p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 34. (8/29/1895)

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Oakland.—Church at corner of Twelfth and Brush Streets. Regular preaching services or Bible study. Sunday at 7:30 P.M. and Sabbath at 11 A.M. Sabbath school at 9:30 A.M. Sabbath. Prayer and missionary meeting Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. All are cordially invited.

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Los Angeles.—Church at 145 Carr Street, between Main and Hill Streets. Sabbath school on Sabbath at 9:45 A.M., and preaching service at 11 A.M. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. Missionary meeting Thursday evening. All are welcome. 926 Hill Street. BELLE P. BAKER, Clerk.

East Portland, Oregon.—Church at corner of Eleventh and East Everett Streets. Services every Sabbath 11:30 A.M. Sabbath school 10 A.M. Missionary meeting evening after Sabbath 7 P.M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening 7 o’clock. All welcome. Seats free.

Washington, D.C.—Church on Eighth Street between F and G Streets, N. E. Regular preaching service at 11 A.M. Sabbaths. Sabbath school, 9:45 A.M. Sunday, 7:30 P.M., Bible study. Prayer meeting Friday at 7:30 P.M. All are welcome. H. W. HERRELL, Clerk.

Sacramento.—Church on G Street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets. Regular services: Sabbath school at 10 A.M., preaching service at 11 A.M., Sunday at 7:30 P.M. Prayer and missionary meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. Seats free. All are cordially invited. Box 261. O. S. SMYTH, Clerk.

St. Paul, Minn.—Church on Greenbriar Avenue, between Jenks and Clawson Streets. Regular preaching services on Sabbath at 11 A.M. Sabbath school at 9:45 A.M. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 7:45. All are cordially invited. NETTIE McSTAY, Clerk.

Boston, Mass.—Church worships at United Fellowship Hall, 1371 Washington Street. Regular services: Sabbath school at 10 A.M., preaching at 11 A.M. All are welcome. George B. Wheeler, pastor. Residence at 45 Waverley Street, Everett, Mass.

Louisville, Kentucky.—Church at corner of Floyd and Chestnut Streets. Regular preaching services at 7:30 P.M. Sunday and 11 A.M. Sabbath. Sabbath school at 10 A.M. All are welcome. J. W. Collie, pastor. Residence, 613 Twenty-fourth Street.

Detroit, Mich.—Church at 424 Trumbull Ave., between Perry and Bagg Streets. Preaching Sabbath 10 A.M. Sabbath school 11:15 A.M. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 P.M. Preaching Sunday 7:30 P.M. H. M. KENYON, Pastor.

Cleveland, Ohio.—Church at 249 Cedar Ave., between Sterling and Hayward. Regular services as follows: Sabbath school at 10 A.M. (sun time). Preaching at 11 o’clock, also on Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer meeting at 7:30 Wednesday evening. WILLARD H. SAXBY, Pastor.

Kansas City, Mo.—Church on corner of Twelfth and Woodland Ave. Sabbath school at 10 A.M. and preaching service at 11 A.M. Missionary meeting Tuesday 7:45 P.M. All are cordially invited.

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NEWS AND NOTES

SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE.

FOREIGN.

—A despatch says that since the breaking out of cholera in Japan there have been 25,000 cases of the disease, and 16,000 deaths.

—A despatch states that a mine under a Russian fort at Toola, Russia, was exploded August 19, killing 300 soldiers. The catastrophe is supposed to be the work of Nihilists.

—Various schools and societies in Hawaii have just been made happy by the gift of $800,000 from C. R. Bishop, first vice president of the Bank of California, San Francisco.

—The income of the see of Winchester (Episcopal), which was formerly £20,000 a year, is now reduced to £7,000. With even this amount the good bishop ought not to suffer for the necessities of life.

—On August 20 the freight steamer Lyon collided with the passenger steamer Seaford, both of the New Haven and Dieppe line, in New Haven harbor, Eng., the latter sinking in twenty minutes. All the passengers, 255 in number, and the crew, were fortunately taken off on the Lyon.

—Hawaii is now hopefully confident of securing a cable with this country. A contract has been signed by that government and Col. Z. S. Spaulding, the promoter of the enterprise, and the accomplishment of the project hinges upon aid from the U. S. Government to the amount of $250,000. If this appropriation can be secured by act of Congress, the cable is assured.

—Bishop Tugwell, of Western Africa, has sounded a cry of alarm concerning the ravages of rum among the natives of western equatorial Africa. He says that gin and rum are being poured into that country in alarming quantities, and in some places where there is a rich trade in native products, European manufactures are hardly to be seen. They have been driven out by the traffic in strong drink. Its effect upon the people is disastrous in the last degree; in some cases it is actually destroying the work of missions.

—The Dominion Government has voted a bonus to the first section of a railroad from Winnipeg to Fort Churchill, on the west shore of Hudson's Bay, a distance of 700 miles. The object of this road is to open a route from its northern terminus by boat to the markets of Europe for the produce of the north and west. The distance by this route is 1,000 miles shorter for Dakota farm products than by the way of New York, but offers some disadvantages, as the water way through Hudson's Strait is open only from three to five months of the year.

DOMESTIC.

—Seven men were drowned in Buffalo harbor by the capsizing of a yacht, August 20.

—George Q. Cannon has translated the books of Mormon into the Hawaiian language.

—The Salvation Army, backed by a millionaire convert, is preparing a campaign against Japan, which country it has not yet entered.

—Mrs. Catherine O'Leary, the owner of the cow whose untimely kick upset the lantern that started the great Chicago fire of 1871, died recently in that city.

—The Legislature of New York has recently passed a law providing for the committal of intemperate women to the care of the Sisters of Good Shepherd, a Roman Catholic institution.

—Over twelve hundred delegates, representing 864 societies, attended the twenty-fifth annual convention of the Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, at New York, recently.

—A terrific explosion occurred in one of the furnaces at the Carnegie Steel Company's works at Braddock, Penn., on August 20, killing six men and wounding about a dozen others. It is feared more will die.

—The great coliseum which was nearly completed in Chicago collapsed on the night of August 21. Fortunately, the wreck occurred during a change of the 300 workmen, and no lives were lost. The building was entirely wrecked, at a loss of over $160,000.

—The Bureau of Indian Affairs reports that of the 247,000 red people within the United States, 30,000 are engaged in farming, stock raising, or other civilized pursuits. Last year they raised 11,722,656 bushels of wheat, 1,373,230 bushels of corn, marketed 30,233,000 feet of lumber, owned 205,844 head of cattle and 1,283,633 sheep, and the value of their products sold was $1,220,517.

—A despatch states that the Methodists of Ohio are being urged, by circulars to all members of that denomination, sent out by their state officers, to enter upon a vigorous campaign in the fall political contests for the purpose of electing men to office who will pledge themselves to work against the saloons.

—It is now stated, and doubtless truly, that the recent trouble with the Bannock Indians in Wyoming was brought on by the whites, who have never failed to take every advantage possible of the red men. The Indians are permitted by their treaty to kill game for meat. The whites objected, and killed the Indians. And so the trouble brewed.

—Bishop Vincent has granted the use of the college hall at Chautauqua for the celebration of mass on Sunday mornings until such time as the Roman Catholics of that place will be able to construct a chapel. Would the Roman Catholics grant the university hall at Washington to Methodists? We opine not. Which is compromising? Which is the more consistent?

—On the night of August 18 the boiler in the basement of the Gumry Hotel, at Denver, Colo., blew up, wrecking the building and setting it on fire. In the flames and collapse of walls twenty-two persons lost their lives. The engineer, who fled from the scene, but has just been found, admits that he was drunk at the time, and it was through his carelessness that the disaster occurred.

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Our “Christian” Nation.

What a commentary on the “Christian” nation idea is that found in the experience of the Japanese convert, given elsewhere. He says, “The first words that I learned in your Christian country were to swear.” We once met an intelligent German musician, a teacher, whose experience was similar. So much more emphasis, he said, was placed on those profane terms that he learned them before he did any others. When he shortly afterwards met his sister, who had been longer in this country, and told her the words he had learned to speak, she replied, “That is swearing.” How many more heathen would be converted if they were not made to believe that that is Christian which is not!

A Parallel Case

The Methodists believe that their religious liberties in South American countries are abridged, and have petitioned the pope for a remedy. The Pittsburg Catholic, in commenting on this, thinks that if real grievances exist the pope will doubtless protest to these governments through his accredited agents. But these are exceptions. It says:— “As is well known, these countries complained of are Catholic. There the religious ceremonies are often open and public. For instance, on the feast of Corpus Christi the Holy Sacrament is borne in solemn procession. In all Catholic countries, before the presence of Jesus Christ, the Sovereign, in the veiled sacramentals, kings and emperors are uncovered. In the armies of Catholic states, arms are presented at the elevation as at the passing of royalty. Now, it seems, at the great procession of Corpus Christi in Ecuador, these brethren of the Christian Advocate did not see fit to remove their hats, which the populace near by did for them. Why?—They were not idolaters; could they yield to rank superstition? At least they could have acted as gentlemen. If this is an abridgment of their rights, we feel certain they will get no relief from the pope or South American governments. Jesus Christ will not be made the subject of insult in the house of his friends.”

Now the Methodists could not uncover their heads before the “Holy Sacrament,” because for them to do so would be to their consciences idolatry. They do not believe Jesus Christ to be present in the wafer. It is not a matter of human courtesy; it is a matter of conscience. Just so it was with the three young Hebrews of Daniel 3. And just so it is with the Seventh-day Adventists in Tennessee and Maryland. They observe the Sabbath of the Lord as taught in his word, and as observed by Christ. Sunday is to them a rival sabbath, a usurper, and enforced by civil law, the sign of the apostasy. It is not with them a matter of human courtesy or expediency; it is a matter of conscience. They may not even seem to bow down to the rival sabbath of Jehovah, just as the Methodists of Ecuador could not even seem to sanction idolatry or to render false worship. The case is an absolute parallel. Ecuador does abridge the religious liberties of the Methodists, and violence, fine, or imprisonment visited upon them for refusal to acquiesce in the religious ceremonies contrary to their conscience is religious persecution. Is it not the same, brother Methodist, with the Seventh-day Adventists in Tennessee?

Experience of a Japanese Convert

We print in our Mission Fields department a most interesting report, kindly furnished by Sister Colburn, of the “Experience of a Japanese Convert.”

Tobacco an “Ally of Religion.”

“Let us do evil that good may come.” To this the apostle says, “God forbid.” But in London, Eng., the latest thing in church circles is a “smoke-talk,” in which tobacco is made “an ally[?] of religion.” That is, men are hired by a tobacco smoke to come into a room and listen to singing of hymns and short sermons. How long before beer or whisky will be used? O, that men would lift Christ up; he would “draw”!

For a Time of Need.—

If we do not grasp that which we profess to believe, and lay hold upon it for deliverance from sin in time of temptation, it shows that we do not understand that thing about which we talk. Every word of God may be laid hold of in time of temptation, and it is deliverance. We are to lay hold of the life that is in the word; for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus makes us free. We are to find life and godliness in every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Absurdity of the "Christian Nation" Claim

The absurdity of the popular fad—made more serious by a Supreme Court decision—that “this is a Christian nation”—is incidentally well illustrated in the following excerpt from the daily Times of this city:—

“Mordacai M. Noah was formerly a noted editor and politician in New York. He established the Courier and Enquirer, and several other papers of note. Noah was a Jew, and always maintained that the American Indians are the lost tribes of Israel. When he had been elected sheriff, and in view of his official function in the execution of criminals, some one said it was ‘a shame that a Jew should be suffered to hang a Christian.’ When Noah heard of it, he said, ‘Pity that any Christians should require hanging at all.’”

Sunday Laws Anomalies in New York and Brooklyn

The Review of Reviews points in its current issue to the anomaly of the New York and Brooklyn Sundays. In New York, under police surveillance, saloons are closed on Sunday; in Brooklyn, the side door is always swinging. In New York, barber shops are open; in Brooklyn, barber shops are closed. These anomalies are simply indicative of many others which always exist in religious or class legislation.

Our Position on Religious Legislation and the Sabbath

By Editor

Our Position.—The SIGNS OF THE TIMES is unalterably opposed to all religious legislation. Sunday-observance, Sunday-rest, or Sunday-closing laws are religious legislation. The last is a religious measure under a temperance veneer. It is an entering wedge for “more stringent laws, with more adequate penalties,” as we have often proved. We are opposed to religious legislation, because it is contrary to the Gospel of Christ, to religious liberty and equality, and inevitably results in oppression and persecution. We believe in the seventh-day Sabbath, because it is commanded of God and was observed by our Lord Jesus Christ. It is not the day as a mere day, but it is a question of loyalty to him, and we have no desire to turn from the glorious path lighted by God’s word and aflame with the glory of the life of Christ, to the by-paths of tradition or worldliness, nor to seek the state aid of Egypt or Assyria. We again briefly restate our position, in view of the remarks of the Pacific Coast Endeavorer, with reference to what we recently said on the “Christian citizenship” movement. After referring to this paper and the Seventh-day Adventists, it says:—

“These people occupy an anomalous position in the religious life of our times, and astonish their brethren with the most paradoxical attitudes toward moral questions. We can not question their sincerity, and so far as changing their interpretation of Scripture goes, this is universally conceded as a hopeless task. They have always and everywhere parted company with other Christians when the ‘seventh day’ was involved. The church to these people is more than the city or the nation. When the question of Sunday closing was before the people of Oakland, the Seventh-day Adventists took sides with the saloon.”

Our position is just what we have stated above. The question is not—should not be—Is it “anomalous” “in the religious life of our time”? but is it in harmony with God’s word as it is in Jesus? The Endeavorer concludes:—

“Our attitude toward these people should not be one of censure but of sympathy [pity]. Let us pray for them.”

Good! This last expression is Christian in a much broader and better sense than the “Christian citizenship” scheme. And so will we pray. 1 Tim. 2:1-4.

What Next?

We have at times supposed that the ridiculousness of judicial decisions on Sunday-law matters had been reached, but that of a Canadian magistrate caps the climax. We stated at the time the event occurred that Robert Watt, a farmer of Chatham, Ont., was haled before the magistrate for violation of the Sunday law of Ontario. The law reads, “Be it enacted that no tradesman, artificer, workman, laborer, or other person whatsoever, shall do or exercise any worldly labor, business, or work of their ordinary calling on the Lord’s day,” etc. Hitherto the courts have held that the expression “any person whatsoever” applied only to those classes named in the law,—tradesman, artificer, workman, laborer,—and that these did not include farmers. Therefore Mr. Watt, a Sabbath-keeper, was set at liberty. But on August 9 Mr. Matheson, Mr. Watt’s hired man, who is also a Sabbath-keeper, was cited to appear before the magistrate on the Sabbath. Of course Mr. Matheson could not go that day, and told the magistrate the reason. Tuesday following he was taken on a warrant. At the trial it was very clearly shown, and acknowledged by the magistrate and crown lawyer, that the seventh day, not Sunday, was the Sabbath. They also acknowledged that the law was in the interests of religion. The case, however, was decided over the term “laborer,” the magistrate believing that it applied to farm hands. In such case it would be lawful for one man to work on Sunday, while for another at his side doing the same work it would be unlawful! Mr. Matheson goes to jail for thirty days. These facts are furnished us by Elders A. O. Burrill and W. H. Spear. It is a good commentary on the “consistency” of Sunday laws.

Sunday Law Efforts Gain Ground in Indiana

The Sunday-law people are making rigorous efforts all along the line. Indiana papers are discussing the matter, and prominent papers, like the Indianapolis News, favor the enforcement of the law, and wish that the liquor men would carry out their threat to enforce the law on every one who works or barters on Sunday. The News thinks, however, that, while railways, saloons, barber shops, professional baseball, would stop or close, “amateur baseball, picnics, outings of all kinds, patronage of the Sunday-morning butcher shop or grocery store for a reasonable time, or all-day Sunday lunch rooms, would not be interfered with.” But when the ultimate is reached, these will be forced to succumb also, as well as daily papers. However, the only classes materially affected thus far are quiet, God-fearing Sabbath-keepers.