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Exposing Quackery and Nostrums

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"Nostrums and Quackery; Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery, Reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association." Press of American Medical Association, 555 Dearborn Ave., Chicago, Ill. Cloth.

It is not necessary to say much more in regard to this important volume than to call attention to its title and the source from which it comes. The volume is in three parts. The first is devoted to quackery, the second to nostrums, and the third to miscellaneous subjects. The various quack methods are taken up and exposed in a clear and forceful manner. The nostrums that are so extensively advertised as "cure-alls" are analyzed, so that no one need be duped by them. In the miscellaneous section many of the fake cures that are advertised so extensively are held up before the light of twentieth century medical understanding. In this time, when the medical profession has attained such a high degree of skill, proficiency, and scientific knowledge, there is no need of any one's being misled by a quack or a patent medicine fakir. To save the people from falling into the hands of medical impostors, this volume is most timely indeed.

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Thanksgiving Evening

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Beautifully depicted on the front cover of the November Signs of the Times Magazine. A typical Thanksgiving picture. A real selling feature of this important number.

Its contents, too, are most timely, appropriate for the season, and laden with messages of truth.

A few of the leading articles are:

"The Second Coming of Jesus — Militarism versus the Peace Propaganda," by Prof. G. W. Rine. Another of the striking articles from this writer. Present-day affairs indicating the close of the age. A timely study for every one.

"In Everything Give Thanks," by Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle. The first of a series for our Home Department. Our readers can count on the best in these articles.

"One Reason for Thankfulness Now." The tremendous value of the bountiful harvests of our country. Some comprehension of money values.

"Modern Dietetic Ideas," by David Paulson, M.D. Considered one of the best articles on this subject that has been published in the Signs for a long time. Well worth your time and the price of the magazine.

"God's Rule in the Kingdom of Men," by C. L. Taylor. How He rules. In what way He does not rule. The history of ancient nations. An important article, bringing forth invaluable principles.

"The Desire of All Nations," by Frank S. Weston. The general expectation of and looking for the coming of Christ. This has a meaning.

"Everlasting Punishment," a Bible study. The plain Bible truth on this subject. Take time to look it over.

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Christ’s Steadfast Character

In speaking of the character of Christ some one has remarked that, "He was never elated with applause, or dejected by censure or disappointment. When He met with the greatest opposition and the most cruel treatment, He was of good courage." Isaiah says of Him, "He will not fail nor be discouraged, till He have set justice in the earth."

How inspiring is the thought of being connected with such a Character! Neither applause on the one hand nor censure nor disappointment on the other could move Him in the least degree from His course. Applause tends to elate the mind into a condition of ecstasy that keeps it from acting as it should, while censure has the tendency to work disastrously in the opposite direction. The Master barred both from His life and thus placed before us an example to be followed, if we are to win the highest success in this world and in the end be prepared for the life that is beyond.

The Immorality of the Stage

In one of the universities of the nation, the name matters not, there was planned a certain theatrical performance among the students in which a chorus of girls were to appear in their nightgowns so as to represent a lot of "spooks." Be it said to the credit of the girls that at last accounts the leading spirits among them were "on strike" against the procedure, saying that it was improper for them to appear in such attire outside of their own private bedchambers. But the managers of the "play" were determined that the girls should act the part. There are many persons who will decry the growing evil of the "white slave traffic" and the shameful sins with which it is connected; but many of these same persons will uphold the stage and the scenes that it depicts, not seeming to realize that much of the theatrical performance of "spooks" would not be designed so as to more effectively down the sense of morality and virtue to be strong and active in every mind. And indecencies are presented on the most sacred ties of the family and of religion are made the subject of jest and ridicule; and all this is classed as "art." Is it any wonder then that society is abounding with such lustful indecencies that men and women are found who can find an increasing demand for their "white slave" activities? A little observation of current theatrical advertisements ought to show any one the low standard of morals and virtue that has already been reached. Performances are upheld and patronized by the "good society" of to-day that would not have been tolerated twenty-five and thirty years ago. Some people see in this a "great advancement and breadth of culture." There can be no question as to the advancement and the culture, but it is advancement and culture in immorality. The tendencies of the times are ominous. God's judgments were visited upon the inhabitants of old Sodom and Gomorrah because they had given themselves over to just such sins as are being enacted to-day, and He says in His Word that those wicked cities were set forth as examples to those that should follow.

Contained in This Issue

By Editor

Question Corner

3882—Sinning Against the Holy Ghost; 3883—Losing and Gaining a Day; 3884—Thy Kingdom Come; 3885—Jewish Laws; 3886—Meals on the Sabbath; 3887—Ghosts in a Priest's House; 3888—Is It Right? . . . 2

Our Bible Band . . . 2

Editorial

The Sabbath a Memorial and Sign . . . 3 "Every Thought" . . . 4 Science and the Unity of the Scriptures . . . 5

General

What Manner of Persons Ought Ye to Be? . . . 6 The Resurrection at Christ's Coming . . . 7 "Departing and Being with Christ" . . . 8 No More Death . . . 9

Our Bible Reading

Was God's Law to Be Changed? . . . 9

The Outlook

Significant Discussions . . . 10 The Balkan States and a European War . . . 11 Notes . . . 11, 16

Home and Fireside

Joe's "Burning Heart" . . . 12

Our Work and Workers . . . 13

Book Notices . . . 14

Poetry

The Abider . . . 6 Your Friend . . . 8 Send Them Happy to Their Dreaming . . . 12

Open Air Schools.

A document from the International Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis states:

"With the opening of the fall school term, over 200 open air schools and fresh air classes for tuberculous and anemic children, and also for all children in certain rooms and grades, will be in operation in various parts of the United States, according to a statement published to-day by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.

"All of these schools, the association says, have been established since January, 1907, when the first institution of this character was opened in Providence, Rhode Island. On January 1, 1910, there were only 13 open air schools in this country, and a year later the number had increased only to 29. Thus, the real growth in this movement has been with the last two years.

"Massachusetts now leads the states with 86 fresh air schools and classes for tuberculous, anemic, and other school children, Boston alone having over 80. New York comes next with 29, and Ohio is third with 21. Open air schools have now been established in nearly 50 cities in 19 different states."

The value of fresh air can not be overestimated; and if Massachusetts, New York, and other Eastern States, with their rigid winters, can have open air schools and open air classes, there should certainly be no difficulties in this respect for those who live in the milder climates of the Pacific slope and the Southern States. The education on the value of fresh air and pure foods should be pushed forward with vigor; for with plenty of proper foods properly cooked and properly eaten, and an abundance of pure air, the greater part of the physical ills of the human family would vanish.

Bible Versions Used

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The Christian’s Certain Destiny

A daily paper that frequently has editorials on religious subjects, recently had an illustration representing, as it expressed it, that life is "a short walk along a narrow thread of destiny, beginning and ending in the mysterious unknown." How thankful the Christian should be that his destiny is not in the "mysterious unknown"! The individual who really becomes acquainted with God, knows that there is a future; he knows that there is to be a resurrection day, and that immortality will be given to all who are true to the great principles of the divine Book. What a blessed thing it is to know some of these things, to have the actual experience that enables one to understand definitely that we are a part of God's great creation and a part of His great plan, and that our future is definitely and knowingly fixed! The Christian, if he be a Christian indeed, is not marching toward the unknown. His destiny is fixed, and he knows it.

Religious Conflict in the Balkans

An engagement has taken place on the Montenegrin frontier between the Turks and Montenegrins. Other skirmishes have taken place, and the Turks regard these actions as amounting to the beginning of hostilities between themselves and the Balkan States. A Servian priest blessed the departing soldiers of his country, bidding them to expel the Turks from Europe and to reinstate the cross on the Mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople. This mosque was originally built by Constantine the Great and dedicated to the Christianity that he misrepresented. It is apparent that there is a religious element that may have far-reaching results in this controversy between the Balkan States and the Turkish nation. Students of prophecy always turn their eyes with keen interest to any movement that involves the stability of the Turk in Europe.

Memory Text for the Week

John 10:14

"I am the Good Shepherd; and I know Mine own, and Mine own know Me."

The Bible Sabbath

By Editor

One of our Pacific Coast exchanges writes editorials against us on the Sabbath question, and makes something of a specialty in circulating tracts also with the idea of nullifying our work of showing that the Bible plainly teaches that the seventh day is the only Sabbath that God has ever given to be a universal and perpetual rest day for all mankind. We are glad to observe, however, that the same paper makes up editorials almost entire from books that the editors of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES have written on the evidences of the soon coming of Christ. Perhaps if this brother editor will study our literature on the Sabbath question with the same freedom from prejudice that he has evidently studied what we have written on the second advent, he can find it equally helpful in aiding him to write what ought to be said concerning the great memorial of creation, the rest day of Jehovah, and the only Bible Sabbath.

The Effect of Closed Saloons.

By Editor

During the recent strikes in Liverpool, the disorders assumed such an ominous character that the authorities decided to close all saloons each day at two o'clock for a period of ten days. The results that followed are set forth in the report of the committee of justices, as follows:

"The arrests for drunkenness fell off 67 per cent during the period. Arrests for other crimes dropped down to an average of 35 per cent of normal. Crimes of violence and disorder declined fully 50 per cent. Night hospital cases almost entirely ceased. In fact the nights were more orderly than the days, and the total percentage of night crimes decreased probably one half."

When we have such striking figures as these before us, why is it that men will persist in licensing the saloon?

Wealth and Old-Age Poverty

Superintendent Graves, of the King Home for Young Men, says that there are 1,125,000 former wage-earners in the United States who are sixty-five years old or more, and who are dependent upon public and private charity at a cost of $220,000,000 annually. There are 300,000 other old men and women in various almshouses whose up-keep costs another $50,000,000 each year; and while there are these thousands of people who do not have the necessities of life in their old age, there are a few thousand who have so much that they do not know what to do with it. Did you ever closely study the first part of the fifth chapter of James, in connection with the unparalleled wealth that a few people in these times possess, while at the same time there are multiplied thousands who are suffering from want?

Battle Near Masaya, Nicaragua

Four American marines were killed and seven wounded, and 100 Nicaraguan soldiers were killed and about 200 wounded in a battle near Masaya, Nicaragua on October 5. General Zeledon, the rebel commander, was among the number killed.