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REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 30.

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REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889.

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[A star (*) indicates that the meetings thus marked will be preceded by a worker's meeting.]
*Ohio, Mount Vernon, Aug. 2-13
North Carolina, Lenoir, “ 6-13
*Kansas, Downs, “ 9-19
Virginia, Luray, “ 13-20
Michigan (S. W.) Kalamazoo, “ 13-20
*Missouri (general), Kingsville, “ 13-20
California, Ferndale, Humboldt Co., “ 15-22
*Arkansas, Rogers, “ 20-27
Maine, “ 20-27
West Virginia, Grafton, “ 20-27
Michigan (Eastern) Saginaw, Aug. 27 to Sept. 3
*Texas, Garland, “ 27 to “ 3
Vermont, St. Albans, “ 27 to “ 3
California, San Diego, “ 29 to “ 9
*Colorado, Sept. 3-10
Canada, Fitch Bay, P. Q. “ 3-10
*Illinois, Bloomington, “ 3-10
*Nebraska, “ 10-17
*Indiana, Kokomo, “ 17-24
*Tennessee, “ 24 to Oct. 1
*California (general), Oakland, “ 25 to “ 7
California, Arroyo Grande, Oct. 22-29
THE address of Elder D. T. Fero will be Livingston, Park Co., Montana, until further notice.
THE twenty-eighth annual session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, with the annual sessions of other general associations and auxiliary societies, will be held in Battle Creek, Michigan, October 18 to November 3. A daily edition of the Review and Herald will give full reports of the proceedings.
THE correspondent who asked an explanation of 2 Cor. 3:7-11 will find a very full exposition of that scripture in the editorial department of this and the next number of the SIGNS. Those of our readers who do not preserve all their papers would do well to make an exception in this case, and save these articles for future reference.
AFTER an absence from this coast of some nine months, Elder A. T. Jones has returned to spend some time in the work here. He arrived on the morning of July 23, having come by way of Portland, Oregon, where he spent the previous Sabbath. Brother Jones comes to us full of hope and courage, and his presence and counsel will, we doubt not, give a new impetus to the work here, particularly to that feature of it to which he has been giving his special attention, namely, to the dissemination of correct views of civil and religious liberty. He will probably visit several different parts of the State soon in the interests of this important branch of the work, and we trust that our brethren everywhere will give him their hearty co-operation. He will remain in California until after the State camp-meeting, to be held in this city September 25 to October 7.
A CORRESPONDENT asks the following question: "Are there any nations of the earth that recognize the Lord Jesus Christ as the rightful ruler and governor of the universe? Rev. 10:7, and 11:15."
We suppose that “recognize” is to be understood in the sense of being Christ’s as brought to view in Rev. 11:15. There are no nations that recognize Christ, nor will there ever be in this sinful state. Rev. 11:15 will be fulfilled only when the nations of the earth are broken in pieces like a potter’s vessel (Ps. 2:8, 9), and carried away as the chaff. Dan. 2:35, 44. Then the Lord will take to himself his great power and reign, not over an earth marred by sin, but one recreated in purity and holiness.
NUMBER 5 of Volume 1 of the Converted Priest has come to our table. It is published and edited by the Rev. J. B. Daly of Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Daly is now a Baptist, and is doing all he can to enlighten Roman Catholics in regard to the blind superstitions by which they are led, and bring them to the truth of God’s word. The Converted Priest is only fifty cents a year (monthly), and we hope may have a good circulation, and that Mr. Daly’s work may be successful in winning many from tradition and error to the truth of the Word of God.
A CORRESPONDENT asks the following questions: "How long has it been since the creation of Adam? "Are we in the seventh thousand? and if so, in what year did the seventh thousand begin?"
  1. No one knows just how long it has been since the creation of Adam. No two chronologists agree.
  2. As to our whereabouts in the history of this world, we know from the Bible that we are living in “the last days,” that probation is about to close, that the Master is soon to appear; but just how many years have passed since the creation, or just how many years are yet to pass, no one knows. We are probably in the latter part of the sixth millennium. Those who live in the seventh thousand years will be only the “blessed and holy.”
THIS is the way the New York World expresses itself concerning Russia’s recent oppressive act:— "Alexander III. of Russia has just rendered himself guilty of one of the most astonishing pieces of despotism of the century. He has issued an Imperial ukase abolishing the Lutheran Church throughout the length and breadth of the Muscovite Empire. As there are no less than 3,000,000 members of that particular creed resident in the frontier provinces of Russia, the czar's order can hardly be called judicious."
And yet Russia is a “most Christian” government. Alexander is czar “by the grace of God,” and a most “orthodox,” ancient and “Christian” church supervise and superintend the religion of the empire. All lovers of true and equal liberty will with righteous indignation call the act tyrannical; but National Reformers and those who believe in a union of religion and the State should most heartily indorse Alexander III., the czar of all the Russias, for his act is but the logical outcome of their theories.
THE Rev. James Mudge, in comparing the missionary methods of Protestants and Roman Catholics, in the current number of Gospel in all Lands, says of the Roman Church:— "It would advance more solidly did it cut loose from these entangling alliances [with the State governments] and put its trust alone in the living God and the word of his truth."
This is emphatically true; but then the Roman Catholic Church would cease to be. She would find herself protesting against the errors and traditions now held by her; in other words, she would be truly Protestant. And are not these words of Mr. Mudge worth the attention of Protestants? All will admit this truth as referred to Rome. But this great M. E. Church publishes it in their missionary journal, and at the same time that church, through its representatives, organized the American Sabbath Union, the purpose of which is to place Sunday, a religious institution, in the statute law; or in other words, to induce the State to enforce a religious dogma, which they thereby confess that the church cannot do by divine means. Is not this alliance with the State? Is not Protestantism walking in the way of Rome? And will it tend more to solidity in her case than in the case of Rome? Every true church will “put its trust alone in the living God and the word of his truth.” It is ever a sure sign of apostasy when a church seeks worldly power.
As an illustration of the increase of the use of tobacco, take the following figures from an advertising card of W. Duke, Sons & Co. That firm alone sold in 1882, 7,428,250 cigarettes; but its increased yearly sales amounted in 1887 to 466,570,000, and over 300,000,000 of these were sold in the last six months of the year. And this is only one firm, in only one branch of the tobacco industry. "Think of it," says this firm's advertisement. Yes; think of it. Think of the poisoned, diseased blood of the millions, the dwarfed intellectual and physical powers of the youth, the idleness and vice which come as concomitants to the formation of the habit, the millions of money wasted, burned up, doing nobody any good, and thousands incalculable harm. If the cause of Christ had asked for or used as much money as is spent in the filthy disgusting habit of tobacco using, Christians would be called spendthrifts and robbers. "Think of it."