THE past few weeks has given us a regular epidemic of storms of almost every variety. On March 13, tornadoes raged through five or more of the Southern States. Thirty-three persons are reported to have been killed, and thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of property was destroyed. The wreckage of this disaster was not cleared away when the storm of March 21 swept from the Gulf of Mexico to the northern lakes, destroying life and property all along its path. Then this was followed by the awful tornadoes of Sunday evening, March 23, that had their destructive center in Omaha, but which swept other portions of Nebraska, as well as visiting ruin in Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. On March 25, Ohio and Indiana are the storm center of a flood that is, in its toll of death and destruction, one of the most appalling on record. And while the flood and the wind were doing their damage on this last date, a tornado in Terre Haute, Indiana, was doing its terrible work amidst the people who had not recovered from the one that had visited them on the 23d, in which 20 had lost their lives and 250 had been injured. And on the same date (March 25), another tornado was doing its whirling work of destruction in the neighborhood of Leslie, Arkansas.
This covers a period of only twelve days; but during that time, the thousands that have been killed, and the millions of dollars worth of property that has been destroyed, place these storms among the most disastrous on record. There can be no question but disasters by storm and flood are alarmingly on the increase. There are some who will try to deny this; but those of us who have reached the age of fifty or more, know better. Forty years ago, tornadoes were of very rare occurrence, and then they were mostly in Kansas, Nebraska, and states in that section of the country. It was said when these tornadoes began to attract attention in Kansas and Nebraska, that they had always raged in that section, but we had not known of it, for the country had not been settled, and hence there was no one there to report them. Furthermore it was affirmed that these storms could not occur except in the heated season of the summer, as that was the time of year to which they at first seemed to be confined. But as the years have gone on, the tornado has greatly enlarged its field of operation, until a large part of the world has seen its visits. It has gone to sections of the world which were at first affirmed to be immune from its ravages. And not only has it extended its operations in this way, but it is no longer confining itself to the heated season of the summer. The early spring and even the winter-time are now witnessing the deadly tornado. These frightful storms do not seem to have much respect for the scientific theories that have been put forth concerning them.
Scientific men seek to find the reason for these things, and most of them have their theories. But none of the opinions offered furnish any protection from the destruction of the demon-whirl of the tornado. No theories can save us from the earthquake or the flood, and yet we know that all these things are marvelously on the increase, and they are growing more and more destructive.
The readers of this paper know that for more than a third of a century we have been saying that these things were coming and that they would grow worse and worse. We are even now only in the beginnings of them. We do not say this as the result of any scientific investigations, but on the definite statements of the prophetic word of God. In early issues we will have more to say upon this subject, and will give again some of the scriptures that we have quoted from time to time during these years, upon the question of storms and destructions that answer to the predictions of the Word. And in the meantime, let the reader be assured that while man has no protection to offer from these overshadowing calamities, yet our divine Father does have a harbor in which we may find rest from the dread and fear occasioned by what is coming — a dread and fear that with many is almost as bad as death itself.
An exchange, not long ago, speaking of a certain territory in the West where cattle and stock of various kinds were dying, tells us that the remedy in such cases is to kill them as fast as possible and hurry them to the Chicago markets. It might be well if some of our diseased-meat dealers were treated as they were in England in the sixteenth century. It is said that a butcher who had sold diseased meat was forced to ride about London with 'his face toward the horse's tail with a half a lamb before and another behind, and a veal and a calf borne before him upon a pole raw.' Men who sold decaying fish were put into the pillory — with the decaying fish tied around their necks. The punishment was horrible, but even then it would seem as tho it were better to have the decaying fish on the outside than on the inside.
The Increase of Alcoholism
The “American Advance,” a Prohibitionist paper, quoting from the Alliance News, says, “Forty per cent of the pupils in one London school, it is found, drink alcohol regularly, and it is estimated that there are some 2,000,000 school children throughout England who are addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor.” There is no denying the fact that the use of strong drink is alarmingly on the increase, and that, too, despite the hard work that is being done by our comrades in the temperance cause. Who can picture what the condition would be in this world were it not for what is being done to stay the tide of evil! We must do everything in our power to hold in check the inroads of the demon of alcoholism, and while doing this work we should know that drunkenness and wickedness will increase more and more until they are finally smitten down in that near-by day when the Lord Jesus Christ will come in person to put an end to all sin. With the great event of His coming before us, and with the thrilling joys of that blessed hope in our hearts, we must heroically grapple with the demons of darkness, doing our utmost in His strength to rescue souls from the evil of this time.
Krishnamurti’s False Religion
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India's great savior — or at least the boy over there that is held by so many as such — Krishnamurti by name, sometimes called Alcyone, is sweeping many thousands, perhaps millions, into his following. He is considered a wonder, has written a book, and declares, "These are not my words; they are the words of the master who taught me." Here is another quotation: "For God hath a plan, and that plan is evolution. When once a man has seen that, and really knows it, he can not help working for it, and making himself one with it, because it is so glorious, so beautiful." Again: "For you are God, and you will only know what God wills. You must dig deep down into yourself to find the God within you, and listen to His voice, which is your God." This of itself ought to say to all his deluded followers that the religion is not of God, but is of a lower source. Every false religion from the beginning of the world to the present time has been based in self-salvation. Evolution is but one form of it. The religion of the Lord Jesus Christ is based on the salvation that is from above.
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The Cost of War
The new Brazilian war-ship is stated to be of 32,000 tons. There are some authorities that give it as low as 28,000. But the United States battle-ship Pennsylvania is a big one. Her length on the designer's water line is 600 feet, over all, 618 feet; breadth, 97 feet, ½ inch; draft, 26 feet, 10 inches; displacement, 31,400 tons; speed on four-hour trial, 21 knots; heavy battery, twelve 14-inch guns; four submerged torpedo tubes, supported by a torpedo defense battery of 21 5-inch guns; cost $12,000,000; the armor 18-inch plates. The boilers are all oil burning, the water-tube type. What a monster she is! And yet, if we remember rightly, there are several that have been planned since this larger than the Pennsylvania. The cost of this battle-ship would build 3,000 churches at $4,000 each, or erect 3,000 schoolhouses at $4,000 each. It would support 12,000 large families for one year at $1,000 each family. But in one year from this time the Pennsylvania may be practically obsolete. Some other ship may be devised and built that would destroy a fleet of her. Such is the cost of war.
Moslem Propaganda in the Kongo
The "Christian Herald" tells us that in the Kongo region in Africa the Moslems are making a "tremendous propaganda."
BOOK NOTICES
“Leather Bound Pocket Series.” We have received five volumes from Funk & Wagnalls, the beginning of a series of books entitled “The Leather Bound Pocket Series.” The first five volumes are as follows:
“The Misfortune of a World Without Pain,” by Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., LL.D.
“The Conversation of Womanhood and Childhood,” by Theodore Roosevelt.
“The Latent Energies in Life,” by Charles Reynolds Brown, D.D.
“The Signs of the Times,” by William Jennings Bryan.
“The Call of Jesus to Joy,” by William Elliot Griffiths, D.D., L.H.D.
Each of these volumes is 16 mo., bound in flexible leather with gilt tops and gold cover designs. Price 75 cents each, net; by mail 78 cents.
We have read “The Call of Jesus to Joy,” “The Signs of the Times,” “The Latent Energies of Life,” and “The Misfortune of a World Without Pain.” All of these are excellent and suggestively helpful, especially “The Latent Energies of Life,” by Dr. Brown. They are very convenient little books to slip into one’s pocket, taking no space at all, scarcely, and they will serve to employ usefully idle moments which may intervene in waiting times. Dr. Brown’s little work is full of inspiration to people of all ages, and all of them contain more or less that is helpful and inspiring. We may not agree with all which the authors say, but we will find some things in all of the books to help. The binding is very neat and tasteful, the type clear and inviting.
“The Magnet,” a powerful money romance, by Alfred Owen Crozier, author of “United States Money versus Corporation.” Published by The Magnet Company, Provident Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The purpose of the author is to set before the public in a taking narrative form the battles of modern giants in the world of finance, in which the mighty figures of finance are dealt with in a conversational way, and the great financial characters of the day are acting under assumed names. It presents some very striking conditions.
“Bible Studies on the Sabbath Question,” by Arthur Elwin Main, D.D., L.H.D., Dean and Professor of Doctrinal and Pastoral Theology in Alfred Theological Seminary, Alfred, New York. Second edition, revised and enlarged. American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, New Jersey. In cloth binding 50 cents, paper covers 25 cents.
The design of the book is for use by pastors, Sabbath-schools, young people’s classes, home study, etc.; consisting of two parts,—part first regarding the Old Testament, subdivided into: “Beginnings of History;” “Moses, the Exodus, and the Law;”
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How to Make a Home Happy
By Editor
IN no sphere of life is happiness so easy to attain or so easily transformed to unhappiness as in the home. It does not depend on the number of luxuries obtainable, for some of the very happiest homes, the almost ideal ones, are those of the poor. One cheerful member in the home may uplift the tone of all the rest. Let the daughter but sing at her dish-washing, or allow her broom to keep time to her happy song, and her happiness is sure to infect the others. On the other hand, some little dispute, some little criticism, fault-finding, etc., by but one member of the family may upset the happiness of the entire family, probably for the whole day. And it would have been so easy to have left those words unsaid or instead to have spoken an appreciative word, or to have laughed instead of grumbling.
An interesting anecdote is told of Joseph H. Choate, of New York:
Once at a dinner party he was asked who he would prefer to be if not himself. He waited a moment before replying. The guests thought he was running over in his mind the great ones of earth before giving his decision. Then his eyes rested on Mrs. Choate, at the other end of the table, and he replied, "If I could not be myself, I should like to be Mrs. Choate's second husband."
What a beautiful tribute to pay to any wife! but it suggests to us what is really the case: It is the wife who largely makes the home happiness of her husband. If he comes home at night and finds her face wreathed in smiles, his unhappiness is almost sure to vanish. It is hard, perhaps, harder for the wife and mother than any one else, to be always bright and cheerful; but in view of the fact that her little actions are so far-reaching, it is worth while to try.
The real secret of happy home-life is unselfishness. The happiness, to be complete, calls for unselfishness, or thought of others, from each member of the family. There is only one recipe for permanency in the happiness of an individual, or for permanency to their unselfishness. It is this: Let the joy come from within. See that there, within your own heart, is the spring of perpetual happiness. That spring is Christ, and from that, and that alone, can flow a continual stream of happiness, for both yourself and others.
There is a beautiful story told of a young girl who went out with a number of friends to spend the day rambling through the fields and woods. Early in the morning she plucked a sprig of sweetbrier and tucked it away in the bosom of her dress, but soon forgot that she had placed it there. All day long she smelled its sweet fragrance; when climbing over rocks, through open fields, on narrow pathways that same fragrance seemed to be, and she wondered whence it came. When on the boat returning home the fragrance still seemed to surround her, so she concluded that some friend must have in her bouquet of wild flowers, a bunch of sweetbrier. When she went to her room that night she found the sweetbrier she had tucked away in the morning, and knew that the secret of the sweetness that had surrounded her all day, even in the barren places, was within her own bosom.
Just so we may carry about in our own hearts the secret of a perpetual sweetness, and our own inner life may make all our world; and it, and it alone, will envelop every one we meet with something of sweetness to us; it will also hide much that otherwise would appear wrong in others. The ideal woman that Mrs. Browning described must certainly have possessed this virtue, for:
"None knelt at her feet confessed lovers in thrall;
They knelt more to God than they used, that was all.
If you praised her as charming, some asked what you meant;
But the charm of her presence was felt where she went."
— Onward.
Growing Round a Trouble
By Clara Edna Rosencrans
By Clara Edna Rosencrans
"Did you ever try adopting a trouble?" said Grandon Cope.
"Adopting a trouble," I said. "I don't understand you, Mr. Cope."
"Well, then, 'growing round one,' just as we plant vines and flowers about some unsightly object, such as a stone or a stump, allowing them to overgrow and beautify it, until it becomes the most attractive thing in our garden."
THESE words which Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney puts into the mouth of one of her characters, seem to me pregnant with meaning; for, altho we all have troubles, vastly more depends on the attitude which we assume toward them than on the greatness of the trials themselves. I have met those who have borne bitter sorrows; yet, instead of being softened and made better by them, they were hard, bitter, and unyielding as flint. The earth around the ugly stump or stone can be enriched and made fertile, so that there will be life-giving power and substance for the seeds there planted; or it can be left barren and hard, so as to yield nothing but a sickly crop of bitter weeds. How often we hear the remark, "The richest place in my garden is around that old stump"! So in the spring morning-glories and cypress seeds are planted there, and it is made a thing of beauty.
Now we can do this very thing with our soul garden. Where the bitterest sorrow is — where the pain is the sorest — there may the sweetest graces grow, just as the water-lily draws its nourishment from the murky depths of some muddy pool. On the other hand, we may cultivate bitter or rebellious thoughts until our garden will bring forth nothing but noxious poison-plants, exhaling vile odors and injuring all who touch them.
I have two little friends — wheel-chair cripples, both of them — whose lives exemplify what I have said. The older one is sadly, pitifully deformed, almost totally blind, and more than half of the time can not raise her voice above a whisper; yet peace and joy are not merely transient guests, but have come to make their home with her. She is the counselor, helper, and sympathizer of and with a large circle of acquaintances, and is beloved by all who know her. The "blessed hope" is ever more dear to her as her life nears the sunset. The other is a tiny creature who, tho past twenty, has never stood upon her feet. Her life is full of business, and her hands are never idle. I have known her for years, yet never have I heard a word of complaint escape her lips, while her merry voice is good to hear. Both of them have doubtless known sorrow and more than the usual crosses, and yet how happy they are!
In marked contrast to these is another life that has touched my own. This woman, altho she has had at least a large measure of life's blessings, has yet grown steadily bitter and unlovely, and as the growing infirmities of age draw on, her life is very unhappy. While my heart goes out to her in pity, I can not but see the foolishness of letting the sour rind of her own unhappiness surround her poor old heart, until she can think of nothing but her misery. The first two have grown over and around their troubles, until they have ennobled, uplifted, and glorified them. They have lived in such close companionship with pain and sorrow that they are no longer strangers, and thus can say as did Paul, "All things work together for good to them that love God;" and while they wait here in the shadow, they can look forward to the eternal weight of glory and to the life where there will be no more pain. To such suffering and sorrowing ones comes with added joy the assurance, "Affliction shall not rise up the second time."
Pain may torture the body, sorrow may rack the soul; but overgrowing, covering up — beautifying — the things which Satan would make unsightly, are the special graces of Christ, seen in such manifest glory that we can but envy them the accomplishment while we shrink from the pain which has wrought it out.
Who shall say that the poor old stump, covered with its weight of fragrant bloom, is not more beautiful in its decay than was the tree clothed in its springtime verdure? And who shall say that these lives, fragrant with the incense of self-yielding, could have borne richer fruit for the Master had the soul been left untrammeled and the body unbent and free? There is blessedness in such faith as this. There is joy in thus living above pain and sorrow — and "growing around our trouble"!
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Praise in Prayer
By Richard Baxter
LITTLE do we know how we wrong ourselves by shutting out of our prayers the praises of God, or allowing them so narrow a room as we usually do, while we are copious enough in our confessions and petitions.— Richard Baxter.
Doing for God
“EVEN in the life that is ordinary, the part that is done for God is enormous.”
Book Notices
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"The Great Historical Period;" and "The Prophets;" and the New Testament, composed of the following subdivisions: "The Synoptic Gospel;" "Early Writings Belonging to a Transitional Stage of Thought;" "The Pauline Epistles;" and "The Johannæan Writings." One will find in these studies many helpful suggestions. We regret, however, to see the manifest yielding to some of the theories of the "higher critics."
"United States Money versus Corporation Currency, 'Aldrich Plan'," by Alfred Owen Crozier. 30 illustrations, paper covers, price 25 cents. The Magnet Company, publisher, Provident Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
This paper covered book, which is having a tremendous circulation, is well summarised in its frontispiece, entitled "The Coming Money Trust," presented as a great octopus which is vomiting money into the New York Stock Exchange. The arms of this octopus have coiled around the United States Treasury, the United States Capitol, the White House, the factory, the bank, and the farm, thus grasping by national reserve association and private syndicates all of the great industries of the country. It sets forth its facts and theories in a striking way, emphasizing its forceful setting by cartoons, italics, bold-face, and otherwise. Some of its cartoons are tremendously striking. It certainly will have a strong effect upon the people, and ought to be somewhat of a warning to the men who are forgetful of all else save their own private interests.
"Himself," talks with men concerning themselves, by E. B. Lowry, M.D., and Richard J. Lambert, M.D. Price $1.00. Forbes & Co., Chicago.
This is a companion book to "Herself," talks with women concerning themselves; and its object is to state in clear, non-technical terms the things concerning the physical man, that every adult male should know. It describes in clear, correct manner, without going into minute anatomy, the things which interest the majority of men. Man's own destinies in this respect are placed before him, and he is recognized as a free agent to choose his course in life and to decide his own conduct. Chapters have been added to the work taking up the vital issues of the day and the things which closely concern the home and the man's relation to his wife and children. It certainly would be helpful if it could be read by many men. The volume can be secured of the Pacific Press if desired, as can also other works by the same author.
"Year-book of the United States Brewers' Association," giving the proceedings of the fifty-second annual convention held in Boston, Massachusetts, in September, 1912. Published by the United States Brewers' Association, New York.
Notwithstanding our uncomplimentary notices, the volume comes to us annually, filled with a great many facts which the student of social economics ought to know. To us it is quite an important temperance document. It tells where millions of dollars are expended annually by the American people from which no adequate returns come, and it is worthy of study by the workers who are laboring for the uplift of social life. Of course it records with feelings of triumph the states and communities that are turning from prohibition, and at the same time discounts more or less the territories which are dry. It claims that prohibition is responsible for many things that are evil. All of this, of course, will be taken with proper consideration by the reader. Notwithstanding all this, we wish to express our thanks for the courtesy of sending us the book.
"Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator," an inquiry conducted by the Right Rev. F. S. Spaulding, D.D., Bishop of Utah, with the kind assistance of capable scholars. Printed by the Arrow Press, 66 W. Second Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.
This is not a work against Mormonism in the usual sense of the word. Dr. Spaulding has taken it up from an entirely different view-point. He has taken the records of Mormonism themselves, records which Mormons themselves declare to be from old Egyptian plates. He has submitted these proofs to such scholars as Dr. A. H. Sayce, of Oxford, England, Dr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, of London University, James H. Breasted, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, and Dr. Arthur C. Mace, assistant curator in Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Department, of New York. These, and other scholars, examining the proofs of the Mormon plates from a purely scientific standpoint, pronounce them to be pure fabrications, and the clumsiest of forgeries. We commend the little pamphlet of Dr. Spaulding to all who are studying Mormonism.
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This is a book that every home should have. It adds to the interest of Old Testament study as no other book does. At the present time it is used as a help in the study of the Sabbath-school lessons, also the International Sunday-school lessons, an outline study being supplied free for use with the latter.
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Knowledge and Love
Knowledge alone of the Word of God is of no real benefit. It will never build a character. It may “set off” the individual, and bring him worldly admiration and honor, but it will not honor Christ. Divinity is hidden by the human. The individual will find his chief delight in what he knows and what his knowledge brings; but love for God, while it may delight in knowledge, will find greater delight in what it is able to do for the Master. Knowledge is profitable only when united with love. Love in itself implies knowledge, for one can not love that which he does not know. The apostle in 1 Cor. 8:1 strikingly expresses the difference between the two,—“Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth,” or, to render it in clearer Anglo-Saxon terms, “Knowledge puffeth up, but charity buildeth up.” The difference is that between an inflated bag and a well-built stone edifice. “Love never faileth.”
The prison commissioners of California, who have oversight of San Quentin prison, have certainly adopted a good ruling, in response to the desire of Warden Hoyle. The prison stripes are to go, and all except the incorrigibles are to be dressed in blue uniforms. The incorrigibles will wear the striped clothes and be kept by themselves. When a man is brought into the penitentiary, he is placed in the second class and given a suit of plain blue with a blue cap. After a probationary period of six months, he will go into the first class, where it is expected the majority of persons will stay. These wear a V on their sleeve. It is good to know that out of 1,900 prisoners there are only thirty considered incorrigible.
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The Ubiquitous Bible.—There is no book on earth that has furnished the forceful figures, the clear, direct language that the Bible has. Were it not divine, this would indeed be a wonder. All writers of good English use it. These thoughts are suggested by an article in a recent great magazine which pleads for improvement in agricultural lands, rather than to use money in speculation; and says that "such improvement would make living cheaper and life happier, and life would be put on a sure economic basis," and closes by saying, "Moth does not corrupt that; nor can thieves break through and steal; nor can change nor circumstance nor panic take it away." Of course this is speaking in an
accommodated sense, for even land itself is not sure in this world. Our Lord uses the figure to show us something of far more worth than anything that men can get in this life, whether land or gold.
