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SECULAR.

—Russia has concluded a treaty of commerce with Corea. —Eleven car loads of Mormon recruits arrived in Ogden Sept. 16. —The cholera is reported to be receding in Italy, but advancing into Spain. —A memorial statue of Tom Paine is to be erected in Lincoln Park, Chicago. —The pope has granted $200,000 for the establishment of a hospital in the vicinity of the Vatican. —Thomas Fawcett, a banker of London, Ont., is reported to have failed, with liabilities estimated at $8,000,000. —The President has appointed Judge Gresham Secretary of the Treasury, in the place of Mr. Folger, deceased. —The Grand Trunk car works at London, Ont., have been burned. Loss, $400,000. About 400 men were thrown out of employment. —The Mexican steamer, Don Hermanos, was sunk, Sept. 14, off the coast of North Carolina. The captain and four of the crew were lost. —At Shenandoah, Pa., the interior of a coal mine has been so successfully lighted by electricity that several fine photographic views of it were taken. —A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, Sept. 15, says: "Severe floods prevail around Gerona and considerable loss of life and property is reported. The railways have suspended." —A single desperado robbed the Eldred (Pa.) Bank of $2,500 in open day, Sept. 11. The cashier and teller were frightened into silence by a revolver in the hands of the thief. —In a recent speech to his constituents, Mr. Gladstone said: "In the present crisis the lords ought to study the best means to provide that the House of Lords shall not fall. This end can best be secured by their acting with moderation and prudence." —Prof. Welcker, State Superintendent of Public Schools, of California, has decided, on a test case, that Chinese children cannot become pupils of the public schools. According to the last census there are 1,250 Chinese children of school age in San Francisco. —The Christian Intelligencer thinks that the time is near at hand, in the purpose of the Japanese Government, when Christianity, if not formally adopted, will be at least recognized as on a footing with other religions, and allowed perfect freedom of operations. —A New York Chinaman sums up the difficulty between France and China in the following terse manner: "It likee this: I come to your door and lickee you, and I wantee you to pay money to me for I lickee you. You think that light? What kind a 'ligion that?" —Since the 14th ult., when over a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed by fire in Cleveland, Ohio, several attempts have been made to start similar conflagrations. A telegram dated the 27th says that twelve incendiary fires had been started within forty-eight hours.

—Another Danish polar expedition will start out next summer, proceeding by way of Franz Joseph Land. It will be under the leadership of Messrs. Hoijaard and Gamel. —A syndicate has been formed in the East, for the purpose of laying wagers on the coming Presidential election. The pool is composed chiefly of Western cattle men, and has a capital of $500,000. It is impossible to estimate the evils which will arise if such a thing is allowed to proceed. —The custom of letting out convicts to work for private companies has doubtless received a check in Kentucky, since it has been discovered they are systematically maltreated. Two convicts at work at Lexington were knocked down and kicked to death, week before last, by a brutal overseer, and many have been injured for life. —Mr. Mulhall, the English statistician, says: "The total national debt of the world, not estimating local debts of any kind, in 1713 was $595,000,000; in 1763 they had risen to $1,415,000,000; in 1793, to $2,845,000,000; in 1816, to $7,185,000,000; in 1848, to $8,245,000,000; in 1870, to $19,150,000,000; and in 1884 they had reached the appalling aggregate of $27,155,000,000." —The Mexican correspondent of the S. F. Chronicle says that Mexico is controlled by a set of conscienceless men, who plunder the treasury of every cent that comes into it that is not actually needed to keep up the efficiency of the army, and various branches of public service, so that telegraph operators on Government lines, and clerks in post-offices are often unable to get their wages. —The saloon-keepers of Iowa held a secret meeting in Council Bluffs, Sept. 17, when a State Anti-Prohibition Association was formed. It was decided to raise funds to prevent the enforcement of the present prohibitory law, and to work for its repeal. If prohibitory laws do not prevent the sale of liquor, it is not easy to see the reason for this movement on the part of the Iowa drunkard makers. —Within thirty-six hours, last week, there were in Naples 1229 cases of cholera, and 687 deaths. In consequence of the exodus from Naples, on account of the cholera, lodgings in the neighboring villages rent at fabulous prices, 500 francs a month being asked for a single room. It is said that the only sign of life in many of the streets is the hammering of rough coffins together. —The total receipts from the New York and Brooklyn bridge for the month of July were $40,545, against $12,595.42 for the corresponding period last year. The number of persons that crossed the bridge on foot was 333,800 and 625,900 on the railroad. There were 47,696 vehicles, in which 95,392 people were carried. The receipts from New York to Brooklyn on traffic were $18,490, and those from Brooklyn to New York were $22,055. The expenses for the month were $30,566.54. —A Bridgeport (Conn.) special of Sept. 20 says: "The police of Stanford have unearthed a large band of depraved youth, many under 12 years of age, known as "The Shenandoah Gang." Their exploits are of the most depraved order and reveal the existence of a miserable state of morals. The troop is under the leadership of "No. 1," 20 years old. The trouble has sprung entirely from dime-novel reading and flash literature, large quantities of which have been found in their rendezvous." —The main building for the World's Fair at New Orleans is practically finished. Machinery Hall has a total length of 1,728 feet. Two and a half miles of shafting have been received and more is to come. The capacity of boilers and engines approaches 6,000 horse-power. Twenty elevators, with safety appliances, have been ordered. Horticultural Hall is also finished. Plants from Central America and Mexico are already arriving. The building for the exhibits of the Government and the States is nearly finished, and all stables and saw-mills ready. The Art Gallery, which is being built of iron, is to be ready this month. A Mexican architect has just completed details for setting up Mexican buildings, which are to be constructed of iron, wood, and glass. In the center of the Mexican garden a Moorish octagonal building is being erected. In the inner court of the portico is to be a specimen of silver, valued at $240,000, supported on amethyst pillars. One palm tree for this garden required the work of more than 200 natives to take up and transport it. The building for the Mexican Commission, bands and troops, is said to be an imposing structure. It is 192 feet wide and 300 feet long. In the main building the space reserved for the Mexican exhibit is to be handsomely decorated, and Major Burke is justified in the belief that Mexico is to redeem its promise to "astonish the world."

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Prayer and Breakfast.

SOME years ago, when the country around Cincinnati was newer than it is now, a pious farmer was busy clearing his land. He had a number of hands employed, and was anxious to accomplish a large amount of work while the weather was favorable. He called them early, and went out with them before breakfast was ready. A horn was blown, and they came in and ate and returned again to their work.

The farmer had been accustomed to have prayers every morning in his family. But to keep so many men from chopping and log-rolling, while he read and prayed, was more than he could afford; so Satan suggested, and the good man yielded. His pious wife saw with grief that the family altar was neglected; that her husband, in haste to get rich, was parting with God. She pleaded with him, but in vain. At last she determined to try another experiment.

The next morning the farmer and his men went out, as usual, to their work. The sun began to climb up the sky, but no breakfast horn was heard. They grew hungry, and looked anxiously toward the house; they listened, but still the expected summons did not come. After waiting an hour or two beyond the usual time, they went into the house. No table was set, no coffee boiling on the fire, no cook over or before it. The good wife was knitting quietly, with the Bible on her lap.

"What does this mean?" cried the husband; "why isn't our breakfast ready?"

"I thought you were in such a hurry about your work that you hadn't any time to eat it."

"Hadn't time to eat it! Do you think we can live without eating?"

"You can live without eating as well as without praying. The spirit needs the bread of Heaven as much as the body needs the bread of earth."

"Well, well," said the farmer, "get us some breakfast, and we will have prayers again every morning, no matter how busy we are, or how many workmen I have."

She got the breakfast and he kept his word. The lesson was a good one and never forgotten.—Review.

Go Home, Boys.

Boys, don't hang around the street corners. If you have anything to do, do it promptly, then go right on home. Home is the place for boys. About the street corners, and at stables, they learn to talk slang, and they learn to swear, to smoke tobacco, and to do many other things which they ought not to do.

True Piety

TRUE piety is the light of a dwelling, the source of lasting comfort and happiness.

Appointments.

OAKLAND.—House of worship, northeast corner of Clay and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11 A. M. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:45. Seats free. Invitations to all.

SAN FRANCISCO.—House of worship, 912 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45 A. M. Preaching at 11 A. M. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:45. Mission Reading-rooms at the church.

Obituary.

By John Norton Loughborough

WOOD.—Died, at St. Helena, Cal., Sept. 13, 1884, Sister E. R. Wood, aged 69 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Sister Wood was born in Amherst, Mass., but, in 1859, moved to Napa Valley. She embraced the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventists while attending our tent-meetings at Healdsburg, Cal., in 1869. The funeral was attended by the writer, on which occasion remarks were made from Rev. 21:4. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

THE HONOR DUE TO GOD.

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

By Eld. E. J. Waggoner.

This is a candid examination of the question as to what the Lord expects from his children as an acceptable manifestation of gratitude for his gifts and care. It treats the important subject of tithes and offerings in a new and interesting way. Its arguments are clear and concise. It is a plain and faithful presentation of the truth of God's word on the important subject. An idea of the scope of the work may be obtained from the following brief synopsis:—

CHAPTER I.

Man's Duty to Love God Supremely.—God's Pleasure Man's Profit.—Love is Active, not Passive.—Two Ways of Honoring God with Our Time and Our Substance.—Tithing Rests on Same Foundation as Sabbath.—The Right of Property; Everything is the Lord's.—Tithing Not Peculiar to Jewish Dispensation.

CHAPTER II.

First Instance of Payment of Tithes.—What the Tithe Is.—Jacob's Vow.

CHAPTER III.

From What is the Tithe to be Paid?—When Shall It Be Laid Aside?—Redeeming the Tithe.—Object of the Tithe.—Nehemiah's Example.—Offerings; Various Kinds in Old Dispensation.—David's Example.—Christian Obligation.

CHAPTER IV.

Difference Between Tithes and Offerings.—Offerings to be Given Willingly.—Modern Methods of Raising Money for Church Support Contrasted with Ancient.—Tithe Must Be Paid Continuously.—Church Expenses; How Raised in Ancient Times.—Support of the Poor; Bible Plan.—A Second Tithe.

CHAPTER V.

Who Should Pay Tithes.—Who should Make Offerings.—The Promise of God.

CHAPTER VI.

Parable of Rich Man; Luke 12:15-21. "Rich Toward God."—Parable of the Unjust Steward.—Children of this World Wiser than Children of Light.—Why God Requires Men to Give of Their Means.

CHAPTER VII.

Systematic Giving.—Impossible to Discharge Our Obligations Without a Plan in Giving.—Purposing in the Heart.—How to Make Duty a Pleasure.—Giving One of the Christian Graces.

CHAPTER VIII.

An Objection: Tithing Not Mentioned by the Apostles.—The Reason Why.—Not One-tenth Merely, but All Belongs to God.—"Sell That Ye Have, and Give Alms."—When Does this Command Apply?

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BIBLE-READINGS.

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

IN TWO NUMBERS.

EMBRACING A PORTION OF THE

BIBLE COURSE AT HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.

(Including also the readings given at the State Meeting in Oakland.)

By Eld. E. J. Waggoner.

These Readings differ in two respects from other series of readings that have been published. They were prepared especially for the use of colporters and those who intend to conduct Bible-readings in missionary fields; and they present a connected chain of argument upon the fundamental doctrines of Present Truth.

NUMBER ONE contains 57 pages, embracing sixteen readings, as follows:—

	No. Ques.		No. Ques.
Daniel 2	98	The Law of God No. 4	32
Daniel 7	13	" " No. 5	31
Daniel 8	69	Ephesians 2:15	26
Daniel 9	94	Romans 6:14	23
The Sanctuary	179	Romans 10:4	17
The Law of God, No. 1	30	Galatians 3:13	19
" " No. 2	31	Romans 3:20	10
" " No. 3	28	Tithing	99

NUMBER TWO contains 46 pages, embracing twenty-two readings, as follows:—

	No. Ques.		No. Ques.
The Sabbath, No. 1	51	2 Corinthians 5:8	18
" " 2	49	Luke 23:39-43	16
" " 3	42	1 Peter 3:18-20	10
Colossians 2:14-17	19	Luke 16:19-31	37
Psalms 118:24	18	Living Souls	14
Penalty of Transgression	10	Nature of Man	18
Sanctification	43	Punishment of the Wicked	70
Second Coming of Christ	64	Work of the Spirit, No. 1	47
The Resurrection	59	" " 2	51
Immortality	18	Church Membership	61
Philippians 1:23	5	Missionary Labor	62

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MATTER AND SPIRIT;

By Dudley Marvin Canright

OR, THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT.

By Eld. D. M. Canright.

A philosophical argument on an important theme, indicated by its title. 66 pp. Price, 10 cents.

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The Atonement.

By Editor

ANOTHER NEW BOOK.

This book is now published, and many copies were sold on the camp-ground. It contains 368 pages. It is not a reprint nor a revision of the former work, but a new book. All that was in the pamphlet is reproduced, enlarged, and simplified in style, and several chapters added on subjects not introduced there, but in reality a part of the general argument. Those who read advance pages speak very highly of it, and all who have seen the book are much pleased with it. We will notice it more at length next week. Price, $1.00.

Churches and the Liquor Traffic

By Editor

The Christian Herald, Disciple, commenting on a statement concerning the churches in Kentucky, says:—

"We have tried and tried, again and again, all in vain, to get a list of churches and names of members and official relations who are engaged in the liquor traffic. Temperance men are afraid to give them. . . . It would seem that the whisky element is strong enough in certain congregations to turn the others out."

We commend the spirit of the Herald in rebuking the sin in those churches, but what a condition is indicated of this only true "Church of Christ"! If the "sects" were in the same state, what would become of the world?

The Next General Conference.

By George I. Butler

AFTER careful consideration of the matter by the members of the Conference Committee, it is decided that the next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in the Tabernacle at Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 30, 1884, at 9 A. M., to continue until the important business is transacted which makes it necessary to be held.

There will be many most important matters to come up for consideration concerning the cause in many departments, besides the usual routine business. Our foreign work will require special attention. The financial question is one of great moment. It should have the best thought of our responsible men. The subject of city missions is one of great importance; and problems of great interest concerning it will present themselves for solution. Our educational work also demands special attention. In fact, every department of the work is worthy of the most careful thought, and should receive it at our anniversary meetings. As the cause increases, these meetings will be more and more important.

A General Conference, as its name signifies, is a general council. The State Conferences should send the men to attend who can serve best as counselors,—the responsible men whom they intrust with matters which require the best judgment. We believe full delegations should be sent from our Conferences, as far as is consistent. We expect not only to attend to the business to be transacted, but that showers of God's blessing will fall. Why should we not expect this? As we near the end, may we not hope that God will bless us more and more, and that his light will more graciously shine upon us? We rejoice much that Sister White can be with us again this year. We shall not soon forget her labors at the last Conference.

In conclusion, let us pray much for the blessing of God to rest upon this session of the General Conference. We want it to be a most precious season, a great encouragement to the people of God. It will be so if God blesses it, and he will bless in proportion to the desire we have for his blessing.

GEO. I. BUTLER, Pres. Gen. Conf.

Sadly Disappointed.

By Editor

A GENTLEMAN in the southern part of the State who has received a few of our tracts writes thus:

"I received your tracts, and am much disappointed. There is the same thing over and over. I have learned nothing outside of the Bible. I supposed your learned body of writers could write a few tracts without all running into the same old beaten track."

While he is disappointed, we are very much pleased, for two reasons. First, we are glad that our friend is so well read in the Bible, that in reading our tracts he could find nothing new. If he practices all he knows, he is not far from the kingdom of God. And second, we are glad that a reader cannot find anything in our writings different from what the Bible contains. This is the highest compliment that could be given them. We have no ambition to get outside that "old beaten track," but desire, by continual repetition, to induce others to seek the "old paths," and to walk therein.

A Good Opportunity.

By Editor

WE are requested by Elder J. O. Corliss to state that his property in Healdsburg is for sale. It consists of half an acre of ground, well covered with a good variety of fruit trees, and a good house of eight rooms, located in the best part of town, just across the street from the north college building. Brother Corliss' object in selling is that he may locate in a place more easy of access from different portions of the State, in which he may labor. Brethren who wish to go to Healdsburg to educate their children, would do well to correspond with Elder Corliss.

Oil on the Waters.

By Editor

THE steam whaler Jan Mayen left Dundee February 4 to proceed to the Newfoundland seal-fishing, arrived at Lerwick on Sunday, having been unable to proceed on her voyage owing to the stormy weather. On Monday, the 18th, the vessel encountered a hurricane, in which she was thrown on her beam-ends and would, it is believed by the crew, have foundered had not the use of oil been resorted to. Three bags filled with oakum saturated in oil were hung over the side of the vessel, and in a brief space the sea, which had been washing completely over the ship, ceased to break. The captain attributes the safety of the vessel to this experiment.

Two strange things we notice: First, that this is called an "experiment." It is a well-attested fact that oil will prevent the breaking of the waves. Secondly, it is exceedingly strange that commanders of vessels do not always resort to it in heavy storms. We have no doubt that many good vessels and many valuable lives have been lost for failure to use a few dollars' worth of oil.

THE latest fanatical effort at time-setting is given to the public in a pamphlet announcing that the Lord will come in October, 1884. Such folly is designed by Satan to bring reproach upon the doctrine of the approaching advent, and cause believers to cease their diligence. "Let no man deceive you."

International Tract and Missionary Society.

By Stephen N. Haskell

The International Tract and Missionary Society was organized Aug. 13, 1874. It has furnished health and religious publications to co-operative missions and individuals in every State and Territory in the United States, and to every civilized nation on the globe. During 1883-84 it placed in free public libraries in this country over 10,000 volumes of standard religious books, at a cost of over $10,000, two-thirds of which was donated by other funds and the publishers. It has also placed valuable books in many libraries in England, Australia, the United States, and supplied reading-rooms with health and religious periodicals.

Free reading and lecture-room, 914 Laguna Street, San Francisco, Cal., from which place all ships are visited which enter that harbor. Andrew Brorsen and H. C. Palmer, city missionaries. C. R. Robbins, ship missionary.

Free reading-room on L Street, near corner of Fifth, East Portland, Oregon.

It has a free reading and lecture-room, 744 Broadway, New York City, where it will keep constantly on hand Health and Temperance publications to furnish co-operating missions and branch offices on the Atlantic Coast and in Europe. Ships visiting this harbor are supplied with reading matter. William J. Boynton, manager and city missionary.

Free reading and lecture-room, 21 Boylston Place, Boston, Mass. J. R. Israel and A. T. Robinson, city missionaries. Ship missionary, C. W. Priest, 191 Atlantic Avenue.

Parlor reading and lecture-rooms at 13 West Huron Street, Buffalo, N. Y., open from 2:30 to 9 P. M. Alex. Gleason, Superintendent.

Parlor reading and lecture-rooms, 52 Crouse Building, Warren Street, Syracuse, N. Y. N. J. Walsworth, resident manager.

Free reading-room at 219 West Madison Street, Chicago; Room 2, second floor. Eld. Geo. B. Starr and James Sawyer, managers.

Mission and free reading-room at 2339 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo., N. W. Allen, Superintendent.

Free reading-room and book depository, 14 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. W. A. Young, Superintendent.

The ship work at Liverpool, England, is under the charge of Geo. R. Drew, 32 Grange Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire; J. H. Durland, Southampton. Tract and book depository, 72 Heneage Street, Great Grimsby, Eng., in charge of Miss Jennie Thayer.

Branch societies are being organized in all parts of the United States and Europe. The New York State branch has its offices and depository at Rome, N. Y. E. W. Whitney, President; Miss May Taylor, Secretary.

At the above-mentioned places the public are cordially invited.

The society is sustained by the liberalities of friends of missions. Donations by draft or otherwise will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged by any of the above-mentioned agents, or Miss M. L. Huntley, Secretary, South Lancaster, Mass., U. S. A.

S. N. HASKELL, President.

Camp-Meetings for 1884.

MINNESOTA, Sauk Center, . . . . . Oct. 8-14 MISSOURI, Independence, . . . . . " 9-21 KANSAS (Western), Halstead, . . . . . " 9- TENNESSEE, Martin,. . . . . . . . . . " 13-21

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Great Controversy, Vol. IV.

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THIS volume, so long looked for, is now out. And we are confident that it will more than meet the expectations of those who have anxiously waited for it. We judge from our own reading of it; we found the contents of deeper interest than our imagination could have reached. The following words from the preface express our feelings in this respect:—

"As the closing events of the dispensation are the most momentous—the destruction of Satan and all that pertains to his work, and the revealing of the coming glory, being unparalleled by all events that precede them—so the contents of this book are, in many respects, more deeply interesting than of those of the volumes which preceded it. The closing chapters are most thrilling. They will be best appreciated, however, by those who read all the four volumes in connection."

We were happy to have the book ready for our camp-meeting, where many copies were disposed of. Some of the most interesting meetings on the ground derived much of their interest from the reading of portions of this work. Orders previously received are being rapidly filled at the office, and we hope to receive many more without delay. The print is from electrotype plates, taken from new type. It contains 504 pages. We shall notice it further in the future, when our time will better permit.

Elder Jarrell’s Book Recommended

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READ carefully the editorial on "Old Testament Ethics Vindicated." We shall make further extracts from Elder Jarrell's book, and we advise our brethren, and especially our ministers, to procure it for reference, for the valuable truths which it contains. The extracts from many authors will be useful. The book is highly recommended by the first men in the land. Both the book and a list of testimonials may be obtained at the SIGNS Office.

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