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Signs of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 26.

Buddhism, and the Desire for Extinction
Earlier text: Street Education

Our Representatives

UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN
Alabama Tract Society, Room 316, Lyric Building, Birmingham, Ala.
Alberta Tract Society, Lacombe, Alberta, Can.
Arizona Tract Society, 417 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Arkansas Tract Society, 37 E. South St., Fayetteville, Ark.
British Columbia Tract Society, 1708 Maple St., Vancouver, B. C., Canada.
California Bible House, 537 25th St., Oakland, Cal.
California-Nevada Missionary Society, 341 E. Lodi Ave., Lodi, Cal.
California Tract Society, Northwestern, 537 25th St., Oakland, California.
California Tract Society, Southeastern, 417 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
California Tract Society, Southern, 417 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Central California Bible House, Box 1304, Fresno, Cal.
Chesapeake Tract Society, 1611 Tenth St., Baltimore, Md.
Colorado Tract Society, Eastern, 1112 Kalamath St., Denver, Colo.
Colorado Tract Society, Western, 122 So. 8th St., Grand Junction, Colo.
Connecticut (See New England, Southern).
Cumberland Tract Society (Eastern Tennessee), Graysville, Tenn.
District of Columbia Tract Society, 708 McLachlan Bldg., Washington, D. C.
Florida Tract Society, Room 11, Yowell-Duckworth Block, Orlando, Fla.
Georgia Tract Society, 169 Bryan St., Atlanta, Ga.
Greater New York Tract Society (See New York).
Hawaiian Tract Society, 767 Kinau St., Honolulu, H. T.
Idaho, Northern (See Upper Columbia Tract Society).
Idaho Tract Society, Southern, Room 327 Sanna Building, Boise, Idaho.
Illinois Tract Society, Northern, 3645 Ogden Ave., Hawthorne Sta., Chicago, Ill.
Illinois Tract Society, Southern, 304 W. Allen St., Springfield, Ill.
Indiana Tract Society, 521 E. 23d St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa Tract Society, Nevada, Iowa.
Kansas Tract Society, Room 615 Butts Bldg., cor. First St. and Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
Kentucky Tract Society, Box 398, Nicholasville, Ky.
Louisiana Tract Society, 810 Jackson Ave., New Orleans, La.
Maine Tract Society, 75 Grant St., Portland, Me.
Manitoba Tract Society, 290 Bannerman Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Maritime Tract Society, Can. Pub. Assn., Oshawa, Ont., Canada.
Maryland (See Chesapeake Tract Society).
Massachusetts Tract Society, 607 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.
Michigan Tract Society, East, 426 Trumbull Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Michigan Tract Society, North, 510 Petoskey St., Petoskey, Mich.
Michigan Tract Society, West, 1214 Madison Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Minnesota Tract Society, 336 East Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn.
Mississippi Tract Society, 932 Union St., Jackson, Miss.
Missouri Tract Society, 203 W. Franklin St., Clinton, Mo.
Montana Tract Society, 411 S. Black Ave., Bozeman, Mont.
Nebraska Bible Supply House, 905 N. California Ave., Hastings, Neb.
Nevada (See California-Nevada Missionary Society).
New England Tract Society, Northern, 136 N. Main St., Concord, N. H.
New England Tract Society, Southern (Rhode Island and Connecticut), 51 Whitmore St., Hartford, Conn.
Newfoundland Tract Society, Box 217, St. Johns, Newfoundland.
New Hampshire (See Northern New England).
New Jersey Tract Society, 200 Columbus Ave., Trenton, N. J.
New Mexico Tract Society, Box 286, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
New York Tract Society (Greater), Room 902, 32 Union Square, New York, N. Y.
New York Tract Society, Eastern, 317 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, N. Y.
New York Tract Society, Western, 527 Garson Ave., Rochester, N. Y.
North Carolina Tract Society, 234 Summit Ave., Greensboro, N. C.
North Dakota Tract Society, Drawer N, Jamestown, N. Dak.
Ohio Tract Society, Box 8, Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Oklahoma Tract Society, P. O. Box 644, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Ontario Tract Society, Box 308, Oshawa, Ont., Canada.
Oregon Missionary Society, Western, 508 E. Everett St., Portland, Ore.
Oregon Missionary Society, Southern, 1164 Military St., Roseburg, Ore.
Pennsylvania Tract Society, Eastern, 4910 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pennsylvania Tract Society, Western, 7155 Mt. Vernon St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rhode Island (See New England, Southern).
Saskatchewan Tract Society, Box 244, Regina, Sask., Can.
South Carolina Tract Society, 1208 Calhoun St., Columbia, S. C.
South Dakota Tract Society, Drawer R, Redfield, S. Dak.
Tennessee, Eastern (See Cumberland Tract Society).
Tennessee River Tract Society (Western Tennessee), 509 Cole Bldg., Nashville, Tenn.
Texas Tract Society, North, Box 15, Keene, Texas.
Texas Tract Society, South, Box 755, San Antonio, Texas.
Texas Tract Society, West, Amarillo, Texas.
Upper Columbia Tract Society, College Place, Wash.
Utah Tract and Bible Society, 776 E. 6th South, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Vermont (See Northern New England).
Virginia Tract Society, 2705 W. Main St., Richmond, Va.
Washington Missionary Society, Western, 228 S. Brannan St., Auburn, Wash.
West Virginia Tract Society, 124 Marion St., Fairmont, W. Va.
Wisconsin Tract Society, Box 57, Grand Rapids, Wis.
Wyoming Tract Society, Crawford, Neb.
Above is a list of our authorized agencies and depositories, and we invite you to communicate with them if you wish to secure any books of periodicals advertised in this journal.

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By J. B. Huguley

Twenty acres of alfalfa land, good stand, stripped, checked.
Located on state highway, one fourth mile from Salida, seven miles from Modesto, California, in the noted Modesto Irrigation District.
Four-room plastered house, electric lighted, with all modern improvements, well, windmill, barn with room for 20 head of stock.
In addition to irrigation water from open ditch, you have access to an electric pump which throws 1,100 gallons a minute ten feet to water level.
Price, $8,000; $2,000 or $3,000 cash, balance on easy terms. Near S. D. A. church and school with two teachers.
I am not a real estate man, but have sixty acres adjoining this. For further information, address J. B. Huguley, Salida, California.

MOTTOES, MOTTOES, MOTTOES

BIBLE mottoes are selling as they once did. One agent who has sent in for another 1,000 to-day, says to rush his order. We would like to see many more agents in the field. 200 for $7.50, 1,000 for $25.00, express prepaid.
We are headquarters for fine Vegetable Cooking Oil. Two 5-gallon cans, $7.50. The more you buy, the less the price will be. Hampton Art Co., Nevada, Iowa.

Why Don't You Quit

Eating meat? Doctors tell us that it is the chief cause of cancer; of rheumatism, too.
There are ever so many better, cleaner, even more nutritious things to eat.

Vegetarian Cook Book

Written by a chef who has prepared and served healthful, palatable vegetarian dishes to the public for years.
Get a copy, and learn to live right and well.
$1.00 postpaid to any place in the United States; $1.10 in Canada. Our depository in your state (see list on page 15) will fill orders promptly.
Pacific Press Publishing Association
Mountain View, California

The Christian Sabbath

For a thorough understanding of the Sabbath question, read the above-named 48-page tract, by H. W. Cottrell. Presents every phase of the subject—Sabbath on a round world, the nine texts mentioning the first day of the week, our Lord's observance of the Sabbath, the attempt to change the Sabbath. Many New and Old Testament scriptures quoted.
One of our best publications on this important theme. Recommended for a generous circulation. 3c a copy. On orders of less than 10c, add 2c extra for postage.
Our depositary in your state (see this page) will attend promptly to your wants.
Pacific Press Publishing Association
Mountain View, California

News Notes from Around the World

A DESTRUCTIVE storm swept through western Kansas on June 3, in which five persons lost their lives; while tornadoes passing through two other sections of the country resulted in one death and a number of persons injured, as well as the loss of much property.
A RULER of one of the nations at war recently gave a special decoration to one of his men who had distinguished himself by slaying eight of the enemy. The prizes that the God of the Bible has to offer are for saving men, and not for killing them.
MONSTER field guns are hammering the defenses of Dunkirk across a range of twenty-three miles. The guns of the allies are replying, and it is said that this is “the longest range artillery duel ever fought.”
THE dispatches say that Pope Benedict is preparing a “White Book” in which he will show the steps he has taken in support of peace. This will be a very interesting document when it arrives.
THE International Lord’s Day Congress is scheduled to convene in Oakland, California, July 27 to August 1, by a special invitation of the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
SERIOUS rioting is reported in Tokyo, Japan, occasioned by dissatisfaction with the way in which the government has treated the Chinese question.
THE Vatican has warned Austria that if aeroplanes bombard the city of Rome, “the Holy See will break off diplomatic relations.”
© Underwood & Underwood CHEN HUAN CHANG
© Underwood & Underwood CHEN HUAN CHANG

Money in War

THE dispatches from New York say that J. P. Morgan and Company have arranged a loan to France of $50,000,000, to be “used by the French government for payment here of its heavy commercial obligations incurred by the purchase of war supplies and foodstuffs.”
The great commercial advantage that a few individuals are getting out of this war is reaching into the hundreds of millions; and if the commercial side of the war could be suddenly eliminated, the war would collapse and come to an end almost immediately. Commerce and greed are at the foundation of most wars; and commerce and greed, according to Paul’s prophecy, were to be so marked in the last days that they would make the times perilous. Some men seem to be so constituted that they are willing that many other people should be killed if they are only allowed to profit thereby financially.

Enjoined from Discussing the Catholic Church

By Editor

TWO of our evangelists, Brother E. B. Hopkins and his son, are having quite a unique experience at Marshall, Texas. They went into that place with a tent to hold a series of meetings. A murder had been committed in the vicinity some time previous, and the person charged with the crime was held in jail awaiting trial. A person not connected with the brethren Hopkins, and who was not even a Seventh-day Adventist, took it upon himself to have a notice placed in the town paper urging people to attend the meetings, and making reference in this note to “the late tragedy of Marshall.”
The note, without question, might leave the impression that Evangelist Hopkins was intending to discuss the crime, but he had made no mention of it in any of his meetings, and he affirms that he had no intention or thought of doing so. There was no occasion for him to bring that into his work.
But the attorney for the defendant of the murder charge went before the court and asked that Mr. Hopkins be enjoined from discussing the murder trial, and also from saying anything against the Catholic Church, it being alleged that the said defendant was a member of that persuasion. The injunction was granted, and the brethren Hopkins were enjoined by the court not to speak upon those themes.
Our evangelists, as they go from place to place, always present the prophecies, and Protestantism has ever held that many of these prophecies deal with the papacy, and it would be impossible to present them without speaking of the Catholic Church. But the presentation of those prophecies should in no way prejudice the case of any person, be he Catholic or what not, who was accused of a crime.
As a general rule, it may be said to be wrong to discuss any case in public that is before the courts, until after the court has had an opportunity to review and act upon it. This is a recognized principle. Of course there may be instances where evidences of fraud and corruption in the court would make it necessary to discuss some cases in the open, or rather to discuss the court itself. But these cases would be the very rare exception, and not the rule.
But it is a rare procedure for a court to abridge the liberty of speech by saying that any church or its doings may not be discussed. It is well for thoughtful men and women to study carefully the influences that are working in the world that could bring about such results.
The district attorney, in opposing the injunction, said: “The relief sought is entirely too far-reaching for that; if the religion of the Catholic Church cannot be discussed, then by implication the religion of the Methodist, Baptist, or any other church cannot be discussed for the same reason, all prayer meetings must be suspended, and all religious service muzzled or censured.”

Independence Day

No national memorial day stands for more than the fourth of July commemorates in this country.
Through many centuries in England, in Holland, in Germany, and elsewhere in western Europe, men had struggled for freedom. They had wrested from tyrants the liberties that justly belonged to the individual. Many of the truest and the best of the men who had inherited this struggle came to this New World, and with the great principles of freedom in their souls, established this republic.
In its foundation were two great fundamental principles. They were religious freedom and civil liberty for the individual.
No nation has ever had greater prosperity, and no nation has ever developed stronger or better men; and in no time in all the world’s history has any nation ever afforded the opportunity for more complete happiness and enjoyment of the individual in his home life. We have been free from petty annoyances, and had the fullest privilege to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
How well it would be if our nation could always remain loyal and true to these God-given principles of freedom! And how well it would be if the spirit could be kept dominant in the land, that would resent and resist the influences that are working to curb the freedom of speech and the liberty of the press!
It is only when men insist on freedom, that they are in a position to develop the strong qualities which make good Christians and useful members of society.

A Central Peace Figure

LOUIS LATAPIE, a newspaper correspondent of Paris, was recently granted an extended interview with Pope Benedict. The subject was the European war. Among other things the pope said, “The figure is gloomy.” And when asked, “May we expect your holiness to take the initiative to hasten peace?” he replied: “The hour does not seem to me to have arrived. I can only take action in good earnest in order not to weaken the moral authority I hold from God and which I must employ to bring peace back to mankind. But I am watching for the opportunity with a sort of fervor. I shall throw myself upon the first outstretched hand.”
The pope seems to be possessed with the idea that he is to be a central figure in bringing about peace. There is a strong sentiment among men in general that the papacy must lead in the peace program. The world is turning in that direction. It is one of the most significant things that has occurred in all the ages. We will yet see the Old World united as one man under the banner of the papacy, and it will be supported in the New World by a Protestantism that will be in perfect harmony with it. And the whole structure will be a political arrangement that, while entirely out of harmony with God's plan and God's word, will nevertheless be a monumental fulfillment of one of God's great prophecies.

“Mob Justice”

On grounds that seem sufficient to him, Governor Slayton, of Georgia, commuted the death sentence of Leo Frank to life imprisonment. A large number of people in that state had made up their minds that Frank was guilty, and that he ought to hang; and as soon as the action of the governor was known, threatening mobs paraded the streets and surrounded the governor’s mansion. The militia had to be called out to hold the rioters in check.
This case, while possibly a little more pronounced than some others, nevertheless represents a condition that has become very alarming in this country, and it is not confined to any particular locality. “Popular clamor” forces the hand of justice. In the majority of cases, neither the judge nor the jury is left free, but the influences of powerful organizations, of various kinds of social bodies, are brought to bear to sway the decision in important cases. If the “popular clamor” is against a man, reason and justice have no opportunity to work. The poor fellow has to meet the punishment, regardless of whether it is right or wrong; and on the other hand, if the “popular clamor” is in favor of an individual, no matter how criminal he may be, it is almost impossible to convict him.
It is well for the country that there are some men left like Governor Slayton, who will follow their convictions regardless of personal danger. The prophet Isaiah speaks of a time when judgment would be turned away backward, when justice would stand afar off, truth would be fallen in the street, and equity could not enter. The influences that are at work everywhere to keep our courts from administering justice, create the conviction that we are living in the time upon which the prophet fixed his eyes when he gave utterance to those words.

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Signs of the Times · Jul 6, 1915