—The relations of Germany and Russia are said to be getting worse daily.
—An epidemic of scarlet fever is raging in London. There are 1,900 cases in the hospitals.
—Five Mexican bandits were caught at Brownsville, Texas, October 12, and were immediately shot.
—Judge Manning, United States Minister to Mexico, died very suddenly in the City of Mexico, October 11.
—A riot between Orangemen and Catholics occurred in Toronto on the occasion of Cardinal Taschereau's recent visit to that place.
—Twenty-four persons were killed and thirty were wounded in a riot at Plevna, which occurred during an election for members of the Sobranje.
—Owing to the almost daily shocks of earthquake in Santiago de Cuba, a panic has seized the inhabitants, and business is almost completely suspended.
—A snow-storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, prevailed in England and Wales on the 12th inst. The roads in Wales are blocked with snow.
—October 10 the Austrian steamer Hapsburg came into collision with and sank a Bavarian steamer on Lake Constance. Many passengers in the cabin were drowned.
—The prize offered by the French Government of $10,000 for the most valuable discovery relating to the utilization of electricity is to be awarded next December.
—A disastrous collision occurred between a loaded passenger train and a freight train, on the Chicago and Atlantic Railroad, near Kouts, Indiana. Thirty lives were lost.
—A severe hail-storm visited Albuquerque (N. M.) and vicinity on the 14th inst. Much unripe fruit was beaten from the trees. The hail-storm was preceded by a heavy rain.
—Minnesota has a law requiring that every railroad car shall be supplied with at least two fire extinguishers. The railroad commissioners are determined to enforce this law.
—For several days in the early part of this month terrible fires raged in portions of Sonoma and Napa Counties, in this State. Many vineyards were destroyed, and buildings were burned.
—The Coroner's jury at Mitchelstown, in the case of the members of the League who were killed while attempting to hold a meeting, have rendered a verdict charging the crown officials with murder.
—According to a telegram from Rome to the Frankfurter Zeitung, the Pope said in a private audience, October 11, that a solution of the Roman question depends upon restoring Rome to the Pope, and that the Italians must leave.
—A fire broke out, October 12, in the Northern Ohio Insane Asylum, at Cleveland, during the weekly dance. A panic immediately ensued among the 350 patients, and six women were suffocated. Others were injured.
—Two Sisters of Mercy, who have been teaching in the parochial school in Father McTighe's church, in the Thirty-third Ward, will apply for positions as teachers in the school of which Father McTighe has been elected principal.
—It is announced that Germany, Austria, and Italy have formed an alliance. The object is to guard against the menacing advancement of Russia. As a consequence, Austria will increase her force in Bosnia from 3,000 to 10,000 men.
—The Queen Regent of Spain has signed a decree authorizing the construction of six ironclads of 7,500 tons each, which shall be capable of attaining a speed of from sixteen to twenty miles an hour; also four large and sixty small torpedo-boats.
—A Pennsylvania coal company has issued orders to remove all persons working in their mines who are unable to speak the English language. This is because serious accidents frequently occur through the inability of the workmen to understand English orders.
—For some time past incendiary fires and burglaries have been very frequent at Elmira, N. Y. On the 11th inst. nine young men who had banded together for the purpose of arson and burglary were arrested. The culprits had an oath which called for the death of any member of the gang who divulged its secrets.
—Much uneasiness is caused in London by the ever-increasing crowds which gather in Trafalgar Square, clamoring for bread or work. The meetings are not organized by the usual socialistic propagandists, but are composed of laborers without homes or work, the number of which is estimated at over one hundred thousand. They are always surrounded by the police, who have difficulty in preventing serious riots.
—The storm that raged in Sinaloa, Mexico, from the 6th until the 9th, completely destroyed the town of Rosario. The Rosario River rushed over the country to a depth of twenty feet. At Tajo and Guaranupina eight persons were drowned, and six are missing. The great silver mines are overflowed and badly damaged. The towns of Mataton and Capales and also the city of Onelito, containing over 8,000 inhabitants, are destroyed. Several vessels are reported lost.
—A band of boy burglars, who have terrorized the section of Boston known as Highlands, the past summer, was discovered and broken up by the police on the 11th inst. The band appeared on its face to be a social organization known as a Labor Club, and occupied a large room in a tenement house, which was fitted as a gymnasium and arsenal. The club had a common cash fund, which was kept full by burglaries, and from which the members supplied themselves at pleasure. The ages of the boys ranged from 13 to 17 years.
MORAL SIGHT.
THAT a truly pious character is not always as attractive in the present as is a well-watered and fruitful tree, is due to the difference between the natural and moral eye. The natural eye in the perfection of its structure, and its adaptation to the seeing of natural objects, never fails to recognize and delight in the beauty and glory of a living tree; but the moral sight of man is not by nature so accurate. Disorganized by sin, its views of life and character are distorted. Hence, it does not appreciate a work of grace in the heart, does not see the beauty and blessedness of a pious life. The man trusting in the Lord and serving him is not always as attractive in the world as a fresh and living tree is to the physical eye. The prophets suffered hard things at the hands of the men of their day. Jesus Christ, the perfect One, embodying before men the divine and the holy, was hated, misrepresented, cast out as an abomination, and hung upon the cross as a malefactor. The apostles were treated as disturbers of the peace. Many of the purest and noblest in the church of God since their day have suffered grievously at the hands of their generations. Thousands more have endured contempt and neglect. A God-fearing soul, enlightened in conscience and refusing to go with the multitude to do evil, is often a most aggravating spectacle to society. The perverted moral sight of the natural man fails to see the glory of such a character and the usefulness of such a life.
But there will be true appreciation, nevertheless. Subsequent years or generations may bring it about. In the day of Christ the Jews were garnishing the sepulchers of the prophets whom the fathers slew. Dead heroes of righteousness and truth now shine as stars in the sky of many a past generation. The pure, godly, steadfast Christian believer finds his applause too often here below as he leaves his neighborhood or the world. But it will surely come. In the life to come, when the perversion of a corrupt moral sight shall have passed away, and in the clear atmosphere of God's presence, the righteous shall stand forth the wonder and admiration of all Heaven.—Interior.
Appointments.
By California Conference Committee
ARROYO GRANDE CAMP-MEETING.
THE camp-meeting for the Sabbath-keepers of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties will be held at Arroyo Grande, commencing Thursday evening, November 10, and closing Wednesday morning, November 16. We trust that all our people in the above-named counties will make it a special point to be at this meeting. It is a time when the hurrying season will be past, and why may we not see a full attendance of those specially interested in the work, and their friends also? We trust that an effort will be made to gather together for this annual feast. It will do much to strengthen the work in these two counties, if our people can come together bringing their friends with them.
Tents can be rented for this meeting at the same rates as usual: 10x12 tents, $4.00; 12x16, $6.00. Please write at once to Elder J. N. Loughborough, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal., stating the size of the tent you wish to rent, or the size of your own tent that you may wish to pitch.
CAL. CONF. COMMITTEE.
Places of Worship
OAKLAND.—House of worship, southeast corner of Jefferson and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:15. Seats free.
EAST PORTLAND (Or.)—House of worship on G Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Sabbath-school every Sabbath (Saturday), followed by services. Preaching or Bible-reading Sunday evening. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening. The public cordially invited.
SAN FRANCISCO.—House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45, and preaching at 11 A. M.; also preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30. Sabbath-school classes in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:15.
Obituary.
By H. A. St. John
Hall.—Died of consumption, in St. Helena, Cal., Sept. 18, 1887, Mrs. Hattie M. Hall, aged nearly 37 years. Sister Hall was a member of the St. Helena church, and to those who were with her during her last hours, she gave evidence that her peace was made with God, and that she would fall asleep in Jesus. A mother, brothers and sisters, and three children, mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. Text, Rom. 8:23.
H. A. St. John.
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OUR COUNTRY—THE MARVEL OF NATIONS.
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ITS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, AND WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY OF IT.
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THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
By Editor
BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN
DURING THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION.
BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.Author of "The Life of Christ," "Sketches from the Life of Paul," "Bible Sanctification," and Other Popular Works.
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Sacrifice and Sympathy for the Poor
HERE is a little story that may be read with profit by a good many:—
"When Livingstone visited England after his great exploring tour, he was much praised for his sacrifices. It was true he had labored much, but what did he reply to this praise? 'People talk of the sacrifices I made in spending so large a portion of my life in Africa. Can you call that a sacrifice which is only a small payment on that great debt to God which can never be fully discharged? Say, rather, that it is a privilege. I have never made a sacrifice.'"—Spirit of Missions.
And who has made a sacrifice? When we consider the sacrifice of Christ, who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich; and remember that "our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;" who can talk about sacrifices made, much less to boast or mourn over them?
IN his recent address to the Boston Evangelical Ministers' Association, Dr. Josiah Strong related the case of a minister who was pleading with his people for a larger manifestation of sympathy to the poor and destitute around them, when an influential church member arose, and said he wanted none of that class in his pew. The bold rejoinder came at once from him who believed he had been commissioned to preach the gospel to the poor: "I will not cease my plea till the door of this church swings in to the slightest touch of the needy." As a consequence of the pastor's determination to preach the gospel to the poor, he was dismissed from the church. And yet the members of that church doubtless think that they are followers of Christ; they certainly call themselves Christians.
HUMBUG LEGISLATION.
By Editor
THE Saturday half-holiday created by the New York Legislature last winter, has proved a failure. Several of the leading papers have referred to it as such. The Independent calls it outright, "a legislative humbug," and a "silly law," which is all that it is. The Observer says:—
"The indications are that the observance of the Saturday half-holiday as a regular institution will have to be abandoned for the present, or postponed until the world has more leisure than it has now. Business men and trades-people generally are revolting against the custom and refusing to observe it any longer. The fact that Saturday afternoon was constituted a legal holiday by the last Legislature makes no difference in the aspects of the case except in banks and exchanges. The enactment of the law
was plainly a piece of folly and was done simply as a bid for the favor of the so-called 'laboring class,' and not from any humane or philanthropic motives."
The same Legislature, and for the same reason, also made September 5 a State holiday under the title of "Labor-Day," that is, a day for doing no labor. Of its celebration the reports all show about one way, of which the following account by the Congregationalist will give an idea of what Labor-day amounts to:—
"Labor-day, so called because so many people quit labor to parade and drink beer and stronger fluids, didn't seem practically to amount to much here. Most of the real workers were at work. A large number of men and boys (some estimated them as high as 25,000) proceeded, in a go-as-you-please fashion, to the sound of music, carrying banners and various devices; but people generally showed little interest. A good many employers, pressed for time to fulfill their contracts, were irritated over the loss, and very few of the paraders seemed very joyful. They had the air of men doing an uncomfortable duty. There was no violence, and little work for the police; but the lager beer and whisky dealers had all they could do to keep the procession up to the proper marching point, and their arms ached for some time after the show was over."
Of both these laws the Independent says:—
"The motive prompting the enactment of the Labor-day Law, like that prompting the enactment of the Saturday Half-holiday Law, was purely political. Governor Hill and the Republican Legislature were fishing for labor votes. This is the whole of it. The next Legislature of this State would do a sensible thing if it were to repeal both of these laws."
Of course it would, but it is safe to say that the New York Legislature will do no such sensible thing. It will be much more apt to do more of just such like "fishing for votes." Nor is the New York Legislature the exception.
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By Editor
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