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CHRISTIAN SELF-DENIAL

By Editor

It must be surprising to mere worldlings to see what martyrs people in this eminently Christian land will make of themselves for their religion. The following item appears in the Baptist Flag:—

“Eld. J. V. Chenoweth sends another new subscriber, saying: ‘I would as soon do without my coffee three times a day as to do without the Flag.’”

As it is fair to presume that the Elder never tried the ordeal, we may safely consider that he made the statement in all honesty, but was very liable to be mistaken in the fact. We should fear the result of a trial; yet his love of religious reading might triumph over his appetite.

We believe there are a goodly number of individuals in New York City, and in other cities, who sacrifice the theater for the prayer-meeting. But then it must be remembered that the prayer-meeting comes only once a week, while the theaters may be visited almost any night. It is difficult to tell just how great is the amount of self-denial in these cases.

We have known quite a number of professors of religion to give up tobacco when they became conscientiously convinced that it was inconsistent with the principles of Christianity. But the number who stifle their convictions and hold on to their tobacco at the expense of their religion, is far larger. So large that we are sometimes led to doubt whether any considerable share of the religion of the present day has conscience and conviction for its basis.

We have also known individuals to choose the church meeting in preference to the lodge meeting when the claims of the two came in conflict. But such instances are rare. Alas, how rare!

Few there are, very few, who make the will and service of God their “chief good,” who are determined to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified. Paul counted all worldly gain but loss for the excellency of the cross of Christ; now, as a general thing, people count that lost which is sacrificed to the cause of the Redeemer.

THE HEBREW "TAH-VAL."

By Editor

ON the second page of this paper (whole number 398) will be found the excellent article of Dr. Tombes, copied from the Herald of Truth. We have taken the liberty of making a few typographic changes.

We have been asked to explain the use of the different forms, as tabal, and tah-val. It is understood that the Hebrew alphabet contains 22 letters—all consonants. This word contains three letters—the equivalents of TVL. The vowel sounds are indicated by points and marks attached to the letters. It is usual to add h to the first syllable, tah, when turned into English, to indicate that the vowel has the sound of the Italian a, as in father, instead of the long English a, as in ta. The baith has two sounds, of b, and v. Some give one and some the other for the first or ordinary sound. Each is used in the original, according to the form of the word.

But of the article. It is worthy of careful perusal. It is so clear that it must carry conviction of its truthfulness to every reader.

OUR CATHOLIC CRITICS.

By Editor

It is impossible that we shall advocate what we believe to be the truth of God's word without coming in contact with the errors of the papal system. And it is impossible for us to note the events of the day without exposing, to some extent, some of those errors. We are pleased to know that our paper is read by some Catholics, though it does not always meet with a favorable reception, as we learn from letters which we sometimes receive from Catholics. We have received several of late, some of which we have had in our mind to notice but have not found it practicable hitherto. We give the writers credit for an excess of zeal, but they manifest a decided lack of discretion in accusing us of doing injustice to the Roman Catholic Church. We have "no respect of persons;" it is our intention to treat all classes alike with due courtesy, and to oppose or expose error wherever it is found. We shall soon convince our (unfriendly) friends that we have spoken advisedly in all that we have said on the subject.

THE FITNESS OF THINGS.

WHEN the discussion was warm over the Kansas prohibitory law, and some urged that, if adopted, it would make it a penal offense to use wine at communion, a lady correspondent of the Oakland Times used the following forcible language:—

“I believe that there is a temperance revival, and like an enthusiastic little woman that I know, who says she thanks God and takes courage whenever she hears that the phylloxera is appearing in the wine-making districts in our State, I take courage too.

“You mention among the effects of the revival that in Kansas they are so radical that wine is prohibited at the communion table—meaning fermented wine, I suppose—and the case of the clergyman who proposes to make a martyr of himself by going to jail for this restriction upon the right of religious worship.

“I am very much interested in this case, because it shows the eternal fitness of things. There have been so many martyrs on the other side, wives, mothers, and children, and some husbands and fathers too, so many tears have been shed, so many hearts have been wrung and broken, so many have gone down to an early and dishonored grave on account of wine drinking, that there should be martyrs on the other side, and I do not doubt that there will be consistent and sensible ladies who will visit that clergyman often, if he goes to jail, and carry him flowers and delicacies, as they do in San Francisco.”

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CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETING.

THE Northern Cal. camp-meeting will be held at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13. Let all our brothers and sisters from all parts of the State make a special effort to come up to this feast of Tabernacles. We are nearing the ripening time of the harvest of the earth. We need the influence of the power and Spirit of God, that we may be able to overcome our tendencies to wrong-doing, and that the graces of the Spirit may be more fully matured, and we be in a condition to be perfected by the latter rain soon to be poured out. Come prepared to stay until the close of the meeting. Preparations will be made to supply the temporal wants of both man and beast.

G. D. HAGER, E. J. CHURCH, } Camp-meeting Committee. G. W. MILLS,

CALIFORNIA STATE T. AND M. SOCIETY.

THE next annual meeting of the California T. and M. Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13, 1881. As far as consistent all pledges to this society or the Reserve Fund should be paid at or before this meeting. All district secretaries and church librarians are requested to bring their account books, that they may be audited.

S. N. HASKELL, Pres.

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CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.

THE tenth annual session of the California Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13, 1881. As this Conference will be as important a one as has ever been held in this State, there should be a full representation of delegates from every company of Seventh-day Adventists in the Conference. Every recognized church of fifteen or less members is entitled to one delegate; larger churches to one additional delegate for every additional fifteen members. Unorganized companies and isolated brethren and sisters should also be represented in person or by letter, so that the wants of the cause in the State may be clearly understood.

Conference business will be disposed of during the early part of the meeting; delegates are therefore requested to be on the ground at the first of the meeting. Also letters pertaining to Conference business should be forwarded to the secretary, Eld. J. D. Rice, in time so that they can be duly considered, and such steps taken as will co-operate with the Spirit of God. We hope also that there will be promptness in paying tithes, as the Conference expenses of the past year have been unusually large, and all funds of this kind will be needed to meet them.

All ministers and licentiates should have their written reports of labor and expenses prepared to pass in at the first session. Church clerks and treasurers will please bring their books to the meeting.

S. N. HASKELL. JOHN MORRISON. M. C. ISRAEL.} Cal. Conf. Committee.

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