THE "SIGNS" OF MARCH 5 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 2, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 22.

THE "SIGNS" OF MARCH 5.

By Editor

HAVE you read this number? If not, you ought to read it, and not only read it yourself, but bring it before as many others as you are able. For a weekly paper its date may seem to be old, but the important matter which it contains is not old, and will not grow old for months to come. The SIGNS of March 5 is No. 18; it contains the following important articles:—

1. A series of paragraphs showing the means and power by which God designed that his gospel should be sent forth to the world, their effect in the early church, and their perversion by the apostate church.

2. "The Real Question." An article showing the real decision which Protestants are now making, as shown in the Sabbath question, that it is not a matter of days, but a matter of principle. It is as to whether Protestants will stand by the Scriptures, which, according to their creeds, they hold to be the only rule of faith and practice, or whether they will turn to the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. The creeds of the great Protestant churches in respect to the Scripture and the holy law of God are given.

3. "The Character and Aims of the Papacy," by Mrs. E. G. White, showing how Romanism is now regarded, what its character is, and what it is now doing.

4. "Protestantism True and False," by Elder A. F. Ballenger. This article considers the Protestantism of the Reformation, the principles of Christianity, the decline of Protestantism, the Protestantism of to-day as set forth by the testimonies of the great Protestant churches themselves, and the duty of the Christian in view of these things. It is a telling testimony in these days of evil. (Revised.)

5. "Province of Civil Government," by Elder W. A. Colcord, showing the province of civil government, and the limit of its authority, as indicated by the nature of the government itself and the word of God.

6. "What is Protestantism?" By Elder A. T. Jones. This is a brief consideration of just what the principles of Protestantism are, set forth so clearly that it seems as though the most careless reader would understand it.

7. Besides the above articles it contains a poem by James Russell Lowell, on "Present Crisis," most applicable to this time; "A Review of Sunday Legislation in Century Nineteen," which considers the principles on which Rome is founded; an article in our Mission Fields department on the way Protestantism is condoning heathenism in foreign lands; and another interesting article on the Church of Abyssinia.

There are several reasons why this paper should be widely circulated: First, it contains matter in small compass which sets before the reader the present condition of Protestantism on some of the great moral questions of the day, according to the testimony of Protestants themselves. It will be a long time before the same amount of matter of this character can be found in as convenient a form. Secondly, the circulation should be pushed forward on account of the date of the paper. While the matter in the paper will not be old for some time to come, yet sometimes dates are prejudicial to some readers. But in the circulation of the paper let it be stated that the matter itself is not of that character that grows old. Third, the cheapness by which truth can be circulated in this form. The same matter, if published in pamphlet form, would sell for from 10 to 15 cents, but this number of the SIGNS is offered for one and one-half cents, or at the rate of $1.50 per hundred. This is furnishing it at cost, and we certainly hope that our brethren and sisters will avail themselves of the splendid offer that is made by the publishers.

There ought to be 100,000 of these circulated. Order as soon as possible. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Twelfth and Castro Streets, Oakland, Cal.