—Reports say the Afghan army is increasing enormously.
—The British revenue for 1879 fell about $17,000,000 below the estimates.
—The Episcopal church lost in membership in the State of Maine in 1879.
—Col. Blood, late husband of Victoria Woodhull, was on Governor Garcelon's recent staff.
—A famine prevails in Armenia and Kurdistan. It extends over 100,000 square miles.
—The New York Independent calls San Francisco's Mayor, Kalloch, "a full blown hoodlum."
—In a recent fire in Zadworri, Austria, twenty-five houses were destroyed and five persons killed.
—The bark Strathnairn, from London to Melbourne, was sunk by a collision, and sixteen persons drowned.
—An Eastern paper predicts that Havana cigars will rise in price, as straw paper has gone up 75 per cent!
—Prof. Swing refused an increase of salary from $7,000 to $10,000, desiring that it might be applied to charities.
—Denis Kearney was arrested in San Francisco on the 11th instant for using threatening and incendiary language.
—March 11, by an explosion in a mill in Frankfort, Indiana, ten men were killed. The mill was entirely destroyed.
—The Parliament of England has been dissolved. The approaching election promises to be one of great excitement.
—A snow-storm with heavy wind prevailed at New York the 9th. Storm signals were flying all along the coast, as far as Norfolk, Va.
—Twenty-five persons were burned to death and twenty-nine were injured in a great fire which recently occurred in Moscow, Russia.
—The Afghans have recaptured the village of Charikar fifty miles from Cabul, completely routing the English garrison and their allies.
—General Miles reports from Fort Custer that the Crows have formed a treaty with the Sioux. Settlers are fleeing, expecting an attack.
—At Sydney, Neb., March 10, the express office was robbed of $120,000 in gold bullion while the agent was at dinner. All was recovered but $13,000.
—The Atlantic forest, according to Prof. Gray, is composed of 66 genera and 155 species; the Pacific forest of only 31 genera and 78 species of timber trees.
—The Journal and Messenger, speaking of those who weep over sermons, says: "In our experience the weeping Christians have not always been the strong Christians."
—The steamship Great Eastern is being fitted up to carry live stock from Texas to England. Her carrying capacity will be 2,000 head of cattle and 56,000 head of sheep.
—The newspaper interest—the people's interest—is endeavoring to have the tariff on paper and materials reduced; which the manufacturers are strongly opposing.
—Herr Von Puttkammer, the Prussian Minister of Public Worship, stands by the Old Catholics. He defends the retention of Old Catholic professors in Bonn University.
—By request of the California authorities, 300 Springfield rifles in the arsenal at Benicia were, March 11, placed at the disposal of Governor Perkins, by the War Department.
—The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has decided that the law under which the Post-office Department withholds the letters of lottery agents is constitutional.
—News from Silverton, Colorado, March 9, reports another terrible massacre by the Indians. Several bodies of the murdered have been found; the excitement is very great.
—The Nevada City Transcript states that several corporations in that county engaged in quartz operations are discharging their Chinese employes and putting white men in their places.
—The Australian steamer, City of Sidney, ready to sail on the 15th, took fire at her wharf in San Francisco on the evening of the 14th. The firemen labored all night. The vessel was saved.
Mayor Kalloch of San Francisco denounces government aid to suppress riot as "foreign interference." He must think he is on "the native sod" of Denis, or that he rules a government of his own.
—The Royal University, which is to succeed Queen's University, Ireland, will be governed by a senate of 36 members, of whom 18 will be Catholics, 9 Episcopalians, 6 Presbyterians, and 3 from minor bodies.
—The Jewish Progress, of San Francisco, says of religion among the Jews, "each rabbi has a religion of his own, elastic and vague," and hence it is "no wonder that the young generation is essentially irreligious."
—The gale of March 8, and the following night, was general in California, and did much damage to buildings, crops, trees, and shipping. Many vessels broke from their moorings in San Francisco harbor. Several were injured and one sunk.
—The Isthmus Canal may stir up trouble. While the United States seems determined to apply the "Monroe Doctrine" to the enterprise, the London Standard says England will watch American pretensions and resist them if necessary.
—Congress is taking action on the bargain between the Central Pacific Railroad and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company by which the former is enabled to keep up the fares. It is hoped that the public may be protected from this extortion.
—A Humboldt, Cal., paper says the prospect is gloomy, as the cold weather continues and stock is still dying. The news from British Columbia says there will be little stock left by the opening of spring; the weather is severely cold and the snow is deep.
—Lord Longford—long may his name be known—has suggested a remedy for the distress in Ireland. It is, "universal abstinence from whisky." But it will not be applied. Thousands would sooner see their wives and children starve than to give up their whisky and tobacco.
—A Vienna dispatch reports that the ice in the Vistula river is accumulating. On the Austro-Russian frontier, near Dzikow, the river broke through the dyke and flooded thirty villages, some of which were completely destroyed. A thousand persons are without shelter or food. Many cattle have been lost.
—Miss Rogers, a cousin of Richard Cobden, is the prodigy in the last examinations at Oxford University, England. She outstripped all the other students in Greek and Latin. Her knowledge in other branches is quite as wonderful. After passing her examinations she was at once appointed lecturer in Somerville Hall, one of the Oxford buildings for women students.
—The Observer (Presbyterian) is greatly alarmed at the rapid increase of Romanists in New York. It says it "is losing ground as an American Protestant city." And when the U. S. Constitution is so amended as to enforce "all Christian laws, usages, and institutions," the Catholic church will have a happy time in deciding what shall be considered Christian usages and institutions. It used to do so in Europe.
—In an article on California matters, the Chicago Tribune speaks thus: "The money capital and movable wealth of California are gradually, but pretty rapidly, leaving it. The employers are moving away, but the unemployed are left behind. Security to life and property is weakening, and between the collapse of gold and silver productions on the one hand and the fierce threatenings of the hungry, idle mob on the other, California is brought to face a new condition of affairs which should have been foreseen and been provided against in time."
Questions on the Resurrection
We are requested by some person—name not given—to explain Job 7:9; Eccl. 9:5; and Isa. 26:14. We do not know the point aimed at in the request, but suppose it is in reference to the resurrection of the unjust. If this is so, we will inform the questioner that we have for sale a pamphlet by Elder Waggoner which thoroughly canvasses this whole subject, to which we refer him. See our book list.
TO STOCKHOLDERS.
BLANK Certificates of Proxy have been sent to all the stockholders of the Association. With these has been sent another blank, which all the stockholders should be particular to fill out and return to this office. It is one giving consent to change our Articles of Association so as to increase the capital stock to $100,000. The necessity for this is urgent. Many individuals have subscribed to the stock to whom no Certificates have been issued, and many are inquiring why this is neglected. The truth is we have issued all the Stock Certificates which the law allows to be issued until our capital is increased. Just as soon as two-thirds of the present stockholders signify their consent, the change will be made, and Certificates of Stock issued to all who have paid.
Let all remember that this change cannot be made by proxy. It can only be made by your signing the paper giving your consent to this special action. The person who acts as your proxy will have nothing to do with it. As we are anxious to issue stock to every one who has paid, we hope there will be no delay in giving attention to this matter.
MORE QUIET IN SAN FRANCISCO.
By J. H. Waggoner
All through the country from west to east fears have been entertained of a riot in San Francisco. When Mayor Kalloch delivered an inflammatory and threatening speech to the already highly inflamed mob, a scene of carnage was looked upon by many as unavoidable. It was so regarded in all the Eastern papers. At this time a Citizens' Protective Union was formed; really a Vigilance Committee; and energy and decision of action seemed assured by men being on this committee who did effective service in restoring order in that city in 1856. This had a marked quieting effect on the leaders of the communistic element. Gradually, however, they grew bolder, and the Mayor issued a remarkable proclamation, followed by a most violent and blasphemous speech by Kearney. For this Kearney was arrested and has been convicted in court. On Sunday last, just after his arrest, he delivered his usual speech on "the sand lot," in which he astonished everybody. He was as meek as a lamb, and actually complimented the Citizens' Protective Union.
Great injury has been done to the city by these agitators—especially to the laborers. By consulting the contractors it has been ascertained that contemplated improvements involving the outlay of at least $1,000,000, for some of which contracts had already been let, have been postponed indefinitely or entirely abandoned. Capitalists refuse to invest their funds in improvements with a mob standing by threatening their destruction.
But it is now thought the danger is past. The decided, but too tardy, action of the citizens and the authorities seems to have had a beneficial effect. It is not believed that any outbreak will occur, at least if Kalloch and Kearney are depended upon as leaders.
Since the above was written, Kearney has been convicted and sentenced to the full extent of the law—$1,000 fine and six months imprisonment.
J. H. WAGGONER.
PLEASE READ AND REPORT.
By John Norton Loughborough
WILL the S. D. Adventist churches at Healdsburg, Lemoore, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Vallejo, Guenoe, Locust Grove, Placerville, Forestville, and all other companies who have not reported, please send me immediately: 1. The names of their officers, viz., deacons, elders, clerks, and s. treasurers. 2. The names of all the members, with their post-office address, as far as possible.
My address for the present is St. Helena, Napa county, Cal.
J. D. RICE, Sec. Cal. Conf.
Appointments.
By Editor
OAKLAND—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Sabbath-school at 9:30 o'clock Sabbath morning.
In compliance with an invitation from the Ladies' Christian Temperance Union of Petaluma, Mrs. E. G. White will speak upon the subject of temperance, at the Theater Building, on the evening of March 20.
Mrs. E. G. White will speak at Healdsburg, Sunday evening, March 21.
Sabbath and Sunday, March 27 and 28, Mrs. E. G. White will meet with the church at Woodland. The friends at Vacaville and surrounding country are invited to be present.
I will meet with the friends at St. Helena and vicinity, according to previous appointment, Sabbath and First-day, March 20 and 21. S. N. Haskell.
The district quarterly meeting for district No. 2, will be held at Lemoore, April 10. I hope to meet all of the T. and M. officers, and as many members as possible. Geo. W. Hutchings, Director.
A camp-meeting will be held in Tulare county, Cal., commencing April 22, and continuing over the following Monday. Particulars will be given next week.
THE GENERAL MEETING AT OAKLAND, APRIL 3–6.
By S. N. Haskell
As has previously been announced, this meeting will be one of general interest to the cause in California. It will commence Friday evening and continue over the next Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Publishing Association on Tuesday will add much to the importance of this meeting. Our tract society interests and Conference matters, future plans and prospects of the cause upon this coast, will be duly considered. Sister White will give special instructions to ministers. Our ministers, tract society officers, and our leading brethren of the Conference, are expected to be present.
On Monday there will be a special meeting for the tract society officers and workers, to consider the best methods of doing business, etc.
This will be as important a meeting as has been held on this coast for many years. It would be well if every church in the Conference could be represented.
S. N. HASKELL.
CAMP-MEETING IN EASTERN OREGON.
There will be a camp-meeting held at Milton, Umatilla Co., Oregon, commencing May 27, and continuing until June 7. This includes two Sabbaths and first-days. Special instruction will be given in the tract and missionary work at this meeting, and matters of general interest will be considered. It is now expected that Sister White and other help from the General Conference will be present. It would be desirable to have every family of S. D. Adventists east of the Cascade mountains present at this meeting. Those who are able should procure tents. But let none remain away because they cannot do this. Such will be provided for.
Committee.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
By Editor
PURSUANT to Article 6, Section 2, of the By-Laws of the Pacific S. D. A. Publishing Association, the fifth annual meeting of the stockholders of said Association will be held at the Pacific Press Office, Castro and 12th streets, Oakland, Tuesday, April 6, 1880, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. By order of the President.
L. D. CARRUTH, Secretary.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING—SPECIAL
By L. D. Carruth
A SPECIAL meeting of the stockholders of the Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, will be held at the Pacific Press Office, in Oakland, Cal., on Tuesday, April 6, 1880, at 2 P. M., to act upon the following proposed amendment to the By-Laws of the Association, namely:—
To so amend section 2 of Article 6 as to provide for the date of the annual meeting on the fourth Monday in April, instead of the first Tuesday in April. By order of Directors. L. D. CARRUTH, Secretary.
ANNUAL MEETING.
PURSUANT to the statutes of the State of California, notice is hereby given that the regular annual meeting of the Society of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of Oakland, will be held at the house of worship, corner of Clay and Thirteenth streets, Wednesday, April 7, at 7 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of five Trustees, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Members will bear in mind the necessity of prompt and general attendance, that the proceedings may fully comply with the legal requirements.
By order of the President.
GEO. MANUEL, Secretary.
Oakland, March 18, 1880.
Business Department.
By Editor
RECEIVED FOR THE SIGNS.
$2.00 EACH. Mrs S P Hammond 7-11, D P Whitney 7-1, Mrs G G Crandall 7-10, Robert Glenny 7-10, Simeon Lehman 6-1, C A Carey 7-1, Gustave Bernard 7-10, Miss Anna Boyd 6-37, Lovina Ross 7-10, Mrs O E M Howard (2 copies) 7-10, Dea Daniel Livermore 7-19, H F Clements 7-10, Theresa Goodsell (2 copies) 7-10.
$1.25 EACH. Mrs Maria Rensher 7-10, E O Phillips 7-10, J C Stuart 7-10, Mrs Geo Burgess 7-10, W H Kynett 7-10, Amelia Redhed 7-10, C M Lovejoy 7-10, A J Dennis 7-10, Fred Mason 7-10, Lena Wilson 7-10, Mrs C D Harvey 7-10, Wm Cars 7-10, Joel Harris 7-10, Lorenzo Prouty 7-10.
$1.00 EACH. Abbie Hoag 7-10, J M Hall 7-10, Ezra Whitford 7-10, P M Humphrey 7-10, Betsey Reed 7-10, J P Wolcott 7-10, Henry Bentley 7-1, A B Fleming 7-1, James McKinstry 7-1, Joseph Otis 7-1, Geo M Stephens 7-10, T L McCarty 7-10, Mrs C Udell 7-10, T E Boyd 7-10, Mrs E Udell 7-10, Mrs C Rogers 7-10, Chas W Gilbert 7-10, Isaac Williams 7-10, C C Davison 7-10, Noah Small 7-10, Wm Farris 7-10, Levisa Sage Graves 7-10, Mary Jane Spears 7-10, Mary E Jones 7-10, S H Davis 7-10, Eliza A Hilton 7-10, Roxey E Clark 7-10, Mary C Dairgertee 7-10, Margaret Maddison 7-10, E L Beckner 7-10, Rosa Dalosier 7-10, John Whities 7-10, Ellen Sinclair 7-10, Isaac Stanhope 7-10, Euphemie Saxby 7-10, Lucy E Day 7-10.
50c EACH. J C Folsome 6-34, Mrs Eliza Miller 6-10, Theodore L Moore 6-26, Eld E B Ware 6-23, Mrs Louisa Waight 6-26, Mrs Frank Kempsey 6-26.
MISCELLANEOUS. R J Lafferty (10 copies) 10.00, 7-10, Lizzie McKenzie (3 copies) 3.00, 7-10, Mrs A B Marror (15 copies) 15.00, 7-10, J D Rice (10 copies) 2.25, 6-10, Geo R Drew (22 copies) 22.00, 7-1, Myron Pittill (5 copies) 5.00, 7-10, Wm J Hardy (5 copies) 2.50, 6-34, Mrs J Webber (10 copies) 10.00, 7-10, F Gould (12 copies) 12.00, 7-10, C P Whitford (7 copies) 7.00, 7-10, Moses Kellogg (7 copies) 7.00, 7-10.
OAKLAND CHURCH.
Mrs H C Ferguson 1.00, J H Babcock 9.00.
CAL PUBLISHING FUND.
J J Hannar 28.07.
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.
Lemoore church 12.80.
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS, ISSUED BY THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
The Sanctuary and the 2300 Days of Daniel 8:14. By Elder U. Smith. This question has developed the people known as Seventh-day Adventists, and is the pivotal doctrine upon which their applications of prophecy largely depend. 352 pages. $1.00
Thoughts on Daniel, critical and practical. By Elder U. Smith. An exposition of the book of Daniel, verse by verse. 384 pp. 1.00
Thoughts on Revelation. By Elder U. Smith. With notes or remarks on every verse in the book of Revelation. 352 pp. 1.00
Life of Wm. Miller, with portrait. Interesting sketches of the life and public labors of this pioneer in the Advent movement in this country. 416 pp. 1.00
The Biblical Institute. A synopsis of the lectures given at the Institute held at Oakland, Cal., April, 1877, covering the main points of our faith. 352 pp. 1.00
History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, for the period of 6,000 years. By Elder J. N. Andrews. This is a work of unusual interest, prepared with great care, and is full of historical and Scriptural facts. 528 pp. 1.00
The Nature and Destiny of Man. By Elder U. Smith. This work treats on the conditions of man in death, and his final destiny. 356 pp. 1.00
The Spirit of Prophecy; or the great controversy between Christ and his angels and Satan and his angels, in four volumes. By Mrs. E. G. White. These volumes cover the time from the fall of Satan to the destruction of sin and sinners at the close of the one thousand years of Revelation 20. Each 400 pp.—
Vol. I. Old Testament facts to Christ.
Vol. II. Life and Ministry of Christ.
Vol. III. The Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, with the Lives of His Apostles.
Vol. IV. (In preparation). Each, 1.00
Life of Elder Joseph Bates, with portrait. 352 pp. 1.00
The Bible from Heaven. By Elder D. M. Canright. An argument to show that the Bible is not the work of men, but is of God. 300 pp. 80 cts. Revised edition (in preparation). 1.00
The United States in the Light of Prophecy. An exposition of Revelation 13:11-17. By Elder U. Smith. Applying to our own land and time, this prophecy possesses surpassing interest for every American reader. 200 pp. 50 cts. Paper covers, 25 cts
Thoughts on Baptism. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A careful examination of the subject of Christian Baptism in the light of history and the Bible. It presents strong arguments against the notion of trine immersion. 186 pp. Bound in flexible cloth, 35 cts
Paper covers, 25 cts
The Atonement. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. An examination of a remedial system in the light of nature and revelation. 168 pp. 20 cts
The Ministration of Angels, and the Origin, History and Destiny of Satan. By Elder D. M. Canright. 144 pp. 20 cts
The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. A thorough exposure of Spiritualism; application of the Scriptures, and copious extracts from a library of Spiritualist publications. 184 pp. 20 cts
The Spirit of God, its Gifts and Manifestations to the end of the Christian age. By Elder J. H. Waggoner. 144 pp. 15 cts
The Three Messages of Revelation 14:6-12; particularly the third angel's message and the two-horned beast. By Elder J. N. Andrews. 144 pp. 15 cts
Matthew Twenty-four. A clear and forcible exposition of our Lord's discourse upon the Mount of Olives. By Elder James White. 64 pp. 10 cts
ADDRESS, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, OAKLAND, CAL.
Any of the books, pamphlets, and tracts issued at this Office, may be obtained of Eld. J. N. Loughborough, Ravenswood, Shirley Road, Southampton, England, who will furnish catalogues and prices in English money, and receive subscriptions for all our periodicals.
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
By Editor
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