p. 13 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 12. (3/21/1906)

Earlier text: THE SABBATH AND THE CRUCIFIXION

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT.

By S. S. MERRILL, Secretary; G. W. REASER, President

The Spring Session of the Southern California Conference will be held in Los Angeles, April 16th to 20th inclusive. Delegates should be chosen from all of our churches to attend this meeting, as the annual election of officers will be held in connection with the Conference, and other matters of importance will come before us for consideration.

The annual legal meetings of the Southern California Association of S. D. A., the Glendale Sanitarium, and the Loma Linda Sanitarium will be held in connection with this Conference Session. An important meeting in the interests of our medical work will also be held.

The annual legal meeting of the Southern California Association will be held at 11 A.M. on the 17th day of April; the Glendale Sanitarium legal meeting will be held at 2 P.M. on the 17th day of April, both in our Carr Street church, Los Angeles.

S. S. MERRILL, Secretary. G. W. REASER, President.

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How to Find and Keep Health

By Editor

HEALTH; HOW TO FIND IT WHEN IT'S LOST; HOW TO KEEP IT WHEN IT'S FOUND.—Written by B. Franklin Richards, whose long and careful study of the subject of health in its different bearings has well fitted him to answer the questions propounded in the above title.

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My Mother’s Life

By Mary Henry Rossiter

MY MOTHER'S LIFE.—The Evolution of a Recluse. By Mary Henry Rossiter. (Life of Mrs. S. M. I. Henry.) The personal history of a life made beautiful through motherhood. The story of a woman who was transformed by her love for her children from a timid, shrinking girl to a speaker and evangelist, known and loved by thousands of those who have felt the bondage of sin and sorrow. 353 pp. Cloth, net ............. $1.00

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LOOKING FORWARD.

By Mrs. Emily Reynolds

HOW dreary is winter, when the beautiful flowers have all withered, and the leaves have fallen from the trees; when the sweet songs of the birds are no longer heard in the forest, the brown earth is bare, and all nature seems in mourning.

But we look forward with fond anticipation for spring to return, when the green leaves will again appear, and the flowers—beautiful emblems of God's love—will reveal their beauty and exhale their perfume; when the birds will once more warble their joyous songs as if their whole lives were filled with happiness.

How it gladdens our hearts when we walk out and behold the landscape as all nature appears arrayed in splendor, and the little brooks murmur their melodious sounds of joy!

Many have passed the joyous, hopeful springtime of life, through the heat and burden of the long summer, into the autumn fruitage, each season bringing its share of responsibility, its cares, its blessings, and its rewards. But we, to whom the pendulum of time has well-nigh measured our allotted years, can realize in a double sense the meaning of winter.

In our onward march, with so many sad reminders of loved ones who have fallen like the autumn leaves, we pause and wonder why we are left to shiver in this cold world that God made so beautiful and designed to be so good. It seems sometimes that the frozen elements are no colder than the icy pendants that hang to our hearts.

We know that nevermore will the springtime come to us in this world, but we look with longing eyes to that beautiful land where there will be no more winter, but where the warm, life-giving rays of the blessed Sun of righteousness will melt the coldness, and drive away the clouds and darkness that hover over our mental and spiritual horizon here.

I have many dear, young friends scattered throughout the land, and should this article meet the eye of any of them, let it be an assurance that my heart is especially exercised in their behalf, and that their old friend is constantly praying that they may consecrate their young lives to the service of the loving Father who cares for them.

We know it will not be long till He will send His blessed Son to gather His jewels—not one will be forgotten—and I want to see their smiling faces in the earth made new, where we will never grow old, and the cold, chilly blasts of winter will never more be felt.

'Tho the way seems long, my Father; and my soul Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal; While yet I journey through this weary land, Keep me from wandering. Father, take my hand Quickly, and straight Lead home Thy child to heaven's gate.'

MRS. EMILY REYNOLDS. Moscow, Idaho.

AUNT KATE'S INVITATION.

By Lillie Barr

[Lillie Barr, in Christian Weekly.]

CLIP, clip, clip, went Gerty's scissors; and that was the only answer Rachel got, altho she was calling "Gerty" at the tip-top of her voice.

"I am not going to be bothered with you, miss," said Gerty to herself; "you are always wanting something. It is 'Gerty, Gerty, Gerty,' morning, noon, and night, and I am quite tired of it."

"O! Ger-ty! Mama says you are to take me for a walk," called Rachel again.

Gerty settled herself still more comfortably behind the curtains, and the snip, snip of her scissors was the only answer she made to Rachel's request. But somehow the lovely green silk basque, trimmed with rose-colored satin, which she was making, did not fit Mirinda half so well after this, and Gerty's conscience felt as if it was turned wrong side out, and it pricked her all over.

"There! if Rachel had not bothered me I should not have put this sleeve in wrong. I do wish—"

But here the door opened, and mama and eldest sister came into the nursery.

"Are you going to let Gerty go to Aunt Kate's, mother?" asked her sister Jessie as she slowly paced up and down with baby, who was almost asleep.

"That will depend on how she behaves this week; she has been very cross and impatient with the children lately."

"Will you tell her about Aunt Kate's invitation?"

"No; I shall watch her behavior this week; on Friday evening it will be time enough to tell her."

"I do hope she will be good, for the peaches are all ripe, and it will disappoint both Bob and Rachel if she can not go."

Just here callers were announced, and mama and Jessie went softly out.

Clip, clip, clip, went Gerty's scissors as she heard the door close.

"I'll be good this week," said she, as she bit off her thread, "and what is more, I will begin right now."

So Mirinda and the green silk basque were put away, and it was wonderful what lots of things she found to do. The hearth needed brushing up; Bobbie's and Rachel's toys were all over the room. The nursery was soon set to rights, and then Gerty remembered how untidy her bureau drawers were, and she began with desperate zeal to separate stockings and neck ribbons, gloves and doll pieces. This took some time, and when it was finished conscience reminded her—not for the first time, either—that the tissue paper which ought to be folded about her best hat was all crumpled up in a corner of the box. This was soon set right, and then Rachel's and Bob's voices, in long, doleful howls with little gasps between, called her hurriedly to the garden. There she discovered that Bob had got a splinter in his finger, and that Rachel was crying in sympathy.

"Just 'cause Bob was trying to climb on the woodpile," sobbed Rachel.

"Don't cry any more; I will take it out and then we will have a lovely walk," said Gertie soothingly, and Gerty kept her word.

The week passed swiftly by, and Friday afternoon came. Gerty was darning her stockings, but there were several little lines down the middle of her forehead, and a very troubled expression about the corners of her mouth.

"Miss Gerty, your mama says you are to go to the parlor; your Aunt Kate is there," said Gretchen, looking into the nursery.

Gerty rose, gathering her stockings up in her apron and hastening down-stairs.

"Well, Gerty dear, you see I am come for you. Are you ready to go back to the farm with me?" said Aunt Kate, stooping to kiss the little girl.

"I meant to give her a surprise, sister Kate," said Gerty's mother, smiling, "so I did not tell her anything about your invitation. But she has been such a good girl this week that it gives me real pleasure to let her go with you now."

"O mama! I must not go, if you please; I ought not to go, indeed I ought not!"

"What for?" cried mama and Aunt Kate both together.

"Because—because I was in the nursery behind the curtain when you and Jessie spoke about Aunt Kate's invitation, and I have not been good to help you, or because it was right to be good, but only because I wanted to go to Aunt Kate's. It was not real goodness, mama," sobbed poor Gerty, dropping all her stockings, and hiding her face in her apron.

"But, Gerty, you are sorry for your fault, and it will be such a disappointment to Bob and Rachel," said sister Jessie, with tears in her eyes.

"No, no; I can't go, Jessie; you please go with them. I will mind baby, and help mama all I can."

"That is quite right, Gerty," said mama gently, "and I am very glad she sees her fault so plainly."

Gertie could bear it no longer; she fled to her favorite corner behind the nursery curtains, and there she remained until she saw old John and Billy trotting down the avenue, and heard Jessie, Bob, and Rachel calling, "Good-by."

Then she went softly down-stairs and made her little confession over again in mama's arms, and received the kiss of forgiveness from her dear, loving lips.

It was a great disappointment to Gerty, but it was also a good lesson, for ever since she has tried to avoid that mean goodness which does the right thing only because of some selfish reason.

THE TYPEWRITER GIRL.

MANY of the readers of the World must have noted recently with surprise the account of the thirtieth business anniversary of the first "typewriter girl." So fully has the typewriter occupied the field that it seems almost incredible that it was still practically unknown when Hayes was elected President, and that England did not take kindly to it until a dozen years ago.

To-day the typewriter is in every continent and country. It is fitted for fifty languages and a thousand dialects. One of its best markets is in what was Cetewayo's Zululand when it was invented. It lightens the labors of Arabian scribes and Parsee money-lenders. A modification of its familiar principle has been made to fit 4,000 ideographic characters of China and Japan.

The typewriter has been for thousands of women a broad avenue to business success. At the same time that the wages of the great army of amanuesses have been forced down by competition, the pay of operators holding court positions or places of trust and responsibility has held its own or risen, and

many women who began business as operators have become secretaries and general managers of important enterprises. Typewriting now vies with teaching as an occupation for educated and ambitious young women.

Humorists have made the typewriter girl the butt of many jokes, but she could not occasionally marry her employer and turn upon him the tables of dictation if she had not brought to his office a grace and charm which thirty years ago it would have lacked. The vast volume of business now done in the commercial world would be almost impossible without her and her machine.—N. Y. World.

O COME, YE SAD AND DREARY.

By Thoro Harris

(Copyright, 1905, by Meyer & Brother.)

O COME, ye sad and dreary, By guilt and fear opprest; Ye sin-sick, lost and weary— The Lord will give you rest.

REFRAIN:

O come, ye heavy-laden; He'll bid your sorrow cease; The voice of love calls from above And whispers, Go in peace.

His word of consolation Will bid your woes depart; Accept His free salvation, And give to Him your heart.

He'll pour His benediction O'er all the sinful past; The joyless in affliction Shall find sweet rest at last.

THORO HARRIS.

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"And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed."—Isaiah 40:5.

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THE NORTHWESTERN LINE

RUSSIA-JAPAN ATLAS.

Send ten cents in stamps to R. R. Ritchie, No. 617 Market Street, San Francisco, for Russo-Japanese War Atlas, issued by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, three fine colored maps each 14x20, bound in convenient form for reference. The Eastern Situation shown in detail with tables showing relative military and naval strength and financial resources of Russia and Japan.

France and the Vatican.

By Editor

Since writing the note on page 6, "Church and State in France," news comes that the ministry has gone down to defeat and resignation over the enforcement of this very law of separation of church and state. Friends of liberty and consistency in France have not reached the time for rejoicing. In the language of Curran, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." The clerical forces are still on the battlefield.

The Pacific Press Publishing Association

, a membership company, now holds the majority of the stock of the Pacific Press Publishing Company. It now does its work through the company, a report of which is given in our Missions department. The board of directors elected at its second annual meeting February 27, is composed of the following: H. W. Cottrell, E. A. Chapman, H. H. Hall, A. O. Tait, H. G. Childs, E. G. Fulton, and M. C. Wilcox. The board organized by electing as its officers, president and manager, M. C. Wilcox; secretary and treasurer, E. A. Chapman.

Folly and Joy.

The greatest joy of the Christian is not that of the world. "Folly," says the wise man, "is joy to him that is destitute of understanding." He does not know Christianity who finds his greatest joy or pleasure in the pursuits of the world. A worldly man may find his greatest pleasure in the theater, the card party, the dance, and similar amusements; but no true Christian can. Furthermore no true Christian will mourn because these things are given up. He will not count it sacrifice that he gave them up. Neither will he feel that some less harmful amusement is necessary. He will not feel that to enjoy himself he must substitute the skating rink for the theater, or silly, foolish, kissing plays for the dance. Often the substitute is worse than the original. He will find his greatest pleasures in the pursuit of all that elevates, refines, enlarges, and builds up the mind and converts the soul.

Sunday Prosecution.

For performance of Verdi's requiem mass at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, Sunday night, just what is given in church and cathedral, the better, Mr. Conried, the director of the opera house, was March 7 tried for violation of the Sunday law. Decision was reserved. That is a strange sort of combination. The mass, with all its ornate, religious, and musical associations, was born of the same mother as the Sunday. There is no conflict between them. Both are children of apostasy.

Famine in Japan.

There are some things worse than Russia, and one of them is famine. There was wonder on the part of many why Japan seemed to be so ready to make peace. The secret of it was not then known; but it is out now. Japan has a famine cancer gnawing at her very vitals. All this was seen before the war closed, but was kept back. Northern Japan raises abundant crops usually, but this year is almost an utter failure, and it is officially estimated that more than one million persons are starving or trying to eke out an existence on grass and roots. In Fukushima, 300,000 people are endeavoring to live on little cakes made three-fourths of chopped straw and one-fourth of foreign rice. In one locality, for instance, where last year was raised 30,500 bushels of rice, this year yielded five and one-half bushels, and the population is 5,000 souls. The government, though doing its best to supply the seeds, has been inadequate, and even the straw-substitute for food was destroyed by flood. One Japanese journal says: "Unless help comes, more people will die of famine in these three provinces than perished on all the battle-fields of the Manchurian war, counting the wounded and missing as dead. The Christian Herald is doing noble work, having recently cabled $10,000 to the Japanese Red Cross Society. If any of our readers wish to donate for this purpose immediately, we will see that the funds are safely sent forward where they will reach the needs of the suffering. Address, THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Mountain View, Cal. Designate funds as Japan Famine Fund.

"The Road of a Thousand Wonders."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" writes Keats; and the line has lived, despite Keats's critics. The statement may not be universally true, but a thing of beauty is a joy; and the souvenir book before us on the "Road of a Thousand Wonders," printed and engraved by the Sunset Press of San Francisco, is a thing of beauty. The cover design green, blue, and gold, of cacti, mission tower, beach, and mountain is by W. H. Hull. The road described is the Coast line of the Southern Pacific from Mt. Hood and the metropolis of Oregon on the north, sweeping down past old Shasta, through San Francisco, the city by the Golden Gate, swinging down the beautiful coast to the City of the Angels, so called. Talk about the Alps, or the Black Forest of Germany, or by the storied Rhine when such a country is open to the tourist, a stretch of the world's grandest for 1,500 miles. Its description is written by one who has been over the ground, and the pictures are as faithful to nature as art can reproduce it. There are also homes for the home seekers. Over this wonderful route the book takes you with splendid endeavor to reproduce some of the coast wonders, by word portrayal, by pen picture, by photo-reproduction, by line drawings, by artist brush, and all done into a marvelous book of color printing, by the finest kind of engraving and press work. City, or sea, or mountain, the work is splendid. Do you wish a copy? We found it selling for fifty cents on the train. You send for it to Chas. S. Fee, Passenger Traffic Manager, Southern Pacific, San Francisco, and let him send it to you at his price.

Our Southern Publishing House

, of Nashville, Tenn., has moved out of the city and its smoke to a more salubrious neighborhood. The president of the Association, our aged brother, tried soldier, and friend, writes under date of March 2, as follows:

Our office is moved, the old establishment is vacated, and we all feel very happy. We are now established at Twenty-fourth Avenue North, just outside the city limits. The air out here is hardly ever troubled with the black smoke that we have had to inhale in the old building. This location is on a rising knoll, away from the heart of the city. There is much more sunshine, much better and excellent water, and we are now by ourselves in a quiet place. We expect to save three thousand dollars a year in running expenses. Our building is 120 x 70, one story, everything in sight of the manager, with other out buildings. It is practically fire proof, naked brick walls and solid cement floor, no woodwork below the roof except the doors, door-casings and window-casings. We expect street-cars to run close to the building, and we have all the advantages of express office, mail facilities, etc. We are really a part of Nashville, tho outside city limits.

Of his own health Brother Butler writes:

I never was in better health in my life. I am a perfect astonishment to myself, to think how strong and well I am. I feel as well as at thirty and work as hard. [Yet the old veteran is seventy-two November 12 next! What would Osler think?] I can work most of the boys down and feel first-rate.

Good. May God bless Elder George I. and our sister publishing house in its great southern field.

"Liberty"

is the title of a new quarterly issued by the Religious Liberty Bureau, at Takoma Park, Washington D. C. The initial number contains thirty-two pages and cover, large magazine size. It is brimful of live articles from able advocates of the cause it represents, most of whom reside in Washington, and are personally familiar with all the movements that are calculated to give to our government a church-and-state policy. It ought to have a wide circulation. Price, 25 cents, including extras that will be issued as occasion requires. Address as above, and ask for the first number.

In a letter accompanying the article by Miss Rosalind A. Young, of Tahiti, relating to the recent tidal disaster, she says: "Three of the islands of the Tuamotus are reported to have been entirely swept over, and we await the return of the war-ship to learn of further disaster. The island of Tahiti has had its big share of loss, and every district has suffered greatly, as the villages are mostly near the sea, and some of them are wiped out of existence. All the islands around have suffered more or less from the sea and the hurricane that followed. The barometer had long threatened danger."

Fighting in the Philippines.

News comes that 600 Moros in the island of Jolo were killed by United States troops March 6 to 8. The Moros were said to have been a band of outlaws, unfriendly to both natives and whites, who had fortified themselves in an extinct crater. Fifteen white soldiers and three constables were killed. It is said to have been one of the most stubborn battles fought in the Philippines since United States possession. The whole band was exterminated.

Arizona will not come in as a state. The Arizona-New Mexico state bill has been defeated in the Senate. The Oklahoma bill including Indian Territory, ought to have been. The Indians should have come in separate. Faithful dealing demanded it, it seems to us.

Mine Disaster.

An awful report comes from Paris, stating that 1,219 miners died in a burning mine at Lens, in northern France, from an explosion of fire-damp, March 10. About 600 were rescued, terribly burned.

The famous woman automobilist, Mme. du Gast, has been captured by a band of brigands in Morocco, headed by the notorious El Valiente.

The earthquake belt seems to be greatly enlarging these days. Portland, Me., experienced a severe shock March 4.