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1 Looking unto Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
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6 The Elect of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
7 How Esther Read Her Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
8 The Thief on the Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
9 The Eleventh Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
10 Benefits of Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
11 Righteousness—Where Is It to Be Found? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
12 Power of Forgiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
13 Responsibility of Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
14 Choose Ye This Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
15 The Cross of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
16 The New Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
17 "What Must I Do to Be Saved?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
18 The Literal Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
19 The Christian Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
20 Your Life-work—Is It of Men or of God? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
21 Acceptable Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
22 Have Faith in God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
23 The Riches of His Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
24 He Saves to the Utmost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
25 Bible Authority for Sunday Observance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
26 I Will Come Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼
27 Religious Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼
28 Law of Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼
29 Law of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
30 Knowing and Obeying the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼
31 Why the Earth Was Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
32 Trine Immersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
33 Scriptural Answers to Worldly Objections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ¼
34 Seventh-day Adventists and Their Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
35 The Hope Set before Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
36 The True Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
37 Letter and Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
38 Who Are the Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
39 The Seventh, or One-Seventh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
40 Coming of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
41 Foreknowledge and Foreordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½
42 Jesus and the Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½

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The Shallowness of Modern Theology

By Editor

WE have many illustrations of the fickleness of the human mind, even when dignified with what the world calls great learning. But the New York Independent gives an instance of how the learned representatives of humanity may be swayed and worked up to enthusiasm by an empty sentiment. It says: “Dr. Minton came very near being moderator of the last General Assembly, and very likely would have been, but for Dr. Spinning’s eloquent advocacy of Dr. Sheldon Jackson. His conception of the apostle Paul’s wanting to meet Dr. Jackson as soon as he could in heaven, and being delighted to find that he was no bigger than himself, carried the assembly by storm, and left Dr. Minton no chance.” And such is the shallowness of much that passes for theology and learning in these last days. We would naturally suppose that one of Dr. Jackson’s ability would hardly thank his friend for such an empty expression of his fitness for the honorable position in question, but it “carried the assembly by storm.” When the highest representatives of one of the greatest of Protestant denominations can be “carried by storm” with such unscriptural nonsense, it is no wonder that the Lord declares through his prophet, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6.
SCOTT P. HERSHEY, Doctor of Philosophy, of Boston, states that fifty years ago in this country “criminals were as one to a population of 3,500. Now the ratio has increased to one to every 786½ of our population.” That is, there are more than four times as many criminals in proportion to the population, as there were fifty years ago.

A Correction.

By Editor

In the SIGNS of January 21 one of our special contributors quoted Miss Frances E. Willard as looking for a time when "the world will progress until time and space will be practically annihilated," when we shall "know each other's thoughts by telepathy," when "we shall have control of the weather and everything else," shall teach the lower animals to talk, communicate with the stars, navigate the air and the depths of the sea, and much more, all of which is to come through the world's progression. Concerning this expression of her opinion, and our contributor's adverse comments thereon, Miss Willard writes:—
"It seems to me you are more than half right; I ought to have guarded what I said with greater care. All in the world that I meant was that the present whirligig of inventive development seems to indicate as possible a degree of mastery over nature such as we have never dreamed. Almost everything I have written is based on the Gospel, and I think that in this fantasy of mine I made a regrettable mistake in not making it more apparent it was simply a sort of dream. Indeed, it was not written originally for publication, but for a friend who brought it to my notice, and you know we are sometimes short for copy, so I let it go in."
This part of Miss Willard's note we gladly insert, for we would not willingly misrepresent any one, nor make any one an "offender for a word." We are glad to know that these are not her real sentiments, and that her belief is in the Gospel.
And yet the good time is coming, the misery, the pain, the dying and the death, the limitation of god-like powers by the entrance of sin, will all give place to the glorious liberty of the sons of God, a freedom more glorious than words can paint. But it will not be accomplished by human invention, human science, or human wisdom; it will be by the regenerating power of God in Jesus Christ. "The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this." Already has man robbed God of the glory due to his name, but "the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of man shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day." Then he that glorieth, shall glory in the Lord. Till that time all creation, sick and groaning, waits the great Physician and Deliverer.

It Is Just as Bad as Before

It Is Just as Bad as Before.—"German chemists now say that about ninety per cent. of all alcohol swallowed is turned into carbonic acid and water in the system, and that alcohol robs the cells of the oxygen required for their life. Drunkenness is caused, they say, by the action of the excess of carbonic acid in the blood upon the brain." But science does not help it any. The alcohol is just as evil, just as full of all possible wickedness, as before its chemical analysis. Its moral analysis, is seen in its various forms in the homes and lives of those who use the vile liquid.

The Glorious Fourth

By Editor

SEVEN houses burned, the fire originating through firecrackers, and thirteen families rendered homeless, innumerable shocks to weak, nervous people from which they will never recover, thousands of dollars burned up and exploded, and two deaths are among the results of the "Glorious Fourth" in San Francisco and Oakland yesterday. As to the patriotism, we have nothing to say, but is this the best way of celebrating it? And, after all, how much real love of country is there in all the noise and expense? And how many that make the noise know what they do it for? To how many needy souls would the money foolishly expended by Christians yesterday have come as a godsend? And does not love of one's country include love of one's countrymen?

Power to Scorch Men with Fire

By Editor

"Power" "to Scorch Men with Fire."—It is said that under the sixth plague, when God has withdrawn his unreciprocated kindness from the earth and left sin, which men have chosen, to work its own way, power will be given to the sun "to scorch men with fire." It would seem that the hot wave of the east of last season and this are merciful forewarnings of that time. Our readers will vividly remember the scores of deaths from heat last summer, in the metropolis and other great cities. Once more the east is a furnace. In the cities of Cincinnati, Springfield, Toledo, Chicago, Pittsburg, Detroit, and Fort Wayne, 31 deaths are reported from sunstroke, and 134 prostrations, not including the deaths, and this in one day. There were 12 in the first-named city.

Why?

Why?—In speaking of those who talk too much, the New York Observer remarks: "It is likely, however, that in one line few people are too talkative, and that is in the giving of Christian testimony. When it comes to the showing what great things God hath done for their souls, the majority of believers suddenly become tongue-tied, or, as some wit remarks, like rivers in Arctic regions, frozen at the mouth." But the reason is that such persons do not realize that God has done anything for their souls. They have never appropriated what has been done; if they had, they could not keep still. Their language would be, "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord;" "My soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it shall rejoice in his salvation;" "Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul." If God were praised more, more blessing would be enjoyed.

Expectoration

Expectoration.—Dr. Paul Gibier, a high scientific authority, says: "If this habit of expectoration in public places could be stopped, I am sure that in time tuberculosis would die out altogether. This seems a very sweeping statement, but it is not an ill-considered one. There is no question in my mind that the spread of tuberculosis is due largely to the habit of spitting. A great many people have tuberculosis without being aware of the fact. They do not know of the danger that comes from ejecting their sputum where it becomes dry and pulverized and then flies about in minute particles to be inhaled by healthy persons, who are thus inoculated with the disease. This random public expectoration is a crime." What is worse still is the habit of spitting upon floors and carpets. Good people do it, but why? why? Some germs die in the bright sunlight much sooner than in the shade.

WHAT IS IT?

ROMAN CATHOLICS persistently say that their prayers to saints are not worship, but are merely asking these saints to intercede for us with God. Here is a prayer to the Virgin Mary, entitled "Sweet Star of the Sea," written by M. M. K. Miller for the Catholic Mirror and printed in that paper:—

Hail Mary, at Thy Altar

"Hail Mary, at thy altar. See me kneel, O hear my prayer; When my weary footsteps falter Show thou thy tender care! When the path seems hard before me, And dark'ning clouds hang o'er me, 'Star of the Ocean,' thy light may I see; When my soul grows sick with fear, When the tempter comes too near, 'Guide of the wanderer,' pray for me.
"Now the shades of night are falling And the stars their vigils keep; On thy sweet protection calling, I will lay me down to sleep— In that last dread hour When my tongue shall lose its power, When earthly friends and friendships fade from me, Through the darkness of death's night, O Mary, be my light,— Guide my soul to Jesus, 'Sweet Star of the Sea!'"

Pray Direct to Jesus Christ

O, how different would such a prayer seem if its offerer knew God as revealed in Jesus Christ! There is none so ready to hear, none of so tender pity, none more willing to guide, than is Jesus. He is the light of the world, and he longs to come into personal relation with every soul. Now if it is proper for one in Baltimore to pray this prayer, it is also proper for one in China. Does Mary, according to Catholic belief, hear both? Then that belief clothes her with omnipresence, in other words, deifies her, makes her like God. Is not this idolatry? But if Mary hears but one petitioner, the other is praying to emptiness, and his hope is vain; "he feedeth on wind." Why not come direct to Jesus Christ, the only Saviour and Guide?

Alcohol and Digestion

The New York Voice of June 24 has a four-column article of an interview with Dr. J. H. Kellogg on the effect of alcohol on the stomach and digestion. The doctor sets it down as of no value as an aid to digestion, but that it is in the highest degree detrimental. The doctor bases his opinions on actual experiments of 2,000 living persons; and the Voice rightly sets his demonstrations over against the opinions of Professors Chittenden and Mendel, of Yale, whose basis was experiments in purely artificial digestion, confined wholly to the chemical phase of the matter. Alcohol inside a man has very different effect from alcohol outside. Dr. Kellogg's demonstrations are illustrated by diagrams.

The Voice of Truth

By Editor

The Voice of Truth is a well-printed four-page journal, which hails from San Diego, published monthly, at fifty cents a year. The editor is Arthur C. Everett. May it ever speak for truth, and live and prosper.

CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

By Editor

Editorial.

Christ as Teacher (notes), E. J. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 God's Purpose of the Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 "Prove All Things," E. J. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 They See It in Rome, Why Not in Themselves? . . . . . . . . . . 2

Poetry.

His Work, CHARLES M. SNOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Not Forgetful, FANNIE BOLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sunshine, G. T. WILSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General Articles.

The Object of Christ's Sacrifice, MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . . 3 The Turks and Armenians, H. P. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Everlasting Gospel, etc., W. W. PRESCOTT . . . . . . . . . . 4 "Consecrated Patriotism," W. N. G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Conversion, M. E. K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Income of the Pope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Jewish Customs and Traditions (Sabbath Laws), F. C. GIL- BERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Question Corner.—No. 599, The Greek Church—No. 600, Without the Gate—No. 601, 1 Cor. 14:34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Outlook.—Loving Death—Sunday-closing Laws—Clos- ing Saloons—Clerical-political Reciprocity, W. N. G. . . . 8, 9
The Fireside.—Billy's Luck—Tobacco Blindness, J. H. KEL- LOGG, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Missions.—Tongatabuu, EDWIN S. BUTZ—Our Work and Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12
International Sabbath-School Lesson.—"To the Jews a Stumbling-block" (Sabbath, Lesson 5, July 31, 1897) . . . 13
International Sunday-School Lesson.—Paul's Ministry in Corinth (Sunday, Lesson 5, August 1, 1897) . . . . . . . . . 13
News and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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