p. 576 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 36. (9/16/1886)

Earlier text: SECULAR

OXFORD TEACHERS’ BIBLES.

PRICES AND STYLES OF BINDING.

Pearl 16mo. (Size 4x5½x1¾ inches.)

(Page for page with the Minion 8vo.)

NOS.

500. French Morocco, boards........................................$1.25

501. French Morocco, circuit.......................................1.40

502. French Morocco, limp, round corners............................1.35

509. Persian Seal, limp, solid covers, round corners..................2.15

513. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed......................2.50

514. As No. 513, with round corners..................................2.60

510. Turkey Morocco, boards.........................................2.25

511½. Turkey Morocco, limp, round corners............................2.35

512½. Turkey Morocco, circuit.......................................2.70

515. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined.............................4.00

515½. As No. 515, with round corners................................4.15

Postage, 10 cents extra.

Pearl 16mo. India paper edition. (Size 4x5½x1 inches.)

NOS. The smallest Teachers’ Bible in the World.

514x. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed, round corners......$3.25

515½x. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................5.50

Postage, 8 cents extra.

Ruby 16mo. (Size 4¾x6½x1½ inches.)

(An entirely new edition. Page for page with the Minion 8vo.)

NOS.

500. French Morocco, boards........................................$1.90

501. French Morocco, circuit.......................................2.30

502. French Morocco, limp, round corners............................2.20

559. Persian Seal, solid covers, round corners.......................3.00

563. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed......................3.15

564. As No. 563, with round corners..................................3.30

560. Turkey Morocco, boards.........................................2.70

561½. Turkey Morocco, limp, round corners............................2.85

562. Turkey Morocco, circuit.......................................3.75

565. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed..................4.65

565½. As No. 565, with round corners................................4.80

566. As No. 565½, Brown Levant......................................4.80

571. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, red under gold edges, round corners................................................................7.00

Postage, 12 cents extra.

Ruby 16mo. India paper edition. (Size 4½x6½x1 inches.)

NOS.

564x. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed, round corners......$4.50

561½x. Turkey Morocco, loose limp, round corners, silk sewed.........4.50

565½x. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................6.50

566x. As No. 565½x, Brown Levant.....................................6.50

571x. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................7.50

Postage, 9 cents extra.

Nonpareil 8vo. (Size 4½x7x1¾ inches.)

(An entirely new edition. Page for page with the Minion 8vo.)

NOS.

664. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, round corners....................$4.00

660. Turkey Morocco, boards.........................................4.00

661½. Turkey Morocco, limp, round corners............................4.15

662. Turkey Morocco, circuit.......................................5.00

665. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed..................5.35

665½. As No. 665, with round corners................................5.50

666. As No. 665½, Brown Levant......................................5.50

671. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, red under gold edges, round corners................................................................8.00

Postage, 16 cents extra.

Nonpareil 8vo. Thin paper edition. (Size 5x7x1¼ inches.)

NOS.

664x. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed, round corners......$5.75

661½x. Turkey Morocco, loose limp, round corners, silk sewed.........5.50

665½x. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................7.75

666x. As No. 665½x, Brown Levant.....................................7.75

671x. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................9.50

Postage, 11 cents extra.

Minion 8vo. (Size 5x7¾x1½ inches.)

NOS.

707. Persian Seal, limp, round corners...............................$4.30

709. Persian Seal, limp, solid covers, round corners..................5.00

713. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit..................................4.70

714. As No. 713, with round corners..................................4.85

710. Turkey Morocco, boards.........................................4.50

711½. Turkey Morocco, limp, round corners............................4.65

715. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed..................5.70

715½. As No. 715, with round corners................................5.85

716. As No. 715½, Brown Levant......................................5.85

721. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, red under gold edges, round corners................................................................9.00

722. Seal Skin, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, red under gold solid edges, round corners................................................................11.00

Postage, 18 cents extra.

Minion 8vo. Thin paper edition. (Size 5x7¾x1 inches.)

NOS. The S. S. Superintendents’ Edition.

714x. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed, round corners......$7.00

711½x. Turkey Morocco, loose limp, round corners, silk sewed.........6.75

715½x. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................9.00

716x. As No. 715½x, Brown Levant......................................9.00

721x. Best Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, red under gold edges, round corners................................................................12.00

Postage, 18 cents extra.

Minion small 4to. (Size 7x9½x1¾ inches.)

NOS. With Wide Margin for MSS Notes.

905. Persian Morocco, limp...........................................$7.50

911. Turkey Morocco, limp............................................8.75

915½. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................12.50

Postage, 32 cents extra.

Brevier 8vo. (Size 5¾x8⅝x1¾ inches.)

NOS.

810. Turkey Morocco, boards, family register........................$7.00

811. Turkey Morocco, limp, family register...........................7.00

814. Persian Seal, Divinity circuit, silk sewed, round corners........7.75

815½. Levant, Divinity circuit, kid lined, silk sewed, round corners................................................................10.25

Postage, 28 cents extra.

Any books from the foregoing list can be had with Denison’s Patent Index. Price, $1.25 extra.

When ordering Bibles be sure to give the numbers of those you wish sent.

Address all orders to PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

Science and Imagination

THE Christian at Work indignantly denies the statement of the London Lancet to the effect that Dr. Holmes is almost a solitary example of a scientist who possesses the imagination of the poet and the novelist. It says: “Unquestionably, weakness comes from too great versatility; but science and the imagination go hand in hand, instead of being sworn enemies, as is often asserted.” We side with the Christian at Work. Some of the greatest of modern “scientists” have been men of unbounded imagination, and, we might add, of credulity, too. The evolutionists, Darwin, Huxley, and Tyndall could never have fabricated their airy structures without the aid of a vivid imagination. Indeed, modern “science,” falsely so-called, is little else but imagination, and this is virtually admitted by even the “scientists” themselves. A few facts are woven into the fabric in order to catch minds that are not so imaginative.

Lists of Conference Delegates Requested

WILL each church, as soon as it has elected its delegates to the Conference, please send a list of them to this office?

Tents for the Woodland Camp-Meeting

Those who wish tents for the Woodland camp-meeting will please send their orders at once to Elder J. N. Loughborough, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal. Those also who have tents of their own which they design to bring will please notify Elder Loughborough of the fact.

Baptisms and Churches in Humboldt County

ELDER MCCLURE, who remained in Humboldt County for two weeks after the camp-meeting, informs us that he baptized eleven persons at Eureka, the Sabbath following the meeting. He organized a church of twenty-four members at Eureka, and one of thirteen members at Dow's Prairie.

Santa Ana Camp-Meeting Extended

In compliance with the request of the brethren in the southern part of the State, the time of the Santa Ana camp-meeting is lengthened, so that the meeting will continue over two Sabbaths. The date of the meeting as changed is October 28 to November 8. Let all come prepared to remain through the entire meeting.

Correction to the Sabbath-School Lesson

By Editor

SEVERAL queries have been sent in concerning the first question of the Sabbath-school lesson for August 28, printed in the SIGNS of August 12, page 491. We can answer all these queries simply by stating that the question as printed is a mistake. Instead of forty-five, read thirty. The children of Israel left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month; just two months later they reached the wilderness of Sinai (Ex. 19:1), three days before the giving of the law; and thirty-three days before the giving of the law, thirty days after they left Egypt, they came to the wilderness of Sin. Although the question is incorrectly worded, that did not destroy its object, which was to show that we have a record of Sabbath observance before the giving of the law from Sinai.

The Christian Under Law

By Editor

From what it indorses as “an excellent statement of doctrine by A. P. Foster,” a Disciple, the Christian Standard (Disciple) of June 26, quotes the following:—

“The Christian is under law just as much as the unconverted. The great principles of the moral law as codified in the Ten Commandments are universally and forever obligatory.”

This, among other extracts, the Standard says “may prove interesting.” Coming from the source that it does, and receiving the indorsement that it has, we can only say that it is indeed interesting. We are happy to see in the leading expositor of the Disciple faith such splendid tokens of approach to sound doctrine. That the Standard’s indorsement may be indorsed by the whole denomination which it represents is a consummation devoutly to be wished.

Not Well Informed.

WHEN the subject of education was before the M. E. Conference at its recent session, Mr. Lasher, of Napa College, spoke as follows concerning that institution: “The trustees at their last annual meeting voted not to permit any one to enter as a student who will not pledge himself not to use liquor or tobacco during the course.” After stating that this provision is effective, he continued: “We believe that we are the first institution on the Coast to take this course.”

If the speaker had been thoroughly posted in educational matters, he could not have made his last statement. Healdsburg College has been in operation four years, and in that time no liquor or tobacco-user has had anything whatever to do with the institution; from the first, the use of these has been strictly prohibited. We are glad that Napa College is following this example.

Preparing War.

IT would seem as though modern invention could not go much farther in the production of weapons of destruction. A young French naval officer has made experiments which show that in warfare forts and vessels may be blown up by means of torpedoes dropped from balloons. Against weapons from such a source no walls nor armor can guard. A torpedo falling on the deck of the strongest iron-clad would blow it to pieces as quickly as one exploded under her keel; and a few of them dropped within a fort would annihilate it. On this subject the S. F. Chronicle says:—

“These discoveries are useful. The more deadly war is made, the less likely it is to occur. If every army that went into battle ran a risk of total annihilation, nobody would go to battle. And if every fort and every ship of war was reasonably certain of total destruction with all its contents, whenever it was attacked, there would be no more forts and no more ships of war.”

But that is a mistake. So long as the war spirit exists, so long will there be war, and these death-dealing inventions show an increase in the war spirit. A nation will refuse to fight only when it knows that its armament is inferior to that of its enemy; but all nations have an equal chance to secure the latest improved artillery, and, standing on an equal footing, they would be relatively in the same position as they are now. Instead of there being no more forts and no more ships of war, as the Chronicle imagines, all the difference would be that each army would try to bring its weapons to bear on its adversaries’ forts and ships before its own were attacked.

Excursion Cars to the Woodland Camp-Meeting.

By C. H. Jones

We have made arrangements with the C. P. R. R. whereby special excursion cars will be run from San Francisco and Oakland to Woodland on Tuesday, October 5. These cars will be attached to the regular trains which leave San Francisco at 7:30 o'clock, A. M. and 4 P. M., and will run through to Woodland without change. Fare for the round trip from San Francisco and Oakland, $3.45; children half price. These tickets will be good to return at any time up to October 22. Call for excursion tickets to the Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting at Woodland. These tickets will be on sale at the office of the Pacific Press, Cor. 12th and Castro Sts., Oakland, any time after October 1, and we request all who can to procure their tickets at this place. They will also be on sale at the ticket office, foot of Market St., San Francisco, on the day the trains leave—Tuesday, October 5. Only cars containing fifty or more persons holding these tickets will be run through without change, so it will be necessary for our brethren and sisters to keep together as much as possible. The tickets, however, are good in any of the cars on the train.

All who cannot go on these excursion cars on the 5th will pay the regular fare to Woodland, taking a receipt for the same from the ticket agent. These receipts, after being signed by the secretary of the Conference, will entitle the holder to a return ticket at one-third the regular fare. This will apply to those coming from any point on the line of the Central or Southern Pacific Railroad. These tickets will be good to return at any time up to October 22. C. H. JONES.

The Spirit and Known Duty

“HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” John 16:13. We have known people grievously to misapply this text; and use it as an excuse for not doing known duty. Acknowledging that all the commandments of God are still binding on mankind, they will say, “If it were my duty to keep the Sabbath, the Spirit would reveal it to me, for the Spirit is to lead us into all truth.” But how does the Spirit lead us into truth? In this way: “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. The Spirit brings truth to our knowledge, but its office is not to push us into it. When truth is brought to our knowledge, the Spirit can do no more unless we are willing to receive it. Now those who say, “I will keep the Sabbath when I am led into it,” really mean that they will keep the Sabbath if the Lord forces them into it. And this position, freely rendered, means, “I will not keep the Sabbath if I can keep from doing so.” The sad fact is, that the Spirit, instead of leading, or pushing such people into the truth, leaves them alone.

The Test of Love

“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.” 1 John 5:2, 3. Reader, do you love God? If you are in doubt, test yourself by the apostle’s inspired rule.

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES,

PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT OAKLAND, CAL., FOR THE

International Tract and Missionary Society.

A sixteen-page Religious Family Paper, devoted to a discussion of the Prophecies, Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ, Harmony of the Law and Gospel; with Departments devoted to Health and Temperance, the Home Circle, the Missionary Work, and the Sabbath-school.

Price Per Year, post-paid, - - - - - $2.00

In clubs of five or more copies to one name and address, to be used in Missionary work, each, - - - 1.50

To foreign countries, single subscriptions, post-paid, - - - 10s

address,

SIGNS OF THE TIMES,

Twelfth and Castro Streets, OAKLAND, CAL., U. S. A.