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An article next week by Prof. W. W. Prescott, M. A., entitled "Christ or Creed, Which?" No. 36 of the Apples of Gold Library is entitled "The True Church," with the subtitle, "How May We Know It?" Eight pages. No. 146 of the Bible Students' Library is entitled "The Rich Man and Lazarus," the author of which is W. H. Littlejohn. The tract will have sixteen pages. Cuba, Armenia, Madagascar, and history does not record how many other countries and fertile islands, have been depopulated and ravaged because of the lust of power and greed of men. In Cuba and Armenia the work still goes on. The last report from Armenia is the massacre of 500 Armenians near Diarbekir. It is horrible; and yet the great powers of the world know not what to do. They fear if rash moves should be made, they would precipitate a still greater conflict, which would bring untold loss of life. The Christian, torn as heart may be by anguish, knows that at the Great Assize of the Judge of all, every wrong will be made right, and the guilty will receive his just deserts. Rain, Snow, Cold, and Cyclones.—Fearful and almost unprecedented storms are reported from the middle west. Following on the great floods from the northwest come terrible tales of the severe snow-storms of the east. Throughout South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota relentless blizzards howled and raged the 26th and 27th ult. Trains were blocked, business suspended, and it is estimated that on the great cattle ranges not less than 200,000 head of cattle perished by cold and starvation. Snow has fallen all the way from twelve inches to twenty inches, and in many places drifts are as high as buildings. The mercury is below zero in the storm belt, and communication by wire is cut off in many places by prostrated and broken telegraph poles and wires. In parts of Nebraska not half the corn crop is gathered, and is now covered with a thick coating of ice. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas have been visited by cyclones, doing much damage. Severe cold, without a precedent, is reported from Astoria and Pendleton, Oregon, and from Butte, Mont., the mercury registering ten degrees below zero in Astoria, and twenty-four degrees below in the last two places. Great damage is done to water-pipes. Christian Endeavorers.—No society or organization within Christendom has made such a surprisingly rapid growth as has the society of Christian Endeavor. The total number of societies is now 46,125, and membership 2,750,000. Young people's societies allied to the Christian Endeavor aggregate a membership of 2,000,000 more. What a power for Christianity this force would be for good if used in Gospel lines! But it is a sad fact that this great army is being influenced and mobilized along so-called "Christian Citizenship" lines, and directly contrary to true Christian Endeavor. Their whole force is being thrown in favor of a Sunday law for California, an anti-American and anti-Christian measure in every respect.