p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 7. (2/15/1899)

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TEACHING TRUTH

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ALMOST A MAN

A frank talk to a boy who was "almost a man," and the good it did him. As it is in story form, every boy will read it and be the better for it.

It is intended to help mothers and teachers in the delicate task of teaching the lad concerning himself purely and accurately. Price, 25 cents.

ALMOST A WOMAN

Presents in attractive form the pure instruction needed by a girl. Mothers will find this just what they have wanted to place in the hands of their daughters. Price, 25 cents.

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New A. G. Library Numbers.

By Editor

The Earnest of Our Inheritance. By W. N. Glenn. No. 59. 50 cents per 100.

This "earnest" is shown to be the Holy Spirit, and its reception absolutely essential to spiritual life and progress. The case of a young man, heir to a large property which he will receive at a future time, is used to illustrate the principle involved, and it does it so clearly that even the children will understand it.

A Living Saviour. By M. C. Wilcox. No. 60. Illustrated. 50 cents per 100.

The words of the angel to the women at the tomb, "He is not here. . . . He goeth before you into Galilee," are used to draw men's attention away from dead forms and creeds and direct them to Christ, their only help. The latter portion of the scripture quoted, "He goeth before you," is shown to apply to the present time—that He would have us follow Him just now into the haunts of sin in the search for souls. It is indeed a precious number.

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One of the most attractive and earnest little appeals to the sinner we have ever published. Its first page is a reproduction of that beautiful engraving showing Christ standing at the door knocking for admittance. The scripture, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock," is used as a text.

In addition to the regular matter, this number includes a full description of each number of the Bible Students and Apples of Gold Libraries, giving the inquirer or interested reader an opportunity of reading farther.

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"YE DID IT UNTO ME." "And He said, 'The sin is pardoned, But the blessing is lost to thee, For, failing to comfort the least of Mine, You have failed to comfort Me.'"

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Heralds of the Morning

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The February Good Health

By Editor

The February Good Health is just to hand, and as usual is brimful of the most intensely interesting and helpful matter relating to the subject of health. Good Health is a magazine devoted to the work of teaching people how to return to the simple laws of nature, and if sick give nature a chance to make them well, and if well give nature a chance to keep them so. We heard a man with quite a good-sized family say that his doctor's bills had amounted to just twenty-two dollars, and that was what he had expended for his subscription to Good Health. By reading and practising what the journal taught he had not had any serious illness in his family. And the rosy cheeks and buoyant spirits of his children showed that he was making no exaggerated statements. Send to the Good Health Publishing Company, Battle Creek, Mich., for sample copies.

CHILDREN FOR WAR.

By C. M. S.

UPON the eve of the czar's congress in the interests of peace a sweeping plan is being inaugurated for making skilful the hands of children in the bloody business of war. The Earl of Meath is originator of the scheme, and its adoption by England will be the signal for similar action by every other military nation on the globe.

The plan is to make military drill compulsory for all lads from thirteen to eighteen years of age. It is estimated that 200,000 will thus be enrolled in England each year, so that in the future the government will have hundreds of thousands of young men qualified to enter the ranks of the regular troops. Aside from the additional burden of increased taxation which this new institution will bring upon the people of England, and upon the people of those nations which follow her example, there is the deplorable effect which it will have upon the children themselves who are thus compelled to be initiated into the horrors of human slaughter.

Think of it, parents! your child of thirteen slipping from your knee to be taught the evolutions of the army, tutored in the parry and thrust of the murderous bayonet, skilled in the sweep of the saber, with bloody intent, trained to sight the rifle at the vital parts of a human target.

How cheap will human life seem to children educated in such a school! How hard for the Spirit of Christ to find a dwelling in the childish breast thus early taught to seek the "glory" of the tented field and revel in the excitement of the deadly onslaught! How different from the instruction which the Word prescribes for the children! Deut. 11: 18-20. How different from the instruction which the children themselves in olden times received at the feet of Jesus, and should be receiving now from the lips of godly parents!

This is but another incident to show the trend of events converging toward earth's great finale. C. M. S.

THE CRAZE OF FORMING TRUSTS.

By Editor

IN our news notes columns on page 14 we have been making brief mention for a few weeks past of the new trusts that are being formed. By referring to what is presented this week it will be seen that new trusts are in process of formation that may soon combine a capital of over $750,000,000—more than three-quarters of a billion dollars.

The facts that these immense figures represent are among the most alarming features of this time; for the men who are covetously grasping such immense hoards of wealth are not merely piling money and property in heaps about them, but they have the faithful warning of the Word of God that their unnatural and supremely selfish accumulations will "eat" their flesh "as it were fire." This inhuman seizure of all the treasures and property that men can "corner" seems more like the raving work of maniacs than the deliberate actions of men endowed with power to reason. These men who are so crazed in their wild race to accumulate money are, of all others, the most to be pitied. Can they not be awakened to what they are doing? Can they not be aroused to the calamities that they are bringing upon both themselves and the multitude of others that will be involved in their miseries and ruin?

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CONTAINED IN THIS NUMBER.

By Editor

Poetry.

Abounding Love, THORO HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A Call for Christian Workers, G. T. WILSON . . . . . . . . 9 The Lament of a Missionary Box, MRS. MARY ST. CLAIR. 10 Baby's Other Mother, MINNIE EMBREE . . . . . . . . . . 12

General.

The Barren Fig Tree, MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . . . . . 1 The Gospel in the Diet Question, DAVID PAULSON, M.D. . 2 Studies in Galatians (Gal. 3:15-22), E. J. WAGGONER . . 3 "What Is Man," C. P. B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 "What Must I Do to be Saved," A. SMITH . . . . . . . . . 5 Are the Ten Commandments Abolished? C. H. BLISS. . . 5

Editorial.

Heaven Gave the Best—Saved in the Child-Bearing—Spirit-ualism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,7 Question Corner.—Nos. 912, 913, 914 . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Outlook.—Another War—Catholic Relics—The King among Nations in His Hall—The Slaughter of the Innocents . . . 8 Missions.—Pitcairn among the Islands, E. C. CHAPMAN . . 9 International Sabbath-school and Sunday-school Lessons . . 11 The Home.—How to Live a Century, No. 3, B. F. RICHARDS —"Help Sally to Count Forty" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13 News and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Vick's Garden and Floral Guide

Vick's Garden and Floral Guide is now ready for distribution. Those who are interested in such matters and who are looking for one of the best and most reliable firms with which to deal should write at once to James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y.

Peace and Preparation for War

"We recognize the blessings of peace, and shall do everything in our power to maintain peace between the nations, but"—and then follows a demand for more battle-ships, more cannon, more regiments. That seems to be the formula the world over just now.—Minneapolis Times.

Pardon and Cleansing

How full and complete are the Lord's promises of pardon and cleansing! "In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found; for I will pardon them whom I reserve." Jer. 50: 20.

Dr. Paulson’s Articles

By Editor

The article from Doctor Paulson in this week's paper is one from among a number that we have just received from his pen. Following articles will discuss such timely topics as "Divine Healing," "The Need of a Gospel of Health," "God's Willingness to Relieve the Suffering," etc., etc.

Correction

By Editor

Correction: In our issue of January 25 it was stated that every subscriber for the Signs for 1899 would receive a copy of the Quarter-Centennial issue. We should have said a copy of this special issue will be sent to every new subscriber requesting us to send it, as long as we have a supply on hand.

Following Truth Wherever It Leads

The man who honestly desires nothing but truth is ready to promptly part with error, no matter how dearly he may have cherished it. He is also ready to change his mind when truth invites him to do so. It is the bigot or the self-conceited man that wishes to hold opinions simply because it is his adopted creed or perchance, because "he has always believed that way." But he who has tasted the joys of real truth wishes to follow it, wherever it may lead. Truth is always the very best thing, and he who accustoms himself to the best will not be satisfied with an inferior or spurious article.

Exemption of Church Property from Taxation—a Protest.

A noted writer in the San Francisco Sunday Examiner says: "The churches are again clamoring for exemption from taxation." He makes no exception as to "the churches." But there is one denomination in California which does not join in the clamor. The Seventh-day Adventists do not believe in exemption of church property from taxation. They protest against this proposed amendment now before the Legislature. They believe that the church of Jesus Christ is fully able to stand alone without State aid. They do not believe that the church of Christ ought in any way to bind herself to the State machinery. They believe in the apostolic injunction: "Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor." They will, therefore, pay willingly the humanly equitable taxation of property imposed by the State; but they do not believe in honoring a State sabbath; for the Sabbath belongs to God, and He alone has the right to command it. Where are the Baptists, and the spirit of Roger Williams?

Porter’s Commission to Cuba

Robert P. Porter's commission to Cuba has evidently been a successful one. It was for the purpose of facilitating the disbandment of the Cuban army. Commissioner Porter carried with him authority to negotiate, as the government's representative, with General Gomez, the commander of the Cuban army. The latter, on behalf of the Cuban soldiers, has accepted the offer of $3,000,000 as part pay for their services, and the actual work of mustering out the Cuban troops will soon begin. The $3,000,000 will be repaid to the United States from the customs receipts of Cuban ports. There is considerable agitation among American statesmen in favor of withdrawing the troops from the island as speedily as the circumstances will permit, in order that there may be as little delay as possible in placing upon the Cubans themselves the responsibilities of their own governing.

Christianity and the Manila Fighting

The press despatches, giving the account of the recent fighting at Manila, are full of glowing expressions in regard to the American soldier's deeds of slaughter. On one bulletin displayed in letters formed by small electric lights were the words, "The California boys fought like demons." There is a strange inconsistency between the trumpeted profession that this is a Christian nation and these descriptions of the fighting done at Manila. And if any one will lay aside his prejudices and fancies and look at the actual facts he will readily see that the people, not of this country alone but of the whole world, are in an excitable frame of mind that tends more to the strife of warfare than the quiet pursuits of peace.

The Treaty of Peace Ratified

ON February 6 the United States Senate, with a margin of one vote, ratified the treaty of peace signed at Paris between the representatives of this government and Spain; and the United States comes into possession of whatever sovereignty Spain possessed in the Philippine Islands, as well as the islands of Porto Rico and Guam. Provision for the payment of the $20,000,000 to Spain has already been made, and it is safe to say that Spain knows of many ways in which she can use the money.

The Midwinter Number

By Editor

The Midwinter Number of the Los Angeles (California) Times comes to our table with its sixty-four pages filled with the story of California and her industries. County by county are taken up the resources and productions of the southern part of the great Golden State. Those who desire to know anything about that part of the country will find their wants supplied in its illustrated and well-written pages. The price of this special number is ten cents per copy.

Darkness at Noon

"The Western Workman," published at East St. Louis, Ill., in its issue of the 23d ultimo has the following item: "We had a spell of London weather Wednesday, and it grew dark at noon. Dark night dropped down upon us. It was day by our Waterbury, but night by the skies. Pigeons sought their perches. Chickens went to roost, and all bird life was preparing for a nap, when the clocks sounded the hour of noon."