I SPENT one week with the little company of Sabbath-keepers near this city. Found some of them a little confused on some points, but one sermon relieved their minds from doubt, and they all rejoiced for the timely aid received. They are trying to be a devoted faithful people, striving to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of the truth. Here I met a sister from Washington, who heard me preach a sermon nine years ago in Chicago, on the change of the Sabbath. Since that time she has kept the Sabbath, and with another sister has distributed much reading matter in the city of Washington.
I spoke twice in the city of Baltimore, in private rooms, to about twelve persons who had become somewhat interested by reading, and who seem now to be anxious to learn more about the kingdom of God.
Baltimore is just now under a great excitement about the Sunday-Sabbath question. The city police having stopped the Cockade city steamer from making a Sunday excursion trip on the bay, an indignation meeting was called by many citizens, to pass resolutions, one of which reads as follows:—
Resolved, That as law abiding citizens we submit to the dictates of this law while in existence, yet consider that the so-called Sunday laws now upon the statute books are directly contrary to the Constitution of the United States, and spirit of the times.
This, with other resolutions, was passed by about 500 persons. Two weeks later the police took possession of, and stopped, an excursion train, which has added wonderfully to the excitement. The probability is that the railroad company will commence suit for damage. What a favorable opportunity is now offered to circulate tracts and papers in Baltimore! Brethren and sisters, work. Can you not discern that the end is nearing?
I. SANBORN.
Elmore, Vermont.
By C. W. Stone
Our meetings still continue with as large an attendance as at the first. After speaking on the subject of temperance, several that night bade adieu to tobacco, and some others have given up tea and coffee. Fifteen have decided to keep the Sabbath. Among these are several who never made a profession of religion before. We hope for others. Last Monday evening a gentleman arose and proposed to take up a collection for us. The sum of $8.08 was obtained.
Aug. 27. C. W. Stone.
Chatham, Ontario
By John W. Moore
SINCE my last report two more have commenced to keep the Sabbath of the Lord, and others are in the valley of decision. Through the agency of our V. M. societies we are now sending the SIGNS to 1,700 homes in Ontario. Thus the way is opening for the spread of the truth. JOHN W. MOORE.
Aug. 25.
Clarion, Pontiac and Caldwell, Kansas.
By John Harvey Cook
Aug. 1-18 we spent with the above-named churches. The Clarion church was formerly known as the White Water church. This church was composed of two bodies of believers living some twenty-five miles apart. These bodies have since grown till they were large enough to form separate organizations. The company living seven miles from El Dorado was organized into a church known as the Pontiac church, numbering eleven members. My visit to Caldwell, Sumner Co., was of peculiar interest. Here Bro. Stevens labored about two weeks last winter. Since then others have been falling into rank until now they number fourteen Sabbath-keepers. Sabbath was devoted to spiritual gifts and health reform. As the result five laid aside their tobacco. May the Lord give them strength and heavenly grace to persevere. They sent for a club of five Instructors, one Review, one SIGNS, and ten Gems of Song.
Aug. 22-24 we were with the brethren at Dry Creek, Saline county. They had heard the truth through the labors of Bro. and Sr. Enoch last winter. In the time that had elapsed since Bro. Enoch left them, an opposing minister had been preaching in their midst, and had succeeded in unsettling the minds of some in regard to organization. But God blessed our labors to their good, so that out of thirteen Sabbath-keepers in the place we organized a church of eleven members. Five of these were baptized, and two more made a start for the first time; making in all a church of thirteen members.
J. H. Cook.
Meriden, Minn.
By C. Nelson
THE Lord is very good to us. We were rejoiced last Sabbath to have the privilege of baptizing our dear brother, J. Larson, formerly a Methodist, and a preacher in the Danish and German languages. He is now ready to work among the Germans and Danes in this vicinity. Brethren pray for us. C. NELSON.
Aug. 20.
El Dorado, Neb.
By Chas. L. Boyd
A GOOD interest has been manifested in the meetings here. Present truth has found its way to the hearts of the hearers. A church of twelve members, and a T. and M. society have been organized. The teetotal pledge was cheerfully signed, and S. B. adopted. Four were baptized, and the meetings closed with the celebration of the Lord's Supper. CHAS. L. BOYD.
Aug. 26.
Silver Lake, Ind.
By W. W. Sharp
WE closed our meeting here last Sunday night. Nine have started to keep the Sabbath. They seem earnest, and take hold of the work with determination. We move from here to Sevastopol. W. W. SHARP.
August 20.
Religious News and Notes.
By Editor
—The Methodists of Canada have held a "Sunday-school Parliament," for instruction in Sunday-school work.
—With a population of 12,000, and nine churches, 510 persons attended church in Stockton on a recent Sunday night.
—Gov. Talbot, of Massachusetts, has forbid the running of excursion trains over the state railroads of that commonwealth on Sunday.
—A "Mission Sunday-school" in Peoria, Ill., has been the means of raising the church to which it belongs, to the largest in the city.
—Moses How, pastor of the M. E. church in Portsmouth, N. H., entered the ministry sixty-five years ago. He is ninety years old, and preaches in a strong, clear voice.
—Rev. R. W. Tillinghast, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich., was recently shot and killed by the careless handling of a revolver by a young man.
—The Bishop of Manchester has approved of the use of the "cat" in the army. The Oldham Chronicle suggests that he use it to keep the High Church clergy in order.
—Dr. Newman Hall, of England, has been fully exonerated by the Westminster Court of Divorce, from the charges that rumor laid upon him. A decree was rendered against his wife.
—Another clerical scandal has just been unearthed in Grand Rapids, Mich., in which the Rev. Jos. P. Thompson, now in Berlin, but formerly a distinguished and popular pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle of New York city, figures extensively.
—In the Superior Criminal Court of Boston, Sept. 6, the Grand Jury returned an indictment for embezzlement on six counts against Charles Demond, the defaulting Treasurer of the Massachusetts Missionary Society. In default of bail, Demond went to jail.
—The Mohammedans have opened a school for girls in Beirut, Syria. This is the first time they have conceded the right of women to education, and it is done to compete with the new order of things introduced by the missionaries; so truly is woman indebted to Christianity for her freedom.
—At a recent missionary meeting in Philadelphia, an Episcopal clergyman said that "in India there were 188,000,000 persons and only 900 missionaries; in China 400,000,000, and 400 missionaries; and in Africa 205,000,000 persons to 400 missionaries. During the great walking match in New York $51,000 was taken, while the whole amount given by the Diocese of Pennsylvania in twelve months for missionary purposes was only $55,000."
—A meeting of Dr. Kalloch's congregation was held Sept. 3, for thanksgiving services. Letters were read from Baptist ministers, and others. Among the resolutions passed was the following: "That we will not encourage the San Francisco Chronicle by advertising in it, or subscribing for it, and that we will not allow it to be read in our homes, and that we will not knowingly do business with any persons that give it patronage."
—One-half of the New Testament has been translated into the Corean language by Rev. John Ross, a Presbyterian missionary, so that ere long a new version of the Scriptures will be added to the 250 already extant. His version, produced under great difficulties, has been found intelligible by all stray Coreans that have visited his missionary station in Manchoria. The language is phonetic and so easily acquired that the entire adult population read and write it.
—A most interesting discovery has recently been made by Bishop Steere of Zanzibar on the east coast. It is that the Swahili version of the word of God, translated by himself, is intelligible to some of the tribes living around the great central lakes of Africa. The bishop says: "We have had the happiness of putting a great many copies in circulation. Even in Uganda, Mtesa, the king, understands Swahili, and the consul-general has just asked me for copies of our Swahili translations to send up to him, with the answer to his messages."
—The Evangelical Messenger criticises very sharply the modern methods of appealing to the world to help support the church by means of fairs and lunches, turkey suppers, strawberry festivals, old folks' concerts, pillow-case parties, etc., and thinks they create the impression in the minds of the worldly that the church is a kind of parasite, dependent for its existence on the community; that it is a sort of genteel beggar, which it is proper and fashionable to support." To stand before the world in such a light is, as the Messenger says, "humiliating and degrading beyond expression. Such churches ought to be cleansed or closed, killed or cured."
—The Philadelphia Presbyterian, in view of the walking mania now so prevalent, suggests that, as the demand of the age is clearly for walking, leg culture should be given more attention to, especially in our female seminaries. They should advertise: "Great attention given to walking. No pains spared to secure a good development of heels and legs. Dancing and fantastic-toe culture a speciality. Limbs pulled every morning by an experienced Christian lady gymnast. Short legs absolutely lengthened, and the wide-stride invariably secured. Weak backs strengthened. Two hours in the sawdust daily. Church aisles used for training. Prayers before breakfast. Muscles and morality encouraged. Send for catalogue."
Secular News.
—Cuba is giving more trouble to Spain.
—The yellow fever continues its ravages.
—An elder brother of the Pope died recently.
—Six persons were suffocated in a mine at Alta, Utah, Sept. 6.
—A. B. Cornell is the Republican nominee for Governor of New York.
—Texas makes the worst show for a corn crop, this year, of all the States.
—The war has been renewed in Afghanistan. A serious out-break has occurred.
—Gen. Grant is expected to arrive in San Francisco about the 21st of September.
—It is formally announced that De Lesseps has abandoned his Panama canal scheme.
—The prohibition party is now organized, more or less completely, in twenty-one States.
—The wheat crop in Eastern Oregon and about Walla Walla is reported unusually good.
—The President of the French Republic is said to be as sparing of his words as Gen. Grant.
—Eighty English farmers sailed on the Helvetia (due in New York Sept. 8,) to settle in Texas.
—Mrs. Sprague has taken her three daughters and abandoned her home. Sprague keeps the son.
—A fire-damp explosion occurred in the coal mines at Buchamp, France, on the 2d, killing fifteen persons.
—It is ascertained that the late famine in China resulted in the loss of nine and a half millions of lives.
—A Chinaman wanted to vote the Workingmen's ticket in San Francisco. He was arrested for insanity!
—A Chinese Professor has been installed in Harvard College. It is intended to teach the Chinese language in the interests of commerce.
—The cable street railroad, a device of San Francisco to overcome the steep grade of Clay street, is now largely in use in that city on other roads.
—Government work in Washington, calling for contracts in iron, receives no bids, or very few, as the iron manufacturers are too busy to attend to them.
—On the night of Sept. 5, two brick buildings, three stories, fell down, in Omaha. One man and two children were killed, and many persons injured.
—There were more storms Sept. 8, in the north, east, and west of Scotland, and large tracts of land were flooded, causing further damage to crops.
—The province of Chekiang, China, with a population of 26,000,000, is threatened with famine by a failure of crops occasioned by unfavorable weather.
—The official report on the fire at Irkutsk, Russia, which destroyed about two hundred houses, shows that sixty lives were lost, the greater number being children.
—The suburbs of St. Petersburg are flooded by the waters of the Neva. The storm commenced Sept. 4, and was raging at last advices. Both the storm and hight of water are unprecedented.
—Bismarck's salary as Prussian Minister and Chancellor of the empire is about $13,000, while Osman Pacha, for offices held in Constantinople, receives about $9,000 per month, and all household expenses paid.
—The Earl of Fife, recently deceased, owned 252,000 acres of land, and received for rent $360,000 a year. His family was remarkable for always being connected with scandalous immoralities. Such is this world.
—Gold is accumulating in the Treasury at New York to such extent that the gold-vault is proving insufficient to contain it. Resumption is indicated by the confidence shown in government notes and certificates.
—The Amazon, the fastest steamer of the Pacific Mail Steam Navigation Company, was sold recently to the Chileans, and is being fitted up as a heavily armed transport. She will carry two 100-pounders and six 70-pounders.
—The movement in New York against the Oneida Community has caused them to abandon their peculiar immoralities. Hereafter the Community will be divided into two classes—the married and the single. Property will still be held in common.
—A terrible storm visited Louisiana Sept. 1. Forty-five coal boats were sunk at New Orleans. At Morgan City two steamboats were sunk. Many houses were blown down at different points. Beside the loss in this kind of property, the loss in cane and fruit is enormous.
—Dr. Talmage writes from Manchester, England: Let American commerce lift up its head at the prospective demand on this side the waters for American breadstuffs. It is lamentable, the misfortune of these English and Scottish farmers. The perpetual rains have desolated them.
Obituary.
By W. C. Grainger
DIED, at Woodland, Cal., August 31, of pulmonary consumption, Maria N., only daughter of Anson and Sarah Eldridge, aged 22 years, 1 month, and 9 days. Funeral services by the writer, from Job. 14:14. Her friends sorrow not as those who have no hope.
W. C. GRAINGER.
Review and Herald please copy.
The Use of Wine.
By Editor
WE have freely given our opinion of the impropriety of admitting alcoholic wine to the communion table. We now speak of its use as a beverage. Because it is a “home production,” and contains less alcohol than whisky, many suppose it is allowable to use it. Perhaps there is no part of our country in which this idea more extensively prevails than in California, where grape growing and wine making are carried on so extensively. But it is a deception.
As early as 1832 (we think), when the temperance movement in America was yet unpopular, Louis Phillippe, King of the French, said, “The drunkenness of France is upon wine.” It was, to many, a startling announcement, for at that time, more than at the present, it was supposed wine was a temperance agent,—a harmless substitute for whisky and brandy.
The Bible does not so regard it, “Wine is a mocker.” Prov. 20: 1. Therefore a woe is pronounced against those who “continue until night, till wine inflame them.” Isa. 5: 11. Men do indeed become inflamed with wine. The following description is that of a silly sot: “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? they that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. When it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.”
This is but a part of the description of the wine-drunkard, and of the effects of wine drinking, but it is sufficient to put the wise on their guard against this subtle “mocker.” For such it is truly.
Those scriptures sufficiently show the intoxicating nature of wine, and the danger of its use. But, it may be asked, is the wine of the present day of the same nature? It is. According to Chambers’ Cyclopædia the percentage of alcohol in various wines varies from 9 to 23. Port wine contains from 20 to 23 per cent. alcohol, while brandy contains from 50 to 53. Therefore he who drinks two gallons of port wine takes nearly as much alcohol as he who drinks one gallon of brandy. Yet some delude themselves with the idea that they can drink wine and abstain from alcohol! Twelve per cent. of alcohol may be taken as the medium quantity in all wines; which would be nearly equal to a mixture of one part of brandy and three parts of water, which is probably about the proportion in which ordinary topers take their bitters! Is it any wonder that wine is a mocker, and that men become inflamed thereby? and that contentions and babblings arise from its use?
The United States is honored in the person of Mrs. Hayes, in the “White House,” in Washington. She alone of all the inmates of that house, since the foundation of the government, has had principle or fortitude enough to banish wine from the receptions held by the President. It was sometime supposed that she would yield to the force of custom on the occasion of State receptions, when foreign ministers were presented, but she did not. Speaking of such a reception the Washington Star said:—
“Mrs. Hayes is being strongly reinforced on the wine question by all who attended the entertainment on Tuesday evening, since the universal comment is that the order preserved in the supper rooms was in such agreeable contrast to the indecorous behavior at many parties, even small ones at private houses given during this and other seasons where wine was served.”
Such receptions ought to be decorous, therefore wine should be banished from them. Wine should be banished from every household. It is the curse of the aged, and the snare of the youth. Unknown legions lie in drunkards’ graves whose appetites for strong drink were formed by sipping wine at the fashionable side-board. Parents, give this mocker no place in your houses, lest you mourn the ruin of your children. Christian friends in California, this land of wine, stand firm to principle, and give no place to this emissary of the evil one.
THE outbreak in Afghanistan proves to be serious. The British Embassy has been massacred; about seventy lives were lost. England is paying dear for inaugurating war in that country. The trouble in Burmah is also increasing in magnitude.
The Signs of the Times.
By Editor
OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, SEPT. 11, 1879.
PREACHING may be expected in both Oakland and San Francisco next Sabbath, and Sunday evening.
To. E. A. J.—We hope that the articles, “Can God organize Matter to Think?” will be published in a tract. On the other subject, there are many books already published.
Day of Prayer and Fasting.
By Editor
BRETHREN and sisters in California, do not forget that next Sabbath, the 13th, is appointed for fasting and prayer. If spent as it should be, it will be an excellent preparation for the camp-meeting commencing the 18th.
Tickets to Camp-meeting.
By Editor
RETURN tickets to the Healdsburgh camp-meeting will be good from Sept. 16 to 26. There are two lines from San Francisco: one by way of San Quentin Ferry, leaving at 7:10 A. M.; the other by way of Donahue, leaving Washington St. wharf, at 3 P. M. These lines meet by rail at Petaluma. Sunday train via. San Quentin, at 8:15 A. M.
Baptism in Oakland.
ON Sabbath, Sept. 6, we had the pleasure of immersing Bro. and Sister Palmer, who have lately embraced the faith of the third angel's message in this city. They have been attending the Sunday evening meetings for some time, and lately have also been reading our publications. They are earnest and joyful in the truth. Bro. P. is a teacher of instrumental music. They were formerly connected with the Congregationalists.
Lake Merritt is not all that could be desired as a place for immersion. The Oakland church will soon take steps to provide a baptistery in connection with their house of worship, which is much needed.
California Election.
By Editor
THE canvass in this State, on the 3d inst., resulted in the election of George C. Perkins, Rep., Governor. There were three candidates; Dr. Glenn, who was the nominee of the Democrats and of the New Constitution party, received the smallest vote of the three. The Republicans have had success throughout the State beyond general expectation.
Mr. Kalloch, Workingmen’s candidate, is elected Mayor of San Francisco by a majority of nearly 1,600. There seems to be a quite general opinion that he is indebted, for his majority, to the sympathy created in his behalf by the murderous assault of the editor of the Chronicle. This is not satisfactory evidence of his superior fitness, but it is gratifying so far as it shows that the people do not intend that vituperation and blood-shedding shall yet rule in politics. Four days and nights were consumed in counting the votes in the city, as there were four tickets in the field and 86 offices to be filled, State, county, and city, and the tickets were “scratched,” to an unusual extent. Party lines were not followed very closely. The vote against Chinese immigration was nearly unanimous.
Improving the Time of Life
'Tis easy to squander our years
In idleness, folly, and strife;
But, oh! no repentance or tears
Can bring back one moment of life!
But time, if well spent, and improved as it goes,
Will render life pleasant, and peaceful its close.
THE Northern California Camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists, will be held at Healdsburg, commencing Thursday morning, September 18, at 6 A. M. Let all our brethren and sisters in Northern California make especial effort to attend this meeting. Come, bringing your friends and children with you. Come, praying the Lord to meet with us in power. Come, consecrating yourselves to God as never before. Come so as to be all in readiness to commence with the meeting and to stay to its close. Coming thus, it may be made to us indeed a source of great spiritual profit.
G. D. HAGER,
W. A. PRATT,
JOHN CUSTER.
California Conference.
By John Morrison, M. C. Israel
The eighth annual session of the California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Healdsburg, in connection with the camp-meeting, from September 18 to 23, 1879. First session the 18th, at 5 P. M. Let each company choose its delegates immediately, furnishing them with credentials and a statement of the standing of the church, both financially and as to numbers. All ministers and licentiates should have their written reports of labor and expenses prepared to pass in at the first session. Let all church and systematic books be brought to the Conference.
JOHN MORRISON,
M. C. ISRAEL,
California Conference Committee.
California State Missionary Society.
By M. C. Israel
THE ninth annual meeting of the California State T. and M. Society will be held at Healdsburg, in connection with the camp-meeting, September 18. First session September 19, at 5 P. M. All directors, secretaries of districts, and church missionary officers are requested to bring their T. and M. account books to the meeting, that they may be audited.
M. C. ISRAEL, Vice-President.
Fare to the Healdsburg Camp-Meeting
By Editor
THE following are the rates of fare to the camp-meeting to be held at Healdsburg, Sept. 18-23: Tickets from San Francisco, good from Sept. 16 to 26, $4.00. On Sunday 21st, from Santa Rosa to the camp-ground and return, $1.50; Petaluma, $2.00. Cars stop at the ground.
Camping Tents.
ANY persons desiring to hire tents will write to G. D. Hager, Santa Rosa. Tents should be pitched by the evening of the 17th. Those coming to help pitch the tents should bring hatchet and saw.
Camp-meeting Committee.
State Sabbath-School Association.
By M. C. Israel
THE second annual meeting of the State Sabbath-school Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Healdsburg in September next. Let every school in the state send delegates without fail, as we wish to have as full a representation as possible. Credential blanks for delegates will be sent to each school immediately.
M. C. ISRAEL, President.
Business Department.
By Editor
WILL the person who sent a money order from San Jose, please give us his name, and tell us how to dispose of the order?
$2.00 EACH. Nehemiah Foster 6-35, J W Pickard 6-34, J Hutchings 6-34, S M Morrison 6-34, Geo Salter 6-34, F J Otis 6-34, Lucy Woods 6-37, Peter Scazighini 6-37, Edmond C Staratt 6-34, W Liter 6-23, Luke Cross 6-34.
$1.50 EACH. Ellen Atkinson 6-33, S D Wauchope 6-34, Ada Chapman 6-34, Mrs A O Burrill 6-34, Thomas Huntley 6-34, John Yoakum 6-25, T B Cody 6-25, M F Benton 6-25, George Cody 6-27, Reuben Gray 6-27, C Vermason 6-24, Amos B Ward 6-34, I R Hill 6-34.
MISCELLANEOUS. R Harlow 1.00, 6-10, F Guthrie 1.00, 5-25, C Page 50c 6-2, Jane A Eagle 50c 6-2, H Sair 50c 6-2, George Gilmore 1.00, 6-11, Geo Hanks 1.00, 6-11, M E C Parker (3 copies) 1.00, 5-34, Jacob Sype 1.00, 6-18, E M Bushy 1.25, 6-34, Albert Avery (5 copies) 7.50, 6-34, Wm Linderman 1.20, 6-34, Mrs Stephen Aldrich 50c 5-42, John Edwards 1.00, 6-10, Hannah Creamer (74 copies) 111.00, 6-34, T C Howells 50c 6-2, J H Linton 50c 6-2, Mary L Comstock 50c 6-2, Henry Curtner 50c 6-2, O H Peck 50c 6-2, John Hyre 50c 6-2, Wm G Mossberger (10 copies) 12.00, 6-34.
RECEIVED ON ACCOUNT.
Cal T and M Society 100.00.
CAL CONFERENCE.
Fairview Church 5.00, Eliza McCapes 1.50, Eld J H Waggoner 6.00.
CAL PUBLISHING FUND.
A D Smith 10.00.
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND TRACTS.
By Editor
Issued by the S. D. A. Publishing Association and for Sale at this Office.
The Sanctuary and the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14. By Elder U. Smith. This question has developed the people known as the Seventh-day Adventists, and is the pivotal doctrine upon which their applications of prophecy largely depend. 352 pp. $1.00.
Thoughts on Daniel, critical and practical. By Elder U. Smith. An exposition of the book of Daniel, verse by verse. 384 pp. 1.00.
Thoughts on Revelation. By Elder U. Smith. With notes or remarks on every verse in the book of Revelation. 352 pp. 1.00.
Life of Wm. Miller, with portrait. Interesting sketches of the life and public labors of this pioneer in the Advent movement in this country. 416 pp. 1.00.
The Biblical Institute. A synopsis of the lectures given at the Institute, held at Oakland, Cal., April 1877, covering the main points of our faith. 352 pp. 1.00.
The Nature and Destiny of Man. By Elder U. Smith. This work treats on the condition of man in death, and his final destiny. 356 pp. 1.00.
The Spirit of Prophecy; or the great controversy between Christ and his angels and Satan and his angels, in four volumes. By Mrs. E. G. White. These volumes cover the time from the fall of Satan to the destruction of sin and sinners at the close of the one thousand years of Rev. 20. Each 400 pp. 1.00.
Vol. I. Old Testament Facts to Christ.
Vol. II. Life and Ministry of Christ.
Vol. III. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ, with the Lives of His Apostles.
Vol. IV. (In preparation.) Each 1.00.
History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, for the period of 6000 years. By Elder J. N. Andrews. This is a work of unusual interest, prepared with great care, and is full of historical and Scriptural facts. 528 pp. 1.00.
Life of Elder Joseph Bates, with portrait. 352 pp. 1.00.
The Constitutional Amendment. A Discussion between Elder W. H. Littlejohn and the editor of the Christian Statesman, on the Sabbath. 1.00.
The Bible from Heaven. By Elder D. M. Canright. An argument to show that the Bible is not the work of men, but is of God. 300 pp. 80 cts. Revised edition (in preparation). 1.00.
Spiritual Songs. A choice collection of Hymns and Tunes. 416 pp. 1.00.
The United States in the Light of Prophecy. An exposition of Rev. 13:11-17. By Elder U. Smith. Applying to our own land and time, this prophecy possesses surpassing interest for every American reader. 200 pp. 40 cts. Paper covers, 20 cts.
Thoughts on Baptism. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A careful examination of the subject of Christian Baptism in the light of history and the Bible. It presents strong arguments against the notion of Trine Immersion. 186 pp. Bound in flexible cloth, 35 cts. Paper covers, 25 cts.
Song Anchor. For Sabbath-schools and praise-service. By J. E. White. A new book, with excellent new words and music. 160 pp. 35 cts. Per hundred, $30.00.
The Atonement. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. An examination of a remedial system in the light of Nature and Revelation. 168 pp. 20 cts.
The Ministration of Angels, and the origin, history, and destiny of Satan. By Elder D. M. Canright. 144 pp. 20 cts.
The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism, by Elder J. H. Waggoner. A thorough exposure of Spiritualism; application of the Scriptures, and copious extracts from a library of Spiritualist publications. 184 pp. 20 cts.
Our Faith and Hope. Sermons on the coming and kingdom of Christ. By Elder James White. 182 pp. 20 cts.
The Spirit of God, its gifts and manifestations to the end of the Christian age. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 144 pp. 15 cts.
The Three Messages of Revelation 14:6-12. Particularly the third angel's message and the two-horned beast. By J. N. Andrews. 144 pp. 15 cts.
The Two Laws, as set forth in both Testaments. By Elder D. M. Canright. 104 pp. 15 cts.
Matthew Twenty-Four. A clear and forcible exposition of our Lord's discourse upon the Mount of Olives. By Elder James White. 64 pp. 10 cts.
The Sunday Seventh-Day Examined. A refutation of the teachings of Mede, Jennings, Akers, and Fuller. By Elder J. N. Andrews. 88 pp. 10 cts.
The Seven Trumpets. An exposition of the subject, as set forth in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Revelation. 96 pp. 10 cts.
Refutation of the Age to Come. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A most decisive refutation of the view that men may find pardon after the Saviour has closed his work in the Sanctuary above. 168 pp. 20 cts.
The Morality of the Sabbath. By Elder D. M. Canright. A complete refutation of a common objection against the Sabbath. 96 pp. 15 cts.
The Resurrection of the Unjust. A vindication of the doctrine. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 100 pp. 15 cts.
A Word for the Sabbath, or false theories exposed. (Poem.) By Eld. U. Smith. 60 pp. 15 cts.
Vindication of the True Sabbath. By Elder J. W. Morton, formerly missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, to Hayti. 68 pp. 10 cts.
Sermon on the Two Covenants. By Elder J. N. Andrews. An able argument on an important subject. 48 pp. 10 cts.
The Truth Found. The nature, and obligation of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 64 pp. 10 cts.
Christ and the Sabbath; or, Christ in the Old Testament and the Sabbath in the New. By Elder James White. 56 pp. 10 cts.
Redeemer and Redeemed. By Elder James White. This work sets forth the plan of Redemption in its three stages. 40 pp. 10 cts.
Systematic Benevolence. Setting forth the Bible plan of giving for the support of the ministry. 64 pp. 10 cts.
Ex-President Grant.
By Editor
A good deal has lately been said by newspapers about General Grant’s Des Moines speech. There is nothing in the speech but what every true American citizen can heartily subscribe to. We give it below:—
“Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, free press, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiment, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion; encourage free schools; resolve that not one dollar appropriated to them shall go to the support of any sectarian schools; resolve that neither State nor nation shall support any institution, save those where every child may get a common-school education, unmixed with any atheistic, pagan, or sectarian teaching; leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, and keep Church and State forever separate.”
The Man Who Does No Good
THE man who does no good, gets none. He is like the heath in the desert, neither yielding fruit nor seeing when good cometh, a stunted, dwarfish, miserable shrub. Let all your influence be exerted for the purpose of doing all you can for the common good and individual welfare of every one.
Confidence and Fear in God
CONFIDENCE and fear are almost one thing rather than two, when we speak of God. He that fears most trusts most. He that trusts most fears most.