Review and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 16.
Does the Bible Agree with Science?Maxims for Christian Living
Items.
The Seven Last Plagues of Rev. 16.
Return Thanks.
Hypocrisy.
Beauty of Solitude.
Obituary Notices.
The Health Reformer.
CASH PREMIUMS OFFERED.
ONE THOUSAND CANVASSERS WANTED.
News and Miscellany.
Mormonism.
“You are summoned not to try criminal cases, but to say what criminal cases shall be presented for trial. In the discharge of this duty you will be governed by the same principles of law which govern grand juries in Maine and Montana, in Georgia and Arizona—principles of law everywhere applicable throughout the Republic. The crimes of murder, arson, larceny, bigamy, adultery, and riot in Utah are the same crimes elsewhere throughout Christendom. If there is anything peculiar in the situation in Utah, it is the peculiar conduct of some men here, and not any peculiar principles or policy that are to be enforced here. Utah belongs to the United States; and the people of Utah, like the people of the rest of the country, are amenable to the laws of the United States. Those who obey the laws must be—shall be—protected in their rights. Those who do not must answer at the bar of justice; and those men of influence who, in practice, defy the law, trample upon the laws themselves, and by precept teach others to do so, should be the first to feel the firm grip of the law, rather than the obscure men whom they have misled. Gentlemen, it is your duty and mine to enforce the laws. Let us do so without fear, favor, affection, prejudice, or the hope of reward.”
In another column we give the progress of the new fight just organized by the government against polygamy in Utah. That “relic of barbarism” must now be brought face to face with civilization, and its doom settled. Hitherto its distance from us, and the pressure of the business of destroying its “twin relic,” have united to keep it from commanding the attention it deserves. But our people must prepare to take a broader view, that will include other institutions kindred to Mormonism. The Oneida Community is a plague-spot just by our side, an abominable outrage, worse in essence than polygamy. That allows marriage; but this utterly ignores the marriage tie and reduces the relation of the sexes to a form which under the name of religion is little better than that which connects the brutes. We must not forget this bestial phase of Mormonism in our easy denunciations of that of Utah.
The Cause of European Alarm.—
The Cause of European Alarm.—
A Wonderful Invention.
“The prophetic periods will be illustrated, but not in a manner to confine them to any special dates. But they will be so arranged that any lecturer can adapt them to his own views of their rise and termination.”
Rather Mixed.
“We wish to notify our readers that of our two contributors, Geo. B. Cheever, D. D., and Rev. Wm. Baker, neither one is so crazy as might be judged from the way in which the printer has mixed up their last communications to us. By a blunder, such as has never occurred in our office within the memory of its oldest inhabitant, the second “galley” of Dr. Cheever’s article was thrown into the form immediately after the first “galley” of Mr. Baker’s, and the two remaining “galleys” jumbled together the following week under the name of Dr. Cheever. As sent to us by Mr Baker, his “Remainder Biscuit” were all of a batch, and Dr. Cheever’s “Divine Revelation” did not include what a Quaker was “moved” to say. Our readers have the whole of both articles, and will please put them together properly.” U. S.
English Bibles.
Found Halters at Charlotte Camp Meeting
Notice.
The Prospect in England.
Trouble Ahead in France.
Appointments.
The Bible and Modern Science
Sunday Laws.
“From the speaking and plaudits together, you would have gathered the hearty conviction of all that the Sabbath was made for man, not by man, but by the wise and good Creator who knew what man needed, rest for the body, and a fitting of the mind for higher spheres—that seven days’ work did not bring seven days’ wages, or if so, it was only for a time, and followed by loss on all sides and to all concerned—that personal worth and domestic comfort required a Sabbath day, and that national character showed itself according to the regard or disregard paid to God’s appointed time for rest and worship. Some of your cities, when last heard from, were in the midst of a fight on this very subject. Heaven speed the right. But if the contrary has been allowed, don’t be discouraged. Many an apparent success has been but the beginning of total defeat.”