p. 176 | Review and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 22. (5/27/1875)

Earlier text: To the Friends of the Cause in Wisconsin

“Keep thy Heart.”

By E. J. Burnham

“Give me thy heart,” is the demand of our Father. He has bestowed upon us all the blessings we enjoy. He has made provision whereby we may gain eternal life. What affection for us and what interest in our welfare are summed up in the words: “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” “Every good and perfect gift” is from his hand. In return he asks the whole heart—the undivided affections. But he entrusts the keeping of the heart to ourselves. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”

“Keep thy heart.” Let not vain and trifling thoughts occupy the mind. Do not permit envy, hatred, or malice, to find a lurking place in the heart. The hour of Judgment has come. The solemn, closing scenes of the work of the gospel are just before us. These are themes that may well occupy the mind.

“With all diligence.” A wily and powerful foe seeks our destruction. The conflict between right and wrong is a ceaseless one. “The Christian life is a battle and a march.” To lay off the armor, and neglect watchfulness and prayer, is to surrender to the enemy. Hence the command: “Keep thy heart with all diligence.”

“For out of it are the issues of life.” Here we have a reason assigned for the exhortation to diligence. From the natural heart proceed evil thoughts, thefts, covetousness, deceit, pride, foolishness (Mark 7:21, 22). We are told, too, that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” If these evil weeds are allowed a place in the heart, they will spring up and bear bitter fruit in the life. But those who would form beautiful characters, who would have the fruits of the Spirit abound in their lives, must “follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.”

Satan knows well the importance of keeping possession of the heart. He tries to fill the mind with doubts, or, failing in this, to crowd it with unprofitable, selfish, or idle thoughts. We know that our time is short, that we must be without fault if we would pass the Judgment and stand acquitted before the throne; knowing these things, we cannot be too diligent in resisting the devices of the enemy.

E. J. BURNHAM.

The Uses of Suffering.—

The physical uses of pain as growing out of disease are directly connected with moral uses. The man whom disease prostrates and loads with discomfort is taught many a sage and sober lesson by the very discomfort he feels. He is awakened to a lively sense of his own frailty and often to very serious reflection. The visitation of pain in the sick-room is a powerful teacher. It brings into the field of vision many important thoughts which we are not liable to forget in the days of health and strength. It lowers the tone of one’s spirit and disposes him to think, as he usually does not in the rush of business and the eager strife of life. He is taught, too, by the experience of pain, the beautiful lesson of sympathy with others in like conditions. He knows what the thing is, knows how welcome sympathy and service are to him, and, hence, learns how to extend these expressions to others. Disconnect all disease from suffering, and not one of these moral uses could be realized. It is by suffering that disease acts as a moral teacher. Were it wholly absent, there would be a derangement alike in the physical and moral order of things.

The disciplinary function of suffering is by no means limited to disease and the course of the sick-room. Its field is as broad as human life. It is the doctrine of the Bible and also of experience that God in the course of his providence uses suffering on a large and varied scale, not by way of punishment, but by way of discipline, securing a high moral benefit through the medium of a severe physical evil. Hence, we often see the very best of people sorely afflicted, bearing the sharpest trials; while we see others grossly wicked without any such experience. This discrimination plainly has no moral basis in the difference of their characters. Were moral character the rule, the fact would of necessity be different. What is the rule under which the good suffer? What is the suffering to them in the divine intention? Plainly it is not always punishment. It is often, if not always, discipline. Its object is to refine and exalt their virtues and make them meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.—New York Independent.

Dr. Tyng and the Signs.

By M. E. C.

At a meeting “to evangelize the Jews,” held in N. Y. city a few years since, the celebrated Dr. Tyng (as reported in the Christian Observer) offered the following resolution and remarks:—

“Resolved, That the signs of the times are such as should arouse all who love the Lord Jesus Christ, and wait for his salvation, to renewed earnestness and enlarged effort in this holy enterprise.”

“We now see all the prophecies coming to a conclusion. Babylon has been swallowed up by the Persian Empire, and that by the Macedonian, and that by the Grecian, and that by the Roman. Rome, too, has been divided into ten parts or kingdoms, each one of which is now heaving, and threatened with ruin. Every event that transpires goes to fix the coming of the Saviour as near. Never were there such overturnings as in these days. Soon he will come forth in glorious triumph, and set himself upon the mountain of his holiness, and reign upon the throne of his glory; and those nations that will not serve him shall be trodden under foot. Surely the signs of the times are such as should arouse us to renewed earnestness and effort in seeking the salvation of Israel. In conclusion (said Dr. Tyng), I will read, as embodying what else I may be expected to say on this resolution, those lines of Charlotte Elizabeth, each one of which contains a reference to some part of Scripture. The piece is entitled,”

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

When from scattered lands afar, — Matt. 24: 6, 8. Spreads the voice of rumored war, — Luke 21: 25. Nations in tumultuous pride, — Haggai 2: 7. Heave like ocean’s roaring tide, — Heb. 12: 26, 29. When the solar splendours fail, — Matt. 24: 29. When the crescent waxeth pale, — Rev. 16: 12. And the powers that starkly reign, — Matt. 24: 29. Sink dishonored to the plain, — Joel 2: 10, 31. World! do thou the signal dread, — Luke 21: 26, 36. We uplift the expectant eye, — Luke 21: 37, 38. Our redemption draweth nigh; — Eph. 1: 14. When the fig-tree shoots appear, — Rom. 8: 19, 23. Men behold their summer near; — Matt. 24: 22, 23. When the hearts of rebels fail, — Luke 21: 29, 31. We the coming Conqueror hail. — Isa. 59: 18, 19. Bridegroom of the weeping spouse, — Rev. 19: 11, 16. Listen to her longing vows, — Rev. 19: 7, 9. Listen to her widowed moan, — Rev. 6: 10. Listen to creation’s groan. — Luke 18: 3, 7, 8. Bid, O bid Thy trumpet sound, — Rom. 8: 22, 23. Gather thine elect around. — 1 Thess. 4: 16. Gird with saints thy flaming car, — Matt. 24: 31. Summon them from clime afar, — Jude 14. Call them from life’s cheerless gloom, — Isa. 24: 13–15. Call them from the marble tomb, — Matt. 24: 40, 41. From the grass-grown village grave, — Rev. 20: 4–6. From the deep dissolving wave, — Luke 14: 14. From the whirlwind and the flame, — Ps. 49: 14, 15. Mighty Head, thy members claim. — 1 Thess. 4: 17. Where are they whose proud disdain, — Col. 1: 15. Scorned to brook Messiah’s reign? — Luke 19: 12, 27. Lo, in waves of sulphurous fire, — Matt. 13: 41, 42. Now they taste his tardy ire; — Luke 17: 27, 30. Fettered till the appointed day, — Rev. 19: 20, 21. When the world shall pass away, — Rev. 18: 3, 5, 9. Quelled are all thy foes, O Lord, — 2 Pet. 2: 9. Sheathe again the dreadful sword. — Rev. 19: 15, 21. Where the cross of anguish stood, — Ps. 110: 5, 7. Where thy life distilled in blood, — Isa. 53: 3, 5, 12. Where they mocked thy dying groan, — Mark 15: 29. King of nations, plant thy throne, — Isa. 24: 23. Send thy law from Zion forth, — Zech. 8: 3. Speeding o’er the willing earth; — Dan. 2: 35, 44. Earth, whose Sabbath glories rise, — Isa. 40: 1, 9. Crowned with more than Paradise; — Ps. 67: 6. Sacred be the impending veil! — 1 Cor. 15: 12. Mortal sense and thought must fail, — 1 John 3: 2. Yet the awful hour is nigh, — Luke 21: 31. We shall see thee, eye to eye. — Rev. 1: 7. Be our souls in peace possessed, — 2 Thess. 3: 5. While we seek thy promised rest, — Heb. 4: 9. And from every heart and home, — 2 Tim. 4: 8. Breathe the prayer, “O Jesus, come!” — Rev. 22: 20. Haste to set the captive free, — Isa. 49: 9. All creation groans for thee, — Rom. 8: 19.

M. E. C.

Habits.

Many people are much more governed by and under the influence of their habits than they are at all willing to confess. They start, in the very beginning, by doing nothing except when they “feel like it.” At any other time—that is, when they don’t possess the inclination—they let it alone.

Now, this giving up to or waiting for the inclination is only a bad habit, which, given up to, opens the way for many more. People who yield to it are without any exception, lazy, inefficient, good-for-nothing people. They never amount to much, and never accomplish anything; and the secret lies in their bad habits.

Many people have a habit—it is nothing more—of getting up in the morning as cross, and peevish, and sour, as though they had slept in a bath of vinegar. Nobody can speak to them without getting a snap or a snarl; everything goes wrong, and produces an explosion of ill-temper. This is a habit which soon spoils the peace of a whole household, and once fallen into, a good, strong will is needed to overcome it.

Now, the power of the will over our habits is much stronger than we sometimes think. A man can be the master of his habits, or he can yield to them until they will entirely master him. They only need to be studied more, only need to be better understood, to bring them under the dominion of our wills, and enable us to control them. A great deal is learned when we know what habits we possess, because then our reason will point out to us the way to deal intelligently with them.

A learned writer and wise man once being asked what was the true secret of success, gave the laconic answer, “Regular habits.”

And there is no good reason why this should not be true. Regular habits—regular work, regular eating, regular sleeping, temperance of mind and body, are indeed the elements of success in life.

No man or woman has a moral right to indulge in bad habits; for they injure not only ourselves, but others, and interfere greatly with the performance of the duties of every-day life.

We should watch our habits closely, and if we find we are forming bad ones, make a direct effort of the will, and get rid of them as speedily as possible.

Iowa and Nebraska Camp-Meeting

Appointments.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Services in Chicago, every Sabbath (seventh day), at 250 West Erie St. All Sabbath-keepers spending a Sabbath in Chicago are invited to attend.

Iowa and Nebraska Camp-Meeting.

There will be a General Camp Meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists at Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa, June 3–8. Bro. and sister White are expected to attend this meeting. Provisions will be made for a large gathering. We shall be greatly disappointed if we do not have the largest and best meeting ever held in the State. During this camp-meeting the Conference will hold its business sessions. Let every church and every company be represented, if possible, by delegates. The scattered brethren and sisters are requested to report to the Conference, either in person or by letter. Address, Eld. Henry Nicola, Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa. H. Nicola, } Iowa R. M. Killgore, } Conf. J. H. Morrison, } Com.

Illinois Camp-Meeting.

There will be a general camp-meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists of Illinois on the farm of Bro. Alfred Hobbs, near Sheridan, La Salle Co., June 10–15, 1875. Bro. and sister White are expected to attend this meeting. Preparations will be made for all who may attend. Let there be a general rally. R. F. Andrews, } Illinois Conf. L. Winston, } Committee. J. H. Bennett, }

Wisconsin Camp-Meeting.

There will be held two camp-meetings in the State this season; one at Monroe, Green Co., June 17–22; the other at Sparta, Monroe Co., July 1–6. Bro. and sister White are expected to attend these meetings. Ample preparations will be made at each of these meetings. Provisions, hay, and grain, will be furnished on the ground at reasonable rates. O. A. Olsen, for Committee.

Minnesota Camp-Meeting.

There will be a general camp-meeting of the S. D. Adventists of Minnesota, at Eagle Lake, Blue Earth Co., June 24–29. Bro. and sister White are expected to attend this meeting. Ample preparations will be made for all. We urgently request a general attendance of the friends of the cause in Minnesota and adjoining regions. Minn. Conf. Committee.

Illinois Conference.

The next annual session of the Illinois Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sheridan, June 10–15, 1875. Let the delegates be promptly on the ground prepared to present all reports that are required by the Conference. Conf. Committee.

Wisconsin Conference.

The next annual meeting of the Wisconsin Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Monroe, June 17–22. Let every church be represented if possible by delegates, otherwise send a letter. Let the elders and clerks see that proper reports are made out for the Conference. Look over your S. B. pledges. Let each church pay up their pledges for the past year. You can send it in money orders to Wm. Kerr, Monroe, Wis., or by the delegate to the Conference. Also bear in mind to arrange your S. B. pledges for the coming year. O. A. Olsen, } Geo. C. Tenny, } Wisconsin O. H. Pratt, } Conf. Com.

Important Meeting.

As Bro. and Sr. White have announced to be with us at Lovington, Moultrie Co., Ill., the 1st and 2d of June, I hope all who can, among the friends of truth, will show their appreciation of the opportunity to hear them, by attending these meetings. Those who can, come sixth-day before; others, come first-day. Bring provisions and bedding. G. W. Colcord.

Quarterly meeting of T. & M. Society for Dist. No. 7, Iowa, at Winterset, May 29, 30, 1875. A. J. Stiffler, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the church of Monroe, Wis., June 5, 6, 1875. We invite brethren and sisters from other churches, and especially request some one of our ministers to meet with us on this occasion. Dist. No. 2 of T. & M. Society will also hold a business session in connection with this meeting. O. H. Pratt, Director.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 10, N. Y. and Pa. T. & M. Society, at Roulette, Potter Co., Pa., May 29, 30, 1875. Bro. B. L. Whitney is expected. We hope to see a general attendance. Wm. Coats, Director.

Carson City, Montcalm Co., Mich., June 5, 6, 1875. Hope to see a general attendance of the brethren from Springbrook, Vickeryville, and Matherton. Will brethren Fargo and Nelson be present? Let all come prepared to take care of themselves as far as practicable. A. O. Burrill, E. Van Deusen.

The next quarterly meeting for the churches of Allegan Co. will be held at Allegan, June 5, 1875. A general invitation is extended. H. S. Lay.

The next quarterly meeting for the churches of Little Prairie, Johnstown, and Oakland, Wis., at Oakland, June 5, 6, 1875. The T. & M. meeting for district No. 1 will be held in connection. Librarians are requested to send in their reports at least one week before the meeting. Those who have unpaid pledges, which were made at our last camp-meeting will please report at this meeting. A. Olsen, Director.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 8, Wis., will be held at Mackford, June 5, 6, 1875. We hope to see a general turnout at this meeting, as it will be the last in the Conference year. Those who are behind on S. B. and tent pledges should settle these accounts as far as possible at this meeting. Rufus Baker, Director.

Quarterly meeting of the Liberty Pole church at the house of M. Southwick, near Liberty Pole, Wis., June 5 and 6, 1875. We cordially invite the brethren and sisters at Victory and Kickapoo Center to meet with us. We would be glad to see Bro. John Atkinson. Milton Southwick.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 7 at the Brick school-house, in Deerfield, Wis., June 13, 14, 1875, in connection with the quarterly meeting of Plainfield and Fish Lake churches. It is important that the brethren and sisters attend this meeting, as there is some business to be attended to besides the election of delegates to attend the Wisconsin Conference. Can Bro. O. A. Olsen or I. Sanborn attend? P. S. Thurston, Director.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 2, N. Y. & Pa. T. and M. Society, in connection with the monthly meeting at Roosevelt, June 5, 6, 1875. Librarians are requested to send in their reports in time for the meeting, and a general attendance of members is desired. Daniel Bowe, Director.

The Iowa and Neb. T. & M. Society will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting to be held at Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa, June 3–8, 1875. Let each district be represented. Officers for the ensuing year are to be elected, and other important matters are to be attended to. There will be a supply of books on the ground for all. H. Nicola, Pres.

Providence permitting, I will meet with churches as follows:— East Richford, Vt., Sabbath, May 29, 1875. Bordoville, Vt., Tuesday evening, June 1. West Bolton, Vt., Sabbath, June 5. Hope there will be a good attendance in each place. A. C. Bourdeau.

Quarterly meeting at Fremont, Waupaca Co., Wis., May 29 and 30, 1875. Can some one of our preaching brethren meet with us? Neighboring churches are invited. By order of the church. S. D. Smith.

No preventing providence, I will meet with the church at Leon, Wis., May 29, 30, 1875. H. W. Decker.

Quarterly meeting at Mount Hope, Wis., May 29, 30, meeting to commence with the Sabbath. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Will Bro. John Atkinson meet with us? William Proctor.

General quarterly meeting for T. & M. Society of Dist. No. 4, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., will be held at Norfolk in connection with the monthly meeting, May 29, 1875. All the librarians will please see that their reports are sent in in time. Hope for a general attendance. A. H. Hall, Director.

The next general quarterly meeting of the Maine T. & M. Society will be held with the church in Hartland, June 12, 13, 1875. Dist. No. 1 will hold its next quarterly meeting at this time. Dist. No. 2 will hold its next quarterly meeting at Allen's Corner, Deering, June 6. Dist. No. 3, at Smyrna Mills, Aroostook Co., Me., May 31. Let all members of the Society see that their reports are sent in in season. J. B. Goodrich, Pres.

Monthly Meeting at State Center, Marshall Co., Iowa, May 29, 30, 1875. Neighboring churches are invited, and it is hoped every member of this church will report at this meeting. Bro. Wing is expected. S. M. Holly.

Quarterly meeting for Prescott, Iowa, church, May 29, 30, 1875. Also business meeting Sunday evening. E. A. Hebard, Clerk.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 9, N. Y. & Pa. T. & M. Society, will be held at Catlin, June 5, 6, 1875. Bro. B. L. Whitney is expected. Let the librarians report to the secretary forthwith. We hope to see a goodly attendance. J. W. Raymond, Director.

The general quarterly meeting for the T. & M. Society of Vt., will be held at Bristol in connection with the quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 4, June 19, 20, 1875. We hope to see a general attendance. No providence preventing, we expect Bro. Hutchins will attend these meetings. L. Bean, Pres.

The Vt. T. & M. Society for Dist. No. 4 will hold their next quarterly meeting for that district, June 12, 13, 1875. We would recommend that the different directors of the T. & M. Society of Vt., make an effort to collect as much as they can of the money due on pledges at their next meeting. L. Bean, Pres.

Quarterly meeting for Dist. No. 5, N. Y. & Pa. T. & M. Society, at Mannsville, Jeff. Co., N. Y., June 5, 6, 1875. Hope for a general attendance. D. B. Green, Director.

The next annual meeting for the Tract and Missionary Society of Wisconsin will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Monroe, Wis., June 17–22. The district quarterly meetings should be held in time, that the reports may be sent to the secretary, Mattie Babcock, Monroe, Wis. O. A. Olsen, Pres.

The third State quarterly meeting of the N. Y. and Pa. T. and M. Society will be held at Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 12, 13, 1875. The directors who have not already appointed their district meetings will please do so in season, so that their reports may be in readiness for this meeting. Teams will meet the trains on Friday. B. L. Whitney.

The next quarterly meeting of the Vermont T. & M. Society, for Dist. No. 1, will be held at Bordoville, June 5, 6, 1875. We request all who have pledges on book and tract fund unpaid, to have them ready June 1, as we shall call on all such at that time to collect what is yet due. Chas. P. Whitford, Director.

As requested by the church in Oceana Co., Mich., I will meet with them May 29, 30. J. Byington.

Marble Rock, Iowa, Sabbath and first-day, May 29, 30. Hope the scattered friends of the cause will be present, as there are matters of importance to be considered. C. A. Washburn.

Western Camp-Meetings.

IOWA.—Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa, June 3—8.

ILLINOIS.—Sheridan, La Salle Co., “ 10—15.

WISCONSIN.—Monroe, Green Co., “ 17—22.

MINN.—Eagle Lake, Blue Earth, Co., “ 24—29.

WISCONSIN.—Sparta, Monroe Co., July 1—6.

Pacific Publishing Association.

By James White

This young institution must be nourished now. The Battle Creek Association is very strong and above want. But few of our people have taken stock in it. There is a host of the friends of the cause, especially those who have joined the ranks the past five or ten years, who have not yet taken stock in either Association. These whoever they may be, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, are urgently invited to take stock in the young Association at Oakland, Cal., in a liberal manner. Bro. Edward Lobdell of Portland Maine, hits the spot exactly in the following, as expressed by a recent letter from Eld. Goodrich of Maine:—

“Bro. White:—Bro. Edward Lobdell of Portland, Maine, wishes to take three shares in the Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, for which I enclose $34.50.”

Bro. Lobdell is one of the old hands, and has stock in all our institutions, yet he reaches out a long helping hand from the Atlantic way over to the Pacific to help just when help is needed. Now when the sun shall set, especially at the commencement of the holy Sabbath, Bro. Lobdell, as he follows the orb of day down, can enjoy the happy reflection that he has stock in the young institution across the continent.

We suggest that all our good brethren, old and new, who are able so to do, put themselves in a position to enjoy the same happy reflection with Bro. L. which they can do by sending to this office all the way from one to one hundred dollars for the Pacific Publishing Association. At all our camp-meetings we shall make a big strike for a wider circulation of The Signs of Times, and stock in the Pacific Publishing Association. But those who have the cash on hand should not wait until camp-meeting, these can forward at once to REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich. JAMES WHITE.

One Hundred Dollars Each.

By James White

WE here give the names of those east of the plains who have paid one hundred dollars each, to purchase a power press, engine, and printing material for the Pacific Coast. Others will be added as fast as paid.

Thos. Bickle .....100 Hiram Hunter ....100 A A Bradford .....100 M Wood ..........100 M J Bartlett & wife 100 S A McPherson....100 James Harvey .....100 D R Palmer.......100 J H Bennett.......100 C W Comings......100 N G Raymond.......100 Betsey Landon....100 R M Pierce........100 P W Baker........100 B M Berry.........100 P S Marshall.....100 E H Root..........100 Wm Harper........100 E McCoy...........100 Amy Dart.........100 Jacob Shively.....100 Isaac Zirkle.....100 J P Henderson.....100 A W Maynard......100 T S Harris........100 Sidney Hart......100 James Raddaugh....100 Dexter Daniels...100 Geo Leighton & wife 100 Daniel H Gould....100 Albert Belden.....100 Mary A Hare.......100 M. J. Olds........100 Geo. Lowree.......100 W. B. Tower.......100 Truman Loomis.....100 Henry Hilliard....100 Henry Crosbie.....100 J. N. Andrews.....100 H B Stratton......100

We design to order presses and general material for the Pacific Office in a few weeks, and invite the One Hundred Dollar Men who have not paid their pledges to forward them without delay to this Office. JAMES WHITE.

Christian Weights and Measures

A Christian pound weighs sixteen ounces, down weight; a Christian yard is thirty-six inches, cloth not stretched; a Christian ton is two thousand pounds, not “estimated,” but weighed.

Church Reports Requested for Camp Meeting

By L. McCoy

Notice.

THE S. B. Treasurer and clerk of each church within the bounds of Iowa and Nebraska Conference are requested to send me their reports in full, in time for the camp-meeting, just at hand. No excuse will be valid. Let there be not a single failure. L. McCoy, Sec. Sigourney, Iowa.

Business Department.

“Not slothful in Business. Rom. 11:12.”

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W. J. Brochie: For an explanation of Rev. 22:8, 9, and Luke 24:39, see the work, Man’s Nature and Destiny.

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