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Stricken China

FAMINE and plague news from China are not reassuring. One of the great difficulties regarding the relief in the famine districts is in reaching the sufferers. China is not a checkerwork of railways as is America or England. Three or four days are not sufficient to reach particular districts, as such a period would be in this country. It was long before actual conditions were known; it will be longer still before adequate help can reach the interior districts, and hundreds of thousands will probably die who will never be reached. In Sha Yang, in the province of Hupeh, for instance, when relief reached the wretched, hunger-mad people, twenty-one were trampled to death as the starving ones fought for food. These are sad conditions in a world of plenty.

The plague in Manchuria is not the "bubonic" type, but the "pneumonic," the germs of which are carried on the breath, and which in nearly all cases proves fatal. It is said by some writers that there will be plenty of vacant territory within the bounds of the Chinese Empire. If the plague continues, it will render practically desolate whole provinces.

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A New Mission in India

By Editor

THE following from a private letter to the editor from Elder George F. Enoch, associate editor of the Oriental Watchman, and a soldier in the field, will be of interest to our readers. Brother Enoch writes from Panwel, Bombay Presidency:

We essayed to go down to Indapur, but the Lord very evidently turned us back, and the first of this year we were able to see our Marathi Mission definitely located. We are just across the bay from the great city of Bombay. I will write you later some of our experiences in locating our mission.

Panwel is a city of some 12,000 inhabitants, and we have more than 300 villages in our district, with over 200,000 population. There is lots of room to expand. We are quite centrally located, and trust the Lord will plant the banner of the message so firmly here that God's Gospel may sound out through the entire Marathi country.

For the present I am alone out here laying the foundations for the work. I had expected to bring my family down next month; but there is an outbreak of plague in the city that threatens to be serious, so I may leave them in Puna a little while longer.

Have recently been attending some large Hindu religious fairs, which give us an opportunity to preach the Gospel.

This is a view of our mission pressroom, dark and crowded. In the left of the picture the boys are brushing the gold on our New Year's "Signs" covers. Brother Roberts is feeding the new large press on the right. Are hoping for better quarters, and thankful for donations received through the "Signs."

And so our missionaries are laboring out in the great dark heathen lands. Facing fever, cholera, plague,—bubonic in India, pneumonic in China,—meeting thousands famine-stricken for the bread that perishes, and millions who are dying spiritually in need of the Bread of Life. In all their physical dangers may they ever find verified the ninety-first Psalm, and have many souls for their hire.

Our Work and Workers

By Editor

At the general meeting of a Bible institute held in Honan, China, eight candidates for baptism who had been observing the Sabbath for over two years engaged in the ordinance.

TWELVE have been baptized at the Maranatha Mission, South Africa. The report says: "At the water's edge, and under the shade of large willow-trees, a goodly number of people gathered and listened to our reasons for baptizing in the water rather than sprinkling water on them. After this the believers, in a few words, gave their reasons

for uniting with this people. . . . We organized a church of twenty-three members, fifteen of whom are natives."

FIVE have been baptized into the faith at Boschberg, Africa.

NINE converts to the truth are reported from Baker, Oregon.

AT Columbia, South Carolina, eight colored persons have been brought into the faith.

NEAR Lisco, Nebraska, six persons have received baptism. Five others engaged in the ordinance at Broadwater.

AT Petersburg, Indiana, four have accepted the Gospel message for this time. Last year in Indiana 141 persons were converted to the truth.

THIRTY pounds of butter is made weekly at the Barotseland Mission, forty at the Solusi Mission, and sixty at the Malamulo Mission, in Africa.

AN appeal for colporteurs and canvassers to distribute and solicit for our literature, met response from thirty-nine German students in the Clinton (Missouri) seminary, who will work during vacations.

BROTHER OTTO H. SHULTZ tells some interesting incidents in connection with his canvassing work among the Indians of Bolivia, South America, in spite of strong opposition from Catholic priests, who are doing all in their power to prejudice the people.

AT Trinchinopoli, India, Brother Thomas has been carrying forward evening Bible services for the public, which have been well attended. "At the close of these meetings," he says, "we shall have a number ready for baptism, after which we hope to organize a church."

RESULTING from tent mission work at Horsham, Victoria, Australia, the report says: "Six have taken a definite stand for the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, while there are a larger number trembling in the balance. The interest still remains good." At Brunswick six others have identified themselves with present truth.

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE workers in Waterloo, Iowa, state that they have been in fifteen homes where they have given appreciated Bible readings on the truth. In some instances interested neighbors came in to study with them. Four families requested that they come in the evening, so that the entire household might have the privilege of hearing the lessons.

THE first Sabbath-school of South India was organized recently with seventy-nine Bible students. The report says: "Since we have nothing in the way of Sabbath-school lessons prepared in Tamil, we have been somewhat puzzled to know just what to do. However for the present we are studying the life of Christ. We feel that this will be especially helpful to the people."

THE South African Missionary gives us the following item of work in the Dark Continent: "At Wilgehoek the members of the native church gathered in from far and near to celebrate the ordinances of the Lord's house. Some walked eighteen miles. The morning service was followed by a baptismal scene in the Vals River. Six dear souls for whom Jesus died were buried with their Lord in the watery grave by their native pastor."

WE wish to speak a word of full-hearted commendation to the East Michigan Conference for the copy of the neat "Directory of Local Church Officers for 1911." It gives the name of the church, the membership, and the names and addresses of church officers. We could suggest but one improvement—the names and addresses of conference officers at the head. But these we have in the year book. Thanks, brethren.

PASTOR MUNSON tells in a private letter of interesting experiences in Java in connection with the work. At Batavia several are interested in the message, have begun to keep the Sabbath, and are asking for baptism. In order to meet false and misleading statements made to break down the influence of our work, a tract has been prepared entitled "What Seventh-Day Adventists Believe and Teach," and has been translated into Malay.

Li Fah Kung, Shanghai Evangelist

Our evangelist, Li Fah Kung, in charge of the Shanghai chapel

A Savor of Life or Death

To know the truth, and then refuse to obey it; to hear the message, assent to its accuracy, bow in the presence of its great demand intellectually, and yet not answer its claim, hardens a man. When a man so disobeys, he becomes hardened by the very truth that might have softened him; he becomes enslaved and debased by the very message that ought to have made him free indeed. In that sense the messenger is a savor of life unto life, or of death unto death.—Presbyterian Banner.

In Memoriam — Camillus Bush, M.D.

By George E. Tack

GOD gave him to our stricken earth, A little while, To cheer us with his sparkling mirth And sunny smile.

Where in old Hopkins hall calm stands The Healer's form, That seems to stoop with outstretched hands, To quell life's storm,

His eager feet oft hurried past To bless and cheer Some soul that on to death sped fast, 'Twist hope and fear.

His every act seemed fraught with love, As quietly By beds of suffering he would move With sympathy.

A symbolical figure of our Lord in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. On the pedestal of the statue is the text, "COME unto ME all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you REST."

He ever trod the path of peace, And firmly stood For truth and faith, that ne'er shall cease,— The deathless good.

The poor rose up to bless his name; He felt their wo, And on his mission went and came, God's love to show.

O eyes that beamed with tender light, Closed now in rest,— O loving heart that sleeps to-night, Your deeds are blest.

Some day, some day, when night is past, Forevermore, God grant we meet in mansions blest On life's fair shore.

Baltimore, Maryland.

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Spread of Spiritualism

By Editor

Spread of Spiritualism.—In confirmation of the articles by Professor Rine regarding the extension and growth of Spiritualism, take the following from Dr. George B. Warne, national president of the Spiritualist Association, in the Boston American of Feb. 19, 1911. He declares that "there is a great army of Americans who are Spiritualists, altho they do not declare themselves such." "Perhaps," he said, "they are associated with other churches and their belief in Spiritualism is unsuspected. But thousands of the most intellectual people secretly accept it as the one religious proposition that actually meets the need of more information about the life hereafter." The association of which he is president numbers 200,000. He admits many frauds, and also evil spirits. He says: "Yet all

that is seen in materializing meetings is not genuine. Impositions may creep into the best conducted séances. A noted medium told me that if more than three materializations developed at one sitting, the fourth, fifth, and sixth might generally be ascribed to fraud. Frequently an entranced person will perpetrate fraud and be unconscious of it himself."

This does not speak highly of the moral influence of Spiritualism. There is one standard by which Spiritualism ought to be judged; namely, the Bible. It will then be found that all familiar spirits are demons and that the dead are unconscious.

Russia and Japan

Russia and Japan.— There is much talk of war between Japan and America, but by those in high position in both nations this supposition is declared to be wholly unwarranted. It is argued — and with some force, it must be admitted — that Japan's objective prize for which she is striving is Manchuria, and the prospective foe is her former antagonist, the big Russian bear. Japan would never, if she could prevent it, permit Russia to build a great eastern empire demanding sea privileges, good harbors, etc. A strong development of Russia in the Far East would be a constant menace to Japan; and it looks as tho Japan was bound to countercheck every step eastward that Russia may take by advances into Manchuria, and perhaps by aiding China. Russia seems to be making a sad mistake in her attitude toward China. She may arouse all the Mongols of the Orient against her. Among the able men in the Russian Duma is Professor Milukoff, leader of the Constitutional Democrats. He declared in a brilliant speech, March 15, that "the present affair in the Far East involves exalted personages. At the present moment it is difficult to say what next spring will bring forth. We are pursuing three contradictory and mutually exclusive policies in the Near, Middle, and Far East. We are afraid of German invasion more than ever. We are hopelessly stranded in the Far East. We have lost sight of the Near

East, where critical events are preparing. Apparently Russian diplomacy has sunk to the old setting which led to the Russo-Japanese war."

He tells us that Russian alliances are "merely ones of defense," that she "has lost her old friends without gaining a new one." Regarding Russia's attitude toward China he said: "This government should have avoided the sudden, excessive, and insistent demand. China is no longer a mere ethnographic mass, and the Russian attitude toward the new China should be marked by good-will, not by haughtiness."

Matters are uncertain, and storms are brewing. Yet God is "holding the winds of war" till His work is done. More important to every soul than all national questions is the relation of every soul to the government of the Most High!

Back to the Land

In the face of what boys have been doing the last few years on the farm, especially in raising corn, why should boys leave the farm? The two champion seed-corn growers of Texas are two boys yet well down in their teens. They have demonstrated that the old farms which raised from 15 to 18 bushels per acre can be made to raise from 80 to 150 bushels per acre; and there is real education in every step of the way. "Back to the land" in a wise way is wisdom.

Young Turks Worse Than Old Turks

A writer in the Chicago "Daily News," with a Greek name, declares that "the Young Turks are worse than the old Turks." But such is not the story generally told.

The Importance of To-Day

The Importance of To-Day.—We live in to-day. We have no sure guarantee of the morrow. Yesterday's victories will not win to-day's battles. Yesterday's defeats need not countervail to-day's victories. For our victory is in Christ Jesus, and He is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever." If we suffer defeat, it is because we have left Him out of the question. If we are discouraged, it is because we have trusted in our own strength and failed. In some way we have forgotten the Master, or turned our back upon Him. Repeated defeat means repeated ignoring of Christ Jesus, and throws us into discouragement and confusion, till we fail to recognize the voice or the steps of the Master. Take Him with you to-day. Remember the past only by its Ebenezers. Forget the defeats in the present victory. You can never judge of to-day's temptations and battles by yesterday's. "Ye have not passed this way heretofore." The devil has many temptations and many different ways of presenting them. Our only safety is trusting Christ now as our wisdom, our righteousness, our sanctification, our redemption. Without this we may expect defeat. With such trust, we may be assured of daily victory.

A Publisher's Commission — A Good Suggestion.

Mr. Wilmer Atkinson, editor Farm Journal, suggests that inasmuch as President Taft has appointed a commission to study second-class matter, the publishers get together and form a commission to be composed of one representative from each class of publications, each class to select its own representative and meet necessary expenses. Mr. Atkinson names seventeen classes. The scope of the commission he outlines under six heads: to ascertain the actual cost of carrying second-class matter; the amount of other classes of mail-matter created by second-class; that publishers have their constitutional right to the protection of their home courts and a trial by jury where their property is at stake; to acquire the essential, indisputable right to the use of the United States mails for their publications at a fixed rate without the espionage, interference, or undue supervision of the Government; that publishers receive the protection guaranteed under article VI of the Constitution of the United States, "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures; and to restore the amicable relations which existed between publishers and the Government prior to 1900. The object of such suggestion is not to antagonize Government, but to secure justice and concord.

Japan’s Friendship with the United States

Baron Yasuya Uchida, the Japanese ambassador to this country, emphatically declared before a special audience in Washington that there was nothing hostile in Japan's attitude toward the United States. "There can be no serious misunderstanding," he says, "between my country and the United States. The traditional friendship between the two countries is too great and too strong for the severing of present relations. Nearly thirty-five per cent of Japan's export trade is with the United States. It would be manifestly absurd to destroy this or even hamper it. . . . The whole agitation is preposterous. It is nonsensical; and the thinking people of America, I am sure, characterize it as such." He also declares that there is no secret understanding with Mexico, nor are any new arrangements contemplated.

God’s Unimpeachable Witnesses

By Editor

Read the study on "God's Unimpeachable Witnesses," on page 6. It is better to have two witnesses than one. The matter comes right home to individual experience. Do you want your own feelings for assurance? your own wishes? the claim of some religious body? or do you want the unimpeachable witness of God?

The Bible and Greek Thought

By Editor

It is sad to hear a journal with the influence of the New York Independent saying that the study of Greek “makes it clear that all civilization has its source in Greek thought and art. The man who has not the feeling for Greece has not the sense of history, and that is worth having.” What about the Bible and Christianity? What better view-point of this earth’s history is there than the Bible’s? But then the Independent long ago relegated the Bible to the time that was.

"Questions and Answers"

By Editor

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SECTION V.—THE MORAL LAW - - - 89-97

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Contained in This Issue

By Editor

General	PAGE
Woman in the Home	3
Some Terrible Evils Incident to the Immortality Dogma	4
Peter's Confession of Faith	5
God's Unimpeachable Witnesses	6
Protestantism Drifting	8
A Change of People, Not of Plan	9

Question Corner
Questions Nos. 3402-3406	2
Our Bible Band	2

Our Bible Reading
The New Earth	9

The Outlook
Progress in China	10

The Home
Cherish the Home-Life	12
Self-Reliance	12
Inordinate Affections	12
The Home Helper	12
Wireless Stops Train	12

Missions
Stricken China	14
A New Mission in India	14
Our Work and Workers	14

Poetry
Building the Wall	5
When Roads Divide	6
An Ever-Present Truth	7
Repentance	8
What Should a Man Be?	12
Give Us More Like Jim	12

Two scenes of a Hindu religious fair, near Puna, India. More than 200,000 people trying to wash away their sins in the Ganges. Hindu temples in the background.