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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 5, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 14.

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Question Corner.

By Editor

"If ye will inquire, inquire ye." "But avoid foolish questions."
[From time to time we will reply under this head, if deemed advisable, to such candid inquiries as may be sent us. Correspondents wishing a reply to their questions must give their full name and address, not for publication unless they wish, but as an evidence of good faith on their part, and to give us opportunity to reply by letter if deemed best. It is always well to inclose stamp. Let the questions be short and pointed, and such as may be answered in limited space. The questions will be numbered continuously.]
132. NAHUM 2:3.
I WILL be pleased if you will give me your views of Nahum 2:3.
It is thought by some to refer to the railway cars of the present day; to our mind it refers to the destruction of Nineveh. Doubtless in that city were the chariots with flaming torches, the uniformed men, the raging of the chariots in the streets, the gorgeous officials in scarlet. This was in the day of preparation of God's judgment upon Nineveh. The destruction of that great city is probably typical of the judgments of God upon a guilty world.
133. ELECTION OF CHURCH OFFICERS ON THE SABBATH.
EDITOR "SIGNS:" Is it breaking the Sabbath to elect church officers on that day?
To our mind it is not. The election is for the Lord's work, and the officers are elected to serve solely in the Lord's cause, for the interest of his work. But if there was other business of a questionable character likely to arise in connection with such election, if there was likely to be any opposition aroused, it would be better to postpone such election. In Oakland the names of the officers nominated are read two Sabbath mornings in succession before election, the election taking place in the afternoon of the last Sabbath. It is soon over, some appropriate remarks are made on the duties and burdens of officers, and the church is earnestly exhorted to coöperate with them in the work of the Lord. If the one in charge of the meeting is brief, reverent, and to the point, the choosing of church officers may be made spiritually profitable.