The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 54, No. 22
REFUTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF INSTANTANEOUS SANCTIFICATIONPage 1
Earlier text: DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT—Mr. Spurgeon has preached and published his 1500th sermon. —Nearly a hundred lives have been lost by recent floods in Jamaica. —Pope Leo’s new paper is to be called The Aurora, and is to appear Jan. 1. —The distress in Montenegro is very great; one sixth of the population is almost starving. —The rabbi of the Jewish synagogue at Strasburg has become a convert to Christianity. —New York is to have an obelisk. It will be shipped from Alexandria, Egypt, in December. —The Mexican government is engaged in the not unfamiliar occupation of putting down a rebellion. —About one-half of the Boston of to-day is built upon made land, reclaimed from the tide-waters of the ocean. —The British government has caused the arrest of three Irishmen on a charge of using seditious language. —Forty-nine Afghans have been hanged for complicity in the massacre of Major Cavagnari and his party. —A native Japanese publisher has received permission from the government to print an edition of Genesis in Chinese. —In the recent terrible gale on Lake Ontario, three scows and eight tugs were lost, and 31 persons found a watery grave. —The Belcher mine of the Comstock lode, Virginia City, Nevada, has now reached the great and remarkable depth of 2,920 feet. —During the year ending Sept. 30, 1879, there were 843 railroad accidents in the United States, in which 182 persons were killed, and 725 injured. —Arrangements have been made between France and the United States for the exchange of postal money orders between the two countries. —The papal Minister of State has censured the Belgian bishops for their attacks on the constitution regarding the subject of education. —The Chinese are about to run a line of steamers to the Sandwich Islands, with the idea of extending the route to the United States. —A tunnel, which it is estimated will cost $2,500,000, is projected under the river Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead. —The Western Michigan Methodist Conference has passed a resolution prohibiting the admission of any one into the Conference who uses tobacco in any form. —A recent telegram states that an agreement has been reached between Germany and the Vatican. It is said that Bismarck has made important concessions. —The steamer Faraday, with the new French telegraph cable from Brest to St. Pierre, has reached Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is laying a connecting cable to Cape Cod. —Explorers in Alaska have discovered that the Yukon River is navigable for steamers a distance of 2,500 miles. This places it among the largest rivers in the world. —The deepest well in the world is an artesian well near Buda Pesth, Hungary. The total depth is 3,200 feet, and the temperature of the water it yields is 165° Fahr. —The report of the Treasurer of the United States states that the amount of bullion in the treasury has increased from $61,000,000 in 1876 to $222,807,368 in 1879. —Of the 2,996,513 letters sent last year to the dead-letter office, 13,755 contained drafts or checks aggregating $1,100,000, and about 64,000 had $34,000 in money or stamps. —Forty-two years ago Gov. Porter concluded the Pottawatomie treaty upon the present site of Chicago, in an Indian tent; now the city has a population of considerably over 300,000. —It is said that the ex-Empress Carlotta is engaged in transcribing her diary of the disastrous events which culminated in her husband’s death and the dethronement of her own reason. —In some parts of Russia, diphtheria has destroyed so large a proportion of the children, that the government has appointed a special commission to investigate the causes of the disease. —The Romanists, with their usual wisdom, are sending missionaries into Afghanistan, three having left the Roman Catholic college near London for this “arduous and untried field of apostolic labor.” —Under the new rule of the Post-master General that all letters not bearing the State address shall be sent to the dead-letter office, thousands of letters bearing the address, “New York City,” are lost. —The Archduchess Christine has formally renounced her right of succession to the throne of Austria, in view of her approaching marriage with Alphonso, King of Spain, which is to take place Nov. 29. —The Methodists are making arrangements for a mammoth national camp-meeting to be held at Old Orchard Beach, N. H., in July, 1880. It is proposed to make this a gathering of all Methodists in this country. —The Abbe Meigne, of Paris, wants 300,000 francs as capital with which to start an expedition in search of the remains of Pharaoh’s army. The Christian at Work considers this an unprofitable and hopeless undertaking. —The annual report of the Secretary of War shows that the expenses of the army of the United States have now reached an ante-bellum basis, and are proportionately smaller than ever before in the history of the government. —J. V. McNamara, formerly a Romish priest, has been installed bishop of the independent Catholic church at New York. In his address he said the Romish church was a fraud and a sham, and a means of getting money from the poor. —An Englishman, Baker Pasha, has been appointed to superintend the introduction of reforms throughout the whole of Asia Minor. His appointment seems significant of a restoration of British influence in the councils of the Porte. —A correspondent of the Christian Weekly, writing from China, Sept. 1, said that news had come to Peking of a great earthquake in the Province of Kansuh. It was said that ten cities sank into the earth, and that water flowed in, making a great lake. —French engineers favor the project of a tunnel under Mont Blanc, rather than the proposed Simplon tunnel, as it would be on French territory, would greatly shorten the distance between Paris and Italian cities, and would be much less costly, the estimates requiring only 75,000,000 francs against 136,000,000 for the Simplon tunnel. —Fifty years ago, Kothah-byu, the first convert among the Karens, was baptized in Burmah. His wife was present at the 50th anniversary of his baptism, which was celebrated by the dedication of a large memorial hall for public worship. She was the first Karen woman who was baptized, yet the mission has now 438 churches, and a membership of nearly 20,000. —Bishop Borgess, of the diocese of Detroit, has issued an appeal in behalf of the people of Ireland, in which he says that every mail from that country confirms the increasing terrors of the crisis throughout its length and breadth; that the horrors of starvation are at the door; and that a repetition of the frightful scenes of the years of famine, is not feared without reason. —Portugal has heretofore been numbered among the most intensely Roman Catholic countries. But a decree has been issued providing for the civil registration of Protestants, and conferring upon such as shall register all civil rights and freedom from all disabilities. Since the decree was issued, there have been occasional outbreaks against Protestant missionaries, but the police have never failed, it is said, to give them help when needed. —A rich American now residing at Rome, desiring to possess the bust of Leo XIII., engaged the services of the celebrated sculptor Tadolini. The latter, not content with a simple portrait of the holy father, went to the Vatican and asked permission of Leo XIII. to reproduce his features from the original. The pope consented. When the work was finished, Leo congratulated the artist, who asked him to trace a word on the still fresh clay. His Holiness took the burin from the sculptor, and wrote with a smile, “Leo de tribu Juda.” —Nov. 18, a series of three terrible explosions occurred in a tunnel on the narrow-gauge railroad between San Jose and Santa Cruz, Cal., in which about 30 Chinamen were killed, and others, both white men and Chinamen, were seriously injured. There is a terrible scene of suffering and ruin all around the mouth of the tunnel. The scene of the disaster is almost on the top of the Santa Cruz Mountains; and the accident was caused by the presence of coal oil, which is very abundant in that vicinity. —The order to the British squadron to proceed to Turkish waters has again been countermanded. There could be no more significant admission that the threat which the movement of the fleet would imply is one which Great Britain dare not make. It is an acknowledgment that the action of the Porte in opening the Sea of Marmora to the war vessels of nations inimical to British designs completely checkmated the contemplated movement, and that England shrinks from the contest which the order challenged. —The suit which, it is announced, has been commenced by the lottery dealers against Postmaster James, of New York, is of national interest. Pursuant to the instructions of the Postmaster General, the New York postmaster stopped the mail matter of the lottery agents, and for recovery of damages thus occasioned them the suit is brought. It involves directly the question whether the Post-office Department is, by the laws and Constitution, required to furnish the lottery dealers the facilities for carrying on their business, without which that business would be hardly possible. WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS.
By Wm. Penniman
The following, from the St. Louis Globe Democrat of Oct. 28, 1879, shows that we cannot yet look for a long reign of peace on the earth; and the fact that the United States and France are the only great powers on the face of the earth that could with any consistency send delegates to the Peace Congress at Naples, is a remarkable sign of the times. It is evident that the winds and waves of political contention are only being restrained, that the work of the third angel may not be hindered in its progress. Russia is hastening the manufacture of arms and military equipments with extreme energy. The owners of a private foundry have been ordered by government agents to employ all their facilities in the exclusive manufacture of steel cannon. The Czar and his counselors evidently scent war in the near future. Persia seems likely to be the first object of Russia’s hostile attentions, because she stands between the Czar and British India and shows a friendliness to the English government, while she has renounced Russia’s amicable overtures. The situation is peculiar in view of what it might have been had the Indian government pursued a more conciliatory policy toward the semi-savage Afghans. The latter are as unyielding believers in the Koran as are the Persians, just as both Protestants and Catholics base their religion upon the Bible. But the Afghans and Persians are divided by a schism. Their feelings upon the religious difference is so fervently bitter that they have no political sympathy for each other, and anything like an offensive or defensive alliance between them is utterly impossible. Hence, in the event of a Russian invasion, Persia will find herself liable to the attacks of fierce foes from her Afghan frontier. The British would not dare to leave India unprotected, on account of the same warlike and now doubly-enraged people, while to march an army from this direction to the assistance of Persia would subject it to the certainty of having its communications continually interrupted by the wily Afghans. The same physical influences that defeated Napoleon’s campaign into Russia would materially aid in guarding that country against suffering from the possible alliance of Austria, Germany and England, while the Czar might be operating a formidable army with great effect against Persia, and ultimately against British India. France is disposed to hold herself aloof from these rapidly increasing complications. She and the United States are the only great powers on the face of the earth that could with any very good grace send delegates to the Peace Congress at Naples. TALKING AND BELIEVING.
By L. D. Santee
Several years ago, when I had just commenced laboring in the ministry, I visited the little town of M——, and commenced a series of meetings. There was one family that I was particularly interested in. They appeared very friendly, and one of the children said to me, “Father and mother talk the Advent doctrine to every one that comes in.” I went away praying God to deepen their impressions. When I came again the children were greatly troubled, and the eldest daughter had been weeping. Almost the first words were, “Father and mother believe the Advent doctrine.” Light came into their minds, and to-day they are rejoicing in the present truth. I often think of these expressions. Are we just talking the truth, or can our children say of us, “Father and mother believe it.” L. D. SANTEE. IT PAYS.
By R. A. Underwood
Yes, it pays in this life, and it will pay in the world to come, to be honest with God. One of our brethren who has been born into the truth during the past year, said, when the tithing system was presented to him, that he could not adopt it until all his debts were paid. He said that he was badly in debt, and for the past three years he had not been able to even pay the interest, and he felt that it would be doing injustice to his creditors, for these were honest debts and must be paid first. But when he saw that God had claims on him that were even more sacred than those of his creditors, he decided not to rob God, but to be honest with Him who gives the power to get wealth, Deut. 8:17, 18; and for the past six months he has “rendered to God the things that are God’s.” Lev. 27:30–33; Matt. 23:23. I called upon this brother a few days ago, and as he met me, he said, “I want to tell you how God has blessed me and my family, both temporally and spiritually.” His countenance lighted up while he told me how, during the past few days, he had come in possession of the means to pay every dollar he owed, and he said, “The Lord shall have the one-tenth.” He also said that when he first took up family worship, he often felt hurried, and that he was losing just that much time from his day’s work. But now he often became so interested in the morning lesson that an hour would pass and seem but a moment. This family are beginning to reap that which they are sowing. Gal. 6:7. God says, Prove me, and see if I will not open the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing. Try it, brethren, not from selfish motives, but from honest principle, and it will pay now and hereafter. R. A. UNDERWOOD. Two years ago, one chilly November morning I was standing in a store, when a little girl apparently about twelve years of age, entered. She wore a thin calico dress, and was barefoot. Her teeth chattered with the cold so that she could hardly speak. Laying a quarter on the counter, she managed to articulate, “Father sent me for twenty-five cents’ worth of tobacco.” After receiving it, she went out, the cold northwest wind making it almost impossible for her to close the door. When she was gone the storekeeper said to me, regretfully, “I do hate to let that man have tobacco, but if I refused him he would send farther. In the past year I’ve sold him between forty and fifty dollars’ worth, and his children will have to go without shoes this winter.” That man has been for years a member of the church. He daily asks God’s blessing upon their scanty board, professing to be a servant of Heaven, while all the time he is the veriest slave to that hard master, appetite. Shame on the minister who is afraid to cry out against this leprosy of the nineteenth century! Our railway companies have provided smoking cars, saying to the world, These are for the unclean. When we think of the prayers ascending from lips that a child would dread to kiss, we are reminded of the rebuke of an infidel to a tobacco-chewing minister, “For God’s sake, give us cleanliness, and you may keep the religion.” It will be said that the case to which I have referred is an extreme one. Perhaps this is true, but the same evil exists, only in a lesser form, in ten thousand other homes. Let us that are watchmen cry as did Paul from the Roman prison, “Do thyself no harm.” Let us sound it forth as an axiom in our faith: “He that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.” L. D. SANTEE. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth” Rev. 14:13. ROWLEY.—Died in Fabius, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1879, Mary Celestia, youngest child of Daniel and Lucina Rowley, aged 4 months. Sermon at the funeral from Luke 18:15, 16. T. FISHER. BARKER.—Died of paralysis at Clyde, Allegan Co., Mich., Nov. 4, 1879, Sister Mary Barker, in the sixty-fourth year of her age. Sister B. had been an observer of the Lord’s Sabbath for twenty years. She leaves eleven children to mourn their loss. Funeral services Nov. 7, in the M. E. chapel at Fennville. Discourse by the writer from 1 Pet. 2:7, first clause. H. M. KENYON. NEWCOMB.—Died of consumption, at Lapeer, Mich., Nov. 11, 1879, Sister Rhoda J. Newcomb, aged 17 years, 9 months, and 7 days. During her sickness she gave her heart to the Lord, and the evidence of her acceptance with him was clear. In August last she was baptized, and united with the Lapeer church. Her parents are comforted with the thought of meeting Rhoda again where “there will be no more death.” Discourse from Luke 8:52, last clause. H. M. KENYON. FIELD.—Died in Brewer, Maine, Sept. 4, 1879, George W. Field, aged 39 years, 1 month, and 23 days. Bro. Field was converted in youth, and his religious life was such that it commanded the respect of the neighbors among whom he lived for twenty years. His childlike faith in God and his firm belief in the truth were worthy of emulation. His sufferings were great and protracted, but not a murmur escaped his lips. Almost his last words were, “I know in whom I have believed, and I feel safe.” His family have been called to part with their dearest earthly treasure, yet the future is radiant with hope that when the Lifegiver shall come the broken family link will be united. He leaves a companion and three children to mourn their loss. “Our brother sleeps, but not forever,
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part no never
On the resurrection morn.”
Wm. T. HANAFORD. [Signs of the Times please copy.] AURNER.—Died at Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 10, 1879, W. W. Aurner, in the fortieth year of his age. The subject of this notice was born in the State of Michigan, but in 1869 became one of the pioneer settlers of Dakota Territory, locating over twenty miles from any other inhabitants, and being the first settler of what was afterward Turner county. He secured the organization of this county, and located the county seat at Swan Lake, his place of residence. As a citizen, he was widely known and respected throughout the Territory. In 1877 Eld. Farnsworth gave a course of lectures in his town, and his companion commenced the observance of the Sabbath. At this time he was a member of the Baptist church, and the influence of his minister and others was such as to greatly prejudice and embitter his mind against our people and faith. But the opposition of his church was carried so far as to disgust him with their course, and he gave up the profession of religion entirely. After a time his prejudice began to give way, and about a year ago he became interested in the success of our cause in the Territory, welcoming me cordially to his home and donating liberally to the cause. This interest increased to that degree that last summer he commenced to observe the Sabbath. A visit from Bro. and Sr. White to his house immediately after the Dakota camp meeting was highly appreciated and enjoyed by him, and this, with their subsequent correspondence, had a great influence to establish him upon present truth, and interest him personally in the subject of religion. In February last he contracted a severe cold which resulted in chronic bronchitis. This became so alarming that he decided to visit the Sanitarium. For a time he seemed rapidly to improve, but soon began to decline, and this continued till his death. A postmortem examination revealed the existence of a large tumor on the bronchial tube and upper part of the lungs, that made his case entirely hopeless. During his sickness he developed a satisfactory Christian experience, and we laid him away in Oak Hill cemetery, sorrowing “not as others that have no hope.” Funeral services were held in the Tabernacle, conducted by Bro. and Sr. White, Sr. White giving a very touching discourse from John 11:1–26. S. B. WHITNEY. DEDICATION AT CORSICA, OHIO
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Matt. 10: 7. DEDICATION AT CORSICA, OHIO.
Corsica, Ohio, Nov. 28 to Dec. 7. Eld. Canright will be at the dedication, which will be on Sunday, Dec. 7. Would like to see the friends from Waterford, Bellville, and all around, as this is all the time I can spend in Ohio at present. A. O. Burrill. Bellville, Ohio, Nov. 29, 30. There will be baptism on Sunday, if desired. D. M. Canright. I will hold meetings in Michigan, as follows:— Westphalia, Dec. 10–14; Lyons, 7 P. M., Dec. 15; Howard City, 7 P. M., Dec. 17. A. O. Burrill. Lakeview, Mich. Dec. 18, at 7 P. M. J. Fargo. A. O. Burrill. NEW YORK T. AND M. SOCIETY.
The next annual meeting of the New York Tract and Missionary Society will be held at Adams Center, Jeff. Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 21, 1879. We request a full attendance of all officers of the society and all persons especially interested in the tract and missionary work, as it is proposed to hold immediately following this a Tract Society Institute to continue two weeks. It is expected that every director and district secretary, and as far as possible every librarian, will attend this Institute. We have secured the assistance of Bro. Haskell, and every effort will be made to make our meeting and Institute a success. No charge will be made for board. Those who desire to assist in bearing the burden of the meeting can bring such provisions as they choose. The friends should bring some bedding, and bed-ticks where convenient. Reduction of fare has been secured on the R. W. & Og. R. R. All will pay full fare to the meeting, and one cent a mile on returning. With all these favoring circumstances, we expect to see a large and profitable meeting. Let all the officers of the society at once make their preparations for attending, and come prepared to stay till the close of the Institute. B. L. Whitney, Pres. The annual meeting of the New York Sabbath-school Association will be held in connection with the annual meeting of the T. and M. Society, at Adams Center, Dec. 20, 21, 1879. As this will be an important meeting, every Sabbath-school in the State should send as delegates to the Association such persons as will take a lively interest in the Sabbath-school work, and will attend the Institute which comes in connection with the yearly meeting. Matters which will have a great bearing on the future prosperity of the Sabbath-schools are to be considered. The Sabbath-school work will be given its proper proportion of time in the Institute, and every effort will be made to make the most of such time, so that the Institute will mark a new era in this branch of the work in our State. The best methods of imparting instruction will be discussed, and the practical workings of the Sabbath-school will receive due attention. The lessons in the Sabbath-school at the State meeting will be the lessons for the third Sabbath in December, found in the Instructor and the Lesson Sheets for Bible Classes. M. H. Brown. The New York Health and Temperance Association will hold a meeting at Adams Center, N. Y., Dec. 20, 21, in connection with the State meeting of the T. and M. society. A general attendance of all interested in the health and temperance work is cordially invited. M. C. Wilcox, Pres. N. Y. H. and T. A. The general quarterly meeting of the New England Tract and Missionary Society will be held at South Lancaster, Mass. Dec. 5–9, 1879. A general attendance is expected, and all the officers are urgently invited to be present. S. N. Haskell, Pres. Providence permitting, I will meet with the church at Tomah, Wis., Nov. 29, 30; with the church at Mauston, Dec. 5, 6; at Adams Center, Dec. 12 to 27; at Dell Prairie, Dec. 26 to Jan. 3. Meetings to commence on the evening of the Sabbath. S. S. Smith. Rockford, Ill., Wednesday eve, Nov. 26, where the brethren may appoint. Morrison, Sabbath and Sunday, Nov. 29, 30, where Bro. Glasscock may appoint. Nora, Sabbath and Sunday, Dec. 6, 7, in the town hall. I hope to continue the meetings at the latter place two or three weeks. C. H. Bliss. The Lord willing, I will hold meetings in Gowen, Mich., commencing Sabbath eve, Nov. 28, and continuing over first-day. In Neenah, Wis., Tuesday evening, Dec. 2; Pulcifer, Dec. 6, 7; Stiles, Oconto Co., where Bro. Anderson may appoint, Monday evening, Dec. 8; Fort Howard, Dec. 13, 14; Sturgeon Bay and Clay Banks, Dec. 20, 21; Racine, Dec. 25. In Chicago, Ill., commencing Sabbath eve, Dec. 26, and continuing as the interest may demand. O. A. Olsen. No providence preventing, I will meet with the friends at Berlin, Wis., Nov. 28 to Dec. 4; Poysippi, Dec. 5 to 11; Fremont, Dec. 12, 18. We hope to see a general turnout; come to labor for the good cause. C. W. Olds. Providence permitting, I will meet with the church at Clarence, Iowa, Sabbath, Dec. 6. Will the brethren from Olin try to be present? Also at West Union, Sabbath, Dec. 13. J. D. Pegg. Providence permitting, there will be a meeting at the church in Parkville, Mich., Sabbath, Dec. 6, at 11 A. M. Bro. Hiram Goodrich will be present, to lead the meeting. Will every one in the vicinity be present? M. B. Miller. HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE.
By R. F. C.
Health and temperance are the qualifying words of the title of our Association. These qualities naturally go together, because there is a natural relation between them. But the natural order is, temperance first, and health as the result. The true order of qualities in the work of the reformation of our race is, faith, courage, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, charity. Without faith in the work we undertake, nothing good will be accomplished. Faith inspires courage, the second necessary qualification. But blind faith and fool-hardy courage will not answer the purpose. Knowledge is necessary to direct our efforts. A knowledge of the organization of our being and of our relation to surrounding objects, their adaptation to our use, or, otherwise, of their hurtful tendencies, lays the foundation for true temperance. Temperance leads to health and patient endurance; the want of it is disastrous in these respects. These steps lead on to godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity; and these prepare a person for the finishing touch of immortality,—the perfect reformation and restoration of man to temperance, health, and happiness forever. Editors Explain Absence of Editorial Matter This Week
By Editor
The time of the editors having been entirely occupied the past week with the Biblical Institute and other important meetings, the readers of the Review will accept the excellent variety of articles from our valued contributors, in lieu of the usual assortment of editorial matter. The promised article respecting the S. D. Adventists and S. D. Baptists will appear next week. Reminiscence of the Great Meteor Shower of 1833
In the Detroit Evening News of Nov. 13 we find the following interesting reminiscence of the great star-shower of 1833:— Mr. John Grousel, in a pleasant little note to the News, brings up a reminiscence of the famous fall of meteors in 1833, just 46 years ago to-night. He says he was then at work on a farm on Long Island, just one mile from the present center of Brooklyn, N. Y., and on going out to hitch up his horses, at about 3 A. M., preparatory to taking a load of vegetables to the New York market, he found the whole visible portion of the heavens illuminated by the fall of thousands of meteors. So numerous were they that the sky appeared as if ablaze with red, like the red of the rainbow. He says he can form no just mental comparison of what it did resemble, but it seemed to him like a storm of fiery snow. He aroused the family of his employer, and they all watched it long and with feelings of awe. His employer, Mr. Skillman, was a God-fearing man, and at once summoned the family to prayers. DEDICATION AND GENERAL MEETING AT CORSICA.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
The Lord willing, the new church at Corsica, Ohio, will be dedicated Dec. 5-7. Meetings will begin Friday evening; dedication sermon, Sunday afternoon. We earnestly request a full attendance from each church in that district; viz., Bellville, Waterford, Appleton, and Newark. Especially are the T. and M. officers requested to be present, as we are now ready to lay out our work for the winter campaign. Full instructions in this work will be given, also in the Sabbath-school and temperance work. Eld. Burrill will be at this meeting. We hope for a meeting of great interest. Come Friday, and remain till Monday if possible. TO T. AND M. MEMBERS IN KANSAS.
By Smith Sharp
Bro. Haskell's arrangements are such that he cannot hold a T. and M. Institute in our State before February. I am anxious to ascertain how many can attend such a meeting if it is held at that time, in the eastern part of the State. Let elders and T. and M. officers address me at Ottawa, Kan., giving the probable number that may be expected from their locality. SMITH SHARP. A CARD.
By O. L. B. Aurner
DURING the painful scenes through which I have been forced to pass since my arrival in Battle Creek, God has given me friends whose tender care and loving attentions have been invaluable. I shall never forget them. God knows how grateful I am. Still, I deem it but just to tell them how thankful I feel for their assiduous thoughtfulness. It is quite impossible for me to do so in person; hence I ask the Review to do this in my stead. From the time that my husband entered the Sanitarium in September, he received kind attention from many, for which money alone could not pay. And during the last week of his life, it seemed to me that all in the buildings, without distinction of rank or position, both patients and those in connection with the Institute, were personally solicitous to aid him by every means in their power. Where all have been so kind, it seems almost invidious to make distinction, yet I would like to thank Bro. and Sr. White, the physicians, the matron and cook of the Institute, the helpers who attended him, Eld. McCoy, and Bro. and Sr. Amadon and Bro. and Sr. Smith, for personal favors extended in such profusion and delicacy that I can never forget them or feel their reception a burden. May God so deal with them in their hour of need. THE SUNDAY QUESTION COMING TO THE FRONT.
By Wm. Penniman
In a late issue of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, the editor, in commenting upon the doings of the Evangelical Alliance, past and present, also referring to its session in St. Louis, says:— “The chief end of legislation is the protection of rights. Under Christianity we are to test the Sabbath by its relation to human well-being, and to use it for that end. Man has rights in connection with the fourth commandment, as in connection with the others that refer to relative duties, and these rights ought to be protected by law on the same ground. It is not the province of legislation to enforce the fourth commandment in its God-ward aspect, nor to promote religion directly, but simply to protect men in their rights under a great provision made by God for their well-being.” The preceding is a common-sense view of the question, and the only view consistent with justice and right. Of course, by Sabbath the editor means Sunday, and he is therefore wrong in thinking that that pagan day has anything to do with the fourth commandment. We have quoted this to show that able men are working on both sides, and it is evident that the opposition to the union of church and state will urge on the question till the prophecy will be fulfilled. Wm. Penniman. Publishers' Department.
By Editor
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