p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 29. (7/25/1911)

Earlier text: VI. Religious Convictions or Conventions?—What Religion Means

Contained in This Issue

By Editor

Our Question Corner	PAGE
3515 — Who Is the Rock? 3516 — To What Law? 3517 — Matt. 12:40; 3518 — The Shape of the Earth; 3519 — Acts 10:1 and Mark 15:39; 3520 — Matt. 11:12	2

| Our Bible Band | 2 |

| General | |

| Chosen in Christ | 3 | | The Creator and the Sabbath | 4 | | The Second Coming of Our Lord | 5 | | The Seventh Head (Studies in the Revelation) | 6 | | Ten Thoughts on Tithing | 8 |

| Editorial | | | Politics and Principles | 9 | | Why Christ Died | 9 | | No-Lawism | 9 | | Notes | 9, 16 |

| Poetry | | | Waiting for My Lord | 1 | | The Old-Fashioned Bible | 5 | | The Sure Foundation | 12 | | Heights and Depths | 13 | | The Answer | 14 |

Too Late

By Editor

Too Late.—The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamer Santa Rosa was wrecked on Saddle Rock, near Santa Barbara, early Friday morning, July 7. The steamer ran on the jagged rock. The captain hoped that she might be saved; consequently nothing was done for the rescue of the passengers. Three steamers, it is said, stood ready to take them off, and the morning of the 7th was fair and the weather calm, and they could have been moved with perfect safety. One report is that of the 200 on board, 11 were carried to death. Later it is stated that all passengers were saved, but two members of the crew were lost. There are all sorts of conflicting accounts.

Some say that the captain was perfectly competent, an able, kindly man, and of course he had absolute control of his ship; but it is thought that he took advice from the officers of the company, and waited too long. This is denied. He declares that if he had followed his own judgment it would have been different. It is indeed a very sad case that where 200 lives hung in the balance there should be hesitation and haggling over the cost of rescuing them, and that a whole pleasant day should go by before the rescue was attempted. There are millions waiting over moral questions and deciding them too late.

Chosen in Christ

By Editor

Do not pass over the excellent, helpful article, "Chosen in Christ," by Mrs. White.

The Seventh Head

Read the article in the Revelation studies, "The Seventh Head." It pertains to some extent to the future, but it seems to the writer logical.

The World-Wide Sabbath Question

By Editor

We begin a new series of articles on the great, world-wide Sabbath question, by Pastor R. S. Owen, a lifelong Bible teacher. Study them, and let us hear from you.

Letters to a Young Man

By Editor

How many young men are reading the "Letters to a Young Man"? Those who are not are missing much. They are inspiring and helpful. Young man, read them. Get others to read them. They deal with your problems.

Freedom in Christ

American freedom was celebrated the other day throughout the land. Christ calls to a freedom which demands a celebration every day. His is the greatest freedom from the greatest bondage — the bondage of sin — the freedom of righteousness in Him.

A Preacher Watching the Police

By Editor

The city of Pasadena has set a preacher to watch the police department. The new spiritual sleuth is a doctor of divinity and a Universalist. It may be all right for a Universalist minister, but it is utterly incongruous for a preacher of the Gospel. He has no business there.

A Discounted Bible

By Editor

"A Discounted Bible," on page 10, is worthy of a thoughtful reading. What does it mean? What will be the fruits of this modern infidelity? We do not fear for the Bible; it has stood the storms of ages; it will still stand. Puny little men may dash their puny spears against the thick bosses of God's buckler; it will be the spears and the men that suffer. Man and the glory of man will pass, but "the Word of the Lord endureth forever." But in the climax, in the victory, where will we stand?

The Appeal of the Karen Mission

By Editor

They are wonderful appeals that the great foreign mission fields are making to young Christian men and women to-day. The strength of these appeals is not the promise of an easy time, of always pleasant tasks, of congenial people, of wealth or fame. The power of the appeal is first the great need, and secondly the open door of God's opportunity. These thoughts are suggested by Pastor H. H. Votaw's appeal in this issue for the Karens. Read his article on page 14.

Life and God's Law

Life, all life, is from God. "With Him is the fountain of life." But the life does not come to all that possess it, through the same channel. The life question, to our mind, will never be well understood till the place that law occupies in the realm of life is recognized. We will never understand what it means for man till we clearly perceive that he is subject to a twofold law—spiritual and physical. Life through one channel forms a vegetable; through another, a beast; through another, a man; through another, an angel. Study life with law, and first of all with God's law. "In the way of righteousness is life."

The East's Fearful Heat

By Editor

The East has been undergoing a fearful siege of heat, as we noted in our last; and at this writing the hot blanket, so to speak, still remains. Hundreds have either died or have been so affected as to mean death, and very many more have been prostrated by the fearful heat. Multitudes go out of New York City to the sands of the seashore to sleep, finding some relief on the wet, cool sand. 400,000, it is said, went to Coney Island, and 175,000 to Staten Island. These sufferings ought to call to mind the prophecy of Revelation 16, of the time when the sun will be given power "to scorch men with fire." We are sure that many in the East are willing to believe that the time is here already, but this is not a circumstance compared with what that will be.

Individuality

Individuality.—"We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ." Every man "shall give account of himself to God." Rom. 14:10, 12. We shall not be asked what were the rules of this society or of that organization to which we may have belonged. We shall not be asked what was conventional in society, how our neighbors did, or how the church taught. All those things will avail us nothing. We are responsible alone to God. All conventionalities of society, all the influences of men, singly or congregate, will be of no worth in that day when God shall make bare the hearts of men. Then it behooves us now to learn our duty here, our responsibility to Him, our obligations to His law. These will be paramount then; they ought to be paramount now. If they were, they would make the better man, the better neighbor, the better member of society.

Searching for a Father's Body

Miss Edith Randall, daughter of John C. Randall, a Quincy, Massachusetts, banker who lost his life in the Alps on September 6, 1870, has left Massachusetts for Chamouni to recover the body of her father. Recently the massive glacier has disgorged at its mouth alpenstocks and other personal belongings of some of those who lost their lives at the time Mr. Randall was killed. Eleven were in the party who dropped to their death forty years ago on the top of the glacier. Miss Randall will take her station at the foot of the mountain and watch for the body of her father.

Education and Religion

By Editor

We are glad to see that the Sunday-school and teachers' conventions in San Francisco are stirring up the pastors to preach on things of importance. The Examiner gives a list of the sermons that are to be preached, in which it states that every denomination is on the program on the subject of education, and in most cases religious education, or the tendencies of education. We notice that among the other speakers is the Rev. Geo. W. Rine, of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, whose subject is "The Bible Is Supreme as an Educational Force." Rev. W. K. Guthrie, of the First Presbyterian Church, has a sermon in his topic—"Education without Religion Dangerous."

The Dynamiter Menace in Britain

By Editor

Despatches from England indicate that the police in Great Britain are on the watch for dynamiters, who, it is said, have fled to that country. There seems to be a determined effort to crush out this propaganda. Certainly when men will resort to such means, humanity can not feel safe anywhere. We believe that every one hopes the men charged with guilt in Los Angeles may be entirely innocent of such an awful crime. But the facts of the crimes themselves are fearful ones, and every effort ought to be put forth by government to render safe the lives of its citizens.

Europe Before Another Balkan War

Wm. T. Stead, the great publicist, tells us that Europe is shuddering before another Balkan war, that the young Turks put in power have failed to keep their promises. The new Sultan is a mere figurehead, while refugees are starving in Montenegro. The resources of the treasury are said to be exhausted in equipping the army and endeavoring to prepare themselves with a navy. Formidable insurrections have broken out in Arabia, where the Turkish troops have just sustained severe reverses. Albania is also another danger point.

Truth and Error

Truth is not more truth because held by the eminent, the aged, the multitude. Error is not less error tho held by the eminent, the aged, the multitude. It does not make a new genuine banknote spurious if it be rejected; nor does it make a counterfeit genuine if it be well worn in its acceptance and passing. Yet more men would accept the well-worn counterfeit than the new genuine.

A Memorial Over Mrs. Eddy's Grave

By Editor

Christian Scientists are making a plea to the members of the faith for funds to build a memorial to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy over the grave in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It seems a strange thing that, with their faith, they should build over a grave. We do not believe that it will tend to strengthen the Christian Science propaganda.

Smoking and Sunstroke Warning

By Editor

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the pure food expert of the Government Bureau of Chemistry, in view of the hot weather in the East, warns men against smoking. He says, "I am sure that no person could suffer from sunstroke who has not been a 'boozer' or a 'smoker.'" We pass on the warning.

Republican-Monarchist Fight in Oporto

A Madrid despatch to London on July 3 states that there has been a fight between Republicans and Monarchists in Oporto, Portugal, and thirty Republicans were killed. It is thought that this may be the beginning of a war in the little new republic.