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Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 5.

A TEST OF GRATITUDE AND LOYALTY
Earlier text: Oakwood Industrial School for Colored Students

LABORS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

By B. HAGLE

I LEFT my home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 22, and stopped over night at Nashville. The next day I went to Franklin, Ky., where I met Elder Stone and his family. I remained there one day, and had the privilege of meeting with some who have recently begun observing the Sabbath. They seemed of good courage, and those we met testified that they intend to walk in the light as they receive it. I was also pleased to know that a church building is soon to be erected. The next day, I went to Bowling Green, and met with the church in that place. All present testified that they were of good courage in the Lord.
On the 25th I went to Render, Ky. The brethren and sisters had arranged to have the Week of Prayer Readings, during the day, and preaching services at night. All took a lively interest in the meetings, and testified of the keeping power of God. The meetings continued to grow better until the last. It was truly a pentecostal season. Elder Stone spent the Sabbath with them also, and his encouraging and instructive testimony gave new zeal and courage to all. He remained with the church on Sunday, when a meeting was held to celebrate the ordinance of the Lord's house. Our hearts were made to rejoice to see all take part. After the services, we appointed a meeting for three o'clock at Brother Jones's house. At this meeting I spoke to those present on the subject of faith. During the meeting the matter of building a house of worship was spoken of. We had a season of prayer to seek the Lord in regard to the matter, and to ask Him to give us the same mind. All present said, We believe the Lord is willing for us to have a church building. Then we asked the Lord to impress upon each mind just the amount he should give, and in a short time nearly enough was pledged to build the church.
After the meeting, I was impressed to call on a man who had attended the tent-meetings last summer, but did not accept the message. When I asked him to help us, he said he was willing to do all he could. He then said he would loan us the money to put up the building until the pledges could be paid, and would give fifteen dollars as a donation.
At the last meeting, the Lord came very near. A building committee was selected; and as soon as the weather and roads are settled, work will begin upon the building.
I trust all will pray for the church in Render, Ky. The Lord is certainly with that company, and my prayer from day to day is that God will continue to bless them. Every family subscribed for the Southern Watchman, some for the REVIEW AND HERALD, and every one promised to give the Lord His own.
After returning from Render, Ky., I attended the Southern Union Conference, which was a season of refreshing and encouragement to all. I next went to Nat Hill, where I have been giving a course of lectures. Forty are keeping the Sabbath at this place. We have now organized a church, and a church building will soon be erected. I see no reason why this church should not grow, as the members seem in earnest to work for their neighbors. From this place, I answered another call, where I found the people hungry for the truth. My prayer is that God will raise up a church at this place.
I know the Lord has called us here. I am receiving more calls than I can fill. May the Lord roll the burden on some one to come and settle in these places; and plant the standard of truth.
There are plenty of chances to get a home cheap, and be self-supporting missionaries. I would like to hear from brethren who have the real missionary spirit, those who are willing to make some sacrifice for the truth, and come to this needy field. There are many who are willing to come if it will benefit them financially. We want those who will not study their own conveniences, but come for the salvation of souls. It seems to me that the time has come for many to get out of their nests, and work in earnest for the Lord. I know they will receive a blessing in so doing. B. HAGLE.

A Protest.

By Thad Waters

Dear Brethren and Sisters: Some time ago I wrote Brother U. Smith that I was endeavoring to do self-supporting missionary work in the Choctaw nation, and the papers, pamphlets, and tracts on present truth would be thankfully received. He made a note of this in the REVIEW and a number of packages of nice new tracts, up to date, and clean Signs and REVIEWS have been received, for which accept my thanks. But along with these have come packages of worn and soiled papers, and yesterday packages from Indianapolis, Ind., one of pamphlets and one of tracts, on which I had to pay $1.13 postage. These packages contain nearly everything ever published by the Adventists, dating back to 1860. There are also tracts published by the Millennial Dawn company. Some are clean and presentable, others are dirty and dog-eared; and all entirely unsuited for missionary work. Now I protest against such heterogeneous and indiscriminate work. The literature is only fit to be used in an Indian's school. But if you must send stuff of this kind, be sure to pay postage. It is an injury to the government not to pay and an insult to the missionary worker to compel him to pay it.
THAD WATERS
Box 131, Colgate, I. T.

Prison Work.

By David Paulson

It is unfortunate that so many good people have come to the conclusion that if a man has been sentenced to prison, he must therefore be considered a hardened, depraved, and hopeless criminal, when, as a matter of fact, it is frequently the case that these men were not shrewd enough to avoid the strong arm of the law. There are thousands of men in the prisons in this land, whom the hard ordeal through which they are passing in their prison experience has made utterly sick of a life of wrong and sin. Have they not just as much a right to have an encouraging hand held out to them as has the man who comes to the front seat on a Sabbath afternoon at some of our great camp-meetings?
The accompanying cut is a photograph taken of the prisoners while attending chapel services in one of our large State prisons. Have we any responsibility toward any one of this immense number of souls?
For several successive years we have issued a special number of about fifty thousand Life Boats. We send them to prison officials all over the land, to use for the prisoners. I copy a few extracts from prison officials which show how they feel toward the work that this paper has accomplished for the men behind the bars. If there was room, we could fill page after page of the most touching and pathetic letters that have come to us from prisoners, who have been converted through the agency of this paper, but we will content ourselves with making extracts from letters we have received from prison officials, for it is an indication that God is using this paper to move on their hearts, that they thus voluntarily write us their expressions of appreciation.
The chaplain of the — State prison writes:— “The few copies of the Life Boat that have come here have had an unusually marked influence. One prisoner announces a complete turn in his life by the influence of an article in the copy he got.”
The chaplain of the — State prison writes:— “The Life Boat came duly to hand, and I am much impressed with its value, and have no doubt that such a paper will do, in the Master's name, a great deal of good among the prisoners. The few copies we have received and circulated are read with avidity, and are highly prized.”
Superintendent — woman's prison writes:— “The prisoners' number of the Life Boat received and distributed. Many of the inmates have sent letters to home friends since reading the paper.”
Warden of the — State penitentiary writes:— “Two hundred copies of the prisoners' number of the Life Boat received. We thank you very much for them, as papers of this kind are very much desired. They are eagerly read by a great number here, and we believe they will do a vast amount of good.”
Chaplain — State prison writes:— “As I passed from cell to cell last Sunday afternoon, I found many of the prisoners standing at their cell doors with the Life Boat in their hands, and eager to say something concerning it.”
We shall issue again next April from fifty to seventy-five thousand copies of the Life Boat. We do not wish to urge any one to contribute toward defraying this expense, but we do desire to give our people a glimpse of a great, neglected missionary field; and if any one should feel impressed that he ought to assist in this, his assistance will be thankfully received.
If Christ were personally to visit this earth, we can scarcely conceive that He would pass by unnoticed the more than one hundred thousand men who are in prison cells in this country. DAVID PAULSON. 28 Thirty-third Place, Chicago, Ill.

A GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR THE SALE OF “CHRIST’S OBJECT LESSONS.”

By A. G. Daniells; S. H. Lane

To-day we have had excellent meetings in Chicago, in behalf of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons,” the Illinois Conference Committee spent several hours together planning for an earnest, enthusiastic, and determined effort to sell the quota of “Christ’s Object Lessons” apportioned to the State. The results of the council cannot be stated in any better way than by the decisions of the committee, expressed in the following resolutions:—
(1) Voted, That all members of this Conference be urged to put forth an earnest, persistent effort to sell 8,000 copies of “Christ’s Object Lessons” by the first of April, 1902.
(2) Voted, That the regular laborers of the Conference be advised to devote, as far as possible, their entire time to this work until the eight thousand books are sold.
(3) Voted, That the officers of all the churches of this Conference be earnestly requested to co-operate with the Conference laborers in carrying out this plan.
(4) Voted, That we recommend all the members of the Conference to devote the entire week, beginning February 17, to the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.”
(5) Voted, That all the churches be supplied with a sufficient quantity of books for this campaign, the same to be charged to the local society, with the understanding that the officers be responsible for the pay, or the return of the books in good condition, to the State office.
(6) Voted, That the secretary be instructed to make all arrangements necessary to provide the books required to supply the campaign.
These resolutions mean something. They aim at something definite, and they were passed to be carried out. The committee do not intend to lay them on the shelf, nor permit any one else to lay them there. All that is aimed at is practical, consistent, and possible. It is but the reasonable service of the people.
From the present time until the campaign opens, February 17, the members of the committee and the Conference laborers will do all they can to make every believer in the message thoroughly acquainted with the plan. They will instruct them in the methods of work, and seek to arouse every one to earnest action in this commendable movement.
From the resolutions it will be seen that the work is not to close when the week set apart for the special, united effort closes. All the Conference laborers are to remain in the saddle until complete victory crowns this undertaking. They will continue their personal efforts to sell the book, and to assist the brethren and sisters until the last book is sold. It is believed that this will be accomplished by the first of April.
We confess that it gives us great satisfaction to see a sturdy, determined movement of this sort set on foot by our Conferences. Nothing will give our people courage and hope so much as to see something done. So little of a striking character has taken place among us of late that many feel as Gideon did when he said: “If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all His miracles which our fathers told us of?”
At the conclusion of the committee meetings of the day, a most excellent and stirring meeting was held in the Forty-sixth Street church in the interest of this work. The meeting was well attended by leading brethren and sisters from all parts of the city. Elder Daniells spoke for nearly an hour. He was followed by Professor Sutherland and Elder Lane. It was evident, long before the first speaker closed, that the interest was intense, that a good work had been done, and that a greater one would be accomplished. A vote showed that a majority had sold the book in the past. Nearly all further declared themselves determined to begin work in the immediate future. One sister, sixty-three years old, who has sold from house to house about seventy-five copies, stated she would, by the aid of the Lord, dispose of as many more. The elder of the church has sold 290. He is alive in the work. He left our committee meeting yesterday, and on reaching this Office, found a man waiting for him, and before attending to business sold him a book. Two of the brethren, engaged in manufacturing, have sold 125 copies, and have just ordered twenty-five more. At the conclusion of the meeting all seemed thoroughly enthusiastic to begin the work again, and we confidently expect that at an early date hundreds of books will be sold in Chicago.
A. G. DANIELLS, S. H. LANE.

Call for Sabbath-Keepers in North Dakota

By A. E. Christian

At the last General Conference it was recommended that I labor in North Dakota. I find there is a number of scattered Sabbath-keepers in the State, and a goodly number are planning to come here in the spring. Will such please write me at Jamestown, N. D., (BOX 211), giving a few particulars concerning their neighborhood, to aid in the work. A. E. CHRISTIAN.
Have we any duty to perform for this company of men?
Have we any duty to perform for this company of men?

The Pacific Union Conference.

By W. T. Knox; J. J. Ireland

The first annual meeting of the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to assemble in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Portland, Ore., Feb. 18, 1902, at 10 A. M. for the purpose of selecting the officers that are to serve during the ensuing biennial term, and the transacting of such other business as may come before the meeting.
Each local Conference will be entitled to one delegate in the session of this Conference, without regard to the number of members, and an additional delegate for every three hundred church-members in the Conference.
W. T. KNOX, Pres. J. J. IRELAND, Sec.

Tailors, Take Notice!

THE way is open for a number of good tailors to earn all their expenses while getting an education at Union College, by working at the Union College tailor shop. This department of the institution is first class in every respect, and has a large patronage. There is an excellent opportunity for students to learn the tailor's trade; applicants should write to the manager of the department, J. F. Nelson, for further information. His address is: College View, Neb.

“PRESENT TRUTH.”

AMONG the most effectual tracts published, stands the old tract called “Present Truth.” It has more voluntary testimonials from our people who were first attracted to the message for this time by this tract than any small periodical or tract now in print. The old edition of this tract is exhausted, but the matter contained in it has been reprinted in the last issue (January) of the Words of Truth Series, No. 34. Its new form is much more attractive than the old one, and as the population in each community changes very materially in a short time, this tract could be profitably circulated over the territory previously covered with the same matter. People cannot have their attention called too frequently to the present truth. Many who refused the tract when it came to them before, may perchance be favorably impressed with it this time. Wherever this little tract has not been placed in time past, it certainly should be circulated now.
Churches should order a liberal supply, and organize for the systematic circulation of at least this one important truth-bearing messenger. This is the time of year to circulate this class of literature.
This tract contains thirty-two pages, and sells for 2 cts. a copy. Liberal discounts on large orders to all local Tract Societies.
All orders should be placed with the State Tract Societies.

“THE SUPREMACY OF PETER,” AGAIN.

Many people desire to get a clear understanding of the way in which the great authority of the bishop of Rome was established. But few, however, can spare the time required to search the ponderous volumes treating upon this subject, and many do not have access to these books. “The Supremacy of Peter,” brings this knowledge within the reach of all.
The scriptures cited by Catholics in support of the establishment of a primacy in the Church are carefully examined, and the truth is set forth so clearly and forcibly that leading ex-Catholics pronounce this work to be the best they have found. A general knowledge of these important facts is not sufficient, but every one should be able to point out, in a specific manner, the fallacious and groundless claims of the papacy, for the good of others who are unacquainted with the teachings of the word of God and the facts of history. The rapid growth of the Roman Catholic Church in this country at the present time emphasizes the importance of these things.

“THE TWO REPUBLICS” AND “THE PERIL OF THE REPUBLIC”

are clubbed with the “SUPREMACY OF PETER,” for a short time, for $1.75, POSTPAID. The “Two Republics” is bound in magazine form. There are four in the number. This is a good form in which to have them for loaning. “The Peril of the Republic” is nicely bound in cloth, and sells for one dollar. The cheapest price at which the “Two Republics” sells, outside of the magazine form, is $1.85. As long as the “Two Republics,” in magazine form, lasts, we will sell THE THREE BOOKS together for $1.75, POSTPAID.
Each Missionary Society should have this set of books to loan in its immediate neighborhood. There are great possibilities in a systematic course of reading; and we offer these books to our local church missionary societies at this low price, to encourage them in establishing a local Reading Circle. In a short time, we hope to be able to club another excellent set of books, which may be added to this, and used in the neighborhood as a circulating library.
Address the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

"THE MARVEL OF NATIONS."

In Swedish, Danish, and German.
ALTHOUGH this excellent book has been published in the English language for a number of years, and has accomplished a wonderful work, it has never been printed in any of the foreign tongues until the present time. It is now in type in the Danish and Swedish languages, and the translation into the German will be completed in a few weeks.
The time appointed for its completion in all three of the languages is MAY 1, 1902. It will be issued simultaneously in the three languages. Agents can take orders now for delivery after May 1.
This is a book that tends to revive the old-time energy in the canvassing work. It is an easy book to sell; and that it contains the message for this time is evident from its power to stimulate believers, and to attract the attention of the people. It accomplishes good wherever it has been placed in the English language, and there is no question but that it will be the means of bringing the message to thousands of our foreign neighbors.
We hope that many of our Danish, Swedish, and German brethren and sisters will prepare to work for this book among their own people this coming spring and summer. It is a book that sells well through the entire year. The prices in the foreign languages are the same as the English prices,—$1.25 for the plain edges, and $1.50 for the gilt edges.
Place all orders with the State Tract Societies.

A RARE OPPORTUNITY.

OUR limited number of the PROPHETIC CHARTS, IN SERIES, is being reduced each day. Soon they will be gone, and it will be impossible to secure them for a long time at least, as this lot will exhaust the entire stock, and the charts will then be out of print.

ALL ORDERS SHOULD BE PLACED AT ONCE.

We are glad to offer these few remaining sets of charts at the original price—$4, POSTPAID.

NOTICE THE DESIGN OF THE CHARTS.

There are seven in number, illustrating respectively the Symbols of Daniel 2, 7, 8, Revelation 12, 13, etc.; the three angels of Revelation 14, and the Sanctuary, including also a Commandment Chart. They are beautifully lithographed on muslin, without rollers, 32 x 44 in.
Each Symbol in this series is so large that it can be distinctly seen at a distance of one hundred feet or more. As long as these charts last, we will send them, postpaid, for $4 A SET.
ORDER OF THE STATE TRACT SOCIETIES.

Scriptural Foundations: Science and the Word of God

FROM “SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATIONS.”

“I HAVE no desire to belittle science. It is an indispensable necessity. It has a noble work. It ‘opens to the mind vast fields of thought and information.’ Science has its own peculiar field. It has a work to perform after its own peculiar methods to its own special ends. The word of God was never meant to supplant it, nor to interfere with it. But it was meant to be an aid, and by suggestions and plain declarations, it is an all-efficient help. Without it we are left wholly to our own speculations and our own blind guess. By it we are led to take the right way, and to move ever on in the investigation of truth.”
“God is as much the author of science as He is the author of the Bible. True, men hate His way, and long to disprove His statements; but the result of their investigations always shows that God is true, and that men are liars. Let us not add unto His words, lest He reprove us, and we be found liars. He has certainly reproved men in this matter of the motion of the stars. It is always unsafe to dispute His word. Let us rather believe it, for it will vitalize our science and save our souls.”
Our ministers and teachers are receiving much benefit from this excellent little book. It is beautifully bound; contains 272 pages, and sells for 75 cts., postpaid.
Send all orders to the State Tract Societies.

"HOME AND CHURCH SCHOOL MANUAL."

By Editor

We hope every mother and teacher will secure a copy of the Mothers’ and Teachers’ Manual immediately. We do not desire this simply because we have these manuals for sale, but because we hold them to be of inestimable value in the home training and the church school.
It supplies a long-felt need in the work of our home and church schools, and its coming, as it does, recommended by the General Conference Educational Committee, should inspire confidence in it. The object of this manual is to furnish a basis of organization upon which parents in the home and teachers in the schools may build.
Beginning with the general principles of Christian education, and their application to the home training in the education of the children until they are of school age, it provides a course of study for church and intermediate schools, with definite instructions upon the application of these principles. It contains many hints and helps for teachers, and solves many of the practical problems in our church-school work.
Place all orders with your State Tract Society.

“THE MASTER'S GREATEST MONOSYLLABLES.”

Recently the Review and Herald sent out to the Tract Societies sample copies of “Monosyllables,” and we have received a large number of favorable testimonials. We quote two, which are a fair sample of the many that we have received:—
“I find it intensely interesting, very instructive, filled with seed thoughts and diamond-pointed arrowheads, which direct saint and sinner to the One who said, ‘Come,’ ‘Go,’ ‘Do,’ ‘Lo.’” E. W. C.
“I have read ‘Monosyllables’ with both pleasure and profit. It is a book full of inspiration for our young people.” T. H. STARBUCK.

“PEARLY PORTALS.”

Probably this is the last opportunity to secure a good song book for the Sabbath-school, church schools, missionary societies, and tent-meetings, at a remarkably low price. This book contains 160 pages of choice selections. The regular price was 35 cts. It is now reduced to 15 cts. a copy, postpaid.
Send all orders to the Review and Herald Pub. Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 3, 1901.
EAST 8 *Night Express1 12 †Detroit Accom.2 6 †Mail & Express2 10 *N. Y. & Bos. Spl.1 14 *Eastern Express1 4 *N. Y. St. Sp.1 36 *Atl’ntic Express1
Chicago pm 9.35 am 6.45 am 10.30 pm 8.00 pm 5.30 pm 11.30
Michigan City 11.25 8.45 pm 12.08 4.39 7.00 am 1.20
Niles am 12.40 10.16 1.00 6.35 7.55 2.30
Kalamazoo 2.10 am 7.30 pm 12.10 2.08 6.45 9.08 4.10
Battle Creek 3.00 8.10 1.00 2.42 7.17 9.37 5.10
Marshall 3.33 8.38 1.30 3.09 7.43 5.30
Albion 4.55 9.00 1.50 3.30 8.03 5.52
Jackson 4.50 10.05 2.34 4.05 8.50 10.50 6.10
Ann Arbor 5.55 11.10 3.47 4.58 9.30 11.40 7.45
Detroit 7.15 pm 12.25 5.30 6.00 10.00 am 12.40 9.15
Falls View pm 5.09
Susp. Bridge 5.32
Niagara Falls 5.40
Buffalo am 12.20 am 7.00 7.50 6.30
Rochester 8.15 9.00 10.15 8.40
Syracuse 5.15 10.45 pm 12.15 10.45
Albany 9.05 pm 2.10 4.50 2.50
New York pm 1.30 6.00 8.45 7.00
Springfield 12.16 6.11 9.32 6.05
Boston 3.00 9.00 11.30 8.46
WEST 8 *Night Express1 12 †Detroit Accom.2 6 †Mail & Express2 10 *N. Y. & Bos. Spl.1 14 *Eastern Express1 4 *N. Y. St. Sp.1 36 *Atl’ntic Express1
Buffalo 3.20
Niagara Falls 6.02
Susp. Bridge
Falls View 6.31 5.07
Detroit pm 8.20 8.25 am 7.15 am 12.30 pm 12.40 pm 4.35 11.15
Ann Arbor 9.38 9.28 8.40 1.20 1.38 5.45 am 12.20
Jackson 11.20 11.20 11.05 2.20 2.40 7.24 1.35
Battle Creek am 12.40 11.34 pm 12.25 3.30 3.50 9.00 3.00
Kalamazoo 1.40 pm 12.10 1.20 4.05 4.28 10.00 3.40
Niles 3.25 1.22 3.25 5.28 6.05 5.08
Michigan City 4.47 2.20 4.46 6.22 7.05 6.06
Chicago 6.55 4.00 6.40 7.55 8.55 7.50
*Daily. †Daily except Sunday. Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.30 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. RUGGLES, General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago. R. N. R. WHEELER, Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.

GRAND TRUNK R’Y SYSTEM.

EAST 8 4 6 2 10 76
Chicago AM11.05 PM 3.02 PM 8.15 AM 7.32
Valparaiso PM12.49 4.53 10.25 10.05
South Bend 2.08 6.15 11.52 11.35 AM 7.10
Battle Creek 4.14 8.15 AM 2.00 AM 7.00 PM 2.00 PM 5.00
L3.45
Lansing 5.20 9.28 3.28 8.30 5.25
Durand 6.00 10.15 4.25 9.30 6.30
Saginaw 8.10 11.05 8.10
Bay City 8.45 11.40 8.45
Detroit 8.00 7.30 11.50 9.20
Flint 10.40 4.54 10.21 7.28
Port Huron 9.40 AM12.30 7.00 PM12.20 9.30
London AM12.32 3.27 10.10
Hamilton 2.10 5.24 PM12.25
Susp. Bridge 3.40 7.05 1.55 8.50 AM 3.40
Buffalo 8.20 3.05 10.00 6.15
Philadelphia PM 3.47 PM 7.20 AM 6.55 AM 8.56 PM 3.47
New York ← 4.33 8.23 9.23 9.34 4.33
Toronto AM 7.40 PM 1.30 PM 7.40
Montreal PM 7.00 AM 7.30
Boston AM 8.15 PM 7.05
Portland 8.00 6.30
WEST 3 5 7 9 11 75
Portland AM 8.15 PM 6.00 AM10.30
Boston 11.30 7.30
Montreal PM10.30 AM 9.00
Toronto AM 7.40 PM 1.00 PM 5.25 AM 8.30
New York PM 6.10 8.00 AM10.00
Philadelphia 7.00 8.45
Buffalo AM 6.15 AM 8.00 PM 9.30
Susp. Bridge 7.00 PM 2.00 11.15
Hamilton 8.45
London 11.05
Port Huron AM 2.00 9.00 AM 3.20 AM 6.50 PM 3.50
Flint PM 1.35 11.07 4.54 8.45 5.54
Bay City 7.25 4.00
Saginaw 8.00 4.25
Detroit AM11.30 10.00 7.00 4.10
Durand PM 2.02 AM12.05 5.22 9.30 6.30
Lansing 2.45 12.57 6.05 10.50 7.50
Battle Creek 3.50 2.17 7.10 PM12.15 9.10 AM 7.30
South Bend 5.35 4.08 8.55 2.39 PM 5.20
Valparaiso 6.51 5.25 10.05 3.57
Chicago 8.45 7.20 11.55 6.18
Nos. 2-4-6-8 Daily. Nos. 3-5-7 Daily. Nos. 10-76 Daily except Sunday. Nos. 9-11-75 Daily except Sunday.
G. W. VAUX, A. G. P. & T. A. Chicago.
W. C. CUNLIFFE, Agent Battle Creek.

Rome's Friars and the Philippine Question

The intention of Rome to maintain the friars in their position in the Philippines, if it be possible, has been indicated at various times, and is now again declared in Cardinal Gibbons's organ, the Catholic Mirror. “It is becoming daily more evident,” says the Mirror, “that the salvation of the Filipinos is to be wrought out by the friars, who thoroughly understand and sympathize with them, and not by the Bible societies, whose ideals and methods are not only unwelcome, but absolutely repulsive to them. Slowly but surely the friars are gaining the day.” “The Church . . . recognizes that the amelioration of conditions is to be brought about not through the ‘padre,’ but through the friars.”—Special Correspondence from Manila.
The domination of the friars is the intolerable thing which the Philippine natives have been fighting to throw off. The substitution of American rule for that of Spain can mean nothing for the welfare of the people so long as the friars are retained. Rome intends that they shall be retained; to which end she is playing a game of diplomacy with the United States, in which she has thus far had the advantage. In diplomacy, Rome is the master of any nation on earth. All the ground that has been gained against Rome has been gained by the principles of the gospel.

The Christian Theater: A Pittsburg Clergyman's Proposal

A METHODIST clergyman of Pittsburg, the Rev. G. W. Torbush, is quoted as favoring a “Christian theater.” He is reported as having recently said to his congregation:—
“Judging from the enormous patronage plays like ‘Ben Hur’ draw, the public is eager to see and support plays of moral worth. The tendency of the stage is toward degeneracy, as the vast majority of playhouses are run to-day. I believe Christian men and women should endow Christian playhouses, where moral performances would do much toward destroying the influence of the immoral forces at work. The Christian theaters should be supported by the Church, and run even at a loss. As churchgoers are forsaking the church to attend showhouses, the evil should be met by giving human nature what it craves.”
This clergyman seems to have forgotten the words of the apostle Paul, that the followers of Christ “are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.” I Cor. 4:9. There is indeed a Christian theater,—a theater the stage of which is world-wide, upon which Christians are the actors before not only men, but angels. No need of any other theater for Christians; this one affords them all the acting they can desire, and the fullest opportunity to educate their fellow men in the moral life. The Christian who realizes not that he is on the stage as an actor in the great drama of righteousness against sin, to represent God before the world, and before angels and demons, does not realize what real Christianity means. There can be no drama more real, none more intense in its emotions, none more sublime or more tragic in its results, than the drama of the Christian life.

A Gospel Prophecy.

By Uriah Smith

The Battle Creek church was treated, on Sabbath, February 1, to a discourse by Elder I. D. Van Horn, on Isa. 65:17-25.
Isaiah has been called the evangelical prophet because his book is a gospel prophecy. The portion of his prophecy taken for the theme of discourse on this occasion is a subject of widespread study, if we may judge from the number of requests which have been sent in for years to this Office for an explanation of Isa. 65:20. The questions have been these: “When is the time from which there shall be no more thence an infant of days? when does the child die an hundred years old? and if this pertains to the eternal state, as some expressions seem to indicate, how is it that the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed?”
According to the view held by Seventh-day Adventists for years, there is just one point at which all the conditions and specifications of the prediction of this prophecy can be harmoniously and forcibly applied. These applications Elder Van Horn, true to his custom of adhering to the old paths, very clearly and beautifully brought out.
It is a peculiarity of Seventh-day Adventist applications of prophecy that they span the whole ground from beginning to end, and adjust all the parts, from the earliest to the latest, to one another, so as to make a consistent harmony in the whole. So, in this case, we look for a time in the world's history when a child could, and did, die a hundred years old; or when one dying a hundred years old was but a child. We find just that state of things in the antediluvians. But in the mass of the antediluvians, who lived to nearly a thousand years, it must have been there were many of these hundred-year-old children. But when the end of the thousand years of Rev. 20:5, 7-9, shall be fulfilled, and the time comes that the second death, apportioned to all sinners, shall be inflicted, all these hundred-year-old antediluvian children who went down in sin shall appear on the scene, to meet their doom. Here the child (the wicked antediluvian child) dies a hundred years old. But the prophecy takes in the last age as well as the first; and now, in the last generation, one who lives to a hundred years is accounted a very old man. But if he is a sinner, he comes up to take his part in the second death, and is accursed.
Remember that we at this point are standing on the line that separates between the execution of the judgment in the second death, and the eternal state, upon which the righteous then enter, and note how harmoniously all the conditions and statements run together. The righteous have been living and reigning with Christ in the Father's house, Jerusalem above (John 14:2, 3; Gal. 4:26; Rev. 20:4) one thousand years. Now the prophecy of Isaiah (65:20) continues: “There shall be no more thence an infant of days,”—all are crowned with immortality; and in the eternal state there are no more newborn infants; for after the resurrection there is no more marriage nor giving in marriage (Luke 20:35), nor any more such specimens as we see here,—“an old man that hath not filled his days;” a premature old man, broken down before his time.
The speaker went on, applying the further statements literally,—as to their building houses and inhabiting them, and planting vineyards, and eating the fruit of them; for they will eat and drink in the kingdom of God. Luke 22:30. “They shall not build, and another inhabit,” and plant, and another eat; “for as the days of a tree [the tree of life] are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long [even forever] enjoying the work of their hands, . . . for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring, [the children raised up to the kingdom] with them.”
A stirring parallel was drawn between this prophecy of Isaiah and John's description of his view of the new earth state and the condition of things that will obtain there. Rev. 21:1-4. The setting forth of these prophecies was mingled with earnest exhortations to all who listened to take the right stand, be on the right side, and so be prepared to be welcomed to all these promised privileges, and share in the glories of that inheritance that is reserved in heaven, pure and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. 1 Peter 1:4. U. S.

Music Sheet for the Finland Mission

THE piece of music on page 71 of this issue is printed in sheet form; price, 5 cts., single; $2 per hundred. Address Otto Lundell, Battle Creek, Mich. The profits will go to our mission in Finland.

Third Edition of the Book What Is It?

The publishers are about to print a third edition of the little book, “What Is It?” It contains 48 pages, and can be easily slipped into an envelope of ordinary size. Price, only 3 cts. Address this Office.

New Cover and Contents of Good Health January Issue

The January number of the Good Health magazine, just received, has a new and handsome cover design. This issue is full of valuable articles. Price, $1 a year. Address Good Health Pub. Co., 303 W. Main St., Battle Creek, Mich.

The Missionary Magazine: February Issue Announcement

The Missionary Magazine for February contains many interesting articles, and reports of the work being carried on in Porto Rico, Argentina, Fiji, Chicago, Iceland, Southern France and Italy, Australia, Newfoundland, Mexico, and Austria. Fifty cents will secure the magazine for one year. Seventy-five cents will send it one year to any address in foreign lands. Address the Mission Board of Seventh-day Adventists, Battle Creek, Mich.

Marconi Achieves Wireless Transatlantic Telegraphy

THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, the famous Italian inventor, succeeded in his scheme of telegraphing across the Atlantic without wires. If you wish to know something more in regard to that eventful day in the annals of science, buy a copy of McClure’s Magazine for February 1902, and read the first article, “Marconi’s Achievement: Telegraphing across the Ocean without Wires.” That one article alone is well worth the price of the magazine. Buy of your newsdealer, and send 10 cents to the S. S. McClure Co., 141-155 East Twenty-fifth St., New York City.
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