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Review and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 35.

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Review and Herald

Sep 3, 1903

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 3, 1903

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Best Stories from the Best Book $.25—$.75 Bible Readings for the Home Circle 2.00—4.25 Biographical Sketches .75 Bound Volume of Tracts .75 Christ Our Saviour .50 .75 Christ's Object Lessons 1.25 Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene .40 Coming King 1.00 1.50 Early Writings .75 From Eden to Eden 1.00 1.50 Gospel Primer .25 .50 Christian Temperance .40 Great Controversy 2.25 4.50 Heralds of the Morning 1.25 1.50 His Glorious Appearing .25 .40 History of the Sabbath 1.50 Life of Christ 2.00—4.25 Patriarchs and Prophets 2.25—4.50 Prophecies of Jesus 1.75—3.75 Rise and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists 1.00 Steps to Christ .60 Sunshine at Home 1.00 1.25 Synopsis of Present Truth 1.00 Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing .75 Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation 2.50—4.50 Two Republics 1.85—4.50 Bible Lessons for Little Ones. No. 1 .20 No. 2 .25 No. 3 .25 No. 4 .25 Secretary's Records. D (board covers) for school of 75 .75 F (limp covers) for school of 25 one year .35 Teacher's S. S. Class Records .10

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Steps to Christ .60

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Best Stories from the Best Book .25 .75 Bible Readings for the Home Circle 2.00—4.25 Bound Volume of Tracts .75 Christ's Object Lessons 1.25 Christ Our Saviour .50 .75 Coming King 1.00 1.50 Gospel Hymns .20 Gospel Primer .25 .50 Great Controversy 2.25 4.50 His Glorious Appearing .25 .40 Hymns and Tunes (Morocco) 3.00 Marvel of Nations 1.25 1.50 Patriarchs and Prophets 2.25—4.50 Prophecies of Jesus 1.50—4.00 Spiritual Experiences 1.00 1.25 Steps to Christ .60 Sunshine at Home 1.00 1.25 Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation 2.50—4.50 United States in Prophecy .75

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Christ Our Saviour .50 .75 Gospel Primer .25 .50 Steps to Christ .60

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Steps to Christ .75

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Steps to Christ .75 Three Messages .25

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Steps to Christ .75

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Steps to Christ .75

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Steps to Christ .75

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Steps to Christ .75

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TRACTS AND PAMPHLETS

German

Pamphlets

Civil Government and Religion .25 Exposition of Matthew 24 .15 Helps to Bible Study .15 History of the Sabbath (Biblical part only) .40 Last Day Tokens .15 Ministration of Angels .20 Sabbath of the Moral Law .10 The Rich Man and Lazarus .10

Tracts

Alarm of War .02 Are You in Darkness? .01½ Bible Conversion .02 Bible: Its Origin and Importance .01 Bible Symbols .01 Brief Thoughts .01½ Can We Know? .01½ Christian Sabbath, The .01½ Departing and Being with Christ .01 End of the Wicked .01½ First Angel's Message .01½ Full Assurance of Faith .01 God's Memorial .01 Have Faith in God .01 Heavenly Meeting, The .01¼ Jewish .01½ Judgment, The .01 Law and the Gospel, The .01
Millennium, The .01½ Old and the New Covenant, The .01½ Our Answer .01 Perfection of the Ten Commandments .01½ Present Truth, The .02 Progress and Principles of S. D. A. .02 Righteousness, Where Is It to Be Found? .01½ Rome's Challenge .02½ Sabbath of the Lord, The .01 Sanctuary, The .01 Scripture References .02 Second Advent .02 Second Angel's Message .01½ Seven Reasons for Sunday-keeping .01 Seventh-Part-of-Time Theory .02 Spiritualism .01 Sinner's Fate, The .01½ Sufferings of Christ, The .02 Two Laws, The .01 Two Thrones, The .02 We Would See Jesus .01 What the Gospel Abrogated? .01½ Why Not Found Out Before? .01½ Wine and the Bible .01½ Without Excuse .01½

French

Pamphlets

Immortality, or Christ Our Life .15 Matthew Twenty-Four .10 Ministration of Angels .20 Refutation of Thirty-eight Objections to the Sabbath .10 Review of a Polemical Essay against the Sabbath .10 Truth Found .15

Tracts

Ancient Sabbath Arguments on Tobacco .02 Bible Sabbath .04 Can We Know? .01 Christ and the Sabbath .02½ Christ in the Old Testament .02 Coming of the Lord .01 Conversion .02 Defense of the Truth .02 Fate of the Wicked .01 Fifty Reasons .02 God's Memorial .02 Is It a Valid Answer? .05 Judgment, The .02 Law and the Gospel, The .02 Lord's Day, The .04 Millennium, The .02 Our Answer .01 Perpetuity of the Ten Commandments .05 Prophecies, The .01 Question of Diet, The .04 Rome's Challenge .02 Sanctuary of the Bible .03 Second Advent .07 Seventh Part of Time, The .04 Sovereign Pontiff .07 Sufferings of Christ .05 Third Angel's Message .04 Two Laws, The .02 Two Thrones, The .04 Where are the Dead? .01

Spanish

Pamphlets

Captain of Our Salvation .15

Tracts

Agony of Christ in the Garden, The .01¼ Benefits of Bible Study .01½ Christ Our Righteousness .01½ Coming of the Lord .01¼ Gift of God to Men, The .01¼ Great Commandment, The .01¼ Is the End Near? .01½ Living by Faith .01 Price of Our Salvation, The .01¼ Second Advent, The .02 Temptation, The .01¼ This Rock. 4 pp. .01½ What Must I Do to Be Saved? .01½ (To be continued)
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A Chance

By Editor

Editorial

A Chance

ON a sign posted in a prominent thoroughfare we read the other day, "Socialism will give you a chance," and at once we thought, "And it gives only a chance." The plan of establishing equality by a more equitable division of the wealth of the world, and of maintaining that equality by legislative enactments, commends itself to those who would hope to be the gainers by this new adjustment, but the results, after all, would be those of mere chance. The whole thing rests upon a wrong principle. Character is the most valuable possession, and is the only real title to all other possessions. This is the law of the new kingdom, and its results reach into eternity.

A Certainty

WHAT the socialists are seeking after, and many of them with all sincerity of purpose, is provided for in Christianity. All the things of the kingdom belong to each subject of the kingdom, but he can receive only such a portion of his whole inheritance as his cultivated capacity will enable him to appropriate to the highest purposes. Christianity does not simply give each one a chance; it gives each one a certainty. "He shall reward every man according to his works." "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." That reorganization and readjustment of things which men are seeking after through some plan of human devising can only be realized in "the restoration of all things" when the Saviour comes for his people, and only that gospel which cleanses the human heart from sin, the real cause of all these troubles, can provide a relief from the ills which have come upon the world through the transgression of divine principles. There can be no substitutes for the gospel of Christ. It alone can heal and restore. A certainty is better than a chance.

Loving His Appearing

THE crown of righteousness will be given "at that day" to all them "that love his appearing." It is "unto them that look for him" that he will appear "the second time without sin unto salvation." It is thus evident that those who share in the glories and the joys of the second advent will be expecting the return of their Lord, and will have their hearts set on this event. Those who "love his appearing" will never be heard saying, "It makes no difference when the Lord comes if we are only ready." This is simply a way of expressing indifference concerning the coming of the Lord, and this feeling of indifference indicates a lack of personal faith in the prophecies and the signs of the day of God. Such persons will not be ready for the experiences which will come to the waiting people of God. Those who "love his appearing" will have a faith which will sustain them through "a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation," and which will bring to them the deliverance promised to those "found written in the book." Those who "love his appearing" will consecrate their time, their talent, and their means to the work of "hasting the coming of the day of God." They will seek "those things which are above," and will in spirit anticipate the joys of that day through the fellowship of the Spirit to be poured out in the time of the latter rain. It will be easy to distinguish between those who really "love his appearing" and those who make the second advent simply a part of their creed. "By their fruits ye shall know them." And the time of test is even now upon us, and revelations will be made which will bring surprise and pain to many hearts. O that the Lord may increase the love of his appearing in the hearts of his people!

The Time of the Promise

WE are living in the time of the latter rain, and in this time we are instructed to ask for rain. There is nothing in the divine purposes or promises to prevent, but rather everything to favor, the reception of the fulness of the Spirit's presence. But there must be such a faith in the promises and such a fellowship with the divine purpose as will actually lay hold upon the desired blessing. God's remnant people, although they are scattered over the face of the earth, ought to continue "with one accord in prayer and supplication," as did the disciples in the time of the promise just before the day of Pentecost, and the prayer of faith will bring the desired blessing. Let the daily prayer be, "Father, give me thy Spirit." Let the daily consecration be, "Wholly thine for evermore." And the daily experience will be, "God with us." In this time of the promise let each one seek to realize the fulfilment of the promise.

Saving Sinners

THE work of Jesus is to save sinners. "Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." "The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." This was the one purpose of his life of toil and sacrifice while he was upon the earth, and now that he has entered into heaven "to appear in the presence of God for us," he still gives himself to the same purpose. "He is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Those who are truly representatives of Jesus in the earth will heartily consecrate their lives to the same work of saving sinners. It will be the one ambition of their being to turn men "from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God." The one consumingdesire of their hearts will be to make known the love of Jesus to those who are strangers to it, to minister his saving grace to those who are ready to perish, and thus to extend the triumphs of the cross. These are "laborers together with God." They become God's helping hand in reaching and rescuing those who have been held in the bondage of sin, and they are permitted to share in the joy which pervades heaven when a sinner repents and accepts the salvation of Jesus. To show no interest in the work of saving sinners is to deny in a very emphatic way that we have any personal connection with Jesus and his work, and really classes us with those who identify themselves with the kingdom of this world and the prince of this world. "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathered not with me scattereth abroad." Just now there is an emphatic call for those who know the message of salvation to sound it abroad in all lands. In the cities and in the country, in the highways and in the byways, in many fields, this saving truth should be made known, and earnest efforts should be put forth to save the lost. Each one can do something. Let each one take up the work nearest at hand, and thus build over against his own house. The time is short, and the labor is great. Be diligent.

The Call of the Hour

By W. A. S.

IN a letter from South America, Brother A. R. Ogden voices the need of the work in Chile. He says:—
What is needed, as it appears to me, is not so much talented speakers, but humble, consecrated men to go all through these countries, scattering the literature, talking and praying with the people, and teaching in a simple way the truths for this time.
Is it not the need in every community, the world over? The call of the hour is one to which all the rank and file of believers may respond. Every one who knows enough to believe this truth can tell somebody else what he knows. The events of the day are impressing thoughtful minds with a sense of an impending crisis. While the public laborers are presenting the message to crowds, the time calls for a rising up of all believers in a special effort to tell friends and neighbors that Jesus is quickly coming. The simple lines of prophecy will be as a new revelation to those who have never studied God's Word.
This is the service that is to swell into the “loud cry” that shall ring through every land, and quickly warn the world. “Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warnings will be given.” W. A. S.

Hostility to the Sabbath.

By L. A. S.

UNDER the heading “Hostility to the Christian Sabbath,” the Pittsburg Christian Advocate says the following concerning Seventh-day observers:—
We may add to the foes of the Christian sabbath the Seventh-day Adventists—especially in this region. Whether it is wrongheadedness on their part, honestly advocating an error, or whether it is that they are the paid agents of the anti-Sabbath forces, we can not say. When we consider the tons of their literature which they circulate, the tents which they plant here and there, the halls they rent, and the considerable expense involved in the propagation of their mischievous notions, we are inclined to think the latter is the case.
We can assure the Advocate that Seventh-day Adventists are not the paid agents of the anti-Sabbath forces, or of any other persons. They are not anti-Sabbath advocates at all. Their very title, “Seventh-day Adventists,” indicates that they are believers in and advocates of a Sabbath—the seventh day. They believe in the seventh-day Sabbath because God himself said “The seventh day is the Sabbath.”
It is not at all strange that sixty thousand or more such people in this country should circulate tons of literature and conduct tent meetings, at a considerable expense. Any people who were in earnest in their work would do the same. They have a message to give to the world, a message which calls for the greatest earnestness, energy, and self-sacrifice. They believe themselves commissioned to warn the world, as did Noah, of the impending judgments of God. They are giving to the world the message of Rev. 14:6-12: “Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters,” etc. Men do not worship God in spirit and in truth when they teach for doctrines the commandments of men. One of the commandments of men is the command to observe the first day of the week as the Sabbath; there is no command of God for such an observance. But on the contrary, God does command the observance of the seventh day, and the reason he gives for it is that in six days he “made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day.” Only by keeping his day can we truly worship “him that made
“When the Christian sabbath has been broken down,” says the Advocate, “it will not mean the restoration of the seventh day. The breaking down of the Christian sabbath is the end of a seventh day of rest.” This statement is true enough, but it does not apply to the first day of the week. That day is not the Christian sabbath. The first-day sabbath is an institution which depends on human laws and traditions for its support. The seventh-day Sabbath has no human enactments to support it; it is contrary to human traditions and popular custom, in many places it is even directly antagonized by man-made statutes; yet in spite of all this it is not extinguished, but on the contrary is steadily gaining adherents both in this country and throughout the world. This is a demonstration that it does not need human laws or traditions for its support; and if the first day of the week were the true sabbath, the same might be said of it. The seventh day has the support of the word of Jehovah,—“the seventh day is the sabbath,”—and this is all the support that is needed, and the only support that is worth anything to a religious institution.
It is only conscientious conviction and obedience, prompted by love, that counts for anything in the worship of God. All other worship is only hypocritical and spurious, an offense to God and to man. No conviction of conscience or true heart worship can be secured by the enforcement of the civil statutes. Why, then, should the Advocate wish such statutes commanding Sunday observance to be enforced? Why should there be laws to force the world into a hypocritical conformity to the worship of the church? Without faith it is impossible to please God, and “whatsoever is not of faith is sin.” Let the Christian Church worship and serve God in faith, and let the world, which knows not God and has not faith, not commit greater sin by a formal worship of God and observance of his memorials, inspired not by faith, but by selfishness only. Let the dividing line between the church and the world be sharp and distinct, as it ought to be.
The Christian religion is supported not by law, but by love. The love of God prevails in the heart that is yielded to him over every earthly consideration. And because this is so, Christianity will triumph not only without the aid of worldly governments or worldly power in any form, but in spite of all that these can do against it. This the Advocate should know, and on this basis it can restits hopes without fear of the future. The day is at hand when God will vindicate his truth in the world, without man’s help; for the hour of God’s judgment has come. Already the judgments of God are in the land. We have reached the generation when Christianity will win an eternal triumph over the forces of unrighteousness. Soon the world will know that it has a sovereign, whose word is the truth, and whose law is unchangeable to all generations.
L. A. S.

Note and Comment

An order has been issued at the government printing office by Public Printer Palmer requiring the employees in the office to take the oath of allegiance to the United States government, as is required of clerks under the civil service law. While the public printer explains that this action is merely in accordance with civil service regulations, it is believed that it is meant to have an important bearing on the issue which has been raised by the recent disturbance in that department growing out of the attempted removal of Foreman Miller by the labor union members in the office. Mr. Miller was reinstated by order of President Roosevelt, and has been retained in spite of a threat by the labor union to inaugurate a strike which would tie up the government printing plant. Such a strike, if it should be ordered now, would be a more serious affair for those engaged in it than would have been the case before they had taken the oath of allegiance. The president has declared that the laws of the United States are superior to the laws of labor unions, and the order requiring the oath of allegiance from labor union members is regarded as signifying that he has taken his stand firmly on this ground. But as labor unions have never been known to regard any other interests as being superior to theirs, it is not to be expected that they will refrain from striking on account of this oath, or that peace between them and the government is thereby assured. There can be no peace unless one of the parties concerned shall recede from the principles which have hitherto governed its course of action.
In a letter to Governor Durbin of Indiana, commending his firmness in repressing the lynching mob in Evansville, President Roosevelt makes statements showing that in his view the spread of lawlessness threatens the greatest possible calamity that could befall the nation. He says:—
Surely no patriot can fail to see the fearful brutalization and debasement which the indulgence of such a spirit and such practices inevitably portend. Surely all public men, all writers for the daily press, all clergymen, all teachers, all who in any way have a right to address the public, should with every energy unite to denounce such crimes, and to support those engaged in putting them down.
. . . The corner-stone of this republic, as of all free governments, is respect for and obedience to the law. Where we permit the law to be defied or evaded, whether by rich man or poor man, by black man or white, we are by just so much weakening the bonds of our civilization, and increasing the chances of its overthrow and of the substitution therefor of a system in which there shall be violent alternations of anarchy and tyranny.
Such is the result that is threatened, but to point out the fact is not to provide a remedy for the danger. The mob spirit has sprung up in the land, and of late has been spreading everywhere like a pestilence which no quarantine could control. Will it die out? or will it spread more and more until free government is overthrown, and in its place there comes a despotism with “violent alternations of anarchy and tyranny”? Men talk hopefully of the future, but who has the wisdom to assure us that his words will come true? Only those can calmly face the future who can say from the heart, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” Ps. 46:1, 2.

The Integrity of the Courts

By L. A. S.

It has long been known that legislators and executive officers were susceptible to the corrupting influence of bribes, and that such an influence has often been exerted in these two departments of civil government by unscrupulous men to gain unjust ends. The question has now been raised as to whether the remaining department of the government—the courts—is above such influences, or whether it too can at times become the instrument of unscrupulous wealth. For venturing to assert that this is true in a specific case two Missouri editors were recently arrested and punished on a charge of contempt of court. The case was one in which a verdict of fifteen thousand dollars had been obtained against a railway company by an employee named Oglesby, who in an accident had lost one of his limbs. After several appeals and a rehearing, in all of which the verdict was affirmed, another appeal was made, and the verdict was set aside, and, so it is stated, no new trial was ordered, this extraordinary outcome being due, it is said, to the fact that during the long delay obtained by these various appeals the complexion of the court had been entirely changed by electing railroad attorneys to its membership. Thereupon the Warrensburg Herald declared that the court had “reversed and stultified itself in this case until no sane man can have any other opinion but that the judges who concurred in the opinion dismissing the Oglesby case have been bought in the interest of the railroad.” For this “contempt of court” the editor was fined five hundred dollars and costs, another editor who copied the Herald editorial being let off with a nominal fine only because he retracted it, and made an apology to the court.
From such facts it is easy to see how autocratic power is swiftly springing up in this government. The liberties of the people depend upon the free exercise of the will of the people, and this in turn, depends upon the right of freedom of speech, through which public sentiment is directed toward what are believed to be the ends of justice. There can be no freedom without the right of criticism. No human being is above criticism. The officers of the courts are men, of the same mold and stamp as are the members of the legislatures, or other men, the criticism of whose acts is not thought of as being criminal. The extraordinary power of the courts represented in contempt proceedings was conferred upon them not as a declaration that human nature is different in a judge from human nature in other men, and that a judge by virtue of his office is raised altogether above the weaknesses and temptations by which other men are led astray, but only as a means of enforcing decrees of the courts made in the interests of justice. But apparently it is of little value now to enumerate or discuss the theories and principles upon which free popular government is based. Men have become intoxicated with power, and in many cases seek only to gain their selfish ends by the exercise of their power, whether in accordance with just principles or in spite of them. And out of this condition of things what but the development of an autocratic form of government is to be expected?
L. A. S.

Sunday Blue Law Enforcement in Braddock

An attempt to enforce the Sunday "blue law" is being made in Braddock, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa. Recently some of the prominent merchants of Braddock were arrested on this charge.

Divine Sonship

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE
“BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”
In this scripture are portrayed Christian privileges that are comprehended by but comparatively few. Every one should become familiar with the blessings that God has offered us in his Word. He has given us many assurances as to what he will do for us. And all that he has promised is made possible by Christ’s sacrifice in our behalf.
John the Baptist bore witness of the One through whom we may become sons and daughters of God. “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”
Divine sonship is not something that we may gain of ourselves. Only to those who receive Christ as their Saviour is given the power to become sons and daughters of God. The sinner can not, by any power of his own, rid himself of sin. For the accomplishment of this result, he must look to a higher Power. John exclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” Christ alone has power to cleanse the heart. He who is seeking for forgiveness and acceptance can say only,— “Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to thy cross I cling.”
But the promise of sonship is made to all who “believe on his name.” Every one who comes to Jesus in faith will receive pardon. As soon as the penitent one looks to the Saviour for help to turn from sin, the Holy Spirit begins his transforming work upon the heart. “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.” What an incentive to greater effort this should be to all who are trying to set the hope of the gospel before those who are still in the darkness of error.

OUR HOPE IN THE GOSPEL

How thankful we should be for the blessings offered us; for the hope we have in the gospel; for the sacrifice which Christ made in order that we might have these blessings! He, the Majesty of heaven, the King of glory, laid aside his royal robe and kingly crown, clothed his divinity with humanity, and came to this earth to stand at the head of humanity. After his crucifixion and resurrection, he ascended to heaven, but he went as our elder brother, to intercede in our behalf. By a life of self-sacrifice and a death of shame, he redeemed us, and he now stands before the Father as our Advocate, the propitiation for the sins of every repentant one who receives him and believes on his name. With his human arm he encircles the fallen race, while with his divine arm he grasps the throne of the Infinite. No matter how weak the sinner may be; no matter how many or how great may have been his transgressions, the Saviour will accept him. Christ loves every member of the human race; for he has bought them all with a price;—and what a price!
Christ would have given his life, even if he had known that only the little company before whom I am standing to-day would be saved at last. Yes; if there had been but one member of our little company that could have been saved, he would have given his life as a ransom for that one. How incomprehensible is his infinite love!

TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS LIKE AS WE ARE

Our Saviour passed over the same ground on which Adam fell. He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. He never yielded to temptation; and yet, in withstanding the assaults of the enemy, he exercised no power that is not granted us. He might have come to this earth accompanied by a vast retinue of angels; but he came unattended, to dwell with the poor and the lowly. Throughout his life he was sorely tried. On every hand he was beset with temptation. He endured every affliction that we are called to endure. “In all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.”
Dear friends, did Christ come to this earth in order that you might receive and enjoy the riches of the world?—No, no. He came that you might have life eternal in the kingdom of God. He came that you might live the life that measures with the life of God; that in the courts of heaven, where there is neither sorrow nor death, you might dwell forever with Christ and the angels.
With these thoughts in mind, can we not appreciate a little more fully the words: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE

God’s purpose for us is that we shall be partakers of the divine nature. Only thus can we overcome the evils that beset us. It is by beholding Christ that we are made partakers of his nature. Keeping him ever in view, we are changed into his likeness. Thus we gain strength to overcome as he overcame. God does not ask us to fight the battle against sin in our own strength. He has given Christ to be our helper in every time of need. The Saviour knows all about our trials and difficulties. Let us lay them at his feet, and trust him to lead us aright.
Let every professed Christian search his heart diligently, and put away from him everything that is unlike Christ. Let him remember that he has been bought with a price, even the blood of the Son of God, and that in thought, word, and deed he is to honor his Redeemer. Remembering this, he will guard against pride and self-indulgence. Constantly he will endeavor so to live that he can meet the Saviour in peace. He will resist every suggestion of the enemy to do that which would grieve the heart of Christ. If he is faithful in this life, he will be ready to welcome the Saviour when he comes in the clouds of heaven. With joy he will say, “Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.”

THE PROMISE OF CHRIST’S RETURN

“Let not your heart be troubled,” Christ said to his disciples just before his crucifixion; “ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
Long have we waited for our Saviour’s return. But none the less sure is the promise. Soon we shall be in our promised home. There Jesus will lead us beside the living stream flowing from the throne of God, and will explain to us the dark providences through which he led us in order to perfect our characters. There we shall see on every hand the beautiful trees of Paradise, in the midst of them the tree of life. There we shall behold with undimmed vision the beauties of Eden restored. There we shall cast at the feet of our Redeemer the crowns that he has placed on our heads, and, touching our golden harps, we shall offer praise and thanksgiving to him that sitteth on the throne.
Dear friends, I have talked to you this afternoon in regard to some of the simple truths of the gospel. If you will receive these truths into your hearts, I shall feel that my words have not been in vain. May the blessing of God rest upon you and your children. May you allbe among those who shall enter through the gates of pearl into the city of our God. May you, as unbroken families, dwell forever in that haven of rest. To this end may God help you now to strive for the crown of life.

Fifty Years of Bible Distribution

By W. A. Spicer

W. A. SPICER
God’s hand is plainly preparing every agency for the speedy proclamation of the message of the advent to the ends of the earth. His providence, like a pillar of fire, points the shining way into every dark land to-day. Note how, since the rise of this advent message, the Bible has been put into tongue after tongue, and the agencies for its distribution multiplied. The secretary of the American Bible Society, reviewing the last fifty years, says:—
A BIBLE WOMAN AND HINDOO HEARERS.
A BIBLE WOMAN AND HINDOO HEARERS.
“The great British and Foreign Bible Society in 1853 issued only 1,168,794 volumes of Scriptures. Its issues last year were 5,067,421. The American Society fifty years ago issued 815,399 volumes. Its figures for 1902 (the returns for 1903 are not at this writing made up) are 1,723,791. This takes no account of the immense editions of individual publishers in Europe, England, and America, which have increased, I should say, at least tenfold in this period. Few persons realize the wonderful annual output of Bibles at the present time.”
“The Bible is known to people in whose language it was not translated fifty years ago. Chinese dialects, the speech of African tribes, the language of the South Sea Islanders, have, during this time, been invaded, and the invasion is still in progress. This is making the book a familiar book where in the middle of the nineteenth century it was unknown.”
Servants of God have devoted years of earnest toil in the dark corners of the earth to the preparation of translations. Many a life has been laid down on this altar of service during the fifty years. The process is yet going on in the regions still beyond. But in all the leading languages of earth—over four hundred of them—men now hear the wonderful works of God in their own tongue. It is the gift of tongues for the latter-day Pentecost. What an inspiration this record should furnish to us to send teachers of the special message the Word has for this time into all these fields.
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