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THE STATE OF THE DEAD,
THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS,
AND THE END OF THE WICKED.
BY ELDER URIAH SMITH.
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Whisky Advertising and Temperance
By Editor
The Catholic Mirror, published in Baltimore, says:—
"Two young men of tender years engaged in the difficult task of consuming between them a bucketful of whisky which they found in the cellar of a drinking place in Chicago, the other day. They accomplished the feat, but were not able to enjoy the pleasure of the triumph. One of the young men shortly died in the most horrible convulsions, and at last accounts the other was in a fair way to share the same fate. There is a salutary lesson to be learned from the fatal experiences of these Chicago youths."
We wonder if the moral the Mirror would derive from this occurrence is that those who drink whisky should eschew the Chicago article and use only that made at the Baltimore distillery advertised in its columns; or perhaps the editor of that journal thinks that the only brand of whisky used should be that advertised in the Mirror. A paper that expects to have much influence in favor of temperance should not advertise distilleries and their products.
CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889.
By Editor
It is announced by the General Conference Committee that the camp-meetings this year will begin on Tuesday evening and close the following Tuesday morning. Those marked with the star (*) in the following list, will be preceded by a workers' meeting. The committee states that where workers' meetings are to be held, and they are not thus marked, notice should be given at once. The list, which is subject to change, is as follows:—
*Wisconsin, Mauston, June 18-25
*Dakota, Madison, June 25 to July 2
Michigan (Northern), Wexford, " 25 to " 2
*Georgia, July 31 to Aug. 6
North Carolina, Aug. 6-13
Virginia, " 13-20
Michigan (Southwestern), " 13-20
*Ohio, Mount Vernon, " 13-20
*Missouri (general), " 13-20
California, Ferndale, Humboldt Co., " 15-22
Arkansas, Rogers, " 20-27
Maine, " 20-27
Tennessee, " 20-27
West Virginia, " 20-27
Michigan (general), Aug. 27 to Sept. 3
*Texas, " 27 to " 3
Vermont, " 27 to " 3
California, San Diego, " 29 to " 9
*Colorado, Sept. 3-10
Canada, " 3-10
*Nebraska, " 10-17
*Illinois, " 17-24
*Indiana, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1
*California (general), Oakland, " 25 to " 7
An Article on Russia
By Editor
Owing to the crowded condition of our columns, we have been compelled to lay over a number of articles which were intended for this paper, and also to place among our general matter on page 355 our article on Russia. We mention this so that no one will overlook it or miss reading it because of not finding it in the usual place.
Williamsport Flood Cancels Camp Meeting
By Editor
WE are informed by telegram from Williamsport, Penn., that owing to the great flood at that place the camp-meeting, which was to have been held June 4-11, had to be abandoned, but the workers' institute was continued. The telegram also contained the welcome intelligence of the safety of our brethren at that place. The river at Williamsport was seven feet higher than ever before known, and quite a number of lives were lost and much property was destroyed. We do not know how our brethren fared in the latter respect. We trust that the conditions for the Rome meeting, June 11-18, have been more favorable.
The Young Men of Today
By Editor
The Sabbath Recorder says:—
"A careful statistician says that there are, in this country, about 7,000,000 young men. Speaking of the relation of this vast army to the church, he says that only about 25 per cent. attend its services, only 5 per cent. are members of it, and only about 3 per cent. contribute to its support. Speaking of the criminal classes, the same writer says that 70 per cent. of our incarcerated criminals and 85 per cent. of the patrons of saloons and houses of ill-fame are young men, while nearly 90 per cent. of all crimes committed are by young men. With these startling figures before our eyes, and knowing that the young men of to-day must be the men upon whom the world's work for the next twenty-five years must fall, who shall say that there is any danger of giving too much attention to our young men, or doing too much in the effort to fit them for the responsibilities of life?"
And with these figures before our eyes can we call a man a pessimist who fails to see indications of the approach of the fabled millennium, when it is supposed by some that all the world will be converted?
Born Tired
By Editor
WE have often heard it said of persons that they were "born tired," but it remained for the Sunday-law advocates to demonstrate that such was the case with Adam. Their "last ditch" argument is that the first day (Sunday) is the true seventh day; or that the seventh day was man's first day. True, the Bible says that man was created on the sixth day, but the Bible is nothing when it crosses a good Sunday argument. We'll admit for the moment that the seventh day was man's first day. Col. Shepard, president of the American Sabbath Union, says: "We observe the first day, and for aught that is known to the contrary it may be the very hebdomadal of the day that Adam observed. The Sabbath was his first day, and he was prepared by his first day of rest for six days of labor." We were at a loss (on the theory of physical rest being the object of the Sabbath) to see how Adam should so much need that first day's rest in order to be prepared to go to work. But a friend has kindly helped us out of the difficulty by suggesting that probably he was born tired.
"TESTIMONY FOR THE CHURCH," No. 33, is upon our table, and though we have as yet given it only a cursory examination, we feel justified in saying that it is full of highly important matter, and should be in the hands of all our people. It treats on thirty-six subjects, as follows: Unity and Love in the Church, Behavior in the House of God, Religion and Scientific Education, The Education of Our Children, Dangers of the Young, Suitable Reading for Children, Advice to the Young, Worldly Mindedness, Practical Godliness, Worldly Influences, Needs of Our Institutions, Our Institutions at Battle Creek, Christian Influence in the Home and the Church, An Impressive Dream, Daily Study of the Bible Necessary, Education of Workers, Unholy Ambition, "The Appearance of Evil," Love for the Erring, Church Duties, A Letter, God's Love for Sinners, Acceptable Confession, Erroneous Ideas of Confession, God's Presence a Reality, The Nature and Influence of the Testimonies, Unfounded Reports, A Miracle Counterfeited, The Mysteries of the Bible a Proof of Its Inspiration, The Impending Conflict, The American Sentinel and Its Mission, Workers in the Cause, The Inestimable Gift, The Character of God Revealed in Christ, The Word Made Flesh, God's Care for His Work.
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Wealth and Poverty in the Last Days
A LABOR paper notes the fact that "Gladstone says there is now the greatest aggregation of wealth in the hands of the few since the days of Julius Cæsar, and, therefore, on the other hand, the greatest poverty and want known to the civilized world for nearly two thousand years." Writing of these days the apostle James says: "Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days." But to the people of God he says: "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
Fraudulent Petitions for a National Sunday Law
By Editor
AND still the work of securing "signatures" to the petition for a National Sunday law goes bravely forward. We have received from Southern California a copy of a paper entitled The White Ribbon, which contains, in a report of a meeting of the W. C. T. U., the following paragraph:—
"The petition for the Sabbath law was sent to the ministers of all denominations, to be signed by the proper officials on behalf of the church. Many hearty responses were received, and earnest wishes given for our success."
This simply means that all the ministers have been asked to have a few officers of their several churches sign the petition in behalf of the entire church membership; then these petitions will be presented to Congress as representing so many thousands or tens of thousands of people, perhaps a majority of whom have never seen or even heard of the petition which they are supposed to have signed. But perhaps it is only fitting that Sunday, which is itself only a counterfeit, should be maintained by fraud.
A Coalition for Papal Power
By Editor
REFERRING to the widespread agitation for the restoration of the temporal power of the Pope, the Churchman says:—
"According to recent utterances of the Roman Catholic press, the Pope expects that he will find in this country a sort of Prætorian Guard, to decide his contest for the temporal power. We would like to ask what colored sash the members of this guard wore at the late civic procession? A report of the Catholic Congress at Madrid bears witness to a disposition on the part of the Spaniards to have a hand in the same act of 'restitution.' It will be a queer coalition that takes place between the country of the Holy Inquisition and the country of Washington."
It would indeed be a queer coalition, but one which is by no means impossible. We firmly believe that this country is the power referred to in Rev. 13:11 and onward, and of that power it is written that he "causeth the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast," and that beast is the Papacy. Who can certainly say that our own country will not join the kingdoms of Europe in giving "their power and strength unto the beast"?