Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 36. (9/8/1910)

Review and Herald

Sep 8, 1910

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 8, 1910

An Awakening

By Pearl Waggoner

PEARL WAGGONER

AND Thou art coming soon! Lord, is it true That even now, beyond yon starry blue Thy work for men is coming to its close? Probation soon will end? Yet there be those— And many, too,—throughout this peaceful land, Yea, through the world, to whom this message grand Yet terrible withal, has ne'er been given, Who look not for Thee in the clouds of heaven.

And we have known! Yet as an idle tale, Or as a truth that to our ears was stale, Too oft we've treated it. O Lord, forgive! Teach us henceforth how to truly live This message we believe. Help us to see All things in this blest light eternally; May we in true proportion judge between The small things and the great,—seen and unseen.

We soon shall see Thee! Lord, we know 'tis true,— Make us prepared! May we our work so do As if we knew that Thou wouldst come to-day; And yet, as if the world should last alway. O, may we faithful be! Ah, what a cost, If some blood-purchased soul should e'er be lost Because of our neglect! For Thine own sake, Help us from ease and slumber to awake.

Hinsdale, Ill.

A Correction

By Editor

In the REVIEW of August 18 it was stated that Nos. 1 and 2 of the “Bible Nature Series” were in preparation. We are glad to announce that we have these in stock, and can furnish No. 1 for $1.20, and No. 2 for $1.35. “McKibbin’s Bible Lessons” are also in stock, and can be furnished as follows: No. 1, 90 cents; No. 2, 90 cents; and No. 3, $1.20.

“Daybreak in the Dark Continent”

By Wilson S. Naylor

BY WILSON S. NAYLOR

Do you realize that Africa is large enough to contain all of Europe, the United States, India, China with her teeming millions, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Philippines, with plenty of room left over? Until you do, you can not appreciate the importance of Africa’s mission fields. Mr. Naylor’s book is full of wonderful information. You need to know what it has to tell you.

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A Woman’s Number

Health messages from women for women form the burden of the October LIFE AND HEALTH. It is a different number—it strikes a new note with a clear, strong, reverberant tone.

Do You Live in Town?

Help make that town handsomer and happier and healthier. Read what Eva Ryman-Gaillard says about civic improvement.

Interested in the West?

Florence L. Clark tells how one woman found health and happiness, a home, and prosperity, on a Western claim.

How About Walking?

Do you know that it is one of the finest of health habits? Read Mary Alden Carver’s article—and try it.

Are You Office-Worn?

Miss Mahon tells how office women may keep their health by taking that essential “stitch in time” healthwise.

Sick-Headache, Obesity, Etc.

These and a score of other important topics are dwelt upon in this number of LIFE AND HEALTH.

A Quick Seller

This it is bound to be, for the cover alone would sell it, not to consider the rich grist of contents. All the shades of mellow autumn are richly woven into the picture on the cover page.

Order your copies to-day of your State Tract Society

Start Right!

This is the Message of the September-October Number of Christian Education

It is not enough to get students into school; the vital work really begins after they arrive. “Start Right” is, therefore, the key-note to the September-October number.

Some Titles of Articles

“Be Sure to Start Right”
“Make Them Feel at Home”
“The Sine Qua Non of Education”
“Choose a Vocation”
“How One Famous School Made a Successful Beginning”
“A Perennial Convention”
“Indispensables and Essentials”

Some Sentiments Expressed

“Ask yourself the questions: Why am I going to school? Why have I come to school? Is it because others come? Is it because I want a change from the routine of home duties? Is it because I think the social life will be more pleasant? Or is it because my parents wanted me to come,—because I am ‘sent’? Better any of these reasons than not have come at all; for it is possible that these motives, if motives they are, may be elevated and ennobled by contact with this new life.”

“The Christian student may as well expect to turn on the electric light in his room with the main current turned off at the switchboard, as to think of daily receiving power to think and act right without maintaining an unbroken connection with the dynamo of heaven, through prayer.”

“The first few days of each school year are the most important. At this time respect, co-operation, and confidence are largely established. Every one, regardless of position or rank, race or color, talent or accomplishment, should be treated with an equal degree of consideration. When this principle of justice is firmly founded, the petty jealousies, the unkind wrangles, in fact, most of the unpleasant discords of settling and starting, will vanish like the dainty dewdrops before the warm rays of the morning sun.”

“The ultimatum of public opinion in this generation has been that a child must be educated in books, at any cost. Any parent in the United States of America who has kept his child out of school till the age of eight, tells of the fact either apologetically or with the air of a hero, assuming whichever role will appeal the more strongly to the hearer. Whether or not the child could survive the process physically, has not usually been the chief consideration.”

Mine Own: His Own

By A. W. SPAULDING

A. W. SPAULDING

Down from the mountain’s top I swing, And the trail is perilous steep. To the rock’s sheer face sometimes I cling, Sometimes by the precipice creep. The way is stony, and thorny, and rough, Yet from not a peril I quail; For to me the gladdening thought is enough: I go to mine own in the vale.

I have toiled all day in a human lair, Where the wolf might seek his own; I have prayed where strange was the voice of prayer, I have stood for my God alone. But now I turn toward my home of rest, And my weary foot springs free; For though a belated, a longed-for guest, Mine own will welcome me.

There are eyes that watch ’neath a shading hand To tell when I draw near To the firelit circle, my little band, Who are saying, “He’s almost here.” And I mind not the way that is rough and steep, And I pause not for brier or stone; For I feel my heart within me leap To the welcome of mine own.

But One there was who came to his own,— Ah, the way was cruel hard, And the path was one he must tread alone, Where none could guide or guard. Far down in the vale he came from above To cast with his own his lot; He came to his own with a voice of love,— And his own received him not.

He had lived his life in a home of rest, In the light of his Father’s smile, And he left his Father’s home on the quest To seek his brothers vile. They saw him coming across their lands, And they scowled their murderous hate, And they crushed out his life with their bloody hands As he stepped within their gate.

His own?—Yea, his own. Their door swung wide, But not for him it turned; Afar to strangers their voices cried, But him, their Own, they spurned. The heart that was yearning for them was burst; The joy that was springing, died; His people their Own esteemed accursed; Their Own they crucified.

Naples, N. C.

The Treasure and the Heart

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

(Concluded)

“THE light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” If the eye is single, if it is directed heavenward, the light of heaven will fill the soul, and earthly things will appear insignificant and uninviting. The purpose of the heart will be changed, and the admonition of Jesus will be heeded. You will lay up your treasure in heaven. Your thoughts will be fixed upon the great rewards of eternity. All your plans will be made in reference to the future, immortal life. You will be drawn toward your treasure. You will not study your worldly interest; but in all your pursuits the silent inquiry will be, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Bible religion will be woven into your daily life.

The true Christian does not allow any earthly consideration to come in between his soul and God. The commandment of God wields an authoritative influence over his affections and actions. If every one seeking the kingdom of God and his righteousness would be always ready to work the works of Christ, how much easier would become the path to heaven! The blessings of God would flow into the soul, and the praises of the Lord would be on your lips continually. You would then serve God from principle. Your feelings might not always be of a joyous nature; clouds would at times shadow the horizon of your experience; but the Christian’s hope does not rest upon the sandy foundation of feeling. Those who act from principle will behold the glory of God beyond the shadows, and rest upon the sure word of promise. They will not be deterred from honoring God, however dark the way may seem. Adversity and trial will only give them an opportunity to show the sincerity of their faith and love. When depression settles upon the soul, it is no evidence that God has changed. He is “the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.” You are sure of the favor of God when you are sensible of the beams of the Sun of Righteousness; but if the clouds sweep over your soul, you must not feel that you are forsaken. Your faith must pierce the gloom. Your eye must be single, and your whole body will be full of light. The riches of the grace of Christ must be kept before the mind. Treasure up the lessons that his love provides. Let your faith be like Job’s, that you may declare, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Lay hold on the promises of your Heavenly Father, and remember his former dealing with you, and with his servants; for “all things work together for good to them that love God.”

The most trying experiences in the Christian’s life may be the most blessed. The special providences of the dark hours may encourage the soul in future attacks of Satan, and equip the servant of God to stand in fiery trials. The trial of your faith is more precious than gold. You must have that abiding confidence in God that is not disturbed by the temptations and arguments of the deceiver. Take the Lord at his word. You must study the promises, and appropriate them as you have need. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Become rooted and grounded in God’s Word, and then you will not renounce the important truths for this time, which are to exert a sanctifying influence upon your life and character.

It is faith that familiarizes the soul with the existence and presence of God; and when we live with an eye single to his glory, we discern more and more the beauty of his character. Our souls become strong in spiritual power; for we are breathing the atmosphere of heaven, and, realizing that God is at our right hand, we shall not be moved. Faith sees that God witnesses every word and action, and that everything is manifest to him with whom we have to do. We should live as in the presence of the infinite One.

“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,” that the lost might be reclaimed. The sacrifice and mediation of Christ have brought the repentant soul into sacred relations with

the Eternal Father. He who has tasted and found that the Lord is good, can not bear the thought of following in the path of transgression. It is pain to him to violate the law of that God who has so loved him. He avails himself of the help which God has promised, ceases his disobedience, flees to Christ, and, through faith in his blood, receives remission of sin. The divine hand is reached to the aid of every repentant soul. Divine wisdom will order the steps of those who put their trust in the Lord. Divine love will encircle them, and they will realize the presence of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit.

If the eye is single to the glory of God, the treasure will be laid up above, safe from all corruption or loss; and ‘where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’ Jesus will be the pattern that you will seek to imitate. The law of the Lord will be your delight, and at the day of final reckoning you will hear the glad words, ‘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.’

Christ in the Flesh

By L. A. HANSEN

L. A. HANSEN

The contemplation of the theme of Christ dwelling in flesh does not necessarily lead to the errors of pantheism or to fanatical views of holiness. It is a Bible theme of the greatest importance, and it would indeed be a serious mistake not to give it careful study and consideration.

The experience presented in Gal. 2:20 is not one that is accidental with the Christian. It is absolutely essential. It is the life of the Christian. It is the demonstration of the teaching of Christ concerning his dwelling in the person of each of his followers. It is the revelation of the mystery that Paul speaks of as “Christ in you the hope of glory,”

This union of the divine with the human was demonstrated when “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.” As we see how divinity once dwelt in humanity, we can the better understand how Christ can now live in flesh, even in our own. That it was of our own flesh and blood that he took part, is told as plainly as language can tell it in Heb. 2:14. This union of Christ with humanity was not made when man was at his best, when he was upright. “God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.” Gal. 4:4. The prophecies of Christ’s first advent were fulfilled when “Jesus Christ our Lord . . . was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.” Rom. 1:3.

Christ joined man at his weakest point. Man was four thousand years in sin when Jesus “was made in the likeness of men.” Phil. 2:7. He went to the lowest depth of man’s lot. “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Verse 8.

What could not otherwise be done, because of the weakness of the flesh, was accomplished by “God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.” Rom. 8:3. Thus was sin, that which caused weakness in the flesh, condemned “in the flesh.”

Christ must now reach us as individuals at our weakest point. It is there that we are the most helpless, where we need him the most. We can reach no higher than ourselves; he must reach down to us. Our infirmities become the touch-point of union with him. By the most intimate relation with them is he “touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Heb. 4:15.

As represented by Jacob’s ladder, which was set up on earth and whose top reached to heaven, with angels ascending and descending, Christ now reaches from the throne of grace to us, and through him we receive help for every time of need. There is nothing we need that he can not supply.

“The Elder Brother of our race is by the eternal throne. He looks upon every soul who is turning his face toward him as the Saviour. He knows by experience what are the weaknesses of humanity, what are our wants, and where lies the strength of our temptations; for he was ‘in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.’ He is watching over you, trembling child of God. Are you tempted? He will deliver. Are you weak? He will strengthen. Are you ignorant? He will enlighten. Are you wounded? He will heal.”—“Ministry of Healing,” page 71.

Takoma Park, D. C.

Kneeling in Prayer

By G. B. THOMPSON

G. B. THOMPSON

Two little girls were playing—they were at church. “Now we are to have prayer,” said one. “You kneel down, and be a real Christian; I’ll just sit down, and put my hand up to my face. I’ll be a stylish Christian.”

The simple remark of this little girl is quite to the point, and suggests a thought that older people might consider with profit. Kneeling in prayer, either by preacher or layman, is practically a thing of the past in orthodox Protestantism. Catholics get on their knees frequently, and the heathen bow down to wood and stone; but orthodox Christians have about ceased to kneel: it is easier and more stylish to sit.

For some time the writer has observed a tendency among Seventh-day Adventists to sit in their pews, and be “stylish Christians.” In churches where the worshippers used to kneel, they now sit. Why? We recognize the fact that there are conditions which render it impossible or unwise to kneel, but such conditions obtain no more now than in the past. It is true that God accepts the fervent prayer of a sincere and consecrated heart, regardless of the posture of the supplicant; but we believe the most consistent position for frail, sinful man to assume when addressing the high and lofty One who inhabiteth eternity, and before whom angels bow, is to kneel. “O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” Ps. 95: 6.

It might not be unprofitable to meditate on this question. If we do not kneel in public services while the Deity is addressed, let us ask ourselves why. Is it because the surroundings make it impracticable? or is it because we are becoming less earnest, and more careless, formal, and indifferent than in the past? In analyzing our spiritual condition, this question is worthy of more than a passing thought.

Takoma Park, D. C.

Preparatory Work

By W. S. CHAPMAN

Writing for the Press—No. 6

Preparatory Work

W. S. CHAPMAN

News may be defined as anything relating to the happenings of the day or week. The presentation of the facts in print, whether only a few lines, a stickful or two, or several columns in length, has the general name of “story” in newspaper parlance.

All country papers are glad to get local stories. This applies to the State papers also; but the statement of any news item for the little home daily or weekly will differ considerably from its treatment if it is sent to the county paper, and very radically if it should go to the State paper at the capital, unless this sheet is also the county paper.

Then, too, good judgment must be exercised in the selection of the matter suitable to each kind of publication. You must learn to differentiate (choose by selection) between matter handled by the Associated Press, which must not be interfered with, and other legitimate locals worthy of transmission to the metropolitan dailies.

It is in studying the adaptability and importance of these minor news items, and how to treat them, that you will gain the experience which will fit you for handling “special despatches” and “special articles,” the latter including camp-meeting reports, etc.

Your first step should be to call upon the editor of your local paper, whether published in the town where you reside or in another. In a personal interview tell him that you want to begin, in a small way, to gather and handle news items, and then offer him your services. It may be that he already has a reporter, possibly one attached to the office, and may not meet your advances cordially. In such a case send him a local item once in a while when you are certain it is interesting, and has not been known to the reporter. This is styled a “scoop” by editors, and will be appreciated, and sooner or later you will be furnished with paper and envelopes and told to “go ahead.” As a rule, however, editors will accept your services, treating your offers with courtesy.

Next write to both the county and

State papers. If there are several, make selections, and continue to write until you have permission from one of each. Do not attempt to write for two county or two State papers at the same time. Be known as the correspondent of one or the other.

Offer your services as resident correspondent. Ask the publishers to place your name on the free list, and to furnish you with lists of their subscribers in your neighborhood. Give these names special attention, and in case anything interesting occurs in which they figure, give such items a slight special prominence.

After you have gained some experience in local work, and find that your stories are used without much alteration, venture on enlarging your field of operations. Select one or more papers from among the great dailies of New York or Chicago, or some other large city, and write for permission to send “queries” in case anything of unusual general interest or importance occurs in your neighborhood which the Associated Press despatches would not cover. Ask if you will be allowed to send despatches on “space rates.” Should one paper decline, or have a local correspondent, try another until you have at least two big dailies on your list.

As soon as you have established yourself as corresponding reporter, obtain copies of all the papers you intend to work for, and study carefully their “style;” i. e., the way their departments are arranged; how they classify their news; how each story is arranged, particularly the office system in regard to the use of the various fonts of type; the manner of using, and the place for, the dates; how letters to the editor are addressed; when, where, and how they use “subheads,” or additional headings separating the running matter in the columns; etc.

As a rule, it will be best to leave the insertion of subheads to the editor. Sometimes space can not be spared for their insertion, or the matter may not be considered of sufficient importance to warrant their use; but when a correspondent shows aptness at forming “catchy” subheads, most editors will be glad to have his suggestions.

Each newspaper has a “style” in forming its “display heads.” On most papers these are confined to the first and last pages, but often, on large dailies, they are seen on every page. When you think you have sufficient ability, it will do no harm to venture placing a display head, occasionally, on any item you obtain and send in by mail, particularly if it is of unusual importance or general interest, or comes in as a “scoop” on other reporters.

Be certain, however, that you understand the style of the paper and the style of heading used for each class of news. A study of the great dailies will show that the character of display is carefully graded: (1) as to its general importance; (2) as to whom it will be of the most interest; and (3) as to its timeliness.

A display head might to-day be given to an item which to-morrow might be assigned to the regular reading-matter columns. It is best, in sending in special articles, to leave the upper half of the first page blank, so that the editor can write in such a heading as he may decide upon.

No class of news story requires more care in its composition than does the special despatch. The pith of the story, the germ, must go into the first paragraph. This is imperative. Follow with the most essential details, then with the minor points. The matter must be so written that it can be cut to suit “space,” or the chances will be that your special will go into the waste-basket. Therefore do not attempt the writing of special despatches, or the telegraphing of them, until you have gained a correct style; but do not think I am presenting something too difficult for you to undertake. You can become proficient by practise on minor matter. It is a mere question of application and time. God may some day have a message to the world that he would be pleased to send through your effort; therefore persevere.

Experience will bring to you the ability properly to gage the value of news items, to decide where they should be sent, and in what form. This knowledge, once acquired, will usually bring success.

To such a workman, who has studied to show himself approved, God may occasionally intrust gems of truth for publication, which, appearing in print, the angels may use to carry conviction to souls seeking for light.

Personal Experience in Accepting Present Truth

By DANIEL NETTLETON

DANIEL NETTLETON

In my last article I told how the Lord led me to see that the seventh day is the true Sabbath, and the desire I had to keep it. I believed that the Seventh-day Adventists had the truth, and was glad to find a people who were looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of Jesus, whom I loved. After much careful study and earnest prayer, I fully decided to keep the Sabbath, and gave up the world and all it promised me. I was just entering manhood, and, like young men in general, planned great things for the future; but I had learned to lay all my plans at the feet of Jesus, to be given up or carried out at his pleasure.

I had left the dear old farm and father's home, and was then working in a general store. There was but one family of Sabbath-keepers in town; in fact, there were very few in the State. Nebraska was a mission field at that time (1875), and belonged to the Iowa Conference. I kept my first Sabbath with this family. They were very happy, and so was I. It was a stormy day, but there was “sunshine in my soul.” I have had many good Sabbath days since, with hundreds of our people at camp-meetings and conferences; but that Sabbath, passed with that faithful family, was one of the happiest of my life.

“The church of the living God is the pillar and stay of the truth.” The family is the unit of the church, and the church is the light of the world. “God setteth the solitary in families.” O the good that one true Seventh-day Adventist family can do in any community! The homes of our people are the missionary centers of this message. The fire kindled on Abraham's family altar is still a light in the world, in one way fulfilling the promise, “In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” The light of our sanitariums, publishing houses, and colleges would soon go out if the light shining from our family altars was extinguished.

When I began to keep the Sabbath, I wanted to be baptized and unite with the church. I had to wait, however, until a minister came. There were not so many Seventh-day Adventist ministers then as now; but they were earnest men, and about their Father's business. Finally, Elder C. L. Boyd visited us, and we esteemed it a great privilege to entertain one of God's ministers. I shall never forget his earnest prayers and words of instruction. He not only expounded unto me the way of God more perfectly, but helped me to find a place in the work of God. It was a happy day for me when he led me down into the water, and I was buried with my Lord in baptism, rising to walk in newness of life. O how beautiful and glorious was this new-found truth to me! I wanted all the world to know it. As I saw a lost world rapidly approaching the great day of the Lord, souls unsaved and without hope in God, and as the calls came from different places for ministers and workers, I said, “O Lord, send me.”

He did send me, and he has given me many souls as the seal of my ministry. Some of these are now ministers and workers in the message. I have baptized many believers; but I believe the happiest day of my life was when, for the first time, I baptized one who had been converted and accepted the present truth under my ministry. There is no joy this side of heaven like the joy of one who sees a soul for whom he has prayed and labored accept Christ and his truth. Many years have passed since then, and I, with my brethren in the ministry, have many times experienced this joy. We love to think and speak of these experiences, especially as we near the eventide of life. God has promised that “he that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” I have spent nearly all my life in new fields; and notwithstanding all the “light afflictions” incident to the life of a pioneer Seventh-day Adventist evangelist, I would not go back and choose another occupation if I could. I hope to finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus.

If any young man reads these words who believes God has called him to this

work, I would say to him, Do not delay! Do not enter some other calling, that promises greater reward or a more pleasant time. Enter at once the work of soul saving. There is no higher calling and none that offers greater rewards to men, than that of the gospel ministry. “They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.”

I wish we could see more of our young men giving themselves to the work of the ministry. “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.” “And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.”

“Ask not to be excused, there's earnest work to do, Stand ready to be used where God may station you. His invitation kind to thee has oft been given; Accept, and thou shalt find 'tis sweet to work for heaven.”

Port Townsend, Wash.

The Sabbath

By M. E. STEWARD

M. E. STEWARD

A MEMORIAL is intended to compare in dignity and importance with that which it commemorates. The Sabbath is the memorial of the stupendous miracle of the creation of the world. God honors his Sabbath.

The Sabbath existed in each of the three great periods of the world's history:—

1. The Sabbath was made at the beginning of the patriarchal age. Gen. 2:2, 3. It is the seventh day, and can not be changed to any other day of the week; for six working-days precede the Bible Sabbath. Near the close of the first period, in connection with the giving of the manna, the Sabbath was mentioned as having previously been in existence. Exodus 16.

2. The Sabbath was honored in earth's second period. In order to preserve the knowledge of the great Creator, and thus provide for the perpetuity of the law, the creation Sabbath was now placed, where it ever belongs, in the heart of the decalogue. It reads as follows: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Ex. 20:8-11.

3. The Sabbath is to be kept in the last, or Christian, dispensation. In his teachings, Christ referred to its claims in this period. The apostles likewise recognize the Sabbatic institution.

There is no account given or referred to anywhere in the Bible of a change of the Sabbath:—

1. Christ did not change it; for the holy women who had long listened to his teachings “rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment,” after his crucifixion. Early Sunday morning they were ready to go to work again. Luke 23:56; 24:1.

2. The apostles did not change it. Even Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, kept the Sabbath with them; and surely he would have told them of the change, had there been one. Acts 13:42, 43.

3. The last writer in the Bible mentions the Sabbath as “the Lord's day;” it is the Christian Sabbath. Proof: Christ was the Creator of the world. John 1:3. Hence Christ was the one who made the Sabbath at creation; and the seventh day is Christ's day, “the Lord's day.”

The scope and meaning of the Sabbath may be thus summarized:—

1. “The Sabbath was made for man.” Mark 2:27. Man, without a modifier, includes the whole human family, from Adam to the last man who lives.

2. The seventh day—and nothing else—memorializes creative power. It is both a memorial and a sign. It celebrates both creation and redemption, which is re-creation “in Christ Jesus unto good works.” Eph. 2:10. “I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.” Eze. 20:12. How comforting it is to know that salvation is just as much a fact as the Sabbath is!

3. The holy Sabbath represents the Creator's right to the supreme reverence, love, and loyalty of his creatures, body, soul, and spirit.

Sanitarium, Cal.

Wanted—Young Men

By E. K. SLADE

E. K. SLADE

This is a time in which young men are in demand throughout the world. Great inducements are offered to every ambitious youth. Very high bids are offered to enlist the vigor and youthful fervor of early manhood. At the same time facilities surpassing those of any other age are provided for gaining the highly efficient training required for a successful business career. Everywhere the appealing proposition is made to all well-preserved and well-trained young men: “Come! your chances are good; your success is certain; you may attain to the height of your ambition.” Some are held back by indolence and a love of ease and pleasure; others choose lives of dissipation; but a vast army of young men are constantly entering upon the careers offered to them by the world.

While in the commercial and industrial worlds we are living in a decidedly prosperous and progressive age, it should ever be kept before the minds of our young people—and their parents—that we are living in the most important epoch of all time and eternity, as related to the eternal interests of humanity. The gospel age is nearly ended. The kingdom of grace has been in existence nearly six thousand years, and for over sixty years the Author and Finisher of the plan of salvation has been engaged in the finishing of the gospel work. He entered upon this work in 1844. And we read that “in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound,” the mystery of God shall be finished.

In view of the great work that is yet to be accomplished in proclaiming the last gospel call, a decided appeal must be made to the young men and women in every home and every church in our ranks. The eternal interests of all concerned are involved in this call, the inducements offered are far more appealing than anything it is possible for the world to hold out to a young man to-day. The urgency of this call, as well as the reward to those who respond, should bring in many youth who as yet know not the truth. It should hold all the boys and girls in our ranks, and enlist their entire time and youthful talents in the Lord’s work.

That this is not the case, is a cause for alarm. Altogether too many of our strong, talented young men and women are hearing and heeding the call to a worldly career. That any of our young people do heed such a call should cause parents, ministers, and church workers carefully to consider their attitude toward the young. Such a situation indicates that there has been a failure somewhere, on the part of some one, to do all that should be done to enlist the time and the talents of our young people in this glorious cause.

There are many young men of Seventh-day Adventist parentage who should be in the work to-day. There are parents who, even at this present time, are so relating themselves to their boys and girls regarding the matter of an education, that they may not hope to see them enlist in this cause. Many of us have failed properly to comprehend the significance of the call for our young men and young women. Some have even looked upon promising young men and young women who were evidently drifting, and dropping out of our ranks, without any great concern, and without realizing the urgency of the call made for our youth. Our denominational plan of education has not been as highly esteemed as it should be. So much is involved in the proper education of our boys and girls, that they may become strong factors in this closing work, that it is well worth while to make a sacrifice, and move out by faith, if need be, to give the education required.

Young men, you are wanted. You are needed to help give the last warning message. You are called to a work that is sublime and glorious, and that offers most glowing prospects as compared with anything that the world may offer; but it will call for sacrifice and surrender. You are called upon to qualify yourselves

to become skilful and efficient workers in this cause. If you have not already done so, why not heed the call now, and enter one of our schools to prepare for your part in this work?

Holly, Mich.

_The Mothers of Men_

THE bravest battle that ever was fought — Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; It was fought by the mothers of men.

Nay, not with the cannon or battle shot, With a sword or the nobler pen; Nay, not with the eloquent words or thought From the mouths of wonderful men;

But deep in the walled-up woman-heart Of a woman who would not yield, But silently, bravely, bore her part.— Lo, there is that battle-field.

No marshaling troop, no bivouac song, No banner to gleam and wave; But O, these battles that last so long, From babyhood to the grave!

O ye with banners and battle shot, And soldiers to fight and praise, I tell you the kingliest battles fought Are fought in the silent ways.

— Selected.

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