BACK to the fourth century!
Steadily, surely, perseveringly, and determinedly the professed church of Christ is to-day following the path taken by churchmen in the days of Constantine.
Church history is repeating itself. In the united purpose and concerted action of twentieth century ecclesiastics we may read again the tale of the church life of 1600 years ago. Once more reciprocity between Church and State spells "progress;" once more bishops and statesmen fraternize and join hands; once more rapprochement is found through compromise of principle and abandonment of sacred and long cherished belief; once more Church and State are drawing together, and while not fully wedded, the unholy intercourse has begotten political churchmen and "Christian" politicians.
Like causes produce like results. If the "false theocratical theory" of the church of an early century brought disaster to both Church and State THEN, we may know that the same theory will work disaster NOW.
However painful may be the study of present-day church conditions, however ugly may be the picture presented, the student of prophecy must faithfully call attention to facts as he finds them, because in and through them he finds a fulfilment of the inspired Word. Like Daniel, he must boldly, tho optimistically, read the handwriting on the wall.
Now in the matter of church conditions of the present time it goes without saying that the great Protestant bodies of our country have announced their purpose to engage actively in an aggressive campaign of governmental reform. The chairman of the last great Federal Council stated: "We believe that the great Christian bodies in our country should stand together; lead in the discussion of, and give an impulse to, all great movements that make for righteousness. We believe that questions like those of marriage and divorce, Sabbath desecration, foreign immigration, modern industry, the moral and religious training of the young, indeed all great questions in which the voices of the churches should be heard, demand their united and concerted action."
This position having been taken by the churches as a united whole, it is only natural that everywhere throughout the United States we find them making earnest efforts to carry out the program. In an address given in Portland, Oregon, August 1, 1909, the Rev. Luther R. Dyott said, "The church should be in politics, not as a political institution, but as a force for municipal righteousness and national patriotism."
The order of the day, therefore, is for churchmen to enter the arena of secular life. The pulpit thunders forth its denunciations against this, that, and the other social evil. It may be, perchance, that the minister organizes and heads a Law Enforcement Society. He may be found, and often is found, doing detective work, even going so far as to persuade some suspected one to violate the law, that he may have him arrested as a criminal.
It is matter of common observation that ministers are now chosen and sent to our national and State legislatures to frame bills, and to lobby, as only politicians may, in behalf of legislation called for by the church. And by means of the "big stick" which they use to most telling advantage, they frequently succeed.
It was in view of this course taken by the church, that a certain "Reader" of the Sacramento "Bee" wrote his paper: "Why on earth is it that churchmen can not see the unreasonableness and unseasonableness of their meddling with Caesar's business? Could they attend strictly to their own business, trusting their Creator to enable them to live and preach the Gospel in the demonstration of the Spirit, thousands who to-day take no stock in Christian business, or at least in church business, would be found within the pale of the church. The church is the loser every time she allows herself or her leaders to be drawn away from her legitimate calling."
The State deified in the person of the ruler, who is both king and priest, an utter perversion of God's plan
This writer is largely if not wholly right. The church numbers her communicants by millions. She knows her strength, and, having cast many a side glance, she has learned that the political world really courts her favor. True, she LOSES SPIRITUALLY "every time she allows herself or her leaders to be drawn away from her legitimate calling;" but she gains favor with the great mass of careless worldlings, who regard her only as a voting potentiality.
It can not be successfully denied that the church has come to occupy a unique place in American political history. Practically speaking, the balance of power in great national elections is in her hand. She stands, not as in favor of this party or that, but for those who will do her bidding. And in unmistakable language she lets it be known that he who dares to brave her will, must suffer both the loss of support and her open antagonism.
The net result of her interference with matters political is a great loss of prestige with men who have looked to her for spiritual guidance; a sad loss of confidence on the part of her membership in their own individual divine calling; a tremendous loss of that power which really makes for righteousness; and an influx of those whose religion is largely one of form, and whose membership is held mostly for selfish or utilitarian purposes.
By both religionists and worldlings these facts are freely acknowledged. Said an Oakland pastor not long since: "Membership in a church is coming to mean almost absolutely nothing in these days." "The great trouble with the church is that we have put heaven too far away. When the church ceases to be a political organization, controlled by a coterie of influential men; when it ceases to be a select club, run by a particular few; when it opens its doors freely to the sinner, and welcomes the outcast,— then it will come to exercise its destined function in civilization and the world."
The political work undertaken by the church absolutely demands political methods for its accomplishment. Speaking of much of the preaching in a certain great city, a well-known periodical remarks editorially: "It would seem, indeed, that most of the sermons we now hear are composed with the hope of publication hovering ever in the background. The idea is not to say something that will strike home to the hearts of the congregation, but rather by strong condemnation to catch the ears of the press and start a blaze of notoriety. . . . The yellow journals have practically converted us, even our ministers — or shall we say our ministers first and the public afterward? For their fervid outpourings on supposed plague-spots in our moral system are so entirely like the stump speeches of office-seeking politicians that they can no longer be mistaken for anything else."
Of course, this condition is not now universal. Even the editor just quoted adds that "our real men of the pulpit — and there are some — do not adopt such tactics. . . . It is a pity that there should be only such a few of them." But while NOT universal NOW, the position of the church and its ministry regarding political matters is such as to call for universality; and sooner or later the minister who is conservative enough to stand against the prevailing custom will be considered not progressive, and will find himself without a charge.
We have reached the advent of a "new Christianity," a "new evangelism." As stated by Ray Stannard Baker in the "American Magazine" (December, 1909), "There must be, from now forward, quite a new preaching and teaching — the preaching of repentance from social sin and the need of social salvation." "As in the old evangelism the INDIVIDUAL has to be born again, so the new evangelism demands a new birth for SOCIETY." And this new evangelism, which is now firing both the church and the world, is so broad that "every man and every organization, whether church leader, or Socialist, or labor agitator, or publicist, or business man, who has a vision of the new time and is working toward it, is a new evangelist."
But this doctrine, so prevalent, so popular, so heralded, is NOT a "new CHRISTIANITY." Jesus Christ never commissioned either His church or His ministry to go forth and labor for the regenerating of society. Society — the world at large — is not regarded by the Scriptures as an object of conversion. Society will "wax worse and worse." There never can and so never will come national repentance and a consequent national righteousness. The mission of the church is to preach "Jesus Christ and Him crucified." The world will hear; but only a few, and they as individuals, will accept the Gospel and be saved. "As the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be." The conversion of society is but a will-o'-the-wisp, designed to attract the church from its Heaven-given work.
It should not be thought, however, that when the church follows its legitimate calling it will be neglecting anything that IT CAN DO for men in a social way. Indirectly, the11Gospel of Christ has always been a civilizing, enlightening, uplifting force in the world. One sinner converted, one heathen transformed by the power of God through the church, is a tremendous influence for good in the reforming of society. And the more there are converted, the greater the influence. Yet while this is so, the church never should make the reforming of society its object, either primarily or secondarily. It has but one business,—the saving of men from sin through the preaching of Christ.
Nor will the church fail in philanthropic lines by clinging tenaciously to its calling. When it shall have succeeded, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, in winning men away from their selfishness and sin, it will have brought into existence an army of men and women who, like the Father above, will mercifully bestow from their storehouses of supply the temporal blessings of which others stand in need. The truly converted man will ever see in his neighbor's need a call for his sympathy and support, and he will do because DOING is a part of his very life business.
How easy it would have been, if Christ had so designed, for Him to make it plain that He wished His church to preach "civic righteousness," to educate "the national conscience," to "compel the enforcement of law," to "advance civilization," ad infinitum. But He never did it. On the contrary, His only word was, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to the whole creation." "Go ye therefore, and MAKE DISCIPLES of all the nations."
The church may point with pride and enthusiasm to the "great movements" started by its direct effort; but let it not forget the truth uttered by the editor of the Kansas "Post":
O, says one, but how about our great movements, our great giving, our great literature, etc., etc.? Turn to the Dark Ages, and ask how about our great cathedrals, our great pomp and glory as a physical worldly power. But that was the cloak of the church, costly enough, to be sure, but made so all the more to cover and hide her spiritual deformity and death.
And whether Romanist or Protestant, human nature is the same the world over, and from age to age. Yes, we are active, 'tis true. But is it not true that our great movements are rather a rallying of what forces and power we have, and, after all, a substitute for the real power of God's Holy Spirit and God's Word, rather than results of these?
Ah, who will see the fatal weakness of the present almost world-wide plan of the church to enter the new field of "social Christianity"? Who will see the need of holding fast to the old, simple plan of the Gospel, depending alone on the power of the Holy Spirit working through the divine Word preached by holy lips for the regenerating and saving of the individual soul? Who will see that all this stir and hurrah about saving society is, so far as the church is concerned, but a wretched "substitute for the real power," entailing great loss to the world and spiritual destruction to the church?
It has been stated in this article that this whole church movement toward politics, social reforms, law enforcement, etc., is a revival of fourth century life. Let the thought be repeated. Then it was Romanism, now it is Protestantism led on by Romanism. It was bad in the fourth century, but it is as much worse now as there has come greater light from which to turn. The history of that time should warn us that the movement will end in the degradation of the church, the weakening of the State, and an unholy union that finds pleasure, in trampling under foot the sacred rights of all.
Schooner Crew Drowned in Gale
All but one of a crew of seven were drowned when a schooner off Columbia River jetty encountered a terrific gale and capsized.
Christianity Opposed to War
The chairman of the Clerical Peace Committee, Dr. J. B. Remensnyder, believes that we are nearing the time when the church should oppose big standing armies and navies. He says: "The international movement for peace originated from the spirit of Christianity, the love of God as Father, and of man as brother. Peace on earth is the keynote of the Gospel." Christianity is ever opposed to war, strife, and bloodshed. The words of its Author to the apostle Peter, "Put up thy sword," are just as applicable to the nations to-day. It is in the heart of the true Christian to love peace, and to do all in his power to promote it. But it would be inconsistent and deceitful for Christians who see the trend of events long foretold in God's infallible Word, to cry "Peace and safety," while the nations rapidly "prepare war."
The Pander’s Trap
Lured by newspaper advertisements calling for "manicurists," many innocent girls have been caught in a pander's trap at Washington within the shadows of the national capitol. Through official investigation it was found that the illicit traffic has its agencies in twenty-four other cities throughout the country. This awful traffic is no longer a mere blot on our civilization; it is a monstrosity whose lust-engendered tentacles are stealthily, deceptively creeping into every vocation of life. It grasps innocent children from loving arms, fair maidens in their purity, vigorous youth in their manhood, and once in its power and embrace leaves them wrecked and maimed for life. Innocent confidence is sweet, but unguarded chastity walks at the peril of her life.
Joseph G. Robin Declared Sane
A jury specially drawn to determine the question, declared Joseph G. Robin sane. The verdict was in direct opposition to the evidence of five alienists, who declared Robin, an indicted banker, insane and unable to advise with counsel. Judge Swann, in General Sessions, said the jury's decision "was a common, horse-sense verdict, and any other would mean that we might as well turn all prisoners in our city prison loose." Robin must consequently stand trial on eight indictments charging larceny in connection with the closing of the Northern Bank and the Washington Savings Bank.
Labor Fight Over Redistribution Bill
Advices from Melbourne state that the redistribution of seats bill introduced in the Parliament of West Australia met hostility from the Labor members of the house, who, to prevent its passage, kept the house in continuous session for twenty-nine hours, when they were obliged to give up from exhaustion. The uproar was so great at times that none of the speakers could be heard. The fight finally came to a fistic struggle, and the Labor Party withdrew from the house in a body.
Women’s Domestic Service in Germany
Frau Pauline Woerner, an advocate of women's rights in Germany, recommends that women do compulsory domestic service for the State as a means of ending the suffrage agitation. She remarks: "I was educated in Germany, and I know that no woman could be more domestic than Germans. Why, even the wives and daughters of the professional men, prosperous lawyers and doctors, do their own cooking and housework. But aside from that, legislation can never make cooks."
The Waste of Warships
W. Bourke Cockran, in a speech before the Commercial Club in Chicago recently, re-asserted that "every dollar put into battle-ships is criminal waste. A battle-ship to be least costly must be idle. When it is in action it is adding cruelty and misery to expense." He believes that expenditures for army and naval armaments are pauperizing the nation, and would like to see more merchant ships and fewer war-ships.
California Medical Examination Bill
A bill has been presented in the California Senate which if passed will modify the rigid requirement of the present State Board of Medical Examiners. Under this bill any practitioner of medicine who enters the State will be permitted to practise without the State Board examination, upon presentation of his credentials and evidence that he has been practising for two years or more.
Chicago’s Waste of Smoke
The waste in smoke in Chicago is estimated at $21,830,000 a year, or $10 annually for each man, woman, and child in Chicago.
New York Street-Car Accident Injuries
The Public Service Commission reports that in New York City during 1910, 48,013 persons were injured in various street-car accidents on surface roads.
Laborers Drowned in Passaic Caisson
Thirteen laborers were trapped in a caisson and were drowned in the Passaic River while employed in the construction of a railroad bridge at Newark, New Jersey.
Pension for the Deposed King
Manuel II, the deposed King of Portugal, who is now living with the Queen Mother Ameline at Wood Norton, Faversham, England, is to receive a pension of $3,300 a month.
Pastor Turns to Moving Pictures
An Illinois pastor, declaring everything he has tried has failed to hold the people, has resorted to moving-pictures, saying, "I am now going to try a moving-picture show."
Sacramento Bank Robbery
Nearly $6,000 was looted from the Nippon Bank, a Japanese institution, in Sacramento, February 13. Two officers were shot and wounded by the bandits, who made their escape.
Educational Tests and Immigration
Dr. Chas. W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard University, declares that "an educational test to restrict immigration is misdirected, because ability to read is no proof of character."
New United States Postal Card
The latest United States postal card, three by five inches, is printed in red, and is designed principally for index and library purposes, but available for the use of any person desiring a small card.
Spiral Nebula Photographed at Mount Wilson
A chaotic swirling mass of gases and fiery liquids has been revealed in the heavens by the telescope at Mt. Wilson and photographed. This spiral nebula is said to be 500,000,000,000 miles in diameter.
Electric Compass Records Ship Movements
George A. Shutte, a steamer pilot, has invented an electric compass which will record every movement made by a vessel,—starts, stops, turns, or reverses,—and also give the exact location at any given time.
Missouri Capitol Site Uncertain
Since the Missouri capitol building has been destroyed by fire, it is thought the new capital may be located at University City in St. Louis, as it is doubtful whether a new capitol will be erected on the old site at Jefferson City.
Nicaragua Ammunition Barracks Explosions
Three sentinels were killed in a series of explosions in the ammunition barracks, situated not far from the palace of the president of Nicaragua. In the fire which followed it is thought that 7,000 rifles and 10,000,000 cartridges were destroyed.
Norwegian Fishing Village Swept Out to Sea
An entire fishing village of Norway which had been established on the ice outside Bkorko Sound, was carried out to sea in a gale one night, and the disaster was not discovered until morning. Boats sent to the rescue have not returned at this writing.
Emancipation Jubilee Planned for 1913
Colored people of the Southern States are uniting with those of Washington, D. C., in extensive preparations to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their emancipation from slavery in the United States. The jubilee will take place in Washington in 1913.
Tuberculosis Day
April 30 has been named as "Tuberculosis Day" this year, and will, it is believed, be generally observed throughout the country. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis is planning to give statistics and offer suggestions for the use of the clergy in presenting the matter to their congregations.
California Women’s Eight-Hour Workday Bill
An eight-hour work day bill for women passed the California Assembly, without a dissenting voice. Many of the lawyers in the Assembly questioned the constitutionality of the bill, and after an attempt to send the measure to the Judiciary Committee had been defeated, they all voted to pass it to the Senate. Senate lawyers, however, declare it will not stand the test of the courts.
Largest Ship Afloat
LARGER by nearly one hundred feet than any other vessel afloat is the White Star liner Olympic, which was launched at Belfast, Ireland, October 26.
She is of 45,000 tons, and will accommodate 2,500 passengers. She has been building for twenty-two months, and it will be some eight months longer before she is ready for her trial trip. She is a triple screw steamer. Her principal dimensions are: length over all, 882½ feet; breadth over all, 92½ feet; breadth over boat deck, 97 feet; height from bottom of keel to top of captain's house, 105½ feet; to top of funnel, 175 feet; funnels above being 82 feet. She has eleven steel decks and fifteen water-tight bulkheads. Her crew will number 860.
The Olympic is one sixth of a mile long. If she and her sister ship, Titanic, soon to be launched, were to be placed end to end under the Brooklyn Bridge, they would block the East River, and extend over each shore nearly one hundred feet.
She is twice as long as St. Peter's in Rome is high, equals in length the total drop of the Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite Valley, and her length is four times the height of the Bunker Hill Monument.
Scientific American
Note the fine lower
On the Olympic there will be Turkish and electric baths, swimming pools, tennis-courts, sun parlors, palm courts, and a deck where sports may be indulged in.
To bind the massive steel plates, 2,500,000 steel rivets are required. This will insure the greatest stability. The total weight of these rivets will be 1,200 tons. The rudder weighs 100 tons, and will be moved by electricity.
Each of these monster vessels, whose speed is calculated to be twenty-one knots an hour, will be propelled by a unique combination of reciprocating engines with a low-pressure turbine similar to that moving the White Star liner Laurentic, plying in Canadian waters. It is said that vibration is positively eliminated, and that passengers who may use these ships need have no fear of seasickness.
America in the Philippines
A "London Times" correspondent, in the weekly issue of that journal of November 25, 1910, has the following to say of what has been done for the city of Manila:
Manila is already a beautiful city with many attractions as a place of residence. The bay and the river, the quaint walled city, and the picturesque Spanish streets, with some immensely interesting buildings in the old convents and churches, are enough in themselves to give it both character and charm. Now, by an Aladdin-like process of pure miracle, around and about this old city of 200,000 people the new city planned for 2,000,000 is rising, and rising, as the American way is, all at once. As a prerequisite, of course, the whole city had to be made sanitary; and if the Americans were to evacuate the Philippines tomorrow, in the improvement which they have wrought in the sanitary conditions of the islands they would leave a monument for which they would deserve to be held in grateful remembrance. Not only in Manila, but throughout the provinces, the twin scourges of the Filipino in the past — cholera and smallpox — have been almost exterminated. The great weapon with which the former of these has been fought has been the digging of artesian wells, over 900 of which are now flowing, and the number is being steadily increased. And wherever the artesian well comes to replace the old surface water, which furnished the general drinking supply, cholera disappears and the ratio of mortality decreases by over fifty per cent.
A Magical Healing Spring
But the protecting of the Filipino against himself is not always easy. A short time ago there suddenly broke from the ground on the outskirts of Manila a new spring of water which quickly acquired a reputation for possessing magical healing properties. The water was amber-colored, and possessed a taste which alone was proof enough of its medicinal value. So the natives flocked to drink of the new water and be cured of their various13ailments; and among them, as they gathered in increasing numbers, cholera began to rage. The attention of the authorities was thus called to the subject, and it was found that the new spring came from nothing other than leakage from a sewer.
Manila itself now has the “two great factors essential to public health;” namely, an assured pure water supply, and a modern and adequate sewer system. And one of the most delightful short trips to be made from the city is the twenty-two mile drive (best done in an automobile) out to Montalban, where the superbly impressive gorge of the Mariquina River is blocked by a massive concrete dam, and the river has been diverted (at a cost of some £800,000) to furnish Manila with pure water.
Leaving Home
By Lephia Bryant Larson
By Lephia Bryant Larson
You are leaving home to-day, my boy,
And I may not bid you stay;
You have a right and long to go,—
You are old enough, you say,
But, O dear son, remember,
When out in the world alone,
There's many a snare,
With few to care
Whether you smile or moan.
Ten hands will offer you drink, my boy,
To one who will dash the cup;
Ten hands will seek to drag you down,
To one who would help you up.
Haunts of vice await to entice
Your young, unwary feet.
O, promise me you'll trust in God,
And not in the boys you meet.
Good-by! Your mother's prayer
Will follow day and night;
And when to you temptation comes,
May you ever choose the right.
Aberdeen, Washington.
Never Forgetting
THE editor of the American Grocer, a widely circulated trade journal which has recently celebrated the conclusion of its fortieth year, states in his journal that "the trade is cursed with persons thinking themselves so far developed that they need no special culture in memory." In illustration he tells these stories of scenes in different large business houses:
Said a city retailer to his clerk: "Charley, there are one dozen quarts of olive-oil spoiled, because you exposed them in the store window to the direct rays of the sun. Didn't I tell you to keep it in a cool, dry, even temperature?" "Yes, sir, but I forgot!" Result, a loss of $8.00. Moral: A BAD MEMORY IS COSTLY.
"Tom, what is the trouble with Mrs. Good?" "O, she is angry because I sent her the wrong sort of coffee. She has been using our 76 blend and I forgot and sent her Rio, and she has been kicking ever since, and says she is done trading here." Result, the loss of a customer whose trade amounted to six hundred dollars a year. Moral: A POOR MEMORY DRIVES AWAY TRADE.
"Dick, what is the reason so much butter is being returned?" said the head of the firm to the manager of a big retail grocery. "Well, it was stored in the cellar near a pile of codfish, and I suppose the warm temperature and close proximity tainted the butter." "But didn't I warn you against that, and tell you butter was quick to absorb any foreign flavor?" "Yes, sir, but I forgot!" Result, ten tubs or six hundred pounds of butter damaged, causing a loss of over fifty dollars. Moral: A POOR MEMORY WORKS INNUMERABLE LOSSES TO THE STOCK.
"The fellow that does not want to remember, or will not try to remember, is a barnacle, and the only way to get rid of barnacles is to scrape them off." The boy or man with an unreliable or bad memory is a burden and expense. "If men and boys will deliberately place themselves on the scrap-heap of society, they must accept the consequences."—Selected.
The Meaning of Unfairness
By S. S. Times
UNFAIRNESS toward others is disastrous evidence of the weakness of one’s own position. The man who is wholly in the right, is the most likely to recognize and give credit to all that is right in another. For when we are right we have nothing to fear from any one; but when we are wrong we are almost irresistibly impelled to try to conceal something of our wrong by accusing others of wrong where it does not exist. That is unfairness. Therefore to be really fair to all our fellow men is a challenge to everything that is best in us. As Bishop Brent, of the Philippines, said in a recent sermon on “Fairness” preached in Westminster Abbey, “I have urged upon you something that only strong men can venture to do.” The most subtle danger of unfairness is that we seldom admit to ourselves at the time that we are unfair. Our only hope against it lies in the strength of love, which is the strength of God. When self has died, and we have Christ-directed love for another, we shall not be unfair.—S. S. Times.
Notice
THE fourteenth annual meeting of the California Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association, for the purpose of electing four or more members of the Board of Directors, and transacting any other business that may properly come before the meeting, will be held at Sanitarium, Napa County, California, on Wednesday, March 8, 1911, at twelve o’clock M.
H. W. COTTRELL, President.
H. E. RANDALL, Secretary.
A Boon to the Housewife
If you want to wash easy, read the following from a minister’s wife:
Dear Brother: Enclosed find 50c, for which please send me E-Z Washing Tablets. I have used these now for several months, and would not want to be without them. They are certainly a boon to the overworked housewife on wash-day.
Sincerely yours,
MRS. ASA SMITH,
Crawford, Neb.
A package sufficient for nine large washings mailed on receipt of 25c. Address Alfred Mallett, 721 H Street, Sacramento, Cal.
50-Acre Home for Sale on Payments
By D. Jones
I own several thousand acres of Northeast Texas farm and fruit land. Will cut up in 50-acre blocks and set our new orchard of figs, peaches, pears, apples, and grapes, for worthy families. Will fence, and build new houses, and accept payments either monthly or yearly, and we will care for same until parties can move.
This plan to deliver good homes to worthy families on their terms of payment.
We raise corn, cotton, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, melons, peas, peanuts, grasses. Good water and plenty of timber. Fine dairy land. Healthy. Mild winters. Sandy loam, clay subsoil. Well located. Bank references furnished and required.
D. JONES,
Jefferson, Marion County, Texas.
Large Ripe Olives
By A. E. Crist
5 to 25 gal. at 60c per gal.; 25 to 50 gal. at 55c per gal.; 50 gal. or more at 45c per gal.; extra large, 20c extra per gal.; medium size, half green, 10c less per gal. Also white or black figs, 45 pound buckets, at 7c per pound. Extra fine, hand picked, processed and pressed. Satisfaction guaranteed. A. E. Crist, Chico, Cal.
WHY Did They Do It?
By Editor
THE figures below represent orders received from 14 persons. The first column their orders for January; the second column orders received from these same persons for the February number:
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WHY did they increase the size of their February orders? They told us. We’ll tell you. The secret lies in this quotation, taken from a letter just received:
“I have noticed a decided improvement in recent numbers of the Monthly. I had no trouble in selling all those January papers. Send me 350 of the February number.”
Plenty of territory for others. Write today to your tract society about it. 5 to 40 copies will cost you 5c per copy; 50 or more, 4c per copy.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES,
Mountain View, California
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Parlor Observation-car with
Library and Cafe
Ladies’ Reading-room
Gentlemen’s Smoking-room
Daily News Bulletins
Latest Papers and Magazines
