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Earlier text: FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT

THE SENTINEL LIBRARY.

By C. H. Jones

THE Pacific Press Publishing Company has recently made arrangements with the National Religious Liberty Association whereby the Sentinel Library is to be merged into the Religious Liberty Library, this change to take effect just as soon as the old numbers of the Sentinel Library can be disposed of. We have quite a large stock on hand and would therefore urge friends to send in their orders at once.

A new number of the Sentinel Library, entitled "A Christian Nation," has just been issued. This is done in order that we may continue to mail back numbers of the Library at pound rates.

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CAMP MEETINGS FOR 1893.

By Editor

DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

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STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.

Rural Health Retreat Association.

The annual meeting of the Rural Health Retreat Association (a corporation) will be held at the Rural Health Retreat, near St. Helena, Napa Co., California, Thursday, April 27, 1893, at 2:30 P. M., for the purpose of electing seven directors for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may be proper to come before the meeting.

S. N. HASKELL, President. J. H. MORRISON, Secretary.

CAMP MEETING TENTS.

By Stephen Nelson Haskell

THE California general camp meeting will be held in Oakland, May 11-21. All who wish to rent tents will make application at once to E. A. Chapman, Pacific Press, Oakland. The prices of tents will be as usual: 10x12, $4.00; 12x16, $6.00; 14x19, $7.00. S. N. HASKELL.

CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.

The twenty-second annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the State camp meeting, at Oakland, Cal., May 11-21, 1893.

Delegates should be elected at once, according to the following ratio: Every church is entitled to one delegate without regard to the number of members, and one additional delegate for every ten members. Ministers holding credentials are delegates at large without election, and are proper representatives of unorganized companies. Blanks for credentials have been mailed to the church clerks, and it is desired that a list of the delegates elected should be sent to the Conference secretary as early as possible.

CAL. CONF. COM.

UNION BETWEEN PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS. Some prominent points showing the prospects of such a confederacy. 8 pp.; $1.00 per hundred. Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.

BIBLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CONCERNING MAN. By Alonzo T. Jones. Bible Students' Library, No. 76 Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal. 16 pp.; 2 cents.

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International S. S. Lessons.

"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." —Neh. 8:8

LESSON VI.—SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1893.

THE VALUE OF WISDOM.

[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]

Lesson Scripture, Prov. 3: 11-24.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his reproof;
For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
She is more precious than rubies; and none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is everyone that retaineth her.
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion.
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Golden Text.—"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not upon thine own understanding." Prov. 3: 5.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

What tender appeal is made to the reader in verse 11 of this lesson?
What is meant by "the chastening of the Lord"? See note 1.
With what is the Lord's correction compared? Verse 12.
In what way are we assured happiness? Verse 13. See note 2.
What is said of the value of wisdom? Verses 14, 15; Ps. 19: 10. See note 3.
What is wisdom represented as holding in her hands? Verse 16. See note 4.
What is said of her ways or paths? Verse 17.
What special gifts come to those who lay hold of and retain wisdom? Verse 18. See note 4.
What great works has the Lord by wisdom and knowledge accomplished? Verses 19, 20. See note 5.
How firmly should we cling to wisdom and discretion? Verse 21.
What shall they be to the soul? Verse 22. See note 5.
How will these results enable us to walk through the journey of life? Verse 23.
And what confidence shall we have by the way? Verse 24. See note 6.

NOTES.

1. THE "chastening" of the children of God is not punishment as of the execution of his wrath upon the incorrigibly wicked. It is correction designed for their reformation, and is the manifestation of love and mercy. The Century Dictionary says it is "to inflict pain, trouble, or affliction for the purpose of reclaiming from evil; to purify by discipline." The idea is made clear in Heb. 12: 11, which says: "No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them that are exercised thereby."

2. As the "fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Ps. 111: 10), that must be the beginning of happiness. And as "all they that do his commandments" have "a good understanding" (Ib.), then it is clear that the doing of his commandments begets happiness. The proper fear of the Lord is manifested in obedience to his will, and his will is expressed in his word. When our Saviour instituted the ordinance of humility (feet washing), after he had enjoined his disciples to follow his example, he said, "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." John 13: 17.

3. THE "merchandise," or the purchase or accumulation of wisdom, is better than that of silver, and the gain by dealing in wisdom is better than to gain gold. The Psalmist says of the "judgments of the Lord," which are "true and righteous altogether," that they are more to be desired than much fine gold. Ps. 19: 9, 10. Job 28: 12, and onward, pays an eloquent tribute to the incalculable value of wisdom, closing with the exclamation, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding." As evil, or sin, is the transgression of the law (1 John 3: 4), then to depart from transgressing the law is understanding.

4. WISDOM is represented as possessing length of days, wealth, and honor. These are the things that men most covet in this life. Therefore the surest way to secure what all men most desire is to get the wisdom which is found in God's word. As to wealth, Abraham has promise of the world (Rom. 4: 13), and if we are Christ's, then we are "Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Gal. 3: 29). As to length of days, verse 18 of the lesson says of wisdom that she is "a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her." The tree of life is a prominent feature of the New Jerusalem, and Rev. 22: 14 says: "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." The "honor" is summed up in Rev. 3: 21: "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with my father in his throne."

5. "THE LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens." Lesson verse 19. Comparing this with Ps. 33: 6, "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made," we have wisdom and understanding synonymous with the word of God. Then in all the admonitions to get wisdom, to lay fast hold of it, to let it not depart, etc., we are simply admonished to treasure up the word of God. In the Scriptures of truth is all that we can have of Christ or of the Father, which are one. He is manifested to us in the word, and by it we are to be sanctified (John 17: 17). He reveals his will to us through the word, and we have access to him through the word. "The words which I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." John 6: 63. This explains how wisdom and understanding are life unto the soul, as expressed in verse 22 of the lesson.

6. THROUGH belief of the word we get that confidence which enables us to rely upon the assurance given in verses 23 and 24 of the lesson. Paul tells us that "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom. 10: 17. He also tells us that the Scriptures "are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus." 2 Tim. 3: 15. The results of such faith, manifested in obedience to the law of God, are elaborately set forth in Lev. 26: 3-13.

LESSON VI.—SABBATH, MAY 6, 1893.

CAN WE KNOW OF THE TIME?

Suggestive Questions and Lesson Scriptures.

1. Review questions:— (a) Explain how Christ can come as a thief in the night and his people be looking for him when he comes. (b) Give four texts that prove that Christ's coming is a literal coming. (c) What difference will there be in the reception of Jesus by the wicked and righteous?

2. To whom is Christ to appear with salvation? "So Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation." Heb. 9: 28.

3. What are those called who look for him? "But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief; for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness." 1 Thess. 5: 4, 5.

4. What is their light? "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path." Ps. 119: 105. "Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8: 12.

5. What particular portions of the Scripture give light on the coming of the Lord? "And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts." 2 Peter 1: 19.

6. What is prophecy? See note 1.

7. How was prophecy written? "For no prophecy ever came by the will of man; but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1: 21.

8. What is said of the interpretation of prophecy? "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation." 2 Peter 1: 20. See note 2.

9. If the prophet did not speak according to his own mind, who is responsible for what he says? "Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you; searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them." 1 Peter 1: 10, 11.

10. Then who instructed all the prophets what to write? See note 3.

11. Does Jesus make known the definite time of his second advent? "But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only." Matt. 24: 36.

12. How near does he come to giving us a definite time? "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished." Matt. 24: 34. See note 4.

13. What expression does the Saviour use which shows that the term "generation" means but a short period in this connection? "Even as ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors." Matt. 24: 33.

14. What does Jesus expect his people to be doing when he is at the door? "Watch therefore; for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh." Verse 42.

15. What will the unbelievers be doing in this generation? "Knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts." 2 Peter 3: 3.

16. What do they say? "Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." 2 Peter 3: 4.

17. What is said of their ignorance? "For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of God." 2 Peter 3: 5.

18. How could they have known differently? 2 Peter 3: 5. By the word of God.

19. What should those who know of the time be doing? "And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed. The night is far spent, and the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof." Rom. 13: 11-14.

NOTES.

1. PROPHECY is history written before it is made. God, who knows the end from the beginning, speaks through his prophets to the world, that they may know what is coming in the future, and be prepared to meet it. The Saviour often spoke of himself as fulfilling the words of the prophets concerning his work. Had the people given heed to the prophetic Scripture, they would not have rejected him. So in the last days they that study the word of prophecy and believe it, will be in the light, while those who reject this word will be lost.

2. "THAT no prophecy of the Scripture, whether that referred to above, or any other, is of any private interpretation, proceeds from the prophet's own knowledge or invention, or was the offspring of calculation or conjecture. The word 'epilusis' signifies, also, impetus, impulse, and probably this is the best sense here—not by mere private impulse of his own mind."—Clarke.

3. IN 1 Peter 1: 11 we learn that it was the Spirit of Christ that was in the prophets that led them to speak the words they spake. In the opening words of the book of Revelation we are informed that it is a "revelation of Jesus Christ," which he sent through his angel to John. This angel tells John (Rev. 22: 9) that he was the fellow-servant of John and the other prophets before him. Then every prophet was instructed by Christ's angel, and Jesus himself was the authority for all that was spoken.

4. "By some of the ancients a generation was fixed at a hundred years, by others at a hundred and ten years, by others at thirty-three, thirty-five, and even at twenty years. So that there was nothing uniform and settled in this matter."—Cruden. "Genea, birth, race, descent, offspring; it denotes an age, or generation, from the point of view of race."—Bullinger.

News and Notes.

By Editor

FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17.

RELIGIOUS.

—The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States will meet in Washington City, May 18.

—The American Tract Society intends to have at the World's Fair the portable pulpit used by Whitefield in his open-air preaching.

—Rev. Walter Elliott, who resigned the editorship of the Catholic World a few months ago, will next September engage in missionary work among non-Catholics in the West. He begins in Detroit, and will have the coöperation of the bishop of that diocese and the priests of the city.

—After a zealous Sunday-closing campaign in our neighboring city of Alameda, the popular vote was against the measure. Many good temperance people are awakening to the fact that Sunday closing of saloons is not a temperance measure, but is merely a Sunday movement. A vote to stop the traffic for one day virtually expresses a willingness that it shall continue the other six days.

—About a year ago Bishop Wigger, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Newark, N. J., issued an order that all Catholic parents within his diocese should withdraw their children from the public schools, under a threat of excommunication. Now, under the direction of Monsignor Satolli, he has recalled it, although under no circumstances are children to be allowed in schools where there are Protestant services or the reading of the generally accepted versions of the Scriptures.

—A minister in Adair, Iowa, recently made the assertion that the prosperity of England and the United States was due to their recognition of the Christian sabbath. But there are millions of people in both countries to whom the suggestion of "prosperity" comes like irony. And there are other countries where the so-called Christian sabbath is recognized,—Russia, for instance; how about prosperity there? and the almost bankrupt nations of Europe all recognize the counterfeit institution, being under the religious control of the very church whose special mark it is.

—The Tribune of this city has this significant editorial item: "The pope is evidently pursuing a fixed policy of supervision of foreign countries. He recently deputed Monsignor Lasagna, the bishop of Tripoli, to proceed to South America, virtually as an apostolic delegate. He has no special designation or title, nor a fixed residence, but is accredited to the various South American governments, to visit and promote the development of the numerous mission stations of the Order of St. Francis of Sales. Great activity pervades the church in every direction, in all countries, and among all peoples, and its impetus is felt even on this coast, where the old missions are being reoccupied by the Benedictine Brotherhood."

SECULAR.

—The government will send seven war ships to Bering Sea this season to protect the seal interests.

—Baron Fava, Italian Minister at Washington, has added to the public gossip by kissing the hand of Mrs. President Cleveland.

—The great banking institution known as the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank has failed for about $40,000,000.

—Lightning struck a barn near Gallatin, Tennessee, on the 12th inst., and twenty-five valuable horses were killed. The loss is said to be over $100,000.

—Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle has revoked the order of the department requiring Chinese who register in this country to also file their photographs.

—Michigan's cyclone came on the night of the 12th inst. There are press reports of great destruction of property at Ypsilanti, Saline, Milan, Clarksville, Rea, Dundee, and in the vicinity of Detroit. Also, several deaths are reported.

—A press dispatch says that a forest fire in Warren County, North Carolina, last week, swept over four miles of country, destroying many farm buildings and much other property. Of the buildings burned, ten were dwellings, two public schools, one church, and one flouring mill. Considerable live stock was also burned to death.

—The complications in Belgium are growing more and more intricate. The demand of the people for universal suffrage has led to labor strikes, riots, conflicts with the police, in fact, to such general disorder that revolution and the overthrow of the government is generally anticipated. Should the government prove unable to cope with the situation, a contest over the spoils between France and Germany is thought to be inevitable.

—Dr. Haffkine has written to the Russian papers that he has conquered cholera in India by his inoculation process. He says he has inoculated hundreds of persons, with positive results, and promises to give his method to the world.

—Baron Houghton, lord lieutenant of Ireland, has issued an order limiting the importation of firearms and ammunition to Ireland. They can be brought in only at certain ports, and all consignees must first obtain permits.

—In Brooklyn, N. Y., internal revenue officers have recently discovered a large and well-equipped illicit distillery in an old and supposed tenantless building. While the officers were breaking in the doors, the operators escaped.

—A Moscow dispatch of the 10th inst. reports that the famine in the European part of the government of Perm is worse than ever before. The poor are dying by hundreds. In some villages many of the dead are not buried, but are left on the roofs of the houses.

—Severe earthquake shocks are reported to have occurred in Servia on the 10th inst. Great fissures were torn in the earth, and hot streams of water and mud flowed out. Thousands of houses were wrecked, and in some districts people were afraid to remain in the villages.

—U. S. Commissioner Blount has ordered the United States flag removed from the State House in Honolulu, and sent the marine guards back to their ship. This withdraws the United States protectorate, and leaves the provisional government on its own resources.

—There arrived in San Francisco last week, by the Australian steamer, a South Sea Island exhibit for the World's Fair at Chicago. There were nineteen men, several native houses, boats, war implements, etc. The next steamer is to bring other natives, including some women.

—Late reports from Chile state that quiet has been restored at Santiago. U. S. Minister Egan has again given refuge to enemies of the government; this time they are escaped political prisoners. He asked safe conduct for them out of the country, which was refused by President Montt.

—The Brazilian Minister to Bolivia has published a letter denying the charge that the Brazilians have captured Indians and sold them into slavery. He charges that Brazilians on the border of Bolivia have been frequently flogged by citizens of that country and that many have been assassinated.

—Henry M. Stanley appeals to the nations of Europe to stop the African traffic in firearms and ammunition. He says these goods are mostly sold to slave traders, and unless the trade is prevented, all efforts to suppress the slave trade will be in vain. Stanley especially inculpates the Germans and the Portuguese.

—The citizens of Sacramento have begun their contest against the removal of the capital of California from that city to San Jose. A petition for a restraining order against the Secretary of State and Public Printer has been filed in the Superior Court. The petition avers various flaws in the proceedings which culminated in the passage of the act for removal.

—The people of the Pacific Coast are coming in for a benefit on account of the freight war between the overland railroads and the Panama railroad and steamship lines. The cuts so far show a reduction of $20 to $220 a car load, according to the class of freight, and there is a prospect of even lower rates. These cuts show that former rates were little short of robbery.

—Here is a significant item from a San Francisco paper: "There were six small boys in a tiny room, with a bottle of whisky and a pack of cards. The youngsters were playing poker and having a good time generally with the game and its accompanying cigarettes and glasses. At the sight of the policemen they became panic-stricken. Some pleaded for mercy, and others slipped under a bed to hide."

—There are reports of excessive lawlessness in various parts of Peru. The disturbances are not wholly due to attacks upon the government, because the houses of many private citizens were sacked and robbed. The attack on the Masonic lodge in Mollendo, in which the American Consular Agent was wounded, appears to have been a part of the general lawlessness which now prevails in the country.

—The most extensive and disastrous cyclone yet reported occurred on the 12th inst. Eastern Kansas, Missouri, Southern Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are all included in the reports of damage. Much town and country property was destroyed, and the deaths reported in different places foot up to about sixty, while hundreds were seriously injured. The town of Robinsville, Miss., 300 inhabitants, was utterly demolished by the wind, and the wreckage took fire, causing several deaths and much suffering. At Conday, Missouri, 300 inhabitants, only three houses were left standing.

—The Pittsburg, Pa., police have discovered and routed a rendezvous of over 100 Russian Anarchists, whose purpose evidently was to make war on the police. The organizers of the band were recently sent to the penitentiary as accomplices in an attempted murder.

—A late Constantinople dispatch says the condition of affairs in Armenia is becoming more serious daily. Constant arrests of Armenians are reported in private letters. It is estimated that between 1,800 and 2,000 Christians are now in Turkish dungeons. The recent announcement that the sultan had proclaimed the general pardon of Armenian prisoners is mere humbug. Only a few will be released, and they only because no pretext to sustain their alleged connection with sedition could be obtained.

OUR GENERAL AGENTS.

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BATTLE CREEK SANITARIUM HEALTH FOODS.

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