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ANGELS, Their Nature and Ministry.
Revised by the late J. H. Waggoner. In two parts. Part Two considers some hints on the Origin, History and Destiny of Satan, as gleaned from the Scriptures. Bible Students’ Library No. 83. 140 pages. Paper covers. Price, 20 cents.
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From Eden to Eden
IN the twenty chapters into which this book is divided, the author discusses the unity of the divine plan and the continuity of God's purpose through all the ages, showing that in all dispensations the truths constantly impressed upon the minds of the people have tended to one end,—the elucidation of one central idea, THE RESTORATION of the dominion which was lost in Adam.
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THE ATONEMENT.
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An Atonement Consistent with Reason.
In this he shows that the doctrine of an atonement through the medium of a voluntary substitute is consistent with reason. Part second.
The Atonement as Revealed in the Bible.
In this is discussed the plan of redemption through Christ, by which every sinner who accepts Christ will be justified; sin will be turned back upon the head of its originator; the earth will be cleansed from the curse; God's righteous government will be restored over the entire universe; and all who will not become loyal subjects of that government will be destroyed.
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“To Whom Do We Belong?”
—What a mighty international factor capital is becoming is shown by a recent setting forth by the New York World of the British capital invested in the United States, amounting in the aggregate to the vast sum of $3,193,500,000. The three chief items are real estate, $1,500,000,000; bonds, $1,250,000,000; mines, $150,000,000. This is thirty times greater than the amount ordinarily in the United States Treasury. It is four times as large as the sum total of the nation’s immediate resources, as shown by the official report of the Secretary of the Treasury at the end of the last fiscal year. At the end of the civil war the nation’s debt was $2,773,000,000, or $400,000,000 less than what the British now own in the United States. To-day, with the national debt fallen to about $1,500,000,000, the British could pay it twice over by taking out of the American pocket what belongs to them. The Freeman’s Labor Journal in referring to this, asks, “To whom do we belong, any way?” We confess that it is a serious question from a political and commercial standpoint. But it is a far more serious question in the light of our eternal welfare. “To whom do we belong?” To whom does our service belong? The word of God returns answer, “For ye are bought with a price” (1 Cor. 6:20), “the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:19). We are his by creation and redemption. Therefore, “fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man;” “fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.” Eccl. 12:13; Rev. 14:7.
The Old and the New Way.—
A modern mother, who desires to save her daughter, and prays to that end, thus expresses it:—
“My prayer has been answered: the pain thou must bear
Is the pain of the world’s life which thy life must share;
Thou art one with the world—tho’ I love thee the best,
And to save thee from pain I must save all the rest.
Well, with God’s help I’ll do it.
“Thou art one with the rest, I must love thee in them.
Thou wilt sin with the rest, and thy mother must stem
The world’s sin. Thou wilt weep, and thy mother must dry
The tears of the world, lest her darling should cry.
I will do it, God helping.”
—Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
Now all this is exalted nonsense. One can be saved from pain only by saving all! One can be saved from sinning only by saving all!! The people of the world never have been saved that way, nor can they ever be. God saves all he does save by saving each one of the all. Salvation from sin is an individual work. Christ is not in this political Christianity. His is the old way, but it is the wisdom of God and the power of God unto salvation.
“RIOTING AND DRUNKENNESS.”
The above heading seems fitly to express the condition of things in St. Louis during the Republican national convention, according to a reporter of the New York Voice. It will probably be about the same in Chicago during the Democratic convention now in session. The pith of the Voice article may be seen in the following extracts:—
“It has been a big drunk. Fights were frequent, women were insulted, and the most nauseating immorality was indulged in.”
“It is estimated by a conservative that $200,000 was spent by the delegates and other visitors for liquor. One saloon on Broadway, which could serve 150 people in its barroom and several side rooms, not including the restaurant, took in about $5,000 a day.”
“Hundreds were howling drunk every night, and some were seen who had been on a spree all the week. The Southern Hotel bar, a half block long, kept ten barkeepers busy all day and all night. Early Tuesday morning there was a pitched battle in the rotunda of this hotel. It was the first real fight of the convention. Drunken men pummeled each other like wild savages.”
“The fight became so dangerous that the proprietor turned in a riot call. This became known, and the rioters fled from the hotel temporarily, and when twenty-five policemen appeared on the scene, they saw nothing but wrecked banners and torn pictures on the marble floor.”},{
Erratum
By Editor
Erratum.—A serious mistake escaped the eyes of our proof-readers in our last issue. On page 9, middle column, third line from the bottom, 1884 should read 1844. The mistake was caught on the press, but not till several thousand copies were off.
America’s Forgotten Principles of Freedom
It is a sad sight to see so much money burned in Chinese fireworks, so much expended for bunting, so much oratory run to waste, almost solely over what was. The genuine principles of American freedom, as set forth by Jefferson, Madison etc, are to-day almost wholly forgotten or ignored. More, they have been perverted by our government itself.
The Catholic-Minister Newspaper Controversy
The wordy newspaper war between Roman Catholics, represented chiefly through Chancellor P. C. Yorke, and divers ministers of various churches goes merrily on. Bad things are said, bad blood raised, bad names called, and the people are no wiser than when the conflict began months ago. The real Gospel and anti-gospel principles lying at the very foundation of the controversy are seemingly unknown, at least, unrecognized, by both parties.
A Confession
A Confession.—The religion of Christ is spiritual. Spiritual power alone can introduce it in the human heart, can maintain it, can propagate it; and this spiritual power—all power—is promised even to the end of the world. When, therefore, men ask the power of the state to aid religion or to enforce their religious dogmas, institutions, tenets, or days upon others, they confess by that very asking that they have lost faith in Christ, and that he is not sufficient for the work. Thus they put man in the place of God. They either deny Jesus Christ, or confess that they know him not.
Value of Vows
Value of Vows.—Much has been made of vows, pledges, etc., as helps to Christian life; but they are generally but frail human reeds, which if leaned upon will break to pieces, instead of supporting. Referring to this in reply to the Jesuit priest, Father Richards, the Western Watchman, a Roman Catholic paper, says:—
“The Blessed mother of God made no vows. The apostles made no vows. The strongest obligation known to the divine economy of grace is the one that binds a man to acquire the perfection befitting his state. The obligations of a priest in ordination are not vows, but they are above all vows, and are conditions of his entrance into the kingdom of God.
“Father Richards has put forth the claim that has filled the orders with hypocrites and the world with scoffers. Has Tetzel come again?”
All these are doubtless true; but they are all a constituent part of every man-made religion.
