p. 320 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 40. (10/23/1879)

Earlier text: The United States in Prophecy

Secular News.

The yellow fever is spreading in the South, in several States.

Reports of Oct. 17 say that several frosts had occurred in the French wine districts.

Henry C. Cary, the well-known writer upon political economy, died in Philadelphia, Oct. 13.

New York City pays $30,000,000 a year for beer, which costs about $15,000,000. All a dead loss.

A Paris paper asserts that the Emperor and Crown Prince of Germany have seceded from the Masonic Order.

Geneva, Switzerland, has been visited this year by 1,400,000 strangers, of whom three-twentieths are Americans.

The elections in Ohio and Iowa resulted in large Republican majorities. A Republican Senator will succeed Thurman, of Ohio.

It is reported that a negro in Bridgeport, Conn., has gone insane over "pedestrianism." But why single out the poor negro for an example?

Dr. Lemoyne of Washington, Pa., the cremationist, died recently aged 81. He directed that he should be cremated in his own furnace.

Heavy frauds on the revenue by whisky men have been developed in North Carolina. Fraud and whisky are as inseparable as the Siamese twins.

In Vienna, Austria, Oct. 17, the snow was six inches in depth and still falling. At Gratz it was several feet deep. This is unprecedented at this time of year.

Toughened glass is now used for railroad ties in England. They cost per ton about the same as those of iron, but there are three times as many in a ton as of iron.

A very disastrous flood occurred in the Province of Murcia, Spain. It is believed that over 100 persons perished. Later reports say the floods continue: 119 bodies have been recovered, four villages are in ruins, and thousands of peasants are wholly destitute.

Four hundred kegs of powder exploded on a railroad train in Louisiana. The conductor and passengers, ten in number, were literally blown to pieces. The cars were demolished.

After a long strike and in a lawless spirit, all the Fall River spinners have resumed work who can get work. They report that "many members of the Union are suffering for food."

Heavy rains south of Rawlins, and the departure of the Indians, cause the withdrawal of troops from that point. They will be sent to the Indian country from the east through Colorado.

The greatest mathematical curiosity of the age turns up in Kentucky. He has no schooling, and cannot tell how he arrives at the solution of problems. Facts are stated which appear almost incredible.

Trouble has been brewing in Burmah for some time, and now the British Resident has been withdrawn. He has not been able to restrain the reckless course of the king and his followers, and it was deemed prudent for him to leave in time.

Another Indian war has broken out in New Mexico. The fighting has been severe, and many settlers and miners have been killed. The Utes in Colorada have scattered so that Gen. Merritt can find no body of them together. It is supposed they have retired to the various agencies.

Oct. 2d, a stand in the fair ground at Adrian, Mich., fell, and 15 lives were lost, and a large number wounded. The stand was spiked together, instead of being morticed and braced. Both the owner and builder have been arrested for manslaughter, and they will be convicted if justice is done.

The terrible railroad disaster at Jackson, Mich., has been quickly followed by lesser ones in various places,—two on the N. W. road, one of them near Baraboo, Wis., one on the Lake Shore road, near Glenville, Ohio; one near Belton, W. Va., and some others. More or less lives lost.

Four thousand Afghans made a desperate attack on the British camp at Ali-Kheil, Oct. 14, but were repulsed at the point of the bayonet, leaving on the field 40 killed and 200 wounded and two standards. The British pursued them two miles. The British loss was two killed and fourteen wounded. The latest intelligence is to the effect that the combined frontier tribes are retreating.

A conference, composed of delegates representing 140,000 coal miners, was held at Leeds, Oct. 15. A resolution was passed in favor of a National emigration scheme, to lessen competition amongst miners. The scheme consists of a system of small weekly subscriptions, the subscribers after a certain time to ballot for chances to emigrate. Those going to America will receive £6 and passage money; to Australia or New Zealand, £12 and passage money.

The Virginia City Chronicle records a most remarkable escape of a miner. A "cage" with six men was coming up a shaft, when one was thrown out at an irregular place, and though the speed was they landed on a timber at the side of the shaft, 14 by 16 inches. On this narrow footing, close to the wall, he stood till the men descended from the top, expecting to find him at the bottom, dashed to pieces. His dangerous resting place was in pitchy darkness, 600 feet from the bottom.

Religious News and Notes.

By Editor

—Moody and Sankey will soon hold a series of meetings in Cleveland.

—Three Protestant ministers died of yellow fever in Memphis this year, all Methodists.

—Of the 940 Professors in the nine Universities of Prussia, 82 teach Protestant, and 25 Catholic theology.

—Among the colored refugees in Kansas is an entire Baptist church of 300 persons, from Delta, La., led by the pastor and deacons.

—The Hartford Theological Institute is the only Congregational Seminary which has furnished any foreign missionaries this year.

—Rev. Mr. Moses, of Portsmouth, N. H., is said to be the oldest minister in New England. He is 96 years old, and has preached sixty-five years.

—The Congregationalist makes the statement that the regular receipts of the American Board for the year just closed, have fallen far short of the amount expended.

—The French Chamber of Deputies has cut down Episcopal stipends by 5,000 francs each, making 435,000 f. in all, and has voted to give 2,000 priests 1,000 f., instead of 900 f.

—The Nashville Advocate says the sales of their books to their own people average less than seven cents per annum! It seems hard to believe this, but we take it from a Methodist paper.

—The growth of Romanism in New England for the last thirty years has been large, but almost entirely through immigration. It is claimed that her gain has not been equal to the amount of immigration, as some have renounced Romanism since coming to this country.

—Mr. Grandison Fairchild is the father of three College Presidents, viz., Oberlin and Berea, Ohio, and Kansas State Agricultural. One of his sons-in-law is a Professor in the Michigan Agricultural College, and eight or nine of his grandsons are also College Professors.

—The Indian Salvador was hanged at San Rafael on the 2d. He confessed that he had committed six murders. The priest was with him in prison and he died under the odor of sanctity. And what does this signify, that so many murderers are attended and consoled by Catholic priests?

—The statistics of the Protestant Church in Berlin for 1878 reveal some curious facts. Only 69 per cent. of the Protestant children born in the year were baptized; only 35 per cent. of the marriages of Protestant couples were solemnized by a minister; and only 4,774 of the 9,535 Protestants who died were buried with religious services.

—The Welsh Baptists have some six conferences in this country, the largest of which is the Eastern Pennsylvania, with 30 churches and 2,500 members. In all, there are about 5,000 Welsh Baptists in the United States. It is stated that the younger Welsh people all learn the English, and but for immigration the Welsh churches could not be kept up.

—Rev. J. Kekela, who has for twenty-four years been a missionary on the Marquesas Islands, was in San Francisco last week, and left for Honolulu on Wednesday. He possesses a gold watch presented to him by President Lincoln for saving the mate of the American whale ship Congress, in 1864, from the hands of cannibals who had already bound him and intended to cook and eat him.

—Dr. Schaff writes that the consideration of heathen missions at the Alliance meeting in Basle, "led to an important action of the Conference—a solemn protest against the infamous British opium trade in China, which was forced upon that vast empire against its will, at the point of the bayonet, and is one of the chief obstacles to the progress of Christianity in the East. A heathen nation protests against the poison, and a Christian nation forces it upon them."

—A church bell which has just left a Troy foundry for Persia, will have certain peculiar associations attached to it. The funds for this purchase were given by a Presbyterian Sunday-school in California, and it is intended as a memorial to Mrs. Hattie Lyman Stocking, who died at Assam, on the River Tigris, in Nineveh. After it arrives at an Oriental port it will have a journey to make of several hundred miles on the backs of horses. It will be used for the church at Assam.

—The Rev. Dr. N. Brown, missionary in Japan of the American Baptist Union, writes that he has completed the translation of the New Testament into the Japanese. He says since his arrival in Japan, six and a half years ago, his time has been about equally divided, exclusive of his regular missionary duties, between the study of the language and translating. He doubts "if there is any Eastern language into which the New Testament could be translated in a shorter time or one capable of expressing more naturally and truthfully the thought of the original." He transferred only two or three words in Greek—such as "Amen" and "hyssop."

—Zion's Herald says most truly: "There is no conflict between science and religion: it is only between certain scientists and a distorted view of revelation. Science and true religion are one and inseparable, born of the same omniscience and equally leading the humble student back to the same fountain-head of knowledge and virtue."

Exercise Necessary to Strength.

If we accustom a lap-dog to live on chicken, cakes, and cream--to warm washings, aromatic soaps, blue ribbons, and soft rugs--we do perhaps a silly thing; but if after all this petting we turn him out in the cold without a bone we do a cruel thing. Nor is the matter amended if we have drilled him into perfect obedience, taught him to bark at certain signs, to sit up and beg, and to keep a biscuit on his nose till he is told to eat it; for all these arts and accomplishments will neither get him a crumb nor spare him a kick in the crowded streets. But this is virtually the practice of many parents towards their grown-up daughters, who are kept in a kind of stalled ease and plenty, are required to look to them for the commonest decision, and who, having been disciplined exactly in those qualities which will least help them in the battle of life, wake up one sad morning with the bitter blast of poverty blowing upon luxurious habits, and with the consciousness of not excelling in one single thing that can be exchanged for bread.

A True Statement.

By Editor

WE are sorry that circumstances call for the publication of such matter as the following, but justice sometimes compels it. The letter in the Standard was sent to us from the East, by a person who is a stranger to us, with a request to explain. We have the utmost confidence in Bro. Wood, and in his statements. Our experience, somewhat extensive, with that people, is not such as to give assurance of fair dealing when a challenge is given for a debate.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM.

BRO. ERRETT:—Recently Eld. Wood, a Seventh-day Advent preacher, pitched his tent in Santa Anna. He preaches in a very belligerent manner, and raised quite a sensation. A Baptist preacher by the name of Parker, announced in the paper a sermon on "The Immortality of the human spirit." Mr. Wood was there, and at the close of the meeting stood up on one of the seats and announced that he would review the sermon in his tent. The general impression was that Mr. Wood was too smart for Mr. Parker. This gave him more confidence, and he opened out on the Seventh-day doctrine, and quite a number of good people were about carried away, when Bro. Lyle put a stop to his game by showing the other side. For over two hours he had the best of attention, while he expounded Paul's letters to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and Hebrews, we are "not under the law"—that the old covenant is "taken away."

At the close of the sermon Mr. Wood said he would not debate then, but as soon as he finished his series of discourses he would. Consequently a challenge to debate the Sabbath question soon appeared in print. Elder Wood accepted the challenge; but when Bro. Lyle called on him to make arrangements, Mr. Wood utterly refused to affirm anything, claiming that Bro. Lyle challenged, and hence must do all the affirming. This Bro. Lyle did not see fit to do, especially as the advent effort was already killed. Bro. Lyle agreed to affirm his position on the first day, in language framed by Mr. Wood, provided he would affirm his Seventh-day doctrine. But no, he would affirm nothing. Such a piece of cowardice we seldom ever see.

S. J. S. RUBOTTOM.

ORANGE, Los Angeles Co., Cal., Sept. 7.

A TRUE STATEMENT.

IN answer to the article in the Christian Standard "Seventh-day Adventism," I pen the following, which is a statement of facts. The article in the Standard comes far short of telling the truth; but that is accounted for when we come to understand that it was written by a man and published by a people who claim that the ten commandments are abolished. People living in this vicinity need no explanation, but I write this so those who may see the article in the Standard will understand the matter. Mr. Rubottom who signed the article knew nothing of our meetings, nor what was done in Santa Ana, only what was told him, as he lives in Orange, and he told me himself that he was in the tent but once while I had it in Santa Ana. He states that "quite a number of good people were being carried away by the Seventh-day doctrine when Mr. Lyle interfered." Mr. Lyle sent a request for the use of the tent to preach against the Seventh-day Sabbath before I had preached in favor of it. I granted his request, and he made two attempts, working hard for about four hours, trying to show that the ten commandments are abolished. He crossed himself so many times his own members could see it, and one called out from the congregation and set him straight. His attempts were reviewed to the satisfaction of the people as the following will show. When his attempt was made against the Law of God, no one had taken a stand on the truth, but immediately after, twenty-four signed the covenant, and several of these were members of his church. So the reader can see how he "killed the advent effort." A short time after he challenged me to debate the Sabbath question which I accepted, but on talking with him, I found him to be a very unreasonable man, and unchristian-like in his talk, and he utterly refused to debate unless he could have his own way in the matter, and seemed indignant because I asked him to bear half of the expenses if we should hold it in the tent. When I found there was no reason in him, and he was void of common courtesy, I asked him to come to the meeting that night and make the arrangements before the congregation; that he also refused to do, and went off mad.

At the close of my tent meetings, and after all the attempts against our position, I immersed nine; the first ever immersed in Santa Ana notwithstanding there is a Campbellite (Disciple) and a Baptist church in the place.

J. L. WOOD.

Death of Eld. Maxson.

By Editor

WITH deep regret we learn from an individual from Washington Territory, of the death of Eld. Maxson, of Walla Walla, which took place Sept. 28. We are surprised that we did not learn of it earlier. He died of erysipelas, and was sick eight days. His age was 62 years, 11 months, and 21 days.

Brother Maxson has done good service in the cause of present truth in Walla Walla and the country roundabout. His work was well done, and his memory will be cherished, not only by his own church, but by all the people of that country.

New Adventist Church.

By Editor

THE new Advent church, previously referred to, was begun this week by workmen under charge of J. C. S. Whalen, of Oakland. It is 28x48 feet in size, with 18 foot posts, and will have a ceiling about 22 inches higher. It fronts on Madrone Avenue. There will be 8 windows, 3 on each side and two in front, each 10 feet high and 3 feet 4 inches wide, and fashioned like those of the Presbyterian church. The roof is a high gable. A tower is in contemplation, but not positively decided on. The time of construction is about two months; cost about $1,300.

The above is from the St Helena Star. Success to the enterprise. One word of advice:- do not put colored lights in the windows.

Read Them.

By Editor

THE remarks of Sister White on Sanctification, in connection with the Camp-meeting in Indiana, are so truthful, so important and so timely, that we call the special attention of all our readers to them. They should be read with care.

No phase of Modern Spiritualism needs more carefully to be considered, or more clearly and conclusively proves it to be a delusion of the most dangerous nature, than that of the Dangers of Mediumship, presented in this week's paper, to be continued in the next. The facts given in their own writings are most startling.

This collection of evidences has never been published in any of our periodicals. Show it to your neighbors who are inclined toward the terrible deception.

Floods in Spain.

By Editor

THE elements have been fearfully at war in Europe, and now Spain has been visited by sorer trouble than even Hungary. An item in our news column says over a hundred lives were lost in the floods. Later reports state that over five hundred bodies have been already found. One hundred and twenty mills have been destroyed, and between 3,000 and 4,000 houses. The loss in property cannot yet be calculated to any certainty.

A Scandal Slander.

By Editor

LATE reports show that the published news of the divorce case of Mrs. Langtry, in which the Prince of Wales was said to be implicated, was a base slander, originated by a sensational paper in London. It was copied by all the papers throughout the country; perhaps it was more currently believed as the Prince was formerly reputed to be a fast young man. We have no regret for any remark we made on the supposed matter of news, but we do regret that there are men who will so shamefully impose on the papers and on the reading public. The slanderer is having proper attention paid to him in the courts.

The Cost of Drink

“The National Bureau of Statistics says all the church property in the United States is worth $354,000,000, while every year $700,000,000 are spent for drinks. There is nothing valuable in this paragraph, save that it shows that men drink just twice as much as they pray. And there is not anything particularly valuable in that, either.”

Only not nearly half the sad truth is told. Drink costs $700,000,000 yearly, while over two centuries have been spent in accumulating $350,000,000 of church property.

Business Department

By Editor

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BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND TRACTS.

By Editor

Issued by the S. D. A. Publishing Association and for sale at this Office.

The Sanctuary and the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14. By Elder U. Smith. This question has developed the people known as the Seventh-day Adventists, and is the pivotal doctrine upon which their applications of prophecy largely depend. 352 pp. $1.00.

Thoughts on Daniel, critical and practical. By Elder U. Smith. An exposition of the book of Daniel, verse by verse. 384 pp. 1.00.

Thoughts on Revelation. By Elder U. Smith. With notes or remarks on every verse in the book of Revelation. 352 pp. 1.00.

Life of Wm. Miller, with portrait. Interesting sketches of the life and public labors of this pioneer in the Advent movement in this country. 416 pp. 1.00.

The Biblical Institute. A synopsis of the lectures given at the Institute, held at Oakland, Cal., April 1877, covering the main points of our faith. 352 pp. 1.00.

The Nature and Destiny of Man. By Elder U. Smith. This work treats on the condition of man in death, and his final destiny. 356 pp. 1.00.

The Spirit of Prophecy; or the great controversy between Christ and his angels and Satan and his angels, in four volumes. By Mrs. E. G. White. These volumes cover the time from the fall of Satan to the destruction of sin and sinners at the close of the one thousand years of Rev. 20. Each 400 pp. Vol. I. Old Testament Facts to Christ. Vol. II. Life and Ministry of Christ. Vol. III. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ, with the Lives of His Apostles. Vol. IV. (In preparation). Each 1.00.

History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, for the period of 6000 years. By Elder J. N. Andrews. This is a work of unusual interest, prepared with great care, and is full of historical and Scriptural facts. 528 pp. $1.00.

Life of Elder Joseph Bates, with portrait. 352 pp. 1.00.

The Constitutional Amendment. A discussion between Elder W. H. Littlejohn and the editor of the Christian Statesman, on the Sabbath. 1.00.

The Bible from Heaven. By Elder D. M. Canright. An argument to show that the Bible is not the work of men, but is of God. 300 pp. 80 cts. Revised edition (in preparation).

Spiritual Songs. A choice collection of Hymns and Tunes. 416 pp. 1.00.

The United States in the Light of Prophecy. An exposition of Rev. 13:11-17. By Elder U. Smith. Applying to our own land and time, this prophecy possesses surpassing interest for every American reader. 200 pp. 40 cts. Paper covers, 20 cts.

Thoughts on Baptism. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A careful examination of the subject of Christian Baptism in the light of history and the Bible. It presents strong arguments against the notion of Trine Immersion. 186 pp. Bound in flexible cloth, 35 cts. Paper covers, 25 cts.

Song Anchor. For Sabbath-schools and praise service. By J. E. White. A new book, with excellent new words and music. 160 pp. 35 cts. Per hundred, $30.00.

The Atonement. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. An examination of a remedial system in the light of Nature and Revelation. 168 pp. 20 cts.

The Ministration of Angels, and the origin, history, and destiny of Satan. By Elder D. M. Canright. 144 pp. 20 cts.

The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism, by Elder J. H. Waggoner. A thorough exposure of Spiritualism; application of the Scriptures, and copious extracts from a library of Spiritualist publications. 184 pp. 20 cts.

Our Faith and Hope. Sermons on the coming and kingdom of Christ. By Elder James White. 182 pp. 20 cts.

The Spirit of God, its gifts and manifestations to the end of the Christian age. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 144 pp. 15 cts.

The Three Messages of Revelation 14:6-12. Particularly the third angel's message and the two-horned beast. By J. N. Andrews. 144 pp. 15 cts.

The Two Laws, as set forth in both Testaments. By Elder D. M. Canright. 104 pp. 15 cts.

Matthew Twenty-Four. A clear and forcible exposition of our Lord's discourse upon the Mount of Olives. By Elder James White. 64 pp. 10 cts.

The Sunday Seventh-Day Examined. A refutation of the teachings of Mede, Jennings, Akers, and Fuller. By Elder J. N. Andrews. 88 pp. 10 cts.

The Seven Trumpets. An exposition of the subject, as set forth in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Revelation. 96 pp. 10 cts.

Refutation of the Age to Come. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A most decisive refutation of the view that men may find pardon after the Saviour has closed his work in the Sanctuary above. 168 pp. 20 cts.

The Morality of the Sabbath. By Elder D. M. Canright. A complete refutation of a common objection against the Sabbath. 96 pp. 15 cts.

The Resurrection of the Unjust. A vindication of the doctrine. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 100 pp. 15 cts.

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Vindication of the True Sabbath. By Elder J. W. Morton, formerly missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, to Hayti. 68 pp. 10 cts.

Sermon on the Two Covenants. By Elder J. N. Andrews. An able argument on an important subject. 48 pp. 10 cts.

The Truth Found. The nature and obligation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 64 pp. 10 cts.

Christ and the Sabbath; or, Christ in the Old Testament and the Sabbath in the New. By Elder James White. 56 pp. 10 cts.

Redeemer and Redeemed. By Elder James White. This work sets forth the plan of Redemption in its three stages. 40 pp. 10 cts.

Systematic Benevolence. Setting forth the Bible plan of giving for the support of the ministry. 64 pp. 10 cts.

General Conference.

By Editor

Just as we go to press we learn that the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is appointed to convene at Battle Creek, Oct. 7. The General Tract Society, Publishing Association, Health Reform Institute, and Educational Society, will hold their annual meetings in connection with the Conference meeting.

Tithing Boxes.

By Editor

THESE boxes, to which we referred last week, are now ready to be delivered. They are light, made of white cedar, 5 inches long, 3 inches wide, and 2 1/2 high. The hole in the bottom is covered with a piece of zinc which is held by two small screws. The mottoes are printed upon colored, glazed paper. On the top, as follows:--

"Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven. Systematic Benevolence, Treasury. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him." 1 Cor. 16:2.

On the front side:--

"But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." 2 Cor. 9:6.

On the reverse side is a little sermon under three heads, as follows:--

DUTY OF TITHING.

"And of all that thou shalt give me will I surely give the tenth unto thee." Gen. 28:22. "And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's; it is holy unto the Lord." "And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord." Lev. 27:30, 32. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Mal. 3:10.

GIVING OF THE FIRST-FRUITS.

"Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase." Prov. 3:9. "And ye shall eat neither bread nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings." Lev. 23:14.

COVETOUSNESS FORBIDDEN.

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things he possesseth." Luke 12:15.

SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY.

"The laborer is worthy of his hire." Luke 10:7. "Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel." 1 Cor. 9:14. "And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation." Num. 18:21.

On the end, to the right:--

"Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." Ps. 50:5.

And on the left end:--

"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver." 2 Cor. 9:7.

The aperture at the top is large enough to receive an American silver dollar. Altogether it is a neat and attractive box. We hope it may prove to be so to "all the tithes" which are the Lord's. Twenty-five cents by mail is a small price for such a box, so ornamented. By express, 20 cents. The texts thus kept in view are constant reminders of our duty to God, as told to us in his own word. They are got up by the State Conference. By mail or express, address Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.