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APPLES OF GOLD LIBRARY.

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No.		Cents.
1	Looking unto Jesus	½
2	The Christian’s Privilege	½
3	The Sure Promises of God	½
4	How to Get Knowledge	¼
5	The Church and the World (poetry)	½
6	The Elect of God	½
7	How Esther Read Her Bible	½
8	The Thief on the Cross	½
9	The Eleventh Hour	½
10	Benefits of Bible Study	½
11	Righteousness—Where Is It to Be Found?	½
12	Power of Forgiveness	½
13	Responsibility of Parents	½
14	Choose Ye This Day	½
15	The Cross of Christ	½
16	The New Birth	1
17	“What Must I Do to Be Saved?”	½
18	The Literal Week	½
19	The Christian Life	1
20	Your Life-work—Is It of Men or of God?	½
21	Acceptable Service	½
22	Have Faith in God	½
23	The Riches of His Grace	½
24	He Saves to the Utmost	⅛
25	Bible Authority for Sunday Observance	½
26	I Will Come Again	¼
27	Religious Liberty	¼
28	Law of Liberty	¼
29	Law of Love	½
30	Knowing and Obeying the Lord	¼
31	Why the Earth Was Made	½
32	Trine Immersion	½
33	Scriptural Answers to Worldly Objections	¼
34	Seventh-day Adventists and Their Work	1
35	The Hope Set before Us	½
36	The True Church	½
37	Letter and Spirit	½
38	Who Are the Saints	½
39	The Seventh, or One-Seventh	½
40	Coming of the Lord	½
41	Foreknowledge and Foreordination	½
42	Jesus and the Resurrection	½
43	An Appeal to Christian Endeavorers	¼
44	Back to the “Old Paths”	1
45	Historical Facts and Incidents	2
46	True “Christian Citizenship”	½
47	The Great Threefold Message	1
48	Try the Spirits	½
49	Kept by the Power of God	¼
50	The Day of the Sabbath	1
51	The Heralds of His Coming	1½

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Alarm of War in Four Languages

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“The Story of Redemption.” By William Covert. Cloth, pp. 233. Elaborately illustrated. Price, $1.00 and $1.25. Pacific Press Pub. Co. Oakland, Cal.

“From Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored” covers the scope of this attractive volume, which has just appeared. It is in no sense supposed to become a substitute for the Scriptures, but the story of redemption is most exhaustive and comprehensive. The thoughtful reader will doubtless be inspired to a closer study of the Holy Writ, by a perusal of these pages, and to this end only has the author sent it forth. The book is profusely illustrated, printed in large type on a heavy-calendered paper, and is handsomely bound. Its mission is to emphasize the importance of the redemption of the human race, and to bring about a closer walk with God, a nearer relationship with His Word—a diligent seeking after scriptural knowledge.

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TEACHING TRUTH

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Kept by the Power of God, No. 49; price, 25 cents per 100.

In this tract we are shown in verse and scripture How, When, Where, Why, and From What we are kept by the power of God. Judging from the depth of thought and earnestness expressed, the author wrote from experience gained by a living faith. The reader will find in this tract much that will inspire to a life of faith.

The Day of the Sabbath, No. 50; price, $1.00 per 100.

A series of earnest questions on the subject of the Sabbath, covering most of its Scripture phases, and bringing the truth home to every candid mind in the most direct, convincing, and least prejudicial way. Many of these questions have been successfully used by the author, Elder J. W. Raymond, in his experience in the past.

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Presents in a brief, yet clear and convincing way, the fact that our Lord is coming again, the manner of His coming, and many of the chief signs which conclusively show that His coming is near. It is illustrated with a helpful diagram. The coming of Christ is the greatest event before the world to-day, and this little tract is sent out with a prayer that it may, under the blessing of the Lord, convince men that this is really so.

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An Uncertain Future.

America is entering upon what to her statesmen and wise men is an unknown career and uncertain future. President Washburn, of Robert College, Constantinople, who has been in Europe since 1855, declares that Continental Europe hates America, and says that the chief reasons why they do not unite to attack her or humiliate her is the lack of union among the powers and the fear of an Anglo-American alliance. This hatred has been greatly increased by the war with Spain; not that Spain is particularly cared for, but Europe feels that she should own the world, partition South America as she has Africa, and now the great colossal young giant of the West is an intermeddler. This we are told in an article in the Independent of June 9. Dr. Washburn closes as follows:—

“We can never get back to the position which we occupied before this war, whether we desire to do so or not. Henceforth, in self-defense, we must share the burdens of Europe and have a navy and an army strong enough, at least, to defend our liberty and our rights. We must cease to concern ourselves only with local politics and try to comprehend the world politics which center in Europe; for Europe will never again forget us or let any opportunity escape to put us down, to destroy our influence, to limit our commerce, to bring us into subjection to the Old World. It may do us good; it may lead us to a destiny higher and better than we have thought of. That remains to be seen; but it means a revolution in all our habits of thought, in our newspapers and literature, in political life, and especially in the management of our foreign relations and the character of the men whom we send to Washington to conduct them. It may come slowly. Our people may not wake up to the reality of this change until they have been thoroughly beaten and humiliated by some European power; but it will come in the end. We have already entered upon a new era in our history, and there is no turning back.”

There is but one view-point from which the fog banks of future history may be pierced, and that is from the watch-tower of God’s “more sure word of prophecy.”

CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETING.

THE good camp-meeting at St. Helena is in the past. It is a common saying at such annual gatherings that each succeeding meeting is the best ever held. While these words ought always to be true of each succeeding meeting, there are those who have thought that they became sometimes an oft-repeated legend. But it was pre-eminently true that this California camp-meeting was the best ever held in the State. There were several things which unitedly made it so.

1. The camp-ground itself, furnished by the good people of St. Helena, was all that could be desired. Possessing as it did a large wood pavilion, in which the main services were held, and numerous shade trees of oak and manzanita, the warm weather was rendered much more tolerable.

2. The business was well systematized and quickly despatched. The greater part of it was well over by Wednesday. This settled many queries and conjectures, and gave more time to the spiritual interests of the meeting.

3. The financial showing was encouraging. Nearly nine thousand dollars more tithe was paid by the churches of the conference this last fiscal year than the previous, and while aggressive operations were not diminished, a debt of over eighteen thousand dollars was wiped out. The whole tithe amounted to $43,000 plus. Of course this does not include donations for tract and missionary work, local or foreign, donations for the poor, city missions, Sabbath-schools, etc. This was an encouraging beginning.

4. The people came with the earnest desire to seek God. This was manifest from the beginning to the close.

5. There was union among the ministers. Together they humbled their hearts before the great God of heaven and earth, sins were confessed, differences were put away, and together they claimed the promise of the Spirit, and thus led the people. And the Spirit was poured out; souls in the prison-house of sin were set free, sinners were converted the sick were healed, and a large measure of power and sweet communion was the result.

6. The preaching was pre-eminently evangelical and spiritual. Elder A. F. Ballenger was present with the message repeated so many centuries ago for the whole church of God, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” And many did receive it, and, as all God’s blessings must be received, by simple faith. There was hearty response to his appeals, and marked results followed. To God, in His own ways and means of working, and by whatsoever instrument He will, be all the glory.

“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But unto Thy name give glory, For Thy mercy and for Thy truth’s sake.”

May the prayer of His people be that which Inspiration has taught, “Strengthen, O God, that which Thou hast wrought for us.”

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Fourth of July Number

By Editor

Our next issue will be a Fourth of July number, and will present before our readers some principles in danger of being forgotten in these rushing days.

Anonymous Communications

By Editor

Some one signing himself Divinity Student, writes from the Y. M. C. A. Reading-room, Boston, asking us to answer certain questions through the SIGNS. This is as good a time as any to say to all our readers that, in common with most other periodicals, it is contrary to our usage to pay any attention to anonymous communications. This we have stated many times

Classes and Masses in Perilous Times

“Perilous times” are what the prophetic Word portends for the last days. (See 2 Tim. 3:1–5.) Signor Crispi, Italy’s great ex-prime minister, is reported to have said in a recent letter: “Very bad times are in store for us. We must keep united and provide against the dangers which threaten us. The classes must organize and prepare themselves for struggle with the masses.” When that struggle reaches its climax, then will be fulfilled James 5:1; Hab. 2:6–8.

A Boy Explains the Papacy

A public school-teacher, a Catholic, by the way, asked several other teachers when the Catholic Church was established. Getting no response from them, she appealed to the students. A boy of fifteen years told her in A.D. 538, and proceeded to give an exposition of Daniel 7, the prophetic outline of the character and work of the Papacy. The answer embarrassed the teacher, who kept the boy after school ten minutes as a punishment for his answer. The incident is suggestive.

Receive Ye the Holy Ghost

By Editor

“Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” This was the message of Jesus to His disciples in the upper chamber.

“Receive ye the Holy Ghost” has been Christ’s message to His church through all the centuries; for one of the blessed promises which He left His children is: “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever.”

But pre-eminently the message, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost,” is for the people of God to-day. God would unite all His true children into one. He would heal all divisions. He would blot out all human creeds by the glory of His holy Word. He would purge the church of dross and refine her graces as silver is refined. He would prepare her for His kingdom and the wedding feast which is to usher in a glad eternity. And the one agency by which He does all this and more, is the Holy Spirit, the blessed Comforter.

“Receive ye the Holy Ghost,” says the Master. Why do not Christians receive it? Why is it that Christians in general are so barren of the Spirit, as shown in the lack of the fruits of the Spirit, and by the fruitlessness of Christian effort? Well, there are reasons and reasons for it all. There are conditions to be complied with. But there are no obstacles but what may be removed. And the SIGNS OF THE TIMES will endeavor to tell every reader how he may receive the blessed Spirit of God. Read the articles on life in its various phases appearing on page 6 of this paper.

The Unmitigated Curse.

The direct cost of the liquor traffic per year to the United States is $962,192,854, equal to $13.79 per capita of the population, counting man, woman, and child. Since 1873 the average yearly coinage of silver in this country has been $25,640,212.80, or 37 cents per capita, a year. One journal thus comments on these facts: “Counting nine silver dollars to an inch, all the silver coined in the United States for one year would make a pile of silver coin a little over 36 miles high; the amount annually spent for liquor would make a pile of silver coin 1,366 miles high—a pigmy to a mountain! All the silver coined in America for the past 37 years would not pay the nation’s drink bill for one year!” It costs about $1,000,000 a day to run the United States Government, $365,000,000 a year; but nearly three times this amount is each year worse than wasted over the liquor curse. Politically there is really no greater issue, but Satan is anxious that it shall not be seen in its true light. Morally, the greatest curse is sin; for it comprehends all others; but alcohol is one of its chief generals.

Christians and the Wars of Nations

Suppose that England and the United States, “the two great leading Christian nations,” should go to war. On the side of England would be her army and her navy; the same also would be true of the United States. With the armies and navies on both sides would be the “war chaplains.” England’s forces would represent her and would be the sworn enemies of the United States. The forces of the United States would be the sworn enemies of England. But the chaplains on both sides would claim to represent Christ, who said, “My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews.” John 18:36. There does not seem to be such a great inconsistency when the opposing soldiers of two distinct nations enter a mortal combat. But how about the soldiers of the cross of Christ joining themselves to the kingdoms of this world and then taking the field to fight each other? The question need not necessarily confine itself to chaplains. The real Christianity certainly has no inconsistencies.

Voluntary Religious Work for the Army

“Should not the soldiers in the armies of earth have religious instruction?”—Yes, if they desire it and it is voluntary on the part of both giver and receiver. If Christian instruction were freely given by an army chaplain and freely received by all the soldiers, it would make non-combatants of every one, and the chaplain would at once be discharged. Let all religious work for the army and navy be voluntary. Let denominations send their men, unfettered by any earthly government, and let these men preach the blessed Gospel as Christ gave it, and point the sinner, living or dying, to Christ. Let friends at home pray for the men in the strife, and send them good religious literature. The anomaly and inconsistency are found in the paid army chaplains.

Work Hastens the Coming of the King

By Rev. J. K. Montgomery

Vast cathedrals, elegant churches, divine oratorios, and flaming oratory will not suffice. But work, often in obscure and unseen places, under divine direction, in divine power, with divine inspiration, will hasten the coming of the heavenly King.—Rev. J. K. Montgomery.

Religious Liberty in Next Week’s Issue

By Editor

Next week's issue will contain several articles on religious liberty. Coming as it does just before July 4 it will be a good time to direct the attention of thoughtful people to truths which should never be forgotten. Give it a large circulation.