Golden Text.— “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Gen. 6: 8.
15 “And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, 16 thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with 17 thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon 18 the earth. And Noah went forth and his sons, and his wife, 19 and his sons’ wives with him; every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went out of the ark. And Noah 20 builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled the sweet savor; and the Lord said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more 22 everything living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
(1) When the waters of the flood were dried up, who spoke to Noah? Verse 15. (2) What did God command him to do? Verse 16. Note 1. (3) What was Noah to bring with him out of the ark? For what purpose had these creatures been preserved? Verse 17. (4) Did Noah obey the command of the Lord? Verses 18, 19. Note 2. (5) What was the first thing that Noah built? What did he offer on this altar? Verse 20. Note 3. (6) How was this offering received by the Lord? What did He say? Verse 21. Note 4. (7) What promise was made concerning the seasons and products of the earth? Verse 22.
NOTES.
1. In just five months after the deluge began its work upon the earth, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. In another two months and a half the tops of the mountains were seen. In forty days from this time, Noah sent forth a raven. As the raven could subsist on carrion, it found plenty of food on the mountains, and did not return. He also sent forth a dove, but it returned. In seven days more he sent out the dove again, and it returned with an olive leaf in its mouth. Another seven days passed, and the dove was sent forth again, but did not return. According to the record, Noah had been in the ark a year and seventeen days when God told him to go out.
2. Notwithstanding the great number and great variety of living creatures confined in the ark, and the terrible dashing of the vessel during the forty days’ storm, and the long period of confinement, not a single creature perished. Their salvation from the terrible judgment upon the earth was complete. The ark was a success. So Jesus Christ, whose hand preserved the ark and its occupants, and who is Himself the antitypical Ark, will surely save every one who takes refuge in Him from the future great destruction of the ungodly. There will not be one lost. He gave His own life, that “whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Then His life is pledged to save all who put their trust in Him.
3. It should not be forgotten that even before the flood there was a distinction between clean and unclean beasts and fowls, altho there was no permission to eat any of them until after Noah came out of the ark. The clean beasts evidently were such as were acceptable to God in sacrifice.
4. The terrible judgment on unregenerate mankind did not change the human heart. The expression, “the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth,” is prophetic. It was not because man would be any better in the future than in the past, that God said, “Neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.” The destruction by the flood was simply an object-lesson, a type of the final destruction by fire, which will destroy the wicked “root and branch,” and purify the earth and make it a fit dwelling-place for righteousness. See Ps. 37: 9-11, 18-20; Mal. 4: 1; 2 Peter 3; Revelation 20.
See, also, article entitled “By Grace Are Ye Saved,” on page 6 of this paper.
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To Scorch Men with Heat
Under one of the seven plagues which the “more sure Word of prophecy” declares will come upon the world thru and because of its wickedness, is one in which power is given to the sun “to scorch men with fire.” “And men were scorched with great heat.” See Rev. 16:8, 9. We have no reason to believe that all these plagues will come upon the world in their full force suddenly. They come as the consequence of sin. When man, the prince of the world under God, yielded himself to Satan and sin, he yielded his dominion, the earth, and all that pertained to it. All that has prevented the coming of these plagues in the past has been the restraining influence of the Spirit of God holding in check the working of sin. When men reject the pleadings of the Spirit of God, they reject the power that holds in check the disintegrating influence of sin; and men are to-day rejecting the Spirit of God, speaking thru His Word, appealing thru the needs of humanity. Rejecting Him, they are inviting the destructive influences of sin which will culminate in the seven last plagues.
The mighty power of the sun’s heat has to a greater or less extent been felt in various parts of the earth, generally in those parts where the curse lies heaviest, ever since sin entered. God in mercy has withdrawn at times His countervailing goodness, that men might know, if they would, the power of sin-perverted law. In these last days of overwhelming evil, and rebellion most frequently in the guise of righteousness, the effects of sin are manifesting themselves anew, in flood and tempest, in cyclone, and earthquake, and tidal wave, in disease and pestilence, in torrid heat of the sun. Even in June, this year, summer’s maiden month, in many places all heat records have been broken. The great central West, east of the Rockies, has been spoken of as a seething, scorching furnace; and the wave has passed eastward and westward till cooled by the kisses of the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. July 1 was the fifth day of great heat in the East. June 30 there were twenty fatalities in Greater New York, more than double that number of prostrations, and several cases of insanity. The mercury in Chicago arose at a jump thirteen degrees, and climbed in the afternoon to 104° and 106° in the streets, and 11 o’clock at night it registered 99°! Think of it! Think of the crowded tenement houses! July 1 in New York the temperature registered by the Weather Bureau thermometer 102°. In Philadelphia the same.
Casualties of July 1 and 2
In New York alone there were 87 deaths; in Pittsburg and suburbs, 18; in Baltimore, 14; in St. Louis, 6; in Cleveland, 3. In other cities there were deaths. In Chicago 11 were killed by lightning. From Atlanta, Ga., on the south to St. Paul on the north; from Boston in the east to Kansas City in the west, the thermometer ranged from 90° to 100°. In New York, hospitals were crowded to their limit, hundreds of horses fell dead in the streets. July 2, the sixth day of the intense heat, the sufferings had increased in geometrical progression, the cumulative effect of the entire period. In little Wilmington, Delaware, 6 were killed by the heat and 32 prostrated; in Baltimore 23 dead, 100 prostrated; in Cleveland 7 dead, 20 prostrated; in Philadelphia 52 dead, 210 prostrated; in Pittsburg 50 dead, 300 prostrated; in New York 210 dead, 500 prostrated. These generally are minimum figures. Philadelphia and other places recorded their highest temperature, nearly 103°. At Phoenix, Arizona, it registered 106°. The Pacific Coast has tasted the heat, but with the blessed respite of cool nights. Clear consciences, temperate living, and cheerful hearts are blessed panaceas now-a-days. Then connect with the great Spirit of life. “And the Man shall be . . . as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”
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The Forged Letter of Our Lord
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Ancient History Study Series
The next two articles in the series: “Ancient History Which Is Also Modern,” are entitled: “Abandonment of the Constitution, concluded,” and “From Republic to Empire.” Are you taking this study? Are you interesting your neighbor in it? It is of tremendous importance.
Gull Lake Summer School
A neat prospectus of our summer school at Gull Lake, near Battle Creek, Mich., is at hand. It is not held for a mere outing, or for an outing at all in the common use of that word, but for the study of the principles and methods of Christian education. Its time is from July 10 to September 3. It has among its two-dozen instructors and lecturers A. G. Daniels, A. T. Jones, J. H. Kellogg, M. D., W. W. Prescott, David Paulson, M. D., Frederick Griggs, F. T. Magan, W. A. Spicer, and E. A. Sutherland. May they have the constant presence of the Great Teacher. See announcement on page 14.
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The Trifles That Make the Saints
“A tone of pride or petulance repressed,
A selfish inclination firmly fought,
A shadow of annoyance set at naught,
A measure of disquietude suppressed;
A peace in importunity possessed,
A reconciliation generously sought,
A purpose put aside, a banished thought,
A word of self-explaining unexpressed,—
Trifles they seem; these petty soul restraints;
Yet he who proves them so must needs possess
A constancy and courage, grand and bold;
They are the trifles which have made the saints.
Give me to practise them in humbleness,
And nobler power doth no man hold.”
Christian Cleanliness
By Editor
In the SIGNS of July 3 was an advertisement by the Sanitary Communion Outfit Company of Rochester, N. Y., of individual communion-cup services, which have for sometime been coming into use, and are now found in churches of nearly all denominations. We are asked to commend them. We can only say that for those who desire such an outfit, this is probably the best that can be secured. The demand for them emphasizes the lack of cleanliness, the increase of disease, the weakening of Christian love. To us the service with the individual cup seems less than the old-time communion service conducted among, and partaken of, by clean Christians. In our Lord’s day His table was not filled with consumptives, and there were doubtless none who professed His name that came to communion service with lips and moustache stained by tobacco, and breaths foul with many malodors. If the Christian rule to eat and drink, and do all else to the glory of God (1 Cor. 10:31) were lived, there would be no need of such things as individual cups. As it is, “Let every one be persuaded,” etc.
Nurses’ Commencement Exercises
The St. Helena Sanitarium Training-school for Nurses held its commencement exercises for the graduating class of 1901 in the Sanitarium chapel, Thursday evening, May 30. The class consisted of twelve young women, each of whom had successfully completed the work of the course, and graduated with a full purpose to devote her talent and ability to medical missionary work. The training-school has grown steadily during the nine years since it was established, and the course of study and the experience gained have proportionately increased in value. The address to the class, printed in our Mission Department, was given by Dr. A. J. Sanderson. We regret that limited space made it necessary for us to condense this excellent instruction.
