The reports from those who have recently gone to California are exceedingly cheering. Steps are being taken to place the work there at once upon a permanent basis, and put it in a position to advance rapidly in strength and power. A special session of the California Conference was held at Oakland, Feb. 12, 1875, to decide upon the location of the Signs of the Times, purchase a proper site for an Office building, decide upon the construction of the building, and consider other matters pertaining to the prosperity of the cause there. We look with interest for a report of this meeting.
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The Sabbath in England.
By Uriah Smith
By a private letter just received from Eld. W. M. Jones, of London, England, we learn the interesting fact that three Sabbath-keepers in different parts of the kingdom, having no knowledge of each other, have each written a tract in favor of the Sabbath. They were brought to light by advertising, within the past year: John Villiers, of Ireland, D. Mackenzie, and Jas. Scott, of Scotland. He sends us a copy of Bro. Scott’s tract, the length of which, with our present press of matter, prevents our transferring it to our columns. He adds, “A lady in Belfast, keeping the Sabbath for five years, has just written to me. How many more are there? ‘This is the Lord’s doing.’”
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New Books.
By Uriah Smith
The works entitled Miraculous Powers, and Facts for the Times, by M. E. Cornell, which have long been out of print, he has revised and enlarged, and the new editions are now ready. Price of Miraculous Powers 20 cts., postpaid, Facts for the Times, 25 cts. U. S.
S. D. A. Miscellany.
By Uriah Smith
We have all our leading tracts bound in five volumes of about 400 pages each, under the title of S. D. A. Miscellany. The Bible Sabbath, a collection of tracts and pamphlets on the Sabbath question, in one volume, properly belongs with this set, making six volumes in all. Price $1.00 a volume. Very convenient for preservation and reference. U. S.
Our Rest: A Monthly Magazine of Prophetic Inquiry
“OUR REST, a Magazine Bearing on the Great Questions of Eternal Salvation, and Prophetic Inquiry,” is the title of a monthly published in Chicago, Ill. by Wilson, Pierce, & Co., former publisher of the Restitution.
Union in Christ: A New Illustrated Monthly
“Union in Christ” is the title of a new illustrated monthly, the first number of which we have just received. It is published at 37 Park Row, N. Y. City, by H. A. King, the former publisher of the Bible Banner. Its object is to promote the present union movement among the different denominations. $1 per year.
Keep Pace with the Message.
By T. M. Stewart
Suppose as the children of Israel fled from Egypt before they came to the Red Sea some became weary. As in great haste they journey on, these tired ones sit down to rest in the shade; it is so pleasant to get away from the scorching sun, to throw off anxiety, and may be sleep “just a few minutes.” Meantime the hosts of Israel are hurrying on, obedient to the admonitions of their inspired leader, fearful lest they be overtaken and carried back. The distance is widening every moment between them and the resting ones. By-and-by God opens their path through the sea, and as soon as they pass through he instantly closes it. Ah! where are the lagging ones? God will not open the sea again as they come up. There is safety only as we keep pace with the body.
T. M. Stewart.
Faithfulness.
By M. F. W.
THE LORD, in Matt. 25:21, 23, commends those who have been faithful over a few things, and says that they shall be made rulers over many things.
This promise is to the faithful. Though our talent is small, and we can do but little, yet that little is required of us. If we are faithful in the performance of every duty, the promise is ours. But what is it to be faithful in our religious life? Is it merely to arise in meeting and make known our determinations? It means much more than that. It includes our whole life.
The duties of each day, whether small or great, should be performed with faithfulness. If we are faithful in these things, we may expect to hear the glad welcome, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” M. F. W.
A Great Invention.
Lloyd, the famous map man, who made all the maps for General Grant and the Union army, certificates of which he published, has just invented a way of getting a relief plate from steel so as to print Lloyd’s Map of the American Continent—showing from ocean to ocean—on one entire sheet of bank note paper, 40x50 inches large, on a lightning press; and colored, sized and varnished for the wall so as to stand washing, and mailing anywhere in the world for 25 cents, or unvarnished for 10 cents. This map shows the whole United States and Territories in a group, from surveys to 1875, with a million places on it such as towns, cities, villages, mountains, lakes, rivers, streams, gold mines, railway stations, &c. This map should be in every house. Send 25 cents to the Lloyd Map Company, Philadelphia, and you will get a copy by return mail.
Catholics in the United States.
THE Catholic Directory for 1875 shows that there are in this country seven archbishops, fifty-three bishops, 4,873 priests, 6,920 churches, chapels, and stations, of which 4,800 are churches, eighteen theological seminaries, and 1,375 studying for the priesthood; sixty-eight colleges, 511 academies, 1,444 parish schools, 215 asylums, homes, and refuges, eighty-seven hospitals, and a Catholic population (exclusive of Baltimore, Charleston, Erie, and Brooklyn, for which no estimates are given) of 5,761,242.
Mansfields Leave Adventist Ministry for Methodists
FROM the Restitution of Jan. 27, 1875, we learn that Eld. D. R. and Mrs. M. S. Mansfield, formerly of Buchanan, Mich., now of Minneapolis, Minn., first-day Adventist preachers, have joined the Methodists, to which the Restitution responds, “’Tis well.”
Review of Shearer's Sermon on the Millennium
Some friend has kindly sent us a pamphlet entitled, “A Sermon on the Millennium, by F. A. Shearer, D. D., of Aledo, Ill.” It has considerable to say about the Adventists; but as the views it combats are not the ones we hold, it requires no reply from us. As a specimen of its consistency we notice it takes the ground that the reign of Christ during the millennium will be a spiritual reign by means of the Holy Ghost; but the Holy Ghost is already here as Christ’s representative; yet the last sentence in the book is, “Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.”
Avoiding the Appearance of Evil
THERE is a curious Chinese proverb which says, “In a cucumber-field do not stoop to tie your shoe, and under a plum-tree do not wait to settle your cap on your head;” which means, if you do so, some one may think you are stealing the cucumbers or plums. Never forget that the apostle says, “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
Finney's Prayer for the Oberlin Choir
ONE Sunday, after the choir at Oberlin had sung without distinctly pronouncing the words, Pres. Finney, in his prayer, alluded to the choir as follows: “O Lord, we have sung an anthem to thy praise. Thou knowest the words, but we do not. We do pray thee that those who led us may open their mouths, that we may know what they say, that we may join in thy praise. May they not sing to be heard of men. May they not mock thee, and offend thy people or the house of God, by making a display of themselves.”—Statesman.
Archbishop Manning's Notice on Catholic Doctrine
By direction of Archbishop Manning, a notice has been read in the English Roman Catholic places of worship, calling attention to “events which unhappily are notorious,” and which have induced the Archbishop to make known to the faithful, lest any should be misled by the example of one or two who still profess to be Catholics, “that whosoever does not in his heart receive and believe the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception and the doctrine of the infallibility of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, as they have been defined by the supreme authority of the Church, does by that very fact cease to be a Catholic.”
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