Heralds of the Morning

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 26, 1915

Heralds of the Morning

REVISED

AFTER a consideration of the wonders of this age of remarkable inventions and financial, moral, and intellectual extremes, it takes up the study of the great event to which present-day conditions are leading,—the second coming of Christ.

The titles of some of the preliminary chapters are as follows: “A Remarkable Century,” data on modern inventions and means of transportation and communication; “Ye Have Heaped Treasures for the Last Days,” a collection of facts regarding the massing of large fortunes, and other financial questions; “The Earth Is Filled With Violence,” a vivid portrayal of labor troubles such as now threaten the prosperity of the civilized world; “The Social Vice,” a description of the alarming development of the companion of the liquor traffic; “Great Deceptions,” safeguards the reader against the occult; “And the Nations Were Angry,” a chapter devoted to the study of the question of war, illustrated by new cuts of many modern implements of warfare. Then follow chapters entitled “When Ye Shall See All These Things,” “And There Shall Be a Time of Trouble,” “He Will Come Again,” “The Earth Was Lightened by His Glory.” This book should find a place in every home. Strangers, neighbors, and friends will read the book with interest. Every chapter is well illustrated. Contains 400 pages. Cloth, $2.00; half leather, $3.00; full black leather, $3.50.

Religious Liberty in America

A HISTORY of religious liberty from the days of religious intolerance preceding the discovery of America, to the present time. It relates the acts of persecution which encouraged emigration to the New World; and traces the spirit of intolerance transplanted in the colonies, the gradual development of the idea of religious liberty and separation of church and state, and finally the retrogression and the drifting toward Rome so apparent at the present time.

As an example of the hundreds of incidents related, we give the following outline of an account taken from the chapter “Conflicts and Triumphs in New York:” —

In 1707 Francis Mackemie, a minister, was imprisoned for preaching Presbyterianism in New York City. After stormy debates and a spectacular hearing, he was acquitted by a jury instructed to convict him. His release after weeks of illegal imprisonment was due to his impassioned address to the jury, and the efforts of three noted lawyers. This case caused much comment in England and America, and brought to an end such persecution in the New York colony. The author is not content with merely relating principles, but has made a large collection of such incidents as illustrate the principles advocated, and furnishes a fund of invaluable information on the subject. Every purchaser of this book is sure to be pleased with its contents. 448 pages. Cloth, $1.00.