p. 287 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 18. (5/8/1884)

Earlier text: California Tract and Missionary Society

OUR GENERAL AGENTS.

Alabama—J. R. Waite, Silas, Choctaw Co., Ala. Arkansas—P. C. Shockey, 205 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Ark. California—Miss Anna L. Ingels, care Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal. Canada—Mary L. Cushing, Dixville, P. Q. Colorado—J. W. Horner, Boulder, Colo. Dakota—Alice H. Beaumont, Howard, Miner Co., Dak. District of Columbia—Reuben Wright, 334 Eighth Street N. E., Washington, D. C. Florida.—J. F. Robbins, Holly Hill, Volusia Co., Fla. Georgia.—Eld. W. F. Killen, Perry, Houston Co., Ga. Illinois—Lizzie S. Campbell, Belvidere, Boon Co., Ill. Indiana—W. A. Young, Union City, Ind. Iowa—Mrs. Lizzie H. Farnsworth, State Center, Iowa. Kansas—Clara A. L. Gibbs, Lawrence, Kan. Kentucky—Bettie Coombs, Nolin, Hardin Co., Ky. Maine—Mrs. R. Robbins, South Norridgewock, Me. Maryland.—J. F. Jones, Calverton, Md. Michigan—Miss Hattie House, Battle Creek, Mich. Minnesota—Miss Mary Heileson, Mankato, Minn. Mississippi—Peter H. Clark, Moss Point, Miss. Missouri—Miss Clara E. Low, Sedalia, Mo. Nebraska—Nebraska Tract Society, Fremont, Neb. New England—Mrs. Eliza T. Palmer, N. E. Tract Depository, South Lancaster, Mass. New York—Miss Addie S. Bowen, box 113, Rome, N. Y. North Pacific—Mrs. C. L. Boyd, East Portland, Oregon. North Carolina and South Carolina.—Eld. N. P. Hodges, Sands, Watauga Co., N. C. Ohio—Mrs. Ida Gates, Clyde, Sandusky Co., Ohio. Pennsylvania—Mrs. D. C. Phillips, Wellsville, N. Y. Tennessee—Mrs. M. C. Fulton, Leach, Carroll Co., Tenn. Texas—Capt. C. Eldridge, Denton, Tex. Upper Columbia—Mrs. G. W. Colcord, Walla Walla, W. T. Vermont—Lizzie A. Stone, South Lancaster, Mass. Virginia and West Virginia—R. D. Hottel, Quicksburg, Shenandoah Co., Va. Wisconsin—Miss Phemie Lindsay, 901 East Gorham Street, Madison, Wis. Wyoming—J. T. Trees, Tie Siding, Albany Co., Wyo.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—The number of Roman Catholic clergy in England is 2,176.

—There are twenty-one Sunday-schools in connection with the Wesleyan mission in Ceylon.

—During the present century 150,000,000 copies of the Bible have been printed in 226 different languages.

—It is now announced that the Revised Version of the Old Testament is not to be published until next spring.

—The Spiritualists of Boston have just laid the corner-stone of a building to cost a quarter of a million dollars, and to be known as the "First Spiritual Temple."

—The Christian at Work says: "While there were last year some seven converts to each of our preachers in the United States, there were seventy converts to each of the missionaries in Asia."

—"A committee of the United Presbyterian church in Pittsburg has decided to ask the Legislature to make the use of instrumental music in churches unlawful." They will doubtless have to wait until the Religious Amendment to the Constitution is passed, and then the State will exist only for the purpose of serving the church.

—In an article by Dr. Cuyler in the Independent, addressed to young men, and entitled, "Where Do You Spend Your Evenings?" this sentence occurs, which we would especially emphasize: "Don't ask to be everlastingly amused; it is the mark of a baby mind, when a young man cares for nothing but fun and frolic." How many babies there are in the world.

—Rev. Charles Guest, Vicar of Christ Church, Burton-on-Trent, England, under pressure of the brewers of that town, has given his curate notice to leave for having recently published a pamphlet, "Why I am a Teetotaler." The same intolerant clergyman dismissed another of his curates a short time ago for publishing a pamphlet entitled "Drink and the Drink Traffic."

—The pope has prepared an encyclical against secret societies as the foes of the church. Bishops are requested to unmask, by pastoral letters, secret societies, and teach the people to abhor them, to extend Christian education, to urge agriculturists and workingmen to organize Catholic associations and conferences of St. Vincent de Paul, to watch schools and exhort youth never to become members of any society without first consulting their priests.

—In the "Ideas of the apostle Paul," by James Freeman Clarke, the following language is used, which is as true as if it came from the most orthodox minister in the land: "The law awakens the sense of responsibility, and gives us a high aim, which the gospel enables us to reach. Without the moral law to awaken conscience and arouse the sense of responsibility, grace would be ineffective. It is the united action of law and gospel which produces spiritual progress."

—At the fifty-fourth annual conference of the Mormons, recently held in Salt Lake City, there was an attendance of 12,000 from all parts of Utah. A Mormon population of 138,000 was reported, scattered over seven States and Territories. The number of church officials is 28,838. The number of missionaries sent out was ninety-five. One of the missionaries, the senior partner in a liquor store, who was chosen to preach the Mormon gospel in Great Britain, was the same day arrested and fined fifty dollars for selling whisky on Sunday.

—A writer in the Christian at Work, in an appeal for lay preachers, says: "Are we not constantly getting away from the practices of the primitive church, where every soul won to Christ was a preacher made for Christ? Is there any similarity to-day between our churches and the churches of those early days? What is our zeal and earnestness compared with even the zeal of the poor heathen who blindly worships gods made by his own hands? In our cold formalism, frigid dignity and respectability, we are sacrificing all that is worth retaining, and all that could be made truly effective in the work of Christ."

—C. A. Bartol, D. D., in the Independent, writes thus of Emerson: "I think he never fell or ate forbidden fruit. He seems an unsinned Adam, not expelled from the garden. He was transplanted hither from some celestial soil." "So pure and frank was he, that any assailing of his spirit or purpose was a sin against the Holy Ghost." This must have been the reason why Emerson did not believe in Christ—he was a rival. We have no disposition to criticize Emerson, but we do protest against the use of such language concerning any man. If the D. D. is responsible for what he says, he is guilty of blasphemy. We sincerely pity his congregation, if that is a sample of the husks upon which he feeds them.

—The International Sunday-school lessons have included the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians, and in the notes many truths and errors have been published. Among the true things, we find the following in the S. S. Times. H. Clay Trumbull says, on verse 54: "'Then!' When? At the second coming of our Lord; at the first resurrection. Then, and not until then, is the hopeful saying to be 'brought to pass.' Death is not yet 'swallowed up in victory.' Death is now—and until his destruction he will be—an 'enemy.'" Rev. A. F. Schauger says: "Talk as men may about the 'poor body,' we still feel that it is a glorious thing, and, as a matter of fact, we cannot possibly conceive of our existing, except in connection with some kind of a body."

Publishers' Department.

By Editor

Notice.—We send no papers from this Office without pay in advance, unless by special arrangement. When persons receive copies without ordering them they are sent by other parties, and we can give no information in regard to them. Persons thus receiving them are not indebted to the Office.

Money orders, drafts, etc., should be made to "Pacific Press," NEVER to individuals, as they may be absent, and business thereby be delayed.

Have You Renewed?

By Editor

NOTHING will please us better than to continue your paper. Examine the credit on your paster, and if the time is near please send us your renewal, or authorize us to continue the paper till you can send it.

Canvasser's Outfit.

CANVASSER's outfit, comprising a premium book, circulars, blank receipt book, order sheets, and suggestions on canvassing, will be furnished by mail, post-paid, for $1.00.

To Our Old Subscribers.

By Editor

To each one of our patrons who will renew his subscription before July 1, 1884, and will send us five new subscribers, we will mail a copy of either of the following choice books: "The Biblical Institute," "The History of the Waldenses," illustrated; "Geikie's Life of Christ," "Life and Epistles of St. Paul," by Conybeare and Howson, the "United States in Prophecy," new edition; "Sketches from the Life of Paul," by Mrs. E. G. White; or the New Testament, revised version, American edition.

Signs Premiums.

By Editor

CANVASSERS may offer the SIGNS to new subscribers, one year, for $2.25, and give them their choice of the following books, which will be mailed post-paid: "Geikie's Life of Christ," "Sketches from the Life of Paul," by Mrs. E. G. White, "Life and Epistles of St. Paul," by Conybeare and Howson.

RECEIPTS.

CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE FUND.—Ferndale Church (tithe) $95.30, Healdsburg $6.65.

HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.—Phebe Yokom (1 share) $10.

SEAMAN'S MISSION.—Phebe Yokom $2.50.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.—Mrs Rowland $10.

SIGNS DONATIONS.—Minnie Kilton 50c.

CASH RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.—Indiana T. and M. Society $26.76, P C Shockey $10.40, B Robb $5.00.

CALIFORNIA T. AND M. SOCIETY.—Mrs O Dart $1.00, Lillie Good $2.00, S P Chambers $2.00.

ORDERS FORWARDED.

By Editor

BOOKS SENT BY FREIGHT.—Eld N C McClure, Prof S Brownsberger, Mrs C C Ramsey, W S Swayze, Eld G D Ballou, Eld M C Israel, Eld Wm Ings, Seaman's Mission, Church & Lamb.

BOOKS SENT BY EXPRESS.—J C Penfold.

BOOKS SENT BY MAIL.—Mattie A Colby, Wm Nichols, Mrs Mary E Nordyke, J Strom, W T Eddy, Mary Saintclair, Mrs Orille Dart, Wm Fierbaugh, A B Minton, Mrs D C Phillips, Pennsylvania Tract Society, W H Edwards, T M Woodruff, M G Dillon, Charles Wilson, B H Bodwell, Elijah Taylor, J G Williamson, J M Huguley, J F Bahler, Lee Gorrell, Jennie Page, H Slaton, R M Kilgore, Capt C Eldridge, E W Whitney, Mrs Jane Smithers, Kansas Tract Society, H H Rieck, P C Shockey, Mrs Louisa Conklin; Mrs J A Atkins, Clara A L Gibbs, Mary Heileson, A W Jenson, Mrs S Boyd, A K Atteberry, Wm Harmon, Frank Thorp.

AGENTS AND FOREIGN BRANCH OFFICES.

By Editor

British Columbia—B. Robb, Victoria, B. C.

Canada—Eld. R. S. Owen, South Stukely, P. Q.; Robt. McCormick, Belleville, Ont.; Mary L. Cushing, Dixville, P. Q.

England—Miss. Jennie Thayer, Eld. M. C. Wilcox, Eld. A. A. John, 72 Heneage Street, Great Grimsby, Eng.; Geo. R. Drew, 16 Rodney Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Eng.; Eld. J. H. Durland, 239 Shirley Road, Southampton, Eng.

Norway—Eld. J. G. Matteson, Akersveren, No. 2, A. B. Oyen, "Sundhedsbladet," Christiana, Norway.

Prussia—Eld. J. Ertzenberger, 10 Rudolph Strasse, Vohinkle, bei Elberfield, Prussia.

Switzerland—B. L. Whitney, Les Signes des Temps, Bale, Suisse; Eld. D. T. Bourdeau, Pasquart 79, Bienne, Suisse.

Obituary.

By W. C. Grainger

SEMPLE.—Died, at Santa Rosa, Cal., April 25, 1884, Bro Wm. Semple, in the 68th year of his age. His disease was rheumatism, from which he had suffered many years. Bro. Semple was a native of Scotland. He came to this country in 1849, and settled in the State of New York. In early manhood he embraced Christianity, connecting himself with the United Presbyterian Church. He closely adhered to the Presbyterian faith until about ten years ago, when, from reading, he embraced the views of Seventh-day Adventists, and united with the church at Santa Rosa. Although never free from pain, he took a deep interest in missionary work, and only regretted that he had not been able to do more for the cause of truth. He died with a firm hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. Remarks at the funeral by the writer, from Job 14 : 14, 15.

W. C. GRAINGER.

Specimen of "Higher Criticism."

ARCHBISHOP WHATELY once wrote a lengthy argument to prove that no such person as Napoleon Bonaparte ever lived. It was a burlesque on those who try to show that the history of the Bible is not reliable. The "higher criticism" of the present day is forcibly caricatured in the following brief article from the St. Paul Pioneer Press. It appeared under the head of "Sitting Bull Myth, Explained by the Archæologists of the Twenty-first Century." It is no more forced or preposterous than some "learned" comments on the meaning of the Scriptures:—

Among the yarns with which this twenty-first century will be obliged to close, will be the record of a certain alleged visit of one Sitting Bull, supposed to have been an eminent savage and hair-lifter of his day, to St. Paul and Minneapolis in the year of grace 1884. In nineteenth-century-folk lore this Paladin is represented as having broken a treaty with the United States, massacred a detachment of its army, been captured, and, later, brought to St. Paul, one of its largest cities, entertained at a famous hostelrie, presented with the freedom of that city in a gold box studded with brilliants, worshiped by the aldermen, feted by the common council, shown the public schools, theaters, fire department, etc., of that city, which decorously went through their paces for his distinguished approval.

It will remain for the twenty-first century archæologist to explode all this. He will be called upon to demonstrate that this Sitting Bull was only a prominent solar myth; that his massacre of the pale-faces is a beautiful allegory, expressive of the surrender, at sunset, of Day to Night, wherein the pale-faces who succumb represent the departing light, and the ascendancy of the dusky warriors the coming on of Darkness. The archæologist will notice how slight a typographical error had metamorphosed "setting" into "sitting," and the carelessness, which by misprinting "Boreas" (i. e., the North Wind—Blizzardum Americanum) "Bull," has actually misled three centuries.

"What could be more exquisite," will cry our mythologist, "than the allegory of returning Spring—expressed in the legend that on the 19th of March, 1884 (that is, about the date where the ides of March are surrendering to the kalends of April), Sitting Bull visits Gen. Terry at Fort Snelling!" Here we have Sitting Bull (the Sun, accompanied by the gentle and invigorating Blizzard) visiting the Earth (Terra—Terry) the general or universal mother. The visit occurs in the lapse or old age (Senillæ—Snelling) of strong (Fort) winter. Mark how the pictorial nineteenth cycle speech here expresses the truth that when the glorious sun pours its rays upon an awakening earth, the gentle and invigorating Blizzard of April begins to get around, and everything teems with life, and joy, and springtime!

Upper Columbia Camp-Meeting.

By George W. Colcord

THIS meeting will be held in Walla Walla, W. T., commencing June 5 and continuing to June 16. The Upper Columbia Conference, Missionary Society, Sabbath-school and Temperance Associations, will hold their annual session in connection with this camp-meeting. Delegates should be elected, and all necessary reports made out in good season. We have promise of the following help: Sister White, and Elders Loughborough, Corliss, Waggoner, Boyd, White, Jones, and Bartlett. We were never before so highly favored at a camp-meeting; let us all, therefore, show our appreciation of the efforts made in our behalf, by coming to this important meeting at the beginning, and staying until the close.

G. W. COLCORD, Pres. U. C. Conference.

THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN.

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.

THIS is a series of four volumes, covering the entire period from the creation and fall of man to his final redemption. Volume One is devoted to Old Testament history. It is not merely a narrative of the leading events in the lives of the patriarchs and prophets; but moral lessons are drawn therefrom, in such a way as to make the book practically useful to the men and women of to-day. Volume Two commences with the life and mission of John the Baptist, and considers the first advent of Christ, his life and mission, as manifested by his miracles and teachings, and the nature and necessity of his life-work. It closes with Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Volume Three takes up the subject at this point, and brings to view the most thrillingly interesting portion of Christ's earthly career—his betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection. It closes with a brief history of the early church, including the missionary labors of Peter and Paul. Volume Four (in press) contains a history of the church from that time to the end, closing with the coming of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the establishment of the everlasting kingdom of Christ on earth.

These books are not argumentative, but they throw a vast flood of light upon the sacred page. They are written in a clear, simple style, and are of absorbing interest to both young and old. They offer special encouragement and instruction to Christians; and there is nothing better to place in the hands of skeptics, to convince them of the truth of the Bible. 400 pp. Price per volume, $1.00.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

THE SPIRIT OF GOD: ITS OFFICES AND MANIFESTATIONS TO THE END OF THE CHRISTIAN AGE.

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.

This is a brief but comprehensive argument on the solemn and important subject of the Spirit of God. Its chapters embrace the following heads: The Holy Spirit of Promise; The Power from on High; Circumcision of the Heart; The Unity of the Faith; The Law and the Testimony; Try the Spirits; The Great Commission; Gifts in the Reformation; In the Present Century; Spirit of Prophecy Restored. These are subjects of vital importance to all, and especially to those who are looking for the return of their Lord.

144 pp. Price, 15 cents.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

HISTORY OF THE WALDENSES.

By J. A. Wylie

By J. A. Wylie, LL. D.

ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS.

This work describes the conflicts waged by the Waldenses, and the martyrdoms they endured in defense of their faith and their liberty. Recent events have brought the Waldenses to notice, and thrown a new light upon the grandeur of their struggle and the important issues which have flowed from it. To them are we to trace the Constitutional liberties that Italy now enjoys. In their mountain fastnesses they maintained the faith of the early Christians, and by their untiring missionary labors this faith was diffused to all the nations of Europe, thus preparing the way for the great Reformation. 212 pp. Price, 90 cts.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

THE COMING CONFLICT.

By W. H. Littlejohn

THE GREAT ISSUE NOW PENDING IN THIS COUNTRY.

BY ELD. W. H. LITTLEJOHN.

THIS book contains a complete history of the rise and progress of the National Reform Party, together with an exegesis of the last portion of the thirteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, assigning to the United States its proper place in prophecy.

EMPHATICALLY A BOOK FOR THE TIMES.

434 pages, in muslin covers, and will be mailed to any address post-paid, for $1.00.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

BIBLE SANCTIFICATION:

A CONTRAST OF

TRUE AND FALSE THEORIES.

By Mrs. E. G. White.

THIS is a pamphlet of only 84 pages, but its value is not to be judged by its size. It is just what its title indicates: a faithful presentation of Bible truth on this important subject, and an exposure of the false theories prevailing in regard to it. Every believer in Bible truth should read it. Buy it, read it, and lend it to your neighbor. Price, 10 cents.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Upper Columbia Camp-Meeting.

By Editor

THIS meeting will be held in Walla Walla, W. T. June 5-16, in a fine grove which has been secured for the purpose. In connection with the camp-meeting there will be held the annual session of the Upper Columbia Conference, and meetings of the Tract Society, Sabbath-school, and Temperance Associations. Full particulars will be given hereafter. The brethren desire that this should be the best meeting ever held in the Conference, and there is no reason why it should not be, if each one resolves to be present to work for others as well as to receive good.

This will be a meeting both of interest and importance to the cause in Eastern Washington and Oregon, and to all in that region. The list of speakers appointed to be present is much larger than in any previous meeting in that Conference. The editor of the SIGNS is not "down on the bills" as one of them, but the present prospect is favorable to his attending it. Let a special effort be made to secure a large and continuous attendance.

College Meeting.

By Editor

THE annual meeting of the Healdsburg College was held May 2-4. It was a good and profitable meeting, but we have no time to give any account of it this week. Next week it will receive full attention.

Colporters.

By Editor

THE first syllable of this word is pronounced "col," short o. A porter is simply a carrier. We hear some of our brethren pronounce the first syllable with long o, making it sound like "coal porter," which would be a carrier of coals. As the word is now much used among our people, we should properly represent this class by giving a proper pronunciation to the word which points out their business.

To Camp-Meeting Workers.

By Editor

THE camp-meeting season is coming on, and we are happy to do all in our power to work up an interest in the meetings, by way of publishing notices, preparing hand-bills, supplements, etc., but there are a few things that we wish our friends would bear in mind. 1. Although the time and place of your meeting, the speakers that will attend, etc., may be perfectly well understood by you, it does not follow that we are informed concerning them. Therefore in your announcements do not forget to mention these important particulars. 2. Do not write to us and say, "Please put in a notice of our Camp-meeting, Conference, Tract and Missionary Society, Sabbath-school, and Temperance meetings; also make out a hand-bill for us." Now it may seem a small matter to do these things, and so it is; but even if we had abundance of time, it is not pleasant to work in uncertainty, not knowing whether or not we are stating the exact facts. Send us your appointments, clearly written out, and we will publish them. Send us all the particulars that you want placed on your bills and posters, and we will try to do the work promptly and in good shape. And, lastly, don't forget to tell us how many bills or supplements you want, and where they are to be sent. These points carefully attended to will save our friends much time, and us much trouble.

Misinformed.

By Editor

IN the Oakland Tribune of April 29, we find the following item concerning our late meeting:—

“Last evening twenty Adventists were baptized in Lake Merritt. The party came to the lake in carriages, and entering its waters in company with the officiating elder, were each immersed three times. One of the converts, overcome either by the cold, or nauseated by the salt water, is said to have fainted in the elder's arms.”

Concerning this item the reporter should have said, as they do of certain novels, that it is “founded on fact.” He certainly could not have gone farther from the truth unless he had said that there was no baptism at all. As a matter of fact, there were thirty candidates, the baptism was witnessed by two or three hundred people, most of whom walked to the place; and there was no fainting, or any unseemly demonstration. The entire ceremony was a model of order.

But these errors are of no consequence, and the item would not be noticed, if it were not for the statement that each candidate was immersed three times! Seventh-day Adventists believe that there is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism [immersion],” Eph. 4:5, and are uncompromising in their opposition to that perversion of the sacred ordinance, which consists in immersing the believer three times. Indeed, the “officiating elder” above referred to, has perhaps done more, both by voice and pen, to expose the “trine immersion” heresy, than any other writer. Will the Tribune please do us justice on this point, by correcting the mistake of its reporter?

What Shall We Do?

By Editor

WE have been censured by some because we pay so much attention to the writings of those who oppose the truth, and take so much space to review their pretended arguments. On the other hand we have received several letters requesting us to review an article which appeared in the Restitution on the subject of the Sabbath and the first day of the week. The article was sent to us in the form of a tract, some time ago. After a careful reading we then decided not to fill our columns with a notice of it, as it contained only high-sounding assertions with scarcely the shadow of an argument. The article is taking only with those who prefer sound to good, sensible argument. But we have reviewed at length much better articles, and do not see the propriety of reviewing that. However, if any reader finds a statement in it which appears to involve our views in any difficulty, we will answer any question in regard to it.

Requests often perplex us. We recently received an urgent request from Washington Territory to give our opinion of the final destiny of the wicked. We very often publish on this subject. Our belief may be found in Rom. 6:23; Phil. 3:19; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2 Peter 2:12, etc. Besides our paper we have excellent publications, carefully written, on these subjects, for sale at the SIGNS office.

Important Points.

By Editor

A CAREFUL reading is invited of Elder Haskell's letter and of Bro. C. H. Jones' article on the Publishing Association, in this paper. If any have ever held any doubts of the advisability of so large an office in Oakland, and of so much machinery and material, those doubts must now be entirely dispelled. As stated in the article referred to, we have two first-class power presses running two days in each week to print the SIGNS. Now if we have no outside job work these presses would have to stand idle three or four days in the week, which would involve an expense which no office could bear. And if we double, or nearly double the subscription list of the SIGNS, it would take our present large presses four days in the week to print the paper, which would make us two or three days later getting it in the mails. Then we must run more presses; and then if we had no facilities for doing a large jobbing work it would be impossible to keep up the SIGNS without an immense yearly outlay of means to meet the expenses. The proposed improvements, to be begun this year and finished next year, will give all the facilities that will probably ever be needed on this coast. We rejoice at the prospect; the outlook is cheering. A great work is now being done, but a much greater is to be done, and we do well to be prepared for it.

Supplement to Signs No. 18.

By Editor

A SUPPLEMENT has been prepared for this week's SIGNS, which will be sent to individual subscribers, but not to the clubs, as the matter which it contains is not necessary to be sent to them.

THOUGHTS ON DANIEL,

By Uriah Smith

CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.

By Eld. U. Smith.

EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE.

WE are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail, we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19: 42-44), and shall meet a similar fate.

416 pp. Price, $1.25.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Camp-Meetings for 1884.


CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles	May 8-18
KANSAS, Lawrence	“ 21-27
MISSOURI, SOUTHERN, Nevada	May 29 to June 3
“ NORTHERN, Chillicothe	June 5-10
NEBRASKA, Beatrice	“ 5-10
UPPER COLUMBIA, Walla Walla	“ 5-16
PENNSYLVANIA, Emporium	“ 11-17
WISCONSIN, Baraboo	“ 18-23
MINNESOTA, Mankato	“ 19-24
DAKOTA, Madison	June 25 to July 1
CANADA, —	“ 26 to “ 1
NEW YORK, —	Aug. 14-26
NEW ENGLAND, —	Aug. 20 to Sept. 2
VERMONT, —	“ 29 to “ 8
MAINE, —	Sept. 4-15

GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

Wisconsin Camp-Meeting Date Changed

By Editor

Eld. H. W. Decker writes: "In order to secure the help of Eld. Haskell at the Wisconsin camp-meeting, the time of the meeting is changed to June 18-23." Friends will please make a note of the change.