p. 13 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 32. (8/9/1899)

Earlier text: America Drifting from Freedom

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

By David Paulson, M.D.

It has been found that ripe fruit digests the quickest of any food substance, and nuts next. Fruits and nuts make a very good combination, while fruits and vegetables do not. There are several reasons for this, the principle one being that vegetables are so coarse and fibrous that they require a much longer time to disintegrate and come into solution than do the fruits.

You may think of these vegetable fibers in the stomach as little bits of yarn—of course they are not so large, and yet, masticate vegetables as much as you will, some of these coarse fibers may be found remaining. Take cabbage, for example. It is about twenty-five per cent, woody fiber, so a person would have to eat about half a bushel of cabbage to get the nourishment of a reasonable meal. Now suppose one take some fruit with these coarse vegetables. It can readily be seen that particles of the fruit would be caught in these little fibers and held there until the fibers were disintegrated.

Ordinary fruits pass out of the stomach, when in a normal condition, in an hour or an hour and a half, while vegetables ordinarily do not pass out of the stomach under three and one-half to four and one-half hours. Under these circumstances, in weak digestion, the fruit soon begins to sour and ferment, until the whole mass ferments.

Many times persons who take fruits and vegetables together will have sour stomachs, when they could eat them separately with no deleterious results. A well person who has plenty of exercise may eat fruits and vegetables without injury; sufficient gastric juice will be poured out, and the acids of the fruit will keep the stomach in an aseptic condition.

The wood-chopper, for instance, does not think much about combinations. But those who have not the right start in life, who have little exercise and weak powers of digestion, must be careful about combinations, and will find it better not to eat fruits and vegetables at the same meal; if you wish to eat vegetables, eat them at one meal, and eat fruits and nuts at another.

DAVID PAULSON, M.D.

Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich.

REAL FRIENDS.

By Emma Graves Dietrick

[By Emma Graves Dietrick, in Christian Work.]

"YOU'LL catch it when your mother sees you," said Joe to Charlie, as the latter picked himself slowly from the ground, and ruefully eyed a jagged hole in his new trousers and the mud that was literally plastered over his clothes. But Charlie answered, "Humph, you don't know my mother."

"I'll bet she'll give you a regular scolding," replied Joe.

"My mother never scolds," said Charlie; she'll say, 'Well, I guess you've had a tumble; did you hurt yourself, dear?'"

Joe looked in open-mouthed amazement at his friend, and said, slowly, "Do you mean that she'll really think about you first, before

she talks about the mud and the hole?" To which Charlie rather indignantly replied: "Of course I do. My mother knows I wouldn't tear my clothes and roll in the mud on purpose. You want to remember that my mother and I are more than just related to each other—we're real friends."

How many boys can say that? If yours can not, be sure there is a grave mistake somewhere.

It is true that a mother must guide, control, advise, or command, as the occasion requires, but to degenerate into either a servant or an officer is to abuse God-given opportunities.

A problem worthy of the careful, prayerful study of every mother is, How can I be "real friends" with my boy?

Would you like to know how one mother did? She believed that there is no need of a boy's being rude, boisterous or mean, and finding excuse in the oft-repeated phrase, "that's the boy of it." Therefore in that home the boys received habitual courtesy from their mother; not a servile attention, but graceful, dignified politeness, that by its own heartiness won a response in kind. Did a boy friend come to the door, he was genially welcomed, and made to feel so much at home that he was glad to come again. Sometimes her own boys grew tired of being quiet, and the mother would suggest that they run out and ask three or four other boys in for some fun. This did not mean a back room or an attic, by any means; for how could they learn cultivated manners that way? If possible, it was the parlor, and mother was the life and heart of it all. Games and jolly times were theirs, and because boys do dearly love something nice to eat, there was always a simple but plentiful lunch. They were people of very limited means, and economy was necessary. Three or four eggs boiled hard, then grated fine, seasoned with salt and a little melted butter, and spread between thin slices of bread and butter, then cut into triangles and piled upon one of the prettiest plates, made sandwiches that the boys pronounced "just swell." These, with a cup of chocolate for each, made them all happy; and served, as it always was, in the prettiest dishes, and with just as graceful courtesy as if they were guests of social distinction, do you wonder the boys and their friends grew manlier and truer? Sometimes it was only apples and pop-corn, or a dish of nuts, or lemonade and wafers, but one never-failing condition was the dainty service.

No wonder that this mother's boys thought home the loveliest place in all the world, and proudly spoke of her as "our best girl." Do you say they were exceptional boys? No, not at all, except as this treatment developed the manliest traits of character.

Perhaps you think this mother had plenty of time, while you are far too busy to "bother with the boys." But this mother did all the housework for a family of six, not even having help for washing and ironing. Nearly all the family sewing, too, was done by her busy fingers. A share in church work, a large class in Sunday-school, and many another outside demand kept her every moment busy. But to her mind the most important duty of her life was to keep the close, loving confidence of her boys. Whatever interested them they expected her to enjoy also—and she did.

It pays to be "real friends" with the boys. It can not be done by spasmodic effort—it takes steady living. But is it not what God designs for us?

Real friendship is nearer than kinship. "I have called you friends," is Christ's tenderness saying to His disciples.

To feed and clothe and reprove is not a mother's highest duty; but while these may not be neglected, let her rather strive to bind her children to her heart in a friendship so true that nothing can shake it, and so strong that it will last into eternity.

Happiness in Misery

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The Discipline of God

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The Safety of Secrets

SECRETS, as a rule, are safe only with those people who would rather not hear them.

WHERE LIES THE BLAME?

A FARMER drove up to our mill door with a load of wheat. He had a fine team of horses, but he, alas, was a sickly, meager-looking creature. Now, as he handed out the sacks of grain, he chanced upon a basket well-filled with golden apples.

Forthwith he gave the precious fruit to the miller, saying, in grievous tones: "Never do apples pass my lips without subsequent suffering; take them, and may they deal better with thee than me. I have no pleasure in food; all alike causes distress and bitterness."

"On what dost thou dine, friend?" asked the miller.

"Salt meat, sausage, eggs, pancakes, pickles, and white bread form the chief part of my dietary; but the water is bad where I live. The only way for me to have better health is to sell what I have and move away."

But the miller, noticing his sleek-looking horses, remarked:—

"And do your horses partake of the same water?"

"Indeed, they take no other," the farmer made answer.

"Tobacco is a daily indulgence with you?" said the miller.

"Oh, yes, I couldn't live without my pipe."

"But your horses seem to thrive on the water which injures you. If they used the tobacco you do, if they lived on your diet, would they thrive, or would the water sicken them too?"

The farmer changed his diet, and left off using tobacco. Strange to relate, the water agreed with him to perfection, and he eats apples with impunity.—St. Louis Magazine.

TO GET RID OF FLIES.

PEOPLE in the country who are annoyed by flies should remember that clusters of the fragrant clover, which grows abundantly by nearly every roadside, if hung in the room and left to dry and shed its faint fragrant perfume through the air, will drive away more flies than sticky saucers of molasses and other fly-traps and fly-paper can ever collect.—New York Tribune.

THE GOOD CAPTAIN.

By Pauline S. Fife

At rest in the quiet harbor, A ship at anchor lay, While o'er the peaceful landscape Came down the twilight gray.

"Now," said her gallant captain, "All storm and toil is past; My gems and precious spices Are safe in port at last.

"Ah, fearful was the voyage! These waters now so mild Seemed then possessed by demons, And voices strange and wild.

"So stormy were the heavens, So black the angry sea, My men in fear and anguish Forgot to trust in me.

"But, O, I built that vessel— I shaped her iron frame; And more than that, I trusted In great Jehovah's name!"

O soul, fear not the surges Of life's unresting sea! Nor angry winds and tempests— Thy Captain guideth thee!

Did He who sent thee sailing Upon the sea of life, Not know these very tempests Would be about thee rife?

There's not a depth can hide thee From the eternal care Of Him who forms the tempest And binds the very air.

O, trust in God, my brother; He ever doeth best. Sometime in heaven's harbor Thou, too, shalt take thy rest.

Oakland, Cal. PAULINE S. FIFE.

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SOME of us have positive convictions on the subject. We have memories that confirm us. Whatever other people do now, or did once, we know what our fathers did. Twenty years of family prayer, morning and evening, was likely to leave an impression on the children.

What if they did "not like it" because it was "tiresome," or because they had "no taste for it"? What if they occasionally wished that "father would forget it some mornings"? What if, when they visited other homes where prayers were omitted, they wished that at their house they could have the same freedom from the restraints of religion? What if they did resolve not to bind their own children by any such invariable custom when they should become heads of families?

When at last father died, they missed the usual service, and as they looked into the thin face and remembered how those lips, now silent, had faithfully called on God every morning and every evening, they were glad that this record had been made by the departed saint, and they quietly resolved to make the same record. Prayer may interfere with business plans now and then for five or ten minutes in the morning, but no one ever regrets it when the last morning has come, and the coffin is in the parlor.—Christian Work.

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LESSON IX.—SABBATH, AUGUST 26, 1899.

BLASPHEMY OF THE PHARISEES.

Judea, A.D. 30.

Lesson Scripture, Luke 12:1-46.

1 “In the meantime, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trode one upon another, He began to say unto His disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; 3 and hid, that shall not be known. Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. And I say unto you My friends, Be not afraid of them which kill the body, and after that have 5 no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom ye shall fear; Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast 6 into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear Him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and not one of them is forgotten 7 in the sight of God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are of more value than many spar8 rows. And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the 9 angels of God; but he that denieth Me in the presence of men 10 shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God. And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that blasphemeth against 11 the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, 12 be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say; for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say. 13 “And one out of the multitude said unto Him, Master, bid 14 my brother divide the inheritance with me. But He said unto 15 him, Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you? And He said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness; for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance 16 of the things which he possesseth. And He spake a parable 17 unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought 18 forth plentifully; and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and 19 build greater; and there will I bestow all my corn and my 20 goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 21 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, 22 whose shall they be? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 23 “And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your 24 body, what ye shall put on. For the life is more than food, 25 and the body than the raiment. Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor 26 barn; and God feedeth them; of how much more value are ye 27 than the birds! And which of you by being anxious can add 28 a cubit unto his stature? If then ye are not able to do even 29 that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest? 30 Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, neither do 31 they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory 32 was not arrayed like one of these. But if God doth so clothe 33 the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast 34 into the oven; how much more shall He clothe you, O ye of 35 little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye 36 shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these 37 things do the nations of the world seek after; but your Father 38 knoweth that ye have need of these things. Howbeit seek ye 39 His kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you. Fear 40 not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give 41 you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; make for 42 yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heav43 ens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither 44 moth destroyeth. For where your treasure is, there will your 45 heart be also. “Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. Be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. “And Peter said, Lord, speakest Thou this parable unto us, or even unto all? And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.” NOTE.—The texts enclosed in marks of parentheses, while not essential to the lesson study, will be found to throw much light upon the lesson, and are suggested for those who wish to study further.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

What warning did Jesus deliver to His disciples in hearing of the multitude? Luke 12:1.
What reason did He give for this warning? Verses 2, 3.
Whom did He say we should not fear? Verse 4.
Whom should we fear? Verse 5.
What beautiful illustration of God’s care for His creatures did Jesus then give? Verses 6-9. (Two farthings, Assaria, about three cents.)
What did Jesus say would be the result of confessing and denying Him? Verses 8, 9.
What will be the result of speaking against the Holy Ghost? Verse 10.
If we retain the presence of the Spirit, what is promised in time of persecution? Verses 11, 12. (Rom. 8:26.)
What request did one of the company make? What reply did Jesus make? Verse 13, 14.
What did Jesus teach in regard to covetousness? What reason did He give? Verse 15.
Repeat the parable of the foolish rich man. Verses 16-20.
What application did the Saviour make of this parable? Verses 21-30. (James 2:5; Ps. 147:9.)
What promise is given to God’s people? Verses 31, 32.
What duty is enjoined upon the little flock at this time? Verses 33-36.
What assurance is given to them who are watching? Verses 37, 38.
What promise is made to the faithful steward? Vs. 42-44.
What is said of the servant who says, “My Lord delayeth His coming”? Verses 45, 46.

Side Lights.—“Desire of Ages,” chapter 44.

THE INCOMPARABLE WORD.

By Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher

O THOU Bible! holy Book of wonders! what more can we need, when He who bears "the key of David" opens to us thy treasures? Where is the darkness which thy light will not dispel? where the emptiness which the tree of life will not satisfy? where the thirst which thy living streams will not quench? where the mountains which can not be ascended when we have with us Thy rod and staff? O Word of God, sent from heaven! who can estimate the fulness of that service of love which thou hast wrought for us? We seek after God—thou unveilest to us His face. We desire to know His will—thou discoverest to us His law, with its thunders and lightnings. Terrified by the voice from Sinai, we inquire into the state of our hearts—thou disclosest to us their most secret depths. We sink under the heavy load of our sins—thou showest to us the sentence of condemnation torn asunder, and nailed to the Saviour's cross. We tremble to find that we are naked in the presence of a holy God—thou tellest us of the spotless righteousness of Immanuel, and sayest gently, "Go in peace."

We fear lest we should not walk worthy of our calling—thou sayest to us, "Take courage; for Christ is made of God unto you wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption." We tremble before the enemy who would fain swallow us up—again thou raisest our heads: "The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath conquered; take courage; take courage." Trouble surrounds us—thou liftest us out of the abyss; see, it was the chastisement of love. We are left alone—thou directest us to a friendly bosom, where all tears are wiped away. The path of our pilgrimage is dark and gloomy—thou givest us the wings of hope, so that we fly away over this world's mountains. The day of our life is coming to a close, the evening is drawing nigh—thou openest to us a window that looks to the east, and, behold, we see in the distance the glorious lights of our own eternal home; and, O, what a home! O Word of life! treasure of salvation! without equal; which makes our poverty rich, our weakness strong, gilding with heavenly light the shades of our earthly pilgrimage! Let us kiss thee with kisses of love—let us cover thee with tears of joy.—F. W. Krummacher.

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LESSON IX.—SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1899

RETURNING FROM CAPTIVITY.

NOTE.—This is the first lesson of the fulfilment of God's promises to Daniel, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. This, and several lessons which follow, are upon principles and incidents connected with a great reform in God's work, and are useful in their application to-day. The date was about B.C. 536; and the time covered by this reform (Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah) is about 100 years; the places, Babylon and Jerusalem. The rulers were Cyrus, king of Persia (B.C. 558-529); Darius under Cyrus (B.C. 538-536); Zerubbabel, a prince of the royal line of David, governor of the Jews at Jerusalem, with the title "Tirshatha," said to be the origin of the Turkish "pasha."

Lesson Scripture, Ezra 1: 1-11, R.V.

1 "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the Word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord, the God of heaven given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whosoever there is among you of all His people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering to the house of God which is in Jerusalem. 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 6 And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. 7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods. 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them; thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. 11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem."

Golden Text: "The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad." Ps. 126:3.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

(1) What did the Lord stir up Cyrus to do? V. 1. Note 1. (2) What charge did Cyrus say God had given him? V. 2. (3) What proclamation did he make? Vs. 3, 4. Note 2. (4) What effect did this proclamation have? V. 5. (5) How were their heathen neighbors affected? V. 6. (6) What other kind act did Cyrus perform? Vs. 7, 8. Note 3. (7) What were these vessels? Vs. 9, 10. (8) What was their number, and what was done with them? V. 11. (9) What could the people of God well say? Golden text.

NOTES.

1. Stirred up the spirit of Cyrus.—This had been predicted, and Cyrus called by name by the prophet Isaiah nearly two hundred years before. See Isa. 44:26-28; 45:1-3. Jeremiah also predicted this return from captivity. See Jer. 25:12; 29:10. The first captivity was in B.C. 606, by Nebuchadnezzar, when Daniel and his companions were taken captive. Seventy years takes us to B.C. 536. The second captivity was in B.C. 598, by Nebuchadnezzar, when Ezekiel and many others were taken captive, and much treasure. The third captivity, by the same king, was in B.C. 586, when Jerusalem was completely destroyed. See 2 Kings 24; 2 Chronicles 36. "The first year of Cyrus," in his rule over Medo-Persia entire including Babylon.

2. The Lord God of heaven.—Cyrus recognized God's call. Note the breadth of the proclamation: it took in all of Judah, and such of Israel as desired to return. It was a sifting message, as are all God's invitations. He asks for volunteers. The number who returned were about 50,000. See Ezra 2:64-70.

3. Vessels.—In the hand of Mithredath. The name means dedicated to the sun-god, Mithra. When God speaks, all false gods render homage. Doubtless some of these vessels graced Belshazzar's feast. When God's people had yielded to Him, He made even their enemies to be at peace with them.

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