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Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 18.

Bible Helps and Religious Notes
Earlier text: NOTES

WHAT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEADS TO.

"Mrs. Cray, your boy is abusing a cat, and very badly. You had better step out and see to him." A neighbor who was passing an open window where Mrs. Cray sat sewing, said this.
Mrs. Cray looked up with a most unpleasant expression of face, and made no reply, until the neighbor was beyond hearing. Then she growled, rather than spoke, "I do wish people would mind their own business."
As if it were not the "business," yes, and the imperative duty, of everyone, to prevent harm, and to do good whenever there is opportunity, and especially in the case of wrong to human beings, or cruelty to helpless animals.
Then she rose, and, going to the back door, called sweetly to her son, "Nonie, my love, come to mother. She has got a turn-over for you. Poor dear," she said mentally, "he is so active, and has no brother to play with him."
Nonie flung down the cat he had been tormenting and choking, which was now forever out of the reach of tormentors, and, leaping rudely up the back steps, bumped forcibly against his mother, shouting, "Where's yer turn-over, marm? Hurry up and give me it. An' I want two."
"I have only one, dear; grandma gave it to me."
"Yas, one little thing like that? I don't know which is meanest, you or granny. There!" and the boy crowded the whole turn-over, at two bites, into his wide mouth.
"I'll make you some more this forenoon, sonny," said Mrs. Cray.
"Well, see that you make 'em sweeter, a good deal sweeter than this one," was the young ruler's command. Then he ran out to seek for more mischief to do.
That afternoon an old aunt of Mrs. Cray's came to visit her, and to spend a few days at her house.
"It is a prayer-meeting night, aunt, would you like to go?" said Mrs. Cray.
"I think not, niece. I seldom go out of an evening. Am too blind and tired. Susie, dear, I am come to that time of life when bed has more attraction for me when darkness falls, than any other place in this world."
"Well, auntie, just as you say. I will stay home with you, if you desire it."
"Oh, no, my dear, you go by all means. I will go to bed very soon after you leave. Where is Nonie? Does he go to meeting with you?"
"Not often, aunt; he don't like the confinement, and I do not like to force him, lest I cause him to take a prejudice against such things."
To this the old lady made no reply; but her thoughts fled backward to a time when beside her in prayer-meetings sat two bright little ones, who never took the least dislike to "such things."
"That is your room, aunt; you can open the door now, and let it get well warmed. And you can undress right here by the fire. Why, Nonie, what are you doing in here?"
"Nothing much," said the lad, almost upsetting his mother in the rush he made from the room, thence to the street door, and away into the night.
"Well, I'm sure!" ejaculated the surprised old woman.
"He is such an active boy," admiringly remarked the mother.
"But do you think he is safe off so in the evening?"
"Oh, yes, I guess so. He has no playmate at home, you know, so he needs some change and diversion."
Auntie said nothing. "You needn't mind anything about him: I'll leave the door unlocked, and you go to bed any time you want to. I hope you will sleep well, and feel real bright in the morning."
"Thank you, niece, I hope I shall."
Mrs. Cray went out, and soon "auntie," after kneeling down before the fire to offer her evening prayer, prepared herself for bed, and lay down in it.
But she scrambled out of bed in hurry and alarm. It was soaking wet, and cold as ice, from the foot a third of the way up.
The poor old lady's feet and her night clothes were wet. She shivered. What should she do? She spread open the bed, took off her wet garments, which she hung up to dry, dressed in her day clothes, and tried to warm herself by the fire. There was a beautiful, new, soft rug on the floor. This she took up, and heated quite hot, then she lay down on the sofa, and covered herself with it, and at last she fell asleep.
Thus her niece found her. Nonie was skulking about the door, waiting the return of his mother. He entered with her, loudly demanding something to eat. "Something good, I tell ye!" he amended.
Auntie awoke. Her head ached and she shivered.
"Nonie, did you do this?" asked Mrs. Cray when she saw the condition of the bed.
"No!" roared that pet. "I say, get me something good to eat."
This was done before damages were repaired. The poor old lady was put in Mrs. Cray's bed, and warm-water bottles placed about her. "John and I will take the other bed, when I have got it all dry," she said. Aunty had a narrow escape from death by the cold taken from her wetting. Mr. Cray was inclined to the opinion that Nonie should be thrashed for this performance, but his mother objected.
"The Dark Ages are passed," she said; "people do not now beat their own flesh and blood. Nonie must have more to amuse him. He is smart and active, that is all."
And so this ill-disposed urchin went on from bad to worse, unrestrained. And the months fled, and the years, and Nonie was a man. That is, he attained the years of manhood. His father died, he alone was left to his mother. How often it is seen on earth that the comfort and staff is taken, and the troubler left. And how sure a doom it is that if you disregard any law of the Lord, for the sake of any human idol (every person whom we please at the expense of duty to God, is an idol), that very idol will punish you. Let no one think to escape this. Let us take heed with care, that we sin not in this matter. Few sorrows are so great as that caused by the ingratitude of an idol. If you desire the love of your child, train that child to fear God and keep his commandments, and to honor and obey you. At your peril dote on any child. He will certainly despise you, though he may have a nature too gentle to do you harm. As for such natures as Nonie's, you can hardly too early apply the excellent medicine of Solomon, "Spare not the rod." Subdue him to implicit obedience before he is four years old, or probably you never can. Be as loving and indulgent as your heart desires while he is submissive; but let him know that there is no escape from punishment when he rebels. Thus will you save him and yourself from great misery, perhaps from destruction. "Spare the rod, spoil the child," is a solemn truth in such cases. There are children who need only gentle measures; but they are not very numerous.
But Nonie. We will not dwell long on his history. He rewarded his mother, as was to be expected. And one day he seated himself beside her, and shot her through the head.
This is a true story. Would it might prove a profitable lesson to parents who yet have time to "train up" their children in the way they should go. No improvement on the laws of God is possible.—N. Y. Evangelist.

HIGH LIVING.

THE men employed about the dome and roof of St. Peter's at Rome are called San Pietrini. They dwell upon the roof. Most of them were born there, as were generations of their kind gone before. There are forty-one of them—twenty regular employes, seventeen supernumeraries, two aspirants to the place of supernumerary, and two who do only sweeping and cleaning. The illumination of the dome and cupola used to take over three hundred men. Extra hands were hired for the occasion from trades and occupations in which labor is done at dizzy heights, and they were set to work under the direction of the San Pietrini. Every precaution was taken against accidents. The writer's informant, a San Pietrini grown old and gray in the service, said that, although oftentimes some of the men employed were careless, yet, during the forty-four years preceding 1870, only three men, all of them San Pietrini, had lost their lives by falling. One fell from the roof while repairing an arm of the statue of St. Andrew; the other two fell while illuminating the dome.—Independent.

The Home Circle.

SONG FOR THE MARTHAS.

BY ONE OF THEM.
DROP your burden, just a minute, Lift your eyes and see the light; There's such grace and glory in it, To a Heaven-anointed sight. Do not be forever toiling For this poor earth's shining sands, Letting all the peace and gladness Slip through weary, aching hands. Gather loving friends around you, Make them glad with words of praise, Keep not all the shining treasure Hoarded for the latter days. Get a little inspiration From the sunshine and the dew, Let the shining stars of heaven Sift a little glory through. Care will never heal the heart-ache, Gold can never save from sin; Stores of rich and shining treasure Heal the deadly thirst within. Hear the blessings on the lilies, Frail and idle, low and sweet, Sit awhile with gentle Mary, Listening at the Master's feet. —N. Y. Observer.

Health and Temperance.

By Theodore L. Cuyler

STOP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!

A PLAIN TALK WITH YOUNG MEN.

A YOUNG man, who had just lost an excellent situation by a two days' "spree," came into my study lately, and said to me:—
"Doctor, I cannot understand how it is that I should have made such a fool of myself and thrown away my chance for a living. This is almost killing my little wife."
I replied to him: "There is no mystery about your case. You have been tampering with drink a long while, trying to jump half way down Niagara. You ought to have stopped before you began. It would not have cost you one-hundredth part as much effort to have signed a total abstinence pledge several years ago as it will now to break loose from this terrible habit." I entreated my friend to grapple his weakness to God's strength; he signed a pledge of entire abstinence, and went away with the desperate look of a man who is pulling for life in the rapids, in full sight of the cataract.
That young man is a fair representative of a sadly numerous class who "lock the stable-door after the horse is stolen." He may possibly be saved, but so as by fire. My plain talk to-day is with those who have not yet flung themselves into the rapids. I wish to give half a dozen common-sense reasons for letting every intoxicating drink (whatever its name) entirely alone. He who never touches a drop will assuredly never become a drunkard. Prevention is easy, is safe, is sure; reformation is difficult, and with some persons is well-nigh impossible. . . .
1. The first argument, my young friend, for total abstinence is that no healthy person needs an alcoholic beverage; and even invalids had better be careful how they tamper with it as a medicine. Sir Henry Thompson and several other distinguished British physicians have deliberately declared that "alcohol cannot, in any sense, be considered necessary for the maintenance of healthy life; that it is not a food in any true sense of that term; and that the steadiest and best work is done without it." Livingstone, the heroic explorer of Central Africa, was both a physician and a teetotaler. His testimony was, "I find that I can stand every hardship best by using water, and water only." I entreat you not to fall into the delusion that you can do honest work the better by firing up your nerves with alcohol. If you do, you will have to increase the fuel constantly in order to produce the effect. Solid food and sound sleep are all you require. Even as a tonic medicine, wine and Bourbon may cover up a great deal; they cure but very little. Several friends I have known to be decoyed by them into drunkenness and disgrace.
2. Therein lies a second reason for avoiding all intoxicants. They are deceitful. Not only the sting of the serpent, but the subtlety of the serpent, is in them. The deception lies in the fact that the habit of drinking will become confirmed before you suspect it. That young man who came into my study so tortured with the adder's bite, never dreamed at the outset that he was playing with a rattlesnake.
Every alcoholic drink has in it this quality, that it never satisfies, but awakens a constant demand for more. A small glass creates a thirst for a larger; one draught only whets the appetite for a second. This is not the case with any wholesome food or beverage. Bread and beef do not breed excess; one glass of milk does not arouse a morbid thirst for two the next time. But this horse-leech quality in alcoholic liquors, which cries, "Give, give," and is never satisfied, is the very thing that makes them so dangerous. This it is which makes it so difficult to drink wine or brandy moderately, and so easy to fall into drunkenness. A healthful beverage satisfies appetite; a hurtful one, like wine or brandy, stimulates appetite until it becomes an uncontrollable frenzy. This I regard as the Creator's law against alcohol; and when you take your first social glass you begin to play with a deadly serpent.
You may say, "Everyone who drinks liquors does not become a sot." Very true, but every sot drinks liquors; and not one in a million ever expected to become a sot when he began with his champagne or his "sherry cobbler." Will you run the risk? I would not. The two reasons why I am a teetotaler are that I dare not trust myself, and I dare not tempt others by my example. The most deplorable wrecks are those of men or women who at the outset considered themselves perfectly strong and invulnerable. Nothing from the pen of Dickens can surpass a heart-rending letter which I received from a cultured gentleman (then in an almshouse), who declared that he traced all the misery of his life directly to the "first glass he ever drank at the N— House, in the capital of Ohio." First glasses have peopled hell! With whatever "odds" in your favor, will you run the fearful hazard? Then stop before you begin!
A third reason why alcoholic drinks are dangerous is that it is the peculiar property of alcohol to strike directly to the brain. Some drugs have an affinity for the heart; others for the spine. The glass of brandy aims for the brain, as a hound makes for a hare. In striking the brain it overturns the throne of the reason and turns a man into a maniac. Like the shot in a naval battle, which hits "between wind and water," the alcoholic death-shot strikes where body and mind meet, and sends both to the bottom. No brain is proof against it. . . . Stop, my friend, before you begin! . . .
I might multiply arguments in favor of total abstinence as the only certain safeguard. The grace of God is powerless if you voluntarily yield to temptation. It is a defiance to the Almighty for you to leap into the rapids and expect him to save you from the cataract. No small part of my own life has been spent in bootless efforts to save those who were in the swift and treacherous current. The remainder of it shall be spent in endeavoring to prevent young men from embarking on the stream which is all music and mirth at the starting-point and all death and damnation at the bottom. Tons of arguments and appeals have been printed on this vital question, how to save young men from strong drink, but they may all be condensed into one line—Stop before you begin!—Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D., in Independent.

Caution in Pleasures

"Put this restriction on your pleasures: Be cautious that they injure no being which has life."

WHY THE QUAKER BOUGHT A HORSE.

By Eugene Sue

DURING one winter in France the pavements became very slippery by the frost, and did not present any hold for the horses' feet. One of these animals, harnessed to a large cart heavily laden with wood, was utterly unable to advance a step forward, while the carter, a powerful fellow, was belaboring the poor brute with his heavy whip, striking him over the head with relentless ferocity. Breathless, and struggling violently, the poor horse was so exhausted by his continued and severe efforts that, in spite of the cold, he was covered with sweat and foam. Now, throwing himself into his collar with desperate exertion, he tugged so that the stones beneath his feet threw out sparks of fire; now, far from being discouraged, he backed a few paces to take breath, and again tried, but in vain, to draw his load. Twice did he nearly fall, his knees touched the pavement; the carter raised him by the bit, leaving the mouth of the animal raw and bleeding. A third time, after a violent effort, he fell on his knees, one knee entangled beneath him; he could not recover himself, but fell on his side, where he lay trembling, bathed in sweat, and his eyes fixed on his brutal owner. The rage of his master then knew no bounds; and after breaking his whip over the head of the horse, which, kept down by the shafts, lay groaning on the stones, he began kicking the unfortunate animal on the nostrils. At this moment a Quaker stopped, and pushed his way among the crowd. Unable to endure this scene for a moment, the Quaker approached the carter and took him by the arm, who turned with a menacing look.
"Friend," said the Quaker in a calm tone, showing the carter fifteen louis d'or, which he held in his hand, "wilt thou sell me thy horse for this gold?"
"What do ye say?" inquired the carter; "will ye give me that sum for the brute?"
"Fifteen louis," said the Quaker. "But why should ye buy the horse?"
"That is nothing to thee. If thou sellest thy horse, thee must unload thy cart, unharness the horse, and assist him to rise."
"It is a bargain."
"Then unshackle the poor horse, for he is crushed by the weight of his burden."
The bystanders lent their aid to free the horse. The poor animal was bleeding in many places, and such was his terror of the carter that he trembled at his approach.
"But I cannot tell why you bought the brute," said the carter.
"I can tell thee; it was to free him from thy cruelty that I bought him," replied the Quaker.—Eugene Sue.

SECULAR.

—The decrease of the public debt for April was $13,078,265.
—There are at present 3,064 languages spoken by the inhabitants of the globe.
—Secretary Blaine has been suffering very severely from rheumatism and lumbago.
—Henry George is proclaiming his land tax theology to large audiences in the British Isles.
—Malietoa, the deposed king of Samoa, has been released from exile by the German Government.
—Over 400,000 orange trees have already been planted this year in two counties of California alone.
—William H. Barnum, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, died at Lime Rock, Conn., April 30.
—Four men were drowned in the Cascades of the Columbia River while attempting to cross in a row-boat recently.
—There has been an increase of $768,683 in the amount of money in circulation in the United States since April 1st.
—It is currently reported that the President has tendered the position of Public Printer to Frank Palmer, of Chicago.
—The Samoan Conference being held in Berlin seems to be progressing satisfactorily for the principal parties concerned.
—Details from the Orient confirm the burning of Ichang in North China. About seven hundred houses were destroyed.
—Four hundred men were thrown out of employment by the burning of the Aurora Mine, at Ashland, Wis., the 29th ult.
—The exports of gold from New York during the week ending May 4 were $3,186,000, the principal part of which went to Europe.
—A gigantic iron and steel manufacturing corporation is being formed in Chicago, to be known as the Illinois Steel Company. The capital stock is $25,000,000, and the concern will be the largest of its kind in the world.
—Railroad net earnings in January, for about one-half the railroads in the country, show an increase of one-third over the same month in 1888.
—The new mayor of Chicago intimates that the gambling dens in that city must close up. The existing laws on the subject will be rigidly enforced.
—Dispatches from New Mexico and Arizona under date of April 30 stated that the Apaches were again committing atrocities, and a general uprising was feared.
—The Australian election law, with modifications to suit the locality, has been adopted by both Houses of the Missouri Legislature, and awaits the Governor's signature.
—The $1,500,000 of indemnity returned to Japan by the United States Government on account of the Shimonoseki affair, will be used to construct a harbor at Yokohama.
—After figuring up the entire expenses connected with the centennial celebration at New York, the committee find that they have a balance of nearly $300,000 in the treasury.
—The total appropriations made by the last Congress aggregate the modest little sum of $817,878,075. This is an excess of $71,654,561 over the appropriations for the preceding year.
—The British steamer Cotopaxi from Liverpool via Rio Janeiro for Valparaiso, struck a rock near the Straits of Magellan on the 15th inst. and foundered. There was no loss of life.
—The health of the King of Holland has improved to such an extent that the Dutch Parliament has passed a resolution restoring his power. The Duke of Nassau will retire to Taurus.
—Furious fires are reported as raging in the Northern Wisconsin timber districts. The entire forest from Ashland to Clear Lake, a distance of 150 miles, was reported to have on the 4th inst.
—The new torpedo boat being built for the Navy Department at Bristol, R. I., is expected to be ready for trial in another month. The contract calls for a speed of not less than twenty knots per hour.
—Senator John Sherman, John C. New, Consul General to London, W. W. Thomas, Minister to Sweden and Norway, and Lincoln Valentine, Consul from Honduras, sailed for Europe the 1st inst.
—During the display of fireworks connected with the centennial celebration at Chicago the 30th ult., a panic was created and more than fifty people were crushed in the crowd. Several were fatally injured.
—Recent dispatches from Naples, Italy, report the volcano Vesuvius in an alarming state of eruption. Streams of lava are pouring down its sides in the direction of Pompeii, which is again threatened.
—Difficulty is feared in the Argentine Republic on account of the large influx of Italian immigration. Orders have been issued to British shipping agents to restrict the number of immigrants to 200 per month.
—A general strike of the building trades for an average advance of 25 cents per day was inaugurated at Pittsburg the 1st inst., and union workmen have been suspended on most new buildings. The strike involves about 5,000 men.
—The Board of Naval Officers have agreed upon plans for the eight new war ships authorized by the last Congress. The vessels will all be built with steel frames, and several will be constructed wholly of steel. The entire cost will be $5,000,000.
—The Copper Conference recently held in Paris for the purpose of establishing a uniform rate for this article failed to agree, and has broken up without accomplishing anything. Copper will hereafter be placed on the open market and sold for what it will bring.
—Six leading British syndicates, representing a vast amount of money, are buying up the leading American breweries, with a view to establishing a corner in beer. It is to be hoped they will get it cornered up so close that none can escape, and then just keep it there.
—The 4th inst. witnessed the passing of the fifteenth day of the fast of the eccentric George Francis Train, at New York. He says he is not trying to commit suicide, but is simply ridding himself of superfluous tissue in order to get ready for a great pestilence which he declares is imminent. He says he possibly may continue his fast for 100 days.
—A horrible accident occurred on the Grand Trunk Railroad near Hamilton, Ont., the 28th ult. The St. Louis express jumped the track, and two cars telescoped and immediately took fire. Several persons were instantly killed, while others were imprisoned between the timbers and slowly burned to death. The total number of deaths is twenty at last accounts, and twenty others are injured, some very seriously.
—The Paris Exhibition opened with official ceremony the 6th inst. Everything was behindhand, and the exhibition hall presented a very incomplete appearance. An immense throng of visitors crowded the hotels of the city to their utmost capacity. A terrific thunder-storm passed over the great Eiffel tower a few days previous to the opening, but although the lightning flashed all around the tremendous structure, it only demonstrated very successfully the properties of the tower as an electrical conductor.
—April 30th was the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of Washington as the first President of the United States. The day was generally observed with appropriate ceremonies all over the country. The most notable feature was the reception of President Harrison at New York. The naval display and the grand triumphal procession which followed were the finest ever witnessed in the United States. Over 100,000 people took part in the parade, and it is estimated that the crowd of spectators who gathered to witness the ceremonies numbered at least three millions. A free banquet for 6,000 people was given on the night following the festivities.

Appointments.

By John Norton Loughborough

CHANGE OF THE NEVADA CAMP-MEETING.

As the haying season in Nevada is coming on earlier than was anticipated when the Reno camp-meeting was first appointed, to accommodate the brethren there, we change the time of the meeting from June 5-12 to May 22-29. Now let all lay their plans to attend without fail. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETINGS.

By John Norton Loughborough

DURING the recent council of the California Conference Committee the remaining camp-meetings for the season were arranged, as follows:—
Humboldt County meeting, at Ferndale, beginning Thursday evening, August 15, and closing Thursday morning, August 22.
Southern California meeting, at San Diego, beginning Thursday evening, August 29, and closing Monday morning, September 9.
The general camp-meeting and conference will be in Oakland, upon the same ground as last year, commencing with a workers' meeting, which will be held from September 18 to 25. The camp-meeting proper will begin on the evening of September 25, and close on the morning of Monday, October 7.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, Pres.

TENT-MEETINGS.

By California Conference Committee

The Conference Committee have arranged to run seven tents in California this season. These we have numbered in reference to their locality in the State, commencing with the Southern field.
No. 1. San Diego County, H. F. Courter, L. A. Scott, and Brother Stubbs.
No. 2. Los Angeles County, Brother and Sister G. K. Owen, E. A. Briggs, and Rolla Morton.
No. 3. Fresno and Tulare Counties, D. C. Hunter, Frank Thorp, and E. L. Merrill.
No. 4. Sacramento County, A. Hickox, T. Brighouse, J. E. Caldwell, Jackson Martin, and Brother Lacey.
No. 5. Butte County, E. R. Jones, Geo. E. Hollister, E. McKibbin, and Edward Fulton.
No. 6. State of Nevada, Geo. Derrick, Lucius Church, and Frank Hutchins.
No. 7. Humboldt County, Frank Lamb, Thomas Coolidge, and Frank Burg.
CAL. CONF. COMMITTEE.

Obituary.

By J. W. Scoles

LELAND.—Died in Oakland, Cal., April 4, 1889, of cerebro-spinal meningitis, Ulah B. Leland, aged 3 years, 7 months, and 11 days. Little Ulah was a gentle, affectionate child, and was beloved by all who knew her. Her mother, Sister Leland, so lately called upon to mourn the loss of a dear husband, is thus doubly bereaved, but sorrows not as those who have no hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Jer. 31:16. J. W. SCOLES.
(Review and Herald please copy.)

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—Six hundred and forty-nine converts were received into membership at the Centennial Church (colored) in Baltimore, Md., on March 31.
—John Spaulding, D. D., secretary of the American Seamen's Friend Society, died at his residence in New York on the 30th inst., aged 89 years.
—The National Institute of the United States Presbyterian Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor was in session last week at Pittsburg, Pa.
—According to the Missionary Herald, the receipts of the American Board for seven months ending March 31 are $65,000 less on donations and legacies than for the same time last year.
—Twenty-two missionary societies in the United States are managed by women and supported by women; 751 missionaries are thus sustained. Last year these societies contributed $1,038,253.
—It is stated that a gentleman at Dayton, Ohio, claiming to be a converted Jew, recently made application to be appointed United States Consul at Jerusalem. His plea was, it seems, that being a converted Hebrew it was particularly desirous that he should be sent to the Holy Land to convert other Jews. His application was returned with this endorsement: "As the State Department is not an evangelical institution, the points herein made why the appointment should be made are not well taken." The gentleman's name is Dennis, and has a Papal rather than a Jewish ring.
—The daughter of a wealthy Hebrew in Columbia, S. C., recently married a young man not of her faith. The girl, who was the pride of her family, was mourned by them as dead. The house was draped in mourning and her funeral services conducted. A few days later, however, the husband of the young woman consented to embrace Judaism, whereupon there was great rejoicing among the friends of the family, and the couple were remarried by a rabbi according to the rites of the Jewish Church. Of course it is not to be supposed that the young man is any more a Jew in faith than formerly, but he has probably experienced about as much change as do very many who profess Christianity.

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—No. 68.—Exceeding Great and Precious Promises. 12 Cards, with Bible Texts and lines of Poetry within Floral Borders, beautifully printed in oil........................................ 25c —No. 69.—Good Hope through Grace. 24mo. 12 Cards. With Beautifully Designed Flower Groups and Bible Texts, printed in oil colors.................................................... 25c —No. 70.—Words of Guidance. 24mo. 12 Cards, with Beautifully Designed Flower Groups and Bible Texts. Printed in colors........................................................... 25c —No. 71.—Prayer and Promise. 32mo. 12 Cards. With Beautiful Floral Texts.................... 25c —No. 103.—Tender Mercies. 24mo. 12 Cards. With Beautiful Floral Designs. Richly illuminated.... 35c Sent post-paid on receipt of price. Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.
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