AN account of the latest instance of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of a Seventh-day Adventist for violation of the Church-and-State statute enforcing the observance of the religious dogma of Sunday observance was presented upon the editorial page of the New York “Evening Post” of May 27, under the heading, “Case of a Seventh-day Adventist,” in the form of the following communication to the editor of that newspaper, signed “C. M.” and dated at New York, May 25:
“SIR: One would suppose that the days of religious persecution by a union of Church and State were a thing of the past, but the following report of the recent arrest and imprisonment of a Seventh-day Adventist reads like a story of the Dark Ages:
“John Curlett, of Fords Store, Md., is now in the Centreville jail, having been arrested for working on Sunday.
“In order to see Curlett at work, the constable was obliged to drive around a back road, then thru another man’s farm. Leaving his horse here, he came thru a woods and found Curlett working fully a half mile from the public road.
“Wednesday, May 8, his case came before the court. He was found guilty, and upon his refusal to pay the fine, he was placed in jail for thirty days.
“During the trial Mr. Curlett was given the privilege of speaking to a crowded courtroom, some even standing on seats in the rear of the room to get a glimpse of the prisoner. Mr. Curlett spoke in the quiet, meek way so characteristic of the man. He said in part that he would not willingly break any of the State laws, unless those laws conflicted with the law of God; but while this court decrees that the first day is the sabbath, a higher court has told us the seventh day should be observed.
“When told by the court that the constable could not be restrained from coming to his farm to see if he were working, he said: ‘I arrange to do all my Sunday work where no one will be annoyed; as was testified in the court, the constable found me working one-half mile from the public road; I can only ask, therefore, that you will be as lenient as possible whenever I come before you.’ Mr. Curlett’s address is John Curlett, Centreville Jail, Centreville, Maryland.”
This correspondent places this case in the right category in using the terms “religious persecution,” “union of Church and State,” and “Dark Ages” in connection with it. And this is by no means the only instance in which a religious dissenter from the religious dogma of Sunday observance has in recent years been imprisoned in the United States. And, in most of these instances, as is very probably the case in this instance, the arrest and prosecution were made because the person was a religious dissenter from this religious dogma which has managed in spite of progress and enlightenment and the principle of separation of Church and State to retain the support of the criminal statutes of nearly all the American commonwealths. And thus in a double sense have these cases been cases of religious persecution, for not only has a religious dogma been enforced, but it has been enforced upon people who were selected for that enforcement because they were religious dissenters from the dogma, while others, flagrantly violating the dogma and the statute supporting it, were unmolested, they being nominal acceptors of the dogma. The publication of the above communication upon the editorial page of the New York “Evening Post” brings this latest case of the Sunday-law persecution of a Seventh-day Adventist to the attention of that class of the nation’s newspaper readers in which the intelligence and conscience of genuine Americanism is best represented, and therefore will doubtless be of service to the cause of justice with respect to the injustice and anachronism of Sunday enforcement.
JOHN D. BRADLEY.
Religious Liberty in Medical Examinations
In the closing hours of the recent session of Congress, the days for holding the legal examinations for the admission of persons to the practise of medicine in the District of Columbia, which had been fixed by law for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, were changed by act of Congress to Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. This was done at the solicitation of, and in consideration for, the Seventh-day Adventists, who have conscientious scruples against taking the examination on Saturday, the day which they religiously observe, and who, owing to the inflexibility of the provision of law fixing the days for the examinations, have heretofore been practically debarred from admission to the practise of medicine in the District of Columbia. This has been somewhat of an inconvenience to them since locating their headquarters in the District, for the treatment of the sick and the operation of sanitariums for that purpose is one of their principal lines of work. While in this country the political authority should extend no deference or special consideration whatever to theological dogmas or to religious believers as such, such a recognition of, and consideration for, the conscientious scruples of citizens as the above is of course proper so long as it is not in any degree a recognition of, or concession to, theological dogmas and beliefs as such. The convenience and conscientious scruples of citizens can be taken into account by the legislator, but their theological beliefs and practices as such, never. Otherwise the question in this instance is merely one as to the convenience and interests of all concerned, the convenience and interests of all concerned or of the public at large always taking precedence over that of any section or class of citizens. Undoubtedly the change in this instance is perfectly compatible with the rights and interests of all concerned. But yet, nevertheless, the legislation has the aspect of special legislation for a religious class, and as such, closely shaves the principle of separation of Church and State.
Mohammedanism
Mohammedanism.—There is a very active propaganda going on in the spread of Mohammedanism. Leading men among them are pushing it with great vigor and determination; but the movement which was started some years ago by Lawyer Senussi, who formulated plans for the regeneration of Mohammedanism, seems to have lost its inspiration, and at the present time the movement has no center. When he died, his son succeeded him and laid his plans to drive all the Christians out of Africa. Two million people were ready to rise when called upon, but he did not dare risk his officers, and they were never called. Since his death there seems to have been no danger of a general uprising, tho doubtless there will be new prophets rising up again and again who will endeavor to rouse old Islam to a victory of the world; but we see nothing whatever in God's word that indicates any success in this line.
A Railway from North to South America
By rail from North America to South America will be possible when the United States Syndicate, incorporated by the Akers Title Incorporating Company at Phoenix, Ariz., May 28, complete their proposed line from Argentina to the United States. The capital is $500,000,000, raised by Eastern men. The road will be constructed on a survey already made by a joint commission of the governments of the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Salvador, and Venezuela.
The Population of the World
The population of the world, according to the American Geographical Society’s latest “Bulletin” is 1,503,290,000. Europe has a population of 392,264,000; Africa, 140,700,000; Asia, 819,556,000; North America, 105,714,000; South America, 38,482,000; Australia and Polynesia, 6,483,000; Polar lands, 91,000. To the square mile Europe has a population of 104; Asia, 46.6; Africa and North America, 13; Australia and Polynesia, 2; South America, 5; the world, 306.
Trolley Collision Kills Four
Four were killed and thirteen injured at Elyria, Ohio, May 30, when a Cleveland and Southwestern trolley car was struck, rear end, by another car. The victims were in a pleasure party. Eight of the injured had both legs cut off.
Notes from Washington News.
Among the appropriations made at the recent session of Congress was $136,029.67 “to reimburse Providence Hospital in the District of Columbia for expenses incurred in the reconstruction of the Providence Hospital building.” This institution is under Roman Catholic control, tho doubtless it does have a quasi-public character. Its sectarian character is shown by the symbols which appear upon and about the hospital building and is proclaimed to the city at large by the symbol of the cross conspicuously displayed upon its ambulances which are frequently seen upon the streets of Washington. It is evident that Congress recognizes that the institution is not one over which it has control or which may not be withdrawn at any time from the quasi-public use upon the strength of which Congressional appropriations are asked for and granted to it; for in connection with the above appropriation it was provided that “if the said property be sold or diverted from use expressed in the act of Congress entitled ‘An Act to Incorporate Providence Hospital, of the city of Washington, D. C.,’ approved April 18, 1864, all money advanced by the United States and the District of Columbia on account of the reconstruction of any of the buildings shall be first paid out of the proceeds thereof into the United States Treasury to reimburse the sums heretofore appropriated and hereby appropriated.” Of course such a step will not be taken by the Roman Catholic sect with respect to this institution. It will stick to that course which enables it to take money from the treasury of the United States, rather than take a step which would reverse the order and require it to pay money into the treasury.
Sunday Closing Bill in District of Columbia
Among the more than one hundred bills pertaining to the District of Columbia remaining unacted upon the calendar of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia at the adjournment of the recent session of Congress was H. R. 16483, “requiring certain places of business in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday.” This measure, which applied especially to grocery and meat stores, and was supported by the clergy and the clerks’ union, passed the House at the previous session of Congress and was sent to the Senate and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, where it remained unacted on during the entire period of the recent session. This measure had a similar experience in the previous Congress.
Tho apparently there were no special efforts made by its friends to secure action on this bill, or “act,” as it had become by its passage by the House, at the recent session, it is very likely that the constant inflow of petitions against it which were sent in by Seventh-day Adventists throughout the country from the very beginning of the session had much to do with its demise. The Adventists endeavored to but were unable to secure a public committee hearing upon the measure. Their aggressive opposition doubtless deterred the committee from taking the matter up at the short session. This, or some other measure in its place, will doubtless be introduced in the next Congress and may receive more attention than it has had by the last two Congresses.
Search the Scriptures
By F. D. Starr
By F. D. Starr
Revelation.
WE now come to consider the last book of the Bible. While a rich blessing attends the study of any portion of the sacred Scriptures, yet of no other of the sixty-six books of which the Bible is composed, is a more earnest statement made concerning the reading and hearing of the same.
Notice how emphatic is the declaration:
“Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.”
Why should there, then, be any hesitation about searching this part of the Holy Scriptures? Is it because the book is said to be full of secret mysteries that no one can understand? If so, let us look for a moment at the name that is given to this book.
The opening statement of the book tells us that this is the “Revelation of Jesus Christ.” A revelation is something revealed. The difference between this and one of the secrets of the Lord is distinctly shown in Deut. 29:29.
“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
If the book of Revelation were not to be studied by us, it would have had some such title as The Secrets of the Almighty, instead of being called the Revelation of Jesus Christ. But since it is a revelation, it does not belong to the secret things which God has reserved to Himself.
The name in the original Greek is still more significant. That name is the Apocalypse, and signifies the removal of the veil, the unveiling. So in this book is contained the information that unveils the future.
Sometimes it is asserted that this is a sealed book, but the Lord foreknew that this excuse would be offered, so He forestalled this objection by the instruction given in the very close of the book:
“And He saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.”Rev. 22:10.
Of no other book in the Bible has Inspiration taken the precaution to tell us that it was not sealed, and perhaps none of the other books is so frequently called a sealed book.
But what are the ideas of man in opposition to God?
It was only four years before the close of the first century of the Christian era that John had this vision, being then nearly one hundred years old, and banished to the isle of Patmos. This island is in the Grecian Archipelago, only about seventy-five miles from Ephesus, where John made his home in his old age. This church Inspiration leads him to first mention in his message to the seven churches. None of the seven were very far away, Pergamos, the most distant, being only about one hundred and fifty miles from the scene of the prophet’s exile.
While these messages are addressed to this cluster of churches in Asia Minor, we are not to suppose they are applicable to those congregations alone, any more than Peter’s epistle should be limited in its application to Pontus, Galatia, etc., because he addressed it to the believers in those regions. The messages are rather prophetic, having their main application to events to transpire during the remainder of probationary time, and particularly as we near the close of this world’s history.
As will be seen by Rev. 1:3, the blessing rests not only on those who read and hear this prophetic book, but particularly upon those who “keep those things which are written therein.” This is not merely a book of prophetic symbols and interesting lines of prophecy; it is rather a book of most practical duties. We surely can not keep those things which are written in the book unless we understand them. The central point in the whole book may be considered to be Rev. 14:12. And here we find the most important of all things to keep: “Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” This describes a people who are living on the earth just before the appearing of the Son of Man on the white cloud to reap the harvest of the earth. It is the last part of a threefold warning that goes to all the inhabitants of the earth to prepare for that great day.
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Search the Scriptures.
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We can not here enter into details concerning the thrilling lines of prophecy contained in this unique book. For clear expositions of these, we refer to most excellent works on the book of Revelation, etc., published at the office where this journal is issued. We merely call attention to the exceeding riches of this wonderful mine of truth of which the half has never been told. It seems that the Master has in His inspired Book, as He did at the marriage in Cana of Galilee, kept the best of the wine till the last of the feast.
The great crisis mentioned in Rev. 22:11, in the closing chapter of Holy Writ, is about to break upon a doomed and heedless world. Then will the decree bring forth:
“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”
Would we desire to be found on the right side of the line at that decisive hour? Our way is plainly pointed out in verse 14:
“Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in thru the gates into the city.”
So the keeping of the commandments of God is made the prominent thing from the first chapter of the book thru to the last.
As we have now taken, in this series of articles, a brief survey of the broad field of inspired scripture from Genesis to Revelation, I trust we have been impressed with the fact that its beauty increases from commencement to close, that it is indeed as the path of the just, which is “as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day,” and that we realize more than ever the need of heeding our Saviour’s admonition to “Search the Scriptures.”
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” Rev. 22:21.
Among the Jews in Boston.
By Augusta C. Bainbridge
A Visit to the Mission.
To one who has been interested in helping-hand missions in cities, as the writer has in San Francisco, a visit to one in Boston is a rare treat. Surely, it seems that God has called Brother F. C. Gilbert for the work among his own people, and he has also just as surely given us the privilege of a part in it.
On Monday and Tuesday afternoons, the various sisters, with a helper from the New England Sanitarium at Melrose, conduct a sewing class. The Jewish girls from the vicinity are invited in to learn to sew. The materials and implements are provided for them, the garments are cut out, they are taught to make them, and when finished, the garment is given to the child who makes it.
These sisters are studying Yiddish, a corrupt form of Hebrew generally spoken, and as they work, they plant a few seeds of Gospel truth. Of course the children will listen to instruction in their own tongue as they will not to English. They have a scripture lesson, prayer, and song service. They use “Christ in Song.” The children sing well, and enjoy it, but every mouth is closed when the word “Jesus” comes in any line.
In the evening, a goodly number of intelligent Hebrews gather in the chapel to listen to Elder Gilbert preach in the Yiddish from Moses and the prophets about the Messiah. They are often anxious to ask questions. One asked, “Is Jesus the Son, the actual Son, of God?” Another, “How could God have a son?” “Why do Christians try to kill the Jews?” “Who wrote the ‘Christian’ Bible?”
These Jews like to argue and preach, and this is often good because it gives easier access to them. God helps the preacher to hold their hearts, while he is laboring to turn their heads.
“Glad Tidings of the Messiah” is a monthly paper for the use of Christians who are interested in giving the Gospel to the Jews. It should have a large circulation among the lovers of the truth and the Sabbath. We have so much to offer them, and we can meet them on common ground to start with. The preparing and circulating of this precious sheet is a heavy burden upon this little band of workers.
They have also a very pretty book-mark which the young people and Sabbath-school children are invited to sell for the benefit of the work. Sister Eliza Morton wrote the poem, and when printed on satin ribbon of various colors makes an attractive invitation to
Hofmann. "Come unto Me."
“Bring Christ to him
And help the Jew.”
The young people in the home are greatly interested in the work; but taking care of the house, wrapping and addressing papers, meeting those who call, and teaching those who come to study, leaves little time for the outside work of visiting, giving Bible-readings, treatments, and necessary distributing. These dear ones need a mother, God surely has, somewhere, a mother who is ready for this open door, and just as truly, He has the money for her support. Will you help us pray that both may be found?
They live very economically and carefully, using time, talent, and every God-given blessing in the work to which they are called. They have the confidence of the people, and are called upon for a variety of services.
A dear little girl came to have her hand bandaged. It was sore and dirty; the former condition caused by the latter. A woman came for directions in cooking, and how glad we are to have the best methods to give her. A Russian rabbi comes to learn English; and, as he is a Jew, the Yiddish is the tongue he can use freely, and there is no book so dear to teach English as the Bible, and it is easy to interest him in the prophecies. As a result, he is now a believer.
What can we say to these when we present Christ, when to accept means to leave the town or die? An industrial plant in some country place would solve that problem. Truly here we need “men and means.” May the dear Father help us to work as He has called us, for these to whom we owe so much.
AUGUSTA C. BAINBRIDGE.
Any one who may wish to sell the book-mark mentioned above, can address Elder F. C. Gilbert, South Lancaster, Mass.
An Appeal for Workers in the Southern Field.
By Walter Harper
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE BROAD HARVEST FIELD: I am now in Hickory, N. C., near the Blue Ridge, about eighty miles east of the far-famed health resort city of Asheville, N. C. This part of the State is beautiful—plenty of foliage and variety of soil. Fruits, vegetables, cereals do well; in fact, the country produces enough of the necessary things of life. Land is cheap, and climate in these hills and mountains is healthful, with plenty of good water. Railroads go almost everywhere, and after July 1 the fare is to be two and one-fourth cents a mile in North Carolina.
I began canvassing here last week with that priceless volume, “Great Controversy.” The idea seemed to prevail that this book could not be sold in the South. I came to demonstrate that, by the help of the Lord, it can be placed in the homes of the people. Our sufficiency, our success, our all, is of God. Lean heavily on the Everlasting Arms. Have faith that God will work in our behalf, then work as earnestly and perseveringly as if all depended upon our efforts. This combining of human effort with divine aid will accomplish marvelous results. I have seen it in North Carolina, in Tennessee, in Kentucky, and in States in the West. It does one’s soul good to meet with Southern people. There is an almost universal respect for religion and the Bible. Nearly all belong to some of the popular churches, but there are but few Catholics. I have found none so far. In this thriving city of 6,000 people there is no Catholic Church. Very few canvassers are seen here, and seldom an agent for books. Doors are open everywhere, not only in this State, but all over the ten or twelve States in the South with their millions of people. You have no trouble in getting a hearing, seldom refused and then not rebuffed. It is a pleasure to see such uniform courtesy and kindness of heart, and wide, open-hearted hospitality.
The South is noted for these traits, and you have but to come here to prove its truthfulness. What a contrast in this part of the United States to see such a regard for God’s word, as compared with the infidelity, scoffing, open blasphemy, profanity, and all its long train one often meets in the West, North, and East. I can not recall hearing an oath since I reached this town. The latter-day delusions, such as Evolution, Spiritualism, New Thought, Christian Science, Mormonism, and a host of others, are almost unknown. There are few trades-unions, labor strikes, etc., in these parts. Times are the best ever known, business prosperous, labor scarce, and not enough to meet the demand, wages far better than for long years. To me this seems like a new world, a new experience. There is a large territory here in North Carolina, and other States are open, ready and longing for workers, white to the harvest. Large counties, county after county, have never been touched. O, why is all this shameful neglect? Why stay in the worn-out, worked-out territory of the West, North, East, and Northwest when there are scores, yes, hundreds, of new, fresh counties in the needy South pleading for help, calling for God’s saving message for to-day?
Dear souls, cut loose, sell out, and come. God wants you here. His blessing will rest upon you here. You will have a new vitalizing experience here. You will feel that Heaven’s banner of love leads you, Heaven’s canopy is over you, shedding its beams of light and glory over your pathway. Here you will be doing the closing work of God,13soon to wind up. But rest assured that the enemy will contest every inch of the way when you decide to come. You will be buffeted, darkness cast over you and across your pathway till you make the move. Every sophistry will be presented to make you believe it is not the proper thing for you to do. Don’t listen to it. I have been all over the ground, and I know what you will have to meet. I know how to sympathize with you, and you all have my prayers. May God bless you all, and all whose hearts God makes willing to arise to the call. Come and close up the work; then we will go home to Zion, the new Jerusalem, with songs and everlasting joy upon our heads.
Those who think of locating in North Carolina should first correspond with Elder T. H. Jeys, Spero, N. C., for further information; and if you think of canvassing, write also to Horace G. Miller, Gastonia, N. C. WALTER HARPER.
"We Would See Jesus."
By Margaret J. Preston
(Margaret J. Preston, in S. S. Times.)
We would see Jesus when our hopes are brightest,
And all that earth can grant is at its best,
When not a drift of shadow, even the lightest,
Blurs our clear atmosphere of perfect rest.
We would see Jesus when the joy of living
Holds all our senses in a realm of bliss,
That we may know He hath the power of giving
Enduring rapture more supreme than this.
We would see Jesus when our pathway darkens
Beneath the dread of some impending ill,
When the discouraged soul no longer harkens
To Hope, who beckons in the distance still.
We would see Jesus when the stress of sorrow
Strains to their utmost tension heart and brain,
That He may teach us how despair may borrow
From faith the one sure antidote of pain.
We would see Jesus when our best are taken,
And we must meet, unshared, all shocks of wo,
Because He bore for us, alone, forsaken,
Burdens whose weight no human heart could know.
We would see Jesus when our fading vision,
Lost to the consciousness of earth and sky,
Has only insight for the far elysian;
We would see Jesus when we come to die.
Last Words on Evolution
“Last Words on Evolution.” A popular Retrospect and Summary by Ernst Haeckel. Translated from the German. Cloth, price $1.00, postpaid. Peter Eckler, Publisher, 35 Fulton St., New York.
This volume is in the form of three lectures delivered by Professor Haeckel at Berlin. It had been reported that Haeckel was weakening in his evolution theories, and that he was going over to the Jesuits. Hence he was prevailed upon, despite his advanced age, to deliver these three lectures in order to show his present position. He gives in this volume a short running account of the development of the theory of evolution during the last hundred years. He makes it plain that he thinks that the evolution theory has overthrown the story of the creation as told in the Bible. He also makes it plain to the reflective reader that all he can say for evolution is that it is a “theory” and nothing more. A group of facts is taken and from these facts the “theory” is advanced that man must have developed from lower forms of life on thru the monkey to his present condition. It is an interesting fact that he has found many of the best scientific minds of this time who do not endorse this theory of evolution.
Principles of English Law of Contract and Agency
“Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to Contract.” By Sir William R. Anson, D.C.L., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford. Bound in strong cloth, 464 pages. Oxford University Press, London and New York, 91 to 93 Fifth Avenue.
This book is the eleventh English edition, and the second American copyright edition, edited with American notes by Ernest W. Huffcut, Dean of the Cornell University College of Law. It is, therefore, a work of authority, and with its frequent, careful revision is thereby up to date, and a standard text-book on Law of Contract of both English and American law, showing both parallels and differences. The object of the book is to show how a contract is made, what is needed to make it binding, whom it may affect, how it is interpreted, and how it may be discharged. The language is not involved, the instruction clear and simple. It is an invaluable text-book to the law student, it is a valuable book also for the business man.
Receipts on Chinese Famine Relief Fund to June 1, 1907.
O. F. Bowen ........................................ $5.00
Mrs. H. J. Parr ..................................... 2.00
Nels Arvidson ....................................... 5.00
Chas. Parrett ....................................... 3.52
Mrs. M. A. Baer .................................... 1.00
Mrs. H. Haynes ..................................... .60
Mrs. M. A. Seaton ................................... .25
Mrs. H. Barrows .................................... 1.00
Orpha Barrows ....................................... 1.03
All receipts on this fund after this paper is supposed to reach its readers will be turned into regular missionary supplies for China, to be used at the discretion of the superintendent in charge of that field. The greatest famine needs are now reported as in the past.
Literary Notices.
“Swift Decadence of Sunday. What Next?”
By A. H. Lewis, D.D. 220 pages, cloth, $1.00, published by American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, N. J.
The matter is considered in twelve chapters, the first five of which are devoted to testimony from popular churches on the decay of Sunday observance, three chapters on the Christian responsibility, neglect, and defense of Sunday, the remaining chapters treating of the reasons for the decay of Sunday, and true Sabbath reform. In his introduction the author states that the book is written for the sake of massing facts, which are God’s commentary on theories, practises and institutions, the only safe basis for conclusions. For those seeking the truth concerning the Sabbath, the latter half of the work is worth much; the chapter “Roman Catholics and Sunday” contains some striking statements from Catholic authorities concerning their part in the change of the Sabbath. The closing chapter, “Return to God’s Sabbath,” is a strong argument for the true Sabbath.
The School of Health
“The School of Health.” A Guide to Health in the Home. By Alfred B. Olsen, M. D., and M. Ellsworth Olsen, M. A., editors of London Good Health. Cloth, beautiful back and side stamp; 402 pages. International Tract Society, Limited, 451 Holloway Road, London, N.
This is not another “doctor” book. The work contains the great simple facts of physiology, a practical home course in physical culture, instructions in simple, healthful cookery, and directions for the treatment of simple diseases in the home. It is an appeal to the reading public to come back to the simple life, and the way is indicated as clearly as it can be by the authors. Its twenty-five chapters cover the whole great field of physiology, health culture, the food problem, popular unhealthful habits, and the treatment of simple diseases by means which should be found in every home. Wise counsel is given to the effect that in all serious or doubtful cases, a skilful physician or surgeon should be called. The book contains one hundred and twenty-nine text illustrations, and eight full-page cuts, one of which is a colored plate. It is a book helpful and uplifting, and deserves a wide circulation. Orders will be taken at this office.
Off the Rocks
“Off the Rocks.” Stories of the Deep-Sea Fisherfolk of Labrador. By Wilfred T. Grenfell, member of Royal College of Surgeons, England. Illustrated. Cloth, second edition, 204 pages. Sunday School Times Co., Philadelphia.
Who has not heard of Dr. Grenfell, the versatile man, who combines in himself not only physician and surgeon, but Master Mariner, Justice of the Peace; Agent of Lloyds, Underwriters; Superintendent Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen? The author would shine in any city in the world, but he has chosen for the Master's sake to cast in his lot with the poor, needy “fisherfolk” of Labrador, many of whom are seldom visited, and when they are, need just such a visitor as the many-sided, versatile man of opportunity, Dr. Grenfell. This book is made up of pathetic stories of suffering, deeds of daring, instances of Christian fortitude and endurance. Its true stories are more thrilling than a romance. There is an introduction by Henry Van Dyke.
“Oriental Rambles.”
By George W. Caldwell
By George W. Caldwell, M.D. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of snap-shot photographs. 252 pages. Published by the author, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The author tells us frankly that the book is intended neither as a guide book or romance, but as a true account of events of travel, as the ordinary person sees them and his camera portrays them. It tells in an interesting way of rambling in Japan, China, India, and Egypt.
The Steel Square Pocket Book
“The Steel Square Pocket Book.” “A Practical and Handy Treatise Giving the Best Methods of Using the Carpenter’s Steel Square.” By Dwight L. Stoddard. Cloth binding; price, 50 cents. Industrial Publishing Company, New York.
This volume has 150 pages of matter and a good index. It is brimful of information in simple language that the ordinary mechanic can understand, concerning the carpenter’s steel square. Brief paragraphs, together with plain illustrations and diagrams on nearly every page, make it easy for the possessor of the book to determine the lengths and bevels of any kind of rafter from the simple gable roof to the more complex octagon, circular, curved, and ogee roofs. Hip, valley and jack rafters, with all their lengths and bevels are fully explained. And a most desirable feature of the book is its convenient pocket size, 3½ x 5 inches. With this volume in the pocket, the progressive mechanic will soon be able to feel perfectly at home in cutting any kind of rafter, brace, or other timber where lengths and bevels have to be figured on the angle.
Bibles
Bibles.—Remember that we are headquarters for anything in the Bible line. We shall be pleased to send you our catalog of Bible selections on application.
