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News and Notes
FOREIGN.
—Juan L. Cuestas, president ad interim of Uruguay, has issued a decree dissolving the assembly and placing himself in full power.
—Excellent rains in northern and central India, where the famine has been so disastrous for the past year, insure successful spring crops, but the plague still continues to spread alarmingly.
—China has consented to the demands of England for a railroad from Burma to Yannaland, and Germany has secured a concession for a railroad from Kaiochou to Icheau-Fu, as the price of a murdered sentry.
—An agreement between Chile and Peru for the settlement of questions about the ownership of the provinces of Tacna and Arica is practically a fact. It is hoped that this will avert the threatened war over the dispute between those two nations.
—The Holland-American steamer Vendam was wrecked in mid-ocean on February 6, and was fast sinking when the American liner St. Louis hove in sight and rescued the passengers and crew, who numbered 212 all told. Before abandoning the ship she was set on fire to insure her destruction.
—A riot of Socialists has occurred in several of the villages of Hungary, and troops sent to restore order have been defeated, with loss on both sides. The principal disturbances are at Kistarkany, Agrade, Karasse, and Szathmar. The Socialist agitation in Hungary continues to become more serious.
—The sultan’s veto to the scheme of Emperor Nicholas for the government of Crete, has finally disposed of the possibility of Prince George of Greece becoming its governor. The ambassadors are now trying to arrange a provisional government for the island under the supervision of two of the powers acting jointly.
—Bulgaria’s emphatic protest to the sultan against the treatment of Bulgarians at the hands of Turkish officers has aroused the Porte to the seriousness of the present situation, and Edhem Pasha, the victorious Turkish commander, has been ordered to Bulgaria to “institute inquiries into the outrages complained of by Bulgaria.”
—Reports from China show a growing feeling of animosity among the inhabitants, especially of the interior towns, against the foreigners of all nationalities. Missions have been attacked in several places, and the missionaries maltreated. Even in Shanghai, which is supposed to be well governed, foreigners are treated with great indignity. In many instances these anti-foreign mobs are led by soldiers or military students.
—A despatch from Singapore states that the British admiral, acting under instructions from his government, has bought all the available coal at Singapore and at the Chinese and Japanese ports, with the result that the foreign squadrons in those waters are almost immobilized, and are dependent upon England for the coal which they require. This would indicate that England is preparing for some important action in oriental affairs.
—The stipulations of the treaty between Great Britain and Abyssinia have been made public. It contains no such concessions to England as had been supposed; but Great Britain secures another open door to that country, and the “most-favored-nation” treatment in respect to imports and local taxation. King Menelek agrees to prevent arms and ammunition passing through his territory to the Mahdists, with whom England is now at war.
—The Buddhist and Shinto priests of Japan have begun an active campaign against Christianity and in defense of the old heathenism. They have hitherto paid little attention to the work of the Christian missionaries; but the radical change in the attitude of a large portion of the population toward Christianity and Christian civilization has aroused them to active opposition. This is an indication that the work of the missionaries is meeting with success.
—The Spanish cabinet has accepted the resignation of her minister at Washington, Enrique Depuy de Lome, and has formally expressed its regrets for the incident and its disavowal of the sentiments expressed in the letter which the minister wrote to Señor Canalejas criticising President McKinley. De Lome left Washington for New York en route for Madrid, on February 15, accompanied by his family. His place will be filled by Senator Bernabe, who will sail for Washington about February 22.
—The trial of M. Emile Zola, the famous French novelist, for the accusations recently made by him against certain French officials in connection with the Dreyfus case and the trial of Major Esterhazy, still continues, and the excitement in the French capital shows no signs of abating. The French Government seems to be using every effort to prevent the truth becoming known, and in this position is seconded by the army and the majority of the populace, so that the trial has been characterized as an opera bouffe.
—The terrible condition of the Cuban reconcentrados is again brought before the public by the well-known writer, Julian Hawthorne, who has recently made a tour of investigation in the island of Cuba. Even that versatile writer fails to find words to tell what the people there are now suffering. Hundreds are dying daily, and thousands of the living are little more than walking skeletons, covered with the sores which come from continual hunger. Clara Barton is instituting relief work among the sufferers, but many complaints are heard that the funds collected for that purpose are stolen or misappropriated by those who have been trusted with their distribution.
DOMESTIC.
—Fire in the business portion of New York on the night of February 11, destroyed property to the value of $1,000,000.
—The city of Gloucester, Mass., held her annual memorial services for her lost fishermen on February 13. During the past year ninety-six of her sons have found graves in the deep.
—The Alaskan steamer Clara Nevada is believed to have been wrecked between Skagway and Juneau on February 5 or 6, carrying her crew and passengers, numbering about forty, down with her.
—Fire in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the night of February 9, destroyed property valued at $1,500,000. Eleven persons are known to have lost their lives in the fire, twenty-six are missing, and eighteen injured.
—The German Government has modified its regulations in regard to the entry of American fruit at German ports, so that only such fruit as is actually infected by the shield louse will be prohibited a landing.
—Advices from Alaska state that five men were recently caught in a blizzard at the summit of Chilcoot Pass and frozen to death. Three others were brought to Dyea in a dying condition as a result of the terrible storm.
—The revenue cutter Bear, which carried the whaler’s relief expedition to Alaska, returned to Unalaska on December 22, having landed the overland expedition at the village of Tununak, whence it will proceed to Point Barrow.
—M. A. Hanna, the newly elected Ohio senator, has been summoned to appear before the bribery investigating committee of the Ohio Senate to answer to charges of bribery in connection with his recent campaign for the United States senatorship.
—A report from Skagway, Alaska, states that law and order in that town are practically unknown. A large number of notorious gamblers and other hard characters have been congregating there, and crime and vice in every form are rampant throughout the city.
—The Alaska Sanitary Company has been organized under the laws of the State of Illinois for the purpose of establishing hospitals in the principal towns of Alaska and the Klondike mining regions, and Dr. F. H. Booth has left for Alaska to carry out the purposes of the organization.
—It is reported that a large filibustering expedition left the eastern end of Long Island on the evening of February 13, bound for Cuba. Several armed tugs were despatched to intercept the steamer conveying the expedition, but their search for her was fruitless. Her cargo of arms and ammunition is believed to be one of the largest yet sent.
—A company of Chicago engineers, representing Chicago capitalists, have returned from Nicaragua, where they have been examining the proposed route of the Nicaragua Canal, and report that the difficulties to be overcome are much less than had been anticipated. The company they represent will bid for the construction of the canal.
—The Senate passed a bill on February 10 amending the navigation laws in respect to the coasting trade of this country. The bill is especially designed to prevent Canadian vessels securing a part of the coasting trade on the Pacific Coast, and the Canadian Government has decided to take action in retaliation for these adverse shipping regulations.
—The armored cruiser Maine, recently designated as a second-class battle-ship, which had been anchored in Havana harbor, Cuba, since January 25, was wrecked by an explosion on the night of February 15. Of her crew, 253 men were killed by the concussion, or drowned, or eaten by sharks in the harbor. As yet the cause of this, one of the most terrible disasters in the history of the American navy, is unexplained. Many naval experts do not hesitate to attribute it to the treachery of the Spanish, while others consider it purely an accident, and specify many ways in which such a thing could occur. By the explosion the forward part of the vessel was literally blown to pieces, and in three minutes only a portion of the upper deck remained above water. Only two of the officers were lost, as their quarters were well aft; but of the crew only eighteen escaped injury. Until divers have examined the hull, it will not be known whether the explosion was from within or without. If the latter, it is predicted that war will follow. The Maine was built in 1890, had a displacement of 6,682 tons, was 324 feet over all, had an indicated horse-power of 9,000, and her complement of men numbered 370. The cost of this battle-ship was $2,580,000.
Political Speeches AND Debates OF LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS 1854-1861
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“The Great Threefold Message” is just out as No. 47 of Apples of Gold Library series. It ought to be read by every Seventh-day Adventist, put in every reading-rack, and in the hands of every person who will read. Sometimes I fear that we are passing by the great foundation-stones of the message in our haste after something new. This tract is presented in such a way that people will read. Let the tract societies send in large orders for this tract and follow other publications that have been put out, with this tract, that you will find second to none. It has three illustrations, and contains sixteen pages. Price, one cent. Thousands of these ought to be used in Iowa before the evenings become short. Send them by letter, and in every way. I think the first general effort for 1898 may well be made with this tract. —Clarence Santee, in Workers’ Bulletin.
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“THE ALARM OF WAR”
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A Delay.
On account of the difficulty in obtaining so many first-class drawings, and the addition of an important statistical table, a delay has been caused in the publication of this important tract.
The first edition, weighing over a quarter of a ton, is now being hurried through; and the 15,000 copies for which we already have orders, are all being sent out this week.
Abolishing God.
A current press item says:— “At a labor convention recently held in Chicago, Emma Goldman, the female anarchist, introduced a resolution to abolish God from the belief of man. While the resolution was foolish in the extreme, it manifested the extremes to which anarchy is ready to go in order to destroy all vestige of law and order.”
This is a specimen of avowed anarchy against the government of God. But it is only one feature of the great adversary’s design to accomplish his infidel purpose. A far deeper scheme on his part is to incite men in the church to anarchy by endeavoring to abolish the law of God. Were it possible to do so, the effect would be the same as was purported by the Goldman resolution. It is quite common to hear professed “Christian” men arguing that the law of God was abolished at the cross, &c. If that were true, then would God’s government be abolished, and for all practical purposes He might as well be Himself abolished “from the belief of men.” There would then be no such thing as sin, for “sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4); “where no law is, there is no transgression” (Rom. 4:15). And the claim that a man has a right to alter the law of God as given in His Word, in any particular, is of the same species of anarchy; for if man can in any way amend the law of God, he can therefore get along without a Supreme Director of Affairs. All departure from the plain Word of God is spiritual anarchy.
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The Crisis of the Conflict
By Gunton
The crisis of the conflict that we are to meet is the question of the farming and laboring classes, North, South, East, and West, against the property classes of the country. Perhaps nobody hopes to see any such disaster. The only question is, Do we see the significance of it? To my mind, the danger is in the earnestness with which all these groups of antagonists are welded into a single column.—Gunton.
Proclamations
Proclamations have been issued by the Buddhist and Shinto priests of Japan inciting their coreligionists to manifest in every way an abhorrence of foreigners, and to refrain from even listening to the teachings of Christianity. Such tactics are always a tacit admission of inability to cope with the force of truth in any other way. But we often find professed Christian priests adopting like measures to keep their people from listening to the Word of God, when the claims of His law are likely to be presented.
Equality before the Law
Equality before the Law.—Perhaps in no other country is this principle retained in the courts as it is in England. Only recently a fine was imposed upon Her Majesty because one of her dogs was picked up on the street without the regulation muzzle. And a titled gentleman has just been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude for forgery. It was pleaded in extenuation that the good name of an ancient and honorable family was at stake, and the sum involved had been replaced; but the judge held that the higher the standing of the offender, the greater the responsibility.
Five Marine Disasters
Five marine disasters have occurred in connection with the rush to the Alaskan gold fields, as tho the exposures by land were not enough. The reckless manner in which unseaworthy and illy-provided crafts are hurried off on this very dangerous route ought to be a warning to people who enter the mad race for gold. But the probabilities are that the opening of spring will so intensify the eagerness to be there ahead of others, that no risk will be deemed too great. Men will take chances on any kind of a float that advertises for passengers. If they were only half as eager to obtain the “true riches,” they would show greater wisdom.
American Edition of the Revised Version
When the Revised Version of the Bible was published in its completed form in 1885, there were a number of renderings that were preferred by the American Committee. These American preferences were published as an appendix to the 1885 edition. It was agreed between the British and American committees that these American renderings should not be incorporated into the text and published in a separate edition until the expiration of fourteen years. The time will be up in 1899, and a contract has been signed with Thos. Nelson & Son, of New York, to bring out this American edition of the Revised Version by the midsummer of next year.
CLAMORING FOR WAR.
By T.
DESPITE the assurance so often made that war is now a thing of the past, there is nothing that is being more seriously discussed than the possibilities of national and international hostilities. The relations that exist between the United States and Spain are strained to the utmost tension. Indeed, it would not be surprising if war would be declared before this paper reaches our readers. The Chinese difficulty is by no means settled. Despatches state that the people of China are beginning to act very hostile and abusive toward the foreigners among them. This is not to be wondered at, since the powers of the whole of Europe seem to be hovering about the Chinese Empire for no other purpose than to divide her territory among them as may best suit their varied interests.
The people in China by thus attacking the foreigners show that they do not harmonize with the tardiness of their government in asserting their rights. They make it manifest that they are desirous of beginning the struggle whether their government is prepared to declare war yet or not.
The same is true also in Spain. The people there are loudly clamoring for war to be declared against the United States. They say that it is the only way to relieve the burdens of war that are resting so heavily upon them. The Spanish cabinet, however, seem very loath to take up arms against this country. They are making every effort, at least so far as appearances are concerned, to avoid a conflict. And reports are coming that the Spanish leaders are thus making themselves very unpopular. The Spanish people demand war, and are chafing because their government does not declare it.
The war spirit, as every one knows, is also running quite high in this country. When a call was made a few days ago to fill up a deficiency of the National Guards in Illinois, the rumor spread that these men were wanted for Cuba, and before the official announcement was fully made or understood, many more men rushed in than could be enrolled. This fact only emphasizes the idea that the people are filled with a desire for war, and the least provocation fans this desire into a burning flame.
The clamoring for war among the people would not be so intense perhaps if they knew as well as the leading men of the nations do what an awful thing the next war of any magnitude will be. Such vast sums are required for modern munitions that a general war of a few days’ duration will be sufficient to bankrupt a nation. And the great expense of modern warfare is by no means the worst feature. The terrible destruction to the valuable life of man is beyond computation or description.
But what think you of the picture? The governing class of the various nations seem to be doing all they can to prevent a general war. While, on the other hand, the people themselves are so weighed down with the burdens of war expenses and war debts that they are clamoring for the clash of arms. They say they would rather see the crisis reached, and trust to the fate of war, than to rest longer under the burden.
At “the time of the dead, that they should be judged,” the Book tells us that “the nations were angry.” Rev. 11:18. Let your own conscientious convictions tell you that what we now see is a marvelously clear fulfilment of this prophecy. The judgment of the great day is imminent, and the coming of the Lord can not be a great way off. T.
Endless Torture and Modern Thought
Rev. Wm. Rader, a Congregational minister of San Francisco, has renounced “the doctrine of endless torture.” This is a step in the right direction, but its influence for good is stultified by the fact that he still represents it as a doctrine of the Revelation, and turns away from it in deference to “modern thought.” In a paper read before a recent meeting of Congregational ministers, Mr. Rader says:—
“Personally I confess that the doctrine of endless torture as depicted in the awful pictures of Revelation puzzle, confuse, and daze my mind. The New Testament teaches plainly and in vivid imagery the punishment of the wicked. It may be truthfully said that the modern mind rejects the repulsive literalness of a material hell fire and brimstone, and with it the frightful dreams of Angelo and Dante.”
While both the Old and New Testament teach the punishment of the wicked, and show by the examples of the deluge and the destruction of Sodom that it will be literal, it is nowhere said or taught that such punishment is “endless torture.” The Word plainly states that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23), and it plainly states that the element used in the final execution of the sentence will be fire (see Mal. 4:1; 2 Peter 3:7, 10-13). Of course the tendency of the “modern mind” is to reject the inspired testimony, “but the Word of the Lord endureth forever.”
The Last Days.
Reader, does it ever occur to you that we are living in the last days? If not, read this description from the Word of God: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; from such turn away.” 2 Tim. 3:1-5. Do you see anything in your vicinity, or in the world at large, that answers this description? People having the form of godliness (that is, professing to be godly) deny its power when they seek the power of worldly governments, the power of civil law, to enforce the tenets of their religion. And when we see all the things enumerated above, we are to know that we are “in the last days,” and we are to expect “perilous times.”
Circulating the Signs of the Times
By Editor
There were 2,001,450 copies of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES circulated last year. That gives an average of 40,029 for each of the fifty weeks that the paper was printed. This is a fairly good showing, and we trust that many hearts have been cheered, and many lives made better, by reading the columns of this paper. But the circulation of the SIGNS last year was not nearly so great as it should be this year. Our mission is not only to tell men how to find the Saviour and invite Him to come into their hearts as their Redeemer and constant Friend, but the message must be given to all that Jesus is soon coming again. And as we see the evidences of the great day of the Lord rising as mountain peaks on every side of us, we should use all diligence to tell every one within our reach what these things portend. By exerting your influence to circulate the SIGNS who can tell what results of your faithful endeavors eternity may disclose. It is pleasant and encouraging to think of every reader of the SIGNS as an earnest worker for it.
Circulate The Alarm of War Tract
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THE strained condition of affairs existing between this country and Spain has been intensified by the Maine disaster. Whether the destruction of the cruiser was an accident or not we do not know at this writing, but we do know that “the alarm of war,” of which Jeremiah speaks, is being heard from every quarter of the globe to-day. For a thoughtful, Biblical exposition of the whole war question, we would recommend “The Alarm of War,” a 2-cent tract now being published by this office. This is an opportune time to circulate it. Will you help us?
