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Signs of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 18.

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The Bombardment of Beirut by the Italians

By W. C. Ising

On Sabbath morning, February 24, we were greatly surprised at hearing several cannon-shots. We thought, however, that some foreign man-of-war had come into port, since it is customary for them to come here from time to time; and when they arrive, there are the usual salutes. At about nine o'clock on this particular morning some of the brethren, on coming to Sabbath-school, brought the news that two Italian war-ships had taken their station just in front of the harbor. Then we understood what the shots meant. We discussed the possibility of trouble; because for some time Italy had threatened to bombard our city, but so far the foreign powers had prevented it, and for the moment we did not realize the gravity of the situation. But we were made to realize it when, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, a regular bombardment ensued.
We are located in what is called Ras Beirut, somewhat higher than the main part of the city, and so we could watch one of the cruisers as it was firing. At every discharge, we could see the guns flashing as they sent their projectiles in the direction of the city, causing a very unpleasant sound as the shells were rattling and whistling through the air, some of them rolling like balls in a bowling-alley. We were reminded of the text in Joel 2, which in speaking of the day of the Lord, says, "Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness." Such was really the case here.
Our brethren who had assembled for the Sabbath-school, felt that it would be best for them to return to their respective homes. Before separating, we knelt in prayer, asking God's care upon us, and that His protecting hand might be over the city. As we separated, there were many expressions of hope that we might all see each other again, safe and sound.
On the way home some of the persons who were shot in the streets were seen. After a time the shooting ceased, and there was general relief, especially when it could be observed that the cruisers were taking their way back to the open sea. During the bombardment various reports were circulated of what had been going on in the city; but fortunately it did not all prove to be true.
Among other things, we were told that the foreign post-offices were on fire; but on investigation this proved to be false. The cruisers returned to fire a few shots, and then put out to sea again. Later in the day, we started down to the city, and found the streets all deserted, except for some soldiers that were on patrol duty.
Rumors were circulated that the Moslems intended to massacre all foreigners, and hence all such were counseled to return to their homes and remain out of sight as much as possible. One Turkish cruiser and a torpedo-boat were sunk, and their funnels could be seen projecting out of the water. More or less serious damage had been done to the surrounding buildings; but it appears that the Italians were very careful in their aim at the objects that they desired to destroy, and as little damage as possible was done to other buildings, but of course a number of buildings centrally located had their roofs damaged by pieces of shells that were fired in that direction.
The reason that the cruisers returned for the second attack, was that one of the Turkish vessels had not been entirely sunk in the morning.
Martial law was immediately proclaimed, and newspapers were not published until four days after the battle. The general version is that the cruisers announced their arrival by the first shots that were fired on Sabbath morning, and then the deputation of the government went to see what their request was. They demanded the delivery of the two war vessels. There are others, however, who hold to the opinion that the Italian commander sent a note to the governor and the German consulate (the latter being in charge of the Italian consulate), demanding that within an hour his demands should be granted. Of course this was not much time, and it is said that the note reached the governor only twenty minutes before the hour expired. Then there are others who say that the Turkish cruisers and the barracks opened fire in reply to the challenge from the Italian cruisers.
Over 120 persons lost their lives in the short battle, while a number of others were wounded. Large numbers of the populace fled to Mount Lebanon. Others went into the neighboring villages along the coast, while hundreds of families were crowding the public buildings of the foreigners, and stayed there overnight.
Under the cross at the left is the torpedo-boat, and at the right the cruiser, sunk by the Italian war-ships.
Under the cross at the left is the torpedo-boat, and at the right the cruiser, sunk by the Italian war-ships.
During the day, there was no traffic; but on the following night, the street-cars were kept busy transporting troops to patrol the city. Immediately after the opening of the fire, the different foreign flags could be seen hoisted on a large number of buildings. Whoever was in possession of a foreign flag was sure to unfold it. This was a good lesson to us of how God's children should ever unfurl their colors, that they may be seen, not only in times of trouble, but in times of peace, so that the attention of the world can be attracted to the salvation that is now offered to every man who will turn to Christ and find His peace. Soon the time will come when we will be surrounded by trouble on all sides, and in that time we will not have tranquillity in which to study the Word of God. We will finally reach the point where there will be no intercessor before the throne of God, pleading in behalf of the sinner. Men will wander from one side of the earth to the other to find the consolations of God's Word, but will not be able to find it. See Amos 8:11, 12. These occurrences, which are merely preliminary to the great war of Armageddon that will soon fill the world with terror, should be a strong appeal to every person to profit by this time of grace, while probation is still lingering.
Naturally, this bombardment has caused considerable unrest in the city; and we have the unfortunate circumstance that in addition to the external foe, there are our internal troubles. We are kept in constant fear of some violence by the Moslems against Christians. When these threats against the Christians have been so constant in the past, it is not difficult to see why such fears should immediately rise in any time of trouble like this one. Further color was given to this fear, because of the fact that the government had supplied the people with arms, but as a matter of fact the Moslems themselves were the ones who were appealing for them. Troops of cavalry, however, were brought down from Damascus; and in the meantime a French man-of-war has arrived, and at the present there seems to be no reason for fear.
Since the people have been counseled not to leave their houses in the evenings, we have been compelled to discontinue our public services until the situation clears up. This is a lesson to us of how quickly the work of proclaiming this last message can be brought to a standstill. We feel the importance of praising God that He is holding these winds of strife. As we see the unrest that is abroad in the world, it enables us better to estimate the power that is required to hold the agents of evil strifes in check. God alone has power to do this. None of our people have been injured. It is evident that if the government here had been better prepared to meet the Italian challenge, the effects would have been much worse.
W. C. Ising.
German Post, Beirut, Syria, February 29, 1912.

Our Work and Workers

By Editor

SEVEN at Jackson, Mississippi, have received baptism.
THREE at Hartford City, Indiana, have taken their stand for the truth.
A CHURCH was dedicated on a recent Sabbath at Dinuba, and another at La Mesa.
ON Sabbath, March 30, a church was organized at Center Barnstead, New Hampshire.
THREE persons at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, have begun the observance of the truth.
THREE at Elk City, and two at Garden City, Kansas, have taken a definite stand for the truth.
ON a recent Sabbath eight young persons at Hastings, Nebraska, received the rite of baptism.
THIRTEEN conversions are reported at Buhl, Idaho, and three or four others are on the point of deciding.
FIVE at Hawley, and two at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, have identified themselves with this people.
THREE individuals at Brook Park, Minnesota, have embraced the message, and others are nearly convinced.
FOUR at Traverse City, Michigan, two at Houghton, and three in Detroit, have espoused the Gospel message of to-day.
A REPORT from Tinnevelly, South India, states that five young men have commenced the observance of the commandments.
THREE or four at Johnsonville, Tennessee, have determined to keep all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
FIVE at Norfolk, Virginia, are obeying the truth, and awaiting baptism. Twenty-five at Richmond have signified their belief in this message.
THE report comes of the baptism of nine persons in Java, five at Hastings, New Zealand, three at Wellington, five at Petone, and twenty-three at Ponsonby.
WE are in receipt of a neat little calendar from our college at Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina, South America,—"Colegio Adventista del Plata,"—for 1912.
AT Lufkin, Texas, seven were recently buried in baptism, and another will be baptized soon. Five at Houston have given their names as commandment keepers.
EIGHT at East Richmond, Melbourne, Australia, have embraced the truth, and fifteen others are deeply interested. Three in Queensland have also taken their stand.
SIX persons have united with the church at Elgin, Illinois. A church of twenty members was organized in St. Elmo. Four or five conversions are reported at Herrin.
BAPTISM was administered to fifty-one at Lodi, California, recently, and to forty-two at San Diego, where a church has been organized. Several more are preparing for baptism.
FOUR at Portland, Oregon, were baptized on March 23, and three others will follow soon. Two at Salem and two at Falls City have been baptized and united with the church.
FOUR persons at Brooklyn, New York, were baptized on Sabbath, March 30, and united with the Danish-Norwegian church at that place. During 1911 twelve were baptized into this church.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL has been organized at Sweetwater, Oklahoma. Three at Elk City and three at Etawah have been baptized. Two families at Watts Creek have taken their stand for the message.
FIVE persons are reported ready for baptism at Leola, South Dakota. Seven at Madison have decided to obey the truth, two at Swan Lake, and two families at Long Lake. Others are interested.
EIGHT at Bozeman, Montana, have identified themselves with the message, and a number of others are in the valley of decision. Four converts are reported at Antelope, and seven at Butte have been baptized.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL of eight members has been organized at Laurel, Wisconsin. Four at Spooner have recently identified themselves with the message, four at Lena, two at Janesville, and six or eight at Baraboo.
FOUR new converts at Skowhegan, Maine, have been taken into church fellowship. Pastor A. J. Verrill, at Dexter, reports that several persons have resolved to yield allegiance to God, and that he hopes soon to organize a church of twenty-five or thirty members. Others are on the point of obeying.
THREE young persons at Bowling Green, Ohio, have been baptized and joined the church at that place. Four at Canton have accepted this message. One of the latter, not satisfied with anything he had yet found, had turned to theosophy, Buddhism, and the various other Eastern cults now permeating this country, but was glad to get in their stead, the soul-satisfying truth of the soon coming Saviour, and the perfect salvation that is found in Him.
AT the close of a tent effort at North Yakima, Washington, baptism was administered to ten, and nine others will be baptized later. Five at Paulsbo have begun to obey the truth, among whom are an infidel and his wife. A Sabbath-school of fifteen has been organized at Tacoma, where three have accepted the truth, and four others are deeply interested. A church has been organized at Hoquiam. Three were recently baptized at College Place, two at Ridgefield, two at Richland, and six at Wenatchee. Others will follow in this ordinance soon. Five at English have expressed themselves as desiring baptism.

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The Sinking of the Titanic

ONE of the most awful disasters that has ever occurred on the high seas, was the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, at about 2:20 A.M., after having been struck by an iceberg about three hours before.
She was in command of one of the most proficient officers that could be found to walk the bridge of an ocean liner, Captain E. J. Smith. He had been promoted to one after another of these large ships as they had been built of ever-increasing size. And even after she was struck by the iceberg, her venerable captain laughed at the idea of her going to the bottom, for was she not the "unsinkable Titanic"!
The Titanic and her twin sister, the Olympic, were the acme of twentieth century ship-building, both for massive strength and luxurious comfort. It was considered that such ships could safely encounter any storm or other difficulty at sea, and with their six water-tight bulkheads they would still be able to float, no matter what they might meet in the way of disaster.
The increasing size and speed, as well as the safety, of ocean-going vessels, has been one of the greatest marvels of this marvelous age. The Britannia of 1840 was 207 feet long, with a speed of 8.5 knots; the Asia of 1850 was 266 feet long, and her speed 12.5; then followed the Scotia of 1862, length 379 feet; the Bothnia of 1874, length 420 feet; the Servia of 1881, length 515 feet; the Ivernia of 1900, length 580 feet; the Campania of 1893, length 600 feet; the Corona of 1905, length 650 feet; the Oceanic, length 704 feet; the Lusitania and the Mauritania, each 790 feet in length, these three built about 1907; and these were followed in 1911-12 by the Olympic and the Titanic, each 832 feet and six inches. And now German ship-builders are projecting a ship that is to be 915 feet, and the emperor is urging them not to allow any builders to exceed them in size, speed, and general efficiency. The ambition is to build ships 1,000 feet long or over. And the speed of the ships of 1840 has been increased more than threefold.
It seems to be very evident that it was not the size of the Titanic that was the cause of her ruin. It is generally affirmed that she should not have taken the awful risk of the northern route, where we may be very sure of encountering icebergs at this season of the year. And one of the best naval architects of the country thinks that she must have struck the iceberg a glazing blow with her sides; for if she had struck it with her prow, it would merely have crumpled her up some in front, but would not have destroyed enough of her water-tight compartments to cause her to sink. Modern ship-builders have been very successful in strengthening vessels so that they can take an inconceivable blow on the prow; but a wooden pier has been known to rip the steel from the sides of the modern ship as "a knife takes the scales from a fish," when the vessel is struck on her beam ends. This expert says that the weak point of the modern ship is in not being able to take the strong blows on her beams that she can readily take with her prow, and that this phase of the matter should receive close scientific study.
Another defect in the equipment of the Titanic is the failure to supply her with the proper number of life-boats. She had only sufficient life-boat capacity for one in four of her passengers. She was long enough in going down for all on board to have been taken off if she had been provided with the boats. This is true generally of the ocean liners.
The work that wireless telegraphy did in connection with the sinking of the ship is another tribute to the material progress of this time. Had the accident occurred a few years ago, the vessel might have gone down, and the icebergs, large and small, together with the cold and the lack of clothing for those that were taken off in the boats, might have caused every individual to perish, and the world would never have known what had been the fate of the ship. But as soon as the crash with the iceberg came, the wireless began to sound the distress signal, the longitude and latitude of the sinking ship were given, and within a few moments of time the assuring news was flashed to the shore that vessels nearest her were hastening to her assistance. Among those that sought to reach her was her monster twin sister, the Olympic.
Lessons like this should teach us how small we are, and how powerless, when even some of the very insignificant forces of nature are brought against us. That iceberg was a very little thing, when compared with some of the great things of creation, and yet it was sufficient to crush without effort one of the greatest achievements the human family has ever been able to produce.
The night of the disaster was a "gala evening" on the ship, and the passengers had given themselves up to the vanities of pleasure. The great wealth that many of the passengers possessed had been made to bear its part in the revelries of the night; and right in the midst of it, with never a moment to lay aside their insufficient evening clothes, they had to be hurried to the life-boats.
How few there are who realize that this whole world is drifting in a position that is very similar to that occupied by the Titanic just before she struck the iceberg! Are we in touch with the life-boats that will save us when the final crash comes?

What Does the Injury.

By Editor

An exchange, the name of which we do not now recall, has the following helpful note, which the impulsive ones among our readers would do well to consider: "What breaks the shaft of a great ocean liner is not the work it does in driving the ship forward through the sea, but the tremendous speed at which it is driven when the waves lift the stern into the air and it is doing no work whatever. It is so with the most perfect of all machines, the human body. It is not work that wears us out or suddenly snaps the cord, but rather it is the extra strain we put upon the machine by the waves of passion and folly that sweep over us. A fit of anger puts a greater strain upon the heart than a whole week's work, and drink takes a fearful toll from the human machine. We have noted that those who live long and happily are those who have lived tranquilly, and circumscribed their desires within due bounds."

Russia’s Suicide Club

Russia has a suicide club that is attracting considerable attention at the present time. The police have undertaken to break it up, but have not been able as yet to put a stop to it. Young children fourteen or fifteen years of age are among those seized with the mania for death, and parents may be startled to find a note left about the house stating that their boy or girl has gone somewhere to take the fatal leap.

Wireless Stations Around the Globe

Great Britain is reported to be planning a series of wireless telegraph stations to encircle the globe. They will be under the control of her post-office department. The first wireless message was sent by Marconi, the inventor of the system, in 1897, and the distance was only three miles. Now messages have been sent over 6,000 miles, and there is scarcely a ship at sea that is not equipped with a wireless outfit.

The Bible Compass

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In our issue of February 27, on page 11, we noticed "an ingenious Bible study device," "The Bible Compass," prepared by Mr. D. D. Fitch. We gave the price of that as 25c; but the price is only 10c. It is designed to be a helpful companion to the boy or girl, and may be made of interest in a circle. For further information concerning the compass, address D. D. Fitch, Glendale, California.

Submarines Become Ocean-Going Vessels

Three British submarine boats completed a voyage of 9,000 miles, having sailed from Portsmouth, England, to Hongkong, China. These little war-ships that will fight the larger ones from under the water have reached the rank of "ocean-going vessels." When invented, a few years ago, it was thought their work would have to be confined to harbors.

California Initiative and Sunday Laws

By Editor

The people of California have voted for the initiative and referendum. Do they know how this new plan in politics may be used? Let us tell you. Even now men are planning to invoke the initiative for religio-political purposes. It is proposed to appeal to the people of the State to enact a Sunday law. Do you know what this means? Do you understand the principles involved? Then read our six-week series. It will be an eye-opener and a heart-convincier. These issues were noticed last week.

Burbank Sells Commercial Business

By Editor

It will be of interest to our readers who have followed Mr. Luther Burbank in his productions, to know that he has sold out the commercial side of his business, the marketing of his wonderful novelties, to a firm of capitalists, the head of which is Mr. Rollo Hough, of Oakland, and Mr. William Garner Smith, of San Francisco. Mr. Burbank will give his sole attention to the development of novelties in plants.

Single-Hearted Men Win

It is the single-hearted men that win; it is the double-hearted who fail. It is the man who has in his pursuit the whole heart that stirs people. The man whose affections are divided, does not even impress himself with anything lasting or permanent. Of Reuben it was said, “Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.” Gen. 49:4. And James tells us it is the “double-minded man” that is “unstable in all his ways.” James 1:8. Not so were the Zebulonites, that came to David at Hebron, and could “order the battle array;” they “were not of double heart.” “They came with a perfect heart.” Into the heart single to God come His presence and power.

Joy in Willing Service

The willing service of Christ Jesus brings soul satisfaction and unspeakable blessing now and here. Godliness has promise of the life that now is as well as that which is to come. He who finds the service of Christ hard has an unwilling heart, or he loves sin. There is great joy in willing service.

Upcoming Religious Liberty Series

By Editor

Only one more issue in this series; then a week's omission; then our religious liberty series of six; then another series of twenty-five covering the features of God's message for to-day.

Religious Liberty Series Announcement

By Editor

We begin in three weeks a special six-week series largely devoted to a discussion on religious liberty. See announcement last week.

Contained in This Issue

Question Corner PAGE
3740—The Filling Up of the Afflictions of Christ; 3741—The Matter of Divorce; 3742—The Sin of One; 3743—Written in the Earth; 3744—Sodom and Samaria 2
Our Bible Band 2
General
Man in the Judgment 3
"Come Ye Yourselves Apart, . . . and Rest a While" 4
The Sanctuary 5
A Misconception and Perversion 5
Studies in Daniel—The Vision of Daniel 10, 11 6
A Remarkable Conversion 9
The Sinking of the Titanic 16
The Outlook
Germany's Social Conditions 10
The World-Wide Study of Earthquakes 10
A Radical Statement 11
Notes 10, 11, 16
Home and Fireside
Dangers in Dust 12
Missions
The Bombardment of Beirut by the Italians 14
Our Work and Workers 15
Poetry
The Pool of Siloam 4
Be Strong 12
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