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Lesson 13.—December 29.—Review.

Golden Text.—“If God be for us, who can be against us?” Rom. 8:31.

The titles, scripture selections, and Golden Texts of the quarter’s lessons were as follows:—

Lesson I.—Joseph Sold into Egypt. Gen. 37:23–33. Golden Text: “The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God was with him.” Acts 7:9. Joseph was a type of Christ, whose brethren, the Jews, delivered to death through envy. Mark 15:9, 10. Envy is the most cruel attribute of the sinful heart. “Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?” Prov. 27:4.

Lesson II.—Joseph in Prison. Gen. 39:20 to 40:8. Golden Text: “But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy.” Ch. 39:21. Joseph suffered unjustly because of his unswerving devotion to the commandments of God. His “feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in iron; until the time that His word came; the word of the Lord tried him.” Ps. 105:18, 19.

Lesson III.—Joseph Exalted. Gen. 41:38–49. Golden Text: “Them that honor Me I will honor.” 1 Sam. 2:30. Through the Spirit of prophecy the Lord brought His servant into favor with the king. Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, and then gave him wise counsel, not forgetting to give the God of heaven credit for the wisdom that he had shown. When the king saw the necessity of placing a discreet and wise man over the affairs of the kingdom at such a time, he could think of none so well qualified as Joseph.

Lesson IV.—Joseph and His Brethren. Gen. 45:1–11. Golden Text: “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Rom. 12:21. Joseph’s brethren had come from Canaan to buy food, because of the prolonged famine. On this their second appearance before Joseph, he made himself known to them. They were troubled when he told them who he was, but he spoke kindly to them, saying, “Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life.” We are also assured that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” Rom. 8:28.

Lesson V.—Death of Joseph. Gen. 50:15–26. Golden Text: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Ps. 90:12. Joseph was faithful in all things; he was kind to his erring brethren, honored his father, true to the interests of the kingdom, and faltered not in his integrity to God. On his death-bed he showed his undaunted faith in God’s promise by exacting an oath of his brethren to take his bones with them when they should return to Canaan. He died at the age of 110 years, about ninety-three of which had been spent in Egypt.

Lesson VI.—Israel Oppressed in Egypt. Ex. 1:1–14. Golden Text: “God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant.” Ch. 2:24. Notwithstanding all that God had done for Egypt, and all the evidences He had given them that His wisdom and goodness and power were mighty above all else, they turned from Him, and persecuted Him in the persons of His chosen people. Yet the same spirit is in the world to-day, in many who have enjoyed much greater light.

Lesson VII.—The Childhood of Moses. Ex. 2:1–10. Golden Text: “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6. The lesson tells of the preservation of Moses, from the decree of the king, by the faith of his parents (Heb. 11:23), of his adoption by the king’s daughter, and his finding a home at the royal court. The providence of God, in answer to humble faith, not only spared the child’s life, but placed him under the care and tutorship of his own mother during the earlier years of his life.

Lesson VIII.—World’s Temperance Lesson. Isa. 5:11–17, 22, 23. Golden Text: “Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine.” Verse 22. The woes pronounced in God’s Word are not arbitrary denunciations, but are the logical and unavoidable results of wrong doing. God “doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men” (Lam. 3:33); but “sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:15.

Lesson IX.—The Call of Moses. Ex. 3:1–12. Golden Text: “Certainly I will be with thee.” Verse 12. Moses had been forty years a shepherd, after his exile from Egypt, when the Lord appeared to him in the burning bush at Mount Horeb. He now felt entirely unfitted for the work to which he was called, but on the assurance that God would certainly go with him, he consented.

Lesson X.—Moses and Pharaoh. Ex. 11:1–10. Golden Text: “The Angel of His presence saved them.” Isa. 63:9. This lesson deals especially with the last of the ten plagues. The nine previous plagues had been for the double purpose of preparing the Israelites to undertake the exodus and as warnings to Pharaoh that he might relent and escape this last and most terrible visitation, of which he had been warned when Moses and Aaron first appeared before him.

Lesson XI.—The Passover. Ex. 12:1–17. Golden Text: “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” 1 Cor. 5:7. The judgment that had been pronounced against the Egyptians would also have been executed upon any Israelite household if the application of the blood of the paschal lamb had been neglected. Even the slaying of the offering would not have availed without the required blood upon the door-posts. So with our Passover; His death on the cross was for all, but its efficacy for the individual lies in the application of His blood, or life, to the life of the penitent one by faith.

Lesson XII.—The Passage of the Red Sea. Ex. 14:19–27. Golden Text: “I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously.” Ch. 15:1. The Israelites were not a military people, hence the Egyptians did not expect a conflict. From their standpoint they had only to overtake the fleeing company in order to compel their return. They had no hesitancy in following any trail that the great company might leave behind. But God was caring for Israel, and at the same time was watching their enemies, who blindly rode into the trap that had been set for them by the Commander of the Lord’s host. “The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is His name. . . . Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power; Thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.” Ch. 15:3–6.

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Signs Calendar for 1902

By Editor

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Under this engraving is a monthly “tear-off” calendar for 1902.

As a border we have arranged a unique Golden-Text-Calendar feature which is illustrated by the following selection:—

JANUARY, 1902

13 M Be of good courage 14 T He shall strengthen thine heart 15 W Look unto Me 16 T Thou art my Rock 17 F Casting all your care upon Him 18 S For He careth for you

From this illustration you will see that the border contains a scriptural selection for each day in 1902.

These selections might well be called, “Texts That Have Helped,” from the way they have been secured. We invited Christians of experience to furnish such texts as have been particularly helpful to them, and their response has made possible the publication of this beautiful and helpful wall decoration.

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Closing the Year’s Volume

By Editor

The last number of the year is this issue. It closes another year's volume. May the merciful Father blot out all its mistakes, and make living and potent its work for Him, the truth it uttered. May they live on, not in books or mere words, but in living, transformed characters.

Appeal from the Foreign Mission Board

By Editor

In our Missions department will be found an appeal from the secretary of our Foreign Mission Board, Brother W. A. Spicer. It came at the last moment, in fact after our paper was largely made up, but we made room for it. Our plea here is simply this, Read it. We know it may do you good, and through you others.

Leave the Dead Past Behind

Forget the past that is dead, or ought to be. Let it die. Do not resurrect its moldy bones or gloom over its grave. “God is, and all is well” in Him; and what is not in Him, let it die, as die it must and will sooner or later. God is; live from Him, in Him, for Him. Do not stand with sad face to a regrettable past when the great, infinite sea of God’s blessings is breaking at your feet. Gather up the pearls of hope; open the soul and let the light in, and leave the dead past to oblivion.

Wrongly Said

Wrongly Said.—We frequently hear the expression from some one who has been offended by, or is in trouble with, his fellow-man, “I gave him as good as he sent.” You hear it also from the lips of professed Christians. It is wrongly said. What is really meant is, “I gave him as evil as he sent.” To put it in other words, “He called me a liar, and I called him another.” “He said that I was a scoundrel, and I told him he was a cold-blooded cheat.” “He cheated me; I will get even with him.” There is nothing good about it. There is no Christianity in it. God’s words are, “Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.” Prov. 24:19, 20. Jesus said, “Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth; but I say to you, Resist not him that is evil.” Matt. 5:38, 39, R. V. The only truly Christian thing to do is to give an antagonist better than he sent. Let your words be winning. “He that winneth souls is wise.” The man who takes his cause into his own hands, who seeks to avenge himself or to exact justice himself, leaves God out of the question, and must stand alone not only with his enemy, whom he may for a time overcome, but alone before God in the great day of judgment. It is better to do God’s ways, to stand with Him here, that He may stand with us there.

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The Seventh-day Baptists have decided to issue a journal specially devoted to Sabbath reform. Some years ago they published for a while the Sabbath Outlook, but for some reason stopped its publication. Now, however, they have decided that the incidental advocacy of the true Sabbath which appears in their church organ is not as extensive as the importance of the subject demands, nor as generally noted by the reading public as matter of a special character issued in a special journal, and more generally circulated. The new journal will be a 16-page monthly magazine. We wish it success.

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THE SIGNS FOR 1902.

By Editor

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There are three prominent departments in the Signs of which we wish to speak, each one of which is worth more than the price of the paper to the interested reader. Note the following important Biblical subjects which will be treated in the

GENERAL ARTICLES DEPARTMENT,

considerably less than one-half of what that department will contain:—

1. Nature of Man and a Consideration of Spiritism. A Scientific and Biblical View, by Prof. J. A. L. Derby.

These articles are important in matter, and original and interesting in style. There will be about ten of these.

2. Restoration from Babylon, from the Captivity of Judah to the First Advent of the Messiah, by Alonzo T. Jones.

This period of history and Scripture is but little understood generally. Its rich lessons in vigorous righteousness, its faithful warnings in inspired prophecy, are but little appreciated, because not known. These articles will prove of great help to the earnest student. They will number about ten.

3. The Coming of the Lord, Its Certainty, Its Manner, Its Nearness, will be set forth in clear, forceful messages by L. A. Phippen and C. M. Snow, in from fifteen to twenty articles. These will include a consideration of the signs of the times.

4. “Consider Him,” a series of studies on our blessed Lord as Creator, as Angel of the Covenant, as the Word made flesh, as our Example—the Personified Law, as the Great Teacher, as the Eternal Sacrifice, as Great High Priest, as the Judge, as the Everlasting King. The very subject names are thrilling. These will be written by Prof. G. W. Rine.

5. A Study of the World-Wide Sabbath Question in the Light of Scripture and History.

Surely such a study is of vast importance, and will be of interest. Every honest soul will wish to know God’s truth in the matter.

6. Articles on the little-known book of Zechariah. By Pastor R. S. Owen, of Los Angeles.

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The SIGNS OF THE TIMES will present the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in matters of Faith, Justification, Regeneration, Obedience, the Work of the Holy Spirit, the Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation; it will contain articles upon the great living questions of the day affecting Church and State, great world-movements like Christian Science, Hypnotism, and Spiritism, and much more.

Besides these three important departments there are our Mission department, our Sabbath-school department, and our news columns. In view of all these,

Do you not wish the SIGNS for 1902? Do you not wish your neighbor to have it? It is only $1.50 a year. And it presents some splendid combination offers. If you are a subscriber, you can not afford to let your subscription expire. You will wish to find others. If not a subscriber now, become one.

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MAY IT SHINE BRIGHTLY.

The Illuminator is the name of a new journalistic craft that our friend Mr. M. H. McCarthy, proprietor and publisher of the Monterey County Enterprise, Castroville, has launched in Salinas. This is the aim of its editor, as set forth in its “Salutatory” of the first issue:—

While we shall endeavor by every honest means to place The Illuminator upon a self-sustaining basis, yet our great object will be to give; not to get. We shall endeavor to handle the current events of the day in a fair and impartial manner, and shall never knowingly do an injustice to any one, aiming at all times to avoid comments which savor of blind partisanship. . . . We shall advocate the fullest political and religious liberty for all men, and believe that these forms of liberty are only perfect while kept separate and distinct. We shall oppose all legislation the purposes of which are to unite these two powerful forces, knowing that there is a dangerously strong sentiment being promulgated among the masses leading toward this end. These subjects, almost universally neglected by the secular press, we shall endeavor to cast our rays of light upon from time to time, explaining to the best of our ability, the Theocracy, the perfect government, and how and why civil governments were instituted, and also the dangers which attend the efforts now being made to change our country from its rightful position as the “Cradle of Liberty” to one in which the conscience of man must be violated in order to escape persecution.

We shall make our columns as entertaining and instructive as possible, giving each week a complete summary of the news, together with other special matters of interest to people in all walks of life. Improvements will be added from time to time, in order that our friends shall have no occasion to feel ashamed of our efforts. We respectfully solicit the support of all who desire a clean, honest paper.

There is more besides equally commendable. Surely a paper with such high aims is worthy of support by the good people of Monterey County, and everywhere. May it indeed be an illuminator.