It is now about a thousand years since Christianity was first introduced in Sweden and Norway. Finland received the Christian religion later. After some resistance on the part of the people, Christianity became, in time and by the aid of acts of violence, the common religion of the three countries named. The Catholic Church held sway over the minds of the people until the time of the Reformation. Since the closing years of the sixteenth century the Lutheran has been the established Church of Sweden, Norway, and Finland.
So far as these three countries are concerned the Lutheran Church is, generally speaking, characterized by an unconverted membership. This accords also with the records of history. It cannot be otherwise. The Lutheran Church in the countries named is recruited, not by persons who through the preaching of the gospel have become converted unto God, but by the newborn children, legitimate and illegitimate, of its members.
Religion, generally speaking, with the members of this church consists in attendance upon the public services appointed. The hope of salvation, generally speaking, with the membership of this church is, at the best, based upon the pardoning and redeeming mercy of God through Jesus Christ, communicated, as it is said, through faith by the confession of sin and the participation of the sacrament of the holy supper.
The preaching of this church is, at its best, mainly the holding forth of the religious sentiments which are to be read in the printed sermons of the clergy of the Lutheran Church of Germany, this not as a matter of plagiarism, but as the result of the theological training given the candidates for the ministry at the Lutheran theological seminaries in the countries of which I am speaking. This preaching is addressed to hearers who are supposed to belong to the spiritual kingdom of Christ, and of being the objects of redeeming grace.
The morality of the membership of the Lutheran Church in the three countries named, and consequently of the people of Sweden, Norway, and Finland, is that of the nominally Christian world at large, and abounds. Religion is not allowed to interfere with business or with pleasure or with the gratification of the lusts and appetites of the flesh.
—Baptist Missionary Society.
FROM PITCAIRN ISLAND.
By Editor
IN a letter recently received from Elder E. H. Gates, written to his sister in this State, under date of September 4, we take the following extracts concerning the condition of things on Pitcairn Island:—
"I am still here on this island, though I have been trying to get away for months. On account of sickness on the island I have been kept busy for weeks. We have been having sad times here since the man of war was here that carried a letter to you via Valparaiso. It seems there was influenza, or something of the kind, on board, and so after the ship left nearly everyone on the island was taken down with it, till there was hardly a person on the island but Ida [Sister Gates], Hattie [Sister Andre], and myself that did not suffer to some extent. Some have been very sick. One week ago Sabbath, Sister McCoy, the wife of Brother McCoy who was with the ship, died; and just as we were to go to the funeral the next day, a little boy died. Yesterday morning Ella McCoy, daughter of Brother McCoy, died, and we are to bury her to-day in about two hours. Last night I was called on to go to pray for another young lady who is very low. To-day she is better but she may not get through. Others have had to narrow escapes from death, and, although nearly all are getting some better, the danger is not over."
Continuing, Brother Gates says that the death of Ella McCoy was a sad blow to all, because she was one of the brightest on the island, and has had a very bright Christian experience. They were planning to fit her to be a teacher in the school after Sister Gates finished her work there. On account of the sickness, the school had been closed at the time of his writing for two weeks. He said that his little knowledge of proper treatment of the sick was of benefit to him during the time of sickness.
Of himself he says that he is stronger than when he last wrote, and is beginning to hope that he may again be of some use in the cause. He is hoping that some day a ship will come along that will bring him to California, and was very anxious to get here during the grape season, as he feels that grapes would help him very much. The last news he had received at the time he wrote was papers dated July 27.
Our brethren and sisters on Pitcairn have our heartfelt sympathy, and we hope that earnest prayers will be raised, not only for the natives of the island, but for our missionaries who are there also.
ALL FOR THE CAUSE.
By William Morris
BY WILLIAM MORRIS.
Hear a word, a word in season, for the day is drawing nigh
When the cause shall call upon us, some to live, and some to die.
He that dies shall not die lonely; many a one hath gone before;
He that lives shall bear no burden heavier than the life they bore.
Nothing ancient is their story; e'en but yesterday they bled;
Youngest they of earth's beloved, last of all the valiant dead.
E'en the tidings we are telling was the tale they had to tell;
E'en the hope that our hearts cherish was the hope for which they fell.
In the grave where tyrants thrust them lie their labor and their pain,
But undying from their sorrow springeth up the hope again.
Mourn not, therefore, nor lament it that the world outlives their life;
Voice and vision yet they give us, making strong our hands for strife.
—The Age.
FROM THE SOUTH SEAS.
UNDER date of November 21 Brother J. R. McCoy, formerly governor of Pitcairn Island, but now a missionary on the Pitcairn, writes us, inclosing extracts of various letters received showing the progress of the work in Norfolk Island, where Brother and Sister J. M. Cole and Mary McCoy are at present laboring. It will be remembered that many of the descendants of the original Pitcairn islanders are on Norfolk Island. Brother McCoy says that they left the above-named laborers at Norfolk on September 26, and sailed away for Auckland, N. Z., where the ship arrived on October 1. After two weeks' stay Brother McCoy left for Sydney and Melbourne. Shortly after his arrival at the latter city he received letters from those who attended Brother Cole's meetings, but who are not Sabbath keepers. The first is an extract from a letter from a niece of his, as follows:—
I went down to service this afternoon, and, oh, it is just splendid to hear Mr. Cole's discourse, which is enough to feed hungry souls and to quench one's thirst after righteousness! He took for his text 1 John 3: 1, 2, 3. I can assure you it brought tears to the eyes of his hearers. There were only a few that attended, and I think it is such a pity that not more went to hear him. It threw such an impression on the minds of those that went for good! I know it has done me so much good, thank God. I believe and trust that God will bring out the true light of his holy word among this community.
It is thus that a sister writes:—
I wish you were here with us yesterday when we met together for service. Oh, what a beautiful discourse Mr. Cole brought out! He was really running over with the goodness and love of God, for his soul was filled to its very top. Indeed, he was lit up with the sweetness of the Saviour's presence. Oh, what a blessed state to be in! He read Ps. 107, and then took for his discourse 1 John 3: 1, 2, 3. Truly we believe that he is born again and fully washed in the precious blood of his crucified Redeemer.
Sister M. A. McCoy, sister of Brother McCoy, writes:—
Yesterday quite a good number of women attended our meeting, but only two men. The rest were too busy to come, as they have taken a whale. Brother Cole preached a most beautiful sermon. I believe that I have never heard him preach better. You cannot imagine how much the people here think of our mission ship and all on board. They say that they believe that through the coming of the Pitcairn here Norfolk Island will be raised up again. At dinner table a woman remarked that she believed that the coming of the Pitcairn to this place will be the means of delivering the people from bondage.
She says to tell the people at Pitcairn Island that there is danger of their being superseded in kindness shown to the Pitcairn by the people of Norfolk, who wish to help in sailing the ship because of the good she is doing.
Brother McCoy says that Elder Cole was comfortably located in a neat stone cottage by the sea, free of rent, with plenty of all needed temporal blessings. He continues:—
We too can now see and say, "Every cloud has its silver lining," and can raise our thanks to God, for he has heard our earnest pleadings and is in an especial manner blessing the work which he has intrusted to our hands. "All things work together for good to them that love God."
FIELD NOTES.
By Editor
THE church at Waverly, Iowa, will soon have a new house of worship.
ELDER GEORGE I. BUTLER and Brother Keck are conducting a series of tent meetings near Fort Mead, Fla.
ELDER H. G. THURSTON reports to the Indicator that seven more have taken their stand for the truth at Middletown, N. Y.
PROF. C. B. HUGHES and wife, late of College Place, Wash., have gone to Cleburne, Texas, to connect with the new academy now ready for opening. Prof. J. C. Rogers and wife, also of College Place, have gone to Cape Town, Africa, to labor in the college at that place.
THE Workers' Bulletin gives an encouraging report of the Conference in District No. 4, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, December 12-18. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa sent full delegations. Elder J. H. Durland, the superintendent, presided. Elder A. J. Breed, superintendent of District No. 5, and several Conference presidents from the same district, were present. The following were among the important subjects considered: Plans of work, missionary work, Sabbath school work, church work, devotional exercises, health and temperance, home religion, caring for the poor, church organization, canvassing work, and improvement of the ministry. The greatest harmony prevailed, and the leadings of the Spirit of God were manifest. Daily Bible instruction was given by Elder Durland on the work of the Holy Spirit. Steps were taken looking toward the building of a home for the aged and worthy poor.
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There are many people to whom the word "prophecy" conveys the idea of something obscure and incomprehensible. But instead of this it is a light. Prophecy is something foretold; it is history in advance. God, who sees the end from the beginning, and who "calleth those things that be not as though they were," is able to write the history of an event before it occurs far more exactly than any human pen can write it afterward. Now if we can understand history when written by men, why should it be thought a thing impossible that we should understand the history when written in advance by the Spirit of God?
The design of this book is to remove some of the covering that has been thrown over the prophecy by tradition and human speculation, so that its clear light may shine out. This has been done by letting the Bible tell its own story in its own language. No theories are advanced, but the plain predictions are laid side by side with the well-attested historical facts which show their exact fulfillment. Although each chapter of the book is complete in itself, it will be seen that they all point to the one object of the prophecies of the Bible, namely, the consummation of the Christian's hope. We trust that the perusal of this book may strengthen the faith of those who have this hope, and may lead others to love the coming of our Lord.
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"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." —Neh. 8:8
LESSON III.—SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1894.
CAIN AND ABEL.
[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]
And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.
And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering;
But unto Cain and his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire; and thou shalt rule over him.
And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I my brother's keeper?
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Golden Text.—"By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." Heb. 11:4.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
Who were the first children born to Adam and Eve? Verses 1, 2.
What did Eve say when Cain was born? Verse 1. Note 1.
What was the respective occupations of these sons? Verse 2.
What offering did they each bring before the Lord? Verses 3, 4.
When were these offerings brought? Verse 3, margin of common version. Note 2.
How did the Lord regard their respective offerings? Verses 4, 5. Note 3.
How did God regard Abel's offering? Golden text. Note 4.
How did Cain feel?
How did the Lord reprove him? Verses 5, 7. Note 5.
What did following his own way lead Cain to do? Verse 8. Note 6.
What question did the Lord ask Cain? Verse 9.
What reply did Cain make?
What then did the Lord say to him? Verse 10. Note 7.
What punishment did the Lord pronounce upon Cain? Verse 12.
What did Cain reply to this?
What lesson may we learn from this history?
"I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him; but it shall not be well with the wicked." Eccl. 8:12, 13.
NOTES.
1. I have gotten a man from the Lord.—This is understood by some to convey the idea that Eve believed that the promised Seed who should bring deliverance to the race had been born. Spurrel translates it, "I have obtained the man Jehovah." But Eve was afterward to learn that human hopes were disappointing, and the race was to realize more fully than it had yet done the fearful consequences of sin. They chose to learn sin, not in God's way by faith,158but in their own way, by experience, and the Lord must permit the experience to come in order that they might learn the lesson.
2. In process of time.—The margin of the common version renders "at the end of days," so also Young’s translation. Spurrel: "At the end of the term of days." Without any doubt this has reference to the Sabbath day. As Cain and Abel came to worship before the Lord from Sabbath to Sabbath, they brought their offerings to him.
3. The Lord had respect.—Evidently the Lord showed by some outward token that he regarded the offering which Abel made. When Israel stood in the proper light before the Lord, the fire of the Lord consumed the burnt offerings. Evidently this was so in primeval times. See Lev. 9:4; also Judges 6:21; 1 Kings 13:38. Cain’s offering remained unconsumed upon the altar.
4. By faith.—We are expressly told that "without faith it is impossible to please God." And this must be evident to every candid mind. For if we do not have faith in God’s word, we make him a liar, and though we may not say it in words, its very acts show that such is the case. God had promised Eve that her seed should bruise the serpent’s head. The seed also was to suffer. That seed was Christ. And in the promise which God then made, he predicted the coming of Christ to die for the sins of the world. Abel’s lamb showed that he believed in the Lamb of God that was to come. "The life is in the blood," and Abel showed by taking the life of the innocent lamb that the life of the Son of God was to be given, and in the purpose of God was given, for the sinful race. By those offerings which he made, he showed faith in the Sacrifice which was to be made. In other words, he simply believed God, and the Lord "counted it to him for righteousness." Cain refused to believe the Lord, consequently his own sin remained upon him.
5. Sin coucheth at the door.—Sin here is personified, as a wild animal waiting to seize its prey. This prey is man. The margin of the Revised Version reads: "And if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door, and unto thee is its desire, but thou shouldest rule over it." That is, if Cain had had simple faith in God, he would have triumphed over sin. Both he and Abel were sinners alike before God, with no power whatever of overcoming sin or eluding its power. They were shut up, and were doomed to be its prey. But to those who were thus under sin, God brings the gospel of salvation; and the condition required in that gospel is simple faith in God. "Faith is counted for righteousness." Rom. 5:5. Therefore it was that, and for that only, Abel was counted righteous, and accepted, and Cain counted unrighteous and rejected. "And therefore slew he him."
6. Cain rose up against Abel his brother.—"And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil and his brother’s righteous." It always has been true and always will be true "that they that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." Their whole life condemns the wicked, simply by setting before him the better way. If he accepts the better way and chooses Christ, he also will share in the blessing. If he rejects it, he stands condemned. He hates the one whose purity of life condemned him, and therefore, to be rid of condemnation, he slays the one whose life condemns him. Thus did the Jews with Christ, thus did the Papacy with Christians in the Dark Ages, and thus men are beginning to do now. Cain and Abel are types of all who live after them.
7. Thy brother’s blood crieth.—This does not mean that the blood cried with an audible voice, or more than the expression in Rev. 6:10, "How long, O Lord," etc., means that the slain martyrs cried with an audible voice. But it does mean that every child of God that has ever been slain for His sake is just as faithfully remembered by Him as though his voice were continually lifted for God to hear. We can’t hide sin from God, nor can we make him forget it. He only can cover it, wash it away, by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
LESSON III.—SABBATH, JANUARY 20, 1894
MAGNIFYING THE NAME OF THE LORD.
WE have in the two previous lessons considered the character of Zacharias and Elizabeth; the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Zacharias, foretelling the birth of a son; the unbelief of Zacharias, and his punishment; the annunciation to Mary, and her humble acceptance of the will of God; and Mary's visit to Elizabeth. This lesson opens with Mary at the house of Elizabeth, who has just pronounced a blessing upon her. We have (verses 46-55) Mary's outburst of rejoicing and of praise to God; and also (verses 57-66) the account of the birth of John, and the wonder of the loosing of the tongue of Zacharias. Thus two points, easily grasped and retained, comprise the whole lesson.
For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
And his mercy is unto generations and generations on them that fear him.
He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
He hath put down princes from their thrones, and hath exalted them of low degree.
The hungry he hath filled with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He hath holpen Israel his servant, that he might remember mercy.
(As he spake unto our fathers) toward Abraham and his seed forever.
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
Now Elizabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all.
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, blessing God.
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea.
And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
After Elizabeth had returned Mary's salutation, with what words did Mary begin to express the overflowing praise of her heart?
What did she say that all generations should henceforth call her?
Who had done to her great things?
Upon whom, and how enduring, is God's mercy?
How does God show his power in the proud and mighty, and in the poor?
What was said of God's dealings with the hungry and with the rich?
What did Mary say that God in his mercy had done to Israel?
Of what was this a fulfillment?
How long did Mary stay with Elizabeth?
What did the neighbors do when Elizabeth's son was born?
When they came to circumcise the child, what did they call him?
What did his mother say to this?
Why did the neighbors think it strange that she should call him John?
To whom did they refer the matter?
What did Zacharias do?
What took place as soon as the words of Gabriel were fulfilled by the naming of John?
What did Zacharias then do?
How did these things affect the people?
NOTES.
1. "He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree." This is true in the present tense, but as the work is not yet complete, it is also spoken prophetically. Compare James 4:6, "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble;" and, "Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." Eph. 4:7. It is this grace that exalts those who receive it, but the truth is that we are exalted only while we continue humble. If we have humility and grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ, there is no limit to the exaltation that we may receive, for it is all in Christ. For "God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened [made alive] us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved), and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Eph. 2:4-6.
2. "He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich hath he sent empty away." To supply the needy is what God always does. To bestow nothing on those who are already rich is but reasonable. Such do not feel the need of anything. Now none are actually rich, but many think that they are, and it has the same effect in their action as though they did not need anything. Thinking that they need nothing, they will not accept anything, and so they go away empty. Because they are "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked," although claiming to be "rich and increased with goods," and having need of nothing, God counsels them to buy of him gold tried in the fire, and white raiment. Rev. 3:17, 18.—He calls them to buy food, "without money and without price." Isa. 55:1, 2. "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled." Matt. 5:6. There is no need, therefore, for any to go away hungry.
3. "He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; as he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever." The specific promise to Abraham was one concerning land, namely, that he and his seed should possess the whole earth as an everlasting inheritance of righteousness. See Gen. 13:14-17; 17:6-8; Rom. 4:13. It was, in short, the gospel. This of course involved the first advent of Christ, for he was the surety of the covenant with Abraham,—the Seed to whom the promise was made. Gal. 3:16, 17. The birth of Christ, however, like that of Isaac, was not the ultimate fulfillment of the promise to the fathers, but was only in the line of its fulfillment. The fulfillment of the promise will be only at the coming of Christ and the resurrection. It was to this, as the hope of the promise made of God unto the fathers, that Paul, in common with all the true Israelites, hoped to come. Acts 26:6-8. If we are Christ's, we are heirs of the promise made to Abraham. The oath of God to Abraham is to us strong assurance that the promise will be fulfilled. Heb. 6:13-18. In Christ our faith may grasp the promise as an actually accomplished fact. See Eph. 1:10, 11; Heb. 4:3.
4. ALL the circumstances of John's birth being noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judea, tended to call the people to him, so that when John came in the wilderness of Judea, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," the people were ready to receive him as a prophet from God. Unfortunately, they rejoiced only for a season in the light that he brought.
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