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Earlier text: Adaptation of the Scriptures

Central America.

By H. C. Goodrich

LAST night a clergyman connected with Protestant missions in this country said to me, "I suppose you have some churches in Guatemala?" "No," said I, "we have not a single worker in all that republic." I then asked him of the workers of his denomination in that field, but he told me that it was a field which they as yet had not entered. He had lately returned from a short trip into Guatemala by the new railroad which connects the two oceans. He said that it was an interesting field and one in which missionary work could be most successfully carried on. Referring to the superior race of Indians in that country, he declared that their spiritual condition impressed him because they were very much "dissatisfied with their religion;" and this has been ringing in my ears ever since. The few in number, these Indians have always held to the ancient religion of their people. Now they are reaching out for something better, and there are millions of Spanish people who are in the same condition of heart-longing. They do not know what it is they need, but they do know there is a lack, a void, which heathen religion can not fill, nor the Church of Rome satisfy.

What is true of Guatemala is true of all these Central American States, with the exception of a few mission stations dotting the coast line of Spanish Honduras, the Bay Islands, and British Honduras. Roman Catholicism is preeminently given to the exaltation of the human. For instance, the Bishop of Guatemala visited Livingstone last year. Fifty children were confirmed. In the morning, as he left the town, a chair was placed for him on the deck of the little steamer. Hundreds of people, mostly women and children, passed before him, kneeling, kissing his hand, and receiving his blessing with the sign of the cross, which is all the Church of Rome has to give those who are seeking God, instead of pointing them to the sin-pardoning Saviour who can take away their sins.

It is not a discouraging field in which to labor. Wherever truth has gone it has found responsive souls. For instance, there is one case of where a gambler got hold of a "Bible Readings." He gave up his gambling and accepted the truth, supposing that he was the only one in all that country. Another, a woman, was found idle on the seventh day. She was asked the reason and told them that lately she had gotten a Bible and had read that the seventh day is the Sabbath; her simple faith led her to observe it. Another man stopped in a restaurant, entered into conversation upon religion, purchased a few books, and in a short time he and his whole family were rejoicing in the truth of the Gospel. Another, a lawyer, received the truth of the Gospel and began to observe all the commandments of God. He now hires a printer to publish the truth.

Do not all these things appeal to us, dear friends, who have in our hands the open Bible with a message from God for this very time? Can we rest satisfied, knowing that we have the very food that meets the need of the longing souls who are in darkness? Does it not appeal to our young men and young women to prepare themselves for the great Spanish field? Will you not join with us in praying that God may speedily open the way that you may come and help us?

H. C. GOODRICH. Belize, Br. Honduras.

Our Work and Workers.

THE new church in Oakland, Cal., located on 25th St., one-half block west of Telegraph Ave., was dedicated on Sabbath, November 9. Elder A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference, preached the dedicatory sermon.

REVIVALS are reported in the schools in College View, Neb., and South Lancaster, Mass., at the beginning of the fall term. Large numbers of the students are giving themselves to the Lord and His service, 200 having been baptized at College View.

DR. LAW KEEM, one of our native workers in China, writes under date of August 23 that while they are having very hot days, still he has a good interest in his work. His little chapel is usually filled, and always so on the Sabbath. Some are yielding to the truth and desire baptism, but he feels that it is safer to go slowly in regard to this because there is great danger of souls professing to accept Christ in order to get a living easier. He has translated several small publications. The work in Chinem, he declares, is onward, and God is greatly blessing.

Korea.

By F. W. Field

KOREA, the "Hermit Kingdom," is isolated no longer. Opening to the world before the great struggle between Russia and Japan, that struggle left her completely open, with the Japanese dominant. The heralds of the Gospel of the kingdom have had little opportunity to present its blessed truths to the Koreans, but wherever they have been presented there has been fruit. With the little effort that has been put forth, souls have gladly embraced the truth, and not simply the theory of the truth, but it has taken hold of their lives in a practical way.

The message demands the putting away of every defilement of the flesh and spirit, so the message of Gospel self-control has taken hold of the Koreans. While nearly all of both sexes smoke tobacco, even many professed Christians, yet those who have embraced the Sabbath truth have put away their tobacco, and in one village thirteen long-stemmed pipes were broken and thrown away.

On our first visit to Korea, over seventy received baptism, and each organized company reported several interested ones who were not yet fully established. Since these labors the work has continued to grow. There are now five organized churches in the field, with a membership of about 100, and four companies with about 75. All told there are about 200 believers.

Korea is a great, needy field. The merest beginning has been made in publishing present truth in Korea. The need is more workers of experience who shall bring up the work to a higher standard. The native workers are themselves to be trained. We ask the prayers and cooperation of the readers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES in this effort for the evangelization of this promising field.

F. W. FIELD.

"Not One Cent."

A PASTOR who had taken special pains to work up the "envelope system" of systematic offerings for missions and other church work, was greatly surprised and disappointed to find on the returned envelopes, opposite the item of "For Foreign Missions," the response, "Not one cent." This has suggested in the mind of a lover of missions the following:

"Not one cent for saving a soul outside of the United States.

"Not one cent for giving the Bible to other nations.

"Not one cent for revealing a God of love except to Americans.

"Not one cent for making Christ known as a Saviour of all mankind.

"Not one cent for giving the hope of heaven to a despairing world.

"Not one cent for teaching the world the morals of Christ.

"Not one cent for healing the sick beyond our borders.

"Not one cent for education where it is needed most.

"Not one cent for bettering the physical conditions of earth's wretched ones.

"Not one cent for giving to the world what God has first given to us.

"Not one cent for anything which we as Americans are not to get something out of.

"Not one cent in attestation of our faith that we have a universal religion.

"Not one cent for fulfilling the very purpose of Christ in redemption.

"Not one cent for obeying the last command of Christ.

"No, those men did not think what they were saying when they wrote those words."

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The Building of a Home

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

Honorable Young Manhood.

Just across the street, a proud young mother is weighing her baby—a fine, healthy boy. What a fuss the little fellow is making indeed—screaming and kicking lustily! But the mother only smiles, and continues to move the weight carefully along, a little at a time. She fully realizes that the babe is not comfortable,—his position forbids that,—but she will comfort him after he has been weighed.

“Don’t be impatient, little man,” I said, “circumstances will change by and by; you’re only being weighed.” And this little incident started a train of thought.

We all remember the line from the quaint old song, “Men are only boys grown tall,” and the word “babes” might with perfect propriety be substituted for the word “boys.”

Come close to my side, boys, I want to talk with you—that’s right, you pale-faced lad with the nervous manner and the eager eyes—bring your chair close to mine. I hope God will give me words to say that you will remember.

Do you know, young man, that you are being weighed, too, both by the church and by the world, both by your friends and your enemies? When you spoke roughly and discourteously to your sister in the shop yesterday, I noticed the shopkeeper lift his eyes in astonishment. Yet you were surprised and disappointed to-day because he refused to give you employment in his store. The situation was a lucrative one, and one which you knew you were well able to fill. But I was not at all surprised; I knew he had been weighing you.

Jack Willis was a fine fellow; he had a good education, dressed well, had good manners, was courteous, polished, and well-bred. But he had one grave fault. He was not honest. I suppose if he had heard any one say he was dishonest, he would have been mortally offended. He always paid his debts, all but one. There was one debt he never paid; in fact, he boasted of his cleverness in avoiding it. A peculiar chain of circumstances had made it possible for him to avoid paying a large obligation to a railroad company. He argues to his friends that “corporations have no souls,”—he forgets that he has one. His own conscience protested at first, but he calmed his qualms by the continued assertion that everybody knows that railroad companies are dishonest, anyway. They would cheat me if they could. I can, so I will, cheat them; they will never feel it.

But two wrongs never made one right, and never will. The railroad company may be able to endure the loss of the money, they may “never feel it,” as you say, young man, but you will feel it, and you can not afford it. That dishonest deed will burn its way into the very citadel of your soul. It will destroy the foundations of integrity that the careful training of years has been building up.

When will young men learn that to be dishonest is to be dishonorable, and that it is quite as wrong to cheat a corporation as it is to defraud one person? We must learn to call sins by their right names.

What does it mean to be an honorable young man?—It means a clean life; it means pure lips; it means a tongue that scorns the foul jest and the obscene word; it means honesty toward all, whether it be corporations or individuals; it means integrity; it means a respectful sympathy toward the feeble, the aged, or the unfortunate; it means a life of sobriety, temperance, and honesty; it means eyes which will steadfastly refuse to look upon impurity, and ears which will not be regaled by recitals of vile stories or profane jests; it means hands which will not defile themselves with uncleanness, and feet which refuse to set themselves in the path of sin; it means a life of loving usefulness on earth and an eternity of happiness hereafter.

“But aren’t you putting it rather strong?!” you ask. “Can’t a young man be strictly honorable without being a Christian?”—The wise man says that before honor is humility, and humility is the very corner-stone of Christianity. So I claim that to be strictly honorable in every sense of the word, one must be a true Christian.

Further,—young man, hear me out! I wish I had it in my power to grasp every lad who is starting in the downward way, in the path of the drunkard and the libertine, by the collar of his coat; I would not let go my hold until I had shouted in his ear: “Young man, go home and read the seventh chapter of the book of Proverbs, and don’t stop till you have read and re-read the last verse. That verse tells you plainly just where you are going, and the horrible fate that awaits you unless you turn square about. In God’s name, read it and heed it.”

I read a little incident once that impressed me deeply. A gentleman, a minister of the Gospel, while traveling, became acquainted with a fine-appearing young man. Early in the morning he missed this young man; but he presently appeared, neatly washed, brushed, shaved, and attired in clean linen.

“I suppose you must be near the end of your journey, and want to be nice and clean,” said the minister.

“O, no, sir; I must ride a long distance yet, but I have learned that if one wants to find himself clean at the end of his journey, he must keep clean on the road.”

And it is even so in life. Occasionally, thank the Lord, we meet with those dear old people who are near the end of the journey, and who have kept clean all the way. No wonder that the hues of life’s sunset for them are radiant with splendor—a foretaste of the eternal weight of glory which shall be theirs.

Grocers—Clean and Unclean.

In the November number, Woman's Home Companion gives these impressive figures in its campaign for clean grocery stores:

"There are eighty-four million people in the United States. For their food twelve billion dollars are spent annually.

"Eighty-four million stomachs to be fed this year at a cost of twelve billion dollars. Allowing as a very small average that half the marketing will be done by mail, telephone, or thru solicitors and children, forty-two million people will be fed by women who do not

know nor do not try to know their grocers; and six billion dollars' worth of food will be bought without the supervision of the woman who knows her grocer. This food, distributed by grocers, clean and unclean, includes nearly 3,000,000 tons of sugar, 834,667,023 pounds of coffee, 175,000,000 pounds of prunes, 17,854,768 bushels of rice, 84,000,000 barrels of flour, and 84,000,000 pounds of tea.

"All of these commodities must be handled by various clerks and delivery men before they pass from the grocery store to your pantry. Don't you think it is about time you got acquainted with your grocer and his helpers? Are the men and boys who handle the food for your family worthy of the trust?"

Mention Their Names.

By Max Hill

WHEN gathered around the family altar, not one should be forgotten or neglected. Every one old enough—and that includes most of the little folks—should have a part in the devotions. Each one can repeat a verse if nothing more. Repeat the same ones over and over, if new ones can not be learned each day. And very early the children can be led to join in the prayers, the matchless prayer of our Lord at least.

When the father prays, why not remember every one of the family at the throne of grace? Mention every one by name. If some are absent, it is so much better to ask the heavenly Father to "bless and keep Henry and Rachel in their labors to-day" than to seek the blessing upon "the absent members of our circle," however much that may include. If every child present hears his name mentioned day after day before the Father's throne while he is at home, he will wander far before he forgets that at the morning watch he is committed to the care of watchful angels of God; he can not help being influenced for good.

It is a pleasure to join in the worship in a home where this plan is followed. There, too, the visitors are remembered and named, introduced as it were to the heavenly Father, and sent on their way with a blessing. God is not far away from such a scene, and His presence and blessing are expected and appreciated. The memory of their names in father's prayer will linger in the hearts of the children thruout the day, and thruout life, and the ability to pray understandingly will ever be a source of strength. Too much can not be expected of the children who early learn to pray.

MAX HILL.

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Not Equal.

It is an old proverb that the legs of the lame are not equal. That is what makes men limp. It throws them out of balance. That is what a limping theology often does. Here is an instance of it: In a recent letter a good soul tells us that he does not want the paper any longer and then assures us that we should open our eyes and see that law is abolished since the time of our beloved Saviour; we live under grace, not law, from God for free and full salvation. But in the very next sentence he states that we can keep the old Jewish day and go to hell with it, and then pleads, "Turn ye, turn ye, O sinner! for why will ye die? And then get sinners saved!" Now this brother does not know how utterly inconsistent his plea is, but we hope that he and others will stop to consider for just a moment. What is sin? The Bible answers, "Sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. What law? Paul answers, "Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Rom. 7:7. What law is it that says, "Thou shalt not covet"? It is the law of Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue, Ex. 20:1-17. If the law were abolished, would we still be sinners? "By the law is the knowledge of sin." Rom. 3:20. "For where no law is, there is no transgression." Rom. 4:15. Now if there has been no law since the death of Christ, there certainly have been no sinners since the death of Christ; consequently man needs no Saviour, and Christ died in vain. It is to such awful conclusions as this that the no-law theory drives men. On the other hand the Bible truth is that while the law does not save us, it shows us our sin. Christ saves from that sin by enabling us to keep His law. We are under the law, condemned by the law, as sinners; we have the law in our hearts as saved men and women. We are in perfect harmony with all His precepts, and "the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit."

Criticism.

IT is very easy to criticize or find fault. It does not need an expert at all. Byron truly says:

"A man must serve his time at every trade Save censure—critics all are ready made."

One of Shakespeare's characters says: "I am nothing if not critical;" and it is a fact that men use criticism to hide their own mediocrity or to magnify their littleness.

There is criticism which is helpful. Sometimes it is kind and encouraging; sometimes it is harsh and rough, and wields a tremendous bludgeon with no anesthetics. But in both cases it is honest, and is designed to be helpful, and will be if rightly received. Let all of us poor mistake-makers be so exercised by it that it will yield the peaceable fruits of perfection.

There is criticism that is narrow, mean, cruel. Sometimes those who criticize do it unconsciously; they are breathing out the atmosphere of their lives. Pestilential, however, is their breath. Sometimes they criticize better people to excuse their own sins. "Others are just as bad;" "Others are worse than I am," are frequently heard. The higher the man the more he becomes a mark for criticism. The greater his profession, the bigger his work, the more he becomes an object for the faultfinder's beratings, cynic's innuendoes, and the critic's arrows. He must expect them, whether justified or otherwise.

If criticism is true, let us profit by it. Many a sheep is kept in the fold by a snarling dog. If the criticism is not true, let it pass. Learn from the old blacksmith, who said that he could hammer out a reputation upon his anvil easier than he could deny the stories of the faultfinders and backbiters.

Above all do not be among the backbiters, slanderers, faultfinders, those who take up a reproach against their neighbor. "Judge not that ye be not judged." "With the same measure ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again." "He shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy." These are truths which we must meet in the judgment. Remember,

"All dust is frail, all flesh is weak, Be thou the true man thou dost seek."

The College View Fire

By Editor

The College View Fire.—For reasons unexplainable our note of sympathy to our brethren and friends at College View, Neb., over their loss by fire, did not get into our last week's issue, the first opportunity we had of saying it after the news came. We regret this, but we wish to say it now. We suffer with them in the loss. Nobly both faculty and students meet the difficulty. The fire may make their work limp for a little, but it will not, we are sure, hinder its progress. Good cheer to Professor Lewis and all his associates.

The Progress of the Advent Movement

A missionary talk, greatly appreciated and to be long remembered, was given by Elder A. G. Daniels, the president of the S. D. A. General Conference, in the Mountain View church, the evening of November 9. The talk lasted for two hours, and it was as interesting at its close as at its beginning. It was of striking interest throut. The speaker told how this work of the great Threefold Message had developed from an insignificant beginning in New England, about fifty years ago, till now it had in its mighty life-expansiveness swept out to all parts of the world, so that at the present time there is not an important sea-coast town in the commercial world, not a country of importance, that has not been entered by the representatives of this great, closing message for which the SIGNS OF THE TIMES stands. For years in some of the dark countries of earth, as Russia, for instance, the workers wrought in much difficulty, holding meetings in the darkness of midnight, suffering mob violence, official tyranny, and political exile, yet gaining thousands. To-day there is perfect freedom in Russia, and the whole field is organized into conferences or mission fields, the members of which number over three thousand. Where Sabbath-keeping Christians were exiled the seed was sown and companies of believers have been raised up for God. Thus the work moves on. This note gives only one item of many of its wonderful progress.

Our Next Issue

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will present a striking and strong Bible-reading on the Second Coming of Christ. Two numbers will be given to the subject. This is necessary to even touch its various phases.

“Studies in Romans” will be continued, and will grow better and better till we reach the very heart of the wonderful epistle.

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Ye Shall Be as God

"Ye Shall Be as God."—Satan’s deceptions do not all lie in one line. He deceives some as to continuation of life, “Ye shall not surely die.” He deceives others in inducing them to believe that they are as important as God. For instance, a paper which attaches to its name “Gospel” declares: “We [the editor and his friends, evidently] have now become sponsors for the oath of God. If failure is found in us [bold-face his] all things must pass into oblivion. . . . If His word is violated, unfulfilled, unobserved, His oath is brought into question. When His word and oath are made void by erroneous definitions His life is imperiled,—He swore by Himself, that is, by His own existence. If God’s word fails at our hands Lucifer is exalted above the stars of God.” We pity those who can believe such statements. Most Christians will be glad to still believe that God is not so hard up nor His throne and life so precarious as to be dependent on the failure or faithfulness of poor, mortal man. Of old time some departed from the faith and taught error, yet God’s servant could say, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure.” Of an unfaithful people unto whose care God entrusted His sacred oracles, the apostle speaks, “Shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God? God forbid; yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar.” Let all men apostatize and fail to witness for God, He can raise up stones, if need be, to proclaim His message.

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