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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 22, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 21.

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News and Editorial Notes

The General Conference has changed the address of the Foreign Mission Board and the International Tract Society from 150 Nassau street, New York, to the following: “Mission Board of Seventh-day Adventists, Battle Creek, Mich.” All correspondence and contributions should be addressed accordingly.
It is not against the fact that the Hague Conference was a meeting for peace that most of the powers that signed its conventions are engaged in war. It simply shows that where the peace of Christ does not rule in the hearts of men, all agreements for peace are subject to violation at any time that selfish interest demands.
It looks as tho Great Britain had found a rival in the money-lending business. In her new loan of the vast sum of £500,000,000, one-sixth was negotiated in this country, and that was subscribed many times over. Really, the American subscription to the loan is given as $750,000,000. These are days of revolution and rapid change.
What a faith-killer evolution is! Not that it destroys the faith of Jesus as such; for that will live forever. But wherever it is given place in a heart, it destroys faith in Christ in that heart. Once, we so believe it, B. Fay Mills and George D. Herron had faith in Jesus Christ. Now they are both unbelievers in Christ’s creative, regenerative power, and one is hoping in evolution thru higher culture, the other in evolution thru social democracy. In neither is Christ Jesus.
How shall we reach the masses? is a question that is continually being asked by those who stand as pastors to the people. Theories upon this question would be useless. The world is full of such already. What we need is some facts; and they are not hard to find. It is a fact that Christ reached the masses. The people thronged to hear Him. He not only had large audiences by day, but people came to Him by night. He not only had large audiences on special occasions, but every day was a special occasion so far as the size of His audiences was concerned. He not only worked to help these large audiences, but He did work between meetings for the lone individuals. When the people came to Him, day after day, they got something. The thing they got was so good that they wanted to come the next day and get more. And not only did He give them good things in His teachings, but He went about doing good. He was not ministering to Himself, but was continually ministering to all the people just the help that they needed. Now these things are facts that any one can learn who will take the pains to study the life of Christ. If we will study and apply these facts and principles, will they not teach us how to reach the masses?