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BROTHER J. R. McCoy, of Pitcairn Island, is now acting as ship missionary at San Francisco.
ELDER W. W. PRESCOTT will attend the camp-meetings at Berne, Switzerland, and at Berlin, Germany.
Six candidates were recently baptized at Alamosa, Colo., as a result of labor by Elders G. W. Anglebarger and C. P. Frederickson.
MAY 29 there were six and June 5 there were eight persons baptized at Durango, Colo., and church officers of the church were chosen and ordained.
OUR Foreign Mission Board is now located at 1730 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia. Elder Allen Moon is president, and W. H. Edwards is treasurer.
BROTHER G. RAULEDER, who has been laboring among the Germans in Los Angeles, Cal., has organized a German class in the Sabbath-school, and reports the baptism of three of his readers.
ELDER J. M. REES reports the organization of a German church of twelve members at Hygiene, Colo., as the result of labor performed by Elder Jacob Kraft. We now have two German churches in that field.
THE California Conference Committee has decided to close the San Francisco Japanese mission school, and in its stead to employ three of our Japanese brethren to labor among their fellow-countrymen as missionaries.
THERE are now six tent companies at work in Minnesota, located for the present at Clinton, Big Stone County; Batavia, Todd County; at Albert Lea, Freeborn County; Clayton, Faribault County; Fulda, Murray County, and Lake Benton, Lincoln County. At the latter place the privilege was granted to pitch the tent on the court-house ground; and of the 600 inhabitants of the town, one-fourth were in attendance the first evening without any advertising.
UNDER date of June 8, Sister Vesta J. Farnsworth writes from Christchurch, N. Z.: "It has now been a little over four months since we first came here. We now have a neat church, 28x58 feet, finished, and it was dedicated last Sunday evening. It has been a marvel to the people that it has been erected so quickly, or that it has been built at all, for there were but few here to take hold and help in such an enterprise. . . . The interest to hear the truth has increased since we began building."
AT Avon, Iowa, a minister of the Christian Church was anxious to have a debate with Brother F. A. Washburn, on the Sabbath question. His request was finally granted, and in course of the debate Brother W. asked his antagonist to give a scriptural answer to the following queries: "1. Where is there a text which states that the first day of the week is the Lord's day? 2. Where was the first day made holy? 3. Where was it ever blessed or sanctified? 4. Where is there any law for its observance as the Lord's day? 5. Was any one ever condemned by the Lord for breaking it? 6. Was it a regular stated time for meeting to break bread?" Of course the adversary of the law of God had to acknowledge that he could not answer the questions from the Word of God. They are good test questions, and in brief completely expose the Sunday-sabbath fallacy.
41 "They then that received his word were baptized; and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were
44 together, and had all things common; and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any
45 man had need. And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they
46 did take their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were being saved.
"Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the
2 hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man that
3 was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful,
to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; who seeing
4 Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive
5 alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John,
6 said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to
receive something from them. But Peter said, Silver and gold
7 have I none; but what I have, that give I thee. In the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk. And he took him by the right
8 hand, and raised him up; and immediately his feet and his
ankle-bones received strength. And leaping up, he stood, and
9 began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple,
10 walking, and leaping, and praising God. And all the people
saw him walking and praising God; and they took knowledge
of him, that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful
Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and
amazement at that which had happened unto him.
11 "And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together
unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly won-
12 dering. And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,
Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten
ye your eyes on us, as tho by our own power or godliness we
13 had made him to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac,
and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant
Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of
14 Pilate, when he had determined to release him. But ye denied
the Holy and Righteous One; and asked for a murderer to be
15 granted unto you, and killed the Prince of life; whom God
16 raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. And by faith
in his name hath his name made this man strong, whom ye be-
hold and know; yea, the faith which is through him hath
given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all."
QUESTIONS.
Recall Peter's talk on Pentecost.
What was done for those who gladly received the Word?
How many were there?
How did they continue?
What effect was produced on the people? What was done by the apostles?
How did all the believers live?
What did they do with their possessions?
What spirit characterized them?
As they praised God, and their lives honored him, what did they have? and what did the Lord do?
On one of these days, what did Peter and John do? At what time?
Who was at the gate of the temple? Why was he there? How long had he been afflicted?
When he saw Peter and John, what did he do?
What did Peter do and say?
Why did the man give heed?
What did Peter then say? What did he tell the man to do?
What took place as Peter helped him to his feet?
How did his newly acquired strength affect him?
What was the effect on the people who recognized him?
How did the poor man show his gratitude and affection for those through whom he had been raised up? What did the people do?
When Peter saw it, what did he say to the people?
To whom did he direct their attention? In what terms did he refer to God? What did he say that God had done? What had they done?
Instead of the Giver of life, what had they desired?
To what did Peter again give witness?
What did he say had made the lame man strong? How complete was the man's cure? and what had given him that perfect soundness?
Additional Questions and Suggestions.
In what scripture do we find the words, "All they that hate me, love death"? How is this strikingly illustrated in this lesson?
By what power was the lame man made to walk? Did he have anything to do with giving himself strength, save to accept the gift in faith? Who, then, was his strength? and by what power did he walk? Did the fact that Christ was his strength, and that it was Christ's power in him that made him walk, make it unnecessary for him to use his legs? What lesson may we learn from this?
"With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Rom. 10:10. How does this lesson show that faith has power to produce actual righteousness?
Note what a striking comment this lesson is upon the reality of Isa. 40:29.
Does the lack of money prevent God's true children from supplying the wants of the needy? Compare Acts 3:6 with Matt. 10:7-9.
The Sunday School
International Series.
LESSON IV.—SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1897.
PAUL PREACHING IN ATHENS.
NOTE.—“This lesson has some very interesting associations. It is connected with secular history and modern travel in such a way as to give reality to the Bible account, especially to those scholars who study ancient history. The scenes can be brought before the scholars in a series of vivid word pictures. While the map, the plan of Athens, and descriptions of the city, and pictures can be used with great advantage, there is more danger in this lesson than in many, that those should usurp the place of the practical teachings, instead of enforcing them.”—Peloubet. The lesson section includes chapter 17:13-34. This was the first preaching of the Gospel message in Athens, and the date is believed to be about A.D. 52. Paul was alone at this time, having left Luke at Philippi and Silas and Timothy at Berea and Thessalonica. Commit verses 24-27.
22 “And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are somewhat superstitious. 23 For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this set I forth unto you. 24 The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and 25 earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he 6 himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and he 26 made of one every nation of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the 27 bounds of their habitation; that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far 28 from each one of us; for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we 29 are also his offspring. Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, 30 or stone, graven by art and device of man. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men 31 that they should all everywhere repent; inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet 33 again. 34 Thus Paul went out from among them. But certain men clave unto him, and believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.”
Golden Text.—“God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
(1) Where did Paul take up his stand to proclaim the truth of God? Verse 22. Note 1. (2) What direct statement did he make in regard to the conduct of his hearers? Same verse. (3) To what had Paul's attention been called as he walked the streets of Athens? (4) What peculiar altar and inscription did he find? Verse 23. (5) To whom did Paul make the inscription apply? Same verse. Note 2. (6) What work did Paul ascribe to the God who was unknown to them? Verse 24. (7) What was his position in regard to creation? (8) What did he declare of God's dwelling-place? (9) How was God not worshiped? Verse 25. (10) What reason does he give for this? Same verse. Note 3. (11) In what manner does Paul declare the brotherhood of mankind? Verse 26. (12) What had he done for the world and the inhabitants thereof? Same verse. Note 4. (13) For what purpose had God done the things mentioned in verses 25 and 26? Verse 27. (14) What would be the sure result of their truly seeking the Lord? (15) What is said of his nearness to us? (16) How fully are we dependent upon him? Verse 28. (17) Who had declared this same truth before Paul? (18) How had they expressed it? Same verse. Note 5. (19) If men are the offspring of God, what conclusion is necessary in regard to the person of God? Verse 29. (20) How is God's mercy shown during the times of such ignorance? Verse 30. (21) But what command accompanies the giving of light? (22) What reason is given for this command? Verse 31. (23) Who will be the standard of righteousness to which the redeemed must attain? (24) What assurance have we that the life of Christ on earth met God's standard of righteousness? Verse 31. Note 6. (25) How did the Athenians receive Paul's statement in regard to the resurrection from the dead? Verse 34. (26) What was the result of Paul's teaching at Athens?
NOTES.
1. Areopagus.—This may have been the place Areopagus, or the court by that name sitting in some other place; but wherever it was, Paul was surrounded by the learned philosophers of the universities of Athens, lecturers who taught the famed philosophies of those times. It was by this court at this place that Socrates was tried and condemned for “innovations upon the State religion.”
2. To an unknown god.—“That no deity might punish them for neglecting his worship, or remain uninvoked in asking for blessings, they not only erected altars to all the gods named or known among them, but also to any other god or power that might exist, altho as yet unrevealed to them.”—Hackett. “It was death for any private person to disturb the religion of the State by the introduction of any foreign god that had not been publicly recognized. But how admirably does Paul avail himself of the inscription on the altar? Who could accuse him of innovation when he only expounded to the Athenians the attributes of the God whom they had ignorantly worshiped?”—Lewin.
3. Neither is he served by men's hands.—As they had worshiped their idols. Food and other offerings were brought and laid before the idols. God does not need such things. What he requires is the heart, the love of man, that true love which leads to the yielding of the will and to a willing obedience to all his righteous commands.
4. Determined their appointed seasons, etc.—The seasons or times which the Lord has made or fixed, especially in regard to the affairs of this world, as in Dan. 7:25; Rev. 12:5; Luke 11:24.
5. As certain even of your own poets have said.—The expression which Paul here uses is found in the writings of Aratus, a Greek poet of Cilicia, and in a hymn to Zeus, by Cleanthes, the successor of Zeno. It is thus seen that Paul was acquainted with the literature of the people to whom he was preaching.
6. Judge the world in righteousness by the Man, etc.—The Man is Christ. The fact that God raised him from the dead proves that he met the eternal standard of righteousness set forth in the unalterable law of God. He was as perfect as the law. He thus became a standard of perfection, or righteousness, for all the world; and that righteousness will be imputed to those who are finally accepted of God. It is necessary in order that they be accepted. Their imperfections must be covered by the perfection of Christ. In other words, Christ's perfection is substituted for their imperfection. Then truly eternal life is a “free gift.” The redeemed will come up to the standard, but they will do it only because He who met the standard has offered His own life in the place of the imperfect ones of those who have sought His salvation.
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FOREIGN.
—The State Council of Switzerland has declared in favor of the State acquiring the railroads.
—Another European company has been massacred in the island of New Guinea. No details of the tragedy have been reported.
—The Chinese Government has closed a contract with a Belgian firm for the construction of the railway between Hankow and Peking.
—By the collision of two German steamers in the Dardanelles sixteen persons were drowned on June 30. One of the vessels sank immediately.
—The Turks are said to be carrying on a work of devastation in the province of Thessaly, which they continue to occupy while the powers parley with the Porte.
—The portfolios vacated by the retiring ministers of Venezuela have been filled by appointments of President Crespo, so that Venezuela now has a new ministry.
—It is reported that the officials of Paris lay the blame for the disastrous fire in the Charity Bazaar to a plot of the Anarchists, who desired to wreak vengeance upon the nobility.
—The Spanish Government announces that 20,000 additional troops will be sent to Cuba in October, if the army there now should suffer to any great extent during the rainy season.
—On June 26 an armed body of 1,200 Mussulmans made a sortie from Canea and attacked the Cretan insurgents at Kanlikastelli. A sanguinary battle was fought in which many were killed on both sides.
—The sultan will form twenty new cavalry regiments in the Ellasona and Salonica districts, and an imperial decree raises the army footing to 700,000, while 1,300,000 Mauser rifles have been purchased.
—On June 24 the Prince and Princess of Wales gave a dinner to about 300,000 of the poor people of London. The enterprise was made possible by the gift of $125,000 by T. J. Lipton, a London merchant.
—Professor Tanakadate, who occupies the chair of physics and seismology in the Imperial Japanese University, is said to have invented an earthquake alarm, which will be exhibited at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
—It is announced that Father Schiel, the Dominican oriental scholar, has discovered upon a tablet of the reign of Khammurabi, of Babylon, the name of Kudur-la-ukhgamur, the Chedorlaomer of Genesis 14.
—It is announced that Queen Victoria has made her last appearance in public, and that all official functions which bring royalty face to face with the people will now devolve upon the Prince and Princess of Wales.
—The Brazilian fanatics have been beaten again by the government troops, and forced to retire from a city which they had held for some time. The government has borrowed £4,000,000 of English capitalists with which to prosecute the war.
—The volcano Mayn, in the Philippine Islands, has lately been in a state of violent operation, and the flow of lava has done great damage in the province of Albay. There has been considerable loss of life attending this recent disturbance.
—Advices from Spain state that a new plan is being evolved for the subjugation of Cuba. General Weyler is to be recalled, two generals are to have command of the forces, instead of one, and General Martinos Campos is to be sent to Cuba on a separate mission.
—In view of the scanty population of western Turkestan the Russian Government has fitted up as schools a few railway carriages, which remain at each station for a few weeks. The children are required to learn a lesson or two until the itinerant school again reaches them.
—The steamer Aden, bound from Yokohama to London, was wrecked on the island of Socotra, at the eastern extremity of Africa, on the morning of June 9. Seventy-seven of her passengers and crew were drowned. Nine of the passengers and six of the crew were the only survivors.
—The town of Kolomea, Austria, was flooded on June 27 by the rising of the Pruth, and hundreds are homeless on account of their homes having been carried away by the swollen river. A passenger train carrying five coaches fell through a bridge at this place with terrible loss of life.
—Reports of renewed activity on the part of the insurgents come from various parts of Cuba, and the plan of General Gomez is reported to be to strike the heaviest possible blows during the present rainy season while heat and disease are thinning the ranks of the enemy and impeding their operations.
—Serious riots have broken out in Spain in consequence of the heavily increased taxation made necessary to supply the deficit in the Canovas budget. Heavy fighting is reported to have taken place at Mieres between 8,000 miners and the royal troops, because a tax had been placed upon the food of the laboring men.
—Italy is said to contain more bigamists than any other European country. This is due to the fact that the church refuses to recognize civil marriages, and the State does not regard church marriages as binding. Thus a large number of unscrupulous men take two wives, one in the eyes of the church and the other in the eyes of the State.
—Reports from Constantinople state that 25,000 sturdy ruffians have recently entered the city from outlying provinces, under secret orders from the sultan. During a panic caused by a salute fired in honor of the queen's jubilee these Mussulmans trooped into the street armed with bludgeons, and inquired of the police whether the Armenians or Greeks were to be attacked.
—It is reported that the Anglo-Belgian expedition from the Kongo Free State to the headwaters of the Nile has been completely overwhelmed by the Mahdists of the Soudan. Baron Dhanis last year enlisted 6,000 men to take part in the expedition, and it is believed that the whole party has been massacred. This expedition was to have joined the Anglo-Egyptian expedition proceeding up the Nile from Khartoum.
—The queen of Madagascar has, under the orders of the French General Galliene, served upon the joint committee of the London Missionary Society and the Society of Friends an order to vacate the Antananarivo Hospital, which was built by these societies on her command in 1869, at an expense of $50,000. Communications on the subject have been made by the societies to Lord Salisbury and the French Government.
—The relations between France and Siam are becoming very much strained, and it is expected that the conditions that now exist will lead to open hostilities in the near future. Many high-handed actions are laid at the door of the Asiatics, such as the imprisonment without trial of persons known to be under the protection of France, the invasion of territory under the protection of France, and the refusal of the international courts to hear French complaints.
—A despatch from London states that the sultan has instructed his representatives to accept the indemnity agreed to by the representatives of the powers and also the frontier rectification recommended by him. This change of attitude it is claimed is due to a recent communication to the sultan from the czar. The Russian minister to Norway and Sweden has been appointed to succeed the Russian minister now at Constantinople, and it is believed that this indicates a new departure in Russia's policy with reference to Turkey.
—The United States Monetary Commission has been very cordially received in France, and will start for London in a few days. The position of England in regard to the work of the Commission is stated in the National Review as follows: "We are able to announce that England's reply will be that the government is willing to reopen the India mints, to make a further substantial contribution to the rehabilitation of silver by extending its use in England and by increasing the legal tender of silver, making silver the basis of notes, empowering the Bank of England to use its silver reserve, and that material assistance and strong moral support will be given to the object that the United States and France have in view."
DOMESTIC.
—Sixteen cars left Boston on June 28 filled with Christian Endeavorers on their way to the convention in San Francisco.
—Four Mormon elders from Utah were recently run out of the town of Meridan, Mississippi, by the people of that place.
—It is reported that 400 clothing contractors of New York have closed their doors, thereby throwing 1,500 tailors out of employment.
—Lightning struck a camp of farmed-out convicts of Dakota, Georgia, on June 28, killing four and fatally injuring ten. It is stated that twenty of them escaped during the panic which ensued.
—Reports from central Kansas state that the heat was so intense there from June 21 to 24 that in some localities the work of harvesting had to be abandoned. A number of sunstrokes were reported.
—A strike of Illinois miners has been ordered, which will affect 22,000 men. The secretary of the Miners' Association of that State declares that a national strike of miners is now a certainty.
—The heat records of Georgia were all broken on June 27 by a hot wave which caused scores of prostrations throughout the State, some of which resulted in death. The thermometers stood at 104 in the shade.
—Rev. John E. De Merritt, of Newport, Nebraska, is the youngest ordained minister in the world. He is but twelve years old, but has been preaching for some time, and is said to have extraordinary ability as a pulpit orator.
—Two excursion trains bearing Christian Endeavorers to the convention in San Francisco, were wrecked on June 30, one at West Chicago, Illinois, and the other near Terre Haute, Indiana. Fifteen persons in the former were injured, and one trainman was killed and three fatally injured in the latter.
—At the commencement exercises of the St. Clara Academy, at Sinsinawa Mound, Iowa, Archbishop Hennessy took occasion to berate the public school system of this country for not allowing religion to be taught in the public schools.
—Charles T. Yerkes, the Chicago street-car magnate, has perfected a plan for consolidating the manufacture of all street-car machinery for the cities of Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg. The combined capital of this trust amounts to $3,250,000.
—Seven persons were killed and between thirty and forty seriously injured by a train wreck at Missouri City, Mo., on the evening of June 26. During a heavy storm the St. Louis express crushed through a trestle to the river below, making one of the most frightful wrecks on record.
—The closing event of the Confederate reunion at Nashville, Tenn., took place on June 24, and consisted of a parade of 10,000 Confederate veterans and sons of veterans, cheering the names of the battles in which the veterans fought, and marching to the old tunes to which they went into battle.
—The new Folsom Street wharf in San Francisco was destroyed by fire on June 29. It was just being finished, and had cost $50,000. So rapidly did the fire spread that a large sailing vessel at the wharf was damaged to the extent of $30,000. Marines from the Japanese man-of-war assisted in subduing the flames.
—Oscar M. Welburn, collector of U. S. Internal Revenue for the district of California, has been ordered under arrest on the charge of embezzling federal moneys. The extensive frauds which have been practised in his office were first brought to light by the suicide of one of his subordinates who had misappropriated several thousand dollars belonging to the government.
—The most severe hail-storm of modern times struck the city of Topeka, Kansas, on June 24. A report from there states that the city looks as tho it had experienced a siege of war guns, and that there is hardly a house in the city that is not almost windowless. Many of the hailstones weighed from twelve to sixteen ounces, and a number of persons struck by them were seriously injured.
—Three hundred Bannock Indians have left their reservation in southern Idaho, and are said to be "ghost dancing" and committing depredations upon the property of the Camas prairie farmers. The governor of Idaho has asked the federal government to assist in returning the Bannocks to their reservation, as the settlers have threatened to take matters into their own hands if the government does not act at once.
—All the green glass and window glass and the greater portion of the flint glass factories in the United States are reported to have closed down on the night of June 30 for a period of at least two months. The number of workmen who will be thrown out of employment by this action is placed at 100,000. The cause of the shut-down was a demand of the workmen for an increase of 15 per cent. in their wage scale.
—The provision of the Dingley Tariff Bill allowing the importation of Hawaiian sugar free of duty, which has been so strenuously opposed by the sugar trust for months, the Senate has decided to maintain. It is stated that never was more vigorous opposition given by any trust or corporation to any matter of legislation than this measure has received, and the final action is regarded as a well-merited blow to the two great sugar trusts in this country.
—Alvin G. Clarke, who made the great forty-inch lens for the Yerkes telescope in the University of Chicago, and whose father made the thirty-six-inch lens in use at the Lick Observatory, died, at his home in Cambridge, Mass., on June 9. He was widely known as a maker of large telescopes, and was decorated by the czar of Russia for the construction of a thirty-inch refractor for the Imperial Observatory at St. Petersburg.
—On June 27 sixty Mormon converts arrived in New York, bound for Utah. This has been taken by many leading papers as an indication that the Mormons are putting forth special exertions to recruit their ranks and increase the proportion of Mormons in Utah in order that they may get control of the affairs of the State. It is claimed that statehood gave them the opportunity they desired, and that the "saints" are fast taking the places of the Gentiles in offices of public trust.
—The committee appointed to draft an anti-trust amendment to the pending tariff bill has completed its labors. The amendment defines as trusts any person, firm, or corporation refusing to sell goods except through its own agents. This amendment declares it to be a misdemeanor for any person or corporation to monopolize or attempt to monopolize trade or commerce to any article among the several States or with foreign nations for the purpose of unduly enhancing the price of such articles, and fixes the penalty at a fine of from $500 to $10,000 and imprisonment from six months to two years.