "An Exposition of Matthew 24." You will appreciate its simple, thoro, direct manner of explanation. Contains 94 pages, and costs only ten cents, post-paid. This office.

The Law

By Editor

An excellent tract to study in connection with the law of God is Bible Students' Library, No. 178, “The Perpetuity of the Law of God.” Single copy, post-paid, 2 cents; $1.00 a hundred. This office.

Many confuse the ceremonial and moral laws. A brief explanation is entitled “Ceremonial and Moral Law Distinguished.” You will find it very helpful in your studies pertaining to the law. Copy, post-paid, 2 cents; a hundred, $1.00.

Second Coming

By Editor

"Heralds of His Coming," Apples of Gold Library, No. 85, gives an outline of the unmistakable signs of the nearness of Christ's coming. Increase of riches, of crime, of knowledge; last-day scoffers; signs in sun, moon, and stars; peace and safety cry; preparation for war; great spiritual declension,—are some of these evidences. This popular tract, a copy, 3 cents, post-paid; a hundred, $1.50. This office.

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Our Work and Workers

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SIX souls at Wheeling, West Virginia, have received baptism.

THREE have been baptized at Dover, Delaware, and three others will follow soon.

THE ordinance of baptism was recently administered to seven souls in Tokyo, Japan.

BAPTISM was recently administered to eleven candidates at Reading, Pennsylvania, and to four at Scranton.

FOLLOWING the camp-meeting at Nampa, Idaho, seventeen were baptized. Nine baptisms are reported at Fruitland.

TWO new families have accepted the truth and united with the Sabbath-school at Carroll, Wyoming. A church and Sabbath-school have been organized at Lander.

As a result of a series of tent meetings in Belmont, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, twelve have asked to unite with the church. A new church has been dedicated in Arima.

AT Charleston, Illinois, fourteen persons are obeying the truth, three at Mattoon, six have been baptized at Carterville, ten at Elgin, and four at the Dearborn church, Chicago.

ON Sabbath, May 25, a new church was organized at Dexter, Maine, consisting of seventeen members. Seven have united with the church at Dyer Brook, and ten new converts are reported at Madison.

AT Camden, Ohio, five young persons have been baptized, eleven at Cincinnati, and seven at Zanesville. At Akron, during the year, eighteen have been added to the church, and others are waiting.

FIVE at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have been baptized and united with the church at that place, five at Weatherford, three at Madge, and six more have taken their stand upon the promises of God; and a church of eight members has been organized at Vandyke.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of twenty members has been organized at Three Forks, Montana, where five have taken their stand for the message; seven have been baptized in Butte, twenty in Culbertson, and a church of twenty-four members organized at the latter place.

BAPTISM has been administered to four souls at Fish Creek, Wisconsin; to five at Orange, where a church of seventeen members has been organized; and four at Tomahawk are awaiting baptism. A Sabbath-school of twelve members has been organized at Fairview.

FOURTEEN persons at Brooklyn, New York, recently received baptism, all uniting with the German church, making twenty-eight added to that church through baptism since last summer's effort. Three were baptized who united with the New York Swedish church, and a number more in Buffalo who united with the German church in that city.

ON Sunday, May 26, five souls at Hayden, Colorado, were buried in baptism; seven at Delta were baptized on the preceding Sabbath; and fifteen at Grand Junction have received this rite. Eleven baptisms are reported during the school year at Campion Academy.

SIX converts are reported at Oakdale, Nebraska, six baptisms at Petersburg, twelve at Valentine, nine at Hastings, and six at Culbertson. A Sabbath-school of twenty-one has been organized at Edison, with three new converts, and a Scandinavian church organization has been effected at College View.

EIGHT have been added to the church at Barbers Mill, Indiana, seven of whom have recently been baptized; ten have been baptized at Middletown, and others will be baptized in the near future; twenty-one baptisms are reported at Wolf Lake, three at Salem, and six conversions at Pleasant View.

AT the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at Santa Rosa, June 20-30, the following officers were elected: Pastor E. W. Farnsworth, president, Oakland; Claude Conard, secretary, Oakland; J. J. Ireland, auditor, Lodi; executive committee, E. W. Farnsworth, A. Brorsen, C. L. Taylor, C. W. Irwin, C. H. Jones, Andrew Nelson, E. E. Parlin.

NINETEEN persons at Maplewood Academy, Maple Plain, Minnesota, have been baptized; five at Minneapolis, and eight added to the church; seven at the Danish-Norwegian Seminary, Hutchinson; nine at Duluth, three of whom united with the Scandinavian church; three at Alexandria have promised to keep the commandments, and three at Two Harbors.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of fifteen has been organized at New Boston, Missouri. A new church building was dedicated June 2 and a church organized June 8, at Mendota; another at Turner, with a membership of thirteen, on Sabbath, May 25; and another at Cole Camp. Three new members have been added to the latter company, and ten to the church at Windsor.

AT Richmond, Virginia, not long ago, thirty-one persons went forward in baptism, and between ten and fifteen others have expressed their determination to be baptized later. Five new converts are reported as a result of an effort for the colored people at Richmond. A church building has been dedicated at Guinea Mills, and a church of twelve members organized.

SABBATH, June 1, five persons, all adults, were baptized and united with the church at Detroit, Michigan, and others will take the same step soon; seven at Farmington were baptized on Sabbath, May 25, uniting with that church; and eight students of the academy at Holly. About nine at Ithaca have taken a public stand for Christ, six at Denver, and three at Alma.

A NEW church has been dedicated at Ladoga, Iowa; another at Mason City, where five candidates were baptized; a church of fifteen members organized at Creston, another consisting of eleven members at Riceville, and another of fifteen members at Calmar. Eleven conversions are reported at Lansing, six or seven at Oskaloosa, five at Urbana, and twelve additions by baptism to the church at Des Moines.

ON a recent Sabbath four believers in Ferndale, Washington, went forward in baptism, and a church of eleven members was organized; four at Paulsbo have received baptism, thirteen at Wenatchee, three at Spokane, three at Granite Falls, ten are awaiting baptism at North Yakima, fifty-two were baptized at the close of the Spokane camp-meeting; fifteen at Des Moines have been converted, and four at Genesee.

THE report comes from China of five converts at Hankow—the first in the province of Hupeh. In May another out-station was opened at Chang Djang

Poo, forty miles inland from Hankow, and now there is a large company of believers in that place. Later, five others were baptized, and a church of sixteen members was organized. During the past year eighteen students of the China Union Training-school, located at Chowkiakow, received baptism.

THE ordinance of baptism has been administered to thirteen young persons at Lacombe, Alberta. It is reported that six families of Galicians near Edmonton have recently begun the observance of the truth as a result of personal work done by one who speaks the Russian language. Four baptisms at Vancouver, and four more additions at South Vancouver, British Columbia, are reported. A church of fourteen members has been organized at Hodgeville, Saskatchewan.

SUBSEQUENT to the camp-meeting at Portland, Oregon, eighty-one souls were baptized; twenty at Hopewell have taken this same step; nine at Monitor; seventeen from the Doremus school in Portland; twelve at Lents are awaiting baptism; four have been added to the church at Brownsville, and three others expect to join soon; six have united with the Ashland church; and six or more at Canyonville have commenced to obey the truth. Two at Medford have received baptism, and others will be baptized later.

AT the close of the camp-meeting at Reedley, California, twenty-two persons were baptized; four have been baptized at Eureka, twelve at Alameda, three at Salida, seven at Hemet, five at Laguna, eleven at San Francisco, and twelve at Turlock. Five have been added to the church at Fort Bidwell. A church has been organized at Lindsay, and a church building dedicated at Laguna. About fifty have been baptized and united with the churches in Humboldt County during the past year; and six or eight at Elmhurst have espoused the message, and about twenty more are deeply interested.

TEN at Strode Academy, Oswego, Kansas, have been baptized, making twenty-three who have been baptized during the school year; five at Wichita have received this ordinance, and eight have been added to the church. Seven or eight at Sharon Springs will be baptized soon. Five persons at Naron are obeying the truth, three at Preston, five at Elk City, and five have been taken into the church at Lawrence. A Sabbath-school has been organized at Great Bend, another at Iuka, a colored church of fifteen members in Oswego, and a Sabbath-school of twenty-eight members at Sparks. Five have been baptized at Emporia, and seven united with the church.

SEVEN baptisms are reported from our mission in Zululand, two from our Kolo mission in Basutoland, four at La Rochelle, ten at our Barotseland mission, and nine more at the latter place have requested baptism. Nine souls at King William's Town, and three at our Maranatha mission, have decided to keep the commandments of God. Three churches have lately been organized and received into the Cape Conference,—one at Bloemfontein with a membership of fifteen, one at Steenbraas with a membership of seven, and another at Bonnie Vale with a membership of thirty. Fourteen native students have been baptized at the Solusi mission.

SEVEN at Victoria, fourteen at Melbourne, and a family of six at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, have stepped out on the truths of the message. On the last day of the Victorian camp-meeting thirty-three were buried in baptism; following the meeting at Cottesloe, West Australia, eighteen followed their Lord in this solemn ordinance; and at the close of the South Australian camp-meeting, eleven went forward in this rite. Eleven more will be baptized at their home churches. A new church was dedicated at Harden, New South Wales, the latter part of April, and a church was organized. Subsequent to a tent effort at Cowra, a company of nine commandment keepers was formed, besides two isolated persons.

THIRTEEN at Springfield, Massachusetts, have received baptism, thirteen at South Lancaster, two or three at Melrose, and nine at Worcester. Sabbath, June 1, a church of sixteen members was organized at Westfield.

WE have received calendars from the following schools: Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. Emmanuel Missionary College Summer School, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Lodi Normal Institute, of Lodi, California. Union College, of College View, Nebraska, for 1912-1913. College of Medical Evangelists, Loma Linda, California.

Here certainly are a lot of splendid schools open to the young men and young women who desire more than ordinary education,—an education in religious things, education along the lines that fit men not only for the very best of service here, but for eternal life in the hereafter. These calendars give the faculties, management, rules, regulations, and expenses of these various institutions of education; and we are sure that any one who is interested in them and will make inquiries at the proper source will receive the information which he desires. It would be well, in writing to any one of these schools, to address the president of whatever school it may be, with the address as given above.

How to Keep from Freezing

By Lilla W. Warren

A gentleman trav'ling a dreary, cold way, Was freezing and lost, near the close of the day, And so sleepy and numb that he thought he would stay On the cold ground and sleep till the break of the day.

But he saw a poor man fallen down in the snow, Because he was freezing — had no power to go. He raised him and rubbed him, he pitied him so; And soon he himself was all in a glow!

He'd forgotten himself, another to save, And received much more help than that which he gave; And thus two were saved from the dreary, cold grave. And we, to stop freezing, another must save.

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Out of Doors

By Editor

A copy of OUT OF DOORS will add immensely to the enjoyment of your vacation. This little work of 97 pages is filled with a spirit of enthusiasm for outdoor life. It is a real tonic, and will help you gain blessings under the open sky, in field and wood, and 'mid nature's charms, that you have never appreciated before.

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Sanctuary

By Editor

"Christ Our Advocate," a pamphlet which can be secured at this office for ten cents, is an invaluable aid in studying the sanctuary question. It explains the building and purpose of the earthly sanctuary, patterned after the heavenly, and pictures the present work of Christ, "Our Advocate," in the heavenly sanctuary. The great prophetic 2,300 day period is thoroly explained, as are also prophecies relating to the conditions in the world during the time that the heavenly sanctuary cleansing work is going on.

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If herewith is an order-blank, you will know you have overlooked sending renewal. You will not wish to miss a single issue. Back numbers often can not be furnished.

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In Our Next

By Editor

A partial list of the subjects discussed and developed in our next issue is as follows:

Christ's Victory Won Through Pain.
Who Will Welcome Christ at His Coming?
Christ as Michael the Archangel.
Man Lost and Redeemed.
Atrocities in Dress.

Our Outlook, Editorial, Question Corner, and Missions departments will be replete with interest.

He who misses the "Signs of the Times" misses much.

Lackawanna Railway Wreck

A fearful wreck took place on the Lackawanna Railway near Corning, New York, July 4. An express excursion train running 65 miles an hour in a dense fog crashed into the rear of a passenger-train; 41 were killed and 50 injured. The injured and killed were practically all on the passenger-train.

A Terrible Calamity

NEWS despatches of July 1 tell of an awful cyclone disaster, the center of which, so far as damage is concerned, was in the city of Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan. It swept through the very heart of the city, killing somewhere about fifty persons, and causing property loss estimated at ten million dollars. Six immense grain elevators, numerous building blocks, the new capitol building, the electric lighting plant, and three churches, went down before the awful storm. Fifteen girls in the telephone exchange building, who stuck heroically to their switchboards, were crushed to death in the wreck of the building. The town is in darkness, the water-works useless, and fire has broken out in the ruins. Among the freaks of the tornado, a freight car was hurled through a freight shed, a canoe was picked from the Wascana Lake and carried three quarters of a mile. Small sailing vessels lie strewn over the southern section of the city, a half-mile from the lake. Automobiles filled with people were hurled high in the air and deposited blocks away. Other small towns were struck to the east of Regina, and damaged to the extent of $500,000 in the demolition of grain elevators and other property. These things are evidence, or ought to be evidence, to every thinking soul, that nature's laws are perverted, that the earth is waxing old, and that it is time to change; and that change will come with the second coming of the world's Lord and Master, who has staid away from His own so long.

Memory Text for the Week

John 3:3, A.R.V., margin

"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born from above, he can not see the kingdom of God."

The Presidential Candidates of 1912

By Editor

The candidates for the Republican Party for president and vice-president of the United States are William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, both for reelection. Mr. Roosevelt bolted with a respectable minority and formed the nucleus of a new party. The Democratic candidates are Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, and Governor Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana. Mr. Taft was nominated by a majority vote on the first ballot; Mr. Wilson by a two thirds vote on the forty-sixth ballot. We may well wish and pray that the campaign between now and the election in November will be conducted with greater dignity and more gentlemanship than one at least of the pre-nomination campaigns.

An Annex to the Church

By Editor

An Annex to the Church.—Cardinal Archbishop Farley, of New York, is quoted as saying: "I am entirely in sympathy with the movement which seeks to secure for New York a theater where plays, Catholic in tone, will be produced. There is no agency more potent for good or evil than the theater, and the effect of plays of a high moral character on the people can not be overestimated." But what a reflection on the gospel of Christ! The first play to be presented is "The Dear St. Elizabeth." It will probably result in Roman Catholicism gathering in those who know little of truth, with strong emotional natures.

Employing the Industrial Beggars

Among the things advocated at the Good Roads Congress was construction of a national system of paved highways connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific, and the Great Lakes and the gulf. This would be a good place to employ the "Industrial Beggars of the World." There are thousands who are tramping the country, able to work; and if states, or nation, were building a highway, they ought to be compelled to work, and nominal wages paid them. If they are bound to live upon the people without earning their living, the people should have something to say as to how that living should be furnished.

Anti Roman Catholic.

The United Presbyterian assembly in Seattle, May 24, as reported in the Yakima Daily Republic of the same date, had something to say regarding Roman Catholicism. The report says: "That ancient foe of human liberty, the Papacy, as it gains in numbers in the nation, is becoming bolder and more menacing by an alliance with corrupt politics and scheming politicians through a semi-military organization numbering hundreds of thousands. Its priestly dictation over two million voters, its Jesuitical influence over the nation's President, demands of American Protestantism a sleepless vigilance and a most earnest, prayerful, and persistent effort to give its blinded millions the true gospel of Christ."

Respect for Authority

Attorney W. C. Bristol, in an address before the Congregational Church in Portland recently, uttered a truth that ministers would do well to note. He said, "Unless we instill into our sons and daughters a respect for authority, the present restiveness of public opinion will so far grow that anarchy and tyranny will reign." And the one law above all others for which respect and reverence should be taught is the law of the Most High.

Raising Ministers’ Salaries

By Editor

The United Presbyterian Church of North America, in its recent meeting at Spokane, raised the salaries of preachers, the maximum to $1,400, and the minimum to $1,000, with a parsonage. This is good. Ministers in many other denominations ought to have their salaries raised, as long as living is what it is.

Going into Eclipse

By Editor

Going into Eclipse.—The Auckland Observer, among its cartoons, has the faces of two typical representatives of Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, Romanism partly covering the face of Anglicanism; and the question is asked, "A partial eclipse; will it soon become total and blot out Anglicanism?" With this is a statement that Dr. Crossley, bishop of Auckland, is advocating prayers for the dead. But this is only an indication of what is taking place all over the world. Those who accept of the Sunday-sabbath and other things which are purely of Roman Catholicism ought not to stumble over some of the lesser things.

A Day of Rest Without Law

The working man needs a day of rest, but it is not necessary that he should obtain that through civil law. Pennsylvania has had one of the most radical Sunday laws since colonial times, but it did not give Sunday rest to the iron-workers in Pittsburg and Allegheny. Yet not very long ago the men began working for it themselves, in connection with the companies, and many of them have secured their one day of rest in seven, entirely without the law. Yet there are those who are inaugurating a nation-wide campaign to obtain one day in seven for industrial workers, and as usual they are hoping to shelve all responsibility between man and man, and endeavor to get the state to do what expediency, conscience, and business ought to do between the employers and employees.

A Better Way.

By Editor

There seems to be a general stirring up of the Protestant denominations against Roman Catholicism. The general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church meeting in Bristol, Tennessee, May 23, according to a despatch in the Portland Oregonian of May 24, met the issue in this way: A minority report presented "a plan of attack on Catholicism by the evangelical churches of the United States and Canada, and the establishment of a fund to support converts from among the priests." This report was submitted by Judge Allen G. Hall, of Nashville, but withdrawn in favor of a resolution by Dr. R. C. Reed, of Columbia, South Carolina, unanimously adopted, as follows:

"That in meeting the menace of Romanism this assembly would recommend no other means than the dissemination of knowledge and the faithful, earnest preaching of the gospel of Christ."

And that is sensible. It is the only thing in this world that will meet any of these heresies — the clear, straightforward preaching of the gospel of Christ as revealed in the Word of God.

Summer Drinks and Bacteria

Summer Drinks and Bacteria.—The Journal of the American Medical Association warns its readers against summer drinks and bacteria. It does not condemn these drinks of themselves, but it says that those who drink them should know that their purity and harmlessness was adequately safeguarded. Some think that the condition under which these beverages are prepared are destructive to bacteria, but this is shown to be groundless by experiments regarding two diseases, at least. While the high pressure destroyed many germs, yet it did not destroy all; and the conclusion is that no water that is in the least suspicious should be used in the manufacture of a carbonated drink, and if a doubtful water is the only source of supply, this should be subjected to treatment by some method of sterilization, with subsequent filtration through a trustworthy and efficient filter.