WILSON.—Betsey Wilson, aged 86 years, died of chronic catarrh and other chronic troubles, on April 23, 1885, at the residence of her son, W. J. Wilson, Red Cloud, Nebraska.
Sister Wilson was known by many readers of the Signs, who were "pioneers of the cause." Sixty-seven years she has been striving for a home in her Master's kingdom. She embraced the Third Angel's Message, under the labors of Elder J. B. Frisbie, at Fair Plains, Mich. Those acquainted with her know how firmly she has stood for the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus these many years.
In her last hours she suffered intensely, but amid all her sufferings we could hear her praising and adoring her Father in Heaven. A few days before she died, she called for us to pray that God would enable her to call in the wanderings of her mind. And the day before she died, she said that God had heard the prayers, that her mind was clear, and she felt as sure that God had accepted her, and would have her in his kingdom as if she were already there. The day she died, she said, "Death has a sting; but oh, the wonderful provision for life through Jesus Christ!"
The last intelligible words she uttered were, "Children, meet me on the other shore." We have good reasons to believe she will come forth in the first resurrection, with immortal bloom and vigor. The writer spoke from the text of her own choosing, John 14:1-3. We mourn her loss as a mother, but rejoice that God accepted her to be one of his children. L. A. HOOPES.
Obituary.
ANTHONY.—Died at Ukiah, Cal., April 12, 1885, Eugene Anthony, aged 11 months and 7 days.
Alexander
By C. L. Boyd
ALEXANDER.—Died of membranous croup, at Beaverton, Oregon, February 17, 1885, DeWayne A. Alexander, aged 3 years, 7 months, and 20 days.
Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, to the bereaved parents, and of counsel, to a crowded house of attentive listeners. C. L. BOYD.
Atkinson
By W. G. Buckner
ATKINSON.—Drowned, April 5, 1885, at Santa Monica, California, while bathing in the surf, Edward, only son of Joseph and Margaret Atkinson, formerly of Michigan, aged 19 years and 10 months.
He had but recently united with the church at Los Angeles, and was earnestly striving to be ready to meet the Lord. Funeral remarks by the undersigned from 1 Thess. 4:16-18. W. G. BUCKNER.
Peachy
PEACHY.—Died of consumption, at Stockton, Cal., April 2, 1885, Jennie Price Peachy, aged 26 years, 11 months, and 1 day.
Jennie was taught from her childhood to keep all the commandments of God, and in 1877, while attending school at Battle Creek, Mich., was baptized by Elder James White. The next year she returned to California, and was married in 1880. She left a husband and two children. Remarks were made at the funeral by Elder John Palmer (Baptist) from John 11:25.
J. D. AND M. E. BANDY
By J. D. and M. E. Bandy
BANDY.—Died of consumption, in San Pasqual, San Diego Co., Cal., April 24, 1885, Nannie Bandy, aged 24 years, 2 months, and 24 days.
She was born in Madison Co., Mo. For the past two years she has been failing in health; and, during the past five months, she has been almost helpless.
During this time she has had two strokes of paralysis; the first was on the 14th of February, and for a week she was unconscious. She gradually got around again. On the 22d of April, she had the second, which resulted in paralysis all over; from this she did not recover. She was unconscious until death released her. She was a great sufferer, and lingered many weeks in great pain. She bore all her sufferings with meekness, and longed to go to rest until Christ should come and call her home. She thought it would be a comfort to rest from the perils of the last days. She has been keeping the Sabbath since she was 13 years of age, and was baptized in July, 1879. Remarks by Brother John Judson to an audience of sympathizing friends, from 1 Cor. 15:50-58. We mourn, but not as those that have no hope.
J. D. AND M. E. BANDY
THE SPIRIT OF GOD: ITS OFFICES AND MANIFESTATIONS TO THE END OF THE CHRISTIAN AGE.
By James White
By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.
This is a brief but comprehensive argument on the solemn and important subject of the Spirit of God. Its chapters embrace the following heads: The Holy Spirit of Promise; The Power from on High; Circumcision of the Heart; The Unity of the Faith; The Law and the Testimony; Try the Spirits; The Great Commission; Gifts in the Reformation; In the Present Century; Spirit of Prophecy Restored. These are subjects of vital importance to all, and especially to those who are looking for the return of their Lord.
144 pp. Price, 15 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
Appointments.
By Charles L. Boyd
North Pacific Camp-Meeting.
THIS meeting will be held in the city of Portland, June 24 to July 1. The use of an enclosed lawn, consisting of several acres, has been secured. It is in the western part of the city, and close to the terminus of both the Washington and the Third Street car lines, being but one block from the former, and about three from the latter. These street-car lines, with their various branches, form a net-work reaching nearly all parts of the city. Passengers are transferred without additional expense. It has been with much pains that this favorable location has been secured, and we trust it will be of much profit.
Brethren and friends, invite your neighbors and relatives to come with you to this convocation. Now is the time to get ready. Be in season. You cannot afford to lose the first meeting. Next week notice will be given of the price of tents, both for rent and for sale. The tents will be pitched on the ground and ready for the use of those ordering them.
CHAS. L. BOYD.
Upper Columbia Conference.
By Editor
THE BIBLICAL INSTITUTE.
A BIBLICAL Institute, to be conducted by Elder E. J. Waggoner, of Healdsburg College, will be held upon the Milton, Oregon, camp-ground, commencing first-day, May 24, and continuing till June 3. A sufficient number of tents will be erected in season to accommodate all who attend the institute. This will be a rare opportunity for the study of Bible truth. We hope to see a full attendance of our people in the U. C. Conference. You cannot make a better appropriation of these ten days than in availing yourselves of the advantages offered by the institute.
THE CAMP-MEETING.
By Editor
This camp-meeting is to be held at Milton, Umatilla County, Oregon, commencing the evening of June 3, and ending on the morning of the 10th. All are invited to attend. Those wishing to do so, can rent tents at the same rate as last year. Let all such write to Wm. Goodwin, Milton, Oregon, so that the tents may be secured and pitched in good season. There will be no restaurant upon the camp-ground this year, but there will be a provision stand, from which fresh bread and other supplies can be obtained at the lowest possible rates. Ample provision will also be made for horses. Brethren and sisters, all come to the meeting, and bring your friends with you.
THE CONFERENCE.
By Editor
The annual session of the U. C. Conference for the year 1885 will be held on the camp-ground at Milton, in connection with the camp-meeting, June 3-10. Let each church in this Conference immediately elect their delegates, furnishing them with credentials, and also with a report of its standing, losses, and additions during the Conference year. Let all the churches be reported, either by delegates or by letter. Let all letters, from churches or individuals, be directed to J. N. Loughborough, Milton, Umatilla County, Oregon.
THE SABBATH-SCHOOL.
The Sabbath-school Association of the U. C. Conference will hold its annual session for the year 1885 in connection with the camp-meeting at Milton, June 3-10.
THE TRACT AND MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The annual session of the U. C. Tract and Missionary Society for the year 1885 will be held in connection with the Milton camp-meeting, June 3-10.
REDUCTION OF RAILROAD FARE.
By John Norton Loughborough, William I. Goodwin,; T. L. Ragsdale
All parties coming by the Northern Pacific Railroad to the camp-meeting at Milton, Oregon, June 3-10, will pay full fare to Wallula Junction, and obtain, on the camp-ground, a certificate by which they will be entitled to return tickets from Wallula for one-fifth the regular fare.
NOTE.—We hope to get reduced return rates over O. R. and N. lines. The company has the matter under consideration, promising a report soon.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH,
WM. I. GOODWIN,
T. L. RAGSDALE,
Conference Committee.
Publishers' Department.
By Editor
NOTICE.—We send no papers from this Office without pay in advance, unless by special arrangement. When persons receive copies without ordering them they are sent by other parties, and we can give no information in regard to them. Persons thus receiving them are not indebted to the Office.
Money orders, drafts, etc., should be made to "Pacific Press;" NEVER to individuals, as they may be absent, and business thereby be delayed.
Testimony No. 32,
By Editor
Just from the press, contains 232 pages, cloth binding, sent post-paid for fifty cents.
Vol. IV. Tract.
By Editor
AGENTS who have used this excellent sixteen-page tract are meeting with good success in the sale of "The Great Controversy."
Ohio Branch Office.
By Editor
The Ohio branch office of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES has been changed from Clyde, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the State. This is also the post-office address of Mrs. Ida S. Gates, State secretary of the Ohio T. and M. Society, the State Depository being located there.
RECEIPTS.
By Editor
NOTICE.—The change of figures on the address labels will be in all cases a sufficient receipt for money sent for the paper. If these changes do not appear in due time, and if books ordered by mail are not received, please notify us. All other business is acknowledged below.
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FUND.—Oakland $184.84, John M King $13.50, Vacaville $33.20, Temperance $11.-$3, W L Raymond $11, E B Saunders $4.15, Healdsburg $168.15, Santa Rosa $42.10, San Francisco $88.85, Napa $4.50, Geo Mead $7, Lemoore $129.10, San Jose $7, Laytonville $3.25, Woodland $51, Ella Striplin $1.
STOCK IN PACIFIC S. D. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.—G W Colcord $10, S K Shannon $10, Mrs E J Howard $20, H A Baxter $20, H A St John $10.
STOCK HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.—J B Montrose $100, J N Loughborough $16.30, L J Miller $10, S Harmon $10, A friend $100, J Eggleston $20.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.—J Dennison $5, J B Montrose $100, J M Hartman $5, L J Miller $10, A friend $30.
AUSTRALIAN MISSION.—Laytonville $7.50, Eben Bond $2, Mrs J C Wysong $10, Mrs S B Hammond $4, Wm Wymark $5, J Walters $1.90, A D Benton $1.50, Napa $3, A friend $10, W Harper $10.
CALIFORNIA CITY MISSIONS.—Ferndale Society $12.40, Katie Mavity $5, Mrs L V Wood $7.20, Mrs Anna Winkler $16, Mary Stevens $1, Peter Scazighini $50, A friend $50.
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.—Pennsylvania T and M Society $324.27, Kansas T and M Society $46.40, Wisconsin T and M Society $300, Michigan T and M Society, per E P Daniels $30, N P T and M Society, per H A Baxter $50, Illinois T and M Society $100, Tennessee T and M Society $10, Upper Columbia T and M Society $200, W A Young $23.20, B Robb $10.60.
CHURCH DEBT FUND.—Alice Bartlett $15, A friend $50, R S Owen $6.
CALIFORNIA T AND M SOCIETY.—District No 1 per Alice Morrison $313.85, District No 2 per Libbie Saunders $73.50, District No 5 per Hetty Hurd $30.32, District No 6 per Mrs E J Howard $32.75, C Maynard $20, Mrs A Bryant $5.40.
ORDERS FORWARDED.
By Editor
BOOKS SENT BY FREIGHT.—C D Reaser, Mrs C Ruoff, Australian Mission.
BOOKS SENT BY EXPRESS.—Mrs E T Palmer, Mrs E A Turner, C Maynard, M M Taylor.
VOLUME FOUR.
"THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN."
By MRS. E. G. WHITE,
Author of "The Life of Christ," "Sketches from the Life of Paul," "Bible Sanctification," and other popular works.
9,000 COPIES SOLD IN FOUR MONTHS.
By Editor
OVER FIVE HUNDRED PAGES, ELEGANTLY BOUND.
This volume, giving first a sketch of our Lord's great prophecy (which, in brief, covers the whole dispensation), contains a history of the church in her warfare to her final redemption, and vividly describes the triumph of the people of God, the destruction of Satan and all his followers, and the renewing of the earth, which ends the awful controversy between the Son of God and the powers of darkness.
The period of history which it covers is one of deepest interest to every Christian, and the fact that the closing chapters relate to the present duty and the future experience of the people of God adds still greater interest to the volume.
Earnest Christians of all denominations will find in it encouragement and instruction in the delineation of the struggle maintained by men raised up of God in each successive age to preserve the pure and true religion, and they will see that the world has been led to accept one after another of Satan's devices, till her teachers are corrupted with false doctrines and with infidelity.
Over 500 pages. Price, . . . . . $1.25
For descriptive circulars and sample pages of the book, address the nearest State agent, or, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.
SABBATH READINGS
By Editor
FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
COMPILED BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.
THESE are some of the few really good books. For twenty years Mrs. White has been selecting choice, interesting, and instructive stories, the best of which are presented in these four volumes of 400 pages each. It would be difficult to find a better collection. The selections have been carefully made, and none need fear to place them in the hands of the young. They are not, however, designed exclusively for the young, but are adapted for general home reading. All the members of the family circle will find something in them to entertain and instruct. They are just the thing for holiday or birthday gifts. Price per set, neatly put up in box, with premium, illustrated Lord's Prayer, or the "Bird's Eye View of the Holy Land, $2.50."
Address,
SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
THE ATONEMENT:
By Ellet Joseph Waggoner
AN EXAMINATION OF A REMEDIAL SYSTEM, IN THE LIGHT OF NATURE AND OF REVELATION.
BY ELD. J. H. WAGGONER.
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.
THIS work is a critical and exhaustive treatise on the plan of salvation as revealed in the Scriptures, showing its harmony with the principles of justice and mercy, its consistency with reason, and its final results as affecting the destiny of the human race.
368 pp.; cloth, $1.00.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
MATTER AND SPIRIT;
OR, THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT.
By Eld. D. M. Canright.
A philosophical argument on an important theme, indicated by its title. 66 pp. Price, 10 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
EARLY WRITINGS OF MRS. WHITE.
Experience and Views and Spiritual Gifts
By Editor
COMPRISING "Experience and Views" and "Spiritual Gifts, Volume One," bound in one volume. This makes a neat and attractive book of nearly 200 pages, and should be read by old and young. The matter and the style in which it is presented are so interesting that no one who has read one chapter will forego the pleasure and profit of reading the remainder. Price, 75 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
THE MINISTRATION OF ANGELS.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
BY ELD. D. M. CANRIGHT.
Also giving an exposition of the origin, history, and destiny of Satan. 144 p. Price, 20 cents.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal. Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.
Skating Rink Nuisance.
THIS is the name given to the latest mania, by a Boston minister, O. P. Gifford. We quote the following from the report of a sermon in the Boston Journal. The text was in 2 Tim. 3:4; “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” He read from the Revised Version—“lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God.” A part of his remarks on pleasure, recreation, and the rink, is in the following words:—
“There is a sharp distinction between pleasure and recreation. Recreation is a means to an end; pleasure is an end in itself. Recreation re-creates; pleasure dissipates. The man who seeks pleasure ends like a squeezed sponge; there is nothing in him. The man who seeks recreation is like a full sponge, refilled with life. The line then is: the thing is pleasure when it is sought in aid of and for you. You see the men coming from the theater; they like that play because it suited them; they like that actor because he suited them. The thing is right or wrong according as it suited them. But one cannot be like them and be a lover of God at the same time. It must be either God or pleasure. That being the principle, I want to lay my finger on two institutions and give my reason why Christian people, decent people, ought to let them alone. The first is the skating rink, the latest craze. My first reason why we should not attend the rink is because it is a thing of pleasure solely. The shame of men and women giving their whole strength and power of being to living for fun. The skating rink to the man who runs it is simply a matter of dollars and cents. The man or the woman who goes to it has only the idea of going to get a certain amount of fun in a certain number of hours. My next objection is the physiological reason. Of dancing on skates or off, I should unhesitatingly choose the latter, for physiological reasons. Men and women are so delicately constituted that they cannot stand the unnatural strain and wrenching upon roller skates without physical harm. The dust that arises from the skating is breathed in, faster even than we ordinarily breathe, because the exertion is greater and therefore the breathing faster. Then comes pneumonia. The over-heating and the sudden change to cold brings on a cold and perhaps congestion. The next reason against the rink is the relation of the sexes. Within three months there have been four elopements traceable direct to the skating rink. It is time the Christian church put its foot upon this nuisance. The acquaintances of the rink are not acknowledged on the street or in the home, yet your boys and girls are allowed to associate with them.”
A New and Valuable Book.
By Editor
WE have just received from the press "Testimony for the Church, No. 32." We have not yet had time to give this book a careful reading, but from the range of the subjects treated, as indicated by the headings, and from the portions that we have read, we are sure that this is one of the most important of this valuable series. Next week we shall give a more extended notice for the benefit of those not acquainted with the nature of these "Testimonies;" but this will not be needed by our brethren and sisters, all of whom will want the book at once. They will find it also an excellent thing to give to their friends. Send in your orders at once, and they will be promptly filled. Bound in cloth, 240 pages, price, 50 cents. Address, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.
Study for Laborers.
AT a meeting of the California Conference Committee, a sub-committee was appointed to prepare a course of study for those who are entering or preparing to enter upon the gospel work. The following was reported and accepted:—
“We recommend that all study the work on the ‘Atonement,’ one or two chapters each week, and prepare to be examined on this book at the time of the next camp-meeting. Those who can, to study in addition to this the work on ‘The Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days.’
“To read carefully as much of the Bible each day as would be necessary in reading it through by course in a year; in addition to this to read some in the book of Psalms each day.
“To read one or two chapters in the ‘Great Controversy’ and ‘Testimony for the Church’ each day. Those who have not read them to commence with the commencement of the volumes. Those who are familiar with any of these books to read those with which they are not familiar. If they have read them all, to commence again to read volume one.
“Those who design to enter the ministry, to read ‘Lectures on Preaching,’ by Simpson.”
In the above dates there may be some changes. The time in Upper Columbia and North Pacific is fixed as above.
Editorial Notes and Notices
By Editor
WE have a variety of questions on hand awaiting answers. Our friends will please exercise some patience; we will try to attend to them before long.
WE have received a letter from the "far East" thanking us for our "Short Musical Notes." But we are not sanguine in regard to any great and good result. No doubt they will be appreciated by those who do not need them!
CALIFORNIA is like to be a severe sufferer from insect pests. Besides those infesting fruit trees grasshoppers, or rather locusts, are entirely destroying vegetation in some localities. Ranchmen report everything ruined in one day; both vegetables and fruit.
A CARD from our old-time friend, Brother Joseph Clarke, informs us that they have been called to take charge of the Mission Reading Rooms in St. Louis, Mo., 2339 Chestnut St. We pray that the blessing of Heaven may rest upon them and their important work.
WE have never advised our friends to move to California, and do not advise them to do so now. But if there are several families who wish to settle together in Southern California, on ranches suitable for fruit, stock, and bee culture, with good water, we invite them to correspond with us.
THE general meetings have so engrossed our time and attention for the last two weeks that we have not been able to give all the time we wished to work in the office. The annual meetings of the College and Health Retreat compel us to leave again before the paper goes to press. Providence favoring, we hope to settle down to our work in a few days.
WE cheerfully publish obituaries, of reasonable length, and request our friends in all cases to send them as soon as possible after the death occurs, giving date and place. But it is contrary to our rule to publish poetry with such notices—a rule from which we have never yet departed. Obituary poetry is not generally of a high cast, and is of interest to only a very few, while our paper goes to many thousands, and to all parts of the world. The circumstances must be peculiar to cause us to make exceptions to this rule.
AS WE go to press, the situation in the East remains practically unchanged. From our news columns it will be seen that active preparations for war are being made, yet the latest report is that both England and Russia are willing to submit the matter to arbitration. It is probable that no one outside of the English Cabinet and the Czar and his prime minister, knows anything about the matter. It is barely possible that peace may be patched up for the present, but it will be such a peace as will insure a more desperate war not far in the future. These immense war preparations will erelong be called into requisition.
"Good Housekeeping."
By Editor
GOOD housekeeping is something in which any woman who does it, may take an honest pride, her husband also, and for it he may, and ought to, praise her. To excel in this is a worthy ambition; and that our housekeeping readers may have the very best advantages in this good work, we take pleasure in introducing to their notice a large, thirty-two-page magazine called Good Housekeeping, that has just reached our table. It is the only journal of its kind that is now published, and it fills the place so perfectly that we do not see how there can ever be any need of another. In it are most ably discussed all departments of the housekeeper's art—the kitchen, the dining-room, the parlor, the sleeping-room, furnishing, decorating, and entertaining. We shall be glad to present to our readers from time to time, selections from the columns of this excellent journal. Good Housekeeping is published by Messrs. Clark W. Bryan & Co., Holyoke, Mass., semi-monthly, at $2.50 a year.
Mormon Plans for Utah Statehood
THE present plan of the Mormons, as stated by one of the leading bishops, is to buy Statehood for Utah, when they can have matters their own way. They estimate, it is stated, that $1,000,000 judiciously expended in Washington next winter will effect the object.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES,
By Editor
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT OAKLAND, CAL., FOR THE
International Tract and Missionary Society.
A sixteen-page Religious Family Paper, devoted to a discussion of the Prophecies, Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ, Harmony of the Law and Gospel: with Departments devoted to Temperance, The Home Circle, the Missionary Work, and the Sabbath-school.
Price Per Year, . . . . . . $2.00
In Clubs of five or more copies to one address, to be used in Missionary Work, . . . . . . 1.50
Address
SIGNS OF THE TIMES,
Twelfth and Castro Streets, OAKLAND, CAL.
Name Wanted.
By Editor
ABOUT three months ago there was published in the SIGNS a selected article on the vegetarianism of a company from America now dwelling in Jerusalem. We have received a very interesting letter in regard to that company from a person in Nebraska who spent some time in Jerusalem, and had opportunity to observe their habits and learn of their faith. So he informs us, but he gives only initials, and without a knowledge of the writer we cannot publish the letter. Will he please give us his name?
Constantine.
By Editor
In this paper our series of articles on Constantine is concluded. We are happy to know that a deep interest has been taken in them. The following is but a sample of the notes received at this office:—
"MR. EDITOR: Some person is kindly sending me the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, but I have failed to receive the numbers containing articles 1, 2, and 7 of 'Constantine.' I am much interested in these articles, and should be pleased if I had the missing numbers."
Of course we cannot know who sends the SIGNS to the writer; we send the missing numbers. It will probably be duty, at some time, to publish the articles in a more permanent form.