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New Testament Primer

By J. E. White

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THIS attractive book has been prepared especially for the little folks. Beginning with an illustrated alphabet printed in colors, easy reading lessons are developed, using the trees, flowers, animals, birds, and insects of Palestine as a basis.

A prominent feature is a brief account of the life and work of Christ and His disciples.

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Bible Nature Series Number Two

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This long-looked-for text-book on elementary science is now ready. It contains 432 pages, eleven colored maps, and a large number of illustrations. A full description next week. Durably bound in cloth. Price, post-paid, $1.35. Pacific Press Publishing Assn., publishers.

Signs of the Times

Mountain View, California

A Leper Hospital

By John Nevins Anderson

WHILE visiting our recently opened mission station at Pakhoi in the very southern part of the province of Kwangtung, which is itself in the southern tier of provinces of this empire, I had the privilege of visiting a leper hospital. This is the first hospital of the kind I ever visited. There may be others in China maintained by foreigners, but this is the only one I have known of, and I am sure there is no institution of the kind maintained by the Chinese, notwithstanding the fact that there are a great many of that unfortunate class.

Pakhoi is a small city, or more properly, a village. It has no wall about it, and all such cities in China are accounted as mere villages, tho in some cases their inhabitants may number hundreds of thousands. But what is still more to its disadvantage, Pakhoi is a rather poor place, resting on poor soil, and hence has little traffic by sea. Fishing is one of the main means of living, and it may be due to this fact that there are many lepers in that place, since it is held by some that the free eating of salt fish tends to leprosy. It should be said, however, that the lepers that are in the hospital are from a considerable circle of country around.

The hospital is under the management of the Church Missionary Society, tho the funds that are used in its support are largely from private sources. From a humanitarian point of view I never saw any enterprise that appealed to me as this one did. If any living or dying member of this sin-cursed earth needs friends and succor, the leper is surely of all men that one. The slightest acquaintance with this devouring death is sufficient to excite the sympathies of the most callous, and one can easily understand how the Saviour's heart was touched when He said in response to the leper's plea for help, "I will; be thou made clean."

The unfortunate inmates of this hospital number about one hundred fifty. Of that number about one hundred are men and boys, and the rest are women and girls. The sexes are of course segregated, and no communication with the rest of the mission is allowed. The houses and quarters that have been provided for these unfortunate beings, are models of sanitation, light, and ventilation. Everything is on the ground floor, and the floors are of cement, so making it a simple matter to clean and disinfect. All the furnishings are the most simple and plain, and yet admirably adapted to the needs of the patients. Well-ordered lawns, made cheerful and bright with a considerable variety of plants and flowers, that are kept by the lepers themselves, have been provided for both the men and the women. In addition to this there is attached to both the men's and the women's wards a considerable garden for the raising of vegetables. In this way the patients are afforded the much-needed exercise; and working in the open in the midst of the fresh growing things of nature, their minds are given soothing relief. They furthermore have the pleasure of eating of the fruit of their own toil.

Different lines of work have been introduced that employ the hands and minds of the patients and at the same time contribute to the support of the institution. The men make baskets, brooms, tubs, and books. A considerable volume of literature in the Cantonese Romanized is issued from this press. The women make lace and the like. All these articles are thoroly sterilized before they are exposed for sale. All the patients are taught to read, and a considerable time is spent in the study of the elements of knowledge, tho the Word of Truth is given the first place, and I was pleased to see them respond heartily to a few remarks I made about the great salvation provided for us in the sacrifice of our Saviour. Some, I was told, are very earnest and zealous in teaching to others the way of life.

A View in Canton, China. The tall building is a Chinese pawn-shop, an entirely respectable concern, everywhere noticeable by its height. Beyond to the left are dye-houses with racks on roofs for drying clothes.

Are any of them ever cured? To this question the physician in charge, who has had considerable experience in that line, replied that he never knew of a case under his care, and further that he had never heard of a case. The general tendency of the disease is constantly downward, tho there are intermittent periods when the progress of the disease seems to be arrested, but this is only seemingly so, for, once the favorable period is past, the patient sinks lower than he was at any previous time. Usually the disease lays hold of the extremities, the hands and the feet; but in some instances it begins in the throat, a more vital part of the body. Oftentimes the hands or the feet must be amputated, which in a measure stays the progress of the disease. The patients are quite willing to part with their members in order thus to gain a little advantage in the battle with their relentless foe. They even make their own wooden legs, and it excites admiration to see how well these serve the objects of the lost members. In most cases the hands are affected, and it is pitiful to see the patients laboring with a fixed determination to make those distorted and oftentimes half consumed fingers do their appointed work. This is especially true of the women who make lace.

Strange as it may seem, these poor, miserable creatures seemed to be cheerful and content with their lot. The patience of the Chinese is proverbial, yet it is difficult to understand how people in such a plight can be anything like hopeful. The awful ravages of that relentless disease it would seem must crush the spirit of any human being. Socially they are the very dregs of the race, and must be counted as the outcasts even by those who would minister spiritual and physical benefit to them. They are held by a disease that not only fills their own lives, but overflows to all who may come into contact with them. But thanks be to God, they have access to the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and there they can have the very same great blessing that the sacrifice of Christ has made common to all mankind. In this respect they are on a common footing with all of us, and what a glad privilege to be the possessors and the bearers of this so great salvation.

J. N. ANDERSON.

God’s Patience in Our Weakness

By Saxe Holm

WHEN we are weak and wretched, By our sins weighed down, distressed, Then it is that God's great patience Holds us closest, loves us best. —Saxe Holm.

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Foreign Mission Seminary

THE Washington Foreign Mission Seminary has issued its announcement for 1910-11, an attractive pamphlet of forty-eight pages. This is the only S. D. A. college whose whole work is devoted to the training of missionaries for the non-English speaking countries. As such, the institution is worthy of our heartiest support, for its instructors include not only those whose authority in their several departments is high, but also those who are well acquainted with the needs of our missions. The general training departments of Bible, history, Biblical languages, and English are emphasized, also the specific training courses in languages, histories, and religions of Asia and Africa. Arabic, Bengali, and other languages are offered to prospective workers for those countries. The medical work required by foreign laborers receives its just consideration. Those interested may address Foreign Mission Seminary, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

Our Work and Workers

TEN at McMechen, West Virginia, have promised to keep the Sabbath.

Brother McCord baptized twenty-four persons recently in Los Angeles.

AFTER a series of meetings at Eureka, California, Brother S. T. Hare baptized ten souls.

AFTER special services in the Frankfort, Michigan, church, conducted by Brethren M. C. Guild and G. Nyman, nine were baptized.

AT the annual camp-meeting of the Montana Conference in June at Helena, four soldiers from the near-by barracks were converted.

AS THE result of tent-meetings at Cartersville, Georgia, six heads of families have accepted the truth. Brethren Arthur and Tennie Manous have been laboring there.

A 78-ACRE farm twelve miles west of Chicago has been purchased for the Swedish seminary. The General Conference has transferred the Swedish Department of Union College to this school.

THE former Baird College, Clinton, Missouri, has been purchased by the General Conference for a German training school. It will hereafter be known as the Clinton German Seminary. The building is an imposing structure of three and four stories. It has a fine natural location.

SEVERAL persons, including a Methodist minister and his family, have taken their stand for the truth at Okolona, Mississippi, where Brother Charles F. Lowry has been laboring.

THE "Ninth Annual Calendar" of the Fernando Academy is a finely printed pamphlet of thirty-two pages. This institution gives work in the usual academic and pre-medical courses, as well as in the following training courses: foreign missionary (three years), ministerial (two years), normal (three years), business (two years), and musical (five years). Those interested may address H. G. Lucas, Principal, San Fernando, Cal.

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TIME TABLE

Affairs in Spain.

The Carlists of Spain and elsewhere have been seeking the sanction of the Vatican for an uprising of the followers of Don Jaime in Spain. The ecclesiastics, however, as yet seem to hope to conciliate the present ruler of Spain. In former times, the papal influence has been for the present dynasty rather than the Carlist pretenders. Yet other reports have it that local clerical leaders are urging immediate action on the part of Don Jaime. The party of this man in Spain were planning a demonstration at San Sebastian, Sunday, August 7. The government took such severe action against the committee organizing this that the idea of a demonstration was dropped. In the meantime the king and queen of Spain were heartily enjoying a visit to England, seemingly forgetting the dangers to their throne. What the outcome will be no one, even in Madrid, will venture.

Bible Versions Used in This Paper

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Gladstone and Church-State Union

Our readers will remember that William Ewart Gladstone began his career as a strenuous upholder of union between church and state. Macaulay's essay "Gladstone on Church and State" made famous this early belief. Mr. Gladstone, however, radically changed his attitude on this question. Even in 1846 he was actively engaged in trying to destroy the ecclesiastical nature of the British Government. Mr. Lathbury, the editor of a recent volume of Gladstone's letters, tells us that Gladstone would have completely taken religious instruction out of the hands of the common schools of England if his associates on the Cabinet of 1870 had permitted him.

The Sanctuary Question

By Editor

The great central theme of Scripture is the salvation of men through our Lord Jesus Christ. The great central sacrifice is the sacrifice of Christ. And the great central temple is that temple in which He ministers His own blood in behalf of a sinful race. From the view-point of that ministration in behalf of sinners over a broken law all the Word is perfect harmony. And this study may be summed up in what is sometimes called The Sanctuary Question. The series "Man's Sin and Saviour" deals with this subject. This issue continues the study of the meaning of that first sanctuary, with its wonderful object-lessons. That earthly sanctuary was merged into another, the heavenly, in which ministers our Lord and Saviour. We sincerely hope that our readers will study the important topic.

Britain’s Latest Dreadnought, Orion

Britain's latest Dreadnought is named "Orion" and is really the last word in war-ships. It is believed that she will be immensely superior to all her predecessors in armament and speed when she is launched, August 20. She will be equipped with a new 13.5-inch gun in such a manner as to give her a broadside on either side of all the ten guns, which are almost double the weight of the present twelve-inch guns. Other Dreadnoughts have not exceeded 21 knots an hour, but it is believed that she will exceed 24. Her displacement will be 23,500 tons and her length 535 feet.

The Rising Wave of Crime

By Editor

Just now there seems to be a tremendous wave of crime sweeping over the country and the world, in great embezzlements, unusual murders, hold-ups without number, robbery and burglary in every conceivable mode. Surely these things do not argue the millennium. The reason for them may be found in an article in this journal, "The Harvest of Higher Criticism." Take away from men all belief in God and His Word and the future judgment, and we will have just what we are seeing at the present time.

Bible Baptism: Its Meaning; Its Importance

By Editor

"Bible Baptism: Its Meaning; Its Importance," is the title of No. 204 Bible Students' Library. It is designed not alone to be expository and explanatory, but truly helpful in spiritual life and upbuilding in character. It tells us what it means to be baptized into the name of the Father and into the name of the Son and into the name of the Holy Spirit. Price, post-paid, single copy, one cent; one half cent each in larger quantities. Address Pacific Press, Mountain View, California.

Chinese Signs of the Times Special

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There has come to our table a sample copy of our Chinese Signs of the Times special for the great Nanking exposition. Twenty-two thousand were printed, and all were ordered by agents before printed. Our workers' facilities are too limited; they can scarcely begin to supply the demands. More in our next. This copy comes with the compliments of our old fellow laborers, B. A. Roberts, Dr. A. C. Selmon, and F. E. Stafford. Thanks and good cheer.

The Higher Criticism Series

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The Higher Criticism series will close with two more articles. "Higher Criticism and the Church" came just too late for insertion in this issue.

News from the Chinese Mission Field

By Editor

We have some very interesting matter from the great Chinese Mission field by Mr. F. E. Stafford, well illustrated, which will soon appear.

Thank God for the Opening Fields

Thank God for the Opening Fields.— Doors, gates, bars, to great mission fields of the world, not long ago closed fast, are now open to the everlasting Gospel and its last message of a soon-coming Saviour. He it is that is working. Can you not see it? Are you ready to meet Him?

Mayor Gaynor of New York Shot

Mayor Gaynor of New York Shot.—A disgruntled discharged workman, James D. Gallaher, shot Mayor William Gaynor of New York, the morning of August 9. The mayor was pierced by bullets in the head and back before his assailant could be overpowered. In a little while the mayor would have sailed for Europe, in fact was aboard the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse when he was shot. His assailant showed neither insanity nor remorse, declaring that the mayor had deprived him of bread and butter because he could not get employment. At the latest news the wounded man was thought to have a chance of recovery. Should he die he will be succeeded by John Purroy Mitchell (Anti-Tammany), who is but thirty-two years of age. The awful deed has shocked the country.

The Outlook

By Editor

THIS world is not nearly so great as it was a few years ago. The marvelous inventions of men have almost banished time and space. The cable pierced the ocean with its messages between nation and nation, between men and men on land; now the wireless speaks through the air to man on land and on the floating carriers of the mighty deep. The monorail with its hundred or two hundred miles an hour bids fair to supplant the ordinary railway, and the ship of the air is a reality. Wherever there is a railway and telegraph office, that place is in touch with the world.

But the meager news notes are not satisfactory. Often they are highly colored, grossly misleading, or merest guesswork. We long for first-hand information from reliable men on the ground. What are conditions in Turkey under the new régime? What is the meaning of the late papal encyclical which has stirred Germany so much? How are affairs shaping in China, whom so many nations are trying to despoil? Japan, India, Spain, England, Europe—what about them all?

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES will give to its readers accurate reports from all these lands. For instance we have now waiting for publication the following from our own correspondents:

Conditions in England, by Mr. W. T. Bartlett, editor of the Present Truth, London. See our Outlook department.

"Turkey: Conditions in the East," by Mr. C. Voigt, of Constantinople, which will appear next week. The following week, "The Borromeo Encyclical" of the pope, by Mr. Guy Dail, of Hamburg, a paper containing large quotations from the encyclical, showing the attitude of the Vatican toward Protestantism in the words of the pope himself. This will be followed by "The Pope's Recent Encyclical," by Mr. Jean Vuilleumier, of Gland, Switzerland, editor of Les Signes des Temps, discussing the nature of the encyclical and the response of Protestantism. Then we shall have a monthly letter from China by Dr. A. C. Selmon.

In India we have Mr. S. A. Wellman and Mr. Geo. F. Enoch, both experienced writers and observers.

In Japan, Mr. F. W. Field, so well known to our readers.

In Washington, D. C., the nation's capital, Prof. M. E. Olsen.

And these are not all. This is but a part along the outlook side of the great world, the record of events fulfilling prophecy and shaping the destiny of a world.

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Pacific Union College Calendar

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We have secured a copy of the new calendar of Pacific Union College, St. Helena, California, for 1910-1911. It is neatly gotten up and well printed. The college is designed not alone to give a liberal college education, but to furnish first-class training for the whole man for Gospel work. All earnest, worthy persons are welcomed; but the careless, giddy, profane, intemperate, are not wanted. The place of the college is admirable. The plans and principles are excellent, the faculty strong and experienced. The president of the college is C. Walter Irwin, whom the interested may address at St. Helena.

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