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Signs of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 10.

The Glory of the Serving
Earlier text: The Earthquake of Southern Italy

Our Work and Workers.

Brother M. H. Sears has been laboring at Sparta, Wis., where eight were added to the church.
Seven have taken their stand for the truth at Greendale, Mich., through the labors of Brother Claude White.
Brother G. A. Lagrone reports that five families have accepted present truth at Brysonville, Texas, and many more are much interested.
At Dayton, N. M., a Sabbath-school of twenty members has been organized by Brother R. L. Benton. Several families are deciding to keep all the commandments.
Eleven were baptized at Paterson, N. J., on Sabbath, January 9, by Brother B. F. Kneeland. Most of these were brought into the faith through the labors of Brother J. H. Carroll.
In Kenosha, Wis., where Brother and Sister E. Edwardson have been working, five Danish and six English members have been added recently. A church will be organized in the spring.
A new church building has been erected and dedicated by the English-speaking brethren at Lodi, Cal., the German brethren retaining the old building, which was too small for both.
The following officers have been chosen for the Northern Illinois Conference: President, William Covert; secretary and treasurer, H. E. Moon; Sabbath-school and educational superintendent, Nellie D. Pugh; field missionary agent, O. Morris.
Nine churches were organized in California during 1908, with a total membership of 211. The tithe received during the year amounted to $65,645.71; total receipts for all purposes amounted to $90,291.51.
Following a strong effort to set the truth before the people of Neodesha, Kan., a church of fifteen was organized recently. Brethren B. W. Brown and V. W. Robb, assisted by Sisters Maxted, Bower, and Davis, conducted the effort.
Brother W. H. Green, pastor of the Second Seventh-day Adventist Church of Pittsburg, Pa., writes that the church is now moved to 2816 Wylie Avenue, where they have purchased a building of ten large rooms, with basement, for church purposes and treatment rooms. Donations are solicited to pay for this building and establish the work.
A letter to the manager of this office from Pastor L. R. Conradi, vice-president of the General Conference, whose home is at Hamburg, Germany, tells of a recent trip to German East Africa, 150 miles into the interior. Christianity is advancing in Uganda, and favorable opportunities are opening up before our missionaries on the East Coast, both in English and German territory. Around our station in Uganda there are not less than 300,000 natives, inhabiting a district forty by one hundred miles, and our missionaries are the only ones on the ground.

“God’s Coolie.”

In one of the mission fields a physician had been the means of restoring to health a beloved child. In their gratitude the parents came and knelt at the feet of the doctor, worshiping her as if she had been a god. The missionary remonstrated, saying: “We are not gods. Worship the true God.” “You must be a god,” they said; “no one but a god could have saved our beloved from death.” The missionary then said: “Suppose that I wished to bestow a valuable gift upon you, and sent it by the hand of one of your coolies, whom would you thank, the coolie or myself?” “We should thank you, of course; the coolie is your servant.” “And so am I God’s coolie,” said the missionary, “by whose hand God has been pleased to send you this gift of healing, and it is to Him you must bow and give thanks.” And so at last their hearts turned to the true God.—Selected.

A Great Delusion.

By Editor

THE main topic in the March number of the Signs of the Times Monthly magazine is on the subject of Spiritualism. There are articles from our leading brethren covering various phases of the question, and the magazine ought to be circulated by the millions.
This terrible delusion is fast gaining ground. The public mind is greatly agitated; and this is an opportune time to place before people the true interpretation of these things. We have nothing that meets the issue so well as this number of the Signs of the Times Monthly. It is well illustrated, has a striking cover design, and will sell at sight. Agents should send in their orders at once.
Many have friends and relatives to whom they would like to send a copy of this magazine. The publishers will mail copies direct from the office in lots of five or more to lists of names that may be furnished, at the rate of five cents a copy. Address, Signs of the Times, Mountain View, Cal.

Wanted for Missionary Work.

LATE copies of Signs, Life and Health, and Liberty. Address Belle Waterman-Findlay, 933 E. Eleventh St., Eugene, Ore.
LATE, clean copies of Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Life & Health, and tracts for missionary work. Erwin Kloss, Dodge Center, Minn.
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Three Good, Useful Things.

By H. F. Phelps

The Lentil Bean.—A good substitute for the lentil. Very prolific. Good as a string bean. Excellent as a shelled bean. Better as a dry bean. A climber. Planted in your corn will load the stalks with a crop of beans. Send ten cents for a package.
Those patent clamps will mend hot-water bags, and all kinds of metal ware. Instructions, nine clamps and a wrench for 25 cents.
The Agate Cement is a good adjunct to the clamps, mending where they may not. Also mends all kinds of metal ware and wood, and steam pipes. Sent for 30 cents. H. F. Phelps, Station F, Minneapolis, Minn.

The Law of God as Changed by the Papacy.

Printed on good, white paper, size 5½ x 11, giving the law as changed by the Catholic Church, surrounded by extracts from Catholic works showing that the pope is considered above all laws, and the admissions of the change of the fourth commandment. Price, three cents; 50 cents per 100. Address Pacific Press Publishing Assn., Mountain View, Cal.

Steps to Christ.

This little work, by Mrs. E. G. White, presents in a simple and attractive manner the steps by which the sinner may be made complete in Christ. While the book is an excellent guide for inquirers and young converts, it also contains a wealth of counsel and encouragement for those who are laboring with the difficulties that beset a growing experience. Paper covers, 30 cents; cloth, plain edges, 60 cents; cloth, gilt edges, $1.00. Address this office.

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Bible Study

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Gospel Stories

How Esther Read Her Bible .......... (A. G. L., 7) .50
Back to the Old Paths .......... (A. G. L., 44) 1.00

Immortality Question

Thoughts for the Candid .......... (B. S. L., 47) .50
Tormented Forever and Ever .......... (B. S. L., 111) 1.00
Rich Man and Lazarus .......... (B. S. L., 146) 1.00
Satan's First Lie .......... (B. S. L., 199) 2.00
Is Man Immortal? .......... (A. G. L., 86) 1.00

Second Coming of Christ

Without Excuse .......... (B. S. L., 46) .50
Great Day of the Lord .......... (B. S. L., 65) 2.00
The Eastern Question .......... (B. S. L., 144) 1.00
We Would See Jesus .......... (B. S. L., 173) 1.00
The Gospel Message .......... (B. S. L., 188) 1.00
Waymarks to the Holy City .......... (B. S. L., 189) 1.00
Signs of the End .......... (B. S. L., 194) 1.00
Coming of the Lord .......... (A. G. L., 40) .50
Heralds of His Coming .......... (A. G. L., 85) 1.50
“Come, for All Things Are Now Ready” .......... (A. G. L., 87) 1.00

The Sabbath Question

Why Not Found Out Before! .......... (B. S. L., 52) .50
Jewish .......... (B. S. L., 69) .50
From Sabbath to Sunday .......... (B. S. L., 95) .50
Identical Seventh Day .......... (B. S. L., 114) 1.00
The Seal of God and Mark of the Beast .......... (B. S. L., 130) 2.00
New Testament Sabbath .......... (B. S. L., 137) 1.00
Who Changed the Sabbath .......... (B. S. L., 187) 1.00
Elihu on the Sabbath .......... (B. S. L., 192) 1.00
Evolution and the Sabbath .......... (B. S. L., 198) 1.00
The Seventh or One-Seventh .......... (A. G. L., 89) .50
Day of the Sabbath .......... (A. G. L., 50) 1.00
Which Day Do You Keep, and Why? .......... (A. G. L., 75) .50
Is Sunday the Sabbath! .......... (A. G. L., 76) .50
The True Seventh Day .......... (A. G. L., 78) 1.50
Sunday in a Nutshell .......... (A. G. L., 88) 1.00

Millennium

Temporal Millennium .......... (B. S. L., 121) 1.50

Prayer

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The Law

Under the Law; or Under Grace .......... (B. S. L., 163) 1.00
Relation of the Law and Gospel .......... (B. S. L., 166) 1.50
The Perpetuity of the Law .......... (B. S. L., 178) 1.00
Ceremonial and Moral Law Distinguished .......... (B. S. L., 195) 1.00
The Two Covenants .......... (A. G. L., 83) 1.00

Spiritualism

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Try the Spirits .......... (A. G. L., 48) .50

Temperance

Drunkenness and Crime .......... (B. S. L., 196) 1.00
A Chat with My Tobacco-Loving Brother .......... (A. G. L., 67) .50
Demons' Council .......... (A. G. L., 80) .50
It Does Not Pay .......... (A. G. L., 82) 1.00

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Way to Christ .......... (B. S. L., 105) 1.00
The Priesthood .......... (B. S. L., 191) 1.00
Looking Unto Jesus .......... (A. G. L., 1) .50
The Christian's Privilege .......... (A. G. L., 2) .50
The Sure Promises of God .......... (A. G. L., 3) .50
Return of the Jews .......... (A. G. L., 62) 2.00
Jesus Died for You .......... (A. G. L., 63) .50
Some One Cares for Your Soul .......... (A. G. L., 69) .50
Great Popular Evils .......... (A. G. L., 89) 1.00
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Additional Maps for Note Books-1, 2, and 3.

All who are using Nature Study Note Books in their school work will be pleased to know that the author and publishers have arranged for a new set of Outline Maps to accompany these excellent books.
The set for No. 1 contains eight pages; for No. 2, twelve pages; and for No. 3, sixteen pages, with from one to four maps on each page.
In order to give every school the benefit of these new maps, it has been decided to furnish them with the Note Books absolutely free of charge, and all who are now using these books can have the maps, free, by addressing the publishers. Please state plainly with which number of the Note Book the maps are to be used.
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Mutual Helpfulness.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle.
How can we, poor, erring mortals, hope ever to fulfil the righteous law of Christ?—The Lord Himself has given us a perfect formula, wonderful in its simplicity: “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” Ah! here is something which leaves no room for selfishness—a recipe with no self in it. How many times we see people bearing their own burdens, or trying to, with apparently never a thought of their struggling brothers!
But if mutual helpfulness is a thing to be cultivated and aspired after in a neighborhood, surely it is doubly to be cultivated in our own homes.
“But,” some one protests, “I think it is a commendable thing for each child, and, in fact, every member of the household, to have certain duties assigned them. Then they always know just what is expected of them.”
Mr. Theodore R. Roosevelt (and family) who retired from the Presidency of the United States to private life, March 4, 1909.
Mr. Theodore R. Roosevelt (and family) who retired from the Presidency of the United States to private life, March 4, 1909.
Very good; an excellent plan. But sometimes John has a headache and is quite unable to do his accustomed duties. Shall Mary refuse to “lend a hand” in this emergency?
I am sure that the law of mutual helpfulness must prevail in heaven. Why?—Because it is the law of love.
“But I did not suppose the angels of heaven bore burdens,—how strange it seems!” you say.
“Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?” So we see that even the heavenly beings minister to the comfort of poor, weak mortals. Shall we refuse to do the same?—God forbid.
The other day a lady in speaking of another, remarked: “She asks no accommodations and gives none.” Poor woman. She forgets that the law of all nature is the law of mutual helpfulness and of giving.
The very sun in the heavens is an example of this. How lavishly does he give continually of his glorious light and his genial heat, not only to this globe of ours, but his cheering rays visit the dwellers of all the worlds of our wondrous solar system. Should he forget to shine, vegetation would droop and die.
From whence comes his never-ceasing light? Every particle of gas consumed in your range or gas-lamp passes through the meter and registers the exact amount consumed; if it were not consumed, it would not pass the meter. But where is the mighty meter which measures the all-pervading and penetrating light of the sun? Where?—It simply can not be measured; it is measureless. Still, for six thousand long years it has been giving, giving, but “giving doth not impoverish” this prodigal light-bearer. His rays shine to-day as brightly as they did when they glinted with golden glory the luscious fruitage of the Garden of Eden. Whose mighty hand feeds that exhaustless flame which never goes out and never becomes dim?—Ah, it is His for “whose pleasure we are and were created.”
Again: mutual helpfulness is the law of life. The vapors rise from the seas and rivers of earth, gathering to themselves the life-giving rain and the refreshing dew. They take, only to give again. The vegetation of the field and the fruit of the earth absorb their nourishment from the generous soil; but these, also, take only to give again. Even the dumb animals recognize this universal law of mutuality, quietly receiving their food from the hand of man, only to repay him a hundredfold by their patient labor.
The very birds of the air sing us sweet songs, filling our groves with melody, and again rendering us valuable service in ridding our gardens of innumerable insect pests—all in return for the protection and appreciation of mankind. It is only poor, foolish mortals who wrap their cloak of vanity and selfishness about their poor, decaying bodies and refuse to extend the hand of helpfulness to their fellow men.
This is a weary, hungry world at the very best—hungry for love and sympathy, and sick of sin. Shall we harden our hearts against our fellow mortals, and refuse to lend a helping hand to the needy? If we remember that the Master has left us His wonderful example in this respect, and if we try to follow in His blessed steps, our children will be trained from their babyhood to look for opportunities of rendering loving helpfulness; then will the ugly weeds of selfishness be uprooted in very infancy. Children are, most of them, naturally helpful; but this God-given disposition is too often checked by unwise parents, instead of encouraged.
Neither need it be thought disgraceful or out of place to teach the boys in the family to do the work of the girls, and vice versa. It is no disgrace for a boy to know how to make his own bed neatly, or to keep his room tidy and in order; to brush and fold his own clothes, and to sweep and dust his little room,—it is a good thing. And it detracts not one whit from the womanly qualities of Julia and Anna because they can harness a horse or even milk a cow as well and as quickly as their brothers.
Mutual helpfulness, mutual love, mutual sympathy—blessed trio. Let us encourage their growth in our own hearts and in the hearts and lives of our children.

Logical Punishment.

A rude child must not join the company in the parlor until he is willing to behave — the parlor is sacred to courtesy, which means only minute consideration for others.
An ill-tempered child must vent his spleen on emptiness, since friendly ears would ache when listening to the insanities of anger.
A tardy child should find his pleasures delayed; if he dawdles in dressing he must lose some part of his breakfast. If he lingers unduly over getting to bed at night, his bed-time should come earlier the next night to make up for lost sleep.
The child who will not help others should not be helped. If he quarrels, he should be left companionless; if he lies, his word should not count — other persons’ speech may be golden, but his is counterfeit; his simple statement must be proved, it can not stand unsupported. If he steals, he must restore what he took, with open acknowledgment of his deed; if he persists, he must steal his own freedom and be shut up. If he fights, he must be cut off from association with those whom he thus maltreats.
In all these instances, a misbehaving child merely gets a home foretaste of what the world decrees for a misbehaving man. In most cases, the child himself will recognize the justice of such a return of the deed upon the doer.
The busy mother, with other children, a husband, a house to manage, and a few faults and frailties of her own, can not always make sure of dealing prompt and perfect retribution; but she must try to teach the child to regulate his conduct because he really wants to be good; to teach him to fear the sin, and not the consequences of it to himself. She should seek to make the punishment she feels she must administer so convincing and enlightening as to set the child to work mastering his own shortcomings. Above all things, one must have patience and forbearance, and the charity that “covereth a multitude of sins,” when dealing with the child, striving to keep the idea of the sin separate from the suffering the consequences must surely bring, not only to the child himself, but to others.—Success.

THE MAN OF VALOR.

By A. W. Spaulding

The latest book from the press. By A. W. Spaulding. Equally interesting to young and old. Telling in a most pleasing way of the triumphs of Israel, under the leadership of Jonathan (The Man of Valor), through faith in the power of their God. A most inspiring book, and should be in every home. 247 pages. Price, 75 cents, post-paid. Address this office.

S. S. Supplies

By Editor

S. S. Supplies.—We still have a good supply of S. S. Record F at 35 cents, for schools of 20 to 90 members; class records at 10 cents; S. S. Quarterlies at five cents each. If you need a Bible, send for our “Select List of Bibles.” Address, Pacific Press Publishing Assn., Mountain View, Cal.

“HERALDS OF THE MORNING”

The appalling loss of life by murder and suicide, political and social troubles, dissatisfaction between employer and employee, strikes and fires, wars and rumors of wars—all these are of daily occurrence. What do they mean? and is there any significance to these things at this particular time? To the close observer, all these are evidences that there is a nearing social vortex into which all unsettled factions, and the world at large, will be plunged. When and how this will be brought about is revealed in “Heralds of the Morning.” By appealing to the “sure word of prophecy,” the author clearly shows that these conditions were to exist just before the Lord’s return, and points out many other signs that the Scriptures tell us are certain heralds of the glad morning when strife shall cease, and peace and happiness reign forever. That the reader may understand these events, and be prepared for the final outcome, is our reason for calling attention to this valuable work. More than 150 illustrations vividly portray that upon which the subject-matter treats. A live book upon a live subject.
Bound in cloth, with marbled edges. Special price for a short time, $1.75.
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SPIRITUALISM

By Editor

The March Signs Monthly Magazine is an unusually good number. The leading secular magazines and journals of the country have given much favorable attention in recent months to the subject of

SPIRITUALISM

There is plenty of Bible evidence showing that this popular error is of satanic origin. Five splendid forcibly written articles, giving the truth of the question, will be a feature of the March monthly. Write your tract society or us about it.

LIBERTY

THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BUREAU
An illustrated, 48-page, quarterly magazine, published as an exponent and advocate of true religious liberty; defending Christianity and the rights of conscience; upholding the Bible as the infallible word of God; recognizing the church and state as ordained of Heaven for specific and distinct purposes, but vigorously protesting against the alliance of the church with the state in the attempt to advance religion and to promote the state.
Price 25 cents per year. Liberal terms to agents.
Address, LIBERTY, Takoma Park, D. C.

Life and Health

A PRACTICAL health journal, published with a view of meeting hygienic needs in every home; teaching how to care for the health and how to preserve life; prescribing simple home treatments to assist nature in throwing off diseases rather than adding more poison by using drugs or unnatural stimulants as remedies: teaching how to avoid disease as far as possible, how to manage in the home when sickness does come, and how to combat the disease by simple remedies which nature provides.
Send for sample copy and special rates to agents.
Price 10 cents per copy or $1.00 per year.
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