p. 496 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 31. (8/10/1915)

Earlier text: Take My Yoke

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The Source of Life and Light

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3: 36. This scripture shows, as plainly as anything can be, that everlasting life is contingent on faith in the Son of God; for “he that believeth not the Son shall not see life” — so the text says. Therefore if the individual who believes not the Son shall not see life, man by nature does not possess immortality.

In harmony with the foregoing text is the following word from the first letter of John: “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” 1 John 5: 10-12.

How plain these statements are! And how clearly do they tell us that God has given us eternal life in His Son, but that we must have the Son of God in order to have this life! If we have not accepted Him, we do not have life. The unscriptural doctrine of the immortality of the soul has caused many a person to make shipwreck through believing that after death he can live on apart from God and regardless of Him; but the foregoing scriptures most plainly show to the contrary.

A Tremendous Problem

IN an address at Los Angeles, Archbishop Edward J. Hanna, of San Francisco, is reported to have said:

“Undoubtedly the trend of recent events in Europe, the attitude of the nations, understanding of the causes that brought the great war, the revolution in warfare in this conflict, and consideration of what will follow the European war, have made the question of American national defenses a tremendous problem. . . . The struggle for commercial supremacy is the big fact that lies behind the war.

“What reason have we to hope that it will end with this war?

“What guarantee have we that it will not become a menace to America next? . . .

“Experts told us that if the great conflict came, it could not last more than three months. It has lasted eleven months, with no sign of the end being near. Apparently it will be a draw. The nations involved will devote some time to recovery, and then start in to prepare for another attempt to gain commercial supremacy through war if necessary.

“The theory of economic necessity rules now, and what reason have we for hope that a less materialistic philosophy will succeed it in Europe? And in the new alignment, American ideals may be in grave peril unless we have a navy strong enough to defend them.

“The philosophy underlying the war in Europe most interests me. Fundamentally it is, as I have said, a war for commercial supremacy that is regarded as necessary to national happiness and development. Racial and national hatreds contribute their part, along with innumerable other minor factors.

“It is idle to speculate what line of evolution will be followed after the war. We might guess; but if we mistake one factor, the result we get is wrong. But assuredly we cannot build here in America that European governments will turn from materialistic policies to the ideal of the injunction, ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of the Father, and these things shall be added unto you.’”

It is quite generally recognized that commercial supremacy is the leading factor underlying this war as it has been of most wars. And the apostle Paul has told us that the love of money is one of the things that would make the last days perilous. And we see how “earth hunger” among the powers, and greed for money among individuals and groups of men, are plunging the world into revolution, ruin, and ultimate anarchy. There is but one thing that can save the world from it, and that is the second coming of Christ.

“Facing a Meat Crisis”

By Editor

THE Wall Street Journal informs us that “Switzerland, the home of kine, . . . is contracting for 15,000 Venezuelan oxen. The French war ministry is about to purchase 100,000 cattle, in addition to recent buying of 30,000 head, and orders for 240,000 tons of refrigerated meats. . . . The large areas of western France are drained [of domestic animals] up to the walls of Paris.”

Before the war both France and Switzerland were exporters of meat; and after reviewing these facts, in connection with others, the Journal states, “Europe is facing a meat crisis.”

To a great many people, this condition may bring perplexity; but we wish to keep before our readers continuously the fact that the flesh of animals is not only one of the least desirable articles of food, but is also one of the least necessary articles. There are other foods for human beings, that are far superior to the flesh of animals. The grains upon which the ox is fattened are more nourishing than the beef that is produced, and they are far less expensive. And once the appetite is educated, the desire for meat is entirely gone, and the individual gets along far better physically, mentally, and spiritually without it than he does with it.

In changing from a meat diet to a vegetarian diet, a person needs to learn how to find the articles of food that are proper to use instead of meat. There is a growing multitude of people who know, from practical experience, that the use of meat is wholly unnecessary.

International Peace Congress

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed by strong men of international repute to hold an international peace congress in San Francisco, October 10 to 12, 1915. The purpose of this peace congress is declared to be “to bring together, as far as possible, representative leaders from all nations and from all organizations that favor world peace, in order to confer on the most practical plans for the putting into coöperative action those forces and agencies that will lead to the abolition of war.” The slogan of the congress is that “war must be destroyed.”

“All peace societies; women's clubs and other organizations of women; all churches and religious societies; colleges and universities; labor unions; socialist societies; chambers of commerce and all other business men's organizations; and state and national governments” are invited to send delegates to this congress.

Dr. David Starr Jordan, chancellor of Leland Stanford University; Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California; Senator James D. Phelan; the Hon. James Rolph, mayor of San Francisco; Dr. Frederick Lynch, secretary of the Church Peace Union, founded by the two-million-dollar gift of Andrew Carnegie; and Arthur D. Call, secretary of the American Peace Society, Washington, D. C., are a few selected from the long list of well-known men who are sponsors for the congress and who are laboring to make it a success.

Well directed efforts to create sentiment against war and in favor of peace are doubtless used by the Prince of peace in holding the winds of war in these times. But we must not make the mistake of reaching the conclusion, that conditions of peace will ever prevail, except it may be for a very brief time, throughout this wicked world. Armageddon cannot be far ahead.

Financial Embarrassment — Perhaps Disaster

LORD Lansdowne told the British House of Peers recently that “the nations will emerge from this war with an immense burden of financial embarrassment, perhaps of financial disaster.”

We have no precedent by which to judge what will follow this war. Some of the strongest minds of the world are beginning to affirm this quite clearly. We have never had such world conditions as at the present time, for the simple reason that the world has never been bound together before by railroad, steamboat, and telegraph as during the present generation. These means of rapid intercommunication not only make it possible for good things to travel very quickly, but the discontent that breeds strife and violence can also spread quite as rapidly. There are being engendered, during this war, hatreds and bitterness that will breed, no one can tell what, after the war is over. And this spirit of hatred is not confined to the nations that are at war, for the commercial conditions are making the conflict between the capitalist and the laborer more intense and bitter every day.

Following this war, these elements that now to quite an extent are occupied or kept busy by the war conditions, will break loose. It is more than likely that the capitalist will become more and more fearful. He will hoard his money; and this, added to the general bankruptcy produced by this awful war, will create conditions such as this world has never seen. The Master forewarned us that the nations of earth would be not only in distress, but in perplexity, and that men’s hearts would be failing them for fear. Luke 21: 25, 26.

Some people do not like to be told of these things. They would rather believe that, regardless of all the evidence to the contrary, the world is hastening on to the brightest Utopian days. But it is far better to face the facts and be prepared for any eventuality. If we are truly wise, we will study the divine Book until we know the meaning of the conditions of this time, so that our hearts may turn with joy from the distressing and perplexing picture that this world presents, to the bright and glorious realities of the blessed hope — even the hope of the Master’s soon coming.

Britain’s Ammunition Workers

It was announced in the House of Commons a few days ago that the British government has 89,266 ammunition workers enrolled. A generation ago, a commander in chief of a nation's armies would have thought that he had a fairly good-sized force if he had that many men to march into the field. We need to meditate upon facts and figures of this character in order to get any kind of realizing sense of the war forces of this generation in which we are living.

War Orders Bring Labor Shortage

The orders for war materials in the manufacturing centers of the East are so many and so urgent that, to quote a leading financial authority, “by October 1, iron and steel manufacturers say, there will be a labor famine in this country.” “One manufacturer said he believed that premiums would have to be offered to get sufficient men to operate the mills which are starting up.”

A Bountiful Wheat Harvest

ACCORDING to the great Wall Street authority, the wheat crop this year will reach in the neighborhood of a billion bushels; and this authority says, “Never has this country seen such a wheat harvest as this.” It is truly good that we can have an abundant harvest in this favored land, and may it be hoped that we can continue to keep at peace with the rest of the world.

Ammunition and Victory

In a recent engagement in the European war, one of the armies, during a single hour, threw 200,000 shells against the ranks of their enemy. In view of such facts, is it any wonder that the leaders in this war are saying that victory is largely a question of securing ammunition?

Allied Troops Order 400 Million Cigarettes

AMONG the war orders from the fighting nations of Europe, the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company have contracted to furnish 400,000,000 cigarettes for the troops of the allies. The order will keep their factories running day and night until September 1.

Allies Expect Another Year of War

HOLLAND, in the Wall Street Journal says, “The manner in which the allies are purchasing war material in the United States is regarded as conclusive opinion that the allies expect that the war will last perhaps another twelve months.”

Chicago Seeks Aid Against Black Hand

The city of Chicago has appealed to the federal government to help stamp out the “black hand” forces, which are terrorizing that portion of the city known as “Little Italy.”

Photograph by Underwood and Underwood, N. Y. Work of the tornado that visited Cincinnati, Ohio, and vicinity, July 7. About twenty-five persons were killed, and damage amounting to over half a million dollars was done.

© Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
SANITARY CORPS, AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY
The picture shows the disinfecting of clothing in order to avoid cholera and other infectious and contagious diseases. — © Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. SANITARY CORPS, AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY The picture shows the disinfecting of clothing in order to avoid cholera and other infectious and contagious diseases.

FRENCH CHILDREN RECEIVING MILITARY TRAINING UNDER SUPER-VISION OF ARMY OFFICERS
“FRENCH GIRLS RECEIVING TRAINING FOR DUTIES THEY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PERFORM” — FRENCH CHILDREN RECEIVING MILITARY TRAINING UNDER SUPER-VISION OF ARMY OFFICERS “FRENCH GIRLS RECEIVING TRAINING FOR DUTIES THEY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO PERFORM”