Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 23. (6/6/1912)

Review and Herald

Jun 6, 1912

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jun 6, 1912

Resting With Jesus

Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile, Weary, I know it, of the press and throng. Wipe from your brow the sweat and dust of toil, And in My quiet strength again be strong.

Come ye aside from all the world holds dear, For converse which the world has never known, Alone with Me, and with My Father here, With Me and with My Father not alone.

Come, tell Me all that ye have said and done, Your victories and failures, hopes and fears. I know how hardly souls are wooed and won: My choicest wreaths are always wet with tears.

Come ye and rest. The journey is too great, And ye will faint beside the way and sink: The bread of life is here for you to eat, And here for you the wine of love to drink.

Then fresh from converse with your Lord return, And work till daylight softens into even: The brief hours are not lost in which ye learn More of your Master and His rest in heaven.

— Selected.

Christian Education

By Editor

CAMPAIGN NUMBER

July-August, 1912

The Educational Guide Post

Who Are Called

The 1912 Campaign number of "Christian Education" gives a definite, strong, convincing trumpet-call for the youth of the church to become intellectually and spiritually qualified for our special message work. It will serve as a wise and safe educational guide-post to workers, parents, and the youth. It sets forth the importance of an education. It presents many vital principles of great value to all classes of workers. It will be of much value to those who are not classed as workers. It cites the needs, gives the remedies, and calls for workers. He who reads it and heeds its advice will find the right way.

Some of the Directions

The Trumpet Call
An Appeal for Teachers
A Letter to Parents
The Value of an Education
Two Superlative Needs—Better Teaching, More Students
The Need of an Educated Ministry
Why Go to Denominational Schools?
Send Your Children to Our Schools
Come to School Next Year
If I Were a Boy Again
If I Were a Girl Again
Home-School Evolution
A Successful Home-School
Our Schools in Other Lands
Vital Differences in Teaching English
Two Methods of History Teaching
Two Ways to Study Science
Catholic Educational Activity
Never Acknowledge Defeat
The Decisive Hour
Summer Assemblies
Facts and Figures on School Work

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To Make or Mar

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

Unravel the knitting o'er and o'er Till a perfect work is wrought; But a day, when passed, can come no more, Though with much repentance sought.

Though you cut the marble e'er so deep, Yet the statue marred feels not; For the wound in friend or foe you weep, But no tears can heal the spot.

O the blight of a cruel, cutting word, And the blot to your record given! May but gentle speech by the angels heard Be writ in the books of heaven.

O Saviour, bless my lips I pray With thy virtuous touch divine, That my voice may utter all the day Some gracious words of thine!

Portland, Oregon.

Home Preparation for Camp-Meeting

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

I HAVE been shown that some of our camp-meetings are far from being what the Lord designed they should be. The people come unprepared for the visitation of God's Holy Spirit. Generally the sisters devote considerable time before the meeting to the preparation of garments for the outward adorning, while they entirely forget the inward adorning, which is in the sight of God of great price. There is also much time spent in needless cooking, in the preparation of rich pies and cakes and other articles of food that do positive injury to those who partake of them. Should our sisters provide good bread and some other healthful kinds of food, both they and their families would be better prepared to appreciate the words of life, and far more susceptible to the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Often the stomach is overburdened with food which is seldom as plain and simple as that eaten at home, where the amount of exercise taken is double or treble. This causes the mind to be in such a lethargy that it is difficult to appreciate eternal things, and the meeting closes, and they are disappointed in not having enjoyed more of the Spirit of God.

While preparing for the meeting, each individual should closely and critically examine his own heart before God. If there have been unpleasant feelings, discord, or strife in families, it should be one of the first acts of preparation to confess these faults one to another and pray with and for one another. Humble yourselves before God, and make an earnest effort to empty the soul temple of all rubbish,—all envyings, all jealousies, all suspicions, all fault-findings. "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."

The Lord speaks: enter into your closet, and in silence commune with your own heart; listen to the voice of truth and conscience. Nothing will give such clear views of self as secret prayer. He who seeth in secret and knoweth all things, will enlighten your understanding and answer your petitions. Plain, simple duties that must not be neglected will open before you. Make a covenant with God to yield yourselves and all your powers to his service. Do not carry this undone work to the camp-meeting. If it is not done at home, your own soul will suffer, and others will be greatly injured by your coldness, your stupor, your spiritual lethargy.

At home is the place to find Jesus; then take him with you to the meeting, and how precious will be the hours you spend there! But how can you expect to feel the presence of the Lord and see his power displayed, when the individual work of preparation for that time is neglected?

For your soul's sake, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of others, work at home. Pray as you are not accustomed to pray. Let the heart break before God. Set your house in order. Prepare your children for the occasion. Teach them that it is not of so much consequence that they appear with fine clothes as that they appear before God with clean hands and pure hearts. Remove every obstacle that may have been in their way,—all differences that may have existed between themselves, or between you and them. By so doing you will invite the Lord's presence into your homes, and holy angels will attend you as you go up to the meeting, and their light and presence will press back the darkness of evil angels. Even unbelievers will feel the holy atmosphere as they enter the encampment. O, how much is lost by neglecting this important work! You may be pleased with the preaching, you may become animated and revived, but the converting, reforming power of God will not be felt in the heart, and the work will not be so deep, thorough, and lasting as it should be. Let pride be crucified, and the soul be clad with the priceless robe of Christ's righteousness, and what a meeting will you enjoy! It will be to your soul even as the gate of heaven.

The Peace-Offering

By Stephen N. Haskell

S. N. HASKELL

THE whole world is seeking peace. Nations fight for it, and thousands of men sell their souls to obtain riches, vainly hoping that riches will bring them peace and happiness; but there is no real, abiding peace, except that which comes from the great Prince of Peace, and it is never received as the reward of war and bloodshed nor of the grasping greed of the world. The last legacy the Saviour gave his disciples was one of peace. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you." John 14:27. The abiding peace of God in the heart is not obtained in pursuit of worldly fame or riches. The peace-offering in the Levitical service beautifully taught in type and shadow how to obtain this coveted peace.

In many respects the peace-offering was different from any other offering. Of no other offering, except the Passover offering, were the people to eat of the flesh. Unlike the Passover, it was not confined to one day of the year, but could be celebrated any day in the year.

The animals for peace-offerings were chosen from the herd or the flock. They were to be without blemish, for no deformed animal could fitly represent the Prince of Peace. The peace-offerings were made in token of thanksgiving, to confirm a vow or contract, and as voluntary offerings. It was a peace-offering with which Moses confirmed the old covenant with Israel. Ex. 24:5-8. In times of special rejoicing we read often in the Old Testament of the celebration of the peace-offering. When David brought the ark into Jerusalem, he offered peace-offerings, and "dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh." 1 Chron. 16:1-3.

The peace-offering was often associated with the other offerings; and wherever, except in the Passover feast, the people ate of the flesh, it was the peace-offering that was celebrated. The individual who offered the peace-offering laid his hands on the head of the animal, then slew it and separated all the fat from the different organs of the body, and the priest burned the fat upon the altar of burnt offering. Not only was the fat given to the priest, but also the breast, the right shoulder, and the "two cheeks" of every offering. The separating and burning of the fat typified the only way real peace could be obtained; namely, by delivering all our sins to the rightful owner.

The Prince of Peace, the blessed Saviour, "gave himself for our sins." Gal. 1:3, 4. He purchased them that he might destroy sin and give us peace. This was beautifully typified by the action of the priest (who served "unto the example and shadow of heavenly things") in taking the fat from the hands of the one making the peace-offering, and burning it upon the altar. Ps. 37:20; Isa. 43:24. The priest waved the breast and the shoulder before the Lord, and these were then eaten by the priest as his portion of the peace-offering.

The prophet Isaiah understood what was typified by presenting the breast of every peace-offering to the priest, for in writing of the Saviour he says, "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom." Isa. 40:11. The child of God to-day who, like John the beloved disciple, leans on the bosom of his Lord, enjoys the real peace of God, of which the peace-offering was but a type.

While the antitype of the priest's taking the breast of each peace-offering as his portion is comforting to every trusting child of God, in the antitype of the priest's receiving the right shoulder of every peace-offering there is strength and blessing. We quote from the prophet Isaiah, who loved to write of the Saviour: "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end." Isa. 9:6, 7. Notice it is the one who, realizing that Christ is his personal Saviour, lets the government of his affairs rest upon Christ's shoulder that receives never-ending peace. When we deliver the key, or control, of all our affairs to Christ, we shall find that he will open up ways before us which no earthly powers can shut, and he will close ways he would not have us travel, and no powers of earth can open them to entrap our feet. Isa. 22:22.

After Samuel had anointed Saul to be king over Israel, he brought him to his house, and "said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul," and Samuel bade him eat of it. 1 Sam. 9:23, 24. If Saul had comprehended the wonderful lesson taught in this act of Samuel, he would have placed the government of the kingdom upon the shoulder of the great Prince of Peace, and not have made shipwreck of his life-work.

(To be concluded)

Comparing Scripture With Scripture

By David Paulson, M. D.

DAVID PAULSON, M. D.

DURING the Reformation Zwingli, the great Swiss Reformer, earnestly admonished his converts to "compare scripture with scripture."

Many are now overlooking this helpful method of studying the Bible. For example, we may read in the second chapter of Exodus that Moses was brought up in Pharaoh's house, but if we want to get a glorious glimpse of what that really means, we must read Stephen's inspired words in Acts 7:20-31. Here we find that Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and recent Egyptian explorations give us something more than a hint of the scope covered by Egyptian wisdom of those days.

In like manner, in the four Gospels we are furnished a magnificent glimpse of what might be termed the triumphant side of Christ's life. We see him stilling the angry waves by a word, healing disease by a touch, multiplying the bread as he broke it, casting out devils by his presence, and finally dying a painful death without a murmur, then coming forth from the tomb and ascending into heaven.

But how often you and I, in some dark hour when the tempter has driven us into almost the last ditch, have wished we knew just how Christ felt in his very inmost soul when he passed through some similar experience. This knowledge we may obtain from a study of the prophecies. David "foresaw" and felt in prophetic vision much of what the disciples missed because they were so frequently asleep when the Master again and again went through such life-and-death struggles with the enemy as you and I shall never be called upon to encounter. Read his thrilling word-pictures, and then you will read in a new sense the words, "For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted." Heb. 2:18.

I would particularly suggest that Psalms 16, 18, 22, 31, 35, 38, 39, 40, 55, 69, and 118 be prayerfully and thoughtfully read from this viewpoint, and then you will be much better acquainted with that Friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Hinsdale, Ill.

Missionary Visiting

By F. Hall

F. HALL

IN doing missionary work, whether with or without real success, the experiences of each worker vary according to custom, education, and spiritual liberty of the people. First, in starting on a visit, it is necessary to have a quiet time to get impressions from the Lord as to what home to enter, and to ask God's companionship and blessing. This always gives courage and power, enabling one to meet the most difficult experiences.

Caring for the sick is closely connected with the gospel ministry, and through this work individuals can be reached very easily who otherwise would not care to listen to the truth even for a moment. There are other homes where one's personal society is liked, but the truth dreaded and hated. These are the hardest to reach, and bring the hardest feelings of regret after turning homeward, realizing that nothing has been accomplished. But the truth must not be sacrificed in this way; it must be brought forth as the highest motive of friendship, so that all may realize that the love existing is that for their eternal good.

Where some in the family are not Christians, inquire after them in a friendly way, and send them selected reading-matter until there is opportunity of meeting them personally. This often disarms prejudice, and finds acceptance with the whole family.

Another excellent entering wedge is a wise distribution of interesting papers and tracts containing good gospel truths. These will always open doors for missionaries.

In "Gospel Workers," page 340, we read: "Whenever you can get access to the fireside, urge your way there. Take your Bible and open before the people its great truths. Your success will not depend so much upon your knowledge and accomplishments, as upon your ability to find your way to the heart. By being social and coming close to the people, you can turn the current of their thoughts more easily than by the most able discourses."

When a person is interested, he should be followed up until he accepts Christ.

But this must be done at the right time and with discretion. If individuals know that you are interested in them, you will find much to do in active missionary work. Treat every one with due respect, especially the aged mothers and fathers in Israel. The poor should not be neglected. Sunshine must be brought to them, as well as to the rich. All must be treated alike as Christians. A hearty hand-shake should be given when necessary. Personal visiting in the homes should not be neglected by the gospel minister. A heart filled with the grace of God, cheerfulness, courtesy, interest in your work, courage, a strong will sanctified by the Holy Spirit, holy deportment, and humility of mind are all needed in this work, in order to be successful in winning souls for the Master. These graces will help to open barred doors, so that the sunshine of heaven may reach to the sin-stricken hearts of many benighted sons and daughters of earth.

Kingston, Jamaica.

The Prayer-Meeting

By G. B. Thompson

G. B. THOMPSON

THE prayer-meeting is a very important part of the church service, second only to the regular Sabbath service. To carry it forward successfully requires much careful thought and prayer by those upon whom rests the responsibility of acting as leaders. The gathering of the family of the Lord around the mercy-seat should not be frozen with some rigid formality. While there should be a leading topic, a sort of keynote, long cut-and-dried exhortations are out of place.

Let the elder or leader say something right from the heart, and then give the people time for prayer and testimony.

To have a good prayer-meeting requires the hearty cooperation of all the church. It is hard work for the leader to lift a cold, dead church each week. The clergyman from whom I quoted in a previous article thus describes a model prayer-meeting:—

“It began punctually at the moment. As the clock struck eight, the leader rose and sounded the reveillé, by giving out the inspiring lines—

“ ‘Come, my soul, thy suit prepare; Jesus loves to answer prayer.’

“A sweet symphony was touched on a piano in one of the crowded rooms, and then the words of the hymn were sent heavenward on a full tide of united and enthusiastic song. Every voice chimed in. Each stanza was sung with more spirit than its predecessor, marking the outcome of the rising devotion; and, like a strong off-shore breeze, the opening chant of praise carried the whole meeting out of harbor into the larger liberty and deep waters of the open sea. Then the leader invoked the descent of the Holy Ghost,—the gift of utterance, and the pentecostal baptism. It was a very short prayer, but very full. He prayed for the gift of prayer upon all, for honesty of speech, for deliverance from dead formalities, for sincerity in confession, for childlike familiarity of approach to God, for filial faith; and then closed by inviting Christ to ‘come in, as through the closed doors of the disciples’ upper room at Jerusalem, and speak, Peace be unto you.’

“As soon as a fitting passage of the Word had been read, each one present seemed ready to bear his part in giving life and interest to the occasion. Each one felt, ‘This is not the leader’s meeting, nor the pastor’s, but my meeting with my own spiritual family at the feet of my own Saviour. Here I have a right to weep, and sing, and melt in spirit, and flow out in social communings with the brotherhood around me. If I am silent, then the meeting may prove dumb; and if I freeze up, then my neighbor may chill through, until the place becomes an ice-house.’ So there was no entreaty required on the part of the leader to ‘draw out’ those present. He was obliged to use no turnkey. What is more pitiful than to see an embarrassed elder or deacon sit before a petrified company, and after a long, awkward pause, in which you can count the clock ticks, beseechingly implore ‘some brother present to improve the time’?

“But even a child of eight years would have been interested in the enlivening service. Not a moment was lost; not a syllable of persuasion was needed. One man rose and gave a touching account of the scene a few evenings before, when he had first set up a family altar in his once prayerless home. That was his first audible prayer, and this was his first speech. While he was speaking, the tears streamed down the cheeks of his astonished and overjoyed wife. Then came a fervid prayer of thanksgiving to God from some one present, and a petition that the family altar thus established might never be desecrated nor thrown down.

“After this a youth arose, with a blue jacket, and an anchor embroidered on his broad collar. He had been brought there by a tract visitor. The burden of his short, artless speech was, Come to Jesus. ‘Whosoever will, let him come,’ said the sunburnt youth; ‘that means that everybody on board may come, from the captain to the cabin-boy. We are bound for heaven. Christ is our pilot. The anchor is sure and steadfast. Come aboard, friends, before eight bells strike, and your time is up.’ No one felt like criticizing this earnest lad, or objecting to his simple vernacular of the sea. He spoke as the Spirit gave him utterance. So did they all.

“One young man asked counsel in regard to the rightfulness of his discharging some prescribed duties in a government office on Sabbath mornings. The leader answered his question briefly, and a brother offered prayer that God would guide aright his perplexed child, would enable him to ‘do right even if it cost him his daily bread.’

“When his prayer was ended, a tremulous, stammering voice was heard in the farther end of the room for a moment, and then it stopped. There was a breathless pause. Every one felt for the young beginner. Every one wanted to help him out. He began again, hesitated, stammered out a few words brokenly; at last he said, ‘O Lord, thou knowest I can not tell what I want to say; but thou hearest even what I do not say. Have mercy on my poor soul, for Christ’s sake. Amen.’ An audible sob broke out throughout the whole apartment.

“Then outspoke a gray-headed veteran, in tones like old Andrew Peden’s among the Covenanters of the Highlands. The old man went into his prayer as Gideon went into the battle with Midian. The sword of faith gleamed in his right hand; the light shot forth as from the shivered pitchers, and the whole host of doubts, and sins, and fears were scattered like chaff at the breath of the gale. How he took us all on eagles’ wings heavenward! How he enthroned the glorified Lamb! And the close of his rapturous outbreak was in a ‘sevenfold chorus of halleluiahs, and harping symphonies.’

“When the old man’s prayer was ended (it was the seventh prayer offered during that one busy, blessed hour), the time had arrived for closing the service. The leader touched his bell, and read the Doxology. We were all in the frame for that most celestial strain—glorious ‘Old Hundred’—that magnificent battle-hymn to which Luther marched against principalities and powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places. Immortal is that strain, like him who gave it birth. There is not a Christian’s tomb in all our land where repose not the silent lips that once sang that matchless tune. If any of earth’s music shall be heard amid the ‘new songs’ of paradise, be assured that the one surviving piece that shall outlive the judgment will be that ‘king of sacred airs,’ ‘Old Hundred.’ With this ancient song upon our lips, we closed our service, spent a few moments in hand-shaking, in introducing strangers, in cordial greetings; and so ended a model prayer-meeting.

“The spirit that pervaded the meeting was too intensely earnest for phraseology as sapless and dry as last year’s corn-husks, and at the same time too reverential for affectations and flippancy. We lingered about the hallowed spot, loath to go away. But for the rigid rule that restricted the service to a single hour, we might have tarried until midnight, praying and singing praises to God. And as we turned reluctantly homeward, more than one gratefully said, ‘Truly the Lord was in this place.’”

The Hidden Treasures of Scripture

“The truths of the Bible are like gold in the soil. Whole generations walk over it, and know not what treasures are hidden beneath. So centuries of men pass over the Scriptures, and know not what riches lie under the feet of their interpretation. Sometimes, when they discover them, they call them new truths. One might as well call gold, newly dug, new gold.”

Editorial

By Editor

The Sabbath in the Patriarchal Age

No direct Bible reference is made to Sabbath observance from the time of its institution at creation until we reach the close of Egyptian captivity. This is not remarkable when we consider that in the fifty brief chapters covering this period there is outlined the history of the human family, in its relation to the promised Seed, for two thousand five hundred years. There are, however, Scriptural references that clearly indicate a knowledge of the weekly period and of a stated rest day. "Circumstances are recorded which but for the antecedent institution and continued obligation of a sacred seventh day could not have been mentioned or even have existed." We find early respect shown to the septenary number. A "sevenfold" vengeance was pronounced against the one who should take the life of Cain. Gen. 4:15. The clean beasts that entered the ark were selected by sevens. Gen. 7:1-3. The allotted periods of prosperity and famine in the land of Egypt were seven years each. Gen. 41:15-32. Two different times Noah "stayed" seven days before he "sent forth the dove out of the ark." Gen. 8:10-12. Job is supposed to have lived in the patriarchal period. In token of their sympathetic grief, his friends sat with him for seven days and seven nights. Job 2:13. The death of Jacob was mourned seven days (Gen. 50:10), and in the experience of Jacob with his uncle Laban, we have distinct reference to the week. Gen. 29:27, 28. These particular references to periods of seven days indicate a general regard of the weekly cycle.

It is evident from the sacred record that during the patriarchal age there were regular days for worship. The record states that "in process of time" (marginal reading, "at the end of days") Cain and Abel brought their offerings to one common place to engage in the worship of God. Evidently there were others at this service, for Cain waited until he was alone with Abel in the field before he vented upon him his unrighteous wrath. Gen. 4:1-8. Job evidently refers to stated times of public gatherings when he says: "I stood up, and I cried in the congregation." Job 30:28. During this period regular forms of worship were observed. A priestly service was carried forward. This service was supported by regular, specified offerings, such as the payment of tithe. Gen. 14:18-20. This worship was closely related to the observance of the holy time which the Creator devoted to spiritual uses. The honesty and loyalty of mankind then as now were tested by the reservation of a portion of both their time and their money for the service of God.

That the weekly period was recognized among the ancient nations there seems to be abundant evidence. Wilbur F. Crafts, A. M., in his book "The Sabbath for Man," quotes Rev. W. W. Atterbury, "whose studies in Sabbath literature have been very extensive," as saying this regarding the observance of the weekly period among the nations of the Old World:—

From time whereof the memory of man and history and mythology run not to the contrary, the division of time into the week of seven days has been the almost universal law. It prevailed among peoples far removed from each other, and remote from, as well as near to, the Asiatic center whence the nations of men radiated—among Persians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Hindus, the ancient Chinese on the farthermost east, and the Scandinavians on the northwest. In most of these instances it is certain that the week revolved upon a day of rest; and as religions rest days, dies feriati, are found all through history, marking the divisions of the year, it is altogether probable that, wherever the division by weeks existed, it was marked originally by the observance of rest days.

To this Dr. Crafts adds:—

This ancient "week" can not be explained as borrowed from the Jews, for it is found in the stone records of yet older nations; nor as suggested by the sun, moon, and five chief planets, for such a seven is unnatural, and was evidently borrowed from some earlier "seven;" nor as the result of quartering the month, for seven is not an exact quarter. No reasonable explanation of the general prevalence of the seven-day week among the most ancient nations has been offered save that which traces it to their common ancestor.—Page 365.

Such testimony might be multiplied manyfold. They all bear witness to the original purpose of Jehovah in establishing an institution of rest of race-wide and perpetual obligation.

But few direct and distinct references are made during the patriarchal period to the law of the ten commandments, and yet one in reading the Scripture record can clearly see that this great standard of morality and Christian conduct was understood and regarded by the children of God. The apostle Paul tells us that a knowledge of sin comes only through a recognition of the law. Rom. 7:7. See also 1 John 3:4. God held men accountable for their conduct during the patriarchal period. He declared to Cain, "If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. 4:7. Cain had a knowledge of a standard of right. That standard is recognized throughout the Word of God as the law of the ten commandments. Shem and Japheth, the sons of Noah, recognized the violation of the fifth commandment in the course of Ham in the disrespect he showed to his father. Gen. 9:20-27. The Lord declared that because "Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws," he would not only bless him, but that through his seed all nations of men should likewise be blessed. Gen. 26:4, 5. Other references might be cited showing that the people living in the patriarchal age recognized the great standard of God's righteousness.

We can not conceive that there would be in the law as given at Sinai any change in this standard, but that when God spoke his ten great words, they were the embodiment of the same great principles that he had set before the children of men as the standard by which they were to gage their conduct in their relation to one another and to him, and by which every generation of men would be judged at last. James 2:10-12. The Sabbath, as a part of this law, was recognized by the children of God from its institution in the garden of Eden throughout the patriarchal dispensation.

F. M. W.

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