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TRADITION, OR THE WORD?

Is This Protestantism?

THE New York Christian Advocate of May 6, 1897, has an editorial note entitled, "Caught in the Mazes Once More," which forcibly illustrates the alarmingly present tendency to Romanism increasingly manifest in the Protestant press. The subject of the note is a little pamphlet published by a W. C. T. U. evangelist who has embraced the seventh-day Sabbath. Of course the Advocate believes the writer of the pamphlet to be deceived tho honest. But it is the last two sentences of the note with which we have to do. They are as follows:—

"The question between those who observe Sunday as the Lord's day and those who maintain that the only day to be observed as a sacred day is the seventh day, is a complex one, that the study of many years would not fully exhaust. There are some questions upon which practical wisdom for busy Christians is to follow the teachings of the church in all matters that are not flatly and unmistakably contradictory to the Word of God."

Is duty to God, then, a matter so "complex" "that the study of many years" is necessary before one can decide? It is true in a large sense that any moral truth of God is so deep and broad and far-reaching that the study of eternity will not exhaust it, because it has its source in the eternal and infinite God. But are the commandments of God so "complex" that we may study for many years, and yet not know how or when to obey God? And is God's word so ambiguous and complex that the "busy Christians" (believers in and followers of Christ), the real workers for God (for the person in question is an evangelist), can not know of themselves what God commanded and Christ lived? One would think that the "practical wisdom for busy Christians," and all Christians, would be to follow Christ, to live his life, or let him live his life in us, keeping all of God's commandments. He is the "power of God and the wisdom of God;" he "is made unto us wisdom," and he prayed to the Father, "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy Word is truth." He lived that Word, and in doing it observed as the sacred day the day that in the beginning he made sacred, namely, the seventh day. Is it not "practical wisdom" to take his wisdom, and to heed his injunction, "Follow me?"

"Follow the teachings of the church"—what "church," pray? Shall it be decided by numbers? Numerous as the Methodist Episcopal Church is, she would be compelled to yield to the Roman Catholic. Shall it be decided by age? If decided by either age or numbers, there would never have been any Methodist Church; for the Church of England was at that time both old and numerous. Is not the Seventh-day Adventist Church as truly "the church" as is the Methodist Episcopal? Is not the Baptist Church as truly "the church" as is the Methodist Episcopal? And who is to decide whether a question is "contradictory to the Word of God" or not? The reader can readily see that such teaching inevitably leads back to the Roman Catholic Church, to tradition, oral teaching, to the decisions of councils, the letter of creeds, but never to the Word.

But this is not Protestantism; for Protestantism places not only "the power of conscience" "above the magistrate," but it also places "above the visible church the authority of the Word of God." "It lays down the principle that all human teaching should be subordinate to the oracles of God." "In this celebrated act of Spire no doctor appears, and the Word of God reigns alone."—D'Aubigne, Hist. Ref., book 13, chapter 6, par. 19, 20.

So it should reign in every Christian heart. Let the Word of God decide the Sabbath question. What does that Word mean when it says, "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God"? Does it mean the seventh day or the first day of the week? Shall we follow the Word? or shall we follow the tradition of men? Those who observe the commandments of God, find his Word and his power sufficient? Those who trust to the tradition of men, "the teachings of the church," have invariably turned to the power of man, the civil law, the sword of the flesh, to support their dogmas. Christian friend, what shall it be, the Word of God and a good conscience or tradition and a conscience subjected to the teaching of men? In other words, Is it some visible church or Christ? Is it tradition or the Word?

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

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Editorial.

An Important Question (notes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3 The "More Sure Word of Prophecy" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Poetry.

My Home beyond the Tide, A. R. WILCOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A Golden Sunset, R. A. YOUNG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Sometime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Point unto Jesus, ERNEST TEGART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General Articles.

A Lesson from the Life of Judas, MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 God Manifest in the Flesh, AUGUSTA W. HEALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Federation alias Trust, W. N. G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Week and the Sabbath, C. A. WYMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jewish Customs and Traditions (the Function of the Sanctuary), F. C. GILBERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 "Vain Dress" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Question Corner.—No. 568, 1 Peter 4:18, Righteousness and Salvation—No. 569, Rev. 22:2—No. 570, Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil—No. 571, A Question of Tithe—No. 572, Spirit, Soul, and Body—No. 573, Beast and False Prophet—No. 574, Life and Lives—No. 575, Isa. 52:15; Eze. 36:25, Sprinkling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The Outlook.—Religious Liberty in Australia—Women and Tobacco—Sunday-law Workers in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Fireside.—Sophy, Baker's Second Cousin—Not Work but Worry—The Value of Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10 Missions.—The Famine in India—Lands without a Missionary—Making Merit in Burma—Our Work and Workers . 11, 12

International Sabbath-School Lesson.—The Crucifixion of Christ (Lesson 10, Sabbath, June 5, 1897) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 International Sunday-School Lesson.—Sins of the Tongue (Lesson 10, Sunday June 6, 1897) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14 News and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

California Camp-Meeting Announcement

By Editor

The California camp-meeting will be held at Bushrod Park, between the cities of Oakland and Berkeley, June 3 to 13. There will be a large attendance and a good meeting. Pray for its success.

The Signs of the Times Subscription List

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North Pacific Conference Annual Session

By Editor

Elder Wm. Healey, president of the North Pacific Conference of S. D. Adventists, writes us that that conference will convene in annual session during the camp-meeting to be held in Albina, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, May 20 to 30. The first conference meeting will be held at 10 A.M., Thursday, May 20.

Saturday Is Not the Lord’s Sabbath

The "Saturday" of the world is not the Sabbath of the Lord. Saturday begins at midnight and ends at midnight, even as does Sunday, a wholly unnatural, artificial beginning. But the Sabbath of the Lord begins at sunset and closes at sunset, regulated by God's great time clock, the sun, a beginning wholly natural, coming at a time when God's people can welcome the Sabbath with praise and prayer, and receive its parting blessing at its close. No true Sabbath-keeper should ever say, "I keep Saturday."

Sophy, Baker’s Second Cousin

By Editor

“Sophy, Baker’s Second Cousin.”—The story in our Fireside department, with the above heading, should have been published a month ago; but it is good yet. In an entertaining way it presents before the reader intensely practical truths. There are many homes in the same condition that Mr. Baker’s was; but Sophys are lacking. There are many neat people who day by day are unnecessarily loading up their systems with disease-breeding germs and blood-poisoners. The fresh, free air contains sufficient toxics without running manufactories in our wells, our drains, and our cellars and outhouses. Many will be entertained by such stories; the wise will be benefited.

Which Day Is the Sabbath?

Sunday, according to the Bible is not the Sabbath of the Lord. It is "the first day of the week," while the Sabbath is the seventh day of the week, the day just previous to the first day. "In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week." Matt. 28:1. What day of the week, then, is the Sabbath day?

An Oversight.

By Editor

We regret exceedingly that the advertisement headed "Fiestas, Carnivals, and Summer Outings," was admitted to the columns of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Its managers do not believe in those things, nor are they patrons of such doings. They are technically responsible for what goes into the paper, and will, of course, be so held, yet we desire to say a word which may perhaps serve to explain, tho it may not wholly excuse, the admission of the advertisement in question.

We have from time to time in the past advertised for the same parties what was unobjectionable. This advertisement was bargained for before the editor and the one who solicited the advertisement left for the east to attend General Conference. When it came, it was without examination handed to those in charge of the mechanical department of the paper, and was printed. It never came before the editor, either for approval or disapproval, and the page on which it was printed was never read by him, as it was thought unnecessary, and he was pressed for time. It was on our part an oversight which we regret, which we do not defend, and which we hope will not occur again.

Saturday-keeping or Sabbath-keeping?

Saturday-keeping has no advantage over Sunday-keeping except in the day. The traditional seventh-day-keeping of the Jews in the time of Jesus is paralleled by the traditional Sunday-keeping of the present except in the matter of the day. Saturday-keeping is a mere using of the day for physical rest, finding very much of the pleasures of the flesh and speaking its words. It is doing service to man not God. But Sabbath-keeping, the true rest in Christ Jesus, the delight in God's ways and works and words and pleasure, is an altogether different thing. It is not only right as respects the day, the seventh day, the crowning day of the week, the day for which the week exists, but it drinks in the spirit of that day and "remembers the Sabbath day to keep it holy" all through the week. The Sabbath of the Lord is a day, a definite, particular day, but it is more; it is a blessed continual rest in Christ Jesus, doubly blessed on the twice blessed day of the Sabbath.

Preserved from Fire

By Editor

ONCE again the good hand of the Lord has been over us in preserving us from fire. That is, we have seen his goodness. The many unseen evidences of his care we can not number. Eternity alone will reveal them. What we refer to now is an incident which occurred last Monday. Fire broke out in one of our dwellings immediately connected with our office, shortly after a $30,000 fire in another part of the city. Circumstances were favorable for a fire which would have burned the whole block, but Providence made circumstances favorable to the office hands, who, by faithful, active work, had it practically under control when the city fire companies arrived. Damages were less than $100. A number of years ago fire broke out in the office in some mysterious way in the night, burned a hole in the dry woodwork of the wall, and went out, no human being knowing of the matter till the next morning. Who put it out?—We believe that it was the good hand of Providence, the same that saved us from a disastrous fire Monday last. And to the Lord we ascribe all the praise that our office and plant and church, and thousands of dollars worth of publications, are not now in ashes.

The Saloons of Vine Street

VINE STREET, Cincinnati, has 720 saloons. What an accursed vine it is! and what poisonous leaves and blasting fruit it bears! and how terrible the results on those who drink of its baneful potions!