The League for Social Service, one of the societies comprising the National Reform combination—practically a trust for the advancement of the interests of Church and State union in the United States—publishes leaflets entitled “Good Citizenship Series.” No. 9 of the series proposes a system of education in the line of knowledge concerning our system of government. It suggests that “each school in the nation meet in a large hall once a week, and, after other proper patriotic exercises, have a little catechism.” Here is a specimen lesson:—
“Question—Who is above the postmaster?
“Answer—The Postmaster-General.
“Q.—Who is above him?
“A.—The President.
“Q.—Who is above the President?
“A.—The Supreme Court.
“Q.—Who made the Supreme Court?
“A.—We, the people of the United States. We made the nation, and we rule it.”
Where did the League for Social Service learn that the Supreme Court is “above the President”? If that body would formulate catechisms for school-children on the subject of our form of government, it would better learn that the judicial arm of the government is only co-ordinate with the executive and with the legislative departments. It is quite common to speak of the Supreme Court as “the highest authority in the government,” and from this expression, so often erroneously employed, many people suppose that this court is above everything else in the line of authority. But it is only the highest authority in its particular department, as the President is in the executive department.
Andrew Jackson demonstrated that the Supreme Court was not above him. That court had rendered a decision that the National Bank Law was constitutional, but when its charter expired, a bill providing for its extension was vetoed by the President, on the ground that it was unconstitutional. He declared that the President was sworn to support the Constitution, and that meant as he himself understood it, and not as interpreted by the Supreme Court or any other body.
That portion of the people who urge upon Congress and the State Legislatures the duty of inserting religious obligations and requirements in the civil law, are especially solicitous about the authority of the Supreme Court since that body promulgated the dictum that “this is a Christian nation.” They are particularly anxious to have recognized as the head of the government the one department that is inclined to give their Church and State doctrines all the encouragement within its power. And when this shall have been accomplished, the people will have to submit to the judicial oligarchy, and the theory that they rule the nation will be theory only; for if the Supreme Court be above the President, the chief executive of the people, logically it must be above the people themselves. Then where does the people’s rule come in?
It will be a sad day for the nation when the League for Social Service shall have been assigned the position of instructor of the theory of government in all the schools. Government “of the people, by the people, for the people,” will then be a thing of the past. W. N. G.
THE EYE OF THE PAPACY ON THE UNITED STATES.
JAMES CREELMAN, the well-known press correspondent, cabled from Paris a few weeks ago the following important item of news:—
“The pope has appointed Archbishop Chapelle, of New Orleans, as apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico. He will also become apostolic representative in the Philippines should the United States take possession of the archipelago. The terms of his appointment create him apostolic delegate in all territories acquired by the United States from Spain.
“Monsignore Chapelle has arrived in Paris, after discussing the whole situation with the pope. He called yesterday on members of the American commission. He is a warm personal friend of President McKinley, and as the question of Church and State is one of the most serious problems facing the government in the new territories, the importance of Mgr. Chapelle’s opinions, derived directly from the pope, can hardly be exaggerated.
“I saw him to-night and he said that the pope was absolutely in accord with the conditions of religious liberty existing in the United States, and would heartily welcome the same relation of Church and State in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, should events establish our flag there permanently. He said:—
“‘The holy father will welcome in the new territories the happy order of things under which the Church has prospered in the United States. He believes in religious liberty before all things. My duties will be to enable the bishops to place the church on a footing suitable to the new political changes that will take place by virtue of the treaty of peace within my spheres and the duties proper to my position.
“‘As a thoroughly loyal American I may be able to help our government in the work of reconstruction. The political and social welfare of the people of these islands will greatly depend upon proper reorganization. The United States will readily understand that its political and economical interests, as well as the honor of the country amongst nations, require that the work of reorganization should be carried out with justice and equity to all. My duty will be to look after the liberty of conscience and to the protection of persons and property.
“‘Our honor is at stake. The nations of the earth are watching us with envious and admiring eyes, and we must not treat the islanders as inferior people.’”
We have not the least doubt but that many Catholics are sincere in believing the foregoing statements. We have no disposition to quarrel over the matter, but Catholics as well as Protestants should ask themselves candidly and before God, “Are these words from the Roman pontiff true?” The world is being driven as before the hurricane into an awful abyss of violence and war. The pope seems to see this most clearly, and is busy in his efforts to have the Catholic Church outride the storm, and also in advancing the idea that his vast organization can be used in averting the international calamity.
But what does the Bible say of the situation to-day? The Bible is the Word of God, and no man should come between us and that Word. Nothing can save us in these times except the power of the living God. Do you trust Him, and Him alone? or are you leaning to some human agency?
“WEAK THROUGH THE FLESH.”
By W. N. G.
The apostle Paul says the law “was weak through the flesh.” It was “ordained unto life,” but men violated its righteous precepts, therefore it could not give them life. It is the same with the Gospel, which is “the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” Where men will not believe, the Gospel is just as weak through the flesh as is the law. When professed ministers of the Gospel seek the power of the State in order to overpower wickedness, it shows one of two things,—either that they do not believe the Gospel is the power of God, or they deem the power of the State greater than the power of God. Either condition is a state of infidelity. When Christ commissioned His disciples, He told them that He had all power in heaven and in earth, and sent them to preach the Gospel in that power. He said nothing to them about invoking State aid, or attempting a Christian reformation by any other means than the Gospel. To forcibly put a stop to anything that may be harrowing to the Christian feelings is not in any sense Gospel work. “I say unto you, that ye resist not evil;” are the words of the Master. The Gospel is designed to save men’s souls, and the work of the ministry is a spiritual work. To compel men to cease any kind of worldly amusement, through the influence of the church, will not convict them of sin; it will more likely turn their hearts even more against the Gospel. When the church resolves itself into a police commission, or the ministers become a band of lobbyists at the State House, it is evident that the principles of the Sermon on the Mount have been ignored, and the authority of the Saviour’s parting commission has been exceeded.
From the standpoint of these principles, which are enunciated upon the authority of the inspired Word, we submit for the consideration of our readers the following extract from the Kansas City Star:—
“The Rev. Dr. John F. Handy, of Jefferson City, told the Presbyterian synod, in session in the Second Church to-day, of his intention to introduce a bill into the State Legislature this winter to enforce a stricter observance of the Sabbath day. He said:
“We do not work hard enough for the Sunday observance. It was the inactivity of the synod several years ago which prevented the passing of a law in the Legislature against Sunday baseball. I’m going to see that the baseball question is pressed home this winter. You wait and you will hear such an agitation on Sunday baseball as you never heard before. I live in Jefferson City. Right there in the heart of this great State pandemonium breaks loose every Sunday. Nobody seems able or willing to stop it. Well, just wait till next winter and it will be stopped. The Christians will stop it.’
“The synod applauded Dr. Handy’s determination, and Dr. S. D. Jewell, of Butler, said: ‘If the Christian sentiment is roused, it will put down this wicked practise of Sunday baseball. It ought to be put down. If the church wills that it should, it will be put down.’” W. N. G.
TRUTH
By Bryant
TRUTH, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers;
But error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies amid her worshipers.
—Bryant.
ST. HELENA SANITARIUM AND ITS WORK.
By A. J. Sanderson
ST. HELENA SANITARIUM, ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA.
MODERN medical science and the treatment of the large number of chronic diseases of the present day have made marked changes and progress during the last decade. Science has revealed so much relative to the human body and the changes in its functions and tissues by the innumerable disturbances which cause diseases, that medicine has a much more rational basis upon which to work. On the other hand, the art of healing has been undertaken by such a variety of methods that the invalid can meet his benefactor at almost every turn. Among these methods a well-equipped and conducted sanitarium is recognized as the best place where many classes of diseases can be most successfully treated.
The St. Helena Sanitarium is the oldest and largest institution of its kind on the Pacific Coast. It was first established about twenty-five years ago, and in 1878 was incorporated under the name of the Rural Health Retreat Association. Its growth has since been gradual and healthy, and at the present time it has facilities for doing a large amount of work.
The location of the sanitarium at Crystal Springs, near St. Helena, is most favorable for the kind of work which it undertakes. It is the repeated testimony of those who have visited similar institutions in this country and abroad that they have not seen its equal for scenery, surroundings, and climate. St. Helena, two and a half miles from the Sanitarium, is a small village in the Upper Napa Valley. This valley is one of the first settled and best cultivated in the State. The institution is situated on a small plateau upon the mountain-side to the east of the valley, and about 300 feet above it, and has an elevation of 800 feet above sea level. The hillside rises abruptly from the back of the building, and it is but a short distance to the summit of Howell Mountain, which is 1,800 feet high.
Immediately surrounding the Sanitarium are natural groves made up of a variety of trees, among which are live-oak, fir, madrona, and manzanita. The outlook in front of the building includes a small triangular valley, embracing about 300 acres of land, and occupied by well-cultivated ranches, presenting to the view a series of vineyards, orchards, and meadows. On the opposite side is a narrow pass which opens into the main valley. North and south of the institution small mountain ranges wend their way into the side of the valley, making a series of densely foliaged foot-hills, valleys, and canyons, the view to the north including Mount St. Helena, which rises to a height of 4,400 feet. Across the Napa Valley, which at this place is only about a mile in width, is another range of mountains equally broken and picturesque.
The climate of the Upper Napa Valley is one of the most healthful that can be found anywhere in the State. The region is separated from the coast by two mountain ranges, which disperse the fogs and temper the harsh winds, and yet it does not get the intense heat of the more inland valleys. The amount of rain during the winter season is sufficient to produce a good vegetation and prevent the long droughts common to the southern part of the State. Yet the atmosphere during the larger part of the year is dry and clear. From the published proceedings of the California Medical Society during the year 1893 (where the comparison is made of the climate between this and other parts of the State) it is found that, with the exception of January and February, the average humidity of St. Helena is less than San Diego and Los Angeles. The average mean temperature is 62.8; the average maximum temperature is 73.2; the average minimum temperature is 52.4.
The institution, being located on the mountain-side, has special advantages for sanitary surroundings. The atmosphere is most healthful, and the sewage system is well maintained. The water supply comes from a spring located near the buildings, which affords the purest of water. The soil about the place is a red sandstone with various volcanic rock, and is easily drained and fertile.
The main building is a five-story structure with a four-story ground addition situated between the main building and the hillside, and having horizontal walks leading back to the mountain-side. This building contains the dining-room and all the offices and treatment-rooms, besides about fifty rooms for the accommodation of guests. It is furnished with a hydraulic elevator, and has steam heat and electric bells. There are seven cottages also, containing from four to twenty rooms each. The other buildings include a natatorium, bakery, engine-house, laundry, and stables. These, with a large number of tents used in the summer season, make quite a little settlement. A great deal has been done during the past ten years to render the grounds about the place most pleasant and attractive. Two small circular lawns are situated directly in front of the main building, and there is also a large flower-garden, with a lawn in the center of it, situated between the main building and the new cottage. With careful planning, walks have been laid out in the immediate vicinity of the Sanitarium, which also lead back among the hills to the various canyons, waterfalls, caves, mountains, and other places of interest. There are about fifteen miles of these walks that have been measured, and serve a useful part in the daily prescriptions of the physicians, giving to the patients a most healthful form of exercise and recreation.
The institution, depending as it does for its therapeutic measures upon the rational treatment of disease, uses only such remedies as may aid nature in its restorative work. It is well equipped for all forms of hydrotherapy, electricity, massage, Swedish movements, etc. It has commodious bath-rooms, and trained manipulators have charge of all the treatments given, which are always administered according to the prescription of the physicians.
The treatments are prescribed according to the conditions of the patient as well as the disease from which he is suffering, and the central idea is that of health-getting and physical development. Nature has among her resources sufficient power to cure every curable disease, and in much of the treatment prescribed the object is to restore the full possession and use10of her own powers. Most of the diseases from which people suffer at the present day are brought on not so much by the immediate cause of the disease, as by the long-continued violation of nature’s laws, which have weakened the various parts of the body, and laid waste nature’s powers. It is the aim of the methods employed at the sanitarium to correct wrong physical habits, and to restore and strengthen every weak portion of the body. Hence exercise, rest, diet, and healthful occupation of the mind are important factors in the patient’s getting well.
Every patient when coming to the sanitarium is subjected to a careful and thorough examination, and upon this, together with the study of the history and physical tendency of the case, is prescribed what course of treatment is to be pursued.
The institution employs four regular physicians, who devote their entire time to the interests of the patients, and to the education and training of the assistants that are in the employ of the sanitarium.
Recognizing the important relation of diet to the maintenance of health, the institution takes special pains to have everything as perfect as possible. The Health Food Department makes a specialty of developing the most healthful articles of food. These have been used in the sanitarium for a number of years, and are so much appreciated that tons are each month sent out to different parts of the State to supply former patients, and those who have become accustomed to the use of our foods. The tables of the sanitarium are free from condiments, stimulants, and everything not of a wholesome nature. They are spread with a large variety of carefully-prepared foods, such as will meet the needs of the great variety of patients.
Social life and surroundings at the sanitarium are made as homelike and restful as possible, being free from everything which has a tendency to excite or tax the nervous system. Frequent parlor talks are given by the physicians upon the subject of healthful living, and matters of sanitation and individual hygiene are set forth as fully as possible.
A healthful Christian influence prevails, and the institution, along with its effort to relieve suffering, becomes a permanent blessing in the life of many of its patrons, and in the communities in which they live.
A. J. SANDERSON.
BE TRUE.
THOU must be true thyself
If thou the truth wouldst teach;
Thy soul must overflow, if thou
Another’s soul wouldst reach.
It needs the overflow of heart
To give the lips full speech.
Think truly, and thy thoughts
Shall the world’s famine feed;
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful seed;
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
—Anon.
SPAIN'S DECAY.
The history of all the countries that shut out the light of the Reformation, says The Oriental Watchman, conveys a lesson that ought to be thought of more than it is in these days. The idea of enforced uniformity, and of the mingling of religion and politics, is taking possession in many quarters of professed Protestantism, and the spirit of the Papacy is being drunk in by all nations, just as the Revelation predicted of the last times. A writer in the London Echo tells the cause of Spain's decay in these words:—
When Ferdinand and Isabella had made Spain politically one, put down the infamous power of the nobles, and in a measure enfranchised the burghers, they, under the inspiration of papal priests, determined to have equal unity in faith and worship. Then emerged that monster of all time, Torquemada, the chief of the Inquisition. And years afterwards arose the Jesuits, more subtle, more refined, and, possibly, more devout than Torquemada, but not one whit less cruel. Unity in faith came by the suppression of thought, and with unity not only intellectual degradation, but moral atrophy. The unity was almost perfect. Spain has had no Protestantism, no Non-conformity worthy of the name. The priests have both reigned and ruled. Spain is of their making, or rather unmaking; and, standing amidst the mental decadence, the moral decay, the religious degradation of Spain, the priests might say, when asked to show the world the monument of their genius and skill, Look around.
1 “And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father 2 Isaac. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, 3 and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down 4 into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation; I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in 6 the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his 7 seed with him; his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.”
26 “All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were 27 threescore and six; and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 “And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of 29 Goshen. And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good 30 while. And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come 31 unto me; and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their 32 herds, and all that they have. And it shall come to pass, 33 when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your 34 occupation? that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers; that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.”
1 “Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, 2 behold, they are in the land of Goshen. And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, 4 both we, and our fathers. And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan; now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land 5 of Goshen. And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy 6 father and thy brethren are come unto thee; the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the 9 years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of 10 my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. And Jacob blessed 11 Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the 12 land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”
27 “And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 “And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hundred forty 29 and seven years. And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me 30 not, I pray thee, in Egypt; but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their 31 burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me; and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.”
1 “And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick; and he took with him his 2 two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee; and Israel 3 strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the 4 land of Canaan, and blessed me, and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed 5 after thee for an everlasting possession. And now thy two sons, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: Ephraim and Manasseh, 6 even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine: they shall be11called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way 8 to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). And Israel beheld 9 Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these? And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I 10 will bless them. Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; 11 and he kissed them, and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and, lo, God 12 hath let me see thy seed also. And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face 13 to the earth. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near unto 14 him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for 15 Manasseh was the first-born. And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this 16 day, the Angel which hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he held up his father’s hand, to remove 18 it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall 20 become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before 21 Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die; but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of 22 your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”
SUGGESTIVE OUTLINE.
I. THE JOURNEY:
1. At Beer-sheba. (a) Offering sacrifices. V. 1. (b) Jacob’s vision. Vs. 2-4.
2. From Beer-sheba to Egypt. Vs. 5-7. Number of souls. Vs. 26, 27.
II. SETTLEMENT:
1. At Goshen. V. 28.
2. Meeting with Joseph. Vs. 29, 30.
3. Joseph’s instruction to his father and brethren. Why? Vs. 31-34.
4. Meeting with Pharaoh. (a) Of Joseph’s brethren. Gen. 47:1-6. (b) Of Israel. Vs. 7-10. See note.
5. Dwelling (a) In Goshen, or land of Rameses. V. 11. (b) In prosperity. Vs. 12, 27.
(f) Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. (a) Introduction. Vs. 8-11. (b) The presentation. Vs. 12-14. (c) In whose name? Vs. 15, 16. (d) The contention. Vs. 17-19. (e) Ephraim placed first. Vs. 19, 20. (f) Divine assurance of faith. V. 21. (g) Joseph’s special portion. V. 22.
Suggestive Readings.—“Patriarchs and Prophets,” pages 232-235.
Gen. 47:7-10 reveals the superiority of the shepherd patriarch over the Egyptian king; for “without contradiction the less is blessed of the better.” The only true greatness is goodness.
ADDITIONAL STUDY.
(1) Show that Abraham and his seed sojourned in Canaan 215 years, and in Egypt 215. See Ex. 12:40, 41. (2) How did the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and the children of Israel, illustrate the truth of the expression, “Man’s necessity is God’s opportunity”? (3) (a) How do you know who was the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Is he your God? (b) Will He deal with and do for us as He dealt with and did for them? The lives of what distinguished persons in the book of Genesis were types of Christ? In what particulars? (4) How much of the land of Canaan did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or Joseph and his brethren occupy as their own? What do we inherit through the first birth? What through the second? See also Gen. 47:9; Acts 7:5; Gen. 49:29; 50:25. (5) Look up the following names: Goshen, Rameses, Zoan. (6) Joseph bought the cattle, the lands, and the Egyptians themselves, with corn, for Pharaoh, and thus saved their lives. Gen. 47:17, 19. Who bought us and all that we possess? With what? John 6:51; Gal. 2:20; Titus 2:14. (7) Draw a parallel between the life of Joseph and the life of Christ. (8) How does this chapter illustrate that in prosperity we forget adversity? Isa. 65:17; Rev. 21:4. (9) What beasts of burden were used in Egypt, in Canaan, in Mesopotamia, in the times of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? What other animals are mentioned in connection with their lives?
DO YOUR BEST.
By A. J. Foxwell
Say not the evils around you
Can not be overcome;
Let not the sight confound you;
Let not your voice be dumb.
See how the brave have shattered
Rocks that have barred their way;
Darkness by light is scattered,
Night all absorbed by day.
Say not an effort single
Is but of little worth;
Drops that with others mingle
Water the thirsty earth.
Let each but do his duty,
Fighting against the wrong,
Deserts will smile with beauty,
Mountains resound with song.
—A. J. Foxwell.
OUR WORK AND WORKERS.
THE winter term of Union College, College View, Neb., will open on the 20th inst.
THE next session of the General Conference will be held at South Lancaster, Mass., from February 14 to March 7.
THE brethren of Iowa Conference are moving for the establishment of a sanitarium in Des Moines, and a call has been issued for donations to the worthy object.
A MISSION was opened in Brooklyn, N. Y., November 6. Of course it will need assistance, and any one who desires to help in the good work may address 43 Fulton Street.
AS A result of the past year’s labor, mostly of a private nature, with the Bible and the SIGNS, Brother G. W. Anglebarger reports a church of forty-two members at Cañon City, Colo.
THE baptism of five persons at St. Thomas, Ont., is reported to the Review by Brother P. M. Howe. He also states that a rescue home has been started in the western part of the city, with good prospects of success.
AS A result of recent labors at Madeline, Lassen County, Cal., Brother S. Thurston reports thirteen keeping the commandments of God. He baptized seven one day, after driving twelve miles to find a suitable place.
At the late quarterly meeting at Atlantic, Iowa, three members were added to the church. A new church building was dedicated at this place on the 27th ult. The services were conducted by Brother C. Santee, president of the conference, and Brother E. G. Olsen. Other workers were also present, as the occasion was at the close of a general meeting.
WRITING from Tonga, in the South Pacific, to the California Missionary, Brother E. S. Butz says: “We have a Sabbath-school with a membership of about thirty-five, the attendance often reaching forty-five or fifty. These are mostly native children. They take a great interest in the Sabbath-school lessons, learning the memory verses in English, while we repeat the same in the Tongan language. They are bright children, and learn fast. Could you step into our Sabbath-school some morning you would not find it unlike our schools in America, save for the dark skins and native costumes. It is wonderful how soon one becomes accustomed to a new environment. I think it would seem not a little strange now not to see the brown faces, black eyes, and native dresses in Sabbath-school. Many of the native children can repeat the Ten Commandments in both English and Tongan.”
PERIODICALS WANTED.
CLEAN copies of any of our periodicals, post-paid, for missionary work. Address, E. T. Cornell, 417 Thomas Street, Seattle, Wash.
I’ll Do What I Can
“Who takes for his motto, ‘I’ll do what I can,’
Shall better the world as he goes down life’s hill.
The willing young heart makes the capable man,
And who does what he can, oft can do what he will.”
