p. 15 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 49. (12/22/1887)

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THE ADVENT REVIEW

By Editor

AND SABBATH HERALD.

A RELIGIOUS FAMILY JOURNAL, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH., BY THE S. D. A. PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION.

SIXTEEN large, closely printed pages of choice reading matter, treating upon all the Prophetic themes of the Bible, the Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ at Hand, Closing Reforms in the Church, the Gospel of Christ, Conversion, Practical Godliness, etc.

This is the organ of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, the oldest journal of this people. It is now in its sixty-second volume. Contains full reports from the ministers and the doings of the different organizations of this denomination. No one should fail to take the Review and Herald. Price, in advance, $2.00 per year.

Address, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.

GERMAN EDITION OF

By Editor

THE LIFE OF CHRIST.

The Life of Christ

BY MRS. E. G. WHITE.

AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN," "SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL," "BIBLE SANCTIFICATION," AND OTHER VALUABLE RELIGIOUS WORKS.

THIS new volume from the pen of the above gifted author, who is already so well known both in this country and in Europe from her previous writings on religious and temperance topics, will be hailed with delight by the German-reading public throughout the world.

This work is written in a simple, yet terse and interesting narrative style, and brings out many gems of truth in the life and works of Christ which cannot but awaken new interest and arouse a deeper love for the Saviour of mankind.

The book is for all classes, rich and poor, high and low, young and old. All can learn valuable lessons from this life of the "Great Teacher."

"The Life of Christ" is printed in clear, large type, from new plates, on fine calendered paper, and contains over 600 pages. The 28 engravings which the book contains illustrate the text and assist the reader to more readily understand the circumstances and surroundings of Christ while on earth, and to grasp the truths which the author brings out in its pages.

The narrative of the four evangelists is skillfully woven into the work, and they are shown to be in harmony throughout. While the work will be found to harmonize strictly with the Bible, it at the same time so thoroughly interests the reader that it is with reluctance that he lays it down until the last page has been read.

Cloth, plain, without illustrations, - - - $1.50 " " with 28 full-page illustrations, - - - 1.75

Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

IN THE HEART OF THE SIERRAS.

By J. M. Hutchings

BY J. M. HUTCHINGS.

THIS new work is a complete historical and descriptive summary of the wonderful Yo Semite Valley and Big Tree Groves. The author, Mr. Hutchings, is an old pioneer, and has for more than 20 years resided in the Valley. He took the first sketches of it that were ever taken, and was the first to make its

MARVELOUS GRANDEUR KNOWN TO THE WORLD.

The work is complete in one volume of nearly 600 pages, and is illustrated with over 150 illustrations, 28 of which are

BEAUTIFUL FULL-PAGE ARTOTYPES.

These artotypes are the most charmingly characteristic of any illustrations ever produced, and are perfectly true to life, having been photographed from nature.

Sold only by subscription. Agents wanted everywhere. For prices and terms, Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY,

By Chas. C. Ramsey

SOUTH LANCASTER, MASS.

AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INCREASING POPULARITY.

This school is located at South Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass., thirty-five miles from Boston, and was founded in 1882.

It is prosperous because operated on correct educational principles. Thorough instruction is given in all the common branches, and those of the usual high school and academic courses. There are also well-sustained Biblical and Normal Departments.

ITS SPECIAL FEATURES ARE,

1. A judicious discipline for the development of moral character. It is a safe place for the young.

2. Methods of teaching that aim at mental culture of a high type.

3. Instruction and practice in various kinds of manual labor and the use of tools.

4. Astonishingly low expenses. Sixteen dollars per school month-pays all expense of tuition, board, lodging, washing, lights, fuel, etc. For catalogue or further information address, CHAS. C. RAMSEY, A. M., Principal.

PACIFIC HEALTH JOURNAL

By Editor

AND TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.

A THIRTY-TWO PAGE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted to the dissemination of true temperance principles, and instruction in the art of preserving health. It is emphatically

A JOURNAL FOR THE PEOPLE.

Containing what everybody wants to know, and is thoroughly practical. Its range of subjects is unlimited, embracing everything that in any way effects the health. Its articles being short and pointed, it is specially adapted to farmers, mechanics, and housekeepers, who have but little leisure for reading. It is just the journal that every family needs, and may be read with profit by all. Price, $1.00 per year.

Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Publishers, Oakland, Cal.

THE AMERICAN SENTINEL.

By Editor

AN EIGHT-PAGE MONTHLY JOURNAL,

DEVOTED TO

The defense of American Institutions, the preservation of the United States Constitution as it is, so far as regards religion or religious tests, and the maintenance of human rights, both civil and religious.

It will ever be uncompromisingly opposed to anything tending toward a union of Church and State, either in name or in fact.

Single Copy, Per Year, post-paid, - - - 50c. In clubs of five or more copies, per year, each, - - 30c. To foreign countries, single subscription, post-paid, - 2s. Address, AMERICAN SENTINEL, 1059 Castro St., OAKLAND, CAL.

VIEWS OF NATIONAL REFORM.

By Editor

PACKAGE NO. 1, 184 PAGES, 20 CENTS.

THIS package contains thirteen tracts treating upon the various phases of the National Reform movement, as follows:—

NO.	PAGES.
1. Religious Legislation,	8
2. Religious Liberty,	8
3. National Reform and the Rights of Conscience,	16
4. The American Papacy,	16
5. Bold and Base Avowal,	16
6. National Reform is Church and State,	16
7. Purity of National Religion,	8
8. The Salem Witchcraft,	8
9. What Think Ye of Christ?,	8
10. National Reformed Constitution and the American Hierarchy,	24
11. The Republic of Israel,	8
12. National Reformed Presbyterianism,	32
13. The National Reform Movement an Absurdity,	16

The above package will be sent post-paid to any address for twenty cents.

Address, AMERICAN SENTINEL, Oakland, Cal.

HISTORY OF THE SABBATH

By John Nevins Andrews

AND FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.

BY ELD. J. N. ANDREWS.

THIS WORK CONTAINS A MINE OF INFORMATION.

THE Bible record of the Sabbath; the secular history concerning it; the successive steps by which the change to the first day was made, and the work of restoration, are given in detail.

Every text of Scripture concerning the Sabbath is commented on at length; and the complete Testimony of the Fathers in regard to the Sabbath and first day is given. The comparative merits of the seventh and the first-day Sabbaths are fully shown. A copious index enables the reader to find any text, or the statement of any historian.

Should be read by everybody. 548 pp. Price, $2.00. Address; PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

Religion and State

By Editor

The National Reformers indignantly deny the charge that they are laboring for a union of Church and State, but insist that what they want is a union of Religion and the State. The Rev. Josiah Strong, D. D., General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, and author of the well-known book, "Our Country," has expressed himself to the same effect. He, with the National Reformers, wants not Church and State, but Religion and State. Says Dr. Strong, "I distinguish, as some apparently do not, between Church and Religion."

Now we think we know enough about mathematics to work out so simple a problem as is here presented. The three terms are these, the State, the Church, and Religion. They say that they design to keep Church and State forever separate and distinct, but that Religion and State must be closely united. The result of our calculation is that if they succeed in their design they will necessarily have to divorce the Church and Religion. If this solution is not correct, we should be glad if someone would point out the defect in our calculation. We verily believe that when the National Reformers, and their many friends who do not go by that name, shall have accomplished their purpose, no one of acute perception will have any difficulty in distinguishing between Church and Religion. There may be a form of Religion but the power will have fled forever.

(Ed.)

GOOD WORDS FOR ROME.

By Editor

QUITE a sensation was made in one of the meetings of the Christian Conference just held in Washington, D. C., by a reference to the Catholic Church. Mr. Simeon E. Baldwin, of New Haven, Conn., asked what church had best observed and guarded the teachings of the Bible regarding the family and divorce, and replied that no church represented in that conference, but only "the older Christian church with its head at Rome." He said that he was sorry that in this conference he had listened to unkind words respecting this old Christian church. At this a member cried out, "I object to that; I don't believe it is a Christian church at all." After the buzz of excitement that followed this had subsided, Mr. Baldwin rejoined:—

"That is exactly the sentiment that I have heard uttered from this platform, and against which I protest. In my work with Mr. Dike in the divorce-reform league, I have found no truer friend than the Roman Catholic Church. One of the great friends to the cause of social advancement is the Roman Catholic Church. It guards the home, it guards the family, it guards the child. We ought to make friends with the Roman Catholic Church, and unless we do it, we reject one of the great factors in the cause of the advancement of Christ."

When Mr. Baldwin sat down, Mr. Dodge, the President of the Evangelical Alliance, under whose auspices the conference was held, said he was sorry that Mr. Baldwin had so entirely mistaken the sentiment of the Alliance on this question. He said that he knew of no one who had not profound respect for the piety of Roman Catholics, and for the good done by them. The only word that had been uttered was that they did not believe in allegiance to a foreign power, a power that was opposed to our free institutions, especially our public schools, but that for the Catholic Church as a Christian church they had nothing but love and sympathy. Said he: "We will always welcome their assistance, and we will defend with our hearts' blood rights for them that we claim for ourselves." The remarks of Mr. Dodge were interrupted by prolonged applause, and the conference broke out in applause at their close.

THUS we see how the barriers between Catholicism and Protestantism are being taken away, and it is not the Catholic Church that is making the advances. How long will it be before professed Protestants will begin to condemn Luther? The Catholic Church has not changed a particle; and if it is now one of the great factors in the advancement of the cause of Christ and social reforms, it must have been so in Luther's day; and if so, he made a great mistake. The truth is, the great body of professed Protestants have become so intoxicated with the wine of Rome—the desire for "catholicity" and church supremacy—that they are even now scarcely able to distinguish between Christ and antichrist.

LESSON PAMPHLET.

By Editor

AT the late session of the International Sabbath-school Association, the following recommendation by the Lesson Committee was adopted:—

"That the lessons for 1888 be written immediately and, after approval by the Executive Committee, that they be published in two pamphlets, of twenty-six lessons each, for the use of Sabbath-school officers and teachers."

The lessons for the first six months of 1888 are now ready, and orders for the first of the above-mentioned pamphlets may now be sent in. This pamphlet will also contain the lesson that has been prepared for the use of the Senior Division at the camp-meetings. Price, post-paid, 10 cents. Send orders to Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.

It should be borne in mind that this pamphlet is only "for the use of Sabbath-school officers and teachers." It is not designed for general circulation. Sabbath-school scholars will receive their lesson week by week as heretofore, and that is sufficient for their needs. But the Committee recognized the fact that it is often an advantage to teachers to know what is coming. By means of this pamphlet, moreover, ministers who are traveling from place to place visiting churches, and attending camp-meetings, may always be able to join with the school in the lesson for the day, although they may not have received any Instructor. Whenever a minister visits a school, the officers and teachers expect help from him, and valuable suggestions in regard to the lessons, and they have a right to expect this. But very often they are disappointed, because he "didn't have any paper, and therefore couldn't learn the lesson." They will no longer have this excuse, and the schools may hereafter feel perfectly free to call upon a minister to teach a class whenever he visits them.

MISSION DONATIONS.

By N. C. McClure

ON Thanksgiving day the sisters of the Selma church thought of our city mission, and donated liberally from their stores of fruits, bedding, table linen, etc. Accompanying the letter of advice was also a post-office order for $5.00. This is the first remembrance of the missions since the appeal was made at the State camp-meeting; but as the season for business pressure is now over we shall expect to be frequently remembered in this way. We extend the thanks of the mission for the favors. Above all, brethren and sisters, do not forget to pray for us in this work. N. C. McCLURE.

NOTICE.

By Editor

IN the book "Sacred Chronology and the Peopling of the Earth," page 281, there is a misprint. In the eleventh line from the bottom which reads, "A colony from Sidon founded Tyre five miles down the coast," it should read twenty-five instead of five. We discovered this ourselves, but if anybody finds any other mistake we shall be glad if they will inform us.

How to Study Sabbath-School Lessons

In the Sunday School Times, George W. Cable gives some good advice about how to study Sabbath-school lessons. One point should be remembered by everybody. He says: "Do not begin the lesson's study in any sort of 'lesson help.' Don't cry 'help' till your strength fails. Go straight to the Scripture text itself. Helps will be good by and by, not to give us first conceptions, but to supplement and confirm our right conceptions, and correct our wrong ones."

THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES,

By Editor

PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT OAKLAND, CAL., FOR THE

International Tract and Missionary Society.

A sixteen-page Religious Family Paper, devoted to a discussion of the Prophecies, Signs of the Times, Second Coming of Christ, Harmony of the Law and Gospel; with Departments devoted to Health and Temperance, The Home Circle, the Missionary Work, and the Sabbath-school.

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Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Twelfth and Castro Sts., OAKLAND, CAL., U. S. A.

The Signs of the Times.

By Editor

OAKLAND, CAL., FIFTH-DAY, DECEMBER 22, 1887.

We send no papers from this office without pay in advance unless by special arrangement. When persons receive copies without ordering them, they are sent by other parties, and we can give no information in regard to them. Persons thus receiving copies of the SIGNS are not indebted to the office, and will not be called upon for pay. Please read the papers and hand them to your friends to read.

THE report of the Annual Convention of the National W. C. T. U. says of the one who made the opening prayer:—

"She opened with a prayer that carried all hearts up to God, 'Our Mother God as well as our Father.'"

This is dose enough for our readers at one time, so we forbear giving any more till another time.

Modern Spiritualism Against the Bible

By Editor

A FRIEND in renewing his subscription refers to Rev. 16:13, 14, also Rev. 17:13, 14, and asks if it may not be that modern Spiritualism is warring with the word of God. Of course it may be. Modern Spiritualism does nothing else. It was devised by the great enemy of truth, and its sole object is to lead men away from the truth of the Bible. Our friend need not be in doubt on that point.

Bird Slaughter for Bonnet Decorations

By Editor

LET it not be forgotten, to the credit of the ladies of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, recently assembled in annual convention in Nashville, Tenn., that they passed a resolution deprecating the slaughter of birds in order to decorate ladies' bonnets. Of course this pledges each member of the Union to abstain from the use of such decorations, and we may hope erelong to see the savage custom a thing of the past among civilized people.

The Growing Sunday Question

THERE is no question that is growing faster in the United States to-day than is the Sunday question. It is coming nearer and nearer to the point where it will be an essential factor in the political field. And the Christian Nation announces the intention of it all, thus:—

"Let those who will remember the Sabbath to keep it holy from motives of love and obedience; the remnant must be made to do so through fear of law. We have no option."—Christian Nation, September 28, 1887.

A Church Without Discipline

By Editor

The Christian Cynosure reports the following church item:—

Rev. H. C. Heyser, pastor of a German evangelical church, has resigned. He says: "The cause of the disagreement is due to the fact that we have socialists and anarchists among the church members. They want a religion without a Christ and a world without a God. That is a kind of theology of which I have no understanding, and not being able to preach it resigned. The most influential members in the congregation, it appears, are either saloon keepers or proprietors of shooting galleries, and the church is unable to discipline them."

It would seem that a church that had not the power to discipline such members as that, had better cease to be called a church, because it is in fact just anything at all but a church.

The Theory of Probation After Death

By Editor

The following from a correspondent of the Congregationalist, is an example of the natural working of the theory of a probation after death:—

"One of our clergymen, not long ago, wrote a paper in defense of the Andover theology. The paper was printed and a copy sent to me. Not far from this time I met the son of this clergyman, and as we were conversing on religious matters, he lightly said: 'Well, if there's going to be another chance in the next world, I guess I won't trouble myself about religion now.'"

Let it be remembered that this "Andover theology" is but another phase of the well-known doctrine of the Age-to-come, and that all Age-to-come teaching tends directly to lull men into security.