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Signs of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 1.

SCRIPTURE THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
Earlier text: THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

THE West Michigan Herald says that on November 18 seven Emmanuel Missionary College students were baptized in the St. Joseph River.
IN the Pacific Union Recorder, Brother C. N. Martin reports four converts to the faith at Yuba City, Cal., three of whom were baptized.
DURING the week of prayer, meetings were held by the Mountain View Church in the Pacific Press chapel, altho the attendance was somewhat divided between that service and the series of lectures being delivered in a public hall by Brethren W. T. Knox and J. O. Corliss. The collection for missions amounted to about $360.
THE editor of the Christian Record, our paper for the blind, sends out another appeal to our brethren to assist in the work of giving the Gospel to this most unfortunate class of people. Those who desire to help in the good work can send donations to Miss Katie Coleman, College View, Neb., who is secretary for this work. There is a pressing need of funds.
OF the special numbers of our periodicals issued for the fall campaign, Northern Illinois Conference ordered as follows, as noted in the Recorder: Special SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 1,297 sets of four; Special Watchman, 245 sets; Sion's Vaktare (Swedish), 1,000 copies; Evangeliets Sendebud (Danish-Norwegian), 1,600 copies. This was the report up to December 4.
IN the Canadian Messenger, Brother W. R. Andrews reports that at the close of a series of tent-meetings in Gagetown, N. B., there were eleven who had taken a decided stand for the truth, and a Sabbath-school of fourteen members. Of the New Brunswick Conference he says: "The hearts of the people are full of hope, and the outlook for the future of the Maritime Conference is of an encouraging nature."
WRITING from Globe, A. T., Brother Walter Harper reports his usual success in canvassing. He notes fifty-two orders for books, large and small, helps, etc., in one day, amounting to $121.10. The next day the amount was $90. His orders, when actually at work, run from $250 to $300 per week—something over $3,000 since last August. Brother Harper always remembers to ask God for guidance in his work, and to give Him credit for the results. This is the secret of his success as a book canvasser.
BROTHER F. C. GILBERT, who is engaged in special work for the Jews, gives us this interesting information: "In the United States and its possessions, according to the most recent census, there are 1,418,813 Jews. And they are still coming into this country rapidly. There is a movement among the wealthy Jews in this country to bring in several million more. They are going west in great numbers." The Atlantic Union Conference is taking definite steps to do Gospel work among this people, and about sixty thousand copies of the tract, "Israel's Deliverer," have been circulated. Brother Gilbert is calling through the various conference papers, for co-operation in this work. Offerings for the free distribution of literature may be sent to Miss Jennie Thayer, South Lancaster, Mass., of whom tracts may be received.
THAT a medical convention should have for its leading thought the question, "Have ye received the Holy Ghost?" may seem strange to some people. Yet in noting the medical convention recently held at College View, Neb., the Reporter says: "The reception of the Holy Spirit was the key-note of every paper read at the medical convention, and of the discussions which followed their presentation. 'Have ye received the Holy Ghost?' This was made paramount to every other question, touching the qualification of the Christian physician, as well as of every other worker in God's cause. This was made the theme of a Bible study for ministers, doctors, and nurses each morning at 8 o'clock, and also of the public discourse each evening." Why should it not be so? A part of the Gospel commission is to heal the sick, and that part of the work needs the aid of the Spirit as much as any other. Then why should the Christian physician not seek that paramount endowment?

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ANNUAL MEETING CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION.

By W. T. Knox, President; M. H. Brown, Secretary

The tenth annual meeting of the California Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, at Oakland, Cal., Jan. 22-25, 1906, for the purpose of electing a board of seven directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
W. T. KNOX, President, M. H. BROWN, Secretary.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-NEVADA CONFERENCE.

The thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene at Oakland, Cal., January 22 at 9 o'clock, A.M., at the church corner of Twelfth and Brush Streets, continuing until January 25. Each church should at once select their delegates at the ratio of one delegate for the church, and an additional delegate for every twenty members. A full delegation at this session is earnestly desired.
W. T. KNOX, President, T. A. KILGORE, Secretary.

PACIFIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

A MEETING of the Pacific Educational Association will be held in connection with the thirty-fifth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, to be held at Oakland, Cal., January 22-25. Questions of importance concerning Healdsburg College and its work will be considered.
W. T. KNOX, President, T. A. LASHER, Secretary.

MEDICAL MISSIONARY TRAINING SCHOOL.

By Editor

A SPECIAL Training School for Medical Missionaries will be organized the first of January, 1906, in connection with the Loma Linda Sanitarium, of Southern California. It is designed to make this a Training School for all branches of Medical Missionary work, the Nurses' Course forming only one line of the studies. Those desiring to enter this training school should send for further information at once. Address, Loma Linda Training School, Loma Linda (Redlands), California.

"SAVE THE BOYS."

By Editor

It is stated that in one state's prison, where many young men are confined, inquiry proved that the majority were there because of strong drink. On reading this statement the publisher of Save the Boys felt deeply moved to renewed activity.
Doubtless many another state's prison would reveal similar conditions; and besides, there is a great army of boys and girls going down to ruin by the giant evils of rum and tobacco. And soon, very soon, we must meet them in the judgment. But what is being done to save them? As an inducement for co-operation we propose to give $1,000 to as many Sabbath-schools and individuals if they will order a club of the journal, and do it quickly. If the reader is interested to learn the particulars, send five cents for a sample copy telling how this is to be done. Address, "Save the Boys," Washburn Park, Minneapolis, Minn.

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EDUCATION IN THE HOME. NO. 31.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

BY MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE.
"Do you think, Mr. Hartman, that the minister really made a mistake, or do you not believe that he intentionally misread the text?" queried Mr. Gray.
"O no! I am positive. Elder B— supposed he was reading the text correctly. In vain did Elder A— protest and suggest a more careful reading. The reverend gentleman insisted that he had given a correct rendering of the text. Indeed, after giving it a second and even a third reading, the missing and all-important word was not supplied: 'Madness is in their hearts while they live, and after they go to the dead!' insisted the preacher; and I will venture to say," declared Brother Hartman, "that Eccl. 9:3 was never so badly read before. Meanwhile the large audience was getting excited.
"Our learned opponent, here," said Elder B—, casting a withering glance in the direction of Elder A—, "insists that I have not read correctly; but I assure him I am quite capable of reading English. However, perhaps our friend would like to favor the congregation with a rendering. But evidently his Bible is not like ours, so I will ask him to read from my own," victoriously announced the Elder, as he handed the sacred volume, with feigned humility, to Elder A—.
"Do you mean to say that the man had not yet discovered his mistake?" asked Mr. Gray.
"Yes; and I am certain he read the text at least three times. It seemed to me that the poor man's eyes must have been holden, so that the truth might have the greater victory, and shine all the brighter in contrast with error.
"By this time the interest of the congregation was intense, and one could easily select, by their appearance and attitude, those in the audience who favored Elder B— and those who longed to see him confused and confounded by Elder A—.
"There was one richly-dressed lady, who sat well up in front, who very plainly favored Elder A—. She became intensely excited as he arose in the desk, and stepping forward, took the proffered Bible from the hand of his opponent. The lady leaned forward in her seat, and her eyes shone like stars, while a look of the most indescribable anxiety was in her face.
"Elder A— opened the Book, looked over the congregation calmly, and said: 'Our brother has declared himself capable of reading the Scriptures correctly; but he has omitted a very important word in the text. Why he has done so, I am at a loss to understand, because that word is as plain as any in the Book. I will now read the text correctly. Those having their Bibles may follow me.' Eccl. 9:3: 'There is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after THAT,' cried Elder A— in a voice of thunder, 'after THAT, they go to the dead;' my audience will see that the omission of the word 'that,' alters the text considerably."
"Well," continued Brother Hartman, "the people were so enthusiastic that they could scarcely restrain themselves. The lady whom I mentioned, rose to her feet in her delight and enthusiasm, and dashed a beautiful and expensive fan which she held in her hand, against the centerpole of the tent. Of course the fan was ruined."
"But what did Elder B— do?" asked Mrs. Wilbur.
"Why, he left the tent, and did not come out to another meeting. But the truth of God gained a wonderful victory."
"How about the lady, father?" asked Elsie, "did she have the courage to live up to her convictions?"
"The lady? O no; I am sorry to say she was one of that large class of people whose heads are converted, but whose hearts remain unchanged—those who know their duty, but do it not."
Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Wilbur glanced at each other rather uneasily; they were thinking of the inspired assurance that such should be beaten with many stripes.
"O, it's not always the best-informed people who live nearest the Lord, Mr. Hartman," remarked Mr. Jones. He was wondering if his wife remembered the time when he had declared it impossible to keep the commandments of God—all of them—on account of his business. Actually, Mr. Jones found himself questioning sadly if the Lord would forgive him. Ah! the pleading Spirit of the Most High was striving with him,—nor is he the only member of that little group who feels its gentle pleading.
A silence fell over the company for a few minutes at the conclusion of the experience; when finally Brother Hartman began the regular lesson of the evening by asking Beth to announce the subject.
"We are going to find out by the Bible what God will do with the wicked," replied Beth. Billy Black had not forgotten the subject by any means; in fact he really cared more to listen to this study than any of the previous ones. He had thought deeply about it every night before he went to sleep, and finally he had asked his grandmother what she thought about it. The old lady supposed they would have to burn in the awful fires of hell eternally! and so she lost no time in telling Billy. But the lad had other ideas on the subject. He could not endure the thought that his poor, drunken father must burn eternally, even if he did abuse his only son shamefully when the demon drink was master.
"I don't see how any one can burn forever as long as he is not immortal," volunteered the poor lad. "I hope not, anyway," he continued. "Father's, well,—you know father," Mr. Hartman, and I'm not any too good!"
Poor Billy seldom made so long a speech, and now his feelings overcame him, and he hid his face in his hands. Grandma had been watching the boy very closely, and now she could bear it no longer,—she would tell him at once what the Holy Spirit said on the subject: "'For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'"
"There! O Mr. Hartman!" exclaimed Billy, his whole face lighting up with joy, "then I should think that any one that doesn't believe would perish, and not burn forever, and would not have everlasting life in misery."
"Billy's logic is as good as a lawyer's," declared Walter Gray. "I believe he's correct."
"But let us read still plainer testimony," said Brother Hartman.
"What does the Lord distinctly declare, in Mal. 4:1, will be the fate of the wicked? Josie will you read?"
" 'For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them root nor branch.'"
"That is rather plain language," remarked Mr. Gray; "that doesn't seem to teach the doctrine of eternal torment."
"Will you read the third verse, also, of the same chapter, Mr. Gray? this verse is as plain as the other:"
" 'And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.'"
"Actually, I'd no idea there was such a statement in the whole Bible," said Mrs. Gray.
(To be continued.)

HOW TO CLEAN SILVER AN EASIER WAY.

By Kentuckiene

(By Special Request.)
A YOUNG house-wife is confronted with the serious problem of cleaning all her bridal presents of silver for the first time. She says she failed utterly in getting them to look bright, besides the long time expended, and it tired her very much. She asks me to send to the Signs of the Times a method for cleaning silver which is good, and will save her much labor.
The whole service may be cleaned as effectively as if hours had been devoted to such work, if only you know how. Here is the best method I know.
Place a number of pieces of your silver in a boiler, first having filled it nearly full of rain-water and enough pearline to make a good suds, then place it on the range for half an hour and let it boil; take off and let cool enough to handle it, and rub each piece quickly with a clean chamois cloth, and they will look like new pieces of silver.
Silver should never be rubbed with flannel or cotton cloth. The unused silver will become tarnished, if exposed to the light and air; therefore to keep it in good condition each article should be wrapped in tissue paper. After each meal it is a good idea to gather the spoons, forks, and all such silver which is used daily, and put them into a small-sized dishpan kept for the purpose and cover with hot water to which a tablespoonful of pearline is added. Leave them a few minutes, then take out and rub quickly with a chamois cloth. They will look like new.
"KENTUCKIENE."

NEW YEAR SONG.

By Max Hill

BY MAX HILL.
SING of the happy New Year Time, Sing, for the flakes fall fast; Join with the bells in happy chime, Winter will soon be past.
Gone are the joys the old year brought, Gone are its sorrows, too; The old year's battles have all been fought; Welcome with joy the new.
Fill up the year with happiness, Sing your most cheering song; Sing, and the burdened soul will bless, Sing, and the faint grow strong.
Thank the dear Lord for blessings sent, He will provide for all; Take what He gives and be content, Jesus will hear you call.
Welcome the trials that come to you, Bearing will make you strong; Stand for the right, the good, the true, Dare to oppose the wrong.
Every day of the glad new year Live as in Jesus' sight; Trusting His promise you need not fear, Jesus will lead you right.

SACRIFICES TO THE GOD MOLOCH.

PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, in the Biblical World of some months ago, tells us that at the time when Israel was in the land of Canaan Babylonian culture was very prevalent there, that while Babylonian power had ceased, Babylonian civilization still remained. The remains of the Amorite cities' foundations clearly demonstrate the truth of what the spies reported to Moses, that the walls were built "up to heaven." Some of them were fourteen feet in thickness and provided with towers twenty-four feet in diameter. Underneath some of these ruins are great jars filled with the bodies of children which had been burned. These were at the "high places" in the city, showing one of the plain reasons why it was that God enjoined the destruction of the high places. It was this custom which was followed by the children of Israel, tho not to the extent that the Amorites followed it.

TO MEMORIZE THE BIBLE.

By Max Hill

BY MAX HILL.
OFTEN at family worship the Scripture reading makes no impression at all upon the minds and hearts of the hearers. Read as a matter of duty, perhaps, and often hurriedly, it is speedily forgotten, with no permanent good resulting. Often, too, a long chapter is chosen and commented upon, tiring the little folks, and wearying the uninterested. But if a shorter selection were read and a good verse memorized each day, the hour for family worship would be a source of strength and help.
Have a supply of cards, say three by six or three by eight inches, and after the reading, pick out the impressive verse and copy it on a card. It might be well to have each one copy the verse that impresses him. There are few chapters in the Bible that do not contain at least one good verse. If there is a difference of opinion as to the best verse, simply allow each one to choose. That which impresses one may not appeal to another at all. And the freedom of choice, you know, is one of man's privileges, granted by God Himself.
Copying the verses will of itself help in fixing them in the mind. If this is done before the morning meal, a pleasant way to get started would be to repeat the verse during breakfast. Then after breakfast have each one place his copy where he will see it during the day, by the work-bench or stand, over the table where you wash your dishes, any place where there will be no effort required to read it many times. Simply read it over and over. Don't make it a burden, but let your mind dwell on the thought in the words of the text, and before you are aware you will have it memorized, and at the evening rehearsal, with a little drill, it can be permanently fixed in the mind. What a treasure these gems will be.
For example, take the book of Galatians. On reading chapter one, the verse that appealed to me was the fourth, and the thought that Christ gave Himself for my sins to deliver me from this present evil world has been a comfort and strength to me ever since I learned it and made it my own. It helped me to make the twentieth verse of chapter two more real: "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me."
Here His love for me is again assured; and my accepting Christ assures me of something besides safe keeping and blessing, for "if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Chapter 3:29. For "when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons." Chapter 4:4, 5.
Then when I have made the promises of the Lord my own, I know that my life will be just what it should be, for "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Chapter 5:22, 23.
"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Chapter 6:14.
"And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Chapter 6:9.
The plan is by no means new; it has been successfully used by many. It may be varied in many different ways to suit the circumstances and desires of the family. I know a family in which it is the invariable custom to memorize some good thought from the Bible, or other good sources, at mealtime. The members of that family are never at a loss for a good, appropriate quotation for any occasion. Such a method followed through the year will not fail to store the mind with good things from the Word of God.

LITERARY NOTICES.

By Editor

"Diplomatic Mysteries." By Vance Thompson, 378 pages. Illustrated. Cloth. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London.
There are ten chapters in this work as follows: "The Undoing of a King;" "The Great Austrian Conspiracy;" "The Sultan's Secret Agents;" "A Crown Prince's Escapades;" "The Fight Between France and the Vatican;" "The Truth About President Faure;" "The Lady of the Opals;" "Tolstoi, the One Free Man in Russia;" "Made in England;" "How Revolutions Are Made in Russia." The first is the wicked undoing of poor King Ludwig at the planning of an unscrupulous Bismarck and the ambitions of an unnatural mother. And other chapters, too, show the master hand and utterly unscrupulous soul of the Iron Chancellor. The next chapter tells the story of Bismarck's altering the royal telegram, and so involving France and Germany in war, and the bribery, assassination, murder, that followed in the removal of Prince Rudolph. In the chapter on France and the Vatican, we are told that the support of Leo XIII. was turned from the royalists to the republic because the royalists would not pay his price; and that the election of the present pope came about by the King of Italy tricking both France and Germany—setting France against Germany till the German candidate was disposed of, and then Germany against France till Rampolla was out of the way; and then Cardinal Sarto was brought forward, he who is Pius X. It is a tremendously striking book, and intensely interesting.
"The Moral Crusader, William Lloyd Garrison." A Biographical Essay Founded on the Story of Garrison's Life Told by His Children. By Goldwin Smith, D.C.L. Cloth, portrait of Garrison, 200 pages. Funk & Wagnalls Company.
This is a well-written, readable book of Professor Smith's. Whether it is best to print such books, and so in any way rouse new prejudices or old hatreds, is questionable; but the story of a man who had convictions, for which he was willing to dare and die, if need be, is worth reading. The story is well told.
"The Boys' Life of Christ." By William Byron Forbush, Ph.D., Litt.D. 12mo, cloth, 318 pages, eight half-tone illustrations, and map. Ornamental cover. $1.25, net. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York and London.
This book is an attempt to make more real the life of Jesus. It does not try to tell all that is in the Gospels; but aims to set forth the manly, the heroic, the real, vigorous, active qualities in the life of Jesus so as to appeal to boys. The miraculous has not been emphasized but the glorious manhood of the Son of God is set forth. The author has allowed some play to the imagination, founded on careful Oriental study. A childhood life of the time is given from the best sources attainable. We do not particularly admire the attempt to restate the words of Jesus in "modern English;" we still believe that the words of the American Standard Revised Version, and to a great extent our common version, are good "modern English."
"Bible History" (Old Testament) after the Results of Historical Criticism. Arranged for Students of Different Ages. By Pastor X. Koenig. Translated from the French. Cloth, 190 pages. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York.
The publishers take particular pains to inform us that the author is connected with the Protestant schools of Paris, and that he believes the Bible "the Word of God as truly as tho it were the work of a miracle from cover to cover." But the book tells us that "some of the Bible stories are not edifying, and others are not probable." The author has set the modern higher critics above the Bible, and accepts the Book according to their judgment. We do not wonder at the weakness of the Protestant church in France if men of such belief are her teachers. He tells us, as tho it were without question, that the writer of the book of Daniel borrowed the name of the prophet, and wrote somewhere about B.C. 165, contrary to the words of our Lord, and that "from design, he involves his words in an obscurity which does not fail to make extremely difficult the comprehension of his work." Daniel tells us that he wrote what God gave; that he himself did not understand his prophecy; but that the wise should understand it in the time of the end. See Dan. 12:4, 8-10. It is better to study the Bible. The Oxford helps are infinitely better.
"Adam and Eve: History or Myth? Missing Links." By Professor L. T. Townsend, D.D. The Chapple Publishing Company, Boston.
We are glad this little book has been published. It stands for the primitive faith of Christendom; for faith in the Bible; and it lays upon an infidel science some telling blows with cudgels which scientists have oftentimes unwittingly furnished. It is a refreshing little book, and we commend to Christian ministers its candid reading.
"The Vest-Pocket Standard Dictionary," abridged from the Funk & Wagnalls "Standard Dictionary," containing the correct spelling, pronunciation, syllabication, and definition of about 30,000 vocabulary terms, James C. Fernald, editor, is just leaving the press of Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Vol. XII. of the "Jewish Encyclopedia" will have thirty-three pages devoted to the Jews in the United States, a very clear and succinct account. It gives the number of Jews in each state, their occupation in general, religious standing, etc. A very low percentage of criminals is found among them.
"The Preparation of Manuscripts for the Printer," by Frank H. Vizetelly, associate editor of the "Standard Dictionary," Funk & Wagnalls Company, publishers, will be ready soon. Besides giving directions to authors on how to prepare copy and prepare proofs, Mr. Vizetelly's work points out how authors can reduce the cost of corrections in type, and tells them when, where, and how to make them.

STRETCH IT A LITTLE.

TRUDGING along the slippery street, Two childish figures, with aching feet And hands benumbed by the biting cold, Were rudely jostled by young and old, Hurrying homeward at close of day, Over the city's broad highway.
Nobody noticed or seemed to care For the little ragged, shivering pair. Nobody saw how close they crept Into the warmth of each gas-jet Which flung abroad its mellowy light From gay shop windows in the night.
"Come under my coat," said little Nell, As tears ran down Joe's cheeks and fell On her own thin fingers, stiff with cold; "'Tain't very big, but I guess 'twill hold Both you and me, if I only try To stretch it a little. So now don't cry."
The garment was small and tattered and thin, But Joe was lovingly folded in Close to the heart of Nell, who knew That stretching the coat for the needs of two Would double the warmth, and halve the pain Of the cutting wind and the icy rain.
"Stretch it a little," O girls and boys In homes overflowing with comforts and joys! See how far you can make them reach— Your helpful deeds and your loving speech, Your gifts of service and gifts of gold; Let them stretch to the households manifold.
—Selected.

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Russia’s Revolution and Liquor Traffic

By Editor

Late advices from Vladivostok and the Manchurian army are very discouraging, and show that Russian conditions in the far East are no better than in the West. A despatch from Vladivostok, of December 21, says: "The mutiny and rioting in the Manchurian army are extending, and the most terrible scenes are witnessed daily. A detachment of Cossacks has attacked the barracks at Tomsk, wherein 900 mutineers were confined, and set fire to the buildings. It is reported that all imprisoned men were roasted to death. Rioting on the streets here is continuing. In one street drunken Cossacks set fire to a block of houses, and massacred 120 of the residents as they attempted to escape. Numbers of people are killed daily on the streets." Fierce battles have been fought in Moscow, and it is difficult to tell which is more in need of a leader—the government or the revolutionists.
She lived in a hovel because her three sons spent their time and means in building homes for liquor dealers. This was the story told in a Sunday-school meeting at the Portland Exposition, when a temperance appeal to President Roosevelt was being considered. The resolution was passed amid great enthusiasm, and was forwarded to the President with the old lady's statement. Many a poor woman is living in a hovel for similar reason; and this condition is largely due to the fact that the people's official representatives are bribed or overawed by the influence of the liquor traffic. And strange as it is, those who sacrifice most to support the iniquity—either voluntarily or by force—are the greatest sufferers by its success. The traffic has no mercy or charity for the victims of its cruel greed.
Once more we call attention to our reports on the Inter-Church Federation Conference. They are the fullest to be obtained. After the reports the lessons.

War, Peace, and International Distrust

It is a question for Japanese financiers to consider, whether war or peace is the cheaper from a money standpoint. It is now said, on the authority of a Tokyo press correspondent, that "the government will seek the consent of the Diet to increase the army from thirteen to twenty divisions, in order that Japan may be better qualified to discharge the obligations of her alliance with Great Britain." It would seem to be the irony of international friendship, as well as an ominous sign of the times, that it requires a greater military foundation to maintain an alliance with a friendly nation than to carry on a war with an enemy. By some means it appears that there is so little confidence between the governments of earth that even their nominal friendships are based upon military bases. They all seem to contemplate war possibilities, whatever their pretensions of peaceful intent; and it all implies a condition of distrust because of a general insincerity. Hence the "distress of nations, with perplexity" just prior to His second advent, foretold by the Lord. Luke 21:25-28.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our readers.

By Editor

Cork Harbor Free from Thunderstorms

According to the “London Mail,” there is one place in this world where there are no thunderstorms, and that is in the harbor of Cork. The winds across that harbor are such that the gathering of the thunder clouds is successfully resisted.

Errata and Corrections

By Editor

Errata.—It was not our intention to do Dr. Van Dyke the injustice that the types did in our issue December 20 last, page 6, third column, seventh line from the top. It there reads: "The man who wants to be saved above is on the way to be damned." It should have read: "The man who wants to be saved alone is on the way to be damned." And this is true, while the other is not. Let those who are preserving these reports make a note of this.
Also in the "Sixth Meeting," issue of December 27, page 6, first column, Dr. Anthony is made to say, "our denomination," instead of "one denomination," as it should be.

ARTICLES FROM ROME ON ROME.

By Editor

Our own correspondent in Rome, Pastor Charles T. Everson, will contribute during the year the following articles of great interest to the student of ecclesiastical history and present religio-civil conditions:
  1. Origin and Development of the Temporal Dominion of the Papacy.
  2. The Temporal Rule a Reign of Corruption.
  3. Will the Seat of the Papacy Ever Be Removed from Rome?
  4. New Departures in Papal Policy.
  5. The Change in the Papacy of Form, but Not of Heart.
These articles will be of intense interest to every reader.
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